AMERICAN VOLUNTEER; BY SANDERSON & CORNMAN v^'\a*'v\‘V*'‘»V V'Vtil't •!•/*/••• f/s CARLISLE: THURSDAY, MARCH 7, l»30. |C7»Tlie proceedings of the celebration at Mechanicsburg and various other matters, arc unavoidably excluded this week to make room for a press of new advertisements. They shall take precedence in ournext. gcyWe have received a lehgtliy'commu nication on the subject of the late-Conrt of Inquiry, and in reply to the foul mouthed piece in last week’s Herald against Col. Foulk, but too late for insertion. We shall endeavor to find room fur it in. our next. BC7”l’h6 nomination of-SaituEL HeUiuirn, Esq. to be President Judge of this District, was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday last, with but dne dissenting voice—Mr. Williams of Allegheny. |CJ"We regret to learn that our highly esteemed- Senator, Gen. Thomas G. Miller, is confined at home, by severe'indisposition. JCT’Congrcss adjoWned sine die on Mon day morning about - 3 o’clock, having, been in session nearly all the previous day. Henri/ Jl. Wise, —-The New York Herald thinks that ‘‘the federalists were injudicious in -selecting this man, crimsoned wilh.ihc blood o/a fe/low man,.to sit in judgment'on a question of public' morals.” |CJ“The committee of the House of llep resentatives have reported a bill, appVbpri.v' ting 8 45,000 to defray the expenses of Joseph Ritner’s military campaign. This sum, it is estimated, will be sufficient to pay the troops for one month’s service. The bill for the protection of the Nbrth easteru Boundary passed both Houses of Congress nearly unanimously. According to its provisions, the President, if the neces sity should arise, is authorised to accept the services of 50,000 volunteers, to "be paid at the same rate of regular troops, and also to put the entire naval force in commission.— $ 10,000,000 is appropriated to carry the provisions of the bill into effect. We shall publish the bill next week. The Secretary and the British Minister have entered into a temporary ar rangement on behalf of their respective Go vernments, to prevent if possible immediate mischief on the north-eastern frontier,- and to leave time for a consultation on the part' of the Provincial-authorities of New Bruns wick with the Home Government. The substance of which arrangement is 1 as fol lows, viz: Neither party shall attempt to occupy the disputed territory with an armed force; but if future necessity should, arise : for dispersing notorious trespassers, or pro-, tecting public property from depredation, by armed force, the operation shall be con ducted hy concert, jointly Or separately, ac cording to agreement between tlie Govern ments of Maine and; Brunswick—at the sametime, however, nothing in-this Ar rangement shall be construed, to fortify or weaken the claim of either party to ultimate' possession. This arrangement has only the force of recommendation, as the British Min ister acts without specific authority-from his Government, and may be taken for. just what it is worth, Our opinion is,- that the British Government wilf never peaceably surrender-their unjust. claim to the ter ritory, and this temporary policy is only en tered: into on the part of jta functionary, in order to gain time and take measures, for the possession of the disputed district. The Public ff'onts.—Peraons from all sec tions of the Commonwealth, says {lie Key-' stone, state that the public improVeraents'arc in a deplorable; situation,- and. the expense necessary to put them in.repair the coming season will be enormous. So far as. regards theColumbiarailTolul, every, body~whoiias travelled over it worst' statement is below the'trath; it could not have been worse; if $o Mention hjit\ been paid tb it for. six months past.: Upwards,of twenty, miles of onetrack is entirely useless' and will probably have, to be principally laid.' ' 1 - ’■ 1 The Ritncr agents were, for three months before the election, - entirely employed by theirraiistcrThaddeusStevenSiinclectloE ,wing, and.of coursecouldnot,perform the utiea ofjthuir bfiiee. ; '-'"y r The Boundari/ Qucs'tion.