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ESTABLISHED AUGUST24, 1858.""""' WjlEElJNG, WEST jjl1S77. ~ ^ VOLUME XXY-NUMBER 181. SMjiMlryncti*. THE RESULT. At two o'clock thin morning we are ntill Waiting (or news of the tinal remilt. The U?t h(Atul of the filibuster* in being uiade on WineoiMin, the l;ut .'.tale on the lint, ami the indicatiuiH ate thai if a vote in reached without u receec. flayeH will be declared President before the morning break*. All day long and nil night through, the obHlriictionistn have been offering every impediment in their power to the |>rogre*? of (he count, but at each step of the way they have been defeated. Speaker Kandull haa had his hand* full. *.ul W? a ru Itnll ml lrt ll.?t I." I. o.U u manly light to Have the country from anarchy, lie has done much to redeem his reputation in a partisan speaker, and to him the country will Hiih.Htantiully owe the peaceful solution of tin.' moat momen tous crisis, in some respect*, in our National history. The two houses have now lie.en iu session over twelve hours, ami there is 911 evident disposition io finish the count b.'fore daylight. The desperate character of the opposi B tion is well shown by the fact that an M attempt was actually made on the Dem% ocratic aide to object to the vote of an 1 elector from Virginia, and wan only dev feated by the fact that the requisite sigj natures could not he obtained. Kvery I device to gain time bus been lenorted to, \ but up to this hour without hucce**. We \ hope to annnufee the I u-t grand defeat I of the olstructionists before we go to 111 a |>u?i*tTi|H iu uifsf rviuursa. / THK DKCI.AIIATION. | At four o'clock and twelve minutes F^resident Ferry announced tint the twelve votes of Wisconsin having been counted, he declared Rutherford B. llalvfffl.oi Ohio,and William A.Wheeler, of Now York, duly elected President and Vice-President of the United ^tates for four yearn, commencing with the 4th day of March 1877. Adjournment ot the I.egUlHt lire To-ilay. Thin body will close its session to-day. It assembled on the 10th oi January and has consequently been sitting f?2 davw, We have already published a list of all the Acts and Joint Resolutions passed up to Wednesday, and shall add those passed since in to-morrow's issue. One ol the most important ?f ail the joint resolutions was that known as House joint resolution nuui ber o, proposing an amendment to the constitution radically changing the judiciary system of the State. This resolution still lingers in the Senate, and, we fear, is destined not to pass. The County Court system will therefore remain as an anachronism iu our State constitution, notwithstanding it is well understood that a large majority of the people are weary of the litigation and exjiense entailed upon them by the system. We are somewhat reconciled to this prospective failure by the equal prospect that the huge 72 paged amendment to the school law of the State will also fail. II we are to have our school system radically overhauled let it be done when wt have a few experienced educators in the Legislature, and not crudely tinkered ii( every session by persons who have ni recognized qualifications for such work The work bf the session that has excited more attention and sensation, and we may add, anxiety, than anv othei business, has been the election uf tw< United States Senators and the passage of the Capital hill. These two performance* were supposed to bear a clone rela tion to each other when the l<egixlatur< assembled, and many persons regarded them an Siamese twins that could not 1m separated without death to many font hope*. Instead of this, however, the Senator ships and the Capital question turned on to he no much oil and water that would no mix. They kept themselves apart with out any effort from outsiders. The Ke publicans made up their minds to maki choice between the political hues am shades of the candidates piesented, am picked out two that suited them best an< elected them without any reference what ever to the Capital question. It is easy to say now that had the Cap ital question liecn settled first it migh have been settled differently. Who cai tell anything about it ? 11 is all a matte of the merest speculation to say so. It?wa proper and right that the two question should stand on their separate merits, am tho?* who have voted without referenct to their combination have no cause to reproach themselves. As to the other work of the I^-giida ture, us represented in the number am character of lhe hills parsed, we hlial have occasion to refer to it in detail fron time to time, and shall not enter upoi any review of it at this writing. I Further Kctltirttou. "*** ?* > A further reduction in telegraphii took place yesterday on both line leadinJL^'t thin city. I>ay message now go PU New York, l'hiladelphii WashingtonihwJ Baltimore for 35 cent, and night inem?geih(or 20 cents. Twcnt words can Ik* sent at"l*|ght for 110 centi Thi* is not quite equal toHjm rate of 1 cents for night messages liaH that pr? vailed in the days of the fight Itftweei the Pacific Atlantic and Western Cfnio " lines, but it is cheap enough. The Ugh at present between the A. Ac I', and V.'esl em Union^s vigorous, but the knowini ones Hast incline to look at it in the ligli ol a sham battle, liable to end any da in an amalgamation and consequent ad jance in rate*. The Jay Gould interest controls tin A. & P., and the rates for messages ure manipulated in the Interest of his Wall street operation*. He is credited with being heavily short of Western Union, and determined to force that company into buying his stock in the A. & 1'. at figures that will put a million or two in his pocket. Meanwhile, b?* the motive what it may, the public are the gainers by the light. Telegraphic messages heretofore have been too high, considering the reduced cont of o{>erating by means of duplex and quadruples instruments. Poles and wires are not very expensive to put up, but they have been made expensive by watered stock, on which it is not easy to earn dividends at low rates for messages. The >'aii. Market.?The Pittsburgh Manufacturer, of yesterday savs that all the nail mills up there are in operation, and that the prospects are good for a healthy spring trade. This remark applies also to Wheeling. The manufac- * turers are likely to reap their reward for utanding fast by their agreement of last April. ' GOVERNOR HAYES. A GLORIOUS SEND OFF. Thousands Bill Him Gail Speed. HIS PARTING WORDS. , ] A Few Remarks at Newark. . I Columul'9, ()., March 1.?Governor j, Hayes and party left for Washington j this afternoon at 1 o'clock, by the way of Pittsburgh and Harrishurg. His de- ( parturewas made the occasion of a civil and military ovation. The streets lead- . ing from the