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THE GEORGIA STATESMAN
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ment, opposite the State-llouse Square, at
Three Dollars per ann. in advance, or Four
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required by law, to be held on the first Tues
day in the month, between the hours of ten
in the forenoon, and three in the afternoon,
at the court house of the county in which th
property is situate. Notice of these sales
must he given in a public Gazette SIXTY
days previous to the day of sale.
Notice of the sale of persona! property
ranst be given in like manner,-FORTV davs j
previous to the day of sale.
Notice to the debtors and creditors of an
estate must be published for FORTY days.
Notice that application will be made to
tlu Court of Ordinary for leave, to sell land,
must be published for NINF. MONTHS.
All Letters mist be POST PAID.
OFITCTAI, DOCUMENTS.
To the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the United States :
I transmit, herewith, to both Hous
es of Congress, a letter from the Se
cretary of War, with a report from
the Ordnance Department, relating
to the site of the Arsenal of the Uni
ted States, at Augusta, in Georgia ;
and with regard to which, the inter
position of the Legislative authority,
is submitted to your consideration,
ns desirable.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
f Letter of the Secretary of IVar.]
Department of War, Feb. 10, 1826.
Sni: The unhealthincss of tho site
of the United States’ Arsenal, at Au
gusta, and the sacrifice of human
life n hicli has already occurred there,
and which it is but too probable will
continue, should ii be occupied and
guarded, imposes upon me the duty
of submitting the subject to your
consideration. To aid you in your
inquiry, as to the proper course to be
pursued, I caused the head of the
Ordnance Department to prepare a
report on this subject, which is here
with enclosed. A depot of military
stores, convenient to the present es
tablishment, is desirable. A change
of position to a healthy situation, is
demanded by a just regard to the
health of the troops. From the re
port it appears, that the country furn
ishes eligible sites for such an estab
lishment, in the neighborhood, ’l’lie
means of effecting this change, are
not within the control of this Depart
ment ; they can be obtained only by
the sanction of Congress, to whom I
submit the propriety of the subject
being communicated. •
1 have the honor to be, your most
obedient servant,
JAMES BARBOUR.
The Fr. sitlcnt U. S.
From the Report of Col. Romford,
Chief of the Ordnance Department,
it appears:
That the site for the Arsenal, at
\ugusta, in Georgia, was purchased
in 1816, and that the works were
commenced in 1818. In 1819, the
place proved very unhealthy, and 19
workmen died. This mortality oc
casioned doubts as to the propriety
of continuing the appropriation for
the erection of the buildings ; and on
the 21st January, 1820, the chair
man of the c< mmittee of Ways and
Means of the House of Representa
tives informed the Secretary of War
that that committee had learned that
the Arsenal had been placed on a
site uncommonly sickly ; and inquir
ed whether any further appropria
tions ought to he made towards it:
to which statement and inquiry, Col.
Wadsworth, then chief of the Ord
nance Department, answered, onthe
25th of the same month, “ That the
position chosen for the Arsenal is, at
present, unhealthy, beyond a doubt.
V tract of flat ground in the vicinity,
covered with stagnant water, the
greater part of the year, is imagined
to be the cause If the information
received may be relied on, the mea
dow or swamp alluded to may he
drained with great facility, at an in
considerable expense. At any rate,
so much progress has been made in
the work, that a change of position
now is not to be thought of.”
The item containing an appropria
tion was stricken out of the appro
priation bill, but subsequently $2060
were granted for draining the low
ground, and $25,000 for completing
the works.
The drains were made in 1820—
the place continued healthy that
year, and at the next s. ssien of Con
gress a. further appropriation was
made for the works, which Were
completed in 1824
Ihe experiment of draining the
J‘| w grounds has not cured the evil,
position continues unhealthy :
Every year since, the troops have
been removed from the Arsenal to
the Sand-hills, (a mile and a half dis
tant.) for four months each season
As the guards arc necessarily fre
quently changed, these removals
have not been attended with an ex
emption troin sickness. An attempt
"ax made to continue the troops at
the Arsenal during the last season.
