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CITY riUNTEU.
I*aily I’njji't. eight dollars per annum
CimtlL-y Paper..i...«.wx dollavs per annum.
payaVu i* advawck. t
All News, and Now Advertisements ap
pear |n both papers. .
. Ofllco in Dickson’s tlirco story
brick building, on die flay, near tlio Ex
change,belwcon Dull and Drnyton-Jtr»ots._
~' NAVAWWA’,7.
ment was sustainable uprm the principles
\aid down by the court, an .lie opinion just
delivered—that it was an indictment for a
1 Valid on the government, and rcquii «d no
sotting out of liilse pretences—that nothing
more was necessary than to aver that it was
n fraud upon the government, and to set
out the manner of its. perpetration, which
was done sufficiently; that the principles re
lating to cheats hy false pretences, wore
wholly inapplicable; and that they would
lie ready to produce authorities, and be
heatd, tomorrow. ■ ■ '
The court then stated.it should bo henrd
tomorrow, and Judge Cranch added, that
though it might ba unnecessary to aver and. ciplci, ivldoh governed the administration'
state the false pretences, end to charge that Mr. ^dams, and which aciuatp .General
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Junk 10.
Bttlj—..
The Cotton crops in this county will be
severely . injured .in consequence of the
quantity of rain which has. fallen the pre
sent month. We understand that the grass
grows much faster than the Cotton, arf3
that many fields are almost .entirely under
water. The prospects of the planter in this
vicinity are gliioiny in the extreme.
iSie qua!antiue laws of Philadelphia
wqql info operation on the 1st ,inst. and
will continue in force until the first of Oo
toiler. , . j
The Millcdgeville Recorder, of Satur
day last, Informs Us renders, that the crop
of Wheat now getting in, is on* of the lar
gest ever made in this Stale, and the price
of flour,which has been for soma months
ggst at SHthebarrel in town, will be, in a
few weeks, as low perhaps as it ever was.
The crops of Rye and Oats are also un
commonly good.
A.- *i-
which, daring tho Tatesdmiuistratloh, be
came so feeble, thatfannthcY blow by the
friends or tho “ American System" would
have severed It, perhapsforaver. •»
Tin “ Talk" of tho President to tho
Creeks, and the letter of the Secretary of
War to tho Cherokee delegation, place the
rights uf Georgia*.with regard-to the juris
diction over her soil, in that position for
which sheilas haen contending fot a mini
bor ol years, and the solidity of which was
denied by tho late odministraiinn,. This
deference of pnljcy mid views, ill tho ad-
ministration of the Federal Government,'
is;lo bo ascribed, to tho difference, ln ( prin-.
APPOINTMENTS BY the presi
„. DENT.
.Cornelius P. Van Ness, of the State of
Vormout, to bo Enroy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of the United
Stnfcs to Spain, in the place of Alexander
ID Everett, recalled. ,
Wm. Pill l’veble, of (he Slate of Maine,
tribe Envby Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States to the
Netherlands.
. Washington Irving, of the State of New
York, to ho Secretary of the Legation of
the United States to Great Britain.
Charles Carroll Harper, of the State of
Maryland, to be Secretary of Legation of
lfio United States to France.
REMOVALS AND APPOINT.
_ . MENTS.
Mi. John Campbell, of Virginia, to be
T/easurer of the United .-'tales, vice Wil
liam Clark, remnsed.
v Mr. T. II. Smith, of New York, vice
Joseph Nou'rse, removed.
The U. S. Telegraph remarks, that the'
Journal nod Intelligencer call the late in
ctkmlients most faithful public .officers, and
the intelligencer i»vs, that no ope « ilfjus.
tify the removal of Mr. Nmtrse. We ven-
tpre to predict, that she people and their
lepresentalives will justify it. ^
Tn the mean time, we would caution the
coalition prints at a distance, to wait until
the lefotm undergoes the searching opera
tion of a' Committee of Congress; and'if
the whole country does not respond well
done thou good and faithful servant, than
will we admit that we too are ignorant of
the true characlei of the American people.
The ease of Tobias Walking.—The
pinion of the Court in the case of the Uni-
foJ States, vi. Tobias Watkins, was deliv
ered on tile 3d insr. by Judge Cranch. The
■Court was of opinion, that the money of
wfticli the United' States was defrauded,
eras the property of the United Stales, that
the offence u as a common law offence, and
that this Court had common law criminal
jurisdiction ; but suttained'the demurrer,
and quashed the indictments on the grounds
—- first, that they did not sufficiently aver
dliat the false p retences were’ by v »hich tint
govern ment was defrauded; and secondly,
.that the chaigoot forgery, if.sustainable at
nil, could not properly be made in conjunc
tion with another charge id the same count
pT an indictment. The demurrer is sus
tained by tho opinion only on the formal
objections to the indictments; As to tho
substance of the charges, the Conn's de-
• cision is against the prisoner.
