Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-05
CORRESPONDENCE.

Mobile nd Its Attractfons--New Orleans
 West End md the old Spanish Fort
 The Cemeteries of the City-Changes to
 Ccme-Cotton-The Sewerage Question
 Death of a Former Resident of New
 Havem-Queer Sunday DOings-Mules
 With Full TaiIs-Real Estate.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 The ride from Montgomery to Mobile re- quires about eight hours, and it is dusty and hot trip when the sun shines as it did the day of our trip. There is nothing to in terest the eye but pines, pines, and not few magnolias. There are no villages on the route except now and then lumber trading and rosin manufacturing places. Mobile IS not a lively business city once it was, nev- ertheless the aggregate is considerable Cor, ton the staple, is what brings business at all to the city. A new railroad is projected for twenty miles further on to point where the water is deep for large ships. What the et- feet will be on the city is problem. The Battle House is rated first class. It IS newly furnished, and has new proprietors. The Charges are $3. 30 and $4 per day for ''tran- sients '' The rooms are neatly furnished. Large numbers of regular boarders appear to occupy the fourth and fifth lofts, probably at cheap rates The delicacies of the season appear to be allowed as private dishes. If the hotel keepers think they cannot afford to supply guests, better so than not at all. Eat ing not being our forte, but seeking rest here for few days, we found it to our full satis- faction.
 Mobile is not far from the same latitude as Fernandina Palatka and Jacksonville, Flor ida It might become very attractive city for a winter resort if inducements were sufh- ciently offered. In Jacksonville perhaps thousand people are domiciled as guests. Every inducement is held out to make the strangers life pleasant. A dozen excursions on the beautiful St. John s river daily. Palat- ks the same. Prices $4 day and something to show for it. Jacksonville does not appear to me to be the place for the invalid, although it is renowned as such. AS an invalid l should prefer Fernandina, Palatka or St. Augustine. Jacksonville has been the most popularly advertised heretofore. Mobile has it's attractions it's city advantages and gener- ally beautiful climate. Government street. the chief avenue, is about 150 feet in width and ten or more miles in length. On each aide are many costly residences surrounded by eyergreens, flowers and magnolias. Mag nolia Cemetery is full of beautiful flowers One of the handsomest monuments to be found anywhere has been here erected ip memory of a husband by the widow, costing forty-five thousand dollars. The Louisville and Nashville railroad controls now all the travel to New Orleans. Often the trains are behind time. Such was our experience, Therefore, after declining morning train because of it's inconvenient hour, we took the afternoon and consequently were not in New Orleans till about the small hours of | Good Friday morning It being the night of the full moon we felt somewhat resigned, as the sight upon the waters (while crossing the various bridges over the bays and streams on the route bridges, altogether, as many as 1 ten miles in length compensated for the disappointment.
 1 Once in New Orleans there need be no want for something to interest. The St. Charles Hotel is the one sought by those who l want the best Here we are located in the i same quarters as two winters ago All ] around appears as then, but great changes have been made in the outskirts. West End ! must first be visited. West End is reached 1 by a train of cars with dummy engine, hour l Iy from Canal street, near St. Charles, and is