The New York herald., 1850-08-27

| the watering places. Saratoga, WINCH nus pccn
full-too full for comfort, Lake George, Sharon
Springs Richfeld, Niagara, Lebanon Springs,
Catskill Mountains, West Point, and Lake Maho-
pac, have all had their share of patronage. Then
there is the White Mountains in New Hampshire,
and the White Sulphur Springs, in Virginia. and the
renowned Newport, in Rhode Island. AT all these
| places, for some weeks past, men and women,
youths and children, have been hard at work en-
| joying themselves. Many of them labor more
severely during the season devoted to summer
recreation, than at any other time in the year For
what with routes, rides, dancing, dining, break
fasting, bowling, ETC., etc, with the necessary
devotion to the toilet, which is incumbent upon
those who would maintain fashionable reputa-
ton, they perform more actual labor, day by day,
than would make up a good days work at any
useful employment Saratoga has already had IFS
season, and will, before many days are over, be
ready to shut the doors of many of the hotels until
another summer One or two hotels will prolong
the season till the middle of September, but Sara
toga will not be the busng, gay, thriving, crowd
ed resort of fashion, that she was last week. She
settles down now to quiet, well-behaved, country
town, where persons, fond OF retirement and Con-
gress water may enjoy themselves. Meantime the
whole flock of pleasure seekers are on the wing,
and will, for the most part, settle down il Newport
sometime during the present week Next week
the closing pageant of the takes place there
and then early frost will follow, killing potato vnes
| and sending the fashionables pell nell into town,
where they will worry oat the winter by attending
the opera, giving and attending sources, and closely
following fashion and folly, either in the large
] cities, at the national metropolis.
| One Of the principal benefits resulting from the
| system of fashionable rendezvousing is the good
| which they diffuse in the way of patronage to
uadespeople. There are many of these shrewd far
seeing shop-keepers and mechanics, besides thou
sands of hotel servants, who follow in the train of
fashion ardently as do the ton themselves.
They are at Washington, New York, and New Or
leans in the winter, but the early summer finds
them at their post at Saratoga, Newport, or else
where ready to derive all possible benefit from the
prodigality of the rich. This is all right. The
grsndfahers and grandmothers of the monied bellies
and beaux, who lead the gay throng of the water
ngplaces were ,or the most part useful people and
earned an honest living, and 80 it will come about,
! hat the children's children of the haberdashsrs
and hair-dressers, tailors and toymen cord waners
and confectioners, who now dance attendance to
the rich, will, in their turn, ride in ae coach es,
with nondescnpt coats of arms emblazoned on
their doors. They, in their turn, will then scatter
Jrofusely about them the very shilngs which are
now carefully husba nded by the industrious me-
chanics who produce the comforts which are to be
bought for money. The expenditures have not been
SO lavishly made by the fashonables at the North
this year, in some former II is no easy
matter to account for this. At Saratoga there was
a great deal Of wealth, but with few exceptions OF
the purchase of expensive jewelry, there was no
expenditures Of sufficient importance to create a
topic for conversation this is rather remarkable,
this has been one Of the favorte modes Of lion
izng heretofore Some say that an overweeninc
attachment for the gaming table led to an invest
nent OF money in play, instead Of nppropriating 1t
elsewhere. The young ladies' complained of the
want Of attention shown by young gentlemen, aud
said that the beaux must possess a wondrous af-e-
tion for the tgre, when they paid so much atten-
ton to il. The fair ones said there had not been
so much as one serenade given during the season.
Receiving this hint the band was called into requ
sinon by the young gentlemen, who sereuaded the
fair ones one night, but verified the complaint of
the ladies by serenading the'tgre' '(gaming house)
the next night. They owned that the "tiere" had
possessed the greatest amount of their affection
during the season, and TO IL, the object OF their
regard, they devoted serenade.
Some queer things develope themselves, when
we observe what distinctions are made in opera-
tive law, as well as by conventional usage, be.
tween the rich and poor. IL poor man beats his
wife numerically, and she cries out Justify, the
police rush in and carry of the offender, who must
expaie his msdeed according to law. rich man,
at fashionable hotel, gives his wife regular
'hrsshing, and people merely say, "iIow strange
and some even venture TO assert that such conduct
is wrong and unbecoming aman, but the law never
thinks Of interfering. A poor tailor, living in poor
apartments, gets on Saturday night spree, quar-.
rels with his better half, and threatens to kill her
He is seized, imprisoned, and made to answer for
his violent conduct. A rich tailor, belonging TO
the ton, goes cut shooting back to his hotel
tipey, quarrels with his wife, and points pistol At
her. She cries out, the peace is broke, but the
rich tailor suffers none Of the legal chastisement
which his poor brother has 10 endure. practical
illustration of this occurred at Saratoga few day.
ago, where titled nabob did the thrashnp. and
a rich tailor did the pistol exercise There must
be deep philosophy, and good reason for these
distinctions somewhere, but we have not vet dis.
covered what that philosophy is, nor what good
reason governs in such cases
But there is time now for entering into a dis
cussion concerning such matters. The grand fancy
dress ball, the last Of the season. will come of at
the Ocean House, Newport, on Thursday night Of
next week, after which we shall be better able to
review the whole fashionable season. II has
been q gay one, but not so brilliant as last
year. One improvement has been made, namcly
many persons Of wealth have discarded livery
and their servants now appear in the more re-
publican style, with no distinctive mark, except
their manners. This smacks Of wisdom, and we
have hopes Of the fsshionables yet.
Isrssrsrrs vsos JssxSrr, Or. Dom-eo.-Captain
PARKER Of the Schooner Navarro arrived at this port
on Sunday informs that the Emperor Faustin was
nttps mp an expedition against the windvsrd Isands
both By sea and land. II vas said the ssvai force
would consist Of two large square rigsed vessels. and
propeller the latter vas In preparation In some part