New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-12
FRoM THE HONS or MR. LINCOLN
HOW MR.. LINCOLN RECEIVED THE
ELECTION NEWS.
To-. Our Special Core, pondent.

over from the State House with few friends,
established himself comfortably near the instru-
ments, and put himself into easy communication
with the operators. The first fragments of mtel-
lipence were caught BY the Superintendent as
they licked of ut the tables, and, even before
they could be recorded we're eagerly repeated
and welcomed by all, for they came from the
best counties in Illinois, and were full OF good
cheer. Excepting Mr.. Lincoln, whose interest
was not so actively manifested, everybody
present showed great excitement over
each fresh bit of news, and so, TOR
while, the Superintendent Mr.. Wilson,
continued announcing all details as they came In.
But presently this was dropped, and during
quarter of an hour hardly any sound was heard,
excepting the rapid clickings of the rival iastru-
ments. and the restless movements of the few most
anxious among the party of gentlemen who hov-
cred affectonately near the mysterious tables, as IT
discovering certain satisfaction in carefully fol-
lowing the course of the machinery, however I'M
ineligible its whsperings might be TO Them Mr..
Lincoln sat or reclined upon a sofa while his
companions mostly stood clustering around him.
At length full sheets of returns were transcribed,
and were taken apart and read aloud by DIR.
Wilson-the listeners allowing no particle OF
good news to go by without their quick con-
gratulations. The first sheets were covered with
minutes of county and town elections in Illinois,
which, with of course slight variations at GER
tain points, were all pleasant to hear about.
AS the evening advanced, other exctements were
afforded by patches of private messages which
came rushing in, mostly addressed to Mr. LIN
coin. but in some cases to Senator Trumbull,
who had Joined the company little after the
time of assembling. For these messages On
active watch soon began to be kept, and the
moment that one was lifted from the fable, 1t
would be clutched by some Of the ardent news
seekers, and sometimes, III the hurry and scram-
BILE would be read by almost every person pres
ent before it reached him for whom it was in
tended. Whenever the information was OF pecu-
liary gratifying character, as 1t often was, the
documents would be taken out by some thought
full friend of the populaee outside, and read
aloud in the State-IIousc or elsewhere, 10 large
crowds which had met and We're enjoying cele-
brafions on the strength of their own c0nylc-
tions that the expected news would be sure to
Justify them Occasionally, a line or two
would come with so much force OF en-
coUrapement as to set the little group be-
side itself with eation. A confident declara-
| ton from Gen. S. Cameron, promising abund-
ance of good things from Pennsylvania, produced
| sensation that quite took away the composure
A. Al.
items which came just after from Simeon ORA
per- setting aside all possibility OF doubt as to
New-York. aroused demonstrations still more
eleeful There was just one person, however,
who accepted everything with almost an I'M
movable tranquility. Not that Mr.. Lincoln I'M
dertook 10 conceal in the slightest degree the
keen interest he felt in every new developments
but, while he seemed to absorb it all with great
satisfaction, the intelligence moved him to less
energetic display of qualification than the others
INDUCED in. He appeared, indeed, to be as fully
alive to the smaller interests OF some local dis
tricts. in which the fortunes of his friends we're
concerned as to the wider and more universally
important regions; and, in fact, his only depart
ure from perfect quiet throughout the night was
on hearing, Just before he Withdrew, OF the COM
plete success of the Republican ticket in hs
own precinct.
Matters went on in the same way until md
NIGHT. when the returns from Democratic States
heoon 70 push in. Mr.. Lincoln raised himself to
listen 10 the Missouri news, saving that "we
should now get few lirks back" but very
soon seemed surprised and pleased as the rest
also were, to find that the clicks were by no
means altogether of unrclicycd severity. From
/ the Southern States the current now began to
flow steadily, and as the rePetltions became a
| little monotonous, and as all this Intelligence
simply followed forgone conclusion, Dir. LIN
| coin and the party went over at hali-past Twelve
O'Clock to little gathering in hall at the othef
| side of the STATED House, which had been ar
| ranged aud prepared by the ladies OF Spring
| field in anticipation of long and weary nlgh'
! for their brothers, husbands, and SO lorth'
! The feminine excitement IN Springfield our
| ing this campaign has been most ardent
| and most uninterrupted, at least on the
Republican side; and the inspiring devotion win
| which the genter duties of this particular occa
sion were fulfilled, was of an order 10 Ill
stranger with proloundest regrets that all ms
political ways of life were not turned toward
| Springfield. With vivid sense OF The peculiar
necessities of the hour, oil lighter graceS ana
charms were held in subsection, and rigid atten
| ron to the claims of appetite was invited-nay
exhorted, and sometimes imperlousy COM
handed. 1t appeared to be dlSt'nct ar
| tcle in the creed OF the fair entertainer
that their mission, as true Republican wives anc
sisters, was poorly carried through until oceans o
| coffee and continents of foOd-wth lesser lakes