t)t tut, Pnr.siDnNT uroN the subik(5t X)f nifi Boundary Question. To the Senate of the United Slates i I lay before Congress several despatches from his Excellency the Govornorof Maine, with enclosures, communicating cerlian pro ceedings of the Legislature of that State,, and a cdpy rif the reply of the Secretary of Stale, mnile by my direction, together with a note from II. S." Fox. esq. Envoy Extra ordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of CJreat Britain, with the answer of the Scc rctay of State to the same. It will appear from those documents that a nnmerous band of lawless and desperate men, chiefly from the adjoining British Pro vinces, but without the authority or sanction tof the Provincial Government, had trespas sed upon that portion of the territory in dispute between the United Stales and Great ikila'ui which is watered by the river Aroos took, and claimed to belong to the State of Matim; and Unit they had committed exten sive depredations there by cutting and des troying a very large quantity of limber. It will further annear that the Governor of Alainp. having been officially apprised of the circumstance, had communicated it to the Legislatute. with a recommendation of such provisions) it) addition lo those already existing by law, as would enable him lo ar rest the course of said deprcda!ions,disporse the trespassers, and secure the timber which they were about carry iug away; thai in com pliance with a resolve ol the legislature passed in pursuance of his rccummcmlitinn tions.thcreof. Always aiming at an amica ble adjustment of the dispute, both parties Have entertained and repeatedly urged upon each other a desire, that each should exer cise its rights, whatever it considered Ihcm to be, in finch a manner as to avoid collision, and allayt Id the greatest practicable extent, the excitement likely to grow oiit of the con troversy. It was in pursuance of such an undersludmg that .Maine and Massachusetts upon the remonstrance of Gieat Britain, de sisted from making sales ot lauds, and the General Government from the construction of which ihey claimed lo have enjoyed the cxclilsive possession; and that Great Britain, on her part, in deference to a similar rcmon stance from I ho United Slates; suspended the issue of licenses to cut limber in the territory in controversy, and also the survey and location of a railroad through a section of country over which sho also claimed to have exercised exclusive jurisdiction' The Slate 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 interference! and it is presumed that had ihc Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick been correctly advised of llie nature of tho proceedings of the State of Maine, he would udl have regar ded tho transaction as requiring, on Iii3 pari, any resort to furce. Each party claiming a right lo the territory, and hence to the ex clusive jurisdiction over it, it is manifest that, to prevent the destruction of the lim ber by trespassers, acting against the au thority of both, and at the same time avoid forcible collision between the contiguous Governments during the pendency of nc gociations concerning the litis, resort inu-u be had lo the mutual exercise of iuiisdii- tho hia'ut objects which they haVo in view. Tho very incidents which have recently oc curred will necessarily awaken the Govern ments to the importance of promptly adjust ing a dispute, by which ll is now made man ifest that the peace of two nations is daily and iiuiiineittly endangered. This expec tation is timber warranted by the general for bearance which has hiiherlo characterized Iho conduct of the Government and people nti both sides of tho line. In the uulfornt pilhoiism of Maine, her attachment to tho Union, her respect for the wished of the people of her sister Slates, of whoso inter est in iter welfare she cannot be unconscious, and, in the solicitude felt by the country at large for the preservation of peace with our neighbors, we have a strong guarantee that she will hot disregard the request that had been made of her. As, however, tho session of Congress is about to terminate, and the agency of iho Executive may bcconle necessary during the recess, it is impolhttU that the attention of thn Legislature, should bo drawn to the consideration of such measures as iriay he calculated to obviate iho necessity of a call for an extra session; Willi that view, I have thought it my duty to lay the whole matter before you, and to invite such action thereon as you may think the occasion re quires. M. VAN BUBEN. Washington, 23ih February, 1S30. TJIE COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT. "rntmt WITHOUT rAH " SJ1TUISV.1V, Jl.lltCJrO, 1P30. Tike Border Wiiv. We mentioned in our last that there was his Excellency had despatched the land a cent of the State, with a force deemed ade- lion in such extreme cases, ot lo an arnica quale to that purpose, to the scene of the bio and temporary