Governor's residence to the . depot was gaily decorated with tlags, and ( a crowd lined the sidewalks. A detach- ( ment of United State* troops from the , Columbus barrack, Columbus Cadets and Cadets from the Ohio Agricultural College formed the escort, and numerous . bands furnished the music. The arrival of the Presidential party at the depot , was greeted by a great crowd of citizens, ! who rent the air with loud cheers as the President and family transferred themselves lrom the carriages to the special . cars provided for them. In response to the demand of the multitude Gov. Hayes 1 ap|M?ared on the rear platform of his car and delivered an earnest speech, which , was several times interrupted by the j movement of cars on the adjoining tracks. Finally the Governor bid the crowd frfrewell and advised dispersal to nvoid accident by the movement of cars. As the train moved out of the depot the people gave loud cheers and the bands played. . A large party, including a number of correspondents, accompanied Gov. Hayes. Among the members of the party were Gen. John (>. Milchen and wife, Miss j Piatt, K. II. Piatt, all of Columbus; Gen. I it. P. Buck land and wife, Dr.J.T. Webb, , of Fremont; Messrs. K. F. Mayes, J. W. Ilerron and wife, of Cincinnati. The train left promptly on time, with every promise oi a quick trip. .Newark, (>., March 1.?At the Columbus depot, while awaiting the departure of the train, in obedience to repeated calls from the vast crowd in attendance, Gov. Hayes spoke as follows: My fellow citizen*?I appear to say a few wonl.H ill hiddinir enrul hvo In von I u?? derstand very well the uncertainty of , public affairs at Washington. 1 understand very well that possibly next week { I may be with you again to resume my place in the Governors otlic^and as your t fellow citizen, but I alao understand that ( it is my duty to beat Washington pre- , pared to assume another nosition higher ( and more responsible anu with more dif- , ficult duties. 1 have thought, as I ( looked upon this great audience, ] i and as to-uay 1 gazed upon the people , [ who thronged our route to the depot,of a , similar occurrence 1G years ago, a little ; less than 16 years ago, when with a thou sandmen,! marched down High St. to pass to the East and to the South to do what , we could to restore the Union of the States and to reestablish the authority of the Constitution. [Cheers.] In that work we were eminently successful, so far as it was possible to be successful by force of arms. 1 am not here to say a word in ! disparaguient of what was accomplished by the brave men who went out with me 1 from'diflerent parts of the country. Of i my comrades, one-third and over, . never returned to their homes. They perished in discharge of their duty that the Republic might live, but there ! was something forco could not do. We I would have our Union to l?e a union of ? hearts, and we would have ourConstituI tion obeyed not merely because of force that compels obedience, but obeyed localise the people love the principles of the Constitution, and to-day if I am I called to the work to which Abraham t Lincoln was called sixteen years ago it is under brighter skies'and more ' favorable auspices. I do hope, I do fer ventljr believe, that by the aid of Divine > Providence, we may do something in this j day of jieace, by a work of jteace, toward re-establishing in the hearts of our conn' trymen a real, a hearty attachment to 1 the constitution as it is, to the Union us . it is. (Long continued applaune, which was only stopped by the approach of a locomotive, which took the car awav. Of course a resumption of the remarks was t impossible, ami, an tlie train moved away, ,, the air was rent with shouts, which tlie Governor acknowledged by bowing tin the train emerged from the depot], ARRIVE* AT PITTfiUURUll. " I'lrraBUROH, March 1.?The train car1 rying Gov. Ilayes and friend* arrived s hereon time and with every one delighted , with the trip. Thu train was imtnediately tranaferred to the Pennsylvania Central road and left promptly on time. The reception at all point* has been I enthusiastic to a degree never before I accorded to any public man in Ohio. iienidtH the places already named in these 1 dispatches largo crowd# were in waiting I at Dcnnison and Ktetilamville, and demanded not only to aee but to hear the Presidentelect. There waa no shaking but plenty of handshaking and expressions of good will. At the latter place '' there was a Ijmsh band that discoursed ? patriotic airs and helped to divide the a honors with the citizens. I, AT Al.TOONA. ?, IUriiirburo, March 2.?Gov. Mayes y and party arrived nt Altoona at 12:50 Ibis morning, slopped twenty minutes for supper, and at 1:10 left for Washington, via ilarrisbiirg. n Wwihfp luUlmUonft. ? PlPAtlMKNT, ) II OrnranVTHRCNIRVHlOIUbUirm'M. y I f Wauiinutom, it. c., Marrb'i-l a.*. j proiuiiilitiss.i For Tennessee nn.^ the Ohio Valley, I warmer southwestern shifting to colder t northwestern winds, a falling barometer y followed by a rising, cloudy weather with rain or HnoW. For the Lower Lakes, increasing fHst winds, possibly veering l<? warmer Mouth, j a falling barometer, cloudy and rain. BY TELEGRAPH. ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT. ro rut: daily ixtkllwf.sckk COlsTGfclRESS. Death Struggle of Samuel J. in , the House. rhe War on Speaker Randall by j the Filibusters. Lively. Scenes in the Democratic 1 Bear Garden. i 'andemonium Outrivalled?Hur- ; ricane of Excitement. . : The Republicans Riding Out the i Gale. < i Vermont Counted for Hayes and ' Wheoler. i Hayes and Wheeler Qeclarud . Elected at 4:12 A. M. t I HOUSIv I Washington, March 1. , After the pasnnge of hoiiii> .Senate Bills t emoving political disabilities", Mr. O'- ' iirien moved a call of the Home. < The Speaker counted the member* of ( he House and found there wax a ?