Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 3, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 April 1820 — Page 2

From Europe. new-York, April 5. I.rJe fiom Furpe. By the ship Courier, Captain Haley, arrived yesterday afternoon in 54 dirs from Liverpool, we have received the London Courier of (lie 24th of February, which contains the following particulars relative to a conspiracy which had been

iormcd to assassinats the British Min istry. In consequence of private informa tion received bv the civil power, that )t was in contemplation of a gang of ihabo'.ical rufhans to make an attempt on the lirs of the Majesty's minister. whilst assembled at the house of Larl Bathurst, in Mansfield-Street, yesterday evening, Kichard Birrie,q. with a pnrty ot twelve of the Bow. street patrole. proceeded about ctgnt o cl ick to tite place which had been described as the rendezvous or thee desperadoes, in Cato street on the Edrov.are road. They were in a loft delib ; ating. The only Cpproach to this Pandemonium was by a narrow ladder, llot'tven. one of the principal Bov:-?treet oflcers, led the vay, and was lollowed by Lllis fcrrmii cis, Sarmar, and ofhets nf the patrole; on the deor being opened, about 7 or 30 rccn were seen within, ou st of w hom T.'cre aparcntlv endued either in charKmg fire arms, or girding themselves with belts similar to these worn by the military. There were tables about the room, on which lay a number of cutlasses, bayonets, pistols, sword belts, pistol ballin large, quantities, ball cartridges, ccc. As the olhcers entered tho renin, the conspirators all staited up, when But liven, who had been furnished with a warrant from the magistrates, exclaimed, we are all peace ollicers, lay down your arms in a moment!' Al! was confusion. A n.-i, whom Uuthveu describes as the notorious Arthur Thistlewood, opposed himself to the clF.cers, .armed with a cut and thrust sword, of tin usual length; Huthven attempted to secure the door, and Kills who had followed him into the room, advanced towards the man, ami presented his pistol, exclaimed, drop your sword, or I?il tire instantly' The man brandished his sword with increased violence, v.hen Smithers, the other patrole, rushed forward to siezehim and on the iostent the ruftin stabbed him to the he;;; f. 3le fell into the arms of Ellis, and the ue.rt minute was a corpse. Whilst this deed was doing, the lights vre extinguished and a desperate struggle ensued, in which many of ihe officers were severely wounded, if ii! man, one of the patrole, received a musket-ball on the temple, fcut fortunately, it only glanced along the side of !,is head, tearing up the pcalp in its way. Jfiirnie exposed himself every where, encouraged the officer to do their duty, whilst the balls were whizzing round his head. At this moment, Capt. Fitzc'arercc. one of the sins of the duke of Clarence.) nnived at the head of a detachment of the Coldstream Guards. They surrounded the building, and Capt. Fitzclaronce, with Sergeant Legge, and three files of grenadiers, mounted the ladder und entered the room, now filled with smoke, and only illuminated by the -occasional flashes from the fire-arms of the compirators. A ruffian instantly ap juoached the gallant Captain, and presented a pistol to his breast, but as he was in the act of pulling the trigger, Sevjeant Ivgge rushed forward, and whilst attempting to put aide the distructive weapon, received tho firo upon liis left arm. It is impo;sible to give a minute detail of the desperate conflicts which followed, or the numerous instances of personal d-irini: man'Tcted bv the p?ace officers and the military, thus brought into sudden contact with a band of assassins, in their obscure den, and ia utter darkness. Unfortunately, this darkness favored the escape of many of the wretches, sod the dreadful skirmish ended in th'-1 capture of only nine of them. They were instantly handcuffed together, placed in hackney coaches, and brought down to the police office, in liow-street, under a stronjr military escort: and Tllr. Brittle having anived at the same moment, instantly tok his seat upon the bench, and prepared to enter into the esanination of the prisoners James Inn?, a butcher. James Wilson, a taylor. Richard iiradhurn. a carpenter. James Gilchrist, shoe-maker. Charles Cooper, a boot maker. Ricard Tidd, do. John Monument, a shoe-maker. John Shaw, a carpenter, snd "Williatn Davidson, a cabinet-maker. Davidson is a man of colour. At a pectins; in Finsbury market-place, he TV a one of the principal speakers. log is a J,ary rufoan, between fifty and si.vtv. Hit. hands were covered with b!'.:r,:!. llis snu!l fiery eves glared round upon the spectators with an expression truly horrible. On the premise wa found muskets, cubiucj, bmnd -swords, pistols, blunder bnses, lock an cartouch boxes, ball cartridges, eunpwder, haversacks, and a largr buudle of singularly constiucted stilettoes, inches long, intended to gcrcw on the top of n staff. After the examination of the prisoners closed, they were escorted t the .house of correction, Celdhalh Fields. Captain Fitclarence was very much bruied, and had his uniform almost torn io pieces in hs attempt to -s&jr ' ibi coDspirator;

