&OST 'SHOCKING EVENT.
Te have seldom heard tof Ynorc extreme
tote 'of suffering than the following details
Vill exhibit. On Monday morning last, n
hmit fl O'clock, as two men were Walking a
hin:j a lane which branches off from Pnssy
iink road, just below-the Moyamcnsing pri
wn, nd runs in a Southeast direction, thry
were attracted by feeble moans, liketo a liu
tnan being in distress, and apparently pro
rnfldliij from a tfench hear at hand, partly
full of water, about six feet deep and ten
-wide, with shelving sides. They hastened
o tli spot, and discovered, in tho trench, a
man'standing ttpright.and completely imbed
ded nearly lo the middle.lh frozen, mud and
fen! He Vas altogether Insensible, though
Will livinjr-Finding it in Vain, to attempt to res
cufrhim from his situation without addition
rnl means they speedily procured assistance,
hnA actually thitr Aiirt out with a vickAjre i
tarrying Wm with the frozen water artd
mutl still "adhering to him to a tavern about
two squares distant, where ardent spirits
Vvere administered to revive himj and his
limbs bathed in warm water, &c. These
appliances were attended with but little cf
fiict; thb few Words he uttered showed him
to be evidently deranged, and insensible to
every thing that was going on around him.
At about 1 1 o'clock, he was conveyed to the
hospital, where he now lies, atid had, yes
terday, under the skilful application of his
mediesl attsndanls.recov red his senses, and
toe able to converse, though it cannot be,
doubted that he will lose both hie lower limbs I
fend his hands. !
According to his statement, he descended
Hie bank of the ditch about 5 o'elt ck on Sat
urday afiernoom aid clipped accidentally
into the mud and water at the bottom, from
whence he was unable to rescue himself in
conscience, he saVs, of a sudden, but par
tial derangment,with which, it would seem,
he is occasionally afilicted, though Snitte
have supposed it was the effect of intoxica
tion. .',
Night cams on, and still fdtind him in the
tarns situation; ihs weather changed from
the mildness of 59, to the severity of 20 de
grees abore zero, and the wind veered a
found, from the South, and blew strong from
ths Northwest; the mud and ice commenced
Congealing around him; a most indeseriabla
agony of buffering afflicted him. He was
Boon fast bound in ice, and rendered incapa
ble of motion, had he been inclined; a dead
ly numbness came over him. At some time
after midnight he became insensible; and he
rcirtsmbered nothing further until he found
himself lying in the hospital. He was 28
hours in -the ditch'; the thermometer ranging
during that time from 53 down to 11 above
Scrp. The only wonder'is that under the
circumstances. he is now living at all 1 No
-ju4Con heard the cries he made while he was
road nfar'TOenenrTurintie-traTrrrctir1
The man's name is William M'Duffie, n
resident of this city for the last six years,
and hat bsan ft waiter in private families.
Weekly Ledger.
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THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE.
. .......
Borne uays since a jeniiman irom me
West, who was slopping at one of pur
principal hotels, had retired to rest, when
oorrt one entered his room, opened hit
pocket book and took from it seven hundred
dollars. Thtre were several thousand dol
lars in the book at the time, and it naturally
sxeited wonder that any of it should have
been left. A few days after the theft, he
received a riote, stating thtt a person wanted
so ece him near the Western Dank after
dark, on matters of importance, and request
cd that no one should accompany him.
The last request was not, however, com'
plied with, and the person robbed, taRing
a menu with him, went to the place indica
ted. Upon arriving there he found a young
man, well dressed and apparently well edu
oateu, wno, ai once, wituout tne reserve
stated that he had committed the robberv.
