The New York herald., 1870-09-16
LONG BRANCH.
The President Resting After the Freehold
OvatiOns-A Call from General Kilpatrick-
Tho Remains of General C00ke-The
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The President Resting After tho Freehold
OvatiOns-A Call from General Kilpatrick-
Tho Remains Of General Cooke-The
Weather and sailing Vessels.
LONG BRANCH, Sept. Is, 1870
The President, after the somewhat fatiguing
though pleasant ovatory honors OF which he was the
recipient yesterday at Freehold, spent to-day
very quietly at his cottage. AS is nearly every
day the case. several called on him, some on
political business and some on other business, and
this part of the days programme completed lie took
his customary drive-a restfully recuperative and
solidly enjoyable feature Of the day he very rarely
omits To-day riding with him were Mrs. Grant,
Miss Nellie Grant and General Dent he holding the
reins, as is his almost invarable custom.
OUR LATE CHILEAN MINISTER,
General fitzpatrick, was among those calling to-day
ut the Presidential cottage. This noted cavalry gen.
eral Of the war; or, as the rebels used to call him,
the great Yankee horse stealer" called to pay his
respects, having only just returned from Chile,
where, as is Well known, he has been United States
Minister nearly ever since the close of the war. 1t
will pain the Generals hosts of friends to learn that
an affection of the throat, superinduced by his po
cal speechmaking and Nlecturing when he was here
before, will compel him to undergo an operation
His ailment Is an enlargement Of the exterior
muscles of the neck but which surgical operation
viii promptly and safely remove He will not be
prevented rom keeping his multiplicity Of lecturing
engagements during the coming winter, and, IN
fact, regards general health he says he has
been better than he Is az present.
GENERAL EDWIN r. COOKE.
The fact mas already been announced that General
Fitzpatrick brought with him from Chile the remains
of General Edwin +. Cooke, former Secretary Of
Legation OF the United States at Chile. The remains
are to be buried Tomorrow at General Cookies
birthplace, in Newton, Sussex county, New
Jersey, on which occasion General Kill
patrick is to pronounce the funeral
Grafton. Members Of the Harris Light Cavalry and
General Kilparicks cavalry division are expected
10 attend IN large numbers. The record Of
General Cooke Is well Known He led, in the spring
OF 1864, the ior0rn hope in the memorable raid Of
Fitzpatrick upon Richmond when Colonel Uric
Dahlgren was murdered. Cooke was captured and
kept twenty months In prison. General Fitzpatrick
appointed him as his secretary on account of his
health; but his long imprisonment had made such a
complete physical wreck of hln that he lived only
nine months after reaching Chile
WEATHER CHANGING.
The weather. which has been brilliantly bright
and clear Tor the past few days. gives now lndica
,OI OF storm. Much sunshine is reished, q
good rain storm Will be reshed more every thing is
so crisp and dried up rom the proracted drought
FLEET OF SAILING VESSELS.
There was an unusual number Of sailing vessels in
sight this afternoon. over fifty TO be seen ut
one time, besides those outward bornd and coast
wise steanfr-.