New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-03

keaveps AID the earth; n The foreground, narroS
strlp of meadow eitt grasses sFe2t ~ The l'o'o
southern breeze and TIE 'ops a ia smAi P'P'''s
u flied ittO b0s.Oms of gieau..'s aver.
You sbiit your position 70 the southern Po''to
and behold the same splendid elements almost WIN
cut variation. Ia front. rocky point MAKES ou'
fr a short distance. a. the extremity oi "hieH 'n'
lighthouse j. placed, warning on The manner wy
tacbs through the passage ~ ,his am 'u'' coE"
The same line Of horizon sweeps on uho'oSen ~ ~
The eastwsrd: the came c0ors oi ocean ahn ny
prevail. The breakers rush with heavy thunder.ns
on the upper margin Of the rocky point, 90 the
lower side of which Is another cnrvlng oe.eh eA-
tending westward. On this beach are bath houses
The neck Of only few rCds Width. stretches o1'-
ward several miles IN length, hrst Jdt'ins u .n7
south and then bo ending about and fedchng on !" 'o
direction Of S.OniDgtOD. On the western s'de iI1
latter plsce appears, with ts taroor, The De r'us
.f the Connection, shore ard an intervening oay'
Thus on three sides are surrounded by "a'ef,
ocean and sky making up the grand features OF te
l.ndscspe The sunsets here have pecrlar
splendor To-day the sun welt down through
cloudy west az times wholly Ob.cured, thea par
tally breaking forth with strange, weird illhh'hA-
tcns of lie dark curtain, nov transhgurlng 8 .po.
here and now there, til at last the great lumintr!
ssrk. touching 81 il were with final expiring
effort the far horizon, and streaming in spend)r up
The path of bis descent Then came the solar
cray of the gathering talight, and the IN ,reisng
lopdn,ss Of report With which the surf discharged
upon the shore. Evening disclosed the lighted
beacons of headlands, far and near, and envelcped
in indistinct grandeur the majesty Of ocean
An .mine nt German writer in cOnsiderng the
difficulty or rather the impOssibliy) OF represent
ing natural scenes ftly by verbal description makes
the following lust observations, OF the truth 0l
which one cannot fail to be frequently remin led
Men may say what they will in favor OF written
- and oral communication: il Is only IN few cases
indeed that it is at all adequate 70 convey the true
character of any object soeyer, no. not even OF
purely intellectual one. But If one has already
"eBoyed a sure and steady view Of the object then
one may proftably hear or read about i, for then
there exists living impression around which all
".lse may arrange itself in the mind, and then We
"can think and Judge" One j. impressed with
more emphasis than ever with the general correct
ne,s of this suggestion III coming and scenery
wearing these features of grandeur and snblImlty
which are presented here. We are sensible that
cOlOrs even might paint forever the glory OF these
skies and forever emulate the grandeur OF these
ocean scenes, without ever coming the nearer u
delineation. No one sense, nor any One art eau
convey 70 the mind the variety Of impressions which
these objects of nature transmit; and them bey0und
ANYTHING of which all or any of the can take
cOgnizance there is so much that appeals TO the
highest faculties of intellect, and appeals in way
10 appsll with a consciousness of utter Inability to
compass the qualities OF which these objects report.
that il does lot become difficult to carry home the
ustness of this observation OF Goethe with especial
force in its application, at least TO such natural ele-
mens as are the types and emblems of infinite maj
esty and power. One cannot wonder that litera-
tures perish one after another, and that the express
sion of nature into language is perpetual effort,
and perpetual failure. Each age endeavors to
write out for itself beauty and maesty of nature,
and each writes only for its own immediate day and
generation. The next is as forgetiul as if nothing
but naked sky, earth and sea had ever existed. SO
we go on, each epoch imagining that some durable
acquisition has been made, when, in truth, nothing
abides snd is durable but nature herself. She will
teach her own lesson to the successive ages and by
it each will profit in It's own method, and with Its
Own results.
There is none Of the gay friyolity of the fashion
bic watering places. Quiet, sensible people come
here 10 take their and inhale the salt atmos-
phere of the ses. There are two large hotels tole-
rably well filed, and conducted respectfully The
beaches furnish walhDg-space for strolls in numer
GUS directions. In the daytime the guests for the
most part, spread themselves quietly abou. the
grounds ard in the evening gather together socially
IN the parloIs and balconies.
AS close, the moon rising IN the cast Is shining
brilliantly on the water, which, thus Illuminated,
presents remarkably fine effect. J. \. \.