Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 30, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 November 1820 — Page 2

Domestic.

From J,Vrs' Iteekdy Uegister. Bai.i imore, Oct. 21. The net session of Cmigres commeticcs on Monday, the 13th of the ensuing month The " National Intelligencer." of Saturday last, contains an tUtorial article relative to so-nc of the great questions expected to occupy the attention of the representatives of the ration ; and we are truly glad to observe, that the editors set out in their exhibition with objecting to the practice ol hmg-speaking, which has latterly so roueh prevailed in congress and, happ.lv, Mesrs. Gales and Seaton have in themselves much power to suppress the Jnactice; it being notorious that man) sper-ches are made only. for the newj'pa-fH-r, and are hardly listened to by hall n d zen members in either house. It Mould be cKiieus if home person in the galiry would take an account of the several occupations of the nu-mbers when a speech-maker had the floor, and tell us how many were writing letter, how m.i11 v were reading newspapers, how many chatting at the fire-places'. &c. arid how many apparently listening to what was said. When a icb m is dragged out, lik- that on the Seminole war or the Missouri question, he h a lucky fellow in t;-.e house of representatives who gets do-n members to listen, occasionally, to w nut he says ! But the ? ight to speak is? very important one, and Heaven forbid that any regulation, except that of public opinion, should abridge it in either house of congress: urdess, when ti t nresnes and patience i worn out. it v ay he necessary to call tor the previous uetion. The Missouri nffiir i first presented. "VV are told the senators and representatives will offer themselves at the bat to receive their seats, which they cannot obtain, unttl t!e constitution recently adonte.d, n ratified hv the tw houses; lie,., e. an early decision is desirable, -e. and so indeed it it. hut we do iut anticipate-it we tVne another tlull and long lebate. For. abstracted from the it uin qui. -turn, winch some might have felt willing to pass over sub silei tio, though secre.v opposed to the ptin-ciple which it involve, for the sake !" hairmmv tiiis constitution presents (vo new points lor consideration This is much to be regretted by both parties to what must, stand as the chief objection. The con stit'ili'in if Missouri f.ib'.d the parage of a'iv law for the emancipation of flavcs, without the c ris,':.r ot their owners, or an equivaif.l paid. &e. and also makes it the duty of the legislature to p--s laws kto prevent free negroes and mulattnes fiom coming iota and veiling in the stale, on any pretence whatever." It an hatdly he believed that congress