New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-02

as IL leli ana covered everything with culcie OF
ice, rendering what is commonly called walking a
series OF symnssiic evolutiOns of the most violent
ana ludicrous kind and tempting irreverent boJsio
break their nscks and the Sabbath by sliding down.
bill or skating along the sidewalks. Sunday morn
lHg was calm, but gloomy, and KEEP. people from
church without visible rebellion of conscience. In
the afternoon the wind moved point. TIE mercury
began to rise and the snow began 10 fall and from 3
TO I there was merry prospect for another run of
slsghing. Within that period about an inch and
half o. snow fen, and every body thought that We
should hsve night Of it. Shortly after O'Clock,
however the clouds broke in the east aud in kfeen
minutes the sky was clear and the stars shone all
the brighter for the late observation The tempera
ture was moderate, and the new snow melted rap
idly rendering the sidewalks as sloppy and disagree
able as they were st any time last week, always bar
ring the mud. The latest aspects last nigh. were
mild, and promised fair for to-day
TIE npyRA-cuANGr OF PRrcrs MIR
Mayetzek announces in our Advertising columns
that the regular subscription shts at Astorpace
opera House have been suspended, aud that this
evening. and every Monday, wednesday, Friday
and Saturday night, we to have the bes. efforts
Of his fine company at halfths old prices, viz Boxes
and Parquette, 50 cents Amphtheaier, .25 cents.
Opers, as fixed institution, romans to be shown
from experience but that the immediate result will
be GRO wd ed houses is scarcely to be doubted. To-
night we have Nara S' R0han.
~ The Common Council will moet at
8 O'Clock this afternoon. At about O'Clock, rich
game and wine supper will be served. The bill for
this has ady been ordered paid by the men who
are TO eat it the usual Formally being dispensed
with and the keeper Of the City Hall authorized to
draw upon the Controller with no other voucher than
his BILL made out it may suit his taste The first
regular toast at this supper WILDE Retrenchment
and Reform down with Wing Extravagsnce."
The PEOPLES COURSE. This popular
series Of lectures has become fixed fac', aud rs
now cpe of the regular winter institutions Of the
City The fourth Of the course, on Tuesday night,
will be delivered by Rev. HENRY WARD BEEcuER:
on the Law OF Precedents. This subject admits o.
being handled with great originality, raclness, anu
power and whoever doubts that the lecturer VIII
bring these qualities to It's discussion, Will have
chance to find out his mistake by goins 20 the Tab
ernacle.
THE MERCANTILE LIBRARY LEoTUsEs.-1
These lectures are drawing to close, and TWO
more after tonight will complete the course. Rev
E. H. CHAr,s gives the lecture this evening In Hope
Chapel, On "Ths Actual and the IDEAL sand the
lovers of sound, manly, earnest thought, and of
glowing, impassioned eloqueace, may promise
themselves high intellectual treat
COLUMBIA CoLLEGE.--The intermediate
Examination Of the Students will commence to-day,
at 10 A. NJ, In the Chapel, and continue daily, (Sun'
days exceptcd) until completed, beginning with she
Senior Class The order of examination VIII %,
Fthifs tho fret doy Ci-Ssios, tho second E~s~r~A
Philosophy and Chemistry, the third, and Mathe-
matics and Astronomy, the fourth and 50 tor each
class in succession to the Freshmen who VIII be
examined first on Missionaries, second Classics,
and third German.
School No. 36.-This is the school,
house in Ninth Ward which WAS recently tho scene
of so deep a calamity. We informed so far as
regards the school ITSELF 1t is one OF the best IN the
City as an evidence of which may be taken the fact
that of &c pupils sent by Mr. McNally, the Principal
Is candidates for examination for the Free Academy
at its last term, "a Of them sdmit.ed-being
larger pro rata than usually occurs.
Trying TO SHAVE A BR0KER.--We have
appraised our readers of various swndlmg practices
of pretended gold buying brokers, who fleece the
verdant Californians; but it seems now that the
tables are turned, and that Calornian-Jeaiouso OF
his reputation for cuteness--has ventured trhe OIL
bogus fnancieriDg in Wallst., which all tina,
could be desired except the slightly important fact
that it was unsuccessful 1t seems that a man laden
with his surifcTous plumber happened IN at John
Thompson's California Gold office, No. "a, and
offered stuff which he called gold, to the amount OF
$500, for sale. It was put in the scales, and was
nearly weighed, when Mr.. Thompson himself came
in looked at the pile. suspected shave, examined
the sr more closely and discovered that about half
Of il was real while the other moiety was bogus
carefully cast in irregular molds, so as to resemble
the true Jumps On the discovery, Mr.. I Introduced
himself to the adventurous Californian, and rather
urgently insisted upon seeing him to the Tonos.
The Young man was unable TO resist so poiise an
Escort and was accordingly handed over to the Gus
tody of the law We understand tha' he had tned
The trade in several other places
TENpsRAscE.-By reference to our adj
verti,ing columns it will be seen that the Washing
ton Prospect Temperance Society are determined
10 make their meetings Instructive and entertaining
ty procuring some of the best talent in the cry.
Those who can make it convenient to attend their
meeting this evening we have no aouD' WI" NC
pleased with the exercises
~ The Swiss Benevolent Society met
en- Saturday night Delmonco's, for the election OF
officers. when the following we're declared chosen
President, A. Guerber, Vice President, - DE
Luze: Secretary aud Treasurer, o. A. ho'eni
Commissaries, Messrs Rossre Foi!or' Mo'noy'
Laud. Tie Society is in good condition
CHANGE OF STEAMERS. The steam-pro-
nellers William Penn and Benjamin Franklin, OF
the Boston and Philadelphia line, are to be VIM
drawn the enterprise not paying They are mere
after 70 run between New-York and Charleston
UeA new sort of Matches, BY Bishop d
Macdonald. of Westport, said to be without oHeA'