New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-01-25

be acted upon therein and that each State send as
many Delegates to said Convention are equal in
number to the number Of Senators and Represent
attyes to which it was entitled in the Congress OF
| the United States
Fourth, That the said Delegates be authorized
to provide tor the formation of q Provisional Gov
ernment for the Stat represented in said Conyen
| ton, to be organized and put in operation as
speedily as possible; to submit to the said Con-
vention the Constitution Of the United States Of
America as basis of such Provisional Govern
| Inent, and to provide in the plan Of said PrOvis
iOnal Government, otherwise, that, early as
conveniently and properly may be, Convention
OF the States forming such Government, and such
other States as may have seeded, and may then
desire to attach themselves thereto sha!lhG assem-
| hlcd to revise the Constitution and plan Of Govern
| incna so established, propose amendments and AL
teradons thereto, and adopt permanent plan of
Government for such Satea-to be submitted for
ratification to Conventions Of the several States
represented therein, and that the said Provisional
Government shall continue until the said perma
Lent nlan Of Government shall be adopted and es-
tablished.
Filth, Thati case the said Convention to be as
scnhied at montgomery, as contemplated in the
second Of the preceding resolutions shall proceed
to consider and adopt Constitution Plan for a
Permanent Government, establishing q Southern
Contederacy between the States represented there
| in-then such Constitution or Plan Shall be referred
to this Convention for its action provided that If
this Convention shall then have douThed sine die,
| the said Constitution Plan shall be referred to
| the people Of this State for ratification in such
manner the said Convention at Montgomery
| shall prescribe.
cedins States shall not for any cause assemble at
| the time and place indicated by these resolutions,
| then the Delegates appointed by this Convention
| shall be and they are hereby accredited to any
| Convention Of seeding States which may meet at
any ether time and place and having for its object
the formation of Southern Confederacy.
Special to the New Orleans Crescc,.t1
JACKSON, JAN a, 1851.
| Mr. ElH01'-The Convention of Mississippi to-
day elected delegates to the Convention to be held
| at Montgomery, on the +th Of February next,
to form a Southern Confcderacy. The delegates
were chosen from the State, irrespective of terri
torial geographical lines, or of political aflini
| ties.
The following gentlemen were chosen to repre-
sent the State: Messrs. W. P. Harris, of Kinds W.
s. Wilson, Of Claiborne J. A. P. Campbell, Of At
tala; ". s. Barry and ]. T. Harrison, of Lowndes ;
A. NJ. Clayton, Of Marshall; and Walter Brooke,
Of Warren.
Two of the above namad gentlemen (BrooEe and
| Harrison) were strong and staunch Bell and Eve
rett
The ordinance, as passed, looks forward to the
speedy formation Of provisional or permanent
| Government.
| Col. D. G. Glenn, of Harrison, (well known in
| your city, was the nominee of the caucus Of his
| Congressional District, and would certainly have
been elected, but declined becoming a candidate
for private and public reasons the principal of the
| latter being that he thought no member of the
Convention Should fill any Office which had been
created by its act.
After the election of delegates, the Convention
| proceeded to the election Of 3Iajor-General and
| Brigadier Generals for the army proposed to be
| raised in accordance with the Military bill passed
yesterday.
On the first ballot the Hon. Jefferson Davis re.
cetvcd the unanimous nomination from. and elec.
ton by, the Convention as Major-Genera
Major Earl Van Dorm, formerly of the q. S
Cavalry, and noted for his gallant services, was
then elected senior Brigadier-General.
Gen. Charles Clark, commander of the Second
Mississippi Regiment in Mexico, was elected second
Brgadier- General.
Col. J. L. Allcorn, of CoaLoma, was elected
third Brgadier-General, and c. 4. Mott, of Mar
shall, was elected fourth Brigader General.
The regiment will be Immediately raised, and in
| the course Of fonr or five weeks Mississippi vii
| have ten thousand men ready to take the field
| The only business of Importance 10 be finished
| is the ordinance citizenship and the ordinance
| providing for the raising of revenue. The Con
ventiOn, in Committee of the Whole adopted the
dd od50ren1 system of direct taxation, at the rate
Of thirty cents on the hundred dollars The oId
nance will be acted on tomorrow, and will give
! you sketch of the debate and proceedings, and
| then dotI the Office Of correspondent.
The Convention is an2iously awaiting the action
| Of Louisiana.
|