About the 17th September, 1825, a
lever of a most alarming character
made its appearance at the post.
Dr. T. P. Hall died of yellow fever
after three days illness—a priv te
died on the 241 h, and there was not
enough well men to bear the and ad
bodies to the grave. The sick were
removed, three well men only were
left on (he Ist October to guard the
place. On the Bth October. 1825,
the officer on duty reported that he
had not a single man capable of duty ;
between the first and Bth of October,
seven new cases of fever occurred.
Women and children did not escape
the fever, which the attending phy-
sician denominated of a highly ma
lignant intermittent type. All hands
were reniov and, and the gates were
locked up on the 7th October. Gen.
Gaines recommended to the officer
in charge to hire men from among
the citizens, 10 remain at the Arse
nal till the arrival of fresh troops.
That was found to be impracticable ;
no man would, for any price, run the
risk of remaining there. To remedy
the evil, Col. Bomford says, f- not
easily determined. No advantage is
expected from further drainings. If
sold, the establishment would not
bring one fifth of its cost. If the
present position be abandoned, he
thinks the most advantageous dispo
sition would be, to take down the
present works, and use the materials
in re-building another establishment
upon sonic more healthy site in the
vicinity, of which there are several
within one and two miles of the pre
sent site. It is not known that they j
could be obtained on reasonable
terms. It is supposed, however,
that rather than stiller the establish
ment to be removed from that sec
tion of country, or abandoned alto
gether, the owner of someone of
the healthy sites would part with if
at a reasonable price.
11 the works be taken down, and
the materials used in erecting new
ones on the said hills, it is estimated
that $62,000 will he sufficient, with
out being considered as exact. In
conclusion, Col. Ilomford observes,
“ I think, however, it may be esti
mated, with safety, that the entire
expense of removing the works to
a healthy position on the Sand-hills,
including the purchase of anew site,
will not exceed S7O.(XH).”
From the National Journal.
It is on of the expedients of those
who arc inimical to the administra
tion, to fabricate and put forth re
ports ot intended changes in the
Heads of Departments, and of disa
greements between them, or between
some of t hem and the Chief Magis
trc.te. It is a State trick, which is
not peculiar to any country, or to
any point ol time It is of no con
sequence to the fabricators of the
tale, that it is refuted by the neces
sary lapse of time. That they think
the public will not notice, or rather
that it will good naturedly believe it
to have been a mere mistake, whilst
they will have accomplished one ob
ject—that of creating at least a mo
mentary distrust. Such a fabricated
tale as we have been describing, lias
recently run the rounds in respect to
the Secretary of the Navy. Upon
inquiry, we find that there is not a
particle of truth in the rumor that a
change is in contemplation in respect
to the Head of that Department.
And all who arc acquainted with the
state of the Cabinet, agree that the
most perfect harmony, concord, and
co-operation, prevail among its mem
bers.
From the New-York American.
Extract of u Letter, dated Washington
City, Feb. 20, 1826.
m ‘ All eyes here, and indeed in the
Nation, are upon the Senate, which
body is the seat of the brewing op
position—an opposition as p irely
personal and factious, and therefore
unprincipled, as can well be imagined.
The Panama question is yet undeci
ded, although little doubt as to the
issue seems to be entertained. It
will be confirmed, but the struggles
to prevent it are violent: the talking
talent of the Senate is against the
Mission—and so much does this itch
ing talent desire an opportunity of
displaying itself in the eyes of the
Nation, that it is said to have been
seriously contemplated by the Sen
ate to remove the injunction of se
cresy, and to discuss, what usage,
policy, and self-respect have hereto
fore considered as essentially confi
dential, w ith open doors. 1 hope for
the honor of the Senate 1 , this idea
may have been abandoned ; for, very
certainly, it will very little redound
to the credit or dignity of that house,
to be presented in the light of an
arena, where political gladiators are
to exercise their address or vent
their rnalace and disappointment.
This week will determine something
relative to the Mission the Presi
•la-* tibicruntiules, pacisqae imponere morem, parcore subjCCti- «t IJjcHare si peibos. Vincii..
