The New York Herald Newspaper, November 6, 1872, Page 6

& CANTING THE DIE ee rd Pen Pictures of the Scenes at the Polls and in the Streets of the City Yesterday. « The Ubiquitous United States Mar- shals Making Arrests, POLICE PARTICULARS. The Wonderful Quietude, Peace- fulness and Order of the Election. - THE NEWS AT NIGHT. Excitement at the Liberal, the Demo- cratic and the Radical Headquarters. Reception of Returns by the Multitude in Front of the Herald Building and at the Herald Up- town Branch Office—At the Clubs and the Leading Hotels—Jubilations of the Successful and lLamenta- tions of the Sorrowful. Gloom, Gnashing of Teeth and Gratulations Among the Respective Friends of Grant and Greeley. . Apollo Hall in Weeds of Mourning and the Tremendous Tammany Wigwam Echoing to Alternate Notes of Woe and Merriment. AFTER THE BATTLE. The People Calmly and Coolly Canvassing and Accepting the Results of the Fight, and Discussing Facts Posi- tive, Probable and Possible. Twenty years ago “Election Day’ was one of the most maddening excitement—a season of con- tinual émeute. Great crowds gathered in the strects, filling them from curb to curb with a black SWaying mass, where the use of deadiy weapons Was more frequent than pleasant, and which was 43 susceptible to the influence of passion as a nerve of the human frame, bared by the surgeon's knife, | to the keen edge of tne merciless blade, Popular impulse ruled the conduct of the “vallot and determined what portion of its voice should be audible and potent. Alfrays and tumults filled the day with alarma, | and when, as the shades of twilight would fal, | the last votes were deposited, a scene in Paris, on | the eve of a fresh revolution, would not have had | More elements of grandeur, danger, anger and | | Anxious excitement. The force of muscle was then supplementary to the instrumentality of the franchise, and the mobs of New York had much to do with deciding the nation’s destiny, which, bya | strange chance, or mischance, still continues a sub- ject for conjecture. As darkness deepened the storehouses of the oil merchants were frequently attacked through the roofs, and barrels of tar and pitch were freely appropriated by the crowds, All manner of wooden débris was piled | on the street; the combustible stuif was lowered down the dark outer walls of the buildings by means of ropes, and huge pyres were erected and ignited and their red fame leaped up in hot, hiss ing, forked tongues to the sky to glorify suce while the black masses of people, with lurid faces reflecting the restiess fire, waved eagerly in the gloom and sent up intermittent shouts that fliled the very air with a contimual tremor of emotion | and excitement. Yesterday, in the most striking contrast with | that period, or with the election of 1860, when Lin- | coin was elected, despite the madness and fury of the mobs of all the cities of the Union, was more peaceful than a day of the Olympic or Athenian games in Greece. Before noonday it seemed like a | Sabbath: after noonday, for about two hours, it was iike New Year's Day, only it lacked the {rigidity of winter; and only ax nour before the closing of the polls was there palpable much of the excitement which has so long been considered as characteristic of the use of | the privilege of franchise by the citizens ofa great, free Republic. The morning dawned Pleasant and cold, the air biting witha shrewd- ness that favored the exercise of one’s wits by eifectually arousing most of his facuities, physical and mental, which might otherwise be dormant. | The habit of early voting was pot 80 much prac- tised as it was at times when to be at the polls Jate in the day was to endanger one’s life; but people went lazily and easily about the perform. ance of this great duty and right (considered by a | large majority to be a great bore), and the tide of voters depositing their ballots in the giass padlocked receivers was quite steady in its | flow until the hour of closing the poils, when the | great wave was but momentary, and ebbed away aé soon as begun. | ‘The peculiarity of yesterday's election was that | it partook more of the nature of a cold business transaction than any previous one in the history oi | our city. In all the wards an unusual and almost unnatural quiet prevailed, and not a single fight of any consequence occurred to annoy the police, Illegal attempts to vote were less frequent than ever before, and the era of ballot-box stuffing has apparently passed away. When the last ticket was cast the booths speedily vanished from the side- walks, which they had éncumbered with | their ugliness, and the small boys, who had | gathered in motley groups, grasped ea. | gerly the fluttering bits of useless paper that were then thrown regardiessly to the wind, In many places pyramids of old barrels were built and fired, | and late into the night they burned, without re. gard to the success of any candidate, Around the Herawp building the crowds of inquisitive and anxious people began early to gather, and as the figures were placed before them on the huge transparencies they were repeatedly greeted by shouts as they excited the pleasure of different sections of the multitude, Betting continued up to the latest hour of uncertainty aud suspense, and in all the hotels the excitement raged at its highest as the night waned into the wee sma’ hours, First Ward. There was no disturbance of any kind whatever in this ward during the day, despite the excitement occasioned bythe triangular fight over the Assem- bly nominees. It was rumored at one time that Judge Hogan and John Fox had determined to “paste” Lawrence, on the Tammany ticket, and give O'Brien a “show.” The Tammany rank and file were highly indignant over the report; but in- vestigation showed that there was no foundation for It, and so the voting went on merrily without a vow between the factions, It is said ho ror that a good deal of Bordiciaig Was uo Teyuiar 1awmany wirevullers, notwithstetdiag gonn Ketty's reaolution of anathema passed in the Convention against all backsliders. . Second Ward. Havemeyer’s friends made a good turnout in this ward. There were but two election districts, and of course the excitement over the Mayoralty ques- tion waa all the more magnetic for those who cared to enjoy the fun. As in the First ward, everythin passed off quietly. Most of the stores in the wa were closed, and the streets in tne afternoon were iu great part aimost as deserted as on @ Sunday, Third Ward. This ward, which