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1M pa; 1 MOBILE. 'aidi Gras in the Gulf City. of Infanl Mys" cs, Order of Myths, and Other Associations Sjxcial to thjc PicATumci The streets of the Gulf If ever, more densely carnival his the f.nd boardVg houses were all tilled na r.wl from all narf.a of 'Snt to witness the splendid wpposed eligible views coald was for hoars almost rlwenti were In their sweetest mood, If new i.l AFilAP ariii Tint: 2.M Suant incident occurred through 'tev to mr the hapny ocoaslon. I Wangs to people in portions of 3t! 58? Is! ifSnk. tht We gatherings la the irgMth" are neoessarlly attended v.ZZ in gome form or other.

I there "Jfmsot the kind yesterday It failed 3 tbe ears of this reporter. iSiiL promptly, the boom of cannon f(S fa arrival of Fellx a salute frtT imperial Artillery proclaiming yms tidings to a happy people, his ifintion having taken him in charge. intion having taken him in charge. 1 vision was formed for the triumphal 3 1 1 AiEd moved to the joyous strains of 55 ft band, making martial mosio along marnhlm? iihrraf. In luuv preceded by a most elaborate 5JK'I.

anil Klirr uim lbujd A. .1 SSlwHit brass band, in full uniform. iirorQ uearcr uu uuo uouucioi hack and four negro leaders, came rciowed closely by nis Imperial High Felix Imperaior. nurfl.made his entree into the I. mnnnteri liDOD an elenhant.

received with shouts of acclama tm a kappy people, iub tmperor kos gorgeously rooea in velvets ana 1tnA ami a a rl n.n1 as befitted so powerful a poten are oy wnioi space his niost rich and elegant i tt' hnnafihnlrt and staff arromnanied BKback. and then came the Creole preceding the Martf Graa Pilgrims. ml the loyal subjects of Felix, none r. tTQO render more ready ana wiu fein and allegiance to his Imperial I He MarAl Graa Pilgrlina. I Mieatue peculiar province of the and none who have witnessed parades can for one moment rliit tfley are masters of tne art: jUttfir subjects have borne a local and no taenia essayed by them Area for lck of preper hand ae forget tYlix's military guard, 'forapany or his navy things of the but nevertheless made ever lw tbe extreme lutiicronsiiess with it Ptlgrinis pictured them I We M.

This year the Boss Pilgrim 7ip into the dark shades of the past, te aid his associates aDiiaar be te lonsg subjects of ielir in charnc ji uu murouguiy classical. lie tu Triinph af Mclplo Afrlcanua. i that the subject was most dclt telesqned tells the whole story, but iat be of some interest to our far Crritoknnw "thH hmn nf it wim banner bore the subject in utiove a central uiedalion of scar irtick was a Roman warrior in full Wing from behind an lmuieose owtliiB Vth Anniversary, ist'j Mthe society motto "Carpe Diem," 'itl the socintv if the banner the Creole Brass mil unlforai, preceded a Roman win we standard of famous eagle, the ini NSV 1 and the laurel 'S'fJJ conqueror. A guard, Sjlntiipearand shield, accompanied Pis pHdiers, (about forty of them) then i pi. ud anally the triumphal chariot ordinary dump cart of very 1 PS bout the pilgrims this year by an.

elephant. Upon rSffSlSJ? "x18 one of Sciplo's 'JiftMatoT wBumuiaie tne ftoription would scarcely nuuiu scarcely Ei rf? wero we omit saying lilfflLSf A tWsnobll ucuuu as large as a to. and aU the featured were a cic mure anna one another. win. IvfllfeT the.

Tti.rr uere ii is I tfle Peculiarities of ihm kZZL i36 lnac tne masks mac tne masks I 'mwatauons are cast in one sl: root soldiers consisi of burlans. a short 1 ul Or tnnili hnrAmvul nrltK 15 oi iron. iiii not over six ecaooard. Com e. T', scaooara.

Com if tnem ror shields. counted on dapple 111161118 ot men, rcets were in imita ma the starts were border SltLSXMte tunic and while It A. tovnTi." b. difficult I leart w.8 "Iacaer toan that i Ltiau mitt CI face and black Wuorately got HKiSH! crowned wit: 7Zn Slf xchit IXI II 111 for a man Tn. iui a man kii SI 532 as mouest rS2 Mtir.f?.1' mentorioua.

If fat the 42 1 i Cla in 1 turnout or 'Othe lH.rtil i I lama gDumn ui lWjSSStf? told, may III 15 rXti vuo nignins nave Mulligan L. C. Min. Guards to manner I ou thes waa ho ex iin '8t to thia aIks iaaaafil1 tUo Perfection Unde CdnKthe 'EC. pre tl I column, a ti.

IuponthlsTinTcnbed "WTnponthls, the e. topic of multitudes nrst Iuti the ev ''iWs'lfes. plied upon Ato0.tln or the hn f. ior tne from the aspect 1 fl11 at li's fft. in cronrhinij attitndft.

a male and female fiaure. in bronze, chained ai. sun vi inn Glorious and mitrhtv. Tniii i a came io ru'e Wiin tUaiua blood" Jeccd loat The Dm bar, or rc Jaatlce. aud or jue court was neia Tbo iortlccif the 1 a lace here the Grand Mogul administers juBui io mi lis mnjicts.

