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MEssRs. EDIToRs have before me a
pimphlet, entitled ssThe case Of Mrs. Clara
H. Pike. widow Of Gen z. Montgomery
Pike, now pending before the U. S. Con-
gress, with some extracts from her let
ters, prrtaing thereto, etc !; her petition,
praying compensation for extraordinary
services, rendered by her late husband, in
conducting the two exploring expeditions,
to the sources Of the Mississippi river, and
through the interior and southwestern ex-
tremity of the territory Of Louisiana, in the
years 1905, g, and z; and the report made
thereon, by Col. Benlon.s chairman Of. the
Committee on Military Afairs-by Amos
Hnton," notice Of which, would, am
sure, prove acceptable to the readers of
the Fountain, tend 10 advance the cause
Of humanity and Justice, and to the more
speedy accomplishment of the prayer of the
widow ed petitioner. nsA


Clara H., widow Of Gen. z. MoNTGoM-
ERY, who fell at the capture of York, the
capital OF Upper Canada, on the 9th April,
1913, claims of Congress compensation for
extra services rendered by her husband,
when Lieutenant in the military service
OF the |. S. as commander of two important
expeditions.


"The first, consisting ofhimselfand TWEEN.
ty subordnates, was voyage up the Mis-
sissppi, TO trace and explore it to its sour
ces, commencing at ST. Louis, August 9,
1906; and terminating al that place, April
80, 1876.


"The second, comprising himself and
twenty-five subordinates, to explore the in
terna parts of our newly acquired Terrific
ry, Louisiana, TO its south western and
southern limits, was commenced at Belle
Fonlane, four miles up the Missouri from
It's confluence with the Mississippi, July
ID, 1906; and terminated at Nalchtoches;
July l, 1907.


These expeditions were undertaken and
prosecuted, with view to accomplish great
national objects. And who will presume to
say, that they were not eminently success


uI' They mere so-in a pecuniary sense
in the acquisition, from the st. Si,ux, of
100000 acres Of territory, at Croix, and
ST. Peters, equal, ,hen, TO 100000 dollars)
lor consideration of some Two hundred
aud fifty dollars in present-in securing to
his Government, twenty-six thousand per
anuum, Ia duties on BRUSH goods, which
had previously been smuggted into our new
territory, and sold without license, to the
great detriment and injury Of the honest
.a.merican Iader--and in The commerce of
tina, region, which started into beiug inme-
diately after he dlflused knowledge uf the
latent sources Of wealth therein, and has in
creased ever since; as, also, o the Mis-
sour, Usage, and Arkansas rivers, etc 80
They ,cere so-Grographicaliy--in his faith
lu aud graphic de crlption Of the various
sections Of country through which he pas
sed, the several kinds Of population that in
habiied them, aud the peculiar and dislinc-
i've clarsc,erls,ics of each; and his valua-
bic maps Of the whole extent Of the Mis-