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ll m, h.'L"——.. i
when our present army (he
number will not tall much short of
2.00 J. The present position of Cnp.t.
Rnies, W the point of land formed by
the junction of the St. Croik with the '
Aroostook, near the centre of town-,
ship No. 10. in the sth lange. Those 1
. who have the map of Maine can ascer
tain the place, this is about 135
miles from the city, and is approach/*- j
,T>le from the city by the means of the.
State road, which leaves the military |,
road about seven miles above the junc
ture of the Maltuwamkeag . with the
Penobscot, and runs almost« due north
course, along and through the sth j
range of townships, it varying from (
that range only .a few miles near No. |
4. To the junction o( the Aroostook u
njad as above, the distance from tht: J j
city is about G7 miles. . ,
The military roadfahove mentioned
continues on to Moulton, which -place
is about 120 miles Jr off the city.
The present location of our Iqrces
;»ppro?ichabYe fVtrfn tbe British side
only byway of the St. John and
Aroostook rivers on the h.e. From,
YVoodstofk, (which is S. W. from 1
Moulton about 12 miles,) t distance j;
of the St- John to the. mouth o{ j
Aroostook is about 65} mdcs, Near, ]
this is tiie Tobique settlement,already'’
a place of some note in this war* •
From this place Jup the Aroostook to
the St. Croix, where, our. men are
stationed, is about 80 .miles. The
British ;<;latm to hold all the lands
borderingNm the Aroostook . and St.
Croix waters, ,yyhich leaves our pres
ent position hb.out 15 relies.• north of
their line. The distance from Fred
erickioo<tq VVoodstock -beirig_ about ;
6} miles, the whole distance from .the
' seat of government to the seatof war
Will be about 200 miles. The gover
nor has ordered expresses to be station*,
ed all along the Aroostook'and Hotil
ton roads to this c\ty and hence to
Augusta, so that the earliest intorma-
Hi jfHvill be transmitted. . 1
We conclude our resume for -the
present, with an extract from a letter
dated Frede nekton, Feb. 15th, by
which it appears that Sir John Harvey
is besliring himsi-lf also:
Two companies qf (the 35-th left
here yesterday for the Arestoogh.
Troops are daily expected from;} Halt -
Vix, an J drafting for the militia has
taken pb\cd. Oae out offeveryjfour
is the order of the who
plundered the arms froiif Woods lock
. ftou rW^r^a n action j4T Al^J^otJ
L- • jtotecn place- ,*+ \ %Ugvjfc4*^
ihe'& Y. Com.
V from mm. ~ , k r
% from the of
.* to-bqt Ijt-,
are rorn v*^ o^ 0 '
the the Aroostook to
- • J ;,,v is has
foOTMcn.ofgabout
ofwh i c hih eh a d th one
r - to look afte f t
" . was to go downed he Aroof ,
rfiouth of the Llple Madawk. **
t ie third t 9 remilin^at.^No.
British were exceedingly (fuiel, in\^
viciuitv of the disputecTterritory. bU<
>ivvuiy .. • - - r . r- v; —•
no Attack from them them expected^.
: --lis. Nearly a thousand of (He militia
were assembled at Augusta, to march
oi> or 27Un T.he excitement
was but movements werfc
still going on with great activity.
Col. M.dE-aUghlinv (he New
■ jtick warden; had contlu Jed iojgfofi
*-r • • (he parole required of;him, and was Id
. ’ — Bangor on IVfqnddy.
4 . : haift
brought hibnna(nn that £)-ir .John
llaivey would take no decisive step*;
jintil after the arrival of from
iheWiritish minister at WnskfiikicptiZd
I p VfTJU » ».» m ui « «* v » * f » _
. A clip ;B.tbgpr /WbjgyarMf'
Courier'[QlKitj, dated everting
. Mates.' tlyat the v-olirntecrs on the
** Aroostook were strongly protetledby;'
* h fort made ot logs, and -Kad ftue hr age
cermon operate
of volunteers.had. dVriycd within .%
miles of the encaiiij|)nrlehf. ,Fo;!>deser-.
tgrs from the army Jiacf - at
Lincoln*
’ „,THE MaW^OOBIII
The tHe latest iiitelli
ge pee Trorn t ile /lor jh:
From 4 M Globe of tke sth inti ant. .
