The New York Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1873, Page 5

, suthers and nearly all ¢! SARATOGA. The Season at the Springs and How It Progresses, DRINKING THE WATERS. The People We Meet and the Things We Hear and See. HOW THE AFTERNOONS ARE SPENT. Ramblings Among the Dancers and Mas- queraders at Night. CZESARISM ON THE PIAZZAS, The Ladies and the Fancies and Fashions They Affect. SARATOGA LAKE. The Roads, Drives, Resorts and Retreats of the American Baden Baden, SARATOGA, August 9, 1873, If the popularity Saratoga has attained should commence to decline few persons who once visited there would be at a loss to account for its fall. Notwithstanding its many advantages Saratoga is about as slow a place ag @ man ever pnt his foot into. Without the music and the hops at the Dotels and the horse races the place would be positively dull, uninteresting and stupid. These attractions help to make the time pass quickly, the races particularly conducing to impart some kind of new life to that loafing state of existence which everybody finds necessary to adopt on reaching the Springs. I am not sure, however, that the Faces are so great an attraction after all. Opinions are divided upon that point. During the racing season it’s all right, But, then, Saratoga was not made for the races and the races were made for Saratoga. Some of the old, steady-going people do not like to go while the tarf men are there. One gentleman made the re- mark the other day in my hearing, and he spoke sufficiently loud to impress others with the belief that in his own opinion he was one of those long- headed fellows who are always right:—‘I tell you, sir, what it is,” said he, addressing a timid-looking littie gentleman, “that gentlemen will not bring their sons here. The race course, sir, that’s what is the trouble.” The gentleman who thus spoke I notined was never absent from the course during the meeting, and I also observed that he was in the habit occasionally of making investments on the result of.the running. It was evident he failed to practise what he preached. He might have been acting on the principle of the good people of Sara- toga, who strongly urge you to DRINK THE WATERS, but who rarely imbibe themselves. I know not Why, but it is a fact, nevertheless. Hotel keepers are especially particular in pointing out to visitors the great advantages to be derived from drinking the waters. Those who visit Saratoga for the first time drink inordinately of the waters and lose their a@ppetitesin consequence. AsI was taking my con- stitutional morning walk one day last week after taking my regular glass at the Hathorn—only one glass, mind you, and no more, I unintentionally overheard & conversation. “So giad to see you, Mrs. ——,” remarked one of @ group of ladies, “When did you come up “Last evening,” said the lady addressed, “and We are stopping atthe Grand. How is your health? Appetite good, eh?” “Well, no, can’t say it is,” was the reply. ‘In fact,” continued the lady, “my appetite has fallen away. I’ve been here a week—take the waters reg- ularly. Before breakfast 1 have three glasses of Hathorn, then take a walk to the Congress Springs, take two there, another glass or so at the Colum- bia, and, strange to say, my dear, when I return to ‘the hotel I have no appetite for breakfast.” How any lady, or gentleman, for that matter, could have room for a meal after transforming herself or himself into a reservoir filled with mineral waters is beyond the comprehension of the writer. It must be evident to all who visit the Springs that people exercise very little discretion in regard to their use of the waters. They drink, and drink, and drink, without using the slightest particle of @iscretion as to the amount they pour into their stomachs. ‘Maggie,’’ I heard one servant maid say to another, one evening, close by the Congress Springs, ‘I don’t see nothing in them waters that folks should go so crazy about them. Let’s take one whole glass between us; one glass can’t do us much harm, any way.’?* ‘THB PEOPLE WE MBET AND THE THINGS WB HEAR AND 8B, . Leaving the Springs for a ramble through the hotels a person is struck by the different classes of people to be met with. At Saratoga the United States is well represented. ‘They come from all over” was the expressive information volunteered me by a gentlemanly and'obliging clerk at one of ‘the hotels, and I verily believe they do. And some dd characters are to be met with in your walks. Every profession of life is typified. Your annual visitor is easily recognizable, and the first season folks are as readily singled out. But, somehow or other, they all seem to like the place. I heard a Hibernian gentleman, @ man of means, evidently, from the lavish way in which he scattered round his dollars, express himself in regard to Saratoga ima manner which not a little amused me, A yet who was with him, was complatning of the | bh,” said our Milesian friend, “that’s one of the objections Ihave to Saratoga. I loike Long Branch betther. Thim say breezes they have at Long Branch knocks the divii out of the hate.”’ Alter thus expressing bimself in forcible if not elegant language, Long Rranch admirer and his friend disappeared to pay a visit to the —— Springs. Not alone on the piazzas, at the springs or in the streets do you meet people of odd man- Rers and strange conduct, but even at the dinner table one perceives queer doings and hears fanny sayings. All of the hotels present excefient is of fare, and it frequently happens that per- sons are puzzied as to what they will indulge their ites with. Isaw anew comer the other day calmly reading over the bill of fare very carefully. ‘The waiter was standing patiently at the back of his chair waiting for the order. Impatient at the delay, the waiter bent his head down and said to ‘the Fn “Well, sah, what kind of meat, sah ?’’ “Well, I don’t much care,” replied the latest arrival ; “bring me anything you like but frogs.” The waiter, with a smile, departed and served the gentleman with something which looked some- like broiled chicken. - It might have been | pa but I think the waiter did not obey ‘ THE AFTERNOON. I think a Saratoga afternoon, when the dinner hour is it, is really the most pleasant time for quiet enjoyment. Then you see the busy, bustlin; be ei whom you have met “many atime an: = the marts of crowded cities, taking his ease @ comfortable cane-bottomed chair, surrounded by his family, apparently at peace with himself and rest of mankind; not iar from him is seated the soldier of a hundred fi; hts, close by the keen- fet face of some active politician, now lulled into calm repose; pag Parsons, bt D maake up the society of metropotitan and country life. Even farmers come hi te’ peareieee ere for rem, and some lipped damsels who spoiling the beauty by which they were adorned oy nature with the cosmetics with which many our city belles attempt to beautify themselves. ‘The afternoon is indeed the most pleasant time for quiet enjoyment here, and there is much to study in the temporary repose which intervenes netween the hour aiter dinner and