The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-19
Especial to the EvansvilleI journal. j

INDIANAPOLIS, feD- 1S.-lt I6DC0n-l
sidered certain that the City Council
will votejto offer 100000 as an in.
ducement for the location of the Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College. at
or near this city.......- 0d8l asI Visa.
The proposed amendments to the
Apportionment bills do not affect the
First District. They are Of very little
Importance, and will not jeopardize'
the passage Of the bills. They origi-
mated in conscientious scruples.
Excitement on the Temperance
question continues to run high
Meetings are held here nightly, and
petitions are pouring in on the Legis-
lature from all quarters. gFo NV
u The Legislature met at 2 r. NJ -
The chief matter of interest to-day
was long and spicy debate in the
House on the Congressional Appor7-
tionment Bill Newcomb, Ross, Ba-s
ker, Hughes.l McFaddenG aud 9others
participated. The sbillWas ordereb2to
third reading. 1t, as we'll as the
Legislative Apportionment Bill, will
be put through without delay. AN lsi ,,e...
Governor Baker transmitted to
both Houses the following message,
relative to- the case of Harrison, Of
Pike Codnty:di bisg 6ge Il2tsg.ta z.t
To the Senate and House otfflRepresssen-
t0tiUes ..haI .asiiysasY8
nf'A case has very recently occurred
under the act of Congress, providing
for the rendition of fuoitiVesE from
Justice, which shows the. necessity of
State legislation on that subject.
On the 7th day of the present month,
an agent of the Governor of Mississippi
presented to me a reauisition for Dam,
iel Harrison alas j. WsSmith, charg-
ed with the crime Of burglary and
robbery, alleged to have been COM
mitted at the town of Macon, in the
county of Noxubee, in the State of
Mississippi, on the night Of, the LIST
day of January, 1867. :
The requisition and accompanying
papers were in strict compliance with
the act of Congress of 1898. / con-
sidered the question whether the Ex-
ecutive authority of one of the States
lately in rebellion should be held as
competent to- make a requisition so
long as the legality Of the Govern
ment of such State remained un-
recognized by the Congress of the
United States. The conclusion to
which / came was. that the Executive
Of this State had already
in several instances found it necessary
to make acquisitions for fugitives from
justice upon the Acting Governors
of the, States lately in rebellion. The
necessities of the case required that
these Governors were competent to
respond to a requisition from the Ex--
ecutive Of this State, they must
also be held to be competent 10 make
such rsquisironsa dgaeesrdinglydis-
sued a warrant for the alleged fugi
tive In thegusuak form, directing his
arrest aud delivery to the agent Of the
Governor Of. Mississippi, named in
the requisitiom1 and authorizing his
pemo9attos that State to answer the
charges er9awxae Radt ,gswol seloij7a slao
4 On Tbs, 18th instant Daniel II ARR 8 :
was sarrestetfa at Evansville, In!
diana, by virtue of the warrant and
confined in the Vanderburgh County
Jail. He alleged, as | am Informed,
at the time of his arrest, that he was
athis home mPike County, indiana,
at the very time when the crime of
which he was accused was charged to
have been committed in Mississippi,
and that in point of fact, he had never
been in the State of Mississippi. Steps
were taken at Evansville to procure "a
writ of habeas corpus for Mr.. Harri-
son, with view to his discharge but
before the writ could be issued, he
was hurried across the river into the
State of Kentucky, and, as [ suppose,
taken to the State of Mississippi.
| am now informed by the Senator
from Pike County, oan1 by other re-
spectacle and reliable citizens Of the
same county, that Mr. Harrison was
at his home in Pike, County on the
very day the burglary and robbery is
charged to have been committed in
the State Of Mississippi. This being
true, it is manifest either that the
case is one of mistaken identity, or
that Mr.. Harrison has been made the
victim Of conspiracy and perjury
Steps have been taken which, it is be-
lieyed, viii result in his protection
and speedy release; butthe fact that
such al outragedcan be perpetrated
upon the rights of citizen under the
forms of law, shows the imperative
necessity of legislation96h the Subject,
/, therefore respectfully recon-
mend the passage of statute SINH
lar t05one which has for several 've;frsg