Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-08-04
THE BRiTIsu TReArY-The National In

\ THE BRITISH TReATY.-The National In.
tellgencer gives this accoun, Of the Treaty /:
"Lord Ashburton is believed to have held
out long for the entire Madawaska settlement.
But the Maine Commissioners are said to
have been as immovcablc as any four pine
stumps on the disputed territory. So Maine,
under the arrangement. goes to the river St.
Johns. 1t is not unlikely, we learn. that the
line which the Dutch arbiter decided for the
line of the St. Johns and the st. Francis, will
be agreed to. But then Maine gets, what the
Dutch King did not give her, the navigation
of the river : and this trebles The value of all
her tall pine trees. Westwardly Of The ST.
Francis, England takes Il tract of mountain
land. untimbcred, and of no earthly value bu
as a boundary and she rclmqushes to the
United States Rouse's Point, the key OF
Lake Champlain, and large territory hereto.
fore supposed to belong 10 New York aud
Vermont. but which turns out to lie north Of
the 45th degree of latitude. aud is therefore
part of Canada. 1t is said TO be, and proba-
bly is, in consequence of this cession, that
the United States Government agrees to pay
a small sum To each of The States of Maine
and Massachusetts for the acres they have
parted with; not more than quarter as
much, however, as Gen. Jackson offered to
give to Maine alone. during his Admnls,ra-
ton, in the year 1882.
1t is thought there are questions Of boun.
dary further up, as the Secretary OF State has
summoned here the Commissioners, &c. who
ran the line, or endeavored to do so, under the
Treaty Of Client .(but could not always agree J
from the River ST. Lawrence to the lake of
the Woods and it is supposed that all re.
naming questions, in that rolf world will
be settled,
As to the various other questions, not con-
nce,ed with boundaries, which are the sub.
ject of negotiation, nothing is known. Every
body is hard at work, however; and Judging
from mems faces, when met IN Public, we
should say it is expected that every thing will
come out about right.
Though, as we have already intmated, we
speak without authority, We have no doubt Of
the general truth Of what we have stated
above"
The outline thus given-and, as from pri.
vatc advices from Washington, given, we do
not doubt, with entire accvocy-shoud salts.
fy every honest and patriotic American with
The result Of The negotiation as TO the II. T..
Boundary.
We have every reason to believe, that
terms not less honorable and advantageous
have bcen agreed on as TO the Creole. and
Caroline, the right OF visitation, aud, which
was an unexpected result, the right Of i'm
prcssmenl; hitherto topic almost tabooed by
England TO American negoliatOrs.
IL such should turn out, as we fully believe
il will, to be the case, this whole nation (ba-
ting some few desperate politicians perhaps n
vii hail with joy such termination Of The
long protractcd aud irritating controversies
with our own race and knh and kin on the
other side OF the Atonllc--nnd award just
praise to those who have accomplished the
bcncGcent work; for "blessed," thrice blessed.
ARE the pcocc makers."-.E u .4mcricm.