Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-05-08
rhe Great westerns Gsnc.


freIghi-of lluV living SOULS whom HE uoot oio3s"'
up the bay.
This number Includes some of the most distn-
gnished men and wsmen Of the city. There was
Seward the whs candidate for Lieut.. Governor,
Charley Deavan (the finest looking man of the lot0
Phil Hone, as he is famiarly called, Gov Downing,
the res,asrateur Marcy without any patch on ms
Lreechss; Miss Hone and her sister; Mr.. and Mrs.
Prime, a lovely lady in a pink bonnet and beauti-
ful girl in claret colored bonnet, the friend OF MISS
Hone.
There were also several of the would be dissng~ Is
on board, such as Charles King, William L. Stone,
Hoskin the Courier and several well dressed loco
foeos. Well, no matter now who they were, or what
thew are 10 be they all arrived safe and sound al the
wharf and slept last night without dreaming
Thanks be to Captain Woolsey of the Providence
steamboat. from this time FORTH henceforward and
for ever Amen. Selah
But the scene-he scene-the scene Of her depar-
lure! Oh God, what glorious sight.
oh, glorious sight, thou long shalt dwell,
With many sight so lair
Deep deep in memory's sacred dell,
Fresh in thy grandeur there's
And of cheer the gloom Of night
Come Ger with the Pomp light
TWAS truly glorious sight and heart, tongue, lip
and pen, alike fail 10 pourtray it. We said in our
was suspended throughout the city by high, low,
rich and poor /; and so it was, or nearly SO. Ely
thousand people thronged together to see the Great
Hestern steam for Europe!
Dear readers we will return TO this subject tomor-
rcw-we will give it mere in detail-we cannot do It
tonight--it is o'clock-we have but just returned
from accompanying the noble steamship down the
bay. We have been excited delighted, tired-se have
thousands upon thousands-the Great Western filled
every eye-fled every mouth. The city went COM
pletey crazy on the subject and we have had some
difficulty 10 retain reason on her throne!
We can 90 no further in this strain. Let us drop
the plural and appear in natural character, that is
in the singular Boy, bring me the mile DIES feur
Nv nerves are not tranquil. Hand me cup of Swee-
neys coffee
rose Yesterday morning al 7-poured out prayer
10 the Blessed virgn-bathed, shaved and dressed !;
took cup Of Swseny's coffee, and Promenaded the
Battery for half an hour. The air was balmy-the
morning beautiful / opened the Courier TO read
Webbs "last words; !" but alas! no last words were
there. Webb was so much affected at leaving the
land of his nativity that he could not write. kind
heart has Webb bat he has had bad advisers. stroll
led into Wall strest-stocxs stock sul-dvidends
were snpaid-evry body was busy writing to Eng
land.
"Lynch-whats the exchange on Englandi y
$50"
"whatf
81 mean chaldrons of coal"
{" What coalf'
1.-THE coal carried out by the Western"
Istrolled into Glpin's.
Glpin what's o'clock"
"z7s4o."
"Howw
"Let,ers 10 go by the Western"
Preached Sandy Welsh's.
"Tem"-(very body knows Webb 9 favori,ey youth,
English Tom, who fought in the Florida war;
"Toml hot glass Of whiskey punch-ihe air is
rawr
$50 is our steaks, sir; we got no hot water the
Great Western has got all the Goals; no Ere"
In came Sandy on, of breath
Sasds-"what on earth ana l 10 do
Whats the matter
turtle club day-nobody coming-a gong 10
see the Western start
The Great Western met me at every tsrn. de-
termined to escape from the city, Preached the Ho-
boken Ferry.
Boat ready7
No boat to-day, SIR, all going down the bay with
the Great Western.
ran rosnd TO the South Ferry, determined to
snuff the scented breeze from Brooklyn Heights
alas for human resolves-the ferry boats were
steamng round the Great Western. I made up my
mind TO get away, even if went TO Boston. met
Capt woslsey, "a handsome, gentlenanly captain
is woolsey.)
woOlsey-rll 20 to Boston with you this after
noon.
woossy-Very sory-dont go-going TO take
the passengers from the Great Western"
Twas of no avail, and falling into the stream, con-
WINGED Of the folly Of stsmming the tide Of creun-
Stances i was the quarter deck Of the
Great Western; and the sight thsnce-pen cannot
Pourray-inagInaten cannot conceive it,
The morning was lovely one-the sun shene
brightly, but not over warm-there was delightful
breeze that beautifully nppsd the surface Of the bay
The club beats were ost manned handsomely, and
trimmed tsstefully. Steamboats,, by dozens, were
skimming the surface Of the two rivers. The Castle
Garden was literally filed with people; the Battery
was alss crammcd in every corner every wood pile
house top tree, dock slip, wharf and roof; the rig
gng Of the ships; the nssts and yards, bowsprits,
tafrails bulwarks, all, all were covered with human
beings. Said we net true that New York was the
lssfer city Of the Universef
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