The New York Herald Newspaper, August 2, 1860, Page 4

ae ¢ ae —E———————————— WHOLE NG, 8729. —— THE GREAT EASTERN PICNIC, The Departure of the Levia' for Cape May. THE SCENE IN TYE BAY. THE ESCORT AND A NIGHT ON THE ATLANTIC. Hunger, Misery and Mattresses. AN INDIGNATION MEETING ON BOARD. AMUSING SCENES AND INCIDENTS. A MAN OVERBOARD. THE ENTHUSIASM. Fun, THE RETURN HOME, Bers ae. ae ‘The history of the Great Bastern 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- falon, on a passage acroes the Atlantic or as the focus of s wmultitude—from her inception until the present moment, the events that have followed each other thick and fast fm her chequered career have partaken of the stupendous 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 a company, much greater in number than that now throbbing around me, to embark on @ jollification jaunt to @ distant place, never tn the history of this or any ether country has there been such a conglomeration of humanity, such a scene and such surroundings, as those which characterize this first pleasure peregrination of the colossal Queen of the Sea. As such, it is worthy of a 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 @f 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 interests 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 sour 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 Qape 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 img the advertisement the utmost indifference appeared to prevail, and it was only now and then that one could be found in the whole community auxious to come for- ward and loosen bis purse strings to the required extent. Up to Saturday night this number amounted to the insig- nificant figure of eight bundred, avd the contemplated exgursion promised to be a magniiicent failure, The threatening weather of Sunday did not at all improve the financial proapect of the undertaking, and ' was only wien the breaking clouds of Monday, the culminating exeitement of expectation, and the probabilities of a splen @id trip, lent their convincing aid, that the peol ame forward and swelled the number to the limits which it is ‘apderstood had been set by the directors, namely, two wousand. THE EMRARKATION. ‘As we have already stated, the Great Faster harfled of Sato tho stream on Sunday «ernoon, and there, lying just epposite the mansion of Commodore Stevens, at Hoboken, abe waited the arrival of those who were to compore her party. In order to accommodate the excursionists two email steamers were provided, which at intervals of fifteen minutes or thereabouts ran between the ship and the foot of Bammond street, where they bad been requested to aseemble. Here, on our arrival, a busy scene presented iteelf. Firet was the crowd, so dense that it was almoet imporsible 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 wson board. Three or four trucks were drawn up in close proximity to tbe boat, loaded down with mattresses, a part of the instalment ordered for the accommodation of the passengers, and these were being passed to the deck Of the steamer. A pile of baggage lay on the wharf mark- ‘ed for Cape May and Philadelphia, which looked as though some Flora McFlimsey had judiciously selected the Great: Eastern for ber journey, and from one to two hundred in 4! viduals were dovetailed together in the little space al- lotted to passengers, anxiously walting the termination ‘of the loading process to which we have alluded. Patience soon found its reward, however, and in a fow minutes we were ploughing the waters of the Hudson, ‘and alongside of the Great Bastern. To run up the side ttairway, present our ticket to the officer at the cang- ‘way, pars the inspection of three or for detectives who bare been detailed for the purpose, is but the work of a few seconds, and we find ourselves on board. A couple of hundred have preceded us, and carpet bags and trunits strewn around indicate that their owners either bive determined to come well provided w.th clothing and fod der, or that a large number purpose extending their our ney from Cape May to otber points. Several bask. ® here and there very plainly contain the good things of life, and though a smile was excited at the thought of bringing coals 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 board. a Only afew minutes pase before another steamer «p- proaches. Its crowd of two or three hundred are dis ebarged, and como barrying up the gangway, ae we did before them. Dodworth’s Band arrives, ‘and the big fiddies and little fiddles, packages of music ‘and musical {nstruments that follow them give promis of & rich treat to those who love the concord of sweet founds. The load is discharged, the Mines are cast off ‘Ona the jittic minnow of a steam yoat drops antern 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 promenad ing the deck, listening the music, discussing the approaching excorsion, or Fambling in the abysees of the vast «hip which has at- tracted them from their homes and basiness. It may be interesting to some to know the style of oar ticket. It was about as follows, for we write from me- mory:— Orecece none rere re. ae EXCURSION paainee CRET, STRAMSHLY rhom NEw i... 1) py ad ten E Leaving New York, July Petian leaving Cape May, ten Dua _ J. W. YATES, Seoretary. evaparereres DOdOverOOeeooeet be be ooeesobeiooeae ete ‘The company having now fully arrived, we