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Full Title	The Citizen, v. 1, no. 6, February 11, 1854.
Contributor	Mitchel, John, 1815-1875.
Date Added	1 July 2015
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1854-02-11
Source	Joseph McGarrity Newspaper
Topic	Irish > United States > Newspapers. New York (N.Y.) > Newspapers.
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OCR 2-.en..: ...n ....s... ..nit,..se......,..s.c..,,.l Q THE CITIZEN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1854. 95 SEVEN MONTHS IN AUSTRALASIA BY PATRICK .1. siiliirli. (corieludedfroot our tort.) , Thu gitotevti olths Auslrslias la the -t nqunldlig" systemeeu -yswm ' N“ e gives to a smell nnniberotgovernment rat-oritea a monopoly orttteiantls orthe colonies in Part Phiup, owing to the rapid increase or popthlalionv "II -me tern is rust tottering to its rldl. in New south Wales, it h much Mn" ‘marine. The “lquhllera" there control, in great run. the WI‘ 1=I‘9“‘““- and through It the local executive. in August lust. Mn Wen""M'“lr W‘ "“ polar man in Anstrniis, introduced his romous eoristltution biu. rrenied on the model or the csnsdian eonstitutlnu, this bill proposed the entire- ibthment ortwo legislative enutubers-the one to be eleetive by the peoitlc. In- other nominated by the crown; the nominees to be endowed with titles 01 ' nobility aitd have hereditary privileges. The abject M‘ the bill, as Mr. Wetltv worth eonreued, wan to strengthen and uphold the squatting interest, and to i-heel. the gt-owth orderrtooreey. M w -t our caunlrv to be itooded with Germans, lrish sn undesirable people.” Perhops not, Mr. wautwdrib; but yet ynurcotistitutton sooth visits, and soon you wui be roreed to reeognlae the tart that llu eiaini ornomsn benign to eecupy and live upon the lands or the colony in superior to This yielding polity or the cnvemuient will pstrtpnrte tor s eohsideialile period, perhaps, the sovent o[l.ho inevitable day that shall Wimws the separation ortne colonies item the mother eouutry. Already, however, the prevailing seatlnienr or tns colonies is decid- edly repuiiliean. There are two daily snd two weeitiy papers published in Sane)". The leading iouritsl, however. or the Australian is the Melbourne Ar . Much interval il 1!]! throughout the Australian in the lllbjec! ol‘ bdlmnlkln, and already many laudable etrorts have been made tor its promotion. The catholic, rrotesinul, arid Presbyterian churehes are in eonneetion with the state, sttd derive IYoi'n’u their means orsupport. Entire bsrvnoity appears to exist between the members orihe varienn religious sects. , Prior to the gold disoovery, sydusy was i-ewgnluil by on her sister cllks so (In eapiliii oi't.he Ansirslias. Melbourne, however, which, slnes that event, his adv-sneed much more rapidly in wealth and population, now inys elilirit to thnt position. Hence haaariaen the active rivalry, the bitter jealousy, which service between England and Australia hits, up to the preselt‘ irregularly eondueled, the steamers-especially those of the C-ovemmnnl eontraet line. being orau inrerior eissia es hltve been made bya euppor-ship, the " Mttrco rolo," built in st. .loirn's, NJ]. she made the pasnageirom Liverpool to Melltotti-no once in sixty-seven itiid once In seventy ti-rlyl. ' ‘ At the period 01‘ our testing, the itusiralian market was overritoi-ltod with every ticscriplinn orgoods. Timber was the only article in demand. in July last, a friend oreurs entered into in contract with the Government at Melbourne . to supply seven hundred thousand reel oitirnber for building vi-httrves at