TERMS OP PUBLICATION;
g 2 00 per annum, in advance—or
g 2 50, if not paid:within the year.
• No subscription taken for a leas term'than , six
months; and no .discontinuance permitted until
=all arrearages are paid.,- A failure to notify a
■discontinuance at the cXpiration uf a term, will
Ve considered a new engagement. ’
Advertisements —*3l 0® P er square for the
three first insertions! and twenty'five- cents for
every subsequent one. .■
tiafmburjj, 'Carlisle S| Chamb’g
TURNPIKE COMPANY.
'TBTtXHIBi r of tools received, repairs and ex-
Mlj peases in-the Harrisburg, Carlisle and
,'Ciiinnberaburg Turnpike Rond Company , from
the Ist January to the Slst December, A. D.
1839
DR.
To amount,of tolls received at the
gates, , , £4467 91
Balance at the settlement for 1838,
paid into court at January A. V.
1839, tor disltiliution, t7c. —
CU
By balance of]B3B paid to creditors
under tin? net of Assembly 'of
1823, 1838 and 18.30, $2938,56
By cash paiil for repairs on road, 1099 31}.
Do r Gate Keepers salaries, 1040 32
Do Managers for 1839, 121 50
Do Treasurer’s salary, 75 00
Do Secretary’s do 25 00
Do Incidental expenses, 6l 87J
Do Postage, ' 387 J
Do Taxes,’ 2 28
paid into court lobe applied
to the creditors under the acts of - -
' Assembly aforesaid.
[copy.}
Certified on oath lo’the Judgesnf the Court o!
Common Pleas of Cumberland county, the Ifltlj
ilay of January» A. 1). 1840. hv - - -
DAVID NtSVIN, Treasurer.
JanuUry 13,1840. *
To ike Creditors of the “Harrisburg', Car
lisle and Chambersburg Turnpike Rond
Company .
TAKE NOTiCE
That the court of common pleas of Cumberland
county have appointed Tuesday th" llfh day of
February next, at the couit house; in the ‘bor
ough of Carlisle, at 10 o’clock, A. M. for hear
ing and determining the chums •of the respec*
live creditors against said compaw, as to
the court to distribute the money paid
into court by the treasurer of said company, a
greeably to the acts of assembly, made for (he
•relief of said creditors on the fist day of Aptil
1823, and the supplement thereto.
A( the aforesai l time and place the preferred
•{lf any) and all other, creditors, are requested to
have their respective claims duly authenticated,
•and presented, and also, to furnish kvideKck
at tjte same time whetiier nny claims have been
assigned, or are still held by.the original own
ers; an I also proof to establish the'consideration
oTtheir claims, whether for work, materials. &c.
BY THE COURT.
January 13, 184 t).
M, B. ROBERTS’S CELEBRATED
VEGETABLE EMBROCATION*
T'UE' efficacy of this most valuable enibroca
timi is attested by thousands who have pro
ved its healing qualities hi thtj cure of the most
' troublesome diseases to which the horse is liable.
Such old or fresh wounds, sprains, painsand
‘-"weakness of the limbs, bruises, swellings, stiff
ness of the joints and tendons; galls Sc schaffings
produced by the collar and saddle, cracked
heels, scratches, grease, thrush in the foot, or
fopt'Vot in the feet of cattle, &c. ,
The most flattering encomiums are daily be*
stowed upon this embrocation, and it is there
fore recommended to farriers, stage contractors;
stable keepers, wagoners, farmers, and private
gentlemen owning liorses,‘as a valuable remedy
for the above diseases and should be constantly
kept in fheir stab Us. *
The following certificate is from Mr, James
Heeside, a stage owner and great mail contrac
tors
Philadelphia, June 12th, 1559.
This is to certify that I have used M. B. Ho
berts's Embrocation f-r various kinds of sores,
wounds and sprains in horses and t have found
it to exceed any other that I have tried.
„ J. U RESIDE.
P For -sale at STEVENSON* & DINKLE'S
drug and chemical *tore. Jan 3o
THE HUMAN HAIR.
fs warranted staid or restored, and the head
kept free from dandruff, by “
Old ridge’s Balmipf Columbia*
Remember the gemiine'<is described below.
This is certified to. by several Mayors, Minis
ters ot the Gospel; British Consul, Physicians,
iiud-a-geeat-number-of-our-moHlhonotoule-citi-
Bens, to be seen where it is sold.
DjIHIJ* 0 PR A UUJ —Tills article hasbeen
imitated by a notorious .counterfeiter. Let it
never be purchased or used unless in have the
mine of . S’/ Comstock, or the .signature of
Comstock Ci Cm. on a splendid wrapper. Tills
is the only external-test that will secure the
public from deception. . .
Apply at the wholesale and retail office. Net
‘ near maiden Lane HTPeafl st:
Comstock 8c Co.,
•-■Wholesale Druggists...
