Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 5, Vincennes, Knox County, 13 May 1820 — Page 3
S ATUHD A Y::: : :M A Y 13, 1320.
THE ELECTION, for delegates to the convention tor forming the constitution of the new sUte of Missouri, lasted three days, und closed on Wednesday, the '3d hist. From the -warmth disnlaved previous, and the great consequences dene riding 01 the res-iit, we f ,iel comid1 V 7 ' e ruble r.miety to know how it eventuated. Vc cannot resist the belief, however, that the new constitution '-will bar
thefurtlicr introduction cf sU res ; as many of those who former!? w?re (:l;imorou in favor of unrestricted 'vfrv, seem
, . preamDie, vza & tniy tfiT.,rn,f TOoM every coenfrr are (. Ce rouadsomef
mcn snevvs uie ueptn or incirunuer- local cause of discos-Here the? are
new t3 cjn::dr.r
it im.!
and unjust.
U. S. Liw Printers. A majority of
the members of the House of Representatives haveiforced a bill thro that house, lessening the compensation to mblic printers, and reducing their num
ber to one in each state ! Now, per
sonal interest out of the question, we
think this ono of the weakest, most impolitic mtd despotic acts which could
ever come from the councils of a Re
public. v Tyrants only work in the dark,
ana let ineir euicts oe Known oniy uy
their .consequences. Are our legislators
&o asaamed of their doms, that they
would limit the knowledge of them to
the circulation oi. one newspaper in an extensii state? or have the sovereign
people no riht to inspect the conduct
oi their servants t or uo these servants
wish to raise their own wages to twelve dollars a day, cgain, and pocket the profits of this miserable retrenchment ?
We never before knew an act passed
Upon such flimsy grounds, in evasion of Such unconquerable arguments ; and we are not surprised at the general indig-
natihn expressed at" it trom Maine to Georgia. It was carried through the House with such barefaced impudence, too bv men rioting in the luxuries cf a voluptuous capital ; who receive ampte mileage, and nhr dollars a day of the people's money while there ! Far more would it be to their own honor, far more to the real i; crest of the people, if the compensation to public printers Were increased, and their number extended to every press in the Union. This point w;is loudly and wnrmly contended for by two third? of the sense and patriotism of the House ; but as a majority of members, it appears, are mvie of (liferent stmT, this measure,
which JS(poleon hi his sternest days would spnrn, and none but such as Ferdinand should adopt ; which carries kingcraft,
priestcraft, an
tram ; uvuch lurs ine people , trom the information most necessary to them, drawing a curtain between them ami their representatives, and shrouding the acts of the latter in darkness this measure passed to a senseless and sickly existence, which, no doubt, the virtue of the Senate will put an end to, and thereby conciliate the insulted spirit of the Country.
tandin, they come out with a niardlv
insinuation against the Representatives' of this district. Now, for the present, we wonld inform the character Vho conduct that pr at, their aiders, abettors,! petty apostates and all, that in political as well as private life, it is .necessary to understand one's own situation ; altho' in this case they may say in their excuse, that the eyes of a bull do not direct his horns, and no morttl should cavil at the ordinances of nature.
It is dangerous, while standing on slip
pery ground, to try to prostrate our
neighbors; and there is anold proverb, in which glass is mentioned, which should be often thought of bv those who are in
the habit of throwing stones. Certain
scribblers should never mention longwinded resolutions ; they may provoke a reference to a few suffocating facts, that may stop their wind, altogether. And now we cive them an unreserved
challenge ; and if they have brains cnough to be honorable, they will act accordingly. We defy them to name one single public act of the last delegation from this district, which had not, directly 1 ie public good for its object ; which was not done, expressly, for the benefit of the people ; and we dare them to prove one single point, in which our delegates swerved from their public dutv
as men, Americans, and REFtJiHilCANS ; and to cite one single district in the state, which sent Representatives of more talents, integrity, intelligence and patriotism. We have net the happy faculty of turning Turk fbr revenge, or Judas for
siiver. e do despise the political tnmelicn : We detest the lurking eoppcrhead that glides through the shrubbery, and fastens his fansrs in the veins of the
industrious husbandman. We trust that
there is sfiil a " redeeming spirit in the
people," to bruise the heads of such ser
pents, and secure their own honor and
prosperity.
