Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 36, Vincennes, Knox County, 30 December 1820 — Page 2

Indiana Legislature. IN "Tenate. rrx t r rndtt K'cemhr 11. the bill for the revision of the statute laws ot this state was read the third time ' anil passed. The bill from the House ir Representatives, arranging the boundary line between the counties of Washington and fccott, was read the third time St paed, Mr. Slaughter introduced a hill to proVide lor the election of constables, which vvas read and ordered to a second reading. w r. it " TttfSrtafr December 12. Mr. Polkc introduced a bill providing for running and marking the state line between the State of Indiana and Illinois, which was read and ordered to a second -reading. Mr. Gregory introduced a bill to proVide a summary mode for the collection ot debts, in certain cases which was read anil ordered to a second reading The bill, supplementary to an act entitled, an act supplementary to an act fiiwrvf th seats of" justice" in all new counties hereafter to he laid oil, which was rvul the third time and passed. The bill to amend the act entitled "An act regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace, was, on motion of Mr. Polke, indefinitely postpone.!. . Wednesday, Dec. 13. .... The joint resolution, from the House ff Representatives, providing for an interchange of laws with the several states of the Union, was read the third time and passed. Thursday, Dec. 14. Mr. Drew, from the committee appointed on so much ot the Governors xne.ige as relates to the apportionment of representation in the Genera! Assembly, reported a bill on that subject, which was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Daniel introduced a bill relative to attornies and counsellors at law, which was read and ordered to a second reading. Friday, Dec. 15. The bill from the. House of Representatives, for the relief ot sheriffs was read the teird time and passed, as amended in tee Senate. The bill providing for running and marking the state line between the State of Indiana and Illinois, was read the $hid time and passed. The bill providing a summary mode of collecting debts in certain cases, was read the third time and passed. Mr. Drew introduced a bill for the formation of a new county out of the counties of Franklin, Fayette & Wavne. which was read and ordered to a second reading. ' Articles of impeachment against Jacob Bro':khart, one of the justices of the peace for Jeflfersonvillc township, in the county of Clark, were preferred by the House of Representatives, and exhibited to the Senate. Saturday, Dec. 16. Mr. Drew, from the committee to Whom was referred the petition of Jacob Cutlet- and others, praying for a new countv out of the counties of Wabash nnd Delaware, reported a bill for that jiurpoe. which was read and ordered to second reading. MOUSE OF HEPUESEA T.i TIVES. Monday December 1 1. Mr. Sullivan of Knox, introduced a jsint resolution for the encouragement f education, which was read, and ordered to a second readiug. Mr. Crawfonl introduced a bill, to apiend an act, entitled An act to exempt certain property from being object execution," which was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Swaine from the committee on that subject, reported a bill, to locate a permanent road from Lawrcncebn'g to the St- Mary's river, which was read and Order-d to a second reading. This road . is t run in a direction for Fort Wayne. Mr- Battel I introduced a bill to facilitate brosecutins for perjury, which was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Powell from the Military committee, t-wported a bill to amend tiie act regtilarinj; the militia, which was read and tmlered to a second retding. Tuesday, Dec 12. Mr. Milroy from the committee on the subject ot revenue, reported a bill for asses-'mg and collecting revenue, which was ure read and referred. Mr. Milroy introduced a bill amendatory to the several acts regulating the assessment and collecting revenue, which was twice read ami referred. Mr FetrU introduced a hill, to repeal toe c'.tVi'rs of all banks, and to remove al brand) banks that may refuse to redee ii ti;eir notes with sperie, after the tim therein specified, which was lead and ordered t i a econd readiug. Mr. Sulivau of Jetferson, from the committee on that suoject, reported a bi!' to amend the act entitled An act to firna nd rrgulate taverns, which v.- aJ and ordered to a secoud readin c. ll'rdflffiday, Deeef"r l.s. Udr. Yamlea from the soiniaiuee ua

