The New York herald., 1872-07-11
NEW YORK HERALD THURSDAY JULY H. l872-TRIPLR SHEET

cary uniform, gazing stoidly upon his busy rival;
the big sad eyes Of Abraham Lincoln looked soemniy
down upon him from another wall, while the marble
bust of his youthful hero, Harry Clay, among the
dusty papers on top Of the bookcase, seemed even,
the destinies Of his early champion.
The morning passed quietly. Twelve O'Clock
same few friends dropped In and inquired Of
"ARR YOU NOMINATED YETI
| To all these the Sage responded with SMILE ~
himself again his writing, talking pleasantly
| even while his pen was caraconng over the paper.
or mpatence f Ds W. Whatever At hapast It twelve
Mr.. Horton entered the pariors hurriedly. Mr..
Greeley was then alone with ms secretary the vsi-
tors having dropped out one Dy one
| THE FIRST NEWS.
'Mr. Greeley,n said Mr.. Horton, ''have you re-
| ceived the news OF your nomination ~
mo" replied the Philosopher, looking up
blandly.
"Why, here is the despatch" And he handed the
old gentleman the following telegram
BALTIMORE, July 10. 1872
Greeley nominated by large majority.
| THE IMPERTURBABLE SAGE
read the lines without visible emotion. great
party Of the Union had united with another great
party TO make him their choice for the Chief Mags-
tracy OF the nation. Extremes OF all parties and
sections OF the URion-the hot ex.rebes OF the
South and the rabid abolitionsts OF the North the
men who represent twenty millions and more of
the varied sentiment OF the country, men who had
been political enemies on the stump and In the
| Senate. men who had met In bloody conflict ON the
| battle fields OF the civil war, men who had owned
| slaves, and men who had been slaves-had met in
had shaken hands across the bloody chasm and
chosen Horace Greeley as their exponent and
him. the wonderful significance of this political rev.
OlutiOn of which he was the pivot, must have shot
athwart his mind with bewiderfng suggestions;
but his chubby face, with its child-like beauty, re-
manned as calm and unmoved as II the Importance
Of the event had not disturbed his mind at all. He
read the despatch over remarked "Yes," and re-
spatches followed.
MORE DISPATCHES.
One dated Baltimore, IL A. NJ, read as fOOws:-
and four votes blank. A. twohirds majority already
"'~ p"'' wHiTEIAw REID
REMEMBERING THE HOME FOLKS
The mind of the great Sage now reverted to his
home folks There were two daughters and an in
valid wife at home who would be interested in this
matter. He at once wrote the following despatch
to his daughter Ida, at Chappaqua, the future
hostess OF the White House, that looms SO pro-
misingy before the eyes OF the hero:-
TO d IDA L. GREELEY, GRE Chappagua, Harlem Railroad -
mousy ON the second ballot HoRAcE GREELEY
PUZZLED OPERATOR.
He paid his money for the transmission of this
message, and O'Dwyer took 1t to the telegraph
office at the Fifth Avenue. The telegraph operator
sides and made couple Of staegefs at reacng adm it,
but he could not even make out the name to
which it was addressed. He thought O'Dwyer was
playing joke on him, but that gentleman finally
copied it for him and pOcketed the original.
THE VISITORS
delayed calling on the nominee. Most OF his
strong adherents were at Baltimore, and those
who were here did not know that he was at the
Club C0Dne Crisp Colonel
Tarrytown Military Institute; Daniel G. Birdsall,
Jasper W. Johnson, John A: Graham, J. L. Clinton,
Others finally dropped in In groups and grasped the
hand Of the old gentleman.
"Mr. Greeley" said Professor Jackson, who has
made number of admirable speeches for Greeley
IN Westchester ~ beg to congratulate you on what
The philosopher gasped little at the prospect
thus boldly presented to him, but did not by any
means seem to think the Professor had overstated
the case.
To Archie Bliss he said 'Well, Mr.. Bliss, Brook
lyn mnst give us a handsome majority now."
ave will give at least thirty thOusand,n responded
Bliss.
ANOTHER DESPATCH
came, as fOllOws:-
Stevenson of Kentucky, s; blank, Is. ' ' ''''
"Well," said the Sage, on reading this, "that
don't look like very strong opposition, does it w
COLONEL CRISP,
the ex-rebe, tall, heavy built round-faced black
eyed man, with fine head, broad shoulders, hearty
voice, crispy mode OF speech and strong person
allty, who attempted to get into Mexico
with sshelby's brigade Of Missourians
the Philosopher, "Well, I'm glad Baltimore has
nominated you, Mr.. Greeley, but with out in Mis-
We don't Know Republicans IS and democrats out
there. We know only radicalism and liberalism
our state mas Sunered under one and been re-en-
francisco under the other. We would have given
20, 900 to Cincinnati, anyhow"
AUGUSTUS sCHELLs DESPATCH.
Mr.. Birdsall received the following telegram,
which he showed to Mr. Greeley:-
Of AZ Ga nne votes for Greeley h9se nns for
DooLITTLE's SPEECH.
81 think Doolitte's speech was one of the strong
est that l ever read," said MFR. Greeley to one OF
the visitors.
The gentlemen had all filed out finally, although
the rain was falling heavily Some stood on the
stOOp and discussed the weather and the prospects,
Others started OIL, with or without umbrellas, but
the great nominee turned again to his epistOary
work while the darkness OF the cloudy weather
outside shadOwed the room, and the face of Grant
in the corner looked more stolidy and the lightess
eyes of Henry Clay more kindly in the deepening
shadows upon his venerable head, and bent steadily
over his work at the sidebOard.
At hafpast five O'Clock the Philosopher betOOk
himself to the st. Cloud HOTEL where he passed the
night.
AT THE GLENHAM HEADQUARTERS
everything was unusually quiet A number OF vis-
tors called, among them John A. Graham, of New
York; John Mack, OF Fifth avenues Daniel d. Dud-
ley, Daniel c. Brdsall, Thomas H. Lawrence, Pierre
0dn, Of White Plains; Professor jackson, Colonel
Clinton, General Kane, of Kane, Pa; Samuel Sin
clair, and eX-Judge +. J. Fithan.
AN Ex-vICE PRESIDENT ON GREELEY.
John {; Brecklnrldge, late Vice President OF the
tary Of War; was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel when
the OF the nomination came. He
looks considerably older than he did during
splendid specimen of the Kentucky stock from
which he sprang. He expressed himself to num-
Der of friends as devoted to the cause of Greeley
THE CoLoRED SENTIMENT.
The coored steward Of the Blossom Club was
delighted at the Greeley nomination, and hoisted
the flag without waiting to consult with more
than one or two of the members
THE RETURN OF THE DELEGATES.
Colonel Ethan Allan and the headquarters men
who went to Baltimore returned quite jubilant last