Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1850-08-16
A Bill

Of Texas and the Territories of the United Stats
Be it enacted, &C., That the following pronos;.
tons shall be- and the same hereby are offered
to the State of Texas which, when agreed to by the
said State in act passed by the general assembly
shall be binding and obligatory upon the United
States and upon the said State of Texas Provided,
That said agreement by the said general assembly
shall be given before the LIST day of December
1850.
First The State of Texas will agree that her
boundary on the north shall commence at the point
at which the meridian of 100 degrees west from
Greenwich ntersected by the parallel of SO deg and
80 min. north latitude and shall run from said point
due west to the meridian of 1O3 degrees west from
Greenwich thence her boundary shall run due south
to the 92d degree of north latitude thence the
said parallel Of 80 degrees of north latitude to the
Rio Bravo del Norte and thence with the channel
of said river to the Gulf Mexico.
Second. The State of Texas cedes to the United
States all her claims to territory exterior to her Ii
mits and boundaries which she agrees to establish
by the first article of this agreement.
Third. The State of Texas relinquishes all claim
upon the United States for liability of the debts of
Texas, and for compensation indemnity for the
surrender to the United States of her ships, FORTS
arsenals custom houses custom house revenue, arms
and munitions of war, and public buildings with
their Sites which became the property of the United
States at the time of the annexation.
Fourth. The United States in consideration Of
said reduction of boundaries ceson of claims to ter
ritory and REIMBURSEMENT of claims, will pay to the
State of Texas the of ten millions of dollars in
stock bearing five per cent interest and redeemabe
at the end of fourteen years, the interest payable
half yearly at the treasury of the United States.
Fifth. Immediately after the President of the
United States shall have been furnished with
thentic copy of the act of the general assembly Of
Texas, accepting these propositions, he shall
the stock to be issued in favor of the State of Texas
provided for in the fifth article of this agreement
| Provided also, That no more than five millions of
said stock shall be issued until the creditors of the
State, holding bonds and other certificates of stock
of Texas, which duties imports specially
pledged shall first file at the Treasury of the United
States releases of oil claims against the United
States for account of said bonds certificates
in such form shall be prescribed by the Secretary
of the Treasury and approved by the President OF
the United States Provided further, That nothing
herein contained shall be construed to impair or
qualify anything contained in the third article OF
the I'd section of the Joint resolution for anne1ng
Texas to the United States,"* approved March l,
| 1845, either regards the number of States that
may hereafter be formed out of the State of Texas,
or otherwise.
*Notc This article referred is in the following words
"New States of convent size not exceeding four in
per- IN aadGn TO .ne a tee Or anu Sum
be formed out of the territory thereof which shall be entitled
may be formed of that portion of
said Territory lying south of degrees thirty min
promise line shall be admitted into the Union with with
slavery the people Of each State asking S admission
out of Territory north of said Missouri Compromise
nc slavery voluntary ervude for crime shall DO
prohibited
DEATH OF GEN. MAsoN.-Brevet Brgadier Gene
raj Richard B. Mason, of the U. S. Army. died of
cholera, at Jefferson Barracks Mo, on the 25th ut-
He leaves a wife and two daughters to mourn his
loss The St. Louis Republican gives the following
sketch of his life:
Gen Mason native of Stafford county, Va,
and descended from family eminent for their servi
ces in the war of the revolution. In 1917 he
appointed from civil life to a captaincy in the old
eighth regiment of infantry. In 1921 on the break
ing up of that regiment, he transferred to the
first. In 1924 and 1926 he with the forces that
assembled the Missouri to the mouth of the Yellow
Stone. In fact, his whole service spent on the
northern and western frontiers. Upon his return
from the above expedition he engaged in the E.
rection of Jefferson Barracks. On the organization
of the dragons he appointed major of the first
regiment, and ultimately to the command of it
He served through the Black Hawk war, and subse-
quently for several years stationed at Fort Glib
son. For two years previous to the Mexican war, he
was stationed in the east the recruiting service.
$ When that broke out, he Joined Gen Kearney
in California, where he was made military COM
mander and civil governor. He relieved from
his command in l849 and njoyed but short respite
from duty with his family before death has claimed
him as his yictim.'