|rft>rnm < resent and so announced it. I Mr. Walling submitted that the roll inu lo ne caned in order to verify the act. The Chair regarded it as of a dilatory character, but van bound to submit. Mr. O'Jlrien inquired whether it was tot within the knowledge of the chair hat in former Congresses there were calls >f the House, even when it had been as:ertained that there was a quorum pre?:nt. The Speaker replied that that had oc:urred where a gentleman had declined to rote, and that while it was allowable utiler the rules of the House it was not illowable under the law, and that he was lot responsible for the law. Mr. Wood claimed the lloor to oiler a esolution, but Walling insisted on his notion for a call of the House. Mr. Haskins remtrked thai the House *'M operating under the Electoral ComMission law, that the Chair has ascertained the presence of a quorum, and hat the motion for a call of the House diould not be entertained. If a call of he House was to be allowed at any time luring the proceedings, then they could lever be completed. The Speaker?The Chair has the right lo tind out whether there is a quorum. Mr. Haskins?No gentleman has the right to claim that there is no quorum present when the Speaker has ascertained ibat there is. The Sneaker?There is a quorum present, but the gentleman from Ohio [Walling) is not willing to take the datement of the Chair. Mr. Walling?1 disclaim any reflection jn the Chair, but 1 have a right to know whether there is a quorum present, and 1 lemand the yeas and nays on my motion. The yeas and nays were ordered, and resulted yeas GS, nays 109, so the call of .he House was refused. This little move neni was so lar successlul as to have c jccupied an hour and a quarter of the ? ;ime of the House. t It wax followed by a motion to recon- t lider the vote. ] Mr. Wood made a point of order that inch motion could have no practical j ;ffect on legislation, but was unquestion- t iblv a dilatory motion. t ItwaH allowed by the Speaker, who ) laid he had never yet ruled or decided, i iither by inference or otherwise, that a motion to reconsider was a dilatory mo- } lion. On the contrary, the Chair wax i ycry clear that what tho'llouse could do | it could undo by a motion to reconsider. ( Mr. Hale moved to lay the motion to * reconsider on the table. Agreed to, yeas. 174, nays 65. " | As soon as the vote was announced, a ? struggle for recognition by the Speaker , was made bv Messrs. Wood and Popple- ( ton, Caulfield and Mills, each having a , proposition to submit, which eacliclaim- . ed to be of the highest privilege, It was made known in the course of the col* < loquv that the .Speaker, who had recog- , nizeu Wood l?efore the motion for the i call of the House, and who afterwards | learned that Poppleton, who presented | the objection to the certificate from Ver- i mont, went for both these gentlemen, and" i arranged that the resolution proposed by Caultield should be offered by Poppleton, who,under the usages, was first entitled to , tlie lloor, and that Wood should move the ; previous question upon it. In the mean- i time Caultield, who had failed in his efforts to be rccognized by the Chair, handed over to Poppleton the resolution which i he prepared and Poppleton sent it to the ; clerk's desk. i The Speaker suggested that the action ; lies hardly in consonance with the agreement made, but Mr.- Poppleton replied |i that he had been a party to the prepara - i tion of Caixltiel?l*rt resolution, and that it , had direct reference to the objection to ; the certificate from Vermont. I The Speaker thereupon ordered it to i he rend, and it wan read. It recites, in the form of a preamble, i that the waled package addressed to the President of the Senate, purporting to , contain the electoral vote of Vermont, , wan delivered,yesterday. to the President | of tlie Senate bv Air. Hewitt. That it appears by Mr. frerguson from the clerk of the United States District Court of , Vermont, that the duplicate of such returns wan deposited in that ollice on the 13th of December, 187G. That such | package had been made a part ot the oh- . jectionn to the certificate of Vermont and Htill remained unopened, and that the objections can not he considered until such package had been made a part of the objections to the certificate from Vermont, and that the objections can not be , considered until such package is opened' ; according to law. That such package is retained by the President or Secretary of the Senate, and therefor# resolving that the refusal of the President of the Senate , to open such package in the presence of the two houses was a violation of the law of the Uonoo, and until Rtycli package e|iall be opened the counting of j the vote cannot proceed further according to the Confttitlltion and law, and that the Senate be requested to meet the House , in joint session. ho that such puck age may be opened and proceedings had thereon according to law. As the Clerk finished the reading of the resolution, the Speaker announced the opening of a now legislative day, and the noisy pnssions and tumult of the hour were stilled for a few moments, while prayer wan ollercd. Thimtillness was of brief duration, for while the Clerk was reading the journal Mr. Springer ascertained that the Clerk was omitting, as usuiU, detailed statements, papers, votes, Ac., and insisted that the journal should he rend in full. That demand the Speaker stated it would be impoMiblo to comply with, for the papers, detailed vote* by the yea* and nays, \c., were not copied "into the journal. At all events the Speaker refused to entertain any question until the reading of the journal wiv? completed, and Mr. Springer waited for that time. He moved that the journal he corrected by inserting after the statement that Mr. I'iper submitted a report on the coolie ijuestion, the report itself. Mr. Wood undertook to get over the iliiliculty by moving to Ruspend the rules iiml dispense with the reading of the journal. 1 The yeas and nayes were* called and the motion was agreed to?yeas 176, nays i.j. When the result was announced Mr. Wood, of New \ ork, raised the point of trder that nothing wan competent for the House to do but to proceed to consider :he objections to Vermont, and the ptopinitioii ofl'ered by the gentleman from >hio (l'opidetou) was not in order. Mr. Cauifield argued that nothing was n order hut to procced to the considerition of the objections unless there was in impediment in the way of such contiderntion. Such an impediment had irisen. The gentleman from Illinois Springer) had yesterday ofl'ered an obection which had been accompanied by i certificate and the Vice 1'resident had -efused to open that certificate. The resdiition which had been ofl'ered simply isked the Senate to be notified that the House would bo ready to receive that tody in joint session for the purpose of ipening that certificate. Mr. llendee, of Vermont, called attenion to the fact that the clerk of the court o whom the second certificate was delivered was a Democrat. Mr. Hooker argued against the point if order, and stated that the real quesion was whether the certificates Irom Vermont worn hiiil'Ip or ilnnl in llw?ir haracter. If they were dual the point of irder did not apply, and it wiw the duty >f the President to .open and submit the package preaonted to him yesterday. Mr. Kengon supported the point of jrder and argued against the resolution u proposing a new <]iicstion which had iot been presented to the joint meeting of lie two Houses. He expressed his great egret that when his side of the House tad a good valid substance for an oh* ection to the Electoral Commission ither objections which con hi not comnand the respect