New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-06
LETTERS FROM THE PE0pfs
NEw-YoRK AND CONNECTICUT Bo.n,.

ID. Backus, nas esSeEea "a. noi.lc fr tey<.,4
and !. was not until my attention vas c.lss :, as
some comments in TIE Journal and Ceu,., A3
publuhed at New.Hsven, ths: h,d al o,,-s ,ss
TO give IL q perUsal
De.mipg 4. even nov in tine for an sr,vs.
take this opportunity to notice the lestrg VA
thst commune alton, especslly those wklca ,.seas
the Committee OF the LeRis.s'ure of Corr. =
rs;sed TO examine ard inquire into sl ny:..'-
pute concerning the boundary between C..4s.s
and Ne S-Iork.
In The first place Mr.. Back rs complxrsA,..
tee has been done by that Committee 10 ia g..
Nev.York ard its Commissioners. a. YES shs
reopIe living near the ooundsry-lps 49,
ssys that the Committee have stated 10 ths,Ns
that a boundary line was run, sad mara, ,As ~
were set up a. intervals sorg said h,e a.
m.nent disagreement took place betx.s, a. r~ ~
missoneIs OF the two States unt they rst :, 80.
ard settle the expenses OF The survey ~
Thus, the Commissioners on the PAT a th> Ga.
Nan.YoIk, a. the meeting last mee,iosed 49,,
refused TO agree 70 establish the line - rus "a a.
yeyed by said Joint Commissioners, ualess .as css
mis.ioners or the part OF the state OF CocA>rt;s-
would agree TO pay ore-hsi the expenses a.isss irI
the employ ing surveyor to run snd safyej ssd "a
which surveyor was employed wholly BY Hs Ca
missoreIs on the part OF the Ststs Of Nsv.Ye.i -.
ip copse quence Of such disagreement nc lice IN -
fully ascertained ard determined upen ts.vMs s.l
two Statee.
lie further says that no boundary yn ya ~
Commissioners never met to adlust ond settle tee /
penses of the survey. The payment OF cas III
the expeuses of the Surveyor VA, never NED I
condition of their assent 70 any Inns run - ;ssy,
York Commissioners.
FIrst, Was there boundary line rur Mr. Bss, /
SAYS an experimental or bssis line wee T.,IaI
suryeyors. But there was more ths0 q. va 1
plisbed IL we are to believe the testimony tAx l
peared before the Committee. Besides. On a I'll
amin alton Of the report OF the majority d '.e Cal
N iss;opers on the part Of the S:ste OF SssYr!
rsnfmtted to the Legislature OF tha, sts:s, Ap5I1
s57, fnd on page II the following stste rsn. ia
gard TO TIE lower or south western portion of =
Boundary, CONNER cicg at Lyons ByIau Pc a., I'M
Byrum River, viz:
From carful exsmirstion Of the cri.inN a.,
nents, cgethsr with the explanations gwen il l.p
porary letters, &C., were convinced thai .he lrs
was established in the ryer Itself.
Then sgsip, in the ne " paragraph ~ .esuys,a.
ing psge | ind the following, viz The C,an,s, y.
ers from Connecticut concurred with those tsm N,y
York in thi, opinion respecting the ttge Ds sad \.
same paragraph they cay, thst in Consequence ON,
charges constantly being made IN the oaaks upn,
portion Of the river by the c)rstrucaoA of vhxys
&C., il was deemed expedieLt TO fix p.ac.icl -
through the river following ia general course, cd
designate il in permanent manner. ne C,mlsss
ers accordingly caused accurate survey OF tsr,,
10 be made, and al sgreed verbally upon csr,l
ranges which the line ehoud be deemed D .tl'l,
And in the ne 1t paragraph l hud that :ness hs,,
been marked by permanent monuments, eor,s,;, a
copper bars inserted in the rocks and sys.sns.tA,
numbered.
