New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-20
SUNNI err Ranbles.

Summer Rambles.
There was an unusual dearth of Summer
Travel last season, caused by the prevalence
of the dreadful epidemic in nearly all our
cities and many villages, which kept thou
sands at home who would otherwise have
been roaming. There will doubtless be
some revisitings Of that scOurge the present
season-indeed, we hear of them already in
few localities, mostly Southern; but the
summer is now SO far advanced, that we
think all apprehension Of a general and
deselaiing return Of the Cholera in 1850
may be dismissed. We may reasonably
anticipate, therefore, that the pleasure tray
ell Of this season will exceed the usual
average by so much, at least, as that of
lS49 fell short of it.
But what channels will it follow and in
what eddies shall the travellers unbend and
disport themselves? SARATOGA, NIAGARA,
NEWPORT, CAFE NAY will gather their
crowds as usual-Newport especially, since
it is understood that the President and Mr..
Clay each purpose to spend sometime there.
The minor NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
STRINGS, NEw-LEBANoN, BEDFORD, Pa. the
WHITE SULPHUR, &c. &c. will each have its
circle of visitors, with the lesser resorts for
sea-air and batbing,-LoNG BRANCH, COMFY
ISLAND, ROcKAwAY, SToNINGToN, NAHANT,
&c. For quiet people, who loathe display
and crowds, and whom a moderate share of
social relaxation satisfies, we deem some of
this class superior to the more popular and
pretending. We never yet found sea bath
ing superior to ROckaway, though the place
is difficult of access Isome like it the better
for that) and its circle of entertainments is
limited. And where can finer sea-air be in
hailed than that which sweeps over the civil
lied end Of COney Island
That sleeping to the luling murmur of
the waves breaking on the adjacent beach,
with the COOL damp breeze pouring in at
the seoond-stOry window, is a luxury worth
living for after week Of feverish tossing
on a city couch in hot weather. with few
choice friends and like selection Of rare
books, a week quietly spent at one of the
minor seaside bathingplaces ought to be
"a joy forever" in the retrospect of hur-
ried and care-worR life.
A habit has lately grown up Of rccogniz-
ing some local point of attraction, and
assembling there in the heat of summer,
which is worthy Of all praise. RIcHrlELD
SPRINGS in OtsegO County, Avon SPRINGS in
Livingston; LAKE MAHorAc in Putnam;
CLARENDON SPRINGS in South Western er-
mont; LEBANON SrRINGs in Columbia land
for Western Massachusetts, also) are exam
pies: as is ScHooLEY's MOUNTAIN in inland
New-Jersey. Beside the class who have
leisure and means for trip to and solourn
at Saratoga, Niagara, or Newport, there are
hundreds in every county who could well al
ford to spend two days if not week at some
popular gathering place in their own vicln-
age. Even thrifty farmers and their wives,
after the exacting tolls Of haying and sum-
mer harvesting are over, might afford them
selves few days of repOse and relaxation
before entering upon the more moderate
labors Of the autumn harvest.
Let none consider the time and money
wasted that such a visit would absorb
Travel, rightly improved, is Education Re-
Taxation is revival of strength; social inter
course implies refinement and enlarge
ment of views. The farmer, the mechanic,
the professional man, drive through their
work in season to enjoy sultry week amid
the leafy shades of an inland watering place,
or inhale the fresh breezes that betray
their long dalliance with the oceans pillows.
The time thas enjoyed is by no means vast
ed. The farmer compares notes with his
brother farmers, and the discovery made or
improved process adopted by one becomes
henceforth the possession Of all; so with the
mechanic, in the world Of Art and Invention
whose marvels each year sees doubled. The
citizens Of a County thus come to know and
each other; they discuss at lei
sure the affairs Of the State and Nation;