Indiana Centinel, Volume 4, Number 39, Vincennes, Knox County, 20 January 1821 — Page 2

Xrs o Indiana. AN ACT to provide a summary mode t collecting debts in certain cases.

FROM EUROPE. I) ALT I MORE, I)CC 13. The late arrival from Kurope, bring information that the bill of Pains and Politics has passed the Houc of Lords to a second reading, which is perhaps f r t U rk. Kill cr fit n

decisive ol toe laie 01

! strict examination, he found. loti great

surprise and extreme chagrin, that he had the mother of Duncan safely secured but that the culprit John,m deliber

ate! y gone, his terry, in her habnitnents J

This is the second time, within a few

weeks that this malefactor has efiected

his escape from this jail.

regards that body : since the L,ord LmanceTlor has declared in his speech, that . ...1 .. K..i;,,-.l lm on tiliiUornlW

loose wm ucncn." 1 1 "- uuuii.i"n ,,. . i i i lAB ,M;nat lmr adjourned on v ednsdav last a intercourse had been proved against her . . i ... vnt r,. :, ng passed Acts and 14 Les

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Lexixgtox, Jan. 2.

The Legislature of Kentucky finally

alter hav-

olutions.

000, Wm. . ittlttU Esq. S00,000, Mrs. Norris, SSC,c: Wm. Phillips and son, Sl5.000.Oc' a' Korris, Esq. 220,000,

-c I. to it meted b7 the Gera second reading Indeed, report states, ; y 7 .; o ,sfar, ttf Indiana, That! that the bill had passed through all its. have faded. A -property law was ret if any unchartered iJankin- association. I stages in the Douse of Peers but of thi car!J m the session, and the last . or anv imli. ;.t.. i i . 'L. i :.i ti.a f,,,. gussays:

or any individual hanker in this stale,! there in nu decisive evidence.

s a. 1 f . ' 1

muu may nave received

Or shall hereaf-

ter receive from any person or persons, any money, note?, bills, or checks on deposit, 6c shall refuse upon demand made by such person or persons so depositing the sameaheir agent or attornies l-i!y Constituted and appointed, to refund ;tnd pay the same over, it shall bc lawful for such d m ion or nrfifinw.

I m I " , ""III tV.Ullll7 r adniitii,trators, by motion in anv court having ..competent jurisdiction of the name, having first u'i veil ten davs previou notice of such intended motion, to the Provident, Cashier. Arrent, Attorney or individual Banker, or 'the Executors or Administrators of svcV individual

.banker, to recover judgment for t!i2 aXnount due such person or persons malting, such deposit or deposits as aforesaid, with sh jver centum yr Himuni io-t-est on said amount, fur and during the time such sum or sums were so nhioed

xo t:ieir credit, Gn n which jtnl-rmeut there shall be no stay of execution. Sec. 2. Jid hi it further eroded That the receipt of any President or Cashier t any unchartered b.n!;iir-- com-uny or

4 1 nc bill providing tor t!ie payment

f,. tru ,nnM1r',P its rrisi?. The 1 n' f'e''s hy instalment, the hill provi

Lord Chancellor lavs much stress on the flr. lhe IC(,nlion of real property

absence of Berami, who, he declares,

oujiht to have been sworn as a witness

Iliut, can it be believed that 1 Jerjra:ti

was a complete witness to swear to toe

fact of his own adulterous intercourse.

with the Qoeen ? WVud his o'eclara

tion on oath, that he was innocent, or

that he was iruiltv of ne cliare, he sat

islactorv eviuence : it may be law in

ft Parliament, but' we question very lauc

tlie propriety ot such a decision

We deem it here proper to notice a

fict which has been stated, that Prince

Leopold has visited the Qacen, and the

Duke of Sussex one of the royal family

iikcwUc. We fancy this report i pre

sold under execution, and the bill pro

viding for the sa'c of a portion of the

land west of the lennesee Kiver, thre

of the most prominent measures, which

haveheen agitated nurinp; the scsson,have

i! 11 been lot within a few dava past.

more we in'iijnne through impatience to

adjourn, than from any serious ebjee

Hons to their main p; r.icip'es.

However this mnv be, it is obvious

that after all the vehemence '.liplayed

on (ho s ihject of re'irj, nothing; ha

been u r.c tor that avn;ved ohiect, !ut

ihe etabliement of the new Common wealth's Bank.

