The New York Herald Newspaper, July 22, 1850, Page 6

THE GOLD DIGGINGS. Our Califor Correspondence. Jacxson Creex Gor aed (A. C.), May 23, 1850. ‘The Post Ofice in Culifornia—The Strafford Com- pany and their Dispersion— Life m the Mines— pe. ae e y little communication with the civilized world, and it bei g a rare thing to receive a paper younger thin two to four months old, in these dig- gings, | hardly know what is going on; and as to letters, in consequence of the beautiful post office arrangements, we get, NOW and i2en, one about six months efter date, and that man who receives ‘one in due time, is chronicled a lucky man, or, as the mivers term it, “in a streak of luck.” You know we are all anxious to hear from our friends, and it is one of the very few pleasures that we ex- pect to enjoy in this country; and where there are somany thousand citi re here at this time, justice demands of oar government suitable Ve send to | s as there provisions for transmitting the mails. he post office at San Frencisco, and only to hear | the stale report of no letters, and no maids; or that | part or the whole have been left oa the Isthmus.— Now, friend Bennett, how is this Is government too poor to employ conveyances sufficient to carry the mails?) We pay 40 cents postage upon letters, If that is not sufficient, double it. No one will |, complain if they can only get them. We do not wish to be an expense ‘9 Our government; if it | cannot provide for us in this respect, let us | srovide for ourselves, as the express lines will de- five r letters Without delay, * and not leave them on the Isthmus.” Ifa person goes to the office at San Francisco, he will tind a thousand or more in | waiting for achance, and he must spend a half a day before he will get up to the hole in the win- | dow, and if he bas a list of names, he is directed to | a side door; he most go in and select them out him- | self, for which he must pay five cents upon each, | in addition to the postage. Is this a government charge ? i ‘sthe money? The whole ar- aly bad.” There must be a | mewhere. We have no redress here, and we are obliged to submit. We feel the need of a Bennett, and the Herad, in our behalf,sto | ferret out the cause aad show it to the people, | whether it is in agents, or government itself. a you not, will you not give them a broadside for us? By so doing, you will receive the thanks of about two huudred thousund Cilifornia miners. From the communications you are constantly re- ceiving from your cosvenpemilieita in this country, Ido not know that I can give any additional infor- mation. The true statements avout the country | and the mines"ur’ now pretty generally known in | the States. Sinus our company (of the bark Straf- ford), dissolved last fell, (which, by the way, is the inevitable destiny of all joint stock mining as- sociations that come here,) I have been in winter quarters at Dry Creek, about forty niles 5. E. of Sacramento City, with some fifty of our Inte num- ber. At the ertrlement it is a very romantic place, | situated amcng the hillt, with many a beautifi scene, of valley, mountain and glen, as well as many @ murmuring brook.et and dushing waterfall. It is one of the most healthy places in California for winter quarters. The climate has been mild, soft and pure; sheltered as it is on all sides by hills,it is shielded from the piercing blasts that sweep over the mountain tops. There has been very little cold weather, and only two slight snow-storms, while all around to the distance of 12 to 15 miles, | except upon the west, there has been much snow } and very cold weather. But it has rained, rained, rained; and such rain storms can only be realize by experience. They were none of your storms at the East—they would be considered gentle in comparison. Perfect torrents—by the bucket full, and trom a week to two weeks at a time, during | which, ull are obliged to keep then. elves close in | quarters. J have lived in 2 canvass teut during the entire Winter or rainy season, and have not found | it uncomfortable, except during these storms, | which would » ad the water through the canvass | and form a fine winiature ocean of inud upon our | floor of earth. lt has been very healthy, and what sickness there was, was in consequence of colds | } | in attempting to mine. The rainy season or winter here is the most healthy. In the summer, when | there is lite cr n r, and all is parched | dry, it is unhealthy. The mines in this region wre not as rich as those at the North. | s have been found equally so, | rt of country at the South, the upper waters of the | \ec., remains unexplored. Lt Was imipes them last summer, in | consequence of un radly Indians; bet during this, it will be thoroughly explore’ in every port. At } thie time the nvers cb wollen by the melt- | ing of the snow in the mountains, and mining or exploring cannot be done for some four to six Weeks hence. ‘There hes been very litte mining done in this regien during ‘he rai wagon, as the creeks vuly places where any- iventag:. was in gulches proceeds have not been very a few exceptions. At this time, the P i galches are fast drying +e, While the main creeks their beds are being reoted up e few places, upoa the bars, to » and thi flattering, with it pays well; bot tokea as a whole, mining is poor pay lor the lubor, hardship exposure necessary and unavoidable. Instead of ding gold near the surface, as many vose, it ts buried deep beneath, in from two to ten, and even fifteen feet, and gene rally in water courses, or wet places. You must Stand in mutand water, knee-deep, with one or | the other digs out the thia | loyer of ewrth vext to the rock that coatains the | fold, and if they get from eight to sixteva di & piece per dey, they ar rtainly Jacky. Tt mast | be recolleete e is lost in getting the | place ready, and it m not last over a week, and then, perhaps, a kor two will a lost before they will find hy agin, it is xpensive living by the pound at this time quently, everything must e, however trifling it may fier ve the de ing, and deducting the expense thera poor show Flour veils at ugar, 69 cents; frevh meat and 3 every thing im proper winter 1 paid 50 cents for fresh mea cents for sugar, 75 cents for flour, $4 per gallon for vinegar, and $8 for molas ses. ' Tu mining, it depends upon luck, and it is not for all who come here te theur fortunes, and very many come her s, to die The season of sickness and death is now again approeching, »ud among the thousands here, thou- sands will forfeit their live pon as the waters in the mountains dry up; then again sickness, suf- especiotly ia the valleys, where at water and vegeta deca If this country could only be visited by occas Taina it would be o: finest upon the glove ; earth, without a drep neuth a broiling hot sun, is taken in- m, What thea? At this season of 1; the earthis clothed with nent of green, while every hill, valley, and glen, is decked with the hues of Iris in the variegated aod beautiful blossoms of in- numerable varicties of the wild flowers of spring. ‘The air