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Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 457, 28 June 1871, Page 2

As will bo seen from another column, a ' very, ..interesting event will take place on Wednesday evening next at the Devonport Itall, North Shore, being a soiree in connection, with St. Mary's Colloge, which has been postponed till that date. We shall rofer farther to the soiree on another occasion. Preferring to the gentleman departed by the Alice Cameron, we alluded to a watch deposited as security for money lent by an auctioneer. We did not say what auctioneer; but one gentleman* who was supposed to be indicated has been called on by abdut a dozen different individuals, who all demanded the article, saying they "had a petter right to the vatch than he had." We should add that wo were in error in stating Wyndham-street as the place of business of the auctioneer. s |, fA. cell of 9d. per share hag been made in the JRed Queen Gold JMiniug Company. . "The editors of the state of Ohio," the Fall Mall Gazette mentions, "■ have lately had I (convention, and some of their proceedings must be regarded in the West End as revolutionary. For instance, the following resolution ;H»B3 passed :—' Eesolved—that we deem it unprofessional on the part of the- conductors of newspapers to indulge in personal denunciation and defamation in connexion with the discussion of general and local topics, and that We consider it to bo the duty of editors to Jdiscuss questions of public interest upon their ■merits, and in an impersonaF' manner.' The <paper which reports the proceedings seems to have hardly caught the spirit of the occaJsidn, for it tells us that 'Mr. C. M. jftichols ft vacated the chair in favour of Mr. Veneering Saxton, a red-faced stuffy old cock, who .ptjjmbled.at every particular word of every separate resolution.' This speaker, appealing to the ■■self-satisfaction of his brethren, rejmarked—' There are 60 or 70 editors met here mow who must see and feel that they are all good fellows; why not remember that when we separate and keep our pons off each other ?' The resolution did not pass without opposition. The editor of the Wodster Democrat said that ' if the editors chose to publish to the world their admission that they had been making ruffians and blackguards of themselves for years past they might do so; he^hever would,. He had always conducted hi 3 paper without blackguardism, he had nevor called names, never said a man was a liar unless he was, and.he could prove it. It remains to be seen whether this movement will spread. We should judge that it has not yet reached Texas, as the same mail that brings us the above proceedings, brings also the following ingenious calculation in the Austin Gazette : —'Should the brains of a decent whiie man be deposited in the Mississippi Kiver at .St. Louis, teh drops of river-water at Vicksburg would fairly represent the intellectual capacity, pf Senator P.' " Z f ; ' ZToJbe constantly busy is to be always bappy. Persons who have, suddenly acquiredwealth, broken up their active pursuits,, and begtin to live in their ease, waste aw&y' and ddejin a very short time. Ye who ,are sighing for the pomp and splendour of life, beware ! Ye know not what ye wish. No situation,* however exalted; no wealth, however, .magnificent; no honours, however^glorious, icah* yield you solid enjoyment while discontent lurks in your bosom.., The secret of happiness, lies in this—to be always contented with your lot. Persons who are always busy and! go cheerfully'to their daily.- tasks ' are, the least' disturbed by the fluctuations of business, and at night sleep with perfect composure. At a church. fair,in Kansas City a set of bedroom furniture was voted to a young lady, with the understanding' that if she was;'not married in a year the furniture should be; returned to the; church; She is now on > the T^^-path, flrmedwith a bgdsteadi J', It