New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-03
nrp.RTURE OF TIE dREATEASTERN
A MELANCHOLY AFFAIR THE MUSIC LEFT
REHIND.


The interest and enthusiasm lpeiy at 10 high Poa
:; os,a 10 ,ba great chip has subsided 10 marvel
hon, sp,ce of time to b. supersedsd BY comolste
-, IN .ons cares, and in others exchanged Only for
dgnst a. the solid .windle prsc,icsd upon the
ro..,nc.r rs ON her Cape May Excurrion Yesterday
-. Law ouiely anchored in ,be the foot
:, uammopd street She vas advertised ~ leave az
sn m and the notice sl.o stated that excursion's
mus, b. Oh board BY 5 o'clock About the middle Of
the on our reporter ssroed about the dicks In
N. vi,si,y of Hsmn ond street, and found that this
Ina, wonder failed 10 draw more ban the scan'iest
| ,umb.r # observers. Indesd Que would not have
rru srked hst anything out of the ordinary course
was expected, but for the erlestoi fe" ooa'men
hote boes on gn und, as the event showed that
ttir would prove Csesable occaion for the pocket
had b, oDg them about the piers bot they cried in
vain, Who wants TO 60 out nov, and zee the big
ship 7" "Wbo W u,s TO go aboard the Great East
EN- p Who wants TO rail round her y Nobody
get med in lined to beedthe invitation, except that now
ard t,.p. a, long intervals some one, evidently
strsnger, would be " taken i0"
Tie etc, m.tug Magnolia was the only boat en-
ployed by the Company to convey passengers aboard
and made but solitary trip, starting fro n the
wharf st a clock, and tasing n is beIiesed less
then one ubdred excursi,ni-ts Directly came ID d.
" oIihs band who ~ere engaged to furnish music for
the UP What oh, uld they d. !" Orders bad been
left ", policeman to nOify all comiOg after the
Magnolia left her wtaf, that they shout take row
bo.ts. Two boa's we're SOON loadei with dozen
rtrsops whoss notes the notes Of our reporter in
,utedl even in worst crisis were never at dis
count AUD pushed off amid few tape of the drum aud
an "ipspirDg air" from KiDgslapds cornet. The
carmen pulled away Justify, but the boiliOg foam
round Tie stern of the great ship showed II az her
screw vas in motion; still we pull away, and by
sccd NJ our boa, u turned for ap instant though
g, ing hack when the sound of voice ieaches US TO
make for TIE Magnolia, HOW jast coming round from
the other side of tie Great East IN. Soon her paddle
wheels begin 10 move, The anchor comes up, aud as
though by The sghs voli,ion this QUEEN of all sbips
plices ,hr Ugh Tho walters with grace and ma -sty
uns Qualtd BY any hing stoat. Finally, we board the
Maen, LA, the Great Eastern half mile away. The
CAPTAIN gives chase but she does not allow, aud the
di,tsBee il not esseDed bet seen the two tssels.
The Magnolia procs de little below Govern
or's LaDd, when the captain gave up his un-
det4kiDg as a BID job, pu: about, and returned
10 the city with the most popular blowers OF
these Iutbpg tines. We will not speculate on
the di,msl condition Of the hundred tmpre or
lie, on board with ut their Stipulated Isle. Nor do
re know preciey who is 10 blame. Mr.. Kingsland,
owe.er sys that the agent of the Great Eastern told
hi TO BE- at the wharf at from five TO hslf-past fvs,
and that be was there ten minutes before tte time
specified. They may console themselves, however
for not go soon again bearing part in the dreary fes
ivles that accompany the great s@ndle OF the
DiDe'eelth century.
In regard to the number going the excur-
sion al agree that i; Ia 80 scanty as TO con-
vey a severe rebuke of the outrageous swiadle per
pc trat.d on the lat ip Purser Cox as he left the
boot, was asked how many were going down. He
replied about fifty; and gentleman who was
stationed where e ob,erved I'll that cane on board
thought there could not have been many over a hun
dled.