New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-30


Of the Thames eberished bitter remsnbrsnees s,S
ferce reseDtmepts after this catastrophe, or that even
unhappy incident of the day. born Of hot blood sai PEE
so or perhaps the result Of accident hsd 10 haze
been q deed of Deliberate m,lce.
Later years, ho~ever bring cool reflection; end IL
historian Of the District Mis- Csukns 10 the notice 4
the invasion confined in her ote esing add vxluabb
work bas endeayoed TO do Justice to the enemy. Tos
plage and burning Of private homes In New-LonAoa
was not designed in special instances and n
some cases carefully prevented the career Of Tn
wsgon-load Of wounded down the bill was tue resat
merely Of haste and c1rsiness the par; Of thoss
WHO undertook 10 guide j. Of the slaughter Ia tbs
captured fort Of the commander with the very sword
he had 80 well used and coureousy yieded, and II
bis brave comrades when defenseess we can oniy say
in partial palatioD thar the assailauts had suffered
very severe loss including the officers, first a1d second
In command they were in hot blood after an csioats
struggles and having underestimsted the good reasoss
for irving to hold the place put In execution brutal
ripor of martial law which has ventared 20 jos
tfy, While the names Of the slain leaders, Eyre snd
Montgomery, may be honored as those Of determined
and brave men, that Of their who sustained
the bonor of conquest is fortunately unknown
We made brief visit 10 the neishboriDg cemetery
where 80 many of the fahers Of Groton Lie and where
the State has lately erecteda handsome granite shin
to replace the dilapidaed hsadsoDe Of Colonel Leds
ward. the commander Of the fort. The monument e
the fo itself is conspicuous but an ungrsceful square
structure like huge factory chimney, except Tor 10
Qlass cnpoa and flagstaff. better memorial would
have been that primeva form of monument tue oairn
huge pyramid of the rough gni rocks OF tho heids
around. piled on the summit Of the ridge, would have
shown against the sky a. marked, picturesque and
enduring object fit in its rude and familiar form And
material to commemorate the undiscpined donests
bravery which coDsccrated the spot.
Newer Notifications now defend the noble harbor OF
New. London, battery the lower slope, and the
strong but yet maiden Castle Of Fort TRANQUIL on
p+ninsula near the town. The entire garrsn Of tho
latter seemed to conss Of peaeeabls individual en-
gagged in raking hay upon the parapes, which, TO DO
him Justice be stouty defended against the ate npt Of
our parry q, an escalade asserting that he not al
lowed to admit ladies the upper works. SO they
could only SEE the AREA and the arehed case@aes which
indeed hold heavy guns, but cool and Gle auly Us
model dairy, and as innocent of any smell Of villain
GUS saItpeter. Long may they remain so.
At Stoningon, which visited Just after, the only
warlke memeLto of the assault Of 1914 is large she'll
which has been mounted post in the st cot and
to which matrony Ii tie wren has carried hand
full CT sticks and straw fUIm nest for her young;
curious use to make of such combustible missile,
which yet formed ore of the suggest If nesngplaces
Of the del ghtfu sail to Norwich up the lase-like
Thames and Of that beautiful town, have space 70
cav little bu, let us not omit praise Mc. Colts no
bic ems which spread each canopy like the live oaks
of Texas, and where leafy gDs rise with rounded
swell as If sriy rise balJon-like from the soil 70
which they are so!ir1nly bound Such trees may per
haps grow in Central NewYork when we are all dead,
MT sooner Nay hose who then sit under them thank
who plant them.
Nor have we lime 10 write of our coasting voyage
hither; Of the fishing village of Noank, perched on lis
rocky hill; or Of Ms site, whence towed TO a
schooner bound with stout crew to spear sea-sle-
phants at the ends Of the EARTH at Hurds Island
and the Islo of DesolAtion.
We are here perched on this promontory ia advance
of all Summer company, enjoying sea and sky. The
rstss surf ashing the long-curved Narragan-
set beach below the is warm but the sea breeze
cools it's ardor; the of the Sound between
us aud Monauk is full of ifs for SIXTY ~ail Of vessels
are row iu .igtt, bound no and down tho coast, on
which at night count the friendly sparkle of no
lees than ten lighthouses Tbs is shote-fe ia earnest
and though we have made long voyages from our dig
wharves to foreign docks, aud have been for many
weeks where could nothing bat "the round
ocean grded with the sky" never had so salts
factory view of the sea before. OwAHGEsA.
Watch HA, June 49, 1860.