The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-11
IsHsUMMER RETREATS
Lowesl01t, Yarmouth, Walton on thr Maze
Weymoufh, the lsie or Wight,
Ch~it~nham, and Bath,
dc, &c. &c.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD.
HIGHLANDS OF NEvAsINK.

HIGHLANDS or EEvAsINK.
TRoMrsoS's ATLANTIC PAVILION,
Hi0nLASDs OF NEvAsISK. N. j.. Aug9 1851
A Grars and Melancholy Chapter Of Life tAs
Jersey Sea Shore -Nnror Escape from Hhtr-
Wrsck-Hops Concerts. Balls PaftS,.ng Jo~ th<
Winter Campaign. &c.
Two things break the mono,ony
OF an Atlantic trip;
Son-tmes ains you ship sea,
And rome'imcn zee a ship.
And various things break the monotony of hfe
along these Jersey shorcs--tbe morning boat dowH
from New York, with the HERALD and new sc& u
vSiter-the morning boa, up bearing some Of the old
ones awny. The afternoon boat down with still further
acccssions, and the evenip& boa, up with other de-
partures. Az in the Supernatural panorama Of MAC
beth, they u
Come llks shadows, 40 depart
And such is ljSe away from homc--adgety. fusv.
restless lhe succession Of expedicnts y
kill time, tbssagh the long and lingering day. And
that's whythc vulgar practice OF eating forms such
a conspicuous and important item in the dnys his
tory " our summer resorts. Herr, by the roaring
seS, the pah water. the air, the fishing. aad
,s<dng, and explorations on foo, among these wood.
land hills, give keen edge 10 the appetite, which
makes even delicate people eat M fast and heartily
ns wood choppers.
This landing Of the Highlands u some six mHss
south Of the extreme point Of the is,hmus si
SANDY Hook-that is, six miles. more or less.
according TO the state Of the tide. Last satw
day. Tor example. II was equal 10 thirty from
our detention In n sand bar. !, was the H.eamss
Ocean Wave, with about Ave hundred passenger.
somewhat behind time in getting into this inlet. fr
the tide had run out. We "got stuck a. the nrws-
Io-s have when anon I'm rue al sf.r~
chaser Ike the Three Bells. to our relief. She
rounded 10. and taking on abou, two hundred pas
senger for this locality, Sc, OF strnigh, over the
shadows for Thompsons, three miles up stream
Drawing only thirteen inches water the captain
seemed 10 rely upon his boat and 10 have fear 81
the penb before us, but he was mistaken. Getting
into twelve inches. he scrnped the bottom. and
ten ~as fas, in the sand lie backed. and twist
ed, and pulled ahead, bu, |, was q dead halt. There
We were. Night came down upon with q thunder
storm. and the sail boa'a that cndeavorcd 10 rrark
US aground. and had TO haul on. suppcrie-.
and hungry there We were. Bu, there 4, n tide In
this river, which taken on the rise. lead, up 70
Thompsons; 80 at length we rot into port ~ithos<
rhipwreck, OF the lcs Of single passenger, killed
wounded or missing
The captain Of our little stern chaser. "a the davk
himself down into the water. waded abou, for some
,in1 TO try the 2ounding-; then making Ice line
he struck for the nearest shore half mile on va
lot sight Of in the gathering gloom and We
have not him from that day 10 this. Perhaps
he may have gone "a clamming." but thrv
do say he shipped aboard again. and brought
us up 20 our destination. Certainly II made IA f~i
bad To think that captain, with his vessel
stranded. could bc 40 barbarous 10 desert his pA.
scnger. roll up his brcech-r and with bh coat upos
his ann, deliberately walk ashorc.
But the terron ~ the night we're @oftencd down
on arriving al Thompsons, where upwards ~ hua-
dred Of the rescued sat down 10 a sold hot supper.
including among the brolcd and fried of tho~
rare brc hsh. weak 6sh. and "sca-basstopull" !" wNh
which these va.rs abound. The rest Of our ave
hundred fouowsd VA up In the Wave and vcr de
po-ed at the Sea View. and other places hard BY.