That being distressed for money he had, in
a raomcut of desperation, entered his room,
and taken the money from the pocket book,
That he had no idea at the time of the a-
mtfnrfl he waa taking, but upon examining
U and tinning mat what lie uad taken was a
five hundred and two hundred dollar notes,
and thru reflecting on the infamy of the
crimo he had committed, he was confoun
ded. It was in Vain that he sought to so
lace Mb mind by Urging the necessity which
prompted him to the act; sleep was banish
ed from his eyes, and a miserabls being, he
wandered about shrinking from, the gaze of
evoiy one he encountered, and expecting
every moment to be arrcstod. Shame pre
vented him from returning the money, and
ha took it several miles from the city and
buried it. This brought no quiet to him dis
turbed conscience. The thought of his
guilt was over uppermost in his mind, and
ho had determined to return the money
through tlie Post office, and dug it up, and
enclosed it in a blank sheet of paper for that
purpose. His honesty, having so far over
come the suggestions of pride, led him to
further. The return of the money would
not relieve innocent persons, who might be
suspected, from suspicion, and it was this
reflection that had forced him, as he said, to
return the mnnsy in person. Saying this,
tho young man placed the money in the
hand of iUi true owner, and further remark
ed that he was in his power, and desired to
avoid no punishment which he might sup
poso he merited. The gentleman took it
and bid him "go and ain no more,'1
BakitfHV patriots
(A.) Boundary aeco-d'ng to
(B.) do recdaimcndrd
(0.) do. ss claimed by
(a.) Matawask. scuiemehti
fb1) Alaqunsh RiVcr.
rc.) Grand PortagJ.
fa.) St. Francis River.
(c.) Risligouehc River.
The Ronmlary Question.
As the difficulties concerning our North
Eastern Boundary are assuming a serious
aspect, we have had prepared the above
map of the state of Maiue, shewing the size
of the disputed territory, with the various
lines as claimed by the United States and
Great Brittin. and the compromise line
suggested by the king of the NetbeiUnds.
nVitroYiatnertttirtir"
appears necessary to a full understanding of
this vexed question.
In the first pi sec, it may be iw well to
slate that the district which is new called
Maine, at that time included in portion of
the province of Massachusetts Bay, was ac
knowledged by Great Britain, as a " free,
soveroign and independent Slate," i the
Treaty of Peace of September Dd, 1783.
The second article of that treaty defines the
boundary line between the United Stttcs
and the possessions of Great Britain. It
eays, " It is hereby agreed and declared
that the following are sr.d shall be the boun
daries of the United States, to wit :
" FronV the northwest anlc of Novasco-
tla, to wit, that angle which is formed by a
line drawn due north from the source of tlie
St. Croix River to the highlands, along the
said highlands which divide those rivers
that err-pty themselves into the Si. Law
rence from those that lull into the Atlantic
Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of the
Connecticut river. Also further on it
says, " East by a line to be drawn along
the middle of the river St. Croix to the
Bay of Funday to its source, and from its
source direcrly north to the aforesaid high -
lands which divide the rivers that fall into
me Atianuc ucean irom tnoe which fill
into the river St. Lawrence.
The, dispute between the two govern
ments arises from the difficulty of ascer
taining the line indicated by the words quo-
ted above. The British government plice!'
" the northwest angle of Nova Sdolia" nt
wars Hiii, auout 40 miles north or the
sotirco of the St. Croix, and then run the
lfne in a southwesterly direction, through
the region enclosed by the valleys of the
St. John and Penobscot rivers. The Uni
ted States claim that the line beginning at
the source of the St. Croix runs about one
hundred miles north, ncross tlio St. Johns
to the source of the smsll streams emptying
into the St. Lawrence, The land in dis
pute contains about 0,000,(100 acres, nearly
one third of the stale of Maine, for the most
part uncultivated, but abounding in forest
thought to be of great value. '
On this subject we make the following
extracts from Mr. Tinner's interesting Ge
ographieal Memoir which jeeompaaies his
the Ti'eaty or 1703.
by the king ofjlolland
Great Britain,
. .
largo map of the UnVd States. It will he
found well worthy of. perusal,' as it clearly
shews' that our claim to the territory is be
yond a shadow of a doubt.
" Ono of tlie arguments usad to cniorcc
the claims of the British governmsnt to the
imrlh part of Maims, i founded on tl.e m
sumption that no high lauds', tuflicieiiily dn
linct to exhibit with prcfiaiwi thd line
claimed b' tlm United i..leh eiiil Uwt
h't. L'twivmi Kiul whk'h WlirtUi the
Athtntiv wciii.' ( I'raSy of Peace of 17&3.)