Further Prtrtcrs.-.On ar.mng at

the fpot, the officers attempted quietly to gain admittance, but being opposed it became neeessary to force an enterancc. Havinjr sot into the stable, a volley was fired by the wretches, who had got into the ha) loft; this was smart-j ly returned by tne oflicers, and the. contest continued for some time with the greatest determination on both sides. Happily the officers gained the ascendance ; hut not until that meritorious officer, Smithers, had lost his life. A number of others were seriously injured. The horrible plan was, it is said to have been executed in the following manner : Thistlewood was to have knocked at Lord llarrowby's door, with a letter purporting to be a dispatch, or with a red box, as is used in all the public offices, desiring it to be delivered immediately to the cabinet ministers at dinner, without delay. The servant, it is supposed, would immeuiateiy pro reed witn the despatch, while Thistlewood with another of the conspirators entered tiie hall as if to wait iney were immediately to open the street oor others were to come in with handgrenades which were to be thrown into the house, and in the confusion produ ced bv them, all the rest of the conspi rators wore to rush into the dining room, where the ministers were at dinner, and the work of assassination was to have been instantly ber'in. About the time the Privy Council was assembling at tho office of the Home Secretary of State, word was brought that Thistlewood was taken. At hall past 2, Lavender. Ilishop, Uuthveu, and Salmon, proceeded to Ko. 8 White-hall street, MoorefiehN. They fo'.'ud This-tlewr.-od in bed ; Bishop darted forward, threw himself upon him. and thus secured him. Ho was instantly conveyed to Bow-Street, from thence to Whitehall, in a hackney coach. Thistlewood is the editor of a periodical paper called 4 The Black Dwarf. "J Burnet, the second leader of the conspirator?, had also been taken, and was sent before the Privy Council. Great quantities of ammunition and arms havj been found in a room near the premises. There had been some outrages committed at London, in Ireland ; originaatinjr amonjr the cotton weavers, &c. OS? ' LATER. The March packet ship James Monroe, capt. Rodgers, arrived last evening from Liverpool, which she left on the evening of the 4th. Among the passengers are Gen. Vivas, the Spanish Ambassador and suite. Capt. Uodgcrs hns favored ns with pupers to the date of his ailin, and London papers to the 2d ulc. inclusive. Parliament wr prorogued on the 2rth rebruarv, to tne lata iiarc... in mo speech delivered on the occasion, read bv the Lord Chancellor, he says : " Deeply as Hi Majesty lamented that designs and practices such as tkose which you have, been recently called upon to repress, should havo existed in this free and l:?ppy country, he cannot sufficiently commend the prudence and firmness with which you directed your attention to the means of counteracting them. " If any doubt had remained as to the nature of those principles, by which the peace and happiness of the nation w ere so seriously menaced, or of the excesses to which they were likely to lad, the flagrant & sanguinary conspiracy which has lately been detected, must open the eves of the most incredulous, and must vindicate to the whole world the justice and expediency of those measures to which you judged it necessary to r- s n t, in defiance of the laws and constitution of ike kingdom." LONDON, March 2. The Conspiracy. On Monday lat, the veil known Thomas Preston, was apprehendtd at his lodging, on a charge of hish treason, and underwent an examination at the Bow street office. He was detained in custody. Thistlewood is committed on charges of high treason, and murder. Brunt for high treason onlv. The other 9 for murder. There were no proceedings at the Secretary's office yesferd.iy in the case of the conspiracy. There have been no arrests iuce Mond.iy, nor have any-further particulars of this hoi rid plot transpired The precise time and mode ot trial of the conspirators i not yet fued. Should they be indicted for murder, their conviction is certain. The government, it is presumed, wii! proceed against them on the more heinous offence of hih treason. It is supposed the trials will uot come on until after the election. The French papers of Tuesday and Wednesday arrived vesierd?y. Count Simeon has been appointed Minister of the Interior, in the room of the, Duke Decazes: Baron Mounier, Director General of the Departmental Administration of Police, and Count Portalis, Under Secretary of State to the Minister of Justice. On Tuesday the remains of the Duke de Berri were removed from the Louvre to St. Denis. Since the assassination c.f His Royal Highness 51 persons have been nrreted in Paris, in coiisequence of informations against them. The Duke Decazes, on Monday last, quitted the hotel of the Minist:rs, to the sjreat joy of the UltraRoyalist". The time of his departure for London is not as yet detcimined. On Tuesday he had a long interview with the Kirg. The author ami publisher id an incendiary proclamation agtiiait the Itoyal Faoilj, vrC5tcd