■ :, MAINE.
. Our latest intel^f§ce from A ugocta
. (Vlaine] givesre’afrvest of war. .The
" towns seem to he .with troops on
y. : ttfeir way to the frontier, io counter
i & nCt the medittftecT moveihents di th#
; British Governor. A 'very animated
H iht eloqdenf addiipss^Whs made by the
■ (’n'Mm iiuJef-in chief to the fcilitia as
at Augusta; and the spirit in
n '**l!2Wlch i? has been received by the peo
-v* j)le arid indicates a fixed
to s^jeaeurres
1 **
di,reeled by the Legi^afGift of . *k*l
State. The Gcrvernorof New JBriyjd
wick seems to have rendered
p,orations necessary, as be is
{rating troops from all-points to mart n
on ttie disputed territpiy. Y\ e hope
tbe l > iesiiiimci , s Message and. the re
cp mimed at iotip of the Biilisb Minister
will have reached the Coventors of
the State of Maii*e and th.e Province
of New Brunswick in lime to prevent'
the effusion of blood.
From the Boston D. Adv-iof the 2<l inst.'
POSTSCRIPT,
The Kastern mail arrived last night
a few minutes before 12 o’clock. It
brought no news ot any consequence.
The last accounts from tbe Aroostook.,
state that Mr. .Jarvis was moving
down tbe river to take a portion just
below tire little -MaJawaska, where
he pioposed to fortify himselfon favor
able ground. , v • ■-
The militia assembled at Augusta
were reviewed by Governor Fairfield
on the 26tb. On this oet*ai»io« the
Governor made fto them a filming ad
dress. A part of them sat out for tbe
frontier on the 28tt, by detachment*-,
and the rest were to follow on the next
4>y* . ‘ * ,
A letter Id the Portland Advertiser
'pays that Gov. Fairfield’s letter to Sir
John produced a great excite-.*
meal in the Province, ahd that three
companies of artiJleiyhad gone up the
river as far Ks the TibiqiveSettlement.
’ ’"T’\ '• : .j .£.■
From the Boston Atlas . &
ST ATE MOUSE* A\JG USTA, >
Thuriichiy,:F'eb. 28, 103 d. |
-The;JaSt ofv-the troops draughted
from, thiavdtvision who lave been call
ed ; into i-alelive gerVice test here this
morning. They are to proceed forth
with to the disputed territory,
v .A : letter war received in this {own
lak evening, dated at iloulton, the
*2pth insf. which says thit five com
panb r f British troops had gone up
St. John’s. A part of the militia
Os; the Province had hem called into
the eeryice of tier M ijesy. Some of
them were stationed at Woodstock.
A genfleim.n whd» left Moulton on
Monday Wt Yep regents that the pro
ceeding in. our Legislature and the
letter of Governor Fairfeid t to Sir
John Harvey had created if great tit-,
citemqnt in live province* . A partjj#
Gen. Hodsdon’3 detachment rencxjjf
Boulton op Tuesday . . ..
.Orders werq issued yeste™ 8$ Trill
ing thousand more y/^„|U r
~lStfia into the servidb oh thp^-fte.
t Zti »*V *\Aa*> * j nn J 11 ~ urn n
(Vb
Three se
theßth fc (the Oxford) dlvisiXiTyarird
three hundred and seventy-, from
the Bth (the Somerset) divisiorf. Col.
f, *B. Cross, of Portland, has been
detached to take command'of ? the
troops ordered from the o h division.
\f, : Correspondence of, ths Aliks. , ~
Senate Chamber, Augusta) Eeb*{2^,
• ; ■«; 1. > 839 - . i|.
