the jubilee gers there was a fair au audi dieca enca at the opera houe moe last evening to hear the colored minstrel lp though by tho the way the manager says this ia is not a minstrel troupe in a card which lie has ila 3 published ho be tells us that with about two exceptions tile these e people were all children of bondage bou dage and their melodies and find songs for the most part belong to tho the unwritten music of a race fuated with a passion io fr for song lie ile also states that aalde aside from their qualifications as musicians they possess those sterling attributes of character so requisite a and nd necessary in the perfect composition of men and women he lie believes their r sweet voices were given them for r higher and nobler purposes than mere accumulation of money or the amusement of the public such being the case they would not feel slighted because the hall was not crowded with hearers bearers last night they arc are a very strong able company and held the auli audience elice almost spellbound spell bound during the rendition of their melodies they were continually loudly applauded frequently encored and seemed not averse to respond their singing was mas sweet harmonious natural and affecting but many regretted such a great departure from the pr program oram very few of the pieces which were announced noun ced were sung A number of persons were specia specially desirous of hearing carry me back ack to old virginia swance river and find several other plantation songs the substitutes were good and alt all of them sweetly rendered and had bad there not been eo many of our citizens out of town we believe the opera house would have been well filled with patrons for they like to hear the melodies of the tennessee jubilee singers r