The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JULY 3, 1871.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 151, 3 July 1871, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, JULY 3, 1871.

Parish of Christ Church. — The holders of seats iu Christ Cburch are reminded that their pew rents are payable at the Bishop's Schoolroom at 7 o'clock this eveniug. ' The p.s. Lyttelton "which'-arrived from Blenheim* .yesterday, brought-^ large number of Paradise ducks in capital condition, which are being sold at the very moderate rate of half-a-crown a couple. News hns come to hand that Peter the Frenchman's parly, whose claim is near the Golden Crown reef, have bottomed, and find 1 dwt. to the dish in any part of the wash. — Marlborough News. Sutherland Gold Mining* Company. — Wo are sorry to say that the hope expressed in our issue of Monday last of beiog able to publish some definite news as to the Sutherland Company's crushing, has not been realised, since uo news had reached town up to the lime of our going to press. — Express, July 1. Nelson Original Minstrels. — This company gave an entertainment on Saturday night at the Agricultural Hall, Richmond, to a crowded audience, who were most demonstrative in their applause, and appeared to thoroughly appreciate the efforts made by the "niggers" to afford them an evening's amusement. Pheasant Shooting-. — A considerable number of sportsmen congregated at Motueka on Saturday last, being the first day of the pheasaut season, aud a good many birds were killed. The following were the most successful of the sportsmen : Mr. Greenfield 5£ brace, Mr. Redwood 4*|- brace, Mr. Stavert 4 brace, Mr. L Morse 4 brace, Mr. Kilgour 3 brace. Star Minstrels. — In order lo prevent their entertainment clashing with the Harmonic Society's concert, the Star company of Minstrels have decided upon performing on Wednesday the 12th instead of on Thursday, the 13th instant, as previously advertised. If a first-rate entertainment is to be the certain result of unremitting practice, we may look for such an one ou that evening. Service on Board the Beth Shan. — The notice that Captain Peek would hold a service on board his ship attracted a large number of persons to the Port yesterday afternoon, and by three o'clock there must have been at least six or seven hundred collected on the ship and wharf. The service commenced with prayer and a hymn, the latter being suDg to the accompaniment of a harmonium, after which the captaiu delivered a brief but impressive address which was listened to with the greatest attention by all present. Meeting op Parliament. — The ' Government, we presume, ' has obtained advices of Mr. Vogel's return by the next San Francisco mail, as on Tuesday last a Gazette was published proroguing the Assembly until the 220d inst, and two days later, the mail having arrived iu the meantime, it was summoned to meet for the despatch of business on the 14th of August. As the financial year expired on the 30th ult., there will probably be some little difficulty iu arranging for the payment of salaries and other expenses for the present month, but fortunately we have a Ministry that can rise superior to any embaraßsment of a financial nature, and no doubt they will devise some means whereby the officials shall be placed in possession of their salaries on the accustomed day.

