Indiana Centinel, Volume 3, Number 7, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 May 1819 — Page 2

A T.M STRUNG COUNTY MARCH term, 1819. The administrators of James Slcs:i, dee'd. vs. The administrators of Guy Hiccox, oec d. This suit was instituted on a note, of which the following 13 a copy. For value received, I promise to pay James Sloan the sum of thice hundred dollars, lawful money of Pennsylvania, v i 1 h i 1 1 two years from t'ns dat-j, 0:1 condili n that I obtain the appointment to the oftce of prothonotary, and the ether o.'hces in Annstrong county, now held by Ja-ues Sloan ; he now hav'ii:'; reined in wv taor. GUY HICCOX. Kitlaning, Dec. IP. 181 5. Defendant pleaded payment, with leave to et 'fr nnd 'ivb tlic special matter in f vidcuce. 130 dollars were paid 0:1 account of the note. YOUNG, president to the jury. The main question is, whether the note declared up n, which is upon condition, is founded upon a good consideration or not. If the consideration be illegal, the note is void ; otherwise, the plaintiifs are entitled to recover. If the consideration be illegal, the note is void ; otherwise, the plaintals r.re entitled to recover. Upon abstract principles of honor, every man is bound by his engagements, when he dciivesa benefit trom the person to whom the engagement is made, and no fraud intervenes. But however obligatory such an engagement may be in point of honor, if it be injurious to the public welfare in its consequences, it ought not to be enforced by a legal remedy. It appears that James Sloan held certain otticcs 111 this county, of great public trust, which he resigned in favor of Guy Hiccox, who, it may therefore be presumed, was appointed to those offices, in consequence ot the late Mr. Sloan's special recommendation to the former governor. I have too good an opinion t mav have dif-

VI 1 I I .l 1 (.llll.tUUll iw if v t v 1 fc fered from him in political principles, to be-lievs-he was made-acquainted with this bargain. If he had, it may be fairly presumed tho appointment 0l Hiccox would nut have taken place. It would have been opening a door to the buying of p'jlie otlices,inco.npatible with public virtue, which, when once c-enerallv corrupted, government, by

whatever name it may be termed, becomecorrupt along with the community. In a government such as ours, founded upon public virtue, as it ought to hel the greatest care ought to be taken by the citizens to preserve it pare. This is peculiarly the province of those who administer the laws; and we have therefore no hesitation in giving it as our opinion, that the contract in question is contrary to the principle: of sound policy, an l is therefore void at lav. As to the recovery back of the 150 dollars, it cannot be done. It is no set off, for that supposes an original legal contract Your verdict, therefore, ought to be generally for the defendant. Verdict for defendant. 1 Foreign Articles. ENGLAND, &c. LtXihn d.itei ti the fith .Uarch. ' The UiitUh frm Is ae risi.ig a little again, monev seeming to become more plenty than it had been. The treaty of sovereigns, known by the name of the II Ay Alliance, was not to he submitted to parliament, because the British o"ver nment was not directly a party to it. Another petition has been presented to parliament, praying that the English Roman Catholics "may be restored to their ciil ri;iit. A proposition has also been otic red to remove the disabilities under which the Dissent it s labor. It was evpecte 1 that the. convention with tlu" U. States would soon be laid before parliament. A motion introduced in parliament by Sir J. Mackintosh, to appoint a committee to consider so much of the criniinal code as reJated to the capital punUhment of felonies i prevailed against the opposition of Lord .Castleieagh, by a majority of 10 votes. The secret cooimitted appointed to enquire jnt the state of the Bank of England had nat reported. Ditii, lat dv in England, Archibald nnil)n the duke of Brandon the duke ot Hamilton the duke of Chathlherault the baron Dalton the manjuis of Douglas the maro ois of CI de-dale the marquis of Ha-