•t 7“ Hie genuine is for sale at Stevenson Sc
Dinkle’adiug storey. Carlisle*. JahSO
Irtcher slret
Address
XIST OS LETTERS"T',- ~
UEMAINING in the Post Office at Stoughs
town; Pa. January Ist, 1840.
yireodle Frederick Leonard Hermilid 3
Feirovid Jno , . Maglooghcrn Ezakel
Graham Elizabeth 3 ' Miller. Henry
Kyle James ' . Schnell George '
JNO. STOUGH. P. M.
HAY S’ LINIMENT. ' : .
fpHIS fine/article ii Warranted to cure,Piles or
M- Rheumatism.in ’all cases,'or’,no• pay taken
. for it. ■, ■■■ .
GLARING I‘Rjl UD! — A. notorious conn*
terfeiter hits dared to make an attempt. upon
this article, andseveralhave been nearly ruined
by trying, it.-:, Never buy it, unless it has ,the
written signature of Comstock W 'Co. ;on the
splendid wrapped That (inn have the only
right to-make and sell il for 30 years, and all
from them is warranted perfectlyinnpcent and
effectual in all cases.
:, N. B;,. Always detect the false by its tint ha
ving the above signature.' The frue’aold only by
.'■-‘■■V CoMsTonK-ScGor—
!;Wholesile DrUi»giß»ii I No. 2 Fletclier st I N ;Y.
. Solomon HAt’s.jOrigin&VProprii'Wr.■ ■ ,V ■
’ (CT C>ie genuine isfoesaleat STEVENSON
Ci l)F NK EE’S d rug siore. ; r ’ , J:in 30
' NO'lftCß.
rJE West Pennsboro
ary oil the estaie df.Btiiabeth punlap. late pf
bickinsimtoWnHhipr.Cumberlandcouiity.clechi,
lereby gtvos hotice to all persons indebted to
aid tsWte. ta makc payineiit iinmedialely. and
hose having claims, to present them' properly
mthenticated Iqr.settJement, i •
; , ’ JAMES pUNXTAP/.Ejtecator.
' January ~ J' Bt '
BY G. SANDERSON & E. CQRNMAN.J
Whole Ho. 1499.
DU. WM. EVANS*
SOOTHING SYRUP, .
FOR CHILDREN TEETHING.
To Mothers and" Nurses,
The passage .of the teeth through the gums.
r reduces troublesome and dangerous sy mptovns.
t is known by mothers that there is great irri
tation ih the mouth and gums during this pro
cess. ThegumssweH, the secretion of'the saliva
is increased, the cfrdd is seized with frequent
and sudden fits Qf\cr>ung >^aiQlvlng> -staijihgJ | i.
i t s* I eepr ahd irpaTmsofp eculia v parts;The child
shrieks with extreme violence, and thiusts its
fingers into Us motfih. If these pvecursary symp
toms are nftt speedily alleviated, spasmodic con
vulsions universally supervene, and soon -cause
the dissolution of the infant, if mothers who
have their tittle babes afflicted with these dis
tressing-symptoms would apply the fcelebratcd
Amei icAn Soothing Syrup, which has presem d
hundredsnf infants when thought past recovery,
from, being suddenly attacked With that fatal
' v s .
This infaUibleremedy lias preserved hundreds
when thought past recovery, from convulsions.
As soon us the Syrup is rubbed cm the gums, the
child will recover. - Tins preparation is so inno
cent, so efficacious, and so pleasant, that no child
will refuse to let its gums be rubbed with *U.~
When infants are at the age of four months,
though there Is no appearance of teeth; one bot
tle of the syrup should be used on the gums to
open the pores. Parents should'never he with*
•out the syrqp in the ;nurseiy where there are
young children, for if a child wakes in the night
with pain in .the gums, the Syrup immediately
givesreaaerby opening the pores and healing the
gurhsj thereby preventing Convulsions, Fevers,
*3tc. . '■ '' .• -
,
—59j8~56
57406 47
J 5437 r?J
1368 74i
57406 47
Beware of Counterfeits.
to’Caution'.—Be particular in purchasing to
see that the luhel of this medicine contains n no
tfee oT its entry according to Act of Congress.—
And he likewise particular in obtaining them at
100 Chatham sb.-New York, or from the regu
lar agents, , . ,
* Hamilton & Gbieb, Carlisle.
HR. WM. EVANS’
fjanioniite f Aperient Fills.
Another very severe case of Inflammatory
Rheumatism cured by Sr. Evans'j Medicine. —
Mr. John A. Carroll, of the county of Wes’ohes
fer, town of North Castle, New York, had been
severely afflicted with inflKmmatoiy-rliounmtisnr
for fourteen months with violent pains jn his
limbs, great heat, excessive thirst, dryness of
skin, limbs milch swollen, not able without
assistance to turn in bed for six,weeks. Had
tried vaMniis remedies to no effect.. Was advis
ed by a friend of'his to procure some of Dr. W.
