Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-11-16
THE NEW YORK ELECTION
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF TUES
DAYS GREAT BATTLE.
Opinions of the Leading News
papers.
WHAT THE VICTORY OF THE PEOPLE
MEANS.
Peter B. Sweeney, the Brains Of the Ring,
Shrinks from has FeElo,o Thaeues.
SCENES AT THE NEWSPAPER OFFICES.

SCENES AT THE NEWSPAPER OFFICES.
From the Standard of Wednesday.
From the moment when it became ne
cessarv to invoke the aid of gas-light, the
daily newspapers, without exception, were
in state of blaze and visitation We can
call to mind no other election eXcitment
in New York which surpasses this one IN
the interest manifested around the offices
of the various journals Most of these,
as every one knows, are scattered along
Park Row, and around each and all, such
crowds were collected as rendered that
thoroughfare all but impossible. These
crowds began assembling very early in the
evening, and gradually and evenly aug
mented up to avery late hour. As rule
they were not disorderly. Indeed, when
the remark kable issues that were at stake
are taken into consideration, they were
singularly wanting in turbulency. 1t
would have been worth any stranger S
while to make the round of the newspa-
papers in order to familiarize himselfwith
the varieties of an American political
crowd More than one newspaper builG
ing was aglare with intensely brilliant re-
fiected lights, which permitted the returns
to be read by the expectant crowd, for the
distance of many yards. The Herald
made very brilliant display in this fash
ion Some had their fronts adorned with
Chinese lanterns and colured lights, which
produced snowy, picturesque and far
visible effect 1t may be pretty safely sta
ted that no one connected with IA daily
newspaper, from the editor-in-c n-chlef down
to the messenger, had a moments actual
rest Every manager found it necessary
to have his eye and hand upon halfa hun
dred different points, and to make his en-
tire corps tributary. lndctatigabie news
boys made the welkin ring with theil
shrill announcements, and the Gavrocht
of the press transacted quite an arduou.
work in his way as the more leisurely pro
prietor in his, net-worked by news ant
! inundated With friends and inquirers
4 Both the interior and exterior of the news
paper offices were in a state Of siege. Th'
desks and counters Of the business dcpal t
mcnts were assaulted, reporters were he
set, and raid WAS made upon every sane
tan Sdnct0rant that was at all accessible
Clerks were kept busy in printing the re
turns and the latest news, as soon as fe
ceivcd, and in posting them up i'll sight C
( the people. But the morsels thus vouch
safed appeared to only pique and provok
the appetite of the populace-an appetit
which the extras sold by the newsboy
failed 10 satisfy. From these remarks
which are but literal representation
the facts of the casc-it will be perceive
that no Journalists position was sin'
; cure last night. The general arrange
D ments for the instant and exact inform;
e ton of the public were as perfect as ci
: cumstances permitted them TO be. Fro
: an early hour last evening to midnigll
the Standard office was surrounded al
visited by hundreds of its readers and al
mirers, greedy to snap up the news, whic
4 it was among the first to spread befol
}, them.