Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 5, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 May 1820 — Page 2

LOUISVILLE, April 6.

We have perused the report of the iloup of Representatives, re fative to the . w.ii uiinui ui uic iavs oi me uiie states, with sensations r.f unmingled regret. Tlc sum of twenty thousand 1ollar has been paid to sixty-nine printers of newspapers for the promulgation of the law- of the Uninu for one year, which ionlv two hundred and eighty one dollars ,ach. It appears to us th 'i t the compensation of ih? public printer has always been fa adequate, and is fctill soj and if we are correct in this ormion. the attemnt that has been made t render Ids pittance more contemptible, ia not only impolitic, inc commiltee must have been aware vof the increase of our population, and the consequent increasing demand on the part of the people for information. All the laws that comrrvss mav pass of a

general nature, should be understood bv e . , r,( . , -...!.! i ,i L.ilof the 8ta of March, the revolution i-

. . P." U .'-. a?;1, nor never cau caus a s"!liplent number of copies to be distributed ,in pamphlet form, there is n other way the laws, than through the medium of popular nesvspapcrs. It is obvious then, t's tt to diminish the numher of presses in fie employ of the government, or to curtal the wag's of the printer, will be. ' ri .-Sinliy v ithliohiinff frem the people, ihtelligene which is important to them, a i vvnt ; they have a right to expect from the government. As to the palroncge conferred on the department ol sta'c by the existing law. Cr the influence which 81 dollars would hare on the political conduct of an editor, they arc insinuations v.hiJi, if they had emanated from any other source, would he unworthy of notice. "When so zealously employed in tho business of retrenchment, while endea--erinjjfo restore the old price foi' the jrrinlers, we should he happy to see our congressmen receiving their ell ?ra;vs. fil dollars a day; particolat Jy s we could find rich and popular men willing to represent us for something less than tha amount allowed by the existing "la xv of congress. If retrenchment i to be the order -of the day, we should be pleased to sec a beginning made on the other end of the civil list. It appears both diminutive and silly, to wrangle over the crumbs, ivhilc the rats ar running away with tvhula loaves. 2Vn. .rtrcit to the Editor vf the Louisville Public Advertiser, dated City cf iVashington April 1st, 1820. 44 Before this has reached you, you Tvill have heard of the fatal issue of the duel between Commodores Decatur Ilarron. Decatur died the same day he received his wound, and was buried with the honors of war in the family ! vault of Mr. Barloxr, near the city.j Birron3 wound is getting belter, and.j though a severe one, he is in a fair way to reeovcr. The causes vf this melancholy affair Iiave been variously stated ; and, with a view to satisfy 'your curiosity, I have made particular enquiries to ascertain .the truth; the following is the result. Comm. Barron, it is said, had demanded of the government to be reinstatrd : but was opposed by Com. Decatur, who used somo observations that rrtleeted on his courage ami his patriotism that is, that 1-e had not tendered his services to his country when required, and that he could he insulted willx impunity. This was communicated to Barron, with the usual oPuciousness of real or pretended friendship, and he demanded an explanation. Decatur replied, that he did not say he was a coward, bat repeated the first charge that he had not oilcred his services, and souht not to have tiie command of the Columbus. Whether this was considered by Decatur as welding too much, 1 liU'jw not; but this was moii foilo'vcd by another letter, in which he stated at omeIenglh what he did say, ami what he v. as determined to adhere to, conjecturing to what issue the affair was Jikdv to come. Barrou being indisposed at the time the second letter was lecfived, informed the bearer that he would answer it when lie got better; and in his answer denied that he had nut odcred his services to his country, but that his olfi-i' had been treated with silent contempt; that the war detained l-?n at Copenhagen, and tbat he was too r to pvy his passage home. Ileala itimated that Decatur had been und. i :v.anv wh'igatins to him in his early naval career, and was surprised and m iti!l?u to find in him, instead of a warm and sincere friend, so deadly an enemy. Decatur replied with great vtarm'th, and threw out . some insinuation which tendered a challenge on the part of Barron anavoidahk. They accordingly met near BUdn.burgb.shot at at 8 paces distance, and both fell at th" first lire. Seme conversation took place between them heforc and after they fell ; Barren observed to his antagonist, that, as thev had long been enemies here, he hoped they would he better friends in the ne.xt world : to which Decatur re plied, that he had never been his enciny. " Commodore Decatur said Barron, tl is note tan late to sny that.'' During the whole of the preliminary proceedings, both parties manifested tho utmost coolness and magnanimity. AUur' they had lought CoKimcdort tiarron, Kiid Decatur, why did you Zirt apply to n for means to return iigmf, wbcju jou fund the goTcrfcnsnt,

