New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-15

of Plymouth Rock while wilson
and Hale and DOCsntle, original Free-Sollers' and
arti6cers Of the Buffalo platform, sat IN ADJOINING
chairs Fesse'aden, calm and seIi'poised' eyea
the proceedir ~ with an air Of thought so absorb
ing that he. hardly needed the pleasaDtries of his
presidential neiglbors Preston Hing, sturdy and
firm, sa,t by the side of Mr.. Representative
Spauld:ng; while gallant Andrew johnson OF Ten
ncsyee, carried on al earnest conversation with
Mr.. Representative Hoard. The fre-eating Sem
ators-tho few that Temain-geaerally sat apart
from the crowd, and looked On with moody
brows. Green, however, was as Jolly and rnol-
cInd rs ever Wigfall, whe does the low comedy
of the Senate. and whose departure from lts
boards would be a grieyous loss to the wage IN
the gallery, and Mason, who generally assumes
the tragic role, and whose Visage Is chr"nc
frown, did not honor the occasion with their aa-
gust prcscnce. Benjamin, no longer senator,
his eyes cleaning Ike those of Judas lscaIio'
when he pocketed the thirty pieces for betrayipg
the Muster who had trusted him, was seen MT
ling about ON the oatskirts Of the Chamber.
Vice President Breckenridge, having taken MS
seat at the right of Speaker Pennington, raped
10 order. announced the business which had con-
yeued the two Houses in joint session, and sum-
moned the tellers TO take their places al 'he
desk. Thereupon Senator Trumbull, and Messrs.
Washburne and Phelps, came forward, ana tbe
Vice. President handed TO them the huge bundle
of certificates from the several Electoral Colleges
They broke the package, when Mr.. Phelps stood
nm and read the record Of the vote in the state
of Maine. The immense throDg strained IFS ears
10 catch its every word; and when the teller
announced that its eight votes were east for
Abraham Lincoln for President, and for Hannibal
Hamlin for Vice President, and Mr. Dickens, the
venerable Clerk of the Senate repeated the tally
and announced that il was duly recorded, the
crowd breathed lrccr, and the hum Of converse
ton which swept the hall was like the breeze
when it whispers in the tops of grove OF pines.
Then followed the reading of the returns from
the other New. England States. The records
were monotonous-the results long ago known.
The audience, satisfied that it was AL right,
INDUCED in on animated conversational buzz,
which almost drowned the voices of the teller
and Clerk.
.New. York - shouted Mr.. Phelps. The En-
pire State arrested attention. The hum OF voices
died away. Her eminent Senator, who happened
10 be talking at that moment with Dir. Douglas,
turned his eye upon the teller and listened.
" Thirty-five votes for Abraham Lincoln OF Hin
ois." said Mr.. Phelps. And thereupon Mr.
Douglas said something to Mr.. Seward, to winch
the latter nodded grave assent and the read
ing went o. The list of electors who signed the
The reading
some Mr.. Douglas rose and moved 70 dispense
with the reading. and also TO dispense with the
recital of all mere formalities in all subsequent
certificates, which was adopted without objection
| Douglas was exchanging word with Joe Lane,
| 70 which Lane was asserting, as if he were say
! inc "yes. that's right: it's Of no use going
through with all these formaites' when Mr..
| rlIelps, having in the mean time noted the vote
in the NeW-Jersey certificate, announced la Iathci
q shsrp tone, four votes for Abraham Lincoln
Of Illipois and three for Stephen A. Douglas OF
| Illinois, And thereup0n an indescribabe ex-
| preston cleaned across the countenance of the
Giant, which relaxed into grim smile as Seward
and Lane, sitting at his elbows, turned and
seemed to congratulate him on this streak of
good luck, the trio finally getting quite merry
over the matter. The Keystone State came next,
and Cameron's eye liz up with conscious pride
when her twenty.seyen votes were declared and
recorded.
And now Trumbui relieved Phelps, and the
letters passed from the Free States to the Slave
holding, and Delaware was reached. There was
now a prcking up Of Southern ears. The three
votes of Delaware were announced as having
been given for John c. Breckenridge, for Presi-
dent. The occupant of the Chair looked as dig
nifed and bland as usual. But, spectator
could not help seeing, or fancying he saw, a
frown fit across the brow Of Douglas as the ripe
fruits of the Charleston Democratic conspiracy
of last Spring began now to be officially plucked
and gathered in. The teller, not needing the
arrow which quiyered in the flcsh of the Giant,
went Oh, and declared that the three votes Of
Delaware had been given to Joseph Lane, Of
Oregon for Vice-PresideDt. And now it was
Lanes turn to be leased with the congratula-
tiOns of Seward and Douglas at his e1traordi-
nary run of luck in the canvass. He seemed to
retort upon Douglas by telling him that he was
even with him thus far, each having three votes,
and would be ahead of him az soon as they On
tered Maryland-whch the teller Immediately
did, pushing across the Potomac, aud into Vir-
gns, where the Beeyeretts received their fret !
encouraging word in the form Of fifteen votes for
the Laudator of Washington" for Vice-Presi. |
dent.
The Old North State was coon disposed Of, |
Mr.. Clngman, her bachelor Senator, being too |
busy Just then in cycling the ladies galleries to |