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substitute for Senate resolution instructlng
the joint standing committee on the rem
itentiary to inquire into the proprlety Oh
leasing the Penitentiary, &C., was concur
red in.
A merorial to the President of the Uni-
ted States in behalf of Hon. Jacob Inomp-
son.
An act to further amend the PROBATE
Court laws, was referred to the judiciary
committee.
An act to authorize the administrators
of Joseph W. Matthews, deceased, to sci,
the lands belonging to the estate OF salo
decedent, and for other purposes, was re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
An act for the relief of Joseph Z. Copes'
of Lawrence county; passed.
An act providing for the assessment
or valuation of lands in this State, was
referred to the committee on the judi
ciary.
An act for the relief Of tax payers and
tax collectors, and for other purposes
which is a substitute for Senate bill OF the
same title, was considered and laid over.
By Mr.. Lyles:
An act to confer certain powers on the
Probate Courts, which was referred to the
judiciary committee.
Mr.. Taylor offered the following reso-
luton, which was adopted.
Resolved, the House concurring, that
the Rev. P. H. Napier, Senator from the
counties of Clark, Jasper and Wayne, be,
and is hereby invited to preach to the
two houses of the Legislature on Sunday,
the Goth inst, at 10! o'clock, in the Hall
of the House of Representatives.
Adjourned until o'clock, P. NJ.
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The small town Of Frankenau, in
Hessee- Cassel, has just been almost de-
stroyed by fire. The church, townhall
and one hundred and thirty houses, with
their contents, fell prey to the flames.
No lives were lost.
Admiral Porter will soon publish res
ply to Gen. Banks structures on the con-
duct of the navy in the Red river cam
paign.
California raises seven million pounds
of wool this year.
A dispatch to the Gazette from Spring
field, Illinois, dated the 14th, says Judges
Davis and Trea6eld's decision in the case
of the United Ssates against one thou
sand bales of cotton claimed by parties
in New Orleans, Cincinnati and Havre,
had been rendered, dismissing all claims
on the ground of the incapacity of the
claimants to make purchases in insur-
rectionary districts.
A great railroad meeting was held in
Leavenworth, Kansas, Senator Lane
spoke. The meeting passed resolutions
for the building of the Leavenworth,
Lawrence and Galveston Rrilroad, and
the immediate construction of railroad
bridge across the Kansas river at the best
point
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rail- Tankersly, Thompson, WaiKer'
Wahh VI Of Amile. Webb, OF Franklin,
Mr-1abauye offered substitute which
was laid on the table by yeas 90 and nays
27. tba odor
tion of the substitute reported by the
committees il was decided In the athrma
rive bv yeas and nays called for by Messrs.
Simrail' Labauve and Martin as follows
Yeas-Messrs. Acker, Arnold, Barry,
Beauchamp. Blanchard, Boddie, Boone
RroVn of Issaouena, Brown of Kemper,
BRIDGES of Choctaw, Bridgers OF Talla
hatc6ie. Burress, Burton, Cameron, Ellls,
GilIstrap. Grace, Graham, Griffin, Hamll-
ton. Hanson, Hillyer, Huffman, lrby,
Lewis, Levers, Liddell, Luse, Maoty'
Manning, Marable, Meares, Merrill, Me
dearis, Milton, Morphls, Mclnnls' NC
Laurin, Mcneil, McRaney, Mehae' NC
Whorter, Murdock, Murray, Nye' owen
Peace, Philips, Reid, Simrail' 1ankersly'
Thompson, Walker, webb OF Aml'e'
Nays-Mr. Speaker, Messrs. Bowen,
Brown of Yalobusha, Brooks, Caperton,
Carter. Cromwell. Daniel, Dotson, Duff,
fostering. Foxworth, Gresham, Henly,
Kennedy, Labauve, Lyles, Martin, May>
son, Morris, Penny hacker, Phlpps, Pound,
Powers, Robertson, Seal, Shannon, Suratt,
Wall and Webber.-3O.
The question recurring on the passage
of the bill it was decided In the athrma-
tive by yeas and nays called for by Messrs.