Tne palaco, eon Hiruciea oi variegated marble, both pink and green steps ascendiug to the portico, wheieon was the throne, was supported by pillars of the same rich material as com post the base. Rich tapestry hansinjts ciouauuHtru inronp, tno piatlorui nanafomeiy decorated with roses of rich nd handsome design. On the throne sat i wie ureai mogui, surrounded by thirteen cnaxaciers, representing all classes of Hin doo society The proudest lord gives audience The meanest slave finds justice." 1 bird Fleat The Serpent Charmer' Care The dark and gloomy cave of the 8erpent Charmer was built of rough boulders of stone, appropriately arched and snpoi ted by columns. Within, and consuicuous. wa an enormous boa coiled near the centre, and several venomous cobras lay varionsly nuoui me cavern.

An ancient Sevajee held his deadly pets in complete subjugation Dy tne mysterious notes of his tascinatlng pipe, while several Sevajees attend him In his incantations, and awe stricken spectators witness with wonder the miraculous power of the Magi. At which. tonus As they smelt ears." Then he nonnds his pipe. in many folds they coil their music; so he charms their Fourth FIoat Th Fire Warshlpera. The followers of Zoroaster are here represented as engaged In the worship of the pure deity under the form of fire.

High moDg a mass of rocks is perched a rude altar from which blazed the sacred names, while numerous worshipers of the purest Arian race adored the symbol of their deity. Yes we are of the pious crew To Iran and to vengeance true. Who curse the hoar the Arabs came To desecrate our shrines of flame." Fifth Float India and Her Pupils. This float represented a massive pagoda of pure Indian architecture, towering loftily sky ward. Within this the learned pundit, Vakrymaka, the great original of the Hindoos who, be it borne in mind, was claimed to le the original teacher, taught Pythagoras, Zoroaster and Confuclns the principles of philosopby.

India and Her Pupils," the Greeks, Persians and Chinese, were here depicted as listening to the words of wisdom from the learned pundit, while Hindoos of the higher class stood by as listeners. Four approaches led to the temple of the learned pundit, which was based upon a foundation of exquisite rock Brave conquerors for so ye are That war against your own atlections, So ye may larn and teach." Sixth Float Tht Harem. Here we had a beautiful picture of Oriental splendor and luxury. A beautiful temple, of Eastern architecture, curtained with lick lace, carpeted with damask and lighted with brilliant chandeliers, shedding a soft radianee upon a scene of Eastern luxury The roof upheld by twelve graceful pilasters, surmounted by minarets, we may say, composed the float. Within this temple a throne of state, mounted upon a double dais, was in the rearor after partand served lor the gloomy conqueror Sakiamuni as a seat.

He was surrounded by dancing girls, harem beauties and officers of the seraglio. On cushions of down the conqueror lay, And his eyes ou beauty dwelt. But his heart was dead and far away As te thought of the blood he split." Seventh Float The Titter Tlunu A realistic scene from the junsrles of I Oia here presented itself. A mounted horseman, attended by three Shikarris, appears hh confronted by three enormous tigers. The savage beasts are partially concealed by the luxuriance of tropical vegetation, urd tho whole afforded a most effective tableau.

Ard on the word, the hunted tiger spy, Whose frothy mouth bepamted. all with red, Oresonhis hunter with envenomed rage." Eighth Float The Great Adon. This was the grand effort of the display for the street parade of the O. O. M's last night.

On a car of gigantic dimensions eat the Great Adon. Beneath a canopy thirty three feet high, on a superb throne, and mo3t magnificently clad, sur joiiBded by brave warriors, rich merchants, pious priests and learned teachers, be appeared for the first time to the eyes of our tHvored citizens, and in a manner worthy of lis wealth, power and wisdom. The car upon which ho approached was a most elaborate piece of mechanism. Thirty three feet long, thirty three feet liigh, eight Jc et broad, and mounted upon wheels fourteen feet in diameter, it was the cynosure of all eyes. Approaching the seat of the great Adon by a flight of stairs, we found him guarded by four bronze lions, natural as life, while twenty three living figures were upon the platform, around and in front of him.

Hiuh on a throne of royal state, which far Oiicshone the wealth of princes and of war, Adon exalted sat, by merit raised." After the usual parade through the streets the O. O. repaired to the theatre to meet their friends who were to witness the tableaux and join them in the dance. At the theatre were presented eight tableaux, which gave a very lucid representation of American Pastimes," using four lloats to carry out the design. The first float gave Base Ball upon a field of green, representing the' Held, with nine characters the second.

Aquatio Sports," a boat race represented by an eight oared boat, of modern form the third, "Creedmoor Rifle Practice," with seven characters, marksmen, markers and scorers the fourth float gave a most excellent burlesque of the race course. Six nobby horses or flying horses contested the race upon a circular course, and they were simply immense. The burlesque by this society was most splendid in all its detail, and we regret our inability to give a more detailed description. A company of horsemen grotesquely at tiied, from over the creek, supposed to be made up of market men. came next, and contributed not a little to the creation of gt tieral merriment.

The F. U. o. was next, on a high float, eighteen strong, In burlesque of a theatrical orchestra and made discordant music ir their wonderful instruments. The M.

M. on floats, and the O. T. also on floats, well represented, came next and created their share oi fan by their capital mimicry. lack of time and space precludes na from going lonsrer Into detail.

A long train of general maskers, mounted, vehicles of every conceivable description and on foot, wound up the cavalcade. Felix received the keys of the city from the Mayor, and then proceeded to show himself to his subjects in a grand triumphal procession. At night he and bis household attended the entertain nient given by the O. O. and was most heartily welcomed there as everywhere else.

