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Evening Post, Issue 199, 27 September 1865, Page 2

The Wangatiui Chronicle of the lOtb inst. says:— •' We learn that letters have been received by the natives here from Kemp and Wirihana, of the Native Contingent, which say that seven redoubts were taken, but none of them so large as Ohotahi, and that though traces of blood were seen to be carried off, only two dead bodies of the enemy's force were found by our men. They say that two of our men received flesh wounds." The same journal

< states :— •" We learn that Lieut.-Colonel Gorton takes the command in this Militia district from the 16th instant, and that Lieut.-Colonel Rookes, who is said to be junior in command by one day, is to remain on the strength of the force, under Lieut.Colonel Gorton." It is said that a strong decoction of horehound, which is so plentifully to be found growing wild in most parts of the country, is a thorough destroyer of aphis. When aphis appears on cabbages, &c, pour some of the decoction on the plant, and you will be no longer troubled with the insect. The Daylesford correspondent of the Argus writes : — " The frauds perpetrated by municipal contractors in Daylesford on their work people have Become notorious. Two additional oases of the same kind have just come under public notice. One man filed his schedule last week, leaving many poor labourers unpaid, and a second has departed for Ballarat, owing debts to the amount of £100. The Temple of Isis in Pompeii is a small hut interesting building, standing on a basement in the centre of a court, covered with stucco, and painted. In one corner of the court is an ssdiculum with a vaulted roof, and pediment covering the sacred well of lustral purification, to descend to which there was a narrow flight of steps. Near it was an altar, on which were found the burnt bones of victims. On the south side of the enclosure were the chambers of the priests and a kitchen. In one room a skeleton was found holding a sacrificial axe, with which he had cut his way through two walls to escape from the eruption, but perished before he could penetrate the third. In another room a skeleton was found with bones of chickens and fish, egg* shells, bread, wine, and a garland of flowers, as if he had been beguiling away the last moments of his life merrily. Many other skeletons were found in the enclosure, testifying to the belief in the power of their deity. A flight of steps lead to the temple, the front of wbich is a portico of six Corinthian columns, with niches on either side of the entrance to the cella, the interior of which is small ; the entire width of the back, occupied by a long hollow pedestal for statues, having two low doorways at the end near the secret stairs, by which the priest could enter unperceived, and deliver the oracles as if they proceeded from the mouth of the goddess herself.— Mr. R. F. Spier*, reported in Builder.