The New York herald., 1870-07-19
THE AMERICUS CLUB.
A Gala Day at Indian Harbor-Rsturn Of
General Grafulls

sweating and swearing. or sleeping or praying or
preaching, the case may be, on Sunday Last. the
.stt 80 JOLLY DOGS
Of the AmerIcus Club were having good time at
their beautiful "Home by the sea-" The fun COM
menced on Saturday night The "boys" were seated,
some In front OF 'vhe camp" some on the plaza In
front OF the club house, while others dsported In the
water or "the noat" when suddenly the word new
around among them,
THE GENERAL IS COMING.
Immediately there was o hustle and oil hands were
up TO give the "Generalr . reception President
Tweed Glad In full regaa, took his position on the
stoop of "the camp" ordered detachment to man
the gun on the point, another TO man the bell rope,
and selected crew to man the CLUB barge other
necessary arrangements were made In short order.
'.BUsTERn -.
rot out all the tumblers, mugs and other apparatus
for "a smoke' all around. and whom the signal
agreed up0n was given from Reeds dock, that boat
was wanted, the barge, under tho command Of Prest
dent tweed. was pushed on ana rowed briskly to
the dock. Here was yf A. tte fti s..
TEE GRNIAi. GENERAL,
smiling all over his face and rubbing hts right arm
to soothe the aching from the handshaking ne had
already received and preparing 1t for what he knew
was yet to como. A couple OF tho clubblsts, who
had been acting as 0utposts were demOlishing
Reeds 'cows," while
.sO0FTY 0oOFTr
was anxiously inquiring OF the General "How vos
dot wore peezness opher by my goondrys Doan you
vos Good dold me rite away oeraidyf Dot New Lab0-
leon v0s D son OH-yell, doan want dot xay pad
words; pud how ees dot dnks ennahows Ov you
dold me kwick zend him rite away Wit dose dele
grof wires by nine vrend Sharey."
The General did the best he could to allay Oofry's
excitement, ana was about to enter into detailed
description OF matters and things on the other side
OF the big pond when be received slap on the back
that
ALMOST DOUBLED HIM.
and then another and another in rapid succession
before he could turn around then, General old boy
how are yousn "Glad to see you back again; how
did you find your old lover 'Why, you're fat as
pig,r and numberless other such salutations were
and his arms and shook them TIL the bones cracked
and the fingers were stretched enough TO cover
holes on nqte two inches apar. The General at
BORE IT ALL WITHOUT SIGH,
and grinned until his mouth nearly reached his
ears. He was finally released and escorted to the
wtS s as ey
signal was given by Commander Tweed, and In
moment the clubs sixpounder blazed forth salute,
the bell was t0lled and rung with vim such as It
had not been subjected to In years. while the words
and air OF .
oor,o IN onous nnson rom the artes IN the
boats. the General said nothing-he only smiled,
anu Sa e hoos e ohsa1 ann tneir nc.
cupants landed few moments before the barge
reached "the float" but time enough for
BIZ ,sS sa aa.hr =, snVsS aDt ~ escort Tho
distinguished party landed from the barge, and line
% pIoccss0n lavISs rom ~. s h .al0 a1, h"ms
ssvinU hs sn0 WY "''Hs1 so' "'u W '''o 0'f "
sihems r ,,,v
-..s ,. HALL ~ - fnn nsva Unrhf rriv,rr ot the
@ mnm s s,r csasr al yapt 9na ar stxrockefs
.v 0n.nv' ,v 4%o Sa waS rrnC mora vtsnrnnsiv
.ro y sons W, "a % ehe no,sv 1snSn erceeS tnen
san , uE,v0 e. cTaro,s .wa,c"ms socn 40 the Gene
raj had donned his club rig and appeared in the re-
~, III acn,a ~ % it We" sSter vrsch
auu 'i0 '1SV Hssspnpns y .:rvHR OF THEnmN''
orra ned for the occas,on was given nv the
ertenSin~ MIA rant hand to "t;rsf.n said:-
sPSEoE q rRnsIpaEr s PEI TWEED -. :, 80. -.
DEPARTMENT Of the Sound welcome you; on behalf
Of t the approaching apple blossoms welcome you:
IN hehaIf of the lovers : of GOOD music
fnever mind the accomnaniment now Mr. DIvvey n
Won neaaeS m hehaY nf ssJSnstar,; welcome vou,
on Sens Of sysOOS Of Of
again, and-(here the "noisy gang'' broke out
with SIIome Again. - which drowned the rest of
{ ~ GENERAL GRAFULLAs REPLY ~
was very brief. He said-
am N am SeFy y bs
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again. Here the ssnOisy rangr broke out again
with the tune above mentioned and the General es-
capped with laugh.)
This being q special occasion, the GLORIOUS vim
tage Of champagne" was called upon to give 6clat
to the meeting ftf- t.I att
BUTCHER DAVIDSON
was seen going about with q huge knife, with
which he declared he intended to cut chop or
two from the Generals cheeks and have them pre-
pared as ttbIts for Sundays dinner. He was finally
persuaded to reinquish his mayhemzIng ideas and
leave the Generals face In Its improved STYLE Song.
story and talk OF one kind and another helped to
pass the night, until the General declared that he
was played out after his labors on the Seventh regi
ment excursion, and one by one, after good night
chorus, went on to bed.
SUNDAY MORNING
came bright and warm. 1t was warm notwithstand.
Ing that nne breeze swept IN from tne SOUND.
Tne reveiers OF tne ngnt before appearee Detlmes,
anu anu a. once oa'eo ~ 'ne cap "no osea "e VI"
'u'S '" ,,cu ,ocv at 49,.
~ ,v,,o, Hon, s,n,th bad hn"nSt nontru, srnnv
Rrearfasr nver and the siav tatTv commenced spme
~ .%ar naSt stro nh lent ~ ~ c,,nrch %nto
IN tner DeSC store ciOneS WeuI on tO cnurcn; Wnue