New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-08-30
Point Clear

The following truthful and glowing description of
the famous fashionable and delightful watering place,
Point Clear, appears in the columns Of the Paulding
(Miss) Clarion, which is, perhaps, the most extern
sively circulated journal published in the South out
side of New Orleans We endorse the eaIogiums of
our contemporary with willingness that is wholly
devoid of hesitation:
During recent visit to Mobile, We had the pleas
ure of spending a night at this charming abode Of
comfort and enjoyment-the Newport of the South.
The fine little craft the Southern STAR left the ctyat
her regular hour in the afternoon, and took down a
large accession to the beauty and fashion already at
the Point for there to be what the city folks call
a chop" 1--WE country people call it F" dancinD that
night / The run down the beautiful bay from Mobile
to the Point is most delightful one, and of itself is
sufficient to make it an object with visitors from the
country to the city to take the trip We had visited
Point Clear before but were never so fully impressed
with its advantages as watering place. both as re-
CARDS the benefits to be derived by invads and the
abundant facilities affords to the seekers Of recrea
ton and pleasure.
The proprietors have lavished money without stint
to render the place attractive and make it fully equal
to the most noted resorts in the Northern and Eastern
States. Their success has been complete for, fa-
vored by the physical advantages of the place. their
liberal expenditures so tastefuy and skuy applied
have resulted in the establishment of firstclass
watering plaCe-the place par excellence OF the South.
We say favored by physical advantages, Nowhere
upon the whole coast can better site be found for
summer retreat than Point Clear 1t is situated as
most of our readers are aware, in Baldwin county
about eighteen miles east Of south from Mobile, and
Oh the opposite side of the bay The tongue of land
called the Point, upon which the improvements are
located, uts out into the bay aording unobstruct
ed view seaward and receiving the breezes fresh from
the bosom of the houndess waters, before passing
over marshes or infected sWanlps
Southeast is Mobile Point the last point of land
in going to sea- which rise the bristng walls of
Fort Morgan. Southwest and opposite Mobile Point,
is Dauphin Island, on which fortifications are also
about to be erected by the Government to defend the
entrance to the bay and harbor of Mobile and the
rivers emptyng into it, Between these two the
view we have already said, is nnobstructed, out
upon the blue waters of the sea. Putting off from
Point Clear. and running obliquely to the mouth of
Dog river, on the opposite side of the bay is the Dog
River Bar impossible for large size vessels the whole
of which trading to the port ride at anchor and dis
charge and receive their freight on lighters in full
view of the hotel. The current puts in with full
force from the sea- until broken on the bar; and east
of the hotel, below the bar, the water comes up as
strongly salt as it is in the middle of the gulf Here
| the extensive bathing establishments are situated
within short distance of the hotel The bathing is
thus rendered superb unsurpassed by any on the
whole coast of the country.
| In the rear of the Point the country is dry piny
woods, as saubrious and healthy q region as any il
the South. A fine road is laid out leading from th
| Point out to the back country. Full turn-outs o
horses and vehicles are kept on hand for the conve
nience and pleasure of visitors Take it altogether
the natural advantages of Point Clear developed
| improved as they have been by the diligent skful
and liberal hand of the proprietors make it estab
lishment of which the people of the Gulf State
should feel justly proud, and which, if they ar
actuated by just views of Southern interest and in
| dependence, Of which we hear SO much talk, the
will sustain in preference to the distant and rea
less attractive watering places in the abolition States
Weare glad to find so many of the leading citizen
of Mobile, with their families soourning at the Poin
Among them we met Thad: Sanford, Esq Collecto
of the Port, Daniel Chandler, Esq, Messrs. Ross
Scott, Todd Sands and others, together with Dir
Levert, Lopez. Woodcock, ketcham and Anderson
these latter enjoying the rest from their labors whic
the unprecedented healthfulness of the season lia
afforded them. Besides these, there were number,
families from New Orleans and various other parts
the country, together with single gentlemen frol
everywhere and nowhere in particular
The chops" at night are, OF course, to the youn
and gay, the browning enjoyment Of the plac
BOchs splendid band is in attendance every nigh
and this pleasant and healthful amusement is carrie
out to perfection by the mingled throng of beaut
fashion and gaantry by which the Point is enlivene
and adorned.
To our readers we would say again, Point Clear
be the gayest and best OF the season. Let those wi
can shake off the cares of business, and those wi
have means and leisure without business 60 and e
joy its varied pleasures and delights Its heautf
scenery its heahfu breezes, its invigorating bath
the quiet drive by the sea shore, and the merry
upon the blue bosom of the bay its refined societ
and last though perhaps not least its superb cuis
fresh fish and oysters and the pick from the Mobi
markets Of everything rare and mccall under Il
supervision OF those unsurpassed caterers for the pu
: lie comfort and enjoyment, mine hosts of the Bait
= House How could it be else than what it is--t
choice spot of the Southern country for creature COZ
fort and social enjoyment. ny f=Ilp. .u@aa1H. ,r..
e e California paper tells the following of Lieutena
+ Derby, :. John Phenx,'' the humorst:
sitting three seats in front whom he thought lie kne
he requested the person sitting next to him "to pun
:. the other individual with his cane.a The pol
stranger did so, and the disturbed person turning
ii head little, he discovered his mstake-thlt he
in not the person he took him for Fixing his attent
o. steadfastly the play, and affecting unconscousn
rs Of the whole affair, he left the man with cane
settle with the other for the disturbance who bel
'- wholly without excuse there was Of course IL
ri erous and embarrassing scene--during all VIII
:. Phoenix was profoundly interested in the play.
last, the man with the cane asked rather Indignant
- !" Didn't You tell me to punch that man with
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