New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-12

heard durirg the present examination; Is wou'd -
GOOD thing for the normal school f krs Pollock ~ws
It's teacher of musc. Some specimens Of drswAG
evisccd good degree OF accuracy in dc!iscshsn -
great delcacy in shading. The finest specimen which
we saw was BY Miss Mana L. Furry, and Was really
artistic Perhaps something OF tho eSeelenee Of ~
school Is owing 10 this: the scholars seem 10 be gos-
erned by loye rather than by fear. We saw little
crl she net us on n'thc s;aiS hold up her prs<sy
mouth 10 the Principal to be kissed, as thosgh -
expected to be graiifed; she WAS.
A PRIsBrIERiAy CLERGrsN IN THE TosEs.--
Rev. Denny II. Thomason a Presbyterian clesgyn,sa,
q native Of England fty-seyon yesrs OF age, 10 nov
in the City Prison, 4 charge OF perjury, prefsrred
BY Mortimer DE Mott, of No 237 Broadway. He .
locked up in the same cell with Greer the confidence
man. DE Mott alleges that Thomason committed
wiu and corrupt perjury, on the 18th of October las
in relation 10 criminal matter then pending befsrc
Justice Osborn. The accused is a respectable man,
but his friends have deserted him. lie has been una
ble 20 procure bail in the of 900. He says he
can prove that it is malicious persecution. Ofiee~
Jourdon arrested the clergyman at his residence Ne
20 3d-avenue, on Saturday morning.
LOOK Our foR BUNDLE THIgvEs.-Ihu city h
Infested with some of the boldet, most impudent
scoundrels that ever plundered community. Here -
enc of their common trcks-look out for them;
Young lady in East Eighteenth street was downtown
making some purchases Of dry goods last week. and
fortunately she carried her own bundles so tar Is The
rr,st valuable ones were concerned; but one,
bulky, was sent home by the shopman, and arrived
before The lady The door had scarcely been closed
upon the messenger before the bell rang furiousy.
and another man entered in bresthess haste, staTs-
ncring to the girl, "Oh, dear beg pardon-we have
made mistake; that is not the bundle for this house
it belongs across the street, I'll take il over and
change them"
So he took the bundle and hurried eff but has soe
been back to make the exchange. We have heard af
dozen similar cases One OF the thefts was tab 81
butter. This time the rascas came in wagon
Families cannot be cautioned too often, or be too
much on their guard against this species Of robbery
Whenever such fellow calls, invite him in lock tse
door and send for policeman. Accept no excuse o.
plea Of mistake. The only mistake is that be could
not take ven in and take bundle away.
| FATAL FALLs.-Coroner Perry held inques, yes
terday the New ork Hospital upOn the body Of Tsuenss
Murphy native felsnd 81 years e age who died from =.
about week ago by falling in the street Vc
| diet accordingly.
the body Of Jare BoJne an nemperae wonaa wns s
previous fell down flight OF steps and was fatally In
T .S coroSsr held an "ques at The NSwYorl Ho.p,
uron body Thomas Ruddey who died from injuries
BY falling tho hold OF the bark
H. shelton. Verdict, Accidental death" Deceased wsS
native OF ireland, 50 yotrs ofsge.
SrIcIDE Br TAXING ARsEsIc.-Msrgaret Owens,
servant girl snloyed At No. tsg Eshth avenue consntssd
Sunday night by taking arsenic. She had besn
domestic the family for nearly thee years. and few days
since told that she had been bsey deceived By
young HON she had been engaged to be married. And
herself Measures taken tae
carried execution bat they failed Or Sunday
evening she found to be ILL., and confessed having
swallowed large amount Of arsenic phy.lcias WAS pro-
she died tfe night Coroner Perry yesterd
held an nques. the body Deceased 20 years Of
| AID a native Of Ireland.
| STEALING FROM CHURcH EpIFicK.-Mary Ann
Comfy Irish woman detected yesterday In the Chsfss
tie Nativity Second having I'm her possession s
yer ated candestck which she bal stolen from the altar it
that steahy entered h0 building while the swn
seo being busted end detected she making her
exit Policeman Smith of the Seyeneenth Ward arrested hsr
a,ld .he locked mp by Justice Brennan for trial
| BURGLAR VA HARD CASH. THE residence 0f
james Smith 1So Washington street entered By es
lars on SUNDAY ugbr and robbed OF $50 In bills tho Mas
haitian sbont $50 worth Of other property Th
money tho sayi years Of labor Of Mira smith, s1a
mad Saturday taken It from the bank to give 70 hs
Husband who had lot n Brookn aud was to have
raid yesterday The burglar escaped with his gottes
! booty.
| ARRFsT Or BuRGLARs.-Patrck Mcdonald, Rish-
ard Gala CHAN ard Thomas Koran Yesterday susstsd
charged with breaking into the dwelling Of Daniel Olonos
Thirtyskth street, and stealing from tho cellar
Johns c brandy and other articles The scessed
taken before Justice FaBdreau and committed Ter az
amDGtion.