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• T 5 A TURD AY, Attgujliy i;88i . ’ : . t £ < ~ r- -i GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE c jL' OR I . ... • f ; INDEPENDENT REGISTER. #- -♦ * *s% ‘ A t -H < *1 • * c ' a** •’ * • v _ * *•> *.v • .* • -*-*•. FKt EDOM of tie PR £S S, and TRIAL by JURY, to -ft main inviolate forevci;. CtrJiitMiin es Getrgi*. Ats G U&T A: Printed by JOHN E. SMIT H, Printer to tbe State j Fffays, Articles qf Intelligence, Advertisements, fcff. will be gratefully received, and every kind of Printing perfumed. *. *■ - 4 V J "*\ • 1 • . ■ » >1 GEORGIA, Burke County* inCOXJkii March ai, 1788. *> r ' Ordered , - ' , -That a copy of tlfe Preferitments of the Grand Jury of this Term tfe traufmitted to the Executive by the Clerk. A T a Superior Court begun arid nplden on Tuefday the 18th March 1788, at Wayirefborough, in and for the county of Btjrke, before his Honor Henry Osborne, Esq. Chief justice, and the Honorable David Ema nuel, Thomas Lewis, and Hugh Lawson, Af iiftant Justices forthe said county. We the Gfand-Iflqueft for the body of the county of Burke, on our oaths, present: ift. We! present as a grievance that no ’ provision has yet beCn mgde to fatisfy public creditors of ariy denomination, except the purebafefs of coqfifcated property and public officers, notwithstanding the faith of the date is solemnly pledged in the law, authoring the Auditor to ifliie certificates,' that other provi sion (ball be made for their redemption. ad. We preferit afc a' grievance that pur chasers of confiTfcated property are fufferCH to difeharge their bonds with audited certificates, which were Cxprefsfe by agreement and con dition payable only Xri gold of rilver; nor cad we account forthe adoption of such airieafure in the Legiflatiire, by fuppofirig that a tbajo rity of that body are-speculators, and men of desperate fortunes, many of whbrii Were alfb deeply indebted to the public. 3d. We present as a grievance that at a time when the public exigencies demand the greatest ceconomy in she finances of the (late, that the General Xtfembly fliould add two hundred pounds per aihnum to the emdltirhents of the office of State Secretary, and continue a salary fO the Collector* of the Port of Savan nah, being two of the most profitable polls in the gifts of the ftate.‘ ( 4th. Wtf present as a grievance that the records belonging to each county are not deV posited in the fa die, agreeably to the direction of the fiftieth article of the confritiitibn, arid that the holders df taxable property 1 are* nbf obliged to make returns thereof in the county id which it may beas we conceive (rich jf flep would enable the receivers and collectors of the public taxes to execute the duties of their office with more decision and dispatch than if is possible under the present mode of conducting that business, and until that is clone, there' appears hardly a possibility of de tecting frauds that may be committed by ab sentees, or even inhabitants of the state, who are bale enough to conceal or make falfe re turns of their property. sth. We present as a grievance that re serves of land are made and kept in this (late, when the conditions on Which they Were made are not complied with ; and recommend that an Afl Should be paired to authorife the Land "Courts to grant the remainder of any such lands, where tbe intent and meaning thereof has not been fulfilled. 6th. We present as a grievance that (laves arc allowed the use of fire arms, or to keep horses, and that the Captains of the different companies are not authorifed to order arid perform pattole duty in their difiriCls when ever occasion may require } and that any per .lon called on refuting to do such duty, (hould he fubjcCted to a rcafouable fine. » >« . • 7 th * We P refcnt as a grievance that tlie law or laws, pointing out the duty, and defig. natirig the power of Commissioners of roads,’ • are not furnirtied this county. Bth. We prefept as a grievance that a road is not ordered to be laid out from the fort of Mac Bean to Parries faw-riiill, tfie nearest and mod convenient way, agreeably to a pe tition preferred to a formed and re commend that William M’Norrvl, William Ryall, and Samuel Godby be appointed Com* missioners. . pth. We present as a grievance, that all persons holding lands in this date, are not obliged to renew* their land marks at lead once in seven years. , loth., We present Edward Telfair, Esq. for riot keeping a fafe and convenient palfage open>f*or the use of horfetnen and cairiages travelling, by his. mill dams, for want of which the lives and properties of the godd this date ate often endangered • on the information of William M‘Norrilj John Dawson, and Willis Murphy. 