Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-08-16
Down Amonr the Yankee..

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ing into the pot, and in which goodly slices
Of Fat pork and mealy potatoes bear due pro-
portions, the whole concocied by down
easter who has passed bis or her years down
here where the music OF the tide Is the even
ing hymn and the morning call. II not,
then your life is not complete and there is
something yet to hope for In the gastrOnomic
line, even though your lines have been cast
in as pleasant places as the dining room oi
the Angler. Such dish have this dry enjoy
ed, surrounded with all the inspiriting concom-
itants OF seaside picnic. Now, there are
many kinds OF picnics Of which two thirds are |
uumitigated bores to two thirds Of the partic-
ipatorp. OF these the undersigned has attended, |
he sincerely hopes, the number which the
fates hSve allotted to him during life. But
such picnic as that Of to-day upon 'South
End, where twenty of the choice spirits,
male and female, OF this delightfully."- culti-
waited and social city, went to have as laugh
ing, gay and rollicking time as ever chill
dren had in their brightest days, was one TO be
remembered for life time by the whole
party, among the foremost of whom was the
popular snd energetic General Agent OF your
i'Bellefontaine Line" an old Clevelander.
| Physically tired but mentally refreshed hun
dred fold, we are hhome again, having seen
IA Day TO be remembered"
There are very many beautiful spots about
this beautiful city, and surely have not yet
seen any signs Of "blue law" austerity. On
the contrary, everybody seems to be guided
by the sensible creed that this is the best
world they have yet found, and it is their
duty 10 enjoy it rather than to see skeleton
in every household, and a sign of the degen-
eraoy of the times in every hearty laugh.
The New Haven Grsys, who returned last
week from the war in one of the COnnecd-
cut regiments, gave what they called an eX-
hiLition of Zousye skirmishing, upon the
spacious Green on Saturday. It may have
been sill they were called upon to do in their
skirmishing in Virginia, but as far as an eK-
hibition, 1t was nothing at all.
The city has been lively with returning
regiments for few days The regiments
have come to this point by vessels from Wash
fngton or Fortress Monroe and been disband-
ed here. Mai. Mansfield has had the general
supervision of the troops while here, and has
admirably performed his duties. There is
one company of Horse Guards here which
presents a very fine appearance indeed, being
finely mounted, elegantly uniformed, and
we'll drilled.
New Haven suffers greatly from lhe pros
tratioa of business consequent upon the war
The chief branch of business here has been
the manufacture of carriages. This, Of
course is cut off, to a great extent by the
hardness of the times, so that whereas, in Or
binary times, there were from sixty to sew
/ enty carriages shipped from here per day,
now the shipment does not average half a
dozen, it. indeed, it does half that -
All the Southern trade is cut of, and in tie
t Northern States new carriages are luKuries
; which may be dispensed with for time
One establishment, that of H. & d. Cook,
] the largest in the city, has heavy contract
: with Government for the manufacture of
gun carriages, which enables the proprietors
5 70 keep aearl, all their force employed.
The harbor here would be one of the finest
> in the country, if it only had sufficient depth
Of water. As it is, vessels of large draft
D have to be unIaden in the channel by lighters.
!, To partially remedy this difficulty an i'm
) mense pier, nearly one mile long, has been
e constructed from the business docks toward
4
e told is the longest in the United States.
d Nearly down to the mouth of the harbor,
r upon the easterly side, is Fort Hale, relic
r of the last war. 1t is built 10 the water,
e | thirty or forty rods from shore, and was cal
culated for perhaps half dozen guns. Ger
!, | tainly there is not room for more. The fort
e is now deserted and fallen into decay. Uoon
v the summit of a hill behind it are the re-
! mains of another fOrti6cation which was,
IS Lelieve, ga deed withouta name"
/. OF course you know that New Haven and
a vicinity, especially Fair Haven, is the grand
g planting ground for oysters, where the poor,
: useless creatures, fresh from their native soil
6 in Virginia and Maryland, are 'planted' in
: the shallow waters ofthese bays, from which
q they shall one day emerge fat and lusclou;
: bivalves to be swallowed by hungry mortals
! throughout this and other countries. The
war has put stop to procuring TIE oysters
L from Virginia, and the prospects are that
t next year, they who would have their "dOzen
e tried" or ''half dozen upon the half shell,
s must do so at an exceeding expense. The
n grounds where the oysters are planted are
a private property, and are staked off like the
# settlers claims in the far west. Guard i:
kept over them by watchman who lives IL
e boat like Mr.. Peggotty, only his was on
= shore, while this is aaOab ready to pounct
d upon any intruder.
Upon the two opposite sides of New Ha.
d ven are "East Rock" and "West Rock" two
y remarkable ledges, nearly one hundred feet
= high, md their respective faces so abrupt, sc
- iperpendicular, and so well matched as to ap-
IS pear that seme great convulsion of nature
ir had torn a mountain asunder and left the
0 parts in their present position. From the sum
mits of these, fine panoramic views can b'
IS had Of the city and all its surroundings, in
cludiug Long Island Sound A trip to one
re of these Rocks, especially if delegations o
ie New Haven, Hartford and Springfield girl
are of the party, is by no means to be de
Ii sPised- Sd. P.