I 1 rnilton the ea:l of Angus t!u earl of Ar-

ran the earl of Lanark lord Maconshire lord Polmont lord Ahernethy and lord Aherhoihock all these in one poor frail creature. Trade apreared to be reviving in Ertg-

land, and there a suiall adance on the

pi ice of cotton and tobacco. V,' )i g milking .' The German wives of the tour British royal dukes, who have married since the death of the princesChariottc, are all pronounced to be in the family way. and are e.rpectid to produce masters for the people of England. Westminster Election returns complete Mr. Land ; Mr. llobhousc SSGl : Mivp-r Cart Aright f8. Mr. Lamb is an opposition man, bat there is some hade ot difference between him and Hobhouse. A not occurred in London on the 3d of March. The mob v. as composed cf several

thousand person of the "univcual suffrage party' Considerable mischief was done in different parts of the town.ar.d scveial peace oCiccrs were wounded. The house of Lord Castlercagh was rendered uninhabitable the front of Mr. Wishart's premises was completely demolished, and the same destruction took place at the committee rooms in Henrietta street, in Paik Place, and the New Castle Coffee House. But what is still mure singular, the gentlemen who appeared on horseiack to shew respect to the successful candidate, escaped with diftkulty from bun;; muidered. Mr. Lamb, elected from "Westminster, took refuge in a chuich, and was advised to retreat by a hack wav. He refused to do so, and the police had great difficulty to prevent l is being sacrificed by the mob. Lord Sefton and his friends were pelted with stone. Talleyrand is said to have lost all inftaence in France.

SPAIN. It is stated that an entire regiment that left Zsrassa to quell the disturbance at Valentia, matinitd on the road, saying that they would not act to enslave their coiuitry men. -' hev killed their colonel and so'pe other olliceis, and then dispersed themselves.

EAST INDIES. Eighteen sail of piratical vessels, carrying from I GO to 50 men each, all under the command of the notorious thief, Shekh Hossien bin Rama, are said to he cruising in the Persian gulf. The place of rendezvous is Rasai ivhiu.'. The English have occasional rencontres with them.

NEW BilUNSYviCK.

sale, on which it was ccntcrded that he 1

ought to be sent home to him to his master ! . The judge, however, thought otherwise, and liberated him. Those opposed to the procedure, say, that the case ought to have been tiied by a jury, &c. Among the acts passed by the lrg"?lature of Now York, there is one lieclaiing the tends and conditions of a grant of 100, uO

acres of land from the Holland Land Company, to the people of this state, to aid in completing the reat western canal. There is another act, authotising the comptroller to settle and adjust the accounts of. the late gov. Touq kins, and a speedy settlement is eapected. It appears from thi9 act, that a balance is presumed to bemtfyowing to him, for the law authorises the treasurer to pav him, if a balance shouid be found in his favor. The National Advocate says that this balance is most probably not less than 1U .COO dollars. We most heartily rejoice that th'n gentleman, to whom our country owes so much for his services during the late war, and at the time of our utmost need, is at last about to be righted. Oliver JivqiiSj Esq. of Philadelphia, so well known as a mechanist throughout the United States, died at New York 011 the 15th ult. aged 04. . Suicide. The most singular instance or self destiuction that perhaps was ever htard of, was perpretrated by a waniac in Philadelphia lately. His breakfast having Leen brought to him, after drinking his tea he split the bowl in two, a::d with the rouh edge of one of the bioken pieces, he cut his arm, near the shoulder, until every sdnew was rent, and bled to death.

Itiuwier trust. A ver remaikahle fhun

The governor, Smith, had directed that j dr oUst amfale of wind were eanerien'ed

a duty of one shilling per ton should be

paid on ship timber exported u to prevent the waste anil destruction of the king's woods The assembly resisted this exercise of prerogative, and reprobated the meas ire ; the right of taxation being in them, and passed certain pretty warm resolutions on the subject. The governor, by message, desired that thesu resolutions should be expunged ; Ins request was refused, 4 for, 19 against it. " IBs Excellency5' then dissolved the assembly, and sent the members home. A considerable political war is confidently expected.

at New York lately. It was so dark that

many were obliged to light candles at their dinner tables. The rain soon fell in torrents, mi.ved with hail The wind was more violent than ever before recollected, a?;d the sky seemed on fire with lightning. In the midst of this war of elements, the fire hells were rung, the cry came fr om several directions, and the people with fire! fire.' on their lips, were literally wading through the streets, which were filled with v atcr. The lightning took eli'ect in five places, and set a schooner, richly ladened, and a rope walk in fiames. Several persons were knocked down, but no one killed. Tne U.S. Mint. From official documents

! transmitted to congress during the last sesi sion, it appears that the total amount of gold ! siler and copper coinage at the mint of the ! United states, from the date of its establish-

