The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-06-06

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itor 90 Biloxi particularly If lie has
visited beforehand our other coast
watering places, il lie comp ciness .
there is nothing struggling in lie up
p%caransr, everything seems ( be
well TO hand" The Hotels, dEsll.
iugs, saloons. stores &c. are, mostly
Immediately upon tie beach road 4,
and the wharves are only Is 10 100
yds, long, to ) feet at low water, thc
main channel coming TO within a
little over 100 yards of the main
! shore. Deer Island is only three.
lourths Of a mile distant running
parallel with the shore, and is a sub,
stantial breakwater, within VIII CHI
the smallest vessels car ride out in
safety the most violent storm. The
corporate limits extend for tour
miles along the beeach, although Of
course the back village does not keep
pace with this extension, but is a snug
pleasant looking village by the sea.
The number Of inhabitants vas esli-
mated variously at from 1900 to 2050,
byt Judging from the very spirited
bidding which occurred at a meeting
Of the Board, during our visit in re"
gard TO taking the census-whcn the
lowest bid was to take it for nothing
we presume the eTact figures wi |
soon be ascertained. These are tue
permanent inhabitants !; in summer
the visitors run up the population to
between five and six thousand !; and
we were glad to ascertain, this week,
that the visitors wer coming in rap.
idly and the prospects Of a busy and
prosperous season were most prorais-
ing. The most ample accommoda-
tons have been provided ; there are
six hotels, and many private botriing
houses, and there are several eligibly
situated houses for rent at reasonable
prices. The village contains a Gath,
Ole, an Episcopal, and a Methodist
church and to show that Biloxi is
surely growing, we understood that
% houses we're built by the perma>
nent citizens, last winter. The situs
ton Of Biloxi is Gne, and possesses
great natural water facilities and adj.
vantages. 1t is upon the seward
face Of a peninsula which is not one
mile wide, and nine miles long. A
pass about 4 miles wide, between the
point Of the peninsula and the oppo-
site shore on which is situated the
village of Ocean Springs, leads into
the Back Bay, 2 miles wide ard
8 miles long, with 90 feet of water
with high bluffs and innumerabIe
landings aud which branches, to the
northeast into Old Fort Bayou, back
of Ocean Springs. and from the
name, and the description of the his
torian as regards tie site Of the fort
built by Iberville in 1899, upon the
northeast shore Of the Bay Of Biloxi,
about fifteen miles north of Ship Is
land We presume that it was neal
the mouth Of this bayou hat the fort
was located J. To the west, Back
Bay runs up into Bernard's bayou,
on which is Handsboro, and to the
northwest, into Biloxi river and
Chutacaboeuff bayou and for 40
miles up this bayou, 20 feet of water
is found. This entrance pass is shall
low, with 6 to s feet water at high
tide, but the bar is narrow and