, 1869-02-15
WASH TON.
Counting the Vote.
4 Rational Description Of the
SCeDe,
A Mvsterious Motive Behind
AL.



From Our Own Correspondent.
WARRINGTON. Fab. II.
The counting Of the electoral votes for
President and Vice President, being formally
done, is always made In Washington the oc-
cas'ou for good-humored holiday. Some
little embarrassment had been anticipated
this rear because OF the undclncd and I'M
equal status Of the southcsu States; but
this was anticipated by tue passagu Of a Joint
rctolutfon Of the uousc and tue sonass four
dnys before, to this cQccts
Tho Btatc OF dcorKla, Or tho stato Of
Louisiana, shall 10 called. and II the vote oi
either Of them change tho result. they shall
not 10 counted II thoy havo no effect upon
tho result, they shalt bc counted.
ThIs curious provision WAS made to meet
tho alnKulat po4lstou ot aomo of tho fnta
rel,o1 8tatca. Bomo Democrats disputed lls
const!tutloaas!ly sosne Republicans voted |
aEuInst 1t but II was passed to avoid 4 aeouo |
ou ruhlic occaslon, and was supposed to |
layc settled tho question. Therefore, tho |
pcop'c camo 10 tho Capitol On "Wednesday |
morning anticipating brief scsalon and a |
happy Holiday.
CoNcuMAlHu u1fcUMsTAScEa wonTnr or
MEMTInNs
The patience oi both houses Of Congress had
been severely tested, both 1'y work aud dta-
glpatton. II is nearly tho tnd Of tho session,
aEd a great variety Of business hos becn con.
dcnscd upon the latter days. Tho 8cuata on
nncr.1n,cnt for ,h,r,x con,rculfvc hours.
w,thnut o,t,cr .,ccn than t],ry coult euutch
,,,s,r socaa n at thclr ac.t,. On Tuo.dov
nfoht f1onrrnl l,ut,cr rave n marty With Xix
hundred Invitations out: many persons
,tntd uu MI ulyns 10 cn}oy
1t, A champagne breakfast WAS
r!ycn on Wednesday mornIug, and
il Is thought that certain guntlcn,cn Int!
drunk more than thoy bad slept. Moreover,
the city of pol[tlcs wes rtfo with uncas,ncsse4;
tho lobby had been driven very ucarly TO tho
walt: ,hu mrmtcrs wcro run down with
oirpcscokcrs compctInc for the fayor Of the
ncv adn,tu,strarIon. dnoncr than iii. fac.
linn n, ,,rorlr in bath houses Of Congress.
c,,.s.cI, r. fro,n tho,- 1caerts and rcrord Thai
| ,hov sho,,,I have m f,vo. will, f,eneru, Grant
III, IN that malcon,e,t mr. ,tst,css hmm or which
hodea no poo, to The new administration or
| 1hc ncar, or ttc country.
ooIso 70 ruFc.p,rc,
! yon ot,an th,nl that r. ron ,Ivea IN Nash..
,nctnn instcad of chicaro vou wonld 70 IN
| tho can;to1 every f|av. eo do the country
peonlo Of 1lllno1, think thev wonld "a Ia tie
Cont Rouse every day If they lived in Chi.
capo. There are many people here who let
whole session of Congress- expire without
| once 7isii,ne the Capitol, The most restless
residents 20 ONLY when there are visitors at
their houses. But still, resident Washington
has that auicksilyery knowledge Of holiday
which is independent of newspaper admoui-
t.tions. Nobcdy Is ,gnorant of when Christmas
comes, Sobodv in all this curious. Meas.
mt toyn reoufred Ia he to1d that the electo.
raj vote was to be counted, Up the vide,
unfn,sbed ayennes the nenn,c rnovcd hrfst1v
carlv on Wednesday morning. The two lines
Of etrret cars ran frennent and fnl1. The
, TRIM from Baltimore ;iischarred unyouted
/ | uumtcrs at the foot of The C.ot,,, H,11 from
tho low. unkenpt, LombardT T-towcfot, de-
nat. Wien the ladies of Washington ro to
tho Capitol they dress In STYLE, and yery
handsome aua Rne:looklpg ladies are these
wiyea and daughters Of public men. Politi,
: clans arc generally 1arce. robust
! men, with good appctitcs, a larec SC
lection of admiriue female constituents, and
| they commonly marry after their own ideals
vigorous, ambitious women. Their daughter:
partake of the Joint physical beauty, aul
. ! show Tho refining influence of intellectual So
c,cty, You Gun imagine, therefore. that many
. | elegant creatures, elegantly habited, moyet
, | in The LONG conyereiur paporamas togart
| Capitol Hill. Il was beautiful morning
> | and Think that these pleosapt. " Gather day,
, Of winter on the Potomac arc like the skie
: Of Greece, The large bowl.likc Jaudscsp
i surrounding Washington permits one to Sc,
{ the softenine touch Of the l1sht upon ever,
beIrht. Bare ard Ya7eeatcd. and often deep
! II blue with p1ue-goods, the horizons are bolt
/ fhourh far. with gomctimes a towering f11s
: tsnt promou,ozy str,alnr crav,y into tbs sky
9 and ljf;nc the mind which links tn som
2 similar stately altltudc of thourht. Tbc cl1
= mate has enough of winter in Il tn make an,
j serk thu srnny s;tc of the strcet and thcr
!. he fec1s The summer In his nnlso and wa1t
$ with q tipclIne sense of strength. The biz
Of the can,toi Is on,te h;,, for Htt3c fect
: and I,rrd to - o1e sees thc towers and 49,
d t;cors of WASHINGTON s,,snenscd hencath hin
$ In the transnarcnt air. Ascending bv ,hr vrea
t cateway ncarest the c1tr and wa,linp m III
i broad. smooth walk Of sapstones- h. 'ook
!. through the htrh branches of the 1eaaes
: trees and secs tbs long marple facade of In
!, Capitol stretched nlone It's terraces. a ftap
Z staff oycr either rfnp and In +ba mid, u H.
a beautiful proportions of thu dome hearin
g into the clouds the statue of Frecdom r
; this md the many yays to the hnoo Mia ,
d the Capitol the multitude filed f,}1rd IN
!. galleries of the House speedily. and besIeee
70 the doors of the floor and the ante-roous. 4
d ~ o,c1ock the two 1aes simultaneously ros
e over botb wtnos: the clock. which stand
le FIR n chariot -whee, with n marble bfstor
.e abore writing the records of SILENCE, markc
- the time Of noon in The ccho,or hail Of til
d dpscrtrd Cbamhrr of Rcnrrxentntivca. Ther
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