Litchfield enquirer., 1863-06-04
New Publications

uARPERs MAGANNE.-We neglected, through mistake, to notice the June number last week It is an excellent number, containing The h. dian Massacres in Minnesota" and ]" The Quicksilver Mines of New Almaden, Calfor- nia, "-illustrated papers "Osgood's Predica- ment, Insects injurious to the vines" Katy Keith The Players and the Puritans,' 2 " Two weeks at Port Royal" Missing" "One of Many, "Ths Spirit Photograph" and "Ro- mula" and" The Small House at Arlington. j. continued-beside the Monthly Record of Cur rent Events, Literary Notices, Editors Easy Chair and Drawer, comicalities and fashions
 Patton, of Waterbury. has it. at his counter, together with all the other new magazines of the month.
 JENKINS VEST POCKET LEXICON, is a conve- nient little work, which may be tucked away in side pocket without any trouble. It's principal merit is that it omits the most famil- far words, and contains the principal scientific and technical terms and foreign moneys, weights and measures. Tho definitions are short and clear, and will satisfy the wants of most persons. It gives hlso the common Latin and French phrases, and many names of clas. sical mythology. Published by J. B. Lppin- colt & Co.,, Philadelphia. It will be sent by mail for 54 cents.
 PErERsoSs' PHILADELPHIA COUNTERFEIT DE. rscron.--For June 1st is out, being issued two days later than any other Detector pub. lished. It announces thirty new counterfeits issued in the month of May, nineteen of which have appeared within the last fortnight.
 The run of commercials seems to be upon banks in New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.
 Among the Connecticut commercials are the following:
 Nanufacturers' Bank, Hartford Conn.
 8s and 5s frauds are in circulation, red tint:
 there is no such bank.
 Meehanics' Bank, New Haven, Conn.
 t8s, spurious-vig. shield and eagle, two fs-
 males, railroad, etc. /; female on right; 8
 and portrait.
 Merchants' Bank. New Haven, Conn.
 20s, countcrfeit--vig three females, temple,
 &c.,, in back ground; 20 in each upper cor
 ner; XX in each lower corner.
 Staford Bank. Stafford Springs, Conn.
 20s, counterfeit-vig. lathework right end
 Indian with bow; left end three females.
 one holding scales, another with sickle and
 sheaf very dangerous; better refuse all
 2Os
 iStonington Bank Stonington Conn.
 Is. spurious,-vig girl seated on mound
 feeding calves; portrait on right-one on lathework on corners,
 There are some forgeries of U. S. Treasury Notes, thus described
 "United States Treasury Nstes. 50, alter ed from 2s. The figures in the upper corners are covered by pasting 50 over them, and the :. two" around the edges is carefully erased by painting it over in green. If the notea are examined closely, the fraud can be readily detected but as people, when handling "greenbacks." generally notice the denomina- tions, only, it is probable, without great care is exercised, that the altered bills will gain . pretty good circulation It gives full description of all the United States Treasury Notes also how to detect a counterfeit. The description of the real UAited States notes, illustrated with wood cuts, and hints how to detect alterations on them, is very plain and simple, and to persons who happily possess "greenback'' representatives of value, must prove of great utility. s3 One Dollar year for the monthly issue, or two dollars Semi-monthly. B. Peterson & Bros.. Publishers, Philadelphia.