in Pans on Tuesday. The Legislative Chambers are engaged in examining in the bureau.r the laws relating to the finances, the previous censorship of the press, and arbitrary imprisonment. The Moniteur is filled with addresses to the

kin?, from different public bodies, from departments, from the members of the royal courts, from various military divisions, &c. condoling with him upon the assasMuauon oi me uuKe tie uerri. ; i- e a v t i i These pape mention a rumor, that the Dake ox v cllington wa9 expected at raris. The English residents in Paris are de scribe! as having, in numerous insta ces, demanded their passports to return A. 1? - I 1 .1 . , 10 raigianu, or at least to remove out ot r ranee. 'Ihe intelligence from .Cadiz is to the Cth inst. On the 4th it is said the Royalist j;un-boat3 compelled the re volters to abandon some works which they were erecting at Santebanez, and other points. General Jose O'Donnel wasprepaiing to attack the Constitutional trocps at Algesiras. PIT'l -BtJllG, March 22. Hank lit lber esccve.il .' Plu vmart, one a mi of tin; fallows concerned in robbing the Fanners' ami Mechanics' Bank in this city, broke jail on Saturday night last, and completely effected his escape: no intelligence whatever has been heard of him since, lie was accompanied in his escape by a man of th? name ot Kmlav, comicted of larceny at the last Mayors court. From the manner of making his escapej-heic can be no doubt but he had accomplices outside as well as inside the jail. I he sheritt his ouered a reward of ICO dollars fur his apprehension. Fires. The new theatre at Philadelphia, a mighty pile of buildings, with its contents, was entirely consumed on Sunday night last. The progress of the flames was so rapid and theJieat so in tense, that all euorts to save it were fruitless. Sevend adjacent houses were much injured. There must have been a vast body of flame. It seems indubi table that tins was ' the work of an incendiary the fire was put to an adjoining building, which communicated with the theatre. Kaskaskia. Jiuril 15, 1820. SALE OF NON-RESIDENTS' LANDS. The sale of those lands, for taoes due the state fur the year 1JJ19, commenced in this place on Monday last, and will probably be completed to-day. A good 'many tracts were redeemed, but the major part vue stricken wii' to the siate. A HINT TO CORN PLANTERS. Dr. Moore, of Maryland, who has vriiten a treatise on ac.ricui. i urk, as serts, that agriculture is more followed and less understood than any other mechanical branch in the U. States. He say if ground is cultivated in a proper manner, every person may plaiit two hills of corn fur one he does now on the same ground and their Cvfii will be equally as good, which is a double crop. lie further says the general average depth of corn ground as broken up and planted, is about three and a half t lot: r inches, and that one week's hut sun after the ground becomes drouthy,wi!l dry the ground and storch the corn, so as to atop its growth. And to pli.ugh up your ground eiht inches deep, your corn will stand growing a 3 week s uruuti, and if you plough twelve or fourteen inches deep, it wdl row every day during a six cr seven weeks drouth. Sr. LOUIS. April 19. Congressional election in Illinois. Mr. Kane, Secretary of ?tate, and Mr. v ook, present representative in Con t;ress, are both announced as candidates at this election, which caraes on in Au gust. Fort Jirmsfrong Sergeant Blatten herger and Musican Ilig of the Uni ted states army, attached to the jian son of fort Armstrong were shot, sealped and mangled by a party of Win ebao s within a mile and a half of the fort on the 9th ultimo. Fort Arm strong is one of the posts of the Upper .uuissippi. it i,s situated on a Jtocl;y Island of difficult access, in the mjdst of the river, and between 4 and 500 miles above this place, near the mouth of Rock river. We are not yet able to rorm an opinion whether this mtssa ere is an individual affair, or the com mencement cf a uew Indian war. Enquirer. Polittc&l Preaching An article was inserted injthis paper last week, stating that a Missionary preacher from the nort.n had distributed the anti-slave ticket in the country. The person in tpnded was a Mr. Welsh, who was sent here by the Baptists Board of Missions in Philadelphia. Mr. Welsh was in town at the time of publication, and stid i?, and has been informed that if he would send any answer to the above charge it should be published. A paper in this town undertook to say tfcat a preacher from Tennessee was the person intended in that article. It is not the fact, but that preacher is how intended to be exposed on hi: own account. His name is Wriht, be lieved to be a Methodist. He is busilv engaged in distributing the anti-slave tickets in tne upper part ci this coun

