New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
TBOREAU'S CAPE COD.
CAFE COD. BY BIshy D. TBoKFAc, i2oo, rp %s7
TcknoY Fields


writings has peculiar yaue as remembrance anc
m illustration OF his unique individuality Earnest
and upright in thinking,-of o rare natural prooiH
IN every relation taking no counsel with 'ho pas
or with his cotemporaries,- chershn6 bFsu'e
savage independence,-hluut, defiant, antasonisuc
often Grabbed in his menners,-dsd"'hlhg "a
gracious sweetncssos Of expression ID ms love o.
plainncss and candor Of tpecch,-his literary pro-
ductons have a certain racy, wild-Gidpo A"''i
winch always asserts a charm over even the Mos'
81 dainty tastes Two things are Away accompi
An his descriptions-they present true picture 0i
the man. with mis- original, eccentric ways ana
,ing,larly nice ard accurate view OF eH'eih"i
nature The volume now issued is devoted 10 u''
. sandy wastes and tie primitive population % wv
sontbern Cane of Massachusetts. Mr.. 1horee"
made three visits 20 that famous, sea-git LOCALITY,
traversing i. Oh foot in every direction, ana ming
ling Familiarity with the quaint, almost aboriginal
peope that iphabit lis shores His first experience
furnishes ghasty scene of which he does not iail
TO give a Characteristic record
we left Concord Massachusetts on Iuesd6y, OCTOBER
NIL 1910 ON reaching Boston found that the ifO'-
inoeowu steamer which should have got IN the dty nc
fore had not yet erI cd On account OF NloSIt tlo
and rs We noticed IA the sIeets InuO N.' -, -
Aasset" we decided to 90 by way OF Cohasset; W
found many Irish in tie gong 10 identity oode
and 10 sympathzc with the SURVIVORS, ana also 10 ~
tend tho funeral which was TO take place ID The AFTER
rOon;-and when We srtiycd at COhdssCt II appear e.
at nearly all the passengers were boaudloi tIe ueac
which MAS about ue distant, Gud many oh'F lSls'As
mere focking III FROM the neighbUlnr country. IheIe
acre several hundreds of them streaming OF over 20
hssset common in that direction foot ard some
IN wsgons-&and among them were some sNItsn',H ~
their hunting jackets, with their guns anc st1e- N.s
and dogs. As We passed the graveyard We saw sis
hole ike q cellar, freshly dog there. eDd, JUST Deie
reaching the shore by pleasantly NiACihb anu lVSh!
road We met several hayIiggnes ana iaIln Wagons
coming away toward tho mceiii s-hoGse eacn ,oaae1
With three large rough deal boxes. "e ui1 hot Heo"
10 ask what Was ia Hem. The owners # the gons
we're made the undprs keYs Many horses III oallsees
were fastened 20 C. fences near Tie shore, anu loi
mile OF more up and down. the beach vas covered Win
people looking out lor bodies, and eAane hS lie leg
nlcnts of the wreck. There was small Leland oeheu
This ia said 10 be the yckiesi shore "a MASSACHUSETTS,
rom Nantucket to Sciiuete-haId sentlc rocks when
he waves have laid bare, but have not been able to
numble. IL las been the scene OF many sLip"reok
The brig Sc. john from GALWAY, ireland, aGen Win
EN- grants, wrecked on sunday moinlue; II "aSi
Tuesday morning, and tie sea was still or,aklg
Violently on the rocks There glteen or twenty
Of the same large boxes tkst have mentioned yng
gTocn hillside, iey rods ron TIE water ana sur
rounded by a crowd. The bodies which had been re-
covered tweuty-seyeu eight III al, had been eoee-
ted there. Some were RAPIDLY mailing down the has'
