Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-05-17
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP,

owners OF summer residences there, and ex
tsftion on the part Of those who live on IT
summer business, have, together, so disgustee
persons Of moderate means and really good
taste, a. that few Of them will again venture
| thither for their usual bathing and fortnigh,
Of relaxation from business on the part of tn,
| % ales, and frem domestic labors and cares or
that Of the fair sex Long Branch and Caps
May were 50 crowded last year, as that NJ
amount of money could q. either lace purcha as.
real comfort; while the vioissi.udes of theiI
Northern climate rendered them very uncer
tain a. localities In which invalids nigh,
reasonably look for restoration of feeble OF
snsrvated constitutions, more especially Will.
The undue numbers attempted to be accommo
dated, made it absolutely necessary that all
should live and fare for the time being, pretty
much like soldiers in over crowded barracks.
Old Point is destined, this year, to DO sough,
by many Of those who suffered so much las,
season at the watering places mentioned above
where they learned, from bitter experience,
that the presence ef an immense crowd must
necessarily, defeat all ones hopes of benehting
corporeally, from the change of air, reIaxa
ton, bathing, d., which one seeks st such
establishments
The fshing, fowling, and sailing at Old Point
are unriysllsd In the world; while the bathing
Is equal to that Of any sea-side Watering place
in this country or Europe. The climate, too,
is more like tina. Of Italy in the fashionable
season, than that Of any ether point on this Con
tinsnt; soft, bracing, and regular, no such thr &
as undue cold or heat ever being experienced
there. This summer, the lines of convey ance
to and from Old Point will all be managed On
the most approved systems, 50 a. that Iour
ney there and back from any northern OF
southern city, will be little more than holt
day excursion. The brothers Willard, who
are 10 be the hosts of the establishment, have
spared neither expense nor labor to make their
House In all its appointments what it should
be; avoiding all the difficulties in the way of
lack of room, furniture, or provisions, which
30 often operate to defsa. all chance Of com.
fort for the guests, when the rush comes on
We have already heard the names of some ff.y
families. who have made arrangements to be
there, all Of them being the households Of por-
sons known to fame for their connection, a,
some time, with Ameriean publio affdirs, or
through their eminent success in commerce
agriculture, or il professional walks in life, L..
deed, there will De more mind, attachments. dis.
tinc'ion, and universally acknowledged char
actc. copgrega.ed at Old Point in two months
from this timc, than ever before graeed an
American watering place. The class to which
We refer above, have, by common consent
determined to meet for a month at Oh
Point, In the hope Of escaping the annoyance
OF jux apositiOn with the crowd WAC 20 to
watering places in the hope of earning a posi-
ton in society by lavish expenditures and os
sentatious display.
/; will be remembered that Old Point 10 the
only sea side watering place where southern
families may 60 without danger Of insult, be-
cause they are southerners; and without dan
ger, also, Of lOosipg the domesti:s which many
Of them necessarily carry with them.
The Mutations Of Nan Tho Stars read
eTs will fni in its local columns to-day an
able and Interesting letter from Gen John ii
Eaton, declining nomination for q seat in
the Common Council Board OF this city. Apart
from the personal interest Of anything politi-
cal from his Pea, IL l. fOIcibls paper, and
will, therefore, command attention. It goes
to illustrate the true character of cur insiitu-
ITEMS more than chapters directly dedicated to
that end, would do. II will be reco;lected that
thi, venerable gentleman was Genera Jack.
son's Secretary Of War, and previously occu.
pied q seat in tho Senate Of the United States
from Tennessee. Since his retirement from
public affairs on the dissolution Of Jsckson's
frst cabinet, General Eaton has been, for the
most part, quiet and unobtrusive citizen of
Washington, identifying himself in various
ways with its progress and prosperity, though
Fever appearing before the public In bis
Ward. be possesses great personal popularity,
which accounts for the effor. to induce him to
60 into politics again in these excited times
The mo 81 which We ci in to inculcate in what
we ara now writing, has reference to tho IN
fsigned respect with which he evidently 70,
ceived the notification that he had been put
up" for q seat at our Council Board, after
having served his turn at the highest council
beard Of the modern world. In NO Other
country can such spectacle be seen as the
reception Of the nomination for the simplest
and hunble:t position known to our system Of
Government, as q compliment to be ack now.
lodged in the kind spirit with which 1t was
rendered, by one who not long since filled
the space In the public eye incident to the
position of o Minister of State In Andrew
Jaekson's administration Of the Government
Of the United States.
Tho hon. Alexander q. Stephens 1T
seems to DO understood smcpg Georgiaps in
Washington that notwithstanding the d.clen.
sion OF this gentleman Of 1rst Invitation 20
stand canvass for re election 70 Congress, he
vii accept a nomination a. the anti now
Nothing candidate in his district, ard will de.