New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-28
FROM NAHAyT.
of Than Y T'hune

Correspondence Of Tho y. Y Tribune
NAHAsT, Thursday Aag. %, 1853.
Nahspt may be considered in one sense an ex-
temporized watering place. A very few years
since il was composed of rude hotel AMI GER
tain cottages where rustica'ed certain Bos.oni-
ans within easy visiting distance By steam
boat from town. Now the hotel bas been
so enlarged that il will accommodate about i've
hundred people. In regard to the style of ac-
cOmmot ations, suffice 10 say that they are eq1ii
70 those. of III e great hotels of New-York Fresh
water and plenty of il, witn shower Of towels,
good chambers, excellent meals snd model SER
yants-the latter having the easy sinuosity AMI
electricity Of the French school OF artist
waiters-whch is not wonderful, as number are
Gallic The company however is not cOsmopol-
itan it is local A stray person 70 be sure comes
along-snd there are always some tere from diff
ferent cities-tbose of Canada especially-but the
dominant temper Of the place is bos;On-wlth the
HellknOwn and oft defined characteristics OF that
place.
The bathing here is good, but the surf not eA-
uberant. The bathlng-houses and the bath-man,
genial individual with splendid gold watch and
no shoes, may be specially commended. Rocky
perches here are a drug the whole little quasi
island seeming to be hard eructation Of the earth
some YEAR, back. Rocks and cliffs are eircuman-
bisnt tbe hotel, and at their bases the sea makes
lather ad libitum and squirms like colony OF snakes
under the influence Of laughng-gas. Then tipping
the sprawng waters scintiliate the distant salls,
telling of commerce and courage and the manhood
that lives suspended over an abyss and hugs dan-
ger as q luxury If your object be to see the sea,
there is most of the raw material at Nahant The
huge waters are ever besegiDg the Durly rocks, az
though they would storm them, but they frown
defiance.
Our amusements here are, first, breakfast.
Try the fish it isvery good and Of seaside fre,h-
ness The tea is above hotel average, and the
coffee sufficiently black. Then a lounge in the
drawine-rooms of which there are three connect
ed as one with a piazza looking westward.
Here emerge the women and, like women all the
world over, having sewing in their hands. A very
good grand piano invites some music. Besides,
Miss -, the famous amateur soprano, (fame
is not confined to print-how much reputation
never appears in type Miss -- will sing.
The slipper and collar makers, the takers and
worshipers Of the various diyinities range them
selves in rows in two of tie drawing rooms while
Miss pOurs out flood of music that would
make the fortune of prima donna. Nothing
short Of the grace and brilliancy Of the Italian
school appears in this lovely amateur. Then we
have Miss - and Miss -, all of different
orders of merit aud attractions. The morning
lyrical impromptu lasts some two hours-the
breath of the Dightngales not bated by age or in
frmty Then, too, Mr.. p OF Boston plays
like a master the piano; and so the sugary min
utes run. A shooting gallery, bowling-court fish
inc.boat end tackle, are all resources, and OF
course sea. bathing after breakfast is dlgested.
The dinner ia at i aud 4, and, concluded, horses
paw before the hotel. The drives, however, are
not superlative. When We pass the tongue OF
land which connects Nahant with Lynn we have
- .Lo.o 80 80,
or ruralized town and an eternity of leather.
Gods what crowd of shoemakers. There being
nothing but shoemakers, it is understood the peo-
pie live on leather being very expert in cooking 1t
pe-fasbiOn. All the statesmen of New-Engand
here appear as sboemakers. If the motto Ne
sutor ultra crpiddm had been held TO in New-En-
gland, it is probable that a galaxy of eloquence"
blessings on the novel phrase y would have
been wanting. ChOates are shOemakers, and Web
sters and Cbases and Everetts and Adamses and the
Lord knows who all. Shoes shoes shoes Who III
buy But understand that Lynn shoe maker is TO
LINN what manufacturer is to Boston, merchant
to York. lawyer to Philadelphia, politician
TO Washington, and planter to Charleston. Ii is
the Leather Arisocracy OF the place. There Is
Mr. Oliver who has built gem of a country seat
where, If the inside be like the outside, we vote
for leather. And all so neat through the town
No rubbish-nO beggars-nO fools. The people
are all tidy bright and with the saline rose en-
their checks which cometh of the breeze and the
fog After shoes, in another part OF the community
come fish. All the streets here and houses have an
ancient and fish-like smell-ecOnomes wrested
out Of the deep BY the bold-souled inhabitants.
Coming from the drive, the tea is most inspiring.
The dance Of course in the evening to a German
band. / hear the old Puritans turn in their collins
as their descendants spin in the y0luptuous waltz.
Conservatism Oh what a nebulous film OF d
dream AS soon nail the serf to the rock-as
soon asten the earth to it's orbit by its newly dis
covered ring-as keep one generation to the forms
aud ceremonies of another. Think of this all
manner of foges-o rubricsts and constitutional
stand stills. Is Waiting so trifng / think not.
Il is most suggestive. II is motion. Nay, more
circular motion. 1t is star-like patter in infinite
turnings. Ii is the inspiration Of youth and
health and beauty. 1t is the sexual dream Of gen.
tleness and afectionjust this side Of love. 1t is
all beauty in form. Why should hates rage when
society can be externally so saccharine and Cupid
wise | see in the waltz more OF a return TO the
days that fred Phidias and Raphael than
school-boOks which make botanists at five years Of
age and enable children of three 70 ted how many
"kir gdoms" enter into the composition of an UNI
brella.
A word on Boston society. IL is not genial.
Tie hospitality which CLEANS through the eyes
and sheds over the stranger the light of home,
admits here Of infinite extensions and i'm
provements. The Bostonan will perhaps seek the
stranger. lie will ask much of hn-or what he
considers much-thatis is all be has to give in social
irterest-aud then omit in return the marked COM
plimentary courtesy-eourtesy never overlooked
in all the lands have travelled in save Nahant
\ GENTLEMAN AT LARGE.
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AMHERST COLLEGE.