Indiana Centinel, Volume 3, Number 33, Vincennes, Knox County, 27 November 1819 — Page 1

yi o eiiuai Published Br Y. BLAChUAJ opposite r::z BA.YK OF riyS'CE.WYfiS. . .! -o-soo -coo -coc'-CDO cjc3 VOL. III. VINCENNES. (Ind.) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER - 1819. NO. S3.

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C'AVVi7aVS. The Cr.vrixEL will be delivered in Vincenu es or deposited ia the Post-Otfice, at g 2y if paid in advance, S 2 50 if paid within six mo'it'ts after subscription, or S 3 at the o';ira('o.i of the year. No subscription w ill be received far a termless than six months, and a failure to give notice of a discontinuance as a sub-crilK'r, will he considered as a co'.itinunce for a !ic.;eding year. N -inscription will b discontinued until all arrearages are paid.

Anvnu tisemen ts not exceeding 15 lines!

Iating to the late Convention between Great 1 will enable it to take honorable rank with Britain and America, in which it is declared, the older states in the Union. The conven"That, if any vessels or subjects of the Uni- i tion here convened in this hall consecrated

In Greenland and in all countries beyond the Arctic circle, it is extremely brilliant, and during most part of their long wintry night, affords the people of that icy region a light superior in brightness to that of the moon. It ascends up from the Horizon in a w hitish column resembling a flame, and often appears over head curling like the blaze in a baker's oven. It may often be heard, and its sound is a kind of whistling, like the draw ¬

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of a silk handkerchief through one s

The cause of these lights has not been ful-

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v;zz in Russia, and the nobleman considering

ill be inserted three weeks fori Lv illustrated. , The mot probable supposi-

e doi.hr, and twenty five cents for : jn that it is electricity excited into acteh continuance longer ones in the sarnej tivst b) the extreme coldness and density -.mnthn. The cisir must accomnanv ad-l ot t!:e polar atmospVere. This opinion is

Yertiements. Strengthened by the fact, that the electric All letters to the Editor rnustbe post paid.; flud is much mure easily e.rcited in cold . i w eather than in hot, as is proved not only by t i Art, the electric machine, but bv the sparkling LaiUI OniCe money. of woollen cloth when shaken, and the hair of animals, particularly cats, when stroked The Receiver of Public Monies has been with the hand, instructed to receive inpayment lor Lands, The following anecdote is related of a notp4 nn Russian nobleman. An English Traveller

ii e following Banks viz: liank of the United States and Branches, Jsank of Virginia and its Branches, Farmer's Bank of Virginia and branches, Bank of Peon. (Philadelphia) of North America do. Farmers anil Mechanics Bank do. Mechanics Bank of City & County, do. Commercial Bank of Penn. do Sri u ikill Bank do Bank of Northern Liberties do of Maryland of Baltimore of Columbia (District cf Columbia Union Bank of Georgetown do Patriotic Bank of "Washington da Bank of Washington do of Metropolis do of Alexandria do New Yoik Ba:ik, New York Manhattan Co. do Mechanics Bank do

Merchants Bank, do do Union Bank, do, B.nk of America do. State bank of Kentucky and Branches, Farmer's & Mechanic's Bank, at Lexington, Commercial Bank, of Louisville, Bank of Chilicothe, Ohio. State Bank of Indiana, at Vincennes. Bank of Illinois, at Shawnee-Town, Bank of Missouri, at St. Louis, Bank of Mississippi and branches. do. of New-Orleans. do. ef Louisiana. Planters bank do. - No note of less than five dollars is receivable. T Corrected Weekly. j

ted States, be found fishing or preparing to fih within three marine miles of anv part

of the coasts of the Island ; or shall attempt to use any part of the coast, of the Colony, for drying or curing Fish, or for other purpotes, connected with the Fishery; that the most prompt measures will b taken for enforcing a due adherence, on their part, to the stipulations contained in the said Convention." Late French papers aflirm, that on the nonratilication of the Treaty with the United States, expresses were despatched by the Spanish government to its ministers at the principal courts in Europe, announcing that event. -CCHog!5s SELECTED.)

