The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-27


VA b seeu ~ the movements on tie part q
the States Of Alabama, Georgia. AID HosiA
- wcA o. the authorities ct wsshington, e.
there V reason 70 hope the difficulties % long pss'
ing. In regard 70 the Northern boundary or -
State, viii soon be settled. -
After repeated attempts heretofore made By u.
States themselves TO afiix the boupdeT befwr
Georgia and Florida had failed, ths qttsr vas ~
for final adjustment; but as yet, the court hes -
come to any decision, for want Of aataeei1 en-,
evidence on some points. II Is underwood noe
however, that the Governors Of Georgia and flce,
dc bad recently, on behalf OF each State, appotpke
ieatifo and Intelligent commissioners and sulxey
oss. who sre instructed to meet u White BprinSa
to consult and proceed to collect such inteligeac
and data, In relation to the line between thu tvs
States. as win enable the court to determine when
the line should be established, In accordance viz
the treaty with Spain.
That treaty directs that line should b run fssu
the head waters Of 81. Marys river to . point 90
the Chattahoochse, in north latitude SO Dc eroos.
E)hcott, acting under instructions from tho Uuit
States met like commission on the part Of Spaii
who entered the St. Mary's at its mouth. and
versed it up to what they supposed to be the be-
two months in surveying and in astronomicai obsss
vations, they settled upon the latitude Of a iaAG
ceaible point, around which they dfsw ciscle. q
adopted the central 40 point OF beginning, ana.
being The source Of the s.. Mays river; and 2
miles north, SO degrees 80 minutes west, the bon
Diary between Georgia and Florida would interk, e
the Chattahoocbee In latitude 50 degrees north. 3
present terminus Of the south boundary Of Alah
ma; but before their duties could be completed, .
outbrak OF the Indians occurred, by which the
were prevented from further progress.
Subsequently, Mcneil was instructed to pro
turning the line frem ttahoochee, asi
ed in the notes of Ellicott and the Spanish
neers, to the point established by them as tho b.
waters Of the st. Marys river, which he did, &
that line is now the present boundary between Cog
gia and Florida
But bis operation was not satisfactory TO Georgia.
It seems that in proceeding east he digreased north
and In marking out the line found he was more thn
,ne and half miles north Of the centre Of the in
ccessibie point referred to above.
This err6r Georgia refused to allow, aud oIama
that Elcott and the Spanish surveyors erred n D.
termning the source Of the north branch Of the 81
Mary's, asb being properly the head waters Of ths
river and assume that the river takes It's rise uch
farther south; that the stream, commonly known -
the south prong of st. Marys should be considered
as the principal branch OF the river. Florida, o.
the other hsnd claims that the point established b
not the head waters of the river but that it's rss i
farther north; that Georgia now holds large por.
ton of land, which, of right, belongs TO Florida
So great has been the difference Of opinion - to
where the boundary line should be established, that
every effort by the States to settle the matter has
Now, however, it may be expected that the re-
Gently appointed commission will collect such facts
in relation to the whole matter as will enable the
Court to settle the boundary upon equitable priar
ciples. sa "a ~ a....l... II.
An error somewhat similar occurred about 17oo,
with Elcott, in establishing the boundary between
Florida and Alabama, though Of not such magni-
tude, and was much easier corrected. The dfmouE
ties having been adjusted Satisfactorily = both
States, by the authorities ut Washington, tho line
has lately been run and marked by Mr.. B. r. Whk
ner,jr, under the direction Of the present surveys
In starting from point Of the Perdido liver, and
running east, to given point on the chaetahso.
his position on the Chattahoochee, that he vssahoa
. mile and half further north than he should be
and having marked and bazed his line all the ~
Though, calculated the angle he had made IN deyt.
atng nom his proper course, corrected back % tte
Perdido, by running lines due south from his r.
dom line, and throwing up mounds al the way.
though these mounds he never connected. Oonse-
quentty, the surveyors both Of Alabama and Florida
found the random line made by EIlicott and. r.
though an erroneous one. adopted It - the houn.
their work uponit. -
The mound line being the true line, has Lately
been connected by Mr.. Whitner, which has thrown
2 very considerable portion Of land on from this
boundary has formed fractional townships and SC
tons, IS well as cut large proportion Of the phi
States, and to avoid difficulties hereafter the eals
Of lands in those townships has been superseded;
while the Surveyor General, acting under instruc.
tons from the Commissioner Of the General Land
Once, has employed deputy, who will shortly
enter upon his duties instructed to resurvey tAoce
fractional lands on the State line, and ascertain
thsi, exact contents; and, also, to survey al tho
their locality, that all confusion may be avoided IN
issuing patents to persons owning lands lying in
both States and in all probability the whole mat
ter viii be Satisfactorily arranged In few months.