The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-02-13

ghe Senate then voted on thesfirsts claus,
Of the amendxn en- b ofea ea by William;
limiting the amount of contraction TO two
| the Senators present voting in the mega
i've except RpcISalew. Gattell, Davis
Ps5gqs Ro and HMEI Williams
Then. at O'Clock, the Senate took 2
recess till 7:SO Pm.
| The Senate re-asSemhled att o'clock and
| resumed the consideration of the River
| and Harbor bill. The appropriation Tor
removing the oostructions in East River
at He'll 1sate and other places, We're re-
| tIuced 70 s2i5, 600. One OF the amendtnents y
oit the a1propr1ation of s450,000 towards
completing the. Lonisyiile and sforLlaana
Canal. ..s..-ss is -
Pike. rom the Naval Committee, report
| ad a hiiI referring 10 Commodore John A.
WtnsIows and the officers and crew-of TN
steamer Kearsaee.s reciti ing thatth b ere was
| siaaa0 10 : ne distributed as prize money,
| fhat being the estimated value of the
rebel pirate vessel AiapaItla ~ 10y ny
| A fter some discussion and the I'M ertfon
| of a provision that no money should pc
/ lls1d 10 the assignee of any mariner enti-
| tied 10 a share, but only TO the marinerh1n-
self his wife or his children, the Dill was
Pe1Bso BontweIl. from the Committee on Re-
consfruetion. reported a bill to provide Tor
the organization OF q provlnelal govern
ment Tor the state OF mississippi. fOrGeled
nrfnfed and recon I1 itted. f-s..,.si.l.t..fs f
= Hui, 10 provide for the Organization of.
a Provisional Government for the State
BE Il rs essacfed, That for the better. security
of person and property in "a Mlssisslppi, ne
ConstitUtionaf Convention OF said State
heretofore e elected under and IN pursuance
of al, acf of Congress passed March 2d, 1857,
entitled - An act 80 the more efficient gov
ernment ofstlle Te0ef states, anu the sew
eral acts of Con gresss TlpTIeln flEtssfy there-
OF and amendatory Thereto. IS hefehy
auf horized 10 assemble lori llwitfl, upon the
call of the President thereof; and III case
of his failure for thirty days 70 summon
said Convention, -the4 the commanding
General of the Fourth Military Dis
trIct is hereby authorized aud re-
quired by Proclalaablonl 70 summon
Capital OF SAID Staiesa said CQflNentlon
shall have. andis herebg autilorized to eS-
ercise the following pOWeIs ia ADDITION 10
the mowers Row authorized. by law, 10
w.t.: TO appoint Pr0vlSlonal5 5AioNerhvf
to make removals and appolpilaenls OF
officers OF the Provisional government Of
said state, to authorize the proVislonaI
Governor of said State TO r. move ana APP
noint registers OF elections under said act
of Congress; to submit to the people OF SAID
sState the CoaStiJutfon here tofore framed
by said Convention, either with Or with
not amendments: 10 provide tyfsii na ances
for holding all Elections authorized by SAID
acts of t.ofigrt -. and for aseertaIniug aud
decIarine tie result OF said elections, aud
especially of any election which 1nay be.
held for the fsat catiOn o. ftJectlomla On u any
submit to the people OF said state; 10 eX
empt from attachment or sale of execution |
for debt any household property, agricul- |
tural and mechapica lnpls plents 5aA1d
tools not exceeding In vaftie rve Hundred
snch ordinance not inconsistent with
the Constitution and laws OF the Uafttsi-
ss4atas as 1t may deem necessary TO
lnrofecf All persons i'm their lives, liberty |
and property ITOUaded, That said Con- /
vention shall net continne In session inoIes
than thirty days, or atloMl the members
thereof more than five dollars each per
day as compensation, nor more th;.n ten |
cents per mile for travelling to anu rom
the place of meeting. -
SIC q The severaE Ortiinances which |
may be passed by the Constitutional Con
yentiOn OF said State, as herein prov Vided, |
shall be in force in said State until ttIsap-
proved by Congress, or until Miss sslppi
shall have adopted a Consultation OF. said
Government, and the same shall @llavssl
beeW approved by Congress: ~ 0Utded, |
That nothing In tiis ags eSnl,aea q. slssl ~.