Martin, Siinrall and Labauve as follows ::
eas.-Messrs. Acker, Arnold, Barry
Beauchamp, Blanchard, Boddie, Boone,
Brown of Issaquena, Brown of Kemper,
Bridges of Choctaw, Bridgers of Talla-
hatcnie, Burress, Burton, Cameron, Ellis,
Gillstrap, Grace, Graham, Griffin, Ham
ilton, Hanson, Hillyer, Huffman, Irby,
Lewis, Levers, Liddell, Luse, Mabry,
Manning, Marable, Meares, Merrill,
Medearls, Milton, Morphis, McInnis, Nc
Laurin, Mcneil, McRaney, McRae, Nc
Whorter, Murdock, Nye, Owen, Peace,
Philips, Reid, Simrall, Tankersly, Thomp-
son, Walker, Webb of Amite, Webb OF
Franklin, Williams SO.
Nays.-Mr. Speaker, Messrs. Bowen,
| Brown of Yallabusha, Brooks, Dotson,
Duff, Easterling, Foxworth, Gresham,
Henly, Kennedy, Labauue, Lyles, Martin,
Mayson, Morris, Pennybacker, Phlpps,
Pound Powers, Robertson, Seal, Shan
non, Suratt, Wall, Webber.-3O.
| Mr.. Labauve from select committee
| submitted q report on d OIL ". AuCOI pO-
rate the Union express company, which
was agreed and amendments adopted.
Mr.. Lewis offered an amendment by
way of an additional section, pending
which the bill was laid on the table and
made the special order for tomorrow at
10 o'clock.
Mr.. Labauve offered joint resolution
which recited that E. R. Burt, late audi
tor, is indebted to this State in the sum
of S4, 4,70S,00 and M. d. Haynes, late
treasurer, is indebted to the State in the
sum of sos, 1884 SO, of which Sl3,8Sj o.;
is specie, and recommending the auditor
be authorized to balance their respective
accounts by creditihg them. "By the
State of Mississippi"
On motion of Mr.. Hillyer the resolu-
ton was referred to the committee on
auditors office.
Mr.. Beauchamp from the Judiciary
committee submitted report relating TO
the issuance of treasury notes as ad-
vances on cotton in 1862.
On motion of Mr.. Barry the House
adjourned.
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BeA-The House of Representatives on
yesterday, by decided majority, passed
a substitute for the 4th section of the bill
to confer civil rights on freedmen, allow
ing negro testimony. Many members
who came here opposed to the measure,
on reflection and after hearing the oues
tion fully discussed, have given it their
support. While we have no criticism to
offer on the course of those members
who voted against the proposition, we
cannot refrain from expressing four graf
ification at the result. 1t is a subject on
which honest differences of opinion might
reasonably be expected to exist. The
prejudices of education and habit, re.
luctance to admit an apparent equality
with the former slave, and the idea that
the pressure of federal power was brought
to bear in its favor, gave it Importance
and created a formidable opposition.
We have always regarded it as necessa>
ry incident to the freedom of the negro
settled by the action of the convention
about which there should have been no
controversy. We publish the bill fin full
as amended. 1t is thought the 4th sec.
non Will pass the Senate, and that other
features In the bill Objectionable to MANY,
VIII be amended by that body.
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The Test Oath for Members of Congress

The Test Oath for Members Of Congress.
The test oath of office which the Re.
publican party provided, by an act of
Congress of July second, eighteen hun
dred and sixtyvtwo, should be admins
tered to all persons in the civil, military
or naval departments of the public ser
vice, inaluding members of Congress.
will be prominent in the congressional
debates of next winter. The oath to
which we refer is in these words:
CHAPTER cxxvII-An Act to prescribe an
Oath OF Office, and for other purposes.
