The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-05-09
Long live the Empire hurra, hip.
The Captain, long live he;
And when he next doth make trip,
Mau | In Aharo Al. soa -


The Captain, long live he
And when he next doth make trip,
May be there to see.
One OF the most sprightly, agreeable, and fasc-
mating excursions that was planned by the in
genuity of man. projected by his enterprise, or
effected by the potent agency, and highly impres-
Sue power OF lou pressure steam engines came off
on Saturday; and in announcing to the pub
lie that the magnificent steamer empire" is en-
gagged for the for their special benefit, few
remarks by way of epogue to this, the first days
performance, is only due the success of the debut
and the liberality and downright good feeling
cedby the propretors of the Empire, "and the
sentemanllke and courteous conduct of Captain
Roe, her commander.
The steamboat Empire" is almost new, and
built on the most beautiful model, and in point of
magnitude-length breadth and depth-the first on
the line, and worthy of her imperial name. The
Empire City may be proud of her. She is emphati.
cally the Empire" of the City. She will be one
OF the daily line between this city and Albany and
must become, even without the judicious and
brilliant introduction of yesterday, most popular
steamer. At about eleven o'clock she started from
the loot of Barclay street, with a party amounting
to some hundreds, who had been Tor half an hour
on the look out tor her appearance. She came at
last-thps tar and no further; she went-about--
as quick as the wind, and quicker-aye, with
such celebrity, that God only knows where
She first headed north, that's certain Something
ghosts in the visions of Ossian the SON of Fingal.
Possibly we caught a glimpse of Hoboken, but as
to Tie Eysian Fields, ver6um sap--that may nave
been drean-and we are not the first IN whose
mind the ideal and impalpable Paradise of Elysian
regions has been peopIed with community of
celestials, who were neither brothers to the Sum-
cousins to the Moon, nor directors of the seasons
who for purposes of locomotion use an obliouc
If al al ataa poin
and W no live upon Jove's bounteous nectar--as
clear almost, If not quite, and transparent the
sparkling champagne on board the "Empire."-
Where are we now {! Why, during that small d.
erosion of thought had arrived at some
spot on the Hudson, so remote as to have been in
distinctly visible to the officers board the North
Carolina, who, if they did not man the yards, and
hail us with "nine times nine" on our return had
the good taste to make a series OF Telescope OBJ
servations, on the Empire" stimulated consdera-
bly,, no doubt, by laudable curiosity to catch
glance beneath those wells, which, at the bidding
Of the fitful and intrusive wind, betrayed many
beautiful and animated face-many an eye az bright
as the polar star to the mariner-many a-but stop,
,s is all very good in "a romance we are now
be discreet and graphic. We left off as the En-
plre was coming about" or in other words, turn
ing to return, in which dexterous process her ce-
lerlty was similar to that Of good and true wealth
ercock or, If you will, as nImbe pirouette o
Fanny Elsscr
C wish the captain would go slower" said that
erudlte man, and observant and philosophic citizen
OF the world, my friend Or. Meershaum, "2l miles
"she can add fvemore to it, we replied, being
informed 10 that effect
81 could not stand It,"
" Why, doctorr
"My head would get light" he replied
What about your heart, Doctorl Look at the
girls"
"Say nothing, friend, about that's grant am
susceptible, but cannot put up with being quizzed
None can better relish Joke, so long as am not
the subject. Now apropos Of the young ladies-or
glrs, as you call them. Nais Il ne tant pas parier
fair display here to-day as you will see in any
place out OF church. If you want to the alrest
OF the fair, you need not go to the theatre CONNIE
dHeWs. You must go to church, sir. in New
YORK the handsomest girls are the most pious, and
almost continually stay IN the house-abiure the
street-elude promenades-avoid the fresh air
and turn their eyes from beholdiRg vanity. In
fact, they like kings and queens; we see few Of
them, God be thanked, except in pictures"
|! Is for the reader to determine how tar the Dr.'s
opinions are to be accepted for our part we will
not endorse them, New York young ladies' are
not more pious than elsewhere /; they too hand
some for that.
by this time the GO Empire was walking the
waters like thing Of life" After stretch up the
q ,st ryer as far as BlackwelPs Island, we were
just astern of the Constitution" and heading out
to sea, in hopes that in addition to so much OF the
beautiful-the verdant velvet Of natures carpet
the fresh blown blossoms-thc cloudess sky-the
cieIna' TINT OF the Ocean-the elegant negligence
OF the green oliage-that some what of the sublime
would be presented TO us; even an nking OF the I'M
couth would be thankfully received, were it nothing
more than the sea serpent, which was spoken al
sea few days back Blessed is he who expecteh
nothing for he is never disappointed. There was
nothing OF the kind. But stop; we will tell you what
what here was; IN announcement of dinner
Now II is a great pity that this faithful narrative
ls without that very convenient Arrangement a
division into chapters, for it would be our wish in
deed we are disposed to consider it essential 10 the
dignity OF the occasion-to appropriate at least one
whole chapter to that illustrious event-most har-
monous operatlon--that able and unanimous de-
monstratlon-the dinner on board the "Empire "
AS 1t s, there is in attempting description
With any friend Of reasonably strong powers of i'm
aginaton,a word if he pleases. Wewould ask him to
be the medium OF communication betwee n ourselves
and those who have an ear 10 hear to convey in his
more happy mode of expression and powers of de-
scriptlon impression Of that of festivity Let
our friend then fancy himself in the salon of some
floating castle, so long that the eye can no more
take in its longitude than see from the one end of
broadway to the other. Imagine that the two ex-
IRENE ends OF that great apartment are connected
by two parallel rows of tables, whose distant ex-
tremlties diminish in linear perspective TO mere
stripes no larger than those in juxtaposition with
the stars on your flag-no wider than ady's -,
beg pardon-we mean than the insignia OF the or