New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-01

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.,ss 81 sssssai New ySk Correspondence
I,oSa BRASoH, New York, July 25, 1856
An Il & he Branch and no mistake, as you
iii perceive BY my date. Iran down here yes
sevaeg morning. expecting to return at evening,
Au, 81 aonrss, " got left, = as everybody else does
Who intends to remain over night.
There are now great many daily visitors, as
ahere has been Just started an excursion line iron
Now York at 8 4. VI. by boat to Sandy Hooks ana
thence By ran to this place, occupying SWo aha
onehalf hours, snd returning leaves here y
4. u, giving people about fise hours y Wilioh "
take bath, eat dinner, smoke dllnA, flae' eto''
and reach home in good season. az y al
Everything u lively here t1s sssS sal e go -
ways a Only one tss a ~ ren ami peouie To
Tpsaajn within soors during the FEW hours N the
q Yn;ffle If the dag. But mat does NOT interIerei
with enjoyment 81 ali on me cohasty ! Itsiass
s,s IN fs ivetanlaas of the hotels all the people
syhiah lends sooiaiity to the company from in
fsre1nrse With each other. Every hotel, cottage
and boarding house is cTammed 10 us utmost ca.
ssssift and Hundreds are turned away for want Of
Torga There aFe fourteen hotels here, aceonodat-
Sag In The aggregate about seven thousand persons
khe largest containing SIX hundred rooms, and nay
5nv accommodations for one thousand, and the
smallest accommodating about two hundred. The
Continental, which is the largest hotel here and
probably the largest At any watering place m the
country u certainly comm aflu any Aouse
70 Give ynn an idea Of it. will just say that "
kss frontage on the ocean Of over IO0 feet, and
& depth of as feet ID some places and 25e feet IN
1shers with piagzas rs feet broad, and dining
Foogn 20n by lis leet.4 Each of the principal hotels
9sss 4 fine band attached, which disconfses
xansic rs All hours. The Mansion House tine Old
est house here,1 has Grafula's celebrated Seventh
regiment hand attached to i Ter me season, and
wen yon hear music by them, il is just about as
wood sB can be produced anywhere. Bathing Is
sSe. Of the chief SOURCES 81 occupation. Hundreds
81 eertiDnen can be seen on the beach as early as
Tea9 aYfnvment as no ladies halhe SO early, and
eDslsilen IRE INST required to wear bathing suits.
#3an comes breakfast from Z to III after which
ladies end gentlemen battle together. People gen.
orally then Get under the shade as the sun begins
10 gaf rather warm, and 81 the same time there is
always d strong breeze. Sherry cohlers, Claret
punchss, gin cccEiNls. etcss etc.s nov be-
ga % hE tho keepers neing keEt pusy
until dinner which comes along from
I'll u vi; then we have "a little n snooze
Nhieh refneshes lis for the afternoon and evening
when We appear again. The ladies are In after
hca0 dress and everything conlnaH ees olpek gay
Abaut 2. X. driving commences and sons
vegE 6ne establishments tnrn out, drive run
aionE IN the way by the beach, between it an
abe hatels and Is good road and kept in goo
condition at al times. 1852. X. We have tea an
about The dancing commences in the psFlors
and supper from 3 to IL O'Clock. 30 you see tn
day and night are well occupied, and anybod.
ga enjoy niguseif % his hearts, content IN an,
Tiers Il ANOTHER subject Of interest here a
present and thaE fis an oneanpment of purtiol
tfths New SsTsey miIlHa, comprising about 90
men Their camp looks very we'll, and regular
Srmy Discipline Is enforced at ell times. New
se5sez psys her militia regular army pay when OF
hfade or enramped, which 10 more than New
York does 1 never wee q any place where
could apfseciasA moonlight evening so highly al
hsE Il Il PERFECTLY magnificent. when standing
cn TIL &asch and seeing The moon reject on thu
gaseE a1d the brillians appearance of the hotels
al lighted and standing not great distance from
each other. Ana new comea ia the time for thi
y fai4 ones "a apply their charms. and by Il
osezeeB she excitement is at It's height, the bar
xtchs IRE crowded. the billiard bowling and shoot
ingealouna ere driving = big 2 trade, and zome 0
oil pisq bellies are Whispering 1; ssft nathingss
Whil9s others compose the gay party who nj
faaeiaaEsd Mith tbs elesant nnuaie, which corapel
y0E ia dance Whether you Wish to an not EVER
&aing Is now shlaze, aad the hour Of three In Ia
M6zHi8g comes along before all i quiet, Lon
Branch e an Z, insttulion.s and ono need go b
further oF Nigh life by the seaside; for here it
Ia every 9ngh YOU take, and do not wonder thR
30 marh scandal is abroad when you think how
hikh eSeitem truus here, and alseem 10 be hAule
fn.ssnees pFer head However il ii grand sport
sud no mistake % witch The different movements D
naanzAaaS daughters and lovers, "a well IS TO tax
q turn yoursel % win q wife.
Nery different from my experience generally a
FlRees Of SUMMER resort, the liquors were gen
erAiiy good some Of them All. came down wit
spsrty of iriends who brought some with them
however, FOR medicinal purposes only fearing
sieg GRIT 20 diAap pointed in finding good qnai
isy here: and, hy-lhe-bye. if any Of ouT Southeri
friends. stapbing Id the city 81 out Of il, wan
g tip top liquors, just send TO ClaTke's, 63
Broadway ard they viii get Them. for the brand,
thasmy Friends gaFe nae when I was struck wit
the eea hfeeze WIS from there, aud / never dranl
anything like lt end when get good thing
like TO recommend Il TO All my friends.
Ny advice 10 all who want excitement and en-
5oymens combined with comfort, IL just to tax
quarters st Long Branch, and provide yoursei
with good supply Of The aneedfnl 'i-@noi that
Gasta much especially The extrag-not forgettin,
10 keep counsel we'll stocked with Clarke Is wines
and always remembering that. to make you
fun complete, yor Rluat keep vide open you
EYES AND EARS.