The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-08
SUMMER EXCURSIONISTs.
CGney Island on Sunday-The Reign Of the
RouShs Coming to End and the People
Able to Enjoy Themselves Unmoicsted-
Trips to Other Places.

CGney Island on Sunday-The Reign of the
Roushs Coming to End and the People
Able to Enjoy Themselves Unuoiested-
Trips to Other Places.
Time when COney Island was a grand resort
for New Workers who did not care so much about
style and fashion, as most people do nowadays and
it would be to-day the great seaside attraction for
the masses were It not SO entirely given to the
relgn OF rowdyism and the gentry who get their
bread and butter by the trckerIes Of three card
monte. 1t is this city that two hours ride
brings one directly to the beach from any part of
town. and certainly the beach is as fine as any In
the country.
at the beginning OF the present summer
the pickpockets and other scoundrels who infest
every place where there Is crowd and prospect to
rule without being brought into subjection made
the voyage by boat to the island rather dangerous
pleasure; but, thanks to the Brooklyn Sheriff and
Superintendent Jourdan, the thing has been to a
great degree changed for the better lately Yester-
day the boats to the beach crowded their ut
most capacity on every trip, and hundreds OF the
poorer classes all day long enjoyed the luxury OF a
good surf bath. The roughs were out in force on
the beach also, put they dd not create nai any
did they would be pounced upon by the officers in
citizens clothes, who were supposed to be lettering
about seeking what scrundrel they could officially
gobble up row. There were during the after
noon three or four lively ''usn between the rough
and scum on tllat part Oh tne DeaCn 1uTtIeSt away
from ''civilization," and the better portion Of
the excurslonsts who witnessed them made
It an excellent practice in each case not
TO interfere, possibly with the charitable hope
that each rough would get Knocked into
kingdom come by his antagonist, by which delight
ful Wnd-up they would all be the gamers and the
CITY likewise. On one of the boats coming home a
couple of the gentry, well stocked with bad wniskey
made an attempt to get peaceably inclined gentle
man into fight but they were promptly taken care
of by few officers, who made them disappear
somewhere or other until the boat landed The day,
as a whole passed Off quietly on the island and the
hundreds who went TO enjoy themselves were en-
their abled to 40 so without getting heads broken,
and to return to this city with whole body. COney
Island stock is evidently approaching.
OTHER EXCURSIONS.
All the excursion boats yesterday were well
patrOniZed and thousands left town to spend the
day where breath OF cool air could be "caugbt on
the n.y. Among others were the following
To Rockaway Beach, by the steamers Pope Catlin,
Sylvan Grove and Novelty.
To Harlem, High Bridge and Karl's Park, 10y
steamers Sylvan Stream and Sylvan Glen.
To New Rochelle, Glen Cove, College Point, White
stone City Island and Sands Point, by steamboat
Nelly White.
10 the Fishing Banks, by steamer Rip Van
10 sandy Hook Highlands and Red Bank, N. j., by
steamboat Sea Bird.
TO Cozzens' west POINT and Newburg, by steam
boats Plymouth Rock ana Sleepy Hollow.
To Pleasant Valley, Fort Lee and Shady Side, by
steamer Pleasant Valley.
To keypOrt EizabethpOrt, Union Rossvillc and
Perth AmbOy, by steamer General Sedgwick
To Yonkers Dobbs' Ferry, Tarrytown, Nyack,
Slug Sing, Haverstraw, Grassy Pout VerplaIiks
aud Peekskill, by steamboat Antelope.