A DEMOCRAT ! have -worn upon the Altar of God, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over the Wind of Maa.-ThoraM i-flewon; MINTED AND PUBLISHED BY IL WEBB UiiOOMSailBi CJOIif MUIA COltfHTY, PA SATURDAY. MARCJtt 30, 183& ?) III. I 1 V01TI(JK OF THE DEitfOGMT, (Next book to UoBi9oris9 SxAttii Office. PHe COLUMBIA JJIhUOCRATibill be published etiety Sututdntf niotning) at k'&VO DOLLARS pet tmntnti, payable VI f vtarlti inrJvancu ot Two Dollars FiftgQtMss if not paid toitfiul ihcytdr. $b subscription will lie Inkcn of tt shatter period than iitd'itlonVix ; nOrliny diston tiitvancc permitted) Until ult drttatages arc dischtltged ySnrJJRTUfP.TS t)ot rXtctdlng ft satiate will be eonspievmsly insetted til Om Ihllntot the it si ihfee insertions, nnd lventi-iM cents fot every subse quent nsettion. JA libctai 'discount made to those lOho adtcttise hi) the year. "LETTERS addtesscd bit business must be post ptlittt From the Knlckfbockcri "TIME STILL MOVES ON." BY'P.VttK DKNJAM1X, ESQ.. Timo still moves on, with noiseless pace, And wo are loiterer by the way, Few win and many lose the racrf For they struggle day by day; And even wlion the gonl Is gained, How seldom wortli the toil it seems! How lightly valued, when obtained, The prize that flattering hopp estcemsl (Submissive to the winds of chanco, We toss on life's tempestuous sea: This billow may our tark ady.anee, And that may leave it on the lee: IThis coaift, which rises to the view, May thick be set with rocky mail, tail that which beetles o'er the blue, Be safest for the shattered sail. pirn cloud that, like a little hand, Slow lingers when the morning shines, Jxpnnds its volume o'ci the land, Dark its a forest sea of pines;- - KVhilc that which casts a drapery screen tUefore the azure realm of day, Rolls upward from the lowland sceno, And from the mountain tops away. Oh, fund deceit! to lliinfc the flight .Offline will laad to pleasure strange, nU ever brine some new delight, I To minds that strive and sigh for change. (Within ourselves the secret lies, Let soasons vary as they will; ur hearts would murmur, though our skies Were bright as those of .Lden still! LESSONS FOll LOVERS. A late number of Fiazier's Magazine ntaijjs a pleasant littlo poem, under tho himsical title of "Very," which contaius me scge maxims for young gentlemen ho go a courting. Wo extract three stan is: fclf for instance, a woman you wish to woo, lie her humor grave or merry, lie game is your own you've nothing to do But mak'c her bclicvo you "Very." ry sad, very cay, very sharp, very flat, Very given to tea, or to sherry my hot, very cold, very this, very that, I Very any thing so you re "Very." ry tall, very short, very dark, very fair, Very pale in the faco.or florid, "ay, I've known a man loved to the vergo of despair, :For being surpassingly horrid." THE PA11TING. it mine eyes tell at parting, For my lips they never can ! jf;i! how hard ! these tears keep starting, ?Ml thought I was a man. i rnoro fond remembeicd blisses, -oves sweet token now command : 3Sd seem all thy burning kisses, Faint the pressure of thy hand. co it seemed a heavenlv treasure .One moro kiss snatched on the win? MBwo feel a starting pleasure .wilding violets in a spring. 8? no more of loves fond trances, lo more roses plucked for thee. ring time smiles, my dearest Frances ; Lti ! Us Autumn drear to mo ! ro kiss ladies' hands after their lips, as lo do, is like little boys, who after they kmc apple, Jell to on the parings. A Map of the (A.) Boundary according to the Treaty of 1783. (B.) do recommended by the king of Holland. (C.) do. as claimed by GrcalHritain. (a.) Matawaska settlement. lb') Alaqtiash River, (c. :) Grand Portage. (d.) St. Francis River. (c.) Ristigouche River. The Boundary Question. As tho difficulties concerning our North Eastern Boundary aro assuming a serious aspect, wc havo had prepared the above map of the state of Maine, showing tho size of the disputed territory, with tho various lines as claimed by the United States and Great Britain, and the compromise line suggested.by the king of the Netherlands. Wc likewise subjoin such additional infor mation gathered from various sources, as appears necessary to a full understanding of this vexed question. In tho first plage, it may bo as well lo slate that the district which is now called Maine, at that time included in a portion of the province of Massachusetts Bay, was ac knowledged by Great Britain, as a 41 free, sovereign and independent State," in tho Treaty of Pcaco of September 3d, 1783. The second article of that treaty defines the boundary line between the United States and tho possessions of Great Britain. It says, " It is hereby agreed and declared that the following aro and shall be the boun daries of tho United States, to wit ; " From tho northwest angle of Novasco tla, to wit, that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of the St. Croix River to tho highlands, along tho said highlands which divide thoso rivers that empty themselves into the St. Law rence from thoso that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to