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Effect of the President’s Communication

           Irish,Germans,French,Scotch,alltheheterogeneousunitswhichmakeupthepopulationofMarylandshoutedintheirrespectivevernaculars;andthe"vivas,""hurrahs,"and"bravos"wereintermingledininexpressibleenthusiasm.

           Justatthiscrisis,asthoughshecomprehendedallthisagitationregardingherself,themoonshoneforthwithserenesplendor,eclipsingbyherintenseilluminationallthesurroundinglights.TheYankeesallturnedtheirgazetowardherresplendentorb,kissedtheirhands,calledherbyallkindsofendearingnames.Betweeneighto’clockandmidnightoneopticianinJones’-FallStreetmadehisfortunebythesaleofopera-glasses.

           Midnightarrived,andtheenthusiasmshowednosignsofdiminution.Itspreadequallyamongallclassesofcitizensmenofscience,shopkeepers,merchants,porters,chair-men,aswellas"greenhorns,"werestirredintheirinnermostfibres.Anationalenterprisewasatstake.Thewholecity,highandlow,thequaysborderingthePatapsco,theshipslyinginthebasins,disgorgedacrowddrunkwithjoy,gin,andwhisky.Everyonechattered,argued,discussed,disputed,applauded,fromthegentlemanlounginguponthebarroomsetteewithhistumblerofsherry-cobblerbeforehimdowntothewatermanwhogotdrunkuponhis"knock-me-down"inthedingytavernsofFellPoint.

           AbouttwoA.M.,however,theexcitementbegantosubside.PresidentBarbicanereachedhishouse,bruised,crushed,andsqueezedalmosttoamummy.Herculescouldnothaveresistedasimilaroutbreakofenthusiasm.

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