Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-07-29
LONG BRANCH.
Tbs Sis htG 60 be c IL ai The Brighton OF
the United sTHteE-Fisiers of tfreeE-
backs-HOu they succeed with
the "Green Uus."
HE PaIaIiaI Residences and CeIe bEities
Of Ihs BTaRch-The Bread Crops in
EUROPE end AmeTieR-The over
flow ana Business.


TO,o uttered that noble martyr, GlOTuanO
Bruno, when the officers Of the inquisi-
ton led him to the stake. The world
does move, not alone on its axis, but in
this Brighton of America. 1t is seven
wears since I've been here, and l find
hotels built and enlarged, cottages
erected, stores put up, and the attendant
development natural to favorite sum-
mer-resort. It is two hours by all rail,
or an hour and forty minutes by boat
aud rail, from New York city. AT 3
quarter past nine in the morning the
business man can reach his post. and at
five o'clock in the afternoon he can be
on his way back again, forgetting the
cares Of his vocation in the frequent
greetings Of acquaintance and with the
Jokes and chats current on the sail up
and down the bay. The air-good old
Neptune's breath-is pure, strong and
bracing, charged with that briny ele-
ment that gives fullness to the cheek and
tone to the appetite; bat while it does
US so much good physically, it is de-
structive on fine dTy-goods; so prudent,
knowing ladies wear substantial mate
rails, as being best adapted for the sea-
side. The great majority OF
those who abide here are business peo-
pie, who visit the city daily-the creme
q Ia creme of New York aTistOcracy go
to Newport or West Point, where So
ciety is much more exclusive. The
nouUeduZ riches congregste here en-
nluSse, and they blazOn out in grand
euuipages, fine mansions and foreign
gems, Among the most conspicuous OF
them who summer on the Branch are
President Grant. Mr.. Childs, of the
Philadelphia Ledger; HOey, the great
Adams express man, whose residence
is probably the most palRtial here, and
whose wife was once leading actress at
WalIack's theater; and the bankers
Seligmsns, all Of whom have cottages.
There are a race-course and clubhouse;
the latter is managed by the notorious
John Chamberlain. The drives are only
fair, if l except that along the ocean,
but it is only about two miles long.
What / mean by fair is the mOnotonCus
character, the absence of hills and the
baroness Of trees, the soil being quite
sandy. The pleasure resorts are linn
tied, confined to a spot called Pleasure
Bay, where one can have sail and
crabs, and, what is more inter-
esting, is q camp-meeting at Ocean
Grove, about four miles distant.
The event of the day is the bath, which
is INDUCED in from ten o'clock till noon,
though people battle at all hours. l
think the most pleasant bath is that
taken before six in the morning in the
natural state. From four o'clock in the
morning till dark is devoted to driving,
and you msy see his excellency, cigar in
mouth, take his airing along the beach.
The ocean is making constant inroads
on the embankment, and probably in
one thousand years what is now Long
Branch may be part Of the "mighty
deep.n think one can get board here
as cheap as be pleases; the best hoteis,
Ocean and West End, charge five dol
lars day, or twenty-eight dollars per
week, while excellent board in a good
hotel can be had for twenty-one dollars.
Boardinghouses are without number.
In the way ofdiet, CLAIMS and oysters are
to be had at all feeding places. Fish is
also another staple in diet. You can
have fishing here if you like, but it is
none of your exciting sport that trout
and bass inspire. A fisherman, for q
two-dollar bill, will let you accompany
him at five o'clock in the morning, sup
ply you with bait and tackle, and IN
less you are az old salt you can enjoy
the full benefit of sailing at sea.
The feeling is very agreeable, but you
soon begin to prefer terra ttTnlG, tut
fishermen don't see it; be can't take
you back, as he must gethis fish, but, OF
course, if paid for the fish he is going
to catch, he'll return TO shore. Another
roll of the boat suggests there may be q
funeral at Sea, and you are glad-aye
happy, to compromise for V when he
pulls in for land, and OH arriving, drags
you out of the boat, gets his money, and
puts out again. Fishing is different in
NE Mountains. Tbus fsE L have come
across very few Memphians. / met Mr..
Ben Eisman the other evening, but he
has his family in the Catskills. In
speaking to business men they feel as if
the tide Of prosperity had set in, but it
will likely be some months-perhaps a
year-befOre its good effects will be
general. Until recently there was no
reason for expecting that Europe would
not have full average crops, nor was it
believed that our own harvests would be
as bountIful as they are turning out.
The grains north, aud that precious
staple, cotton, south, with a better
organized labor to gather it,
means prosperity for the length
and breadth Of the land;
means revival OF business, quicken
ing Of the commercial pulse, the en-
plOyment OF the vast capital that is
locked up in bank vaults and safe de-
post companies. Exports are very act
i've in New York, and freights have ad-
vsnced quite materislly-in fact, vessels
of some kinds are very scarce. l notice
that the Father of Waters is on the rise
and an overflow is threatened, which no
doubt acts as kind Of damper on some
Of our sanguine citizens. 1t is hard to
brace oneself up in the face of disaster,
and yet it is the highest manhood to ac-
quiesce cheerfully in the Inevitable.
Think of Mahomet and his CAMEO
through life gleefully, in the conscious
ness Of having done your duty. AS an
evidence Of tight times, an importer Of
French calfskins tells me he Is selling
his goods at fifteen per cent. loss, and he
Is positive that eastern shoe manufac-
turers don't make over five per cent. net
profit. 1t seems the only country where
commercial affairs are in satisfactory
shape is France. She is now importing
largely our wheat, but the advance in
freights and decline in gold and ex-
change may interfere with free ship
ments unless there is q decline in prices,
which is not probable. Money is too
abundant and too cheap, and l don't
think farmers are in hurry to sell. I
am satisfied that large portion OF
last years crops is piled up in the gran
aries of the country. Farmers north are
not like our impeGunious planters, the
better part Of whose crops is mortgaged
the war left them richer-their horses,
farm products and all they had to sell
were paid for in greenbScks and at war
prices, while in the soulful think had
better change the subject. ought to
.ell you about the Saturday night hops,
when the gay beauX in scores come
Town here IKE as the song goes,
Pour epouser une Princesse
LIE Prince Paul cen est ale.
They come with white-cbokers, white
Kids and swalIOw-tails, aud the amiable
clerk Of the hotel packs them at night
)n cots and out of the way places, the
looms being taken, and the boys call il
un, and promise to come again; and
.hese Saturday nights are enshrined in
heir hearts in halo of love and pCeIy.
'Ah! would l were boy again"
Ripley News: We learn that Mr.. ].
NJ. Jenkins, in the eleventh civil dis
trict, threshed from four acres one hum
ired and thirty bushels of wheat after
'eeding his stock from the field for sew
eral weeks. This is certainly very fine
yield.