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SECTION 17. Any commissioner of election, or any other officer or person acting as such or performing election duty, who shall wilfully or knowingly refuse or fail to perform the duties herein required of him, or who shall violate any provision of this ordinance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail not less than ten nor more than ninety days. or both, at the discretion of the court.
SECTION 18. The legislature shall have power to enact laws on the subjects of this ordinance, necessary for its efficiency, and not inconsistent with its true intent and meaning. After January 1, 1896, this ordinance may be repealed or amended by the legis- lature, but shall not be amended so as to conflict with any provisions of this constitution .: All laws and parts of laws in
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conflict with any of the provisions of this ordinance are hereby annulled, and this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the first day of January, A. D. 1891.
SECTION 19. The boards of supervisors of the several counties, and the municipal authorities of the cities and towns of the State, are authorized to allow reasonable compensation to officers for services under this ordinance.
LAND COMMISSIONER ORDINANCE.
SECTION 20. The legislature at its next regular session shall provide for the election of a land commissioner, at the general election to be held in 1895, whose term of office shall be four years, and whose only compensation shall be a salary to be fixed by law. He shall have charge of the swamp and overflowed lands, the internal improvement lands, the records of the office of surveyor-general turned over by the United States to this State, the Chickasaw school lands, the sixteenth section and indemnity lands for the sixteenth section outside of the Chicka- saw cession, the lands forfeited for non-payment of taxes after the time allowed for redemption shall have expired, and of all other public lands and land records in this State not otherwise provided for. The legislature shall enact such other laws as shall be necessary to fully carry this ordinance into effect, and shall have power to abolish said office when the interests of the State demand it, or may add to any of the duties assigned to such officer.
BOND ORDINANCE.
SECTION 21. That the State treasurer be authorized, with the consent and approval of the governor, if it shall be deemed necessary, to negotiate a loan of not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, for a period of not more than four months, on such reasonable terms as the governor shall approve, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the convention and for replacing moneys used for that purpose.
SECTION 22. That the faith of the State be pledged for the repayment of such loan; and the treasurer is hereby authorized to hypothecate the forty-six thousand dollars of unsold bonds issued in pursuance of the act approved March 15, 1884, and to sell the same for the purpose of raising the money to pay such loan, if he and the governor shall deem the same necessary or proper.
LEVEE ORDINANCES.
SECTION 23. For the purpose of raising the money necessary to repair, elevate, strengthen, and complete the levees along the Mississippi River within the Mississippi levee district, composed of the counties of Bolivar, Washington, Issaquena, and Sharkey, and a part of Warren county, the board of Mississippi levee com- missioners are hereby authorized to issue lithographed or
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engraved bonds to the amount of five hundred thousand dollars, in such form, bearing such rate of interest, and payable at such time, as it may determine, with coupons for interest, attached, and to dispose of the same from time to time as may be neces- sary; but such bonds shall not run for a longer time than fifty - years, nor bear a rate of interest exceeding six per centum per annum, payable semi-annually in the city of New York. The signatures to the said coupons may be lithographed, but all such bonds so issued shall be signed by the president of said board, countersigned by its treasurer with the corporate seal of the board attached, numbered consecutively, and registered in a book to be kept for that purpose.
SECTION 24. The corporate, organization of the board of Mis- sissippi levee commissioners, and the tax herein directed to be levied, together with the taxes heretofore levied or authorized by the legislature for levee purposes, shall be continued to the extent and according to the terms of the several laws levying or authorizing said taxes until all the bonds issued by virtue of and under the authority contained in the preceding section of this ordinance are paid off and discharged; and said taxes are pledged for the payment thereof and of the coupons of interest thereto attached, subject, however, to the provisions of this constitution.
SWAMP LAND ORDINANCE.
SECTION 25. WHEREAS, Doubts have arisen as to the title of original purchasers of certain swamp and overflowed lands by reason of the entry of said lands with the land scrip of counties other than the county in which said lands were situated; and
WHEREAS, By act of the legislature of the State of Mississippi approved February 17, 1890, "all persons now holding swamp lands under such invalid purchase shall have the right to pur- chase the same for a period of two years at the uniform price of 123 cents per acre" upon the terms required by said act; therefore
Be it ordained that the State of Mississippi hereby waives the payment of said sum named in said act, and disclaims any interest or title in and to the said lands on account of erroneous locations thereof.
