The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-08-23
For The Cecil Wing.
Summer Letters. No. 3.
SAG IARBoR, LoSG ISLAND,

August 18th, 1862.
Yesterday morning weak and llngnid from
the sultry, oppressive, dog-dty atmosphere
this morning bIaccd by a still sea breeze
which iuhale at every breath and which
makes the windows fairly ratie. After Il
delightful trip across Long Island Sound in
the saucy little steamer Mary Benton little
| mean, in comparison with some of the float
ing palaces which ply in the Sound find
myself at Sag llarbor, siuated. in sort of
bay formed by the extension OF two horns OF
the eastern end of Long Island into the
Sound.
On the way, we ran up to New London
Come ctcut, where we found one French and
two L. S. war frigates, one OF the latter bcing
the Sabine, which is there recruiting. We
could see the officers OF these ships, the
Frcnchman with his tri-color and the Ameri-
can with his Stars and Stripes flying from the
stern, darting about the harbor in their boats.
the jiunty dress of the sailor, particularly
the Frenchman, and the measured dip of the
oars forming marine view, which pnt upon
canvas with any degree of accuracy, would
make painters fortune. New London
struck me as one of the most delightful places
to spend the Summer I nave ever sccn.-
Fishing, bathing and sailing were the orders
Of the day. But the coast is dotted all along
with pleasant little summer hauns where
watering places, a man can get his fill of
genuine enjoyment. Costing so little, Sum-
mer trips are the rule here instead of the
exception as with MS. What would we think
of seeing one Of our journeymen mechanics
start off with his family for a week or two at
watering places Wouldn't onr First Fami-
lies stare, and think, with Sit Leicester Dead
lock, that s. the flood gates Of society were
all giving way z" But, Mr. Editor, You and
a.. Il, n
labor, no longer degraded by competition
with the filthy negro. will be estimated at its
true value and First Family arstocracy ditto.
It's funny to see here the Cottons and Mathcrs
&C.. who were to Connecticut. what orr
Bowie's and Ll"yds are to Maryland. Their
grandfathcrs' toombstones te II of the dignirics
and titles which the old ones bore but they
alas where are they 7 bloatcd, tater-dcmal-
ions, loafng around the groggeri $. For
there are groggeries, and plenty Of them too,
in this land of steady habits. One Of the
first things which strikes a Southcrncr is the
falsiiv Of most Of our theories as to the points
! OF difference between the people Of the sec
lions. | venture to say that the open exhibit
tons of drunkenness and profanity, to be met
with in Connecticut, will exceed by far those
Of Mary land. The fact is, MIR. Editor.
human nature is human nature all the world
over.
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