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'~L eoiumW* gtltflCopt. FRIDAY, JUNK 13. 1829. <g-TTH ? ????????? .1/t/iolnintent 61, the ttovcrwor."-Archi bald Campbell, Clerk of the Court of Com iium Pleujand Session*, firo. win. for Colle ton district. Appointment Ai/ the Hover nor?1'. li. I'ctrcwn, Notary Public, fjr Fairfield Din* trict. John R. Davis, Em). wn? 011 Saturday last, appointed by the " Franklin Debating Club" to deliver an Okation on the Fourth'of July next. Alter n very warmly contested 1 lection 111 Florida, Cul. White, it appeaif, link suc ceeded by n majority of 28t>. Increase of %otcs since the lust clcction .xcccds iOO. If the majority ol our National Legislator* < ouhl be pernuadeel that their wisdom was < apahlc of being increased, wc nie Mire they Might derive n miv-t instructive lesson by enquiring into the present situation of the Wine Trade of France, and the eauses which linvc produced it. The latest arri x uls from F.urope have furnished us authen tic evidence of the extreme distress which I.as been inflicted upon the leading and ag i iculturnl interest of thai*beautiful and fer tile kingdom. It is worthy of rcmatk, that the same blind infatuation which has prcsi* I'e-d over the council* of this country in rela tion to the absurd schcmc of annihilating for eign commerce for the benefit of manufac turing mnnoply, hurt also controlled the French Government?and each have unre lentingly persevered to plunge their res pective countries into the ruinous disasters svhicl; arc now common to them both. Na poleon and I.ouis?aristocrats and Jncobins ):r\vc mnde common cause to accomplish for I'ranee w hat our own wise legislators have done for this Republic?ami each will stand charged in the accounts ol posterity, with \ he s ime ignorance j>nd oppression us it re paid* the best interests?the fieecommerce ?the ur.?h:ick!t\! industry and ci.lvrpi^c e.f their c< vi:;trymci. It is u stt iking f:ict that in tlic l *. S.?ii> r.ngland and in France, the people at this moment nrc severely suffering under that VTitchul and wicked doctrine of political r eciemy wh?? !i set ks the exclusion of foreign 1 -mmercc for the chimerical purpose <>f premature;) building up n system of manu i ;ctures upon the ruins i-f every oilier ? pcrics of industry. It is n chimerical f.b i . ct , tor existing circumstances in car.li of these nations prove incontcstibly, that it < itmot b? accomplished, until the gradual s.-.ul natural progress of society invite* it. Notlwiij; but prohibitory duties can promise to i fleet it: wc hv.ve tried that?and have f mod that this polit y only t ilers a bounty t) smuggling?oidv invites unnatural but ruinous competition?only drives the rnnsu nier to the opcdirnt of non-consumption. We published last week the disastrous le r.u'.t of the piohibitorv scheme ujw>n the si!k trade in fcngland. We propose in this article to furnish some account of a similar but much more illustrious example of it in Trance. The French revolution called forth manufactures in France, in the sninc way that the war of 1812 did in the United States. When the conclusion of peace withdrew the monopoly from the man ufacturers", which they completely en joyed during a st;?te of hostility, and tinder the unneighbourly policy of Napoleon, they, like their counterparts here, teaiced the government to throw around them the shield of prohibition. They have obtained this prohibition since the restoration, and if any \ hiiig can demonstrate thciittcr wothlessuess ?'t such n policy, its t fleet upon the wine trade of France clearly docs so. The importance of the-cultivation of the v inc to Franco is incalculable. Much of her soil isadiuirahly adapted to this purpose and i t none other. From n petition and inc. inorinl, d ?tcd Bordeaux, 1 828, and signed by individuals, comprising most of the ?opulent landholders nud cultivators of the department of the (Jirondc and several of the principal merchants of Bordeaux, against the prohibitory system 'if the Frcnch C?ov eminent,it appears, tint the quantity of wine nnnuaily produced in the k'.tgdom is about 1,060 milions of gallons ; ?alue from 32 to AO millions sterling, and that upward* of 3 millions of individuals are employed in its production. From Bordeaux alone, accord ing to the memorial, not less than 100,000tons ?f vvlne was exported about 1790 by the ? hip* cf the Nnthern Nations in exchange I >r their own products, besides '200,000 tons of other French product*. The export row is 1(94 than oue half of what it was at that period. l^s his been the effect of the prohibito ry system. In 1(432 the Frcnch government made nil increase of 11.'56 per ccnt. upon the duty, which was, M years before, levied up on iron. The iron master* who had rapidly grown up daring the Vrench revolution, when there was necessarily a pressing de mand for the manufacture of that article, ami a suspension of commerce, represented to the government the difficulties which sur* rounded them from foreign competition, and ?'