that place, at the rate or seventeen douars and a hitirlhe hundred reel our frlttnifa ohiei reiianoa at that time for the means or rulhiitng his contract was upon Nuw , zealsnd and van Dlemeifl Land. Vessels slso or a light drnit or water, and suitable tor the iubsrcoioiiini trade, were lnueh sought alter. we sirvr a vessel ttiubaut seventy-live tons burthen and iiny-three yours old (Toalt hlllll) ssid in Hobart Town rur 95,15. ' , v Diemenls Land-so eaiied rroru van Diemeu, the Dutch Governor or parts hill the trees grow to an enorm at e. The two ehior towns or the iel-.ind are Lauueestoa, sit the north, and Hnbarg Town, the test orguvornnieut, at the south. Launoeslxin is a nut town, of about ten thousand inhabitants, situated on the river Tamar, (titty miles from the sea. Stearuet-I ply regularly every week between Lsnnceoton and Mel- hourne. A splendid msesdnmised rond, lac mil s in itatgth, and out lhruntzh the eeatrs ortha island, counsels Laoneeeton with llohsrt Tows. This irtller mm mwnnhgly situated on the beats or the river nerwsnt, about full)‘ miles nroru its mouth. A rugged precipitous mountain rour thousand reel in height, Mount wellington, immediately overhang-a the town. Being the sex‘ orgovsruateut, it is neussully the main sent or viiisny, and the oenlre otth, ronviet tnachutery. nere. tn the neighbourhood or Government liouse, which my .mt.-oprialely Idiom: the tau and the police hart-sell, only be seen groups Lafcanvittl-ollicihla, the mast abandoned wtelcbes that ever an Invicrugttlltru . line‘ ft is the queens birth-day, and them is sievee at Government llouee-and vi-e steer and ovdert at the arntpodae. That large mirri with the glass in his eye is an ex-aotetvter or Norriiix Island. A relation or the rrtlrllklti [Irlclised by him there would mate the blood ruu eold. or the unhappy wrelrnes pinned under his eonlrol, seine were driven toiussuity-the msyority were t-oitt-tried into demons. lie is s particular mean or his xiteelleitry, sir wiliisivt verit- so That ol.tter still larger naan ,, , uniting the while desperate but on suing eilorts to sources his unwieldy hsu into a white itid glove, is a magistrate olths eolany, and was till very recently a high cont-irt oilioiai. his history is involved in obreurity. rte thing tor sevtain is itirowrt, thstnii has been repeatedly sharged with having played the part or “lrIiIo!" in the lrish movement M13, and with being the irtnn who pointed oul smith 0'Bri:n s .. ,,,p, wen some thou beings ehoinetl. They held up their mart. .risd hands to this captain or the Pan, and begged thiti their rrtirvs ritiglit be striei-ten oiriu order that they might be stile to mate a struggle the their lites .. No ,, M, M ,,,.,..rt.e, -i Illa eonviel regulations do not ytnnll IL” ilnd the iiiirt day the wild birds perched on the bodies orotors than a hundred or Ihttul poor hein s a they hosted on the placid siirlsee or the perv-ritt. That man iii , .,.,,,,,p, ...,,,.,tt.r or sir w. benison government. 3,“, W, ‘in p or, melody in van nismeu a Lead entirety tnlvtpaiied o, monsters or this elsul” No, no. ft! mm W TMFM mien. - - body. wt ....,,.,t.pi.....,t..e.n be Ihnnd in any country i and some amongst them not puss-raved Mute highest cslucsuon and toiinomsui. The native-born role- ttisls, too, not as line ihibiws as an to be met with inthe world. But these men detest sir war. Deuissn, and are the active opponents or his policy. see huI,$0me ortiteua spprosoh, members oh-lie Legislative Council, who int-l it lhztlr tltlty merely as a matter or man still etiquette, to attend. Tlista is cuplitlri Fcnmn, a