New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-26
GOING DOWN THE BAY.

There II charm in those four little words that brings
cooling breeze home into the pen up l-ventl4ted
homes Of the poor whenever they think Of the healthy
recreation of little trip down the Bayhe Bay of New
York with an island of gardens and groves one hand
studded with homes OF health and happiness where there
are orchards and fields OF waving grain and cottages TOR
City ioers and farmhouse homes for those who TIL the
soil al surrounc ed with the placid waters OF tna lovely
Bay. On the other hand there is another island, not
quite so lovely on it, water front but full OF rich, sweet
spots for the rural enjoyment of life and holding too
some Of the pleasant homes for the dead of the City
and Welding also for the of those who live ON
s paved streets vast OF farm products, from the
euvs sscd fields Of that island which gnns the prefix OF
Iong" because il stretches away 20 the eastward more
than a hundred ana fifty miles.
| There is but one thing that the we glide
away from the forest of dry pines that rise up like dead
wilderness begrting the city, while we are sailing down
the bay One who loves peace and longs to see the day
when wars shall be more, and man cease to fear his
fellow-men, is panied to the picture delaced with
frownng castles and brisrlDg tiers OF heavy ordnance
upon every promoptory o. the half dozen miles OF road
,tead that forms H. great highway TO the lower bay
which ell incoming sbip from the must take to reach
the City II would be road TO destruction if they came
unbddeu and in defiance of the shower OF iron ha taa'
would pour down through their decks and sides as last as
the ncessant fire of hundred guns every step o their
alvance could send their messengers OF destruction
Upon each of the large islands and upon two lesser ones
in this road way would be curious to know no"
many millions of dollars have been spent in these murder
ous preparations and here just begin to look out
upop the lower bay not with usurpng the two
shores and turning them into battlemented forheatons,
man in his military pride has seized upon the water ana
at waste of other millions, has bid another fo"ning
castle rise from the oceans bottom right ia the very CEN
fer of the narrow channel that leads from the city TO the
sea.
"gDlions for defense-not cent for The preven-
ton of war.
Well we are past this waste this wckedness of folly
nuu as we leave the islands and forts behind let us forget
the penup murder within their walls for on trip
of peasure- recreation of spent strenghan escape
for day from the dust and smoke and odors of the city
| we are going down the Bay.
We have passed more vessels OF all descriptions, names
and nations, than could count; some with the anchor
triprod waiting the last shore boat with the pilot to
take them the bar and out on the commencement
Of voyage of weeks, months years-perhsps never To
return just coming in sight of home, and some
have ust dropped anchor from long voyage across the
great thorougbfare of nations. Some are sailing for
pleasure some for profal in the pursuit Of happiness.
Three ocean steamers going out and coming in,
and all close together down the Bay.
Our little boat il an egg shell by the side OF these great,
black uneouthooking monsters of the deep. Why ara
all oceans going steamers painted this smber hue why
not make them look like great white gus floating like
! things of life within their bodies, just as the bird
| floats the waves
With our little steamer, half dozen others left the
wharves at the same time. One great levathan trans.
por,s q mountain of freight, and crowd OF men and
women Just arrived in yonder black ship from Bremen
They are immigrants from Germany going To Phuadel-
phia and the West to till the rich soil Of the prares
Another Of the fleet runs all the little villages alon.
the Sound of Staten Island and New-Jersey.
The others keep with US down the lehand side Of that
island Every of them is loaded with freight oil hn-
man beings going dorm he Bay.
! AT the lower end Of Staten Island, the "keyport
bears away<o the right for that Jersey town which gave
name to the boat that makes her daily trip loaded up in
: the morning with an astonishing quantity Of garden
truck and few of the owners and down in the even
ing at o'clock fairly bespaned with the gay dresses OF
! the host OF men women and children going down the
Bay for night in the country, or TO spend weeR IN
the seven by nine rooms of the great summer hotels Of
that great resort Of the crowd that goes down the Bay
every evening upon that boat and every morning upon
her oonso snuff the saltwater air in greater purity
than they can find il anywhere above " the Sarrows
Another OF accompanying boats bears away to the
left to Couey Island with load Of seaba;hers, that 90
down the Bsy to that desert of surf beaten sand for
shilling 10 get free bath by moonlight and they ~il
enjoy themselves and be home again by ten o'clock, the
TRIP only costing quarter, and, provided they spend
nothing in boat bar Island rum-hoie, they will gain
rich return of health for a small outlay.
Our own boat the Ocean Wave-hsppy name that, and
f:er II AL that OF her consort Alice Price any other
individuals C. gnou.en tackled to boa, shp-takes
str.ph, course for the Highlands Of Neversink while
the bound black huks go to the leh to cross
the bar eastward Of the three of Sandy Hook
SO named because il tenmi long hook point OF
sand running out along the shore from NewJersey turn
ing the waters of the Nevefsnk River into the Day and out
around the point the From the extreme point
telegraph wire runs along the beach and up the
river above navigation and along the highways through
the State 10 the Hudson River Highlands and across and
down 10 the City by which the news of an approaching
ship il known 10 Associated Pres hours before she
could be seen from the whsrves.
Our route lee through the t0rtuous shallow channel OF
the Neversnk which shifting By the drifting sands
At dozen seaside summer resorts pour out the
crowd of those from the City that down the Bay
for night or lenger stay this healthy atmosphere. They
have need of IT, for such collection of pale women and
Children feeble in their young year, with short lease OF
life and such wan-faced those that 90 down the
Bay impress Us painfully with the idea Of going down,
from which there Will be return boat.
How sadly these pae-faced eits contrast with the Por
ou Of our passengers that all these empty barrels
crates and basket who going home with the pri:e
OF their potatoes cabbage corn, melons tomatoes and
nsachss ip ,beir pockets II s true their hands are
hard rough and bare for they do not force them
into Ieather gloves when the thermometer u go;
and their faces are bronIed reddish by exposure
% The en, hs. wha, q Il: s.Dse they sbo~ The rod