SOUTI1 AMERICA. By way of Curracoa, we hear of a great battle between Morillo, with 9000 men, and Bolivar with 7000, in which, after a desperate contest, the latter was defeated with the

loss of three hundred men, their bajjage, ' moot op to the end of the year 1817, was &c. A desperate battle, and the SCO men. i Fourteen millions one hundred ei'shtu three

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uo noc lauy wen togemer ; but there seem

way of Jamaica, details some . mount coined up to the first day of the preations on the Main, in which ! sent xv&r, fifteen millions, five hundred forty t-ere successful. The inland of nine thousand, four hundred fifty six dollars,

good reason to believe that the royalists

now calculate upon their strength as sufficient to subdue Venezuela perhaps however, as large supplies of !ren anil munition' of war are expected by tho patriots, these stories are fabricated to prevent their arrival.

A letter from Curracoa of 3d of February,

received In 1

military oper

the patriots wen

Margarita is well fortified and supplied, and

is the principal depot of arms and ammunition : the government guards consists of mOO dragoons. The Danish authorities at St. Thomas have agreed to admit into their ports independent vessels of war and their prizes, with permission to dispose of the latter. Another letter dated the 14th, announces that the national congress of Venezuela had been installed : Troops arriving continually from England : A loan of 100.00(7. had been obtained in Loudon in aid of the patriots' cause. Gen. McGregor was at Aux Caves on the 1st of March, preparing to sail with an expedition, coniting of four armed ships and brig, and .100 troops, against Porto Bello. It was reported that col. English had arrived at Angostura with troops in ten transports. The whole foice when armed, would be about 7, 000 men. A large ship, supposed to he an Anicrican, from having General Jackson' painted on her stern, with a valuable cargo of Brazil good, lias been run into a bay into the Danish island of St. Join, w here the cargo was disposed of. It was thought the captain and crew had been murdered, and it w as reported that she was a prize to an irtigas privateer.

SUMMARY.

thousand, seven hundred si.vty eight dollars, and thirty six cents. That the amount of gold coins made during the year 1818, was SS'242,940 : of silver, 81,070,427, 50 cents, of copper, 852,320; making a total amount of one million, three hundred sLvtn five thou

! sand, siv hundred eighty sx'ven dollars, end fifty cenis which, added to the aggregate , of coinage in former years, makes the a-

THE ii.wic.is conrus. The following cae is tiie subject of much discussion in Georgia. A colored man petitioned a judge for a writ of habeas corpus. He stated that he was hern of free parents in Rhode Island, lie had served in the late war, and was a prisoner at Dartmoor. He returned from captivity, by the way of Charleston, where he was seized by one of the most rascally part of creation, a kidnapper, and forcibly carried oiVto Georgia, and there sold for a slave Thee fact were attested by two credible white witnesses. Ti e judge, it appears, granted the writ : the owner id the freeman returned, that he

held the applicant as a slave, by a bill cf

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six cems. It further appears that the nett amount chargeable to the coinage of gold, silver, and copper, from the commencement f the institution to Dec. 31, 1818, including the costs of lot, buildings and machinery, was 514,046 dollars. Deaf and dumb. At the institution in N. York, for teaching the deaf and dumb, these unfortunates are learnt not only to read and wiite, but to articulate, in an 'audible manner. A little girl, 10 years old, recited the creed and Lord's prayer, a few days since, in the presence of several respectable persons. Louisiana. The Louisiana bank charter

e.rpires on the 12th of March next, anl it is to wind up its concerns ; for which purpose only its corporate capacity has been extended, by an act of the legislature, for two years after that date. Mississippi. An act was passed at the late session of the legislature, respecting the importation of slaves into the state. This act requires the importer to register tlic slave in the county clerk's officer and to make oath that such slave has not been 'guilty of any capital crime to his knowledge. A neglect to conform to this act sihjects the importer to a penalty of 500 dollars. Every slave brought into tli.it state for sale is subject to a tax of 20 dollars ; but the citi7ens may import &lae.s for their own use free of taxation, except, they be brought from Louisiana or Alabama. A free negro emigrating to Mississippi is required to give security in the sum of 500 dollars for his good behavior, and ir case of inability to do so, is liable to be sold at public auction for tlie term of 12 months. Jegro Stealing. Sentence of death has been pronounced on a fellow in North Carolina for negro stealing, 'hanging in any case is right, tins wretch will be hanged. Indians. The New York papers state that a ship is about to sail for France, having on board x men and two girls of the Oneida Jribc of Indians, accompanied by an