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, MAK-CH 17,
dent is understood to be withholding
any answer to the call of the House,
m order that a reasonable time may
be allowed to the Senate to come to
a decision. If they do not, the House
I suppose must be answered
From the Augusta Chronicle.
Lx tract of a Letter from Washington
City, dated 1 It'h Feb. 1826.
“ I am sorry that I cannot, as yet,
say any thing definite with respect to
the Treaty, although I entertain not
the slightest doubt that the New
Treaty will be rejected and the old
one confirmed. Erroneous reports re
specting the disposition of th Presi
dent. have gone forth, and I conceive
it to be but an act of justice to say
that 1 believe him to he actuated bv
the purest impartiality, and that his
course has been directed by a con
ciliatory spirit throughout the whole
transaction. The delay of a Special
Message transmittingdocumcnts, &c.
to the Senate relative to this busi
ness, has been occasioned by a wish,
if possible, to settle it w ithfjpt re
ference to that body till an amicable
adjustment of all the differences
should take place. The opinions
here, as far as I have learnt them,
arc generally favorable to the ques
tion of right, the expediency of course
is not doubted. Indeed, the impres
sion appears to be, that the Old
Treaty cannot he abrogated without
the grossest violation of National
faith, and I am inclined (o the belief
that the Executive, well aware of
the injurious reports which have been
circulated in relation to this business,
will, without any improper interfer
ence or exercise of influence, so act
as to show that those rumors are as
unjust as they are injurious.
“ On one subject, however, con
nected with the reports respecting
the President and the Treaty, I will
make a few remarks—There is a
story out, which under any other
circumstances it would be idle to con
tradict, because it is too childish to
create in rational minds any thing
but contempt : that is the dresses of
of the two parties. There is cer
tainly a difference in their appear
ance, but by no means attributable
to the Executive or any of the De
partments which are concerned in
the business. The cause of this dif
ference is believed here to be created
by the vanity of one of the parties,
and that this vanity is fed by the
Agent Col. Crowell, for purposes
which he can best explain. At any
rate it is a thing with which the Presi
dent has nought to do, and of this I
feel certain, for as far as I have ob
served, liis deportment is alike to
both parties.
” The amendment of the Consti
tution, is now the question of the
greatest interest in the House, and
the Panama Mission without—There
cannot be a doubt but the former
will pass and be proposed to the
States for adoption : as to the latter,
the opinions are diverse, as many not
opposed to the Mission itself upon
the grounds of policy, are hostile to
the original mcasur s adopted by the
President in relation to it. Their ar
gument is briefly, that it was a stretch
of power in Mr. Adams to accept the
invitation to send Ministers, win u he
knew those Ministers could not be
commissioned without the consent
of the Senate to the nominations,
and of the House for appropriations,
They say by this acceptance, Mr. A.
lias placed himself in an awkward
and painful situation, for, if the Sen
ate should refuse th ir assent to the
proposition, that he then stands be
fore those powers in an equivocal
light; and in consequence the Na
tion is equally affected by the portion
of respect paid to our Chief Magis
trate, w hich must be encreased or di
minished in proportion as he is es
teemed at home; that by committing
himself he loses the credit that would
attach; and that his power extended
no farther than accepting the invita
tion on condition.
From the Augusta Chronicle.
Editor or the Chronicle :
Sir —As 1 take a pleasure at all
times in exposing statements origi
nating in known error, based on tor
tured truths, and assumptions found
ed on equivocal representations;
whether the effect of political chica
nery or moral debasement; 1 will
take the liberty of making some re
marks on a paragraph in th Consti
tutionalist, as introductory to extracts
from the National Intelligencer aud
Rich mond Enq ui re r.
The paragraph to which I allude, ha<
(for (hem to make,) this singular and
unique remark at its close, “ What can
be more fatal to the character of any
man or people, than to afford ground
for the assertion that his or their con
duct is not governed by reason and
justice —but hypasssnn and prejudice
Political purity or honesty is not al
ways expected fmm the mo't liberal
but there are degrees, to pass which
betrays in the strongest light, the
blackness of the principle attempted
to be supported and conveys a pain
ful sensation of disgust to every un
prejudiced spectator, of a conduct
derogatory to honor and to justice.
