Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 18, Number 47, Vincennes, Knox County, 29 December 1827 — Page 4

Poetical.

M. HhCSEU A1)K TO HIS BED. In bed we lauch in bed we cry. And born in bed, in bed we die ; Tht near approach, a bed may show Of human bliss to human wo. ON A QUACK DOCTOR. Reader, S.ingrado is, alas ! no more ; He visits those he visited before ! Frnm the American Sentinel. Mataivaska Jffair In our last number save one, we copied an article from the St. John's, (N. Brunswick) Gazette, relating the particulars of the apprehension ofa certain American. Gen Biker, so called by the High Sheriff of the County of York, and his commitment to Fredericton goal, for certain alledged offences, such as "stopping the Mail, resisting a peace officer in the lawful dischar-

ge ot his duty, and for exciting and

taring up a spirit of sedition, insurrection and revolt amongst the

epie"We intended, but had

not time, to f.dlow this statement by some explanatory remarks,! hat the subject might 'the better be understood by our American readers, for we presume that from the isolated Situation of that section of the country, few are acquainted with the location of places, or with thenature ofthe jurisdiction which the British Colonial Government pretend to exercise over that pur ticular tract, where the Kiid Baker was apprehended. Bv referring tothe 5th and (3th articles of the treaty . of Ghent, it u ill be seen that the boundary between the States and the Provinces of New Brunswick and Lower Canada was .not altered from the position

given to it by the treaty of '37. or in oti.tr words, that' patticulai section was to be established a gieeably to the conditions of the previous treaty alluded -to. By that Treaty, the National Conndary, ennimeneinu ar the head ot

River, a large and noble stream of portance,is 150 miles canoe navinearly 350 miles in length, having gation down the river, so that they its source near those of the Chau- . ate almost in effect detached from dtere and Penobscdt "Rivers. any community: and being in From this point it runs in a north- consequence obliged to fabricate easterly direction or parallel with their own implements of husbanthe St. Lawrence for nearly one dry, &c, those implementsfrom third of its length, when it changes there bring no tegular established its direction, and from-near the mechanic!-, arc oi the more rude point ofintersection by the exnlor : and imnerfecl kind. Tn r!uir tr,-r.

ing survey, desciibcs a course j ment of strangers, they are ex-

and spirit of the treaty. The British Courts, in New Brunswick, may possibly make out a clear cause against Baker ; but we ourselves are inclined to doubt their prerogative in the business; and we shall at least hesitate, before we give implicit iaith to statements in their Journals on the subject.

As it respects the. tract of coun-

southerly to the Bay of Fundy. rectlingly hospitable. For lhc try i dispute, it vviil he recoHecvrnm th Sr .in in' c ??

From the St. John's Sliver the : want of instruction tiVv m

line was continued in the north j unenlightened, and are generally direction, crossing the Ristigonche : as superstition; as thev are igno and several ot its tributaries, j rant Their religion is the ca7hostreams which empty into the Bay ' lie. and SO e. ran? din.ir v

of Chaleur, until at the distance, faith, that natural events of an

liXJ mites trom the bt Croix, m ; uncommon character, either ijood lat. 48 deg. N. the first water was ! or bad in their effects, are often discovered running northward in- j attributed to the immediate inferto. the St Lawrence. 1 We then ! position of their r,rir;u mm,r

was t.ic termination of the due j uncoiwioi-s of the possibility of! imnmrv cWav has been occasion!, i or longitude !mn. the boun- j there even existing a paramount i ionetl in inrnfchin" the Iwmdary from this point, following the cause orantho.iiy. Toe indivi.hi. nt-s. that the people bo!d be ugnlamh a rendv mentioned to a!s composing the cotnroui.it v.are. '. nuulc oconain-ed with the fact U?ci : l,e?:1 01 Connecticut without scarcely an exception, all j A1 yet. e'e; y thing relative to the river. I ms h. tcrromauon of; connected by the (i, s of cons.m snbicct. swmMoiaue been kent the north line, one would snpposc ' gninity. They are not over lahn- ' very mivh h ti e d n

m examining uie coiuimons o I nous, are execch-glv f.-nd ofa the treaty, ouHil to he considered mu-emenfs. at!,! fh. !,,.,.

ted, that provision was made in

the treaty, for any disagreement, by reference to the umpirage ofa foreign power. We arc not informed, that the Commissioners on this section, have yet reported to their respective Governments, it is now mote than ten years since the business was placed in

their hands ; and we think if any

as the N E. angle ofthe state of ?Iainc, but the Knglish delegation by certain quibbles of diplomacy, such as the B iy of Fundy not be ing a part of the Atlantic Ocean and the St. John's in conseouence

not being an Atlantic river, eon-

mmy and happiness teem to pre vail amonjr them.

tenderl that the due north line a

hove mentioned onght not to pass i M- s bnM.g.',: ,v,h th(.,;i

..... o.. , u. uu k-.iihuou- homn ; jrom y.aivc m : heir -oion to ofit,andthateboun(arys!uiod:thiseount W. I) :l,sh Govern

t4.envi: ue urawn wester i y ' mi. ! !r. Vt t : , , nj. ...

