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BOSTON, February z 6. t* is with the greeted pleasure, lays a cor fefpoudeut, that the plan of obtaining amend ments to the new Constitution, firfl proposed hf our worthy Chief Magiltrate, recommend ed by the Convention of this commonwealth, iJnl approved and adopted by the Legislature at its last session, meets the fulled approbation of every true zndbonejl Federalist throughout the Union*. This plan has already been em braced by the dates of Virginia, South-Ca lolina, New-York, and New-Hamplhire, and is admitted hr the fir A federal charade?* up on the continent. It is generally said that his Excellency the President elect is in the fj»me fttiti’meiit, and there is no doubt of the genuine republicanifra of the flatclnuu of Braintlle. , - The Lees, a Henry, a Gerry, and other friends to the rights of the people, are ail of them agreed in this opinion, so favorable to the views withes of a great majority of the citizens, of this commonwealth, and of America at large. The celebrated Maddi fon, of Virginia, has lately expressed ' his ideas on this important fubjeft, in the mod unequivocal language.—“ It is my wili, y (fays he) to fee the fulled provifton on th lights of coufcience, the freedom of the press, trials by jury, exemption from general war rants, &c. &c. and to fee effectual provision made for a petiodical increase of Reprefeuta tiv n the Federal Conftifution.” “N. danger (fays he) will icfult from rite delibe rations of Congrefson the iubjecl of amend ments.” “ And it is my with (fays he, in another letter) that the Congvefs to meet in March next, (hould proceed to this lalutary •work. He also thinks ** That :hc Judiciary Department wiH admit of improvement, so ?S to render fuperfluous appeals impoflible'.” > BENNINGTON, Feb. zb We are informed from rcfpcftable authori ty that many influential Members of the Le gitlature of New-York arc apxiou3 for the admifiion of Vermont into the Federal Union, to prevent internal divilions among the Ame rican dates. The Hon. General Schuyler and others have given it as their opihion, that matters ihould be coinpromifed amicably ami speedily between this date and the New-York claimants, the peace of the Uuion being of far greater value than half a million acres land. A correspondent observes, it is highly pro bable that the period is not far didant when the government of New-York will find it their intered to accede to the jnrifdiftion of Vermo'nt the county of Clinton, together with all that didrift of territory adjoining the northern pods. ■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ i ■ NEW-YORK, March 7. Extras of a letter from a gentleman at Fi/b --kill to bis friend in this city, dated March .• 3» I7 8 9‘ SIR, “Werel to relate the many extraordinary (though not less true) accounts I have heard concerning that unfortunate girl at New Hje kenfack, your belief might perhaps be dag gered, and'patience tired. I fliall therefore only iuform you of what Thave been a« eye witnefc. Lad Sunday afternoon my wife an J inyfelf went to Dr, Thorn’s, and after fitting some time, we heard a knocking under the feet of a young woman that lives in the fami ly. I aiked the Doctor what occasioned the noise ? He could not tell, but replied, that lie, together with several others, had mined the house, but were unable to difeover the cause. I then took a candle, and went with the girl into the cellar, there the knock ing a'.fo continued ; but, as we were afeend- ; ing the flairs to return, I heard a prodigious Tipping on each tide, which alarmed me very much. 1 flood dill some time looking around with amazement, when I beheld some lum ber which lay at the head of the flairs (Hake considerably. About eight or ten days after we visited the girl again—the knocking Aril continued, but was much louder. Our cu riosity induced us to pay the third visit, when *be phenomena were still more alarming. I then (aw the chairs move> a large dining tablt thrown against me, and a fmal! (land on whieh flood a candle, was totted up end throw n jo my wife's lap \ after which we left ti e Jionft much lurried at wlut we had (ecu." 'NEW-BRUNSWICK, March 10. Wc are told that on Saturday evening iaft his Excellency General Waihiugton' was ex petted in Philadelphia, where great prepara tions were making for his reception, and it is supposed he will be accompanied in>-j this date by the Philadelphia troop of horse i— we hope the ci«zens of New-jersey wilt not omit this opportunity of teftifymg their gra titude to that iliuftrious charatter, by taking a part in the pleasing talk of escorting him t > New-York, $v take upon him ths Preiidency of the United States. Plttjburgy Feb 14. His Excellency Governor St. Clair, with the Com mi dinners of this date, and fevcral other 'gentlemen, arrived here a few days ago from Fort Harmar. A PROCLAMATION. By his Excellency ARTHUR. St. CLAIR, Go vernor and Commander in Chief of the Territory of the United Spates of the river Ohio, and Commifliouer'Ple nipotentiary for removing ail caufcs of con troversy between the Indians in the Nor thern Department and the United States. To ali Pdrfcns to whom these Hre fcnts {hitrorrvi, Greeting : IS7 H E Fv £'• A S a treaty was conclu led at v V p'ort Harmar on the 9th day of Fe~, bruary, iirthe prefern year, wuh the Six Na tions the Wyandot, Delaware, Ch-ppawa, Ottowas, Pe6to/vatamie and Sax nations of Indians and the United States, whereby peace «r.,l fiend (hip ha> been rcaC-ved and confirm ed between the United States and the before mentionevl Indian nations: All the citizens and ftlhjetts of the United States a.e hcrel>y requested to take notice of the Time, ami to ahitain from any ad of hostility injury or injudice to the said nations, and every indivi ! dual of the laid nations., as they (hall antwer the contrary at their pc*il. Given