vi'" sanction cither of those provisions: t e fi st,in the present state of the public ' "'it !g, is inexpedient besides, it is iiseIJ-;. and some will cull it absutd; and the second is unconstitutional: 15 aoe the legislature of the states h. jo"ier over property of much grefit1.'am :nt than that to b deiived iron, am authority which tliey may assume over slaves, regarding incin aso as propem. ami thcrefoie it is uries: and i tk " esteemed absurd, because the legislature can pass an act to Ja save et the rate of 00 or Kili'.? dollars per lied p r annum and if such tax uete lav: 'n female only, wit!: a provision th.'.t the should be soul for a term of ?;ra'' and then be free, li it was tot paid, what would become of the stov-k uf slaves i Missouri? It would be -: linct ni a very lew years, and t;e intent of ihi constitution becme a nullity it'-m the beginning for slave- an i lawful subject of rcvpi.uc, ami may he 'av-.d Yik ' any thing else: such is the principle of the constitution id the llntt. u TStates. nd in regard to the other, it is p.essh provided, (art. IV. sec. .) lthnl the citizens of each state shitt be etit-i'ni to all privilege and immunities vf citizens in the several states.' Tins is a very plain, -imple and imperative sent ro e. Free blacks and mulatto are citizens?' in all the state. I bt -licve. ett of,the I V.I ivart . a.s well as in t static north west i t ' e iver Ohio, and thev .?not he disposse.ssed of their rifht to locate themselves where the, pie -. It is true, several ot the states have passed law to pi event the migration of such persons and I am not prepared to sav that these laws are not beneficial ; if they have the eirec' to keep nwav free blacks and mulatto, perhaps it is well but all such laws mut jield to t;e express letter of the constitution of the United tatcs, whenever their validity U tried. The passage ol these lawsbv the legislatures ot individ ial states, however, is a very different th'n- from the case now presented: in tin Tormer, they are proper questions for the judiciary, the rightful t ibuualto a.,,ai to but, in the latter, congress Is cal'ed upon to legislate on the subject, ar,d paj a law in evident opposition to a striking provision of the constitution uii-.il.'.- whitfi they themselves direct! act. Titers view's of the matter first struck us when we read the constitution of lisuuri,and we were sorry thai difficulty wa, apparently heaped upoc dilficn't. bv the provisions whicli w have n wt:d out. For these reasons we tool tot a., dher tedious debate on the Mi9.r v question," and think that an early (lHp:witiM! rd" it will not he .r.ade. Ve trt;i i.iet it .nd s!ail he glat li U turn "" . 'o- wise. The sp'-en yf as ixe!j to tMe tillc attculiou of congress, is the

