Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 34, Vincennes, Knox County, 16 December 1820 — Page 2

1 1 I flink may he gainer in proportion to the dfpreciationof their paper; am! thin depreciation produced, on account of, and in proportion to, the amount with lie lit nonnayment. Every measure, rhich hll havp a tendency to subject t!ir paper medium ofthe state, to a greater depreciation than at present, unless such measures should he required brother reasons than the amount of their

paper in circulation, will tend to the injury of the disinterested holder, and enable the debtors to the Rinks to discharge, those dcbtvhv speculation in the purchase of the paper of the Hanks to v-.nch they stand indebted. Although mst of our Hanks, from want of foresight, hive acted imprudently in issuin inper too freely ; yet, frm the best inF"Tnatinn; they have generally been engaged in recalling it from circulation for more than a year past. To restore the circulating medinm to specie standard, should unite our cxrtiuns in cverv rational and practical rieasure tending to that object; and although it may be impracticable to accomplish it as soon a would. be desirable, without producing considerable sacrifices of property, yet our views should be constantly directed to its accompli h men t. To designate a time within which it shall be nude the duty of the Hanks to resume specie payments 'is recommended to your consideration, having a reference in prescribing such timey to the consequence or forced payments upon the community, and the corresponding requisite of legal means of collection. Such a measure will enable the Hanks, as w?l! as legally require them, to force collections, and stimulate to further exertions, such as may be desirous to continue a Hodies Corporate, and likewise remove that uncertainty which is entertained insolation to their ultimate solvency, or prove their intentions by the result." Upon this subject it will b my duty, at an early period, to present to your consideration a report of the situation f the state Bank & Branches in a separate Message; and likewise copies of a fj irrespondencc bad with our uon specie paving Hanks. Tlie Situation of the debtors to the United States, and especially those who are actual settlers, will claim a portion of your deliberation. The procrastination of the time of payment of those jlebts, seems to meet the views of the General Government with reluctance. I.f it shall meet your approbation to present your wishes in behalf of your constituents in favor of a measure, which, shall authorize thevdebtors to the United States, to have their monies now paid, transferred to their credit, on such portium of the lands already purchased, as they may select, at one dollar and twenty five seats per acre ; provided the number of acres upon which such trans'tfer may be made, be not less than one lialf of one quarter section, they would Iiave their Hue weight; and if ultimately successful, would be calculated to relieve the actual settlers from the forfeitures f their homes, their money and their labor, which without relief must be inevitable. . , The embarrassments of a pecuniary character to which we are i-uhjected, tnay be attributed chiefly to our vast consumption of articles of foreign growth rr manufacture, draining the country of the precious metals; and leaving us' indebted to the commercial pities. The surplus produce ot the state", increasing in quantity and reduced in price, has teen greatly deficient in the amount of its proceeds, to meet the demands upon! is which have been created by the consumption of foreign objects of merchandise. By the co-operation of these circumstances, we have become subjected to debts, beyond our present ability to ttischargc; andvtur best interest will require, that we resort to a certain and at the same time a 'constitutional remedy, front which permanent relief will be realized. Tol-ctrict these errors, however fascinating which national pride or 5a!se ambition may have produced ; and directing the future, by a strict scrutiny of the past : bv curtailing our corrsumption f foreign articles, by the application of active industry, not less to domestic manufactures ot every description, than to the soil ; thereby, paving from the former, while realizing the nett -aiusof the proceeds of the latter, we may ere long 6e reinstated in our former independence ; and L-arn by experience, that moderate and certain gains afford the safest guarantee to relative '-wealth, so far as may be essential to the attainment of public or private happiness. ' The constitution requires, during your present session, a new apportionment of the representation of the Mate, to the Gcncraf Assembly.. Jo accom-i:-i.-4KU imnortant ohiect with impartiaV.tr to the different counties and sections of the state, will be productive of ,.h nublic atisfaoiion. Theways and means for tfce ensuing year necessarily csaun a-.... Since the operation of the State Government, the average annual income anein from taxation, may be estimated at ilS,000, and the annual average ex penditures amounts to more wan ij t00 This estimate produces an annual deficH, exceeding SWJO, to meet the cinenccs of.thp government; without takiii" ii.to calculation the delays attendant upon the collections ofthe revenue, produced inrart, by the present system i,f assessment and collection, lotnett . iuch deficiency, the reverse h been ' tj ldVs3 ajid fur t taureriTlhc yh-