Evans’ medicine? of 100 Chatham street, N, Y„
which lie immediately sent foil and aftel taking,
the first dose found great relief, and in coutinu
jllK_i.tsluse_acciirding_to_lhe_directions-for_ten-
days, was perfectly cored. 'Allows me to refer
any person to him for tire truth, of the above
statement.
,• Beware of Cotmteifeils, ' .
f7*Caution. —Be particular in purchasing to
see that the labelof this medicine contains a no.
tire of its entry according to Art of Congress. —
And be likewise particular in obtaining them at
,100 Chatham st., New York, or from the regu
lar agents, r
Hamilton & Grier, Carlisle.
Oct. 10, 1839.
ENVIABLE DISTINCTION.
IN the midst ofia general and, in many instan
ces.not unfounded prejudice against many of
me medical remedies of the day* Dr. W. E
VANS’PILLS have the enviable dictinction of
an universal They, are, perhaps
the only medicine publicly advertised that has
the full and unreserved testimony of medical'
men in its favor, if not the only one which gives
full satisfaction to its purchaseis. Dr. W. Evans
has the satisfart’on of knowing that his
CAMOMILE OR TONIC KILLS
are not only regularly .recommended and pre
scribed by the most experienced physicians in.
their daily practice, but also taken by those
gentlemen themselves whenever they feel the
symptoms of those diseases in which they. well
know them to be efficacious. He knows this to
be generally the casadn-New. York', P.hiladel
phia, Albany, Boston, and other large cities in
which they have an extensjye sale. ...That they
should ,thus conquer professional prejudice, and
interested opposition, and secure the agency of
the most eminent and best informed physicians
in the country to render them useful to all.class
es, can only be fairly ascribed to their undenia
ble ami pre-eminent virtues.
More conclwsiveftroo/s ofthe efficacy of Dr.
IVm. Kvaue' Camomile andAfierient H*U!s.
, CERTIFICATE.—.The following certificate
was handed to us by Mr, Van Schair.k, of Alba
ny, a highly respectable member of the com
munity, and whose veracity cannot he doubted:
Mr. ScpteimusKendall of the town of West
erlooi county of Albany* was foj;27 years trou
bled with a nervous and billj(ijj|afFeCtion, which
for 7 years renilere(Lhinji r uftabletd3(tlgnd t<> his
business, and daring the last'3 years of his ill.
ness was confined to the houspjaSWs, symptoms
were dizziness, pains in the head'imd side, pal
.pitatiuriibf the heart, want. of appetite, (ife
After-expending, during his nearly
three hundred doharswithout-_nbtaimagany
permanent relief, he by accident noticed an ad
vertisement of Dr. Wm. Evans’ Camomile and
Aperient Pills,-and was consequently induced to
..make a trial of them. After uaingthem about
a fortnight, he was able to walk out; in four
months he craild.attend to business, anil consid
ered' his disease entirely removed. The' above
information was given.ln the subscriber by Mr.
Kendall himselft there can, therefore, be on de
ception. S TEPHEN VAN SCHAICK.
t-The above invaluable medicine together-with
DR- EVANS’SOOTHING (fortieth-'
ingYare sold wholesale atlOO Chatham tl. N.
York. ‘ yr- : ~'
- - Bewat t’of . Counterfeits, a
_ g^Caution.—Be particular inf. purchasing to
see that the lubel of this medicine-contains a no.'
tice of its entry according to Act iff Congress
And be likeyvise particniar in obtaining them at
100 Chatham sti. New York, or from the regu
lar agents, '
. Hamilton St Gbjzk, Carlisle.
' OF whom may be had, / . r :
Or. '■ Win. Xvana’ Cambpittc; <jr Merienl Pills.
Di'SodlXlngSyru/l. .
Or. HuiHs Bolanic Pil/t,
Dr, Ooodc’a Female Pill*.
Do.PevcrnnddgUePilla,' , ; ,- :
Seventh streri,
Philadelphia, • • • .
Hamilton Bt\Grier; Carlinle,
W. L. ■ LafFertv B{iCo.' Brownsville,
B, B mnnn .hihn T/VVerner. Piiitsvill?,
r.ippincntt 8c Brother v hit Pleasant,
B;,Caniphell &jOn.; Waynesburgh, > >
Irwin !e Arther, Pittsburgh, •
s BpimVnie FafrMorrtSi Lockhaveny !
R; Cunningham, Newcastle, : ; r
T. P; Olmsteacl, Betbaov, ‘ .
' January 19, IM. ’ '
1 Carlisle, M*a. Thiirsday February 6, 1840*
DR. WM. EVANS’
;.. oamo?£;lb piklb. ~
. it? ” A setters case of Piles cured at 100 Chat
ham street,— Mr. Dan’l Spiunmgof Shrewsbury,
Eden Town, New Jersey, was severely, afflicted
with Piles lor more than jO years, Had had re*
course to medicines of almost every description,
also the adviceibfseveral emminent Physicians,
but never found the slightest relief from any
source whatsoever, until h'e called bn Dr, Evans,
of 100 Chatham street, N. Y., and procured
some medicine from him, from-which he found
immediate -reliefi--audsUbscqirerilly - a'peTfect
cute.
