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M S THE EXPRESS. • be printed weekly, st rs per annum; one half in a Dance, the remainder **nuson of fix months, /ertneinents will be charg ed at. .me rate cf-fixty-two and a hip cents per fquare for the fir ft in fen ion, and fifty cents for each continuation. 3. No papers will be difcontinu td without a notice to that effect j nor then if in arrears. (At All letters direfted to the Editor miitl be port paid. The following Gentlemen art autho rized to receive Sulfcriptmis for this I-a per :— Clark shoro' —Poft- M after. J,cserfon —Maj. Edwin L. Harr’s. WaCkmjwlk—~E. B. Jenkins, efq. and Mr. Edward Bond. Lr/dngicn~~ Poft Mader, & Capt. W atkiiis. Oglethorpe —Mr. Samuel Shields j and William Lumpkins, Efq. W#lmt Gr&ve —Mr. Lee Atkins. (kopje- ponJ-i-Mt, H. T. Woody. atjies G. Sims, E:q. . ; Greenesh?ro’ —Cape. T. Dawfon. > Sparta —Do Aor W. Terrell. War rent on —-Poft- M a fieri P owe it on, —.P oft-M a fte 1* * lail ledger i lie — I a*rus Bose man, Efq. iLJtotitcn^C hr ift'opher 15. Strong* Eiq. „■ Klbertm—C 01. Wm. Chiflom. Petersburg —Alex. Pope, llfq. & Doft. Watkins. Vienna —S. B. Shields, Efq. Wilkes— David Terrell, Efq. & D oil or Bibb. Lincoln-—C aptain N. Allen, and Capt. John Hughes. Bouijviile —Meff. Day & Whee ler. * Align fa —J. S. Walker, Efq. & Doftar Smelt. * Waynesboro ’—Col. John Davies. Sanderfville —Mr. Wm, M‘Mur ray. Savannah —Mr. H. H. Moun ger, and Mr. A. W. Scribner. Nsi;s between Mr, Erjkine and Mr . Smith . (No. I.) Mr. Erskine to Mr. Smith. IVafhingtcn, , intb April* 1809. Sir, I have the honor to inform vou, that I have received his majefty’s to represent to the go vernment of the United States, that ■his Majefty is animated by the moft |fincere dtfire for an adjuftment of differences, which have unhap pily fo long prevailed between the two countries the recapitulation of which might have a tendency to impede, if not prevent an amica ble underftanding. It having been reprefented to his Mijefty’s government, that the Congrefs of the United States, in their proceedings at the opening of the laft feffion, had evinced an in tention of palling certain laws, which would place the relations of Great Britain with the United Sut Georgia Express; MANY SHALL RUN T 9 AND FRO, AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL BE INCREASED. GEORGIA : PRINTED EY ALEXANDER MCDONNELL* SATURDAY, MAY 6, ISO 9. upon an equal footing, in all rtf pedis, with the other belligerent powers, I have accordingly receiv ed his Majefty’s commands, in the event of Juch laws taking place, to offer, on the part of his Majefty, an'’ honorable reparation for the aggref fion, committed by a Britifti naval officer, in the attack on the United States* frigate Chefapcake. Confidering the aft, parted by the Congrefs of the United States on the ift of March, (ufualiy term ed the non-i.ntercouic act) as having produced a ftate of equality, in the relations of the two belligerent pow ers, with re fried to the United States, I have to fubmit, conform ably co luilniftions, for the confe deration of the American govern ment, fuch terms of fa ns fad ion and reparation, as his Majefty is induced to believe, will be accept ed, in the fa wet fpinc of conciliation, with Which they are propoled. ,Lr addition to the prompt disa vowal made by his Majefty, on be ing apprized of the unauthorized act, committed by his naval officer, whofe recall, as a rnaik of the King's difpleafure, from an highly important and honorable command, immediately enfued, his Majefty is willing to rtftore the men forcibly taken out of the Cheiaptake, and, if acceptable to the American go vernment, to make a fuitable pro- ’ vificn for the unfortunate fufferers 0:1 chat oc carton. I have the honor to be, With fean menrs of the higheft Rdptft and confideration, Sir, Your moft obedient humble lervant, D. M. ERSKINE. The Ben. Robert Smith, Efq, Secretary cf Staic y Ac. Ac. Ac* (No. II.) Department of State* jvprihjy tßoo. Sir, I have laid before the Prefident your note, in which you,have, in •the name and by the order of his Bribr.n'c Majefty declared that his Britannic Majefty is de fire us of making an honorable reparation for the aggreffion committed by a Bri tifh naval officer in the attack on the United States frigate the Chefa pe?.ke j that, in addition to his prompt difavowal of the aft, his Majefty, as a mark of his dilpeaf ure, did immediately recall the of fending officer from a highly im portant and honorable command ; and that he is willing to reflore the men forcibly taken out of the Chefapcake, land, if acceptable to the American government, to make a fuitable provifion for the unfor tunate fufferers on that occasion. The government of the United States having, at all times, enter tained a fincere defire for an adjuft ment of the differences, which have fo long and fo unhappily fubfifted between the /two countries, the Prefident cannot but receive with pieafure affurances, that his Britan nic Myefty is animated by the fame dbpefidon, and that h# is rea dy, in conformity to this difpefition, to