ways and means for the year. The editors say "there was last year a deficiency in the rcvenre which was supplied by a loan. I here w ill be this year a greater deficiency: in what manner s'tall it be supplied f'' It U reduced to a certainty that we must borrow again to pay the expenses of the coming year ; for if additional taxes are laid, they cannot be made available in season to meet these expenses. But, will congress ha e firmness enough to meet the unpopular! ty that must attend the creation of newtaxes in a time of profound peace when many people, by the prostration of national industry, are really unable to pay them especially those of the graingrowing states, who have no vent for

their surplus commodities? whose wheat, deducting the cost of the labor of carrying it to market, hardly produces an average price of 40 cents "per bushel ! I his gives a serious aspect to the affair, and will bring some to a pause ; yet we contend that without a direct tax the expenditures of the government cannot be equally imposed upon those who ought to contribute to them. At present, a tax at this nature will be opposed by tin representatives of some states, because it would much distress their constituents to pay it and by the representatives of otoer sta es because their constituents are unwilling to bear it, ami so we shall bonow, and trust to the chapter of ac cidthts for relief. A retrenchment e qual to the deficiency can hardly be made ; though a good deal might be done in this wav if there was firmness enough to do it, and virtue enough to commence it at head-quarters. The trappings of several establishments are verv costlv. without adding much to their efficiency perhaps, indeed, lessening it, bv divi ding tlie responsibility. The rank and file of the a i my is small enough, and it seems the general wish that the navy should proceed until it reaches what mav be called a defensive power: and in re spect to these in their essential parts, not n.ucii can be done still they have, like the rest, their trappings, which may be lopped oil without iniurv to the service, and the gieat sums disbursing for foi tifications mav. perhaps, be lessened witnouf prejuuice to the works going on. The third leading subject relates to the tii iff, which, it is supposed, will air.iin he discussed at laiiie. It is a dis cusisioti which will excite great feeling, ami, let it be. decided as it may, produce imtv.i -trust results. .1KWS IN MARYLAND. Frnm an agitation of the subject in the papers, we presume that another attempt will be made at the ensuing session of the legislature of Maryland, to ex:!tietate this persecuted sect from the odious rostt ictions which our incomprefwjisible constitution imposes on them. The principle is worth contending for, though the number of such persons, who are residents iu the state, is verv small. It is truly wonderful, if not miraculous, that this people are almost every v!.ee denied some part of thoe rights which belong to other men in similar locations. There mu-t he some moral ruse to produce this effect. In .geueraL their interests do nt appear identified with those of the communities in which thev live, though there are some, honorable e.ivept'ons to this remai k Hut thev will no? sit down ami labor like other people they create noti.ing. and ace mere OMis'imers. Thev will ! not cultivate the car'.lu ior wink at me chanical tra-.-e-t. pr. ferting to live by their wit it; deaiii', ami acting as if they ad a home no v here. It is to this cause, t o doubt, that an hostility to them ex ists ?o extensively ; and that hostility is ;U" tin. perhaps, a cfiise why they do not think ;stnl act like other people, and as snme the character and feelings of the atlons in which they live, hat all this has nothing to do with their rights as mpn ; let us do our duty ami place thetn upon an equality with ourselves, or renounce the great christian obligation, "todounto others as we would that they should do unto us " It is not the business of the state to judge them thvir religion is an aflair between them and their Maker. If we believe them to be wrong let them stand as monu"lets of the afety with which error of ';;; ;on iiiuy be tolerated, wnen reason is N ! free to combat it." It cannot do iutii.t ! i'lvest them with the enjoyment of every political right which we posses, it i time that the spirit of those days when fire and faggot were brought in furious aid of the meek doctrines of Christ, should be banished from the earth, as repugnant to all that is reasonable, all that is righttu', ail that is just. It is iu opposition to those principles, that some persons in Kngland aliect to be alarmed at tlie arrival of a few Jesuits in that country, and are striving to raise up a call on parliament to send them away. It is true, the ethics of this sect ''that the end justifies the means, M ate not very acceptable: and they are apt to meddle with things which do not belong to them. Hence they have been bandied about in the (Thristian world pretty much like the Jews. They mav freely come to the United States, and no danger would be. apprelhcuded from them yet we would rather receive one hish ditcher or a Genaan farmer than a dozen ol them; we war:t woikers, bit hat consumers enough already We mean, if workmeu had employment, which is not the case at present. Yilts. $IK0 U. ti e morning of the 6 to uotant, io hartiam's woodsy Kinges9w township, 5 miles from Philadelphia,

