INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 707, 30 July 1870, Page 2

INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

[dates to the 21st juiy.] Rich .silver-lead .ore has been discovered near Angaston. * Better news has been received from the South Ryue reef. The Blinman copper mine is looking splendid," Another splendid lode has been struck at tho Paramatta mine. „ JBrawn's stores, near Mudgee, have bfeeV burned down. Heavy rains have fallen in the interior of New South Wales. The Rev^ r "of~Sfc~ ( George's Cbnrcb, Sydney, is dead.n Gold has been struck on the deep lead at Gulgong, averaging ioito the load. Mr G. R. Snialley, B;A^EVR;A.S., Government Astronomer, died suddenly. A carter named Magner and three horses have been drowned whilst crossing •- the Mulwaree. . •*"• ■* Michael Leery has been committed for trial oh a charge of incendiarism at GOulburn. / Dr Sutherland, one of the oldest medical practitioners at Ballarat, died there on the Bth July, after a lingering illness. , Mr Brown, formerly connected with the Hobart Town Daily News, waß drowned in the river Tamar. - ; Joseph Fisher Perkins has been convicted of the murder of his wife at Hobart Town. . . A quarry of good freestone has been discovered oh the , Penquite Estate, tnocv miles from Launceston. .- Dr. Browne has accepted the archdeaconry of Launceston vacated by Mr Reiby. . „• The Hunter River Steam <• Company claim L4OO salvage for towing the schooner! - John Bullock into Newcastle; A valuable gold bearing quartz reef is reported as having been discovered l near Mount Pleasant. Mrs John Gray, of Illawarra, who was so brutally assaulted by her husband, has died of the wounds he inflicted. Mr Edward Bo wen, : house agent, of Bathurst street, Sydneyj committed^suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. -^. Peter M'Millaii, tobacco manufactureVJ a prominent resident in the, Hunter dw^ trict, has died from the effects of a buggy accident. .-.-,' - -•. -.-, ■•/ ,;.,.,,, The Summer Cloud, from Newcastle, bound to Melbourne, reports that she has lost a passenger, named John Waller, overboard. Human remains have been found in the Far North. A canteen box, found withthem, bore the inscription "J. Sulaven,^ Beinbowrie, 1862." i A living female infant, about a fortnight old, was found inside the gate of the Hon. Wm. Highett's residence, Richmond. . The Good Hope Company, Crooked River, crushed 118 tons, which yielded 183oz. They also obtained 38oz from a little over two tons of pyrites. k i*. The yield of the United Victorian and Tasmanian Company, Waterhouse, Tasmania, for the past fortnight, is 30|oz from 100 tons. Messrs Wilson and Habbe, scenic artists, have leased the Victoria Theatre, in Pitt steeet, Sydney, for a terra of three years. ■••'. j f . Mr Eckford, member of the Assembly for Wollombi, N.S.W., has filed his schedule. This will cause a vacancy in that House. There were 148 births to 73 deaths in Melbourne and suburbs during the week ended the 9th July. All the districts are reported on favorably. '.' The Bishop of Adelaide has ordered the introduction into the churches of (the new lectionary which has been approved of by the Royal Commission in England. ' It is believed that eight persons, who left Port Macquarie for Camden Harbor, in a small boat have all been drowned. One body, identified as that of one of the party, has been washed ashore. The Mayor of Castlemaine forwarded a telegram to the Chief Secretary, request^ ing him to send a steamer to the Auckland Islands, in search of Captain Wallace and the crew of the Daphne. A project is on foot to erect in St. Kilda an Assembly Hall. The capital is proposed to be raised by the issue of 400. LlO shares. These are said to t>e going off very well. : * , ■ ?r ' It is rumored that the Imperial author rities are likely to abolish the extensive commissariat establishment at Sydney, and substitute a storeship for the use of the Australian squadron. Some very rich stone has been brought' up from the United Northern Company's claim, better known as the Southern Cross Reef, Waterhouse, Tasmania. The-shares in this company are in great demand. * Two men,' with their faces masked, bailed up a house at Quondong, GrenfolL The inmates showed resistance to their demands, and the bushrangers fired upon* them, wounding one man in the shoulder, after which they fled. A little boy^ nine years of age, named M'Hhenny, who, with his brother, a little older, was assisting bis father at a miuing shaft, near Guildford, fell down the shaft a few days- ago, and was so injured that he has since died. A suicide took place at Percydale, near= Avoca, a few days ago, when Thomas Shiels English, late member for Avoca division in the Maryborough Mining Board, put an end to his life by drowning himself in a waterdam. Twelve hundred miners held a public meeting at Newcastle, aud resolved that the Waratah Company's miners should strike, if the manager persisted in altering the rate of wages. The steamer You Yangs was unable to obtain a cargo in consequence of the meeting. An unsuccessful attempt was made to break into che house of Robert P. Negus, Ireland street, West