Year: 1865

Watering Places and the Yacht Races.
The war is over and everybody is prosperous
The people have so much money that, within
few days. less than hundred of them have
subscribed nearly three millions of dollars to
pay off the national debt Business is brisk, the
weather fine and the prospects of a speedy recon-
struct;on of the Union most promising. Presi-
dent johnson has made up his mind to pardon


all who deserve his clemency, and the only


lives which will yet be sacrificed TO the names


of the defunct rebellion are those of some of the
assassination conspirators. The shadow which


has so long brooded over the land is dispersed.


We can once more sec the sunshine around rs
and fair weather ahead. The national happi-


ness warns and brightens every heart.


Under these circumstances we risk nothing in


predicting that the summer season, which is


just opening, will be surprisingly brilliant.


Since everybody has plenty of money and is


willing to spend 1t freely, the watering places


will be crowded. In anticipation OF an unusual


throng of visitors Saratoga has been regene-


rated. The Lelands are going to show the other


landlords how to keep hotel, and have erected


an opera house, which Grau may possibly


manage, in order to provide some amusement
for their patrons beyond the ordinary evening
dance. Saratoga will thus become the Bath or
the Vichy Of our watering places, and we ex-
pect that in a few years, Newport, Long Branch
and Niagara will follow suit, 80 that we shall
have an academy of music or a theatre at
every summer resort. The Americans are no
longer provincial people. They have learned
how to enjoy themselves in the right way. The
French Emperor takes his actors and singers
with him to Vichy, and our popular soyereigns
intend to initiate his example. This will be
magnificent season, with such pleasures, such
toilettes, such luxury and such display as this
side of the Atlantic has certainly never seen
before.


Yachting-the most expensive, the most
healthful and the most delightful of amuse-
ments-has experienced decided revival, and
the entertainments to be given by the New
York Yacht Club will fitly usher in the summer
season. For four years the yachismen have
been almost asleep, and now they are walked
up and will begin to realize their dreams. New
members have infused new energy and vitality
into the club, and the old members are bestir-
ring themselves with oil their original vim and


vigor. In all probability the glorious season
of 1857 will be eclipsed by this. The size Of
the yachts and the ambition of the yachtsmen
have alike increased The yachts now range
from one hundred and fifty to two hundred and


fifty tons burden, and the yachLsmen, tired OF


the placid waters Of the bay, have arranged for


q grand ocean race from Owls Head around


the Hghtship. This ocean regatta will take


place on the eighth Of June, as usual; but the


new course chosen will necessitate different


arrangements Ladies will not be invited to


accompany the yachts in club steamer, as Of


yore, because few ladies would escape the dan


ger of sea sickness. steamer will be pro-


vided; but only gentlemen will be accommo-
dated on board. Undoubtedly the race will
be well worth witnessing and the excitement
about it will be greater than ever.


1t must not be supposed, however, that be-
cause the ladies cannot take part in the regatta


of the eth Of June, they have been either for


gotten or neglected by the club. Our yachts


men are nothing if not gallant They remem-


ber that Venus, the queen Of beauty, rose from


the sea and therefore divides the sway Of the


ocean with Neptune. A special entertainment


for the ladies has been planned, and it is be-


lieved that all the details will meet with their


approval. On the 18th of June the yachts will


be anchored in the Horse Shoe, Sandy Hook,


and the club steamer will convey the invited


guests from the city to the anchorage. There


the ladies win be distributed among the differ


ent yachts the best yachtsmen, we presume,


TO have the largest number. Loaded with this


fair freight, more valuable than treasure ship


ever carried, the yachts will cruise about in


side until the ladies are satisfied with the ex-


cursion, or the Commodore hoists the signal Of


recall. Then the guests will be re-embarked


upon the club steamer, where superb COLA


ton will be served. We ere sure that this will


be regarded as an Improvement upon the old
programme. II will please the yachismen bet
ter, for they will have chance to show their


seamanship and the speed Of their vessels to


The very IS. advantage in the ocean regatta
on the sth. And it viii please the ladies bet


ter; for instead of simply looking on from .


steamer they will be allowed 10 sail in The


yachts on the 18th The committee who do


vised this agreeable programme are to be con-


graduated.


Although many persons are already pre-
pairing to leave The city, this yachting sensa-
ton will dctain them until the middle Of June,
and hundreds Of strangers will DO attracted
from al parts Of the country. After the re-
gatta or The 9Th and the special entertainment
on the 18th, the yachts will probably remain


at the Horse Shoe for several days, which will
be devoted to private festivities. On the 18th


two fast yachts, the Magic and the Josephine,
will suil a match race, twenty miles from Sandy
Hook 70 vindward, for one thousand dollars.


On the 2sth there viii be IN ocean sweep


stakes around Block Island, for which eight or


ten Yachts will enter The summer season will