The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-20

- w. Ohvt1. NWOu0l j.. w. Oeuuy, ffc0- ~ nDf0 anu
wife, Ms. .. O. duncan. George =. Duncan H. y. DIN,
can, Mrx A. W. Fairbanks .oionei J. Hctpn Foster,
N William Gibson and wife, Hon. J. s Hademan,
Goddard Heiss
The Crwiss Of the Qsaksr Clay.
TO Tn EprroR 90 HKeALD:-
The steamer Quaker City has accomplished last her
extraordinary voy ago aud old pier 1t The
foot Of Wall street. after absence Of five months and
halE The expedition SUCCESS 10 respects,
ir some 1t not. Originally Il was advertised q
spleasure excursion" Well perhaps IL was pleasure
excursion but certainly 1t did not look like ooe;
iainy II did not act like AAnybody's aud every
bodys notion OF pleasure excursion 10 tina. the
to II vii. Of necessity DO young aud giddy and some
what boisteraus They viii dance good deaf, sing
good deal, make love. and pray worry huo. Any
body's and eserybddy's notion OF vol conducted
funeral N that taero be heAre and corpse, and
cnief mourners aud mournsrs BY courtesy, many old
people, much solemn,y, ievly, and prayer and .
witha Three fOsrlhs Of The Quaker Cnys pas
sengcrs between forty and seventy years or age
There was picnic crowd for youl II may DO supposed
that the other fourth composed Of Jouug girls But
Il not ascbie1y composed Of old bachelors
aud child Of years Let average the ages Of the
Quaker Cisy's pilgrims and this ngsre down lfy
years. Is any insane snough imagine that this
picnic OF pararchs sang. naie love, danced laughed,
told anecdotes, dealt 10 ungodly lovtyY In my sx-
perience they sinued little in these matisrA No doubt
II was presumed here n home that these froicsomo
veterans laughed and sang and rompcd day. and day
nftcf day, and kept up noisy excitement from end
Of the ship tho other; and that they played blind
mans bun or danced quadriilss and watzes on moon-
light evenings the quarterback; and that ct ODD
moments OF unoccupied time they Jotted q laconic
item or two in the journals they opened such an
elaborate plan when they left home, aud
<hcn skurried of 70 their whist and euchfe
labors under tho cabin lamps. IL these
thlngs were presumed, tho prcsumplas at fauit
The venerable cxcursonists gay and frisky.
They played no blind mans blur; they dealt no, in
Whist; they shirkcd the iksoms journal for
most Of them even wsltiag books They mover
romped, they talked but ltle shsy sang.
the nightly prayer meeting Tho pleasure ship
WAS . synagogue, and the pleasure trip was .
funeral excursion without corpse There nothing
exh,lAfsng about funeral excursion without corpse
frss, hsarty iaugh ms soand that was not heard
orenev than days aboqs those decks IN
,hoss csbns; aud when 4 waa beard Il met with
tnrss separate evsninas, long, ioug &g0 H.
agel quadries u single set made 4 three ladies'
and i've gentlemen (ihe latter with haudkerchiefs
arms slgnily their sex who timed
fosl 70 Tho solemn uheezing o; : msodeon; but even
this slancno orss ~ss vsed v b sinful aad dancing
The pilgrims played dominees whom too mach Jose-
phus o. ksbusous Holy Land Researches book YRS
lug made recreation nsce<nryfor 0ominoss is about
mild and siniess game - any IN the void perhaps,
excepting always too nsnapy snspid divsraoa they c
pvcke any balls and dcats on anything Or any
and when YOU are done nobsdy has 70 pay
there are no cigars o. drnks % ~ on and ooss
lney played domnoes I'LL they more rested. and
they blackguadsd each other privately prayer time
proups when che dinner eosG sounded sach Was .ocr
DAILY ME on board We shp-swemaiys dscorsn, sin-
nsr dou,noss, prayer. sisssss 1 ~s Is, not
20 lsd only bad corpse have made sosyspus
funeral excursion Isis ell over nyw bus wnsa lcuk
back Of these venerable ossiis kippng iorth
.ss az s y a si S s' cas
nomer rhe Grand Holy Land raseral Procession .
would have been bstter-muca bestor. sg k.NN
AZ advert SEQ, the = Plymouth Cohesion Of Hymns
was used board. II WAS frequently used. We hsd
wisn 70 toacn very Iignlly. could q4arrsl, no
al taught 70 respect these shIDsa merely mssion
them being unlqne feature In pleasure excurions
and worthy q imitation lion N future p,cnics Tssrs
the that had steady siege Of storms aud head
wnds mortal months solely 70 tho prayer meet.
VINO wsre abandoned enough 10 believe thea time
or oiher particularly agsravAting and long drawn
pssye ~ sn vss 10 y sas '0Ii Sou'n
ought 70 have them befess breakfast, aud between
time Those wsro my ssnumsnsa I do mot brng. but
those were cersa My my sentiments. The argument
s hey me !. sn. s rS." ~:
psrforned olonsr aud held out long enough,
they we're bound . sssrt somsthing fresh aiisr
variety 70 picnic like prayer mestingr Especially
when the aPymouIh COLLECTION s used because q
~ the sxcursSonists aud o. when shcy are properly
targsed, they are exc edlngiy lively.
Wherever We went ia burope. Asia Or Africa W
made sensation, and supposs may sdd created .
fAIaas. Mono OF ~ had ever bosa whsso Dsors;
We al hailed from the iasrir; travel siId novelty
shs nsxursl sLst vsrs ana srammsIsd
ssivss Win ceremonies, no convsut0nntitfos. We
Xmess,csss-Amsrcalsi Whsa ~ found that . good
nasy Foreigners had hardly even heard o. Amer
iss, and tbs. goed many more koew 4
- pitssd the ienosscs sf me od word but soasd
msnisy N tbs Eastern hemisphere Will remember for
ears he a. The strange horde the pear u
our Lord 1881, tbs. called themselves Anscans and
had rpnt 70 Be proud OF ~ We gencnlly created .
famine, parity because the coffee on sns Qssksr City
fare wss Dos strictly orss slaas; and parity because
naturally Of sittlry long - tne same bossd and
Tue people * those fssssgn countries ere vcry vsry
issSranI 1nsy looxsd csroosly % she costomss we
bsd brought from the wiles Of AmsscA They
tunes Tnsy noslcsd That W. looked oct tor
srpsasss aad got chat ~ conveniently could
gu, Of frxnc. and wondered where the mischief Va
came iro. 10 Paris they Just smpy opened their syss
and stared when spoke 70 thsm In Ms0chi We
never aid succeed IN making thoss idiots understand
she,r own languago One Of our pnsssnsers sAd 10
shopk ecper, " 10 proposed 10 buy
pair Of gloves. "lnog7rs tay cei-psybo
noonday; - and would you beIsve H. that sbopkseper
horn Frsnchms hsd W eek what " thas had beon
sad. sometimes seems to me, somehow, that therp
must b dnsreucc psswssa Partisan French and Qua
The people stared 4, everywhere ana &c s.sred 81
t.v before ~ got done with them, becsusc
We bore down on them with Americas gressne
until We crushed them AMI 20 10 took kindly tie
nnanners ana customs sspsctsy us fssnIous ~ ts
veslous psopies W. visited when We scv the Axores