The New York herald., 1871-11-08

jubilant throng retired their places wore nlled b
the eager hundreds who crowded the entrance and
"A ssSs S'as spos N ns.s :ur s gen
3 BODY was ~ Inc Ssppiest humor: ana ssranssis
ceedlngly free and easy style, and more than one
entertained his neighDor and all about MIN WIN i
all productive OF good nature and better acquaint.
smce. sa ana 50 the night passed away tysrscal WIsn
anS srsas was s ussas s q q 9'
Il was great occasion for the Finh Avenue gather,
Ing, ana wnen morning called them one ana vi W
their homes surging crowd and thousand ttiroats
Droke into Q succession OF swelling huzzas tnat
result.
AT THE METROPOLITAN.
Inc lights burned as brilliantly In hall and saloon
OF this vast motel their wont night after night;
but there was an air OF loneliness upon everything
naker's dozen OF persons, persons evidently Of the kind
tnat SO late as Monday expected the election
didates. dropped In at intervals and, smokineyene
,aann menss .ner cigars slipped quietly to the te1ae
ss naS PLACED Wan
could thus obtain. There were no crlers
IN snit sleeves and without shirt collars. procailn-
ing the victories OF the party in power anxious for
with them had nearly lost its Intensity, and de-
preston had taken complete control Of their souls.
the the on 5 sss and 81
2 redeemed city, they were not wlil-
hS feeling ows %Us, 70 defeat ssd
tne gloom, some TO their homes and others to the
newspaper o1ices, where, when occasional returns
night hldeous until dawn ended tue chapter. An
uncomlor'aole place, indeed, was the Metropolitan
ho'el last nigh'.
Cnarley Stetson had prepared everything. The
telegraph operators had been talked 70 and asked
nnrl II fvrra, ntSrt1f
porlance. The crowd came sooner % tnan Si Char.
ley expected and long before the vote OF
his store OF wit and humor was taxed
10 Its utmost. His visitors just 0verfowed the big
room @ m under the rotanda; got on chairs and tables
the Jolly boy assure them that the returns would
aan9nnSed aan9'n prompt promptly ana fright up TO the
peculiar but on the whole il was 4 gen.
teel and highly respectable crowd. One or
archal looking fellows whose appearance male
one wonder where they had sprung from. Good
humor Iar jokes aud one or TWO decent speeches
and was announced. when the utterances of ioy
ana and, assurances iran Of good times coming boys,'
put ont IN .0e the oa aaa
seemed to be reformer. When word
afterwards was given them telling Of unexpected
maj0rltles the enthusiasm ecltcd OF an intense
nature, and Charley had more than once to call
iimc'' to 'get his wind" as he said, so numerous
compelled to answer. There was one eccentric Der.
son present He was battered gentleman, with o
considerable merriment by his efforts to speak,
and by the strong contrast OF his thin person
weak voice 20 the corpuence and exc' .ud
OF the presiding officer. The ; r,,ent lunes
was particular, becaus" -~sseYed pente,na an
and ,as ne SAi, s.ha han heen
subject - talked so mnch ahont thar
*. thes bis AUDITORS declared 1t 400
tnin." and told Rim to ''dry up'' and talk
he ultimately did. Hour after hour did the indom.
stable Step0n stand his ground, Or rather. stand
ms table and delight his auditory with the cheering
news from the city and State; and when, in itgni-
fed tones and grandiloquent style, he assured them
that the city would eight init Sige' for the coming
two years. q yell went up tnat made the old Astor
shake to its foundations.