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Otago Daily Times, Issue 137, 24 April 1862, Page 5

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By the courtesy of the captain of the.Northern Light we are in receipt of files of Hobart Town papers to the 10th instant.'' We extract the fol iowing :— :• i ' i ■ &JThb Seabch for Mb. "Gottld^- The' Swansea Packet, very fnlly supplied with provisions and stores for the relief of the mitsing exploration party, left the wharf at't'eh'QVloek last evening for Macquarie Harbor. !We understand that Mr.\Clias.'HiSmith;iwho: was Mr, Gould's companion on several previous explorations, is despatched in charge -of a party under orders to thoroughly explore-the coast.i ■■ A good.serviceable boat has been provided for this purpose. "Mr. Smith has instructions to head a land search from the coast, should any appearance justify the. hope that by doing so he would have a chance pt meeting the missing yarty.—.^fercwry, April 10,. ~ .... ,• i MR. GOULD'S PARTY: , iWe have been favored with the subjoined copy of a letter addressed by Mr. Gould to Dr. Butler, which, we are happy to ; say; furnishes, some, additional grounds for hope that Mr. Gbuldiand his party'will be fqund to have .survived ;the perils of their journey across the Macquarie country. Whilst'this.letter, dated from the EMon Ranges the \ 10th .February, is. undoubtedly to some extent "calculated'to allay the apprehensions that have besn excited bythe reports publisheJ, we are glad to know thatiit has not operatea to relax ilie efforts being liade by the Executive to relieve the missing party. It will.be seen from Mr. Gould's letter that his trip,, even at its commencement, had been attended with all the usual inconveniences of Australian exploration.. Even to the starting station at Camp; Hill, he had .brought lub "horses with 'difficulty.'^.However, from this, point he was to- -set -onthe' 10th February,' with, five ..weeks' provisions— "only five weeks' rations" as Mr.' Gould expresses it —"and itI'will probably take all. that \toget through^" ' This is certainly a better .account than we have hitherto received. Five weeks' rations datingifromthe 10th February; are more promising of an .ultimate working-through of.the enterprise, than Mr:, Ibsen's fortnights', supply. ; The'additional weight given to the probability of the safety of Mr. Gould's party should, however, only operate as an additional motive to exertion in affording them relief should they survive. Mr. Gould's" letter contains such nn accurate description of the route he proposed to take, that a chart is being rapidly prepared by the Government for the guidance of the searching parties, and for the satisfaction of public curiosity. Mr. Gordon Burgess started on his mission yesterday morning. Copies of Mr. Gould's letter to Dr. Butler, aad of the chart of that gentleman's intended route,-were we believe, last evening despatched by special messenger to overtake Mr. Burgess, with, instructions to proceed if necessary as ,far as Mount Charles. The party intended to convey stores to Macquarie Hurbor will leave to-day. The Swansea Packet is chartered to carry provisions, andit_is expected that the Culloden will also be put in requisition. From Macquarie Harbor it is proposed to. despatch,a boatiDg party tupplied wjth rockets to proceed northward along the coast, with instructions to fire single rockets for signals to Mr. Gould's party, and three rockets as a token to the searching parties, in case the former should have been discovered. The Government chart indicatingthe intended track of Mr. Gould, and the "course proposed to be followed j by the parties charged with the duty of searching for him, will be exhibited at-the Mercury office this morning for the eatibfaction of public curiosity. Much' praise'is due to the Executive for the promptness and energy with which they have acted Eince the questiou of Mr. Gould's safety was robed. The following is a copy of Mr. Gould's letter to Dr. Butler:— . " [Extract of a letter from Mr. ■Charles Gould to IlfcnryUuller, Esq., M.HfA., Hobart Town.] ' " Camp Hill, ";v ! " 10th February, 1862. "My Dkar Sib, —I have brought with .difficulty all my horses to here with loads. However you managed to get your's I can't think, as there are some parte of the road where a horse alinobt needs wings to get aloDg. If you follow me, bring plenty with you, as I have only five weeks' rations with me ;, it will probably take, all that to get through. Brings one of my maps and follow the track to" the junction of the N. and S. Eldon Rivers, just south-wesfof the Eldon.'trigonometrical station; you will have to look about a little for the'entrance. into the ssrub leading "downJnio the EldonValley, and, "at the end oftbe