ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 42, 12 February 1864, Page 6

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

1 $ OB^M^ Opfe&'dftl^ TBX%iSsfD BY 0[ ! / COEKESPOKDESIS. . J^ 11 *'^ .! bfc%ffi% e *mmmf*i7lmwfrf&ffill Times, , Slß 3^-Tlie Council ?;iSS£^yes^crday. . .2 . Superintendent's s^eWs^-*?qz& with * ■ calm dignity of tone." I^^^eU-lcnovni ft J the Sitperihtetfdeu^geies'l&s^opncilwitlia " an ExccutiTe/ yet n|^-*|p%|^r-instead*( ! speaking out maitfnlly^oift .ffi^bnatter— <a \ mates-a nervous .allfiSj.M^^SjQofe handed i Dr. MenzieSj^dn^ffis^rctur^Mitamucklatid,! " a gentleman who'^aS^Sttjly^a member i \ the Executive' of this ~s%snriis' Whyg ' . way of treating "the/ subject?- Was thisillp hand allusion ■.pnl^theiusnal^^tyle -of («i Doctor^or" >ffegfifig^S?snpiSreiliousiiess sJK . indifferen^^h^^fem^n^lla^posiog W Cotincil, or was it Wdlittff^pS^ whi(jhjaH| vented \hitn eiStßb^B^Sg JEii'i^eafctnenior^ffiiHp in answer . in the rJpeeSßpana 4 reading itofH- '■ to the Council like a , man,? ■"■'■• rt i PasanfTJ^i^ll^e^fembMxtf partd i the speech M^chje^^^lfipinpil and o& matters, and felang^ f e as p of the speech, I^SvSa^Jrrwpr^i to say. XI 1 imniedia^ a clW^lfe^ resigi ' ing was not a barre^pbini^or^punctilio, bi i the making the ippJrn^Bn^ a c£ the prese! : Eoad-Engiue l Sf*wlti^iMs^lvl%and consei . of the •Executive-ltn D aSf f WSiM might tot been overlooked (althonyi it would Ice culpable for :the E2§eSt^ l W^a?e f o>crlooie ' it), had not the; di<|ta^ia2^3jMi ore '■ bearing hehafio^^BfMfeiMi^beenhabitui s This act was the culminating.^point, 11 . memb%i%* n '&PWe &) r wffiMm^Elecuti^q^osc^oxUd vet,-. justice to the p*^3^ie?%^y?£e*p|reserited, allo things- to go fuvtlier^HsSi^'*th | ?y according™; L met and signed th§ T npte*^Mßlfjhas ruißed H - cUgnityoftheGrea^^too'ajSiable. Wh<» that note^df4iWMs^Ws£ the "geatW man -who was latcly;a / memD > e^/pf the ExedHj fee of this Pro™c%^?nn < c' ? srony) it M 'tttdlr^toWM^ll^enfo^Wlriswer, TO« be prepared by D£ 3^eiMessQE the benefit* j it never came «« the Englishi which'ii^pnß-^n'aWrwitii tIS of othlr^'eclp^pa^^Sier indnTe«« one is- struck Ky^^rts^^eSSeues^ and complsw want of argum'Jni? l jfs^othing in itj| all but a simple expessiont^f- opinion toft note, and f wm^e4m"e|}HalS^^sbre^al beentoucki It could not. have beerf^fn^enffiMially thatD ; Men^s°Mta^te^y>i§ £rg(^ent. The fc is, arguments on^Si^s'lde 'there are hob ' He could not have been -contesting tms 1 with a dignificdrtdoginati3ni*,l[in*a calm ton • If he-coxild^o% o aafec^tin^4jiment it wou . have' been more d^ufi*ed^ 1 tp u iave written! ' afirf^aWMi^^SP'Mfmnts, in pl» : .Honor seßm% fc f interpret **fheV J nlSan^ifc^f^thgf^te when I , saysj " subifenuall^JtjM 'jneaning of fi ' f^tFan^SMJo^pß^||ipn that the* "^ lenTCf the Prorinfl Corineil, an^d^ihaljCpr^o^u^ntty they can' jQnly, f Jjnyfir,^ Jssti \ con Aifcio a • fsmߧd ißi*'i tiieT!or9Cmancev referred to « l «fe J tne rt^o%ici^ u Gl-ov^iment Ordinal appears such an opinion is erroneous : » Ma memorandum certainly does^Jiot m^« ; appear. Hi*^mOT;i&fe»a Snpetf powers U if the'Yjrqvisions^ofJJie^Qonsfifiution Act. Bi ;' D'rfMfe'e^l^&g/jt? Ihopei- ( otherwise I muafc^p^LigKestkafc he is staoJ intentionally what ialncj£M^ case - ne ' stitution Act is sUenfca^rejgaEcls the powers; the^upjerintendent (fpr^iixhan his pow*| • 'conjun cfi^n making oj ; the ' administ^atw^-^^^ Superintendent another misstaCeniehl^^S^'jfiir, Sir, firoi^" Act* providing foivadmlni^auon, the cob^* observed wasjuot^fia^ogner issue oi >» Times, we learn B ti® atter " vra9 tlw'Sj^i^tencl^^aATPrQigfncial Council' ' regulate B^pj^oa^ce, j J3sys "was done of » Ero'vincial (3-o^exnniemk Ordinance introdo<* by TEus TElonor at the nrst sitting ol tnei" Provincial Counc^ !^^ t^Sou.Sil^id, and . whic]i,JrsMen|fia^^tm^ly appe n d ed Jß . autograph. was govern w//a the advice and consent ot B

f^ v:beuoti&d,,iiiatr ; w4 i }.s<« i^jyiQt of, Assen>bly..de'. '<■■': ,olaring>rth,a^^v;power_ maV ; ; be' exerolsed ,by }a . '■■-, Sup'Brmteident-ineyer,says t |the Superititendeiit' . i ihaU'.exeijciaOithati , pQwer,^iw7A, tbVo, adyipo nt^d' ?. consent of=;an ...Sxc^utire,; ; at the san^o time, it '- - . never; say 3 ; ,liet slu^U pxerp^e it-ioliJioui. ( \ : There .. f Js -rfiotWng. to ip^esventi ,the. Superinjtoudent arid, id ddos Qx^rbiieja po^-er of, Ms&; 3*s; ■ ' % • 5 %| H , >, ddnsul^lxk ii^ecutiv^havTf tlv? /.fqrilßieil^i^Qrdinance ;;"oi V'tf 6 n *f a ? ei ■„.':o£ finu a^eriv?nt ; .' r ,^e%ooii}.the j^uperih-; > tondent? and^i "'Council," i and/,' wiy -as f he, ; , iikes^y' 'p^." u *^nzieali' ainndC^eny"^that as.'far- as h^'in^setf/jsperspnally/concerned, ■-: hayina.^ jieen : .t](ie"framer if ot 'th'atvQrdinancoj ] ie s is. *u^(er as depp'a moral obligation' to act in; , ; 'accpr^anco.witli'the.spjrii|of it as; he would be: \ : . to 'fi4M v 'aij^pthW he; ; 'h^s "subscribed hisname.^T^ ; menibers of Council ,haye. unaninibusly; taken is . jthe cprwet '[one^-jfchfere; is 'no 'ddiibt .about . ; ; itCarid'fdr'th^e r^p?i^aj^ ;the great cpn'stitaitipnal battle ,- that ;is about „ to, be fpugiit is, simp^ridicMbus,^thQre is no battle. The^ whole s matter 'divested of ; the^cloudy; verbosity ; of the: 3 T «?it)s, amounts to _. .'t]iis^lsr«' men^ies 'yants'tb ; ;do 'Ma i jite likes.; i. The Cpuncii .says; 'lie*^^niust act wifli the' tidviqe -anS " ecmseii<r i< of t im" 'dEiecUtivei- Tli'eir ; argu-. : mentals, '' < tliat tir !whaf;byer ' responsibility j the ,;.j Superiiifendeiit:- liadjprcvioUslj»t6 tiie: passing : of' the\P^ovmcial' G-ovefhmen't'Ordinance,' that ; Ordinance ' ' tbrik >! off'llis'shoulders^arid'laid ori the shoulders t -bf an Executive I '; 'and 'an Ex- ; . if; it Wtti liave : tho'rcspbnsibili'fy, mist 'y-al&7iave l t7tiscqnt><oli~ ' u ' . iii! ' ■'''-' :ti " ''•' ,',!' '■"' "' 1! Tlie : dounciivvif^t^cloes ■; its: duty' to the . pepple, ' e&nnbt;' gO into firianciar matters 'until ■ ifieß.octpr;' ''puts'';^^his 'plans 'before- them, by.. '.means of kh'dSscctitire having 1 its 'confidence., 'It^itiftyj 0 if it'^chbjjsesi^vniake'^as' inaiiy. si,s ! it u pleiises'i ■ "bull 'to pass the, :r f "Appropriation' r Ordinance, J 'i'.e: , " atithorise the' /' ;iekpenditiire.ttf , the' revenue 'of 'the Province, 1 Tnthput seeing^tli'at some- r pf ;: its members; ' "'} 'h^vingj \^lie' l 'fcdilfidence lc bf !: the rest are to ; ; 4he ii: cxplenditure; would be to ' n 'snowman indifference to the interests' of „ constituents which would be driniinal,- as well J?J . tiksllbfan'g'aii' -(lttei?HTatit of 'self 'res'pect to 5 WMin :^'[ i-^ : -<'\ .