Portland gazette., 1805-04-29

Mr.. Csgntsyt-he public are cautioneda againn corn
terfeit Nre Dollar Bills OF the Maine Bank and ditto Ten
Dollar Bills Of the Lincoln and Ke netec bank The gen
era imitation Of tAee CounterTs toerably well
ted but on careful examination there are many partic-
lars dfeoverabe, in which they differ the true bills
Naethe dark marginal ground on the left end of
The BILL the bill, made by fine parallel lines which
appear perfectly raght-in the faIe b corpoieG of
lines which have wAvy appearance and the margin is con-
Gderably darker than ID the bill. The ihP, in the
true BILL has three Rays from the bowprit and b boom u
the :oretoP nat and dfOrctoPgaanS-a and alto ay from
the man-top the nZea-top alant-rathis latter tay
is wanting in the ffe b and there but Rays from
re bowlprt and gbboom. The fails, gaant-nan
and penant, and aS the hull of the p all materially
different in the bills The plough in the bill, ha,
the beam and the handles more curved than
10 the faa and the brace between the handles right
angles with them the true, but in the ae bill appears
under obque angles Alto, the upper part Of the field
tanning the plough in the bal, tightly haded but in
the ae IS entirely plain The figure repreenting whez.
ten eaf in the true bill very badly initiated the ae;
il without band, and appears like bog of graf
Many other particulars mig be mentioned but the above
appear be ufcient thoe who in the lean familiar
with bank paper the general complexion Of the Counter
felt would alone detect il the paper being Of coare and
thick texture, very tender and when ite worn OF dir
~ appearance,
n tie Tn Daar BH-the limbs Of two trees uh 10 the
xght the letter D. repreenting the dollars on the
left hand margin Of the bill, in the counterfeit come fairly
down the ground, but in the bill elevated fome
dance above the ground. lnp the focIIs, in the
counterfeit, has fix 1ladard unequal diances houie
atle dance from the ad p, reprefented in the fae
kn has windows but in the true bill it has three. A
1D der fail il the river has fore-Ray-a as exhb-
ited the counterfeit the rue biz the fore Ray fail is
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Mr. FrlEr. Rs-r77z has bean appointed Poltualer at
r4icaiTct, IL the of E5crtsy Wbier efq reGgned-
A, Mr. Granger has found Ome Of his deputies detective in
this d9 he does well ref1rt ederaLis, IN new ap-
pointnents for hoaei and faithful
W5ot."s coryet7'o."-The Wlcafet paper OF Tuerlay
sa contains the following retutaton of late Argus M
The Argus proaounces it FaaI Lie" that tzveay pa-
pers ent from bey office gentleman in ne ghbor.
ng town, previous the late election We did net fav
thar they ient from their Office but this we iaid and
this thali and that democratic gentleman had re-
eeved twenty Of them weekly We know that twenty Of
thee papers, az Of dsts received the po office
IN Botb5ay, directed Dr. r., Of that place and that
the Dr. made good ue of the them we have ne doubt II
the Aa5 denies this, hali be able procure anote from
thegentenan who gave the information before our next
10 fubtantate what have fad In the mean time
ne ak the Argus man how many Of thee papers he ent to
. grezt Democrat in this town.
WIEan Fa-.n, eiq Of Fryeburg, is appointed Judge Of
probate fer the county Of Oxford.
earr!ro,
At Falmouth BY the Rev. Mr.. Bradley, Ayr P.,er r
Clark, N1ifs Eenor FroG.