. ."The. Barque Parana arrived at Duoe- : >dinTrfrom<tbe Mauritius with sugar. \ ':"'■': Sebastoeol is now being fortified by the Russian Government on '., a gigantic scale. '..,.-, A Chapter of Royal Arch Masonry was opened at Hokitika on Monday last, Mr. John Lagar presiding. /]^. Hutchinson, coal merchant, of Dunedin, has had his certificate suspended for. twelve naoff ths; - ;; The •Gothenburg left Hokitika on Sunday, week taking .thence 10,000 ounces of gold ;andfi'fity^ e&rdtiie for 'iAra'lii'en^'NciW' South Wales \ ] 'i j ATj;'l¥ellin'gtbn,;:qiie', William Morris has; been*;; sept tb prison ifor • one month, for■ct-& v atiggi^» -. .-d|s^rJb)^fioe> . j-ji,; -^t^t jAlo'clt.o w _i iGhurphitMEi^appears r|p; the'^*n;iSiJß|^e^ea^ th^^^v^! prod uc*|d>a''ba£? containing flowers and a f AyMyAyAyAAyiAAAJAAJAys^y':

A Reef at Coromandel, known as the , Golden Belt, has yielded most satisfactorily , oh thf first crushing. |, vMri (Dunedin) entire 'rmrse Worn Kiug has been sold for 450 guineas to Mr. Martin of Victoria, who intends sendiug him to Calcutta. The Wellington Post says that the ballast taken thence in return coal ships to Newcastle is used there to reclaim land, the price obtained for it just covering the shipping and embarking expenses. The Daily Times of the 19lh ult. says : — The first pile for the Port Chalmers Railway jetty was driven ou Saturday afternoon. Its position "is'about 27s yards from\he beach, in a direct line with the Port Chalmers Hotel and Otago Heads. Signs of Progress. — Owing to the increasing trade on Lake Wakatip, orders have been given to build two steamers to run upon it. One boat is to be a screw steamer of 79 tons measurement, 84ft long, 13ft beam, and 6ft 6in deep. The other is to be a paddle boat, and of a much larger size than the screw. Specimen stealing seems to have been rather prevalent in Auckland ; the action taken lately will, however, probably tend to check the spread of the predilection. A man named William Bird was tried at the Supreme Court, on the 23rd instant, for stealing specimens from the Nonpareil claim, and sentenced to six mouths' imprisonment with hard labor. . ' We come, across a curious story "in the Otago Daily Times, whieh shows that sheep in that Province are attacked, and sometimes pretty severly- wounded, by native parrots. For the last three years the sheep belonging to Mr. Henry Campbell, of the Wanoka Station, have often shown a patch of raw flesh on their loins. The cause of this was at last discovered by a .shepherd to be the attacks of the parrots.A new use has been found for New Zealand flax. We have heard of iis being made into shirts, stockiugs, leggings, mats, ropes, matting, and sundry other articles, both large and small, but we now learn that an Auckland lady has ingeniously led the way in its use for embroidery. The Auckland papers mention some "Berlin work " made of flax, which a lady has prepared, dyed, and worked, and which has a gloss equal to silk. The flax is said to absorb the colors readily, and to be very durable. Two magnificent uuggets, recently found at Berlin, Victoria, were exhibited yesterday (says the Leader of June 3) at Mr. Cropper's. The largest of thes6 was named the Kum Tow, and was found by a party of Chinese. Its weight is 718ozs, and, being nearly all pure gold, it is valued as being worth £3000. The smaller nugget has been christened The Needful, and weighs 2450zs 7dwts. The value of this' nugget was estimated at £1010. On the last passage of the Gothenburg from Hokitika to Melbourne, Mrs. Hay, one of the cabin passengers, gave birth to a female child. There being no doctor on board, Capt. Pearce acted as accoucheur with succses. On arrival in Melbourne, Captain Pearce was presented with a flattering testimonial, creditable both to himself and officers. The Captain's patient also sent him a handsome scarf ring as an acknowledgment of his kindness and attention. — Otago Times. Just like Boys. — The pupils of the Kirktown school (Whangarei, Auckland), inflamed by the reports of the 1870 war in the newspapers, have been in the habit of playing at French and Prussians. At one of these mimic encounters, the" _§mperor of the French was thrown bytthe -Emperor of Prussia, and had his arm bi-ojbn, Dr. Soissins, who lives in the neighborhood, was sent for, and set the broken member ; and the young. " Emperor" put in an appearance at school next Monday morning, with the object, as he said, "of keeping his place in history." Titii-0 Waru. — The following resolution has been unanimously agreed to in the Taranaki Provincial Council : — "That a respectful address be presented to his