ifc citdit shall bj ported, resort nust be, to additional taxes or to lo.:o as formerly, to meet, not oaly this deficiency, but an increased expenditure; nececarily to be provided for as the conseuenc? oY an increased representation in the General Assembly. If further loans arc to be required, it may add to the 'depreciated paper already in circulation, which should be avoided, but if additional taxation, it is submitted to the General Assembly, as being better informed ot the wishes and abilities of our constituents, and more competent to decide in relation t the objects to which such taxation shall be directed. It is not without reluctance, that a revision ofthe present revenue laws is aain recommended to your consideration. To require the assessment of taxes to be made at an earlier period each year, would afford more time for payment and enable the collectors with more certainty, and less inconvenience to the pei ple,o meet their payments to the Treasury. During the past year more than five thousand dollars have remained unpaid, which should have been received at the Treasury during the month tif December last, or w ithin three months thereafter, v.hile shortly after the clo-io ofthe last session, there were no funds in the Treasury but the paper of Ohio Banks whose creilit was greatly depreciate'. The interchange of laws between this and other states of the Union, required attention. The crrater portion of the state have presented to this state, copies of their laws, and request a similar rclurn : all of ',vhich, together with various state papers of the United States, have been deposited in the ofirce of the Secretary for this state subject to the use or the Legislature. The frequent changes which our laws of a general nature hive undergone, tend to prevent their provisions from being generally known : many of our lellow citizens have neither the time nor possess the opportunity, to trarce the many alterations which take place in the law regulating the administration of justice, determining the nights of persons and of property. It is not presumed that the progressive improvement of the human mind, will not require revisions of, and amendatory enactments to, our laws ; but' experience should clearly dictate the necessity, as welt as extent, of additional legislative provisions before they

should be carried into execution. The public good will no doubt be the ultimate object of all your deliberations, mutually --exercised with becoming forbearance towards error of opinion ; and with such confidence reooseu, and a be coming reliance upon the. Ruler of the Universe, . whose roo!ne8S aau whose laws are equally perfect, you have the assurance of my entire co-operation. JONATHAN JENNINGS. Corydon, Nov. 28, 1820. b France. M. Cuvier, in a late discussion in the chamber of depoties, observed that elementary instruction was for the most part given gratuitously, or at a small expence, in France. That 1,070,500 children learn at this moment to reap and write in the minor schools, under the care of 28,000 masters ; and that 40,000 youths are admitted into the college?, each paving a small tax of from titteen to twenty franc to the state. Many people danced in the streets of Paris, when it was announced that the duchess of Bcrri was delivered of a son ! The whole city was illuminated ! One half of the Moniteur is filled with an ofpetal account of the little baby, Every tiling is described with disgusting pre cision. The duchess was suddenly taken, nnd delivered before her immediate attendants could reach her when she found that it was a male child, she exclaimed " God what happiness it is Ood that hath sent hitfi to us !" Then the accoucheur was brought forward ; but he did nothing until her room was filled with men to be eye-witnesses of her situation, the child, remaining as at the moment of its birth for their examination ! After which the 41 surgical operation" was performed. During this time the princess conversed freely with the people about her. Some wine "of Jurancon and a clove of garlic bad ben sent to her from Pau. She desired that the child should taste the wine, and have its lips rubbed with the garlic, which was done. This was in commemoration of the birth day of Henry IV. when a like ceremony was performed The flagon ised on this occasion is said to bav'e been the same. The depositions of the several persons present, occupy several columns." Alas, poor France! Alas, poor human nature! that this child should be considered as born' to be the tncsfer of twenty-five millions of people. Viles. ' M.I Vrrr York. The legislature of this state met at Albany, on the Tth inst. The ClintonialnsM and ' anti-Clinto-nians" tried their strength in the choice of a speaker ot the house of assembly the latter succeeded by a majority of 17 votes. After the -organization of the house, governor Clinton opened the business of the season with a speech, which we shall publish. ; llaltimore. John Montgomery, Esq, was elected mayor of Baltimore, for the cnuimg two years, by the elector chosen in. .Oct. last. Tin 17. S. Brig Enteiyrize has sailed for St. Thomas' supposed to bring home aome persons charged with piracy.

