New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-08

Tho aaspiciOus days for Saratoga begin and end
with the reign of the DOg-Star. From this favored
spot its maign influences breeding feyers, and pes
tilences. are withheld. The town. all Winter, lies
quiet and forgotten. bottling httle mineral water.
and amusingitsef jim a feeble way, but when the
south winds come rushing warm" they watt hther-
ward all the agencies of mild activity, and all the
paraphernalia of of brilliant display. The hotels
spread wide their doors and all the dwellings become
boarding or lodging houses. The trains run at
frequent intervals, and current OF travel sets
through the place and eddies here. The population
increases from 5000 TO 10000 OF servants alohe'
1000 enter the town. The paths to the springs are
crowded with fair women. Carriages ana DarOuches
stand in public places Tor hire, and the streets morn
ing and evening are full of gay equipages Through
the wide doors and broad piazzas of the hotels pass
and repass rustng and swaying fabrics OF bright ana
varied cOOrs The newspapers commence daily IS
sues The ministers prepare themselves fOr uh-
YOnted elOquence. The stores open with new STOCKS
of goods The police grow vigant. Lights sparkle
at night against the somber foliage OF the trees ana
there is "voluptuOus swell" OF music upon the aoIt
air. AS many as GOOOO people, coming an M 9on ag
visit this place during the Summer; ana the DOORS
of the Union Hotel alone showed list OF lzoOO iuI
walls during last year. GTeenbacks float TO Saratoga
upon the Summer breezes, as dry leaves are pioMNn
along country hillsdes by Autumn winds. foI III
stance the receipts of great hOtel' IKE SogIcss
Hall. which was burned Tor season, are between H
$4,000 and 100000 From tWo-thlrds 10 lhlee-
fOurths of this is profit. oo,.,o
Not 80 many people as is popularity supposed come
here merely Tor display and dissipation. There are
rich families who have been here every summer Ior
20 or 80 years: there are many aged ana III hG Ti
these evidently come for comfort ana heilltl. NC &c
mineral waters are without doubt very efncacOus II
Dronerlv sed except for diseases of the lungs; the
aef dry and invigOTating and is sweet WIN !ne
breath of grass and flowers; there are iour RAINY
DAYS i'm New-YOrk to one here; the place IS emDOW-
cred under ems naples, and tall eNelgreehS; man!
birds sing in the branches and robbins mop aUout
upon the sward there is breeze IN the Marl I
day and the nights are always cool; ana II ohe uOe
not mlngle in the carnival of luxury ana tashoh, II
is pleasant as M. VIM l.. stones gulde-DOoR quoles
'fhrough the lOOp-hOles of retreat TO peep at suc
n worldN There is hop every night III the large
all room of the Union, there Is n ball every week
the hand pays every afternoon III the Union crumbs,
occasional entertainments occur at LeIdlu : OSPeI"
House. there is croquet on the lawn, anu tI
In buildings for the purpose there are rauDes anu
seats i'm the park and at the other SIDE OF II, IN
stately grove OF tai ana sgr W' SPpmnS instead
though they kill the grass, cover te gIouiu s.e"U
with mating of their long WlSs OF leaves as PEI
feet though it were woven-the lnuIans nav seV
up their board shanties-called by courtesy tehos5
aud sell their ingenious work IN WOOD lpOohs. anu
beads. The dusky little Indian children tGl nLe
over each other III Their anxiety 10 GET inc ho' oOI
with their arrows at pennies set up by VISITORS anu
oabble in that hideOus tOngue.trom when Saratoga
and so MANY other excellent names are taken. Inc
"oGaD OF aga (Which is an Indian gTunt-means
"place Of" OF inhabitants OF" as IN Ilcohuer0ga
Onondaga, Sacandaga %e ana tne SaI@ or o ~
has heen settled almost definitely, "henlngs" Sara
toga then was named from ats lake, whlch Was Is
famOu2
lac of beTringsp If the visitor desires to ride, he
Generally goes to Saratoga Lake distance OF about
four miles from here. 1t IS proposed tlat gIdnu
boneyard 100 feet wide shall be laid out to the lake
Arrived there one may enjoy sail, or eaten trout III
the pools at the Bake HouSe-fOra considerau0n-Or
