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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 197, 22 August 1870, Page 2

Sydney Smith says that there is scarcely a man in existence but who thinks he can do three things, namely, drive a gig ; edit a newspaper ; and manage a small farm. Why is tight lacing a public benefit ? — Because it kills all the foolish girls, and j leaves the wise ones. I For remainder of News see Fourth page.

1 t '. ■ y The Melbourne Daily Telegraph refers |to~fhis cofopyT^thß-'fdllowitig eulogistic Iterms A^M^§''^ iti^i is New !Z^lan,d r . „s*.n d ;- fti th , a g^ho^^^^^y'^Qv's ig7.tJ_^..cj»ia(j,Vto-dayv;(bu't thqAjJjpsJi,ine icf rnW^ovy. With wild mountain/sidettej-y-ioiii' a graudeur unsurpassed iQ^lhe""wofld,~slie" miisVt' Bf'eed ia'bfavei.p'eqp 1 !^. !lT Whl¥.feT-|(]& pjaiu,. fpr c^ti'vat'ib^n^i'aych^ra ta'f harbors, f9rlCpm.me.rc>,! and wit4\goJjd.'al4diiiroii^aya ; cOal in profusion, she must be ultimately rjfth andipio\yer,fuT.Vi nV^trstralfa^rs^ll^y^ as. ;Sir,:Chari'ek t>ii-j^de,clpre.s> 1 ' (0 revive t|e r e£ of Ancient Greece, Ne-fe Zealapd:iS destincdVmore "clearly/to rivar;the material wealth ap'4 force pf tli.e'i^ptl)ejrj'isle| in the German ;Oceafii. ..., <_S.onve.-of her. areifast vdUsi'Shingi. The native question is solving itself- into one direction,- j^ the equally important nativeTffax'questkm, js'j being solved. int'6 r anotner. ''-.-', 'M'ilfe hav-6 been for some time at work in all partes pr theisle'. and tbe.prolific weed is already 1 a "profitable article of export. ""• Nowjwe hear of another— hopeful- venture. The iron SfLh.d of, Taranaki. which has presented "*a! tempting, mine of wealth to tlie,gaze.bf tne .colonists I . for > years past, ,;l)aßy['weV'"are assured, at last beeu made available* Whether in ;the new mode- of fusing the depbsit'vi'e have the touch of the magi-r cian's wand, . which < will transform Taranaki into the x Bit-niihgham of the South, it is not for "us to say at present. Biit that- tbuch mufetf some day be-givp, the iron, she has initfch. abundance will' be ,PjtiJ;se.d some, day as surely as 'the native flax has been. We read with interest of the which have beqn made 4/ith 'the ore at a-local foundry. ;i Others may be interested in the commercial results; we'look chiefly to the probability of our obtaining iron — tlie staff of life for a nation — from a-sister/cdloniyV instead of from a far-off old world. ' Circumstances are forcing daily upon the ' Australia^ the necessity ro£ being self-contained.'' __RuSsiaN TmEVEs.— The Moscow cbrre&pojiidjentji writes t-r-^Mj jOpseryatipns i respectrngVl^ejlovy -^oiidifiio'AQf > tlife provincial acYministratipnijn "Russia", 'have just received a striking cpnijirm^ion from a story told by a private correspondent re _ siding near Kolomna,. Isome distance, to the south-east of Moscow. .A 'peasant of that district,^heing unexpectedly/enriched with a legacy bf 25,_000 roubles '(upwards of £3000), invited a number of friends to sup Wi'h him in honor of' the occasion. That evening there was a Jap at hi.3 door, aod our hero, supposing' that the expected euestshad arrived, ojene'd it and let in — not his convives, but' thrie nMi' Hi' Wfrck mae^s ; one of. whom ?^re^eip^ing~a7p]"^;6l, ba^eAum bis'i^cjßeyj 'while 'the other two kept guard at the entrance. The peasant, who appears Jo have displayed throughout a presence of mind very! unusual ri.n^a, >EjUssian mujik, contrived in opening the chest to< secrete a ttandful o'fihe bank notes i : but'tlte rubber having Rapidly reckoned tHe : ataiount of his booty, exclaimed"" in a gruff and evidently disguised -voice,' ■* this' i&'nbt all ; we 'J-Ww^exaMy iibw-'mfoch you received, aruLwe jmeati. .to hjiv e'^yeryjfe^eck of 4t, and 'jhe, s%ny [pyer.; tJtie j*best ; tOj e-x^rnine .f& T F?i r i yfil&^l&y? i^caqtipuj,!^laying his pistol 6rP the ground."* The mujik insta.ptjy seized f it ,,^u,d shot him dead, whereupon' tlie twoj[eonfedefates took toi their lreels ;■ wJille the brave, peasant, locking up his cabin, went-.-Straig.ht up J tp^the'kvaf't'fil''''br police' Inspector of 'fh'e' village I ,'' who iin'for tn HtiMf L hh'jj|Je ; i*ed to be from home at the time. The'kvaftal ol the next_ village, how-evejt-j^as speedHy ; pns t^d'Af,.''th^ circumstance, •##s proceeded at biV^itoVtlije.^pe^.of^^he ea+asfcrophe,- whe4i_theVslaiiiV.r.ol).ber._was d ist&velred/. toi J>J6 Vfhe Vdtb3£i'Qig c I i t^peqtor himsdf,r.bislt^yo,aeco^lj.^M(M'aift£Qvards transpired) being tht---vil!age post-master • ai_d ; ahe. l prlest.-. :Sootbatiii'i|"lhis laudable enterprise t f be .Chui;ch,, the Skate, and; the Army were'cqually" represented.''":" ;V VV Jirosjpj, ijj g^i^p'^of- aT^ri^ikh portrart ]Sfdl_ r t.er that, haviiigV pai'nl^ lady, a critic, whb~Tiad just dropped in to see what 'wa^ , Jgbidtr' : ''b h ii : in exclaimeid^'fi-'fAis ■ ! yelV'• < niee , ; but why lll<l.iiy°.u "'take' such' aiY "ugly model 7— artist. — "Oh pardon^a thousand times! cried the critic, in jb^gfjE^tp^t confusion ; -* you are right — I bu^nt torsive perceived it. ShVgT-Ef^ih bleS^" 1 l «*ro pletelyj ].',.,' * :