Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-06-06

''"'c A'~ha Oi NORM carolina, 10 q yery large
amount. Creary, IN tue course Of the wntsr.
having applied for The writ of hu6eGs corpus,
was carried to Richmond, where, upon tender
ing bail, he was released from Imprisonment
On Monday, he was discharged, the Grand
jury not having found y true bill against him
on Thursday, came on the trial Of Graves.
VINO has been in confinement since h. was ar
rested. The prosecution, on behalf of the
commonwealth, was conducted by e.. l..
Stevenson, Esq. and the defence by p. p.
Barbour and John Il. Lomax, Esa'rs. The
argument was ingeninusly sustained on bot!
sides. On the part of the prosecution, it was
contended that possession constituted sutiicien,
evidence of the forgery, especially when tn,
prisoner could render no satisfactory accoun,
how he o5tained that possession. The defence
was reduced 10 three propositions: LIST. Were
The notes charged in the indictment Gctunii,
countericiis: end. Were they counterfeited by
Graves and 5d-Were they counterleited
within the jurisdiction of this court The
hrst point was not controverted. On the
second, the Chief force of the argument rested
| me prisoners counsel rebutted the assertion
advanced by the commonwealth attorney
that possession was sufficient violence of guilt
Introducing also several circumstances To ac-
count for hepossession, whereby its suspicious
effect might be destroyed. This principle ap.
pearcu To meet The appreciation of the court
Inc third proposition, however, was so con
ciusiveiy made out, the want of jurisdiction
the physical impossbility of fabricating such \
quantity OF notes IN the space of a few hours
was SO evident that the jury, after retiring for
few minutes, brought in verdict of mol
guilty. HERALD
MAINE.-By the official report of the votes
Tor Representatives To Congress, fiom the
state al Maine, at the election which took
place some weeks ago, it appears that the
following gentlemen, having IA majority of the
whole number of votes in their respective dis
tricts, are duly elected, viz.
STEPHEN IONsFELLow,
ENoeH LINCOLN,
DAVID kIpDER
In neither of the other, ruui districts has a
ny choice been effected. The 3Oih of next
month is appointed, by the Governor, for a
second trial III the districts in which no choice
was made on the first trial
| MAssAcHUsErrs.-T Is now no longer
any doubt Ola Republican Majority in the
House OF Representative of the State of Mas
sachuseits. Returns from nearly all the
towns In the State have been received iu
BoSton--lt 10 ascertained that I54 Repub-
cans and so Fedcralis,s have been elected -
Republican gain 81 The Governor Elect, as
well as the Senate, are Republican so that
AN astonishing Revolution has been wrought
IN Old Massachusetts. The government of
every State in the Union is now administered
by Republicans. MAI Int.
The naked statement of fact in the Wash
inSton Republican, seems, from IA letter which
has been received here from Philadelphia, 10
nave produced strange impression abroad,
with respect 10 the character and value of
pEoPery in the City Of Washington The
Tact, as stated, was, the price at which IN i'm
porlant piece of property sold at a Marshal's
sale But the naked fact proves nothing =
the sale was AT the suit ola Bank the Bank
bought IN the property for the amount of its
Judgment and thus assumed the payment of
considerable amount of other debt, for
which the property WIS previously liable
The truth is, that compared with any other
town III the Union, this City is in a prospe-
rous and growing condition. There is Ger
iainiy scarcity of money here. but our friend
homo, and Others, say, and we are half in
| chned To believe them that il arises from the
Insuiiiciency of the circulating medium to an
swer the purposes OF trade and intercourse
| Ihere are people among us, as there are eve
ry where else, who suffer from this state of
things. We Grer, That The City of Washington
as n0t0 receiUing more real and Beneficial I'm
ProrementS than IL erer exhibited al ann time
before. AS to the ordinary kinds of improve
nents, we have number of excellent brick
houses under way little or no property has
been sacrificed, nor has property generally
deprecated, If at all, i'm any degree equal 10
the depreciation which has been experienced
lie nearly every city and town in the Union.
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