New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-08-03
ALONGSHORE.
LETTER FROM MIR. BAYARD TAYLOR.

fvRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT THE TRIBUNE.l
MATrApoisHrT, Mass, July 26-l was premature. |
after all in celebrating the dreamy quiet OF this re-
cion. The clements of national defense individual
fraud and mi.lennial faith have successfully III |
yaded tlis calm atmosphere, and we have other ma
tera fcr talk than the last catch of buetsh or the
perform ance Of some private sail-bOat. The other
evening there was sound of cannon in the outer |
bay the prelude to the appearance of the old frgate
Constellation. now the national scholarship. Her |
depth of draugh obliged her to anchor three miles
out but sw lift stean-launch soon brought us Admiral
Case with a score of naval cadets who took the |
Freedom of the village before it could be officially
rendered.
Yesterday the sailors and marines had their lib
erty and it was amusing to watch their desperate
efforts to make il enjoyable Prohibition the Sab
bath and the absence of even an ordinary eating
house left them nothing but the shade OF trees ana
hungry idleness. After of conlical bewil-
derment the most Of them set out on foot for New
Bedford resigned to walk ten miles in the hot sun
for chance of diversion and refrcshment 1t Is
useless TO advise Jack-Tars and many other varie-
ties Of the human race to be content with the in
fuences of Nature; thicket spaDglcd with fire.
lilies is much less 10 them than change OF beVer-
age and provender and the shade of booth ioveiier
than the darkest roof OF the beech-tlee.
snARPERs AIoSGsnoRE.
The public hall was at last opened on saturday
evening but not TO the satisfaction of the Summer
guests Handbills announcing that the Cafrou
Brothers. who for five years past have had y NE
RECEPTION and esoomiam Of The press and public through
ont the United States, would perform for one night
only. were circulated among lis, and on SATURDAY
evening the brazen strains of the "Iemperancc
Band" of New-Bedford invited us to attend. was
one of n small company who, by filing two OF the
otherwise empty benches, furnished the nucleus
sronpd which q select audience might have gath
cred. Our example encouraged bali dozen yOnths
to follow the stage, lighted by single debiiitated
lamp suggested mystery; and the coming and gong
Of three or four piraticallOokng Young men under
the American flag which divided us from the green
room aroused hopes of-but let me not anticlpate'
The announced hour came and passed. AS a iinal
allurement. the band was brought from the streeV
into the hall and such ear-shattering peals came
from, tbe Tomperance trumpets and trOmboneS that
cersons of less steadfaS principle than ourselves
might well have been driven to deaden their outraged
nerves by the use of the beverage which incbrlates
but not cheers. BY this time the audience had IN
creased to some 80 or 40 and the movements OF the
riratcal gentlemen became more lncompTehensiple
than ever. One OF them whispered: we are WALL
6ng for one of the performers. without whom we can
do nothing" Then man, wearing an ovcrcoa''
pnder which red trunk-hose and white tights were
n GLIMPSE and the last Suddenly the music re-
Taxed its TORTURE silence fell upon and eyes met
eyes with a solemn question in them. We rose ana
lostaned TO the door: ticketoice and staircase were
vacant. The cgar-bcx wherein we had seen our
money deposited stood empty behind the senior
crlor orifce. The Carroll Brothers, taking their
Srecepiion and encomum" with them, had wildly
vanished into the night The hall, the Temperance
Band the carriage from New-Bedford, were unpaid
that lero IN
forming Carroll Brothers" at ALL but a brace
of sbarpers who must have already gained the
thickets in the rear of the village.
A hunt was soon organzed-or rather disOrgan-
lied for it took the wrong road at the start, and
made noise enough to warn the seampS at
miles distance. And now, "SgnOr Bftz," with
" gift packages and trained canaTics, IS announced
for next Wednesday. We keep the empty cG2r-boX
ns warning the Signor viii encounter chill, slS-
picious faces-if, indeed, he encounter any faces
AN ADvESTisTs' -cAMP-MEETING.
At fremont dozen miles to the northeast OF tlls
place there has been for some days past a camp
Meeting of "Come -Outers"-a mcaning!cs' deSigna-
1ion which here, if j am rightly informed, signifies
followers III a speedy Second Advent OF Christ.
Sunday train OF thirteen passenger-caS ran down 20
It from Ncw-Belfcrd yesterday morning. AS L did
NOT wis, to spend the entire day in such an atlncs
with a friend. after dunoI. Having Heyef before
attended a Camp Meeting of any kind, the scenes
and occurrences were sineularly and strange,
and shall endcayor to describe them as accurately
as possible.
The drive tlither was delightful notwiths lnding
IN unusual heat, at least So in the shade. AS far
a. the village Of Marion, tive miles TO the eastward
fbe,c is tolerably kept highway, slightly rising
and falling as it crosses the low ridges OF land which
Il; hoy no farm n1,,
few, neglected and shabby; much OF the country -
covered with a young growth Of pine, birch and oak
frinced with whortcbcrry and barbeTry tmckess
Marion Is quiet little place of few hundred inhab-
itants in a narrow, river-like arm of Buzzarps Bay
Beyond it we plunged into rough, wooded REGION
eeeningiy as and unsubdued as any part OF Is
consn or Iowa. The only difference IS that the
eparse houses are not the shantcs OF new settlers
but the old, weatheTbeaten homes OF former gen
Grafton II further order and beauty-triln gardens,
weli-kept orchards, smooth helds-WeTe ever
des;r.ed tho time for them has not vet come. Life
is still harsh and incomplete, almost ascec, II one
NAV Judge from the appearance OF the dwellings,
and the severe. unsming aspect OF the people
After three or four miles through level sand, we
began to encounter country vehicles returning from
fhe Caop The counienanccs of the men and women
were riaidly solemn but | unable 10 decide
whether il came from impressions borne away with
them. or belonged to their habtual Sunday de-
Ineanor We had been guessing our way, up To tins
time. but now we only needed to follow the line OF
dust and keep near the rising swarns OF gnats and
,nosouitoes The line of vehicles became process
sion; canvas booths arose either side, with
cakes. candies and bottles of dark liquid (sar