of the party or uf the country had been made. After further discussion, the Speaker taid : With my best respects for all paries concerned, the Chair considers that i great mistake and wrong was commiteil yesterday in the joint session of the ,wo houses, in this, that the presiding >llicer refused to receive, even for the )peninj; reading and information, of a package which had all the surroundings if authenticity?the paper in respect to he electoral vote of the State of Vcrnont. The Chair does not think that, in mv aspect of this case, he would be called ipon to rule that the action of the pre iding otlicer of the joint convention was ivrong, he does not think he possesses the power, nor does he believe in technical lense that the action of the Joint Comuission can be reviewed in the manner proposed, and yet this is above all a fr.ot in which this matter rests, and that facf s whether this House should have posicssion of this paper to that extent, and ,o that extent only. The Chair thinks hat the resolution of the gentleman from Illinois ^ Caul field) is in order. While he Speaker was delivering this opinion here was subsidence of the uproar which lad been increasing4ittle by little during he day, but as soon as he had got (trough the noise and confusion began to >revail again, and in a short time the itorm had increased to a gale. The central point of it was the question vhether bclore tlie two hour* discussion lommenced the President of the Senate hould be called upon to send hack to he J louse the packages submitted yeserday by Mr. Hewitt and submitted with Vlr. Springer's objection to the count. The Speaker did all that was in his >ower to got the House into the regular hanncl of business, and he refused to ntertain an appeal from his ruling. His resoluteness lashed the opposing dement* into litrv. Messrs. Springer, O'Brien, Caullield, >parkjj and i'oppleton were all addressng the.Sjtcaker at once, and worrying lim and the House with all sorts of piestions and objections. They were inddenly joined by Mr. Beebe, of New York, who in the most excited manner protested against the action of the Speak?r, and who, in order to make himself dill more conspicuous, jumped "upon his leak, and from there gesticulated wildly, diouting at the top of his voice ex pre*dons which in the uproar and excitement were entirely unintelligible at the reporter*' desk. At this time every .member on the Democratic side and nearly every one on the Republican side was on his feet. The storm however, was entirely confined to the Democratic side of the ::h amber. The Republican* merely, participating as spectators. The galleries' were crowded to their utmost capacity, and so wcro the spaces at the back of the outer row of seats, and from these as well a* from the desks of the members, came murmurs of loud hisses as this wild scene was enacted. The ^ergeant-at-Arms with bis mace of ollioe appeared in the most disorderly parts of the assemblage, and Mr. Beebe stepped down from bis elevated position and addressed the Speaker in a moderate tone from his own place. The spaces behind the outer row of desk* were cleared by degrees and the dorm lulled and although there were some easier removals of it the Speaker managed it about 2 o'clock in launching the House liiinv iiuu mr iwu uours discussion on the Vermont objection*. The debate wait opened by Mr. VoppleIon, who noon yielded to. enable Mr. Hewitt, of New York, to relate how he I'ftine into possession of the package produced by him yesterday, and how lie hud last seen it in the possession of the Secretary of the Senate, who stated that it was the private properly of Mr. Kerry, mid that he proposed, as a friend of Mr. Kerry, to retain it. Alter a good deal of colloquy in regard to what had becoine#of the paper, u messenger from the Senate came into the hall of the House and tendered the package to Mr. Hewitt, who refused to receive it and then announced the fact to the House. No immediato action was taken in the matter. The young lad who enrried the packngo retained it and took 11 seat, awaiting the action of the House, and a discussion proceeded. Mr. Hendee explained that the case of Vermont wan only a minor form of the case in Oregon, the exception being that in Oregon (.'ratlin had the certificate of the (Jovernor, while Aldrith, the person claiming to be an elector in the Vermont L'lise, hud not, but acted entirely upon his own motion. The mcmbefrt who participated in the discussion were Messrs. Hendee, Ponison, I'opploton, Monroe, Hooker, Money, Wilson, W. Va., Mnrsh, Hnymond and l.evy. Mr. ISariiebl read a letter from Mr. Uorham, Secretary of the Scutate, saving he had put tho pack ago purporting to be the second certitieato in liis pocket as the package looked like a private i;oinmuni> cation, hut being admonished that his reception of it might be construed as a reception of it by President Kerry he look it from his junket and placed it n! the desk, and since that time he hail not seen it. Mr. Hewitt remarked that (lie package! had been brought to him by a messenger from the Senate, who wouM not toll fri whom ho received it. The Siw?aker Uhkeil Mr. tiartield suspend lii.** remarks until order wax stored. Mr. (iartield? I will wait till Ajajc a other chiefa have ?|uieted their trouhl There is no pretense or olaim, that urn the law the President of the Senate otiji to receive the paper under ?uch circn stances. There i? no signature on t hack of the paper, authenticating it. Iought we know its another Nicholl ci titicatc. If any body has been deceiv hy the pretense that we ought to have paper opened in this Mouse, coming such a roundabout uj).iut)iori/.e<l w: let all such pretenses In- cleared aw: and let them vote with a knowledge the fact, that to vote for the resolution simply a vote to prevent a count And bring us into an archy. Mr. Stone, who was one of the telle .'tated that lie saw the Secretary of t Senate throw the package under thede among the rubbish; that he (Stone) ii mediately wrote a note to Hewitt ai Hewitt and he had a conversation, du ing which he saw the Secretary take tl | package from under the desk and put in his pocket. The discussion was closed bv Mr. Kiel 'who expressed his deep regret that tl day had been consumed in an attempt j rectify a mistake of tho ('resident 01 t! Senate, an egregious mistake which tl dignity and self-resj?ect of the Jlou I compelled it to rectify if possible, i would not go into any udestion about tl vote of Vermont, whether it was goodi bad, or whether the paper was of ai value; all he knew was that a questu had arisen respecting it which the I'rei dent of the Senate had assumed to decid lie denied that the President of the Sei ate had any power to do anything e cept to keep order and to do what lu been committed to him under the ele toral law. and all know that this was tl very ?iuestion that lay at the foundatic of all the debates 011 the subject. Fro the beginning of the session it had be< maintained by tli eKepublicans that tl President of the Senate couldj^ounl.tl votes, and 011 that they had stirred up tl country; had subsidized the press; lu procured legal opinions, and what lis they come to at last. The Senate itse had iu solemn debate repudiated the do consideration, and the President of tl United States in a solemn message to Co: gresa declared that never in the histoi of the tiovernment had the President the Senate assumed to decide any que tion. That oilicial did now assume i decide this question, whether or not th was a return to he opened by him.nieml>ers of the House consented to the let them look to the future. 