After the procession bad sufficiently pa iaied, the several societies were dismissed, each to make merry in its own way. The Iv. O. entertained their friends with a ball at the Battle House, followed by a sumptuous banquet in the afternoon, but we heard of no other such assemblages by the day societies. His Excellency Gov.

Cobb and his Secretary of State were in the city to render homage to Felix, and were the special guests of the Infant Mystics, who bestowed upon them all befitting attention. The Infant Dlyatlca. Time flies; the times change, and as the time chances so also change the men of the time. It is row just ten years since the I. Ms.

made their first appearance, and this sterling society, though infantile in name as well as juvenile in fact, (when aire is reckoned ft om the standpoint by which the other mystic societies are adjudged) has its metamorphoses kept steadily up with the times. Its career has been a marked success from the beginning, and no single failure is inscribed upon its record. This known fact led the Mobile public to look for something from them a little extra line, and no disappointment followed this well justified expectation. From the day upon which the I. Ms." first paraded as theH.

S. 8., the displays they have made were ever of a brilliant character, and each successive representation has, we might almost say, eclipsed Its precedent. It was thou tht that Queen Victoria's visit to Balmoral," the introductory theme of the society now under notice, was unsurpassable. And yet this has become almost, we might say, among those tbiBgs consigned to the dark shades of oblivion in the light of the several gems that have since passed through the kaleide handling. bi at ion Bulwer's rade nnder their happy Wln Of tll beautiful iege of Granada" from tory of Lena," can lorget the joyous shon Meeant iZ A tnt fha air a tho tirtTtL P8S 0 i A i i i i a8 no can ror uu? ttjt raTnA ub on lniants passed before an admiring: p.

fr" night's display be beatea Vi a unanimous verdict, and yet. ni? and secrecy," they plodded arsttg Bur" pae it. Last night gave evidence of what rn. is ever in store for those who contintw. frhont Excelsior." But we apprehend! tJsv we may write so long a preface as to render necessary a curraiiiuenj or tne story.

We have room only for a list of the sub jects representee: Dy tne oats. First Float Clio, the Muse of History, handsome pedestal, or rather column. Second Float Euterpe, Muse of i oftry. Third Float Thalia, Muse of Comedy. Fourth Float Melpomene, the Muse of Trasredy.

Fifth Float Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance. Sixth Float Erato, Muse of Erotio Poetry and Mimic Imiratton. Seventh Float Polymnia, Muse of the Sub lime Hymn. Eighth Float Urania, Muse of Astrono my Ninth Float Calliope, Muse of Heroic loetry. Tenth Float The Oracle of Dublin.

The Infant Myths paraded through sev tralof our principal thoroughfares to Tern reran ce Hall, where they met their lady friends and others who basked in the light of their favor. Here they gave a beautiful tableau, "Appolloand the Moses," in statuary, wherein were exhibited all the char acters employed in the representation His Excellency Gov. Cobb was a special guest of the Infant Mystics, and was taken care of on his arrival in the city and during ne evening Dy memoers or the order And so closed Maroi Gras in Mobile, the most brilliant of its kind ever known in the l.itory of masquerading in this city, the "Mother of Mystics." The number of visitors, we believe, was ereater tnan ever before, and the satisfao tion at the able manner in which the several secieties handled the subjects chosen for epresentation was unbounded. The Giant Girl's Funeral. Remarkable Gathering of Strange People at the Service.

Annie Wood, best known as the Mor mon Giant Girl," died very unexpectedly on Monday last, aud waa baned from ber late home at C(i West Fourth street. Washington Square, yesterday. She was 22 years of age. and weighed 516 pounds. She was not a Mormon.

1c was Mr. Starr, of the American Museum, who christened her when she first came to tne city and was exnosed as a curios! tv in the Bowery two years ago. and his grounds lor selecting the i ane were that the death about that time of Rngham Young had nide the term Aiormon" onrrenf. and that, he couldn't tiii of anything better. She was born io Hroadnead, and had always lived there nntil she came to New York.

Ia person, notwithstanding her immense size, she was very pretty. Her akin was fair, her cheeks were very rosy, she had a little retrousse nose, and a tine set of small white teeth were nearly always showing between lips that were fall and red and that were llanked by deep dimples on either side. Her eyes were brown and bright, and surrounded by a Pair of eybbrows that arched prettily and lent a piquant expression to tne Kood natared ruple face andBhehad abundant brown hair, which she wore frizzled and generally tied np in bright colored ribbons nrther tnan her race, save that her (kin was fair and delicate, the beauty of he 1 at girl can hardly be said to have xt ended. She had no neck, and her vaistwasa vast expanse that was not arkea bv anv nilierence rom its con it gent parts. While on show, she dress in a loose, snort gown ox red or blue.

with low neck and short sleeves, and her feet were laced in kid boots of cor et. ponding color, above the tops of which her ankles burst forth in alarming vo nu.e. Mie was sprightly, and never de parted from berfect good nature, and she si nd her bosom friend, Zoe Mehke. the Circassian girl, were the acknowledged beauties of both the American Museum nid of Barn urn's "Annex" show in the mamer season. Annie Wood bore a good character and was the recipient, her companions say, of proposals of marriage from many rr rsotisot a very good position in life bho did not choose a companion, however, until last.

December, when she married John rlancreaa, who at the time was a ticket seller at the Hippo rtrome. They lived very happily together. Her death was caused by fatty degeneration of the heart. Yesterday, at 1 o'clock, the time ap pointed for the funeral, the girl's body lay exposed in the room whioh she and her husband hadeccupied. She had flow era in her bands, and a stand at the head of her coffin was heaped, with nnwers.