a& voa fctate, neglected to attend to J

vour abdication to be reinstated? Because I considered Commodore Decatur as my eney his own breast will best answer tnat question. Who was it cave you t'ae information which led to this step? My friends and some cf yours 1 feel, said Decatur, that my wound is mortal I forgive vou. After he was brought home, and when he found death approaching, he exclaimed, O, that I had died an the quarter deck of my ship in the service of my country! When Ilarron, who was alsa brought to the city, understood that Decatur was dyin, he is said to have burst into tears, and to have regretted the necessity which had led to the death of so valuable an officer. :o: :o: BALTIMORE, April 22. By an arrival at Philadelphia from T. n ... l . r. m - .i .j compete the constitution ot tuec niD'Cte tne constitution ot toe courts re-established, the dungeons of the inquisition thrown open, and its victim set free ; a general amnesty has also been signed. We have a variety of papers respecting the-e momentous events but the details are irregular and insufficient to afford an history of the -jrcat change. Th fact is evident, that all Sp.dn was about to rise up in arms, the troops collected to act for the kins deserted by companies and regiments to the patriots even gen. Freyre, who was at the head of an army specially intended to oppose ti e insurgents and rebels' proclaimed the constitution. F. K. Mina assumed the commv.d of the patriots of the north p.iin, appears to have gathered a respectable force, and, by a nervous proclamation, called the people to battle in favor of tiie constitution. At Saragossa. and other places, the king's nunie va effaced from the public buildings. &c. and the word constitution" substituted for it. In short, the whole kingdom seemed to have but one mind, and Ferdinand, on the Cth of March, found himself obliged to proclaim the constitution, which was received every where with the strongest demonstrations of joy, Tlr's revolution was effected without much blc.-shed none since the partial battles t-r skirmishes, formerly mtMiuonmI, except that of a foolish priest who had th boldness to tear down a proclamation of the constitution; he was im mediately put to death. Ferdinand remains upon tiic tiirone, M . 1 we ars sorrV f ir this; he richly merited condign punishment. Brt he is shorn of much of 1.13 power to do wrong, and vigilance in' the people and their representatives may build tip a good government on the constitution of thecortes. sketch rf this constitution is insetted in the 1st vol. of the Kegister, page Io8. It is a liberal one for a monarchy, ami founded upon the representative system recognizing, hoveve,a national religion, to the exclusion of every other! the cones is tube composed ot one deputy for every 70,000 persons and their powers are, in some respects, greater than those possessed by the British house of commons the councillors of the king are chosen by himself out of a list, presented by the cortes, &.e. Wc shall hereafter give a connected account of the late transactions in Spain. The following is the acknowledgement of the constitution by the king copied from the Gazette extraordinary of Madrid, of the 8th of March: Nilcs. "Official article. It has pleased the king our sovereign to address to all the secretaiies of state, the royal decree which follows : To avoid delay which might arise from Hie doubts entertained by the council in eccution cf my decree yesterday for the immediate convocation of the cortcs, and being the general will cf the people, I have decided to swear to tht constitution proclaimed by the general and extraordinary cortes in the year 1SI2. Do you hold it as understood, and do you m ike injiv.e liate publication of this. Signed by my royal hand. Ferdinaxd. Pahce, 7th larch, 1320. LATE -FROmIToLTII AMERICA. Extract of a letter dated St. Thomas, JIarck 25th, 1820. " The secret expedition, which has been for some time delayed at Margaretta, sailed on the Tth ultimo, for St. Martha, (a very rich place, the Key to New-Grenada, at the mouth of the Guavra) where they were certainly not expected. The p!ac in consequence must fall, without firing a shot. It was fortunate the expedition sailed when it did. as the Spanish fleet, superior to that of the Independents, appeared oft the port for the purpose of a blockade, three davs alter, and finding the bird had fiowu, went in pursuit of them, with an intention, no doubt, to come up with them." ' Commodore Daniels had a valuable prize crew taken, by the Don, just as he was going into Margaretta." FILES' CIIROXICT.E. Hutton and Hull were brought before the Daltimore cotinty court, lately, charged with the murder of John Heaps, the driver of the mail carriage at the time it was recently robbed near this city. They plead guilty. Sentence of death, on tins account, was passed on them Wednesday. So it is not probable they will be tried in the U. S. court for robbing the mail. Te Theatre, at Washington city, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday two weeks. Some experiment on gas had been, mads therein &e preceding

