Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-02-03
Australia.

The emigration and expectation to this new
land of gold, bids fair to exceed even the rush
to California. Ships for Australia are adver-
tised in the New York and Boston papers by
the column, and the new trade is making a
large draft upon our produce, goods and ships.
This, added to the California trade-two hun
dred vessels having sailed from New York and
near one hundred from Boston in 1852, for
California-opens a market for our produce,
goods and ships apparently as inexhaust-
ible as our sources of supply. 1t is hard
.y probable that Maine ship builders can
overdo their business for years to come.
Of the ships in Boston up for Australia, the
Boston papers say the ship Marion is full at
high rates the Plymouth Rock is engaged
full, the bark Lucy L. Hale is partly engaged,
and she is to be succeeded by the beautiful ship
Volga. The bark Chicora of $500 barrels, is
loading for Australian ports The ship Mo-
ses Wheeler is to load Immediately 1t is said
a new ship was chartered last week for Aus
tralia, thence to the East Indies and home, at
price that will pay the first cost of the ship
within twelve months.
The Californian and Australian markets bid
fair to make business lively for some time to
come, and our manufacturers, producers, and
ship owners must reap harvest. With such
markets opening, continually, the man must
be crazy who demands wing -protection-tar-
iff for our manufactures. We have the ships,
the machinery, the ingenuity and the enter
prise to compete with England or the world
anywhere. 1t is fact to-day. after our manu-
facturers have borne as the wings say, under
democratic anti-protection tariff for six years.
that the demand for the goods of our New
England manufacturers cannot be answered.
AS Yankees are ever on the move, and some
of them in this State are about starting for
Australia, few facts in relation to the eli
mate and soil of this golden country may be
interesting.
Victoria Colony, on the southern portion of
the Australian continent, has fertile soil and
healthy climate. The seasons are opposite to
ours. The summers are never intolerably hot,
nor the winters cold; thermometer rarely nine
ty-fve in the shade in summer and there is
always buoyancy to the atmosphere, prevent
ing languor. The air of Australia, owing to its
dryness, is light Though perspiring freely in
the hottest weather abroad, there is no feeling
of oppression. The change Of temperature,
though rapid, is not trying 10 the cons titution,
and is often hot during the day, and at night a
fire and great coat are comfortable. The hot
winds prevail at seasons, but only for few
hours, and are Of no inconvenience. The win
tiers are mild, without snow, but with a slight
frost in the morning. The grass contains great
fattening qualities; sheep average 100 lbs,
and cattle are large. Stock is often produced,
merely to boil dozen for tallow. Crops are GER
tain, and of first quality the wheat superior
to American. -Four or five years ago. ESQ 900
bushels wheat, of the average of Ga lbs. each,
were sent from the colonies to England, and
sold at high rate for confectioners sc. There
is no part of the world where down trodden
man can do better than here, as a farmer, la
borer or gold seeker.
Gold is found in similar localities as in Cali
fornia, and is worth 81 more per o. Near Mel
bourne are the richest gold localities. The
yield is abundant, being about an ounce ($17)
per day per man. Our opinion. however, is,
that it would be better for all yankees who are
doing well enough at home, to stay there.