New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-16

scsuslly beng dar gerous, )esds you Aio"s ."'''
,edpe,. on the very verge of the wh'rlpoels ana
c,uIdrons 20 near the falls, that the RAINBOW sur
rouus. You rhe dszzl'pg gossamer, and lite red
and cold smite Won in the eyes. The tourists and
guide books make comparisons between Trenton
and Niagara, but no comparison is possible. They
are az unlike as Homer and ADacTeon.
camo hither yesterday, simply to have one look
at the Summer life Of Saratoga; +" To see the stir,
and not feel the crowd" | fod it delightfully."- gay
and pleasant to look upon, and can easily under
stand why the fashionable word continues to dri0k
Of Congress Water, in spite of the superior nat,l
rel attract oOs of other places. The park is agree
able, the springs une Iualed Of their kind, the
drives in the neighborbOod charming, the lake
accessible, and, not least, the hotels can accOmmo-
date their thousands without crowdiDg. The vii
lsge itself is hot and dusty, but there is shade
everywhere; and the long coloUnsdes of the hotels
furDish the ladies With al enysble opportunity for
display, ] think could spend an entire week
here without getting tired.
have done nothing but walk up and down ana
contemplate the multitude. In this survey TWO
things have particularly struck me-tbe absence OF
marx ed intelligence or cultivation IN the faces Vi
the gentlemen. and the absence of beauty IN The
faces of the ladies' Among the former, the trading
and stock-iobb,Dg type predomina'es. There ls
specuation in the eyes, railroad bonds are written
upon the brow and mortgages are buttoned tightly
under the wasicoat on the left side. In the frag-
meuts of conversation which reached my ears, one
of the words "stocks," " Board" "par," Doug
las" Breckinridge," or "LincOln," invariably
occurred. Back lie the prevailing color The cool,
light tiuts, so well adapted for the neglig6e of
watering place, very rare. The hats are mostly
of the stove-pipe pattern la short, the aspect OF
the male crowd shows that struggle is going On
between the desire for recreation and the endeavOr
70 retain the old, respectable, hard money air.
The ladies, to my surprise, are not gorgeOusly
oyer-dressed Here and there you see a dame at
the Congress Spring in MORE and jewels, but the
majority affect IN eegant simplicity which is highly
becoming. At bOp last evening | found much
more taste in costume than had anticipated Yet,
ss / said before there liz striking absence OF
beauty. see many pleasant and some handsome
faces but very, very few which can be called beau
tiful In such Vanity Fair as this, l bad cup
posed that the reverse would have been true. Sar-
atoca is our Raneagh, but the stock on hand this
year may be Inferior to that of ordinary seasons.
There is possibly less demand, as one notices very
little Irritation going on.
As for the manners of such place, there is not
much to be said. You find all the classes-the
refined, the snCbbsh, and the vu'gar-whica enter
into the composition of all society. The itch fam
lies have the best rooms and are best served at
table (tbey fee the walters heayieSi); the more
moderate take the odds and ends of acconmoda-
ton; there are clans and eliques ard jeaOuses as
elsewhere, conquests and triumphs, hatred, fdel-
ity, infdeity, love, marriage, divorce and death.
TIE tragedy Of life dances in the same set with It's
comedy The gentlemen have their side of tho
veranda, where they sit in arm-chairs, read the
New York papers, smoke, and cock up their feet
on the railing; and the ladies theirs, where they
spread their tender tinted skirts Autter their fans,
bend their swan. like necks, and exchange sweet
inueDdoes. Outwardly, all is gay, cheerful, inno-
cent fathiorably Arcadan (Which consists 10 turn
ing all Out-Of-doors into a drawing r0Om)-but L
could wish, for my own private benefit, that as in
the shapes in the Hall of Eblis, there were pane
of glass inserted in every bosom, showing the cur
rents Of the true and dden life. have no doubt
that should fnd-making all allowances for edu-
catien and neutrality-suspicious. Nature.
have SAID that this crowd is delightful to look
upon. So it ia; but we all enjoy the vanities of
the world.
Here terminate my Travels at Home, for this
Summer. BIT.