the hour to prepare for the evening hops. WHEN THR BAND BEGINS TO PLAY. The Clarendon, the Grand Union and Congress Hall have all engaged excellent bands to heip to Swell the pleasurps oi their guestg, Every aiter- States. Yet so it was. Amid the »aiter supper and w a Raaguerad the Rabee ‘a gallop in one place, hurry off for a walt |. with i NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1873—FRIPLE SHEET. Boon there are music is appreciated by the visitors, Gilmore, who obtained such notoriety by tus at Boston Jubilee, is here, and his is as long odds the best in the place. The crowds ‘ich line the sidewalk in front of the Grand Unien cvery afternoon are very large. There is some talk of Gilmore going to New York as the leader of the band of one of crack regiments there. If he goes there will be a stir among the musicai leaders in the metropolis, for that Boston man is an ener- getic chap, They have occasional Sunday evening concerts at the hotels, At Congress Hall these concerts ale made a feature, and I was not a little surprised last Sunday to fnd the guests of the hotel engaged in singing some of those simple country hymns which are go oiten heard in the vil- lage churches. On walking into the parlor of the Congress the sight of 80 many stately-looking old pecne, with numbers of young and attractive looking Ones, 80 impressed me that for a moment I could scarcely reconcile the fact to my mind that this was Saratoga—the Baden-Baden of the United leasures and excitements of the season and the place the lessons of home and youth were not forgotten. pero evenings, however, have their little excite- ents. TRE SUNDAY HERALD. The appearance of the HERALD on the streets every Sunday afternoon now creates a little com- motion, The first Sunday it arrived it made a fenuine sensation. It made Saratoga appear more like New York than Ihave ever seen it before or since, The way men rushed for the paper was & sight, and buyers that day never asked for change en they gave @ twenty: ve cent stem. “Here's your change, boss,” I heard one newsboy say to 4n old gentleman who was going away without tt, “That's all right, boy—owe it to me,’? was the re- py. “Pye got the HERALD; I’m satisfied.” Now hat it is settled down into a jar thing, people are content; but if the HERALD lails to get to Sara- toga alter this won’t there be a howl. CABS, js Nine out of every ten mep you meet here have something to say abot he subject of Casarism, and, from the way they they have been think- ing on the subject. They don’t want you to ine that they think seriously on the subject; but their conversations indicate that they not only read, but they reflect‘on what they read. It is but one step with them from the discussion of Cwsarism to the possibility of a third term in the Presidentfal chair. “What's the use of talking Cwsarism,” I heard a gentleman say the other day, ‘‘when republics are springing up all over? There is France, for in- stance; that country is a Py fio ‘There is Spain ; there’s another. England is becoming more and more democratic every day. Italy 1s fast approach- ing that state when the step from the monarchy to the republic will be but a short one. Cwsarism! nonsense |"? “My friend,” replied) the gentleman to whom the Seecen ine, remarks were addressed, “I dread Dwesarism, a8 you call it here in the United States, as little as you or any other man; but I remember that when it was satd that slavery would produce trouble in the country there were many pooh-pooned the idea, You are old enough to remember also the esen ines which were given; you recollect how many people regarded a conflict between the North and the South as nonsense, There was no nonsense in it, though, when it came, and our na- tional debt continues to remind us that such non- sense is woniespene ve nonsense. Now, you speak of France. ey have a Republic there; but is the French Repubiic, as it 18 at preeey: much more liberal, if ag liberal, as was the Empire of Louis Napoleon. They have a Republic in Spain, you say. Well, pemeps« the #4 it Bal about that Republic the better. In land the democratic feeling is spreading, and so it isin Italy. Well, be itso. Letit spread, and God speed toit. But while we are watching things abroad, it might serve us better to keep 8 look ont at home, We are @ successful, prosperous, AbD y and contented people, and we may be living in a false estimate of our own security. The desire to retain power is quite as great as the desire to acquire it. Cxsarism has many fev whether it be called Cesarism, imperialism, the one man power, or any other issm, it is the same in its influences, THE SARATOGA HOPS, ‘If the afternoon is the time for the discussion of such exciting topics as Cesafism, the evening ‘witching hour is the Tt may be a full dress, ora hop—it matters not—all are well attended. Those who frequent them do not there to dance, elther, Many a quiet, little flirtetion takes piece while the Lancers are in progress, or wae waltzers are circling the ball room in time to the strains of the music of Straus. Not unfrequently do the ladies provoke criticism and comment their toflets. Of course they may expect it, and, in fact, they rather like it. I have known young ladies to create a@ sensation in three separate ball rooms on the same night. It is not an unusual thing for one of these belles, attended by her escort, to indul 8 ry another and be in time for the lancers at the third. There is no monotony in your Sara’ balls or hops—life, excitement and new faces all the time. The reign of a belle here is brief indeed. Rivais arrive with every train, and then it 1s 80 easy to steal away in search of new conquests. Ladies this season do not, as a rule, dress as extrava- gant as during former seasons. That gaudy, shoddy di: tas and suggest jay which ever offends te vulgarity 18 not very noticeapie this i: re is some of it, however; but, thank rtune, it is the exception, not the rule. Siiver ornaments seem to be mperaecng Fold ones, for the time veing at least. Oxidized sliver buckles, jer enough jor saddle girths, @re all the vogue in ladies’ belts, and some ladies fasten up their hair re formidable | enough for a Bowery Macbeth. The number of gray or white heads one sees ina ballroom now is asvonishing. Ladies are proud of gray hairs—young ones especially. One lady was pointed out to me as coming from New York for the sole purpose of making an exhibition of her fine white head. It the American Institute should offer a prize for the fAnest white hair I think this dame would win it. cee of prizes, the Saratogians have resolved 0 A GRAND REGATTA ON THE LAKE in the early part of September—the 11th and 12th— and, in order to induce the different boat clubs ‘| throughout the United States and the British prov- inces to take in it, prizes amounting in value to $8,000 will be offered. There is no mistaking it, Saratoga Lake is one of the finest sheets of water in the country for rowing. The English oarsmen when they were over here were loud in its praises, For six or seven miles there is a magnificent straight-away course without