Honor the Superintendent, calling bis attention to the continued presence of Titoko Waru and other, rebel natives^in arms in the settled out-districts bf this province, and requesting him to call the atteution of the Native Minister- to the paramount importance of an,|early settlement of the status of «these; -natives." In the course of the d<?ba|&! which ensued, Mr. Richmond ' expressed the following opinion : — "There wife only two ways in which this nativer^ditficulty could be settled satisfactorily, ? namely,' either by extermination ojr'allbt|mg" land within the boundary of w-nich thje. natives Would he ■ compelled to reside, f In his opinion the Government were iflot iria condition to -follow -either of thole methods,: as force wbuld jbe necessary^ fulfilnpfeflt of . [ihein^ 'available WaeCtb alloiv (he refeeta to -settle down quietly in theifpwn districts." vi^a^^ipß'-jW^-j^ife^ &tt*?3gp : aparty „qf mes .weM engaged in, clearing ;

Waikouaiti mill. They, set fire to the grass, the burning of which revealed a human skeleton. 4s. 6d. in money and a portion j'of an old pine were fouud, beneath i fc^'No^fticle thW coirld, a'as'isfc in its/ identification could be fouhd.,,,beyond '& pair of old water-tight boots, heavily nailed and partly burced. The skull was perfect, and free from any perceptible iojuries. From general appearances, the skeleton bad evidently remained unobserved for many years, and but for the burning of the grass would no doubt have remained undiscovered still longer. Wellington Provincial Council. — The session of this Council is now over, " The Estimates, says the Post of day last, " for the present year which were passed last evening, involved larger sums than the Council has had the dealing witl/ for many a year, and they were got through quicker than ever has been the case before. In former sessions two days has been considered a short time to get through the work, while a week's debate has been thought about a fair average " talkee talkee " over it, and yet three hours was sufficient yesterday. The three hours' work, short as it was, would have been managed in half the time if some members had not strained at a gnat and swallowed a camel — they voted without a murmur £40,000 for .public works, but they cavilled at and -*_btigb.t over £800 for seeing those works done," In an article on the locking up of juries who cannot agree on a verdict, the South' em Cross remarks as follows : — " The question received an interesting illustration recently in the trial of a prisoner for perjury. After a retirement of oue hour and a half, the jury still disagreed, seven being for an acquittal and five for a conviction. A further retirement of three/ quarters of an hour occurred, and still they disagreed. The starving process was then applied,in accordance with the timehonored ' custorrtj-sand by order of the Judge; and iu the moruihg the seven jurors who for two hours and aVuarter had persistently maintained the innpeence of the prisoner, now found him to\be guilty; while the five who had considered him guilty on the previous evening were of the same miud still. At a Standstill. — On June 14, Sergeant Bullen, of accompanied/ by Constable Keligher, and a third person/ went to the Lambing Bush, Kakanui ranges, in search of an illicit still, supposed to be at work in that locality. After hunting through gullies, and climbing precipices, at about 3.30 on the following morning the plant was sprung, but no person was found. There was a forty -gallon boiler still complete, and ten hogsheads, containing a small quaotity of wort; also a fifteen gallon boiler not erected. About 300 yards from the spot one cask aud two kegs were found, containing spirits to the amount of 82 gallons. The Oamaru Times informs us that all the property was destroyed with the exception of a still-head and worm, and two sample bottles of the whisky. The still was on Crown land, and as no person was in charge no one can be punished for the offence. A man was arrested in Buffalo, for stealing a barrel of salt. When arraigned in the court, he pleaded destitution. " You couldn't eat salt," said the judge. " Oh, yes, I could, with the meat I inteoded to steal. 1 ' This reply cost him six months. The judge had no appreciation of delicate humor. For remainder of news see fourth page. •' A

