The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-14
SUNDAY EXCURSIONS
RUM AND RoWDYIsM.
Beer and Business-sighfs, Scenes and sayinay
Among the Sunday Pleasure seskera
ON THE RIVER.

How the subssrata Of New York Enjoy
Fresh Air and Frivollty rad Endure Ruf.
ianism-scenes on the Opposition Boats to
Fort Leo and Pleasant Valley.
No city In the world possesses greater advantages
for workingmen In the matter OF sunday relaxation
than New York. Cars almost innumerable in title
and most general in direction screen from nifty
depots, while warning bells OF impatient steam
boats hurry passengers bent to get on
board and secure their places for
COSBY NOoKs ON THE SOUND
the river and the adjacent islands Not the fear OF
sudden anu murderous stoppage OF family glee nor
the possible consequence OF putting themselves In
the way of merciless rufians, VINO IN q great mea-
sure control these AFFAIRS with dual objects OF rob.
berry and lust, VIII deter them. They crowd on
board the poats eagerly and camor for seats over
uncertain and suspicious boilers. And the worst OF
It is that the noble army Of MARTYRS 20 monopoly
the working girls OF New YorK-are generally the
majority on such excursions. These are compare
lively
DEFENCELE5s AGAINST RUFFIANIsM,
and take their chance for the sake OF health.
But while cities OF the European scaboard LACE
our advantages they are wiser In management
Under monarchcal government people whose only
desire Is enjoyment OF their present of happ-
ness have full protection from violence.
Walking down to the foot o, Spring street yester.
day, where the Pleasant Valley lay in waiting and
blowing impatiently for PASSENGERS o HERALD re-
porter thus reflected and marked with watchful
eye he doings OF his neighbors, bent. like him, on
gaining the boat before sac stared on her trip for
Nether the features nor the Characteristics Of tho
multitude were strange TO him; Dur there Is some
A NEW YORK SUNDAY MOB
whether decent or notwithstanding enter.
The Scene on summer Sundays Just previous to
the departure OF the Pleasant Valley, is TO the
student OF human nature AZ once interesting ana
amusing. The old boys who appreciate that
New York u.s. far ana away, The best watering
place in America have long ago taken possession
OF their camp stools anu established themselves In
the most comfortable and airy posi- ions which the
moment wnen the nash OF "a" IL o. may with pro-
prlety be brought form from some hidden recess.
THE FAMILY PARTY
have also seated thenSelves, ma erfdn1tli1S with
the inevitable BABY, pdteiJahtt as anxious that
Johnny may not fall over The railing, aud Julia aud
Anastasia, young slips, fufuvely admlrng their
But where ..,, the hover Of the mock,
(wny companion y ladder she staads like Diana, lin
gorgeous array" eagerly awaiting the arrival Of
stllI he does not come The gentle bosom begins to
papltate with unaccustoned violence, and feel
wien, just as the bell sounds the signal OF de.
parture, Augustus, with splendid bouquet
Augustus invariably mas ma p ms Sp
and Augustuses having been, with more or less
pUiteneSS, bundled ON board, the steamer started.
Fortunately there was
LITTLE 70 RUN FOUL OF
between Spring street and 1hr,y-fourth street. 50
no accident occurred. AT tho after landing, how,
ever there was considerable uprOar, CONFUSION and
deay. The couple OF hundred low-browed, swag.
perinp undersiZed ruiliani, OF whom one can see
types any day In our courts, either as officers or
criminals were Impatient and expressed their dis:
satis1action In a manner that brought the blush OF
mOdesty TO many an inlOcent girls cheek. Police
men are good at clubbing, but they dld not Gun
those brevet murderers anu scounurcis. WWf
They were not on board.
There was q great zeal OF
EXCITEMENT AT THE GATE OF THE FERRY,
AMI rival agents Moderated and abused each Other
VIZ" .e meo YOU are I, cried one, while policeman
laZly gaZed at bOth 'Th0InaS Il. nuije, now g0ln'
III, .pOn't We mind i'm ~ exclaimed the other man,
clint hing an anxious passenger Oy the nape or the
neck. .'Don't ye mind I'm he's beat, he IL. The
| Hulse I'LL 60 to Rockaway. Here ye are-the only
reliable boat show yer tickets or pay yer
"Nono of yer Jaw "a ike to put head on ye,
nell are ye gong tor thls to young girl with
childl Dye want to get busted anu bowed upf
Wait for our boat. She's just here and runs twice
| as last as the uulse.'
DON'T be impatient, young man." exclaimed the
| Huse agent, as u gentlefIan rushed towards the
pier; ',hs internal boat wiii sink, 1t VIII; walt LOT
the Iulse."
| marks OF q recent diiiicuty.
| THE COURSE OF KNIFE
was indell;bly marked Oh his square and repulsive
Jaw. His opponent in the woody controversy looked
! a likely candidate lor similar hOnors, while the
! policeman, who watched both, had an equally
| amable expression.
| Tie wordy war maintained with spirit (and
splrIts) uutil tho Pleasant alley mad 10 leave ana
give place TO Inc Hulse, when IL ceased There Was
nothing worthy OF note on the passage to Fort Lee
Peaches being cheap the embryo politicians did not
feel inclined to ea the cars OIL any OF the passengers
Had their appetites taken that direction they could
however. have enjoyed themseive, 10 the fullest ex-
tent. NO rullian could possibly desire better nelu
| for
| THE EXERCISE OF ASSASSINATION
than can be found on board these boats Ana per.
hapJ no policeman WHO knows his duty and cares to
do II could better employ his time tuan by studying
the faces of the Fort Lee eXcurslonists.
| The boats arrived back from Pleasant Valley and
Fort Lee at shutdown without accident; at least no
accident was reported. VI course an abundance OF
beer was disposed or and whlskey stimulated the
b'hOys to frsky hum0r.
| The powder magazine did not explode because
nobody threw match into It. And this Is the rea-
son why there accident or d ficulty on board
| the Thomas f. Hulse and Pleas SAINT Valley.