Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-03-28
From the Southern Patriot.

The gist uf thr dispute as 10 the terri
torial boundary between Maine and New
Brunswick appears to be this, which is The
true river ST. Croix. The question is
narrowed To this point whether in the trea-
ty of 1893. az we'll as in the previous
grants, and commissions to Governors sent
to rule over the British Provinces of North
America, for they all employ the same
language IN describing the huundarles) il
was intended that the true River St. Cioix
should he the Western or Eastern Branch
of the Scandiac. itself branch OF that
river. The language OF the Cd article of
the trtatv is As follows:-''F rom the N.
West Angle Of Nova Scotia. tu wit: that
angle which is formed by line drawn
due North from the source of the St Croix
River to the Highlands which divide those
rivers that empty inIo the ST.. Lawrence,
from thuse which fall into the Atlantic
ocean, TO the North westernmosi head OF
the Connecticut river; thence down along
the middle ,f that river to the 45th degree
of North Latiude-Easi by line 10 he
drawn along the middle of the river ST.
Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fun
dav to its source, and from its source di-
rectv North, 10 The aforesaid Highlands
which divide the rivers tha, fall into The
Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into
the River ST, Lawrence. In Jays treaty.
concluded in 1874, Il commission was
named to determine the true ST. Croix.-
The British Agent, under that commission,
cnnfended for the Western Branch of The
Scanliac as Tho true ST. Cmix, and n con-
fnrmiiv with the Treaty. of 1883, a line
should run thence due North until itreach-
ed The waters flowing into the St. Law
renee, which would be al the Highlands
named in the Treaty, and consequently
'.the North West Angle Of Nova Scotia"
The British Agent having determined this
point. for the reasons that if the Western
Branch of the Scandiac is the true 81.
Croix, and line is run thence due North,
of necessity crossing the ST. Johns. il will
give 10 each nation the mouths of the rv-
ers rising in its territory, while fthe East
ern Brunch of that river is decided to he
the true ST. Croix, and line is thence run
due North. it will not only of necessity
cross The ST. Johns, but will cut the terri
tory of New Brunswick within fifty miles
of Frr'lercktou, its Metropolis, and also
cnt off The sources of rivers which fall into
the 9sv of Chaleurs. This was the SOL
emn decision Of The Agent of the British
Government
Such was the state nflhe dispute up to
1894, and il was moi until 1919, that Great
Britain commended that line due North
from the source Of the ST. Croix must not
cross the ST. Johns (its Agent having SOL
emnly decided that it must Of necessity
cross that -iver) and that all isolated mnun-
tain called Mars Hill constitutes the High
lands which divide the waters empiyins
themselves into the ST. Lawrence, from
those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean,
thus ridculously assuming that the rivers
which rise in that portion Of the Highlands
called Mars Hill. fall into the ST. Law
renee, while not particle Of water within
100 miles of this Mountain, falls into that
river. We have 40 time 10 continue our
remark, on this subject, but shall shortly
resume them.