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2 conn cted with (he Geology, Mineral ogy, Botany, and other branches ol the Natural History o!' Georgia, as may he in their power, and not in consistent with the other duties more particularly assigned to them. .find be it further resolved, That it shall at all times he the duty of the Secretary of this Board, to aid in such examination, and to receive and pre serve,as far as the same may he found practicable andconsitent with his oth er offical engagement, all specimens in the above department, tending to illustrate the Natural History ofGcor gia. And be it further resolved. That the Secretary he directed to make ap plication to his Excellency the Gov ernor for, and by his order cause, an appartment tobe prepared for the use of this Board, either in the New Ar senal, or in some other Public Build ing in the Town of Milledgeville, as his Excellency may deem eligible. On motion, Resolved, That where as the conimitte of Correspondence are required to procure Books, Maps, and models, for the use of this Board, the Treasurer be and he is hereby directed to pay the drafts of the said Committee, drawn for those purpo ses when approved of by the Presi dent of the Board. The Bum-.l then adjourned Ulltli to-morrow at 9 o'clock A. M., Tin rsimv, March 23. The Board assembled at 9 o’clock agreably to adjournment —Present, Ills Excellency tin-Gov. President. Messrs —E. If BURR ITT, JAMES H. COPPER, JOEL CRAWFORD, JOHN ELLIOT, WILSON LUMPKIN, J. G. PITTM AN. JOHN SCIILY The committee instructed to make a report, defining the duties of the Secretary ic Treasurer of the Board ; and to point out the most expedient mode of drawing from the Treasury of the State, t lie sum confided to the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of carrying into effect tire Acts of the General Assembly, pas sed at their last session on the sub ject of internal Improvement ; —And further to suggest what they might deem a suitable compe sation, lor llie Secretary and Treasurers of the Board, Reported the following reso lutions which wore severally adopt ed. . Resolvsd, ’J'liat it shall be the du ty of the Secretary and Treasurer to procure well hound Books, in which he shall keep a full and /air record of the proceedings and accounts, of ilie Board of Public Works. That it shall he the duty of the aforesaid Officers, to take care and charge of all funds, Records. Books, Maps, and other acticles, which may be confi ded to him for sate keeping and pre servation. That the official orders or drafts of the Board, when - ,- <>t its delegated authorities, author ized to issue such orders or drafts, shall he promptly attended to, and executed by the aforesaid officer; whose duty it shall be to keep a fair and correct account _ol’ all monies drawn by such orders or drafts ; and to charge the person or persons draw ing the same with such draft or order. Resolved, That the sum of Fifty thousand Dollars appropriated by the General Assembly, for the us; ofthe Board of Puhiic Works, shall remain in the Treasury ofthe State, until from time to time it may b w anted for actual disbursement, ami that it he drawn in the following man ner, to wit: When any sum or sums shall be required to meet the appro priations of th. Board, it shall be the duty ofthe person or persons author ized to draw fr<>;*' -yuiooaiu tund io meet authorized disbursements, to draw a draft or order on the Treas urer of this Board which draft or order shall be presented to the Pres ident of the Board, and when ap approved of, and countersigned, by him, said draft or ( rder shall he pre sented by the Treasurer of the Board, to the Treasure? ofthe State, who is her by authorized to pay over the same to the Treasurer of this Board, whose duty it shall he to transmit the Board, without delay, in conformity to the order of the person issuing the draft or order. Resolved, 'J’liat the Sum of six hundred dollars, be, and the same is hereby allowed to the Secretary and Treasurer of this Board, in full for his services as herein before pointed out, to be paid quarter annually out of the lawful fund. Resolved, That the Secretary and i rcasurer he required to give bond ands curity as required by law in the sum of SSOOO. On motion, Resolved, That a com mittee be appointed to revise and prepare for publication the Journal ot the proceedings ofthe Board, and (hat Messrs. Cranford and Couper be that Committee. On motion ot'Mr. Schhj, Resolved, That the President of the Board procure an appropriate de vice for a common seal; and that Mr. Burritt be authorised to obtain the execution of the same. On motion of Mr. Elliot, it was Resolved , That the Journal of the proceedings ofthe Board be publish ed ; and that one copy be furnished by the Secretary to each member of thcßoard, and one to each artist etn- Joyed in the execution ofthe works ordered by the Board ; reserving a sufficient number to present one co py to each member of the Legisla ture at their next session. The Board then adjourned, to meet again in Milledgeville on the fourth Monday in October next. CONGRESS Friday, March 17, 1826. