Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 31, Vincennes, Knox County, 18 November 1820 — Page 3

SATtlftjUY, NOVEMBER 18, J 320.

Evcry person who knows me, knows my aversion to any thing like altercation villi neighboring printers. It does not tally with any disposition, and is often useless and offensive to the patrons of the pnper Besides,. such is the general charaot'M'of the bruins of most of the editors in Ibis state, that I do not wish to flatter them by taking anv notice of them.

Their skulls ara like Leghorn bonnets ; T. itS more room than retention ; or like the husk of a cocoa-nut, which it will tike a lusty carpenter, 'well armed with his broad-axe and hand-saw, an hour to break through, and after all, the fruit is not worth half the trouble. Their thoughts are merely instinct ; and guesswork is their only plan to keep them from bearing false witness and when they make their marks, it would puzzle a Philadelphia lawyer to tell whether their pens follow the dictates of their heads, or &ny other protuberance on their bodies.

Some time ago there was a paper occa

sionally printed at baiem, in this state.

This paper was printed by Ebexkzer

Patrick, a brawny, two-fisted gentleman, well fitted to heave the bar, either of a printing or tobacco press. The pa

per he called The Tocsin an alarming title and, when he started, it was tho

by the o'd people that he would make some noise in the neighborhood ; yet, after a!!, its tones were like the tinklings of a certain necessary instrument, which is oft'ia suspended from the necks of domestic animals, to direct the children

whre to find them while they are. wandering in the woods : a kind of twittering respiration, bare'.v denoting existence, and just sufficient to make the silence more audible It was heard for some time without exciting much-attention, till at last, it very resignedly tolled the curfew of its own departure. There is a town somewhere on the Ohio, which the tavern keeper calls JVtw Jltbany ; a smart, thriving place, full of natural curiosities ; well worthy the attention of statesmen and philosophers ; and when travellers wish to. find it, they enquire at Tarrascoii's saw-mill, on the onnositc side of the river. It is a great place for mercantile business ; and I see by looking over their Stock & Exchange it which came last mail, that, since the frosts, eggs have been above par, and chickens are 13 J per cent discount. Like other cities of note, its circulating medium adds to its commercial impor-

tanre. Well to this place Mr. Patrick has removed he has set up his press again,

end now prints the New Albany Chroni

cle : a decent looking paper, which 1

hope he will maintain with credit and profit to himself, and with benefit to his subscribers. Great cities sometimes produce great men, and great men sometimes produce great cities : we hope this trut!) will be exemplified in both parts in the case of JVcxc Jllbany and Mr. Patrick. Thus much for this editor ; wh im we notice partly through, the same reason

that once' induced a gentleman to take oiF

lii.s hat to his neighbor s slave, being unvv'ltins; to be outdone even by a negro in civility ; and partly to let our readers know what kind of enemies the Centixcl has ibo'itit and to show the methods which the small fry of the state take to reader themselves conspicuous :

tii the Centinel of Oct. 28, speaking of

the rcw state of Missouri, there is this Sentence : ! We have not yet seen a copy of its

constitution, but its most, important features -ire said to be, the. strength of the ere-c-f'trc and judiciary departments, in which Indhra is lamentably deficient. The

sal iries, also, of all the officers of government are fixed at nearly fourfold the sums at which they are established in this state; which, in these times, is the only sure

wrv tr r.cnre the serxices of men ol tal

ents and information "

The correctness of the above opinions is avowed by every person of information with whom we 'have conversed on the mVect : the statement is fact, without

the danger of denial, except from simp'e-

Now, tne justice of thh sentence

rea

goou man who has seen it ; and 1 cre but little about the approbation of those of any other description ; and I would here particularly note, that when the article was written, there was no thought of .pleasing such people as Ebcnczer Palrick. , He next makes another extract from the Centiuel on the same subject ; and we pray our readers to stoop for once and take notice of his meanness and du

plicity, while he selects the

from our paper of the same date :

44 But there are other subjects of para

mount interest to the Union at present, he your principal object literary arti

fow, the justice ct thh sentence is j that there are two side of a question, iily assented to .by every sensible and VI. A modest request from a eood

''lend, just as your paper ought to beat pre,, tut you would prepare a special article, to-suit his particular uews; which article must be long, heavy, and uuintercsting t all but the applicant. yil. And lastly, for the present, a quick succession of complaints such as, why was our advertisement omitted r that communication will be quite too late to-morrow the other papers have that news much more in detail I wonder you should publish $m many light articles, and leave out commercial ones this u

an important time, and politics ought to

loilowrnir

wmch cannot longer be neglected ; and

he is criminal who engages in an hopeless contest on expediency, while the strait line of duty demands all his intelligence, bis- honor and fidelity." Observe the malignant curming of this garbler In the Centinel as printed in incenncs, on this distressing and much

contested suoject, the paragraph thus :

runs

cle ought to claim a part of your attention still with forlorn gaze, you measure with your eye, the extent of the columns of your paper, and wistfully exclaim, 44 Ye Gods ! annihilate but time, and space ; And make us Printers happy !" postscuipt. another dueadful misery.

m i ft r

hpn von .irp rn prtin r npiv trnm m.

