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T Ac-T3Rrr S'iORE T'Srk BII^H1 'ENTS ON Mitzi&itri ary
MOBILE BAY -- SAILING REGATTA July 29-3013^9
Daily Crescent - August 2, l8*+9 - p 2 c 2
? TBILE BAY--THE R' GATT A ON JULY iP
St Gamer Ja£. I.. Dav, ,31st July, 13^9
"ds. Crescent---i-ississirygi1 s, V.rat erinr Places
l-ith a determination to make the most of a few leisure days,
I deterrined to visit the lake shores and the much talked of "Bluffs” in the Bay of Motile.
It would te useless for me to descant of the Bay St. Louis,4 with its quiet retreats end -Second Municipality imp7cW??f!l5Trr5,,l,l^rTd Creole comforts:
Or the fashionable "Pass," with its tvranny	of fashion	,
"so	strongly displayed	at v^e	hotel," and ofvery rnanv"	^	jr-
residgji££iL_Q£^ciever fel1 ov;.S—dat ted on the_gl.a-s.sv shores for # *
11b"'!!• ci 11 IlmLs, it? nsn and convivial boating parties, presided over ty that prince of Presidents, (not Louis '"sDoleor:, but) tT. W. B.:
/’either will I say much of the- quiet retreat of Mississippi City, or the ruling genius, Dr. Te-garden:
Or of the aristocratic n^i . fa the former ? verier sojourn of our.cotton and tank lords. The regains of their forrer greatness are still there, and mpny of the first class still rake it a resort for	e::clTsive cohort.	Ar-ong	the rrost prominent	is an old soldier
■who	formerly res -or; 'ed	to the	soubriquet of "Handsome Jack,"	who
still ret?' ns his 'or:-er vivacity, tells good stories, and fights his b-ttles ovsr -ir, g?rnished ’ey ®any fancy sketches.
The nest	to	ce ofssed is the healthy Pascagoula Point,
with its gent’ ensnly 1'ndlord, good, cheer and glorious bathing.
(balance of len-thy letter details the Regatta and race
results nlus r.eople he met at Point Clear, and the many
Nev; Orl ‘snians there- at the Bluffs.)
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