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Three Messages were received from the President of the U. States, by Mr. J. Adams, Jr.: the first as lolloW'S i To the Senate and House of Represen tatives of the United Stales : Washington, March 15th, 1826. I communicate to Congress a let ter from the Secretary of W ar, and copies of a resolution of the Legisla ture of the State of Georgia, with a correspondence of the Governor ol that State, relating to the running and establishing of the line between that state and Florida, which 1 re commend to the favourable consid eration of Congress. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. This Message was referred to the Committee on Public Lands. CONGRESS OF PANAMA. Tbr second message related to the propos ed Mission toCongrcss of Panum .ls received but from its great It uglh, wt oniit to publish it entire. It is an ull written document,an a sub let of great interest, we submit the folio w ng extracts. With regard to the objects in which the Agents of the United States arc expected to take part in the deliber ations of that Congress, I deem it proper to promise, that these objects did not form the only, nor even the principal motive fur my acceptance of the invitation. My tirst and great est inducement was to meet, in the spirit of kindness anti friendship, an overture made in that spirit by three sister Republics of this hemisphere. The great revolution in human af fairs which has brought into exis tence, nearly at the name time, eight sovereign and independent nations in our ow n quarter of the giobe, has placed the United States in a situa tion not less novel, and scarcely less interesting, than that in which they had found themselves, by their own transition from a cluster of colonies to a nation of sovereign States. The deliverance of the Southern Ameri can Republics iforn the oppression, under which they had been so long afflicted, was hailed with great un uninity by the People of this Union, as among the most auspicious events of the age. On the 4th of May, 1822, an act of Congress made an appropriation of one hundred thous and dollars “ for such missions to the Independent Nations on the Arueri- Contincnt, as the President of the United States might deem proper ” The lirst and paramount principle, upon which it was deemed wise and tutur 'relations with them, was dis interestedness; the next, was cordial good will to them ; the third, was a claim of fair and equal reciprocity. Under these impressions, when the invitation w as formally and earnestly given, had it even been doubttul, whether any of the objects for con sideration and discussion at the Con gress, were such as that immediate and important interests ofthe United States would be affected by the issue, 1 should nevertheless have determin ed, so far as it depended upon me, to have accept the invitation, and to have appointed ministers to attend the meeting. Tho proposal itsell implied that the Republics by whom it was made, believed, that important interests of ours or of theirs, render ed our attendance there desirable. They had given us notice that in the novelty oi their situation, and in the spirit ol defence to our experience, th y would be pleased to have the benefit of our friendly counsel To meet the temper with w hich this pro posal was made, with a cold repulse, was not thought congenial to that warm interest in their welfare, with which the People and Government ofthe Union had hitherto gone hand in hand, through the whole progress of their Revolution. To insult them by a refusal of their overture, and then invite them to a similar assem bly, to be called by ourselves, was an expedient which never presented itself to the mind. I would have sent ministers to the meeting, had it been merely to give them such ad vice as they might have desired, even with reference to their own in terests, not involving ours. I would have sent them had it been merely to explain and set torthto them our reasons for declining any proposal of specific measures to which they might desire our concurrence, but which wc might deem incompatible with our interests or our duties. In the intercourse between nations,tem per is a missionary, perhaps more powerful than talent.