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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 89, 11 September 1863, Page 2

If any one will be at tha trouble of reading tbe annexed morce'aw t v*.nich we borrow for the occasion from the columns Of the Southland News, he or ste will be compelled to believe that our contemporary has at length worked himself up to such a pitch of excitement os to attempt a witicism. " A capital remark was made a 'day or two since, during a conversrtion in one of our public rooms Mr — — , ' Unaccountable, very! — ray barometer has been deceptive in its indications for some weeks.' Mi , 'No wonder ! — the weather we have had lately is enough, to spoil : 4hy glass?" We must confess that we are, up to, the present moment, painfully unconscious bftne exact position which the " Capital remark." occupies in the above senten ces. The joke is there somewhere, because the Southland News says so ; but whethe,. it lies in the fact that Mr— s barometer won't "gee," or as he elegantly phrases it, is " deceptive ;n its indications ;" or whether it must be sought for in the wovds of wisdom which fell from the lips of Mr- , No. 2, is a mystery, which that gentleI man and the editor of the Southland News will, in all probability, carry with them to the grave. If any glass in which Mr or our contemporary feels a» interest, should happen to be spoilfc i we recommend that another be mixed, and perhaps over the second tumbler, Mr will so far re cover his senses as to make his words intelligible to ordinary raortnls. A melancholy casualty occurred on the 31st ult at the Bed Cliff Creek, Johnston's station. It appears that Clark, the postman, in carrying the mails from lliverton to Humphry's station, attempted to cross the creek, but the current ran so strong that the unfortunate man was swept »ff. und the body carried along by the flow of waters into the Waiau River, has doubtless been floated awny to a " shifting grave "in the sea. The horse which Clark rode managed to stem the curren', and was saved. Every esertion was made by Mr F. F. Butler, manager at Rodgers' Btation, to rescue Mr Clark, but the swoollon and riotous state ot the creek prevented any possible aid being effectual. Mr Butler succeeded, however* in saving the mail bag. The up country rivers are reported to have risen to a pitch, that threaten 9 inundation. The quarterly general meeting of the Inver- ; cargill Musical Association, was held in Messrs Speneor and Co.'s work room, on Tuesday evening last. The Secretary's report gave a very gratifying account of the progress made by the members during the short time the socioty has been in existence. Notwithstanding inclement weather? and nearly impassable streets, both ladies and gentlemen have turned out to the weekly practice meeting with praiseworthy alacrity, and the result is a state of efficiency which would scarcely have been expected. A hindrance to greater progress has been the inadequate supply of books, but the committee are taking steps to remedy this, and they hope soon to have a sufficient quantity of sacred and secular part musia for the use of the association. The Treasurer's report was also satisfactory, a small balance being on hand. Both reports were adopted, and office bearers for the ensuing; quarter elected. After some further business had been disposed of, a conversation took place on the propriety of giving a concert on an early date. The meeting generally was in favor of the proposition, though some were of opinion that the repei toire was too siender at present. Ultimately the question was left for the consideration of a special meeting. Id the Gazette of the 9t.h i?ist., His Honor the Superintendent fixes the fifth Sussion of the Provincial Council of Southland, to be held within the iifehanics Institute, Invereargill, on the 10th day of October next., at 12 o'clock. The Gazette also contains the exemption of Captain Jarvey, of the Titania,from Pilotage Charges at the Bluff Harbor; and the appoiotments to be Inspectors of Slaughter Housps of Sergeants Baker and Morton. The Criterion Theatre was not formally opened on Saturday night, as previously announced, owing to the non-arrival of the Airedale with a portion of the company engaged. It was, however, placed at the disposal of the public as a Free-aml-E isy ; and Miss Emma Stanley at intervals throughout the : evening appeared upon the stage, audsanga variety \ of songs of the " Aly Johnny was a Shoemaker" class, in all of which she was encored. There whs a very large audience, who appeared to enjoy themselves heartily in smoking, drinking, and applauding. At the entrance end of the Theatre a bar was erected, and there every kind of liquor was supplied by the presiding handmaios. The night being cold and stormy, the demand for inward fortification was enormous. However, the evening passed off without any disturbance ; though some disappointment was expressed that Miss Stanley did not, according to public anticipation, appear in ballet. We understand that Miss Stanley did not come on en danseuae for the reason that the green room accommodation was not sufficiently completed. Last nighfc and , the nigbt proceeding, the Free and Easy was continued upon the same principle aa ou Saturday, with the addition that Miss Stanley danced the* Highland fling in Kilt?, to the delight of large iaudionces, and that the proceedings terminated leach evening with tho spectacular farce' of the Marble Statue. In this Mis 6 Stanley, and Messrs Holland, Buckingham, and Campbell, were very amusing, and Mr Douglas was artistic in the statuesqe representations of Hercules' labors, Ajax. defying tho lightning, and other classic poses. A license was, upon the approval of the Police Department, yesterday granted to the Royal Hotel, lliverum.