■'■ ■' •»«■*." r ' „. ' A law has been passed in Ohio which makes the person who sold the liquor and the owner of the premises where it was seized responsible for any injuries inflicted by a. drunken man on persous or property. There is something exquisite in the Yankee's reply to the European traveller, when he asked him if he had just crossed the Alps: "Wai, now you call my attention to the fact,, I gue<<s I did pass risin' gfound a spell ago." A traveller asked an emaciated Georgian if the climate of the rice swamps was unhealthy. "Wa'al, no," replied the loyal native, " tain't unhealthy ; we have the fever and ague all the time in these parts, but then we enjoy a powerful under-tow of health." "Fellow Travelers," said a "cullad" preacher, . "ef I had been eatin* dried apples for a week; an' den took to drinkiu' for a monf I couldn't feel more swelled up dan I am dis minnit wid pride and wanity at seein' such full 'tendance har dis evenin'." Jtjdge B , in reprimanding a criminal, among other names, called bima scoundrel. The prisoner replied, " Sir, I am not as big a scoundrel as you honor" — here the culprit stopped, but finally added— "takes me to be." "Put your words closer together," said the Judge, reddening. One result of the women's movement is the fact that the sex are crowding' into branches of industry and labor such as would have shocked the modesty of the girl of ten years ago. Two girls in a small town in Ohio run a blacksmith's shop all by themselves, They dress in Bloomer costume, ahd shoe a horse just as a man does. Meteorological Observations by Balloon. — Professor Wise, of Lancaster, the celebrated aerouaut, proposes to make a number of balloon ascensions some time during the summer, ,in company with other scientific gen tleraen, during the pre valen ce of thunder storms, for tbe purpose of meteorological observations.— Telegraph, April 17th. "It was a very unfortunate selection of a hymn which our minister made last Sunday, writes a rural correspondent. He had finished a very good* sermon on the vanity of wordly things, when he gave notice— The parties to be joiued in marriage will present themselves after we have sung the 225th hymn beginning " Mistaken souls that dream of Heaven." Hard Hit by a Celestial. — A lady went recently to a Chinese photographer in this city to get her portrait taken. The copies having been got ready, tlie lady was much dissatisfied with her representation, and complained very decidedly that it was by no means what she expected, and that it was, in fact, anything but a flattering portrait. The Chinese artist briefly responded : "No half handsome ; how can ?" The lady left in disgust, and those portraits are still unpaid for. The " old girls " seem to be making a profitable business of suing for breach of promise in England. A recent number of the London Times reported three case|OD| one page, in which the average age'otthe ladies claiming compensation for the; injuries to their affections was 43,^and oflj the male defendants, §7. One of the three* ladies was under 30 years of age, and obtained damages, from an unwilling lover of^ 76. One "blighted being," of 56, got 2,500 dol. from a villainous lover of 60. A Half -and-Halt* Company.— Balhu-at is proverbial for its enterprize, although some* of its speculations, as, for instance, the sunken vessels recovery scheme, 'turned out such a failure. Undeterred, however, by past mishaps the Ballaratians are still to the fore. The Courier states that a proposition is on foot to form a company at Ballarat for prosecuting diamond mining at the Cape of Good Hope, the company to consist of two classes of shareholders— one of sleeping partners ; and the other of working partners; the outfit of the latter to be provided by the former. American Literary Men. — Bryant is reputed worth 500,000 dol., made chiefly by journalism. Longfellow is estimated' at 200,000 dol., the gift of his fa„er-in-law, besides the very considerable profit of his; poems. .Holmes is rated at 100,000 dol., hereditary property, increased by .lecturing and literature. Whittier,. who - lives frugally, is worth 30,000 dol., inherited and earned by his popular pen.. Saxe is reputed worth 70,000 dol., inherited and earned in law, lecturing, and literature. Lowell is said to be worth #30,000 or 40,000 dol., hereditary and -*-,'' 'acquired in bis chair as professor of Hari 'vard College. Boker is ,rich by inherit-' fence, and worth probably 100,000 dol. Taylor is a man of independent ■Lwtr, the profits of bis literature and 3mm' and dividends from his Tribune ;^__i_i^ eril y* a p ro8 P erouß 8e -* of fr" 0 * B''8 ''

