OTAGO.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume V, Issue 228, 17 February 1865, Page 3

OTAGO.

Comwitt.vt/ of Captain* Jaevet pok the Mradee op ms Wipe. —The adjourned inquest on the body of Catherine Jane Jarvey was held on Thursday afternoon, at the Plough Juu Gaversham road by Mr T. M. llockon, Coroner for the district. Captain Jarvey, who has been for some time in custody on suspicion of having poisoned the deceased, was present, as was also his legal adviser, Mr James Smith. Mr Joseph Worrall, surgeon' who was the first medical man called in by Captain Jarvey, on the night of the 26th September, when Mrs Jarvey died was examined, but his evidence added nothing new to the fact, as its substance was given that of Mr Hardy, surgeon, who was examined at a previous sitting. Mr Worrall stated that he saw nothing which indicated foul play, and that although on the morning after the death, he spoke to a policeman, and advised that information should be given to the Coroner,, with a view to an inquest, he did not do so, from a belief that there was anything like foul play, but simply because, as ho said, lie thought it might be more satisfactory to all parties. Constable Maloney, officer who was seat to Melbourne in charge of the stomach and part of the liver of the deceased, produced sealed documents, addressed to the Commissioner of Police, which he had received from Dr. Macadam, the Government Analyst of Victoria, to whom he had sent the stomach and intestines for examination. Mr James Smith objected to the reading of this document, and the Coroner said that he should yield to the objection. Mr George Lutnb shipping agent, was called, and made a long statement, which the Coroner from the first, and the jury, subsequently, agreed in saying was not evidence at all. The Coroner, in summing up, expressed bis belief that there could be no doubt from the evidence, that the death of the deceased resulted from poison, leaving it to the jury, to decide who, if any oiie, was guilty of administering it. After a very short consultation, the jury returned a verdict of “Wilful murder” against William Andrew Jarvey, for whose committal, to take his trial at the next criminal sitting of the Supreme Court, the Coroner then made out a warrant. — Otago Daily Times, Feb. 10.

Siygijlae Suicide. —During the last passage of the s.s. Gothenburg from Melbourne to Otago, a singular suicide was committed. A young gentleman named Frost, who was a cabin passenger, was missed from the deck between the hours of 6 and 7 o’clock on. the morning of the 6lh; and there is.much reason to believe that lie had committed suicide by jumping overboard, some of his clothes havirfg been left on the deck. As there was a heavy sea running at the time, lie cannot have survived many seconds after his immersion. He is understood to have been formerly a ledgerkeeper in the Bank of Victoria, and to have been on his passage hither to join one of the Banks in Dunedin, where there arc several who. were acquainted with him in the other colony.— New Zealand Advertiser, Feb. It.

VTe clip Ll 10 following from the Omani Times of the Ihjfli ult.: —“ We have had the pleasure, through the kindness of Mr Payne, of the Star and Garter Hotel, of inspecting a specimen of the entire foot and leg of the famous Moa. It is perfect in every part, and comprises thirteen jhones, which were obtained at a distance of but a oot or so from the surface, from a piece of waste land just across the bridge. Though there seems no probability of this semi-mythical bird ever being found with its full complement of bones—still less of its being found alive—the spectator can form a tolerably correct estimate of the gigantic stature of this ancient denizen of the New Zealand wilds, from the leg in Mr. Payne’s possession. The bones are truly of colossal dimensions, and we think fifteen to twenty feet would be a close approximation to the height of the complete bird. It is the owner’s intention to forward this specimen to the New Zealand Exhibition, where we have no doubt it will be viewed with the interest it deserves. We have been rather surprised that nothing has been done ere now to convey to the public a more correct idea of remarkable bird. A Yietorian journal, some eighteen months a»o. stated that a miner had caught a live Moa, and used it to ride it about like ahorse; but thpugh vye in New Zealand treated such a Munchausenlike tale with the ridicule it deserved, it may fairly be questioned whether we are much more enlightened on the subject than our friends across the water. Surely l)r. Hector might—as we feel assured he could—emulate the example of Professor Owen or Mr. Hawkins, whose magnificent and liie-like ‘restorations’ of those monsters of former ages, the megatherium, plesiosaurus, mastodon, &c,, call forth such admiration and wonder in the gardens of the Sydenham Crystal Palace.”

The following platform we (the Croydon Democrat) have arranged to suit all parties. The first column is the Secession platform ; the second is the Abolition platform; and the whole read together is the Democratic platform. The platform is like the Union—as a whole, it is Democratic; but divided, one-half is Secession, and the other Abolition : Hurrah for The Old Union Secession Is a curse We fight for The Constitution The Coulederacy Is a league with hell We love Free Speech The rebellion Is treason We glory in A Free Press Separation Will not be tolerated We fight not for The negro’s freedom Reconstruction Must be obtained We must succeed At every hazard The Union We love We love not The negro We never said Let the Union slide We want The Union as it was Foreign intervention Is played out We cherish The old flag The stars and bars Is a flaunting lie We venerate Th c habeas corpus Southern chivalry Is hateful Death to Jefi“ Davis Abe Lincoln Isn’t tire .Government Down with Mob law. Law and order Shall triumph.

Orrty Co>'FES3ioy.—The Auckland newspapers might save t hemselves the trouble of tolling people that they “ are not covetous of the fame of being consistent with, their former views.” Thsir greatest enemies never said they were. They had far better state that they had come to the conclusion to say or do anything which would be calculated to injure or malign their neighbors. The following is a specimen of the manner in which the editor of the Southern Cross consoles himself on the subject of his well-known inconsistency:—“ For the second time Otago is moving in the matter of separation. When she did so two or three years ago she gained but little support from the rest of the Colony, and not much from tlie press—from ourselves, at least, she obtained nothing but opposition. Wo are by no moans ashamed to retrae' anything wo may have said, if what we have said can be shown to have been wrong. We nro by no means covetous of the fame of being consistent with our former views, if to be consistent means (o be wronger to be dishonest.”— New Zealand Advertiser.

IIr.ACK; Cur-rant Jaw. —When fully ripe, strip the currants from the stalks, bruise them a little in the preserving pan, and stew them gently, keeping them turned until they are tender—that is ten or fifteen minutes. Four off about twothirds of the juice, which will make excellent jelly, and rub the remainder with the currants through a sieve. Weigh the pulp, boil it rapidly for fifteen minutes, then for every pound stir in, until dissolved, nine ounces of white sugar, powdered ; boil the marmalade quickly for ten or twelve minutes, stirring it ofton, and pour it into pan's. I'well made, it will cut into firm slices. —Net a l'or/c Day Boole.

New Steam Service.—Wo learn from the Southern Cross, of the 30th ultimo, that the P. X. Z., and A. Company have determined to start a new steam service—namely, between Auckland and the Manukau via Cook’s Strait; and it appears to us that it will be one that will be likely to conduce much to the convenience of the public, and at the same time be remunerative. 'The Egmont is to be the boat employed on the route, and she will leave Auckland on her first trip about the 17th proximo, calling at the following ports— Napier, Wellington, Picton. Pelorus, Kelson, and New Plymouth, 'and ariving at the Manukau about the end of the month. She will leave the Manukau on the 2nd March, calling at the same ports on her return, and arriving at Auckland on the 14th. The service will not be confined to the ports mentioned, but stoppages will be made, as the necessity for them occurs, at such p’aces as Raglan, Wanganui or Tauranga. There is no desire whatever to come into competition with the New Zealand Steam Navigation Company’s boats, and for that purpose the dates of departure have been fixed as widely apart from them in the time table of that company as was possible.

An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions; he is neither hot nor timid.