The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-31

neTally employe. in efforts 10 promote the Intelii-
gence and The happiness Of the human race. and to
bring the hidden talth and beauty OF the natural
world to the highest state OF development and cul-
uvat,on, then let us set about this duty with willing
hands and cheerful hearts. II seems to me that in
| discriminating between these aims and duties, and
in selecting one or the other the most wise and
excellent, the happiness Of the greatest number of
men should be regarded as result for which all
| considerations of inferior moment ought to be
gladly and promptly sacrificed This is Just prn-
ciple,. The progress OF the human race, and the
establishment of universal liberty, are depending
| mainly upon the recognition and the practical APP
picetion OF this great principle Of charity and fra
| lernity. But what multitude Of instances might
| be cited In which it is held In utter contempt by
] individuals and by nations.
| The sulphur water seems to be taking the lead
| IN the fashionable world There is apparently an
increasing preference for it, particularly among in
| vshds. sPeople have been led TO doubt whe-
her there is after ALL any greater virtue or reme-
dial power IN the Congress water, than there is in
the common Seidlitz powders, or salts, or Bran
| dreti's pills. (Note-lt is well known that the
article last named has been used upon the party
called barnburners, with some effectl These at
tainted rivulets OF clear water seem to bubble up
| nowhere except IN places which are celebrated
tor the fertility of the soil-the luxuriant growth
Of the trees and plants, and the general salubrlty of
the elm ate. The location of the Sulphur Springs
at Sharon is remarkable many respects the prin-
cpal one is situated directly at the base ola granite
mountain, which Is covered with dense forest of
is of rich, dark loan, and it very fertile; the
| beauty and magnlficence OF the scenery has ex-
| cited the admiration of travellers and guests from
less highly favored portions of the country; the
elevation is about thirteen hundred feet above the
Mohawk river, and the purity Of the air at Sharon
| (Which has been generally remarked) may be az.
cribed to this circumstance. The Mohawk Is ten
| miles distant from Sharon, and the ascent from
the river to the pavilion is constant though gradual
| and easy. The situation of the Pavilion, one of
the finest hotels In America, is celebrated for Its
grandeur
The appearance Of the adjacent country NAV be
likened TO that of BASIN or amphltheatre, of some
twenty miles In extent; near the south Eastern
boundary of this great natural amphitheatre, is
mound or hill. which seems to have been formed
expressly for the object to which has been devo-
ted; upon the highest point OF this mouad the
| splendid pavilion is located. The view from the
front porico is too equslte and charming for any
description OF 1t that could give. You are upon
the top OF the mound, which is situated little
south of the centre of the great basin of rich pas
lures and green fields; this basin is stretched out
at your feet, IN all its broad expanse of some 6f-
teen miles In extent; away of In the horizon you
| are enabled to discern the forest, covered noun
| tains, which form its northern boundary between
the pavilion AMI these eternal hills some of which
can be seen at distance OF seventy miles; the
country is exceedingly fertile, and the crops are
always abundant; the eye of the traveller is
greeted by fields OF waving corn, and barley, and
wheat, and by meadows of thrifty clover, IN which
herds may be seen grazing. On every side Of the
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stands the pavilion, there lsa continuous chain of
hills, whose brows and sides are covered by dense
forests of venerable trees These forests are
| BILE to ramblers and lovers and often have their
! echoes been walked by the ringing laughter of our
brides elect and our angels elect, who fitted for
departure from this court to the court of heaven
Moonlight In observation-disclosures In grove
how divine and unearthly it is soft silvery CHIT
which lendsa more than mortal hue to the beau.
teons face OF your betrothed. am speaking to a
lover, who knows nothing of r. sIt--ltl Ol9'
"The pangs of despised love-
am, however, novice In these affairs and
Will therefore only reckon that her couptenance
appears rather fine by moonllght-a new tin pan
also looks very shiny on such occasions. =.
But hat makes Sharon NEST attractive to lnva-
lids, and to elegant women who have been worn
out by the dlssipations OF fashionable season in
town, is the sense OF repose and quiet which they
experience here. They feel it the more keenly
and dehciously In consequence of the contrast
between lite at Sharon and life in town during
the winter Sc ason. Ii is an anxiety for quet and
seclusion whlchahas made them come here. They
Were absolutely run down with company in town,
and they came here to get rid of giving parties
and champagne suppers. should regret much to
do any thing to deprive Sharon Of the high repu-
tstien 1t enjoys as watering place, Justly cee-
brated for Its charming seclusion and for the re-
spectabilty OF its guests the people who come
here ale, IN fact, very different race from those
who now go to some OF the older watering places.
1 have dlned at many of the leading hotels In
America, but believe the food and the cooking
at this hotel Is superior to any have seen in this
country. Every possible variety of food of the
best quality, is purchased by the propretors of this
hotel, OF the farmers around us, at very reasonable
prices; their advantages in this respect are of
course very superior to those enjoyed by hotels IN
districts more thickly populated 1 understand
that Messrs. Landon and Gardner, (the proprle-
tor) own fine farm in this vicinity. where they
raise many OF the delicacies with which their
table is supplied. At dinner, to-day, noticed Mr..
design to remain here several weeks there are
number OF distinguished guests here from the
South, but have no time to enumerate them. At
tea, tonight, observed Miss J., who had just
when she returned, she Immediately came into
the dining room, and took tea with her ri ding
habit, and hat sull on.
She certainly looked very pretty. and she re-
minded me OF nothing so much as Mrs. II. Hunt,
In the character OF Lady Gay Spanker, In the ex-
ceient comedy of "London Assurance. :" am com.
plimentDg Miss J. very highlv-but it is de-
served; she is the rich young lady to whom the
young Prince OF Llndenwald was so devoted DUR
ing his prolracted stay here. Ithas been remarked
as extraordinary that no crisis occurred if it did
occur 1t should be known, because love affair." to
T S so mm m b publicly was pu9osey gwen by
cret, and any body has right to give the most
amusing particulars, # they know them.
After season, which has been more brilliant
than any preceding one within my recollection
the democratic patrcans and the elite will soon be
making preparations TO return t, town the cool
mornings and evenings suggest thoughts of home
ard winter apparel
This evening there was {" hop,'' or informal
ball, at the Pavilion Hotel. The dimensions of
tins hotel are as large as those OF any of the lead
ing hotels, with one or two exceptions IN this
country. The drawing room is very spacious,
and II Is furnished with unusual elegance All the
beauty and the fashion at Sharon were gathered
IN this drawing room at an early hour this even
ing The most elegant woman In the room was
Miss W. Qbelfye), of New York. There were
others quite asMell worthy of admiration as she
but must not be personal But the Rose OF
Sharon, the LILY of the Valley where was she ?
was she pnlng, IN some solitude over blast
ed hopes? Was. she Ill, or had she returned |
TO town? No! "the Rose of Sharon" was riding
on horseback by moonlight
glance al the company In The drawinn roon1