" The principles of African slavery are dozen or twenty different paper ; when loudly to be detested Us evils arc greatly vou iave to keen in vour mind's ee the

f . r ft

features of all : to have your

to be deplored ; but there are other sub

jects of paramount interest to the Union at present, which cannot longer be neglected ; and he is criminal who enlaces in an hopeless contest on expediency, while the strait line of duty demands all his intelligence, his honor and fidelity " He knavish ly leaves out the superior clause of the section, containing our express sentiments on this important sub

ject, which sentiments we are always de- !.., .1 l l i

uiucuiu avowing, anu scrupulously positive in maintaining ; and he barely in

serts the after part, with the ridiculous view of injuring the Centinel by this new contrivance, operating on the

short-sighted prejudices of a few new-

tangled philanthropists. Yet his ends can never be attained by such means the paragraph, even as he has quoted if, is politically and morally correct, and may shame light on the base or ignorant scribler, who will attempt to deny or pervert it. . I shall close this article by observing, that if the editor here mentioned had taken the trouble to remember my repeated declarations on the subject of negro slavery, and had been honest enough to quote them fairly, I should have been spared the degradation of replying to him. I have never been under the necessity of being ashamed of m opinions, nor shall I in future notice everv naitrv perversion

of my sentiments, which may be pub-1 remedy

hsheu to grainy the ancient spleen and jealousy of our changeling hunters of popularity. Ye are not bound to notice all the tri

fling efforts of the u puny whipsters'1' of the quiil who " take pride' in assailing us ; nor to turn to the yelpings of " the little dogs and all," who are trained to bark at us. Our principles and conduct are tested by a large and increasing subscription list, and we do not wish any more honorable approbation.

consequence of which all the flour which has arrived for the last four weeks has been piled on the wharves. There are two vessels here that have been taken up for Alexandria and Baltimore, to cam back Hour; they are now loading. 44 In consequence of the quantity that has lately been smuggled, the Intendant has ordered that every vessel having flour on board should haul to the custom house wharf and discharge immediately, under the inspection of the officers in consequence of which every barrel of tlour pays $8 3-1 duty. Flour is now selling from $9 J to 10 per bbL which will not pay the duty and other charges."

rcn-

Bar J: Directors. The following

tlemeu are appointed Directors for the

Branch of the United States' Bank, in Lexington, Ky. Mr. Wilkixs has been re-chosen President. Charles IVdkias, William Leavy, JTiliam Morton, Samuel Tro(ler,Juhn Brand, B. IV. Dudley, IV. IV. IVorsley. Elijah IV. Craig, Richard Higg'uis, fVm. IV. Blair, EngMiart Yeiztr.

leading features of all

papers misplaced ami vour arrangement

all broken in upon hv the busy intoifM -

enccol half auozn j;ood natured trieou-

lv loungers, who after having agonized! your feelings into a high lever, letire. one after another, humming the tuneful! what's this dull town to ntf," or giv

ing some other indication of their idle propensity or negligence. i ANOTHER. ' Receiving, as a tavor, a late foreign newspaper, containing a mass of important news, which you do not find in your regular exchange papers. Wishing to make copious extracts you lay it carelull y bv. to look over and select from in the evening. When evening comes, yon

look for and enquire for your paper, anil have the satisfaction to find that a pretended friend has asked for it to peruke while he staid a few- moments ; and has kindly slipped it hi to his pocket, and slily made -iff iith his prize ; and you neither see him nor the paper again for a fortnight. ANOTHER. Being persecuted with complaints from your town customers, that they do not receive their papers ; then scolding your hoy fur his negligence, and being plum ply told by him that he is always very careful, and never misses a subscriber. Ditto ditto every week

lone the theatre of its ravages. W credibly informed, that iu'Philadci

Earthquake. On Thursday last, about 4 o'clock, P. M. a smart shock of an

Earthquake was felt at Princeton, Gib

son county, in this state. Its duration

was for nearly a minute. A slight shock

was very sensibly felt in this place on the

same day, and at the same hour.

