The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-11-17
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ul&phich 70 The gfio0nt non ba-
lena says After dcpositing hls vote
fJr congressional and state candidates,
Gon Grant went 10 TIE House oi +, h.
Washburue, where arrangements had
been made 20 receive the tclegraphic
returns The Grst report Was from J.
& BIaino Maine pledged thirty thoa-
sand majority, and she has kvpt her
faith The next announcement was
received from Wm c. Chandler,
that New Hampshire had gone Repub-
ican BY at least Eve thousand majority.
soon reports came IN thick and fast
from all parts Of the country, but as
yet they are varying Many Of the
friends Of Gen Grant eamo in anxious
to hear the news. Much sport was
made by the General, who bad written
ont an estimate Of the majorities for
either candidate in the different states
several days before. This he allowed
no one to see except as each state was
compared with his estimate, and in
nearly every case be proved a prophet.
The two states FIRST named gave exact
ly the majorities he had predicted, and
the Presidential candidate seemed
much more pleased at his political sa-
gacity than at his success. Indeed du-
ring the evening he menifested neither
anxiety or elation, while every one else
was excited as the returns came in
The inevitable cigar was as indispen-
sable as ever, and the calm which he
displayed at Vicksburg and at Appo-
matox was as conspicuous as if he had
still been at the head of a million sol
diers.
"Galena, which had always been
strongly democratic, and had given
Mcclellan a majority Of 120 in 1864,
was announced as having gone for
Grant by majority Of nine, at the
very moment when dispatches came in
proclaiming Republican gain in Sey-
mour's own Deerfeld When Connec-
ticut was certain for the Union, the
whole room, Grant only excepted, ap-
plauded, but soon the General was
doomed to disappointment. He had
calculated on $4,000 majority in Mass
achusetts, but the old Bay State was
announced as giving him $4,000 major
ity, and he acknowledged the error in
his calculations As the evening wore
away, the success Of the Republicans
in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana be-
came sure. Messages from Grow and
Colfax declared that all doubt about
these States was past Every New
England State was now certain.
michigan and California came into
line, the Pacific coast responding to
the Atlantic and the lakes, and West
Virginia, with an unexpectedly large
majority, took her place, while Nevada
and Nebraska reached across the
Rocky Mountains, hailing the Allegha-
MES. Bands OF music saluted the VIC
tor from the street; fireworks illumina-
ted the the neighborhood, and cannon
announced the peaceful victory for
Grant. But Grant was still as calm
and imperturbable as ever. His ad-
Lerents were elated. but his equanimi-
ty was undisturbed At length word
was brought that North Carolina was
loyal once more, the first southern state
that had voted since 1860. The room
was crowded with Congressman, judges,
town and county politicians, army Off
GERS, reporters, all apparently more
eager than the man on whose account
they were gathered.
While they compared the returns,
and fingered TO receive more, dis
patch arrived from Petroleum V. Mas
by, who forwarded his resignation as
postmaster, and announced that he had
gone into the gaocery business After
this the torrent OF news and congratu-
lations was incessant, interrupts only
by the comments of the little party, but
more than the requisite number Of cleo
toral votes was now secure, and by de-
grees the citizens dropped away, and
little after midnight the President elect
Of the United States retired from the
scene of his latest triumph as modestly
as he had left the little house at Apo
mattox, where four years ago he receiv-
ed the previous surrender Of the enc
mics Of his country"
WHAT AN ALDERsET Cow CAs Do In
the last ten days Of October. four lbs.