0Itsla pri, cipiiA was a rule of prudence and a ru ot law. The Commons, of England, lis gained the liberties of the English peopl which had made the Anglo-Saxon rai the glory of the earth, by standing < a small question that coucernt their liberties. So the House Representatives should not give i; one jot or tittle of its right It was the duty of the President of tl Senate when that paper was before hi to submit the <|iiestion if he had at doubt about it to the two houses, anil tl only remedy now was to invite him bac to open the paper in the presence of bo! houses. If there were two returns fro Vermont they should go to the Elector; Commission. He appealed to the men bers to deal with the question not i Democrats or as Republicans, but as tl guardians ot the rights of the House i the Electoral count. In reply to a question by Mr. Cate, 1 said that there was no time tixed bv la in which a certificate must be tiled. Mr. Hoar?Is there not a source lixc by law through which these returns mu come ? Mr. Field?It is not tixed by law. Vol men and judges have decided that the la can not controvcnc the Constitution, n< can Congress make a law that binds tli States. Congress can not do it, and hi not done it. It passed a law in 17'J2 tin the certificates should be sent in by tl lirst Wednesday in February, ami not llip S<>rrnt?irv nf Slnto ulir.nl,1 uoi for them, llo coulil send for tliei at any time before the two houses inc That i? the law, if it was not repealed I thin Electoral Commission?a law whir declare* that all certificate* and papei purporting to he certificate* which una have been received .shall l?e opened, have answered the objection that th certificate ha* not been received, becaui it ought to have been received. In poil of fact, it was received in your presenc It was delivered by the member fro New York (Hewitt) to the President i the Senate. Was it for him to reject it Are the representatives of the people I submit to that '.' Are the Republicans i submit to it? If you do, look out f< 1881. Let this House put down its heel; once and forever on the doctrine that tl President of the Sonata is anything mm than the presiding oflicer, the guardin of these certificates until they are opene* and that it his di*ty to o|>on them at submit to the two Houses every questic that shall arise. The debate being closed and the que tion being on tlio resolution btiered 1 Mr. l'oppleton, Mr. Knott moved the fo It&ohvd, That this House requiri that the pack age tendered by the metnhi I from New York (Hewitt) to the Pre*: ilent of Senate in the presenceof the tw 1 louses ycnterday, ami purportii to Ik? a certificate of the eleetor votes for President ami Vice Pre* dent of the State of Vermont, sha he opened by the President the Senate, in the presence of the tv Houses, and if found to he such a certi cute, the name shall he submitted, t< gethcr with the certificate read in tl presence of the two Houses to the Kle toral Commission for its judgment ai decision, and that the Senate he reque# ed to make a like order, requiring tl President of the Senate to o|?en sue package in the presence of the tv Houses, and thai until such order I made the House will not he ready meet the Somite and proceed with tl count of the electoral votes. As the vote progressed on this resoli tion, and as there was an apparent pro nect of its having the majority in i favor, the most intense excitement pr vailyu in the hall. Conservative mui: hers conversed with each other in'grou| and expressed generally the convictit that the adoption of the resolution won precipitate anarchy and revolution. At the close of the roll-call a rum< prevailed that the resolution wascarrie nut gradually as member after meml>c who had been out when their names wei called, or who had withheld their vofc ro?e and iu response to the second on l responded "no," the gloom wan dissipaU ami gave place to a perceptible feeling relief. Finally the vote was announci as yean llii, nnyn 148. 'i'lie following is the voto iu detail. Yi:ah?Messrs. Ainsworth, Ashe, A kins, Uagjey, .1. II. llagley, Piaunin Heche, Itlackhurn, Hlaiul, llliss, Illoun lloone, llradford, Pright, llucknc llurchard (Wis.), (,'arr, Cate, Caulliel Chapin, Clark (Kv.),('lark (Mo.), Cor rane, Collins,Cook. Cowan, Cox. Culhc son, Davis, Dchalt, Dihrell, Houghi' lldcn, Ellis, Faulkner, Field Finley, l\? ney, Franklin, Fuller, Clover, (loo Hamilton (Iml.), Hamilton (K. .M, Ha denbergh, Harris (i-in.), llarrn (Vn Harrison, Hartridge, llart/ell, llatclu llonkle, llolman, I louse, Humphrey lluril, Jenks. Jones ^ N. II.), Jones (Ky Knott, Landers (Ind.), I.ane, l.uttre 5m Lynde, Mackey, Marsh, Mc Far land, McMahon, Meade, Mills. Morev, Morrison, to Mutchler, O'Brien, Odell. Phillips (Me.), re- Poppleton, Jnmes K. Keillv, Kice, Kiddle, Kobuine (Pa.), Bobbins (N. C.), Koborts, nd Boss, Savage, Sayler, Seals, Schumacer, en. Scheakley, Slemmons,Smith (Cia.LSouthler ard, Smirks, Springer, Stanton, Stenger, ht Stone, Teese, Terry, Thompson, Thomas, in- Tucker, Turney, Vance (().), Vance (N. he Waddle, Walker (Va.), Walling, 'or Walsh, Wells I Mo.), Withome, Wiggcrer ton, Wykeiy W'illiams (Ala,), Wilson (W. ed Va.), and Soung?110. a Nays?Messrs. Adams, (ieo. A. Bagley, in Baker (Ind.), Baker (N. Y.), Ilallou, iv, Banks, Belford, Bell, Blair, Bradley, iy. Brown (Kv.), Brown (Ks,), Burchard of (Ills.), Burleigh, Butt/, Campbell, (.'andis ler, Cannon, Cason, Caswell, Chittenden; to Conger, Crapo, Crounse, Cutler, Danforil, 1'arrall, Davy, Dennison, Do1)bins, Dunrs, nell, Durham, Kames, Egbert, Kvans, he Felton, Five, Fort, Foster, Freeman, sk Frve, (Jarlield, (iause, (ioodin, (Sunter, n- Hale, Hancock, Haralson, Harris (Mast*.), ul Hawthorne, Haymond, Hays, Hendee, r- Henderson, Jlewitt (N. Y.), Hill, Hour, lie Iloge, lloskins, Hubboll, Hunter, Hurlit but, Hyman, Joyce, Kasson, Kehr, Kelley,.Kimball, Lamar, Landers (Conn.), d, Laitham, Lawrence, Leavenworth, he