BE 1t enacted by tie St7aqte and House ofRcns
reSentattves ofhe United States of Aner;co IN
Congress- assembled, That hereafter every
person elected or appointed to any Office
OF honor or profit under the Government
OF the United States, in the civil. militia.
ry, or naval departments of the public
service, excepting the President of the
United States, shall before entering upon
the duties of such office, and before BEING
entitled to any of the salray or other
emoluments thereof, take and subscribe
the following oath or affirmation 81 AR
do solemny swear Tor affirml that ! have
never voluntarily borne arms against the
United States since | have been q citizen
thereof; that | have voluntarily given NO
ald, countenance, counsel, or encourage
ment to persons engaged in armed hostil>
lty thereunto; that have neither. sought
nor acopted, nor attempted to exercise
the functions of any office whatever. nm.
der any authority or pretended authority
IN hostility to the United States: that I
nave not yielded voluntary support n
any pretended governments, author;tr
power OF constitution within the United
states, hostile or inim!cal thereto Ara
90 further swear Tor afirm) that tn
the best of my knowledge and ability. 7
Will support and defend the Constitution
OF the United States against all enemies
foreign and domestic; that l will besr
true faith and allegiance to the same.
that take this obligation freely. witboni
any mental reservation or purpose of evoN
SION, and that l will well and faitbf,II
qlscharge the duties of the office on which
| am about to enter, SO help me Cod
when SAID oath, SO taken and sioned
shall be preserved among the files Of the
court House of Congress, or departn,an
70 which the said office NAV annerta;r,
ana any person who shall falsely to-
tne SAID oath shall be guilty of perinrv
and' on conviction, in addition 10 ~
penalties now prescribed for that ofF.rso
shall be deprived of his Office and randoS' e'
ed incapable forever after of holdino onv
ounce or place under the United States
Approved July 2, 1865. 'o''
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MESSAGE OF GOV. HUMPHREYS

We published yesterday, an important
message sent by Governor Humphries to
the Legislature. Some discussion took
place in the House of representatives.,
on motion to have it printed; its recon,
mendations were criticized, and the mes
sage itself considered dctatorial. The
constitution makes it the. duty of the
Governor "to give the Legislature, infor-
nation of the state, of the Cover
ernment, and recommend to their con-
sideration, such measures as hemay deem
necessary, and expedient". We think
that Governor Humphries in sending the
message, was only acting in the dis
charge of a solemn and sworn duty, and
that his recommendation are emf
nently wise, and expedieut.
Whatever some members of the Legis-
lature may think of this message, the
great majority of the public, will approve
1t and sanction the measures recon-
mended. The people are looking ear
nestly to the Legislature to aid in the
work of restoring Mississippi to the
Union and of establishing civil authority
IN the State. We regard the recommen-
dations of the Governor to be absolutely
necessary to this result. We must grant
the freedmen protection for all kinds of
property and allow them to testify. 1t
Is idle to call this concession, it is simply
the discharge of a duty to this class of
population demanded alike by justice and
the requirements of the amended con-
stitution.
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Negro TesIimOny-.-A Tempest i'm n
TEAPOT.

For the Clarion
Did it ever occur to the members of the
Legislature who are so strenuous Ill
their opposition to negro testimony that
after having swallowed the camel, they
are now straining at gnat? Mr.. Simrall
the ablest man, perhaps, in the House of
Representatives. tells US that when slavery
was abolished by our convention, the
whole slave code fell with it. To any
mind not befuddled with an --ineradicable
prejudice, it is perfectly clear that Mr..
Simrall is right. 1t involved a great
sacrifice of both interest and principle to
give up slavery; yet the necessity for
doing so existed by common consent.
Slavery being abolished-the. grand prin-
ciple conceded-is it not the height of
nonsense, the veriest tempest in a tea>
pot" to -higgle about granting him a
plain and simple right necessarily incident
to his changed condition?
ITTSTTCF
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AT Jackson Mississippi, few days AGO
an a. al a1ray occurred between Col. Willian,
I1 p. ade, OF the late rebel army, and :
y mon soldier, in which the latter was
mor'aily wounded. A number of soldiers
soon after assailed Col. w, and infIicteS
serious injuries upon him. The Colonai
was rescued by the guard, and takan 81
tne hospital, weere, shortly Afterwards ards he 80
Republican. 'lonlcago
me above is true with the exception
'na, u o,a not occur at Jackson, ,Ibut Co
umbus, Miss. That he was not rsscured
Oy the guard but went to the hospital for
protection, and that his murderers are
known and should be hung.
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The Freedman and the Free Negro.
