The New York Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1860, Page 1

WHOLE NQ, 8729. ne : THE GREAT EASTERN PICNIC. The Departure of the Leviathan for Cape May. TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE ON BOARD. THE SCENE IN THE BAY. THE ESCORT AND THE ENTHUSIASM. A NIGHT ON THE ATLANTIC. Fun, Hunger, Misery and Mattresses. AM INDIGNATION MEETING ON BOARD. A MAN OVERBOARD. THE RETURN HOME, ery ae. ae ‘The history of the Great Eastern has been one of epochs. ‘Whether on the stocks or in the water, in the long pro- oces of a launch, or the scene of a life-destroying explo- sion, on s passage acroes the Atlantic or a8 the focus of a multitude—from her inception unti] the present moment, the events that have followed each other thick and fast tm her chequered career have partaken of the etupendocs character of the big ship itself. ‘The present excursion ought not to be excluded from ‘this catalogue, for while it is no uncommon occurrence for company, much greater in ber than that now throbbing around me, to embark on a jollification jaunt to o distant place, never in the history of this or any other country has there been such « conglomeration of bumanity, such a scene and such surroundings, as those which ebaracterize this first pleasure peregrination of the colossal Queen of the Sea. As such, {t is worthy of « place in the current record of the times. A trip to Cape May is an event of ordinary occurrence; Duta trip on the Great Eastern is another thing; and ‘when it was modestly announced in the journals of the day that she would proceed thither for the purpose of affording the public an opportunity of person- ally enjoying such a voyage, there were few hearts that did not pulsate in sympathy with the thought, ‘How I should like to go.” One drawback, bowever, and a most essential one, too, prevented many from yielding to this first and strongest impulse. With that keen eye to the interesta entrusted to their care which has throughout characterized the management of the big ship on the part of the directors representing the Great Eastern Company in this country, these gentiemen few fit to charge, for the privilege of a two days’ sail, the high price of ten dollars, exclusive of the keeping and necessary comforts of the voyagers. Naturally, every one commenced his arithmetical calculations. Here was gour dollars extra for a berth in which to sleep, at least two dollars a day per capita for the privilege of cat ing, an Additional two dollars for a twelve hours’ interval at Oape May, and sundry other miscellaneous incidentals, ‘which would swell the expense well nigh upon twenty dollars, The result was that for the entire week follow tug the advertisement the utmoet indifference appeared to prevail, and it wae only now and then that one could be found in the whole community anxious to come for- ward and joosen his purse strings to the required extent. Up to Saturday night this nomber amounted to the insig- nificant figure of eight hondred, an4 the contemplated @xgursion promise’ to be a magnidicent failure, The threatening weather of Sunday did pot at al) improve the financial prospect of the undertaking, and 't was only ‘ifn the breaking clouds of Monday, the culminating exeitement of expectation, and the probabilities of a splen did trip, len their convincing aid, that the pedlic came forward and swelled the number to the limits which it is anderstood had been eet by the directore, namely, two Abousand. THE ENRARK ATION. As we have already etated, the Great Easter harled off Sato tho stream on Sunday = ernoon, and there, lying just opposite the mansion of Commodore Stevens, at Hoboken, she waited the arrival of those who were to compote her party. In order to accommodate the excursionists (wo gmail steamers were provided, which at intervals of fifteen minutes or thereabouts ran between the ship and the foot of Hammond street, where they bad been requested to ascembdie. Here, on our arrival, a busy scene presented Steelf. Firet was the crowd, so dense that {t was almost Amporsible to make one’s way through it; then we stam- Died upon a dozen or more carriages, bringing both visiters: and lookers on, and, finally, on arriving at the edge of the dock, we came upon the little steamer that was to convey ‘uson board, Three or four trucks were drawn up in close Proximity to the boat, loaded down with mattresses, a part of the instalment ordered for the accommodation of the passengers, and these were being paesed to the deck Of the steamer. A pile of baggage lay on the wharf mark. ed for Cape May and Philadelphia, whieh looked as though some Flora McFlimsey bad judiciously selected the Creat« Eastern for her journey, and from one to two bundred in 4! viduals were dovetailed together in the little space al- lotted to passengers, anxiously waiting the termination ‘of the loading process to which we have alluded. Patience soon found ite reward, however, and in minutes we were ploughing the waters of the Hudeon, and alongside of the Great Eastern. To run up the side stairway, present our ticket to the officer at the gang: ‘Way, pars the inspection of three or foar detectives who Barve been detailed for the purpose, is bot the work of @ few seconds, and we find ourselves on board. A couple of bundred have preceded us, ard carpet bags and trunies strewn around indicate that their owners either bive determined to come well provided with clothing and fod der, or that a large number purpose extending their (our Bey from Cape May to other points, Several bask 5 here and there very plainly contain the good things of life, and though a smile waa excited at the thought of pringing coala to Newcastle,” we baye since had ooca- Sion to envy the forethought which led their owners (0 Jook out for number one before they started, rather than = trust to the uncertain management of the providers on ‘doard. a Only a few minutes pase before another steamer sp proaches. Ita crowd of two or three hundred are die ebarged, and come borrying op the gaugway, ae We did before them. Dodworth’s Band arrives, and the big fiddies and little fiddies, packages of mosic end musical ‘nstruments that folow them gre promi of @ rich treat to those who love the concord of sweet sounds, The jond is discharged, the fines are cast off ‘and the littic minnow of a steam doat drops astern to give Place to another, and another, and another, until by two o'clock some