Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-02-28
THE PREsiOExTlAE ELEC-
feA-t- H'ION.
Counting Of the votes i'm the
Presence Of the senate Jpad
House OF Representatives.

Correspondence Oi the New YORK lflhur.l
.Isn WASHINGTON. Feb. lg.
At preciselv twelve the gayel oftbe Speak
or decended. The buzz of human voices died
away. and the eloouent Chaplain Of the
House addressed n fcrvent appeal to the
Throne of Grace. In the midst ofhis solemn
sunplications for the Divine blessing NM,
the grave events of the dnv. and while ever,
eve was reyerently bent, and every whisper
deyoutly husbed. in stalked Garnctt of Vir
pinia. and strobe across the hall with a hcav,
tread. toward the cloak-room of the South
em members. within whose portals he dis
appeared This loud and unseemly disturb
ance was plainly premedtatcd, fnrit was in
stantly followed by scene Of boisterous mcr
riment in the cloak-room. in which some
half dozen members participated, and which
was kept up till the close Of the Chnplain'
invocation, carsing hundreds of eyes TO bt
turned in that direction. and exciting mingled
surprise and Indignation at this elullition Of
mean malice on the part of this little traito,
and his baffied band of co-conSpirntors The
exhibition of Union sentiment in The recent
V;r',;n;a aloc,;nn L,. S,;'.roI 80 ,Lo loo.
the rall of such bitter Sccossionist. NJ Gar.
nett. and he embraces nh occasions like All,
/ for fhe d;snlav III his malionitv -
Nv nSn
n messcnger IN the Senate IN inv;tc tbnt boJy
to ioi, lie Uouse in granJ cnnvcr,;on % fny
co,,n,ing .tbo Electoral votos 4 lnnr dolov
ensneJ dnring which Mr. Sbor,na,, an Je"v,
oreJ tn nnsb Hrwnrd m annronr;n t;nn lin
IN relieve tbe nress;ng wants nf tba Cnvcrn.
mont. Mr. Garnett was instontlv nm his feet
TO object. and aimdino to tbe sne ,fh nf Mr.
Lincoln ~ Injionanolis said tbot inasmucb
M the incoming kdminst,at;on bnI issuod
its declaration ofwar be wonlJ re.;,t q, tbn
hst extremity overv nttc,nnt 10 f,,rn;sh Il
with money toe.t .tabiisb a militorv Il ,snot;sn
This ridicilous outhurst nrnvntcd dnr;s;vo
merr;,nent and ore Mr. Sbnrmo, bod ti,no
IN renlv tbe Doork eener in etn,,tnr;a,, tono.
announced Utbe Senate of tbe Ifn;tcj
Statesi" and that bodv nrcceJcd bv Ire
officers. entered the chamber of the Uouse.
The members rose TO receive the major
branch Of The Lecislatnre who G,unJ 9t "o9t.
ne hest tlley could. very narrow accommoJa.
tions baving been nrovideJ FAR them in thnt
nnrticI,lar. Tbev rnngrd tbemselyns main.
N in chairs in the aren in front of tbe rlerL' :
desk.
The qro,,n;po of some of tbe sorotors ,,o .
so pectliar rs to attract general notice Tbn
lntc pres;dn,,.;ai candid,tas hon,,oroJ ~
se,t chem selve. nrettv much ..al +, r,,,, .
immedinteIv where tIe middle a;sIa emergos
into the omen area of the cbombcr Mr
Seward had Mr. Comeron on lie r;aht anJ
Mr.. Douglas on his left Next 10 him snt
Joe Lane, whose next neipbbor wos Mr.
Collamer. All this was doubtless Incident.
al, but it gave them an opnort,,nitv 70
crack harmless Jokes unon each other ne
the monotonous reading of the reh,rns ot
the Electoral Colleges went on. Mr. Hun
ter. being n doubly.defeated copd;d,te-b
having failed TO be nominated for the Presi.
dency of the Old United States. Or to he
elected to that office in the New Confeder.
acy. drew away and sunk into n less consnic-
uo,ls seat. where he could brood over his
''dual" disaster. unmolested and unobsorv.
ed Crittenden and Pearce. "Old Line
Whias.n now doing imrnev-worL ne nro.
slavery Democrats. occunied the same dasl
Clark. the inAexible and clear headed Sena.
tor from the Granite Hills. sat with Summer
the eloouent renresentative of Plvmontl''
Rock while Wilson and Hale and Doolittlo
original Freesoilcrs. and ortiGcers NJ ths,
Buffalo platform. sat In odioininT chairs ~
Fessonden. calm and selEnoised cved tbc
proceedings with an air of Thought so oobsorb.
inc. that he hardly needed tbe nleosnnt,,ie.
of his presidential neirbbors. Preston King,
sturdy and firm, sat by the side of Mr.. Rem
resentatiye Spaulding. while Gallant An.
drew johnson of Tennessee carried on nm
earnest conversation with Mr. Renrosc,,to.
tive Hoard. The fire-enting Senotors-~tbe
| few that rcmain-penerollv sat nnart from
the crowd and looked ON with moodv brows
Green. however, was os iollv md wb;cund
as ever. Wigfal, who does the low come.
DIV oftbc Senate, and whose donorture from
its boards would bea rrieyo,,s loss IN tho
waps in the gallery and Mason who cen.
erally assumes The tragic role. and whose
yisage is chronic frown, did not honor the
occasion with their august nresence, Rem.
iamin, no longer a Senator. bis ewes CLEAN
Inc like those of Judas jsca,ioi When he
nocketed noe the thirty nieces for bctravin" ,he he
Master who had trusted him. was seeS Ait ie
ting about on the outskirts of the Chamber
Vice President BrecLinr;Jge hav;no
taken his seat mt the right of SSeoker POM s
nington. rapped 10 order announced thc
business which had convened The two House.
in Joint session, and summoned the teller teller
to take their plnces Mt the desk Tbereunon '
Senator Trnmbull, md Messrs Wasbbnruo
and Pbelns. came forward and the V'" V;oc "c
President handed TO them thc huce brnJle e
ofcertifcates from the several Electorol % Nj.
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