Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-03-23
THE BOUNDARY Bs.TwEES MARYLAND
AND VIRGINIA.

introduced into the Legislature OF this State,
and resolution has passed The House of
Delegates for having the boundary line in
vestIgated and established. MARYLAND has
been ready for this. but Virginia never be:
fore evinced 4 desire, to meet the question
and have It settled. The subject Is of gen.
eral importance, and the following state.
ment OF it, furnished by correspondent of
the Pittsburg Gazette, will be read with in.
terest:
Virginia was held under an early char
ter, (1609) which might be constituted to
embrace the whole of the present, State Of
Maryland. In 1892 Charles the II. grant.
ed to Lord Baltimore territory which was
bolinued on the North by rather vague
and indefiQitc line. which has since been
settled and become famous as Mason and
DiXon's line, eriend,ng into The true meridi-
an of the first fountain Of The rivsr Potomac,
aud from thence tending toward the south
unto the further bank of said river, ald fol-
lowing the west and south side thereof un-
to a certain place called Cinquack, near the
mouth Of said river, &c..
"The difficulty between the two States a.
rises of the words which I have placed in
Italics.
I'm the year TO- grant was made by
Charles the II. to Lord Fairfax, of the coun-
try called the Northern Neck of Virginia,
lying between the Rappahannock ard Poto.
mac rivers, embracing about one-fourth of
the State as it nov stands, now containing
twenty odd counties. In October, 1916.
Lord Fairfax proceeded to fix the extreme
western limit of this grant, and of course
the Southwest corner Of Maryland. Wheth-
er he did this by himself or IN company
with Commissioners representing Mary
land, have not, with the means just now
in reach, been able to ascertain and this IS
certainly very importan! point in the de.
cision of the question at issue. The ques.
ton which would first present itself, would
be, Which is the first fountain of the Poto-
mac ? 1tmight possibly mean thefirst foun-
tain of that river as VIC 60 westward from
the Delaware, that is.the most eastern foun-
tain. THIS would, throw Baltimore and An
,napolis both in Virginia. This, however
has never been contendcd for and the con-
struction placed on the words first foun-
tain seems to have been The most remote
from the mouth Of the river, or the nearest
to the mountains.
"Lord Fairfax's agent probably perceiv-
ing that the North Branch of the Potomac
seemed to have more western direction,
selected It and followed it up to its foun-
fam which is at the extreme western point
of Hardy county, in Virginia, and there
planted stone known and laid down on
the maps as Fai.far's StoAe. This stone
marks the southwest corner of Mary land
as now recognized. This State has, how
ever, long denied The correctness of that
location, and contended that the South
Branch of the Potomac is her true boun-
dary, and that the real first fountain must
be found by following that branch to its
most distant fountain. Should she succeed
in this claim, she will increase her terrific
ry considerably. taking from Virginia near
ly one-half of Hampshire county more than
a half of Hardy, Randolph and Preston
1t would place the southwest corner Of
Maryland about fifty miles further south,
and little further west than Fairfax's
stone, and woi'd place the BALTIMORE and
Ohio Railrod, from thc south fork of the
Potomac to point seven or eight miles
west Of the Youghiogany river, entirely iii
Maryland, something like the Virginia Pan
Handle along the Ohio, between North
Eastern Virginia anu fhe Ohio river. The
southwest corner Of Maryland would be
f south of.Alexandria on the Potomac, and
Of Point Pleasant on the Ohio. We may
readily suppose. that the Old Dominion will
not be very prompt in submitting to such o
5 Disagreement Of her domain.
@S. Tn Kids ,Own Journal we find some
interesting facts about eating. Every ami
NAL eats az much as it can procure, and as
much as it can hold. A cow eats but to
sleep, and sleeps but to eat and not con-
: tent with eating all day long, 'twice IT slays
the slain" and eats it over again. "a
whale swallows ten millions Of living
shrimps at draught; nursing canary
bird eats its own bulk in day, and cat
efpillar eats five hundred times its own
weight before it lies down TO rise butter
: 1y. The mite and maggot eat The very
world in which they live; they nestle and
build in their roast beef; and the hyena,
ro'r want Of better fare, eats himself. Yet
maggot has not the gout,, and The whale
is not subject to sciatica. Nor do We ever
hear that an Esquimaux is troubled with
the toothache, dyspepsia, or Mysteries.
1 though he eats len pounds of seal and drinks
, gallon Of oil at meal, and though his
meal lasts as long as his meat.
A ReBuF'F-A worthy man in this great
metropolis recently visited medium" to
!, witness the wonders of spiritual rappings.
! He had lived twelve years with a notorious
!; shrew, who at last died, soon after which
he married ayoung woman OF. comely per-
son aad pleasant disposition. On inquiring
if any spirits were present, he was answer
ed by raps in the affirmative. "Who:"
"The spirit of Melinda, your deceased
wife," "Ahw exclaimed he, with res-
turc Of alarm but recovering himself, be
kindly inquired, "are you satisfied with
your condition. Are you happy" "Pcr.
fectly so, replied the spirit. "So am It'
grufiy exclaimed the ungaIlant inquirer,
as he turned upon his heel and walked Of,
-Boston Journal, 10M.
! &Sp Middle names were unkown among
the early Puritans. "As late," says fhe
Boston Transcript "as the year 1900 few
men had middle name. But, since that
period children have been christened with
from, two 10 four given names. We have
examined the list of names of The children
in some of our public schools. The result
Of the inquiry was, that of the American
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