Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-08-10
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Editorial Correspondence Of The Star. &
SARATOGA SPRINGS, n. Y,,l
mo. 1s July 81, 1850
The resident population Of this village Il about
5000, and at the height Of the Springs season it
is usually doubled. The sojourners are. of course,
almost all of them persons of leisure when coming
here, and have their pockets full Of spending I
money" The consequence is, that very large
portion Of the resident population live by accom-
modating the visitors in some way or other. |
Nevertheless do not perceive that prices for or of
anything higher here than the average of prices
in the surrounding country, except In the matter
of horse and barouche hire. The goods sold I'm |
the stores not above New York city prices for
instance. The mansions Of the village usually
well built and tastefully designed frame houses,
remarkable for the amplitude of their dimensions.
That fashion grows out Of the fact that SO much
additional house-room Is necessary for the accom-
mediation Of those out Of whom the villagers live
for the most part. The entente eOrdiaie between
the citizens and sojourners is complete. politer
set of people I never saw than the villagers who
are, very sensioly, ready at any moment to {" put
themselves out' to accommodate or serve any Of
the four or five thousand strangers who thus come
among them. All have civil answers at hand to
any questions ''speered" at them; and thus all do
their share in the work Of making the Strangers
sojourn at Saratoga green spot in the waste of
memory, in after times.
am in love with the elms and other foliage
here. Never elsewhere did see town or village
| so gracefully adorned with that cheapest, most
durable, grateful and agreeable adornment-
foliage. Association with the refined from all
quarters Of the country has, Of course. had much
to do in inoculating all classes Of SaratoSas resi-
dent population with love for forest trees and taste
| and skill in availing themselves Of their advan-
tages. Certain il is, the custom of arboriculture
is universal here; for it is rare to see even all
| humble shanty in the village before and around
| which trees of various and beautiful descriptions
are not planted out. Neatness and good order are
concomitant with cultivated taste for foliage,
is evident in the condition Of the mammoth hotels
here. All of them that have entered are clean
as any scrupulous gentleman's private house. In
| my room for instance, at Union Hall, have seen
| but single fly in two days, while not one have
seen in the dining hall, though the doors and
| windows stand wide open all day, Scrubbing
| and whitewash brushes produce much Of this so
desirable result, though not a little must be due
| for it to the climate.
The Mineral Springs here that have been i'm
proved number perhaps dozen in all. and are I'll
| situated in single narrow and winding valley
| The Empire, High Rock, and Iodine Springs are
within stones throw of each other; then las one
proceeds upthe Valley comes the Pavilion Spring;
| next the Congress and Columbian within one
| hundred feet Of each other; and last, the Wash
| ington. Magnesia, Chalybeate, Sulphur, and two
or three others, in similar group. Lime,
| bonic acid gas nagnesia, pOtassia, iodine. iron
&c, are present in nearly all of them; the differ
ent avors of the waters being the result, for the
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several ingredients held in solution in each flow
Ii not unfrequently happens that the flow of the
water CT favorite spring ceases. That Is to say,
| the spring changes its orifce mysteriousy and
for the time being, tell where itbrea Ks
4 forth from the earth. The custom is to dig and
sound in all directions the closed orice, and
thus to discover the new lead which is fol-
| lowed up by further digging and sounding until
| its new oritce is finally discovered. Congress
spring is said to have disappeared for time in
| that way a few years since. The High Rock
| spring is great curiosity. The sediment Of its
| waters OH being exposed to the atmosphere, form
| mineral rock. The visible base Of its basin
| Is perhaps six or eight feet in diameter, and it
rises in the shape of cone to Il visible heigh
OF say four feet; the apex of the being cut of
The water is obtained by plunging the tumber-
| rack down into a small hole in the cone Just
large enough to admit its insertion and withdraw
al conveniently. For all the world. il looks like
| miniature representation Of pyraInidal crater
| of volcano, the lava of which has gradually
been deposited higher and higher at It's immedi fe
oritce, and has spread out wider and wider at its
base, in all directions
1 find the company here almost exclusively
Northern persons and foreigners the latter pri n
| ciPally Cubans. few years since quite as many
Southerners were in the habit of visiting Sara
toga as Northerners. The gradual enlargement
of the sections of the Confederacy is thus showing
itself as plainly at Saratoga in the deplorable
division of the churches of the country that has
become necessary. There is no telling where it is
to end, and the prospect seems to be that it will
grow wider and deeper, until some formal settle
ment Of the Slavery question again renders us one
people in heart and soul, we yet continue to be
| In government.
| Sunday seemed to make very little difference
here with large portion Of the soiourners
| Though glaring secular amusements were re-
| Trained from, the Springs grounds and Broadway
have been filled with ladies all day as well as the
| hotel Porticoes. Indeed perhaps more Of them
| have been itting-veil on head-around in sip ht
than yesterday; as custom forbids that they should
| otherwise amuse themselves. The village churche,
| were Of course three times crammed and iammcd
to-day; for fashionable ladies and :entemen will
| even go tn church for amusement when no other
| way of amusing themselves is at hand
But few Washingtonians are hcre-Mr A. Pro
vest and wife, the Rev. John Lanahan, Mr.. Da.
vidge, E., Mr.. Shaw (of the n. Y. HeraId) and
wife, the Hon. Reverdy Johnson, and at most half
| dozen others, comprise the list OF our friend,
| of Congress, 1 perceive MIR. Groesbeck MIR. Phil
| lips and Mr.. Jones Of Pa, Mr. Miles. MIR. Kelsey
Mr.. Dimmick, Senator Bayard, and it may be ono
| or two others-all enjoying themselves with envi.
able zest. Saratoga is noted stamping ground
| for Cuban families summering in the Jnitod
States. There are hundreds If them here: and as
class they are among the most agreeable and
civil people who visit Saratoga.
Our Virginia watering place keepers mioh,
learn valuable lessons In the essential-ceanline<s
so rigidly respected at Saratoga, and serving 80
much to render sojourn under its shades a harm
ing recreation to persons of cultivated tastes As
highly curative as its varied medicinal waters are
question much whether they are stronger DER.
suasives in behalf Of sojourn here than is the uni
versai habit on the part of Saratoga s denzcns of
keeping everything around them as clean as clean
lines be Thin Ia ,ipi,,