The New York Herald Newspaper, July 10, 1849, Page 2

NOTES FROM THE WATERING PLACES. Coneress Hatt, Sararooa Srrinas, July 2,1849. The Sort of People that Resort to the Springs— Bketches and Interlincations—Movements of the Fashwnables, §c., S¢., Se- As the entire machinery of Saratoga life is now in motion ; as the hotels are rapidly filling up, and the loungers, hubitués, and hangers-on, are fast falling into the regular line ; and last, though not least, as the official reporter for the Herald has ac- tually arrived, and assumed the duties which he is so well qualified to perform, I have concluded to give you a short sermon upon the sublunary affairs of this far-famed watering-place, in my character of “looker on here in Vienna.” And, before I begin, I beg leave to say that, so far as the ordinary—and for that matter, extraordinary—duties and vocation of reporter, letter-writer, and correspondent are concemed, the entire work would be already “done to my hand” by your gentlemanly, learned and ac- complished ‘“ Alethephainos,” in whom I hardly know which most to admire—his breeding as a gen- tleman, his refinement and good taste as a reporter, or his cleverness as a correspondent. His letters from West Point are the subject of univeral eulogy, and | doubt not he will prove equally felicitous in his epistles from Saratoga. But you know—its no secret any longer—that I may now fairly pass for an old campaigner ; Lean say, without afiectation or conceit, that I have learned to take the world easily. © Quo me cunque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.” At the apothegm of Old Parr is true, that “ at forty every man is a fool ora physician,” (it does not follow that he may not be both), it is equally true that at forty every man is a fool or a philosoper. However this may be with regard to myself, I have, at any rate, wandered about from one coun- ary to another, tll the sunshine of life refleets upon me from the occident—‘ a mere spectator of other men’s fortunes, and how they play their parts.” But, to my work, | shall not, according to the approved method, divide my subject into Ist. The different classes who severally congregate here ; 2d. ‘Their habits, manners, and associations ; 3d. &e.,&e.,&c. ‘The fact is, the rich and the medio- cre, the fashionable vulgar and the ordinary vulgar, the high-born and the bourgeoisie, the swindler, the sharper, the man about town, the pigeon and the plucker, the sentimental miss and the lover, the old and the young, the languishing and the full of life, the happy and the wretched, stand always classi- fied, always separate, und are always to be found in our large towns end cities. There is, therefore, om to make of the sojourners at this celebrated Spa. The only advantage one has in drawing a picture here of these classes is, that all canbe seen at once and from one point of obser- vation ; for they are all congregated in a sinall village, and the largest portion of them in the three principal hotels. Of these hotels 1 will say, afew words. The * United States,” in point of size and extended arrangements, in point of outlay and preparation work, in point of splendor, show, and appearance, stands unrivalled, first and fore- most. ‘The proprietors have been indefatigable im their efforts to enlarge, ana adorn, and beautify, until they have succeeded in making the hotel the magnificent efluir it is at present. The grounds are laid out with great taste, and, as your corres- pondent well observes, remind one of the London Vauxhall, in its best days. The remark is pert- nent: the grounds of this hotel are precisely like a fine city purcen, andin this way must disappoint the jaded denizen of the town who longs for every- thing that isnatural in landscape and scenery, while the artificial in ether fails to refresh his spirit. Asto the guests who frequentthe United States, a volume of gossip and gasconade might be written, Claim- ing, and enjoying as it does, the pre-eminence as a eoaabie house, it is, 68 a matter of course, overrun with the jackals who so surely follow the wake of so-called fashionable society. Waiving a notice of these, we come to the respectable papas, men of fair sense and discretion with plenty of mo- ney, Whom their daughters, (aided by mania, hate persuaded to come, somewhat egainst their will, toa place of gay re ; these young women a the hey-day of their happiness, they receive enough admiration to satisfy their, as yet, undeveloped vanity, and have not yet experienced the bitter crosses of mortified pride. Next. come the * regu- Jar combatants,” familiar faces of the last —— sea- tons, who have grown old in the pursuit of petty nothings, chasing bubbles and phantoms and such “gaudy, gauzy, gossemary” trifles year after year, from the town to the sea-shore, from the sea- shore to Saratoga, and so back again. Strange hat they tire not —- “Of dropping buckets into empty wells, ‘And growing old in drawing nothing up.” But so itis. Aguin, we have the fashionable snob, the salt and fresh pork, the soap fet and tallow, the sperm oil and candle aristocracy ; such “ indivi- duals,” of both sexee, as one sees at * our” excl sive “genteel” and’ fashionable Opera House ; abem! Parents, shrewd enough in their old ho- nest trades © cutting up”—** smelting” and “straining off,” yet who scarcely know how to read or write, who talk about articles of “ bigotry and virtue” (bijouterie and vertu) and “auch like,” and who are loudest in their expressions of disgust of the * horrid, vulger, common people!’ Alas, satire is wasted upon them; they are impervious to it. With all these come the practised ar adroit swindler and black-leg, the shrewd, s gacious, on fortune hunter, the dilapidated old beau, the unscrupulous libertine and de. bauchee. Add to these a sprinkling of tailors an dress-makers, man-milliners and bonnet bleach- ers—who come to Saratoga for “ta few days only,” and expect to spend their money where other genteel people spend theirs—and you ha truthful picture of a large and leading fashionab! hotel, at a large and leading fashionable watering place. I will speak of “Congress Hall” next in order. At this house the atmosphere is as marked, the appearance as peculiar, in its way, as is the atmosphere and appe States.” Sur. rounded by a wil nery, with the tall | pines towering up around it—with grounds which | (with those of the eprii extend over some th acres, where one can w walks and close-trimmed tion of “ Congress Hall” is 1 natural beauty both of land nery. Within the house everything is sui generis. | a le days of the belles and matrons of years ago. Therefore, am | asteady visitant at Congress Hall, but “ Chacun a son gout.”” And, as Rochefoucault says, ** folie de voutoin étre sage tout seul.” : L have attempted to record, with impartiality, a brief deseription of the leading houses, in my next, take up some of the prominent follies with which we are here be: My motto shall be ‘ aequus virtuti, aty st wne grande Mere Classu Scenery—The Battle Fuld of the French and Eng. lish—Fort William and Henry— Massacre of a large Number of its Garrison—Bloody Pond— dhe Lake House—Its Honorable