ARRIVAL OF THE OMEO.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 311, 18 December 1862, Page 6

ARRIVAL OF THE OMEO.

TWO DAYS' LATER FROM

MELBOURNE

The s.s. Omeo arrived last evening from Melbourne, but without the English Mail, the mail steamer not having arrived up to the time of her departure. The mail is to be brought on by the Alhambra. The Omeo left on Thursday, December 11th. We make the following extracts from tlie files to hand :—

Sudden Deatii.—The Geelong correspondent of the Argus says:—" Another melancholy case of sudden death was discovered yesterday. A mai named William Bishop, who has for many years been a faithful and confidential servant in the stores of Holmes White and Co., in this town, left his house at ten o clock o* Saturday night, and was not seen again until yesterday mornine: between eight and nine, when he was found lying drowned on the beach beyond Point Henry. The evidence at the inquest to-day went to show that he had durin<* the last eight or nine months suffered from ill health, and that Ins mind had latterly become deranged. The testimony of Dr. Gunn was conclusive on this-point The jury found that the deceased was found drowned; but how or by what means there was no evidence tQ ■show, except that from his mind being wrong he may have committed suicide under a fit of "temporary insanity. The deceased was a native of Berwickshire, Sec. land was thirty-five years of age, and has let a widow and two young children. New Rush.- Information was received yesterday, from a reliable source, to the efiect that a new rush lias taken place to a gold field on the head of the Yarra, about ten miles from a place on Hughes's track, known as Hughes's store, between Buacep ! and the Jordan. The new gold field is on the head of the Yarra, and it is stated that on Friday last there were 300 to 400 miners engaged upon it. The workin-, s are in two contiguous creeks, and payable gold has been found. The new rush is to a place distant fifteen miles (nearer Melbourne) irora the scene of the discoveries on the head waters of the Yarra, report d two or three weeks ago. It may be aMed, that a*, stores are now carried by pack - horses along the recently opened up track between Buneep and Jericho, and that as stores have been established at different points, diggers have not now the same difficulty as they formerly experienced in prospecting the fern-tree gullies and forests along this new line of road. Coaches travel daily between Melbourne and Dandeuone-, and three times a week from the last named township to Buueep. Our informant adds that at the Emerald and Splitter's Hut diggings specimens of malachite and native copper are-lbund in the drift, ami much water-worn. At these diggings the work is all sluicing, and the gold is fine There is plenty of pronusing.iooking ground at both diggings for dry sinking, and some msn are at present in the alluvial on those new fields.— Aram Uec. 10. '

Bridge Across the Loddon.—The inglewood people are complaining that the promised bridge across the LodJon is no nearer being commenced than ever. The present crossing of the Loddon between Sandhurst and Inglewood is most insecure and ifthe proposed bridge is not commenced shortly, another winter's wading, and probably some serious accident, will be the consequence. — Bendigo Advertiser, Dec. 9.