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MH o'clock, on Sunday night, Miy 19th, lUT, itdlU UJK2. aged 6 year. Mt, at Stock, from the reetd.ioe of BART ABLE, rr co. 2 AOADENTY OF MUSIC5 ALWWOtBDWlIi, lUun end ftogtwfc ACADEMY OF MUSIC. UPOJO kHIDWKLL.

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BTC, ROCIlLA! AM' JL, Cave. Luua Oeeaeat, Platter and Plastering As FAJCtSS HAVING CLAIMS AQAIBATTHK Wucm maub oa comionjtsjia to PSMIKflfc by mm a Cerondelet comer Cnioo. provement Convention, held at St. Louis, and of giving each expression of oar sympathy in thin general movemeut as becomes the city of appropriations from the General Government for the removal of the obstructions to navigation in the Mississippi and its tributaries, and first the obstructions at the bar. There is no merchant in New Orleans uninterested in the movement, which will turn the through Mr city.

The entire Mississippi Valley above is alive to this matter. New Orleans sent a very small delegation to the convention. come to ns for a dollar to aid the appointefi to supply them with the Tuba fMisi "Mother Grose, Gulden Egg," he rand place ot amusement this eveniug troupes, is a very attractive performance and CeV'rd sfnTthe Sever duet of Kuhiu Kurt and trailer Green. Miss Brent is to sing (II Back)) The Kiss. The given with the iuiu itable Johnny Thompson in charge of the burnt cork brigade.

The Theatre" is kept cool and pleasant with the splr.sbing fountain and steam ventilator. clock heavy wind and a dark cload, accompanied by sharp thunder and rain, which blew down a house on corner of Broad and Canal street, proiertv of E. S. Chadwick; also house on Orleans diest, killing 0MH aad badly hurting another: also blowing down tre in Esplanade and Elv mn Fields and Can ul pawed Sprin field, Mass cost tower ore pounds," sides twemvdavs labor of each of the the citi zens, hi 1C14. The house was "in length holdinfo'rth on "tle'ftrS nad and filled with eoi rua Is of every kjnd, by Commfrcial ani gloiutarg.

Mokdat, May 20 11 A. Cottom There mortiintf. operations beinK par teleKraphic advices and Liverpool 1 the absence of i general ieaotio The supply seems to be lifrtt, with apparently witn appar factors unless at full prices, while buyeis, on the other hand, to epemte, Akkivals fro it thb West The arrivals atnrday comprise the Lo'iis. and the Liberty, The market continues extremely tar to be an d. maud, a to day are confined a 12 oo bbl.

The a uixed, and I basht 1 Ort. prime white were bushel, ing in mall lots at 1st. on hand is the'mar and onlv small lots of prime making to the trade at $31 50 ichanged. full itfhl $24 hbL, wh another lot of 10 IA 765 bbl. Bacok Continn good demand, in i jobbing way.

Clear sides are scarce The riucipal sales today were 10 sacks clear clear ribbed sides 13e dear ffe for tierces, ind MotL May I A M. Increased duUnees market. Gold oi i. i 1 against I i New York, with an pert of bnyers to operate. One sale i as been reported us.

foreign Exchnnge is apparently without nnaoceptable to holders. Al at UbMiTltH, and bask holders. Ai ouis are rattng while Ai Poineetie shows further depression. The hanks are variously cheeking on New York at por to Ift snd cent, discount, while cemmercial sight is ruling weak at 1 Stocks are inanimate, with not hie? of moment reported in Uncurrent Money. There was no business transacted the arht session of the Board on Saturday eveu i i i geaga ggggsBea MONDAYS AFTERNOON EDITION.

ORLEANS. DAY KVKM.NG. MAY 20. 1 ISP The Vicksbnrg Times long way all Times. May 40th, Military Faceti.k.

An expectant bridegroom recently applied at the military head qxartem, in our city for the use ef the United States band to play at his wedding. The officer in charge of the musicians replied that he did not know about lending the band, but he thought he could furnish a file of soldiera to fire over the house steamship Trade Wind, from Belize, British Honduras, crossed the bar at Southwest Pass, at 3 clock this mc MrDoTth! Captain Champion agent. We have reived copy of the annual report for 1867 of the Association for the Relief of Jewish Widows and Orphans of New Orleans. Mr George Jonas i president. Mr.

