The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-03


Albany spokesman wants to diibuster and get up
row on slavery in the South, let him join Gar
rison and Phillips in the support of Buchanan.
That's all.
FRESH AIR AND SUMNER REsoRTs.-The
present month generally finishes up the sum
mer travel, although September is often as
warm as August 1t is not considered prudent to
come back to the city from country residence
until the warm weather is nearly over indeed
many thousands of our citizens do not return
permanently until October. The conveniences
Of getting out Of town are row very great, both
by rails and steamers, subject however, to the con
slant danger of being crushed or burned to death
in the cars, or blown up or drowned in steamers.
This is of the greatest drawbacks to the plea
ares Of tourists or the hopes Of valetudinarians
hut until we have more enlightened admins
tration Of railroad and steamboat affairs, those
who require air must run the risk Of locomotion.
1t is noticed in our bills Of mortality in this
city, as in large cities generally, that the greatest
number of deaths occurs among children. They
are delicate plants, and require good nursing.
To them pure air is absolutely indispensable.
Unfortunately, the poorer classes are rarely able
to enjoy even this common gift Of Providence,
and few of their children arrive at maturity. One
Of the most powerful and unanswerabe argu-
ments in favor Of the Central Park is, that it will
afford a convenient and healthful place of resort
for the young, where they can breathe pure at
mosphere and gain fresh vigor as they advance in
years. Pure, brisk air is, if possible, more i'm
portant than food
We are struck with the great number of places
Of summer resort which are to be found in the
United States. Books are beginning to be pub
lished devoted exclusively to their description
States are very rich. Even Germany, with its
celebrated spas, is not more fortunate. We have
saline springs (some Of them in combination with
minerals), alkaline, sulphurous, chalybeate acid
ulous and hot springs, slightly mineralized. AT
the head Of all these stands the Saratoga water
a splendid combination of the saline with the
chalybeate, containing 3lS cubic inches of car
those of Kssengen or the Spa do not surpass them.
We have also all the other varieties Of springs,
and next to our own State comes Virginia with
her sulphur fountains in every form and variety,
placed among the most beautiful scenery and
possessing the highest medicinal qualities
We have, altogether, in the United States one
hundred and three well known groups Of mineral
valids and tourists, and having very good &c
commodations
Besides these, our country-though with some
exceptions, it has a very level grade-abounds
with the most picturesque and beautiful falls and
rapids Our own State claims at least half of the
Niagara; it has Trenton the Cohoes Hadley's,
Bakers Genesee Portage, Taghcanc, Ticon-
deroga, and others of great beauty though of less
importance. New Hampshire comes next in
number and variety. Georgia possesses some
beautiful cascades, such as the Tallulah and the
Tockao; and New Jersey has the Passac. We
have, altogether about fifty of these natural curl
osties in the United States and they are all places
of resort.
Our mountain scenery will not equal that of
Switzerland, nor in many respects that Of Scot
land, land of the mountain and the food" but
what we have Of 1t is very fine. The White
Mountains of New Hampshire, rising 5000 feet
above the sea, eight giants overlooking the val
leys Of the Saco and the Androscoggin, and tow
ering above other mountain ranges to the west
and south, (the highest in the United States east
Of the Rocky Mountains, except the Black Noun
tain Of North Carolina are beyond all descrip-
ton. They must be climbed-thcy must be seen,
to be appreciated. New Hampshire has other
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these. Massachusetts, has some lovely mountains
such rs Hoyoke, Mount Tom, the Saddle, and
the Wachusett. Vermont boasts of her Green
Hills, Of which the Camel's Hump is the highest
its peak Ass feet above the level OF the sea
and baving-a sublime and extensive prospect
New York, great in every thing, excels in noun
ians. The noble Adirondacks, rising more than
FIVE thousand feet; the Catskills, nearly four
thousand; the Highlands, sixteen hundred feet
form three great divisions, with twenty-one dis
tinct elevations. all Of them imposing, If not
sublime North Carolina boasts Justly Of the
Black Mountain, GAG feet high. with the
neighboring SUBMITS Of the Grandfather and
Grandmother, the Roam Mountain, 5000 feet high,
crowned with rocks resembling the ruins of an al
cient castle, and with panorama OF vast extent.
Virginia has her Blue Ridge and the Peaks Of
Otter, all justly celebrated; and most of the Mid
die States, and those east OF the Mississippi have
either the Alleghanies or some spurs from their
sides to give diversity and beauty to their zee
merry. There are in the United States thirty
eight localities Of mountain scenery visited by
travellers, and affording them the usual accom-
mediation.
Our watering places are innumerable The
guide books do not tell us one-half their names.
New Hampshire Is rich in marine bathing places,
although she has but little coast Maine has
large number Of beautiful resorts Massachu-
setts has fourteen marine watering places, some
Of them unrivalled. Connecticut has several.