have an opportunity of looking around and s»oing THE FROTLE OW BOARD, Ke would be # (ark to name all of there, for they repre pent every clase and condition |'kely to be present on an Oocasion of this natare. They come, too, from almost, MORNING EDITION—THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1860. PRICE TWO CENTs, . Pra an. if not quite, every Ste in the Puion, ae well as from many of the Count sies of Europe, to say nothing of Al- riea, which ® ©ore of dary. skinned waiters on board al- most consta’,cly call te mind. Millionaires, ministers, lawyers, ‘sditors, reperters, doctors, tradesmen, poets, Artists, aathoresees, politicians, gamblers, prize fighters, snd geatiomen at large, all pass in review, and give to 1thG asremblage a cosmopolitan character which it could not possibly have in any city outside of New York. Quite ® CQasiderable proportion is composed of ladies, and, Btvange to say for such a gathering, there is not one ob- ‘servable on whom suspicion can for a moment rest. Messrs. Dickson, Young, Parley, Radford and Duzenbu- Ty, detectives, and Captain Seabring, of the Ninth pre- cinct, are also om board, and though their services have not as yet been required, their presence has 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 fret 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 al! others om the ship the least capable of impart ing the required tnformation—were buttonholed, annoy: ed and victimised by the impatient crowd, until they were almost hoarse with—‘* Go to Mr. Bold.” “Who's Mr. Bold f”” “The man with the biue ribbon around his bat and book under his arm—who \s always taking snuff.”’ (We may also add that he is 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 Ppleagantry, 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 loft to enjoy his enuff box and neuralgia in somehting like the peace he coveted. It 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 theGreat 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—everything 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 to 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 its 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 yielded gradually, however, and at a quarter to five o’clock the re- volution ef the paddies and the ecrew, and the long white wake behind, announced that we wore fairly on our way to sea. The scene that now ensued is one that cannot be soon forgotten by apy individual who witnessed it, The mul- Utude of humanity was visible on every side. Oa shore the eye rested upon nothing but crowds, extending even back into the country as far as the vi#ion could reach, and on the water eighteen or twenty steamers loaded to the guards, bedecked with colors, whistling their enthu- siasm 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 estimated number of pasrengere on board:— Satellite Onwrd we ploughed, passing the crowded Battery, the revenue cutter Harriet Iane, Governor's Island, Staten islaud, the Narrows, aud other places about which the story has already been told. Without, it is not difficult to imagine the appearance of twenty steamers, loaded down to the water's edge, constituting an aquatic escort, of which none could be a more worthy object than the noble ship upou which we are; while within and around us the excursiouisi# have betaken themselves to every locality on the ship where they are not positively forbid- den, to enjoy the spectacle, Some are in the others are scattered threugh the rigging; many of ladies bave taken the platforms at the of whee!houres, Mo a kd or. of the —- tre looated along tne bulwarks, standing on tiptoe, wi rf glasses oo the vat! (ocenn objects of interest around. éinbiad The day ‘s glorious. The ragged, threatening clouds bave broken away in great masses, that are rolling of in the distance. The warm sunshine has tinged all natare with ' loveliness, and the brightest anticipations of a pleasant excursioa bid inir to be realized. AN ACCIDENT. When half way to Staten Island the ship was detained about three-quarters of am hour by the breaking of the cat hook which held up the anchor and its slack chain, 80 that the latter were precipitated twenty or thirty feet into the water. ete ake ten as difficulty, but it was finally overcome, tho p resumed ber triumphal march. In this connection !t may also be mentioned that dur- the of weighing anchor, some difficulty capestalan’ uponseen Uf Ge conteetncingien of the la mense cable upon the capetan. On these occasions the fall of one or two feet of the great anchor would jar the ship 80 severely as to be perceptibie in its remotest part. THE BAR. I do not mean the bar on board, but the bar off Sandy Hook, about which so many country editors have written ‘the most fearfully discouraging leading articles. [.ittle oc- curred during the sail dowa the bay worthy of addition to what bas already been indited; brt aa we progressed to- wards the bar the interest among the passongers to see a locality about which ao much has-been said led them to command arview AY looked: idea of the real locality of the Japanese friends of the const! Aldermanic confreres, The touk _ plac twelve minutes past Seven o'clock. The drew twenty four and a haif feet of water, and it is . lese to ray she went over Without the slightest diffloulty. The engines were “slowed,” and a little more watehful- ness wee evident on the