The New York Herald Newspaper, June 30, 1873, Page 8

+ eated that if he goes over the structure at any BOLLEGE MUSCLEMEN, A Tour of the College Navies Preparing for the Springfield Contest. Professional Oarsmen Condemning the “Gentleman’s’”’ Movement, THE COURSE AND CURRENT. Criticism on Training the Crews and the Dangers of Fouling. Yale Men Laboring Under Difficulties—Cook’s Coaching and System. How Training Can Be Made Distasteful. Harvard and the Sister Universi- ties of New England Anx- ious for the Fray. THE SLIDING SEAT DIFFICULTY. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., June 28, 1873. It has recently been asked if the great inter- Collegiate aquatic contest, which is to come off here next month, will be the last of its kind. Gen- ‘Slemen well versed in all matters of oarsmanship have circulated statements tending to the belief that the scheme of admitting as many of the clubs composed of undergraduates and graduates as de- Bire to the annual race is too comprehensive for the present, The constitution of the Rowing Asso- tiation of American Colleges is quite emphatic on this point, however, and in article 1, section 2, @efines in a most concise} manner the object in view:—‘The object of this Association shall be the promotion of the art of rowing among the members of our respective colleges, by meetings, friendly contests and otherwise; and the kindling ofthat friendly spirit and college feeling which ought always to exist between colleges and gen- tlemen.” But the idea has got abroad, absurdly ‘enough, that our colleges are not yet in the con- dition to maintain such an organization; that boating is practically a hidden science to the majority of students, and that the attempt to establish an institution in character similar to that prevailing in England ‘will only exhibit our weak points the more readily and, in reality, delay the progress of the sport. This view is being canvassed, and hints have been thrown out within my hearing that a reorganiza- tion must soon ensue, resulting in LIMITING THE NUMBER OF COLLEGES that shall take part in the collegiate regattas, 1 Bm bound to say that these views and opinions do not represent the universities. Aiter visiting all our great educational establishments within the past few weeks, I can arrive at no other conclusion than this, that the scope and intent of the Rowing Association meets the approval of all, and that it has raised up a spirit of enthusiasm and generous rivalry hitherto unknown among students in the different colleges. Clubs have been formed and regularly organized by the entire body of students, money has been willingly contributed for pur- chasing boats, sheds, uniforms and the gen- eral paraphernalia of rowing men, and each individual fecls an interest in all that pertains to boating. It 18 doubtful if, in fifty years irom now, without agitation in the mean- time, the colleges, as a whole, would be a whit better prepared than they are to-day. Harvard, Yale and Amberst would continue in a course of independent aquatics, but colleges having less facilities, like Williams, for inst: e, would re- main in the background. Anot great point made by many students in the discussion of this matter is that they hope to make our collegiate oarsmen sufficiently proficient; that a crew can be felected from the entire body capable of bearing achailenge and contesting honorably against any other crew (collegiate, of course) in the world, Oxford and Cambridge could assemble nearly as many oarsmen asall our college clubs put together 80 that aconvention of American university boat: gien, for the purpose of arranging an international face between crews selected from all the colleges of the two countries, would have but little to dis- pute in that respect. ENCOURAGEMENT IN THE USE OF THE OAR a8 a healthful pastime is the great object, however, and presidents, facuities, trustees and professors, generally speaking, agree with it. With students and their supertors in favor of the intefcollegiate pasociation, does it not seem strange that profes- sional oarsmen should undertake to condemn or ridicule it with a view to throw cold water upon it? With reference to the plan of rowing the re- gatta there may possibly be room for criticism, which I shall touch upon presently; but to the movement in general where lies the objection? As the approaching race on the Connecticut is creat- ing much discussion here, and is, I suppose, of general interest throughout the country, I have mentioned the objections raised by recent arrivals who are disseminating their views widely, for what Purpose it is not now easy to discover. ON TO THE COURSE. Having disposed of the grumblers in the above paragraphs I started at about eight o’clock this morning for the practising ground of the crews. But the sun shone, at least more than it could have Gove at Stockholm recently; the dust, “drier and till more dry,” as the poet sings, arose in clouds as the engines and teams moved about, and clung to one’s boots, clothing and eyelids with annoying tenacity. Passing over the railroad track for about two hundred yards beyond the depot [ came to a wooden, covered bridge, spanning the Connecticut. A notice over the entrance warns the unsophisti- pace equal to @ “trot’’ he wiil be fined—that is, provided he doesn’t shake the affair into pieces and render dragging hooks and a coroner's jury mecessary. Belore venturing on the bridge | asked a ratiroad employé its length from bank to bank. He Assured me it was “‘suppin less nor a mile,” but that some “Varsity men had taped it over on the fee last Winter” and had not made the exact measurement public. Some twenty yards from the eastern entrance a square hole gad been cut from which a splendid view could be had of the Fiver, especially of the western side. The water ‘Was unusually calm, and away north, beneath the railroad bridge, sparkled in the aun, reflecting the azure tit of the cloudless sky. The banks on both sides were covered with shrubbery almost to the water's edge, here and there, along the two and a -half miles that can be seen, the slope leading into the stream being at about twenty degrees. A few craft lay moored at various points up the river, and that was all the wade I saw on the water from this loophole, At about » hundred yards across the view of THE RIVER WAS EXCEYDINGLY LOVELY, ® natural picture well worth contemplating. My Meditation on happy combinations of hght and shade and Nature's bounteous gils to this particu. Jar neighborhood were ruthlessly vroken up by & ‘wave of dust thick as the darkness in Egypt, that Fose alter a howto laden express Wagon, causing me io beat a rapid retreat, The beauves’ seen from the holes I have described almost make one forget how little separated him from the Water be- neath, Notwithstanding the occasional motion he feels, .Once across into West Springfield new fy nd greet the vision, and on jooking at the wn left but @ few minutes previonsiy you won- der how such a town should tolerate such a bridge, Yonder is the ever busy, begrimed depot, filled with an odd mixture of locomotives, freight cars and meery ng humanity; the deep tone of the ever- clanging bells reaching across the water; the steeplés of handsome churches tower above the hot mercantile buildings and educa- tional establishments of jain, State and | decide whic NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 80, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘Tioh