Smyrna times., 1871-01-18

1t will lie seen that Cove on the third bal
lot came within onr OF the prize, and Will ,ri
on the same ballot came Within two of it: SOM
prltlnsclnnS member still casting his solitary
vote Tor Eli. which on the last ballot was in
creased by the Whole vnte nf Willard, and the
addulonal vote cat fnr Cove on the Third
ballot. thereby giving Eli l6 votes and The
honois OF the family contest.
On Tuesday Immediately on the assembling
OF ench House, the election for United States
Senator was proceeded with In the House.
Mr. Newton, of New Castle, alter ext0lIing
Hard salisbury : to the skies, nominated
Eli SauSbury tor the seat in the Z. s. Senate
aud moved that the Iluu,e proceed to chose bv
rir6 rOcn vote L. S. Senator To r,nrr>en,
this State in Congress Tor the Constitutional
term, commencing March 4th 1871 TIE
House then preceded to vote for u. s. Sena-
tor when II appeared that Eli SauIshury, esq.
mad received II votes, whrreupOn he was de.
clared duly elected by the House
In the Senate, Mr.. Russell moved to proceed
to the c.ectlnn0I United States Senator. which
was adopted when Mr. Russell Illuminated
WI Saul .bury--who received nine vores-the
unanimous vo'es of the Senate, and was de
c'arrd duly e'ectel.
At the hour oi twelve clock, on Tuesday.
both Houses met in joint Convection and Dro-
ceeded III body to the Court room, in the
State house building, to be present Al the in
auguratinn of Governor Ponder.
The room was handsomely decorated with
evergr"enS and flags for the occaSinn, while the
lndrpendent Coruet Brass Band di.coursed
exrrlIent music. Seats had heen prepared
within the bar for the members Of the Lrgis-
a'urr, while the platform were seated Hon.
John W. Houston, Associate Justice of the
superior Court of Delaware. Hon. James
Ponder Governor elect, Hon. Cove SauisI,urv
the retiring Governor, Hon Eli SanIslurv. ri
,. Senator elect, Hon. Cusiis w. Wright.
Secretary Ot State, Speaker GoOdiug, of the
Senate. aud Biggs, of the House. and the
Rev. CyrnS Huntington, the Chaplain of the
Senate, and many other official diynira,ies
The Clerk Of the Senate then read the .Jnint
Resolution convening the two Houses. after
which the Chaplain delivered branriful
anu llal'rrs>lve prayer Associate Justice
Houston then administered to James Ponder.
Govern"r elect, the following Oaths of office
Tue governor pronouDclug the words after the
jus ice:
|; James Ponder, do solemnly swenr unon
the Hoy EnanpelS OF Almighty God. that /
WI suppnrt the Contribution nf the United
states OF America. Sn help me God.
l., James Ponder, do snlemnIy swear upon
the Holy Evangel$ of Almighty God, that I
WIZ support the Constitution of the State nj
DelawSre So help me Gnd
l, James Ponder, d. snIrmnly swear unor
the lloy EvAngrIs Of Almighty Gnd, thh,
VIII perform the duties of Governor of The
Stst+ OF Delaware with fidelity. So help me
After aking upon himself the foreroinO
several oaths Of Office, the Governor proceeded
TO deliver his inaugural address, which wa,
listened TO lnt'ntly by the dense surging audi
ence, which filled the court room. AZ the
close OF the reading of the address. .n enthu
sIaStic individual, rather spirituaLH inclined
proposed three cheers for the new Governor
and three more for the new u S. Senator elect
winch he and few more tried to carry out
but before they were through they fund thai
more than nne-tenths OF the audience wer,
disposed 10 treat the inaugural ceremone.
with that degree of decoruIn and good be-
havlour which should ut all times itt sncl
ceren"hies far beyond the reach of tho merc
political hustings
The Clerks of the two Houses then com
pared their journals, and the two Houses sepa
rated, and retired to their respective chambers
In the House, 1000 copies Of the Governor
address was ordered to be printed, aud in the
Senate 500 were ordered.
The Legislature is now prepared to 20 tc
/ work in earnest. A total remodeIIing OF ths
law to raise Revenue, passed by the last Legis