Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-06-07
WASHINGTON CITY ELECTION.
job" z! 7S,esr', ne " RnoW Nothing" Candidate
Elected MAJOR of fh< I;fu a,

Elected Navor of N. n;,,, a,
w,w,,a,os Inn. 10 p
one of ,ba mos, .i.,,;o, uA.e asa today
hJ.h an. Ga 80, H. ~ e'ei ns'u IN tnis city IN
hsen sn,i,sv lo,, s;sh, nr n.s anu pemoe,at nave
orslty esndid.t. betr,ofo,s Lno-n whs ", .pe nay
49,, r." az. n...s .uU.n 40 wing, and wings
.n, he. hsan ,h, ., Hreas as 'no excite
o, s,i6c,,ion that oooS or.r ~ 80 souIe o. great
having occurred to distur, IN, ne,c, or ths Gin, ,So
fears Were entertained by MANY tbst ,roubi vas RS
inc ' ' "ouo'e was ote~-
Amer the closing Of the Doll, the e,ccme,, T.,
creased aud up TO l2 o'clock our streets are
with people, sIious ascertain the full resut though tb
was scarce doubt entertained throughout the sy that
Mr. Towers would DO elected.
The official returns have not yet been made putlic I'M,
enough Is known warrant tho announcement, b.i M
Towers has majority in each OF the seven wards Of IN.
city-makng bis aggregate nsorty from four IN va hun
dred votes
The Board OF Aldermen and the Common Council are
-'' N, neS'! uuan"nousy wing
h derived peculiar interest from the fact tina,
o u oeeved to have openly exercised his in-
IN vor OF Mt haury, and Is understood that
nave peen made to the Clerks that they would be
ss" they did not sustain the Administration
uinse.
lhe catholic and Native American principle also form.
co tue basis OF the contest Several individual collisions
pSk place inc pol but no serious disturbance
An enthusiastic procession of the friends of Mr. Tewers
,h ,uiousn lne city with band OF music to
T, 10 ",a une suese s eandidste.
inc In R,I,;mnr. Iii, sou'sIl .nat 'he Know Moth
;,, i,b n. A..
The action Of tho Wo"s. oe
ont oS tho I'm ~ striking
Ssnss ro o ,hetocoooo inserted by the
ed as threat to "a. neone ths, !, onT vs. was
ted unless Mr. Maury was elecied xb;is, r. W ~
also been thrown out that in case of nj. foat ,Sn
steamer ordered TO be built AT IN. W.sh;nnn '"e war
Yard would be constructed olsevbo,o tn. 49, ~
have contributed N the vers rI, d. se movements
prevent TO greater e,,en, ibs anr - 'enaeu 70
tended greatly to increase tho excitement. 'A''
PENNSYLVANIA RAIIpo,n urpr,No
PuILAprLput. limo - ,naa,;. .c 49,. CO,
OF the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad roo h, ~; cr
Committed rcnor.d ,r.n;u..i 80 WI. ,'no'nins' ine
the mai, linz pno ,h .. sanst Tue purchase oil
turc. The report Recommended ,La a ~ S's ..
Committee TO act In conipnc,ion w ,h pf n;,;a VI q
decide its future action in case the sale should no, be-
made under the act The recommendation was negaty-
cd, and the Committee discharged from further action
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ALEyANDRI.
d. Hooe and Messrs Masters & SON. on Un;on s,,aa
were totally DESTROYED nv fire this ,ros;, NJ ' IL,
had six hundred barrels of -four and large Quantity of
lard, hams, &c. in store, only small amount of which
was saved During the fire kegs of powder In
Masters store exploded creating great co fusion and da
mage, ana Mr. Edward s. Hough was badly injured by
iang wall The grocery store of Messrs j. r. b. Perry
oon was also destroyed with its contents The loss is
''o1. sio,ooo.
INJUNCTION ON THE C0CHITUATE BANK
NEW YORK, June 5.-Thcre was hearing of the case
OF the Cochtuate Bank had this morning before Chief
,ha nnaS FROM statement made it appeared that
n p' "su oeen nearly all absorbed by bad or doubt
Pp , ."e cur. ORDERED that the injunction be
bv win hs n.id al, anu aeposors most proba'
og Will oe Paid IN iuii
AN ELEPHANT ABROAD.
PROVIDENCE X. l., June ga large elephant attach
Cd 10 managerie, while his way to Fall River this
morning. got beyond the control OF his keeper and kill