Proprvetor— Place of Embarkation of Abevcrombie’s Army for the duction 0, conderoga—The Steamboat New World—Great Preparations at this Hotel for the Balls—The Ball Room just finished. nee | left New York, I have passed over a vast leal of revelutionary or classic ground, and as | thought of the mighty deeds that thereon were done, my mind was hurried back to the considera, tion of the difficulties, the dangers, the hair. breadth escapes, the ‘moving accidents by flood and field,” and the hopeless phases of the eventful struggle, the final result of which, however, gave to oppressed and insulted mankind a new being— a wiser and amore comprehensive Magna Charta t# the whele of the civilized world, a guarantee that liberty would find an abiding place here ; that the wounded and the bleeding in her sacred cause, would find an asylum and a fostering protection, and that the atrocious and heartless despotism of the crowned monsters of Europe—that Europe which is now pouring out its life-blood in defence of the rights and prerogatives of her people—should at all events be rebuked and checked. The sopech- es and consoling appeals of the immortal Wash- ington, to his, at times, dispirited and despairing soldiers, and the circumstanees under which they were spoken, have some similarity to the address of Aineas to his faithful companions, but who oc- casionally allowed their courage to droop, and their hopes to ascend in them:— © O! Socii neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum, O! passi grovicra: Dabit Deus his quoque finem. * © Revocate : fnrsitan et hec olim meminasse juvd Pervarios cesus, per tol discrimina rerum, Tendimus in Latium : Sedesubi fata quietas, Ostendunt : illic fas vegna vesurgere— Durate, et vosmei rebus servate secundis.”? Friends we have known adversity befere, And greater ills, which we shall know no more, ‘And soon to these we suffer shail be given A certain period by relenting Heaven. Ditmiss your fears, om these misfortunes past, Our minds with pleasure may reflect at last; Through such ies of woe we tend ‘To promised freedom, where our toils shall end, Where kinder fortune, happier fates ordain A place of rest, and we shall rise again, Bear then these dire ealamities, and wait With manly patience for a better fate, Yesterday, by invitation, I visited Lake George, an enchanting place which entioned in very promi- nent characters in Old England’s history, as having been the scene of some © engagements be- tween the Englishand French, in 1755. Mr. Davison, the esteemed President of the Saratega and Wash- ingten railroad, was kind enough to give me the freedom of Ou my arrival at Moreau, Mesers. Wii and Eis, stage proprietors, had an express coach in readiness to convey the repre- sentative of the New York Herald to the lake, at this station. Mr. Wilcox has built a meat lite hotel for the accommodation of the railway passen- gers, and of those who wish to go to Caldwell. Oa this delightful tp it was my good fortune to be ac- companied by a New York gentleman, of a highly polished mind, ané cultivated literary taste, who, with his aay and sister, is stopping at the United State * having been over the same scenes several times, he Was intimately acquainted with avery paticulur of interest connected with this thrillingly historic section of this great State. 1 scan where Fort William Henry had stood :— “Campos ubi Troja fuit,”” ‘ “Empty ficlds where Ilion rose before,”” Where vpwards of seven hundred of its garrison, after it had copitulated, under Colonel Munroe, were massacred by a tribe of savages, called the Cold Country Indians, the place where Abercrom- bie embarked with an army of 19,000, 91 years ago, for the purpose of reducing Fort Ticonderoga, the boats on which they were conveyed extending seven mileson Lake George. [| also saw ** Blood: Pond,” where another terrible battle wa: eiween the French and thei glish ; end other places, whic! deemed worth record. The | thirty and forty miles in length, and its widest part is somewhere about three miles. It abounds in the sweetest trout, several of which my polite and learned compenion caught. 1 feel wholly at a loss for language to describe the beauties, and, I will add, the fascinations of this chosen spot of nature; and 1 am only surprised that persons should go to visit the lak: oad their ecenery, when in their own gre@® and magnificent hose which are superior, because they are on a far grander seale. But fashion is an ar- bitrary ruler ‘The hotel is situated on the margin of the lake, and there may be had every comfort, and all the luxuries of the table. It is most handsomely far- niehed, the chambers are thej quintessence 5 at meats ness, and asa rural retreat, it is ¢ of the most elightful in this, or in any other country. The proprietor is the Hen. Mr. Sherrill, who has been, and | belie > still, a member of the State Legislature. pliment to the Herald, he gave me a mest hearty welcome, and most earnestly pressed me to remain a week or two with him, Indeed, wherever | have been, the Therald has been my passport to the kindest and most polite attentions, he hotel comminds a view of the ers of the lake, which, when I saw it, was much agitated, the wind blowing fresh and from the north. At one side 1s French mountain, and at the otheris Prospect mountain. On the lat ter th are numerous herds of deer, which, as there a " laws in this nation, any per- son who can raise a gun may shoot. Only just juen the pains and penalties er in Windsor forest, where i have usends, or inthe park of the Dake of New Castle, who does as “he likes with his own,” er in that of the Duke of Wellington, or the Jt is the place of resort for your well-bred, lighly- | educated gentleman of the old school, who loves the salubrious air of Saratoga, and the bracing eflects of its fountains, but who would avoid the | noise and bustle and show of gay ostentation and | parvenu splendor. For the on you will | see here old and reepectable fam who come year after y ularly returning season, to the: Congr There another class who invariably take up their « the word) th astonishment upon the noisy inroads of the ** Re aristocracy who have overrun the ground,and for: the “ old regime” to retire into the shade. They gather together at Congrees Hall, as in days of yore, y ons of their youth, and the neracy idern times. At their favorite hey promenade the beautiful colon- nade, strollemong vs Which surround epring, teke their n drives and their mern- ing rides,and guiet!y quafi their Port,their Burguady and their Steinwein, * with none to molest or make m afraid.” Add to the abovea sprinkling of poets d professors, literary men, judicial men, profes: | Fional men, &c, and you have a good idea of the | guests of Congress Hull. There is music and dane- ing at each hor wn Alternate meny and good feeling prevail between the gress” and the * State The “ Union old, and, with a nuine portion of the 5 favorite house. It came, several y under the epecial patronage of the finding that certain of their flock woul the hights,and entire har- ratoga, undertook to provide for the theif coulr, while they were looking health of the b Music, produce