Indiana Centinel, Volume 3, Number 10, Vincennes, Knox County, 12 June 1819 — Page 3

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We have seen a late publication in the Indiana Intelligencer, having the signature of " Inquirer." It contains a variety of questions addressed to his Excellency Jo.vahas Jensisgs, and concludes with a declaration signifying the author's impartiality,

and that his opinion and conduct in relation to the Governor are not as yet formed or j decided upon. No one can doubt as to its ; origin or misunderstand what is intended by ' it, uho has observed the course, of certain persons of the country in their political transactions- or seen "into the little contemptible conspiracies which they have formed for the ruin of private and political character. It is the hostile attack of a man who is a decided enemy to the Governor, and whose humble ingenuity has suggested it to : him as the best plan of annoyance, to practice this shallow hypocrisy, and appear be- ;

lore me puouc as n nis only object was :

uieir gooa. i ne spirit which the publication alluded to breathes from almost every sentence serves o convince us of the fact, and without pretending to any extraordinary faculty of sight, we can easily perceive the partjism of the writer through his criminal disguise of neutrality. The general language of the interrogatories shows a positive

belief on his part, that Governor Jennings

could not give a satisfactory answer to the people, and the style carries with it such an air of insult as to preclude the expectation that the Governor will put himself to the trouble of attempting itWc are in favor of the re-election of Governor Jennings, not because we believe him to be transcendant in talents and information, but for his uniform correctness in discharging important public duties for many years, and a conviction that he has at all times been fully adequate to the trust which has been confided to him. We know of nothing that ought to separate the people from him, a:td it is time mispent to calculate upon such an event, unless his enemies can produce something more plausible than the hacknied charges they have already circulated. We will observe in answer to them, that any private communication which Governor Jennings may have made to the late Governor Posey concerning Judge Floud, is a subject for the personal consideration of the Judge, if it was of a prejudicial nature, but under any circumstances it can not bear the construction of crucial misconduct. If he ever precipitately did Judge Floyd an injury, he had magnanimity enough to make a proper acknowledgement for it, and if he had not, we well know that the Judge is a man

whose wrongs are never suffered to go unredressed. As to the appointment of Judge Floyd, it is proper to bring that or any other public act before the people, but the motives of the Governor in making the appointment a,re his own exclusive property, and no one has a right to demand them. If an appointment be injudicious and otherwise improper, the Governor should expect to be blamed, hut in the present case no one can consistently advance such a charge, for we understand that the conduct of Jud-je Floyd ha been satisfactory to the people, and highly creditable to the state. The second and third allegations relative to Thomas II. Blake, esq. are incorrect and deceptious. Not the least hostility of any nature existed on the part of Mr. Blake when the Governor proffered him the appointment of aid de cairp : he accepted it, and his acts in that capacity are to be seen in the public newspapers. And even if the Governor had been previously informed that Mr. Blake was in the habit-of denouncing lnm,it was certainly an evideuce of his magnanimity to sacrifice personal considerations in the distribution of public offices, and to pas over the e.ruberant remarks which arn S3 common in the ardor and thoughtlessness of youth. f The decision of the Supreme Court upon the application of Mr. Blake to be admitted as one of their bar, did not make it incompatible for that gentleman to occupy a place in the judiciary department. There was a une of demarcation drawn by the court between officers of a Constitutional and officers of a Legislative creation, that the former vere bound by the injunctions of the Constitution, arid the latter were bound by the acs of the Legislature, and that an attorney at law being an oOce recognised and privileged by the Legislature, should comply with the rest: ictlons which it had imposed. The other suggestion relative to legislative restrictions upon officers named in the Constitution, was not considered by the court, upon the ground that It was not before them, and that therefore, iho? was no neces:tv f'r t!-m f? ::-"?Hr. Nothing can l derived

from this decision, r.hich is urTaVomUc to the constitutionality ot the appointment that was made a short tirr.a subsequently, and as Mr. Blake was recommended in strong terms by some ot our first citizens who composed at that time a majority of the Bar of Indiana, we can not but believe that the appoint ment did not militate with the constitution. If the appointment was such an outrage and considered void, why was not some measure adopted through the medium of the laws to curtail the evil ? The people of first judicial circuit who were solely interested in the administration cf that office, did not for a moment entertain such a ridiculous belief, and the delegation to the General Assembly from the same circuit voted for the confirmation of the appointment. We refer to the great dissatisfaction which was occasioned among the peiple of this circuit, in consequence of the Legislature having made a change in the judiciary, as the best criterion of their feelings and opinions. We have no time at present to take fur

ther notice of this batch of electioneering !

cunning, which has been published in the Indiana Intelligencer, and iepublished in the n estern Sun, but unless anticipated by a correspondent, we shall hereafter pay it the tribute of our. particular attention.

