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Vox,. I.) ATHENS, GEORGIA : PRINTED BY M'DONNEfL fc? HARRIS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, iSoS. TERMS OF THE GEORGIA EXPRESS. 4 ; , i. IT will be printed weekly, at three dollars per annum ; one halt’ to be paid in advance, the remainder a: the expiration of fix months. ,k. Advertifements will bechsrg edjat the race of fixty~two and a hajlf cents per fquare for the fir ft Insertion, and fifty cents for each continu.iti'T.. JJ. No papers will he difeonrinu ed without a notice to that cfTc#s her then ft in arrears. S-V* Ail letters direfled to the EvV(>r.s malt be pcO paid. H 1 following Gentlemen, are author T'zed to receive Subfcripi'qns for this Paper: — Cl'i kshore' —Toft-Maftpr. Jeff, rffn —Gen. B. Harris. IVcv kin faille —E. B. Jenkins, efq. and Vi.-. Eftward Bond. Lexfgtcn —Poll Mailer, oc Capt, W’ ark: Ogh kerpe — Mr. Samuel Shields, anu V\ mam Lumpkins, Efq. •• Gen-e —M r . Lee Atkins, Goofe-fa Tlf. 11. T. Woody. Green Uhot G - Capr. T. Daw fan. bpfaA- I ’ ; #or W. Terrell. ntou—Fid- Mdfter. Pow^'-on —P'-fi. Mafter. , • Itet/fyJ . * ? ; _ * ‘■dP.v.'*****• * . . ui iviO UHi. CA i J.vi. s Bozmian, Efq-s. bJhvfan —Cck Wm. Chifioro. Fetersbug— Alex. Pope, Efq. & D;#. Watkins.. Vienna— S. I.’ Shields, Efq. MAlke: —David Terrell, Efq. & D ci.-r Bib bo Lincoln- Caf ain N. Allen, and Cap:, John Hufhes. LcFfaiits—^i r. Day & Whee ler. , Augufa—fa. S| Walker, Efq. 2c Do# r Smelt. ’ t John Davies. Sander faille— if r, Wm. M‘Mur~ ray. Savannah —Ml H. H. Moun grr, anc Mr. A. |.V. Scribner. S P ORBING. r a , HERE u new a Subfcription open Hr a Fredu\i Sweep Stake in () dethorpe Count), on the Bo vl- Turf, He hr soy Colt foprj ;n this State ii eignfren hun dred ad e’ght, run tiring the fall af tr they are three years,old, two mile heats with a ketch of So lbs Ci each ; entrance two bais of clean t. n himable cotton, weighing three hind red pounds each hs* forfeit. Toe Subfcription wilTbe’kept O'en till the twenrv-fifdi of De cember next, and no admittance af ter/ that time. ’ Perfons vT fifing to enter may do •fo by applying to this Office. A Jockey Club Is about to be cfUbhfhed on the fame ground, to c< i>rneace this fail and continue fivt vears. Jffoguft 3 3> i'Boß. CA S H V' ill be given for clean Cotton LHeq RAGS, at this office. GjE O RGIA’ EXPR E S'S. i'AlVf SHALL RUN TO- AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED. REPORT Of face Committee t whan war re ferred on the 1 6th ult. the Petition of thirty fix American Citizens confined at Caribagena , in South- America, under Sentence of Slavery. REPORT: That it apprsn from the fhte mentof the petitioners that in Fe bruary, .1806, they failed from New-A ork on board the Leander, a fhip owned by .Samuel G. Ogden, the command of which was, after getting to fea, a.Tumed by general Miranda. 1 he faid fiiip failed to Jacmel, where the faid Miranda procured two fchococfs, on board cf which the petitioners were placed ; which together with the Leander, faded under the command of Miranda, a bout the laft of March in the Erne year, lor the northern parts of South-America, and arrived on the coaft of Terra Firma, in the latter part of April following. That upon the arrival on the faid coaft, the two Ichooncrs, on board which the petitioners were embark ed, were captured by two Spaniih armpd vefftls, the fiiip Leander With Miranda on board having made her'efcape. - That the petitioners, teprther with ten others, were convidb ‘ by a Spanifh tribunal, at Porto Ca d lo, of Ihe crime of piracy, from the of (ufpicion wnich attached to their fi:nation, ?nd not from any a<T of that kind commit ted *on the hrgh leas ; that the ten others above mentioned were fen tenced to death, and the petitioners, fome to eight, others to ten years, which they are now fufFering, fome chained together, others clofeiy con fined under heavy irons and a guard —"deftined to other places, and to fimilar punilhment. The petitioners fcarc rhat they were entrapped by the faid Miran da, on the faid expedition, by af lurances made a; cb: time of their engagements, that they were to lie employed in the ferric? of ?he U. Stltes, and under the authority of the government: for the truth of -their ft itemenr, and a confirmation or the charges they make againft certain perfonsy of havingklius de ceived and betrayed them into an involuntary co-operation in the de fign of fitting out an armament a gunft a nation in amity with the United States, they refer to the tef tirnony cf feveral perfons faid to be irhabiran'.s of the city of New-York and to have had propofals made to them firnilar, 10 ihofr by which the petitioners were induced to engage on beard the Leander. The petitioners alfo ftate, that the opportunity was off red them of eft iping from the ftrvice of Mi randa and his afiGciatos ; that they wt. ft reft* under the mo ft ri gorous difeiplinc, and at Jacmel, the only place wnere an opportuni ty ofefcape might have been prob able, they tfzrt llriflly guarded to prevent it. For the truth of this, they refer to certain captains of v:IT !s then a: Jacmel, belonging to the ports cf I'hiiUdeiphia and Baltimore. The committee - further report, That the foregoing ftatement of the petitioners, arc unaccompanied by any competent testimony in fupport of them, and at the fame time are unconcradsfted by any oppofing