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bis de.r
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Gen. Harrison. The controversy respecting this personage is still carri l on
with wratntn m some of the Onio. papers.
They appear to think that nature' never
made him a groat man, and to be deter
mined that nothing else shell. He seems
to be a striking instance of the frailty of
a politician s popularity, which a breath can make and destroy. Whatever be his merits, he has, in the state which he has
selected for his retreat, numerous and powerful enemies, who intend that his
reputation shall not survive his career
One writer, who says lie understands
the Li-nusition in its him verv well, gives a lively outline of
his character, wnieh we have iuserte in the firet page of this paper. communicated. ,1 Parody on the "CGTIAGE."
I knew bv the smoke that so hastily curlM
Above the old roof, that a frolic was
near ; j And I said if there's fun to be found in the vvoiid, The heart that was merry might hope for it here. Twas night, and on seats very sociably round, In pleasure rccHn'd each convivial soul: Not a tongue was at rest, and I heard the old sound, Of the Landlord fast stirring the well seasoned bowl.
And here, in this kind little house, I ex
claim (1, " With a friend who was fond of a drop in his eye ; Who would drink when I pra:sl him, and sleep when I tdamM, How Vast could I live, and how drunk
discovered in the stagnant wafers oflow
lands and marshes and the resulat
warmth of the climate doe not mo:f
promote the unsurpassed luxuriance os vegetable growth on our richest of soil.: than the vegetable putrefaction that sn so materially multiplies the sources of disease. These marshes and low land containing abundantly the sources ot bil'ious diseased, however constitute but a small part of the State and even the ickness arising from exposure to marsh exhalations, bears a small proportion, to that arising from causes that may easily he obviated, certainly after the first years residence. But inciudino all deaths induced by uuhealty exposure, nnd the inconveniences and wants of the comforts and necessaries of life, in health
and in sickness, to which all new countries are incident, we shall not find the ratio much larger than I have stated.
The population of each county and township in tl e state will soon be known, and the proportion can this year bee.ractiy, ami in othe jears, nearly ascertained, if the physician will discharge the small ta-k of kerpin a memorandum of disease and death -a duty incumbent on every phiciati a duty they ow e society. It would be wished that each physician would make a return, to the Presidents of the medical Societies at
their semi-annual meetings in May and
November, not only of the diseases and
deaths that occur in his own practice.
mt ot thos-e that come to his knowledge.
as hating terminated without medical
aid I have said it was a duty the pro
fession owe society, as it aflhrds more
extensive opportunities for observation
upon endemic disease and is of im
portance to the community in cjving cer
tain evidence of the healthiness of the country. ZEWO.
Candidates for Office.
For Representatives in the General s-
sp.mbltf. THOMAS II. BLAKE. GEORGE St. C. SULLIVAN, ROBERT STURGIJS. JOSEPH WARN Eft. We are requested to add the name of JAMES 1VjiSS!h Esq. of Sullivan Cnuntv. to the list of candid-
Portrait Painting
c ncK'3 from Spain, which vre n;tve
this week, though rot so complete a i we wished and expected, must gladden the heart of every friend of humanity. Spain ii revolutionised without bloodshed : she has now a more liberal constitution : the " accursed Inquisition" is subverted, its dungeons burst open, And its prisoners set free : and a general amnesty proclaimed by the government.
Fcrdviu;iu, for once, betnvri witii much discretion. x He crouched like a spaniel before his rebellious subjects, who permitted him to retain hi crown, that the idarthinz mi.rht amuse 1 i'n in
lalivin. However, we think he
wears both crown and head up ana
HORACE HARDING, Begs leave respectfully to inform the citizens of Yincennes and vicinitv, that he has taken a room in the mansion of Charles Smith, Esq. where all orders in his profession, will he thankfully received, and faithfully attended to.
Ladies and Gentlemen are invited to call and inspect his performances. Sign and Ornamental
Will be neatly executed by his Brother.
Vincennes, Feb. 2, 1820.
