The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-04


included within tho boundary OF the
latter result in favor OF tho claimant
commonwealth. Yes. Virginia will be
- 'I' ~, az VS., ~
'eH one Of |he ouuest'looklng states
upon the map OF tho world. West Wiz
ginia Is now far from symmetrical, but
should her boundarv he renrrnnped In
s...'.I-.,,' III -
A''o'uS"oo WIN MaEY'u"u oo"'e"''o.
not ouly will West Virginia lose consid-
cradle area, but she will actually DO cut
in twoin with tho marta w,1oIv sr,Jar.
I ,"N."' Wv" 1870 '''0 r"''' "''o'' I t'1
cd by the Intervening territory oil Mary
land.
Tho quarrel Is at least one hundred
wears older than the state Of West
Virginia, and il comes down TO her
from the parent state, along with that
awkward inheritance the Virginia debt
question, The heart OF AIaryland's
contoution ia that under the terms OF
Lord Baltimore's charter her south.
western boundarv extends 10 tho bend.
Walers Of tho Potomsc's south branch,
Unofficial mans Indicate that Mary.
lands claim included ali of Mineral
county. W, Va. and nearly all OF
Grant, with part OF HampshIre, lIardyl
Pendleton, Randolph. Preston and
Tucker counties.
Tho dispute arose out OF tho charter
OF lG92, BY which King Charles | Of
England Uayu TO CecIlius Calvert l.ori
ljaltimorel Ills possessions In the New
World, The Caiyerts uuarreled with
the Penns for 100 wears over the north.
ern and eastern boundaries Of the proy.
ince, and LOST at every turn.
Tho last chapter in that curious his.
tory. which included tho story Of Mason
md Dixon's line WINS closed tho other
when Pennsylvania md Delaware nd.
iusted their ionr.standinp boundary
DISPUTE. Lord Baltimore's charter,
written in Latin that reads cnriousy
like had English, declares that the west.
ern boundary OF tho province shall be A
meridian line running south from tho
tho fortieth paraIlel oi north latitude 10
thu first or most distant iountain of tho
Potomac,
The boundary was TO follow the Pc.
torn,r tlenrc N i,s ,nou,h AE nobodv
then knew much nbont tho wiIIorness
In which the Potonnc took riso, there
~ VIII. 'i'o o'o''iac toVN I'Su, t''1'o
wac aoi I uo.ot an " mu'C" was Wv
h"'s u,s'E i sI'rGo VI tue pto.'"1'
t ~ noE'n orancll OF TUG south prahcH'
H tes ~, MhIh ius'It!NG III i i. I.,
sno ,eI! yuuI shas n'a '"'ngI 'ont ni'
nouu' Rluu'cI " SoNot@ GAt'eH tNpE"''
mss Law ~ ''''u III nus'I'" ly'HE W
Meu'I t''o rotoull"c anu hGppalannVeN'
anu tmsnty years Ntet Nnaries' Ihe.l
upon 'l'p 'IiTouo' coiIHTunGu 'nis grant
ine 'alG mus patented lei, AZ length 70
Loru PaIrIaX' ana about 1850 ut MS
prayer COMMISSION was appointed 10
arrange LOT a survey oil lne grant' RAJ,
AS thls grant ran 10 'ho source OF inc
iototllac' tue commission ma 10 ue-
nfmths whtch braneh snom" DC Gs'
teeneu the source ana OGlleV'hB inc
horIl Dranch TO DO INC longer they
Inaue l's heGuWatGrs Lord FairiaS 4
northwestern oouhdary' surveyors IN
ii4o marked Tue corner ny settihS up
tue fairiaX stone, ana IN II4S inc AS
heInbiH o. virginia approved me me
ahH the hihE III council connrmeu INC
survey
MHcH LORI baltlinoto learned tlI3t
ihhNlhH Tue boundary OF Lord falrlaNs
grant the commissioners had incident,
ally determined part OF the Maryland
boundary, he Instructed his governor
TO look into the matter, and as u result
Of examination the governor informed
Lord baltimore that the south branch
OF the Potomac was the longer, and
therefore the true boundary OF Mary
land. Ono thing or another happened
10 prevent Il settlement al the questto"
unit! Maryland, us u rcvOl led colony,
finally clnimcd all that her late p'oprio-
tot had claimed, md Virginia, IN ncr