On coni,ltix ny good mp of iint United
Stulev, it will m kmu that higl.!d or
niiHiiilMtMe do cx'frl al.uij iIh; cmiw eotite
(.f the line, from ie ount' of CuMectieHt
rivers to tli(so of tin; lti(igouchc. tiian
of thctc mountains oluin an dvtiin of
20C0 feci above tli level of the Si. Law
reuce. This elevation continues, with tho slight
intrrrjptloiis, through the whole iengiii of
the boundary, froiii the source of the Con
necticut to its termination iu the north eal
anjlcof the State.
Recent inrectigtitions exhibit a view of
the phyical geugnuhy f this part of the
eunntry. cseentially different from former
delineations, and contpUiely reverse the
general rttpect a giveu to it by the advo
cates of the Brili&h claims. They alarm
that the route claimed by tlw Americans a?
(he line contemplated by the fromcrs of the
treaty of 1783 u nearly dcetituta ot high
tamlf, and i'ut niuuntains of considerjiblc
clevalion cxtcnd wnslwtrd from Mars Hill.
dividing the water of St. John's river
j, from those of the Penobscot, fcc. Such,
,'howetcr, is not the fact, for we find along
, the former routa a nontinurin. rl.,!,.
j hills if not mountain, broken it is true oc
casionally by-the action of the water; and
the latter, with ihe exception of Mars Hill
itself,, presenting an undulating suiftce
merely but little elevated above the stir
grounding plain. This is the line assumed
by Great Britain ae the boundary at issire,
which ts carefully traced on the map. The
St. Croix forms a part of the boundary be
tween the United Stales and the British
possessions which has been definitely set
tled. The principal source of the St. Croix
was ascertained in the year 1787 by the
commissioners of the United States and
Great Britain, under the treaty of 1704,
In the year J817 the sureyors of the two
governments again marked the point at
which a line due north was to commence. -As
no other survey has yet been made with
special reference to the disputed boundary,
its course cannot be staled with precision:
enough however is known to justify the U.
Sums gorsrtURcnl in lofistinj the tftimn-
'gan't sncl Wounded c&um of the lEiririi'h
'jnernmeirt.
In submitting the dUpntcd points to um
pirage, the government of the United States
never contemplated, I apprehend, granting
the power lo depart essentially from the
boundary always claimed by it, and until
lately acquicired in by that of Great Bri
tain. The power coiifetrtd 'on the King of
the Nfllie'rlliliili", as Umpire i'n this mat'tcr
was unquestionably restricted to the simple
adjustment of the boundary in question! nor
does it admit of any material variation fi'om
the lines as defined by the treaty i783, and
as then understood by all the parties con
cerned. The treaty, on which alone the
United Slates may rely with confidence,
describes the boundary with a precision, so
nearly approaching tocrrtainty, bb to forbid
any tiiisundcretandilig with regurd to the
line, in the mind Of a disinterested obrerv
cr. Other and ample evidence might be
adduced in support of the American title to
the disputed territory this can scarcely be
deemed necessary, us the treaty is sufficient
ly explicit and conchifive. All the acts of
the Britikh government, froni the proclama
tion of 17C2 to the treaty of 1783, recog
nize the boundary claimed by the United
State, an the one which separated the pro-
vinrcs of Quebec and Nava Scotia from the
then province of Maine, and declare ih'atlhc
lint, should pass along the highlands winch
divide the livers that empty themselves in
to the St. Lawrence, from those which fall
into the sea,' and thai the province of Que
bec is bounded on the South by a line from
the Bay of Chalcurs along the high landsi'
&c. reciting the precise words that wre
subsequently transferred to the treaty of
peace of 1783. The treaty howevr,ii let
tcr as well at iu rpirit, i olnbuly and de
cidedly with the American Govetumcut.