A Mr. Peek. late associate cf the a-

bove i;a::ied Mr. Welsh, is said to be in the same business iri some part oi the county. Besides these a prodigious number are scattered all over me iace of the Territory, some few neighborhoods excepted, engaged in the iaaie work. inquirer. At a meeting on Monday ast, cfa bout one hundred citizens of the town of St. Louis, who wish to prevent, as early as possible, the furtner introdnc tion of slaves into the new state of Mis souri,the following resolutions were unanimouslv adopted. 1st. llesQlve:l That all this meeting is decidedly opposed to any interference with the slaves now in the territory: justice and expedience ' demand that they should be left in their present con dition. 2nd. Eesdvei, That the further in troduction of slaves should be stopper: as eatly as possible, and that we re commend the members when elected to the convention, from this county, to use their most zealous efforts to efiect so de sirable an object. '. 3d. fiesolved. That any attempt to restrict the right of suffrage to freeholders, and election by viva voce, thereby giving them undue weight in the commu uity, and rendering tho industrious poo man, a slave, is aristocratical and sub tersive of our liberties, and shall al?vav meet our decided disapprobation. 4th Resolved, That this meeting do request the candidates for a seat in the in the convention, to declare their sen timents relative to the above resolutions, and that in our opinions, none but such persons as do express their opinions ought to be supported. 6th. Resolved, That the editors of the two papers published in this town, be requetted to insert the above resolutions. Joseph Charless, Ch'm. rgxrjssj Washington, Jyril 1. The report of the arrival of the Franklin 74 tun ship in Hampton reads, from the Mediterranean, it appears, is unfounded. Lieut. Weaver passed through Cadiz on the 9th Feb. with dispatches from .Mi. rirjin ai Madrid, on his wav to Gibraltar, where he vould ioin 'the 1 C il. A . . 1 . . Franklin 74, and proceed for the United States. TTashhzton, AltiI 3. The sen.itf did not sit on Saturday last. The rovivai ot the ISYKRU FT BILL is vet spoken of, but in what shape wc know not. LATE FROM SPALY. BOSTON, March 28. The bri Cor poral Trim, capt. Davis, arrived at Glou cester on bundav last, in 55 days from iuaiaga aun umraltar. From capt. Davis we learn that the revolution in Spain had not extended to the interior provinces: but it was thought that it had arrived at such a crisis that nothing short of a complete icvoiuuorj was z hand. The Constitutionalists were in force, near Cadiz. to th amount of 2J,000 men. An engagement iiad taken place in the viciniiy.in wmcn the royal troops were defeated with the loss of 1000 men. Algesiras had already fallen into the hands of the constitutionalists, aad a division of SOOO men were within three leagues oi siaiaga, and had sent to the Gover nor, ordering him to prepare rations fir the troops, and to key order in the city. There were 7U0 uyal troons in Malaga, who would toin the deliverer of their country as soon as practicable. ia iacr, one general sentiment seemed to pervade all ranks ef the people of Spain a whh to throw oG' the chains which have so long enslaved them. LATK FKOM SOUTH AMERICA. Extract oj a letter fated B UX.VG3 ,i 1 VA'S, Jan A . "A Chili mail is just arrived, which brings the pleasing news of Lord Cochrane's having destroyed the three Spanisn snips oi war which sailed in Mav from Cadiz to Lima. Enclosed you have the Gazette account of the first attempt, which proved so unfortunate ; and 1 am sorry to inform you, that, in an action between the vessels of this government, and those of the Monteneros and Artigas, your friend Don Anel Hubac had both hla limbs hhot Aivr and has since died. The action severe oa both sides, and took place oil San Nicholas. The British Admiral, Sir Thoma Hardy, is now here with a bcuadron of ten shipsviz. 2 of the liue,6 frigates and 2 sdoops. What it all meansd know. The 74's are at Montevideo. WHAT WE CALL DUTIES. Every man ought to pay hij debts if e can. Every man ought to help his neighbours if he ran. Every man should go to church instead of the tavern if he can. Every young man and woman ought to get married if they can. Every representative to congress and the state legislature ought to inform their constituents what thev are doine if they can. ' h Every man should be honest and sober if he. can. Every mechanic should do his work to please his customers if hn Every man should please his wife if ne can. Every wif bnnbl f Ae c nr.-

