Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-10-13
POLITICAL ITEMS.

The Democrats of the second district of Mas
sachusetts have nominated Charles H. Wick.
cry for Congress.
There was a large and enthusiastic meeting
at Carthage, Ohio, on Saturday, and the Hon.
Thos. Corwin addressed the meeting, heartily
endorsing Mr.. Fillmore for the Presidency.
Alexander Kayser, of St. Louis, has pub.
lished a card, announcing himself as the Free
mont Presidential elector in the Ninth Con.
gressional district of Missouri.
The friends of Fillmore had a large mass
meeting and torch-light procession at Charles
town on Saturday night. Geo. s. Hilliard,
Jas. Dana, and other distinguished speakers
addressed the meeting.
The Manchester Union states that while the
crowd were shaking hands with the President
in the State House. on Thursday, an intelli-
gent young Irishman came forward, remark
ing that he supposed the President would not
refuse the hand of a foreign born citizen. GO |
never inquire where friend was BORN" was
the prompt reply.
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, which
first started the rumor that j c. Breckin
ridge proposed to Buchanan to decline in favor
of Fillmore, makes in the very same issue the
following very true remark This is the Fl rst
time in the history of American politics that q
canvass has been conducted by one party
wholly upon lies"
At the meeting of the Fredericksburg Dem
ocratic Association, on Friday night Beverly
Tucker, editor of the late W ashingten Sentinel,
read a letter from Hon. Jesse Bright, of Indi.
ana, giving assurances Of that States going
for Buck and Breck" by thousands, and
another from Judge Douglas, speaking similar
words of cheer from Illinois.
The Democrats of Virginia have got out a
handsomely autographed and illuminated
electoral ticket. 1t bears on the left por-
trait of Hon James Buchanan. and on the
right one Of Hon. John G Breckenridge; be-
tween these is the basis of the candidates po-
sition, and below is list of all the electors in
the State, with directions to voters, and the
day of election, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1856.
Hon. Edward Burke, of New Hampshire
who for the last three years has acted with
the opposition there, and without whose aid
they could not have carried the State against
the Democracy during that time, has taken
the stump for Buchanan and Breckenridge
On Saturday evening he addressed large
audience at Hopkinton, who had rallied at a
couple of hours notice. The farming towns
of New Hampshire are alive for "Buck al
Breck ;" and hundreds of flags are waving in
the towns of Concord, Hopkinton and Hen
mixer.
The evidence that Col. Fremont has been a
member of the Catholic Church and now de-
MES his faith through motives of expediency,
has Of late become 80 incontrovertfble tina. a
new dodge was necessary to supply the place
of proof How this has been furnished the
Tribune Of Saturday tells ct appears by
the pamphlet, entitled ''Col Fremont Not a
Roman Catholic which is Published to-day
at the Tribune Office, that there are two Ere
mOnts, both of whom have belonged to the
army both resided in Washington; that they
resemble each other, and that Fremont who is
the candidate for President is not that Fremont
who was in the of attending the Catho
lie Church"
The . Republicans called a meeting in
Mt Morris, n. Y, and some Of the marshals
rode out Of town short distance to direct
the delegations where to fall into line, as they
should come into town One of them having
waited long time at the forks of road, with.
out having his eyes gladdened with the sight
of the moving masses that he anticipated,
until finally he was elated with the appear.
ance Of a heightened train of carriages coming
over the hill in the direction of the village
When the head carriage reached the spot
where the marshal was waiting, the driver
turned his horses heads liz another direction
than towards the village, when the marshal
rushed up and exclaimed, " WIZ the HI
don't yon go tie other aoay? The meeting
is waiting for you in the VILLAGE" Meeting"
said the driver, " We are going to the grace
yard with Mrs. - ~ The coffin being in
one Of the carriages, had not been observed by
the am bilious marshal, and hence his grave"
mistake of funeral train for Republican
demonstration.