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The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-07-10
Al e,xANDRIA HERALD.
WEDNESDAY, Junr 10, 1916
BANK PAPER.

The banks of this town are at this
time, and have for some time past been
reducing their circulation, consequent.
ly they pay out none of their own pa
per; but that of the banks of Washing
ton and Georgetown, principally
which paper when presented at the
banks north of the Potomac will not
be redeemed, (by some at least) ex-
cept in such paper as the banks here
will not electromagnetic the
banks fhere tax our banks with the
circulation & giving currency to pa
per less valuable than Alexandria pa.
per, but which answers fhe same FUR
rose, as our banks give currency to it.
The Georgetown banks then have no
occasion to curtail and the brokers
there have by this means been enables
TO carry on an ersensive business, and
depreciate certain country paper which
Is thoughtto be fully as good as their
own. There is another circumstance
worthy of attention in The course of
exchange, business which has been in
sroduced blythe brokers--In Baltimore
where district paper is prete ded to
be deprecated three per cent, specie
is higher than it is herein Richmond
our paper is az IL l-2 discount, and
Virginia paper can be bought IN guam
titles for 7lper cent. advance, and at
Fredericksburg for Eve and six per
cent. and in Wew York where the ex-
change is IL or Is per cent against us,
specie is nearly or quite as high as it is
here.
2he United States Bank.-On the
FIRST day the books were opened in New
York 8l2oOoo we're subsc' ibcd--At
Philadelphia the same day $500 600
The books are to be kept open for 30
days from the frst of July.
At an election held at Fairfax Court
House, on the 9th inst. pursuant to a
accommodation from sundry citizens
of Virginia, for deputies to meet in
convention at Stauniou on the 1874 OF
August, Wm: II. Fnzhugh and Thos
Moss, esq'. were duly elected.
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-07-10

,,WsdNI'S Il SITUATION
IN the Dry Good or Grocery business,
Young Man, who has some know
ledge both, and uD iers,ands accounts
For Information enquire Of the
PRINTERS
The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-07-10

The Alexandria Independent
Blues will attend quarterly meeting
OF the company, at the Court House,
This EOeninS, at 8 o'clock, P, Al
Punciual attendance is requested. BY
order,
WIN. L. CoCKERILLE,
See'rg.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-14

but, Wien i is necessary 70 raise the
Taxes, TIC d.sprop brtion is fett as an OPP
press!vr i'urtheu {; aud, in fact, IN 1914
aud IS. THIS inequality at taxation was
felS as a grievance sni. thirdly, answer.
that wa,lsS che Upper Country considers
Il IS z right to-qu Hike the representation,
although n" practical evils m:y have
resulted from the inequality, we also
consider !; risi. that the bu-,acns OF
the S,ste should >be equaizcd.
Let Us now however, Sir, take differ
en-; vev OF tue subject of ta,catiou. ! sta
ted to you chat thcre is an essential differ
ence between csssSsmenf aud Payment
p. u give, as the n, SIS a,acunt Of the ag-
gregate taxes OF 1906. and tile relative
proportions ot what czech cl 81 ought to
have been assessed. but he glvtsus no in
formation OF the ;se:t t.roducc of the taxes
OF that year. 1 " il endeavour to do it for
him, * viii place it in the form ofa table by
which he VIII At once sec, to what class the
greatest proportional deficiency attaches.
My information is derived from the Audi
tors Books, and it the additions are corr
rect, the following Table is correct:
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}5DOI.LARs REWARD.

