New-York tribune., 1874-07-17
GATHERING OF THE CROWDS.

PRESSIONS N REGARD TO THE HON. JOHN MOh-
RISsEY CoRRECTED-cONNiENDABLE ORDER AND
QUEr-THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND IFS
LITTLE DRAwBACKs-TAIK AT TIE HOTELS.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEI
SARAToGA July 1G.-If the people of Saratoga have
harbored any feeling of unkindness toward the
world at large and the college world In PARTICULAR
On account of the shyness and hesitation with Wmch
the invitation to the regatta crews to meet mere anu
pull on Saratoga lake was received, they should GER
tainly dismiss it now. The prevailing impression
among the distinguished American citizens VINO
slept on the curbstones and the hotel plazzas last
night is that the invitation has been, upon the
whole. rather heartily accepted. 1t is not 100
much 70 say the Saratoga people are them
selves surprised at the tremendous rush OF outsiders
npon Them There was much questioning OF the
nToprety of coming to Saratoga with the University
regatta The reputation of the town had become
Of late years somewhat favored with horse
racing betting on horse races and pool-selllng
and other sinful games, aud 1t was believed
that Mr. John Morrissey, who is one of the most
able-bodIed reformers of the present age had fun
nelshaped approach to his clubhouse, the Hare OF
which had the suction of maelstrom for travellers
from which there was no escape except at the DacK
door of the club house, with no money OF watch OF
superfuOus wearing apparel and very large prop-
ability Of being obliged like the steamboat traveller
who played cards for keeps" to wear nankeen
trowsers all the next Winter. The suspicion was
rife that here the three-cacd monte man set his
table AT the streetcorners the faro dealer shared
openly the unwary; that draw poker was the pas
time of the people and even the bucolic game OF
humble the peg was made the occasion and pretext
for choosing sides and gambling desperately on the
chances Plainly the average belief III this regard
was delusion.
MIR JOHN MoRRIssEY AND THE INNOCENT COLLIE
CLANS
Mr.. Morrssey walked down the street this morn
ing in company with person who wore standing
collar and looked like q clergyman, which perhaps
he may be with a weakness for dealing faro IN his
Summer vacation. They seemed cheerful and lnnO-
cent. Mr. Morrissey may have had Freshman OF
two for breakfast but except little grutiness OF
voice, which might have been caused by brass put
tons or bootheels scratching his throat he did not
, differ much from those who pay s. day Tor the
privilege Of buying ishballs of the colored walters
Vat large hotels for 25 cents apiece.
The fears of the public on the subject of private
morals appear to have been groundless lsuppose
if the young men who attend the regatta are deter
mined to bet on the buy tickets In the pools
or even risk their money cards or roulette, they
will have no difficulty in finding the facilities and
Opportunitics they wOuld and they do anywhele'
but am sure the temptations here are not so great
as either at Springfield or Worcester. II there Is
much gambling betting here, it Is far more de-
Gently done; and as for other kinds OF dissipation,
the unanimous testimony is that there has never
been an occasion of this kind at which there has
been so little drunkenness or rOwdyism, and tins
notwithstanding the fact that the crowd Is vastly
larger than ever before.
TIE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESs UNDER DIFFICULTIES
As have intimated, the world at large made up
for the cOyness with which the invitation had been
tOyed with by the hearty unanimty with which,
under a common impulse, 1t plunged headlong lhto
Saratoga when the time came. What was seetn-
ing crowd on wednesday afternoon became IN the
evening and the next day struggling, writing
mass of humanity, with the railroads and all the
country roads, and for aught know the clouds
above aud the hollow caves below ground pouring
in constant additions to it. No one who observed
tins crush of men and women tanning themselves,
and putting and perspiring, moppng their foreheads
and growing red in the face, wandering about aim
lesly or searching vainly for a cool spot absorbing
long colored drinks through straws, or smoking
long and strong and reprehensIble cigars, could
doubt that these people all engaged in the pur
suit of happiness The scene, the surroundings, and
the actors all presented the distinguishing features
of that remarkable chase. The people who sat bolt
upright in chairs OF hotel piazzas all night long,
wagging their heads at nobody in spasmodic way
and wishing they had their boots off and wondering
how their back hair would look by breakfast time
were unmistakably seeking happiness. No other
inducement could have brought them away from
comfortable homes and beds. There any
thing half queer the pursuit of happiness, and
we are so committed to it by the Declaration of In
dependence that we sit up nights with all our
clothes on so as not to 90 back on" the doctrines of
the fathers / think, however, that the pursuit is
much funnier in the evening than it is next morn
ing the difference being substantially that between
the foam on the top and the dregs at the bottom.
The Yale fellows were in better voice last night
than this morning and the college songs they sang
were appreciated by the thousands who occupied
the pazzas and filed the sidewalks in front of Con-
gress Hall did not hear them this morning. that
IS at breakfast tim6; but 10 be sure they don't do
much singing before breakfast anywhere.
GOSSIP Al THE HOTELS.
"hlle the Yale and Harvard men, with their
many iiends ladies as well as gentlemen. filled the
No'cs ana attracted tbs most attention during the
e'II'ei part OF the week, a large sprinkliDg from
0'hcr coleges appeared yesterday and gave II great
'd4Iey 70 tue crowd. The Dartmouth farmers did
not appear to have rtany friends as the gentle
manly Columbia boys, ror did they push themselves
hto The Congress Hall ballroom last night; vet
,ns morning they Were out on the piazza, swearing
4 ~ 'heT crew. and especially their Captain, Mr.
'"i'er' western boy who had pluck enough TO
cav 'H"i' II his crew failed to win to-day, Dart
"ou'n would be represented next year The Dart
i~ou.H men are poor and il has told hard on many
'NVin 10 send crew 10 Saratoga; yet, despite
H uScouiagements, they were full of confidence,
Gu hoped TO make good showing. The Cornell
-" were oD'erVlng "a discreet silence this morn
Ds. lLe b9astiul spirit they assumed at
TillhgieiQ last Su,n,,.. ..I.