Mosca Brovn, Kiq. S10,000."

mOM THK KEXTUCKT BEPORTER. The depredations upon tlie Kentucky Tail, several cases of which have undoubtedly occurred, are more serious

in their consequences, than the uncertainty and irregularity ol its arrival. A

mail from v ashinirton once? a week, or

twice at most, and in twelve days, during

the reason of bad weather and deep roads is all that may be expected; but the

Ios3 ol letters anil money is an ewi uiai wiil not be naticntlv borne. We have

heard of no outrage or violence bcia

committed ; the 1 obencs tlieretore must

have been perpetrated by the mail carri

ers or at some post office. We doubt

not a strict enquiry will bc immediately

instituted bv the proper department, lor

we believe that no oI::cers ot the gov

ernment devotes himself more earnest!

to the protection of the jjovernment de

votes himself more earnestly to the protection of the puh'ic interest, than the Cleneral Post master. Tie following

extract of a letter from a highly respec

table Imusc at Philadelphia to Messrs

another person, . w?nt to tha Louse of

Randal!, on thi mh nf or. list. On ,

infonnius: the prisoner the nature cf his errand, he stated, that it rras cot in his ....

power to pay the amoiyit then, but that

;c would pay it on that day week. The

ofllcer then left the house tciiltctd inalcinz

helnv. On the Coth, he wentorain to

the house, and once or twice previous to .

he 'J3th, but conld net 'rain admittance :

.t which times he "spoke to a woman at

the window, who, on the trial, turned cut

o be the prisoner s wife. She aliedired

that he had not received the money where

he expected, and some other excuses, which induced the oIHccr to suspect that some trick would be played on him, and

tie determined to enter the house. Accordingly he broke open the back door,

when he was immediately ordered by the

prisoner to leave ms house, at tlie same time approaching him with a hatchet in

bis hand. The oSicer, with the peroa

wiui nun, anu wno was me wanes m tne case, retreated the prisoner following

them and when they had nearly rt ached the lat step to tlie door, the prii-oi.er aimed a blow at the head of. the oiiiccr with his hatchet, which lie warded otT with his arm, on which he received a dreadful wound. The witness immedi

ately took the c&cer to a surgeon, with.

A dividend of three dollars thirtv seven -ind a half cents, on each s'.ire of

kine is now in all probability no moio

tic fell while vindicating tlie rights of one whom we firralv believe t h an i'!j:ired wonan, and perhaps crrvity

Lankcr, or the receipt of anv agentorphe cause of the ministry. Lord

attorney, or any memoranda tr. made in a book commonly called a hank book, by authority of any unchartered hanking company, or individual I anker, shall be held and taken as goad and ample evidence of such depos-.f deposits. Sec. 3. Jhulbe it f.trlher enacted. That the executors or administrators of anv individual banker, shall he liable to be Baed, for the amr-urit of anv snin of moncy ...i deport with uch individual banter, at the time ( t his death, within five ilas after th . teki;cut of letters testamentary, or letters of administration.

any thing in tlie act. entitled, An art.

mature, especially as the bill of pains and nenalties.has passed the Douse ot

to a srond i-priiiin"-. 'J'his would

k n -.r.,1 ,!(n.M o,-f r hiiBiJf.iv' 'he stock of the P.ank r.f Ketituckv has

to the Douse of Peers, committ-xl i)vt" Ki' or vie in.i m nu,.uii.

niui.'; i.:e oim oh. wmk i aiicr vieourting 37 cents on the share, will be paid to the stockholder?. Levin-.'ion Pub. .idv.

ili-'rins and Pritchattt, of this town, re

kites a curious circumstance : if there is whom he left hiin, and proceeded towards

i ... .. . .i ...... .... ....

no mistake, it would appear that tMc tiuei i

7 1 sometimes strangely whimsical.