y * string- ed” or “ wind” instruments, and “ keeping mea- sure thereto,” were acts heinous and abominable in the eyes of these gediy men ; therefore, music and dancing and vain revelry were pronibited. At 9 aclock, the company assembled for prayer, and were then aliowed to go quietly to bed. But this isan age of progression. The young girls li nm} to cast longing looks toward the other houses ; | after a while, they would dance out an evening there, till, at last, the prano, at the “ Union” was eet in motion, and cotillons and contre dances waxed rife, and fun and frolic (with the old pia for a leader) got the better of the clergy. Aty sent, © enjoys a geod support; but the guests are entirely different from those at the | ** States” or “ Congress.” They belong to a highly respectable and substantial portion ur citizens; | the papas and mamas are generally “ well to do he world,” and the danghters are proverbially rosy-cheeked, healthful, handsome lasses, rather demure, withal, and, ae Byron would say, smelling a little ef bread and butter, but amiable and good humored, &e. | For myeelt,as you perceive, 1 lodge at the “ Con- gress.” As! once wrote you, I flee the house, | and always liked it. [| want a comtortable room, | # good botile of Port with my er, and a deli- eae opting ote my br Thkeacleaa rae ! rr end , | | quarter, t | pare for returnin | am deeply Marquis ef Londonderry, or the Earl of Rodea— why, the bare idea of thing makes one trem- ble. Towards the end of this month, the deer will be hunted down from the mouavan, when there will be some fine sport. I was told that they are more plentiful this year than they have been for the last twenty yea There is also here one of the finest echo’ fr. Sherrill told me would have had the gun 1, that | might judge for f, but the wind being in the wrong rberation would not have been ke clearness. When I rose before five o'clock, to pre- to Saratoga, the mist was ad- vancing slowly over the placid surface of the lake, which was a correct representation of a line of baftle ship in action, enveloped in smoke. I came ina four horse age to Morean, in first rate styl a short time after, the train came dashin, along, annihilating space, and at about b ‘ was once more under the spacious and ( heard with any this morning, sor re mer called the William Caldwell, which rans to Ticonderoga, performing the trip in less than three hours. She is commanded by Frederick A. Parlin, to whor I had the pleasure of being introduced. He polu lv invited me to make the exeursion with him.— I ssistant of the Lion. |. F. Sherrill, Mr. is rntitled to my thanks for hia attenti and T have much pleasure in hereby presenting him with them. To the honorable proprietor himself [ indepted for the most marked and u civilities which I sure the Merald will forget The ad iter Mariano Cavero, is a Spaniard, and isa person of note in his way. ‘The fashionables are still coming, and the vil- wears the aspect of life and bustle. Those » have their own carriages go out in them every dey after dinner, and return shortly before tea,— There is much of the London style displayed in there appendages of fashionable life. This even- ing | Was standing wader the grand piazza, whea they were returning. They arrived in quick sue- cession, end | must say that the horses are of the best description, splendidly caparisoned, and sci- entifically driven. Nothing that [| have seen in this country since | left London, has reminded me more fe ve West End of that metropolis, vestrian exercises. An elegant car- of horses, graced by a beaa- jan, are worth seeing. IT have had that gratification The workmen are busily engaged, both might and day, in getting the ball room ready. ‘The npper Boortz, which is composed of polished borrds, is laid, and when chalked it willlook un- commonly well, From the ceiling will be suspend- ed three massive and magnificent chandeliers, whieh will cast a brilliant reflection upon those une dernenth. The windows will have blinds of a leted, the taste ¢ fully entitled to a w new pattern, and when all is com of the proprietors will be high eo! In pliment. y next, | will give you an account of the 8 in honor of the anniversary of our indepen. Funderstond that the evlehr ction will tylee fever milee tr v i ithas long since failed, and Saratoga, which at that time was a deserted village, is nowthe favored resort where the congress of the fashionables—the distinguished in literature, science. and art, and in the naval and military professions, meet. In a former letter, I spoke of the steamboat New World. She is indeed a very magnificent affair. Ifer saloon is elegance itself. ILer commander, a very gentlemanly man, and her steward, Mr. Acker, one of the best public caterers in. the coan- uy. lie will serve up a dianer in a style equal to that of any hotel in the city. He is, as he well de- serves tobe, a special favorite with the travelling community, a _ Lought ‘to have acknowledged before this, my indebtedness to Mr. Win. Mundell, the acting agent of the Herald, far the prompt and careful manner in which he has forwarded my letters, not one of which has miscarried, or been delayed, He 1s so industrious that no competition would hive any chance here, f The weather is delightful. It is most refresh- ingly cool; but I think that the ladies imagine that itis too cool, as | have just seen them seated round a wood fire in the drawing room. ‘To me the mere mention of fire is overwhelming, after having been for several days in a state of fusion ALETHEPHALNOS. Unrrep Srares Horer, Saratoga Serinas, July 4, 1849. Independence Day—The Grand Fancy Ball—Prepa- rations Extraordinary for t—Persons of Eaterary to the-whole, the atmosphere perfumed with ea teegrance of the rose, that aa “ ——-——-—— unveils Her breast of beauty, and cach delicate bud O’ the season comes in turn to bloom and perish’? —Realize, if you ean, the scene which I have so feebly sketched, and then you will have some idea of whee the fancy ball of this year, as to the dis- tinguished personages who will be present, and as to the mode in which it is to be got up, 18 going to be. ‘ delightful. ‘To-day the ‘The weather continu shade ; at 8 o’elock A.M. thermometer is 70 in the it was 60. Strangers are crowding to this hotel every day. _ ALETHEPHALNOS. U.S. Hore, Saratoga oat July 5, 1849. Fashionable Crowds—Brilliant and Crowded Ap- pearance of the Dining Hall—The Afternoon and Evening Dresses of the Ladies—One of Webster's Gems—Acerdent to the Troy and Saratoga Train —Congress Hall—Arrival of the Band from New York—The Weather, §c. §c. ‘This evening we have quite a levec—the grand piazza is thronged. Several of the ladies and gen- tlemen who are at Congress Hall, have paid their friends at the United States a visit, which of course will be returned. This interchange of the ameni- ties of life is very pleasing; it not only causes the Eminence—The Cholera Reporter Discovered— His Charge agamst The Tribune—The New York Store Kecpers~The Wreather—More Ar- rivals. Hae dies, exultamus in e. a. ‘This is the day—let us rejoice in it. “The banner’d pomp of war, the glittering files O'er whose gay