is filled with frogranee, and every passing breeze is perfumed with the seent of the rose, while mountains and Vales are made vocal by the songs of sweet feathered warblers, and all nature seems to smile at its own gorgeous beauty. Were apervon to be suddenly transported hither, he ‘would be fascinated with the country, for it ie cer- tainly a paradice tele, afew more days and at! will be changed—this beauty and fragranee will be gone, all will_be parehed up, barren, and desolate. The sky is cf weather very warm, so much so th comfortable walking in the sunshine, bu you must know mining cannot be ¢ in the shade, and we | must endure the heat; in feet, it is hard choosing between the sunshine aod shade, for when we orek refuge from the blazing sun beneath the shade of a friendly tree, it is only to be eaten up by mos quitos of the real hyenasy hungry and fero- cious. The nights are very cold, and fires quite acceptable There are a large number of Indians around to cons the-year ailis its most luxuri here, and they ere about the dirtiest and most | Miserable specimens of humanity that can be found upon the fuce of the giobe. “ Their costume fs generally thet which a hind Providence has provided for them. Their subsiatence is upon onte, bogs, recta, herbs and worms, and God only knows what’ they do not eat, since I have several times seen them pick vermia from each others beads end «ai the dainty morsel They only allow particular f.ende to do this, and there is moch pertialty and favovitiem at that. They are friendly whites, and difliculiies dom occur, excerpt trom the use of tic or, of whieh they are very d; and when ande » influence, | they manifest their wild and savage disposition. ‘There-wae a rkin at Dry Creek (12 miles west of thix) a few deya since, from this cause, which | dim the ceath of four Indiana, shot by the * s, «nd one Chilian killed by the Indians; ale burning some tents and destroying the proper- ty beionging to the whites. Since that they have en veatee. In the mounteins they are more wild end unfriendly. They are quite indostrions | in gathering gold, and spend it freely for cloth- “— sore a to eat or drink. here area re variety of people in the mines, and of about all patio id tongues; and where a few are congregated one place, they forma group for the peneil of an artist. We, the miners, are a hard looking set of citizens, | assure you. Our eostume is such as is adapted to our busisess; | wall, with a clover field in pers 30, york 60; and | every one dresses just as he} pleases, and it is no | man’s business how. Fashion is governed by the individual taste; tailoring is done up in beautiful style. Clothes are generally patched with another color, sewn upon the outside with a sail needle and twine, aad the whole besmeared with mud. The best recommendation that @ miner can have, isa dirty fece, dirty shirt, otd patched aad muddy pants, for this looks like a mou of business, and one who works, and generally these are the men with their ‘ pockets full of rocks.” To see a man With a clean shaved face (for you must know miners never shave), clean shirt,’ boots blacked, and clean and whole clothes, ‘he is at once marked as a lunatic or a crack-brain. Should a party of miners promenade throngh Broad- way, én full costume, they would attract as much attention as so many Hottentots. They would no doubt have the entire sidewalk to themselves, with all the boys in town at their heels. Oh, this California is @ great country, end surely all enjoy the “ biggest” kind of libexty—all fe upon en equality—there is no second class of Who wouldn’t sell a farm, and go to Ci mmiat If any man wishes to live like an Arab, and root about in the mud after gold, like a oe after a potato, lethim come. This is the land of luxuries—plenty of salt junk and navy bread. Eat your supper of fried pork, after working hard all day, roll yourself up in a blanket, stretch out upon the ground, and sleep like a pig on a stone pective. ‘There are a large number of Mexicans, Spaniards, and Chilians here. They seem to understand mi- ning much better than the Americans, and will make as much with a common pan, as an Ameri- can with a rocker; while the Indians, who are too lazy to work, go picking about for their gold in crevices of the rocks, in water courses. They ee move in large numbers, accompanied with children, pappooses, and dogs. The squaws do the work, while the Indians jay around upon the bank, with their pappooses and dogs. Poly- amy is allowed ameng them, and an Indian can ve as many Wives as he can support. Iu every respect they seem to be about the lowest order of ere are no good mines there. Thus the excite- + ent is kept up throughout the country, and every Indian trail is made alive with the moving iners, bag and and their whole equipage fer livii Eh Rr Thus we go, py train of ants laying in their stock. Our wong Island Correspondence. Frusuina, L. I., July 5, 1850. The Rise and Fall of Flushing—Hopes of Paradise Regained—Energy and Enterprise. No peper in the world, perhaps, embraces 80 va- ried and extensive a correspondence as the Herald; nor do I think there is one more largely patronized and read by all classes. If it be necessary to find a reason for this, there can be no difficulty ina once perceiving that a spirit of genuine indepen- dence, combined with vast enterprise, have laid surely the foundation of your success and popu- larity. To the best of my recollection, you have not at any time been informed of matters and things in this quarter, this village of nurseries and scandal, pretty girls and a sprinkling of aristoeracy. True, we are almost a suburb of New York, and not quite distant enough to call fogh much curi- osity or interest, yet we are among the moving crowd in ‘be world’s panorama, and sufficiently distin- guished in many particulars, to render a brief ex- poee of our “ sayings and doings” worth knowing, if only for the sake of contrast: with other villages, not more wealthy, but infinitely more enterprising. With your permission then, I will put together a few remarks, ‘nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice.” i Some years ago, there came into the village a distinguished clergyman of the Episcopal Church, @ genueman of bniliant talents and deserved popu- lanty. He selected this place on account of its beauty and healthfulness, and set about establish- ing a school tor boys. But a few months Be ofa humanity. When one of their tribe dies, they d a deep pit in the ground, and, filling it with wood, lay the corpse thereon, and burn it, while the squaws mourn areund the funeral pile, with groans and hideous yells. . The land here is very mountainous, with deep ches and ravines, and many beautiful valleys. econ rocks are strewn arouad, and piled upon the surface, that bear evident marks of volcanic commotion. The strata of earth that contains gold resembles that which has been burnt, and has un- doubtedly been exposed to volcanic fire. The enly trees here are the oak and pine. They are thinly scattered (much like an orcherd), and of