Indiana Centinel, Volume 3, Number 20, Vincennes, Knox County, 21 August 1819 — Page 2

()M ALTK LONDON PAPER.

ballad on which the CORSAIR (by

ora vyrvti) is jouuveu. . ' once lived on an isle, mI upon cabbage nnd water, A m'1 that never could smile. -n up to his elbow ins laughter. . a fair wile whom he lovl, nd she InvM him too which was stranger. But the dii a bit was he movM, By lir r (unfiling to keep out ot danger.

O.ie nhiit with Iris cnt throats he sails, ro terror cml pity quite callous. To surprise a Basnaw with tlrreeTails. And s t f;;e to liis fleet and hi palace, But whilst they were fighting and burning, They hesru women squeak in the Harem, A booty (hey thought it worth earning So away from the bonfire they bare 'em.

ys the bashaw, "the nudgcons are caught,

Now my. lad?, fall to cutting & thrusting." So 1 is men far'd ahout and they fought, ' And soon ave t!ie rogues a good dusting. The men wtie all tdain but the Chief, Being taken they determin'd to spit him, So they plastered-the wounds of this thief, ?TiIl they found cut a stak that would fit him. Says he "Vis a bore, but the game, For very hiih stakes we were playing, Had I conquerd I'd serv'd him the same, So Til not fall to sniveling and praying. To the prison the fair lady came, To see this heroic commanderSays she4 I'm the Bashaw's Chief Dame, Whom ycu sav'd like a brave Salamander.9 Mv 1. riband's a jealous old dog, I should like to be wife of a pirate, Come kiirhira and oft let us jog." fcavs he. madam, don't much admire it. A knife 1 can't handle, and von, I ca:'t take you oft Eve a wife, Aid tYi rather he kewerd tl.ro' and thro,' 'I bun 'breed uch a terrible strife.' Says she, thcn I'll do it never mind,' Ai.il v us otf like a charger to battle, While he follow 1 s.ftly behind, For fear that his fetters should rattle, As merry was he as a gtig. When she finished the murder so horrid, Dnt the Pirate star'd like a stuck pig, When he saw the blood smear'U on her f.ti clicad.

..vor'd to smirk and to smile, c Pirate nil sullen and musinT

ia u' 'f as a Bear all the while,

i lie lady's endearments refuting ! Ve wive, when your husbands you kill, Wash off the appearance of evil, SLce the stain of the blood that ye ppill, ith horror could strike such a devil I Returning, he found that his wife, Believing him certainly spitted, For grief had departed this life, So the Island forever he quitted l.erever he's gone he's fair game. 'TU pity the world should not know it. Some say that tf England he came, And set up for a Lord and a 1'oet. Foreign Articles. LONDON, May 29. A very remarkable meteor was seen at Afcerdetn on Wednesday the 5th inst. at o it half past 12 in the forenoon. It anIjeared at an altitude of nearly oG degrees, lavl-t'the formot a ball of fire, with a short

tail, uurtmg towards the earth. The atmos-

h&d the elfcctof lowering a great de! of! the. popularity which Alexander acquired in Pans, at the expense of the Duke of Wellington, W10 really did that for which Alexander received the'thanks of the French na

tion. They begin to see the difference between a Monarch stooping to obtain popularity, and a General, in the opposite ex

treme, too proud -to owe an v thing to popular opinion. The regret of the French at their inability to offer assistance to Bernadotte, in the event of any real act of hostility towards him is sincere ; but say they, England must protect him, for Sweden "is a bulwark ta the encroachments of Russii." London, Jlfjy 23 JTanufacturiitz distress. Mr. Cutwen

called the particular attention of the house of commons the other day, to a Petition from 1400 Weavers from Carlisle, who stated, that by labour of 17 hoursadav, they could not earn more than 5s, to 7s. a week. They prayed, if they cenkl not obtain

j bread, that means would be afforded to trans port them to Canada, or some other of his

majesty's colonies. He hoped that the no- ; ble Lord, who, at the opening of the cession, had depicted the prosperity of our manufactures in such glowing terms, or some other of his majesty's Ministers, would find some means of complying with the prayer of j the petitioners.

LOUISVILLE. Aug. 4, 1819. From the Public Advertiser. At a meeting of the citizens of the town of Louisville and the election precinct thereto attached in the county of Jefferson, convened for the purpose of expressing their sentiments as to a suspension of specie, payments by the Bank of Kentucky and its branches. John Speed, Esq. of said county r.as chosen Chairman, & James Wb Thornberry Secretary. Sundry resolutions were thereupon offered by Worden Pope, esq. for adopting. A motion was then made by Mr. William Pope Jr. to take the sense of the meeting upon the fi.st resolution without debate. LTpou this motion tome discussion ensued in which Messrs. Richard Ferguson, Worden Pope, H. Hawley, James 1). Breckenridge and Chas. M. Thrusten participated.

Mr. William Pepe then withdrew his motion, and moved to take the sense of the meeting, whether there should or should sot be argument upon said first resolution, which

I being decided in the negative, said resolutij on was then adopted by a large majority, I viz: Resolved, That none of the barks of Kentucky ought to suspend specie payment

tor their notes, that they ad ought to keep up the credit of their notes at par, and that such suspension would injure and ruiu their Credit at home and abroad. The following resolution was also adopted: Resolved, That our flour, tobacco, pork, and other produce, and the spinning wheel and loom, are the true sources of our wealth, and that these, aided by industry, economy and a confidence in each other, and the banks, are to relieve the country from the evils with which it i3 threatened. John Speed, Chm. J. W. Thohnberry, Sec'y PUBLIC MEETING. At a numerous public meeting of the citizens of Jeffersontown its precinct, in Jefferson county to tabs into consideration the policy of a suspension of specie payment by the Bank of Kentucky and its Branches, Major Abner Field being called to the chair, and Simeon N. Kalfus appointed secretary The meeting being addressed by Messr. Alexander Pope, David C

Pinkham, James W Dennv, James FerU

phere was uncommonly clear at the time, son, N. B. Bealle, and John Williamson,

the following resolution was almost unani

mously adopted: Resolved, As the opinion of this meeting.

that it would be unwise and impolitic for

the Bank ot Kentucky and its Branches to stop specie payment. For the resolution 145 against it -1. ABNER FIELD Chm. S. N. Kalfus Sec'y July 31st 1319.

vath bright sun-shine, and not a cloud to be

seen. In about five minutes after it was observed, it exploded with a considerable noise, ! and a volume of smoke issued from ir, which ! assumed the furm of a small white cloud. The same meteor was seen in many part9 of the country. In the parishes ot Kintore, llntray, &c. the noise of the explosion was so loud, that the cattle in the fieldt became terrified, and bellowed loudly. It is very rare tor such meteors to be visible in the day time. LONDON, Mav 24. Dispatches are reported to have been received from Lord Cochrane, of a favourable description. A very valuable Spanish ship called the Christina, from Cadiz to Lima, has been carried into Buenos Ayres, a -prize to the Union privateer. Extract of a letter from Paris dated Jfay 1 9. "A very great sensation has "been excited htre by the reports respecting the King of Sweden. Some deny the truth of them altogether but there is little doubt of their partial correctness. A Swedish gentleman who arrived in Paris from Stockholm yesterday, speaks of the report as having gained ground in that country, and of a general determination in the Swedish people to assert their rights against th arbitrary and incre asjng power of the emperor of Russia ; but, at the same time, he mentions the existence of a party similar to our Ultra-Royalists, who are supposed to be in the interest of Alexjdcr. These reports, true or false, have

ganf and cirtmctlicus habitation, "riO their escort returned through this town, homeward bound, cn Thursday last. A few davs previons, three citizens were gallanted'through here from Harrison county who were destined to the fame boaidirg house for havinz counterfeited and passed hank notes, and we hear of many other probable candidates from different parts cf the it,'. IMPORT ANlH'ROM SOUTH AMERICA.

Extact of a liter from c highly rcsvectalle gentle man dnted ST. TJIOMAS JULY 3 1FI0. "I hasten to appiiseou that we have this dav received information from Ang-j.-tnra. of "an action fought on the Kth u!t. at t'uriana, by a division of the Spanish .miy under the "command of General Arana, and a

division of the Patriots led by t a i iio. m which the royalists were totallv dvfeat- d, with a loss of from one thi-usanJ to eleven hundred men, all their camp ejuipau', documents &c. The Patriots. I regret to add suffered severely, having lost 4CU men.-' - j, o:::o: o::::o rm FROM TEXAS. Extract of a letter from Gen. Long, the chief of the army of Texas, dated iVacogdoches, July 12. 1 SI 3, " I started to go to Natchez, hut a rumor of the enemy advancing on us compelled me to remain or t lose the confidence of the men I commanded, and break up the expedition, which is now in the most prosperous condition : nothing will pi event our success we increase dailv in soldier and