PENITENTIARY ORDINANCE.
SECTION 26. With the view of enabling the legislature at its next session to have before it the necessary information upon which to act, if it should determine to establish a penitentiary farm, it is made the duty of the governor to appoint five com- missioners, who shall, prior to the next session of the legislature, carefully inspect such bodies of land as may be thought suitable for such location; and who shall make report to the governor as to the several advantages of the bodies of land inspected by them and as to the propriety of establishing such farm or some
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other system and as to the advantages of each, cost, and other proper matters, to be laid by the governor before the legislature with such recommendation as he may see proper to make.
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING TERMS OF STATE OFFICERS.
SECTION 27. The terms of the following State officers, to wit: governor, lieutenant-governor, attorney-general, treasurer, auditor, secretary of state, superintendent of education, and clerk of the supreme court, are hereby extended until the first Monday in January, 1896; and vacancies in the offices, the terms of which are hereby extended, shall be filled by appointment by the gov- ernor except as otherwise provided in this constitution.
SECTION 28. The persons whose terms of office are hereby extended shall be ineligible to immediately succeed themselves. And all bonded officers whose terms are hereby extended shall execute new official bonds on or before the date at which, but for this extension, their present terms of office would have expired; and in case of any failure to execute such bond the office shall thereby become vacant.
SECTION 29. A general election shall be held under this con- stitution on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1891, for three railroad commissioners and for members of the legislature, district attorneys, and county and county district officers, whose terms shall expire on the first Monday in January, A. D. 1896.
SECTION 30. There shall be a registration of the electors qualified under such provisions of this constitution which are operative prior to the election in 1891, and such registration shall be made by the proper officers, and in the manner now prescribed by law when the same is not inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution operative as aforesaid, and when repugnant, then according to the provisions thereof. The board of super- visors of the several counties shall provide proper registration books with the oath required by section 242 of this constitution.
EXEMPTION ORDINANCE.
SECTION 31. All permanent factories hereafter established in this State while this section is in force, for working cotton, wool, silk, furs, or metals, and all others manufacturing implements or articles of use in a finished state, shall be exempt from taxation for a period of ten years. Any factory which has been abandoned for not less than three years, and commencing operations within two years from the date of the adoption of this constitution, shall be entitled to such exemption. This section may be repealed or amended by the legislature after five years, and if not so repealed, shall remain in force until January 1, 1900, and no longer.
Ordained in convention assembled, November 1, A. D. 1890.
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INDEX
Ackia, Battle of, 44. Act, The Enabling, 143.
Adams, Gen. Wirt, 261.
Agriculturai and Mechanical Col- lege, 329. Agricultural Products, 63, 73, 133, 238.
Alcorn, James L., 223, 225, 290, 299; Administration, 302, 306, 307, 309, 310.
Alcorn University, 309, 329. Allsberry, Hanson, 194.
Ames, General Adelbert, 297; Administration, 298 to 300; United States Senator, 300, 310; Elected Governor, 311; Second Administration, 311- 323.
Archives and History, Depart- ment of, 352.
Assembly, Legislative, Under British Rule, 60; Established by Congress, 97, 98. Asylum, State, for Blind, 208; For Lunatics, 213; For Deaf Mutes, 214.
Baker's Creek, Battle of, 271. Baldwin, Joseph, 251.
Bank, State, Establishment, 136; Privileges Withdrawn, 151; History, 170. Bank, Union, Incorporation, 192; Its Bonds, 195, 196, 213, 236. Banks, Col. Robert W., 345. Baptist Church, Beginnings in Mississippi, 79; Growth, 243. Barksdale, Gen. William, 261. Barry, William S., 223.
Battles of War between the States, 260.
Beasley, Major Daniel, 116, 117, 118.
Beauregard, General P. G. T., 262, 263.
