Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1853-12-03
Australia Hows,

| Daily, utIlftu al ANtW 1uIN on DaiuFIal
| in the remarkable short time Of 50 days
/ from Melbourne, bringing news from there
a few DAYS later than advices via. Eng
/ land. I'VE have dates from Melbourne
to the lst September.
Adams & Co, by this arrival, received
sIlO,0 900 in gol lone passenger $4,000
in gold-ihe = hole amount Of gold in the
hands Of passengers is stated 10 be sICO-.
900.
The Bavaria brings Is passengers,
among ihem Mr. w. Adams, bearer of
dispatches to our Government. One man
named Martin, has returned by her 10
Williamsburg, New York, afi-r three
weeks effort at the diggings with n good
supply "f the precious metal. The Ba-
varia is the first vessel from Melbourne
direct 10 New York, or our shores, excep !
to California, She also brought the first |
mdIdirect. This much needed BY Amer. |
lean settlers in Australia, as our mails /
have had to go to England previously ,Gnd
no papers have reached there except bv
private hands or ship, unless paid the Id
; in England, and rc-mai!ed to this country.
HS VI ltlt NGlUlhl uC
Argus, Of Aug. 20, is a strong appeal for
! independence. The example Of the Uni
ted States in their colonial days is cited
something worthy the attention and prac.
: lice of Australians.
C Table tippings and spiritual rappngs
), were all the rage at Melbourne and Sgd
). ney.
e At Adelaide commercial matters were
dull, with the exception of flour. which
e had risen, All other articles were rather
= lower; tea and sugar were still high, how
ID ever
It Hands are gradually getting plentiful
IL at the mines, and those who are there are
- working more than formerly.
n. Yankee enterprise was going ahead in
10 Australia, as reported by the Bavaria.
he There were American auction marts,
~ circus, express wagons, boarding houses
30 named after the various States, and a
So Yankee newspaper, the Express hat
been voted the organ of the diggers.
he A southern barber had arrived from
tn America, bringing his mirrors and chairs
nt lounges, and DEMONSTRATING razors, to The
So great relief of the inhabitants.
~ ~ Compositors received Is. and Is. Gil
II. Nv per 1920 ems, on daily papers, and l.
al Cd. on woeklies. Five hundred Ameri
~ can ems equal to 1000. Pressmen gre
$50 per week, and machinsts from SO
'"' to $50; stone masons 26'. 35 pcrGav
''a' and carpenters from 26s, to sos; laborer
"y from los. 10 IS.
lay
ost Lawyers are very nun erous, but A
.es. mercans find great difficulty in being at
milted to the bar.
zen The inhabitants of Australia are deer
les ly moved by the question of legsIaiv
md reform. Meetings have been held in u
be- pats of the colony to demand new Cor
Ne. sti;uiion from tho Legislative council
The following extract from an address \
to the people, embodios the principal oil
in jects sought by the colonsts:
Ian 1--WE demand just appointment Of I'll
representation of rhc people in the Lowe
an ll"use Of Parliament, by revision oflh
My present electoral system. and re a
Gil rangement of electoral districts, so as
afford fair and equitable representatio
mar of the numbers, intelligence ard properl
and Of the community, and Of al its variol
hat classes and interests. As subsidiary an
at subordinate to this, we demand an ex.cl
us sion of the franchise to many classes VIII
by the technicaliies of q system of hnus
ous hold suffrage are shut out from all voit
Col. in the councils of the country.
: We demand that any constitution,
rue be framed for the colony, shall be su
the ect to periodical revision, with a vie
smc to its further improvement and progre
r in sive adaptation TO the wants of the cor
the munty, under such safeguards as W
the protect hasty or ill.considered organ
oil changes"
yton The rush to the GoulGburn diggings
war now obaing, os the d;ggers find that Il
ere. want of water on the spot offers serio
the imp. diment to their operations. H.
len neares: supply, in any quantity, is at
d in swamp three or four miles distant, a
the carrying of the washing stuff to tt
side place involves an expense Of $40 p
most load.
mite, The Melbourne Argus of the o.
acy says:
the No fresh intelligence of importan
ould has arrived from the gold-fods of Mo,
a is Alexan nder or Bendigo but the overla
the mail brings particulars of large meeti
will at the Ovens, at which speeches of ,
usual tenor were delivered, and the fe
sses ing against the license fee seems there,
ltan be very strong
,ttle- Mrs. Mitchell, the wife of the Irish e
The lie, sailed from Melbourn on the 25
aign with her children, accompanied by
,fore Smith, the gentleman who aided N
ut in Mitche's escape, to rejoin her husbe
his awaiting her arrival in San Francisco.
i de- Previous TO Mrs. Mtchel's departure
:, he deputaton, representing number OF Iri:
the men, and several other citizens, wait
v his upon Mrs. Michel, to present her with
the address of their sympathy for the past
fam ais Of her husband and herself, and tn,
feat congratulation at the happier prosp,
then now opening for them and their family.
ding They presented her, at the same time, W
r by a gold watch and chain of exquisite wo
manship.
loan ~~-~~~-~~-~---~~~--~--~->-~~~> ~>~->~~~>~~~-