Daily Republican., 1879-08-19
No for COney Island.

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thew will not be disfranchised.
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The excursion Of the season to which,
more than any other, our citizens have
been looking forward with plsasurable
anxiety, is that promised by T. i. b.
Smith on Thursday, 2sth instant. As
New York is universally acknowledged
tn be the commercial and fashionable
metropolis Of the Union, SO every enter
prise associated with it, and peculiarly
Its own, partakes proportionally OF its
metropolitan character. Formerly
when other cities had their favorits
watering places, Of which they could
speak commercially, New Workers. could
say but little in favor Of Coney Island.
But what change during the last few
years! From being the resort Of gam
blsrs and rowdies it has been changed,
as If by magic, to the mos. fashionable,
as we'll as the most interesting watering
place on the continent.
One grand feature Of it is, that it is
popular with rich and poor alike. Be-
sides the palatial hotels of Manhattan
Beach and Brighton, the extent OF
which is estimated by acres, and where
thousands Of guests are comfortably
and sumptuously entertained at once
without any confusion, there are num-
bers of less pretending establishments
where tens Of thousands may enjoy
every comfort, and that too at reasona-
BILE prices.
There are also at Manhattan Beach
extensive accommodations free for Iic-
mic parties, and walters in attendance
to supply a cup OF tea, or coffee, or any
tn ng else they may bs wanting. The
number and diversity Of amusements
, on the Island are simply astonish-
, ing. Not the least Of these are the
, grand musical concerts, free to all
given twice day at all the principal
O hotels. The musicians employed are
> numerous and comprise some of the
f best in the country, among whom are
l. Levy and Arbuckle perhaps the finest
cornet players IN the world. The un'
1t cultivated ear that cannct appreciate
Le the finer strains may have any othel
70 on the descending scale down to mirti
70 provoking negro miustrelsy, in It's lat
l. est edition.
n At the East End is a balloon wher'
IS one may rise at the rate Of three hun
l. dred feet a minute, to the height o
% nearly quarter Of mile, while at thu
e West End the less aspiring by stepping
g on an elevator, can attain an altitude
It of three hundred feet; and the means o
l. transit from East to West, and vic'
70 versa, is only five cents by rail and five
IS by carriage. The great iron pier ex
o. tending one thousand feet out in th'
ID ocean, one of the latest wonders
n Coney Island, is regarded as a marve
4. of engineering skill. 1t is really true
le as has been said, "You get too much a
1e Coney Island for your money!" an
ct those who take advantage Of the chea
Ii excursion on the 2Sth to see the Islam
of for the first time, will hereafter regar
st Mr.. Smith as a public benefactor. An
of let itnot b. forgotten that the Island 9
% night is perfect fairy-land. In andi
ut ton to thousands Of gas jets, the ele'
1T trio lights, like little suns in the firms
Of ment give a complexion to the nigt
to sufficient almost to make one believ
no himself transported to another worl'
is Mr.. Smith has arranged matters
le give his excursionists an opportunit
I'd of witnessing this illumination by ele
ID tricity, without which visit to Cone
OF Island would be incomplete. In goin
to by rail from Bay Ridge to Manhatta
s. Beach, Mr.. Smith has adopted the be'
NJ and most expeditions route from Jerse
a. City to the Island.
10 Besides the attractions of Coney Il
e- land, the magnificent scenery of IL
Cd Hudson retains its ancient grandeu
w and is ever new to those who love
es look on crooks that are wild and m
n, jastic, " that make the scenery Of Il
y. Hudson. for beauty and grandeur Sc
H. ond to none east of the Rocky Mou
x tains. Remember Thursday, the 2St
sk IT SEEMS that Col. Mosby the Amer
w can Consul at Hong Kong, has uneart
be ed some crookedness on the part of h
Id predecessor, Mosby charging tn
es Seward had received some $50, 900
to fees, collected at that port during Il
t. last eight years, which had never bee
hy accounted for, and Col. Mosby furth
o. intmates that his letters to the Sta
he Department, exposing the affair, ha'
H. been suppressed in the interests
ir Minister Seward, who preceded him..
id Whether Mosby is right or wrong We