Bienville, "King's Lieutenant," 31; Explorations, 33; Com- mandant, 35; Deposed and Reinstated, 36; Punishes In- dians, 39; Again Governor, 41; Punishes Indians, 42; Third time Governor, 41; Again Governor, 45; His Wars Against Chickasaws, 46, 47; Return to France and Feeling for Colony, 48. Biloxi, Settlement at, 32; Co- lonial Capital Moved from, 35; New Biloxi, 41. Biloxi Indians, 20; Emigration, 54. Black, John, 184.
Blue Mountain Female College, 324.
Bonnie Blue Flag, 224, 225. Boundary, Between the United States and Spanish Floridas. 90; Between Mississippi and Alabama, 142; of the State of Mississippi, 143, 192, 193; Dispute, 349.
Brandon, Gerard C., 144; Admin- istration, 154-157; 160, 177. Bradford, Alexander B., 203, 207. Brown, A. G., 192.
Brown, Albert Gallatin, 198; Ad- ministration, 199, 200; Plea for Schools, 245, 246; in Con- federate Congress, 259. Brown, Capt. Isaac N., 261, 265. Browne. Montford. Gov., 53, 56. Bruce, Blanche K., 307, 328. Buell, Gen. D. C., 261, 262.
Buena Vista, Jefferson Davis at, 205.
Bullen, Rev. Joseph, Father of
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Presbyterianism in Missis- sippi, 81. Burnt Corn, Battle of, 116.
Burling, Walter, Introduces Mex- ican Cotton, 73.
Burr, Aaron, Expedition of, 105. Butler, General B. F., 265.
Cadillac, Governor, Under Cro- zat, 38, 39.
Campbell, General, 62.
Campbell, J. A. P., 225, 304, 324, 327.
Canada, Louisiana a Part of, 36. Capital, Under Spanish Rule, 66; Moved from Natchez to Co- lumbia, 151; Moved from Natchez to Washington, 102; Located at Jackson, 153.
Cardoza, T. W., 311.
Carpet-Bag Government, 312-320. Cartwright, Dr. S. A., 254.
Carver, Eleazer, 133.
Catholic Church, Established
Religion in Colony, 77; Re- newed Activity, 243.
Centenary College, 243.
Central Female Institute, 244.
Chalmers, H. H., 324, 328.
Chalmers, F. R., 261.
Chester, Peter, Governor, 59. Chickasaw Counties, 188.
Chickasaw Indians, 18, 19; War with, 46; Treaty with, 187. Chickasaw School Lands, 208. Chocchuma Indians, 21.
Choctaw Indians. 15, 16; Aid in Destroying Natchez Indians, 44; Aid Against Chickasaws, 46, 47: Against Creeks, 115, 116, 120; First Choctow Ces- sion, 102; Second Choctaw Cession, 151; Grand Council, 155, 156; Treaty with, 157; Removal of, 352. Cholera, in 1832, 181. Christian Church, 242. Christian Herald, 243.
Churches, Early, 77-81; Church
Work, 175; Religious Devel opment, 242.
Claiborne, Col. J. F. H., 186, 190, 254.
Claiborne, Gen. F. L., 111,- 116, 117. Claiborne, Gov. W. C. C., 99; Ad- ministration, 100-104; 109- 111.
Clay, Henry, Visits Mississippi, 200, 201.
Clayton, A. M., 225.
Clinton Riot, 317.
Cloud, Rev. Adam, 80.
Clark, Charles, 225; Administra- tion, 275, 276, 283, 284, 288. Cobb, Joseph B., 251.
Code, Black, 42; Poindexter's, 152; Hutchinson's, 208; of 1857, 214; "Black Code" of 1865, 289; of 1892, 343; of 1904, 355.
Colonization Society, African,
232.
Columbus, Founding of, 171.
Commerce, Foreign, 239.
Commissioners, Secession, 222, 223.
Compromise of 1850, 210.
Congregational Church, Begin- nings in Mississippi, 78. Congressional Districts. Division of State into, 201; 348.
Constitution, "The Embryonic," 86, 87; of 1817, 140-147; of 1832, 176-179; of 1868, 300; of 1890, 340.
Convention, Constitutional, of 1817, 143; of 1832, 177; Nash- ville, 210; of 1851. 212: Seces- sion, 223; of 1865, 286; of 1868, 295; Tax-Payers, 316. 317; of 1890, 339. Corinth, Battle of, 263.
