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church members Of the Wharton Street Church,
and by dint OF telling the story and OF great
perseytranco they got subscription from tue Rev.
Mr. Ta.ker, bighy respectable and wealthy
minister, J Joseph NJ. Patterson, John Orr, and
many others, until they made up the 100000,
majority of the subscribers paving 5000 each aud
some $500 for o half share. They gave out to the
subscribers that tneg Ohe Originators) would each
takesa share, and Mr.. Stevenson, the Treasurer,
The affair went on thus for some time, until at
enRth the subscribers, noticing spell OF inactivity,
inquiries we're made and partly BY confessions Of
certain Of the defendants and by other means, the
following disclosures were made ABOUT Doeem-
said Yirglnian) owned tract OF 1900 acres OF land
IN West VIRGINIA. Among these owners were
Farson and Davis man IN West Philadelphia
named Gates held the LEGAL title 90 these lands but
for these owners before mentioned.
In January, 1855 Falson aud Davis were app Ointed
by the Other owners TO cell One-haf OF this land $50
acres. these two ENGAGED the services OF Stevens
obtained the $50 900 they paid over to the owners
S28 700, and retained to themselves $3S 600. They
the SSS Sssd bsS Gp 5 so%s %nd % % s s S
scribers having found out these facts, consulted
They then called upon the defendants and de.
manded an exp anati0n, and learned from the de-
fendants coo had not been paid, but S2e 600
and ten shares, and the defendants pgid over some
OF the money to certain subscribers, but to Others
woul ID not do So One subscriber, Mr.. Patterson
paid thirty bonds OF 1861; but Stew nson told Ear.
Son that he found the West V,rg mia men would
rot take these bonds, and that he (FarsOn) had
heter take these bonds and give his check, which
The Commonwealth proposed TO prove the entire
iallacy Of all these statements and the unlawful,
fTaudu ent intent of the whole affair, On trial.
81 Messrs. l.. Q. Cassidy, Charles NJ. Brooke, and
William II /. Ruddiman for the defense.
Nist Prius-Judge Str0ng.-DanIel Gunckel vs.
The Corn EXCHANGE Association. Aa action to try
the right of plaintiff to member hip in the Associa
ton OF defendant, and to recover damages for an
alleged exclusion. On trial.
The Court of Oyer and rerminer will sit on Mon
day next to try homicide The Common
wealth expects to try the folio wiDg:-
Commonwealth VS.. Frederick Paul. charged with
the murder OF John Maloney.
Commonwealth VS.. Jacob Bastian, charged with
the murder Of james I. Harmer.
Commonwealth vs Owen Burns, charged with the
murder of Joseph MurDhey
Commonwealth VS.. Mrs Quig.ey, charged with
the murder OF Michael Quig,eY
Commonwealth vs. james Edmundson, charged
| with the murder of Henry O Walters.
Commonwealth vs. George N. Kern and John II
Mccormick, charged with the murder OF Henry
Hartman.
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MORE FOReDRIEs nlsoOvERED.
Forged Checks on Messrs. Jay Cooke ~
Co. Presented at the Fourth National
Bank-One of the Parties Arrested

Co. Presented at the Fourth hatton@A
Bank-One of the Parties Arrested
On Monday afternoon the paying teller of
the Fourth National Bank, Mr.. Samuel COnover,
noticed o young man, who subsequently gave
the name of Richard Mccormack, waiting az
his deek. On inquiring young MCCORMACK
presented check for $1,000, purporting TO nave
been drawn by Messrs. Jay Cooke Co., 10 the
order OF j. F. Dean.
The teller received the check, and wrote the
usual certificate across its face, but before he
paid 1t his suspicious were aroused By the con
duct of the boy; so Mr.. Conover sent the check
to the office of Jay Cooke q Co., Where u was
Immediately pronounced forgery In the
meantime young Mccormack had been detained,
and he was given into the custody OF Detec-
tive 0ber of the First Precinct.
The prisoner pfofessed the most profound
ignorance of the real character of the check
presented by him, stating also that he had re-
ceived it from man named Francis U. Dean,
who had an office on the top floor OF No. 64 Cedar
street. 1t appears that Dean adVeruseu Ioi a
boy to do errands, and young Mccormack, who
has been in this country only few weeks, was
the successful applicant.
When arraigned before Justice Bowling at the
Tombs yesterday morning, the prisoner stated
that Dean had instructed him to deposit the
proceeds of the check In the National Park
Bank, where Dean had opened an account, and
his employer would meet him in Nassau street,
near the Bank. Mr.. Conover testified that the
check had been presented to him for payment,
and Edward Dodge, of the firm OF Jay Cooke
Co.. made an affidavit that the check was a for
ge1y. It came out during this examination that
Dean had succeeded in opening an account at
the Park Bank by means of forged recommen-
datioDs from a well-known merchant in Gold
street, Mr.. A. Wetzel, to Mr.. II. L.. West, the
cashier. Dean had also sold some securities to
Jay Cooke q Co., and received their check for
the amount, upon the signature OF which he had
practised when preparing the forged one.
From the evidence in the case the ma gistrate
became convinced that the prisoner was inno-
cent of all Knowledge or intent, so he was
remanded for examination, in order to allow
. 4lo 1ato, ft,,,a 10 1Onl g,r tIN
it is needless TO say, is still absent from his
attic office. case almost identical with this
one occurred in Wall street a few months ago,
when newly arrived and half-witted English
man was made the victim of an unknown
sharper, and imprisoned for some weeks at the
Tombs.-Melp YorL Times of 20 ddM.
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Arrival OF the Rising Star--Ss74,764 in
Gold.