tides, sand bars or diagonal lines, Diagonal lines is the latest discussion in aquatic circles. If this coming re- gatta should prove @ success—and there is no Teason to fear that it will prove otherwise—we rote expect to have the attractions of boat racing added to the Summer enjoyments of the Springs, It is ta. be hoped that those who have the matter in hand will do all in their powerto make the re- tta successful. Everything looks well now, and if the amateur oarsmen of America find that there is golng to be an opportunity to meet here and contest in friendly rivalry for aquatic honors each succeeding year will witness new accessions to the historic ack Surrounding the lake. Just im- agine what a beautiful ride THE ROAD TO THE LAKE might be made. The Peckte of saratoga ought to see to it that the roads and drives about the village be improved. drives would bring more pri- vate vehicles to the Springs. Lovers of good horse flesh and handsome carriages do not care to sub- ject their animals to the purgatorial infliction of miserably kept highways. The sale of Moon's po- tatoes would be increased tenfold. Eat fried po- tatoes at Saratoga Lake once and you will never forget it. Moom says no one can fry @ potato with him, and I believe it, forI do not think the man would lie about a potato. Those potatoes so much talked about are as thin a6 a politician’s character, as crisp as the first frost in late Fall, and as dainty asa maiden’s hand, You are served with these potatoes under all circumstances. You get them with both meat and drink, and you get so fond of them that you bring some home to your friends in @ horn of plenty. THE DRIVE ROUND BY GLEN MITCHELL, passing on the way Excelsior Lake and the Excel- sior Springs Most charming. Hill and dale and every variety of scenery please the eye, but there is the old drawback—the roads. To say they are execrable ia mild. In company with a part of ladies and gentiemen I went round by Gien Mitchell at night, and the scene all along the road by the pale light of the moon was charming. Ey- erything so quiet and still contrasted strangely with the bustle and excitement at the Springs. There are rides and drives about the place other than those I have mentioned, but the remark [ have apphed to those named applies with equal torce to them, CONCLUSION. In pany respects Saratoga might be made far more inviting than it is. A litte enterprise on the part of those most interested in the success of the eee would not be amiss. There is a@ slight fall- ing off in the number of visitors this year, but then the season {s not near over vet, and there is ample time to make up for any lost ground. Snobbery is dying out here and the manners of the Shoddyite are fast becoming things of the past. it crops out now and then, it is only shown by people who never will learn sayikiag 4nd who only ape the manners of those whom they think are richer than themselves. THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN HADWIN. His Body Claimed by Friends. The identification of the body of the man who ‘was murdered corner of Spring and Greene streets on Monday night last as that of Andrew Gregan seems to have been premature. The remains of the victim have been itively identified as those oi Mr. James Hadwin, late captain o/ the schooner Benjamin English, of Fall River. Mr. James Barnett, of New Bedford, Mass., de- posed before Coroner Young that he had been ac- quainted with Captain’ Hadwin for about ten years; while in New Bedford on Fri- day ‘morning the witness received a de- gpatch from the mate of the schooner stating that Captain Hadwin had been missing since Monday last; Mr, Barnett ‘arrived in the city yes- terd morning and on seeing the studs worn by deceased and the pocketbook found on the body identified them as belonging to Captain Hadwin; the ‘witness himself bought the studs for deceased in New Bediord. ‘Thomas Percy, mate of the schooner Benjamin English, testified that he yesterday visited the Morgue and recognized the body of deceased as | and, finding that his ri jadwin, whom he had known: since he (Percy) was @ be The body of Captain Hadwin will be taken to Fall River for interment. an deceased has Jelya widow and an adopted that of Captain concerts at these hotels, ana the j* THE NATIONAL GAME. The Mutuals Badly Beaten By the At- lanties—Score 12 to 2. ‘The game on the Union grounds yesterday after- Doon, between the Mutual and Atlantic clubs, attracted from twelve to fifteen hundred specta- tors, and was won by the Brooklyn boys with the utmost ease. At first the betting was 100 to 35 in favor of the Mutuals, but just before the game be- gan the Atlantic stock went up to 80, There was considerable talk on the field about tne game having been sold, and some went so far as to say that the Mutuals’ pitcher pot the ball just in the right place to be hit nearly every time, This was probaly all talk; nevertheless it did seem as though the Atlan- tics found little or no dificulty in hitting the ball, fox Spey @rove it all over the field with utmost Considerable diMcuity was experienced in get- ung an umpire; no one seemed iacitned to accept the onerous position; but at last Mr. Lush, of the expired Union Club of Morrisania, was prevailed upon to officiate, and at ten minutes past four o'clock play began, the Atlantics going first to the bat. Barlow led off with @ fair-foul, waich Hatfield gobbled but in attempting to throw to first put the ball over in the crowd, near the pool stand. Bartow went to third base oD the throw and came home on Pearce’s safe hit. Boyd, Ferguson and Burdock followed Pearce with clean hits, and almost before one knew it the Brooklynites had tallied four runs. A long line hit to rignt feld gave Higham three bags and in a moment more he ran home op Start’s hitto centre field. This run was the only one scored be the Mutuals until the ninth inning, when @ lime hit by ler over left fleld, follo’ up by another hit by Start to centre, gave them a second. In the interim between the Oret and last innin, the Mntuals’ batting was of the very tamest de- scription; but three edited to them, The Atlanti The ball tl it seemed aa thong e ball till it seemed as thor the cover off. In the fifth inning they added tour more runs to their score, in the sixth one and in the seventh three, thus piling up a total of twelve bebe) six of which were earned, Tn fielding Higham bore off the honors for the Mutuals, notwithstanding he had «six errors charged to his account. Some of his catches of foul balls were as fine as one could wish to see, while in throwing he was very good, indeed. Matthews was very wild at times in his delivery, and had charged to him four very serious errors. Boyd led at the bat, and Barlow and Dehiman did the finest flelding for their club. The following is the score:— ATLANTIC. Pihey UTUAL. _ Players. Regier. Cheeses igham, ¢..... Hatheld, 3a be Start, lst b. a) ‘Ss onengect > be oc¥ 4! pomccwen sy us Pl rte Barlow, c. Pearce, s. Matthews, Gedney, |. Pabor, 1.'f Holdsworth,s. Bemeen, o. f. Totals: 1 ceelenie Scaeido: Tel sevaccetisesne nents) SS] recone 'y