trappings stern Bellona smiles; ‘The brazen trump, the spirit-stirring drum, ‘That bid the toe defiance ere they come; The hero, bounding at his country’s call, ‘The glorious death that decorates his fall”? Seventy-three years ago, the most sublime docu- ment, in the form ef a declaration of independence» that ever issued from the pen of man, was present- ed to the world, in which the noblest, the purest, and the most exalted principles that ever chal- lenged the respect, veneration, and homage of the human heart in any age of the Christian era, were promulgated. On that day the sceptres of the ty- rant monarchs of Europe quivered ia their hands— en ‘that day, their thrones, erected on fraud, vio- lence, plunder, and bloodshed, shook, as that noble- man of nature, John Hancock, affixed his bold sig- nature to that imperishable record. This ts free- dom’s sabbath; let it be regarded as sacred—let it ever be hallowed in the fondest recollection of every true American; and let the present generation never forget that they are the trustees of those who are to succeed as the inheritors of their country’s glory, honor, happiness, and prosperity; and, oh! if they should prove false or recreant to their trust, how terrible would be their crime! As I write, the boys are letting off their fire-works, every one is attired in his best, and although it is not a close holiday, still, 1t is very easy to perceive that it is not an ordinary day. The village band has been discours- ing some of its very best music, the children are marching and countermarching with their litle star-spangled banners, and now and then they give a cheer. The morning was ushered ia with the ringing of bells, the firing of musketry, and with other manifestations of respect for the anniversary of the great and ever-memorable day—a sacre 2 day in the history of human affairs. All hail to theey At Ballston, the oratioa was delivered by Mr. Jesson Fowler, It was avery able effort, and gave unmixed satisfaction to a crowded assembly. othe learned gentleman spoke for two hours without having in the slightest degree fatigued his audience. This was a comgliment to the oration. , There are, at Congress Hall, some persons of high literary distinction, among whom is the amia- ble Mrs. Osgood, to whose poetic works I may with truth apply the language of Horace— * Cui mens divinier, atque 08 magna sonaturum.” From her inated vee have come many beautiful offerings of exalted genius and refined taste. If the countenance be any criterion whereby to judge of the qualities of the heart—and I most assuredly believe it is—then this lady is indeed a most bene- volent person, Her manner is mild and subdued, while the benign expression of her features bespeaks her the possessor of that sweetness of disposition and that kindliness of heart which are ever the charactertstics of genius. ‘There is also at that hotel the learned anthor of the “ Saint Ledger” papers. He is an elegant scholar, and his conver- sational powers are of a very high order. The cholera reporter has been discovered. He now admits that he made a mistake. He says that he had merely written to the editor of the Tribune upon the subject, for his private information; but that that gentleman had, contrary to his (the reporter's) wish, published his letter. This is rather a lame explanation; and in whatever light the whole mat- ter is viewed, the reporter is highly culpable. He has been the means of spreading alarm, when there was not the slightest reason for any, because there had not been 7 case of cholera, and of doing an injury to the village by deterring the public trom coming here. ‘To say the very least of ft, he indi vidual in question has evinced a mest reckless dis- regard of common prudence, not to speak of the seeming wiltul mendacity and desire to injure, which appeared on the face of his communication. Jie now, | understand, charges Mr. Greeley with a want of good faith, in having published the com- munication; but if it had not been sent to him—as it ought not to have been—he would have had no opportunity of violating the confidence which his correspondent says he had reposed in him. — Of the said wary, however, | say, * eredat Judaus Apela”e—which, being interpreted, means “tell that to the marines.” Newspapers are dan gerous things for the unimitiated to meddle with; and had the person of wiom | speak employed his time by attending to his busin instead of grati- lying his desire to appear in print, he would now, oo all I have heard, be better pleased with him- self. itis usual for many of the New York people, who sell light and fancy goods, to come here for the s eculation. Opticiaus, jewelle: mill have arrived, and opened very han At the door of the last named trade there isa neat glass case, in which tiere is the figure (beautifully exee in wax) of a lady din a low satin dress, with @ fan in her hand just ready to step 1 ball room. ‘The fi keeps gracefully revolving the whole time, and is an object of attraction. e dress fits to pertec- tion he fancy ballthis year, which will come off on Vridey, August 17, will be the grandest thing o! kind ever witnessed in the United States fucilities for giving due etfeet to it, will be ine creased a hundred fold above all its predecessors The new bell room will be « leading featare 19 the extensive arrangements which w being made | to accomplish the object of the wtietors, Which | is, that t ney ball of 1849 shall sarpass every such assemblage that has ever thronged any pablic 1oom throughout the length aad breadth of the | on, from its formation down to the present | ‘The garden will be one blaze of light—the trees will be hang with variegated lamps, and these will | be displayed in the most faneital and artistic man- ner. On each of the twelve handred feet of co- lumns there will be a reflector, mounted on plate glass, which “ With flowing tresses graced, and rich attire,’ | will constitute one of those scenes which an ex- quigitely gifted pen conjures up befere the imagi- | nation.” fut here the splendor and brillianey will not be ideal, bute palpable reality, where, fa the | language of the poet, +H domus interior regali splendida lnxi | Instruitur, mediieque par wtrte laborat: Ineens aree The rooms of state * pene .cargets = with purple dye. ‘late of carfous conld, gold. On whieh To sum up—as the lawyers say—the ball-room, | with its illaminations—the fair and lovely daugh- ters of Columbia, moving along with gracefal and majestic gait—some hero of Mexico, whose once erect and soldierlike bearing was forced out ot proportion, or out of plamb, as the architects say, vy a wound received while gallantly leading some desperate attack upon superior na rs, or head- ing some forlorn lope, the admired of the ladies —the orator, who by the potency and magic of his sift, has captivated while he has delighted the he sehslar, who reigns su- P kingdom of letters, and of whose t ty he himself is the secretary—the philoso- pher, who eees through a benevolent mediam the faults of his fellow-creatares—the whose yocation is to discourse upon all subjects in the language of the soul—and the portess, ge nius derives interest