<23eu>are of Counterfeits,
(ryCahtion.—Be particular on purchasing to
see that the label of this medicine contains a no
tice of,its entry according to Act of Congress. —
And he likewise particular in obtaining them at
100 Chatham st,, New York, or from the regu
lar agents,
Hamilton & Grier, Carlisle.
DR. HUNT’S
BOTANIC PILIS,
INTERESTING & APPLICABLE TO THE
• AFFLICTED WITH ■ ,
Diseases of the Mlomacti, or Nerves;
Such a'Dyspepsia, eUHer Chronic or Casual, tin-*
derihe yvorst synrfpioms of restlessness* Low
ness ofSphlts, and Genera] Rmacintioh; Con*
. sumption, whether, of the Lungsor Liver; Liv
‘ er Affections* Jaundice, both Biliary k Spas
mddic; Costivenessi Worms ofevery variety?
- Rheumatism; whether-Acuteor-Chronici-to
gether with GouL Scrofula, Pains in the Head,
Back, Limbs, and Side, Typhus. Fever, Scar
, lei Fever, Putrid Sore Throat, Fever & Ague,
, Spasmodic Palpitation.of the Heait nod Arte*
t ies, Nervouslrrltubility, Nervous Weakness,
Hysterics, Tic Douloureux, Cramps, Female
. Obstructions, Heartburn, Headache, Cough
the Common or Humid, and the Dry dr the
Whooping; Asthma, Gravel, and Dropsy.
' The Blood lias hitherto been considered bv
Empirics and others, as the great regulator of
tliejiuruan system, and such is the devoted of
the adherents to that erroneous doctrine, that
they content themselves with .'the posses*
sion'of this fallacious opinion, without enquiring
hit i the- primary sources from whence Tiles
Health, and Viipjr emanate, and, vice versa
pain, sickness, disease ami-death. Not so with
Db. Hunt 1 , whose extensive research and prac
tical'experience so.emlnently qualify him for the
profession of which he has been one of the most
useful members. He contends—and a moment’s
reflection will convince any reasoifljjjpmind of the
correctness of his views—that die Stnniaijli, liv
er, mid the. associated, organs are the primary
and great regulators of health, and that the blood;
.in'very many instuncesJs dependent on these or
gans, and that .unless medicine reaches THE
-KOtTl-OF—l-HE DISEASErthC
anodynes usually prescribed, serve but ns foils
to coter-the ravages of deep-rooted..maladies—
Under these ai the expense of ye. rs
of close application, tlie.doctor has discovered a
medicine whose searching powers are. irresisti
ble, and in prescribing, it is with a knowledge of
its being a radical cure in the various diseases
already enumerated,.even if applied in the most
critical cases, hut he does not .pretend to ascribe
to ,
HUNTS BOTANIC PILLS
a supernatural agency, although from positive
proofs within the. knowledge of hundreds he is
prepared to shew, rlmt when every other earth,
ly remedy has been given .up,
HUN'TS BOTANIC TILLS
have never bech known to fail In ‘effecting two
very gratifying results, that-of falsing from the
bed of sickness and disease those who have test
ed Jlieir efficacy, and thus amply rewarding Dr.
Hunt for his long and anxious study to attain tills
/leifection in the ilCALiao Anf.
The extraordinary success which has attend -
. ed the use of Hunt’s Botanic Pitts, is
... the best, criterion of their superior virtues.
■ They have been the-means of raising,®
’ host ofi languishing .pationts from the bed
.d£affliction, as it is clearly evinced in the.
: ifbllowing '
CERTIFICATES .
FEVER AND AGUE CURED.
7’o Dr. Hunt:
Dear Sir—Believing it a duty I nw.e.y ou ns a
successful pnictitioner, as well as
he similarly afflicted, 1 take pleasure in ackqnw.
ledgiiig the benefit I have derived from the. use
of ynur valoithU- merMriiif*.
HUNT’S BOTANIC-PILLS.
After much suffering from Feveralid Ague, du
•ring the spring and fall, for the last lour yearsf
and the pecuniary injuries attendant on the in
disposition of one dn wiinsc cxertionsji large fa
mily was dependant for support,''anil haying
witfioulsuccess tested the skill of.maoy medical
advisers, at an expense I could not well afford.
