The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-02
LONG BRANCH.
Glirhpses Of Seaside So
ciety.
Tho Great Tom Mccahill, His Big Blue Fish
and His sulky Warming Toward the
Caosar-Scratching Against tho PostsA
Of the Seaside White House.

LONG BRANCH, August 1, 1878
The report OF the illness OF Mr. Dent, Pfesldene
Grants father-in-law, was much exaggerated in
some OF the New York papers. The old gentleman.
VINO Is eighty seven years Of age, was indisposed,
but not 80 much to occasion any alarm ON tho
part OF the family; and, SO far from tho
Presidents return to Long Branch having
been fastened by the intelligence OF Mr.
Dents condition, he did not hear OF ie
until he was on board the Long Branch boat. Mr..
Dent has OF course attained an age when q slighx
attack OF illness may at any moment prove .
serious matter, but hts general health Is good, and
except as to his memory his faculties but slight
ly impaired.
TIE WEATHER, THE BATHING AND THE FISHING.
We have had another cloudy, showery day, ana
the recent storms have left the ocean somewhat
rough for bathing The water yesterday and to-
day has been OF delightful temperature, but the
waves are heavy and apt to mix the bathers up i'm
q very miscellaneous manner. long string Of
water nymphs and sea gods, young and old, fat
and lean ore occasionally bowled down by breaker
over BY good player on e are TSe sorac
ing In the sand and the cutching for the rope
when boisterous breaker sweeps back to the sea.
after spending its fury on the beach, is sight to-
be remembered by the lOOkers-0n After all, there.
Is glorious fun IN surf bathing. Formally disap1
sTs WITH her long ,raln without ,SS aeshins
with arm Then m s
5 sna e the asSh ns
are unmstakabie indications OF the genuine en-
0ymsa Of surf bathing s water bathing
champagne the Storms have have been BEEN bsc
9r as Srs ne to have r
have been something astonishing this week. Mr.,
Thomas McCahill one Of the landmarks OF Long
and everywhere else, caught blue fish this MORN
ing weighing nearly fifteen pounds, and landed Il
safely in his suky. believe he caught 1t Of Pierce.
the famous fisherman OF the Ocean House, who has
reckoned up his mornings work by the hundreds
OF pounds for the past three or four days.
RECENT ARRIVALS AT THE BRANCH.
Among the recent arrivals at the Branch are
United States Senator Frenghuysen and General
heated Tits With Mayor Havemeyer ana Comp
probably the lnvigoratins influence Of the sea air
that has recently enabled him to administer
to the Mayor and Comptroller 0'f Havemeysr and
Green should come down to the Jersey coast and
e IN
and then they might find some duties Of their
oicss to transact more important and more bene-
factiona! war against one Of the leading depart
ments OF the city government.
SHALL THE ssss.sas EO5 #ASH ss.sRs xs5ss s
The proposition that the nation shalt furnish the
focal Newspapers hereabouts, and the Journals thag
have opposed the proposition have been hauled
over the Goals. Well why nOtf 1t is generally
considered an important matter TO keep the Presi-
dent alive during the term for which he is elected,
and the experience OF the past has not made the
American people very anxious to undergo
repetition Of the experiment Of Tylerism,
FlmOreism and J0hnsonism. When we remember
the Credit Mobilier developments we may well
hope to be spared the necessity of supplying the
place OF General Grant with any Congressional
material. Summer in washington Is enough to
undermine toerably strong constitution and
do not see why we should not supply our Presidents
with regular seaside residence where the business
OF the government can be comfortably attended to
during the.heated term Certainly more desirable
locality than Long Branch, for health and convent
ence, could be selected in any part Of the country,
unless 1t might be the borders Of the Central Park
in New York. But then 1t will probably be as well
to wait while, at all events until we as
II we are TO have General Grant as our
permanent ruler he already has two fine
and valuable residences at Long Branch, one Of
which he occupies himself while the other is occu-
pied by enc OF the brothers Seligman. Either could
be easily turned into an imperial palace, or the two
could be united in one splendid establishment.
Besides, Cesar could build Long Branch palace
for himself without asking the nations consent
could even seize upon John Hoey's magnifcene
house and park. and appropriate them to HIMSELF
taking off Mr.. Hoey's head II he should object So,
to have Caesar before we purchase Presidential
residence at Long Branch.
thunder storm OF extraordinary force broke
over this place today. A waiter in the Allen
House was killed, and three horses were struck
dead in the field.