The New York herald., 1873-09-08
SUNDAYS STEAMBOAT EXCUH-
SIONS.


Up the Hudson and Down the Bay
Tending Towards tho Termination OF
tho season-The Excursionists-Fina
sabbat tn Trip Of the Plymouth Rock.
Though chilly blasts swept over the seaboard Of
America. giving Joy to the DOCTORS who pine on
account Of paucity OF practice and the misery OF
influenza to those who delight to devote Sunday to
pcnics and pleasure, the steamboats, which ply
between Gotham and the beautiful places or recre-
alton In the immediate vicinity OF the Island OF
Manhattan were well patronized yesterday. The
morning dawned brilliant and fair, fresh breeze
drove neccy clouds across the azure sky, but the
gray tint in them faint that 1t did not deter
even the most apprehensve lady
ON PLEASURE BENT
from leaving her Lares and Penates to care for
| themselves and embarking aboard some one OF the
| many stately and splendid craft hebd0madaly
dedicated to the service OF those who love to quit
crowded city, with its malaria and monotOny,
| and win breath OF fresh air, sou-wafted from
the lungs OF Eolus. Cold and bleak was the morn
ing, 80 chilly that materlamias insisted upon ner
little flock donning redingotes and mutners, while
she guarded herself with a waterproof" and
meek Benedict was compelled. for the sake or har-
mony at home, to array himself In his last years.
OvercOat.
The steamers on the North River route conveyed
o happy crowd OF excursiOnsts
UP THE HUDSON,
ana when the vessels tOuChcu at tne landings OF
Pleasant Valley or Fort Lee Joyous throngs might
soon be seen vending their way uphill to lager,
pretzels and contentment under the trees.
Rockaway holds high favor In the eyes OF our
Mieslan citizens, and upon the silvery strip OF sand
which glrts that lovely shore, upon whose tawny
sands beat the musical waves that echo everlast-
ingly the song OF the poet who celebrated them,
there were visible yesterday hundreds OF visitors
at RockawayH TO have happy hour or two.
Coney Island Is never forgotten by sabbath plea
sure seekers (or monte men), and YESTERDAY tho
nVnho of aQsAn
was almost as large as when The midsummer sun
scorched sinners in the city and dip In the surf
salutilerous smell OF salt air was accounted by
the secular far more eifcaciOus and health-glving
than q course OF salts and SIENNA or libatons from
The seabird ran across the bay and to the High
lands OF New Jersey, frelghted with merry laugh
SeswannaSa ran up the beautiful waters Of the
Sound to College Point, Great Neck City Island.
Sands Point and Glenwood well laden with people.
and the Nelly White glided gently down to Key
port with little crowd who
WANTED TO SEE THEIR FRIENDS.
Among the many excursions OF yesterday from
this city, however, was the final one which the
magnificent palace steamer Plymouth Rockwell
known to lame IN fashionable cIrces-will make
Sunday during the present year. This noble cras-
steamed swiftly away from the loot OF Murray
at twenty minutes to ten O'Clock A. NJ, and upon
her decks were grouped in artistic elegance
BEvIEs OF BEAUTEoUs MAIDENs,
fresh faced matrOns, with restless children and
plethoric wicker-baskets, and dapper dry goods
clerks and BARRIERS assistants who yearned Tor .
could easily be distinguished; the acumen dis
played by them In selecting the c0stese
hooks and the best seats "out of the
wind" gave evidence that they had 'been there
before" Besides those TO whom the trip through
the beauteOus Narrows TO Sandy Hook and out to
Sea Girt was novelty, there were deicately-
dressed damsels In silks and garments finely
woven, natty kid-gloved exqusites, VINO looked as
II they had just emerged, phoenix ike from the
sacred pyre OF a Dandbox, and stout, ruddy iaced
"parients," /" whose brOadcl0th betokencd respecta-
bilty and whose egotistical, commonplace yer.
biage carried with 1t sOupcOn ol shoddy or 'lie"
They landed ut Sandy Hook and took the train ior
Long Branch, these wOuld-be thought high-toncd
folks, In company with a lew Of the real membere.
OF American arstocracy, who had been compelled
by uniortuit0us circumstances to postpone tnelr
voyage TO Long Branch until the sabbath morn.
But all hands were jOlly-they always are aboard
the spacious steamers OF this lineno rutnanlsm or
any conduct that can be considered bad by the OH
GERS was tolerated, and everything went yester-
day, as usual, "merry as o marriage bell, tnae
! chimed In harmoniOusly with the dulcet music
| that Heating and his merry musicians discOursed.
The day was fine throughout, though decidedly
| cold towards its close. Ram was expected during
| the afternoon, for the SKY became overcast with
| surly Clouds but none fell until long alter the
various excursion steamers were hitched TO their
nightly docks and the Juvenile portion OF the pOpu
| lace were snugy tucked IN their little beds.
|
| Even When the Seeds OF C0nsu m ptiOm
| are sown, the harvest need not be death HALE'S
| HONEY OF HORaHOUND AND TAR, taken in the
| early stages, will avert a fatal result