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■ s •*. % • • tf.' j.- "* SiTtIRP ATj Match 29, t^SSf -Si, Georgia state gazette OR INDEPENDENT REGISTER. FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JUR Y, to remain mvio.a.e fo.ever. Cmfiimim •/ C.crgUJ MB—BlfcM—p——MMßl——^ mimm mmmm d U G U S t A: Printed by JOHN it. SMIIH, Printer to the State •, tffays, Articles of Intelligence, Advertisements, & c . will be gratefully received, and Mery kind of Printing ferfcmed. omi-t g.'' ■ •• • |1; An Aft Par laying a Tax for- the fear one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight. (Concludedfrom No. IXX VII.) A ND he it also enabled by the authority afore m •*’ Jaidy That any person neglefting or re lufing to give in his or her account of the lands and Haves, or other taxable property, or any part thereof to the Receivers afore- j (aid refpeftively, at such time and place ad they (hall appoint, agreeably to this Aft, he or lhe (hall be deemed a defaulter and (hall ; fce taxed in double the sum which would have f fceen due had the fame been returned agree- j •bly to this Aft t The Receivers (hall use •heir utmost diligence to difeover and return •ny taxable property so concealed, for which l«ch Receivers, or any other person who fliall thus detest such defaulter, (hall be.tentitled to teceive of the Colleftor one half of the dou ble tax of such defaulter; I And hi it enabled by the authority aforefaid, That whenever the Colleftor (hall difeover that any person His omitted to any pro- J. perty, he (hall summon three freeholders, Who (hall reside in the diffrift where such property (hall be found, tp afeertain the va- I lue of the said property, and to deteritfinfc the amount of the double tax upon it, for Which amount the Colleftor is hereby em powered to levy in the manner herein before » mentioned : And t,o the intent that the lands j friay be faithfully returned, and in the fcame Os the rtal owners and proprietors of the / fame, Be it ena£jed> That When lands are not included in tax return as aforefaid, it ihall and may/be lawful to give the fame in evidence in apy court of law in this Hate, that (fucb lidd was vacant at thaf time. And 'whereas it has frequently happened that between? the day of receiving the tax re turns, and the day appointed for the payment t •f the . tax, many persons have left the di firifts in vybich they resided, and have been } ieturnled by the Sheriffs as defaulters Who had \ tro property iipon which they could levy or Be it therefore enaßed by the autho rity That the Sheriff (hall be ob liged to prove, in a fatisfaftory manner to the Afljftant Judg s Vre county in which te afts, the indigence and inability of those whom he returns as defaulters without pro perty. f *.■ ; And be it also enaßed by the authority afore faidy That the taxf s imposed by thi9 Aft, (hall be preferred to all feeurities and encumbrances Whatever; and that in case any person (hall between the time of giving in his or her account to the said Receivers, and the paying ■ % a M- of his or her tax, and any goods or chattels of the deceased, to the value of the sum so tax ed, (hall come into the hands of his or het executors or adniinifirators, or executors in their own wrong, such executor or admiiii ftrator (hall pay the fame by ihc time before limited, prior to all judgments, mortgages, or debts whatsoever, or otherwise a warrant of execution Oiall iftre against the proper goods of such executor or administrator ; and if any perion, between the time of render ing the account of hie or her eftatc to the re ceiver aforefaid, aud the time of paying in his, her, or their tax, (half be about to de part the county in which he lives, the said Colleftor is hereby direfted and required forthwith to levy the fame, notwithstanding the day of payment is not already come, un less Rich persons will find securities to the liking' of the Colleftdr for the payment there of, at the time of payment. And be it al/o enabled, That all deeds of gift, ctmveyancefr, mortgages, Tales* and align ments of lands or tenements/ goods and chat* tfls of any perforis whatever, made with an intention to avoid paying the tax, are here by deemed and declared null and void : And /in case any person who hab ben a fide mort gaged any part of his efiate, real orperfonal, shall refufe or negleft to pay the tax for the fame, the morgagee (hall be answerable and liable to pay the fame : Provided, That such ertate (hall be in poflefiion of said mortgagee. And be it further enabled by the authority afore aid, That the Treasures for the time btfing he, and lie is hereby empowered and required to grant executions against all form er Colleftors Os taxes, who are, or may be defaulters immediately after the patting of this Aft,. And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid , That an additional tax be imposed on and collefted of the inhabitants and others holding or laying claim to property within this (late, to the amount of four (hillings and two-pence sterling on every hundred pounds value in fpecifics, to be eftimatedby theCol leftors of the taxes aforefaid in each county, in the manner direfted by an Aft for railing fupphes, pafied the tbirty-firft day of Ofto ber, one thousand seven hundred and eighty feven, which fard additional tax (hall be paid by the firft Tuefday in January next; and all apd every defaulter or defaulters, are hereby declared to be fubjeft to the disabilities while in default, ks defaulters are under by the said Aft, as well as the penalties therein ifnpofcd # 6y Order of the Hoofe, • NATHAN BROWN SDN, Speaker* ■.; .< * v 1 February t, i;l|> CNo. UOrX.s LONDON,’ Decmltr *9. Extrado/a alter from Piterjlurgb, Ncv. 10* 4 | AST week the Couit received fronk J. Prince Potemkin, thi following ac count of a frcfli defeat of the enemies troops, dated £li?abeth Grod, sth of this month. “ Whereas, about the middle of Sept* Lieutenant General Potemkin received advice that a great number of troops were aftemb ling between the rivers Uflup and De Lam j and that a number of the Turks of Sudfchuch Kale had arrived among the Tartars of the Cuban, to inform them that war had broken out, and to engage them to make an cicur fion into the circumjacent country of Ruffias knd a design was foimed to prevent them, and to disperse the body that was assembled. “ On the Ift of Odober they crofted thd Cuban in three columns : the fourth column, under the command of Major General Jela gin, in order to conceal his intent, was di relied td pass the river below the Ouctfchu- Brod, with orders to repel the enemy, in case they attCmpetd to attack them.—The column, under the command of 1 icutenant Colonel Rebinder, that had the least ground to pass over, gained the quarter of Sebach firft, where he found about 600 of the enemies troupe entrenched behind waggons; whiift the van guard was attacking them, the Taftara en trenched behind the waggons, mact# a loud prayer, that was didated to them by .the Be bach, after which they made a desperate re- Pittance ; after all, they were obliged to give wav to the bravery of our troops, who made themlelves matters of the entrenchment, and who, in the heat of aftion, put all those to the sword who fell into their hands, by which 400 only remained in the field. 44 On the 18th the Sebach returned with 4 body he collected, and attacked tolonel Re minder. but he was repelled. The Carbinier regiment of Rourfea br ie the brunt of thie aftault; for whiift they were direding their fire upon a detached troop, another body that came out of an ambufeade fell upon the left wing-of that regiment, which being relieved as soon as poftible by the dragoon regiment of Aftracan, and a battalion of grenadiers, the enemies were compelled to tty. 44 On the 3d, the enemy being reinforced by the Tartars of Temcngi, it c. attempted# fecund attack on our troops, Majot General Prince Rargew marched on their right wing, and compelled them, by a constant and well directed fire, to fiy in confufion to their habi tations ; ne*t morning we let fiie to the vil lages in the environs of Sebach, whert we found 10,coo puds of butte; and a greet quantity of barley.” ’ From the. e*ptefiion tiled by the French King to the Duke of Orleans, previous to bit it is plain that his Majofty ft£- * peded the Duke had learned Jometbiog more in England than a knowledge of horfeman* fhipp aad it ci**pt be ihiUueMet