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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 145, 20 June 1881, Page 1

Amobg the; many, victims of tbe recent inundations .in America wag m entire Indian tribe/ (he Yangtotiese, 'whose iillagei cdriJtyucied upon some, low/)yip^|jßfl4yD^Kt'O'^V.i. r tpht:-..b.ank" pf (be Missouri, was eabCDerged ib rou- ! .Bf quetece • of a sadddn ° tidng of th4t river; This' tferribla 1 icQ^strpphe ,;tc(ok place ; iti ieitfeai^y cold, 1 w^her,, tW wards Squejßrj ijnaithfi m>g ; hty>;Btr,eaao ovei flowed its bank* with sdfihforbe arid Hpidity thiat'/tfie fraiftic effbrf^ of the le) ifdr •fliricke'rj^recf "men,; io escape from the huge yoluine; pf T water unexjpecte.dlyr deluging tbeir eettietEent proved ÜbavailiD^.'/'Sorbe' *6f tbeoa made desperate' attddap'ts'; to urge Iheir boraeßlpJiiyhi , but the l^ter.pararypei by. fear, refused to budge; from the spot. upon wbic^-'they-'were' ietbeTied. A detachment of thp r^nj/ed Sta'telß Irooppj commanded .by .I^ajpr Vjtlgerij waJ B'ationed oni some rising- ground 'not-far fiom (he 1 Indian 'vWUse', "'and'"' enj deavoured to render «iB : B,ißtapoa 5 tolfh^ drowning, creatures.-.but in Vaip, owin^ to, the da;kne,B9 f - the severity of the lemperoture, and tbe vehemence oJF,th9 tdod^ \JA}\ 1 HU&' ; nigfit the VoTdieis heard the screaking of women and cbildren, acd the monotonous cbantings of ibe won iora' death-son^. When motnin^ brdce a vast sheet of frtst-fre'tVng vater covered the whole flat upon which tha Yantooete settlement had existed twelve hours ; previously \ The entire tribe, with all J |ta live stock, some five thousand heud ! of horses, cattle, and other animals, had peiisbed. Eight frczen corpses were discovered perched high op among the toughs of trees, upon wliich the: wretched Indians had sought refuge from tbe rieiDg waters, only to succumb; to tbe friphtful cold of that dracd winter eight. So heavy a calamity, has not befallen tbe North American aborigines for macy y< ars past. ; The following from tbe Djnedin Tablet will convince mostpeople that the Bible-ib Schools. Association, if they succeed in tbeir proposals, will iccomplish little more tban make onehird of the community the irrecoDcileable enemies of our public school system: — "The introduction of Bible reading into State schools we should think must be recognised by every man of common sense as an impossibility, or, if Dot an impossibility, oniy possible by infringing still more grossly than before the rights of certain claeses of the' colonials. Protestante, even freethinkibg PfpteataDts, would prefer to bave tbe Bible read if it cost them nothing and involved no trouble. The minority who have o\ jested must bo made of extreme Freeihinkers, or of those Protestants who are just-minded 1 enough to o v ject to a measure of I evident ir justice, although otberwisejt 1 might not interfere with their principles, > or even might harmonise with them. ! Bible reading 'schools in this colony, i whatever show of protecting Catholic ! children; or rather of enabling their parepteto protect them, might be roadr, would certainly be proaeiytiisiiSg gobbbls. i The door would 1 be ffii l 'B^h L i i lfAi ! i l .ttf I _ih"e| zeal tha^ istp.be so, plenjti/alily i'o^nd' amoQgß^Xbc fjan.ks.of tbe Governmentt Ueacbers', '-and pious sqhettiing" vf6H\6 | ably ' fleesn^. it. . But ;>gain, 6v,e;b; if.' 1 C'nfrJo'lic' were free" to exercjVb. Itheir rjght, "&£&^^inand the exemption i of . their children 'from the Bible l&fctfb;' i there would still be tba trick pf : wh^ah ! We' haiye : beard before, 1 played by piouje iteach'ers^wbp knew =j>pw. tb:aet the, ;exerjopted ;chUdreni within hearing of a Jlesson specißlly clioiien to ect as in antidote against Iheir 'eupersiition.* 'Tbere are, in Fact, many Bucb cunning !litt!e devices.: tbat-'might * and wo are ctriaio wouldi b 6 availed 1 of fbrtSe Idifesemiraiion bf the '''Grpß.pel * ainpng, U he * benighted .J*ap»BteV if only tbe introduction of Bible reading were bbce permitted. We prefer secujariitn pure and Simple to iecjjloViem aggravated rjy prbseiytißm. .. : Tbe' schools would still be (Lpdless for t vs, and- new dangers, {wouldbeadded to tbPBQ.' ? '"° The Tarnnaki Herald says:— We hear that Mr Saunoers is a Spa'rtanas regards diet;' a biglbaf of brown bread, a few vegetables, and : an unlimited supply Of spring Water being sufficient for his limited re q^uirenients for a eonaider'able peiibd. Under tb'^se circum-, etaticpfi it is motr not to be. wondered at, that he/j idneidewthe salaries of the' Civil Servarits ' too high, by one-half. \ .'., '. , --^ ; i 1 Hawk- ' andpigeonW-TProfessor (first lecture., of iiew to unde,rgrad', ', whom . 'the .< Professor'- plAcked'^st ..exafri.'.fpr'-.the tetith. tim'^^'Why; bleis' me'! ' HiferejW'/ar'Q.V agtffff, 3 Mr. •W^^ I V;a^^'dMr r 5-xftji i l' { ; dee«m:e ft&t W &swsPiWt'rffl W ffi>* 3nV>a'W' :i - ot -"•■'""' '"''.' - :i -•■••'-' '»•' '"•'>"' ■.' * !■< -'"