Ail her friends, the curiosities, for ap parent reasons, could not be there, but some were present, and a good many had come who had been associated with her in Barnnm's show. Mr. Bunnell, the proprietor cf the Museum, Bat near the coor, and the Circassian. Zoe Melike, tat near him, her wonderful hair thwart ed now in a measure and bound by hat and veil within a reasonable circumference. Mr.

Starr, of the Museum, sat between the two albino sirls. Ettie Rogers and Luoia Agria. M'lle Rose, the beamed lady, was half hidden by one cf the window curtains. She wore a veil tied about her lower face, and her beard was concealed. Others of the show proceeelon who were there were Dick Burke, the lightning drill man Dan Luke, the Irish comedian; John Tudor, of the Tudor family Miss Kings land, equestrienne M'me Nora, the glass blower M'me Myers, auother bearded lady the Miaco sisters, equestriennes, and Mattie Lewis, the chariot rider.

The husband, a good looking young man, with florid face, sat crying, as tha Kev. Mr. Richmond, pastor of the Asbary Methodist Church, read the burial service, and made a brief address, wherein he spoke of the frailty of human life and the compensation of immortal hope. Tne chariot rider and several of the women cned bitterly. When the brief service wp.8 ended the coffin was olosed, and the pall bearers, Alfred Winters Andrew Shades tnoL ecpold Kohn, of the Museum, and Sergeant Burke, Dau Luke and Dick Sands, of the profession, bore it to the head of the stairs.

Bat the Btairway was narrow, and the bearers conld not walk with their burden so it was set down and slid gently over the steps to the hall below. A curiouB group bad collected about the hearse in the snow outside, and watched the departure of the little procession, which, besides the hearse, consisted only of three carriages. The body was taken to the Forty Second Street Station, and thence by rail to Wood la wh. JS'eu York Sun. Lotta, the actress, earns money very rapidly, but is unfortunate in her investments.

She was induced by the advice of several Californians. several years ago, to nut $50,000 into a worthless gold mine. Learning that her advisers were bribed by the man of whom she bought the stock, she has sued him to recover the money. Mr. Coolidge, an Englishman, with four guides, made the ascent of the great Schteckhorn, in Switzerland, the othtr day, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and found the thermometer on the summit of the mountain marked several degrees above freezing point.

In a single county in Texas there are 50,000 sheep, a larger number than in any other county in the Union. The ocean produces what Shadines. Dr. F. H.

Knapp Bon, dentists, IS Ba ronne, have reduced their prices. Bee card. Sow to Build a Yacht. A Cary Smith's Lecture Before the Sea. wanhaka Yacht Clab.

Before the Sea wanhaka Yaoht Club ai Delnionico's, Mr. Cary Smith lectured on the construction of centre board yachts. The fact that Mr. Smith designed the yachts Comet, Dream. Vindex.

Mdcai, Meteor, Prospero, and Intrepid, and that he has made a special study of tds class of naval architecture for the pass twenty years drew together a large number of yachtsmen who listened at tentively. described an oyster boat, tlx1 Col well, that even in rough, heavy ta. her can run along the beach as well and Av larger craft. The Admiral sloop, aoout bO feet long, is, he said, another striking illustration of the stiff ness of thlw kind of craft. Her nb can be furled anv' she can be put in stays and jibbed as Well as with all sai.

Her centre board is well aft, and she has a small forefoot and a good drag. When we sail veasebj of over 100 tons we find that keel and centre board per orm nearly alike with some advantage in favor of the centre board in short work to windward. This was consp.ca ous when the Dauntless Bailed the Mo hawk. Although the former was decirf edl the best shaoed vessel she was badlv beaten to windward, ou teamed and out sailed, lae Mohawk had at the time but forty tons of ballast just enough to trim ner. This snows that in large vessel beam is better than ballast It is certain troe while all sail can be car ei.

The Sappho, too, showed this in Ei gland although carrying there only ballast as should have been carried by a ve.s forty feet shorter. When we remember the vast fleet of coasting vessels that are continually cruising on our coasts in all kinds of weather, we find that the centre board is a great success. It combines speed in all weather, together with a fair amount of safety. The long cruises of the Palmer and Idler are cases in point, and yet both these vessels have their share of plate te show that they are not lacking in the qualities of the Mughunter." 'Louisiana As It Ia. Persons desiring to send a copy of Louisiana As It Is." by Dan'l Dennett, Agricultural Editor of the Picayune, to any person in other States, Canada or Europe, who may wish for Information on the topography and.

valuable resources of Louisiana, may leave his own name and the post ollioe address of the person to whom he wishes the book to bo mailed, and six cents in post office stamps to pay postage, at No. 8 Commercial Place, near the Picayune office, and the President of the Bnreau of Immigration will have the book mailed as directed. No charge, only for postage. This book contains 251 pages of reading matter, and is sold at the book stores in the i ty for cents. Sent by mail for 00 cents.

This is the only book in print giviug valua ble Information on the agricultural capacities of this State. Personal. Mr. John P. Hawn.

of the Dallas Herald. is among the visitoia to the city. Trie king of potted things shadines. Attention Is fi publishers vt rtisement. called to a rare opportunity or newspaper uhu.

