, 1869-08-02
LONG ISLAND SOUND.
Eastern and Wate1lngg-Place
Letter.
Frem Long Branch to Newport.
Old New England Towns.
Life in Hartfor1-Lethargy in Nc"
London
Tic Tariff Question ai Its Home.
c..e{de Information.
LONG ISLAND SOUND.
Frem Long Branch to Newport.
Old New England Towns

;rEex OF. own CONSEQUENTLY
WATCH HILL. WE9rEELr.

tfFeA oEl. OWN CORRESPONDENT
WATCH HILL. WE.rEELr, |
Rhode lslaad, July e.
In the snr1nc OF this rear ! wrote Jou from Al |
nHpo1is m account In cp1rot1e Of tho Chesapeake
water For the past three weeks nave ocen
making the c1lIse Of Long Island Sound, which II
IN many things st91kingly TIE the CHESAPEAKE
srEt tn lis general ahape and dimensions, ana N
the nature of its shoses, Long Island bearing
marked resemblance 10 the Eastern Shore O.
peninsula Of Delaware and Maryland; next N its
ptluents, the ore receiving the Sus4uesa1uo- sne
o,her the Connecttcut-the astes1al canals Of 'ae
Middle aud the New Eng!And etate-- Newport
ind Hampton Roads arc the best American bar
tors, Mt the foot, respectively, Of either
bar. New London IL the Annapolis OF
Long Island suunt Providence ls It's
Norfolk; Hartford and New Haven are Its Wash
tngton What Old Point Comfort used 10 be
amongst Richmond and Southern WRter1n4.pEace4'
Newport Ia amongst Northern. These are Rone
physical rcscmbiancea; hut II Is also true that
mapy Of the towns Of Long Island Sound Ike
those Of lne chesapeake, hare hecomc degenerate;
for New York, Ike Baltimore, has dratned them
Of enterprise, and absorbed tt hefsclt all that
made them thrive In other dsJs. There is DO
more pltlnble spectacle than New London- Sion
!tSto1 aud Newport noE. a-ia5s, thetr old Whaling
relsels lost, sUId or dsul4nted, the.F warehouses
hollow and lecrepid. thcit longshorenlen AMI
sAtnpers sitting on the!s srat pliers, looking out
q, The orang where ly,stsh anl New York vessels
60 the QUO seaward, The other coastwtse, making
OF these ha1bora Of the Sound no more than ferry
s,tB between New York md Boston.
1t ls Fad to heat tho talk In these
toygus wrrc capital lies whiting for congentol en-
ployment, where the fAca Of d stranger Is daT'
event. wbcrc, reduced 10 snmnet resorts, the
tng-arnaei uacp OF these towns. used 10 tsudy3ug
the tEEus Of rough weather and taking sea
ffH
pleaAuse soops for ciiJ clerks and llat the hooiH
OF sca-rIck women taking tnck aah ami ecrcam-
trg little screAnE. Further parallels between the
thesapgnke, EuIDch ty Elaycry, an'i LhnE Island
kound rnli1ctl hy the tnrtn, might easlly be male.
Connecticut I- ut prescnt probably greascr pro-
dnees OF tobacco than MARY lann. The oysters Rnd
G.h Of thc tHo baTa arc tsill OF prime Importance
1!ut II IL nt well to follow tnotc rorrr'routcnce*
TOO snstonely, fur shry may tn!slcu,l. hnsc
therefore t1 lnytc yn1r attention to this beautiful
tAbx Ib.ut,, wafer as 1t hna appeared 10 suc this
su,u1nrr, vulnR freely to aud frh upon IT,
THE FAsK or fE~ roHK.
