The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-06


AS dealers inclined TO await the receipt Of intsr
news due by the Arabia, breadstuffs easier Com
brands OF state -four closed al So 81 to 30 81 Genesee
wheat at 16oc., and white Michigan wheat at 15ic a
lobe sale Of 600 barrels State -four arrive in the
the first two weeks Of November, was made, at 81
The sales of cotton yesterday reached 700 bales and
5000 bales the day before without change of moment in
prices.
The difficulty at the Chinchs Islands was referred
As the Defiance Captain Mccercn belonged to this port
the took the merchants by surprise should the.
statements investigation prove true, the
very aggravated one ANA demanded the prompt action of
government The owners Of the vessel would come
upon the Peruvian government for damages.
The gentleman nho came through with the express OF
Nessrs. Adams CO. from Australia, and who touched
at Csao brought home dispatches from Mr.. Clay, the
American Minister to Peru, to government They
doubt related to this pew Of outrage They were
forwarded yesterday afternoon through the post office to
Washington that the government win probably be In
posse of the material facts of the The gen
tleman referred to stated that he had reached Mel
bourne by the Atlantic route and after spending some
months there had sailed in the ship Glance for Callao,
with the express Messrs Adams Co., and arrived in
the CresceI Ciy via Panama. He stated that living
Melbourne enormously high, although eadstutis
and provsi II. were out Of the way. The climate,
lie that Of California subject to the dry and wet
During the rainy the mud in direc
ton beggared description and required good deal of
mans time to keep his person decentY free from it,
Again. during the cry the dust very oy
ing. Water was scarce. There not well in Mel
bourne The inhabitants compelled to the river
water the Y Yaa which, however very good
and kept remarkably sweet at sea. He thought that
there was plenty of gold in the country, but that the
English had gone there not exactly the people
to dig Tie two greatest impediments to be met
with from the scarcity of water and the bad regu
ations The latter discouraged enterprises
requiring the combination of individuals, for damng
canaug &c TO access to water in dry sea
sons the English population had been chiefly devo
ted to nugget hunting the search for gold in Jumps
and when they sought other places leaving
the soil which he believed to contain much gold unwash
ed The regulations and OF government were much
complained Of There seemed to be disposition to man
age for tho benefit of the few fold citizens wealthy
prepretors) to the prejudice Of the masses Small allo
m, nts of land and the establishment OF class oil small
farmers discouraged, and disposition manessea 70
keep population in towns apparently Tor the purpose
Of keepins down labor. Notwithstanding all these
drawbacks Melbourne good place for business,
and rapidly gaining. He believed that government
would either have to modify recede from
its absurd regulations or that revolution wouia
ere long break out lie said that the Americans were
wei received by the but looked upon with some
jealousy BY the monopoly classes who aimed to rule every
thing in a way to add TO their and influence
The common class Englislmen never having been
customed to the use firearms frequently robbed in
numbers of FIVE and six with good firearms in hand, by
coule Of bush rangers whereas Americans in travelling
would be ttackeaby double their own force 1t was
considered that American good for even two or
three bushmen. He said that such the smoothness
Of the Pacific and freedom from storms compared with
the Atlantic that appeared TO be formed for navigation
BY steamers and the latter for sailing vessels
Tie Chamber Of Commerce held special meeting yes
teray and adopted resolutions expressive of their
for the death Of the late Hon James c. King.
proposed that respectable number OF the leading
dry goods obbers form themselves into association for
purpose Of united action in The redress of grievances
which becoming irtoerable Most of our Jobbers
have been much annoyed and injured by the com
plants of customers, arising from sexatons delays
in the transportation and delivery of their goods
throughout the West and South These delays seem
10 increase every season, notwithstanding the fact that
some Of the transportation companies guarantee limit
Of time reasonable is seldom if offered when
individual Of delay presented to transportation
company by single house. and redress is made less sell
dom still Those who in this movement propose that
this association shall take cognzance every case of delay
and sft it to the bottom such delay
be delinquency and not absolutely unavoidable to with
draw in body their patronage besides seeking legal re-
dress necessary What the iohbers want, and will be
necessa to have is the prompt and speedy delivery of
their customers goods.