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lEiam Walker; Lyon Henry, by ation of William Douglass. have perused the tax return laid us, ami find there are several mif vir. In John Pell’s return, Thomas charged with four negroes, and le vied acres of land, which be hath u Thomas Littel’s return, Adam oj and James Black returned as Ijj-nts, having laud which hath !rl tor the taxes of the year 1787. sin Samuel White’s return, Wil :rrel charged with seven hundred f land, and has none ; John Caf- * t charged with seven hundred acres : laud which he has owned Before aft, and now owuis ; John Permen 3rged with two hundred and fifty Hand, and has none in M‘Kenzie’s , The different returns, except the errors, we believe to be just. Grand Jurors return their thank 3 lonor the Chief Justice for his ex charge to them, and his attention ufinefs of this county j and recom hat the Presentments of this Grand published in the State Gazette* in Little, jun. Foreman ; Bryant ullers, Jeremiah Atkinson, Thomas lorough, jofeph Davies, William tin, Philip Lightfoot, William Fuf- John Stuart, Jacob Lewis, Jona- Afhbury, Henry Breazeal, Lcvt nutfl, John Darby, Isaac Walker, Hudson, Thomas Fuffell, Mills phev, John Morrison, Nicholas j-, William Cbrifte, Howell Har hereby certify, that the foregoing : Copy of the Preferments of the fury of the County of Burke. J. DAVIES, C. C, B. C. tr *4, 1788. s from the Journal of Congress londay , September 1, 1788. vedy That the Secretary at War he is hereby authorifed to have a t number of the troops in the fei - the United States in readiness to rom the Ohio to the protection of rokees, whenever Congress fliail j be fame; and that he take mea tr obtaining information of the tes for troops to march from tJ:e Chota, and for dispersing among vhite inhabitants fettled upon or icinity of the hunting grounds £c the Cherokees by the treary con betweem them and the United November 28. 1785, theprocU of Congress of this date. wdy That copies of the said pro- Jn, and of these resolutions, be :ted to the Executives of Virginia )rth-Carolina, and that the said '» and they are hereby requested beir influence that the said procla may have its intended effett to peace and harmony between the of the United States and the Che and to prevent any further inva their refpcriive rights and poflef md in case Congress ftiall find it y to order troops to the Cherokee to enforce a due observance ofthe' sty, that the said States be, and hereby rfequefted to co-operate laid troops for enforcing fuchoo -5 °f that treaty. 'Jtdy That the papers which have t 0 Congress concerning o Ufties alledged to have been ed by John Sevier and others oh okce Indians at Chota, be refer- red to the Exficutiv* of Nortfi-Carolina, and that the said Executive be, and they hereby are earnestly requested to caufc inquiry to be made into the said hostilities, and to take measures for having the per petrators thereof apprehended &punilhed. The following obfervationsy extracted from a booky of the bejl authority , on the law of natiznSy are not unworthy of the con i’derat ion of the good people of this fate . “ One of the principal things that ought to employ the attention of government, with refpeCt to the welfare of the pubhc in genera!, and of trade in particular, re lates to highways— Nothing ought to be neglefted to render them fafe and commo dious—The ufs of highways, bridges, canals, and, in a word, of all fafe and commodious ways of communication, can not be doubted. They facilitate the trade between one place and another, and ren der the carriage of merchandize lef a ex pensive, as well as more sure and ealy. The merchants are enabled to fell at a bet ter price, and to obtain the preference ; they draw strangers who travel through the. country, and strangers leave money at the places through which they pass. France, Holland and England, have daily found the truth of this by happy experi ence.