because one of her sex has been Sepsinied by nature its depository—then the splendid dresses and costly decorattons—the loud- sounding music floating through the air, and find- ing @ response or an echo among the surrounding hills—then the garden, converted into one of those fairy, or enchanted palaces, of which we read etveng the prod sof romantic and exuber int Pinotions—t pper, served up with all the in its highest pertectiog—oad, | ids of cuba rs, | forhionables at the Uni time to pass agreeably, but it sometimes leads to the formation of acquaintances which often ripen into sincere and lasting friendship. Almost every train brings visiters; and who that can come here, will not? Health, enjoyment, fashion in all its variety, beauty, wealth, learning—every luxury, gaity, festivity, may be had and seen at this hotel. ‘Those whose taste and feelings do not lead them in that direction, can have quiet retirement, and all the privacy of their own homes. ‘There are those shady paths through which, without the slightest interruption, the elderly lady and gentle- mun may walk, and hear “How the branches, moaning to the blast, Invite the bosom to recall the past, ‘And seem to whisper, as they gently swell Take, whilst thou can’st, a lingering, last farewell.”” In fine, every taste, every desire, every tempe- rament, and even idiosyncrasy, may be gratified. What more can be desired ? 4 Every day the dining hall presents a more bril- liant and more crowded appearance. To-day I had to wait some time before I could get in, the rush was so great. The ladies dress very elegantly. Some in high bodies and short sleeves; this is the prevailing style. White muslin, with lace pelerines, and silks, are the materials of which the dresses are composed. Some wear their hair braided, and looped up behind ; some in the Victoria sty'e, and others 1m curls, or ringlets; the last mentioned form is, in my opinion, the most becoming. It sets off to advantage a fine face. On Sunday last Mrs. Wetmore was one of the most splendidly dressed ladies at the table. She wore a rich figured dress, over which was, thrown a robe of net; high body and short sleeves, and around the latter was alice edging. She had also a magnificent pair of ear- rings, and on the back part of the head was a fold of costly lace. In the evening she was dressed in black silk, or satin, !eannot exactly say which, but I think it was the former, which was trimmed ac- cording to the rules of the present fashion. Mrs. Little end her handsome sister, hold a prominent rank in the highest fashionable circle, They are also very elegant ladies. To-day, W. Wetmore. esq., and his lady, dined at Saratoga Lake, and D. Beans 'sq., and lady have left the hotel for Lake George, where they intend to rusticate tora few, days, after which they will return to this sphere of jon and grandeur. . i In conversing the other evening with a New York, gentleman, an eminent member of the fornm, who is wi quainted with the indomitable editor, and proprietor of the Herald, upon the powers of the great men of this country, he teld me, or rather repeated to me, a burst of Damiel Webster, which, for classic grace, withering rebuke, crushing sar- casm, and to crown all, the complete annihilation of an antagonist, stands matchless and alone. During the famous passage of arms between the arent constitutional gspeuader, the Blackstone of the present day, and J. C. Calhoun, it wasreported to the former, one morning, trom “that the war was to be carried " and there he (Webster) was to be used up, (which meant that Calhoun would meet Webster in a con- stitutional argument, which is Webster’s forte, and vanquish him_in it.) On reaching tlie Senate chamber, Mr. Webster, who had the floor, com- menced as follows :-— Ma, Paxstpent:—As I vras coming up the avenue to the capitol, this morning, it was several times repeated to me, and in several ways, that in the discussion with the honorable gentleman from South Carolina, the war wns to be curried into Affica, and that T. was to be an- uibilated. ‘There has been a good deal dent, in the course of this debate, in d bravado, which | donot care to understand. bea agreeable thing, for aught | know, this carrying the war into Aiviea,” but let me toll the gentleman from South Carolina, that however mach he may resemble Scipio. and however unlike! may be to Hannibal, there is one point in which the paraliel will not hold. When Seipio carried t Hannibal was not at home; | am at hi Scipio Africanus South Carol tories, | chal! mot leave their defence to Asdrubal, or This scene took place years ago, and was, 1 dare say, reported at the time, in the newspapers; but, even so, it is one of these impromptu displays of a classical ard profound mind which will bear to be told a thousand times, either viva voce or in print. “ These feelings wide, let sence and truth imbue, ‘To give the palm where justice points it due; Yet let no cankered calumny assail, Or round our staterman wind her gloomy veil.’ The Troy and Saratoga train, which is due here at half-past eight o’clock in the evening, did not, arrive until after eleven o'clock, in consequence of the engine having broken its steam pipe, foar miles the other side of Ballston. They were obliged to send a meevenger to Saratoga for an engine. The band hes arrived; the scene will now be enlivened by its performances, and active gaiety will eom- mence forthwith. Among the visiters at Congress Hall are Kimball, E'sq., his lidy and family and the Misses Bridgen, two elderly ladies, who, | am informed, have travelled all over the of Eurepe, and whose e as varied as they a ning. The army of States Hotel is being rapidly recruited ; and the weather ts still delig ful, becouse it is cool—the thermometer not ranging beyond 70 degrees. ALRTHEPTMAINOS, U. 8. Horen, Sanareea ines, July 8, 4849. Great Infivx of Visiters—The Ladus—Their Qua- ‘ities and Qualincations— Their Costly Dresses— Poets, Politicians, Authors and Statesmen— Tie Festivities at this Hotl—The Muste—The Oc pations of the Morning, Afternoon and Evening —The Levee—A Pleasing Incident—The Herald, ats Popularity and Inflvence— Congress Hall, Sa- j speaking generally, I have no hesi 1 ratega ona Sunday—The Weather, §c. ‘The cities throughout the Union are stil) pour- ing in their contributions to swell the numbers at this hotel; there are a great many from the sunny South, who appear to enjoy the numberless advan- tages of this cool and refreshing retreat. As to the ladies, those Corinthian pillars of society, with- out whom this place, as well as all others, would be tame, dull, and miserable, I can say, that there is a blaze, if | may so speak, of beauty. There are four classes—the beautiful, the elegant, the interesting, and the dignified—each having own attraction, and all differing in style and cha- recter. 