folige of monster Imes and maples. Leavi the bridge and the busy town you turn abro| the meee enter West Sp! eld, truly subu New England town. ts here that: Tealize the fact of Lo ee srg being a *“half- house” between New York and Boston—the commercial centres of the East. Handsonie e and brick houses,,after the styles prevailing near both Boston and New. York, are secn On every h aa, ‘with gardens and neatly trimmed terraces, Continuing along the main street for-avout a mile, Iturned to the right again, beneath the Boston and Albany Railroad arch, and was soon facing a dusty road of about a mile and a hall, leading to thecommon by the river, where the Yale men practice. On both sides of the road it could be seen that farming had become an art hereabouts, and that the land was under a high state of cultt- vation. Had 1 been instructed to spy out the country I should say that anything would bloom and flourish here, fom a pig to @ pumpkin, Two young ladles in a buggy nodded und smiled from out of the cloud (dust understood), inquired where Dr, —— resided, fanned themselves vi0- lently, and, expressing the fervent wish, “Oh that it would rain,” passed me as though a “man’s hand” was already appearing on the horizon; but Icouldn’t see it, I heartily endorsed the sentiment however, and repeated, “Oh that it would, rain, even if it stopped the rowing practice.” "I hi already swallowed man’s allotted peck of dirt and required no more, The delicious smell of newly mown hay drawn past by a team of huge oxen was duly appreciated—it was a pleasant contrast with the odor of many localities I could name tn New York, The Common lies at the end of this road, and a brisk walk ola few minutes brought me to the river. From this spot a well made road leads along the river, irom which, I suppose, thousands will view the contest of brain and muscle, THE RIVER AND THE CURRENT. Here an excelient view of the course can be had. The road by which pedestrians reach the Common from the wooden bridge above named forms al- most @ semi-circle, so that though several miles have to be traversed, the distance from the start- ing point ina direct line is not great. The river front bears about the same aspect here as it does nearer the railroad bridge. The width of the water is said to be about four hundred yards, but I imagine filty yards could be deducted from this es- timate and still leave a margin, From the Com- mon for two miles south and three miles north is the much-taiked-of current that interests the col- lege boatmen, and caused all the crews to crowd and row in @ heap last year. Standing on the Yale float on the west side, the tiny ripples can be seen as jaras the vision extends both ways, and in some places the rapid water sppears to be about twenty-five yards wide, while at other points it is narrower, as the river straightens in its course. The water being ex- tremely low in the Connecticut just now. It would hardly be fair to test the speed of this current; but instead of running at the rate of three miles an hour, as alleged, to judge from the movement ofa sinall piece of wood floating past it would scarcely f°, three miles in twenty-lour hours. Above and elow are two dams, confining the rowing course to about live miles, HAMILL AND THE YALE FRESHMEN CREW. _ As I approached the water I found the Yale Freshmen preparing for their matutinal pull. Hamil, of Pittsburg, their trainer, was standing by doing his utmost to bring them into position, but the morning was sultry and the inclination tor diving stronger than the desire to handle the oar, so that the coach was compelled to yield in a measure to allow them to take their time. This crew is what a bystander termed “from fair to middling.” Hamill says they are tender boys. He diets them on the old plan, has them out of bed at hatf-past five o'clock in the morning, gives them a constitutional trot before the rowing exercise begins, and pro- hibits all soda, ice water and candies. He thinks they will finally mutiny, as cracked wheat is to be forbidden. To deprive the young Freshmen of sugar lollys and corn is a trife too severe, but Hamill says it must be done. The crew is thus named in the boat:—i. W. C. Hall, stroke; age 19, Weight 156. 2. George L. Brownell, age 19, weicht 154, 3. Fred Wood, age 19, weight 155, 4. Dave Kellogg, age 19, weight 152, 5, Fred N. Noyes, age 18, weight 144. 6. (bow) Henry W. De Forest, age 18, weight 150, Average age, 18!¢ years; average Weight, 150 5-6 pounds. As the boat was moved off it was immediately perceptible that the men were in poor rowing con- dition, I observed that No. 2 curved his back lor- ward and doubled over at the feather, throwing us body against the handle of the oar. Another slivered out the stroke and raised the blade too soon, while # third actualiy slid backward while recovering. These little faults could be detected ata glance. The coach saw them, but contented himse!f with a quiet oath, An irregular stroke of about thirty to the minute was kept up until the boat turned the bend in the river a mile nerth of the float, A GRAVE ERROR OF JUDGMENT on the part of the captain now ensued. Instead of taking an easy pull of about two miles he went away beyond the upper railroad bridge, towards Chicopee, making the distance on returning to the starting place nearly seven mtics, When the boat arrived home the rowers were over-heated and exhausted, Hamull, 1 observed, gave them, in a determined manner, @ lecture on the folly of hav- ing 4 tutor unless they were prepared to do as he desired, The rubbing down with a coarse towel followed and the young men were hurried down Park street, to their quarters at the Golden Eagle. I remarked to the trainer that the men seemed a little reckless, $ “Well,” he replied, ‘you cannot bring them down to work until within about a week of the race to do any goud. The fact is, they commence early in the Spring to row for exercise. Then they acquire bad habits. They work themselves down in this way and exhaust themselves physically. The first thing to-do is to bring them to a condition ior rowing, and then teach them the science, My boys here are Paiogaer coming up to the mark, Hitherto I have given them consideraple license in pretty muct everything, but in a week from now I shall put my foot down a@ little firmer and refuse them water in any quantity. It they want to win they must work in the boat properly, give up fool- ing with base ball and behave as though they were training for a race.” 18 THE RIVER WIDE ENOUGH ? I inquired if he considered the river wide enough for a dozen boats te row freely at this point, and whether he apprehended any danger of touling. Hamill believed that with ordinary precaution on the part of the bow oarsman of each crew there would be ample space. ‘You can run a six-oared shell in @ narrow space provided your bow under- stands his business; but the diMculty is that crews do not Ft together soon enough jor genuine train- ing, and do not gain that steadiness and coolness necessary for a difficult race. The first thing that happens often in amateur crews is the sudden weakening of some member, which throws all the strain ou the opposite side and embarrasses and upsets all the caiculations of the man who is steering. ‘ihe first mistake creates confusion, and @ foul is made and the game up.” je FOULING ON THE CURRENT, “Now as to this current,” I said. “7 think M I were im the race [should make for it,” he continued, “and I suppose they will all do so. Herein lies the great danger of fouling, though, in reality, fouling should not necessarily follow. if you ao crowd eleven or tweive boats in the water intended for two or three, experien and cautio night still enable them to keep clear; but the chan are, as I said, against them. The current decsu’t amount to much any way, except- Ing it Might assist a little after the second mile.”