Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-11-11

T This iIlustrious cbisf engineer of the Dem.
ocratic machine found himself challenged
heeause he had made bet. To lose ones
vote and ones money is certainly little
hard.
one of our people in the Ninth Ward of
Brooklyn was on Monday night challenged
bv notorious Copperhead to bet small
sum on the State. Yesterday morning the
Copperhead challenged his vote. In turn
our friend challenged the vote of Mr..
Copperhead, who in his haste to make
point had forgotten to secure himself, and
In the course of an hour spiked the guns
of a dozen others of the same stripe, by
betting small sums with them, and quietly
posting our people at the polls of the fact.
His Ingenious mode of making reprisals
becoming noised abroad, excited good
deal Of amusement on our side, but the enc
my felt very sore over it,
THE CROWD AT THE NEWsPAPER OFFICES.
The scene about the newspaper Offices
last night was one of greater excitement
than has been witnessed in this city for
more than twenty years. The Copperheads
took their place III the publication Office of
the Tribune very soon after the closing of
the polls, and waited anxiously for the city
returns, and as district after district was
announced, upwent great cheers and ells
as only Cops can give. As they monoPo-
lized all the space, there was very little
chance for Union men to even listen edge
wise. much less to speak. By ten O'Clock,
the City returns for Presidential vote haV-
| ing been completed, the tone of the vocif-
orators became somewhat subdued. and as
the figures began to come in from Mary
land, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Connecticut
and other States, groans took the place OF
cheers. At this point the character of the
crowd began to change; Copperheads gave
| place to respectable citizens who had a
very lively time cheering for the tremen-
dous Union msjorities as they rushed IN
like a mighty torrent.
The praises of General Bntler were in
every mouth, and the general conclusion
was that no tongue nor pen could have
described the scene which would have Ia
ken place had the government not taken
the precautionary measure OF sending
sufficient force to suppress any disturbance
which might be. attempted. Strong men
who had misgiVings week ago, and who
| feared that there would scarcely be 3
chance even to get within seeing distance
of the polls, felt strengthened by General
Buffers order aud presence. The enthu-
siasm of the much disappointed "triends"
of Seymour who met around the newsPs-
per offices last night, was expressed in
sentences of the most revolutionary spirit,
and indicated the character of the teach
ing which they have had for months. Tam
many Hall had it's transparency illumina.
ted, but beyond that there was little light
Midnight exhausted the efforts of the
Copperheads to make themselves believe
that they were exclusively the body poll
tic, and they began to realize that there
were some things which could be done
outside the precincts of "Sons of Liberty"
lodges. The World. long before the city
returns for the Presidential vote had been
completed, bulletiued the fact that Nc
Olelian had carried the city by $4,000
This was soon reduced to the proper fig
ures, and all the calculations of the Cop
perheads were efFectually demolished
Their hope of carrying the State hung up
on anything over 40. OOe in the city; this
gone, they became spiteful 4snd hoarse in
proportion. They continued to get boar.
ser, and left the ground with their pedal
powers in much better order than their
vocal. The outside news was too eXhilar-
atiug and patriotic for them to enjoy, so
they left, or, at least dwindled down to
very Insignificant numbers to look for
those regions duly protected by General
Buffers gunboats.