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Dunstan Times, Issue 283, 27 September 1867, Page 2

Tne usual fortnightly escort took down the following quantities of gold :—From Clyde, 61-loz. lOdwt.; Alexandra, 6420z.; Cromwell, 500oz. ; Queenstown, BUoz. !odwt. ; Arrow, 128oz. ; Black's, G560z.; Dunstan 'Creek, 7590z. ; Hamilton's, ICOoz. ; Mount Ida, 5620z. Making a total of 4,83G0z. We are requested by Messrs Cope and Fache to call attention to the Sale by Auction on Wed next the 2nd. Oct. at the fancy bazar, Clyde, of the unsold stock i) the estate of Joshua Lazarus, Bankrupt, In the Resident Magistrates Court, Cromwell on the 18th hist, before H. W. Robimon, K. M. the following cases were disposed of:—-Horrigan v O'Brien ; claim £l2 15s'Qd ; judgment for 4'5 8s Od and costs; Badger v Guilford, claim £7 4s I'd judgment reserved. Thomas Cooper was charged with being illegally on the prcmi ses of R. Kidd ; sentenced seven days imprisonment, with hard labor. In the Wardens Court, the suit Kelsall and another v Ross and three otlu rs ; claim £l 76, being mortgage over mining shares ; was ad joumed. The " Golden Age," a new journal published in Hokitika, contains the following: —" The last thing in servant girls is, perhaps, the ? oost out. At Greymouth, two or three days since, a lady advertises for a servant in the following terms : " Wanted, a female general servant, by a lady who can obtain a three months' character from the last servant who left her employment Any female desirous of service will be waited upon by the lady, at such time and place as may suit any female condescending to accept employment. Wages to be paid no object' We were not aware that servantgalism had reached this pitch at the Grey, although we can say it is nearly as bad in Hokitika, In one case, where young woman applied in answer to an advertisement for a servant, she was asked what wages she required. * Two pounds a week, ma'am,' was the reply. ' Two pounds a week !' exclaimed tire lady, 'Why that, with your board and lodging, will quite equal three pounds, which is verv little short of what my husband receives from the Goverment for fulfilling very responsible duties.' ' Well, ma'am,' -was the rejoinder, ' I'm quite thankful to think I'm not the gentleman's wife. May be he'll do better by-and-bye !' and the young woman retired, as she could not for a moment think cf accepting 255. a week, which was the offer made her." Mr. Wm. Smitham of Cromwell, in company with Mrs. Smitham had a very narrow escape from being drowned, jwhile crossing the Shotover River, on Monday afternoon last. The fording p'ace is in a very dangerous condition, and Mr. Smitham's buggy getting into a deep place, the horse lost all power over it, when the force of the current swept it some distance down the river, and had it not have been for the timely assistance rendered by Mr Blair of the Ferry Hotel who came to the rescue in a boat, the buggy and its occupants would have been washed into the Kawarau and lost.

The number of indoor patients ia the Dunstan Hospital have lately been considerably above the usual average. -No less than five cases of fracture of the lower extremities, resulting from mining accidents, have been -admitted during the last fortnight ■ one of these, is of a very serious nature, being a compound fractured leg, As the Institution is in want of funds, and "benefits to so large an extent the min ing community, we hope the miners, as a body will make an effort to furnish the means so necessary to preserve the efficiency and usefulness of the Hospital. The Revd. James Copland, from Tuape ka will hold divine service, on Sunday next, at the School House, Alexandra, in the morning at half past eleven, and in the evening at half past seven. A Chinaman nomed Ah Ting expired in the Dunstan Hospital, on Sunday even ing last from disease of the brain; the House Surgeon, Dr. Shaw informs us that thccause of disease arose from continued use of opium. It will be seen by our Advertising columns, that the meeting of the Dunstan Jockey Club, will be held this Evening, at George's Dunstan Hotel. The " Pall Mall Gaxettc " writing on the death of Maximilian, gives the following as the " other side "of the question, or rather as the argument advanced by those who contend that Maximilian is alone responsible for his own fate: — Well, but how about this murder of Maximilian? ' Why you see, oq the 3rd of October, IB6s, : Maximilian signed and promulgated a decree denouncing all the opponents of his Government as rebels, to be tried as such by court martial, and if found guilty to be shot within twenty-one hours; and before the month was out, actually put the savage edict into execution. Colonel Ramon Mendez defeated, at Ama talan, a Republican force of 1000 men, and took prisoners General Arteaga, General Salazar, and four colonels. No officers in the army were more distinguished and respected thar. Arteaga and Salazar. Nevertheless, in accordance with Maximilian's decree, they and their companions were shot in cold blood as rebels. One of the men who suffered on the occasion was -a near relative of Juarez. The tables have since been turned, and the measure which Maximilian meted out to others has now been meted out to him. War is a fearful game, and those who | choose to play it with unnecessary severij ty can expect no mercy themselves when the chance goes against them.