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TERMS,—S3 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE,} BY BURRITT & MEACHAM. THE GEORGIA STATESMAN Is published weekly at the Seat of Govern ment, opposite the State-House Square, at Three Dollars per ann. in advance, or Four Dollars if not paid in sis 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 lbrenoon, nnd three in the afternoon, at the court house of the county in which the property is situate. Notice of these sales must be given in a public Gazette SIXTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property must be given in tike manner, FORTY' davs previous to the day of sale. Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate must be published for F ORTY days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be published for NINE MONTHS. All Lf.ttf.rs must bf. POST PAID. MY GRANDFATHER’S LEGACY. *vo. vill. THE LAW-SUIT. ‘ M 01l met!’ 1 exclaimed, joyous ly. as I encountered my old college Iricnd, Charles Morton, one morning in Oxford Street : “ Why Charles, looking on your happy countenance recalls the glad-some days of youth and merriment.” “ Is mine indeed a happy counte nance asked Morton, as, after a hearty shake he withdrew his hand from mine ; and he uttered the ques tion in such an accent of bitter heart brokenness that I involuntarily paus ed to look at him. There was still the same tine features—deep eye, aqiline nose, and lofty brow which bad gained for him in his youth the appellation of “ the handsome Mor ton but care had paled his cheek, and alter 1 had gazed at him for a moment, I almost imagined that it had bowed his tall and graceful fig ure. “ Charles,” I uttered painfully, "you are ill.” “Yes, my friend,” replied Morton, with mournful ear nestness, “lam indeed ill—sick at heart—a disease which knows no remedy.” I ask the cause of his unhappiness, lie felt that the question was one of iriendship, not curiosity ; and he told me of his sorrows like a man who had the miserable satisfaction of feeling that although unfortunate, he was not degraded. He was an orphan, dependent on a,rich and parsimonious relative. On leaving college he had induced tlie only dsught r of o wealthy baronet, to elope with him, and her father had resented the action even to his death hour. Morton’s uncle, with the caprice incident on avarice, be qu athed to him but a poor pittance, almost inadequate to the support of nature, and thus Charles, in a few short months, beheld the woman ot his heart, in all, save his affections, a beggar ! He had been induced to mortgage his slender annuity, and to dispute the will of the lady’s father. “ 1 have done it,” continued Morton in a hollow tone; “ I have become the victim of a lawsuit. Alicia and my boy arc the sacrifices of my cre dulity—hut till to-day 1 madly clung to a hope, wild andchiniercial enough to satisfy the craving fancy of a lu natic—and to-day one more merci ful than his fellows, told me thay there was— no hope. In a few horn's the fiat goes forth, and I am taught that utter ruin will be the result. For myself 1 care not—but Alicia, bred in affluence, the child of luxury and indulgence”—and he smote his breast, and trembled with the excess ofliis emotion. “Do not despair while even a shadow of trust remains,” I urged, gently. “ Charles, for Alicia’s sake —for your son’s, you must hope on ; let us return to your wife, if you are thus moved, what must be her sui ferings 1” A flush of the deepest crimson overspread the countenance of Mor ton ; then, bursting into a hysterical laugh, he himself directed my atten tion to it, as he exclaimed bitterly : “ Do you not s- e how my impotent pride rustics to arms, when a friend would look on the wretchedness that will ere long be food for the cold eye of an unpitying world ! —and yet—” and he held me back a moment, and the glow of memory brightened his countenance and flashed in his dark eyes: “ You will not see Alicia as 1 have seen her—as she once was—as she will be no more !" This vision of present wretchedness darkened the tablet of memory, and with an expression of subdued felling, he led me in silence to an obscure street, and finally to his miserable lodging ; the creaking stairs gave notice ol our approach to the young and heart - striken wife, and on our entrance her eye at once eagerly sought and rest ed on her husband. Fair and beau tiful as the Mahomedan houri, th re was a cast of thought upon her fine face, that pictured to the heart the deprecating sadness of the recording angel when noting down the tres passes of man —her dress was home ly, even to wetchedness ! but what had dress availed to such a face and form ? The long braids of raven hair that pressed her forehead, were lost beneath a close cap of the purest white ; her child played at her knee, plump and rosy, unconscious of pre sent troubles, and thoughtless of those to come, Never did I how so low before a titled beauty on a first meeting, as I did before the wife of Morton! On our entrance, Charles had thrown himself upon a chair, and with his face buried in his hands sobbed aloud. Alicia was beside him—her white arms encircled his brow—l was forgotten ! At length Morton raised his head, and his eye fell on me as I stood in the centre of the apartment. “ Ali cia, speak to him,” he murmured in an unearthly tone, “ our own sorrows are enough ; why should wo spread their pestilence abroad ?” She ap proached me, and at the moment Morton’s child playfully clung to his knees—huricdly he grasped the little innocent, and raising him up at arm’s length, he exclaimed : “ Qharlcs, un happy victim ol a father l s weakness —you area beggar!”