New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-17

,potNyn oCx IsIANp-THE YACHTMEN AT
HOLINESS HOLE-THE CONIbol Al M" DHD
FORD-END OF TIE CRUISE. -
fyRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NpwpoRr. Aug. 14-NewpOrt, with It's com
,odious hotels paatial private residences, rockbound
go, sandv beach and view, Is the very paradise
=, vaterine places The hotels are well filed but no'
rovded There is air OF quiet and seclusion apou
the entire place The Obbies, balconies ana ilooi"1
which, by the way always have screen on d" Women no
politicians Tammany Indians, big nor NUN ,11 There
men prze-hghters, nor gamblers are S,Snorf Won
Is an Of gentty IN whatever part % ne poTring
may be- As you walk down Irur0aNo, orninc cost1mes
your attention may be drawn 20 the mobs balconies
Of the gentewomen who promenadng e%c NE re-
of the ocean House. The styles u neeG cannot helm
noticing, are unsuited to the We9rers axe aas 1u
complexion; but you see zee meredian Of life win
,nsisa ,oon wearing short dress with streamer
ss gith heels three inches high, and three or
four twists Of dead hair spIouung run - .I iI mt, ~
from OF corn why eC Y s in the evenine fine
yourself 10 TUG j,ve cboIce mnsc from the pagodas in
ochestra bad P"y ttrct many of the ladies' who are
AMI i'm their little canebOtOned carriages IheY run ana
~aif the conclusion Of the musical programme. Then
thew drive down tie avenue the rOcbound coast to
witness the breakers cOmbng IN the morning sunshne
The beauties of Newport can be only by making the
eircuit of the PENINSULA Climbing they grey rugged
rocks az the southern point you have the ocean puc
You In all ITS grandeur AT several points the breakers
dash INTO deep assures and dark caverns; spreading
milky foam IN every direction Inc green laws, soooH
billiard table, in the rear OF me villas on IIuiO"1e
rum down to the eastern shore OF the peninsula.
LOoKng the bluffs which are IN many places 20 IJet
above the beach, YOU side the rugged rocks
beneath some covered with green slime ana Others sh
mering in the sunlight ana on the Otler manu- tio Ia
atcs the entire system Where the destinations are not 100
seep they have been tured to the waters edge Win me
effect. From the hilltop you look down upon LOOPS W
aud women as they plunge lhtO lhS LolhE sur sun,
from the ee1 rocks that surround the deep One
baher under enormous strawhat ana clad III Wite
suit isrecning az u0 length his body submerged TO the
sioulders Quietly and composed he lies smoking a
cigar. uumiudful OF the gentle grOuhdsWeil lI;t -
ing along the eastern side you Teaeh t4e I1 t%
that leads from the endr ocean Of psfhnsho
stand Ike many senryDoXes sur EoaS
trains are huryug eager Tor plunge INTO tne WHIT
capped breakers. Here is SeneIaly d roil5ns SUI ~
through which, looking toward the sun, you admire we
purple and marOoncoOred sea-weed as 1t rises 10 the
surface with every You Dathe ana return toward
the town. and as You saunter up inc avenue tle an "
cleanliness every direction commands your hearuest
approval The smooth. clean streets are always Tree rom
dust The butcher wagons are an coHeIeu MN Cl'"
white sheet the butcher boy himself Is the PINK
f9o 6s Shoulder is and his black and white silk necEe
knotted in approved style Indeed, everything IN the
P The of The NewYork Yacht sGuadron ought to
be noteworthy event in Newport lhe but IT has created
no unusual excitement The visits of the yachtsmen to
the shore been few and far between ana the VISITS
Of the andmen to the old salts on board nave
been very much ike those OF the angels Nachtsnen
generally not distinguished themselves as hoSpl
liable class, and in thus club win lew rare T
yachtsmeu and their guests during the cruise here en-
PRESENTATIONS members of the Club who ordinarily have
the management of smooth-water regataS, are miles
away from the scenes Of their festivities The regatta
prizes far have been won by the LOrard BROTHERS.
the enterprsng tObacconists The ocean race yester
ay was not thoroughly satisfactory in Its results as
1t might have been had it taken place on the day pre-
yious Then the yachtsmen might nave hH a ter-
knot breeze. Several OF the yachts needed repair
having been disabled while sailing from New-LOndOn'
Yachts cot under way they caught good breeze after
passing BentOns Reef. Yachts OF every description,
from schooner down TO small catooat were an sH i
teawaau Deaths The sloops had the advantage as
2 Ia
inS Resv@y-Tail Light the wind freshened The steam
yacht Ider belonging Capt Durant having on board
The committee and the correspondents OF the NeY-1ork
and local press pointed directly for Block Island The
Magic Restless Fleetwing Dauntless. and Palmer were
ali passed standing on the saIoSarG aeh III 5e Tr
was some distance ahead, little 20 the eeward Far IN
carrying All sail The Phantom after standing time
TO the north, put about and passed tpe Dows OF the
out over a large surface; The Phantom led the Palmer
and Rambler on the star6oard tack ana NOT iar Denha
came the Magic, with the Alice a little TO the
Reward of Point Judith the Eva was some distance
ahead, making good time and pointing up well. The
soOps were s far ahead. The stately Dauntless was
thought She weather the stake boat The Eva st
had the lead Of the schoones, with the next
followed by the rest OF the schoOneTS al Wen scatleeu
The sO0ps were all making for the stake,Doat tRe
White Wing having the best position Win Iae Auae w.
and the Kate coming up on the sdiDOdru tuck 10 ne
windward Of the Whitening. The Eva, coming up on
tie port tack toward the stakeboat hosted her b top
sail. The sloop White wing was the nrSt 10 urn Ine
sake-boat at 425, followed by the Oracle Inc Eva was
the White Wing The Phantom and Palmer both turned
about the same time. u minutes and 80 seconds after the
Eva Then came the Josephine, Rambler, Dauntless,
Magic, Fleetwing Alice, Widgeon. aud Restless,
I'm the order named The home by the Eva, Phan-
tom. and Palmer very exciting, but Tor over
an hour very little difference in the distance
between 10 for the Eva 10 keep her
distauceas she had twelve minutes the start OF the Phan
tom. which time allowed her The yachts were now
all making the startngpOiut and carrying clouds OF
canvas. The White Wing, trim little yacht was plung-
ing through an ocean Of fOam the Eva close In pursuit
From the committee boat but little could be OF the
remainder Of the squadron. The about below the
horizon and TO the westward the atmosphere was becOm
ing hay dusk when the steam yacht Idler passed
into Newport HabOrand IL soon became necessary to set
the signal lamps The printing slOOp passed at 1871,
which was the White Wing owned by Shepard Romans
OF NewYOrk The first schooner that Passed IN was the
Eva at 7.4345 She is owned by Pierre LOrillard The
salient points Of the have already been transmitted
by telegraph.
This morning the squadron weighed anchor at il
o'clock started for Holiness Hole, where they will
remain over Sunday. The yachtsmen are under the i'm
preston that the campneetmg in session, but have
been informed since the yachts departed that is not
On Monday the yachts start for New-BedfOrd The
rata for Commodore Benefits prizes Is TO take place
nom New. Bedford Tuesday next, after which the
squadron viii return Newport and their return 10 tins
old watering place will conclude the cruise. The yacht
syvie owned by Mr. Edward Dodge OF New York, ar
rived here today from NewLOndOn. Itls not probable
that she will join the squadron