Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-08-08
RICHMOND wHrc


Prom the London Times. 80
common Observation that the mos, ,o,d.,s,
' must wished ior events often come AZ tim. vh.n
W ,''gsr matters OF interest. and sc.rcclv ~
Duseo, lesson sgsipst over-cravior and
e'''s" d'esms OF all kinds, tha, perb.ns ,o, r,.-..
'' nave mat you 60 onged for wha, Won b.x ,...., .
'' ~ ms Is very much the case vi,b on, A..
eo'o"e'. len yesrs-ay, Eve year, ,ro. po stats.
p'''e'an' rspt Into the third heaven Of colonial
~ N1 "''' Ven'ured to imagine such pic,urs
" development as that contained in m. i.,,o. !,
sydney correspondents, which we n,hIi.,., - our
a man would havo been Sc, down n. .,.,L ,,
uhs only hve years ago. had .uggss ted ,b., 4;
'ue o' tae exports from a single Australia, co,o ~
1" "Hes' might exceed four millions ard a half. ,h..
..po'" might be much six milIiops. thu, ,h.
e'A''s council might vote near seven hundred ,ho,
pou"o lot The service OF the year; and that suon.
niA'y other more agreeable symptoms of iu,,o,...
.1'nc" might propose the acquisition Of nav and
iDAo'e navy, in the shape OF screw line fh.,,,.
A"a Two steam frSa,es This las, iucidcn. ril ,.r
| '" "oe with some people than vas. arithmetic,
-. y. "'pp"! Tor tue poetry Of tho human mind
e "o' Always equally appreciated Tbs ,.u'
Ioiced TO find biu,elf once NOR. T., ,,r "er fs-
"hen ne "a" q galows; and when Ne, so,,, 49,
up ''s own engines Of destruction We NAV s,, ~ -
aia'e u on baving emerged from the ,,ds -
oonia' innocence fes New South w., =,
Ssnney, me csptal Of il, which. in ,ha vim
one of ma was an undiscovered shore is now
- eo' PoPuious and exceedingly rich ro,,,.,;.
WIN defensive and ofensive prepar arons .nd;n y'
pee's good deal ahead of old Earlisb ,oc;., Tn. re
evil muct m - a.n quicker the knowledge OF good and
- nue. IN re eiPandei. the children of this sord .
niuch wiser in their generation at SYDNEY or wi arc
a,,a - a"y que, Old country town in this island Tbs
e''ef We are quoting left SYDNEY on the II,b - ins
u was published in London on the Isth ~ ~ y' eha
'ne Anopodes within 81 DAYS Of one ano,ber -" s'ps
ne n th.a hall round the world thus binds
H W .uose CON mmunltcs grown luch sudden vssI,h 5
Importance. All this we repeat s,rn,ssas ~ A..h ana
" mo 'efieSf politirs tomancer of ten wears 90 W
70 return To the moral 1t has come at tim. sbs :,
safSeiJ even needed, much less appreciated W. L,s
he u kuO" how maty Of our readers n.,rsad - uo I
containing these golden reslzatiops b.fnrs r. -, =.
"',esPonaense from Bulgaria, and Finland and Vi,na
'"u every other place bearing on the war Tr a. I,
Gage OF the uorlds history as in the srs ~ .ue ~"
Is ssd pre- emnence and II tho soldier eu,s m. - s
w nusnahonan and hsrri,s his cattle Ii. merc ,,,,
ne historians Of peace. f'''' o'er.
there Is no point which England has So, h..
"a 20 lueh o. late years the possession of weslrhy
ina popuInus colonies-children worthy NJ no. -. ry
as been unfortunate. Her frs-born len ha, I; Gus
sS out an adopted son. the West Indies have haer
is -. n"u i eGuison On ell her other colonies Eng
u mas le''ey looked {. Kiug Prian NIGH, have IooI
m Ms nifty sons 10 the dciire OF his tortnnas n;,
me tAn' OF penal origin. and the dulnes. of 90
'"". "r' e" I" u to cGpdenn the Au.,rs;anp ,,i %
op8 Af IN the rear, and England scarcely bad o.,
efs r'ntt-d In cnmm Lntes So ilIt.,ed 80 -
~ iet somewhere and some time she SIN hoped 10
=. 'riareh Joo the rjures of the robber and
ne WnH'~Inn repsired in progeny NOR. for,pn,,e
md more faithful So years ago we were all d.,n
- ~, 1 ,o'ohization. not emigration was the
10 az = ne'c'ng more than IT ereiy dschargirg our
-use we kne" not where the sea, Per,sc, col
'nes were imagined and sent ont dp,v e,,dr,,d
Anu gentry, "a well artisans and laborers
49," Tsrr covered with books and pamphlets about
"ones Tie clergy, the psrochia officers Tho ho,ds ~
guardians, the country postmssters and va knnr
VINO beslies, were all to work TO sov ,h 80. IL
H. e LA he OF migration, aud there men who II
he "a -
S' tne colonies felt ss unmitgated ss,isrc,ion " 70
- .u put 20 Insny souls in the to Heaven There
h our sufpns Population, of which we heard go much
f, mere was the new market to be gsned for our
gooos ana the new employment for our sbippin, w.
% sot all OF th's, aud more than an Yet il has coma
We 10 longer care to get rid Of our surplus
'"e" we want shppng when fairly surei,ed nth
NJ prosperity and when the from some bel
iutEi.h town is far our taste than the
vulgar prosperity ofa brstlng new colony.
But u an interest be won by the fulsoms an,a,
o VI prosperity by tons Of gold. revenues reckoned by
hnohs' immense imports OF ardent sprits bottled
70 ;, @ xo"n or plans for Jew Houses of Assembly
W " 'a our own Palace OF Westminster there arc yet
s.de' az well IS lights in the colonial life scenes vbera
80 nI It's 700 OBVIOUS mortal, and prosperous
b s -, - per pe ptAl,les- ioe transition from waste of
Pss'9rsge to mino Of gold cannot be without dk
hcuty. Only seven years sgo we were iuproyideptIy
'e's'nS hlons OF acres To who drove tbar focks
twenty miles aday in quest OF green turf or running
stresm. We must now strain the Ie,,c- or ,h. L.. III
annn me ease We would fnd room for the new crowd
o reguaf settlers starting il were out of the soil
shaGeS, among ecclesiastical disputea
IN country which the Church OF Rome nov ,binI. Z,
worm ~nhe to torment with her discipline, among
uSe c,'es IN which the common of human crovds
sun sross neglected, there is one picture described
ny our correspondent which but too nearly The
MOE Iei Of life in gold colony. Il is the valley OF
goln and death the valley of the Bucksnd River There
the inheis and the grayedgsers work side nv side
deep FsEne, darkened with immense cl. seldom nsne
H..su s 0! Tue direct rays OF the sun close Damp and
,eethns; suy by day and killing cold by night. alures
cod want OF air, Of wholesome food and the
Pouuee OF cottage garden, qusck medicines dtupken-
ness and every III that can assa the reckless rot The
ernsiey with the excavations and the sepucbres o, thu
soiodlsgers. such scenes have their wholesome nau
enee m dIlT pg back the population to the more regular
-, vu wn,en even gold colony must finally depend
or us real improvement; and with such warnings h i
salog 70 observe that Australia is still gaining ground
uen 10 the common industries OF lie as in the