On the side of the British, they rest nl
together on iheir vague notion of z& equita
ble division of ihe country, upon which
their claim with regard to the uorthw(t
angle of Nova Scotia m founded. Thi
claim places the angU: at tlie point iii the
line running due uorlh frout I lit source of
the St. CroiN, which utceU the highUnd
at or near Mm itit!( oi rvttou!k)jr to this
view of the sul.j.l, the augta (Uui feinted
is llc cMiMtncfi;v(ti, 'ii thfc ht, f tlie
oohU hotiMLiry of MuiiR-, frixa tiut pwiif
(w ilc wtcfirKi head of lh C(riuH.lco
rivf.
Thu line iloii; tins imsgiiiary liigl
lew of Ihe Aidroc(fgw, Kenocb-je :
P)itafot front, Alat;uth, aud Wtllosiook
Utneltct of the 'ih. Johut, and depiivee iho
state f Muine of inrly one third of its
area, or nUtK 13,030 equate n.ik-8. The
point iii lite due uorlh lioe frow the lit. Cro
ix, which the British BfTect to Mieve is the
north west nilgai of Nova tkotii, aitd upon
which I'm uliuta raurf rata, is shout 49
mile- ftotti tho totiree of the fc't.Cmix, and
about the rati; distance frotu Utc place
where l!ii Sine iu its uroloujalioiit intersects
the St. Johns."
It will Us teen above that Mr. Tanner
mentions the fact that op to a certain time
tne boundary line clwuu ty us was ac
knowlitic'd bv Grfat Britain. It was so
in effct't up lo the treaty f Ghent in 1614,
when iter pieeenl clfiins wore osscrieU, and
tlio objcel of getting up the difficulty m m
explained by the suggestion of the British
ogenu that there shouUi be ' such a line of
frontier as may tecure a direct oommunica
between Quebec and Halifax,' There was
no trouble before Great Uritsin fonud it im
portant to have this connection for tlio bene
(it of colonial sway, and it appears lo irs
that she is dettrmined lo have U at any cost,
particularly since the recent disturbances in
the upjrcr and lower provinces have demon
strated its convenience.
The award of the King of the Nether
lands was rrjcrttd by both parlies, and Ihe
British Government re-asserted ils claim to
the whole territory, in the communication
of December, 1835, the plan proposed
by air. Livingston, then Secretary of Slate,
was a new and thorough survey of the
whole face of the country. After many
propositions and demands from both sides,
a new joint survey was agreed on in 1838,
with the understanding that both govern
ments may adhere, if they please, to the
respective interpretations which have been
given to the various treaties, Maine having
resolvcu at the same time if the matter was
not speedily accomplished, to take the set
tlement into her own hands,
Sir John Harvey now asserts a right of
exclusive jurisdiction over the whole terri
tory, in defiance of the subjoined agreement
to the contrary, to which he alludes, for the'
purpore of gross rrrlnnttrpicllon;.
Wt. Liflnptoa, hi hi w&minlrtyu:
dated July 21, 1832, remarks' Until this
in alter shall be brought to a Gual conclusion'
the necessity of refraining on both sides
rrom any exercise of jurisdiction beyond tlio
boundaries now actually postesa'sd, 'rmiil
be apparent, atitlU-ll no(doubt be acquiesced'
in on the pari of tils Britannic - Majesty
Province, as It will bo by the 'Uiiitod
States.'" . . ,
In reply Sir Chnrles R. Vatighan sa'ysi
he is further to assure Mr.-LivjiigsloH thai
ns Majesty's Government entirely concur
with Ihat of the United. States in, tlio priii'
ciple of contirtlling to abstain, during the
progress of the negociation, from extending !
the exercise of jurisdiction wilhin the' die!
puld territory, beyond the limit's, VrithlA
which it has been hitherto usually ex"cteii'
ed by the authority Of either party'."
