Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-17

did not see me as the Chief Magistrate of a
great nation but simply as Mr. Pierce. APP
plause.
return you my sincere thanks, and believe
me when say that the reception with which
L have met to- mig ht-this testimonial OF friend.
ship from the citizens Of W ashington-shau
always be cherished by me with grateful emo
tons
A procession was then formed, civic and
military, which escorted the President to the
executive mansion. This procession, moving
up the wide Avenue to the accompaniment oil
fno music-of the almost midday glare OF bon
fires and innumerable torch lights-the firing
of cannon at the different points along the line
of march-and the welcoming shouts of the
multitude, attracted throngs of spectators,
who lined the sidewalks and peopled the win
dows and balconies, making the spectacle ad
ditionaliy imposing
Arrived at the White House, Col Hickey
addressed the President on the part of the
District volunteers welcoming him on his re-
turn to the seat If Government. The Presi-
dent responded in brief but appropriate
terms, and in so doing paid hand ,Ome com.
pliment to the citizen soldiery of the District.
The President we learn, was detained IN
board the Wabash by severe storm, which
prevented him from landing at Annapolis un-
til ten o'clock yesterday morning. On going
ashore he was received by Captain Colds
borough and other officers of the Naval
Academy, and was conducted to the Academy
where he was waited upon by the Mayor and
Councils Of Annapolis, and by Major George
McNair and James A. Kennedy of this city,
on behalf of the committee Of reception of
Washington city. National salutes were fred,
and the inhabitants of Annapolis, without dis
tinction of party, seemed to vie with each
other in paying appropriate cOurtesies to the
Chief Magistrate of the Nation.
The trial trip of the Wabash is said to have
been most satisfactory.
Masks Off The New York Iti6Hne pre-.
faced its publication on the day before yester-
with frank acknowledgment that all three
Of the candidates on the Fusion ticket are
supporters Of Fremont. Had it graced its
columns ten days before the election with the
same truthful statement, the Democratic vic.
tory in the Keystone State would have been
ten thousand greater; for there are Fillmore
men in Pennsy lvania who would have voted
with the Democracy in preference to support
ing ticket composed entirely of Fremonters,
which feature of the ticket in question was
vehementy denied by the Fillmore journals
and orators up to Tuesday last: with denunci-
atoms and abuse Of all who ventured to assert
the fact
Now that this tardy admission is made by
such high Fusion authority, it becomes some
what interesting to know whether the real
Fillmore men of Pennsylvania will indulge
Thaddeus Stevens, Horace Greeley and VIM.
F. Johnston, by taking, "right of" another
Fusion ticket-their proposed electoral Fusion
ticket-which they are preparing to arrange
to suit their purposes according to their pub
lished call for a mass Fusion Convention.
However, we thank the Tribune heartily for
its acknowledgment of the true political char
acter or phase of the Fusion State ticket re-
by every Democratic paper in the State. If
tho real Fillmourners Of Pennsylv snia can see
as far as kittens eight and q half days old,
they will be duly warned by the Tribune's
statement in question against playing second
fiddle to Stevens, Greeley, Johnston Il Co., 'as
the latter propose. Whether they do or do
not, however, is not material in influencing
the result of the general election, our amiable,
we'll informed, and talented neighbours grave
representations Of yesterday that Fillmore
lin face of the result on Tuesday lasD is bound
to carry the Keystone State by from thirty or
forty thousand majority, to the contrary not
withstanding Some charitable person should
loan our neighbor a straight jacket, as the vic
tory in Pennsylvania over which he is still
Boosting seems to have unsettled that peculiar
brain Of his. The following is the extract
from the IrtbHne referred to above:
PENNSYLVANIA ELEcrIoN.-We condense
into 4 table the reports from Pennsylvania
which have reached US by telegraph. 1t will
be understood that the majorities indicated
are on the rival State tickets where the con-
trary is not indicated The Opposition ticket
winter, without reference to Presidential pref
erences and though tie candidates uyoa At
aoere all for fremont, they were voted for by
most Of the Fillmore men In Pennsylvania,
however, the Straight Wings "Old Line
w bigs," or whatever they may be called, 60
directly for buchanan. :.
Congress The result of Tuesdays elections
for members Of Congress shows past per ad
venture that the position of the Democratic
party Of Congress at the last session ON the
Kansas question is Overwhelmingly sustained
by the people of tho country. The Democratic
gains, the battle having been fought on it in
all cases, added TO those who supported the
Democratic position at the last session, embrace
an overwhelming majority in its favor, and it is
very certain that that majority must be greatly
increased in the non-slaveholding State cleo.
.ions yet to come Off; or no sound conclusions
,an be drawn from those so recently occurring.
In view Of these now self evident facts the
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