two thousand people have been transported from the shore and are promenading the deck, listening the moutic, discussing the approaching ercursion, or rambling in the abysees of the vast ship which bas at tracted them from their homes and business. It may be interesting to some to know the style of oar tieket. It was about as follows, for we write from me mory — ow ancorevorerercrert rere rere cert eA) EXCURSION TICKET, STRAMSHIP GREAT EASTERN, FROM NEW TORK TO Care mar, asp New ¥ Mey CO 3. W. YATES, Secretary. ecanmrovares ponereresrsenesets tt beveeobeiorere ert ‘The company having now fully arrived, we have an Opportunity of looking around and s>oing THE PROTLE OF BOARD. Ke would be @ taek to name all of there, for they repre. peat every clase and condition |ikely to be present on an ccasion of this natare. They come, too, from aimost, 7 — MORNING EDITION—THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1860. PRICE TWO CENTS. . | | | if not quite, every Ste in the Puion, aa well as from many of tbe coun! sies of Europe, to say nothing of Af- rea, which & © ore of dary skinned waiters on board al- most consta’stiy call te mind. Millionaires, miniaters, lawyers, ‘editors, reperters, doctors, tradesmen, poets, arlist#, sathoresces, Politiciang, gamblers, prize fighters, snd geatiemen at large, all pase in review, and give to the asrembiage a cosmopolitan character which it could not possibly have in any city outaide of New York. Quite ® COasiderable proportion is composed of ladies, and, Strange to say for such a gathering, there ‘s not one ob- ‘Servable on whom suspicion can for a moment rest. Messrs. Dickson, Young, Farley, Radford and Duzeabu- ry, detectives, and Captain Seabring, of the Ninth pre- cinet, are also om board, and though their services have not ag yet been required, their presence bas doubtless been valuable, on the principle that ‘an ounce of pre- ventive is worth « pound of cure.”” It was amusing, however, to watch thie variegated throng ag they came on board. “Where's my state room/” was the universal in- quiry,and invariably the firet movement was in the di- rection of the imaginary place where they were to repose, or the imaginary ind!vidual who kept the keys to these Morphean recesses. Officers, servants, seamen—people of all others op the ship the least capable of impart- ing the required tnformation—were buttonholed, annoy: edand victimised by the impatient crowd, until they were almost hoarse with—‘' Go to Mr. Bold.”” “Who's Mr. Bold /’”” “ The man with the blue ribbon around his hat and book under his arm—who is always taking snuff.” (We may also add that he ie the financial manager of the affairs of the ship.) The result is that the brunt of these attacks fel} upon the unfortupate gentleman whose “ blue ribbon’? made bim such a conspicuous mark of attraction. With a fund of pleasantry, however, which, like a shrewd politician he knew how to use, the pertinacious applicants were re- quested to wait until after the starting of the ship, and for the time he was left to enjoy his enuff box and neuralgia in somebting like the peace he coveted. ‘Tt was now about three o'clock. THE APPEARANCE OF THE CROWD. At this time it was interesting in the extreme. So far as numbers are concerned, they exceeded even those who witnessed the arrival of the Great Eastern. On both sides of the river as far asthe eye could reach, up and down, the shore was black with people. Housetops, hillsides, wharves, ships, barges, rigging—overything that afford- ed foothold to see the spectacle was occupied. Immedi- ately around the ship lay a score of steamboats, tugs, rowboats, and small craft, all loaded to the water's edge and waiting the departure of the ship. Owing w the per, versity of the tide, however, THE START did not take place until after four o'clock. As we have before remarked, the Great Eastern lay with her head up the stream. In order to turn the gigantic vessel the steamtugs Achilles and Yankee were employed, but for more than balf an hour after the huge anchor left ita muddy bed—the largest by the way that ever rested on the bottom of the Hudeon—they strove with might and main to bring her into proper position. The ship yiclded gradually, however, and at s quarter to five o’clock the re- vVolution ef the paddles and the screw, and the long white wake behind, announced that we were fairly on our way to sea. The scene that now ensued is one that cannot be soon forgotten by apy individual who witneseed it. The mul- Utude of humanity was visible on every side. Oo shore the eye rested upon nothing but crowds, extending even back into the country as far ag the vwion could reach, and on the water eightoen or twenty steamers loaded to the guards, bedecked with colors, whistling their enthu- sisem and thundering their salutations, glided along in the huge shadow of the Great Eastern as it trembled in the waters of the bay, We did not count all of these, but the following are the names of those recalled to mind at the present moment, together with the cetimated number of pasrengere on board :— Keyport. Flushing Delaware. Tiger... Red Ja Thos. Hi Jas, A. Hendrik Hi Onw&rd we ploughed, passing the crowded Battery, the revenue cutter Harriet Lane, Governor's Island, Staten Island, the Narrows, and other places about which the story has alreaay been told, Without, it is not dificult to imagine the appearance of twenty eteamera, loaded down to the water's edge, constituting an aquatic escort, of which none could be a more worthy object than the vodle ship upon which we are; while within and around us the excursioulsia have betaken themselves to every locality on the ship where they are not positi rely forbid- den, to enjoy the spectecle, Some are in the are scattered thre ugh the rigging; many of bave taken the platforms at the base of the wheelhouse, while the majority of the passengers are located along the balwarks, standing on tiptoe, with their glasses peering at the ten thousand objects of interest around. The day ‘* glorious. The ragged, tareatening clonds bave broken away in great masses, that are rolling off in the distance. The warm sunshine bas tinged all natare with (ts loveliness, and the brightest anticipations of a pleasant excursion bid iair to be realized. AN ACCIDENT. When half way to Staten Island the ship was detained about three-quarters of an hour by the breaking of the cat hook which held up the anchor and ite slack chain, ‘80 that the latter were precipitated twenty or thirty feet into the water. Some trouble was experienced tn bs the difficulty, but it was finally overcome, P the resumed ber triumphal march. Tn this connection !t may also be mentioned that dur- il 31 888ee3 the ress of weighing anchor, some difficulty was oben by reason of the constant slipping of the im- mense cable upon the capstan. On these occasions the fall of one or two feet of the anchor would jar tho ship 80 feverely as to be perceptibte in its remotest part. THE BAR. I do not mean the bar on board, but the bar off Sandy Hook, sbout which so many country editors have written the most fearfully discouraging leading articles. |.