Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-09-17
A trREAItY

~sr4sions Of Ihef Hrttannic MqjeSty IN NORTH
America. iOr He .fAai suppression d IN
African Stare I'raie. anti lor m kirihg NJ
W Crfmtnats, fagititeS Jrom lnstiee, IN eer.
lain caRrs.
Whereas, certain portions Of the line o
boundary between the IT,. =. A. aud the British
dotninions in North America, described in the
| Second Article OF the Treaty Of Peace in 1888
have not yet been ascertained and determined
not withdrawing the repeated attempts which
have been heretofore made for that purpose
ard whereas itais now thought to be for the in
fsrcst Of both parties, that, avoiding further
discussion of their respective rights, arising
in this respect under the said treaty, they
should sgree on a conventional line such as
may be convenient to both parties, with
suclt equivalents and conpeiisatienH. as
are deemed lust aud reasonable And where
as.hy the treaty concluded nj Client, on
the Oath day of December, 1914 between
the u. s. and lis Britannia Majesty. an artl-
els was agreed 10 and inserted VI the following
teuuor, viz :"Art. 10. Whereas the traffic in
slaves Is irreeencileable with the principles Of
humanity and Justice And whereas, both
lis Maiesty and The United States are dosi.
r0uA Of continuing their efforts to promote it's
entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both
the contracting parties shall nsa tbeir best
endeavors 10 accomplish 80 desirable M o~tlert.'
zAAftt NFtureas, not .Iftffi=tatdittlg TIT ftHHA~*s 7#ltttft
have at various times have beer, passed by
ffe two governments, and the efforts 1nade TO
suppress it, that criminal traffic is eilll prose
cu'ed and carried on And. whereas. the
y. $. A. and Her Majesty, the Queen of the
United Kingdom oE6;eeaf Britain and Ireland,
are dctcfninhathat, So far AZ may be IN tIelr
power, it shall be effectually abolished, And
whereas it Ia found expedient for tho better
administration OF Justice and the prevention
Of crime within the tel tories and Jurisdiction
Of tho two parties respectively, that persons
committing The crimes hereinafter enumerated,
and being fugitiyss from Justice, should, IN
der certain circumstances, be raciprocnIIy dc.
Iiyersd M: The II. s. A. and Her Britannia
Majesty, having resolved TO treat on these sew
eral subjects, have for that purpose appointed
their respective plenipotentiaricF to negotiate
and conclude a treaty, that is to say, the Pre-
sident OF the United States has, On bis part,
furnished with full powers. Daniel Webster,
Secretly of. State Of the United sta'es and
her Majesty, the Queen OF the United king-
dom of Great Britain has, Oh her part. APP
pointer the Right Honorable Alexander Lord
Ashburton, d peer OF the said United Kingdom,
a member Of Her Maiesty's most honorable
PrIvy Council, and Her Mojesiy's Minister
Plenipo'entiary on n special mission to the
United States who after d reciprocal com
munication Of their respective full powers,
have agreed to and signed tho following arti-
cles
Ariic1r lit il hereby agreed and declared
that the line Of boundary shall be as follows !:
beginning at the Monument ut the source
of tho River ST. Croix, AZ designated and
agreed to by the Commissioners of the 9Th
Article IN the treaty of 1894, between the
Goyernmenta of the u. s. and Great Britain ::
thence Norlhsfollowing The exploring line run
and marked by The Surveyors Of the TWO Gov
ernments in tho years 1917 and 1919, under
the 9th article of the Treaty Of Client, to it,
intersection will, the river st. john 10 the
middle Of the channel thereof thence, MP the
middle of the main channel Of said river ST.
John, 10 the mouth of the river St. Francis /;
thence up the middle Of the channel Of the
said river st. Francis, and ofthe Lake through
| which it flows, TO the outlet Of the Lake 20
henagamook thence, southwesterly, IN a
straight line TO a point on the northwest branch
| of the river st. John, WHICH point shall be ten
miles distant from the main branch Of the st.
| JpfHt Ill Il NlTHlIHt lEIlEt fha III bht hSN'~'
direction but If the said point shall be found
to be less than seven miles from the neareBs
point or summit or crest Of the highlands that
divide those rivers which empty themselves
into the river st. Lawrence from those which
fall into tho river st. John, TO a point seven
miles in a straight line in a course about
south eight degrees west to the point where
the parallel Of latitude Of 1G deg. 25 min. north
.s..A H. aartH,taef bra, ,rb ff tho ~
John thence, southerly, by the said branch, tc
tho source thereof in the highlands at the
Me~tjarmette Portage thence, down along
The said highlands which divide the waters
which empty themselves into the River st
Lawrence from those which fall into the Az
Iantic Ocean, To the head Of Had's stream
thence, down tottle middle Of said atreaIfi u
the line thus run intersects the old Line Of
boundary surveyed and marked by Valentine
and Collins, previously to the year IVA, as the
A5th degree of north Latitude, and which ha:
been known and understood to be the line o
actual division between the States OF ne"
York and Vermont on one side, and the BRITISH
Province Of Canada on the other, and iron
said point Of intersection, west along the sai'
dividing line as heretofore known aud under
stood. to the Iroduois, OF st. Lawrence RlVef
Article lit is moreover agreed that ifon
the place were the JOINT commissioners ter
minated their lahors, under the sixth article
of the Treaty of Client, TO wits At a point Il
the Neebrik channel, near Muddy lake, tn
line shall run into and along the ship chan
mel, between st. Joseph and st. Tamlny Is
lands, to the division cfthe channel 1t OF neaI
the head of st. Joseph's Island thence, turn
ING eastu ardlv and ~northwardly, around tn
lower end of st. Georges, or Sugar Island
and following the middlaof the channel wine.
divides St. Georges from st. Joseph's lsland
thence, up the east Neebrik channel, neares
to ST. Georges Island through the mlddl
of Lake George thence west of Jouah,s j
land, into St. Mays river, to a point III IN
, middle of that river, about one 11Iie above -
Georges or Sugar Island, so as to approprlat
andassicn the said islandto the United State
: thence, adopting the line traced on the map
by the commissioners, through the river .
;, Mary and lake Superior, to a point north c
! of the Isle Royal, in said lake, 100 yards
| the north and east Of Use Chapeau' Whic
last mentioned island lies rear the nortbeas
ern point of Isle ROYAL where the line marke
by the commissioners terminates; ard ffo
the last mentioned point, southwestern
through the middle Of the, sound between Is
ROYAL and the northwestern Tnain-lahk, 70 II
mouth of Pigeon river, and at the SAID nv
y to. and through, the north and south 70
e Lakes, to the Lakes Of the Woods; them
e alonr the water Communication to Lake "a
saouinaga. and through that Lake thence
# and through Cypress Lake, Lac du Bols Bar
FAC Ia Croix. Little Virmillion Lake ard La
Namican, and through the several small
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