J. D. Heuriquez secretary, and Mr Sigismuud Kate treasurer. We are indebted to Mr. B.

DaSilva, assistant secretary, tor (he pamphlet containing tue re ll7ur7s.tJaclbs!Ver'''iry 8ermU The association is out of debt, has a reserved fund invested of 83, cash in band $3 85: collectable dues $0615, and buildings and improvemeute paid for, valued b.een managed with great prudence, and to be flourishing conditio The number of inmates eupported is 54, of whom 1G are new admissions daring the year. Eight have withdrawn, making the total ac The president reports that there is need of :i.i.titional buildings to supply the needs of the association, the erection of which will absorb the reserved fund, and he luges efforts to prosecute collections and increase the means of the object, and the coEfldeuce inspired by good management, will doubtless draw out a Tallahassee pa Southern Express, favors. BT The City Hall ie crowded this morning Mayor Heath ie filling up the vacanci rapidly as posaibls. t3T Several fine show sd moistened the parcl sw life to vegetation. tiy agreeable.

Military! tejui Private Jamee McPher leserter, has been restored to duty upon the of Aldermen, Messrs. Whitney, While, Me Knight and Smith, members of the Board, on Saturday last, paid a visit to the orphan asylum us of our city in need of assistance. The following is a synopsis of the report which they will make to the Council to morrow evening lizabeth FetiaU AtyUm, Magazine reveiiae, liom sewing and washing, and that to a ery limited extent. Can'p Street Orphan Atyivm. for Females.

No income from any source 230 inmates Sixty inmates from 3 to 18 Jear of debt. Jotej Attum, cvrv.fr of JotejJtine and rans. Formerly supported bv the Govern but no longer. The inmates are fur hed with meat only three times a week Ht. Orha Aylum, cn, ner of Maqa and Kact trtrU.Om hundred and sixty bvchari.y.

which Tweuty eight wi arkably dean and healthy. fro! and mlum. Third inmates, 6J under 7 years of age Everythiu Lm Street Girls' Orphan Asjluai. clothing. Asilsdes Veuves etde VieiUard, Third Dis tr et.

Fifty widows, and from twenty to tweny five old men. Are in want priacipally EmmST God8kepkerd, BUnsnlU Street Over 100 inmates. A large number are sent hy the Recorders, who remain for the time thev are sentenced, or may remain, if thev ahooee, and join an order which will oblige them to remain permanently. There are ten uMfcfcssl hyhe institution. The reosipts from charitable ladies amount to fifty dollars per moatfa.

The institution is in debt for build Sl "vincenes Asylum, on BUneiUe Street. institution is very poor and and because and discussed by the Csancil Letter from Venezuela. After innnmerahle difficulties, from the time ve left St. Louis, the 20th December, 1866, the steamboat Columbian, it took ns thir ttn days to reach New Orleans, and, instead if starting immediately for Venezuela, i New Orl ar one month. The New Orb to be fooled out of the money that we entrusted to him to charter a vessel, by paying it for the brig United States, on which there were too many ontsanding claims for her ever to get off with our slender means.

We succeeded in starting for the Republic of Venezuela on the'29th otJanuary, 1867, on bpioneer8bof the" Venezuela Emigration Company. Our leader, Captain Frederic A. Johnson, confined to his berth, but secovering Hayes left behind Major L. and Lieut. H.

still suffering from the effects of their spree. Tugboat left us at 9W A. fifteen miles below. Weather clear and cold Alf were in good spirits that at last all our way to bid farewell to the once happy "Sunny South." Anchored at 7 P. and next day Valler.

tine dishes 8 food, yclept com dodger. Koscolowslt Jacksx right or left bank of the Mississippi I arie i We i ad to leave our homes ssWVr. Whitman" inhabitants are deserting their farms and going to the newly discovered gold mines, which are represented as be We tasted some bread made from manioco, some from a species of gum, and some from green corn, mashed between two stones and baked. Haw com in all stages of growth, and find that three crops of almost anything the Sea Island cotton. Sugar cane, plan coffee, cocoa, bananas, mangoes, etc.

7 in abundance. Cigars of a fine flavor lor fiftv cents per hundred. I have just bought a sugar loaf, weighing about four pounds, for per dozen; hens, one dollar flection would naturally add to the heat and ihie is their summer Words are inadeauate to describe the beauties of the scenery and grandeur of the Ori doco River, which varies in width from one thing to compare Caroni at which place our colony will settle in respect lives, with about holidays in the year, can and do make a good living, it will be our own fault ii we, even without mining, do not each rhofua0 ertitled to 1280 acres of land, with one town lot, under the grant made by the Veuezmela Republic of square miles of unoccupied land in the State of Guyana to Dr. nry H. Prise.