Indiana Legislature. In Senate. Jltmdaifr Yotemher 27. This being the day appointed, by the proclamation of the Governor, for the meeting of the Legislature, the following members appeared and took their seats, viz. : From the counties of Kno, Sullivan, Vigo, Owen and Davits M m. Pulke. From the counties of Franklin and Fayette William C. Drew. From the counties of Warrick, Vanderburg. Posey, Spencer and Perry Elisha Harrison. From the counties of Jefferson, Switzerland, Hipley and Jennings William Cotton. From the county of Dearborn John Gray. From the counties of Harrison, Crawford and Floyd .A . Slaughter. From the counties of (iibson, Pike and Dubois Mchard Daniel. From the counties of Washington, Orange, Jackson, Lawrence and Monroe James Grezortt. From the counties of Clarke and Scott Joseph lia rth atom eir. From the counties of Wayne and Randolph Patrick' llaird. The honorable Ratlilf Boon, Lieut. Governor, appeared and took his seat as President ofthe Senate. The Senate proceeded to elect James Morrison, Secretary : John N. Dunbar, assis. Secretary, and Henry Batman, door-keeper. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday, November 27. This day being appointed by Proclamation of the Governor, for the meeting ofthe Legislature, the following members of the IIoue of Representatives, appeared and took their seats. From the Counttf of ff'ayrieJostph Hoi man, Simon landes and Thomas Swaine. Franklin James Goudie ami Joseph Hanna. Dearborn Ezra Ferris and Erasmus Powell. Switzerland Samuel Merrell, Jefferson Jeremiah Sullivan fit Thomas Crawford. Clarke John F. Ross, Andrew P. Hay and Joseph Gibson. Jackson William Graham. Washington Mai stun G. Clarke, and Samuel Milioy.' 7ftrrmo!John Tipton, Henry Green and Jacob Zcnor. - Ferry- Samuel ' Conner. Warrick Daniel Grass. Posey Charles J. Battel!. (Hhaon David Robb. Ano.r George R. C. Sullivan, Kobert Sturgus and John M'Donald. The members being assembled, the House proceeded to choose its oflicers, when the following gentlemen xvere duly elected. William Graham, Speaker, William W. Wick, Clerk, Henry P, Thornton, Asst. Clerk, John Jlore, Door-K.eeper. Tuesday, JVo vein be r 2.8. Mr. Hay, from the cohimitfee appointed to wait on his excellency the Governor, to know if he had any communication to make, returned for answer that it would be tnaile immediately, in the Representative Chamber ; accordingly the Senata took their seats, when the Message was delivered, which is contained in this day's paper. DOMESTIC. Pennsylvania Election for Governor. -Gen. Heister's majority at the late election is stated at one thousand four hundred and fifty-one. It appears that the friends of Gov. Findley intend to contest the election. The Democratic Press says the following are the grounds stated for th onnosition. ft 1st. The persons employed lotake the census were I 1 l .. I f I ..I. - I iii so empioyeu as inspectors anu viem at the General . Election. 2d. That a person who had bet on the result ff the election, afterwards acted as a Judge at the General Election. And 3d. That the electors for Inspectors at one of the Wards, South Mulbery, in this city, the Ward Election was ilegally held." The rress savs, lurther, that JLhos. 6Tr flnf,Attorney General, M. Dallas, Deputy Attorney General, and Alderman Shoemaker are said to be the committee appointed to prosecute the contested eiect:on. President Adams, has inst entered his SGth vear. Impressment ! A man, named Dun ham, has lately returned to the place ol his nativity in Vermont, after an absence of about 30 vears, having been impresscm auu ueiaioeu in uie nrius.1 service until very recently, for all which he received about 50 dollars. He was in the bittles of the Nile and of TrafalgarHe found his wife married to a third husband. This man has not received any essential injury ! ! ! !" Cotton. Accounts from England say, that cotton was very scarce in India ma; it vost ntarij xl cents Uierc. Th;

it goc3 netri, If "true, for the people of the southern states, and it it well for the whole that some part of the union is in a prosperous condition. The Croup. Three children, of the name of Gibson, died at Philadelphia of the croup, on the 27th, 3th, and 30lh ult. Their ages were 11 mo. 2 years and 5 years, respectively. Sleighing! There was good sleighing for several days, about the 20th ult. in some part f New-Hampshire, and at Plattsburg, N. Y. the snow fell 8 inches deep !