"a city cotemporary" which has won a
little ephemereal notoriety by persis
tent effort to make itself the organ of the
unreasonable negro haters of the State,
thinks the freedman is amply protected
by placing him exactly in the condition
of the free negro before slavery was abol
ished. Let us see where the free negro
stood in 1859. In the case of Mitchell vs..
Wells decided in 1859, the High Court
decided that the free negro could not
plead or be impleaded, d,-could not testify
could not own property, real or per-
sonal, either by inheritance, purchase or
gift. That was and is the legal status of
the free negro. The Convention made
it the duty of the Legislature to pass laws
for the protection of the property of the
freedman, thus clearly extending to them
the right to hold property and protec-
ton in its possession. The free negro has
no such right; and yet the organ of ne
gro prejudice tells US that it is all suffi-
cient to give the freedman the same rights
heretofore enjoyed by the free negro. 1t
is perfectly clear, therefore, that the ed
itor either does not know what the
status OF the free negroe is in this State
or that he is unwilling to give the freed
man any rights or protection whatever.
If the former he is culpably ignorant for
an editor and if the latter, he is too
deeply stepped in the mire ofprejudice to
be safe adviser of the people.
JUSTICE.
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Wednesday November %, 1865


The reLly of President johnson TO GOV.
Humphries. contained in the telegraphlc
correspondence, published in our last
issue. is in strict accordance with the
policy heretofore avowed, in reference TO
the restoration of Mississippi and other
Southern States, and is, we have no doubt,
the settled policy of the Government.
The President states in plain terms that
he desires no concession from the people or
the Legislature but loyal compliance
with the laws and Constitution of the
United States and the adoption of such
measures as will insure protection to the
freedmen in their rights of person and
property. He says the people must have
faith in the Government and the Govern
ment confide in the people.
1t is plain that the troops will be re
moved and civil authority permanently
established whenever these measures are
adopted by the Legislature and not before
The President does not expect US to es-
tablsh by law, social or political ,[equality
with the negroes. He does not require
us to give them the right to sit on juries
or to vote, but he does expect us to pro-
teet them in the ordinary rights Of hu-
manity Any legislation that stops short
of granting full protection to any species
of property they may acquire, and the
right to testify will be useless and only
involve us in more difficulty and trouble.
We all acknowledge that the war, and
thai the events of the war, have given
these people their freedom. The ConVen-
ton, to whom the Legislature owes its
existence, acknowledged this, and made
it mandatory on the Legislature to pro
tect and secure the persons and proper
ty of the negroes. and guard the State
from the evils of emancipation.
The question of limiting the property
OF freedmen to personal, and prevent their
acquiring real estate, was debated in the
Convention and defeated. How ridicu-
lous, then, to call it concession for the
Legislature to allow it?
1t is already the supreme law of the
State, beyond their power to change or
modify. Besides, we think it dictated by
sound policy These people are free
they are free by the lars of the country
we need them as laborers, and should
stimulate their industry by permitting
them to invest their earnings in any kind
of property they choose. Let US deal lib-
orally and justly with the freedmen En-
courage the industrious, punish the
vicious, and force all to work for sub
sistence by vagrant laws.
This kind of Legislation will restore us
to our place In the UuiUu, establish civil
authority, and cause the removal of the
troops and the Freedmen's Bureau,
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BSWe learn that negro man viola
ted the person of white woman in Tip
pah county last week, and then fed to
escape justice. He was pursued and
overh auled near the the Marshall Ipsti-
tute in this county, and shot to death by
the pursuing parties. Served him right.
Holly Springs Reporter.
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SINGULAR OB1TUARY.-The Athens, Ca,
Banner gives the following odd notice of
a deceased citizen of that place:
He was the father of eleven sons :
five of whom married FIVE sisters. He
had also one hundred and eighty-nine
q and children; and at his funeral, two
weeks ago last Sabbath, two horses were
'tung to death by bees. and another came
near loosing his life by the same.
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GOVERNORS ELEcTED.-A. III. Bullock
was recently elected in Massachusetts,;
Lucius Fairchild, Wisconsin; w. R. Mar
shall, Minnesota; Johnathan Worth,
North Carolina; MitchaeI Bulger, Ala
bama, and J. NJ. Wells, Louisiana.