\ttle oc- curred during the sail dowa the bay worthy of addition to what bas already been indited; but aa we progressed to- wards the bar the interest among the passongers to seo & Jocaltt) trope Reem Calpe Nye g led them to here they could oom! arview of the jons, and satisfy themselves by a inspection the dangers of the piace. they looked Jong and . They scanned water with their lasses, then bronzed face of pilot Murphy, ea the cogteln, ana then the water again, but we venture to that few of them had any ‘more idea of the real locality of the than did our Japanese friends of the const! morality of their Aldermanic confreres. The passagd tovk place at twelve minutes pest Seven o'clock. The abi drew twenty four and a baif feet of water, and it is need Jess to tay she went over without the slightest difficulty. The engines were “ slowed,” and a littie more watehful- pees wee evident on the part of the officers, but aside from these incidental features of careful uavigation, no- Ubing occurred to indicate an extraerdiary eveot. In ‘act, {t seems to bave been plainly proven that the Great Eastern may be aa York as any other ship it, and that the thousand and one stories respecting the absence of eyffcient water and the dangers of navigation are !d ¢ fabrications of the hor. At this point our éneort left us. The little fleet of steam- ers that one by one dropped astern, parting cheera were exchang ed, and the Great , alone and unattended, stood on hor stately way towards her occan-bound destination The working Of the massive machisery of the ship Curing this period was perfect more beautiful ge wonderful. Without noise or jar— without even sufficient vibration to disurb the sur face of the of] in the cup® that revolve with the huge rode—the immenre complication moved with a power that seemed almost superpaturaliy subiime. The ship likewise behavea admirably, aud, though occasionally Yielding to the long ground swel) of the Atlantic, \t war Always with such geutie grace and easy movement ihat it was imporsible to be 80 \uncompiimentery aa to soccamd © even a singic fea sick quaim. Ab hour or two later, edd mee @ few ladies and weakly genviemen re abtry intently rah te to of @ ape- cimen of pottery ware with whi. feomed very disgusted. but the cause was doubtless due quite as much to their preeeding carniverous exploite aa to the Graceful undulations of the ship. surren. It was now what & sentimental miss would term ‘the lovely and languid hour of twilight.” A majority of thore on board had provided themselves with a hearty dinner before coming on board, but with «sea breese in one’s composition for st hours it is imponsible to resist Ube pangs of hunger at some {'me, and the consequence was that as soon as the bar war pavood a resh took place bpm hepa nays ua of the doub!> anickatep: of the ves at the Academy of Music ue other night. The simile might be followed up by the remark that didn't enjoy & much better opportun'ty of dotug execution. had been fitting about lac so many fying dsh | Nothing could have been | It wes a “av? and pot ‘into.’ “Pound ‘em under Cox's bunk.”” Tm other words’ the feedics” frou ‘Good for him.”” ning to end, was @ specimen of mi ry “Hungry?” inquires the chicken man, as he temptingly ‘that m: have been expected from some | rubs them across the bars near the noses of the victims, Civilized Hottentot, whose brains and taste had beew | !! the keeper of » menagerie. used up in wequiring ‘the little information he knew, “Yes, of course we are. Dut which one would not look for im re “Cap you it? 7 eer of that “— be Great be Mageet Legon ae itin here. “4 Company. , and the manner . grow! if you wani wi they were servi wero hardly ‘wor: “Ugh b-b-b,” growl the ‘‘animals”’ im the most capa- ty of comperison Sr ae le of ‘Dothe | cious and artistically bestia) manner, and amid the cheers boys? Hall.” In fact, ” himaelf, maerely | and laughter o/ the crowd. The menagerie is fed, accor. Seer es eee ct eenenete, pebeeeinete eee ee <n chicken being passed in on the end of a long cocasion, might, without @ great stretch imegina- tion, have been scen strutting around bis soanty boards, Somebody passes in a drink to wash the solids down, in the well developed rotundity of the provider of the | and the fun increases. sbip, as complacently as if bis tables under the | Here, again, Pye tucked in fat of the land. they did, but the subscriber | between two settees, basband ross wise. didn’t see it. We it to ourself that be would be chap bas a table turned upside and is an unlucky Lazarus who was compelled to wait for at a two forty paco between the logs. Here are crumbs at the door of such a Dives. more away like mummies in the most unimaginable We aball not attempt a description. ‘There wane: pend places possible, which only would enter the conception of deal of , Some tablecloth and a variety of - ja y man. In short, from stem to atern, there is a row dentale pleasant to look upoo, but as for the 0d, ke ap of and bodies which give the scene an appearance was as rare as a comet. The coffee gave out on | like that of a hospital filled with the victims of some pre the second round. Heats tee of elt edempemenis vailing epidemic. breathe the passing intense of a cup. Chickens. all Of course, in sucha party there is fun—plenty of it. over of antiquity; ham was salt, beef tough; was } One group especially appears to be the centre of attrac- nowhere, and ice, of which several tons had been tion. Three or four of the number are stretched out on ip the out. Infact,a | their mattresses in the centre of the deck, while eneral all hands | the crowd stand in a ring around them, and join ft the half away pelea, Bong or repartee. After a while one |: from land. afew excep- | introd to make a 5] Se Fie cog a of these ex- | this work, he invites what he one of his “Zou Zous,’ was the whom he styles the ‘Prize Baby,” to do it for him ‘with | whereupon the Prize Baby is received with cheers, and knife and | proceeds to publish to the crowd his diet, which he says old darkey, | Consists of hard boiled ‘eggs and a blackberry three made him look | times a day, in soap and water. (Applause and laughter). passengers } This effort evidently dnishes him, and he introduces b' aad geutlo- ‘jend, celebrated Italian iti rascal: - sealer le. iy, ‘They would lie, pi heme cheese.” money. We for a of }, aid to Gen. coftee. and geta Garibaldi in the Mexican war,” and requested to ‘turn for Tae scars,” which are, of sotto ) a8 Substance on the sum- perfectly bi speaking, to all hed,” tly | Ay were scratch: gentleman ed with they did not hesitate un- the jokes round. yl 5 Se Bit “and hena iously requested to cbtain eo a s1- been sold ia large The ‘‘beasta’’ the credit of the two people cheered, vidual in # state of intoxication, ‘A very jud very judicious had it been successfull, ~yonbeaghaeet bave “4 the publication, as follows, ONE O'CLOCK. Some persevering individual has cured Dodworth’s man ‘THE SCALE OP CHARGES FOR REFRESHMENTS ON THE GREAT | Of bis ails and aches, and the string band are on deck, ‘Tes and coffee, per cup. oe a making music for a score or 60 of dancers. They are all ‘Ham and beet, per plate, 25 Vi men, however, and as a ‘‘stag”’ affair, now and then inter- Ham and chicken, 30 Beef a spersed with gymnastics and mattresses, it is irresistibly Fen $ brmay funny. The ladies seem as lively as a brood of canary Mint juiep, 12 Brandy, birds with long tails, and though they do not indulge in Sherr 13 the sport physically, _Tinging laughter, e- Garet, per 13 Cider, dorses the amusement as sg ‘Milk punch, 12 bas genes 2 pete, race, and hardly are the Joed milk 10 Do. before fifty men, with beds on their backs, Cocktails 12 sherry have started off on a scrub match by moonlight. How it ry terminates of course it is impossible to see, but there is ‘cream soda, sarsapar' on Ronee Say a eee age Pod cg i sien Saba ical Se ee rel rete ee oct, however, hoars at dinner three o'clock the whole group, whole rage tonya deck, is in a state of profound slamber. of pabulum, or rather the gua: I was informed that at about two o’clock one of the and travelled. discovered to be on fire, owing to the ver eran mere eenes: threatened to endanger the rifgidg. "It was extinguished, 4 ry y aside, POD GR chiteg weetover however, by a few nuckets twee, without to y usc, and not even a segar is permitted below the to test s sixth, and continue the experiment until definitely ascertained whether or not an; FOUR O'CLOCK. ? y~ Serre had ee 4 ou Night's candies begin to burn out, and the twilight uestion was asked, wi does lame 2 pelong? I should say the provider, head steward, or ca. | &FAY in her sober livery to mark the footeteps of the ap- terer of the ship—a person by the name of Cox. By acon- | proaching dawn. The heavy dew of the night mingling tract with the company he retains the privilege of feed) with the cinders from the smoke stacks, has converted all persons on board the ship, from director to visiter, al certain prices, which are mat ly Oxed. shat two or three others were aleo ed, een eh and between them bave suc- y the deck into a huge mad puddle, an‘ the faces of uncon- scious sleepers are black aud sticky with the dirty damp. Hate, coats and garments in a dilapidated condition are scattered around, and the scene is one that Hogarth might well have immortalized. By six o’closk the sleepers are nearly all up, but a sor- rier looking set of “ human forme divine’ onr eyes never J * they d in teeching the public to an extent they will never enjoy again. They have neither the ability me nor ‘the tact to execute, and as far as ‘ds providing for the wants of two thousand people in ‘and tum ‘Die manner they have set about, it would have been quite as wine & have made a miscellaneous mixture of al) that was to be eaten and drank in one big pot, divided ‘a Bpvon —— the multitude, and told them to. at it. Mr. Cox may be a ver; good inan pe fe don’t know bim. He may with hair and eyes full of ‘cinders, they’ got off their indi: now another chapter of the mismanagement is developed. thick and fast. come One man has basin full; another We very excellent Intentions, a onan vekerch steaenoe, SalaROaS Lyd glass of ice water, which he barely obtained, while two mestic duties, nimpeachable as ‘a citizen; but, not- | oF Rare ne fangaia on if the; fer tee ‘on through. — withstanding all this, to-day bas fully demonstrated’ that | PEt im ut rush | fencger They, bay thet eos whatev: ‘be his other virtues of bead, heart or per. body will have to suffer for it, and if one may er may son, Mr. Cox ‘‘can’t keep a hotel.’” THE NIGHT ON BOARD. ‘Bow shall it be described? It requires the brush of the Painter more than the pen ofa writer. In fact, the scene le not to be deserived. While! indite, mon and women are preparing to“ turn in,’ with such accommodations a8 the sip affords, Bot, notwithstanding the thousand | | extra mattresses provided, the careful arrangements that | were suppored to have been made concerming the diepos. tion of the staterooms, and the boasted facilities of tho | dig sbip for ing ‘any number of re, more — from thetr stations, and at four o’clock the heaving of the ‘than one-third will fail to secure anything on which to lead indicated the depth of water to be twenty four fa lay their head but the iron walls of the vessel, a coil of | thomas. The ship was then headed westward, and thea damp rope, or what railors call the “soft side ik.” | was experienced for the first time the heavy ground It is about eleven o'clock. The contemplated ball turns out — swell, which made it difficult for one unaccustomed to the to be a “fizzle.” As the one of the “heavy” deck of a ship to maintain his equilibrinm, and forey os Sg has the bowel com drinking too little | set at rest the notion, if such was ever entertained by a » The music has, accordingly, become exceed. | individual on board, that a ship can be built large enoug! ingly costive, and retired to its quarters in the steer. | to resist the #weil of the ocean. age. The people in the saloons, especially gentlemen The ship arrived off Cape May about seven