The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-18

| paatial. .oo ooo
| the coming fall upon the Grand Union, manly
in plumbing, bell-hanging, &c. Moons t ceIe
| has been sold to Jerry, the bar steward Of the
Union and Gilsey Hotels, the property TO De trans
rce naa wos Moon has been twenty
| years on the spot, and has made o fortune. HIS
prices long caIled extravagant are fairly matched
! The popular springs this year are the Hathorne
and Empire, among cathartic waters and the Ham
contrary Notwithstanding, that the Congress spring
II Is stil patronized by the largest crowds and is
perhaps, the most paatable of ala the waters; but
! at the drinking hours one hears the remark daily
'This water is weaker than it was last year."
The common round now with the multitude is to
drink first, before breakfast at the Hath0rne
spring, which is tedious performance, as the
water nows slowly, and then to home around by
the Congress and wash the strong saline flavor OF
erage.
Several OF the springs are closed to all appear
Crystal is not yet risen from the ruins OF the fire
which burned the structure above II; the SETTER
Spring is closed and the High Rock Spring has
been dug out to the extent Of making a cavity as
big as whole dwelling house, while steam en-
water day and night This is the Oldest and one OF
the noblest springs at Saratoga; it was ''buled
management. expenses and the faint Of sulphur in
the water. 1t was sold at auction for $4,000 and
the new prOpreCOrS nave removed Cne TOCk uuu
pavilion and are searching for pure water
GOOD IDEA.
There Is current scandal here that certain
eminent spring was, not long ago, "recuperated"
by the secret importation OF two thousand sacks Of
salt, which salt was dexterousy repacked in bar
ceive great saline superiority In the bottled water
OF this spring over the flowing fountain. There is
yser Wae so r c By its
saline excess. The old Hamilton Spring has recently
been improved and adorned, and its mild CO.
me
ferred over the exhilarating and sometimes dan
gerous tonics OF the Clarendon and Columbia
the United States Spring. only four years old,
which flows within ten feet Of the Pavilion Spring
lying in the same genera valley, might be Connected
| by more agreeable promenade than at present.
| The remoteness of some of them from hotel conve-
| niences makes rOmaunt among their sources
riskfu business. They are nearly all tastefully or
namented, although one or two, like the old Put
nam, are IN some dilapidation OF covering. The
value OF all the spring property In and about Sara
toga mot to include any large appendages OF real
dollars. The use of artificial mineral waters has
not injured the sale Of natural waters.
FROM THE SPRINGS TO CAPE MAY.
The present letter being transcript Ofrapld pas
sages between the watering places, writing as l
travelled, requires no apology for its discursive-
ness.
Pullman car trains run from Jersey City without
change to Cape May, for the first time in the
next to old Point Comfort and Newport, the Oldest
bathing beach on the American coast. The time
rom New YORK is SIX hours the cars are supplied
prevent dust. The distance from New York is about
one hundred hun and md sixty miles and the stSpPages
management looking with impartial regard upon
both Long Branch and the capes OF the Della
eaon sessSS Cape May Wa
perhaps .p inferior dor for driving and riding,
in1 nare and SAFE attracts New Yorkers more than
any beach south OF New Hampshire. Six or eight
carriages can drive abreast on the hard sand, and
a dQtl - hon oVdY1n hA
in the surf over section of less than half mile,
while lifeboats. cork RATS &C., are deputed from
each hotel to relieve the fOOlhardy from the posi-
bic fruits OF their own recklessness. No lives have
been known to be lost =. here e for many years.
Cape May, although the top Of the long peninsula
OF New Jersey, has been settlement for pilots,
fishermen =, and lightkeepers since the period
populous, compact and cityfed corporate
town, with a daily newspaper in the season, sum-
| property probably worth two and half millions of
dollars Twenty-Five years ago it was the chief
ing the first Of that mighty sequence Of great hotels
which now line all the Northern coasts. The three
of aous a e a ha e
together can accommodate $500 people. They are
connected by beach and gangway walk OF plank,
sands as Wen, and with the lesser houses of
entertainment, constitute almost a continuous
Of such difficult and distant REORGANIZATION
as Long Branch; nao new gambling nr house.
faln ss Just nishe% and PRiiade
phians and Baltimoreans compete at the stale old
games among the low company nv. they involve : on
THE SEASON AMONG THE oUAKERs.
The benefits arising from taking Cape Nays mu-
nicipa affairs from the hands Of the City Council.
native and to the manner born. and placing them In
the hands OF a commission composed of property
owners, principally from other cities, are every
where apparent. The season is at least O week In
advance OF any Of its predecessors the number of
and the general representation OF guests from all
over the Union is much more marked. In past days
Ii difficult to find visitor to Cape May outside
the States Of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylva-
MIA. To-day We find them hailing west Of the Rocky
| Mountains, from the Gulf States and even from
| abroad. Several Of the foreign consuls and men,
| bers OF legation are here.
therefore, are all doing excellently well. Congress
| Hall maintains its rank as representative house,
81 e mt Writing every within a6 It's
adorn the card room and parlors Among It's
guests we find John Hopkins the richest man in
Baltimore and who Is at present building that city
q new general hospital and college; Senator Rob-
inson, OF North Carolina; j. H. Campbell ex-United
States Minister to Hollands b. +. Briggs, Congress
man from Delaware; Rev. J. p. Newman, Chaplain
Of the United States Senate, and MIR. Abel, editor
Mr. Hopkins is worth SIG 600, 900, yet ne complains
Hopkins" said Quaker friend, "rn tell thee
''HowYn said Hopkins.
'Thee bought, In the first place, many years ago,
thyself to pay OF that mortgage. Before it was
paid thee had bought another piece and another
mortgage. And even at this day thee hast mort
gage to discharge upon the last piece OF property
thee acquired"
"You've guessed it right" said John Hopkins.
THE STYLISH EQuIPAGES
Decidedly the handsomest teams on the road at
Cape Map are owned by Mr.. William +. Potts, a
millionaire iron merchant, of Philadelphia and Mr..
Robert Dryden, retired merchant, Of Baltimore.
The former drives pair OF iron-gray horses that
take the shell road in three minutes while harnessed
IN LAM n
Kentucky sorrel mares and trotting Morgan pony,
the three drawing some OF Brewster's prettiest
rolling stock. Could a dealer in furniture In
Philadelphia, drives a four-in-hand; George $.
Brown the Baltimore banker, has six horses stabbed
here George 7. Peabody, OF Philadelphia has hand
dent OF the Philadelphia Board OF School Comp