New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-02
sr,sgJYE Ar PLEASURE HAUyTS.
-..,o,senoe Of The N. Y. Tribune. ,o--
Cors'Fo' G.n .rncA Saturday. July y, 1850.

\ .lcome visitor. especially 10 thIs rainl "ea'u'I'
/ "A think | may Hume column of The
81 TpHusY to the satisfaction of all concerned.
M course can only give you the bright side
d + ,Aing, There are enough ready to provide
! ,Ou with the dark ones.
Z Look from my window here, that commands
Y the shady swsrds and the avenue leading from
> ne porticoes Of Congress Hall 20 the famous
+ Congress- Spring. We are awakened each morn
, pe by music, whose long drawn sweetness be-
suilts the haf.awskened spirit with Eysian
, 5resm,, and there sit the musicians filing the
woods and lawns with moving harmonies Hun
dreds are thrODgDg in successive groups 70 eA-
change the morning greeting. quah the sPatAliug
! waters and roam in the dewy Walks snu snauoS
nound. .:e....
.slornases front and back, filled with brightly
glspcipe youthful faces, merry children and cheer
Ii ooki6g parents passing to and fro or sitting in
? quiet converse
4 Al the dinner hour four hundred guests are
lated in the most spacious and elegant dining hall
n the land while nearly one hundred ebOn lackeys
h neat white rOundsbOuts and aprons serve up the
abundant yiands with wonderful order and prOprl-
ETY..
As the guests pour in and 90 of at the rate
smetimes Of more than hundred day one mar
res at the system, order and quietness that give
40 much Of the home feeling amid such wonder
hl panOrama. 1t is because each guest has
,,st quiet, well-appointed room to which to re
tire whenever fatigued and needing solitude.
Meantime the kind and courteous hosts are every
where seeing to everything and doing all that can
I he done TO make their guests satisfied with them
Z selves spd with all around.
One thing has struck me as peculiarly grateful
arrangement for the ladies. In most gatherings OF
4 u. a. - laoa nd
nth the fumes of the disgusting weed so offensive
ladies and all neat and well bred persons. Aud
Ot only So the draft from front to back cOlOnnade
safs the same nauseatiDg Odor through the parOrs,
lften banisbiDg many ladies to their chambers for
his cause But here the custom prevails OF de-
voting one portion of the domain to smoking, while
but few oyerstep these bounds to annoy their
neiQhbOrs and friends.
Now il is evening and the two far-stretching
parlors whose brilliant chandeliers light up so
beautifully the many tinted flowers OF the rich
carpets, are tbrODged with richly dressed ladies'
and attentive beaux The whole outer circumier
ence of both parlOrs is filled with triple rows OF
spectators of the expected dance, while the open
windows are 20 tLrODged as to shut out every
breath Of air. Every pair Of luDgs-so say physi-
Ologsts-yitiates the atmosphere at the rate of a
AOgshead each hour. Soon, therefore, the room be-
comes a steaming cauldron of fetd air. A splen-
did band strikes up and soon the center Of the
room is filled with youth and beauty.
IL is deemed very in iecOrOus when sitting down
in these parlors for gentleman to hold lady's
hand But now each youth has one arm around
the waist and the other holds the soft hand of bis
fair partner whose other hand rests conhdngly On
his shoulder AND thus they whirl and glide |
around, at every quickened inspiration inhallng air
that sends poison and decay to every delicate It's
sue of those delicate forms.
The beautiful girls stop 20 pant and fan them
ii 4 - hat AM huf occotieS
should object to such charming aud heaLhy |
amusement
Among the spectators is a kindly, serious man,
an elder IN the ChuTch--ihe boosted example of /
goodness aud piety to all the young OF the place /
where his wealth and virtue give him precedence. /
lie looks with pity and sorrow on what to him is
a Fad exhibition Of fashion and folly, and as he |
medtates rolls "a sweet mOrsel" from one cheek |
TO the other. He turns to a good clergyman who
at tie moment is replacing a similar morsel.
Now by authentic documents learn that !
while our annual pauper tax is only three millions |
there are Twenty-Five millions every year paid for
weed that il "A rank poison, creates a false and |
craving appetite undermines the constitution
stimulates the thirst for alcoholic drinks pOlsons
the atmosphere, defles the person, dress and
abode Otlends the taste and feelings OF the refined
aud does no good to any one.
But let us look about at some OF the nOtabi
ties around here from the various hotels Here
then is Manor WOOd-the Napoleon OF MetrOpo
ian Police here il Dempster, the popular SINGER
here il judge Grier of our highest national trlbu
nal here is one clerical friend, Mr.. Cuyler, who
stands beside Tyng, Beecher, and Chdpin as plat
form AdyOcate Of1emperance and all good reforms
here is Alfred H. Street, the author of " trOate-
me" and our country best descriptive poet
here is George Wood, the author of that unique
Dir. Peter Schiemti ~ Anericd' in which learned
research and genuine wit are united BY thread OF
German ny tn. His friends say his forthcoming
" Modern Pilgrims" is destined to become stand
ard specimen of dramatic Illustration, delicate
refined and tender sentiment, as yet unsurpassed
Among the ladies we find Madame kush as
conspcuous for her hospitaliues and wealth as for
. her biqh appreciation of genius and goodness.
Here. too, is Minnie Myrtle, whose dimpied
smii has not been harmed by the double cOntagra-
ions that have assailed her literary labors Ii Is
said in spite of all her IrO9HOiS are abroad tes-
tihing that in her hand Truth may be made more
fascinating than any fiction. The mystery about
this lad, is how she can be so very popular with
gentlemen, and equally 50 with her own sex
But the remaining nOtablities must rest IN shade
TN we can have another glimpse at Congress Hall
and it's surroundings. Meantime LET me say few
words of these annual gatherings at fountains, sea
shore, and mountains.
What throwing aside Of cares and labor and
anxietiesl What union of all varieties OF classes,
sects opinions preudices, ana persons, in friendly
intercourse 10 teach lessons of charity kindness,
and gosd will What harmoDlzng influence il
generated binding together the far separated por-
tions of one great nation There are few things
that turn up as time rolls along that present so
much that is good with SO little that Is evh-St
least as they are seen by SUNSHINE.
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