Judge Thfustu'n was clearly of opinion.
th.it the demurrer ought to he overruled;
ajlliou'gli he concurred with ilia majority of
the Court in opinion as to the cliargp of for
gery, yet lie thought that the indictments
were mother respects goad. If these in
dictments were not good, it was hardly pos
sible, he believed, to sustain an indictment
at common law for such offences against
tfie United States.
The opinion of ibe Courf is too long for
on'r paper, occupying seven and an half
closely printed-columns of tllk National In
telligencer.
After the decision of tho Court was.pro
flounced, Air. CoxcV the Counsel of-Mr.
Watkins, moved the coun'that the same
judgment should be entered to' a third in
dictment, to which they had also entered a
demurrer. . ■ . .
Air. Key 'oWj.ecled to this entry, and
staled that tliey.shbiild argue .that demur
rer. The Counsel for Mr. W. then insist
ed tliki ii presehtdd the same case and must
Undecided in die'same way,and argued that
if the Court' would allow an argument
miller suchcirclunsunccs it should he made
at once.
Mr.-Key-replied that lie admitted that
this third indictment and the demurrer to
It presented the same enso; but that Air.
*a«ii> Ahd.MmSelftlmughtthey could sat
•ottirlfy -authorities, that the indict-
llie governmtntwas defrauded by the fnlsd
pretences, yet that, if it was done*, (as it
was here,) and lire party thereby sail (hat he
was to bo charged with these false pre
tences. it would be necessary that they
should he proved,and therefore, they should
he stated and. averred in proper form, oud
with sufficient certainty.
Mr. Key replied, that ha thought they
could show that any such statement of falsa
pretences, if setuut, would ha hut surplus-.
age; and that It would be enough to show
the .Government was defrauded, and the
means by which it was done.
. ji'.dg'eTlirtistbnslnted dial he intended to
hafo said,, ill Jus opinion, that if the c (fence
was tndiciahle as aTiaud upon the govern-,
inenf, lmfjlso pretences were necessary to
be set out. ,- t ,
There is another indictment,(sayx the
Telegraph) against Dr. \Vatkins, which
ill probably be argued in a few days on a
demurrer..
17. S. Revenue—The N«w Yqrk Aler ;
cantile says :-j"We learn that the amount"
of duties on me, chandise imported into this
port for the first quarter of the present year,
was 53,f83,085 97—We amount In the
corresponding quartet of 1818, way 54,180,-
MS 53—and that of the first quarter of
1037,- v;as $3,518,660 SO. The amount of
duties on imports at this port in the year
.1887, was $13,317,095 89—and in 1838,
$13,745,147 31.” ,
The Weather.—At Portland on .the S4tb
uit. at 3 P. ill. the thermometer rose to 93
in the s(jade. Next day. same hour, it
reached 04,
At 9 o'clock on tiie 35ih, the mercury
at Delfast, Maine, stood at 84 degrees^nd
at 3 o'alqck rnye to 94,. Several working
oxen died in consequence of. tlio heat.
[This is ntuAh'Warmer weather than„wc
line experience it ip our city during the pre
sent season. The-thermometer Ins never
ranged higher tiian 87degtees.—En.'&av.
Rep.]
Mr. Ex-sheriff Parkins, who visits tills
country from London with teferencq to
Rowland Stephenson's affairs, offers a re
ward of $235 for (Its detection of the per
son, who, he says, entered his room in
New York, and stole therefrom a quantity
of papers which had been prepared to send
lo the British Ministry, making charges a-
gainst Air. Buchanan, the British Consul
at New Yotk. •
The ffev. Mr. Rvland, a Methodist Cler
gyman, has been appointed a Chaplain in
the Navy.
Cheap Travelling.—^The fare in tlio Pro
vidence Steam Boat'Line is reduced from
eight to six dollars between that place and
New York,
In consequence of a resolution of tiie
House of Representatives, the Secretary
of IVar, in a letter which was read and laid
•on the table in Febrnaty last, lias given his
opinion, with that of the Major General,the
Surgeop General, andjhe^Ppntmissary
General of Subsistence, on.the policy of
siopping'the ardent spirits which at present
form a part of tlie soldier’s ration. They
do not approve of this plan; partly, on ihc
ground of circumstances peculiar to the
soldier, nnd partly from .the inconvenience
which'would result fromtudilenly slopping
ghis stimulant. At the same time, llicy ren
der full testimony to the evil of the liabitu
al use of spirits, excess in which in tho sol
dier is owing, however, no; to the inconsid
crahle quantity allowed by government,.bpt
to-lhe supplies given hy htteksteis and nth
ers. The Secretary of War concludes his
jeltor'with the following remark s
“ And it is to be apprehended that anv
attempt,to fashion life private and moral
deportment of bur citizens, hy Jegal en
forcements anil * interdictions, would lead
to all the disaslrous.gonseqpcnces. which
have uniformly been found to flow from the,
same sort of discipline, when applied to rel
ligtotis conduct and opinions."
