The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-19
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS

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ne rag 0evotes most Of its space to the detail.
VI .oie,en news by the Atlantic We observe one
ponuca af''cie however, in which it Il stated tb.,
tne pra''cai proposition" Of Mr. siidell meets hut
little favor at the hands of either party in vro;r,.
The Whis infers that the people Of v;r.,n,. -.
not to be driven into folly and wrong bv ,he u,.d.
cap supporters of the mbecie and corrupt .a,,,;,,
istration of Mr.. PIERCE
The Enquirer has an article upon the aI
the suppression of shinplasters" We Quote ~.
following paragraph:
The argument that the law against small notss
will operate injuriously to trade is simply absurd
such has not been It's effect elsewhere, and such
VIII nor be 1ts operation here. II will be felt as an
inconvenience, just as the law sgainst larceny is
restraint upon rogues; but men of honest intent
will find no difficulty in submitting to the statute
against shinplasters There is plenty of gold and
silver In the country. The smaller gold pieces will
make up tor any deficiency in the supply OF silver
change. The moment paper money vanishes, spe-
Gle will appear in abundance Shnplasters drove
specie out of the market; the suppression of
small notes vii! restore gold and silver cur
rency We understand that Mr. Lynch, the dill
gent and oblging collector at this port In anticipa
tion OF some possible Inconvenience fom the first
operation OF the law, has provided supply of spe-
eis tor the emergency Through other channels
gold and silver will flow into the market and soon
the want of the contraband currency win not be
felt In the operations of trade.
The Enquirer also has something to say about
the indications of anxiety and intrigue In certain
quarters, touching the gubernatorial succession
1t suggests to the gentleman engagedin in this move
ment that their efforts premature. We copy
from the same paper the following item of news:
The great case of French vs.. Bankhead, involv
ing the title of the United States to the lands at Old
Point Comfort has been decided in favor of the
United States, affirming the judgment of Judge
Clopton, and thus quieting, forever, the title of
the Government, and putting an end to the nume-
rous suits with which it has been harrassed.
The opinion of the Court pronounced by the
PRESIDENT, Judge Allen, was very able. Counsel
tor Mr.. French, s. 8. Baxter, R. s. Coke (of Wash
ington,) w. Ii. mcfarland and r. C. stanard,
Esqrs. For the United States, James Lyons and
William 7. Joynes Esqrs.
The Mail copies from the New York Herald an
advertisement, wherein Messrs Farnsworth and
Hall propose to organize regiment of ten compa-
nies of Infantry and to offer the services of the
to the President, to be used in the anticipated war
with Spain. The Mail has no doubt that war is in
estable If our government will let Mr.. Soule have
his own way about it. But if Mr. Soue has exceeded
his instructions, is considered probable that this
the terms he has proposed-and be prepared to me-
6~'AAeS q oCteiCuCut cqudLy idlI anu uOn0TdDle 10
both parties Therefore is that the Mail suggests
to Messrs Farnsworth and Hall to restrain their i'm
petuosity and "wait little longer" Cuba will be
ours one day or another, and there is no occasion
to be 10 any particular hurry about it.
The Penny Post publishes from O'Meara's
"Voice from St Helena the famous prediction ut.
tered by Napoleon on the rock of St. Helena, on the
26th of May, 1917, comm enc ing-"In the course of
few years Russia will have Constantinople, the
greater part of Turkey, and all Greece" The Post
asserts that Napoleon never gave a stronger proof
of his political sagacity than in this prediction
Yet there was one element which did not enter into
his calculation, and which, perhaps, is destined to
fasify his prediction He did not take into consid.
Grafton the mighty revolution which steam was to
effect in the affairs of the world. He supposed that
England and France would not be able, in many
months, to throw such force upon the shores of
the lack Sea etfectually to turn back the mod.
ern Sennacherib, on the way that he came. Had
matters continued as they were in his day, it would
have been all over with Turkey