See au Whenever I cease to love lnes. FINANCIAL. What! Shad Ecave mineral waters, sodas and meads Try tbe new, refreshing, health drink. Try Krost's new Weiss beer, on Gravier, near Cauip street. Too hot for animal food.

Take shadines. r.OGARDrS AT THE FAIR GROUNDS TO Day. Capt. Botrardus. the champion wine shot of the world, will shoot at the Fair Grounds at half past 3 o'clock to day.

ne will undertake to break 1000 glass balls In less than seventy minutes. Always ready, need no cooking shadines. Meteorological Record. FF.I1KUA.RT 253:43 P. M.

fUM. Hi Uiio'xi. nhauai liid'acolo KeofcnJL. osse uoavenwortn LotuavUle, tf omvhls Mhvlile 'v Omaha. C2 Pittsburg S3 60 78 27 I 42 2iJ St PatU Is 6i vtcksbara 76 73 Yankton, D.

7 30 Atijrata. 73 22 Atlanta 67 Corsloana 8S 61 Chattanooga 68 07 Key Weak 75 67 MobUa 65 74 XontfonvT 72 9 US New Orleans, 6:35 P. FeT. 25. 1879.

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United States Standard Thermometer. February 25, 1879. 6.M. S3IIP.M 13 mm 72 I P. 73 70 PICAYUNE OFFICE, Tuesday, Feb.

25, 1879, 11:30 A. M. The banks and Stock Exchange were closed to day, and no business was trans acted in financial circles. Yesterday private sterling bills of ex change closed at 4 82 4.83, aud bank at a 4 to Private francs at 6.22I 2 a 217b. and nominal.

Commercial sitcht on New York Vi discount, the banks checking at par. wate consols closed yesterday at sim 5 and city premium bonds at 25545 251c. COMMERCIAL. PICAYUNE OFFICE, I Tuesday Evening. Feb.

25. 1879. Advices from other markets are not favorable to day, and while buyers are Indisposed to go on unless at concessions holders were indifferent about selling. There was there tor little or nothing done np to 11 o'clock, when the Cotton Exchange closed and all btiHiness was suspended. The official closing quotations of the Cotton Exchange yesterday were as follows Li Ordinary Uidiziaiy Gi.Oii Onlinary.

i ow Miud.iEg lddlinff 0: o1 Middling Middling Fair 8 b34 9 a IO 10 78 OCEAN FREIGHTS The market is doll with a heavy supply of tonnage on hand. The steam and sail rate to Liverpool is now the same. Bulk grain is coming forward pretty freely and the prospects are favorable for large shipments thia spring. We quote Cotton. Liverpool Havre Beval Oer.oa Steam.

6ltd 7 16(1 7 16c Barcelona New York. Sail. 6 1 tid 11 160 al 13S 'd 7sO Xioeton, Provl denoe, FaU Kiv er and Philadelphia, via N. IfiO By Steam Bulk grain, per quarter, to Continent 6s. ea.6s.

9d. East shipment to Liverpool at 7d. bushel. To New York Sugar $5 and molasses $1 25, rice flour 60c. bbl.

By Sail Tobacco to Bremen 45s. sugar to New York $3, molassea do. to Boston $1 25; flour to Liverpool bulk train to the Continent 5s. 6d. qu.

oil cake to U. K. to Cork for orders staves to Spanish ports $75. TOBACCO As we have reported lor some time past, there Is no business in this line, for want of stock to work upon. Factors look for large receipts as soon as the weather permits shipments from the West.

The supply on sale ia confined to 700 hhds. Nominal rates are as follows Low lugs 2fcc, medium good and fine low leaf 331,0., medium 6s6ac Selections 9Sl0c. good and fine 7 a KICE Supplies of this article are small. uul oi tne ciop ias been mara tel, and transactions are confined mainly to th We Quote Choiee 64c prime good fair ordinary I hT 4 wmjnn eb no. 2 34ic, SUGAR Vh raa)nta jwvrt.vwtMA RiO 1,1,1 ine position of the market is materially un ueoiana to day is sugnt ana Btrong.

we quote: interior 3 Vt. iair oc, runy lair 6hic eeconos yellow clarlfled 7 i i i. Wu muvoa cinoioe wnltes to a. ju yiAaatM Keceipts 629 bbls. The mar Cl 18 qmel anfl tl mi Xl'c.

nxuxtA Cimm 203220.. fair "i w.fi.VJ" I JZ aio centrifugal 20 aim fr ii Alton. CORN The market Is steady and LT JJ "vO' eaies 500mixed j2Jn 4V, 600 rAa ousnei. 5r A18 Are lD mo(jerate requesS and firm wiiii saies or 400 at 35c. and 300 at 3430.

BRAN Quiet 70c. cwt. hay Qniet. $17 ton. 250 and 200 bags sold at Bales 217 bales.

Choice at Kiir Maj be quoted nominally at SKJi price isi 12V 1 for Ne. 2 St. Louis, free on board hre. i H. i 81 KOOF OATS PlentT and ncm at do as boo.

Duan. tiiULK A. very small bnsiness was done in JtlOUr tO aaV. It bAln? a. hnlirlac otherwise thre was no change, prices rol iufc nicitu; bi preTions rates.

Common la quoted at 9393 25, superfine 3 60, single extra $3 75. double extra low treble extra $4 254 37 good treble extra 4 600.4 62, choice treble extra $4 8T a i tfsraa'a, cnoice extra S3 37)2 a ov, jhucj ViJBO 7 DDI. Dealers and grocers obtain 60c. above tnese prices ror job lota. wnn i.al vuiet ana nrm with a fair demand.

