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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 144, 9 June 1876, Page 4

The Mormons, disgusted with the persecution which they meet with from the Gentiles, thirik^ seriously of re- : moving from Salt Lake to New Mexico, where they have purchased large grants of land. 7 ; 7 ; 9 Under the reign of Queen Elisabeth, says the World, buccaneers, .used, lo proceed to the shores of South America and come back with ;thei plunder" of Spanish colonists. The tables are now turned, and the descendants of these colonists levy contributions on Europe. There plan ia to .issue a loan under the auspices of a firm settled in London, and, by bribing eminent members of the Stock Exchange, tp render the bonds of the loan a marketable security. By this means the aggregations of halfbreeds, wbo form the republics of South America, provide themselves with the comforts and luxuries for . which they are too idle to labor, and buy themselves arms wiih which they occasionally; shoot each other to pass the time. Dr. Giles, the Resident Magistrate at Wanganui (remarks the Post), appears to be a most efficient. and judicious administrator ofihe law. Two stalwart ruffians, in a fit of drunken fury, ; recently assaulted Mr Chavannes, of the Ruilaud Hotel, Wanganu.i aod but for timely aid that gentleman would. have been seriously injured. They also assaulted the barman, and, when expelled, tried to break open the door of; the ho(el, but failing io that,, smashed one of the windows. The Resident Magistrate, in sentencing the chief ruffiio, Pur-sell, said he would impose the following penalties : — For the malicious injury to the property, a fine of £5, together with the amount of actual damages as alleged in evidence (£3, wilh costs 6s), or in default two months' imprisonment with hard labor. For the assault upon Mr Chavannes the sentence would be fourteen days* imprisonment with hard labor. lii reference to the obsceoe'language, he ; w«8 sorry that the Act did not enable him to commit the accused to prison for a long term, without the option of a fine. He would impose a fine of £10, aad costs 6a, or in defuult, three months imprisonment with hard labor. The sentences to be consecutive, and to take effect at the expiration of the previous oaee, Ac the man did hot

pay the fines, the sentence amounted in the agregate to five and a half months imprisonment with hard labor. The other ruffian, whose oonduot had not been quite, so had as that of Purcell, was sentenced in all to three and a half months imprisonment. Now, if Magistrates iv other parts of the colony would deal as firmly with this class of cases as Dr Giles has d6n_* in the present instance such outbreaks would be bf much less frequent occurrence, tbe tendency to indulge in rowdyism would be checked, and au important benefit conferred on society. Clearly the late change of Magistrates at Wanganui his been .for the better.