Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-05-28

Name. Dalton was born I'D the Slate OF Name
but for some years before he settled upon the
Apostook. he resided IN the Province Of New
Brunswick and at different places upon the river
ST. John. where he was engaged IN the business
Of ltnbering. 1t is said that he failed in business,
and left the Province Of New Brunswick deeply
INVOKED In debt, and took up his residence upon
the Aroostook river where the undersigned has
reaso, 10 believe he would have renamed to the
present time if he had found himself without the
reaci of his British creditors From Information
derired from other settlers upon the Aroostook,
the undersigned is himself satisfied. and feels It to
I be ms duty to report to the government, that the
statement of M. Dalton. above alluded to, Is sub
stantially and in every material point, absolutely
| fllse.
Thefacts respecting the taking away Of Joseph
/ Amolds cow. as represented by James Arm
strong. one of the settlers, as well as by Arnold
/ himself are briefly thesc:-AmOld had exchanged
/ a cow beoncng 10 him for another IN possession
! of one William MCrea, and which the latter
claimed ashis property. The COW received from
| NCrea bvAmold. was subsequently taken from
| the latter b. due process of law, by one john
| Bradley wD claimed TO be the owner OF the COW,
and who st,ted that he had sold the cow to NJ
! Crea only ctadihOnaiiU and that MCrea had not
Icomplied win the terms of the contract he Brad
| levi was entitled to his COW again. Arnold APP
! plied for releito themagstrate by whom the writ
/ IF rcplevin had been issued, under which the COW
| he had received from NJ Crea had been taken from
! him: but filling 10 procure redress, he returned
home. and told MCrea that he must either furnish
/ him with legal evidence of his ownership M the
COW which he had received from HIM, or return
TO him the COW which he had given IN exchange
\ for that which Bradley had taken from him.
/ NCrea refused to deliver up the COW, but consent
ed TO leave the matter to be settled by referees
! Referees were agreed upon by the parties, who
decided that if MCrea, within a certain specified
period should not furnish Arnold with proof of
| his being owner of the cow which he had eX
changed for that of Arnold, that he should restore
| TO Arnold. the cow he had received from him.
! The time prescribed having elapsed, and MCrea
having neglected to furnish the proof required
and the COW received from Arnold being yet In
! NCreas possession, Arnold took the COW from
! MCrea and carried her to his own house; thus
exercising summary act Of justice not unusual,
1T is believed in communities like that at the
/ Aroostook MCrea pretended that he had sold
| Amold's COW to one Michael Cummings, whom
| he accompanied to the residence of Mr.. Justice
Morehouse, and procuredin his behalf writ Of
repleviu or the return of The anlmal.--lt was the
service of this writ that wasunsuccestuly resisted
bv the settlers, Tas stated in document No. 9, fur
uished by the Attorney General Of New Bruins
wick and the COW has since renamed in the
| Dossesson Of Arnold. According to Dalton
statement. the cow was taken GlCay from ATROld
and the public are led TO infer was restored to
! MCrea. That part of Dalton statement relative
/ 10 the loss he sustained in removing from the
| Aroostook was represented to the undersigned as
Exaggerated Armstrong states that his property
was not Of he value he represents H. and was dis
nosed ofbv him for larger amount than he ac6
! uowledgns 10 have received. The concluding
/ and mos material part of his statement that "iOr
! the last seven weeks the inhabitants of Aroostook
settlement had been unwilling and afraid to sleep
IN their own houses, and have retired to the lower
part of the settlement, and spent the night on the
/ banks Of the river, and I'm the woods, and kept
watch night and day as M an Indian war; Is
stated by others Of the settlers TO be absolutely
false: and the fact is saldtO be that for lCo nights
only and when a force was expected 10 arrive at
| the settlement from Fredericton, sent ththcr by
the government for the purpose of experimenting
those who were concerned m the rescue of Ar
Inolds cow from the constable some ofthe settlers,
TO use their own term mustered together, and
! lodged one night In a barn, and one night IN a
house belonging to one Of them.
The undersigned deems it proper in this place
10 remark upon the testimony Of Johnathan VIII
son. whose statement was taken under oath, and
transmitted TO the government at the same time
with that of Dalton s. that his statementis found
ed entirely upon hearsay testimony, which upon
Investigation has been ascertaned. in every mate
rial respect, to be entirely mto"nded.
Civil process has been occasionally issued
against the settlers upon the AroostooI by British
magistrates for three or four years past and during
the last summer process for tresspass and intrusion
was issued N the instance Of the Attorney General
of the Province of New Brunswick, against the
ettle-s generally, who were compelled TO 60 to
Fredericton and employ counsel IN their defence.
The suits are still pending.
II was the intention of the undersigned, in con-
! formity with his instructions, to have gone from
! Ioulton Plantation to the settlement upon the
river Aroostook: but he was Informed that a
| Journey TO that settlement was, al that time,
! hazardous and almost inpracticable, and would
| have necessarily produced IN bis progress great
DELAY; and MS he had seen at Hoult0n some of the
settlers who appeared TO be men of intelligence,
and had received from them the information which
/ it would have been the principal object Of his
Journey there 10 procure, he deemed 1t eXpedieni
TO do So, and proceeded directly to the Madawaska
settlement.
/ This settlement derives It's name from the river
| Madawaska, which empties itself into the river
ST. John about thirty SIX miles above the Grand
Falls and about one hundred AID sixty miles above
Fredericton. The first settlers arrived soon after
the treaty in I7S3, and the first grant, which was
.of fin one SeUeTal lots or plantations Of JaRd,
I was made to Joseph MuzzeroI, and fifty one 9th
er French settlers IN the month of October, 1870,
I by Thomas Carleton; Esq to- the Lieutenant Gov
| ernor of the Province Of New Brunswick
land granted lay at intervals between the Verte
and the Madawaska rivers nine miles distant
from each other, and on both sides Of the river ST.
| John. The second grant was Of FIVE thousand
Two hundred and fifty two acres of land, lying be-
low the river Nerte and was made 20 Joseph Sou
Ger and others by Lieutenant Governor Carleton,
in August 1924. These are the only grants ever
made hv the British GoyernmenI. within the set