? THE REGATTA RULES are strict on this point and define the whole sub- Ject as follows 1. All races shall be started in the following manner:— The starter sia'lask the question, “Are you ready 1" and, receiving no reply aller waiting at least five second: shall give the sigwal to start, whieh shall be the wor 2, If the starter considers the start unfair he shall at once recaii the boats to their stations, and any boat re- art again shall be ruled oat of the race. fusing to y of the competing boats shall be disabl by the breaking of an oar or auy other accident. 4. No fouling whatever shall be allowed. 5. It is the province of the referee when appealed to, but not betore, to decide # foul, and the boat decided by him to have fouled shail be ruled out of the race, 6, In case of a foul, the revere, i appealed to during the race, shall direct the non-fouling boat to row on, which sliall, in every Tow over the remaiuder of the course inorder to n the race, 7. It shall be considered a foul when, after a racc has commenced, any competitor by his oar, boat or pergon comes in contact with the oar, boat or person of anether ; and nothing else shalt be considered @ foul. inpetitor who comes into cor defined in rale 7, by ero pe commits a foul " once fairly taken her boat's water by @ clear lead, it hae a night to keep the water so taken. % A boat shall be decided w have a clear lead of another boat when its stern Is clearly past the bow of the other boat. * 10. It shall be held that a boat's own the straizht or true course from the station assig it at starting; but if two boats are racing, and one fairl takes the ‘other's water by a clear ‘leud, it shafl be entitied to keep the water so taken to the end of the course; and if the two boats afterwards come into con- tact wiiile the leading boat remaius in the water so taken the boat whose water has been so take be deemed to have committed the foul ; but it they come into contact by the leading boat departing trom the water so taken the leading boat shall be deemed to have committed @ foul. 1}. The referee shall be sole judge of a boat's straight or true course during every part of the race. 12, If fn any race in which more than two boats start @ foul takes place, and the boat adjudged by the reteree to | have been jouled reaches the winning-post first, the race shall be decided as the boats come in; but Mf ‘the boat fouled does not come in first, or it the reteree is unable to boat has committed the foul, the race shall be rowed over aguin, untess the referee shall decide that the boat which came in first had a sufficient lead at the Moment of the foul to warrant its having the race as- signed to it. 3. A claiin of foul (which must be tendered by the p considering itself fouled, and not by any one on his vehalf) must be made to the referee pre- viously to the crew fouled getting out of the boat. 14, Every boat shail stand by its own accidents occur- ring durisig the ra 1d ‘In the event of «dead heat taking place, the same crews shall contend again, or the crew or crews refusing shall be adjudged to have lost the race. 16. No boat shall be allowed to Accompany & competing boat for the purpose of directing its course or aifording other assistance; and the retwree shall ba at liberty to declare any competing bout outot the race that may Nave derived au untair advantage thereby. 17. No race shall be awarded to any competitor or craw unless he or they shall have rowed over the whole of the course, 18, The decision of the referee shall in all cases be final, COOK TRAINING THE YALE UNIVERSITY SIX. Our little confab was interrupted by the appear- ance of Mr, Cook, who now led the Yale University crew to their morning practice. The elder crew looked heaithy and fresh, and were mostly dressed in neat suits. They had only arrived here some thirty-six hours belore and been on the course but once. other streets to the South, while to the North Mretty Villa regidences Regn Ut kom encary the J J$Orm Owlnr to the men have clung to an obsolete style of rowing. Every trainer of ability hus been tried, but all to no purpose, This year she renders herself espe- ly conspicuous. Cook during a lengthy stay in England last Winter became convinced of the su- Periority of the Oxford stroke, which is also closely imitated by the Thames Row- ing Club, “Hé travelled “with an English pro- fessional, thoroughly learned the stroke, and came back to Yale prepared to undertake a wew depar- ture from the traditions of generations, and ina novel manner introduce mto his University, in 1873, a style similar to that which Loring intro- duced into Havard in 1867, Thus all eyes are turned towards the Yale crew; and, as many be- lieve it impossible to Soauire the style in time for the race this year, it will, perhaps, be interesting to jollow the course adopted for training. As £000 a8 two of the men had prepared for work Cook ordered a third to accompany and steer them in a patr-oared gig. The three men being ready the word to “go”? was given, and the. captain leaped into a smail Whitehall boat and rowed ater them. Keeping within some twenty yards of the men in the gig he rowed and turned avout with them, directing almost every movement in a tone of voice so joud that his instructions could be heard on the opposite shores of the river. ‘This seemed harsh and unnecessary, but the men have great diMiculty in retaiming all the movements in his system, and so he follows them all over the course, two by two, until he thinks he has drillea them sufficiently before taking them into the six- oared shell, STROKE resembles more that in use at Uxford, and in order to acquire it a number of extremely complicated movements are necessary. The arms are thrown out quite straight, the wrists carried over the toes, the Knees are bent upward and suficientiy wide to admit the body well down from the hips, the head erect, The sliding scat is brought for- ward on the runuers a8 far as it can go, and the oar blade 1s dipped into the water straight down to an angle of eighty degrees and is covered as deep ag possible. A strong pressure 1s then applied by the feet to the stretcher, nearly lift. ing the body om the seat. But wherein the “recovery” ditfers from that introduced at Harvard is this—instead of darting the body for- ward by a rapid and equable movement the arias are suddenly thrust forward before the body leaves the position acquired at the feather, Cook arguing that whatever rest the frame can get alter the ex- ertion of the stroke must be had at this moment. I cannot here follow the evolutions of the crew in detail, the above being, I think, suffictent: to de- monstrate their style. At about four o'clock in the afternoon & row in the six-oared shell was proposed, the men being in the boat as follows :— 1—R. J. Cook, captain and stroke; age, 24; weight, 169, 2—H, Meyer; age, 24; welght, 108%, 3—F. Cogswell; age, 23; weight, 156. 4—J. Ken- nedy; age, 24; weight, 168. 