Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-06-22

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closed doors of fashionable hotel, however ro-
mantle and picturesque country 1t be ~. NOR
will rouge and artificial flowers, and the gdH2p-
AIDE, even in such places, be substitutes FOR the
fresh breeze fanniag the cheek, flowers III all
their native bloom & yariegated co!ors, gathered
by the hand of the fair lady herself and the gal
Iop taken On an active and docile steed. Inc
hypochondriac, whether from Incidence or the
oppressive cares of business or study. or disap-
pointed love IA possible though rather an nncom-
mon easel will not recover the tore OF his spr-
its. BY merely going into the country and visit
ins watering place, and, when there spending
his mornings in billiard room, and his evenings
in flirting with some charming coquette, with the
little interludes of vawning over novel. or
talking politics after dinner.
Charge of place. to be beneficial. by restoring
the body to hcalthful visor, and the mind :" rs
lost equanimity and checrfulness, must be a.,d
BY the rules of hygiene, which are little else ''n
common sense experience-eating and drinking.
sleep and exercise IN such measure and time as
the majority of those not perverted by vicious
indulgences, nor excessive love OF lutre and
fame, ever most generally adhere 20.
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Forgery. The New York Evening Post of
Saturday says:-Yesterday young man BY the
name of Young.a clerk in a lawyers Office, pee
scented check tie Mr.. Taylor, the paying teller
of the bank ct America. purportins TO be drawn
by j. s 6. 4. Dwight. merchants for the sum
Of 1900 dollars. The moment the teller glanced
at the ceeck lie discovered it to be 4 forgery -
He accordingly inquired of the young man where
he obtained the check, which he answered by
aying that he received it from Mr.. Joseph Hunt,
n Grand street, to whom ii was given bv the
drawers in payment for some property. One Of
the Messrs Dwights was Immediately sent for,
who, on his arrival, pronounced it to be furge-
nv. The Young man was taken in custody by
| Mr.. L. |. HAYS. who had arrived in the mean
time, and conducted 70 the police Office, where
he was searched and examined.
| Six one hundred dollar bulls, of the Grcenwic h
Bank, were concealed in his fob or watch peck
CT. On making further enquiry. 1t was ascer-
tanned that he had been to the Greenwich Bank
and received seven hundred dollars for forged
check. Tile connexions of the Young man are
of the first responsibility. We have just learn
ed that this young rogue. not only obtained 800
| from the Greenwich Bark on forged check
Yesterday. but he succeeded also in abstractins
| 1875 from the Mechanics and Traders Band in
the same way.
.4aotker.-The Philadelphia Gazette of Fri
day says:-A young man, hitherto deemed of
reputable character, and for some time past
carrying on the grocery business in connexisn
with his father in the city of Philadelphia was,
arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Camden,
IN. J3 charged with forgery. He has been
forging checks and drafts on various houses in
Philadelphia. for some time past, and has spuri-
Gus responsibilities in the possession of various
persons to the amount of ten thousand dollars
and upwards Phil. Gaz.
! ~sa5eaH-
! That the President has power to discharge
Watkins from custody, there is no doubt, but |
apprehend he does not derive that power from
the law here referred to by the Globe. Wat
kins is not " imprisoned ,n,der an erecuiion far
debt due TO the United States" He is I'M
priSoned upon conviction for misdemeanor,
as means of compelling him to pay fine, as
sesSed as a part OF the punishment consequent
upon that conviction. This pecuniary fine eau
not be considered as debt: it is punishment,
and the President can remit it only as he can re-
NIT any other punishment. by an exercise of the
pardonng power, vested in the Executive
by the Constitution.
II, as is asserted IN the Globe. Watkins de-
clines making application to b. RELEASED, under
| must say that he acts upon very bad advice.
1t is perfectly immateral whether that law au-
thorises the President to remit the fine or not,
50 that the President is Of opinion that it does
authorise him, and is willing to act upon it
Surely it ought to be more acceptable to Wat
kns to be set at liberty as an insolvent public
debtor. than as pardoned convict. The fact
that the President is willing to regard his case
in this light, should be received as an act Of libe
raiity, and not one Of wrong or injustice. II is
to be hoped that some friend will enable Wat
kins to view the subject more correctly, and
avail himself of the opportunity to escape incar-
ceration. He has nothing TO expect from public
sympathy. His conduct has been too reprehen-
sible for him to be regarded as a mariyr.-Cin-
cinnati Gdz.
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Fatal .9ccident Yesterday evening the sail
boat General Jackson, with ten young men and
boys on board, was capsized by flaw Of wind
about two miles below Fort McHenry, and two
Of the boys were drowned. Bali. Pat.
The steamboat General Jackson has been rails