The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-05

than DO its scnsl resdents. True TO their natural
instincts the strangers sauntered along the streets
with that peculiar step indicative OF men VINO are
never in a hurry and are bound to take their time
slowly and surely despite all the powers that
stopped at every shop window and devotng q mo-
ment to gazing with disended eyes and (as II
they could see better from that fact) mouth wide
opened upon the many things OF many coors
and many prices that were tastefully dis
played therein. And how they patronized the
stagesand the and despsed all country looking
hacks. Nor were they particular what sort Of
street advertisements the vehicles showed on their
Sides All the majority Of them desired was to get
in stage or car and ride until they got tired or the
conveyance came to the terminus when, II that did
not happen to BIO Tammany Hall the principal OBJ.
abused for not knowing where their green passeH
Sention sweii, declare said an old fellow with
duster, as he stepped ont OF Twentythrd stress'
stage, corner OF Broadway and Fourteenth street:
sn ON Ra sGss
wouldn't ha paid 'em in advance II I'D known on It,
got In that vehicle to go to Too Many Hall, and Just
think o. the Teller stOppin here when he might as
well not jist drove down to the COnwenshun."
Evidently some of our cousins fresh from COW milk.
ing did not understand what established routes"
means in city conveyance charters
And 1t must be said In Justice to no small and
very important branch OF our city population, that
explosives and the hub6ub of many voices lost moth
ing In animation by the presence OF the rsing gen.
Grafton" in full force wherever one turned. The
time honored fire crackers and torpedoes were
made use Of quite as extensively as in former years.
and nervous old ladies, II they wanted to- could tell
many tale Of t0rpedoes maliciously exploded under
their feet and perhaps, no stronger practical Illus
traton Of the proverbia strength of old habits and
the utter reckessness of youth happened during the
whole day than that wherein a little boy was the
prime mover, and an unfortunate dog which ran by
Berghs residence in Fifth avenue the victim, pack
OF fireworks attached to his diminutve tail the pre-
cpitOus motion.
The noise and the excitement continued up to a
late hour of the night, until, as has said
before. HeXhauated
country cousins went homeward bound, tired little
boys were put to bed, and the great city slumbered
and perspired freely
Society Of the Cincinnati.
Yesterday meeting Of the Society of the Cincin-
natbwas held at the New York Society Library Uni
versty place. for the transaction OF the general bus
ness Of the society, the election Of officers and the
celebration Of the ninetysecond anniversary Of ma
tional independence Members of other State SOcie-
ties Of the Cincinnati were invited be present and
participate in the celebration Hamilton Fish, pres
dent, in the chair.
At twelve O'Clock the meeting was called to order
been offered BY the Rev. M $. Hutton, the business
OF the day proceeded with by the reading OF the
the Us %
that articles had appeared in the Tribune news.
paper In which 1t was xristen that washington was
natl. At special meeting OF the society, held for
The purpose Of testing the accuracy inaccuracy Of
proved that ashington was not opposed, but that
he was firm supporter OF the society: The annual
was read and various donations
Charles OF the society," either as aims or pensions for
previous services, after which the gentlemen in
ton all Of Whom IN, were reelected. It was then
moved by member that the meetings Of the society
hae s
February in addition to the charter meeting OF the
Fourth OF July. The motion was put to division
and nn nrnfar fn otonl tnfv
to consider and report The society then
adjourned.
Steamboat Excursions.
The Fourth OF July ushers In the dogdays, and
with them revived the hopes OF thousands Of our
fellow citizens who wish to escape from the dust and
heat OF the city, from the noise OF rccrackers from
the explosion OF rockets from the excitement of the
city, filled with the smell OF powder, and get oated
out in modern argosies on the broad waters Of the
Hudson, within sight OF most beautiful scenery well
calculated to charm the heart OF man and win him
away from the hustle and struggle, and hurry-scurry
LIE OF our great and growing metropolis may be fair
stated that no person remained in New York yester
day who could well go out OF it. If the city was
under broiling sum- preferred to the cool shades Of
the country oy the gentle breezcs from the bay and
rivers, the taste, must observe, was exceptional
among persons OF mature years; 1t probably only
suited the disposition OF young America" WHO
dances his delight on independence Day amid q sea
OF nrecrackers, much to the dscomposure OF the
nerves OF old ladies and sour natured old gen.
tlemen who look menaclngly over their spec
acles at the urchins who endeavor to Brighten them
by letting on squibs unoer the very of these
anttquated grumblers. To the clerk who is closed
up in heated, badly ventilated ONCE; to the smith,
who hears the ..laborng bellows" blowing all the
year round. and listens to the sound Of the anvil
upon which, with the swinging sedge welded by
his brawny arm, he moulds the redhot iron into
forms OF usefulness to the drayman, who drives his
team in all weathers In roasting heat and freezing
Day is one Of immense enjoyment. 1t recalls
to mind that great historical event which has pro-
duced the most powerful republic that ever existed,
and fills the mind Of every American with graft
tude to the fathers Of the nation who won
them long for the honored anniversary on which
they can exult as patriots and amuse themselves
rational beings The letting on frecrackers in the
we would certainly desire to see 1t suppanted by
those excursions by sea and land which
s less than So
steamboat excursions left this city yesterday and It
Is not indugtng In the language OF exaggeraton to
say that from twelve thousand TO fifteen thousand
individuals were thus enabled, on o bright and
glorious day tony little too hot by some degrees,
oyerheaed streets TO the placid waters Of the noble
wS al the Of our 9ss%s
beauties OF It's own-to Sandy Hook, for
which the sailor, after Q long ana dreary voyage
looks out with watchful eye and throbbng heart-to
staten Island, home OF retired and wealthy mer-
chants and gentlemen OF fortune, whose mansions
overlook the sea-that sec upon whose bosom tine
faes and fortunes OF thousands have been made and
lotto every place In the neighborhood Of the city
from which breath Of fresh CIR could be obtained
80 that the dust and rust Of year might II possi-
be, be rubbed on. We wish the process OF rubbing
OF the effects Of bad air could be oftener in.
dulged in BY the mass Of our fellow cti-
zens, for there IL nothing more calculated to
elevate and purify their tastes than to bring
them frequently into contact with the glories OF the
where the hand Of man u hardly lifted except
TO Indicate how much 10 his alteration for the works
they are not they ought TO bel left behind as the last
excursonst has passed the city walls, for nothing In
the Wild scenery OF the woods, nothing on the bosom
OF the deep blue sea, rises mp before him ex-
cept the image of what ID sometimes gentle,
sometimes :, grand, sometimes awful but never
with tastes ior rural excursions, for excursions on