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ii 'IXw a tf 3PJW 5V I R.NA i i ADVERTISER. wy Free Page let different Works rejide, ko Party's hofiile Lines thofe tVvrks divide Party I whofe murdering Spirit abhor More fublly cruel, and Ujs brave than war." By hit Excellency GEORGE S. CLINTON, Efquire, Go vernor of aheSutjf JNew York, General and Gomman der in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the fame. A Proclamation. WHEREAS the Senate and Aflem bly of thii State, by their concurrent refolutiont bearing date the fifteenth and twentieth days of Fcbru ory lift, after reciting That whereat John Livtngfton, hiq; of the Manor of Livingfton, hath produced to torn miners of the Senate and Affembly, two certain writings, and which writing hare, been repotted to the Senate and Adembly, the on of them dated the thirtieth day of November lad, pur porting to be Lt fefrom the Chiefs or Sachemt of the Nationtbf ImK 01, to him'thefaid John Livingflon, and other? hit aflbeiates, for thetettn of nine hundred and ninety nine yean, on a yearly rent referved of two thoufand 'Spanifh milled Dollar, of all that tracl of Land in the faid writing defctibcd, ai 'beginning at a place commonly known by tht name of Canada Creek, about feTen milet areft or Fort Staowlr, now Fort Schuyler, thence northeadwardly to the line of the provioce of Quebec thence along the faid line to the fcnn fylrania line, thence ead on the faid line or Pcnnfylraniar line, to the line of pro perty, fo called by thit State of New York 1 ihence along the laid line of Property to Canada Creek aforefaid.

"he other of the faid writings, datrd the eighth day of January lad, purport tng to be a Lrafe from the Sachcma, Chiefs, and Waitiora of the Oneida Nation of Indiana, to'tbe faid John Li ingflon and nil faid'aflociates, for the faid term of nine hundred and ninety nine yean, on a rent referved for the fir ft year of twelve hundred and increafing at the rate of one bundled dollars per annum, until it (hall amount to fifteen hundred dollar, of all thofe lands in the faid writing de'cribrd, at the traft of land commonly called and known by the territory of the Oneida with1 an exception a to feveral A. nirll in the laid' WritMEt pattlcujarly fpecified which f.td lea lea were oBtamea rrom me iaiu Indiana, by the faid John Liviag Hon and hit afliiciaten not under the authority, nor with he eoofent of the Legiflature of thit State, DID refolve, at the.fenfe of the faid Senate and Aflembly, that the fid Lrafes are purchafra of Una's, and therefore that theHDonflituHon oPthia Siate, tht faid leafet are not binding on the faid Indiam, and are not valid; and did thereby alfo further refolve, a the determination of the Legiflatore, that the force the State (ball, from time to time, at occjCon may require, be exerted 10 pre rent intruGoni on, aod for preferring to the people of thit State, their rights to the lands and jctritoriea comprehended within the boundaries fpeciiied in the faid Leafcs, againft the faid John Li ingflon and hit faid tiTociatet, and 11 other petfont claiming or to claim any tight, title of benefit, under the laid Ieafet or eitherof thfcm. Notr therefore, agreeably to the re queft of the Senate and. AtleraWy, alfo expreffed in their faid concurrent rrfolu tiotft, I hare iiTued ibit my proclamation, hereby, driclly charging and requitiog thtfaid JchaLWingllou and hit faid eiatei.and all other petfont, that they do not fettle, improre, enter tjroiherife intrude otvfuch of the faid lands as hare not heretofore been granted indue form" of Law, as they (hall anfwer for every idtiufion atjtheir peril. Oiteo under my Hand and therPri ry Seal, at Poughkeepfie, thit firft day o( March, in the twelfth je.r or th Independence of the faiJ State, 1788.

GEO. CLINTON. PUBLIC notice it hereby given to all the creditort of she eflate of Col. 1 homas Palmer, of New Burgh, county tf Ulflef, late deceafed, to bring in their accovnr that they may be diverted and alfo all thofe that are indebted to the eflate, to come and fettle Jthtrir accounta by the aoth of May next, where due attendance will be gien by mc Thomas Palmtr, at NewBurgh. 'on the premilef, or IScrtah Palmer, Bails 1 own, courity of Aihiny.

tLENAH PALWIiK, BHRIAH PALMER, THOMAS PALMER. WILLIAM PALMER, Feb. 1788. i Exeeutftn and Executrix. 57 9 A Brick Maker.

