New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-03-25
Meh Orlsaps 4aily Grestert,

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MONDAY MORNING, MARCH rs, 1861.

tuition be spread upon the journal. Carried.
Mr.. Tappan, under suspension of the rules, offer
ed the following ordinance:
II fHnese'E n e Electors Of the
The people Of The Stale of Lo1tisiana IN ConGeh, ;t a.
4tion assembled, do declare and ordaln, ana IL ID
hereby declared and ordained as follows
|. That for the purpose of choosing electors lor
the President and Vice President of the z. ); A.,
the State will be divided into six electoral 6strcts,
corresponding with the six Congressional Dlssfces,
ordained by this Convention tlrst ooneaeSs0l oeS Hn
pressiopal District to be Second Electoral District;
Third Congressional District to be Third Electoral
District: Fourth Congressiona. District to be
Fourth Electoral District; Fifth Congressional Dis
trict to he Fifth Electoral District; Sixth Congress
SIGNAL District to be Sixth Electoral District.
q One elector shall be chosen from each Flee
tora District by voters of the State, and two cleo
tors from the State at large.
g. That provisions of this ordinance shall apply
only to the first election for electors as aforesaid
The ordinance was referred.to tile Special Com
mttee On Redistrcting the State
Mr.. Kidd called up his resolution, offered some
days previously, for the adjournment of the Con
venton on Saturday Qhe present day) at y O'Clock.
After discussion, Mr.. Kidd accepted Mr.. Moore's
amendment that the Convention adjourn on Tues
day at o'eock and thus amended, the resolution
was adopted.
Mr.. York presented resolution to pay certain
warrants, heretofore omitted by mistake. Referred
to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Manning presented the following ordinance,
in lieu of Mr. Buffers ordinance, recommittcd the
day before:
AN ORDINANCE Relative the Cession The Confederate
States the Forts, Arsenal The Mint CnStnmhoHse5 Light
houses, wiha he State Of Louisiana and late in the
possess ion of the United States. .
Convention dSsen,Jied-l. That the State OF Louis
lana doth hereby cede unto the Confederate States
of America, the right to use, possess, and occupy
all the forts arsenals and lighthouses, the MINT
custemhouse and other public buildings in the
State of Louisiana, late in the possession OF inc
United States
2. Be il further resolved, That the State of Louis
lana doth hereby transfer unto the Confederate
States of America, the revenue cutters now in her
possession and lately in the service of the United
States, to be accounted for by the Confederate
States.
~--aSkhe ordinance laid over.
Mr.. Moore presented the following ordinance, as
substitute for the one presented by Mr.. Tappan: :
rcssona Districts for the Elect on Of Representatives to ho
Congress of the Confederate States of America.
We, the People of Louisiana, In Convention as
,se,nbEsd, do declare and 0rdat1, That the State
shall be divided into six Congressional Districts of
contiguous territory each district to elect accord
ing to law one Representative to the Congress OF
the Confederate States Of America, which division
shall continue and be in force until the Legislature
shall otherwise provide.
The First District shall be composed of the
parishes Of Paquemnes, st; =, Bernard, orleans an
bright bank) the Second and Third Municipal Dis
tricts of New Orleans, the parishes OF ST. lam
many and Washington.
The Second District shall be composed of the
First and Fourth Municipal Districts of New Or
leans, and the parish of Jefferson.
The Third District shall be composed of the
parishes of ST. Charles, st. John the Baptist St.
James, Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, Terre-
bonne, Livingston, East Baton Rouge, East Fell
O1C HnlhDA
The Fourth District shall be composed of the
parishes of West Feltciana, Pointe foupGe, West
Baton Rouge, Iberville, st. Landry Lafayette Yer
million, St. Martin and St. Mary.
! The Fifth District shall be composed Of the
parishes of Calcasieu, Rapides, Sabine, Natchi-
toches, Vim, DeSoto, Caddo, Bossier BienVile
The Sixth District shall be composed of the par
shes of Avoyelles Chncordia, CatAhoula, Caldwell,
Franklin, Tensas, Madison, Ouachia, Jackson,
Union, Morehouse and Carroll.
Be il further ordained, That from and after the
enumeration and apportionment of representation
made under the provisions Of the Constitution OF
the Confederate States, the Legislature shall diVlde
the State into as many Congressional Districts OF
contiguous territory as there may be Representa-
tives allotted to the State of Louisiana by such ap
portionment and so from time to time after each
subsequent enumeration and apportionment.
The ordinance laid over.
Mr. Lewis of Claiborne, asked suspension OF
the rules, that action might be taken upon the fol
lowing ordinance:
bonds OF the provided for i'll article 9 Of the Con
5H 2 sI6r IN S%Sf m o ae @ road With the Site Of Louis
@na VII. bo iron not Laid at he time Of The issnanc
the subscribed by the State II
any railraad compn"y Is not hereby inc .e"sed
Be ii ordained, By The people 2t@e 4, Stao Of Lo"ss
$aaa il, ConUeniO1s assembled, That, whenever any
railroad in which the State is subscriber shall
4 have section of five or more miles graded within
the State upon which iron shall not have been laid
the Tepisature may cause 10 be issued to the sait
hAn1S Of the State, DaVIuGn
of its subscriptions, to the extent OF Sin Thousand
dollars per mile OF road so graded provided, now
ever, the amount issued shall not exceed tn
4 amount remaining unpaid upon Its spbscrlpuoI
II at the time of issuing the bonds.
4 Mr.. Texada moved that the ordinance be refeue
i to the Committee on the Constitution.
Mr. Lewis explained and advocated the ord
\ nance. whereupon Mr.. Texada Withdrew his mo
q ton to refer.
Mr.. Elgee made an able speech in support of tn
ordinance, and set forth the great benefits tha
\ would enure to the State by the proper encou1
agement of railroad enterprises within its limits.
X Mr. Wilkinson opposed the bill, rs being inexpt
dent at the present time and calculated to inVoY
E the State.
Mr.. Moore advocated the bill strongly. He e.
< planned the particular advantages that would II
e suit from the extension of the Opelousas Railroad
4 and railroad connection with Texas.
4 Mr. McCollom also advocated the bill, ably al
ID at length
4 Mr. Lawrence opposed the bill. He locke
upon it as something dangerous; a wild schen
for issuing State bonds without proper guarantee
M After further discussion, between Messrs. Moor
N Lawrence, EIgee and Fuqua, the ordinance WI
N put to vote and adopted by SO yeas to 40 nays.
II Mr.. Moore moved that his ordinance for red
i tricting the State be made the special order f
n. Monday (this day) at IL O'Clock. Carried.
motion by Mr. O'Bryan, for reasons which
q gave, to reconsider the vote on the railroad bi
e was opposed by Mr.. Moore and laid on the table
"a Mr.. Elgee's Substitute for Mr. Estlin's banki
@ ordinance (the substitute being adopted on T
@ day,) came up for further consideration. Mess
@ Polk and Roster did not consider the vote of Frid
r. as closing the question. A discussion onsued,
e which it appeared that some members consider
# the action of Friday as final, whilst others did n
81 Mr.. Perkins, Of Orleans moved to lay the II
IN ton to reconsider on the table, and the mott
Fl carried-yeas IA, nays So.
81 Mr. Estlin now made motion to reconsider, a
f. this motion carried.
z Mr. Sparrow stated thathe consideredMr. Elge
substitute still before the house; and after furtl
3 remarks offered the following as an amendment