that subject, reported a bill attaching, parts of Franklin and Wayne counties to the county of Fayette, which was. read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Milroy introduced a joint resolution, authorising the associate judges of Washington county to appoint a clerk in vacation, which was read and ordered to a second reading. The bill to repeal the act, entitled an act to amend an act, entitled and act, m'yecting real and persoual property to execution, was read the third lime and passed Ayes 18. Noes 7. The joint reolutiou authorising the associate judges of Washington county to appoint a clerk in vacation, was read the third time ami passed. The bill to repeal the charters of all hanks, ami to remove the llranch banks that may refuse to redeem their notes with specie after the time therein specified, was read the second time, and thereupon, Mr. Merrell moved that the further consideration of the said bill be indefinitely postponed, AYU.3 Messrs. Crawford, Merrell, Sturgus and Tipton 4. NOES Messrs. Clark, Clumbers, Ferris, Gibson, Goudie, Grass, Giee.i, Hanna, llolman, John, M'Donald, Milruy. Powell, Kobb, Ros, Swaine, Yanues, and Graham, (Speaker) 13. Thursday Dec. 14. Mr. Grass from tee committee on that subject, repotted a bill for the relief o! the administrators of John MacMurtn and Tubby Bloyd, which was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Sturgus from the committee on that subject, reported a bill legali.in the board of county commissioners ol Vijro county and for other purposes, which was read and ordered to a second reading. The bill to repeal an act, entitled. ' An act defining seals to be affixed to instruments of writing and for other purposes, was read the third time and passed. AYES 17. NO ICS 0. The hill from the Senate, divorcing FJphraim Dukes, jour, from his w ife Martl.a Dukes, was read the third time and passed. Friday, Dec. 15. Mr. Sullivan of Knox, from the committee on that subject, reported a bill, orgnnizing a countv of Sullivan and Da-vies-, which was read and ordered to a second reading. The joint resolution from the Senate, on the subject of voting was read the third time and parsed. Mr. Powell from the committee of clections, reported a bill to amend the act, entitled 'An act, regulating election1, w hich was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Ferris from the committee of ways and means reported a bill, making appropriations for the year 1821. Mr. M'Donald introduced a bill, requiring free people of color emigrating to this state, to bring with them a certificate of their freedom, which was read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Gihsohhfroni the committee on that subject,'-'1 reported a bill to amend the act. entitle! 'An act regulating mills and millers, which vas read and ordered to a second reading. Mr. Yandes from the committee on tint subject, repoated a bill establishing a permanent state road from the. Ohio state line to the srat of government, which was, twice read and referred. The bill providing for proceedings in

actions t law and suits in equity against corporations, was read the third time and passed. AYES 14. NOKS 8. The bill attaching part of the New Purchase to Randolph countv, was read the. third time ad passed. Saturday, Dec 16. Mr. Powell introduced a bill, giving further power to the board of county commissioners of Dearborn county, which wa twice read and referred. Mr. Chambers introduced a bill to repeal the fourth section of the act, entitled 'An act, to regulate marriages 3nd for other pui puses,' which was twice read and referred. The bill from the senate, providing for the running and marking of the line between this state and the state of Illinois, was read the third time and pissed. A'0.V .VS KL r HE GIS TER . In t e re s 1 1 n g Sum m a r y . DIED At Ilarrisburgh, Pa. in the 60th year of his age, Mr. Barney Meckte, who was interred with Masonic honors. He was n gunner on board the Hydcr Ali, capt. liarney, when she captured the ' General Monk, in which engagement he received four wounds the eriects of which were visible until his death. At Charleston, S. C. the 23 ult. William P. Young, Esq. a soidier of the revolution, and a worthy imai. On the loth ult. at St. Louis the rev. Felix de sit; dries, vicar-general ot j Louisiana, a native of Italy and since ! UU6 a resident of the United States. lie! appears to be much beloved by those who knev him best. In Chesterfield, Virginia, Thomas Burfjct, en. a very respeet.ible gentleman, v. !u entered the army of the revolution as a private and left it with what was then called the rank of a captain-lieutenant, lie served from the beginning lo the ending of the w ar ; and in bis old ag; appears to have enjoyed the blessings of liberty and independence In Chester district, S. C. capt Sitauel Skelton, in the 6 1st year of bis age who took up arms as soon as he was able to bear tiica in the revolution, and

w itnessed the doming of the enemy's flag at York": a gentleman, highly spoken of for the good qualities of his 'mind and heart. At Aux Caycs, on the 2Cth Oct. Duncan JiPInlosh, esq. called the "hero of humanity," for his famous exertions in rescuing a large number of white people from the fury of the blacks, during the revolutionary troubles cf St. Domingo in i793, at the positive hazard of his own life. On the 18th Nov. in South Carolina, general William 11. Davie, a gallant

