Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-02-14


since the last session Of Congress, any
person has been by him appointed either
civil or military governor Of California
and New Mexico. If any military or
civil governor has been appointed, their
names and their compensation. If mil
itary and civil governor has been united
in one person; whether any additional
com pensalion has been given for said du-
ties, and the same"
"Also that he be requested to commu-
nicate to this House whether any agent or
agents, or other persons, have been APP
pointed by the President or any Of the
Departments Of the Government, and sent
to California or New Mexico, or recog-
nized in said territories by this Govern
ment, authorized TO organize the people
of California or New Mexico into a gov
eminent, or to aid or advise them in such
organization; or whether such agent, civil
or military governor, was Instructed or
directed to aid, preside over, or be present
at the assembly Of body of persons called
a Convention in California, to control anG
advise, direct, or partici pate in any man
ner in the deliberations of that body of
persons. If any, the names of such agent
or agents, and their compensation. Also,
that the President be requested TO inform
this House whether the Executive, or
either OF the Departments, have sent any
agent or agent. on the part of This Govern
ment to California or New Mexico, TO aid
or advise the people Of those territories as
to the formation of government for them
| selves, and if such agent or agents have
been sent, who they are, and their COM
pensation. Also that the President be
respectfully requested to communicate to
this House all the Instructions given to
such governor, civil or military, in Cali
| fornia or New Mexico, or to any officers
Of the army Of the United States, or any
other persons, who may have been sent
by this Government to New Mexico or
California, and the proclamations and COM
munications by them made TO the people
| OF said Territories, as well as the entire
correspondence Of such agents or COVER
nor with this Government. And, also,
whether any person or persons have been
authorized by this Government, or any of
its Departments, to appoint and direct the
elections in said Territories, and deter
mine the qualifications of the voters at the
same and whether any laws have been
created by any supposed government in
California and if so, what laws ?"
"And that the President be requested
TO communicate to this House all cores
pondence held by this Government with
any persons in California and New Mex
leo relative to the formation of a Govern
ment for the said Territories by the in
habitants thereof: and whether any GEN.
sus of citizens of said Territories has been
made !; and that the same, if made, be COM
municated to this House. Also, all SINH
lar instructions that were given TO similar
officers or agents by the late Executive,
and all similar information of which the
Department of State had possession, and
similar matters, at the expiration Of the
term Of office Of the late President -
Has the honor to report to the President
the accompanying papers OH file in his
Department embraced by the resolution.-
Copies of so much of the CORES pondence
of ibis Department, during the last admin
istration, with officers and agents in Cali
fornis, after the Treaty of Guadalupe, as
was deemed proper or useful TO be COM
municated TO Congress, will be found
among the papers accom- panying the mes
sage of President Polk of December 8,
lS49, from page 45 to page 90 inclusive.
See vol. Executive Documents, I'd ses-
sion Both Congress. Prior to that pc
Rod T. o. Larkin, Esq, was appointed
confidential agent of the Department in
California, and received for his services
the sum of $6,l07. The sum of ST. 900
has been paid to Mr. King.
The Secretary of State has the honor to
add, that no official report has yet been
received at this Department from Mr.
King, who, on the 3D. of April last, was
appointed bearer of dispatches to Califor-
MIA, and agent to collect information nec-
essary to the proper execution Of the
treaty with Mexico, as well as to commu-
nicate information TO the people of that
Territory, as is fully stated in the copy Of
his instruction herewith sent. Private
advices from California have informed us
that he was confined by severe illness, not
long after his arrival at San Francisco, but
that he had recovered, and his arrival in
the United States may, therefore, soon be
expected.
A report will then, doubtless, be made
by him in obedience 10 his instructions.
Respectfully submitted,
!. NJ. CLAYTON.
mfr Clayton's Instructions to Mr. King will be
published in our next
Acc1DEsr.-Last Wednesday evening,
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