11 th. We present as a grievance that per sons deferibed, though not named, in the Aft of Confifcauon and Banishment, are fuffered to fit on Juries, vote at cleft ions, or hold any pod of profit or honor in this date, without being previously admitted to the rights of ci tizenfliip by the Legislature. i ath, On the information of Thomas Jones, ' we present john Shelman, and Biaffingame • Harvey, fen. for fuffeiing Thomas Ford to cfcape, and Jacob Boafman to be released from ctiflody, who were apprehended and proved '! to have harboured Benjamin Allen and Pfjftor, who, from rnan> circumdances, were concerned in the muider of Spurlock, Sykes, and his family. 13th. We peefent as a grievance, that an ) Aft Os Adembly. is not pal Ted to explain the ’ 6tn article of the conflitution, for want of ! which members may be admitted to a feat in ; the Legislature, that arc worth a great deal ; less than nothing. ; 14th.’ We present Cader P’rice, on the iriformation of Patrick Carr, for retailing fpi ritous liquors without liqence, and we pre sent the former Superior Court of this county ; for ne'gleftirig to regulate" the price of enter; tainments to be obfeived by tavern keepers/ arid iri'eatirig-houfeS.’ 15th. We present as a grievance the want of an Aft to punish persons living in a date of ’ concubinage or adultery, and to punish baflardy, Which arri Shamefully praftifed in this county with impunity, contrary to the laws of God, and the peace arid welfitrc of the date'. I'fith. W e prtfftnt as afgrieranc t the* want’ -of a law to punilh careless and evil disposed persons who make a praftice of burning the woods in this county, to the great injury of the range, foil, timber, arid other property of many of the inhabitants thereof. 17 th. We present the want of a fnfficient bridge over Brier Creek, at Rae’s Old Cow pen, as there is no palling the old one with out manifest ri sk and danger either on horse back or carriages. 18th. On the information of Wm. Neil, and William Harte, we present john Patter son, and Robert Bowling for neglecting to ■ open the road from Walker’s bridge to Lewis ville, of which they are Commissioners. Cu the information of Francis Boy* The kin, William Neil, and William Harte, ■ V, rcfcnt Jouathau Kemp, jofeph Hamilton, and Robert Allen, for not opening the road orders ed to be laid out fiom the Chickasaw ford, on Brier creek, to the county line on faac Bean, -of which they are Commissioners. 20th. We recoriunend the following per* , sons to be appointed Receivers of taxable pro- f I perty, viz. Iri Capt Harvey’s diftrift, Richard Childers ; in Capt. Harvey’s,, jun Charles Harvey; in Capt. Fuzzle’s, William Neil | in Capt. LawlWs, hiriifelf; in Capt. Little's, : Thomas'Little, feu. in ( apt. Harte’s, David Emanuel; in Capu Greeue’s, John Raford ; ; in Captains Lett’s and Whitaker’s, Battc ; Jones ; in Capt. M'Kenzie’s, himfelf; in Capt. Sapp’s, John Bell; in Capt. LafTetei’s, William Skinner ; in Capt. Sharp’s, James Jones;, in Capt. Grey’s, William Rhenny 5 Capt. Lewis, in his diftrift; in Capt. White’s,’ ; himfelf; in Capt. Evans’s, Edward Weathers ; in Capt.. Fann’s, Benjamin Davis; in Capt, Watfon’a, William Ryall; and in Captain,' : Murphys diftrift,. Thomas Burton. We represent the want of a goal and flocks in this,county, as a great grievance. ; Jame* Jones, Fsrir- Matthias Gray, > . man, > John Robetts, I William Neil; Willis Murphey, . William Rheny, . William Skinner, Wm. M‘Norrill, James Bradley, William Godby, Joseph Atkinson, William Ryall, fijamuel Godby, William Hart, Bazil Gray, Francis Boykin, Batt. Jones, James Pugh, John Dawson. Q. Reufard, I do hereby certify that the foregoing is * trric copy front the Miuutas of Court. J. D/IVIES, C. S. C. a » <4 BOSTON, Junt 18. YESTERDAY, after an abfcnce of nine years, arrived in this metropolis, from England, his Excellency JOHN ADAMS, Esq. late Ambatfador from the United States of America to the Court of Great-Britain,. with his lady. His Excellency the Governor • having previoufiy ordered that every mirk of refpeft be paid his Excellency on his arrival, the approach of the ship in which he arrived, was announced by a fignalfrom the Light, and a difebarge of cannon from the caflle; when off the castle he was saluted with a federal difeharge of cannon from the fortrefs, and when the ship had arrived at her moorings, the Secretary ,of the State’, by order of his ; Excellency the Governor, repaired in hi§ - Excellency’s carriage to the end of the pier, from whence, in the slate barge, the Secret— ary waited on the AmbafTador on board, and in his Excellency the Governor’s name con gratulated him on his arrival, and invited him and family to his Excellency’s feat. The wind being frelfi and fair, the ship arrived at town too early to admit out fellow-citizens receiving his Excellency in the manner they bad previonfly intended. Notwitbrtanding, short as the time was, the pier was crowded, and hit Excellency welcomed on shore by three huzzas, from several thousand persons. The Secretary of the State accompanied his Excellency in the barge on shore, where his Excellency the Governor’s carriage waited for , him, id which he, hit lady, the Secretary oft CNo. XCVH.I