Cotton, 64, 73; Cotton Gin, 73, 74. 75: Cotton Press. 76; Cotton Seed. 76; Cultivation by Slaves, 133; Mississippi Raised one-fifth, 238, 239;
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Cotton Factories, 240, 336, 337. Creek Indians, War with, 115-124. Crozat, Anthony, 38.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 242.
Curtis, Rev, Richard, 79.
Dale, General Sam, 122, 142. Davis, Alexander K., 311.
Davis, Jefferson, Early Career, 198; in Mexican War. 203, 204, 205; Elected United States Senator, 208; Candi- date for Governor, 212; Elected Major-General. 225; President of Confederacy, 257, 258, 290; Last Visit to Jackson, 333; Death, 335.
Davis, Gen. Joseph R., 261, 275.
D'Artaguette, Commandant, 36. Dent, Judge Louis, 299.
Deep Water Harbor, 357.
De Soto's Expedition, 23.
De Tonti, Henry, 29, 30.
Dickson, Dr. David, 144.
Dickson, C. R., 224.
Dixon, David, 186.
Doak's Stand, Treaty of, 152.
Dorsey, Mrs., 252. Dueling, 234.
Durnford, Elias, 53.
Dunbar, Sir William, House Plundered, 61; Letter, 67; Attempt to Manufacture Cot- ton Seed Oil, 76; Life, 112.
Education, Early Schools, 136- 138; Provision for Common Schools, 172; Higher Educa- tion, 173-175: Attempts to Establish Public Schools. 200; Denominational Schools. 173-175; Common School Acts. 245, 246, 335. Educational Progress, 346, 362. Election Law. Primary, 352.
Elizabeth Female Academy, 173, 174, 243.
Ellicott, Andrew, 84, 87, 88, 90. Emancipation Proclamation, 279. English, Encroach on French, 42; Settlers from Georgia, 48; Dispossess French, 49; Establish West Florida; 50; Improvement Under, 55, 57. English Turn, 33.
Episcopal Church, Beginnings in Mississippi, 80; Growth, 242.
Falconer, Major Kinloch, 329. Farragut, Admiral, 255.
Featherstone, Gen. W. S., 261, 321, 322.
Ferguson, Gen. S. W., 261. Filed Muster, The Old. 166, 167. Finances, State Under Carpet- Bag Rule, 313; Return to Solvency, 327; Conditions in 1890, 342.
Flag, First Confederate, 224.
Flush Times, 237. Fontaine. C. D., 215. Foote, Henry S., 211; Adminis- tration, 212, 213.
Forrest, Gen. N. B., 266, 275, 277, 278.
Fort Adams, Built. 55.
Fort. Bute, Built. 53; Captured by Spaniards, 62.
Fort Mims, Massacre at, 116. Fort Nogales, 90.
Fort Panmure, Built, 53: Occu- pied, 63; Captured by Span- iards. 62.
Fort Peter, Massacre at. 44.
Fort Rosalie, Erected, 39; Mas- sacre at, 42, 43; Rebuilt. 53. Franklin Academy, 173. Franklin, F. E., 203. Freedmen's Bureau, 286.
French, Gen. S. G., 261.
Fund, Chickasaw School, 208.
Galvez, 62. Gambling, Suppression, 234.
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George, Gen. James Z., 318, 319, 328, 340.
Georgia, Originally Part of Mis- sissippi, 48; Her Claims, 68, 92, 93, 94, 98, 99, 141.
Gillem, Gen. Alvan C., 294, 296, 297, 298.
Generals in Confederate Army, 261.
Gholson, Congressman, 190, 191. Government, Territorial, 94, 106, 107; State, 147; Carpet-Bag, 312-325.
Govan, Col. George M., 345.
Grant, Gen. Ulysses S., 261; at Shiloh, 262; at Vicksburg, 266-273; election of 1872, 309. Graves, Richard S., 197. Greeley, Horace, 309.
Green, Col. Thomas, 102.
Gregg, Gen., 270.
Grenada Female College, 244.
Grierson, Gen., 269.
Griffith, Gen. Richard, 261.