—Nothing was ever lost by kind treatment. Noth ing can be gained by sullen repulses and aspiring pretensions But objects ofthe highest impor tance, not only to the future welfare of the w hole human race, but bear ing directly upon the special interests of this Union, will engage the delib erations ofthe Congress of Panama, whether we are represented there or not. Others, if we are represented, may be offered bv our Plenipotentia ries. for consideration, having in view both these great results, our own in GEORGIA STATESMAN. terests, and the imprevement of the condition of man upon earth It ina> he, that, in the lapse of many centu ries, no opportunity, so favourable, will be presented to tire Government ofthe United States, to subserve t lie benevolent purposes of Divine Pro vidence, to dispense the promised blessings of the Redeemer of man kind ; to promote the prevalence in furture ages of Peace on earth and good will to man, as vrtll now be placed in their power, by participa ting in the dcliberatioss ot this Con- gress. Among the topics enumerated in ofiicial papeis, published by the Re public of Colombia, and adverted to in the correspondence now communi cated to the House, as intended to be presented for discussion, at Pana ma, there is scarcely one in which the result of the meeting will net deeply affect the interests ot the U. States. Even those in which the belligerent states alone will take an active part, will have a powerful ef fect upon the state of our relations with the American, and probably with the principal European States. Were it merely that we might be cor rectly and speedily informed ot the proceedings ofthe Congress, and ol the progress and issue of their nego tiations, I should hold it advisable, that we should have an accredited agency with them, placed in such confidential relations with the other members, as would ensure the au thenticity and the safe and early transmission of its reports. It will be within the recollection of the House, that immediately after the close ofthe war of our Indepen dence, a measure closely analogous to this Congress of Panama, was adopted by the Congress of our Con federation, and for purposes of pre cisely the same character. Three Commissioners, with Plenipotentiary powers were appointed to negotiate Treaties of Amity, Navigation and Commerce, with all the principal powers of Europe. They met and resided for that purpose about one year at Paris ; and the only result ci their negotiations at that time, was the first Treaty between the United States and Prussia, memorable in the diplomatic annals of the world, and precious as a monument of the prin ciples, in relation to Commerce and Maritime warfare, with which our country entered upon her career as a member of the great family of In dependent nations. This Treaty, prepared in conformity with tire in structions of the American Plenipo tentiaries consecrated three funda mental principles ofthe foreign inter course, which the Congress of that period were desirous of establishing First, equal reciprocity, and the mu tual stipulation of the priviledgos of the most favoured nation in the com mercial exchanges of Peace. Se condly, the abolition - vijjuii J Lie ocean; and, thirdly, re strictions favourable to neutral com merce, upon beligerent practices, with regard to contraband of war and blockades. I cannot, without doing injustice to the Republics ol Buenos Ayres anti Columbia, forbear to acknowl edge the candid and conciliator, spirit, with which they have repeat-* edly yielded to our friendly represen tations and remonstrances on these subjects : In repealing discriminative laws which operated to our disad vantage, and in revoking the com missions of their privateers. If it be true that the noblest trea ty of peace, ever mentioned in his tory, is that by which the Cartha genians were bound to abolish the practice of sacrificing their ow n chil dren, because it was stipulated in fa vor of human nature, I cannot exag gerate to myself the unfading glory, with which these United States will go forth in the memory of future ages, if, by their friendly counsel, by their moral influence, by the power of argument and persuasion alone, they can prevail upon the American nations at Panama to stipulate, by general agreement among them s Ives, and so far as any of them may be concerned, the perpetual abolition of private war upon the ocean. The late President of the United States, in his Message to Congress, of the 2d of December, 1823, w hile announcing the negotiation then pending with Russia, relating to the North West coast of this continent, observed, that the occasion ot the discussions to which that incident had given rise, had been taken for asserting as a principle, in which the rights and interest ofthe United States were involved, that the Americans continues, by the free and independent condition which thev had assumed and maintained, were thenceforward not to be considered as subjects fur future colonization, by any European Power Most ot the new Am rican Repub lics have declared their entire as sent to them ; and they now propose, among the subjects of consultation at Panama, to take into considera tion the means of making effectual the assertion of that principle, as well as the means of resisting inter ference from abroad, with the do mestic concerns of the American Governments. A concert of