- From a JVestrrn I'aper. Miseries. of Editors.

Which, not the firmest of our foes

could fear ;

" Nor 9tern Ulysses tell, without a tear."

Pcpe s Homer. I. .A kind visitor, whom vou would

make almost any sacrifice to, rather than oftVnd without the least ill inten

tion in the world, but merely moved

and instigated by mother Eve's fatal

From the Democratic Press." SPAIN. We have it from such authority as satisfies us of the fact, that the king of Spain has ratified the treaty with

the Ui ited States for the cession of the

FLORIDAS: we are also satisfied that ihe ratified treaty is now in the United States, and will be submitted to Congress,

immediately on its assembling next month

The manifesto, the tyrannic and warlike manifesto of the Emperor Alexander on Spanish affairs, which we lately published, has been explained to the entire satisfaction of the Spanish king and

cortes. J he emperor is understood to

have declared, in his explanatory state paper, his first manifesto was predicated on the belief that the army had usurped the authority of the kingdom, and dictated to the people by force of arms the present established form of government; but that subsequent advices having conveyed a more correct statement, and his imperial majesty being satisfied that the change in the government ias been the

act, not ot the army, but ot the nation, he is now entirely reconciled to the

change, and hopes the constituted author

ities and the Spanish people may enjoy

prosperity and happiness uuder the iew

ly established order of things Tnese explanations and congratulations have

Truth is confirmed by investigation and

delay. THE PAMPHLET I promised to publish, is not yet printed. It has not been delayed without reason. A point of time for its appear-

m Aft nice will be announced, as soon as one

JOHN CLEVES SYMMES. Newport, Ky. Sept. 21, 1820. JVa. Intel Baltimore, Oct. 17. The rainy eason, as the recent-one

may emphatically be called, lias been at

tended with very melancholy effects. The question is not, who in this city, is

troubled with the miluenza f but, who is uot troubled with it ? The complaint is

so general and pervading, that if we

should assert that one half of the population of Baltimore was afflicted with this malady, we should not, prob d!j, wander

wide irom tho tact. Nor is Baltimore a-

e are

iphia.

nearly thirty thousand are attacked with

this disease, comprising, perhaps, one third of its population. We hear from New York, that the proportion is there as

great of those who are victims to this ma

lady. The influenza, whenever it does appear, generally carries this formidable sweep ; this disease is called by physicians, an epidemic, or in other words, it is generated in the atmosphere. Yester

day we were greeted by the appearance of that welcome stranger, the Sun, by whose benign agency we are in hopes to be relieved from the company of our inhospitable guest. DIED At Springfield, N. J. Walter Smith, i-ged iil years, leaving a progeny now living of 8 children, 59 grand children, 93 great grand children, and o great

great grand children, being ! Go blood

descendants; besides 40 sons and daughters-in-law, who have married into his family. And what is more remarkable.

within four years they have ali (with the exception of two) lived within the sound

01 tne church bell ot t hp nnrkh

m-umm V. x. Columbian.

Saw

THE subscriber wishes to purchase a quantity of SOIWD LOGS, Delivered at C. SMITH'S YINCEN. NES STEAM -MILL, Of the fallowing descriptions: From 23 to 4 leet over, fruin 12 to lii teet long. WALNUT LOGS

From 52 1 to 4 feet over, from 12 to 1(3

feet long.

BLUE ASH LOGS From 2 to 4 feet over, from 12 to 1G fect long. WHITE OAK LOGS From 2; to 4 feet over, from 12 to 20 feet long. For which he will pav FIFTY CENTS per hundied leet in board measure. JOHN T. VAN U EVEN TE R. Nov. 18, 1820. . 51 tf State ot Indiana, Knox Pounty and Circuit, Set. SepiemberTerm, !20. Ordered by the Court, that the fallow ing.Yofice be published in the h Jiano Centinel, for three weeks succeively, tr'wtrd in Vincennes, to-wit ;" NOTirE.1 James Johuston applird ta the Circuit Court of the County of Knox and State of Indiana, at the September Term, 1820, for the benefit of the act of Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled, An act for the reliif lT Insol. ent debtors, approved on ti e C0i.l January, 1820." It is therefore oioVreil by the Court, that notice of the pendency of sut h petition be grit-en in th Indi ana Centinel or YestiTn Sun, pipers printed in Vincennes, at lea?t a weeks successively, and that ) Court will meet on the Hist . on.. of Ihcember neit, at the Court Uu l m Vine enne, to act up.in taid Petiti 1. a copy tesi z. JOHN D. EARLY, D.0.K.CC. 31 3w

Notice.