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Inc Confederate Generals. Hamn.or
Aersnaw, Butler, Martin and Rrattor,
ate. carolina Sen
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Circ4s. Court Of Hind. County.

The term of this court held at Ray
mond, adjourned on Thursday last after
a session of ten days. Hon. John Watts
presided as Judge, and A. Y. Harper
represented the State as District Attor-
ney. We learn from the Raymond Ca
zette, that Judge Watts was energetic IN
the dispatch of business, and that the
District Attorney and Grand Jury were
industrious; many ''true-bills" reported
against offenders, which will be. tried at
the next term.
The freedman Oliver, charged with at
tempting to commit rape on lady IN
this county, was convicted and sentenced
to be hung Oh the 22d of December next.
Circuit Court for the Jackson District
will commence here on the first Monday
of December. Court will be held in the
City Hall. We learn that some. prepa
ration is necessary before the court room
will be in suitable condition for use
The proper authorities should give this
matter attention. Nothing will conduce
more to preserve order, suppress
crime, and restore US to our former rela
atives, than the regular sessions of oul
courts.
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BIA drunken goat was on the streets
Of Jackson, Tennessee, the other day,
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3 O'CLOCK P. NJ.

! House met
Mr.. Suratt from the joint select COM
mittee en- freedmen submitted the fol-
| lowing report.
Mr.. Speaker:-The Joint select COM
mittee on freedmen to whom the House
| recommitted the bill entitled an act to
confer civil rights on freedmen and for
other purposes. Have again considered
the same aud have instructed me to re-
port the same back to the House with a
substitute for the 4th section by way Of
amendment and to recommend the adop-
ton of the amendment and the passage
of the bill.
On full interchange of opinion, the
committee, or very large majority of
them, believed that the 4th section of the
bill as originally sent from the commit
tee and as amended by the House came
short of meeting out the full measure of
justice. That while it admitted that
freedman might be sued, it confined it to
very small class (parties to the suit )who
of all others were under the strong gest
temptation to swear falsely, and excluded
others although in the possession of suf
ticient intelligence, moral and religious
training to understand the obligations of
an oath and Indifferent between the
parties.
1t seemed to the committee on recon :
slderlng the subject, that the 4th section
was delusory. While it conceded the
right, 1t was done in such wise as to be
OF little practical benefit to the freedmen.
The committee were also animated by
an ardent desire to place completely
under the jurisdiction of the State and
the adjudication of the courts the freed.
men, and to remove the pretext for the
further continuance of the freedmens
bureau and the troops of the United
States amongst US. They have reason to
believe that the substitute which they
propose, will go far to accomplish this.
1t was also the opinion of many of the
committee that the first section of the
bill was rather harsh in its restrictions.
but they did not think it was expedient
TO propose changes to that section in the
House. All OF which is respectfully sub
mitted.
On motion of Mr. simrall the report
was received.
[See 4th Section of the BILL
Mr Lyles moved to lay the substitute
on the table which was decided in the
negative by yeas and nays as follows
1eas-BoWen, Brooks, Caperton, Car
ter, Daniel, Dotson, Duff, Foxwortb.
ureshan' denIy, Kennedy, Lyles, Mar |
TIN, Mayson, Morris, Phipps, Pound,
Powers, Robertson, Seal, Shannon.
Suratt, Wall, Wehber-25.
Nays-Mr Speaker, Acker, Arnold. |
Barry, Beauchamp, Blanchard, Boddie. |
Boone, Brown, of Issaquena, Brown. of
Kemper, Brown, of Yalobusha, Bridges
Of Choctaw, Bridges, of Tallahatc6ie
Burress. Burton, Cameron, Cromwell
Easterling, Ellis, Gillstrap, Grace. Gra.
ham, Griffin, Hamilton, Hanson, Hillyer.
Huf1man, lrby, LabauVe, Lewis, Mabry'
Manning, Marable, Meares, Merrill
Medearls, Milton, Morphis, McInnis'
y McLaur,n, McNeill, McRaney, McRae,
a NC W nor.er, Murdoek, Murray, Nye,
9"en' Fennybacker, Philips, Reid, Sim.
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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
SENATE JOURNAL.
THIRTY SECOND DAY.

TUESDAY, Nov. 2lst, 1865.