The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-28

bARAroGA, August "a, lSo2.
Sayotog0-Rs Cs0ies, Ciig,sss, and Dissipa,ions.
Icannos refrain from conveying 70 you the graft
hoation with which read your editorial in Tues
days HERALD, on the recent ball at the United
States Hotel Of this place. The general tone Of
Jour remarks Ia eminently truthful and sipgulnrly
applicable to the occasion and the circumstances
attending il. II surprised me not little to fni
you go thoroughly ''posted mp" the saying is, on
the doings of Saratoga, for it is truly strange
place, and like all 0f resorts Of fashionable dissi
patton, has its mysteries and sesrets, its ,ques and
eoteries. Your account Of the ball was indeed ad
mirsbe, so far rs it went; but there one tao
incidents connected with that event which you
have overlooked or forgotten to mention. Being
one Of the thousands who have, during the past
few weeks, enjoyed the waters Of this charming
spot, you will probably allow to fill up the do
sideratum, and give your readers . peep into tho
secret history OF what appears 80 plausible In tho
"oficial" account. as you call it, of that affair.
You are no doubt aware, that for the last few
years the gay cites and pleasures Of Saratoga have
lost much Of their original CHARM from the fact that
term them, delegation from the Goldfish arstocracy
Of your city, has presumed to take the entire
agement into their own hands, excluding all who
are not Of their /" set;" and by system of leger-
demain peculiar to themselves fosting their names,
associated with those of more worthy members of
society, into the public press and thereby acquiring
for themselves certain show of respec Ia bity
which but poorly becomes the wearers. Such was
the case with the recent ball. Some days previous
q circular was issued, stating that q meeting had
been held at the United States Hotol, and Mr.. So
apd-so called to the chair, whereas no meeting
whatever had occurred; and in fact, the circular
which appeared in the HERALD, copied from the
local papers here, was the forgery Of q certain
coterie, who annexed tho names OF nearly all
the gentlemen without their consent-and in
reality the majority of the managers were
not even here. The ball came of, and was,
as you well remark, q failuro-a decided failure.
The morning after. glowing account Of the affair
appeared in the village paper, which has since been
transferred in the HERALD, and gone tho rounds
Of the press generally. can assure you, on what
consider good authority, that that description of
the ball was written and in type before tho event it
pretended to describe had taken place. OF course
mono were noticed but such as the aforesaid clique
deemed worthy of so great distinction. Hence
the exorbitant and exaggerated terms Of attery in
which some, who were never heard Of before, and
who quite unknown in respectable society, are
spoken Of The entire affair was got up the day
previous, and when the papers appeared next morn
ing you may well imagine the amusement it Gre
ated; for many of those most highly complimented
were not even present in the ball room Thus goes
the world. The ball at Newport will be Of tho
same stamp, unless you awaken public attention to
this gross imposition, through your columns. which,
on former occasions, have been found so eficacious
in showing up the silly pretensions Of would be
aristocrats. DELTA.