htrgs iunded proprietor, end a true lrish gentleman, a vin- lent opponent or sir Wm. neutron, and a mend or the lrish exiles. is llkhutl Dry, speaiter or the Legislative Council. He is ten oi‘ an lrish rebel oi‘ '95, and owes his present position no has to his personal character than to his hitter horitility to Sir wiiliain Dsnlson's policy. But see this long procession or mild and benevolent-looking men, arrayed atuulsnttes. They are the calhollsidergy. sad and humiliating spectacle! Yen, and they real it. we ilitow moat oi‘ them personauy ; itnow their senti. intents, and there is ml! is me in thitt proeesaton who does not root the degra- tialinn of hill position, t class, whetlitir you regard them as priests or as ordinary gentleitieit or the world, the catiarlie elergy or van Dietrich‘: Lttnd vriu ritvornbly compare with any men or a similar class in any part or the earth. Being paid by tho got-ernnient, their hinhop utskeelt, we believe, in- cumbent upon them to attend on those occas‘ it as a matter or rorm. ' ilere are two shiirpraeel, sntart-looting nieu approaching. The tauer or the two, he with the peeuiisriy sharp nose, is the American consul, a gentle- man. named listhaway, rrom somewhere it down zasl." lie is a smart busi- ness man, by all accounts, and studies to lteep in with all parties. He is quite irtliutnte, indeed quite at home, with SirVtVl1Ll:tin and hit? interesting iitntily. His ounipaiiioa is a lthrewd little than ;-n vnntee nlsovchi: read-or runeies he ean-your ehurarter at aglnrit-e; ean tnlir on all conceivable subysrts, and tell you timt as many state secrets as he Kids a tnind. no a veil here a row years ago, in very poor eireuntstnnses, goliutrodnced to the governor, was hailed lipos to operate npnn the denlel operators oi‘ some oi‘ the gover- nor’: raniliy, and is now doing a dourishlug business-lnniing a ibrtune in tact. sueeeas to him, though he is a eonstnnt uttthdstit at the private psrtlete-uni! public, tuo-at Govtrlhmznl House. ‘ hut sway: ban in this beautiful island, one may, with true reeling, sing- “ A lite in the woods int rue '- l-‘or here, where the woods never change, where an eternal rolisge decks the trees, and an eternal sutunter reigns, hete- “ All, bare the spirit or loan, is dixlnn 1"- lt was a glorious evening, that alter a title urabont rorty miles, we arrived at the shore urn iteautiiril late. We had been riding from llnyrhxznk, and now we iiiood upon the shots or a hkl, thirteen hundred rest above the plain, and nearly three thoua-tiid.loot above the sea. The lake sseined ready to tin over, and pour ilit waters down the ruined precipitous sides at‘ the mountain in whose hollow it lay. Floats or wild ducks hosted about, while a ' blunt svi-sun, skirting closely the shore, glided ritsinslieaily along. “convlul,” Thomas lrrsnoia ivisegner. A strange place rot one so soeiabla to have nted his strode, rur here, it would seem, as it nuuinn iliotstepa had nevi-rtrod. Ah: he and not been long in this Island beihre he ml the run rorte or ll)'mil’l lml - A There in society where none intrude. By the clear iaile"- . not it that a bout approaching uai Yts,IlIe Exile’! bt1Il,buuiow tits clilully used by ML clarlts, the proprietor or this tails, and of a large portion or the eourttry roun . En bar a but here ror one orhis i-bepherds, and he has given inntruetions that every attention shall he paid to Mr. Mitchel, hir. ltlatltn,snd their menus whenever they visit the lniis. The shepherd has seen In, and is bringing the host over to ink: us some to his but.