Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-08
CITY ITEMS.


several days past the excitement in this city OecaOned
ey the Presidential election has been so pervasve and
intense, that Business has been almost wholly neglected
% Tue mass Of the community. For part, we're
% occupied in observing the various manifestations Of
tos excitement and AZ the time, affected By is
contagious ndcenee that neither sought oppOrtu
nifty TO record the results Of observations expe
renced anyincinaion do Bat now, that the bat
lie has been fought aud WOn and the exctemenI has
somewhat subsidized We feel that Il IS incumbent upon Us
faithful chroncer 70 make some nenon of the scenes
aud incidents which preceded accompanied and followed
the great conflict Of Tuesday last
Heretofore, the o. an eecio the voters so far
IS remember have only exhibited their interest in the
questions presented for their decision BY The casual in
terehAnge Of opinions in their counting work chops
UPON the streets The vOcatons in which they
engaged still commanded the largest share Of their at
tention. But on Monday ass il seemed as II a large
majority OF the voting pOpGatiOn affected By
tl anent sometimes termed the "dtgets' The eager
for the coming fray and the soleilade the
suit deprived them Of any relish FOR business and with
common Purpose hundreds Of citizens Obeyed an ire
pressbls impulse by repairing 70 the headquarters Of the
Uaion party the Club House, or Of the Seceders at
Metropolitan Hal, whittier they bad been summoned
By the published calls Of the presiding officers Of the
speciive organizations. The Club House bell sounded
merry during the forenoon, and contributed % divert
public attention from ordinary pursuts AT Metropolitan
Hail. the significant, juggling Of glassware, between ~
aud I O'Clock, exeried a similar influence. At both
places Of rsadzB0us party friends impaired courage TO
announcer their noptiul and counleut
predic ions Of the result on the morrow. Tue Union
sought 70 make assunance doubly sure so far as
Richmond vas concerned, By organizing the usual con-
mt,ees OF vigilance, aud psrfecng Oher arrangements
for bringing OUT large vote for the "Unon the Const
tuition, and the Enforcement ofsthe Laws Though the
Club House aud Metropolitan Hall both wished by
large nunber Of persons during the DAY there
crowd a. either al any O1e time. Ysers would "eome
and go, and keep up the commot0n By engaging 10 20
haca discussions the streets wherever else they
mEht encounter political "iOeman."
At night Tie excitement increased. Zach party had
It's last grand rally" and listened for the last time to
the appeals Of is orators and spOkesmen. The Douglas
men, order shat the strongest possible impression might
be made beafoi their cause enlisted the powerful aid
OF Tim Rves E.q the "War-a0rse OF Democracy, fom
the county Of Prince George. They received him al the
Petersburg depot and escorted him 70 the ST. Charles
Hotel On dist ngushed houors A. the appointed hour
the par Of the Little Giant proceeded the A.
rcan Church where they were addressed By Mr. Rives
10 one Of his most telling efforts The building was
crosded 70 the utmost capacity, and among the lsiene
was large number Of ladies'. We learn that The audi
euee wrought 20 high pitch Of enthusiasm, and
when Mr. Rives closed bis speech, be escorted again
the s. Charles BY procession Of Douglas men who
wakened the echoes By their cheering, they passed
through the streets band Ofmusc led the Of the
procession.
Al Metropolitan Han, the partizans Of Breckenridge,
the cOlabOrers Of Yancey and the Who were fated
20 encounter the NhfWnd which they hal themselves
Occasoned held their 6ua poE-WOE. We have not
learned what took place there do suppose that
ary Of readers to know. The crowd dispersed At
an early hour.
Al the Bel aud Everett headquar,ers-that glorious
Old shanty, l+h street Ross" where treason
ploers have never yet assembled the scene presented
a1imatng IN the extreme. The elevated seats
each side Of the sand and others beside occupied
BY hundreds Of ladies' while the main BODY Of the building
was fed with Union voters who bad come from al paris
OF the city their devotion the glorious cause
During the evening eloquent aud inspiring speeches we're
IL hu H anil vnd
son K T. Daniel 70. RidgEay Marmaiuke Johnson A.
!. Crane, Hon Il. Bolts and Capt W. NJ Elliott Presi-
dent Of the Bell and Everett Club Of Richmond. We
mention them To- the order In which they spoke The
meeting dispersed about II o'clock, but the "Workil
committees" remained complete arrangements, a,d
several Of the zsaOus spent the night al the Club
House determined 20 be a. the polls 5sf0rs Day
TIE polls we're opened at sunrise, Tuesday morning
and tie rush Of showed that the admOnt0n 10
"e9is early" had not been dsregarded. The Bel votes
poured n thick and fast the Secession few and hr
bCiEeen bur still more numerous than agreeable While
IN Madison Ward II not the o,herst appeared il Doug
rs friends bad mostly deserted bin The B-ecknrdgs
men we're first disposed 20 chucke but the day adj
vsnced the Little Giants strength began 20 shOH it.
self and Bells majority over BlecknTidge continued TO
increase Toe result Of tue days voting speaks for t.
SIT Il a glorious victory for The friends Of the
ion collectively and triumph OF the inspiring
ehArac.r for the supporters OF Bell and Douglas, Te-
spsc,'vely.
Toe places Of voting in each Ward, uere surrounded
Jay. UN cf0Aes Ql ulAfAA p1fllo4l1 AuQ We Q lQu-
SANITY discussing the prospects Of the several candidates
The ticket unusually Jealous In the discharge
Of their duties and aided by he scores Of BOYS,
weO allowed no 10 pass 10 until they had offered
him the fright ticket The oUly disturbance the
polls during the dsy occurred az the First Nlrket Two
men came in collision aud one Of them severely beaten
by his antagonist During the diy and also az night the
Club House esoried By al ~ho desired 20 hear the
latest ness a. &c understood thar all kilograms
or. other information received At this Office, would be
posted there The anxiety 20 hear the kept the
croEd together until N O'clock b. witch time Il was
generally believed, from the returns received that Bell
had carried Virginia and that Lincoln bad been elected
President
All dsy yesterday, the Wing Office, ,brO1ged win
citizens anXously awaiting any Intelligence that might
be received. The news that came 10 hand bein -
mixed oharacter-gOoi and bad-the denons.rr j
applause we're less decided aud enthusiastic 9
which marked the reception Of returns az the - -er
natora election but TIE Bell men al hopeI1I aud
r,9iced IN the conviction that Old Virginia bad given
her electoral vote 10 BELL aud EyERErr.
ToN, the Blind Negro Boy Pianist, whose entertain
s IN This cv have been the resort Of professors AMI