Vhll'a. Vth Jfo. 15 lSm." "Your favor of the COth ultimo i tl.i

instant received ; it contains the right amount (40) but the letter lias been

pened, and some of the note.i cva.vu'.

i -

ihosc members of the royal family

deed this statement has alteadv bn contradicted in the papers that epousr

V.': S-

mio!;t say. that his iai! n-as omin. s the Queen's. We however, think tha i rather -augurs the downfall of law arid justice. 'The Council for the Qaeen threatened sometime since, to reserve tlie tj'i-l of recrimination as a pr ecious mo:.rl, to hn usvd iri I'ase of extremity. Vo s";oii!il not l; surpris-l if the y tried their s?rer.;'h in the. Druse of Commons, l:rt

on the innecence of the Qieen, ad if

authorisintr tlie granting of letters test;i- 'he majority w i- against them o?i th at tnentarv and lettersof administration for! j;u';it, to rasort to recrimination in tuc the settlement cf intestate estates a;.?! j last tae, tT.r.uc that imi'amma-de. and far otJier purposes, approv-ed the touch-wood assembly. The daring tone lay of Jar,'ia;yone thousand eight ban- j employed by the public papM-s, may be dred ami eigiileen, to the contrary not-! but preliminary to this delicate and dan-

.Yviiastanding. Sec. 4. That the holder or holders of any bill of exchange, promissory note or other paper, other than the notes of chartered banks, the amount whereof is e vj.pfsco,! titner in print or engraved Jctter-3. Wic'w usually piss from individual to individual ay delivery only, hall te enlitied- to the like .nummary mode of cullectin.": against the hanks, buolcin; c upanv, individual or company which have drawn or issued the same. This act to hsin force and take effect from and after its publication in the Indiana Gazette. WILLIAM GRAHAM, Sneaker of tlie Douse of Uepresentatives. IIATL!FF BOON, President of the Senate. Approved January Glh, ' JONATHAN JENNINGS.

AN ACT amendatory to the several acts I

rc-ulating the assessment and collection of Uevenue in this state. Ses. . 1. Hz it enacted by the General Assembly of the Slats tf hidinm. That there shall be assessed annually, for stut? purposes, on every hundivd acres of J; rr rate lard, one dollar ami fifty cent,;

on everv hundred acres of second rate j Innd. one dollar and twenty-fne c-nU:

The following Gentlemen have been elected Directors f t!:e 1'ankeftvcntu' ky, on t!ie pivt of the stockholders' Beiij. Taylor, IVuert Alexander, John P.rown, Charles Mile, AleTander J. .Milchell, and Daniel Weisigr, Sen'r. Ib. GLORGKTOWN. Dsc. CO.

,W(.rs cn the Pacific We are

e that tlie concerns of this

portion f our territory have at

tracted the attention of Congress. That

t!-e coyntri s beloniiig to tlie U. St tes.

on the i at hie, will, at no very oifaut

dav, become d" jc;reat comftiercial and

political importance to the Unio: , cannot be doubted. It is, therefor, the province of a wise foresight to provide, betime, jch a system, as will i emulate ii. ...ii f 1 i . i

rero'H nueti.o. i;;i;n yeinineni ana ciruroi in a man-

Wh-.levei he I i !, .A !. nipsirn i ,K r o-Jiauiciai in ineir innitOlcaiHS, anu

1

Our

e,lr.l to v;t!u:ib''

iesr.

have just shewn os a h i

the IMico Otliee, for authority to apprehend the prisoner. On his v. 03 thitiser,

ne stopped at the ah and 10;li wards district co irt, where he met seve ral cilcrs of the Police, who told him that :ic might Ttrrest the ihnmr v-ithont n wairant.

Accoi imi-:.;.-, ne,with Henry CJ. Disbrow, the deceased, cnnst'iiie of the ICtii ward,

ter received by them, by thisoays mail,!'''1 s",nc other peiaons, proceeded to frni St Genevieve. encio.nr money. ;ha honse of tho nriontP,a:nl innndlate-"

.r

o 1

ever

men can

more to our free republican

it can nut reconcile

more and 1

institutions. We have here no legitimate vice and dchauclicrr, no (juestions of violations of ma-nao:e faith, to disturb he. tranquility of our republic. Tlie monarchies of Europe are trembling to tiicir founilations, while surrounded and preserved by iatge and powerful aimies. The republic of America stands unshaken, and reforms its oonstitutio'i'S in the

calm course of onlinary debate. So f?rm therefore is the government founded, that it is established on revolutionary principles. A rumor has been brought by this arrival, tliat the Floridas hav been by the Cortes ceded to the United States. We are very much disposed to be sturdily incredulous ' on tliis point. Our own government, who are anxiously awaiting the issuf of this question, ha e certainl y received'' no such intelligence, and in a case so deeply interesting to both countries, it is but fair to presume that a courier would be sent with, the earliest intelligence. A rumor has prevailed, that he Austrian troops destined to act