to justice, and assigned by the Legislature a

the place for this meeting, have a high ana responsible trust in charge- Lat us endeavor not to disappoint the reasonable expectation of our constituents. The first business will be to examine the returns of the members, and that before we proceed to organize the convention." Mr. Holmes then suggested that it woultl be proper before proceeding to any other business, to ascertain of their number present, those that actually belonged totheconvention, and therefore moved that every member should lay the certificate of his flection upon the chairman's table, and that a committee should be appointed to calamine the credentials and report the number chosen. The committee cuusisted of Messrs. Holmes of

We do not recollect reading any fugitive i Allied, Farm of Portland, Gage, of Augusta, article, more replete with moral instruction ' Abbot, of Castine, and Dana of Fryeburj. than the following. It should be repeated 'lhe committee reported that 24 members

every autumn ; and will not fail to aiiectiappearca to oe returned, delicate and devout minds. Bos, Centiud. The chairman then cbserv

The Fall of the Leaf.

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See the leaves around thee falling, Dry and wilherM to the ground;

ihus to thoughtless moitals calling

In a sad and solemn sound.

Sons of Adam, once in Eden,

hen, like us, he blighted fell,

the English an intelligent and philosophic

j people, invited hi:n to his house. After the I j 1 t 1 a It I

: common civinues nan passed, tec iiussian ( introduced the Englishman into his bedroom,

and throwing himself upon his bed, with his arms and legs began to sweep over the woolen covering. Instantly an electric flame was excited which enveloned the Russian and

nn im il.n U t k . . 4 f I. U ,1 A . I ' I ' 1. i Ilpitr fit Iprfllin till 1 miqiIIii

philosophy of the Englishman was confound- ?Tis, alas ! the truth ice telL ed, and he looked on with admiration and! wonder. . Virgins much, too much presuming, As we advance towards the pole the same! Pn v(mr b lasted white and red ; cause must operate more strongly, and may - lcw us late 1,1 beauty blooming,

become so active in the e.rtreme north as tof rs umber d now among the dead !

excite the electric flame merely by the mo tion of the atmosphere. drgus.

Griping misers, nightly waking,

See the end ot all your care ;

Every person complains of the times, and Fled on wings of our own making, the scarcity of money, and with ood reason.- We have left our owners bare.

Ihose who have outstanding debts, cannot

collect them, and those who owe cannot pay ; ! creditors must be indulgent, and debtors fru- ' gal and industrious, and endeavor to liqui- ! date the claims u;rainst them.

Sons of honor, fed on praises, Fluttering high in fancied worth: Lo ! the fickle air that raises, Brings us down to parent earth.

" The Lightning played about his head." Learned sires, in systems jaded, The thunder-storm which lately took place Who for new ones daily call, at Botzen, German v, was attended with some Cease at length, by us pcisuaded, singular eifects. The electric fluid entered Every leaf must have a fall.

the apartment ot Dr. Lich Iiolzcr, melted

some loui

goose

louis d'ors on his table, burned the Ymilh, though yet nj Iosse,Oieve you, quill he was writing with, struck the: ay in health, and uiarf 5?ace, in the head, carried otY half his wig. Let not cloudless skies deteTVe you,- .

doctor

and thirty three per cent of his right car.

Summer gives to Autumn place.

, Venerable sires, grow n hoary, ! Hitftr turn tli' univillimr ev

OUR NORTHERLY BOU.YDATIV.

a i i r HitlTer turn th' unuillim

i idiiMJui"i ijitijer 01 nuuii suits ti ; i. : 1 -,.-..,. ni 1 ; Ihmk, amidst 3 our falljn;

