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Vgl. I.) AT HEN 3, GEOEGiA : PRINTED BY t* M or) , p ‘ • * NUL.X t. <4SRIS. SATUfcpA*, FEBRUARY c t?o. TT r ,LaßK'B**'? T' .-we.’camMmrmm T £ P, M 3 Of TUB GEORGIA EXPRESS. 3, IT will be printed reekiry at fchree dollars per annum j one naif to be pTid in ad v the remainder at the expiration of By. months. 2. Advertifeinents will be charg ed at the rate of fixty-tv/o and a half cents per fquare for the fiift fnfercion, and nicy cents for each continuation. • .. 3. No papers will be difconfinu ed without u notice to that effe& $ nor then in arrears. (fT All letters dire&ed to the Editors mull be poff paid. The following Gentlemen are autho rized to receive Subfi ripthns for this Paper:— Cl arks boro *—?off ~ M a Her. Jcfferfon—c&s] . Edwin L. Harris. iVatkmfviUe —E. B. Jenkins.., efq. arid M : r. Edward Band.- Lexington— Poft Mafferi 1c Cape. Watkins. Oglethorpe—hit* Samuel Shields, and William Lumpkins, Efq. , Walnut Grove—Mr. Lee Atkins. Gooje-pond;—' Mr, 11. T. Woody. Greencshorv > — CL.T. Daw ion. i'pijr; li oft or W. 1 errt IL Warrenton —Peff-Mafter. pc-v/ehon- P oft~ A ,T ■* (rer Millidtevillc —Thomas Mounter ap|nic!s Bozetfiyn, Elqrs. TSalmton—' Chriitopher B. Strong, Efq. Mlherten —CoL Wm. Chi bom. Petersburg—hit?: . Pops, Efq. & JDod. Watkins. * . VicnaaS- ‘£. Shields, EH. Wilkes-r-'Dwtd Terrell, Tiq. & Doctor Bibb. . Line oh —C apt si oN. Allen, and Capt. John Hughes., Lou/fville~~4'Jltft* Dav r Whee ler. , . Auguftti' —J. S. Walker, Efq, Ik Doctor Smelt. Waynesboro' —- Col. John Davies. . SandcrJviUe— Mr. Wm. M*M .r ---ray. ‘ • * , . Savannah— Mr. H. H. ? loun ger, and Mr. A. W. Scribner. fJiOAWniE BOSTON CHRON ICLE. BOSTON, Jan. 31. At and ynestiai of the orliesrs sf the legionary brigade, convened this even h pur [nance of public notice, at fijforiaticn Half Elm freely for the txprejs purpsje of conjidertn* at this alarming crijis of our national con cerns, certain public expr efforts, tend tog'to tbs dfcredit and dt(honor of the militia, and dangerous hit heir tenden cy to tbe fafety, proto id ion, and the de fence or the United States —Major Oliver Johoftnot chcjen as prefiding officer, and Captain Samuel 5-Icwer, Secretary for the evening. A cm fittee effive was then cbofsrt to con , /suer the buj.nfis of the evening—vubo Tttif cd, and ah: at ten o’ c - oca ‘••'turned to meeting, and mads their report, f tshii.b being read by paragraphs, was’ fa accepted by the meeting. It-was £?#>& read entire and unamrnoujly ac ■ i and ordered for publication — \ SHA., ts and FRO, and XKOWIFDOS shall ss increased* <fr follows t Whereas tiers have been ajfertim and infinuations mods in various towns this commonwealth, “ that the mi iitu- when called ox by proper author ity wdl not come out to enforce the laws'—and whereas fuel affertions, infinuations and certain refoiutions are derogatory to the known fidelity and attach,rent of the militia to their coun tfiy its confitiutions andlaws, at all times, a>’.d in a,-./- events, and under ad circumftayces ftme the efiablifhment ?J rii * tixjitiaial and even before that period, is- tie plains of Lexington and the heights cf Cbarlef ■fc:cn in 1775, willfully tefiify and prove—And whereas tee confidence .*? ’ tbs government is fixed in their reli ance on nt.e Kent ui in the fir ft mo ments cf alarm and danger, and that confidence, and that reliance ha\e betr& ju.y r aiized in feveral injlancts of fecit in this commonwealth-, ..and in ottoerfarts of the union, where re hcluvr, inf:&reblhn and treafon have b'-u defiar: c is the laws, .