COLLINGWOOD.

Colonist, Issue 62, 25 May 1858, Page 2

COLLINGWOOD.

' [FROM OUR OWN COItBESPONDENT.I ! : : > , May 21,1858. The rush to the First Slate River Forks promises to exceed all we have yet had in the number of diggers at work in. one'locality, and better still in the amount of gold they obtain. I saw last Sunday morning one ounce" fourteen penny weights in the possession of a digger he procured in a few hours, whilst prospecting there. Yesterday, a person just arrived in town mentions that the diggers who were considered as established for the winter at Brandy Point and elsewhere on Slate River, have in some instances deserted their claims altogether for the new rush, in others divided their forces to spy the land, and the report has invariably been " all right" It is an unexampled fact in tHe history of our diggings, that with regard to this rush no one attelripts to hide it; every person who has visited the place that I- have seen, tells me that it is a first-rate ■place^no.shicers,(&c.;^ diggers and all will give evefyanformation without demur; and all agree that another right place, is hit upon, and that ; there is room for hundreds more than are there at present. .v . .:■■'■■ I"'''. '\ '■'' '.'" '''.-". " 'I -am going up bii Monday and will report=to you next Tqesda^.- : ':'f Ll""\ '_/" ■■''\ '; ■ ■--.■■'. ■ *'t see by the "lAiicklan^t Gazette a notice, signed ihy the Sub-C6llieJetor;.herei naming 1 as a Bonded \Store, at this port,: a portioii^^ofiawarehouse known W"Gibbs'- Store;" tsiis will greatly facilitate the trade of the place. ■ •''• ':l-']h '*-.'-'■■. " -.> : :;:.-.', ■'-■■■ • I am riot aware 6f a single digger passenger per steamer. to?-m6rrow-rrlaSt xtrip she had over 500 ourices.: .■ ■- ■ ■ :>!---< . ■ '■ ■■.-' ■ ...... . .

The road through Washbourne's B.ush, beyond the Half-way House, requires immediate repairs, as the traffic is now entirely that way. : One dray was capsized the day v i^efore yesterday, and the load damaged. To■give'i;you some idea of it, the wheels, although buried -to the axles, in many places leave no "traces behind.