The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-08-30
Fashionable Eastern Life.

The New York correspondent OF the Chi
cagO Tribune has the following description
Of the ADVANCES Of civilization in the eastern
part OF the Union:
New YORK, Aug, 10, 1865.
Out u town. Everybody is out Of
town. saratoga il crowded. so are New
port, Long Branch and dozen other pla-
ces OF fashionable resort SaratO-a Is en-
J0ylng the races, anu visit0rstO that region
are supposed 10 talk horse" or 10 be ex-
cluded from the most select circles Petro-
leum and shOddy are stalking their extra
dollars on their iavOrite steeds. and the los
ers draw heavily on their New York bank
ers- Tie club rooms lpOlite name Tor gam
bling hells) are dencely thronged. and the
managers are filed 10 bursting. Saratoga
has become the Baden Baden OF America.
and he visitors are less attentive 10 tie
hsalth-glvlng waters than 10 rOgUs-et-nOir
and faro. Americans are progressive, and
we may expect the gambler profession 10
receive fashionable recognition before
many years. Al all the hotels in the White
Mountain region. bears are kept for the
amusement Of the gusts. Al Saratoga. the
tiger usurps the place Of that ursine buad-
ruped. Mrs. GruRdy recently declared
that the Red Sea was needed at Saratoga
to destroy Faro and all his hosts.
Since Barnums Museum went up - in
blaze Of glory, our country cousins have
lifted their voices in a wall of sorrow. There
Is no great and we'll known humbug 10
which the visitors from the rural dislricts
can devote their attention. The Turkish
Bath is striyin. 10 mOnOpOlize the conf
denee and dollars of our visitors. and the
Euf il aIf al. l.., ,fr,f Tr
company with a well known journalist. !
have visited both these baths, and have ac-
corded my verdict. Both are humhugs.
In the Turkish you pay dollar and half
to be baked: In the Russian YOU pay dol
lar to be boiled. In the Turkish they shut
you in a room containing hot air, aud force
you to perspiTe very freely When the last
drop OF presplratiOn has been rung from
your frame you are rubbed vigorously by
three Turks. whose language and physiOg-
Monies Indicate the Cork or Tipperary Orl-
gin. a shower bath and a S.eSfd complete
The bath, and YOU leave the establishment
with feelings Of intense disgust
In the Russian bath you are put through
nearly the same process save that you pay
less and suffer more. The heat comes from
vapOr instead OF dry air, and the attendants
are really Russian and speak without the
Celtic accent. In both of these baths the
most intense thirst is induced, and the pro-
prietors could find a handsome return bv
The establishment of a drinking shop on
their premises. Unfortunately for the COM
fort Oftheir patrons these doctors believe
in total abstinence from beverages that
cheer and inebriate, so that the thirst for
spirits can only be INDUCED at the nearest
corner grocery.
FaSins and cOuntesteters are graduating
in this metropolitan school. Burglary aud
highway robbery take rank among the fine
arts aud pugilisn Is one Of the liberal sci.
ences. On Saturday night last a man was
knocked down and robbed on a street far
from obscure, without pistol shot of stall
ion. His money and watch were taken,
tdf. FEftHHfff dGrgniFIifo ald lis boots taken
from his feet. Two weeks ago a gentleman
entered j Fifth avenue omnibus where there
were two OF three passengers. Whom he
had been there few moments the strap
was pulled and the other passengers got
out. Five minutes afterwards the driver
discovered his single passenger lying in-
sensible Oh the floor Of the omnibus. In the
full blaze OF the day he had been garrotted
and robbed while the vehicle was in motion.
At plc-nlcs and festivals il is as danger
Gus 10 20 outside the scene of festivities, as
to wander beyond the military line in the
enemy's country. Males and females are
set upon and robbed and the latter ire
Quently subjected 10 indignities which the
sterner SEX escape. The rOwdies have ia
ken instruction from the example which the
guerials have set, and hang on the outskirts
Of every grove or forrest where a pleasure
party is gathered. Woe to the uniOrtun-
ate twain who wander for a quiet Interview
out Of sight Of their feends. The rowdy is
on the watch. not singly but in little asso-
Citations, that possess advantages over sin
gle labor. So serious and frequent are the
Outrages Of these ruffans that many people
are inundated from attending festivities
which they would otherwise enjoy. II is
frequently announced that parties known
TO the police" are in suspicious proximity
70 the scenes OF violence, but that mo ar
rests were made There are several thOus-
and men in New York known TO the police
which means that they do not live by any
honest means, and frequently make bold tC
declare their character. Your correspond
ent cannot understand why these person:
should no be known TO the police in th'
character Of laborers for the State or Citl
! at Sing Sing, or Blackwell's Island. If th'
!, police would quietly shoot a few hundred
of their scquanteaces they would be enti
3 tied 10 vote Of thanks from the civilized
world.