—pleased with the rapidity of the motion, and the emphatic accents of lift I 'father, the import ot which he giff>sed not, the child laughed gaily iiuhis face. Mor ton could not begr this ; in the fr. n zy of emotion, he would have rush ed from the room; Alicia, like his guardian angel, held him back. She had not shed a tear, her bosom heav ed wildly, and her cheek was deathly pale, but still she spoke with fearful calmness “Alicia,” said the unhappy Charles, as subdued by the violence of his own emotion, he remained passion ately in her embrace, V why do you cling to me 1 have I not drawn the world’s scorn down upon you ?” “ It the world indeed scorn us, my love,” said the young wife, tenderly, “ let us he every thing to each oth er, and the sting will he unfelt.” At this monent a quick step was heard upon the stairs—the door yielded to the pressure of a heavy hand, and with a smile of honest joy upon his countenance, a man in a mean habit entered the room. “ You have gained your cause, Mr. Morton, he uttered hastily—and l heard no more. A wild laugh burst from tin lips of Charles,.and he strained the eau-nlo«q form of his wife to Jiis breast, with frightful violence. I was slowly sauntering in Pali Mall, but three days ago, when from the window- of a handsome chariot a fair hand motioned my approach. For a moment I looked incredulously at the lofty brow, kissed at intervals by a superb, snow white plume ; at the raven hair hanging in glossy and luxuriant ringlets; at the mild dark eyes, gleaming with tempered bright ness ; but in the next instant, a large tear sw-clled in them. Isvas indoubt no longer ; it was Allicia ; and as I extended my band, her boy twined his little fingers around one of mine, and I drew my hat over my eyes to conceal my weakness. Journal of the proceedings of the Board of Public Works, ot the State of Georgia, at their first ses sion, held in Milledgeville, March 1826. Monday, March 20, 1826. Pursuant to a notification of his Excellency the Governor, dated the 28th of January last, the Board of Public Works, ofthe State of Geor gia, created by an Act ofthe Legis lature of said State, passed tiie 21st December 1825, convened this day, for the first time, at the State House in Milledgeville—Present, His Excellency G. M. Troup Gov ernor, and cx-oflicio President ofthe Board, Messrs —E. H. BURRITT, JAMES H. COUPER, JOEL CRAWFORD, WILLSON LUMPKIN, .1 G PITTMAN, JOHN SHLY. The members present, proceeded to the appointment of a Secretary and Treasurer to the Board; and the ballots being taken and counted, Dr. William Green was duly elected. The President then delivered to the board the following address. Gentlemen —lt gives me great pleasure to meet you in this first convention of the Board of Public Works: the first practical movement under a system of Internal Improve ment adopted late, hut not too late, and from which results may follow, 1 naving the happiest influence over our future destinies In proportion to the magnitude of the results will be the measure or your responsibility. l Great under takings beget great, expectations, and those expectations, if reasonable, must be satisfied. More than cnongh maybe sought, but enough is within the compass of your ability, and when you have jus tified yourselves to the authority H* tibieruntartes, pacisque imponcre morem. parcure subject* et debellare superbos.—Yirgil. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1826. winch created you and fulfilled the obligations the rational, the patriotic will pronounce it enough. And why should you despair of this ? You firing to your deliberations very am pl - powers under the authority of the laws, and you are sustained in the outset by the united voice ofthe peo ple, who cry aloud for works of pub lic utility. What els is necessary to I a safe beginning and successful issue, but the fidelity, disinterestedness and incorruptibility, which ought to be inseparable from high trusts, confided by high authority—qualifications in deed not always blended in the pub lic functionary, but with you, gentle men, so essentia! to the faithful exe cution of your delicate office, that ouhl I belive them absent, on this occasion, I would say to you honest ly in the language of despondence, tee are here for no good. They are necessary safeguards against the temptations which will beset us on every side, and above all, against, the strong and baneful, and some times sordid and groveling love of sell, ol relations, of friends, of neigh borhood, of districts and of sections which estrange us from the country. 1 hey are the sectional feelings, the offspring ol this self Jove, instinctive and powerful, which'are to be so sub dued or repelled, extinguished or resisted, that our views may be lim ited by no boundary hut the State’s, our deliberations disturbed by no jea lousies and rivalries, our measures directed by- no end but the common welfare. fortunately a happy concurrence ot opinions between the Legislature and Executive branches es the gov ernment has relieved us tor the present, from the enibnrrasment of r ival claims and conflicting interests. Expanded views have been pre fered to a narrow and contracted pol icy, and we commence our labors untrammelled by local projects of undigested details. 