Guion, John I., 211. Guion, Major, 90, 91.
Gulf Coast, 9. Gwin, William M., 195.
Hammett, W. H., 198. Harper, Prof. L., 252.
Harris, Gen. Nathaniel H., 261.
Harris, W. P., 225, 320.
Hastings, Mrs. John G., 332. Hayes, Master Jefferson Davis, 343.
Heath, Sir Robert, 32, 33. Hemmingway, W. L., 342. Hill, James, 311. Hillman College, 244. Hillman, Dr. Walter, 289. Hinds, Major Thomas, 124, 125, 149.
Holmes, David, 107; Administra- tion, 108, 144, 147, 149, 154, Hughes, Henry, 252. Humphreys, Gen. B. G., 261; Governor, 288, 293.
Hunter, Capt. Narsworthy, 96, 102.
Hutchins, Col. Andrew, 88.
Iberville, Expedition, of, 28; Founds Settlement at Bi .. loxi, 31; Return to Colony, 34; Authority, 37.
Illinois, District of, 51.
Indians, Tribal Divisions, 12; Natchez, 12, 13, 14; Choc- taws, 15, 16; Chickasaws, 18, 19; Biloxis, 20; Pascagoulas, 20; Chocchumas, 21; Tunicas, 22; Yazoos, 22; Massacres by, 42, 43, 44; Chickasaw Wars, 46, 47; Incited by Spanish, 68; Indian Claims Extinct, 102; Creek War, 115-124. -
Indian Lands, 151, 152; Indian Acts, 156, 157; Treaties with, 152, 157.
Indigo, Raised in Colony, 63. 72. Industrial Institute and College for Women, 332, 333.
Ingraham, Prof., 251, 252. Insurance, Department of, 352.
Jackson, Capital Located at, 153; Audubon's Account of. 171; Provisions in Constitution of 1832, 179; Convention, 222- 225; Railroad to, 240.
Jackson, Gen. Andrew. Wars with Creeks and of 1812, 124 125, 128; Treaty of Doak's Stand, 152; Capital of State Named, 153; Presidental Candidate, 180; Resolution Censuring, 184; Visit to Mis- sissippi, 194.
Jefferson College. Founded, 137; Prosperity, 173. Johnston, Gen. Albert, Sidney, 261, 262. Johnston, Amos R., 304.
Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., 270, 273, 274, 278. Johnstone. Capt. George. 53, 57. Johnson, President Andrew, 280, 283, 284,
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Jones, Prof. R. W., 333. Judiciary Act of 1898, 348.
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 216. Kerlerec, Governor, 49.
Kilpatrick, J. H., 204.
King, John W., 192. King, Benjamin, 330. Knutt, Dr., 254.
Know-Nothing Party, 215, 216, 221.
Kossuth, Louis, Visit to Missis- sippi, 213. Ku Klux Troubles, 304, 305, 308.
Lafayette, Gen., 151.
Lamar, L. Q. C., Member of Con- gress, 309; In Elections of 1875, 320, 321; Member of Cabinet, United States Sena- tor, Justice of Supreme Court, 334.
Lamar County, Creation of, 356. Land Grants, 56.
La Salle's Expedition, 25; His Policy, 26.
Lattimore, Dr. William, 102, 113, 142, 144.
Law, John, 40; Result of Law's Scheme, 41.
Laws, Sargent's, 95.
Lea, Luke, 208.
Leake, Governor Walter, 144, 147, 151, 153.
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 278.
Lee, Gen. Stephen D., 267, 275. 276, 277, 278; President of State Agricultural and Me- chanical College, 329.
L'Epinay, Governor of Louisiana, 39.
Le Flore, Greenwood, 156.
Legislature, First Meetings, 149; Struggle with. Judiciary, 153; of 1865, 289; Act of 1886, 335. Levees, 241, 353, 354.
Lincoln, Abraham, Election to Presidency, 221; Assassina- tion, 279.
Liberty Party, 215. Life in Mississippi in Early Times, 63; Frontier Life, 134; in the Twenties, 164-167; "Before the War," 227-235. Literature, Southern, 251.