embraces one of the busy por- tions of the city and has a very peculiar popula- tion, was never so quiet at an election as yester- day. All day, from early morning until the polls were closed, ‘tis true, groups of interested men gathered around the places where the ballots were casi; but there was no disturbance ol so desperate @ character as to call tuto requisition @ police ofticer. Many of the larger provision and grocery stores which abound on Greenwich and Washing- ton streets were closed early in the day, and it seemed like Sunday, except in the localities men- tioned. The great feud, and which displayed the most bitterness, was between the friends of the rival candidates for Alderman sand Assembly, “Healy” aud “Maller” being on many tongues and the cause of many wagers. Occasionally certain | sceptical and enthusiastic admirers of Muller would banter a Healy lad, and then there would be much profanity and decidedly original “chin music, not a blow was struck that the HgRALD re- porter could learn of by the most persistent, searching and diligent questioning, One or two Deputy Marshals, full of zeul, arrested a citizen on the charge of giving f false residence, but examination proved his mnocence and he was at once dischurged. At the Astor House there was a great crowd investing their money in the Paris Mutuels. One or two inveterate sporting gentle- men starting the betting on Connecticut and New Jersey, brought Grant tickets by the handsul, and Greeley adherents were found to make the pool alarge sum. The Mayoralty pool was also quite popular, and O’Brien stood even against the other candidates. The police were very vigilant, and ward detective McDonald was particularly em- cient. Fourth Ward. ‘The excitement in this district did not run high, ¢ contrary to expectations; in fact, there was more general good humor displayed than is usual on such occasions. Previous to the polls Les 4 were no arrests, no fights and but little of wh: multitude would consider fun, at the Fiith Ward. The same story in general must be written of the Fifth as the Third ward. In ali the ten polling Places there was but one disturbance demanding anarrest, The larger dry goods establishments, which are counted by scores in this part of the metropolis, were closed all day, and, beside the men employed in them, the poor horses had a rest and a “holiday” indeed. Now and then one or more of the political workers full of “gin and seltzer.” would make a short and disjointed speech; and many were the utterances of joy and congratulation when the polls wgre closed, as some of the “boys” tele assured that their friends were elected, but that was all, During a moment ot ex- uberance after dinuer ti one James Hogan, livdng at 341 Greenwich street, went into the potl- ing place, 419 same street, and Kicked over @ ballot box, when he was at onee arrested and taken to the Tombs. He was dis anged, and went his way rejoicing. In & word, the Filth ward until night- fall conducted itself with great propriety. Sixth Ward. During the day no event of sufficient importance to merit recording occurred, The chronic “bam, mera” imbibed “free whiskey’ until they were un- able to tell whether they stood on their heads or their heels; aud at one time there was a lively probability of a fight between the Italians and emigres trom the Emeraid Isle, [t ended in smoke, however, and peace was proclaimed along the gut- ters of the city’s Potomac. Seventh Ward. The Seventh ward—the faverite sphere of Wil- liam Tweed and the arena of the many noble deeds of his early life—was unusually quict ‘yesterday during the hours of polling and up to six o'clock in the evening. A faint spirit of the old teaven, however, was manifested on a few occasions, but no disturbanee, as far as could be learned, arose from any source connected with politics, It is true the violation of the Election law by saloon keepers was plainty vis! ost every instance they were crowd fo excess, but the Bachanalian enthe its se a to enjoy their nourishment i a quiet and y manner, The captains and subordinates at the polls were very bustiy engaged during the day in cach election dis- trict. During the jorenoon a reporter could understand nothing from the various rumors afloat and the answers elicited, except that each candi- date was going alead “like tury;” but at three o clock in the afternoon the judgment of the popu- lace throughout the twenty-six election districts which go to make ap the For h Assembly district and hich comprises tne Seventh ward, was becoming more and more definite, O'Brien way far ahead of hia competi- ; and James Ryan, it was admitted, fast gawing on the Assembly ticket, though riends of Jolin Gaivin had also polled a very favorable vot pveral who voted the regular re- publican tic! ndered their suffrages for O’Brien in prefere to Havemeyer, which tor some time placed Lawrence and O'brien on an equal footing; but towards the closing of the polls O'Brien men poured in their votes quick and strong. Though the entire police of the ward were on duty they hud pretty hard work to keep order at the poiling places without making arrests. Around the poll Fourth ection district there was a short opposite tactions the police sent each quietly away crowd which collected around them, At corner of Madison and Scammmet streets two roughs had a fair fight, no policemen being in the vicinity, but the sober portion of the crowd sepa- rated tile exasperated pugilisis. Alter tive o° all the streets were crowded with persons of every grad pparently under che influence of drink, and things began to wear a me dangerous aspect. Little bontires were set up at every corner and the urchins of each vicinity played their usual pranks around them, Yet the Seventh ward, whole, was comparatively peaceable daring the hours tor voting, aud dence of good feeling, apprec creased common sense, every evi le order aad ine Kighth Ward. Not one arrest, save one for disorderly occurred in the Kighth ward yesterday. of peace in that. preciuet was most Known for months, ap to jour o'clock? M, the polis closed. perfect when | Ninth Ward. This is the old native American ward of the west side ofthe city, and is inhabited chiefly by spring cartmen, butebers and people who live in three story brick houses and are gifted with moderate means, Oceasto 1 goes democratic, but the odds are such # consume tion, and it is whig, ir form betimes, circumstances may locally govern the district. Seldom or ever has this Waid been as quiet as it wus yest . Greelwy kept steadily and shettly ahead of Grant during the forevoon, and there was hardly any scratching done on the name of Francis Kernan, ‘There was a steady and solid vote for Lawrence for the ‘Mayoralty, and bat little enthusiasm | for O'brien or Ha pr in the district. ‘The foreign who inhabit the river election d There was uot a single day for violence or Unite ad during tt the Ward, the stronghold of the the metropolis, during quiet, After the polis boys might This ward, which ts German citizens of the day was perfectly were closed be seen capering about tingly shritt n butt muititades of small the the wild spirits tions were of the no trouble to. the niable and tolerant 4, accounts more aapect of all the the polling bootns. ised hything else for the orde streets in the vicinity « Eleventh Ward. Nothing could have been more orderly and quiet than was the election in this ward, Bach individ- ual seemed to consider that he was on bis good be- havior, anddemeaned himself accordingly. When the polls closed, at four o'clock, not a single arrest had been made by either the police or the United States officers, and Captain Garland stated that he had seldom known so quiet a day tn his precinct. Of course the mate population of all ages was on the street, and the great majority gathered around the booths and polling places, discussing the rela- tive merits and demerits of the several candi- dates, but in but one or two instances were blows struc i then no serious damage was done to the physiognomies of the rival combatants, A small reserve force was held in readiness in the station house ; but, happily, as above stated, their services were not ne Tweltth Ward. An air of serene quiet prevaiied throughout ail the day. Nothing—not evea * drunken brawl— happened to rue the smooth surface of society. Joe Copurn was in the ward all day, doing good work for Fernando Wood. In Manhattanville tiokets ConbatMiig luc Latum Ol be Up tset 2p ALd- tivau electors were given to untutored’ Hibermlaas there | clock | on the | yesterday | their votes between | is | Marshals | Street and utter- | y attracted crowds and | democratic headquarte: re; fan heedgearters on Third avenue, jul gaat repabiican were beseiged by a multitude of citizens, anxious to hear the latest returns, Thirteenth Ward. The staid, easy-going Germans who comprise the majority of the dense population of the Thirteenth ward conducted themselves yesterday as becomes law-abiding citizens, and im every instance re- frained from committing any breach of the peace, It is true many of them entered into pretty warm discussions on the merits of the various claimants of their suffrages, but farther than this they did not go. Not one arrest was made by the police, and but one by the United States officers. er flowed freely ra course, but ag it is not a@ fighting bever- age, no damage was done or even attempted. Fourteenth Ward. The right of franchise was exemplified by the citizens with remarkable order and sobriety, One of the principal points of interest was a polling place in Houston street (First, district), a block or twe from the celebrated “Murderer’s row.” In this locality Willoughby, the candidate for the Assembly, is quite popular, and go is Byrne, the candidate for Assistant Alderman on the other ticket, Things were very much mixed, and no. man could say that he had voted “straight.” The opposing local nominees’ m most instances were frieuds aud ueighbors, so that little ani- mosity or bitterness was displayed; but the an- tagonistic parties carried on the contest with great apparent good humor. In the interest of O’Brien, however, there was here stationed a “gang’’ of very suspicious-looking men. They were evidently taken trom the very dregs of crime. Hardly a face among them was there that did not bear the marks of former and recent fights, and ‘the expressions of eye and tip did not bespeak yet high or patriotic incentives in their approach to the sacred priviles Of tne ballot. One or two attempts were made by these creatures to press their way in a body into the room where the votes were being ‘cast, but the firm and manly attitude of the police prevented both the accomplishment of their object, which was to overturn the ballot boxes, and the occurrence of a row. In Mulberry street, at the corner of Jersey lane, where the negro “element” ts in the ascendant, there were booths guarded by dusky “workers” purposely provided to allure'the votes of the en- franchised colored citizens by the more cunning candidates. ‘the descendants of all the Africans were out in great numbers, darkening the cheerful prospect with the shadows of their dusky forms. Political discussion ran high. A highly imagina- tive elector, with a compact personnel, glittering black eyes and a spow-white row of teeth, re- counted to a fellow, who was not at all of a credulous disposition, an outrage which he suid had been put upon a blaek citizen in another ward, The little game of the “worker” in this instance was evidently to prejudice public opipion by slanders against the opposition. The vic- tim at length exclaimed, intensely excited :— “Now, see hyere, you Sainbo, y? can’t ao nuin dat sort. No, sah; don't b’eve nuttin y’ say.’ “But hold up. It’s so—tell you. Dar's Gawge Glumber, dar is, an’ the same thing—” “Can't help it, Sambo! can’t help it. Now, see hyere; don’t want nuffin to do with you., Your tect aint mates—no they aint, Don’t want nuffin v' do with Gumber either, His feet aint mates, nohow, Wouldn't b’Peve neither of you on yer oath. I votes for O’Brien, I does.” He was @ gigantic Kthiop, and walked off with heavy strides; whereupon a “young {éiler” of the more mercurial race of Hibernia said confidentially to the grinning policemen :— “Look at the feet of the two of them—iook !” ‘The crowd looked and laughed, In the lower part of the ward—in Baxter street, near Canal—was another polling place where ap- prehensious were forme. of some possible distur! ance. One or two altercations heré occurred in which men gave and received blows, A short time alter twelve o'clock quite a violent fight com- menced, and a young man named Feeny at length ventured to interfere between the combattants, trying to separate them. A policeman, named Walton, at this moment becoming aroused to a sleepy idea of his duty, struck in the crowd at random and hit Feeny, the peacemaker, on the head. Feety's heroic passions arosé, and he re- tallated with a vigorous blow in the oficer’s face. He was arrested and taken to