In the fall of 1838, hulling the premonitory svmi)-
tomsot' the disease approacTnng, 1 was induced
■by a friend'who had triedVour medicine, to pur
chase a package of. your Botanic Pills, and now
have the happiness to inform ,ymi—and through
you ..those who ntay h esi mi 1 a(dy affl^ed—t|iat.
theycounteracted _the disease,'nor have I been
"troubled with it since and my confidewce'jcon
tinues to uphold'me in the belief that ypui l Bo
tanic Pills' are.the most safe, the cheapest, most
efficacious, and radical dire for that distressing
disease Fever and Ague. All, X can for the pre
sent offer vnu for the blessing you have beeii in
strumental in conferring on me, is my assurance
of unceasing gratitude and esteem. ’ .
P. M. McCOUMICK.
rk, N. J., July 31, 1839.
tJewni
Dyspepsia, or.tndigestion, Effectually
Cured .
■ Mr. Wm. Tucker, having lately been Restor
ed to a sound state of, health, through the effica
cy of Or.,Hunt'* Satanic Pitl*-, thinks it an in
dispensable duty to state certain facts rclativeto
the disease tinder which he had so long suffered*
The symptoms were a painful obstruction, with
a constant rejection®f food, : head-ache, palpita
tion.of the heart, lowness of spirits, a trouble,
some dry cough, dissinevs, .tightness at the chest
and difficulty of breathing, almost'constant pain
in the side/ loins, and shoulders,' accomjjpled
with much langunr aiid debillty. These affile- I
tions, together,with anunusual.'degree of. flatu
lehce, hr<inght op such;a'Stale of extreme, weak
ness, as to prevehfhim from attending ti> his bjK
sinesajand-hishenlthappearedlriftheyiimlfe
coveryv His'frienda and relatives ,hecamein*'
(armed at the melancholy prospect, hud sfrongly
recommended Hunt’s Botanic Pills—they Were
administered, and in a few days producedastnn
ishing relief, and.finally realised h perfect resto
ration to'souqd'heaKh,'*'-.-''.''. , •
WIfXIAM TUpKER.
" Sttloareof CoutUetfoi'a,:
see that the label of this medicine contains' a no,
ticp’ofjifs eiilryqetordlng 10-Jcfqf, Cqngrtst;~
Arid bo likewise particular them a'
1W CliathaTO 6t o SeV TorliKQp£rom the iregu*
/-■ * r \U-'
Bohmtecr.
t, OUR COUNTRY RIGHT OR-WRONO.”
i NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY.
Correspondence in relation to the Northeast-'
. ern Boundary Question, communicated by
the President of the United States to the
Senate on the 23d nits ~ .
Acting Secretary of ’State to the Governor
of Maine.
Departmentof State,? -
IL~.--_l_Wasliington_Nov. 6.-1839.- —>
' 'Sir: The British Minister in a note ad
dressed on the 2d inst. to this Department,
states that information which had reached
liis Government in England and more .re
cent-intelligence received' by himself from
the authorities of the Province of New
Brunswick, had made it his duty to call the
attention of the Government of the United
States, to the alleged facts, that, Istly.—
The armed posse stationed by the State .of
Maine for the protection of the public pro
perty in the disputed, territory had extended
its operation and its armed occupation of
the country along the whole w*y from the
valley of the Aroostook to the mouth-qf the'
Fish river mtb the valley of S,t. _ John’s and
thus into-a portion of the Madawaska settle
ments. - 2mlly. That the establishments
farmed by persons composing tlie armed
parties, on the banks both of the Aroostook
and the Fish river, had assumed an aspect
and character decidedly military, and more
representing a permanent national possession
of the country than Could be required ip the
civil posse of a ,land agent, temporarily oc
cupying it for the sole purpose of prevent
ing trespasses. -That those establishments
were fortified with entrenchment and can
non, and garrisoned by a number of armed
men, fax--greater than the occasion would
warrant. Sdly- ; That a permanent- State
road is being constructed, leading iutp the
valley of the Aroostook, and from thence,
bn the south, side of the St. Jolmfs to the'
Fish river, the object of which is to connect
Those portions of the disputed territory'with
the tqwns of Augusta and Bangor, and other
acknowledged parts of the State.bf Maine.
4thlyl That, moreover, land surveyors.act
ing under- the authority of theJßtate, are em
ployed in making out lots and townships
within the same portion of the disputed'ter
ritory; and that sales of lands are being
.made, with deeds regularly drawn under
Uie authority of Maine-
The British Minister; protesting in the
na m eii fil i3' G o vet miTent against acts Iff en
croachment on the part of the people of
Maine, as .being at variance with the agree
ments’enfered into, in the month,of Febru
ary last, first, between him and the Secre
tary of State, at . Washington, and subse
quently by your excellency, the Governor
of New Brunswick, and Major General
Scott, for the-purpose of averting-the danger
of local collision on the frontiers pending the
final settlement of the boundary, question
between the two Governments, thinks- that
the establishment, in the mean time of the
new interests, and the growing up as it were,
of new proprietary claims upon the lands yet
,in dispute, which are likely to be the result
of the acts referred 4o may end by embarras
sing the actions of both Governments.