Loftus, Major, Expedition Under. 22, 54. Longino, A. H., Administration, 347, 354.
"Lost Cause," Respect for, 360. Lotteries, 170, 235.
Louisiana, Naming of Territory,. 26; Extent of, 32; Part of Canada, 36; Early Govern- ment of, 37; Given Up by the King, 38; Placed Under Con- trol of the "Western Com- pany," 39, 40; Districts of, 42; Becomes Again a Royal Province, 45; Boundary Line, 110. 111.
Louisville Exhibition Premiums, 337.
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 357.
Lovering, Amos, 304.
Lowrey, Gen. M. P., 261, 324. Lowry, Robert, 261; Governor, 330. 331.
Lynch, Charles, 181, 183, 185; Governor, 187, 188.
McCarthy, Harry, 225. McCardle, Col., 293.
McClung, Alexander K., 203, 205; Address on Clay, 213.
McLaurin, Anselm J., Adminis- tration, 344, 345.
McNutt. Alexander G., 191; Ad- ministration of. 191, 192.
McPherson, Gen., 268. McRae, John J., 214; Adminis- tration, 214, 215. McWillie, William, Administra- tion of, 217, 218. Manufacturing in Territory, 132. 133.
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Marquette and Joliet. Expedition of, 24, 25.
Marschalk, Col. Andrew, 136.
Marshall, Rev. C. K., 242, 249.
Martin, Gen. William T., 261.
Mason and Harp, Robberies by, 101.
Massacre, at Fort Rosalie, 43, 44; at Fort Peter, 44.
Matthews, Joseph W., Adminis- tration, 207, 208.
· Mead, Cowles, 100, 105, 144. Meridian Riot, 307.
Methodist Church, Beginnings in Mississippi, 80; Growth, 242, 243.
Mexico, War with, 203-205. Millsaps College, 344.
Mississippi Academy and Col- lege, 174, 244; in War be- tween the States, 256; Re- opened, 289.
Mississippi Mills, 337. Mississippi River, Effect upon Exploration, 10; Early Ex- plorations on, 23, 24, 25, 28; Value as Waterway, 130; First Steamboats on. 131, 132; Levees, 241; Overflow. 331.
Mississippi Bubble. 40. Mississippi Baptist, 243.
Monette, Dr. John W., 253.
Money, Senator H. D., 345.
Money, Territorial, 135; Acts to Provide, 169.
Montgomery, Col. William A .. 345.
Monticello, Town of, 171. Monument, Confederate, at Jack- son, 342. Mott. C. H., 225. Muldrow, H. L., 349.
Nanih Waiya, 15, 16. Nashville Convention, 210. Natchez, the Beginning of. 39; Population in 1776, 60; Capi- tal of District, 66; Increase
in Population, 67; Natchez Constitution, 86, 87; Indian Lands in District, 102; Re- moval of Capital from, 151; Condition 1817 - 1832, 170; Tornado at, 193; Becomes a Port for Foreign Vessels, 240.
Natchez Indians, 13, 14; Massa-
cre by, at Fort Rosalie, 43, 44; Destruction of Nation, 44. Natchez Trace, 127, 129.
New Biloxi, Capital of Louisiana Territory, 41.
New Orleans, Battle of, 125.
New Orleans, Cotton Exposition, 337.
Newspapers. First, 136. Noel. Gov. E. F .. 357-365. Nolan, Philip, 101.
Nullification, Opinion of Missis- sippi Legislature in 1832, 181.
Oakland College, 175, 243. Ord, Gen. E. O. C., 292, 293, 294. Ordinance of Secession, 223, 224, 225. 287. Otey, James H., 242.
Paine, Rev. Robert, 242. Pascagoula Indians. 20; Emigra- tion, 54. Pearl River, County, 339.
Pease, Henry R., 307.
Pemberton, Gen., 266-274.
Penitentiary Established. 233.
Perier, Gov. of Louisiana, 42.
Pettus, John F., Administration.
220,-039; Second Administra- tion, 259. Peyton, Mrs. Annie C., 332.
Peyton, Ephriam G., 324, 328. Plantation Life, 228, 229, 230. Plummer. Franklin E., 185. Poindexter's Code, 152.