~ The Nprn%- fown Register thus, sums up the merits'ol the controversy which now exists between the United-States and Great Britain in rela tion to the question of Boundary: “ft will be seen that notwithstanding the existence of an agreement between the two powers to. permit the territory in dispute to remain wholly neutral and unoccupied iijitil the claim is finally adjudicated, 'thatßritish' subjects are-consfantly employed in cutting and removing valuable timber growing upon it, aud it also appenrs that the Governor of the British Province .of New Brunswick claims exclusive jurisdiction over the dispu ted territory; by instructions of the British Government. The territory in dispute be longs, to the State of Maine—is part and parcel of the ferritory of the UniterL-Stales guaranteed by the treaty of : 1788, from which time;:until the treaty of Ghe'nt; in 1815, no intimation was over given by the British Government that they entertained the least claim or title to’any part of it. At .the treaty of 1815, the British Commission ers applied to the Commissioners on the part of the United States for a portion of said territory,.. for which they offered an equiva lent, which, of course, was rejected on the part of the Commissioners of the U. States, theyhaving no power to make n cession of any portion of our territory. Being foiled in acquiring it by cession, they subsequent ly laid claim to a much greater extent of territory than they at first attempted to ob tain by cession-. ‘ These are the facts of the case,—and the whole circumstance shows an attempted aggression on the part of Great Britain, and an intention to acquire territory id this .country wholly incompatible with every sense of right or jifstice. The able report on this subject made to the Senate_of the United States, last year, by the Hon. James Buchanan; establishes ogr title to the whole territory in dispute, and that by evi dence in,possession of thfe British Govern ment, and from their od n r'ecords” tCW’No collision has place be tween the troops of Maine and New'Bruns wick.' ’ elections in the different boroughs and townships, for borough and township of ficers, will take place, according to law, on Friday the 15th iilst. Si. Louis, —The annual value of exports from St. Louis, is estimated at two millions of dollars. The shipments of lead, alone, are stated -to be equal toiialfamillion—and the furs, $400,000 in a year. The aggre-' gate'value of horses and mules sent from, Missouri info the cotton gr'owingSfatcs, do ing the past year, is estimated at $150,000. Loss of the Protector East Indiaman. — Accounts from India announce the loss of this ship, bound from London to Calcutta, at Sands Head, near the place of her desti nation. Out of 178 persons on board, only eight were saved, viz: 7 recruits and 1 sca mdn. The number of recruits on board was 117, accompanied by 16 women & 10 chil dren, besides a crew of 26. persons. Jllessage from tlfc President. To.the Senate of the U. States: , . I lay before . congress several despatches from his Excellency the Governor of Maine, with enclosures, communicating certain pro ceedings, of the Legislature of that State, and a copy of the reply of the Secretary of State, made by my direction, together with a note from H. S. Fox, Esq. Envoy-Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Great Brit ain, with tire answer of the Secretary of State to the same. - ’lt will appear from these documents that a numerous band of lawless and desperate men, chitfly from the adjoining British Pro vinces, but without the authority,or sanction of the Provincial Government, had trespassed upon that portion of-the territory in dispute between the U. S. and Great Britain which is watered by.the. river Aroostook, and claimed to belong to the State of Maine; and fhatthey had committed very extensive depredations there by cutting and destroying a.yery large quantity of timber; It will further appear that the Governor of Maine, having.been of ficially apprised, of the. circumstance, had communicated it to.the Legislature, with a recommendation of such provisions, 'inaddi tion to those already existing by law,, as would enable him to arrest the course ofsaid depredations,' disperse the trespassers, and secure the, timber which they were about carrying away; that in compliance with a re solve of the Legislature, passed in pursuance of his recommendation, his Excellency, had despatched the land Agent of the State, . with a force