The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-02

not quite, every st.te in the Union N ~en an .rou,
many Of the count Ties Of Euyops to say nothing Of A.
rca which sore Of darI skinned walters On board al.
most cons'a.tly call 10 mind Mniona.res, ministers,
nwyers Sd!sors, rspsrsrs doctors, trsdesmen poets
a1~ Aasnorcsses politicians, gamblers prize fighters,
ana Seatiemen At large all pass in review, and give to
INC sssembhge cosmopolitan character which Il could
not possibly have in any city outside Of New York Quite
Considerable proportion composed Of ladies', and,
strange to say for such gathering, there 10 not OBJ
servable on whom suspicion can for q moment rest
Messrs Dickson, Young, Farley, Radford and Duzenbu
ry detectives and Captain seabrDg Of the Ninth pro-
not yet been required their presence has doubtless
been valuable, the principle that ounce Of pre-
ventive is worth pound Of cure"
II amusing, however, TO watch this variegated
throng as they came on board
where's my state room 20 was the universal in
quiry and invariably the frst movement was in the d.
recon Of the imaginary place where they to repose,
the imaginary Individual who kept the keys to these
Morphean Officers, servants, sesmen-people
Of all others the ship the least capable Of mpart
Ing the required nformaton-were butonholed, annoy.
ed and victiised by the impatient crowd until they
we're almost hoarse with" Go TO Mr.. Bold"
"who's Mr.. Bold ~
"The man with the blue ribbon around his hat book
also add that he s the financial manager of the Affairs Of
the ship
The result that the brunt Of these attacks fell upon the
unfortunate gentleman whose blue ribbon made him
such conspicuous mark Of attraction. With fund Of
pleasantly however, which, like shrewd politician he
knew how TO USE tho pertinacous applicants were re-
quesed to wait until after the starting Of the ship, and for
the time he cf TO enjoy his nu box and neuralgia
in something like the peace he coveted.
1t was now about three o'clock.
TIE APPEARANCE OF THE CROWD.
At this time II interesting in the extreme So far
numbers concerned they exceeded those who
witnessed the arrival Of the Great Eastern On both sides
of the river far the eye could reach up and down.
the shore was black with people. Housetops hlsides
wharves, ships bargee, rgging-everything that afford
ed foothod 10 see the spectacle occupied. mmedi
ately around the ship lay score Of Steamboats, tugs,
rowboats and small cra all loaded To the waters edge
and waiting the departure Of the ship Owing 70 the per-
versity Of the tide, however,
THE START
did not take place until after four O'Clock Az we have
before remarked the Great Eastern lay with her head up
the stream. In order to turn the gigantic vessel the
steamtugs Achilles and Yankee employed but for
more than half hour after the huge anchor left il
muddy bed-the largest by the way that rested
the bottom Of the Hudson-they strovc with might and
main TO bring her into proper position. The ship yielded
gradually however, and at quarter to five O'Clock the
vouton Of the paddles and the screw and the long white
wake behind announced that fairly our way
sea.
The scene that ensued is that cannot be soon
forgotten by any individual who witnessed It, The null
ttude Of humanity visible every sde On shore
the eye rested upon nothing but crowds extending
back into the country far the vfion could REACH
and the water eighteen twenty steamers loaded
the guards bedecked with coogs whstlng their enthu
sium and laundering their sautaons, gided along in
the huge shadow Of the Great Eastern trembled in
the waters Of the bay We did not count all Of these, but
the following the names Of those recalled to mind at
the present moment together with the estimated number
of passengeTs board