1 shall not commit an offence against good taste by mentioning the names of those who should be ranked under the various heads; but » ion in saying, hata more imposing, a mote striking, and [ ma; add, a m ugust assemblage of female loveli- ness, amiability and grace, was never before with- in the walls of the United States Hotel. There is one young ly of whom I am ter _ to speak more particularly; she is a lovely girl about sixteen ears of age, her countenance beams with benevo- lence, and in her soft blue eyes, “which speak a sweet language of their own,” there is an a oo sion which denotes the presence of a high order of intellect, and in figure, she 1s most lady-like. As I cast my eyes tewards her, the lines of a Late il- lustrious poet darted into my recollection: — When nature stamp'd thy beauteous birth, So much fection in thee shone, She fenr'd that, too divine for earth, ‘The skies might claim thee for their own. Therefore, to guard her dearest work, Lest angels might diepute the prize, She bade a secret lustre lurk ‘Within those lovely, soft bloc eyes, For did those eyes as planets roll, Thy sister lights would searce appear; en sans, which systems now control, Would twinkle dimly through their sphere The subject of these remarks is so young, that [ shall not mention her name, lest % doing other- wise it might cause her to blush. Of Mrs, Little her sister I spoke in a former letter; they are a indeed delightful women, and the centre of their own circle, which is a large and brilliant one. ‘Their prepossessing appearance is heightened by a sweetness of diepesition, and an affanie, and ant mated manner of conversation, which are the trae indeeations et exalted minds, and of well-bred doveavon Tiecy scan ai tie myows c)eg wt etyle. Mrs Little, I understand, is highly educated, and with” ala lady of talent. To give some idea of the ri nees of the dresses worn at dinner, 1 mention, that a day or two ago the elegant Wetmore appeared in one which cost eight hun- dred dollars, and her wardrobe, it is said, 18 one of the most splendid in the country. She is a very stnuabie lady, and 1s much esteemed by all who now her. Alexander Hamilton, Esq., his lady, and daugh- ter, are at this hotel. Mr. Hamilton is a son of the late gallant and distinguished General Hamil- ton. Among the late arrivals, are Josiah Randall, Esq., (of Philadelphia.) and son. I need not in- form you that this gentleman took a leading part in the nomination and election of General Taylor. Charles A. Davis, Esq., the celebrated (‘ Jack Dowsing} his lady and daughter; —— James, Esq, of Albany; Alfred B Street, Esq. and son, (Mr. Street, I believe, 18a poet,) and Dr. Carey, fof New Grleuns,) and farily? are also among them. Every train comes seighied with visiters for the United States, On Friday last, the arrivals amounted to upwards of sixty, and this 18 the rate at which Oa: have been coming ever since. Congress Hall is also filling, and the Union Hotel, a very good house, is receiving its share of patronage. It is frequented by the staid and sober people of the New — E land States. ‘The grounds and garden tached to the Union are 7 fine. The American Hotel, kept by Mr. Wilcox, is also a pular house, and is, I believe, doing very well. Tite other evening there was a ball, or a dance, as some call it, but the former is certainly the more fashionable mode of expressing it, at the Union ; and among the ladies was Mrs. Papineau, the wite of the Canadian patriot’s son. Oa Tues and Friday evenings, the balls will be held at the United States, and on Wednesday and Saturday Rigi at Congress Hall. ue In obedience to my sense of impartiality, | must inform you that Mr. Blanchard, of this place, rans a stage from the historic village of Fort Edward to Lake George, which, he says, and very naturally, isa better route, inasmuch as that the country through which you pass is more beautiful and picturesque, than that of his opponent, Mr. Wil- cox. I cannot speak upon the question affirmative- ly or negatively, as | have not been that way. There 1s a small Catholic Church here, but it is uite large enough for the number of resident Ca- tholics. ‘The pastor 1s the Rey. Mr. Daly, a very gentlemanly man, a scholar, and an indefatigable minister of thegospel. In the height of the season the Springs are visited by some Catholics of dis- tunctien. | si ‘The festivities have commenced, and in a day or two they will be in their full career, Schnyder’s Brass Band has invested the scene with an interest and aliveliness which music never fails to throw around it. It plays in the garden from four to six o’clock—all are attracted by its sound, and take up their places under the ova: where, with un- divided attention, they listen to the “ heavenly maid,” “whose soething powers assuage the sa- vage breast.” The band every other afternoon plays at Congress Hall, where there isa large num- er of distinguished visiters. In fact, the whole village is now a kind of fairy land—concerts and balls at all the hotels every evening—in the morn- ing, promenading, carriage riding, romancing, flower-culling, and conversing—after dinner, music of the choicest character, and most scientifically executed; and in the evening, the elegant and courteous interchanges of the drawing room, and the bustle of the levee, through which the symme- trical and sylph-like forms of the ladies, with light and elastic tread, move along infdouble quick time, escorted by some polished gentleinan, (of whom there 1s a vast number here,) and ardent admirer, who feels, most ere the noble passion of love, but who durst not breathe a word of lus su!- fering, while to hunself he says— “ Since, oh! whate'er my future fate, Shall joy or woe my steps await, ‘Tempted by love, by storms beset, ‘Thine image I can ne'er forget. May that fuir bosom never know What 't is to feel the restless woe Which stings the soul with vain regret Of him who never ean forget.”’ The ladies have now an opportunity of gratifying their wishes and taste, as to their robes and he: decerations, without sending to New York or to other cities, as Madame Payot, the celebrated dress maker and milliner, of ladelphia, has ar- rived, and opened, as usual, a pope store oppo- site the United States Hotel. The st le in which she cuts, and the ingenious way in which she pro- vides against personal defects, set off'a command- ing figure, while they cause an indiflerent one to appear to advantage. So much for the art of mantee-making tis laid down by the discern- ing and enlightened portion of mankind, that a great mind shows itself in trifles, uvely speaking. Longinus say: ‘ n siball matters, is like the sun an leclinatioa, it retains all its grandeur, but remits itits splendor; it ges es more, but it dazzles less. " f esterday u little iacident eccurred which grati- fied me much. Two geatlemen were sitting to- gether, and apparently in earnest conversation upon, for aught | know, some important commer- cial or state question, when a nurse, leading a pret- ty little child by the hand, come along. One of the gentlemen, (the father I presume,) calling it by some endearing name, took it from the nurse, and placing it upon his knee, with all that aflection which none buta parent can feel, began to sing, with all its variations, the popular negro melody of “0! Su- sanna, don’t you cry forme.” This showed how the presence of a Tittle creature can influence a great mind, for the act was a mark of greatness— arrest itg train of thinking, and