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f' F 2STew Orleans lias fewer houses of public entertainment thsm other cities which may be dignified with the name of hotels, the excellent care with which those she has are managed, and their consequent wide popularity, may justly be a matter of pride to Orleanians. In addition to the four leading houses of which we present excellent illustrations to our readers, there are a number of first-class restaurants, which also afford lodgings, and which in other cities would be styled u Hotels on the European Plan,” also many well-kept boarding houses. AY hen all these are counted in we have abundant accommodations, clean, comfortable and pleasant, even for a great Mardi Gras rush.
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This house, which fronts on St. Charles street, and occupies about three-quarters of the large square bounded by St. Charles, Carondelet, Common and Gravier streets, is one of the handsomest hotel structures in America. Those who have traveled much assert that the front, with its massive columns, many windows and imposing cornice, is unequalled for beauty and grandeur by any in this country. The magnificent furniture, commodious rooms, and sumptuous table of the St. Charles enjoyed a wide reputation in ante-bellum days, which has been well maintained since the war, under the able management of Col. Robert E. Rivers, who lias associated with him, Mr. J. O. Bartels, the firm being Rivers & Bartels.
Is situated on the corner of Camp and Common streets, in the very heart of the business part of our city, and consequently iu convenient proximity to all the leading stores, as well as all places of public resort and amusement. Under the careful proprietorship of Mr. R. S. Morse, whose reputation as a landlord was national, the City Hotel became one ot' the most popular houses in the couutry, Mr. Morse was succeeded by the present proprietors, Messrs. Mumford & Watson, who have long been identified with the house. They are both young men of energy and capacity, punctual in attending to the comfort of their guests, and pleasing and courteous in manner.
The City enjoys a large mercantile patronage, and is especially popular with our friends of Texas and Xorth Louisiana. The accommodations are first-class throughout, and from the spacious dining-room to the highest sleeping apartment everything is kept clean aud in perfect order.
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This is a comparatively new structure but stands on ground hallowed by many a bright memory to the older members of “ the traveling public.” It was here that the “Old Arcade,” of joyous olden times stood, a hotel that in its day was amongst the most popular in the couutry. The St. James is on Magazine, between Gravier and Xatchez streets, a convenient location for business men and pleasure seekers. Although it does not present so large a front as the two houses already mentioned, its extension towards the river gives it a large number of rooms, every one of them light, airy and comfortable. It is under the management of Messrs. James R. Leake and Philip J. Carraher, two of tlio best hotel men in the couutry.
Mr. Leake is known far and wide as a competent office man, affable and pleasant in manner, an agreeable conversationalist, and a host whose courteous bearing makes every guest within his walls feel at home.