Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-02-26

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N ass tbs, lir sbose proclamation cas- received ty -.
frsss from Hoaitan ,e Aei~ sa'a Z ; atcc BE- r"s-
4trdl SATURDAY. evening I.e mcss. nr'f t.fl Or"
*4nfsmAuan un ibe suihaiitv 81 the ood'ook Tones,
HAT portion of The New Btunswick militia. had on
,hs ltib TAKEN up tcif os oi match 81 ic Af'os"ak
Immediately ihe ~ # ti,s inicli ccuce tsays
Il the kre1 "a 10 undetre,d uiai Co EsiGcd issued
II ,eafnaiisa CAL ~ out lo1 tabk aud dir nithr u-
,s 90 be Gets bed fHni i- bird PrnahsrrI bvi'ion
vndet command ~ Najaf Deneal ilats'n 20 fen''f
vou' i2'thsi'A Al Bangor aud proceed ir"ee " ue ."
recsioot
The additional 'qu,e,, force sea under ,ho Re-
solve Of Jan 2ih is"n 's Wy 60 ie Afon.'"'" mss
Jarvis, Esq the rrovistonai Land Agent has @t'eo
BE- fore ut. at toe scene 81 op,rliiops.
fl asaia seem that ihe cfiss hss auvei which Maine
~, t,og been spstausiv awatrr SHE will fauijrr
until her rights est,bsl~d and h.r I3f5dctYu
,aicd To the utmost im'is Of Der Territory Aud may
60 Jroioo, The right
W ua Saturday tbe lsi 5eore She arrival Of she sboye
81 asnt,oned cEptes.l GOV Fairfield transmitted 10 the
al Il, ssla,ufe Of Name the following
q MESSAGE
81 10 he R5s,e Of Representation
in compliance with the request Of the House Of Rep.
rrsentstiyes bcteWth communicate such information
=, hayc IA relation 10 the reported abduction u the
Land Agent
Under the Resolve Of the 2i Of January last, emit.
led "csoise rein,in- 10 ursspasscrs upon the public
g lands tie Land \ gent cfacd with about two hun.
bred chosen 10 .hc of ration on the Afoos
took River. Pnor 10 hi- reaching there, IT IL undrt-
stood uat The tfesspossets, amounting 10 about three
Al hundred. all well armed, had combined and were de-
,ermtncd 20 resist every effort 10 break item up tind
81 NJ however thai he Land gent had pfrPiIed hnscl
"a with ok FOUNDER thy chose to retire ifon the ground
II Pa.sng down " nVcr
a Anf ytfh Is a % ~ N
& the Aroostook % its mouth, finding the several
81 places Of operation Landoned by the tte.passers Ga
"a Monday as sey captured gang OF about twenty who
~ had been operating further up the ver, aud sent sever
81 OF them who we're considered rngeaders 10 BANGOR
III where 1t - supposed they now IA jail On Monday
| the Land gent sent letter 20 MIR Mclaughlin the
81 Land Agent Of the Province OF New Brunswick INV.
~ ung meeting with him at the house of M Fzher-
~ h-it, about four miles from where the company were
ID then stationed, and the evening with four oth
N Mr. Mclntife repaired the house OF Me- Fghef
bert Intending 20 pass the night there The resspass
however in some became possessed ct the fact,
aud detached COMPANY oi about fifty, seized the
Agent and those accompanying him, and transported
them i, is believed beyond The bounds OF the State.
Our company IS now at No 10, the Aroosook FOR
titled, and anticipating attack, in case any attempt
FL should be made part To execute the Resolve Of
the 2ih Of January by destroying the timber which has
III already been cut.
Iiave advised the sending Of reinforcement of 800
men probable the number OF the respassers will
be constantly augmentng-aEd # Resolve 10 that ei-
81 f.ct be passed shall appoint Agent supply tempo.
r,ily the place of Mr Mclnife aud lead the expo
dillon have also despatched special messenger 10
Sir John Harvey 1t Governor of New Brunswick, for
the purpose among other hIngsof asceraining whetb
these hghhanded proceedings OF the tespassets are
authorised IN any way couneBanced by the Provn-
cia Government and 10 procure the release OF the A.
gent aud those taken with him. The Agent also
charged with other matters pertaining to this most
traordinaty and outrageous preceding
The facts above related, except in relation 10 my
doings, have been communicated To verbally by the
81 Sheriff Of Penobscot, who formed OF the company
"a Of the Land Agent
III TINS lie the only communication from the Land Agcn
IA his company which have had verbally otherwise
# that could be relied upon
ri JOHN FAIRFIELD.
IA CouscIL CHAaBER. Feb. -, 1889.
III Anne ned Is the resolution under which 1r NJ lnr
WI 1.-The Land Ag-n and his party were sent 10 the ARGOS
s8 took. IL occasiunsd by confidential Message 4
# the Legislature the pa OF JsruATy, by Gov Fair
field communicating information That trcspassers iron
hew Brunswick were extensively engaged IN the wor
of devastation aud plumber upon the lauds belonging
III Maine.
Rfsotptd, That the Land Agent be and is hereby au
thofised and required TO employ forthwith suicienioc
arrest, deta and prison all persons found trespas
H the territory of this STATE bounded aud rs
tablshed by the treaty l733 and that the Land yea
be sud hereby empowered TO dispose OF ali tie t-an
lumber and other materials the hands aud possesso
M {! -ad uespassers in such and manner as he ma
deem necessary sud pedieBt at the ume by destroy
W ing the otherwise And that the sun OF &c
thousand dollars be and hereby appropriated for lh
purpose of carrying this Resolve into effect, aud thu
M the Governor with The advice Of the Council be ane
hereby authorised draw his from tune 10 tint
for such be required for the purpose aof,
# said. January -, lS29 proved;
$# JOHN FAIRFIELD.
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