measures, having re ference to the more effectual aboli tion ot the African slave trade, and the consideration ofthe light in which the political condition of the Island oi Hayti is to be regarded, are also among the subjects mentioned by the Minister from the Republic of Columbia, as believed to be suitable for deliberation at the Congress. Whether the political condition of the Island of Hayti shall he brought at all into discussion at the meeting, may be a question for preliminary advisement. There are in the po litical constitution of Government of that People, circumstances which have hitherto forbidden the acknowl edgment of them by the U. Utates. as sovereign and independent. Ad ditional reasons for withholding that acknowledgments have recently been seen in their acceptance of a nomin al sovereignty by the grant of a for eign prince; under conditions equiv alent to the concession by them, ol exclusive commercial advantages to one nation, adapted altogether to the state of colonial vassalage, and re taining little of independence but the name. Our Plenipotentiaries will be instructed to present these views to the Assembly at Panama: and should they not be concured in, to decline acceding to any arrange ment which may be proposed on dif ferent principles. The condition ot'the Islands ofCu ba and Porto Rico is ot deeper im port and more immediate to bear irg upon the present interests and future prospects of our union. The correspondence has herewith sub mitted will show how carestly it lias engaged the attention of this Gov ernment. The invasion of both those Islands by the United forces of Mex ico and Colombia, is avowedly a mong the objects to be matured by the belligerant States at Panama. The convulsions to which, from the peculiar composition of their popu lation, they would be liable, in the event of such an invasion, and the danger therefrom resulting of their falling ultimately into the hands of some European Power, other than Spain, will not admit of our looking at the consequences to which the Congress at Panama may lead, w ith indifference. It is unnecessary to enlarge upon this topic, or to say more than that all our efforts in re ference to this interest, will be to preserve the existing state of things, the tranquility ofthe Islands, and the peace and security of their inhabi tants. And, lastly, the Congress of Pa nnma is believed to present a fair ocesskm for urging upon all tlie new nations of the South, the ju.-t and liberal principles of religious liberty. The purpose of the meeting itself is to deliberate upon the great and Common interests of several new’ and neighboring nations. If the measure is new and without precedent, so is the situation of the, parties 'to it. That the purposes of the meeting :irf> c/.iYx*. /ui ~nom •.•eihg an objection to it, is among the cogent reasons for its adoption. It is not the establisment of princi ples of intercourse with one, but with seven or eight nations at once. Mr M etcalfe moved the printing of ten thousand copies ol the mes sage and documents. Wednesday March 22. In the Senate, yesterday, the bill making appropriation lor the Milli tary service was read the third time and passed. The greater part of the day was passed in Executive business. Ihe subject of adjournment was for a short time before the House of Repr sentatives, yesterday but with out leading to any definitive remit, the subject being postponed until Monday next, on motion of Mr Web ster. Mr Webster intimated his in tention to bring forward the Bankrupt Bill ; and it was also intimated that the difference between the State of Georgia and the government ofthe United States : the Panama mission and the condition of the Indians, w’ould all be “ speech making” sub jects, which would beaded on during the residue of thejsession. Togclhj cr with the subject of adjournment, a resolution, proposed by Mr. Wright oi Ohio, relative to the creation of j; joint commiltcc to report on the state ot the business before the House, was also postponed until Monday. From the strength of the minority, on the question of postponement, it •s evident that the House begins to feel a serious disposition to think of adjournment. The House subse quently went into committee of the whole on the state ot the Union, when the subject of the Amend ments ot the Constitution was again discussed, by Mr. Isacks of Ten nessee, and Mr. Lccomptc of Ken tucky, both in favour of the reso lutions to amend In the House u! Representatives on Friday along and very interesting message was received from the Pres° ident of t< e Inited States, in relation to the Mission to Panama. A mes sage was also received, recommend ing an appropriation to defray the expenses of the mission ; which was received to the committee on ways and means. A Bill was reporled from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to pro idc for an additional naval force for the protection of our