Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-23

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a United States Minister OF Marine.
THE SANTA MARIA.
The carayels, which leave tomorrow
| morning for New York, have been sur
| rounded to-day with n feet of little boats.
| which lowered around them as bees hover
| around a stalk of lilies. The. heavy sea.
which had been whipped up by the halt
| gale that was blowing. made II an exceed-
Ingly difficult aud yenturesome fe6t 10
climb up the sides of the Santa Maria. but
| CAPTAIN Concas had no reason TO COM
| plain of lack OF visitors. Captain Concas
! Is q courtly Spaniard. who at first rather
| regarded the command Of the caravel
as beneath his dignity. but when 1t
had been explained 10 him that the
detail was intended as an honor
he stepped aboard with better grace.
and IS row so lionized that ne
IS not sorry he made the trp. lie
speaks English e~xcellently. and a thou
sand times q day has to tell his fair wish
tors how he managed TO live in the dolls
house which Columbus called "A cabin.
The girls peer INTO tho wardrobe. handle
the ancient inkstaud and hour-glasS, gaze
out upon the sea through the curious 1T
tie windows, and wish they could carry
home the antique armor which IL huhg
upon the walls. As soon as people began
10 90 aboard the Santa Maria they learned
lllHN lUb flAlOlN - iObNh' WV
name of the Columbus flagship upon
them. Instantly the Russian bands fell
10 a discount, and II became the struggle
of the hour to get a Santa Maria soncenir.
The few girls who were successful are to-
night the envy of the other bellies.
AMERICA WINS AGAIN.
And again the flag of England went
down to-day before the red, white, ana
blue. A dozen barges from nearly all tae
ships in the harbor started In o race Tor
the international trophy offered by the
citizens of kOrfolk-a handsome SILVER
vase. Somewhat sore over their deieat
last Wednesday. the BrItishers spent All
day Yesterday Ia selecting a crew that
might carry of tho prize, and when the
twelve athletic fellows from the Tartar
pulled of from their ship this afternoon
they went on their way TO the sound
OF cheers and hand-clapplng from
half a thousand brOad-chested sub
jects Of Queen Victoria. IL dld
look for a while as If they were TO
win. Through the rolling and tumDllng
waves their barge cut lts way to the head
of the procession. urged not only by the
hardened muscles of brawnv arms, but by
the energetic gyrations OF the co1swain IN
the stern. g,
The course was n mile and return, and
with three quarters OF the distance covered
the Britlshers were in tEelead. "Hurrah! "
shouted the sailors who crowded the sides
of the Blake. They shouted too soon. AZ
the end Of the course, opposite the San
Francisco, was neared. the San Francisco
crew, which was u close second. gave a
magnificent SPUR and amid a yell that ran
like an electric current along the entire
line Of American ships, passed their Eng
llsh rivals. Tho ChicaGOs, tho second
crack crew Of our navy. bent their backs
and uuicKened their stroke, so that when
they tossed their oars at the finish they
we're second in the race, Just behind the
San Franchises, with tho whlte-shlrted
Lnelsbmen third. So,
How the siren Of the San Francisco did
below like a bull, how the girls on the
decks waved their handkerchlefs. and how
the men shouted until their Threats were
hoarse. Tho Germans. with their pen
nants traIlingi in the water, came IN fourth,
and the Dutchmen. IN their quaint boat,
were next. The other foreigners came
trailing IN long procession. The San
Francisco men have nov won Blk races
since the rendezvous began.
SOCIAL BRILLIANcY TO BE LEFT DFHGND.
It is the general gossip of tho naval off,
GERS that the events IN New York next
week will lack all the social brilliancy
which is SO delightful here. The week
which closes tonight has been o charming
introduction for the foreigners 10 tho
social side OF American life. and they Will
leave here on Monday with genuine re-
greet. Dances. dinner parties, and other
entertainments have been as frequent as
the booming of the cannoD. At night the
Hygeia Hotel has been as gay as any
European resort.
SO many Washington people have been
here II was hard 10 realize that the dome
OF the capitol was not within sight outside
the door. Last night when the party of
army and navy club people thrOnged the
hotel a Washington reception would not
have shown more familiar faces. Another
party from Washington. which spent to-
day here. included Thomas Wilson, John
JOY Edison and wife. Is. n. Warner and
wife. Frsr,l ). Presby and wife. j; X. Lit
tell. and &. l.. Atkins. Mr.. Scott Bunnell
and wife, Of Youngstown, O., are also IN
the party. This afternoon quite a number
of tie WashingtOnians attended q dance
which was given on the Philadelphia.
DANCES ABOARD SHIP.
These dances on the fagships, by the way,
are ouIte novel affairs. The decks. clean
and white, are cleared, the band stands
amldsblp, and hen the officers and the
girls go waltzing around, past blue
bloused sailors, who look on IN won
der, past the yawnlng guns. and
coliiGlng even with Admiral Gherardl
himself. The breeze fans the faces OF the
girls. and the salt ar, cool and lnvlgorat-
ing. is strangely unlike the usual atmos-
phere of a ballroom. The stay overhead
is the only roof. and the swish of the
waves along the vessels sides keeps up a
rhythmic accompaniment to the lively
music.
THE SAIL TO NEW YORK.
Admiral Gherardi to-day arranged the
order OF the combined fleet as 1t Will sail
70 New York and appear in the review.
The port column Will be headed by the
Philadelphia, the flagship of Admiral
Gherardi, commanderln-chief; the New
ark, Atlanta, San Francisco. Bancroft.
| Bennington, and Baltimore. of Admiral
Benham's squadron. and the Chicago,
Yorktown. Charleston, Nesuvlus. and Con-
| cord, of the second. or Admiral Walkers
SQUADRON. Then will follow the Argentine
cruiser, the Ninth of July. under com
mand of Rear-Admiral Howard the Hol-
land man-of-war Van Speyk, Captain Ar
rlens the two German vessels. Kaiserin
Augusta and Seeadler, under Captain
Bushel. with the Mlantonomoh ring LIZ up
the rear.
At tho head Of the starboard column
will be the British fleet, with NIce-Admiral
! Hopkins IA cOmmander-in-chIef. and con-
slsting of the Blake as the flagship, tho
Australia, the 8iaglcienre. and the Tartar.
Russia Will come next. with Nice-Admi-
raj Koznakof. commander-in-chief, IN
the flagship. Dimitri Donskol, and the
General Admiral, and the Rynda.
France will follow, with Rear-Admi-
raj de Libran as commandcr-in-chief IN
the flagship Arethuse. and the Hussard
and Jean Bart following. Italy will come
next. under Rear-AdmirIl Magnaghi, with
the Etna and the Giovanni Bausan. Spain
follows next. under Rear-Admiral Gomezy
Lono. withthe three vessels. Intanta Isabel,
Nelna Degenta. and the Nueya Espana.
The rear of the column Will DO Brazil
with the Rear Admiral as commander In
chief, III the Acquidaban, accompanied by
the Tlradentes and the Republica.
SECRETARY hER8ERT'S BANQUET.