Sl wowcec S H OR 81 wmtieeonnal eck] o FH e. cos ‘Time of game—Twe hours. First base by errors—Atlantic, 2; Mutual, 3, Runs carned—Atiautic, 6; Mutual, 2, Base Bal Hotes. ‘The Mutualg take the train to-morrow morning Club in the afternoon. Pools will be sold on the game and telegraphic accounts of each inning re- ceived at Seibert & McCloud’s poolrooms, 161 Bowery. Tuesday the Atlantics play the Irvingtons on the Union ene and the Mutual and Baltimore cInbs play in Baltimore. Mr. ks, of the Mutual Club, the player whom c us0n struck with a bat some time ago, was on the Union grounds yesterday afternoon, with his arm done up in splints, He says he has no hopes of being abié to play again this season, as bis arm is injured much more than was at (rst sup- posed, In this case the Mutual Club will be cri a fo a serious extent, as Higham, although a catcher, can never supply Hicks’ place, BROOKLYN TRUST COMPANY. oo ee eee Resumption of Business Yesterday—The Receiver Discharged. At nine o’clock sesterday morning the doors of the Brooklyn Trust Company's office, corner of Court and Joraleman streets, were thrown open, ‘end business was quietly resumed. The company had suspended payment for three weeks. Up to ten o’olock $25,000 had been paid out, and then the little crush was over. A number of deposits were received during the day, ameunting to within fifty per cent of the total paid out. President Ropes said that the company was prepared for any run that might be made, having $1,500,000 on hand, and if that were not enough they had’call loans availa- ble to a sufficient extent to cover she last dollar on deposit in the institution, with a surplus over at that. During the morning application was made to Judge Pratt, in Special Term of the Supreme Court, for an eraer vacating the appointment of Mr. Chauncey, the receiver. President Ropes was the petitioner, and in his petition he said :— That since the appointment of said receiver the trustees oft defendant have made @ careiul examination of the Iabilities; that it appears on said examination that the defendant is solvent and able to pay the liabilities in full, and that its capital stock is not impaired to a greater extent than one-half thereof; that a meeting of the steckholders of said defend. was held on the Sth of August, 1879, and that at such meeting the said stockholders agreed to pay in to defendant ir cent the capital stock paid in by some of said assessments have mow been pald in; that to secure the solvency of defendant the welve directers hereinatter named have executed, made and delivered to defendant their five joint and several promlsory notes, each {or the sum of $100,000, whleh the lefendant holds as security for the payinent to it by all of the stockholders of the assessment so agreed to be made and paid on the capital stock of the defendant; that said notes have been executed by Henry E. Pierrepont, Edward Harvi 1. Husted, Alexander M. mes D. Fish, Alex: sey, Dani y and Josiah P. id persons are of abundant responsibility the delivery and execution of the same is simple sec’ for the payment in-full of the liabilities of d » but tor the yore good of its entire capital stock of $500,000; that defendant believes that it is able now to pay ail its Habilities and to successfully carry on its business. Wherefore defendant prays that the order made by this Court on the 19th day of July, 1873, gra: ing an injunction against the defendant and appointii areceiver of its property and effects be vacated, that the said receiver be o1 ay over and re: the assets of defendant, and that defendant may hi such other and further reliet in the premises as inay be just. RIPLEY ROPES, President. The spootatment of reéciver was vacated, and the Judge directed ‘That said receiver pay over and deliver unto the defendant all the funds, assets, property. and effects of said corporation in his hands or custody and take the defendant’s re- ceipt thereior, and the said receiver present his accounts within five days to Jesse Johnson, who is hereby appointed referee to examine and take proof as to the same, that said reieree report thereon to this Court with ull convenient speed.”” Henry Sanger, Seymour White, Same! « Rockwell Cue, der THE HOBOKEN SAVINGS BANK. Progress of the Examiners and Fair Prospects. During the Week the gentiemen employed to overhaul the accounts of this bank have worked energetically under the supervision of Mr. War- ren. The whole number of passbooks handed in thus far is about one-half the entire number. No further thefts have been discovered, and Mr. War- ren is still confident that the depositors will re- ceive dollar for dollar, All the passbooxs handed in before the past week are now ready for redis- tribution, the accrued interest being duly regis- tered therein. Some persons offered to deposit Money, but it was reiused, There has been no excitement or anger displayed by the creditors thus far, in consequence, no doubt, of the tacit understanding tnat there 1s, Perseaiy, one or two men in the Board of Directors who will never allow the poor widows workmen to lose a penny of their deposits, even if the liabilities should exceed the assets. The only drawback that can exist now will arise from a neglect of the depositors to bring in their pass- By this means alone can the examination be speedily terminated. Hence the followmg cir- cular has been prepared and will be mailed to each depositor :— BANK ror Savinas, } anp Hupson Streets. | to hand in your passbooks for the purpose of having Corner 01 You are urgently sted with this bank without dela the interest to July 1, 187: having the sume verified by of the HOYT SANFORD, Secretary. If this notice be heeded the managers will be ready after two or three weeks to make a full state- ment of the condition of the institution, ORUSHED ON THE RAIL. Yesterday afternoon a young married man, named Robert Armstrong, twenty-four years of age, while attempting to get on a dummy in mo- tion on the Southside Railroad, on the corner of Ewen and Boerum streets, Williamsburg, acci- dentally fell under the wheels and was crushed in @ shocking manner. When found he was removed to the Stagg street station house, and thence to the Sisters’ Hospital Bushwick avenue. Police Surgeon Brady and . Lowenstein and Orth held & consultation on the injured man in the Hgepital, it thigh, left leg and right arm were terribly crushed, they concluded to per- form no operation, believing that he could survive but a short time ander any circumstances. The unfortunate young man resided ab No, 245 Noyth Filth gireet. He died pt bye o’clouk, and struggling | udited therein, and also | SUMMERING ON THE SOUND. The Beauties and Attractions of Long Island. Huntington, Cold Spring Harbor, Laurel- ton and Lloyd’s Neck. The Cossip-Mongers of a Country Village. The Responsibility of a Member of the Jones Family. GLENADA CASTLE AND LAURELTON HALL, A Sptey Bit of Romance—A Mysterious Italian Beanty, Two Mad Lovers and a Duel, Huntinaror, L. I., Angust 8, 1873, Two hours) ride by rail from Hunter’s Point brought me to one of the fairest spots in Long