eight o'clock
The triumphant march of the president was prolonged during the evening . A veritable torchlight procession -- Irish , Germans , Frenchmen , Scotchmen -- all the heterogeneous individuals that compose the population of Maryland -- shouted in their maternal tongue , and the cheering was unanimous . Precisely as if she knew it was all about her , the moon shone out then with serene magnificence , eclipsing other lights with her intense irradiation . All the Yankees directed their eyes towards the shining disc ; some saluted her with their hands , others called her by the sweetest names ; between eight o'clock and midnight an optician in Jones-Fall-street made a fortune by selling field-glasses . The Queen of Night was looked at through them like a lady of high life . The Americans acted in regard to her with the freedom of proprietors . It seemed as if the blonde Phoebe belonged to these enterprising conquerors and already formed part of the Union territory .