soldier of the revolution, formerly one of our ministers tor ranee, and tor sometime governor of North Carolina. He was mucb respected. Gen. Uiptey, we arc happy to say, is not dead as was confidently reported. The mistake must have arisen from the decease of his lady. Ctlarinc clollihux. Major Miller, commanding the marine corps, has advertised fpr 938 coats and a proportionate quantity of other articles of clothing for the m nines He says "from experience a decided preference will be given to American manufactured cloths, where they can be furnihl at or near the price of the imported. This is well. Col Boone. It is with pleasure w heor that a portrait -of this remarkable nrm was taken a short time before his death, by an eminent artist from which an ear n ing is about to be published. The Lukes. A IIuflMo iaier says It nnpears that Lakes Erie and Ontario have Adieu considerably during the p ist summer, fc'ome persons suppose the fireut Lakes have a periodical rise and fall, for i certain number of successive years, whether this is a f.tct or not, Lake Erio was seven,' feet higher i:i 1CJ5 than z-t present. Westmoreland covnly, Pennsylvania, is supposed to contain 40,000 inhabitants ; and a paper printed at the seat of its court, 5iC. says, there is not at this time, a single person confined in the jail of this county, either as debtor or criminal !" Alexandria, JSov. 11. A lump of virgin silver, weighing sixty ounces, was lately found between three aud four miles froin this place, by a person employed as a ditcher. It was discovered about two feet below the surface but the finder refuses to give any other information, hoping, no doubt, lo meet with further success. It was at first supposed to have hern plate that hud been buried for concealment, by some thief or robber of distant days. A close examination, however, satisfies us that it is pure virgin silver. It has been generally believed that where masses have been found in such a strife, they indicate tiie vicinity of silver ore in mine ; however oi mis mere is not the least appearance where this lump was found.. Boundaries. By sundry reports, it appears that the Arneiican and British commissioners, under the oth article of the treaty of Ghent, have dhTered as to their opinion of the true line, involving much territory and some important points. It is .supposed that tiie mediation of a third power must be resorted to, as provided for in the treaty. Winter. Tiie Hudson was frozen over I 1 i I A at Albany on the night of the "2 1th Nov. and sleighing was good in the neighborhood. Tiie river lias since opened. Cayiiai (rials. A Boston paper says .We record it as a singular circumstance, thatonlv one capital trial has occurred in the. county of Plymouth, for upwards of a century, and that for the crime of arson, a few days since. Tiie county of Plymouth, by the census of .3 k), contained 35,1G9 inhabitants, and has probably increased cousiderably since that time. J JSmtuckct, whose entire population is only 7266, has sceenly-two ships engaged in the whale fishery, 2tf of them between .j and 400 tons : besides a number of brij;s ajid smaller vessels in the same em nlovmeut ! VtU' York. On the loth Nov. the senate unanimously, passed the following resolution, to which the governor gave the subjoined answ er on tiie next day ; Stale cf Ve:e York In Senate, JVuvcmbcr loth, 1820. Resolved, That his excellency the gov ernor ha requested to lay before the senate all the information he may possess in relation to that part of his speech which alludes to the general governient, or its officers "as an organized and disciplined corps in our elections. " Ordered, That the clerk deliver a copy cf this resolution to his excellency the governor. Bv order, John F. Bacon, Clerk. To the Senate. Gentlemen Fully appreciating the patriotic solicitude of the senate to prevent all unwarrantable intrusions m the politi cal alfairs of the state, I have received their application for information on this subject with great p!easure, and I shall in due time, make them a communication which, I trust, will be satisfactory iu its nature, and salutary m its tendency. DE WITT CLINTON. Alba n u, .Vj r 1 Glh , 1 8 "0. On the 0th inst. Mr. Livingston of the senate, introduced the following pre amble and resolutions " Whereas, his excellency the gover nor, in his reply to the call of the senate Ar information relative to the general government or its officers, as an organi zed and disciplined corps, interfering in our elections, has not lurmhed the sen ate with anv evidence in support of such charges And w hereas it is highly impro per that the chict magistrate ot the tite should criminate the administration of the general gojtcrcuJCiit, without ajnj)l

testimony in lis. possession, ly resn whereof the good people of this state may have their confidence in the genera! gov eminent greatly impaired : Therefore,, Rcsolred, That the senate repose the strictest confidence in the patriotism and integrity of the general government, and will not change such opinions, or yield to any insinuations against such administrations, but upon full and satisfactory tes