arrangements as to the i! C!'cd depredations, who, after accomplish- limits within winch ll should he exercised ins a pari of his dutv, was seized by u hand by each parly. The undeistanding sup of the trespassers, at a house claimed to be posed to exist between the United Slates within the jurisdiction of Maine, whither and Great Britain lias been found heretofore ha had repaired lor th? purpose ol meeting sunicionl lor that purpose, and I believe will and cniisultinr with the land agent of the prove so heicafier. if tho parties on the frontier, directly interested in the question, ure respectively governed by a just spirit ol conciliation and forbearance. If it shall he found, as there is now reason to appre hend, that there is, in tho modes of con struing that understanding by the Govern ments, a difference not to bo reconciled, 1 Province of New Brunswick, and convey 'cd a1? a prisoner to Frederickion, in that Province, together, with two other citizens of the State,, who were assisting him in the discharge of his duty. It will also appear that ihc Governor and Legislature of Maine, satisfied that the tres passers had actod in defiance of the laws of shall not hesitate to propose to her Britan- both countries', learning that they were in nic Majesty's Government a distinct ar possession of arms, and anticipating (cor- rangement for tho temporary and mlitnal really, as the result has proved) that persons exercise of jurisdiction, by means of which ' orffTheir reckless and desperate character similar difficulties may in future be preven- Would set at nought the authority ot the led. magistrates, without the aid of a strong had authorized the shcnit, ana tne iforce. officer appointed in the place of the land agcnl.to i mploy.at the expense of the State tu armed posse, who had proceeded to the scene of these depredations, with a view to tho entire dispersion or arrest of the tres passers and the protection of the public property. In the correspondence between the tiov "einor of Maine and Sir1 John Harvey, Lieu tenant Governor ot the Province ol JNow Brunswick, which had grown out of these occurrences, and is likewise herewith com municaled, tho former is requested to recall the armed party advanced into the disputed territory for thn arrest of trespassers, and is informed that a strong body of British troops is lo he held m readiness to support and pro tect the authority and subjects of Great Bri tain in said territory. In answer to that re quest the Provincial Governor is infotmed of the determination of the State of Maine to support the land agent and his party, in the performance of their duty, and the same determination, for the execution of which piovision is made by a restitution of the State Legislature, is communicated by the Governor to the General Government. Tho Lieutenant Governor of New Brilns wick, in calling upon the Governor of Maine for the recall of the land agent and his par ty from the disputed tenitory, and the Brit ish Minister m making a similar demand upon the Government of the United States, proceed upon the assumption that an agree went exists between the two nations con ceding to Great Britain, until the final set tlement of the boundary question, exclusive possession of, nnd jurisdiction over, the tor Titory in dispute. The important bearing Which such an agreement, if it existed, would havo upon tho condition and interests' of tllo parties, and the influence it might have upon the adjustment ol the dispute, are too obvious lo allow the error upon which this aFsumdtion seems to rest to pass lor a moment without correction, l he an- Bwer of tho Secretary of Slate to Mr. Fox s But between an effort on the part of Maine to preserve the property in dispute from destruction by intruders, and a milita ry occupation by that State of the territory, with a view to hold it by force, wlme the settlement is a subject of ncgoeiation be tween ihc two Governments, there is an essential difference, as well in respect to the position ol the blale, as to the duties ot the General Government. In a letter addressed by the ."secretary of State to the Governor ol Maine, on the first of March last, giving a detailed statement ol the steps which had been taken by tho Federal Government to bring the controversy id a termination, and designed to apprUn' the Governor of that state of the views ot the Federal Execu tive, in respect to tho future, it was stated, that while the obligations of the Federal Government of the Boundary question were fully recognized, it had, in the event of be ing unable to do so specially, by mutual consent, no other means to accomplish that object amicably, than by another arbitration, orbv a commission with an umpire in the nature of an arbitration; and that in the e vcut of all other measures failing, the Pres ident would feel it his duty to submit anoth er proposition to the Government of Great Britain, lo reler the decision of the quslion lo a