Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-20
How General Grant Received tine News
or His Election.

A special to New York exchange from
Galena saysi
After depositing his vote for Congress
sional and State candidates, General Grant
went the house of 4. B. .Washburne, where
arrangements had been made to receive
the telegraphic returns. The first report
was from j. G.. Blaine-%i Maine pledged
thirty thousand majority, and she has
kept her faith.' The next announcement
was received from VIM. L. Chandler, that
New Hampshire had gone Republican by
at least five thousand majority. Soon re-
ports came in thick and fast from all parts
ofthe country, but as yet they are varying.
Many Of the friends of General Grant
came in, anxious to hear the news. Much
sport was made by the General who had
written GUITAR estimate of the majorlties
for either candidates, in the different States
several days before. This be allowed no
one to see except as each State was COM
pared with his estimate, and in nearly
every case he proved a prophet. The
two States first named gave exactly the
majorities he had predicted, and the Pres
ideptiAl candidate seemed much more
pleased at his political sagacity than at his
success, Indeed, during, the evening he
manifested neither anxiety nor elation,
ONOAJ VA0 ClbO was CAClbGNsd6 LIO
returns came in. The inevitable cigar
was as indispensable as ever, and the
calm which he had displayed at Vicks.
burg and at Appomatt6x was as conspic.
uous as If he had still been at the head of
million soldiers. q
"Galena, which had almost always been
strongly Democratic, and had given Nc
Clellan majority Of 100 in 1854, was an.
nounced as having gone for Grant by a
majority of nine, at the very moment
when dispatches came In proclaiming a
Republican gain In Seymour's own Deer
field. When Connecticut was certain for
the Union, the whole loom, Grant only
excepted, applauded, but soon the General
was doomed 10 disappointment. He
had calculated on $4,000 majority In Mas.
sachusetts, but the old Bay State was an
nounced as giving him $4,000 majority,
and he acknowledged the error in his cal
culsions. As the evening wore away,
the success of the Republicans In Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and Indiana became sure
Messages from Grow and Colfax declared
that all doubt about these States was past.
Every New England State, was now GER
Michigan and California came into line,
the Pacific coast responding to the Allan
tio and the lakes, and West Virginia, with
an unexpected large majority, took her
place, while Nevada and Nebraska reached
across the Rocky Mountains, hailing the
Alleghanies. Bands of music saluted the
victor from the streets fireworks illumi-
mated the neighborhoOd, and cannon an
nounced the peaceful victory of Grant
But Grant was still as calm and impertur-
bable. as ever. His adherents were elated,
but his equhnimity was tndisturbedg At
length word was brought that North Car.
olina was loyal once more, the first South
ern State that had voted since 1850. The
room was crowded with Congressman,
Judges, town and county politicians, army
officers, reporters, all apparently more
eager than the man on whose account they
were gathered - No I Ctcf1 =
"While they compared the returns, and
fingered to oreceive more, a adispatch arrived
from Petroleum V. Nasby, who Forwarded
his resignation as postmaster, and an
nQunced that he had gone into the grocery
business Amer this the torrent OF news
and congratulations was mcessant, inter-
rupted only by the comments Of the little
party, but more than the requisite number
of electoral votes was now secure, and by
degrees the citizens dropped away, and
little after midnight the President elect of
the United States retired from the scene
of his latest triumph as rnodestly as he had
left the little house at Appomattox, where
four years ago he received the previous
surrender OF the enemies Of his country"
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