, 1877-06-11
NEWDURYPOllT.
A Massachusetts Seaport,
and Its Surroundings.
Some Of The Literary Celebrities
Of the Vicinity.
Harriet Prescott Spot1orA, Her "Ambcr
Gods" and 1lcr .1s1and.1lomc.
John 9. Whittier, Luoy Larcom, Harriet
MoEwen Kimball, and "Gail
Hamilton"

@uAWuu AmuA4ll huU NAA
Hamilton"
Special Cosye,pohdsace of Tae Tribune.
NEwNrnyr0nr, Mass.. Juno 0,-Newhuryport
IA the ost tdclightfnl oi The old towns that seen,
TO be lying asleep along the shprc Of Marsachnsclts
Day. Although In Esscx County, which Ii the
most important manufacturing county In that
manufacturing State, 1t has happily boon preserved
from soma Of tho pccniaritlcs of LOWELL, Law.
renee, 1iaverah,l, and Lynn; and 80 can give to
lts yfitors. and IT, 1uiet and cultivated In
hnb,iants. n sense Of freedom and teposo. It has
the McrrimAc River, with all It's beauty, 10 rise
md fail beside Il. It has tho ocean md It's purc
brtczes 10 lnvsgorato II, and the 4ound Of tho
melancholy surf to soothe Il. rlum Island. with
It's beach Ia within casy acecss; and the Das. with
It's breakers, is Just beyond. fow old fragments
Of wrecks, haEi.burled In tho sand. keep before
the eye
TIE DANCERS or THE pEEF,
and scrre to prepare tho mind for tho stories Of
tempest. and peril, and darling, aud sclf.tactacc,
md death. which the old sca.captalns, and thur
children and grandchildren, like 10 tell Old efmt,
planted 200 venfs ago, oycfnreh tho inc old
streets. Old houses, that have history, speak to
tho eye Of domestic comfort, and tho possibility
Of interiors enriched with treasures Of literature
aud art, and OF marvellous curiosittcs from, beyond
tho scus For It wsa foreign commerce that, three.
| quarters Of 4 century ago and moro, built these
quaint buildings and gavo tho town IL aspect that
Ia neither Of tho land nor Of the sen mover look
upon any oi theso rasttcs which tho sca captains
used to bring to their wives and daughters, after
months and years OF absence, Without thinking Of
| tho tender emotions which moved the rongh old
sailors when they bonght them. In Madagas-
car, or Calcutta, or Madras, for the orna-
| ucnt Of their Puritan homes; and With
| out f1el1nR something Of tho thankful At.
fcct1on with which the lonely occupants OF those
Kepeatedfy have looked around tor something
tato md strange which might have been tho ''Am-
MRS. HARRIET PRESCOTT sporFonp's
powerful mud passionate stosy Of that nan,o. For
Tas II ,ss se Of hS S.e .ssn s %s
nnt!vo Of this place, from hcr childhood the heard
u legends q storms and a.lpwreeke and tho lser
Which hayo their bIfth In tc.e Old towns along liz
soms Il a b., sss
hsi study q Imagination sll y he;.ei, must hAyo
were destined 10 sec tho i!eht and sttr ont
phcrs from infancy thit IN authof oi hcr marked
| poculaFlics In tho choice and treatment Of aub.
e ATs sina o.t hS e sons S s to % ,1 % s 5
il Mertimac, ami that hava Tor the'r characters
I
payed aud vailed ios tas safe return q husbands,
ind @ 81 fasist Ser sa0 y
licnch. Ut tho Uldsowu stecpice, and Of rowwow
iii, or her pIalons iavc not 80 bold and stsong
Nov she lives In beautiful place on
An ISLAND on THE MERniMAC,
q H. %s s'sss ss e: es nosx s ss sst
Ss:atSSs 4 ho y,,s ;SSSsed hs SSIss fss
/ 7rSg p1nu nkf fho rJJAF thn futn &efa
small @ stea%ss. @ soysfes with pleasn:a. ssei:rs.
sns ssxn q ss ana Ess
water -briia, hoavlly aud taAily flap along, her
@ %e = ,s.ssgs ssssE T. r. T. ss sns T. III, s
:sss,s { klna q unsa;tSly haltiat!sn' ,;a!e II
put ont of that Island, and that TO- busy hta;n,
eeng pagf. o. besuy %nd wes
III s et 'ls Trspe: ea s ths spsaI.S ai% 'A''
ue @ s .os %fs 'is, sa.s Sss eses t. s
F!u.u.c Of An,eahury, village which win always
ho ss # tSf s' . who
TbuEc. In II snall, wAlto. house. for many years
!ivel ana wrote one IT tho ''sereno creditors Of
john O. WHITTIER.
h. II net NJ Of n' pSsesta d.y. In full
Impressed Of every land. John W0oltunn, Ut dear
icn ior ls brethren Il slayoty Than did ths loved
man. who poured out In song what his Southern
III Fl ss ten iy sssts Pc
young snd old =. hs. AID, whSn he iei. t'.at val:
his swcct words, to lind snme solaco for hls deep
fratsrnai Etirt al 1hs people mantned. somc::
Witty as though hs @ lad @ ps. On ' ,ho spirisuas
and passed from nsnhly Wow.
Cn;'et tl.t hosp,!.hIo l II roc, roof not untEcquantl,
MISS LUCY LANcoM,
who, by hsF autet YER verse md her un!ivaled per;
sse"pes hss tsasS, many tos 10 :ea ID tfasr :h!
s H. sy sa :. :Rsa nd es ss4 oot e. q .;l s.S ~
ence, aud her smile, have gaiaei Tor her deeper
hold upon the affections Of all who know, titan
MISS HARRIET N'gwEN KiMDALL,
xh0 IN het 'sws!lsw; Y r!lsh. M ot Fons, T.. eivsn
ss%s ri fs
they. dtank n new luap;ratIon from tho fsn,.ia.
iossline.s. The sivct Tug hills. tho Sewburypost
e o ow ' .nseea eas' ,S sa, Ia
had come back to The peaesfui town. and met tlu
hoa.e, hit no % Indication Il the 81 Brilliant @ and
broad;nlndsa woman. ana hss noblo husband,
many states, they Infused .olns of their own a1ec
tlon into those who heard them tell Of him whoAs
sAnYs and ballads aye richer and tnore uiclodou.
III IL only few miles from Newbusyport L
same old mauslon. usles the broad elu,B, ont
whose uams Tor many years has been wei
M1ss ABIGAIL DoDoB,-
that il, .'0a!l Hamilton" She ID fair. fat. ant
forty, os medium hs'gh. With quick nation, !