He is now on the way from Norfolk, with the second company, and from preparations being lade by friends, we anticipate i I here is very liberal it Jtation and military duty ts us the privilege of im md ol exporting Large pli tiour ie worth here $30 per barrel, it will be seen what vast privileges are ours. Our experience shows that in addition to company stores it is desirable for each emigrant to bring for the voyawe the following cottee pot, two cups, two plates, forks "and knives and spoons, pan, waahpan or tub, gridiron swd saucepan, fifteen or twenty pounds of prunes, lemons and oranges, twenty four cans fresh meat and oysters or salmon, fifteen pounds sugar, one bushel dried apples and peaches, twenty pounds rice, baking soda or yeast powder, wasning soaa, sail other t. pan, fishing lines and books, buck saw, dorl's Spanish aud Merchant's Assistant, and such other things as may make them comfortable on the voyage, which ordinarily takes hopes prosperous colony. I A number oi the citizens of Monroe, ta, have asked uor. weui appoint Mr.

Franklin Garrett Justice of has been referred by the Govt Louis. We represeut nearly ail trades, many being farmers and mechanics who hsdwiahed for a gale war l'ookingblue indeed. Cave Johnson was the first to cace For some lime one would have supposed any one speaking of Venezuela. Soon the squall increased to a heavy gale, lasting several days and although there certainly was no such thing as writing, the casting up ac counts was astonishing. This lasted till the our greatest difficulty being lack of sea room.

We nearly ran on one of the Bahama bunks, coming within one hundred yards but lonunately that accident did not happen. Between the 13th and the 9th March had baffling seeing their first porpoise and flying fish, and tome mistaking blue fish for sharks. The latter we did not see. Took pilot from British schooner Isabel, of Demerara, laden with beeves from the Orinoco River, (for which the owners were to uet thirty dollars per head we find them selling at thirteen dollars per head on ths Orinoco River.) The pilot gave us good accounts of our new home, confirming all the previous, account, we had of the richness. ffy A requisition has been seat by the Governor of Tex as.addressed to the Go vera or iW.

iSabm parish! ofoae Fred, assirtant engineer of the steamship Lilian. Wood lawn Tiormo Rac as These races begin to morrow, the 21st, and the Louisville papers say they will be among the most interesting and exciting eysr trotted io the THE FIREMEN'S FESTIVAL Yesterday the three days' Festival of our gallant Firemen at the Fair Grounds, gotten up with the praiseworthy purpose of applying the proceeds to swell the Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the Department, was brought to a close. We have heart felt pleasure in being enabled to announce that the Festival has been a grand success in all respects. The result has proven that the apprehensions entertained in certain official quarters of serious disturbances springing up at the Festival were without sufficient cause. We have not beard of even one breach of the peace at the Fair Grounds during the three days of the Festival Present each day from the com we have not seen a blow struck in anger, and the excitements we have witnessed has mainly, almost entirely, been that which originated in the eager competition of the companies contesting for the various prizes, and has been confined to the heated expres rions natural in such cases This is a record of which the Fire Department hat just cause to be proud, but it has other cause for honest and noble pride.

Though stigmatized by a certain body, dangerous to the public distrust in certain official quar Department during three days rs, the tcitement, racte thousands of recreation, they have for the time being forgotten the troubles which beset them and have been brought to a calmer state of mind. en that they are among the most eenis to us, they have a just and fair considered by the civU and mili the Festival yesterday I early hour in ths continued throuj it the day in still pouring doubtless to enjoy ladies aad gentlemen occupied the gran and during the array of grace and loveliness as was there before our admiring eyes can be seen. It was estimated by Mr. Marks, President of the Firemen's Charitable Association, that at 6 P. when the Balloon Ascension took estimste.

Our readers who were not present, can judge from this what a live'y and exhi a The day contests commenced about 10 A. M. with the Hose Carnage Trotting Race, with feet of hose distance one mile. The judges were Messrs. Lagan, Taylor and sags, contestants.

Also, the time each of them made: All of thtm used a hose carriage belonging to Mississippi No. 9 Dg the conditions out. The first prize is awarded to Virilant gold No sissippi No. 2. The next event was the hand mile they had to deliver water.

All the co hJif echoes No. I complete Perseverance No. 13, 40 men; running complete time, 7:11. Orleans No. 91, 40 men; running time, Irad Ferry No.

