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City Intelligence.
FIRST SPRING REGATTA This opening event of
the aquatic sports of the took place yesterday oppo
site the Lake House from the terminus of the Shell Road
on Lake Pontchartrain. ..,-.,, D.. - .
The prize beautiful silver goblet for pleasure
yachts only There five entriss-the Marposa rs
feet inches keel the Secret q feet inches the RE
beaud 80 feet Harry Hays II feet and the Grey Hound
II feet
The was from the Lake end of the New Canal to
the pcques opposite the terminus Of the Railroad dis
lance of three and one half miles and back a.,
There fresh breeze blowing from the South
strong emo to create gentle ripple the face of the
Lake which gradually lulled in the course of the race
and finally fell into almost perfect calm The fleet went
off with free wind and down the shore to near the
turning point where the breeze lued and with it the
excitement of the On nearing the turning point
the Riebeaud was far ahead but owing some misap-
prehension to the of turning the stake her
hemsman put her the wrong side and she was com
PEELED to tack and rerun her This gave her COM
pettor advantage which neither speed nor nautical
tact could recover
At the turning point the breeze bafed and the taller
ofthe winds let them off in ful gusts blowing from all
his mouths. On the home the wind was fair again
Marpos the and the prize by allowance of time
the Secret being second.
We are not enabled to give the final placing
The Marposa is the property of Nh. Sherman the
Riebeaud built at Vaudeville and the Secret in the
city, by Mr. Campbell apprentice of Robert Fish, of
NewYork. 4-.,.,.,..
This but the beginning of the end and the fanc;ers
ofaquatc sports look forward to Regatta season OF u-
usual brilliancy
The MEETING ON SATURDAY NIGHT.--The
meeting called the purpose of celebrating on the
ton of establishing Navy Yard this port assembled
at the American Theatre.
The attendance though not large, respectable and
given of the meeting.
Major j. A Beard called the assembage to order and
nominated the following officers:
Presdent-A. D. CRossMAS.
Pice Presdents-ExG Isaac johnson, Logan
Hunton, Michael Musson, Samuel J. Peters L. j. Harris
Leonard Mathews II. c. Cammack Emile LaSere Gen ]
b. Plauche Recorder Genois Recorder Winter, Recorder
Seuzeneau james p Freret Thos. A. Adams Buckner IL
Payne, George q Laurason, Christian Roselus, J. W
Stanton, j. A. Bsrrelli Charles Leeds Patrick Irwin
Col VIM. s Campbell. J. NJ Lapeyre, j. P. Benjamin. Col
H. W Palfrey, NJ NJ. Cohen A. Nj. Hobrook, Dennis Gro
nan W g Claiborne, Isaac N. Marks, John Egerton
Randel Hunt. W, Noise, Col Maunsel White, Samuel
Stewart Charles Pride, John Sdel j. G. Seymour j. A.
Beard, Chas. NJ Waterman, Alexander Walker Samuel
Jamson.
STANDARDIZATION Neville. B. + Flanders. Louis Hey-
Tiger, John NJ. Burke
The Chair appointed committee to draft resolutions
OF sense OF the meeting,
following gentlemen Messrs W s. Campbell L. j. Harris.
W. G. o. Claiborne Col j. G. Seymour and j. W Stan
ton This committee reported the following resolutions
which were unansmousy adopted
l. Resoled That the citizens of NewOreans owe 1t to
and to the great commercial interests through
out the whole country connected with them to claim from
he Federal that protection which the mpor
lance of the of the place deserves and which
houd be in eonsonance with the strength and character
Of the country.
2 Resored That NewOrleans being one of the principal
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the South is considered by her citizens entitled to
fair proportion of the public expenditure, compared
with other city in the Union ofthe relative
porance and having contributed largely to the general
funds which have been expended in Northern cities
their great advantage and improvement, should in
her turn receive the consideration of in order
promote her advancement by reasonable attention to
her wants.
g. Resolved That in view of the vast commercial i'm
1ortance of this city receiving does the products of
nearly onehaf of the States of the Union and consider
ng close proximity the various Isthmus routes
o the Pacific over which ere long will pass
II immense extent and value it is incumbent upon us to
upon the Federal Government the necessity of hay
ng Navy Yard established here of ample magnitude 20
hat city and its commercial interests may receive
uch protection in the event Of well appointed
Navy lard can afford
Resoued That the citizens of NewOrlcans in general
highly approve Of and in the energetic action
by his Honor the Mayor the present
COUNCILS of the City. well by his Excellency the
GOVERNOR and our State Legislature in endeavorng to
impress upon the Administration Washington by able
md unanswerabe arguments, as shown by their memo
ias and reports the desire of this community that
'ayy Yard should be established here 'I - 's
D. Resolved That have noticed with satisfaction the
movements already made for the establishment here of
'aVy Yard and Depot by late Representative Con-
es the Hon e. Lasere, and by our Senators, the Hon
Soule and Hon. Solomon W. Downs and rely on the
ontnued exertons of whole delegation to effect the
esired object q" 'r ''
g. Resolved That in order to conduce to the welfare
r city and to ensure in developing its resources
is incumbent upon to promote and encourage among
rselyes spirit Of devotion to objects ofpubc good and
exert our united and collective influence in represent
ng demanding and insisting upon rights claims on
he General Government not only far regards the
object of this meeting but in reference to
ocular transmission of the mas-the deepening of the
,ater the bars at the mouth of the Msissipp-and
he establishment Of mail line of steamers Vera Cruz
IL OF which are subjects of great interest to city
equre the immediate and earnest attention Sena
ors and Representatives in Congress
4 Resolcd That the Hon. Mayor the City be request
to address copies of the report of the proceedings
MS meeting to the President and Heads Of Departments
ashlngton and also to the Members of Congression
Delegation to be by them brought forward in the Halls
Congress and that the Mayor be further requested to
ddress such communications accompanying the copies
id report as will clearly represent the of the ci
ems of this city
On motion Of Logan Hunton ESQ the following resou
on was also adopted:
Resolred That the Chairman of this meeting do appoint
committee OF twenty persons to proceed to Washington
nd to urge by all honorable means upon the President
Secretary of the Navy and upon the
tnee and necessity Of this work
Ihe meeting was addressed by Messrs j. P Benjamin
ogan Hunton and Col W S. Campbell-after which. it
djourned sine die.
lNouEsTs " Yesterday at the house, No. 1903,
ew LeVee street. on the body of Job Silsan
geo oo years native of Germany Verdict Died of
lngestion of the brainu
On Saturday at the wharf at the foot of Notre Dame
rect on the body Of found floating in the river
he body appeared to have been in the water several
onths In one of his pockets was found a blank book
which was written the name "Johau Martin Richtner
sed 10 years native of Bavaria Among the papers
uht On MN was receipt for deck passage from this
DIT to St Louis on the steamboat Grand Turk dated No
emoer D, 1901 Verdict" Found drownedn
Also on the body james Boyle aged As years. native
lreiaao VINO died in house Casacalvo street. be-
yecn Montegut and Clouet streets Verdict Died of
emorrhage of the stomach,
SulcIDE.-A man named Patrick Casey YES
rday committed suicide in the Charity Hospital BY
angng himself to bed-post lie was about 90 wears Of
e. No cause is assigned for the rash act.