ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 3, 7 June 1864, Page 3

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

TFe do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions esepreised by our cor response, 3s. (to the editor oe the sotttblaxd xi&es.) No. 3 Same Place, Tnv'evcargill. Mf Dear 'Sift,— Ailo'w mo to ■"give' 'you k connmidfum.! "Whyisiaii Editoi-'s leader like -a-"wttmiiii's tongue — give it up? I thought you,- would. j^Voll because it is ilia only weapon they have ; t by ib they give you a bit of their irihicl, aufVtlidjf.jßke to have the last word, anrl lastly,, it o£tcrtj b>:avv, a string of words Avikh But little sense. .Ts.tlia^your own? — modesty blushes to sftiy'U is. I saw a leader the other day, 'troating the Local OsKirtik-teo of the New Zealand Exliibition to;n \tLt- of,* the editor's mind as to their non doings. . Ifow this lecture put me much in mintl" of the old woman's pig that would not go over t-hebridge, and everybody is called uponio do soTOotliinp to get past and has some i*eason why (hey will not help the old woman, jiiicl .linucli fear it will be before 1 tilie'-ol'd' ivomdti's ■ \ri(j will bc-gofr t>\*er tliis bridge. Now for soine of tho reasons. First — Every one has as mu6li'as they can do to get over the bridge themselves at .present. Secondly — r J|h§r^ aye'lthe it>en' to be found ivithl^iiiijirs'jSO much at case and pockets so full of cash; that they have nothing . ; else .-to tlijuls off than thtir country's glory; and as tho'lcader says, their own, in having been ga?ettod to, the .higli^ honour, of .'^ping: Uw p : ig brer' tho' bHdge'.' l Third]y-^WherV i is tho secretary to bo found, wlio will give hjs time, ond lay ','otit money' to get' : th 6' old wi>A>»^ pig over tho bridge,., when JhQiiv.jnv- grave doubts, if tho old woman will pay'him. FourdAy — Where is the cditox><o l)Orfound, : who/ will itrmt tho old woman for afi' 'th'e adveUisonicn'ts; applying for

prniics to oomo'-forward and bring sticks and stones to.-ffct lidr -. pi^f over tlie bridge; a.nd. laafcly — If all wore to go to woi-lc wliat would be tho 'good of getting this miserable piy over the bridgo? except it be to show the people 'on the other -side how poverty-stricken it i.s. If the people ou tho .'other eido should express then 1 , (iurpriso at the non-appearance of our old woman's pig, .why, just let us give them a quiet hint to shut, up, lost we call and have a loojc: at thcu-, pigs, and find thenv quite as poor as our own old woman's... . ,-t I just fnncy I sec this great exhibition of the, Lidigancy of, New Z(?ala.nd Year 18G5. - That; is, if the contractors will. finish -tho building , without |>oing paid. Therein will be as much fine gold as will stu fF a hollow too ih ; a cord or two of li ru wood, of different kinds, it's ti-uo, it will, buni all. the better for that. Some ligiium to lielp the fire; as much lime as would whitewash the treasury— which it much wanby v ..a.^j3Jcce of l-opo not jqiig .euj^ugh,^.^|fevpjjg' cnougli to frighten a rogue ; and some bundles of stuflT.ealicd droswclftaar,. looking very ifiuch like}the gliotit of the tail of Tammy Shantor's mare, which" having heard in "Arrthat estremc ends meet out Jierc, ims emigrated in tho hope of making ends meet, 6ufe poor thing, like many another tit 'aii extremity, has failed to meet its desired end. But I must c'omo to ail end,' and- tail off with this tale of a talc,' or I -".shall -mate as poor tin' exhibition of myself as the other."-^- Yours '-ftrithfiilly,"-' ■ ' J^fARK TAPLEY.