5—McCook, being tried in place of Waterman, recently taken very sick. 6—(bow) H, G. Fowler; age, 23; weight, 151. ‘The average weight at present is about one hun- dred and sixty pounds, but it is just possible that another change may be made shoruy,involving the renumbering of the oars. The shell, which was recently made by Blakey, is 49 feet by 21 inches, and weighs about 140 pounds. The beauty o! the new stroke is more easily seen when the men are together in their shell. The same keenness in watching remarked in his coach- ing the men in the pair-oared boat is perceptible here also, and the directing was loud enough, as an old salt described it, for a “man Ladi 3 two lower lips.” ‘There is certainly no necessity for an instructor to convert himself into a species of bullying boatswain, and I imagine that teaching by pene, intelligible language and visible actions, as Dana says, is much better than shouting out a vocabulary of terms, hall instructive, half abusive, leaving ope a door for misunderstanding and un- pleasant leelings regarding training. AS TO STEERING Mr. Cook certainly has some advanced and valua- ble ideas. According to his plan all steering must be done by landmarks, directly in a line with the stern of the boat, a tree, post, steeple or any dis- tant object being selected. In order to do this effectuaily and render even a slight turn of the head of the bow oarsman unnecessary the course must be “timed” all over, and marks made every few bundred yards in as straight a line as possibie. ‘The time between every change has tobe learned, and the bow must keep his eye immovably tixed on the object. Then he has to learn the currents, discover the shoal water, calculate jor all positions and for wind from any quarter, All this will be ab- solutely necessary in the regatta, and those who fail in this respect will find themselves in the rear. TALK IN THE COLLEGES. Leaving the Yale crews, | may be permitted to Tepeat a little of the gossip at the various institu- tions 1 have visited concerning the race, the rowers, the innovation of the sliding seats and other matters. Coulter, of Pittsburg, Who is train- ing the Cornell crew at Ithaca, believes the race Wul be one of the most exciting on record, and his iron boys will give the victors great trouble. He is working up for a single scul! race with Sharpe, and can give the six men a little tun when he accompa- nies them On Lake Cayuga in his pair-oared shell. Cornell has been—and is now—looked down upon as an inferior democratic institution by several of the other colleges; but tts crew for the Univer- sity race, in point of muscle and weight, compare favorably with any other now in trating. They contemplate having a race against a Troy club in order to give them steadiness in raciag previous to coming here ; but the idea is not generally liked, many believing it will exhaust them too much, AT AMUERST He, liding-seat discursion isin fall blast. Ellis ard is training the University six with them, and is enthusiastic over the success the men have made, The form of sliding seat adopted is a frame 7 inches by 12 inches, or parallel runvers ¢ inches | apart and sliding on Steel bars that run up to about 20 inches, This is the first year that the colleges have taken to this Kind of seat as a body. Ellis contradicts the report thatthe proper use of the apparatus eannot be acquired in a few weeks, urging that crews advance more rapidly in train- ing with them. Rivairy between the freshmen and aggies Is rife, neither of which crews have acquired any special proficiency. Many believe the Amherst crew Will repeat last ‘year’s splendid rowing and carry off the laurels, notwithstanding the loss of Big!in’s services. DARTMOUTH’S HEROES are expected here to-nignt, but it is doubtful if any one will know it until they appear on the river. Biglin’s mysterious manner has created quite a ripple of excitement, and if he has his her- culean powers in good trim by the Iith Amherst men will probably tremble slightly. It is impossible to aay what has been done in’ that. romantic spot near Hanover, but everybody hopes the honor of the college will be sustained, ond that is all can be said about it, Care will be taken” that John does not exceed his duties of coach on regatta day, however. e AT WILLIAMSTOWN the enthusiasm on boating seems to have revived, as Captain Gunster reports better practice o: late onthe miserable Hoosac. But for the backbone of Messrs. Williams, Townsend, Edmonds and others of the Sigma I’hi Soctety it is possible that the crew would not have been kept to their work | as well as they have. Their rowing with sliding seats has been unsatisfactory and they will prob- ably come here with a boat fitted with the perma- nent seats, THE WESLEYANS, though full of enthusiasm, do not stand as well as last year. Singer's training, so far as I could see, has no special feature, except that he instructs them to keep together ‘as New Yorkers do.” He works them hard, and they will not row with sliding seats. Bowuoin and Trinity I have so recently com- Toented upon that HERALD readers will remember the speciai features and gossip at these places, HARVARD, though well ahead in general estimation, is not working as desperately as the men of Yale. Her dcieat at Ingleside in 1871 was a dark spot upon her boating record, and Dana and Morse are bent on wiping it ont this year, Mut the deleat on the Thames is remembered aiso. A member of the In- ternational crew informed me that that race was Jost through false notions on boating etiquette and delicacy. In our waters it is usual for a crew, in advancing to the water of a less fortunate rival, to make as litle “wash” as possible. In England the Oxiord men discarded tuis rule, and had no sooner taken the water of the Harvard boys than the latter were completely swainped, Taking a orief survey oi the college crews leads to the beliet that never yet in the history of boat- ing in this country has there been such @ number of fine amateur oarsmen collected as will meet here within the next two wee! Harvard, Am- kerst, Yale, Cornell and Bowdoin will make splen- did show, and it 18 my opinion that the others will not be fur behind. Next year the professional trainers will be dropped, placing Ue crews on a more equable footing. ‘There seems to be a de- sire to so far mouily the general arrangements that, in case a bad fouls made this year, the regatta shail be rowed in heats or divisions of three or four | On future occasions, Looking at the movemeut in | any way, it is dimicult to see the Jorce of the ob- jections urged against it. My duty in chronicling the facts in treating of the aflair has been accom- plished, however, ACCOMMODATIONS FOR VISITORS TO THE RACE. Springfeld people and the railroad companies are, of course, heartily in favor of the regatta, And I know of no place where a day can be spent with more comfort than at this town under ordinary circumstances, On the oy, of the race last year, however, the hotel and railroad accommodations were insufficient to entertain and convey the thousands of prot med from New York, Boston, Phiiadelphia and points more distant. The Boston and Albany and Hudson River roads, in conjune- tion with the af op kpan Ventral, had the carry- ing Monopoly, but the ordinary trains were kept on regular time, and the tremendous din of freight engines dragging endless rows of trucks was as bad as on any other day; consequently the ordinary pandemonium in the immediate vicinity of the depot became extraordinary, and the Masga- soit loungers had to quit. The hotels are more numerous