Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1823-06-12
From the Democratic Press

S0m6 persons nave Oe0O arrested anu
examined before the Mayor on charge
of having assisted TO forge and pass,
counterfeit foe dollar notes, on the
bank of Stephen Girard, Esq. Seve-
raj Of she notes have bean seized. We
have been favored with one of the coun.
terfeits and have compared it with the
genuine note-The following strike us
as the points in which they differ most
essentially The paper of the coun.
terfeit is whittier than the origina which
has tinge of pink color The en-.
grazing is we'll executed but rather
darker and coarser than the original.
The signature of " Stephen Girard,,
10 not so heavy in the counterfeit as in
ihe original that of &c. Simpson"
In the counterfeit is more perfect than
in the original in which the ton of the
6. is nearly omitted. The general ap.
pearance Of the counterfeit is we'll CAL
culated TO deceive.
We have deemed it advisable to note
chose facts because we have some rea-
son to believe that many Of the coun-
terfeits are in the hands of confede.
rates who will lose no time in attempt.
ing to pass them.
They are made payable to J. Ross,
and dated Sd Nov. 1920. The figures
are well made.
The following letter Of French
banker at Bayonne, to his friend At
Bordeaux, has been put into our hands,
and we translate it for the information
Of our readers. We last evening gave
q royalist letter from Bordeaux. The
writer of the following we judge to be
Of the opposite partly. Y Amsr.
"The frat affair in Spain was not
propitious to our troops. The garri.
son of ST. Sebastians made, few days
since, sortie, by which we lost many
lives. The colonel of the 35th is said
TO have made an unskilful disposition
OF his troops, which occasioned sharp
alteration between him and his Gu;
colonel, a distinguished officer. The
official bulletin only speaks Of the loss
of 20 men killed; our loss, however,
in killed aud wounded is confidently
said to exceed 400. The wounded
were embarked, in order to prevent
the necessity of their passing through
this city. Another affair took place
near Villafranca.. The captain gene
raj Of Biscay, upon hearing of the pas
cage of the Bidassoa. assembled que
rjIla force of volunteers and OF the
troops of Bilboa. left that place and
fell in on his route and united with the
band Of Pastor. The b,i gade of Gene
raj St. Hilaire had just passed, when
these two chiefs of Guerillas fell upon
the rear Of the column, a partial action
snsued, in which we lost some men,
aud the general all his baggage and e.
auipsge it is even said that he only
owed his own safety to the speed of his
horse.
BREAD was last week worth at To.
leso 3rs. the pound. Nothing is found
in the province; every thing must be
sent from here The means of trans
portation have fsiled for want of proper
places of reception and deposit at lruu.
where every thing was pell-mell in the
streets. The greatest disorder appears
toprevail through the army"
KINGSTON, (JAM) April ls.-Fur-
Their particulars Of the proceedings of
the boats of the mon of war that went
in pursuit of the pirates.
The boats, in reconnoitering round the
keys, lying off the point lcaco, discov.
cred on one ofthem the wreck Of yes.
sci, slaves, casks, &c making pretty
evidently that it had been the rendez-
vous OF pirates.
On the morning Of the Sth of March,
when standing in shore, off Cayo Fran