AMERICAN SOCIALISM.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 252, 31 October 1878, Page 6

AMERICAN SOCIALISM.

The New York correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald says: — •• The fact of the hour ia that the new Socialist party is everywhere organising, and that it is growing with the luxuriant rapidity of Jonah's gourd, Io this great State of New York Mr Dorsbeimer, the Lieuteoaot-Geaeral of the State, has seeu fit to call upon the lender of the oily SocUlisis, a:tu*!ed by a shrewed suspiciou tltut ten or twelve members Whom that party will undoubtedly elect to the next Legislature, will hold tho balance of power in the election of an United States senator. • Of course he has been laughed at and abused by the Presj for his paiof?, but ha is possibly none tbe less wise in his day anj genetation. New papers have been sturtei to express the dow viewp, and one of them bossis of a circulation of nearly 300,000 copies. It i 3 only a weekly, and sells for a cent, and has no importance whatever as a purveyor of news — the business of publishing news being like everything else ia America a monopoly, and absolutely in the bands of a few men who form the Associated Press Association; but it is none the less formidable as a controversial organ. These are straws that show thedrift of popular sentiment. Perhaps, as most educated and thoughtful men seem to hope, the whole movement will meet an untimely desth. but we must wait till aftPr tho election before we can at ail tell where we realty stand. It should be remembered that every great American party haa sprung up with mushroom rat.ility. In 1852 the Republican party was but a handful of Abolitionists; yet, in 1860, they had taken possession of the entire Government. And, so fer us a • mere lookeron in Vienna' can form an opouion, the Nationalists seem to exhibit singularly similar symptoms of vitality. In any case we are brought at last lace to face with the same spjctrs that unceasingly haunts European society, ood this very day tbe New York militia regiments are taking instruction io ' street firing,' just as are the regular troops of the .Kaiser in Berlin."

