Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-09-29
THE n. T.. BOUNDARY.

The editor ofthc New York American thu
notices the facts connected with the question o
boundary between Maine and the British posses
siuns the North East.
The difficulties which surround the ad
justment of this boundary, afford new instance
ofthe impoiicy and danger, alike between indi
viduals. us between nations, of postponng th<
settlement of contested questions
When the treaty of 1882 made, and fo
long year. after the territory over which the line
! must rnr, ~.r.s ehAer ENTHUSIASTICALLY, fol-
actual possession ofcuitivation, worth little
or nothing to either party; Blu, now. civilization
and settlement, are on and around If, and both
inferast and feeling warmly enlisted on either
side.
1t is not comfortable reflection either, for our
side, that the whole question once put in Il
train of fair, final and peaceful arrangement,
which however, Mr.. Jefferson, for since
ascertained to he without foundation, broke up.
On the 18th Nav. 1903, Il convention was sign
ed in London by Mr.. Rufus King, as Minister of
of the United States, and Lord Hawkesburv, then
the British Minister of Foreign Atfairs,-ior the
ascer,aining and adjusting the bounda ries be-
tween the United States and the British posses
sons
At the negotiation Of this convention, the wri-
ter of these remarks was present, and remem-
bers well to have the negotiators, intent on
hands and knees, with pencil and compass, to
mark the boundary. As IT might probably be run,
on very large map spread on the floor OF the
Foreign Office.
The main provision Of this cow ton vas,
tina. two Commissioners should be appointed, one
by each party, and third by agreement of the
two, or by lot oot oftwo named by them who
should have power to determine the n. w. angle /
of Nova Scotia, and from that point to the /
boundary to the n. w. part OF the Lake of the |
Woods, from which the line was to be continued
directly to the nearest source of the Mississippi.
When the nvention, which, VIC before said
was signed in London, on the 18th May, 1903
reached Washington, the conception Tor the par
chase Of LOUISIANA had Just been completed; and
Mr.. Jefferson, appreheusve that the line slip
ted TO be run from the Lake of the Woods to
he nearest source ofthe Mississippi, might inter
ere with the boundary of Louisiana, rejected the
convention without submitting II to the Senate.
Subsequent researches have proved that this line
would in no wise have interfered with the limits
# Louisiana, and accordingly the North West ,
boundary or tha: including the frontier between F.,
he Mississippi s. the St. Lawrence jhss since been
micably and definitely settled by the Govern {
n4nts Of the two countries. {
The Maine boundary, which then was thought ,
f least Importance, the settlement OF which was r
rovided for in a speedy and economical manner, I
ut which was sacrificed to a chlmericai appre- /
enson of possible and contingent interference 4
sith that of louisiana certainty to an uncer- T
lintv-remains portentious s. threatening We .
annot form better wish for both parties, than :
nat the negotiations to which it must yet lead,
,av be mutually conducted IN the far, candid. /
nd upright. and honorable which presided at and
reduced the Cony enton of 1903. {
PASAcEAs.--A chap, calling himself Reuben t
I'LL, recommends quick nos:run known as v
Dvspeptick Cordial which. he SAYS. cured !
mseif Of the rheumatism. his wife of the sick n
eadache. his daughter of the fever-anaaeue. and t
is mother Of a bad cough. besides mending the '
elIar stairs, and putting the baby TO sleep. n
ISDIC kTIoSs OF TuEsrATE-PrLsE.-A lpisv farm :
returning home in his own wagon. after deIv
ing a load of corn. Is a more certain sign of ma
onai prosperity. than nohlenao riding IN his u
lariot to the opera the playhouse. !
REASONS FOR BEING 4 RACHELoR.-.'My dear Il
om.' said Young whsperer to bachelor friend, ii
Is most half-past kissing time with you, and II
,ur are not married yet: what's the reason, eh2" b
n-n-no. replied the other. wink
q and blinking, If IN con-uisions, s'but yo- It
III sese-see s-s-sstuier 50. never could PIP II
pop the q-q-questionr' e.