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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 101, 30 April 1870, Page 2

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(From the European Mail) Very severe gales from the north-east have prevailed since the last mail, and fearful loss of life from shipwreck has occurred upon the English coast. The men of the 2nd Dragoon Guards, lately landed from India, it is reported, have brought home savings to the amount of many thousand pouads, the largest amount ever brought home by a regiment . A New York Journal says that fifteen men, escaped Fenian convicts from Australia, have landed at San Francisco. The released prisoners, who arrived by the Suffolk, have been very enthuiastically received at Dublin, Cork, and elsewhere. The Ca.rnival at Rome commenced on February 19, but the festivities are much less than usual. A sham bishop has been discovered taking his seat in the (Ecumenical Couacil. It is said that the Council will shortly be adjourned. There is said to be a deficiency in the funds to meet Papal expenditure of £1,204,120. A Welsh Gentleman has left property to the amount of £200,000. to the Marquis of Bute. An awful explosion of gunpowder occurred on February 14, at the Morfa Collieries, near Neath. Twentythree deaths are reported. Another explosion occurred at the colliery, by which several men who were searching . for the bodies of those who were killed ia the previous explosion, were themselves killed or injured. Interesting to the Ladies.— How astonished some of our fashionable la lied would be if a certain law passed in 1770, just a century ago, were re-eaacted ! "Any person who shall, by ta3aa3 of rouge or of blanc, of perfumes, of e33ences, of artificial teeth, of faUe hair, of colon

Espagnol"— whatever that may be — " of steel stays, of hoops"— rthe crinoline of 1770— "0f high heeled shoes, or of falsa hips" — can such things be ? — " entice any of. his .Majesty's male subjects into marriage, shall be prosecuted for sorcery, and the marriage shall be •_ declared hull and, void." What glorious help this law would give to the Divorce Court ! What lady is there, that is a lady, whose armoury of charms, however simple, does not comprise some of the above-named formidable weans po? The New Zealand Commissioners aot> Lord Granville. — Our colonial affairs will, it is feared, give us some trouble this session. The Commissioners from New Zealand deputed to this country ' to expostulate agaist the proposed withdrawal of troops have been unable to extort from Lord Graoville any chaDge in. the decision he had come to. Indeed they were not authorised to accept of any compromise, and their return home may be the signal for a dispute with the Colonial Government, which may prove very unpleasant. Theo, again, the refusal of the Canadian Government to confirm the convention for the transfer of the Hudson Bay Territory, the Red River disturbances, nnd the determination of the frontier of British Columbia and Alaska, all bid fair to perplex our colonial policy, and supply rather anxious topics of Parliamentary discussion for the coming session. — European Mail. A Christian Statesman. — Just after a deserved elevation to one of the most honorable positions in the gift of the civilised nations of the earth, the Supreme Bench of the United States, an eminent civilian, Mr. Stanton, passed away.^ He was one of the three most conspicuous civilians in the late conflict : Liucoln, Stauton, Chase. His supreme fidelity to the great interests committed to his care, his intense assiduity, his unswerving loyalty to the principles involved in the conflict, his splendid talents as a War Minister are all well known. The Neio York Times gives some idea of the secret sources of that unwavering steadfastness which bore him through the darkest hour of the conflict. When the leaders of a nation in times of trouble, like good king Hezekiah, are in communion with God, and spread before him the tidings of disaster, we may understand the grounds of their perseverance and the secret of the firmness of the national policy which they guided. The writer in the Times says : "Now that Mr. Stanton is dead, many people are unsealing their lips with incidents of his life, which his desires and wishes have hitherto kept concealed. Fewpeople who met him in ordinary business knew to what extent he was literally a God-fearing man, and to what extent he believed in prayer. Rev, Dr. Gray, late pastor of the East-street Baptist Church of this city (Washington), who preached here to-day, related the following interesting personal incident in the course of his sermon : About two years ago, when Mr. Stanton was holding possession of the War. Office, and a voluntary prisoner therein, Rev. Mr. Fulton of Boston, came on, and while here requested me to accompany him in avisit to Mr. Stanton. We went and were very cordially received by him. Mr. Fulton addressed him and said : ' I have made you a special subject of prayer, and have regarded you as the saviour of our country, and I believe God has heard prayer on your behalf.' After congratulating him on the noble stand he had taken during the war, the services he had rendered his country, and also the stand he had taken at that time, Mr. Stanton said : ' Gentlemen, I believe in God and I believe in prayer, although I am not a professor of religion in the common acceptation of the term ; and when, during the war, I received discouraging despatches from the army, I would lock my door, spread out the despatches, aud kneel down and pray to God to save my country, and then go and talk with Mr. Lincoln.' Mr. Fulton then said : Mr. Stanton, this is an interesting incident in the history of the war ; am lat liberty to repeat it ? ' Ha replied: 'Not now. Were this statement to be made public under existing circuni3tauce3, my enemies would regard it as a bid for the sympathy aad support of the praying portion of the couatry. Wait till lam dead ; then you may tell it.' Ju3t as they were about to leave, Mr. Stautoa rose aad locked the door, and said : ' Gautle nan, I would like to have you spend a few moments in prayer.' Mr. Fulton, in his brusque way, said : ' Gray, pray.' Mr. Gray did so, and then Mr. Fulton prayed

most earnestly for tiinV During prayer Mr. Stanton wept like a child." America is giving a lively example to England in the matter of dairying. The business is systematise*]. The Americans | have invaded the English market, and forced the subject on the attention of the dairymen. It appears that in New York State there are 650 factories at work, in Ohio 150, and in other States and Canada 1201 j total, 920. The average number of cows per factory is about 500 ; thus the milk of 460,000 cows is manufactured into cheese by the factory system aloue. It is estimated that the total quantity of cheese made in America is about 96,000 tons,jDf which 24,550 tons are exported. The man who " took a walk " the o her day, brought it back again; but the next day he took a ride, and went off with j it. | Mb. Jones writes to a friend, and closes by saying, "I am glad to be able to say that my wife is recovering slowly." A Nigger's instructions for putting on a coat were, " Fust de right arm, den de lef, den gib one general conwulshum." Woman has this great advantage over man — she proves her will in her life-time, ■whilst man is obliged to wait till he is dead.