New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-27

Ixocapt spaces seemed 10 be doing rernarksoy wo, VIZ.
EJbis we were told the only use 10 "hicp p"oi
tracts could he proftahv put Every higher eniIens
thAd mole set mp IT, with an old stofih.D" 81
tied 10 H. for q signal that those on me to,n nnou
he Cape for instance, might know Wheh VIC to :,
naclets had arrived on the north 1t appeared hs u
ims use must absorb the greater part ol wv an 'rI
kofihe Cope leaving but fow Iegs oi we le"n' -,
wind mills on the hills--largc weaihrl'tane
strrctures--eua the voJks scattered MI along the
shore. with their long loEs of 'dls Ioslus W pa
kdtiven into The marsh, their low nrue-nhe Ioos, a
their siqbter y-iud.mif were mover ana interesting
ohicc.e ~ a lander The sand by the roadside was
osTtsllv covered with lunches OF moss-hhe pam,
Z Hndonio fomsutoso which woman IN the Stage lon "
,,e, called "povcr! glusS, because II si"" "hei'
sroth,ng else woud.
was strnck by the pleasant equality which refined
among the stage company and their broad ana 'uIef
nile coed bumor They were what IL called free an d
Eessy ard met one another TO advantage, ms men who
had at length learned how 70 live. They appeared 90
know each other when they We're strangers inc! weIo
SO simple aud dow ght They we're wen met Ia en-
unusual sense, that u.s. they met as well as tcy como
smec md did not seem 10 b. troubled Win ony inI"u
smcDr. IAey were not AFRAID nor ashaneu VI "no
another but cOnented 10 make just such com
pauy a. the ingredients allowed. II was evident tha
ihe foolish respect was not here q lme i'r mere
wealth ard station, that il IN nany paris of Ne"'hhg
land VET aome 1f them the hst people ~ the.
are called, 81 the various towns through Wmeh We
passed. Retired seacapains, in easy circumstances
Who talked Of farming a. seoc0p'n!ns are won't az
erect respectable and Trustworthy looking man. IN MS
wrapper son of the salt of the earth vino had 10Y merry
been tie salt Of the sea- more c0uTtl gentleman
iwho pcrchancc, lad been a representative TO sac
General Court in Lis day, or broad, rcdiateu cape
Cod man who had seen too many storms 10 DC ca.E!
irrated; OF ishermaI's wife, WHO had been Nalhug
week for coaster to leave Boston, ard Ina at ehgth
s;riof REGARD for truth obiges 70 say that thc
few women whom that day looked exceedingly
Ilched NJ. They had prominent ohlis ana nost' Az
ing lost ell their teeth. and sharp would re4r' %
r. cir profile They not 80 wei preserved az tri
husbands: or pcrchGnce they were vel preserved as
dried specimens. CIieir husbands, however, were
81 fHrr cot al M IL a.
our own dental system rs far from perfect.
Sillw kent on In the rnr. or, # We sorped' u vas
commonly 1T post-oice and We thought tuat NflHe
ctteis and sorting them nGclnst Cur arrival must he
lie principal employment o. the nhe1i1nts oi TIE Caie
This raDy day. The post office appeared sinsn'ry
domestic institution here Ever and anon tue stage
slopped before some low shop or dwelling and wheel
wright or shoemaker appeared in bis shirt sleeves AID
leather Gpron with spcctGclcs reWy donned iodngup'
Uncle SANS bag as II Il were Size % honeinade
cahe for The travellers, While lie reacd some piece OF
gossp 10 the driver really Indifferent 10 the presence
of the former as il they 50 much begserr. In,
one inetql &c va understood that woman tire post
the road; llt wo suspected tat lie 'e,ters must be'
'suhiected 10 q very Close scrutiny there Wfe wei
were stopping for this purpose a. Dennis We ycntUred
put heads out " The windows - SEQ Where We
ere going and rising before LIS through tie mkt
singular barren bills all sticAen with poverty grass
oon tp 70 il they were In 'he horizon though tLey
were close 10 LIB, ana seemed Il have got - lie cad
o: ud on lt side, Notwithstanding Chat The horse
we're stl headed that way. Indeed that part o Den
mis- hiCh exceedingly bnfftn HiO u'o
date country 81 character which eau Ind 10 name
for; such a surface perhaps to bottom o. TIE 70
made GTy Lard day before yesterday II va. covered
itl poverty f-Tass and there was hardly tree ia b
bat Atie anu there liio Westhcrstaned ouc-.t0roi
house, iA led r1o:lor often TIE roof VAS painted
Though TIC rst q tie house was MISLEADING bleak
ia.d dieehss yet with broad ioG"d"iion ~ 'e ara
where the comfort must havo been au Inside le We.
