Indiana Republican, Volume 4, Number 175, Madison, Jefferson County, 27 April 1820 — Page 2

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...v,, n. UJdM, UUl as he was in the act of pulling trigger, Sergeant Lege rushed orwjrd, and whilst attempting to put aside the weapon, receivr 1 the fire upon his arm. I: is impossible to give a minute detail of the despite confixes which foHo'ved, or the numerous instances of personal d jnng, tna'drested by the peace O'.aclt ar.d the miiiciry, thus brought intQ SU(jjcn contact with a bind of assassins in their oacure den, and in utter darkness. Unfortunately this duk-nv-ss favored the escape of many of the wrethes, and the dreadful skirmhh ended in the capture of only nine of them. I hey were instantly hand-culled together, placed in hackney coaches and brought down to the police Oilice in Bow-street, under a strongmiltary escort, and Mr. jjirnie having arrived at tin tame moment instantly took his real upon the ftench, u pre pared to ent into the exa.mn. anon of the prisoners. They were r-Aaced at the bir in the folk ing order: J-mes Ings, a butcher. Cv.nes Wilson, a tailor. Richard Bradburn.a carpenter. James Gilchrist, a shoe-maker Charles Cooper, a toot maker. Richard I idd. dpJohn monument, a shoe-mancr: oho Shaw, a carpenter, & IVilHam I) ivivison, a cabinettinker. Davidson is a man r.f color. At j. meeting in Finsoury market j lace, he was one uf the pr i n dp! c sp c a k i :r s . Ings Is ahoary r;:.run, be . a ten fifty and sixty. His hand;; were covered u;th blood. His small hrey tycs gared around jpn the .spectators with an expitijion truly horror. 1 he otlkc was crowded with soldiers and officers, bringing in arms and ammunitions of vinous kinds, which had rite a taken on the premises; muskets, broad swords, carbines, pi toiN, blunderbusses, belts and cir. touch boxes, gun-powder, found loose in the pockets of he prisoners, and a large num. ber of bingulariy constructed stilettos. 1 hese latter were about lS inches long and triangular in form; two of the sides being concave & the other fiat, the lower extremity being fiitfcned, and then wrung round spirally so as to make a firm grip and rnding in a screw as if to fit the t - stair. Several staffs were indeed produced, fdlcd at one end with a screwed socket; and no doubt they were intended i. icccivc this formidable ueapon. deposition of a number of efEcers, most of them wounded, and several or the soldiers, having been taken, their evidence substancuted the foregoing nanative, the prisoners were asked if they wished to say any thing? Cooper and Davidson said they had surrender. d themselves instantly. Ellis, the patrole, who received the tirordcied body of his comrade, Smithers, in his arms; replied that Davidson had made the most resistance. At the moment when the fights were extinguished, he hal1 rushed cut of the place armed with a caibine, and weiring white cross belts. Ellis pursued him a considerable distance along Johnstieet, and having caugiU hiai they fell together, and in ht deadly struggle which encd, Davidson discharged hb ttMhmebut uithout effect, and t ucctcded in securing tthrpcrthuhrt.Vv-t two " - 'lirtH,H-Siili :

lice officers wcrs near the pi ice ofmeeti g makingobse. varon, butstilino suspicions were excited of the real object of their vigi'ance; and so well was the plan of surprise laid, that that until the discharge was heard, every thing remained quiet. But accurately informed of the cors i.acy, wairants were i-sucd to apprehend them while they were assembled. These warrants were yut into the hands of the police officers under the direction of Mr. Birnie, the magistrate. A detachment of the Coldstream guards, from JoTtman ba.-racks, were ordered to accompany the police officers. They proceeded to the place of : meeting in Cato street, the police o.'Hcers going first," for the guards did not come up so soon as the odiecrs, h iving entered the street at the wrong end. The conspirators had taken the precaution to place a centinel below, and the only approach to them in the 1 oft w h by z ladder, not wide enough for more than one to ascend at a time. Ruthven went up -firt, followed by three other officers, Ellis, Smilh?rs, and Surman. Thistlewood was nearest the door of the loft armed with a drawn sword, the whole number of the conspirators in the room )&Yi-JwnlYive Before the O'LJCers asschecu mc um, uicy secured the centinel at the foot of the ladder, but we suspect that he contrived to give these aioft notice of the a p. pnuch of the officers. The whole party above were hastily arming, some with belts and pistols stuck in thc:n; others were loading hand grenades 6c m-u-.kct5. I here wa a hre q untitycf ammunition in trie room and a vi .k full of comnuslijles. Riihvcn wis the first that bur:t into the loft. Thist'ewood attacked him, fiiled. The other officers followed c!oe wiuh the nngistrate Bimie. fhistlewood called to his party to put out the lights; and scon afterwards cscipcd through a back window, a did several others. The quantity of ammunition in the loft was sufficient to arm 100 men.