o'clock, hay- accompanies by ladies, are frantically ring fom pillar to | ing stood eq far out to sea during the aight as to be do- post, in search of Mr. Bold, then of Mr. viee from their manner, their matter, like Jersey lightning, ‘will ki) at forty pacea, THE MOVEMENT OF THE SHIP. During the night the paddle engines had a preesure on their boilers of twenty pounds of steam, aud the wheel was revoling twelve times per minute, The screw boilers bad the same pressure, and were revolving thirty times Per minute, the combined preesure of which was giving the ship a speed of about thirteen knots per hour. ery half hour the lockout men might have been heard calling , Yates, and | layed a little beyond the time when it was expected she until these gentlemen have got into such a | would make anchorage. sweat in their efforts to accommodate, that they have bad AN INDIGNATION MEETING to shut themselves up in their state rooms to cool off. ‘ F Something has gone wrong. The staterooms have either | During the morning an indignation mooting waa beld get mized or the poople have, and the result is that & man | on board on the quarter deck, in which Mr. William ¥ilme occasionally finds himecif in one place and his wife tu “ cway somembere else, Many who bave paid for berins | of Brooklyn, officiated as Chairman, and Dr. Jou Howe, have been ved of them ehtirely, and take their | of New York, as Secretary. The following resolutions, chances with who have trusted to luck and dispoeed | drawn up on an empty stomach and with unwashed faces, were submitted and passed with @ will — Whereas, from the previous reputation which the Great astern aud her officers eetablished in the United States, the gentlemen and ladies who embarked on the excursion to Cape May expected, and had a right to expect, decent accommodation and’ proper attention ; and as ithad been anpounced that she was capable of carrying an almost fabulous number of passengers, and affyrding them proper attention aad accommodations ; Of themselves in regular campstyle. The of saloons from stern to stem—for everything is reckoned backwards in this ship~is some- thing like the fo lowing —First is the bar, now covered with saturated table clothe, broken glasses and — bottles. Next a couple of the dining saloons, in whi the waiters are hurriedly clearing away the debris of the day's work. we oh the ladies’ taloon. Ko- tering here we see on one of the velvet sofas a brace of children out at length, their mother watching over them. Ind!viduais are laying under the tables and seat terea prom iscucely around the floor. The same scene i* repeated in the forward ladies’ saloon, with the exception that more ladies compose the tableaux apd make a con siderably wider spreaa. None of them bave coverings other than their own shawls, and the me ody which th ir sonorous spores create might well bave suggested the idea of an Eolian harp. It is hot and oppressive, howes.r, and we burry out Whereas, we, the parwengers on this excursion to Cae May, have been gri¢vously disappointed in every expoo tation; therefore, Resolved, That we, the passengers to Cape May, havo been not ouly disappointed, but swindled; that there was bo water to warh with, no towels to wipe with, and no berths provided, and many ladies were obliged to sleep in the cabins; that there wak pot a glass of water to quench their thirst, and that the whole arrangements were con- temptible and disgraceful. Resolved, also, we will advise ou friends who propose to go to Norfolk and Annapolis in the Great East- ern to stay at home, for fear of ».milar treatineat. Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the Hxnatp, Trilnne and Times. yy J.C. Perry, Brooklyn; David Sandford, Am- sterdam; Hi. 8. Decker, Reuben Burkhalter, New York; Alexander Matheson, Ogdensburg, N. Y.; Abrabam Khios, Malone, N. Y.; Sidney W. ing, J, J, Richards, New johin rush, Paterson, N. J.. A. Rockleas J.; B.C. Russel, W. 3. Baker, J. L. Jewett, York; John Howe, M. D., and fifty others. It is proper Ww add in this connection that neither of the ON DECK. Here we get the creme de la creme of this midnight somnolescence. The sleepers are stretched out in al) sorts, styles, shapes, forma, angles and conditions. Toy emphatically Ixy around loose, looking very much a» if they hed been poured out of some big bag in a state of 1) Jution and left tosettle, You can begin to describe thom | anywhere. Some are phcked away on the tops of ihe cabins, tome are laying close alongside the bulwari.s tome are sitting bolt upright, reposing obliqurl; and stretched out on the straightest horizontal Two individuals, more Lien! gy than 1 | executive officers of the ship, from Capt. Hall down, had | others, have sewed themselves tween ‘two | anything to do with this mismanagement complained of, | Mattrestes, and are trying to nap it; but every now aud | except in giving play Yo a laudable spirit to right, as far | then some joker sits down on the bulging pile aad eluce* | ap jay in their power, a most perceptible wrong. " aecrice of and maledictions that would wake tie groans Machin, Davice, Smythe, Wallis, Wood, Cary aad others, seven sleepers. A New York reporter and one of the de. their retreat, and for the lat ten minutes they have been trying to provoke the wrath of the caged individuals to feo whether the fat man can get out. A speculative individual mounts the pen and exhibits them ae wild apimals, in a strain something like the fol ow ing — Here, gentlemen, are some of the most extraordinary freaks of pature—antmals that won't live upon the laud and arc bound to die in water. We have to feed 'em on reventeenth proof whiskey, which one man shoote into them with a double barrelled squirt gun, while another holds their legs—a most interesting spectacle. Only five cents and the refreshments thrown in. Feeding time in fifteen minutes. A great crowd gather around, and the sport that ensues is immense. Some one gets an oar and stirs up the ‘an mais.” The begs to be let out; has got lote of Work to do; is in a burr; make any quantity rightfully belonged. Ladies were accommodated aa far As possible, but many were forced to jie ia the saloons 80d on 1 iy * The directors, Mevers. Gooch and Yates, and Mr. Bold, pre their staterooms, and sie maelves oa the ; tnaniferting in every possible way a desire to ren- der every one comfortable, and correct the confusion which had resulted from the want of proper