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London, England, 1839-04-30 00:00:00

LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA. roe in your behalf, and by the known fidelity of the citi
zens of New York, to the honour and interests of our

By the arrival of the packet ship independence, Captain
Nye, at Liverpool yesterday, we have received New York
papers to the Bth instant.
The papers brought by the Independence contain in a
correspondence between Sir John Harvey and General
Scott, the official announcement of the amicable termina-
tion of the dispute with the State of Maine. The letters
which we subjoin, are remarkable fur the cordiality and
perfect good feeling which they exhibit.
Orders have been issued by Governor Fairfield for dis-
banding all the Militia in the service of the State of Maine,
and to all appearance their assistance will nut be again
required.

AMICABLE SETTLEMENT OF THE MAiNE

DISPUTE.
(From the Washington Globe, of April 1.)
We publish General Scott's letter to the Secretary of
War, announcing the conclusion of an amicable and hon-
ourable adjustment of the difficulties which existed on our
north-eastern boundary. To the very high character of
General Scott and General Harvey, who conducted this
negociation, and to the circumstance of the personal rela-
tions of friendship and regard existing between them, as
well as to the earnest desire of Governor Fairfield and his
republican friends to avoid a collision between the two
great families of the Anglo- Saxon race, the country is
indebted for this fortunate result. The matter is once
again in the hands of the Federal Government, to which
' it rightfully belongs, and no doubt will receive the serious
and prompt attention which its importance merits.

" Head-quarters, Easter❑ Division, Augusta
March 26, 1839.

" Sir—l have the happiness to enclose herewith two
copies of the arrangement entered into through my agency
between the Governor of Maine and the Lieutenant Go-
vernor of the province of New Brunswick.
The copy of my official note to Sir John Harvey, with
his acceptance of the arrangement, is in the hands of the
Governor of Maine, and another copy of the same official
note, followed by the acceptances of the Lieutenant-Go-
vernor and the Governor, was yesterday transmitted by me
to Sir John Harvey. At the same time I sent him copies
of two orders which were yesterday issued by the Gover-
nor of Maine; the first disbanding the thousand detached
milisis which has been held in reserve at this place, and
the second recaliing the military force of the State from the
disputed territory, and directing the organization of
the civil posse that is to be held by the State in
that territory. The papers so transmitted, and wl.ich
bore the s,gnature of the Governor of Maine, or that of
his Adjutant-General, were officially certified by me.
" I trust that the arrangement between the Governor
and Lieutenant-Governor, together with my humble agency
in bringing it about, will be satisfactory to the President
and the Department. The arrangement, I have no doubt,
will be executed by the parties to it in good faith and in
cheerfulness. In haste, I have the honour to remain, with
high respect, your obedient servant.
" WINFIELD SCOTT.
" Hon. J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War."
As proof of the friendly disposition of the Governor of
New Brunswick, we add the following:—
"Government House, Fredericton, March 23, 1839.

" MY DEAR GENERAL SCOTT,—Upon my return from
closing the Session of the Provincial Legislature this day,
I was gratified by the receipt of your very satisfactory
communications of the 21st instant. My reliance upon
you, my dear General, has led me to give my
willing assent to the proposition which you have made
yourself the acceptable medium of conveying to me,
and I trust that, as far as the Province and State
respectively are concerned, an end will have been
put by it to all border disputes, and a way opened to an
amicable adjustment of the national question involved. I
shall hope to receive the confirmation of this arrangement
on the part of the State of Maine at as early a period as
may be practicable ; and as it is my intention to proceed
to Woodstock early in the ensuing week, I request you to
have the goodness to address it to me at that place.
" I shall certainly use my best endeavours to protect the
timber on the valley of the St. John, within the disputed
territory, from depredators, and shall probably place, for
this purpose, a small civil force at the disposal of the
Warden.

I grieve to learn that there is so little chance of my
seeing you upon the present occasion, but I wish you to
give rife some ground for holding that I may have that high
gratification at as early a period as may be compatible with
your many important and arduous duties.
" Believe me to remain my dear General, with senti.
ments of warm esteem, regard, and respect, your faithful
friend,

~J. HARVEY.

" P. S. I readily consent to all my letters to you being
considered as semi-official, and thank you for the sug-
gestion."