courts OF said State for offenses against the
laws Of said state. .,,o
cities OF said state shall give aid to the /
officers OF the provisional Government OF
sn1d snS ne eaSe 1n p peey IN o
unlawfI distractions and forcible resist /
ance to the execution of the laws
SEC. 4. The said Provisional Governor |
may, after the adjourn ment of SAID Con-
ventiOn, remove from ofiice IN It'd state |
any person holding office therein, and APP |
point successor in his stead, and may also |
NIL all vacancies that may occur by uesIIIl
or resignation, or Otherwise, SUBJECT how-
aver. 70 the order and discretion of the |
President of the United states; ana the
President of the United states may at any |
and appoint q successor IN his stead
SEc. 5. Any persons who shall by breach, |
intention, fraud or force, atteiupe TO pre- |
vent any citizen of mississippi IHom Yot- |
ing who may be euttted slp vote, shall pe |
deemed guilty of lni>defneanor, and on |
conviction, shall be punf ned by fine OF |
not less than 500 acr more than $1,000, or |
dyYs ~ l nor for more tRan two yels, in the
discretion ot the court.
SEC g. The courts of the United states of |
said State, shall have concurrer Jur1sdic- I
Lion of cases arising under the fifth section /
SEC. 7. Tha poll tax levied in any one |
year upon any citizen of Mississippi shall |
not exceed one dollar and fifty cents, and |
All In ugs in said State for the collection of
taxes and debts shall be uniform, and |
every cie zen shall be entitled to all the |
exemptions and 1mmunit1es in this re-
SEC. S. All acts and parts of acts, as far
as the same may be In eon1iiet with the
The House resumed the consideration of
Buffers privileged resolution protesting
President of the Senate pro tenn.
Dawes, of Massachusetts, occupied the
Chair as Speaker pro tenn.
FRutler concluded his remarks cOmmuni-
Gated yesterday in the advocacy of the
Woodbridge argued that in counting the
| electoral voies, the House was not a mere
| cipher, but it had the right TO sustain the
/
| cision of the presiding officer was correct
/ in ordering the TeiIers to proceed with the
/ count.
over the questions discussed by the Yari-
/ ous gentlemen who had preceded MN
| re was IN favor of having the rule gov
| erninR the count of the electoral votes
| made clear and distinct. He was opposed
| to the adoption of the resolution because
ne held that the re was no Intentional Vio-
llaffon OF the rule on the part of the pre-
siding officer. lie agreed with WoodbIidse,
+ 1
/ officer was in receiving the Objections OF
the gentleman from NJ Massa ehusetts.- l a a
resolution that would contain the slightest
tinge of reflection on the brave and pa
triotic senator from Ohio, and he proposed
submitting a resolution TO lay II on the
table. So far as the conducts1Whiche has
been characterized as dlsgraceiuI, was con-
cerned, he ought 10 say nsswas sorry TO
witness the scene. Ii was an exciting mo-
ment, and there might be some e1cl1se ior
not participate in 1t, nor did he sym
pathize with either side then or now.
| censure a man sixty-n1ne years OF
age-the presiding officer OF The SEN
Yention. a mn who has been thirty
years in harness, the man who stood
In the vanguards, the old captain OF the
legion of liberty, on whose head has show
/ cred IT'S boquets, a man who stands rs the
greaA t.ving monument of this great age.
npo1 hiro beeause s seize Se h had ni5l aeeidehtaiIy s
] dor Q wrong. Were the members ready TO
) 90 tA8tG w orc bltS feau ID 5tSS4Su. 10 lS-
I nonliny man who had been born pa
trIot, lived a patriot, and would die pa
: triot. Nothing would give him greater
7 satisfaction than TO have that resolution
. Withdrawn. He did not believe there was
, | a man In the House who could put his
, i hand on his heart and show that he was
ready to eensure Ben. Wade, IN the idea
: that ne had acted from any improper mo-
/ We. 80 n s.es
shall.
Iogan-I say that should prefer to see
! the resolution withdrawn.
! RutIar-I have never believed, anu DO