gigantic dimensions, especially the pine, which rises to the height of 150 feet, as straight as an arrow. The ine is of a different species from that at the East. Yr has large burs, a foot long, and contain: abundance of nuts, that taste much like filberts. Of these the Indiens are very fond, as well as of acorns. There is no underbrush, except here and there a clump of greave wood. The oaks seem to be fast decaying, and, as there are ne young trees, time must come when the whole land will be a desolation. In the absence of underbrush, the whole land appears mote like an old inhabited and | cultivated country than one that is new. There is no fruit, save the wild grape, which is ripe in Oc- tober, and is found in the greatest abundance, and of the most delicious kind, but only upon the banks of rivers. The country is amost solely dependent upon others for ail kinds of vegetables and every luxury of life ; consequently, while so many are in the mines, they will be obtained at high prices, and where people are far from the settlements and main roads in the mountains, where everything must be transported upon mule back, or their own, it is dif- ficult to have vegetables or fresh provisions, and with salt provisions, exposure in mining by day, and exposure at night, (for economy must be used in articles of transportation, and tents are obliged to be light, small and uncomfortable, and many go without tents and stay under a tree upon the ground in the ope; ») and taking all things into consid- eration, mining is about the hardest and most ex- posed life a man can lead. Digging canal is not a circumstance to it; it requires au iron constitution to withstand it. From the manner of living, and exposures and hardships of mining, scurvy, ague and fever, and rheumatism prevail; and when the weather becomes more warm, diarrha, dysentery, and fevers in addition, And if a man escapes a six months’ miuing campaign with his life, he has the gréatest cause for thanking an overruling and kind Providence. I see many who are completely worn out with the toil and hardships, and un- able to work, and, strange as it may sound in this land of gold, many who are unable to y their way, and some who are actually Peeging in order to raise funds Siitucient to ena’ them to return home. And while there fare so many thousands in the mines, and so many still on their way, thousands must be sadly disappoint- ed, for, in all parts of the mines, at this time, people are so numerous, that it is actually difficult to get a claim (the extent of a claim is tilteen feet square to a man) and should no other mines be discovered, very soon there must be much disap- pointment. But many will argue that the present mines are too extensive, the rivers too | and too it an extent of country, foreven double the number who are here; yet, you must know, many, very many miles upon the rivers and creeks, 43 well as upon a large extent of the country, gold cannot be found. It is deposited only in certain places, and the greatest part has been thoroughly prospected. Some have, and others undoubtedly meke fortunes at mining; but to one of that there will be nine of the unfortunate. The large amount of dust sentto the States seem to convince many that all are making fortunes; but when you average the amount among the tens of thousends here, it will give but a smallsum to each. hing that so many are still coming on, when such facts are ey to them, and confirmed by thousands who heave, and are returning, many without a dollar, and many sick, and with ruined constitutions. The temptations to vice, in this country, I regret to record, ere leading many astray, and will prove their ruin. Gambling is practised’ te an alarming hout the mines, and drinking goes with it. You speak to some about ing, and they reply “there is no harm in it; mmen in this country, among the b | Claes, and there is Mr. ——, and Mr. —-,” men- | tioning over several names of prominent men, who | are well known, as on excuse. Shame on those men of character and influence, who will set such | en example, to lead many astray, and cause | their ruin. eg | seem to change materially, in every re- pect, from what they were at home, and to give | fall sway to their natural appetites aad disposi- | tions. They seem to lose all sease of refinement, as well as feelings of sympathy and philanthropy, | and to be wrapt up in selfishness, self-gra' | and the sordid desire for gold. If spoken to this great c/ in them, ar reply, with a shrag | of the shou Jalifornia now.” If a man should unfortunately be taken sick, he is | liable to die, for the want of proper attention from those immediately around him, in addition tw | Yeidable exposure. There is one gratifying fact, which epeaks volumes in praise of the miners, an that is the strict observance of the Sabbath day in all parts of the country. Itis a very rare thing to fee a men werking upon that day. Life and property are perfectly secure throughout the mines, ) end it is very rare for a thett to be committed ‘There is not the slightest use of any one’s making | Of bimeelf a portable fortification, as there is nothing to dirk or shoot, except a litle game, and that is searce. | Sinee the final closing of the business of our company, and selling the burk, in March lust, our _— of afew late members have dispersed to ditlerent the country. Some are sull at Dry Cree! at this place, a few at the North, and a smal has just gone South some 100 miles, on the poose, and some few are following their usual avo- cations in San Francisco and Sacramento. So far as I have heard, ll are at this time in the enjoy- ment of good health, and many doing well, bat the majority poorly. As for myself, lam upto my “ee ia mud at mining, but with ordinary success. From whet] now know about mining, by experience, and all other things in connection, I ‘shall soon leave, considering the risks of my life.too great for the grote of much gold. Lintend leaving here in a lew weeks, with an exploring or prosy fing party, for the head waters of the Mockolume, Caleberas, fey which is in the Sterra Neveda mountains. Should there be anything interesting er worthy of hote in that unexplored region, | will communicate the seme to your veluable Herald. ‘The Herald is quite « favorite in the mines, and is eagerly sovght after by the miners. When a late one mek appearance in a settlement of miners, it soon ach tent, to cheerits inmates with ite cheertu vuntenance. There can often be seen & group under th: le of a tree, suffering the purgatorial persecutions of the mosquitoes, which each is busily engeged in killing as they lieten to one who reads the news. The bark Streflord, (or “ Old Betey,” aa our late captain used ‘o call her.) on which there was s0 many mirthful ecenes while on our long voyage, is now enlivensd only by the clanking of chains, asthe has, alae! become the prison-ship of Sacras mento City. Peace to her old hulk, for the good she hes done. F. B. a S.