-■■] ,;f ; ?d e grfl.ding to the character of .the man who 'wrote ;the article in yesterday's r :'-Sout7dank[:2^eibsi^nMt;he imagined. How '' heiwriggle's on the f grburid prosti'ate before the '/' J ,Bupcnnt4ndent, ! cringing' ! ta ' lick ' r his ? hand. ' J Bo^correct,''tdoj his' factsl" No doiibt it is ; a ,f liornd bad place,' 4he;:MechanicsJ^t<» hear anyr : ' t " 7 body speak who 'is ;npt gifted with' the steii : :! ,'tbrian lungs t»f -Mr. Tarltoh ; l 'but .surely the '. '^Hfews 'heard -enough to ■ know that' -instead l1 n of 'Mri :< 'Chalmers ' l displaying ■ ill"?humor,i '' it' TOis^'Mr/ TaVltbii 'who '■■ did "'bo. : Mr.' Tarlton was quite right' ; in asking -an ex■""pl'an^tidit from the lafe Executive -'before the "^,Hbiise !; pfoceedcd : to 'business/ arid' tliis was ■ J f just ( what' Mr". Chalmers' intended to do, bxit i-'^tihfe maii' ofsbine m'oral cbiirage Wa's ; " busting" /*t6*let'dff; U c 'grand' constitutional- speech, ajid, ,! t : cquldn't t^rilit. ; 'The other members simply x . wished to postpone {ill biism ess lintil the reply ! 5 was^trojighti iipi^ which; -it- was understood 7 t :j*-o.uld bedon'e on 'the Council rcsiimin^, and : . *to t: Jmye J th'e^oxplanatibri 1 then; '-One debate ' 5 jWOTold^hiis -suffice^fo'r" tlie r whble niatterl HadR "Mr/^Tdrltdii's wish/been gratified' we would ; hare'tad, aii 1 elaborate debate 'the- day before J '■' i: yesferdayi ' aribtlier ' the : same • evening, and a third when the reply is brought up, all on the ,sanie '""subject'." Three-opportunities l of courses ' £ for the pid ; Identity indulging his loquacious >l1 p?bclivifies. ; Tlie '"Neios- is sore at' Mr:, , n; Clialiners having thrown the Doctor overboard, \ and see'ms^trying to win Tarlton to- the rescue, , ,: "but it i w6nt f do'.. 'Whatever Tarltoii's weak- ( "^ness'eS'inay'be, ; a weakness for being caught T with chaff is not his. The JXeios misunderstood hjonf'' -It' heard r; hini "object 'an'd thought he ?: ''Vas'anopp'onent. 1 f lfrxlid not' know that it is ? ' an:' ".idiosyncrasy," (as ' some ' honorable we. forget whom, once said of they r Schoolmaster-General) on every occasion in ', I sraspnanddutbf- season,' and without casing ■' Hfbich* ' side' : is- 'hisj ; to; rise -'"and' ''indignantly :*' .^xfelamv'th.ai'i-'Rhis i ; mptibn ; is 'quite out of '' brdcr/' anti so on: '- { • ' The JSTeios is very ignorant of all Provincial fnstitutidns/ and 1 'amongst others, of .Mr; ■^^Tkrlton^ 011 '- ' ! ''-- ; ? -■-;:-"'; :>:.h>Ai ! .... . .d;y.;i '■--„.: ' f ; .OBBEEVi:it. -.!;I'i f; ,fh.:oii V-iiT. ; ':■...-. » ■-.-.:, ., s ,:-.-;i(I „;■"' rToJJte Editor -'of the* lnverclirgill Times.) ■. ;- ''Wh'en^ a/ disease at once -so virulent -'and f fatal "as ; 'p'leui i b- { pn'eumbnia I appears for ' the "''" firs^time''amongst.dur herds, we' are naturally;., alarm'eH^at'thef probuble loss", which will jresiilt, 'ira.nd anxious "to* employ every means in , our : i; 'pbwdr.to'clieck the' spread, of -so great an eyill' ; Un^fttinately, ! howeyer, ; m'6st paople do'ilbt ' *perh T apS 'rightly^understand ; the] 'true nature : o£ the^disea,sei ! and : hence their opinions _a.S; to '^^ts^caiis^'.'