The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-05
THE VICTORS.
How They Received the News-General
Grant

How They Received the News-Generai
Grant.
GAIENA, ILL.,, Nov. AFTER dPpositing his
vote Tor Congressional and Stae candidates,
this atterL oon, General Grant went to tue house
of the bon. E. b. Washburne, wnere arrange
mcnts had been made to receive the teleeraphlc
returns. The first report was from the II N. j.
G. Blaine-"MaiDe pledged thirty thousand ma.
jority, and she has kept her faith" The next
announce ment was received from the hon. VIII
liam y. Chandler that New Hampshire had
gone Republican by at least i've thousa1
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
General Grant came in, an Xious to hear tue
news. Much sport was made by the General,
Who had written out an estimate Of the maiori-
ties for either candidate IN the different States
several days before. This he allo we'd no one to
see except as each slate was compared with h,s
estimate, and in nearly every case he proved a
prophet The two States first named gave eX-
actIy the majorities ne had predicted aud the Pre-
sldtntal candidate seemed much more pleased at
bis political sagacty than at his success. In
deed, during the evening he manifested heither
anxiety nor elation, while every one else was
excited as the changing returns came IN. The
"Ineyitable cigar" was indispensable as ever,
and the calm which he had displayed az V,cSs
burg AND al Appomattox was as conspicuous As
II lie had still been at the head of u million SOL
dieIs. GaleDa, which ha almost al Iavs been
strongly Democratic, and had gwen Mcclellan
ajOrIty OF l20 there in 1864, was announced a.
having gone tor Giant by majority CT nine at
The very moment when despat ;hes came 10
proclalmlng a Republican gam in Be, mours
own Deer1eld. When Connecticut was GER
tain for the Union, the whole room. Grant
only excepted, applanded, but soon the General
was doomed TO a disappointment. He had
calculated on $4,000 major ty in Massachusetts,,
but Il e Old bay S,ate was announced as ewing
him 75,0C0 majority, and he ackno 1ledged the
error III his ca culati ms. As the evening wore
away the succe 3 of the Republicans in Penn
sylyanis, Ohio, and lDolana became sue.
Messages from Grow and ColtaX declared tnat
all doubt about these Safes was past. Every
New England S ATE was no v certain.
Michigan and California came into line, the
Pacific coast responding 10 the Atlantic aud the
lakes, and West Virginia. with an Unexpectedly
lblge majority. took her place, while NeVa14
and Nebra ka reached across The Rocky Noun
talus, hail ng the A'leghenies. Bands of music
salnted the victor from the streets; fire works
lllum mated the neighborhood, anl cannoa
announced the peaceful victory of Grant Bat
Grant was slill as calm and imperturbable as
ever. His adherenis were elatei but his equa-
nimity was undlsturbed. At length word was
brought that North Carolina was loyal once
more the first Southern State that had vo ed
SINCE 1861. The room was crowded with
CoDeressmen, judges, town a1d Country poltl-
clans, aimy officers, reporters, all apparently
more eager than the man on Whose account
they were gathered. When they compared
the returns, and fingered to re. Give more, a
despatch arrived from Petroleum V. Nasty, who
for~ arded his resignation as Pc ,imaster, and
announced that he had gone into the grocery
congratulations was iDcessant, interrup ed only
by the comments OF the little party, but more
than the requisite number OF electoral votes
was now secure, and bv degrees the citizens
dropped away. and little alter midnight the
President elect of the United States retret from
The scene OF his latest triumph as modestly as he
had lett the little house al Appomattox, where
four years ago he received the previous surrender
OF the enemies of his country,
MIR. COlfax.
SoUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 4-As soon as returns
announced II gain for Grant aud ColfaX IN
South Bend, ColaXs home, over the OCTOBER
vote, the people crowded into the Court House,
where the returns were to be read, and Mr..
ColiaX ard his step'ather, with few OF his llfe.
long friends from the days of his boyhoo1,
among them j. II. Harper, 9. NJ. Heaton, Wd-
liam Miller, and George MIlburu, went to tue
depot, where three operators were soon at work
receiving on SIX wires OF the Western Unlon
Telegraph Company the news that poured
Union, which was copied and sent down
10 the thIonged Court House By O'Clock
the fact that the triumph was evea more over
fest, and by 10 o'clock his to Insmru insisted on
his coming 10 the Court House TO see ho happy
they felt. Arriving there, the whole audience
rose and gave vent 10 continued cheers, tbro v
ing 10 their ha 8, and repeating loud and loug,
and IL was with fhculty that order was restore.
so that be could be heard in return for their
enthusiastic congIatn aions. During his remarSs
he was frequently interrupted by most eXu berant
aud Iapiurout applause, AS soon as this pro-
longed. repea' ed, and enthusiastic cneerlng was
quu ted down. Mr.. ColaX addressed them briefly
~ subs auce as tUlloas:-He said that ihe,r
happy faces showed how joyous they we're ut
the mapnlhcent v'c'orv that had been won for
the right to-day, but he could not but remem
Der that there we're others lar haDoer. The
sorely tried Union men Of the South, subjec ed
10 outrage, to insult, and to murderous assaults,
had felt that their only hope of protection was
in his commanding decision of the people. This
victory meant peace for every mau in every
IN ms fart
and strength tor the weak The unlocking
world too. would uuders'snd by this decision
that LOYALTY was 10 be trium Dhant South as we'll
as North, and uurepentaut traitors would under
stand that the sacrifices made to crush The spirit
of treason and the blood shed by over three
hundred thousand martyred soldiers were not
TO be in vain. He said the party which
had been thus overWhelmed by the
indignant people would need new leaders aud
new principles before they could attempt an.
other campaign, and they would not be likely
sain to employ Wade Ham mpton to write their
platform or VAllandigham to nominate their
Presidential ticket. He closed with an express
a. "A. .ur-s