Long 1.ansi s@ouln! have previously 1krne' IN
tta relation to Nrw York, 10 ihr long InnrlaI"l
na,u Of u cathedral, pointing eas.wnts', whLfo tho
| lIuatonf kiscr md ll,r Two ihnys 0f New York
r1ntr s.lr tfu!trcpt nhd rhotr uf tho city. Ttr
soull IL ILL niles forx. with IN ns"snR" depth o!
iffccu tathonlA unh VI Irregular width, ol from
| trn 10 twenty miles. truy1drnliAlly. thls rnnn1
ecrrna 10 l,ayu lnvn created tar wafo Inland col'
1ntn,eu,!e,, in llnr nf waE bnt~rrtI New England
Ansi tho cnlnpactrE Union, and practically II Ia
Anuoth Wxter a.Gtiao between ihr manufacturing
Acctiun ltd tho cnuturrcls! metropolis. s!x OF tho
nncsl lllLsA Of ateam vessels tn tho world. zach
| conuecl'uK with Il railroad, make the dail,
| russnEu Df tho found foF neArly the round yea!
All these steamers rendezvous at New York. and
| tlrls ports arc Srw Haven, Now LONDON. ston'
1nxtvn, Providence, Bristol, aud Newport. The
cemLAnet capital invested In these lnca, c1clsBEc
| Of ther En,iwnya, Ia about two and three-Guarte
nl.lIons OF dollara, Smaller steamers ply Il
| bridgeport, NorWnlt, md Hartford. These hoafa
| leave New YORK neaEiy at tho sane t!tne IN tne
evening, aud ulm to connect the passenger traEcl
| from tho South and West with through night Inc.
to Bostou; they run almost tnsat1ahly By night
and It ID nInong tho wonders Of our day that they
have hitherto escaped coillson on the foggy Sound
! Sometimes they oil arrive abreast OF Hell Gate
and whistle mud r1pg til midday, waiting to make
that nerllous passage In safety. The sr!cndot ant
/ completeness Of iheso steamers host
been remarked by all tore!Enesn-thcir az
quiAite taloons and stateEoons, the faet5 Of Incl
| oomrapy and the tEnronKhness Of theIT ho5pita
tty They ca17y at least four -nfths Of the whol'
| number Of yearly passeDgers between New ior
| and boston,
On either side OF Long Island souni q ooastVts
| Fu.Iray paascs-thc one TO G1eenportt At tic ell
Of Lo1k Island, the other 10 Psos1drnce, u th'
head Of the Day Of Nar1agansett> The latte
throws Oh seven a1ns to the nortnHasu; TOT near
1y all New England YaIlWnJB yuu nofthwnrd ans
southgard. this dcnsay- -peopled section belnl
| notably deficient In crpssElse railways owing II
part pe.haps, to the natural obstacles bctTeel
the valleys OF the Connecticut and the Hudson
The four I've toHns Of Connecticut, Hlbntar.
to Long bland Sound, are Providence
Hartford, bridgeport, ana SorHich; and !
the raslo Of thcir population they are prol
! ably the richest towns On the AMERICA
Continent. Brooklyn, on Long Island, Is large
.nau ali OF them combined; but Brooklyn Is PROF
er,y city OF Connecticut, containing more Blu
Soscs than any town in Connecticut proper. Lou
! Island will probably never rival the towns On th
/ Connecticut shore, as that great, and, in places
very fertile Island, Is almost destitute OF goo
ports. 1t t. NOW becoming to New York what IN
isle Of Wight and the Channe! islands ase to En-,
land-a garden and q stocS.ralsfn9 1eld. Oh IL
J tip Of Long Island Is a solitary island. e'gt
! miles long, called Fishers, coming close
10 the Connecticut shorr, and this Is tho proper
Of Que person, g Mr. Fox, OF Now York, who ha
1900 sheep grazing upon 1t, most Of them raise
from Imported stock; he gaze $4,000 II
the is1and. Long Island Sound Is close
by Block Island, resort Of blue fishermen
) summer, ard Of codIshera in winter. 1t pol
about az hundred votes, eaid To be IN the marx
!
