The New York herald., 1875-07-18

MS post, the drivers OF the empty stages ana
hacks which 20 creeping up and down the other
wise unoccupied road seem TO bo sleeping com,
fortably, and one or Two bare-legged catchers on
shrimps and sea bugs are the only straRglers on
the beach In the merciess blaze OF the noontlde
sun general drowsness rests over the settle
ment, and only the drivers OF the watering carts
appear TO be really awake; but lhey have tne ads
vantage or q cooler atmosphere Immediately
around them than the general multitude. Il every
visitor at "the Branchn were supplied with mis-
own sprinkling wagon we could all be happy. AZ
1t f. we have here on Ocean avenue on this
muagy day the sic piest ana most DISMAL public
thorOnghlare between noon and Ave T.. NJ. any
wnere to be FOUND this side OF Fairfax Court House
or deserted mining gulch IN the deserts ol
Nevada
But from ave TO eight p. IA. we have wonder
full transformation scene on this famous seaside
drive Ia an endless procession or splendid horses,
gay carriages, nplace-lOoking men and
bright ana beautiful women. And the Presldent'l
magnificent Missouri bays, and the nne team oi
sartors ana the poweaui norses o V oo1 anu tS.
greyhounds In harness or ChamDerln ana tne
substantial Pennsylvania family team OF George
w. Childs are seldom missing in the grand parade.
Ana over the SMOOTH and well spriakleo road theJ
bowl rapidly and gracefully aoug. ana there Is no
rushing. or osafing, or ciashing or Droken turns
ture, as on gaia DAY on tue High Bridge race
course. And then, you see, tue piazzas ana spa
glory, each with its colony OF guests In full dis
pay. Fdtsr Janaiiias and the 0eaux nave re.
awake, happy as seaguIIs In q nlgn WIND, and
proud as Luciler ana tney are all caattering ike
a aock OF blacE6lrds IN rice held held. AI. Bas tne
the demand exceeds the supply aud .
Dacheot anywhere inside Of sixty commands
every hotel are IN a heavy majority, balance OF
power which they pronounce NOS only extremely
wal Movers at the evening hop and kalI dozen
girls monopolizng tue few young men who con-
HrsnoN a Sum6ug and bore in the estlmation ol
many an honest blue stocking.
REFORM AT TIE BRANCH.
Since the 1ush times oil sn0duy and petroleum
Long Branch has oeen greatly revoiuuonzed.
Scores OF Families that patronzsd the hotels now
occupy their 0wn cottages, and scores OF others
have gone of TO Europe And the south has NOS
yet recovered from the prostraton OF the war,
and thus thousands Of summer travellers from The
reconstructed states ara lost tine North. Again,
as at Asbury PARK and Ocean Grove, seven miles
below here, numerous religious encampments
have been established Ior the summer recreatlons
and revivas OF the faithful. How these religious
encampments with thelr pretty cottages draw
upon the general crowd or travellers may %
inferred from tie vlsltors at the rate OF
thousand day, whicn during the week
past have been pouring in upon those jolat Metno-
dist seaside httle cities oil ocean Grove ana AS
bury PARK And all this time the hotels &C our
regular summer resorts nave oeen in0reasns IN IN
that If they are no longer In the middle oil July
packed from the ten-pin alley TO the yarret we can
readily account Tor tne apparent falling ON
And II we longer have any large det1chmenu
or schemlng politicians dropping IN 1T Is because
Otnello's occu patton, for the time being. Is gone.
General Grants third term letter IS accepted bJ
the republicans as an Official edici. announcing
his retIreme mt from the Presidential field, ana as
he no oliloss Lo give for his preseW term
he has no more or very lew v!slfatIons from
the other side is Iae lian OF 1.-The Branch,D but "a
Uncle Sammyis chances In the Democratic Col
vehtion are considered very DUBIOUS ne Il mol
rising sun. IL IL dead low water Ia party politics.
and it viii last all summer. Meantime
PHE YOUNG PRINCE OF LONG BRANCH
Is q favorte topic Of discussion among the ladies'
and whether he is an Englshman or an Amerl.
can ana Is desLined to be the Lord Chancellor OF
the President are questions only the moro in.
terestlng because no prophet has been found who
can answer tnem IL IS surmIsed. however. tnat
March, 1877 he will retire TO his far N at ST. Loun
ana tnere gather all his children and grandchi'
dren around him, and that Sartoris Will have ia
become an American citizen; Tor tney do say that
Mistress Nellie mas declared tnat her boy snail be
an American and only an American; tnat he snail
not De alienated ike the boys OF Nine. BoIisco.
Tie experimental run out into tae Atlantic some
600 feet, more or less, from the surf line near ths
East End Hotel Is success, and mas been turned
by
THE HERALD STEAM YACHTS
60 q good account III serving the HERALD to la
Long Branch readers ahead OF all It's conte pora.
ries in the morning. We dare say tnat by next
summer the steamboat TRIP IN far weather. right
down to 'the Branchn Win the LANDING OF ths
passengers Ocean avenuA Will become Lne
Iayorlte summer excursion from the city. Why a
pier or TWO run out into the deep wafer beyond
the breakers was not tried twenty-dve years ago
OF Long Branch Is now the question most dis
cussea among the old properly holders But az
tney belle we'd then that sucn work, To hold, could
not DE eOustruct ed, 1t was Indefinitely postponed,
Now they see tRat ior twenty-five years they nave
been resting unGer mistake, which has been "a
them the loss oil many thousands VI dollars.
Another Improvement for Long Branch has just
been completed, Whic1 could as well have been
made twenty years ago. We refer to the carriage
road constructed along the sea shore seven miles.
up to the Navesink highlands; thence seven miles
over those wooded bills TO Red Bank, and thence
by the Jersey plains seven miles, down TO tue
Branch again. But Tor The present this magnn-
cent drive Is unused because OF the breaking oil
the draw In the shrewsbury bridge, which renders
the bridge impossible. Within the coming week,
however. we are promised the restoration or tnt
draw, and
A PROCESSION OF SEVEN MILES OF CARRIAGES
to inauRurate the opening OF the circuit between
the lookout Highlands ana the imperial famllyf
''Cottage by The Ssa-n In anticipation OF this
summer jubilee the hotels at those highlandi
have been filing up more rapidly Lnan USUAL and
guests are now established at most OF the farm
various other projected improvements we ep
pect tnat those iOre5i-crowned nils WITHIN verl
few years will become the most beautiful part oi
summer villas, cottages, vineyards, orchards and
gardens on TINS continent, East or West We
hear that the President and MS usual O0ic2l
attendants 20 down to the ocean Grove camp
Meeting to-day BY invitation OF the Methodist
brethren OF the popul0u5 and beautiful encaInP
ment; Tor Lle President, only tnat Ge does not
sing, or pray, or eXnort sinners to repentance,
an orthodOx Methodist OK the old scnoOl, aud
hrm believer IN the good old way 10 the New Jeru'
salem