CORRESPONDENCE.
" Head- Quarters, Eastern Divisio'n, United States Army,
" Augusta, March 21, 1839.
" The undersigned, a Major- General in the army of the
United States, being especially charged with maintaining
the peace and safety of their entire northern and eastern
frontiers, having cause to apprehend a collision of arms
between the proximate forces of New Brunswick and the
State of Maine on the disputed territory which is claimed
by both, has the honour, in the sincere desire of the United
States to preserve the relations of peace and amity with
Great Britain—relations which might be much endangered
by such untoward collision—to invite from his Excellency
Major-General Sir John Harvey, Lieutenant-Governor,
&c., a general declaration to this effect :
" ' That it is not the intention of the Lieutenant- Go-
vernor of her Britannic Majesty's province of New Bruns-
wick, under the expected renewal of negociations between
the Cabinets of London and Washington on the subject of
the said disputed territory, without renewed instructions to
that efft.ct from his Government, to seek to take military
possession of that territory, or to seek by military force
to expel therefrom the armed civil posse, or the troops of
Maine.' _

" Should the undersigned have the hcnour to be favoured
with such declaration or assurance, to be by him communi-
cated to his Excellency the Governor of the state of Maine,
the undersigned does not in the least doubt that he would
he immediately and fully authorized by the Governor of
Maine to communicate to his Excellency the Lieutenant-
Governor of New Brunswick, a corresponding pacific de-
claration to this effect :

" That, in the hope of a speedy and satisfactory settle-
ment by negotiation between the Governments of the
United States and Great Britain of the principal or boun-
dary question between the State of Maine, and the Province
of New Brunswick, it is not the intention of the Governor
of Maine, without renewed instruction from the Legislature
of the State, to attempt to disturb by arms the said pro-
vince, in the possession of the Madawaska settlements, or
to attempt to interrupt the usual communications between
that province and her Mjesty's upper provinces ; and that
he is willing in the meantime to leave the question of pos-
session and jurisdiction as they at present stand—that is,
Great Britain holding in fact possession of a part of the
said territory, and the Government of Maine denying her
right to such possession, and the state of Maine holding in
fact possession of another portion of the same territory, to
which her right is denied by Great Britain.'
" With this understanding the Governor of Maine will,
without unnecessary delay, withdraw the military force of
the State from the said disputed territory, leav:ng only
under a land agent a small civil posse, armed or unarmed,
to protect the timber recently cut, and to prevent further
depredations.
" Reciprocal assurances of the foregoing friendly elm.
racter having been through the undersigned interchanged,
all danger of collision between the immediate parties to
the controversy will be at once removed, and time allowed
the United States and Great Britain to settle amicably the
great question of limits.

" WINFIELD SCOTT."
To a copy of the foregoing, John Harvey annexed
the following:—
" Government-house, Frederictown, March 23, 1839.

" The undersigned, Major-General Sir John Harvey,
Lieutenant-Governor of her Majesty's province of New
Brunswick, having received a proposition from Mijor-
General Winfield Scott of the United States army, of
which the foregoing is a copy, hereby on his part signifies
his concurrence and acquiescence therein.
4• Sir John Harvey renews ith great pleasure to Major-
General Scott the assurances of his warmest personal con-
sideration, regard, and respect.

"J. HARVEY."

To a paper containing the note of General Scott and the
acceptance of Sir John Harvey, Governor of Fairfield an-
nexed his acceptance in these words
Executive Department, Augusta, March 25, 1839.

" The undersigned, Governor of Maine, in considera•
tion oP the foregoing, the exigency for calling out the
troop; of Maine having ceased, has no heilitation in:signify-
ing his entire acquiescence in the proposition of Major-
General Scott.

" The undersigned has the honour to tender to Mijor-
General Scott tho assurance of high respect and esteem.
"JOHN FAIRFIELD."

A correspondent of the Boston Atlas, speaking of the
arrangenient entered into by General Scott and Sir J.
Harvey, says—" By this agreement Maine virtually aban-
dons the present possession of the jurisdiction of nearly the
whole disputed territory t) Great Britain, for, in point of
fact, Maine has now only possession of a small part of that
territory. " Maine," continues the writer, " has expended
five or six hundred thousand dollars, and alarmed the whole
country with the fear of a war, and has accomplished abso-
lutely nothing. All the territory that she is now permitted
to exercise jurisdiction over she had last year quiet posses-
sion of, and would have been permittee to retain it without
all this noise and bluster."

