Finis

The flnnl proceedings in the electoral oount at Washington are given below : The Sonate and Houxe, being m joint conventlon, at 4:03 o'clock on the morning of Indnv, Stawli 2, ttio stíon of the respective hoüsfes uil tti Vk(!oiwIii auestíon ' read. and the ten votl'8 trt Wisc'onsm were announced for Payes and WhecliT. The presiding officcr said : "This COÜClödes the count of the thirty-eight State of the Union The tBers will now ascertain and deliver the result of tiit' Tr to tho pcesiding Senator Allison, one of tho tellers, liaving dehvered the statement, the presiding oflicer extireHsod the hope that on the aimonncement nothing would mar tho dignity of the proceedingH o ïeputable to tlio Ainoricau peoplo and bo worthy oí tho respect of tho world. He thtín eald : " Tho whole niunbiT of clcct.ns appoiiited to vote fot" Prtwidpnt and ice PréoSent of the United Btates Wan 369, of vhich ,i maiority is 185. The ntato of vote for President as dehvered by Miera and as deteimined nnder act of Congres of Jan, 9f. 1077 on ÜU8 .snbieot, in : For lïutherford B. Hayes, 183 votos; for Samuel J. Tilden, 184 votes. Tho state of the vote fdrVioe 1'resident of the United Statrs, as deliverod by tellers and as determmed under act of Congres approved Jan. 2, 1877, on this subject, isT For William A. Wheeler, 185 votos; for Thomas A. fleüdrlcks, 184 votes Wherefore I do announce that ButhcVford B. Hayes, of tíie Stato of Ohio, having roceived a majoritv of the whole niunber of electoral votes, is diüy oloctüd l'resid.uit of the Unitud otates for four vears. coinmencing on the 4th day 01 March 1877. That Win. A. Wheeler, of the State ol New York, having nveived a majonty ■ of the whole niunber of electoral vote, is duly eleoted Viee President of the United States, for four years, conimencing on the 4th day of March, 1877. This announcement, together with the hst of votos, will be entered on the journals of both icmse. The count of the electoral votos benig completed, and the result detennined, the joint meeting of the two houses is dissolved. The Séllate will now retire to its chamber."