The New York herald., 1868-05-15

disgraced the colony was . very truthful illus
| trauon OF the 'uative'' character BY the way,
smpy s1pn ra as ~ so whe
the primitive Inhabitants OF the country are vari.
ously known as 'aboriginsls" and 'black feIlows:n
the mother country, AnglO-Sax0n blood degenerates
speedily and lamentaby soon as it is transferred
the purest nome MsnnfactSre are altogether dii.
merzetznur, Or Hampshire, who forms the English
thin as children, they become tall, lean:
thin-faced men, and are sometimes termed
then their mental qualities are different from
those Of true AngoSax0ns. They are intelligent and
quick Of certainly ain but they are also s
conceit and exhibit . perfectly painful want Of
subordnation. Some Of them have actually dared
to say that the average Australian ID superior in In
telligence, in self-reliance and most other manly
qualities to the average Englishman. This ID the
2usruISus wa Of al most OF the people, who come out
late money and then return to Europe to spend 1t.
1t is certainly strange to find that the same causes
which went so far to ALLEVIATE the American colonies
from England are already operating slowly and
surely here. Ohiclal Englishmen and most other
Engshmen, who simply intend & to G remain ,a. 10 IN
despise sthe cOlonials," and "the c0lOnals natur.
ally return the sneers and pretended contempt with
cry has been raised Australia for the Australians"
and raised sufficiently loud too, to be pretty gener
thirds 2 @ Of the population Of New South Wsiss the
oldest OF the colonies, are simply emigrants who
have been to the country by It's recent un-
The debt due from Thakambau the King Of the
Fill Islands, to the United States government is to be
debt, which originally amounted to 5000, has now
reached, at compound interest the sum Of $4,000,
and notice has been given 6y the American
paid up by the = LIST of May the islands
equivalent for payment The debt originally Oc-
CURED through claim made by the United States
government about fourteen years ago FOR cOmpensa-
structon Of their 6eche-de-ner sheds, houses, &c.
These islands have now become very valuable, the
exports for 1857 having amounted to nearly $4O0 000
relief King Thakambau says he intends to allow the
American government to possess themselves of the
ter little to him whether the stars and Stripes or the
Union Jack floats over his territory; and II the Eng
llsh government once get rm footing there Is but
Scant hope OF his enjoying more than nominal
sovereignty his hereditary possessions BY the
way in some Of the Fits cannibalism still hourshes
very pretty and exciting steamship contest has
now fairly commenced between the Peninsular and
oriental and the Panama mail lines. The resources
Of the former are very, much larger than those OF
the latter but it is at the same time doubtful whether
the superior advantages OF the Panama route will
not counerbalance the pecuniary disparity existing
between the two companies. The Panama line will
very likely, though, have o rather hard time OF 1t
until the Pacific Railroad is opened to San Francisco.
AS soon as that line is completed arrangements are
to be entered into for transmission OF the Australian
malls across the United States, and the route via
America will become the most popular, as 1t will
also be the speediest, to Great Britain. San Fran
cisco s seven hundred miles nearer to the colonies
than Panama, and as soon as the Pacific line Is
completed England win be brought within forty
days Of Australia. And then 1t Is hoped that
the immense trade which Is already beginning
to develop itself across the Pacific will soon
the line in the shape Of passengers and choice
eights There are now regularly three or four ships
month rom tS Syaney ana 70 san Fran
the colonies Is steadily increasing.
The first crop OF Australian sugar has just been
proved so successful and lucrative that o large
amount OF capital will be diverted into this channel.
The tropical portion OF Australia is reported to be
snguIarIy well fitted in all respects for the culture of
the sugar cane, and cotton has already become one
OF its staple productions. The labor employed Is
engage for number OF years, generally either three,
five, or seven and consent to become for that period
practically slaves.
There have been, during the last month, the usual
number OF crimes and Outrages, most OF them COM
mitted OF course by ticketofeave men and cOnvicts
who have served out their time. An ex-cOnvict at
YasS, employed as hutkeeper on q sheep station,
has murdered his master and family and a fellow
servant, five persons in all, because his wages
not punctually paid him. Then there have been ten
or dozen other murders OF the most brutal charac
ter. The average OF crime must be almost as high
In New South Wales as in Texas. Bushranging
f0urshes still In the most rampant manner, and
sheep stations almost daily 'stuck up" and many
OF the roads in the interior are scarcely safe for
travel. The terror inspired by some of the BUSH
rangers IL clearly indicated by the rewards offered
for their capture 900 $4,000 gql a. reward having
Gus bandits, dead or alive, now ravaglng the
country
several new gold fields have been recently opened
but none Of them have proved to be Of any great
extent, scarcely accommodating more than couple
Of thousand miners each. Some reasonably big mug
gets have also been turned up. man named Curtis
found a nugget weighing eighty pounds at Gurpie
creek and lucky German also found a nugget
weighing 275 or. l3 dwts. and valued at $1,000 ut
Splitters' Gully Whpstck, In partially worked out
Claim These are the biggest things OF the kind
lately, but there nave been several nnds" oil mug
gets weighing from fifty to one hundred ounces.
In Queensland a new land act, on the model OF
that existing in the United States, and allowing land
to be taken up at 90. an acre by actual emigrants.
has just been passed and promises important results
In the other colonies emigrants have to pay fl and
I'm some cases f2 an acre for land, and in conse.
quence emigration from the Old World has nearly
ceased. TINS Will probably account for the large
influx OF English emgrants to the States last year.
Most OF the cmgrantS to the colonies at present
out TO dig and very rarely take to farming.
O,Farrclps Trial-He is Found entity ani.
Sentenced 10 be Notwithstanding Up Of
the Judge.
SYDNEY, N 8. W., April l-Noon.
The full history OF the attempted assassination OF
the Prince has now been almost acted out. The
Prince has completely recovered, as 0'Farrel him.
self predicted, while the latter has been already
tried. found guilty and is now under sentence OF
death. But one final scene has now to be enacted
the execution Of the intending murderer.
The trial has been extremely short, and, in fact,
somewhat hurried. The prisoner has been tried while
the public excitement Is at fever heat against him
and before mems minds have regained sufficient
composuro TO allow of their taking fairly into ac-
count any extenuating circumstances which may
exist in the case. or course one can say that
this is unjust but at the same time 1t is not very
magnanimous.
OFarres counsel rested their defence wholly on
the ground of the insanity Of the prisoner declining
to dispute the fact that O'Farrcll really attempted
the life of the Prince, or to discuss the question
whether the crime possessed any pallatng features.
In support OF the theory Of insanity his sister ana
several of his Ballarat aoquaintanccs were called
but their evidence simply proved that OFarrell had
been very hard drinker, that he had been In state
OF delirum tremens on two or three occasions, and
that he suffered from form OF epilepsy. The Judge