The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-26

English Reflections ON the Strength h
Of America.
A TIMES EDITORIAL.
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tioa in London, attracted attention in England,
not 30 much by what be esid as by what be left
unsaid. The Times makes il the occasion for q
very Interesting article on the United States hich
We repubish follows:
We have Young England and Young France, and
Young Italy, aud other youths OF note and preten.
ton Ia the Old World They are, however but
Young England 10 nothing more than the old tueE
who, with wig aud fa,se teeth, with white trow.
sers, white coat and light hat, dreams OF perpe
tusi youth. and, so dreaming, is knocked over by
= sudden return Of bis old sont or rheumatism -
There Is only ono realty new na.ior aiity Ia the
World, like young Greece, or the sturdy ana mutt.
nous fabble that Romulus gathefe cd round the Pal.
attne. IL is Young America. 1t Is the lions cub
strong, clumsy, playful and harmless till pro
voked, when sasage nature shows itself rudely
and unpieasantiy. Young America Ia the youur
gentleman just come to his property, with an
abundance OF animal spirits, with health, with
mueh III ,ney aud crediI; with all the eements for
good start. His future, even on this side of the
grave, Is ufinite aud iBeXbaustible. Do what he
ne viii, he can never get through his money, his
time. his friends, h,s yixor-cvefy thing lie NAV
frthe present do what he pieases. A few years
riotous uduixence, few madcap adventures, any
uumber OF questionable friends of all sorts AMI
rate Of expenditure, will leave remainder ample
ior all the purposes of ordinary life. 1t will be
time to be wise ten years hence, OF twenty years
hence. What too, ii he has to pay for il at forty
or hityi That is very remote. So, let the future
take Of itself Tbis s the calculation on hich
many young Lord Commences that brilliant ca.
reei which foruis SO frequent and so prominent a
feature in British social life. How he biazes and
fares for ten years. What july life he ieads.-
How he rises froM scrapc scrape still nm
scathed exciting the hopes Of his friends aud baf
aibg the ausuries OF the CYNICAL He is a cat oj
anne lives. Nothing hartGs him With what sta
mia he meets illness. loss, hostility aud even dis
grace! But meanwhile he is steadily aud surely
drawing upon his capliat. lie is draining his
stock oi money, health, strength, credit. time, aud
tfIeDas T5is Is bis opportunity, and this bis way
1f using II. In ten or fifteen years at the latest
ne awaKes from his dream TO the saddest OF GER
taiuties lie has wasted the spring If his life. and
there remains barren summer, uuprofitable
aatuma and dreary winter For fif;y ioug years
Il he bapy lives SO long, he will have to brood on
lhe bitter recoiieetlons OF wasted youth. This
is the too comnon career OF Young England ia it's
personal aud iDdisi sidua sense. What il it should
Ge the career of that Young England denuminated
ifoaI its estate Young American
We owe, indeed, apology tor this Warming
We tod that England aud America are no
longer mother and daughter, tut sisters. Well. We
aIe a: least the elder sioter, and canuot give
ourselves sll the airs oi youth, We may rs well
claim the benefit IF seniority. So, listen to US
MIR. Dallas. lie advised, Young America We ad
init that your position ard your prospects are
splendid We admit that Tor considerable time
you are likely tv have it all your own way, and
that you may do great deal without being called
10 account Tor 1t. You have now, 1t appears, got
nnaiIy rid of that remnant Of your tutelage, the
rish. ot visit, as we'll as the right of search Thus
is great emancipation. Young Hopeful will low
have iatch Key; his letters viii not be opened OF
ais boxes oVeihauled. lie Will not be ask ed about
ais ffiends his bills, his amusements his uccup ma
lions Young America will now take or lend his
nag all over the world. From Zone to zuue aud
Pole to Pole, the Stripes aud stars will proclaim
perfect freedom to every trade or profession thai
may choose TO assume them. Slayers, pirates or
any worse trade, II it can be discovered, may now
carry 1.-The grand principles OF American indepen-
deuce, conquering and to conquer all over the
World" Wherever We go. across the vast breadth
oi the Atlantic that glorious banner will procaini
:. sacred immunity. AS for the ulterior designs
ayoWed by those who fJliowed Mr.. Dallas at Mou
days iestIvity, they do not rest on the candor of
thIs or that convlvial orator. We know vel,
enough what Young America wants, and We know
also that where there is Will there Is way. The
present object uf our admiration IS the newly
achieved triumph Of American Independence, aud
tue iuexhausIinle opportunities and resources OF
this unequailed chlG VI fortune.