T UNANVAT from thu Snbscr:ter, on ThursSay
= The oh lust i, Manchester, Negro Ma,
ntued BO1nER, formerly the property Il Nj.
Coffin, Of SIdGI.so Cou.ty, who're it j. psoda5.o
be W.'l aim ~ ytt.
Bo0SsR i,s Crpe'Aerly TIA u, about es vesrs
e ag,s ard 81 low ohsnty mslse, 9eininers when
spoken 10. aniis easily so7.us q. As well IS
recali-et, bis srparei vas coarse blue cost and
sfaped part>lcoas. Il s preheJi- he NAV change
hrs dress, s. he hai ether eo.ling wi,b him.
Ary persoo, eindnmp lun 10 jr, or dcliyeiilr
HI pt,Mr e; ". lolnsto az tie Nr.i 20 In,,.
H.ehmoad, o. Nr Ai,ys-fsr y Ptryest, II MAJ.
c'1l,cr, shah r-eo.ys Cie tboye rewss,'.
NVM. HASKINs.
Angus, 10. S7.use.
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unanimous yoce OF is Committee biz machine IN mo
uon, ON Saturday Last after attempts further dc.
ias, he finally declined proersi In tquenee OF this
conduct, which proi0ee but Impression the mi
o. the COMMITTEE, ti~s resolution appoint
subcommittee prepare prucess verbal of their proceed
s, which, wi-i, has received their sanction, will be
published FOR the Information OF the pubic, and will
them opportunity only 'dr orAlr RS machine
hut TO orsa accurate situate oil his opinion of lis
order.
IL is 10 he remarked that the appointed ~
nitiee for the eSihon Of the machine, admirably
dsr,td to project him from the suspicion o being kept
motion yany external confederate. The oor <
te eei. alike secured y solid brick arches aud it
surrounded ty suhs-ntiai br,cis walls. possible that
Mr. Il. aoseil pleased with this very lire OPP
portunity OF testing the truth OF his machine.
We hope tia, the rational part o. The community will now
be sa;ihsd this SUBJECT ad Notwithstanding so,e have
expressed srrprie that miny respectable ciizens shod
hAse listened u and accepted Mr.. rs invitation, thin
TINT their time has hsen Will spent ia pursuing course
which has led exposure oi great imios;ure
abused pebble er,GI,ty.
lptii. q. S. Cc=. August 10.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-14
20 DOLLARS REWAnD.
August IL.

sONh AZ from the Subscriber, OF the Iih
Z Z Of May last, a Negro Man nan,sd IpLt,y-
Sy4.NI-Heis about twenty-five on three rears
of az, aboat five feet or 3 riches Lich. wen
fnahe. rourd iace ard narrow ctin he has down
took when sp.,ken to, il his ey, is sangbt il imm.
diateiy falls, and lac sounds the wcra basket, path
aud hraneS, very broad, as bsasskstt, &c. lie IS
as black rs oommou--Ile has worked Al tb,. CIR
penters business for the last three years, and IS
very good sawyer. He was raised by Aaron Ha7
Sins Of Powlatsp, AMI sold to William Vaikine
nf wlom Purchased him there is no ,js5lc sesr
rceoileete,..
vii give tie a,ovc reward if delivered 10 nae
at my house, or haa dat sum # secured IN AZ
sii 50 tbst get hin 9esiu
hynu get hin secure him vel, as lac las been
once taken and made his esasre
PajnerHs 7,7cfa.
.f3susf u, 1916. : 9ssts
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S5oo.59s S5oo,5es

This overp!us, Of more than thirty two
thousand dollars, constituting more than a
sixteenth part Of the whole nett revenue Of
the state, and of nearly an eighth part OF
the nett revenue Of the first class. was the
bonus which the other three classes re
ccivcd in the year 1914, for their loss Of re-
presentation.
Mr. y p. closes his calculations, with
saying that the lands aud slaves in the
whole country below the Ridge are asses
sed at about two hundred millions, and that
the whole excess Of taxes paid by them.
being. as lac supposes, little more than 5000
dollars. i follows Of course, that an excess
is pad OF only " about the 230h part of
cent on each dollars worth an individual
rnay possess" Having thus, by calculation.
proved how utterly insignificant is the inc,
quality in the public burthens, he declines
imposing any further tax on the patience
or ib-ra.ity Of his Correspondent. The
worthy writer, whilst he was receiving in
telleciual nutriment from his alma mofcr.
had read great deal about the Infinite d.
Visibility ct matter, and nov vishes % ap,
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-14