?at nothing could pre?erte thtm but the prohibition of imported iron. So will* the linen manufacture, and every other wlikl) had grown up under the impulse of the French warm. The government bent a too credulous car to these seductive reyi escnta . tlons; and for the purpose of bencAuhig a handful of manufacturer*, they prohibited the introduction into France of those very nrticlcs, with which the wine trade*, the ag ricultural interest of the kingdom h <d been sustained; thus sacrificing the pnrumount in terest of the country and the rights of n large majority of the people at the shrine of a few speculators, who have fattened only upon the bounty of the government, precise ly after the manner ol our own monopolist*. Such has been the operation of this system that instead of 100,COO tons of wi.te, u? pre. vious to iryo, Bordeaux now exports but little upward* of ,50,000 tons. 21 out of the .1? millions of French population nrc cngng ed in agriculture, and such is now the dis tress ot that portion of the people, who arc prohibited from silling the products of their industry which nie of increased demand throughout the civilized world nnd of great ly improved tpiality, that the government have been obliged to turn scriou* attention to the provision of a remedy. About <0 thousand persons arc engaged in the various manufactures of iron and steel in the French Kingdom, and Ining immediately under the guardianship of the court, they furnish the community a much inferior article to the British manufacture, at a much higher price. As an illutration of the absurd extent to which the favor of the government iscartied tor the bcncfi' of a particular manufacturing interest m France, we add the following short extract from an article on "aits and mamifurtuies in France," in the "Foreign Hcvicw"for Jan. 182*.': "The fabric of carpets may he divided into five sorts. The first is that of the royal manufactories, called In M. Blanqui4 legrn 1 rc fitir.miu-,' which certainly are creditable ; to the talent of the workmen, but the length of time required to perfect them, sometimes five or iix jears, makes their juice prepos terously high. The carpets of the Gobelin* and the Sivouneric are itehlom valued at J less than X'200or i'300 each." j About iour-tifihs of the wool consumed in France is of home production. In relation to this subject it is remarked in the same article, '? unfortunately, however, the dut\ of J. per cent, that now attavhesou thcimpor | tatioi) of the raw material into France, ope l rates \er) injurious!) to this branch of indus trj, and hei expoitatinnof cloth is naturally [ diminishing in proportion to the dcciease iu | the stock of foreign wool. The following I calculation will illustrate this effect: j . Ivrrage '.f t/ir i/rurt 1822 mid ]J>2.1. Imports of raw wool, kil.tg, 7,3oy,26<? manufactured do. 59,082 l'.xports of raw wool, mai.ufuetured do. 1,047,if'J l 182<">. j Imports c-f raw wool, kilog, r?,787,i79 manufactured do. 22,074 Exports of raw wool, 402,I manufactured d<\ 7i0,81i." TO COR!tISPOKUtNTS. We Imvc received some poetic favours re cently, which, tho* much in demand on ni count of the inadequate supply, uc arc frar ful afford too little evidence of the inspira tion of the muse to go before the unsparing criticism of the world. It ia very unplea sant to sit in judgment upon such delicate matters as the offspring of imagination, and that too for the purpose of trying the (pies, tiou of thrir legitimacy. In the rase before us, we arc obliged to render an ungracious judgment?and to add our regret, that there is nut some Kdito:i:il Court of Appeals to coi reel errors. At all events we thank our friends for their disposition to oblige us, and hope we may be able hereafter, to afford them better evidence of reciprocal kindness. Mr. Nile* says that the distress of the manufacturers in owing to the evasion by the importer* of the Iwnm fide duties, intended to be secured by the ore dollar minimum, i It is vexatious to Mr. Nile*, that the impor ters of woollens will not charge their im ports at 101 cents the senate vnrd, so tint they may pny a duty of 45 per cent ad valo rem upon 250 instead of 101 r?