Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-11-10
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP

morning seems to think that there IS YET DOUBT
as % N. rssult of the Presidential election.
This opinion il based on recent returns from
Tennessee, Louisiana and Illinois
TxsSEssKE has certainly voted for Buch-
,pan aud Breckenridge. despatch from
Charleston, South Carolina, dated on Satur-
day says that the Democratic gain as far as
heard from in West Tennessee was 900, and in
Middle Tennessee 200 on the last Governor
vote In that contest the Democratic majority
in Middle Tennessee was 4, 761, and the oppo-
sition majority in East Tennessee was 1894,
with 231 opposition majority in West Tennes-
see. To give the vote of the State to the Know
Mornings they must have gained in East Ten
nessee 2,s49, even without estimating the Dem.
Ocrstic gains in counties Of Middle and Western
Tennessee not yet heard from The returns
from East Tennessee, though showing Know
Nothing gains there, do not warrant the idea
that their whole gains in that section of the
State will reach a thousand. We therefore
feel certain that Tennessee has gone Demo-
cratic by larger majority than she gave
johnson Dem for Governor, over Gentry.
P.S.-As we % to press we have a dispatch
(privste) assuring US that the aggregate Of
Democrats gains in East Tennessee is greater
than the aggregate of Fillmore gains there.
THE LArEsr-RIcBMoND, Va Nov. 10
The passengers who arrived at Wytheville
this morning from Knoxville state fall returns
have been received from most Of the eastern
counties, indicating that the State has gone
for Buchanan by about 900 majority.
LoUIsIASA.-Ths Sun has New Orleans
dispatch, dated the 9TH, claiming " reported"
msjorities for Fillmore of 800 in st. Jame,'s
parish, and SO in West Baton Rouge and for
Buchanan, of 120 in East Felic ana and so in
East Baton Rouge Also, that Fillmore ma
jority in FIVE parishes is 3,6OO-being large
gain.
We have no idea that Fillmore has carried
Louisiana. On the day on which the Suns
dispatch left New Orleans, the Democratic
leaders there were confident that the State
had gone Democratic by about 2, 900 majority.
ILLINOIS is still in doubt 1t turns cut that
John Wentworth made a mistake of 5000 in
favor Of FremOnrs vote, in computing the re-
turns, inducing him to claim the State go conf
IDENTIFY FOR the Republicans. On Friday, at
p. m, the Republicans in Chicago were con-
tending, on the strength of dispatches from
Quincy and other places, that the Democratic
majority in southern Illinois was 5000 less
than claimed by the Democrats Thus the
vote of Illinois is in doubt in Washington, up
TO noon to-day. We, however, to-day think
more favorably of the success of the Demo
Gratis there than We thought on Saturday last
At l2t p. IN. to-day We received the follow
ing dispatch from our friend Shehan, of the
Chicago Times
CHICAGO, Nov. S-Evering
Editor Of rte Star, Washington citu
Buchanan has carried Illinois-sure. GER
tain. positively no mistake
This is twenty -four hours later than the
latest in tie SHn of this morning. In our
judgment it settles the question a. to the vote
of Illinois, as We have entire confidence in
such q statement from Mr.. Shehan.
IowA.-The Democrats have certainly gained
some hundreds as far as heard from at Du-
buque on the evening of the Sth inst. That
Is over their strength in the election in August
last. We see nothing in the returns before US
however, to lead to the hope that Buch anan
has carried the State. We will not publish
the returns Oh which We draw this unfavora-
bic conclusion, as they are fragmentary and
would only serve to confuse most readers
NoRTH CARoLINA.-Buehanan's msjority in
North Carolina may now be set down at about
1900
KnSrUcKr.-The Democratic majority in
this State is between 5000 and 10, 900, beyond
peradventure.
FLORIDA, GEORGIA AND ALABAHA.-Buch
anan's majority in the first of these States will
reach 1000; in the second, 1000; in the
third, 10000.
INDIASA.-Buchanan's majority over Ere.
mont in the first district Of Indiana is IL, 900,
being gain Of 1000 since October His gain
IN Switzerland county is $751;
MARYLAsD.-AH heard from-gives Fill
more q majority of {, 255, or ], 22o outside Of
Baltimore.
We give the following from the Baltimore
Sun
PENNsYLvAsIA.-The Official result in Phil.
saelphis lie as follows:
BUCHANAN ....................SS ~
EHmOre'' ''..'.'.'.....'.. Ill 800
1slon ...................... n, O62
The latter vote was divided thus Fillmore
II 2l5; Fremont !, S92 Buehanan's majority
over fusion 1s Is, 100; over the combined Fill
more vote IA l3s, and over all 8 246 The
total vote Of the city is 20, 198, or $50 more
tnan at the October election The official ma
11nty Tor Buchanan in Berks county is 1858
Inc only portions of Pennsylvania where the
DemCcraIs nave not gained largely since the
October election are the northern and western
counties, where the Republican feeling was
stronger among the opposition than the Fill.
more feeling We subjoin a statement Of the
msjorities in number Of these counties AT
the two elections:
October. Noyembs,
Dem. Union. Dem. Union
bradiord.... 39I3 400
Iloga- -...-. BIS 1880
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