evening. Some stppose this to have

been the work ol an incendiary, but others believe it to have been accidental. Capt. W. B. Finch 13 to be second in command of the Columbus 74, in the place jf capt. Elton, who declines the ierviceon account of ill health. The. times. A wharf and certain valuable store houses, in Alexandria, Col. which originally cost 17,000 dollars, were recently tfoM at auction for 1,j0. 1 WASHINGTON, April 17. -U The amendment to the Constitution dropused, in the House of Reprnsentatives, by Mr. Cobb, prohibiting the acceptance of any appointment from the United States by a Member ol Congress, has failed, there being a majority of 15 votes against it in that Htu-se. A majority efjual to two thirds would have been required to pa it. It must then have parsed, the Senate by a like majo rity, and must also Iiave received the sanction of two thirds of all the states composing the Union, before it could have become a part of the Constitution. Jit t;ieame time, Hie vote in faro! the amendment was so respectable that it is probable it will nut be without its euect on future appointments. WASHINGTON. April 19. It is stated by some of the Philadel pbia papers, that so uncommon is the run or Shad the present season, that b fresh Shad have b?en sold in their market for one cent. One lot of 50, rather under size, were sold for a qaarter of a dollar. I'hey have been sdd in this city for tessthan two dollars per hundred; which is cheap enough to render the plentifulness ot the nsb a blessing to the poor in these bawl times. Jmat. Intel. WASHINGTON, April 21. Public Lands. The highly important bill, for chang ing the mode of disposing of the Public Lands, so as that hereafter they shall be ooered 'or sale in half quarter sections, the minimum price to be one dollar & twentv. live cents, and all to be paid in cah, has passed both houses of Confess, by great majorities, and now wants only the signature ol the President to become a law. The hill is to take effect from the first day of June neo't. The Sword voted to Col. Richard M. Jonsrsox, by a resolution of Concress, in testimony of their high sense of his gallantry and good conduct, in the decisive battle on the Thames, in Upper Canada, during the late war with G. Riitain, was presented to that gentleman yesterday by the President of the United States. JVot. Intel. Surviving Revolutionary Cff.ce.rs. We said, the other day, that we presumed the rejection by Congress of the claim of the Surviving Revolutionary Officers would be decisive. We are now better informed ; understanding from goed authority, that, so long as there remains one survivor, the claim, which Ihey consider just, will be presented to the consideration of Congress. Vf. Intel. PHILADELPHIA April CO. 17 the kind and polite attention ofcaplainSteinher, of the ship Rrandt,arived on Tuesday afternoon, we are put in possession of Pari? and Ronleaux papers to the 11th March, containing London dates, to the Sth,and Madrid to the 9th inclusive. '1 he Revolution which has been so spfodily and tranquility effected in Spain, argua3 very much 1:1 favor of enlarged vi?ws, religious, moral and political, in that nation. FRANCE. Bordeaux, March 4. The insurrection has at length become general in Spain. A courier who arrived here yesterday, brought intelligence from various constitutional chiefs, and several new journals, from which, on account of want of room, we can make but few extracts. . The intelligence brought is further confirmed bv a Russian courier, who passed through here yesterday, and who had quitted Madrid on tiie. morning of the 9th int. lie adds, that after the almost unanimous declaration of the army and peopled and the energetic demonstration of General Rallesteros, the King found himself obliged to proclaim the constitution of the Cortes, the same as we announced yesterday. The prisons of the Inquisition were universally thrown open, antl a general amnesty was about siirnin;: when the Courier left there. SPAIN. SAnc,oss., 7th March. Never has a political change been brought about with so much tranquility and union. The constitution has been proclaimed the day before yesterday, bv all the people, and the garrison composed of two regiments of infantry, and one of cavalry. Military music, and a general illumination, terminated thi memorable day. The joy of the people of Arragon was at its hdisht. The marquis d'Alazon, Captain General, has been confirmed in his command, ami the Count de Castreznn who had replaced him by order of the King, has been arrested and sent back to Madrid. MADRID. MARCH G. All has terminated happily : the weakness of the government against the immense force of public opinion, does not even give time enough to organize the Contest IjstTTceft liht and darkness.