now, and with a fair expenditure and @ little enterprise on the part of the landlords it may be possible for everybody to cherish the inner man and et a decent cocktail, notwithstanding that dread- ul monopoly in strong liquors misnamed a Pro- hibition law. Temperance drinks, with a consid- erapie mixture of old Bourbon, can be hac almost any day, and if the landiords will only put a “stick”? in them on the great boatin, lay New Yorkers will dovptiess be content, Mind, | have no desire to ridictie the attempt to keep men sober against their will, but the law here in reference to strong liquors is @ misnomer, @ farce, a fraud— anything you please. I saw a police ¢ Boston on Wednesday morning last, containing the names of some ninety prisoners, nearly og of " tor being drank and in Cook seemed rather amxions. | whom had been “run in’ \- Yale has suffered several distresmng defeats of late | ca) Where did they get drunk? Let Wendell vopaghen WA WhiGn her OAR O19 Jig GpewuOR OF. for his peace. Ben Butter would remove every demo- cratic excise officer, but, you understand, he has not yet been elected Governor. ‘The following is THE CONSTITUTION OP THE COLLEGE ASSOCIATION. AxviciR 1.—Sxorioy 1.—The nai this Association shall be the Rowing tation Mr agarons Colleges.” See, 2—~' objects of Association shall be the Ske. The Promotion of the art of rowing am the members ot our respective sotleges by. es ndly contests, and otherwise, and kindling of that friendly spirit and coll pri which ought always to exist between college: d genuemen. Ant. 2.—Sxc. 1.—This Association shall be represented breosi ations consisting lel tes from each ot he several college boat clubs which may have been ad- pe yi 4 representation in the manner hereaiter pro- v for. Sec, 2.—Any college club desiring to be represented in this Association shall preset to the secretary at least ten days pPevious to the aunual meeting ot the ation & written official notice to that effec! Bre. 8.—All applications shall te voted upon at the annual meeting of the Association, where, it & a es 4 of the inembers: present vote in favor thercot, such ¢lul be admitted, and entitled to representation on, er, 3.—Sxc. 1—The officers of this Association shall be a President, Vice President. Secretary and Treasurer; who shall hold office tor the period of one year, and shall be elected by jority vote of all dele- Bales present at the annual meeting of the Association, Sxe. 2 Il elections shall be by ballot, unless otherwise —Sic, 1.—It shall be the duty of the President, of the Vice President, to preside at all meetings, and to call special meetings Whenever he may deem it necessary, or whenever requested to do so by the presidents of three college clubs entitled to represonta- ion in this Association. Seo. 2—It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep, in a book kept for this purpose, an accurate record ofall the proceedings of the Association; to issue all notices:of meetings, and to keep, in another book kept for this pur- pose. 4 true account of the annual regatta of the Assoola- jon. Sxc. X.—It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to take charge of all funds of the Association. He shat! keep ai account ins book Kept for. that purpose, of all mone received and paid out by him, and his accounts shall be ut all times open to the inspection of any of the officers of the Association. He shall pay out money belonging to the Association only upon the written order of the Chair- man of the Regatta Committee or of the Preside: Association. kc, 4.—Any vacanoles in the list of officers occurring during the year from resignation, death or otherwise, shall be temporarily filled by appointment of the Presi- Anr. 5.—Sgc. 1,—Tnere shall be one annual regatta held at such time and place asthe Association may de- cide atits annual meeting of that year. “xc. 2— This regatta shall be under the control of the Regatta Committee, hereafter provided for, Kc, 4 —All college clubs, members of this Association, dostrous of entering for ‘the annual regatta, shall so notify the Focretary of the Association at or ‘betore its Annual meeting, and no club shall enter this Association regatta unl ember of the Association, duc. 4.—11 atta Committee shall offer each year flags which shail be held by the college winning them as embiems for the championship of that year. Ske, 6.—All college clubs taking part in this regatta shall’ strictly observe all rules and regulations which shall be adopted by the Association, and shall abide by the decision of the referee, whose ‘decision shall be final in allcases, Any club failing to comply with the provisions of this section shail be liable to expulsion from the Association. Ant. 6.—Sxc. i.—The Regatta Committee shall consist of one delegate from each club belonging to the Association, and shail be appointed at the annual meeting of the Association, and shall hold office for one year from that date, of until their successors be appointed. Src. 2—It shall be the duty of this committee to make and carry out all arrangements which they may deem necessary for the complete, success of the regatia. All expenses which the committee may incur for the above purpose shall be divided equally among all the clubs barticlpating in the regatta, Sxc. S—It shall be tho duty of this committee to ap- Doint some suitable person Who shall act as referee at the annual regatta. Ang. 7-Skc, 1.—thero shall be an annual meeting of the Association held on the first Wednesday in April, at such place as tne Association may decide upon at its an- nual meeting of the year immediately precedin ic, 2-—At this meeting the time, place und style of the next annial regatta shall be decided and a set of rules and regulations adopted which shall be strictly observed this meeting all questions of dispute between any members or clubs belonging to the Association shall be submitted to the Association, and its dectsion shall be final inal eases. Any members or clubs failing to com- ply with the provisions of this section shall be Mabie to expulsion from the Association, ‘Att, &—Any club may be expelled from the Associa- tion by a two-thirds vote of all members present at any annual meeting. Ant. 9.—There shall be one yearly assessment, of such amount as the Association may decide, upon all inembers of the Association. Aur. 10.—This constitution may be altered and amended ‘at any annual meeting of the Association by & two-thirds vote of the members present. *AMENDMENTS.