-tend put at hazard the live: and property of the peaceable citizens', which tre injurreAisn . and rebellion ham been fupprejfea by t- e or and. nary powers of the government, and ire infir ament aH tty .of the militia— Therefore * Refolded, That eviry attempt-!c diva.lie the militia from their juft al legta-nce to their country, is infulting to the government, injurious to. the rights and liberties of. the people,, dad gcrcus.to the (juietfiojjfiioy of boned property, and even hazerficus to life ;, r 7/ . * / itje.j, ■ * • - L -To Ned, That as officers holding comnvfifi ns in the legionary ifi divijion Mafachiifeits militia, and having been qualified to afil under the authority of the fiate, by taking a Jo lt me oath of allegiance and fidelity to the ccmmonzved'b cf the U.< S. ta fupper * the corfitTrtv 4 and laws made, purfuno: thereto,:, ‘djf enters do, up on their ertve . id b. rors,.. declare to thfr fellow citizens and to the world, that they ‘duo -will I: dignat ion and abhorrence every utwupt to dt; affect the militia -from their known end uni form 1 fiy, cs A rnericao cid ; 1 fokliers, to their country, its con flittiers, its govern r merit'unfi its laws—and in the folemn, imprcjfive and Jedl- g language of cur country's hero and departed chief, we will “ frown indignantly on the firfi attempt-cf any man or fet of men ta alienate” any portion of our fellow cit izens, efpsciaHy that important por tion of tbs firengtb end defence of oitr country, the y.:’.atia, from the gov ernmerj and its laws. Refcived, Hut cs officers of the willful, we are proud to declare our attachment to tbs'tonjiitution, the laws and the union oi Vito Sra;:es>, and the fullefi confidence in cur citizenJolliers, r. ‘jom we have tie honor by their e libtisn to command —that they will ? in times cf danger and alarm, at ibe call of the lavs, rally round the ftand ard of our country, and find defend its * csnjtitu ton, laws, rights and liber ties, againjl foreign foes end doni-filc traitors. F.e foiled, That as many ef the cl AfS .r.s, iu Ju.y, 13 07, with sttr fellow- citizens in town- meeting aj fembfivi, when the favage it'd barb sir- r us -affair of the Cbrfapeaks was ert dtr confideration, agree to a rejoice, Hnanunoufiy, accepted by the town, in the fallowing wards, viz —“ That we mop fincertly approve of the pro etarnation, and the firm and dfpajfion ate courfe ofi policy purfued by the T refit dent of the baited States, and tv? f will cordially unite with ■ cut fallen) citizens iu affording effebiud fififiport to finch mcajures aj our government may further adopt fin the trefen t efifis of our affairs > 1 ftf, therefore fi do nowfohmnly decree, as citizenfcldiers, that we do heartily renew and agree to the-above rnrationed pledge. OLIVER JOHONNOTfi. Prejiding Officer, A true copy—Attefi, • , SAMUEL REIVES, See’ry. From the N atonal Intelligencer. r The’ Secretary of State for fo-? ttign affairs of’ his Royal Highnefs, the Prince Regent cf Porrugal has o nciaily Informed Mr. Hili, the American conful, at St. Salvador, that the veffels of the United States wdl be treated in the ports 01 Bri 'zih a3 thofe of the moft favored na tion, and ch? it will be lawful for them— ■’ ■ .. iit. To r enter .ail the ports of Brazil,, where there are euilom houfts., and to import all forrs of goods, from whatever plrt. of the world they may ccme, payirg the accuftomtd duiics paid by other nations. < * . , 2-d. That Amerkin veifels c*e io pay the fame anchorage that ci - ther velfels pay; and when there lhall be anew regulation, they will be put upon the looting of otker foreign vdfeis. 