January 28, 1861, The Charleston Mercury
Reception of the News.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
BATON ROUGE, January 26. – The Committee reported the Ordinance of Immediate Secession this morning. At ten minutes past one othe vote upon its adoption was taken, and amid the greatest excitement, the result was announced as follows: Yeas, 113, nays, 17. The Ordinance will be signed by all the Delegates.
There is intense joy and enthusiasm among the people here. The Pelican flag has been unfurled, and the military are firing salutes.
THE NEWS IN NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, January 26. When the fact that the State was out of the Union became known here the Washington Artillery fired a salute of a hundred guns. Salutes were also fired in Jackson Square, Annunciation Square, and the Place d’Armes. The Pelican banner was flung to the breeze from prominent points, and the demonstrations of public joy were general.