The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1860-12-01
[From the n. o. Picayune
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA
Result of the Presidential Election.

toih'ihia hdt'S w INV ifih hiSh
The Presidential election returns from the dis
tant counties in the State were coming in slowly.
That Lincoln has carried the State, however, there
can be no doubt.
Valuable mineral discoveries have been made
near the Emeralda mines ard in Sonora.
Esponsa, the flibustcr riuglcader, has been
killed in fight in Lower California His band
of maraudcrs have been committing robbcries
and murder by the wholesale.
San Francisco Markets
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14.-The trade with the
country, since the departure of the last express,
has been less active. We quote Rio coffee at
I4-3i l5c. per ID. Sugar is quiet, and sales are
made at previous rates
Miss issippi Legislative Proceedings
The Members, Unanimous fer Secession.
| JACKSON, Nov. 26.--fhc extra session Of the
Legislature of Mississippi merely organized to-
day.
The Governors message to the Legislature was
read in both Houses. Its tone is uneompromi-
sng.
The members all appear to be unanimous for
secession.
There is no possibility of obtaining full re-
port t. night on account Of an interruption in the
working of the telegraph linc.-Ecp.
| HNRE, Nov 9.--Thc prices Of cotton yes;cr-
day fully recovered the decline Of the 2d. We
quote New ORLEANS Bias at 9if The sales to-day
were confined to 1900 bales, the market closing
quiet at unchanged quotations
| N,suyItr Nov tho rrOeut Yinnucst
Of the community, the Bank of Tennessee and
the Planters and Union Banks suspended specie
payment to-day.
BUFFALO Nov. 2.-Thc money panic here *
felt with severity. The extensive banking es;al,-
lishm,'nt Of Mrssrs. VIM. o. Brown q Go. sus-
pended here to-day.
WASHINGTON, Nov 26.-Thc President and
his Cabinet have under consideration the cxpc'li-
cncy Of recommending Congress, at the approach
ing session, to call convention Of the States.
Article 5 or the constitution of the United
States reads thus "Thc Congress, Whenever two
thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, or,
on the application Of the legislatures Of two-thrds
If the several States, shall call convention for
proposing amendments, which, in either ease,
shall be valid to all inicnts and purposes, as part
of this constitution, when ratified by the Lrgisla-
lures Of thrrc-fonrths of the several States, or by
conventions in thrcc-fourtlis thereof, rs the one
or The Other mode Of ratification may BE- proposed
by the Congress" The duty of Congress is their
fore obligatory in certain cases. but it has no fur
Their instructions under the constitution.
L. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26-It is certain, what
ever reports have gone abroad TO the contrary,
that none Of the members of the Cabinet will re-
sign before the expiration Of the Administration
WAsniNGToN, Nov. 26.-The South Carolina
delegation in Congress are now expected to re-
sumo thir seats in the House of Representatives
WASHINGTON, Nov 26 The rcpor; of Union
meeting in Essex county, Va, has been received
here. 1t contains resolution asking South Car
DINA to delay her withdrawal from the Union, n,
the time for cooperation has not yet arrived.
N ~ The following is acopy ofthr proclamation
of his Excrllrncy Gov. Thomas o. Moore, con.
vrning the extraordinary session of the Lrgiia
, ture on the 10th of December next:
PROCLAMATION.
| Dy IHOmdS ~. MOOR. ffOrfTHOT 81 me Ndff ~
Louisiana.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Baton Rouge
Whereas the Constitution of the State Of Lou
isiana authorizes the Executive tn convene thu
General Assembly thereof on extraordinary occa
sions and whereas, the election of Abraham Lin
coin to the Office of President of the United STATE
by sectional and aggressive an.i-slavcry party
whose hostility to the people and the institutions
Of the South has b,-.n eyiDcrd by repeated IN,
long-continurd violations of constitutional obga
tions and fratrrnal any, snow cOnsumnatrd b,
this last insult and ontragr pcrpetratcd at am
+ through the baIlot-box. does. iu my opinion, a
well as that of large number of citizens Of nj
u partirs and pursuits, furnish an occasion such a
u is contemplated by the Constitution; and whereas
j some Of our sister States, asgrcycd like 0urs, ar
preparing measures for their future security, AN
: for the safety of their institutions aud their nopl
J. and both patriotism aud the Necessity of s,lfpn,
ervation require us to deliberate upon our ow
course of action;
Now, therefore, I, Thomas O. Moore GovcrnC
of thu State Of Louisiana, do hereby convene tn
Legislature Of this State in extra session, and d
y appoint Monday, the 10Th day of December mex
at IL NJ for the meeting of both Houses Of til
= Legislature at the Capitol in Baton Rouge.
l. In testimony whereof have hcIcJInto SGT N
y" hand and caused the great seal Of the State to
" affixed, at the city Of Baton Rouge the seat
81 government Of this State. on this l9th day of n
u ycmber, \. d. 1860 and of the independence
g the Unitrd States of America the eighty fifth.
vs. THOMAS O. MOORE,
nj Governor Of Louisiana.
oft/ -..-
M THE | BIQUTTY OF PATENTS.-Thc Sc
e. rntifc American, in noticing a new patci
u bier for lowering collins into graves, II
dulges in the following strain in refcren'