THE EVENING POST. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1865.

Evening Post, Issue 25, 8 March 1865, Page 2

THE EVENING POST. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1865.

According to all accounts there is now some faint hope of a speedy termination to this wretched travestie of a war. Pthi and bis confreres, overawed by our snperior strength, have expressed a wish to give in tbeir allegiance, and we fully believe that, seeing the utter futility of all efforts even to hold their own, the Maoris are this t'me sincere. The wary, cunning savages knowing they are over-matched, seeing on all sides the hordes of men we can pour into their strongholds, and fully cognizant of their own weakness, sue for peace, and we are bound to accede — our only conditions an instant dispersion and giving up of arms. Every one is well aware little or no credence can be placed in the word of our sable, now suppliant, foe, and every precaution will doubtless be taken to prevent a recurrence of the late bloodshed. The Imperial policy is essentially a lenient one, but leniency, good and charitable as it is, may be carried to an absurdity, and in the present case it would be grossly unjust to make an}' terms short of a pure unconditional surrender with these barbarians whose bands are red with the blood of our murdered fellow-country-men. No continental power in Europe would condescend to make terms with rebels, and these copper-coloured rascals should have no hopes of future favor held out to them, but severely punished for their barbarity and bad faith. Away with all puling sentimentality, and teach them a lesson they will never forget. It is a pleasant consoling salve his Satanic majesty gives to our conscience that we are civilising the country. /Let us lay on one side the Pharisaical mask, and sty out right we want the country, and, might being right, we will have it — if the aborigenes take our Bible, and follow it, so much the better for them— if they will not, let them leave it alone ; as long as we hold their fertile valleys and extensive pastures without having our throats cut, or cutting theirs, we want no more. Nothing will persuade the Maori we have any business here, or that we care one iota about trespassing on the grounds of his ancestors ; it is all very well to tell them we do not take it by the sword, that we purchase it ; they say we do not want to sell it at all. In this age of humbug, the greatest of all humbugs is the cloak of Christianity we attempt to throw over the head of our grasping for possession./ This land is a nice land ; it suits us to live here ; the pfethora of humanity with wrich our own dear native land is bursting must emigrate somewhere, and we choose they come here, therefore we keep it ; we know we are doing the aboriginal inhabitants a wrong, and we pretend to doing them a favor. Make the little wrong a great one 5 jam them up in one corner of the island, and let them die out, that's what we really want if we would only "be candid, therefore, the sooner we set about doing it the better.

The Lord Ashley will carry the first portion of the English mail to-morrow, and the supplementary mail will leave on Monday next, the 13th instant. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of the Statistics of New Zealand for 1863, compiled from Official Records, which was forwarded to us by the Registrar-General from Auckland on the 3rd instant. The s.s. Wellington, Captain Francis, landed a number of diggers at Lyttelton, and has thirty-three for the Grey which she will put ashore at Nelson, at which port she touches en route to the Manakau. The Government steamer St. Kilda arrived

here this morning on a tour of inspection from the South. The rowdy manner in which two members of Dr. Featherston's central committee were met at Grey Town, speaks anything but highly of the manners and customs of the vale ; to permit two strangers to address a public meeting, and then to nmke vulgar expressions of dissent to any views differing from their own is bad enough in all conscience, but to hoot them off the stage with a storm of yells and hisses for being antidemocrats is simply disgraceful. Should any of our readers be in doubt as to how Messrs. Revan and Rennell were received, we can refer them to the last issue of the Advertiser. The meeting, yesterday evening, at Barry's Market Hall, which was convened in order that Mr. Barry might offer an explanation as regards the late proceedings, was well attended. Mr. Marriott, in the chair, read a letter from Mr. Masters, authorising Mr. Barry to move in his favor, and volunteering to represent the province. Messrs. Barry and Croft then addressed the meeting, p. inling out that they were merely Mr. Masters' instruments ; after which the curtain fell— we hope for ever— on the matter of Joseph Masters' claim to the Superintendency. The City of Wellington Band of Hope Society held a meeting last night in the Wesleyan School Room. There were about 50 children p-esent ; they were addressed by Messrs Reid and Tolley, they repeated several pieces and' sang some beautiful melodies. The Band of Hope Penny Bank held its , usual weekly meeting in the same place, and the amount collected was £27. At the Criminal Sittings, Supreme Court, Dunedin, a true bill was found against Captain Jarvey for poisoning his wife. The trial is fixed for Monday next, in order to allow time for the arrival of an essential witness (Dr. Macadam) from Melbourne. The funeral of the late Mr. J. M. Wolfe took place on Thursday last, at the Dunedin Cemetery. As a last mark of respect for their late employer, the band of the Princess Theatre, strengthened by a number of friends preceded the hearse and played the " De id March in Saul" at invervals on the way to the Cemetery. A large number of the private friends of the deceased followed his remains to their last resting place, and crowds of spectators assembled at various points on the line of march, while many of the shops and offices were temporarily closed while the funeral cortege passed. The Rev. D. Moreau officiated at the grave. It is rumoured that rich gold workings have been lately discovered on the ranges westward of Silver Stream. The Otago Times complains of a dearth of news from Melbourne. With the exception of a brief telegram of the 13th, contained in a stray Sydney paper, brought by the Prince Alfred, there were no advices from Melbourne later than the 11th February — an interval of almost three weeks without news. < The Omeo was hourly expected. ' The question " Who is Cobb ?" is still a mystery. No sooner did the rumor reach us that Cobb in the flesh was on board the Wellington, than we rushed down to the wharf to feast our eyes on this übiquitous personage. 'We saw a coach marked with the mystic name, some horses, and a quiet reserved ¦man guarding them. We saluted the quiet party, and eagerly asked for Mr. Cobb ? The silent one laughed, and said he represented Mr. Cobb, and intended running the coach between here and the Hutt. Evidently the Wellington star is in (he ascendant now that J Cobb's staff have seen it's reflection in the South and have come to worship. The following is Mr Warden Hickson's report from the Upper Manuherikia, of the 25th February :—•" The water races in this district are unable to supply the demand for water. A new company is in course of formation for the purpose of bringing in a large race from the Manuherikia River, l'here are to be fifty shareholders, the shares are £50 each, and I believe thirty five are already taken up. There are a good many miners leaving the district for the Mataura diggings. I was informed by some parties to whom I spoke, that it was on account ot private information received from friends there, as well as the want of water here, which induced them to try their fortunes on the new gold field. There has been another fire in Invercargill, breaking out In another hotel, but it was not attended with any material damage to property. The Southland News, of the 28th ult., says;— "A fire broke out yesterday

