Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1842-10-01

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sand acres Of territory more than she
would have had by the decision OF The
King of the Netherlands.
By the treaty of 1888, the line is t
proceed down the Connecticut river to the
forty-fifth degree of north latitude, anC
thence west by that parallel, till it strikes
the ST. Lawrence. Recent examinations
having ascertaineG that the line hereto.
fore received as the true line of latitude
between those points was erroneous, and
that the correction OF this error would moi
only leave, on the British side, a consid
cradle tract of territory, heretofore sup
posed to belong to the States Of Vermont
and New York, but also Rouse's Point
The site Of military work of the United
States, il has been regarded as an object
OF Importance, not onl y 10 establish the
rights and jurisdiction of those States,
upon the line to which they have been
considered TO extend, but also to compre-
bend Rouse's Point within the territory
of the United States. The relinquish-
ment by the British government of all the
territory south of the line heretofore con-
sidered to be the true line, has been OBJ
tanned; and the consideration for this re-
linquishment, is to enure by the provis-
ions of the treaty, TO the States of Maine
and Massachusetts,.
The line of boundary, then, from the
sources of the ST. Croix to the ST. Law
renee, so far as Maine and Massachusetts
are concerned, is fixed by their own con-
sent and for considerations satisfactory to
them; the chief of these considerations
being the privilege of Transporting the
lumber and agricultural products grown
and raised in Maine on the waters of the
st. Johns and its tributaries down that ri.
yer to the ocean, free from imposition
or disability. The importance Of this
privilege, perpetual in its terms, to a
country covered at present by pine forests
of great value and much of it capable
hereafter of agricultural improvement, is
not matter upon which the opinion Of
intelligent men is likely to be divided.
So tar as New Hampshire is concerned,
the treaty secures all that she requires,
and New York and Vermont are Quoted
to the extent of their claim and occupa-
ton. The difference which would be
made in the northern boundary of these
two States, by correcting the parallel of
latitude, may be seen in Tanners Maps,
$780, new Atlas. Maps Nos. 6 and 8.
From the intersection of the iorty-filth
degree of north latitude with the St.
Lawrence, and along that river and the
lakes TO the water communication be-
tween Lake Huron and Lake Superior,
the line was definitely agreed on by the
Commissioners Of the two governments,
under the sixth article Of the treaty of
Client. But between this last mentioned
point and the Lake of the Woods, the
Commissioners, acting under the seventh
article Of that treaty, found several mat
ters of disagreement, and therefore made
no joint report TO their respective gov
ernments. The first of these was Sugar
Island, or ST. Georges Island, lying in
st. Mary's river, or the water communi-
cation between Lakes Huron and Supe-
rior. BY the present treaty, this island
is embraced in the territories of the Unit
ed States. Both from soil and position, it
is regarded as of much value.
Another matter of difference was the
manner of extending the line from the
point at which the Commissioners arriv-
ed, north of Isle Royale, in Lake Superb
or, TO the Lake OF the Woods. the Brit
ish Commissioners insisted on proceeding
to the Fond du Lac, at the southwest an.
gle of the Lake, and thence by the River
st. Louis, to the Rainy Lake. The A.
merican Commissioner supposed the true
course to be to proceed by way of the
Dog River. Attempts were made to
compromise this difference but without
success. The details of these proceed
ings are found at lenth in the printed, Sc.
parate reports of the Commissioners.
From the imperfect knowledge of this
remote country, at the date of the treaty
of peace, some of the descriptions in that
treaty do not harmonise with its natural
features as now ascertained.-"Long
Lake" is nowhere to be found under that
name. There is reason for surprising,
however, that the sheet of water intended
by that name, is the estuary at the mouth
of Pigeon River. The present treaty a.
dopts therefore that estuary and river and
pursues the usual route, across
the height of land by the various portages
and small lakes, till the line reaches Raj
ny Lake; from which the Commissioners
agreed on the extension of it to its ter
in the north angle of the
Lake of the Woods. The region of coun.
try on and near the shore of the Lake be-
tween Pigeon River on the north, and
Fond du Lac and the River st. Louis on
The south and west, considered as MINER
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