Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-11
Spirit Of the Morning Press.

abolishing the payment of fees to Ameri-
can Consus for yise-ing passports will
deprive Alexander Hammett, Esq, who
has held the Office Ct American Consul at
Naples for forty-three years, of we'll nigh
every dollar Of his emoluments; and also
the Richmond Enquirer on
the accession of the ability, energy, and
independent spirit of Mr.. Roger A. Pryor,
"the gentlemanin whose handsthe Wash
ington Union "missed stays" some time
since in regard to the character and ca
reer Of the Russian government"
The Intelisencer further rebukes in
moderate tone the spirit of Notification,
which, it shows, is rife in the mind of at
least some one gentleman in the Colleton
District of South Carolina. The same
paper announces that the Supreme Court
of Mississippi have unanimously decided
that the State is legally bound for the
payment of the celebrated Union Bank
bonds.
The Union copies from the New York
Herald recent news, which says that
England and Spain have entered into a
treaty, by which the former consents to
the introduction of Africans into Cuba,
as apprentices, to serve ten years, and
the latter agrees that, at the end of fifty
years, the present slaves and their child
rem (meaning, we presume, their descend
ants) shall be set free. The editor says
that the Government of the United States,
so soon as proper information on this
subject reaches Washington, will, of
course, take the steps required Of them.
If this story is true, it involves conse-
quences of more moment to Us. as a Gov
eminent and nation, than any other event
transporting in the course of European af-
fairs in the last decade. The Union also
reioices over the law of New York, rcquir-
ing a weekly publication of the condition of
each and every bank in the State, which
it pronounces to be measure of public
safety. The same paper contains, further,
corrected copy of the Mexican Tariff:
The Republic, taking up the Pacific
Railroad question, contends that the Gov
eminent is not authorized to build it under
the clause of the Constitution, according
to 1t the power Of providing for the
defence of the country. The editor, how.
ever, insists that under the general well
fare clause, the government may consti-
tionally build and own the proposed
work, or aid States Or interpretations to
do so. He is, himself, in favor Of the last
mentioned plan for its construction.
The Clipper discusses the last terrible
railroad accident f; and deprecates the ap-
pointment Of Pierre Soule and August
Belmont to American foreign missions,
because they were not born in the United
States.
The Suns columns are devoted to news
items.
TIE PEsTILENCE IN New ORLEANS
Who will be first to move in the matter
of raising funds in Washington for the
relief of the terrible distress just now
i'll New Orleans? The like was never ex-
perienccd in this country before from the
rayages of yellow fever Surely Wash
ington can send her mite to relieve her
sister city under such circumstances
Who will be the first to move in this
matter?
The POLITICAL CONTEST IN MARYLAND.
The Democrats to-day nominated the
Hon. Thomas W. Lyon, of Howard Dis
trict, for their Gubernatorial candidate.
He is gentleman of high character, and
served in Congress not long since. We
are inclined to believe that he is, by long
odds, the strongest man they could have
selected, as while his popularity is extern.
sive, he is without personal enemies in or
out of his party.
TIE STAR.-The Washington CORES
pendent of the cleveland PIaindealer thus
speaks of the Star:
The Star, which now shines so brilliantly
under the charge of Messrs Wallach & Hope,
has circulation here already exceeding three
thousand subscribers The Baltimore SIM for
once is eclipsed. and tho Star is in the ascend
ant: 1T Is one of the most spicy shests In the
country, contains more reliable news than all
the other city papers put together, and it is