• I-haye j ist stepped into the pfcg u
tant General’s Qnice and ase#tained
three companies in the sth
■ Hiihe sixth,have been'
march ‘Jh M >nday. T ie fifth
. dtyJSwjg-irtr'TJu.Tiherlitntl corny, the
tsi* 1 Ihe new# from
: m three
. o. *s&q. ill «7 \f
. Aroo».«oSK^ Dda stTV"*' fpr **
of I haye^ m P« n,es
gVtlerrian
■ last eve rung frd\ H oulton.
4aid:gfeat prevails *
•% B*‘i! ij sl» popHim^u,. The omdv
states th>t^iiv < erdl dessem 4
> eers.diave passed through that odirty'
' J‘*lh»' Ijlai vey so-Q
exists to fieaj from
yvashlngtoti. - . ,: v . v a,-
* #. sl< "
1 msJ'roy!T** s i lrtS no * A ■,
vaded fry a ln '
to the State of
"PThToTiud peace, hut invaded W®
.avowed determination of mdiAwriiihg
■pQSse?|ion» »f possible of the irritdry
■■'«£;:#puje.--.The qt&Wh? tfefore,
must resolve ilstlf Into jjbis-Wvcll the
>Gneral UoyernmeMV the Uaipn and
the other States stfjpp&fi tbat.fi Mariie
-in its infraction bfa anjtm/fual
understanding, and compel if to o*m
.ply with of the
eampHct which.unites them'togVtljer;
tor will they support hefesiif hes afro-
W‘* pWten.ions! Tl.h muM be
promptly and (feci'dedjy ftciswefed.
Mean,i me the coiirse to be. pursued
on.the part of the British authorities
il» this, part of her Majesty’s dominions
.**, ip main fid n inviolate the possession
:of territory, Which by treaty aud right
belongs lo Great Britain; and 'al
though war Ts to be’ deprecated and
dreaded, f e,iit is nd.t to be prevented
*py measures of expediency.
I fttJj mforgif inaatyf s for lIW debase hnaente
'o4 tile 36 < h .reg.i rrvcift ti%t „jprdceed ed
kist week toward the •sce'fve of invasion
* pYuitii.ue to be sent < (T; yeslfeeduVjr
a ecnipai y. o‘f Hnrt rorp*? folKnwcd, and
his moinil g tbe led by n
pat t), of the Rejnl A i Uwitii a i
field piece, left (.or VVooiMtCck. % ,
! .« ■ \ |
.J n?t before closing our paper, we j
■ received from our Reporter a copy m
the .following highly importamt FxecU
tive communication, wliich \\o hasten
' to lay before our readers, leaving eyery
one to form bis own judgement n-s to
the hope it bolds out of a speedy and
specific termination rs our dilliculties
in Maine.—JY«/, Intel.
W A SHIN G-TO N, Fft b . 27. 1 830.
• To the If. Be/zresentatrce of the ’LI. Slates:
I transmit to Conpr. copies of va
rious other documents received, frotn
the Govrenor of to the
dispute between that State and the
province of New--Brunswick, which
formed the subject of my Messaguof
tbe 26th mst-, and also -copy .
memorandum signed by tbe Sc-cietaiy
of State of the United Slates ami Her
Britanic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordina
ry and Minister Plenipotentiary near'
the Oniled States, of the terms upon
which it is be.leived aUJcollisioircan l>e
avoided oti the goi^MSleritly
* with,‘*ajgd respecting the on ei
tlver «i*de. As the British Minister acts
ernment, It will be observecj Mhat this
memorandum has hut khe force of ree
on m nidation on 1 hr 'Provincial authori
ties and on the Government of. the
State
JYI. VAN-tyJKENi
fter authoilties consider
it to have been understoodjandj agreed
Upon hy the two Governments, that the
territory in dispute between Great-
Britain ancf the United. States., on tfia
i Northeastern frontier, rem iin
exclusively under British jurisdiction
» ui t 1 the f]nal settlement, of the bona
f dary question. . r \ b-<v
The United Slate? Government have
not understood the aboye agfeement'jn
• the ffame sensre, but consider, on the
contrary, that there has been no agree
ment whateVei for the
Great Britain of exclude
over the disputed territp,ry* or any pOr
p tiort Ihefeof, Jbfit a mutual jinderstaiMV
’ iog that, pending the th6
jii (sdictipn then exvrether
party,over small
tory in dispute,
fflftyflfiPWT r. 'ii r". Mhaw ag
S^WefePn
&ouj§hii|JpL- I ,'
either,placing upon fij'l:
othe,r the mJ fu|?|fl£U]
/A complete under^)i^?