deemed adequate to that purpose, to the scene of : the alleged depredations,, who, after accomplishing a part ofbisduty, was seized by,a. band, of the trespassers, at a house claimed to be-within thejurisdiction of Maine, whitherhe had repaired for .the pur pose of meeting and consulting with the land agent of the Pfoyincp.tbgetlier with two other j citizens assisting liim: in, the discharge .of his duty ' ' i i It will also appear that'the.Gbveruqf and j Legislature of Maine, satisfied that the tres-1 passers had acted in' defiance of the liuvs of both countries,learning that they were ifi pb ; session of arms,’ and anticipating (correctly, as the result his proved) that persons pftheir rccklesa and desperate : set at 7 iibngh’t' the authority of thq magistrates; wlthouttheaidofastrongforcc.'a’uthorized the slveriff, and-the officer, appnipitbd in the plicepf thelahd agent, tb;employUt the fes" .pensE of the Slafc, an armed posSe, whodiad proceed ed to the scene of these depredations, witha viewtotheCjitire dispersion, orarrbst of the .trespassers and tlm . prbtectidh of the public properly. ' ‘ ! In tlie cOrrMp6iia|nce bciwoeft tlie GoV- t me* ernor of Maine am) Sir J.ohn- Harvey, Lieu-j enant Governor , of-the Province of New Brunswick, which lias grown out of these oc currences, and is likewise herewith, commu nicated, the'former is requested to recall the armed party advanced into the disputed, ter ritory for the ai;rcst of trespassers, and is in formed that a strong hody of llritish troops is tp be held,in.readiness to support and pro tect the authority and subjects of Great Brit ain'iirsaid territory. In answer to that rc 3ucst the Provincial Governor is informed of etermination of the State of Maine to sup port the land agent and his party, in the per formance of their duty,' and the same deter mination, for the execution of which provision is made by a resolution of,the State Legisla ture, is' communicated by the Governor'to -the General Government. The Lieutenant Governor of New Bruns wick, in calling upon the Governor of Maine for the recall of the land agent and his party from the disputed territory, 'and the British Minister ip making a similar” demand upon the Government of the U. S. proceed upon 1 the assumption that an-agreerii'ent exists be tween the two nations.conceding to Great Britain, until • the final settlement of the boundary question, exclusive poseasion of, and jurisdiction over, the territory in dispute. The important hearing a Inch such an agree ment, if it existed, would have upon the condition and'interests of the parties, an,dtlffi influence it mighUuivtv-upon tlie adjustment of the dispute, are toH.'obVious to allow the error upon which this assumption seems to rest to pass for a-momeiit without correction, The answer of the Secretary of State to Mr. Fox’s note, will show the ground taken by the Government of the U. S. upon this point. It is believed that all the. correspondence, which has passed between the two Govern ments upon this subject has already been communicated to Congress, and is now on their files.. An abstract of it, however has tily prepared-accompanies this communica tion. It is possible that in thus abridging a voluminous correspondence, 'commencing in 1825 and continuing to a very recent period, a portion may have been accidentally over looked; but it is believed that nothing has taken place which would materially change the aspect of the question as therein presented. Instead of sustaining the assumption of the British functionaries, that correspondence, disproves the existence of any such agree ment. It shows that the two Governments have differed not.oul-y-in regard to flic main question of title to the territory in dispute, but with reference also to the right of juris diction, and the fact ol the . actual exercise of it in different portions thereof. Always aiming at on amicable adjustment of the dispute, both parties have entertained and repeatedly urged upon each other a desire, that each should exercise its rights whatever itcohsidered them to.be, in such a manner as to avoid collision, arid allay, to, the,greatest practicable extent, the exciterricrit likely to grow out of tlie controversy. It was in pur suance of such an understanding that Maine ami