3d. That goods imported in A merican vtffds, as well as ;hofe 0/ every other foreign veffd, pay onie third more of duty, and this i* the only favor granted to tne Portu guefe mercantile marine, to mfe k from the low ftafe in which it ia. 4th. That every citizen of the United States, conforming himfclf tb. the laws of police, tad making the neceffary declarations on hit entrance into the ports of Brazil, and taking afterwards the proper paiVjports, may remain in, and mnL fer his .rduleftce to any pirt of Brazil, without being difturbed or fuffmrg molcffation of iny fort ; ?nd that it will likewife be lawful for them in their own names or Irt that of any mercantile houfe cf which they msy be the agents to tranfacl and to treat of every kihd buffnefs, affd to make Ales and pur chafes of every kind of goods, on which they are to pay the lawful duties, excepting qiamonds, gold duff and wood of Brazil, which are ‘articles belonging exclusively to the CTCvn and royal revenue ; the traffic in which is forbidden even to’ the fuhjeffs of his Royal Highnef*. sth. The citiieni of the United States may export all and every kind cf production or manufa&me of Brazil—ther duty being fo very fir.ail on feme articles, tbit it might a!moft be laid they were exported without paying duties; 6:h Ever/ Amerkaa v^ffat which enters the po?ts of Brazil ought to declare (he brings dtftined to be told in the country* or it the w lhes to carry them to other ports, /he rs to ifk a clearance? and - in that cafe is only obl.geq to pay the duties ort tkefe Articics really imported for the consumption of-the country* ;; ?ih. There is no law here which prohibits the'owners of American vt Teh from felling their- veflefc or of them a they may think proper ; and- at prefent they * are not obliged to pey gri y thing, byt perhaps a duty m ly hereafter be laid. . v ’ • 3. boh.’ No few prol-ibita the eiti* sens of the United States, from Gifpoiing freely of their property, either.-by donation, by will, or by fucceffion—the Brett Lauiaife does not ex iff here,, in matters of tLt kind arc they treated different ly from the fubjeiff cf his Royal Highnefs. f The cttizcoj of .the UrL*& Sutes, &* well srs thofi of every otner ffate, will not be mokffedor .diffurbed in Brazil, 0 r in the other dominions or territories pf his Roy al Higtincfi.', for* their religions priss ipies, which they mayjprofefs, particularly in, their houfts dnd in .fchofe of their mioiffers and cbnful* —n©thing more being required from tnecn on this poioc than the greateff refpeff in public for the general cffabiifhed rciigioh of the country, and that they m.ould avoid finding fault with it, or endeavoring fo make.proftlytes for any new fed, which is ftrlaiy prohibited by the laws of his Roya! H%hnefs, and wdl be ngoronfi/ chaffed by im mediate expullion, or by a feverer punjff.ment ? if the crime is aggrau v&ted-. . v . lerh. The cfclberis of the United States may cppeir, and dhbiiH their rights in any tribunals of the country, in the fame manner as the fubjears of Royal their perfom.- and property being equally protected by the laws , J and hm Royal Highnefg will be able to affign them a iudgt to forward jheir caufei, if the United StaciilEouki fo require. rxoi€ tiiij wo:ci^ob u eCM M VNIC ATXCiTc HOW SHALL WE STAND f h feems pretty well decided th*c the embargo will be raifed on the 4th of March next. It, therefore, becomes the people df the United States to weigh well their real situ ation, and take a view in advance of what their poficVon is kkdy to be. .. We muff not forget, due the or ders in council oi the 3ritilE, and the decrees cf Bonapa.'&- ere ffil! & force. What, fufelUnn&lly, L the opera, tion of. thofe edicts vporstht com merce of the United States > 1. By the Briuffi orders, 70j cannot trade to France, or co fivi porre of ecatmeqtal Europe, with out going to aa Er.gi.fh cuftom. houfc and paying ducy. 2, By the Fteiuh dc:rpa, -f (No. 4t.