trade to Brazil. A Bill was reported from the com mittee on Public Buildings, by Mr Van Kensst laer, making an appro priation tor the Capitol, the grounds round it, and the completion "of the East room in the President’s House. The House went into Committee on the Massachusetts claim, on motion of Mr. Dwight, of Mass, but after wards rose and reported progress, with an understanding that the com mittee should! sit again on that sub ject on Friday next The House was engaged during the residue of tlie day in passing through Commit tee two bills in relation to Land Claims. Mr. Newton, of Virginia, laid on the table a resolution inquir ing as to the propriety of dry docks for the preservation, repair and use ofthe Navy. Resolutions were of fered, by Mr. Bartlett, ofN. H. on the subjet of extending the pave ments of the city; by Mr. Henry, of Kentucky,- relative to the disposal of lands on which there arc Gold and silver mines; by Mr. Weems of Ma ryland, relative to a change in the laws of naturalization, so as to allow the right of any person who may prove a prior residence office years in the country, although he may have omitted to have made a declaration of his intention. Mr Moore, ofKen tuckcy, introduced joint resolu- tion relative to the powers exer cised by the Supreme Court of the United States, in relation to execu tions in Kent in key, which were read twice. On motion of Mr. Stewart, of Pennsylvania ; the Sec ratary of War was called on for in formation relative to the organiza tion ot the Corps of Topographi cal Engineers, and their adequacy to perform the duties now imposed on them. In the House of Representatives on Saturday, Mr. Mercer, ol Virgin ia, from the - Select Committee to whom that part of the message ot the President which relates to an Observatory was referred reported a Bill to establish an Observatory in the District of Columbia. The bills to extend the Charters of Georgc tow n and Alexandria,passed through Committee, and were ordered to be reard a third tim on Monday. Some other private bills went through Committee ; one of w inch for the relief of W. 1.9. Ewing, w as laid on the table for the present. This is the case of the Receiver of Public Money in Illinois, who lest a consdorable sum belonging to the United States by the robbery of the Bank at Vandilia. The arrival ofthe Lewis brings us our various Paris tiles to the 23d January Inclusive. The papers arc chiefly filled with speculations and official papers respecting the new Russian Emperor, from the tenor of which upon the whole it would ap pear, that Constantine will adhere, to his act of renunciation. Nicholas I. is said to wish to main tain the statu quo of Europe. Noth ing therefore is to he expected in ravour oi me Greeks. St. Peters burg had resumed its ordinary state of repose, and re compense had been lavished on the laitiitul soldiery, who maintained the cause of Nicholas on the day ot the revolt —it such a term can be applied to men who were de fending the cause to which they had the day before sworn allegiance. The reader will however smile w hen he hears what these magnificent re compenses were.—The following ex tract from an order of the day pub < and in the St. Petersburg Gazette will explain their nature. “ In testimony of our affection for “ you, regiments of the guards, chas “ sours, hussars, grenadiers, (here the corps are all enumerated by “ name,) and in reward for your ser “ vices, I present you with the uni “forms!! which llis Majesty the “ Emperor, your benefactor, was in “ the habit of wearing : so that, in “ each regiment this sacred pledge “ may be religiously preserved, as a “ monument that shall pass to future “ ages-” The moths, we presume, will have something to say against this broad cloth immortality. Besides the above recompense, Nicholas grants to the non-commis sioned officers and soldiers who were under his order on the day of the 20th, two rubles (about hall'a dollar,) a glass of brandy, and a pound ol fish per man. Moreover, his Impe rial Majesty deigns to take the title of commander ot these regiments. Forts,Jan I(!.— Official advices from Warsaw dated Jan. 1, inform that a courier arrived there that mornihg bringing the decision of the question respecting the succ ssor to the throne, liislhe Grand Duke Nicho las that wears the crown, and he has been proclaimed Emperor of Russia and King of Poland. The Grand Duke Constantine caused bis court to be instantly convoked and in the presence ofthe Princess of Lock weitz, his wife, and many generals, read with a loud voice the Ucase of the new Emperor, and finished with shouting—” Hurrah! long life to my well beloved brother the Em peror Nicholas the first, my gracious Emperor and master.” To morrow the swearing ofthe troops will take place. The Russian Ambassador collec ted together yestesday, all the Rus sian subjects who are at Paris, and received their oath of fidelity to his Majesty