quest. The enclosed documents are submitted to
you, to use as your judgment may direct.
We are, very respectfully, sir, your ob'dt serv'ts,
MURRAY, FAIRMAN & Co.

Copy of a letter addressed to L. Cheves, esq. president of the bank of the United States, dated Philadelphia 7th Oct. 1820.

Sa-We have just seen an article in Niles' Weekly Register, dated September 23d, stating that our improved die work had been "successful ly imitated." We have no doubt but that Mr. Niles labors under a mistake in making that statement for want of information, and that he has confounded the old dies, which we have abandoned for more than three years, with the improved dies now used by us as we intend to write to Mr. Niles on the subject, we wish to learn from you, if, from any information you have received on the subject, you have reason to suspect that any plates executed by us for your bank and its branches, have been counterfeited, and you will be pleased to make the same enquiry as to any information the cashier or any other officer in the bank of the United States, may have received as to any attempt at the imitation of the dies now used by us.

We are, very respectfully, sir, your obedient servants,

(Signed)

MURRAY, FAIRMAN & Co.

L. CHEYES, esq.
Copy of a letter addressed to Murray, Fairman, &
Ca. by L. CHEVES, esq. president of the bank of the
United States, dated 9th Oct. 1820.

GENTLEMEN I have received your letter of the 7th inst. and have submitted it to Mr. Houston, the assistant cashier (the cashier being absent) and to both the tellers of the bank, and I have great pleasure in stating that I have not, and that these gentlemen assure me they have not, any reason to believe or suspect that any of the plates executed by you for the bank of the United States or its branches, have been counterfeited.

L. CHEVES.

PARTICULARS AND REMARKS.

old and new plates, and we hope that we shall be able to make the difference between them clearly understood by saying, that the ornaments, as afore said, on the old plates are chiefly made up of dots whereas in the new they are composed of a multitude of beautiful lines. Any person who will once make the comparison, with a view to his own safety, can hardly ever forget the difference-yet, without such comparison, and from the rapid manner in which bank notes are passed from hand to hand, not one in a thousand of the public in general, would ever have noticed this difference, if neither of the plates had been imitated. Few men are accustomfed to examine bank bills with greater care than the editor of the Register, on account of the variety which he receives; but until just now, he never observed the alteration in Murray, Fairman & Co's manner of engraving-an alteration which, if at tended to, we trust, will long secure the people against the arts of unprincipled en; and these artists deserve the thanks of the nation for the zeal, talents and industry, with which they have labored to accomplish this most important purpose. We learn further, that the old plates were executed by hand; the latter by costly machinery.

Secretary,
Senators,
Representatives,
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of Dedham, and brought down with one wing broAn eagle was shot on the 11th Sept. in the vicinity ken. He was taken alive by the sportsman; but, (remarks the Dedham paper), the bird, true to his native valor, and as if disdaining the triumphs of an enemy, instantly buried both his talons in his own head; choosing rather to die than be conquered. He measured, when dead, five feet and six inches from wing.-Boston Patriot.

I can only speak of the plates executed by you for the bank of the United States and its branches. I am, very respectfully yours, &c. (Signed) It was not until the receipt of Mr. Bacon's letter, that we knew or recollected to have heard, that the manner of the die-work-i. e. the ornaments at the ends of the bank notes engraved by Messrs. Murray, Fairman & Co. had been changed; therefore we spoke of their plate generally, as a "cele- SOMETHING NEW. Police office, New York, Sept. brated plate," and not of the "improved" one, as 20. The public show of extravagance, audacity they have it in their letter to Mr. Cheves.-There and licentiousness of the women of the town, deis no person who, according to the amount which mands the corrective interposition of the magis passes through his hands, has more cause to be trates. Therefore, ordered, that the officers attachgrateful to these accomplished artists, for the skilled to this office do make report to the magistrates with which they have resisted the counterfeiting system, than ourselves-for we receive bank bills from all parts of the United States, and felt a surety that they were genuine, if engraved by them; of course, the idea of injuring those to whom we owed so much, could not have been indulged for a mọment.

thereof, of all common prostitutes who perambulate Broadway, and other principal streets of the city; making a public announcement of their course of life; and also those in whose dwellings riots and dances are heard.

All such persons are notified and cautioned, that on proof of those excesses and indecencies, whereThe old plate, for several years, presented a bar-by the citizens are scandalized and public opinion rier which the counterfeiters could not pass, yet at last they got over it; but they will deserve much more credit for their talents if they shall success fully imitate the new manner of workmanship. The artists enclosed to us two specimens each of the

See "particulars and remarks," below.

putraged; those hereafter so offending, shall be
immediately placed under the operation of the law
for the punishment of disorderly persons, and on
conviction under the said law, committed to the
Bridewell or Penitentiary, without bail.
By order of the magistrates,

PETER TOWNSEND, clerk.

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JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.

Exploring Expedition-N. W.

From the Detroit Gazette of Sept. 15.

Last Friday evening governor Cass arrived here from Chicago, accompanied by lieut. M'Kay, and Mr. R. A. Forsyth, both of whom belonged to the expedition-all in good health.

We understand that the objects of the expedition have been successfully accomplished. The party has traversed 4,000 miles of this frontier since the last of May. Their route was from this place to Michillimackinac, and to the Saut of St. Mary's, where a treaty was concluded with the Chippeways, for the cession of a tract of land, with a view to the establishment of a military post. They thence coasted the southern shore of Lake Superior to the Fond du Lac, ascended the St. Louis river to one of its sources, and descended a small tributary stream of Sandy Lake to the Mississippi. They then ascended this latter river to the Upper Red Cedar Lake, which may be considered as the principal source of the Mississippi, and which is the reservoir where the small streams forming that river unite. From this lake they descended between thirteen and fourteen hundred miles to Prairie du Chien, passing by the post of St. Peter's on the route. They then navigated the Ouisconsin to the portage, entered the Fox river, and descended it to Green Bay. Then the party separated in order to obtain a topographical sketch of Lake Michigan.--Some of them coasted the northern shore to Michillimackinac, and the other took the route by Chicago. From this point they will traverse the eastern shore of the lake to Michillimakinac, and may be expect ed here in the course of a week. Gov. Cass re. turned from Chicago by land. A correct topogra phical delineation of this extensive frontier may now be expected from the accurate observations of capt. Douglass, who is fully competent to perform the task. We have heretofore remained in igno rance upon this subject, and very little has been added to the stock of geographical knowledge, since the French possessed the country. We understand that all the existing maps are found to be very erroneous. The character, numbers, situation and feelings of the Indians in those remote regions have been fully explored, and we trust that much valuable information upon these subjects, will be communicated to the government and to the public. We learn that the Indians are peaceable, but that the effect of the immense distribution of presents to them by the British authorities at Malden, and at Drummond's Island, has been evident upon their wishes and feelings through the whole route. Upon the establishment of our posts, and the judicious distribution of our small military force must we rely, and not upon the disposition of the Indians. The important points of the country are now almost all occupied by our troops, and these points have been selected with great judgment. It is thought by ́ the party, that the erection of a military work at the Saut, is essential to our security in that quarIt is the key of Lake Superior, and the Indians in its vicinity are more disaffected than any others upon the route, Their daily intercomse with Drummond's Island, leaves us no reason to doubt what are the means by which their feelings are excited and continued. The importance of this site, in a military point of view, has not escaped the observation of Mr. Calhoun, and it was for this purpose that a treaty was directed to be held.The report which he made to the house of representatives, in January last, contains his views upon the subject.

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