Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-07-24


ever gone ard by many happy sCenc7 and
incidents in "the good Old time before he
war;" under the inspiring music of the
Marine band in the White House, and in
the gardens thereof, and in the Capitol
BOUNDS, and in Carusi's salcon; and who
cannot forget tho picrics at Arlington, nor
GowI to MOrpt Vernon ed to the Union
amp meet rgS IN old Fat ak
In the DAYS wi en- We vert gyr7e!
desires a wort of two with your req is
through the rays Of The EVENING STAR. on
The summer by the sea along the Jer-ey se2-
board.
You know how touchingly NiIlson sings
that ,avorite plantation melCiy,-
'AWay down ufon the suwauee river,
De- wnere my -. - = turlf, : ever,
II, res here DO Old io',ss,Iy.
And when ] tell you that my Suwance river
Is the beautiful Potomac, though my Old
loiES on another river are all gone, willijnOt
suffice as an Introduction 20 the many Cd
friends | >tnl hold among your host Of rel l.
ef>? SO, then. let Us proceed to our story.
TnCse NaveSink Highlands, twenty miles
below New York. fronting The broad A.
lautic, aud on the noTth looking up tt the
great city, and on the south looking down
upon the inland waters, the plains and nu-
merUus villages of Jersey, and upon the
summer capittf' OF Long Branch. even
miles below, make up, in many respects, the
most picturesque ami beautiful corner ot the
whole Atlantic sClcOaSt rom Maine 10 Me-
thrown up by 4 COpVulSiOn of tie sea = r"S
ago. They are mostly covered with luXuri" 4
ioreSts, ana In addition to their seaside
hotels aud boarding houses, they are
-Frnkled over with pretty villages, villas,
cottages aud churches. aud abound In charm
ing hooks and valleys. and SDring5 and
streams Of delicious water. 1l-se forest
crowned hills, too. ia n sort Of peninsula Of
>OIue ten miles bv six, are waSlEi Dy the
broad waters of RUIitaa and sandy HOOK
DAYS on the north, by the Shrewsbury inlet
on the south, aud in front we have, first, this
inlet. here only tLIri Of Il mile wide, Pad
next dividing sand bank of two hundr 1
NaIds IN width. and then the roaring A.
ante. I'd Oh that narrow @rlSs- co VERDI
rinbnu Of sand rom Sandy Hook dcwh ,
lUI% Branch, twelve miles, we have the
New Jersey southern railroad. M and down
WuiCa, correcting at the Hook with bOats to
fGc city, We have nom half dozen 10 dozen
trains day. We have, besides, two river
ais, the sea Bird and The Helen, runnin
ON the city along these hills TO I,-l Eank,
" handsome village at the heal of navi "a
jOu, six milSs around the mountain.
The hotel at which We are sOjOurning (Jen-
EiEsOn'S) is built upon p terrace or Ten, a OF
the mountain, looking down UpOa the river,
End acIOsS its dividing sclvage Of sand, TO.
ard as far a. the glass can reach, over the
glorious ana bOundleSs ocean. Aud all the
our Going and incoming steamers and sailing
craft Of the world wide commerce of Gotham
pass in review before us, as we sit looking
out upon the sea from this shady lawn. Be
MUD us, on the crest OF the ridge. are the
Highland lights of a double light house,
which has tue appearance of lOrdly castle;
ana tnCse lights, rom their commanding
elevation, are visible to the sailor forty
niles at sea. Here, then, we have all the
attractions of the ocean, and inland waters.
ard woods, aud mountains. and she ly
~ ks. aud crystal Springs, and within two
lCurS Of the heart of our busy Babylon, at
timo any hour of the day.
seven mile below us, on n vast plain, a
"e Fave said is Long Rrs ICh. II pODulOuS
-ummer settlement of ten thousand souls.
There ON the sea front we have broad hjgI-
way callCi Ocean avenue, and along tai
avenue for some three miles are the pr Incl
H-l hOGelS and cottages. The Pre- dents,
re Of the most uupretending colia =
II the eroun. Is I'm the midst OF toe
! )rg Branch a.iStCcracy, end that mOEt
-e''.OuS and hOspitable. not OF all, on
# thousand, journalists, George w.
hilds, is the next door neighbOr of the PraTi-
fcpt. And the dramatic profession are here
represented in a dOZeA cosy cottages, and tn.