The" following artinjo is taken from the
Georgia Journal, of theSOlh uit. ,1Ve are
glad to perceive that the Editors of that res
pectable print have changed their opin
ions,which thcyjadvanced ntrt long Muchas
to the talents, capability and orthodox
principles of the present Secretary at IVar,
General Eaton: , ,....■
CHEilOKEES—PRESIDENT
JACKSON.
The documents tie publish to-day, rela
ting to the Creek and Cherukeo Indians,
deserve particular attention’, and must cre
ate in the breast of every Georgian, feel
ihgs of pleasure at the prospect of very
soon obtaining the entire control of all the
lanri-within the limits of the State.: Every
Georgian must be now gratified al the vote
he gave tq Andrew Jackson for president
for it now' appears that, judging Of the fu
litre hy what has already ,taken place,-ho
will not disappoint the just expectation of
the people. Impartiality towards the States
Will mark his official conduct; a strict ad
herence .to tlieiprovisinns'of the Federal
Constitution'will he gbserved; and the
rights of the States, as well as the powers
lliey have not delegated to the Federal Go
vernment, will he religiously respected.—
Such a course, steadily pursued by the ad
ministration, will restore, harmuity among
conflicting interests, &. give more strength
to, the bond of union bettveeu the States,
spot, makes itprolmhlo tha! Ills estimate
is most correct. - >v
If the Cherokces evince a disposition to
relinquish within n sliott lime the whole of
out territory in tliejr possession, tltuy may
oarltants remain Uhlnoleited in the posses
sion of the lands comprised withiu there
cent survey; and which it is' believed can
be proven to liavo belonged to the Creeks
and nut to |the]| Cherukocs—but if such dis
position on their pail be not shewn, the
Legislature at its next session will prubahly
adopt measures for disposing of these lands.
Mill. lltc.
Jackson's. Tliefurlner strovotogivelnoro
power to tho Federal Govethment, and to
diminish tlio potvuis retained by.'the Stales
when they cunfedcratcdi Tho latter itt-
tond to respect tho Federal Constitution,
and tho potvors of tho Stales, well assured
that the permanency of tlio Union, ami the
prcse’rv’ntion of religious, civil, and politi
cal liberty, depend on tho maintenance of
the power* and lights of the Slates and
Fedeial Government* distinct and sepa
rate, a* now established by the constitu
tions aud laws of- tliu land. The laitor
knew that a departure from this position
must produce disunion or -consolidation,
and, necessarily, tho- downfall of the free
Governments as now existing. Under this
polntof view of tho subject,' ltow much will
tho country bo indebted tu tile atlministra
tiunofGen. Jackson 1 nnd how much will
Gjeorgia in particular hare to congratulate
herself in having contributed to the elevu-
t oil of tha-General to the presidency, if lie
shall ptirsu* firmly the poli:y thus.com
menced? >■
The stylo of tho "Talk " and of tho let
ter of Alf Eaton,displaysnot that ambiguity,
and that intentional duublo meaning,which
distinguished tho communications to the
Indians, of past ‘year*, front tho Federal
Government—The style it plain and to
the purpose. The Indians are made ac
quaint, d with the policy the government
intends to pursue, and with what they liuvo
to expect from tlio federal government
while they remain within the limits of the
States. The Indians knows that tho Pre
sident is not -i weathercock,liable to change
as the wind blow;- nor a man that may he
induced to temporize with his ditty. They
are now well convinced that the President
ill be immoveable, and that they .must
govern themselves accordingly. If twelve
years ago the Fcdernl. Governmant Had
acted as Genuraf Jackson now does, with
decision and oitergv, the Creeks end Cho-
rpkee* -would now hare been comfortably
settled on the other udo of (he Mississippi,
mid no angry- feelings would have been
created' bptwetn-tlia people nf Georgia and
the Federal Government. .
The Indians never could tell when the
Government was in earnest. They had
sagacity enough-to perceive hesitation in
tfie .incasures of the Federal Government,
and a, reluctance to comply with its obliga
tions to Georgia,-' They, therefore, took
advantage of thisslato of afTaits, and refu
sed peremptorily to emigrate, under the
impression -that the Federal Government
would always lie strong enough to protect
them against the rights of tho Ktates in
which they were settled. The Cherokces,
oruiure properly n fotv interested and de
signing individuals residing among them,
have been deceived in their calculation, on
litis occasion. They expected to have al
ways an Adam! to treat with, polite and
condescending, tvho. generously paid, for
all their conveniences, and pictures, and
blacking their shoes, at Washington. They
have to treat with another sort of a man.—
They will now find that go they must, and
thrvsooner the better for them. They will
niknnnlcngu, alter a short residence on
llm other Vide of thd 'Mississippi, that
they actnd unwisely in not emigrating
sooner, and that it is much better to pos
sess land in foe, forever,-than to possess
laud as mere tenants at the will of the own
er.
