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CWi#, (Ohio,) April 24. We are happy to slate that the m s! of counterfeiters, through this count ty and | Guernsey, have in a great measure broke I up. Las! week and the week before, there , were four committed to prison in lhisp!ace ti» await their trial, at July term ol the court. Tbeie was found hid under a slab within a few rods of the house ol’Gallasuev• j *one of the men committed to prison, a rollof counterfeit notes, amounting to 3UUU dollars.A book was found under (he same slabthat concealed the counterfeit notes containing in wards of 300 dols. in notes altered from one’s to ten’s, and twenty’s.Ji was discovered that there was a link o\ the chain in L mrfonderry, Guernsey county. Several citizens of this place went on immcvi ttelv to Londonderry, and on making a search, they found in the possesion ol John M Heroic rson, a press, ink and paper, for the purpose of printing counterfeit bills. Tin re was also found in the possession of s.iid Henderson, vials, containingmaterials for extracting ink and alteringm»tes with a letter giving directions howto u-e them. Henderson was conveyed toCambridge and loiiged in prison.-■ — ■Charleston, May M.T* lt;l .....- _ :... i . _ a I. _ i •
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Alexandria Gazette and Daily Advertiser

Alexandria, Virginia, US

Fri, May 21, 1819

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