New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-28


these li,,le matters are understood among iae
parties. Broken hearts and tha; sort OF ;ning
went ont with leg-efmutton-sleeves. Common
sense and good matches have come IN 10
you know, by -the-bye. that there are Posfl'ey
only FIVE tolerable matches at TINS ino.nen; II
the house -
The bell rang and ran, and there were -.ii
five tolerable matches at Saratoga wlen -ei,
the train at Moreau Station and climbed stage
coach with Nedde to roll across the country 20
Lake George It IS fine strip Of landscape,
yery variously outlined, and giving gllnqses of
beautiful distance. The driver pointed out nc
tree under which Jane McCTea Was murdered
by the Indians She was not beautiful, j. aP-
pears, nor is savage romantic, bat Neide and
experienced an emotion between Us, and praised
the bold beauty OF the distant Green Mountains
and the windings Of the Hudson. which, mere IN
its infancy, Is stream OF fine promise, and
rolled our fancIos forward - It's beautiful Dan6s
below, It's dark highlands, It's CLASSY reaches,
and the forms offriends on lawns and IN gardens
along lis shore.
We dined al Glens' Falls, which VIC visited.
They arc oppressed by the petty tyranny OF a de-
cayed dynasty Of saw-nills, and the vexed rlVer
RACES and tumbles among channeled rocks, max
ing fine spectacle of the Tren,onian character.
Then we bowled along through gorgeous after
noon toward the Lake The stage road Is one
of the pleasantest remember. And particularly
on that day the graln-fclds and the mountains
were of the rarest delicacy ct texture and tone.
Through the trees, an hour from Glens' Falls, |
saw sheet of water, and we emerged upon
fine view Of the Lake.
An azure air. of which the water seemed only
part more palpable set in hills of graceful ilg'
ure and foliage. and studded with countless isles
OF romantic beauty.-in fact, such picture as
Imagination touches upon the transparent pefiec-
tion of the choicest Summer moons, was my
fancy OF Lake George. If yours IS similar, dear
Editor you are doomed to disappointment.
Caldwell IS hamlet at the southern end OF
the lake 1t is named from an eccentric gentle
man. Ghberal obstinacy Is always, after death,
beat,fied into eccenirlcity,) who owned the whole
region, built hotel on The wrong spot and wished
no more ihouses built and no more people to
come, and in general, infested the southern shoIe
with a success worthy of an old mythologlcai
dragon Instead, therefore, OF a fne hotel at the
extremity OF the lake, commanding view OF It's
length and situated IN grounds properly plctur-
esoue, there Is house on one side OF the end,
looking across II to the opposite mountain, and
forever teasing the traveller with wonder that 1t
stands where It does The hotel is kept admir-
ably, however, and the faults OF position and size
are obviatcd, as far as possible. by The courtesy
and ability Of the host But the increasing
throng Of travel lustifies the erection OF hotel
equal in every manner 10 the best. This year
the little hamlet was but the colony" OF the
hotel, and mile across the lake, on the opposite
shore was a small house for the accommodation
q the public.
The WAYS and means Of life at Lake George
do not greatly differ from those at other spots
The place is naturally dedicated to Romance,
and so we all arrive rather sentlmentally IN
clined DO not bowl with such fury, and we
sip our cobblcrs with slight sadness, and tax
of Como and the Swiss lakes on the PIAZZA
after dinner, and row in the moonlight and twl-
light. hunting up scraps from the Lady oi the
Lake" in odd corners OF Memory. The more
hardened 20 fishing, and If the wind rises put OF
in sail.boatS and fancy all the beautiful girls are
watching Their career with lorgnettes from bilnd
ed windows You meet an astonishing numoe
of heaven and earth-deiy!ng sailors at eLake
George who wear strange coats oi rather
"fast" and flash" style, and embark IN an eN-
traordinary attire for mariner, TO clrcumnaW-
gate the inland sea- and to strike for the CaihayS
to which tradition points.
There are also pleasant parties who pass weeks
upon the lake and listen 10 enthusiastic stories
of Saratoga as ncredulOusly as 10 Syrcn-songs
10 whom Saratoga Is name and Napor. ncredl-
bic as the feror of a tropical day TO the Russian
Empress m her ice .palace-partes OF character
rare IN our country, who do not utterly surrender
the Summer to luxurious idleneSS, but steal
honey from the flower as they fly
And If, as the moon paveS qmverng path
across the water, along which throng enchanted
recollections. quiet voice ASKS II Como's self j.
more oveiS-so much gossip and comparison OF
European scenery with American rises IN The
mind. that although You may tell II all before
moonset, YOU require the space of another letter
10 write about II.
= Next time. therefore. with Lake George 10. our
text We VIII discuss the difference.
Your aft HoWADJi
II The President has returned to Wash
ncton from, hi> VIRGINIA four and Cahiupi meeting