New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-13
FROM NEWPORT.
CsrYor,ud.xoe of The ~ y Tn5uIe
NTMPORT. Saturday, Aug.

Csrer,odexee of The y. Y Tn5u.e
NrwPoRT Saturday, Aug. 9, leJo.
As July one August approach. the p'ri"' 'of 'uf
Summer IIeglra, and gaspns Newcomers i"k
about them Tor some place OF refuge from the neH
and dusr the sgnts, sOunos and odors OF in5 city
the 6nd,,g chere TO 20 is almo-t "a difficult PROP
lem to many a. the finding where to stand va 10
tie ancient philosopher. In the en.ir,ns NJ New
York. for thirty miles ar und, you are liable 10
fever AID ,ue and musb' oes, and Toe rPsor on
the shore so thror ged 81 to render qn't or
comfort qu te ont of the question Tho larger
watering vlsc.s, Newport and Saratoga, YOU care
fully avoid, except for a lew days vnIess yOu
would coufiLue and intensity the he OF y New
Iorh v inter. But what We most require Ia sum
mtr il rest. This universal aud unreIenlng tension
Of nerves and faculties tor nuIe or ten months IA
the Year in this most exciting city Of The world.
where the pursuit of business is tb- game ot h(e,
and mer follow it to ntoxication and m,dnese, is
more tan sufficient 10 break down, IA 10 too OFT n
does, the strongest c"nstltutluns. doubtless tho
gre at advantage that the American taveler derives
from sOjourn in Europe, is tht temporary rep)se
that Is forced upon bin by the atmosphere Of peo-
pie goy erun nts aud instu Ions less fast than bis
own; though he may see m Rome Only TN old
pace "s ssdly out OF repair, thesPeli is avOn him,
and in tie sbaJOw Of its soleDin antiquity be for
gets for moment his purruits aud bis restless
spiIf aid exhausted nerses fiDd repo~e. The effect
upon our wOni'n OF prOongins the SEASON tbroust
the " LOle ye r. ia seen in the look OF our
city bellies SDd the early decay of sll their personal
attractions. Ii is extraordinary that from mere
prud. btin considerations they should not devote
some wetss of the Summer ~ the pure air and
simple pleasures of the country, and thus lay iIa
stock OF health and embonpoint for their "ioter
canIai!n. But TO bring 10 a lovely spot like tns
tie toilets and etiquette OF town It's fUmafues
end conyertionaltts, 10 repeat and exaegerite ia
artificial if, is not Onl, destructive Of al btausy
and youthful ess OF person. hut /. nrutra izco the
infurIce thar the sublime and beautiful in nature
might otherwise exert upon the mind or alt de-
lightiul plsc,s that our country 6oasis, thsfe ID
none that rivals Newport. Nerdant ard pic
ruresQue it would compare fayorabiy with any
inland portion of New England, hiving none II
those features that give tO our Goa: sach an
aspect of desolatiOn; and when we aid 70
this tie grand panorama Of ocean and
bs, that encrc es it, and the hazy, dreamy atuios-
plere, so pure uno .oit that il seems like rome
new medium We have combination of attractions
not 10 be- found else" here. FashoI, Ior once lt
least hos shown taste and dscri Dina Ion IN estab-
fishing her he adquirters here. Bat e. ENJOY New
port tself it il lot necessary 10 be- fashionable
I be a'ten OF 10 be so considered is even thought
by sone to ibterftre with proper apprecir'ion o.
tie b. auties OF this uniiyal,i isl1, d. From the
Gated, with quiet Quaker family whose prmi
III simplicity aid - Dulne goodness. with thcr
the and thou and ih,ir en're disregard of ihe van
ities If life, have already made mo half Quaker,
! ,ht long ridge OF green hills rising IN the
east. oott. q bere a,d there with a cluster OF
trees or darkeDed by the shldOH Of pass.
ing cloud; the corr is waving its green pcnnos
in tie wind; the po)ais are turning their
"slyer hlibg.' to the sun; the eautle are
feeCirq In the MT adOWs the windmill is slowly
swinging round its gioDt arms; the cricket. the
.ocust end the katydid and tte "drowsy hum" Of
other ipst cts fill the air. white above al i, heard
tn. Voice If 1.-The ever. sOundiDg ana mysterious
tta," as it comes rolling in and breaking npon the
beach, where the white waves "chase one an-
: other, like the generations Of mem" aud b,yon3,
crosse here and ther. by distant sail opens the
vide exphDse Of the ocean a0d ;" tho blue aooge
" aid Il blue below" met at last ard ara lo:t ir
each other. When eartn and air and sea kindly
offer us sll this whcp Nature receives ns mag
Iicent)y. il berou,. matter OF secondary impor-
toi oe 10 attend Mrs. IS reception, or take INC
dire in the tram Of all the pleD lid tn outs here
But iD spite of ally tempt 10 prevent l., the
natural attractions of Newport are 81 great that il
is impossible 10 spoil it, The price OF land n all
parts Of the island il rising; cottages and villages
are sprineDg up on all sides, and many persons
are nkiDg it their permanent home who Iaye
before been only transient visitors. The attrGc.
tions OF New port then are really D.Iinsc: they
depend neither on the cottages" nor the hotels
ard Lups, but on TIE beauty OF the i-land, the
purity Al it's air, and the spleOdOr of ltS seayicws
and III. private life here of which least il knownis
doubtless the most nationally enjoyed