‘ its touched his but to nty companies, as he spun; ashore, and sailed us it we would not go serous sud have s ehop and damper. hly eomphniirn answered --certainly at and moreover, said be, it we win tnhe an opossum or a itan too rug iiront you, lot it in too late to go list-h,snd we mean to sleep at the late to-night.-l “You're welcome, Sir," wet the reply. so Irejuinped into the boot, slid in about um heursreoehed the but. A one woodnr hearth, while, seated upon be coutitanitui-ta were deeply mullet] with eritne. They made way air as to be neared wlm gull. civility, and tuner I Hula While rcullmod Illeh’ lllloking and their eonveresliori. "l‘itLIhl'rI2en es aid one, in this bzoolonyi srid wan only trnnttporled D-r uven, lntl I'm only I1Jlla-holder yd." “WPlI‘l this nation of Ill! 1" Ialeal our com]-lnlan. “ On! Jun! nolhln’ Itl IU, Sir. I look slitun inst or my D: old masters gun one time, and went irite the visa, arid-stueit up'In'pld-1-.” -4 But," said sriolher or them, -- I'll] her. new twer.ly.uve yesrs, and ought to have got my pardon seventeen yeares ." what did you dot 4- oh, that nalhin’ at all sir, only you see they put me into i-ort Arthur, sir i made my escape, and had to tsite to the bush, an' i robbed er And then I was ulten slid ptttltito Port Arthur again, but i eotrld not escape this time, so they had to let me go when my tints was up,arid notv rat ntulizliecl out." n well. do yes intend to oonduet yottrsetl now: You have a good piiire, and with eenduot you may get a “ticket” in a me yours, and Illlinlsldy a conditional par-loll l" “On! its very well, Sir, to It of good colidtlcl, In‘ I Wish I could be good, but It: b-r bid manner: they uclie ii! iii (hi! rlnoe, alt‘ they can‘: complliln If Wu irate Ihern some- times as Hwy lraie us." site need. The - iihmpcr" is in. only asorriptievi or brrad to be got in the bush in van hleritenu Laird. it is a titr rslte,titade oi‘ ed our pipes, snd had a sinotte. herore re , practice, . it man thlnlit or trsveliing in the hllkh there without his plprt and tobsseo and lnllchrboxrl. ‘ Inoinilrd on one or the hue horses or the bililllld, dash title the buhh, and lhinit light at it ride or in... in a day- ’ t h dr d Thrrrtrriir. ronditlhmughllnbI.I!h,Indl:i?3 H W c M" gxprrielmd hunbattn never will rornpietety Iotte his way. Not so, however, The course to be pursued when y no re.-i A the reiit loot-ely upon the horse's neat, and itie trained lrieilnetor the aitluiiii, it it do not bring you back nponths right trarii, will oonduct y on ovrtainiy to some ahepherdts hut, vi-ht-rs you can ascertain your Iutiiuile, and have Int and damper, and perhaps chops. For, il is a singular srismnly, that no matter how wicited and ubztndotwd these inert described at the lake-the stranger who throws him-NF Him "iv" "Him!-bl)’. is sure to be respected. The secret or it itt, nut tam mm In -is ucnstoln-d to be lreatedasdogs, -poitea to its tinge, INN‘ -'1" “W”-‘ "W"! “M dogs. that ii‘ they mad with one who addresses lhtm -- It-in-n be-nitut tel and souvenirs with them as men, they will re itpeot the rights ol soon a one, and should he sseit their hospitality, he is sure to ilnd it. it may be well to mention that at eaeh shepherd's slsuun, the hut- iteeper has a eerisiu ulowlnce or mutton, tea. iloirr, tolrn-en. the, rrom h niaitter. , - , ’ The chnrutlrr or the nountry , as seen in riding through the bush, siritee the stranger with surprise. Everything is nniiits what he had seen beihre. ‘TM l ood the cottage orthe 7 mountain ranges. all ll-nrillillhlg in the same steep, precipitous biudtti the trees, with their burns peating oirinlong stripes and