biu-ie vf Indiana, K'nuxLouuty, In the Circuit Court, February Term, 1829.:

Laura Steele, Complainant, . k John Steele, Defendant. Petition for Divorce. THIS day came the complainant, by Thomas II "Blake, her counsel, and filed her bill, and it appearing to the atifaction of the Court, that the Defendant i not an inhabitant ol this Mate : it is or dered, that unless the Defendant shall appear here at or bfore the reo"t terra ot this Court, to answer the Complainants bill, the sam? Mill be taken as con fessed, and a decree entered up accordingly ; and it is further ordered, that a copy hereof be inserted three weeks successively in me muiana i.rii.e, printed in this fctate, and tnis cause con tinued to the ne.rt term of this Court, to-wit, the f.rst Monday in May, 130. Copy from the Record, Attest. It. BUNTIN, Clk. c.e.k.c Vincennes, April C, 1820. State cf Indiar.a, Kv.qx County, In the Circuit Court, February Term, 160. JYatlo Tardito Complainant, vs Francoise Flecnor Tardito, Defendant Petition for Divorce. THIS day came the Complainant, by Tliohins 11. Blake, his counsel, ami filed his bill, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the Defendant is not an inhabitant cf this State ; it is or dered, that unless the Defendant halt appear here at or before the next terra of this Court, to answer the Complainants bill, tho same will he taken as con fesed, and a decree entered up accordingly ;and it is further ordered, ihat a copy hereof be inserted three weeka successively in ths Indiana Cehtimtp printed in this State, and this cause continued to the nert term of this Courtj to-wit, the first Monday in May, 15-20. Copy from the Record, Attest. It. BUNTIN, Clk. c.c.ke, Vincennes, April 6, 1820. 52-5v James B. Preston3 Gold and silvei smith. HAVIXG erected a house on Srcjnd street, will man-ifzcf -re, and keep fey sale, all kinds of Gold and silver work. He has on hand, a variety of articles ia the above I'm?, together with a variety cjf rancy Goods 5 Consisting in part cf Ten ICuives, Scissors, Tooth Brushes, Tortoise Shell Combs, Reticule Clasps, Thimbles, Pencil Cases, Coral Beud$t TherniomeUrs, -1 Pocket Compasses, 8cc. &;c. W of which he will sell for CASH. . Vincennes, Ainil 14. l-6w Liquors. FOR SALE, a quantity of Liquors the first quality, by Wholesale or tLt single Galloo, ery low for Cash : Consisting; of Cogniac "Brandy,. Jamaica Spirits, Holland Gin, Tcneriffe Wines. Apply at RAUSLER & WISEST, Water Street. Vincnnc?. 29fh March. 5!-ff Notice BV order of the Board of Comm;s sioners, of Sullivan County, NOTICS is hereby gien, that on Tuesday the 16th of May next, at the door of tho Court-II&use in MEKOM, will be ejr-P-ed at public sale to the highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, with an proved security, a certain number f Lbls , Contained in the additional survey ct the town of Merom. These LOTS are pleasantly situated anu well worthy the attention of tho public. UOBT. GILL, Agent ff Sullivan County. Merom, April 6. is Valuable Lands FOR SALE. THE under-gned, Executrix and Lrecutor, of Toussaint hubris, deceacd, oiler for sale, any lands bMon-ir to the E-tate, of the deed. lvin-v.;r" in the counties of Knox, Davis, and SuU Iivaa. Also, two valuable lots in Vincennes. The terms will be made f a?T to purchasers, and Fold at a fair rr;(e. tor further particular,. apj,v f either of the umi-ned, or G. fi. C. sullnan, m Viucecnes. Jane 'Dubois. AUUS. DUBOIS, January 1, 1K20, a if Kenhawa Salt, klLGOUB, TAYLOR WEHir3 JL01U aJtrib. istt