PROTEST
Of the Cherof^e Agent against the running
of the line, claimeJ by Georgia at the true
one, between the Creeks and Cherokces.
Col. S. A. AVai.ks :
Sin—As the United Stales Agent fur the
Cltorokcos, and in accordance'-. With the
wishes of that tribe uf Indians, 1 deem it
tu ho tny duty lo protest against your run
ning any lines, or marking any trees,
through, or on tile Clicrokco lands, nml,
particularly, a line from Suwnnna, on the
Chntltthnnchio. to llm Sixas, on tho High-
toner, sshielt, it,seems, is intended to de
signate n boundary lino between them and
thoCrcel^Indiims:
1st. Ile-rause tlui Cherokces,' positively
and itnequivncatingly, deny that any such
bnundaiy at that placo ever did exist be-'
ttveen them. •
3d. Because tho evidence taken by Geor
gia. in support of such claim, was entirely
ex parte, and no opportunity given them to
rebut nr explain away the testimony which
was taken. •
3d. Because the dividing line hetiveeu
tlio Cherokces and Creeks was definitively
settled, and the line run between them, se
veral yeats before the Treaty of the Indian
Spring*, under which tile Slate of Georgia
claims: see a conference on the subject
between thorn* on the nth of Anguit, 1814.
and llm final adjustment of that question
on the ltth December, 1881, both of which
conference* tlio Chcrnkccs n I lege were re.
porter) to Ihc United Stntes’ Government
and the linn so run hot ween them rceogui-
zetl nnd acknowledged by tlio U. Stntes,
ill the treaty at Washington, on the 21th
January, 1839. -
4th. Because it is believed to be the pro
vince nf tho Goneral Government (and so
provided-bit the hints of intercourse) to run
all Indian houndaiy lines, claimed -by her
under treaties, nod- not left to individual
States, nnd especially, one which is inter
ested, ns is Georgia, in tlio present case.
And, lastly, because I fear* should that
line be run, it would encourage and occa
sion a great number nf white families lo
resit into, nnd settle on, tlm lands ombi need
within those lines, to tho' groat annoyance,
distress nml ruin, nf (he poor, helpless nml
inoffensive Chcfokrcs, who inhnhit them.
For the renanns above stilted, 1 do, most
sincerely and solemnly, protest against the
running’of tho above line, until the plea
sure of the United States is known on the
subject.
1 have tho honor In he. your ob’t. serv’t.
II. MONTGOMERY.
13th May, 1029.
THE CHEROKEE LINE . .
Mr. Edward T.hyd Thomae.the Survey;
or of the linej'embracing tlftlarge tract of
country in the occupancy of the Cherokces,
hiit claimed hy this Slate as a part of the
Creek t"mtory in. Georgia, has. completed
Ills work, and returned to this plnde, to' re
port his proceedings: .- The ’ Cherokces
threatened opposition,but did not make any'
to the survey.. To the politeness of Col.
Wales, the State’s agent,nnd Mr. Thomas.
Our readers as well as ourselves are indebt
ed for the communication of the following
information: , . .
.Biiwanng Old Town, on the Chatahno-
chio, where the survey commenced,is about
SO. I : 4-utiles in a direct line above Buzzard
Roost—From'Sr. wanna, with tho curves
of the. old : Hightower (nr Etowah) ..path
and tho meanders of Alachnlsee creek to
its junction with dtp. Hightower. (or. Eto
wah) river near Sixas’ Old Town,’ js S8
miles a£d 40 cliuins. The mouth uf the
Hightower (or Etowah) is about SO miles
below Sixas. and frmn,the junction of the
Oostepalilah & Hightower (or Etowah)
along the old creek path to where it crosses,
(tie Alabama Boundary, the distance is 17
3-4 miles—from the intersection uf die
path with the Alabama line lo the N West
corner of Carroll county ii)S0 1-4 miles—.
ami from dtcnce to Buzzard Roost, 47
miles. »,
This territory, lying "North and .North-
East of (’art-oil county, is nearly in the
sltape of a parallelogram or what is com
monly. called an oblong Square.. .Its nver-
nge.lcngth is abodl 57 miles and file aver
age width about 32. miles, making 1,821
square miles, Or 1,167,800 acres. It con
tains a latger portion of valuable land than
any section of the Cherokee country of e-
qiial size. On die Chatahoochce, the
Hightower the Coosa, and some of die
smaller streams,die land it of the best qua)
ity.