third poWL'r. These are still my views upon the subject, and Until this step shall Have been taken, 1 canitot think it propci to invoke the attention of Congress lo other than amicable means for the settlement of the controversy, or to caute tho militarv power 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 lotcc. On the other hand, if the authorities of New Brunswick should attempt to enforce the claim ol exclusive jurisdiction set up by We loam from the Detroit Post that a volunteer in Miss Victoiie's service, finding i ramie upon the beach near Maiden, got into it all'! started on a voyage of discovery. lien he had sot nome distance from shore he was disi'dvc.rod iv the officer of the day, who ordcied six men hito a boat and gave base. Ho pursued tho voyager to the A- merican shore, and in his ardor he forgot that he was out 'of British territory, and seized the deserter: a citizen told the man that ho was free, and need not go bark unless he wished; one of llie officer's men, an Irish man, hearing this, exclaimed ' If that palpccn be FREE, so is every mother s son of us ! So vu may just go home my jcwcll addressing ihc officer") and tell the kiirncl mat vnu lull us here to lake care ol the prisoner 1' ' Till, tut,' saiil the officer, 1 get into the boat, men.' Arrahl said Pat, I have some republican blood in mo, besides it is doubtful but that Ginerat Jack son is some kin to me; the gineral is a rale Irishman1, barring lie came to. .Imerihi two vears before he was 1)0.? The officer had lo hire men to row back, and report 7 deserters, them, by moan's of a military occupation on Uicir part of the disputed territory, 1 shall feel mvsclf bound to consider the con tingency provided by the Constitution as having occurred on the happening of which a Statu has the right to call for tho aid of note, will show tho ground taken by tho tho Federal Government to repel invasion Government of tho United States upon thi3 I have expressed to the British Minister It is believed that all tho correspond- near this Government a confident expecta point. ence which has passed bet weed tho two Governments upon this subject has alfcady leen communicated to Congress, and is now on their files. An abstract of it, however, hastily prepared, accompanies this rommu. tiic-Uioii. It is possible thai in thus abridg ing a voluminous corre3poiHlencc,rommiine iug in 1825 and continuing toa very recent jienou, u portion may nave been accidental, ly overlooked; but it is believed that noth' j2 lias taken plaeo which would material. lv change tho aspect ot tho question as therein presented, Instead of sustaining ,thc assumption of ttie British functionaries that correrHoudenco disproves the existence of any such agreement. It shows that tho t.yo Gnvpri.certi" h.tvr diffrrd not only in T.''i to i'iit ijvi'.n qurn.otj ol litl'.- to Iho t.-rrito" ii d'snat", .a. I Whli r-lcreir? a!.;o to iho nht of j'lrisdii-iio'i, and the fact ol ii3 actual exisWnca of it in different por tion that iho agents ol tho Male ol Maine, who have been arrested under an obvious misapprehension of iho object of their mis sion, will lie promptly released; and to the Governor of Maiuu that a similar con ran will be pursued in regard to iho agents of tho Province of hew Brunswick. I havo also recommended that any militia that may havo been brought together by' the S'.ato of t -' e i i ! ii:.,:,... .lame, iroiu an upprciiuiiNiuii "i uuiiiann with tho Government or people of the Bri' (Uli Province, will ho voluntarily and peace ably disbanded. I cannot allow myself to donbt that the results anticipated from thesu reiiresenta lions will bo seasonality realized. The parties more immediately interested cannot bni perc-i.-o that tm appeal lo arms, under rxMtnjf circ'imstarices, will ni only prove latal to their present infr. i's, but would postpone, if not defeat, the attainment of THINGS I IL1VE SEEN. 1 havo seen n Farmer build a house so large, that the Sheriff turned him out of doors. I have seen a young man dell .1 good farm turn merchant and die in an insane hospital I have seen a farmer travel about so much that there was nothing at home worth loot in it afief. I have seen a rich man's son begin where his father left oil', and ended where his father begin peiinylessi 1 have seen a young girl marry a voting man of dis-snliilo habits nnd rcpeiit of it as long as she lived. I have seen the extravagance and folly of children bring llieir parents to proverly and themselves itilo disgrace. I have seen a prudent industrious wife re trieve the fortunes of a family, when her husband pulled at the other cud of the rope. I havo seen a young man who despised the counsel of llie good, end his career in povery and wrclchcdncsss. I have setn a man spend more in fully than would support his family in comfort and independence. I have seen a man depart from the truth when candorand ui racily would have serv ed him a much belter purpose'. I have seen