part of the officers, but aside from these incidental features of careful navigation, no- thing occurred to indicate an extraerdiary event. In ‘act, it seems to have been plainly proven that the Great Eastern may be as cas! Drought into the bay of New York a8 avy otber ship bas ever sailed in and out of it, and that the thousand and one stories respecting the absence of eyfficient water and the dangers of navigation are id ¢ fabricetions of the boar. At this point our ésoort left us. The little fleet of at ers that bad been fitting about like so many { one by one dropped astern, parting cheera were ed, and the Great Rastero, alone and unattended, her stately way towards her ecean-buund destiva The working of the massive machivery of the ship Curing this period was perfect. Nothing could have been more beautiful ge wonderful, Without noise or jar— without even sufficient vibration to disurb the’ sur face of the of] in the cups that revolve with the huge rode—the immenre compication moved with a power that scemed almost supernaturaliy subiime. The ship morality of their country intent pottery ware will disgusted: but the cause was doubtless due quite as mach to their preeeding carniveroas exploite as to the graceful undulations of tbe ship. surren. It was now what @ sentimental miss would term ‘‘the lovely and langaid hour of twilight.” A majority of thone on board had provided themselves with a hearty dinner before coming on board, but with « sea breeze in one’s composition for si hours it is impoasible to resist ‘the pangs of hunger at some t'me, and the consequence pea a Se ee pede = ben! reminded us idle qntckatep: of the Zouaves at the Academy of Music tue other night. The simile might be followed up by the remark that dida t enjoy & muck better opportan'ty of dog execution. j and stretched out i i FE Hf | i i a Ale $ [: if rd z 5 & 5 i F { Seee bse Q EE. ? Ht eT afb PiE Ha : H d gz a ‘speculation, and them a . We ne! ability, nor the tact to execute, and as far as dB a the wants of two thousand people in ra: ble manner they have get about, it have been quite as wise to have made a miscellaneous mixture of ali that was to be eaten and drank in one big pot, divided fe peony dee bene ps and told them to at it. % av man personally. kzow bin.” Bo may ‘ba excellent benevolent di at be punctual in church attendance, rel. mestic dutics, and uuignpeachable as a citizen; but, not- withstanding all this, to-day has hoe | demonstrated that whatever may be his other virtues head, heart or per. son, Mr. Cox “can't keep a hotel.’” THE NIGHT ON BOARD. How shal! it be described? It requires the brush of the painter more than the pen ofja writer. In fact, the scene ie not to be deserived. While! indite, mon and women are preparing to “turn in,”’ with such accommodations asthe sbip affords. But, notwithstanding the thousand | extra mattresses provided, the careful arrangements that _ were supposed to have been made concerning the disposi. tion of the staterooms, and the boasted facilities of tho | Dig abip for ing any number of re, more from thetr stations, and at four o’clock the heavin, knots telling stories or indulging in reminiscences of the one-third will fail to secure anything ou which to lead indicated the ‘depth of water to be twenty trip, strolling up and dow the epacious rooms, examining lay their bead but the tron walls of the vessel, a coil of | thoms. The ebip was then headed westward, and then | the long row of a dozen or more photographic gr mips of the was ez] for the first time the heavy ground | Oillcers of the ship presented to the company by Gurney, to be a “fizzle.” As the Pm, coe of the “heavy” gegen tes Se bowel couplall drinking too little | » The music has, accordingly, become exceed costive, and to its quarters in the steer- | The im the saloons, — gentlemen accompanied by ladies fare frantically ng fom pillar to | post, in search of Mr. then of . Yates, and | man ly finds himeelf in one place and his wife tucked away somewhere else, Many who have paid tor berthe have been ived of them ebtirely, and take their chances with who have trusted to luck and diepoced of themecives in oy camp style. The picture of saloons from stern to stem—for everything is reckoned backwards in this ship—is some- thing like the fo. oop oe is the bar, now covered with saturated table , broken glasses and empt; bottles. Next a couple of the dining saloons, in whic! the waiters are hurriedly clearing away the debris of the day’s work. Tien we approach the ladies’ ealoon. ha- tering here see on one of the velvet sofas a brace of ehfidren «pread out at length, their mother wate! over ‘them. Individuals are laying under the tables seat terea promiscuosly around the tloor. game cence is im the forward ladies’ saloon, with the exception ‘that more ladies compose the tableaux and make a con siderably wider spread. None of them have coverings other than their own shawls, and the me ody which th ir sonorous snores create might well have suggested the idea of an Eolian harp. It is hot and oppressive, bowev r, and we borry out ¥ ON DRCK. Here we get the creme de la creme of this midniglt somnolescence. The sicepers are stretched out in alj torts, styles, shapes, forms, angles and conditions. They emphatically Ixy around loose, looking very much ar if they had been poured out of some big bag in a state of i lution and left tosettle. You