timony. , llcsch-cd, That this resolution be published, and a copy sctitto lus excellency the governor. Laid on the table." In an evening session of the same day, the preceding resolutions were called, and, after much opposition, (the rule being dispensed with which required that the consideration of a resolution should not be taken up until it had laid on the table one day,) finally passed, 19 to 10. The next morning the following message to the senate was received from the governor Gentlemen I have this moment received a resolution of your honorable body, which, as well as the one to which it refers, I shall fully notice at the next meeting of the legislature : And I shall, there fore, at this late hour, pass it over with the expression of my sincere regret, that branch of the legislature should, in any so unprecedented a manner, lose sight of the respect due to itself, and the courtcsy due to a co-oiuiuate department oi the government. DE WITT CLIXTON. Albany, JS or. 21, 1K20. Which message the icnate refused to receive, and ordered that the clerk should return it to the irovcrnor.

Xorik Carolina. A young man named j Tjani,rJ S0IU or now murl1 &c. 3Iason Scott, was hur.g at Kalcizh onjc. '1 he sums which have been paid, the 10th inst. for the murder oi ahue. jand remain to be paid, under the treaties Great etloi Is were made to save him, but i mal!e witn ,ne Indian tribes, to indeinnithe governor was inflexible from a pcivj-! 0 them for cesi'm of lands tolhe Cnision of duty. r,'l! States, is S2,542. 9IG. The expense Missouri. The temporary scat of gov-! i,r veyiug the Public Lands, from tho crnment is fixed at Cole Sans Ucssan, a -UhMarch 1T39, to 51st December, 1S1U,

village on tho Missouri river, opposite the j !as been 4,21 J.G3-2. I he whoie quanmouth of the Os.ae. It w ill probably bc- titj of Lind which has been sld by tho come the fixed capitil of tho state," the as c!l b.fneas since opening of constitution providing that it shall be b-1 the Land Office, up to the SOth Sept.

ithiu forty The per diem of tiie members of the legislature is settled at $4 per day. Gov. 3IcNair rejected the bill, believing the allowance v.as loo high but it passed both houses with the requisite majoiities and became a law. Jaral. "Extract of a letter from a passenger cn boaitl the frigate Constellation, to his friend in Providence, It. I. dated Aug. 10, 1U20, at sea. iu lat. 33, north, long. So, west. "We are all well on board, cheerful and happy, the weather fine, though rather warm ; yesterday we overlook the John Adams signals having been exchanged, she bore down for us, and came under our stern, when her crew, lining her shrouds, ail w ell dressed, cheered the Constellation, which ceremony was returned from our ship. The effect was grand two ships of war of the same nation, meeting unexpectedly on the wide ocean where nothing but sea and sky meet the sig!,it the officers all much acquainted, and shouting a general burst of joyous congratulation, filled all hearts with lively sensibility." J'i!cs. IN TIIE SENATE. TUESDAY, December 5. Mr. toble olVeied the following for consideration : liesolved, That the committee on the Public Lands be instructed to enquire into the expediency of establishing an additional Land Office in the State of Indiana. WASlILYGTOJf, Dec. 5. Th Annual Report of the Secretary of the Treasury was yesterday transmitted to both Houses of Congress It is of greater length than usual ; and, as it will be the ground work ol tiie fical arrangements of the present session, has been looked lor with much interest. The receipts into the Treasury for the present year (including monies received trom loans) are stated at !G,8l9,S3r dol lars. The payments into the Treasury during the fourth quarter from the same sources are estimated at 3,430,000 dol lars, making the total estimated revenue of the present year 20,249,637 dol lars; w hich, added to the balance in the Treasury on the 1st day of January last, amounting to 2,076,607, makes the aggregate amount of 22.J26,244 dollars. Uie Expenditures, for the same period are estimated at 25,0G4,413 dollars. There will therefore, according to this estimate, be a balance nraiws the Treas ury, on the 1st day ot next month, of 2,bo8,lbj dollars the receipts from the customs having fallen greatly short of the amount at which they were estimated in the last annual report. Of the expenditures of this year, it is estimated that there has been and will he paid, of the principal and interest ot the Public Debt, 10,740,000 dollars, being more than two tilths of the whole current expenses of the present year. The Revenue for 1821, is estimated at lb,:o0,000 dollars, and the certain and contingent expenditures at 2l,3G3,4ir uouars; m.uch, added to the balance a gainst the Treasury on the 1st ot Janu ary next, will make the sum of 24,001, 586, and w ill consequently leave " a bal ance of 7,45 1 ,556 dollars be von.l the cs timated means fur which provision is to io oe maoe. . c .i.c nce io coniess that this is not a favorable a iew of the utate of the i reaury as we had anticipated ; but it is iuchsa qgcu haves go ruuia fcr dc'a-

