The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-07-16
oRREsPoNDENCE
Nrw nrteavs, July 4th, 1851,

seen all tlat was 10 BE- qeon there and
gni barl III breathe the emnke and
dust, hear The noise and thunder 81
Independence day and sweltef ~
now do under the rays Of old Sol with
The .llermu,npter up to nS IN the
shade. While | write the military
companies are passing. 'he canon
booming and ten thousand juveniles
are making al the noise TINT good
lungs mud wind can produce. Happy
crowd. may you eaob ontlive centu.
ry Of independence dnys" mud may
each returning celebration find us d
more united. more enlightened, q more
conIenlej, less selfish but more patri-
otie people
Instead of oralioua md speeches Ia
sweltering crowds within brick walls
The conn,itlee thought II better to ap-
prnpriata the money given by the
council to did ihe IRE and military
companies IN making their turnouts
and in The display Of fireworks aud
other appropriate ceremonies Of an
outdoor character. As yon have doubt
less BY this time had your Gil Of Wde-
,,eadease. viii not burtben you with
any remarks or concentrates Of any
kind. for | am satisfied That every
truehparted lover Of lia country, claim
ing to he an AWei,tna can and does
duly appreciate the day that saw our
nations birth. and viii ever halow IN
bis heart ifa rntnrn But what Of
Biloxi You viii ask, and all I can
say ia mt much" After having
been to Pass Christian. Mississippi ci-
ty, ocean Hprings and Biloxi, the crack
Watering places Of the south. | no long
er wonder why The wealthier and more
social Of our city and rural southern
families should prefer to spend their
time and money Mt The north during
the summer SEASON With every fa-
ciIity which nature can bestow to rem
der them attractive. comfortable and
beautiful summer retreats, II they were
improved as they should be, they are
yet mere burlesques Upon such places
aud will ever be avoided J., all Of our
people who can afford to epend their
summers in q higher latitude Biloxi
ID one Of the oldest towns in the Uni
ted States. has n resident population
Of at least fifteen hundred. and the
first foot Of brick pavement has yet to
be laid within its beautiful precincts.
The streets are mere alleys ranging
from ten to twenty-five feet wide, uus
improved and unadorned 20 that from
tho water YOU can see but little ex.
cept shade trees with hero and there q
black roof peerng out from the green
foliage that nourishes Ia all-its nutire
beauty In the streets az well as the
dooryards Of its little seven by nine
mansions. The inhabitants. are prin-
cipally of French extraction and |
should think decidedly Of the old fogy
stamp. Mississippi city is an impor-
tant place containing some fre or s,f
houses including fine airy Hotel, and
after adding to this list Of its beauties
that of q wharf projecting into the
water, nearly a mile long, you can
conceive the rest. Ocean springs Is
about ditto, and its hotels are the very
poorest in all the land. Call for n
glass of ice water, and you are told
that "ice il all out call for some
thing to cat, and you get one or may
be two big oysters aud cracker, Or
perhaps u piece of stale bread and
cup Of riic coffee. All for two dollars
per day and no questions answered. IF
the half you say about the Green
wells is true, the Baton Rougeans
have got at home q comfortable and
pleasant retreat which they should pat
ronizc heartily, without sighing for the
shores Of the Gulf or far distant water
ing places. until the accommodations
are better than they now are, or bet
ter than at their own beautiful resort.
And then the society too at Green
wells has its own peculiar attractions,
as it is Of the elite of the
central parishes and Capital city,
while at the places | have mentioned,
the company is heterogeneous ailmix-