New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-01

direct u SUCH egfeedUle AUeftcah ds7'.''
tan was added that OF the marked contras; BE-
tween ibis cesD COOL refreshing sight 20 sJre eyes
and the hot dazzling BJulev ards with their pOor,
dusty trees and burning asphsl. sidewalks. lee
cars on this road furnished, as car. shoaid Dc
u at pass through such pleasant regions, WITH open
seats on the root .AligbiiDg in the town OF Spa,
found the air hardly cooler than that OF PIrls out
vastly purer, very slightly humahized " tn5 RIe
population OF indigenous Spats or SpaoDs or Spads,
or Spatians-or however their gentle name be COM
posed and the two or three thousand strangers
drawn hither by the virtues OF II waters AMI tbe
vices OF lis Qamlo tables.
Murray, generally yeridical, Gays unruly that sPa
has much fallen off of late in the number o. it' VS.
itOrs. The town never was fuller than now. Il
number Of houses have been bud. within the year,
and others are in course Of construction, for the
accommodation of strangers. Their number thus
year is already largely over 1000 II is only the
relative celebrity OF Spa that has diminished; as
the springs Of Germany, especially those OF Nassau,
thanks as much to Sir Francis Heads Z" Bubbles
as TO their own eferescent and ferruginous merits,
have become better known to and more fre4uented
by the English. Belgians, French, Holanders and
Russians still throng to the original Spa, the god
mother Of all other mineral springs. l could not
get bedroom in one or two hotels when | applied,
but found chamber such as are to let IN hall the
private houses of the place, directly opposite the
principal spring, the Pouhon.
On the front of the building erected over IT, and
staring directly into my window, is an inscription In
gold 4 Ia Mtmoric de Pierrc le Grand. The inscrip-
tvn is an object of comfortable contemplation. l
AIN free TO confess that the sight OF 1t suggests
thoughts consOlng and pleasant to me- as democrat,
Humanitarian and slightly dyspePtc
"HSv light end Po..s my Esua ,s. ni 10. hing sow
And bow he did, Peter, down to drink OF these
waters repeatedly as did also Charles III. OF
England during his exile. 1t is consOlng aud
pleasant | say. TO know that Peter the Great,
Gar of all the Russias autocrat, his bowels could
be disturbed with rebeiOus borbOrygln-that he,
the monarch Vas subject to intestine troubles even
Ike one OF us cOmmoners. The Duchess OF
Orleans wife of Egalite, sought and found benefit
at neighboriDg spring, in grove close by which
row stands monument recording the fact set up
by her son Louis Philippe The waters differing
somewhat in proportion of qualities at the different
springs, of which there are five within an hours
walk of the PouhOn, all strongly chaly with
enough carbOnic acid gas 10 make them grateful 10
| the taste. They are consequently tonic, and are
coed for dsordered nerves. weak digestive apparatus
| bilious trouble ard general debility.
To Judge from the spectacle beneath my window
| every morning should say more of the visitors
came here to drink than is the case at some OF the
| more fashionable German springs. \ crowd OF men
| and women gather there from to o'clock to bib
BILE, and babble between their draughts. Those who
have no acquaintance stroll to and fro solitary, or
stop 10 read the list Of arrivals, which Is fresh
posted every day or two under the cOOnnade. It's
odd what an interest one takes in reading these lists
| You do not expect to find a friends name upon 1t;
the new corners are all strangers to you; and yet
YOU 20 through the list from beginning To end,
Ieadipg titles and ALL 1t takes the place IN some
sort Of Dcighborly gossip, which is an Imperfect
form Of contemporary biography that is always inter
estiDg, by virtue of the natural sympathy in man for
| man. 1t answers the three questions, who is he!
what is he! where did he come from beside
serving in a sort introduction. lhen II
contains at times certain Ol those names when
have, as it were, a character and personality IN
themselves indicative Of that Of their owners
Thus l read this morning, among Others, the
name Of COpius PerebOom Burgomestre oi one
Of the Dutch towns. ieel almost as lhouSn
| knew Copius T., externally at least, on the
strength of this ] confidently figure Pereboom to
myself as a broad abundantly developed man-nOt
very tall but stout and rOtund in all his proportions
something serious but placid wltha, not seyere-a
blue.ey ed man, in rather broad-rimued hat, and
full garments OF about fifty. III e. Pereboom should
turn out Ia be Young man. he would dlsapPolnt
me: would rather not identify him. There is
disagree cable nconeruIty between the generous paer
IA! breadth and fundamental solidty of the name
and the stripping form OF dapper young gentle
man. But he is Il Burgomestre, jus. as any one
would have supposed, even if he had not so been
set down on the list; so there will be no shock on
That score snOuIu ever cOhlt nave tHt noilOI VI
knowing c. 7. personally. What troubles Inc,
| however is to comprehend how he Was rot along
with when child. | cannot ftncy a little, an in
FAINT Il nee-daDJled Copius PereboOm. He should
not have been christened before forty.
Beside drinking the waters, and riding or driving
| from one spring to another through agreeable
scenery on horse and donkeyback, and in low pony
wagons, and making excursions to second-rate
waterfall and thrlrate grotto i'll the neighborhoOd,
and strolhpg about among the Ardennes hills and i'll
the Ardennes forest the stated anusements here
the two promenades and the Redoute. The two
PRONE sades are styled the O'Clock walk aud the
o'clock walk; the latter being more thckly shaded,
il supposed to be tit place for promenade at the
earlier hour; but O'Clock Is the nearly universal
dining hour at Spa when nearly everybody is eating
ArdeIues mutton which is excellent, and Spa bread,
which is almost palatable than the bread
Of Paris the outrageous promenade dc qnatTes
heurs solitary that time, seems to have beenn
on the lueus a non laeendo principle. After dinner
and toward nighial, the guests OF hotels and lods-
iUohouses tbrong to the o'clock walk, where they
walk nm and down or sit on the chairs with which
# is lined. TO chat and listen to the music OF good
band stationed in an open kiosk at the end OF the
walk The toilettes of the ladies', an glad 10 notice
ON these occasions tasteful and elegant enough
ia crafty the eye, and are appropriate to the scene
Very sensible toettes broad-rimmed straw hats,
set of with graceful feather rich pendant lace
about the rim, TO serve the purpose Of vail and
nsrasol. robes shaws and mantles OF graceful cut
tut not costly iabric-Iich silks, China grapes,
lace trimmings, and other such city cos
tune, being rarely worn hardly any jew
elry 10 be seen. The humble townstok mingle
with the throng of strangers-nursery maids, and
sLopkeepers' wives, and workingmen-wlthoutc ere.
atjI the slightest discomfort TO the latter. What
ever be the class distinctions observed in their re-
spectye social circles at home, l have constantly
remarked at the numerous waterDg-places have
visited in Europe all easy freedom from any ofen-
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