The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-22

Of tho PresIdenc-He II Called Upon by q
Colored Onlcc-seck er-The Coming Ball In
His Honor-Gossip Generally.
srErsoN HOUSE, LONG BRANCH, July 81, 1860.
OF q dark gloomy day, with q chilling, easterly
wind blowing, what can man find to do at the sea-
side, even II the President Is with US. Wakf Yes;
but who cares to walk alone, or in company with
one Of your own sexf do not for one; and as for
the other sex, why they will not make their appear
| ance When the dampness OF the atmosphere will be
sure to remove the starch from skirts and other por
tons OF The dress that require TO well or else are
not ut to be seen. Neither do they care to throw
shawl over their lovely shoulders, which, according
to present fashion, should be bare. No; they can
| not come out to advantage they prefer to
| stay indoors and q poor fellow who wants
their company must condne himself to the
| drawing room, or walk In the gloomy
corridors where 1t IL difficult mold the conversation
most desired, Tor fear OF being heard by those who
seated near at hand ana who viii be to say
that Miss Kittie - has commenced flirting with
| Mr.. Quill who has nothing but his salary
respondent of the daily Hash, In order that he may
give first rate notice OF her appearance and dress
| at the next bail.
| The President Is sti here but has done nothing
of any great Importance since yesterday. After his
drive In the afternoon he dined, and then. in CON-
pany with ex.Secretary Borie. Postmaster General
OF one OF the summer houses overlooking the sea,
where conversation was held regarding the depth
Of water, the distance OF q ship In the oiing
ana the reason why the curl Of q breaker
| was white, and, alter breaking, became like
| soapsuds COmstock, the engineer, answered
| tho latter, because scientific; Borie settled
| the ship question, because Of being an ancient
mariner, and Creswel did the soundIngs by reason
Of being man Of great depth OF thought. The Pre-
sdent listened with evident interest, smoked his
| cigar and said nothing; he seldom does. But the
discussion, explanation rather, interested him.
could see that by the way he looked at the horizon
intensely. At last another person joined the party
| and the President turned to him and said, al say,
| -, how Old is that colt Of yoursS" The answer
| was prompt. Show Old do you think ~ "About
| eighteen,u said his EXcellency;n and then both
| broke into laugh as If something good had
| been perpe,rated. After TWO or three persons had
| been presented the number OF lockers became
too great for comfort and quiet and walk up the
| beach was proposed and agreed upon, and in a
time they were off, the President a being
being rather too last for him. OF course,
to record what said Doubtless 1t interesting
| and amusing, for Grant Is very funny, they say,
and without restraint, and can get OH joke in an
exceedingly quiet way tits rumOred, equal almost to
|
In the evening was seated on the porch listening
to the music In the drawing room and watching the
dancers when q very dark darky passed me. BY
The light OF LIE moon, fOr1 was shining brightly, he
appeared TO be very diapidated sou Of Africa His
LETT was not-lhere was nothing lett put the
sleeve OF shabby coat; ana wondered II that
arm had been parted with in crushing the rebellion
or had been lost in corn husklng machine l
thought the latter most probable. Suddenly the
idea struck me that this sable individual had not
called for The purpose Of securing the position
| OF bootb,ack or that OF under dish washer,
but that he had come TO pay his respects
| to his 1rm and consistent friend, the President. |
coulo not resist following him. and as reached the
Office sambo was by my SIDE aud without removing
his hat he leaned over and addressed the clerk as
II wanE to see de President,
The clerk blandy replied there he IS sir" point
ing to gray haired gent eman standing IN the door
| way. The darky moved In the direction Indicated
but found the person not the President he wanted.
Nothing daunted he returned and repeated his re-
| quest. ii want to see de President Mr. Grant -
| Ias time the clerk not bland; he requested
the darky to leave aod reached down If to pick up
ana moved or and meeting Mr. J. Steison he pushed
| his request In that quarter, but informed that
probably see him shortly. sambo was determined
however ,s and got non hold Of two gentlemen
TnS %aea ses %Sat MS Would ia san ana
IL was but few moments before the President ap
peaIed, returning IRON his up the beacn walk aud
as he entered the hotel, where he at once sur
rounded b. half dozen VINO were evidently waiting
Tor him, he was pointed out 10 our co,ored riend
| who was at once urged by the two gentlemen to go
| up and present himself. samoa moved towards the
company with an air OF determination, bat spirit
failed hun Us he reached the outer Giro e. he dare OF
| break the ring, and informed US afterwards that he
was 'gwine TO push froo but dat somehow or noder
he frought &c best TO wait more httln cason." We
regretted the darkys want OF decision OF character
Tor we wlsned to see II Long Branch would not, In
few days after the interview, have able to TOAST
| of having q c0lored postmaster. This would have
been the most likely ohce, as the Postmaster General
l am glad to say that the President and his fam.
lily joined the social circle in the drawing room last
| evening. This Is great Improvement and hone
1 1 ia
| not one OF the large company now ut the S.etson
house SCI, but VA gladly DO al ~ ms power to make
| pany her as agreeable as posslble-far more so
tnan theg will ind 1T il they remain in their
| apartments, as determined upon; this too, without
being intrusive OF forgetting Tor an their re-
lationsnip to the President OF The United States.
The ball Is fixed fact for Monday next and 1t
win be one OF great magncence, for 1t Is In charge
OF gentlemen wno never do anything bv halves and
ject The following are some of the names OF the
Committee OF Arrangemenis:-W. seligman, l.. W.
ney General B. H. Brewster, s. b. Drses .o ASe
cassis, e; W. Cnllds, G. A: Stetson, Jr., and
the evening" the eSe bs M Ts Saef Sy t e.
time Long Branch VIII be crowded, we may
LOOK for display OF beauty and style hard to be eX
ceIied Gu this Continent. DOUBT however IL any
hotel here can excel the stetson House IN tie nun
Der OF lovely and stylish women, aud look Tor tine
home establishment TO carry on the palm In that
particular.
THIS morning Postmaster General Cresweu and
wife, and ex-secretary A. H. Borie took their de.
parure the former for Washington city ana the lat
ter Tor MS home in Philadelphia. Mir. Borie how
ever Intends returning in few days Tor he and The
President are lnseparable If he Is out of the
Cabinet These departures make quite zap in the
Presidents party, but they VIII DO nilel [ under
stand, by others wno are TO arrive and take the va
cant places
It Is dilicut matter to Judge If the present sea-
son at Long Branch IS TO be success or not Thus
far there Is crowd; family can be accommo lated
without any trouble whatever, and for single men
there Is no end OF room. few CONTINUOUS not DAYS
Will end t0is however, and If August oaly 'pans our
warm why there Will be much rejoicing among the
hote propletors Ordinarily there does not appear
TO be much lie or excitement mere; beyond the
dance ia the evening there il but little to stir one
up; people don't mlnge mucli--they appear TO con-
fine themselves 20 tner immediate circle settle
four IN hand don't mix with tine doaDc teams and
the pony pnaetons don't go much with hacks, aud