The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-02-04
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the form Of Q coherent narrative com.
piled from the official records of the
court of law which gave it's Anal aud
solemn sanction to the tragic story. and
from repeated searching inquiries Of and
Conversations With the parties who fur
nished the principal oral testimony.
completing its third decade, John
good ship Jenny Stewart, for. Aus
tEslis. Hare he arrived in good time,
after the long and tedious voyage OF thai
day. No golden dreams had suggested
his e1patriation; for at that time, as the
reader remembers, the auriferous depo.
sits, which since attracted 50 many thou.
sands to that distant land, had not been
brought to light. Fabulous accounts,
however, of tho success which followed
sheep farming. had induced many to in.
vest their all in this pursuit. Fowler,
having brought with him fair amount
OF money. Immediately on his arrival,
purchased from the Government large
tracts OF land in the vicinity of Mel
bourne, then an inconsiderable village.
These lands he stocked with the best
breeds; he was fortunate in the choice
OF the servants assigned him by the con-
vict authorities. and everything that lie
touched seemed to prosper in his hands.
He WAS soon in condition to build IL
| convenient and comparatively hand
some house; and having some taste for
landscape gardening, he beautiGed its
grounds. He began now to breed and
deal in horses, and money flowed more
and more freely into his Golfers. He
became, in word, tho most aourishing
and wealthy settler in the whole district.
And yet so reserved and retiring was
this mans disposition, thet, in all
the years of his residence in what grew
to be populous neighborhood, he as.
sociated with mono. He was strictly
correct in all his dealings. punctunl III
all his engagements, and had even been
known, on more than one OCCASION, to
help All unfortunate neighbor out of
some untoward dilemma; but his doors
were never open 10 other than himself,
except on business, and lie sought no
other door than his own.
This was, briefly, tho condition OF
affairs when one Emanuel Lopez, Spa
niard. who had been living for some
years in q distant point of the continent
for as such the vast island is now de
scribed) and had thriven, pnid visit to
Melbourne 10y this time greatly euIarg-
ed) and its neighborhood. The honse
and farm of Fowler caught his eye. 1t
had been hinted, beeidcs. that Fowler
contemplated returning to his native
country. Lopez called on Fowler, and,
after short interview, actually bar
gained with him for the purchase OF his
lands. a lawyer of ominence in Mel
bourne was employed to prepare the
necessary instruments; and, after IN ap-
pointed day, the transfer was completed
at Fowler's house by the payment OF
the purchase money and the execution
of the deeds, in presence of tho wit
nesses who. had been got together for
the express purpose. Before the separa-
ton OF all parties concerned in the
transaction, Lopez had been heard to
invite Fowler TO remain in the house,
notwithstanding the SALE and to CON
slider it still his home until he should
be quite prepared to embark for Eng
land, and this invitation Fowler had
been hoard to accept. It was but natu-
ral that the sale of 30 large property
should become generally known through
out that part of the country. and Fow-
ler's intention of returning home was
the stereotyped appendix to each and
every announcement of the news. But,
to the surprise Of all tho neighborhood,
Fowler not only made no overt prepara
tions for going away. but kept himself
so closely concealed. utter the sale of
his property, that mono of the settlers
had even laid eyes upon him. Though
his retiring habits were well known, no.
thing absolutely unkind in his character
had exhibited itself, and the good.
hearted people felt somewhat hurt ut
his continued reserve, or. if he had ac-
tually sailed, that he should have left
the neighborhcod of 30 many years
without leave taking. But so it was;
and, as Lopez volunteered no informa-
tion on the subject, no Inquiries were
made, and the nine days wonder cx.
pired with it's term.
In Australia, that land of anomalies,
where swans are black and qnnirnpe,ls
woar ducks bills, .ud nature SO strongly
inverts itself, the rivers flow from the
sea to the interior, and are full of water
only in the rainy season. When the
cloud-springs have passed away, and
the suns rays resume their evaporating
power, these rivers dwindle into mere
water holes, left here aud there in the
deeper bottoms of what wero so lately