New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-05
THE PROPOSED TERRITORY OF CARSON.

lrss The -ffQ California.
The people OF Carson Valley and other valleys ad
jaceLt, held public meeting at Genoa, on the Sth
ult 10 consider the proprety of petitoning Congress
for separate Territorial organization. 80 far az We
can am from the report Of the proceedings Published
by persons who were present, the meeting was
upaI lmous in favor of new Territory Of their own
Ibe reasons for demanding 9 separation from the
don nion Of Utah are, that they dislike The Mormons
and have now no political communication with the
authorities at Sal, Lake. and during the Winter
could have no communication if they wished It.
government is necessaryo them Their population IL
large and rapidly ncreasing and they need protection
against rascals within and Indians without Tue
nus orty Of the inhabitants of Carson and the adjacent
valleys are Gentes and do not wish 70 have Mormon
officers over them. The meeting say, In the memorial
which they have addressed TO Congress-
"The only authority acknowledged in this par OF
Ttsh Territory by any class Of people Is that which
the church OF the LatterDay SAINT, wnose members
are generally known unoer the soorquet OF MOT
mons exercises over it yotares and dscPes either
thew ror the Gentes appear TO look TO the Ierl!on
Government Of Utah tor any statutory laws for the
regulation Of Their business for the government OF
their conduct. The Mornons, in al their socla a.
srs conform 20 the general voluntary rules ana naois
of lite amor the Gentles but they regulate all telr
busipess affairs, dealing and intercourse with eac9
other BY certain established rules OF the church, ana
Hot by any Laws passed by the Legislative department
Of the Territory"
gsnize them into a Territory, with the following
boundaries:
Beginning OH the northwest on line OF 4! degrees
porh latitude and longitude 10 degrees, thence fol-
lowing the Oregon and Utah boundary line on dlrecs
est course TO longitude ll6 thence southeast course
TO about north latitude 80 and longitude ia, thence
further ON in the direction to north latitude 81
and longitude - thence almost due south course
10 the boundary line between the State OF Sonors 10
the Republic Of Mexico, and the Territory OF New
Nezco thence along thai line to the eastern boundary
Of Cahforps, and thence along the latter to the place
of beginning .y
The Carson Valley people estimate the white inhsb-
,tslts OF The Territory with their proposed boqnda-
I,s al eco, Of whom about 600 are in the Valley
of the Virgen. Thess last strike of, leaving oOeo.
Csr-op and the valleys lying near, are said to nave
incubation Of l50O. and, so far as We can learn,
hat il the only fixed poin, in the estimate Of popus-
tion The remaining 200 who go 10 make up the
GO are guessed at and located IN IN scattered val
lys rear OF the Oregon line or hive about Honey Lake,
in ;nCal}o,us Iii sadthat the Honey Lake people de-
ire 70 be- organized into Territory With Csrson t:ey,
they are cas-: Of the summit OF the Sierra Neya-
6a' ard cannot hold communication vith Sacramento
Su,pg the Winter But even if this be So and ii Honey
Ihkeis 10 be incuded IN the eetlmate of the popIs-
iion OF the Csrsop Territory, we cannot We are at
All criticsl set the number a. msre than 25VO The
population m,y possibly be greater, but ~, we have
rci The data for knowing II.