The New York herald., 1868-05-17
THE FEELING IN NEW YORK.

How the News Was Received-'The RAIDS and
Their MOurning-.Jubilee and General Joy.
II a "carpet bagger," intent upon finding In this
great city of constitutional objection to popu-
lar ebullitons, were to have plodded his weary way
along any Of the prominent thoroughfares OF Gotham
yesterday afternoon about one and half O'Clock
sharp, by City Hall time he would doubt have felt
within his unctious soul longing deep and earnest
for ''home sweet home" far away from the screech-
ing of urchins yet In hobbledehoyhood and the
shoutings OF joyful men, who made the
air resOund with yellings that climaxed with
groan for any man who would
take spoons with other folks upon them, and
then want to impeach porty tailor, who was sound
on the goose OF the constitution. 1t would not only
have 'scarfed" carpet baggers, the scene in our
streets when the glorious news was shot over
hundred thousand wires:--'The President Is ac-
qtted;" but even the old women in Printing House
square, who keep their precious sentiments inside
Freedmans Bureau wrapped up in clothes OF
twaddle were at loss how to act, what to say,
where to CO. though feeling certain where they
should be sent II somebody had his Sunday morning
due.
WAITING FOR THE VERDICT.
During the entire forenoon there was mysterious
something or other in the atmosphere of the city,
that denoted on everybody's part nervous and
irrepressible feeling Of "what might bel as Jean
1ngelow perhaps would say; an aspect every face
that fitted by you in the restaurants, at the street
crossings and on the cars, OF indescribabe uneasi
ness and uncertainty, and when st. Paul's toned out
the ominous tone" there seemed TO be but one OBJ
jective point to which every footstep turned-the
newspaper bulletins. II was then that the war; with
is ever recurring incidents Of eager gatherings hud
died about the HERALD Office doors-the anxious in
quiries, the gaddened looks Of the many as the eager
crowd espied in lines OF black ground of white the
story Of great victory won for the Union-were all
forciby brought to ones mind, particularly when
the small boy with the bulletin pacards hove In
sight, ali nushed in face and trembling with secret
delight at the mere idea that he was to act so impor
tant part In public as the hosting up OF the
good news that had already over the wires sounded
the death kne or radicalism and the destruction OF
its most cherished stronghold As he drew near the
crowds grew denser and the eager questions were
more In number. But the small boy knew his i'm
ieisurely to work. Before the four corners OF the
paper had touched the board with their sticky faces
dren in New York had been LET loose for days
romp, free from parental control.
THE VERDICT KNOWN.
Tnere was no mstakinR the voices OF the ever ex-
tant newsboys and the crowd split into pieces a. II
rent asunder by thunderbolt, and the "extras-
were grabbed up like hot cakes And the hearty
cheers that went up from many throats re-echoed
among the housetops and along the TIL the in
lection seemed to take hold Of every passer by and
the udings OF victory were passed from mouth
to mouth and repassed again and again until, like
the nash OF apOwder train, the news spread far
and wide over the whole city that the Senate had
been true TO the constitution, and the days
OF JacOblnism had been numbered
THE "RADs'' IN MOURNING.
While the utmost enthusiasm prevailed about the
HRRALD ONCE and wherever the news had reached
the ear OF men not lost to honor and salvation there
was q long-faced company In the Tribune office
mourning over the sp0ils that ought to have been
but were not, the neshpOts that were to have been
but couldn't be, and the Wade-ing into office that
was so hoped for but 40 lost 10 hope and Jacob
inical prayer. They assembled together, did the
melancholy crowd, like rats that had got
Q suddenly severe wetting, and tried to
keep warmth In their poor bodies and their
courage fresh by hudding, each looking
upon the other, as II waiting to see who would COM
mence the cry that the others might follow suit but
each afraid to begin, fearful Of being called
TRAITOR 70 his party" Indeed one OF the reporters,
who doee not like TO be called good looking and
despises ugly men from the bottom OF his heart,
stood IN corner OF the counting room sucking his
thumb, and mutterng In broken sentences that there
was something rotten In washington or that
rebel lying scoundrelr Of an operator had sent over
the wires IAN unmitigated copperhead lie'-that
was II, IAN unmitigatcd copperhead lie" And
everybody IN the room looked at everybody else
and smiled-oh such q smilel-and shook hands
and repeated slowly deliberately, Loyalty, an un-
mtgated copperhead lie." And about the bulletin
ct the door, bulletin that Waa nearly seven inches