1 he,outlines are marked and the subdivisions are tube sketched and filled up by degrees. Our resources are not to be exhausted by idle or vain experiments or dissipated by the heedless policy of attempting every thing and perfecting nothing. We are to proceed cautiously, that we may proceede safely, giving our undivided means and labor to a single w ork of approved utility, un til u in .—i ~.ii j r n,„ Eastern and Western waters are to be united, and to the accomplish ment of this every minor interest is made subservient. The large riv ers are to be connected with each other, and with the sea, by a grand tiansverse Canal, as nearly central as practicable, from which the late ral ones are to flow, as the legisla tive authority shall from time to time decree. Railways and Roads are subjects of your jurisdiction, and within the scope of your powers ci ther to construct or to improve them: corporate powers given to you—and the geometric skill and Engineering science of the county placed within your reach. Your first measures will be chiefly preparatory —To appoint the artists necessary to carry your orders into effect—to cause to he made top ographical examinations and surveys ofthe country least explored—to direct the routes to be traced—the levels to he t aken, and the estimates of expense,whether the communica tions be opened by Roads or by Ca nals, and to calculate the relative advantages in different positions of Roads, Canals, or Railways will be among the first of them ; and to these objects, as limited by law your mea sures will be confined for the present year. Within a very short period, a Prin cipal Engineer could have been ap pointed ; but the Ex, entire having ordered a convention of the Board, he was unwilling to mrkc an appoint ment that did not meet the general approbation of its members. The requisite number of artists or assis tants of competent skill can, it is be lieved. be commanded and advan tageously employed without delay, and with confident hope, that before the meeting of the Legislature, all will have been accomplished which your dutias require, or your powers permit; and the estimates and sur veys, plans, drafts and models of the whole as directed by the act of the 24th December, prepared to be sub mitted to them. The Geological structure of the country, is well suit ed to these first operations. The line which seperates the first from the second formation strikes the riv ers at right angles, and nearly cen trally. To trace the route of the Canal which shall bring the waters of the Tennessee into union with those of Savannah or Cliatahoochie, by turning or traversing the moun tains, or that of the groat Central one which shall connect the rivers ol the interior at the points where the ■ pjimarv formation terminates or be low them, will require neither extra ordinary efforts nor extraordinary ex pense—the execution of the works themselves w ill require both, & both may be commanded. Still the facilities are greater than the difficulties.-Na ture in her bounty haspresented obsta cles only to make sport for the inge nuity and industry of man . so that Providence may be said to have de creed the union ol Tennessee and our waters as the great highway of communication between the Eastern and Western States forever ; and i trust. Gentlemen, that you will he the happy instruments, in part, of fulfilling that decree. The running of the line dividing the State of Geor gia from flic State of Alabama hav ing intimate relation to these objects, has occupied the attention of the government, and is not improbable that very soon, and before active Geodesic operations can he com menced in that quarter, the bounda ry will he permanently marked and established. Hasing completed (he organiza tion ot the Hoard, any rules and reg ulations which may be deemed pro per for your own government, w ill be acceptable to me Sir William Jones, an accomplished gentleman anderu dite scholar, as well as sound politi cian, once said to a body not very differently constructed—“ the host rule is to have no rule at all”—a rule applicable to all small bodies ; and, it, with the number eight, composed oi citizens habituated to good milli ners, we cannot proceed in the busi ness of our office, without Parliamen tary rules of coercion andrestraint.it is very questionable whether with them, we would proceed much bet ter. Our responsibility to the peo jilc only requires that we keep a journal of our proceedings, and that they be published from time to time, and, if you please, that the members should vote either uniformly by ayes and noes, or at the instance of one or more members. Economy of time is economy of money—and the saving and judicious application of our means in every branch ol the service will contribute importantly to our ultimate success. —\ ou can rely therefore on my cor dial co-operation to dispatch the bu siness of the Board, as well for this purpose, as to return you to your ties of Nature finite social endearments to make home the cen tre of your a flections. His Excellency the Governor, hav ing advised the Board of his deter mination, to confer the office of Chief Engineer on Mr. Fulton: On motion, it was