The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-13

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OCEAN olrY, MD, August 9th, 1851.
RlItOLS Of tho IptelllgOlesF.
Perhaps q scrap Of intelligence from
the seaside, psriumed by the aromatic
and e%xhilsrating brsezea Of the ocean,
may not bs unpAlatSble 10 your many
readers, and'if you 80 think you are at
liberty to give these random notes o place
In your widely esteemed journal.
On Saturday morning last GA the $3.50
train Of the p, q, & St, L. Il. r n Of
the most accommodating thorOughfares in
this country, l lett your warm, sooty and
smoky city, in eager and impatient search
Of rest, recrsaton and health. And having
been long familiar with the good reports
and reputation Of this now famous and
splendid resort, !, OF course, ordered my
bIgSsgs Checked-not for TEoy-And puI'
chased my excursion ticket Tor this In
Migrating locality. Believing 90 /
had every good reason to believe,
that this tsir and gOodly land could
furnish no grander or lOvelter summer 70.
treat from tue tsverish heat, and the still
more lsverish Carea and psTplexities Of
life, than the emerald enCiTcIed bound.
aries OF Ocean Oily. My own experience
here q few summers ago, when | was
utterly broken down in Health, and spirit,
and oppressed with that iudsfnabis des.
pondsncy incident thereto, and my obssr'
Walton oil the healthy and I%scuperatiVs
effect upon Q number OF West Virginians,
who were here with me, aud who were
then suffering from all manners Of all.
ments and diseases, convinced me then,
that We have not on this continent q sum.
mel resting place where q person could
got more health, more companionable
society, better Of richer food, more glorious
or refreshing surf bathing, or more sub.
stantial enjoyment Of every proper kind,
q ID upon such easy terms, then on this
cuquetlish little peninsula that hugs the
bays and kisses and ftrts with the aea.
No prinCess OF the blood royal, or OF the
first degree, ever had rareF Jewels to
crown her %COronet, than this fair spot Of
gold colored sand, 10 which the faiTest
gems Of the sea and earth and Bkv do
daily and nightly homage
You cannot, however exquisite your
Imagination, conceive Of place Of greater
beauty than This. Our beach 10 sixty
miles In length from the Delaware to the
Virginia shores. IL begins In the south.
eastern corner Of the State OF Delaware,
In Baltimore District Of Sussex county
thereof, and extends to OhinCateague Ia.
let, at ACClmaO county, Virginia, q dis.
lance by beach, as l have stated, Of about
sixty mlles. Il borders on the Atlantic 1t
the extreme eastern bordAF OF Worcester
county, Maryland, and lies between, the
ocean On the Il AT, whose bIllows unCeas.
ingly lash Its shores, nsVer varying from
one year TO another, and The peaceful and
beautiful Synepuxent bay on the West,
In by a lovely body OF waller known as the
Isis OF Wight bay. The whole beach is
known IS Synepuxent beach, and Ocean
Oily, Q part thereof, and now quite popu.
lar, 10 about ten miles south OF
the Delaware line, and about City miles
north OF the Virginia boundaries. We
are about two hundred miles from the
city Cf Baltimore, and can be reached from
thence by cars, or by steamers, via Girls.
well, over the Chesapeake Bay. II is also
about n hundred and sixty miles from
Philadelphia, aud can be visited from
thence over tho Philadelphia, Wilmington
4 Baltimore Route, and from lite terminus
OF Delaware between Maryland and Della.
ware along the Eastern Shore road TO
Salisbury, Md, and from there over the
abort line OF railway known as the Wis.
oonsin 4 P0kOmOke railway. The fare
from Wheeling aud return by either the
Is. 4 o. or the ?. q. < st.. L., 90 taken by
your correspondent, Is 81. Tbs rates
having there been fxed by the home
companies, no one eau deny their reason.
AbleuesT, or explain their failure to visit
this delightful watering seat because Of
the exorbitant or ex%tOftionate railway
: rates.
1thas been the effort Of your correspond.
dent, for three years, 10 get our com.
panteB at home to see the necessity oil
cheap excursion iares to this place, and |
am gratihed ~ know that success crowned
his efforts this summer; and the number
Of West Virginians here show that these
companies made no mistake in the
premises.
On our north Is Fenwick Island, skirt.
ing the Delaware coast, and on our south
10 Uhincoteague Island, famous for It's un.
rivAlled fishing and the beauty aud mum.
Der oil itH Wild ponies. The whole beach
here 10 known aB Synepuxent beach, be.
cause oil its close proximity 10 the lovely
bay OF the same name. The widest part
Of the beach Ia al ChiACoteague inlet,
where Ito width Is about one mile, and
here 1t 10 but I've hundred yards between
the ocean and the bay. Oh this, or the
eastern side Of the Chesapeake, Virginia
has held on to two counties, Accomac and
Northampton, principally because oil
their enormous revenues from their fish
ard oyster yield, which 10 simply ehor.
NOUS.
VI course Atlantic Hotel Ia the beat
patroniEed here, az 1t 10 conducted on the
best aud most fashionable style, and lei
upon the most reasonable terms; and
none can be more fortunate who seek
this latitude than they who fall In with
mine host Mi. John rfaCy, the genial,
gsntlemanly and capable proprietor Of the
Atlantic. And his ia by far the llrgeBt,
best furnished, most generously provided
and most liberal and fashiOnGbly patto.
ntEed Of all the hotels upon the beach.
Nestled closer 10 the sea than any Of the
rest, large and cApaciouS, splendidly Off
Cered and managed, plenty Of servants
and with rates within the purse
Of nearly every one, the popularity
Of the hotel is detetvedly high, and liz
patronage during the season, Is now, is
equal TO its capacity. 1t has now nearly
Eve hundred guests, whilst the agg, eRAte
Of the other hotels iS hardly 90 many. Il
lg true that Congress Hall aud the Sea
Side are tiue hotels, and generously sup.
ported this summer, but being less pre-.
ientious and having less Of tue solid com.
forts OF the Atlantic, they have q much
less proportion Of the guests. And he
TACT that We here have . magnificent
dancing hall and . superb band Of music,
which the other houses do not have, and
have all the modern etCetetas Of billiard
halls, ten pin alleys, TO-, rive, az A
matter Of course, 4 decided advaniA1s In