Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-02-19
BY Mr. Atchison: Several memorials

Ing donations OF the public lands tor the
improvement of the Usage river, and for
the organization of territory Uest of the
Missouri. Thsi memorial states that the
territory lying west of the State of Mis-.
souri,, extending from the territory occupied
by the Cherokees to the northern line of
the State, and west to the Plains, is now
occupied by some 10000 Indians. If or
ganized into q Territory, and opened to set.
Element by the white man, it would in five
years rank in wealth and population among
the first States in the Union. In one coun-
ty in the Platte purchase, organized in 1880
with not more than twenty miles square in
its limits. therei is now population of fif
teen thousand. How much more is that
country worth to the Union than the en-.
tire territories occupied by the Indians!-
Also asking that provision may be made to
pay volunteers full pay as mounted men,
during their term of service, and if they
had the misfortune to lose their horses. also
pay for the horses thus lost as it was caused
principally by the lack of forage, which
should have been furnished by Govern.
ment. Asking that the small claims to
lands derived from the French and Spanish
governments may be confirmed, and the
final adjustment Of all provided for. Ask
ing Congress to donate to Missouri certain
public lands for purposes of internal i'm
provement.
Also, Joint resolutions Of the Legislature
of Missouri, against the repeal of the tariff
Of 1916, and the repeal Of the Sub.treasury
law.
Also, joint resolution Of the same, re.
questing their Representatives to vote in
accordance with the Sth section of the act
of Congress "to authorize the people of Mis-
souri, to form a constitution, and State Gov
eminent, and for the admission of such
State into the Union on an equal footing
with the original States, and to prohibi,
slavery in certain territories
By Mr.. Benton: From John Baldwin
asking that the United States will pay such
portions of the award made in his favor
by the Mexican Commission as have no,
been paid.
[Mr. b. explained the object of the men,
orialist, stating the grounds on which he
sought redress; one of which was that un.
der the treaty of 1913, certain revenues
were set apart by Mexico for the payment
of her Indebtedness to the United States
which revenues had been seized upon by
the order of the United States Government
and were now collected by the military and
naval forces of the nation.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
RESOLUTIONS.
On motion Of Mr.. Phelps, it was.
Resolved, That the Committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads be instructed
to inquire into the expediency of estab
fishing post roads from Oceola, St. Clail
county, via Quincy, to Hickory Court
House, Missouri.
On motion of Mr.. Hall, of Missouri,
Resolved, That the Committee of Claim:
be instructed to inquire into the propriety
Of authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to employ such an additional number
of clerks in the office of the I'd Auditor, a:
are required by the exigences ofthat Office
On motion of Mr.. Green,
Resolved, That the committee on the Pos
Office and Post Roads, be instructed to in
qure into the expediency of establishing
post road from Alexandria, Clarke county
Missouri, to Winchester, in said county,
Also, from Alexandria to Canton, in Levi!
county; and also from Alexandria, by way
of Francisville, Woods Mill. Bloomfield
Drakesvie, Princeton and Knoxville, tc
Fort Des Moines, in the State of Iowa
Also from Kirksville to Lancaster, Nilsson
ri.
Mr.. Cabell moved the following resou
ton which was read and laid over under the
rule:
Resolved, That the President of the U
States be requested to cause to be commu
At, a.
names of the commissioned officers in tht
military service of the United States, VIII,
have been at any time attached to the army
of the United States in Mexico. and wht
are now absent from said army on leave, Of
for any other purpose.
MIR. Turner asked leave to introduce
Joint resolution to annex Upper and Lowe
California to the United States.
1t being objected to, the question wa
stated on granting leave, on which the yea
and nays were ordered but, before any
question was taken
Mr.. Broadhead stated his desire to de
bate the motion on granting leave; and i
was laid over under the rule.
The following are the resolutions re
ferred to:
Il De ~ TeSOUed, &C. lhat from ana alte
the passage of these resolutions, all the ter
ritories now known as the territories o
New Mexico and Upper and Lower Cali
fornia, be and the same are herbey an
nexed to, and made part of, the territor.
of the United States.
Sec. 2. That the people now resdin!
upon the said territories within the limit
of New Mexico and Upper and Lower Cal