cc'jslry. -ncv arc Simdsfc couuuuaiiy lacdinon our wharves, bat soon embark for some of our Southern cities. Exslport 6Vntinel. Jseir-Vork; July 1-J. Anecdote. An Irishman appeared Leforp the "rand jury to complain td a person who hadCioiibed him. Please your honors, said lie, I must tell the story in my own way. You must know that I ueut down to the batterv to snuifthe cooling braze, and take a nap on the gras after niht : Well, bv the powers ! when I swohe, I found myself rrb

i bed of rriv money and other articles. TLir.ks j I. Lou, P.toMv how arc vol. to cat h (he t'.afe ? j when a thought struck me on niy head to go i t!'e ntst n:;:!.t on ti e Baftvrv and t. li- ' d".n .jwj pr'fend to br airrn ami if the ' t: afV ( ati:e aain to rob me. t -aye him and ! el l ' ito tLht Well. v.'Ur ' onors, awav I . to ti e !?attrv am! !avs me (low n Sod p-f ', to ef asleep : and would )ou be-iitv- " .r i !i l -;.f t?:a'lv iro to !ane, and wlieii I av.:. pjvi'rs I wis rohb? I again! D)t;,et. - . az.! rce. .1 cmid have basted j mysr.'f i . bi-inc; ?uch a foo' to go to slape i v.Sieu ILid tln to kevp myself a.ake. I Wejl," courage, Pst, sys I, try again, and j lail down on the prass, and went to slape, J bur I Kept awake all th time, and sur" en

ough t!ie thafr came, and was rummaging my pockets, when I gripped him by the cellar &s carried him to llridewell and that's all. On examination, it was fourd that the culprit had three shillings about him which could not be. identified as the Iiishoian's J aud, as lie had been ten days in confinement, he was dismissed. Vaf. Adv.

On the same day, the people of Middletown and its precinct., met tor the purpose of expressing their opinion on the subject of the suspension of specie payments. We have not been able to procure a copy of

their proceedings, but have been informed

citizens ; they join us from all parts, and I find myself "much better supported than 1 expected every thing is in good train, and there is no doubt of the success of the Republican army. Fftim other sources it is understood that Aradonado heads the troops opposed to Gen. Lonr-. CHILICOTHE, July SI. It is said that in the city of New Voik, there are no less than seveuteen hundred licensed taverns, one to everv fourteen dwelling houses. -Quere How many paupers are they the means of producing ? The Stockholders of the Bank of "Winchester, (Ky.) have resolved on winding up the institution as soon as possible. Suspension of specie payments in Tcn:zcstee. A lanre meeting ot the citizens d

Nashville, and othcis from different paits of the state, have declared that the interest of the country rcjuited an immediate npei.sion of specie pa) mots by all the hanks of the stntifof Tennessee, and recommended the adoption of such a cout Spanish dollars are quoted ni less than ouc percent, above par at New York. The attentive correspondent of the Tlotonr?change News-Room writes froniBueno Ayres, under date d" the C8th April last, "that the United States f rigate Mucrdor.ia, arrived at Valparaiso on the loth January, and on the 14th JIarch sailed for Cnquhub'j, whence she would pioceetito Lima. 'Our New York correspondent informs us that the U. S. ships Franklin, Guen iere,and Krie, were at Palermo Max T. to sail ne ,t day for Naples. The Spark sailed alcut 10 days before for Leghorn, and. aftei being out two days returned with an English brig in tow. in a sinking condition : site had sailed again for Leghorn. " Degrand's Boston Sale report, of Saturday last, says The East India 'Yrade, comparilively speaking will be nothing this year, from this quarter, to what it was last year. Hence the fall in the price of Spanish dollars; though they are not abundant." We have a report by Capt. Talbot, arrived at Providence, that Com. Aury's squadron. on tlie xOth of May, captured& brought out of gulf Dulcc, half a million of dollars &c. SlWnERDTOVN, (Va.) May, GO. JVhut a Cackling. A lady, about three miles distant from this town, in eight days, from Friday the 7th till Satun'a) ti e LHh inst. actually supplied a merchant in this place with the large amount of 147 dozen & 4 eggs j the production of her own poultry vard, for that space of time : and is now

willing to make a contract to any extent, for the delivery of 32 dozen every other day.

Lbciiezer Tibbits. and Yilllani Johnson, of Scituate, R. I. lately lost their lives by the deadly atmosphere of a well. The frequency of these cases should operate a3 a caution with persons who arc about to defend into a well. !t is easy to lower a lighted caudle into the well, and if the air is deadly it will he extinguished, but otherwise will continue to burn. This test should never be omitted.

