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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 81, 11 April 1871, Page 2

Saperinteii'J-rtits and County Chairman will be able to appreciate a remark made by Mr. AUlcnr.m Beeley. Iv surrendering his office ho <i -fined the Lord Mayor as "a target set up for every knave in the country lo lir • ;•*;, and for pa^le to pester morning, noon, :m J nigh^or money." Kaikoup.a Distrmw!— -The following is from the ;.»<-al J^per of March 25 : — We are »ricv.'i to ' learn that about onehalf of the vr sit crop in this district has been destroy- i by the late unseasonable weather; d.iri ig a residence of nearly twenty year.-- in this colony we have no recollection o; such an extraordinary season. Registration- in Canterbury.— The Tiniaru He ml. I says : — lt is satisfactory to know that •■:• at attention has been paid this season t.>'vurd» the registration of votes iv South Canterbury, and we expect to see a very large accession of names on the new roll. During the last month or so we have Ivd application for, and given away no less than. 900 claims to vote forms, which, if not wasted, and if properly filled in, will bring the Tiniaru and Gladstone vot^s up to a Very respectable figure. A Greymouth paper says : — Some excitement was caused this afternoon, when one of the workmen engaged in laying down the. gas pipes in Mawheraquay, announce: that he had discovered gold in a stone that ha had by mere accident picked out. with an axe. His statement proved to be quite correct, for the stone, which was of sand conglomerate, was found on inspection to be studded over the greater part of it v/ith fine gold. It was seen by many persons, and only goes to prove what has long been asserted of New Zealand, that the difficulty is to say what part of the colony gold is not to be found in. Better Tmss for New Zealand. — The Lyttelton Times takes a very hopeful view, which we trust we may see realised, of tho effect that the return of peace in Europe will have upon this colony. Says our contemporary ; — "Every branch of private business will soon feel the effects of the cessation of the war in the renewal of confidence, and the consequent revival of industry. The general improvement of trade throughout the Continent cannot fail before long to stimulate the demaud for, and, to raise the price of, all staple commodities. At last, after repeated disappointments, it would seem that there is a, fair prospect of au improvement in the price of wool. The first outbreak of the war stopped the tendency then manifested towards, a rise, which, when the usual, channels of trade are resorted, may be expected to take place. The

