The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-17

The Connecticut river at Springfield, Mass,
for the last week has been alive with grace
ful boats and dripping oars dashing here
and there, pulled by the trained sinews of
college youths, in preparation for the Uni
yerSitv regatta on Thursday. A correspond
ent of the New York Tribune says:
Not only have academic halls and classic
groves contributed the contestants, but every
surrounding city has sent its beauty to
Springfield to witness the manly sports and
enjoy the triumph of favorite victor.
Eager partisans have crowded the banks of
the Connecticut, noting every indication OF
success or defeat, and for the last few days,
as the time for the contest approaches, the
| excitement and the crowd is increasing.
"Clubs from the following colleges have
entered for the grand regatta of Thursday
morning-viz: HARVARD, Middleton, Cor
nell, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Amherst, the
agriculturals, Columbia, Yale, Trinity, and
Williams. Pools were sold on Sunday
night to a crowd Of sporting men and gam
blers, but very few college men were pre-
sent. Only one University pool was sold,
as follows, in the order of choice: Harvard,
SO; Middleton, So; Cornell, So; Bow
doin, s. !; Dartmouth, So; Amherst, ~ !;
:Aggies,' So; and the field consisting of
Columbia, Yale, Trinity, and Williams), SS.
This has most significance rs showing the
great uncertainty which surrounds the Uni
versity race aud the prominence of Harvard.
THE prize to the winning University
crew is six goblets of solid silver-one Tor
each man. They arc very tall, stand niue
and three-qumrter inches in height, and very
broad at the brim, being four inches IN ola,
meter. The cups are of frosted silver, llned
with gold, FURNISHED. Each is of peculiar
shape, tapering rapidly from its great wiotn
almost to a point where it joins tDe stefl'
Here it is upheld by a female figure in rough,
wrought silver robes, with hands EXTENDED
above the head. The figure tapers below
into the stem, which ends IN frosted Dase
surrounded by light figured border. Iney
are valued at 800 each. One OF these pc
comes the property of each memDer OF tle
winning crew. In addition to these, they
take the flags offered by the Association.
| The freshmen prizes are drinkng-vessels OF
somewhat similar shape to those. already de-
scribed. but much palmer. The bowl is
more contracted at the mouth, and the only
ornament is simple border near the rim,
! which is three inches in diameter. These
are valued at S75 each. The freshmen also
get i set OF flags from the Association.
"The prize for the victorious single scuilers
is palmer article, but the most beautiful OF
all The bell or cup Of frosted silver, gold
lined, is tulip-shaped, with finely-engraved
wreath running around it of the pattern
known as japanese daisy. Around the base
runs leaf pattern, and on the pedestal are
seated two cherubs Of oXydized silver, one
representing the victor with his laurels, the
other the vanquished with downcast look.
Thie "a valued at Sl6O. all the cups will be
engraved with the words; college Regatta,
Springfield, July II. 1873"
REMls,scEEcE OF THE WAR.-ln his
" Jail journal" John Mitchell writes OF
bellum days, 1862, in Richmond. Speak ny
of the organization of the Confederate army,
let us here mention very surprising part
of his history. t'Tbe officers being eiectiVe'
and the time appointed for the new electlon
FILLING last summer, just when the enemy, ID
overwhelming force, was pressing upon
Yorktown on their way up the penlnsuias
toward Richmond, the elections were neio
there and then, on the line, 10 the tfehGnes,
in actual presence OF the enemy. WAS Iteie
ever before an instance OF an army cnanglug'
by election, the whole body OF lts regimen.
tai officers on the very eve Oh pattle! 1e.
here 1t was done, quietly. regularly, W'tn 1.
moments excitement or confusion. Ipis,
as we'll as several other examples coulo
mention, has brought me to the conclusion
that of all races of men of the world, these
southerners have the largest amount Of sang
froid-of genuine impassiye GOODNESS and
steadiness. Yet the very contrary ID the
fcnrrsnt and received idea of their character.
Southern impulsiveness, southern passion,
and wild, blind fury--thiss is the eant--the
direct opposite III the fact"