can begin to describe thom anywhere. Some packed away on the tops of cabins, eome are laying close alongside the bulw . tome are sitting bolt upright, reposing oblique! on the straightest horizont Two individuals, more enterprising than the others, bave sewed themselves tween ‘two mattresses, and are trying to nap it; but every now w then some joker sits down on the bulging pile aad educos areries of groans and maledictions would wake the seven sleepers. A New York reporter and one of the de- tectives—a very fat one by the way—bave quite sensibly crawled into a sbeep-pen for the purpose of being undis turbed; but a y of jers have discovered their retreat, apd for the last ten minutes they have been trying to provoke the wrath of the caged individuals to fee whether the fat man can get out A speculative individual mounts the pen and exhibits them as wild animals, ine strain something like the fl lowing: — Here, tiemen, are some of the most extraordinary freaks ‘of pature—animals that won't live upon the laud and are bound to die in water. We have to feed em on seventeenth proof whiskey, which one man shoots into them with e double barrelled squirt gun, while another holds their most interesting speo-ta cle. Only five cents and the refreshments thrown \n. Feeding time in fifteen minuter. A great crowd gather around, and the sport that enturs is immense. Some one gets an oar and stirs up the ‘ani mais.” ee ee ae has got lots of work to do; is in a hurry, and make any quantity of excuses; bat they "t take,’ and a battery of conver tation is fred off between the besiegers and the besiege! Among the visiters is George Wilkes, who, after a good Iaogh, ventures to inquire, “Who put the animals ia “The directors,” waa the reply. “Cant you get out?’ “No, they've fastened us in" ‘How do you af i” “The pen,” says man, in «deep ventricular ‘my opinion, sir, the pen is mightier than the het be! het ho! ho! ho!l’’ cachinate the ‘Three cheers crowd, at this witticiem. for the fat freak "which with a will. Here's a case of starvation,” cries on individual om the ontekirte, eat,” responds another waake, ‘em something to Wessun ive gs toute Si ars 5 ve mi carcass os of two Great chiciene. ae ie “Where did you get them?’ “Pound ‘em under Cox's bunk.” “Good for him.” ‘Hungry?’ inquires the chicken man, as he temptingly } rather vi distance: miles. On the PAS ga OR Pee beaceamen cee toma entenes | eebres come EME | a 5 7 “Yea, of course we are. to the eaves. Strangers and country google Bave ie “Can you smell it?” been pouring in for the twenty Sone Ene, ae Yes, Me good and strong. Put tin bere.” ordinary mortals it & matter of impossibiity to eat oF Quarters. “ b-b-b,” ithe ‘‘animals” im the most ‘invitation of Meesrs, Laird & Woolman, however, snipes taba a aimee ciounea ari ily bestial manner, and amid tho cheers of the Columbia Houses tbe largest on Cape Ysland—we ‘and laughter o! the crowd. The menagerie is fed, accor. there to secure the denied usesewhere. | THE SIGNS IN THE FIRMAMENT. dingly, the chicken being passed in on the end of a long 2 WN hey nge int oe, mene *. y ery important featare shine NsinlarsAnteinsinocs Somebody passes i drink to wash the solids down, | us way—while a single out in strikis Pleo: ng — Pome 7 rm Sue ion pha San Deen cute Future Bvents Casting their Sha- between two fl Ps husband crosswise. ‘As the day advanced quite a large number of the New dows Before, Another chap has a table turned upside and is | York excursionists were added to our |, the prin- ae secosing ak 0 two forty pace between the Here are cipal object being the enjoyment a Ree, Bee, more away like mummies in the most unimaginable , Which the sandy nature of the praises places poasible, which only would enter the conception of and the beat day made a decided lux- a y man. In short, from stem to stern, there is a row bs te ALABAMA, of and bodies which give the scene an appearance this point, about two miles from ating, the TO THE EDITOR OF THE Waa Moh of » boepiinl Shad Wild the victims of some pre eS iediinctty ont wicibie, har eotines eee hmiy Maniow, Ala., July 19, 1860. veiling Ic. masts ", ‘Of course, in such a party there is fus—plenty of it. | bearing semblance, in the distance, to a diminutive sec- | Views of a Northern Born and an Alabama Rateed Bell and to be the centre of attrac- | tion of a thinly planted hedge fence in winter. Opera Beret Man, de. the crowd stand in @ ring around them, and join | 0s! exists, on a smaller scale, which marked her ad- After a while on is | vent in the bay of New York. unaccustomed to THE EXCURSIONISTS FROM CAPE MAY. Little occurred during the day on et:her ship or shore specially worthy of notice. The boats J. L. Shrever, Jas. A. Warner, Delaware, Balloon, and a number of others ‘whose names do not occur to mind, came from Phila- delphia, and other points on the bay, with passengers, and landed them upon the ship. The entire number of visiters was between four and five thousand. The idea had been extensively circulated among them, however, that the Great Eastern would not arrive at Cape May, owing to an accident which, it was tel Mon one whom he Baby,” to do it for him whereupon the Prize Baby is received with cheers, and Prooeedetopublah tothe erowa hia dit which he says hard boiled eggs and a blackberry three Ara introduces BXs the celebrated on bea day evening, had occurred on