Governor Fairfield on the 13th. ih'A
transmitted a incsssrc to the leeitlituic. re
lating lo the memorandum between Mr;
Forsyth and Mr. fox. Iii which he slates
that it Would be highly improper lo witt'.
uraw tne iroops irom the uisputcd terntoty;
He considers the arrangement unsatisfacto
ry and unequal, and advisee that the milita
ry force of (he State should nutbn disband
ed unless the Lieutenant Governor of New
Brunswick shall withdraw his men, and
the government of Maiue be satisfied that
he entirely abandons ihe idea pi expelling
it forces. Governor Fairfield also resists
(he recommendation to allowGovernorlhr
vey concurrent jurisdiction in measures ef
protection to the property of th'a Aroos
took. In a postscript to the Mrisisgq, trie Gov
ernor ftnya that he has received n note of n
pacific clursctcr from Sir John Harvey, iu
which he intimates Iih willingness lo enter
into snsrrrenienla upon die basis of tho
Memorandum of Mr. Forsyth and Mr:
Fo. The Message and Sir John Harvey's
note have boen roiaiuiltcd to ihe Committee
on the North East Boundary, sad 5000
copies ordered to be printed.
Mr. Whiddon, of Calais, laid upon lbs
the Mile two ivtolves, the psrpnrt of which
was, lht Min should pnist in the policy
ai.d course she hot lvti pursuing in rela
tion to the occupancy of (he disputed terri
tory. The csrtwspondsnt of the Boston Adver
tiser mys:
The Osford and Cnmberland militia'
itiil rviut'iM iu town,ind have been this fore
noon irvetiavtriug in front of the isus
Hoiisc. Gon. Ucotlh in town, end will. I
tthder jtaud, eonlinwi lere at prrsent. Ib
is wMing the part f s PtciiCuior and it
is to lx Uvri that his efforts will plots
. euccmful. Notwitltstatid ng Ihe bellijar
cut ospcrs ot aiftir Here, I am still of. ce
pinion tht war will not result. But still 1
see no proUhiltty that Maine will recede'
ort iota Ufa ihe posilion tlt hes isken.
Governor Faittield will undoubtedly ar
ced e lo th proposition of Sir J'ohn Harreyr
which will be a termination of ths difficult
lies for the present. It will be seen tliis
proposition yields the point upon whish
Governor Fsii field insisted st a preliminary
cfnlitUm to the withdrawal of the Mtiim
troops. Ii the British forces are tsksa
from Ihs disputed territory, as Sir Julia
Harvey intiiiiales they will there ianoolIif
coime left for llwt Governor of Maine to
tidopt than lo order the troops to bo disband
ed, retaining sufficient civil force only to
protect ihe possessions of Maine.
SHOCIvING TRAGfEDI.
A New Orleans paper contains a slipcV
ing account of the death by poison, at hi
Grsnge Tennrssee, on the 25th Jan. of Mt".
WiUnn Hubbard and sll his family, consis
ting of hi wife and six children. The
caue of their dentlie, was traced to a bar
rel of cider which was tapped that rnornin?
of which the family had drsnk freely, and
which was the only drink of which they
had genei ally partaken. The barrel of cider
was accordingly opened, by removing the(
head and ils contents spilled, upon lbs
ground, when" a Jfiafrs about two feet long,
partially decayed was discovered, with a' )
collection of groen glutinous matter, woven
over it. The nest inquiry was ao 9 tHa
manner in which the reptile came thwe
when all the servants who "should kaprf
anything about it declared that Ihe bung how
had not been stopped up for more thati six
weeks, agreeable to Mr. Hubbard's ordV
that the cider might clarify, snd the cellar
window had also been left open. NotwiuV
atarwtintr tlna ellflnipinn hilfi fftllftn OQ 3
female slave and she has been arrested,
having known the cider was poisonous'
Her master gave her a glass whicli site
not seen to Drink nor was she taken sick,
but she urges in ptoof of her innocencs,
that Hhc accidentally spilled the eider w
thai eho anked her master for more but M
refused. No direct evidence existed agat&a
the- wench, than hath been discovered,
The legislature of Michigan appointed
committee lo investigate the affairs of tinf
.Michigan State Bank, and find thero is
ballance due tlio slate of funds deposited
ann9.nno llr TunA am Inxolvtal no'
(boiler known as wjloi rmt ntoney,)
:oomrailts recorumend tho wijdjtwt
. Jiif-in iif.er
t ju uvmivucs no twuii ire uvonivv - -