There are 101 flourmillsin South Australia. These contain 220 pairs of stones, are worked by engines of 1,978 horse-power, and furnish employment to 723 men. The experietnent of the American Bible Society in issuing a 5-cent edition of the ] New Testament has proved a great success. 1,000 copies have to be printed daily. In replying to a correspondent at Titnaru, the Australasian says that it is on record that an aboriginal in Queensland threw a cricket ball over 140 yards. Last year Mr Lanscli, the wealthy quartz reefer, presented a cheque for .£SOO to each of the charities of Sandhurst. The Bendigo Advertiser says that Mr Lansell has mndo a similar gift this year to the same institutions. An experiment is about to be tried with india-rubber, to ascertain whether, i£ a ship were covered with that material, a shot-hole in her side or bottom would close up. R. L. Potter, of Albany, New York, has undertaken, for lOOdols., to trundle a wheelbarrow to California in 215 days— distance, I 4085 miles. A rabbit rate of one farthing an acre will be levied for the year ending March Ist, 1879, on all landowners iv the Aparima district, in Southland The zither, which is now all the rage among fashionables at home, is a striuged instrument, introduced from the Tyrol— a cross between a Tivoli board and an vEolian harp. The Princess of Wales is taking' lessous on it from Ilerr Schulz. A statement of the mercantile failures in the United States for the first half of 1878 has just been issued. The figures are certainly not reassuring to those who look for a speedy revival of commercial activity in America. There were no less than 5,825 failures in the States during the last six months, as compared with 4,749 in the corresponding half of last year. The liabilities were 130,000,000d015., against 99,000,000d015., showing a still greater percentage of increase. Among the British Indian troops now quartered at Malta (says the Jewish World) there are some black Jews, members of the community of B'nai Israel, exiating ou the coast of Malabar. They claim to be descendants of the Jews sent by King Solomon to India to collect ivory and precious stones. They differ very materially from other Jews in many of their religious ceremonies, and only observe the Jewish Sabbath and the Passover. Mr James Jessop, J.P., head of the great firm of J. Jessop, and Co. (Limited), steel manufacturers, Sheffield, has handed over to trustees for the use of the public a magnificent building to be hereafter used as a woman's hospital. The new building, which has been erected and furnished throughout by Mr Jessop, at a cost of nearly £30,000, is intended to take the place of a similar hospital, which has been found too small and inconvenient. The Times exhaustively discusses the situation of Afghanistan. It considers English interests safe, and says that Shere Ali must be made to understand how necessary a friend England is, and how distrustful a foe is Russia, and that the Queen's Indian forces will be able to account for whatever force Russia can bring into the country. Russian diplomacy will not be without uses, if it keeps this country vigilant in developing the local sources of streugth in India. The introduction of Chinese labourers into Algeria is being warmly discussed iv France. Its supporters are urging the scarcity of hands for timber-getting, mining and harvesting ; the tendency to desertion amongst the Spaniards, Tunisians, Morroccians, Italians, aud Maltese, reuderiug the carry ing out of the public work 3 ;impossible. It oppononts insist that capital alone is lacking, and spoko on the weak points of the Chinese. The European Mai! coutains the notice of the marriage at San Francisco of Mr George Jearsie to v lady from Tahiti, rejoiciug in the name of " Mrs Tetuanuireiaiteruiatea Salmon Brandon." A mau who could make love to a lady with such a name as this, and who could boldiy advance to the altar, knowing that he would have to repeat the dreadful polysyllable at least once during the service, is nothing les3 than a hero. We are anxioua to know whether the officiating clergyman attempted it, and whether the ceremony was much lengthened in consequence, also", how he felt after it ? Mr Cousens, who has lately been trading to the "Islands," brought to Auckland a curious idol, which was found at New Goa, and is a great curiosity in its way. It is very rude, but it is for this reason a proof of the barbarous and primitive worship that obtains in some of the islands. It is stated that there was an altar in front of where it was found standing, upon which altar human victims were, until very recently, immolated. Whether the statement is well-founded we cannot say, but it is probably true. Mr Cousena has presented the " idol " to the Museum, where it is to be found, with other evidences of the kiud of the condition of the natives of the South Sea Islands. The Christchurch t>ress has the following about the Ministry:— "How are the mighty fallen. The proud and triuraphaut Ministry of but a few weeks past are reduced, we had almost said, to beg for their daily bread. Their policy— that is a thing of rags and tatters. Their measures are either repudiated by their own supporters, or, if not, are contemptuously allowed to pass, as at all events not doing much harm, if they do but little good. They are not, it is true, the victims of any organised Opposition; they are not the kind of Ministry to which aa Opposition can attach itself. In order that there should be what is constitutionally know as an Opposition there must he something to fight with. But when we have a Ministry who stand by no principles and adhere to no part of their policy which would endanger their position, what is there for an Opposition to do ? The proper position of parties is reversed. A terrible scene, says the A;e of the 6th inst., witnessed yesterday in the Melbourne Gaol, should be calculated to strike terror into the hearts of the larrakin and rowdy and criminal classess. The three young jnen, John Randall, John Allan, and William Tremaine, who were convicted at the General Sessions on Monday for assaulting and robI bing with violence, received a sentence extremely severe, but not too severe considering the aggravated circumstances of their crime and the necessity of making a public example of them. Raudall and Allan, the eldest of the three, were sentenced to five years' in Pentridge and to receive twenty lashes in the Melbourne gaol before being sent to the stockade. Tremaine, the youngest, was ordered to be imprisoned for three years and to receive twelve lashes. The flogging took place yesterday afternoon, the cat-o'-nine tails being wielded by Gately, the common hangman, who laid on the strokes with great force. It was a pitiable sight to see three young men such as the prisoners, strong and healthy, bare their backs to the hangman's lash, and wincing and groaning under his terrific blows, everyone of which brought the blood. The fearful punishment should be a warning to every larrikin throughout the colony. The practice of wisdom and prudence ig the forerunner of happiness and longevity There is no channel among the many of every day life, that requires more careful navigation than the sources of sustenance for tbe human body. Diseases are engendered by the neglect of the ordinary rules of health iv what we eat and what toe drink ; should, however, the system get out of order, there are no such safe and quick restorers as those beautiful tonic medicines known, as

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