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Crowding from 250 to 300 passengers into one, setting 5 or 6 supper tables, and keeping the kitchen in full blast from 7 o'clock until 10, even vhen regarded from a pecuniary point, would scarcely prove remunerative. However, the 250 passengers, after some exertion, managed to find a resting place, "the firemen, by the way, in a sort of grim despair, sought the hurricane roof), and. after much patient waiting, each succeeded in securing a sufficiency for the inner man.
In this last achievement, too much credit cannot be given the excursion committee.	Major Burke, as	chairman, worked	like a Trojan,
and	Mr. Archy Carter, though	scarcely	a giant in size,	in unremitting
attention and a strick lookout for the welfare of all, exhibited the	capacity of half	a dozen	men.
It is, however,	due the	officers	of the boat to state that
everything which appeared possible was done, and were one at all disposed to criticize, the complaint should be lodged at the doors of those much higher in authority.
Arrival at Biloxi
After a late arrival at each of the stopping places, much of the time having been consumed in unloading the surplus of freight, the Creole reached Biloxi Just at daylight.
Notwithstanding the early hour, a number of men and boys stood expectant on the wharf, and the procession to the residence of Mr.
/ Blessey was flanked on either side with a score of sight-seers, each apparently eager to know Just how many velvet stripes adorned the snowy shirts,and the exact size of every figure 2.
A march of a short distance through the sand brought the party to a large, airy frame building, raised high into the breeze on brick pillars and surrounded by an extensive and tastefully arranged garden, and this, we were informed, was to be our resting place during the sojourn.
The Blessevs and Mayor Henlev Welcomed Everyone — AH
Mrs. Blessey and her little family, not one of whom, by the / way, had slept a wink, awaited on the verandah to receive us, and / Mr. Henley, the Mayor of Biloxi, welcomed the Company with an appropriate speech. It was responded to by Major Burke, who certainly made one of the neatest, tersest nkixjxi and kindliest little addresses we have heard in many months.
The ceremony over, and a morning salute from the band heard, an abundant supply of coffee was prepared for the weary wayfarers.
Each then, without delay sought the refreshment of a bath, and for a time the bay in front of the wharf resembled a small maelstrom.
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