We copy the following from theNewYork

Columbian, as extracted from the Baltimore j Patriot and we can truly say we never be- i fore saw such a ludicrous and useless per- ' version of such a mournful event. We have ' no conjecture as to the writer; but, judging from his performance, we do not think the . upper part of his head is very essential to : his materiality. The atfair, as it took place, was sufficiently shocking any "gentleman in Vincennes" could sadden his distant friends by the relation of it, without the help of fic- : titious horrors. It is a distressing tale,when . plainly told, and needed none of such whimsical distortions. For the information of Editors at a distance, who have copied this article, we will state that Mr. Thomas McCall, the lamen- ! ted sufferer, waa, professionally, a Printer. His two brothers here, have been Associate : Judges for this county, but he was never invested with that office. He was stabbed by one of three Detawares,zt his own house ; in Illinois, some miles from Vincennes, and ' was interred in that state, without being ! carted into this borough and lastly, he was j

unmarried. Misstatements of such facts are very immoral, and have an injurious tendency. Singularly must the mind of that man be formed, who can amuse himself by such romances. The tragedy was deep enough without the stage-effect of such dismal decorations ; and we are very sure it cannot be chargeable to any 44 gentleman in Vincennes" We will only remark farther, that Mr. McCall was killed on the 19th of March last ; that his death is rationally attributed to the intoxication of his murderers, who are now in prison, philosophically awaiting their trial ; that his death was in no wise the effect of any political or local considerations ; that the few remaining Indians who were hunting in that country, immediately dispersed in peaceful terror to their own

lanus ; that previous and subsequent to the murder, their conduct was uniformly peaceable ; and that the expectation of a hostile visit, expressed by this tragic letter-writer, being permitted to occupy a cranny only in his own shrewd brain, cannot prevent emigrants from visiting one of the most inviting districts in this Western World. BALTIMORE, May 6. LVDMJy MURDER. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Vincennes to his friend in this city, dated Sth of April, 1819. " I witnessed a terrible scene some moments since. A gentleman by the name of

McCall, an associate judge of our court,has j

just been murdered by some three or four Miami Indians. The cart which bears him is yet within sight of my door his wife sits beside him, in the attitude and all the appearance of despair, accompanied by her tno children. Father of Mercies, how horrible a sight ! The very paper before me seems to be sprinkled with blood ! These Indians are around us every hour. I expect nothing more than a hostile visit from them shortly. They complain very loudly of the government, and of some of its officers. If they were dogs, I should really commisseratc them."

The first attempt to purchase these lands, was frustrated by the intrigues of those emissaries, and every exertion was made to prereut the success of the late Treaty ever since which, its successful negociators have been calumniated and persecuted by the enemies of this state; 'who, the better to conceal their moral and political deformity, come out before the public under the mask of mighty sticklers for the constitution. Is it any wonder, then, that Governor JE,YKOS, who had so great a share in obtaining those lands, should be the object of their bate and persecution r Judge PARKE, also, comes in for his share of the lies and calumnies of those wretches, who, with all the rancor ol fends, pursue him in his private concerns. Hut the People, of Indiana are too sensible of the advantages they have obtained by the exertions of those men, to be misled by the falsehoods of a foreign Tool, and his associates, whu have raised the cry that Governor JENNINGS has violated the constitution by assisting to purchase the lands from the Indians. A similar cry was frequently heard during the late war, when our militia and volunteers invaded Canada. It is true, that by doing so they violated many British constitutions, but established the freedom of the United States. Was there any man, who heard the conversation, or viewed the actions of a certain calumniator of Governor JENNINGS, in this town, who was for one moment deceived in his real character ? During the last, war, the government of the United States, and those who administered it, were the constant tiienie of his abuse and invective, and the magnanimity, ?' the "power," and the ' disinterestedness" of England, the burthen of his cootiiiUa! son";. The man who could declare that he wa'dd rather have the devil for President of th" Crated States of America, than Thomas Jeff.zov, or Hat's JVegro Jack, than JjiMns Madison, fuust be sunk to the lowest degree ot moral turpitude: such a man cannot, consistently, be other than the enemy of JjWJi'iLLY JEJWYLYGS; and tbe coiu-.nns of the Western Sun, teeming with abusi-, will no longer excite wonder

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Mr. McCall wa9 buried the 21st cf March. For the Indiana Centinel. There never has happened an event in this country, which has so much disappointed the emissaries of England, as the late TREATY WITH THE LYI)IAYSby which so large a portion of the lands in this state has been fairly purchased, which will soon give us a population, and consequently an influence in the national government, neaily equal to any state in the Union. It will now he no longer in the power f those emissaries to let loose those savage Allies of England on our frontiers, and gratify their hatred of republicanism by -.bedding the blood cf ctr citizens.

A. Z.

Vincennes, May 11.