IN r0ufs 10 Long Bnnch, some ssfcn miles bclow.
hfur supper VI had hop one ~ thc~o spcntsneous
hops. which. BIKE rat,lng onhand speech. are ofteo
more interesting than regular deliberate arAir a
dress and ceremony. And here, hc~h frm the
storm. and our narrow eucapr from shpwrrck. the
charms. the srnilss. the wllr- and grarc- of the
women folks were grateful a. the ROSY light ~
eunrisiDg 10 the be~ldcrcd mariner among the
brtakrr-. The hop ksp, up I'll midnight ~
near re could guos; Tor the clpck bad ron down.
the watches of u. company had stop
IL the warning roo~,sr In the back yard. Toe
IL vns drowned VA the roar ~ tbr winds aud waves.
the cracking of Jokes. The popping q champaign,
the scrapng of slippers and catyut and ht fan and
frunc that ruled The passing hour Whist change
What couifnr, Nth our poeiion ~ f'~ shnSt
hour tsforr when the eAp,ain lsfi ~ stranded and
coolly walked Asborsi
ON F,tday night v. had eonrsr, pianiss--s
FIRE color.d American pianist bon u founw
Africa and bic two musirsl bro,hers regalsd us With
opsrtie gems and pisniaiion ehor~es Va very good
fyis hls sbOvs that the fsascsl capabilities d
ti,e Ethlotians are ba limited w. I'm banjo. In
Thurdsy sgen.nR had tail-na hop, bui
tall. and from The "a View, Hh~neks, JonrS.
eloabs. the Ocean Hous~ Poft Washington, mfe
,fils Lag Brsnrh and all N. country round about
S0ufuers and cilzsns. especially the lsdles. c.sar
10 The reseUe Blhsid~s and brunette. married and
sinsls. tail snd sisndsr. and short and plump
E.sa syss sBa blas hsrsi Hnd v,sy
Tln fbs bs,ak II asy
For three oons1cstlye night amer ,lis arAiT u so
dinesh yea verify impo-ible - dream q An thing
ebe bsi tbs vreA,iing arms and gio~ing f9rns ,hss
mdnesd In the dane ~ pien4rs ~ lhf @yvnnmx
ssa. Or among ue vine. II Franc AID thinp
- tks, kind. And Tbomp~n hn Capi hory
he gin treat Aud - $50 I'm ons. bw1n,
think u %. Who a. the uBisrt1nAis lczhes. 10 p~vs~
erss.i by = certain Tionp.on. and Tossls~ "A is.
Who M . ellsnar u sage. exflAlps damn Thofnp
an" hut il vas not j. Thrnp-pn- To,sies. sft~f
that taIl. With siA~s - tbe Doc d. konS+rlo'
In ope hand and pate u sofi Gratis In Tn othsr
sosh have end ou', "hursh fr thompson" ia
H. narnisr ia, peopis-goDd. genial. whole-o,De
III tssf,l,~atOai ,his hocs Anssev fv Tbomp-or.
~. John HArdolph 80 pay ~ we 20 ;" sDi are no
Dr. o. c,ngylslon 70 s,ay "a. ve siay in The baT~
~ getting tt and gocd ns,yfed and horr - soc
s.sd. Three inches ~ fat IN a. rfb. vI esry oo~
ibrovsh = winter campaign In s.- Yoski vehh
IN getting Il, y. shsA AZ Iess ds~erts soece-<
We have pov fcr ell August, ffom TIE f<s o. 1sy
s'fstt, morning boat. the Ooean Nsve, op-n 10
these waters kgd the vAgous larJhnEs W IOn<
nraneh returning In The evening ani an shsrsye
ins, tbs Jsrnss ttrs6,pfbsf whfh frtarus In NJ
noIuing: and Ne have sfark tat orse thls sss~cn.
wheh = ms ON The p rfI0ns ard s~fal nigkt hsv~