The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-02

The Clerk of the County Court has issued the fol-
lowing number of licenses since January lst 1860:
-Ordinaries, l5-$296.65. Traders in liquors, 10
-S36l. .65. Dry goods and groceries, 31-S29510
Traders females, 20-S104. so. Oyster-houses, 8
Ss4.3s. Hawkers and pedars, 2-S102 Exhibi-
tions, 5-S77. Total 81, ,22l2S.
During the year 1860, there were committed re-
tained and released at the county Jail the following
number of prisoners, yiz:-January, Sc; February,
80; March, p; April, 25 May, 81; June, 81; July,
36; August, so; September, so; October, 35; No
vember, 81 December IA.
The school commissioners have, since January
lst, 1860, constructed fifteen school-houses.
SHARP PRAoTICE.-A most successful effort of OBJ
tanning goods under false pretences was consum-
mated on Monday last by which several of our
prominent dry-goods houses are the losers In the
forenoon of that day young man, representing
himself to be clerk in the house of Lee & Dun
ham, South street, entered the store of Hamilton
Easter Co., and asked to be shown variety of
silks. The goods were exhibited and he made
selection of one hundred yards, stating that he was
purchasing for the house of Lee & Durham, who
had received order from friend in the country,
which they desired to fill. The young man was
strictly business-iike in making the purchase and
endeayored to get the silks as low as possible and
when the bill was made out, asked the usual reduc-
ton of per cent. for cash, which was made. He
then took the bill, and informed the clerk that Lee
& Durham would send for the goods during the af-
ternoon, when the bill would be returned, with
the money, and it would be receipted. The Young
man then left and went to the houses of j. Ed
Bird Bro, and Armstrong, Gator & Co., where
the same story was told, and similar amount of
silks purchased, with the understanding that they
would be paid for and taken away during the
afternoon. Accordingly, few minutes past thr &c
O'Clock, 7. NJ, young man (not the same who
called IN the morning) stepped into the stores men,
toned, called for the silks and removed them and
presented in payment thereof the check of Lee &
Durham for the amount At each of the houses
the checks were taken and goods removed. 1t was
after banking hours, and consequently the genuine
mas snftb oh alc do, :
gard to their value, could not be tested Yesterday
morning, on the presentation of the checks at the
counter of the bank on which they were drawn,
they were at once pronounced to be forgeries.-
Messrs. Lee Durham had such men in their
employ, so that the operation most successful
swindle.
IMPORTANT ARREsTs.-On Monday night Detec-
tive officers German, Stevens and Mckinley,
accompanied by several police, made descent
on gang of thieves who make the locality
OF Front and Ploughman streets their head quar-
ters, and succeeded in arresting John Ward, Ed
ward Mccormick, George Ray, James Grimsley,
John Mallory and Samuel Boyd. They were arres-
ted on suspicion of having committed the robbery
of the warehouse of Jacob Heald & Co., on Friday
night last. This gang is particularly well known
to the detective police our city and are all Youths
some of whom have not gained their maturity
When detective officer German arrested Ward the
latter attempted to take something from his pocket
and throw it away, which German prevented him
from doing, On getting Ward to the MarshaFs Of
flee he was searched and two pocket books were
found on his person. One he claimed as his own,
and the other he said he knew nothing about and
expressed his astonishment that it should be found
in his pocket. A gentleman named Robert 7. Tuck
eridentfed the pocket book as one which had been
stolen from him a few hours before. Mr..
Tucker was in the Gift Book Store OF
Messrs. Evans g. Hoyt, and had taken out his
pocket book for the purpose of paying for book,
and laid 1t down on the counter at his side. just
at TINS point two young men entered, and stepping
up to the counter asked the clerk to change fifty
dollar bank bill of Virginia bank, and being told
that 1t could not be done, walked out. They had
scarcely closed the door when Mr.. Tucker missed
his pocket book, but the young men succeeded in
making their escape. The pocket book contained
Sl7. Justice Hiss committed all who were arrest
| ed to jail for hearing on next Tuesday,