New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-05-19
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1858.
The Trip of the Virginia.


This favorite boat, after thorough oyer-haulinQ.
Strengthened out Saturday evening" at 20 minutes
TO g. from the foot OF Julia street. for trip by the
nver round to thelake end Of the Pontchartrain rail-
road in order to take her place as summer packet to
the watering places. On board were some four hun
dred ladies and gentlemen, who had for some days
been awaiting this opportunity TO enjoy the variety
OF river, sea, and lake scenery during one trip
The heavens were clear, bright and beautiful, with
an invgorating breeze, that gave all capacity for
enjoying themselves, and enhanced the pleasure
which change from city to country usually presents
to those who had never enjoyed this pleasure before
and 10 fact to ALL The long line Of shipping with its
forests OF masts the tobacco warehouses; the Bar
racks and the Battle Ground objects of interest
on this side OF the river, while the wide waste Of
waters caused by the crevasse extending some forty
miles down the right bank, presented curious yet
sorrowfnl sight, that, hope none may ever witness
again. At point some twenty miles below the city
the whole country, for miles and miles in width is
entirely submerged and gives one a realizing sense
of the "low lands OF Louisiana.
Although running against a strong head wind, we
made run at times that would have averaged
twenty-sx miles an hour, and in about six hours
we crossed the bar and merged into short chop
sea with good strong topgallant breeze, which
our pleasant little craft rode like duck. The run
around into the lake not only very pleasant but
very appetizng and calls upon the larder were inces
SAINT up to 10 o'clock The appearance of the vir-
ginia was, at all the points, hailed with hearty de-
monstrations Of pleasure but at Biloxi the whole
burg must have left their ranches to meet her at the
shore hundreds Of ladies and gentlemen occupied the
public wharves, whilst the private ones were crowded
by their owners and friends who, with waving hand
kerchefs and loud huzzas, together with the boom
ing Of salute Of fifty guns from the public cannon
gave further evidence, If any wanting that the
Virginia is emphatically the peoples choice" and
Abe Myers the peoples captain" The accession to
our numbers taken board on the lake shore for the
return trip, caused some comic sleeping arrange
ments as on the trip every BERTH table, soft
plank basket and spare nook had been put in requi
ston, so that the Johnny had to take
nap leaning over the rail, or take it standing.
But they wore out the night very good naturedly de-
termned as they were to stand anything in order to
throw dollar in the way of Capt. Abe Myers and
his pretty clipper craft Virginia.
On swaking, on Monday morning, the majority OF
the passengers agreeaby surprised to find the
boat lying at the Jefferson end OF Railroad giving
them facilities for reaching home in much less time
than by the Pontchartrain Railroad. This is point
that all travellers on the Lake should remember; and
it, in future, other lake packets should feel themselves
"obliged" to grant such facilities, it should still be
remembered that the Virginia took the initiative
There are many little courteses extended to the pas
sengers on her that will il we are not much mistaken
be appreciated by the travelling public and in way
that will cause the Mississippi Sound Company to
become "the" Steam Company of the South. May
the Virginia have all the good luck we wish her; and
who can doubt it, with Myers Captain, Hotchkss as
clerk, Ned Toby as agent, and Sim Toby as Express
agent?