With the greatest respect .or MIR. Dallas, howev
er, with the most brotherly affection for Young
America and the most cordial wish tor her real
improvement aud legitimate progress, we regre,
some OMISSIONS ia this important declaration as il
to be considered. The description of Young
Americas position and prospects is cobfiued to
her territorial, materia! AID political improve
nent and the probability Of her political principles
extending over the world. Not a word oI her read
iiiess 10 do nobly for herself that which has been
hitherto intended by the clumsy and annoying in
reference of UId England Is Yo0ug America
wholly Indifferent 10 the moral character of her
dag, and TO the Bature of the principles on wnlct,
The whole world is to be reformed? In the silence
OF the speakers on Monday upon this important
point lett to fear that the Stars and Stripes
Will henceforth be not SO much The American ii AZ
the flag vi universal dt5ouUr aId crime. II this
Is What HouDx America deliberately cuutenl plates
We must withdraw our congratulations. She has
splendid resources and oppori nnties, but they are
be used, not abused anu this vast earth itself L.
small, time itself to short. for the waste Oh
this golden inheritance. Nobody ever Yet made
an IL. use of yvutn, liberty, health, wealth ami
strength withou, bitterly rueing it afterwards,
and perhaps reproaching those Who assisted VI
cohniVed. Now is the lime To mould the manhood
Of this great nation. ihe saplihg Is still tender.
The still plant the itss heat of the metal
still it If America Will now choose To exercise
gpon herself that u;sci lIne which England, perhaps
piesumpIuousiy, has been attempting To usurl
over her, then see the beginning OF that "a,
esenent, that sell RESPECT, which snail strtBg then
aad ennotle her exube anee of N ii 60. aud ~
tera wealth. 1t 10 time this great heIr should be
come his own tutor au guardian. He will ao tnat
which Uthers cauuot 10 for him. aud which they
cannot make him DO, will America secure its owD
Tag from tue most horrible desecration or will IL
act ike The vulgar apstarf who buys armoris.
pearIbgs at tue Herald college, aud rejects the
code of Lonori MIR. Dallas pleaded illness on Mon
day; perhaps he forgot this part of his address
belonged to him aiole. Let him take an ear,y Cd
portuuity TO inform the world what are tbs prin
ciples which arc now to go forth, coDqueriDg aud
to conquer, all over the world, and whether the,
ipc ude universal inmGI ICY for whatever crimes
may be perpe,rated under the Stars and Stripes.
A NOVEL ExprDfeNT TO OBTAIN GROCERIES WITHOUT
MoNEY-There is no question but that if the same
amount of ingenuity displayed by persons OF "A
dishonest turn OF mind aas directed in Is proper
chaunel it would make the fortunes of most, If not
ali Of them, and, instead of being they are the
ontcasts of sDciety, they would become distiD
soished aud respected members OF it. scarcely "a
iiay passes thai the newspapers are not called upon
to chronicle the desperate expedients of roguss
faaie aud femaie 10 obtain. what b. most persons
would be considered but OF little consequence
The latest dodge We have heard Of is that adopted
a shor, time ago by a female TO obtain grocer le.
sithout money. Sne stepped i0to grocery store
in the neighborhood Of Thirteenth and Siue streets
and. after taking seat on chair near the coun-
ter ordered variety of articles which were weigh.
ed tied up, and handed 20 her by the attentive and
polite store-keepsr. As each package was gwen
her. she dropped 1t into earthen vase which she
held In her lap. When che had completed her
she placed the lid on The vase, and set
.ing 1t on one end OF the counter, requested the
store-keeper to allow it TO stand there for few
riputes while she attended TO soIae business in
the vicinity, stating AT the same time that on uer
return she would settle the bill Shortly alter her
departure, an attendant OF the store having occa-
sion move this vase, 1t was found TO he conside
rably lighter thau the number Of articles placed
in it would warrant, and, on removing the lid the
secret was s.discovered-thefe was no bottom TO II .
1t Is suppseed that the ingenious female had
pocket in the front of her dress. in which 10 place
the articles as they were handed paia
L d9er
FArAL LErrgR-A venerable British army store
keeper, Of ffty, named james sutton Elliot, de
camped from England, on tho 23d OF May, aith
Miss Sinclair, young actress of twenty -nve, and
xlo,soo OF the government funds he arrived 10
this country aud information following, him. led to
the placing of y New York detective on bis track
lie was chased from place to place, Including OLD
Point, aud all tho fashionable watering places, by
the singular way 10 which he wrote the letter -
all his alias. OF which no used half dozen, begin
Mug with that unfortunate letter. He Was arrest.
ei IN New York, Monday, when very pretty lit
tie tragic scene was gotten up by bis young thea
tricsl friend Elliott 10 mal OF fies appearance,