Richard C.Anderson and John Sargeant, as commissioners to the Congress of Panama, and Wm.

B.Rochester, of New York, as secretary of the commission.

These nominations were confirmed by the Senate; and an appropriation was voted by the House of Representatives, after strong opposition and much delay, to carry the contemplated measure into effect.
But the United States Government was never represented in the Panama Congress.

The proceedings in the House of Representatives on this subject had been so protracted, that it was found too late for Mr.Sargeant to reach Panama in season for the meeting of the Congress, which took place on the 22nd of June, 1826.

Mr.Anderson, who was then minister at Colombia, on receiving his instructions, commenced his journey to Panama; but on reaching Carthagena he was seized with a malignant fever, which terminated his existence.
During the second session of the nineteenth Congress, the subject of commercial intercourse with the British West India Colonies was thoroughly discussed.