Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-10-27
COUNTERFEIT L. s. NOTES..

Counterfeit notes Of en-, Twcnty ard One Hundred
Doiais are IN circulation on the Bank of the United
states, winch are SO well executed as to elude dctcc-
tion, unless critically examined. overall of these
notes having found their way into this neighborLood
ana oeep presented at the Banks in this place, we ha,
'nougbt mat their further circulation might be arrest
ed By directing public attention to the fact, aud pre-
sepling a concise description of them.
Inc EN- doiior notes are payable at the Cincinnati
ONCE TO 4. Benson. Cashier-the figures are badl,
made and the impression stronger than the SEQ coun
, ,er:eits. The line under Tho's Wilson is twice a,
'o"S IN Tie connterteits as in the original; the formei
are also a little wider than the latter, and all the note
OF $40 issued By MIR. Benson are doubIy numbered apt
iettered, but not so in the counterfeits. The Invent,
dollar notes resemble very much the genuine Brancl
notes fihe u. S. Bank, letter M.-payable at Charles
ton TO Joseph Jonson, President, dated lst February
1870, signed l.. Chevcs, President, iona, Smith, Cash
Ter.
On the One Hundrd dollar notes the Eagle is prom
'nehty detective, and exhibits Il want of skill i'm the
execution THE sky is uneven, and what engrayers
call rotten and scratchy-thc dark lines in the up
per part OF the shield are unequal, and DO not form
a continual curve as they do in the original. The
left wing OF the Eagle is much too dark, and the
writing s'rikingly defective; the word promise is es-
pecialiy so. The figures 100, in the oval dies at the
Top are not outlined in the Originals; in the counter
feits they are. The small heads i'm the margin are
very rongb and imperfect.
.;The olive leaves under the vigne,te are much dark
er than iii the genuine, and Tire olive branch is very
defective.
The same plate is used for all re notes issued az tbe
several branches, and il is highly probable tina. there
WIZ be, ifthere are not already, counter leitsi in circuIa.
hon on each.-[Hincheser F,giatqn.
Watches, July Observation-Disclosures num-
DER OF persons OF respectable standing, lie or Is in
nulnher) arrived in this city aud vicinity, on SUNDAY
ana Monday last, from Louisiana, La. with Me ayo,yed
purpose las had been understood by letters from ,henccl
oil settling some personal difficulties, of long standing.
oy private combat The vicinity Of this CITY, on the
margin OF the Mississippi, il appears was selected b,
,l!em as their battle ground; Rumor was very busy on
Aionday ana Tuesday, and .nauy coniectures alrat as
!" the lime, place, manner. and humber of combaiants.
On Wednesday afternoon, information reached US from a
source 10 be relied on, thai 4 duel had taken place
oe'"een two OF Tie parties-that two shots were ex-
"''h"8e'' without effect. and the affair between these
persons ancahly ended; but, that as the parties who
lat I"i5ht were leaving the ground, they we're IS
s'iisu ol some othets, and after acrimony On both side d,
a most desperate, savage, and sangninary contest com
,neiiced, wtich resulted i'm the immediate death Of
MaJor Norris wright and General - Cure,; that a
fir. - Bowie K MIR. Alfred Blanchard, bo.h received
Wouh"s-the former 70 expected to recover. The b.
aies ct The slain, and the wounded pc. sol 5, were i'm
Ilediateiy convey ed across the river TO Cor cordia.
nose are The only PARTICULARS that have reached US
oil Tins most hofrij outrage, on which, for the present.
we offer no coinmcnt.-GStofes9aan.