Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-25
BALLOT the seventh -Closisg scenes
and Incidents Of the senatorial

and Incidents Of tme oennsOr11A
Contest, 10 3f!aif
From tho Rep ublican Banner Of the 2Sd.] yn'
From our report Of the proceedings of
the General Assembly, 10 joint conven-
ton Yesterday, It will be seen that Hon.
Henry Cooper, State Senator from the
district CON posed Of Davidson county,
was elected 10 the United States Senate
for term of six. years from March 4.
1871, to succeed Hon. Joseph s. Fowler,
the present incumbent.
THE ELECTION.
Twelve o'clock was the time set for
the reassem bling of the convention pur-
susut to adjournment last Thursday. Be-
fore that hour had arrived the galleries
and lobby ofthe Hall Of Representatives
we're throneed with an sssemblage eager
to witness the final scenes of perhaps
the most memorable contest that ever
occurred in the history of Tennessee. An
ex President of the United States, who du-
ring his administration, attracted larger
share of the worlds attention than any
other living man. sgainst-whom2 There
was the rub-fhere the sllabsorbing in
terest of the occasion. With ell his po-
litical prestige, the morale of hitherto
uninterrupted success and the advantage
of having received on the preceding day |
a support which lacked but four votes to |
insure bis clection-where was the David |
to meet this GOLIATH The uncertainty |
of the contest, the fact that the pro-
eramme Of the opposition to Andrew
johnson was not even so much as sus- |
pected by his adhereuts, naturally tended
TO concentrate the attention of the spec
tators on the exciting political drama
which was about to be enacted below. |
And until the result was declared, breath
less silepee rsigped throughout the vast
The feelings which moved
the breasts of those present were too
deep for words or the mere gossip Of the
hour. 1t was only from the resIless move
ments, quick glsnces, 'earnest whisper
ings and significant GESTURES Of the chief
actors that one could understand how the
seventh was likely to be the decisive bal
lot. At isst came the announcement OF
the vote Henry Cooper IS, Andrew
johnson 5l--and then there burst forth
such shout of exultation as never be-
fore shook the walls Of our noble Capitol.
One of the audience, utterly unable to
control his snthssissa,, LAUNCHED his hat
from the gallery into the center Of the
Hall. If be has failed TO recover the tile,
be may call at the Banner Office and
10 pply himself from quite an assortment
kiadly presented to Us in honor Of the
result. Then, forth from the Hall and
down Capital Hill streamed the living
Iide-most of them sattfed that the will
Of the people had been accomplished,
some Of them sore at defeat But the
hing is over With. aad grand old Ten
nessee is, thank God, the gainsr thereby.
But an hour or so after bis election,
United States Senator Cooper received q
dated from Wall street, New
FORK, congrstalating nat him, but Ten
,eseee upon the result. As such, We nc.
,ept the omen. aud may The future of our
state credit more than justify the san
mine anticipstious thus INDUCED.
Our ubiquitous reporters ascertained
between the close of the last ballot of
and niehfalI lbat the opposi-
ion were bent on concentration upon
ous que Of f tho essaa candidates mentioned,
md also disooyered the trail Of an i'm
,rovised rendezvous Of No 3. under the
'ospitsble root OF the venerable Battle,
II the City doiel-iine immemoriai, the
Of the faithful in the
I'D days OF wing successes ana
|efeats, This chamber was packed
Nth members OF The General Assembly,
everal eminent gentlemen, hitherto
mentioned ia connseiion With The hens-
orial succession, and many OF the shlest,