The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-06
THE NIGHT IN THE CITY.

The Scenes mt the Herald Building.
The excitement by nightfa had increased. 1nnu-
merable rumors were aHoat concerning the probable
result Of the days work throughout the city, and par
sans were stoutly maintaining the claims Of their
respective candidates The night offered scenes
OF the most remarkable nature The Interested
crowds who had desire TO learn the result
Of the days work throughout the State trooped
in great numbers toward the HERALD Office.
Long before the hour at which the first returns
expected to the broad plaza In front Of the
office 1ocked with human bcinss, each eager to
learn the result Of the days contest There wero
brawny mechanics with their work stained clothes and
hands hardened with toll, naty clerks excited NOR
chants OF all classes gathered at the point Of
interest whence from all parts Of the world
is disseminated. As tho returns Of tho election camo
in the cheers OF the multitude broke out in
volume that rent the air, and sent up notes that
made the wekin ring In behalf Of favorite candi-
dates The local ticket caused the greatest excitement
owing to the great interest taken by the people IN Inc
affairs going on a00ut them The crush oil people IN
front OF the HsRALD ofce was very great There was
surgng crowds Hea oil heads succession Of swelling
huzzas that gave the TO wild excitement and let
loose the Of nrth and wild jubilaion over The
pecve result The stages found great difficulty in passing
through the living They crawiod along cautiously,
feeling their through the swaying disabled
ship numbers along without lis This continued
Tor short time daring the early part Of the evening,
nn, the crowd d eager became too great to allow
tho passage Of vehicles when they turned aside
and passed the side Streets followed with boots
and leers from the outskirts OF the crowd.
The HERALD displayed its bulletins on the Broad
way front, within full view OF all, and from tho
Asior House the dare OF calcium light cast fairly
upon its front, illuminating brightly the returns
As figures down. marking tho majortes Tor
different wards cheer cheer went up from the surg
ing ,hrong bcsiegipg the Office doors The wards
especially favored this respect. Sbriexs yes
hoos hows whistles, hurfahs rent the air OF the
tumn night for the .sboody SIXTH" tne Seventeenth
and other slronghods the results OF thor
victories in and toe favorable news from the
state made itself manifest the illuminated bulletin
the enthusiasm grew more powerful and the surging
Wild greetings Of the crowd became more and more
unrestrained.
The sceae really enchanting from prominent point
plaza bounded Vesey Barclay aud Fulton streets
while the City Hall Park, with its countless hundreds
made fairy like In the extreme fhe white picturesque
walls of the HERALD with here and there its dinmed
lights in comparison with the more flaming calcium
brought boldly tho anxious parties the background
OF skeleton trees their leancss extending to the
moon-lit sky above, all rendering more fairy like the
general scene.
In tina interval OF returns the crowds-th ousands In
numbors-surged like waves OF angry into tho
publication olico OF the HERALD and vanity will be
forgiven when IL Is motel that the CALCULATIONS OF the
masses yated than, with tho many returns shown
throughout the city, the HsRALD's were more CON-
plets, and, consequently, more satisfactory than any
received IN the city.
And thus night gave way 10 the gray shadows Of
the morning. countless thousands that composed tile
crowd sill continued around the centre Of news aud
only satisfaction OF radical defeats and tired nature
caused their involuntary departure.