prospects of fLx~ our next great, staple- — are becoming mere assuring. Afiei- the great disapointment. caused i>y the severe reaction which followed a temporary fictitious rise in the price in Loudon, flax is steadily reaching a point at whiih a .moderate profit is left to the producer. Without venturing to predict the course of the maiket, it is certain that there is a very large margin between the price quoted for the best flax and Muuilla, while every fresh report agrees iv declaring that rope made from oue is as good as that made from the other. " It may be a warning to local and amateur sportsmen to stale that a party who lately went out duck-shooting near Wellington succeeded iv shooting a valuable horse, and that a reward for their apprehension has been offered. The Alabama Claims. — The Australasian of Match 16, has the following : — There is one item of intelligence received by the mail which is of great importance, and is at the same time irreconcilable with the known tactics of American politicians. The Alabama claims are lo be referred for setilementv to a joint commission nominated by the Governments of Great Britain and the United States ; hut this circumstance conflicts with the interests of the republican parly, which demand that a grievance should be kept up against Englald for electioneering purposes. How is it th^t. this invaluable Abihama griev- ' ance is* ahpuk tp be disposed of? We think we can answer the question. From a careful perusal of our files of New York paper's, received by the mail before this, we learn that a "ring" had b.een formed in Washington to obtain control of the Alabama' claims, and to bring so much pressure on the President as to enforce, a settlement by England ; whereupon the "ring" was to receive a handsome per centage by way of commission. When Mr. Reverdy Johnson published his leiter advising the claimholders to negociate with the Biitit-h Government direct, the members of the "ring," most of whom are represented to be in the confidence of the President, took fright, and forthwith urged upon General Grant the appointment of a commission in. order to frustrate Mr. Reverdy Johnson's scheme. As far back as the end of November last, a New York paper, speaking of the Alabama claim " ring," made use of the following words: — "They are chuckling over the flank movement, and are counting upon makiug several millions by the operation. A commis-ion, they say, will be appointed which they can control, and thus they will dictate to hold-rs of the claims. Grant is held to the pbm by the siatenuuit that under its operation they will obtain hi'ds enough to secure his re-election in 1872. It resolves itself down to this : the Alabama question is to be used to make a fortune for a I'vw administrative favorites, and to raise a campaign fund for tiie re-election of Grant. To aid this scheme a commission is to be appointed to examine into them aud to help manipulate them." The fact that such a commission was appointed two months after tiro promulgation of this boast affords a strong presumption that there is a considerable amount of truth in the foregoing extract j and American politicians are so flagitiously corrupt, that the most uncharitable construction which can be placed upon their actions is frequently the most correct. A makriage of a highly independent and extraordinary character recently took place at Rowenna, United States. Walter Pierce, the bridegroom, drew up a paper, in which he declared his willingness to accord to the woman whom IW Juid selected as his bride, " equal Yrgtits, socially, religiously, and politically," with himself. This being read, the lajfy responded : " I take Walter Pierce, whom I now hold by the hand, and whom I in- ' telligently, religiously, and spiritually love, to he my companion through life ; and I agree not to usurp over him, or transcend him, in any particular." T: en standing before the Mayor, they s-iid, " By this voluntary and premeditated act, in your presence, we declare ourselves religiously, philosophically, and scientifically married." Apparently convinced that Mr. Pierce would not be"transcended," the Mayor declared the marriage valid. The Madras Mail informs us that the telegram announcing that Count Bismarck had asked for the cession of Poudicherry created great cousternation in that town. A messenger was sent off immediately to the Governor at La Grand Etang, where his Excellency immediately went into town, and summoned a council of the authorities, at; which it was decided to call a public meeting of the inhabitants to sign a protest agaiust being handed over to Prussia, which protest goes forward by to-day's mail. When a penny bank was established at Putney, and the deposits were added up at the end of the year, a brewer who was on the committee remarked, '• Well that represents thirty thousand pints of beer not drunk."

Mil. A SPIN ALL, lh<- well-known Yiclorian Ihiit i- tcr, h>s lately bpi>n very ill. H" Iwis I'ccn f-nifiin^ fi urn ccn'hml pxciii'iiicnt to fiicli an ex'ent ilmr. it was iound iHM't'sj-jiry Id place him in ;i piivatp lutjiiiic asylum. His family are very indifjVmiflv provided for, a cM-oumsiance, says a Victoria n eorr-'s-poadcnf, that -would add (o the -rein r;d regret thai would he (elf. should we lose the wiitipst, mo-'t uprial, rno--t, rnnvivial member of the lejjiil profi ssion amonyst us Rules for Milking — The following is r'roni an Americ.'in p>ip-'r : — Five per CPiit., and perhaps 10, can lie added to th<amount of milk obtaimvl from the cows of this country, if ilih follnwinj; rules are inexorably followed : — l. Never hurry cows in driviiifr to ami from the pasture. 2. Milk as nearly at equal intervals as possible. Half-past five in the morning und six at nijjlit are good hours. 3. Be especially tender of the cow at milkin<r timer. 4. When seated, draw the milk a* rapidly as possible, being certain always to pet it all. 5. Never talk or thiuk of anything beside what your are doing when milking. 6. Offer some caress and always a soothing word when you approach a cow and when you leave her. The better she loves you, the more free aud complete will be her abandon as yen sit at her side. We append the not uncommon practice : — 1. Let some boy turn the cows away, and i give him who is fond of throwing siones ' and switching the hind ones every chance he can get. 2. Milk early in the morning and late at night, dividing the d"y into • two portions, one of 15 hours and ihi j other 9. 3. Whack the cow over the back with i ln-' stool, or speak sharply to her if she does not " so" or * ; hois'." 4 Milk slowly nnd carelessly, ami stop at the first slacking of the fluid. 5. Ts-lk and lau<ih, and perhaps squirt milk at companion milkers, when seated at the cow. 6. Keep the animal in a tremble all the time you are milking her, and when dove give her a vigorous kick. TriE Art Union — Getting married.