We regret to say that Mr lbomasJAgnewv a young man in the employ of Messrs" Longley, and Coxon, has been drowned, while aitempt-^ ing to ,swim his horse over' one of* the* tributaries of the Oreti. ' Hia v b.odyiwas^ 'recovered on -Sunday last, after a search. ' Deceased was 24 years of age and a native of Wijjtonsbire. *We understand that the iron lighthouse intended tor "Dog Island, has afr j ved VI Port C/lmtmer^andwill Be forwarded very shortly to its destination The Monthly Meeting of the Total Abstinence Society, was held 6n v Mo.riday^6ight lt attihj|^bhool; House, Tay-street, S. Beayen^Esq., M.P.C., President, occupying the Chair. ,. The"- President in' ■ addressing fche meeting rem arked, upon various necessities of tbe Society, amongst others, a Bftnd of Hope.- fJeveral other inetaberß delivered appropriate'addresses. . "" ■■''■• / " 7*JThe following paragraph appears in the ; JLi/tielion tPimes of the 2nd insfc.— " We .hear ; tha, fc Messrs Cobb and Co., the well known coach proprietors, have purchased' Messrs Baines and Manning's interest in the South, road traffic. It is 1 said that Messrs Cobb and Co. contemplate run- : ning to Timaru daily, and that ..they ,will .establish » a through line of coaches to Dunedin. From the.j well known character of the new proprietors, wej may be sure that the public wiil.haye,.to,complain ; neither for want of convenience nor despatch./- j l It was rumored some time ago that the Victorian . war sloop Victoria would be sent to aid in quell- . ing the Maori rebellion. Arecen^ number of, the Argus distinctly contradicts the rumor. j The superstition of the Maories is great. The i Smoke's Bay KcraU of the 22nd ult. says :— \ "Oa Tuesday evening the moon had the appea- '■ ranee of beinjf i^filose contact to « % ss||l^^tar.| The natives Siejrejthink this an ev i^l'^ and; infer^that tne' Walkatoes" got;' ;b^^^||^P|]|Bay«l' On Tuesday afternoon, a number of fccal^irbrthiesi grouped themselves in front of the •F^y-fltareet-en-j trance to the Arcade, and, together witt anj extensive drapery establishment, formed a " study from nature," to which a Photogr pijet. standing • in the middle of the road bequeathed immortality in a sun picture. This is supposed to^Jje. one more; instance, m which the compirativsy_ll6y / ar.t ,o'' photography will be of signal service world. . ,;, <!;^k : On the nights of the Ist and 2nd .instant, the; lamps in the streets of Dunedin burttfcfo^She first' time gas instead of kerosene. <£li&oVJ&i%t says; fc hat the effect: was very good, though scarcely to bej adequately judged of, owing to the'brjg^ infion-} light. When will Inveccargill be' lighted with; gas? < A very handsome new hotel is aboufeto be J erected at the corner of Kelvin and Tay#rej»te j: j for Mr F. H.Lee, the well-known pr6peelß^b|;t.he Provincial Cufe. It will hnve a frontage to Kelvin ; street of 50 feet, and to Tay-street. of 20. Twoj' lofty stories will be its elevation." Judging front the number of its apartments jt will be one of the largest hotels in town, and, furnished with lar?^ plate glass windows, wili present from the exterior a most creditable appearance. There will be the| usual bars, billiard room, &c; nnd tfce^fiotel wil|| rojoice in the name of tbe " Old Provincial." ; It is notified to shareholders in the Bank of New Zealand, that the sixth call of ; £1 will be, payable on Thursday, the 21st day of January next. Tbe spirited proprietors of music halls in Invercargill might shortly, with ease, cater in a mos fc satisfactory way for the lovers of music. We are informed on good authority, that the renowned Christy's Minstrels,- presently in Ddnedin, would willingly come to Invercargill if a suitable oifer ] wera made to them. The gratitude and support of the community would csrtainlybe the lot of any proprietor, who should obtain for us the enjoy . merit of so superior a type of music, as