read in tie Gazetcerior We o..rcd uat too "th usy
that az leJ one LUldred aLG my masters % Nes@cn
cOn g to Ibis town smiled from tie various pors Of
. fsf a. lsrt. mn. 81. ma
s0LL pan 81 tne town. olee We cannot 'GsAe Nleies
they all lodge when tLoy are az home ever ihey rel
there; but Tie Truth = Their houses are .oatis ones
ana their home 10 on The ocean. There "oie Almost no
trees ~ all IN this Dar OF Dennis nor could leHi ths
they talked Of setting out any n true, there wa a!
meeting hOCse set round with Lumbaidy ppars iu a;
hollow rquale the rows iuy otTaehI il. suds o
building and the corners a. square but 81 90 not
mistake, every one o. ;hem dead. could not help,
thinking that they needed resivsl he1e.
We must not omit Mr.. Thoroms accom-, OF he
Cape Cod lighthouse, which was q wonderful in
.titution at the time of his yis!t though & has
since been upplGntodiD the march Of improvement
by more brilliant structure.
The Hichand Lighthouse where sc weIo siayirg
IS subs.enislIookng building OF brick pailted llie
and surmouLted by iron cep Attao ed 10 II is ne
dwelling Of tie keeper one story ligl, also o. bTi;k
AID built by Government. As going - spend
lie night 10 lighthouse We WISHED 70 make tho nosi
Of novel experience, and therefore told Our host
thni would Ike to accompany lin when Pc went 10
light up 1T rather early candle light no lighted 81
sp,el .Jspen laun allowing II 20 smoke rather mort
,hfn We ke On ordinary Occasions md told ne 10 fo
low him. he led the way tTft through Us bedroom,
which placed nearest TO lie NsbttOasc, 1nG men
through long narrow, covered ssagc-w.y, between
wbitewashod walls like prison entry, into The lover
part Of tie Lighthouse, Where many great butte OF on
were arranged Ground thence We assembled by WIND
ing and op.n iron stairway, with steadily increasing
scent Of Oh aud lamp-smOkc to trnpdcOr IN an iron
foor ard through this into the lantern IL was pea
building with everything N app.epe o.dsr, ana no
gt consisted Of fifteen argnnd lamps, placed within
smooth concaye renecors ttentyone inches in diam'
eter and arranged in two horizontal circles one above
he other facing every way excepting directly Gown
or three feet by large Iategass wndows, which de-
fed the storms with iron sashes on which rested the
ron cap. Al Dc iron work, except the floor was
painted white And thus The light house wns com
oeied We walked slowly round in that space
as the keeper lighted each lamp In succession, con
vcrsing with him at the same moment that many 81
sailor on the deep witnessed the lighting Of the High
land Light His duty to fill and trim and light his
lamps and keep bright the refecors He hliod them
every morning and tximmed them commonly once In
tie course Of the night He complained Of the quality
Of the oil which was furnished. This house consumes
about eight hundred gallons in year which cost mol
far from one dollar gelioni but perhaps iew lves
would lie saved If better oil were provided Another
light house keeper said that the same proportion oil
Winterstrained oil was sent TO the sonhernInos ight
house in the Union to the most northerD Formerly
when this light house had windows WIN sfnan ana th
Danes a severe storm would sometimes break the glass
and then they obliged TO put up wooden shutter
n haste to save their lights and refectors-and some
times in tempests when the mariner stood most in need
of their guidance they lad thus nearly converted the
lighthouse into dark lantern, which emitted only al
few feeble rays and those commonly on the land or lee
side He spoke OF the anxiety and sense OF responsi
by which he felt in cold and stormy nights In the
Winter; when he knew that many poor fellow was
depending on him and his lamps burned dimly the OF
being chilled Sometimes he was obliged TO warm mo
oil in a kettle in his house at midnight and I'LL his
lamps over sgain-for be could not have fire 10 tue
light house, it produced such sweat on the wndows