The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-16

TuE CANYONS THuHpER.-Re Republic
cans were jubilant yesterday over tne
result Of the vote for President and vice
President Of the United States, and many
Of them were wont to exciaim, IN tne
language OF GloSter, "Now are our or sT,,
bound with victorious wreaths: us
true they were rather late In ta6llalng,
bnt donbtIesS thought, with the old adage,
,LSt H. bS,,sr late than never. That
tSS T N asses might know Of their rejoicing,
..sa anSs were made for celebrating
he siorious news by firing q salute Of ono
hnrSrtd and eighty.five guns. Squire
Wm. Phillips and Capt. Geo. Crumbucker
had charge OF the artillery, which was
stationed on the hill above the old Sec.
ond Ward school house. Major Jim
Sweeney, having read in the lETELIt'
oEScER Of the preparations made by the
Republicans to celebrate the victory OF
their candidate, and being more progress.
siye than his Democratic brethren, ac'
cepted the situation, and taking his
famous "Baby Walker" upon the hill,
stationed It within few feet Of the other
cannon, and prepared to send Demo,
cratic greeting to the next President and
Vice President OF the United States.
About noon tho ball was opened, aud
shot followed shot In rapid succession all
the afternoon. About two o'clock the
boys down at the La Belle Mill got out
their pc. "Garibaldi," and its hoarse
voice was soon heard from that locality.
The sound OF the artillery was music 10
the Republicans: II was the signal which
told OF the realization Of their hopes
the sound Of certainty, dispelling the mist
that has surrounded political affairs since
the eth Of November, and proclaiming to
all the "glad tidings OF great Joy" How
was It to their opponents ? 1t was no IN.
certain sound TO them, aud each shot fell
with discordant jar on every Democrat.
ic ear. It was to them harbinger oil
disappointment, bearing the intelligence
Of their defeat, and reminding them that
ut least another four years must pass be-
fore their hopes Of feeding at the public
crib could be realized, and they retired TO
their homes o'ercome with sadness. Sore
indeed has been their disappointment,
not 10 much at the loss Of their favorite
SLIPPERY sammy" whose efforts to re.
cure that one important vote have been
most remarkable indeed, but for the loss
Of the money many Of them had staked
upon the result, for the loss OF time and
money expended 10 secure Tilden's cleo
ton, and more particularly for the loss
OF an opportunity 10 get hold OF the reins
~ rnvrrnn,pnt that they might have an
opportunity to secure from the public
treasury sufficient to replace their losses.
There was not that general exuberance
over the news that would have been man.
ifes,ed had the result been known imme-
dia,eIy after the election. The long de.
lay in settling the matter has had a
tendency to tone down the public pulse,
which.was then at fever heat, and us a
consequence the noise OF the cannon was
more calmly received, but none the less
Ijoyfully by the Republicans:
There was an unusually large display
OF bunting, considering the very brief
notice-simply small paragraph in
our local columns. The display was
more general in the Sixth and Eighth
Wards than in other parts Of the city.
The streets in those Wards were gay
with bunting, and many Of the private
residences were tastefully decorated with
wrealhs and notices. The large mum.
Der OF portraits Of the next President
which we're displayed among the decora'
tions was a noticeable feature.