board while lying in the illary ‘the . | bay. Thi eral of the excursionists said, had its effect brief, somebody in , which resulted in the comparatively Hit the’ tater octed ees | small number of’ visiters present. About one hundred military gentleman availed themselves of the ity to mattress. So the jokes go round. Med Fae ke ee ae, red and witticaans fy thick and sold the crowd on the wharf by the New Yorkers, amusing inst- to whom I have referred as ‘party alone, The ‘“beaste’”’ ‘These went off at prices two ‘while the people cheered and one individual was 90 with the feeling ‘bauled 4 around, squirted water that he his ticket away fora ten cent piece with a With tbe hose, and raised the O14 Nick generally. para velves gece. day ig ted ONE O’cLocK. Great dificuty was experienced in_getting people on Sempo pieseviring tndivideal hes cured Dodworth's man aa en nsied eee eae Snr ahumbeies of bis ails and aches, and the string band are on deck, | were crushed almost ption by the steamers making music for a score or 80 of dancers. They are all Le op egy 4 and men, however, and as a ‘‘stag” affair, now and then inter- spersed with gymnaatice and mattresses, itis irresistibly | fecy’ of nature animated the crond: however, aed bar. funny. The ladies seem as lively as a brood of canary | rings little impatience on the of each one to get birds with long tails, and though they do not indulge in ae ee en- of this active exercise soon wears out, however, And by three o'elock: the whole group, in fact'the Whole | {Be Wheel, Oe Co ee nia tll or jump. Twas informed iat at poly one of the | &4; but, from his manner, i te eu] matireeses was discovered to be on fire, owing to the sainanindunioaier: Uonizing himself. careless distribu & eegar, an ‘& moment it RETURN, threatened to endanger the ri ing. Tt was oxti At balf-past six the people on the Grest Fastern had the however, by a few puckets of water, without any ‘one, It'would be difficult for fire to make much bead- | and of raising the anchor at once bec: satisfaction of hearing the order given to get under weigh, ‘the jon became Being aware that the circulation of the Hamarp is im mense throughout the Northern Statee, I desire to advise 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 is done, the South is ‘‘a united South.’ The writer of this wes born in New York, and though linked with the South, whatever ber destiny may be, believes that he speaks from a asstandpoint free from sectional infla- ences, The Northern people hare this issue be- fore them. If they, in their mad fanaticism, desire digeolution of the Union, they can have it by voting for Lincoln and Hamlin. If they do not desire this national calamity, they have a conservative ticket—Boll end Everett—to vote for. Reading your convinces mo that politics is a trade in New York; but trade as you may, repeat that the South is a unit when you elect s i] Pe Soir ante parcrenne GEORGIA. OUR AUGUSTA CORRESPONDENCE. Avavera, Ga. , July 14, 1860. Douglas and Breckinridge—The Rurah Population Op- posed to Yancey—The Bell-Bveretta and Douglasites 10 Unito—A. H. Stephens for the “Little Giant,” dc. 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 Dougias 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- siaam. I am surprised at the number of Douglas men that I find in 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 porsible chance for Mr. Brookinridgo to It requires # ma- carry the electoral vote of Geor, jority in this State to decide the electoral vote, and in the hose read: in- interesting relief to the monotony of the day. fon A he at ont Ge «tae coed Wace. the * steight ‘we wore well under way, bowling 2s sane fo obtain @ majority before the people, maindeck.’ along as the rate of thirteen knots an hou! ates were | the electoral vote is oy the Legislature. 4 FOUR 0’CLOCK. ex with the steamship State of ia, bound | Lsislature will not be bothered with the question—the 2 outward, and as both vessels were travelling for a short | People will decide it, and in opposition to the die- Night’s candies begin to burn out, and the twilight gray in her sober livery to mark the footsteps of the ap- proaching dawn. The heavy dew of tho nigitt mingling with the cinders from the smoke stacks, has converted the deck into a huge mad puddle, and the faces of uncon- scious sleepers are black aud sticky with the dirty damp. Hats, coats and garments in a dilapidated condition are seattered 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" our eyes never rested upon. Mad, tired, stiff, sleepy, dirty and sticky, with hair and eyes full of cinders, they get off their indi- vidual mattresses like $0 many fretful porcupines. And now another chapter of the mismanagement is developed. ‘There is neither water to wash nor drink. man would outwalk a child. talking to, and Mr. Cox of a storm about his ears, which have added an addi tional wrinkle to his corrugated brow. An instance oc trouble, and how little the management of the ship have been able to control the operations of this ‘‘autocrat of the dinner table.” Compiainis | succeeded in eilecting their object. Then it was only come thick and fast. One man has a dollar fora } done through the perseverance of one of the directors, basin full; another lly bestowed @ quarter fora 4 who, with bis own dignitied hands, weut and helped him. glass of ice water, which he barely