It is in this clia'acter I view the re
marks in the Constitutionalist. The
closing paragraph, however, reminds
me of iniquity preaching up moral
principle. The extract relates to
the late election for officers in the
Branch Bank o' Darien at Milledgc
v die—The change, Lc. 1 recollect
when it became certain, that the Re
publican party would have a majori
ty in the House and in the Senate,
the Troup papers began to deprecate
their former course; they advised
liberality to it utmost boundary ;
they wished, Miry said, that princi
ple alone should decide in the choice
of officers to be chosen at the sitting
of the Legislature—that party should
be thrown aside they made a maw
kish display of their purity, and like
the worn-out coquctt , who can no
longer reign by her charms, they so
rouged their old complexions that
had not their former conduct to well
established itself in (lie recollection
ol the people, they might really hav
passed for what they pretended.
Ihe first act by which the justice
and power of flic Legislature was
made known, was by leaving out the
old Troup Judges, and by filling their
places with men. at least, equally
able, 1 ss devoted to party, and more
to the real interest and benefit of the
people. Tho cry of oppression was
raised by a set of yelping curs in imi
tation of the leaders of the pack.
The next exercise of Legislative
will was to appoint new State offi
cers, and in t his they acted from a
principle ol safety; it was forcing
chains on a Governor who had, in all
but open hostility by arms, set the
General Government at defiance,
and who had thrown down the gaunt
let in hopes ol a combat; whose con
duct, in the opinion ol a large por
tion of the community, was disgraee
iul to himscll and injurious to the
interest and honor of the State. So
far indeed had he carried his insults
and avowed hostility to the Union,
that some of tho more modcrade of
his own party became ashamed to
defend him, and cither passed over
in silence the charges and epithets
which an indignant community coup
led with his name, or defended him
by bold assertions and allegations
which were suggested by despair
and which they did not dare attempt
to support by reason or argument in
any shape. It became necessary to
preserve (lie dignity of the State, in
iact even its existence, that a change,
a radical change should take place
in the office of the State ; it was sub
tracting from liis power to do injury;
reason, justice, self-preservation, and
every principle which could have
lorce in the patriot bosom demanded
the change, and it was made—Again
the yell was repeated. Let me ask
a few brief questions :—lf m this
change, men of different principles
were preferred to office, why was it !
Because every office in the State,
over which the Governor had power,
either in the way of Executive pa
tronage, or by means of a Legisla
ture devoted to his will, had been
usurped, and was filled by his own
friends. And in a former Legisla
ture, (the extra one) nine tenths of
the surveyors had been selected from
their own party; not because they
were more capable of the duties—
not because their characters were
fairer—not because they excelled in
any one point or particular—but
simply because they owed a due por
tiou of allegiance to the principles
of ‘ the powers that bo”—because
they bowed down before the Baal of
their political idolatorv, and worship
ed the image which power had set
up. Could they, previous to the re
generating policy of the Legislature,
point oul more than one man in of
fice who did not bow at the same
shrine—No I—ln the whole State,
but one man was found in office who
belonged to the Republican party
Yet these men, when the same mea
sure is mectcd out to them which
they meeted to others, have the un
blushing effrontery to cry out “ per
secution”—and when, catching up
their prejudiced statesments, two or
three papers of the same stamp,
conducted with the same disregard
to facts established beyond contro
versy, published articles founded
upon their own statements, without
a single commentary of causes, they
seize upon and publish them, and
soon with well conceived hypocrisy,
pretend to mourn over the degrada
tion which they themselves have oc
casioned.
