The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-03-05

writer from Albany to the Rochester Democrat
gives somewhat amusing account sf a long-stand
ing boundary controversy. He says;
81 For something near one hundred and fifty
years there has been an unadusted boundary dis.
pute between the sovereign and independent
States Of New York and Connecticut. At the last
session Of Legislature a commission WIS au-
thorized to settle it, and the members, accom- a.
MED by corps of engineers, have been engaged
in efforts to that end Connecticut also had | Ike
mmi, sion, but the result is a disagreement. -
Whether any serious consequences will follow
m " not yet be with certainty predicted.
The pre- ent supposed line is very crooked
one, and probably fixed om time 10 time to sw, ep
around the possessions of settlers whose prefer.
ences inclined in favor of one the Other States,
according to caprice or early association, Thus.
one settler might prefer allegiance to the land of
pure Yankeeam, while his next neightor elected
to be citizen of the Empire State and by this
means zig gag course followed, which. as
we now see, has resulted in embarrassments not
readily removed. The policy of Connecticut
seems to be to hold as much territory possible,
because Of the material aid the taxes collected on
the disputed territory afford to her treasury
| The citizens also divided and dislike in mos I
cases - give up their allegiance to the State
whose jurisdiction they have lived. There is o e
tile village in the territory in dispute where
present line runs directly through the priucipa.
street. On tbs east side is Connecticut, aud on
the west New York. The Connecticut folks OF
place have to 60 four miles to get TO the centre
of their town, for elections, &c, while the New
YoIkers have poll held iu the only ho,el in the
place on the west side. This distuIb bs the goud
feeling of our eastern friends who think they ar,
denied advantages accorded to the New Workers
and creates an inducement in IaYor Of 'anuexa
zion, although open advocacy of the measure woulC
be as unpopular us RePublieaBisR in South Caro-
lima.
Connecticut. too, has a Maine law, which il
pretty rigidy enforced while on our side, hotels
groce les, aud free whiskey' are unmolested. o
course there are some suckers still lett in Con
necticut and, to say nothing of the effects 0
bad New York liquor upon the east side residents
The New York residents are slyly draining none
from thei neighbors For this there are but thrt
remedies annexation Of the entire village to Con
necticut. SO that all shall be prohibited the op
posite measure Of g.v'ngi to New York, and al
lowing all to sell or the passage of Maine Law
by New York. As it is, Connecticut may strictl
enforce her law, but she cannot restrain her guz
: zlers from crossing over to New York an comm
back as drunk as they please to make themselves
n and for the offence of getting drunk in ancthe
State it is doubtful whether any punishment ca
be inflicted.
But, aside from all the Ii tie vexations whic
people whose interests really the same, 1t
very desirable that the boundary should be SCI
tied. II New England should some day gro
rampant for dissolution, like South CaroliDz, I'll
good people Of Hitchcock Corners would pre-
badly like to know which side they reAll
belonged. and 'uader which King-the New Yor
- King or some other-thev might be called to
', battle"