Litchfield enquirer., 1830-06-17

ss 3g.,,,rp afifs late seSSSOn.
 MyS"tsvithstanding the scarcity of money in l ,nany parts ofthe country the past year. and tha subseuuent difficulty in making co!lec- .;ors inc Commissioners has been aDie rom the Revenue arising from the Funa, to ~ srease inc diyidends ofthe year 70 Sto,9lo'O' beiDg ninety cents on each cnnc enu,Ieaae"' ..e @,a S.s. ..,ads mnre than $4,O0O. The largest S;.;dend heretofore declared. has been 50 .e,,ts for each child enumerated.
 AZ tl,o last session of the General Assem- ,,,.,N ,ha Hon. Thomas $. Williams, Ralph 1. Inrsrsol and the Commissloner' were aP- .q:st:,S svents in behalf of the State to lnves- ,;S"ta sbe claim of James T. Watson 10 an ;,Sd;y;dsd fourth part of 100000 acres of ,"I ,.;as. Meet of the Genessee River, n tha State of New-YOrk, (which thus state a.,.r.i vpars since sold tO settlers ana otners'l ..,;,h no,yar ia compromise with sald Wat sn, nr suhm;t the same to arbitration. Fur suant to the Resolve, several interviews were had with Mr. Watson. 1t was ascet'ar'e" an and admitted by the parties. tnat 1a,hes va son. ffather of the present claimant,) ahe phe James Greenleaf. pnrchased oi hopsae eae NAo'- -' ris an undivided moiety of the lOO'OVo acres in the wear 1792.--that Greehieai su"' 4he same mOiety to Oliver FneiPs, ,mno p... .ad # to this State in April, 1901. But nofw;thstanding a long and tedious examIna- t;.., hv fine former Commissioner m l8g2,
 .d hv tha present Commissioner rom me s'..s, .,,a. nf ,8g6. of all the recording omces = .i,n ro,,nt;cs in which the land was sltua- 4ad and of inc papers ofthOse persons througn h.,de the title-deeds were supposed n have passed. no record or ueeu cvue ue c,nd from James Watson to Green'eaI, of anv other nerson, of the fourth part n 'lues- .;.y On fhe absence ofthis link ln the cham nf tha States title, the validity of Watsons ci.;m drnended. Both Phelps and Gresn- leaf carly became, and continued, tso.seu'' The facts that the Watsons had maue oe .;,, .u claim to the estate from the year ia9. e." .'' within few years past, ana .Ia. .Ms ,.'s:...
 and it's grantees had sexclciseu eAs.a
 acts of ownership over 1t Tor many sa.s,
 left no doubt in the minds or 'ne~Abes Da
 Iasd of ihe estate to Greenleaf, but that II
 ,yas lost Several efforts had been made 70
 ascertain whether it was in the possession o'
 Csreanleaf. all of which had proved unsnccess- fn, The agents therefore having oecome
 ,y,.,r satisfied that the deed would never DC
 d;.covered. and that the length of time which th. State had been yisibly possessing tne
 nrnnertv. was not of itself sufficient to ac-
 nnire ttle. particularly against tenant ID
 common. their first efforts were directed to- wards effecting compromise with watson 1;
 h,,t tln. sum required by him being exorbitant'
 articles of submission. as the only alternative,
 were in December last made and signed oy AMr.Wa Watson on the one part, and the agents
 in behalf of the State on the other paft' stlP-
 tilating to. abide the. award of three rsspec.
 table gentleman therein naned' De'ong'ns U x the time named for the meeting S ths AFbi: trators. the Commissioners made n journey to the interior of Pennsylvania and the City ol Washington, with view of making one fur thcr effort with MT. Greenleaf for thediscov- cry ofthc decd. He found him at Washington, but nothing could induce him to go to Phil adelphia. (where his papers had lain from t'lt year l798,) unless the Conamissloner would sfipulate to pay for the deed, if discovered, the sum of $2 900: Although the require nasnt appeared in itself unreasonable, yet us thesu was small compared to that required *bY Watson in case of compromise, or to X the hazard of an award where an estate of more than S20O, ,00O in value was the subject matter in controversy, the Commissioner deemed it to be for the best interest of the State to comply with the proposition; and accordingly stipulated with MT. Green leaf that in case he would proceed immedi- ately to Philadelphia, obtain and deliver him the deed within twenty days. to pay the sum demanded. They accordingly proceeded to Philadelphia, where after several days close examination, the original deed was discover ed, aud appears to be in every respect duly perfected. The Commissioner paid the sum stipulated, and without delay procured the deed to be recorded in the recording offices softhe Counties of Ontario, Genesea and Or leans. On exhibiting the deed to Watson, he abandoned his claim, and gave up tO be cancelled, the articles of submission. And tbe Commissioners is gratiied ia. being able to state, that this payment has mt the appro. bati0n ofthe gentlemen with whom he was associated in tue negotiation with Watson.
 The heirs of Sir William Pultney owned the other moiety of the 100000 acres, and partition was made between them and this { State in 1910, under belief that the title of the State to one moiety was perfectly sound. The claim of w Watson. if established. it will be readily perceived, affected the title to one fourth part of each lot which had thus been aparted to the Pultney family in severalty.- Their Agent. (Col. Robert Troup of New York, though under no obligation to aid in iperfscting the title ofthe State, was so highs ly gratiied by the discovery, which thus pef+ fectly quieted the title to the whole tract. that he generously paid to the Commissioner the sum of $500, and one half of his travelling ex- penses in the performance oftwo journeys to Philadelphia, and one to Allentown and yUnahinrffn Esas, fs;a e,,hsack Rbss a..n. hn |