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We have been kindly furnished with letter
from New Orleans, under da.e of the 10Th inst,
from which we extract the following:


Last night splendid Ball was given at the
ST. Louis Ballroom. in honor Of Mr.. Clay. am
told that it was the most magnificent entertain
ment ever given to any man in this Republic,
and perhaps in any other. The decorations of
the supper-table are said to have cost $500, and
that both parties combined, TO make his last
night in New Orleans brilliant one He leaves
to-day, up the river, and will arrive at Vicks-
burg Sunday, by the Ambassador" The
hospitalities shown him have all been on grand
scale, but not qfsa political character. Things
have been extended to him as "a reward to ge.
MUS. and respect to superior greatness and
abilities. How plea ant it must be to man ,
when age has softened, if not extinguished the
passions of youth, to find that his whole life and
character are appreciated as one of honor and
superior greatness, and that although the grave
may close soon over the tenement Of clay, vet
name wiIl.exist in the records Of his country,
and in the memories of his countrymen. y y


On yesterday Mr.. Latergne, resident OF the
Consolidated BANK, committed suicide by stab
bing himself. 1t seems that he was man Of
about So years of age of most sensitive feelings,
and enjoying the highest degree ofrespectabiIi.
ty; but that he had suffered IN mind from the
late suspension of the Banks. because the re.
sumption had been strenuously advocated b.
him, which resumption proved fatal to the Bank
over which be presided, as well as to the citi.
zens' Bank. He wrote letters fswhon previ.
Gus to the act, in which he stated that he had
committed a financial error in recommending
the resumption, and that the discredIt Of the
Bank would throw him in discredit, and that be
in sane mind meditated his own death, and tha,
his family would find him at the family vault,
in the Catholic Burylng- ground, which was the
fact"