The upper linoof Mr—Thomas’s survey
hy a direct course, is calculated at G7miles;
the lino dividing’this State -from Tennes
see has beenhscertained to lie 1 to miles—
making (he avcrolge length of tlio Chero
kee country between th« recent survey nnd
tho SSthdeg.’oTN. latitude,(our Northern
houiidnry) 88-miles—the average width is
about.51 miles—limiting 4488 square utiles,'
>1 3,873,330.acres; to which add die area
of die'late siirvey, and-it gives the aggre
gate of ,0.313 sqhare miles, or 4,030,080 a-
ores of unoccupied territory belonging-' to
■Georgia: Tile estimate of Mr Thomas is
less, it-will he perceived, than that of the
Surveyor General, which »c published two
if three week* since. Tho opportunities
nf the former gentleman to ’obtain accu-
ate information, hy an actual survey of a
art of the country, and information re
specting the remainder obtained on th
Mat 13th, 1020.
Pin—Your letter nf this dale, protesting
against tho survey of n,.y line in the Cher
okee natiou, and particularly against the
line I am now marking: and enclosing a pa
per purporting to ho a’ treaty with dir
Creeks, at Washington City, in 1826, to
gether with a ropy nfnn agreement between
tho Creek undCiieiokec tribes of Indians,
in 1834, is before me. I consider it i tny
duty, notwithstanding,to obey my inr.trup-
itons, and complete die survey, believing
that it is not tiie province of.citlier the li
nked States Agent fur die- Chorokors, or
myself, to determine the question, 'wheth
er the State of Georgia is right or wrong
in this inattct. It may be pruper.howcrcr,
for me to add, In justification of die course
piirsidii)’ by die Slate nf Georgia, that the
testimony collrctcd, to which you object
;as ex parte, was deemed sufficient l,y the
Executive uf that Slate to establish the line
I am now running, as din true line between
tlio Creek and Cherokee tribes uf Indians,
prior to the Convention between’ those
tribes, in December 1831.
Their agreement’ on did subject of tho
boundary nftliut time, fixing tho Huzzard
Itoost on the Chattahoochee River, as one
point, and the mouth of Will's Creek ns
die other, is not considered as binding,
cither on tlio United States or Georgia, be
cause neitjter were a party to it; and the
law to which you refer makes that agree
ment void. The paper yutl enclose mo as
evidence of a conference between tho
Creeks and Cherokces, on tlio 9th of Aug.
1814. hj which their boundary purports to
bo defined and-settled, and which has the
signature of Geneial Jackson lo it, is pro
neuncedby him to ho false: (sco his let
ter on the subject to the Secretary of Wat,
dated 4th June, 1818.) -.The treaty with
die Creeks, at Washington City,' in 1820,
to which .you also refee me, as sellling de
finitively the boundary between thoCreeks
and Cherokces, never lits liecn nor never
will lie recognized by (lid State of Geor
gia, ns a valid iustiumcnl. Tlio treaty of
1825, at die Indian Springs, had proceeded
it, and cedod for the use of Georgia, all the
land owned by die Creeks within the char
tered limits of the State. It is under this
treaty, that Georgia claims the land South
of the: line running from Suwanna Old
Town, on the Chattahoochee, lo the Sixas
Old Town, on the Etowah,
1 am, Sir, jour ob't servant,
’ SAMUEL A. WALES.
Col. Hugh Montuomzhy,
U. S, Agent for the Cherokces.
- .A S' , k’ m .
petsbnjnre employed by' tlm Collector of
till* I’ort, nru certainly not very numerous.
It should he considered (hit one tvho lias
held a pqhlic offich for some time, always
fools n strong reluctance at displacing per
sons under him, appointed by himself, and
tliat ho naturally tolerate* their fault* a*
long at ho can, consistently u ilh die Inter-
ests'commUtcd to his, charge. It is not lo
with a newly appointed '.officer, lie dis
misses, as a mailer of course, persons whom
he finds wholly or partially Incompetent,
nnd fills their places with thosa of whose
capacity or industry lie-lias a bettor opin
ion. In tho best managed public offices
where many persons nreemployed in u sub
burdiiiato station, some will.bo found who
are retained principally from u feeling of
tenderness. iu
Tho Culloctnrofthis Pori, according to
the Courier uf'ill's inuruhig, has prescribed
to himself cei tain rules in making remo
vals. I lo supposes in the fitsl place, thut
those who opposed the election uf Gvnoral
Jackson, will have no reason to complain of
being removed.—Secondly, that rich men
should give way to poor' men of equal
claims.—Thirdly, that intemperate men
whose Ivahtts make them unsafe guardians
of of die revenue, should he displicetl.—
The latter rule certainly is one of imperious
uccossily nnd obligation.