Melbourne, by a man who, according to the Police Gazette, can only be described as about sft lin high j wore dark clothing. He went towards . Melbourne. •'• . :.. ■-: We have again to report a case of suicide in the vicinity of Melbourne, 'the scene this time being at Brunswick, where a man named Isaac Holland ended his existence by cutting his throat. He had been in the employment of Mr Hicks a plumber, for some 18 months, ' % We hear, says the Star, that as much' ■ merchandise was delivered in Ballarat from the railway last week as was delivered during the three months immediately preceeding. If this be the case, it maybe taken as an evidence of business being improved, aud probably the worst of the depression there is over. •." s ».. Messrs James Walter Swords a|ji* (Ft>r Continuation of News, see Fonrih Page aiid Supplement*)

Patrick Kelly O'Hara have served writs upon the proprietors of the Bacchis Marsh Express for Ll5O damages each, for an alleged libel contained in its issue of the,23rd April, in reference to electoral matters. The cases are set down for hearing in the Bacchus Marsh County Court on the 25th inst. An accident has happened at the Sadowa Company's claim, Talbot. The bottom of the shoot, containing a quantity of stones, fell on a miner named M'Whitney, who was killed instantly, and also on Sanders, who had his hip dislocated and leg broken, with severe scalp wounds. He was taken to the hospital. . There was a new lead struck at the Barossa diggings on Saturday, July 16. A lot of gold-bearing cement has been found there, and from a trial of four buckets of cement 2oz of gold were obtained. There was, a quantity of cement stolen from the claim on the same night that this was crushed. The second day's races at Grafton were largely attended, and resulted as follows : — Hurdle Race : Albion, 1 ; Permit, 2. Buck, who was riding Pedler, was thrown, and seriously injured. Prince of Wales Stakes ; Estelle, 1 ; Creeper 2. Handicap : Casar, 1 ; Counterfeit, 2. Scurry : Namesake, 1 . Consolation Stakes : Counterfeit, 1 ; Creeper, 2. Elizabeth street, Melbourne, presented its customary winter appearance on Sunday, the 17th. July, the street being converted, during the heavy storm which swept over the town, into a perfect torrent, which, submerging even the very footpaths, roared along the deserted thoroughfare to the dismay of the householders, who momentarily expected to see the lower portion of their premises flooded out. An accident of a serious nature i 3 reported to have occurred to a miner named Hitchens, on the Albion mine, Steiglitz. He was charging a hole for a blast, and incautiously using an iron tamping bar in ramming up the powder before he had put on tamping. The result was that thepowder exploded, and he was badly cut and burned about the face, and totally blinded. It is feared that he will not regain his sight. A man was found in a dying condition the other day in the bush near Specimen hill, whence he was taken to the Bendigo Hospital. He has since died, and all inquiries to discover who he was have been fruitless. It is surmised that he was travelling to Sandhurst from the Berlin diggings when, he was seized with the fatal illness, which, in the opinion of the doctor who made the post-mortem examination, was caused by cold and exposure. The awards have been made by the judges in the wines sent for exhibition to Sydney. The first prizes v? ere taken by Messrs Cox, Adams, of Albiuy; Doyle and Gilliard, of Adelaide ; Sir William Macarthur (1) and Messrs Wyndham (3). In the class 242, for light red wines of any vintage older than 1868, Messrs Gilliard and Wyndham were equal for the first and second prizes ; and in class 243 for full bodied red wines, Messrs Wyndham and Jacobs were equal for the first prize. A fire broke out shortly before eleven, 15th July, on the premises occupied by Mr Henry Ste wart, importer of glass and chinaware, Flinders lane east Melbourne. It w.as first discovered by Mr James Ross, livery stablekee per, who gave the alarm to the fire brigade. The members of this body were quickly in attendance, and, after some time, succeeded in extinguishing the flames before they had got a great hold on the premises. How the fire originated is at present unknown, the premises having been left at half-past five. The litigation Connected with the Ballarat Railway contract may now, so far as the Government are concerned, be considered to be at an end. The sum set down in the Estimates to be paid to the contractors was L 30,000, but it is toler-* ably well known that they will receive nearer 80,000, the balance coming out- of the railway loan. It was at first supposed that the conflicting interests among those involved in the contract would prevent a compromise being effected, but these difficulties have been satisfactorily overcome, and the money is now being paid by the Treasurer. The result of Saturday and Sunday's heavy rains up country has been a rise in the waters of the Barwon unprecedented for many years. Both woollen cloth mills on the banks of the river were only a few feet above the flood, and all the roads across the lower lying grounds were