The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-09-08
correspondence from she Const.

BILUXI. August 80. $50.
Eiiior Clarion ,-The great Annual south
ern Regatta. under the auspices Of the { res
cent City Yacht Club, occurred yesterday
AZ this piece. and was en- occasion Of pleas
ure To many hundred individuals. Until
II o'clock il was feared that the DAY would
be unpleasant. for dark clouds hecked the
sky. and sharp flashes of lightning aud
rolling thunder warned the pleasure seekers
not TO he too saGuino, but at II O'Clock the
clouds broke away and fine breeze sprung
up.
The bay was dotted with innumerable
sailing crafts, and soon the pier-head beg An
70 receive its load OF living freight wreAthed
in miles. all seeming determined to have
Joyous time. The ladies in large numbers
were on hand TO make the time and place
even more pleasant. There were thirteen
yachts entered in five classes. Betting, of
course, ran high. especially on the first and
second class yachts. The sailing distance
was fifteen miles-twice around triangle
of seven and one halt miles-and il was a
sight worth seeing, TO look at the beautiful
proportioned yachts. with their snowy white
canvass scudding through the water; aud
hundreds of handkerchiefs waving from the
pIer-head as q token of encouragement to
the favorite OF this or that individual.
The ProtOs, ofthe first class. owned by Col
Chas. j. Howard, President of the Louisiana
State Lottery, took the first prize, an ele-
CANT silver service, valued at $500; maxim z
the round in two hours, twenty-five minutes
and five seconds. Also the irst prize for
fha4 Ill. 81. 81.
service valued at $500. These prizes have
been on exhibition in the show window of
Tyler's jewelry store for some weeks. and
we're admired by all who examined them. To
Col. Inward is also due the credit of con-
7uucting the magnificent pier-head-l20
feet long and 81 feet wide, and afiording &C
commodation for l,5O0 people--at All indi-
viduA expense of some $4,000. l did not
learn whether o. not Col. III. attributes his
good fortune in being the lion of the day 10
his having purchased ticket In the Louisi-
ana State Lottery probably lie will tell us
in next Saturdays Times.
Col. j. o. Nixon, that veteran journalist
and soldier of the lost Cause" is Commo-
dore of the Crescent City Yacht Club, and
was on hand managing everything with
his well known ability, showing that he was
as much at home in his miniature Navy as
he was on the tripod or leading charge on
the field of martial glory.
Owing to a failure in obtaining steamers
to come over from New Orleans on Sunday
afternoon several hundred city folk were
deprived of the pleasures ofthe day.
The bay here Is beautiful expanse of
water and with its long sandy beaches
furnishes superior salt water bathing priv
iliges. Some IL or 10 miles distant is Ship
Island, place disconnected with pleasant
recollections to many of our home Missis-
sippi boys, who surrendered ut Mobile. The
island is dimly visible from here on clear
day.
The watering places along the coast are
plentifully supplied with visitors, though
not by any means crowded, but since they
have gotten up furore about the yellow
fever in the City, large crowds may be eX
pected in few days, though am informed
by reliable gentlemen that there is really
no cause for alarm, as the fever is confined
to the hospital.
The whole length of the coast will in
year or so present the appearance Of con-
tinued city, for when the Mobile and New
Orleans Railroad is finished many hundred
gentlemen doing business in n. o. will pro-
vide themselves with villas for a summer
resort. The road will surely be finished by
the first of January; it is now completed
from Mobile to Pascagoula and the main
cause of delay on the balance OF the route
is the construction of iron bridges through
the Louisiana swamps. ~
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