One who can be recommended, and underftands the hufinefs of making Brick, is wanted. Inquire at Staatfburgh, of PETk D'WITT. March nth, 178S. 6 9 BY virtue of a Writ of Venditions Exponar, to me directed, I (hall expofeto public fale, at the Houfe of An dries Hrtmanfe, Inn keeper, at Red 'Hook, the real edate of George Frrleigh, Efq. lylpg on Rhincbcck Fiatt, on the 29th inOant.

D.red the 61 day of Match, 1788. HERMAN HOFFMAN, Sheriff. Jufl come to hand, and to be fold by the Printer hereof, price 6s. The Univerfalift, (Lately published in New York) UThat God mat be all iw Ii is hoped that jhe Itniitneoti ol a Fellow Citizen, delivered with the great efl difidtnee, may, orrihis occaiionbe read without that prejudice and iillbe rality, which has heretofore prevented) a candid and impartial invefligation of fe momentous a point in facred Theology. In adamantine chains lhall death be bound, And hell's grim tyrant feel th eternal wound The (cat (hall warte, the flciet in fmoke drxay.

Rocks fait to daft, and mountains melt away But flx'd his word, his fsvig pow'r remains, Thy realm for ever lafls, thywn Mclfiah oigni 1 Ppt, ALL ihoic pvrtont io ltUt tto.the fubferiber, are reqjefled once moicto pay their accounts on or before the fiirt day of March nexi btberwife they' may be fare of being profecuted. JOHN P. VEMQNT. Steuben's Exercife To be laid atihU pffioe. Fcrtb PocGHKEErsn Adtertiski.

Copy of a letter (rom one of the people called Ftieiets in New York, to an acquaintance of the fame profeflionin Ddtchffs County. New York, the third day of the third month, 1788. Friend I Thank thee for thy communication! of the atfllafl month, and join with tbee in prailing that alone fountain from whence domeliic hapiiineft as well as eternal fel'uity flowrth: To that great fource I commend thee and thine. The concern thou manifefleft refpec ting the fituatinn of thit. the land of our nativity it equally (hared by me: with thee, I have beheld with anxiety the clouds of public commotion gathering, and with thee dread the fearful exploGon.

To bear up manfully againft calamities, whether of a public or private nature, confident with thofe principles of chiif tian mecknrfs, which they of our pro fcflibn have adopted, is a courfe, a Aided by divine grace, I mean to purfue. To unftieath the bUde of hdman vengeance, and moiften the earth, with my brother's blood, becaufe hit fentimentt or praclj ces are different from my own, is, I think abbotrent to that religion which ipeaketh peace, as well as rothe convicli on of my own mind which has adopt ed.that religion. I may not kill, hut allno reflrained from fperting with an cxiflence which whe 1 gone 1 cannot re dorr, I may, confifleot with the word of truth prevent by unfanguinary excrliont the evila feared. Thua in the prefent cafe, however ill it would become friends to enlift under the banners of heated party, apd thereby add fuel to that fire which already blateth too high yet I think at a body, they might exhibit their united weight in the legal line of fuffrage, aod perhaps be a meant of giving tranquility to their country. How differently people in diffiuiilar Jituationa view the fame objtdl here, a tciyyfecTdrd maTorlty think' (and with thrm thy friend) that a union of the American Stares, as exemplified in the ncft conflitufioot is.

friendly ofrefxtty confident with Jttdom and favorable to mtrahly and rtbgUn. Whereat in thy couoty I am told many think ex.dlly ibe rcverfe. I belieetit will not be contradifled that in proportion to the refpeC ability of a nation, foits commerce fJouriflies and its piofperity ia advanced 1 cxperi ence and teafon both curiobotate this 1 idea. If at only a frowtr of a potent State, its, puny naghbourJ.LlLrowri io' COD vulfwns, what thuft be itt fituation if a flroke fucceedt the frown Nothing lefs than public didraQioa and wreck of private fortuoe. Since the American reva lutionitbe people of thit country have "undoubtedly multiplied, houfes hare been reared, and arable at res wreflcd from the wildcrnefs; but hat the fituation cf the peaple at large beenremaika bly eafy7 1 think, nor.