—1 have just been informed by a person from the Southern mines, that there are 7.000 men on the Mockolume, (four miles southeast of this plece,) and the same number on the Caleberas, (ten miles,) all doing litte or nothing at present, Waiting for the waters to full, that they may dig in their beda. Great preparations are being made for dra off the waters, and several comp: have been formed for that pw . Thousands are eon stently on the meve to all parta, some goung to the South, and #* many going to the North. Those from the South say (here are no worth work ing there, and those from the North the same; while many who went to the Trinity, thinking te make s fortane there, are sow revezoing, end aay away, When he found himself on the full tide successful experiment, and the notoriety of “St. Thomas’s Hall’? became wide-spread throughout the length and breadth of the land. Like magic, there started up elegant buildings, within a charm- ing enclosure of trees and shrubbery; sweet music fell upon the ear on stated nighis, and all the beauty of the village was gathered there, to listen to the “band,” and hold sweet converse in those happy hours. It was a joyous time for all, and the Doctor was regarded as the greatest public benefactor. But human. ai are mutable; dark clouds will gather-in the brightest sky, and ruin follow where hope led the way. In the midst of a career of prosperity unexampled ia the history of schools, there came disaster, sudden and whic | Not only was the Dr. ruined, but calamity followed, wides-pread and embarrassing. The school was broken up, the light and m: laugh of youth was hushed, and silence reigned where mirth was wont to dwell. Our merchants and mechanics felt the change. It came upon them with a crushing force, so far beyond their most cautious calcula- tions, that business became very nearly suspe: in our midst. The prosperity of the village was at once arrested. Every face looked gloomy, and every man saw that time alone could heal a wound 60 formidable and extensive. Flushing has, however, always been in the evidences of her public spirit, and when this blow was dealt her, she became absolutely lethargic. For six or seven years past she has done nothin; but weep o’er the days that were, plodding on in her old-fashioned way, and driving her ry horse, while all was fast around her. She has, or had, a horticultural society, several temperance societies, lectures during the winter, &e.; but all these, and whatever else might improve the heart and the mind, by public association, have been allowed to languish and die, for want of that sup- port which alone can perpetuate them and make them useful. 63 Now, anything was better than this dull, mo- notonous repose. It became wearisome in its turn, and ‘a chi came o’er the spirit of our dream.” A bridge (oh, pumpkins!) was built; thea a store, of brick, (aye, of brick), and the “Flushing Hotel.” As ornamental appendages to the latter, a black- emith’s shop was erected on each side, Locper 4 and beautiful to look at. Here was an efiort worthy the days of our ancestors, and it was nobly achieved. Our villagers began to think they could do something, if they tried, and talked of still Teater improvements, as i nsably necessary. he preceding * improvements” resulted from the fire in May, and were re; as a decided evidence that the people could arouse th to still greater exernon. They had but 25 try end lo} the thing "Fas done. ‘here soon followed the erection of a very handsome store, by Messrs. Peck S@Fairweather, seceding partners from the firm of Isaac Peck & Co. is good begianing by a second fine building, put up by James Lowerre; and a third, more elegant than J, and a good deal larger, by Isaac Peck & Son. No store in this village, or elsewhere on Long Island, is equal to it in size and beauty of style; and William Post, the architect, deserves great credit for his skill in designing and erecting so splendid a structure. The rival storekeepers <m the spirit of their city neighbors, and proved, to their own sausfaction, ut least, that the issue was entirely worthy the noble effort they had m: Ives a! ade. If Flushing is totake her stand amoag her sister villeges in the vicinity of the metropolis—if she is to keep pace with them in their onward progress to an increase of wealth and population, and an all- pervading activity in every branch of trade and in- dustry, she must not rest satished with having already done Cg oe The time has come, I think, when the “slew ”* will inevitably have to kvock under to the ‘‘fast” one; and the is gradually but surely approaching to that state of things which will not content with a less amount of ion than is widely prevalent among all clases of the American | le. There ere signs in all directions, and signi! ones, too, that our citizens are awake to their own advanta- nd interests, and that the village is bound to head. Fi ‘6 she haw been the vic- » and too submissive to the dic- twtion and plans of rome of her friends, who measure their pecks by other's bushels. “aecommoda- pyblic” has become well understood to meen getting rich at the public's expense—a mere “eprat to catch a salmon.” The running of one steamboat for more than thirty years, has induced most persons to inquire of how much benefit the monopoly has been? Though late in the day, they have discovered, by a comparative process of rea- toning, that they have beea the losers ina one- sided geme, and thatthe “benefit” was of a very Se character. A few reaped what many sowe And why should not Flushing be true to herself, and encourage by all means, a rapid, frequent and cheap communication with the city? Why hould she not have more than one steamboat ruaning to her docks, and keep the fore in them down to a shilling?’ Why should she not have a railroad passing through Astoria and Williamsburgh, and thence, by ferry, to the = ide? Will these things sether back any? The village is beautiful within its corporate limite; the country around it not excelled in all the charms that give a zest to rural life, and its healthfulnese proverbial. What is there to prevent her from becoming, in a_very few ears more, the paradise of Long Island? Nothing ut the will of her citizens, determinedly fixed on removing every obstruetion to an easy, swift, fre- quent, and low-priced access. Away h_ those exorbitant tolls at “the bridge,” and make it free. Having got the steamboat fare down to a shilling, keep it there by @ liberal patronage to the opposi- tion boat, and don’t be alarmed if watched in go- ing or coming as you please. Think of the railroad, lic mind telk about it, ponder on its immense advantages to the many, nor bother your heads fo moment about the few who oppose it. There's a time coming, if you will but be true to yourselves. Suc- cess must attend your eflorts, if you are but earnest in making them. And does anybody ask—what is to be the result of all thist I will tell them. Your population will increave greatly, by the com- ing of hundreds into and about the vill as per: manent residents. A demand will be created for real estate, and its increased value certainly fol- low. Manufacturers and