the Emperor Nicholas. GREECE. Ibrahim lias summoned the gnrris- [April 4, on of Missolonghi to surrender, and .offered favorable terms, They an swered that the terms of capitulation should be discussed when he was un der their walls! This reply was worthy ofthe best days of old Greece. The opinion is given that the fortress will not be taken, at least at pre sent. The GPeeks are making extraor (Tiary efforts to defend themselves; 17,000 men had been assembled at Argos to march against the Egyp tians ; and Nicetas, called the “ Turk cater,” had 5000 in the defile of Corinth. Colocotroni, was greatly exerting himself The Pacha of Salonicbi, having found out that the Sultan wanted his head, is said to have resolved to keep it a little lon ger on his own shoulders, by setting up for himself, having revolted. The Austrians are deeply engaged in the transport of Grecian women and children as slaves to Egypt—but Austiia is one ofthe “holy ones” and protests against the slavery of the blacks! It is proudly stated in the Paris papers, that not one French flag is to be found in the service of the barbarians. There are two re ports that the Greeks have obtained some advantages at sea; that they burnt one frigate and two corvettes, and captured six transports. That the commanders ofthe Egyptian ves sels may fight valiantly, it is stated that Ibrahim has placed a man on board each, wit herd- -s to cut off tho head of the captain, if he tails in his duty; hut what if the man so placed, fails in his duty, also ? It is said that, from jealousy ofthe Egyptians, the Turkish government lias offered to treat w ith the Greeks, and allow th m liberal terms. They apprehended that Ibrahim, if success ful, would take the Morea to him self to pay for the conquest of it! These things are perfectly consistent with Turkish praciticc. A success ful commander always proves an ob ject of suspicion, and prepares to de fend himself against his own govern ment ! Vienna, 14 th Dec. —The news of the mission of Turkish plenipotentia ries into the Morea has produced much sensation. A letter from Con stantinople, w hich reached us by the last courier Irom Bucharest, assures us that it was upon the representa tion ofthe foreign ambassadors, that the Porte determined to send nego tiators to tie head quaitc-rs of Ibra him Pacha, in order to treat with the Greeks for a suspension or cessation ot hostilities. Other intelligence however from authentic sources leads to the belief that Ihrahim and Meh mat Ali, his father, were the advis ers of this step. It is said that (lie Porte which hall guaranteed to Ibrahim Pacha the goncmi government of Greece, wil l e content with occupying the chie fortresses and giving to each pro vince a lieutenant governor selected from among the inhabitants there of, leaving these functionaries under the controul of Ibrahim—these sta tions are to be filled by the principal Greek chiefs i! they will promptly submit themselves. Much is said as to propositions of this sort having been made 10, and kindly received by some ofthe Greek commanders. •V Y. American. Leghorn. Jen. 3.—The last letters received here from Santa Maura as sure u~ that an engagement had taken place between the Greek fleet and that ot the Captain Pacha, off Patras. —'l lie result of this engagement was completely favourable to Admiral M iaulis. A I uvkisli trigate was burnt, and tho steam vessel which Mehenied Pacha had equipped at Malta, fell into the hands of the Greeks undamaged. This intelligence has been confirmed by different re ports which have come to hand from various quarters of Greecc.-Ibrahim Pacha has suffered a considerable dc !< at, in Elis; his loss is estimated at 5( 0 men. He is at present at Patras w here he was very coolly received by > ussut Pacha. It cannot longer be douhted that the greatest misun derstanding exists between Redschid Pacha, who does not know how to palliate his defeats before Missolong hi, nor what resolution to adopt with an army which is daily deserting front him; Topal Pacha, who has been cruising to no purpose about the Archipelago with his Egjptain fleet [ <>r these 1-1 months, and Ibrahim Pacha, who pretends to direct all the operations ofthe war both by land and by sea. Gen. Lafayette, who dined at M- Entitle s on the day when the prizo or a poem on his voyage to Ameri ca was confercd on M. Labnt, has returned to LaGrange, to make preparations for the reception of the lemains ot M. Somerville, American Minister in Switzerland, who came to Europe with him in the Brand}’- ■' ■ik , and who, in his last moments, expressed a desire that his body should bo interred at the seat of the general, his friehd.(lle was hurried nt LaGrange the 1 Pth of January.) The feeiing c f the Turks upon learning the death of the Emperor . exand- r was '-ntisfaction. They »n< n (hat Monarch had determined . ° oc » upv in the spring the principal ,,,ee "< Widlachina and Moldavia.}