12, 3 55 con. lets time. 7 men; running time, ladeiphia No. 14, 36 i running time, Chaimne nning The first prize, a silver set, with an additional one, a handsome cake basket, presented to No. 6 second prise, a gold medal, to No.

5 and a third prize, not mentioned, to Then came the Hook and Ladder race by band, half mile. Judges and timekeepers, Messrs. Boonabel, Beanie, Meyer and Dela more. We ive the name of the contestants and the time they made Lafayette No. 1 running time, 3:20 complete time, 37.

e'lican No. 4 running time, eom Se after stx four story ladder, was ruled bars or a 0 be used i ladders. Storting from the judges st tagonal building, where the six ladders raised. The first prize a silver set, with an a wasawHrdedto1! andTthe second a gold medal to Hope No. 3 There was great excitement about all these contests, and large sums of money won and lost, especially as between Lafayette No.

1 and HopeNo. 3, in the hook and ladder race. Then came a foot race, 100 yards, in which four men started. The first prize a gold medal was won, in fine style, by John Cur rie, of No. 2 and, after a tie for the second place, the second prize was awarded to J.

E. Tate, of No. 14. The mule race did not take place, there be 1B Then' wmThShalf mile foot race, in which four men started. The first prize a gold medal was awarded to Laliy, of No.

12; and the second prize silver medal was aw aided to Connelly, of No. 21. This ended the sports on the race track. While these foot races were being run, the Butslays had been performing in the presence of such a mass of persons aa we suppose never And now, the balloon, from tl as if be were ia a theatre. dancing platform bad been crowded with gay conples who bad been dancing to the inspirit red to ma the8 pleasure of the day, ex as immediately conveyed to the city.

At night, in the oak grove, another of those rimess it. There were some half dozen contestants, and Melons, of No. 18, carried off Roars of laughter were excited by the race, another. When we left the ground the dancing was fast and furious, and the immense number of i to be at theeigh of enjoyment, and in nding to continue so until a late hour of the niggt, and some, no doubt, until the small hours or the morning. songratnlate the 1 sj and on Tmrem the department, and especially to Mr.

M. Lardner, chairman of the Committee on Games and Prizes, ws are indebted for many courtesiea TELEGKAPHIC. N. 7. Associated Press Dispatches From Southwest Pass.

New York Gold and Cotton Market. Weather cloudy wind fresh from the south. ll0AeMr Fine Arrived, steamshif passengers, to A. Moolton. Reports tine weather the whole passage.

13th inst, off L'Xd, n'nd'north. Onthe 'lath, off Sand Key, passed bark Voyager, of Barbadoes, and steamship Missouri, Hudson, from New York 11th to Wm. Creevy. As usual, we have no purser's report from this vessel. Steamship Trade Wind, Cham with freight and pas Olsen, to McCoard Spanish hrig Roman Havana, 8 days, in ballast, to M.

OariBide aanchor, ships Cotton quietMiddling Uplands 28. In the Register, ofthe19th, we find tl lowine items the cause is his alleged complicity in the un fortunate affair of Tuesday evening. Thii being the ease, it is quite likely that the affaii wille brought before a militarv commission and not the civil authorities Mr. Files bad already been bound over by the Mayor for his appearance before the City Court, in the sum of SoOOO. men in it, who were on their way to the eastern shore.

One of the yonths was saved the bodies of three others hava been found and pSeed lobe entirely lout' "aF Yesterday evening we had a call from Mr Smith himself, who assured us that he is drowned. Hii looks bear him ont in this assertion, and have no hesitation in boldly avowing our be mat ne it extraordinary, sank, he swam two days and nights. He says that the steamer Louise once passed near him, that he waved his hat and handkerchief, and that he was seen from the boat, for his signal was answered by someone. He presumes however, that this was a passenger, who did not communicate his situation to the officers of the boat. Finally he was rescued by a flat boat and carried to Fish River, where he remained until yesterday, when an opportunity occurred for returning to the city.

Mr. Smith has entirely recovered from the Singular Tragedy. From a gentleman who came to the city yesterday we learn that a si Our informant, who lives some distance above that village, learned as he came by that a lady who is, or has been, Inching school at Buck "thesTgoVwhodhr attoe'wme time that if ahe bad any friends to avenire the insult, she eonld send them to him. The lady replied that she was able to protect herself, on the spot. VV withhold naines'JS the parties, as this maynotbe in every respect a Gen, Breckinndpe.We read in the Nash ville Banner: We are informed, bv a nrivato letter inst received from Paris, and written by a gentle know the facto, John C.