In support of this opinion, Mr. Fox states
that a similar reasoning was held bn thc.part
of the United States, wken, in the year 1837,
this Government remonstrated against an al
leged act, or design, or rather, of encroach
ment of a less objectionable character than
the operation to which he refers, namely, the
survey of a projected line of railroad from
Quebec to St. Andrew's, passing through a
part of the disputed territory; and he adds
that, for the preservation of peace between
the people on both sides, and,of good will
between the-.two nations such acts as those
complained of ought to be desisted from, and
the existing arrangements observed in good
faith. , •*
The President, to whom Mr, Fox’s note
has been communicated. has diiected me to
express to you his anxious desire that no' oc
casion should be permitted to call in ques
tion the faithful Observance by the Govern
ments.of the United Statesand Maine of the
arrangements referred to—a\ sentiment iiH
which He is confident your excellency-will
freely concur—and to request that you-will
’Ttrairsurir'tcT'lhis Department such informa
tion as may be in possession of the Govern
ment of. Maine in relation to the acts refer
red to, in order that an-' appropriate answer,
'may-soon be feturncdtoMr.Fbx’s commu
nication. - - ■.fl ‘ ■ ~
•1-have, the. honor to he, &c. &c.
\* A. VAIL, Acting Sec’y.
His excellency John .Fairfield,
Governor of the State of Maine.
The Gov.ofMaine to the Actins: Secretary
' of State. , ; *
ExecotiveDepartment, >
Saco, November 31, 1839. $
Sift: 1 have the honor to”acknowledge the
receipt of your communication of the 6th in
stant, reciting certain complaints that hate
been made by the British Government?
■through its Minister, Mr. Fox of the autho'-
cities of this State for certain, alleged pro
ceedings on the part of the. latter, in relation
to -I 105.e,,n0
tiinein complying with the request "totrans
mit aucb. infunnatiDn as may be in the pos
session of, tiieGovernment of Maine in re)a
tio,n-.to,:the acts referred to, in order that an
appropriate luiswer may. soon be returned to
blr.Fox?s communication.” _ : ‘ L-
compiaintTs, "that the armed
posse stationed by the State of Maine for .the
protection of the public property in the’dis-
f luted ferritoryi advancing beyond the stipe-!
ateci-limits,, has'extended its occupation of
the country along .the .whole way from the
valley of the Aroostook to the mouth ofFish
river into the valleyqf the St,. John’s,, and:
thus info aportiQnptthoMjidawaßka settle
ments.” "'-P
:ThiS i conoplaint : a»‘prbbattly founded upon
tW{o\|beilpg..6st|i. last spring, the
land" agent of' the State sent a small'toroe,
coßslsfing ef gotrie twenty five men, to Fish
£AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM,
New. Series—Vol. 4, No_. 34.
river, to disperse a band of trespassers un
derstood to be operating®!' tbatplace. The
enterprise was siiccessfol. Their camps
were broken up, of the trespassers
driven off,’ find a few with their teams were
■brought out to the settlement on the Aroos
took, though subsequently s released. The
land agent, deeming his work -but half ac
complished, again seht’a.small force of about
the same number of men as composed the
first party T -to-the-nioulh of Fish rivetvto ex
tend n boom adross it to prevent the timber
which had been cut by the trespassers being
driven out into the St. John’s, and to prevent
further depredations by cutting. That force
has remained, there until the present time,
and has, I believe, been signally successful
in accomplishing the objects of the expedi
tion.
, This proceeding violates tip stipulation
ever entered into by the authorities of this
State. In no proper sense can the Mada
waska settlements be said to include the
territory as far-west as Fish riVer, upon eitfi
er'side of the St. John’s, it being a distance
of tome twenty five miles 'above it, aiid the
two not being connected by continuous oc
cupations or settlements. But, supposing
the Fish river territory to he part of the Ma
dawaska settlements, even fheli, 1 maintain,
there has been no infringement of the stipu
lations on the part-of this State, referred to
-by -M r. Fox, —■In-tliatarrangetnent,ncgoti-
ated IhToogh the agency of Gcn’l.Scott, the,
right was not relinquished, on the part of
this State, of going any . where upon the dis
puted territory with ah armed posse, for the
purpose of protecting the timber then recent
ly, cut, and to prevent further depredations;
—but such right was expressly reserved, or
lather the intention of exercising it was dis
tinctly avowed,
- So far as I am informed, the ftrmed posse
have confined their operations to the objects
before stated, and have given ho just cause
of complaint, unless the prohibiting Colonel
McLaughlin, tire provincial land agent, from
driving timber down the St. Johns, into the
province of New Brunswick, constitutes
such cause. And, in regard to this, I must
bp permitted to say that the authorities df
Maine can see no reason for making a dis
tihetioh between persons attempting to drive
our timber from the State into a foreign jur
isdiction, whatever may be the pretence ret
up, . . ;—'
Secondly, it is alleged “that the establish-,
menfs formed bytlie persons, composing the
armed parties on the banks both of the Aroos
took ami FisSi river had assumed an aspect
and character more decidedly military, and
more resembling a permanent national pos
session of the country, than could be requir
ed in'the civil posse of a land agent tempo
rarily occupying it fur the sole purpose of
preventing trespasses. That these estab
lishments Were fortified with entrenchments
and cannon’ and garrisoned by a number of
armed men far greater than the-occasion
would warrants” ’
The party at Pish rivet - , as before stated,
js composed of about twenty five men—not
militia or soldiers, but hired laborers. A
boom has. by them been thrown across the
river to stop the limber in its passage down.
