Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-26
THE EVENING NEWS.
WA. .RyervWhere.

Havoc, war, bloodshed and devastatlon
seem the fashion and passion of the times.
So much is this the case that we heard
thoroueh-paced in6del remark on Mon
day. when speaking of the seizures OF
Danish ships in Chinese waters by the
Prussian frigate, that the world is coming
to an end, for "wars and rumors Of wars
abound everywhere" 1t is pretty much
go. worlds end or no worlds end. Like
small pox, hydrophobia, dueilng g. ana
kindred insanity, war is now contagious,
customary and fashionable. Some people
are coming to believe in the truth OF the
Apocalypse, who never believed 1t before.
First, there is our own war, on scale
which hides all others almost by its ex-
tent, gigantic proportions, and the great
principles involved. Mexico is in sirni-
lar condition, somewhat. War hovers
over the States of Colombia, and all the
republican countries of South America
are ready to draw the sword in indigna-
ton at the outrageous action OF SPAN,
and in sympathy with Peru for the ag-
ressions upon her. Spain is waging war
in Dominica, and France In Mexico and
Alpiers. The chieftains of the interior OF
Africa are always at war. About all the
Governments of Germany, thirty or more
of them, have hand in the Danish war,
which fights back manfully against the
odds, and the present indications are that
England and France must take hand in
the fight, which would most probably
bring on general European war. Poland
is still using her manacles to smlte the
Russian Bear, whose claws are at the same
time feeling for her throat and tearing at
the jugular of the Caucasus. The Swedish
feet has been ordered to sea doubtless to AID
its Scandinavian neighbor, and the mass OF
the British populace are anti German, and
calling for interference in favor OF the
father of their future Queen. In China,
for one or two decades, war has been in
progress, and appears to be the normal
condition of the country. Chinese heads
are cleft from Chinese necks with swing
ing sword-cut and zip, without attend
ance of priest or prayer, the avenging
sword Kissing the only dirge. A Prus-
sian frigate is picking up all Danish ships
az waits, in the Chinese seas, and John
Bulls fleet are about to knock the fortih-
cations of Prince Nagato about his ears,
like bull in China shop. 1t is mer-
nv dance the world is engaged in. What
does it all portends Of how much con-
sequence to the great sum and SUD-
stance of the Universe, and OF how much
weight with the Great Ruler are all these
tossings about of bloody heads, and filling
up of new graves: Take microscope OF
million magnifying power, place a peach
in the focus, in such way that the sur
face of the rind may be reflected and
thrown, immensely magnihed, upon
wall, and it will be seen that the little tuz
on the surface of the peach has assumed
the character of trees and forests, their
branches alive with animals enjoying LIE
like birds and squirrels, swinging to and
fro, flying from limb to limb, and, as
among men, eating and tearing each other,
without the modern improvements and
civilized appliances Of four hundred pound
shot, fifteen-inch PARROTS, and iron-ciads,
We eat the peach, and mash and mastl-
cate the animalcule. But it is not be-
cause they fight and devour each other.
Perhaps the lives of these creatures nvlsl-
BILE to the unaided human eye, but seen
by God clearly, are of as much import
ance to Him as are our own. And whe-
ther the earth-worms and man animalcu-
las fight or sleep, makes little difference
in the great lifetime of the stars. Let us
not think that what we do weighs oppres-
sively upon Deity. We are but living
dust on the peach rind.-CaA