LEGISLATURE OF NEW YORK, APRIL I.
The following communication was received from the
President of the United States:—
__ .

" Washington, March 29, 1839.
" To the House of Assembly of the State of New York.
" It affords me great satisfaction to acknowledge the
receipt of sundry resolutions of your honourable body, ex-
pressing its approbation of the course pursued by the
Federal Executive, and of the action of Congress, in
relation to the controversy between the State of Maine
and her Britannic Majesty's province of New Brunswick,
announcing also the determination of your State to second
the efforts of the general Government in preserving,
pacific relations with Great Britain, anJ to hold herself in
readiness, if necessary, to aid in resistinig. encroachments
upon the territory of any portion of the L mon.
" For the expression of those sentiments, and for the
entire unanimity with which it was made, I tender my
respectful and grateful acknowledgments.
" The Assembly of New York may rest assured, that
to effect an amicable adjustment of the controversy in
question, no efforts on my part will be omitted that are
consistent with reason and justice, and with that sacred
respect for the character of the country which, being
paramount to all other considerations, can never b..
dis-
regarded. should these efforts prove unsucce ssula
result I cannot allow myself to expect—the Federal Go.
vernment will rely with confidence on the P roff,red
operation of your great State, a confidence
alikejusti-
fied'-
by the proceedings which have been communicated to

country.
With great respect, your obedient servant,
" M. VAN BUREN."

CANADA.
We reluctantly give from various sources the following
account of the deplorable state of things existing on part Of
the Canadian frontier. If these doings be not stopped, it
will eventually cause the loss on both sides of the line of
private property to a lamentable extent. If as we believe,
these incendiary acts arc committed in the first instance by
Canadian refugees, American citizens, residing on the
lines, are call'dupon by their own interests, as well as by
every consideration of national honour and faith, not only
to give them no countenance, but to afford them neither
harour nor shelter, till they have driven them into the
interior, where they cannot carry out thei plans of wanton
and useless destruction.
( From the Montreal Herald of the 2Sth ult.)
Clarenceville, March 25, 1339.
Sir,—l beg to inform you of the particulars of a small
affair that took place in this neighbourhood last night, Or
rather early this morning. About 3 o'clock an arm",
party from the United States, in sleighs, drove devrn 0"
the ice until opposite our picket on Beach-ridge (the scene
of some of their burnings), and then commenced firing
small arms, but without effect, as our picket had disnese.d
themselves under cover, awaiting their nearer approach.,
the distance beiug too great for precise aim. The brigand%
then fired a cannon, and immediately decamped in the di:
rection of Alburg Springs. A detachmeet of the Queenl
Light Draeoons. and the Light Compawy of Colo
Dyer's regiment, arrived soon after in support of the
ket, and marched up to the line, near which a body of the
brigands remained until the near approach of our force.
Upon our arrival at the spot on the ice from where the
firing took place, we found the cannon, a wooden one,
burst, and a new United States musket, with all
trca
six-pound ball, and a quantity of cannon shot lying
about. From the appearance of some pieces of t,"
wooden cannon, I am led to believe, that several of tued
brigands were wounded by its bursting, marks of hirb
beiug distinctly visible on the pieces and ice around. I
firing on the pickets in this vicinity is not an unnsua
occurrence, but from the distance the shots came from'
and our precaution in lacing the sentries under cover, ee...
scatter
damage has been received. Had the cannon not burst, °l,'
have every reason to suppose that a more extended attec,.
was intended, as we are informed that a considerable for
e 0
from another point convenient to us was in readiness
march in; and as Nelson, Cote, Gagnon, and Grog's,' arke
now at the Springs, only four miles distant, another aitae
is expected.
P. S. I have just heard that one of the Americans
In
killed, and some wounded by the bursting of the wooded
gun. They are now at the Alburg Springs, one mile an
a half from our line.
(From the St. Alban's Messenger of March 23.) toe
FIRES ON TIIE FRONTIER.-Fires on our frontier I,
to increase in a fearful ratio. For the last two or, 5
there have been one or more fires almost every night. ils;
parently they are alternately each side of the line. geot
liation appears to be the order of the night. We °heer'
able to state the extent of the burnings, but presume hate
the number of fires seen from this place, and what We
heard, that quite a number of buildings have been 11;rii
the greater part of them barns, and the most of ti cc
situate in Champlain and Odeltown. In the latter P.Beii
we are informed that a large house was burnt an Fri,•lsl
might last, and on the Friday previous two barns bele:1114
to it. Last Sunday night one or two barns in Albeit
destroyed. We hope to give farther particulars
week.
(From the Burlington Sentinel of March 29.) foal
FROM THE FRONTIER.-The following is an extract •
a private letter, dated " Alburgh, March 22. ga•
" • " Captain Porter's company end
gulars are ordered from this post to Rouse's Poerisof
leave to-morrow morning ; the company stationed al, the
are also withdrawn, to join the head-quarters Tool
regiment at Plattsburgh. The excitement at iteiiics
Point is very great, in consequence of the burnings
tuber
have been kept up for nearly two weeks. Quite a nurtbe
of the families are moving out of the place, or rebel the
female part of them. You can form little idea °,,,e,b1
alarm and confusion which prevail there as soon a' „..01.teJ
falls. Every man in the place is on duty, and 50 0,1?" v
Dragoons are stationed on the lines, yet with all this Gros
caution they have fires all around them. severs' they
have occurred within sight of the guard, and whileetber
• e•
were extinguishing one, another has broken out in an
direction.
Our correspondent adds, that scarcely a night has Pll'dl,l
for three weeks, without the heavens beirsgillumiriete-
the light from some incendiary fire in that vicinity.