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Some three weeks ajo iranv respectable between the United States and Lower Can- i . u, . . 1 r ii ' , , . , 1 .1 1 .. , ip.li iv 111 our course returnin0". people in various parts ot the country obser- aua, concurring with the observations made t r ! , o'

appearances in the last year, expresses the L opinion that the mi l-; T, , ,

. tarv uiirkant ICmiv:o' Pnifif nre nnrt 1 nt t hp. tt . y"" "69

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cd that most strange

northerly parts of the Heavens

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held men in battle array clothed in fire ;oih- 45th degree of latitude. " " WIM l,a" uaJ

crs, fierv swonls, muskets, cannon and other Ine Boston Ccntinel of Sept. 1, on the nn 4 r rr . i " 4. c , i. . , ' 4i i- un ine tree oi lite eternal, implements oi war; others saw cities and same subject, remarks, on the authority ot t . .. .( . '

cd that as the

usual dining hour and a proper hour for ad

journment had arrived. Ik: begged to be indulged betore that evet touk place in remarking that it would be peculiarly proper, before commencing on the very interesting

and important duty for which they had as

sembled, that prayers should beonered to the Throne of lirace for guidance anil direction. The suggestion was unanimous v ar.proed;

and the rev. Mr. Titcomb, ef Brunswick.

was requested to officiate : after prayers the convention adjourned to 3 o'clock. Afternoon. The convention met at three o'clock, agreeably to adjournment, and on motion of Mr. Whitman, of Portland, proceeded to the choice of a president by ballot. It appeared that 41 votes were given, of which the hon. Win. King had 230, and was chosen. lie was conducted to the chair by the committee appointed to count the votes. They then proceeded to the choice of a secretary, w hen it appeared that 233 were cast, of which 123 were necessary for a choice. No choice was made R. C. Vose, having 105, Ashur Ware 73, Nathaniel Coffin, 50, and a few other scattering;. On the next vote, there were 257 given in, and U. C. Vose had 16(5, and was chosen. Judge Paris, of Portland? then addressed the convention on the subject of their future proceedings, and having read an extract from toe bill, submitted some resolutions of which

jtlie substance is as follows: 1st, that a committee be chosen to draft rules for the reg

ulation of the convention 2d, that a committee be chosen to apply to congress for admistion into the Union as a separate and independent state and, 3d, that there be a committee elected to report a constitution of government for the new state. MINT OF THE UNITED STATES. The Mint having lately received a fresh supply of copper, will now furnish cents to any reasonable amount of specie, or paper receivable in the Bank of the United States. Oct. 26.

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towns in conflagration : and others, iho an- letters from Vermont, that the commissioners , V 1 e siay ii,-

p'lrinro nt l (UK tronmmnr n nnn llm cfr on f P nnrt horn limi rwl i rr inn horn iniichur I 7 . . 7 ,v,"w,

ivtiioxvv AlVlli Lll C lUl J Vi mi livi vnv.l Wll UUiH V IIUU UU T V llll l.ll V.U c !icave. So strange, so portentous, and so their surveys and observations ; and that it bloody were these appearances that many was generally understood, though not ofiihonest ladies and many of their husbands cially promulgated, that the boundary line have no doubt that they were sent bv Ilea- between the United States and Lower Canven as a fore-runner of a most ferocious and. ada, has fallen a mile and a half to the southMoody war, which will soon clothe our land ward of Rouse's Point.

in mourning. e nave no doubt, that these

appearances in the sky actually precede aj REMARKABLE VECUXBITV. uar which will he cruel and blood v. Such n Tuesday last the wife Mr. Thomas has been the case with eclipses, comets, and Small, fisherman at the lower end of the lights in (he heavens from the origin of na-: town, was safely delivered of FOUR LIV- . lions down to the present poi tentous period. I ING CHILDREN!!!! three boys and a lut a wars and convulsions have happened 'r' The mother vc understand, from Dr. both before and after these strange appear-. Bricket, the visiting physician, is doing w ell : ances in the etherial region, it is a little dif-; hut are sorry to adil, none of the children ficult to determine which of them is the pro- are alive, all hain died within s"n hours cursor of the other. A comet mav ho a si-m of their birth. Mrs. S. is a Younir woman.