bring it dowa to its own simple and artless level. It is, after all, in euch things, that nobility and depth of mind are to be discovered. ¥ J It is well to mention, for the information of all concerned, that Virgil and Rice are the only ex- press men who have an office at Saratoga, and that persons who wish to send parcels by it to this place must have them left at No. 10 Wall street. AL Mundell is their agent here. The eagerness with which the Herald is looked for is astonishing. On Thursday evening, no Herald, of course, and its non-appearance created asort of gloom. Several said that they felt quite at a loss without it, It seems,” continued they, * that something is missing; that there is a vacuum which require fing up.” One gentleman, speak of it, said—* That's a great paper;” ‘the greatest in the Union,” was the reply; “ the greatest in the world,” was the rejoinder. Every copy sells for sixpence. {pay that for it myself. Its influence, power, and extent, are universally admitted and ted; and its founder and proprietor may h Coriolanus, * Alone I did it. day, (Sanday,) the weather is very hot. At half-past six o'el rk, A.M., the thermometer was near 70 in the shade; and at three o'clock, it was SO. There has been a breeze which has rendered the atmosphere cool and pleasant. Our village presented a most animated appearance after church time. I thougitt of Hyde Park and the prow along the banks of the Serpentine, in London: if Saratoga cannot be of as much spleador and magnificence as those fashionable resorts, it ean, at ell events, lay claim to as much beanty aod eleganee. The ladies’ dresses were composed of light silks, muslina, with lace and net shawls, and scarfs. The bonnets—I beg pardon, hats they are called in this country—I noticed, were very dash- ing. Ifa lady's walking or carriage dress were studded with jeweis und diamonds, it would be noth, 8 it were, without the powerful gids of a a hat and a neat shoe—a shoe fastened with a sandal, which throws out in the instep in nice proportions. The foot, which is an isosceles triangle, should always be regulated with skill, so that it may be seen to a certain extent. Bat | ap- ope that those who possess beautiful feet know ow to display them, without directions from any one. ALETHEPHAINOS. Atiantic Hovse, Newront, K. 1, July 4, 1849. i The Celebration of the Fourth—Another Sentumental Journal—Singwlar Miusion— Arrivals, §c., §. We have had “a great time” to-day. The Fourth has been celebrated with due solemnity. “Sich a getting up of stairs 1 never did see.” Fort Adams, opposite the town, thundered forth with the roaring cannon ; soldiers paraded, with bands of music ; an oration was delivered at the Baptist church; the young firemen were out, in their red shirts; the streets of the town were swarming with crowds, and visiters, and idlers. Four steamboats brought large freights of people from Fall River, Providence, and the neighboring SE, 4, parts of Rhode Island, all come sight-seeing and j holiday-making to Newport. The day passed off agreeably and soberly. About two hundred people sat down to dinner at the Atlantic ; but just as our dinner was over, the carriages rattled upto the door, and a hungry multutade of ladies, gentlemen, and gaily clad young children, arrived, and sat down to another dinner. So the numbers that dined here on the ever-memorable Fourth, were extraordinary. [took a walk, the other evening, after the sun had set—at was still as light as day; and striking into one of the rural lanes that surround the Atlan- tie House, was buried immediately im all the sol tude of the country. 1 wandered musingly » and at the end of the lane, wit dens and shru beries on each side, whose swevt fi e and cheering looks were not quite conce: by the boarded fence which enclosed them, at a sudden turn of the walk found myself in the front of the carringe gates of a rural mansien which stood be- fore me. The house was seen from the gate ata little distance, standing in the centre of rounds lad out io all the taste and imitation of natute whieh cheraeterizes an English park. Tt was ap aieapled by wade gravel wales, winding in bold bordered on e: flowers, tastefully posed. It is in this pretty style that the villas here are built, in ample grounds, adjoining each other ; curves towards its doo h with beds of shrubs al age while the roads along the enclosures of nu- merous villas and grounds, oa the outside, form the tural lanes among which I was wandering. I stopped for a while at the gate, and looked in upsn the pleasing scenery open before me, and upon the heuse in the midst of it, which seemed like a little fairy castle erected by the m in the Happy Valley. Meantime, all around was still; the voice of man was hushed; no human foot was heard, disturbing the solitude spread over the horizon ; and the cool air of the eveni - pregnated with perfume from the neighboring Welds, came like fresh life to the nostrils. The soul o} man at such a moment unconsciously yields to the external influence, and his feelings ate lulled to a soothing tranquillity, assimilated to the condition of surrounding objects. | resumed my walk, after spending afew minutes at the portals ‘ol the elegant, yet not too pretending, mansion. Such high, gar- geous edifices as your aristocracy build in Bro: way and up-town, would not look well in the coun- try; they would be out of harmony with the chaste simpheity of equal nature ; and, in fact, to the eye of one contented to be an ordmary person, that which is too grand and pretending is almost as ef- fensive as that which is squalid and mean. Another turn of the lane brought me toa green opening, in the centre of which stood a silent and dilapidated windmul, and close by some neat, pret- ty cottages, with well tended gardens, occupied by laboring men and their families. At the door of one of these cottages—which appeared the asy- lum of contentment and peace—sat aman, the onl ing his cares after the toils piece of life T saw, soot fl of the day, by an hur eflort upon a rather dis- cordant flute, from which he drew tones, yet plea- sing enough, and satisfactory, no doubt, to him. As I proceeded onward, again buried in the green lanes, the roar of the sea and the dashing of the waves suddenly struck upon my ears, and J could distinguish the moaning sound of the mighty waters, as they spread themselves ont along the smooth sands, and having spent their rage, dis- solved away in frothy foam. The sea was near, but the walls of the lanes kept it as yet from my view. A little further walk, brought me to a high five barred Rate, over which I clambered, and going down the road, I soon came in sight of the majestic ocean. It was, however, growing late, and I immediately returned, proposing to come earlier this way some other time. There were so many of these silent lanes branching off in various directions, that on my way back I struck into a different one to that by which | came, and went wandering on without knowing where I was, or where the road would lead me. After a little more walking, I suddenly came to the end of the lane, where asight burst upon my eyes, which, for a moment, fairly