The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-07

Mjriiy for Kembe. ...............,. "a
The official retufns made at midnight last night
by tho inspectors Of election and tie supervisors of the
counties meet Oh Monday to canvass the votes when The
result will be officially declared Unless the grossest
frauds have been pcrpetrated confident that Mr.
kembe will be declared entitled to the certificate the
representative of the ninth congressional district in the
next Congress, and, in with the honest men of
every party, rcjolte at SO desirable consummation
The election of Mr.. George b. Cooper III the Detroit
district Of Michigan and the defeat of Mr. Howard the
'black republican bell-wether the Journal OF Com
merce calls him. is victory which affords much salts
faction here The Tribune deeply regrets the defeat Of
its friend aud is only consoled by the reflection that if
the election day had not been stormy "the result might
have been very different SOFT might but the fact is,
thai good national democrat hes been elected and
very black republican has been defeated.
There is good reason to believe that Morgan's major
ity Parker for governor in this State will barely
reach Is 900 Mr. Weeds paper only claims that figure,
and has, believe refused to bet that the maroty will
exceed it, Had there been no splits or discussions in the
democratic camp-had not the spirit that defeated
Taylor in Brooklyn and Corning in Albany, and almost
defeated Sckes in this city manifested itself in other
parts of the State Parker would certainly have been
elected It was not the active opposition alone of a
disappointed little faction that produced the amentable
result but it the apathy which the sight of their
disaffection occasioned among the democracy which
caused the diminished democratic vote, and thus en-
abled the black republicans and ow-nothings to carry
off the victory
There is to-day that Mr.. Horace f. Clark has
announced his determination to act for the future with
the national democracy, and obliteate by his good be-
havor the recollection of his past niques The repub
Leans beginning TO fear that they ''sod and
that Mr. Clark, in view of the almost certainty of dem
ocrac majority in the next Congress, finds that it will
not '.pay to support the Sewardites We may expect
before very long articles in the republican journals
comparing Mr.. c. to John Wheeler, and mourning the
fdithlessness of politicians generally l have already
heard several backrepublicans complain that Mr. Clark
with all his wealth, only gave 800 towards the
penses of the republican party in the late campaign
and hear that it in contemplation Sunday last
to take down his and more liberal candidate
of undoubted Sewardsm Perhaps tho threat opened the
Clark purse strings and the affair 'amcably adj
justed.'
most remarkable contribution TO the current lit
erature of the day has just issued from the prolific
press of Harper 81 Brothers, and from the pen Of Dr.
VIM, W. Sanger resident physician at Backwells Island
under the somewhat repulsive title, 'The History Of
Prostitution The work is in the form of official
port the governors of the aims house of this city, and
is designed point out how the great "SooAL EVIL of
oil large cities be best abated it cannot be wholly
removed While there is nothing in the volume that
remotely wound the modesty offend the morality
of the most sensitive strat-laced, there is vast
amount of valuable information and strong logical reas-
onng to guide the phianhopst in his laudable efforts
to mitigate of the most loathsome evils to which
cety is subject The author displays infinite patience
and elaborate research in the number and arrangement
of the facts and statistics which he has collected and
with which he illustrates his benevolent argument The
book has created quite n sensation. have read 1t
fully and believe that of moral feeling who de-
ses the good of his fellows peruse it without being
o wiser and better
The money market to-day exceedingly dull Rates
discount continue to be very easy for prime paper,
and call loans are obtainable at "a a per cent.
Foreign exchange very dull for the Vgo at slight
decline in prices Bankers sterling quoted at 1924
1924 dho latter outside price } and francs at s. Is
5.l2b, with transactions rs low $40 5,lS.
The stock market active Mt marked decline
in prices As compared with yesterday the decline
as follows