Nantucket contains a population of G,992 white and 2G4 colored persons. Ofthe whites 2,731 are under 16 years of age. The females are probably more numerous than the mates, but their num bers are not stated. Supposing them to be equal, it appears that ot 2,130 l males, on the island, over 10 vears of age, 599 were iciduws nearly one in five of the whole. Savannah. A census was lately taken ofthe white population remaining in this city they amounted to 693 mcu, 449 women and 352 children total 1,404. The hous8 unoccupied was 343!. How fearfully must the diseases have raged here! lo add to the calamities of Sa vannah, a wretch was detected in the act of setting fire to a large wooden buil ding not yet finished ! JC?Our last ac counts afford a hope that the fever had subsided. ties. Bombast from -Texas. Head Quarters, Fort Eoliyaji, ) Aug. Oil, 1820. j GENERAL ORDEll. The Commander in chief congratu lates himself that the pleasant task of thanking you for your gallant conduct in an action with the Caranqua Indians, fought on the 30th July last, at 3 o'clock, A. M. in which yur enemy was entirely defeated and put to flight, with the loss of three-fourths of their warriors, their implements of war, provision, camp equipage, and boats, devolved on him at such an early period after your arrival in this part of the Republic. Soldiers, the cool and determine courage displayed by jooi on this occasion, will never be forgotten by your Commander; and is a sure guarantee ofthe honorable and successful result of every battle we maybe compelled to tight The good oder, firmness, 'and resolute charges made, by you with the bayonet, amidst a destructive shower of arrows and tomahawks, against morejfhan four times your numbers, for more than fifteen minutes, is unexampled in the annals of ivar. The enemy you have conquered, bears the character of no ordinary foe. For years they ttyve spread terror along this coast, and among the surrounding nations of Indians: they are raised from their infancy to war, and feed on the flesh of their vanquished enemies. Soldiers ! a few of you by this single victory, I ave not only secured the safety of our own settlers, but rendered perfect security to the inhabitants of the adjacent parts of the United States ; and have relieved the people of Labahia and St. Antonio from a yearly subsidy, paid these cannibals for peace; you Lave revenged the death of every unfortunate American, that chance has placed in their power; and none were known to escape them. At the same time, that victory crowns our elTorta, we have to lament the loss of same of our brave companions in arms: you will see by the report of the Surgeon General, that one was killed in action, and nine wounded. Two of the wounded are since dead. The balance although severely injured are doing well. The Commanding General feels himself so much indebted for the good conduct j of, all, that it is impossible to discriminate. Hot he cannot pass on without noticing the peculiar good conduct of Surgeon-General John G. Purncll, who forgetlul ot personal danger lantly into action on the first chaiire ; where he received a severe wound in the head, but continued, notwithstanding, to render his professional services to the wounded, for which he deserves my warmest thanks. I am happy to inform you he is doing well. To Major Milam, who volunteered his services as my aid-de-camp, and to Col. Varnum, an officer of distinction in the service of V'enerula, we are much indebted for the favorable result of the action. Mr. Taylor, a citizen of this Renublic. volunteered hi services, and contributed much to our success. The Commander in chief avail him. self of this occasion to thank his officers and soldiers for their uniform good con duct, prompt obedience to all his orders, and determined trrpvpranr ;n mounting difficulties of the most trving and discouraging character; but he feels confident with such regular and firm support, he will ere lon:be enabled to lead you to honor and glvry. Soldiers, the eyes of all nations are 'upon vou. un jourgoDd conductand perseverance depends the fate of millipns vet unborn. At present you are but feT--remain a band of brothers, and every week will add to your numbers. You are in full possession of the most healthful, fertile, convenient and beautiful country on earth. ith the conduct you have hitherto maintained, nothing can aorest it from vou. lour Commander pledges himself to use all the mean, in his power to add to your coaWt.-He fas never deceived you. , r,. JAMES LONG. By command of his Excellency, C. smith Mitchell, Liivt. V& and acting Adj. Gev.A