experience. Had the eating arrangements been of the right charac. ter, and Mr. Cox done his duty effectually, the excursion ists would not have said a word about the sleeping de- partment; but to be Lag dnt was more than human nature could bear without reaction, and hence the meeting and resolutions, A man’s stomach sometimes requires the most careful bandling. OFF CAPE MAY. The Great Eastern lies about six miles from the shore, of excuses; but they don’t “take,” and a battery of conver | and it has been ascortained that we bave run nearly fift i iy fifty jon ie fred between the and the besiege! pty ph ys “Wilter'whor after a food | miles out of the way—at least such is the report. The tures to inguire,““Who put the animals ia advertised i to take the excursioniate on langh, v programme there?” board to the beach free of charge, and bring them back, a steamer being provided for the purpose. About half ent nine said eteamer came alongside, and some seventy you like d of us, who the throng waiting at the * says man, in a deep ventricular gangway for & similar opportunity, at the risk of neck my opinion, sir, the pen is mightier than the | and limb, leaped on board. sword Mont of these seventy went to Philadelphia from the “Ha! ba! ba! be! he! he! ho! ho! bo!” cachinate the Bs Yee hy by that route than to trust crowd, at this witticlem. ‘Three cheers for the fat freak exigenc! FF ccother night oa the ship, and no pature,”” Cy with o will. woop gdh: tp acteal a “Faint been fed at all.” The beach is thronged with . the two plat- “Call the directors! Here's « case of starvation,” crie® | forms extending owt into the Lelong which the on individual on the ontekirts, ron to land are also crowded, wh “No, get em something to eat,” r another the road, ap far as the eye can reach, the clouds of dant & chap starts down the gangway, and, thoug! rine in the air and sweep off to the eastward, mark a it i# midnight, in ive minions reverse With the carcateot | steady increase. Veblelen of every kind and condition of two Great chick ineidens to Jersey piantations, born of Jersey in- “Where did you get them?’ genuity, are tied Ube feocer, gathered in clusters, of rested upon. Mad, tired, stiff, sleepy, dirty and sticky, vidual mattresses like so many fretful porcupines. And There is neither water to wash nor drink. Complains a dollar for a lly bestowed a quarter for a made every effort to accommodate the dissatisfied and | | tectives—a very fat one by the way—have quite sensibly | unprov: parsengers, and most of the night was spent crawled into a sbeep-pen for the purpose of being und'#- | by these gentlemen in golog from place to place, routing turbed; but a party of promenaders bave discovered | out intruders, and securing berths for thore to whom they of the Columbia House--the largest on Cape tatantocws there to secure the comfort denied us elsewhere. to the kindness of these gentlemen, we are afford- Sod necrnt cess us ‘way—wi asi out etriki contFaat ‘he wretched faro 0 which we have been me ~ bye! the windows of the osity exists, on a smaller scale, vent in the bay of New York. THE EXCURSIONISTS FROM CAPE MAY. Little occurred during the day on et :ber ship or sbore specially worthy of notice. The boats J. L. Shrever, Jas. A. Warner, Delaware, Balloon, and a number of others whoge names do not occur to mind, came from Phila- delphia, and other points on the bay, with pagsengers, and landed them upon the aly The entire number of visiters was between four and five thousand. The idea had been extensively circulated among them, however, that the Great Fastern would not arrive at Cape May, owing to an accident which, it was tel on Mon. day evening, bad occurred on board w! bay. This, several of the excursionista sai Persons ‘visit New York in the big ship, the fare being placed at five a . Numerous pays g eeteeels pouch eli Ahemdh eh uence to whom I have referred as being thoro: 4 ‘These went off at prices two lars, and one individual was #0 with the feeling that he his ticket away fora ten cent piece with a hole in {t, which he says he shall put astring through to ring @ little impatience on the of each one to get ahead of his neighbor, nothing threw a shadow over any- body’s heart. the wheel, restored. It is ed; but, from his leronen gb, ed that he made a leap merely for the purpose of lioni: himself. THE RETURN. At balf-past nix the people on the Grest Fastern had the satisfaction of hearing the order given to get under weigh, ‘and the operation of raising the anchor at once became ‘an interesting relief to the monotony of the day. Ateight o'clock we were well under way, bowling along as the rate of thirteen knots an hour. Salates were exchanged with the steamship State of Georgia, bound outward, and as both vessels were travelling for ‘ short time in ‘one direction: the opportunity was afforded of comparing the superior speed of the Great Eastern, which ran away from ber competitor with as mnch ease as a map would outwalk a child. Supper was a little improved. The waiters have had a talking to, and Mr. Cox has like wise received admonitious of a storm about his ears, which have added an addi tional wrinkle to his corrugated brow. An instance oc- curred during the day which shows the root of the trouble, and how little the management of the ship have been able to control the operations of this ‘« crat of the dinner table.”” Some of the directors desired to dine at a certain hour with a small party of friends. The meal was accordingly ordered in the usual way, Mr. ©. being the caterer; bul, notwithstanding, two hours and a half elapsed before thoy succeeded in eflecting their object. Then it was only done through the perseverance of one of the directors, who, with bia own dignitied hands, went and helped bim* self. It will be seen, therefore, that these gentiemen are not entirely to blame for all the deticies experienced, and that when they cannet help themse!yes it is impossibie for them to help others. AT NIGHT. Tho night was Jovely. Dodworth’s Band sot the dan cers in motion, and for two or three hours the seene by moonlight was as delightful as one could wish. Many people, including several ladies, were compelled to lay on the deck again, and as the air was cool, the fresh, and plenty of cinders blew about, their posit: anything but comfortable. More quiet prevailed, how. ever, than last night. The jokers are fagged out, and are sleeping as soundly as their more serious netghbore. Below, early in the evening, the saloons assumed more of the form of a family ci Parties were gathered iu knots telling stories or {n g in reminiscences of the trip, strolling upand down the spacious rooms, examining the long row of a dozen or more photographic gr mp» of the officers of the ship presented to the company by Gurney, or engaged in a quiet game of cards. By eleven o'clock, exceptipg party of Singers astern on deck, ali was quiet, and by twelve “God Save the Queen” and the ‘Star Spangled Banner’? closed the performances of these mid night minstrels. Most of the reporters were to-night ao- commodated witb bertbe, and are in betier humor than they bave been. Wrnynepay Morwine, August 1. We are ontting the waters of the bay at the rate of twelve knots an hour. The chief engineer tells me that during the night the ship made fifteen. 