The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1876,

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 35, 7 February 1876, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1876,

The steamer Ino was put up to auction to-day by Messrs Sharp and Pickering, but a sale was not 1 effected, the ; reserve . price, being ■ £1000, and ae9so-the>igb t est offered. " " ■ ' : ', V ~. .' " * . They are not all . honest^ people in Nelsbh. ! A gentleman* lately arrived here went for aTbathe up the Maitai on Saturdsiy^ and on dressing himself afterwards found that someone had availed himself of the owner's . absence, to abstract a purse containing betwben £3 and £4 from his pocket. / We should like to see that particular thief in the dock. . The Hon Dr ft Pollen arrived from Auckland in the Phoebe this morning on his way to Wellington/ A special train was placed at his ..disposal during his few hours stay here, and he took -a trip to the Wakefield terminus, accompanied by Mr Passmore. • Two prisoners who had been fightiug in the gaol were this morning sentenced to forty-eight hours solitary confiuemehfc'and.the loss of 24. marks. of the members of the Auxiliary SPire Brigade will be*held at their nHall, the Port, this evening at sefven o'c.lock.' A full attendance is re- , Mested, as there is business of importm^kfiobQ ft^am^p 7 7 1

'THB^^v^feal&d Order .pf Templars is *Mkijjjg headway, afiic|d|e v df / tli : e Ordjjjr living f/fibeen //tnstjtfuted lagis .; ThgsdaJ|nighifpn JN^lstlff when , -a ,- c °£ .-s£.' waf to gftendm (JenMrC^nfjren^e^Tf**' v the combined Orders of the United TFree Templars and the New Zealand Order of Templars to be held in Auckland next week, with the view of comjnnitiF tWtv^oFNew Zealaud Orders ; si ••! .if*.-' f? V* .«"#*» . J-**** .... , I if | • fntoone, Both Hoeing -^willing toMorma one grand temperance organisation. , -B^ut^-sUo.u^Jhey^fail .in_this scheme o*T amalgamation they will adopF lihe^ method of the - English, Irish, and Scotch seceders, namely, have a universal—password, so. that one ..common _ tie may exist whereyer the principles ; they hold dear prevail, yt *"s" ; P? The latest information from "Wel**-* lington regarding the recent murderous : assault- a¥tl_£ Hutt; is to the effect^ tfiati - all the victims are improving, and that hopes are entertained of the reco/very even of Reidal, of whose condition the h\ost hprrib\e ; accounts have, beep isle- ; t graphed to the papers from time to . time. '. Jf, ,$s is now hoped, this unfo^. tnnate'ina'ri'' should recbve'r,/ ttie savage' brute by whom he aud the others were-, attacked "will simply be tried for assault with intent Hb' killy instead of bti* the graver charge of murder./ -/.TJiet . *: punishment he will receive is depend/ " pnt'entjrely upon the skill; of the medi•cal man to whose care? his unfcgrtunate •victims were committed, and not at all jupon the motive which actuated hitn iii jmaking the* assault Had surgical; as*. distance not been 'obtainable, or had "the.' doctor been-less skilfol, Smat, without. Idoubt, would* have been hung. As it' (is, hi*3 : offence hot being" one whit the' less heinous, he will pi£oJbably .get ; off 'with a. 'certain number of years: ira-y iprisonment i . , *i Whether *Smat is or is /not 'a^mrii.jierer does not depend /so jniuch upon his owii deeds a-a i upon the jsurgical treatment of those whom he j endeavored to kill. It seems not a" r llittle straftge; *$bat ;tq. to --the, eye of the 'law. the skill and science brought to J bear- by. others upon, those-, so. brutally., latta.cked./should. stand out in bolder i relief than the motives and actions -of the would.be murderer.. . r , . . ,.. . ? • fl.he "Wairarapa district is about to have the 'advantage of another resident , firm jofsolicitors. Messrs.'A. R. 'Bunny • and Willi&m : Hodgson Barnicoat, who' .lately passed' yery creditable. exatn'i'na-7 | tions ibeibrer'Mr Juatic 'Gillies at Net- . /son as ibaij^isters and solicitors, arrived, r ; from that place yesterday ■; morning by" ! the Taranaki, en route for the Wairai rapa,> whither they proceed immediately. I Messrs Bunny and Barnicoat have not /yet deciHed. ...whether Greytown 5 or -*' \ M/astertotf sli'iir'be their- permanent/ V I place of officia.l residence ; and ' We wish the enterprising, young legal i ■ firm' tho success which their known* ■ ability should command. — Post. . Sir Julius ¥oGEL;~-The return of this eminent and successful statesman ; fto the shores -'of- New '. Zealand cannot* | fail to restore a feeling of confidence in . the mindb of the people, attibag-sfc whom/ he has proved himself a master spirit with a mind fully alive to the difficulty, i yet iti no way shrinking' from the respohwbie ! task before him. The cumbrous : and expensive provincial establishments , must succumb before! the energy and liberal-minded policy of such a man,' i who, in spite of the keenest competij tion, and i n. some pases bitter jealousies, ; has fought' his way step by step to. his • present position. 7. That Nelson will be ; first to welcome Sir- Julius Yogel there i can be no doubt, having, as she has, in her midst men actuated by the' same philanthropic LiBEHAiiTT, whpse whble energies have been devoted to supplying the wants of their fellow creatures — men c wHb have expended 5 enormous sums in providing *wa*bm and suitable SdiibTiiiNia for ahy in' need- of it; and who, not with the benefits confer.re.da in -Nelson, /-haye; extended their liberality to . the . neighbq eing provisoes,' and the'veryiSTEAMEH that brings., Sir JoxiuS from -; Melbourne •^ll i'Ji^ /shipments f. from the 7 |(pme ' buy ers of iiIESSRS./'Tv f :Si Wtmon*o; iand Co, that liberal and patfibtie firm, who are now giving away £300 worth op goods in the shape of 273; /prizes, to be distributed on . the Art . Union principle, amongst their customers. ( . in ' Nelson. Blenheim, and Wanganui, at any of which s places tickets may be sebured gratis. ; pn at ..the establishments of thie i eminent firm, whose name has become a "household word" as being the cheapest Drapers and Clothiers in ;New Zealand;— Adyt./ 358 . The attention of intending purchasers is drawn to ihe alteration of the day of, sale to February 29th, ofthe mining plant at Wangapeka, jn consequence of the Waimea Steeplechase oonrring on February 23rd, the date previously intended for the sale. ' .-""• / The c Gipps JLdnd Times (Victoria), relates the following peculiar snake story s— "A son of Mr Clarke, of Maffra, was out shooting and fired at a minah Bird a Bhort distanco from home. The bird fell, and the boy's surprise may be imagined when he saw a carpet snake that was lying along a lowtr ; limb suddenly stretch out and catch tiiebird with the dexterity of a cricketer. ; ?The reptile,* in his eagerness to obtain the feathered .morsel, byerbalanced and fell to the ground, and immediately ■ 'made for his hole at the foot of the , tree, but /a man in the employ bf IVIj- ( jClarke bathe up at _ ),he time,. ?ind : with : an axe he had in bis hand cut his •snakeship in two, severing the bird Insidel.be snake's stomach at the same '.. i. The snake was of the carpet i species, and measured a little over fire feet ia length," ;,;