Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-01-18

voices, and trying TO carry off the stran- !
ger by force into their shops and stalls;
but each neutralizing by competition the
attempts of his neighbor. A dispute
arises, and ends in a row: and whilst they
take hold Of one another's tails, weeseape
from the riotous neighborhood and its fu-
rious din.
After sunset. weary and exhausted by
my wanderings, entered coffee and
clearinghouse in one of the most fashiona-
bic streets. l found a merry company
here, laughing and shouting, with billiard
balls rafting, and the corks of champagne
bottles popping. Ii was the strangest as
sembly of adventures and gold-hunters-
of respectable men and swindlers-of
physicians, gamblers, and merchandise
Americans, Chinese, and Jews; the last
from Germany, apparently well pleased
with their new home, the country of
gold which has everywhere so strange an
attraction for the children of Israel.
Deep, might say solemn, silence pre-
vailed in the adjoining rooms, which are
the palaces Of play. Recklessness and
crime are seated here round the green
table; many thoughtless young men are
heeced every day; law has as yet no suf-
fcient weight here to stop the doings of
vice. The rage Of gambling has bane-
full influence on social life in Sydney. Ra-
pacity and sensuality have established
their headquarters in the town; and
though much has already been done, still
more remains TO be done in establishing
a higher moral tone Of society in a COM
monwealth, founded originally by the
thieves and swindlers of England, and
now grown into absolute anarchy by in
considerate immigration, the natural con-
sequence of the discovery of the Dig
| gings.
The hotels and eating-houses are es-
tablished on the English principle, but
they are just as expensive as the Ameri-
can hotels at San Francisco. 1t was in
vain watched carefully the strings of
my purse, for it requires fully four pounds
a day to live respectfully. But even such
expenditures seems too slow for some
lucky miners, who are anxious to spend
their money as quickly as they gain it.
Nearly 800 gambling-houses disgrace the
town, and many thousands of men spend
Their lives in them. 1t is impossible to
describe the wiles and tricks of the mis-
cradle corrupters Of public morality; no
means is too vicious for them, and the
most refined allurements are resored to.
in order to lead the unsophistieated stran-
ger to perdition. There is, for instance.
a gambling-house here, which twice a
week gives free dinner parties. Who
: ever has black dress-coat, white waist
coat, and patent-leather boats, may enter
and enjoy the dainties on the open table.
Of course, after dinner he is invited in
return 10 try his fortune at dice, when the
fumes Of champagne have clouded his
BRAIN Many foreigner has gone into
this house for the sake of fun, and left it
a despairing beggar.
The Botanical Garden-the HYDE
Park of Sydney-is dreary and dusty,
since the dry season, lasting eight months
> IN the year, destroys the vegetation, and
= produces clouds Of sand and dust. Two
f rows of stiff gum-trees form a long avenue
leading into the Garden, filed with the
tashionables of Sydney. Seated on chairs
and benches, we see ladies who have long
, ago passed the summer-solstice of their
life: these centres of attraction are sur
F. rounded and courted by young zen. and
e in this paradise Of the passes they are
sure to arrive speedily at the blessedness
< OF married life. Many a bachelor in Syd-
ney remarks, sighingly, that the choice
among the unmarried ladies lies within a
: rather too narrow compass; but the de-
!. mand Is great, the supply small, and Eu-
rope very distant. Close to this place.
e on green meadow, the hopeful offspring
Of the Australian goId-ocracy are gambol-
b ing, and making as terrible a noise as If
they tried to prove themselves the worthy
4 children of those men who, under the
r shade Of yonder coffee and ice-cream stall
are transacting business-buying and sell
a ling gold with tremendous yells.
: A few days after my arrival. 1 paid nv
: visits to the different editors Of Sydnev.
: At my first call, I came to a palace-like
: house, the ground-foor occupied by the
: Prnting-ofiice. On the first floor, among
other advertisements, I found tablet in.
: forming visitors that the editor cannot he
, spoken with unless paid for his valuable
: tune; accordingly, everybody without ex-
eep'lon Is advised to buy a ticket of adj
mission at the door Of the waiting room
: one hour cosfiny los boTr -. -.