The sun., 1862-02-12

| In Clinton .,ree., on Monday nigh,. Ths rep>r,z
| vsrs rod, from which appears tha, the scois'y
| emrscy. II missionaries and els visitors. They
distributed - see tracs, besides $500 " the army,
1900 70 the navy, and atO) among the shipping
300 ccpies Of the Bible, 80 Testameu,S, together
with the C nd's Paper, and other publications
amounting In the aggregate 70 ss9aoOo copies.
A NEW Plan TO RELIEVE the Riss pave
ment in BroadWay, ot It's sppsriness u suggested.
II cnns.is Of applying Frsnklini,e, rough, TO horse
shoes. This material IL % bard, that II Is said II
will operate nke steel picks on the pave nenI aud
keep IL oonsssn,ly roughencd until IL Il vurn cu,.
| MR. ROBERT NICHOLS, President Of the
Brooklyn City Gas Light Company, aied q, his reai-
dsnce, No. q Sands street. Brooklyn, Thursday
afternoon. He was in the I'D year OF his age.
ASorHEa PRHK FioHrzR ON THE TArts.--
Il " ssserted on the mor reliable suthority, th,
The we'll known Edward Wilson, who Is under
| heavy bail ha, entered into bonds 70 engage in
priss asht with regular "stAlsybridge" Ccnneo-
hcut mechanic whose height ls sir fee, four inches
+, Our reporter learns that twenty d liars Nade sA
dsposite, was pu, Up 81 . wsi.kaorn sporting
house in the neishborhood Of Houston stree. on
Friday night We viii inform the readers Ct TuI
suN Of the progress Of this match.
L Wbhk Al EhE bht LVthhs-hh Nue bAAAAfsN
dcct, foot sf Pike street, lest River, the lease
webb, one Of the Liverpool psckstA has besu hsul-
I'd up Tor thorough repairs she will bs taken "a to
| day, when the shir Sam Locke will take her Placs.
On the sdjoining balance dook ths ,rAnspcrt ship
Hsrrie, Fisk Is undergoing repair ale viii b
tsken OF this morning. Tomurov NOR alag tbs
ship n d. MeteAlfs goss iEto ok. Al tie socti,ul
dock No. the ship Rhins IA being csu!i al snd
oppered she goes OF this morning, sud vii b.
tueceded by the ship Osborne Hows, fcr the same
| ra, airs On tas sec.ioaa, dock aiyaininK tbs
schooner Gpeey Queen has been on for cauiEing
she will he "a to-day Al the sectional dock foot II
sinton street, the brig BhgNnd is Icing ooPPsed
she uin bc to'ay.
| DEAIu or MIR. CONoRR.-Ths sudden death
4 Mr. john Conge-, o-e of our oide-, md moF a..
testn'i citizens, is Annoynced. Nj Ccnge- =
native q NeW Jersey, bui hsi been = res,dsui Of
hi city for nearly sixty years, and vutil within
f-w years Ts-, tad teen e. tue mInufsc,ure o'
| sigsd tells which, 'sr Superior luAlty, obtSinsd
| grea, celebrity.
FRxK ExHrrTTIo, ToE LLDrEs.-Dt. Col.
| ,on. whose public eKL.bii.n Of the laughing gas
went "a well on Monday ersuing, viii Civ, s..
usr Ell tertaumeui 8, lAiles only tais Atvrno,n at
| the Cooper Ia,t.iute, commenoing II 4 e'cock-
iocrs open M2. No ,hsfgs for adm scion. Lsiis
| sho would enjoy hearty laugh and witness wei
sruduc,ed entertainment viii stteni-'he object Of
this bei & give greater publicity 70 the public eS-
mhton 10 Jc given next Monday svNuing. for the
| benefit oi the Five Points House Of Industry.
DIFFICULTY IN CoLUaBIA CoLLH0E.-Co.
