New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-05

QUIET ENJOYMENT AT GLEN ISLAND.
PHEASANT TRIP OF THE BLACK BIRD UP THE RIVER
MAKING AN EXAMPLE OF DIsTURBERs OF THE
PEAcE-A DELIGHTFUL PLACE TO SPEND THE
DAY.
A fa,rer day for sail has seldom dawned than
Yesterday The cloudless sky and mild tempera-
ture fulfilled all the requirements of a holiday And
there could be few peasanter excursions than
trim 70 Glen Island. Such the opinion, at least,
of y ooodlv number of persons board the steamer
Rlack Rid which left the foot of COrtlandtst. at
q m An unpleasant incident which occurred as
the boat was about leaving the pier at the foot OF
East Thirty-third-st. was the only thing winch
hammered to mar the pleasure of the day.
Two rough-lookng persons went on board the
steamer at tins landing After the gangpank had
been drawn IN and the boat was leaving its dock,
Young man ran down TO the piers edge ard tried to
lump on board. Missing his calculation he fell INTO
the water. There was a stampede OF the passengers
70 tbe side. causing the boat very percept-
bv The Young man was rescued and pulled up on
| the pier. having received no other injury than
| fright and the loss OF his hat. Still determined
IN GET upon the boat which had again APP
nroached its dock, lie made another effort
| and climbed upon the bow, The captain seeing his
bedragcied condition, ordered him OIL. lie refused
70 90. and his cause was championed by the rough
looking men to whom allusion has been made.
! There was something very like a scufis for a mo-
ment but the frnness of the crew Overawed the
! disturbers of the peace, anu thcy "CIc Aii thicO
| quickly put of the boat
Then the Black Bird, winch Is an extra boat. purc
sued her course up the ryer, passing conveys OF
schoOncTs IN tow, the little tug AT the head re-
| sembhng Mormon prophet out for an airing. with
| his numerous wives. Oh Sunkfn MEADOW, lhe
! wreck of the SeawanhaEa was plainly visible, with
her red machinery and the overturned sm0kestack,
like a reversed torch typiiylng death. Whltc-Wlnged
sloops and schoOners tackled by tossing mp f'a.hery
foam and leaving wake OF irOth Dehlnd Them; ne
Messengers on The Black Bird made them
| selves comfortable upon the settees ana caIDt
chairs. There were great many hea ~ dressed .s
and ruddy-cheeked children on beard VINO TOOK q
fresh and infinite delight IN everything tney saw
and there was nothing they did not see, Almost be-
fore tie passengers were aware, Glen Island came III
sjght. As the boat neared the shore,
a n,elodious chime of gongbells made in Troy and
manufactured by Mr. Holiday appropriate namel
rang out a patriotic greeting, changes being gwen
ON ali the National airs from America" 10 " Yam.
kee Doodle This chime Is modelled upon one OF
Lnglish manufacture, and is exceedingly musical
The effect at distance upon the water IS extremely
pleasing. ,,oo+ ootto.ro anon
MED by one of the employees of Mr.. Starin, and neal
hv ia lie white house of Mr.. starin himself, sur
ronnded bv flowers beds and rustic statuary. Int
clubhouse is three-story building containing
large dining hall, where Is gwen u"iN hnoue Is
An excellent repast is to be obtainedin the adoin
ing restaurant, which occupies Two noOfs VI lh'
building at the northern emu; Ihs top moor y use'
as cafe and being open at TIE sides, IL so gn ah'
airv as TO give ono the impression OF the hurricane
deck of a steamer. From tins eyre can be seen th
heantifnl harbor of New-Rochelle. which wa
dimpled by a pleasant reeze Yesterday aud wa
| dotted with all manner OF small craft. from tn
agile steam-laun,h to the dimunItiye dory. Th
accupants of one OF the dories--a young man an'
woman-suffered IT to drift idly whithersoeyer /
T would The young woman tIailed her hand Ian
I ouidiy over the side, If she were quoting tn
linesi -
With dreamful eyes
Nv spirit lies
: Under the walls OF Paradise.
. From the clubhouse, OF dning-hsl can be see
David's Island, post Of the Regular Army. lib
huge calls and baDd-music of the garrison are On