New YORK, January 10.-The steamship
Rising Star has arrived from Aspinwall, bring
ing 1874, 764 in treasure.
Adyices by the Rising Star are to the lst inst.
and state that everything is quiet on the
Isthmus.
The news from Bogota states that General Nor.
guerra had handed in his resignation to the
Supreme Court as President of the Republic, on
the ground that the people were too immoral
and unworthy of him. The Court refused to
receive his resignation, and the afairis looked
on as a ruse to gain sympathy.
The latest reports from Chill state that the
Chileans had refdsed the proposed mediation OF
England and France,
FX-President Preu and his Cabinet have
been sentenced to fifteen years banlshment as
traitors, and fined fifty per cent. of the three
millions OF dollars paid the Spanish Minister in
1858.
Business was very brisk at Valparaiso.
The cholera had broke out among the troops
detained at Nicaragua on their way to Califor-
mia. Forty-stx had died at the last accounts.
The Central America coffee crops promised
well. The Nicaragua cotton crop had been
severely injured by the worm.
The Republics of Central America were tran
qml
Five hundred sick and disabled French sol
diers had just passed through Panama, bound
10 France.
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The NIiser and HIS Bag.

The London Lancet says:-"A good ilIustra-
ton occurred a few days since of the strength
man in his last illness was admitted into one
of the metropolitan hospitals. He was without
relatives, friends, or apparent means OF sub
sistence; but when undressed and put into bed
round his neck To this he clung with tenacity,
refusing to part with it TO any one, and wearing
il about him by day and night As his end
approached, the treasure became matter Of
anxiety to those tending him; for the sum was
evidently large, and it was feared that it might
offer temptations to some patient in case the
moment of his death should be unobserved. At
length the hour arrived, and when death had
apparently claimed him, a nurse gently un.
fastened the string and removed the bag. AT
the same moment the old man opened mis- ewes
and ielt instnciyely for his treasure, which
was no longer in its place. He uttered the
word Gone = and died. The money, which was
found to amount to 9l74, was handed over to
the hospital authorities
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Sporting Items.

WilkeS' Spirit OF me Times announces that
Mr. Leonard w. Jerome continues the terms of
his offer to run Kentucky against any horse in
the world for large stake.
An appeal is made for the families of the lost
seamen of the Fleetwipg, and a subscription list
is published, giving the names OF those who have
started this charitable movement. Mr.. Jerome
gives $1,000; Mr.. j. G. Bennett, $1,000; Messrs.
G. A q r 0sgood, $500 each; ana Mr.. d. Town
send and p. Lorillard, $3.50 each. The subserip-
tions In all amounts to S5470.
The Spara publishes letter Of congratuladon
over the successful termination OF the ocean
yacht race sent by the Lower Canada Club
lor the Protection of Game and Fish, 1t is as
follows:-
"OFFIOR OF FISH AND GAME PROTECTION CLUB
FOR L. C., QUEBEC, January l, 1867 At meeting
of the committee of the above Club called this day
to consider the means to be adopted in connection
with the news OF the termination of the great
yacht race, II was unanimously
"Resotved, hat this Club aenders a cordial greet
ing TO the gentlemen of the United States upon the
successful and glorious termination of the sporting
event of the age the Ocean Yacht Race.
'J2es0lved, That the foregoing resolution be pub.
hshed In WiHes' Spirit OF the Times
"WILLIAM RHODES, President.
of. w. g. AUSTIN, Secretary"
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Report ON the California Mines