Whereas, my uife ELIZABETH, has deserted my bed and beard without cause 01 provocation assigned, this is to forwarnall peismin from harbour,;; or trusting her on rny account, a 1 determined to pay no debts of hereon, ti acting after thi date.

JOSHUA GIFFOUD. Oct. 21, 1820, 31,-tp Ol. tovn!lin. Crawforn f'o II!

E11U

June 22d

July 1st tlu. 6th .do. 17th do. 2oth Aug. 2d do. 10th

A list of Letters, REMAINING in the Post Office iit quarter m!ing on tho 30th day of September, 1820, whi ! if not taken nut before the 31st daj of December, 1820, will be sent to the Gencr al Po-t-Office as dead letters. U Jamth Rankin, M Mr. M'Gary J Samuel Jackson. CHAfe. WHITING, P. M.

iynunana, ucf. 1. 31-3w

vice, curiosity, rummaging our private been received in the most friendly spirit,

. a 1 I

rti. L-inrr w'ln wish to make xneir

court to the prejudices of their neighbors

"With a mixture of ignorance ami impu

dence, assisted by a stale trick of editoria

villanv. the aforesaid editor copies part

C nkirfl :rntnnrf in tllC lb ml tol

Kik i;iTj nun 1 x w-.fcw- 7 - lowing :

" Hut its most important features are

said to be, the executive and judiciary uernrtmer.ts in which Indiana is lamentably deficient." TnlrmT onprinl care to omit the words,

" the strength of;" on which the merit of

the remark materially depends, leaMn the sense of the expression indefinite, and il.s inte-ition uncertun , and omitting, r!ao, the concluding part, respecting salaries and services.

lie then ocs on and quotes irom me

the following, respecting the prospects before tiie nation at the ensuing session

desk, if it happen to be commodiousl?

open, examining your letters and other

correspondences : resorting to your com

position drawer, on the ground 01 intim

ate acquaintance ; deranging und inspecting manuscripts, when vou had as lieve he had intruded into vour wife's dressing room ; or peeping over cases, and inter rupting compositors, to see the original articles, which, you did not intend t; show him, or any one else, except thro

the medium of the press.

11.

it seems doubtful whether the writer

intended 1o represent European, Chal-

deac, or Chinese characters ; and after

patient attempts to decvpher the hiero

glyphics, restoring it to the author : and

hearing his unfeigned expressions ot as

tonishmiMit. that you d'd nnt find all as plain and legible as a Market Street

and the best relations of friendliness are established between the two governments

Vegetation in Cold Climates. The following Is a calender of a Sibe

rian or L upland year: Snow melts Snow gone Fields quite green Plants at full growth Plunts in flower Fruit ripe Plants shed their seed Snow

b nmi August 1 1th to June 2 ;d, snow and ice. Thus it annears that fmm thpir

first emerging from the ground to the

ripening oi their seeds, the plants take

uuta montn; ana spring, summer, and autumn, are crowded in the short space

of 5G days.

do.

llth

Receiving a manuscript, of which

Congress

It .pp:ns that the members from the

fico states are determined to oppose the

iicceptmce of the new constitution. This course of conduct will be impolitic,

'? t.-. . d.iun limvrver pure

their motives and virtituus their principle

mnv ho. in thi iiulrnire. tllCV CUJinot e-

jtM:t to succeed ; and the great interests of the notion require that another long yuan should not be consumed in an useless war of words, which will have no better ellect thiu arraying north -.'gainst 'fcouth, ar.d exciting and continuing the most ruinous sectional irritation.'

1 1 1. Just as you are in the verv busiest

part of your daily duties, in preparing vour paper, having an obliging call, with a verbose communication of a private

nature, which you are required not only to receive, hut to hear read, amid the din of other calls, proof is ready ; tcai tin"-for the pronf, sir ? and the prospect

nt' a Utw nanr. and subsequent com

plaints, in anticipation, grinding on your feelings.

