The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-10-12
NEWS FROM the NATIONAL CAPITAL.
flow the Result OF the Recent Elections IL
Acknowledgements Decision Of the AT.
tornsy General, &C., sc.

tornsy General, &C., SC.
WASHINGTON, oct. IL, 1880.
rax Erxcr or THE RECENT srArx EIxcross.
The election news from The different States IL taken
very quietly BY good society In Washington. Defeat
nothing new the old line whigs who compose large
portion OF the best company In metropolitan circles The
few have never expected anything favorable
20 their Ayorte Notwithstanding the brag Of their or
gan The Breckenridge men, strong In the consciousness
OF their power fifteen States and Of possessing the sym
pathy OF all conservative in the republican States
are entity looking TO New York. Tho President oc
cupied with daily work. receives the bulletins which
are indrstrlousy transmitted 10 him, with dgnined
composrre The excitement Ia altogether at the
clubs and associations Old residents and h1bftsss
are accustomed 70 alternne trumphs and over.
throws, and neither produces . sensation Is
CONNIE Il f1st 70 be tranquil, Whatever happens The
talk abou. the agitation In clcrkdom, on account Of
the prospects Of Lincoln, is all CANNON. The clerks
would be safer with either Lincoln or Bell than with
Dougin. They enjoyed such immunity, under the
znaat Of Buchanan that they feel confident his
exsmple VII establish . precedent which no President
can .gsore dMegnd. II men are prescribed for
opinion sake the prescription win begin March T. 1851
SENATOR Hrpru's AppRxs.
senator zidsn was prevented by Affection Of the
.hroA, irc speaking In Louisiana but he has published
address the people which condenscs the whole
nen OF the SOUTH whether as 10 men, measures or prn
c,plee thoroughly conservative The style IS
sentous almost epsrammac, and presents the sorhsrn
csse IN l.shts that cannot be oarkened.
PrIycI new
or deoselles who ought to have been invited 10 the
Princes bal, do not believe that be win enjoy himself
ball much there he did the cutter
.ny CT from Mount Vernon 10 the Arsenal. on bono.
ANY how, no cannot marry Yankee girl although u
would be better for him and his posterity he could.
INFORMANT oPNos ArroRSrr cuxzAL.
Attorney General Black In opinion given 10 the Post
once Department which OF considerable importance
propse,os Of newspapers holds thai the publisher OF
weekly paper cannot require pos master 10 deliver 10
Subscriber residing at the place Of publication By depo
stng q his oce and tina, the paper subject 70 post
sge ared by the publisher 10 another poet once, aud
from sent back to the post oOe a the place Of prb
cation for delivery.
TUE nsrsSIn ckrrvRRp AFRICANS.
The Navy Department oave received advices from the
Uned states sgent for the liberated Africans stationed
Nocfovs stating that The three vessels chartered by
the cosnza,on Society convey the captured negroes
from Key west had arrived On the voyage out abou;
haBdred and any had died he also states that up
wards OF Two thousand landed there during toe
mouth Of August He had disposed Of them 10 the be- pos
sbe advantage 70 the mont, distributing them
among The different settlers In the country