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He submits, therefore, the
representation of the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick respecting
the occupation of Mars Hill, relying confidently on the manifest
propriety of restraining the aggression which it is supposed is
meditated from the frontier of the State of Maine, and of both parties
mutually abstaining from any acts which can affect the disputed
territory, as the question of possession is now in the course of
arbitration.
The undersigned reiterates to the Secretary of State the assurances of
his highest consideration.
CHAS. R. VAUGHAN.
[Footnote 14: Omitted.]

_Mr. Van Buren to Mr. Vaughan_.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
_Washington, May 11, 1829_.
Right Hon. CHARGES R. VAUGHAN, etc.:
The undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States, has the honor
to acknowledge the receipt of the note which Mr. Vaughan, His Britannic
Majesty's envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, addressed to
him on the 10th of April, stating upon the authority of a letter from
the governor of New Brunswick, whereof a copy came inclosed in Mr.


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