mechanics will find their way here in greater numbers, and the hum of in- dustry can be heart in all directions. Store keepers will multiply with the demand for the necessaries and luxuries of life, and Fee be restrained by a Wholesome competition. There will be differences of opinion and other obstacles to enceunter, most aseured! Part experience has demonstrated, that co it is everywhere in the progress of human efleire. You saw it in the hostility to your “ pub- lie shool;” you see it inthe controversy with the rival steamboats. But ‘ resolution isomnipotent ” Ate circumstances egainet yout Answer as Na- poleon did—*1 make, or control circumstances, not bow tothem.” Kemember the motto of the pickexe on the old seal—* Either | will find a way, or | will make one.” Go Anrap. ‘nooompl succesful volunteers were organiand ing Colowel A M. Mitchell as Captain. Th wire met near Sauk Rapids, and a talk Colenel and Captain Monroe told them to few words man, secured of } baying stolen goods | rg diane, war also argued. aren thing is now qniet above, with « pron continuance | me ciaty or seventy Tanctonand Warpecute Sioux, ‘vom the Missowri river are now at Mendota, They | ere the reel wild boys of the the Bedouins of | smerioe- and about the 6 specimens of physical | tomeh we ‘They bave come down to hare hed in to some treat; Men D te me thn manne daw b time tm aol 9? Banta Murtha Mhia then ia the | nmninas cha meme nme wa THE WATERINF PLACES. Baxarooa, July 17, 1850. ‘The Philosophy «f Watering Places—The Rival Feudaliom at Saratoga—The /eisning belle~The Millionaivess— General Taylor's Obsequies. The philosophy of life ata fashionable watering- Place, my dear Herald, is something not yet much studied, nor properly understood, in our democratic country, Itis here that the reverse of the medal of life appears; and instead of everything being oon. trolled by man, the entire government of the affairs of the community is in the hands of the women. The prettieetand most audacious woman is Sultana, whose lightest emile or faintest nod is unquestioned and irre- sistible law; while the tat wives and vulgar daughters of the snob commonalty are the mayor, aldermen, and common council, who pass their fussy and porspiring lives in eating, eleeping, dressing, and undressing, and are continually bard at work trying to be idle with a good grace. In such a government as this men are nobodies; a petticoat is the emblazonry of the royal standard, which every good citizen teels himself bound © honey te uphold; bats are but quaint ornaments for blockheads, aud pantalovas are down to aero. In this brilliant, effervescing little kingdom of Sara- {ega, Wererore, We havea fair opportunity of judging how fer the “delicate creatures,” whom we “call ours,” but, (thank heaven. in respect we meet at table) “not their appetite: cererving Of the consideration ia matters of government and st policy, which # portion of their #ex £0 pertinaciourly claim. Bui also for the bright dream of the golden age, 6 promised from the government of women ! obgareby is wiready cut up into as many £16 Inctions as the aemceratic party, and ing rapidly toward @ state of hostile fierce individual contention, only dimly roreshadowed by the feudal barbariem in the times of Edward the Saxon Itis true that, instead of lances and cross- bows, we have glances and rmiling beaux; aua that the principal champions in the lists have exchanged the beavy steel plated armor of Ashley de la Youecne, for the niuslins and laces of Stewart's, so ravishingly diapbonous and transparent as to but no matter In short, although the form of the weapo: id the rot warfare may have submitted vo some impor- modifications, yet the spirit of enmity and the amiable desire to cut cach other's throats, has in no whit abated. Our whole territory is usurped by a set of greater or less feudalities ; and the ineidents of the resent campaign will doubtless furnish some female ulwer, with abundant materials for » grand historico- national romance, under the title of the Last of the Baronesses,”’ So that, after all, the “good time com- i to coutidently .) when women ehall rule and men roast, promises only @ change instead of an amelioration Among the feudal guverm.rs who have aiready’ren- dexvoused here, with all their powers in martial array, are twoor three ladies from New York and Philadel- phia. Around each revolve numereus minor planets, constituting a strongly isnpregnated satellitious at- mosphere, in which hone but the initiated can exist. One from Fenasdpnis. of course, represents the aris- tocracy of that quiet little village adjoining the South. ern suburb of New York, where th ear shad-bel- and scrub their brick walks raw tothe in- Sbe has immense wealth, a travelled air, Pe putation for the grandest hospitality. She is, besides, reputed witty, und sheds her bon mots with equal facility in English, Freach, German, Spanish and Italian. Her appearance, like that of what-d'yo- in the Revelations, drew at least a third part rs after her. ‘The orb of one from New York. however shines with a full, though somewhat eccentric light; and, replenished as it is by the rays of a real duke, # real count, and » genuine on, is by no means to be eclipsed or out- thone. The rivalry between these two leading grest- besses has already commenced, and is to be carried on with all the vindictiveness which characterized the contests of York and Lancaster, Montague and ye let, or two hostile nd clans. The t the United States, last evening, was wi |, but quiet. The bigh Sontending parties have not yet unmasked their batteries. They are measuring the ground, and releeting their positions, with all the wari- nees and deliberation of veteran commanders. The “ reigning belle” of the present season has been already elected by a majority of the suffrages of her fellow eitizenerses, and daily takes the promenade, in rson of a well Known favorite among the pretty faces at Astor Place. und isan uncommonly piquant, threwd, and sensible girl. She has the gift of do-as-I- like-itiveness marvelously developed, and yet she be- haves herecif with so much deeoram and grace, that the bag not en envious nor geen subject in her empire, She has light and leughing eyes, sunny- brown bair, and faultless teeth. Her lins are full but cold, and her form, though elastic and symmetrical, lecks that voluptuous languor which makes every moversent so bewildering. Another from your atts Se al29 bape bewitching lady, uow ded from the and darhing bild+ <4 the fesciuating woman, aising in the morning sky of fashion with # lustre steady as that of Venus. ‘ould she but omit that cruel green veil, which she permits to annihilate her charms when she walks out, her condescension would be perfect. We have # celebration of General Taylor's obsequies bere to-day. and Mr. Frank Waddell bas been selected to deliver the oration. AMATEUR. BSanirooa, July 14, 1850. Preparations for Opening the Season—Steps Taken at the “ United States” — The Introduction of New Dances— Having all the Fun and Refreshments in an Exclusive