I<eMoyne, Lord, Lynch, Magoon, < to McDongal, McCrary, McDill, Miller, lie Monroe, Morgan, Nash, Neal, New, Morlie ton, Oliver, O'Niell, Packer, Page, Payne, i se PheJps, Phillips (Ks.), l'ierce, Plaisted, le Piatt, Potter. Powell, Pratt, Kainey,Kea, l lie Keagan, John Keilly, Bobbins, Boss, or Busk, Sampson, Schleicher. Seeleye, : iv Singleton, Sinnockson, Smalls, Smith >n (Pa.), Strait, Stevenson, Stowell, Swann, ii- Thornburg, Throckmorton, Townsend i le. (N. Y.), Townsend (Pa.), Tufts, Van I u- Voorhees, Waldron, Wallace (S. C.), ? x- Wallace (Pa.), Ward Watterson, Wells f id (Miss.), White, Whvtehouse, Whiting, j c- Willard, Williams (js. Y.), A. S. Wil- ( le liams (Mich.), Williams (Wis.), Williams in (Del.), W. B. "Williams (Mich.). Willis, I m Wilshire, Wilson (la.), Wood (Pa.), < in Wood (N. Y.), Wood burn, Wood worth i le and Yeates?148. j ic Mr. Hopkins then ottered as an amend- < le ment the same resolution just rejected, id except that it omitted the clause as to * id the count not being proceeded with. It i1 ill* was defeateil bv exactly the same vote? i c- 11(5 to 148. ' ' 1 ts Mr. Lane moved to reconsider the c le vote. I n- A point of order was made that under ry the operation of the previous question i of such a motion was not in order. lint tlu> f s? Speaker, while expressing Home doulit on i [o the subject, decided to entertain the mo- t nt tion. If Mr. Ilale moved to lay the motion to < it, reconsider on the table. Agreed to? f n- ycaa 171, nays 80. i le Mr. Wood offered an amendment that : id the vote of elector Sallace be not counted, e, Mr. "Walling moved to lay it on the t :e table. > m A point of order wax made that the c ?d motion to lay on the table wan not in or- t1 of der, as this was the main question on ip which the vote must be taken under the t :g. election law In the course of4 the dis- i1 te cussion on this point Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, t m declared that if'the House intended to | iv execute the law it would be absolutely J ie necessary to adopt a resolution cutting I :k off all filibustering. s :h Mr. Walling replied that when fraud is t in law. filibustering in patriotism. j il Mr. Hancock?Traitors never practice i u- patriotism. ? is The Speaker overruled the point of ie order, but the motion was rejected. i in Mr. Walling then moved to reconsider c the last vote. ; ie Mr. Wood made the same point of or- ? w der that it was a dilatory motion and ( made in that intention. I d The Speaker overruled the point of or- c at dor and entertained the motion on the i ground that it was a regular motion un- i ir der the' rules. w Pending the disposition of the main t >r question the motion to reconsider was re- i ie jected, yeas G4, nays 1G3. t is The question recurred on Wood's ] lit amendment as a substitute that the vote i io of Sallace be not counted. t if Mr. Caulfield interposed a point of i ?i ....... ? ??-> >? -I??-_t_ ?,?o utcn i?iru ujr itin iiiur. in lie tlien insisted on having the 'original J it. resolution (Poppleton's) read, but in that 1 >y too lie was overruled, the Speaker stating i h that the original resolution van not now 1 rs before the House, and the vote proceed- t II ed. ( I The substitute was adopted?yjaa -10, is navs 22, the Kepublioana deeming it best : <e policy to vote lor it. at Another dilatory motion, in the shape I e. of a motion to reconsider, was made by I in Mr. O'Brien, and wai laid on the table? i af yeas 171, navs 50. I The question recurred on the adoption t lo of the resolution as amended. ?. lo Mr. Vance, of Ohio, moved to lay it on t jr the table. Lost?yeas 53, nays 181. il ut Another motiou to reconsider was 'J ic made by Mr. Money, and was laid on the c. re table?yeas 170, to 5G. ( in This brought the l(ouse at last (0:1)0 I il, i*. M.) to vote on Poppleton's resolution j id as amended by Wood's substitute, that is, in that the vote of Sollacebe not counted. i Mr. Walling endeavored to interpose 1 s- further delay in the shape of a request >y that lie lie excused from voting, which 1 f- the Speaker refused to entertain, and an t appual from the ruling of the chair, which :i js the Speaker also refused to entertain. t i>r The roll-call proceeded, and it resulted > i- ?yeas 205, nays 20, eo that the decision r to of the House was that Sallace's vote be t ?<? tint \T~a* ..{ ??t-i: > .n ..v. oi...ivui munt iii wiv 1 ill voted with the majority for the purpose i li- of sooner bringing the question to a close. ? ill There was hut one more motion left c of for the minority, and that was to rccon- i to sider the hint vote. It was made by Mr. ! li- Clark, of Missouri, ami was laid on the c a* table?-yeaa 177, nays 51). * >e This point was reached at 10:l"?, ho I e- that the House had "pent over 12 hours t id in the struggle. it- Mr. O'Brien then attempted to oiler j le an order that the Sennte l>e notified, with i h the intention to h|>ciu1 a couple of < to hours over that, hut the Speaker refused Ih? to recognize him for that purpose, and t to said: The Chaii^ has allowed a vote of le the House on every legitimate legislative r motion, and now the llouse is brought to 1 i- the following paragraph in the law: :i s- When the two I louses have voted they h ts hIiiiII immediately again meet and j e- the presiding otliccr shall then an- 'J a- nounce the decision on the question t ?s, submitted. The Senate has notified s >n the 11oiiMc in regard to its action on the j Id objections to the certificate from Ver- * mont. The House has reached its judge- j >r incnt on these objections and the duty is d, incumbent on the Chair to notify the Sen- \ r, ato of the fact. [ApphOise.J t re Mr.O'Brien?Therefore 1 oiler this or(S. der? ( ill The Speaker?The Chair cannot enter- v d tain it. ( of Mr. Springer- I desire to submit a i ;d proposition that the President of the I Senate bo requested to bring with him n : duplicate of the return. [Shouts of ob- I < jecl.] 4 i g, Mr. Cox?-lhere i? no use imemleavor- ( it, ing to prevent the .Speaker counting in t r, Haves at once. i d, '1 be Speaker?Oentlemen need not ob- | h- joct. The chair has no authority to re- i r- ceive any such motion. 1 is, At II o'clock the Sim ato rs entered the i r- hall and the action of eaeh house on the I it, objections having boon read the presiding i r- cllirer annnuneed that the two houses not t .), concurring otherwise thu electoral votes t >s, of Vermont would Ih? counted, and they were thereupon declared as for Hayes I and Wlieeler. Then the certificate ?