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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 225, 18 September 1873, Page 4

The s.?. Ots«o has lately received a thorough overhaul, and new and more powerful boiltMs haw. I ten put in "nor. Kef. nicy io !or the Post says: — "It is carious th?-t Vot!i these splendid steamer?, tin 1 . Albion nn<] Q!n<jo, ehouid now have corre into the same line with which they us'-d formerly to compete fornni'abiy. We uutleis£..nd th.it the 0 ago will be commanded by Cnptnin J-.'hn ML' j en, and thnt Mr Robertson, la(e second engineer of the Rsngitoto will be chief engineer. She will find tho mark she left on our wharf sevpral years ago still plainly recognisable." r*cme rumors have been afloat in Westport for days past that information had been given to the police which would lead to the discovery of the body of Costellc, who, if may be remembered, was missing from Bosnian's nl.out twelve months since, aod was suspected to hove been murdered. Tho report, s-yR the local papers, was sufficiently colorable to induce the police authorities to make good and diligent senrch at the pl&ce indicated, but no traces whatever have been found of the missing man, and the report seems to have been merely a yarn concocted for the purpose of raising mor.ey> There is little eo'ibt but that the man Costello was drowned. Some time after the first enquiry ceased it leake<i out that two of the men who were in Costello's company in O'Donnsli's hut at Boainifln's, on the night he was last s?en jilive, crossed a log over the creek, holding on by a supphjock, which formed a sort of hand-rail This supplejack /they l-.n.ke iv crossing, and shortly afterwards Costello left the hut to cross the creek at the same place. The probability is, that while under the influence of liquor he Attempted to cross the log, and groped for the accustomed s'ip-plr-juck, and toppled over ioto the water. That lua body was never afterwards found may be accounted for by the fact thnt eight day? e!apa:-vl before any notice was given of his disa»p'.«ri ranee, and thiit a very heavy flood occurred ia lha creek, sweeping everything before it. — Weslport Times, A professional man of keen observation, «ow on a visit to the old country, thus writes of or>e thing which has . come prominently under his notice : — " Wh*it a ch-ipjre here in the condition of the working classes ! Wai^-a nearly douMe whut they were; the people much more independent and less civil t'-iaa formerly. Indications point to universal suffrage, and perhaps republicanism. Look at the immense strikes, and the combination of masters, and the combination of workmen. See the successful efforts of the latter in putting wot king men into Parliament, In Scotland the miners er.ro, as a minimum, 10a per diem, and by hard work they can make £4 10s per week. Very many are drunkards, feast on champagne, and are rowdier than the population of Ballarst or Ben-iigo t-ver were." How can we expect immigrants from a land co blessed aa this? A <; very special " correspondent of the Paris Figaro c'i?es us the following nnecdote of Sir Bartle Frere when at Zanzibar: — Sir Bartle and his son, during an expedition " up country " li3d imprudently wandered from their fscort and lost their way. After some time they perceived a negro's hut, and tired and hungry, proceed to claim hospitality. An old negress appeared at the ucor and gave them some eirgs, which our envoy at once converted into an omelette, and seeing numbers of little round black balls suspended from the roof aud fancying them tj bo email mu.-hroom?, popped them into the pan utterly disregarding the old woman's remonstrances. After their meal in crime the owner of the cabin, who, on learning what his visitors had done, broke into a violent rage. 'Miserable slracgere,' cried he, 'you hnve eaten all my war trophies'; aud, iv answer to Sir Bnrtle's enquiries, informed him that whst be had taken for mushrooms were no lee 3 than the ears of his enemies whom he had killed in buttle." '* Sir Bortle Frere," odds Figaro, " was ill with indigestion for four da}s." — Graphic. A sad and singular relic (says the Guzetle) haa been brought to Levuka by Captain M'Donald, of the Success. Some few months ago, when the vessel was at the Island of Santo, a young man on board, a native of Hobart Town, while handling a revolver, accidentally shot himself through the body. The wound at the time was not apprehended to be fatal, and the sulferer was removed on shore to the Mission, where he received every attention, ( aptoin M'Donald undertaking to tske him up on his return. The poor fellow, however, after a few days, died. On the return of the Success, the resident missionary informed >liß cautain of the death, and told him also that the natives had made frequent applications to him for the body, as they wanted the bones with which to point their spears; but that it had been buried at midnight in a secluded spot, and such care taken to obliterate every trace of the grave that he believed it was safe. On the last trip of the Success, however, a native came on board with a beautifully-finished manypointed spear, which he wished to sell, and to ( optain M'Donald'a horror, informed him that the points were made from the bones of his late shipmate, who, in spite of all precautions taken, had been disinterred by the eiiva^ee.