'umbia College is the subject n ,riHtng msund~r-
aAndiug between the faculty Aad students. which
premises sei iols difficulty, however. Owing 70
the hard times, the faculty resolved - omi, the
Il ~ Il
ary, and the students according took this matter
into their own h'ndA engaged W Hacks TheStra
arranged their preliminArieS AID sent invitation
70 the professor, who ohose ~ regard It A coria-
: | a'ious, casting contemp, tho authority Which
had forbidden the exhibition. How the mst,er will
settled does not yet appear Mean while the S;u-
! tents preparing for the 4 ghts o. elc'ut., a
: which distinguish the immcmorisl semi-snL ua
CpsEsE IpoLs AND RELIGIONS -Mr. d.
l.. southsrlAnd, delivered i,ct are las, evening in
the John strect NJ. ". Church, on the "R.l'gions o.
the Chinese" before audience OF some two hun
dr,d persons. Tue lecture was illustrated by tn,
exhibit m Of large collection OF IDOLS and o,he
curiosiiies from China and Inda, AMI was through
out Of ost interesting character. Want Of spao,
. | oompels us TO defer q more extended notice unit
tomorrow.
, Tux MEETING AT TAMMANr HAIL on be
half Of Col Corcoran, which To have been heic
). this evening, has been Postponed until Ano,he
week, In order 10 give time Cor the necessary IRE
parations.
= GRAND BILLIARD entertainment with
y match between KSyAnagh and Young Deery, is v
>. he given at i40 FULTON street, On ThursdAy eve
4, ming.
s TTK ANNUAL MEETING or TIN Brooklyr
h | Bnard of Education, WAS held last evening, whei
=, the following officers elected 'or the ensun
y year -
President, Cyrus p. Smith Vice rTesiicn, Dan
10 ie l.. Nmthup; CITY Siperin'endent' J W. ia X
= Icy Secretary, G. W. A. Stusu Clerk, Henr
3 Daan; superintendent 81 Repairs, $. b. Leonard
n Messenger, John Akhurst
The Con mittee on the subject, reported In hvo
70 ~ re-establishipg the Normal School modihe
,e principles, with the view Of instrcting the Teach
Of ths Public Schools. Tue sy stem OF instruction
Il to lie by lectures and rectatsns-the teachers o
divided into grades. These Of the highest grade /
in attend lectures only Those not far advanced,
attend both lectures and rectstona every Saturday
. The report was laid over for tho present.
Vi THE GUTTERs.-This is tho season of dirt
rt | ftrects-icy sidewalks-and checked up gutter
and u may no, be unnteressng to know who's
rs duty ID becomes n clean on, and open the gutter
Y, Contractor H.skley, contends that occr
el pants of the houses obliged To clean out tn
lis cutters and the Police charged with the carr
ing out Of the requirements. The Police hay
no made numerous complaints 70 the Corporation A
in | torney but there have been no prosecutions. III
T. Corp ration Ordinances make II the duty Of the eli
Inspector to see that the cutters kept ope1
Vi es and healthy, and ssuPposed that the Hsckle
q. contract WAS made with the idea Of meeting tu
N contingency, but II Is worded ambiguously thi
lie cannot be held accountable FOR the negle0
In | What says city Inspector DeevAnf
lei, CRY MoRrALTTY,-The City Inspector rc
. ports that 422 persons died in New York last wee
Ia, ~ men, 10 women, lao boys and 1876 girls
yn increase Of 50 over the mortality Of the Prevo
70 week, aud 6s az compared with the oorrcspondir
d. week OF 1901. or the deceased, 293 were chi!dr,
re- urier five years Il age The mortality by the pr
o cph diseases were follows Consumption, q
ee, MANTLE oonvusions, 4O Inflammation OF the lung
o. SO; scarlet ever 33 inian,e mArSsnus, %; crou
tn III dropsy In tie head, 10.
SYMPATHY WITH Col. CoRCoRAN.-Tl
o2 Father Mathew Temperance Society will, at the
i'y meeting on Sunday evening next, offer a series
ns resolutions strongly sympathzing with the prese
nd situation OF Col. CorcoIan, aud urging the Cover
da ment 10 al pt measures for hia