morning, at ahout five o'clock, in the rear of Mr.Nyulasy's Melbourne and Ballarat Hotel. Fortunately but little damage was done beyond burning the lining of the room in which it originated, and some wearing apparel. The brigade was promptly on the spot. Tho origin of the fire casnot be traced. We may congratulate ourselves on the narrow escape of a fine block of buildings from the calamity which has recently laid waste the opposite comer. A few minutes more, and help would have been in vain." At the la9t weekly meeting of the Dunedin Town Board, the following amendment; upon a resolution was carried :— •• That the Board disband the City Engiueer's Departments, and that the Engineer receive three months* notice from this dtite, that his services will not be required after that time." The volunteer ball was altogether successful. The kindness of Messrs. Lazarus and Cleve, in placing at the disposal of the committee their new premises (the Universal Bond, in Bond street) secured to the Volunteers and their friends an admirable ball-roem. The supper was provided by Mr. Bird. The orchestra was occupied by M. Fleury'a excellent band. Dancing was, we belieVe, commenced about half-past nine o'clock ; and we are sure that the stewards, comprising representatives of each existing body of Volunteers, would leave nothing undone to ' secure ' thorough enjoyment to the numerous lcompany. — Otago Times. At the sitting of the Supreme Court, Dunedin, John Scott was -indicted for the murder of David Weir, at Matanaka, Waikonaiti. Mr. Justice Chapman summed up elaborately ; and the jury found the prisoner Guilty of manslaughter. Sentence was deferred. Margaret Bain, charged with setting fire to the Old Club Hotel, Maclaggan-s'treet, was found Not Guilty ; and the verdict was received with loud applause. The Court sits to-day, and the case of Robert Burns, charged with robbery, will be taken. An accident of a rather novel character, , says the Southland News, occurred in Dee street. A mare (which we understand was the property of Mr. W. Livesey), being .tied behind a waggon in front of Mr. Hanna's blacksmith's shop, while standing there it is supposed went to sleep, The horses attached to the waggon suddenly moving onward, the mare was thrown down and dragged a considerable distance before the team could be stopped, when her neck was found ' to be broken. Obtaining money under false pretence is becoming an everyday occurrence, and requires, in order to be put a stop to, that the punishment should be of an exemplary nature. Shopkeepers and hotel proprietors are constantly being victimised by this class of swindler. The Oamnru Times of the 23rd inst. states — "A gentleman who has just returned .irera a visit to Lindis Downs, Sandy Point, Rocky Point, Alberton, Cardrona, and Cromwell, reports that at Lindis Downs new diggings have been commenced ; fine nuggety gold is found in patches ; it is very coarse and not waterworn. About sixteen men are at work on the ground, and about twenty ounces have been got. At Sandy Point machinery is about to be brought into use, and a windmill being nearly completed for raising water for sluicing purposes. The Cardrona has lately suffered in consequence of more than thirty having left for the Grey, having received private intelligence of a favorable nature. ' The population there numbers at present about 60. Cromwell is fast increasing — there are excellent shops, and they have erected both _a school and a chapel. At the Quartz Beef diggings,between Rocky Peint and Kawara'u, there are thirty tents. The bridge across the Molyneux at Cromwell is begun, stone piers having been erected. A fresh rush to the Nevis is reported." We would call attention to an advertitment in another column, announcing Mrs. Charles Fanshawe JEvereste's only reading.' It takes place this evening. The subject being " Flirtation," it uses and abuse, will be doubtless both amusing and instructive to the fair sex. The Victorian and N.S.W. journals speak highly of the reading and lecturing of the accomplished Mrs. Evereste, and it is to be hoped she will have a bumper house for this her only performance.

A New York editor says sugar has gone up so high as to produce a slight increase in the price of sand. | A. thie£ who lately broke open a grocer* warehouse, excused himself on the plea-thtf ' he only went to take tea.