—France is one of those dates where this duty to the public is dilcharged with the greatest attention and magnificence. Numbers of patroles every where render the traveller free from danger; and cause ways,- bridges and canals facilitate the communication between the provinces Louis the IVth joined two seas by a work worthy of the Romans—The whole na tion ought, doubtless, to contribute to such uieful undertakings—When there fore, the laying out and repairing of high ways, bridges and canals, would be too great a burthen to be difeharged out of the ordinary revenues of the date, the go* vernment may oblige the people to labour at them, or to contribute to the expence. There have been peasants who murmured at the labour and taxes imposed upon them for such purposes, but experience no j looner male them fen Able of tbeir true interest, than they blclTcd the author of io uleful a chsfign.— The conftrutfion and preiervation of all these works being at tended with great expence, the nation may very jufliy oblige all those to contribute to them who received advantage from their nfe—this is the lawflil source of the right of toll. It is just that a travel er, and efpe ciailya merchant who receives advantage from a bridge, a canal or a causeway, in his own paifage, and in conveying, more comniodiouily, all his merchandise, ftiou'd contribute to the expence of ufeful eilab -1 lilh meats, by a reasonable contribution/* Anecdote of the late King of Prujfa* FREDERIC, when a recruit made bis firft appearance upon parade who bad been newly enrolled among his guards, used to ask him three questions—The firft was, How old are you ? the fccond, How long have you been in my service ? (as the guards were chiefly feleded from the flower of the army) and the third, Do you receive your pay and clothing regu larly ? A young Frenchman, on the ac count of his experience in taftics, was moved into the guards; and as he was totally unacquainted with the German language, his Captain inftrutfed him to learn proper answers to the customary questions as put by the King, Frederic, as fooa as he saw the new face jn the » tanks, (after taking a frefli pine* of fra*) advanced towards the Frenchman, and unfortunately for him, put the second queihon firft: “ How long (said he) have you been in my service ?’* the foldicr an swered, « Twenty-one years, please your Majesty.” The King aftoniftied at his looks, by which, he did not ap pear to be older than the number ofyeart he had mentioned as the length of time he had been in the Pruflian service, hasti ly a iked him, V How old are you ?” « One year, Sire.” Frederic was confounded, and after a ftiort paufc—*• Either (said he) you or I mud be a fool.” The fol- Uier had not forgot his leflon, and ima gining this nvift be the third and lad ques tion refpefting his pay and clothing, rea dily replied, “ Both, Sire.’* The King’s amazement may be more easily conceived than described. “ This is the firft time (laid he) I have heen called a fool in the pretence of my own guards.”—ln the mean while the foldicr not being able to account for the perplexity which he ob served in the King’s behaviour, and at the lame time perceiving by his Majesty’s manner,that he wiftied some eclairciJJ'tnunt , said in the French tongue, that he knew no more of the 1 inguage.—Frederic im mediately apprehended how this fuccef flon of roiftakes originated, and laughing heartily, told the soldier « To do his du ty, and learn the Pruifian language.’* *+* The piece figued NEOCOMI will * appear in our next* Notice. TFfOSE whom it may concern arc desired to take notice, that I do not confider myfelf bound by either law or justice, to difeharge a note given to Mr. Richard Napier for a negro girl, payable this month, till he has firft secur ed me in the consideration for which the note was given, having often been applied to but failed to do it; and further, that I have his bonds to set off against the note, when I confider myfelf liable to pay it. Therefore, if any person thould take an alignment of it, they will remember it i* at their own rilk. B. PORTER. Odvber 21, 1781?. * Richmond County , March term. William. Wallace, 1 vs. > Attachment. Timothy Rickitfon. j Ordered , THAT the defendant do appear aad plead within a year and a day, otherwifc judgment by default. Extraa from the Minutes , D. ELAM, A. C. C. March zB, 1788. A Lift of Defaulters in Capt. Dell Sapp's Diflrift, Burke county. MICHAEL Levefton, Luke Sapn, Levy Sapp, John Permentor, Bel lorn Johnston, Luther Hallwell, Jonas Nounder. JOHN BELL, Collector* MR. WILLIAM EVANS, of Wilke* county, whom I have advertised as a defaulter, not knowing the law, gave in a lift of his taxable property to George Read, Esq. Receiver of another dtitridt. vi the fame county. * GEORGE HEARD, Rcc.