Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-01-06

Of wine-bearing grapes have been intro.
duced INTO the colony, and will be found in
most of the colonial gardens. The soil Of
Astralia, in many parts, is highly favorable
to its growth. In the Government garden
at Perth, vine cutting throws out shoots
sixteen feet long in second year. and yields
more than four hundred weight of grapes.
Nor are they Of an humble flavor. There
is the Chassalas blame, used for making
Champagne, the Claret grape of Margaust,
and the Carmenst, which were sent bv
Louis Philippe to the Botanical Garden at
Kow, and from thence were forwarded to
| Sydney. Though these may not be such
wines as those which Patriarch slyly
tells us prolonged the Papal Court at Avig-
non--no such wines as the Light Amber,
which the Germans say "keeps Of The
doctor"--no such Tokay as that which lay
in the cellars Of the Duke Of Quccnsburv.
and was sold for $50 4 botle-stiil. there
has been excellent Champagne Hook and
Statcrre manufactured in Australia. Some
have said they drank Australian wine equal
to sound Medoc. and the best St. Julien:
but, as a recent writer observed, "thesc
must have been Australian patriots"
At all events the Australian wines will in
. few years become The common drink Of
the country, and cGrclually supcrscdo Ike
vulgar malt liquors Of Old England.
Of other fruits, such IS opples. apricoie.
peaches, mulberes, there is q delicious pro-
fusion: and the vegetables Of every cline at-
tain there the choicest perfection. 10
wonder, where the climate, extending as The
country docs, from 80 degrees TO- !at.,
and from 1872 long. to l53 long. includes
every variety Of climate tropical Us well as
temperate. The wool, however Is The rich-
est and abundant production of Australa.-
It is her main stay. When she had moth
ing else it stood well to her. Should all
things else be lost to her she has that TO fall
back upon and conduct her to prosperity -
This article owes its origin, we may fairly
say, to Mr.. john Macarthur, whose name
has been mentioned in the wine list--a
Lieutenant in the New South Wales Corps.
which put Captain B!ch on beard the
"Purpoise." In 1883, he had The pluck 10
purchase eighty-iive wool sheep. which had
been sent out by the Dutch Government to
The Cape Of Good Hope, and then had been
imported into Sydney--the Dutch farmers
preterring their own ilat-tailed breed 10 Inc
exclusion of all others. His fellow colo
lists laughed at lin, thought The scheme Yves
rediculous-thoughtit Infinitely more profit
able to grow wheat or feed pigs for the COM
mssariat stores. In 1903. in CONSEQUENCE
Of certain grievances he had experienced at
the hands Of the Colonial authorities. he visi-
ted England leave to purchase d
few Spanish pure Alerinoes from the Kings
fock--eiiected this purchase at = time when
the expectation Of the NIcrino from Spain
was punishable as 4 capital oticnse. and the
breed was only 70 be procured by Royal IA
vor-wOs examined by the Privy Council
with regard to his wool proiects-and car
ried back to the colony an order for 10000
acres. Since then, lie success Of his
scheme has won celebrity. The exports q,
wool from the port O! sydney alone. have ad.
vsuced with an astonishing rapilty. between
/ 1922 and 1880 from l52, $50 ib, to 3,273,-
/ 353 lbs; between i,33 and 1850. from s.
Z13,353 b, to lJ.000,C00 tbs Of wool.
/ To the exploration o. ttal vast country
That which lies beyond these--;o the peo.
/ ping OF it in pcace--to the growth upon il
! Of noble race--no difficulties save lhu>l
which naturally arise from the wild condi-
/ ton of new country, are opposed. There
is no sickness in the air, not even wEcr.
those swamps concea! among their reeds ar
/ Ilangrovcs, the Pelican and the b.ac.. Swan.
/ In the most desolate forest, the wide!
unir.a,5 they shelter-lhe native dog and H.
eer-cat--Ny before the axe Of The pioneer,
and in the night s!iull away in tie light O,
the fire at Which, wrapped IN lis o2posuu
skin rug he sleeps. Nor tire these foes
su-h as the red mc@. I'll, ,o'r native
/ whose ta,hcr sleek the s,;y,, and s~eay
when The ">itiu" lur'aI sail within the
gateway, and then boioa,. himself 10 n,
launts Of the native dog aud tigcy-cat,--,
| this poor native who decks his icWry neck
wiki necklaces d humau tcelh---the bone.
ofthc wild gowl---and the spiu.rv> Of some
scented wood ---Who fcas'i Upon The snake
with the crimson scales, and the Drowned