The New York herald., 1865-05-20

we can return to the original status ante bezsm,
in which the counsel Of these prominent South
ern men may be neutrality-suspicious. relative to
labor the reopening Of trade, and other essen
tiaI points, presenting of the present moment
some difficulties. Before Congress reassembles
we may see very large cOnvOcation OF this
class of men in Washington anxious to lend
their aid to the restoration of the prosperous
condition from which the rebellion had de-
throned the whole Southern States.
It is remarkable, however, that notwith-
standing 80 many of the leading men OF the
South from JEFF. Davis down, have been
accounted for there is not word OF informal
ton concerning Alexander Fl. Stephens. Since
the failure of his peace pilgrimage to Hampton
Roads he appears to have taken no part IN
public affairs in the South; and, since the col
lapse, even his whereabouts is unknown. An
unwilling rebel in the beginning, he seems to
have reached the vanishing point in the end.
OPENING OF THE FESTIVE AND FASHIONABLE
SUMNER SEAsoN-The coming fashionable sea-
son at the various charming watering places
in our country will be at least two weeks
in advance of almost any previous season.
Here we are only in the middle Of May,
and, cold as it was yesterday, we find the
buds and blossoms, the beautiful flowers, the
green slopes and meadows and fields, the en-
erald plumage of our matchless American for
est trees, the transcendent floral charms of our
magnificent Park, already approaching the
height of their natural splendors 1t is not
usual, even by the first of June, TO find the
country 80 far advanced as it is at present.
Corresponding with this precocity Of the vernAl
season, we find our fashionables already pre-
pairing for grand hegira from the great cities
to the groves, and shady hooks and sylvan
grots of our rural districts, the seaside and
the colder mountain regions being, of course,
Thus we hear an @riel voice from Saratoga
descanting upon the ripening and expanding
beauties of that famed resort of fashion. We
notice that besides the usual attractions Of the
place, aud the medicinal advantages Of it's
marvellous waters, that a celebrated hotel firm
the MessN. Leland-have vastly enlarged
and improved their hotel, the Union, and added
to the general attractiveness of Saratoga by con-
structing an elegant Opera House, which, for
beauty and chasteness of design and finish,
will vie with similar establishments in any part
of Europe The Opera House has been leased to
Mr.. Leonard Grover-a gentleman well known
throughout the country as an Operatic director.
All the other hotels in Saratoga have been un-
dergoing Improvements, and in few weeks
the whole place will be alive with fashion,
grace, fun, folly and frivolity. 1t is reported
that the little French Prince Imperial will visit
Saratoga fhis season provided recent great
efents do not change the programme of travel
previously arranged for the young Napoleonic
scion by his imperial father. With the dawn Of
peace the American people require all the re-
pose they can obtain, and most surely should
they have opportunities to enjoy IT. They have
had excitement enough the past four years to
Inst an ordinary people Lalf century. Now
let them take few months relaxation, and
during the coming summer prepare themselves
for the great deeds chat may be required Of
them ere another year rolls arounds