Tho Cor.tti dAbishal, who called hiaself the friend of Ferdinand, has gone to Ocana, where he baa put himself at the head of a regiment commanded by one cf his brothers, and has arrested the public authorities, and proclaimed the constitution. lie continues the same operation in the different towns of the channel. Several piquets of cava'-y from this garrison, and many gardos de corps, have

deserted, with their arms and mountings. All the corps of engineers aud sappers nhich were at Alcala have drsappeared. i ina'lv, all the provinces arc declaring themselves independent, and conststu tin z provisional government. All these events which follow each other with such rapidity, have forced the King to de clare that he wou t consent to the wishes of the people, and show the most lively movements of joy ; and we hope that this rtat crisis will be terminated without the smallest misfortune. It is asserted that General Freyre, in concert with the patriots of the Isla de Leon, has likewise proclaimed the constitution, which has keen published at Segovia, and fixed on in every quarter ; but a foolish ecclesiastic, who had theboldnes to tear dow n one of those bills, was immediately put to death, VICTORIA, MARCH 9. Saragossa has proclaimed the constitution ; Carthagena has done the same: aud it is said that Catalonia has followed the example. The 8th of this month the King was to publish it in Madrid. The funds have been already negociated at 70 francs. :w Anonymous letter. The son of a most respectable gentleman of Philadelphia, has been detected in the act of sending anoymous letters to ciiizens of that place and been held to bail in the sum of ten thousand dollars. Deaf and Dumb. We have an interesting report from the managers of the institution for the relief of the deaf and dumb in New York. The present amount of pupils is 55. In several instances, the cause of deafness appear to be removed, and some began to spcal: ; and the condition of all is ameliorating. We trust that this human establishment will Ion? exist an honor to the state, like that ia Connecticut. Dritish Communication. It appears to ua. now to be a well established fact, that rich and extensive associations have been formed in Great "ritain, and large sums of money subscribed, for the purpose of putting down American manufactures. The association appears to have agreed to sacrifice the sum of 3GO,O00J. sterling (1,332,000 dollars) in the experiment, to inundate our country with goods and dispose of them on cny terms which may best have effect upon our establishments; believing that when those are once destroyed, they may hold the market at their own prices. The names cf some of the conspirators are given among them are carl Grosvcnor, lord Folkstone, Mr. Broughman, Sir Robert Pcelc, and many great manufacturing houses. Savannah. A design appears to have been formed to have fired the remains of this city in four places at the same time ! Certaiu persons are arrested, charged with the horrible intent. JKew Orleans begins to abound with produce the steam boats are arriving with immense cargoes ot cotton. Pour, &c. Some of these have decended 170U miles iu eight days ! POLITICAL VIEWS. V. De Pradt, a French political writer, has made the following remarks on the United Stateta : "It is North America that England will fear in future : for it is the country where there exists most of the elements that render her formidable. "North America is a second England : descent, language", manners, natural bias towards commerce and maritime pursuits all arc English in America. "Fable has had its rival brothers ; Eng. land and the. United States wiil realize the fahle Sprung from the same blood sw ayed by the sam2 inclinations, instead of uniting them, these circumstanceswill tend not only to place them in perpetual opposition. Both in pursuit of t!m same prey, the profits of the world, they wiil incessantly jostle each other in the same career and conflicts will ensue; the prolongation of the contest irrscencilable. But the U. States en-ae in it with immense advantages over their adversary. Their territory fs boundless; their population can admit of no limits; England has certain limits in both; she can conquer nothing from America; the latter wiil inevitably divest her of Canada, of Acadia, of Newfoundland; all that England possesses upon the American continent, is destined bv the force of things to slip from her grasp. The United State will take the hPn.l of England in all the commerce of the est Indies and Southern America: and it is easy to see that this part ol tne giooc must become the great commerce oi me worm." Stockholm. Feb. 3 The bill of mor tality of this city the past year present a rather melancholy pictuic 2320 children have been born, but the number of the dead exceeds this by 909 Nearly half the births have been illegitimate. Every third child who has been born has died in the course of the year. The most common causes of death were fevers and colds 4 w ere murdered, G su1 icide. 7 executed, and droivctd. The