The late eleral assessment or Lands
and Slaves may furnish 4 tolerao!y Lair
mode of ascert inng Tho relative value Of
the Lands md Siaves cou. bined OF the
four classes or districts iatD which Virginia
is divided, but II does not furnish an accu
rate criterion by which to @st,natc the re-
lative value ofthe other kinds of taxable
property, such AS Hors S. Carriages, Oid.-
naries, &c. sc. Instead. therefore. vt AS
ce,taiuing what was the anio,iat of 'ie
whole aggregate taxes os the diiiereut ciis-
ses actually assessed. anI, the proportion of
those aggregate taxes which ought % have
been assessed on them IN any enc year,
have thought it more CORRECT to ascertain
what was the amount of tax actually as
sessed on Lands and Siaves, and what
ought to have been assessed on those TWO
subjects.
The waole amount IF taxes assessed in
the year laos. on Lands aud Slaves IN V-r-
ginia. was about 1921 900. BY applying
the fedora! ,ule III the same manner tiat
p. p. has applied it. we are enab.ed to ind
out the excess or deficit il the assessment
on Lands and Slaves III the respective
classes. Lest it may have been forge, ten,
| will now state the mode adopted by Il.
p. and foil we'd by VIC, by which to as
certain the amount of tax on Lands and
Slaves VIII Oh ought to have been assessed
on the respective classes. 1t is thus.
As the u. S. tax ON Lands and Slaves,
1884
Is TO tae Virginia T on Lln!s ana
Slaves of 1906, S2S1.0sO.
So is the United States Tax in any
class.
To the Virginia Tx On Lands 5. Slaves.
which ought to have ben assesst in
that class, in 1906.
Following this rule, l have formed the
following table:
Classes Ia Tat Lands Prooo1ors that L, s. 9ircc.
q Siaresfisos, OHgA to hare 1ur.
az actually dceE assessed
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NEW YORK. August I.

LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
Capt. BOVINE, of the Pacific, brings the
editors of the Gazette. London papers
of the 18Th of June, in, lu,ive, ard although,
they afford nn,hing of moment. We nave
noticed, briefly, their contents.
We are sorry to find that there is no a
batement of the Commercial distresscs OF
England. particularly amongst the mani
iacturers at Manchester, &c.
Gen. ID ssaiX had been arrested in Swift
zerland, for having been Concerted in the
affair of Grenoble
The great MIR. Sheridan was 50 III, ,hat.
according to the Lonicn papers, his life
was dsspairetl OF.
The British Parliament was prnrs gued
on the Sd of July. Provision had been
made for the expenses of the year, and /.
was supposed there would be no necessity
for the assemblase of parliament before
January.
The king of France has nominated the
Duke de la Chatre, Minister of State. &
membcr Of the Priyy Council.
The British Admiralty are aboiit afrarl-
ing projections against the pirates of the
Mediterranean.
Lord Exraouth from the nfedii,errane-
an, with his feet, arrived at Portsmouth on
the C4sh of June-and, adds the Con,;er.
another fleet must be sen, thither 20 chas.
tise the pirates.
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so that it appears, that III the FIRST class,
the loss arising from insoivencits S. absence
of owners, &c. and the expenses Of collec-
ton (Which last DO not in any case exceed
seven and half per ceut) amounts to a
little more than the tenth para of the
gross revenue of that class the is, in the
second class, rs between the eighth 4 ninth
part OF its gross revenue the loss in the
third class is between the sixth and seventh
part of its gross revenue ami the loss in
the fourth class, is conside rably more than
ONE HALF CT its gross revenue. Thus it
appears that the Revenue derived from the
fourth class is in great measure i,iesi.--
1t appears we'll on paper. bot when YOU
ascertain the reality, IT dwindlss into itssig-
nifcancs. 1t is true that the fourth class
is unequal.y represented in the Senate, but
it is not true that it bears a disprcportior-
ate load of taxation. Let US now apply p.
P.'s federal apportionment Of taxes to the
actual faymcnt by the different classes, Sc
we shili see that the first class fiays a
much greater proportion than he will al
lew. The rule is thus applied:
AS the whole Unted States Direct
Tax
Is to the whole Nirg. Tax of 1906, actu-
ally paid S245,877
So is the United States Direct Tax of
any class
To the proportion of Vlrg. net revenue
that class ought to pay.
From this application of the rule, the
following table is formed /:
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ply that philosophical proolcm 20 tao sub
Ject of taxation.s The object seems TO be.
to make the complaints or the lower cOun-
try appear ridiculous. or absurd, by shew-
ny III glaring oolors, and by position
Which would at orce strike the senscs--how
Insignificant are our complaints. l pro-
test against this mode of calculation. Sup
pose he is right, does il follow that there is
40 cause OF complaint. because of the APP
?arcnt minutensss OF the excess On the
same PRINCIPLE, 1t the excess had been
eighty, instead of eight thousand collars,
1t would only have been the 25 part OF
cent on each dollars worth OF property,
winch would have seemed extremely trii-
ling. But let Us carry these m mute ca'cu-
iauons INTO the subject i representation.
suppose the population OF a state to be one
mllion--that the whole state has "a sena-
tors, that onc of tie senatorial districts has
an Sth part VI the p ipslalion OF the state,
which wouli enttlc it to three senator's,
but It so happens that il has only one SEN
atr. The whole district complains that its
weight is only as ore to "a, whereas it
ought to be a. one 10 3. - vide THIS def
Cheney of two members however between
the $4,000 persons hcw unimportant
seems each mans loss. No individual i'll
that whole district would lose more than
about the thirty thcusandth part of one Sc
nator
wi!i-nottroab'e yon, sir, or your read
ers, with any further calculations. | know
that the subjec, of 4 convention is interest
ing and important. You have already had
my opinion on the subject. ] still think
that convention ougntto be called for the
purpose of am ending the Constitution that
the representation in the two houses Of
Assembly ought to be eqaslized, and that
principle ought to be engraited on the
Constitution, by viii h the Legislature
should be Obliged. either by frequent as
ssssments, CT in some other III de, to equal
ize, as 'nnth as possible, the direct tax-s
of The state.
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S245 81 S245 87I

Hence il appears that of the small revenue
of two hundred and forty Ave thousand dol
lars. the FIRST class overpaid twenty thou
sand dollars. being about ore twelfth part
of the whole revenue, and between the
sixth and seventh part of its own revenur.
This sum Of s52O.172 was the price which
the lower counties paid for its greater rep
resen,ation in the year 1906. aad if we sup.
pose that for ~ years they paid the same
price-it follows that they have overpaid
mere than eight hundred thousand dollars,
i'll that time.
have hitherto confined myself to the
Taxes Of the year 1906. because p. p. had
done so. / will now, however, r.f.r to a
document, which was used during the last
winter by member of the Senate, in de-
bate. which was furnished to him by the
Au itor at his request, and which c1.hi-
bits in distinct columns, the gross and the
nett revenue of the year 1914, and of the
delnGuencies OF that year, of the several
counties of the Common eath. During
that year, the state taxes were very con-
sIderably increased, and the inequality in
taxation began to be sersiby felt by the
lower counties. The gross revenue Of
1914 rose to the sum OF S590,679 but the
nett revenue was only S5oo,5os. The fol
lowing table will exhibit the deficiency Of
each class:
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Mr.. WILLIAM CLOpToN.