Island—the village of Huntington, with its horse- shoe shaped harbor, where small craft drift about Greamily, and its cheerful, elegant Summer resi- ences nestling cosliy among the densely grown trees thrat line the shore. The village proper bears no very distinguishing mark from the average rural place, for, however much nature has done for it, art has been very sparing, as manifested in the plain dwellings of its inhabitants and ita still plainer public edifices, Gossips are proverbially abundant in villages, but Huntington has more than the usual share of them. THE VILLAGE CANDORS AND SNEERWELLS. And they do not lack food for talk. Besides the Kelsy mystery, whicirstill keeps many tongues wagging, the gossipmonger whom it is your good fortune to meet will retail choice stories about almost every prominent resident of the village, tell you who is who, how he or she began life and 18 likely to end it, and expatiate with zest upon every one who owns a skeleton in the closet. In this I may say that I speak by the card, having been acquainted in less than an hour after my arrival with THE CHRONIQUS’ SCANDALEUSE of the place. My informant, a young rustic of for Philadelphia, where they play the Philadelphia about fourteen, who drove me in a dilapidated vehicle, in the heat of noon and amid clouds of dust, to the house of a friend a few miles beyond the village, beguiled the otherwise unpleasant hour which the ride lasted with chotee stories about the ite of the place—stories that would make lively Yeading in the HERALD, but which I must forbear from narrating, not being able to vouch fer hia strict veracity. But if a walk or drive in the dusty Toads of the village may scarcely be considered a profitable investment of time A VISIT 10 THE SURROUNDINGS rising @ mile or two beyond it and overlooking the Sound will be found ample compensation even for @ dusty ride in the Summer heat of noon, The view obtained is one of the fines§ that eye can wish to dwell upon, presenting’ the grand expanse of sea which has gained popularity for Long Branch and Cape May, without its dreary, ‘uninterrupted sameness; for the pituresque, un- dulating sbores on both sides and situated at various distances cheer the eye and break the monotony of the waters. A few miles off is Lioyd’s | Neck, while away to the eastward is visible a hazy blue strip of land, the shore of Connecticut, The Sound, too, often presents an animated sight, with leasure yachts and other craft drifting about or cutting at a farious pace through the waters. Ameng the Suuimer residences that overlook the Souna is the cottage of Colonel William R. Rob- erts, of your city, situated upon an elevation and surrounded by stately trees, with the grounds gently loping down to the water. He has lately acquired, by purohase, this fine property, compris- ing about AMity-six acres, a large part of which is water front, Colonel Roberts has become A MODERN CINCINNATUS, He devotes all his energies to farming, mtending to quit the paths of political life after the ex- ration of his present term in Congress. He ag himself mowed the grass in front of his cot- tage, but whether he will prove as suc- cess she of farmer as im that of Member of Oongress remains to be seen. Of the late lamented Horace Greeley it used to be said that every turnip he raised cost seven dollars and ‘irty centa, We ho} Mr. Roberts will pot find it quite so costly. Ata little distance from Mr. Roberts’ co! eis the spacious Sommer residence of Mr. A. Mulligan, a retired merchant, built and furnished most elabo- rately and at large outiay. Admiral Paulding, Tam told, has a splendid property. in this vicinity. So hds Colonel Foster, of New York. The farm of the latter is quite large, and lies opposite that of Colonel Roberts. ‘There are so many others of equal pretensiong that it would occapy too muck space toenumefate them. For bathing a more favorable place than the Sound could not be chosen. At high or low tide it 1s equally enjoy- able. Unlike the bathing at Long Branch or Cape lay, one is not buffeted aboute by the rude, wild surf, but enjoys a quiet, refreshing plunge in the briny without so much danger of being carried out beyond one’s depth. About four miles drive from this village lies’ COLD SPRING HARBO! 80 named from the fact that thereabouts are to be | found a number of delicious springs that bubble up all around, sometimes jn the queerest and most un- expected spots. Thus you find, when the tide is out, some of these springs, fresh and cool as though Mtered through icebergs, bubbling up from the bed of the river. When the tide isin you can notice them actually bubbling up through the mass of superincumbent, or rather circumjacent salt water, 80 that if you dipacup you can obtain a dranght of pure cold spring water without a trace almost of mother ocean. You will scoff at this atement, no doubt. You will say ‘‘Impogsibie,”’ ‘tuff and nonsense,’’ and other expressions of incredulity; but my answer to all the sceptics is “Come and try it.” WHAT COLD SPRINGERS RESEMBLR. Cold Spring itself—that is, the village so callea—is a queer, old fashioned spot that hankers after Jaziness, Its residents, even the young men and young women, have an antediluvian aspect about | them, They seem as thongh they had not changed | their ways or appearance materially since the time of Noah and his interesting ark of safety. | Perhaps it is not their fault if barn go about dream- ily, like spectres of the past, without ambition or rogressive ideas of to-day. People who come here | to Summer and intere themselves in tracing | effects to their cause say it is ALL THE FAULT OF JONES. The name of Jones itself is very ancient—too distant in its origin to make it worth while to trace it back. Jt is very phd undoubtedly, | and was born and bred in the primitive regions of the Cimbri. The modern Jones who presides over the destinies of Cold Spring is said to be the stam- bling block in the way of progress. If you ask a resident why they don’t have better bread he will tell you it is Jones’ :auit. If you interrogate him why Cold Spring has not fresher beef, or more eggs, | or cows, or fish, or clams, or oysters, or docks, or houses, or churches or anything else, he will re- spon ‘Jones,’ “Jones,” “Jones,” “Jones” al- ways and ‘“Jones’’ everiastingly. Jones prevents matrimony, Jones prevents building, Jones opposes ‘ange intruders of a progressive turn ot mind, and Jones—but it would occupy too much space to pursue the subject further. The sum of the | opinion here is that Jones is a kind of dog in the manger. He wontt Lp nor let any one else improve, He is lord of the village, owns the best | part of it, the river front, and holds on to it fora | grand rise at some future day. However, in spite of Jones, COLD SPRING 18 LOVELY. A charming place is it for people to come, who | enjoy pure air, Selgnefal @@d safe bathing, good boating and some 8! ight, attraction in the way of fishing (mind you, I don’t brag of the fishing, for I can’t go into ecstacies over porgies and founders | and such like)—charming for those whe revel in | the abandon