The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-04
THE DAY OF REST.
Sunday Excursions About the
Metropolis.
Up tho Hudson, Along the Sound, Down the Bay,
Visiting the Long Island Seacoast, at the
Suburban Retreats, Watering Places
and Scenes Of Natural Beauty
Plymouth Rock AAoat

Yesterday morning opened overcast. The large
number OF sunday excursions larger probably
than New York has known for years-were not az
extensively pafronized they might have been had
the morning been more propitious. Thousands, too,
had left the city TO spend the Fourth OF July In sub
urban retreats and at the numerous watering places
along The Sound, up the river and down the bay
Still the exit or citizens In pursuit OF recreation was
large, and the twenty-five steamers which sailed
from our piers yesterday could scarcely have borne
less than 10000 people from this island. This dc.
parture OF the young ana old OF both sexes in
dicates that the New York citizens. are be.
ginning 10 embrace the theology OF the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, as announced from Ply.
mouth pulpit wherein that eminent divine declared
that Sunday was day OF rest day for riding out,
going among the green fields ana swift streams and
worshpping the maryels OF nature while enjoying o
healthful repose IN the midst OF rural beauties.
Most every point within one hundred miles OF the
cities was visited by numerous throngs who sought
the most elegant means OF transit, usually by
steamer. Leaving the city on Sunday does not mean
so much the seeking OF mere destination as IL
does the means by which that destination reached.
Mr.. James Fisk, Jr., Is Sabbath breaker. He has
established most delightful excursions In that in
comparably beautiful boat the Plymouth Rock, and
thereby pleases the hundreds who avail themselves
occurred before In years-and that against the
wishes OF the Presbyierians and the many other
members Of sects who would Ike TO 60 out II they
dared to. But then Is awful to think OF the place
Mr.. Fisk Is going to m the next world And the
additional horror OF employing whole or
| chesra 20 give secular music, not thereby only
putting his own soul IN peril but other peoples.
IL Is awful Bnt then It's very pleasant. Yesterday
morning. In spite OF sudden rainfall which was
somewhat dampenng 10 the spirits the Plymouth
Rock had goodiy number vi g0ody people board
who fell perhaps little chilly and little moist, put
who apparently strong In hope, and SO IL
proved About halt past eight, and Just as the boat
was nearing Tnirtylonrth street, the rain cleared
| away, ana. and though the powers above looked
lrownIng, there seemed nothing to apprehend In the
way ol more wates, and besides, the amount OF whis-
| ecy inbided c0unieracted that.
| From the landing at Thlrty-fourth street the
! steamer novel the stream and steamed rapidly
! up he river. 10 was blessing no landings were
made, for landings are, properly speaking, nui-
good, lively fashion, and the people on board were
beginning to get warmed under Us influence. most
Interesting sgnt was the batch OF officers on board
the boat, rom Tll,on, VINO two months ago was stew
ard on board the Bristol and by some nnconcc vable
means has become captain OF North river steam
boat, 10 tie smallest scrub boy. They all
had their uniforms, the precise rank being indicated
| by the quantity OF god lace lying around loose on
their cohes. II Is pity all these gentlemen
arrogant, AMI 1t just shows how gold lace and brass
buttons VIII change mans nature. Men who are
attire become unapproachabe lust as soon as they
tit themselves Into IA uniform They are, no doubt,
|
TO talk ~. They dazzle the eyes when the shines
and make Their admirers positively uncomfortable
by their radiance. Fortunately, yesterday the sun
| didn't SHINE.
The remarkable part of the excursion, how
| ever, was down stairs IN the dining room. Barring
little close smell, iiiseparible from paint and victuals
In condensed atmosphere, there was a charm about
the eating tat one seldom linds on river boat. On
the Plymouth Rock they give YOU eating Il u carte
| that IL, you are not obliged to take what the cook
thinks best for you, but what you think best for
, yourself. IT you don't like hshballs you needn't
|
cacics rs beclsteaSs and cnops, and go so far
po,on,es ne te,y,e 8 10 cardinal Antonsll which arr,
simply boiled potatoes with Catholic name u them;
| and so on al itJt,ua.
Fort Lee the pretty villa OF Yonkers, the distant
Iowlands OF Hayerstraw ana the highlands OF
| Nyack To the wonderful beauties OF West Point IN
and out OF the denles of Anthony's Nose up 10 New
burg, where landing OF a few moments is made
and finally to the Duc0ic common place OF POUCH
| kecpse, where the steamers head Is turned down
stream, there Is real Joy III this day aud IL amply
pays the price n costs There Is nothing but pleasure
IN such an excursion and none OF those scenes which
seem natural TO sunday excursions occur TO mar II.
me city Is reached again about eight O'Clock. and
the eXcufslonsts have mad days rest and relaxa-
tIon and probably as much thankfuIness goes up To
Heaven as II. instead OF the beauty OF natures
most gorgeous scenes. the Sabbath breakers had
been cQOped up In the sall decorations and walnut
pews d Finn avenue church or the less brilliant
| surroundings OF the poor mans chapel.
| The fast and. elegant steamer Magenta left Newark
! at early hour In the morning with a large CON-
| pany on 6oIfd, bound for Rockaway. All the &C
| commodatiOns were SO complete for enjoyment on
board that. NJ passengers were carried away with
| rapture at the agreeable pleasures OF the day.
| Harlem was, OF course, resort for hundreds who
| (despsing tho perplexties OF the street raIroads)
sought the more agreeable lines OF transit found IN
the steamers sylvan Stream and Sylvan Glen.
Harlem Bridge, the beauties beyond and toward
Washington Heights anu Fordhani, to westward and
nOrthWarl, were visited.
The fishing banks were not neglected. and the
steamer RIP Van Wrinkle, with music. refreshments
and everything else TO Kill seasickness. left pier No.
North river with cargo OF human freight
| Along the Sound Is beautiful trip. The steamer
| Nelly White left Peck slip for College Point, City
Island, New Rochelle and Glen Cove al nine O'Clock
A. NJ, taxing large load OF Passengers, well dis
| posed and well behaved. The steamer returned at
| nightfal
The splendid steamer Seawanhaka left IFS several
landings on the East river, WISHING Roslyn, Glen
wood, Glen cove, sands Point, Great Neck and
Up the Hudson was the destination OF the steamer
D. >. Miller which touched at West Point, Cornwall
| Newbuyg, New Hamburg, Marlboro and Milton.
| the neetwinged Sea Bird MADE an excursion trip TO
Sandy Hook, the Highlands and Red Bank, whittier
the passengers went 10 battle and make merry
The new steamer Peasant Valley lett the foot Of
Spring street for Fort Lee, Pleasant Valley ami
SHADY Side landing at fhirty-iourth street.
Among the other notable excursions were those or
the SLEEPY Hollow Tor Newburg, Cornwall, Cold
Sedgwlck for keyport, Elzabethport, Union,
RossyilIc and PERTH Ampoy; the Pope
eatn POO Tor Rock SaNuS, Beach, the Antelope
Tarrytown, Nyack, Sing Sing. Haverstraw, Grassy
| Point snd Verplanck's Besides these steamer
sailed for saratoga connecting by cars, making the
| round trip going and returning) i've dollars This
| IL cheap.
Thus the travelling public had all the opportunl.
ties for visiting varied spheres OF oyment ana re-
| taxation for seeing the rural beauties in their
| bloom, and for attending to the wants OF the body
| which Brother Beeeher and Walt Whitman say are
| Identical with the welfare Of the soul.
FATAL CASE OF SOMxANBlLlsn.