WEALTHY Hebrews al Long Branch are a no
~ them selves. At sunset the drive of Ocean
avenue is lined with gay carriages and Splen-
al horses, and Gen. Grants are conspicuous
among the finest bays in the proc ision-
sleek, clean-limbCd, high stepping, swift.
and strong. Hops are the order OF the night
at the hotels; and while beautiful women
are as plentiful az blackberrieS, bachelors 0
nigh or low degree are scarce and i'm great
request. Even Gov. Tilden, an old fellow of
sixty. tS eOugdt after as If he were in the
matrimonial market, when. in point or fact.
there is 10 more danger of his becoming q
Benz dict than OF his election to the Prcsi-
deucy. The Ohio democracy on their ar- IN
b LEX platform have 'aid him out.
Seven miles below the Jersey SOuthern
idjiro2 / station, in Long Branch, We ave
Two OF the most beautiful little sun ne~
cities "a 1ng the whole Atlantic coast. Come
ave or six years ago that locality was q ! e.
ct wilderne Of sand hills, and OF thicgets
Of scrub oaks, pines, codarS, unue~bl ash { nj
lark and mia Smatic swamps and bayouS, a
wild and bowling wilderness. Some enter
.Ilslng Methodists bought the land, laid il
off in town lots avenues. streets and squares,
advertised their lots for sale to the Methodist
brethren, and organized a religious form of
municipal government, add behold the
chan re! 1.-The desert and the solitary place
are made glad. and the wilder ness bio SONS
like the rose That which was dismal
lagoon has become a beautiful sheet of
water-Wesley lake. On one side of it is the
little summer city of Ocean Grove, and on
The Other the pretty little summer city of
Asbury Park-cities of hundreds OF hand
some cottages and gardens, and shady ave
MUGS, and little parks, and stores, hotels aud
restaurants, and diaries, all on the pr lciple
of absolute temperance; for within the gates
OF th~Se Methodist cities no intoX lea ling
drDkS are permitted to enter, no smoking in
the strot-s is tolerated, and no disorders or
profanity mar tue perfect government of
law, order and harmony prevailing within
those happy settlements. And the brethren
and sisters here in their camp meetings and
love feasts, and daily and nightly religious
reunions, really enjoy fore .aste of the city
of Zion, and in the scores of pretty row boat;
on Fletcher lake, filled with happy singing
gllls, you may see one OF the prettieSt pic
lures of social happiness that can be 70 Jnd
this side of the river Jordan. So much or a
community founded upon the divine law,
and strong i'm the Fl it'll of
The beautiful, nc au.iful river,
Which flows by the throne of God"
Dow n near Cape May there is another at
tractiVe religious summer enCdmpment. and
this system of permanent settlements for
summer recreatons and revivals is b. .om-
lrg very pOpula., and is destined ID prevail
throughout the United States; for IL COM
blues all the advantages of health, recrea-
ton, society and solid enjoyment on the
cheapest Gale of eA penditures.
Cape May, the Cape Horn of New Je .sey,
Drlngs us TO the end of our Iccounoisa nee OF
the Jersey coast, and along the whole line
The summer attractions OF the sea shore are
from year to year aiding moe and more 70
me wealth aud population of the state. And
when will Maryland and Virginia seize the
advantages offered them .Or sim liar enter
prises? How is that nom Alexandria down
10 the Che sapeake, the broa1 ard imperial
Potomac is as il waS hundred years a. -
But enough OF this rambling rienarOle
When the flats Of the Potomac ~ 'front.' of the
White House are TRANSFORMED into a splen-
did public park, you may make Washington
Itself fashionable summer re gort, with IFS
river baths nd reeattas. Me >ntime to our
Washington frienCs CeSirous of few days
or weeks recreation by the sea, we would saw
ONE - these Nave ink Highlands where.
In lull view of TIE p? sing commerce of the
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