, 1866-08-21
FROM RHODE ISLAND.
Letter from Rev. Robert CoIlyer.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Ttibnne-l
ppyn@nr 2 r Auprxt1T 1854

Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune-l
BR1s1oI. r. T., August II. 1s68-
II the TRIBUNE il not crowded with the |
absorbing topics Of the Convention. aud its |
doings nnd revelations, will it print lazy
letter from one OF it's constant readers" and
true lovers, who has got furlough and is
enjoying it thoroughly In this old country
fRa shs aonb a9fl It 81 oa o
try indeed 1t Is the only spot that can claim
to be as old as the conqueror- The North
men came into this bay 500 years ago, landed
on these islands, saw. tie wild rines growing
called the country yine1anl; stayed
AZ long as thet could, made probably tran
eicnt settlement but then went back to their
own dear inlospitab!e Morse land for good,
larthest sea line Of the Old World until the
fullncss of time should come, when our race
would send ont the strong children Of the
Reformation, or rather its grand children OF
the noble Puritan stock. when the old feu-
dal system vas over and done with, and the
idea had dawned afresh upon the world that
all men are created With the fnalienabfe right
to life, liberty and the pursuit Of happiness
Not that the children we're entirely worthy
ftheir IaEentage, or Of the new word God
had hidden away from their eyes for their
home. Equal rights seems to be one Of the
very hardest and last words a people learn
to epell In the word Of truth
Here where an lotus eating was one Of
Inc OAlGtAl IuU1L5 u LIE UltA SkAfE Al4AE. LIZ
gamb1il rooted old warehouse. past which
have Just been pulling my boat, hiss held
many freight; Of kidnapped men and wo-
men. went blackberryiug this morning
with q quaint old sea captain who served the
great DeHEo1fs as fsr back as 1917 in the
.Iat6c, and Who has many stories to tell OF
he things that he has seem And SO. when
! he old DeWolf Of all left his son }1S0, 900
| made in the slave trade, what luck went with
| money" said when the captain Was through
| III AT 1YrE- - tHf3 TIM o1H mar sin
eight years It was all gone and nobody knew
! how it vent He wasn't drinking man nor
! nothtn. but his money Kind O. melted away
and then he died, and nov the family
Bste1 81 gone s to eha9%ns a9ah Old g. pass. ass
The salt Sea air and captains
are both capital. The water IS warmed to
just the right feel by the Gulf stream for
ever flowing past to make the laufels grow
IN England, where. Int for that boon, they
would hare 3 climate like Moscow. The
CLANS arc said to be superb, but have not
| get yentured beyond the scuppoag and the
berries. There is q new order also pushing
out the old. The Bristol mills nre busy- 4
noble new wharf Is building for new line Of
steamers, and there are handsome churches,
in one OF which, By the Way, our own
eloquent Dr.. Tiffany preached last Sun
day to a deeply interested congregation:
There Is also an enterprising periodical
| store3 here, worth the attention Of men 90
far behind the times as Walsh, for when j
| went to get paper they told NE they didn't
keep spare copies, but there was one the
: | man hsdn't called for and might have that
for three cents.
/ came down yestcrda5 from Providence
: with Burnside I had met him there on The
street. He was as glad to see Chicago tace
, as if he belonged still to the Garden CITY
The noble fellow looks heartily veil. and L
: building himself a new house In Providence
+ not large, vesJ plain and unpretending, bu1
solid and good as himself We talked abou1
3 the aspect Of public affairs. Of course r.
! feels deeply the gravity Of the time, but
|. full of hope that johnson VIII not carry
r single Northern State, not even View Jersey
G asked him to come out and talk 70 %
+: promised him the Opera House Jam full, hu
+ be declined the honor and thought We we1
|. able ont cur way to take case OF ourselves.
= They have here one wonder. nnu namel
e HarTishoff, blind from his hoyhood, the fines
J. bpat-builder in the whale country side. III
e touch is truer thsn any, mans sight hi
J. eeuse Of the line marvellous He can tel
= you lust what boat can do by feeling Of he
d lines. can make boat to do almost thing
and can tell what is the matter with detec
II i've boats from other auf1ders. It Is all q
Ie wonderful as possible, showing what th
,e human nature can do IN the teeth Of the mos
II ! fatal calamity that can befan 1t, and whi
as compensation often turks within the mo;
], weotu1 experiences possible to our life ths
+ do rot come by Sin. R.