Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-08-15
Washington, Avg. Q, 1850.
SENATE


In The Senae. to-day. Mr.. P,arres bill to set lie The
Texas Boundary CUES ion taken up and finally dis
r,srd nf.
Mr. Winthrop having withdrawn his amendment 10
MAKE boundaries oi 1esa. hose proposed hy Mr. Benton
a. an amendment To the Omnibus Bl all subsequent
fcnp's 10 amend Were promptly voted down.
The bill WAS hen reported ont of committee. and the
amendments agreed IN therein adopted.
Mr. Davis. of Mass moved 10 strike ont ton millions
sfd.l,rs. tie proposed he paid Texas aud
46OOOO0o R.ecicd-yeas %. nays %.
The bill WAS ihen ordered 10 be engrossed f. r llrd
reading by yeas q. nays 81.
The bill having ben ensnssei il put upon its
passage. when i, passed by the FLOWING vote: yeas 30
Maya 90.
Or mo,ion. the Senate ,hcn adjmrred.
The following Is the bill. as originality introduced by
M. p. arce:
Bill proposing tn the State of Texas The cs,abl simon,
Of her Northern and Western boundaries. the ren-
punishment by said STATE oi all territory claimed by her
exterior 70 said Boundaries and u all her claim upon
the uned States.
BE il enneied&e Ths the fllowing pr prsions shall
b. and The .ame hereby Offered To the State Of Texas
which when agreed Il, by the said State in passed
BY her General Assembly. shall he binding aud obligat~
~ upon the United States and upon the said S ate nj
Texas. Provided that the said agreement, BY the said
General Assembly shall be given on ur btl re the fret
dsy If December 1850.
First The Stare ri Texas will agree that her boun-
Diary On the nor,h shfll al the int at which
the meridian Of one hundred degrees wesi from Green.
weh Is nierseced by the raalle nf thirty degrf
and thirty minutes tn atnde ard shall from said
pint due west 10 the meridian Of hundted and three
degrees west from Geenw ch; thence her boundary shall
run due south To The thirty second degree of north latitude;
thence the said parallel of thirty degrees of north
latitude To the Rio Bravo del rt and hence with he
chanel Of said river To the Gulf of Aexica.
Second. he State If Texas cedes tn tho United
States all her Territory exterior The limits and honnda
lice which che agrees TO establish by the first article OF
this aQreemen'.
Third The S ates of Texas r,lnqnishes nil claim
uron the IT, States for the liability Of the debts Of Tex
- and for the compensation r indemnity CIR the surpn.
der 10 the Unit States OF her SHIPS forts arsenas.
enstom-honses. cnsom house revenue and munitions
II war. and public hndinps with their sites which be
came the property of The United States the time Of
nexa,i
Fourth. The United States in consideration of said
INT # claims, will pay the State II Texas he
ii ten millions II dollar in stock bearing five per
interest, snd redeemabe The end fourteen years the
in'eres. payable half yearly at the rra ury Of he uLi
ted Sictes
Fifth. Immediately after the President, Of the United
STATES shall have been furnished with authentic copy
of the act Of The General Assembly Of Texas accepting
these propositions. he shall the stock be ISSUED
IN favor u the State Of Texas. provided for in the fifth
article Of this agreement Prorided that five millins
of said STOCK shall he issued until the creditors Of the
Safe holding bonds If Texas for which duties imports
were srecaly pledged. shall first file at he Treasury
II the United States releases Of all claims sgains, the
nied States for Of said bonds.
81 HOUSE.
The flous.. after refusing take M The private cal
endar. went nio Committee Of The Whole on the Civil
and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill.