Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-11-07

pEMoCRATIc RFJoICISG,--As the returns
from New York were received here yester-
lay. and The probability OF democratic sue.
,.cs. q sduali> grew into n certainty the
,xu; erance OF the mass OF chr people was
intense, ard while their exultation was
tempered somewhat with moderation, it
WAS impossible 10 suppress the ecstacy
which oye,fiowed The sous Of Young and
Old 81 the thought Of the country being de-
!,vered al last from the incubus which has
crushed anei kept il down for nearly quar-
Ter Of n century The Democratic head
charters were crowded with eager, though
orderly. seek er. Tor ''he latest, ana as the
r,.,y. announced tuade the election OF the
democratic candidates an almost positive
fac, there assembled as many inward
th.uksuiviucs AS cheers. 1t seemed hard
10 COMP ehend the glorious truth that after
81 dark and toilsome interval of nearly three
decades the good old democratic party nad
once more had its principles recognized and
been called upon to take the relns OF gov
eminent. The delivery of The Old Domln-
ion las; wear from the ioaths0me embrace
Of Manon.ism WIS al achievement SO glo
riuus that scme hardly dared believe 1t at
frs; ard ~ ii seemed last night when the
telegraph assured our people that they were
10 real.z. tho irnition OF NIL them tols and
hoies bv inauguratiug next MAJ Gu Grover
Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks fresl-
dent and Wee President respectively oil
the United States. III the afternoon Sa.
lutte was fired near the depot, when PROVED
TO be the opening OF the bali, when was
kept up by the di.charge OF small cannon,
all sorts of firearms. trecrackers, &C., until
a late hour n right. Bon fires were also
kindled in several localities, while hurrahS
for the success Of the democratic candidates
rent the air in every direction. The hun
,ired guns fired by the jackson Democratic
Association in Washington during the early
part of the night were, of course, distinctly
heard here. which augmented the entnu-
siasm considerably. and caused the demo
Gratis Of old Alexandria to feel that though
absent in the flesh they were present With
them in spi,i." The leaders OF the BACK
and tan horIeS hereabouls, as their hopes
of success were disSiIated gave vent 70 mol
low laughs and read bogus dispatches TO
their duues 10 ahortive attempts to rally
them from their detection. In tact, III the
very glare Of the dismal news OF defeat, a
bon. fire. of smsll pretensiuns however, was
kindled near the Blaine aud Logan flag
pole, on what is known as Vinegar HUI,
around which q dozen or so dusky ur-
chins chartered, danced and sent up some
faint hurrahs. The fire soon burned out,
when, save the bowling Of few chained
dogs-which barked at the moon and show
ed themselves as gulible as some OF their
sable owners-the "Hill' assumed ITS nor
NAL quietness. The full returns from New
York. placing the election OF Cleveland
and Hendricks hey nd all doubt, were re-.
crved here Ihis morning, as might wei
have been expected, with increased JOY;
ITDon The announcement that Jay Gould
bad congratulated Mr.. Cleveland upon his
election and that the republicans them.
selves, after all their Vaccinations and
stubbornnes-. had thrown up the sponge,
the news spread from mouth TO mouth, and
in a remarkably short time had circulated
in every quarter All manifested thanks
that the ordeal was over, and that the
country, when had been kept on the q"t
cire for the past three or four days, was to
assume its usual uuietuie.