others earring the boxes away ana OiAels were
hitting the bds, which were yet loose aid peelns unae
he cloths for each body. vh such rags still adleto
10 II, vas covered loosely with white sltet W.T.
messed sgas o. re, bpt there MS sOOer H'pat'A
Of business Which wns afpcunr. One nan wus seek
ing "a identify particular body, and one unColaker"
carpenter Was calling 70 another - hho" I'D maj fo2
certain enid WAS Pot. SAW many MAJ Die ieet aHa
matted heads as The cloths were l..'ed, oAo on, h''
swollen. manged BODY Of drowned girl-vEo pGoba'
bly, had INTENDED L. ~ out 10 service il some American
buily,-to which SOME rags sri adhered. ~,ti al
string half concealed by the flesh ohout It's So Glen
neck; the coied-up week oi human hub gashed ~
the rocks on IsAes, that tie bone and muscle were
exposed but quite Lloocess merely red and WAta,-
With wide open ana staring eyes, yet lusief
less, headlights or like Tie CABIN WlnIo~f
Of a stranded vessel filed with sand. Sometimes
there were two or children. or parent aud child
in the box. AID on The lid would perhaps be Vrt
yes WITH ed chaih Bridget slerh-one, ald -
,AldS The surrounding sWaLd Sas covered wl'h c!N
bf sails and clothing have sAce heard, one who
lives hy this beach tlat woman WHO had come over
before but bad left her infant behind for her sister to
bring came aud looked into these boxes. and saw n.
one,-prObaby The same hose supcrse!iPuon nave!
auQted -her child ~ hey sisters arms, a. II TIC sister
Lad meant TO be iognd thus ana within this9 oAys
After the mother died from the effect OF that SIGHT
We turned from his aid walked along tho rock!
shore In the first were sIcEn wlat seemed lnt
fragments Of vessel in small pieces mixed with sand
snd seswecd and great quantities a. leaueIsi but II
hooked old ana rusty that ~ hrst took u toDe some
old wreck ' hich had lam there many years. even
thought Of Captain Kidd and that the feathers were
those which sesfow bad cast there; end sfhaps Their
plight be tradition about 1t in The reghboro GOD
asked sailor II that was tie ST. John lie sald II
was i asked bin where she struck. he pointed 10 T.,
rock in front Of mile from the shore, called ripus
Rock, and added
Yon can see part Of her now sticking 9pi it looks
Ike a small boat"
I saw il. II was thought TO be held by the chain.
cables and the anchors. asked il the bodies which
saw were Gil that were dIowbed.
Z" ~ ~. . ousrler Of them said he.
"Where are the rest Y
Most OF them night underneath that piece you see
U;s reflections on the occasion aIe as peculla'
md suggestive, as his sketches ere foHible and
bright with the colors of nature.
On the whole it was not so impr sive scene az !
might have expected. If had found one COY cas-
mon the beach in some lonely place, II would have
Affected me more Isympathzed rather with The winds
and waves If TO toss and mange these oVT nHinal
bodies was the order Of the day. II this as the law OF
Nature WHY waste any time in awe or Ptyt II the
ast day were come. should not think 20 much abou
The separation Of friends the bighted prospects OF
individuals saw that corpses mleht De muupieu, es
ON the field Of battle TIL they no longer affected Us Ia
sny degree as exceptions 10 the common lot OF human
ity Take all the grayeyards together, they are a~ays
the majority. 1t is the individual and private That de
nsnds sympathy nan can attend but one iuncfu
en- the couise Of bis life can behold pui one corpse 1et
saw that the inhabitants of the shore would he not
little affected by this event They would watch there
many days and nights for the sea TO give mp us dead
and their magnaons and sympdthles would supply the
place Of far away who as yet knew not OF the
wreck Many days after this something white vas seen
floating on the by who was santel Ing on the
beaeh IL was approached in boat, and found 10 be the
body OF a voman which had Ilsen III an upright POSITION
whose white cap was blown back with the wind lsaw
that the beauty OF the shore itself wrecked for many
lonely walker there, until no could perceive at last
how its beauty enhanced by wrecks Ike this anu II
aconired thus a rarer and sublimer beauty still.
INV care for these dead todiesf They really have
no friends but the worms fishes Their owners were
coming to the New World, az Columbus and the Pll-
grms did-they were within mile OF us shores Dut
before thew could reach IT, they emgrated 10 newer
world than ever Columbus dreamed Of yet one OF whose
existence believe that there ia far more universal