obtained, while two 4 geif. or three reporters came from the nether regions, looking as pale and languid as if they had been drawn through a succession of brusb fences. They say that some- body will have to suifer for it, and if one may jadge from their manner, their matter, like Jersey lightning, will kill at forty paces, THE MOVEMENT OF TAE SHIP. During the night the paddle engines had a preesure on their boilers of twenty pounds of steam, and the wheel ‘was revoling twelve times per minute. The screw boilers had the same presture, and were revolving thirty timos per minute, the combined preesure of which was giving the ship a speed of about thirteen knots per hour. Every half bour the lookout men might have been heard entirely to blame for all the detiviencies experienced, and that when they cannot help themselves it is impossible for them to help others. AT NIGHT. The night was lovely. Dodworth’s Band sat the dan- cers in motion, and for two or three hours the soene by moonlight was as delightful as one could wish. Many people, including several ladies, were compelled to lay out on the deck again, and as the air was cool, the breeze fresh, aud plenty of vinders blew about, their position was anything but comfortable. More quiet prevailed, how- ever, than last night, The jokers are fayged ont, and aro sleeping as soundly as their more serious neighbors. Relow, early in the evening, the aaloons assumed moro of the form of a family circle. Parties were gathered in or engaged in a quiet game of cards. By eleven o'clock excepting a party of singers astern on deck, all was quiet, and by twelve “God Save the Queen” and the “Star Spangled Banner’ cloeed the performances of these mid night minstrels. Most of the reporters were to-night ao- commodated with berth, and are in better humor than they baye been. swell, which made it difficult for one anaccustomed to the deck of a ship to maintain his equilibrium, and forever set at rest the notion, if such was ever entertained by au, individual on board, that a ehip can be built large pe Aon § to resist the swell of the ocean. ‘The ship arrived off Cape May about seven o'clock, hay- ing stood Fy far out to sea during the aight as to be do- layed a little beyond the time when it was expected she would make anchorage. AN INDIGNATION MEETING. During the morning an indignation meeting was beld on board on the quarter deck, in which Mr. William Filmer of Brooklyn, officiated as Chairman, and Dr. Joho Howe, of New York, as Secretary, The following resolutions, drawn up on an empty stomach and with unwashed faces, were submitted and passed with a will:— Whereas, from the previous reputation which the Great astern aud her officers e@tablisbed in the United States, the gentlemen and ladies who embarked on the excursion to Cape May expected, and had a right t Wroweepay Monvixe, Augoat 1. We are cntting the waters of the bay at the rate of | twelve knots an hour. The chief enginecr tells me that | during the night the ship made fifteen. I learn, also, from one of the officers, that she came near running down a large echooner, and’ that it was only by good luck, after the ship had stopped and backed water, that a collision was prevented. A number of persons from Philadelphia, who came on Doard at Cape May, were brought away by accident and tarned 1) ow morning. They express themselves as bighly deligh \ "Grcalstaat was but a repetition of the meals already de scribed. Mr. Minturn, Jr.,a son of one of the consignees, to expect, decen' and proper a:tention: | told me that he had paid a dime for a glam of water and and as ithad been announced that she was capable of | two ehillings for his mattress, so that no favoritism was earrying an almost fabulous number of passengers, aod | complained of by him at least. The day is ro iair and beautiful, however, that there is little disposition on the part of any one to grumble, aud every ove looks back upon the trip to Cape May aa oe on which they have enjoyed @ share of fun among 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 with excursionista, and, on a small scale, we have a repe tition of the scene of Monday. Salutes are exchanged With tbe 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 rest until this afverncom at five o'clock, when she starts on her trip to the South. THE OPERATION OF TIE RNGINES. The following is a statement received from Mr. MoClen nan, chief engineer:— The engines, both screw and paddle, worked admirably No acoident of any kind occurred to them. On the trip to Cape May the paddle engines made 9,873 revolutions— the indicator of the sorew not working. Thus the dis tance travelled about 166 and a balf miles. The knots averaged about twelve por hour, or of statute miles between twelve and thirteen. On the return home the paddie engines made 8,849 revolutione—thus travelling, As Will be seen, Some twenty miles lose than in going out oes them proper attention and accommodations ; Whereas, we, the pareengers om this excursion to Cape May, have been grievously disappointed in every expec “*Resclvedy That b Cape Mi iv we, the cers to May, have been pot only disappointed, but ewindled; that there was no water to wash with, no'towels to wipe with, and no berths provided, and many ladies were obliged to sleep in the cabins; that there was not a glass of water to quench their thirst, and that the whole arrangements