. | about two hundred families this year sumnenp
: | on ulock Island: II contains many curious peopl
and with Aoptauk Point, l. l., and Point Jndlt
, tho Connecticut boundary Of the Sound, diFldi
the Atlantic from the great Inland Watefs We hal
been considering. The adrent Of A. 7. S1aWa
. upon Long sland maE prove as Important
: ! tts rcsuts as the work Of Il
House OF Austria In the marshes OF Tuscany. !
redeem tho waste lands round Hampstead Is pr
c 1ect worthy Of enlightened enterprise, and an i
9 yc+tnent probse.y oorc ludscsous than any III
+ Mr, Peabody has undertaken The lat;cE's phila
l. thsppy resembles that Of S. Carlo Uosfome
c who gave Unfortunately Of his great possession
! TO the poor relieving the tnd[gence Of day, n
= carou!zins himself IN the tliad alteration Of
> era Of prunigate almsgisiD9. Ills fnnd fof sout
Il ern education IL vast one, bnt net vast eao1t
!. for the te1d; he has shot two millions ol socSe
into the night, In hopes that they might make In
n ,,feak; he has h1ilt housea fer the London poor
l. cure poyett5-xeil-ueant means to 1nstudl'
h ends, But Stew1rr, combining the Samaritan nj
:, the PRACTICAL merchant Is aiming 10 help the po
b aud turn the currents Of poverty together. !
e invites cooperation, aud wishes To be both be
e4 eiactor and teacher.
, 1uE soCSp wA7xk1E9-F11cEl
i Tho shores Of Long Island and Counecflcuf
!, summer rt.emble the picket posts OF an Azu,s
y treating trom New York. Long Branch, ny
- ueatness 10 the city and the excellence Of
e beach, will probably always be the most populo
L. seaside rcso. IN tho country. Newport, n t
u eptrance to Long Island aud SarragaGsett III.
Is essentially cottage settlement, possessing
r. a s,peie hotel OF lotc- Co1ey Island aud Hocs
d. way arc tho resorta Of day a1cu1siontsts TT
u New York. The tEu hotels, which. Of all otht
on the Sounl, are Gled With people Of unaccoul
- able wGa;th the tst7ers Of epans, and the ownt
u, Of yachis, nre ths Pequot House. II New Lond'
lie cnff the Wnd,sar11unak lIophe. At StoutpGtp
9 charges aoout 1re eolars i day. The large boa!
n, tar places Of the Souni arc Q.ccopoEt, Gu!lfe
Il. anil Old Loughsuok fares abou. fifteen doltarz
Q. week The subsidiary pisces 70 Newport. on
4 Sound, arc Sn.TaeAnscts Pier and Watch
n potur: fares At hotels about tn.oe dollars Il
D. and 10th OF them In 1thode Island. SaTa9ans
10 Is village Of hote.A and boarding houses VII
slSht OF Newport, across SasIngantttt fsuJ.
" has t,ecu well advertised, aaa Duch Of the Il
"a {hcfeabout IL rcruted 10 te tho property OF Sc
t,c Tor Snr2ouc who Ina his cottage thefe. II II
nj tayor1te place Of resort With Ohio people,
N Ns1S creu with 1litnol1ns- ~ present SatTasauF
lis Il completely tu1' aad people aro st.pp
ltc Z, spadAiac aud rnosQu'toboond houses
d. land About twenty-five mlca ucasef y
a.s YORK ts Watch lilll knoll and rocky "a
ria lard, which pret11dc crooked kaud sp't aot
1st seven 1nlles long. to enclose Fawcatar1 u
within this ap.t u bzacklsh water asd qaift sa4
u 10 EiopinEtan, In Connecticut thfec Ui'es dlsta
~ ~ md 10 westerly, Rhode Island, stx miles {
e. | river: without Is the Atlantic Ocean1 btfFecu
nd tsxs Of Point Judith ND Montauk, with ii
Island In the middle orlng, had neEer hear
this place TIL, 1t Hartford. month ucot fnc
pic ot The town expressed tho belief rat Wa
| ILL Wa the coolest notnt OF the Sound
weather and ha1l wost ii Warrington getting
~ better Of ne, set satl 2lrsost Immediately Il
New YORK by the Stnoinstuu boai, aad u {
~ break discovered 3 surprising group 0! not