covered with water, aud of course impassable. In Germantown, a short distance from the river, the storm-water came down the streets in such torrents that the houses were completely flooded, the water in many cases being deep, and a considerable amount of damage was done, while the boat-sheds, and the boats which were moored. near the Barwon Bridge, have totally disappeared. The Mount Gambier Standard -writes : — " Mount Schanck, which has an interior like a monster bowl, is generally supposed by geologists to have been in a state of repose for the last twelve I '"hundred years or thereabout?. We haVe^received some -startling intelligence from at Allandale, which would seem to indicate that, like Vesuvius, after a lapse of many centuries, it was about to break out into new life. The letter we have had says — 'It seems the volcanic fires at or near Mount Schanck are not altogether extinct.. Mr Howard, of Kingsley, informs me that" he has seen smoke- issuing from the fissures in the ground' in the Cave Paddock. II shall visit the place as soon as I can with a view of reporting more fully.' " At the Circnit Court, in. the case of Andrew Vair> charged with murder, the jury were locked up all night, and at 9 o'cZock nesd morning gave & verdict of "Guilty," with a "recommendation to mercy, on the grounds of proyo«ation and possible insanity. The prisoner, on being called upon if he had anything to say why | sentence should not be passed, made no reply. The judge said he totally objected to the recommendation of the jury, and ] thought there were no grounds for it. He held out no hope of mercy, and sentenced the prisoner to death in the usual form. It transpired that the. jury had agreed at night, about a quarter of an hour after retiring, but one held out for a recommendation to mercy, to which the others at last assented. At the meeting for the relief of the sufferers by the floods, held the other day at Wagga Wagga, "a personal appeal for assistance was made by the wife ot a selector, having four children, the oldest only eight years of age. The case was a distressing one. Applicant resided on a selection at the junction of a large creek with

the river. The river and creek were simultaneously flooded, and. the waters came upon them in the night. The husband was away, and the poor woman had no one to help her. So rapidly did the flood advance, that in five minutes after it entered the house the water was up to her children's armpits ;.but she struggled in desperation with the torrent, and managed to get to a range with her little ones, clothed only as they had leapt from their beds. The house was constructed of slabs nine feet high ; but in a few hours the waters were two feet above the eaves. Everything the family possessed in the world was swept owny " A final meeting of the Walshe Testimonial Committee was convened at the temporary town hall yesterday, 20th July, but there were not sufficient members present to form a quorum. It was stated by the secretary that the subscriptions practically amounted to LIOOB 63 Bd, of which L 958 6s 8d was actually in hand. 150 lists out of 358 have been sent in, and as it is impossible to close the business until all lists have been returned or accounted for, those who have them are earnestly requested to send them in before the next committee meeting, which iis to tako place at the same place. The secretary announced, among the receipts, the contribution of L 5 each from Hewitt and Harris, the runners, as part of the profits derived from their recent match at the Friendly Societies' Gardens. A man named Thomas Tyrrell reported to the Chines police, about half-past 3 a.m. ou Sunday, 17th July, that about an hour previously three men had entered barefooted into his bedroom by removing the window-sash, that they pulled him off the stretcher on which he was lying and into another room. One man kept guard at the door, another covered Jiis (Tyrrell's) head with a blanket and held him down, while the other, having lit a candle, ransacked Tyrrell's box, and took from it a portmonnaie which contained agold Albert chain and Lls 17s 6d. The robbers then decamped, after the man at the door had shown a pistol to Tyrrell, and said, "If you come outside the door I'll shoot you." Tyrrell says he afterwards went to the door of a neighbor named Edwards, knocked, and said, " I have been robbed, and am going to report it at the police station." ■ Every inquiry is being made, by the police on the subject, but up to late on Sunday no further trace of the thieves had been met with. We learn by the Wagga Wagga Express that John Gray, of Macquarie Eiver, Wollongong side, committed a murderous assault upon his wife, inflicting seven dangerous wounds on her with an American axe. Gray gave himself up to Mr Moles, J.P. He carried the axe in his hand, having spots of blood and human hair thereon, and said, "This is the axe I did it with." Mrs Gray died on the 12th instant. It is alleged that jealousy was the cause, but without foundation. Gray has been committed by the coroner to take, his trial at Sydney, on the Ist of August, for the murder of his wife. The prisoner and his wife