The New York herald., 1870-08-22
PLEASANT VALLEY AND FORT ZEE.

Tie steamer Thomas Z. Hulse, Captain George W.
Annett sails daily from dock at the foot OF Chris.
Gopher street to the picturesque but not populous
locations on the HUDSON river Pleasant Valley
and Fort Lee. On Sundays the steamer conveys at
different intervals during the day living freight OF
excursionsts to these localities and ro for twenty
five cents, and Judging from Yesterdays experience
Sunday must be about as profitable day as any day
OF the week to Mr.. Thomas L. Husc
The boat that is known by his name docs not bear
much resemblance to the Plymouth Rock, which Mr..
James Fisk Jr, Is supposed to navigate. TO speak
with exactitude, there is no resemblance beyond
TACT that both are boats, and both are intended TO
sail upon the water. There was something very
ominous In the badinage kind OF
ADVICE GIVEN TO THE PASSENGERS
yesterday by the loafers the dock that 1t would
be desirable to insure their lives before they started
The Thomas E. Hulse Is an ancient craft. small.
simple In Its construction, and rafty in its build
but 1t sails WELL and brought all It's passengers to
their destination safely ana in time. This ia not
always done by more pretentlous boats and there.
1Ore is deserving OF praise.
The excursonists on board when the Thirty. fourth
street contingent had embarked, were all OF the
Sunday pleasure-takng type. All looked us though
they lived laborOu5 days In earning their daily
bread, and not life OF aziness and assitude The
rough and ready element was absent out the store,
there in force "Our Fritz with his betrothed
and another Fritz with the betrothed passed into
wife ana mother. with q not incons1derabie number
OF pledges Of Affection from
THE MEwLING INFANT
IN ITS nurses arms to the stout limbed. Three and
1our year old boys and girls were certainly In the
majority. Recent European victories had frightened
the eyes, warmed the heart and opened the pocket
book OF the old and young Fritz He directed the
attention OF every passenger on board to the re-
Inarkable and profuse display OF bunting on the
Serman steamers lying In the Jersey docks and told
ane story OF the war over again to sympathizing
crowd.
Pleasant Valley and Fort Lee are both beautifully
picturesque nelghbors, as nearly everybody knows,
on tne Jersey side Of the Hudson river. Neither OF
.nese ptaces possesses large population, but the
eW VINO are there carry on the useful occupation OF
ptovluIng material enjoyment for the eXcurslonists,
AZ al sie shape OF lager beer cocktails and ice cream
n -, WOODEN shanes that are fixed up with an eye to
me picturesque, and are known by names that are
intended TO be poetcal.
les,eroay every place well filed with custom.
cts arm as was the day, and penetrating as were
She sun-rays, goodly number of both sexes mostly
young people, VINO were 'fn the slghipC ike a
furnace condltion," ascended the succession of
stoops mat lake the ascender to a height that
commands 'e' W
PANORAMIC VIEW
or a beautiful bend in the river When vor ret IN
tne top you can see as much of the banks of Che
river as you ike, and as much of the water
as you like, but the eXcursionists YESTERDAY
generally sat down when they got to the
1op, and deferred the beautiful vewu until thew
0uld obtain "lager" or n cocktail - or ace
cream.n 1t was noticeable that alter the imbibnp
aaMe the picturesque, but never before. With