Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-11-10

K0r' Speech, WulCA Weto GIL Aoul IA A0holii'
was received with hearty manifestations Of
delight by his audience, and he closed amid
loud cries Of Ego on.'
AROUND THE CAMP FIRE.
After the Grange Hall meeting adjourn
ed, the active members of the Conserva-
tive clubs held conferences and arranged
for Monday fight. The chaliengers were
appointed and everything made ready.
THE ENEMY'S CAMP.
Monday evening meeting was held by
the negroes in store on Augusta street,
which was foreboding of defeat Several
negroes spoke, and afterwards several more
marched down the street with Chlnese
lanterns, looking for Hayes. They haven't
found him yet. The rain wet their IAN
terms and the y went to bed damp and dis
pirited.
THE FIELD DAY.
There has never been more quiet, earnest,
Busy voting in Staunton than was done on
Tuesday. The negroes, as usual, made a
brisk start and soon spent their strength,
when the whites took it up, and before
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polled in Staunton was in the ballot box
exceeding the Kemper vote by I24.
! THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF vICToRY-WILD
EXCITEMENT THROUGHOUT THE
CITY-ALL NIGHT AT THE
'vINDICAToR" OFFICE
When the polls closed and the returns
commenced coming in from the country
there Was hilarious feeling over the
splendid vote, but it was hardly expected
to hear from the general result Of the Presi-
Dental election, though the INDICATOR
office was crowded with tho>ewho thought
they would take the chance Of getting the
news. The first telegram on the SUD.
| iect came from Nil. E. IL. Fisher, of
| the Richmond DiSpGtch's staff, about
| o'clock, that New York had gone for
! Tilden, as we'll as North Carolina. Thi,
| created the widest excitement, and In d
lew moments the streets wero filed with
| crowds Of men cheering like lnaniacS. T. {
| City Council WAS in session AID Tie telc-
| ram was taken there and lead for the lii
formation Of that body, which stopped
streets around the VINDICAl Or office
presented the most exciting picture. Men
embraced each other for joy, married men
| rushed home to tell their wives The good
news, and to tell them that they Wouldn i
! be home till morning. Soon the kilograms
were rushing along, and before l O'Clock 1t
was known that Tilden had carried enough
| States to elect him. The joy at this an
nouncement was inexpresslble and the
streets resounded with huzzahs. The run
ner who waited at the telegraph Office fol
kilograms to this paper, was pursued like
mad by crowds of men when he started
with a message, and when he would reach
the Office, could hardly get in q stones
throw Of the door.
At the bulletin board put out by the
''Virginian'' the Republican gathered, but
were shot dead by a telegram from the
Baltimore ''American," saying: 'NeW
York has gone for Tilden, which elects
him. The crowd of negroes who had beer
cheering around the board, dispersed very
shortly after hearing this news.
About o'clock Wednesday morning
the question of Tilden's election having
been settled, and everybody being hoarse
with cheering, the telegraph office was
closed, the efficient and obigine
operator Mr.. Crews having wei
performed the duties of his posi-
ton, though surrounded with a regu-
lar mob of morbid news seekers. The
streets were deserted, save by some strag-
| cling parties who took it out in cheering
along the sidewalks, and the only signs of
life were to be seen in the omnibuses going
| to meet the early trains, the police watch
ing for daybreak, and the INDICATOR
printers clicking their types on an extra,
which was put upon the streets at dawn,
an appropriate time to announce the glo-
rious news of the dawn of a new day for
! the nation.
SCENES ON WEDNESDAY.
The excitement Wednesday morning was
hardly less than it was Tuesday night.
| The streets were filled with men SCI canning
din being Uncle Sam Tilden." The VIM
DICTATOR office was again filed with q
cheering crowd, and as each telegram was
placed on the board, the scenes OF the night
before were renewed. Nj. T. G. Morton,
one Of the editors Of this paper, had gone
| to Richmond Tuesday night for the ex~
press purpose of telegraphing hourly the
news to the VINDICAToR, and. he carried
out this piece of enterprise to the full sat-
isfaction of the public, his name to the
kilograms giving assurance to many who
were continually crying out that the
''neWs was too good to believe" When
the bulletin was put up that Uncle Sam
himself had sent a telegram saying II am
elected" the cheering was fearful.
INCIDENTS.
The men were not the only interested
parties in the election. Even the school
girls took all interest in it. AT the Au-
gusta Female Seminary, which has schol-
ars both from the Northern and Southern
States, the vote was taken on Tuesday,
and resulted: Tilden l61, Hayes 5. On
Wednesday the Tilden girls appeared in
all sorts Of badges manufactured OF paper
and pinned on their dresses, bearing the
inscription ''Tilden" done in lead pencil.
AT the Council meeting Tuesday night.
after the news had come, a petition was
considered for crossing il front of the
post office. In view Of the news, Mr..
Abby suggested that they had better wait
and see where the post Office is going to be.
On Wednesday evening a number of
members OF the two Conservative clubs OF
Staunton, who were old soldiers of the
Stonewall Brigade, stretched an immense