The New York herald., 1870-08-20
The Cruise from Newport to
New Bedford.
A Free Wind and q Brilliant Run-The
Dauntless First, Closely Followed by
the Magic and the Cambria-A
Splendid Reception to the
: - Fleet In the Harb0r
OF New Bedford.

occasion, while II certainly was never 80 well de-
served. Enthusiastic to great degree the in
habitants crowded the wharves, while the
decks and rigging OF nearly every whaler were
occupied by delighted spectators. Bunting was
displayed In all directions ana the yachts were
welcomed with salutes for over half an hour after
they had dropped anchors. 1t was altogether the
finest and most hearty reception ever extended 10
the fleet In this harbor. The elements favored the
display and the pleasant recollection OF this scene
must long be remembered.
In the absence Of Commodore Stebbins. gun, to
get ready, was fred In Newport nsrbor this morn
ing, from the Commodores yacht, at atlhalrpasr ten,
and five minutes later the signal to depart was
given. There was scarcely any wind, and after
weighing anchor the yachts made very little progress
on their way from the harbor The steam yacht
Jeanette towed out the Dauntless near Fort Adams
where she hove to and waited for the Cambria which
was also taken out in tow. The Dauntless remained
at the Fort till the fleet passed. fhe Magic and the
Madgie stood on ahead Of the Cambria and the wind
freshenng up little from the southwest the neet
started for New Bedford. The Magic and the
Madgie took the lead up the channel, the Cambria
being next in their wake the Josephine, Haicyon,
Palmer and Restless coming up together, the Made
line standing over towards Fort Dumping, the
Alarm and Dauntless bringing up the rear some
distance behind The slOops White Cap and Oracle
started In advance OF the fleet. The tide was ut the
last OF the nood and the wind gradually becoming
fresher the yachts made good way out of the
channel.
The Sappho left her anchorage at 11:5
A. NJ, and quickly followed in the wake of
the squadron. In going out Of the channel
the Magic and Mad9ie hugged the shore
the fort side the Cambria stood on the opposite
shore, and, passing tue Palmer, the Madeline was
next In order. At 1855 A. NJ. the leading yachts
were clear OF Fort Adams; the others were not
timed. On her second tack the Madeline,
which had only come of the ways the day
previous, weathered the Cambria, which made her
the third schooner In the order In which the yachts
cleared the channel AS soon as they weathered
Brenton's reef lightship the yachts squared away
to the eastward with O free wind, the Cambria
gaining considerably on the yachts ahead of her.
The Palmer, Phantom, Alarm, Restless, HalcyOn
and Dauntess weathered the Beaver Tail light and
then stood on their course. the Sappho coming
up In the rear. The last mentioned vessel passed
Brentons reef lghtship at twelve twenty five P. NJ
The spectacle was extremely pretty as the vessels
headed towards New Bedford, and as the wind was
comparatively light clouds of canvas proved to be
the order Of the day. The Cambria showed big bal
loon jib and all her other fore and aft sails and
when the feet had passed Bateman's Point
few miles those having square sails
hotsted them. The Cambria Overlauled the
strong eflOrt to get to the wndward OF the Magic
That vessel however, gallantiy held her own. NEAR
! passed the Madgie and held on closely TO the Cam
| bria. which had now winded her. The Palmer was
Of the neet was considerably asSern at one
O'Clock, The Dauntless however, made
| her way through the neet and passed Brenton's
Reef lghtshp about ten minutes astern OF the
Cambria At this time 1t was very hot, and the wind
| seemed TO decrease but suddenly sprung up again
| n err ha
Magic exceedingly interesting but the latter seemed
to lose no ground and still retained the lead. At
| twenty-five minutes past one p. NJ. the Cambria
passed the Hen and Chicken llghtship and was
salated by the ringing OF Dells on that stationary
craft, which was responded to by the Cambria
| dipping her flag.
The Dauntless gained gradually on the yachts in
advance OF her, and came up on the lee side Of the
Madeleine. and arter keeping company with her some
time passed over to the lee quarter OF the Cambria
the run to New Bedford. The Magic was still ahead
| and the Cambria the second, and as the Dauntless
was indulged as to which vessel should come
| IN ahead: The Dauntless remained the
Sow OF and the hove Cambria and the, the two
| The Madeleine sailed much better than she has
done on any run during the cruise, till maintain
! ing her position In tue wake of the Cambria The
| Palmer passed the Madgie, which, by the way was
| also rugged with square-sall and water-sals The
Sappho now appeared TO splendid advantage as she
| bow led along some distance behind under a full
cloud OF canvas. including ringSail which is a sal
Restless and Josephine were the succeeding yachts
| after the Palmer, the Madeleine still leading that
| vessel. A prettier run on free wind has seldom
been witnessed and the appearance OF the entire
feet was certainly very beautiful.
As already mentioned the Magic retained the lead,
IOl0wed Dy the DauntlesS ana Cambria I'LL
Carks Point. when the Dauntless dropped her COM
panlon and came up towards the Magic, the wei
Madeleine kept her ground ahead of the Palmer,
which was not far, and the display OF canvas
by the five yachts was beautiful as II extensive.
The schooner yacht Alarm sailed well and kept
good position in respect 10 the Josephine Restless
and Halcyon. The order OF the yachts ahead alluded
to remained the same-ylz.. the Magic, Dauntless,
Cambria, Madeleine, Palmer, Madge.. Phantom,
sappno and the Others o In this order
charming spectacle has rarely been seen upon the
water. The leading yachts were clustered together
about cable length apart. Alter splendid run
the Dauntess, after passing the Cambria, joined
house But there % was not macn difference between
them and the Cambria was close at hand, while the
Madeleine the fourvessel retained the relative posi-
ton she held towards the Cambria throughout the
run. When passing the lighthouse the Cambria got
in the wake of the untless-a position she tena-
ciOusly retained to the finsh
After one OF the most agreeable runs since the
commencement Of the cruise, characterized 1t
was by excellent sailing and good free wind, the
first yacht passed the lighthouse at 1886 P. NJ, the
following being the order OF arrival OF the several
vessels yz:MDapntless Magic Cambria Madeleine,
less Alarm and the Josephine. The lead
ing das 5 OoDs Grac
before passing lightship. The Dauntless arrived
only about one and u half minutes ahead and there
were not more than thirty seconds between the
Magic and CAMBRIA IN favor OF the former, whilst
the Madeline was scarely three minutes behind.
The time OF the theirs was not taken but they all
arrived in capital order.
As already stated the reception accorded to the
squadron was very fine on the part Si the nhabi
guns were fired from field piece stationed on
one Of the wharves. Tne harbOr was, quickly
OF spectators, the majority OF whom were
ladies who waved their welcomes with evi-
dent pleasure Several yacht were gaily deco
rated awaiting the arrival OF the yachts including
the Fleetwing, FIeur de Lis and MaraquIta. A band
was stationed the first mentioned YES.
sci, and altogether the scene was truly ell
livenng. the school ship Massachusetts was
manned as the yachts passed, and fired
saiutes, which were heartily replied to. The Sappno
when passing N1e lighthouse on Palmer's Island
ran upon a reef, through the ignorance of her
pilot, and was injured some what on the keel
Sh did not remain there. however and having