Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-09-02
LETTER FROM SARATOGA.

A Dash at the Season-The Prevailing
tomplaint-Absenee Of Deaux-fhe Gre.
Reflee,i."I I'm" 'n "e~ 'eo S Hail"
Gen. Magruder on Ma ximiilian-German
Opera-The New Springs-BalIs and
Hops-PersonaI and General Items
Especial Correspondence Of the Evening Star
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Aug. 3o.-It is a good
thing to be in at the death of the season-the
largest and grandest known for ten years 1t
is something of q sight to see the trains 90 of
heavily laden with those who are seeking a
home for the rest Of the weary, after weeks of
dissipation, and there is also a luxurious self.
complacency in being perched on roost in the
seventh story of Congress Hall, two miles and
half from the office, looking out across the
lawns and grounds radiant with bellies and
beaux in the sparkling air Of the coming Sep
TENDER morning. 1t Is good for man to be
here. but II is better for him to go away 1
speak collectively. mean the family man
him with the marriageabie daughters and the
dressy wife. 1t has been a season of sad expe-
rience for him. The single man has not been
here. 1t has cost too much, said old Oilla-
pod, from Venango, TO me yesterday.
The young men can't stand the ex-
pense ana risk the chances-though the
chances are good and the expenses are numer-
Gus. 1t is the story everywhere this season
No beau K no beaux! II is heard at Newport,
Al Ricnfield, Sharon, on the Lakes, and waited
from on the beach at Long Branch. Grad
grind was the man that Dickens knew who
wanted facts in "Hard Times" He ought to
be here to get a few from the hard times the
girls are having. said AramInta yesterday, in
my hearing, IL have been here four seasons,
and it is the poorest market this year
for beauX that ever i have seen. Would you
believe H." SAID she, with a toss Of her false
Marie Antoinette curl, and a significant twitch
of her pug nose, 81 have not had but one walk
through the pine grove to the Excelsior, in the
moonlight; and then there was no signing
among the pines of an old song with new glad
ness tor me-" How sad and touching! was
about 10 advise her 10 go down to the Treasury
Department in Washington, but felt glad that
did not know her, so sand nothing.
The Grecian bend is here in all its glory The
grand porucoes Of Congress Hall and the
Union are excellent promenades for its dis
play. Some are modest and seemingly grace
full, while others, with an excessive Panier,
look as though they had been drinking too
much at the Springs, and had mixed tine wa
tiers. SAKE hit it when he said that this Gre
can bend was nothing but the collie stoop, and
every body wonders why the dear things don t
take peppermint lozenges and stand erect
again. They will then be things of beauty
once more, even if they are not Joys forever
Bur, seriously, one is forced to think that the
young ladies are playing desperate game Of
.'BItter-Sweet." II is all very well to talk of
the fashions and follies of life-though the
terms are synonymous. If the fashions at
these watering places do not Comprise all the
folies, there car be but little left; and Just so
long as the young ladies who throng here tri.
n haxr fha
extravagance of dress, just so long will they
brighten the young men and continue to remain
single. TGnitaS TaRitotum.
One OF the great features OF this Saratoga
season is the new Congress Hall Hotel IL is a
mammoth afair-lndeed, the largest hotel on
the continent-seven stories in heighth, with a
mansard roof and magnificent colonnaded pI-
azzas running on all sides. The parlors,
dining rooms, halls, corridors, Offices, and even
the bedrooms, are spacious and AIRY. There is
not small room in the house, nor one without
the latest improvements. The spacious porti.
Goes and offices are always filled with prone
nadeTs. The ladies throng the hotel ofic-
telegraph Office, etc., the same as the gentle
men, giving the place an AR OF delightful ease
and comfort without restraint. The building
cost nearly a million of dollars, and the profits
this season are Sl2O,OOO. The distances are so
o.
dueed next season to convey guests to the va.
rious parts Of the house. 1t is owned by a
stock company, and among the proprietors is
Mr.. Breslin, who was formerly clerk at Viii.
lard's.
Among the no:ables here is the ex-Confeder.
ate General j. Il. Magruder. He delivered an
interesting lecture night or two since in the
Union Hotel ball room on Maximillian, in
whose service be was tor sixteen months. He
had large and brilliant audience and the lee.
ture was full of interest He declared that it
was Napoleon's desire to encourage the Con-
federate cause and to break up the Union if
possible; and the invasion of Mexico was made
to accomplish those ends, and at the same time
gain a foothold on this continent. Macmillan
he sald, on the contrary, favored the Union and
sympathized with the North, and hoped by OBJ
tanning recognition Of the North to introduce
American ideas and enterprise into Mexico to
develope its resources.
Grau's German Opera with Frederick as
Prima Donna, closed an engagement last night
at Leland's Opera House, with Der Freischuts
Martha was performed on Friday evening, aaG
well performed, too, the crowded and splen.
didIy dressed house applauding TO the echo.
Last night the company was not strong enough
for Der freischRt=, but II passed OFF fairly.
The continued discovery of mineral springs
here has given new life even to Saratoga
The village has now over ten thousand perma.
nent residents the year round. Property is
very high, and capital is still seeking invest
ment. company from New York has Just
paid Si0,OOO for the old Pavilion Spring and
the one acre OF ground in which II is situated.
The High-rock Spring is handsomely inclosed
and the water boils over and efervesces from
the rock IN a sparkling manner. Near the
High Rock genuine Seitzer Spring has been
discovered and is doing good business. There
are now fourteen springs flowing, all hand
somely inclosed, and owned by stock compa-
MES, each spring possessing different mineral
properties. The new White Sulphur is great
success.
grand ball was given apthe Union on Fri
day evening. About II thousand guests attend
ed, and the toilet;es simply Wed with each
other IN beauty and richness. Last night the
children OF Congress Hall had grand hop. 1t
was faIry sight TO the hundreds who looked
or. The belle of the ball room was lust seven,
and fiaxen blonde.
There are but few Washingtonians here.
Rev. Or. circuit, Secretary OF the American
Colonization Society, preached here this
evening on the "Christian Civilization OF
Afrca-" Richard Parsons, Marshal of the
United States Supreme Court, is at the Con-
giess; also, Brady, photographer, and Capt
GoOdenow. ex-Doorkeeper OF the House of