The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-10-15
TIE PROPOSED TERRITORY or CARSON

The rcnpl" or tnrsrn Valley, and ,,b,r v,,,.,
adjacent, held pnhlir meeting nj GENOA. on ,i,..
S'h "l'., I" consider I'll" l"pr"'v Of pc,i,ionin.,
Congress for II separate Territorial orrnuizn,;,n
:" lar ns We can learn from tho rc,or, Of tI,c I
proceedings published hy persons who wrrc nrcs.
'h', lhc meeting was unanimous in favor of n .
new Territory of their own. Tho rcnsons for |
demanding scl'ara ion from the dominion of
Utah are, that they dislike the Murlmons, and ,
nave now no political co nmiinica,iun with the .
"utiniiiics ut Salt Lake AMI, the winter.
c"h'h nav" no communication if they wished H.
government 's necessary to them; their popu- .
ln'"n is large and rapidly increasing, and thcy /,
need protcciiun against rnscols will, ,,J T., T.
drns without. The ma jority Of the inhabitants !
"i Carson and the a, jaccnt valleys arc G,utiIrs
;nd do not wish To have Mormon officers over
them. lhc meeting say, in the memorial which
they have addressed to Congress-:
"Thc only authority acknowledged i'm this
part of Utah territory, by any class Of people is
that which tho church of the Latter Day Saints,
whose members are generally known under the
sobiIuct of Mormoms, exercises over its vutaries
and disciples. Neither they nor the Gcntiics
appear to look TO the Territorial Government of
Utah for any statutory laws for the rrrat ion
OF their business, or for the government of their
conduct. The Mormons, in all their social affairs,
| conform TO the General voluntary rules and haL.
its of lie among the Gcntirs; but they regulate
all their business affairs dealings and intercourse
with each other, by certain established rules of
the church, and not by any laws passed by the
legislative department of the Territory"
The meeting, in their memorial ask CONGRESS
To organize them into Territory, with lii,: fol-
lowing boundaries
"BcginninI on the northwest on Il line of ~
| degrees moth latitude and longitude l2U degrees
thence following the Oregon and Utah boundary
line on II direct cast couTS. to longitude ! IL:
thence southeast course to about north Int t,Id.
:'S and longitude Iii, thence farther on i'm In
same direction To north latitude 81 and lonmiiu,i
h,n I'm, .iI
BOUNDARY line between the State OF Sonora, in
| the Republic Of Mexico, and the Territory of
New Mexico, thence along that line TO thu. east
, crn boundary Of California, and thence ulon-
! the latter L" tie place of bcgiilnny'
The Carson Valley people estimate the white
| inhabitants Of the Territory, will, their proposed
boundaries. n 7,nno Of whom abou, 900 arr. in
the Valley Of the Nirucn. Those last we strike.
| off, leaving Coco. Carson, aud the valleys living
near, are said TO have population of ,sOu:
AMI $" far s we can learn, th,, is the only fixed
point III the estimate Of population. The re-
n,ii,ing 100 who z" to make up the 900 are
guessed a', and located in the scattered valleys
rear Of the Oregon line, or live about Honey
| Lake, in California. 1t is said that the Honey
Lake people dcsir" To be organized into Il Terri
| tory with Carson Valley, because they are east
"t the summit ol the Sierra Nevada. and ,:nu,,u1
hold communication Will; Sacramento during i.
winter. lut even It tins be- So and if Honey
| Lake IL I" bc included in The csii innate of tI.
! population Of The Carson Territory We cannot
! II We are at AL critical, sci the number ;,t NOR.
'llan 2.3no The population may possibly br
greater, but 1t So We have not The data for know
| Ing it.--H;a CWi,nfnir.