Jack Snake, an Tndian chief, one of the

nine Chei okces travelling from Philadi 1 phia to their nation. He is said to have been a warrior under general Jackson, and fought at the celebrated battle of Horseshoe. A coffin was procured, & he was decently buried by the neighbors: at the request of his companions, hi bow, arrows, &c. were buried with him. according to the custom of the nation. Savannah. The fever yet rages with uncommon malignity in this city tho nearly all of tlie white population has left it ! Between the flames and the pestilence this place has had a large portion of suffering, indeed. llotjal Play ictrcs.i. A Miss Francis Alsop Fit7.clarence, an acknowledged daughter of the duke of Clarence, third son of the late king of Kngland, and the famous Mrs. Jordan, has arrived at New York, a play-actress ! ! The Woolen Factory, near Belfast, X Y. owned by general M'Clure, is again in operation, giving life and spirit to the neighborhood. It was interrupted by the severe illness of 'he proprietor. The Ship of the line, building at Nor folk, and to have been launched on this lay, as ascertained by lot and according to law, i. to be called the Delaware." Murder. A child was lately killed at Lancaster, Pa. by a quack, who gave an injection of tobacco juice to cure a rupture ! Toe child was called in from play, and in filteen minutes wa dead. halloun. Mr. Guille, ascended in a ballot. ii at Philadelphia, on Saturday last, at 4 o'clock, and one hour thereaf tes safely landed in New-Jersey, about fortv miles distant from his starting place ! He passed through a cloud, which discharged rain below him, and for a considerable time he could not see the earth. By the help of a barometer, he calculated that his greatest height was S5,0'J( feet. Pennsylvania Election. Though the returns have not yet been all received, it appeai that general Iliester is elected governor of this state, by a majority of about 5,000 votes, after a most arduous and animated contest. A record of the votes, by counties, shall be made. Philadelphia. Robert Wharton, esq. has been elected mayor of this city. General Court Martial. It is understood that lieut. col. Anthony Gale, com mandant of marines, has been dismissed from the marine corps, by the sentence of a general court martial which sentence has been approved by the President of the United tates. . 4. ..... The following, from the SI. linuis Enquirer, is recommended to the notice of tl'ose people who talk much about tariffs. eve. V. York Cut. Lead. Missouri is famed throughout Europe and America for the. extent and value of her lead mines. She would be able to furnish all the U. States,the West Indies, Mexico, and South America with that article. In the mean time the U. States are purchasing lead from England. About 8500,000 per annum is usually pr.id by Americans to Englishmen for lead. Last year, however, it was about SoOO.COO. The difference of the policy pursued by the tuo nations is the cause of this state of things. In England foreign lead pays a duty of IZl) 18s. 4d. sterling on every cjuanti4.y of a Z100 worth imported ; ami the lead mines arc private property. In America foreign lead pars but little duty, and the mines are monopcli.cd by the government. From the ,Yai tonal Gazette. The pamphlet, of Governor Clark oT Georgia, respecting the character and ontluct of Win. Il.CrawfVd, Esq. SecT tarv of the i reasurv ot the U. State-, .;as been received at this office. It is production fitted to give much scandal, and of which the appearance is to be regretted. We are disgusted at details that tend to degrade tlie national character, and of which, whatever may be tlieir esactness, the publication must be ascribed as much to private resentment, a to patriotic feeling. To judge from the following ludicrous article of the Athens (Georgia) Gazette, we would suppose Mr. Crawford to have as much reason to dread his friends as his enemies in that State. The Hon "Win. II. Crawford arrived in this village on sunday the 3d inst. on a visit to his friends with whom he passed several days. He will leave Georgia about the 2jth for Washington. 4IIe is a fine looking man, and lias something quite prepossessing in his person & manners. We seldom discover so great a change within twelve y ears, as we do in this gentleman. Twelve years since he was but tall and slender, perhaps about 30. and his weight, probably, not more than 140, having a very meek and lamb-like appearance Now we perceive a massoffesho perhaps, 200 weight, presenting at one glance an elegance and dignitv, well becoming an officer and servant of an enlightened nation. He begins to show thw force of age and public service, by the silvery gloss so natural to humanity." Jlrrival of the ft retches. ENGLAND. Dever July T. This morning 6 of the Italian aides arrived. The good people f this town flocked to see them, 'lliev uere escorted by an Austrian agent anil a Milan attorney. iucha set of rarzd rascals never were seen before. Such wretches as go about with dancing dogs and moukies, white mice, tame snakes, and land turtles The magistrates got i guard of constables to protect them, tor fear the people should fling them intuthciea. They were kept guarded till

fvro coactei were brought (o put them' into. Several of them were w-u.dd bv the v.emen. They were ;;t lt .driven off amidst the hisses, cries and V'B;of t!if men, women and children, f this hum.-.ne, loval and public spirited tov. n Their drivers were ashamed to take thtm hv rhp hz road. The wretches seem-

