Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-16
LONG BRANCH.
The Presidents sArrivan-DOgs ana AN.

The Presidents sArFiV0A-DOgs and An.
Correspondence Of the New York Herald.
LONG BRANCH, June 12.-The arrival
of Gen. Grant at his summer quarters was
not celebrated this year by the slightest
flourish. Ex-Collector Murphy, who was
so constant in his attentions to the Presi-
dent last year, was here on Monday, but
would not even afford the time to stay one
day more for the sake of welcoming bis old
chief. The President, with quite a numer.
GUS escort, arrived by the last express train
from Philadelphia on Tuesday Afternoon,
and the only effort his advent produced was
to excite the curiosity of the villagers while
his horses and dogs were being removed
from the depot to the cottage beyond the
West End. This was rather an interesting
scene. First, the President and family,
accompanied by
THE DENTS AND PORTERS,
rode up Ocean avenue in carriages, and then
followed troop of horses, jackasses, dogs,
and the wagon train carrying the servants
and the luggage. The head steward of the
White House had arrived the day before to
put the cottage in order. Owing to Grants
nomination for the Presidency he lis enabled
to keep larger stud than last year. Then
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eleven, and a iaekass besides.
THE PRESIDENTIAL JACKAss
distinguished himself before he had been in
the place half an hour. The expressmen
having charge of the Presidential effects
were conveying all the animals up to the
cottage, when the stubborn jackass, true to
his nature, suddenly bOlted and positively
refused to 60 any further. The village
boys were gathered round enjoying the
sport, some of them doubling themselves
with laughter and holding their bodies up
by resting their hands on their knees,
while they shouted: "Ohl what jackass."
At last, while half a dozen men
were wrestling with the Obsti-
nate beast, one of the urchins
more astute than the others made a great
discovery, and announced it by exclaiming:
''Oh, it amt no jackass at all; it's jenny!''
This produced such yells Of laughter as
should have made even a jackass or 'sjen-
N.Y. blush. Until then the men having the
beast in charge had not taken her sex into
consideration, and they now resolved to
treat her with more gentleness. Accord
ingly braWny Hibernian went up to her
and said: "Well, ifye don't choose to walk
ye can Just as well ride" and suiting the
action to the word he threw his arms
around the Jenny" and lifted her
bodily into the wagon, where she
remained while the horses drew her
up Ocean avenue, the people look
ing on admiringly as she passed. The
jackass was taken to Gen. POrter's house
and turned out to grass. As many of the
horses as could be accommodated at the
Presidents own stables were cared for
there, the rest being conveyed to the stable
attached to the Presidents new cottage on
the opposite SIDE of the avenue. The dogs
soon became accustomed to their new
houses, but the big Newfoundland, when he
goes up to the cliff just above the Presi-
dents house and looks out upon the ocean,
with its curling waves rattling up the beach,
takes his tail between his legs and runs for
his kennel.