Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-02-22

,prrp.r AuSrRALM.-We are indebted 10 ;
-.a,,.r,or If this city, for the following synopsis
If letter from friend who has found his way &c
Australia among the gold seeking folk:
Il nrR Sin: Permit me TO give you brief sketch
,bas,at. oF affairs i'll Melbourne, Australia,
n October last. My friend from whose letter !
extract, had been doing business IN Brlsoane,
Noreton Eay but the population decreasing and
nrobably being slightly effected with symptoms oil
tbe ..pold nania,'' he was induced to pursue the
,o,,rss or otber invalidS by moving TO Melbourne
II;s Latter. for an Australia letter, is unusually
fslot, 1t seems That having joined III the hunt,
his waiting 10 particulaEze would only be losing
time. Commencing abruptly, he breaks out by
saving, "Neatly all the people in business here
4 are amassing stores Of wealth. and hundreds have
enriched themselves At the mines. Wages are
high, and rising. Shoemakers, cOoperS, carpen-
ters, &C.. can make ut least 2OS (S5l a day, aud
+ other mechanics much more. Painters realize tl5
(S75) week. In short. every man willing to work
can have profitable employment" Professional
clerks are the only men who are badly paid, hut
they il appears, form no exception TO the above
statement. Their salary averages $1,000 year,
a sum barely sufficient TO maintain them AT the
high rates of living then existing. "RentS are
running up fast. For one unfinished apartment;
in the merest cottage in the suburbs 81 and up
wards is paid Water was selling at sl,25 per
cask, wood 50 to 81 per load, flour SO per bar
rel, potatoes $3.50 per cwt, eggs Sl,22 per doz.
His account of the state of society is very fiat
tering He Seems to think that Melbourne is fix
ed upon as head quarters bya certain old general,
and talks of guns being rs common rs walking
sticks. His comparison hete does not convey a
correct idea however Had he stated that guns
were as numerous as the props required to support
declining British aristocracy, an approximation
: might have been arrived at. The municipal reg
ulations, tho 'gh not very stringent were rIgdly
observed, especially one requiring quiet folks to
keep within doors at night. This however is at
trbuted TO their respect for his honor Judge Lynch
who convenes his court in the open streets about
that time. His honOr'S circuit by the by is said
10 be very large, extending all the way from Mel
bourne to Ophir; and Il e dispatch with which he
transac cts business inspires the tmid with pro-
found veneration. His officers, the Bush-rangers,
are numerous and highly efficient. Executions in
particular are served with electric speed. Some
'llInO OF Inc law Will nave IL mat they are bad
sherifTs, because they make no returns, but he is
entirely mistaken, for a farther proof Of their
efficiency, they invariably recover property, and
asst returns their law actually prohibits them.
The arrival of two ships from the United States
is noticed. OF the passengers he observes, "the,
were very much disappointed at everything being
Odear, but consoIrd themselves with the hope
that they would get plenty of gold.'
All things considered, my friend sensibly remarks
that he should have remained in Brisbane; but ;
paronysm returning before the sentence is rightly
closed, he affrms that ''there is good chance tc
do well in Melbourne yet, if one could get fail
START and hints that his friend in Wheeling
might do worse than make trip TO him some day.
when both would pay formal visit to the gentry
at ophr, the distance being about so miles; but
his friend don't like Tie firm o: government, and
having ciphered some when boy, calculates that
he might, some eaEly morning, be found minus q
head' aid so declines. Yours &C., R.
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