Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-11-07
CIT. OK Iux Nmu,.rrnrR IN.

" Z E
WASHINGTON CITY on THK Mems On rHr BLyc-
TON OF ABRAHAM LINcoLN.-Last night vas q
feyerish one in Washington. we hardly need say
being received from New York city, upon which
ipoiRt the interest seemed 10 cuImfnafe, Pennsyl-
: sania avenue, seventh street. c 81 and Indiana
avenue were alive with people, scurryfng In hot
haste from one hotel to another, and from ono Do
liticai club room TO another There wasalse a
crowd at tbs telegraph oface, ready 10 .trsa o. cd
hot foot at the tail Of any dispaich emers ing from
the once, 60 where It might. The bulletin board
at the National Hotel scanned with the closes,
scrutiny 'for anything later'' and in lieu Of that
every one read and came back good many timer
and re-read ex-Marshal Hoovers 1 p. m. dispatch
from New York, that the fusion ticket. would
leave the city 49, 600 ahead, heavy vote polling,
skies bright, &c. ..-s- 90 =. a.. .-ss =
--sRST- AT THE CLUE ROOMS. r.
The various political headquarters were of
course densely jammed with partisans, and those
ANXIOUS ,i 10 gam any possible crumbs OF infofma-
Tue Democratic Jackson Association rooms
Were largely visited and had pretty noisy crowd
which was eiated and depressed by turns, as the
variots dispatches came In, The dispatch about
halfpast o'clock, purporting to come to Secre-
"a tary Cobb, and saying that nineteen wards Of
- New York city had gone fusion by 40, 600 ma
jority, brought out Just such q demonstration Of
= s1elteht rs the kindred "John Barker Dispatch
the night az the Pennsylvania State elect on
ss md proved juss about as reliable as that famous
. kbulletn. A band Of music was sent for and
housed in the neighborhood, preparatory TO the
!" triumphal parade, but beyond few preliminary
drum-taPs and tunings Of instruments no music
was ukpensed. An hour later came the awkward
dispatch announcing but q. 900 fusion majority
in New York city, with various unpleasant Items
Of news from Virginia and other States, and so
the band went koue unemployed, the ssNatonal
Volunteers not seeming tocare to march to their
brave attack upon the undefended wigwam to the
strain ms Of music ' -" .--
At the Bell and Everett rooms, on Seventh
street, there was a coed attendance, and while
waiting Tor returns the crowd was kept enter
t tain by lively anecdo.sl speeches from Mess-
bah, Gedry, Clayton, and others. 20 -
Resolutions were unanimously adopts a,
Association, as citizens Of Washir a.. wa. w
form itself into bodyguaid for a., rogso
OF the Union. The general sas SfeseNauoh
was hopeful, but that If L. Sae OF we meeting
he should be supPorte' p,s.,ssn, ~ , oe eec1eu
the .ssenbI' rooms, on O street. we found
handsoT ,-ge rather jubilant in view Of the
were 6 Douglas vote given In Virginia They
ha. smoking some very good cigars here i(uf-
Le President Ennis In the chair) and were
sooeether Alright genteel-lso king crowd. Lawyer
MOTHS was making spirited little speech, N the
course OF which he administered smart raspng
20 Henry 4. Wise, Of Virginia, for his dsunion
Attic Republican Headquarters. fswiewap. ~,
thaa ana avenue, there was an immense crowd,
anu the sound on approaching was that of bee s
sSsrming Inside, the hall like the Breckin.
,ieSe rooms, fairly SsERk-that's the word with
Tue Tunes OF bad tobacco. Rab what a fog
HE returns at the time We first entered the wig
wan, Were not decisive, and everybody was Just
waiting The news tom Fairfax, Va that the
Fails Church precinct polled twelve votes for Lin
ola, go' up hurrah, but generally the returns in
tne early part OF the evening Were not such TO
mIaAe tue republicans particularly sunny ed.
There Were ruIncrs al cat in the room at this hour
OF threatened attack upon the building by the
NallonalV olunteers' but, we Imagine, they were
scarcely credited, as IL was not deemed posi- BILE
that The Jackson Association would wish to add
70 Toe discredit Of its late history bysach volun-
teer act Of infamy- -
LuM COOPER WANTS TO BEr .
