The New York herald., 1874-08-06
THE SEASIDE CAPITAL.

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Large but Economical Crowd-An Odd
Hsokmsn's View OF tho Season and
tho situation-Ths Character OF the
Vtsttors-The Beecher Scandal.
LONG BRANCH. August 6, 1874
''still they Gomez The hotels are well nlled,
and the arrivals exceed the departures. Tho
Branch appears to be thriving, for 1t Is running
over with busy crowd. But the nush times OF
The war and OF shoddy and petroleum ana stocks,
Ike '9ove's young dream,'' are "eone, forever
gomez There ts general complaint from tho
Hook to Cape May that there Is no money in cir
culation; that nothing is spent by visitors to the
Branch or anywhere else at home this year In
extras; the shopkeepers sell little or nothing the
dealers in fancy trinkets and toys find no GUS
toners, the billiard tables are not occupied a.
they used to be, and the receipts at rhe par
are hardly hundreds where they were few
years ago thousands Of dollars. The restaurants,
such as they are. look as II forgotten even by the
hungry passenger; for many parties Of excursion
lists who come down but for the day bring their
lunch baskets along with them. Falling in with
AN EXPERIENCED OLD CoACHMAN,
yesterday who had seen better days, ana his
opinion OF the financial prospects OF the season to
the hack drivers being asked for, he mournfuly
said id:-"They are mighty poor. The people with
money no longer come down here. To be sure.
there are few, but they are not OF the sort that
spend money. The men who used to come here
scattering their greenbacks around are gone to
Europe, or they are taking the round OF Niagara,
Saratoga, the White Mount tains and Newport.
Long Branch has become too democratic or too
common for them.
THE GUESTS AT THEsK HOTELS
now are merchants Clerks theatre people, drum
mers dealers In second hand clothing, peders
and sich. And they have got no money. They
come at night and are gone IN the morning. Tney
don't know what ride Is on the beach in car
m "a 90 q
End, and I sometimes pity them; but y You ~ Know
we can't carry people for nothing and pay for our
horse feed. Look at them horses They are get
suffer together sr They don't look any more seedy
more truth than fiction about HIS story. Where
thousands OF dollars every day were, In years
gone by, wasted by visitors At tine Branch in ex-
has been teaching far and wide Its
LESSONS OF RETRENCHMRNT
and economy, and Is still enforcing economy, for
the pressure upon mems resources, which begun
with The panic, Is not yet over. You may see 1t In
all the appendages OF and accessories to these
great and general excitements; the hotel bar does
not flourish. The Beecher excitement does not
seriously affect many people outside the church.
you know; but q Presidential campagn-ahi then
we have season which from the bar alone pay >
rs handsomely. Speaking OF
THE BERCHER SCANDAL,
Mrs. Tlton's testimony, as published IN the
morning papers, has produced a great reaction
here In favor OF that unfortunate woman and Of
Beecher, and IL Is widely believed now that nton,
even In court OF law will get the worst Of 1t, SO
truthful does the awful narrative OF his crueltes
to his wife appear.
All is quiet at the government headquarters to-
day. But after the North Carolina election we ex-
pect some strange iaces here from the West aud
the South on this question OF a third term.
THE OLD GUARD
are coming down tomorrow for q grand clam
bake at Pleasure Bay, ana IT Is expected that the
President Will drop In and join the veterans In q
dlah OF ChOWder.