Style—Congress Halli—Trip to the Switzerland of America, $e. Life at Saratoga! Tho fashionable movements here have commenced In downright earnest. The hotels are filling up by degrees, and the curious and varied phases of fashionable life, with all their wonderful and surprising peculiarities, form the staple for excite ment. Edueation, manners, and character, are very interesting studies in such a place, and even, aiter being presented to Her Majesty at Buckingham palace— after revelling in the salons of Paria, at Versaillesand St. Cloud, or Fontaincbleau—dancing in the ball- rooms of Vienna and Madrid, crossing the Simplon, isiting Lake Como, coursing the Danube, or gazing t. Peterrburg from the Neva, the most jaded cos- mopolite can find something new in public manners, and origivality in the acted code of etiquette at Sara- are all trying to enjoy all that is to be en. is. When we are dull, some Of novel elegance—some original pattern of ttartles us from the ennui of to acknowledge, though aces, that variety in human boundless. For some ti P ¢ have been looking out for » break in t monotony of breakissts, dinners and teas, and, sure enough, on Friday evening. at the United Hotel, we bad the ball of the season. ges, conditions og themselves. They amuse me as much ‘ter under my powerful microscope ; te polite myself. as always to consider If tom oF acquaintance, is un- my conduct. I cannot understand how some persons, in public places, will expose themselves to the charge of being monopolists of enjoyment. Yet soit is. He: I_ perceived, #0 fat as a good very dangerous and destruc. iderate, a queenly and I love to see the people of all tastes enjo: y securing the best best wine ip the cellar, ev: extra tor ench bottle. This isa mere matter of taste and judgment ; a curious,foresight with respect to de- mand and supply They may even go so far ay to create a sepsaiton” in the kitchen by sending a fifty dollar bill to the cook. to strengthen the aauoe for any Me sent to them from the metropolis, Indi- hits will lead very fac Individual taste " purled philosophers i other eminent men, thelr works are not to rr fore a clans were only occupied by one set Some Peon kvow her name. and was not interested enowgh to inquire, seemed to have the «hole control of orehes- treand the dances No doubt. she thought she was doing ® very brilliant thing. All the company gare way to about dosem persuns, who introduced & new he of s very difficult character—at least it was Paris something in this bas past it would scarcely pace muster at hotel im that metropotts. Of course, been prac. tined, by thnee who took part in it, for several months, war well caloulated to produce a sensation by be- The sensation it pro- enjoyed than dererib- geverslly pot baving assembled spectators of dan. cing end feasting retired. entertaining various kinds of feel wae g A t phitorephy of human life of hi character. vd to Te may lead tess, tell be brighter and merrier under « mor cabinet ‘There was a vory agreeable dancing party at Brown's Congress Hall. on Saturday evening. at which the beat feling and the most oorvial bilarity prevailed The Toots wer jh and the weather delioiow propr: onlled the Switaer of American I ve That How Mr. Bancroft. and lady, @. PR James. Req . and Indy. celebrities. have been invited, and ef the party. Ls wij) certainly Saratoga, July 18, 1850. ‘The Funeral Pageant at the Springs—The De- struction of a Pic Nic Party. The company at this favorite watering place is inereasing daily. We have, at this momeut, a floating population of about two thousand persons. There is something eccurring, almost daily, to interest the attention of intelligent men. The ceremonies which came off yesterday, and which were intended to do honor to the memory of the late President Taylor, were, as I think, a decided failure. I have never seen or heard of a more shabby turn out, since the days of old Jack Falstaff. There was no unity of feeling among those who undertook to get up the celebration. There was a miserable feeling of jealousy ex- hibited at the meeting of the Committee of Ar- rangements, on Tuesday evening, as | have learned from some of the committee, and, if it had not been for Gen. Blanchard, who acted as Chief Marshal, yesterday, and a fow other determined and pa- triouc spirits, there would have been no parade at all, As it was, it amounted to almost nothing Very tew of the visiters at the Springs joined ia the cereinonies, and, from the very fact that they knew not about them, until they saw the “procession,” which was cemposed of about a dozen barouches, filled, for the most part, with yeomanry, in chip hats, and some dozen or two of old loafers, Who have been in the habit of attend- ing fanere 8 any time within the last thirty years. he fact is, there is no such thing as public spirit among the resident population Saratoga. ‘he two papers published bere show that fact; and until there isa better feeling existing, it is in vain to think of getuug upa public celebration here, to do honor to anything, unless the visiters who may | happen to be on the spot will agree to pay the ex- pense. The business of the place lasts only three or four months, and all the rest of the year the people go to sleep, and exist u, what they have Tade out of the travelling public during the sum- mer. There may be # few exceptions to this re- mark, but they are like angels’ visits, “few and far between.” You know this, Mr. Bennett, as well as I do. Now, to return to the celebration of yesterday. Instead of baving a grand procession, as the com- mittee of arrangetuents might have had, if they had given timely notice to the ten or twelve hundyed intelligent mate strangers in the village to join them, they go to work privately, contrive to get a conveniently small company, secure the ser- Vices of an orator at the eleventh hour, and of ten or a dozen barouches, and ride from the United States hotel to the ess Spring, a distance of less than 4 quarter of a mile, and there they alight, aad proceed to an emizence about ten rods er, where the ceremonies come off with all the “ iP and circumstance” of a military funeral! b ot this shameful? hi 3 even the ladies might have been pressed into the service. Pressed, do 1 say? Hundreds of them would have gladly volunteered to do honor to the memory of the old President, if they had had an opportunity to do so. There was the fintst matcrvel at Saratoga, out of which to make a pro- cession of an i ing character, that could be found in this country; and yet nothing was done, absolutely nothing! The committee of arrangements, and a few friends, made a sorry show in straw and chip hats, when they should have been appropriate); reased for the occasion, with black hats and dark clothes. It took about a quarter of an hour to ride from the United States to the Spring, when the car- ar were dismissed. The only redeeming point in the whole afiair, was the manner in which a Manifest to me that the old fashioned i TERE ne eS eu ‘ glorious in its huge embrace, and the beach is as marble