New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-02-12
OFFICIAL JOURNAL
CONVENTION OF THE STATE or LOUISIANA.

| The Journal was then read and approved.
| mr. Miles rose to a question of privilege, and
corrected q misconstruction in this morning g
Delta, relative to the votes of certain Delegates
the Judiciary question:
| MFR. Davidson, of Sabine, offered preamble and
resolution, relative to the adjournment sine die,
of the Convention ON Tuesday next which pream-
| able and resolution ordered to lie over under
the rules.
| Mr. Estln offered preamble and resolution, re-
| lative to the appointment of committee, which
| should collect information and report in March
next on the rtassembling of this Convention, with
regard to the expedency of making the charters
| Ct the banks now in existence in the State of
Louisiana, uniform in the term of their charters,
etc; provided the said banks will agree to pay
satisfactory bonus to the State, which was ordered
to lie over under the rules.
| Mr.. Swayze presented an ordinance concerning
persons who shall attempt or presume to exercise
hold office within the State of Louisiana under
any other authority than the State of Louisiana,
which ordinance was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary
Mr.. Miles offered resolution relative to the pay
| ment, from the sub treasury of the late United
States, of the Marshals and Assistant Marshals of
the Eastern and Western Districts, for taking the
census in l860 which resolution was referred to the
| Committee on Finance.
On motion of Mr.. Girard, the report of the Com
mittee on Patents was made the special order of
the day for Monday next, at IL o'clock NJ.
| The report of standing committees being next in
order, Mr.. Walker read report of the Committee
| on Postal Affairs, which, on motion Of Mr.. Fuqua,
was ordered to be printed and made the order Of
the day for Monday next at o'clock P. NJ.
| Mr. Semmes, having asked and obtained leave,
presented a report of the Committee on Commerce
| and Navigation, relative to lighthouses within the
| State, which, on motion, was laid over under the
| rules.
The consideration of the ordinance reported by
DIR. Elgee yesterday, as chairman of the Committee
on Public Lands, was resumed. -.
Mr.. Fuqua withdrew the substitute offered by
him yesterday, for Mr.. McColloms amendment tc
the LIST section of said ordinance.
On motion by Mr.. Bonford, Mr.. McCoom's
amendment was further amended by striking out
the words '' recognized and.'
| Motion being made for the adoption of Mr.. Nc.
| Colloms amendment amended, Mr.. Connolly
| called for the yeas and nays, which resulted as
| follows
| The yeas were Messrs. Anderson, Bienvenu Bon
| ford, Caldwell, Cook, Connolly, Dupr6 Elam, Gi.
| rard, H0ugh, Holingsworth, Kennedy, LeBour-
geois, Lewis of Orleans, McCollom, Meredith
O'Bryan, Perkins of Orleans, Pemberton Pierson
| of Vim, Roman, Rozier Scott of East Feliciana,
Stocker, Swayze, Taylor of St. Landry, Todd, Will
| lians of East Baton Rouge, Williams of st. Helena
| WilIenson-30.
| The nays were Messrs. Barrow, Bermudez, Bon
ner, Briscoe, Butler, Conner of Concordia David
son of Livingston, Davidson of Sabine DeBlanc
| Dorsey, Dufel Elgee, Fuselier, Fuqua, Gardere
Graves, Gray, Heron, Hodges, Johnston, I,abatut
| Lawrence, Lagroue, Manning, Marks of Caddo
| Marks of Orleans, Martin of Assumption Martin OF
| Carroll, Mcgee, Melancon, Miles, Miller Moore
| Olivier, Patterson, Peck, Pierson of Natchitoches
Pike, Richardson, Semmes, Slawson, Smith, Stew
art, Tappan, Talbot, Taylor of st. Charles, Texada
Thomasson, Towles, Valentine, Warren, Wake
| and York-53.
REHABILITATION.
| Nays. Observation-Disclosures. ....... 90
Consequently Mr.. McColom's amendment t.
first section was rejected.
And on motion of Mr.. Elgee, the first section wa
adopted.
The second section, which reads as follows wa
taken up:
BE it further ordained, ETC., That the Surveyor
| General and the Registers and Receivers of thu
several Land Offices at New Orleans, Opelousas
| Natchitoches Monroe, and Greensburg, within this
State be required to surrender forthwith to the
| Governor of the State, or to some person author
lied by him. all of the public monies in their hands
and all of the books, records, papers and archives
of, and belonging to, their respective Offices ant
in doing shall be held harmless against all los
or damage which might accrue to them, or to thei
sureties by reason of the obligations contracted
by them in respect of the late Government of thu
United States.
Several amendments and substitute for sait
I'd section, were proposed by Messrs. Elgee, Du
pre-, DeBlanc, Moore and O'Bryan.
At this stage of the proceedings, the President
Mr.. Mouton, announced to the Convention the in
tellgence just then received by telegraph, that thu
Hon. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi and Hon. A
H. Stephens, of Georgia, had been elected by thu
Convention at Montgomery, the President and Vice
President of the Provisional Government of tn
Southern Republic.
Whereupon, Mr.. Walker, having first asked AM
obtained leave, and suspension of the rules being
granted, offered the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted:
Resolued That this Convention receives with thu
most cordial approval, the intelligence this da,
received by telegraph, of the election of Jefferson
Davis, of Mississippi, as President and of Alex
ander H. Stephens, of Georgia. as Vice. Presiden
of the Provisional Government of the Southern
Republic
Resozred That the Secretary of this Convention
be instructed to communicate the foregoing reso
luton to the President of the Convention at Mont
gomery.
The regular business of the Convention bein
resumed,
Mr.. Olivier moved that the ordinance on publ
lands, together with the amendments, substitute
and proviso offered, be recommitted. Which wa
carried;
And, on motion of Mr. McCollom, the report o
said committee was ordered to be printed, ant
made the special order of the day for Monday at
o'clock p. NJ.
Mr.. EIgee asked to be discharged from furthe
service as a member of the Committee on Public
Lands. Which was granted.
On motion by Mr.. Heron, the rules being sus
pended, he offered the following resolution, whcl
was unanimously adopted:
Resolred, That committee be appointed, 70
the purpose Of having in appropriate salute fret
| in honor of the recent election of President anl
ViGePresident of the Southern Coniederacy.
The President appointed as said Committed
Messrs. Heron, Labatut and LeBourgeois.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
The report of Committee on Commerce-An or
dnance relative to the prosecution of the work 70
keeping open the channel of the Southwest Pas
of the Mississippi river, under the contract mad
fuit +lo Ctata 11rior IN thn a th