number, of the marriages i 50T. tmd 55

marriages have been disoi'vcd by bills of divorce. Charles R. Brown .'YD Amorv Kinney, WILL in future Practice LAW in coni junction, in the counties of Davis, Anar, Sullivan; Vigo Jlzritn, Dubois $ I'ike, and in the Supreme Court. One of them will at all limes be found in their office, at Washington, except during the sitting of the Courts. All orders and conveyancing will be punctually attended to." Washlngton, April 10. 180. 5-tf THE Subscriber has just received, frcra mEr.'-()RLKA vs. an assortment of GROCERIES, consisting of the follow ingar tides : Best Green Coffee, IMPERIAL, n YOUNG HYSON, 1 01$ HYSON J CHOCOLATE, LOAF and 1JROWN SUGAR, MADEIRA, TENERIFFE, m m m mm w-m. w Wines, PORT and CLARET J COGNIAC BRAxNDY, JAMAICA SPIRITS, NEW-ENGLAND HUM, HOLLAND GIN, PORTER, MOLASSES, RAISINS, ALMONDS, CINNAMON, NUTMEGS, SHAD, MAC K A RE L, Dried HERRING PEPPER, ALLSPICE, GINGER, ALLUM, INDIGO, COPPERAS, SPANISH WHITING, SPANISH BROWN, WHITE LEAD, Ground in Oil, SPIRITS of TURPENTINE, LOG WOOD, IRON, CUT NAILS, Assorted, from 3d to 21d.' WROUGHT NAILS, TRACE CHAINS, MUSTARD, SPANISH SEGARS, SNUFF, SALT PETRI POWDER, LEAD and SHOT, BRIMS'! ONE. QUEENS WARE, GLASSWARE. ALL of which will be sold low for Cash. J!rm. Burtch. Vincennes, May K 1820. 4-tf$ KrAlI those who have long standing accounts, are earnest' requested to call and close their accounts immediately, W. B. In Chancery. Henry Aldridge, " In the Pwj CV vs. cult Coit, rfths. John Piitchett. f'ierm of JIarch, J J. I). 1SC0. AND now at this day, the complainant appeared by hi counsel, and on motion, it is ordered, that this cause be continued till the next term of this Court, and tha: complainant have leave to amend his bill. And it appearing to the satiucliori of the Couit, that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this Sttte, it is cidercl that notice of the pendency f said suit, be iyen by publication in the Indiana. Centinel, for the spacs of four weeks successively ; that if said defendant do not appear at the next term of this Court. anu rue answers to tue complainants bi me same will be taken pro confesso. A true copy from t!ij order book. TEST ' J. P. DUAICE, c. p. c. q 4 4v Notice. A NEGRO MAN, or a dark Mulatto, was apprehended by Taylor & As!,brookm in Aliis-ju Prairie, and committed to the Palestine Jail, by IL Giiham, a Justice, of the Peace in Crawford county, Eiinois. apprehended as a rnnnw ay negro said Mullatto, is supposed to he 25 years of age, about 5 feet, 7 inches high, U wvll made, has a complete set teeth, a scr on the left idr of his r anti one on his head, perhaps tfto lnfies ahr.ve his eye, he ig active, spcuks quick, and can tell a fair 9 and iays he'U a free man and that ..o v.a l orn and raised near or at Cl.au;birsbur"h, ia Pennsylvania, and that he has been living for two years pat in ti e American Bottom, in tSds State, and in the employ of Andrew Wilt, and calls himself Harry Cttoki said negro when taken up was on the St. Louis road, and going towards Vincennes, is barefooted, ami wvar a dark colored Roundabout coat, and & no surplus clothes. J. S. W OOD WORTH, ShJ. c.c. May 2, 18-20. 4-6w BLANKS Fr talc at this OQfcS

Groceries.