VISITS TO COUNTRY PLACES. 



Beach Lawrence, Samuel Nicliolson, &c., of New York, Samuel Powel and John 

 A. Brown, of Philadelphia, Kalph Izard and Henry Haywood, of South Carolina, 

 George Jones, of Georgia, and various other gentlemen, have chosen this place 

 for its climate and its society. From this section and the South, there are fewer 

 housekeepers than from the eastward, and we verily believe it is because the access 

 from New York is over a sometimes rough sea ; but mainly from the arrival of the 

 boats at the Newport wharf at night. In case of a storm or a fog, it is vastly 

 disagreeable. A minor nuisance, but still a nuisance that should be abated, is 

 the horrible din of stentorian lungs hired to cry the names of the hotels, than 

 which nothing can be more preposterous, as every one has made up his mind as 

 to accommodations before arrival. It is a great drawback to Newport that it is 

 so hard to arrive and depart. Had the scheme of the Long Island Railroad, to 

 take passengers to the place, been carried out, the number of residents, in both 

 summer and winter, would have been vastly increased. 



Once fairly settled on the island, however, you begin to feel the genial influences 

 of the place ; it is climate (and society united) that has given back to the jaded 

 citizen some of the feelings of health ; that this is the case, the return of the same 

 immigrants year after year testifies; many of these are beyond and above the mere 

 requirements of fashion ; they have experienced the benefit, and desire their fami- 

 lies likewise to enjoy it. Hence many have built fine houses ; others, mere boxes 

 for a few weeks' occupancy. Among the most finished, we might say the most, is 

 the 



Residence of De Lancey Kane, Esq., Beachclyffe, within sight of the bathing- 

 ground, isolated, and yet near the busy haunts of fashion. It is Mr. Kane's own 

 creation, assisted by Mr. R. B. Leuchars, and he has shown, in its details, an 

 educated taste as rare as it is correct. A fine mansion, in the style of the best 

 class of Belgian chateaus, is situated in the midst of about twenty acres, and is 

 so built as to command the sea as well as inland views. The whole town and its 

 visitors bathe at such a distance as to give animation to the scene from one end 

 of the house, bnt they are so far off as to look like birds disporting in the waves. 

 The lawn, however, is Mr. Kane's greatest triumph ; here difficulties had to be 

 encountered which would have discouraged most. The old inhabitants were 

 satisfied that they must live without trees ; the coast is without them ; the winds 

 were too powerful, and the thing was pronounced impossible. Not discouraged by 

 the croakers, our host has solved the problem, and this was his mode of operation. 



Trees, such as the Abele or White Poplar, were planted on the boundaries, 

 and, within their magic circle, belts, and single trees and shrubs, soon flourished. 

 It is true, that the gales are strong enough to cut the leaves of the Horse-Chestnuts 

 annually into ribbons, but shelter has at length done its work, and Mr. Kane now 

 possesses an arboretum of rare trees and shrubbery such as would do credit to any 

 soil or situation ; but he has given great attention to his planting, opened and 

 loosened the ground, brought the proper manures, staked, triraraed, and tended, 

 till the place presents beauties and effects which more favored and less windy 

 localities rarely possess. We found here, in great perfection, the following trees ; 

 the list, though imperfect, we give with confidence, as that adapted to Newport 

 planting: — 



All the Maples except the Sugar and the common English. The best are the 

 White and tlie Norway. 



The English and the Turkey Oaks. 



The English Elm, and several others. 



The English Hornbeam. 



The whole of the family of Willows. 



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