ed frightened out ot their wits at thihonest expression of the feelings of the people. Who h to PAY for brings over, feeding, clothing and rewarding these wretches ? A NEW CONTINENT. Capt. Smith, an English marine, ha discovered new lands in a voyage f om Buenos Ay res to Valparaiso, round Cape Horn He made a landing in latitude fit, 45 south, and 57, 10 wet longitude He calls it a continent, gave it the nam. of New South Biitain and hoisted the flag. This information lias been communicated to I)r Mitchell, by John Robinson, Esq. at Valparaiso. We copied from an Indiana pnper, some days ago an account of a monster of human nature, bv name John l)?hman. By a paper of subsequent date, it appears, that bis body has been found in the woods, about 13 miles from NewAlbany, halt devoured by beasts or birds of prey, but recognized by k? ov.-: marks It is supposed he died a !i:ur; death there, having a fever on J iro wi en he escaped from jail " From appearances near where the body wv.s fim.vd, he lid been some days in a stnte of aiony the ground being very much be..ten up, bis garments scattered in different directions, and the body inked." On reading this account of an abandoned vi!Iain ei d, it is impossible not to recoilect those striking lines in one of Waller Scott's poems : JS'at. Intel " Her wing shall the eagle ilap " O'er the false hearted ; " His warm blood the w olf shall lap, " Ere life be parted. " Shame and dishonor sit " By his grave ever : " Blessing shall hallow it c Never, O never." Extraordinary Circumstance. Philadelphia, Oct. 6. Had we not received the following extraordinary circumstance from the best authority, we should certainly withhold our belief. Yesterday at the suit of the landlord, the sheriff took possession of a bouse iu Creason's Alley, the tenant being absent at Baltimore. To their astonishment on entering the chamber, they found a box, near his bedstead, on opening which they discovered the remains of his wife who had died about 5 years ago ; and on further search in the garret, a coffin was found containing the ashes of his child, which had died about three vc irs ago. Thev were immediately interred. Tlie officers and neighbors can conceive no possible motive for this act of infatuation and foily and what rentiers it truly astonishing that be should thus preserve the remains of his wife, is, that ince her death he has married a second wife. Rclfs Gazette. Case xn point. The present proceedings against the Queen of England recal to the mind of the correspondent of a London paper a circumstance which hap - pencu a lew years ago ai mgan, in lvancashire. A poor man, who was very ob - noxious to the wealthier part of the popuiation ot tnat town, was trica at tne vu.r-; j ter Sessions for a misdemeanor. Afierj hearing the evidence on both sides, after! a very learned mid impartial summing ui. j from the Chairman, the jury w ere ordcr- . r, 4 ,. . , diet. Altera quarter oi an hour s conu i- i i j . i r sultation, they returned, and the lore - V ;...K,t,:.'t.....u ... i UI.IIl, ItV Itlfc OOr LdOLltll 4JUIgJllI, SiilM, : JSot guilty, if hcll leave the toicn." Jl plan for effecting Ijnnaparie',s liberation. The curious paragraph which follows, is from a private letter from Paris, of a recent ditte. "The King, though pretty well just now, is still very feeble ; and you mayrest assured, that in the event of his death, some strong measures will be taken with respect to the English now residing iu France and its dependencies 'tis whispered among the higher circle, Ti iean tlie old Marshals, file, that on the above event taking place, every Englishman will be put in close confinement tiil the Emperor is restored to liberty Thev at the same time disclaim any idea of again placing him on the throne ; but they say, their country is degraded by ailowiny their former fiero to remain a prisoner in the hands of their inveteiate enemy. Dublin IVukly Register. QUEEN'S EXPENCES. The Queen has an unlimited power of uraw mg on me a reasurv lor tne expenccs of her trial The follow ing oilicial article shows how she improves it : CERTIFICATE. " We hereby certify, that it appears to us to be necessary that a further sum of ten thousand pounds should be forthwith advanced to Mr. Vizard, to be applied towards the expences of her Majesties defence now pending in Parliament. Dated the 26th day of August, 1820 (Signed) B. BROUGHAM, STEP. LUSHINGTON, THOMAS DENHAM. Among the Italian witnesses, imported to irive evidence aain. ih Oit u.-. a ersea who was discovered to be u

