Litchfield enquirer., 1829-05-28
Washington, Mov Is. 1929.

Washington, Mag I8, 1929. ''The grand jury who have had the case of ! Dr. Watkins before them, have agreed upon
 presentment. The presentment is in effect,
 that Dr. Watkins by false representations to ] the Navy Department, induced that depart
 ment to make requisitiOn upon the Treasu- ry Department, on which Dr. Watkins made
 drafts on Mr. Paulding, in his official Charac-
 ter, and for his private use. Whether the bill ] founded on this presentment will be such as
 the Grand Jury will find, is, believe, in the opinion of his counsel, very doubtful as also
 whether any trial will take place. The afi-
 davit of Amos Kendall imputed to Dr. Wat klns forgery and fraud, and as the present.
 ment does not bear out any such imputation. l there appears to be a general impresslOn here.
 that MT. Kendall has not only rendered him.
 self liable to a serious charge, but that he will
 stand chance of being himselfthe subject of
 an indictment. This impression is, under-
 stand, founded on something dropped from
 the counsel of Dr. Watkins. It is impossible,
 at present. to determine the precise aspect
 which this matter will assume. Should it be
 decided by the verdict of a Jury that moral and legal guilt attaches to Dr. Watkins, his
 friends although they must feel astonishment and pity, must condem his conduct, and re- gard its punishment as just. But ana cer-
 tain that his counsel are of opinion that he
 has not been guilty of any violation of his of-
 ficial trust, and that the presentment, which is the result entirely of er parte examination, will be annulled when the facts and circum- stances to be brought forward on the other slde, shall be submitted to the Jury and the
 world. The Doctor still continues in confine-
 mcnt, and will, probably, until the result shall be determined.
 You have seen it announced in the pa-
 pers that Mr. Woodbury has refused the mis- 1 sion to Spain. I am told that Mir. Woodbu- ry Is dissatisfied, and that his dissatisfaction
 IS not concealed in the letter in which he de-
 clined the offer. He expected to have been l one of the cabinet, and this expectation was made known to the President either in the letter, or at the time the letter was read, and 1 elicted an expression which it would be mor- ufying to MT. WOOdbury to publish. There is whisper here that if Mir. Woodbury could
 have obtained the mission, with the under
 standing that he should return in two years, he would have taken it. In that event, MT.
 Isaac Hill, the editor comptroller, who has 1 had his eye for sometime past on the Senate of the United States, was to have been sent here from New-Hampshire, to serve out the remaining two years of MT. Woodbury's l time; at the end of that time, he was to have
 retired, to make room for MT. WOodbury d.
 gain. But it was insisted on as sine qua non,
 that MT. w. should remain abroad four years,
 and this stipulation terminated the matter. Mir. Van Buren has taken the house late
 ly occupied by MT. Clay, but does not go in-
 to it until August. Notwithstanding all that 1 has been asserted to shew that there is no diff ] ference in the cabinet, you may rest assured ] thatthe apple ofdiscord has been throwninto it.
 There may Tsos, sses.e~t:..ssYb be ussy eIectS
 which can bring the fact home 10 the cou- viction ofthe people, but it IS not, on that ac-
 count the less true. A time will come when two parties in the cabinet, suspicious of each
 other, and frequently coming in conflict. At present, will only say that Mir. Van Buren
 desires to bring the old Crawford adherents
 into place, in preference to all others, but he
 cannot carry this point since it must be known
 to you that Mr. Ingham was no stranger to
 the A. B. charges against Mir. Crawford, and z
 that General Jackson himself was hostile to
 that gentleman.-U. s. Gaz.
 Greek Indians.-" Colonel John Crowen,
 the late Agent in the Greek Nation, we are
 authorized to say, has been directed to re-
 move his Agency west of the Mississippi, to
 the country allotted to the emigrafing h. utanS. He mas very Iately returned from
 Washington City, and has, we understand, a
 talk from the Executive to the Creeks. The
 President tells them that an Agency will no
 longer be retained in their present nation; 1 that it is his wish they should remove. and
 his determination 10 have their lands survey ed; that inasmuch as the State of Alabama
 has extended her jurisdiction over them.
 they will be thrown without the protection of ] the General Government, and that the only course left to be pursued is for them to re-
 move. He also informs them that such as are disposed to remain, shall have strip of land l set apart for them. but that they will be sub, ject to the jurisdiction of the State in which | the land may lie: but that sueh as remove will have continued to them the protection of
 Government. Captain Walker, from whom
 we derive this information, farther informs US,
 that meeting of the Indians is to be held on the gath inst. for the purpose of deciding on the Presidents instructions. Capt. w. thinks
 they will emigrate en nsGsse, and that they will 1 never plant another crop in their present coun-. try. He further states that the extension of jurisdiction over them has had most saluta-
 ry effect, and that previous to the arrival of Col. Crowell 1000 had enlisted. Thus we are in fair way of speedily acquiring the ln- dian country, the acquisition of Which prom ises the greatest advantages to Montgome- ry."--AL0b0nG JournGl.
 Pyesidentint Electors. rs.-New York will, ibaraa ftar have great weight in the presiden-