New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-25
ADVICE TO PLEASURE SEEKERS.
What Our Correspondent Knows AbOut
Mississippi City-The Hotel and Its
Advantages ship Eslnnd and Surf
Bathins-Fun in Prospect.

Advantages - ship ISLAND and Surf
Bathins-Fun in Prospect.
MISSISSIPPI CITY, July %, 1872.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN,:
l have sufficient milk of human kind,
ness" in my composition to tell your read.
ers that those who can and don't spend
their leisure time at this seaside resort are
ninnies, of whom it would be gross fattery
to say merely that they are devoid of ap-
probation of the blessings Providence has
placed within their reach. l make this flat
assertion, without fear or danger of contra
dictiOn from any one who has sojOurned at
the Barnes Hotel" since it came under the
management of Major Hurd and Colonel
Nixon, that never was hotel at a Southern
watering place kept in equally excellent
style, nor can there be found at Saratoga,
Long Branch or Newport its superior in
any of the qualities that minister to con-
tent and comfort.
l do not wish to be understood as a
''pufist." I have simply met with an
agreeable surprise. and naturally desire to
share the pleasure with my friends. 1 got
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of by attentive servants, shown to a com
Portable sleeping room, where baggage and
traps" were safely and promptly slowed
without worry or confusion, enjoyed a
splendid bath OF salt water, driven in gentle
swells from the gulf by the summer eve
ming breeze, and then sat down to a supper
which the most devoted disciple of Epi-
Gurus would have enjoyed.
1t is a public duty to sustain such an in
stitution so near home, instead of spending
vast sums annually in search of pleasure
elsewhere. I say this to those who can
afford to travel for relief from the dullness
OF New Orleans midsumers; not in the in
terest of the proPrietOrs, however deserving
they may be, but for the benefit of those of
my fellow citizens who can not spare time
or money for more extended trips. hope
and believe the public will make this enter
prise a success.
On Sunday merry party took the yacht
Jennie BOnne, and after the pleasures and
miseries, according to the sea-going quail
ties of the individual, of a severe squall,
made safe landing at Ship Island. The
fort, the extensive government barracks,
officers quarters and workshops, and the
immense quantities Of government property
Of various kinds on the west end of the
island are rapidly going to destruction,
Sergeant McCabe and Corporal Griffin, with
their wives, and a Iight-keeper, being the
entire human population Of the place.
That fort has been big job for the con-
tractors-big as a job as it is useless as a
fort, for it defends nothing in the world
that is liable to be sought by an enemy,
domestic or foreign. 1t is a pity the i'm
mense piles of unused granite can not be
converted into square blocks and curOing
for the streets of New Orleans.
The surf bathing is splendid at this point,
and we'll pays for the trip across the sound
and the risk of sea-sickness in transitu; at
least, so voted even those Of the party who
suffered from this cause on the outward
trip, but who, notwithstanding, partOok
heartily Of the viands prepared by Mes
danes McCabe and Griffin, under the super
vision and direction of a well known attor-
ney of New Orleans. The sail home by
moonlight, Iightened and frightened by
story, song and jest, will live long as a
happy recollection il the minds of all-in-
Guiding even the gentlemen who had bet
ter half to scold them for exceeding their
promised stay by ten or twelve hours.
The fishing at Mississippi City is excel
lent even at the wharves of the hotel, and
to-, ,,;,.' I,;II;or5s oroCuo+ 1,DoiDr ato
speed the hours away for those who care
not to follow in Izaak Watons footsteps.
And let me here say the music is particu-
larly good fenture of the amusements. The
band is selected from the Opera House or
chestra, and, at short intervals during the
entire day, discOurses sweet strains for the
enlivenment of the guests. A dance can be
had at any hour on the lawn or in the hall
especially set apart fer that purpose, and
devotees of terpslchore trip it lightly every
evening.
Up to the present time the hotel has not
been very well patronized, but is now rap
idly filling up, nine apartments having to-
day been engagedfor the season, not includ-
ing several families from Mobile, who are ex-
pected by the first train, The social rank of
the guests is of the best, but am happy to
see that they have determined to seek com
fort rather than fashionable display. At the
opening of the season full dress was the
thing, but the ladies have sensibly agreed
to discard "all this sort of thing, you know"
You must send your fashion editor to give
details on this head. 1 can only say that no
one need be deferred by the idea that here
dress display is expected or desirable.
l have strung this out without giving
half the items l intended, but will try it
again soon; first, however, making mention
of treat that is preparing for the guests
who are here, next Monday night. Certain
gentlemen, who, as members of the Shakes
peare Club, have won no mean histrionic
fame, assisted by Miss Blanche DeBar, will
give reeitations and readings on that occa-
sion; the amusements to conclude with a
grand bali. .'Wot larks ~ eh
Saturday at Chnppaqua.
This il a special to the St. Louis RcDub-