tho northweslernmost head of the Connecticut river." Also further on it says, " East by a lino to bo drawn along tho middle of tho river St. Croix to tho Bay of Funday to its source, and from its source dirccrly north to tho aforesaid high lands which divido tho rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into tho river St.' fffcwrence. Tho dispute, between the two govern ments arises from the difficulty of ascer taining tho lino indicated byjtho words quo ted above. Tho British government place " the northwest angle of Nova Scotia" at Mars Hill, about 40 miles north of tho SftEaine Boundary. source of tho St. Croix, and then run the lfne in a southwesternly 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, across the St. Johns to the source of tho small streams emptying into the St. Lawrence. The land in dis pute contains about G,000,000 acres, nearly one third of the state of Maine, for the most part uncultivated, but abounding in forests thought to bo of great value. On this subject we make the following extracts from Mr. Tanner's interesting Ge ographical Memoir which accompanios his large map of the United States. It will be found well worthy of perusal, as it clearly shews that our claim to the territory is be yond a shadow of a doubt. " One of tho arguments used to enforce the claims of the British government to the north part of Maine, is founded on the as sumption that no high lands, sufficiently dis tinct to exhibit with precision the line claimed by the United States exist between 'the rivers that empty themselves into the St. Lawrence, and those which fall into the Atlantic ocean.' (Treaty of Peace of 1783,) On consulting any good map of the United States, it will bo seen that highlands or mountains do exist along the entire course of tho lino, from the sources of Connecticut rivers to those of the Ristigouche. Some of these mountains attain an elevation of 2000 feet above tho level of the St. Law rence. This elevation continues, with the slight interruptions, through tho whole length of tho boundary, from the sources of the Con necticut to its termination in the north east angle of the State. Recent investigations exhibit a view of the physical geography of this part, of the country, essentially different from former delineations, and completely reverse tho general aspect as given to it by tho advo cates of tho British claims. They affirm thai the route claimed by the Americans as tho line contemplated by the framers of tho treaty of 1783 is nearly destitute ot high' lands, and that mountains of considerable elevation extend westward from Mars Hill, J!..:.i: it. . r.. - . . uiviumg mo waters oi at. jonn's river from thbso of the Pefiobscot, &c. Such however, is not thb fact, for Wo find along the former route a continuous chain of high hills if not mountains, broken it is true oc casionally by the action of the water and the latter, with the exception of Mars Hill it3elf, presenting an Undulating surface merely but little elovatod above tho sur rounding plain. This is the line assumed by Great Britain as the boundary at issue, which Is carefully traced on tho rnapi The St. Croix forms a part of thb boundary be tween the United States and the British possessions which has bben definitely set tled. The principal eourcc of the St. Croix was ascertained in the year 1797 by the commissioners of tho United States and Great Britain, under the treaty of 1794. In the year 1817 the surveyors 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 courso cannot be stated with precision: enough however is known to justify the U, States government in resisting the extrava gant and unfounded claim of the British government. In submitting the disputed points to unv pirage, tho government of the United States never contemplated, I apprehend, granting tho power to depart essentially from the boundary always claimed by it, and until lately acquiesced in by that of Great Bri tain. The power conferred on the King of tho Netherlands, as umpire in this mailer was unquestionably restricted to the simple adjustment of the boundary in question: nor docs it admit of any material variation fiom the lines as defined by the treaty 1783, and as then understood by all the parties con cerned. The Ireaty, on which alone the United States may rely with confidence, describes the boundary with a precision, so nearly approaching to certainty, as to forbid any misunderstanding with regard to the line, in the mind of a disinterested observ er. Other and ample evidence might be adduced in support of the American title to the disputed territory this can scarcely be deemed necessary, as the treaty is sufficient ly explicit and conclusive. All the acts of lhe,British government, from the proclama tion of 1762 to the treaty of 1783, recog nize the boundary claimed by the United States, as the one which separated the pro vinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia from the then province of Maine, and declare that the line should pass along the highlands which divide tho rivers that empty