Population of Louisiana Terri- tory in 1750, 48; of Natchez in 1776, 60; of Mississippi Territory in 1810 and 1816,
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114; in 1801, 133; of State in 1830, 159; in 1850, 214; in 1880 and 1890, 337.
Port Gibson Collegiate Academy, 244.
Porter, Admiral, 267, 268, 273.
Polk, Gen. Leonidas, 242, 276.
Port Gibson, Battle of, 269.
Poindexter. Hon. George, Terri- torial Delegate, 102, 111, 113, 140; in Constitutional Con- vention, 144; Congressman, 147; Governor, 149, 151; in Presidential Canvass (1832), 180; Defeated for Senator, 185.
Posey, Gen. Carnot. 261.
Power, Col. J. L., 225. 349.
Powers, Ridgely C., 307.
Powers, J. N., 363.
Pray, P. Rutilius R., 177.
Presbyterian Church, Beginnings in Mississippi, 81; Growth, 242.
Prentiss, Sargent S., 188, 190, 191, 194, 195.
Presidential Campaigns - 1832,
180; 1852, 213; 1856, 217; 1860, 220; 1892, 309.
Price, Ezra R., 204.
Price, Gen. Sterling, 262. 263.
Printing, First in Mississippi, 136. Pushmataha, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124.
Quitman, John A .. 186, 187, 196, 204; in Mexican War, 204, 205, 206; Administration, 208- 211; Death, 218.
Raid, John Brown's, 218. Railroads, First. 169; in 1860, 241; Acts Regulating, 331; New Roads, 337. Railway Commission, 331. Reconstruction. President John- son's Plan, 284; Congres- sional Plan, 291, 292.
Religion-Catholics, 77; Congre- gationalists, 78, 79; Baptists, 79; Episcopal Church, 80; Methodists, 80; Presbyteri- ans, 81.
Reneau, Miss Sallie E., 332. Republican Party, Beginnings, 216; Campaign of 1860, 221.
Repudiation of State Debts, 213.
Revels, Hiram R., 300, 307.
River Systems, 10.
Rogers, Patrick, 214.
Roads, Early, 127, 128.
Roberts, R. W., 198.
Rosecrans, Gen. W. S., 263.
Roudebush, Dr. G. S., 333.
Runnels, Hiram G., 181; Admin- istration, 183, 184.
St. Thomas Hall. 244. Sauvole, Commandant at Biloxi. 31, 34, 35.
San Lorenzo, Treaty of, 84. Sargent, Gov., 91, 95, 96. Sargent's Laws, 95.
Schools-First Public, Female, 136; Early Schools, 136-138; Provision for Common Schools, 172; Higher Schools, 173 - 175; Denominational Schools, 244; Futile Attempts to Establish Common Schools, 245; Private Schools, 246; City Schools, 247; After War between the States, 305; Progress, 335.
Scott, Abram M., 144, 157, 181. Sears, Gen. C. W., 261. Seceding States, 258.
Secession, 210; Jackson Conven- tion. 222.225; Ordinance De- clared Null and Void, 287.
Sharkey. Hon. William L .. First Chief Justice, 178; President of Convention of 1850, 210; Interest in Southern Text- Books, 249; Commission to Washington, 284; Provision-
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HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI
al Governor, 285, 287; United States Senator, 290. Sharp, Gen. J. H., 261. Sharon Female Academy, 243. Shattuck, David O., 194.
Sherman, Gen. W. T., 266, 267, 268, 275, 276, 277. Shiloh, Battle of, 262. Shooting Matches, 165, 166. Simrall, Horatio S., 303, 328. Slavery-First Negroes in Col- ony, 36; Attempt to Abolish in Territory, 94; Condition of Slaves, 134, 135; Efforts to Stop Importation, 159; Gov. Brandon's Opinion, 160; Legal Rights of, 160; Slave Laws, 161, 162; Condition of, 162, 163; Free Negroes, 164; Importation Forbidden, 178; Agitation, 209; Compromise of 1850, 210; in National Politics, 215; Kansas-Nebras- ka Bill, 216; John Brown's Raid, 218; Negroes on Plan- tation. 228, 229; Slave Laws, 230, 231; Slave Trade. 231; Slave Insurrection, 232; Col- onization Society, 232; Emancipation, 279. Smiley, James. 243.