the station house, | but was soon afterw#d discharged, “Reddy the Biacksmith,”’ with x party of follow- ers and friends, promenaded about the polis in this part of the ward, and he afterwards held a levee in Smith’s saloon, on the corner of Baxter and Hester streets, where te most diabolical looking components of the crowd were treated with true ruffianly hospitality poisoned liquor and bad cigars, “Reddy” was much tntoxicated when, shortly before four o'clock, he swaggered up town, under the admiring gaze of the *work- ers’? who hung about the booths, Fifteenth Ward. * ‘The election of yesterday in this ward, like that in the Eighth, was the most quiet ever known, The only sensation of the day was ete that occurred at the poiling place opposite “the Golden Swan." Here a noted char- acter of the ward, a Dr. Melville, famous as an elder member o1 the Digby Club, appeared at half past two o'clock in the afternoon, and one of the funniest scenes imaginable occurred. The Doctor's long gray locks w first observed, as with hat removed, in old time courtier-like way, he approached the ballot box, At once a murmur arose on all sides; and, anticipating the reverend Doctor, the crowd cried, “Andrew H. Melville!” The Doctor was not in the least embarrassed, but ad- vancing, said enticmen, your anticipations father my action. You have given tongue to my poor name, Would that had ten thousand votes: to cast for that honest man, Horace Greeley! His | name will rival that of Washington. One gave us liberty of action and of conscience, and the other will give us peace, progress and reconciliation.” An inspector here began a mysterious attempt to connect Mr. Greeley with the Woodhull-Clafiin, company, and added, “There is a mystery that en- | shrouds a woman's motives, Her wiil ts feeble and | her ways are devious, while her faith is unfathom- H : DoOcToR—Ah! but, my good friend, Cervantes | tells us in Don Quixote that it is impossible to de- | ine the secret motive of woman at all times. After some specious but surreptitious quotations from the vocabulary of the Woodhull, Claflin & Co. rase the Doctor quoted all the classic and pover ets, and ended with that verse 11 ‘wll many a gem," &c. cinet up te four o'clock Sixteenth Ward. This ward gave a strong support to Havemeyer, and he bad a good numerical vote from the lager beer saloons and from the high-toned old Knicker- bockers who live on the line of Fighth and Ninth avenues from Fourteenth to Twenty-fourth streets, was running well in the upper part of Sixth avenue, and 8, 8. Cox of Congressman at Large. | Bedford was warmly supported for City and Charles Donohue ran anea¢ . It was thought that the ele of , Charles Blackie for Assemblyman in the Thir- teenth district, comprising part of this ward, was assured at as early ap hour as two o'clock in the aiternoon, Blackie is the republican candidate here, and there were too many competitors among | the democratic ranks to permit of the success of Mr. Christopher Fine, There wereeno disturbances whatever in the Sixteenth ward, although there was a bitter feeling in regard to the Asscmbly can- didates, Seventeenth Ward. ‘The election in this ward was productive of no | incidents of interest, The United States Marshals | arrested some four or five voters whose registry | was supposed to be iraudulent; but only one man | was detained by the Commissioner, At all the | O'Brien booths the Greeley was bunch with the Apotlo Hall ew O'Brien t with the Grant ele els among them could be found, Eighteenth Ward, In this ward people acted on the principle of | “voting early,” though the new élection arrange- | ments have utterly prevented the possibility of | carrying out the remainder of Prince Van Buren’s humorous advice, and “voting often’? as well. Scarcely had the polis opened when the voters be- gan to stream in, and by noon by far the greater namber of the ballots had been ‘successfully cast, ‘The election proceeded throughout with un- broken q and, though discussions as to the merits of candidates were not unfrequent, they were conducted with admirable temper, and the disputants generally parted = with a good-natured remark that “we shall see the whole story in to-morrow’s HERALD.” It was no- ticeable also that the poils were rarely very crowd. ed, and the voting was carried on, with very few eae dase with very little inconvenience. The election, indeed, for a Presidential year was singu- larly tame in inciden' nd it seemed clear that public interest in the result was not of the excru- ciatingly earnest character (hat the party organs would have us believe, More excitement was felt over the poral than anything eise on the ticket, and O'Brien was frst and last favorite with the masses of the voters, Nineteenth Ward. There was never @ quieter election in this ward than that of yesterday. At not one of the forty- two election districts in the ward was there any- thing Approaching @ fight, or even a aingle com- bat, ‘Line police did Wol arrest w single dranken | man—not vecnuse there were not picuty of tpom | about, but, no doubt, because had tore important to attend to. ; rata — ts. migsrlier in the days aGrey opoutred at the lace of the teenth tion dis- trict of the hteenth bly district, No. 740 named John Gold Second avenue. A young man nted his vote and was by one Wil- Golden, being Pi ene ert and the Posit his ballot, followed him from the polis with abusive epithets and in return was kuocked down by Golden. One Corcofan, a friend of Fox, thereupon drew a revolver and threatened Goldon’s life, He was prevented from carrying his threat into execution by William Roosey, of 325 East Thirty-ninth street, and in the y, received a severe blow on the head from the butt of Corcoran’s revolver. Afticer Duggan, of the Twenty-first pre- ~ about bette erased —_ or iomroaten 1 ground wi clul le lying prostrate Rooney attempted to shoot Corcoran, opmey was arrested and taken to the Yorkville Police court, where he was heid for examinatton. Twenticth Ward. Since the ward was established no election has Passed off as quiet as yesterday. Notwithstanding the turbulent element of the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth avenues was let loose, owing to the lezal holiday, and a fearful amount of vile rum was aes. not a solitary arrest occurred. up to the our of closing the polls. Captain John jlvaine, of the Twentieth precinct, had bis men Judiciously distributed, to quell any possible disturbance. Besides his own, the Superintendent assigned Gurty