New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-17

tu's seton vss taken respecting tie bombay cor TO
yersy with this Ss;s, BY which irat.e vs. scns 70
he State AID s Conn nissioper. - wei a. 70 hs PEG
pis living near the boundary line. AZ one Of ,boee
Ccmuixoners ask spsce 70 make The props. c,r-ec-
tons in your paper, which is undoubtedly reed Nv
mere residents Of Correc,icus than any jSarrN puo
hshed within that State.
In the repor. adopted by the Ccrnec:icat Lss.l.-
.ure an attempt Is made TO throw upon the New
York Commissicn,rs the responsibility Of the -,spsn-
zion Of all proceedings since tie Summer Q: 1850 ard
the presen. confusion of tie whole busnsss, q fo,-
ews.
boundary line w.. mn AID uuk. and h,eues ~
psce stwv.n "a. Con.orer. tho two SsA;ss s-a. A<y
me- % I'd cust and settle the exp~ts.s @, the survey
4. meeting rsS,oned p.ivey refused . s.,.o
M M ss as No n :ss on s s a x
seee y one bali Of The sriat tcu the e~fyss
ro,ed wholly the on the p.r, q Ii. s.
New fort And N e aa,e. Of such di~rs, ~ loo
STATES"
1t is further stated thst at the las, session Of the
General Asstm mbly the Hop. Trumsn Smith w~ 6aed
TO the Conn cticu, Comm sion, and they were re-
"ques.ed 70 20 forward aud bring to a satisfactory
"oorclusion tie matter originally committed 70 t,em
as soon as n tquested thereto by the Corr!ss ,asp
- OF the State of Newloik and tina. so FAX ss .ney
have been able 10 secertain, no reqaes, EAs heea
"uace by sny Commissioner or Commissioners oc the
part oi the State Of New-York 10 40 io-~ ard end
ascertain and settle said boundary hbe sad there
fore the Connecticut Commissioners " arc not
bound to take any further action to brrg % a 50,
"isfactory ccncnsion the vsrious questions sAs'ns
concerning said boundary.
The Giscle pances between the above s,A.ealsnts
and the truth ae neither few nor unimportatI No
. .b5nHary ras run " The Commissioners geosr
met 10 adjRSt and Se.c ne expenses Of ne sarrsy"
The pa,ment of one-hslf the expense Of TIE s,r'
vevor tras n,rer made TIE condition of their ascent 20
sry IKE by the New-York Commissioners.
Il is not in Consequence of any refasal or nssse oi
hens that no line has been ascertaned.
Pris hy the essential facts are these: An eIpen-
mental or base line was run by the surveyors . m.e
distance eastward from the real bouuiafy, On US
LoIthen portion. This line never was rsc,sr sr.@sd o'
declared the boundary by the New-York Comm,ssos-
,rs. The Connecticut Commissioners were both sb-
cent when il Iup. As soon as It wac doce rest
g If the Commissioners was held, at our reque, ID
c,,ermine upon the steps for the compe,i,n 0. TIE
work Then the Connecticut men, covet.ng little
s.rio Of territory, insisted upon making ooaaaary
lin. upon the experimental line, which We positively
but cor dltionahy refused 70 DO Lhey, hoNsser;
10 talk Of anything ese, 50 thst no,aug coud
bs dors. For ak months after that the We afgsd
them 10 some action, explaining that we c>ria not
adopt the line they claimed because It wss Res lne,
uutirg where living persop pretended ~ esy the
beupds,y had ever been, while We Rad no power 10
mske any such line, authority being simply 10
defse tbe ea istpg boundary. We also asksd-,S the
payment Of the surveyors wages, as tney ssy-ousA
account 10 most OF our lsters they paid no s..en.
| tiop and 10 Others replied 10 writing, es tnsy III
| done verbally, that when We would declare tae in
which they claimed to be the bounoary ,ney ",uiu
settle accounts and not before. That this ~ true
there is abundant documentary evidences, wa.cn was
accessible to the suthors of the legislative report.
After the action Of last year, although We nsd seet
several letters which had received no repy,t 10 pre-
ent apy opportunity for cavi, for ch Egng ls VAN
the respc visibility Of non-acton, we repeatedly verD-
sy and in writing addressed the Hon Iruusn smith,
the rew chairman of the Connecticut ConmssoneIs,
reonesrg action on the part Of himself and
II the or pnal Commiss oners had not trestsd NJ.
Smith as improperly they had their Nsw.fork ss-
socates they never would have d'sreg ardeo these
letters much lees have denied their rcceips peiore
fhs controversy thus neejlessly prolonged. keeps
some scores of families in doubt a. 10 their Stss ee-
siance TO good purpose, and without the s1sdow
of an excuse While best legal talent n THE S:.te
are unanimous in the opinion that only tue Oh recos-
nized boundary can be established, and IN coahfnlg
the poiion have taken, not lawyer 10 Connecti-
elsewhere has ventured TO claim thai tne
tended for by that tate either just or legal rney
only cav that we have lin some way uokuoHn 70 our
selves, established it. The claim having been made
originally doubt with the expectation OF mans&1Gg
it. must now be adhered TO for consistency SAKE For,
although faith in the infalbity Of pope or king mas
wsys been held cardinal sin in the Nu,msg 5ssse,
tie General Assembly held fast the doctrine thai
Connecticut man can do no wrong. .,.,.u
A few words about money matters, 30 ehgusfy re-
fIred 10 the report. There never hss bsen s'1ce
the suspension Of the survey any discussion Win tho
Connecticut Commissioners OF the terms oil sette Beo
of Il cost Of the JOINT survey because they refused
10 discuss sby such matters until acc sded " tner
demands respecting the line. With one OF them there
has been correspondence and conversation, but ne
other wa, immov able. Neither have we ever receNeo
from them any statement OF the payments they hsd
made, though often requested and demanded Inese
il 70 reason why they should not pay Their efas
share of the joint expense but they have not aone so
Sayrg nothing Of the Surveyors pay there Is oAl-
Zoe, aafe hahn An
choppers &C., and for the transportation aud board OF
the men and occasionally OF the Comm'ssioners
themselves. When we asked statement and wero
refused, We consulted the Governor Of Conss 'ucut,
ard ere sdvsed by him that If we should py more
than our fair proportion the Legislature OF tAst STATE
would refund II. Il seems his confidence was ms
placed, We only know how much has been ps.d BY
The Commissioners from, an examination OF their
accounts, audited and paid by the C's-
trOller Of that State document sanspt-
tiously circulated BY their friends at Albany sor tho
purpose Of discrediting accounts by comparison
with ther meager outlsys-whiis it was carsfauy
Commissioners in this respect was probably taken 10
tie fret instance for the purpose Of extorng conees
son OF the territory they longed for. tortasetsy
{" piIepence' 10 not 80 important IN tho Nsw IWk
Treasury a. they thought, and their scheme iAasd.
Whether their persistence in ther refusal " account
ia due TO Q desire TO appear very economcG, or 20
secure the reputation Of having perf,rmed cute
Ysph 90 trick will not pretend TO decide. JSoNng
from sxpererce on both sides Of New-York, % there
not color for the opinion that mesnness t1e ceAlsc
teristic Of little States? SAMLD bASkos'
Waa street, July Is, 1885,