a priesty hi dligulse. The people "CfDo

vcr were greatly incersrd at this rct . it 'ppearing thc-.t lie crrme over t: ive a bsoLc Ti'.'N from day to day, for such sins a, might be committed by the Italians in giving in their evidence. V. Y. Columbian, mmt ;: & : u t ' Frcm the Sulional Inttllitrencer.l POST OFFICES. Of such cases of negligence or abuse ir. post-ouices as come under our observation, vy e are determined to inform the General Post, Office and particularly we give notice, for the benebt of whom it may concern, tbt we mean to make a formal demand for the dismission fiom otiice of the first postmaster whom we certain to h ie permitted newspaper of ours to lie dead in bis otlce, without giving the notice in such cases reouiifd by a General Order of the Postmaster General. If any postmaster furrr. out his office, he o Jght to be din.is5 d insianier. If he cinjvoy s igv.omnt e'erks, ditto, after notice. We vei ture to sav. that remonstrances rtp?ctii g the ionduct of either Postmaster", cr Contractors, supported by facts, wi t a'v. ys receive due regard at the proper ofLce. Sn-F!oicer Cijjfc A writer in the Plough ':: re. ommends tie seed of ti.e n-v lo .er as a sub&tit te for cofTee; which, or cgiceab;e fk.vr:id iiiepiiess, is equal, if not supei iur, to uny other kind that has been tried ftloni. Chror.lcle. Fahe Pride. -A. hauglitv and divd.:nfill carriage, ii dicates ? person of n.esn talents, r.ml a bad heart, :-nd peop e vho assume it are generally persons of low education. A Cirmcl was observed by nisny persons at Charleston, (S. C.) o-. the night of the first u:t. It was seen in a .. Vf. direction,, about 30 degrees above the horizon its tppearance is described as being very brilliant. Among ether toasts the following was drank at Suffolk, Mass. Ifeveiy :udc7il cf a day is admitted to practice at t.:e bar, the standard of their honor must be in a simple fee ' The di Terence between a Lu-yer ,nd a pettifogger The one has his title to honor in Fee simple ; the other in a shn pic fee. The Halifax papers of Sept. contain a list of 31 families, i;c 30th, t dit'2 nearly 150 souls, who have suffered by the late fires at Beaver Creek and Ohio, in the single towns): ip o Yniriouth. .a.d who are turned out destitute? :t d ir. pressing want. So sudden and r.pid hs the work ot destruction at tint n r:ce, th-tt many fami'ies wore forced to the neighboring lakes, and remained immersed in the water nearly a whole night. Vcrc. Jidv. Important fact. As a check to the rapid progress of disorganization r.nd ?Aht generally consequent on taking acrid poison, as corrosive sublimate, verdigris cr any 'alt of copper, n knowledge of the fact, that the white of eggs, swnl'mvcd very frequently, and without lim:t:licn as to quantity, as the mo-t appropriate remedy, ti'! tb arrival of medier! :;i.stnce, cannot be untmrorta t nor too ; Cncraiv diffused . j W,VS a frMher,"Pope bas'said, AnJ todies never doubt it : So thofe w ho've least withir their he ids Display tlie most without it. A person who brealis an engagement sMIom reboots on the m.-nnvpeiere. : f tirranscs; ,e mav be comrmred t. e u.,,.,. :. , i t i .,'.' . n.to a poo!, which disturb- . -e : t-A 4t - , . r j dt-r circle, tio ti e whole is dico,. A J. B. MARTIN. CONTINUES TIIK Tayloring business. At the old stand, Year the Steam MUl where oil orders in his line will lJt3 promptly attended to, and executed in tlie most fashionable stile and on the most reas mahie terms 'VtMer IG. tO. 29 -tf Experience P. Storrs, AND Charles Alexander, HAVING formed a connection in busj. ness, as Attorneys and Crmusellors ct haw, will practice in the Supreme and inferior Courts of this State. One r the other may at all times be found t then ofiice in Hindustan. Hindostan, Martin co. Sept. 1. C8-tf To nil whom it i.uy t on CKlhY: NOTICE is bcrpbv given, that in the ale of a Hor?e beast to a man cillir:; himself CHMtl.KS CLARK. I gave him my note or due'oiil in change of rro-riry of 35 dollar-, dated Gt!i September, 18r20, which note or duebill I ao determined not to piy unless romp tied by law, as the money I received of him being one note of 30 dollars o: the ban of Virginia, payable at their office of discount and rlcpoit, in Lynchburg the other note of 50 dollars on the bank of the Farmers' and Mechanic's of P ila delphia. Both the above notes are va'ul m be counterfeit. KNOCIi DAVIS.

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