, 1873-08-03
from Our Olpn Correspondent.


White Mountains, on tho Pasaaio, Thames, Hud-
aon, ana Connecticut, may bo found tho host Of
missing Now-Yorkera.
a groat uany Of our citizenB hHvo purchased
couutry-scata within two or tllrce yoars,-not
elaborate houscn, with o1pensivo grounds but
plain though comfortable dwellings,, within tho
means Of mon of moderate income. Now Jersey
ia particularly favored Of those. Many OF the
new towns and hamlcts over thoro--1iko Summit,
Berkeley Heights, platnfold, Madison, Eliza-
both, md othors-nro composed almost entirely
Of motropolitanB. Tho demand for summor-ro-
treats haH been active recently that real ostato
Inns advanced rapidly for 20 milca about this
island, and continues to advance. In another
half-century, there will bo, opino. fow private
residences in Manhattan, which will DO Burren-
dored to business and buBincss-houaeH. Land
horo will bo too valuable for other purposes, and
Now-Yorkors will live anywhere oxcopk In Now
York.
TIE DRAWBACKS OF HrArEN 1srANp.
Since the war, real eBtato In tho uoighborhood
of tho city-aay within radius Of GO milog-hnB
gone up from TO to 100 per cont, and ia worry fur
from it's maximum. An exception to this is
Staten Island, one Of the must delightful in eltt-
alton of any Of our suburbs. Except In certain
parts, land is not any higher there than 1t was
twenty years ago and, in many instances, it
has positively declined. Tho min cauBes Of
tlis aro mosquitoes and fovor-and-aguc, tho con-
sequence Of q lack Of drainage. The Island iH
chiony owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt a,ld Lis
family aud, for some incxplicab1o reason, thoy
nre unwilling to make the region habltable. It
IL often called tho Canpagna Of Manhattan, mud,
so far as unhoalthinoBs goes. 1t deserves tho
name. Tho VanderbiltB have, Of course, ul~
limited resources. BY liberal outlay thoy could
enhance the vnlue Of their property fyD-fold;
but they prefer to lot tho ground he covered half
tho tilno with water, breeding mosquitoes and
aguo ut tho rate of q Thousand insects md i've
diseases to every square foot Of soil.
COMMODORE vANDERD1Lr
is not usually n man 10 neglect his own patpnble
interest but in this instance ho certainly doos.
lIo has boon urged again aud again to do Bome-
the moro he won't do anything. He is MI ex-
tromoly stubborn old fellow, and the probability
IL, he llas been bored iuto supreme contu1nncy.
lie il aaid to bo decidedly hostile to some Of tho
should beneat his own land llo could not help
bonetlting theirs. Therefore he folds hin hands
aud giYcs them full permission to grunblo and
to fret to their minds fulloat discomfort. Flo s
aware that 10 can get along comfortably without
improving his portion Of tho Island, aud ho
thnka thoy can't. So ho enjoys selfish satis-
faction in his deliberate iuaotiyity. Whom his
peraecutor8 aud onomloH die, and lo reaches 4
mature ago, ho will, porhaps, obey tho prompt
ings Of his own advantage.
HEATHEN NEAR HOME.
Few persons have any idoa Of tho nildncHa OF
sono portions Of Staten Island. Only G or
miles from tho Motropolia. 1t ia more in state
OF nature than tho most unsettled partB Of Now
England. Many people living thoro cannot
write or read; hayo no perception Of what is
going on about them; havo never oven boon to
tlis City. friend that mado an excursion into
ttar region recently says he apkcd punlhcr Of
mon who was President Of tho United Btatos,
and they did not know. Some OF thom lad
nevor heard of Abraham Lincoln or Horace
Greeley wore unconscious that t1,oro had been
q war botweon franco and Germany; were un-
dor tho impression that Fernatldo Wood WAS
ornor Of tho State.
Such compact Ignorance so noar the great
commercial centro scarcely appears possible.
The Intelligence IL surprising; aud should nut
believe it ..had it not boon vouchod for.
Interested III foreign missions to direct thoir
efforts to points nearer homo. A number Of
miaaionarioB. armed with soap, towels, quinino,
and nowspapora. would find ample field for onl-
poy1nent gu the Campagna Of Manhattan.
suMMEn1N8 IN YACHTS.
Several gentlemen owning yachts are living on
board Of tllou,, with their families. this summer,
aud any they like it greatly. Thoy come to town
every day or two, to attoud to aucA busiucas aa
noon sajl up tho rlvor to tho Sound, and return
to port WHOM thay choose. Sometimes they lo
out in tho harbor all day md night, finding it
doliolousy cool and refreshing after fcw hours
n' ss or in tMsvs S city, ys SaS o ssss o aas
0 to 20 and ho hos them all-wire and aistcr In
clulod-in Ills floating homo Mono OF thom
got soa-Biol. fortunately and 10 says thoy have
never enjoyed better Aealth. Ho shut up his
llouBo about the middle Of Juno, and is actually
leading life OIL tho ocoan-waye.
The yachts have full crewB, are oxcellontly
furnished throughout, and we'll supplied with
every noceaaity and luxury. They who like
better. This mode OF spending tho summer is
not likely to become common, since to keep u
rst.clasb yaoht in iiratcluas Atyle requires from
$40, QUO to 340, ,000 por alltl,1m,.
THE GOOD 01tAY POET.
Walt Whitman'a condition il. / GROVE to learn,
stcnaily growing worse and his friends fenr ho
cannot survive the Hu1naor. lIo Ia still at Cam
1on,. n. J.: and will probably dlo there, aa ho iB
too foeblo to ho removed. lle ia suffering from
paralysis Ut ia gradually extending all ovor hiH
hody), tho result Of aovoro nalarioua foyer coi!-
traesod during the War, wllilo gratnitously and
Bolf-Baortilcngly nursing the siot and wounded
soldiers i'll the military hospitals at Washing
ton.
The majority OF persons who havo read Whit
mans remarkable productions are unwilling to aa-
init they are poetry; but they who know his life
cannot fail to uee that ho has liyod somo
ofthe nobleHt pootry. IIo III human philoso-
Puof, hh hnltelellleHt, vigorous thinker, III IN
compromising foe to sLalna of every sort. q bo-
moltal excellence Of tho racs. Ho is, ani always
llua boon, gonoroua to fault A clerk In QUO
Of the departments at Washington during tho
1lebollion, and in receipt Of SALARY Of $1,000 q
yoar, Ito spont all Of hla lesuro time, n1,d most
Of his money. tu administering to tho wants and
comforts OF the poor soldiers. lIo mRdo no dis
tinotion botweon unoniat and Confederate.
Ihoy wore both Mon, both brotllora to hiH largo
and impartial soul; aud l,c nusBod and carod for
them aB tendorly aa tho tonleroat woman. 1Io
talkel to tlom, road to thou,, bought them nowu-
]npurA, books, ptpes frutts tobauco,-whateyor
ltllo luxurioB Wvro within his marrow moanH,-