The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-07

:. Test emlvia OF India wharf or warehouses; OF
the present day are on sort Of probation.
Prof Longfellow. Prof. Agassis, the Chadwicks,
the Peabodys, the Russells, Mrs. Lodge, the Tu-
dors. the Miffns, are some Of the names which
will be remembered In connection with Nahant.
Mr.. G. R. Green, Of the Fifth avenue, il the only
New Yorker permanently cottagsd on the Point.
Mr.. Fremont's cottage IL offered for SALE and
from New York; that society is too exolu-
Fve. Hereby hangs . funny tale illustrative
of the Bentonian character, which will
o %sSsnt rsfs the
the Nahant Hotel property and the steamboat
dock; that 10, he is most potent of any on the
Point to practice, the grand principle Of exclu-
"slood" Ia not generally known in the village, in
esmuch as his name is not recognized as that of
sny prominent Boston revolutionary family. In
wedding an heress he placed himself in control
ofSeven or eight millions of dollars worth Of pro-
perty, the Nahant Hotel site forming part of the
possessions. am told by citizens of Nahant that
tns gentemans policy s to prevent the erection Of
epother hostelry on the Point by keeping the pro.
perry IN his hands in spite Of seductive appeals by
capitalists who would like to please the great pub
no N mat way and make money by the operation.
BE has the property strongly fenced in, with cau.
tons TO trespassers' posted in Conspicuous places
aLdIwill not nnbend from his exclrisveness 80 far
~ to permis even close view of the ruins Of the
lone 'tei. NO pcnicers, no ramblers, no shell
hunters, are allowed within the limits of the en-
closure. TO day, when the little steamer came
down from Boston, the skipper received informa-
Non that the planking was to be removed Tom the
wharf; that visitors to Nahant were not t0sbe al
lowed 10 land on these premises.
lhe Orient, q little sternwheel steamer, fresh
Nom the shpyards Of Portland fast and pretty,
Will continue to make trips between Central wharf
and Nahant, if passengers must be landed in
yawls, 80 tie captain told me, in firm, decided
Hanner. Fare thirty cents, sir, each way" Which
ought to induce regular Coney Island rash.
THE LONE HOTEL.
Whitney's Hotel, down in the street to Lynn, is
open for the reception of visitors, as 1t has been
for thirty.six years The proprietor has privilege
few visitors very comfortable. Certainly Whit
nSy's is the only choice now, for there are no
openings for hotel elsewhere on the Nahants,
aud the public may rest assured that the great
house will not be rebuilt. M H
Nv THE FREMONT COLT AGE.
= Colonel Fremont experienced considerable diff
guilty in getting location on Nahant, but finally
was to be sold at auction, believe, and there sp.
peared to be the same aversion to interloping
then as s,s now; Twenty-Five thousand dollars
place in "our SET" But Mariposa stock
was worth moro than 1917 at that time, and
the hero Of the Mountain Department stole
narch upon the conspirators by purchasing
o. private sale. rtsident and independent ''Jes-
sie' came down with her daughter and took pos
session OF Npper Stage Point and Marjorum Hill.
A large sum OF money was laid out in improve
mcnts until the Fremont Cottage, at Nahant, shone
~ bright AZ any. The daughter of Tom Benton
ought naturally to be credited with blue blood, yet
she was not cordially received in the patrician
circles Of Nahsnt. Her great strength OF charac.
tsr enabled her TO paddle successfully social
eaaoe Of her own, however, and the breach widened
Jessie ridiculed the Soldiers Aid Society Of
Nahant, where ladies in silks, laces, pearls and
diamonds served fluffy shoddy for the poor SOL
DIR, in remembrance OF their female ancestors,
who spun and wovs and tore up petticoats for gun
waddng in Revolutionary times. She, too, stuck
mp "trespass boards" and caused the arrest (for
AMI If n NJ gci ~ a ware
bathing on her beach. She stopped Nat. Russell
IN his morning ''constitutonar' down her eleven
thousand dollar road, and turned him back discom-
ntted BY the hard logic, that ne was trespassing
IN no-thoroughare. Hence the feeling Of re-
lef' sub rosa among the patricians that the
Fremonts are not coming back this summer.
o. PRIVILEGES OF THE PUBLIC.
! II must not be received from the foregoing that
the great American people have NO privileges 1t
Nahant, or that the exclusive sentiment II uni
vNrssl. The beach ID open TO all, except in places
purposes. Swallow Cave may be visited ct low
tide; Irene's Grotto, q cleft in the rocks
famous for the destruction Of wandering
operates: Sslf sds though oS 'R Ros ss s Sa1
and noisily a. Of yore,- for the amusement
Of tle curious, and shells l0ay be gathered ad h6!
sssn. Tom Gods, grubbies, scullies, perch and
rock cod abound, and are easily taken. Well be-
hsyod people, who come down from Boston with
Aaapers of dinner and nshing tackle, can gain &C.
GEES to smooth grass plots for picnic purposes
men for moderate charge. Views Of swampscott,
Lynn, Marblchead and salem, Egg Rock aud Bos-
ton bay, 70 be had from all points, arc exhila.
rating in the highest degree. when accompanied
by the invigorsting breeze that blows from be-
yond Cape Cod. l fancy the Boston mid
die class, and summer tourists from other
parts, will not suffer the Orient steamboat
enterprise to 70 under for want OF patronage,
when it becomes generally known that the little
craft has commenced her trips. For q single day
out Of Boston Nahant is a. attractive as any spot
within fifteen miles Of that town. Not so demo.
cratic ~ C0ney Island, perhaps, but as cheap.
SUGGESTION.
Hope will offend no one by suggesting that
some lord Of T.tusvls, Tideoute or Oil City
como down, purchase the Fremont Cottage and
erect hotel thereon. There 10 money in it.
Our Newport Correspondences
:. NEWPORT, X. l., July 8, 1865.
Ne,o York to Netnport-Scenes and Incidents on
the &eamer-Arr'iral at Nerport-A Rainy
iS4nday-.slins Attendance at the Uswches--Pre.
posierous Head Dresses of the Lddies-TAe
Nabobs not yet Arriued- Glorious Change Of
Weather-The Beach, and What tods Seen
TAevs-Avmorial Bearings-A Hint for Score
tary Fssse,sdsn- Newport Bathing Criticised
Preparations for Celebrating the Fourth, dc.
Feeling DESTROYS of making tour Of some Of the
famous watering places, Of which had heard 80
much. / Left New York on the Sound steamer Me.
tropois, at five o'clock on Saturday afternoon. On
smbarking I found the vessel crowded on every
deck and in every part, while there was an i'm.
mensely long line Of anxious passengers crawl
ing along towards the captains Office to pro-
cure their tickets. This process went on till
about ten o'clock at night, your correspond
emit being one Of the last to receive
his ticket, for which he had to hand
over four dsllars to the clerk. inquiring at the
same time for another ticket for the softest plank,
which ELECTED the approbatory term Of sensible
man. for my personal benefit, because did not
take up the functionary's time by an application
fsr q mythical stateroom or an impossible berth.
Supper interviewed during these interesting pro-
ceedings. and coed supper It was, for which We
were m4lct in the trifling sum Of one dollar.
By the time the ticket business was disposed of