addidonas men for dutyin the Twentieth At about two o'clock in the afternoon a report was brought to this station house that one of the Inspectors of Election of the Second district, Fifteenth Assembly district, was.so drunk as to be wholly incapable of attending to his duty. The matter was telegraphed to Police Headquarters and another inspector appointed at once. At the Twenty-ninth precinct, to which @ portion of the Twentieth ward belongs, only one arrest for being drunk and disorderly happened here between six A. M. and four P. M. Twenty-First Ward. The Twenty-first ward was one of the liveliest wards in the city yesterday, though the interest seemed mainly to spring from the question of the Mayoralty, and the general belief prevailed that O’Brien would certainly carry this section of the city by a heavy majority. His friends were certainly the most active at the polls, and not @ vote was lost that legiti- mately to them, or that could ‘longed possibly be turned to that side. Rumors soon be- gan to float about that money was beng freely used among the negroes by some of O’Brien’s friends; but when was there an election where similar rumors were not current? The great fact about the roan io this ward was that it passed off without the slightest breach of the peace or even of temper. Even the inspectors scemed to be in the most ecstatic state of good nature and jested among themselves in the intervals of voting, “without regard to party.” Even early in the afternoon the voting grew slack, most of the bal- lots having been cast early in the day, and people amused themselves by speculations over the result. It Is needless to add that such speculations were in all cases colored by the personal prociivities of the speakers. Men easily believe what they wish to and hold on to hope until the last, Twenty-Second Ward. Had it not been for the large crowds of people around the booths, contiguous to the polling places, loudly discussing politics, a stranger would have thought the day was Sunday, as bysiness generally was suspended, At the T'wenty-second precinct station Captain Killalea had only two arrests recorded up to the closing of the polls and the victims had to thank fighting whiskey for their incarceration. Owing to the efficiency of the police, numerous fights were prevented, which, if allowed to get under headway, might have as- sumed serious proportions, as the roughest crowd congregated between Ninth avenue and the North River and Forty-second and Fifty-ninth streets, As it was, the day passed off exceedingly qtuat. SCENES AROUND THE HERALD OFFICE. a A Crowd Far Surpassing Any Gathered Here on Any Election Night Before— Watching the Herald Tell-Tale Bul- letin. There was great excitement last evening about the HER«Lp omfce—a degree of excitement that has not shown itself before in a politic® campaign an this city for many years—an excitement, how- evem that wae tempered by the best possible humor and the calmest moderation. The crowd began to gather early in the evening, and it was not long before the street in front of the HERALD building was a compact sea of faces, with eager eyes upraised to the record of the election returns as they were being rapidiy transterred to the pieces of canvas prepared for this purpose, covering a good share of the lower story of the Broadway facade, and under the bril- liant blaze of a calcium light in front, capable of being read across the street with the same case as under the effulgent rays of the midday sun, Every grade of politician was represented—solid business men, millionnaires merchants and bank ers—the great exponents of our commerce and trade and vast business enterprises were hero. Smaller tradesmen, mechanics, the sooty workers in shops, the bone and sinew of our city population, were here. Men in office and men out of office were here. Custom House men stood cheek by jowl with those having longing aspi- rations to serve their country in aiding to collect the city customs. They had come, too, from the slums of the city, the repeaters, the mus- cular roughs, who under the old poliiical régimé were proudly imperial at the pails. Conspicuously noticeble among the crowd—for one could read the fact in their faces—were those having bets pending on the election, All knew that here was the place to see THE ELECTION RETURNS as fast as made up, and in this they were not dis- appointed. The first entry on the canvas bulletin, which was made a little after seven o'clock, was 102 out of 618 districts heard from give Greeley a majority of 4,000." The welkin ee with cheers gree this announcement. Soon followed ‘235 districts heard trom—Greeley, 19,277 ; Grant, 11,557." A most deafening shout rent the air. Uther additions were constantly being made, and other shouts filled the street with their reverberating peals. Meantime the crowd kept constantly in- creasing. By nine o'clock it had extended in solid column to St. Paul's church and widened its flanks, an unbroken mass on either side to the Astor House and Fulton street. There was NEVER SUCH A CROWD before in front of the HERALD ouilding, and rap- idly the bulletin fille dup, O1 course all sorts of comments followed each addition, and new bets were offered, That feverish reslessness of the betting fraternity, eager always in their efforts to satisfy their insatiate cravings for excitement, proposed all sorts of odds against those who had been the favorites during the day. At # quarter to ten o'clock the bulletin record had enlarged itself to quite a formidable array of figure columns. The announcement of the Presidential vote in the city now was:—‘415 election districts give Greeley 66,464; Grant, 45,044; Greeley’s majority, 20,810." Atthe same time there appeared this announce- it : ly de- The previous cheering was nothing to the wild tumult of vociferative yells following this latter announcement about O'BRIEN'S DEFEAT. “O'Brien gives up. 1 told you so," one. “I knew it,” said another. “You knew nothing of the sort,’ added a third one, ‘ait till the fall retarns come in— tell a different story.” “Will you bet on O’Brien?" spoke up a fourth person, quietly, and, as he spoke, pulling out tis pocketbook. “i'll bet two to one lie is defeat “1 don’t care to bet,” answered the person addressed, “Bet you $30 to $10; will yon take that?” “Lam not betting [ tell you.” “Bet $60 to $10,” and he added, ‘will any one take the bet?’Land he called out the bet ina tone of voice loud enough to be heard two blocks away. “There's no better but knows