The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-06-16


The surface, brilliant win Visible gold, win ex-
cite thsinsgination Of Great Britain. and win
tend 10 confirm the enterprise Of the Britizh
people In the direction Il has already taken.
Thus we will long have, - we have now, Q
monopoly OF The developmest q the immense
mineral resources Of this qoptinent, and this
win make US the nchsbs psOflc on the earth,
ct the very same time that the acquisition Of
these great riches shall make our people hardy
explorers and miners. and SO prevent the luxu-
rious degradation that has hitherto accom-
panied national weslth.
The Summer Season and Its Gaycties.
The summer season fairly opens this week, as
far 10 the interests Of country landlords and
the enjoyment Of country visitors are con-
cerned. Az the accounts Of our correspondents
indicate. the season at the fashionable watering
places and summer resorts generally will be
the most brilliant we have seen for many years.
Almost every available nook in the hotels and
boarding places at Newport, Cape May, Long
Branch, Saratoga, Lake Mahopac and other
fsvorite retreats Is engaged. This week will,
poIi.sn pleasure seekers. Thousands of people
who have been tied down for the last four sum
mers by the vicissitndes OF the war are now
let loose upon the world, eager for It's old en-
joymenta Depression incident to a state OF war
kept some at home. The domestic sorrows In
which war involved 90 many had similar
effect Heads Of families or other cherished
scions Of the household were in the army. All
these causes of stagnation in the social circle
are now removed, and, M q natural sequence,
tho rush 10 the watering places is immense.
Everybody wants 10 make up for lost time.
Officers on furlough or mustered out Of service
will seek these quiet retreats for q season Of
rest and the civilized pleasures of olden times.
Many Southerners who have been pent up by
four years blockade viii gladly avail them
selves of the opportunity to visit once more
those places associated with so many delightful
memories Of the halcyon days Of peace and
brotherhood.
The watering places Of the North will not
absorb all the attention Of travellers. There
arc many spots in the South which were here
tofore insignificant and unknown that have &C
quired q historic interest, such as the various
battle fields, the springs Of Virginia, the
watering place at Old Point Comfort, the
Newport of the Southern aristocracy that was.
All these places will attractvisitors from the
North and hundreds from Europe, who will feel
q natural desire TO visit localities rendered
memorable for all time TO come. The amount
of money spent at the summer retreats this
season will cover numerous ample fortunes. 1t
visitors to the different resorts at one hundred
thousand. The length Of the season will pro-
badly be about twelve weeks--say from the
middle Of June to the end Of September.
Hotel prices, though more moderate this year
than last will not be less on an average than
thirty dollars q week for each person. The
extra expcnscs-such as the keeping Of car
riages and horses, boating, billiards, and the
other ct ccterds indispensable to kill time
will easily bring the sum up to fifty dollars q
week per capita. This expenditure would
amount, in season Of twelve weeks, for q
hundred thousand people, to the respectable
sum Of sixty millions Of dollars-about the in
come of many European principally. This Is
very moderate estimate Of what our summer
cnjoymcnts cost us. But this year no one will
grudge the expense. We have been 80 long
tied down to tho drudgcry of city life, and OPP
pressed with the dismal vicissitudes Of war,
that people viii fly to the country and its plea
sures as gladly as the lark springs up to hail
the freshness OF the morning.
The English Scare About Canada.
One or two brief extracts from Canadian and
English papers show that the confederation
scheme Is still on the tapis, and hopes are en-.
tar.a;nad of ifa onccora Tharo arc rtr0no