>f I II, Virginia win read and the votes of that i State announced as 11 fur Tilden am Hendricks. The vote of Went Virgini: whs announced as "? for Tilden uml Hen dricks. The next wan that of ihe Stat of Wisconsin with li? votes for Have and Wheeler. The certificate of Wisconsin bavin) been read, Mr. l.vnde presented obiec tions, signed by Senator* Karnum, Mo Donald, Kelly, Cooper and Johnston, am Representatives Lynde, llurchard, i'liil lips, Tucker, Springer, Hice. Vance Young and Money, to counting the voti of D. W. Downs, one of the clcctorM fox said State of Wisconsin, because ho belt the otlice of pension surgeon and exam ining surgeon for the pension ollicc prio: to and on November 7th, 1870, the da> of the Presidential election, and on tin (ith of December, 1S70, on which day In assumed to cast his vote as elector: tha said otlice waH an oflice of protit and trust and that said Downs could not therefore be Constitutionally'appointed an elcctoi for the State of Wisconsin or vote au such under the Constitution of the llnitec States; that said Downs was not therefore duly appointed elector for Wisconsin, and that his votecannot he Constitutionally counted. The Senate at 11:2"> retired to its chain' l?cr, so that the Houses might separately consider and determine the objections. As soon as the Senate withdrew Mr, Mills rose to a privilege question and sent up a resolution to be read. Mr. Luttrell interposed with a motion for a recess, but withdrew it to allow Mills' resolution to be read. It was read as follows: Wiiereah, On the 7th of November, 1S70, an election was held in the several States for electors for President and Vice President, at which election a majority of aid electors favorable to the election of Samuel .1. Tilden for President and Thos. \. Hendricks for Vice President were lulv and constitutionally elected, and WiiEKEAS, The returns of said decion in Louisiana and Florida were Inly made to theoilicers in said Slates, whose duty it was under the law t.? aggregate the votes and certificates of the electors, and Wiiekeas, that said returning ollieers willfully, corruptly and fraudulently inppressetl the votes of these electors, vho were duly and legally elected, and alsely and fraudulently^ certified the Election oi persona who were defeated at he ballot box, and Whereas, that the Governors of said states falsely and fraudulently gave :ertiticates of electors to said persons vho were defeated, and refused them to hone persons who were elected, ami Whereas, Said false and fraudulent :ertiiicatcf* were referred to a Couwiia* lion to investigate and report t(? Congress the true and constitutional elector* d votes of said States; and Whereas, Said Commission refused 0 investigate the question as to who vere the true and constitutional elector.* chosen by the qualified voters of said States; and Whereas, It appears in the count of he electoral votes in the presence of the jenate ami House of Representatives bat on account of said frauds in suplressing the true votes, and certifying the alse votes, Samuel .1. Tilden, although inving received a majority oi the electoril votes cast at the ballot-boxes in the evernl States, has not a majority in said oint count of all the electors appointed n accordance with the terms of the Conititution; and Whereas, Kutherford I), llayes has lot received a majority of Constitutional lectors duly and legally appointed, and 1 contingency provided for by the Conititution having happened, when it be:ome the duty of the House of Kcpresenatives to proceed immediately to the lection of a President of the United Hates for the ensuing four years; thereore, llctolial, by the House of Kepresentaives, That said House will proceed imnediately, in obedience to the Constituion, to choose a President from the arsons having the highest number of rotes, not exceeding three, on the lift ?>f hose voted for as Presidential candilates. Mr. Lynde was recognized bv the Speaker as objecting to the 'Wisconsin rote, and he ollered a resolution that the rote of Downs be not counted, because le held an otlice of trust and protit under he United States, and was therefore not 'onstitutionally appointed an elector. Mr. Mills then offered his resolution IS it IMlMIUlllIlL'. At this point (11:40) n meftuge from lie Senate announced that the objection lad not l?een sustained. The announcenent wan greeted with very general claj?>ing of hand* on the Republican side of he Houbo and in the galleries. This lemonstration annoyed the members on he Democratic side of the House, who leinanded the clearing of the galleries, die Speaker directed the lobbies to be ilea red, but submitted to the House the [uestion as to the clearing of the galerics, and there was a very decided maority against it. Mr. Lynde then moved to take a recess mtil 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Rejected?i?i> to 148. At 12:20 o'clock Mr. Wood, of New fork, made a proposition that the House ake a recess till 10 o'clock to-morrow, ind that at one o'clock the vote shall be aken on the main question, but there rere objections to it, and a scene of upoar and confusion ensued, lasting sevral minutes, in course of which Mr. ilackburn exclaimed that Friday, hangnan'n day, had been ushered in a tit lay to witness ,thc consumation ?f the villainy and scoundrelism ol this iroceeding, ami Mr. O'Brien designated llr.Wood, of N. Y., as the High Priest >f the Republican party, and was himelf designated by Mr. Harrison, of llinois, as' the small priest of the ilibusters. Mr. Wood then declared that if his impositions were not assented t<> he irould never leave the hall until the :ount was tinished. At 1 o'clock the two hours debate on he objection commenced. Mr. Mills made a speech in favor of his esolution, in which he characterized the tc present at ives of the American people is cowering in the dust. The people, he aid, dare maintain their rights, but the tcoploH* representatives dare not do so. Choir fathers, if they could look down on hem from Heaven, would be ashamed to ee themjeowcring in the dust before a desu)t who only commnndcd an army of ibout 18,000 men, one-half of whom sympathized with the Democratic party. The whole of his speech was in this rein,but it attracted little or no attonion. Mr. Illackhurn said to-day is Friday )n that day the Saviour of the world iiiU'ered crucifixion between two thieves. >n this Friday constitutional governnent, judicial honesty, fair dealing, manmod, doconcy, sutler crucifixion among i number of thieves. _ It was (tin ha. day that this Procidentia I fraud received his nomination at the hands >f a party convention. It was on hat day as it recurred that every Ictermination reached by the blistered>eriured miscreants who constitute the Majority of this commission have lieen |)?omulgittcd. It is on that day that you tropoHC to consummate your iniquity. Hut the people will at length rise to polish,even! perhaps in blood, the perpetraors of all the Bcouiulrelism of this proved ing. Mr. Williams, of Wis., replied to Mr. ^lackhuru, waving there was no day more itting than hangman's day, and no hour uore fitting than that at which grave I yarda'yawn, (or the gihbettlng to death of :i the bastard party ot political reform which had vexed the eyes of good men p for the last twelve months. h 2:110 a. m.?The discussion in proceeding on the objection to Wisconsin vote. ; Notwithstanding the speeches of MessrH. Mills, Ulackburn and Williams the best of good feeling prevails among the iueui1 hers. Indeed, it did through all the ex citemeuts of the dav. There "is a verv , full attendance and the galleries are stifl well tilled. The discussion will not close till o'clock. The Senate is in session 1 waiting to resume the count. a. St.?The debate having closed, r a long discussion arose as to the position .