tha^ afforded by tho minstrels. We believe that the minstrels would not be unreasonable in their terms. The period of their engagement in Dunedin will expire in about a week. The following interesting para«r\ph appeared in the Lyt.tclton Times of the 26th ultimo:— The land sales are going on at a great rate ; so fast that a large proportion of the best agricultural land on this side of the Rakaia has been already bought up,; Since the Ist of July, £-30 000, in round numbers, have been taken at the Waste Lands Board, atid' there are no immediate signs of a falling off. But it is necessary to look a-head, and we shall "regard the decision of the Council as to the great -works to be undertaken this year with some anxiety. Apart from all other reasons for commencing tb 0 bridges over the great rivers, the necessity for mak. ing sure of a steady land revenue is quite reason enough for pushing on such works as these. The 'bridge over the Rakaia is urgently called for. If it; is commenced at once, all the fine agricultural district on the Ashburton will be brought into the market; but if it is longer delayed, enterprise wil 1 be discouraged, and the land revenue in danger of falling off. It is hard to understand why so little prominence has been given to such a work in the financial scheme for the ensuing year. We have been shown a piece of Alabaster, which, the exhibitor declares, to be a sample from a quarry of this mineral which he has discovered in the province of Southland. We must say, however, that the sample produced bore a suspicious resemblance to a corner broken off a white marble mantlepiece. It was said yesterday that gold had been discovered in the Moonlight Ranges, some forty-five miles from town, and in this province. A prospecting party had for some time been examining ! fchat part of the country, and rumor gives out that they are on th«ir way to town to rlaim the rewardIt is to be hoped that this is not a mare's nest. The latest intelligence from Sydney reports bushranging as still prevailing to a great extent. The banditti of Italian fastnesses are seemincly doves in comparison with the ferocious condotteri of New Souf.li Wales. In Q'teenslaml the natives, are becoming very troublesome, co npelling the settlers to frequently m-ilc: them ncqu-tintei with the theory and practice of projectiles, as demonstrated by the revolver. The Adelaide papers stato that Me Grace, late manager of a department of the South Australian Banking Company, has been appointed chief directing officer of the Bank of Otago inLondcn. An Auckland paper publishes a private letter, from England as to the wreck of the Orpbeusi tfom which we give an extract: — " We have read the accounts of the Commodore's funeral, and the kind interest the people of Auckland havelaken in the Orpheus. You have no idea what a strong feeling of gratitude has been shown in this country, not only amongst the friends aud relatives of the poor fellows that are lost, but by the public generally. It has been spoken of in tbe House of; C'>mmonß, and in several letters td the Times. One gentleman, Mr Mullock, who lost a son— a middy— has expressed his intontion to go to Now Zealand to see the scene ot the disaster, and to thank the people of Auckland. lam sorry to tell you that tbe C nnmodore's mother, an old lady of : 83, has been in a dangerous stato since she heard ; the news. She took to her bed ; and now there is overy appearance of her being near her end*. The account of tho coroner's inquest was very interesting. If you can get subscriptions for the Orpheus fund, you -will be doin? a very 1 -charitable thing. There are 39 widows, 72 children under fourteen^ and about 118 others, mothers and sisters who were entirely dependent on the poor fellows that are lost ; this is without including boys, brothers, and sisters, who had a few pounds given them and their cases closed."

