The New York herald., 1845-07-30
SARATOGA SPRINGS, July 27th
| Life at the Watering Places-Philosophy and Hum


How is it we find so little in the Herald about the
Springs y Can it be that you, who are ever anx-
ious to make known what is gong in all parts OF
the world, are IN want of correspondent here
This place, above all Others should not escape your
notice. You have eye on Oregon and Texas, -
and into every foreign part. You are continually
advised Of what is going on in all such places.
You lrear of wars and rlmors OF wars. You pub
lish what you hear, and what you know, and pre-
dict truly what will come to pass But of Saratoga
it seems you know nothing. Here, where all is life
and gayety-where there is mass of miscellaneous
beings congregated from all the corners Of the
earth-where the great Mogul, the Hottentot the
biped, the quadruped and the American, become as
one man, and HE to old Congress, there to remain
in unity of spirit until they have drunken seven
apiece at least
From to in the morning the working class. be-
fore resumng their daily tolls, give this, their best
physician. call. whose prescription Is to one and
all the same" Drink till we are full" From to G
the buxom lasses from the country, soourning at
the smaller hotels with their pas and mas 20 forth
to parake Of the health-restoring beverage At
the sedate, the moral, and economical drink freely
They are those who come for health alone. A half
hour after, oh, Bennett Schneider is there, and
with his band makes hill and dale echo and re-echo
with the sweetest melodies. Then the farest Of
the fair the oveest of the most refined the chosen
of the "upper ten,' and the beautiful and modest
maids OF our own delightful village, with faces
bright, and hearts light" come tripping gayy to
the fount, and, having imbibed sufficient Of that
same, are aided in walk round the grounds
adjacent, by one of Schneiders favorite and
enlivening marches. One hour after, the band
is gone; then may be seen dragging along the
lazy many, with eyes half opened, guzzng down
their portion after the time Of breakfast time The
Band also play at the Springs in the evening after
tea-are employed at the U S. Hotel by Messrs
Marian Il Co., at which hotel they have dancing in
the large saloon every evening in the week, except
Sunday ,and onlhe evenings of the semi -weeklyhops
tell you, Sir James, those hops are siems" in the
many attractions here. The beauty of some of the
female participants is immense. But one word to
you in. private--what must you think of the beau
tul, when truely say to you, that the ladies' resi-
dents IN the village, surpass them by far! Often
coloquies like the following occur "She is perfectly
beautiful--what eye she has-how graceful
where is she from lido you know her r?-who is
she Z" "Why IT is Miss -, of this place, she re-
sides in - street" ''Titian oh, Titan! ~
Ole Bull gave a concert at the United States Hotel
on Thursday evening last The Bell-rlngers few
evenings previous at Congress Hall. Mr. Dempster
at Union Hall, on Friday. Tiiian's Venus and the
Model of the city Of Elms, are now exhibiting here.
The weather is fine. Some three or four thous-
and are now luxuriating about the place. | will
speak OF the White Sulphur Springs, the Lake, and
the many other places of resort here, in my next
Thanks to the enterprise of VIM A. Mundell,
your agent at this place. in establishing an express
between here and Troy, by which we receive the
morning Herald at 10 o'clock in the evening