Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-10-12

hear, they held their o WI. anu kudu. StcNcls
loses heavily in his dis trict. We (said MT A.
gain IN Bucks and other counties, and II the
other portions of the Stat' do as wen we VIII
have 10000 ms jority in the stare lappause'I
The Republicans at the via wan on . street
have heard enough tor to- nj, snt and nave gone
nome. daughter.
Mr. Aiken here retired from the ROOM but
shortly. afterwards returned and announced
that in the Harrisburg district the Democrats
had a majority of 233 votss-a gam OF liOi III
the second district the Republicans lost heav-
lily, and in thirty towns In the county OF Cnes.
ter the Democrats had 29s majority. CGreas
1t was here stated that no more dispatches
would be received, and at II O'Clock the meet
ing adjourned.
At the rooms OF the Lincoln and johnson
Club (9th street) a very large number of per
sons gathered to await returns from the cleo
II n ana
ident of the club, Lewis Clephane, Esq occu-
pied the chair. While waiting for the returns
the regular business Of the club was trans.
The Chair gave an invitation to all persons
wishing TO join the club TO walk up; which
invitation was accepted BY quite a number.
portant election, and 1t was likely that the
books of the club would be soon closed A
The Chairman announc ed that 81 new MEM
berss had Joined the club, and another gentle.
man stated that he had So names, among than
those OF General Spinner, United States TPeas.
nrer, and Judge Storrs, Fourth Audilbr's
Once r o.
1t was stated that recently a very pa1as-
looking Individual made his appearance at
lakewood Hospital. where he asked perhSs.
sior to speak to the soldiers and the officers,
thinking that he wished to impart religious IN
struction, gave their cons emit! They were all
assembled in one of the wards, and after the
pious. looking individual had made some COM
plimentary remarks he informed them that his
purpose was to obtain votes Tor Gen. McCel-
LAM Upon this announ cement being made a
Aubbub occurred among the soldiers, and the
q aaon hAva arrival a Stf.lip0
point, when he was summarily relic we'd by the
commanding off1cer calling upon all In favor
OF Mcclellan to rise, which was responded to
by one single soldier. The officer then called
for all opposed to leave the room, and 900 SOL
diers went out, leaving the pious looking man
and the Mcclellan soldier to themselves.
This statement was received with loud ap-
Mr.. Ciephane here announced the fret gun
from ONO sc ?, me Ono polls
Sss sss eiuS Was gooa and
referred to it's having been, Instrumental I'm
sending $50 Mary landers home to vote. The
Pennsylvania vote at Mt Pleasant Hospital
was announced as follows: Union 81, Copper
head 4. IApplause .r $3.50. Ms.
of the club he found that many Wash ,ngton-
ians who were in office did not have their
names on the books. IA voice-Good reason
why-they are Copperheads. These meR
should be marked, and he had prepared the
official black book in which to register the
names of all such as were in favor Of thaf1ec.
ton of Mcclellan, and he urged that the menu
bers take an active part in -futhering As. OBJ
ject As soon as tAe campaign was o*eR he
would hand the book over to the heads Of De.
partments. No anonymous communications
would receive attention.
Some one proposed that the book be handed
over to the departments at once. ~
: The chair stated that the names had n9ssSet
MT b. Brown handed over a list, refdAfk-
ing, sHere's two dozen to commence with"
.AsoldieI belonging to the Engineer Brigade
work in the camps, and urged that the RAp1b-
H"ans should work more for the soldiers.
Mr.. T. Nj. Smith, who had visited several OF
t. hospitals during the day, gave in his ex-
Renee. At Lincoln Hospital he found some
mmotion, the person who had been intrusted
v til conducting the election on the Republican
s. lie having gone home to vote, tn US lea wing no
che to distribute tickets, and the Democrats
were hard at work. but matters were soon set
right, and he had but little doubt but that Lin
coin Hospital gave handsome Union MAORI
ty. There were 200 votes poled but closed
ballots being used, it was impossible to tell the
exact majority. The whole number OF Ohio
votes polied that he had heard from was 900,
of whom 2S4 were for the Union. .(Applause1
The Chair stated from what he had heard ne
would warn New York soldiers desiring to
vote not to 90 to the New York State agent, as
he was known to be a copperhead.
Mr.. F. Myers, Of Mich, and Mr. Freeman.
OF Maine, were called on and delivered able
addresses; alter which, Mr. Morse sana with
fine effect Away down in Maine"
Hon. VIM. Whiting was introduced, and de.
livered an effective speech, in which he de.
Tended the Administration from charges hiEde
against it. and stated that many of the men and
papers who were raising the cry that thefe Is
no free press were guilty OF treason themselves;
and his desk was full of papers containing
reasonable articles, on W hich, il the Govern
ment would prosecute, many Of the authors
and publishers could be convicted and sent to
States prison for treason. He also defended
the course Of the Government in EMPLOYING
negro soldiers, stating that to-day there are
$4,000 colored troops in service.
r., The address was loudly applauded.
The Chair here read the returns of the Ohio
vote in a number Of hospitals, sc. ICheers.J
Mr. j. s. Brown here en- tered the room, and
mounting chair, read despatch from Phila-
delphia, giving scattering returns from some OF
the ward precincts, showing some small
Democratic gains. Mr.. Brown stated that this
despatch was not from any OF their friends,
but was from the American Telegraph office.
The Chair here announced that Cincinnati
had given 5000 Union majority, which an
nouncement was greeted with tremendous
cheers.
1t was also announced that Pendleton' g own
district had gone against him.. Also, that nine
Ohio voting precincts in the army of the Poto-
mac had given 527 for the Union, and 49, ppo-
Mr.. Morse was called on for a speech, and
came forward and delivered a telling speech,
claiming that lincoln would carry New York
Mr.. Brown here read q dispatch showing
Union majorities in the 1st, 10th, and 18th wards
or PnHadelphia, and announcing the election
Of Myers to Congress in the Sd district by
decided majority; which was received with
applause '3gr .sE..-.s.- .-...t4..s r--
The Chair announced that q gentleman who
had Just left Mr.. Wash bnrne, OF Illinois. stated
that that gentleman had received dispatches
announcing that all was right. and that Colfax
was certainly reelected: Tremendous ap-
plause and cheers for Colfax
The assemblage by this time, feeling that
they could sleep soundly under the news, COM
menced to leave, and about ~ O'Clock the meet
ing adjourned. C. .r.. g....e = .t... s
q CRIMINAL CoyRr, Judge 0lin.- Yesterday,
the case Of Henry Collins, Alice Pearson and
Maria Lucas, charged with larceny, was
called, when q s,oue pros was entered as 20
Alice Pearson. The jury returned a sealed
verdict, finding Henry Collins not guilty And
Maria Lueas guilty Of petty larceny.
Sophia Ensy, Virginia Hopkins, and Mary
Cyons in dicted with Mollie Miller who has
since died, were found guilty Of an assault on
Susan Il, Hook " 80 Way ---