It is not in my nature to witness
such unpardonable betrayal of the
honor of the State, without indigna
tion at their duplicity and pity for so
centenaptabk a display ol' aflcctcd
sorrow
\\ hat an excellent commentary on
onr worthy Governor's conduct and
character, as displayed in all Jus cor
respondence and actions connected
witii the Crock Treaty, is that pas
sage 1 have quoted—•• passion and
prejudice." If there i., one man,
who, more than another, has shown
less regard to “ reason and justice"
-one who has been more acted on by
■passion and prejudice," it is him.—
Did lie not threaten that the surveys
should bo made, even if it should
hereafter he recorded that “ Georgia
—Has he not called upon Un
people, through their organs, to
‘stand by ikeir ants'" —and what
has been the consequence of such
vaporing and gasconade; such child
ish and puerile threats l What have
they brought upon the State ! Dis
grace, ridicule and contempt from
-ome—-just condemnation and severe
reprehension from others. lie is
not even consistent in hi; passion
and threats. After bullying and de
fying the General Government, and
judging from himself, expecting to
frighten it into compliance with his
dictation—he quietly, and with the
trembling of a child who obeys the
voice of his superior and master,
makes a virtue ol ncccssitv, and as
it will not allow him to have his way,
is well satisfied to follow where he
is lead—no doubt glad to escape so
easily from merited chastisement for
his loud and blustering manner and
boisterous temerity.
They complain that they are ac
cused of creating confusion in the
State; they deny it; but it is never
theless true—who hut themselves
are urging the people to disregard
the laws—who but themselves .arc
striving to break down tho barriers
of the Constitution which declares
that the will of the Legislature (al
ways supposing it consonant with
the National Law) must be obeyed
as a guide-—and who but themselves
have continually been striving to im
press upon the minds of the people
that the General Government is hos
tile to Georgia—thereby engender
ing distrust and dislike in the bosoms
of those who are in every sense of
the word, the safe guard and pro
tection of the Union.
As for tiie assertions and remarks
of the National Intelligencer and
Enquirer, they arc, as authority,
worth just about as rtlucli as tho ink
that blots’their pages with the scan
dalous assumptions. They are Craw
ford Prints, and it is not to be won
dered at that they should wish with
their cotomporaries hero, to create
discord and disunion in a Htate w hose
Representatives act with a dignified
and manly honesty, and who show in
somewhat a different manner from
them, the light in which they view
the principle of Republicanism, by
the manner in which they support it.
Let the Enquirer look to the Legis
lature of its own State, if it want s a
practical exemplification of what jus
tice in Legislation is. The Editor of
the Constitutionalist looks with a
searching eye for all the little- imper
tinent paragraphs in which the State
is mentioned. —1 should' be glad to
know how many more out of the five
hundred papers in’the United States
support their doctrine, and how
many are they who defend the prin
ciples of ' A REPUBLICAN.
From the Ncw-York American.
A project was started about a year
since, in some of the Boston papers,
of connecting the harbor of I’ostoß
with tin Hudson at Albany by a ca
nal, for the purpose, as avowed, of
diverting some of the trade of this
State into a different channel, and
opeuingan access to the ocean through
a more eligible route than that otter
ed bv the navigation of our river.
Wc supposed at the time, that tiiis
was the dream of some fanatic in in
ternal improvement, or meant to he a
satire on the visionary plans which
are started on every side ; but wc
find that we w ere mistaken Com
missioners, it appears, were appoint
ed to survey the route, and have re
ported the result of their survey to
the Massachusetts Legislature; by
which it appears, that between the
Connecticut and Hudson rivers alone,
there will be an ascending lockage
from Albany of 711 feet, and a de
scending lockage of 611 feet, to
gether with a short tunnel through
the Iloosack mountain of only (bur
miles, to attract the transport of our
heavy produce from the head of our
tide water navigation, and enable the
eastern metropolis to undc-rself the
commercial emporium in the foreign
articles required for the interior west
ern market. The expense ot the
work too, istobe but trifling, amount
ing only to about $6,000,000, which
taken with the other advantages of
the plan, pres nts a very alluring
prospect ol’ b. nefit to our enterpris
ing sister Htate. We do not find that
any definitive measures have been
adopted relative to this measure, ex
cept a resolution to print 1000 copies
son at IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS.
