New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-10
FROM BOSTON.
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yCu last or election day. And u ocsah taal h'gnI,
as you nay have gathered from the Boston papers.
A fa,se rumer having got wind ard credit that Mr.
Appleton hsd beaten Mr.. Burirgsme crowd OF
his aihereu;s set forth from State street VITA Inc
corpe, band erec, ding then.
.Sonoruus metal blowing marital SQUAD"
to congratulate the victorious candidate. As they
passed the Son erset House, which Is all
cne a. your tnion Club the members, learning
what was toward. with one consent left the warm
precincts of the ch~srtrl bilisri-rooms and card
rooms 10 JON a political procession IN damp
night probably for TIE FIRST time IN their lives.
Tie cues were thrown down in confusion upon the
tables tie balls were suffered 10 roll unheedngy
away into the pockets end the markers found rest
unto their weary souls The rapture OF the strife
and Of the victory broke even the sacred silence
Of the Nhis-table and disturbed at their deyotionS
the very high priests Of HOyle. The cards were
thrown up IN haste while the game was yet in mid
yclley; good hands and bad hands, trumPs aud two
spots. Kings. queens and knsyes, all fell ia one
prCmiscuous slaughter.
" Clubs 6iauosd. hesI's IN wild di.', icr ,ecr
With tsronss PROMISE ssrewed the level green
while .hc patriotic sud clubbable gentlemen swelled
the cOnCratuatory stream.
Arrived at Mr.. Appeton's house. their enthusi.
astlc cheers informed him # his victory snd soon
compelled HIN to appear upon the balcony Of his
bOuse, where, after cODgratulatng them on the
glorious result, he briefly stated the course which
he should pursue as their Representative in Con-
press Cheer followed cheer. All went merry As
= marriage bell "The red red wire was poured
(the rhite well, iii be true that hundred bot
ties u chan paeue case up the ghost that night
but Hun kerlsm reyeltd yet more in the though,
that il had put its arms round the neck of Brooks
as il set ;ts feet on the neck of Butlingame But
alas what are the hopes of mau. la brief hour
the self-same merccuary band (Of music, mean
WAS marchl, down tie same street, past the same
house conducting yet more numerous company
on their way to congratulate Mr.. Burlingame on his
actual reelection. Such ana 81 sudden are the
changes If fate and of ballot-boxe, The Buchanan
and Brooks presses said the next morning that this
crowd erosi'ed and Kissed at Mr. Appleton's door.
But am assured by credible eye aud ear witnesses
that nothing Of the sort was done. They did give
three cheers for Burngame, 1t Is true; but could
fallen human nature have done lees under the cir
Cumstances1
The next day, however, fearful rumor prevailed
that made all the Fremonters fear that they had
been App,etoni.ed for the comcal Alnascharism of
the nielt before has sdded new term to the tech
nology Of politcs) as well as the unucky candidate of
the FimCurners. twas said that Ben. L. Halet
had nosed cut that Of the Inspectors OF votes in
Chelsea had not been sworn, and that so the votes
OF that town must be thrown out--whlch would
turn the tables yet again. If swearing at the In
.uector could have cured his error in not having
sworn himself (supPosins the story to be trde) all
would have been right III very short time. Bat
il happened that there were other noses in Boston
beside that which aCOrns the physIcgnomcal
scenery of the District Attorney, and some of them
moused out that ole Of the Inspectors in Mr. Apple
tons strongest Ward had not been sworn any more
than lis cCmpeer Of Chelsea; 40 that, should the
same sauce which was served up for the goose be
applied 10 the gander also-which, take it, any
political Mrs. Glass would say was the correct
cookery-Mr. Appleton would mud himself rather
worse licked than he did the morning after his blush
ing acceptance Of the pOnsibe post of Member of
Congress.
BY the way, | see that most of the distant
pspcrs. when they speak of the election in this
city. take it for granted that in tte Burlingame
District all The rich men on the Fillmore aud
Appleton side. This was by no means the case.
The constituency Of Mr.. Appleton had in it a con
siderable number of wealthy men, who went hand
in hand to the polls with the refuse of the De-
mocracy: but large proportion Of the men OF
business and the men of fortune in Boston voted the
!" ubican ticket / am told that within pistol
shot of Mr. Appeton's house, which stands in the
Wealihest quarter Of the city, no less than thirty
ax gentlemen Of the highes. social pOsitOn-ineud-
~ it may lot he improper to say, his nextdUOr
neghbor, Nr. Prescott tie histOrian-yoted for
Fremont. So that Boston is not entirely given
over 10 a reprobate mind even the class which has
always been supposed (and with too much TRUTH TO
govern her. | heard Of one gentleman, very
closely connected with manufactures who was ac-
c,ted by noisy Fillmore politician a. he came to
The polls. with Here is tic right ticket Sir, this
i. the true cotton ticket "Sr, replied the
other putting him aside, ~ vote on higher con
siderstions than cotton to-day" and proceeded to
yOte for Fremont and BuIllngdme.
must say that never saw so cheerful a de-
ieated party as your fellow, are hereabouts. They
are as happy mutes after funeral. There was
a Ium0r Dying about yesterday that Pennsy lvinia
might 90 for Fremont and elect him, and Apple.
tome poor Buchanan. Ii was not much believed,
md don't think the more rejecting part OF the
Republicans shed it 10 be true And, as out
slider, must ray that it seems to me that you stand
better as you are with Buchanan elected and this
great North hanging upon his rear, than If Ere
mont should come in without Senate or House to
stand by him. Ii looks t. me like defeat .f lch is
worth much more than such victory Buchanan.
But then, don't pretend to see further into a
milestone than my neighbOrs. Ii strikes me, how.
ever. breaking OF milstOnes. that it would be to
put Fremont between al upper and neither one to
make him President with the senate aud the
House against him.
have much beside 70 tell you, bat my time is
cone and must 90 lose the last parting strains
of the divine La Grange. | should like to tel you
of the reception OF Maj. Ben Perley PoOre (perhaps
you know who he isl don't) yesterday, who ful-
Il ed bet that fillmore would get toe electoral
vote Of Massachusetts,, BY wheeling barrel Of ap.
pies from West NeWbuIy 10 BO:ton-thrty-six
nile, | believe. He was escorted Into tOSn BY
some Of be brother Fillm0urIers aud received by
countes, assemblage Of all parties. It was very
funny afi5ir atogetber--but must pretermit ii,
or miss the afternoon Tor morning If you prefer it)
performance Of Lucrezia Borgia, with which the
opera troupe takes it, leave Of us. 1 am very
sfr,y (, cay that the bothe!ation about making
Pre- ,iden, ard all tue rest Of it Ia. done nnch to