better than take the bet,”’ was the only echoing response. Some even bets were made on Havemeyer and Lawrence, but evidently many of them by previous betters on O'Brien, anxious to hedge their bets. At this stage of the evening local candidates be-- ond those for Mayor were not talked of much. ‘here was nothing, in fact, as yet upon which to base a ealculation of victory or defeat. The main talk was about GRERLEY BRATING GRANT. “That bulletin tells a queer story,” said one gen- tleman to another. “A story that pleases the most here,’ quietly answered the gentleman addressed, “But to think of Greeley getting the democratic vote in this city for President! that's the queer part of the story,” pursuea the first gentleman, who evidently felt in a moralizing strain; “the Whirligig of time never produced such a political change. “A complete political somersault entirely, it is,” interrupted the second gentlema ° “And @ most glorious one at that,’’ continued he of the moralizing strain. “The battle began glort- ously in Louisiana, and 1 hope to-morrow morning Wal sow that fhe battle évtonding on alt the Other States Of tue UYulon, ues Loew os mivrioumy | exclaimed NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1872.—TRIPLE SHEET. and won. 4 firmly believe it will be 0. The ote cores ene aa iat oes despot, Grant. ‘And this uot the worst of it. He has 43 8 statesman. Since he has been nt affairs of the. government, as far as come under his direction, have been most “fee ate “You mean mismanaged.” ¥ you for the correction... Such imbecility Of mulamanagoment was imever heiote shown.” 5 ec! ae anne sincerely thi rectey is golng ‘‘Teertainly think so.’ “I hope so mostaincerely, but [ have my doubts.” VOTE FO PRESIDENT. The conversation was interrupted be the follow- bry pearing on the bulletin :—Total vote in the city for ut—Greeley, 77,557; Grant, 54, total, 132,928; Greeley’s majorit; 928.7" This record esited te oltax of eveces, “Three cheers for Greeley,” cried out a atentorian Volee, and they were given with a will. ‘Yon can ali cheer now, but you will all howl Most dismally in the morning,” said an individual of the Grant persuasion, but in a voice almost sotto It was twenty minutes past eleven o'clock when ih Dengue yaaa edt follow’ - tional statement regard ‘ing ne igh ater THE MAYORALTY VOTE. ‘This statement was succinct and explicit and gave the following telitale Sherr abel ping districts ge Lawrence emeyer 9,602, O’Bren lon of the crows evi- dently to take sides with the man foremost. tho race. But for all this there were m: pain- |, and would come out ots of their chieftain’s det cm acorns 1 die. c in’s defeat was a severe! Reartening blow. . HOW THE CROWD STAYED. — And still the crowd lingered—that anxious lingering, forming such @ strong characteristic of our American people, which is never satisfied to go away, as the popular phrase is, till the last canine is suspended. id if there was not a literal sus- pension of canines there was still a suspension of many hopes—a suspension, moreover, deeply, though not exquisitely painful to a few upon whom the being in or out of office depended on the summing up of returns still to come in. As the. clock on ity’s save rang out the hour of midnight there was no diminution in the crowd—no diminution in their enthusiasm—no diminution in the vee com- Mments—no diminution in the progress of the wildest sort of bets. An hour more passed, and still an- other, and, with searcely any perceptible decrease, that same sea of upturned faces was still to be seen in the street with like intent eagerness upon each addition to the bulletin. THE HERALD UPTOWN BRANCH OFFICE. At the HeRaLp uptown office, on Broadway and Thirty-second street, last night the greatest in- terest in the elections, Presidential and municipal, was manifested. A large crowd of persons thronged the pavement in front of the office at so early an hour that even prior to ten o’clock it was deemed necessary to station a police- man at the door to bar the advent of intruders, A at, glaring calcium light shot down its lurid, silvery rays upon @ surg- ing sea of upturned faces. Men who had betted more than their moderate incomes could permit them to wager waxed pale with the fear that they might lose, while those who thought their money was “safe” appeared jubilant and only too willin, to risk dollars upon the election of their several favorites, The crowd—and it was a large one. somewhat resembled a swarm of bees clusteri! around a honeyed hive, As the hours progresse and the night wore on THE RXOITEMENT became intense, and at intervals great ringing shouts would surge from out the throats of the multitude and echo peans of praise or snarls of derision in favor of or against the candidates whom they affected and who were supposed to be “heading the ticket.” Nearing the midnight hour the . feelin, that Lawrence would be the next chief magistrate of this city grew strong, and the Tammany nominee’s ticket went up like @ rocket. Then there was a lull—the calm which precedes the storm, and men seemed to hold their breaths and await results. Then came the stirring news that Havemeyer, who had long been considered out of the Mayoralty race, was leading by a large majority. “This tl is getting too much mixed for me,” muttered a mustached gentleman, who had been mingling with the spectators in the hope of “roping in # spare bet or two.” “Lawrence is bound to win.” “He won't, Havemeyer's next Mayor; he’s 2,000 ahead already.” yi “The State's going for Grant.” “Nothin’ o' the sort.” “Dix leads Kernan, anyhow,” Cheers, hisses and general merriment. A noticeable feature was that very little ant- mosity was displayed, and both parties seemed de- termined to conduct the little farce of election in & most amicable spirit. No one seemed to feel like fighting; not a blow was struck and everything went “merrily as a marriage bell. THE PRESIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS. ee Scenes at Grant Republican, Liberal Republican and National Democratic Headquarters—Great Sorrow, Great Joy, Great Fun and Great Folly—The National Democratic Headquarters. Bright and early Mr. Tony Gallagher, from the Seventh ward, Secretary ofthe National Democratic Committee, of which Mr. Augustus Schell is chairman, assembled himself at his headquarters on the first floor of the Spingler House, Anthony was hopeful of an overwhelm- ing success for the democraticparty. The success of all its candidates in the city he was ready to make affidavit