The New York herald., 1845-08-15
SARATOGA SPRINGS, August u, ls45.
United States Hotel.

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Bellies and Beour- Balls and Dirinss-Lawyes and Doc
fors-Iiins 10 Yisitors-Scarcy Of the Herafd-Campa
nologians- Scandal Other Theatricais, &c.
arrived here from Gotham Friday morning last |
thanks to the old out locomotive called Bro |
ther Jonathan, for rickcty thing behelj
We had to stop four times between Schenectady and this
place to have it repaired 1t disgrace the Compa
ny to have such thing upon their road After leaving
the depot the rush for the hotel very great Such
tuggng aud swearing shameful-th lean and the
fs-he divine and the pckpocketwere ostled against
each other Ore falls the rest rush on regardless
Of his faeand ladies nearly thrown down by those
calling themselves gentlemen.
Having waited my time, put my upon the books
for room. ! informed upon inquiry. that they
we're all engaged, but that might have one in small
house until the next day, when should have in the
hotel; shouldering my valne, accompanied my
guide and ushered into small room, though very
neat. The next day ! novel into one 10 by II, from
which am writing this. The bellies are iew-among the
number are Miss P-l of your city She is surrounded
by beyy Of beaux Then comes Miss R-ggs OF Balti
more who, by the way bids fair to carry back with her
the heart Of little gentleman in black who is always
81 nsr me- Then Ih there e
Miss f. M of New York; she, too, has her admirers.
must not forget Miss OBJ Of Baltimore, and Miss
nor Miss De- of New York. There number Of
young married ladies who quite pretty. The beaux
are hardly worth mentioning the same as beaux gene
rally are very silly, very vain, and very stupid. But
there is one Mr.. B-h, who is the sunny side Of
fifty who is great ugher' he goes by the name of the
The ball OF Friday night not numerousy attend
ed. Among the most conspicuous present Mr.. and
Mrs o. H., of your city, General O'D--I wife and
daughter, OF Baltimore; Miss Ri Of Boston. Among
the sn We @ Yer haG D " hsn s 81 @
short. No doubt he thought he saw the shade Of
DR.. Wainwright following him. Professor Maiit, as he
others the shade; his bills stuck up every
ner in every bar room, aud in every bowling alley,
will preach there He lectures and breaches
the Methodist Episcopal Church Of this village The
ogden Hoffman D. Lord, jr David Graham, Judge Ed.
wards and at the tail end number Of young sticks who,
by their airs and by their bundle OF musty
safe keeping of the nation depended upon them. The
NJ Ds come in for share Of notice; among the number
York Dr. Bedford the fashionable Doctor of the Broad
way Hotel. met him at the Springs yesterday morn
ing taking his fourth glass of the water he seemed
he had been ordered to drink for his patients. Among
the other visitors have had Hon. f. Granger, of Ca
nandaigua, " alter BOVINE and Gen. James Tallmadge
of New York. Professor Omstead, of Yale College, and
Mr.. Edward Curtis, and on looking upon the books
see the names Of General Cooper lady two servants,
and four horses all from the ancient city of Albany
quite display.
The hotel is crowded many have to room out-the
dining accommodate five hundred persons, yet
such is the Of the propretors to make money
that for the last three days they have crowded six hun
dred down to the table. The jam is truly awful the cook
ing bad, the walters too few-great complaints made
by the ladies' because they not waited upon which
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again very noisy and there appears to be head
waiter. The rooms poorly furnished. In my room,
of mat which covers only twothirds Of the ROOM
pine table, small cupboard made of pine boards four
feet high and 81 feet long, small two shilling looking
glass the upper part covered with miserable daub Of
picture Of house, constitutes the greater part of the
furniture Of the room Upon the whole is one of the
price for board 81 80 per day for any time under two
days. 81 per day from two to ve and twelve dollars per
week for any time over that Gentlemen visiting the
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find it very difficult t. get along with one. My ad
vice 10 those who intend to visit here to come late in the
season when the great numbers who here shall
have left If you come you will have to be put up
in the fifth stories of the hotels, with comforts bad
fare damp Sheets and the like
do not write this to complain but to give as intend
ed when commenced, true statement.
On passing Union Hall last evening" was attracted to
the windows by crowd and by music. found that the
| large was devoted to dancing and wsltzng from
music from piano. left the dancer hard at work at the
Virginia reel called The old boy in black must
have laughed to find that he had got possession Of the
For the last few days the demand for the Herald has
been very great could not procure to-day for love
or money many were like myself disappointed. send
| us more.
The Campanologians gave a concert Saturday night
at the United States Hotel they had large audience
Hill is here and draws we'll Mrs Mowatt played last
ngnt the piece selected the LADY Of yons,"
have not heard with what success, as went to hear
paper circulated at dinner for hop to come of
this evening in the dining room ofthe hotel when
handed to Bishop Bonnell of who arrived
here today from Hartford lie declined his partner not
having arrived Thurlow Weed arrived yesterday few
minutes before dinner he left afte doubt think
| ing that there were too many shavers already.
There are but very few Of the upper ten thousand"
here's the majority Of the visitors have been quite
mon the shopkeepers hear, complain very bitterly Of
the meanness othose visiting the Springs beating them
The Bostonsns the numerous at present the
ladies are easily distinguished from those from other
cities, by appearing in the drawing room and at dinner
with their scarfs and mantillas
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Saratoga never gayer than at the present moment.
Never there many odd sights to be Never
was such vast and Heterogeneous collection of human
beings collected in any quarter There hardly
two alike, either in feeling opinions DIRE
Where they all come from it is impossible to tel-but
where they are going to you may shrewdy suspect
The society however, is much better than has been
and daily improving that before the end OF the
son may become quite purified and comfortable
The ladies' God bless them fascinating and agree.
able usual and form themselves into coteres for the
purpose of talking scandal and running other peoples cha
raccrs intriguing and gossipng according to ancient
and time honored custom. They do however, find time
to enchant by their sweet warbngs, and skill in
which floats the soft air from till midnight
As for the gentlemen they talk politics. chat with the la
dies play billiards. drink wne dinners, smoke segars,
and once in great while raise the devil An angel in
ofa DEVIL descended among the benghted and misc
rahc soourners at the spngs Monday last the per-
son of the charming sy ph.ke intellectual and talented
Mrs. Anna Cora Mowat who made her first appearance
Pauline in the Lady OF Lyons The house crowd
ed to by the elite and fashionable visitors Never
astonshment more iearfuy depicted on any coun-
ter anccs-never audience more agreeaby sur
prised and delighted Mrs. Mowatt longer the Mrs
Mowa who carried the town by sorm-she is no longer
the retiring and dident whose dramatic excel
lencc and innate talent then just budding into
istence--but she is now actress an actress mbued
with deep feeling and possessing chaste and elegant
style. II certainly seems almost impossible to be-
licve this, but assuredly is true. or course, she
still possesses faults. There is a redrndan
cy of action, too hurried manner-but this per-
haps may be led good fault for is much easier
matter 10 soften down excabe, nervous imprisoned
temperament than to nfuse life and animation into cold
unfee ling, stolid machines made like a woman. Mrs.
Mowatt however owes much of her present excellence
to Mr. w. Crisp one Of the most genemaniy and fin.
ished actors OF the day They play together at the OPEN
ing Of the Park Monday evening next Unfortunate.
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