Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-04-11
From the Boston Duly AdUertiser Of March =.
IMPORTANT FROM MAINE.

lMHOhIANI 0aAA~Nb'
fv the Eastern mail of last evening, we
have received the following, which we cory
from the Augusta Tri-weckly Journal. IL
puts an end for the present to hostile meas
Ilrt.s on the frontier, and sets at rest all queS-
tions of controversy, until further lnstEuc.
ticns shall be received from the Br1lSh uOV-
nrnuoent The troops of Maine Will OF course |
Immediately return to their homes. MAJ
Gen, Scott seems to have acteo IN tnlS ahaIr
in the capacity of mediator.
Head Quarters, Eastern Division U. s. Army, J |
Augusta, Me-, 2lst, 1899.
The undersigned, Major General in the |
Army of the United States, being specially !
charged with maintaining the peace and !
safety of their entire Northern and Eastern |
frontiers, having cause to apprchend collls- |
ion of arms between the proXim0te forces OF
New. Brunswick and the State of Maine on
the disputed Territory which is claimed by |
both, has the honor, in the sincere desire OF
the United States 10 preserve the relations OF
peace and amity with Great Britain-rela- |
lions which might be much endangered by
such untoward collision-to invite from His
Excellency Major General Sir John Harvey,
Lieutenant Governor, &c. &C. general de-
claration to this effect.
That it is not the intention of the Lieuten-
ant Governor of Her Britannia Majesty's
Province of New Brunswick, under the ex-
pected renewal of negotiations between the
Cabinets of London and Washington on the
subject of said disputed Territory, without
renewed instructions to that effect from his
Government, to seek to take military possess
sion of that territory, or to seek by military
force to expel therefrom the armed civil pos
Sc, or the troops of Maine.
Should the undersigned have the honor to
be favored with such declaration or assu-
rance to be by him communicated to his Ex-
-cellency the Governor Of the State OF Maine,
the undersigned does not in the least doubt,
that he would be Immediately and fully au-
thorized by the Governor of Maine to COM
'muncate to His Excellency, the Lieutenant
Governor of New Brunswick, correspon-
ding pacific declaration to this effect =
That in the hope of speedy and salts
factory settlement, by negotiation between
the Governments of the United States and
Great Britain, or the principal or boundary
question between the State of Maine and the
Province of ew.Brunswick, it is not the in
tention of the Governor of Maine, without
renewed instructions from the Legislature Of
the State, to attempt to disturb by arms the
said Province, in the possession of the Mad
.awaska settlements, or to attempt to inter-
rupt the usual communications between that
Province and her Majesty's Upper Provinces !;
and that he is willing in the mean time, to
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diction as they at present stand that is,
Great Britain, holding, in fact, possession OF
part of said Territory, and the Govern
ment of Maine denying her right to such pos.
session and the State of Maine holding in
fact, possession of another portion of the
same Territory, to which her right is denied
by Great Britain.
With this understanding the Governor of
Maine will, without unnecessary delay, with
49, of ho Sfafo from a
said disputed Territory, leaving only, under
a Land Agent, small civil posse, armed or
unarmed, 10 protect the timber recently cut,
and to prevent future depredations.
Reciprocal assurances OF the foregoing
friendly character, having been, through the
undersigned, interchanged, all danger of col
lision between the immediate parties to the
controversy will be ut once removed, and
time allowed the United States and Great
Britain to settle amicably, the great question
of limits.
The undersigned has much pleasure in re.
newing, TO His Excellency, Major General
Sir John Harvey, the assurances of his an
cient high consideration and respect.
WINFIELD ScoTT.
To copy of the foregoing, Sir John Har-
vey annexed the following -
The undersigned Major General Sir John
Harvey, Lieut.. Governor of her Britannia
Majesty's Province of Brunswick, hav-
ing received proposition from Major Gene
raj Winfield Scott, of the United States Ar
my, of which the foregoing is a copy, here
by, on his part. signifies his concurrence and
!acquicsccnce therein.
Sir John Harvey renews with great pleas
ure to Major General Scott, the assurance of
his warmest personal consideration, regard
land respect. J. HARVEY.
Government House, Fredericton.
New- Brunswick, March IL, 1889.
To paper containing the note of General
Scott and the acceptance of Sir John Har-
. vey, Governor Fairfield annexed his accep-
lance in these words:
Executive Department,
.... Augusta, March 25, 1889. (
The undersigned, Governor of Maine, in
consideration Of the foregoing, the exigency
for calling out the troops of Maine having
ceased, has no hesitation in signifying his
entire acquiescence in the proposition of
Major General Scott.
The undersigned has the honor to tender
TO Major General Scott, the assurance of his
high respect and esteem.
JOHN FAIRFIELD
We learn that Gen. Scott has interchan-
geG the acceptances of the Governor and
Lieutenant Governor, and also that Gov.
Fairfield Immediately issued orders recall
ling the troops of Maine and for organizing
the civil posse that is to be continued for the
time, in the disputed territory. The troops in
this town will also be Immediately dischar-
ged.
The Presbyterian Law Cdse.-For the in
formation of persons not conversant with the
presbyterian controversy, we repeat what we
nave before stated, that the {" Realtors" in
whose behalf the verdict was rendered, re-
present the New School or Low Church par