The New York herald., 1870-09-14
LONG BRANCH.

The Presidents Brother and Senator Drake
Guests ut tho Presidential Cottagc-The
President Going 70 tho Monmouth County
Fair-Retrosradc Movement OF the Bluff
The Blue Fishing Season.
LONG BRANCH, Sept Is. 1870.
The Presidents brother, Mr.. Orvie Grant, living
In Chicago, arrived to-day, and viii remain at the
Presidential cottage TWO or three days. Between
the two there Is quite q marked resemblance, so
much 80 that as the latter rode the Presidents black
pony through the street this afternoon he was mis-
taken by large numbers for the President and
saluted accordingly. Senator Drake dned to-day
with the President.
MONMOUTH COUNTY FAIR.
the President VIII attend, tomorrow this fair,
now in progress at Freehold or at least such his
present intention. He win 60 in his own convey
ance, so as to make the occasion contrbutive TO o
pleasant drive. Unusual preparations have already
been made to extend to him all possible honors, and
the day and the fair promise to be memorable ones
In the history of the county.
CRUMBLING AWAY OF THE BLUFF.
Time, that writes no wriakle on the azure brow
Of ocean, is making gradual, but very decided I'm
preston, it seems, on the blun here One fact is
plainly visible and 1t is fact indeed that strikes
stranger very forcibly his first stroll along this
historic blun-a blum historic during the height
OF the season, when teeming with It's tnronging
thousands, as
Where billows of passion surge and roar,
to break spray Of tears; blur historic for fun
and frolic for cosey chats. for moonlight walks, for
fiirtations and intrigues, and broken vows and
broken hearts. But all this, with the manifest de-
auctions Of manifest morals to adorn the historic
narrative, have nothing 20 do with our present re-
cord our simple TO produce @ an tGia hS
has been and still is giving way. to She en-
croaSnments OF the ocean This re record. tS.
Rowland House, shows that on August %
1882 the distance from the front Of the hotel to the
6u was 2ss feet on July 1851 2es iest on On July
the total loss OF front from the giving way OF the
bun being here In the past eighteen years thirty
eight feet In other n places along the blua It M has
James w. Gerard, who, by the way, owns one OF the
finest cottages on the blun-and 1t Is q cottage
small, cosey and comfortable and no palatial city
estabshment-says that his blum has fallen away
twenty-five feet in the last four years.
'What VIII be the hnal result OF all this 9n asked
q gentleman to-day.
simply telling New Jersey to fall back.n
But how far Will she fall back2'
III things 60 on a. nowY'
''rll tell you; New Jersey will be blotted out of
being. New Workers In quest OF q quiet country
place will have to fall back on the neatly prlm but
picturesquely rural village of Philadelphia"
Take the above. partly fact and fiction combined,
and 1t is not likely, 1t may be added, to materially
diminish the present prices Of real estate here which
are not so very far removed from the prices OF
Fifth avenue corner lots
FISHING AND THE WEATHER.
The season of sport in the way Of fishing for blue
FISH has just begun. Several monsters were caught
to-day. The season promises to be an unusually '
fine enc. The weather continues intlescrihahly fine
brilliantly clear and beautifully warm days aud the
nights moonlight and beautifully cool.