were con- temptible and ¢ fal. Resolved, also, we will advise on friends who propose to go to Norfolk and Annapolis in the Great East. ern to stay at home, for fear of ».milar treatment, Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the Hignatp, Tvidane and Dime. site eal Signed by J. ©. Perry, Brooklyn; David Sandford, Am- sterdam; H& Decker, Rouben’ Burkhalter, Now York Alexander Matheron, Ogdensburg, N. Y.; Abrabam Khloe, Malone, N. Y.; Sidney W. lng, J. J. Richards, New York: John iirush, Paterson, N. J.. A. Reckleas’ Red bank, N. J.; B.C, Russel, W. 3. Baker, J. L. Jewett, New York’ John Howe, M. D.; and fifty others. It is proper to add in this connection that neither of the executive ciflcers of the ship, from Capt. Hall down, had anything to do with this mis it complained of, except in giving play Yo a leudabie spirit to right, as far AN INCORRECT IMPRESS! as lay in their power, a most perceptible . 8. | The statement has been generally made through the “mriee, Smythe, Wallis, Wood, Cary aad others, made. ery effort to accommodate the dissatisfied and unprovid gers, and most of the night was spent by these gentlemen in going from place to place, routing out intruders, and securing bertha for thoe to whom they rightfully belonged. Ladies were accom! an far 8s possible, but many were forced to Jie in the saloons ‘aod on the decks. The directors, Merers. Gooch and Yates, and Mr. Bold, pave". their staterooms, and slept themselves o1 the , nan iferting 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 bis duty effectually, the excursion ists would not haye said a word about the sleeping de- partment; but to be doubly inconvenienced waa more cliy that the pageengers on board the Great Eastern were supplied with their fare by Mr. Steteon, of the Astor House. As such a supposition is calculate! to injure the reputation and business of any person with whom it is | connected, after the occurrences recorded on the above excursion, it ia desirable that the public should koow that the gentleman above referred to bad nothing what ever to do with the matter, TRIP OF THE GREAT BASTERN TO THE CHESAPEAKE. [From the Baltimore Sun, July 91.) The official announcement {x mare that the steamship Great Fastern will leave New Yor® at six o'clock on Thoreday afternoon next for Olt Point Comfort, where ehe will land passengers on Friday evoning. will leave O'd Potat on Sunday morning, at five o'clock, and in Annapolis Roads the same afternoon. Dod fare from New than human nature could bear without reaction, and | worth’s Band is to be on board, and the henee the meeting and resolutions. A man’s stomach | York will be $6 to Old sometimes requires the most careful handling. napolie Roads Yesterday the Baltimore and Ohio Ri road Company receiver rett, Feq., dated Saratoga Springs, datailiog some contemplated featares of the visit of the Great Eastern. The liberal offer of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad OFF CAPE MAY. The Great Eastern lies about six miles from the shore, and it has been ascortained that we bave run nearly fifty Com| ‘of one thousand tone of coal has been miles out of the way—at least such is the report. The | accepted, and that amount will be taken in while Programme advertised is to take the excursioniate on sbip is 2 exhibition. It La bemoves = board to the beach free of charge, and bring them back, | Mer of the coal decided the destination emahip ’ | in favor of the locality. The of the Baltimore © steamer being provided for the purpose. About half | Qnq Ohio and the Annapolis ruilroada, wore. ¥ 4 pert nine maid steamer came alongside, and some seventy on with each other in i to an extra of us, who pushed through the throng waiting at the por Ry ek ‘wpon the latter moewey for @ similar opportunity, at the risk of neck the accommodation of the great rush of passea- ‘and limb, leaped on board. gern ex) |. Tae eteamer Lancaster will run between Mont of these sevent; went to Philadelphia from the | Annapolis and Appapolis Roads for the conveyance of Cape, td by that roate than to trust | visiters to and from the Great astern, The Board of Di- to the ex another bight on the ship, and no | reetors contemplate extending an invitation to the Presi. doubt numbers of others will do likewise. dent of the United States, the Cabinet and other officers On shore the greatest excitement appears government, to visit the steamship on some day The beach is thronged ie eee the exbidition. Should this be done it is understood forme extending owt into the along which the Mesers, Winans will tender the use of their se steamers run to land are also crow gar steamer for the conveyance of the distinguished party } a7 road, as far aa the eye can reach, the to the Roads, In that event the vieiters would have an rise in the air and sweep off to the eastward, mark a | opportunity of looking upon, at the eae time, two of the #teady increase. Veblelen of kind and condition | greatest marine wonders that ever rode the wares. The ipeident to Piantation, born of Jersey in- | Great Fastern will be opened to visiters o: Moudny, and genuity, are Hed the fences, gathered in clusters, of continue opon Aye commeuutive days, 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 ‘Supper was a little improved. The waiters have had a like wise received admonitions curred dormg the day which shows the root of the 