ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 1, 2 June 1864, Page 3

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

(S.AA,-.;,,/,-,.;^.*^,,^ „ A 'We do nol hold ourselves responsible- for the opinions expressed %y Our correspondents. { ■» r-r-vw'r-*-^ j , MUDDY CREEK (PRESENT DAY), j (TO TITB,'EDXT<>B;/0? THE;, SOJTTHIiAKD TIMES.) _ Mt Deab JSib.-ttA sad accident has happeried to us ; the Province of SputWand. Treasury coach has got bogged. Three or four of. the. team have backed, and gotout.bf harness; and., some iof them have given the' driver a' few good kicks.! I, my' poor self, liave: lost some? leathbr, and must ask you f to , -send ; .-■ bearer i-PJ 10 Jof those slim-plasters so ".ndtpnbus* the cure of all illß-rtfcat -is* ifVybuVoSMF •get.. ; -hpld jof one.? but itisb.said that; .the, ta«&e?^iibsy.ttig hei|rd* them called quapk^medicines, hayp. tbJtefl^ offenbe^ and have refused'tplb't the publib have thebenefit of their'ttse. *,V Wliata pity t*? Chir dri**erf whence .found he had gone, the road aa^d got bogged, just did. like the 'waggoner. of the fable, and cauedj upon-Hereu^'forn-e^'l^ut Hercules told him] to put his shoulder^ to the wheel, .vinplace of doing so, the driver has bpited;tp, spmbwherp : north for assistance, leaving oMers 'for fresh horses -to rp- i: ._bve broken.* away team. In the, mpamdiTO^he^^^aje^ stoek.'haVd and fa^.b^^Dogged-mH "at & .dead stendp-- . thp. ihiaerable victimiß of .this old v cpacha^^ system. -It is brae thß&Y*e bre^^ -IJi, joUyif-' and trymg, *ito. , (ieep-r jup .pur* spirits. ; hy,. singing.- •■*im*.'ffi''''\i&r' ? ti%h^-'"- , "'TliMU'a "a • gbpoY . tinw,pppi^^Xß^Gp^.,^ jknow a,b^nic:^bere/.vA&. .Ab.v^aSd. {cheering pip- * selves with thethpughtjthat we.wiB r .have a* rail*way some day, Jand then we trust there will be no moro. such -cases of getting boggedl But one:jof my fellotf wnb^ is 'looking over, my shoulder,, s&ystii&fcit is t all owing tp.this \very rail- , way that Jwe have gpt bogged,. 88 . die driver ." w^nt ,off the -sti^htroad owing tbYthp railway works' being in ;*m^. wayv?f!Whe"nlfhe\di*iver ief^ I had some thoughts '.of. tirying,iiay.Boif, tp'jgetgthe; old j coach out of thehpg,hu£ .1 was afraid that the Price itnught ebst'me wbiddbb-mOria than*! epiiid ; stand.- .Oh Doctor !doptpr ; !.wiiat;shsJl wfcldo? j 1 have for a bjftpf driver, Ztoefor.as "Dr.'^ticSdß'"^^botn profbasions, and^as we have had a, pretty gobd'dcfs'e'^nirtltoidrivbr, ? and Bt|ll look to hjra ' .ppmplaintsl I think^poc^oris' npt a had name for him... ypU^uidpnl^gef 'the r Tarmer_ '^nd^spmb of. the townfplks toicbwfeto6uir.-hel^.with threeYbr fojur good fresh horses and a prwticaldriver, whokn«pw ;how to make a team pull' together, l"j_o "think *re . might Iw got'oh tb^ihShskhk^again. Tiy Cobb and* jC?Q.-j iOjr< Pickford/ ifjyqu, :taQ%yhew. t tQ.Gfindithe|n.This, sad^accjjdent^-l^^i)»ade f ßUch ajmesa pf us all ihat'T assure- eVerybobly will* liaugh litmus: But :I:caictelL them that ij&is/no laughing^ maimer, and 33^^had had half ;thp,dpwn-cqme^wb 'have had, sthJG^would be calhng out for' shin-plastbr, golden -ointment, bank bitfs,— iibj-not r *b_nk hilTs-— Parr's pillfl, I me^JvOSititmyi^otherY equally gopd remedy,, for; the... iUb._ this,- fleshy isr heir to. I miich' fear 'that what "with' the^wcident, aiid havingf-to fltind' -stilll ingrain Varid' ! ffiud, *rome [of us will suffer from affections of the chest, followed by. bad ', draft^long^bfll3, 4 and. plpse confinement." "Vv^b:JwTfitin§— toffth'at'l am doing on the topjof an empty Governmbrit*fgoldrchest feturiied by a. bank in Dunedin, who haye refused to.fill it, some of my fellow passengers,. .Have ,got, quarters jiri Fraser's Abßonimddatioh- House,' where they arejto. remain in the meantime. ALi shall not'ifollbw them if I can help it, and in fact I- can't ,Btir,fL am [bo fast in the mud. I hear that Fraser's i-poms are very small and'close*}- that' there c are { to many' persons in- thp chouse, jand the attendanfee is i|ot sufficient— more up to their work. Moreover it is conducted on* teehstai principles ; aiid fujrther, be* •.tween^burseiye's/jlnhave heard 1 that a"§reafc number of very bad clmnictors .are idyays u^the house. I I am told there are about a .dozen sailprs there at preßent,* £ whd*wfll'"nbt leave 'nor o pay, J — not Ito mention the Price youiiaveitolpayqwhen you leave. A-A r < f -'"-' "0 ■ I am so glad you have returned to Invercargill,! as I am siire^6ff*#ill 'lßt^bto-friima- know tho, -rt^-positicm^oiare^in^and ; vwill, dp r f&3M yc[i*jr power to'get us a good team and driver, r who will be able to superintend the dis4mbbggnig bf the unfortunate Province of SoutWand4Crea~ury coach. Longing once m^jto^^ke^yp^my f dear friend, by the hands, after bur long' Bepai^tipn i I remain yfeufi ! fau;hfttlly, v; HaHf)*",;;) Att byA.A$J^$X2ZV*\ P.S. — I Buppoßb, after^ypur Jbte,, shine, in tlie,. newspaper line, you 'wM-call ypiir new paper "The Pheu-x.^' Excuse the .jbke'pas-it^bittiis to be oiitw''M.Tl *

. . ■';. — — **- ~ f - (TO THB BDlTOB~6"f~ *&B HOUTHLAND TIMB8.) Sik,— Could you inform me what the Volunteer BSflMCoifpli, such) a flourish of trumpets, are doing," or if they intend doing anything ? sjTherfiuper. obligingly lent the, light of his countenance- to the project*; ouir rwprgiyr Rl^'giMte (tf [saVlift,t*L 4- d ,>) € 8 i *»«T. 9*4 ficient toripCT^-cpmpany pTOpi^ their;; names ;, and a Tjoi^iitee** enough to wOTk^putany^ hero*"i€' -^Sd^-^pßi^rt^?^©^ haaxce^dii^l? should like to know- the reason why4iotWng,_mbre *Kaa*heei^ddiifejtno*hiu»ter'catted/^ menced ; br^fjj^m^spme .mysterious cause flig martial spirit" a fetf "weeks ago so strong has eyaY porate^;-orlike the pojur^ge;pf BphAeres, oozed put" at the finger ends"^^bf'Vould'-be'citizc-ti' soldiers. ; """" An answbrto these-queries would be something satisiactOTyfto «n -> • r- r-Vr ■■?-. Y- Y i _ i j ! AAI i iiAxAUA i. _ Si. lOLD:VOLUNtEER • y