Has there been no line run Why thea age rpO,,
true line and mark the same by permanent. moanaI, IA
Again, on the 18th page OF the same rep5r tM
that the Commissioners, after stating the ruru
which led to the establishing Of the line ina d.
great stone at the wadI place on the ess. bad
Byrum River to Dukes Trees on the north Eec ma
Of the Town Of Greenwich, state tia, ths oaeectcr
Commissioners copcured 10 the estabhshmsr. d Z
direct line, agreeing verbally with them lt,s N.r
York Commissioners) upon the places where mons
nents should be erected. And the repotfcrtaGcs,s
that stones have been set bearing the initials Of tn
respective States on their opposite s,des, bG. .h,r
position had not finally been confirmed By tss Con
mission ere.
Here, then, from their own report, is the evidence
that line was run. But go still further
On the fifteenth page of the same repor. i sprc
that line was run by the Commissioners parae 81 rt
Long Island Sound, and described in that ssne pa.
tion of the report; and that the New-Yo'k nd CG
necticut Commissioners again sgreed upon et!abla'
irg the line 80 run a. the true line between lis !N
States The report states in the last psssqtps d
that section that stones have been SO. Up; Bat as
correctness of their positions are still uafested ard w.
confirmed.
With regard to that portion Of the ue rsss.tg frOa
he end Of the last ntioned line TO Rdgefsa Corner
he report says that he found neither monuments I0
other evidences of the work Of the old surveyors ,u
fcently reliable to warrant any lewiston from ht
straght line run by the engineer, and i VS. sscat
pgly marked by him, with the concurrencs o. al ai
Commissioners present.
Here, then, we have, by the showing o. tce Nss'
York Commissioners about thirty miles Of As bound
ary line run and agreed upon by the CommlNsssn a
both States.
With regard to the remaining fifty miles, tas Com.
mittee were satisfied that a boundary line was rur
whether 1t was right or wrong or whether the Con,
missoIers exceeded their powers, the Ccrmt'se ID
not stop to determine. And In proof thst tAe Con-.
mittee were right in coming to such conclusion, WI
cite again the same report. On page 10 IN me i~
paragraph on that page, l frd that nnian O
datum line was run. Again, on psgs II, tod tnH
lar measurements from the datum hne. ei1 taa
language Of the report, viz: Such straight Inc ws
&C ,ordiraly fixed by means of perpendculs, nessus
ments from the datum line at convenient pisces ats
Its correctness tested by observations.
Here, then, is the evidence in full that s2rs:nhs
more than datum line was run. AT ies't, tle Con
mssioners went 30 far as to fix a line, who, wA "
certaned by means of perpendicusrs, from tfs a1un
line. Ard although the report after ward sts'A aH
this aforementioned line va'es from the recognAeo
traditionary line, and the Commissioners neeong ls
New-fork COMMISSIONER were satisfied ;r~ ienas
Examination was necessary, yet such s.stemsh. w. -
lot detract from the report of the Committee thS
boundary Line was run; for, from their repcn, w.
was run; and il was not until after the disbsndog
the surveying party that the Commissioners Of sss
lork made the important discovery til. Ee J'a
CcInmission had exceeded It's powers. -.
Now the same reasons exist why the .oTer pono'
OF the line from Byrum Point to Ridge6ed Co'ns
should rot be considered the true line ss e1s; va
the straight line from Rdgefsld Corner 70 tie NJ
sachusetts line should not be considered the true as
All these lines vary from tue trsditionary hne And
the Commissioners State in their report; yet me
agreed with the Connecticut Commissioners 70 ss.ss
hth the line from Byrum Point TO Ridgeieid Cospei
and did erect make and bourd ds along said l.ns.
Seeond Did the Commissioners meet % settle u
expenses OF the survey That they Gid, 7 lcsm
shown from this same report to which have Esd II
queLt reference.
On page 2i fird the following: "At vsrous IN
al adjustment CT accounts bet ~een us ves propose
by either patty, but the ab'ence Of disidass Or
emoranda had prevented tup TO the ia.srve =, ~
"yember &" TINS the first opportunity w,
bad occurred for settlement in mary weeks,
Holly not having been present on the ,s.ter tsi
the survey.
Az the work was now suspended, it was r.eot o.