Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-10-14
THE ELECTION EXCITEMENT.

me City Last Night-A Lively Time among
Ihe foiineians-sceRes and Incidents.
Inc most intense anxiety was felt IN TINS
diiy as 10 the result Of the State elections which
came OFF yesterday, IT being generally consid-
cred that the returns would foreshadow the
result of the great political contest next month.
This interest manifested ::seif carly Ia the day,
| AZ d the excitement contiE ued to pcrass until
! abou. midnight when snfncienf rs'urns nad
| been ryeeiv,d TO show, with some dagree Of
certainty, how Pennsylvania, Ohio, anu IndI-
\ had voted. ...
! The several newspaper and club rooms Were
/ thronged with inquiring crowds. each eagerly
| Selling upon the most meag er dispatches as a
4 CORES pondIng elevator or camper to their po-
| IitIcai partIahtics. Up to nine or ten O'Clock
| at night returns sufficient to predicate a far
! calculation as TO the result had not been re-
ceved, and therefore the advocates of neither
of the two political parties felt any dis posItion
to bTag over the result but after that hour there
flashed over the wires message after message
| transmitting Figured" returns, which were
/ regarded as more serious than mere partisan
| dispatches of spec ulauve character. For the
! first hour or 50 the returns fuctuated in favor
! OF first one party and then the other. and as
they would be announced some of the more
! jealous would cry out, .sWho wants to oct
| I'll go so much on this State, this District
and SO on, with ready takers from the opposite
party. Alter half-pas ten O'Clock, however.
| it was found that the Republicans had made
heavy gains over the last elections the effect of
which was to give some assurance as to which
party had been successful, and from that time
the feeling began to subside, and a csrfe pond
| ing diminution of the crowd commenced, till
about one O'Clock this morning, when all not
TO their homes, content to peruse the published
details this morning.
"Newspaper Row." on 1ith street, was WIS.,
\ tied at an early hour after night, where dis
PATCHES were perhaps more regularly received
than at any other point in the city. The Offices
| OF all the correspondents were open, and as
each item of news was received il was tran.
scrIbed in a leyible hand and posted for the
benefit Of the eager crowd. In front of the row
were hung colored lanterns of handsome de-
| vice. and inscriptions, which brightly illum-
mated the SO uare and presented an agreeable
| appearance to the surroundings. The New
York World, Tribune, Herald and Times and
the EUssaag Ass0cid.ed Press headQ uartsrs Were
tie principal points OF attraction, between
which the crowd continued for hours to yibIate
and compare the returns, drawing their i'm
presslons according to the political dlscrepan-
Mr.. Crounse, of the New York Times, had
the enterprise TO have telegraph wires brought
- his headquar tiers on i4th street, where large
number of dispatches were received.
Republican headquarters, No. $50 Pennsyl-
var'a avenue, was illuminated about O'Clock,
and the decorated halls Were soon crowded.
with persons of Republican procliyities
anxious TO hear the elections. Col. Richard
Hilton was called to the chair, and as tele-
graphic dispatches would arrive he read them
aloud, thereby eliciting tremendous applause
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed up to a late
hour. Speeches Were delivered by Col. Hilton,
Major Morse, and Mr.. McCauley, of Ala, and
Col. Phillips, of Kansas. During the evening
company A, First reg ment Boys in Blue, Cap
tam Brian, entered the hall, headed by :. L.
Bates drum corps, when three rousing cheers
were given for Grant and Colfax and the Boys
il Blue.
At Csrusi's Saloon, the headquarters of the
jackson Democratic Assoc alton, a large num-
Der of Democrats gathered at an early hour,
filling the hall to its utmost capacity. The
chair was occupied by Mr.. Il. f. Swart. Pres
ident. and on the stand were a large number of
our city politicians. Capt. J. p ShiIleL, chair
man OF the commit to receive the he ws, was
busiiy engaged IN receiving disp .tches from
the telegraph offices, AID sending them to other
clubs. the Junior Democratic ASSOCIATE On doing
the TuI ain 90 having volunteered for the pur-
pose. Here spc eche5 Were made by Mr.. +. f.
