The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-24

horfe power Ii eqarea fer the service OF tne govern-
nent; also person who thoroughly understands drsdg
ing operations 70 take charge Of the steam tug APp
cations TO b forwarded before the 18th Of April
The Forest Creek Correspondent of the Melbosrne
Argus OF March % writing under date Of March ~ thus
arrns xsh hss s.x our By
few Is reported to DO an extensive
country, resembling very much the bendgo In appear
with the addition that the ranges are very much
covered with quartz The holes already dug are said to
BIZ yielding very favorably much IN some instances
twenty ounces to cart load Of stuff Since the above
report there Is also. another of dggpgs the
Bendigo ut place called the White Hills. These White
Hills are to be about fifty in number and the
report goes that almost every hole bottomed shows fair
to remunerate for labor.
Sose months having elapsed since my last visit to
town. Was most agreeaby surprised last week on my
way down. to find the roads had been much improved.
few miles Of the roads certainly credit TO the
aovernm ent The Black Forest is improved very much,
Although the road through il does not show any
improvement; the ne with the exception Of = mile
two is cleared Of trees for shout forty yards wde show
ing that il is intended future day to complete the
work. much pleased to find that even this dreaded
portion Of the road bosst of having house Of &C
commodation, known the Black Forest Inn the
proprietor of which is most civil and obligng young
man. named William Cunningham Hunter. The want Of
good accommodations the roads has been very much
felt for long time and to this day, out OF about
twenty licensed houses from Forest Creek
to Melbourne half dozen deserving Of
sgement for toe ether with Indifferent accommodations,
civy is article which is much needed at these
places.
Of month cleared after paying al penses about
f4oo per They worked for the greater part Of the
time in q gully in she vicinity of Mount Korong,
QUARTZ CRUSHING AND sLUICE WASHING.
correspondent of the Melbourne Argus writing from
Baaarat and Eureka, March 49, says:-"For some days
past the degngs have been pacarded with notices OF
meeting for rhe purpose Of pettoning the TO
permit plan Of proct edng which, so far
have been enabled TO ascertain Its merits appears
would any interfere with the operations Of those
degsrs who prefer the present system OF digging but Is
calculated to give certain fair rate OF wages TO the many
who have been otherwise unsuccessful.
The meeting held yesterday, and turned out mi.
SCRABBLE failure and completely faded the prediction Of
the correspondent of Morning Herald viz that he
satisfied from the state Of the public feeling upon the
subject that the dggers would n the event of the
erment refusing their SANCTION proceed to erect the
machines upon their responsibility, organise Lynch
law, and set the government at defiance. The foowing
short account of what occurred at the meeting will show
ceived himself
The meeting was called for two P NJ; about three P.
1oraSs state Of hs probably tending produce
thin assemblage; when Mr.. Thompscn originator
of the scheme having risen for the purpose Of opening
the meeting, immediately assailed by the united
voices Of those assembled tall powerful digger mounted
the PLATFORM and shortly closed the whole proceeding by
announcing in the Of the degers that should any
attempt be made to erect such . machine as the
proposed should be instantly broken to pieces and all
persons concerned driven from the ground This short
speech having been delivered the meeting broken up
and the assembled dggers rapidly dispersed So satisfied
however, the self organised committee Of ultimate
the subject this day three weeks
BACCHUs MARsH-IDLINGs IN THE BUSH.
The travelling correspondent Of the Argus writes from
Border Inn, Bacchus Aarsh under date March H. and
what can induce Balaarat dggers from Melbourne to
60 by way of Geelongs The road by Bacchus Marsh is
when Watts bridge across the werribee, behind the
Border Inn is completed, which will be in few days,
the Sn bad par. Of the the assg will b
toleraby level country cannot say in what state the
entrance the Marsh win be in .ntsr for owing to
the dilatcrness and bad faith of the government the
whole summer has been allowed to pass without any
thing being DONE In October last petition sent
by the inhabitants two thousand pounds were granted
a local committee formed by official sanction, sur.
veyor sent up, everything apparently arranged. and
at the eleventh hour, after long and mysterious
rejection, and that until decision is to nothing
can be done. Had this been hnoSn in time the inhabi-
tapts themselves would doubtless have made exertons
and effected something by public subscription 1t Is to
be hoped that it Is not yet too late.
