New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-06-28
LAKE SHORE CORRESPONDENCE.
OCEAN SPRINGS, MISS, June 25, IS


1es1s. Editors-It appears that the popular
places Of resort for the citizens Of New Orleans this
sumner, are the various watering-places upon Cur
own lake shore. This is as it should be, instead Of
going North, without having any business to transact
there.
Iu consequence Of the Mississippi Sound Company
having built the new steamer Virginia, and having
placed her in the New Orleans and lake trade,
thereby aordng such great additional comfort, with
corresponding reduction of expenses in travelling
TO and from the lakes, the amount OF travel has
greatly increased; so much so, that some Of the
wateringpaces on the lake shore have nearly or
quite doubled their population.
/ shall spend the next few weeks at the different
wateringpaces on the lake, and occasionally shall
visit Point Clear, on the Mobile bay; but shall
spend most Of the time at this place. to enable TO
enjoy the wondrous benefits which attend the drink
ing Of the Ocean Springs water.
Several boarding houses have recently opened here,
and propose to invads to board them at thirty dol
lars per month, and il they don't recover, they are
not required TO pay anything for the first month.
Ipurpose, while mixing with the people over here,
occasionally to drop you word or two, which, after
perusing you of course will not insert in your bold,
spirited, lawserying and law-abding Journal unless
you should consider them OF interest to your readers
The course you pursued during the extraordinary
excitement through which your city has just passed,
has placed the Crescent, in the estimation of the
entire coast population, without regard to party, at
the head Of the press in New Orleans. believe the
same feeling prevails in your city. am sure it does
among all law-loving and lawabidng citizens l
| suppose, judging from the great demand for your
paper the coast that your circulation has been
doubled since the first day the Vigilants announced
their organization. As the Virginia and other lake
steamers approach the wharves, crowds of people
congregate to learn the latest intelligence from your
city; and, as | am pretty generally known among
them, they halloo out to me /: 4" What's the news
! Throw me the Crescent!'
On last Tuesday morning, at the lake end Of the
| Carrollton Railroad as the steamer Virginia was
about receiving on board Com. J. g. Robnsons stable
of fine booded horses, eight or ten in number, the
first and favorite horse fell overheard, but imme
diately got out again, without having sustained any
injury. The Commodore, at the moment, few into
passon-as any other spirited man would have done
whether he had been commissioned officer in the
navy or not-and ordered all his fine blooded stoc.
to be shipped on the Creole, together with thei
accoutrements This caused many long faces OF
board the Virginia. The pilot, better known Al
Charley Walker, said he would rather have given
hundred dollars than that the accident should hav
happened. All the officers wore long faces and sor
rowed But, shortly afterward the arrived will
the morning passengers, among whom were forty o
fifty ladies and goodly number Of children, and a
they all passed the bow of the Creole and made thei
way to the yirgnia-the travellers favorite-it wa
evident that the Commodore's anger had subsided
and that he would again. on his return trip, patroniz
his first love, 0he Yirgnia,) especially when tn
Gpsey was not at hand.
By-the-bye, the Commodores gallant yacht Gipse.
was lying off at anchor about quarter Of mil
from the railroad, hosting sail and preparing to 6
to sea- only waiting for the Commodore, who reaehe
her in time to honor with salute the graceful
" Belle of the Lakes " (the Virginia. passed by.
The travelling community on the lakes think tha
some Slight alteration IN charges ought to be mad
on the Virginia. They think prices should continu
as they now are for transient persons, but that th
regular patrons and friends Of the Virginia, who
not so able as another class of her friends ought
be permitted to pay their fifteen dollars for te
tickets as well her wealthier friends, who mo-
> buy their fifty tickets. All they ask is, that a
classes Of her regular patrons and friends be put upo
an equal footing. The public also think that all th
permanent priests and ministers of the city of Ne
Orleans and the watering places on the lakes shoul
travel free CLOSE OBSERVER,