THE CHARTERS TOWERS RUSH.

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1021, 12 November 1872, Page 2

THE CHARTERS TOWERS RUSH.

"We have been favored with a late date of the " Cleveland Bay Express" by a correspondent who recently left "Westport for Queensland. Erom the "Express" we extract the following editorial:— The extraordinary rapidity with which a mining population transplants itself is no matter for wonder with those who are acquainted Jwith the bulk of .miners throughou the Aus-

lias. The original and primary jgation to search for gold in in- I jnt in man's nature, and at the sent day it would be hard to deny fact that the feeling is intensifying, rould be almost an impossibility to mpt to divert the stream of emigrawhen it has once sot in, no matter strong the forewarning are list it. This has been the case, will, we fuar, continue to the end. rush which has now occurred to rters Towers is only one of many sriences we have had of hurried ementß from one colony to another i the acceptation of news from ate hands, which has gradually line public, and has, therefore, been e more assuring than any real ic news could be. We have it i reliable authority that the cause be rush to the Towers has in a t measure proceeded from the ts of private communnications, h although speaking well of the pects of the writers, were not ided in any way to induce a rush, t least an inordinate one. But such has occurred, and we do not altogether disposed to attach le odium upon those who may written, in an unguarded moment, strong invitations as may have rally induced extreme expectai and wondrous hopes. Private nunications should, however, bo private, and securely so. Public ;rams or assertions should be borne by facts. One telegram reaching nmunity in a state of despondency ciallv —which is reported to be the ral state of the share market in tourne, at any rate, if not in iey,—might at any moment induce, it secure, a large visitation of the bers of that class, and we know well that with them will follow 3 who must suffer, if any suffering ; be. .It is thus our duty to ite that, as much as is possible, 10 responsibility should attach to nnocents abroad or at home for iduality of thought. We eery cannot look upon the public ram* which have appeared in the •opolitan journals, conveying eating influences and hopeful exitions, with any approaching faith ; t cannot be be denied that there much blame to be attached to the estimation of their value as there the indiscretion which dictated the exodus from other for these goldgelds. Miners should take all heed, and should know that all is not gold that glitters. We regret that our wipers could not arrive in time to delay, if not stop, the exodus from the South, and we feel grieved that news of such large arrivals should come upon us so suddenly as to take us by surprise. The fact is there was more news about Charters Towers in Brisbane and Sydney than we had cognisance of here. But what is most start lint; is that since the 7th dnv of September when there appeared a telegram in the S. M. Herald," bidding every one to look before them, that, the reports were exaggerated—the rush increased- We are sorry—truly sorry that any such thing, involving affliction, as it must necessarily do, should have occurred, and ne hope, if hope be of any avail, that our miners will he more careful in future; that they will at least have the wherewithal to start and maintain upon ; that they will not then cease to ■carry out their enterprise, but go ou ; failing this determination, that they will abide by their homes, and with ikith and kin enjoy happiness at home, in preference to beating a retreat, which requires sometimes self-humila-tion to cover it. Those who have not seen cannot speak, at least c:c cathedra, and we suppose that those who have turned back have very good reasons for doing so, be they what they may. It still seems hard that having got thus far there was no inducement to proceed. Many have gone on, nevertheless, and we hope that they may be rewarded for their pluck. Once and for all this is certain, and we say it with earnestness and sincerity to our Ballarat, Bendigo, and all Southern friends—unless you are prepared to stand a brush, and at the same time to stand in for a good thing, if you have luck, it iB unwise to wander about the country, especially at this season of the year, without having some definite object in view, and the wherewithal to carry it out. The rush which has heen "induced by foreign agency to this port, which is supposed to be a goldSeld, if not an el dorado, has not only been premature, but has absolutely run short of the first expectations. When we first saw the large crowds arriving here we naturally felt some interest in the matter, and sought thereupon for the cause. There was not much difficulty in discovering that; as it was fully explained in a telegram to the Southern papers which exhausted the wires spreading the report that a new Bendigo had been discovered. We have never given any undue excitement to the public, even in this colony, as to the state of the minei, "beyond what has absolutely occurred; and any extraordinary yield produced from the interior—be it from Etheridge, Kavenswood, or the Towers should not create undue excitement, as the claims producing these large yields, like angel's visits, are few and far between ; and are only granted to the accepted—those who find them. The same paper reports the following crushings for the week: — CHARTERS TOWERS. 30 tons, Cornstalk, 25 ozs.; 50 tons No. 1 east, Queen, 41 ozs. 10 dwts.; 87 tons p. c. Jeff Davis, 42 ozs. 15 dwts.

67 tons No 1 north, Alabama, 159 ozs. 8 dwts.; 68 tons p. c. Rose of England, 68 ozs. 4 dwts.: 108 tons No 1 east, Warrior, 130 ozs. 10 dwts.; 28 tons Iron Clad, 45 ozs. 1 dwt. 86 tons Eose of England, 72 ozs.; 21 tons Palmers stone, 23 ozs. 4 dwts.; 26 tons No. 2 Eose of England, 22 ozs. KAVENSWOOD. 36 tons, Yellow Jack, 126 ozs. 15 dwts ; 20 tons Wide Awake, 22 ozs.; 4 tons, trial crushing, Sandy Creek, 7 ozs. 17 dwts.; 16 tons, Peckhams wash at Nolan's 13 ozs. 4 dwts. 46 tons, No. 1 north, Molly Malone, 64 ozs. THE ETHEBIDGE. From No 1. west, Better Luck, 67 tons, 252 ozs. The Prospecting claim, Never Mind, 37 tons—Bß ozs. No. 2 west, Star of Hope, 28 tons—--47 ozsv