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

IN cypress MESSENGER arrived on SUNDAY rrit
from Sir john Harvey demanding Of the G1,r,.o.
Inc rec0Ii ol thc forces sent BY orr Gn,cruor a.,
The Aroos'ook, asserting That he was instructed f
maintain EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION over l.
territory IN dlsputc, and that he should do 50 a.,
. military iurccs under his command TIM t,css,..
WIS lad before the Legislature Yesterday bv Ill,
Governor, and ia the mean time an sunday ,,.
nlng orders were issued t. the Nnj,r Ga,o,,'s ..
the several divisions IN the .lsie to hold tbaircor
mandS IN fca dlness to detail each ono tboo,,,l
men.
II does not appear from the Proclamation tl,t
the Governor Of New Brunswick Ind npthori,,l
the resistance made by the rcssna scrs ia tho c,.
OF The Land Arcnt, or that he was aware that In.
land Agen, hal been scn' on h- expedition by tho
highest authority in Maine. Ye probably lsd no
oihcmI knowledge Of the fact. but We can scarcely
believe he was wholly ignorant, Of the authorized
character OF the force OF Maine. We shall soon
see IN what way he will treat the Land Agent.
One thing seems clear, however. that he clan.
10 exercise exclusive Jurisdiction over the tcrrory
where these tresspasscs were committed Now az
las territory Is in tho Counties of Pcnobscot and
Washington on townships located fonr,ccu years
ago IN the vicinity of the Aroostook River. where
Name and Massachusetts, have exercised iur,sdic.
non Tor half a century, We think the question n
jurisdiction should he met al once md # nfer Mr.
Rogers has nm interview with Gov Harvey he shall
not immediately release the Land Agent, or if he
shnli attempt to rcpcl the American force bv BIZ
lsh troops, let Us have the issue at once. LET The
smtrd be dratca and he .c1bJDrd be hro,sn o,,,,
and II the General Government at WASHINGTON cig
not sustain us lei us call Htssqcl,uscvs 10 ouy all
on4 tent up far volunieec. in all The other State.
We have suffered indigDlllcs and insults enough.
II our Land Agent cannot be sent to pro,ec, IN.
property Of the State from thieves without heng
seized ms cuIprlt, and put into Fredcrckton jld.
It Is time iba, we showed little of the spirit Il
10 aud not only rally to defend oar territory, bot
peradVentnre demollsh the prison II, Frederlck'on
""''' nus ''r years been a standing monument Of
our Disgrace.
Gov Fairfield on Sunday sent n epeciol ncss,,o
To Washington. md issued orders calling gu, one
thousand men from the Eastern Division of the MI
litia of this State.
a volonleer corps Of 80 men left this town on
Sunday forenoon, under the command orCapt John
Ford, an energetic and efficient man.
we must come 10 blows let there be no chiIls
play about it--no backing out. Let officers ha,e
the command who are brave md discreet
who VIII not waste human blood nredlessy but A.
bove all. who will not bring dShonor upon the
State.
The first news We bad ofthe ca pture Of the Land
Agent by tho tresspassera, aud their offer to er-
change prisoners by swapping him or his aid Cush-
'nan, lor yoke of steers. was well calculated 10
ihro" an air ofrIdlcu!e over the expedition bot
subsequent Intelligence makes the matter too re.
rlons for levi,y ana We hope our State authorize,
VII lake care to make serious business Off 0,
all events aud not permit IT to be settled IN H.aa.
ner oerogatory 10 or interest aud honor.