Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-09


IL TIE HOUSE, OF WoE.-We spent few
moments in the Plain Dealer Office last
night, when the returns were coming in
and being read, and thought of A Wards
Sixteen Minutes in Africa"-so dismal
was the scene. The room was packed
ct first, and tho crowd were quite well
pleased with the city returns. Indeed q
quite hopeful mood seized them. The great
lights of the Democracy graoed the place
and the occasion, from the Honorable down
to the liquor-soaked vessel loader, and the
General" The General" was there Of
course. he is irrspressible you can't sink
a gsE-bag, you know. He is not light, lex
cePt aI his face shines often with a glory,
not of earth, but spirituous;) but, although
he is a Wind-bag, we conclude to group him
with the Gights" aforesaid.
There was a sound of srrahs, begorras, be
jasuses, &C., which reminded one of the
sound Of many waters. J. S, son of Ste
phen, mounted the tripod and announced
the returns from several of the New York
cities. The crowd were tickled, but they
did not give any hearty, unanimous yells.
Indeed, only one or two voices gave re-
sponse as each set of figures was read. That
voice was kind of screech, modified and
softened down into a sort of chatter. 1t
gave one the impression that sizidn erea-
ture was present, and this reporter invol-
UNFAIRLY said in an aside, rThey have
got a monkey or gorilla here"
for it sounded just as the chatter
of tho organ:grinder's monkey sounds
when the master jerks him by the string
which connects with the creatures collar.
As his imagination was thus aroused he
instantly pictured the General" in fantas-
tic hat and feathers, gay-cOloted coat, brass
collar, and prehensility enough, and fan
cied he was tied to the man who read the
dispatches, and jerked at each:announce.
ment, thus giving forth the unmusical
chatter.
We then went over to Union Hall, West
Side, to inspect the Copperheads there /;
but found onlya dozen of the unwashed in
a saloon, caring less for the election re-
turns than for the attractive liquors on the
shelves. Weeame back in disgust, but found
the crowd in the PLAIN Dealer Office had
grown small by degrees and beautifully less.
Indeed there were not more than fifty
present. The venerable foreman of the
crowd seized dispatch that had Just come
in.
"NOw then for big thing boys,"-a
long, excited stare at the paper, fingers
thrust through the hair, face growing
elammy as he read the returns from Ohio
cities-especially from '"Toledo gone Un-
ion, no, Republican" Eyes met eyes in
astonishment, the silence was oppressive.
''OhiO is gene to H" Men slid out into
the open air. A drunken Democrat living
IN one corner arose, and announced that
if they wonld leave it to democrats with
their clubs, they could carry the election.
He made several other equally original
and self evident statements, and his wit
was the only thing that could provoke
smile in that dismal place.
They owned, as we talked with them in
cog, that Mcclellan WIS lost, and thev
made the confession in such piteous, moan
ing style, that our bowels were moved with
compassion for them.
Still they slid out; all the lights had
gone out, and not twenty men were left at
ten O'Clock to hear the rest of the returns.
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