The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-03
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

Arms for the S0Uth-Ths News from
Me extcO-Thea atricaI- Matters
The FemaIe IMMIGRATION Scheme-Fhe
FeDiRBs, EIc
Special Correspondence of The EUening Telegraph.
New YORK, February 8.
The skating parks are again crowded to-day.
The sport is pronounced very fine, and the
weather promises well for an extended carnival.
Gold opened at 40 this morning, with indica-
tions that an advance of half cent may be
realized to-day.
The news from Mexico received to-day is not
comforting. There are fears expressed that
trouble may yet come out of the Bagdad affair.
Mr., Booth had grand reception last night in
Richelieu. He can run 1t .or some weeks.
Henry Dunbar has been veryLsuccessful here,
and it will prove good card for the new Ches-
nut Street Theatre in your city.
Here is list OF those who received commls-
sions in the army during the Rebellion out of
the ranks of the famous 7th Regiment n. Y. s.
g., OF this city:-
Major Generals ....... Chaplain ............,. 1
Brgadier- Generals. 10 Adjutant ....., ..... IS
Colonies .......... 32 Sergeants. ......,.... 25
Lieutenant-COlonels a Privates tdied IN the
Majors. rs..,........,,... 30 serVlce) .........,..
CaItanS. Alf
Leutenants' ''''''''''lo4 Iotal''''''''''''' ''ooI
Surgeons. .,.,.,..,,,,. q
Proceedings we're yesterday commenced in the
civil courts by jerome Buck, Esq. counsel for
several more OIL the HlcllI0S Ol bnC A6TC6T eHll-
grafton fraud. The names OF the newly disco
vered victims are Mrs. Agnes Peterson, Mrs. A.
S. Stewart Miss Stewart, Mr.. William McEwen,
Mr.. Arthur McEwen, and Mr.. Peterson. The
Circumstances attending these cases are some-
what different from those heretofore commenced
in the Superior Court
Mercer represented to the persons named
above that he had been appointed by the Terri
torial Government Of Washington to solicit
female emigration to that Territory, and that he
had 500, 900 in gold, which was to be distributed
among them, for the purpose of settling them
handsomely when they reached their destina-
| ton. On these representations, and on the in
| doTsement OF Governor Andrew, they we're in
duced to purchase tickets for the Continental,
| which they now hold. -Four of them are mum.
bered 50, SO, 80, and 100 thus showing that more
than the stipulated humber-seventy-hv
been disposed of to the emigrants.
Misses Klippensten and Boltze, the two young
ladies imprisoned in the county iail on charge of
| being accomplices of Carl Noelte in the alleged
| embeZzements of the Prussian banking house
| OF Meyer a. Co., have been discharged by Judge
| Brady of the Court of Common Pleas, ON the
| ground that they could not legally be held under
| the provisions of the code of procedure. The
| decision in the case of the men involved in the
| supposed fraudulent transactions has not yet
| been rendered, but is expected to be announced
| at an early date
A writ of habeas corpus has been served on
| Marshal Murray to bring up Robert Maxwell
Martin, held for trial on charge OF completely in
the Rebel attempt to burn tnis city in 1864. This
writ was obtained at the instance OF Martins
| counsel, and Commissioner Osborn has been
| called upon to review mis- decision under which
Martin has been held. 1t is expected that the
| case will be heard to-day before Judge Shipman,
| in the United States District Court.
The house carpenters of Brooklyn having
| taken intiatory measures to effect reduction
| in days labor from ten to eight hours, contem-
plate, II complete union of the craft can be
effected, to strike for the proposed system on or
| about the LIST of April.
The Fenian feud grows bitterer each day, and
| it is doubtful now IT. under present arrange
| ments, the Brotherhood in this country can ma
tsrially assist in the establishment of Irelands
| Independence. FULTON