strsvring the ground. while their leaves never fall, and remain ever green. Then those trees them- aelveo-yeu etnnet cut them down, tbr they would brsslt your All; only to s combination or iron and are will they bend their proud heads. Then. as you require one or them tor tirevvood, you must leave it to rot, or lake it away in small piscesr lot. it you put it in your cart, it will bretit it, and it you out it into the river in order, as you imagine, that it int y tlont down to your house. you vi-illbe disappointed, ror it will siail. lika iron. to in. bottom. Slrlngu wood that ; nevertheless, tnpttsl wood tor snip buuding. some esceileut shi have been built in Hobart Town, also in sydney. Tb Australian wood rnslts rut-ling very expensive in south places. coal mitts. ll’! now‘ being Wnrked bolll ll lite nttrlhzrl Ind Ialllhfrn ulnmlttrc of the on E d. it irislovely inland. hut the policy which the Government has eterrised towards it tor a series or years hsa weumigh reridered it ouiunsbitsble. -rhs tin or a settler, if he be the bend or s rntitily, is run or cares and aiiileues. couttdcttre between insnter sitd set-vsnt,thers is none; it is a titneor lup- reaaebl warlltre between Ihull. The inuutr looks upon Ille Irrflnl With lllh pll-ion and distrust; the servant ‘ woe to that Govemlnenl lbs pathway or whose eiviiiration thus Ilu ever the broken ltesrts, the shattered iritellecls, the crushed tools or humanity. Thain- to the energy, the determination or the brave eoiohliits, lrllzaponuion In v.., ‘I Land has been discontinued, lu etreets, bovrever, will remain tbr many a day. still, the eirorts or good men will, in time, repsir the evil tvhirt. a bad Government has indicted ; and van pirman-s Laud mil tshe her plus as the truest member or the Republican coureeerhry n( the south - P .1, E. The Poet: of the “Nul.ion." To the miles of the “ cilizrs ."' Sin-All inquiry in your iant paper, respecting “ the Poets oi‘ the .’Vatlmt," is lllggviiliv: of another inquiry-why are not the works or these Wrilun pub- lished in Ain-sieal ’ To any one arqusinted with the spirit of American literature. the answer is not dimctul. The songs or the later lrish poets are not trained on the modtrl or “ nnis Erilnnuln.” They have ll here is no tlunitzy-ism about mrm. They sr republican, and, or course, Iillerlyl wlulindg 1: reverence tor British tlun. Thereiora,thry srsdented he p; and, as authors are here coin srstively unhnown. e es it as parts that you Ill] not uniteqnently meet a lsvot-tie some or A‘ s eren u ," Ae., running I s rounds or the ltrneriaan presa,luersuva rugttive,wnheut acknowledg- at, or appropriated surreptitiously s it or music, you will disoover (I s new dress d g or M:CIn.hy':- nea- : “ summer I4a1tnn,(ll, a neaca dttortu Ion]: wor In Dmnulic Jimnial ,‘ vriluic by Pvvfauor Pholxrllo, igf Bialtimarr.” have seen this so often. that it has ceased to be h matte: ru of their mtlnr lest might coins to spoil their own lnlrlrl, why should she not cont tral its literature-thntlii,s prop ate so muchnrit hsntlght null. hn taste, Ind p unlenea afohlivinll an Inn i'u'n.IIl.idt'i' 1 Doing’ LI II] in untl Icroni to B the - .5? --Good old ilznplislti plsn, That they should tats who have the power, i And they should lreep was clan." Nnr, when the sovereignty of their ranntry is prsctierlly despoilsd, is it rorays on her literature that should diiitnrh their eoni. lmlt . iaetldes, what business have the lrish in itrrieries with the songs or nst-is or tlsngsrtt These and other ltirt writers notoriou y at their cmlnl n, tnespeettve in‘ religious dim-ieneeit, to