1 aainst Nap!e, have gone into winter

qoaiters, and that no decisive steps will

'n.I on evarv humlred acres" ef third raelbe taken until the will of the legitimate

land, one dollar: and so mucii or tlie revenue laws of this state, a authoriseany tax to be collected on land, for county purples, is hereby repealed. Sec. 5. All taxes on town lots and Other propei ty subject to taxation, for county purposes, by virtue of tiie acts to which this is an amendment, shall he taxable as heretofore. Tin-re shall !. also assessed, annually, for county purposes, a taw on every male person above the ae of twenty-o"ne years, anv sum not exceeding fifty cents, at the iliscrvtlon'of the commissioners of the propc county, and also, work oxen, thro yea-s old and upwards, not esceed-ns; twenty -live cents per head, at the May term cf the board of county commisio.;ei , and 5 to be collected in "the ae manner as i other tas.es. Sec. Si That the auditor cl public accounts be anthoriscd to employ such attornev or attornies ss he may t'.ii.k pro per, to collect ail debts which are or may become due to the state, any law to the contrary notwithstanding, and the same costs -shall bc taxed for the benefit ot said attornc or attornies as are now allowed to 'prosecuting attornies for similar services. , , Sec. 4. it further enacted. That the public printer is hereby authorised ; and required to irint;ty copies ot this ' act, t he distributed and nled in tne cleiki ofiica of the several counties 111 this state. . This act to take effect and tw in force

from its passage. WILLIAM G-tAHAM fineaker cf tlie bouse of representatives. UA'l'CLIFr IHiON, , Prestdent of the senate. ApDto?d: January 8, 18-20. h;p 7 JONATHAN JBNNING3,

sovereigns is known, lhc meeting: or

these confederated mtnarchs has been for a loiig tune past, a subj-ct cf zealous and of anxious inquiry it lias brought forth many speculations on the piebable issue of this important business, liut amidst all this nn.'W d corp-cture and of rumor, the allied sovereigns do not meet.

Cincl.EVIM.r-, (OHIO.) DEC. 8. In our last we briefly emtid the t rial, conviction and eptence.of John Duncan, for horse stealing: On vunday morning last, tins raother

of the convict came to town to visit her

son. preNious to his departure for hi tw'ativzs in Columbus and bv the in

du-gence of the no!er. was admitted in-

t tiie " dreary celT' cf the prison, where the bosom of tlie fond mother, was fitled with horror at beholding the darling of l.cr declining years fettered and chained to the floor ! After this he.-.rt-rending interview was closed, did the parent was about to take a long farewell" of the child, the gaoler v. as summoned to release tn sorrow-stricken lame from the cold damp id the. dungeon. His sympathetic heart was mnv d iilh pitv whist heart of flesh would

tiot have been thus moved ?j for the ricf

ot tne di-coiiso'ate motner on returning from the prison, some refreshments were kindly oifered to the sorrowful visitant, who declined accepting them and departed from the house with tears and loud lamentations. All remained in perfect harmony, untill Monday miming, when the trader, n visiting the prison, was informed, with an air of exultation, that "there had Jhen a change nf prisoners ti cr;, fju the niht before"' When, oa more

to the nation. Indeed, with a view to the. preservation of a "nod understanding with those European powers, who either claim or desire possesions on that pnrl of the American continent, it is desirable that 'such an authority should be placed there, as will at once preserve the rights of the United States and remove any apprehension of danger from their citizens, to the just rights of others. To our western brethren the proposition

of Mr. rloyd will be particularly acceptable; as it will, if acted upon, at once open the wav to a new fieid for enterprize, of which, though tiie benefits will he diffused every where, the immediate advantages will be chiefly theirs.