of unfashionable life and care more for solid comfort than frigid formality and dressi- | ness, For my parti never could understand the healthfuiness of merely transferring the extrava- gance and debauchery of city Winter life to rural Summer life; and yet this is exactly what the bulk of peo) le do, They rush from the towns when the ardent Summer heat begins, to get health and vigor after the debanch and dissipation of Winter, and, instead of ping, ike natural beings, they Keep up the pernicious habits of the town. What humbug! What criminal folly! for it isacrime to society to erect in the purity of the country the tempte of fashion and dissipation. Give me the dae where ean roll over the green flelds, in a common doster or shirt sleeves; where I can dress as | like consistent with ordinary propriety; where Ioan get plenty of good fresh milk and vegetables and meats, cooked in homely, country style; where the exactions of fashion and form are of no account; where people go to bed honestly at nine or ten, and rise with the sun, and I care not what your millionaires may have in their sti? and starchy greatness and dis- comfort, All thig sensible, natural abandon 1 have, built ort, Rere in @ quiet, little Summer boarding house, albeit with a very high sounding pame, GLENADA CASTLE! Doubtless, yon picture to yourse/f some rand, old pile of granite or marble, crumbting with age and covered with holly and ivy! A palace lifting to eternal summers Its marble walls, frosa out a glossy bower Of coolest foliage, musical with biras, &c. I know I have not got the measure right nor tne arrangement of lines as your Claude Melinotte is accustomed to utter the words on the stage. But no matter. It will do well eno! for my Ps apap Let me tell 27 that Glenada Castle 1s nothing of the sort. 1t18 4 pretty though rather dilapidated brick and wood structure, in castellated form, inaily for some private gentleman's ‘country home, and im course of time (three or four weeks ago) transformed hastily by Mme. E. A. Petitjean into @ Summer hostelry, capable of ac- commodating fifty or more souls, all told, It tg capable of bester things; but undoubted): improve, with Jones’ permission or without it. Resting here now we have some solid ornaments of the army, the navy, the banking house, the Church, and the mercantile community and other great institutions, in the persons of Major General Spear, Commodore Gollins, Sir Elias Buudioot Servoss, Arehdeacon Felix, the Hon. H.D. Momtt aud the Marquis de Combe, an eccentric little Frenchman, With an agricultural and ornithological turn of mind. Of the ladies I am too modest to speak at Y present, But the way to get here most conducive to health soe ane is not by the abominable railroad, THE STEAMER D. R. MARTIN, - up the glorioug Long Island Sound. You will fd the captain and clerk models in their way—polite, kind and considerate; but you will find the charge simply extortionate—seventy-five cents per head— the mast wretched policy in the world, for it is cal- culated to discourage instead of encouraging visit- ors. Hence many are obliged to take the cars, hun- dreds, perhaps, who otherwise would be delighted to have an opportunity to enjoy the refreshing Be- and health-giving air of the Sound. Cold Spring has many boarding houses now, sides Glenada there is Banvard’s, next store, and, up on the hill, Morrison’s, while still farther away farmers have their houses open for well-to-do peo- ple from the city who desire plain country beard. LAURRLTON HALL, Just opposite Cold Spring, on the other side of the harbor, a scion of the original Cozzem, of West Point fame, has opened a very pleasant hotel this Summer, which is already largely patronized. It is said to be well kept. Certainly it is in a charming location, commanding a grand view of the harbor and Sound. But the finest site in the vicinity for a country hotel is Loyd’s Dock. Why don’t somebody abolish Loyd or buy him out or sell him out or do something with him that wiil benefit Cold Baring Harbor? Just at the dock there rises @ lovely little accitvity, affording a grand lo- cation for a Summer hotel. What a beach! What a view! What drives! And, above all, what lovely mosquitoes! Big fellows, that resemble the inhao- itants of Cold Spring in that they seem to have flourished hereabouts since the time of the Flood or earlier, By the way, is there any mention that old Father Noah took with him into ns ark any spec- imens of the mosquito family? Just study it up. When I commenced this letter it was my inten- tton to include Oyster Bay, Bayville and other ad- jacent watering places in my hasty sketch, but I find [am making this contribution too long. Be- sides, I have a little bit of romance to relate, which msy or may not keep for another letter, Nov. Ys Three amon Apo Tad fe of aman who accumulated wealth rapidly and bought a snug country residence hereabouts (I am not at liberty to indicate the exaet locality without doing what I abhor, violatii confidence), advertised in the Hera.p for a 1 y’s maid. Madame, though her lord is not aw satt in the mysteries of the créme dela is herself a woman of some refinement, and some judge of character, male and female. In response to* her advertisement there came a deluge of applications. But out of the whole there ‘was only one who seemed likely to suit. This suc- cessful applicant was an Italian girl of some twenty-four or Syrraee cane Summers, dark com- plexion, with lustrous black eyes and an abun- dance of that deep black hair for which Italian ladies are justly famed. She had THE AIR AND MANNERS OF A LADY. She ke only broken Engiish, but sumiciently well to herself understood. She played and sung like a prima donna, She wore a expressio! like one carrying & great trouble ; but when pleases and roused her smile was peculiarly sweet and attractive. Of course madame was delighted, and secured the rare prize instantly at her own terms, which were not extravagantly high. Madame saw how useful such a lady would be to herself, her children and her own little social circle. I cannot give even the initials of this fair Signorita without point out too plainly her identity. Madame made orita her companion and friend, not her menial. Madame showered tokens of affection be her, and endeavored to introduce her to her friends, But here madame met with opposition. Signorita, willing and unselfish in other matters, positively refused to be known outaide of the family circle in which she was engaged, She repelled all advances from strangers with a hauteur that for- bade perseverance, THE SEQUEL—TWO LOVES BOLD. Well, what of all this? Why occupy so much space with preliminaries? Because the advent of mgnortta, the beautiful and mysterious brunette, has had @ romatic sequel. Beauty always attracts admirers and lovers, and signorita’s was no ex- ception. In the vicinity or Syossett lives a young mtleman of fine accomplishments but slim means, ne day the vision of signorita burst upon him and he was instantly transformed into a mad lover. In vain be essayed to interview the lady on various trifing pretexts resorted