Massachusetts; upon the remonstrances of Great Britain, desisted from making sales of lands, and the General Government from tire construction of a projected military road in a portion of the territory of which they claimed to have enjoyed 'the exclusive po session; and that Great Britain,ion her part, in defence to ri-similar remonstrance from the U,, S. suspended the issue-of licenses to cut timber in, the territory in controversy, and also the survey and location of a rail ( road through a-section of country over which ! she also claimed to have exercised exclusive ; jurisdiction. The State of Maine had a right to arrest, the depredations complained of; it belonged, to her to judge of the exigency of the oc casion calling for her'interfererice ; and-it is presumed that had the Lieutenant Gover nor of New Brunswick been correctlvadyised of the nature of the proceedingsjif'tlie State of Maine, he would not have regarded the transaction as requiring, on his part, any resort to force. Each party claiming a right to the territory, and hence to the exclusive jurisdiction over it, it is manifest that to prevent the destruction of the timber by tres passers, acting against the authority of both, and at the same time avoid forcible collision between'the contiguous Governments during the pendency of negotiations concerning the title, resort must be had to the cise of jurisdiction in such extreme,cases, or to an amicable and temporary arrangement as to the limits within which it should be exercised by each party. The u nderstanding supposed to exist between the United States' and Great Britain has been found heretofore sufficient for that purpose, and 1 believe, will prove so hereafter, if the parties oh the fron tier, directly inteces'ted in'the question, are respectively governed biy a just spirit of conciliation and .forbearance. If it shall be found, as there is now reason to apprehend, that there is, in the modes of construing that understanding by the'two, Governments, a difference jmt to ho. reconciled ,1 shall not hesitate to propose to. her, Britaiiic majesty’s Gpifctnrnetlt a distincFarrangemeht ' ton the; temporary and, mutual cxexcise .of jurisdic-. tipn. by meansdf which similar difficulties' tnhy in future,bejpreyented. ' , ;,’BUt ah, effort, on the, part of Maine, to pfq serve thepropertyindisputefromdestruction biy .intruders, tary occupation by. that Statp of-the.territory, with a view to hold of tiwi, tjwirGpvajiihcn W thfire. is ari. essential as wellin respect to. theposltion of the duties of the General. Gpvb(riinieh(. In a letter addressed by the Secretary of State to tlte (Soyerhop of Maine, ph the first, pfMa'rclj, last, giving a.detailed statement of the steps wbich had beehrtafcen by. tho,- Gpy..- 'eruraent to’bring the controyersy to a.termi natibn j and designed to apprise the Goyeriipr of thati'State of,tl(e, views »f_tho Federal. Goyernmenttodoallinitspqwertiieffect tlie settlement of the .boundary; question were fulty recogaißed, it had in tlie:event of being unable' tp.do. so specifically, by mutual o fun t e e t. C a tt consent, no other means to accomplish that object amicably; thin by anothrir arbitration, or by a commission with an umpire .in.the nature of an arbitration; and that in. the c yent of all other measures failing, the Presr ident would fecl-it his duty to submit another proposition to the Government of Great Britain, to'refer the decision of the question to a third power. These.are still my. views upon the subject, and until this step shall have been taken, ! cannot think it proper to invoke the attention of Congress to other than ami cable means fqr'the settlement of the contro- versy,' or to cause tlie militarypower-of the Federal Government to be brought in aid of the State of Maine, in any attempt to effect that object by a resort to force. On the other hand, if the authorities of New Brunswick should a'ttempt to enforce the dlaim of. exclusive jurisdiction set up by them, by merins of a military occupation on their part ot the disputed territory, I shall feel myself bound reconsider the contingency provided by the Constitution as-having oc curred, on of which a State has the right to call for the aid of the Federal Government to repel invasion.. I have expressed to the British