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. C. being the caterer; bul, notwithstanding, two hours and a half elapsed befor’ they It will be seen, therefore, that these gentlemen are not unionists. Thave talked, during the past fow days, with the farm- ers from the interior, from tho lowlands, midlands and the mountains, and 0 far as these men show tho diroc- tion of the political wind, there is an overwhelming ma- Jor ty of the people of Georgia crushingly 0} to the Yancey disunion nominatious of Breckinridge and Lane, The intelligent and sagacivus masses—the mechanics, who are the bone and sinew—the farmers, who aro tha great producers of wealth, and all classes of society, re- pudiate affiliation with the disunioniste for auch “light and transient causes’ a8 are now urged to break up our glorious Union, end they will concentrate their power to ive encouragement to the conservative men |n the free States, in their contest against Lincoln and Hamlin. Depend upon it, the disunion squad in Georgia will bo routed “horse, foot and dragoons.”” The Bell and Everett, as well as the Douglas and Johnson State Conventions will meet in Milledgeville on the 13th of August, for the purpose of nominating their electoral tickets, when I shall not be surprised to learn that thera will be an effort made, and snecessfully made, to unite their powor to prostrate the malign intiuence of ‘disnnion 2 f in the Sonth, and give cheering hupe to the conservat:v9 men of the North, the Fast aod the West. Tcagnot be mistaken in the tone of the poople—they expréas too much hostility, too much Lodignation against the @ifunionists, While they are conservative enouglt about Bell and Douglas, they are unqualitied in their ro- probation of the disunion Yanoey-Rhett, Breckinridge and Lane pominationg. The Hon. A. H. Stophens will be in thi His health has much \mproved ity on Monday. ind he is an vat and owt Douglas and Johnaon man. He has never for one moment, since the nomination, entertained or expressed aay other position. T make this statement on the moet relia zie au- plied with molons, peaches, nes- tarines and other fruita, at very moderate pricrs—molonm from 5e. to 16c.; peaches and os from $1 60 to 82 bushel. Some few amal) lot t potatoes have been: j, Whicb were sold at fancy prices. ILLINOIS. Rock Is.axp, July 22, 1860. A Douglanie View «of the Campaign in lilincie—The “Li- te Giant” to Carry His Oun State, de. From under the shadow of old Fort Armstrong, and pear Black Hawk’s celebrated cave, I drop you a live in 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—Douglas and Lincoln. Occasionally I meet a man who would prefer the election of Beil or Breckinridge, bat the number is so smail as to be bardiy worthy of notiee. The great contest is betwoen Dongias and Lincolm, and if I can judge anything by a comparison of public feeling in this region now, with tbat of 1866, Douglas will carry this State by a mucu larger majori\y than Mr Buchanan did. The vote of 1866 war as follows — ‘As jet there {sno Rell and Frerett electoral ticket im thie State, and I prebume there will be none. It i# per- fectly apparent to every ell man that his candidate hae no chance for an electica, unless the question goes to tbe Howse of Representatives. In order to get it there be moat vote for Douglas. The pame argument is true of the Breckinridge men, althongh they have a ticket in the eld. 1 do not think, however, that it will poll © thousand votes in tho State. The circumstances of it@ nomieation are auch as to caund every bonest democrat to it, ‘The Breckinridge State Convention met at Springfield on the 11th, and was compored of only Ofty three persons. It was a maas con- vention, Of there fifty-three, ail were federal office bold ors but six or eight. A majority he Ofty-three voted to run no ticket; but the Postmaster at Chicago declared he would have a ticket if he bad to nominate it himself, But the most suspicious part ot the performance i# that Sepator Trumbull, N. B. Judd, and other promine publicans, to the number of ‘some two hundred Present of the teor of the Convention, to give an appear- ance of numbers and keep up the #pirite of thane who fo!- low the fortunes of the reerssioniste. Lincoln was also \a the building, in an adjoining room, aud no doubt is enter- tained that the ticket is put in the fleld by tbe coup!- vance of Lincoln # friends, in order to help him carry the State if powsible. This is rufficient to cause every bonees democrat to drop the ticket, and they will do so, LOUISIANA. OUR NEW ORLEANS CORRESPONDENCE. New Ontmans, July 12, 1800. The Beltringers and Douglasites on Friendly Terms—Pres- pects of a Union Between Them—The “Crescent Oily” Postmaster Gone Off to Rusticate, de. Vaticination not being my forte, 1 will not attempt to tell you what the futare holds in «tore for the use and acquisition of abject mortality, but the present status possessing certain interest, 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 bigh office, but the frieads of both exhib't ‘an implacable beetility to Breckinridge, as the represes- tative of the fire eating, disunion sentiment of the Soath and Massachusetts. EBs F i ont admip‘stration ticket goa ‘of admission into Ly House of ; Tue exeoutioner's hand wilt bring whY'n, combined with the ery of "ue land ae a besom of tom, ann! Vestage of Slidell & Co, There will bow i i Fs H i i i