-nts. A complaint like this amounts to impu dence, and it an insult to the feelings and understanding of every honest man. Thifc will be acknowledged when a very small |>or tion of the history of the tariff of 1828 is re collected. The woollen manufacturers in their petition*, and their attorneys in Con gress, particularly Messrs. Dwight and Da vis, asked Congress only to sccurc to them the faithful execution of the law ol 1824? that the revenue wns defrauded by the cun ning of tire importer*, and that this was the source of suffering What win the remedy which the majority in Congress applied to the prevention of these pre.endcd fraud*? Instead of taking measure* for the faithful execution of the law, they held out to the importer the extravagant inducement of fraud and evasion contained in this Mine minimum provision, of a clear saving of 80 cent*on the square yard, provided lie would make hi* woollen fobrie cost 100, instead of 101, cents! 11 the rnnnufaclurera are suffer ing under tilt operation of ?uch a remedy, let them enquire who applied lt.? And l' the tariff bill of 1828 wilt not suit them, what do thev desire' Tiii? charge of Mr. >?U?b ?g*iust mer chants And custom-house officer* I* ft mere pretence, intended to roiik the real design of prostrating the commerce of the country, and tocover the disgusting deformity of the measure which is effecting it. SflysHcsekiah Nile*, "there Unothing in any pait ?>f the world to compare to the firoiraion extended to the sugar planter* of the United State*. They nre the real mo nopolists, if any there nret in the United States. Hut we shall nut cumplain of that, if they ate willing that others shall be placcd also* vithin the protection of a Cor.imon gov emment." Certainly he has no right to complain. Waff not tlu* duty upon sugar the sole volun tary act, of the manufacturers?-the quid firo quo, with which they purchased the votes of J.^iikiana and all the sugar grow ing inure*; fir the "hill of abominations?'' j Surely M.. Miles will not rescind a contract I very deliberately made?and which secures j h signal balance of benefits to himself and his household. Jllcttcd effectt of the Tariff.?We are in formed upon good authority, that the finer qualities of goods of foreign manufacture can be purchased in Lexington Kv. at from 40 to ?IJ |>cr cent below their prices in Charleston, S. C. It is said that u regular communication is kept up with the I/ikcn, and thai smuggling is carried on scientifically A fine commentary this, under the \ cry nose of the Tariff' Aj?x, upon the moral and po j lineal effects of the ?? Clay system." We : have seen sewing need let in this place, pur ] chased in Philadelphia by a regular trades | man there at f J per thousand, which never ' were Impprted under the regular duties, lor 1 less (ban $2 50. They were retailed nt this letter price, with a handsome piofit. | Effect* of Jjtfhmiiitf.?We undcistand : that on Friday c\ening last a flash of light ning killed two horses dead, ut.-l wounded a third so that ho has since died, about 3 miles from Columbia, on the Winnshoro'road, be longing to some wagoner who had stripped during the stoim. Two negroes near the plact,we are iiilortntd were at the same time much Manned, but soon recovered. We have reason to fear that if the exces sive rain*, which lime fallen for several da\s past, continue ninth longer, the cotton crop* will be much injured, as the w heat al i cady is. The .Yaticnal Jcurna!, which is always chattering without rhyme i enson about proscription and removal*, *nys, that Mr. Nii'ct of Virginia hat been appointed Minis* j trr to (heat lirituin in the room cf Mr. Bar | hour. It finds in this case a Virginian ready 1 t<> step into the shoes of a Viiginian. Of course our readers know that this is a palpa t hie faUel?o?id?that Mr. Hives has been a|> poiuted to Prance?in the place Mr. Hrowu who desired to return. This camc of the *?f the Journal to disprove the re mark of Mr. ltitchic, that *' few Virginian# wish to get in, and thus try to throw their brethren out"?and shews the reckless de termination of th it scurrilous print to be spatter the administration with its slander at any expense to truth and decency. A new periodical is atmouneed, " The Virginia Literary Museum " to he issued under the patronage of the I'rofessors of the. I University of Virginia at Charlottesville.? Therear" able men in