New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-11-06

dy, Strong Liquor Beer TO any Indian or Indians
nrop any pretence Whatsoever upon Sc Penalty of
Two months Imprisonment withou, Boile OF main
prize and moreover fine Of FIVE Pound- totes QUOTES
ye Proofs hereof 10 he made Us i, Inserted ia We
Proclamation Prohibiting ye selling % Strong Drink
dated ye 2lst day OF May 1850 which is by Proof
Purgation by oath always provided Vt it shall and
may be in ye Power of We Mayor Aldermen and Com
monalty Of We sd City If they see cause To give any
smsl quantity Of Rom Ia any Sachems who here
about Public Bussiness any Prohibition sb"vesd in
erymaIner Observation-Disclosures At ye city hall
OF Albany ye 18th day OF September lOo9
RoBT LIVINGSTON
] send you also second in which yoa will find
Search and Seizure clause" Ii appears by en-
tries in the margin that the same was resisted
"publicly by Abraham Cuyler;' also that Isaac de
"Pcyster could not be found at home and his cellar
" door kept always SHUT" But what was done 20
these despisers of the powers that be- or that were
the records do not state-whch IL to be- greatly
regretted as laying down no precedent for our day.
At meeting n pe Mayer Aldermen and Con~onahy Of We
C,tfy@ dibdny and We Military of0' q ~ zane We 2'f'
day ~ jane .oS9. 80 .
Uicreo. complaint is made to us We Mayor Al
dermen and CommoDslty assisted with We military
officers Of We City of Albany vt ye Collector Is De-
nyed se liberty TO gage ye rum vt Il brought Up from
~ York according to ye laws and Former practice of
this Province Pretending that there is authority
for We The said Mayor Aldermen & Common
atty and Military officers unanimously resolved 10
maintain We ri Excises 10 ye self same Nigour Power
Throne 10 be acceptable to sush governor officers
as their Majts shall be Pleased 10 send H. Rule over
us We ye Muyr Aldermen Commonaty and Nil
ary officers have therefore Thought fl unanimously
10 order AID require We high sheriis i constables
Of this city TO be aiding and assisting 10 RObt Living
stOn Col ID carrying We sd Run 10 be gagged ana all
ye Casks TO be viewed y. IL come out of ye soop
of Peter BogHrdus which is suspected to be Rum in
stead Of Molasses to enter into We houses cell
ers of any Inhabitants of this city where any OF I'd
Casks are Lodged ard if any person shall Resist yu
by force that yu then take special potice who they
are that Re st that they may be called to acct for
their contempt in Due time, in doing whereof this
Shall be VI sufficient Warrant. Given under hands
and scales in Albany, ye 18th day Of June 1859.
PR SCHUYLER
JOHN WENDELL
From other documents, which are too lengthy for
your columns, it seems that New York, even in that
early day, WAS accustomed to arrOgate to itself
metropolitan powers over the denlzens OF this city.
For once when assistance was asked of New-lork
10 protect them from the Indians, the honest old
Dutchmen of Albany found to their sorrow that
they had, like the doves in the fable when they
sought the aid of the kite, taken unto themselves
worse enemy than their anticipated foes for the
Workers seized the fort and ruled the place
Here, too, are records of the fatal massacre at
Schenectady in $780, and MANY record Of the
French and Indian war, which time would fail to
eDumerate.
The Thermometer at 81 in the shade, causes my
pen Ia sign myself,
respectfully yours, W. w o.