Th.ey cannot !e s-iu! to constitute a reguhu-ly mganizr-d mmm!i?;ii y ; bu' in al i heir conduct and re! a! ion-, t! :r . . hi.

erncd prh.cip ally by lhc f n e of h:aiiuil by means ofthe St. mt inns cu -loins I t:hiis wliieh John's i iv r, passing throu'rh (3i3

!. .1". , ' i-

k . -u :i u in uipiue. u sccured. as it should be. to the State will he fom.d valuable. U an i-bject. however id greater importance to the 15-iiisli than to u. as ti e only communication approch-

mg 10 a tn.-eet one, h-tween the p-'iis of Halifax ami Quebec is

following the elevaied gmuniU which scarate the w-iters o! tiie lU. Johns riiui thro-.? o t Penobscot. By t'-is niiiMiic

a tract of en-nt'-v is t !.;;. pute, cor.t:ii::in:'.5; vome r atr es. tk. ro!:vji:: ;; c(pial lo (ne (in; -r. ' ;

! i

'-erei-e a jie is(?ic.ion ocr them, whenever l hi. - m i c c 1 i heir in'er i r,.;ce a:y r.otiee of their Htu ;:t"M ; g.-j:cra!!y flipy j1avc n:-.ni h regulate thmelvcs.

o ; tnr.rauagc teir own alidirs in their

i"uroi:-'' !i (

71 line

tract ilows ihe have s ?i h a w v

s . a. in ri very lew vcars. a

: rvhnr of A nun ie;lns, horn the

'n p w? nf :dne. have nurch

j :iefs in ibis region, foe the

j pmnosr of .-ufing the timber, (f

th.ere were

i i

we '

j river, hearing t 'v : ' ( v.

several ia!:es. iacn co.-ih.jninn CMI

k " 'S'nence due north to the hih lands, dividing the waters empty ing into the Jji,vrence from those running into the Atlantic )cean. thence alontr these IIHv Mhnds to the N. V head of Connecticut Itiver." Previous to the last war the due north or Longi tude line from the head ofthe St Croix, h.ad been paitiahy cc imoerfcctly run, at the conclusion, how

ever, ofthe Ghent Treaty. Commissioneis were appointed agreeably to its provisions, bv both

xntioim, with powers to regulate ahd estaoiisli on the terms of the treaty, the Boundary between the siates and the IVuish provinces The whole northern boundary vjifiom the Atlanticcoast to the Lake Woods, was arranged into sections conformably with the Articles of the Treat v. and the

direction oteaeh poition delcaied

n we nave sahl

an a vera op v v r iii-n. " . .... .

miles of surface and .iiw,!- 1 , the upper

in the geographi nu eentrc of p.State of Umw. The valley (!j the St. J-)hn4 em'oraced by th.f disputed tract may be said to be almost entirely in a state of na ture, covered witii (ne con! mot d toiest of pine and hard wood lim bcr and fit for ail the purpose;: of Mtu.1 naval coi;structions. Tnc river itseif isbordered by extensive tracts of tine alluvial i'nd. and for

, a distance of 40 mi'e or th.eira-

j bouts, this range of intervals is I improved & inhabited by families j"of French extraction, whose pi in i cipal title to the lands they occupy

ib o possession.

tract ; a. -,d we thin'; that ih in the

course el the last war, this communication had been known and intercepted, it would have proved of great- ad i ant age to us, and an equal injury to the other party To States collectively, aiid to jsaine in particular, this subject h inh-restmg. & deserving of "invesJii?atim ; and we hope that all tho lacts ami circumstances connected " ith it, will soon be laid before tht: Public. It is high time the c yesnun was fairly settled, tiiat" the people of Maiawas!;a mav knov o hether they are in reality" British subjects, or American citizens ; co that they may have all the benefits

v- I i , ; tn ..v i j ; ; j ei j . .-.-I., ni.i -i' the Ht. J-Hms.,ail!a:','ni,n" iV,,ii! 1'laccd iu i: -ii;!.r it ,i,HV!) t!.t tU '"''' -"'bl ion. ii';v!niK ,A it- it tU. y.'.ti.t. . . a' "" '" 111 11 -.

