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SAT®*® AT, March 14,17** GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE * OR INDEPENDENT REGISTER. «—■ ■: ■ ■ ■ ■—— ■ ■—■■■■■! ■ ■ ! -—HU. ■ ■ ■■■■» I M ■ ■ , ■ ■ --- _ » T,-, i FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, to remain inviolate forever# ConjHtution of Georgia, • • * % ■ • AUGUSTS: Printed by JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to the State ; Essays , Articles of Intelli gence, Advert ifements, &c. will be gratefully received, and every kind of Printing performed. In COUNCIL, Augusta , March 9, 1789. A PAPER was taken from the file by the Secretary, and read, which-purported to be a return of the late election for Repre sentatives in the Congress of the United States, for Glynn county, aud is as follows : State of Georgia , County of Glynn, March 9, 1789. WE the fubferibers, Justices of the Peace for the said county, do certify, that we held the poll for the purpose of electing Repre sentatives for this state, in the national Con gress, and that the votes in favor of the Can-- didates, were as follow, viz. General Jack son had in his favor fdr the lower diftrift, twenty-one votes, and two for the middle diftrift; William Houftoun, Esq. had for the lower diftrift four votes, and for the middle diftrift nineteen votes ; Henry Olborne, Esq. had for the upper diftrift twenty-three votes; and Major Sumner had for the middle diftrift four votes, and for the upper diftritt two. JAMES SPALDING. • JOHN BRADDOCK. Whereupon he was asked by the Governor where he had got it ? To which he replied, from Colonel Hillary. Mr. Hillary, in his place, being alio aiked -the fame question, said, that it came inclofed to him in a letter from William Stevens, Esq. wne of the Justices of the Peace for the said county. Mr. Hillary being farther aiked by Mr. Lyman, when he received the said let ter? Answered, on Thursday evening iaft. Mr. Weed delivered in from.his place a sealed letter addressed to the Governor, See. which being opened, purported tobe a return of the election of Rep relent atives for the Congrcfs of the United States, for Camden county, and is as follows: Georgia , Camden County . AT an election held at Dungenefs, on Cum berland Island, in and for the said county, on Monday, the ninth day of February, one. thousand l'even hundred and eighty-nine, to * choose Reprefcntatives to serve this state in the Federal Congress of the United States, on doling the poll, and comparing the ballots, there appeared the following votes, viz. For Henry Olborne, forty; for Job Sumner, twenty-five; for William Houftoun, fifteen; for James-Seagrove, seven ; for James Wood land, three; and for jaraes Bearley, one. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our bands and seals the day aud year above writ ten. JAMES WOODLAND, S.J. P. TALMAGE HALL, J. P. ALEX A NDER S EMPLE,C. C. C. Whereupon he wa#*alked how he came by the said -papers ? To which be replied, he re ceived .from David Hillhoufe, Esq. On piotion of Mr. Lyman, seconded by Mr. Weed, It is ordered, that the said David Hillboufe-to fammoned and required to at tend this Board, to give information, on oath, as te the premtlea. Mr. Hillhoufe attending, and being sworn, was aiked bow he came by the said paper ? To which he replied, that he could not tell: He found it amongst his papers et the Hotel in Auguste \ in explanation ho added, that Capt* Hall bad given him e letter et Savannah on Sunday, the flrfl day of March instant, which hi could not find when he firft came up, end fuppofestiiat the Utter to 'juartioii was the OBf» On motion of Mr. Hopkins, seconded by Mr. Booker, It is ordered , That the -forego ing proceedings be publilhed in the State Ga zette. Extraff from the Minutes , J. MERIWETHER, S. E. C. HOUSE of ASSEMBLY, Friday, January 30, 1789. MR. Telfair, from the Committee on Finance, brought in a report, which was amended; and agreed to by the Houle, and is as follows : Your Committee have had under their con lideration, the accounts of James Seagrove and Robert Foifyth, Esquires, Agents for the fpecific tax for the year 1787, and find, that the said Agents have received fpecifics to the amount of £. 49x5 11 8 i-x, including sundry suspicious receipts from Thomas Bald win, in part of £.8441 8 2 3-4, being the amount of the general return*. and that there is now due from the several county Colleftors the sum of £. 