Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-08-26
Long Branch Items.

We learn from the New York Tribune Of
the 25th inst, that Archbishop Hughes, Bish-
op McCloskey, and other dignitaries of the
Catholic Church, are now at Long Branch
The Archbishop preached an eloquent sermon
last Sunday, in the little Catholic Church on
the beach. A great crowd was present to
hear him, among whom was Mayor Tiemann
of this city. On Monday morning at sunrise
the Archbishop, the Hon. John McKeon,
Mayor Tiemann, Surrogate West and others
went out to fish with some of the fishermen,
hundreds of whom shoot over the breakers to
the fishing banks to provide piscatorial pabu-
lum for the hotels. Saturday and Sunday this
city was without q Mayor, but John Clancy,
now acting Mayor during Mr.. Tiemann's alb
sence, returned on Monday morning to assume
gubernatorial functions. Richard B. Connol-
ly and family, Gov. West, Archbishop Hughes,
Bishop McCloskey and other celebrities are at
the Metropolitan Hotel. A lady from Phila-
delphia, a guest of the Metropolitan, created
a great sensation a few days ago, by being ia
ken for Lola Monies, whom she is said to re-
Semble. Though the mistake was discovered
she still holds a distinguished place among the
bellies at that hotel. There is to be a grand
hop this evening, Aug. Is, at the Metropoli-
tan Hotel. The following gentlemen are an
nounced on the printed circular as the Commit.
tee of Arrangements: Henry Bayliss, B.. G.
Stokes, E. G. West, Col. J. w. Wall, M. M.
Van Dyke, J. W. Hewitt, w. M. Rabbit, R
B. Connolly, W. E. Robson Gov. r. M.
Price, Chairman ; VIM. Deylin, Secretary.
There are six steamboats, now plying daily
between this city and the vicinity of Long
Branch, and the opposition is very strong. Il
used to be SO arranged, when there were only
one or two boats plying, that the time of de-
partures was published g month ahead, on the
first of each month. Now each boat wishes
to get ahead of the other, and the public
scarcely ever knows, two days ahead, Of the
time of their departure. Sometimes it is i'm
possible to know, even on Saturday, what time
the boats leave on that day, without sending
to the pier whence they start to find out
This keeps a great many away who would 9th
erwise go.
Then the Alice Price, the opposition boat
which keeps the fare down to twenty-five cents
to Ocean House or Pleasure Bay, and the
Highland Light, the new boat Of the old com
pany or combination have'been starting at the
same hour, and the dangerous system of rae
ing is now in full feather. Yesterday after.
noon, the Alice Price and Highland Light
shot out of their berths for a grand race, and
appeared to have every pound of steam OIL
they could carry. The Alice Price went past
the corner of her dock at a pace indicating
about twenty miles an hour. Ofcourse if this
continues nobody must go on either. If any
disaster follows could it be called an accidentt
On Monday morning; the Laura and Lead.
er, the two small boats which connect with the
large ones at the Ocean House for Pleasure
Bay, near Long Branch, left pleasure Bay to-
gether, and went abreast in a very narrow
channel at their utmost speed, and many OF
the passengers stood on their rival boats each
pushing the other back to the imminent dan
ger of their own lives. One donkey Of a pas
senger, while conspicuously engaged in this
folly, fell between the boats, but was pulled
out just as the two boats were coming togeth-
er to make a pancake of him. Let all this
recklessness be stopped. There are two boats,
the Long Branch and the Ocean Wave, which
go at different hours, and till the Highland
Light and Alice~Prlce stop racing, everybody
should go by them.