The New York herald., 1870-08-01

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The Saturday Night Hop at the West End Ho-
tsl-The Most Brilliant Affair Of tho Sea-
son-President Grant and His Family
Present-Minister Frelinghuysen at
tho Branch - The Late Ocean
Yacht Race-A Quiet Sunday.
LONG BRANCH. August 1, 1870

LONG BRANCH, August l, 1870
Like the pleasant memories of deiciously
joyous dream llnger still IN many hearts the recol-
lections OF last evenings invitation hop. given at
the West End Hotel. II was decidedly the most
brilliant hop of the season. and more than realized
the expectations Of the company attending it. We
viii not undertake to describe 1t. Everything was
OF the best, the company the best at the
Branch and the richness aud tastefulness
of the toilets surprising anything ever
seen here at any similar gathering-all the repre-
sentative wealth, fashion and beauty OF the Branch
were here. or course a marked feature was the
presence OF President Grant and all the members OF
his family, excepting Mrs. Grant, who was unable
to attend through temporary indsposItion. Coming
in the Presidents carriage was also ex-Secretary
Borie, who, though not 1--we secretary, shared with
the President portion of the evenings lionizing
And this sort OF lionzing by the way Is evidently
not as enthusiastically relished by President Grant
as it would be by very many, but has the look or
verging closely on the precincts Of that dimy de-
fined but dsagreeably dun borderand-the region
OF being bored-that mazy margin separating the
real from the ideal, truth from fiction pleasure from
dspleasure.
For instance last evening he had to stand up over
an hour amid pressing crowd OF very respectable,
but very old foggylsh elderly gentlemen, throng.
ing tumult of dminutve dowagers all anxious to
! shake him by the hand, and having that prevalent
weakness OF ladies' of ancient birth and old
families of wanting TO do all the talking ex-
elusive OF everybody else, and then, pushing
In among these two extremes hurry Durly OF very
young misses whose lack OF backwardness In COM
ing forward on all such occasions would cause their
| great grandm0thers were they living now. to give
fOrcble illustration OF that line ''virgil, CO1nG
Steter'tLW 1OC hC2StbUS.0 He bore it all pat entlv
and, in fact, good humoredly. Meantime the band
kept up its lively strains and the dancers, brilliant
| with flashing diamonds, and IN their gauzv robes
seeming sylphs from fairy land, were unwearled.
| IL was nearly midnight when the hop ended. The
President and his party LETT however, shortly after
OUR NEW MINISTER TO ENGLAND
Mr. Frenghuysen, the newly appointed Minister
| to England, has honOred the Branch with day IS
visit. or course he was beseged on all sides by all
sorts Of people, asking all sorts OF questions his
intended course on the Alabama claims. These curl
Gus interrogators got very little satisfaction, he
! subjects connected with his diplomatic mission.
1t was stated that he came here to nave a special
| Interview with the President regarding his duties
and the line of policy to pursue IN possible compll-
cations growing out of the European war, and more
particularly in reference to the neutrality laws. lie
| did not come, however, for this purpose, having
previously interviewed the President these TOPICS
although while here he called on the Chier Magis-
! trate, but came here to accompany his son, who
still remains and expects to stay here for time
longer
THE LATE YACHT RACE.
Among the late arrivals Is Mr. Leonard w.
| Jerome, who holds place in the foremost rank OF
the many lions at present to be seen here. He is a
oPOCiui uou uoW, ID occu Ouc VI tue parties
coming over In the Dauntess In her recent
race thousand and one questions are asked
him about the race: and his explanations only serve
| 10 show that the Dauntess IN reality
was the winning vessel having sailed more
miles than the Cambria, and that she
/ would have come in ahead as it was had
it not been for the delay caused by the loss Of the
two sailors overheard. He. however, gracefully
comedies the victory and all the honors the Cam.
brla, she having come in iirsi.
| QUIET SUNDAY.
| 1t Is an unusually quiet sunday though the
weather IS tue most charming imaginable. The
New York Sunday papers brought down on a steam
| tug-a species OF newsboy enterprise that pays
very weli-and the bathing the great preventa-
tives Of positive inanition. Arriving last even.
ing and proposing TO remain here several days wa.
Mr. Arthur Lumley the distinguished artist, or New
| York.