Air. .Swnrtwout, wo are happy to learn,
fulfils tha dudes of his place to the. public
satisfaction, und from disobliging deport
ment Is likely to hocome a very popular of
ficer The most difficult task ha trill have,
wc iinagino, nilHie to satisfy the numerous
applications made to him for'phtcrs in the
Custom House, which amount it is laid to
1500. The revolutionary -soldier* win.
were , employed hy the late Collector; are
retained In office, and three or four other*
it is said will reefeise appointments.
■ * From the Boston Palladium. ' f '
Fart tiyucrr-Cortmifaff*.—We undcrs'Mnil
that *• Le Conimnndcur Forlade L'Aztiln-
liuja has presented his credentials at Wash •
ington.as Charge Of Affairs frflln Portugal,
and that, from causes connected with life
present unsettled state ofaffairsin Portugal,
lie has not yet hcen accredited. TlmEoi tu-
Itueio Consuls in this enunliy,appninted hy
Don 1'etlio, have hern displaced,nnd others
cannoV he colHmissioncd until Dun L’A-
Kumbiija is rccugnized.” Will not the in
terests of those engaged'in the? commerce
between the two countries suffer in this
state of tilings? Can a vessel from tlieU-
niteil States enter a.part of Hortugal,.witli
out performing quarantine*, unless her bill
nf health is authenticated Ly a Portuguese
Consul-?
Since writing the nbnve, sve hate re
ceived the following from Wdshingidu:
Intelligence from Lisbon has been re
ceived, thut (lie Government uf Portugal
l\as dismissed from its service, M.Joaquim
B.trrnza Pereira, formerly Consul Gener
al for Portugal at Philadelphia, aud At.
Jnnquim C. 'de la Figaniorcd Motsa, for
merly Gonsul General at New York and
Easi Jurscy."
' E. F. Parmelee.—The late forgeries
committed by this man which Occasioned
so much excitement in litis illy wore nut,
w o learn, his fust offences of the kind.—
We hear from credible authority that some
ten or twelve years since he forged cither a
check or a promissory note which was pre
sented to the Middletown Batik, and (lie
fraud being detected lie was obliged to
leave Connecticut, lie came, to-this city
where hr eujiiyeii a good reputation, nnd
succeeded in obtaining the confidence of
those with whom be Iran* icted business.—
His rase is an instunce of Ihe readiness with
Mldclia person who bus once committed
an infamous offence yields to a-second
temptation—Xcw York Evening Post.
From the Now York Evening Post, 1st in
stant.
Custom House Appointments The Col
lector of the Customs for the port of New-
York has made the following removal* &
appointments, from among tho inspectors,
tvciglters, and measurers. ... - .-
Appointments—Philip S. Thomas, Ben-
jamin Fuller* Win. Bebee, assistant board
ing officers-*-Abraham?\V. Vandcrponl, A-
diraham Alarserole, John A. Hodden, J. G.
Reynolds,-Alexander Wlialev, ll.-P. Orn-
litun, Freeman llonkins, Edward-Aloritt,
James Boardnfa/vWiMy Pher.Ui John An-
dorson’O.-Latitrop, J,, L. Dlckemony-W.
W. Tompkins, W. Cairfis, Myer.-Moso*.
Gordon 8. Alumford, Major Bailey* Jacob
Olincb. . .... , ., .,
- Removals.—T.hm Williams, Jacob Van-
derpoo , Wm. Underhill. John ILLoggcU,
Jacob C. Alott, Joseph Willoughny, Win!
M. Carter, John Whittlesey Oliver Jaqucs,
Joscplr Board, Syjvester, Sullivan,,Abra
ham Boekee, Nathaniel Hunt, Garrett
Forbes, L. p. Warner, Alexander Nicoil,
and Uarmanus A. Vodder.-
Iheip lepiova'i, considering how many
A Swindler.—A tlari.ig and succefsful
cast- Uf swindling occurred it’s this city utt
Friday, which deserves tb jio noticed, In
ordet that tlio public may he put tin tbolr
gmml against the villain, if he should inAke
any further ntteinpls of tile sauife nature.