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Aisap Thomas . do. do. do. Blrcjiford Isaac Cambria Zephamah Clark John Oewcy Charles Same Fellows Sr. lluggles j'hlltOil Harbinson Matthc Johnson lVilliam
ates in this district, for the House of J Johnston Harrison
Corooratlon Tax.
I V.-;LL sell at Public Sale, at the Court
House door, in Evausviile, cn FRIDAl the 2d June, the following LOTS, situate in the Corporation of Evansville, or
so much thereof as will pay the Corpora
tion Tax duo thereon, tor the year unless oaid before that time. Sale to
commence at 10 o'clock, A. M. to-wit i
Owners j Lots J minxour.t. .lames. Vy.c J D. C.
Representatives of Indiana
FOR SHERIFF. JOHN DECKER, VALENTINE J. BRADLEY, SAMUEL PARR J AMES NABB, JOHN SCOTT.
Same
Liote Abraham jtfartiu James
Madcilf Benjamin
Same
TdcCoilister .Eneas
Same
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COUiU
I dil
very uiisi u:e tenure. I r.ere is si;cn a jliuiil ui'. between the oestructie of the IWstiU Li France, and the inquiution hi Spain and the sceent-iucc of the Conrtiiutirm of the National Assembly by
Cartes by ' Fa-diwA VII, tint we cannot he'p liiuiLiug the coiiKiden.e may he prophetic' Vr'e hail, v,::h tra.;;ori, this glorious
progress of
By the side of yon table where red noses dip In the gush of the tzngne, how sweet to recline :
i And to know when the Ii f;uor once got to
my lip, It stood a poor chance to reach any hut mine. J.
Vincennes, 31a
mhul ; and, notwithstanding
,.ie revers.es en
Fro ace, we
can trace its course, over racks and bayonets, till it reaches the acme of poiiiicsl perfectibility. Nothing om impede its nnrr'i -If- -7.iv' hr.t h-ivdstible. Govl
imparts to its movement a portion of his own grandeur, priests and princes must perish in the intenseness of it blaze, as the fabled giants were destroyed by the thunderbolts of Jupiter. As weil cau a rush stem the fury of a hurricane, or u straw repel the lightning, as a tyrant can resht an united p:irde. u h.V iri.7 to be free. And when
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the sullen phlegm and stalely gravity ot Spaniards begin to feel the electric glow of liberty, the crowned heads of all Eu
rope may tremble ; and when they once begin to tremble, like the mouldering towers erected Lv (heir ancestors, may
they keep :ulding to their full. We intend: i.i m-er again to notice any of the nonsense which a ceitam print in tnis town is in the weakly habit of sickening its readers with ; but, as forbearance often makes impudence too hold, so it makes podtieal guilt too d.n ing, till,wliat wo aid otherwise be unobtrusive and harmless, by repeated imnnnirv become? resile.s and troublesome. Thus much as ap'i'ogy for touching .the disguvting .tbject, which we shall avoid as soon as posi ihle. In announcing the an ir.d of t!ie Laws pa.sied by.tb ; lSi2 L"rb!ature, ai'tcr thf
FOR THE' INDIANA CEXTI.VEL.
Jf-T. Editor I this day obsorvod, in vYiles oister, an article of considerable -interest ta the western country, generally and o unjustly ren'ited unhealthy ; containing a statement from the Physician of the English SettleMnt in Illinois of the number of deaths ; reallv s-nall itt proportion to the inhabitants": si v ing us a happy evidence of the salubrity of the climate. The ratio of deaths per annum, he states to he one in 94, which in other countries, reputedly healthy, i far greater. It is stated in the Pays de Vaud. ai'onc in 4a in the country round Pali-, one in Ja in the country round Shrewsbury, Eng. one in 3 in Berlin,
oe in in L'Umon, one hi !2'J in I'" . (1 I !!
v icnna, one in ti3 while in the nmt unhealthy puts of Indiana, even in the settlement confined to warshv Piahie ami the Imttmn lamh of river?, I am confident tiom my own observation, the annual deaths are not one in JO; and in enumerating the population cf the State they will be found little more tl an one in ICO. In the settlement of new countries in almost all latitudes, what i3 commonly called the Fcxscnhig sickness U e.rpe ricnerd -changing from north tcMuuth, or south to north, the system mast undergo some ohange from change of climate ; from the vicissitudes of season to v.-luch it is net accuitemed In al.