that Institution, and if they pledge themseh es to the puhiWVno exertions will be wanting to redeem that I pledge. I The at?i?iut fan '.f the I'ricmit \f Ireland in Charleston have abolished their institu tion non that there no longer exists any just cause to continue it. Tlic Society pasted unanimously the following re sol u* i lion: i That the funds which may remain in the . Treasurer's lundt after paying the cxucnccn ' of this association be paid by him to tltc fol to the Ladies' Benevolent Society. One hundred Dollars to Dr. M'Nevin for Km* melt's Monument. One hundred Dollars to the Hibernian Society of this city, and the residue to the St. t'utrick's Society of this city. The funds consist of about 5567, L>8 cents: Much of the true Ilihcrriian and Carolina feeling was displayed in the clotting scenes of the association, and we arc satisfied that the most honorable and magnanimous spir it has ever actuated the members of that body. rotirloiK. fty the >rrh il of the Bhip Mitjtilie, at Char'e? ton, on !???* ISfli ittsf. the Kdii.m there havo . re. covcd London news to the Willi end Liverpool to lIn? !Alli A pi il. Nothing Important. AVeptihHdi however an article from a l.nndin p* per, which we find in theCharlerion Cornier, pr?g* on til with rumors of theorem design* of the Duke of Wellington In relation to th* Church KtlaMii* inenl of Kngland. The Duke, has ^strengthened his induenen vastly by lilt hold and incceMful maasnret in favor of the ju?l and pretdng claim* of iIm Itoman Catholic, hot #? faney ha will And it a rugged path to travel, If he attempt* to reach that reformation In the Ksta'jlished Church, which is indicated In this article. The Duke flint at th? r.-irl of Wlnrhehee, heeanni hr accused hlin of a detlgn *o fo'.T?>?eli upon flie Corutit'itloM vf IMS. If IbeM rumor* u* wall fouudrd, Va j ccrtaiuly did wrong to about at th? Earl for that i iiMMtloiii . II b wU lb*l Ik* Daka of Wellington, having cured lb* Internal breach of lb? Klicdon In tween Catholic* and ProlaatanU.has coutoionc ed tha formidable taik of pr?*criblnf ?o Rttitla certain condition* In regard Iw tho TurkWh war' and ibat Franca and England bar* joined In a not* to lb* untocrat, by no uivaui agretabl* lo bin. The (\>tl>m Iii* K"nilnmnn barn h*en elected Director* <?| the Hnincli Hmk at Columbia, vis: Col. John G. Drown PreaMonl Maj. Thuota* Taylor, Dr. Jaui-? Davit, Mmn. Daniel Fault, Jim* M ll twrll, Wm l.aw Robt. Stark, M. Atouio, J. S. Ouignard, la?. Roetwrlght, David E?vart, 'Samuel I'cic'.val, *1) J. sScCord, Ulirolon. ?>?w Director* RKMtKISCKXChS. liven ut this day, taunt* pre thrown out to the disparagement of the Southern politician*, | in many of the New-Kngland publication*, which arc (levoted to the Clay system, inten ded to jeer u? for nur prophecy In relation to the cflccti which wc predicted would follow the t a rift* ol 1824 and '28. Facta ore transpiring every day, and arc crowding the vehicle* of our northern new*, which call forcibly to our recollection the doctrines, the promise*,'the prediction* of Mr. Clay himself, in 1824, when he wn? describing, with the limit imposing display of mcdical nciencr amf minuteness, the fatal di*en*caof tlic body politic, and prescribing the bill, then before the house, and subsequently pnskcd into a tariff law, as the sovereign pu imcea of the country. We entreat the rcadct's attention to the following gloomy picture which Mr. Clay'* graphic pencil then cast upon the imagina tion of the house, and wc ask him. il the deep -hade* of darkness wliitb were then made to envelope the lace of the nation* have yet been penetrated by the brilliant devclopement* of the tar.IT. He mingled then upon canvas*, with the horrid featuie* of his portrait, the ft-?hI of light which was educed, with a mastcily hand, from the ??foundation* of a genuine American poll cy have his visions been realised, or were they the high-wrought illusion* ol fnnc) i He promised " to probe to the bottom the disease* ot tlic b?d)' politic"?to apply the ?? cllicae.ious rcmedie* do the universal groans ol the country, neaily five years af terwards, attest the wisdom of the doctor, or the i igoroiu health of the patient ? The remedy was most rjfficarioutht applied anew in 18-S, under his own immediate supers is ion, aided bv the U .rncd and philosophic counsel of Mr. J. Q Adams, and of those apt and faithful practitioners, Messrs. Nile* and Carey. They have rjficuciouily purged the country of all extraneous stimulus, such a* that of commerce and agriculture, and