The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-14
Newport Scenes.
Correspondence of the New York Times.I
NEwp0RT z I .Inly % 1867

SEeVc0 OF tne ocean Datu, OT UP, Dis IL
is generally called. The morning dip
commences at 1880 o'clock, and lasts
away long until after 2, and is more nu
merously attended than the post-meri
dian batL. The early birds and the
trash" arrive at the beach at 10 A. NJ,
about II middling class-say profes
sional gentlemen and their ladies-ap
pear upon the beach, and at IL the
nabobs put in an appearance The for
mer tramp, tramp, tramp" or come on
foot, the middling class come down in
numbering omnibuses, at fifty cents a
head, if you know the ropes, or all the
money you've got if you're stranger
Hack-drivers stick close to the scripture
in this particular-if you are stranger
they take you in-they do, indeed. The
nabobs dash down in elegant equipages
in style and structure, all the way from
a chariot down to bread basket. Fol
the sum of fifteen cents you enter huge
cracker-box and disrobe yourself, and
make divers preparations for Neptune's
embraces Those who own bath habili
ments are lucky. Those who hire them
are also lucky if the exercise of ones
skill can manage to keep the dilapidated
trowsers together during the bath.
AT II o'clock the excitement is at its
Gentb All classes and all shades of so.
ciety are represented either ON the beach
or in the water. Millionaires and mil
on-heiresses, tradesmen, professionals
mechanics, and gentlemen and ladies OF
elegant leisure-better known as gam
oilers and courtesans-make up the dra.
mats persona. ''Ah there comes a rat
ting equipage; the lady drives, herself
with her coachman by her side, what a
lovely creature-how divinely made
Nhat a 5nst-and what waterfall
what rats, what mice. what-what =
what else do the ladies wear upon their
heads Not much bonnet, certain. She
alishts what an ankle. There-there
she goes, this Venus-the sight of her
produces sort of melting luxuriance OF
ecstacy--intO booth No. "a"
Lord gracious who is that, or what
is that, coming out Of booth "a? She
looks like shrimp. Where under the
sun has that well-turned ankle disap-
peared where is that Hebe bust and
where, oh where is that waterfall What
Il fall was there, my reader Where are
the rats and mice, and-oh, where is the
woman Alas she has left most of her.
self in booth a. A few weeks ago |
engaged, in Nashville, to take lady to
the English opera. She was gorgeously
arrayed when arrived at her house, and
was in the act of adjusting collar
says, she: MY gracious! havn't got
anything to put on but a paper collar.
"All right, madam" l rejOined, IL had
Just as lief see you with nothing but a
paper collar on as not" But take it all
back, after witnessing the transforma-
tion in No. "a. Halloo, there comes a
right smart-looking girl. Oh, there's an
excursion to-day from Fall River, see
she's factory girl, and makes four dol
lars week attending to spindles sixteen
hours day This is her first idle day fol
year, and she gets "docked" sixty six
cents and seven mills for It, However,
she's no earthly account She's got Il
beautiful face, a splendid form, is good,
honest, upright, virtuous girl, bnt she
hasn't got q cent-she's no earthly ac-
count. This creature" goes into booth
No. %. Miss % prepares herself for the
bath, and trips it down the beach along
side of Miss "a They dash into the EN-
braces of old ocean, who knows no grade
and come to the surface together The
rotundity of Miss "a has ceased entirely
10 exist. She looks for all the world like
the last rose of next summer, while Miss
% is left blooming alone. Neptune has
knocked to smash what seeming volup-
tnousness still existed in the bathing
dress of Miss 25, but, on the contrary, has
further developed the charms of Miss 25,
as her wet clothes hug closely to her
handsomely. chiselled limbs Miss "a
quits the bath, looking more than any
thing else can think of now like long
wet stocking; but, soon after, dashes
through Touro stree gorgeous female.
Miss % leaves the ocean as she entered
ia woman,
All who is this elegant brigadiei,
uever saw or heard of him before He
goes into booth 20" I'll tell you who he
IS. He is coward He is captain in
one of the regiments of the regular brig
ade He got his appointment through
political influence. At the battle Of
Stone River he was taken sick before the
commencement of the fight and carried
to the rear At Shiloh he was away or
leave, and his company was commanded
by another officer Through his shrewd
ness he became detached, and saw none
of the Tennessee campaign During the
Atlanta campaign this son Of Mars was
made colonel, but up to this time had
never seen a battle-had never snufed
gunpowder. He was assigned to color.
ed regiment bnt never commanded 1t in
the field. This regiment fought gallant.
ly at the battle of Nashville. Here was
at least an opportunity for this elegant
brigadier But he couldn't see it. Late
in the day of Fridays battle he sneaked
out to the field, and took a position be
hind tree, over q mile and half from
where, his regiment was fighting He il
now brigadier general. All the officer:
and soldiers in the army of the Cumber
land know this man. He is universally
known as the coward, par ercelleace, O
General Thomas army. In booth No
81 is veteran soldiers private in tn,
fifteenth regulars, headquarters at Fort
Adams, Newport. He has been in seven
teen battles, and has been wounded six
times. Old ocean treats them both alike
though
The rage this season is coachmen and
footmen-to an extent never INDUCED, in
before. In most all cases their livery il
of <ha y,,orf coaf1v and luvnr;on. cJ,eroo