The New York herald., 1863-08-18
highlands or Ncvsrs,nk.
vUh SEASIDE CoRREsposnsnc.

IHohrsoSs ATLANTIC pavu,o~
Shsh'unsK HidmAsDs, N. j., August II. Isss.
hoo~ the Superior ATTRACTIONS Of nj. y,c,I.,p
80 ""ae''@ Hum Of ne Sta'on-Tne Pyo,nrruy oT
a'" ae 0rdnd Sehemes Ahead for Ns Bssc6f
and A.. @isA'as't Of Heo Jersey, dc
The readers Of tn, RAlD a, tie sesshore and ,ulud
summer Of fasbBA hsvs Missed this season i,x
frequent budgets or interesting letters from sAratoga
Newport. the White Mountains Long Branch, tncse
Highlands, &c &c. have been repeatedly asked Why
this deficiency and my uniform answor-Ihc pressure
OF the -w hch for some time satisfactory.
has nc last ceased TO be So since tho only
published represents the at ssandstili from Bull
run to Texas Of you may receive the
any moment OF the opening Of the impending grand bonn
bardment OF Fort sumter; but in tho interval will you
not make opening Tor little seaside letter from this
section Of Old Jersey,
Tho four or ave steamers which, few years ago,
daily passed up ana doyp y uay q the Shrewsbury in
let, beiween New York, RED Bank and Long Branch,
have disappeared. They were drawn on 10 the great
burnside expedition and one o.. two Of them are still.
perhaps, serving Uncle Sam in Pamlico Sound But 80
far Long Branch concerned the deficiency OF steamers
has been supplied by railroad from the south side q
Raritan bay and BY swift and cascioua steamer be.
tween New York and the road. so far this inlet
concerned, our direct nuncaonY at present
i've miles hour. aud side communication 70 little
steamer or isalboat limo OF Jersey stages running
six miles across by water land 70 tho Branch rail-
road. But a two Of the three large hotels which
1ourished in this neighborhood few years ago have
since been burned down, Thompson, Of tho Neversink
Highlands, has become like Robinson Crusoe his de-
solats island with his back 70 the hills aud
his face TO tho sea, ho sing
monarch Of all survey
He says that while his capacities Of accommodation
including all his auxiliary buidings. and the parlors.
and the ballroom, and tho basement, limited SIX
hundred souls, more Iess. He has had turn away
and not to perhaps twice that number during
tho present season This too otwithsandng tho Gii
Guilty aud uncertainty Of reaching these highlands and
m,snSceu coSbuasons Of fields and wooded hills and
iowiads and quiet inland and the stormy
this locality offers ts unsurpassed ADVANTAGES Tor drives,
aud walks, and sailing and fishing excursions and still
water and surf bathing. with tho add ona considera
tons good, At reasonable charges,
and the privilege the ladies' of dressing In slks
calicocs rcm Sunday mornng tn Saturday night when
thoy all expected TO mako themselves charming
possible for the weekly ball. In word II Ia the charm
Ing advantages OF the and the popularity or the
house that have filled Tbompsons establishment so fGll
that you are doiag him q favor TO leave
Bat, tho long heated term being over, and with
number Of his guests dropping OIL every
day, he says that he viii have accommodations tor all
Robinson or Murray street they will how get
down morning or afternoon. ind. however, from M
tou0W passengers mere WpO nave occil tAe
rounds. that from NIAGARA " Aontauk anu from cape
Tod Cape May II h the storya grand invasion
OF pleasure ard fashion seekers by all sorts OF people
descending like the 1oths vandais upon every sum
NOR whether among the mountains on The sea
board and eating cut their substance but leaving behind
such heaps 0f 'greenbacks never seen BEFORE
Secretary Chase has filed the country with groeu backs
and Ia the highways anc byways the people are out
spending them, and Thompson, like coed many others
Is getting his l share, aud s getting rich AZ CrGsus and
feel his the millennium
sofa Abe Lincoln. although democrat.
ms M informed by OF the riAi
Camden and Amboy Company, railroad will DO built
sandy Hook along the ribbon OF ssnd between this
inlet and the down 10 "the Branch and new and
grand hotel TO be built the site Of the Goa View
House, and another largo establishment the site of
the old Ocean House, and with this railroad
completed there vii, be business enough tor these
hotels and for twenty With such road and with
sufficient accommodations pstead of ono or two thousand
sojourners as ThomT sons. Madame Jarvis. Schencks,
Captain Haggcrtys and Frcnchs, and other public
houses along these waters there would have boep sns
summer not less than fifteen thousand vssatoIs
here from New York alone. Build this sandy
Hook railroad, and continuous village OF summer houses
along the beach Ind along these salubro and beautiful
highlands will spring up like magic Long Branch may
be summed up In Tow wordsthe hotels the sun. the
the sand But these kevcrfnk Highlands com.
bne the advantages of the lakes the mountains and the
sox There is more beautiful location FOR summer
hotels summer cottages from Newport down the
Atlantic coast 10 the Gulf of Mexico.
As We now situated here. tho great tide of the
fashionable world drifts around 70 long Branch bot
give this Sandy Hook railroad, ard Long Branch will
bs ccpsed by the NeycrsipE Highlands, a. the
ancient city OF Sidon ecntAed BY hor imperial
daughter the proud and beaut city d Tyre OF ~ tho
Of Buchanan B ecipsed by this OF Honest
OLD Abe Liucon. IN the supply Of !" grcenbacks'