The San Francisco Bulletin gives its annual
summary of the gold and silver mining interests
of California and Nevada. The Gould & Curry
mines produced 81, 6OO,O 600 in bullion last year;
dividends, $252.000. The SAVAGE, since July
last, yielded ST. 100, 600, and their dividends are
$500 900, Hall q Norcross,, the past year
Yellow Jacket yielded 81, 800. OOO and their
dividends are 1890, 900. Grown Point, 81 ,273, 600
and their dividends are 1924, 200. 0phir yielded
last eighteen months, ST. 525. .OOo and their diVi,
dends are S876, 900. The Eureka, in Grass Val
ley, produced last year 5000, 900, and earned
$40, 900. The Eureka, of Amsdor county
North Star yielded So, 22s, ,OO0 with profit of
S132, 900. Sierra Buttes claim last wear
1925, 900, with net earning of $l38, 900. For
the last five years this mine has averaged about
S575 600
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The Pnciic Pearl Company.

Panama correspondence reports the opera
tion at that place OF a company recently orga
nized by wealthy capitalists in New York, called
the Pacific Pearl Company The company in
tends to operate at the Pearl Islands, about
thirty miles from Panama. A submarine boat
has arrived. capable of carrying ten or twelve
men at one time, who can work under the
water for many hours. and so constructed that
it can be lowered or hoisted at a moments
notice, and so arranged that when lowered
they can open the boat at the bottom, by means
of two trap-doors, allowing a space of ten feet
square in each, for working purposes. The
company expects to commence operations in
about a month and hopes to realize a fabu.
lous fortune. Miss McFllmsey may anticipate
an extensive reduction in the price of pearls.
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PhiIadelpbIa Trade Renort,

THURSDAY, January 9-There was no demand
for Flour, except from the home consumers, who
purchased 495OO bbls to supply the wants Of the
local trade at SsGS rs y bbl. for super6ne, so g
10 Is for extras, S11 bO9l3 80 tor Northwestern
extra family, $12914 rs for Pennsylvania and Ohio
40. do, and Sl450917 for fancy brands, according
TO quality Rye Flour is selling in q small way at
81 25 y bbl. Nothing doing in Corn Meal,
The offerings of prime Wheat are small. and thi
description is in steady d9mand at full prices In
the absence of sales, we quote PENNSYLVANIA red at
81 75@31O; Southern do at s8'10a3 20i and white
at So 2Od3 40. The last sale OF Penn'ylvania Rye
was at s140. Corn is in fair request with sales OF
1000 bush. new yellow at s1@1O3. Oats are in
better request, and 5000 bush. sold at 59@6Oc for
Pennsylvania an advance. Nothing doing in Bar
ey or Malt. .Ior uaft
The Provision Market continues excessively aull'
prices remain without essential change zOO
ls new Ness Pork sold at s2l; dressed hogs are
ling at Sc.
Nothing doing in Whisky, and prices are nominal
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LEGAL INTELLIGENCE,

