New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-07
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From Our Special Correspondent
NEAR Bosros. Sept q. 1864
You will agree with me that l make
wretched correspondent. must congratulate myseit
and you If you like may thank your stars that dd h''
offer to take the position Of war correspondents WIG.
such things were. How could have succeeded a. e.'
ter.writing In camp. with all its ingenious lhcon
enee and bother; now making desk OF my sAapsacA.
now of drum Of my knee; oiced 70 "ri'e III H's'
and cold in wind and rain the halt or on the
with too much news or too lttle sick or well In tho
mood or out OF it; how could have done, under suce
adverse circumstances, what cannot DO mere III 'us
paradise of country home, within an hours riue u
city love more than all tho other cities on the ear'
nut together and whore it ought to be as easy ior
man to work and do his duty it Is for these Iaapes
tnrn gold and crimson these clouds to cover the blue
rs ey do this morning. with mesh OF cirrts ACC
for these rocks to break strong Atlantic suges into
showers of rainbow mist. Ought to be easy iheeea
but somehow 1t isu't dare Say would be easier to
write In O garrett, with sia oiuner coh''"se"' VI
reaching prosperous ending.
that there really seems no argument strong enough why
| sboud ever 20 away. 1t Is Place whose beauty
vou be quite impossible in the neighborhood OF New
York 10 which Nature has denied the'gn Of rocky
hold precpitous shore-a gift hardly think me hud
son River lovely as it is makes amends for. but III"
place ar l. said when she drew her bedroonicuf-
tains the morning after her arrival and looked cutie
see where had brought her"is like bit Of the I'D
son River banks set down by the ocean. ANA "n
precisely this nngng Of the greenness ard eanhesso
inland landscape with the wild and somber, though a.
often gentle sparkling beauty Of the shore that MAKES
the peculiar charm Of this place; charm when many
Others near it, share. but In less perfection broad
based point projects into the on tie LEFT hand
beach of hard brown sand pleassnter to wax or rde
on than II dazzling vhte. stretches an uDoroken
mile; and landward. bowery lanes ana ho"ery mead
os make one forget in walks and drives how near hs
is 70 the water Thus inc0sed 1t were between Walls
of emerald and sapphiro-bui, alas tie emerald -
getting dusty and sere and led now. in this terrible
ary ycather-the house stands secludedi for a han
mile you approach it witLoat sight or sound oil tho
| neichboring ocean; then suddenly, the green Wai
divides on either hand and before you, the vice hwA
rolls dow TO the cliff. the blue sea runs Tree 10 tbs
rocky wall and from = to Cape Fihisterre the e!eos
the bird may fly and find no resting place.
AL this beauty too is within easy reach OF Boston.
"a is vide region of shore and inland the greater paS
OF which il healthy and pleasant to i've In III Is I'M
possible one would say, that Boston should ever Do
come as 0yercrowed as New-York, where the Landlord
pockets the major part OF your incomes for though tas
city proper has not much room 10 grow H. this "iue
try lies at very door, and becomes every year more
and moro accessible by multiplying eonyeyGnces. we
may sreeI BoeOn eiyy u unci'ily ~ We please
it nevertheless remains true that place to vein
L - adj ufaLaa oXrr
The neighborhood Of New-YoIk is not only difficult OF
occess but is unhealthy when reached the city Itself
is foul beyond measure and governed most dsgraeefuys
and worse even then these things the poverty VI the
cits Intellectual resources. No hrsrate Library. no
museum pictnre-gasryi and yet We are in fnins
because claim to be the biggest city in the land
disputed wish there little Jealousy to DE oe
90 well as biggest.
/ However alive as I to the defects Of New-York
much as personally feel that 1t is very unsatlsiao-
tory place to live inpoor in appliances for study-an
Englishman once crowed OF lie that, in 10 Newborn
book shop could set Of the Greek and Roman ciassics
be bought; socially narrow. and with no provision fas
the comfortable lodging OF any whose means lis
between Fifth.ave. prodisality and Avenue A.
squalor; knowing as to ali these things, am not
sbe Jlutey bent on 1attering Boston. That would In
deed be superfuous labor; while Tho Atlantic
Monthly lives and Dr. Holmes and the rest OF that
famous club in full growing vigor. shall not add
sy feeble chirp to their magnificent brag love Dos
ton and when was In England threw Massa
chusetts ~ gauntlet the feet OF those who snuboed
America and American ideas. Quietly demanded
then and certainly no reason for Withdrawing
from the demand to-day. What State in Europe
has done more for civilization in the same number Of
years than Massachusetts, since she was Slater What
State in Europe is doing for civilization day
than she iss' But with ell this true it is also true
tint certain people in Massachusetts say more In praise
OF hor than Is modest. muis try therefore to keep
clear Of that error myself
think even New.York does not appear TO have
grown so greatly in fifteen years Boston Certainly
the places knew in New.York so long ago have NOT
altered 50 much Tie Boston Of ny childhood ID not
IN be fotd excepting here aud there abont memorable
places Isch as the Common and Faneui Hall. Whole
.,reets have disappeared in efect--haye lost theY
identity. there Is let Of them not stone upon
another Wood and brick have given place to niles
O, granite; and no. only is the material changed bus
The stylcss utterly changed. The stark baroness and
primness o. the old buildings Is swallowed up In the
des,re for variety and characterization. Everything
that can 10 done with granite has been done, one
would think and, without doubt great mans things
that cannot be rightly done bat in either case, 1t 10
plain that the desire for good building Is awakened
Expense seems to spared here than with rs
but in the majority Of cases tie result Is far better IN
Boston The designs for stores and houses are better
there is denying There Is more variety. more bar
mopy more Individuality. and the mechanics WORK
this, by admission OF some OF our OWL Workmen