transfixed me. ‘I saw in front of me, at some distance on the other side of an en- closed green, a huge, gigantic, massive building, of elegant and chaste proportions, resembling the re- presentations and descriptions given of ‘the Acro- pe and Temple of Minerva, of Athens, 1 was lest in astonishment, and could not imagine upon what undiscovered part of the town I had fallen, or what this large and beautiful building could be, which I had never seen or even heard of before. The thickening shades of twilight had now dim- med every object, and this, with the suddenness of the great and strange appearance, no doubt added to the effect and greatly augmented the illusi Six tall, towering columns of fluted Ionian pillars supported a high triangular entablature or archi- trave ; the two solid wings of the building were of similar massive form, but so well proportioned that nothing seemed too large. I gazed fora mo- ment in astonishment, and then as I began to dis- tinguish objects more in detail, I noticed that the fuiry-like vision was lighted up with innumerable burning tapers. 1 wonilered where I could be, or what it was saw before me. Here was a new discovery—I liad not scen or heard of such an edi- fice in Newport. By-and-by I heard the noise of voices and carriages, postillions and horses, in front.of it, which ussured me that at all events 1 was in the land of the living. On advancing from tke spot where I had stood gazing with admiration as I approached—and the fence betore the green no longer intervened—I! could hardly believe my own eyes, when, as I drew nearer and nearer, the whole illusion vanished in en instant, the fairiaess of the scene all iappasted, and | saw all of a sud- den that it was neither more nor less than the At- lantic House, in which, like the tenant of a feudal castle, I was residing ; and though I had often sat beneath that very portico, among those gigantic Ionian columns, I had never stepped cle: out in front, or passed opposite to it,sat a proper Rimance to survey the massive whole, so as to be able to re- gnise it when seen from a new and strange posi- m. This is nothing singular—it ison the con- trary quite common. The example of numbers is on my side to justify a blindness to what we daily see, and excuse an ignorance of what we daily handle. Welive beneath an immeasurable canopy and sit, or walk, or ride, unconscious, t least, of the magnificence and splen- n urround us. The glorious sun, the bright moon, the matchless stars studding the vast cerulean expanse, ure as unnoticed as if they had no being. But, if for a. moment we were placed in a new and strange position, like as | was in front of the Atlantic Louse, and could take, as it were, a heliocentric view—oh wondrous sight!—how we should stare with eestacy and astonishment, Then, if told that we had often seen it all before, we should not be able to believe it. It is sud, that those who for the first time suil southward of the equator, on coming beneath a new firmament, and seeing strange heavens and new skies above t with new and different arrangemer th are excited to attention, and filled with admi a sight which produced no pmpreesion upon Pn in their own country. No doubt this is the case. Now, if any one comes to Newport, (and it will tichly repay the coming.) he will ace fields and ardens, and rocks and islands, and forts and cita- ele, and ind cott id fi Villas, and os oven an seas nee such as he may have often seen before, ne * and perhaps may daily see in other places ; but he will see them in such a new position, under such a New aspect, so prettily put together, and se hap- pily mixed, blended, and combined, tbat they can- not fail, enveloped as Lend allare ina fresh, balmy, health-breathing atmosphere, to excite such ad- miration and pleasure in his mind as he never per- haps experienced before in more familiar places. Yashionable arrivals, are announced every day. Among others the Pringles have arrived from Longfello’ South Carolina, and Professor w and family are come to spend the season I shall a fuller account in my_next, which shall be sentimental and more 1onable in its topics; but now my paper is exhausted. Spectator. Atwantic House, Newrort, July 7, 1849. A Long Sentence Unfinished—Fear—Exeitement— Houses’ Moving—Surf Bathing—Indians—Old Joe—A Reception by the Governor—Tuact and Management—Origin of the Order of Tammany In this place, where no cholera is known, and. the people sit down and eat and drink, without fear, the peas, and beans, and new gtatoes, and squashes, and grass, and strawberries and cream, and ice- cream, and Charlotte russes, and pure Croton, and don’t ask whether this 1s good or that is bad, orif one may or may not eat anything—in this place, where bishops of the church established by law, come from Ireland to enjoy the pure and delicious air, and build themselves villas and make presents of organs and bells to the churches —where the people are gentlemen and touch their h. you when they meet you, and there are no poor, and the fishermen are poets, and the vistters are princes and princesses, or at least are honored and treated as if they were—where I am sitting down to write a letter de omnibus rebus et ( gut buasdam aliis, about everything, and a little besi i 4 everything ry k.. more besides, destined, of matter, to be thrown ina Saver and awe = the light—in thie ee, Lam prevented from en e Ir ehould be’ by, a litte bustle. nad domeeence, 88 the hall. I run to one of ih vi where the sound of diem a ea horn flute, has already drawn a litle crowd together, and peer curiously of ladies, and over the shoulde: d chambermards, amass of humanity, allfora moment confounded together under the common impalae of curiosity, to see what is the matter. It is a gay and lively procession of Welch's circus company. splendid car comesalong, drawn by twelve chestaut colored horses, richly caparisoned, and a lively band from aloft makes the welkin echo with the loud - notes of the well played music. What an excite- ment for the boygot the town of Newport! As they meet each other at the corners of the streeta, the talk is about nothing but the circus. It is to them what the end of the world is to the Mullerites— something grend, rs and amazing, which fills the animal man with wonderment and sensation. You may hear them call across the street to one another, as they ere go ng along, “1 say, Jim, are - you going to the circus en once you are enticed away from a serious engagement, and disturbed in a brown study by some little frivolity, it is not easy to get back again —so here goes for a and a saunter; and it look on not amused and excited ourself, at le ad The ie world of Ne rt others that are so. the air; te rch’ eqsipages artve bys tn tore ¢ ait; WU ve by; the House and the Bellevue ad ont bie quota of gay premenaders; the ofiicers from the fort stroll along in. military un ogling with cautious respect the conscious ladies. “A young cava- lier comes along on a spirited charger. Hut what makes that horse, all of a su + fear and plange, and prick up his ears, and wheel ei ood round, aud stand aluss strw between the cheeks ts of girls, boys = i i i ; ;