Supreme COurt-Judges woodward Thomo.
son, Read. and Agnew-Christ Church VS.. Frede-
two Spanish mlled dollars was reserved out OF
property at the 5. e. corner of FUN and Vine
SUI ueets The question to be decided IS whether the
defendant is bonud to pay the rent IN spanish
milled dollars reserved, or whether It's payment
in legaltenders was not sufficient, C1e Court
below decided in favor of the leyal-tenders. An
appeal was taken and tina, was submitted without
argument, on paper-books,
Snyder's Appeal. The point in dispute in this
case as to the amount OF Commissions to which an
Executor is entitled. The Executor charged five
per cent. The estate was S73 600 The Court
Argued.
court of Quarter seHsiOns-Judge Peirce.-
IN the case OF the Commonwealth vs. James Lee,
charged with the larceny OF barrels, tried aud re-
ported yesterday the Jury returned verdict of not
Guilty
THE MoNoNeALIA OIL CASE
This case, that has been for such long time pend
ng, called up for trial AS it was gwen out that
the case would occupy several days at the least,
terested in the case. Ibis morning, soon as the
Court was opened, ID. w, 0'Brien, Esq for the
Commonwealth, demanded of the defendants
p'ea; but the defense declined to plead until the
name of at least one OF the private prosecutors had
cen endorsed on the bill of indictment, this being
leQulred by an act of Assembly. Accordin glY. the
anne of Joseph w. Patterson was endorsed on the
bill, and Plea was entered by the defense.
A jury being empannelled, and duly sworn or
efiImed according to law, the case of the Common
wealth was opened by Mr., OBTien, who gave to the
jury the charges upon which the defendants were
te tried and the facts expected to be proven Will
liam G. Stevenson, Lambert r Walker, Marcus
a. Davis, William FaIson and others, we're charged
with conspiracy 10 cheat and defraud James Or,
William M. Patterson, and others of the sum OF
S86 600, and Of obtaining money under false pre-.
lenses.
These defendants and Others plotted together.
and agree 10 act in concert, telling each one the
same story, represented that they were about TO
form an oil company to be called the MonOngalia.
They represented that a certain gentleman owned
in West Virginia tract of and whose wealth I'M
oil was immense-so great that upon the disooFess.
In tvhi oh
very lucrative, were Immediately stopped This
gentleman offered the land for sale asking SIXTY
thousand dollars Tor it. '
Now these gent emen wishing to GET up this Com.
pany represented that great activity and auckuess
must De used IN securing the ands, as a New York
eompahY We're very anxious to make a puroh ase
Inc plan OF the Company was to buy this land in
sixty shares at $1,000 per share each subscriber to
hold one'sixtieth part upon an equal footing with
stevenson, Walker, Davis, and Faison.
NOW these gentlemen went around among their
more immediate nelPhbOrsi among thslr iellcW-
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FROM WAsHINorON rHIs AETERNOON.

TsPRo1AL DEsPAroHEs TO EVENING TELEGRAPH
WASHINGTON January TO-
The Freedmen's bureau Delights OF the
"ChivRlry" Ina Texas.
Communications have been received at the
Freedmen's Bureau from Austin, Texss, calling
attention to wrongs and outrages 10 owards the
freedmen in the northeastern counties of Texas,
stating they are now more oppressed and
brutally treated than in the days of slavery.
The lash is more cruelty administered than II
ever was, and freedmen who have cultivated
land and raised crops have had all taken from
them. 0utrages, from cold-blooded murders
down, have occurred, and there IS no one to
whom they can apply for redress.
A member of the Grand Jury OF Red River
county was heard to say:-"They dare not indict
these criminals, known to them as having been
guilty; an old citizen would not be permitted to
live there a day we're he known TO take any
steps to redress these wrongs
Also a communication from Austin, Texas, re-
porting the..murder of two freedmen one near
Austin, and the other at "Homsbys Bend,'
by white men.
Another case Is reported at "Prairie Lean
where q freedman was cruelty whipped for
addressing young man as Tom" in
stead of Master Thomas" Another was shot
for refusing to give his bottle of whisky to two
white men. The civil officers will not take any
steps to bring the offenders to justice.
Another was cruelty whipped for having
brought suit for wages against a white man.
In Pamela county there exists gang of white
men who live by robbng freedmen; the people
are afraid of them, Snd the civil authorities are
powerless, because witnesses are afraid to testify
against them.
These cases are reoortcd by men who are
known to be tru' hful and reliable.
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NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS.

AnOthyr Secret Misslon-Judge Abeu on
the New Orleans HtOts-The Oolorco
Troops to be Withdrawn from LO"i-
sAana, Etc.
Nav ORLEANS. January 0.--The revenuecutter
Hugh McCulloch is under orders to leave tor
Havana on Friday there to await sealed orders.
Nobody knows positively her mission; but her
officers express the belief that she goes there in
connection with Fred. Stewards mission.
Judge Abel, OF the FIRST District GourL TO 10,
day livered an important charge to the Grand
Jury, in which he ably reviews the late riots
andSth causes that led to them, and quotes
the RaW to show that the Convention of 1864
was an illegal assemblage in 1866. 1t has
caused much comment in political circles.
An effort is being made to establish radl-
cal 'daily" in this city, to be called the Re
Arrangements have been made by the mill
tary authorities to have all the colored troops
out of Louisiana.
The Congressional impeachment movement
has given rise to considerable excitement here
in certain circles.
Governor Wells announced that he will re-
commend to the Legislature at the coming ses-
sion, to employ penitentiary convicts, who
since the war are far more numerous than before,
in constructing railroads and other pubic
works. He believed that this win be found a
great relief to the State treasury and greatly
facilitate the building of the needed roads.
Adyices from the interior show that negroes
have been very restive during the Christmas
holidays, but are quieting down since they are
over.
Governor Wells issued an order to Sheriff
Parish, of Nachitoches, which recites that
William Fisher was tried and convicted before
the Ninth Judicial Court of the crime of MUIR
der, and sentenced to suffer death by hanging
on day to be fixed by the Governor. He
designated Saturday, January, rs, for the exc
cution to take place, in the jail yard of Natchi-
fophps.
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Message of the Governor of MinnesOta.