anu amongst other notes was one ol -V'-m'. ,,.ic open ue 'joor without lirst cc-

on the Phcetux Bank of New-York, irade ; s-'andin entrance, at least it did not jatjspivahle to our order in the hand writio-! 1 'c-:'!y appear that he did .o. Onerter of your Mr. Pritrhartt The amcun, n. ing the house, he discovered an:.e,wliich cbscd in their letter was correct. ThN jho took po.esiiMi of, supposir.g it to bo is a very astonishing circumstance, am! Jhe wvapo 1 willi v. Ill Ii tloi prisoner had can only be accounted for by the amount mounded Sh-wson. At this time, the priheinu to small to induce some poM ! oner ua c.n ibe stairs, commanding them

master to Hell oimse.f. Do is no doubt ,( ,e'lVt nou-e, occasionally tlirow-

waitii-g tor mare important siuih. 7 j There were three twenty dolhir notes, of the same decription, in the letter A Messrs. Diggins and Pritchaitt; thev were all taken out, and sixty in notes of the U. S. Hank enclosed in place of them : one of tlie twenty dollar notes it

appears, arrived aoout toe same time at Philadelphia, in a letter from St Genevieve, and b'-th letters contair cd the jrijrht sums. 1'herc is some mystery a-

bout tins matter.

j' -0 w'O GEORGE ROGERS CLARK. From the Jotes oj an old Gjficer. "The Indians came into the treaty at Foft Washington in the most friendly manner, except the Shawahanees the most conceited and most warlike of the aboiigines: the first in at a battle the last at a treaty. .Three hundred of their

A distinguished Spaniard of Cuba,

writes to his friend m tms citv, that the

disposition of the Cortes to ratify the

Tivaty, had been ascertained in secret

session and the facts announced by some of the Members to their correspondents in Davaui.a, by letters dated early in October. lie proceeds to request of his friend, the President's h,J.-

sage to Congress, the hxposc ot the Minister of Finance, &c. This coupled with the intelligence from England, leaves no 'o lbt of the immediate & pacific acquisition of the FLORIDAS. Charleston City Gazette,

mc; lioi w:;ier m mem. 1 be ik-ceascd then put down the axe, took oli his coat, n-ol was proceeding towards the. prisoner, who was ti!J on the stairs, and who declared to him, if he persisted in coming up, that he would split out hi brains Tbe deceased pu-hed on, when hc.recci-

ved two .vnunds on his head, from the prisoner, which in a few days alter, terminated his existence The prisoner was ably defended bv Messrs. I). B. Ogden and Williaui Price, and the prosecution conducted by the District Attorney. The Jury war charged by Judge Va-n Ness, wins in h:s onservatious, declared, that the first breaking into the Ilwisehy SIaw.-n, was illegal; that if an officer was killed in the legal discharge of his duty, it was murder, though he was not prepared to say whether an officer had a lera! riht

linest warriors, set oil in ail their paint 10 oreaK open the house, even after a

From the. Kentucky Gazette. The following tilde, from the Custom Douse books of Charleston, shews tlie mmler of N g oes hi ought into that port horn the 1st. of January Ib04, to tlie

3 i s t of Dceemler, l: 07. It is bad e-

noujh to bold men in slavery ; but how ;ti ait do 4 thit crime appear when com-P-rd wit'i the worst of all crimes stealing trd tetVn: from the bosom of their jro-rd? ptaceabie fellow creatures, and selling them in a strange land. Africans.

by merchants &, planters of a id near Chai lestoo. By persons of other countries, not named, P the liritish. the bulwark of our religion) iy the French, By P,hode lsiaad, a free statej Py Maryland, pi slave state. Li v Georgia anil Virginia, slave states. By Massachusetts, a free staicj Is f unions Hart ford, Connecticut, a free state! By Pennsylvania.' free state) By Louisiana, jk slave statej

2C9G 5717 1073 760

5;

4:0

'250 0(1 100

39,076

Speaking of the munificence of individuals in Massachusetts, in endowing religious and literary institutions, the New-York Evening Post says: "We notice in a list of the bencfactmns to the Theological Institution at Andover, the following: Samuel Abbot, fvsq. S10U-

and feathers, filed into the council house. Their number and demeanor, so unusual

at an occasion of this sort, was altogether unexpected and suspicious. The U. States' stockade mustered seventy men. 4 In the centre of the hall, at a little table, sat the commissary general Clarke, the indefatigable scourge of these very marauders general Richard Butler, and the hoti. Mr. Parsons there was present also, a captain Denny, who, I believe, is till alive and can attest this stoiy, On the part of the Indians, an eld council

