. History of the re-union of the sons and daughters of Newport, , July 4th, 1884. ned a direct communication by railwith New York, and it is now the mail route between thetwo cities. Other new steamboat C(3nnections are a line between New-port and Narragansett Pier, exclusively for summer travel,and one to Block Island. Great changes have been made in hotel accommodation inthese years. The Bellevue, Fillmore and Atlantic Houseshave all been swept away, but the Aquidneck has been en-larged and greatly impro\ed, and the Ocean House, alwaysa favorite with the travelling public, has more than
. History of the re-union of the sons and daughters of Newport, , July 4th, 1884. ned a direct communication by railwith New York, and it is now the mail route between thetwo cities. Other new steamboat C(3nnections are a line between New-port and Narragansett Pier, exclusively for summer travel,and one to Block Island. Great changes have been made in hotel accommodation inthese years. The Bellevue, Fillmore and Atlantic Houseshave all been swept away, but the Aquidneck has been en-larged and greatly impro\ed, and the Ocean House, alwaysa favorite with the travelling public, has more than held itsown. Then there is the Perry House, a modern hotel, onWasiiington Square, and the United States, that goes backto an earlier period. Bits of the Fillmore and the Bellevueare to be seen in the Ibrm of boarding houses on Catharineand I^rinley Streets, but all traces of the Atlantic have dis-appeared. The latter had a number of proprietors, none ofwhom were successful; at last it stood empty, wanting atenant, until the Naval Academy was sent here during the H W00 o > o a W. A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE. 4I war and there for a time found a resting place. When theGovernment gave it up it again stood empty, till at last it wasdecided to take it down and turn the site to a better the house stood there now stands a beautiful villa,Park Gate,* the summer residence of Seth B. Stitt, Esq.,of Philadelphia. Just below it, on Pelham Street, where theDerby Cottage stood, there has been erected a beautiful andsubstantial edifice, built of stone up to the top of the spire, amemorial of Rev. William Ellerv Channinof, D. D., whosename will always be revered and cherished. The old churchon Mill Street, that was long occupied by the UnitarianSociety, and which has a history that antidates the Revolu-tion, has been sold, but is still standing on the old site. Itwas in this church that Dr. Hopkins began his ministry inNewport, in 1755, and here he fulminated those strong argu-ments aga
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