The New York herald., 1873-11-05
THE HERALD'S STEREOPTICON.

An extremely large and ever-changing crowd OF
people was assembled In Madison square last night
to receive intelligence OF the results OF the election
from the HERALDs calcium light stereoptlcon bull
letin on the roof OF the building forming the angle
OF Broadway, Fifth avenue ana Twenty.third
street. For at least an hour before any returns
were displayed the broad sidewalks on the Fifth
Avenue Hotel side were lined with hundreds OF
people, all anxiously awaiting the news. Mean
time their curiosity was fed BY the exhibi-
tion OF hundreds OF illuminated and coored ad-
vertisements OF nearly every branch of business.
Then came the announcement ELECTION returns
momentarily expected and the anxiety was re-
neved for few moments and every face was
turned upward awaiting the next slide before the
lenses in the camera BY halfpast eight O'Clock
the telegraphic reports, direct from the HERALD
ofce by special wire, began to come in and every
body felt as though 1t was business" to keep their
eyes open. The crowds which had been lounging
in the vestbule OF the Fifth Avenue Hotel passed
the word into the reading and billiard rooms, and
In few moments the front portico and
sidewalks were so closely occupied by the throngs
that it was with extreme difficulty pedestrians
could pass along the three thoroughfares without
walking in the carriageways. on tue sidewalks
ABOUT MADISON SQUARE
and in the neutral points OF the Streets where the
thoroughiares diverge, crowds were gathered
also, and force OF police was brought on to the
cars and omnibuses The great branch oxygen
gas lamps at the angles OF the roadway formed
witt with y note ' books and and pencil In transferring
the retTTns' fn 50 ssa ssat they might roo be
night was fair and the atmosphere delicously soft
and agreeable, and thousands OF people we're out
promenading. The result that the throng
was never diminished, Tor as last as people lett
every position OF vantage new accessions
d.
vertsing slides were brought in 70 requisiton, and
at times the relation OF the advertisement to the
humorous in the extreme. There was none of the
DEAoNsTRArIvENEss IN THE AssEMBLAaE
ter from tne lower or downtown wards to read the
bulletins at the HERALD Building. On the con-
trary the depoprmeat q the mass od people sr Was
chants, lawyers, politicians and men-about-town
formed the majority OF the crowd. Hundreds OF
them were strangers from various parts OF the
Union, and the returns from other States were
posted the strangers, in scores OF instances, ex-
pressed their pleasure at being thus early sup
plied with Information Of the election from their
native States, and not lnirequenty from the towns
in which they resided. BY and by the crowd be-
came sr
ANXIOUS FOR NEW ExcITEMENTs, y
and they found them Id various ways.
eman Of group Of six 80 that the 1sa sds Se e.
tue stereoptlcon Will be an advertis' sment.n
sponSed %s ensFs sns suiss take time
the Eventng 7eegrana's ligh' .n!fr Cupid was bla-
zoned on the canvas disk Tnere was an instanta-
neoas n ng III .us nasn and the bulletin
son SOL" :.
"rm DONE. responded the challenger, as he saw
nc I 1sa -, his wager "Come let US 60 over here
anu 20 the cigars.n
ext came the picture OF piano, ana then Q
latter monopozed the canvas. Another nash,
and q sewing machine ana then watch with the
wheels In motion. bright glow sunused the can
vas, and with Il came the announcement "Bos-
ton.--Generai Banks Is elected to the state Sen.
ate.v Everybody thought
THE CAMERA OPERATOR
in his little dove cot on the apex OF the building
was wag when the next announcement recon-
River route Then came returns from y the lower
wards OF the city, showing the summaries OF the
canvass Of votes In the lower districts oil the city
County Clerk. At once the speculative minds in
the crowd went to work and made up their minds
that
RETURNS FROM DOWN TOWN
were not to be relied ON promising final results,
because, you know Walsh and Conner are sure
TO poll heavily down there where they arc known.
Wait till you hear from the uptown distrlcts.
"Come, Ned, let's go up to the pool room and sec
how things are selling. somebody II get masneu
badly Hold on look here ayc see ~ ss tss distr,cts
indicate that Conners majority VII n,an Nc 40, w.
THAT looks as though John Morrlsseys $5ou wil Min
| him a cool thousand, don't IL ~ ana the parry
'No''u ~ = now THE POOLS SOLD.
In this way with que. Jest as,s oga, sodS,hng, nd NV,
tine on Almost everything that was likely TO hap
! nen' the crowds, continually renewed by tho
iproInnenadtng throngs, and as continually sending
| Ont groups or promenaders, passed the hours
| until midnight, and went home to cogitate and
sleep on the uncertainty that pervades sure
incessant changing and renewals OF the crowds
about Madison square that az least $4,000 people
read the election returns from the HERALD stere-
optcon bulletins last night.
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