Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-03-01
sENATE-FoRrlErs DAY

Nh HING . ROAD BILL.
On motion of Mr.. King, IAN Act 10
secure the payment Of costs In criminal
eases, and provide for working the
public roads, aud io7 other purposes,"
was made special order for 80 o'clock
pm.
COMPENSATION OF sHERTFPs-DEATH OF
THE BILL.
The unfinished business of Wcdues-
day was taken up, tO.wit: The mo-
ton OF Mr.. Reynolds to table the mo-
ton Of Mr.. COwan to reconsider the
vote whereby the Senate indefinitely
postponed San Act 10 amend au Act TO
regulate the compeDsa ion Of the Sher-
iG4 of this State" and the motion to
table prevailed.
lNTRyDUCrI0N OF BILL.
By Mr.. Gibbs: Act to regulate the
lile for holding the Chancery Courts
OF tue Ninth District, and tor o'her pur.
poses. Referred 10 a Select Commit.
tcc-Messrs. Gibbs, P.atf, King, Mont.
gomery and McCAskiil.
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL col
LEGE,.
Senate bill, IAN Act 10 organ z, 'Lc
Agricultural aud Mechanical Col eye
OF Mississippi, aud regulate the Gov
ernmcnt Of the same Mr. Wts 4,
from Committee GU EiucitiDu, report
aud recommended the adoption OF a
substitute therefor. The substitute
provides for the establishment of two
Colleges, Cone for white aud the olner
for colored peopl') The Til which
passed the House, provided for The es-
Enlistment Of on'y one CU,lcg", and
wa objected to on the ground that
both races would be entitled 10 it,
privileges.
Messrs. Wcsl aud Gibbs favored Tic
passage Of the MISUNDERSTANDING or
ciusively that the only aud the best
way 10 di.pose Of the donation Of Con-
gress wa by the establishment OF these
College.
Mr., Lee favored the Substitute, and
read statistics ,ho%ing h,t in States
where these Agriculture. anl Meclui.
ctl College had been r,'.hish Il ,cpN.
rave an di-IircI from literary inslilG.
iiuns, thCy had been vMiaOAl'y ruc"e,-.
ful aud prosperous. lie al.o avOrcd
rhr military feature Of The bill; com.
pliiuts were general throughout the
Sac Of the lack VI Il ,cip'i { aud re.
,lriclions at The various institution, OF
learuins-t' tie proro cd Colleges,
'A,sc tbj 'c,iUns would be met the
military rules were .Iiicl, and students
vol b under all proper restraints,
and it would be Tor th,ir beuch'
Wherever these Coll gcs hlG been l..
abii-hed, the General e vcrument hNd
detailed Il graduate of West PJini a.
one OF tn Professors when il had been
asked. lie was confident that these in.
,lilutions, i%nauguraled under the aus
pices of the L. 5 Government, would
not be suffered 10 languish II we mani
tested proper interest in their estab.
lishment aud welfare; already the in.
dicA ions were that liberal a]pprO9ria.
tions would Don be made by Z nsress
tor educa' ion in the South.
Mr.. Bridges advocated the passage OF
The substitute. lie thought the cstsb.
lishment of these Colleges would be of
great benefit 10 the State. Further,
that If the bill passed, a proposition
would be made by the owners TO do.
nate 100 acres OF land, at the village Of
French Camps, in Choctaw county, as
a site for II OF the Colleges. Thi.
was a pleasant little village, a healthy
locality, and only lacked a few miles OF
being the geographical center of the
State, and the land WAS good. lie
hopedithe bill would pass.
The substitute was adopted, and
passed as a bill by a unanimous vote.
A game" DISCUSSION.
"Act for the preservation Of game in
Chickasaw county," The Committee
on Agriculture reported an amend.
ment, which was adopted.
Mr. Reynolds was granted leave TO
record his vote against the amendment.
MIR. Griffin, the author of the bill,
pitched into his colleague (Mr. Rey.
nolds) for opposing what he [Mr. g.
considered a strictly local measure for
the benefit OF Cbickasaw county, aud
made a red.hot" speech in favor of
the passage Of the bill. lie paid a left.
handle compliment (of course, unin-
te%ntlonally) to Gen. Tucker, and al.
lnded TO the campaign in his Senate.
rial District, stating that bis (Mr. G.'s)
position on the game law was one OF
The issues upon which he was elected.
Mr.. Reynolds representing the
'ame District) replied very earnestly
aud effectively to Mr.. Griffin, return
ing "a Roland fjr all Oliver" to his
points.
Finally the Chair ruled the discus.
sion out Of order. The discussion
might be termed she 4ted," aud was
very interesting. Each gentleman
"held his owu," and it is hard TO tell
who "got the best of it,"
The bill was lost b. a vote Of II II
10.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
a sealed communication was re.
.civeG from the Governor, and the
senate went into Execu i've Session.
THE MOBILE AND ONO RAILROAD.
"Act for the settlement Of all claim:
Of he Sac OF Mississippi for taxes in
grlears by the Mobile aud Ohio Rail.