Feb. 18, By a general order, Major-General Scott turns over the command of the U. S. army in Mexico to Major-General Butler.

May 22-26, the democratic national convention at Baltimore nominate Gen-
eral Lewis Cass of Michigan, for president, and General William O. Butler
of Kentucky, for vice-president.

"25, Major-General Scott received by the municipal authorities of the city
of New York. There was a large military and civic procession.
"29, Wisconsin admitted into the Union.

"30, treaty of peace between the United States and Mexico, which had been
signed at Guadalupe Hidalgo, Feb. 2, 1848, afterward modified at Washing-
ton, and confirmed by the Mexican Congress; ratified by the American com-
missioners, Sevier and Clifford, and the Mexican minister of foreign rela-
tions, Don Luis de la Rosa. It was proclaimed in the United States, July 4,
1848.

June 7, 8, the whig national convention meet at Philadelphia, and on the second day, fourth ballot, nominate General Zachary Taylor for president, and, on second ballot, Hon. Millard Fillmore for vice-president.

"22, 23, democratic convention at Utica, N. Y., nominate Martin Van Buren for president and Henry Dodge (who declined June 29) for vice-president. July 4, corner-stone of monument to General Washington, laid at the city of Washington. Oration by Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, speaker of the United States house of representatives.

Aug. 13, Oregon territorial bill, with prohibition of slavery, passed by Congress.

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9, 10, free-soil convention at Buffalo, nominate Martin Van Buren, of New York, for president, and Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, for vicepresident. Sixteen states were represented by delegates.

14, Adjournment of 30th Congress, 1st session.

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Sept. 9, destructive fire at Brooklyn, N. Y.

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6, Taylor and Fillmore elected president and vice-president by the electoral colleges.

1849. March 5, inauguration of Zachary Taylor as president, and of Millard Fillmore

as vice-president, of the United States.

May 15, the cholera breaks out in New York; May 17, great fire at St. Louis. Aug. 11, Gen. Taylor, president of the United States, issues his proclamation against the armed expedition fitting out for Cuba.

Aug. 31, convention of delegates, called by Gen. Riley of the United States army, to frame a state constitution for California, meet at Monterey.

Aug. 21, citizens of Santa Fe county, New Mexico, meet to organize a territorial government.

Sept. 4, California convention organize.

Oct. 10, annexation to United States memorial, at Montreal, Canada, signed by over 300 citizens of Canada.

Oct. 10, initial point of the boundary line between the United States and Mexico settled, and a monument with inscriptions erected. Lat. 32° 31′ 59′′.58, and long. 119° 35′ 0.15, west from Greenwich.

Oct. 16, convention of delegates from fourteen states in favor of a national
railroad from the Mississippi to the Pacific, meet at St. Louis, and issue an
address. Senator Douglass, of Illinois, presides.

Oct. 16, Mr. Chatfield takes possession of the island of Tigre, in the state of
Honduras, in the name of the British queen.

Nov. 1, the first territorial legislature of Minnesota closes its sitting of sixty days.
"19, the survey of the boundary line, between Pennsylvania, Delaware, and
Maryland, comprising a greater part of Mason and Dixon's line, is completed.
Dec. 2, first session of thirty-first Congress commences.

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21, house of representatives organized by the election of Howell Cobb, speaker, on the sixty-third trial.

Jan. 9, the British government announce to Lord Elgin, governor-general of
Canada, their determination to maintain the connection of Canada with Great
Britain.

Jan. 15, the Hungarian exiles call on President Taylor, and the usual inter-
change of civilities takes place.

Jan. 19, the Spanish minister at Washington complains to the secretary of state, of the Cuban juntos at New York, New Orleans, and Washington.

Feb. 12, the original manuscript of Washington's Farewell Address is sold at auction, by the heirs of Mr. Claypole, printer, and purchased by James Lenox, Esq., of New York, for $2,300.

Feb. 22, President Taylor attends the laying of the corner-stone of the Virginia monument to Washington, at Richmond.

April 20, the people of Santa Fe county, New Mexico, hold a convention, and
request the military governor of New Mexico, Col. John Munroe, to call upon
the citizens to elect members for a convention to form a state constitution.
April 27, Collins' line of steam-packets goes into operation. The steamer At-
lantic sails from New York for Liverpool.

May 7, a meeting of southern members of both houses of Congress is held at
Washington, and reports an address to the people of the southern states.

May 23, two vessels, the Advance and Rescue, fitted out by Mr. Henry Grin-
nell, of New York, to search for Sir John Franklin in the Arctic seas, sail
from New York.

June 3, a southern convention of delegates meet at Nashville, Tennessee, to consult on the slavery question agitated in the north and in Congress. They afterward issue an address, and adjourn, after a short session.

June 14, great fire at San Francisco, California, destroys three hundred buildings. July 1, Governor Bell of Texas calls a special session of the legislature on the boundary question, to meet on the 12th of August.

July 9, death of President Taylor; great fire in Philadelphia.

31, railroad convention at Portland, Maine, in favor of a railroad to Halifax, through the British provinces.

Aug. 12, the legislature of Texas meet at Austin, and assume hostile attitude on the boundary question; which, however, is afterward settled by the action of Congress.

Sept. 9, California admitted into the Union.

"9, Texas boundary bill passed by Congress.

"9, New Mexico and Utah bills passed; Sept. 18, fugitive slave act passed.

"20, act for the suppression of the slave trade in the District of Columbia, passed.

30, thirty-first Congress adjourns after a session of 302 days.

Alabama admitted to the Union..1508, 551 Arkansas admitted into the Union. {1983