The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-07-09
The season 1t Saratoga.
UNITED STATES HOTEL, SARAr

The Season 1T Saratoga.
) UNITED STATES Horxl., SARArooA, I
July 4, 1850
| Qwsef~eW at Savotoga, o~d' Rs BsaSsiss--Distis
gSfshed Visitrs-Prsspscfs Of the Ssas0~, &c.
In obedience 10 that impulse which to a regular
New Yorker becomes instinct, 1 escaped the
pending Of the glorious Fourh--that jubilee
of 6ro crackers and root beer-when Westchester
county moves into town, and promenades, in body
down the shilling side OF Broadway, and aristo-
cratic mansions Theoretically sealed from vulgar
observstion-and am new lying off in delicious
torpidity, under the cool shadows and refreshing
atmosphere of this dainty spst And never was
Paradise more welcome to the weary feet of stumb-
ling and uavel-stained Christian pilgrim, than this
lovely retreat to me. look out Of tho window Of
my little dormtory, upon magnificent park, lined
with silken grass and embossed with noble trees,
swaying about lazily and peacefully in the breeze,
while the blue sky, notified with soft white Clouds
like hocks Of sheep upon pasture Of azure, bends
down and smiles lovingly from above. Along the
walks, leap groups of lovely and laughing children
arrayed in all a mothers pride, condensed into the
9uaintest and most picturesque costumes that ever
fairy milliner imagined; while within the deep
shade of the portico that lines the entire inner
court OF this beautiful domain, saunter, with mad
dening pace, the owners Of magnetic eyes and vo-
luptuous forms, superb in the air OF indifference
with which they accept the homage of the forked
radlshes in black pants who attend upon them
assiduously as toady upon his patron, or tbs
Reverend Rufus GrswOd upon a literary big-bug.
II is the lull of the day-the interval between the
morning walk and the dnner-and the majority of
the beautiful creatures already assembled in this
great caravansera Of Snobdom, are deeply i'm
mersed in the occult mysteries of the toilet although
a few of the freshest and loveliest, with beau.
tiful dsdan of all the thousand tricks of
dress and preparation, to whish in a few sea
sons hence they will thankfully and reve-
rently resort, have escaped betimes from their
narrow bed rooms, and hurried out for a walk and
a rendezvous upon the balcony. Every now and
then, white muslin curtain is accidentally thrust
aside, and one gets glimpse OF Phidian arm or
bewilderng bosom, half concealed by a pocket
handkerchief carelessly thrown the shoulders,
as the fair owner plies the comb, applies the pow
der puff, resolutely wields the tweezeIs.
All is as still as Sunday morning number one in
Eden And while the unhappy cts and citesses |
have left behind me are suing cotton in their
to deaden the sound Of the ncessant squibbery GO
heads and burnt fingers just out of the horrible din,
here lie, absolutely saturated with silence, and
the sense of absolute repose and quiet overwhelm-
ing me with keen and palpable joy.
You can see, by the busy and contented appear
ance of Marvin, as he hastens from piror to parlor
and along the corridors and walks of his immense
establishment, listening if by instinct and giving
his orders with the promptness and decision Of a
commander OF Collins steamer while standing up
the bay, that the season is an early one and that
the United States is filling up more rapidly than
usual Morris, too is in his glory for he has just
received orders for fifty new covers at the dinner
table, and sees golden time in perspective for both
master and man.
As you may easily gather from all this, We ara
promised an early and unusually brilliant season--a
season which will restore TO this most beautiful
watering place in the world all its original glory
and add new and brighter effugence to its renown.
The miserable uncertainty cast over the movements
of the fashionable werld last summer by the terrible
reality and the still more terrible rumors of the cho
lers, partially paralyzed the gayety and life of the
watering places; but the unusual heathfuness Of the
present season will enable the fashionable world to
take sweet revenge for all the deprvatons and dis
appointments TO which they were subjected last
year Already at this pal ce-hotel whence write,
we have permanently located for the summer the
Baron Tesla, the Marquis de Cardenas and the
Marquis de Campo, of Florida Hon. M. Hepburn, |
Of Pennsylvania; Hon; William s. Miller and IA.
Archdeacon Panton, and the Lord Bishop OF
jamaica Hon. ID. ID. Barnard, of Albany Mr..
and Mrs. Brooks, and Mr., Dehon, Of New York
New York the Messrs. Robert, Howard, and
Geo. Gordon James; Mr.. and Mrs. Aaron Baldwin,
Of Boston; J. V. l.. Pruyn and family; N. G.. PEN
dleton, Esq and family, and MIR. Schenck, Of Gin
cinnat Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Little, and Mrs.
Jackson Miss Anna Lynch, the poetess; Mrs j.
G. Stevens DR.. Alex, Perry aud family; MIR.
Hodgson and family, and Miss Tslfar, savannah
and about one hundred and fifty uncystallized un-
distnguishables. After Tie 0i po1oi have had their
grand fixing saturnaa out, to-day, and have sub
sided again ints their cellars and workshops, the
beau monde will take possession in earnest OF the
steamboats, and railroads, and flock hither in |
crowds. Our band Of music will arrive here from |
New York tomorrow, and we shall fairly inaugu-
rate the gay season-Msron's new dancing and |
music saloon being beyond all question the mos |
magnificent room Of the kind in the United States
ahead Of Niblo's new saloon, the famed Jenny |
Lind Hall, and every thing of the sort. Ii is sur
rounded with broad balconies, and fitted with |
dressing and retiring rooms, and everything that |
the necessities or wants Of luxurious and fashion
able world can possibly demand or think Of.
The other houses here promise well I; and espe- |
pccinlly the Congress Hall, which, under the able
management of Mr.. w. II. Brown, is rapidly |
regaining its old popularity Its location Is fine, and
the grounds very beautiful and TO those who like
quiet and substantial comfort IL IL a desideratum.
Union Hall has also elegant grounds, and is cha |
racterized by q diversity OF Understanding and
praying, firing and getting religion, being carried
on there simultaneously and with equal enthu-
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