Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1829-06-19
MR.. INGHAM-AND DIR. WATKINS

A liberal Correspondent Of the Norfolk Beacon
gives short SKETCH 10 the 10th June, OF the Pro-
pany,-and of the case of"Dr. Watkins"
Speaking OF the lst, he says 81 was present lat
the Mce,in-) and was highly delighted with the
plain, honest sense aud manly simplicity which
d,shnguishea the speech oil the new Secretary of
the Treasury-there was mys,iication-no
cumbersome load OF figures Of rhetoric--no vacan-
cy OF ideas, which requires TO be hidden by orna-
ment-no crcumocutnry phrases and paraphrases
hut all was plain, simple, ineligible and
straight forward. am much mistaken if our Il.
nancia affairs, the very nature Of which terrfies
the unntated, will not become familiar to ALL
he is no, the man to make a complicated matter
still more complex"
IAN the accounts we have Of Mr.. Ingham tally
with the above Description-As TO the I'd point,
the writer says:l
" He (Dr. Wa,kins) is still in prison, and Of
course, during the argument the validity Of the
indictments, does not appear personally in Court.
Our District Attorney, Mr.. Swanrl has conducted
the case with great ability-his s!Eument was re-
plete with the soundest reasoning. MIR. +. S.
Key, L presume, You know; you cannot, however,
out nave heard OF his reputation. need onv say
mat ON this occasion. he was every way worthy OF
himself. have heard many OF the most e,ninont
pleaders and advocates at the English bar, and 1
may venture TO say and risk my small pretensions
to taste upon it, that more brilliant display of To-
rens,e oratory upon dry points of law is seldom in
deed to be witnessed in any Court Cen Jones'
the principal counsel for the accused was, as he
always is, eloquent and ingenious; but evidently
hampered by the nature Of the cause he had to de-
TEND. Mr. Csxe was his associate COUNSEL
The Navy Hospital agnir.-It has been s:
that the " Navy Commissioners" inspected the
situation OF the ground at Norfolk, and that sure
iy we were not better judges " than were Mr..
Southland and the Many Commissioners of a proper
site for the Navy Hospital, and wh.. that site was
worth to the Government" surely not; and we
should have bowed to their superior Judgment in
such case; but what is the fact. A Correspondent
OF the National Intelligencer whose acquaintance
with the subject is admitted by its Editors, gives
the following correction Of the preceding state
ment:
" 1t is presumed that the intention was 70
refer 10 the Commissioners of .Fduy Hospitals
not 10 the Commissioners Of The .Nuuy 1t was
the official duty of the former 10 decide upon the
location, the price TO be given, and every other
particular relating 10 Hospitals--but the Com mis-
sioners oil the Navy have no recognizance whate-
yer OF the subject. They may have been asked
their opinion as to the location and they may have
expressed the opinion that the one selected would
! answer for Navy Hospital. They wers never,
understand, asked to give opinion as to the
price OF the land purchased from Mr. Newton
1t Is believed they were asked what quantity of
land would be sufficient, and that they gave the
opinion that twenty 70 twenty five acres would be
ample for all the purposes of Hospital."--Bu, in
stead OF twenty or twenty five acres Of wretched
land, the Secretary OF the Navy consented to buy
sirty acres.