had been in the colony twelve years, and have had seven children during that time— the eldest twelve years of age, and the youngest six weeks. His eldest girl, Mary, twelve years old, and a boy named Robert, eleven years old, gave evidence in the case. This dreadful murder has created a large amount of excitement in the Wollongong district. "On Saturday, 16th July, an inquest was held at the Bendigo Hospital on the body of a man, name unknown, "aho died in that institution on the 15th July. Dr Magillivray deposed that when deceased was admitted he was in a very weak state and could not speak, nor could he swallow anything. He gradually," writes the Advertiser, " sank and died shortly after admission. There were a good many marks on deceased's body externally, by which he could be identified. The left arm had been amputated some years ago, and the left shoulder had an old laceration. There' was a united fracture of the right thigh. On the right arm there was tattooed the form of a woman in blue color, and underneath this were the letters BR over EM, and on the left arm where the amputation was there was part of a ship tattooed, also in blue. On the left breast there was the letter D. The evidence of the man who had found deceased, also that of the constable, was taken, and it transpired that the only words spoken by deceased were ' Berlin Rush.' The jury returned a verdict of death .from sen ma apoplexy, pneumonia, and inflammation of the bowels, caused by exposure to the cold and w.int of proper nourishing food. The betting market still continues in a rather depressed condition, and it is not likely that any great change will take place until the horses get into work, or until the first payment is made. Barbelle is much fancied for the Metropolitan, and has been taken in a great variety of doubles during the last week. So far as the betting is any indication, ihe field for that race is much more narrowed than for the Melbourne Cup, for which a great number of horses are taken in doubles. 100 to 15 is readily taken about Tim Whiffler, and 100 to 10 would be readily taken about Barbelle for the same race. Moselle and The Earl are about the same . price. For the Cup, Lapdog and Paddy's Land have been backed at 200.'t0'6, r Flying Dutchman at 200 to 6, and Nimblefoot at 200. to 8. .... Bftrbelle' has been taken with Strop,' Flying Dutchman, Palmerston, Barbarian, Praetor, Nimblefoot, and Monk, at 500 to 2, with Glencoe at 500 to fy, with 1000 to 3, and Farmer's Daughter at 500 to 1. The two Moselles have been taken at 100 to 1. Moselle and Nimblefoot 500 to lh, Moselle and Warrior 500 to 3.. Little Dick and Glenepe .ire at oDO-tb 2^.. The- Earl ]bas been taken with. Milesun^ Monk, and Niaihhfoot at 500 to 2, and the two Eai-ls at 350 to 4. Tim Whiffler and Warrior 200 tto 2, Tim and the Earl 500 to 2£. Tim has also been taken with Croydon, Barbarian, Stockings, and Strop at 500 to 1. Croydon and Warrior at 500 to 3. "The Survey department," says the Mitcliell River Hera Id, 14th inst, have recently had an examination made of the new entrance to the Snowy River, the natural features of which, it will be recollected, have been so completely changed by the late floods, which would appear to have made unusual havoc with the country on that part of the Gipps Land coast. It is the opinion of the officer' who made the survey, that the newly-formed Snowy River entrance is permanent ; the old course of the river is nearly closed up, and the sea breaks full into the channel lately formed without any resistence— all sign of a bar obstruction having completely disappeared. The depth of water at

the junction of the riyer with the sea could not be ascertained in the absence of a boat, but it is believed to be much greater at that spot than at any other portion. It is believed the only thing at all likely to interfere with the permanent character of the present Snowy River entrance, is the possibility at any time of the sea making another raid upon the neighboring sand hummocks, and so tilling up and altering the channels. Such a contingency could only be provided for by heavy work intended to be permanent, for which the outlay would be considerable, and, as the Snowy is not a navigable river, except for a very few miles, the value of the object gained would bear no proportion to the cost." "It is so very seldom," remarks the Golac Observer, "that a man dies and comes to life again, that when a startling fact similar to this does occur it is generally worth chronicling. A man named Samuel Talbot, a laborer residing, in Colac, becoming suddenly indisposed, the services of Dr. Rae were called in, and after the usual medical inspection the man was ordered to bed, and the doctor departed to obtain the necessary remedies. While away a message was sent to him j that Talbot had suddenly shuffled off this ' mortal coil, aud believing the statement to be true, though somewhat surprised, he drew out the necessary certificate, stating the caxise of death. The friends of the supposed dead man immediately took the necessary steps for the funeral, the undertaker and the registrar of deaths having been informed of the