New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-09
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POINT CLEAR CORRESPONDENCE.

POINT CLEAR CORRESPONDENCE.
Porsr CLEAR, Sept. s, 1855.
Dear Crescent: Iconld not leave Mobile without
second visit b ito delightful watering pIace
Point Clear This time have staid long enough 10
rainbe al around, and take more
in the pleasures Of the place Along Tie shore on
both sides Of the Point find j great pa,,v prettv
residences Of the Mobile people, ana learn ts,a tI
number will be increased next summer The attrac.
tions Of the locality for aoourn during te hot sea-
sou, are of the first class, 50 far ali fresh r
and fishing are concerned. f43
The hotel is certainly a little paradise Of haauty
good society, gayety and good living In every respee
Even ITrite, the sweet sea breeze tries 10 rob M
Of my paper, and the surf 1ashes the beach muaicaly
in front Of the hotel, not to mention the merry
screams and laughter that it cases to issue from the
neighborng bathouses Sailboats dance gaiIy iii tle
distance, and the seagnIIs sit perched in military
array on the piles of the old ruined wharf reminding
me Of Continentals on drill, waiting for icewater
The hotel teens with children disportfng on the
lawn in front consus, colonals captains and unit
tied gentlemen, loafng about, reading, smoking,
playing billiards, gaanting the ladies'; and the
ladies' tripping hithely about in the shade Of their
broad straw hats The tenpn alleys are monopolized
BY the ladies' playing with gentlemen partners, eight
pair Of partners making up a game Some Of the
ladies' are regular tenstkes although tie practice
several Of them have of walking half way down the
alley and running almost up to the pins before drop
ping the ball is thing the gentlemen would scarcely
recognize amongst each other. H Some of the ladies
TOO, probay owing TO their stays lob dreadfuly and
from the ginal manner in which several drop their
balls, with something between curtsey and a squat
am almost tempted to shout, g Whoop! hurrah II
whenever seefit Bowling is a pleasant and health
full game, for either sex but Ihardly think the ladies'
get the good of it in their fashionable dresses They
have dresses made for bathing NOT have dresses
also for bowling #5 ,zs 465@ {g5 s.s55
me second weekly soiree that n have had the
pleasure Of participating in, came OF last night
Though the attendance was scarcely as large as on
the previous occasion, it was fully as brilliant, and
the gayety as unalloyed. On this occasion put on
my critical specs, bnt soon found had no use for
them. The different styles of beauty and costume
| that futtered around me were such that j could
scarcely decide upon whom supremacy rested. There
were four pair of sisters in partcuIar--the Misses
Be, Misses Me, (of New Orleans,1 Misses
| H-s, and Misses 5L---d-diferent in physique,
dress, and other particulars but each so charming in
her own way, that Lam certain Paris himself would
| not have been able to decide upon whom to bestow
his golden APPLE
| . An eye's m eye, and whether black or blue.
IT'S noasease dispats al About 1t Gus
| The kindest may be taken as test' j #5
Miss K--In and Miss F - were bright partic-
ular stars in the whirl Of beauty Mrs. An and
Mrs. is seemed to lead the other married ladies
respect to beauty and vivacity if not to encroach
upon the territory Of the single bellies and must
no fSccCt'
to be heartkiller in year or two to come In an
assemblage of beauty however, am never satisfied
unless can single out of the number, upon whom
to bestow my choicest and most exclusive admiration
nor is it among those who dress most splendidy Of
lit.most industriousy, that am. won't to seek my
divinity On this occasion Iespied one-sLiss s--n
from one Of the residences below the hotel-whose
claims to admiration were Of a very superior order
In person. true type Of Southern beauty in dress
charming, but not the least gaudy and in deport
ment, quietly unobtgusive and unaffected, y, wa
compelled to consider her the real queen of the ball
-"Around her shohe 17'
@ ~ose Hs s psss GGm fl e %oe
And oh that eye was in itself soul " 'z4 ID
And was pleased to notice that more than one
gentleman seemed to feel her presence a blessing
and her disappearance heartache. Some ladies
possess beauty that one may behold without de
irving any more pleasure than is afforded by the cyl
alone; but this lady was blest with beauty of that
kind which strikes the heart quickly as theeye, ant
is so much more sensibly felt than seen. could de
tail the fascnations of the Point Clear sorees to al
indefinite length were it not for fear Of appearing
absurd in devoting SO much space to beauties ant
pleasures | may never see again. 5 gs3l@
Great preparations are making for regatta, tt
come off here at the Point OF about the 22d ant
23d nsts after the termination of the sport at Pas
Christian. A great many of the second and thirt
class yachts of Mobile will be in, and probably mum
Der of the Pass Christian clippers. There is splen
did field for such sports in the bay below and ahov
the Point and no doubts but that there will b
any quantity Of sport. AA=3 a
Nothing else worth MENTION save that this is my las
letter, and that wing my way homeward to-mor
row. la a.. ..~ .-w, .l5usfEaa ezH go G.