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 a loss to find the north.; independently *>f which, j they can "hardly sail twenty-ftn.\r*lK»urs (in a stretch, j without making some one uf the islands. Should I both these resTotii'Ods fait,* however, they have one in reserve which never does. Each island in the West Indies has its peculiar sea-bird ; wherever these birds may wander during the day, they invariably seek tue'r own island at sunset ; the captain, therefore, never fails to know Jrom the direction,in which he sees a peculiar bird fly, towards sunset, where each island lies.-Saturday Magazine. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE -uu ARRIVAL. ON the 28th ultimo, the Eagle, Captain Pratt., from Sydney : left the 25th of May.-Passengers, Mrs. Pratt, Miss Pratt, Mr. C. E". Tratt, Messrs. Smails, Dixon, Bollard, and Temple. Spoke the Dryad from London off Cape Howe. Lying in (Jockhurn Sound.-Thly ; ' and in the closing ^ntence if the paragraph last but one, for "the 4epr.essiuu or detriment of many, the ruin of ali," iread "the. depression ur detriment of all, the ruin lufitnauy." At the request of " Colonus," we give insertion tto the ßxregoing errata; much as we may regret .,the oeowrrene« JO the hurry of going to press, we .cannot conceive, neither wili the public judge ithem ." vulgar or absurd." i he mistake in the jlatter pasa^tc^ph is evidently a transposition by the .Compositor We are glad to find " Colonus ' .scrupulous ujon these points. SFOR SALE, BY PUBLIC A ÜCTION, ¡BY M3BL W. SAMSON, ({By .outer .oi'.the Mortgagee,) 'On Saturday the 26th inst ''THE Vmtm ÍHOTEL, at Fremantle; with üut-liuuses, &c, &c.^ the property of Wm. BA&QEU GENERAL Sâ0X ¡OFFICE. ÏT is requested that the Eüblic will refuse pay" ment for all Letters not ¡hearing the Post-Office stamp. > CHARLES MACFAULL, Postmaster. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL. SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1834, BY the Eagle^Schoenev from 'Sydney, we have our files of the Sydney Herald, and Australian, . up to the 19th of May. They contain nothing of /particular interest or importance. The supply of wheat in the market -was but limited, and the price was daily advancing ; the last quotation is from 9s. to lOs.per bushel, âalt «butter was as high as Is. 2d. rio tfes. 4d. Potatoes, for some samples, 16s. per=cwt. Xwleihave made some few, extracts from the ahave^journals which will be lound.under the USÍA»! Jt£a4 and purpose con. ¿inning them in ourMext* A ar.poRT of another treacherous and designing attack made by the Natives on a party proceeding \ over the hills with stores appears in out presen^ number These repeated depredations call for and fully justify a severity of precedure; a system we whould be the last to advocate, but which the urgency of the case appears to render imperative. It is to be regretted that the natives could not be immediately pursued after the attack was made, and a summary example made of them. It is in the moment of excitement that their offences should be punished,-they then know the cause and feel the power of our chastisement. Captain Ellis, superintendent of native tribes, Capt. Pegus, and Mr. Norcott, with a party of military, have received, we understand, instructions to keep a constant patrol on the banks of the Su an, and across the country to the Canning; this is an arrangemofct long required, and will no doubt strike terror into the wandering savage. The system therefore of in ¡st ant punishment for an offence will come into operation, and its effects we have no doubt will soon be evident. We daily gain a personal acquaintance with most of the tribes,-a most desirable object, as offenders can be easily identified, and punished without subjecting the just to suffer for the unjust. We anticipate considerable advantage from the patroling system, and every expectation that it will be carried into effect with alertness and activity, upon which much of its success must depend.-rl he native brought to Perth on Thursday last was publicly flogged on the same day and se" at liberty. We were in error last week in siating that he was still in confinement. JBill-yoo- merry, is still retained a prisoner in Fremantle Jail;' H. Bull, Esq., J. P, of the Upper Swan, has made an affidavit that he has ieceived information irom the natives, that the man who threw the fatal spear at Lai kins was Goodalyat. When losses are sustained, by the acts of the Natives, and fully established not to have been occasioned by neglect, or undue precaution, it would seem an act of justice that a remuneration should be made to the sufferer out the public chest, as most of the losses are attributable to the insufficient military guard. Another method of recompensing the settler we have heard mentioned, namely, by a public contractor or as&oeiation engaging to insure the colonists generally from all losses arising from the depredations of the natives, THE NATIVES.