The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-10-22
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The people of Carson Valley aud other
valleys adjacent held IA public meeting at
Genoa on the 9Th ut, 10 consider the pro-
pricty Of consulting Congress for separate
.IcrrllnIaI nrkaulh. u4a..SS>. lar "a. ~. =. :.
learn from report Of the proceedings pub.
!.,hcd by person Who we're present, the
meeting was anauIlnuus Ia favor OF a new
Territory Of their own.
The reasons for demanding separation
from the dominion Of Utah, are that they
dislike the Mormous and have now no polii-
zeal communication with the authorities a,
Salt Lake aud during the winter could
have ~ communication II they wished IT,.
\ government ~ necessary 10 them their
population is urgr and increasing and they
need protection against ra'cals within, and
Indians without The majority OF the in
haLtauts Of Carson Valley and the ada.
cent Valleys are Gcntil,s, and do not wish
Ia have Mormon officers over them The
meeting say M the memorial which they ad-
dressed 10 Congress
4 he only authority acknowledged m this
pur, III | tab Territory 10y any class OF PEG
pie is that which the Church OF the Latter.
duy Saints, whose members are generally
known under the soubFiquct Of Mormons,
exercise over It's yotaricS AMI disciples
Neither they nor the Gcnies appear to look
to the t.rritorlHi government Of Utah for
any +tatuary laws lor the regulation oil their
conduct The Mnmous. in all their social
ullajrs conform 20 The general voluntary
rul,s and habits OF llc anoug the Gcnlcs,
but they regulate all their business affairs,
dealing anil intercourse with each other by
certain established rules oi ihr church. and
no, by my laws passed 10y the legislative
department Of the Territory"
The meeting in their memorial, AS, CON
gross to organize them into a Territory, ith
the following boundaries
beginning IN the northwest on line Of
{, degrees north latitude and longitude 20
degrees. thence along the Oregon and I tab
boundary line ON direct east course 10 lon
gitudc llG. thcut9 southeast course To
about north latitude b. and longitude IA
thence further on ia thu same direction To
north latitude ~ and longitude ~. thence
almost a duc south course to the boundary
line between the state OF Sonora. IN the Re
public of Mexico AMI the Territory Of New
Mexico thence along the line To the casterly
boundary Of California. and thence along
the latter to the place OF beginning
The Carson Valley people ,st mate the
white inhabitants Of the Territory with
their proposed boundaries, at 1000 of whom
about 1000 are in the Valley " the Virgin.
'lhesr asst We strike of leaving 60Ou.--
Carson and the valleys living near. arr said
TO have a population Of 1900, and so far as
We can learn. that is thu only fixed point 10
the estimate OF the population The re-
naming 100 who % t. make up the 5000
arr grcsasv! a., ami loca'e! in the sca,,orcr.
valleys rear OF the Oregon line, or live about
Honey Lake IN California.
II is sad tha, the Honey Lake people
desire Ia hc organized into Territory with
larson Valley because they are cast II the
summit of the Sierra Nevada and cannot
hold communication with Sacramento dur.
ing the winter Bat even Il this bt>so and
1t Honey Lake Is To be included in the csti-
mate Of the population Of the Carson Ter.
ritory, Ne cannot. II We are ut all critical
set the number at over 2, 800 The popula
ton may possibly h greater. but u - we
have nj the data ior knowing ~