The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-11-21
from Nelson's Quebec Gazette.

From Nelson's Quebec Gdzeue.
DISPUTED BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE
UNIrEp STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN. IL
is known that an exploring line, due north
from the acknowledged boundary at the
source of the st. Croix River, was run
some wears ago, to the highlands on the
banks of the St. Lawrence below Bic all
the country to the west and south OF this
line and these highlands, the United States
claim as theirs. I 1ese highlands, at sew
eral places, are within tl0etUe males oil tEe |
St. Lawrence, and they pass at one place,
only about forty miles 5. E. from .luepec.
According TO this pretenslon, the OLD Cana t
dian and Acadian Settlement OF MadaWas-
ka. existing before the conquest OF Canada,
the post road between Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, and Canada, made by the
British Government, indeed the only road
between these Provinces, belong to the
United States, as well as the whole OF the
waters of the River st. John, above the
Great Falls.
This boundary has been long a subject
of negotiation between the two powers,
and is SC still. Some proceedings under
the Colonial Government of New Bruins
wick, and the States of Maine and Massa-
chusetts, relating to the territory in dis
pute, had been suspended, on the principle,
/ that during the negotiations, things ought
to remain in their existing state.
UIuuI- uir0,,s,i4 ',s''ryt-.----sa, person
settled near Madawaska, hoists tie Ameri
can colors on the 18th July last, and he is
subsequently charged with stopping the
mall &c. and is taken prisoner by a Sher-
if OF New Brunswick, and lodged in jail
at Fredericton, the capital of New Bruins
wick. This person calls himself General
i BAKER, and claims to be an American citi-
zen, taken on American territory!
The friends of the continuance Of peace
between the two countries, cannot see
even this apparently tritiing incident, with
ont regret. Those who know any thing Of
the British government, and the character
, of the American people, know how very
: susceptible they both are, on questions con
, nected with their sovereignty and terrific
rial rights
We observe that the inhabitants Of this
province, on the south shore of the st.
Lawrence, have recently had meetings in
three counties, at St Waller, fllet and
; Kamouraska, and came TO certain resolu-
tons, one of which is to petition His Maj
esty to maintain his right to the whole
a waters of the st. John, and bring the
: question to a speedy issue, on the ground
/, that the territory in question, is now actu-
ally necessary, for the extension Of then
settlements on the south shore below Que
= bee, which contain upwards Of sixty thous
and souls, confined to very narrow STRIP
Of land.
;. The negotiation, no doubt, must be ac.
: companied with difficulties we believe
J, it has already been referred to thirc
j power, without any successful result A
longer delay, we should however think
under the present circumstances, will only
+ give rise to new difficulties, by increasing
> irritations. The state of Maine has already
manifested some i'll humor against the Gov
eminent of the Union, for It's having inter
n fered to recommend the delay of the meas
= ures it had adopted, TO assert its full soye
= relgnity over the disputed territory.
: When Great Britain occupied the terri
u torres now the UniUed states, and France
held the territories now possessed by Grea
Britain on this Continent, no less than tive
> long, expensive and bloody wars, original
ed in disputed boundaries between them
+ 1t perhaps may be questioned, whether
spirit of fairness and justice is, mutually
more prevalent between the parties now
interested, than formerly. If it should no
be the case, it argues very little in favor O
the boosted intelligence Of the present age
The present dispute is founded on Che
words of an Article of the Treaty of 1888
Whatever words may have been used tc
express the intention Of the parties as tc
any particular limit, it is Obvious that The
general intention was to maintain ano
acknowledge the Independence of the
States of America according to their es-
tablished limits, as then recognized by
both parties; and any Interpretation of the
words Of this article, ought, in fairness, to
be made, according to that intention.
ANIMAL GRATITUDE. On Friday after
noon, boy about IA years of are, while
heroing cattle on the farm of Reidielev's,
was attacked by a bull without the least
provocation. He was repeatedly knocked
down and trampled upon for a length of
time, so as to be very severely bruised in
all parts of the body. Nobody being near,
his cries were not heard and fatal conse-
quences would very soon have ensued. had
he not been released in most singular
manner. While the furious animal was
getting more and more enraged he was
attacked by the rest of the cattle (oxen( in
SO determined manner, that in order to
defend himself, he left the boy, who
was fortunately, still able to move. and
who was thus enabled to escape. Such
an example of the exertion of de-
gree of intellect in cattle, led to an
enquiry of the boy regarding the circum-
stances of the case. The boy informed
the writer of this article, that one only of
the. cattle came first to his rescue and at
tackled the bull, and in little time the
others came, as to the assistance of the
first. This grateful and generous animal
had been last winter in rather sickly con
dluon, during which time the boy had paid
It considerable attention, giving it hand
fulls OF corn, and otherwise administering
to its comforts, which attention it has SO
nohlY repAid. hy rascninn it, hnnnea..l