OH,
A You are moi resident Of Yirgiria. ard have
= 40 agent known to me, ] hereby notify Won.
that on the tenth day of October pexf bstween dc
hrurs Of ten O'clock. 10 the forenoon sn,l sunset
OF that day, siaii procsedt TO take the Deposition
Of Kiclisri Allen, John Chrsp and otbess 81 m
nwa house - the County of Cu,sberla d, TO b..
read as evidence IN your suit against Risor, my
set and ct'ers, ia The county Court Of Canter.
l,tnd.
JOHN WOODSON.
August IL. 2so.
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.AnrGlk. .qilr,laf o

THE STEAMBOAT POWHATAN,
Flying between this place and Riehmond returned 20 port
yesrrt evening about lock having susiinei SOME ~
considerable dsnage in he. paddles. We nnderstapd that
te injury produced by few sticks of wood. which be
S thrown oyerhoardby the rolling Of tie boat (nccasoncd
ny hgayysea running IN Hampton Roads cagit ~ the
"ecis ncach side. aud W iurcl0g their way through, ac
rrtd four ~ five cfe paddles. The damage bc
yrePairs. thar the buat will b. IN condition proceed
~ tac conrse 0F fIeday. lBeycon.
- The Steam Boat reached Richmond on Sunday and
Will be OH her old tract sclin Thursday. LErQ.
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CO.N.lf,LMil.lYEn

MARRIED On ThutsieY evening" last, Mr..
|oaN NARNrI;, To the amisuie ard ,,r,eh aim
red Miss Maker DEscAa, bot, of Chesterfell
cornty.
uo1'dn 7ods made 70 srrooM mn brf1 through KE
He4psf' 6sst gifts IN a hiring 1..;e.
Dif.D--At lis residence in Manchester, after a
short Illness, on The moi'-ing of the itt i.st Mr.
JAMES cLWllE, Jr. Ia tie death Of this Gentle.
man, his 6ereavei family have sustained an ire
parable loss, las ieris and acquaintances, plea.
SAINT and sgreeaLle companion, and the pubIic 81,
active, vgiiant and seslous Msgs,rae; for he tiu.
" discharged all the duties Of these relations with
promptess, sincerity and iie.ity seldom surpass-
ed.
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Total. $4,000

From THIS statement, it appears that the
e.rcess in the assessment on Lands and
Slaves i'll the first class, was S14,720, all
most fifteenth part of the whole Tax
most enormous disproportion The
de/cH in the assessment, OF the secoad class
- 1912, 629, more than an eighteenth part
of the whole tax, and the deficit in the third
class is SIS, 426, about twenty seventh
part fthe whole tax. 1t also appears that
whist the first class is assessed more than
1t ought to- be, by one-eighth parr of lis
whole tax, the second is assessed less than
it oaght to be by one-ffth part OF lis whole
tax, and the third class less by nearly one
half OF ns whole tax. The deficits of the
second and third classes are therefore most
enormously disproportonatc With re-
spcct to the fourth class. it here appears
that there is large e1cceSs in its assess
ment. AMI it may be Inferred that that
class has as much reason to complain of
the Inequality of taxation, as the first class.
10 those who may think so, beg leave TO
remark, that there is great difference be-
tween assessment and Payment, and l will
enieavor, before | have finished my re-
marks, to prove, that although the fourth
class may have been assessed too high, vet
that it has paid too little.
But it is of the inequality in the Land
Tax, that the people of the rs lower coun
ties have complained the most loudly, and,
rs l had always supposed. with the most
justice. II has always appeared unjust
that whilst cur poor lands were rated at 10
sh:!lings the acre, the rich lands III the Sc
cond &C third Cl sses, should be rates! at IS
6d. and IS. Cd. only. Mr.. p. p. has how>
ever, strang. to tell, endsavored 20 prove
to us that We have not so Duch reason to
.l..,,,
aggregate Taxes. Whilst he admits that
the first class overpays more than Si3 900
OF tte Taxes generally, he endeavors to
prave that it only overpays S2,s50 of Land
Tax. This conclusion is entirely errone-
| Gus, and the federal rule which ne has a
dopicd has led him into the error.
The Direct Tax of the u. s. is a Tax
OF Lanes md Slaves, according to the val
! uation made of both subjects combned.-
ihat valuation cannot, therefore, afford a
ny rd!e by which 20 ascertain what is the
real value OF the land alone, i'll the several
sections of the Commonwealth, nor conse-
quently, what IS the amount of Land Tax
which ought to be paid by those sections,
unless the value of the Slaves is nearly e.
quail in them. But every one knows, that
this IS not the case there are mary slaves
IN the lower counties, aud comparatively
few in the transmontane counties. BY re-.
ferring to the Auditors Report Of the tax
es for 1906, it is found that the Land Tax
OF that year was about Sl43, COO, and the
Slave Tax nearly $4,000. by adding the
several sums assessed ON the several coun-
ties or the four classes, have found that
the following proportions are nearly cor
rect:
The Land Tax is to the Slave Tax,
In 1st class, about as 6S to 81
Cd as 81 to 80
81 as Ii to 8
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PERPETUAL MOTION-Mrcsk.

