Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-15
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SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST rs. 1929.
TIE Presidents heaAh.-The Telegraph says the
Presidents health is nearly restored, and tina, he is
good for ten years. We are glad Of it. We imagine
tina; there will now be no necessity for the second
trip To Old Point. On the subject Of his indisposi-
ton, Il correspondent of the Commercial Advertiser
Of New York, says:
Dear Sir:-Geo. Jackson has recently had Two ever, M.
'aeks, one during last week, aud again on Wednesday ncii,
night, engaged in cuPp,ns hun. This liability To dangerous
patoNySus' exci'es considerable apPrhensions among thosc of
hiss party whose dependence either tor appointment 10, or con-
,nuance IN, Office, is upon his personal feeling; and also apyre-
bend, that disaster to linn would involve disappointment 10
You mus, have seen by tn. newspapers, that tho fate of Or.
Watkins, so far as the opinion of an intelligent jury can affect
u, Is now determined Great reliance wa. placed to the last,
by the counsel for the accused, on the opinion, confirmed as i;
was 10y nigh authorities, that the common law could not take
cognizance of the offence. The opinion which Mr.. Wiz, gave
toa committee OF Congress, To that effect, when applied for his
by false pretences, and forged certificates, had fandulen,lv Oh
tanned fiom the government money as compensation for pre-
tended losses by the enemy on the Niagam frontier, il was sun.
posed would have had great weight with the court. AMI
information also that the opinion of Chief Justice Marshall was
with him, on that point, it was believed that the court would be
shaken from the position which il, appeared resolved to lake
bu; all the ingenious Arguments OF Mr. Coke la favor of his
0piaions-Mr Jones being absent at Annapolis-weIc uf no
avail. Instead OF replying to his arguments Nj. Key inuci-
ately reduced each of the points taken by Nh. Coke To writing,
and ubmiticd To the court, separately, and successiv1y,
moNon to instruct the jury IN Opposition to them. The court
did not hesitate Ia gran, the prayer of the counsel fort he Uii.
ted STATES; bu, whether this was owing to an improper pliancv
10 meet the wishes oil the prosecuting officers, INTO winch ts
count was driven by the bullying lihels with which it has been
almost daily assaled in the form of letters written from Wash
lnS'on, and published ~ tire Baltimore Republican,; or whether
1t was because the court was under the solemn and conscicu-
y, NC TO 10Y ! presume the latter TO he the correct inference,
athough cannot but fear that the stream II lbcllous mn tier
upon its decision, irPorcepIble, perhaps, even TO thcmseIvcS
have said thar these Ibels appeared in tie baltimore Re.
publican. One Of these letters, dated July y. excited nu,rb
sensation among the members OF the bar, and onicers of ,br
meeting Oi N grand lu(V. Rr Riup8pid iha u,a.h.l -.
1SioTe them with the paper aud made a regular complaint.
S%andcrson, the publisher of the paper, b, he lad go, WIND r If
the matter and was OIL the wing befosc the summons was o.
his table. Subsequent consultation Determined him So".o,o,
to take another course; and an attachment being afterwards
sent on he Thought IL his best course TO give his LOCOMOTIVES
powers anothsr direction, and on Wednesday last, lbs, before
me adJnuInn'cnt OF the court, the reporter for the Teleernrh
was seen introducing Mr.. sanderson 10 Mr.. Key, ~ the tavern
opposite Tue SIy hai. Then and there, il is presumed. me
received his lesson; for, when lie came before The grand inv
Ihe next morning, he declined giving any information of The
w'Ier d w odIoI. letters, and the jury declining to adopt anv
measures of coercion, the affair has, for the presen,. dIonr"1d
10 ~ General suspicion has fixed upon Amos Kendall rs
ne lDeleri ana 'here are circumstances which give some color
to the suspicion. ltmay be that some one ofihe mnny reporters.
CLERKS, editors, &c attached to the Office of the Telegraph. NAV
m ur;',ou uee fnpIoyea IN copying the letters after they were
written, and carrying them TO the post Office, while men of good
c"nscsnccs were asleep IN then beds
On wednesday next the motions for arcs, Of iIdy,ner, and
new trials IN the three cases, win come ON for arsun,crt Nj
VheIe IS reason to believe that the Counsel for tie accused. will
make a hnal effort, which will exceed all they have hitherto
done That II will be a brilliant one, no one doubts. thai II yril
be a successful one, every ole doubts. The puIIIsc mini -
MADE up TO the conviction, that Watkins is guilty, and the sub.
tieties of law having once been overcome, I believe ttc,e /. M,
iuriler chance for him. ! do not think that even tire cnut. -
inclined to Weld 10 the arguments of his Counsel. would Igci
themselves entirely free TO do so, aner the detailed and precisc
l,suuetions winch, al the request Of the Counscl. for the United
states, they gave to the jury.
The furniture Of Dc Watkins was Yesterday r,movc1 c,o,
hs late residence, and his family he about IN remove Their
situation strongly appeals TO the syrnpathies ofhe public. They
are gniless, yet deeply must they participate in m. con.sy'
I""o W nS crime lneIc IS no principle Of justice which
eIgnGs any hing more than the punishment of the guilty.
MERIDIAN IInL am told, has been purchased hv n Mr. Ccvc.
tent himself with a house. "'o''
kentuChy Eisctions.-A letter published in the Bg.-
timore Chronicle from Louisville, says that on tho
hTst day of the election, Mr.. Rudd fanti-Jaekson,
vas 100 votes ahead of Charles Wickline, the laie
member of Congress from that District. Dir. Wick
If Us violently Jacksoninn. Louisville is the head
quarters Of Jacksonism in Kentucky. The elections
rs far as heard from, Indicate a striking change Of
sentiment against the administration.
1rA full troop Of Cavalry commanded by Ran.
dolph Harrison, Ego has been formed in this CITY.
This species Of force, is greatly superior to any o,hcr
for police purposes, and it bchovcs those who h,,o
property to daf5nd and families to protect. n co,.o
forward in person, or to pu, forward their sons IN all
Of the eScrtions of those who arc less interested.
NEWS EXPECTED.-Wc learn co,.
Y american OF Tuesday, that the MANCHESTER nal.
Ct ship, whose day of sailing from Tjvcrnooi =. -
lst OF july was tclcgraphcd as belov, ~"
Another sbip, supposed 20 be- the Bavord from, H..
VIC OF TIC same day, was also below.
y FAC sinilo Of the Declaration If IN lco,,,.
s sS.I ia,sri0e9iions, &C. Of Nr Jrhrrson. IL Sbo"nI, ~ Ire Ire
pubIspcd mn v Y, To- accompany the wmk slo,Iy to lie
EyrG'o N po7t0dtgs 0Hg-foT .TJ,g.e, coc,,y ,,,,
Gnl n"" torc'e'tis &0s MIR Wa loren. reaI cretgt IS