Resolved, That it is expedient to appoint two Assis tant Engineers, and that the salary of each, he Two Thousand Five Hun dred Dollars per annum, together with such further sum as may be suf ficient to defray their necessary e.x pences, while in actual service. The Board then proceeded to the election of two Assistant Engineers, and on counting out the ballots, Mes srs. E. 11. Burritt and John Couty were duly chosen. A pamphlet for each of the mem bers, on the “ subject of Canaling, by a planter, of Chatham county,” with a letter, were presented to the Board, by the author, through Mr. Shly, and were received with suitable acknowl edgements. A motion, to appoint an Executive Committee, was submitted to the Board, and after some discussion, its further consideration was postponed until to-morrow. Messrs. Couper and Crawford were appointed to revise the journal of this day’s proceedings. The Board then adjourned until Tuesday at 0 o’clock, A. M. Tuesday, March 21. The. Board met at 9 o’clock, A. M. agreeably to adjournment—Present, His Excellency the Gov President, Messrs —E. 11. BURRITT, JAMES 11. COUPER, JOEL CRAWFORD, W ILSON LUMPKIN, J. G. PITTMAN, JOHN SHLY. The Board having proceeded to the discussion of the proposition, made at the last meeting, lor the ap pointment of an Executive Com mittee, On motion, it was Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to define 4he duties, and powers, of the Execu tive Committee. Messrs. Burritt, Couper and Lump kin, were then chosen to form this Committee. On motion, it was Resolved, That Mr. Burritt be empowered to procure the following instruments for the use of the Board, viz—Four Levels with heir appendages, three Surveying Compasses, one Azemuth Ootbjmiw. tthree metal framed Sextants, one Re 'fleeting • ‘ircle, and three sets of Bor ing instruments. i. On motion, it was Resolved, That a Standing Committee oftwo persons be appointed, to be called the Com mittee of Correspondence. The Board then proceeded to bal lot, and made choice of Messrs. Couper and Crawford, for the per formance of that duty. Mr. John Elliot appeared and took his scat as a member of the Board. On motion, it was Resolved, That the Committee of Correspondence he authorized to purchase such Books, Maps, and Models, on the subjects connected with the objects lor which this Board was constituted, as they may deem advisable. On motion, it was Resolved, That the President of the Board he re‘ quested to ascertain what supply of and at what cost, malleable and cast iron may be procured, whether of domestic or foreign manufacture. Mr. Shly presented to the Board from Dr. Daniel, of Savannah, a his tory of Canals in the State of Ncw- Y ork. Mr. Burritt also, presented a map and profile of the Canal from Lake Erie to the Hudson River, for which the Board tendered their acknowl edgements to the donors. The Board then adjourned to meet again to-morrow' at 9 o’clock Wednesday, March 22. The Board met this day at 9 o’clock, pursuant to adjournment—Present, Ilis Excellency the Gov. President, Messrs— E. H. BPRUITT, JAMES 11. COUPER, JOEL CRAWFORD, JOHN ELLIOTT, WILSON LUMPKIN, .T G. PITTMAN, JOHN SHLY. On motion of Mr. Crawford, it was Resolved, That it he a standing rule for the transaction of business in this Board, that all proposition*’, except per adjournment, on which a vote is to he taken, and whiph may become the subject of entry on its minutes, he at the time made, reduced to wri ting. On motion of Mr. Lumpkin, it was Resolved, That a Committee be ap pointed with instructions to specify and define the duties ofthe Secretary and Treasurer, and to poiet out the mode of draw ing from the Treasury the funds, set apart by the Legisla ture, as Mibject to the disbursements of the Board of Public Works; and • A’Jhc, Committee he also instruct ed tOTnkfi into consiuerattmi nmt ,im port what they may deem a suitable compensation for said Secretary and Treasurer. \\ hereupon, Messrs. Lumpkin and Shly were appointed a Committee to take the said subject into considera tion and report thereon. The Committee to whom it was refered, to define the powers and duties ofthe Executive Committee, reported the following Resolutions, which were severally agreed to: Resolved, That it shall be the duty of the Executive Committee, in con cert with the Chief Engineer, to pro vide such Surveyors, Assistants, Im plements, and other facilities as shall he deemed requisite, preparatory to the commencement of the several works designated by the Board— That it shall further be (heir duty to provide for, and exor®;..., .. superintending care over the wants and exigencies which may arise du ring the execution of the said w orks —That they shall pay quarterly to the Chief Engineer, and the Assis tant Engineers, the respective sala ries established—That they shn.ll ex hibit at each meeting of tee Board, a detailed report of their official pro ceedings and expenditures during its recess. And be it further Resolved, That to enable the Executive Committee to meet the expenditures for the sev eral objects entrusted to their care, that the Treasurer of the Board be, and ho is hereby authorized and di rected to pay their drafts, jointly or severally, when approved ol by the President of tlie Board. On motion, it was Resolved, That a meeting of the Board, or any of its Committees, may be called by the President, at any time during its re cess, when in his judgment the same mav he deemed necessary”. The Board proceeded to ballot for two persons to compose the Execu i ive Committee, when Messrs. Lump kin and Sidy were duly elected. The following Preamble and Reso lutions, were submitted to th‘- Board by Mr. Couper, and severally agreed to : In order the more promptly and effectually to fulfil the duties impos ed on this Board, by the Act of the last General Assembly, which orders an investigation and- survey of the best route for a Central Canal or Rail Rdhd between the Atlantic coast of this State, th'o waters which enter the Sea within its boun daries. and the Western lini.ts of the present inhabited part of the State, fOR S-l IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS. [NO. XU.