a man engage in a taw-suit about a trilling affair,' that cost him more in the end than would have roofed all the buildings on his farm. Curious JJiscovery. A few days ago, a person, who was " mauling" rails, in piece of woods, not far from the St. Charles road, in this eounlv, found in the heart of an appaieully full grown tree, a small bono of a small animal am! a kind of a hunt ing knife; How come these articles In that situation ? Were they left, a hundred years ago, in tho (deft of sumo sappling, which has since "grown up and enclosed them in their wooden coffin since that lime ( If so it was done by some wandering Indian or French settler. Our authority for this statement is one of the oldest and most respectable farmers of thfs county. 67. Charles (Mo.) Guz. A Qnakcr'iuvited a tradesman lo dine with him, whom ho treated with an excellent din ner, a bottle Of wine, and a pipe of tobac co. His guoM, after drinking freely, be e.ijno exireuifdyi rutin and abtniivu to his host, insomuch that the Quaker' patienro was'at lengtji tpjitu. rxhauteil, am! ho rosu up and addressed him ill tho following words ! Frieiid,I havo given theo a meat offering, and drink offering, and burnt offering, and for thy misconduct, 1 will give iheoa heave offering;' and immediately threw him into tho street out of the parlour1 window. Tho BostnnTianscript says, "Tho van guard of tho army of wild geese passed over llii city on Thusrduy evening .about eight 0Clock,un thotr antuijJ Northern journey." likely to bo some collision between the au thorities of the State of Maine and those of the Province of New Brunswick, in rela tion to the Boundary Line. By later ac counts it has assumed a still inoro serious aspect, and great fears aru entertained, thai before tho interposition of tho General Gov ernment can allay tho excitement, blood will be shed. As every one feels deep in terest in the subject; we will give a brief history bf the transactions in relation to it, as they havo occurred; Some six weeks since, iipnn learning that a party of men ffum tho province of New- Brunswick, were cutting timber willful llie limits claimed by Maine; iho Legislature of that State authorised tho Governor lo send t sufficient force to drive them off. He ac cordingly despatched a Mr. Mclntiro wilh about 800 men to perform1 the required Inly. The parly having reached the Mad- awaska river, Mclntirc left the main body in company with five or si;: others, and went down to Aroostook Falls, where thc"y were all arrested by a party of about fifty men from the other side of the line, who committed them to jail at Fredericloii, N B. The remainder of the expedition hav ing captured five of a party of tresspassed, who had fired upon them, and driven off the others, they returned to Bangor with their prisoners). Among ths prisoners was the British agent McLnuglin. The cariluic of Mclntirc, and the firing Upon his compa ny, created great Cxr.ilcmer.t, which was in creased upon the receipt of a despatch by the Governor from the Lieut. Governor of New Brunswick, staling that ho is instruct ed by his government lo exercise exclusive Jurisdiction over the disputed lerritoiy, and that he should do it. He also requests Governor Fairfield tti withdraw the force sent to drive off the tresspassers, and Says should the request not he complied with, lie has a strong force in readiness to march lo llie ground and accomplish the object. Upon the receipt of this letter, the Legisla ture of Maine, which was1 then in session, authorised the raising of 1 6,000 volunteers, and appropriated fefiO'tf.OOO to defray the expense, and, as will ho seen by extracts that follow, that a large force has already marched into the disputed territory. In tho meantime, Governor Fairfield communicated to the President the situation of affairs, and llie correspondence that had taken place between himself nnd tho Lieut Governor of New Brunswick. Upon the receipt of (his communication, tho Presi dent sent into both houses of Congress Ihc message which will be found in another column of (his paper. Tho message and documents were refeired to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. On the 28th ult. the commitlee made a report to the House of Representatives, of a very important cha ractcr, accompanied by a bill in substance as follows: The first section authorises tho President to resist any attempt of Great Britain, by arms, to exorcise exclusive ju risdiclion over that part of iho territory of Maino which is in dispute, and to employ the naval and military forces of tho United Slates, and such portions of the militia as he may deem it expedient to bring into ser vice. The second section provides in case of actual invasion, or imminent danger thereof, before Congress can be eorivened to raise a provisional fdrce of twenty regi meuts, consisting of riflemen, cavalry and tnf'iitry. Third section; to pnt all tho na val force in enmmi'sion. Fomth section to