We quote good to choice, ex lanamg, at 10a2 15. Dealers obtain the usuai aovance or i5S25c. on these prices 8aies 50 bbls. at $2 15. GKiro Are quoted at $2 903 bbl.

ueaiers are joooing at 93 ad 10 bbl. HUM in is selling from first hands at 2 70 2 75 and jobbing at S3 bbl. CREAM AND PEARL MEAL Is selling oijwivv mi wjia; joDmng at 53 25 dou 1 okk. Although the advices from the west were a shade easier to day at the opening, prices in our local trade continued to rule strong, with a srood conxiiintitlvA xnand. We quote old mess at 62 '2 a 9 75, new mess at $11 all 12 '2.

Dealers obtain mirner prices. DRY 8 ALT MEAT The lmnrovempnt. In the value of shoulders noticed yesterday is uiaiuiBJueu. uui Biaes continue auu ana un cnangea. we quote shomders 3Jsc.

loose and 4c. packed; clear rib aides 5w54o. and clear sides SaS'ao. Dealers obtain an advance or io. on these prices.

BACON Old bacon is dull and held at rates fully a. 56c. below those on new baron. pew profluct is steady and unchanged. We quote old shoulders ibi s'sc.

nominal, and new do. nominal. Sides are steady ui bc. iur ciear nun anu tin ior clear. Dealers obtain higher prices.

Sales 20 boxes 0111 ciear 6io.es at 6 'sc. HAMS Choice nualities sell free.lv and rule Arm. We quote: Choiee suar cured vS9fi2C. ror canvased and 67c. for un canvased.

Dealers obtain an advance or Ho. on these prices. lard Dull, but holdflss ouote the market strong at previous quotations We quote: Packers' and kettle dried Lard 36Hc. in tierces and 77Vfco. in Kei8; renned Lard is nrm, in tierces and in kegs.

Dealers obtain tne usual advance on these prices. BREAKFAST BACON Ts In trcod suddIv ard very dull, quoted at to. iicr jieiii: sijipiy ana Kooa (inmana. V.ef.t ir is.SfIIinc at tt0al2 60 and ti 75 67 ball bbl. Fuiton Market, ts 25 hlf bbl.

PACKFRft' HOG PRODUCTS Prime Mess 23. Prime Pork 88 Ramp Pork Family Mews Pork 610 I'M; Pig Pork phU and bbls. 10; iign Feet tl 25 keg, ti 25 tirkin.14 50 5 tierce Pigs Tongues 3'ao. apiece PaiinKes 4)ac. 4r to I COFFEE The feeline in prices is stronz aud we note a ialr business doing at these li ices, with an ample supply wAKUCEh.

JOB LOTS. Prime 18 164 I Prime 187HS3. CiooA 15 SlS'Booa lS alR Fair 14 144 Fair 14a1434 r)rlirjaiy 11 11 4 I Ordiuarv ll'sdimt j'xrreine range l42.i7H2. COTTON SEED OIL Refined offered for export at crude irregular and nominal. BAUULWU As usual at this season of the year there is no demand and prices are nominal.

2 tB is quoted at 2 a Ho. yard. NAVaL STORES Trade in this line continues on a very moderate scale. We qnote: Spirits of Turpentine 27328c. Kallon Rosin and SI 40.

tl GO. 65. I $1 75, $2 25, Tar 3 25 Pitch a 2 2 bbl. IRON COTTON TIES Arrow Tie 2. Grip Tie 1 75.

V. 8. Iron Company Tie $2, Acme Tie a 75 bundle, with discount on round lors. COTTON SEED OIL CAKE Country mills make $l9d20, city $20 5,21 ton. WOOL Continues ulet at previous prices.

We quote Burry 8l0c Louisiana clear 183 20c. clear lake 19321c. m. HIDES Prices unchanged. Country green are qnoted at 6a6c, dry salted 9 dry flint lC allo.

fB. In city slaaeh tr sales are making as follows Steer hides, over 85 m. rb. 70 to 84 nnuer 70 ft 5hi0. cow hlds, as they run, kips.

25 to 30 ft. kips. 20 to 24 to. oalf skins, each. 75c.

beeswax, prime yellow. 03r if ox horns each, 80. TALLOW 8ales city for export at 6c. Texas at 6c. m.

FERTILIZERS Ruling rates are as fol lows: Amor Smith Ammonia ted Super Phosphate of Lime, $55; Amor Smith iV Bone Meal, 45 ton lue aigrais No. 5, $65; Stern's Raw Bone Super Phos phate, ton of 2000 is, $60: Stern line Ground Bone, ton of 2000 ft, $40; Amrao niated 8up9r Phosphate. ton of 2000 ft, $45, put up in baes of 200 ft each; Sulphuric Acid, 2Vc; Nitric Acid. 13o. Muriatio Acid, 3c Muriate or nn, 25c; jcopperas.

l4c. in; Neats Foot Oil, 85c. gallon Pine Island Guano, $40 ton Pine Island Am iDoniated Phosphate, $40 ton; Peruvian Ouano. $70 ton, sack 4o. a.

BtaUuna THE KITK Steamer Departures TM Day. Lower Coast KITT1K NYK, 3 P. Lower Coast ALVIN. 11 A. SC.

Opeloosas FANCHON, 5 P. H. Opelousas YAZOO, 6 P. H. Vicksbnrg EOBT.