to; that Kernan & Co, would carry the State he had not the least doubt, and he SCORNED THE INSINUATION that Greeley would not be elected President of the United States by a tidy majority. He hugged this comforting prospect and enjoyed it all alone by himself until the HERALD reporter broke in upon his meditations, and then he lightened his manly breast of a portion of its delightful weight by confidentially allowing the reporter to shure his grand secret. About eleven o'clock A. M, he was further _ relieved a by the entrance of a number of friends’ of “the cause,"headed by the well-known curly front of George M. Sanders, and tailed off by a mild-looking gentleman named Lewis, from Philadelphia. To them Tony imparted his impressions, and was rewarded by Mr. Lewis—who is a liberal repub- lican—e xpressing his doubts as to the FIDELITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY in the present crisis, ‘Hoot!’ exclaimed Tony; “if it only depends on the democrats we're sure to carry the day. Oh, if the Union would only follow the example of this great State of New York to- day! About one o'clock, Augustus Schell made his appearance, and through the day the place was visited by ‘a con- siderable number of leading politicians, who entered bee and hopelessly, and 80 departed, At and after half-past six tn the afternoon the re- turns and despatches began to come in, crawlin hopefully at first, increasing less promisingly, and finally rushing in even more hurriedly than bad news generally does, FACES BEGAN TO GROW BLANK, and lugubrious, the corners of various interested mouths drooped dreadfully, until, about nine o'clock, neither Mr. Gallagher nor his chief, Mr. Schell, felt able to announce the sad news to the ever-increasing crowd of inquirers, All comers were then directed to proceed at once to the Cooper . Institute, Tammany Hall or some other centre of intelligence, where the feelings of neither Schell nor Gallagher would be hurt by unwelcome announcenients and where the democratic knell might pe sounded without grating on the ears of the democratic chief and his faithful stair officers, The Liberal Republican Headquarters, The HERALD man «allied at the Liberal Republi- can (Greeley) Headauarters, at the Glenham, about eleven o'clock A, M, yesterday. Mr. Evarts, the secretary, sat at the head of a long empty table chatting cheerfully to a few surrounding hangers- on. There was nothing on the table but a profusion of ink stains, and nothing in the room but another table and a few chairs. The whole piace had been CLEARAD, FOR ACTION for the evening. Throughout the day the place was as deserted as a graveyard, except when one or two lonesome-looking “liberals” came in to shake hands over the bloody chasm which Louisiana was said to have made in the line of Grant’s march to universal success. In the evening came Colonel Ethan Allen, who was soon surrounded by an immense crowd of desperate but half hopeful tiberals craving madly for consolatory scraps of news. Alién was in a sublime “fx,” but tt must be confessed he was equal to the occasion. He laughed like @ man woo was winning all before him, and he lightened his labors and avoided an- swering unpleasant and inopportune questions by encouraging excited APTRR-DINNER SYMPATHIZERS —, to make speeches, which he turned into great fun. Very funny speeches most of them were, and very loudly Colonel Allen and his friends laughed at them; but the cool observer could easily see that r there, like light on grave aa ta Mold hearts beneath it ” Later in the evening the dreadful truth broke in upon even the most persistentiy hopeful that the spn doy wad irretricy: 4 Inet, tit Uh ucanism was doom ee Ard germ toot Sad weed ttn For several hours LITTLE SPIOKING PLASTERS continued to keep the crowd together; such despatches: Louisiana x had longer kee, to those hearers who wished get at the whole and ni but the truth was Halt Ahe Cooper Union. Thither the crowd roceeded and the Greeley liberal re; leaders were left at Gienham atone in And such glory! Let us drop the curtain on The Grant Republican Headquarters. Up to seven o’clock in the evening everything was very quiet at the Grant National and State Headquarters, both in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, About that hour the leading politicians began te make their appearance, and for the remainder of the evening the scenes there were lively in the ex- treme. Ex-Governor E. D. Morgan entered the Toums oooupied by the National Headquarters LIKE A CONQUBROR. He read tne despatches, smiled, and everybody else, not having space in the parlor, went out into do their smiling. the bar to rors of the State headquarters, oon led by . Chairman Cornell and Collector Arthur, were full of enthu— siasm and great joy, General D. F. Burke standing at the door ana shouting the tidings wo the crowds who filled the halls corridors snd extended away into the middie of the street. As the despatches from the various parts of the State pe RO ay Me ges ~ cheer after cheer went up, until at last the cro of twenty thousand people assembled in and around the hutel became fully satisfied that their champions had won everywhere, and dispersed soon after midnight, TAMMANY HALL. ee An Enthusiastic but Disappointed Meete ing—-Contradictory Statements and Telegrams as to the Success of the Tammany Ticket—The Battle of the Mayoralty Lost to the Sachems and Braves. Last evening Tammany Hall was crowded to its fullest extent by an enttrusiastic assemblage which collected, after the old fashion, to hear the latest mews respecting the result of the National, State, and City elections, It must be confessed that the intelligence, 60 far as it has gone, has fallen with a most depress- ing effect on the leaders and supporters of Tam- many. At one period of the evening, when it was announced that Abraham R. Lawrence had car- ried the day in the city as the successful canaidate for the Mayoralty, the cheers of the audience knew no bounds; but in a. short time after, as Mr. John Kelly stepped for ward to say that the previous report was incorrect—that Havermeyer headed the poil and that James O’Brien was at the foot of it—the disgust of the spectators was expressed in a ter- rible groan, which seemed to come from each man in the crowd, as if he had received ablow of a heavy club across the stomach. In fact, it was too much for them to stand and there was a regular stam- pede from the hall which, would have cleared it out in a few minutes ifthe President’ had not, by