Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-02-22
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From the National Intelligencer.,
The Gold EIrnIn.


The Gold Mania.
We have met nowhere so striking, we might say
revolving picturegs presented in the annexed
extracts the awful exhibited at the gold
dggngs by the furious strife Of men for the precious
The poet had Witnessed nothing like this when
he spoke of the aai sacra flames. The extracts are
from letters published in the Inverness Courier which
that paper states were from respectable people who
had emgrated from that quarter Of Scotland to Aus
tralia This Journal pouches for the authenticity of
the documents. The following is from a letter dated
Melbourne, Sept. 8:
'Things will not last forever in this way. There
will be an outbreak here before many years. Moth
ing but separation from England is talked of. Thou
sands OF ankees and Caliiornans are swarmng in
every week, and thousands ofthe rif-raff of all the
world. The country is in fearful state for of
protection, and robbeIies and murders are committed
with mpnnity. sleep every night with pair Of
pistols under my pillow, my fathers big sword hung
by my bed head, and also an American bowie knife
under my pillow. Our house, be sure, is in lone
ly and romantic situation, and is thus liable to at
tack at any time of night, but do not like leaving
it to come and live in this vile Melbourne"
In another letter, the same writer speaks as fol-
lows:
1T would be utterly impossible to give you any
idea of the state of things IN Melbourne 1t is
such as the world never before, and perhaps
never will agaip. With thousands arriving every
day from England, California, America, &c, we
have the same number of houses in Melbourne that
we had when the population was only about "a 600,
before the gold discovery. Yon may think what it
must be now A complete wilderness of tents has
sprung up all around the city, in which all the
hardened villains in the colony have their haunts,
and through which it is not safe TO walk in broad
day light. The whole interior of the country is
pete overruu with bauds of bush range ,mounted
armed, and thoroughly organized The murders and
aud cruelties they practice their vicams are fear
iul. They perform their exploits quite in the
style as the old banditti; however, they sometimes
get caught. party of them, while proving about
the main overland road from Mount lexander 10 ADJ
elaide, in South Australia, stopped to rest and
fresh themselves a shepherds hut and there OPEN
" stated that they were lying in walt for a party of
dgeers who were returning with a large quantity OF
gold. Nothing was seen of them for two days, when
two of them returned, iearluIy burnt all over
his body that he died in few hours; the other also
died from the effect Of gun shot wound, The 9TH
! er three of the gang missing. A few DAYS af
! ter the burnt remains Of several men were found ii
short distance on the road, and il ultimately turned
out that the party they had intended to have robbed
! had overpowered them, and taken a fearful revenge
/ by bnrning them to death, The men were all old
/ cnnyicis. Is not this practical illustration of the
evils INFLICTED on these colonies by the continuance
! of the transportation system? But there's good
time coming, and%f i ia TO be continued, why the
sooner the colonies are independent the better. They
are already ripe for il. haSe no hesitation in say
ing that the gold diggings have FASTENED The APP.
proach Of that event by 80 years. - is not to be
supposed that country which can expo. twenty
| moua sterling per annum in gold dist will .)ng
submit TO be made the sink hole Of England. Hove
! ever, it is talking more about that subject.
81 am writing this in my office, which is splen-
didly situated, being very high room, and hav-
ing view Of about twenty miles down the Port
| Philip Bay, that | can see every ship and
steamer that comes in, and as have full view
| of the telegraph station, can tell at glance
what part of the world they are from. Whist
am writing, there are three large ships coming in
/ from London, two from Liverpool, one from Bris-
| toll, one from the Cape of Good Hope, one from
! New York, two from San Francisco, and a new
fleet of traders between here and the neighboring
colones-all crowded with passengers for the gold
dggmgs. This will give you some idea of the
rate at which our population is daily increasing,
and Ibis is only the commencement of it. This
is not only my opinion of the state of things; it is
that of every sober and rejecting man in the col
! ony, from the Governor downwards Every day
flour is rising by jumps of IS per ton at time.
1t Is now t35 ton; Tomorrow, in all probabili-
ty, it will be ESQ. Our only hope is in America,
from our friends, the Yankees. ANY one ship
ping flour now, would make an immense fortune
Of our own growth, there will be little or none
this year. In addition to this, our social condi-
ton is fearful; only fancy bodies of armed men
rushing into the shops and gold offices in broad
daylight, shooting at the owner, and making off
with the spoil As for stirring out after dark, it
is Madness