Smyrna times., 1871-10-25

A Disputed QUESTION TO BE SETTLED.-A
ioint commission, composed of an equal num-
her of Marylanders and Nirglnians, assembled
at Ouancock, Accomac CO., Va, on Monday, to
determine the true boundary line between the
Eastern Shore counties of those two States
This question has been under dispute for long
time. and has been the source OF considerable
trouble between the oystermen OF the two sec
tions. The oyster laws of the one State con-
fict with those of the other. Maryland oyster
mep, dredging, as they supposed on their own
territory, have been arrested by the Virginia
authoritie3 for trespasslng, and rice rerSd, and
several of these arrests have lead to open hos
tilitiesxwith more or less bloodshed, among
the fleets in the Chesapeake. Two or three
brisk skirmishes with firearms occurred last
wear, and serious complications have been I'M
miuent between the two States. A Mr. De
Jarrett has been to England to examine the
musty records defining the original lines, and
he having returned, the commission is now pre-
pared to decide upon the true line. The result
of the deliberatioa have not been arrived at sc
far as we can learn but it is thought that if the
original lines do not meet the views of the Com
missioners-each being exacting for the interes
of his own State-that friendly quarrel viii
ensue. and the whole matter be referred to tn
United States Supreme Court for adjustment
Ex-Gov. Henry \. Wise, who is one Of tn
Virginia Commissioners, is of the opinion tina
the Court will have to decide it. The citizen
of Crisfeld are greatly interested in the dec
sion. That town is very near the line, but ha
always been considered on the Maryland sid
The Virginians, however, are disposed to Ia
claims to it, and if the adjusted lines does nj
include it in their State they intimate dissel
from the decision, but if Is included in TIL
State the Marylanders will protest mo
vehemently-not only the people at large, b
the Crisfelders particularly.
A GREAT RAILROAD TRANsACTINON.-Tl
great contest between the Pennsylvania Ra
read Company and the Camden & Amboy Ra
road Company, or the United Companies
New Jersey, as the latter is technically terne
has at last been decided in favor of the form
by which it is said that the Pennsylvania c.
tral r. R. Co. " has pocketed the railroads
New jersey" AS this transaction has be
short resume oft.
The Camden & Amboy R. R. Co., the DE-
ware & Raritan Canal Co, and the New Jer
Railroad & Transportation Co. are consolidi
and controlled by joint Board Of Directc
This Board Of Directors lately leased Il
entire works to the Pennsylvania Railr
Company for nine hundred and ninety-r
6, oe
this lease opposition was made by twenty
stockholders in the different companies, who
tanned an order TO restrain the Directors f
consummating the lease, and sought to SEE
an injunction from the Supreme Court of
Jersey. The question was ably argued in
Court by distinguished lawyers before
Chancellor of the State, Judge Zabriskie
has given an able and lengthy decision
which he has denied the Injunction. The
is therefore accomplished. This is the gi
the matter Of the magnitude of the trar
ton we will let the n. Y Tribune speak.
says:
"This decision completes great mOnOI
1t gives to the Pennsylvania Railroad
pany, of which the II 20. Thomas 4. SEQ
the controlling s, oxen right of
from tide-water IN New 0rk ilarbOr to a
far out in the great spaces west of the K
Mountains, and leading, possibly to the Pa
1t is too much power to give to one c.
ration it is creating a colossal interest v
must overshadow all others that approach
any spirit of healthy competition, and whi
sure to make itself felt in the Legslatui
each State in which it has ramifcations.
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