The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-03
1.-THE PORGIE HUNTERS"

ATTACHES OF THE FIFrY-sEvEHrH STREET Poe
LICE COURT ON LARK
At O'Clock yesterday morning the steamboat
Mctamora straining at her cables and channg The
wharf ut the foot OF Ffty-thrd street. East River
Toward tho craft and over It's gang plank wcnded aDou1
two hundred happy gentlemen and ladies', who
presented the. ''Porgic Hunters OF the Nineteenth
Ward" This rather glitter,ng generality Is only .
acknowledgement namo for an association whose
beating heart Is tho Fntv-soveuth Street
Polico Court, aud upon whose banner ID
inscribed IN Gshing lines of beauty, "Dca,h
TO the Porges. Tho occasion for the excursion was
the fourteenth annual devastating tour--so far as the
porgics wcro conccrnod-of tho mighty hunters, who
were all Nimrods with roeis and bait 'and harpoons
and other deadly paraphcrnaia As each rolls
around this picnic the water looked forward to
with great deal OF pleasure By those who Tor.
tunnto enough to become enrolled in the list OF the
porgIo slayers. The latent happiness of the Meta-
morals passengers heightened by tho crisp
breeze that was blowing AMI the sunshine
that made q brilliant ballot movement upon
knowledge that galore OF provisions was abonrd as q
preliminary condition 10 beng slowed away, and thu
strains OF band tuning up Ior prospective dance
mora slowed away from tho dock and headed for He'll
Gate ,hers no boat all the glad East River that
contained mcrrier human cargo than She AS -hcr
whistle sounded the adjacent poreics posted
ncs trenbIed with fear. Tben thcy turned tail and
FASTENED " tho Sound 70 The schools OF the
calamity approaching
Although tho enterprise under the auspices, TO
u certain extent Of the Fifty seventh Street Police
Court the dignares OF that commendnbe judicial in-
stution were not out IN iorce. Judge Morgan 1t be-
inr court day, had to remain reluctantly upon tho
bench, fishing the waters of the law for criminas
who the cxcursoDlsts were casting their lines all
sorts OF pleasant places, and mutually making day
OF pleasure that will be long remembered.
FESTIVITIES ABOARD
The Mctamora had no route definite objective
point but cruscd up and down The Sound tho iroe
manner OF rakish piratical schooner Wherever tho
porgies were there Was the Mcamora. ably sustainn
tho dcathdcang name OF the great Indian Chi efain.
Tho haul being immense, there was naturally plenty
Of room tor dancing, OF which tho young people
eagerly AWARDED themselves Ii the porgcs had any
thought about IL at ALL they at least knew
that they were dying as Mirabcau wished to d,c,
ITO the sound OF delicious music" At about noon
the COLLATION. and tily enjoyed by thvsa
whose appctitcs had been happened by the keen
Long Island and Connecticut continually unroiling
itsclE Late in the afternoon old fashioned clam
| chowdcr was gotten up and then gotten down With
evident relish. At time there ihrc ncncd be
"abatmcnt' IN the ammunition and II was proposed
TO cut Counsellor Ncsbitt TOR distribution among
the pjscaoal enthusiasts Camcr counsel prevailed,
however and the terrible tragcdy was not enacted
Nobing occurred 10 the pressure OF the day. aud
about clock tho Meiauorn reached her wharf,
landing the original number OF hunters, aud 50 i'm
mcnsc number OF porgics that u bad better rep
resented tho unknown quantity IL Is not true,
although the rumor was circulated, that any momber
| OF the club subsequently seen 10 Third avenue
nsh store having something that looked like porRioo
wrapped up In "a suspicious pcco Of brown paper.