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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 145, 20 June 1881, Page 2

At Grabamstown, Port EliKabeth (Cape of Good Hope), On April U» M f Gladstone wae burnt in iwgy-, the terms of the Transvaal settlement have given great dissatisfaction. A "charge" was read over the efflgy, tbc conclusion of which is thus reported:— "Men of Grahamstown, — Of the high crimes and misdemeanours imputed to the accused how find you ? Is he guilty or not guilty ?"— , " Guilty,"— "Are you unauimous ?" — " Yes." — " Traitor and coward ! Gcd may forgive you, but we never can. The unanimous sentence of this meeting is that your vile body be committed to that all -devouring element and that your ashes be scattered to the four quarters of the earth, with the hearty curses of every loyal British subject. God save the Queen!"— (Great cheering.) " Neuralgia " is the charming name borne by a charming girl. . Her fond mother found; it on a medicine bottle, and was captivated with its sweetness, It is said that a party of ten sportsmen shot between them no less than 190 hares on the Peel Forest Estate, Timaru district, in two days recently. General Sherman, the American Comman-der-in Chief, has found it necessary to make an earnest appeal for the impartial treatment of colored officers and privates in the service* One of the heroes of Korke's Drift, named Casßidy, haß been sentenced to a month's im prisonment for larceny at Brighton.