The editor of the Courier thus announces this event:This indeed is a tremendous annunciation, but it is not more tremendous than true. The diabolical principle which has been inculcated in revolutionarypamplets and by incendiary writers, has found wretches wicked enough to act upon it both here and at Paris. Scarcely had v.e finished communicating the details of the murder of his royal highness the duke deBcrri nay in the midst of the horror universally felt for his untimely fate, our attention has been directed to another plot, equally hellish in its purpose, but more ample in its range, and embracing a greater number of distinguished personage 7ne . tention, as we ',iavc already statCJ, wa fo have taken away the iivcs oi all his majesty's ministers, at a cabinet dinner it the earl of Harroby's in Grosvem or square. The time fixed upon was last night, and but for the timely discovery of the plot, it is probable we should have had this day to have recorded $Csh a scene cf blood and murder, as is not to be found in the annals of this, country, or of any other. It appears that the plot has been known for some time to his majesty's ministers, and that Arthur Thistlewood was at the head of the conspiracy. The earl of Harroby's was selected

London than the residence of any other of the cabinet ministers, and of course rendering it nmre easy to escape. The horrible plan was, it is said, to have been executed in the folk wing' manner: Thistlewood was to have knocked at lord Harroby's door, with a letter purporting to be a dispatch, or with a red box, as is used in ail the public offices desiring it to be delivered immediately to the cabinet ministers at dinner, uithout delay. The servant it is supposed, would immediately proceed with the dispatch, whi.'e Thistlewood, with another of the conspirators, entered the hall as if to wait. They were immediately to open the street door. Oca ers were to coirie in with ha..d grenades, Which were to De thrown into the house, and in the confusion produced by them, all the re$: of the constvirators were to rush into the fining room, where the ministers were at dinner, and the work or assissination'was to have been in.'tumly begun. Capt. Davis of the brig Corporal Trim, which arrived at Boston on the 27th ult. from Gibraltar which place she left or: the 20th Feb. states, that the Constitutionalists as they are termed, were in force near An engagement had taken place in that vicinity in which the Royalists were defeated with the loss of 1000 men.

Congressional Prc:c:din 7;. IN SENATE. 'Monday, April 3. The senate lesumedthe consideration of the bi'i pjoviding summary process foe (he recovery of dears due oy defaulters, ccc. to the government. An amendment, ofiered by Mr. Bubour, was ordered to be peinte d. & the bill postponed u..ril to-tnorrow. Mr. Picaants from the committee on nava; affairs, communicated to tiiesenate a document, containing a plan (by lieut. Rainage, of the navy) for the defence of the commerce, and the protection of the revenue of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico, near the river Mississippi; wfich was read and ordered to be printed. Thesenate resumed as in committee of the whole, the bill more effectually to provide for the punishment of crimes against the United States, and for other purposes, (to revise and embody in one act various penal laws of the United Stares.) The bill consisting of thirtythree printed folio pages, and embracing a great mass of detail was read through, and some progress made in the consideration of its provisions: whcp The senate a.,urKCj, TTednesday, April c. The senate to jk up the bill more effect u illy to provide for the punishmentof certain crimes against the United States, (consolidating the penal acts of the union) when, On motion of Mr. Wilson, made on the ground that there was riot at this session time enough to spare for properly considering the numerous provisions of this long bill, it was postponed to a day beyond the session, without objection. The senate then resumed the consideration of the bill for the better organization of the treasury department, (providing summary process for tht recovery of debt due by defaulters,

engrossed for a third rcadi:, "by yeas and nays yeas . 28, nays 8. Some time was spent in executive business and the senate adjourned. House of Representatives, Saturday, April 1. Mr. Randolph moved to postpone all the orders of the day to take up the bill tor the relief of the widow and children of the late com. Perry negatived, 58 for, 64 aged. st it. The engrossed bill to amend the revolutionary pensio.i law, was read the third time, and the question stated on its passage. Hereupon consideraole de-Date ensued. Different gentlemen were inEuenced by different opinions, as appeared on a motion for its indefinite postponement, which was negatived by yeas and nays ye is 63, nays 96. The amendment desired by Mr. Barbour was ad pred by the house, by general consent, ar.d obviated the necessity of recommitting it: and wa-, to insert a provision that, in tho-c cases where any pet son who had relinquished a pension (as many invalid pensioners have) to take the bene iit of the act of March iS, 18 1 8, should be excluded from it" ceneiir by v:he operation of the operation oi this bill, the said person shall be forthwith npn,;,m from which he had been transferred. The bill was then passed, and ordered to be sent to the senate tor concurrence.