-We have another instance this week of the marauding dis-1 position of the natives at this season of the year more particularly ; Mr. Bland, of the firm of Trimmer and Bland, who had paid his occasional visit to Perth, to lay in stores for the supply of tie establishment at York, started from Guildford on Monday last vviih a waggon load of flour &c, accompanied by a young man of the name of Souper, a Mr. Heal, a settler at York, and a boy named Gee. It is supposed the natives had been on the look-out, and were aware that the cart was loaded with flour, for, at a short distance from Guildford, the party was overtaken by about 30 natives, who .evinced the most perfect amity, and shook hands with Mr. Bland's party, indicative of a cordial good understanding- which understanding Mr. Bland fully comprehended, and kept constantly on the alert. After proceeding some short -distance, the natives struck off, and proceeded in a parallel direction with the road, but kept, as they supposed, at a sufficient distance to be unobserved; their intentions, however, were evident, and taking advantage of a spot favourable for an attack, (near which some time .ago a boy was speared, and a man named Chipper had a narrow escape for his life, running away with a spear in his back, and leaving his loaded cart to be plundered by the barbarous assailants,) a spear was thrown, which passed through <c Souper's" arm,I grazing the lapel of his coat. He cried out that he was speared, and Mr. Bland instantly fired into the thicket, when a rustling, noise was heard in the bush, and the whole decamped. The nature of " Sou per's wound rendered it necessary for the party to return : they arrived at Guild« ford about 3 o'clock in the afternoon,, where he was attended by Doctor Foley,, and the spear extracted, with great difficulty Mr. Bland came down to Perth the same evening and obtained a military escort, and on the following day proceeded on his journey to York. Souper, we are happy to hear, although he suffered for a time under excruciating pain, is, pronounced out of danger. A Native ROBBED.-A circumstance has come to our knowledge, which, if true, deserves the severest censure. We merely give the report as we have heard it. A private of the 21st regt., stationed we believe at the head of the Canning, fell in with a party of the natives, and took from them an oposum, which he cut up and gave to his dog. The act was soon resented ; a colt belonging to Mr R. Lewis, valued at about ¿'40. or £00, was speared. This is an instance' -and we have no doubt many can be cited-in which the natives have resented injuries inflicted upon them. A STRANGE report has just reached us, communicated to Parker, of Guildford, by some natives, that a vessel had been seen wrecked on the beach, a considerable distance to the northward. The story has been handed from tribe to tribe until it has reached our natives and runs as follows. We give it of course without implicitly relying on its accuracy, but the account is sufficiently authenticated j to excite well-founded suspicions that some accident has happened It' appears j the wreck has been lying on shore for 6 moons, or months, and the distance from this is said to be 30 day's journey, or about 400 miles. When the water is low, the natives are said to go on board, and bring from the wreck " white mo* ney ;" on money being shown to the native who brought the report, he picked out a dollar, as a similar piece to the money he had seen. Some steps should be immediately taken to establish or reflute this statement : the native can soou be found. He is said to be importunate that soldier man, and white man, with horse, should go to the wreck, volunteering to escort them. We shall look with anxiety for further information upon this point. CHEAP FLOUR.-An Account appears in th» means of making flour from wheat straw. Thit being chopped small and passed through the millstones, yields a flour, coarse in, .appearance, but agreeable to the taste, and,also nutritious. Mad« in a wash for pigs, or mixed with oats for horses, it is said to be an excellent article of food. Ti» bread which is mate from it is superior to much of the common bread eaten by th« lower ordert on the Continent
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