The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-01

billiard saloon, two ten-pin alleys, and a church.
The water of the spring, from which the place
takes Its name, is very mild and pleasant for
bathing, being Just OF the proper temperature but
Is elther pleasant or beneficial, so far as eau
Learn, for drinking II is said to contain some
cisl effect, when taken a bath. But the utmost
negligence prevails, and nobody seems TO care
whether the guests are attended to or not. The
bath. houses are misersby kept, and, notwith-
standing the abundance of water, the streets are
in the most filthy condition. The place Is sltu-
ated in a hollow, among some very bleak and
barren hills, and has not single toleraby decent
| house within its whole limits The only redeem
| ing feature in the management of the hotels, is
| the excellence OF their fare.
And yet, TO this dirty little spot, (and dirtier
| could not be picked out on the map OF this coun
| uy) crowds come every year, in the heat of
summer, and persuade themselves that they enjoy
| a great deal OF pleasure and advantage. They
come together, talk scandal, and dance to vile vii
| laee music (WbIle / write, my ear Is tortured
| with the viilanous sounds of trio, consisting
| of an asihmatic fageoet, screaking fiddle, and
bass viel, with tones like the saving OF board,
that spoil the digestion Of the guests by executing
| Il set of lugubrious airs at every meal
There is nothing more Suggestive OF melancholy
reflections than the breaking up of large plea
sure party IeXperienced this at Bedford more es-
pecialy The idea of giving up the utter freedom
from the harrassments OF business, and the rigid,
conventional forms OF life which Ode enjoys at such
places TO return to the stem, and Olt-n bitter
alites of every day life, chi lis the feelings and
clouds the brow, acting in the same way as a
plunge into cold stream, after enjoying the luxury
of warm bath.
Mr.. Polk left this morning for Washington, &C.
companied by DIR. Foltz. His reception here was
anything but complimentary, and was even want
ing in civlhty. To use his own words, he ''fell
INTO nest Of malignants," who spared no pains to
shew In what low estimation they held him. This
was going to the otner extreme. and was In very
bad taste. His conduct both here and in Bedford,
was marked with great deal OF good sense, and
deserved a better return. How much soever he
may have erred in his official capacity, IT was not
fitting occasion to shew their sense of it. He
came private, citizen, and they SHOULD not have
nolced HIM at ALL or else should have tTssed
prejudiced in Mr.. Folks favor, and yet l take
pleasure IN bearing testimony to his very modest
| and quiet demeanOr on this trip. Several trivial
entertained against him; and although his past acts
are amply sufficient to justify such hostility, yet
neither the time, the place, the circumstances,
were proper for Its exhibition. QUITS
LOG HOUSE, on the Left Fork of the Ausable,
| Essex County, Aug %, 1913. :
Here am on the ground, with as fine a COM
pany of backwoodsmen can be got together
| Let no mortal creature from the dusty town in
crude upon me- The very thought of Broadway
or Wall street (arcades ambo) would sicken me,
were 1t not for the pure air of heaven, which
comes to me fresh from the empyrean, and the
clear, cold spring water which gurgles up out of a
rock just at the entrance ofmy log-cabin For all
| that have not told you exactly my whereabouts,
| nor shall l. The amateur huntsmen and fisher
men of Gotham shall come to no grounds of my
getting up. Let them go to Moody's, away across
yonder; he will lead them out very gently find
them deer to shoot at, and allow them to rest
across his shoulder and fire away. Then he will
take them out on the pond, 1--WE call lakes ponds
up here) bait their hook, and show them where a
trout will bite at it,
That is amateur sport. Faugh il Ofiends nv
soul to treat OF II further.
" obi profanum vulgus ct arceon
But if you, yourself, will make the sign of accept
ance, viii despatch, forthwith, trusty mes.
senger to Port Kent to receive you and guide you
hither. Now, methinks, see you turn up your
| nose al this proposition, and say, with something
has been over these TWO months, and that il is not
time, for month yet, TO crack away at the deer.
That's what call amateur ENTHUSIASTICALLY
amateur. / wonder how long it Is since trout
have been held unfit for the frying-pan, after the
middle of June, or when did vtnison cease to be
savory, in the month of August? But, truce 10
such idle dissertations. My LOUNGE Of Practice
Waltons first edition. down III his last and best,
edited by my friend, the Rev. Mr. Bedell, as gen.
tie and as clerical a lover of fishing and wood
| craft as theSt latter days nave seen NOW TO my
narrative After leaving the steam packet Sara
| nae, and having shaken hands twice with Its
commander, Capt. Chspman-as capital fellow
| every way, as ever stood on a quarter deck-we
struck for the mountains. Keeping the stage route
as far as it went, we were at length g brought
up" as the saying Is, by getting at the end of It.
| We then hired a conveyance tor fifteen miles
| further on, and were set down on the confines
OF our territory. Seeking the hospitality OF vete-
| ran s. or,sman, who had be duly advised ac-
cordIng TO custom, of our coming, we were told
| that everything was in readiness to '' put out. I"
The next morning were up betimes. A &c tram
team," with good "chain'' and {" back board, -
was soon ready. Several bags OF oats, some score
of blankets, supply of hard crackers and salt
pork, were got on, and then we set off, accom-
panied by four or five hardy fellows, with rifles on
their shoulders, and canteen and powder flask
sung, ready for anything, from a Rio Grande
buffalo hunt, to chase after an Essex county
black cat. We pushed through the wilderness
some dozen miles, and came, at last. to our
ground The log house we found in fair order,
requiring few repaIrs-coOking utensils Just
where we left them last year, and no sign of IN
terlopers-no trail of amateurs about But have
used up my sheet, and the pine knot Is almost
burned out. So, good night. SHANpY.
Statistics OF Education and Crime In Great
Britain.
| From the London Examner1
Some months ago we laid before our readers
some remarkable evidence OF the neglect of educa-
ton In Wales, and of the frightful phs of igno-