They have erected a block bouse near the
boom, and are armed with muskets. If this
assumes "ah aspect and character” in the
eyes of our provincial neighbors "decidedly
military,” we hopg o it is not formidable e
nough to create any alarm - . But whether it
is not a force more than sufficient to protect
the public property of the State from numer
ous bands of lawless men, grown desperate
by being.deprived of their accustomed plun
der, and over Whom their own Government
seems heretofore to have had but little con
trol, is a question which this State must be
permitted to decide for itself. In such a
case it would be degrading to , consent that
limits should be prescribed by any power
Whatever, If the tp_ protect oUy terri
tory fi-om invasion, and the public property
from plunder,-be clear and undeniable no
less so is the choice of means for carrying
that right into effect.
Upon the Aroostook a large number of
men have been employed, A boom has been
extended across the riverj a fortification of
hewn timber erected near it; and a block
hpuse and a few other more temporary build
ings put up. The-men stationed at what is
called the fort, say .twenty-five or thirty in
number, are armed With muskets, iapd I be-:
Tieve theyTiave also” two small pieces of ar
tillery. ; The remainder, say one hundred to
btie hundred and twenty five, have been en
gaged for the most part in opening roads for
summer oB*well as' winter communication,
and preparing facilities for supplying the
posse, How far these proceedings furnish
ground for tho complaints of the British Go
vernment, yoti will judge, . That any pre
paratipns'short of .them would have been in*
sufficient to proteet the public property, to
me seems to be clear. At all events, the
complaint at the extent of. this force was
hardly to have been expectedfrom theßrit
“isirGbvernmenljust ntthismomenLvvhena
few days only have elapsed since some fifty
of its own subjects, bearing the.'Queen’s
arras, and otherwise suitably equipped, head
ed by a vetern militia Captain, made an as
sault,'in the dead of; njghtj upon that very
force which is now described as ’’greater
fhan the ppcasiOn would warrant.”
• Ub
course which, hae been pursued by Maine,
especial!v in regard to the forte
than: aireferertce Jo this case.. 'Nor is the
force of the circumslance diminished by the
fact that this attack was pppulsdd by tile fi
ring of but one guns for a disposition is man
ifested which may not always exhibit itself
in so harmless a manner. Agains the com*
plaint of our ’‘establishment's upop the' dis
puted territory, fortified with entrenchments
and cannonwould seem to come-with- buf
little show of consistency' from. the. British
Government,- y»hen it bi}s juat cQmplett;d
mSst extensive and permanent barracks upon
thesame nbrth;pf the SSt, John’s,
and is fa the faint oftranepbtling tfbnpsdnd
‘ AGENTS.
John Mooke,"Esq. Newville
Joseph M. Means, Esq; HopcwolStovtaUitp-,
JoHbf Vy under Lie h, Hs4.
William M. Matekr, Esq. Lse’s pS Hoad*.
John Meuaffv, Uickinson'township,
-UOHN JEUo-^-Uoj;ei»tovvo.— -
Reo6oE F.*Cain, Ehq. Mcslianicsbarg;
Fnr.DEKicicWoNDKni.icH, do.
James,Elliott, Esq; Springfield.
Daniel Krvsher, Esq..Chuichtdwn.
Jacob Loncnf.ceer, E,q. Wormlejsburg. ■
Georoe Ernes'! - , Cedar Spring, Allen tp.
mn nitron a of war over it at .their pleasure.
The third allegation is, “that a'pennanent'
State road is being constructed, leading into
the valley of the Aroostook, and from thence
to the south side of The St, John’s, to the
Fish River, the object of which is to connect
those portions of the disputed territory with
the towns of Augusta and Bangor, and other
acknowledged parts of the State of Maine.” _
That a road commencing near Matlawam
keagpoint.in the"county of’Pcnobs’cofi ex
tending to the Aroostook river, and thence
on to the mouth of Fish river; upon the St.
John’s.ia in process of construction, and is
even now passable the whole way with some
vehicles, is certainly true.' But it is not
perceived why, at this particular time, it
should be regarded as a .cause of complaint.
