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TERMS, —$3 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE,] BY BURRITT & MEACHAM THE GEORGIA STATESMAN p publisheil wcrkly at the Seat of Govern ment, opposite the State-llouse Square, at Three Dollars per ann. in advance, or Four Dollars if not paid in six months. N. B. Sales of land and negroes, by Ad ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, are 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-