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rt Leavenworth......June 18, 1846 State constitution completed, but rejected by the people......1846 Colonel Doniphan, with 924 Missouri volunteers, defeats 4,000 Mexicans under General Heredia in the pass of Sacramento......Feb. 28, 1847 First line of telegraph between East St. Louis and the East completed......Dec. 20, 1847 Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States upon the northern boundary is confirmed by Congress, and the present boundary established by act......Feb. 15, 1848 Claiborne F. Jackson, on Jan. 15, 1849, introduces resolutions in the State Senate, questioning the power of Congress to legislate on slavery in the Territories. Passed by the Senate, Jan. 20, and by the Assembly......March 6, 1849 Fire in St. Louis destroys twenty-three steamboats and their cargoes and a large section of the city......May 17, 1849 United States Senator Thomas H. Benton, in the hall of the House at Jefferson City, opposes the Jackson resolutions, as in the spi