under nry hand and seal at Marietta, in the County of Waihingtou, and Ter ritory of the*United States north-weft of the Ohio, the twenty-fourth day of Ja nuary, Anno Donvni one thousand le veti hundred and eighty-nine, and the thirteenth year of the independence of the United States of America. ARTHUR Sc. CLAIR, By. His Excellency's command, lf*inth>opl Sargeit, Sec’ry. GOD Jave the UNITED STATES. PHILADEL PHI A, March 9. It is with lingular pleafurc we hear that * James Wilton, Esq. of this state, is destined; by the voice of many thuuiand Federalists, to fill the llation of Chief Justice of the United States. This worthy citizen devoted himfelf to the caul'e of American freedom in 1774, and has lhared in every toil and danger of the revolution. His hand, his heart, his tongue and his pen, have ever been at the command of his country. To his laborious investiga tions into the principles and forms of every species of government that has ever existed in the world, and to his powerful reasonings in the late Federal Convention, the United States a«e indebted for many of the perlettions of the new Confiitution. The office alloted for that diftinguifbed pa triot and iegiflator by his grateful country men, will require an uncommon ftiarc of le gal and political abilities and information. A new system of federal jurisprudence must be formed’; a new region in the administration of justice inuft be explored, in. which genius • alone can supply the defett of precedent ; and - who so equal to those great and original un dertakings as that favourite ion of Peuufylva uia, James Wilson, Esq. 18. Since the votes of South-Carolina and been known, it appears that il luftrieusfoldier & venerable citizen, GEORGE • WASHINGTON, Esq, is uuanimoufly e letted First Prefidentof the United States.- Ye little great ones of the world ! how might the man* who floats upon the full tide of uni njer/al approbation, look down upon, heredi tary right* ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 22. By information received from Kentu» key, v\c learn, that many of the principal people of that diftritt, are warmly in favor of a fc . arttion from the union, and conten 1 that it • i ijuriottfi to the intereflk of that country, to be couuettcd with the At antic Stattt— This idea, so pregnant whh mifchief to Ame« rica, is said to be much cheriihed by the in telligence carried'there b ; Mr. Brown, mem ber of Ccngrefs, to this effeft: That he had the nrungeft aliurances from the Spanish Aiu baftador, that, on such a declaration by the people of Keutuckey, Spain would.cede to them the free navigation of the Miflifippi, and gi\ * them every support and encourage ment iu her power. Though this docs not corrcfpond with the opinion that has common* ly been entertained of that Miuifter, as to prudence, it is so serious in its consequences, to the peace and exigence of the-Atlantic States, as to deserve the immediate attention of Cougtefs. If it be authentic, Mr. Brows has iucurred high penalties for holding such a correfpondencc; and it is hoped, the Execu tive of this llate, will confider it as apart of their duty to enquire iuto it. AVGUSTA, April 25. GEORGIA . Ey his Honor GEORGE WALTON, Esq. - Captain-Generai, Governor and Command er in Chief in and over the said State. A Proclamation. WHEREAS a Proclamation iffu'ed on the 10th instant, founded on an Aft of the Executive of the preceding day, appointing the eighth day of June next to be the time, and the South margin of the Ofconee river, - oppolite to the Rock Landing, the place, for holding the Treaty with the Creek Indians; since when a Board of Commiflioners of In dian Affairs, for the Southern Department, has been formed’ at Abbeville, in the State of South Carolina, andwho, by their letter of tho ■ 20th instant, have fignified that, for the rea sons therein mentioned, they had been oblige ed to defer the meeting of the said Indians until the 20th of June. AND WHEREAS, on this day, the Executive approved of the time being changed from the eighth to the twentieth of June next. I HAVE, THEREFORE, thought fit, with the advice of the Honorable the Executive Council, to issue this my Proclamation, notifying the fame to the people at large, and to all others whom it may concern. And, in the mean time, it is hereby injoined ;-.nd required, that the truce heretofore agreed on, be inviolably preserved on the part of this state. GIVEN under my Hand, the Great Seal of the said State, iu the Council .Chamber, atAugufta, this twenty-third s day of April, in the Year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and eighty-nineand in the thirteenth Year of the Independence of the United States of America. GEORGE WALTON. By his Honor's Command , JOHN MILTON, Secretary . GOD SAVE THE STATE. Ajter Orders of the Governor and Commander in Chief. Government House , Augufla, Ap;il ai, 1789. COME misapprehension having arisen with refpeft to the place of holding the Gene ral Court Martial for the trial of Captain Rooi and Lieutenant M‘Avey, although Sa vannah was explicitly named for that pur pose ; yet the Governor and Commander in Chief does not construe it into a disobedience on the part of.the members of the said Court. And, as it is represented that Augusta will be a more convenient place, It is, therefore, ordered, that the said trial be at Aiiguila on the third Monday in May next. Attest . J. MERIWETHER, S. E. C. The Honorable Me. Osborne, one of the Cotnmifli,oners of Indians Affairs of the United States for the Southern Department, has re turned to this place from Abbeville, in the State of Soutb-Carolina. That he met there the bouorable General Pickens, with Whom a Board was formed ; and that the roost prompt and chearful acquiescence was experienced, on the part of the General, to promote the wilhes of the government of this date for a peace with the Indians. *