New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . THK 1)I:V, THE BEY, AND SOMK NEW JI^vSI^Y is very intimate with the ocean.]^)r nearh- the whole of her length, from CapeMay to Sand)- Hook, the of the Atlantic rolland roar. Wherever one may be in State, it necessary to travel verv far in oicler to smell thefresh sea air. It is true that hut few of the gi-eat commercial ves-sels leave and arrive at the ports of New Jersey, andthat the ])resence of naval vessels in he! waters is dueto the fact that she is j)art owner of the Bay of NewYork; but it
New Jersey, from the discovery of Scheyichbi to recent times . THK 1)I:V, THE BEY, AND SOMK NEW JI^vSI^Y is very intimate with the ocean.]^)r nearh- the whole of her length, from CapeMay to Sand)- Hook, the of the Atlantic rolland roar. Wherever one may be in State, it necessary to travel verv far in oicler to smell thefresh sea air. It is true that hut few of the gi-eat commercial ves-sels leave and arrive at the ports of New Jersey, andthat the ])resence of naval vessels in he! waters is dueto the fact that she is j)art owner of the Bay of NewYork; but it is also true, that, although she has not 214 215 sent forth ships to fight the hattles of her countryupon the ocean wave, she has sent out to commandthose ships some of the best-known men who haveever worn the American naval uniform. One of the first occasions in which our naval ves-sels played a part in foreign waters was of a ratherromantic nature, though not particularly calculated toraise our countrys flag in our own estimation or thatof other nations. It was at the end of the eighteenth century,
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