ffe? TbeSMba^as furnisued%ne-; more paragrapWbo^ J?|i^!iK^|S||^e^nn|^ufc:giye it:-r£^Gj»r.| a^unsf;ra;f(cßrrespbnd6ntefulSishes us with*(the> PSblli>win>jamusingistoiMs:s'& rather amusing lnci?* Has; recently leaked, out Tespecimg the ailegeat gjiove^r%e^^^E^^^ous'bird,theii^ which has caused so much excitement lately on the'" Duns tan.' A packer having come into town from a journey up the river, stated in rather a confiden« tial manner witma the hearing of two.parties— . one, anew chum, having a tendency for. natural history,' the other an exVdealer in wa v res^?ofi'; an epistolary - natuve,^_.iikewise- entertaining^ the idea that ere long so,me^share 01 the prot- j ; fered reward of iS^if3r|^Jive specirn^a of | the 31oa would come to hia stiareiand-that instead^ of awaiting the retiimofi the expedition .frotn the; Wesfr'Cjas^the'pHzeWaV^lmpst witMtf'nislgc|W | ■—that in lootinw'for'iitsnOTse^one morning, near < J some hugh overhangirig rocks ", lit^a.- plac©.- ,? on *c; e'ght miles up j.taev'river, hen descried-. a] cavern,] near the entrance of iwhich'Sa quantityrof feathers : I were strewed, and fcoaiftbe-extent of the cave, hej ! had no, doubt it was the residence of a, Mqa. After < i aßcer»ming the exact locality of its whereabouts, , I the listeners artceedsttppn^placa^of meeting, aiad | an early start to effect^hejcap|ure on the follow- j ing morning. The ex-dealer in epistolary wares { was at the trysting place at the appointed hour j but not so the new chum naturalist. After some: considerable time, tKeotKer thinking- that his : friend had thought no more|about" the matter, \ and the day being far advanced, resolved to atari J alone, which he accordingly did, but had not gone | far when to his surprise who should he meet com- ( jng in nn opposite ,direction/but Mr NewCiiutn,; who, throwing to the winds all contracts of a ; nature,' had'reFolved to'apprbpmtefttie) dBSOO in. pr^spectVandt^hono? of cagturinij the j Moa to himsetf,;', jdivmgjihis; top^fcbn^diHg com- \ panion / the r, -slipi-: ibo,« jhiad^.atarted? iefcit* -ypty \ early hour, and duly ''arrived" at the cave in ques- 1 tioriV''wh : eri : ins'fead i of t : itf/ v^ov^j^ I JlfisVr^iSeneß ( of the object' of his' searcn, iVa J solitary occupant j was a large brown hawk, 'W.hieh,/had there tatteii '] up its "abode, and was quietly -gloating- 'liin|self|j over the'^^Klie^of !his ! caotureil 'CvfeSaV''<^fe.jfeathers showing ►the place -wera^nbthin*" ihor'e ■ thß^pft|^|^MHPl^^(to ? iaj^rfe^ digestive organs pfiine,iinhabitant. Atter anex-i planafcioii from tue^ealqu|^.^w^umnpuraliSt,! who ]^'''Bo'ovrn^:!.sa^*^%|hbjoii«'n 'ladle 'of the! •principles of|.faonpriaa^?r§Btifcude,N and; who had so ! basely attempted to outwit an old and experienced; colonial resident, he- w.asaajudged to undergo the! .penalty, -.of, a, 'rshput,' , and : wash avay.-, the. stain) of dishonor from histaraiahed reputation.'' ■' Mms s tKsrrg6cial| gathering; of; emigrants^preyipus, to their de-| parture for the Albertland settlement in the! Province of Auckland, took place, on the 27th; May, in Mr, Tabernacle, Newing-; ton; Mr.^Jßiidgway,.- agent Yor. the, Proyincialj Groverhment, in the chair. The New Zealandens,) at present on .a. visit to England, vrerjß on the platform. .The chaiiman having intro--( diic'ed tlie aborigines to tlic meeting, a'ddreWe'd: a few "words of encouragement to the emigrants,! at the same, time advocating* a of emi-i gr'at'ion to Zealand . by rneang of jaissistedj passages. Mr Jenkirisi ' interpreter to the f Niewi Zealan'd^Gdy^ame^V^said tb]i{ : twenty-j one jgear^ '|Sf^^Wcf( 5 y in ' New, , many f natives .eifpiressed a -wish to visit England.! It was mentioned ito Sir George Grey, and he i.pproved of the project, believing that the result of a visit of ten or twelve natives to England would be beneficial both to the natives ! and their country. They intended travelling through the kingdom, in order to obtain such; j information respecting the greatness and power: of England as would tend to benefit themselves' on their return. Several of the aborigines then ' addressed "the meeting, thanking the English nation for tne benefits conferred upon. New ' iiea.la.nd. The Rev Mr Booker, the chaolain. ookf k one of the vessels going out with the emigrant*,* next spoke upon the advantages to be derived, from emigration, and after addresses from ot.h e r speakers upon the same subject, the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Another batch of emigrants, 150 in number, left Nottingham on the same day for the same destination. They marched in proces. sion to the railway station, preceded' by bands oi-nuisitff and accompanied _by their friends. They are an industrious , well-conducted class, and by no means the poorest of the population. There is a notice in our advertising columns to the effect that the Musical Association has entered upon a new quarter. We would recommend all -those who have either taste in or fondness for the divinest of arts, to join this very valuable association. In it will be found the means of so cultivating that little knowledge of music with which almost all arc gifted, that jt may become in the end a pride to themselves and a source of refined amusement to others-