The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-19
guI vlyEsNG PLACE CORRESPONDENCE.
Simmer 1 ambings and Reaiings.

HAMILTON HOUSE,
FORr HAMILTON. June 20. 1879.

HAMILTON HOUSE,
Fort HAMILTON, June 80, 1853.
After ssri Of ihree or four cloudy and damp,
sooI day. with occasional fogs and showers of rain
fhs rornipg brings the warm bright sunshine again
though southerly wind will not permit the mercury
t. ris above ~ degrees in the Thermometer Linen
coats and trowsers are again in requisiton, and the
prospect Is that the middle month will have
at its incoming temperature becoming its charac-
ter. During the hot weather of last week TUESDAY
and Wednesday, when the HERALD reported the
thermometer III the city at 50 degrees 81 degrees and
upwards, the maximum here was So degrees, or, as
some say, So degreesin either case, difference to
be thankful for. A more magnificent prospect Of
land and water than is presented to the eye from the
stately front of this house, can hardly be imagined
The sweep Of the horizon includes the Atlantic
Ocean as it rolls up to the outer gate of the bay,
with Sandy Hook and Nevisink Highlands, with
their five lighthouses on one side and the white
beach of Coney Island on the other above which are
Rartan Bay and Staten Island, on the right Graves
end Bay and the low, curving Long Island shore, on
the le-tbe two coasts here approaching each other
with intermediate space OF less than mile, the OPP
poeits points commanding the NarTows by the fortf-
cations on either side. The wallis of Fort Richmond
have risen rapidly from the water during the last year
and begin to give the observer some idea of the tre
uendous power with which the fortytwo FOUNDERS
sfthis humble looking water battery (aided by the
guns Of Forts Hamilton and Lafayette on this si3e)
VIII guard this inner gate of the harbor against any
hostile naval force if such occasion should present
view Of these deences OF the national emporium is
Interesting to all Americans, well as to the in
habitants Of the great city thereby protected The
defence Of New York is the defence of two thirds of
the fore Of the Union aud Of two thirds
ot the federal revenue derived from duties on i'm
ports. There are multitudes of intelligent New
Workers, who have more idea of the peculiar to
pngaTby of the Narrows and the bay ITSELF than of
the port of Constanttnople or ST. Petersburg
The EXPLANATIONS Of surprise and admiration made
by such persons taking first view from the plat
form OF the Hamilton House. show that the scene il
. novelty to very many who have passed great part
of their lives within seven miles Of it The prone
nsdes and public rooms OF the house already show
that the place is fast filing up unusually early in the
season.
But few rooms are left unengaged; and probably
by the Fourth. within the week the whole will be
taken for the season. A finer company than the
quiet agreeable group of families assembled here,
was never seen at the Hamilton House or any SINH
lar place of summer resort in the country. A lively
and pleasant is naturally expected by them.
Among the families which have arrived engaged
rooms the Morgans Wilmerdings, Newtons,
Van Nests, Mr.. Henry James, Mr.. and Mrs. Contoit.
the Diagos, Of Cuba; also. COL Adams and family,
Mrs Capt. Baldwin, DR.. Spence, and Others from
Baltimore; with some two hundred more from all
pArts of the Union.