Smith, Cotesworth P., 178, 179.
Smith, Gen. A. Kirby, 278.
Smith, Gen. J. A., 261. Smythe, Mrs. H. H., 224. Social Conditions, 164-168. Southern Luminary, 243.
Southern Text-Books, 249. Spain, War with, 345. State Farms, 350. Statehouse, Old. 193: New, 353. Stephens, Alexander H., 258.
Stone. Col. John M., 261. 326; Administration, 326-329, 339; death of, 349. Sunday Schools, Early, 175. Supreme Court, 178. 348. . Swayze, Rev. Samuel, 77, 78.
Tarbell, Jonathan, 303, 324, 327. Tax-Payers' Convention, 316. Taylor, Gen. Richard, 278, 281. Taylor, Zachary, 205. Teachers' Association, 337. Temperance Societies, 234. Territory Mississippi, Boundaries Established, 92; Territorial Government, 94, 106, 107; Advanced to Second Grade, 96; Enlargement of, 103; Territorial Delegates, 113; Formed into State, 114; Pop- ulation of, 114; Division of, 142, 143.
Texas Revolution, Mississippi in, 186.
Text-Book Commission, 355.
Thatcher, James S. B., 245. Thomas, Col. Samuel L., 286. Thompson, Jacob, 192, 195, 197, 198, 9175℃ Thornton. Dr. J. J., 225. "Three-Chopped Way," 128. Tobacco. Cultivation of, 63, 70, 71, 72.
Tombigbee River, Effect upon Exploration, 10; Settlements on, 104, 105, 127, 141.
Toulmin, Harry, 103. 141. Travel, Early Methods of, 129.
Treaty of Doak's Stand, 152; of Dancing Rabbit, 157.
Tucker, Tilghman M., 194; His Administration, 195, 198. Tunica Indians, 22.
Turner, Edward, 192.
Union Bank, 195, 196. 213. Union Female College, 243. Union Party, 211.
University of Mississippi, Loca- tion, 202: Incorporation, 247; Present Buildings. 248; in War between the States, 256; Reorganized, 288; Agricul- tural and Mechanical Depart- ment, 329; Admission of Women, 331.
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Van Dorn, Earl, in Mexican War, 205; in War between the States, 225, 261, 262, 263, 266. Vardaman, James K., 345, 354- 357. Vaudreuil, Gov., 48. Vicksburg Riot, 314-316.
Vicksburg, Near Site of Fort St. Peter, 44; Founded, 171;
Capture, 264-274. - Vicksburg Harbor, 352.
Waddel, Rev. John N., 289. Walker, Robert J., 185, 186, 194, 195.
Walter, Col. H. W., 329. Walthall, E. C., 261, 341, 342, 345.
Wars-French and Indian, 49; Creek, 115-124; of 1812, 124- 126; Mexican. 203-205; War between the States, 206-280; Spanish-American, 345.
Warren, Henry, 306.
Washington, Town of, Capital, 137; Site of Jefferson Col- lege, 137, 171. Watkins, Col. John A., 119. West, Gen. A. M., 275. West, Cato, 100, 144.
West Florida, Establishment of, 51; During Revolution, 59, 60; Districts, 60, 61; Spanish Conquest, 62; Revolt Against Spanish Rule in, 108; Di- vided, 110, 111. Whitfield, James, 211. Whitfield Manufacturing Com- pany, 337.
Whitworth Female Academy,
244. Wilkins, Capt. James C., 125. Williams, Gov. Robert, 100, 106, 107. Williams, John Sharp, 356. Williams, Hon. Thomas, 147. Willing, James, Expedition of, 61. Woodville, Town of, 171. Wright, D. W., 178.
Yalobusha Female Institute, 244. Yazoo Indians, 22; Massacre of Garrison of Fort St. Peter, 44. Yazoo City Riot, 317. Yazoo Land Companies, 68, 69. Yerger, Edward M., 217.
Yellow Fever, Dr. Monette's In- vestigation, 253, 254; Epi- demic, 328, 329, 345.
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