mournful event, and no doubt chuckling at the thought that business in their line was looking up. In the house where Talbot was laid ' straight out upon his bed' was gathered a number of women, and mourning and lamentation could be heard, the friends weeping for the poor man, and would not be comforted, when, lo ! Talbot opened his eyes, and stared around him with marvellous surprise at the scene which was being enacted in his house. Of course, the women screamed and covered their faces, forming all manner of thoughts about ghosts, and it was afterwards found that Talbot had merely swooned away, and had been in a sort of trance for a number of hours. The undertaker was compelled to desist making the coffin, the registrar destroyed his certificate, and the doctor indulged himself with a hearty good laugh. The joy of the friends can, of course, be better imagined than described." Here is a nice little bit of gossip from Alexandra, which is given to the world by the Mansfield Independent : — " Two of the members of the legal ' persuasion,' Mr W. Villeneuve Smith aud Mr Coster, have, it would seem, for some time past accustomed to address each, other in the police court in a style which is not only infinitely discreditable to themselves, but disgraceful to the administration of justice. On the 14th inst Mr Smith, during the hearing of a case in court, told Mr Coster that he (Mr C.) was a pretty big man but could not use his fists. On the following day the Alexandra Times contained an editorial remark which Mr Coster ascertained had been inspired, if not actually written, by Mr Smith. Mr Cos : ter replied in a letter to the Mansfield Independent, and a3 soon as that paper reached Alexandra, Mr Coster took a copy containing his letter, and meeting Mr Smith in the street, threw the paper, folded up, in his face, at the same time telling him that that was his reply tc the lies that he. (Mr Smith) had been telling so fast lately. Mr Smith made no immediate demonstration, but on Mr Coster stepping forward and delivering a blow he made a rapid retreat, and succeeded in keeping himself out of harm's way until further pursuit was stopped by some persons who interfered. We understand that the matter will be investigated at the police court, Mr Smith having threatened to ' sign the charge-sheet.' " How a would-be biter was severely bitten is happily told by the Ballarat Coiirier :— " The story runs that a person residing in Melbourne wrote to a friend in Ballarat requesting the loan of LlO, and stated in his communication, no doubt the more effectually to open his friend's purse strings, that unless the amount reached him by return of post he should be compelled to commit auiuide, either by poison, drowning, or discover some more novel method of quitting a world which had not been over kind to him. The friend in Ballarat, being either unable or unwilling to make the advance, apprehended that the threatened suicide would be committed, and for some minutes he was puzzled how to act in the emergency. At last he determined to lay the letter before the police, and having done so, the latter at once telegraphed to the authorities in Melbourne, who, in their turn, took prompt action in the matter. Two constables proceeded to the house of the writer, and arrested him for threatening to commit suicide. The writer vehemently protested against such an infringment of the liberty oj, a subject, but with little avail,- for. he was straightway marched off to the lock-up. There he was able to procure the attendance of several friends, who, with no little difficulty, at length convinced the police that there was no harm intended when the letter was written, the only object the writer had in 'piling up the agony, I ' being to succeed in obtaining the. loan. The latter was then allowed to go at large, but not before he had been sternly recommended by the police not to indulge in such threats in future —a repom mendation which, under the circumstances, we should scarcely think was necessary. There has been a good deal of chaff indnlged in, both in Ballarat and Melbourne, -over this incident ; but the I writer of the letter is said to be still very 1 I angry at the use to which his letter was j 1 applied^ and vows vengeance sooner or I later against his ' friend ' for the inconvenience to which he was subjected through such groundless fears for his personal safety/]

Hayes City, Kansas, has a female- constable. The young men are in constant fear that she may have an "attachment" for them. A man in Ripley county, Ind. , kicked his daughters beau out of doors, the other night, and was shockingly beaten therefore by his daughter, assisted by her amiable mama. Confucius said his only rule in regard to drinking, was to drink until he was happy. There were probably no police-stations when Confucius lived. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them lip once for all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hands of the Angel of Resurrection. An old soaker replied to a temperance lecturer- by, the following poser: "If water rots the sole of your boots, what effect must it have on the coat of your stomach ?"