make atonement for the infult and aggreffion committed by one of his naval officers tn the attack on the United States frigate the Chefapeake. As it appears, at the fame time, that, in making rhis offer, his Bri tannic Myefty derives a motive from the equality, now exifling, in the relations of the United States, with the two belligerent powers, the Prefident owes in to the cccafi on, and to himfelf, to let it be un derstood, that this equality is a re fult incident to a ftate of things, growing out of difUnft confidtra tions. With this explanation, as requi fite af it is frank, lam ru'honrtd to inform you that the Prefident accepts ?he note delivered by you, in the name and by the order of his Britannic Majefty, and will confider the fame with the engagement con tained therein, when fulfilled, as a farisfaftion for the infult and injury of which he has complained. But l hiye it in exprefs charge the Prefident to ftate, that while he forbears to infill cn a further pu nifhment of the offending officer, he is not the lefs fenfibie of the juft Ice and utility of fuch an exam ple, nor rhe Ids perfuaded that it would bell comport with what is due from his Britannic Majelty m his own honor. f v I have the honor to be, With the higfieft refpeft and confideration, Sir, Your moft obedient fervant, R. SMITH. The Hon. David M. Eifkine, Efq. Envoy Extraordinary tk Muffler Plenipotentiary of His Britannic Majefty. (No. 11l ) Mr. Erskine to Mr. Smith. Wajhington , April 18 tb* ißco. Sir, I have the honor of informing you, that his Majefty, having been perluaded tiipt the honorable repa ration which he had caufrd to be tendered for the unauchotifed attack upon the American frigate Chefa peake would be accepted by the government t?f the United States in the fame fpirit of conciliation, with which it was propofed, has inflruft ed me to exprefs his fatisfa&ion, fhould fuch a happy termination of that affair take place—not only as having removed a painful caufe of difference, but as affording a fair profpedl of a complete and cordial underftanding being re-eftabliflied between the two countries; The favorable change in the re lations of his Majefty with the Uni ted States, which has been produc ed by the acl (ufualiy termed the NoB-Intercourfe Act) paffed in the laft feffiou of Congrefs, was aiu> anticipated by his Majefty, and hat encouraged a further hope, that a rcconfideration of the exifting diffe rences might lead to their fatisfac tory adjuftment. On thefe grounds and expcNa tions, I am inftfudled to communi cate to the American government, his Majefty*s determination of'fend ing to the United States, an Envoy s i n - 1 .. . i'-. •, * ’‘i Extraordinary inveded with fuU power* to conclude a treaty on all the points of the relations between the two countries. % In the mean time, with a view to v Contribute to the attainment of fb • defirable an obje& j his Maje(^’ jl ” would be willing to withdraw Hi r * { ’ Orders in Council of January aW. November 1807, fo far as refpeds the UmtecTStates, in the that the Prefidcnt would iflu * Proclamation for the renews Mj the intercourfe with Great Brits?, and that whatever difference of b-VV pinion fbould arife in the interpre tation of the terms of fucb an agree ment will be removed in the pro posed negotiation. I have the honor to be with fen timen's of the higheft confideratioil and efleem, Sir, your mofl obedient humble fervnnr, D. M. ERSKINE. Hon. Robert Smith, &c. dec. &c. (No. IV.) Mr. Smith to Mr. Erskine, Department cf State , April 18/£, 1809. Sir, The note, which I had the honor of -receiving: from you this day, 1 loft no time inlaying before the Prefident, who, being fincerely defjrousof a fatkfadlory aiijuftment of the differences unhappily cxifting between Great Britain and the Uni ted States, has authorifed me to af fure you, that he will meet with a difpt fiticn correfpondent with that of his Britannic Majefty, the deter mination of his Majefty to fend to the United States a fpecial Envoy, inverted with full powers to con clude a treaty on all the points of the relations between the two coun tries. lam further authorifed toaffure you that in cafe his Britannic Ma jefty ffnould, in the mean time with draw his Orders in Council of Ja nuary and November 1807, fo far as rCfpecls the United States, the Prefident will not fail to iffue 3 Proclamation by virtue of the au thority and for the purports Ipeci fied in the eleventh fedtion of the ftatute, commonly called the Intercourfe Aft. I have the honor, Brc. &c. (Signed) R. SMITH. (No. V.) Mr. Erskine to Mr. Smith.’ WaflAngton , April 19, 18094 Sir, In conrtquence of the acceptance by the Prefident, as ftated in your letter dated the ißtfi inft. of the propefafs made by me on the pare of his Majefty, in my letter of the fame day, for the renewal cf the m tercourle between the refpeftivc countries, lam authorifed to de clare that his Majefty \ Orders in Council of January and November 1807, will have been withdrawn a 5 refpefts the United States on thd icxh day of June next. I have the honor to be, With great refpeft and (No. 50.