The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-03
The Daily n ewS.
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1866.
LETTER FROM SARATOGA
rrRoM OUR OWN ooRREsPoNDENT.]

through the medium Oh yum eoi"""D' '
respondent betook himself last night round to the
Union Hotel. and kept his eyes well open. The
apectacle beheld by said open eyes was we'll wor-
thv of more than passing mention. 1t was Of
Abe cav gayest, OF tho fashionable most fashion.
able OF the Beautiful most beautiful. The i'm
mense psrlors we're crowded with handsome and
handsomely attired ladies, attended and escorted
bs their beaux dazzling in their wealth OF diamond
pins and rings. In and around the hotel all
WAS life and gayety-Broadway putting to the
blush or rather in the shade, the great thorough
fare OF the Empire city, and fairly (though on
small scale) rivang the Parisian boulevards'
DIP and down the parlors, and through the broad
passages, pours the living stream up and down,
and onward towards the ballroom, now do
strains Of sweetest music fall upon the ear, and
we are tempted to draw nearer, and, following the
moving human current, to enter the ballroom
where the grand hop is going on. Here the scene
That sstands confessed" beggars description-the
large hall is crowded with, we may say, the
beauty and fashion of the country; and yet not So
for alas we cannot fail to note how few of our
lovely Southern bellies are here this season
nevertheless, the scene is dazzling and brilliant
in the extreme.
See how the lovely creatures seem to give them-
selves up to the exhilirating enjoyment Of the
moment; see how gracefully their little feet skim
the surface Of the floor, as they whirl onward and
around in the Intoxicating excitement OF the dance
Note what loving, all-bewitching glances shoot
upward from the prettiest OF eyes, and mark the
tantalizing smile that plays around their little
rosebud coral lips, shaped like the bow Of the
God of Love. Note this no more, lest you fall
into the realms Of poetry and love, go up, bal
loon-like, into the land Of dreams; but indulge in
ya.,S Oo1
how the scenc reminds US of the fairy tales we
have heard in our childhood as we sat upon our
good old "mauma" nurses hnee-then go out
into the great hall Of the hotel, and take quiet,
ail-soothing and philosophical smoke.
Your correspondent saw such sights, and then
proceeded to carry out the smoking part Of the
programme. Seated in the broad piazza, near
one of the windows of the large psrlor, looking
now at the curls of smoke that arose from his
segar, and now ut other curs that had nothing to
do thereunto, he was just going off into state of
dreamy semi-meditation and semi-sleepiness, or,
perhaps, he WAS most unromantically going of
into an unpoetic doze, when he awoke-I mean
arose-with a start, and hurried into the parlor,
where most unusual hustle and most unfash-
ionable noise made it evident that some very ex-
citing incident had just occurred.
An exciting incident had occurred; very ex.
citing one. young woman aged but eighteen,
handsomely dressed Of extremely modest de-
meahor, and, withal, perfect miracle of beauty,
had just been arrested by shrewd detective off,
Ger on charge Of having picked the pocket of q
lady then present in the parlor 1t appears that
the ladv-ha%s9ne down Immediately to the parlor,
whore, after sitting for moment next to the
strange and mysterious beauty twhom no ono
knew), she found that, her, porte-m -monnaie was
gone. detective was sent for, and he recognized
In the gentlemen friends Of the mysteriouus lady
couple Of well-known New York pickpockets.
whereupon all three were arrested, and the most
lntense excitement prevailed. AS there was no
positive proof, and the money could not be found
the affair was compromised by eending them all
OH on the earliest train this morning.
just after this affair happened met with a
friend, who having filled the position of mill
tsry detective on Gen. BAKERS staff, knew thing
Or two-or, perhaps, three or four. This gentle--
man, to my great surprise pointed out to me four
Wen-dressed men, all boarders at the Union. two
or whom had served out their time in the pen.
fentiary for manslaughter and one for burgleYy,
The fourth being notorious New York swindler
and coincidence man." + can give no better il
sustration OF the remarkable shrewdness of the
detective than by mentioning the fact that at the
races few days ago, three hundred New York
pickpockets were refused admittance to the grand
stand, where they had hoped to do fine business,
but had hoped in vain.
Since maiod my last letter I have visited Lake
Saratoga, which is distant about three and half
miles from the village itself. The lake does not
strike me as being remarkable for its pictur
beauty. or course it is we'll worth seeing, espe-
cially in the moonlight when tho the moon on the
lake is beaming, and 80 forth; but after all, ex-
cept that 1t is lake, and tolerably pretty one
see nothing about it to 60 into state of ecatatic
adulation about. y y aaea 1s o. ra
Saratoga Lake, however,, has one great advan-
tage over lakes in general, and that is, that the
moon Is always beaming upon it-inasmuoh as
the Lake House is kept by one Mr.. Moon, who is
proud Of the reputation he has acquired by oharg-
ing the most lunatio price to the weary and thirs
'ty) uaVeler. VA ~. AaHI ssssias
To ride out to Moon Lake House, eit in the
broad piazza and look down at the lake flowing
along the bottom Of the Bteep hill is not 30 bad
after all; to escort your lady companion-no man
ls insane enough to 60 to the lake uuaocompanied
by OF the fair sex-down the steep sides OF sand
hill, and note how fr ghtened she grows from fear
OF going down In too great haste, is still better to
cit under shade trees at the bottom and watch
the moonlight it kisses the bosom of the lake is
enough to cause you to protest against Moultrie's
remark that 1t is not remarkable for its piotur.
osque beauty. - - "F4 "a ~
As you prepare TO return home and seek at
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