Mondav, -April 3; Mr. Pmdall, of Virginia, offered for consideration the following resolution, in support of which he made some remarks, referring to the current report that an act of the description therein refere f to had recently passed the legislature of of Pennsylvania. Resolitd That the secretary of the treasury be instructed to procure and transmit to this house, z- soon as practicable, a copy of such late act or acts of the Pennsylvania legislature as prohibit or restrain the pis; ice?, aldermen, or other magistrates or officers of that stare from interposing in the apprehension or surrender of fugitive slaves, or from carrying into eif ct the act of act re congress, cn'itleci "An 1 j r respecting fugitives fro n justice an-.i persons escaping - persons trom the service of thir masters," parsed on the 12th of February, 1793. Mr. Maclay, of Pennsylvania, suggested, that, if the object of the motion was only to ootain a copy of the act, the latter clau,e of thercsolve was unnecessary and he wished tose it expunged, because he did not think that any act had passed the leg'y.Ure, prohibiting the state clHcers from carrying into effect the act of congress. To obviate this objection, Mr. Pindall consented to modifv his motion so as to omit the clause within brackets, at the cloe of the above resolve. The resolve was then amended, on motion, by adding to the end of the resolution the words following "Provided ar.i such act or acts shall have teen passed Mr. S. Moore then moved to lay the resolution on the table; which motion was opposed by Mr. Strother, and it was negatived, and i he resolution was agreed to. Previously to the rising of the committee, Mr. Cldy submitted the following resolves, with an intimation that, should i h businc'i of th: house permit he should call them up at a nu

Resdved, That :t is exp-cW to provide by hw a suitable outfit and salary for such min xster or ministers, as the presf dent, by and with the advic and consent of the stnate, rr)avsend to any of the government's of South America which have established and are maintaining their independence on Spain. Resolved, That provisj. ought to be made for requesting or the president of the Unit States, to cause to be presented to the general the most worthy and distinguished, in his opin. ion. in the service of any of the independent governments of S America, the sword which wjj given by the viceroy of Lima to captain Bsdd'.e, of the Onta. rio, during his late cruize in the" Pacific, and which is now in the oilice of the department of state wiih the expression of thewisfi' of the congrees of the U. States that it may be employed in the support and preservation of ihj liberty and independence of his country. The house adjourned at c o'clock. Tuesday, April 4. Mr. Anderson submitted for consideration the followim resolution: Resclved, 1 hat 3 sum nor ex. cteding one hundred thousvad dollars be appropriated for the -wurchdse of stock in the K:q. tucky tJ'ixo canal urnpanv, en. gaged for the purpose of cuttinT a canal around the falls of tat Clio river, at Louisville. The resolution was real, and a motion was made that it be committed to the committee cf the whole to which is committed the bill providing for the preservation and repair of the Cumberland road. Agreed tOj. The house then again resolved itself into a committee of the whole, Mr. i aylor in the chair on the resolutions submitted bv Mr. I'uy, respecting the treaty, making power, and particular ly respecting the treaty wita Spain, yet unrautieJ oy Spain. Mr. Lowndes concluded hi renin ks, going to shew wii the resolutions should not be acted on. lie spake tor a!wur half an hour. Mes;rs. Archer an J Trimble supported the resolves Messrs. Anderson, R lea and Bru-'tt spoke in oppoifion to tfK0

and Mr. Clay rejoined. Wednesday .V)ri! 5. C.i motion of Mr. Morton, committee was appointed to en. q iire imo the expediency of providing for an earlier commence men:' of the next session congress than at th; stated period. The bill (as amended) for the relief of certain peisims at Lis tine, was ordered to be read third rime. M.ich turn was spent in con' s'dering the amendments of tW scute to the annual military priation bill. , There arc two amendment the first increasing the appr prhtion for chthing from jooj 000 to 430,000 dolUrrb.; the second increasing that the quarter master general partment, from 45000 500,000 uoiiais.j tf 13 ,h of these amend were disigreed to the prosecution of the , expedition so fir as th u of the Yellow S?we rWcf Henry M"t i lton, of Caroling formerly gvcrnan J recently a mcuilx from Uut wt