Norris, Major Turner, Hon. K. J. Walker,
Gen. Cavanaugh of Montana, DR. Chas. Allen,
and Mr.. McNerhany, ard the Young Mems )
and IL. Club sang several campaign songs, cre-
alng great enthusiasm. The dispatches re.
celved here inst suited, for it was appa cent by
them that democracy ruiz the roost;'' but to-
wards midnight, when Democrats who had
been in other parts of the city and received
news not SO cheering, came In and commenced
whispered consultations, their ardor was
somewhat dampened, and this too only few
hours after il had been announced in the hall
and greeted with applause that band was in
front OF the Chronicle Office playing the dead
March in Saul"
At the Young Mems Seymour ard Blair Club
rooms, }99 Eennsy lvania avenue, a large crowd
gathered and spirited addresse7 were delivered
when dispatches were not being received; but
the latter appeared TO be not so cheering as
those received at Carusis. The Northern Lib
critics cinb was in session at wills Hall, re-
eeiying dlsSate aes, and large crowds received
lnelr news here.
A large number of persons assembled al the
Metropolitan and National Hotels, where
Engagements had been made Tor announcing
dlspaichts 8; but soon these points were ablnd.
Cned and other places sought for.
The STAR and Empress offices We're beseged
as carly as seven O'Clock. with parties anxious
being mostly Democrat, while the crowd
around The STAR Office er1brac d a fair sprink-
ling Of both parties, and also those OF party
feeling at all, who were DESTROYS Of getting the
most accurate returns from both sides. About
nine O'Clock. and up 10 mIdylght, extra editions
OF cur paper were ISSUED and were seized by
the crowds OIL the street coTlers, who at once
re- orted 10 the windows of shops and street
lamps TO reld; but the latter ex peTime proved
a failure, those on Pennsylvania had not
been hglted for a long time.
The front Of the ChrCpicls Office was illuui-
nat by gas jets forming the word peace
Here dispatches were read as soon As receive
and much enthusiasm was unaffected when
announcements of Republican gains Were
/ made.
Quite a concourse of persons assembled al the
| IntsHigenoer office the most of whom Were OF
the Democratic fifth. Occasion ally some fun
was apparent, and when solitary person
would enter the door hurredly, the crowd
when dispatch was read from Philadelphia,
rom Mr.. VIM. Mann, expressing an opinion
the Safe had gone Republican by 10000 ma
Jority, r .ctIon took place, and the crowd dad
reanar king s'that man is a ID fool"
The Republican office was also visited by a
large crowd anxious to hear the returns.
CENTRAL BUILDING AsSoCIATIOS.-At the
| third annual meeting 9th paymen IT, of this
association, held last evening al the City Hail,
| the following officers were elected FOR the
ensuing year; Asbury Lloyd, President: James
/ Towles. ice President; James Fraser, Treas
urer; VIM. W. Moore. Secretary. Directors
VIM II. Johnson. T.. g. Eckiof, Sjlas H.
| Moore. VIM. Ii. Naliey, Chas. Il. WauualI
| Bushrod Robinson, j. J. Campbell, VIM. r.
Riley. John 7. Chauncey. After the election
| OF officers SJ,22U was disposed of, at premium
averaging IL % per cent, thereby canceIling
! forty-fye shares of stock. The annual report
was read showing the association 10 be in a
/ hourishing condition. The 52l shares sold
during the psf year bore a nominal value of
I SlOi 200, (S2U0 eich.) The premiums obi in ed
/ on these sales amount in the aggregate TO
/ S53 cL- and the ad vances made thereon amount
to S5O,:S2, showing the average rate of premium
/ 10 Rave been 81 per cent.
GRAND LODGE KNIGHTS OF PYTUIAs.-The
! Grand Lodge OF Knights OF Pythias, OF this
District, met last evening in their hall, corner
OF TN ana ID streets, when the quarterly report
was presented and adopted. 1t shows that the
membership of the order in this District has
been greatly increased, and that n new lodge
(D-mon Lodge, N o. Is, has Just been organized
IN the First Ward. The quarterly reports of
subordinate lodges were received and read,
and they represent al the lodges to be- in a