Breckinridge, who is States immediately on the release of Mr. Davis. If Mr. Davis is not released, but brought to trial. Gen.

Breckinridge will wait the issue of the trial, and act aecordinirlv. Thonch not rich, he is. as he aava himlf 8 old home in Ke'ntueky. and the renewa of celled Congress, was becoming very Lily Soliloquy. Oh the bonnets of my rihood the kind I wore to school.

I really them pretty then I must nave been S2? a fool And yet I used to think myself on anty miss perhaps I was as fashion what was that to this! Oh! the little mat! it makes my head so very level little mat! it makes my head so ve and so very, very flat. Oh! isn't it a stance ohl ain't it maaittque ear itjt Canada, theeried lehuncum saw When I came into the opera, damsels saw it, they netteham. Oh.asiiter 'h, a sister's fo snl 1 that' isI shod dearest "lov ladSdisoardoThs I became as hugged the shore. with envy's pain; bonnet is the THE CITY. a gaUTdayDwith thepopelation ofourefty! to recreation, ana the last day of the Firemen's Festival at the Fair Grounds, ths people turned oat by thousands.

placed on the Fsaatnads Bayou Bridge line one hundred oars ia the afternoon, and they fe tatted from the Clay status svery TSSi wagons and carts, ssd even Shank's mare was bronght into requisition by many. We will peVe1 onPtheGroanda, but don't "hink we Concluding that we were one of the people, and being a iriend te firemen generally, and we Vekfrtich car No.uat'as it was swinging on the torn table ts change front, and sprang like one of ths Buislays upon the platform, where we found a first rate place to stand up, and had the distinguished honor ot being beside the driver. A friend who accompanied us, and always foad of a jeke, told the driver (hat there was no that bis a from tl judgme from the siaeof his oars, but these was something the waaand was puzzled, wanted to know ell, whenever your mule steps, he lifts1 feet, and whenever he cracked his Ski mwninmeirsea orb few such counterfeit presentments" of the gentleman in oar sunny land. Reaching the grounds, we witnessed some of the races and sports, and saw Boislay go np in the balloon, snd as about this time the crowd began the rush tor the city, we concluded to' return bv way of the Hall Way House. We did so called to see Gus Richardsfound him at home he cams on the ontside of the counter, I which means, take a smile with me,) and we ail "smiled.

Returning to the city, we witnessed night's shadowy queen rising like a soft illumiae of another week of toiL Not Dead. Charles Maloney. who was thrown from bis horse ia the hurdle race, oa Saturday evening last, at the Fair Grounds, and reported as having been killed, is still alive. He was token to the Charity Hospital by Col. M.

of this city, aud is expected tore cover. We are happy to make this aa FUB Ykbterdat. Yesterday evening, about 4 o'clock, a fire occurred ia a shanty or stable attached to the house at the comer of Ferdinand and Love streets, in the Third District. As most of the firemen were at the Fair Grounds, the engines did not arrive in time to save the house which first caught. The only water at hand wea that in a cistern, which soon gave oat.

The flames then spread rapidly, who had a. bakery on Ferdinand street, was also a heavy loser. Many colored the Barracks worked, DAJiGEBOUSLY STj ght by being stabbed Patrick Clark and Wm. Nora, sailors belssg rested in the Beef Market as the landed to the hospital. by August Vigne.a last night and one gold sad silver watch and $10 in currency stolen therefrom Alex.

Gelles was afterwards arrested, oa Bourbon street, charged with being the burglar. It is supposed that he hid ia the bar room before it was closed, aad afterwards made his escape through a window leading into the theatre. Stolkt PuoruxtiT. Corporal MaeUe re rem th More of IS ee srs Forster KubiMt No. 106 Baronne street, oa the night of ths between iTewetabtoi Arrests John Manning was arrested street, cnargea ov aovm money by false E.

Nolton and P. Hatton were arrested oa for fighting Jacob Trout, 6th C. Cavalry, street, charged with shooting with intent ts The SronMBuidivr, Blotcn Down and three men" titedSgat thTdme whose name is unknown, was kiUed aad As other two serious! injured Held Ubdkr tun Haw OaDxa Thoe W. Cronan, who, we learn, is employed iu As uar ie. master's Department, and who was carrying of firearms, aad from there seat to Ae military prison to await trial.

Dead Horse. We are informed that a dead horse or mnle has been lying on Market GT Perhaps the best pun recorded literal,.