Note cr. the ctvtei) -TI.c Carannua Indian arc a tib ti e

most ferocious and warlike. They are composed of Creek Indians and Attackapas. They are at war with all Indisns and all whites, excent the Spaniards, whose allies they were for a subsidy. Their number killed and wounded couM not be ascertained ; as they carried theif dead o(f as fast as we cou.d shoot theii down. We attacked them in the nigh ft whilst they were engaged in their war dance, and succeeded by running with out discovery, to come within nftren steps of them, home of the men arc the largest I ever saw, from 6 fet:t to 6 feet 6 inche, the most of them. I took a little boy prisoner he was wounded in. the thigh, and died twenty dajs after the battte. EXECUTION BV TnE GUILLOTINE. Extractof a letter, datej, Paris, February 17, ISID. " I have been, to-day, to witness the execution of a murderer, by tfie guillotine, at the place de Grave. In the morning, as I pasted through tiie square, the sight of the fatal machine, whicli two or three workmen wer erecting, (for it is taken to pieces and packed in a. cellar when not in use) made a chili run through my veins. A few idle persons were looking oa with apparent unefneern. As the bour of execution approached, being in the neighborhood, my curiosity overcame the natural feeling of repulsion towards such a scene, and induced me to join -die current which set from the Louvre to the "Plata de Grave." On approaching this square, I found the street, through which thti criminal was to pass, became more ant more thronged with waiting spectators, of whom the greater number were vc men, many with children in their arms tlity also composed the majority of the assembly round the ins: raiment tf dath itelf. This was the best opportunity I have had of observing a collection of the Canaille of Paris, a part of our race, whose conduct is wejl calcul? ted to lessen the high estimation which a philanthropist may entertain of the dignity of the human kind. I did not wait long before the cart containing the criminal approached. Ho was dressed in his ordinary dothes, his confetsit was seated by his side, and two gen df arraes accompanied him. As he mount J ed the scaffold, the cry of chapeauz has' (hats off) from the crowd, pronom cedin the same tone, and for the san. purpose of getting a better view, as usu:.! at the theatre, too clearly evinced that those people regarded the death ofa fellow creature merely as a show. He said a few words to his companions, and the executioner tied him to an upright frame at thi' mtment a sudden movement oX the crowd caused me turn my eyes behind tne for an instant, and on locking again towards the scaffold, I found that the criminal had been thrown down, ti e ase had fallen, and that nothing rrmained on the bed but a headless corpse. The quickness of the operation, finMi.O in the twinkfing of an eye, left scarcely any time for my feelings to feimejit, and I suffered much less from them than I had supposed to be possible. The justice of his condemnation diminished the pity for the sufferer. He had murderrrt and robbed two women, though only twenty years of age. For Taxes. I WILL expose to Public Sale, on the lfith day of December, 18G0, at tho Court-IInuse door, in the town orMEROM, for the tax and costs due thereon. if not sooner paid, the following Lots of ground in the town of CARLISLE. Non-Residents Lands. -Vo. Ta.v. .Vo. Ta.v. No. T.t.r. i 199

5 40 15 3 12 , 12 G 12 43 20 12 70 12J 82 12J 12 105 0 107 40 15 .120 12, 13J 40 15 ICG 15 I 131 11 J

4 G2 8G 103 14G LIKEWISE, 36 Acres of second Rate Laud, Ta.v, 48 cents. !!. JOHNSON, , S. C. November 0, 1&2D. 22-4 w Miss Seymour, MY daughter, Jietsey Maria Seymour, lcftfcheifielil, Alasachusetts.about 13 or 14 years ago, wither uncle, John U. Seymour ; who practised physic some time in Marietta, but ha not been bean! of for 1 1 years ; if the is living, she must be about 18 years of age, black hairK black eye, and fair skin. Any information concerning her,, directed to Mr, Miles KeJlog, Hamilton, Ohio, will Lc thipkfully received. fcO-Printers in the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Indiana, will please publish the aboe aud oblis a distressed mother. " - 3ftank of Vincenncs v STATE BANK Of INDIANA 1st December, 1820. A DIVIDEND has tin's day bcn deciareu oy me in rectors, at the rate of 8 per cent., per aniium, for the fast x months, on the amount of stock paid in. The same will he paid at the Bank, at any time after this date, to the Stuck holders, or their legal representatives. By Order tf the Roard, l E." HOUDINOT, Cadr. DncjKibcr l; !S2?V sp tfv