The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-08-13
Mems Summarp.

D.
The Indianapolis journal" says: 1t
has been limited in circles where great rev.
erence is expressed for the Constitution of
the State, that the calling of the Rev. An
thony Burns to the pastorate of the col
ored Baptist Church of indianapolis will be
followed by an enforcement of that article
of the Constitution prohibiting the immi-
grafton Of negroes"
On the 9Th inst. a laboring man fell from
floating timber into the East River, at
the foot of Eighteenth street, and would
have drowned, but Mr.. John Scroggins,
colored man, plunged in, brought the man
out, and thus saved his life
The Baltimore American" says free
negro boy from Frederick City lately found
himself in Mount Airy, Carroll Co., Nd,
a long distance from his home, without
money to get back. BY putting on a sus-
piciOus air he imposed on gentleman, who
took him for runaway, and, after ques-
tioning him, receiving unsatisfactory an
swers, concluded to take the cars, escort
the lad home, and pocket the reward he
had pictured in his imagination. On ar
irving at the end of his journey, however,
he found that the boy was free, and had
been practising upon his cupidity. He
was much crest-fallen at the discovery, and
left as quick as possible,
The New Orleans "Picayune,' of the
Both ult., says: ave published, some time
ago, brief account of decision in the
High Court of Appeals of the State of
Mississippi, on the subject of the right of
free persons of color in other States to
take, under the laws of Mississippi, be-
quest of property in that State The
judgment of the Court was against the
right. 1t struck us, unlearned readers, as
very remarkable decision, and we per-
ceive it was so considered by one of the
Judges of the Court itself The Court is
composed of three Judges, two of whom
concurred in the opinion. The third,
Judge Handy, gave a dissenting opinion,
which has since been published at length
in the Jackson 'Mississippian.' Judge
Handy examines the laws and judicial de-
cisions of the State of Mississippi, and ar
rives at the conclusion that they are adverse
to the Judgment just rendered He con-
cedes that it is the policy of the State to
prohibit emancipation in the State, and to
obstruct emancipation out of it, by Missis-
sippians, which may take effect in the State.
He holds that free negroes, though they
may not be citizens Of other States, have,
as subjects or resident inhabitants, rights
such as the States choose to confer, and
this internal policy of theirs is entitled to
be respected by the State of Mississippi
just as their internal policy is entitled to
their respect, and that it is against the
comfy of States and the rules of law for
Mississippi to refuse the aid of her Courts
to carry out the internal policy of other
States when her own soil, jurisdiction, and
policy are not affected. Though Missis-
sippi does not permit emancipated slaves
of her own to take bequests within the
State, Judge Handy holds that she cannot
Ahtfully refuse to permit that class, resi-
dent in other States, to receive the benefit
of devises of property in Mississippi, which
they could under the law of their domicil.
The opinion is too long, elaborate, and
technical, for us to give an abstract of the
legal argument, but the above is summa-
ry of the conclusions, which, if they are
not law, are very good reason"
The Louisiana State Bank, whose stock
is quoted at $3.50, which has three millions
and half of specie in its vaults, and near
ly six millions invested in paper, loans,
discounts, and pledges, became the other
day, says the New Orleans Delta" the
legatee of $15O,OOO, bequeathed by gen.
tleman in Mississippi, who is an entire
stranger to the bank, never having had
any transactions with it. 1t seems that a