(to Tins :in>rron of Tin3 sotJTirn.vNn Transa.) Sir, — T perceive in your issue of Saturday, last, also in that of your contemporary, the' Southland ; News, rathe-r' 'a- severe' critique upoli the theatrical pcrformanco of last (Friday) evening . I .would not trouble/ you upon -the subject, did I not" consider, the., critkasm oi ,t\\o. J 'iS'qut7iP'nlNetos bears | upon its face'a'mah'cious dWrri/with. a creat amount -of— injustice levelled- upon *tlv»~ variousactors and actresses therein quoted. ■-, Of the' [ " CoVsi.raiTi \Brotticrs" lie, speaks of flic piece bein£ I mutilated, and the masked ball scene omitted; •If lie means' the scene was not. put upon the 'stage, as at any of the principal : theatres in London, I grant him correct, .but to say it was omitted is not quite in accordance with truth. Tt can scarcely be expected — with the. limited company,' necessary for thepopulationof Tnvercargill — that the static could, be filled with well-drespod characters.. .Ami." niorc- ( over,. T fan', the book of the p'ecn " Corsican : Bi-oihcrs" IVas been very slovenly looted over, or nr)f lpolcnd at at all, or ho mu.«t have .ecc.n. the. following quotation, winch T cony from it. '■ " Celostmc (floiipinrf info a spring chair) ' Oriminv, hov/ scruinptious.' " Tho attack upon Miss Ada TTart find Miss Fleming is oerhvmlv ' unina'ifia^lo. the characters they vrr-ro suppose'!' to rppwent'' beinjr painful for any actress. A.nd if, in thenzc:il to carry out their parts, (hov have slin'lifly gpric ■ bovon'ci' th.e author, to increase tho amusement of the audience it rnay bo con?i lorcd an error of jiHfjement, I'-ut certainly should not be condemned so • crossly as the follo^inc; last sentence in tho Daily JYVw?, yi?., — " Tt is a pitv that tho mvragpTnent of the theatre so fnisiemafi-rnHy mid iiwnp.cesmrily go. out of their way to ; render tho pprformanc.c ihtolerablo to modest women." I would nsk the writer if he lr.i^.ever seen, the late Mrs. Glover as the nurso in " T?o7n-"o' and Jnlict." or Miss "Rairisforth in tho " Be^K^-'s Oncr.-v." ? "• T have, avid many such pieces of acting, by tho fir--t actresses of tho dav, and enn only say -that' all such parts have been played- with all th» of?e?t, and spirit that could be tlirowvriuto them. T h'avo been a frequent 'visitor of this thentre and havr> some little linowlodge .of the theatrical -worlil at homo, and am bonnd to pay the managers horn have done all in their powr for the amusement of Ilio public., airl the pt'lvonivo tlioy hnvo roi'.(>eived, inid tho -nightly mrr-lcs of nppi'ohp Ho?i lias fulh' testified with what success. Why the wess should endeavour to dip''ourn<?e or stop the drnma in TnvercarL'-ill, the only rational amusement in tho town, is more than T can undorsta-Tl. There miw exist soive pofmiiiivy motive of which T know nothing, but it is the only O3ie I can con'ce'du-e. •i> ■ .1 am. &c\, SAUCET. : «S>- .

(TO THE EOITOn OV TITR SOTTTIIT,A\'D TIMB?.^ Sih. — T trust you will bo rroocl enough to, irsortthe following :— I wish >oknow what lias become of the Invercavfrill Total : Abstinen:e noblo ■ and glorious enterprise. . . Abstinenr'n Sacictv, Which wa3, a, short time ago formed in Invoivargiil, and cot up with suoii n flourish. Has indeed BucTi a noble. ent <v rpriso faiVd t]iTOii<?li tlie lack of ciie^yrfon tho part, of- .the Secretary, who has not made one single effort to cany forward tin's has reformed hundreds of miserable -iTriv&karls in our; colonial towns. It is' indeed most painful to witiioss daily tho increase of drunkenness^n this town. Has' not our hard working town {laborer something far bettor to invest his hard earnings in, than in expanding itr in what is ruinouslboth to his body and soul? Is there no staunch tempcr^ce ailv.ocater in this town rcalv to come forward to clpvota.liis energy to tliis noble causo ?. ; and occasionally to speak ah'Hlo on total cbsfinenoo dur'ng soino of these winter 'rti-'ht-p, in tho ' Mechanics' Institute ; to rcclahn a lil tie of drankennoss, which lias became so prevalent here lntely. . I am, Sec, ABSTAINEB.

;(TO THT! ET)ITOn OP THE SOFTrCT^XB-TIiTBS.) Str-^- Would you allow rtv throush the medium of Toui-.yiappv, -to ask the following ciurstions. /, Whevlvr a Bill o-pceptod by tlie , Provincial Treasurer for the Government, should not- bo as negotiable as nn.acc^ptaucc taken' from a private individual? The so.-urity is acknowledged by every one to bo "Safe o^ the bank." Whether a. priyato individual, ; who lias nmple ; security to, offer, would bo considered to have damnged'his credit, by ofTering p'n v riPceptanrc or promisery note to a coi)trn.-tor who had completed vork-for 'him ? and what diifcmve is there between the. Government and pj-iv.ak 1 - persons in .-this respept? Whether a bank manatrer is personally respousifor all notes issued bearing hia nmieP- and should there be a run on tl\e banks hero, could they meet all their notes with gold? '. Whether it would not be more advisable for the Government, to issue those very objectionable Treasury Bills to their 'contractors - and emyloifp.s, i so that they might lodgo them as security for any advance of money they 'may require to'pay their debts, instead of: keeping ■: them without their money or a promise ,to pay ; and in cons.ta.nt .terror of .being summoned " by any person to" whoni tliey may owe a small sum? — I am, &c, „ •:■-■ '■.','' ,--''''■.'<■ •■■'■■ ' -■■ ' ■'- ''QtTEET. •' Tay-st., Juno Rfb,- 1804. ' ■■"