The New York herald., 1868-02-24
NEW YORK CITY.
CITY INTELLIGENCE.


TIE wEAruER What an inexhaustiblo topic When
there Is nothing else to write about there the weather
What would society do Il had not the weather dis
cuss, TO condemn to praise "Hai delightful,
glorious weatherlo chirrups young Warmbiood as he
throws his coat and rushes down the street full
OF exhnaraton uncorked bottle Of champagne Is of
carbonc acid. Delignul weather is 1t 7" growls old
Coldhears deepest bass he mufles himself up
70 the cnin. delightful weather, indeed Yes,
for freezing turnips and potatoes and making
e.ery one feel as II he had lost his ears Eh
delightful weather BAH" weli 1t delighuu
weather overhead on last Thursday and Friday iea,
good, wholesouled, ie-up and ietdown thaw set
the rst named day. and every began to feel If
the ice In the nvers would Immediately disappear and
there would be more grumDiing ABOUT tie ferries,
and would DO qalte serene. But prestol with
torist tho clerk Of the weather, at an cary hour
saturday morning. sent the down from Hfty
ten degrees above zero; and yesterday morning, for
the hrst time this winter, IL went TO notningl
Last week we assured the public that tine
skating season had closed, when proved how
weatncr-wlse We werc We are nov prepared to
nouncs-uness the mercury should take notion 10
cnmb up the therm0metrlcl ladder 10 summer heat
excellent skaling to-day wherever within
six or eight hours-inat tnero will be there is ice
OH Manhattan and Nassau islands or the "Jarses. =
since Merriam gave up hls observatory ana the
been awry, sH, aud there Is no seventh
OF seventh son in the land VINO can put his hand
mis- heart AID say whether Boreas or Zephyr sual
within the next twenty -four nOurs Tue
thermometer A. zero Ugh
MErE ocIcAL- The weekly report or the 0bserva.
,ions At the Park Meteorological Department makes The
following exhbit:-rne maximum range OF the baron
eter nine p NJ. OF the cd 80 433. while the
minimum a. the same hour the evening OF the IL N
~ ia. Tho weekly moan range was 29.994 The
maximum range OF the thermometer at Two T. N. OF
lne zist was ~ 40; mnimam range at eleven r. NJ. OF
the I'D q ~, and weekly range 20.g7.
Snow fell tho l7ln, mixed occasionally with rain
the depth Of o 10 inch on the 18Th again We mad
slight ia of snow which lasted ouy thir,y sx minutes
SnO al
twelve hours and i've minuteG Polar lights
on the night OF the lstn INST.
SCHOOL QutsnoS.--The Board OF Health In con-
receipt OF complaints from citizens of The Twcn-
eth ward regard TO tho place ia which the pups Of
the Primary Department Of Grammar school No %
sgregate for daily instruction. The complaints aliege
that tho place is the OF building used
u church Ia fwentysgutu street, west OF Ninn ave-
nue.; iBat the room In which the scholars are eray
jammsd very badly laed and adjoins the
houses the elusia arising rom which posons the tlc
air that Is allowed 10 steal into the room, and tna there
hve daily In attendance, each class
numbering an aggregate OF iorly members This lator
TACT coupled with pent up quarters 10 which the
scholars are obliged TO hnger through the DAY,
Gained, has Ia moro than one instance been the
cause of nj hcalln 10 many Of the pupils aud
teachers ake hc local board OF trustees, The par
OF the cnlidren thnk, should look to the matter aud
speedily to u tna more habitabe quarters are pro-
viei ior Tho primary department before mo appro@cn
of the summer months II u does MOI tue DOard Oi
Health wll act IN the premises
Am roa LAyELE FANnY.--The family OF In
vele, the conductor who murdered last week on
seventh avenue car It s said. was lett ~ tho sudden
death of s supporter in the condition which persons OF
charitable hearts and TO further their charitable
nciinaiions, could render more comfortable. Mr. J0nn
Kerr the President OF tho seventh nv nue. road will f.
Cevo any contrbu. that the cnhrabe may see NJ
TO send hin Tor reel o tie fanny, and u - ~ 10
hoped that they Will be many. One gentlefnan has
already subscriber 500 TO this praisewot ny OBJECT
THG CoLEcroRsHp.-Iigo other gentlemen in the en-
Ioyment OF particularly renuncrave positions aaoer
tho government Collector smythc, OF this pork is being
'inqurod ino.p That Is, certain gentlemen o. par
ticuiay suspicious natures who could not Tor the hto
OF them let in snue berth enjoy MS ofm With.
out giving him, sooner later, hauling "over tho
coals TO speak Hgurativey, are nov "hurryins up
Mr. Smythe rnese say tnat the Conctorship y worm
ever so much annually, and tue consequence -
thoY want the who holds tho Once 20 dtsOgfsc.
4 Smtthe dout, won't anu ddnt olsonts" and me
consequence ~ somebody Is In Washington invtng ths
attention OF national Legislature 10 ihc candiaoo o.
the Custom House Ia this city and particularly andor
tue fossl 10 those fecs which M smythe y supposed
10 enjoy, and VINO he were as snatp ~ ~ oN&ht u
no for collector customs would remember TIA. ihls
Is Vsentnes month aud tnat peopic wie curious op.s
| tes during the reign Of tho love akns amt
4 'NopK Ayp Iscpssrs Army LIFE. next
| Wednesday eyonn. will be delivered =, lsi Cara
| Barron, who has been aptly tetmed the "Fioroncs
nightingale Of America lecture with the above title,
al TO Cooper Institute under the auspices u "os. ~
Grand Army or the Republic IN all Of disabled yec-
rams. Mss Dartons name s not unfamll ar ~ thoss
wh0 followed ihe armies VI the Potomac anu the She.
nand1ah GA theIr advances and retreats aud who. always
IN the rOnt ready ~ the sasFAce ~ Hef o"h i",
| 10 succor lhosc wuo had fallen desperately
| al tns br,aEing out of the war held respoasbia
. kanip IN tho ra,ent Oatce bd6 fesgai ms shs
gut mis- op tao military huspi ais % Jufse
10 s capacity sh3 roma ped apost one fesr "neh shs