the excitements which belong to them ; but the disease is provokingly stubborn, and has now seised hold upon the very vitals of the skeleton, the manufactures themselves ! The people have recently employed other physicians,and aswc have often heat d "that doctors scldc.m agree," wc trust there is] tonic chance or a change of practice. Extract from Mr. Clay's spccch in favor; of the tariff fcf 15*2-5 :? u |n catling oar ey*? found ur, the ino,t prowl* nentnrcuDiftHneo wld-li fixes ? ur attention, and eballen-ei our deepest rrgiet, is the C'Mml ill' tre-c which pervade. tho whole connlry. It t? | lnreeJ upon u? by numerous facts of "?? most in eontcttable character. It l? indicated by the dl iniiiUlied exports of native |wodnce$ l>y the dr-1 prefsed mii'I reduced ?>f foreign ntiviga lion; t.r our diminished et mnieree, hy MMeMitre mithrohcd crops of grain, periling iu our barn, and Urn y-rA, for the wiiut of a mark*, by the alarming dlmunlthm of tho circulating medium; ?.y the numerous bankruptcies, not limited to Ihe tending e1*?w,but extending to all orders of s??-ie ly; I'y an umtr?r?al complaint of Ihe want ol em ployment. awl a consequent leduetinuof the wa .Ve* of laborjhy the rarenom ouriuit alter public ,'itualiou*. not for the s..ke ol vhcu honour, and the nerformiiw* of th*ir public duties, bul hi a meant of private .ubs'ntenee*, by the reluctant re ?.irt to tho perilous use of paper money) bv the intervention nf legi.lation in the delicate relation ?n'l rrr M??r; whrt, ?M| Die low mi'l deprened ?ti?te of the value ofalmwl t yery dccrijilion of the whole nin?s nf Ml# pro ttcrS v of tlie oatioiii wliieh has, on an average,sunk not'lcs than about AO |er cent. wilhia a few yier. I hii ih.tresJ pers-des every part of Ihe ] union, everyela?? of society! th?>ofli il mar be fell. Hi different places, iu different ?'?greef. It l? nice the atmosphere which tnrrottnd. u,--all most en h'de it andnoneeau esca|?e it. In H'?? ha? burst u|x>n oor fieopl#, without a single Miith ratio* ein um'lawe lo lensper its severity. In other., m< re fortunate. slight alienation, have been experienced in the expenditure of the wrt> lie menue, mo.I in other farming ?M? A frw year, ago .Hie planting iotereiteoosohd H?#lf with I it* h?ppy ? xe?ptio?l but it ha. now reached this I inteietl aUo.wlleh ? *peri?M?t, though with le?s .everity, the g-neral .nff< ring It ?? ?'?*? |?l? ?l lo me to attempt to sketch or to dwell on thei (lonin ol this picture: Hut I have eaaweraled Sotbloz. Perfcri Adellty to the ordinal would hare aMtkoriwd me lo h.ra thrown oo deeper and deiker h?e?. And H i. the duty of Ilia Hates man. im lew than that ol tha phy.tciaa, to snnrejr with a iienetrating, steady, and undismayed eye, the a?'lual eowbtlnn of the snbjeet oo wnteh h<? would operate-, to|?mbe to the bottom Ibediieas ?4 ,,f the hoily i^htie if he would apply e?c*no.n remedie*." Unit til State* Krwnut. ? 1'he Nrw-York Mercantile of Monday a*>s : M W # learn that the amount of duties on merchandise imt?orrcd hto litis port for the flrst nuAtld of the present year, was |2,6118,085 V7. 11<^ amount in the corresponding ouaiter ot 182*1, was f4,189.1 Id 42?and that of the first quarter <if 183T, was #2^1'2/?<s6 .18.? 'I'll*? amounnt of duties on Import* at this port in ili? year 1827* w*? 513,317,695 89, and In 1838, 813,743,147 31/' LEGAL ^iSCISIOMS. COURT OF APPEALS. Monday, tUK June, m'J. JoiiKtoK J. delivered tho opinion ofUm Court in tho following eutit U?r/ . Lexington. Tbo State yt Hoary Hoolq now Ul* i>l granted, wit hoot prejudice. Richland.' J?hn Gloror u. 3mm Stewart, #i, i), motion |rut?l, A defendant confined In ejfMuiiou, rendered n icheduto of hi* Mai* and ebote and p iiti?w<i before tho comtni?l?ner? of epeeial ball to b* discharged. Plaintiff alleged (hat tbo schedule wt* fraudulent. Hold, that I ho c*n?y*>in aro Incompetent to try that ijuenlon, and that it iuu*tbe referred t? the circuit wort. , Until that question It triod tbo plaintiff oout Mooofi on tho defendant*. Bind to keep tho hound*, mid the judgment of the court ordering the defendant tit bo discharged, Wcouclutive at to the que* ion of fraud. . 1* etlAKCRRT. Laurent. O'Dcll guardian, v*. Younj ex\.r Young; motion reluied. A guardian i* linhlo to hi* ward for monojr hot by hi* negligence Neglecting for a year In pro ceed agaiutt n debtor wbo was notor'ously in ?iuklng circum?l?ncc? and whoproicd insolvent, Ij c videucc of ?uch negligence. ' Richland. Smith & llrown v? Killing! worth an J other*: dccreo reverted and bill ditmi??ed. A remainder ntau it not liable for dehts-coii t Farted by the tenant for lift in the management of the estate; nor urc ?uch d*bt* a charge upon tbo estate iUell. (See the opinion delivered by Mr. JnUice Noli In Hogg* ?