Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-09-30

political enemies of the President, who there
so recently rendered themselves odious IN the
sight of every patriot.
Georgetown Custom House.-The site tor
the new Custom House and Post omce at
Georgetown, D. c., has been selected by the
Secretary of tho Treasury, on Congress street,
about one hundred feet from Bridge street,
between Bridge and Gay streets, from prop
erty owned By W. +. Seymour and others
The location is central, and will give very
general sstisfae ton to the citizens Of George
town, and has been purchased by the Govern.
mcnt at the very low price of Eve thousand
dollars for lot one hundred and twenty.one
feet square. -,
Distinguished Arrival.-Sir Henry Hol-
land, Physician to the Queen of England, is at
the Kirkwood House. He yesterday after
noon, in company with the Secretary of State,
paid his respects to the President of the United
States
Hon. N. p. Banks, Jr., was to have spoken
at Washington's Headquarters, near New
burgh, this afternoon. The announcement
naturally suggests, will he there reiterate his
sentiment that he would "let the Union slide?"
New Land ofices.-The President has liked
the location Of the two new land Offices in
Minnesota Territory-that for the northwest
district at Cjibwa, and that for the northeast
district at buchanan, on Lake Superior.
Discontinued for the Season .-Orders have
been given for the discontinuance of the music
at the Presidents grounds and at the Capitol.
COMMUNICATED
BENEFITS Predictions Of 1852 and 1866
The Herald Of the oath inst. contains heavy
| array Of figures and q Wanting article based
| thereon, designed to settle in advance of the
November election the contest for the Presi-
| dency, now waxing with such warmth through
out the broad extent of this land and this
settlement is to be based upon the implicit
credit which is to be accorded to the predic-
tions Of Mr.. Bennett now, because of similar
predictions during the contest of 1852, and, as
he alleges, their realization By tho results of
that campaign.
We design, by little plain arithmetic, by
the simplest use Of these figures, to show that
Mr.. B. is entitled to no credit either as a
| prophet or the son of a prophet, and, although
| it Is said figures cannot lie, - vet, that in
the hands OF ono as INSCRIPTIONS and as art.
full as Mr. B., they may be so disposed as to
/ be the ready instruments of ministeripg To his
| common failing wherever his interests are in.
/ volved
1t IS comparatively easy for politician fa-
| mlllar with the yearly votes of the States be-
| tween one presidential term and another. to
| make shrewd guess as to the aggregate votes
in the United States of the respective parties
at any particular period when there are no
| great disturbing influences calculated to yary
| these results. But even in these aggregates
Mr.. b. came 177,723 votes short of the pop-
| ular vote for Mr.. Pierce, and So 434 short of
| that for Gen. Scott but when we como 10 ex.
anime the elements upon which his aggregates
| are founded, 1t Is then discoverabIe how little
reliance was to be placed upon his estimates,
and how easy his whole superstructure might
| have been demolished by those votes of which
he appeared to know nothing, and which did
| not enter into his calculation and how vain
| and l!lusoIy were some of his calculations,
founded upon the assumption Of thousands of
votes which were never cast In his own State,
for instance, New York, his estimate of tho
vote was $4,000 less for Pierce and "a 500 less
for Scott than was actually polled-an amount
OF votes sufhsient to make two or three small
States and the following table, formed from
those estimates, will show the utter absurdity
OF basing now upon the assumed realization Of
previous estimates, conjectures upon the
present condition OF things where those pre-
vious estimates were Of SO loose and wild q
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