New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-25

ne treaty. BY means Of these cornnron,.s. fro.,,
and frankly assented to by the Imperial C,b;ns, Tho
tnc Of demarkation has been carried over mora
three-fourths its whole extent. There are nov but
two breaks to be made up on the whole line. With
that object in view the Commissioners on the 18th b,
Of August drafted and signed preliminary copvsntiop
stating all the points in which they had agreed and
specifying such as required final decision on the mart NJ
the contracting powers This Convention brings under
the judgment of the Cabinets four alternatives submt
ted for their choice. The plan rests ON 40 vv;.o,,
combined system of equivalents that each Of the
two interested parties acquired geographically the
surface of SOIL whichever may be the alternative
on which the option of the Cabinets may turn The
two gaps to be filed up confined TO two localities.
frst, the course OF the Upper Yapukh secondly the
City OF Bograd As to the former Of these points the
text Of the treaty called for the Yalpkh River as the
frontier line. stream called the Andrsevka River
in its course forks into two branches one of them bear
ing the name of Yalpukh and the other Yalpukhe.
The letter of the treaty would apply to the former but
The second lno of Yalpouhke would give Modayia
an enlarged boundary. The Commissioners re-.
served this question for the decision Of the Cabinets
So far as the second controvered point is concerned
the City OF Bolgrad, it seems 10 be controlled by a
question Of good faith. II stands thus: When. in the
n
principle as to the new demarkation, the Plenpoten-
tares Of Russia frankly explained the Importance of
not disconnecting the Bulgarian colonies from the
City of BOlgrad which is their principal town.
This municibicifa consideration, advanced without
evasion or reservation, in spirit of concord and
Cancellation, met with the unanimous SURFACES Of
all the representatives. II was consequently re-
solved by common consent to have the line of
dprnar kaf,o RIM NJ is loid
in the clear and precise text of the twentieth article.
This resolution not adopted inspection of the
maps exhibited in the conference by the Penpoten-
iaries Of Russia. Printed they were in Russian
text they might have been deemed not sufficiently in
tegible by all the representatives assembled in the
Conference hence they to their conclusions from
an examination submitted to them by the attention Of
the French Cabinet 1t is important that this fact
should be here recalled. 1t proves that if
there has been any imperfection in the maps, the
Plenipotentiaries of Russia cannot its
responsibility. The drectness of their language had,
besides removed every ground for misunderstanding.
They had declared that the City of Bolgrad-posses-
session Of which it important to to Rus
sia-wns the principal town in the Bulgarian colonies.
This declaration carried neither reticence misunder-
Standing nor circumvention. BY their concurrence in
the wishes expressed by the Plenpoentiares Of Rus
STA in the Congress, witnessed to their of
wisdom and equity. In fact, their decision of the
question of Bolgrad put end to the debate Article
20 was .worded in conformity with the resolution
adopted at the sitting of the 10th of March, The
Penpotentiaries of Russia, however, deemed it their
duty to stpulate for the Interior approval of their
Court. That was announced by Count Orlof at the
sitting of March IA, protocol 9. In this grave deb-
GRAFTON, must be stated the understanding Of the
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feet and their intention to leave to Russia possession of
Bograd the principal town of the Bulgarian Colonies,
was equally unanimous. There is doubt that
the Cabinets, in ratfying the acts of their plen-
potentiaries, harbored idea of calling into ques-
ton. or disavowng the spirit of equity and har.
monv which had directed their abors. The
first cause of dissensiOn arose at that moment only
when the respective Commissioners repaired to the
ground of operations. They then ascerained that Boil
grad instead of location at some distance from lake
Yalpoukh as laid down in all the maps, was confined
in the north on the extremity of that lake. Its true
position being thus ascetaned on the spot gave rise
10 divergence of opinions among the respective Com
missoners as to the location of the outline Of limits in
trused to their care. The Russian Commissioners pro-
posed to take as the limit of the line 'thalweg, tine
"bed of the valley" This is not Russian but Mol
dayan word-leaving the left margin OF the lake 10
Russia and the right to Modava. This construction
was deemed nadmissibe by the other Commissioners
In tn. opinion access being open to Russia on the
left margin of the lake, might have Justihed some
apprehension lest the imperial government shoud
avail itself of the facility of putting on that
lake aotila, the existence OF which might SUISSE
ouently control the free navigation OF the Danube inns
suppo.ition We must be allowed to say, in reality,
hardly tailed with the nature of the locality. Besides
had the plan of the Russian Commissioners been ad-
mitted, all cause of apprehension would have oeen
removed in the very anticipation by the express pro-
vision that the Russian authorities should have the
DISMISSAL Of the "Mere BraAdwacht toll boat-for
s.n;t,rv and Custom House purposes. Such condi-
ton was beyond all doubt, calculated 10 remove any
Che slightest apprehension as to the free navi-
cation Of the Danube. The proposiion Vi INC ""'
s;an Commissioners, however, met with stubborn OPP
ro.;,;on The French Commissioner, with tie view
IF recopcipg the clashing opinions, suggested new
,. that of raising causeway along the lake, assume
y as the base of the frontier line, and thus separa'e
tha Cv Of Bolerad from the shores of Lake faPoahn
r.sorvny TO the inhabitants the privilege OF
.o..,,,,,;.s,;ro with the shores Of tie lake ior
O. d.;lx reouire ments. This combination gave
A. uho,s lake TO Moldavan jurisdiction, whiie
po,or.d the principal town of the Bulgarian
Co1e,;o, remained in possession OF hussla'
IT. his nan which reconcied all the interests 10 DO
,n.;n,,nsd and all caution to be observed on oo'n
"a. ,h immortal Cabinet of Russia felt no hes1alo
:: a;,,;r, In cordial assent. The Austrian, Enghsu
"a T,,t;.h Commissioners were not authorized 70
-, mi. mean term. In their view OF the question:
a. e.,,.;sr line instead of running south OF nog'au
A. nr;,c;nal town. as had been understood py .n0
Cnra,ess and as expressed by Article 2otn Oh 'no
-. 10 have Terminated south OF the point