—1L. Any college not represented in any. annual regatta shall thereby lose its membership in the Association and representation In the convention of the ciation. ‘*Passed April 2, 1873, by third annual convention. COLLEGES OF THE ASSOCIATION. Amherst, Bowdoin, Brown, Columbia, Cornell. Dart- mouth, Harvard, Massachusetts Agricultural, Trinity, Williams, Yale. Delegates from Amherst, Bowdoin, Brown and Harvard met at the Massasoit House, Springfield, April and organized the Association. In accordance with thé special bylaws for 1871 the following clubs entered the Associaton «Troy alytechnic Rout Club, April 24 S71; Williams College it Club, April 1871; Massachusetts Agricultural College Naval Association, May 2, 1871. Cor- nell, Trinity and Yale were adinitted at the second annual convention, held at Worcester, April 12, 1872, and Columbia and Dartmouth became members of the Association in a cordance with the vote of the third annual convention, Worcester. april 1878. Wesleyan Middictownl University does not appear in the list of colleges of the Assodiation because it does not appear in the records of the Association that it hay made any application accord- ing to the provisions (Art. 2, sec. 2.) of the constitutiot nor does it appear that any club from that institution hi been admitted to the Association in accordance with the provisions of article 2, sec. 3. nt of the LITERARY CHIT-CHAT, Mr. WALTER BaGEHor’s new book called “Lom- bard Street, a Description of the Money Market,” is fall of the most interesting financial history, It gives an account of the London panics and biun- ders in management of the Bank of England, to. gether with sound financial suggestions for avoid- ing the mistakes of the past, ¥ THE books in the running brooks, spoken of in Shakspeare, were probably volumes of water. ‘Tne late George Grote was an intense democrat in his earlier years and always remained 5 man of liberal opinions, though the offer to him of a peer- age from the Prime Minister was regarded as a compliment and gracejully declined, instead of being regarded as an affront, asit would have been in the heyday of his republican opinions, Mr. W. J. WHITTY, father of the penny press, died at Liverpool in June. He was in his seventy-ninth year, and until afew months ago was editor and proprietor of the first penny paper, the Liverpool Daily Post. HONORARY DEGREES have been conferred at Ox- ford upon Mr. James Russell Lowell, Professor Tyn- ¥ dall and Mr. Munro. M. MICHELET, the historical writer, now com- pletely recovered, is preparing to go and finish in Switzerland his “Histoire du Dix-neuvieme siecle.” Tue letters of the Countess of Sunderland (near 1680) have recently been published, They are charmingly vivacious and pointed, fulk of personal and political gossip, and throw important light on the times of Charles I. PROFESSOR JAMES ORTON, of Vassar College, has a book in press on ‘The Liberal Education of Women; the Demand and the Method; Current Thoughts in America and England.” Hurp & HoveHton have nearly ready a book from the pen of Mrs. Mary Clemmer Ames, the pro- posed title of which is “Outlines of Men, Women and Things.” Mason BEN PERLEY Poor has his “Reminis- cences of Washington City and Inside History of Politics” in an advanced stage of preparation. M. CANEL has published ‘Recherches Historiques sur les Fous des Rois de France,” which is fuil of interesting and entertaining facts about the amusements, eccentric characters and Court {cols of the French kings. Mr, Henperr SPENCER has given his testimony to the generosity of John Stuart Millin the state- ment that when the “System of Philosophy,” which Mr, Spencer was publishing in a series of volumes, had entailed upon nim a pecuniary loss which he could no longer bear Mr. Mill insisted on defraying the expense of the publication himself. The offer was deciined, but it marked more liber- ality than falls to the lot of most men, since Mr. Mill’s theories were attacked in Mr. Spencer's books in a very outspoken manner, Mr, JouN MITOHELL turns up again with a new book on the inexhaustible Irish question, which Lynch, Cole & Meehan will publish, “Lks CouLisses DU Pass#,” by Paul Foucher, isa new historical, critical and anecdotal work on the drama, which is original and entertaining. He writes the history of the “Romantic School” in French dramatic literature, and the contest which raged from 1830 to 1840 between it and the classic school is well told, M, Foucher is a brother-in-law of Victor Hugo. ‘THE great power of lucid illustration which Mr. Mill’s books exhibit forms the chief fascination of his style. It illuminates the dryest subjects and makes logic and political economy interesting to every mind capable of thought, Oxford Univer- sity, says the Spectator, has been simply converted by Mr. Mill's “System of Logic.” MR. BROWNING’S “Red Cotton Nightcap Country” is simply France, and the homely red piece of nocturnal costume referred to is the cap of Uberty. Tue grand prize for poetry of the French Acad- emy has been awarded to M. Albert Delpit, a young contributor to the Gaulows and the Patrie, THe great work of Helmholz on the “Theory of Jendar in | Musical Tones” is being translated into English by A. J, "itis, THR cottage which Mr. Grote built at East Burn- ham out of the profits of his “ of pr Greece” | Stands onan ioland of thas name Perr LAKE GEORGE. How a Beautiful Summer Resort Casts Its Net for Visitors, AFearful Warning to Artists—The Moral Recom- -Mendations of Photography—Fancy Inspired by Pare Air—The Hotels and Whom They Cater for—A Locality Longing for Railroad Bridal Parties. CALDWELL, N. Y., June 28, 1873. ‘A good stage road has its beauties for the anti- quarian, but the stableman charms in vain at this date where it is possible to dispense with his appliances for making a journey, From Saratoga hither one takes the train going north as far as Fort Edward, where a change of cars is made. A branch road then takes one to Glen’s Falls, where he who would see Lake George in its miraculous Summer beauty must take the stage for a distance of eight miles to this village. The road isa plank one and well kept, and, although the season has been excessively dry, there isnot too much dust raised, Arailroud has been surveyed which will bring passengers to the lake's edge, and the bill passed, and when it is completed whether the ptank road is dusty or not will trouble very few. STAGE RIDING AT HIGH NOON under & Summer sun requires enthusiasm or ne- cessity to sustain it, A railroad from New York to this point would make the journey one con- tinuous pleasure, for the scenery all the way is detightful. So much for Lake George’s approaches from the,south, THE LAKE. It isextremely difficult in writing of this piece of nature not to let some of its charms be seen in one’s lines. Above all other sensations that it produces is one of tranquility, wherewith a mystic unrest, such as emotions of the beautiful evoke, struggles gently—something like the tiny ripples that tremble over the glassy surface of the lake's bosom before the mild breath of the warm south wind. On either side the green clad mountains rise in swelling lines from the sheet of blue water, and in the distance, where the lake curves slightly to the west, the hills look barer and bolder; buta thin veil of purple haze drapes them, and they are GARMENTED WITH LOVELINESS. The blue sky is flecked with ficecy cloud, and the only motion visible on the landscape is where the dappled cloud shadows move across the breasts of the mountains. To pull lazily at eventide out upou the pellucid water and feel the delicious coolness fanningly upon the brow is a pleasure that must be efijoyed to be appreciated: To take passage on the little excursion steamer that leaves at half-past three in the afternoon for a cruise of some a, miles up the lake and among the fairy islets that dot its surface with their feathery tree branches and varied lines of green, 18 to experience three hours and a half of keen pleasure, 80 momentarily changing and ever more lovely are the scenes, There is @ morning excursion boat that takes almost the same route; but during the extreme heat this trip 1s not so enjoyable as the sail in the afternoon. The lake 1s thirty-four miles long, and trom a mile to four miles wide, and can be traversed in its entire length on a steamer that leaves Caldwell at eight in the morning and carries passengers on their way north by