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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