The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-04-10
IAverabls Report on 0reer County
CsmmIssiou- Core, pondeuce.
Tho Ohl's. scramble Among ths Faith.
X tui IN Texas Contiauss.
Unevenifa', but nasluess Like Sessions
t ef'he M0usef.
HIseslIanssss Washington News Items.
0REnR COUNTY.


Gfy s. 1881 --io His Excehency the President
isis: l have clnsiutr,d he q immunioa
<tion Of Angu.t 2iih last, addressed % Hon
John Ireland, governor o. TexAs, ana re-
feYred by you TO me, relating "a the bonn
dary Hoe bstween the Ualled States ans
. Tsxss.
Said communication states that the GOV
ernor OF Texas 10 su horned ip form Join
commission wi u the United State 10 Iur
ana q, tine said boundary linz: nnh a mi I,
cd .Grpy ofan set o' tue legislature Of said
ststi a. rAt eject, appsoysi May ~, lss3
Is iGci sd WITH THO cnmaiuulcilion Tue
act provinces tina, tho liue tnall DO Iun N
folloessv2
D,g'un, gAt y point where line drawn
nor u from mo inier.ec,ion ol toe thirty.
second dsg,so nf go'tn iat.tsia wi thI
wesierp usuk at 1 % ,bino River CROSSES
the II d Ef.er. AMI ihencs following the
course oi -Si iiver veatsordly - The de-
gree OF 'oagitgj9 npr hnad'ed west iroGl
Lopdsn suu tgsp v-three desfeea Wa from
Mashipgiop, Us sad line wss I'D down Ia
Meli-h = "a 40 ,sibe Ia, cd Ssles nubiish.
ed 1T Pal af-lDhii. iuproyed ~ the Il 81 OF
January. 1878. AID da.'enatsd Ia the trtaiy
beiwSe the Ia Ell Sat - end Spain IN ade
February %, AID. 1919 -
Ths ohject fihs 40. is reniish therein TO
be that "ibe question may 90 deli i',sly
settled ~ t, t;is trus location Of the one
dundrei h crgfea az loueti's vast from
Londoo, M whttherths Norm Fork Of II sd
river GA ,ha prar.. Dog FORK Ut said river is
the i'm. Il ed rive d.si COATED Ia tue treaty"
aforesud
The sc. inr.her ptovites that ia loostlug
said lins said comm ,siolsrs snail bs glid-
ed by SQUAT surveys md MEASUREMENTS,
together with such vel established marks,
natural aud artificial, as may ne louud, and
such well althentca ed laps as may throw
light upon the subject.
The nc also provides that the ''commis.
Sion or commissioners on the part OF Texas
Hhali attempt to have SAID survey" nude
betwesn the first day OF July and the first
day Of O, ooer of the year in which sails
survey ~ m ,da, when ths ordinary stage OF
wafer ia each iors OF said Rsd river may be
observed, an6 whea the main. or principal
Red river is asosrtained rs agreed upon il
said treaty OF 1919, and he point is fully
designated where the one hundredth degree
OF Longitude west from London. and the
twenty third degree OF long ude west ron
Washington crosses SAID Red River. the
same shall be plainly marked and defined
a. corner ia said boundary.
The commune alton from the governor
states that, in view OF the TACT that the
United States is setting uD some sort of
claim to THIS territory, known as Greer
county, IN this state, and rasmuch as this
Estate feels that enc has a perfect title to the
terrttasyy ~ respectfully and earnestly urge
Htsps on the part OF the United States
~ ~ enable the join. com mission TO be-
fafSd. There ete now large number Of
people, settled in the territory, and II the
Respective aims Of Texas and the United
States we're settled the country would rap.
dIy ill up.
On the 9Th OF January, 1882, hesecretary
bf the interior was instructed BY senate res
Dlutious Of that date, to furnish the senate
l. Al so az 4 - 4
United States aud Texas boundary commits.
sion, made under the provisions Of the act OF
congress approved June b, 1853; ard, If no
final report of said commission was made,
to report that fact, together With TIE maps,
surveys, and report of work. 90 far as 1t was
prosecuted.
NY predecessor accordingly. on the 10th
OF the same month, made suca report and
transmitted Herewith, as q part thereof,
the report oftha com missioner of the gem
general land office, of January II together
with tnsps and papers. Senate Elk. Doc.
No. 20, Forty7ssventh Congress, first sos
sion.
From euch report it appears that in the
year 1854 she joint c,mmission oh the part
Of the U 1itsd states and the state OF Texas
commence ~ work together on the Rio
Grande, BUT toe Texas, Commissioner did
not remain long 10 the field, on account Of
personal d Hdreuces bsIwean himself and
the u nited States commissioned. A new
Texas commissioner came and assisted In
the survey OF q part OF the west boundary
or 1854 meridian ives, Longitude.
siosSer surveyed the north and east bnnnd-
aries, but 1t does not appear that the Texas
COm missioner took any part in the work.
+ On the 10Th day of January, 1862, the
secretarv ofthe fa1aainr directed that tbs
work Of The Texa4 Aplndayy commission
be terminated, and during that month the
work was terminated accordingly. The.|
&ss S VI. ns sssIp 'o to ssSs
S Sssn Ss xss pS q 'n IS v e..
Rrees f&btltQ tude to- SO, degrees 45 min
dies nor latitude. 100
No pint 0fsaid boundary survey has ever
been of6SfSliY agreed unon or accepted bv
the the two governments as contemplated
"A tne act .oi congress authorizing tie
y Il Is true, 40 ststsd 10 the said letter ad
dressed to you BY the governor Of Texas.
that the secretary OF the interior holds |
that the territory belopas' to the United |
BIAtps.n Such claim Il, set forth in q letter
addressed TO my predecessor, Secretary
Schultz. Nay 10Th, 1877, BY the commis-
tally as follows, viz.
Artlcle 8 Of tbe t.esty OF February 22i,
1873 befw8en Spain and the United States |
rs Stat, 254). describes the line, 40 far as 1t
relates to tis territory in question, as be-
ginning on the guilt of M. xiGo, at the mouth
81 thefivar Sabine. n the sea, continuing
r. dssse 81 81 auds
where It. strikes the RIO Roxo Of Mach
lt0ches, or Rsd river. then following the
poure6f Of the RIO Roxo westward to the
1egreel of Longitude 100 degrees west from