in ite firm smoothness; and in no previous season have | kiown the bith to be so univers ily popular. Mea, wemen, children and “dogs” turn ‘out, as it were, spowtancously, day after day, and ar to vie with exch other in mad freaks of hilarity, while the conveationalities of fashiou are merged in afeeling of true enjoyment. This is as it should be. Why should the purest of impulses be “cribbed, cabined and confined” withia the chilling periphery of a false code of etiquette? The universal love of the sea bath has no rival, except its own immediate and consequent affection for ** cobblers”’ and “ julaps.”” The ladizs call as naturally for their “ shernes,” on coming up from bath, as the gentlemen for ** julaps;”” and the popa- larity of these iced luxuries, after occasional salt- water draughts ia the surf, is entirely excusable— 60 let us sing with Milton:— Behold iis cordial jalep. here, With spirits of balm, anv fragrant syrups mixed! Not that nepenthé, which the wife of Phone, iendly, or so covi Lv thirst. ptivn all was given at the Colui on Saturday night, which was very well atte: by the patrons of the house. The mauael getting up the ball was considered an inaovation on the established usage of a general iavitatioa, and was a sulject of much comment. The athair went off pretty well, however, though badiy managed. A ball of the same description came off at the United States, last evening. Ad the ests at the first mentioned, I noticed avenport, Morton McMichael, of the North American; George M. Dailas, Craig Biddle, aad quite a number of your own citizens. - On Monday night, the gentlemen of the Mansion House gave a bail im the ersaul, which was coa- ceded to be the most brilliant ir of season, thus far. A general invitution was extended to all the hotels, and most of the private cottages on the island, an we consequence, the attendance was have prepared a detail of the * numerous, bright, particular stars,” which shone on the occasion, which I may forward in a futwre letter. It is now “*hops”’ are not to be superseded by the ineevedene cf the few, as was abundantly proven in the success of the Mansion House baii, or binens a on Monday night; and, if Mr. Harwood would foliow in the path of Mesars. Hooper and Ludlam, and entrust the management of his parties to geutivmen of acknowledged taste and standing, the resuit would be marked to his credit. He hus a fine house, ea- joys an enviable reputation, and may take the tr ‘oad to popularity. Preparations are afoot for a id fancy costume ball, to be given at the Keranal, anous — Las. The Very Age, A COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS—BY EDWARD 8. GOULD. New York—D. Appleton & Co., 200 Broadway. This is a keen and cutting satire upon an owiré and much laughed at class of persons in our city, which, for want of a better designation, has beem sometumes called the codfish aristocracy. The plot is not that upon which the author seems to rely, as it is inartificial, and, in fact, rather de- void of interest. Mrs. Rodney is a wealthy and fashionable lady, who gives large parties, and forms one of the exclusive and fashionable class of the New York city haut ton. She, with her son Charles, has been living in this style fora year, having come originally from England. To give greater eclat to her circle, she has son aga ship, and he has forged letters to prove his being a off her Bavarian count, concealing their relation- portion of the citizens decorated their dwellings, | reatcount. in the frat eceme of the first act, she stores and hotels. relates her past history and present to her The procession, as I have before said, was. dead | son Charles. Her history is soon told. In early ee re the religions Leda gone yi hee youth she resided at Ki » Jamaica, and was very little. emusic was the eul of Mr. Francis L, Waddell, 7) New York, con- thane seduces hatkerdn areca ine na sidering the little time he had for prey ration, was all that any reagonable man eould expos. Lhope, for one, that the next time anything of the bind is attempted in Saratoga, it will be more successful. Gen. Blanchard, the Chief Marshal, appeared to acquit himself well; but he should have mounted ona fine charger, of walking, and who were in the car- rieges walk—every one of them. “That is the There was a heavy thunder and raia storm here to-day, between one and two o’clock. A large quantity of rain fellin a short ume. It broke up a pic-nic party of seven or eight hundred men, wo- men, and children, who came up in the cars from Troy. were completely drenched to the skin. Having no plice to fly to—they were in a grove, on a hill, back of Putnam street—they had to “ grin and bear it.” And when they went e to Troy, this afternoon, a portion of the party look- ed like so many drowned rats. The cars had hardly started, when it commenced raining agaia, and continued with violence for two hours. Natnan Wormwoon. Saratooa, July 19, 1850. ‘General Movements and Reflections—Dinner and Dressing—A Suggestion. Since the great arrivals, everything here has ** gone it with a rush,” and we are now in the very height of the season. Such convulsive displays of dress, flummery, and ostentation, every day take place, at the morning promenade, the dinner- table, the afternoon drive, and the evening hop, never have been seen in this country. You would imogine that the company were a set of drygoods’ umporters, haberdashers, pawnbrokers, and tailors, come to show off their wares, and advertise their town establishments—in a word, a species of fash- ionable bagmen and bagwomen, visiting the water- ing places in pursuit of customers. If there is any discrimination at all, it appears to be in favor of the breakfast toilet, as I see more bare arms, (and fewer pretty ones,) more bogus jewelry, and more general titivation in the morning than is elsewhere poesibly ieeceitle at ing Gaeet of cere. mony. e displa ¢ dinner fancy, but 1 should fall to desoriog. 7°" St P great st! le for pre-eminence between the tive! houses is still carried on with unabated vigor. If one seats herself and her faithful adherents in pate, the other, and her ¢ possession of the othe en, to be flitted over by the oried and damned, excluded by good sense, went of means, from the fools’ paradise or ween these two extremes, poy. ny ort the Elysian fields. Bet Tove some of the loveliest, witiest, most accom- plished, and altogether the most fascinating wo- men in the country; but so paralyzing is the infla- ence of exclusiveness, ina country where no real exclusiveness exists, that they have not the cou- rage to break through the restraint which makes everybody so uncomfortable, and half neutralizes the pleasure of sojourn at this delightfal and glo- oe beg coe deM. lrern that the Baroness de Marguerittes, as- sisted by Mrs. Voorhees (sister of Mra. Forrest, and celebrated in private citcles tor ber noble contralto voice,) will take the foam of the concert season early next week— probably giving their first enter- tainment at the United tes Hotel on Monday evening. ‘The superintendent of