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ARREST or A CONTAMINATION Wednesday
morning se'nnight, Captain j. W. Pollock was ar
rested at wheeling Va, on tho charge having in his
possession ana passing counterfeit lie has heen


or some time past actively engaged avocaton and
was conveyed to Mir James Murray, Marshal of Wheel
was apout leaving that city post haste With him were
ship oil the former and up the keys them dis
avowed any knowledge of the latter BY searching his
pockets however the key OF the vase was found stuck
far down in corner of oae of them On opening the
valise, about $1,000 OF spurious zoos sos 2O and los
on the Planters Bank Of Tennessee was found in it,
Only 1000 dollars of them were signed. On Pol.
locks person was found 500 dollars good money The
other trunks belonging to Pollock which were on the
Pittsburgh boat must have reached Wheeling some time
on the day of his arrest In these were probably found
moro Of the paperand perhaps the plate from which
was srucA. This plate, by the way is genuine and
was engraved in this city last May for this Pollock who
was introduced here by respectable merchants who had
known him for or 10 years captain of steamboats,
running IN the Alabama river trade and believed him to
be man OF integrity lie represented himself to be an
agent in this matter for the Planters Bank of Alabama
at Wefumpka and showed letters endorsing him in that
character He got only 1900 impressions of the plate
struck which he took away with him. as also the plate
stating that the Bank would have but small circulation
ana would be more convenient have the bills print
ed IN NewOreans than her The alterations made in the


plate after lie took it away, consisted simply in subs
tutng tennessee Tor Alabama in the name and Nash,
vile orWetumka in the date Pollock was lodged in ia
at wheeling His arrest may throw some light OH late
events in Warsaw, KY