, 1874-07-12
a,,mmer-Resorts Along tho
Chesapeake.
o.hh,e rslapd---C -Cbincotcagne---Reto-
both---Tu dc fEau.
,. ea+holic Plymouth Rock---Ear-
A eha]!'s Mockng-Birds
and Grabs.
FINN Our 0,en torresDondent-

1C,.,eeke resorts Iho mighty bay winch
the enes- 1-a,, the Atlantic between two capcs,
f1l" - ,.r the two sopa Of that Scotch James
n.n'a a,m,ssAe river is right opposite
raose ay;pr Of neglect; Charles, under the
hem., ..,,.snds the land parallel with the ocean
es.-lv epo mics, and, tho land being low, the
IT, 49,. ,t1e.ms, big and little, flow wida as
s!'p1'1 NIas Tho amount Of drainage they carry,
cs'', ,..;tr IT the rains and currents. and the
'ae ,.aa ,o,n Or clay in the channels, often wash
;s.1 ~ Tery deep. The water OF the bay il orack-
,s.t -. resfourths Of the way up; salt moro than
-, ~ ~ Tho crabs and mamanoes. Sleeps
49, 49,, ,oct perch, mackerel. hos-tsh, oystere,
.asr1sor ns md Spanish nachcrel, are mostplentl-
-, ~ .7,,, }he mouth of the Potomac down to
u.nrtoa d. Roads, and thence out to sea to
coBB's ISLAND.
-t;ch is IN ocean Watering place, very much
,5ra rire Island, OF the Long-lsland coast.
~ conb.a Island is more New -England-like than
v.r England itself, having been acquired half
.,nturr aeo bv Capo-Cod whaler for the price
of few bushels OF salt. There, divided from
t,,a peutnsrls Of Virginia By swash or sound,
ri, of tish, the Cobb family face tho broadest
x..b Of the AtIantic, rolling inward from the
,vores With such barbaTic might that 5000
r,,les Of channel OF fresh water, poured out Of
ths mouth Of ths bay. is no more to it than
drop Of Lemon in g tub Of punch. This Island
-xhich xal describe during the suqmer--is all
III resort for people who fish and sail with some
.deutidc sptness for it. The Department peo-
r.a Of Washington, who can do almost anything
i.tvcen writing poetry aud snooding shark,
;o;o the Baitimoreans, yireinians, and
western folks, at Cobb's Island,
xhe7e they dress like wreckers. men
md women and como Of tho most soc;d and
ruzdly people Of the city take gypsy Joy along
these sandy beaches. The route to Cobb's
lesndis by steamboat from Baltimore or Norfolk
10 Cberrystcne Inlet, thence across the PENN
nj. | or 5 miles to the Canoe-Landing, and
,aepce across the Son nd 2 OF miles to the
it,ad, where tlcre is plenty Of unostcnta.lous
krouuodatlon-
f.w leasucs above Cobb's Island Is tho
tnEulA- ocaan-resoTt of
ca1ScoTEAGuE,
xhete community OF fishers and wreckers,
probsbly Of New-England origin. live in q condi-
t!un Of savage isolation, amongst their dwarf
ponies, race Of singular toughness AID 1.-The
moss md by their adaptation to the sea-climate
and food, the salt grass, strong wintor-ga!es
and exposure, are very suggestive OF the truth
Of Darwin. I remember when these little
ponies Of Chincoteag1e were sold for from
S12 to SIS apiece. They are now frequently
Fold Tor soca the pair: They Dire thin and lean,
often OF mo:r!ed-white color, with pisciyorous
eccs ard fshy velocity Of movement. They will
stand any amount Of fatigue, are Indifferent to
tard-fies, cnn swim Ike Neptune's OVID chariot
colts, and, if it ncre not that tho sea browns
great numbers Of them now and then, they would
have multiplied AID possibly affected the stock
to the e1tent OF anticipating on all our coasts
the jackaee which is the coast-nuimal Of West
EN- Europe, from Gibraltar to Cape Clear.