the Troy and Whitehall railroad, Mr. Van Rensselaer, Wishing to make known to the readers of the Herald—or, in other words, the whole travelling publie—the new route tothe White Mountains, hasinvited me, in the hand- somest manner, to make up a party for an excursion to the White Mountains and back. [hope to include in the perty, Hon. Mr. Bancroft and lady, G. P. R. Jemes, Esq, and lady, aad other distinguished ladies and gentlemen, so «8 to not only make the party » delightful one in itself, but to bring it off with éclet. An arrangement is now being 1 between the different railroad companies, by which travellers eam purchase tickets here through to the White Mountains and back, for ten dollars. The route lies th: h one ever-changing, continuous New Yor from that source. Lively sa.irical sketches of @ timilar character are given repeatedly by the va- rious speakers, and the play en of and characters who of moustaches, and wakes up a reformed od mge this piece of fun would tell well on the a son, who is Charles, the now pretended Bavarian count. She afterwards went to England, muried well, and having become a wealthy widow, settles in New York, and becomes the leader of the ton. Meantime, ‘Mr. Erskine, having left Kingston, has been for many years one of ihe wealthiest mer- chi of New York, and has been left a widower, with an only daughter, Clara. Her plan is to in- duce Mr. Erskine to marry her. She seater poses it to bim, and he as bluntly refuses. next plan then, is to gratify her revenge, and this she proposes to accomplish marrying her son Charlier to Clara, Erskine’s only daughter, for she has led Charles to 5 that he was the son of her late husband. The morriage takes place, but before its censummation, Charles, by some means unaccounted for, suspects that his wife is his sister, and absents himeelt from his bride, passing the night on the sofa in her father’s house. Thus the inferasi of revenge is defeated, and the scene ends by Mr. Erskine ordering the lady back to land, on pain of exposure and disgrace. The various characters who are introduced as epissode to the story of the love afiair and murriuge of Charles, the false count, and Clara Erskiae, are representatives of the folly, pretension, and ab- surdity of that class so much satirized of ate, called the mushroom aristocracy. Dr, Stubbs, one of the visiters, and a hanger-on of fashionable partics, gives the following account of the class :— “Doct. S.—Mrs. Spriggins, you astonish me! None of the mushroom gentry? Pray, we but mushroom gentry, in our so-call ciety? Are not the very and most as suming pees in New York the children of mo- chenics '— wasn’t old Popkins a tailor? and wasn’t old Cnekson a cooper? and old rt and old Rumple, the Lord knows w’ the mushroom gentry are the gentry; and they lack in brains and breeding, they make up ‘old aud eke out with brass. Mss. S.—But, doctor, you must except the ithe and the Browns. “ Doct. 8—And the present company. True, you may except them; you may except hulf-a-dozem families who can trace their ee back for fifty years, without stumbling over cabbage, hoop poles, and wooden nutmegs. jut these exceptions indi+ cate just the people who dou’t assume offensive and ridiculous aire. The man who has risen from honest poverty to honest affluence deserves hi ve Roo ided he is pot ashamed of his bot t thore who are mean enough to deny what they came from, who, in the day of prosperity, tura their backs on their former associates, and treat with disdain the equally worthy bat less fortunate members of the class whence they themselves have recently sprung—these are but ars on back, for all their vp-town palaces.” This is well written, and, we believe it is trae, One would almost be melmed to accuse Dr. Stubbs of having studied profoundly the colamos of the Herald, and having borrowed bis ideas what have ied high vo- by the exposure good leugh at one of the his sleep of a huge pair jandy. Mrs. Rodney, is shore, Our Sing Sing Correspondence. Sino Sima, July 18, 1860. The Methodist Camp Meeting —Josepa C. Ashley Punished by the Shower Bath. The anpual religious worship of the Methodist per- suasion, commenced im the large woods, about a mile and a balf northeast of this village, on Monday mora- ing. about 160 tenta seattered around the vast forrest, which are mostly from New York, representing the ed ford, Greene, Madieon, Fourth and Broome. The cler- gymen who are present from all parts of the State de liver « rmons alternately, morning, afternoon and eve will be continued until Saturday. There are irehes in the following streets in your city:—Bed- but from ail appearances the excitement has reapeoting these out-door religious worships, compared with that of former years, when the camp scene of nai be: and sublimity; and after I return, I shall be able, I trast, to give the public | ‘esata tbe* ora now here, T noticed some ideas of the “Switzerland of America eae eer peg AMATEUR, | Fees evening 1 listened to an eloquent oy a Manston House, Carz Mar, July 16, 1850. Saas of ibe stats ” ie sabeeced’ hiaeat to ine The Sea Bath—Fashtonable Fully—The “ hop” at | mort i) and dwelt ot great lengsh the Mansi Fancy Ball om the Tapis! pp a oy ~ A - ES St. Pierre, in his Studies of Nature, says “ our the oppressed sone hters of Lrei books of natural history are merely the fomance of | Slee, the courte oF Me dn prey ta Orne nature, and our cabinets her tomb!” Very well, | senate of the United States. they would room get & indeed. But don’t you think that, if the same in- genious author had followed out his speculations upon the beach at Cape Island, we might have had the romance of humanity at our elbow, given in ecmpromise that w din heaven.” In closing hit remarks. be on- bi + emerge get religion betere they left fair vex of Gotham aro here in ring the fatervals of preschi a m4 ug selves by promeneding a alee his own delicious vein, and revelling in his quaint through the « theories of moral sentiment. Would that St. Savings, 06 18 v0 eo Pierre could pause thinkingly upon thia noble shore, om Sovarde y morning, hy at meridian, when its sands are covered with fan- it is expected (hat many of the attendants tastically arrayed crowds of joyous water wor- | fiinbers ct the Methodist pereuecion eves Ot shippers; in that wild hour of the day when the While I am penning this ceroll heseol & yirite becomes the very capital of | ork tree. outside o' the Bethel tent. 1 belle-dom; when the breakers leap onl pile in | Little incident 1bat occurred at the « Marble the soft sunlight, and mirror back a t id "below this village It appears thet. J: bright eyes and Isughing faces, a thousand spray 7 (who is well known. by reputation, to jeweliea fingers and white glancing feet st the voice of happy hearts joins the aweet a mot the wind epirite in an universal “ Thank God! Is note: ‘uth, the remance of humaaity—our oon pee Alembie of longevity | Sure enough, it But, seriously, the bathing at Cape May has never been more desirable than at the present mo ment—the long-continued winds have made the