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consideration!. The public debt has beea lesser.tU, ilunng tl e past yrar, uy icdemptions snd purchases, more than it has been increased by loans and by tho anticipated balance against the Treasury on the 1st of Jan. next. The same may be said of the calculations lor the a. ft I ft next year; that the sum to De Dorrowcu or the use of that year will be less thin the amount oi-principai oi me piouc debt which will be paid off within the same time. For future years, the prospccts.are en couraging, the calculation being that the annual revenue will, for several years after 1821, exceed the annual expenditure. Mr. Secretary Crawford, therefore, suggests that it is not necessary at present to resort to additional objects of taxation with a view to revenue, and urges several dissuanves, which our readers in due time shall have the pleasure of reading. Loans for occasional wants he considers as preferable. But, should Congress propose a system of taxation, a loan for the service of the next vear, to the amount of the estimated deficiency of the Revenue, will yet be indispensable, and may be obtained on eligiblo terms. .Vf. Intelligencer. PCI1LIC LANDS. An interesting document was yesterday transmitted by the Secretary of the Treasury to the Senate, in pursuance of a resolution of that House at the last session, containing a body of information on the'nuhjcct of the lands of the United Mates purchased from the Indians; tho fnr which it has been sold, is 45.094, b'Jb UI this amount fi22,22'J.lS0 have been paid, and S22,000,657 remain to b paid, at the dose of Sept 1819. Tho quantity of lands surveyed in the several Land Office Districts is 73,805.092 acres, whereof 18,001,930 seres havo been sold, leaving 54,203,162 acres unsold. The quantity surveyed for military bounty lands is 12,315,560 aires The whole quantity of land purchased from the Indians by the various treaties and ce-isionsis estimated at 191,978,333 acres! Yat. lutel JVVo 18. I.ondox, September 28. Joun.mi:r.uE.v riuwEns. A very numerous meeting c l the jour neymen printers of the metropolis took place on Monday night at the Crown and Anchor tavern, London, to consider tho propriety of presenting an address to tho Queen, congratulating her majesty on her return to this country, and condoling with her under the persecutions to w hich she is exposed. The mover of the address urged, in a neat speech, that a body of men who are so intimate! v connected with that powerful engine, to which her majesty has candidly owned she is principally indebted for her pro tectiou from the malice of her enemies the British press ; were specially called upon to show that, in a case like this, they were not as a body instrumental to an object in which, as individuals, they did not head and heart concur Th address beir.g seconded, it was put to tha vote, and carried by acclamation. It was then moved and" resolvcdtjiat the address should be printed on 6atin, and carried up to her majesty by a deputation consisting of as many of the trade as chose to join in the procession. A proposal was made, that a noted political character, who gained his f.rst laurelg at a case, should be requested to accom pany the procession; but it being tho general feeling of the meeting, that they should caretully avoid the least ai-near-ance of party sririt, in a proceedir. dieiueu o sentiments common to every friend of justice and liberty, the proposal was withdrawn. Some conversation ensued as to the costume and style most fitted to be observed in carrying up the address. It was linallv determined that each iudivi. dual of the deputation should wear a wnite ravor on his breast, and that coaches and pairs only shall be employed in the procession. "A deputation was thea appointed to wait on her majesty, to know when she would be plcaned to receive the address. Philadelphia, Drc. 2. The head quarters of Major Gmeral Scott, for the First, Third, and Fourth. Military Departments are at present establish-' in this city. Miss Seymour, M Y daughter, Betsey Maria Seymour, left Sheffield, Massachusetts, about IS or 14 vears ago, with her uncle, Juhn U. Seymour ; who practised physic some time in Marietta, but ba riot been heard of fur 1 1 years ; if she is living, she must be about 13 years cf age, black hair, black eyes, and fair skin. Any information concerning her, directed to Mr. Miles Kellog, Hamilton, Ohio, will be thankfully received. C7Printer in the states of Ohio, 1 ennsy.vania, Kentucky, and Induna, will please publish the above and oblijro a distressed mother.