The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-14

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and Vice President took place yesterday at Wash
ington. when Abraham Lincoln was declared Pre-
sident and Hannibal Hamlin Vice President of the
United States for four years from the 4th of March
next. The following is the vote:
Lincoln and Hamlin. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
Breckenridge and Lane. ..............t...t... ~
He'll and Everett. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
Douglas and Johnson. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~
Mr.. Lincoln left Cincinnati yesterday morning
for Columbus, where he arrived in the afternoon.
On his arrival at Columbus he proceeded to the
State House. He was welcomed in the House OF
Representatives by the Lieutenant Governor in q
short address, to which Mr.. Lincoln responded IN
a speech which is given elsewhere While at Co.
Iumbus Mr.. Lincoln and family are the guests OF
Governor Dennison.
Affairs at the South still present the same
aspect Letters received from Fort Sumter state
that the South Carolinians have erected an i'm
pregnabe barrier of railroad iron on Cummings
Point, at point so near the fort as to enable
them to do much mischief. Fort Moultrie has
also been much strengthened Lieut.. Gilman, one
of the officers in command of Fort Pickens at
Pensacola, arrived at Washington last evening.
lie states that the Brooklyn had not landed her
supplies, Captain Semmer having notified her
commander that he had sufficient for three months.
There we're twelve hundred troops at Pensacola,
eager TO attack the fort, and it was apprehended
that it would be taken before the Brooklyn could
throw her troops into it.
One of our Washington correspondents gives
dist of government vessels lying at the various
yards and ports of the country unfit for service.
The list is long one, and does not speak well for
the efficiency of the navy at the present juncture
The Peace Conference made but little progress
..n,,No sut faro ;lnr t;s,,
now is that relating to the Territories. 1t wac be-
Neved that Mr.. Guthries propositions would be
adopted by the committee, who will report on
Friday.
The citizens of New Orleans hoisted the flag of
Louisiana on Tuesday in presence Of the members
of the Convention and saluted it with twenty -one
guns The Convention has adjourned until the
4th Of March. The festival of Mardigras was cele.
brated with great pomp, the weather being de.
iightful.
The Virginia State Convention, convened to de-
eide on the course the Old Dominion shall pur.
sue in the present crisis, met at Richmond yester
day. The President of the Convention, on assum-
ing the duties of his position, said that Virginia
was in favor of the Union, but would insist on her
rights as q condition of remaining in it.
The police authorities yesterday made seizure
Charleston. The cartridges were marked H.
Atoher, Charleston, S. c., and were to have gone
the steamer Huntsville, to Savannah. After
their seizure by the police, they were conveyed
TO the Arsenal on Seventh avenue
The Tariff bill was under consideration in the
Senate yesterday, when Mr.. Seward gave notice
that he should move to strike out that portion Of
the bill abolshing the warehousing system. In
view of the pressing embarrassments Of the Trea.
sury Department from lack of means to meet indis.
pensabe obligations, Mr.. sherman the Chairman
of the Committee of Ways and Means of the
House, reported a bill authorizing the President,
in place of any part Of the recent loan, to issue
coupon bonds of denomination not exceeding
fifty dollars, and bearing not exceeding six per
centum interest, and running twenty years, and
apply such bonds at par to the creditors who NAV
receive them-the entire amount not to exceed
that authorized by the recent loan act.
The proceedings Of our State Legislature yes.
day were not Of particular interest. Both houses
adjourned early. In the Senate several bills OF
special bearing only were acted upon. A bill for
the prevention of bribery in elections and in the
influencing Of legislation was reported. In the
Assembly vetoes were received from the Governor
Of the Onondaga Penitentiary bill and bill autho.
rizng the city Of Poughkeepsie to borrow money.
number Of petitions for the repeal of the Sun.
day laws were presented, also petitions for State
aid to the suffering people in Kansas.
BY the arrival Of the steamship Tennessee at
New Orleans, from Vera Cruz the 9th inst, we
learn that the Presidential contest as far as heard
from in various States, terminated in favor of
Senior Lerdo de Tejada, formerly q member Of
Juarez's Cabinet, in various positions OF trust and
confidence. The President elect is probably the
ablest statesman In Mexico, and much good to
that unhappy country may be expected from his
regime.
items Of news from the capital to January rs, and
various quarters Of the Mexican republic. The
steamer Velasco, which arrived at Havana on the
sih from vera Cruz, brought TO that city Don
franc]co fseheco, late Minister to Mexico from
cPain' VI. rapal Nuncio and, among other per-
sonsges, the renowned Mramon bimae,f who
escaped in disguise from Vera Cruz where Ia Ma
been staying with the French Consu, r,rh.
bishops who have been exed by the Uovsrrn,sn.
and who were expected in Havana, arrived =,
New Orleans in the Tennessee. The autbor,,,os
i'm the capital have commenced stripping ,hS
churches Of their rich oRsnents. From tho
Cathedral alone over mEnion dollars worth
have been taken. Zulosga has set up for himself
again and a number Of chiefs are stlll in the field
Jut with 81 few forces that they cannot maintain
themselves Fr any length Of time II accounts
frtn U,c capital DC true, Il Il lucky that Juarezs
torn lAp red 20 soon, as from the strong tide Of
fclag mat bod set against him, on account OF Ger.
tiin acts ottis, revolution tIat would expel him
o, 70 10 s.'i SPA - ~4.A 70 be appreheuded