The New York herald., 1872-11-06
THE PRESIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS.

Scenes 1T Grant Republican, Liberal
Republican and National Democratic
Observation-Disclosures Sorrow, Great
joy, Great Fun and Great Folly-Thc
National Democratic Headquarters.
Bright and early Mr.. Tony Gallagher, from
the Seventh ward, Secretary ofthe National
Democratic Committee, of which Mr.. Augustus
Sche is chairman, assembled himself at his
headquarters on the first floor Of the Spingler
House. Anthony was hopeful Of an overwhem-
ing success for the democraticparty. The success
OF all its candidates in the city he was ready to
make afidavit to; that Herman 4 Co. would carry
the state he had not the least doubt, and he
scoRNED THE NsINUATI0N
that Greeley would not be elected President OF the
United States by a tidy majority He hugged this
comforting prospect and enjoyed 1t all alone by
himself until the HERALD reporter broke in upon
his meditations and then he lightened his manly
breast of q portion Of its delightful weight
Dy confdentially allowing the reporter
to share his grand secret. About eleven
O'Clock A. M. he was further relieved
by the entrance OF a number OF friends OF .'the
cause, 'headed by the well-known curly front OF
George NJ Sanders, and tailed Off by mid-looking
gentleman named Lewis, from Philadelphia. To
them Tony impaired his Impressions, and was
rewarded by Mr.. Lewis--who is a liberal repub-
lcan--expressing his doubts as to the
FIDELITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
in the present crisis. "Ho0tl' exclaimed Tony;
''f 1t only depends on tine democrats we're sure to
the example OF this great State OF New York to.
day" About one O'Clock, Augustus Schell
aay the s Place mas visited @e
siderable number of leading politicians, who
entered quietly and hopeessly, and so departed.
turns and dispatches began to come in, crawling
hopefully at first, increasing less promsingly and
finally rushing in even more hurriedly than bad
FACES BEGAN TO GROW BLANK
and lugubrious, the corners Of various Interested
mouths dropped dreadfully, until, about nine
O'Clock, neither Mr.. Gallagher nor hts chief, Mr..
Schell felt able to announce the sad news
corners were then directed to proceed at
once to the Cooper Institute, Tammany
Hall or some other centre OF intelligence where the
feelings OF neither Schell nor Gallagher would be
hurt by unwelc0me announcements and where the
democratic knell might be sounded without grating
on the ears OF the democratic CHIEF ana MS faithful
stan officers.
The Liberal Republican Headquarters.
The HERALD man called at the Liberal Republi-
can Greeley Headquarters. at tho Glenham, about
eleven O'Clock A. NJ yesterday. Mr. Evarts, the
secretary, sat at the head OF q long empty table
chatting cheerfuly to few surrounding hangers
on. There was nothing on the table but profuson
OF ink stains, and nothing in the room but another
table and a few chairs. The whole place mad been
cLEARAp FOR ACTION
for the evening" Throughout the day the place
was as deserted as q graveyard, except when one
or two loncsomc-looking 'liberals' came in to
shake hands over the bloody chasm which Louisiana
was said to have made In the line OF
Grants march to universal success. In the
evening came Colonel Ethan Allen, who was soon
surrounded by an immense crowd OF desperate but
half hopeful liberals craving madly ior consolatory
scraps OF news. Allen was In sublime "hx,r but
1t must be confessed he was equal to the occasion.
He laughed ike man VINO was winning all before
him, and he ghtened his labors and avoided an
swering unpleasant and inopportune questions by
encouraging excited -
AFTER-DINNER sYMPATHIzERS
to make speeches, which he turned into great fun.
Very funny speeches most Of them were. and very
loudly Colonel Alien and his friends laughed at
them; but the cool observer could easily see that
The laughter there. like light on graves
Had rank cold hearts beneath H.
Later In the evening the dreadful truth broke in
upon even the most persstentiy hopeful that the
day was irrcsrcyaby los', that liberal ycpub-
ucanism was doomed. democracy buried and the