On tlip morning of tlm above mentioned
day, a young man, apparently about 28 or
Si years of age. anil rntltcr gentceli resem
bling in appearance a respectable mechan
ic. culled at the watch store nf Air. David
Maguin, on tho corner of Wijiiam And Ex
change streets, and alter examining a num
ber of watches, selected cue, the price uf
wlllftl ($50) being ascertained, lie said lip
would call tigain in tlio course of the day
and purchase it. According to promise,
he relumed nbnul halt past 8 o'clock in tho
evening, and asked for file tv.tlch, which
was handed to him, wlien'he laid.dow n five
ten dollar hills of the “ Farmers' Exchange
Hank, of Gloucester, Rhode IslaAd."' ifr,
•Maguin, being a foreigner, nnd not very
conversant w ith tho hills of country banks,
at first objected to taking tlio notes, hut on
being assured by the scoundrel that they
were gemiihe; niid ho at the same time uh-
serving,, that if they did nt t prove to be
goAd, lie would replace them in tho morn
ing, if Air. Maguin would call at his rest
deuce, No. 39 Wait street, ho wot permit-'
ted to depart. In the morning Mr. M. as
certained that the bank had failed many
year* since, (about tho time the war broke
out,) aud that ho had been swindled. The
fellow tvas not, as a matter of course, found
al the place designated, he having given a
false address. Air. Magnin does pot re
collect the number of. the tvalch, or the
maker's name, but it' tvas a single-cased
silver patent lever,; with gold hinges and
two pair of extra jewels. As'it is not com
mon for silver Watqlies (d have exfra jew
els, this description may lead tb its dilco-
vory. Pawnbrokers and others arc request
ed to he oil life loolt-Aiif.—ft'. Y. Gaz.
Slate Bank of Earth Carolina.—The
sjnckholders of this institution met at-lla-
leigh. on the Islinst.(agrecab1c to adjourn,
ment In Dtb. Inst.) in order to decide wheth
erlhe bank shall proceed to close its-affairs
us early as.a;due regard to it* otvn interests,
and tho situation ol its debtors will permit
Reports from several committees were re'
ceived,exhibiting tho profits from its.husi-
ness as very small, & urging the closing of
its concerns. One rcaso/i assigned furolos
ing immediately, was, tliat after )hc expi
ration nf the charter in 1835,,any debt duo
tliebank could,not he recoverable hy law t
hut tllc'rcprfserit,Hives of the stock' btvued
liy, tlio State declaring their belief that the
legislature, at the next session* would ro
new their charier for that purpose, tli
meeting odjourned to' Dec. next, whet
they will have an opportunity of ascertain
ing tho scniimoitls of the Legislature on lit
subject.—Chat. Cour.
Jersey Prison Ship—A hook entitlr
HccoUeclions of the Jersey Prison Slav h i
h«cri published !)!' H. 11. BroWn of V rovi-
dencc. It is taken and prepared f or pub
lication by AllanO. Greene, , n *
gi.ial manuscript of the l-.to Cap,. Tnoafaf
Drig ufl’rovliDnco, who was one 0 p ,i’
person* confined in the piison sltin. a „a
contain* n minute and connected narrutivo
nf their treatment nnd lufferleg*. ,u r
Greene In the liberties he lias taken with .
manuscript, has confined hiinsclfns he in-
forms us ill preface, to changes in the at'
vangemcM & stylo, religiously preserviae
the incidents related,& carefully endeavor;
ing tliat they should appear of.'ncitlier q , 0r8
nor les* importance than they were preen,
ted hy the original writer. He fo 0 i„
abstained from any irritating national Ie .
flections, limiting himself to an account 0 e
the behavior of those who had the cliarg#
of tho unfortunate prisonms in that flouting
dungeon—N. Y. Eve. Post, b
The Mail—Tho great Eastern Mail
roucltod tliis city yesterday aflernoon be-
tween flvo mid six o’clock, liavliig been
brought from Philadelphia in the Union
Morning Line steam boats. AVo were
aware, some day* ago, that the Post Alas.
tor General haddircctedhlsnitcniionto tlii* •
vubjoct.Ss ive niouat a little gratified In bo- ' 1,
log enabledto announce |o en'rly Si piompt
arrangement ofa measure nlikelinpotjuiit
d acceptahje to the commercial commit,
nity. This arjangement tyill give the &
tizen* of Baltimore their letter* twelr*
hours earlier than the ordinary niodo t and
lo a long-line of Post Offices west anil ,
south west of in, it will he a gain of twin-
ly-four hour* in tho receipt of their eastern
.correspondence.—Balt. Ani. Bd. inst.
Eighty miles of tho western tjivliioh of ■
tho Pennsylvania Cfionl dre now comple
ted, comprising the entire section. between
Pittsburg and Blairsville. On tlip 37th uit. 1
the canul tva* filling with water, wlridh had
npproaclied within two miles of Pittsbgtg.
'i he western papers anticipate a brisk nnd
profitable trade .long tho wholo line.—lb.
Weight of revoiittlnnnry officers welch
ed at West Point, August 10th, 1703.
Ocn. Washington, son lbs,
Gen, Lincoln, £34
Gelf-' KntAt,.”' g8o
Gen. Huntington, 132
Gen-Gieaton, job
Col. Swift. ' sig
Col. Aliohnei Jackson, 353
CnMIenry Jackson, 333
Lieut. Cul. Huntington, tat
Lieut. Col, Cubb, . 183 ,
Lieut. Gol. Humphreys, >■ Btl
The sverage weight is 314 Ib'f.'.