Capt. Rumney, cf the ch. dcllnc, ar rived at Alexandria from Leghorn, and m 32 days from Gibraltar, reports that the? IT. S. brig Spark, arrived at Leghorn on the 9t!i May, having left the United States squadica at Palermo, to sail for Naples, soon. A report was in circulation in Gibraltar that the treaty with Snain was not signed o i the 2Sh of Mav ; Mr, Ervin cert ii.U- left Madrid for France, on the 23th of Mav.' PE NN-YAN. (N. Y.) Julv G. Dieu. On P.ursdav last. Jemima Wil-kin-ion. commonly called the Universal Friend." Her complaint we learn, was the drrpsy Aged ft, yen. Shea few momMN previous to i,e- death, placed her--rlf in her cl a el. and called in her disci r!e one bv one, and gvc each a solemn, al monition, then raised her hands closed her eye and gave u the ghot. I'hus the sv'c ;:;! vonder of tie weste n country lias t-.ir.d- final exit. We have not as vet ! ;j';f uS-'her she will hav. a successor to ; :th to h.-r peuplp,or w I, ether, after l av ing Wtt. eir religious hea l, they will continue united or not. Much curiosity ha3 been excited since her departure. The roads leading to her mansion uere for a few day literally filled v. ith crouds of people, who had been or who were going to see the friend ! Her mansion stand en a barren heath amidst the s.ditudes of the wilderness at some distance from this settlement.

PHILADELPHIA, June 1. Swindling. Yesterdav a Grocer called on

that a resolution against the suspension of j a merchant, in Mai ket street and said, ' Sir.

specie payments, was carried, by aa over

whelming majority. ZANESVILLE Ohio, Aug. 4. At the Court of Common Pleas for Washington county, which commenced at Marietta on Monday the 12th ult. Robert Harrison was convicted of counterfeiting bank bills and of making an aparatus for counterfeiting coin. He uas sentenced to the awful punishment of receiving good boarding and lodging, in the metropolis ef

uie suuu, lor six years, lor the nrst mentioned offence, and one year for the latter. Also Benjamin S. Bartlett and Garret Pitsgerald were sentenced, each, for ttvo whole years, the former for passing counterfeit money and the latter for grand larceny. They have beeo carted on lo their de

my note in vour favor tot i Hue to

dav. Here is the bank notice. I am unable to take it up, but I will pay you R200 and the interest, if you will renew the remainder for CO days.'" The merchant consented, took the S200, and gave the debtor a check for S300, to take up his note. The check was taken to bak, the money drawn, but the note was not taken up. It was protested. COimiON, August 7th. We have seen note in circulation of the Independent Bank, ot Frankfort Kv. changed from One to Twenty dollars, 'rhe public should be on their guard against such impositions. Emigrants, Scarcely' a vessel arrive in

this quarter from Ireland, that does notbrin"-

The Nashville Whig or June 19,savs, We arc authorized to state positively, tfiat the bank o'f this state, and the Nashville Bank, and their branches, are resolved to continue their payments in specie as usual. PERPETUAL MOTION AGAIN. Charles 'e lheer. ha called public attention 4onre more to h discovery in mechanics f a power generating another within itself, without auy extetior aid.' It will be recollected that the discovery of " Perpetual Jlotion" was claimed by " Mr. RedheiTcr several years vine-, but that on a critical examination of the inachinc, when in operation, by several scientific gentlemen, it was pronounced deceptive. Mr. R complains of prejudice and injustice, asserts that the whole amount of the exceptions taken to the machine and its powers, was that those who excepted to it did not understand it that they did not believe it, though they saw it.'' Rait. Vat. Law lrtellizef.ee. A man vras lately tried as a criminal, in the village of Auburn, N Y.and fined five dollars for kissing a marri. ed wonnn once. Philadelphia. A publication by the board cf health, dated the 22nd. July, gives us the pleasing intelligence that if anv cause. for the late alarm respecting the yellow fe-. ver exited, there is no cause to apprehend danger from it now. Thz canr.l which is to connect the watersoflakc Champlain with those of the Hudson, will.it is said, be so far completed in the course of the present season, that boats can nass through its whole crtent. The IVheut hcrve&i. In Marvhnd the accounts ay the farmers have rais'ed almost d'luble their u,ual quantity, of whsat and

t ie price, considering the'nresent state tX

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more or less Of tac subjects el that unhappy the tiracsU very UberaJ 1.23 nerbgshct