* which Mills' resolution should occupy. It was suggested by Mr. Wood that n it were withdrawn and oil'ered hereafter l as an independent proposition he would , vote for it, but that an a substitute for the resolution in regard to Wisconsin he r should have to vote against it. i That course would only be accepted by I Mills ii the House would agree to vote upon it More the Senate came back. That was objected toon both sides. Finally Mr. Mills' resolution was excluded on the point of order, with an intimation by the Speaker that Mr. Mills might afterwards urge its adoption under a suspension of the rules, but some , Democrat said that would bo after the election of Hayes was proclaimed. The vote was then proceeded with. a. m.?The amendment offered by Mr. Caswell, ol Wisconsin, that the vote of Downs be counted was rejected.?yeas 7l?, nays 131?and tho original proposition that it be not counted was agreed to without division. The Senate was notified. 1:07 a. m. The JIall was ready for the final reception of the Senate, and as soon as that body entered at 4:055 a. m., and all the members were seated, the action of the respective houses on the Wisconsin i|iiestion was read, and the ten votes of Wisconsin were announcei^tor Hayes ami Wheeler. The presiding ollicer said,this concluded the count of the 38 states of the Union, the tellers will now ascertain and deliver the result of the votes to the presiding oflicer. i:i - a. m.?The election of Hayes ami Wheeler was proclaimed and received without demonstrations. The .Senate retired, and the House, at -l:l"> a. m., adjourned. Senutor Allison, one of the tellers, hav* ing delivered the statement, the presiding ollicer expressed the hope that on the announcement nothing would mar the dignity of the proceedings so reputable to the American people, and so worthy of the respect of the world, lie then said the whole number of electors appointed to vote (or President and Vice President of the United States was 301'. of which a majority i,* 185. The state of the vote for President as delivered by the tellers and as determined under the act of Congress of January li'.Uh, 1S7T, on this subject, is for Rutherford 15. Hayes 18"> votes, for Samuel J. Tilden IS I votes. The state of the vote for Vice President of the United States as delivered by the tellers and as determined under the act of Congress approved January 20th, 1S77, is for William A. Wheeler IS") votes,forThos. A. Hendricks IS I votes, wherefore 1 do announce that Rutherford 1>. Hayes, of the State of Ohio, having received a majority of the whole number of electoral votes, is duly elected President of the United States tor four years commencing on the 4th day of March, IS77; that William A.Wheeler, of the State of New York; having received a majority of the whole number of electoral votes, is duly elected Vice President of the United States for four vcars commencing on the fourth dav of March, 1877. This announcement toother with a list of the votes will Ik? entered on the Journals of both Houses. The count ot the electoral vote now being completed and the result determined the joint meeting of the two Houses is dissolved. The Senate will now retire to its chamber.The Senate fetired and the House immediately, at 1:10 a. m. adjourned. The tlag which has never been down since it was hoisted over the halls of both * houses on the 1st of February la?t, as a signal of their being in session, was lowered. NO 1! US I NESS 11Y THE SENATE. No business whatever haa been trausactod in the senate. The Senators were in or about the chamber during the* day waiting the notilication from the House that it was ready to go on with the count. At 10:50 p. m. a message was received from the House hv Mr. Adams, its Clerk, announcing the action of that body on thu Vermont case, and the .Senate, immediately repaired to the hall of the House for the purpose 0! resuming the count. t'pon reluming at 11:110 P. >1. the President pro Ian. announced that the Senate having retired from the joint meeting on an objection submitted to the vote of Wisconsin, that objection would now be read. . The Secretary then read the objection presented in the joint meeting, and Mr. Cameron (of Wisconsin) submitted the following: limited, That the vote of Daniel L. Downs as an elector of the State of Wisconsin be counted together with the other nine electoral votes of that State, objection-* made thereto to the contrary notwithstanding. The resolution was agreed to without debate and without a roll-call, though three or four Senators on the Democratic side voted no when the motion w?b put. The Secretary was directed to notify the House of Representatives of the action of the Semite. I a. M.?A message from the House of Representatives, announcing the action of that body on the Wisconsin case, ami the Senate immediately left its chamtar for the hall of the House to complete the count. The Senate, upon returning to he chnmber, adjourned. FOREIGN^ NEWS. tiii: i:\stkicx <n nsnov Uki.uuadk, March 1.?The Princes' decree dissolving the Sknptichina produced a decided sensation among the deputies, hut the command was otaved. The dismissal of the members without giving them an opportunity to ask emliarrassing questions is a decided success for the ministry. Several agitators have been shot in the Interior of the country. l/ONi>ON, March 1.?A St. Petersburg dispatch says that the statement that the Kxtraordinarv Council of Ministers on Monday, decided to demobilize the Russian artnv, when peace was signed between the Porte and Servia and Montenegro, is absolutely untrue. No such council was held. t'icAxti:. Spcele ICtMlucliutiI'.vuis, March 1.?The H|?ecic in the Ilank of France decreased 10,000,000 francs the past week. Iliiuiittuuil flic lCcvlvullnt. Tkkuk Hautk, March 1.?Rev. K. P. Hammond closed to-day a successful revival of three weeks here. There have l?een over 1,0'H) conversions. He goes from here to Syracuse, N. Y. /' i hilt it ml Telegraph -Vcr Third / ,