'i he iiicennes STAGE, To Louisville, r- r-t
jfaves LitANcis unnixgj: m s in
Mai ket Street, Vincennes, on Wednesday Mornings, at 6 o'clock, aruves in
Louisville at 3 o cock, P m. on Friday tollowinp; Leaves Louisville on Stui-
day Mcrnin at 6 o'clock, and returns
to Vincennes on Monday following at
3 o'clock, p. m. Distance to Louisville
1 l2h miles.
FROM the sunscriber on the Cd dav
of March, two negro men, John and Joe,
who, I expect, are about Nashville, if not ;
on their way to the tree stales, as Joe
has once before made the attempt to jret:
to the stata cf Ohio, and was taken un'
in rwentucKv. jonu is a black iellow 5
feet 8 inches high, near SO year3 old,! very artful and sensible, quick spoken,' reads and write?, plavs the fiddle, and is
a good coarse shoemaker. He ha al-n
worked at the Hatters and Coopers bu
siness. Joe is stout made, about 5 fee( 7 or 8 inches high, not very black, thick a m v.
lips, tow forehead. Hat nose, when speak
ing inclined to stammer, with a low soft
voice, a down look and had countenance.
Any pei son delivering the above negroes
to me at Manskers Lick, Davidson coun
ty, Tennessee, or secure them in anv
jail in the state, so that I set them, shall
receive fifty dollars reward, or twenty-j five dollars for either. If taken and secured out of the state of Tennessee, one hundred dollars reward, nr fifty dollars
lor cither of the said negroes. DAVID DUNN.
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VYihis Same
Skidmore James Trusdel Samuel It.
Van'lyko and others
anuyke Henry
CO 2 50 1 So 2 50 1 2 75 j HI 2 00 IV. 1 37 0 2 25 37 2 50 30 I 2 50 G3 I 1 75 33 2 25 117 1 ?5 47 1 75 4b 2 00 153 24 50 120 1 50 lit 1 50 118 1 50 120 2 00 11G I 1 I 50 82 2 00 80 2 00 5 2 00 109 2 50 4 2 50 95 2 25
01KYER3 WAT-VOHIV.
Nashville, April 12. 5Gw
The Editor of the Cincinnati Iruiuis-
itor, ami Vincennes Centinel, will insert the above, once a week for six weeks, and
forward their accounts on to this office
for payment. enfp
BY virtue of an Kxe.rutio!i to iuj di
rected, from the Clerk's Ollice oV the
Knox Circuit Court, I will e.rpose to public sale on the premises, for ready money, on Tuesday the 20th Ir.st. part of lot No in the Borough of Vincennes, whereon Andrew Gardner nnv
lives, with the appurtenances, which w 9 purchased by Daniel Moore, i.f James G Head. Also, one set Chair Makers Tnoh vitha rpimtity of Stock, one More and other small articles, as the property ol Daniel Mou, at tha suit of Andre o (iardner. B. V. nKCKES,Sh3T. K. c. May 9, 1820. 5 -2 w l hc subscriber bcin compelled to have MONEY, most -ar-nestly rerpiests all those indebted to him. without reserve, to make payment bv the first June, 1820. . " CAUTEtt BEAM ON!, ' May 9, ipn, t 5.3l