|. nl. v*. Reid et.al. at tfi* same time > rending the suit, one of the |?Hies died, Hn.t the circuit court aflerwerd* made an order Hint the property of which ihe died proscared, (hnuUI be told to tetiify plaintiff* demand. Held, that Ihe order wat irregular, no adminlitration on her citftte having been taken out, nor her estate nth er\vi?o represented. MISCKMjAKKOUB. [Kron Iho Unilrd Sl?tr? Tcloffrnph J APPOINTMENTS BY TIIK PUKSIDP.NT. Oohnklwii I*. Van Nkss, of the State of 1 Vermont, tp be Envoy l^treordlmrr and j Minister Plenipotentiary of the united : States to Spain in the tilncc of Alkxawdkk II. Kvkbktt, recalled. Wii.i.i am Pitt, 1'nr.Bt.K of the State ot , Maine, to he Iv?voy Extraordinary nnd Min ! i>ti-r Plenipotentiary ol the United States to i the Netherlands. I Washington Irving, oi the State ?.i j New York, to hcSecirtwrv of the Legation of the United States to CJreat Ilritaiu. | Ciiaiii.ks Carroll IIarpkr, of tlit ] State ot Maryland, to be Secretary of I.< ? | gation of the United States to l-'i uncc. nr.MOVAT.S AND ' APPOIN T M E NTS. Mr. John CAMrnr.LJ., of Virginia, to !,e Treasurer of the United States, vicc Win - iam Clark, removed Mr. T. H. Smith, of New York, vice Ciiarlf.s Xot'itsr., removed. The Journal and Intelligenccr call the late incumbents most faithful public ofiicei %, and the Intelligencer snys, that no one will justify the removal of Mr. Nourhe. We venture to predict, that the people and their -cprcsentatives will justify it. In the mean time, we woeltl caution tire coalition prints at n distance, to wait until the rrftrm undergoes the acarching oncra tion or a Committee of Congress; nnd If the whole country docs not respond well done thou good and faithful servant, then will we admit that we too nre ignorant of the true character of the American people.? U, & Tel. The opinion of the Court in the caie of the United States, vi. Tobias Wat kins, was de livered to-day ny Judge Crunch. Tin Court wan of pinion, that the money of which the United States was defrauded, was the property of the United. States, that the offence was a common law offence, and that this Court had common law criminal juris diction j but sustained the demurrer, and quashed the indictments on the grounds-? first, that they did not sufficiently nvrr what the false pretcnccs were by which the government was defrauded; ami secondly, that the charge of forgery, If sustainable tit nil, could not properly be made in conjunct ion with another charge in tliesamc count of an indictment The demurrer is sustained by the opini.tn only on the formal objections to the indictments. At to the substance of the charges, the court's decision la against the prisoner. Judge Thrnston was dearly of opinion, that the demurrer ought to he overruled ; although he concurred with the majority of the Court in opinion as to the charge of for gery, yet lie thought thai the indictments were in other respects good. If these in dictments were not good, it wns hardly pos sible, he believed, to sustain an indictment nt common law for such oft'entes against the United States. The opinion of the Courf, ahlcli is too long for insertion in our paper of to-day, will be given in our regular report of the case. I There is another indictment against Dr. Watkins, which will probably be argued to morrow on a demurrer. After the decision of the court was pro nounced, Mr. Coxc, the counsel of Mr Watkinw, moved the court that the aam< judgment should be entered to a third In dictment, to which they had nlso entered ? demurrer. .. , , Mr. Key objected to this entrv, nnd stated that they should argue that demurrer.? The counsel for Mr. W. then insisted that it presented the same case and must be de emed in the surae way, and urged that if the court would allow an argument under such circumstances, It should be made at once. Mr. Key replied that he admitted that this third indictment, and the demurrer to it represented the same case, but that Mr. Hwan and himself thought they could satisfy the court by authorities, that the Indict ment waa sustainable upon the principles laid down by the court, in the opinion just delivered?that It waa an indictment for a fraud on the government, and required no setting out of ralae pretences?thatonotbing more was ncteisory than to aver that it was