The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-02-12
Australia--Gold Discoveries.

We learn from the Melbourne Argus of the
2'th OF September. that up to that time the
total amount of gold brought into that place
alone. by the several escorts as we'll As hv
private hand. amounted to 2.lns. 167 ounces.
the estimated value of which is little less
than MtrfH-Slr miHion~ Of ,io'iors, Ii will be-
remembered that Melbourne is hut one of
several places of deposit, and derives its
precious products from the gold fields of Vie
toria alone.
We have from the same source. some >ut-
iicienty correct data. by which We are cna-
hlrd to determine the average weekly Weld
of these gold fields, the richest Vet discover
ed. The official 'addrcSs to Her Majesty"
drawn up by the Legislative Council OF Vic
torIa. i'll the latter part of September states
that the present weekly Weld Of cold has
been ascertainrd to have averaged for the
past three months. eigL'y Mo'lsand o'nccs. 1t
now rather exceeds than ia lis below this. as
the Weld has constantly been on the increase
According to this statement. at 20 >hilingS
an ounce. these fields are now welding gold
to the incredible value of t2So. 600 sterling
per week. or nearly million and halt of
dollars and OF ga. $50. 600 sterling in a
wear, or of serentg-''ro mIiion citJM hn.dr.i
Mn,,su,d d0iiury
These figures. startling as they NAV seem.
are fully substantiatcd and more than con-
tirmcl by the statistics of the ASSAY olicc.-
That it falls below rather than exceeds the
present Weld, is sufficiently shown hv the
fact that during the four weeks o!' September
$4,000 ounces Tor 92.5oO wcck) had been
conveyed from the di g.n.s hv escorts in adj
ditlon to the unknown quantities brought a
way 10y private persons ani still rcmauin. in
the hands of the diggcr> The Melbourne
Argus estimates the weekly Weld even a.
hiyh as 100, 900 ounces. At all cvrnts SAYS
it is perfectly certain that the weekly Weld i
constantly increasing.
: In the Atlas of Thursday we gave An est
+ mate made last October hv AN English writ
, er, that bv the end OF the year 1892 Their,
would be at least ~. 900 dignrrs in the Aus
tralian gold fields. At the very time that cs
: innate was published in London viz Oct. |
It 1882, there were N'gbty howand digq'rS a
|. worl in Victoria aIone'
: The fact that the quantity of gold prolur
c'l rises in very nearly exact proportion It
the increased number of diggers. shows tina
It the limits of the capacity of the gold fields %
d Victoria have not vet been even approached
- Some Of the instances of success are extraor
binary. One Of the most remarkable, wa
the finding splendid mass OF pare "iiH gall
'r weigbinq f,r"n'Y-tour pounds t5ur ounces.-
" This superb specimen was purchased by tn
II Provln lal govcrnment,as present to Once
-. Victoria: at auction. for the sum of 5. 250.
was forwarded hv the mail steamer Austria
'' ian, of the Doth sept. and arrived at ri,
in mouth on the 10th of last month
o. a writer in late Melbourne paper is yer
confident that the experiences of Septemh.
have not only confirmed the fact that III
oi- gold fields OF that province are not vet bern
n ming to exhibit the slightest symptoms of e,
.ss haustlon. but have gwen fresh evidence G
their indefinite extent
In several instances, places which had bee
. tried and abandoned as comparatively nnpr
hs ductive. have proved, upon more minute il
81 veStlgaton. to be richly remuneratve. OH
er localities, hitherto untried, are spoken o
III as Astounding in god.-BoSton lHuS.
The CRoUP-IIow TO PREVENT IT.
=, correspondent of the New York Mirror.
. medical practitionerin all article on this sui
/. lect SAYS
40 The premonitorv symptom Of Group is
y, shrlll. sonorous cough. The patient is n,
-, slck-has no fever. as often in common col
is llvely .rerhaps even gaver than usual h
~ hands are cool, his face iu>hpossiblv shaG
d, paIer than usual. The solitary symptom ma
last for few DAYS. with no material incrca.
or abatement. and without attracting anv NJ
tee suddenly. however, the heretofore l.
tent bursts forth in all its fatal fury. and O
of
ten continues It's ravages. unchecked to II
" dreadful contamination. The remedies Il
this s7mptom of Group are simple, and
"' most cases perfectly efficient They are
" mustard poultce. or a strip of flannel drppe
''' il oil Of turprntine. or spirits of hartshorn "a
= piled TO the throat. and nauSeatinc doses @
Hives syrup to be continued as long AS tt
' cough remains. BY this timely emplovmel
: of mild agents ! unhesitatinglv asser, that
tnultitude q: lives might be saved every wee
- that aye nov lost through negli genco and d
Law"
W. Far IN B.s.Fr-We learn that c
/, Tuesday evening last. about II o'clock. tw
barns. with all their contents. owned bv y
10 John Abbott OF Barnet. we're entirely CO..