IV. KnnuineR. " who wrote that ar

ticle i" when you have no fair riht to

inform; and when it seems unkind to

refuse, and incredible to say you do not

know. V. In a busr moment, receiving a per

sonal lampoon; which you are resolved

nut to publish : vet wish to cive vour

1

From the National Gazette There are, we understand,good grounds for believing, that the Russian cjurt has directly acknowledged the constitutional

system re-established in Spain, and con

gratulated the Spanish monarch on the

harmony subsisting between him and his

new ministers and advisers. It is also

said, upon information which we think

worthy of credit, that the new adminis

tration in Spain are decidedly in favor of

the ratification ol the 1- Ionda Treaty,

and had resolved to exert to that end their influence with the Cortes. We

nave ncara 01 a very amicaoie corres

pondence between the Spanish Secretary

of State and Mr. Forsyth, in which the

latter makes full amends by the glowing

kindness of his tone for the asperity of

his former addresses. We rejoice in ev ery act of conciliation and kindlv com

1 a Ala

muuion between tne two governments

because we believe the arran:

the Treaty are the best that could be

made under all circumstances, and that the final confirmation of them will be for their mutual advantage. The rizhts of

this country cannot be relinquished out

of deference to the noble career in which

the Spanish Liberals are engaged; but in asserting them, we owe every testimonial of consideration and sympathy com

patible with the main object. - mmmBD

Extract of a letter , dated Havana, Sept. 24.

" I find it impossible to do any thins

at present with the Flour under existing circumstances, as there is not a house in

Lost Child. During the Fall of ti e vear 1P18, a you ig lad called FRANCIS IIUNTKR, about 13 3 ears of age landed inQuvbcc, from on board the ship Pitt from R 'fast, Ireland, since which time his afflicted

parents have heard nothing of him, onlv, that he had went up the river St. Lawrence in cjmpany with a gentleman, whose name or destination is unknown any information respecting him will be thankfully received by (iAULT ai:d MIT II, Vincennes, la. or Mr. John Durrugh. Philadelphia. Vincennes 4th Xovember. 1820.

fc.-"It is hoped that Editors of newspapers who may see the above will insert it, f'l W'hicll thtiSP rnnrPMpd viil i-Vfrn;it.

"Murder will out." A bill of indict

ment has lately been found, by a Grand

Jury in one ot the interior counties of

ISew lork, against a man bv the name

of Gilbert Ilorton, for the murder of

Amos n ood, in the year 1 800.

Coutdon. Nov. D

The Federal Court, and the Sunreme

Court of the state of Indiana, are both

now m session in this place.

1 he Legislature of Kentuckv has not

settled upon any definite mode of relief as yet, but it appears that the emission of

paper trom a new created state bank, on principles similar to that of Tennessee, will be resorted to.

A Lost Child. lnthony Wilcox, left his familv in Al

exandria, Virginia, on the Ttb of August,

iblH. tor Lexinjiton. "Kf . atcnnip.med

by his son Henry RaiU Wilcox, ti en 6

years old. Mr. Wilcox, on his return home by way of New-Orleans, was lost at sea. Before leaving Lexington, he wrote to his family that he would leave his son in that place, to go to school. Tae hoy has ntver since been heard of. Any person who ran ive information of him will confer a lasting obligation on the rc" mair.ing parent of the child, by writicj

to her in Cincinnati.

PHKBEE P. WILCOX. Cincinnati. Julu 1. 1C

.1 . i. it .. 1 i 1.1 .1. i 1 1

reasons, wiinoui lime 10 explain uu in. 1 me piace wou uum autium- u auigie uoi X 11. The writer, full of the justice oi hr on it what to do with it I know not.

his. cause, and perfectly incredulous, TliC custoa house stores ue ullfujl, ia 2 tails, three, & a gacha of one tail one."

A Ministerial Maneerrc. Sir Robert Walpole once wanting to carry a question in the House of Lords and not bein"- quite sure of some of the Bishops, prevailed up

on bis friend, the Archbishop of Canter

bury, 10 stay at liome lor two or three days. In the mean time, Sir Robert cir-

dilated a report that his grace was danger

ously ill. On the day of meeting, the

House was, as miht be expected, re-

it . .

markamy crowded with lawn sleeves, not

one of whom voted against the minister.

"The Turks allow that their empeior may kill every day, fourteen of bis sub

jects with impunity and without impeach

ment ot tyrannv, because, say they, lie

does many things by divine impulse, the

reason ot which it is not permitted to

them to know. I have been told that

pacha of three tails is authorised by law

to cut 01T live heads a day. a pacha

o

The Subscriber.

RESPECTFULLY inform his friendf

and the Public, that, in consequence oF

continued indisposition, he has cor.tla

in n t rclinq'Mish tru- business of

He earnestly rqueU thos. iruei.ie i tn

him. either bv note or book accour.t. to

call and pav him : a the state of t! times will not admit of longer nt;lcc&

Mark Barnctt. Vincennes. Xor. 4. 18C0. 29-tf

J. B. MARTIN, CONTINUES TIIE Tayioring Business, At the old utand, .Wor the Steam Mil m here all order in hi line, will a promptly attended to, and executed ia the most fashionable etile and on the most reasonable term. October 16, 15 29 W