MISCELLANEOUS.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 45, 19 February 1864, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

AyAiA.: QfflJ[J}Y/&TAXiKm (S. A;) Siting' on the 2n# 6F January;? saya :— " A very singular occurrence was • - -morning,.; fojk ifoe f , blacksmith of tliis place, aiid Wriglit, tb;e stationmani onftheiHappyi.YaU^ Branch of the 7 Butt's; Creek *&&■ '& appearathat about eslerent'o'eloek^liis morning tHo Were on the roa^h^tween ,i^arlc.e^*i| |md. Douglas HiU^ WJi6ii l^ev^aii^:' acliild,? screaming violt3n^jajir|^ ing in -the? direction^ Whence' f^lw sounds proceeded, observed! a little girl, about seven !"broeight years old, - apparently domg battle iflercelyATitH R some two objects, but what, thejlcduKlr " not distinguish/- They- both^-iMtMagy: /y- 7 ran to. the scene, of, the sfenf^t^a-dV : &und /that rtwb large:hawiks :4hadJ j &f\. tacked the chilcp but^she :had i stousy;''' resisted them with - a parasol : she ihadiin her hand ■ and during; the time* they.; were running '""tp h§r; assistance ; they* observed that 7 sKe ; had one on each side of her, and -it required no -small 1 exer^ tion on her pari;, to repel first one and then: the, other, which .she, did, by striking at them with, the parasol. Pre\dous to the blacksmith and Wright reaching the spot, some of the stonebreakers near -at hand had heard -the child's cries, and had run to her assist- , ance, and these! persistent feathered gentry did not take whig until one of the men was within twenty or thirty yards of them. •*.• v The Allkgbd Confederate Stbamee in the ■Clyde-.-— We understand that the screw-steamer "ii. Pampercy .r^peritly launched from the shipbuilding yard of Messrs. . Thomson, and .presently lying „ at; Lahcefield Quay, Ji ßrodraielaw, 'lis likely, to be the subject of controversy. Our readers will recollect that some correspondence took place lately between, the Government and- the Emancipation Society; here regarding - the? Pampero,, which, we -are iuformed, will be-' rea?dy /for sea in the course of a fortnight.' A large number of workmen - have ' been busy completing the ship since she was launched, and we understand that instructions have beer* received here from the Crown authorities' to detain the Pampero in the meantime; 7 - On Friday night her/ Majesty's: /gunboat : Bullfinch arrived in the harbor,; for-the purpose of keeping watch over the - supposed Confederate ship-, and was,; moored* to.'buoys in tbe stream opposite the Pampero. The owners of the Pampero, deny, 'that there are any war " fixings " about her ; and they allege, we ,• believe, that: she - differs little, if at all, from those merchant ships of which- -so many are constructed in the Clyde every year /*j( Glas(joio Herald. The Hon. G. C. Hawker, the Speaker ofthe House of Assembly has^ followed tbe noble example example' of Mr. Joseph Gilbert, of Pewsey Vale, who recently erected a church on his station for the use and instruction of his men. Mr. Hawker has just^entrusted Messrs., Hamilton with the duty of preparing' the plans and specifications for a very neat little church at ~ his station at Bungaree, oprratiob3 v for the erection of which will be at once commenced. - It is a pleasing fact that our wealthy pastoral farmers are- -thus willing aud anxious to afford tbeir, employees^ the privileges of? religious, ordinances in .; places where, if it were not for this generous provision, the proclamation of the Gospel would seldom, if : ever: 'break , the dull worldly monotony of stationlife.- — Adelaide Register. A Scotch pedestrian, attacked by three highwaymen, defended* himself with great courage and obstinacy, but was afc length overpowered, and his pockets rifled. The robbers expected, from the extraordinary re;. . sistauce they had experienced, to lay' their hands on some rich booty, -but were not a | little surprised to discover that the whole treasure, wliich the sturdy Caledonian had beeu defending at the hazard of his life, consisted of a crooked sixpence. "The deuce is him," said one of fche rogues ; "if he had had eiglittcen pence, I suppose he would have killed the whole of us." : - ■*".'--. - ' ! '