eat a game dinner with the dry. crisp IIleu pola-
9"cs which are Saratoga's speciality. stream,
called by the frightful name OF hayaueIoSs9fIraS
emptes into the lake and the outlet Is iIouS r S
Hill which is 1000 feet above the lever OF In6 sea-
from which may be seen all the villages towns iakeS,
and rivers in the vicinity including the hudson nom
its confluence with the Sacandaga 20 Luzerne 10
where II disappears among the CatSkllls. one may
also visit Corinth Falls on the hudson, where ine
river narrOws to 80 feet ana goes Gown PIeIllCe
m feet in hight OF the Saratoga battle ground, the
sceue of the defeat of BuTgoyne - CT W.,
One hundred years ago this very summer SIT VII
Gsm johnson who had received the title of Baronet
from the King of England for his brave defence Oh
Fort William Henry ysl5e9 1ne Io ON I'm Mobawk
about thirty miles from here, and was acting as
Indian agent when he became seriously III. Inc IN
dians loved him, and they offered to disclose 10 ln
The Medicine Spring" set up in the forest by the
Great Spirit for the healing OF the people. ,1hey
bore him to this place on Their shoulders on iI1eT
They were accompanied by young ScOtchman
named Michael Macdonald who, with his family, mad
commenced settlement on BaIiston Lake, ana at
whose house they had stopped over llgnt. lhey
hroupbt Sir William TO the High Rock Sprlng-a
Mace never before visited by white man ana they
hnilt hnt and supplied him with game, while he
Iant large rotations of the water. After remaining
here n week he was nearly recovered That he was
able to walk back to Schenectady on foot. For
water grew more and more wonderful, until the
fame of il extended over the whole country ana
across the ocean. ~, -. - ia
ated reaches from the Clarendon Hotel to Empire
Spring, distance OF II httle over nan a mile.
brook runs through the valley, which mas been con-
fined within the limits Of wide ditch. AT the time
when first visited by white men, the valley was
.vared with large trees of hemock elm, and maple
along the hill on the west side there was thick
growth of white pine, and on the east was thlcket
f yellow and peh pine d 1GSe o tS ha Of
left standing 1t would aga treaty. 70 ine 3euty Vi
Saratoga The Flat Rock Spring, which bubbled up
at various places from apeTtures III the rock which
had itself been formed 10y the deposit OF the water
was little distance to the south OF the Hlgh ROCK
That Spring has now disappeared. IL stopped run
ming almost entirely when the Pavilion was tubed,
and ITS Site is now occupied by a tannery. The
ased to to paTtake OF the water OF Whlch tney
were said to be very fond probably on account OF
it, saline properties and the Indians could approach
very near. them to shoot them. Bears and wolves
also abounded and the stream was the abode OF
beaver and of salmon trout. 80,
The High Rock stood close under the NIL winch
rises 40 feet at the west. IL is of cOnical shape 70
feet and inches in circumference at the base. and
"a feet high narrowing rapidly toward the top. In
the center Of the top a cylindrical opening measur-
ing 10 inches across, though growing wider lower
down. In tins opening, as though IL were Vessel
prepared aFtcialy, the water rose sparkling clear,
and cool. 1t generally came 10 within two feet OF
the top of the opening, and Its depth IN the PIT be-
low about eight feet The rocks OF that species
of limestone termed cacerOus tufa, and II was
formed by the deposits from the water OF lime mag
nesa and iron together with sand, clay, leaves and
twgs which might become Embedded IN 1t. It's
base was few inches beneath the surface of the
grOund and the water escaping over It's sides con-
SANITY had added through nunberless years TO the
hight of its walls, until finally the column Of water
in the rock weighed so heavily as TO force 1T into
another outlet. Chancellor Walworth, who lives at
this place and who is now about 81 years old, but
we'll and hearty states that LOran Iarbel, chief Of
q the st Regis tribe of Indians, told him that the
water once the top but that the great Great
Shirt became angry because some Of their women
al in xVhe they slOulQ