to by love- stricken youths, He followed her to her home. He procured an introduction to madame, and sought this become acquainted with the mysterious signorita. But all his pains resulted in & barren introduction and the exchange of @ few commonplace words. Though it was evident to him from the first that ‘he could make no impression, still his infatuation was #0 great that he was always watching about the house and following the Italian beauty in her walks or drives, This, of course, was extremely Bap meesst to the lady, who in time was com- pellea to relinquish much of her outdoor exercise through fear of the importunities of her love- stricken persecutor. LOVER NO. TWO. In Laurelton there was stopping about the same time @ wealthy young gentleman from New York, of Pruseian family and good presence. This young entieman also met signorita, and also fell over ead and cars in love. But, like a true Prus- sian, be was cautious and more diplomatic in his demonatrations than the hot-blooded young Syossetter, These two young men, con- sumed by the same passion, worshipping the same beauty and striving Jor the same conquest, were utterly unconscious of each other's existence until some two weeks ago. It happened that one day eter was out walking, and as usual fol- lowed hike a shadow by the Syosetter. The latter, ina fit of mad desperation, approached the lady and insisted on opening a conversation. He told his love, of course, explained how it would be im- posstble for him to live without her love, and im- plored for some slight mercy and hope. Signorita Temained dumb and immovable. In a frenzy of love the poor feliow seized her hand and ly beseeched her to relent. The ey response as @ scream of terror, followed by the sudden appearance of the young Prussian—lover No, 2—in the rOle of defender of injured innocence. Pras- sian supposed Syosetter to be some rowdy offender, aud promptly interfered by knocking the latter in the head and ribs as skitfully as John Heenan or Joe Coburn might have done it. THE PLIGHT OF BEAUTY—A DUEL (?). In the meantime the lady escaped to her home. leaving the Prussian and Syossetter alone. When the latter recovered somewhat from his unex- pected drubbing he demanded an explanation, and the usual result fellowed—a chailenge according to the code. It is said both the parties proved cour- ageous, but of the details of the duel! nave been unable’ to learn anything accurate, or even whether any duel occurred at all. All I can learn with certainty is that the Syossetter is laid up at bis home in @ disabled condition, and that the Prussian has taken himself to parts unknown, WHO IS SHE? As to the lady, nobody seems to know where she comes from or what are her antecedents, Those who nave conversed with her hug the theory that she is an Italian noblewoman, though how she came to be reduced and why her antipathy to society are mysteries that remain unfatnomed. Since the unfortunate rencontre between the two lovers she has removed from her country home under the protectton of her benevolent friend, madame, Au revoir! NEW R OCHELLE. ¢ Off—Some Wa- PhHosophy — Artificial tering Place Lite—Men and Women who Appear to Be What They Are Not—The “Grass- hopper” Movement—Gossip of the Place, &c. New ROCHELLE, August 9, 1873. The waters of Long Island Sound beat musically on our ears against the romantically wooded shores fronting the Neptune House, and all seem to enjoy the season in this vicinity with peculiar rest. Fashionable people rush to their homes at the least blast of cold in the first week of Septem- ber, but really the most pleasant time of the year in the country is the entire of that month and the early part of October. The air is peculiarly invigo- rating in this locality, particularly during the months alluded to, and all outdoor amusements can be indulged in with comfort and ease. Emi- nent medical men have pronounced the months of August and September as the best in the year for salt water bathing, and here, sitaated as we are, immediately on the Seund, the convemiences for this health-giving exercise are quite ample. A LITTLE PHILOSOPHY. “Will some. people never learn common sense?” was the expression used to me in conversation last evening with a gen- Ueman who is a guest at the Neptune, This gentleman had travelled considerably through the diderens watering places, and was a keen ob- 5 an server of passing events. Our ideas on the “arti. ficial” woman and man happened to agree ad- mirably. Our train of thought carrted us into criti- cism ofthe “Girl of the Period,” and her contrast to the pure-minded, modest, educated, retiring lady of culture and refinement. Strange that at watering places some people will surround them. selves with @ veil of artificial humbug, impene- trable in their own imagination, bat clearly per- ceptible to the majority. How it disgusts me to see @ purse-proud, gaudily dressed, boisterous female flaunting her gew-gews in the face of everybody on the balcony and the lawn of a hotel, her every movement Studied, and her whole effort to create an “effect.” Does not this machine see that people whose favor is worth courting can only look upon them with disgust? Will those Escala never learn to be na- tural’ Can they not be educated into the doctrine that simplictty, modesty and quiet manners are the ciearly defined traits of the cultured lady? ‘Then, again, may be noticed that class of indie viduals who are ever making effort to APPEAR WHAT THEY ARE NOT, It Is certainly most laughable to perceive the gyra+ Uons of this branch of the human species. People of limited means endeavor to make it appear that they are millionnaires, while the accent, voice, stride and entire attitude are changed to suit “the season.” Surely such people deserve commisera- tion. Their visit to the country ig anything but pleasant. They live in an atmosphere of humbug, and the strain on their constitution must be some- thing almost unbearable. Enough for the philo- sophic side of watering place life. YACHTING AT NEW ROCHELLE. We are promised some interesting races before the season is over. The race between the Mand, owned by Mr. Edgar Morris, and the Brooklyn, owned be Captain Smith, was not so close as an- i |, the Mand, looked upon as a champion in thi vicinity, being badly beaten, It is claimed by Mr. Morris (who Was absent in Saratoga at the me of the race) that his boat was not in proper trim at the time. Another race is talked of be- tween these two boats. It is “also contemplated to get Up a match between the Maud and Davids. This part of the Bound is peculiarly adapted for such contests. Commodore Thomas has infused con- siderable spirit into the New Rochelle yachting traternity since his election, He is the owner of a Very tiay craft named the Locust, which anchors “opposite ‘THOMAS’ ISLAND, where this gentleman resides during the season. This island is most romantically situated, the resl- dence built thereon being surrounded with com- manding shade trees, and immediately fronting the Sound, The place has been much improyed since Mr. Thomas took possession of it. His taste