The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-03
Our Newport Correspondence.

NEWPORT, July %, 1856.
Prospects ofthe Season-SoutiGyn Tisiters maxim
themselves Scorce-An Old Proper5 Illustrate
The Temperature Of Newport rather TTopic(
--Abandonmsnt Of The Bay by the Regatta Clat
The NsU Fillmore Hou1-Hop at The Ocea
House-Amodio's Concert, &c.
At length the season at this gay resort Of folly an
of fashion may be said to have commenced, and th
signs Of hotel propretors, stable keepers, sailbod
owners, &C., have been transformed into smiles d
satisfaction. For some weeks pas. the prospect Of
profitable season for these gentry has been rattle
gloomy. The stream Of travel seems to has
been turned in other directions, and, above ALL thel
has been observable want Of the usual number 4
wealthy Southerners, whose lavish expenditure hs
hitherto done 50 much TO increase the gains of I'd
hundreds who subsist upon what they acquire FROG
the purses of pleasure seekers during the shot
summer season of Newport. This is undoubtedl
owing to the short sighted sentiment viii n is U
present SO prevalent among the Southern advocate
Of slavery, that money expended at the North 4
worse than thrown away, and that they can do Y
an injury by abstaining from visiting orr waterini
places. ! think that, by depriying themselves d
the cool sea breezes, the magnificent drives and th
thousand and one nameless destinations whic
associate themselves with the very name Of New
port, that they acting in that foolish and unph
losophical way netaphorically though vulgarl]
described as " biting of their own noscs' Fortd
nately We can do without them.
For the last few days Newport has been flln
very rapidly and the hotels have assumed thei
wonted aspect OF lie and gsiety. The weather hal
been hotter than In usual at this place. which, al
The world knows, has always borne the cnviable re
putstion Of beng remarkably cool. Lately, how
ever il has not sustained its fame; for the thermc
meter has stood at an average during the day OF bt
tween so and 90 degrees in the sha lie. But eve
this Is not to be compared to the temperature unde
which, see by the HERALD. you have been SUITE,
ing at New York; and beside, IL lasts only long u
the sun is high. Shorty before sunset every day,
delicious breeze sets in from the ocean. bearing wit
il the souvenir OF floating ice mountains, which il
the more appreciated from the contrast which Il
presents 10 the heat OF the morning. We are, be
heve, to have no regatta here this year. The reass
assigned Is that the yachtsmen were 80 disguised
with the impositons practiscd upon them last 81
mer that they have decided to test the speed oI
their vessels at New Bedford, instead OF in this beau
tiful bay.
Notwithstanding this the season promises, as b
fore intmated, 10 he fully equal In gaiety TO an
previous one. The Germanians discourse the van
rayshing stratus rs ever NJ the Atlantic, Ocean anil
Fillmore Houses, while at the Bellevue they have
Roman Band all 70 themselves. BY the way, Til
rev hotel the Fillmore. deserves a passing notice.
II Is fine looking building, having, from appeal
ances, been erected 1t considerable outlay, and
Is kept by the former proprietor OF oil
bellevue within few rods Of which u is situated
The dining room Is quite model, 10 which respect
II sets commendabie example 10 the other hotel
The apartment IL which 80 much time IL passed an II
devoted here 30 eating and drinking, should be soras
thing more than plain, square boz of room, with
whitewashed walls and total absence Of ornamental
As TO how the Fillmore House Is conducted, "No|
knowing, can't say" The other hotels are so veil
known that OF them il is necessary TO say but iuls
The Atlantic is well supported as ever, and ped
haps surpasses any other ia the numper Of fine equj
pages which leave It's door each afternoon. Thl
Ocean, with IFS lofty piazzas, magnificent ball, and
by acknowledgment. the finest situation Of any, il
much the coolest hotel In Newport.
There was a hop at the Ocean House, last event
ing, the second one % the season, which went Of
much better than the ist Auodio il to give oof1
cert ON Thursday next, upon which occasion he viii
be assisted by Miss Vail, Drignoh, and several othe
artists OF distinction. We look for yard 20 II quilt
o treat. There are a great number OF New Yorker
here. Besides the crowds a. the hotels, larger ri
presentation than usual Of the good people OF Col
than have taken cottages for the season.