Vermont, or Lake Champlain. Having given as briefly as possible what I wanted to say about the lake and its environs, I shall pro- ceed to speak about THE HUMANITY THAT BLOSSOMS HERE, and that which is expected to arrive within a fort- night, if Dame Fashion is not kept at home by “Old Probabilities.” I pass over all the historic and “points of interest;”” bloody ponds, French burying grounds, fort sites, Indian graves, and so forth. The guide books will give every information, authentic and unreliable, that 18 necessary. .The tourist can then believe what he pleases and be Nappy. In tne everlasting beauty of lake and mountain the mind must look for its compensations, The “remains” of colonial and revolutionary times are very misty and uncertain hereabout, although the ruins of Ticonderoga, on the portage between Lakes George and Champlain, are worth the pass- ing tribute of a glance. Nowadays it 1s the un- oetic custom to insist that wherever nature’s loveliness is to be made bearable THE INNER MAN MUST BE KEPT FROM TROUBLING and the appetite at rest. To that end, hotels and boarding houses. There are not very many here; but for the present they suffice. At this, the souttiern end of the lake, there are three hotels and one boarding house. First, there is the Fort William Henry Hotel, a first class, first price con- cern. It is @ frame house, and, although now an imposing structure of the French roof and lofty and long columned piazza order, is but the plain square building first erected here, metamorphosed Magnificently. Its tower, it will be observed, does not rise from the centre of the building. This is to provide for any expansion needed in tfmes to come, A man said to me he thought it would be A LONG TIME YET, This hotel is built across the end of the lake, and commands @ grand panoramic view irom the piazza. The dining room runs of the hall, and any one seated facing the north can enjoy the lake and its trout together. This view has its drawbacks, Excitement of an enthralling kind ts rare here, and the blowing of a steam whistle, the ringing ofa bell, the rattling of wheels or THE CROAK OF A BULLFROG BEFORE DARK, iseagerly grasped at as food for enthusiasm and comment, There are five individuals whose bi ness Is to haunt the vestibule like uneasy spirits, One of these isa youth wno wears a great opera hat to give him an appearance of extreme age. He also, [may say, occasionally smokes a huge cigar which, from a@ full front view, leaves nothing but hat and weed visibile, I secured a seat facing northward, and occastonally ventured a giunce toward the lake. Every time that I did so I found the five individuals standing in @ line across the open door, TOWERING OPERA TAT in the centre. It was like looking'at @ picture through five inverted capitai Ys. A little bit of lake was visible here and there; but the immense opera hat cut off all the mountains and distant isiands, In front ot the plazas. steps is a fountain, prettily designed, which 1 liked at first, but which erew to be anightmare. Inthe basin foated two tin swans, four tin Jillies sprout in the water, and, last and worst, four tin bullirogs are around the edges, It 1s altogether A FIENDISH MOCKERY OF NATURE, F which {s 80 adorable around as it came from her hand, As to bullirogs, the place is full of them. The board here is $5 », Which is “steep.” in iasnionable advantage: is wnrivalled, and the shrewd hotel man beiteves that where fashion 1s bound to come mine host is bound to make it pay. The danger to this line of money making is that in season Where money is tight a great many will either shorten their visits or stay away altogether. This hotel professes to have accommodations tor between cans and nine hundred visitors, but 600 would fill it, On the western shore in the village ts tne Lake House, which keeps a first class table and has a fine lawn to the water's eage, with a pier where the steamers call. It is well-ordered and comfortable. The board is $3-50. It can feed and lodge 200 people. The four cottages belonging to the hotel are let for the season. in the village is @ quiet family boarding house, kept by a retired Jresh water Cet who told me, with an air of ry solemnit; ADVERTISED IN THE HERALD two years ago and had his house filled in the season ever since, His name is Harris, but he is not so apocryphal as his namesake, the lady who so touched the heart of Sairey Gamp. On the eastern side of the lake at this point is Crosbyside, a stili mere moderate hotel. I pulled over to the pier, and, having made fast my sl jp, entered the ofice. A clerk of drowsy ways answered my queries. Board was $10 a week and rooms ranged from $6 to $15. It had a hundred sleeping rooms, It was @ temperance hotel. Nothing could be had but cigars, except board. a visitor for the season came down with his family last week. AMONG HI8 BAGGAGR were two cases of Piper Heldsick, two cases of claret, one case of brandy and one case of rye whiskey, Such are the lamentable effects of keep- ng temperance hotels. If that man ever returns alive to the city it will be a wonder, Along the lake in cosey bays are nestled away hotels and boar houses of various degrees of pretentious- ness. Sheldon’s Bay the Trout Pavilion and Katskill House welcome visitors to East Lake George who have an eye to the gentle art, TROUT, PERCH AND PICKEREL abound, and in some places they may be seen swimming about as Con 4s in an aquarium. ‘This portion of the lake is much affected by certain Brooklyners, who bring their religton along with them. They have built a church and placed a min- ister thereto, so that nothing may be Woy to remind them of the City of Churches, At ton, on the west side, the Mohegan House and Bolton House hold out lovely scenery and good fishing as their outside attractions. t Recluse island # New Yorker has built hima nest, It ia his fantasy TO PIRE A LITTLE CANNON RVERY DAY when the iy fei) He is poreegy nacmiees otherwise, Fourteen Mile Island Hotel is the be remaining he ae 4 popes. islands, among other curiosities pointed voyagers is a swallisland, whereon . SOME SORT OF 4 HERMIT phone Winter and Summer. Ail Pi salmon Was neatly housed asnore, but the hermit was to be seerl. Captain White’s eyes grew hay: a8 he dilated on the curse of loneliness in il assent, If was‘on the A RUGGEL AMPPHIBIOUS CREATURE, half fisherman, haf farm hand, posed the rail, and, consulting the heavens above the water beneath ivr words, shaped “that hermit a doyn ie. the islands” into HELMIT’S STORY (?). iad brie ma is some fort of an painter, skelptor, photyyrapher ; can’t sa: be as high up as uotyapaptys doubt it. Hill. A middle-aged man, older you or mes Beard? Lbelieve you. Hak? I should 60, but that ain’t no sign; them artists fearful fon hair. I see one high up in the business. Had A MULE FOR TO CARRY HIS CAsERY WAGON. |? He took pictures of ‘most anything come his roads, Why, his hair was a foot longer *n yeurn or mines: Ab, it was six inches longer ’n o1 9 mon artists wii of brighes, About him up t an artist, I doubt; never see his camery, anyhows, Come ashore? Only for provisions, and then he’s, mighty soon gone. Ab, it’s fearful along o’ the Winter, Not so bad when it’s set hard and fast; but when it’s freezing and when it’s breaking them. the tough times for him, Month or more may be, ata time, he couldn’t come off, Migit tall sick, d’ye see? Ainta soul could goto him or him them, Then he’d die and when somebody wi go to see him they’d find his