E. LEK, SP.M. Latonrche ABSUlCPTIOI. 8 A.M. Upper Coast WHISPKK.

11 A. M. Bayou Sara JOHN W. CANNON. 5 P.

M. TETK. 8 A.M. Onach.ta JOHN H. HaNNA, 5 P.M.

Cin. CHARLES MORGAN, 5 P.M. Shreveport LaURA LEK, 6 P. M. Mlndea JEWEL, SF.K.

Camfien CORONA, 5 P. M. Bayou Teche BEDFORD, 5 P. M. St.

Louis PORT EADd, 12 M. ITpi er Coast LUCY E. GASTRELL, 5 P. M. PICAYUNE OFFICE, I Wednesday.

Feb. 26. 1879. S7AOK OV WATaa IN THE RIVERS, AS reported by (Signal Service telegrams, with chasgoa for the 24 hoars, ending it IP. M.

lue day, Feb. nary 25, 1878. Above low Cbanra. water. Rise.

Fall. Inch Iaoh. Inoh. caiio 26 a CiDOlrjcatl 19 9 Leaven orth 3 9 8 19 5 Math vide 19 New 3 11 5 1 5 Sureveport Ht. Lo'jIm tieiow mgn 14 7 7 35 water mark of 1874.

3 12 8 0 0 12 0 0 1 4 IS 0 1 2 23 T. V.VAN HiCUBB', Berjr't 81f. Corps U. 8. A The weather yesterday was all that could be desired for a holiday, the air being clear and bracing, with lixht southerly wind.

The sun shone brightly during the entire day. Business on tho Levee was not very brisk, there being but two departures. There were a few arrivals, among which was the Henry Frank, from Memphis, with a large cargo and several passengers. ARRIVALS. The arrivals on yesterday were of a local nature.

DEPARTURES. Ed. J. Gay, Belle, Isabel. OLD W.

T. Hewitt t'B JSD. N. THAYEB. F2G 5t 76 KENTUCKY MSKIES WARRANTED ABSOLUTELY PURE.

SCHMIDT ZIEGLER, Wholesale Agents, K. w. riEKRrot. Fred. N.

Thayer IG2 GraYier street. 13 Union street. A RRI AGE REPOSITORY, 162 Gravier street, New Orleans, (Opposite St. Charles Hotel.) I have removed from 39 Maraxlna Hftrt th nm li JvTh' th mo In the L'ARRIAOK DEPARTMENT Mr. W.

It rJUiltA, (at his old stand of J. A. Lam A Co.) 1 shall otratlnne to tho agent of CHANE, BREED COMPANY, 171VRTAiriM' nrMirn CASKETS. HEARSES and fifat specialty. Tins wiU be the only depot the Botth for lfJ? e.72P: nr 8 nggiee and Light Carriages, from.

Cincinnati J. Cnnning liam, feon Co 'a Back Carnaeea and ft juu Vmnt. i nnm. wn. kt JtlTl? beet makers, and an ample swot of aad Children' car 16 'J Gravier street.

rntu. Tl. I HATLK, Fl lmMifliW 13 Union street. 1879 SHADINES 1879 3STI2STTI3: SEASON. Onr this eeasoB's catch now reaSv.

ia tba flnoiit tiavn Avar nni vu, tave pi oyed tnelr undoubted bnpeiioritr. Parity and Economy, and being unexcelled a a pro vnj uu, uioy ivk.uw it cwxuuw uroriM) ia mo worm 8 maraet. Their nnparalled see. in furmer neaun unlnced tha packb.g of iniitsiion goods by other pari ie, which were oonant by some dealers iIiDinvb ignorance or for tiieir cheapness. Such Hire liases were attend inl mill the usual re i'lie oelerltv wltli bich a lonohecn or meal can te obtaitei etinirlng no cooking or preparation, being al avs reafly), renders mu pecujia ly acoopt a'ue to travieeis, plo iiio and excursion iiariies, for general nze.

Tl eir le icious, plQuaint fla sat 1 flea the palate the must fastidioos. vrbile tbeir cheapness (l Ids: now about eno hait of the original price), meets quireineaui of Domical. Ute ra the SHADINES are packed in hermet rt oally sealed tins, ottnea. all boanlesa.ln a mild, pleasing, aopoUzina: sance, palatable to all, free from the oily properties of the Sardine, retaining only the nam ral richness or the Shad, and realT tor the tablo 5 all times, for dinner, lunch, evenins; meal, r3 0y merely opening Uio box. We are the onlv paok ra of the OElUIfK SHABINKS.

Thevaro oar trade mark. HOWE 0DELL, 147 Reade street, Neir York. SOLD BY ALff WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS. Depot RlcGKATII fc COMITON, 103 Poydraa New Orleans. Jail 3mSu Wed The resrolar Beml weeklyBavou packet Assumption, Capt.

P. Charlet. will leave ednesday luornine. at 8 o'clock, for Thibodaux and way landings on Biynu Iifou che. The Assumption will tke ireight for Loekport ana landings below Thibodanx.

Messrs. Dupuis, Oauthreaiiit. Uitrroue and Charlet have charge of the of lice. Our next departure for Cincinnati will be that larye side wheel and popular packet tteamer Chas. Morgan, with Alfred Steia in command.

She leaves on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 5 P. M. Mr. Harry 6tein.

a popular 'i. entleman.ofliciates in the office Shippers of freight as well as travelers for St. Louis, Cairo, Memphis and bend land ings are hereby reminded that Cant. W. H.