(NO. XIII.—VOL. I.
l of the report, which is comprised in
a \ olume of 271 pages, and a motion
to distribute a copy to every town in
tho State We should think it eli
gible to annex to the report a com
parative statement of the present
rate of transportation between Al
bany and Boston, but unless we much
overrate tho shrewdness of our east
ern brethren they will not fail to form
a correct estimate of the advantages
offered by nature or art.
Fcom the Virginia Frre Pres?.
'1 here seems, to our plain percep
tion to be but little weight in the op
position to tho Panama mission,
home politicians affect to dread the
mission, through fear of “ entangling
alliances” with other powers, not
withstanding the President has dis
tinctly stated that our neutral rela
tions would be inviolably maintained.
Are not the fears thus expcssctV
mere phantoms conjured up in the
perturbed imaginations of those who
arc determined to oppose the ad
ministration, right or wrong !—Sup
pose, fora moment, that a minister
to the Congress of Panama should so
far transcend his instructions and for
got the settl' and and approved policy
of tin- United States, as to consent to
an alliance with another power.
What would it avail 1 Is it not well
known that no treaty is binding
without the sanction of the Senate ?
Has not that body a complete check
in its own hands ? Has not *hc House
of Representatives charge of the
purse-strings of the nation, by draw
ing which any unauthorized measure
can be promtly defeated ! Then
why all this unnecessary alarm about
“ entangling alliances V' The clum
sy guise ol' prc-conccrtcd opposition
to every conspicuous measure of the
administration is as plain as noon
day, and wc trust will be as futile as
it is unnecessary.
CONGRESS.
Wednesday February 22.
In the Senate yesterday a Bill was
reported to establish an uniform sys
tem of Bankruptcy, and a Bill grant
ing a quantity of public land to aid
the State of Indiana in making a Ca
nal between the river Wabash and
Lake Erie. Mr. Marks gave no
tice that he should ask leave to in
troduce a bill to lay out and make a
Canal through the United States pub
lic ground near the city of Pittsburg.
letl.o House of Representatives, a
very important bill was reported from
the Committee on Indian Affairs, en
titled “abill for the preservation and
civilization of the Indian Tribes w ith
.in the United States.” Os tho re
port from the War Department which
accompanied, the bill, 3,000 copies
were ordered to be printed. Mr.
Wnii’Pi.E, of Now Hampshire, intro
duced a resolution calling for inform
ation relative to the leasing of Lead
.Mine*. Mr. Powell, of Virginia,
laid on the table a proposition to a
mend tho Cor-dilution, so as to pro*
vide that when the election of Presi
dent comes to the House of Repre
sentatives, no member who votes on
tiie occasion shall be elligiblo to any
office for three years thereafter. On
motion of Mr. Mitchell, or Mary
land, the Military Committee were
instructed to inquire into the proprie
ty of publishing a system of Caval
ry organization. On motion «>fMr.
Everett, of Mass, the library Com
mittee wore directed to inquire into
the propriety of purchasing some
copies of Strickland’s Reports onthe
subject of Internal Improvement.
The Bill relative to a survey of a
mule for a ship canal across the Pen
insula of Florida was finally passed,
and a number of private bills went
through Comm tee, the discussion
on the amendment of the Constitu
tion having given way for that pur
pose, with the consent of the gentle
man who had p .'ssession of the floor.
Tuesday February, 23.
In the Senate, Mr. Chambers, of
Maryland, appeared and was quali
fied. After the presentation of afew
petitions, the Senate went into ex
ecutive business.
In the House of Representatives
a bill was reported concerning the
Staff of the United States: and, also,
a bill to establish an armory on the
western waters. Mr. Boos, of Indi
ana, and Mr. Haynes, of Georgia, laid
on the table r solutions to amend
the constitution ol the United States,
the former giving to the qualified vo
ters of the most numerous branches
of the State Legislatures, the right
of directly voting for President aud
Vice President; and the other, making
the voting to be by general ticket in
the several states, and in case ol no
choice, to return the two highest can
didates to the people, to be again
chosen in the same manner. Mr.
Barney offered a resolution, asking
for information from the Navy De
partment, as to the adequacy of our
vessels in commission to protect our
commerce to Brazil and Buenos Av-