loud knocking of the hammer upon his desk, restored something like order. In the various speeches that were made, every allusion to what was termed the treachery of Apollo Hall, and the union, or supposed union of O'Brien with the republicans, was received with hisses and roans, etme meen was called to order under the presidency of General Francis Spinola. REMARKS OF CAPTAIN RYNDERS. Captain RYNDERS said this meeting seemed to him like the old times, when he could say that honest men ruled Tammany Hall. Some persons had de- serted democracy and Tammany Hall; but where were they now? (A voice, “In helt.”) He bh they were not in hell, but wished that their sins were forgiven. In the old time there had been shameful detections from the party. Tammany Hall was now regenerated, and they could move on to victory. The men who had renounced democracy would never again be heard in that hall. Those who had kept themselves in power bv fraud and re; ting would never again be reinstated in position, Grant was not so much to blame us the democrats who sur- rounded him and sold themselves for office. Men upon whom they had depended had sold themselves to Grant. Ben Butler had said that New York would go for Grant; but it was easier to steal a dozen silver spoons than 20,000 democrats. (Great laughter). There were honest men now at the head of Tammany, and these would help to defeat dishonesty snd corruption. He trusted that repeaters would no more be heard of in this city. Repating had been indulged in until last Fall, when Tammany was routed— horse, foot and artillery. (Che Ben Butler had said that New York would be carried for ibe and then all hell woud how!! but who ever heat of Butler speaking of heayen ? He would not be let within half a mile of th® gates. (Laughter.) It would be wonderful if, with the defections in their own party, and the money spent by the Grantites, Greeley would have in the city a majoriiy of more than twenty thousand. He had not heard of the returns about Kernan, who was an honest man, but if he should be defeated now he would come up again triumphantly on another oecasion. (oneers, At aly stage of the proceedings it was a@larea that 315 election districts of the city gave Greeley a majority of 15,000. (Cheers.) REMARKS BY MR, ACKERT. Mr, Ackert on coming forward said he believed that from the returns so far received they had elected Abraham R. Lawrence. (Cheers). Apotio| Hall, flying the Democratic banner and voting tor republicans had been taught a lesson which they would long remember. (Cheers). REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT. General-Spinola, President of the mecting, spoke} at some tength. He said that the English Times of! this city—a paper under English influence—had as-| sailed Mr. Kernan on account of his religious belief Ge): and had dragged down the question of the Ww hristian religion with the aregs of politics, (Hisses,) Francis Meagher was leading hit , np igade up the heights of Frederic) uirg ho Order Was sent to himto halt to learn the| religious belief of his brigade. (Cheers.) When Shields was whipping Stonewall Jackson down int hen Thoma: pave, iJ the Valley there was no question in| the English Times as to what his re-| ligious belief was, The government of this country was saved, in the war of the rebellion, both] by Catholics and Protestants. If their nobie stand-| ard bearer, Francis Kernan, had fallen in this strug: gle, they could only attribute it to the prejudices} excited ‘ainst him by the English Times, of New York. The Apollo Hall people wet the traitors that had assassinated him in his own) house, He trusted the democratic party would re-| sent this In the way that democrats only could re-| sentit. (Cheers.) The General concluded by say-| ing that a despatch had just been received from} the Associated Press, stating that Mr. Greeley had carried the city of New York by 20,000 muajority.| (Cheers.) ADDRESS OF ISAAC J. OLIVER. Mr. Isaac J. OLIVER said that the liber republican party had stood true to Mr, Greeley this contest, and that Tammany Hall was no’ generaily good and honest men. ‘They were still in favor of giving to every State in the Union that coniormea to the laws of the United States ti right to manage its own affairs. (Cheers.) The President said that a despatch had just bee: received to the effect that Alabama had gone for Greeley, The majority in that State would pro! bly be 10,000, (Cheers.) CAPTAIN RYNDERS AGAIN SPEAKS. Captain RYNDERS said that while they had cheer- t news from Alabama, which had beeu cow. sidered doubtful, and from Connecticut; whi they had good news from other States in favor Greeley, in the State of New York, whei the democracy had in yeds gone by been trium: phant, the democratic party had been slain treachery and rascality. (A voice, “Apoilo Hall.” (Hisses.) if Frank Kernan had been defeated by treachery—by men wiv professed to be his friends. could they ever forgive such a deed of treachor; and rascality as that? (Cheers.) At twenty minutes past nine o'clock it was an- nounced to the meeting that a despatch had beet received from Police Headquarters to this eifect: O'Brien... Havemeyer. + 35, Lawrence. se eeeeee A burst of cheering seldom equalled in « publi gathering broke out with all the force of a and continued for several minutes, ADDRESS OF MR. J. W. CHANLER, : Mr, Joun W. CHANLER then addressed the am aiente at some len, congratulating them the victory they had just obtained, and assurit them that by the return of Mr. Lawrence they woul have a well-ordered government in the city, from the intrusions of United States © missioners who pleat be disposed to tnterfer with the liberty of the citizen. There would be strict lookout kept upon the expenditure of tI public money. From this hour forward let the mocracy of New York cry out against the tyrann| exercised over the peopie of the South, who w kept down at the polis by military, The Soutne: States were held down by ‘military force tik Poland, and like treland, which was treated a8 tributary province by the British parliame' .) ‘These States should be restored to thet rights under the constitntion, and if democrat did their duty perfect liberty would he every W! restored throughout the land. (Cheers,) A report was here made that 463 election di of the city had given Graut 47,796 votes aud Gi rat Memocrscy buried and the | HERCHELY wiud dad WEE smmnanenacnl HO che Cre ley 69,400, (Cheers.) ADDRESS OF MR, SU Mr, Scrntvan nade some remarks, atin tine bo thy IVAN.