In one of the Courts a few days since a mau was testify ing regard ing his connection with a cii-ae .where offers had been innde to him to elul/a man, hut he declined the job. With great solemnity the counsel asked, as if anticipating a high moral reason for his refusal, why the witness did not commit the assault. " Well, sir," was the candid reply, " I am a little lame, and I was afraid the police would catch me." . Shocking* Scene in a Theatre.— The r iritto, of Florence, gives an account of a shocking accident which took place the other night at the Prince Humbert Theatre, in that city. A ballet pantomime was being performed, in which an encounter takes place between brigands and soldiers. One of the former, who was fired at, fell mortally wounded, a bullet havinc entered the forehead and penetrated the brain. At first the audience applauded the incident. It soon, however, became apparent that a terrible tragedy had really oecuired, and the audience were worked up to a pitch of the highest excitement. Women sobbed, men shouted, and many leaped upon the stage to see if the man was really dead. The performance, at which the King was present in his private box, was immediately stopped ; and shortly afterwards a magistrate came upon the stage and took the names of all performers and supernumeraries engaged in the piece. It is not thought that the occurrence was accidental. The deceased was not a regular performer, but a printer engaged by the night as a supernumerary. The Germans in South Australia -have taken advantage of the recent holiday s\to celebrate, in their characteristic fashion, the victorious peace achieved by their Fatherland, and, says a correspondent of the Argus, they have done this with as much good taste 3S enthusiasm. No public announcements of their gathering were put forth, to violate British neutrality or affront French sympathies. Even their favorite torchlight procession was abandoned. Scarcely any Knglish were admitted to their assembly. But, while confining the celebration to a quiet unostentatious gathering of their own countrymen, they succeeded in giving vent to their feelings of national glorification. A concert, an original three-act drama, founded on the incidents of the war aud performed hy amateurs, an allegorical representation of J: Die Wacht am Rheio," a grand display of fireworks, a bauquet followed by glowing speeches appropriate to the occasion, and a ball to finish with, made up a tolerably full programme for one evening's work, which was nevertheless carried through to the end with a prolonged enthusiasm which nothing but tbe*dogaed persistency of the Teutonic nature . could have sustained. Every incident w»/ a greater success thau its predecessor, and wh§u at the denouement of the drama one of the'characlers rehearsed a poem on the war while a colossal porraitt of the Emperor was let down from the ceiling the whole audie-nce joiued iij the* business of the stage, and rapturously mingled^their excited voices with those of Hhe" performers. From Cambridge to Taupo.— Under this title, a correspondent of the Southern I Cross furnishes an interesting comimunication to that journal, descriptive of -Ithe country^ through which he travelled/ [Sin the coui-se; of his journey he carrie i across • several' of the stations of the Armed Constabulary, with reference to 1 which he says :— At every post I found the same I had seen in Waikato. Everywhere the men were hard at work making a road which, considering the engineering 'difficult-ies^ttendiog its laying out and formation,"will be a credit to the country. Desolate places these parts are, and cold; and the camps of the working parties are colder still, the men being under canvas; yet the effects of the plan adopted to keep the garrisonß in health and good spirits by employing them on road works were everywhere apparent. At Runanga, a post perched on a hill — indeed, the posts are all of that character save Tarawera, which is at the bottom of a well— l was shown over' a neat and pretty buildinsr, the Runanga Literary Institute, designed and constructed by the men in their leisure hours, and furnished with all the ' periodical literatqre of the day. I remembered that this was the place derided by a Wellington paper, and could ' not help pitying the writer's ignorance. Such-institutes have been adopted with great success in the Imperial army, and it is surely a source of great gratification . to find that .our troops have the good sense to devote their spare time to their own improvement -instead of that o- the canteen keeper. "At Te Haroto I renewed my acquaintance with snow, and after, getting wet at that abominable river, ' the Mohak&,> and toiling over Titiokura, I once more reached the level, 1 and trotted ; on to Napier. , I forgot to mention that, [ besides, the Armed Constabulary era- ; ployed, I paseieSjfeveral gangs of natives, , iwho .were . making? capital . work.,, on - tbe ' "toad." f - ■• ■*• -V '•is