interpreter. Among them is a c'iiet over 82 years of ?ge. The girl., who are very

handsome, arc both of tht!:i related to the eld chief. Thoe Indians who some time ago went out to England t treat John B ill with waf dances and peace dances. leafier exhibiting themselves in the principal theatres, returned a short time since to t!.-ir native woodj. The present expedition i probably for the same purposes in France. Bribery. The - late county coTr-miioner of Philadelphia has been found jruilfy, before the supreme court if that stale, of hating taken a irile to give his vote to a certain, person as treasurer of the county. Federalism in the state of New York Hs taken a decided part against the governor, De Witt Clinton. A large poitin of f! o democratic party, heretofore friendly to hi::, have also abandoi.etl him. It is more than prohnblc that, at the next gubernatorial election, Mr. Clint:i will have permission fr om the New Yorkers to go into " dignifiej retirement." S. Hep, An article from Brussels, dated the C7th Feb. state that the persons who were ab'!Ut to be tried for the conspiracy which wa detected last October, are accused of hiring formed a plot, the object of which was U assemble a body of 500 French mililarv or.--

halt pay, and with their help to seize on his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, to carry him otY to some unknown place, and keep him confined as a hostage for the safety of Bonaparte. JOILY rXDOLVIl is elected to the net Congress. A letter from New York mentions that Gen. Brown lies dangerously ill at Broe. nsvillc, of a hermorrhage in "tlie lui.gs. The Delegat s fr om the Medical ocieti.-s and Colleges of the middle di-tiict of the Union, for forming a National Phannacopreia, have been summoned to assemble in Philadelphia on the 1st day of June nevt. for the purpose of commencing that imj ortant work. Jcnr Breaker. There is a preat cause defending in the High Ccurt of Chancery in England, where tlie con:cly mine cf J'liihlearvank'ofstdorspracheingntchdernn, appears as a party in tiie suit, the pronunciation of which is no small annoyance to

the gentlemen of the Long Robe and their coadjutors. William Cobbetr, at New York, has imported from Liverpool, no less than 154 barrels of field and garden seeds. The corner stone of the building for the accomodation of the United States Ba"k, was laid with much solemnity in Philadelphia on the 1 9th April. The actors and spectators should have been dressed in mour ninz. J Duel was latr'j ft.ntf t at Mobile !ctween Mr.D.W. Crawford and Major Trissla. formerl y of the army, in which the former was killed. Four boys were lately playing together in a canoe in Gloucester harbor, Massachusetts, when it upset, and three of them were drowned. The N. Y. Gazette states that cloth for two coats, one black and the other blue.has been received there as a present from Mr. Durst, of Yorkshire in England, to the President of the U. S. Mr. Bagot, the British minister, has arrived at Annapolis in Maryland, where a British frigate is daily expected to ca!ry hi;n, home. A hair dresser at Washington City has advertised for five hundred Leeches." We presume he would have no difaculty in findding that number employed in the business of the U. S. Bank. The Russian army is estimated at 880,000 men a respectable force, coo-iderin- thaTV the emperor belongs to the Doly .illiance, 1 and is a member of tiie I'eace Societu of t

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Massachusetts !

The estimate of the expenses of the British army for 1819, has been laid before parliament. It amounts to six millions, Ive

J hundred eighty two thousand, eight hundred and two pounds, twelve shillings and three I pence stcrliirg.

iuris aie sam 10 ue very irequent in France between the half, pay officers of Bonaparte's army, and the oAkers of the Bourbon establishment. The death of the old king cf Spain, who survived the queen but about a fortnight, will relieve Ferdinand's mind from the dread of his father's attempt to recover his throne. The King of France has added upwards of eighty new members to the House of Peers to obtain a majority in favor of the liberal policy he is determined to pursue. They are principally distinguished ttnnapariists. Their creation excited great displeasure apong the old peers, and soma disturbance in the House. Tiie Legislature of New York have adjourned without appointing a Senator in Congress. The Clintonians and Anti-Clin-tonian members each addressed the People in defence of their own conduct, and in crimination of that of their opponents The election will take place for Senators & Assemblymen early neat month. It will ho warmly contested throughout the state. Its result will probably be unfavorable to the, party now in power. T. T..ir.erican,ofJpTil ZG. B L .2 .V K S

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