borrow millions ol dollars, upon certificates of siocfs, redeemable in fiv year?, at fivo per tent, per annum. Sec lion five provides for an outfit for a speci embassy to London fb co-operate with the resident minister there, and urge a prompt settlement of the boundary question. The wlioto subject was referred lo tho commit tee of the wlioto on the state of tho Union On the next day, tho bill passed tho Senate unanimously, and tho House with but six dissenting voices, substituting, however, GO.obb Vnluhteers, for th 20 regiments-1. filling the blank in the fourth section with 10,000,000, and'nUthorisingiho President to call into service any number of militia lhat thp urgency of the case may require. On the 27th of Feb. the President com-1 municated to Congress a Memorandum of an agroem'ent entered into between our gov ernment and tho British Minister at Wash Inglon. In stibstance it effects an arrange ment by which both powers shall hold tem porary joint jurisdiction over the Dispuied A. Territory, Until the Question be finally de tcrmincd between iho two 'Governments! and neither shall seek to expel the oihcrby Military force. Nothing in these mcmoran da to fortify or weaken, i'ii any respect whatever, the claims of either barty, Thtf document is signed by Mr. Forsyth and MrJ Fox; and wo only hope it will arrive hub? to prevent bloodshed. Tho Portland Advertiser stales thai ilib breastwork thrown iip by the American for ces at the junction of the St. Croix aail the Aroostook, is twelve feet in thickness, and mounted by a brass field piecei Before this time says the Whig of the 20th, tho force has three pieces of artillery. The Bangor Whig of Thursday morning in a paragraph dated at 9 o, clock A.M.says the troops were then mustering, and prepar ing to march forthwith in compliance with orders ihrtt had just been received from Augusta. At 12 o.clock, the Whig adds, that fivo companies had jusl left for the A- i roostook. It further states, that orders had been rercicd in that city for a darft of 9Q0 more men from the 3d division. Expresses have been established between Bangor, Houlton, and the Camp. A letter from Augusta to the Bosion Athi under date of tho 23d instant, says: On Mfahday morning one thousand men will muster at tho capital and march forth with. Major General Foster, of the Eas tern Division with his command, is ordered forthwith to itoudtbh. One Thousand men ill be ready to march as early as Wednes day next. From the determied character of Sir John Harvey, and the nature of his instruction, wo anticipate a conflict, and ere this reaches you, I greatly fear the blood of our citizens will be shed. Mr. English, the messenger from Sir John Harvey in formed mo lhat he had no doubt that on hi return with llieletter of Governor Fairfield,' Sir John would instantly order the troops to advance. Mr. English must have. reached Fredcricton last Tuesday night. We .are anxiously awaiting ttie result. Should a con flict take place I will instantly apprise ydu." Five companies left Bangor on Thursday for the Aroostook. The Bangor Whig ot Friday says: "The Fire Department ot this city, embracing about three hundred young men, had a meeting ycsteiday after noon, voted, to organize themselves as a battalion of Riflemen, and petitioned ths Legislature for a supply of arfns. There seems to be no doubt thrit their request will be granted." It is slated that McLaughlin, tho Uritisa Agent, refuses lo accept his liberation on p; rolo. Tho'Bostou Patriot expresses an opin ion that, as both parties wnro evidenttly mu- tering all tho forces at their command, n collision would in all probability lake plao for somo days. A Bangor correspondent of ihc same paper says: Nearly a thousand of our men are already gone as volunteers under thcSheritTsorderJ. Iu addition to these, another thousand are w their march under Gen. Hodsdon, and nor 000 more arc lo ho drafted under tho ne order. Notwithstanding all this, not the least complaint is heard, hut the one voice is go ahead, and wo he to him wt9 speaks a discouraging word. Never wt movoment mora popular or which enus more of tho pnbliu feeling and sentim'11' in its favour. A deserter was this moriiio posted about thn city, and a reward of 3" offered for his apprehension. Though young man, and by no means a hnrJy !J (tier yet public indignation is so 'tr0"s I against him. that lid would apparently scarcely bo safe amongst ua. An cleri: banishment from tho city must apparfO" ho his fate so universal and all porvadmi is tho'one feeling on this subject. By comparing all 'the nccnunls recei4 it appears thatabmit 12,000 then htvej already drafted for service, and- ALt '1 llie militia arc required to ho'ld'U'cmse'" in readiness; At Gen. Ilodsdon arrived at lSst!" j 25lh, with a detachment of t'wfy immediately formed iUem ,in detlcs fiom Bangor to tho moUth of " rdostook. Gen. II. was to tpave that n
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