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SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
We have journals from South Australia
to the 15th instant.
The Northern Expedition.— The Surveyor-
General and Mr. Henderson returned on
Saturday to town. We understand that,
in consequence of several unforeseen acci-
dents, they were prevented from proceed-
ing to the eastward from Pasmore River ;
and their provisions being exhausted, they
were compelled to abandon the farther pro-
secution of the expedition for the present.
—Southern Australian.
We are glad to learn that the value of
sheep is considerably improved. We have
been informed from a very respectable
source, that the other day 8s. per head,
cash, was refused for 2000 ewes to be run
out ; and 10s. cash, in another instance, has
been refused for a lot of 300. This great
improvement is no doubt attributable to
the recent discover of the boiling down
process, which has fixed the average value
of sheep at about 7s. 6d. per head.— Ibid.
Wool.—Several sales of wool have re-
cently been effected, and at fair prices.
We were told by a respectable gentleman
in town, yesterday, that he had disposed of
his wool at 9d. per lb. to be taken off the
sheep's backs, the flock running at Port
Lincoln. This we think a large price, and
cannot be taken as a criterion.— Ibid.
Wheat.— Sales of the ensuing crop are
being effected, but the prices are not very
cheering to the agriculturist. One gentle-
man informs us that he has purchased 3000
bushels at 4s. per bushel, to be delivered
immediately after next harvest. The con-
dition of the sale is, however, that the gen-
tleman is to advance what money may be
necessary for reaping, &c., so that although
the price is low, the seller gets the means
of gathering in his harvest.— Ibid.
Our readers are respectfully reminded of
the South Australian .Missionary Meeting
in the Gawler-place chapel this evening, at
which his Excellency the Governor presides,
and a number of the native children, we
understand, will attend.—Register.
The Surveyor-General and Mr. Hender-
son returned from their expedition to the
north on Saturday last, but, from a train of
unforeseen circumstances, have, we regret
to say, but partially accomplished the ob-
ject with which they set out. The ex-
hausted state of their provisions, without
any prospect of a fresh supply, compelled
them thus early to return.—Register.
Several gentlemen have informed us that
they have devised machines for reaping
corn, and some are preparing models, which,
when completed, will be exhibited for pub-
lic inspection.—Register.
The Odd Fellows' Magazine.—A copy of
the South Australian Odd Fellows' Magazine
has just reached us, and, as far as typo-
graphical execution goes, it is a very cre-
ditable production. Into the merits of its
various articles we have not yet had time
to enter, but, from the well-known abilities
of the gentleman to whose editorial ma-
nagement it is understood to be principally
confided, we may, we think, venture to pre-
dict favourably of its contents. At present
we have neither time for selection, nor
room for extracts, but we shall take care to
notice it more at length in our next.—
Register, September 6.
The Southern Australian of yesterday has
the following paragraph in reference to
Sarah McHarg, lost in the bush some two
years ago, and afterwards reported, but er-
roneously, it would seem, to have been
found at Port Phillip :—Many of our read-
ers may remember that about two years
ago a young woman, named Sarah McHarg
was lost in the bush, and though a most
active and persevering search was made,
no trace of her could be found in any direc-
tion. When last seen, she was going from
a survey camp to her father's house in the
Meadows, a distance of four or five miles,
by a beaten track, and it was generally
supposed that she had been murdered.
We have now to announce the fact, that her
remains have been discovered, in a dense
forest near Currency Creek, so that
she must have lost her way, wan-
dered about fifteen miles out of the
proper track, and finally died of starvation.
Previous to her death, she had built a sort
of wurley of branches, round which her
bones have been found, apparently torn
asunder by wild dogs ; her clothes were al-
so found rotted, but easily recognised, and
two books, little injured, which she was
known to have with her. In one of them
the following words have been traced,
scratched with a pin :— " Dear Elizabeth
(a sister of the deceased), grieve not for
me, I am resigned to my fate." The unfor-
tunate girl was a native of Clendric, parish
of Inch, Wigtownshire, in Scotland, and
came to this colony, with her parents,
about four years ago. We understand the
coroner has gone to hold an inquest on the
remains.
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