Litchfield enquirer., 1839-03-21

from mile tree, making the northern line 240
miles in length.
Mr.. Barclay, on the part Of the British gov
eminent commended that the line ought to
commence at Mars hill in latitude 46 degrees
~ minutes, 40 miles north Of the casters
monument, and thence run south westerly
over and along the highlands between the wa
tiers of the st. John and Of the Penobsc0e, to
male tree-claiming that these are the highest
lands between the Atlantic and the St. Law
renee. Thus the commissioners could not
agree on the line, and to settle the eontrover-
ssy according to the provisions Of the treaty.
it was referred, Jan. ~, 1929, to William,
king of Netherlands, who ON the 10th Of Jan.
1881, gave his opinion that The boundary
line be drawn due north fronS the source Of
the river st. Croix to the point where It in
| tersects the channel Of the river st. John;
thence ascending the same channel TO the
point where the river st. Francois emptieS it.
self into that of the st. John-thence ascend
ing the channel of the st. Francois TO the
source of its southwesternmost branch
thence line drawn due east to the point
where it unites with the line, claimed by the
United States, delineated on the map A.
thence said line to the point at which accor.
ding to said map it comedies with that claim.
| ed by Great Brtaln-and thence the line
traced on the maps by the two powers, to the
northwestcrnmost source of the Connecticut
river" 9
1t will be seen that the line drawn by the
king of the Netherlands is not the one claim
ed by either party contemplated by the trea-
ty; consequently the true line remains un-
defined and the dispute unsettled. The
award of the king of Netherlands was OBJ
jectionable enough, disregarding the old and
long continued description OF the British pro-
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count the idea of highlands, which is the
very gist of the whole controversy. And
thus King William discovers that the high.
lands, dividing the rivers of the 81. Law
renee from the rivers of the Atlantic, are i'm
the middle of the channel of the 81. John,
one of those very Atlantic rivers.
The settlement OF Madawasca is on this
disputed tract and near the ST. Croix river.
Its population in 1920 was lila SOULS most
ly made up Of ancient French neusHals and
refugees from Nova-Scotia. s
Count the Cost.-When we see an in-
genous and high-n,inded young naan firss
begin to indulge in strong drink, we always
want to say to him 4" Count the Cost ~
you are taking the first steps, in course 10
which If you persist, you will become as
poor and degraded as that miserable man
whom you now see in the streets, the sport
Of rude and thoUghtless boys. Can il be-
that your now firm step will become uncer-
tain and lettering, and that Intemperance
will place his broad mark of infamy on
that manly an intelligent countenance II
has been in the case Of others. Take
warning from their fate. Taste not,
tonch not, handle not" Count the Cost.
When we see young ladies thinking
more Of the mysteries Of the toilet than
the pleasures Of acknowledgements Of or.
namenting the body than the adornment Of
, the mind-more in short Of the beauty
Which disease may and time certainly soiK
J very soon destroy, than Of the unfading
beauties ofholiness, we cannot help believ-
ing that they have not seriously counted
the cost. s
When we see parents permitting their
children to be irregular in their attendance
at school for every triAe. or to stay away
entirely and to lounge about the wharves
} and streets, we can hardly suppose that
they distinctly realize that all the while
they are training up children, who will
bring down their grey hairs with sorrow 10
the grave. ~ 81
, When we see the independently rich
. ever practically teaching their children that
some useful employments are not quite re-
f spectable,-.hat work is vulgar business,
and economy and prudence are hardly vir-
tues, we more than suspect they have for
gotten that many who began life with their
3 tAOusands have ended it in poor-house.
When We see q man, with "thoUghts
that wander through eternity" in world
SO full of proofs Of the existence Of God,
, embracing the cold and unloyeIy creed Of
the atheist, (if creed it may be called, and
trifling with death and sneering at the idea
Of future state, we cannot help saying 10
; him, friend, COUNT THE COST. You must
soon die. Your creed may be false. The
!. bible may be true. There may be God.
t who made and will Judge the world. The
D good mans heaven may after all prove q
/, reality-that bad mans hell no fiction, aud
the sceptic's dark dream mere deIusiOR.-
COUNT THE CoyT.
Fine E1tract.--Ths wreath Of the bard
may wither-tbe creations Of the sculptor
may moulder into dust--the throne Of the
conqueror may be shivered, by an oPpo-
sing power, into atoms-the fame Of the
warrior may no longer be hymn'd by the
recording minstrel-the hope Of the youth
. may be disappointed-b that which hal
lows the cottage and sheds glory around
the palace, (vIRTUE,) shall never decay. IL
is celebrated by the angels Of God-it is
written on the pillars Of Heaven and re-
fected down to earth. The rock-craeker.
who possesses it. is more noble than the
; intriguing statesman. would rather be
in his place. would rather have the " in
ward glory" with which the poor man " 10
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