The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-02-27

Ia "a ulu0 ElruRElfd a. ERal o. assnamF
room wilhin lks PIsrinrhss aEd n, e Rlo
.srissd 80 lac CO lhsss psis lsged plarss
ssss fsin q eonlsni llemseiEts nlsh a.
.onsarssanisgsofthe g<nllsmsa'. sallt.
~. inlo = hirh lhry sssmsd 10 base otet.
ae.sd a. elahsE siee. Tie sesisne e IA.
ssllssy. aLicn runs ,ound he While =.
mieifsulsT b0rndsry e lie bah. rs Eil.d
% 10 DARK masses vita eager, ortsr.y sld
sssealivs ohseIsfrs OF Rhsl xss llalsar-
e5 IL he spsee bslru.
cotsi1sEing lhs msl.ilu5e ssssmkled.
N astonishing sllenee peTsseed lie han,
Hhsn Mr. Maaguw. PEssidenl al he 81.
nais. rose and said that : lhs SsLass ara
Heuse Of Representatives bad mel. &C.
eoFeing 70 he Constitution, Tor tie Dor.
pose q eoDnEirg me votes given BY lie
Electors az The several Siaies CT pse,i-
dent and Vice Presidfnl II he Uni,ed
States" snd hen taking from he papers
before bin one or The sealed rarlagss,
brrke The seals. opened i. and said: II
present. 70 yov, gtnllemsn Teller. lie
totes Of the Eltesois &c lie s. ATE Of Maine,
that they nay be eouhled."
Dir. Walker then read aloud he RECON-
Of he Proceedings of ihe Elsclors glIhs,
Stair. aud ths. Clerks TOOK dosn Re nun
bfrs as lhey stre snnuoheed.
In This a. annsr lie rsTors from 81 The
States we're gone lhr0rgh with, he Tel
lers relieving each other from tine 10 time
in he reatina.
The process was necesssIily rather
heavy, and nothing bur i,s great Intrinsic
importance pre,ehied II. being insuiFer-
ably itdiou,, he result ol zach ballot being
knosn so long bcIoekand. Yssasral-
ger. on Witnessing The utspecllul and Ie-
strained attention Of all preset. nigh,
have almost Supposed thai The result sas
nov made known Tor the first lime.
4 The counting being ., length finished,
Mr.. Walker rose and ssid: " he Tel.
iers having counted tie soiss given for
President and Vice President Of The Uni.
led States. have directed ne 10 rspon The
same IN he President Of The Senate"
The President OF lhe Senate. then. in
. clear and firm toiee, which reached
every recess Of the Hall, announced The
result Of The counting. las viii be found
stated in another columr.l After which
he pronounced the Fiat OF the People IN
the following terms: al do therefore de-
clare JAxEs X. Polk. Of Tennessee. has-
J ing received majority Of the whole nun
Der Of elecloTial vctss, TO be duly elected
President OF The United States for the
term Of four years from the fourth DAY oI
March next" lie made similar sr'
= nouncemeni Of the election az GEORGE NJ.
DALLAS. Of PsRnsyirania, as Vice Pre-
sideui loI The sane term; and then added
i" The business for which the luo Houses
4 convened having now been completed
/ The Senate Ill now return 10 he Chan
bef." ... ...~@
. The memts OF The House rose il
their places. and rem insd standing uni
. the Senators retired frnm Ihe Hall in oh
q same order 10 hth they had entered IL
: The ceremony occupied just an hcu
: and half. and was eonduc ed inrougI on
d with The most uhbrcktn eerorum. lie &
: nal tnuncisIion Of The result not hsVini
/. ELECTED even q sound from the multiuG
!. assembled through al The gsllanes, LOT
q. bies, and outer purtiews Of the Hal
). The House Immediately adjourned; sEt
d in fec minutes, The Hall was as still al
j empty ss II the greatest ceremony, regard
!. ing ils internal sifsirs. 10 which q gres
$ nation can be occupied, had no, jus, pass
y ed within lie wa.ls. Nat. Intel.