RESIGNATION OF MR. BIDDLE' og,
Bank of the United States, March of
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the 1411,i0f,
the United States, held at the banking-house this 111°P31r.
after the ordinary business of the day was complete"; for
Biddle, President, communicated to- the Board hisll:
tion of resigning his place in the institution, and 04 ief
of his colleagues in a brief valedictory, marked net un od
his usual felicity of expression, but singularly characterloa
by an eloquent pathos, which was wholly irresistible sinipt
the old and tried friends—his fellow.labourers for 08
20 years on
. Upon Mr. Biddle's withirawal, Manuel Eyre 11 '3
the motion of Mr. J. R. Ingersoll, called to the cha
the following resolution offered byMr. Ingersoll, was un
rs
mous.y adopted, and a committee, consisting of Me! re,
J. R. Ingersoll, A. White, and C. Cope, appointed tor
sent the same to Mr. Biddle : ti•
" Resolved, that the Director; have learned wlt",Ar uic
feigned regret, the intention of Mr. Biddle to Wieti: 'l3
from his situation as President of the Bank of the ite

States.
" For many years, the best interests of the jastA-
under his especial guardianship have been protectehjoill;
promoted with devoted fidelity, untiring zeal, and
abilities. nd
" The Board of Directors owe it to themselves 3 will'
the Stockholders whom they represent, in acceptingai, to
deep reluctance the resignation now tendered to theivaiso
record their gracious acknowledgments to a gene to bis
whose unrivalled skill in finance, unwearied devoiio
duties, firm and independent conduct in the midstQrteou/
stacks, elevated and honourable principles, and to-u 55','
and urbane deportment, have marked with unfailing Cj so
fortuity an arduous career ; who, having perfor ii
much and so fai:hfully, leaves the institution with v‘ lr in it°
is identified prosperous in all its relations, stroll toitie,l
abilities to promote the interests of the several com.oo
by which it is surrounded, cordial in its co-oPel eitee°
sister establishments, and secure in the respect ani (P.
of all who are connected with it in foreign as we`
That the
mestic intercourse." be
It was then moved by Mr. J. R. Ingersoll, in ti.e
Board do now proceed to the election of a Director 00
place of N. Biddle, resigned," when it appeo,ea 1661
ballot that Thomas Dunlap was unanimbuslY be
Director to supply the vacaoey. d tots` it
Whereupon, on motion, the Board proceeuei, 11 it
election of a President, and, upon counting the ''irpoti''
appeared that Mr. Thomas Dunlap, was
elected President of the Bank of the United State

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