351-7 >5 6— that the said sum of £.4925 i» 8-1-2 received by them, has been paid away in manner following, viz. To Peter Stubblefield, Ifiu- J ingCommifiary,hetobe > 1311 o 7 accountable, the futn of 3 To the Militia,perOfficers receipts, for Thomas Baldwin, paid by him > 558 4, i in diftbarge of the tax j of Greene county, J To the State Troops—-In- ) diandepartment, y 3* 7 0 l * a For corn chargeable to do. 7* 3to 1-2 To Doctor Geoghagan, *1 Direftor-General, he > 484. 5 4, to be accountable, y To Hillhoufe & Kellogg, 1 Cont razors, they to be Sto 18 1 6 11 accountable, For rent of (lores 6 9 For rum chargeable toT _ Hillhoufe & Kellogg, 5 88 8 0 Commilfions on the above 254 19 7 Balance in the hand of Ro- 1 bert Forfyth, he to be V 20 j, 2 3-4 accountable J £-49*5 *2 8 1-3- Your forbear exprefling to the House their approbation, fatisfactiou, and pleasure on the extreme accuracy and correftnefs of the said accounts, and recom ‘ mend that the said ftaremeut be pubiiftied, and . the vouchers thereof deposited in the Auditor’s office. Your Committee further observe, that there' is an appearance of great fraud in sundry re ] ceipts lodged by Thoipas Baldwin, Collector for the county of Greene, in difeharge of fpe cifics due from said county, and in rlifcbarge of fpecifics expreifa) to have been paid tbere in by persons residing in other counties, a mounting to 151321 b. of bee f and pork, and 833 and one quarter butliela corn; which re ceipts are given by a certain Capt. Charles Stewart, Capt. fiamuel Sinkfield, and Lieut. Daniel Whatley, to a certain Charles Stew art, John Cain, William Cain, Robert Mid dleton, and Johnaud Michael Whatley, pirc of which appear to be certified by Robert Middleton, Jurtice of the React for the said county*. which receipts apd fioi/lcam pour T H fi tVot. 111. No. CX3CVIII.] Committee recommend be placed in the hand# of the Attorney-General, with directions to profecme: all offenders therein concerned, copies thereof to be firft taken, and with a copy of an affidavit made by William Cain, published in the State Gazette. Your Committee recommend, that the al lowance of io per cent, for wattage and re delivery of corn, be allowed the Collectors on a final ftttxmrnr; and the Committee farther recommend,, that the Treasurer be directed to ifTue his execution for the arrears of the fpe cifictax for the years 1787 and 1788, against the respective Collectors, immediately afteff the indulgence herein granted dial! expir 1 and that all persons who (hall difch-irge the said fpecifics due for the year 1788, within three months after the publication (hall be exempted fronvthe penalties and dis abilities imposed in and by the ACt for railing fnpplies in fpecifics : Provided, nothing here* in contained that! effect or extend to the sti pulations vetted in the Executive in favor of the counties of Liberty, Glynn, Camden r Washington, Franklin and Greene. Your Committee recommend, that the Tieafurer be directed to deliver up to the rain James Seagrnve, Jfclq. and his securities, their bonds, entered into for the faithful per* formance of his office, within fix months af ter the publication of this report, on the or der of the Governor. Ordered* That the said report*, together with thettatement, be publiffied in the refpec* tive public Gazettes. Ext> aft from the Minutes , JAMES M. SIMMONS, C. G. A . V E N I ; C E,. November it. THE Order of Malta and our have concluded a treaty, by virtue of whi' h the two cortraCfing powers mutually engage to protest their rerpetfive dominions, commerce, &c. againtt all invaders. In con sequence of this- event the Turks will for the future he kept in more awe than they have been for a considerable time pad. The Mai - tefe alone having u fljips of war at sea, all well manned and equipped, beside a great number of gallics which are preparing for feivice with all expedition. B E R L P N, November 15. This morning, a company of artillery set off from heacc for Well Prussia, and four other companies h.;ve received orders to be m readiuefs to march at the firft notice. r I he corps which have received order* to proceed towards Poland, under the command of Lieut. Gen. Ufedom, consists of nine ba tallions of infantiy, one regiment of dra goons, and two regiments of buffers. Ma gazines are also formed for the use of an army of 60,000 men. From the Lovutr Rhine , Nrv. *B. The courier, so long expeAed from Peierfburg it Berlin, ia at length arrived, and now we have every reason to expert being involved in the war, even before the expiration of the year. LONDO NToeembir % - 9 . HOUSE of LOUD 8, ar 4, The Cbaneellor came to the Hu* i* at foot o’clock, and riling in hii plate on the *ooU Otk, mfoimd theirLerdihipa, that, mane*