Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-07-27
RICHMOND WIG.
IRON the London Times, Of July olh.
Conditiou of lpstr.u.

tonauon OF Australia
We have just received another of thos. ,-ht,
documents which have taught us tn xi.w 49,. ..ss
truth as more strange and more ,h.
the widest Oriental fiction The gnor or the g.n,.
VINO sho"ered upon his favorlte the hidcn trea.r. ar
deep caverns and secluded mountains g,xe H., ..s,
ont the power OF gratifying his pa.sons hs gxp,v snS
ms nagnheence IL never entered into the he. Of e.ss
erh iaoust to conceive the eprichmep, az
whole community and the eff.ct of an. .h.,.
on the desines of nations and the commerce f ,h L,
c uIe Usually represents the Sultan richer and his
court as more splendid, but leaves his subjects r.v
much a. n found them, and regards the of s.h
as means OF foreign conquest and external .yvr...io
mas dealt more favorably with Australian colonies:
ms vors have been avshed on communities .,..d r.
individuals and fe almost a. strongly on one s a,
the world as on the other. IL Impossible h;n ,h.
o.eu 70 us to give an adequateidea Of the revela-
contained IN the report OF the Melbourne Chamber
oil Commerce, document ably drawn up and cont.ining
statement oi facts such before have been su
u 70 'ne perusai OF mankind Progress and advance
ment are but faint and inahequate term, IN ..or..-.
Nhat mas been happening in Port Phlip: the thing "a
Witnessed iherr, has no name for the world has seen
TI -; "a ane least resembling it, All do ls
call III hgues to aid, and leave our reader. 20 .,;
are the symbols e "s"'e-
ehteen years ago the province of Victoria was a.
Ase ana unknown wilderness, inhabited bv akev barb.-
rous tribes and contributing more to the wealth ard
progress OF the world than il would have done n i,s
SS 'I ps oeeh submerged beneath the of the
southern Pacific. From that time to 1851 n. procres.
was wonderfully rapid-its population had risen 20 os
w w ous,ts snlPpng inwards to 66e vessels with
tn
an increase We believe exceeded by any commun;,x
No" mark the difference of a single year In ls5o he
PopuiAtOn mad become 100000, the shining ipwards
~lth tonnage Of s0s,o0O tons and the re-
venue lo' OOOl OF which SAG OOOI was raised from,
Customs During the year 1851 the valna of ;nnor,s
mounted to l,O5o,OOOL in 1859 il increased 10 GA
IA sS 10 1871 were 1924 OOOL in 1889 they
au reached i4o2 OOO; but taking into consideration
the large amount of gold which has ef the COLONY with
out oeng recorded, the total amount of e1norts il NOT
probably, less than $4,000 OOOL per annumNtbst !.
in
70 the amount of T5t per head But even This
uoes not 90 iu justice to th astounding influx OF pros
Pery. Inc production Of gold is taken from its COM
neheement when most of the labourers we've inexperi
enced and the machinery they employed rude and mper
ect Inc colony was unprepared for so vast an aces
s - IA "a poPulLon ana bad roads, and imperfect sup
phss ma every other physical difficulty have mpeded tho
industry Of the miners There ia no svmntom IN f.;ne
ON or exhaustion in the gold6ed; the supply practically
ooundes and seems to admit an increase in proporton
20 the number OF hands employed and the greater fac
nes oi transport supply and machinery Seven hun
re ana twenty thousand have been voted by the
Legislature OF Victoria 70 public works and beside.
this, three railroads have been sanctoned ona - -
Melbourne with the port another to connect MaIhonr,
l eeeiong ana another to unite Melbourne and the
sodheds OF the Interior each at guarantee f 6vs nar
cent on the capital advanced for n nariod Of OF
we may remark in passing that the town Of Melbourne
shGh lss contained 2S 600 inhabitants had increased
oy the end OF 1889 to population Of so 600 an amonnt
probably much kept down hy the imposs bi,v "a 6Dd;n
mouse accommodation and that the population of Gee
lons had increased in the period from 900 to go
ate mi ha
formed from the fact that the carriage Of sunn 20 a
go and Mount Alexander last year was at he rate Of II
per ton per ne and that is estimated that the cost of
me carnage o supplies during the last Australian winter
from Melbourne 70 these places would have dafraJ
the expense OF constructing railway The Auctr,;o1 e
prices mas oeen as extraordinary the increase In wealth
ana pOpuauon Hay Is dearer, weight for weight than
the best quality Of -four oats are twice the ni. f
the best imported oatmeal Cabbages are IL sd .niecs
pears etuces and turnps 6s aozen. potatoes o4s
ahundredWeieht; ducks les apa ir; geese and tkiea
lis each and this in country which until the discovs
the world. e s"eAPes'"
Inc account OF this sudden and incredible prosper;tv
suggests consideration to the want, of The caIon
Whlch parents and guardians in England would do veIi
to bear in mind What the country wants is neither euI
ivated intelligence nor in doors nplo,es. the et s
the colony is, and for many years xi he 70 hin ar
amount OF its liked capital into same pronortion liz h
aggregate OF its treasures The inhabitants Of Meboune
nhtey the richest town Of its size in the world arc
worse lodged and cared for in all matt, r. of xscl -
C tHn tne denzens OF the poorest and most decayed
city OF SPAN or Germany. Roads they have none md
me tracks which lead 10 the spots where natpre
her treasure with so lavish band are dil6rpIt in -
and barely passable in winter What thew want ;s ma
sons and carpenters TO build them houses and navvs,,
70 make them docks and railroads. Till these wants are
supplied II Is vain for young men of taIept and l,oI
edge to seek their fortunes in land wanting ro,b;o
"en hey nave to give and appreciatng far more hiob
" tne coarsest manual than the finest intellectual .b
Inis is the tendency of every new corn,rr pt -
miterial wants must be first supplied m d ony b -
saheu leisure from the struggle will they turn their
faafa
What cruelty can be greater what miseorce,,,o -
LnentaoIe' what betrayal Of more reprehepsbIe
man TO SEND boy from school student from coleg
Win a lew pounds IN his pocket tn ssak bs e,r, i
lana winch wants nothing that he can contribute and
VII IeonlrIuue nothing that he wants To send snc5 n
person 10 Ausraa Is IN fact, sentence him 10 work on
- yen saiugs day-good pay, certainly but
miserable avocatOn for one brought up with the feelings
and aspirations of gentleman.
WIN 'he goods which other countries can contri
butte Victoria has, appears from the scale of -.
oeeh out seanty suPphed but there is marked istnc
ton oet"een thuse things which she can procurs so
abroad aud those witch she must from necessity nroJS
Tor Eerseli TIL this inequality is reduced eyeT,boJv
"nt "ln Toe absorbed ia mere material progress The
owner o. thousands who cannot get house until he /,
s'v'seI IRON me necessity Of living in tent or bark
Nu VIII scarcely think Of for his sons or GOV
eness or MS daughters We feel It right to coupl tho
'-'un' OF Ins unprecedented prosperity with this warn
g because We are well that every shin carries pt
TO Australia is contribution Of young men and women
destined 10 poverty aud wrechedness from neglect Of
these very obvious considerations