=
We underannd that the Committee appointed Ivy Mr.
nHVHhFFEi,t To whom he pledge, bimsclf thathe would,
;" u'ef fcseiitr, up his fnarnc pu ~ notion &
-P'in W principles met FOR the third time on Saturday
az thu Former mectins he had been tarnts'y usEeh
~ NUM- his engagement hut b. had prevaised upon thetoo
,ay temper Of TIE individuals Of Tire Committee. and gar
:" Posfpennt which no'lng cood nave induced them
'oeShsht. bui thfi a. termination take from him every
~ 'nt. Tor ti51pppnfmfnt their desirr 20 investigate
thoroughly ~, ahdyei discovery, aad satisfy tie pubic
'i - 70 its 'rnfh faeiooL notwithstanding ts eA-
fripary indulgence ai r,rated eHietvofrs 20 divert
P ro, The winci tie hinlsci had inv'id uen,
~ vacation oftle olep given AZ Tie Pfcee
ss fAriins, are odd i.t aasa casc epoH oy the q
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Throughout the State. as 143 70 81

Hipu6hbuL Viz IthACI 10 40 10 90
This table of proportions proves very
clearly how impossible it is, from the rule
adopted by p. ?. to show how much land
tax the several classes ought to pay, 1t
would have been more correct to resort
to the separate valuation made by the Fed
eral Assessors of the Land alone. have
eDdeasCred to obtain a document sho ying
such valuation, but have not succeeded.
bave made calculation, founded, how
ever, on conjsctural bases, by which have
nearly satisfied my own mind that the first
class was assessed for its pr portion Of the
Land Tax of 1906. too high by the sum of
$4,000, that is. about an eighteenth part
of the whole Lend Tx Of that wear. l
will rot trouble you with the calculation.
but viii content myself with stating my Con,
vIction that that excess is much nearer the
truth, than the sum mentioned by the let-
ter writer.
II may here be asked. vhctherthe snnu-
al excess Ok assessment Of the small sum
offs or 1900 dollars, by % counties, is a
grievance worth complaining OFF 10 this
question, would answer, 10 thcfrst place,
that it is Tot the amount, but the disLro-
hoT,io1 Of which we complain secondly,
that whilst the Taxes are light as they
we're before the war, tho amoGn. NAV be
smsu in i.s.g, though Comparatively nish
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pLiInlL.LhLin -q,.r1lals-


Weuniersiand that Committees from the Banl.s Of New
york; fhiiadelpha and BALTIMORE assembled n this City
nave erbiHated their meeting, BY adopting resolution
f'c"nmfndirr fie respective Hanks S1cc
pigments before the 1T of July nest. fcG@.
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III LAST NIGHTS .ualL.
Paiadcihhia, Asg. 10.
EXECUTION.

i@-AisNO a lO4Ns
This morning at half past eleven, RI
CHARD SMITH was exc Gted agrecab.v
TO bis sentence, at tue place dSSignsfSd in
yesterdays Gazette. On this u aston, he
was attended by the Rev. Mr. Harle,, and
the usual CIVIL escort. GG=.