This is no new thing. An appropriation for
this road was made by the Legislature of this
State as early as 1826; from which time it
has steadily progressed, and in another year,
probably,.-will be nearly, if not quite, com
pleted. To say notliingof other advantages
anticipated from it, it is manifest that it will
afford great facilities for preventing tress
pass upon The public lands; and indeed, I
may say that tresspassing upon the streams
emptying high up upon the St. John’s can
not hie prevented without such a road. This,
therefore is no new project, got up in viola
tion of any stipulation or understanding, to
which this State has in any way been a party,
or for the- purpose of gaining an additional
extent of possession; but is the exercise of A
lawful right over that portion of the territory
to which we have not only the legal title,
but over 'which we have ever had possession
and jurisdiction.
But again, may I not in,quire with what
propriety and consistency this complaint is
made on the part of Great. Britain, when she
has herself constructed a permanent rail
road over a large pari oT thq, territory north
of the,St. John’s which, it is understood,
was very thoroughly repaired the present
season, and over which her subjects arccou
stantly passing? ‘
The last allegation is, “that land survey
ors, acting under the authority of the State,
.are - employed in marking out lots and town,
ships within the same portion of the disputed
territory, and that sales of land are being
made with deeds regularly drawn under the
authority of Maine.”
- That Maine is now managing, in the par.
ticulais mentioned, these—lpmls—upon-tlie
Aroostook, and those south of the St. John’s,
in the same manlier- that she has been accus
tomed to since her separation from .Massa
chusetts, and as that Slots' managed th«a
.prior to that period, is truti For the last
30 years we haVe been occasionally survey
ing and lotting these lands, granting them
for all literary, charitable, and religious pur
poses, and selling in small lots to actual set
tlers. And has this boundary question so
far advanced, it may be asked, that we can
not now doj without a remonstrance on the
part of the British Government, what we
have been bo .long in live habit of doing?—
Have the.almost interminable negotiations—*
all the efforts that have been put forth—nil
'the events that have occurred, especially the
exciting events of the last year, but serve 1
to weaken our title, diminish our rights, and
curtail our privilogosf Sure lam that Maine
will not readily adopt such a view, or.quietly
yield to its consequences. She has been
indulging the hope, that some progress to*
wards an acknowledgment of her rights and
the acquisition of her property had been made,
and I am well persuaded she has no disposi*
tion, at the present time, to make any ret*
rogade movement., _
In compliance with your request, 1 have
now.communicated the-facts Upon which the
complaints of the British Government are
supposed to he founded. . In doing it, and ■
in the accompanying remarks, I have had .
no in ten! ion dr desire of produ eing irritation,
or adding,'in any de£ree,_tO- the--e\ci(eineut—
already existing. The subject is far too
momentous, and too nearly involves the
peace of the countries interested, to justify
ally, remarks, foundedjin passion or feeling.
But it is due to the State, whose organ; upon .
this occasion, 1 am, as well as to the whole
country, to speak plainly and without dis
guise. And, under this solemn impressibn,
Tmust say that Maine, in thy opinion. Las
done nothing which she was not fully justi*
fled in doing, and ‘nothing which, she will
.notbe ready:todefend-with hcr.boat powers, : ~
And further, that, though she lias not yet
taken military possession of the disputed ;
territory, a continued disposition on the part
of the British ’Government to delay a settle*
nient of the boundary question, .will.not fail,'
in, my,opinion, to induce such a stop, what* .
ever.'may be-the. consequences, should she
not be relieved from that responsibility by
the potion of the General Government.
-With the most earnest desire fyr a just,' ',
peaceful; dud speedy settlement of the ques*'
tion, 1 have the honor to, subscribe .myself,"
with high respect, vour most obedient ser* ■
vant. JOHN FAIRFIELD.
T7“~: — u -: “Covcrhtfr of Mnine.
A.' Via, of State.-
Tho'.Governor of Maine to the President of
the United States. _V . . : ;'.J; •.
State of Maine, ExecutiveMcpnrlment, .
;; ' A'cboax*, Dec. 2S, J 869.
Sirs~H having been reported, to me that
_.ltWj{irthmber-nf 'BtUlitli Ttfuo^J(tW 3T»#raf'r
stationed at.Teiniscoutalake, in the flispti* '
ted territory, and seeing extracts froth the .
provincial confirmatory of? these Jffc*
ports, I deemed it proper to apply , directly
to the Lieutenant Governor of the Province .
of New Brunswick, whichT did by letter of.
the 12th inst. to ascertain, whether these re* •
ports'were-well founded or pot. His answer, -
'under date of Dec. I9thi 1 received yeVter
dayi- tvhile on to 'My
letter and the reply-are both herewith- en» .
closed. It wijl be perceived that twb corn*
panieaorßritishtroopshaveacluallybeen
marched'into the. disputed lerrUomVfnitl ■
statibn'edatfthe TimisMuata lake. wberej it
hnowar«xtensive barrack*.httvitehbe)}, ;
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