question, thus placedTtk n
ei.tjuYißdktiom.can preß
- tnendly t
Government of (he { L
Great Britain: and, aMt\,sL
hoped H4at there will be a'f
tlement of tiie question, ti 4 Sf ,tv(
ate point of ditfcrencgjgan b o rF\-l'
tie moment, , , Jot*
InThe mean lime tfiy Ql A >}
Province of New-Brunf«virkA °i
Gov. of the State of
as follows: Her £■. I
m>t seek to expel by milifiy s o s ,
armed party which. In.sLeh tbo>V
Maine into (lie district bortji*j ng c
Aroostook liver; but the t
of Maine will voluntarily, anwifhoit r
meedless delay, withdraw jf e :
ihpjtinds of the disputed ten itr
, force now within them jnd if,
. a Ve necessity, should arise.r di»
P ei rs& notorious trespassers, \ pro
, ect ' n tpuh|ic properly from d\roda
,on byiHmed force (be operaJidshall
by concert, joindyfl- sep.
V A|oly according to ngreemets be-
Governments of Maill aid
irai* Utl9w i (> k. * n
she si iVwi,
pfcho Via v a 1 e<\
• ®v^r\ pa ‘
; fejfy or
j respect what it the clams of ci lliS
; to the
disputed terrißgfc, . »• "j «
.-.The of herj
: Biitauic no .pycilic au-f
thority to make ai& on
| the Object, tije imiPgned caw <^dy'(
! recommend, asqliev tX earnestly do,lpj
I tltc Goyernment of sc\Bi unswjtk apd
: Afain'e,to regulate their htpre
t irtgi 'according to the be
i ft?re set forth, Uidjl the
rof the United States and Great’ Britain
; shall come to some-' cot!<;:u-i<&
t thcy are ; -no'.v at issue. ■»
i JOU N F-ORSV 'i hi, Secretary of S/id
• ! . ojjjie U. s.ilcs vs Jstoib.
y v ■ *
H. S. FOX, H.B.M. Envoy B.ircor- j
denary and Mintskr .I tntipo'kniTifry. j
Y\ A'&hikOtcw, Pel*. 27,183-9.
1»R liS fcl>I r .N '1 “b ME &S AG Iv. . j
On (JW- yi>ih ult, the iYoiiltmt of the .
\J hi bed S?L-ite;s sCut a tp be,lb f
1 d IcarsK 'A. *vf (’oi ‘g Iv*sa, reTrlfv e is *. 11 c; j
| JSoith E-asPerfr'- IV*Amrtla.iy it;tlA.u 11 h v s.
j The purport rrf tlfis M<'!sS;uge w ill be j
r ftruiwl in tlnWpjHra'graphs: \
... The State ol Maine bad a i%ht to V •
i v est the depredations complained;, of;
tit belonged to her to judge of tbe exig
j ency of the occasion calling for her in
! terferctuiie; and it is presumed that
[had lheLieut.Gov. o( New,Brunswick
been correctly advisisd of the, nature
of the proceeding ot the State o{ Maine
he would not have regarded the trans
action as requiring,Oil his pait, ally re
sult to force. . '■
If the authorities of fitew Brunswick
should attempt to enforce the claim of
exclusive set up bv tlrem
' by occupation, OH
iheir
shall feel in^MM'bound to coiidMMie,
rontiiigeilcy provided by the Qmlntu
Ron, as haying occcured on the hap
■ p'eiiing of which, a State has five 'right
tocall for the aid of the Ffcderf’l Gov
ernmerit to repel invasion.