A (hackled commerce a dcacafing medium, aod a degenerating punctuality, ialelt aod acknowledged by all And it muft from the nature of things continue fo, till si permanent union of the Statea gitct energy in every department, apd fjflem and order to the whole. Why anatton confilling.ofohly three milliontjof fouls, (und the whole Ame rican empire contains fcatcel) that num. bcrVfbould be more in danger of loling italibertv. than thirteen difuniied fe yperate communities ejeh on an avacagej conuiuloa bi Hule more than two bun dred thoufand inhabitants, is myfletiour. 1 believe the hiliory of mankind it pretty full in evidence, thai, like the Magicians ferpents, (mall contmunltiea have generally lallrn a pity to lome devouring neighbour.

It an individual State's untetnittcd cxeuion of cabal, of (lratagtm, and oi force, to fuppoit us pigmy omnipotei ce tc calltd its hltrtyt from fuch liberty may thee and I my friend be fet ftee. 1 he wars of powerful empires occur but fe'doin, aie un wicldly io their operation, and rre gene rally felt but on the txircmit) qf boun darj whereas the conflicla sf more contracted dlflriAs afftcl every member and agitate the very ba(e of, the pcliti cal fttuolure. In this point of view the new conflitution certainly lookcth with a friendly afpeCt on the freedom of lhi country. I think it alfo favorable to the rrjoralj of the people. For if jcaloofies, facli ont, cabals aod wai have a tendency to corrupt the manners that political fituation, which picvrms jealcufies, f.clipPS.

c.bals and war is defirable on a motal 1 account and if on a moul, cei.lainijr on a religion. We my brother htite feen the (hip. wreck of both in the time of recent hoflility. If thit Slate in convention finally reject the conflitution, how perilous out liiuation! MatTachuletts, Cunmalicuti New Jeifey, and Pcnnfylvania, our immediate neighbours and all diflenng I rom bs io political Idrat without the fnirifc of prophecy, one tnay anticipating, behold Mkilathufetit uniting in we(jert pippcny 10 na caiiern acmimon, ana forming huge panelleloR ram from Xhek t. 1 ir Su inuc ma uui 01 mc rvcnneorcK tip lake Erie.

Conntclicut in one can' paign making the jOioic of the Hudfoa A 1 'm 11 wcticrn qounoafy ano lyew' uuing roc wjivie territory ueiwtro nuaton and Delaware loan lormer maih. I.know it maybe faidj tjbat tajiei with foreign potvett may be contr.cltd and compacts made with the fewjantife deral States (if any fuch) to feeurc to this State its foil and itt rights: Hova ever contiadicluTv to cool rean thit hypoiheht may be, 1 will nflmentJ iup(oie 11 praaicaoiej and bat alctne ot carnage and dcvaflaiion view I A.ain will our tw unm ti fiamea Tbe country tbej fv.wiwt uvui.nn iu orencniog W4(tt his Wood, that field, which, would have been hit fupportixd hejwjfe, of hji balom; and th children of bit love; forloro and.un befiiended flyjbg one dcflruclion only to meet another. In order to avoid tbcfe ampdrouj tils and to piocuie ibofe fojid brnefita whikh I think a firmer uo'100 oLjtpet Starts bidt fair tajntroduce.vl'trould fcrioufly recommend In -part ol the State to make it a matter )of real concern to give their Inpratiri fucb a manner aa to make thtir'tmpor tance at a body, felt, and felt fcr netal good. In thit city the faras my intelligence, baa to a roao vote fqr fuch tq ftprefep! thri iw jumhuipuu ar jqc avowca.irienos to UNION and FEACfc. font of peace jn thv country dat he fame.

Afierall my. brother, whatever tbo hiehed may determine ctheernlno tiiU land, may thee and I and a)r who. (rti in renewing wnn OC evcrr toun ftnecre followeraiof him who. ha.i it the peculiar tenet. of1hiiiieligiofJ1io 5 TrTby liaccjcTveU.widjer.

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