New-York tribune., 1868-08-10
SUNDAY IN HoBOKEN.

Thanks to the benign influence Of the Excise
law and the rigid enforcement Of all Its provisions by
wediscplined police force, New York City has gained
the proud emnence Of being the quiet and orderly
CITY on the sabbath Of any to found the Western
Continent But as with humanity. so with localities
What is q blessing to one, is curse to another lana
hence the disciples OF King Gambrnus are compelled to
resort TO the suburbs where undisurbed by any ord
napces State or local. they can cool their parched thoas
TO their hearts content Fortunately ior th9 rum rum
sellers but extremely otherwise for the lnhabl-
ants VINO lose gS' sbo horo ~ Visitors on sunday
before the high enough 10 dspel the morning ueW
motley and promlscuous caravan OF eNcurslonlsts may
he seen vending their way toward Barclay and Chris
tOpher-s More picturesque snauy anu ques
tSf citizens particularly the German portion who
reside principally in the Seventh Tenth, Eleventh Four
ZION without their national beverage Every car arriving
i'm front OF the House was crowded with surgng,
mostly In muslin and linen. or course there
will always b. more or less confusion % %%herS @ tneIe
Angry fathers and worried mothers are clutchng thes
children from almost beneath the ear teams, quickly
erking Them TO The sidewalk where they arrive dripping
with perspration Al the foot OF the street smoke pipe
od o I5 Them there rush down the hot sidewalks which
smmer from the burning rays OF the sun until the eyes
ard be or She is invariably one Of the party; generally
beng under the guidance Of Of the younger members
OF the family, the movements oi the anlinai
being controlled by Handkerchief or piece
OF String, which some way or another Is
always getting entwined around juvenile iegs WheH
there is crash Of matter accompanied by shreklng ana
crying When the ferry gate Is reached there = in more %
violent iamming and surgng ELBOWS are raiseu III Ins
search FOR ferriage; hats are knocked on ana taIiea
upon children crying and calling for their parehss
aud 10 add TO the general confusion, shV iOus % vii I
disappearing. and rs might De expected, the d9ss WlA
Sin her vel submerged huh showing that there is not
foot OF her deck surface that has not Us sandg OF sth.
ScTTpaRRS gsTJy Rdnse D'S IS c5nstahty dHs up but.
unlike the Brooklyn ferry houses there there Is
o putet 10 the bridge the paSSengers by an anlIaDy
arranged system being kept within until the boat mas
arrived and landed her passengers az when ,G & @ to
who the IA
no me oV5 % pos breatbess aud excited multitude fairly
steam with perspration, and the eNhalaon IS not OF
fragrant od0r Dresses crumpled and sOed collars and
cuffs wilted linen busters, corrugated III the back look.
ing as II they had covered the attenuaed form Of OF
the lost members OF the Pendleton Escort crushed bats
and bonnets broken parasols torn lace, and mateess
gloyethese are some OF the consequences OF sunday
excursion 10 Hoboken. The topography OF the entre
neighbOrhoUd adjacent 10 the lerlyhOuse ia hoDoAen
has undergone such change that the occasional visitor
knows not which way turn on passing through me
gate, and mechanically keeps IN the current; me oIa
Atlantic Garden. which was always fashionable resort
when obossn was ESSe syoo1 ST S DEPOT
BY crcuitOus stairway you could reach the roof whers
an enterprislng German, assisted by corps OF tappes
is constantly twisting Deeslsots ~ Nas ~ - ,in
vitng place consequently the crowd were eostahy ko
and coming But it was the nearest TO the ferry, ana
many debauchee who had passed the , satiIay nS h
previous draining an entire beer keg Wous nahe q
passes northward toward the River Promenade that
leads to the Elysian Fields the 9id QUO
was In DAYS long past the resort OF the elite OF New
is now decidedly democratic establishment The beau
tifn garden with it's ivy.covered arbors and flower
boTiered pathways and the treed pagoda from which
famous bands used nightly sound their sweetest sahs
have come 10 Rudey constructed tables now
nh the grounds which are served lager ana Strt"Sp
kase Leaving the cottage you follow the constantly n-
creang crowd OF peasureeekers. On each side OF ths
street are many saloons, all doing driving business.
Reaching the hard graveled walk that borders on Ie
river there Is nothing pleasant to greet th eye
tide being at its lowest ebb the serggy rocks coNeev
with green slime. entirely bare while the aeDLs east
upOn the beach by the recedng tide consisting OF ury
straw chips decayed vegetables lifeess dogs ana va
retv OF other filth decidedly odOflferOus Inc syDs
cave with its cold spring water y now very Htc pat-
ronized IL is beer. whisky, or hothng Inc Elyslan
Lields are now fayOritc resort OF the NeW-lork
rouSL vbose identity can never be mistaken by those
,ybo are thoroughly acquainted with him. There he Is
gering along among the crowd. He Is seldom alone,
boinG GENERALLY accompanied by dozen more OF the
same stripe whom he calls his pals" cheap Panama
baf or brown silk cap surDountng rather round head;
high cheek bones and square jaw hair smoothly
conbed behind the beardless face, II mnstache,
Wlry fingers that could nip a watch and chain or manp
uate your pocket without your feeling his slghtes'
touch long gskired black coat with tight pahtAiqohs
and low quarter shoes There you have MN. Le "a
always spoilng for row, and always 0onDness
business with pleasure but he seldom Wolks as
in Hoboken, for he has wholesome dreao on 'he @ W a.
stratiOn of Jersey laws. But fight ne VIII naNS ~
can be obtained and he frequently gets u uhtn h.e
In the evening every place where there Is kg oi oee
well patronized, for the Germans -
country as far as Weehawken Inc Issti1-nouIs11
crowded and Judging from the angry woruS anu NIoon'
gestures very few happy OF Iee 'ha' 'nef n~'eo
ioyed themselves