Interesting Marriage Scene.—Atarrlcd Iff
Hupkiiiton. New Hampshire, ..by Rider A.
Gavcrttn, Air. Nathaniel Alorriil, 10 Alisi.
Eliza Gile, both of Ilopkintoni
When the usual ccretnumes were eon- ■
eluded, tiie father of tlio Bride retired from
the room, anil in a few minutes .returned
with a new Bible in .Ills hand, which lie'
presented to the new married couple,.and .,
with it tho following address : .
“ Tlm business which lias been transact,
ed this evening, ns rotpocls.£Oji I fle.ir chil
dren, is of no *mxU‘importance. It is not
like many other things transacted in this
world, which may be done to-day nnd to*,
morrow ma.y he'disatin'ullcd -, but this en
gagement is for life. . The matrimonial
institution by which yon are bound locate
for each oilier isof Gpd; nnd what lie hath ,
joined togethor he foi'hids man to put a-
sunder, iiotli of you are young, and but
n little while ago, were by the laws of God
arid man, .bound to your earthly patents.
You are freed-from, that obligation,.mid.,
now are bound to each oilier hy a sacred
covcnonl that is .to run parallel with the
remainder of your associated dnys. Eliza, -
you have now become (lie tvifo of the man
seatcfl by you—you have taken that.place .
where tjie'.ilgqrcc of God call* upon vou to '
be a help-meet. Depend upon it. mi Haugh
ter, tliat It will be no pleasure to your father
(o see you sjiettd your'timt'lSTtny way thvt “
will not tend lo promote tlm. interests of,
J our ljusb 1 ml.. I charge you,; therefore; lo
e strict and faithful ns the sharer of his ,
toil* and partner, of his joy*. And yoa,
Nathaniel, niv son, will liavo much care,
devolving upon yon—you are 110 laager to'
look nut for orie, but for both. You sre to
provide for your wife the necessary means
for her otvn eo'mforf dnd support, and that
’she may be thehetler.prepared to ntlm'tai -
ler to your own necessities. Yon should
be extremely careful, as Imth of yoa ate
young, lhnry'08 give your wife no occasion'
to doubt the reality of your affection to-
.wards iier. I might cite to you many la
mentable instances where thelivesof young
women have.bpon made extremely tvretco-_
cd by the conduct of their husbands, who
have out too often left them to lata ar.l
unseasonable hours of the night, and »hpi>
return wns rallior to lie Arcaded than deff"
red,. This, I charge yon; my yon, tn avo.d
—to shun forever in at, nnd overy thins
else, wliich would sever your partners af
fection from you; 1 •- t *
Nciv and unthought-of duties Mil pouf
in upon you bofh from every quarter.—
Were you.sensible of all your future care*
and enrfoorns that will necessarily demann
your faithfulness and fortitude, yon 00010,
be constrained tb say, wlio is sufficient fet
these things?- But the want of tuna ana
ability, forbids me to lay before you ail yeas
duly—l, 1 therefore, for your, further ja*
strlietion and consideration, give, you this
invaluable', holy, nnd precious book, (|itc-
senting tha Bible,) which I beseech you.
my 'dear children, to receive as the man 01
your counsel, and the rule of Jour future
lives. It is tho word of God, nnd these
snored- pages contain yqur wholo duty.—
The comforts youaqlicipat.c ffom the trans
action of this evening, as y nu nlJ f , .
just reason to font, will novel he “dequato
to your cxpeclations. But should J' n “ . ,
he so liappy as to partake of the jay* »•
this blcssod hook premises all those v
love and obey it, you will be obtislrat
to say tliat all that ever was told. yfl“'' \
that you ever anticipated besides, hear? ^
comparison to enjoyment so sublime,
Then if this book is so .valuable a.tre'Wt'
go not wonder that your father sh
charge each nnd both of you. 10 P'*. , 0
abovo every tiling else. Prize * Mir to I
vour lives; count not your lives too oc
resign in defence of it. Prize
your fulher has given you, « •"«}, •“Jm
any thing that you may anticipate he «■>
give you lieroafter, or leave 1' _
asloep in death, and burled out of sigl ' 1
When lie is qo moro, and you tak
holy hook in your hands, remember
ie gave it to yon on tho evening 011 y^j
.. gave it to yon
01.11 rlnge, as a token of his greatest etK
lor your souls and ynur bodies', an
Got] grant it may provo tho , ' e * ,,e . ■■ •
ng to both of you fur »»j*j%"W
ChiefJystiqeiMaliil^id.-T:m^X.
jer, probably with a tIojv to prolong 1