This II delightful spot for residence. The name
sounds i'll but 1t is missioner Bacchus Marsh ID rich
auval fiat about three miles 10 length with average
breadth of mile and half aiding far wider In
parts unded by amphtheare Of picturesque
hills and aversed throughout by the running Wer
bee have looked at the in the day tme and by
moonlight and in the urid glare of blazing stuoble6ed,
and in every aspect with admiration The inha bitants-
about four bunded-are conente5 thriving, apd hospi
table. The inns ae good, and not exorbtant Crooks
is magnificent house for country vlsge-the stables,
should think unequaIled in the colony In both the
greatest cvty lie met WITH and drunkenness and disor
der almost unknown The Roman Catholics, usual,
far before here, having . neat brick church
school, and . priest while the only other thing OF
the kind in the place is poor little affair called
The master, with the salary Of half constable with.
school materials, indebted to the charity Of
ne'ghbor for a bench, to another for very small ta-
BILE, and so CD, drives knowledge under difficulties,
like Spartan hero. and giyes satisfaction to the guar
dians of his young ideas Two hundred year has been
guaranteed by the people for Church Of England minis
ter and rife against the bishop, because
none has been sent The Presbyterians are active just
row. and about to begin building.
The fine house and estate of r. N Clarke, Esq., in the
mdce Of the Marsh have been leased by government at
f60O year for three years to be used as court house
and station for mounted police The situation eligible
and probably half the is paid in consideration Oh its
beauty, for charming residence it would be almost
impossible to imagine Youpgs' steam mills also
interesting feature in the landscape and do great credit
to the en'erprising activity Of the Ia
nov busy laying out ne~ township at the west end OF
the mouth OF June when, let lucky diggers
rivals with small capital wihing to SETTLE take advantage
healthier or preter spot or more agreeable neigh
borhood, they will hal dy And elsewhere The distance
from Melbourne thirty five miles, and the road good
The Argus says, writing Of FiDgal gold -. CORES
poIdent wries-t is many months since Dr. Ward
ed 10 be published the statement that at work
at the dggpgs At Fnes we're averaging one ounce per
earnest inquiry he has made has been sarded
with more than few grains for weeks labor. We
cannot afford correspondent any information
satisfactory than that he appears to be in possession Of
There is gold in the vicinity Of Fngal and the east
COAST, vrDOut uOuDt, ana some VIII De !ound
quantities the Dor of persons engaged in
search of it, The difficulty at being in ignorance
q lite whereabouts that is all"
LOCAL PRovENENT-LEGIsLATIvE AND MUNICIPAL
PROCEEDINGS
Referring to house building in the city of Melbourne,
the Argus says
1--WE are very glad to OBJ erve that spirit Of active
in the building line il displaying itself ,ngt
Of the les ding Of the city The exorbi
prices o. building materials and the high wages of
labor doubtless serious drawbacks to the spirited
projectors; bat think that the proportonately high
atanable for houses II every Kind sufficiently jus
ty extensive BUILDING in the city safe and p-ohta
Die investment Of capital Amongst other ecidcss 10 the
course Of erection, msy mention the followng:-A
store Flinders street. for William Nicholson Esq, 81 L.
c. At cost of about Ell COO store 10 Swanston street
for Mr Po-e the onnor ger at cost OF about &c 900
tore for Mr. Hart, OF Collins street. at Of about
60 SEQ; and a company has projected arca'e TO
from Lousdale street into Little BouIke street, with
OF small shops each side after the fashion OF the
London srcades The cost # this will he about fl0 eco
The foregoing edfces all from the designs Of Mess
ard {. Webb Of Collins street, architects and the de-
signs characterized by that blending Of utility With
tpef desirable m nunl. huil1