Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-06-02


70 be Issued as aforesaid. were and each OF them
was 80 written aud sent drawn aud solB, and
caused TO be procured TO hsi.sued a. .Sorssaid,
without any authority therefor, and nor for or &C.
cou". o, the public service, but for the private
gain and benefit of The said Tobias Walk ms. and
WIN intent TO defraud the said Uuited States and
as aee pretences to enable him to obtain to his own
ese anu benefit, the said Of seven HUNDRED and
MY oousrs; and that by means of tho said several
se the said Tobias Watkins, did st the
She anu .iuies aforesaid. defraud the sxid United
states oil the said sum Of seven hundred and CIV
dollars and dispose Of the same TO bis yn use and
benefit to the great damage Of the United States,
ana against the peace and government; thereof.
lSgnedJ THOMAS SWAMI, 49,
Attorney United &ofes.
10 these indictments there was conceal do.
murrer. =.
- THE LATE FOURTH AUDITOR.
Inc case OF DR.. Watkins 10 now under sreu-
ment before ths court on demurrer 10 the indiet.
men.. ten. Jones, one Of the COUNSEL for the
Prisoner' concluded his opening argument on the
acmurrer Yesterday; Mr.. Swami, the District Al
Co"s Ia. anu mr. ~: ). Key replied to-day; Er.
CoAe VIII address the Court Tomorrow We have
90 doubt, from the statement which appeared in
he lnteiiiyencer Of this morning that iettery civ.
ing false aoloring to the whole affair and intend.
90 70 charge the executive with cruelty and OPP
presaion, will DO widely and extensively circuja-
ted in anticipation of the report Of the case. The
iotei'igencar. in the garblcd statement givsn ont
.nis morning, represents the sum charged In the
indictment to be i've hundred dollass, and asserts
.het Dr. Watkins was on his return 20 the City.
III such term ~ to create beliefths. he had been
arrested IN Pbiladsphia for political effect. We
ooncsvs It to be our duty 10 forewarn our readers
WAT The statement made in the Jnteliigencer l.
nagrant breach Of ruth; say nothing ofiss want
resPecf 70 the Court and its order and also to say
tnas able reporters are preparing for publication
faithful aad true report Of the whole proce edin,
In the mean time, in answer 10 the charge made
against the Executive, We give below tho sHids-
VIZ OF Paymaster Kuhn. who vas bottle compoa-
ron. and Jealous political associate Of Mr.. Wat.
kins. aud assert that fous attachments against Mr.
matkius were taken against him before the order
Tor sending instructions for his arrest 10 Philalei.
phia were given That Of Mr.. Kuhn, and we be-
iisve OF all the rest, bear date three days before
thar order icos given. Tits aiss proper 10 state.
Mat kir Watkins had notice that the casa was
under examination by the Fourth Auditor, before
he teff Ibis City
DIsrRrcr OF COLUMBIA,
Washington County, 81.
BE it known. that on the 23a day of April. A. p.
1879, before the suhscrih,r, Jnsticeof the peaccr
OF the said County of Washington, ne rSSn.,iv An
pears Joseph l.. Kuhn. citizen of the said Dis
rie', and makes oath, in due form of law that Yo-
bias Watkins. late Of the said County Of wasaing.
son' . bona hide indebted TO him in the sum Of
I'VE hundred and twenty dollars and eight cents,
over and above all discounts; and, at the sane
time, the said Joseph L. Kuhn produces 10 M the
promissory note Of the said Watkins, by which he
IS 80 indebted with the protest thereof and which
IS hereto annexed; and thu said Kuhn further
makes oath that the said Watkins is actually re-
moved from the said county, the place OF his
abode, with intent 10 injure and deraud his credit.
tors.
Sworn before WIN. WATERS.
Justice of the Peace.
LU S. Telegraph,
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.
WASHINGTON, May S0.-The seremonv OF
laying the stone of the first lock in this
great national work was performed Yesterday. IL
took place onthe eighth section of the line Of the
| canal, about six miles above Georgetown AT ten
O'Clock. the members of the Potomac Lodge mo
% OF Freemasons. assembled in Georgetown; and,
having termed a procession, went In cavaicade to
| the place OF appointment near the site of the pro.
iected lock, headed by William Hewitt. Esq.
Grand Master of the Disiristof Columbia and sc.
compapied by the corporate authorities of George.
! town, preceded byiheir Mayor, John Cox, Esq,
and attended by numerous concourse OF citizens
OF the District. Between three and fonr O'Clock.
the President Of the United States with the Hon
John H. Eaton, Secretary Of War. and the Hon.
william 7. Barry. Postmaster General, arrived
on the ground Having proceeded 10 the House
on the hill Immediately above the limo of the ca.
nal, the procession was formed in the usual ma
sonic order, and moved down to fhe scene of ac-
ton; the Potomac Lodge of Freemasons taking the
lead, the Presidest Of the United States s,noortea
on either eide by Messrs. Eaton and Barry, i'm.
mediatey in the rear, and followed by the corpo-
rate authorities of Georgetown, and citizens gem
orally In the corner stone was deposited silver
plate; bearing suitable inscription, stating that
the commencement OF the canal had taken place
under the Presidency Of John Q. Adams, and thar
the corner stone OF the work was laid on the 2Sfh
| May. 1929, by William Hewitt. Esq. Grand Mas.
ter of the District Of Columbia, in the presence
OF Andrew jackson, Of Tennessee. President Of
the United States; one OF each of the various coins
of the United States was ALEC enclosed toy q ther
with one number of the different newspapers of
the District The ceremony Of laying tho stone
was performed by Mr.. Hewitt, with the same
mallct as was stated by that gentleman to the
| President and the surrounding spectators, that
was used by General Washington on the occasion
oflayng the corner stone Of the Capitol in this city,
and which now belongs to the Potomac Lodge.
The ceremony being concluded, the company
| returned in the same order to the place whence
they had proceeded, where handsome collation.
was provided for their refreshment. After joining
for some time in social intercourse with his fellow.
citizens, the President about half past four o'clock
departed On entering his carriage, the band at.
tached to the Marine Corps, which had pre- viously
grati6ed the asscu,biage with the Performance Of
some national airs, struck up the air of "Hajl to
the Chief" compliment which was responded by
three enthusiastic spontaneous bursts Of acclama-
| ton from the assembled multitude.
We are happy TO state that the President appear
ed in excellent health and spirits. ~. s. Tel.
| NATIONAL DELINQUENCIES."
| The opposition has been sadly puzzled to ac>
count for the success Of the great republican par
y, by which the people secured TO themselves
the Presidency of Gen. Jackson. The Journal
| this morning solves the difficulty "Propidence,"
says that print, ''as punishment for some MA.
TIoNAL DELrNevENcTEs,fia permitted the par.
| ty to be Tor some short time dominant" Nov,
without stopping 10 question this, we remark that
the republican party became dominant on the 4th
Of March last; and as punishment, in the general
ity Of cases. oo,os crime, the national delnqucn.