Lois. Jhit. Lets. I Ain't. .Vw. D. j C JVv, D. I C. 2'J 1 75 143 1 75 2i 1 75 147 1 50 27 1 75 115 1 50 (id 1 75 lt2 1 50 62 2 50 187 1 50 5tf 2 25 135 1 75 52 2 50 184 1 75 183 2 00 50 1 2 00 180 2 00 41) 2 00 178 2 00 73 1 75 17G 2 CO 92 1 75 174 J 75 01 1 75 171 1 50 90 1 75 170 1 50 83 I 75 160 1 50 S7 1 75 21G 1 50 80 2 50 '104 2 00 10G 2 .00 103 1 50 105 2 00 102 1 75 101 1 75 215 1 oO 214 1 50 HI 1 75 211 1 50 143 1 75 210 1 50 142 1 75 141 1 75 209 1 dO 140 1 75 203 I 50 130 1 75 203 1 50 138 1 75 201 1 50 137 2 00 203 1 50 130 2 50 196 1 50 ICG 1 50 195 I 50 165 l 50 194 1 50 164 1 75 230 1 50 163 1 75 233 1 50 162 1 75 237 1 50 160 2 00 230 1 I 50 153 2 25 , 235 J 50 232 1 50 223 2 00 231 1 75 229 1 75 227 1 75 29 2 00 226 1 75 41 2 Ol 225 2 00 42 1 75 224 1 50 43 1 75 223 1 50 41 1 75 221 1 50 4G 1 37 220 1 50 47 1 37 219 1 50 49 1 50 213 1 50 50 1 37 217 1 50 51 1 37 20 2 25 52 1 37 19 j 2 I 25 5-1 1 23 UPPER EXLAR GEMEXT. 56 1 25 53 1 25 57 1 25 5.1 1 v, 2 2 25 CO 1 25 4 2 25 61 1 25 5 2 25 C2 I 25 2 00 3 1 25 7 2 00 64 1 25 8 2 00 65 1 5 10 1 75 C6 1 25 12 1 75 C7 1 25 13- 1 75 C3 1 25 14 1 fO CO 1 05 16 1 50 70 1 25 P I 1 50 71,1 2.5
18 1 37 19 1 37 20 1 50 21 1 50 22 1 j 50 25 1 I 50 27 1 50 25 1 75 29 1 75 CO 1 75 31 1 75 31 2 CO 35 2 00 55 2 00 37 2 CO C6 1 25 87 1 25 CO 1 25 SO I 25 91 1 25 93 1 25 94 1 24 95 1 25 96 125 97 1 25 93 1 25 99 1 25 100 1 1 25 101 ill 25 102 1 25 103 1 25 104 1 25 105 1 25 106 1 J 25 107 1 25 103 1 25 109 1 25 110 1 25 111 1 23 112 1 25 113 1 25 114 1 25 115 1 25 116 I 25 117 I 25 113 1 25 119 1 25 120 1 I 25 121 1 25 122 1 25 13 I 25 14 I 25 126 1 25 127 I 25 123 I 05 159 I 25 130 1 25 FRACTIONS. 1 2 50 2 5 So, 4 1 50 ! 5 1 6 1 75 7 1 75 8 I JO 10 1 37 1 1 I 25
72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 33 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 133 139 140 141
142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156
157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 1C7 168 169 170 171 172
25
25 26 25 25 25 25 25 2 0.5
25 00 25 25 25 25 25
25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 35 25 23 2J 25 25 25 25
25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
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Mc Gary's KnJ largemcnt. J). C.
1 75
50
1 1
gCJEich LOT is subject to a dedc tioncf Seventy-Eve cents if the Tax bo paid thereon, before the day of Sale.
Uco. W. LINDSAY, Collector C. &
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L'EMBARRAS
Turnpike Company, TUP n . . "
THE Commissioners of L'KnKnrrsa
Turnpike Company hereby ive notice that liooks for the" subscription 'r.fStoct are nv open, at the Ilouse of Henry Dubois, at Dubois' Mills on L'Kmbai ras, and Jomn D. Hay, in Vincennes. E 'j order of the Commissioners, JOHN I). HAY.' May 9, 1820. 5-im M O T I C fch " - ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Jonathan llabcock.
late of Vincennes, deceased, art remjstd to call aid settle their respective accounts on or before Thursday, the firt
oi June next. All thos neIectin-thU call. Will Sml their arrnmt KurUo.l
the hand of a magistrate for gpeedv collection. w NANCY BAUCOCK, JJmV. Vincennes Mav 8. f.3w
TAKEN UP BY John Alfn, living near AVahin. ton, Davi county, (m the 20th April, A Grey Marc, Uhar.dsone inch high, 5 years old, tith t small hite-streak on her left hind onf ; no other uarks or brands pcrceivahie, appraised to 40 dollars, by James Call and Claries R. Brown. 1 i UUGKRS, J.P.D.C;