1 learn, also, from one of the officers, that she came near running down a large schooner, and’ that it waa only by good luck, after the ship had stopped and backed water, that a collision was prevented. A bumber of ns from Philadelphia, who came on board at Ca; y, were brought away by accident and tarned =. is morning. They express ives as bighly delighted. fast was but a repetition of the meals already de scribed. Mr. Minturn, Jr.,a son of one of the consignees, told me that he had paid a dime for a glass of water and two #billi for hia mattress, 80 that 20 favoritism was complained of by bim at least. The day is soiair and beautiful, however, that there is little disposition op the part of any one to gromble, aud every one looks back upoe the trip to Cape May a ove ov which they have enjoyed ® share of fan the changeful vicissitudes of the occasion sufficient to com- peneate them for all the misery experienced. Several steamers have come out to meet us bound off witb excursion ists, and, on a small scale, we have a repe tition of the scene of Monday. Salutes are exchanged with the revenue cutter and one or two other craft, and Atabout ten o'clock anchor is dropped off the foot of Christopher street, where the Great Eastern will reet until this afterncon at Ove o'clock, when she starts on her trip to the South. THE OPERATION OF THE ENGINES. The following is a statement received from Mr. MoClen. nan, chief engineer :— ‘The epgines, both screw and paddic, worked admirably No lent of any kind occurred to them. On the trip to Cape May the paddle engines made 9,873 revolations— the indicator of the sorew not working. Thus the dir tance travelled was about 166 and a balf miles. The knots averaged about twelve per hour, or of statute miles between twelve and thirteen. On the return bome the Paddie engines made $,$49 revolutions—thus travelling, As will be seen, some twenty miles less than in going out AN INCORRECT IMPRESSION. The etntement has been generally made through the olly Ubat the pesrengers on board the Great Eastern were supplied with their fare by Mr. Stetson, of the Astor Houre. As such a supposition is calculate! to injure the reputation and business of any person with whom it is connected, afer the occurrences recorded on the above excursion, it is desirable that the pobdlic should koow that the gentleman above referred to had nothing what ever to do with the matter, TRIP OF THE GREAT RASTERN TO THE CARSAPEAKE. (From the Baltimore Sun, July 31.) ‘The official announcement ts marie that the steamship Great Fastern will leave New York at six o'clock on Thurrday afternoon next for Old Point Comfort, where rhe land passengers on Friday evoning. She will Jeave O'd Potmt on Sunday morning, at five o'clock, and arrive in Annapolis Roads the same afternoon. Dox Wworth’s Band is to be on board, and the fare from New York will be $6 to Old Point and Norfolk, and $8 to An- napolie Roads Yesterday the Baltimore and Ohio Ral! road Compenys receive @ despatch from Henry Q Jar Fett, Feq., dated Saratoga Springs, detailing some of the contemplated features of the visit of the Great Eastern. The liberal offer of the Baltimore and Ghio Railroad Company of one thourand tons of coal deen aecepted, and that amount will be taken in while the sbip is on exhibition. It i# believed the offer of tbe coal decided the destination of the steamship phd nor he be conveyance of the distinguished fteamer for the con tothe Roads. In that event the visiters weet oe 4 opportunity of looking upon, at the ratne time, two of the greatest marine wonders that ever rode the waves. The Great Paatern will be opened to visitere or Monday, and continue open tye commecutive days, Political Correspondence from All Quarters, THE SIGNS IN THE FIRMAMENT. dows Before, Rey ALABAMA, TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, Manion, Ala., July 19, 1860. Views of a Northern Born and an Alabama Raised Bull atv Boerett han, de. Being aware that the circulation of the Herazp je ime menge throughout the Northern Statee, | desire to advis@ the Northern people, through your columns, that the elede tion of a black republican President will be the signal for immediate “secession” with a majority of the Southera States before Lincoln takes his seat. When that ‘s done, the South is ‘a united South.” The writer of this was born in New York, and though linked with the Bouth, whatever her destiny may be, believes that he speaks from a standpoint free from sectional nfa- ences. The Northern people hare this ‘ssue be fore them. If they, in their mad fanaticiem, desire dissolution of the Union, they can bayo !t by voting for Lincoln and Hamlin. If they do not desire this national calamity, they have a conservative ticket—Boll and Everett—to vote for. Reading yr per convinces me that politics is a trade in New York; but trade as you may, repeat that the South is a unit when you elect black republican President. As you will perceive, 1 ® Northern born Southern raised Bell and Everett mab. GEORGIA. OUR AUGUSTA CORRESPONDENCE. Acovsta, Ga. , July 14, 1860. Georgia Potitics—Political Gatheringe—The Strength of Douglas and Breckinridge—The Rural Population Op- posed to Yancry—The Bell-Kveretts and Douglasis io Unite—A. H. Stephens for the ‘Little Giant,” de. After a tedious ride from New York I am now comfort- ably accommodated in this beautiful city, A few nights ago there was a Beli and Everettfratification meeting here, and I am informed that only about 200 persons were in attendance. It was a sultry night, but