The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-07-07
able season and the Watsrina


The fashionable season has fairly set in. Broad
way is quite deserted by the "old familiar faces'
and the dog-killers are very busy In Greenwich and
Chelsea. The splendid parlors of Waverey Place
and Union Square are abandoned to plump cham
bermaids with rosy cheeks and Tipperary pdtois
Loalers, only, revel in the delicious, dreamy moon
light on the Battery AL the fashionable worlt
who can afford it, and many more who cannot
have gone to the watering places, and the city i
occupied only by the hewers Of wood and drawer
of water, the manufacturers of public opinion, th
omnibus horses and other innocent cattle.
This periodical migration from the city il funny
enough in some points of view. This great objec
professed by the visiten at the watering places,
TO escape from the heat Of the city. But il il alb
soutely the fact that in July and August the city
is cooler than the country-and uIquestionably
the means of enjoyment are far more varied and
attractive than can be found in the most favored
your " rural retreats" In the forenoon you have
the cool and quiet retirement of your own Gem
Portable room, in the evening the drive to Burn
hams or the abbey" at night the moon
light excursion in the Bay, or an hour
"the Gardens" Preferable, surely, one would
suppose, to swetering in q room eight feet BY ter
in the third story, dining amidst the effluvia 0
three hundred and fifty human beings, being bored
to stupefaction by viainous brass band, and ther
bitten to death by mosquitoes. In truth, New
York, from its admirably healthy location, anc
presenting SO many facilities for rational nmuse
ment, is delightful place of residence in the sum
mer. Were the streets swept regularly every
night, and well washed with Croton water, New
York would be the heathest and most desirable
residence on this continent.
But to the "Springs' and the thousand watering
places the great mob 60. The society which pre-
sents itself at these places is infinitely arlp6
The first class is composed chiefly Of the descend
ants Of lucky porters, fortunate greensrocers, ant
industrious wood-sawyers. This is the aristocrac
Of the first rank, and they possess in great perec
ton the delicate feelings, the refined sentiments
the diaimgue noses, and formidable knuckles o
their progentors Then there is the second class
OF the aristocracy, composed Of papas and nammas
who have in their own generation attained
rank, accorded to the ancestry OF the
first class only after their death, like the
honors of canonization to the respectable ladie
and gentlemen who figure in the Romish calendar
1t is very interesting to observe the relative degree
of pretenson and affectation, discovered by these
people and their amiable and intelligent offspring
The old people still retain something Of the print
sons and daughters 60 to still greater extreme in
aping the manners and vices of Europe, than even
the scionsJof aristocracy, number one. Then We
have a sprinkling of sharpers and adventures Of
the usual description, together with few really
intelligent, refined and respectable people. Al
the watering places present the same general fea
tures-the same curious mixture-the same preten-
sion, asctaon, vulgarity, rudeness, elegance, pro-
priety, humbug and folly.
There is one thing which distinguishes an Ameri1
can wateringpace from all others, and that u.s. the
singular influence of political feeling This is the
only bond of union-the only recognized leader
the only humanizing influence. All those who en-
terrain the same political opinions, herd together
no matter how much otherwise diversified in senti
ment, character. and standing
In the mean time, whilst one third of the popula-
ton, in thus spending the season" business il
suspended-even the devil dozes in Wall street.
stocks 60 down-impudence goes up-the harvest
of folly and humbug ripens-time speeds away
the churchyard gates stand open-and the grea(
mingled tide of human happiness, wickedness and
misery flows on |!
PHoNoeRAuY word-one of the very new
est of the ographies- of our readers are
aware means "wrting from sound" and is at
present furEishirg that most gullible people, the
English with new hobby, thing which it appears
is as requisite to their mental composure as the
cook and her appointments are to their bodily
comfort.
certain Mr.. Isaak Pittman has written whole
book about this photography, alias writing from
southland, verify, high sounding book it s.-
Let none Of our witty readers be for stretching ou
remarks too far, or saying that they have sane
ton for calling the aforesaid book "a sounding
brass OF tinkling cymbal." Because its author
happens to have in his composition good allow
ance OF the brazen mettle, it does not follow tina !
the poor book should participate either in its lustr
or durability equally illogical would it be to say
that because it is symbocal without much mean
ing, it must be sort of cymbal without noise and
rigmarole.
But, to be brief, Mr.. Pttman has been for CON
siderable time at work, and not without some sucI
cess to make the people believe that he has invent
ed new system of writing founded upon new
principle, and that it is more excellent than all
others extant. Now, we beg leave to tell Mr.. Pitt
man. point blank that this is not true and If there
be any loss Of time involved, or any pains taken
however trining, it is done for the purpose of mit
eating the extremely foolish credence that to Ger
tain extent is attached to his representations, and
which might grow to mania if not put an end to|
The pretext alleged by this new light for giving
publicity to his wonderful discovery, is about al
plausible as pompous. He wishes to obviate and
amend the Inconvenience and faults of the ortho|
graphy OF our language. Now, the richness of tht
,ke of Mr. Pittman's pretending that there was any
thing new in the discovery Of what is upon record
for l5O years, is only equaed by his pretending ID
remedy what Johnson, and Walker, and Sheridan
and all our great phiologists deplored but could mol
reMove-the anomalies in the photography Of our
language.
Again, there is nothing new in the principle of
the Wanted photographic system. The object I'd
be attained and the principle of the system are iden
teal with s,enography- every day BY