The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-07-13
= RAVENNA, o., THURSDAY, JUL x 1;s, s s7d;. .

u HtI Siaiul Ou Iler cnarleF ;OI 1OOZ. ,.,,..,
y The titles ofSpain, France and E9s
y land ere eXtingnished, the Ladisa
r tile purchased, but these connicffn
n Claims among the States for. q Ion
s time darkened the pfospects; OF ,th
n cum sta,ices congress made q istroh
: serted claims over the territory, /
; aver the danger that ttreateiled IL
: common cause by liberal cessation
i was the, first to listen to the appeal
+ and early l7S0. she reiinqnishedo he
3 clafhn.s Virginia foflo wed IN 1874, 3,
5 a cessation OF her claim except u re
! serveso q tract Of lamd betweeu til
/, 1Scioto and little MiAmi riyers, caiiet
the! aVlrgiiiias NJ ifitary Tract - fwbfcl
J She reserved as bounty land for he
soldiers. Massachusetts next folio e(
i the lead OF Virginia !; aud in April
1855 ceded to the United States all hel
ci;lim-ande in September 1855 Con
iiecticnt ceded her political juriStiic
ton over the whole OF her claim, xnC
the ice of the land to all except sThl
Reserve" of l2Omiles west OF Penn
syivania. Thus, by OH appeal to- the
patriotism or the people were these
conflicting charters aud opposing
claims to soil and political juri isdictioi
atnicably adjusted, Union and harMo
nyirost ored-~aud the confederacy per.
fected. sos @G5 ,g4aHo" 58I .stliB H!i
These conflicting claims had to be
reconciied or there would have bees
no Union OF the States They had te
be reconciled,s or New Y ork would
have The Ctyahoga river as her west
erli boundary. They had to be recon-
ciled, or Virginia would have held the
Whole northwestern Territory and
consigned il to slavery. They had u
be reconciled, or the little State oi
Connecticut would have owned TO tho
Pacific Ocean. or ci vii war would have
followed. Ailthese Issues were pend.
ing onthe decision Of the States, in
respect to their ciainis.s "A more mo-
lnentOus q uestion " as never submitted
to any people, but, thank God, 1.-THE
patriotism OF the people was equat ~
the emergency, andthes vexed ques.
tions, that had been a source OF irritx-
tipn and strife for more than \ hua.
dre,l years, were honorabiy, patriotic.
ally and voluntarily adjusted by an
appeal tO'thc peopie. sipf isiih s1'3FI -
| by these various cessations, ending
with that of Connecticut, in l7Sj, all
contlicliag claims were adjusted, aud
tic United Stmcs bscamo sole owH wHers
Ut this vast region. Yo Ilrecapii ulate:
| Spain was silcempelled. "a d. francs xati
Engiantht htossurrender all her claim exs
| cept 10 Florida. BY the Treaty rot
Rarisy nI76;5 Erailee was compelled
10 Gedc all cher claim to England by
tlle Treaty of 1 7S3, at the close Of the
Revolutionary war, England was com.
PEELED to suirc rcndere 'ber claim t., the
United Staies. The United States, by
the icoinprOiiIiseIwiths Connecticut il
EaS6. ceded to Connecticut the lin
the soil of120 miles west Of Pennsyls
vania, and north OF latitude Al deys-
On the 9th of Septembcr,l 1856, C0u-
neoticut decided it to the CONNECTICUT
Land Company, who, on the same day
decided nttoIJ ohm; Morgan, JollnathaM
Brace, faMibJuh Caid " ell in trust, to
sell Tor The cOrnIlany. isAnd il is . re-
Inaraa le fact that every one OF these
Previous TO this sale 100000 acres of
the w est end OF the Reserve, were in
1892, grant ed by CoHnecticut, to the
inhabitants of New London, Fairfield
aud NorWalk, in that State; for losses
by the burning of those to Wns By the |
British during The Revolutionary war.
FrUmsthls circumstance they are called |
Fire Lands" The balaHoe, about 3,
O0O,GlO acres was sold to the Land
Company for 81 100000, being about
forty cents an acre. The Land Com.
pany. having secured their title re-
solved to survev the Reserve into
Townships of five miles square,, aud
for that purpose, IL, 1896. organized an
expedition of forty five men,
two women and one chtld. OF this
was your late fellow ciffzen
Amzi Atwater, of Mantua, who died
ON the. 22l of June, 1851. at the age OF
70 years. being the last survivor, but
one of that company. y...,-,...t...ft f.t-,t,sl
The party met at Canandaigua. in
the state OF New Y ork, June IA, 1876.
They all arrived at what is now called
the 4lh of July, l796, just
eighty years ago, where they ceiebrat-
ed our Independence by firing guns
and drinking toasts in whisky. punch.
This was the first celebration OF the
day onsthe Reserve. g3u -l IL itsi f q II
Theybuilt warehouse on the beach,
1t Coeaut, in which to store their pro-
xed tile south. .east corner Of
the Reserve,and from there run tWen-
~ miles west on the south line OF the
lteserve-at every five miles running
! iiiie Called then q meridian, now =
rangeJJ. TO the Lake. They also survey
ed, and laid out the city, of Cleveiand,
md built cabin at the foot of what is
iow called Union Lane. -ai - :. es1.i
On the 18th OF October. 1896 the
1arty leit leaving ''Siow castle,"s on
he beach at Coneaught, and the cabin,
It the foot OF Union Lihe, the only
'eiies OF civilizations. 49,
Soon after the exploring party left,
Judge Kingsbury, from the state Of
New York, with his wife, arrived ai l
toueauglIt, where he locgtcd in '.Stow I
,astle, without Il white person with
il many miles. In the same fall nee
,ssary bu,incss compelled llim to re-
urn to his former home in New Y ork.
to be gone but a short time,
le proy idcd W hat provisions he thought {
eruineccssary for his wife during his
b,ence, and left her alone in the wild
rness. While in New York he was
AIKEN with Il severe fit Of sickness, I
which confined him till wiuter. There I
vas not Post Office nor mail on the :
reserve, by which he could CORES {
'ond with his wife, aud she was left !
n gloomy uncertainty as 10 his fate,or :
eason tor not returning Her pro-
isions gave out, and starvation stared
er in the face. AS soon AS he was I
Die he started tori his wilderness .
ome. AT Buffalo he liired all Indian .
or Il guide, and at Erie-anticips stiuy q
he wants of his wife, he purchased
ONE Hour. In crossing Elk creek on. {
he ice his horse broke through, and '
vas SO much disabled That he was g
to leave him. He then took
he Ilour On his back, and started with .
oomys iorboaings. On his arrival at u
is home he found his wife stretched
u u cot, pale and emaciated with a
unger.- Near her lay All infant, bOru J
a his absence, which had expired for I
he want ofthat nOurishment which u
he mother Was too exiian sted to fur- q