Minister near this Goyernmenta confidentexpcctation that the agents of the Stale of Maine, whd ; have been arrested under an obvious misap- TV* Pidrl prehension of the object oftheir mission, will ' A 1U &» C IMJIIUei.Ss, be proniplly-released; and to the Governor of " The Commissioners of Cumbcrlfind Coun- Maine that a similar’course will be pursued ty,' will receive Proposals at the, house of in regard to the agents of the Province of John Commim innkecpctviii the Borough of New Brunswick. I have also recommended .Qaclis|e,._oii. Friday the 12th of April next, that any militia that may hale bchii brought between 9 o’clockdn the forenoon and 3 o’- 1 together by the State of Maine, from an ap- clock in the afternoon, for the erection of a 'prehension of a collision with the Govern- good and substantial Wooden Bridge, across ment or people of the British Province, will the Conodoguinet Creek at the place where .’be voluntarily and. peaceabl} disbanded. the state road from Landisburg to Carlisle, i I cannot allow myself to doubt that the by way -of Waggoner’s Gap crosses said I results anticipated from these representalions creek, in the township of Niyth Middleton, will be seasonably' realized. The parties of the following dimensions, to wit: To more immediately interested cannot but.per- contain in Ibngth from ope abutment to the ceive that an appeakto armsj under existing other 190 feet, & 1G feef wide in the clear, circumstances, .will not only prove fatal to the abutments tobe-about* ten feet thick each their present interests, but would postpone, or more if required in,a splaying direction, if not defeat, the- attainment of the main ob- with a regular slope, and to be eleven feet jects which-they have in views- The very high from'the bottom'of the creek,Ml'bm incidents which have recently occurred will whence a wjpoden arch is to be starteil .and necessarily awaken the Governments to the to extend across said creek from one abut importance of promptly adjusting a dispute, ment to the other if practicable; it not, there by which it is now made manifest that, be two spans of 95 feet long, each sup .. peace of the two nations is.daily and immi- ported on good and substantialstone abut nently endangered. This expectation is ~meats & piers, the floor to he double floored further warranted by the general forbearance with' two inch plank, the upper floor oak and Mvhich has hitherto characterized thc*cnaduct the lower" pi tic 1 ; the sides and gable ends to of the Government and people on both sides be sufficiently high to admit covered and of the line. In the, u inform patriotism of hay wagons-to pass through the same, say Maine, her attachment to the Union, her re- twelve anil a half feet in the clear, to be specifor. the washes of.the people other sister closely weatherboarded-and‘painted- red, the States, of whose interest in her welfare she whole to be well roofed with good wjiitc pine cannot be unconcious, and, in the solicitude shingles; die whole of the wood work to be fell by the country at. large for the pjreserya- \vell secured wkh jron bolfSj.ready.eyes &c. tion.oLpeacc with our neighbors, we have a' From the back, of the abutment the filling strong guargntee that she will not disregard shall-consist ofearth.and stone, and to be .this, hoe. • well supported with wing, walls three feet As, the session of Congress is a- high above the filling oh each..side, and to bout to-terminate, and the agency of the extend in that manner on the two extreme Executive may become necessary during the sides of the bridge until the filling and wall recess, it is important that the attention of ing shall meet the road with an ascent and the Legislature should bq drawn .to the descent not exceeding five degrees elevation' consideration of such measures as may be from the road to said bridge; the wood work calculated to obviate the necessity of a call to be built of sound and substantial timber; for an .extra session. With that view, I have Carlisle, March 7, ,1839. ,y,. df N. B.—Tavern Licenses granted it the last court are now ready for delivery. , Maky Black, v Alias Subpoena sur By her brother and J Divorce, in the Court next friend, Common Pleas of Fraily, / Cumberland co., No.