rHx RESORTS BETWEEN uES1oPES AND HAlPToS-
Above chincoteague there is an ocean-beacl1
called Green Run Inlet; aud, on the Delaware
ccean-coast, = large settlement of religious
e1tf-dpre-s, called nehobo.h,-. name suspl-
ccnsly Scriptural, and yet old enough here to be
11dan. Rehoboth is connected with PAIledcl-
phia by railroad, and is opposite Cape May, yet
might "a well be 400 miles of, for all oonmuui-
:aton there exists between the two:
This suggests something now. Why would IT.
not be good occar-inyestmcnt to have steam
chip risit the whole iuo OF summer places HON
It, Desert to Cobb's lslnyd AID WI do l'Eau,-
tsking in tue beaches of Maine aud New Ha1np-
ea..e. Cane Ann, Isle of Shonls, Cape Cod.
Aa1.has Vineyard, Nantucket, Eiock Island, New
poyt and Narragansctt Bay, AIontauk, Long
1sapch, Cape May, and 60 on to tue Chesapeake,
cosling cu route? There are go many steam
boats ont Of charter at this time: crowded ashore
ty the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., that a floating hotel
q this kiad could be improyieed without delay.
I'D could book passengers for tao round e1cur-
zion.
Inside Of thu Chesapeake there are but few
resorts, the following Being tie principal:
VT DE LEAU.
This il neH hotel erected on what WAS for
me-t5 se"ears Poirt, around which the dreaded
Ne1imac used to come. lew on the wate7, Ike
IN alligator, and Fort Monroe Immediately took
tue collc IN her eyory bomb-proof. aud called
on her physician, the Monitor. for paragoric.
uid buchanan. who fonght that vessel with
soccess, aad eage her up without resolution. lies
cured on tho Eastern Shore OF Maryland,
"neaspia1te1s, ~hose private graveyard Is SAID
70 pe equal to an English cathedrals. On that
tEsate, On tue backs Of Wye River, Frederick
oouslass, the only modest negro in our politics,
S1s poor Little p!ckaninny, eating pint OF
tsosn-mcai tscai day, and moro acquainted with
taogel thaa with hls pedigree. The Old iad-
ial alEal who fought the Merrimac, aud the gray
hased negro Eith his foot on Duchanan's grave,
Les appreciate each other and the riddle OF
a9saah history in that place OF private burial
n de lEau is 4 hotel designed to accom-
E,oeaIe TIE people Of the interior Of Virginia and
.aAf5!and, aud the abundant bag and ocean
.l.'e! which concentrates At Norfolk, and to OBJ
.aua ma surplus Of visitors unabio to 30 accom-
Euse;ed Ess st the Hygeia House, on tie beach OF
For1 Monroe.
TIE CATHOLIC TLyMouJH.
toeA AZ the mouth OF tho Potomac is hudd1o OF
ffples. low miles apart, called, respectively.
ftneF Pclnt, MarsLa1l's, and Point Lockout.
tueoojecto OF thislettcr is to convey the ersence
", sutnmer-life On the Chesapeake with histori-
~ ~ Esacs, By describing visit I h.vo Just
Isaa 70 these places and to Old st. Mary's City.
~ S9 pespial Of tue only Erglsh Catholic colony
u North America.
=. - aepts Whether, in your mu1titudinous corTe-
sp spoauence you hare ever had a letter from this
~, zee PlTmouth-Rock OF several millions Of
I;asfean citizens. who hold, as is usual with all
~ i@s ot sectariacs tha. their particular land
rsp,ace Was the footstool Of faith, liberation,
.1.p np liberty. Indeed. presume they all we're,
- rctsa9usa Roger Williams, Jacob Leister, John
MTsusit ~ ano some others, never were satisfied.
ca,e- nae A2i51and pilgrims, oyezpowered from the
;o1.tncenent, H.. never njored supreme rel1g-
~. ~ opportunity from 1894. when they landed,
~" % 1H4. when they we're admitted to tolera-
49, soa. 1hey we're never allowed to be prop
e6sou1ees until they TODD the advice Of their
nj, Su aong-headed politicians, like Charles Cur
~, ~, aoa a. led their province in the Revolutionary
~; ine!r SECULAR zeal then received its re-
cs.h .a " religious freedom, and, since that day,
e-sa. aoueism has made almost the whole OF its
e'e9s career IN the United States.