New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-07-26
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&8sa4t8 @Fetces4 evening beI0Ra kast hfE1NeU Nv
this place. alter an hour OF SOS delightful down
the bay irum Mobile, on d little jewel Of steamer
called the Creseenta craft quite as pretty as its
celestial namesake, and quite as popular A. its New
Orleans namesaize, yourself The Crescent is q Mo-
bile built boat, outandout, and for saltwater clip
per is equal to anything ever brought out from the
North She Is nayigated, or edited, with the most
signal ability, by Capt p Carson skins the waves
like seagulland il there were no attractions here
at Point Clear Or elsewhere on the Bay, itwoud still
bs pleasure worthy the most extensive patronage
to eeaye the waves and face the sweet music Of the
sea on the flashing little Crescent
Well, about Point Clear. The change from the
heat perspiation and mosquitoes of Mobile, to this
place. just about this time, is one Of those changes
which makes common man feel poetic, and would
draw fallfedged poem from regular poet. I
must that even felt little Of the fine frenzy
moving within me, as seated the lawn in front of
the hotel after sundown drink in bodily the sweet
exhilaraton of the place. The Point utting sharply
out from the shore half mile or so from the Bay,
seems to be regarded by and breeze as ntru-
der and there is consequently Rrsngle perpetual
wrangle, between them sort Of natural difficulty
which no pleasure-loving human ever wishes to see
settled 10 sit out in front of the hotel these moon
light nights and have the fresh salt breeze blowing
your hair and trying to steal away your hatto watch
the white-crested waves pFaucing in the moonlight,
and charging madly upon the salt-white beach, al
most at your eet-to listen to the moan Of the sur
rounding waters, and the musical response Of the
neighboring pines, and the screaming of romping
children, and the music of the ball room, and the
other sounds of gaiety in and around the sWarming
hotels pleasure, to realize which is worth a
jaunt of thrice the distance that separates New Or
leans and Point Clear.
The pleasure, should state, is becoming very ex-
tensively known out of this immediate neighborhood
The company here ct present is large and gay, COM
prising of most of the Southern States,
and unusually large representation from Louisiana
numerous fashionable and confoft.oving families
from New Orleans, as well as from the surrounding
parishes Beautiful bellies and gallant beanx, with
large force Of overseeing uncles aunts and parents
are hand INDUCING with gusto in the different
recreatons of the place-bathng and fishing in the
morning bowling, billiarding reading smoking, sail
ing, shooting, fishing, and sleeping during the day
promenading and bathing in the evening dancing
and merrymaking at night; and paying due atten-
tion the proper intervals to the sumptuous tables
Of the hotel.
This brings me to something which must not fail
to honor with special complimentand that is, the
admirable manner in which the hotel is conducted
and the every want Of its host Of guests attended to-
is Gas every body ought to if they don't know I'M
der the experienced management of Messrs. Cham.
berlain Co., of the Battle House in Mobile than
whom more competent and popular andlords-for,
aside from my own observation, hear the freely ut
tered encomums Of others-I have never had the
pleasure of stopping with. The hotel has been
heightened since last year. and is capable of &C
conmodating ever four hundred guests, II is very
long tWostory and attic building with broad yeran-
da and standing straight out in the Bay as it does,
with clear sweep Of water before and behind the
sea breeze filters through it perpetualy keeping it
cool and delightful, well free from mosquitoes
day and night Deep saltwater bathing is within
fifty yards Of its doors, and the fishing is as near
The tables, covered with every possible good thing
the abundance Of milk, and of ice, the latter at all
hours Of the daythe unexceptonable quality of the
bar suppliesthe poteness and activity OF the SER
vants-the rules by which the children, without I'm
due restraint are prevented from annoying the grown
folks-n short, the system and good order Of the es
tablishment in its every department proclaim it one
Of the first of rstcass hotels. II is hotel which all
its guests praise and which none have ever complain
ed oil, that have heard-for the hotel Of which no
complains must be ne plus uitra-and renders
the naturally charming Point Clear the most delight
full seaside resort in the South. The Lonisanians
find, are particularly well pleased with the place.
The hotel is now supplied with water on novel
plan. The water comes in pipes from spring in tbs
woods, three quarters Of mile of, to large sunk
cstern. From this it is raised by pump to an Gle.
waited cstern higher than the upper story of the no.
tel, and the pump is propelled by wind mill Of fan.
ciul pattern. This machine is not suffered to rest
much, the breeze being so brisk and constant From
the elevated csern the water passes in pipes to the
different parts Of the hotel, up stairs and down, and
is drawn from coolers which are kept constantly filed
with ice. 1t is the neatest country Waterworks ar
rangement have yet seen.
fine yacht, the Itsehtef. belongs to the hotel
and skins the Bay from morning to night.
The Turkish bazaar man Of St, Charles street has
located here for the summer, and seems to drive
brisk business with the country people, who never
stop long enough in town to see his fancy traps And
with this item shall wind up for the present. G.
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