/Prp'pagatioii ' and' ciire 'arc ; neces- "' ''yarjiy^Vflty; eiperience and an ?: "' ifhpi(wfi£I f weighing v 6f the' facts afforded ate; bf ' r '"^urie^s'necessary to the fight understanding; % of 'lttus'^as^tb most .other subjects r of human; ''.y. 'inq\ur^ o b'ut; ! it ' matters f Ettle ; whether , jthe. J! V'^aei;s r " f learaed are ■ 'accumulated experiences . y l b^o l iie I m.diyidual,'- r dr 'the suni of the fexperiences ( - "of many.^^l r would;^indeedy'. strongly {recoin-' .ffleiid^every 'one o 'wnte'what he knows iiponi f Jthe subject/.beiieving that" in : the" cradle;", : of 1 ■ '.^public 7 opMibn,- 'the' 'useful '" will -"be retained, • and the -^-orthless rejected. Influenced by ™ lhirfe'felin^ } I -lay '"thb ' foll'owing T fnotes j of a . '":' 'recent? fea's<rk>f ' before ■ the Wyrsr^y -: r \ ■•- '-■ - { '""Th v c* animai Svhdse : lung ! :T ! eiaininedwas,: r S "'I ; ficlievepbred iti { in the neighbourhood ; tf.'Waliacetbwn ? - and, J-^wasWaUy^^l^edfin th^vquarantine jgi-bund" " *'mere/ r in "cbininbn r^iffi''-bifeers'susp'ected'bf- , ?s having T tlie disease. The animal T^as acci'^dentffiyj'drqwned some few days previously ; to, ■^^he e^iminatipn-- j(Btb. : Ecbrpa,ry)j r ; but: ■■j,s i y|Qie coji^esy^jqf lV^^Qarej •..; ; '(df Carey- and ( ;V: s &Mes lung, for - ;T ;je3Mttninatipnv ? jir. p^Careyjj. seated 'that- the f-;rr4g£t lung • i an^pleura!|(i.el,Vtielinnig^m 1 nbraneJib^f ijthe/lungs jand ;,inne^;'sid^ of. chest), ; !^eiejqmteiihealthy,-^y^,fliejef^^^ K-.:aN\coniplete.6p.ecimenLpfj.[|3ie ; , disease jrn'; its : •jßecxwd^tage. ! fofltr{!was7,.Qf ; ia.f dull^rejl" color,' hard and solidi to;.fhe,/ ; tonQhj ;l werghtier'and' ?■ ,Seriß&*than,ordinary f riauscle^V} which j itivcryclpselyT:?^Bembled>:inj ? |/in:anyi,,..<pla,ces.y' ? fThe /; /^:^c^ulaare^l^cfto; : ?oft!fitlM^., : lußg- waa iS ,com- ! " ; '.pletely-lbirt^and>the air( ; tttDes7blbcked;up.with ■> * afkan^arent/'gelatinous/ifirjnj:SUbstance: J The ; - Jpleura of fthedLungowas £ :enormouslyithickeried- ■■'' opomh-^al£ J to;i t ,threeiiquarters of an,' inch) by theirformatioiijbfj an. elastic yeUowrr '.£-% ?ish4ubsta r nce : -4-liere f <an.di tKere organised-^rde-,-----3 «; ; pjbsited heiloeen i.'tli£&4rue i iploura and! the^suK * %fi^so£oth%i^luiig;. 3 j.-Thisw 'substance, cliokely re-^ sembled in its physical characteristics, a section? i&u df'-'a^cb#s<'ttji|ieFi I'Whafc wasVvery] s^nge," • r S 'th'CTe'^isino a^6sieri ; foTmed.'betwixt|th : e I'iing-: ehest^ -vrall^o although ■the. ! >inflammat6ry _ actioS^musfr *have«be6n '^^projJfofthe^p-vrtyp^bf^eiM '' ta luhg wfts^itiontracted'Sitf'size "and' theJdivicUn'g' , structure , between the -lungs'' : , was; J and ! coritoc : te'd,'^giying'i 1 the Surface : ' s^'ottMe|>rgah;;a*lpb^ated ri app^ai^ jvhen the-tf:^plera^wasj-:to*n;-b^; »ay fluiig'edsily! effected;' ■'? ? fTne^inid^ff * was - ' stt'ongly'" "adherent toK the ' ydn'd! of JJ con- , K '* . Ipjectaofi'bemg an"^udder i likV' s m"aferial isiinilar' ■*^ £6'\lM^n6MTdks6nbed:.' ! Emayjadd thatf iV theipMpresMted auring-lifemarked synip 1 -' '^^§Pli3^s^a^^;^^rin^^r7 J t vCareyjreasonine^front^aA exten'djqd'esporiencei' I;" assured / mef f tMt e iimma^-in.a'moreMvanced' ■~- plouro-pneumoma while keepmg.ior |reicrence Bake4iis .particular case in view."" {•/,. „. . l£ 7od^ h" "JaJues P. Mtteeat, M J).; '.".;: Provincial Hospital,