The annual message of the Governor of Min
nesOta shows that the finances OF the State are
in Satisfactory condition. The total receipts
for the year have been S529 450, and total dis
bursements $46l 256. The claim of the State
against the general Government OF Sl25,O00 is
in fair way of speedy settlement The funded
debt of the State is $3.50, 900 of 5 per cent. and
800, 900 Of per cent bonds, of which $4,000
is held as a school and sinking fund. The
amount of taxable property last wear was
$3.50 1876 3I8; this year II will be $575, ,00O, ,0OO
The Governor recommends that the funded debt
be paid as fast as possible, and no more credited
There are So, 754 scholars in attendance on the
public schools The funds amount to nearly
81. .50O. COO. He estimates the population of the
State at $40, O00. The Governor devotes con.
siderable portion of his space to the question OF
railroad development, and appears to regard
with apprehension the policy OF intrusung large
land grants to mOaopolists who may abuse their
privileges,
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ALLEGED WHOLESALE THEFT OF
DIAMONDS.
A Large Peruvian Merchant Charges hiS
Partner with Stealing $4,000 Worth
of Precious StOnes-Arrest of the Ac-
cMsed-His Denial and EXPLANATION.

On Saturday morning of last week-so the
athdavits in the case recite two Peruvian
diamond dealers, named Jacques Bloch and
Raphael KautZ, partners in the business,
arrived in this city from Lima Peru, bringing
with them an iron box, containing, IL is alleged
about $4,000 worth of precious stones-$I500
of which belonged exclusively to Bloch, while
the remainder was the equal property or both.
The merchants engaged a room together at
The GiraId House, where the strong box was
placed, while each set about to hunt up Gus
toners for his wares. On the evening OF the day
OF their arrival at the hotel Kautz asked his
partner for the key of the trunk, stating that he
wished to get something OF his own ont of it.
Mr.. Bloch handed the key TO him, and after
going TO the trunk and taking something out,
Kautz left the room, stating that he would
return shortly. Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday
passed, and still there we're no tidings from
Kautz, and suspectlng something wrong, Bocp
sent for locksmith, who opened tue box, when
10! it was discovered that the contents had all
been distracted
The matter was Immediately brought to the
notice of the Police authorities, who set about
the task of securing the delinquent. The accused
was arrested yesterday, and brought before
Justice Shandley, at the Essex Market Police
Court where he was committed for eXamna
tion. 1t is but Just 10 the prisoner to say that
he denies in toto the sworn allegations of the
complainant, and says he only took property
that belonged to him. A full hearing of the
case will probably be had this morning. when
further details will be developed. ed.-Neo York
Times tO-ddU
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The AtIantic Telerraph.

We find in the London Obstrger the following
reports of cable receipts;-"The receipts from
the working of the Atlantic telegraph up to the
present time have averaged &8l3 a day, includ-
inc sundays, and forty days of the stoppage OF
the land lines. Since November l, however.
when the price of the message was reduced
from eco to flO, the average receipts have been
es74, or at the rate of e205 l33 per year"
Both OF the cables are, I am assured, in excel
lent working order, aud the present business
does not occupy in transmission more than four
hours per day, ana that upon one cable only
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YOUNG's LAST wlFE.

The Hungarian Legion in Italy-It Is well
known that, at the beginning Of the late war in
Europe both Italy and Prussia created corps
called the Hungarian Legion, to serve as a
nucleus for those Magyars desertng from the
Austrians pending hostihtes. The Prussians
put their legion under the command of General
Klapka, the Italians under General Turr. After
peace, KlapkR's corps was disbanded, and he
himself returned TO Paris; that of Turr in Italy
was also TO be dismissed. But IL appears by an
announcement of the NdziOne-a kind of official
paper of the Italian Government-that through
the influence of KOssuth this will not be done
now, and the Italo.HuDgarian Legion Is to be
retained IN the service Of italy ,Sasu. -.