Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-12

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ness would derive additional activity and extension from
the facilities which bank might safely extend to them
NO class oil our citizens would be more useful Gus
toners than those engaged in the stock busaess by
short loans to enable them to take their stock Market
great convenience wond be afforded to them while by
making their payments al eastern Banks the exchange
business would be advanced. This latter source OF
pront 10 Bank, we regard among the Iroduc-
tive, and lew OF the banks west of the Allegheny would
be more tavoraby situated for carrying on extensively
In thus hastily adver,rg few of the promin en-,
grounds oil convenience to the country, and profit 10
the Bank, we are Statistic that many others exist en-
titled to- much consideration, but which would cary us
TOO much into detail to undertake their enum. ration
and we must content ourselves with the o
the opinions Of those intimate with the sbisc,
than we are, that the business OF the country which
Is rapidly Increasing would give safe and prudent en-
ployment TO from three 10 four hundred thousand dol
lars o! the Bank capitsi."
THE NORTH En- STERW BOUN DAIRY
There seem to be various views entertained in Eng.
land OF the arbitration OF the King of the Ne
tner'ands-Bu he great mass of opinions Is unfayora
BILE 10 the decision They generally think tina IN. cd
vantage is entirely on our side One of their Jour,a,s
the Omitted Kingdom" of the 23d January denounce,
the King and h' verdict in the bittere.t terms-de.
cares that he has given the "Ysnkess millions of A.
cres, which belonged TO the British crown-and con-
clud.s in the following warlike strain:
But what are we to do with Canada9 Must we
yield aud consign lands, and pigs and emipr ,nts
and roads aud river navigation TO Jobnaban Z Tbis
must not be. We must nevertheless do Justice 10 The
defendant. We mus offer compe MS aon-assigu lands
nOrtbwest-giye La
dams for Epelish-and furs for freedom. II General
Jackson should decline terms, we, of course musi
hight him; and leaving Washington in its wilderness I'M
molested, we must burn New Yo,k i'm order N b,ino
him to his senses. This " do easily; particularly
as we a'e not at war with any other nation We vii,
be c9s we listen TO any further terms o. nego ation
g Settle it at once" is the word and lei ,bsss ha ~
mistak.w '' o0 "o
On the other side, III, arbitration resms %
lave dissatisfied the State Of Maine Her Lepi.lau,e
has been in closed sesfon, and afterwards sent on
n ira,
dent OF the United Siates.-The Portland Arsu.
declares the dividing line TO he where DO BODY ever
dreamed Of It's being before. s. much for ano,her
biurder OF the last Administrations. who made ,bis
hdppy selection OF an Umpir3. Better would IL have
been TO have lett the decision the Lord Cbaocaor
OF Eng and But shall this signal absurdity and out
rageous injustice be submitted to? Is our State and
me United States TO be thus di.membered-eiving In
England commanding post in our rear and pIacino
Ma'ne al The mercy OF nation whose whole history
mas been series OF violations OF the rights of o,bsr
nations, and continued unprncipled struggle for ter
ftoria aggrand cement by the double mean, Of Iorco
snd iraud' III we submit to this, IL will be general
invaion TO The rest OF The world to come and ,st
wha ever part Of territories hei capi.e ami CO.
pidiy may desire" ~
But we confess that we have been very much struck
by an article in the last New York Albion which =;
devoted to the British interests II furnishes dasr.
OF he disputed territory, aud in the following ariel
a. eares that the advantages OF the arbitration are de-
cidediy In our favor.
"Ihe Bounddry-The decision of the King of IN :,
Netherlands on this important question is not ofcially
snowni enough however has TRANSFERRED in the Lon
don papers to show that the decision is strongly
colonies. " "er
"Tbe numerous diGcultieslthat beset this question
rose from the Rerert manner in which the bounda-
ry line was dehded in the treaty OF 1888 The word,
OF The treaty are The boundaries shall extend ron,
me Worth Vest angle Of Nora Scotia, lnow New
Brunswick] TO that angle ichich as formed bu n
line drdon due north from the source of the ST. Croir
riUer to the highlands, along the said highlands
lchch dolde those riuerS that empty themselves into
q m LINN fgn,a sIo.,
atlantic Ocean, -
Snow the main difficulty was, as the land had never
been surveyed, to discover the position those high
lands, az the line there TO strike off to the yvs.t
ward, and thus form the north west angle of Nova
Scotia As this question gave rise TO great diversity
OF opnon' the point remained ettled from the pea
OF 1883 to that Of 1874 when the fifth article OF The
treaty OF Client provided that commissioners shoul he
apponte on bo'b sides TO survey the country and de-
e'm'oe the true boundary; and in the event of the
commissioners not agreeing the two high contractno
ion oil third and friend'v power The commission.
rs did disagree, and the King OF the Netherlands was
We umpire hxed upon His majesty has just given
MS award, in which he has dsregarded the arguments
OF both suors and made sort of compromise strong.
~ detrimental TO the interest, OF Great Britain
eli our readers will give their attention for 70
minnter, we will show them the Sist OF the question
On the map two ranges of highlands present them
serve one striking of TO westward from Mars Hill;
T. o'her from The head waters Of the river let's ar
me 81 lawrence The British ins's that the former
Is the tue range designated by the treaty; while the
Americans claim the latter One or the other Of these
points must form the northwest angle of Nova Scotia
so much sought al err. The words of the treaty. are
" the highlands which divide the rivers emptpg them
selves into the ST. Lawrense. ard those which fall in
10 the Atlantic Ocean," The British commissioner
cohehd ta' The line traced by the Americans does not
separate the waters falling into the st Lawrence and
the Atlantic, bu. tbo,e falling into the rive, and Gulf
OF ~, Lawrence, the Bay of Fundy, &c. AZ will be
seen by watching the respective courses of the river
meus az ~ discharges itself into The ST. Iawrsnce-
he K's.igonhhe as IL falls into the BAY of Chasur-
and the 81, JhD as II dsembogurs into the Bay of Fun
hy' Ihey say, moreover that the rivers meant are
such az the CIaudier and other streams falling into the
81 Lawrence 10 westward Of the Metis on the one side
no the Androscoggin, the Keunebec, and the peuob.
SCOT telling into the Atlantic the other The Al.
shte oeeaD they affirm, could mean the BAY of
runAy, the Bay OF Chsieur the Gulf OF ST. Lawrence
&c The parties being here tissue carried their ca
before the King Of the Netherlands and we shall make
is" observations on the nature OF his Msjesty's de-
cision.
II to have been expected that the Arbi,sr
would ave declared which party right, and thus
have laid down according to the opinion of third g.
interested party the true boundary; but his Dutch Ma
ssty has nt done he has pointed out new route
ioialy al variance with The spirit and wording of the
ueay' ne carries The line due north ON Mars Hill
70 the river ST. Jim, along that river 10 iheSt Ffsn.
Gle, along tho 81. Francis 10 the highlands laid down
on the westerly portion Of the American line thereby
cut ing OIL large portion Of the Canada lands carving
,he boundary TO within thirteen miles Of tn river St
Lawrence, and wi hin forty or hy of the ctv OF q IA
bee, The capital Of the North American coloni, 8, ard
hen moreover, it's said, aves The military position of
toHses Point on Lake Champain, place or doubfe d.
on the British sile, to the United State into the bar
gain.
true line according to the words of the treaty and the
maps and plans mutually laid before him IL he thought
me American the true line, he has done the United
'a s InJusuce Oy taking away any portion Of their