Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-14
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

day We published oIlef summ' hy vi WV
Of last WARS election in Pen ,sy lvsnia. We
would to-day re-publish the result Of that
contest bv oounties, if in that way We could
h.hlv enable the Stars readers to com.
nrsbend more perfectly the first returns from
that State. TO come to hand Tomorrow. But
,bs voting there to-day will be so extraordi-
nary in view of the extensive changes in party
relations, rs that it would only serve to con.
fuse.
The State has been can sassed as never be-
fore, and both parties have endeavored to as
certain the predictions of every man entitled
to cast ballot there.
We left there yesterday after spending q
month, in participating in the canvass Our
judgment is that the Democracy will carry
the State by q handsome majority over the
opposition, which though protesting to differ
widely indeed with reference to principles
and men, are heartily supporting common can
didates, and, therefore, common principles.
Every one Of the candidates on their State
ticket Is for Fremont and his abolition doc.
triues. The only way in which the Democrats
can be defeated will be through fraud and
such violence as occurred at the recent Balti-
more election, where at least twenty-five hun
dred Democrats voters were prevented by
force from depositing their ballots. We can
only say that if the Democracy of Pennsylva-
mia permit themselves to be SO treated to-day
they will richly deserve defe at. 1t is their
duty to put down such conduct in their midst
at all hazards and without regard to the con-
sequences upon those who thus essay to de-
prive them of their rights. We believe they
will do it, and think that the knowledge that
they will do SO, which the nominally respect.
able hackers of the DULLES that would other
wise be relied on to trample the rights of citi-
zenship under foot certainly possess, will be
sufficient to prevent them from running the
risk Ct maddening such men as the Shiffisrs,
Rip Raps, Plug Uglies, &C., with liquor, and
encouraging them to cause blood to flow in
the streets of Philadelphia to-day, like water.
We shall see
We will certainly gain more or less members
of the United States House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania to-day, and. we have every
reason! to believe, will carry the Legislature,
unless prevented by extensive fraud and vio-
Lance.
In OHIO, if the Fillmore party sustain their
own candidates in good faith-of which we
are by no means cor fdent, as we regard them,
as in Pennsyl ania, to be mere tenders to the
Fremont Abolition party-the Democracy must
poll plurality of votes and obtain heavy
accession of Congressional strength
In INDIANA, our friends are sanguine of q
victory. We do not know sufficient of the
condition of affairs there to be able to expres.
al opinion of our own on the prospect in th at
State.
The aggregate vote in all these States will
be enormously increased over the vote of last
year.
The Presidents Return-The committee
appointed In behalf Of our citizens to proceed
to Norfolk and ascertain the intended route of
tbs President Of the United States on return
ing to the seat Of government, in order that
arrangements might be made for his reception
here, left here on Saturday evening and ar
rived In Norfolk on Sunday morning. They
soon ascertained that the United States steam.
er Engineer, Capt. Lowell, having on board
Com Dornin, had proceeded to Old Point, in
order to put the Engineer at the disposal of
the President. They proceeded by the first
steamer from Norfolk for Old Point early on
Monday morning, and on arriving at the
Point found the Engineer at the wharf with
out tidings Of the Wabash Having procured
at Norfolk, letters to Com. Dornin, the COM
mittee were politely and Hospitality received
on board the Engineer, and every facility of.
fered them for reaching the Wabash. About
3 p. IN. on Monday information was brought
to Old Point that at o'clock the w abash was
spoken in the Bay, and answered that she
was bound for Washington, and would not
turn In at Old Point, or visit Norfolk as was
expected. A salute was ready to be fred
from the ramparts of Fortress Monroe on the
visit of the President, but his rapid passage
up the Bay eluded the lookout of the sentry,
owing to the haziness Of the atmosphere. The
Engineer returned to Norfolk, and the officer !
the committee to make it known at |
w ashington that they had been in readiness
and on the lookout for the Wabash for Sc |
hours before her passage up the bay. The |
took passage at o'clock the same |
evening for Baltimore on the Louisiana, hay
ng caused sharp lookout for the Wabash to |
be kept up all night, but nothing of her could |
be discovered. On returning in the o'clock |
rain this morning from Baltimore, they learn
ID that the President had not arrived at An.
1apolis at 81 o'clock. The committee state |
hat they received every attention and hospi-
ality from the officers of the government, and
rom the citizens of Norfolk and Portsmouth.
L is probable that the Wabash is coming up
he Potomac to Washington, as the answer
given from her yesterday when spoken in the
Bay was, d" Bound for Washington" 1t is un-
certain when she will arrive.
The following dispatch was received at the
Mayors office this morning from the Commit. |