Carter's new and first class Anchor Line packet John A. Scudder, is receiving at the upper wharf for the above named points, and departs on Thursday, at 5 P. M. Shiopers, give the Scudder a good Bend off. xae upper coast pacaet Whisper, Capt.

J. A. Com stock, with Messrs. Woods and Dean in the office, leaves on Wednesday morning, at 11 o'clock, for Bayou Goula and Upper Coast landings. Capt.

H. 11. Broad's resrular Tuesday TJ. 8. mail packet Fanchon leaves Wednesday, at a.

ior upeiousas and way landings. Mr. T. Jobin is chief clerk. Tbe steamer Assumption, leaving this morning at 8 o'clock, will take the steamer Trenton's freight.

The Trenton lays up. The steamer Assumption will hereafter represent Capt. U. D. Terrebonne's interests in the Bayou Lafourche trade till further orders.

The regular Tuesday Opelousas packet Yazoo, Capt. Wm. Crawford, leaves on Wednesday, at 6 P. for Opelousas and way landlatis. Mr.

B. 8chmft is chief olerk. The E. M. Norton with eight empty barges lef last night for the Ohio River.

The Red River line steamer Jewel. Capt. CbHS. P. Truslow, Clerk Chas.

W. Drown, will leave on Wednesday, February 26tb. at 5 P. for Minden and Lake Bistcneaa. The Mississippi Valley Transportation Company's steamer Port and barges, leaves on Wednesday, at 13 for st.

I.ouifl, taking fre ror all points dver the tU'EOf? wntral Railroad and Its connections. Capt. Nelson Davis commands, and Capt. John A. Stevenson, No.

46 Camp street, is tbe agent. The steamer Corona, Capt. Jack De nart, will depart Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 5 P. for Camden, Eldorado, and way landings on Ouachita River.

Shippers 6cnd down your freight. Mr. Ed. G. whelps Is chief clerk.

Capt. J. F. Aucom's regular semi weekly packet Henry Tete will leave on Wednesday, this morning, at 8 o'clock, for Thibodaux and way landings ou Bayou Lufouicho. Messrs.

Landry, OberKmp, iruthreaux and Crochet have cbarze of the office. The champion Vicksburg U. 8. mall Tuesday packet Robt. E.

Lee, Capt. Wm. Campbell, with Mr. A. McVay as chief clerk, wiU be receiving for Vieksbure; and way landings, and depart on Wednesday, at 5 P.

M. Shippers, send down your freight. The regular daily packet Kitty Nye, Capt. John Kouns, leaves daily (Sundays' ex cepted, at 3 P. for Lower Coast landings.

Mr. Dillon is chief elerk. The Red River Line will send out on Wednesday, Feb. 26, the steamer Laura Lee for Shreveport and ail way landings on. Red River.

The regular Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Upper Coast packet Belle. Capt. J. A. Ruiz, in place of the stsanier Mary Ida, will leave Tuesday, at 10 o'clock, for Jacobs's Haw Mill and College PoinU Capt.

J. E. Brou is chief clerk. The new, fleet and tm surpassed New Orleans, Bayou Sara and Coast United States mail packet John W. Camion, Capt J.

C.Libano. leaves this (Wednesday evening, at 5 o'clock, punctually, for Bavon sara and the usual Upper Coast lanlintcs. The Cannon is a regular Wednesday and Saturday packet, leaving promptly on those dava at 5 P. M. Capt.

John H. Mossop has charge of the office. The regular tri weekly Lower Coast packet Alvin, Capt. W. T.

Soovell, will leave this morning, at 11 o'clock, for Lower Coast landings. Cant. John Taylor is chief clerk. The following steamers overlaid onfii Wednesday. As may be seen, they will leave promptly then as advertised Henry Tete, Fanchon, Ed.

J. Gay, Yazoo, Whisper, K. E. Lee, Corona. The Ouachita River Transportation Company's U.

S. mail steamer John Hanna, fcapt. Jack W. Blanks. Clerk Ben G.

Corn well, is now receiving to leave thia Wednesday, the 2Cth, at 6 P. for Ouachita City. Monroe! Trenton and all way landings on Black and Ouachita Rivers. For the Very Best and Nerer Fa dine: Patent Photographs 121 GO TO Uanai street (Tour Building.) 121 F25 Sna J. II.

KELLER, Manufacturer of soapiist a. AND a I aT a JM "rvtf Itoi la J8ft9 All Kinds Laundry and Toilet Soaps. F26 3m Q7 COMMEKCK. OFFIOIAL BUSINESS. HEW ORLKAN8, Deo.

23, 1878. Wanted. Teams, Wagons or Drays to haul in contravention from the Levee to wara. Lonses. Apply to WHARFISOKB, First District, feot of Lafayette street.

J. HENRY BEHAN, '27 tf Adininiatrater of Contmerco. Attention Attention SELLING OUT On Account or Liquidation. AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY MAMOXBS, JEWEIBF AXD SILFESASI Is offered at COST AND BELOW COST. I offer fcr aale at cost price store.

My etock constats of any article ia bit Vimm JEWELEF AD SI1YKWAU, Foreign and Amexlcan WATCHES, Ladies and Gents' GOLD CIIAI tT8, NECK CHAINS and BRACXjUBTS, of Vie Latest Styles. A 11 of these goods most bo sold before Febrm ary 25, as I intend retiring from btutinesa. Auction wiU commence on tha 20tk at o'clcck, P. M. F.

R. Lucas, 20 Royal atreeU yi im2dpSaSnTa.