i have-expressed to live British Min
ister near this Government a confident
expectation that the agents of the Stale
of Maine, who have been, arrested un
; der an obvious misappreiiension of the
. object of their mission, wilt be prompt*
, ly released; and to the Gov. of Maine
! {that a similar course will be pursued in
{rpg.ud to the agents of the Province of
New-Bru»Bvvick. I have also re'eom
j mended that any militia that may have
j beejjpmught together by the State ol
" from an apprehension of a col
lision with tbe Government or the peo
ple of the British, Province, will be vo
-1 unfairly and peaceably disbanded. >
( ] cannot allow myself tp doubt that
the results anticipated frem those rep
resentations will be seasonably realiz
ed. The parties more immediately
interested cannot but perceive that an
appeal to arms, under uxisting circium*
thqir m)\|Jd post
pord » if YibT&efoitAtne atlmjimerit of
jpl hav^jn
, view. -Tiie very incidents wliich have
, recently oceurefl' will necessarily awa
, the Governments 10 the importance
"of . promptly adjusting a dispute, by
! tyhiclnt t^hpwVnajde*manifest that the
oeacCof tne two nations is daily and
1 y^hdajigered. Tlus e xpec-
fcidWi™ •'■>'«« « f p e °p' e :- ,n p
iPf oL whose interest m Kw
r shfcnnnet be unconscious,nnd,
. welfares^ _ fettby the country at
1 >r lhe preservation of peace
ii "-«foii(c«W ,,borß ’ "o haTe p stro "a
that lias been made .1
hoWsver, the
ffethoottfo terminate, ne % se l
of the Lxerutive [j j 3 j m p o rtant
fry during c f the Legislature
'
as may be calculated
foobviate the necessity ofa call for an
extra session. With that view,*! have
thohghl it my duty to lay the whole
matter lx foie you, and'to invite suoh
action tl.cieon as you think the occn
_?\bn requires. M. VAN BUB EN.
"^4^. ixoton, 2Gth Feb. 1830.
From Augustine J\ews, of find
n. inst .
The stenmcK Santee with Capt.
Davidson’s Uomppuy, (K.)3d Artil
fci), approaching sfcxv River, ro gar
rison Fo.ts lawuierduhq was unable
to cross the bar. and a detachment
, were landed,to guard ilk» jrrav/sions
V4.ct«g Sent from .the l.oar^^*-. »
i«.€Mr«-*ent out, io Hjake..aH J ./ A!mjllia '
! tion, jt ujJ «r.;lh« eve ° the scc-
as hi K<l f.utTackull and rapt.
•Pa\ risen, of>ke boat, wiue ,walking
|J|iUhbpacb,Hliey Were hrctLim.in by
1 '| 1 1 111
Limit. Macl.d" lll»iiiti*iiygirenw
\vhwm y . al ,iw|>ut was m>tm
but oa»ow>?« U jj'|.'cn plung-.
!'T a "itlO v-.u. u«oW!at.a returnctl
;et\)« dntl Pouisi-tt. Capt. 1 .
in rfucst of cap •. \ Indians
i; «a» fpuitrt "‘' rtl J". r o ;-;.^e“-luuut.
.1 cuubl i* ot ” to gFeat
i ui.ioVis
J" Team' with
w
' ■ .Ik,;- *.. 4& -
1 Tilt! REDUCTION CON VEN
. T’!ON. •
'I'HSp first IYIWduV in April, i? 11 m day -
h ffixed by tlot- of lhe |.i«t l.egida*
| tuie fra lire eJvcfS<4: i,( ti* !< gait s so (he
Rt'duuidn C.\ i\ ( mii-tu so I e held in”
, Ibis {dace cn tie fj rAt Momfay olthe
jOiWiing Mav. We concur m opinion.