ol war, ana a war may oe the sin of a comet. Which of these, is the fact, the mot learned men among the ancients and moderns, have not been able to determine. The r.ne position is as teasonable and as probable

as tne otner. With regard to the present case, war will certainly follow the late appearances in the north; but whether it will come this year, next year, or not for thirty years, that light did not enable us to determine. No ; though we locked at it carefully, we could sec in it neither men, swords, guns, cannon, blood, nor any other indication which half so strongIv asvut ed us that wars will come as the fact that the passions and ambition of man are liot th'ilWt'd. lobe serious. The lat appearances in

the north vere nothing hut a I'urht in the

iv rt or Aurora Borralh, a thins which is ju-t as natural in mhiip parts otthe world, jnt a common as Minds. It is seldom een in a Southern Latitude : but in New England and in Canada, it is viable nearly every clear z:d cold ni-t during the winter.

these being her first children.

ticburuport Herald. In consequence of the exemption of mar

ried men trom the military conscription now levying in Sicilv it is said SO.OUO voung men got married within a few weeks. Here then is the long sought law which will operate on Bachelors.

Commodore Rodger's visit to the East

ward is understood to have objects of great er importance than the examination of can

didates for promotion in the navv. We

understand that this experienced and scien

tific officer left Washington tor the purpose of

making a complete inspection into the state of our naval preparations in the Atlantic

ports North and East of the Metropolis ; and

that it cannot fail to have a beneficial ellect upon those branches of the naval service which his tour will extend to the Lakes. Ixin. Journal. Late Halifa.r papers contain a proclamation of the Lieut. Governor of Prince Island, re

Bears the leaves that never fade !

ooooo SOJVirOMAJS LOVE.

Oh! say not Woman's love is bought

With vain and empty treasure. Oh .' say not Woman's heart is caught, By every idle pleasure. . When first her gentle bosom knows Love's flame, it wanders never; Deep in her heart the passion glows, She loves, she loves forever.

Oh ! say not Woman's false as fair, That like the bee she ranges, Still seeking flowers more seet and rare, As fickle fancy changes. Ah no ! the lovo that first can warm Will leave her bosom never ; No second passion e'er can charm She loves, and loves forever. Convention in Maine.

From the Portland Gazette, October 11.

Morrisiown, (N.J.) Oct. 14. Exemplary In an action of crim. con. brought by Samuel Miller, against Eliphalet Coop, for seducing Miller's wife, a special jury at the last Court of Common Pleas fortius county, rendered a verdict against Coop, Cor 2000 dollars, damages. If it be true that is the first cause of the kind ever tiied in the county, we have some security, from this verdict, that it will be the last. The plaiutift is a plain farmer and the defendant a physician. The trial occupied the court two days. The ignorance of our eastern brethren of the circumstances and sentiments of the Western People, and their ill judged harshness and severity of expression towards us, have never been so completely developed as in their ungenerous and insulting comments upon the late transactions at Chillicothe. Ohio, for her open, fair and honorable assertion of her state rights, against the intrusions of a mammoth aristocracv, has been denounjced by many of the public journals of the Atlantic cities, as having committed a most

disgraceful outrage, and is pronounced by-

state ot actual rebel-

At 11 o'clock thi3 day, a large number of 'some of them, as in a

uelegates having arrived in town, the bells lion. They appear to talk as if the bank were rung, and the convention assembled at ; held the sword and the purse strings of the the court house, the place appointed in the j nation, "and it was high treason to incur its act for their first meeting. Gen. King, of? displeasure. In the Western country v.e Bath, opened the meeting by a few observa-j have learned cur constitutional rights diflfertions, and suggested as the recommendation ently? we know that the bank neither comof a number of the members, that the Hon. ! mands the sword nor the purse of the iaMr. Condy, of Augusta, should be placed in j tion. f it has any constitutional rights, they the chair to organize the assembly ;hi nom-j are neither greater nor less than the rights ination was unanimously assented to, and jof other banks or of private individuals and the hon. gentleman was conducted to the; for auy injury sustained by it, or outrage if chair upon which he made the following : tou please, it is entitled to the same uode a . . a

very pertinent address : jot redress and no other. It is idle and ri-

trentlemen With this day commences.a

new era in the history of Maine a new state rises into existence under circumstances thai

diculous to talk of submitting the papers in this cae to the President. Is hv th tutelary deity gf ths institution i or is hii intima.