themselves in to the St. Lawrence, from thoso which fall into the sea,' and that the province of Que bec is bounded on the South by a line from the Bay of Chalcurs along tho high lands,' &c. reciting the precise words that were subsequently transferred to the treaty of peace of 1783. The treaty however.in let ter as well as in spirit, is obviously and de cidedly with tho American Government. On the side of the British, they rest al together on their vaguo notions of an equilct' ble division of the country, upon which their claim with regard to the northwest angle of Nova Scotia is founded. This claim places the angle at the point in the line running due north from the source of tho St. Croix, which meets the highlands at or near Mars Hill; and acccording to this view of the subject, the angle thus formed is the commencement, on the cast, of the north boundary of Maine, from that point to tho westernmost head of tho Connecticut river. This lino along the imaginary high lands, it will be perceived divides the wa ters of the Androscoggin, Kennebec and Penobscot from, Alaguash, and Wallostook branches of the St. Johns, and deprives the state of Maine of nearly one third of its area, or about 12,000 square miles. The point in the duo north line from the St. Cro ix, which the British affect to believe is the north west angle of Nova Scotia, and upon Which the whole matter rests, is about 46 miles from tho source of the St.Croix, and about the same distance from the place) where this linb in its prolongation, iritersects the Sti Johns." tt vill be seen" above thai Mr. TanKen mentions the fact that up to1 a certain time tho boundary linb claimed by Us was ac knotvlodged by Great Britairi; It Was sd in effect Up to tho treaty of Ghent in 1814 wheh her present claims were asserted, and the object of getting up the difficulty was explained by tho suggestidri of the British agents that there should be such a line ot frontief as may secure a direct communica between Quebec and Halifax.' There was no trouble before Great Britain fonud it im portant to have this connection for the bene fit of colonial sway, and it appears to us" that she is determinsd to have it at any cost, particularly Bince thb recent disturbances in tho upper and toWbf provinces have dmon strated its convenience. The award of the King of the Nf fhbr lands was rejected by both parties, and tho British Government reasserted its claim to the whole territory, in the communication of December, 1835, the plan proposed by Mr. Livingston, then Secretary of Statei wss a new and thorough surrey of tho whole face of tho coUhtry. After many propositions and demands from both sides, a new joint survey was agreed on in 1B38 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 resolved at the same time if the matter wad not speedily accomplished, to take the set tlement into her own hands. Sir John Harvey now asserts & right exclusive jurisdiction over tho whole terri tory, in defiance of the, subjoinffdliy fa'ement to the contrary, to which he alludes for tbs purpose of gross misinterpretation. " Mr. Livingston, in his communication dated July 21, 1832, remarks-' Until thLj matter shall be brought to a final conclusion the necessity of refraining on both side from any oyercise of jurisdiction beyond the boundaries now actually possessed, must be apparent, and wil no doubt be acquiesced in on the part of His Britannic Majesty's Province, as it will be by the Unitod States. " In reply Sir Charles R. Vaughan says.' " he is further to assure Mr. Livingston that his Majesty's Government entirely concur with that of the United States in the prin ciple of continuing to abstain, during the progress of the negociation, from extending the exercise of jurisdiction within tho dis puted territory, beyond the limits, within which it has been hitherto usually exercb ed by the authority of either party.1' ADVERTISING. Here is a sensible article, written in a quaint way, on the advantages of advertis ing. It is taken from a paper printed in Saugerties, New York. TO THB PUBLIC. I havo several reasons for advertising my goods for sale. Among the many, I give but few. Firstly, the proprietors of this paper have a perfect right to expect from all mechanics, and others, doing business in the village of Saugerties, an advertise ment in the Herald, and it is our duty te give it, in order to maice it promabie to them, and to give the newpapet the appear ance of a sheet published in a flourishing village, and supported by business men: Secondly and this reason is not pungent because I wish the people generally to understand, that it is my intention to sell goods as low as any in the country, and I do not kbow of any better way to give tho public a hint to that effect than to advsrtiso in a nowspaper,like a majority of my neigh bore in the trade therofore here it goes. The girls of Northampton, Mass. havo been sending a bachelor editor boquets of tanzy and wormwood. He lays he don't care; ho had rather smell that than matrimony. A 6
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