The New York herald., 1851-09-25


May -, and from Bathurst up to May "a, by tho
Teviot The utmost confusion and excitement pre-
vailed At bathurst, and hundreds Of persons were
lad Il S% so was. TSsn
within the last two or three days. Provisions, at
the d'ggiD go, hadrlsen to an enormous price. The
miners at present at work at the dggings, 300
worth a week. In digging for the geld, rubies have
been discovered in the Manning river.
The following extracts from the Empire Sydney
paper, of the 2lst, I'D, and y3d Of May last With
respect to the discovery, arc Of interest .
s'The sum Of the information contained in the
letters from Bathurst is, that there is gold, but
great uncertainty and difficulty in gettingit. The
following 10 an extract of letter from an extensive
landhoder in the Bathurst district - We are all
in the greatest ex citement here, some from joy,
some from despair anticipating famine disease and
death. ! am glad to hear the military are coming
up; we shall sadly want them. Went to the dig
gings, and in three hours got one ounce Of gold in
one bright lump. Carriage is 80 high am afraid.
we shall not be able to got up supplies
Another letter received by Sydney merchant
states that rock salt has been discovered in the
search for gold. regular company Is .t work.
under the auspices of member OF council, whose
daily operations average, in their result, full
/" The Mahhrnd Mercury states tina. gold has
been oisc overed in the tract of country situate be-
tween Sommerhiil on the south and Dubbo on the
north, and known as the Wellington district. The
more authentic accounts warrant as in believing
that one large piece Of nine ounces, and two or
IT,.
some pounds Of grain and dust, have already been
found by the parties engaged in digging there.
Three apprentices, who. ran away from
Bathurst, returned IN q few days with seventeen
ounces of gold, which sold for e5l.
considerable quantities Of gold and gold dust
were waiting At Bathurst when the Thomas
Arbuthnot left Sydney, until an escort should con-
yoy IL to the latter place.
q The above mentioned ship has piece Of gold
on board weghin a lbs it is from Bathurst, and
is intended t, be placed in the Great Exhibition
Tho Bathurst Free Press states that gentle.
man counted, during las; Tuesday, 2i0 people on
the Swallow Creek road, all journeying towards the
mines. The number Of persons arriving from
Sydney Is stated to be very great, aud many in
severe distress. The letters from the mines state
that large numbers are not earning more than ter
shillipgs per day. The fem Of Messrs. Birnsting'
received letter this morning, accompanied by
fourteen ounces Of fine gold. Letters we're also re-
ceived by Messrs. Hale & Lamb, the ia rellers, the
latter gentlemans correspondent corroborating the
previous information, that rubies, in considerable
quantities, have been discovered"
"Thc intelli gence this morning discloses no new
visions Of fortune. There is no advice OF any other
lucky digger having turned up golden potato root
The sum OF the infOrma .ion is that gold digging il
beginning to present itself rs hard and tOilsome
calling, which demands the utmos. perseverance,,
and the closest application to ensure success.
"Ihe following letter was received this morning
by DR.. Mackeliar, with about a quarter Of az
ounce Of gold as sample
"Dear Sir:-Thore is abun lance of gold in thi.
IL
twelve miles apart in it, and not only in the creek
but the sides Of the hills There is about lteer
hundred men ut work; all are getting some, many
are doing very WE'LL indeed. A party Of four mea
obtained 42e0 worth at one haul, another company
Of four got upwards Of one pound Of gold on Satur
day last: suppose It Is worth ESQ A great many
are earning GO to Ci0 week. 1t is very hard.
piences. DIR. Machattie has been up. He borrow
ed q tin dish fer enc hour, and got lbs. worth
worked four hours, and got 3Os WORTH with nothing
49, ~,..lr a. S..L Il kxxl. -
walk my hone in from the diggngs and in that
short time met 24f people on the road to Ophir.
Yours, So, "JoHS HurcHINsoN.'
With reference to the reported discovery Of gole.
in other pats Of the colony, the Hra3 has the fol-
Lowing -
GoLD-The reports that gold has been disco
vered at the Manning River, are confirmed, pas.
sepger by tho Thistle last night having broughs
with him piece Weighing nearly an ounce OBJ
tanned in that locality"
During one week our informant states that the
estimate Of gold found was supposed to be, ON the
average, cI per day to each man. Our informant
states that two apprentice boys, who " bolted'
from Bathurst, were only two days at the diggings
when they returned their stepfa,her GI2 worth Of
pentd to have a quarrel with his wife, and on the
impulse Of the nome Mt walked of to tho diggings
fer the purpose Of annoying her This person it was
value of ci70 lie relates several other instances
OF large quantities Of gold having been souad ic.
short spaces OF time. In fact all sccoun ,oncur
inreme,entng the Ophir district az rich bey ond all
conception, and 1t IL confidently eonjecturci by
scientific persons that even richer veins will
be discovered than the ono already operated upon.
Trial OF Rose Tnmisier, the Miracle woElser,-
frrom the London News ser..sl
Rose Tamisicr, the female arrested on o eharYe,
Of having, by pre- tended miracle at saint Sltur-
min, near Apt, committing what the law calls car,
outage on objects Of religions worship waS
brought to trial four days ago before the Tribunal
Of Correctional Police Of Carpentras. She is ex-
tromely pale, aad her features bear the mark Of
mysticism. Her bearing Is modest, and she dressss
in black, with nuns cap. Her age is 35. The
in picture was placed behind the judges. 1t was
proved by several witnesses that Rose bad always
pretended 20 posses the power Of working mira es
To one witness she once showed q letter which
neither read nor write, and that person, she de-
clared, had been miraculously endowed with the
ihcility Of writing In consequence Of her prayers
To another witness she asserted that she had, on
grca, light from Heaven at Cadenct. To q
third, thc said that che io once, when ia the con
vent Of Salons, planted cabbage by the comman4i
Of Heaven aad that iG few days il grew to such
vast size .hat all the persons in the convent were
able to make dinner oft. The cure Of Saignor
doposed that he had known Rose Tamisier for &c.
teen years, md had always noticed In her q marked
tendency to piety and mysticism. In August, ls5o,
she told him that she had myrseulously received
the sscranent In the parish church; and on going
TO me Tabernacle Of the altar be found that the
consecratcd wafer had disappeared. On two subse-
qucnt occasions the consccrated wafer again van
hhcj, and Rose pretended that she had again mira
culously communicated. lie, therefore, rcnoycdthe
key Ct the tabernacle and forbade Der TO approach
tho altar; no aso directed his rtcusre not T..
say mass at the principal altar; but neyerthe.
less the eensecratod wafer ain skcn way and
he could rot dieoover that any second key TO the t
bernaelc existed On going to the church one mora
ing ho wsssurrri'ed to end the tabernacle open,
two candles on the altar lighted, and Rose pros.
trate on tho ground. In answer TO his question.
tho ssid that the caniles hal become lighted Of
themselves, that the tabernacle had voluntarily
epened thai she lad felt herself Fixed to the ground
at fome distlSce from the altar and .ha. the con
stcruted wafer had then advanced slowly 10 her
mouth. About the same time she pretended 10
have mark Of miraculous character on her breast,
and TO prove this assertion, she produced her linen
which bore sometimes stains representing the Viz
gin Mary md. at others. a crown of thoyus lie