We are authorised to state that Thomas II. Blake, esq. will serve as a Representative in the next General Assembly of the State of Indiana, if elected by his Fellow Citteens in the District composed of the Counties of Knox, Sullivan, Vigo, Owens and Davis. We are also authorised to state, that our late Representative, Capt. Joseph Warner, will serve as a Uepresen tatvm in the next Assembly, if re-elected by his fellow citizens in the District composed of the Counties of Knox, Sullivan, Vigo, Ow ens and Davis. We are likewise authorised to announce that

Gen. Peter Allen, will serve as a REPxtsENfAfir e in the next General Assembly of the State of Indiana, if elected by his Fellow Citizens in the District composed of the Counties of Knox, Sullivan, Vigo, Owens and Davis. Candidates for OiFices at the next August Election. For Governor. JONATHAN JENNINGS. JESSE L. IIOLMAN. For Lieut. Governor. DENNIS PENNINGTON,

JOHN 1)E I'AUW, K ATI j IFF BOON, MARS I ON G. CLARK. For Representatives, THOMAS H. BLAKE, JOSEPH WARNER, PETER ALLEN. M American Pharmacopoeia. The project of a National Pharmacopoeia has met the unanimous approbation of the medical institutions of ourcountry. The district convention for the northern states will be held in Boston, and that for the middle states in Philadelphia, on the first day of June, 1812. Those for the southern and western states will be held in the autumn. The geieral convention will assemble in Washington on the first day of January, 1820, when the work will be completed, the copy-right sold, and the American Pharma copazia published. Jmew York Medical Repository, April. Bank of Missouri. . THE SUBSCRIBERS Will commence on the 1st day of June nest, to give a premium of one per cent, for Bank of Missouri paper. JOSEPH WIGGIN, RICH'D. R. YENABLES. St. Louis, May 19. io-3t

In a Boat at the STONE LANDING, ca Saturday evening fast, A Gold Breast-Pin, of an oval form, and set with pearl. Any person who will return it to the subscriber, who boards at Mr. Blackburss, or leave it at the Centinel Office, shall receive FIVE DOLLARS which is more than it is worth to any person but the owner; it being tho gift of a valued friend. . EDWARD II. BURTCH. Vincennes. June 7. 1819. ictf Domestic GOOBS.

THE SUBSCRIBER Has made arrangements with the manufac turers of Domestic Goods, to be supplied with a general assortment, with directions to sell at the Philadelphia and Baltimore prices, adding only the expense of transportation. He has received, and is no7 opening, at V 4, Prathers Row, LOUISVILLE, (Kentucky,) 22 Cases, consisting as follows : 3-4 aud 4-4 CHECKS 5-4 and 4-4 Furniture do. Bleached SHIRTINGS & SHEETING3 Brown do. CHAM BR AYS, GRANDURILLS, GINGHAMS, STRIPES, TICKINGS, &c which purchasers are requested to call and examine. He also will keep a general assortment of LIQUORS and has received by the steam boat James Rcss, Gin, Jamaica, and other Spirits, Of WINES, he has received

Jldonia, Sicily, Madeira, Ter.eriffe, Sherry, and Port, all of the first quality, and further supplies will be received by the next arrivals. G. L. DW1GHT.

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To Cooperso THE SUBSCRIBER, LIVING IN Vincennes, Indiana, fVILL GIVE CO.YSTAJVT EMPLOVMEJSF, For anv length of time, to THIRTY or FORTY JOURNEYMEN Coopers. Persons of that profession, wishing to emigrate, will do well to shape their course to wards VINCENNES, INDIANA. ; as thirty or forty can be accommodated with constant employment for years, in a healthy and agreeahle neighborhood, and at the HIGHEST WAGES given in the United States. RICHARD MONTGOMERY, JSTear the Steam Mill, Vincennes, (la.) The Editors of the Journal, Lancaster Pa. the Watchman, Wilmington, Del. the Democratic Press, Philadelphia, and the Columbian, New York, will insert this adver tisement (St) in their respective papers, and please transmit the papers containing if, wUh their bill, to this OUce for ;).rn-'if.

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THE SUBSCRIBERS HAVE FOR SALE, At Mount Carmd.Moutk of tf'hiteRiver) In care of Mr. William Simonds, 8,000 lbs. BACON, 500 bushels CORN, Also, u Quantity of Lard, Whiskey, Boots, Shoes, Fine c Wool Hats, And sundry articles of Domestic Goods. BARLOW DERBY. June 1, 1819. 9-4p

For Ment : THE SUBSCRIBER, Das a Good and Convenient HOUSE, TYith a Large and Excellent Garden attach' ed to the premises, for Rent. HE HAS FOR SALE, Pickled P0RK65 BACON, All those indebted to him will pleasa call and settle oiF their respective accountH. CH: GRAETER. Vincenn?s, June 5, 1819. 9t