The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-11

hre8rAxT yaox NEwPoAr- BY letter frsn
one Of eur correspondents, which We publish In
ther part Of tOday's HERALD, II viii be seen that
active steps have been commenced in Newport, to
carry out in sarnest tho provisions of the contemp
bic Maine Liquor law. One of tho well known
drinking saloons entered on Monday, by the ex.
ecutors Of the law, and seizure made Of all the
prohibited liquors found in it, and II is evident that
the like measures win BE- carried cut with equal
strngency in all the other houses of like character,
Ocea House and all.
This is the signal Of utter humiliation to New.
port, as popular summer resort, nor is that fact
nuch to be regretted it has been going down for
some time back. Newport, Saratoga, and those
other ultra fashionable watering places in this re-
gion, have degenerated, during the last fewaears,
into places Of the grosses deception and imposition
on the public The leading hotels are most misera'
bly, managed, in every point of view, and deserve
the marked condemnation of the travelling
community. They are allowed TO become crowded
to o degree of the greatest inconvenence-pro-
per attention is neglected to be paid to guests,
either in the accommodation afforded them, or in
the quality quantity Of the meals provided and,
BESIDES they are given over to be Heeced by troops
Of negro walters, who must be paid blackmal for
permission to get seat at the dinner table, and to
induce them to pay any sort Of attention to ones
wants. This system is tolerated, or, possibly, en-
couraged, by the proprietors, but should meet its
merited Reproduction from a defraaded public Our
Newport correspondent states that Southern gem
tleman there, who was subjected to this treatment,
the other day, drew pistol and was about to sac
rifce the delinquent waiter to his resentment This
is the style which may be expected at all the leading
houses in these fashionable watering places. None
but few faverites, those who pay double prices
for board and to walters can get any thing to eat or
have their wishes attended to- In Newport, the Maine
Liquor law now comes in, to deprive people there
Of any thing to drink; but in Saratoga it is worse
for nothing be got to eat, in consequence of the
avariciousness Of the hotel proprietors, who put
their guests short allowance, and are too penu-
rious to make proper provision for even their ordi
nary number. We know . gentleman, who, from
his experience in this matter, was actually induced
to leave Saratoga in the afternoon, few days snce
and 60 by railroad to Troy, that he might dine there
comfortably and satisfactorily In addition to these
| subjects Of complaint against the management of
the fashionable watering place hotels, another in
toerable nuisance consists in the vast crowds which
| flock there, and are slowed away, hrddled up in
every mode that covetous ingenuity can devise.
| All this is very different from the style Of ma
nagng first class hotels the watering places of the
| Rhine, in Germany-Baden-Ba Baden, Wiesbaden,
Hombourg, SC. No such discreditable scenes are
ever enacted there, as wandering through the
| dining hall in search Of seats rushing after
food, and Selling, like ravenous wolves, on any
| thing within their reach; nor is it neces-
sary to be bribing walters, giving negroes
the g1id pro quo, seat, or get this or that
dish. There each guest Of the house, who
is registered the books, has seat assigned him,
where he is waited with the order and regu
larity as if he were in a private establishment.
| Whit contrast exists between this mode of doing
business, and that adopted at Saratoga and New
| port? The Ocean House, at the latter resort, was
always famous fer its Encouragement, and first laid
down that sy stem of favoritism which subsequently
extended itself-that is to say the system of per-
hitting certain chques to monopolize everything
worth being eaten, by bribing the walters and Sc
curing exclusive attention By this means
| strangers who had arrived from any part Of the
world, and were not acquainted with the method
! of buying favors from servants, got moth
| ing to eat, and their wishes we're unattended
| to. This fine method of doing business passed to
Saratoga, and is practiced there on such q
scale, that it is now far verse in that
respect than Newport, where it originated The
United States Hotel in Saratoga has been 50 success
full under its present proprietors, that they have
brown aside all regard for the comfort Of their nu-
merous boarders, and care about nothing but to.
make out the bills and draw in the money, leaving
their guests to shift for themselves best they can
These places perfect nests Of imposition, and
deserve no sort ef encouragement.
Those who wish to enjoy themselves in the coun-
try this hot weather, and to spend their time with
comfort, in respectable society, should choose, for
their sojourn, such places in the neghborhood Of
New York as Fort Hamilton, on Long Island,
New Brighton, on Staten Island. The Pa.
vilion in the latter place. is conducted by Blancard,
and persons going there find it managed in the most
exquisite style, equal to anything of the kind in
any country. Decorum and propriety are observed
the same as in private parties and it is perfectly
free from that noise, confusion, furry and humbug,
which exist at the fashionable and up hotels
Of Newport and Saratoga.
THE GREAT STEAMBOAT CALAMIry.-According
to all appearances nothing will be done to bring to
punishment the authors Of the burning of the
Henry Clay steamer. Apathy is beginning already
to prevail among our officials.
The DIFFERENCE There arrived at Saratoga
Springs the 9TH and 9Th instants, four hundred
and five visiters, while the number Of arrivals ct
Newport, during the same time, were but forty
three.
Personal Intelligence.
Among the passengers sail day in the Europa is
Lus H. r. d'Aguiar, Esq late Consul General Of Brazi
to the United States. Mr. dAsuar came this country
affnrh To he