Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-06

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| in the action of the majority, and to accord to
its choice all the assistance which hearty SYM
patty and cooperation will afford Questions
of great moment to Washington are soon to
come before Congress, where it will be neces-
sary for all of us to pull together, if we would
hope to succeed. Knowing as we do, that none
of those who voted against Mr.. T. can have
not see the slightest obstacle in the way of
giving him that united support in the discharge
Of all his official duties, without which it will
be hopeless to expect that Congress will do
what we all consider to be their duty towards
the District of Columbia. A house divided
against itself cannot stand.
| The State and Prospects Of the European
War-We have seen letter from Partisan
gentleman, famous for his prominent connec.
ton with many Of the most stupendous CONT
mental financial operations of the day, and
whose Judgment, by the by, in such matters is
admitted to be hardly second to that of any
other man in Europe, who writes that the cur
rent war is very likely to be of very long du-
ration,-its termination depending almost
wholly on the fiat of Nicholas, who cannot get
out of it as matters now stand, without fight
! ing it through without finching He writes
further, that England is beginning to be pes
tered to know how to levy her taxes to raise
| The money she needs for her share of the con-
test; and that though the war is very popular
with her people they are already manifesting,
each class and interest, strong desire that
the duty of paying the piper shall be shifted
from its own shoulders on that of the
others. He thinks that the continuance
of the emigration exodus and the present high
rates Of wages, backed by the contingencies
of the war, will operate very severely against
the English manufacturing and commercial
interest; while the fact that the ports of the
Baltic and Black Sea must be kept in state
of blockade for at least another season, will
keep up the existing extraordinary demand
upon the agricultural producing capacities of
the United States. According to his informa
ton, very little of the recent enormous drain of
species from this side remains in England,
where money continues exceedingly scarce,
the bank of England having raised the rate of
interest to five per centum. He, Frenchman
like, hugs himself over the fact that while the
English banks are lamentably deficient in coin,
the never-failing demand for silks, and satins,
and bonnets, for the ladies, has caused a re-
cent increase in the vaults of the French banks
of twenty millions of dollars in gold lie
winds up with prophecy, that if we have no
, war in the next five or ten years, the increase
L &c II fnl Al,
greatness and prosperity, will be we'll nigh
equal to the most wonderful stories related in
Eastern tales; being firmly Of opinion that
, after all, this country and only this country
/ is to profit by the existing state of things in
Europe.
The Municipal Election, occurring here
yesterday, was more exciting than any which
has transpired in the Federal city for great
many years past. Tho aggregate vote aston
ished everybody among US. Yet every thing
passed off in the best temper, and peaceabIy;
not single fight, or even a squabble, occur
3 ring at either of the seven places where thu
s votes were received. We mention this fact
only because it conveys a strong rebuke in
deed to those who are in the habit of publish
ing Washington city as a sort of God forsaker
place.
We havo Ic5J' octEally 50 asl=-oar- eantalnnn
rary of the New York Tribune, who neve
!, can by any possible chance, see bright spo
> IN any slave-holding community, and NOR,
especially in that of Washington city, whethe
a hotly-oontested municipal election has taker
2 MIA int ha last tan ell
holding city, polling half as many votes a
0 were cast here yesterday, in which the coca
sion was not disgraced by fights and othe
o outrages, tending to show that more or less o
e those exercising the franchise were, to SOM
d extent. unworthy Of it.
+ The Holiday Of Congress-It is not posi-
3 bic that the slightest business of importance
. will be transacted in either chamber of Con
: gross until Thursday next To those who ma,
not know the habits and customs of the Ma
tional legislature, we have to say that up t,
this time every effort to compass the transac
ton of business during the summer recess ha
proved a failure, and it cannot be that tn,
venerable rule will be departed from immedi
ately after such siege of intense labor a
:, the House went through recently upon the Ne
braska question.
The Washington Election.-That the dis
tant public may understand precisely the is
. sues involved in the municipal election helt
mere yesterday, We have to say, that the mai,
elements entering into the contest were hosti
ity to the Roman Catholic church, and the
enjoyment Of all the ri ghts of American citizen
| ship by foreigners. Mr.. John w. Maury thu
defeated candidate, however, was sustained b,
large number of the most ardent American
:, anti-Catholics of the city, while Mr.. Tower,
probably received the votes of nearly ever,
> English born and Protestant Irish born citi
zen among US. lie also received quite large
anti Catholic German vote Thus, while the
Native American question had powerful inhu
ence IN his election upon the Americans votin
the foreign born vote for the most part turned
upon the religious question introduced into the
contest.
, Very Late and Most Important fom Cuba
8 Our attentive New York correspondent for
warded to us, by the last Northern mail the
following letter, which he had lust received
, from his Havana correspondent, from whose
communications we have already published 80
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