there was a fair degree of enthusiasm exhibited. The speakers were Col, ‘Thomas W. Miller and Col. John Millidge, On the following night the rational democrate, the Douglas and Johnson men, had a meeting, fully double the size of the Bell and Everett gathering, and the proceed- ings were characterized by great confidence and enthu- siasm. I am surprised at the number of Douglas men that I find {mn this locality, I was told in Waeh- ington (in official circles) that there were very few Douglas men in Georgia, but I have found very fow of any other sort. ‘There is no potsible chance for Mr. Brookinridge to carry the electoral vote of Georgi It requires @ ma- Jority in this State to decide the electoral vot, and in the event of @ failure to obtain a majority before the people, the electoral vote is casi the Legislature. Tus Legislature will not be bot! with the question—the people will decide it, and in opposition to the die- unionists. I have talked, during the past few days, with the farm- ers from the interior, from the lowlands, midlands and the mountains, and #0 far as these men show the diroc- tion of the political wind, there {s an overwhelming ma- Jor ty of the peopie of Georgia crushingly 0} the Yancey disupion nominations of Breckiarlage and Lane, The intelligent and sagacivus masees—the mechanics, who are the bone and sinew—the farmers, who are the great producers of wealth, and all classes ‘of society, re- pudiate affiliation with the disanioniste for such “light and trapsient causes” as are now urged to break up our glorious Union, end they will concentrate their power to ive encouragement to the conservative men in the free States, in their contest against Lincoln snd Hamlin, Depend upon it, the digunion squad in Georgia will bo routed “horse, foot and dragoons."’ and Everett, as well as the Doug'as and Johnson ations will meet in Milledgeville on the 13th of August, for the purpose of nominating their elector tickets, when I shall not be surprised to learn that the will be an effort made, and snecessfully made, to un their power to prostrate the malign intluence of disuns in the South, and give cheering hupe to the conservative men of the North, the East aad the West. Tcamnot be mistaken ip the tone of the people—they exprtes too much hostility, too much lodignation against the joniste, While they are conservative enough about Bell and Douglas, they are unqualitied in their re Probation of the disunion Yancey Rhett, Breckinridge and Lane nominations. ‘The Hon. A. H. Stephens will be in this city on Monday. Hie bealth haa much improved, and be is an vat and out Douglas and Johnson man. He has never for one moment, #ince the nomination, entertained or expressed aay other position. I make this statement on the mort rotiadie au- thority. This market is well eupplied with melons, peaches, nos- tarines and other fruits, at yery moderate prices—molons from 5e. to 1be. ; e8 and nectarines from $1 60 to $2 mall lots sweet potatoes have been’ ‘ed, whieb were sold at fancy prices. we, ae ILLINOIS. Rocx Isrann, July 22, 1860. A Douglante View of the Campaign in llincia—The Li- te Giant” to Curry His Own State, de. From under the shadow of old Fort Armstrong, and near Black Hawk's celebrated cave, | drop you alive o regard to the politics of the great West. The nomination of four or five candidates for President bas the effect to allay excitement, but really there are only two candidates here—Dovglas and Lincoln, Occasionally I meet a man who would prefer the election of Beil or Breckinridge, bat the number is so email as to be bardiy worthy of notiee. The great contest is betwoen Douglas and Lincoln, and if 1 can judge anything by a comparison of public feeling in this region now, with tht of 1866, Douglas will carry Buchanan thie Btate by a muce larger majoricy than Mr did. The vote of 1866 war as follows: — «. 81468 © the State to Mr Buchaoaa gnve @ majority against black It i# not to be presumed that the men who voted tor Millard Fillmore will now vote to place & man in the Presidential chair who declares that ‘thia Union can never exiet permanently baif slave and half free.”’ As jet there Ir no Rel) and Frerett electoral ticket in thie State, aod | prebume there will be some. It per- fectly apparent to every Bel] man that bis candidate haw no for an election, unless the question goes to the Hovse of Representatives. In order to get it there be must vote for Douglas. The ame argument |s true of the Breckinridge men, althongh they have a ticket in the fleld. 1 do not think, however, that {t will poll « thousand votes in the State. The circumstances of ite pom\eation are such as to causa every honest democrat to drop it. The Breckinridgo State Convention met at Springfield on the 11th, and was compored of only Ofty three persons. It was a maas con- vention. Of these fifty three, ail were federal office hold. ers bot six or eight. A majority of the Gfty-three voted to run po ticket, but the Postmaster at Chicago declared he would hove a ticket if be bad to nomipate it himself, But the most euepicions part ot the performance ie that Senator Trumbull, N. B. Judd, and other prominent re- pudlicans, to the number of ‘some two hundred, wore , to give an appear- rite of thowe who fol- Jow the fortunes of the seerssioniste. Lincoln was also ia the building, in an adjoining room, aud no doubt is enter- tained that the ticket i# put in the field by the coun!- vance of Lincoln # friends, in order to help him carry tbe State if powsible, This is tulficient to cause every bones democrat to drop the ticket, and they will do so, LOUISIANA. OUR NEW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENCE. New Onuxans, July 12, 1860. The Bellringers and Douglasites on Friendly Terms—Pro pects of a Union Between Them—The “Crewent City” Postmaster Gone Off to Rusticate, de. Vaticination not being my forte, I will not attompt to tell you what the future holds in «tore for the use and nequinition of abject mortality; but the present status possessing certain interest, as far as my observation serves me,i place at your disposition, Politically, « better feeling exists among the Bell and Douglas men ban I have ever observed between rival or opposing can- didates for any high office; but the friends of botb exhibit ‘an implacable hostility to Breckinridge, as the represen- tative of the fire eating, disunion sentiment of the South and Maseachusetts.