Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1842-10-01

shire, and establishing her title to ioO,o0t
acres Of territory more than she would hav
had by the decision of the King of Neither
lands.
By the treaty Of 1898, the line is to pro
coed down the Connecticut river to thu
45th degree Of north latitude, and theme,
west BY that parallel, till it strikes the st
Lawrence. Recent examinations havin.
ascertained that the line heretofore receiv
ed as the true line of latitude between
those points was erroneous and that the
correction of this error would not only
leave, on the British side, a considerable
tract of territory, heretofore supposed &c
belong to the States of Vermont and New
York, but also Rouse's Point, the site of o
military work Of the United States, it has
been regarded as an object Of Importance
not only TO establish the rights and jurisdic
ton of those States, up to the line which
they have been considered to extend, but
also to comprehend Rouse's Point within
the territory of the United States. The re-
linquishment by the British Government oil
all the territory south Of the line heretofore
considered to be the true line, has been OBJ.
tanned, and the consideration for this rein-
punishment, is to cnure by the provisions OF
the treaty to the States Of Maine and Mas
sachusetts.
The line of boundary, then, from the
source Of the St. Croix to the St. Lawrence,
so far as Maine and Massachusetts are con-
cerned, is fixed by their own consent and for
considerations satisfactory to them; the
chief Of those considerations being the priv
ilege of Transporting the lumber and agricul-
tural products grown and raised in Maine
on the waters of the st. Johns and its trlb-
utaries down that river to the ocean, free
from imposition or disability. The impor-
lance of this privilege, perpetual in its terms,
to a country covered at present by pine
forests Of great value, and much oft capa-
bic hereafter ofagricultural improvement, is
not matter upon which the opinion OF in
telligent men is likely to be divided.
So far 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 occupation. The
difference which would be made in the nor
thern boundary of these two States, by cor
recting the parallel oflatitude, may be seen
in Tanners Maps, (ts36) new atlas. Maps
Nos 6 and 8.
From the intersection Of the 45th deg. OF
north latitude with the St. Lawrence, and
along that river and the lakes, to the water
communication between Lake Huron and
Lake Superior, the line was definitely a.
greed on by the commissioners Of the two
Governments, under the 9Th article OF the
Treaty of Client. But between this last
mentioned point and the Lake of the Woods,
the commissioners acting upon the 9TH ar.
ticle Of that treaty found several matters OF
disagreement,ah and therefore made no JOINT re.
port to their respective Governments. The
first of these was Sugar Island or ST. Geor-
ge's Island, lying in st. Mary's river, or the
Communication between Lakes Huron and
Superior. By the present treaty this Is
land is embraced in the territories of the U.
States. Both from soil and position, it is
regarded as Of much value.
another matter of difference was the
manner &C extending the line from that
point at which the Commissioners arrived,
north of Isle Royale, in Lake Superior, to
the Lake of the Woods. The British Com
missioner insisted on proceeding to the
Fond du Lac, at the southwest angle OF the
Lake, and thence by the River st. Louis to
the RAINY Lake. The American Commits
sioner supposed the true course 10 be to
proceed by way Of the Dog River. Az
iempts were made 10 compromise this dill
ference, but without success. The details
of these proceedings are found at length in
the printed, separate reports OF the Com
missloners.
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 supposing, however,
that the sheet of water intended Tor that
name, is the estuary at the mouth OF Pigeon
River. The present treaty adopts, there,
fore that estuary and river, and afterwards
pursues the usual route, across the height
of land by the various portages and small
lakes till the line reaches Rainy Lake; from
which the Commissioners agreed on the ex
tension of i, 10 its termination, in the north
west angle of the Lake Of the Woods
The region of country on and near the
shore of the Lake, between Pigeon River
on the north, and Fond du Lac and the Ri
yer ST. Louis on the south and west, con-
sidered valuable as mineral region, is thus
included in the United States. 1t embraces
territory of four millions OF acres north
ward of the claim set up by the British
Commissioners under the treaty OF Client
From the height Of land at the head OF II
geon River, westerly to the Rainy Lake
the country IS understood to be OF htt
value, being described by surveyors anc
marked ON the map as region OF rock ant
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