The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-31
Gold not always a Blessing.

have assumed new impor'suieo
80, - .,ro,dv changing the tides OF COM
-, ,,od;fying the business ana reia-
..as-.snor;,v of the nations. by almost all,
~. lss;,;onaI plentifulness of the supply oil
Ia i regarded as an unquahneo blessing,
s'," and our Union envied because OF
their increased abundance
But there is quite as much reason Tor rear
ss rejoicing. For all history goes TO prove
that much wealth is often the precursor OF the
downfall of nations. The sudden infiuA OF
GOLD hr;nps with il luxury, and this entails
nnon men effen,inacy and Incidence, so that
though for a century, which Is but day IL
the history of nations, enterprise may IN
crease. and all be apparently tending to per
manent prosperity, eliminating point IN
wealth and greatness is at last reached, and
from, this, the decline is rapid and remediless.
Without dwelling upon thought so famliiar
asto be almost trite to every reader of history
ue annex a statement from Madrid paper,
in which the writer describes the gradual de-
cline of the Spanish Empire. Spain was
ruined by toe much wealth and territorial ag
-randisement: and may not the United States
and Great Britain, receive from her example
and fate, warning of value, in this hour OF
their strength and glory7 They are not too
high TO be stricken down to insignifcance by
the same agencies which have wrought the
min of the most powerful States. Even
progress is sometimes suicidal, like that of
the pig in swimming, as described by Cole
ridge The greater his speed the sooner is
his throat cut But we give the extract,
which appears to be candid statement of
facts:
The Spsnish domuions once occupied an eighth
of the known world Our country mas neen r, .ne
dor neither the gigantic empire OF alexander, nol
the vastness of that OF the present Gar couia DC
compared TO it. The never set upon our country
which contained $4,000 square leagues and 6ooOoooo
inhabitants. OF much richness and power we
have lost more than twosrds IN couple OF f S
RES In 1865 we ceded Malta to the Order OF st;
John; France afterwards took possession OF IL ana
ultimately the English In 1920, Louis XII. moor
pora.ed Lower Navarro and Beam with rance ia f
i6is our government recognised the conquest 0i
RoussiloD, made by the same n1onaIen. m m lo4o'
Portugal enlancpated herself, with all ner Irspsat
antic possessions In l5Sl we ndependent
1.-THE English took from us IN 1872 te i;lau "
BaIbadoes in 1856, Jamaica; 7o+ Glola'a ea ,e
Hs ,naSe temseixes masters of Dominion in
1850. of Granada; in 1865 of GuadaouPe In loy' we
shared St Domingo with FRANCES II sfar r. or
quake. In l7si we ceded our rights over oran ana
Masalouvir to Morocco. In IT'S we ceded SARDINIA
10 the Duke of Savoy; Padua oeded H TO
pripces of the reignng family In ll59 we lost Ma
Piles and Sicily, in consequence OF She iniaiie non
In 1sSo wa ceded Louisiana France; aud in 1919,
Florida to the Americans; and lastly the south Anne
rican colonies emancipated themselves succesSSeiy
from 1916 TO 1924"
THE SLAVE CASE IN CIsCINNATI-We
gave brief telegraph notice, day or two
since. of the last slave case IN Cincinnati
One of the papers of that city contains full
account of the affair. 1t appears that two
citizens of Holmes county, Mississippi, pur-
chased in Virginia, near the Big Sandy River,
three slaves. a man and woman and a child
They were upon the steamer Tropic en- route
to Mississippi. On the steamer stopping at
Cincinnati, they were allowed to go on shore,
and the abolitionists Immediately took up
their case, alleging that the going on shore
with the permission of their master, entitled
them to freedom A writ of h0bedS corpus
was granted by Judge FILM, and the negroes
were brought before him. Messrs. Joliffe anc
Zinn appeared for them and Judge Keys foi
the defence The woman expressed desire
to remain with her masters and was re
turned with her child to them. The man
however, showed a considerable desire to bt
free, and the case was argued with great ear
nestness. The Judge decided that the slave
Edward hadnot been brought into the State
Of Ohio" within the meaning of the law, and
that he should be returned by the sheriff tt
the custody whence he was taken. At ten
O'Clock he was conveyed to the Kentucky
side of the ONO, "itO-a ha was secured with
the two other slaves above mentioned.
STAND PROM UNDER!-One j. W. Jewett,
styling himself Professor, &c, publishes in the
Fayetteville Carolinian, most astounding
prediction as to the FRANKS shOrtlyto be play
ed by the comet which was visible a few days
since He says that it will, on or about the
18th of Sept. next, ionly fortnight hence,l
pitch into this mud ball, wherein we dwell,
and knock it into atoms. He says the said
comet is of the respectable size of 100000
miles in diameter, exclusive of the tail, which
of course is of still more formidable and ex-
orbitant proportions, and that it travels at
the highspeed of 10000 miles per hour. We
thought the comet looked extremely mild
and well-disposed, considering its eccentric
and erratic character; but if Mr. Jewett is
right in his calculations there will certainly
De considerable of a smashup on the 18TH
We hope, however, to live long enough to
give the particulars in our issue of the 18th.
10 CROSS THE ATLANTIC IN Six Dtys-A
-Seamer isnow being built at Green Point. N
H. and to be ready for sea early in February,
which the builders have engaged shall cross
the Atlantic, from New York to England in
kx days, At ell seasons. and furnish bette,
\ means OF comfort and safety to passenger
than are enjoyed in the present steamer
William Norris, civil engineer, and John "
Grifiths, naval architect, furnish the MIA,
which includes improvements patented b
them in this country and Europe. We don
believe the thing can bedone 1t is, in rour
numbers, by the usual course, three thousar
miles from port to port, and speed of 81
miles per day, or 1888 miles per hour woul