circumftances ; they are of opin ion, that a very ftrong probability of the petitioners’ no: having been gu-lcy of the crime of wilfully en gsging in the unlawful expedition of Miranda, attends their applica tion. . ■ Firjl. Becaufe the petitioners have made a detailed ftaremcn: of f,i£bs, relative to the deception prac tiled on them, referring to fuch fpecies of evidence, as to render their concradiiftion eafy, if not foun ded in ruth, and thus leffen their claim on their country, and dimin ifh their hopes of liberation. .Second. Becaufe it is pre fumed they are proven to the Spanifh tri bunal before which they were con vi<fted, to have been offenders in a fecondary degree, thofe who were proven to have been more heni ouflz guilty, haying been fentenced to fuff’sr death. .. < The committee, however,-are of opinion, that fhould the petitioners have been guilty of a crime . again ft the United States, by a or otherwife culpable infraction of its laws, tha: neverthelefs the dic tates of humanity, no Jefs than the principles of juft ice, ought to in- .the lcg:fi iifurc of the Uni tad. States, to adopt the proper means for reftoring theoi fo their country, in order that they may expiate the effence by a punilhment fuiced to, but not tranfeending the magnitude of their crime. . \ • The committee, therefore, beg leave to fubmir the following refo lution for the confidtration of the houle, Refolved , That the Prefident of the United States be rrqutfted td adopt the moft immediate and ef ficacious means in his power, to obtain frsm the viceroy of Grenada, in South America, or other proper authority, the liberation of thirty fix American citizens, condemned on a charge of piracy, and now held in ftavery in the vaults of St. Clara, in Carthagena, and that the fum of dollars, be appropriated to that purpofe. The following is an extra# from Mr. Pofe’s fpeech in the Senate, November 23, cn Mr. Hilihoufe’s motion for repealing the Embargo: “We are informed, and it has been intimated ori this Boor, that rebellion iri the eaftern ftates wiil be the probable confequence of perfevcrance in this meafure. Are we to be driven from the courfe didlated by tre public interef by alarms of this fort ? Are we to be told by a minority that we muft recede from the ground we have taken—that we muft admit the go vernment has not fufficient energy to inforce its authority, of that they will rebel. Will gentlemen inform us who they are that are prepared to ere# the ftandard of rebellion their own government on the very grayes cf tic brave Boftonians who firft railed the ftandard cfAmerTirj independence. Tiit*y muft be fome new people who have obtruded themleivts upon our fliores-—they cannot be Americans-—I will not think fo unworthily of my country men-xT believe the American peo ple are generally'attached to their government. —I truft it is but the ciaaior of the moment, which will ccafe the moment the will of the government lhall be decifi/ely and conftitutionaily expreffed. It has been frequently laid that Great- Britain is fighting for the liberties of the world—that Ihe is tar only barrier between France and oniver fal dominion, and therefore that our weight ought to be thrown into the fcale of Eng!;’ ‘d, to aft at her in rhis m : ghty conili#. If our friend fhip is neceftary to England, ought (lie not to> entitle herfelf to it, at leaft do us juftice and refpe# our rights* Shall we fubmit to infulrs and in dignities from Great Britain, to in duce her to favc us frqm fubju Ra tion by France ? Shall we admit for a moment that we cannot main tain our independence ? The gen tlemen in the oppofition have pro tefted a gain ft fubmiffion; they have not declared themfdves for war j if they are for it, I hope they will avow it—-they have propofcd no fubftituie. I am not prepared to fay how long good policy w;ll jolli fy a continuance of the prefenc fyf ttii. i but, fir, I arn ready to de clare that I wiil adhere to it until a better can be fubftituted. NEWS FROM OUR NEIGH BOURS. Extra# of a letcr from a pintle man of refpe#abllity, reii j.ng on Niaga'a river, to the editor of the Canandagua MefEnger, dated O#ober 13, 180 H. “On the night of the ri:h ir.ft. an armed force of from 15 to 20 men came acrofs the river from Canada to Lewiftown, broke open the v/arehoufe belonging to and occupied by Porter, Barton, & Cos. took a man who longed in the ftore, bound, gagg*d and placed a centry over him ; and alfo placed Gentries at the cabin doors of the two vef.. fiefs lying at the wharf. They then proceeded to take out of the ftore ■ and put on b ard of the boars a large quantity of goods, winch a few days hefefe had been depATed id the (lore, a> in the cuftody of the collector of the United States, Mr. Lee. Whift th? bufinefs wa; g >ing on, the cenrry placed over the per form who lodged in the (lore, h.A a piftol prefented to his bread, and threatened in cafe he made thu lead: noife, to blow him through ; art;r fame time regretting that Mr. L-% the colledtor, was not in their psw er, in which cafe a ball fhould be put through him. The perfon who lodged in the ftore was a deputy to the collector. “ The next morning after, Mr. Barron went acrofs the river to Queenfton, and found the goods ori the king’s wharf under a guard of the kiog’s foldiers, and Mr. Bartoo was forbid landing at the wharf. “This needs no comment*** (No. 32.