, w ith "• tiwsc Editors, tvtn> bttve tree m*
j frveiKird, w iltioot refen nre to part y
distir ctroriA, a sedecticnof the wi-est
and best rwru, to sit in thi-s Convention.
It is of U l he utmost importance m alterJH
ing and Biiiv rrdUi-g Co/*stitutfcns, jO
welt as in framing tire nr*, that party j
considerntiote should yield < 0 a siren*9
desiie for the advamenrent of the liber* *
ty and happiness of the people. AndS
we have obseived with regret, Hurt infl
some of the nominations 1
have been already made, and the ad* 1
herents or party, publicly invoked to J
rally in their Support. From (his rir* 1
cumstance, we should despay- of 1
goo<l results from the Convention,if |
the Legislature hid not
agaimj evil contim
gencies by of the
Convention and the course
of its action, true, the authority of
the Legislature to make this prescrip
tion to a Convention 6f the people hns
been questioned; but if viewed in no
other fight than as an.' expression of
public opinion,in reference to the func
tions which should be exercised by the
Convention, it ought lobe respected’
and the action of that body should be
confined within the limns which it has
thus prescriled. [Ga. Jour-
Uk.
passed through this city last week,
having in eustody Her.ry Jones, art
accomplice in the murder and rob
bery of the pedlar Isaacs. It will be
r^c 9B ec ted that leones voiiinjarely
appeared before tlie Mayor of Clmr
leston, and submitted himself to the
custody of the Police, a r ter divulging
the circumstance connected with the
murder and jobbery.— Ga. Journal .
G(tNTERFEiTsv--The Cashier of
the State Bank, cautions the
“against receivhig counterfeit nofeM|
of the denomination of five
purportfngflp Irp of the thol
State of Georgia, payable
nah. They ha vie the likHnelref
Franklin on the left, and aTignette
on the light very imperfectly engrav
ed. Tlie plate is letter B. datcdrSnd *
Jnly, 183—The signatures
ter, Cashier, jXV. B BullooJ^^^|m^
t 1 I B©37| I
WgJWind bily,and jg« troths are
quarter of an i ncl 11 n a rr<iw6f,a
"shorter than tluxge.nuine plate,— Ga.fßp S
Journal. 'v ‘
% M J
?» T —: —. H * ' \
OUR RE^A.TirrT« reat 1 '
Report
of live 56th
, says:--A memlier oK J}j
! write's us, on tbp 23r1: pWe are anx-O
j ious about tip? state of ofir Northerfi|>® ~
! rontier. whole border tSdjent pi
on a war will. England; ai>d
; cent events in \iainegive rise to
most serious apprehensions.”
A passenger ivbo arrived in the Li
Nortlfbni Cab, yesterday, morniog l ,
states as a prevalent leport in Wash* 1
ington, that the Cabinet had bwn \
two days in council, and that it was Jj
said there would bq a special call of
Congress. In fact,a letter which we r
received (he day before, mentioned
(he same circumstance—and stated
ihatjhero were other circumstances :
in (tin relation wjth Great Britain,
; which vvere Calculated to pi educe* I
some she had made
a demand deli\cr up cer*
tqin persons who had commuted
crimes in Canada; and it. was said
} *® l ,e the President’s, opinion that he
could not, under the Const itufiorf&nd
5 l he laws, comply with this denrand *.
• ?l**ial i„, l, e |WWfIU Conj
• £7 , '. 4 *./ c - : " tone 'Vpondcit <
; "f. " cun overcome .
Jibnse (liflicultics, ilicy iv.il/ be avoids *'
WHAT NEXT;
as well- ,i» # „ . v ’ •*'
, hear of afctrficto^ IB| » has invent*
powerful >io gnm&flL l
giructuro of ninn
forms; AitifieiaJl ««■
teeth, gums ahd^ v U|jg
!,cgs' and arms
and by, the wfioli^.
artificial.-A.
■
job pbi iaHHI
Neatly
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