as an architect (the gentleman being considered one of the first in the country, having built the Mutual Insurance Company building, the Park Bank and other well known structures in New York city) has Seveloned all the beauties of the locality. ‘THE GUESTS at THE NE} \E HOUSE. This hotel, the principal one in New Rochelle, ree mains full, and new arrivals are chronicled daily. Quiet, unostentatious enjoyment is the rule, and hence we have here some of the most respectable of our New York citizens. The old aristocratic Spanish uty of Ponce de Leon is repre- sented by ime. Ponce de Leon, her son and accomplished daughter. ‘The Spanish element 18 also represented by Mr. Mora and family, and Mr. De Lima and family, Then we have Mr. Towns- end and family; Mr. Webster, wife and interesting daughters; Mr. Morris, the well known lawyer; Mr. D. T. Marshall, Commissioner of Excise, ‘and his family; Mra, Elsworth and daughter, and several others. During these beautiful moonlight nights; the scene from the balcony of tne Neptune House is superb. Last night it was peculiarly s0,as the moon rose in silvery majesty early in the evening. The waters of the Sound seemed one immense sheet of molten silver, glistening and throbbing under the soft beams of the moon. The various islands of the Sound calmly reposed on the waters, washed by the silvery waves which broke harmo- niously on the surrounding rocks. It was indeed a fairy scene. We had A HOP the other evening at the hotel, and the ladies? promenaded, danced and firted to their hearts’ content. Although we have excellent music and aancing oer evening, yet we have had nothing which ‘took of a formal reunion of tne guests for some time. The music was excellent and every- thing passed off most Catt In conclading my present letter an ejaculation from my philosophic friend called me k to an important item of watering place habits. The gen- tleman jumped from his seat as if struck by a flash of lightning. ‘Angels and ministers of grace defend us!" he exclaimed. The explanation was soon re- ceived. The image of a lady, with the “GRASSHOPPER”? MOVEMENT. floated past. Truly it was a funny sight. As a Bewspaper correspondent I have trequently seen men led out to execution, their arms pinioned by the elbows, heads bent forward, shoulders raised to an unnatural height. This is a perfect specimen of appearance of the female imbued with the “ hopper.” The analogy is somewhat a melan- choly one, but I cannot help using it in ths instance, as it is s0 manifestly of phe to Thanks to the good breeding and excelient taste of the ladies of the Neptune House, the “grass- hopper” is a very rare specimen among us, THE AMERICUS CLUB. prensa The First Reception at Indian Harbor for Two Years—Boss Tweed Present, bat not Showing Himeelf—Dancing till Midnight—A Private Affair. The first reception that has been given by the Americus Club since the political defeat in this city which affected the organization so seriously took place last evening at the famous Club House at Indian Harbor, in the township of Greenwich, Conn. ‘The Club House, to which no short description could do justice, and which has been already re- ferred to many times im the golden past by the HERALD when the receptions of the Americus were the wonder of the world for lavish expen- diture, prodigal waste and Oriental mag- Mificence, was a6 gayly decorated as cir- cumstances would oe it. During the day a few members leunged about restiessly, though the afternoon trains took up small acces- sions to the circle. The steamer Nelly White took during the afternoon and landed b House dock. When the steamer came in sight there was great firing ofsmall can- non, which continued until she finally departed on her way to Stamford. Mixed in with the guests on board was Grafulla’s Band. About seventy-fivo persons got off altogether, and gave anything but @ brilliant idea of the magnificence of the Club’s friends. The members had burried over their sup- r before the guests had arrived, so that fancing began almost immediateiy. In the immen- sity of the Club building the reunion looked very poor and very miserable. The dancing continued until midnight, when the Nelly White came back from Stamford, taking the main part of the guests back to the city. Among the persons present were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lawrence (the gentleman be- ing Secretary of the Club), Mr. Charles Hall, ex- Coroner Schirmer, Benny Van Arsdale, Owen Bren- nan, “Captain” Ed. Warriner, ex-Alderman Dimon, General Grafulla, ‘Boss’ Tweed, President of the Club, and Henry Smith, Vice President, were stated to be in the building, but did not show themselves, Mr, 'f'weed’s reason being that he had recently lost his mother, The whole thing was private, ing confined to members and their wives, with few ex- ceptions, There were about six men to each lady present. OOMPTROLLER'S RECEIPTS, Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paia yesterday into the city treasury :— BURRAU OF COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS, Street openings and improvements and interest. ...$12,103 BUREAU OF ARREARS. ter rents ana in- 4 11,283 BUR Croton water rents and penalties. YOR'S SECOND Licenses and fines... seeeees Total..... THE LABORERS AND COMPTROLLER GREEN. To THE EDITOR OF THE HeRatD:— Knowing yeur paper, of old, to be the friend and adviser of the working man and the unsparing foo of every form of oppression or unfair dealing with him, I wish to say on behalf of my fellow laborers that our wealthy politicians, prosperous coal mere chants, storekeepers, market gardeners and others in good circumstances around here (Bleomingdal: have had, and still nave, their teams employed all along the Boulevard and other public works, with very little reduction, even of late, in their numbers or amount of pay; while, on the other hand, but too many of my friends, struggling hard to support their families, but, unluckily, outside of the favored Ring, have been either wholly discharged or com- Pl to accept starvation wages for @ con- loyment. Many @ poor man juance of bY paid y viene idle; and wa readers of the HERALD, and yourself to point out to us some means of relief in the wisdom and = volence of your sympathetic heart. A few days ago a deputation of our best men visited Comtrotier Green’s office, but found him absent from the city. Then Commissioner Van Nort was called upon, but he had no funds wherewith to pay our particuar lly told to return to our C1B8S, Nd We rere onger, although at present — here wait a little longer, i wee are due us, and our wants are many and pressing just now. Who can wonder if our feeli! are indignant and exasperated by such treatment; different from what we Were & skort twelve month since so liberally promised by the great reform party! It was Ls. | the Ry RY who, yleiding to their seductive bian ments, voted our present rulers into power; and have we not reagon to rejoice to-day? How much work and wages do We now get, and how punctually are we not paid? Thisis our case, Mr, Editor; please ad- vise us thereon. 4 WORKINGMAN,