corpse, THEN THERE WOULD BE AN INQUEST.” This powerful climax caused the inspired recites to look round with a glance of melancholy pride. |) “Die in the Summer? We haven't took that intd consideration roun’ here. That’s so, he mighty We'd have the inquest, though, all the same,’”? = ‘This evidently consoled the bard, who could nog get along without it. “Cause of lis stopping there? Iheerd whi Of it ail around (he swept the horizon slowly). \ WOMAN, SIR, DEPEND ON THAT, a) Beautiful, they say; them, too, as never seen nor heerd her name; so she must be. Artist, yor see; went to take a picture; was loafing ard the house; saw tne gal. ‘Them brish paunvers ha the cheek to come again and le co! he kept Sone He was a patie r horses or mad bulis te save her from, but never come. He offered to marry her, but she I. him locked up for truspass, Some says she set thé dorg on to him. More says it was her old maa lim a lickin’. Some says they were marriad on. the sly and she got up and got from him, poe MORE SAYS JT WAS THE MOTHER-IN-LAW broke: his heart. Is these only specylations? ess 80; there ain’t no one knows nothing abi t more ’n he’s there. What sets all the women Tavin’ about kim is that he won’t let a petticoat! near him; not on to the island if he knows it. ae does talk to men sometimes, and they he pretty sociable lke. One man says he has her picture there with its face turned to the a) The only clew to her name is the words ‘ Penxit’ on to the back of it. THE MORAL, him be a pnotygrapher; then there’s no loa! round; there’s no trouble with women; there’ no hermit men, and there wouldn’t be no inquest as there will be.”” y AsI walked pensively hotelward I thought he must be a tin hermit like the swans, I may rem: that the clear pure air of this locality seems have astrong effect on the imaginutions of natives, who spin circumstantial yarns for half hour at a stretch about a an coolly convey to you at the close that the; evolved from their self-cousciousness or some’ nearly akin to it. THE PROSPECTS FOR THE SEASON are not the very brightest. Ruin a Tage} tobe great desideratum just now. e woods parched and fire may be seen on the mount: daily, not that anybody troubles himself about; them. The grass is burned up and looks as though 1@ had been withered by a blight. Visitors ar sporadic and ‘transient,’ stopping for a day two at most. This does not depress the hotelmel perceptibly, who have agreed between themselve to pl off anxiety until after the Ist of July. Thi indications are not the best, but a day or two may, work @ wondrous change. A BLACK FORECAST. Y Yesterday the arrivals by the Monday Soa were very slim. Thereupon one of the colo! coornen remarked despondingly to his base OL t— J “Well, dis yere beats eberyting. De fount stop playing; de wind stop blowing; de swans (tin) stop Noating ; de spring in de hall stop running; dé visitors stop coming; de grass sto} growing. What in de name o’ thunder stop next?” “Jes you stop, and dat’s all’s wanted t’ mak@ dis worl’ come to an end,” replied the other. i ‘rhe Roman poet Ennias 8 & picture of the dead of night, with which this African’s picture of a lakeside hotel at the present moment will favore ably compare. i A few of the families who have hired ota My sentiments isif aman must be an | rooms for the season have arrived. A notabl feature in the class of visitors during the week has been the number of young pairs, thé ladies wearing “ad BRAND-NEW WEDDING RINGS » and the gentlemen an air of premature grand- fatherishness, ‘They all Nattered themselves they, could swindle everybody into the belief that the were married ior years; but it is safe to say the; would all have blushed if they were accused being parents, Generally speaking, they w very transient visitors. There must have here in the present week a solid pound and @ of wedding rings that had not been worn sev days. ‘Iwo young Engiiah bachelors who heard that YANKEE GIRLS WERE FOND OF FLIRTING in hotel parlors and on the piazzas went away’ “awiully disappointed, you know,” because all tha Young ladies seemed ‘solemn as turtlea, by Jove? it may be added that, outside of the charmed two in each case, there was very little sociability . The; seemed to have none to spare. A two days old) Benedict offered another a cigar. ‘They spoke for a jew minutes and retired in the direction of the bar, which is a very melancholy piace at present. Whatever transpired there, itis certain that the two offenders occupied seats on the piazza as far asunder as their spouses could possibly place them. There has been little or no moon—I forget which lately, and the nouveaux mariés have been come laining. There was a splendid display of aurora realis last night. WATERING PLACE NOTES. Fashion, flirtation, frailty, frivolity and folly are fully inaugurated for the season at Saratoga Springs. ! Edwin Booth has purchased a house on the bank of the river opposite Stamford, Conn., and will occupy it this Summer. t The Governor and Council of Vermont attended @ ball and hop at Middletown Springs, in that State, on Wednesday evening. 1 Mrs. Julia Ward owe will take her quarters for the Summer at Newport on the Ist of July. ! The Governor General of Canada, with quite @ large and distinguished company, will visit Long Branch next month. Mrs. Charles O’Conor and son are at tue Claren~ don Hotel, Saratoga, for the season. Old Point Comfort, Fortress Monroe, Va., has been almost entirely deserted for ten or twelve years past, owing mainly to the war, It is now, however, regaining its former popularity. Hon, John T. Stewart, of Ireland, is at the Clare endon Hotel, Saratoga. Isaac Van Anden, of the Brooklyn Eagle, is at Congress Hall, and Colonel Green, of the Boston Post, is at the Grand Hotel, Saratoga Springs, Longfellow (not the horse but the poet) is at Nahant, Mass. John Biglow, ex-Minister to France, will remain throughout the season at Newport. Recorder John K. Hackett will lay off during the Court vacation at Congress Hall, Saratoga, Both the papers at Saratoga Springs are now published daily. At the White Sulphur Springs, Va., there are 140 cottages, which. with the hotels, will accomm@- date upwards of fifteen hundred people, Those who are in the habit of taking their whis- key regularly will be naturally mduced to spend the Summer at Rye Beach, in Westchester. Vist» tors generally will find there good Sound bathing, boating, fishing and invigorating breezes. Indge Ingraham’s family have left their reste dence, on the banks of the Harlem River, and ree paired to Saratoga, where they will spena the Summer. Alexander T. Stewart 8 spending $12,000 a week. on his property at Saratoga Springs. Admiral (C. 8, A.) Semmes, who commanded the Alabama, is going to the Kearsarge Mountains, Alexandria Bay, N. Y.,is on the St, Lawrence River, at the head of the Thousand Islands. Tt used. to be a favorite resort of Martin Van Surca and Prince John, his son; Silas Wright, Francis P. Blair, Sr.; William H. soward and the Rev. George We Bethune. The village has good Rotel accommoda-. tions and the fishing exeels ny place in the State of Now York. It is said that the Sek tae residents of Sara toga Springs never rink the waters. "Sombenody once said that Saratoga was tho fool's. ‘The hotels at Long Branch can sccommodate 7,000 persons, if the Ellerton theo! oft dtr dh Retietae Sas Set that they had ewarded the for, Inn ta arte Anolaetons those com~ t takes ia picsaye with a buncls , ere? No aucount of ©