The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-22
---t Hamilton Correspondence.
Corn mmn.MILrON House,

rohT HAMILTON, L.A, Tune IA Ia,3
Eossip from the Na,rors-IHe Scenery :. e.,
Hamiton-Local Improvements The Tempera-
twrs-Modes of Conreyanee-Boat Bridg,my of
the Bay-Conmerion bet,reen Long Island and
Staten Island, &C., &C., &c.
The oppressively hot weather Of yesterday and the
day previous must have brought to the remembrance
Of many of the city readers Of the HERALD the grassy
shades and cooling sea breeZes OF this denghtu
treat made familiar to them by the enjoyments Of
previous summers. The arrivals of two days past,
with the numerous engagements of rooms by others
desirous to secure their choice in good time show
that the annual Hegira from the great citys heat,
dust and foul air. is fairly begun, and will continue
and increase for fortnight; till the first Of July it
will become perfect rush.
Both the arrivals and the engagements announce
reunion of large portion or nearly all Of the regu-
lar hdbes Of the place in former seasons with the
addition of other families of like position and char
acter.
The hotel and its adjuncts never looked better.
Indeed there are manifest improvements in all.
Many suits Of apartments have been newly lurn 81
ed, and the trees and shrubbery OF the grounds,
spreading with the growth Of each year, throw a
deeper and broader shadow over the lawns and slopes
The effects of vernal season unusually favorable
to vegetation, are manifest also in the gardens
around and In the adjacent country. For agreeable
rides and walks this rural vicnage is well known
unsurpassed and scarcely equaed in the whole cir
Gle OF New York summer resorts
The difference between the temperature Of this
place and that of the city in hot weather is almost
incredible to those who have not tested 1t by obser
yation of thermometers well as by their own
sations. Whenever you find the thermometer In the
HERALD Office pointing somewhere between Sc and
90 degrees, or upwards, you may be safely assured
that at the Hamilton House the heat of the air can
Not rails fha han z
Degrees (to-dsy ~ degrees at p. M Asyou leave
be city at one or four CLOCK in the afternoon, in
be steamboat from pier No. 3 North river, painting
nd glowing and perspiring, you soon deem II pru-
lent TO button your coat closely against the cool
Eeeze and after arriving here, and taking few
Dsurely turns in the grand and unrivaled pro-
.Aenade Of the stately and shady vrandah (568 feet
in lengthy, you are likely TO feel necessity OF
warmer dress than the linen jacket, &c, which con-
6titute the summer business uniform in the city
The accessibility OF the place by carriage drive
through Hamilton avenue from South ferry, as well
~ by four steamboats,, which make landings here
through the day, il great advantage to men of
business and professional men of the city making
zhs their summer residence.
The new steamboat Economy, now running between
This place and New York, is in many particulars
great improvement on the boats formerly plying on
the same line. She built expressly for the Fort
Hamilton route, has double engine, which gives her
great facility tor turning and has machinery of re-
cent invention whose successful operation is worthy
of the notice of those interested in steam navigation
on account of the great saving of fuel effected by the
mprovement-consuming only two tons OF coal to
produce the number of revolutions for which five are
required on the old PLAN This popularity OF the new
boat gives hint to the reason or the modest and
umfashionable name of Economy" which has been
given to it by the enterprisng projectors and con-
gtructors. The name Of John f. Rodman, as agent
and principal owner Is sufficient guarantee 70 the
pubic thet there Is something practically valuable In
the invention The inventor, Mr. Barnum, (n0
connection of the p. T. B., it is believed and hoped
retains an ownership Of one-half, as testimony OF
his confidence in the success of the enterprise On
trial trip the Economy has made the passage from
New York TO Fort Hamilton pier in twenty-three
minutes and her owners promise to do it in twenty
minutes easily when neither wind tide are strong
against the boat Half hour is little time enough
for the passage. II they make it any quicker, they
viii only shorten the enjoyment OF the glorious cool
ing breezes Of the bay.
The drive down Hamilton avenue, from the South
hny brings you hither, In any time you please, be-
tween forty minutes and an hour, or thereabouts. A
erv peasant ride Of seven miles through a fine
uuntry with a view q the harbor and plank
Dad part Of the way.
Another Improvement In the navigation and inter
bmmunication Of different parts OF the great metro
Ibis, and +" the demcsnes thereto adjacent, which
Will shortly be made which IL In the privilege and
ahe duty of the NEW York HERALD to announce to
the public in advance of its contemporaries.
Al ferry is t. BE- established acrosc the AeToWs
from Fort Hamilton 70 Clifton, wlfeh viii DC th'
ApA regular and immediate connection between Long
Jfiand and Staten Island. Strange a. it may seem
tbsse important suburban por.cns u the greei ci'T