The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-11-16

LOCAL NEWS.
Few YORK AND TIE VICINITY.

..,.s, ,hat ipteIc,nce they could relative to his
s,,.ppearaneo aud undoubted death. Beyond the
fact. heretofore pnr,sheI nothing could be ascer-
tanned II 10 regarded I. unquesuonsble inst tne
Ss,s Collector the maa Who either ieh or Jumped
OF the boat and 90 efforts are nov being alone
directed TO the recovery Of the body The Harbor
Fol,es are dissntly ,eeking for the Temsns. II is
stated that Mr. King purchased q twenty-five pound |
bas OF shot which he IL supposed to have placed in
hi. clothing I've lore jumping overheard.
A dispatch received yeterday from Wilmington |
sArsi "Aloaiy numerous persons have been sus- |
s.ued for the New York Coleetorship but the |
Pre.deni VI not immedisely make an appointment
for that Office. Ia the meantime NJ. c. r Clneh,
Assistant Collector, aud sp,ci. deputy under tho law
Of l7sg viii Collector Of the port Of Nee Yorf"
Mr. Chnch has been connected With the Custom
yIou,e for nearly thirty years and 10 vel acquainted
9th all the duties Of the position Of Collector
HoNoRs TO GENERAL. GEANT.-The meeting
on Tuesday nsht resolved it.ef Into a general com
mittee Of reception, and appointed a'u'i-commhies
% make arrangements, and report TO tho GenefA
Committee COMMITTEES on flowers mn'ie ffeWork''
&c, were also sdded. Tho sub-ComrniIee consists
of Judsc D,ly, A. 7. stewart, Judg. Hilton Marshal
o. Roberts, Judge Bonney, " u. Dn'more' Proper
n We,more ana Henry N Faber. About fifteen
hundred invitations are 10 be iSued, and many pro-
minen, generals Of the Usion armies will be present
General Grant attended the opers last night, and
Afterwards had private reception at tho Union Club
Rooms.
PARADE or TIKI PoLIcH.--Tc-dhy, at two
o'clock Gov fenton will review the police on the
Battery, and they sill pay marching salute 10 the
authorities at the 9th Avenue Hotel.
Another Ex-REBEL PRIsoSER.-The
s,.sm.bip Memphis, which arrived At thl. port last
evening, brought as q passenger from Key Yves,
Georre Davis late Attorney General Of the so-esiled
Confederate States e America, to 10 delivered TO the
United states authorities.
ST. GEORGES CHuRcH ADDITIONAL
PAR1loulARs W Irs DEsrRuoIIOS. The Destruction
of d. GEORGES Church by ERE Tuesday, created
on.iderable excitement In the city especially among
aha manlbe-r Of the church, TO which building they
were attached BY many pea,ant reminiscences. The
sdi6cs was built about II year. ago, although the
splres we're not completed for several year after
wards. II va, built under tho supervision Of Mr..
Idhtz, and vas perhaps ono Of the most admirable
specimens Of Church architecture In the eity-the
spires especially were second 10 none with perhaps
ahe exception Of Trinity. The vindoss which we're
81 stained glass OF the most expensive and ele-
s.nt description, enc alone having $4,000. The
o. however ocessioned by the Eve is not 90 heavy ,s
vss Ierorted yesterday, and $4,000 II 10 thouThi
Immediately rebuilt mean. lille the congregation
viii meet elsewhere. This Dutch Reformed Church
corner Fifth Avenue and Twenty frat street ha'
been courteou,ly offered for Sunday afternoon. Thu
vestry will hold meeting on Thursday night -het
81 is eIpec,ed measures will be adopted to secure
Hall fo- devotional exercises during the rebuilding
vi the edifce.
FIRE ALARMs.-The new alarm signal
ssst Into operation yesterday. In future bells viii
D. runs.
HEALTH CoMMIssIOSKRs.- An iniorms
meeting Of the Health Commissioners vas held II
abe Mayors ONCE yesterday, and tho Mayor read
letter from A. ID. Burdett, setting forth that th
steamer Persia had arrived ct Quarantine with 20
passengers who were all well, and requesting per
mission to come up the Bay Mr.. Burdett stated tina
The vessel and baggage would be fumigated yesterday
afternoon.
MISSING STEAMER. The propeller ID. W
Mount Capt B.ohua sailed from this port on tn
goth Of October for jacksonville, Fla She was spoke
two DAYS later. near Cape llAitorsl since which tim
nothing has been heard Of her. she had on boar
some iueny Ps.senseLs smone shom wa. J1d.
xention, returning TO hi, home from Washington
Her cargo an assorted and valuable one.
BOARD OF MISUNDERSTANDING n
sHE MAYOR W SCHOOL lSsrTcroR% kTc.-M
meeting OF the Board Of Education last evening hi
LIQUOR, the Mayor, sent In a communication nomin
citing School Inspection. IS follows;
LAT Di.trict-,Ieremish Fitzpatrick; 2d-John
Williams 3d-NAthgniel Jarvis, Jr.; 4th- HAye
III Woods bth-Ruhert EnneveT; 6th--Watts
livingston 1th-Rehsrd L. Lanemore. Referred
Dficsrs OF the Seventh Ward tsttng forth that II
bylaw adopted by the Board relative 10 the recordir
oi the number Of corporeal punishments, and Il
names Of N, pupils upon houl inflicted would resu
tn "A lasting d sgrAcs 10 the pupils and be a tource
AofIv~ " The parents and asking thatA modineatic
,f the by FLAW be- made. kefOricd.
missioner Of Common schools foi the sixth DisIIic
stce DIR. Francis biebsr, resigned The board The
adjourned
COUNTY CANyAssHRs.--Ths Board procsed'
90 canvass the returns in the sth and 2ld Wards
tsrdAy, but owing to thoir ineonpietenesssn Adour
nent wAs had unth to-day.
FRENCH CANADIAN CoSvEsrIos.-A col
Seution OF French Canadians was held last event
1.-THE St Charles Hotel, Broadway, above Blesck
street. for the purpose Of forming an organzati
rbrcushout this country, with ayiev to promote /
saere.ts Of the French Canadians both IN this eou
nv aud CAnads, the headquarters TO lie In New Yo
psleSatious from Rochester, osuogo and Syraeu
n Y, Springfield aud Worcester, MnsAehuse
Detroit, Michigan, aud CHICAGO, Illinois and oti
ttstes we're present. The meeting had special ref
suee to the numbsr u Canadians Who had fought
tho Union IN tho late war, aud the disability VII
they we're nlJecled 10 by the Canadian suthorii
Al consequence. Mr.. r. Aoresu, President Of
Soeie,y Of 81. Jean BSpuste, was appointed chs'rr
A senss Of resolutions were then read b. one Of
.nHce.s Of the meeting, Of which the following 1.