country‘: independence. whereas, the -l in are told by rt ' an catholic" (em ght every other halils hut their own; in a word trsditionary polity which, at home, hlon, and, siiroatl, is placing then:-as ra noblest political i ‘nus all t e lobe . , in view orthis exhilarating -l Inilttion" orour people, it nttilht seem a harar- dnus enterprise to repulrl it here the works or the posts referred to. so hey rneulcets on their t-ournryvrten-t e or not u!rl.lI.l esteem, or ntulntil toit-ration-their und -in essor llro hi; to 3. our , Ia rprllzlle [he mi! old lett their el‘tnnlry a prey to E l I I lit; uh lltvmlv cert-in sntsgoiitsin u ith the r -Iauld clearly who, with equal trioiinsty and truth, IV sea to represent lrish-Airs.-rresu opinion. sltoeit. l husw they a ed W Iandeney, and, possibly. the are oenotioustu that en They are also aoeuaed or being iniidrl ; an in. p..,.i.. .,, tb-true itonree or oternntent,then they is so smeiiab u a u we hiive, itt least, distinguished Arrieri so Iumocrgiy rot saying that s be snre,t a gentleman who pronoun this ensrttshie i-en itsew nothing or Ireland, and is yet but a recent convert now prore ills Iurrllun is nevertheless on reeord,a ii‘et.l lhinh they would so being or rev IIHML lo the tvlilion hl lid may be taken. I’ I it ll won t v . . Notwithstanding the opposition which they would beams to chnllntge from this tittnrur, the puhiirritton of Davis. llaitran. I-‘erizuaatt. rrsrrr. wuiisuis. McCulh)‘. and other toting ireisitd poets, would he s protitsble protest, . i eomntend it at-ear lnglslo Amerlt-an publishers. Let me also suggest an lppmpnnle trtoitu front aria: 1. (YR. A , . , A. . . ., . , , lioi:sl;...l.i,tlt:s P. .tl.trthl:Y. Pnrprieinr No. we PEARL R E1‘, bet city linil see and non l '., rwvptetlu rvns his fritmdh arid the public, that he will hsteronstatiuy on n rs, iiiuora avid sogsra. Tbs itesdtirs Rotrizis will be all supphedvtiih lrish and American Papers i-oniinnsliy-the ‘I.A'l;'n1' y ui A.VAlIA.V'$ BRASS BAhDr-CIVIC AND MILITARY PARADES A‘ Mhnnhnn'd Quldrille Band Itleitds In Billie Extllnlonu, Ind -“Wt "r"iillfii;'“.i'i'i'iii't'efiiile";..e, r. r. E GREAT REPUHLIC, if’? HSSTER STREET, ltnr C: In Tho lllbscrlbn beg! In (it I 11 lb: Elbllnlhlll D2 D9! opened mg above house,vthsrs he win be h v oa-sl on no public who may (‘liver him Vlllh I all. inks, Liqiiors, Mid Segurjofgh. tiacllallllglndl in good luflply.-'RI!'PC9"hu3l STINSO-V Mdvunv son or the In; clertt or the crown sits Wlf I set, or rinblin, late’ um u'r';e:u'Pit'imiti‘s :i:e nine;-ssrs Mediesi Assis nt to me. Aueu and it it oil.oi on. it '" " ' rnihcs soars-liitill 12, a. dull alt, o..., ea are preeiseiy, as hm-toroiie d in pi tn ,4 nltcnil uriive miles, M ; M id my nltnghnyce, $“sl>“:'l;1;r’.'vi. ARD.-Dr. I-‘ITlPATRICKv A or Town and County and (or Dr. F.‘I c A visit within a ouslv iitttiil . a country soitsulling Dr. F. b i r be as minute :2 possible in the detail or their yl'llplDyII!:v‘Ier '2.'f“.?,f' $1,: nl'wmn with gt eneiossd, apreseriptton, wi hailvice, will instantly roe. (;bnr-Va! The wotltiug class and these up, III nillllil, chlrpd nct-ontlng In [heir met oiliro, so ct-stra street, near city llsil, new . pg "rosT orncn, N:w i ,,' lit. s. ATLAhTlc. will close at this oiiiee, on tliexli hngpceii-I"t‘IlM""‘I-lvl%"5 :. Frbntmglt last. [N Il]' lsAA v. rot?ii.l:n. l3.'tl'.' .1 York. on OFFICE NE ..g i - . P"l‘,U- so in j-3,3510, iii riterniifinit 3di‘r%’3;t s‘i '%2t‘r‘i’r'..r‘";T’;'t"i',"‘.'...““ F""“"“- - HUI) k isaa v.i-owl.:lt,5.i:- “hose clrrnllelancel In limlled,

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