sachem and a war chief took the lead; the latter, a tall raw boned fellow, with an impudent and villainous look, made a boisterous and threatening speech, which operated effectually on the passions of the Indians, who set up a prodiuions whoop at every pause, lie concluded by presenting a black and white wampum ; to tagnify they were prepared fr cither event, peace or war. Claikc

exhibited tiie same unaltered and careless countenance he had shown during the whota scene, his head leaning on Ins lelt hand and his elbow resting on the table; he raised kis little cane and pushed the sacred wampum off the table with very little ceremony every Indian at the same moment stavted from his scat with

one of those sudden simultaneous, and peculiarly savage sounds which startle and disconcert the stoutest heart, and can neither bo described nor forgotten. " Parsons, more civil than military in his habits, was poorly fitted for an emergency that probably embarrassed even the hero of Saiatoga the brother and father of soldiers. At this juncture Clarke rose the scrutinizing eye cowered at hi glance he stamped Ins foot on the prostrate and insulted symbol and ordered them to leave the ball thev did soj apparently involuntarily. They were heard all thit night debating in the hushes near the fort. Tlie raw boned chief was for war, the old sachem lor peace: the latter prevailed: and the next morning they came back and sued for peace."

fevy had been made. That the deceased was in full discharge of Ids duty in going Jo apprehend the prisone- for the. wound inflicted on Slawson, v. i thou t a process, and it was his duty U do so; Imt that the breaking open the dourvt'ftout first requiring admittance was illegal, though he was still of opinion, that had the prisoner killed the deceased after he had entered and divested himself of the axe ami coat, and previous to bis attempting to go upstairs.it was murder, but left the jury to draw their own conclusion between the two casei. He also stated, that it was not necessary always to have a proces to apprehend'a person who had committed a similar violence; that the laws were not made forthecitr only, where process could be easily obtained; but for the whole country, ami when magistrates resided a great distance, frequently, from where the crin:

wascomm'tted,anil to wait for a oroce might enable the culprit to escape. 'Ihe Judge elucidated many points of law in the course of his charge, which wa very full and explicit, amfstated to the Jury, in case they were not folly convicted as to the malice of the piisoner against the deceased, that they mHit return a verdict of manslaughter'; hut if the Jury was of opinion that he had acted onl vwin defence of his person and propervVMd had only used sufficient force toxpd them from his h.;uic, it snouid be their duty to acquit hiu. I he Juy then retired, and in about tcr minutes returned a verdict of g?;i!ty cf manslaughter. The Court was adjourned until this morning, when the prison-. r will be sentenced, he is upwards of sixty-six years of ago, a native o Cor-. necticut,tr:d fought at the btih of Lexington. Col. Loomis proved his bein acquainted with him in tne America:? irmy. foity-f.ur y cars ago. Y, mv "ihe Cumt this xaoiuing sentenced Randall to the State prison for 10 vcars.

Ncw-York, Dec. 13. CASE OF RANDALL. Yesterday, at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held at the City Hail, before V. . Yan Ncs, one of the Justices 0! the Supreme Court of Judcaturc of this state, C. I). Gulden, Mayor, Peter A. Jay, Recorder, and Samuel Tooker. one of the Aldermen of this city, came on the trial of Dr. Arunah Rand-ill, indicted tor the murder of Henry Disbrow, one of the Constables of 'the Tenlh Ward. Tin-

flilblivinrr I Ti. i.till'.m rwl t U 1

.. ..r .,, u iiii.ii: iru uav.;, us 11 appeared in evidence. An execution had issued out of one of tho ward courts, u:;njnst the prisoner, and deliverc-1 to m. oiikcr of lhc name qiS; .:vson, uho; witi.

There is a farm in Brain free, Mas, which has been, mvunl b the family fnj more than oiio hundred and seventy ears it is now in the poscaion of this seventh cucratiun, Ther arc employed in i!iC vaiica olhces of tne Lnitcd states Government at Washington, be-ides the-Heads of tho diflerent departments. 2 it) Clinks average salary of whom U about RiCOi each, and their duties are performs i Lc-, t ween the hours of V oVlock, A. M. and 3 o'clock, P. M.

For sulc ai this. Ofikc.