Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1852-03-18
Dangerous Counterfeit Notes.

ho" iii circulation, (some OF them heretofore
noticed In our colums,) which require the
closest scrutiny by good Judges to detect their
character. We append the best description
OF them we can obtain; and would caution
our readers to be on their guard on receiving
notes of the banks on which these spurious
ones purport to be, without satisfactory evil
dence of their genuineness.
BANK OF MIDDLETOWN, PA.
| (Mercer Broacn, Pres.-SiaaOn Cameron, Cash
! 5s, re-issue-vig head and bust of female
in frame-large figure each side of it-a
medallion head and three figures above and
below it. This is so close an imitation Of
the genuine that persons not well acquainted
with the bill should refuse all s. notes ofthis
plate. The word FIVE on the bottom mar
gin appears % tmes-on the genuine 81.
5s, good imitation Of the genuine, having
an eagle for the centre vig.--a large female
on the right, and reapears on the left end
large female is rather poor-the clouding a
round the eagle poor--and the reapers on the
LEFT particularly poor-has no G. after the
word DEMAND, and no (.)alter the name of
| Danforth, the engraver.
! 5s, engraving coarse. In the first batch.
the "M' in ''1Iiddieto,0n'' on the upper left
margin, had an extra flourish, which has
since been taken off to make it correspond
with the genuine-this leaves the "M'' an
eighth of an inch farther from the margin
/ than in the true bill, in which it is close on
/ to it.
HARRISBURG BANK, PA.
Thomas Elder, PreSt.-J W. Weir, CASH.
| nf tofro L.
| in the Wig. are poor-the stars on the shield
on the left end of note are very feint--In the
genuine they are plain and the faces are well
done-the shading of the words /" Harrisburg
Bank" is not regular-the letters in the word
INDEPENDENcE'' on the right lower corner
slant like 1tallcs-in the genuine they are
straight.
! 5s, Reissues reliefnotes-good lithographic
imitation OF genulne-in the engravers' names
! Spencer is spelt Spencer. In the genuine
there is space between the flower on the
| left hand and the line of small FIvE-FIvE.
In the counterfeit the flower touches both a
boye and below.
5s, tlp-top imitation of genuine-vig. fe-
male with sword and scales, resting on
! short column, and the letter v in a square
! die each side-with female and two figures
81 on each end-this note should be thrown
out by persons not acquainted with the true
bill, and the bank issue new plate.
LANCASTER BANK, PA.
/ d. Longenecker, Pres-B c. BGchmGn,
! CASH.
/ Is, relief note-good imitation Of genuine,
and very likely to deceve-the neck of fe-
male on left whose hand encircles the anchor,
appears strung with beads, not so the genu-
/ ine-her right hand and arm are imperfect
and indlstlnct, in genuine they are well done.
2s, poor imitation-re-issue relief notes
Wig. female with child IN her arms-the
spaces between the word TWO ON the upper
and lower margins do not correspond, and the
word TWO on the lower margin appears 81
/ times-the genuine has the spaces alike, and
the TWO only 20 times. A new batch of these
is said to be in circulation. Refuse all notes
corresponding with this description.
! 5s good imitation of genuine relief notes,
Wig. State House with figure FIVE on a me-
dallion head each side of lion head
and three figure FiVes on each end-some of
the letters of Lancaster" touch the medal
lion on the left of the vig.--not so in the ge-
nuine.
FARMERS BANK OF LANCASTER. PA.
g. Hager, PreS-G ClGrkSon, Cash.
| 2s counterfeit relief notes.-the REISSUE
the ground work around the figure , on each
side of the vignette is made up of small dots,
while the genuine have FINE CROOKED LINES,
r. F. Rauch, Cash is engrayed-the genuine
is not Another batch of these have been
lssCed, which look more like the genuine
the word "Co." in the engraver's names quite
touches the 'N' in Z" Ne,o York." not so in
the genuine.
WYOMING BANK, WILKESBARRE, PA.
los, Viginette, an OK and plow at rest, with
man reclining against the OK. On each
end of the note female figure, and at the
bottom small coat of arms ofPennsylyania.
Letter A., and dated May7, 1851. Purports
20 be engraved by Draper, Tappan, & Co.,
whose imprint is at top of the note. The
general appearance OF the note is bad and the
engraving poorly executed, though calculated
to deceive those not accustomed to the hand-
ling of Bank paper The shading of the IL
tie and the denomination is very coarse and
irregular. In genuine notes the shading is
always in fine parallel lines. Several per-
sons were arrested in Philadelphia and New
York, within the last ten days for attempting
to put these notes in circulation.
--
Among the contributions recently re-
ceived for the Washington National Mon
ument fund, is the sum of one thousand
dollars, contributed in sums of fifty dol
lars, by mercantile firms belonging to the
city of San Francisco, California.
New system as Medical Practice.
A Or advertises in the Washington
papers to cure diseases on the 'nutritive
principle by which disease may not on
iy be removed, but persons actually gain
in weight during medication in all COM
plants! BY the new system as mat
ter of course, the best cure for leanness
of flesh Is to be sick. Think of that We !.