Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1818-10-06

Fsom 100 to $50 a day. The Dey had
sOst son, a'daughter and sister -in-iaw.
All vessels arriving from Gibraltar al
Any Of the Spanish ports, we're obliged TO
ptlform quarantine of observation for
leo days, and the articles GU board to be
purgfd.
The Plague, which is called by the
physicians 6 the Plague Of the Levant,"
had extended from Tangiers to four villa
ges 10 its neighborhood. At Tangiers, up
to the 18th, there had been 90 deaths Of
ne Plague. At the Village Marchand
iii which is a population Of only about
200, iorty-nine had died, and amongst
them three entire families, one of seven
persons and two OF six. 1t was caIcu-
lated that one-fifih of the population of
the above places had been swept of.
Latest from oar Sqnadron.-By the
John Burgwin, arrived at Philadelphia,
We learn, that on the 18th of July, the
IL. S. ships Franklin, "A, and Peacock,
were off the Isle of Fermenterro. The
II. S. sloop Of war Erie, Capt. Gamble,
arrived at Leghorn few days before
Capt Perry sailed. The u. S. sloop
Spark, Capt. Nicholson, was at Leghern
repairing, and expected to be ready for
sea in all August.
Caation.-The public, aud more espe-
cially the officers Of banks, should be on
II s,,fo
lately practiced 10 this city, by altering
the face of bank checks. The first at
tempt was made on the Merchants Bank,
last week, for six thousand dollars, which
succeeded, as appears by the advertise
lment of the Cashier. A second, of the
same nature, but met with less success was
made upon the bank at jersey City. The
following are the particulars:
A young man of genteei appearance,
blessed in blue coat, white vest, and
1INhite pantaloons, presented to the cashier
W the bank at Jersey City, a check.
dawn by himself on the bank at Elizabeth
Town, for ninety hundred dollars, en-
\ dcrsed on the back by the cashier of the
bank at Elizabeth, Town, " Good for the
within amount. Dayton" The check
being for SO large sum, the cashier of
The Jersey City bank hesitated about
paying it--upon which the young man,
With an appearance of great indifference,
! e. it was paid or not, and taking back the
check, observed be could get it done in
New York. Yesterday forenoon he made
the attempt upon the City Bank, but
luckily for that bank, vague suspicion
prevented them from accepting it and
strange as it may seem, no effort was
made to detain the fellow.
rs g On investigating this piece of knavery
it turns out that the rogue deposited in
the first place in the bank at Elizabeth
Town 500, aud then drew check for the
sum, and got the cashier to certify on the
back, g Good for the within sum-" In
drawing the check, he had taken care to
write the word ninety so as to leave snf-
heient space between that and dollars to
add the word hundred, after he had got
MS check Certified to be good +; thus
changing it from ninety dollars 10 ninety
Handred douars.-At the foot of the
check, where the figures are placed att
the left hand. showing the amount drawn
for, the 500, by adding 90, is changed
into $4,000.
n This same fellow lodged at Wander.
bits, Staten Island, one night last week
and after the family had retired, rose.
broke open trunk belonging TO Mrs.
Il