Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-05-12
JEFF. DAVIS as PROPHET.

Jefferson Davis, some time King of
Dixie. did in his time play many parts !;
but in none did he make so complete a
Judy Fitzsimmons mother" of himself,
as when he tired his hand at prophecy.
In the spring of 1861. in a speech at Ste
yenson. Alabama, he uttered the following
oracular prediction:
Your border States will gladly come into
the Southern CuufeJeracy within sixty days,
rs We will be your only friends. England
will recognize uS, and glorious future is be-
fore ~. The grass will grow in the North
ern cities where the payements have been
worn by the trade Of commerce. We will
carry war where il is easy to advance, where
food for the sword and torch await the ar
mics in the deusely populated cities"
Alas. for the iallacy of human hopes
for the falsity of human predictions d!
Four years have passed away since this
prediction was made, and JEFF. Davis
stands convicted before the world of being
false prophet. The border States are
loyal to the Old Flag; France and Eng
land have not recognized the Confederacy;
grass is not growing On the streets of our
Northern towns; our " densely populated
cities" have not been delivered up to fire
and sword. On the contrary, the North
"still lives" prosperity rtigus throughout
her borders, her resources are unimpaired.
her energies uncrippled. Her people are
united; their purpose to save the Union
is unshaken; their hope Of glorious tn
umph grows stronger and stronger every
day. The crisis of Revolution has
strengthened the bonds Of fraternal con-
cord; given tone and consistency to the
patriotism Of the masses; developed quail
ities Of greatness which we never dreamed
that we possessed; made US every way
stronger, better. more self-reliant and I'M
selRsn. Although engaged in one of the
most stupendous wars the world ever wit
messed, we have not neglected the more
peaceful enterprises that 60 TO make up
the greatness of State. Our internal
resources are being developed with unex-
ampled rapidity. The productive capital
of the nation is increasing in ratio here
tofore unexampled. Since the war broke
out. we have found time to unite the Pa
chic with the Atlantic shores BY the cleo
tic cord; tens of thousands Of miles OF
railroads have been built; the Atlantic
Cable enterprise is approaching its trium-
plant completion while we are prepar-
ing to place ourselves en- rapport with
Eastern Asia by telegraphic line across
Behring's Strait.
Bow is it with the Rebels: Their fond
hopes havs been crushed; their lofty cas-
ties have vanished into air; their ambi-
tious schemes have miscarried. They set
GU, 10 found an empire; and they ind
Themselves confronted by ruin. They
announced that they were about to teach
the world new lesson in State craft and
they have added voluminous appendix
TO the annals Of human folly. The Con-
fedora y no longer exists except in name.
AIS % IN OuE lhC a. ha~s
lately defended it is virtually destroyed;
its President is fugitive from Justice"
Poor DAvIs.-In hatch Of correspon-
dence found at the office Of the Charleston
Mercury, Mr. Rhett Pours the bitterest
contempt upon the chief OF the rebel Con-
federacy. What Is worse, he represents
that others share that contempt. He
writes:
"A decided majority Of the congrcssthiuk
Of Davis a. l do, but, they fear, to oppose
him will weaken US. As be il pig headed, il
they resist his usurpations there must be di-
vision, hence, they think, weakness. This
iS false reasoning"
In letter Of two days previous (Dec.
!, 1851 the elder Rhest says: He
(Da.i-) is such fool that no one can tell
what he viii or will not d." and con-
cludes, ~ think Davis is in great con.
tempt here"
TIE CIzcrL-Lee & Ryland's Circus sx-
hih;,.d IN Gold Hill last night to an audience