!"-?og oi it at the I! itish po:f ot -IT-

jn-.-(w -neton or i-t John s. Geo. B hr! , so called, was one of t! i immber, having, in connection Witn his as-nciates. a residence

vitnm or near the limits of the

hawasea settlement.

t!i i n

Jacr.I) V.. h-, livit J:1 If-cT;T jsi Jlv io.vnKlep. S':i!iy.ii ctMiuty, It;dias;a, InHccn Iiancis di e inch mli ; a star and snip; boj;,c white luii: s in Uiil ; h.is i:u iiic swi.y -su;)- d to be ft.ury. ars Oil!. r.i: ! , .il ..I ... . l . . f .

. e sonuld have stated, that a j srw-nv.fivc cci.u hy (icolKc Ihrtic, j3".

va, rc a ir.al l ranees S. Aiilicr. I ccvx'uy tl.c above io be a line ropv honj my c5Uiw book. VM M.PUHDV, jP N'ovi ir.brr 16, I f 7. 15-3i

to Commissioners anil a-cntsesne-

cialiy appointed for the purpose. Commencing at the Atlantic coast, the position ofthe St Croix river was derei mined, about which theie arose much douht f,0m the ignor.iiice of the people, in that sce:ion, of the true stream by that name. A disposition was likewise made of the islands in Pas-am lnatpj. ddy Hay. an arm ofthe sea into which the M. Croix empties. From the source ot the St. Croix, an expir ing survey was made in a direction due noith. This line at the distance of nearly 0 miles crosses obliquely the St. Johns

These families of Arcadian French, as we understand, originally located themselves near'the mouth of the St John's river in

New Brunswick; and after an

occupancy of some years, were (hiven, by the imperious claim- of

! the English proprietors, from rhe

j grounds they had improved and rendered valuable by cultivation, I to search for new dwellings in the , wilderness removing high upon the St. John's and finailv loeariti-r

themselves in what we have term ed the. disputed tract formip a

settlement known by the name of

mail passes regularly through this tract, bet wee;) Canada and Nova Scotia Fn-m ( )uebec. it is tahen

. - - ..... umvfi the St. Liwienc, about 130 miles from thenc-" it is carried across the highlands by a portage d VA) mi!c. to Temiscoutta lake'; when it is taken by canoes down the river or outlet to the Lake into the St John's, and along that nver to Fredericlon, thence to iliiuax. It. is for stopping this mail that the most serious charge is preferred against the said flaker. How well it can be substantiated or in wh it degree said Haker is culpable, we are not possessed of evidence sufficient to state. As it icspects the other charges " for

exciting and stirring up a spirit of sedition, insurrection, and revolt amongst the people" we are strongly inclined ' to doubt his

Administrator's Notice. A bh : crsr p.s cuiicen cti, aic hereby .J, n-.tiiied, ih:,t ti-.c cs"ic of MiU D'AohMi, difc.!veil, is irlvt -m -and all those hciii.- claims against ba'ul csr-.'tc ac JCfjue'Ctd to nicsei.t thtru Ur lisvi.utit.

and all u ho arc indctcrl, arc rteucbted to nuke imnicdh'e j:vn etc. JOHN ' PITCH F.R. 'Mk. Dcrcml)rr 1.5, 1827 45-3t

ame ot , enm'm.ilif v nr hio Mr-r..,o!;.f ..

3IatawasKa. rrhe customs and ! British l.-uvs. frnm th M i

manners of this people are ofthe simplest kind; there are few or no mechanics or manufacturers a-

mong them ; the distance to Fred

nation of the country, and from

the great certainty of its being assigned to the United States, when

the bondary line shall have been t t

. j v wiiuii uut UtLIJ cneton, the nearest town of im- established agreeably to thdettcx

.NOTICE to purchasers nf PuhHc Land, ItKChlVKK'b OKFICK, AT VlNCKNNES, Ociobtr 2:,, 1 3'J7. TN pursuanrc of instructions from the jsi. honorabic tlic Secretary of the Ticasury, the porcJiascrsof public lands, in the district of Vinccnncs, are hereby notified, that horn ar d after lhc 3 1st of next December, the receipt of the notes of all local or .State Ihnks will be discontinued at this office. Therefore, those persons who hac payments to make into this ofi.ee, will alter that period, provide themselves with specie, or notes ofthe United State's Bank or its Brandies. J. C. S. HARRISON, Receiver. October 25, 33-1 It

ELAKK DEEDS lor sale at thii ollkc.

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