Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-11-24
THE TIRE At 7.
By the President fthe United States Of .7mer;ca
q PR)CL4.lL.fTTON.

&feeH oi I've Cnite0 Kingdom Ut (rFea
Britain and Ireland, was concluded an,
signed by their p'enipot entiarics. a
Washington, on the ninti dav of August
, one thousand eight hundred and forty
two. which treaty is, word fo~ word. a.
,'aws:
: 4 treaty to,settla and def lie the bounda
RES between the Territories Of the u
States anal The possessions of her Bri
tans'ie Majesty in North America: fol
the final suppression of the African
slave-trade: and FIR the giving up 81
! criminals, fugitive, from jasticc, il
certain cases:
Whereas. certain portions of tae line
| Of bound ry between the United States
I OF America and the British tlaminions in
| North Americr. described in the o. art
Of the treaty Of peace Of 1898, have no,
yet been ascertained and determined.
not withstanding the repeated attempts
! which have been heretofore made for that
purpose: anI whereas. it is now thong
to be for the interest of both parties. that,
J avoiding further discussion of their re-
.spective rights, arising in this respect
under The said treaty, they should agree
nn Il conventional line in said portions of
the SAID b0lnds,Y, such as may be con-
ifrcnient to bnth parties, with such equiv
alents and COM peusations as are deemed
! Just and reaso 1ab'e: and whereas. bv the
treaty concluded At Client. on tie Gath
! of Decem Der. 1914, between the United
States and his Britannia Majesty. an ar
ticie was agreed to and inserted, Of the
following tenor: 'Art..lo. Whereas. the
l'trafli: in slaves IS irreconcilabIe with hu-
! m unity and jastice: and whereas. both
his u iieaty. and the Unite'i States, are
DESTROYS Of continuing their efforts to
| PROMOTE its entire abolition. it is hereby
agreed that both the contracting parties
! shall use their best entleavors to accom-
p'ish 81 desirable aH object and Wh ,re-
Us, Notwithstanding The laws which have
a; various times been passed by the two
governments, and The eFlrts made to
suppress it. that criminal traffic is still
pros ccutcd and carril on: aud whereas.
1t is found expedient, for the better AL
mnistration OF Justice an the prevention
OF crime within the territories and siuris-
dtctloa oil the two parties respectively,
that persons com Uniting the crimes here
lnailer enumerated. and being ia siives
from.justice. should. under certain cir
-cumstances. be reciprocaly delivered
up: the United States Of America and
her Britannia Mai ssty. having resolved
to treat On these several subjects, have.
for that purpose. appontel their resrec-
i've potentiaries 10 negotiate and
fconc's'le treaty; that is to say, the
president IF the United States has, on
his part, furnished with full powers, Dan
icl Webster, Secretary cf State Of the
Unted States. and her Britannia Males
ty has, on her part. appointed the right
honorable Alexander Lord Asburton. a
peer Of the United Kingdom, and her
Malesty's plenipotentiary on "a special
mission to the United State; who, after
a reciprocal communication Of their re.
sPectlve fall powers, have agreed to and
signed the following articles:
ARTICLE i.
It is hereby agreed and declared that
the line OF boundary shall be as follows:
Beginning at the Monument at the
source Of the river St. Croix, as detigna-
ted and agreed to by tie commissioners
under the 18th article in the treaty of
1894, between the governments Of the
United States and Great Britain; thence
north, following the exploring line, run
and marked by the surveyors Of the two
governments in the years 1872 and 1918,
under the 5lh article Of the treaty Of
Client, to its Intersection with the river
st. John. and to the middle Of the chan
/ nel thereof; thence, up the middle OF
the uain channel of the said river St.
iulin, to the mouth Of the river ST. Frau
els: thence, up tue middle OF tlv channel
| II the said river st. Francis, and If the
axe through which it flows, to the outlet
| Of the Lake pohenagamooa thence,
! southwest. rlv. in a Straight line, to a
poit on the northwest branch Of the riv-
er ST. John. which point shall be tel.
| niless,listaut from the main branch oil
| tie St..John. in straight line, aid IN the
nearest direction; but if the said point
shall BE- found to be less than seven miles
from the nearest point of the summit or
crest Of the highlands that divide those
rivers which empty themselves into the
river ST. Lawrence from those which fall
into the river st. John. then the said
point shall be made to ,ecede down the
said northwest branch of the river st.
John, TO point seven miles in straight
line from the said summit or crest
i thence. in straight line, in a course
bout south eight degrees west, to the
point where the parallel Of latitude Of 46
dec. 25 miil. north I,tersects the south
ives. branch Of the ST. John thence, sou.
therly, b, TIE said branch, to the source