-' vs. , Air of January Term, John Black. *1839". Return-haying been made by the,Sheriff in this case, that the defendant John Black was not to be found in his bailiwick; now to wit, 16th Jahnary, 1839, the said Court or dered and decreed that publication should be made by me requiring the said defendant to-be and appear in the Court aforesaid, at Carlisle on Monday the Bth day of April next,,to answer to the complaint-of the said Mary Black, &c. Whereupon 1 do hereby give notice and require the said John Black to be and appear, at Carlisle as aforesaid, on the day aforesaid, to answer the complaint of. the said Mary Black, aforesaid/ ,JOHN MYERS, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, - ? Carlisle, March 7"; Jl 839. 5t Sfissolwtion of Partnership. The co-partnership heretofore existing in the iron business, under the firm of Henry G. Mosser & Co. was dissolved on the 1 9th day of January . last,.by mutual consent. 'All persops indebted, as well as th(*se having claims, will call on Henry G. Mosser, in whose'hands the books and accounts'arc left, and who is authorized to make payments. ’ HENRY G. MOSSER, DANIEL KOCH, ■ JACOB WEAVER, Liberty Forge, near -Lisburn, Cum.co. March 7, 1839. ■, St , N. B.—The business is ediftipued at. the the-same'place, by H. G. Mosser and Jacob Weaver LISTHOF LETTERS ,_I ‘Remaining m (he Post Office at Carlisle* Pa, March ' IaTC, 1839. 'Enquirers will -..please Bay-adv€Kiised%’~- p ' 4 A, Laman Easter - ■AhraUams Elias - .Uudjil Wm Alter J icot) Lechlt r Alajy, Aiulrrhon‘i'lirimas Esq JWC Abrahams Sarah ’ Monroe Margaret Auraml Maria L Millar Samuel B . Myers George Baker WfUiam ' Morrison Maty Butcher Joseph Matfns£tr'l 4 eyi Hitzrr Samuel MessersnnihiPhillip- Barnhart John Miller William H 2 Blosier Henry Mamin Richard Bchahoovt rGenrgeor 7 Moore John (of Win) Andrew (imss Myers Nancy Rosst rman E 2 ’ Mucfelie Susan , Brown Julian 'Mitchell Win Brown William Mmintz Ad^m Bell Sarah , Mats' u Re ter Baker Jar.<>b Main Catharine Beelman Jacob T/Ic Beeiem Janies . McGougli J(imes Bailey Susan Mclnlire Elizabeth M O Mrtiinty Bdwi rd McCormick. George XT *T Numan Henry ; F Parker Rev Joseph Patten Joseph W Pool David- ; Partisan A Phillips A H Porter Hubert D Carothcrs Armstrong- Crall Wm or Samuel (’another* John N Ohms Havkl ('raver Mary Cairns Harriet Calneu Fredeiick Cmtheos J--hn Cormonv John 3> Dnvidsi n John W Damn D;ml Dunning Ephraim T JE2 Eckhort Jacob' Ernest Georg- Ehersole. Benjamin Ensmincer Samuel Evertv Henery ' P ' R .. .. Royer i luana Ream John 2 Rowen Charles Knwney William Riclor Mary * ' * RhojwKHey John Hugh Peter • " "'S--:: Shnifer Jiilin •. < Stenvit-David Steel Mary ’ Stevens George T Sheaffrr David _ Seitz Joseph Gnver Casper B Spottswood Harriet Gray John Stewart Elizabeth Goodyear Abraham 2 Stehmaii.Jacob -:.;i Gould Christian . Seller John G- rrell Ann Seders Johann Graham Isaac Siinacker Jacob H XJ Horr_Andrew Uhler Elizabeth • Herahe Jacob' - , Ulrich Nicholas H'ffcr.Dahiel Uhler Sarah Holbert Joseph - ' Underwood'Mr (Editor) Hogendobler Joseph . .V" V Hunter Thomas H Venasdleh Isaac Hawley Andrew HIT Harder John Wincoop H J Winrtemaker Jacob Johnston John H. . Weibley J C Jackson Mary Ann Walker Eliza •. ' .. . K - - : -Woodworth Francis -M • Kenyon SaiplM WorUHaogher. William Kelley Robert ' .. \ VVSrrosfcpharles Kern George , ’ WltUarason H Kuntz WilhMih WeavecJatobdi; < Keller Williatn . ‘Wjlliamson'Col'Jflrnes Knisley Fredk . ‘ . iWdtshacH, John - * KbfTroahCharlotc , WeVt David, * t \ ; ,3V" ..'T'*’.. ’ Williams, JoViaK Light Heijry or Mr 7 W»df Daniel. . Brehiser 1 S' Weaver Janies. Lechlar-H^ry Leouhart’Daiilel Fulton Jane Fidds Elizabeth Fn» ze Michael Fields Sarah --- G> Zeigler Samuel: ~ R. LAMBERTON/P. M. Estate of Robert McGlaughliri, deceased. v ", ' NOTICE WS hereby given flint. lelters testaihentary oh JL the will’ and testament of Robert McGlaueh-v Im, late of the borough of Newvjlle,, deceased, have been issued to the subscriber by' the Reg ister pt Cumberland oounty—he therefore re quests those indebted to said decedent.,tocallon him at his residence in the said borough of New ville, and payment without delay—aiid those havihg.claims against said es tate to present them duly authenticated ’fot set tlement." >. ■' ,: ' l '■ WILT-lAMBARR,£j-efufor. Ncwvillc. Feb. 21. 1839. -:6t ‘