—VOL. I. with the ultimate object of joining the waters of the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers: And which also directs the investigation and survey ot the best routes for Canals or Rail Roads to connect the Savannah river on the one side, and the next river on tiie South-west on the other, with the Central Canal or Rail Road : Re it Resolved, That the members of this Board be divided into three Committees—the Ist whereof shall consist ot two members—the 2d of l' v ’o—and the 3d also of two. That it shall he the duty of the members constituting the first Committee, as soon as the necessary Engineers, Surveyors, Assistants, and Instru ments may have been procured, to proceed, accompanied by the Chief Engineer, an Assistant Engineer and the requisite number of Surveyors and Assistants, to reconnoitre the country between the Tennessee river s and a point lying between the neare-V practicable route for a Canal or Rail Road \\ est of the Ocmulgee river, ned the nearest practicable route East ot the Oconee river, and ter minating at the line which shall be fixed upon as the most eligible to connect the Savannah river, and the next river to the South-west with the Central Canal—to ascertain the practicability of a communication be tween those points by Canal or Rail Road, and to designate the most eli gible route for the same: After which general examination, the Engineers, Surveyors, and Assistants attached to this service, shall he instructed to make the preliminary surveys and measurements, in reference to the construction, both of a Canal and Rail Road. And it shall be the duty of the Chief Engineer to make and present to the Board, at least fifteen flays before the next annual meeting of tiie Legislature, a full and circum stantial report of these operations. The Engineers, Surveyors, and As sistants attached to this division, will then proceed to aid in the detailed survey and examination of the trans verse Canal or IL.il Road hereinafter mentioned. It shall be the duty of the mem bers of the Board composing the second Committee, accompanied by an Engineer, Surveyors, and Assis tants, to proceed to the Flint river, at Fort Law rence, or the nearest eli gible point thereon, to reconnoitre the country ami make the pr.-litnina -- • -v/.vc » •pi-vsurcmento thence to the Savannah river, and passing as near as may be “expedient to the head of Boat navigation on the Oco nee, Ocmulgee, and Savannah rivers at the respective points of Macon, Milledgeville and Augusta, to ascer tain the practicability of a commu nication between the above points by Canal or Rail Roads. After the completion of this general examina tion, should the practicability of con structing a Canal or Rail Road be established, the Engineer, Surveyors, and Assistants attached to this ser vice shall proceed, under the direc tion of the Chief Engineer, to the detailed examination ofthe proposed Canal anil Rail Read ; and it shall be tiie duty of the Chief Engineer to make out and present to the Board, at least fifteen days before the next annual meeting of the Legislature, accuxit., r i-„.. n ,„] estimates ofthe construction and cost oi uio in referrence both to Canals and Rail Roads. To the third Committee is reserv ed the duty of examining the country from the Southern point of termina tion of the Central Canal or Rail Road, as above specified, to the At lantic coast, or to the navigable wa ters discharging themselves into the soa within the limits of the state. But as the direction of this route must depend on the determination <>f the course to he pursued by the upper section ot the Central Canal or Rail If odd, and as the season is too far advanced to admit of its ex amination before the next meeting ofthe Board, it is deemed unneces sary nt this time to enter into any specification of the route to be ex aitimed by this Committee. The Board then preceded to bal lot for the Committees proposed ir» the proceeding resolutions, when Messrs. Lumpkin and Pittman were cbo’.cn to constitute the first coin mittee; Messrs. Crawford and Shly the second ; ana Messrs. Couper and Elliott Ihe third. The follow ing preamble and reso lutions were offered by Mr. Craw ford and agreed to. With a view to the future devel opement of the resourscs of this State, so far as they may depend on, or be connected with a knowledge of its natural history . . , . Resolved, That the Principal and Assistant Engineers, and the several Committees of the Board be, and they arc hereby instructed, to give ■iiji attention to the collection and preservat ion of facts and specimens