About 10 O'Clock the rather well-known aLum
Cooper was making himself quite conspicuous
about the National Hotel, challenging bets on the
strength Of that 40 go dispatch. He thought the
prospects very bright, but even IL such calamity
should btfal the country the election Of A be
Isinc'ln, he believed the Almighty who was
democrat, Tould'n permit him 20 survive his
victory morSthan three months at the farthsst III
sixty like himself could have been found in the
city during the publication OF that sheet
tae Era, its issue would have been stopped great
deal quick than II was.
THE ELECTION RETURNS AT THE THrxraE
large audience was assembled at the theatre
last night with tie double purpose II was sun
posed, Of witnessing the performance and hearing
She eleenon returns. During the evening" General
Lane came In, and on passing down the aisle 10
We orchester seats was loudly cheeredg aAmonp
sncsc present in the orchester It's Secretary
Thompson Ind family, and several &C com panyi ny
iadies and gentlemen, all Of whom seemed to tak e
hnch Interest In the election returns an they were
from nme TO time announced from the stage The
nrst oil these announcements the partial success
Of the fusion ticket IN New York ctty-wss mad
py Joe Jefferson while Performing the character
o. simon Lullaby, and was received with loud
CHEERS Subsequent dispatches were read by JEFF
ierson, Glenn or Raymond as they arrived Breck-
lnridge, Bell and New York fusion successes
were received with enthusiastic applaus while
LIhcolh naJoriues were generally hissed. On the
announcement that nineteen wards in New York
CITY had PoIlsd 5000 majority for the fusion
VIC, e large portion Of the audience rose to their
ieet anu Tor few moments the whole interior OF
,ne DuIdlnS was scene CT wild excitemeat-meu
io9sy nurraing and swinging their hats, and the
iaoes-eAruc9larlyS Secretary Thompson's party
waving tneir handkerchefs with delight
THE scRIaxAeK AT BROWNS,
Near midnight the crowd about the hotels had
grown not only large but noisy, being made up
very largely of drunken yonng men, ''spiiing for
vociterousiy for anybody to show him a ID
black republican A Second Ward boy, who
doesn't train with the wigwam folks, we believe,
who seerned Opposed TO wade in just for the
Ia OF the thing presented himself as the identi-
cal Individual sought for by whitehead and fol-
lowed the word by blow upon the nozzle Of the
iaer fhe adherents Of the respective bellige ents
Immediately rushed to the support Of theif prin-
ciPals, and for a few minutes there was a general
tnssel and hight, amid which we could only dis
Ward" ssit LIN, Gaines" |! s sas sef Sim
Baker" $50 II, tow-head,'' &c, &c. The
second Ward boys considered ''some on a
of IN: nsld; and the last we saw Of the light
halred young man he was being supported to tar
Iedi OF lhe hail weaving bloody nose and a
notified face. Meantime the symptoms Of IRE b
scrimmage began 70 manifest themselves, (the
members OF the police force present looking on
win the suictest impartiality, we must do them
,ne justice to say,) but this was averted by the
timely Intervention Of Alderman Ward. who
managed TO make himself heard above the di n.
ana stated that the esteemed proprietor Of The
.sS Marshal BROWN was lying i'll above, and
asked the crowd to withdraw. Mr. Wards re-
quest was acceded to, and the belligerent parties
tons
THE ATTACK UPON THE wfswAM
when the crowd LEFT Browns Hsiel at the sup.
gestion Of Mr. Ward portion of 1t raised yocife-
rous cries Of " Let's adjourn to the wigwaIn -
which Were responded TO by numerous others Of
All rig ht; come on let's route 'em down there y
The major portion Of this crowd then proceeded
In the direction OF the telegraph ONCE opposite the
Brec kinridge club rooms, where the initlatory
steps were taken TO collect party to repair hither
under the rallying cry Of the National Volup-
teeTs - We noticed two three police officers
present during these proceedings fully cog nizan
Of the intentions Of the crowd, but who made no
attempt TO diSuade them from their purpose
which II was apparent, if carried out, must lead