ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 5, 11 June 1864, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

We - doonot-yhold] owri^wi}. fj^r* the '. i y.opiniahs : e^&ssed*hit'aut&cm

'"A (to 'THB BDITOB ;OE^HB>sqUTHJjA2rD TIMES.) Sißy-^-Iram •S'b'flast'»gAJad to«firid^tha? I have awoke., spniettindavidual^aipj^rtwhb' Migns himself . sVFair; *,Plsj "i* jto I i»ya;Bqnietl*ing*respec*ting the -invercargill Total ABstiniweeASdeiSfy, and also I ; ani *gl-^«tpiknom;thaVit''B.'hlsely: that there 4 * will bo .a - Beriesj.pi^etempevran.cfe* leettu^s; i Se[Sve«d r^n , tho .idl^^js© Jiraiter .nights; rtncUthat theresis v&i£feffow«&bqut*tq bo •iua^e.,tp'£aFihia*tot^ again, which, I trust;? mlb^'cgirriißO^^ hetter^; energy,r andubette-r "gn^ pn^the'.part^.of*,'^ -body ;»-. connected? with Yita? II^ f, mn^?np*b , -fiJrge*l;'to refer jtp a" statementdn-.your' cortei^grMents letter,' when-hieasks £lAbstnienceV-?tO '■epmQ ! -forwa^, f iind , contributelbis : lliare t*Wards#he'ikve^^ •Abstinence S^pcietyk [^owiPjbeg y6u'%d. : BfetS, r -lhai I havpdone j ,sOjd*flhdi cohtrihut«Ji-moi^"than;ttiy * share. <\A's fasaishalreß ■^'con.ceitaied.^ur'colTo-'' spondent has overstepped his*bjt^mdß"cbiisTderiibly; -Butlsvliat -.Kir; have^done'j $oid*'cpnMbiated'^or tlu-i society, has been done. with an -d-jpipn. ancl-'cdntrite ,hca|*tjrji,nd'if.tboth 80c'retaryva>Vd f -meifeD*ei*s* would haye dpne-and.acted?their^^^'part'.M/.wellr^'i'have-done,> the^ Invercargill Total -Ab'stiaiSrce^'SoSietT '. would; have ibeen^go'ing 'on now, in^ most prosper,'ousjSt^^rJiami'&c^y^^rt^S x4 vx4v*sl^ -vT^'^i JfxfgAiVx'S.i 7Y "-**■ ABSTAINER.- ' 'invercargill, June 9thr'lß63/-M • '- *•;•' ■"*'■ ' ■-•■' 'i-'^if'^iiH A J^fi.-bs-iAUVK;*---'* •■-.

(to tbb;p»itob|(W|**;^ _„.Siß,^=J[n-your-ißßue-of~ i 7th-June-!*-I--perceive a letter signed " Abstainer,", and beg, r through the mediun^ofyour-papeif to rep^. < v •*■*** * ~ If your correspondent, instead.df beating about the bush, andlasking^tlirougn a pUbhp paper what had become of the^-Tptal-Abstinence itSociefy^fjind ** Tcoihpiaihingof the ni .iack of energyl^ron'.thetpart of the. sepretary, had oome ? boldly;forward jto-.that and put'his^uestipnsjin' a^sfcraigAiforward manneri-I«vehMwtoVay^tfwQuldhave had a satisfactory answer rand^iwtv^^^ eiiergy^otLgbt^uxto ■-his-jfa'tiire; to v*calKupqn the secretary yot r he canheisho.wailthejadveH^aenls, calling.meetings of tlie members, (although; I am ■<• r.-Sfii??? in:.: ,4r«A<ia Q*.£'.i v***^^'/*- It*'*"*' ' * "60i^ to say, l of no swvanf^ejs.)a/**^the 5 expense of which was incurred bytluit.g^ turn he hat not even had' thanks ;,' an'difin^her, I am sure, he will be wiUing^^^^fbnte^seyei^ cood things of temperance htera[ture,,which-ho haa O . B ,I,Ui-,:* J f:~ : o:'-')-i -'<• ,^'-'y ■:■ y■ •- ■*- sent home f0ri,.,;.^..,:,,,..., ; )mi »[-.tt^;^ .vuo*|7. Hoping that; > for.,the [fatu^'jroui; Correspondent 7wiU .Bhpw,.himßelf '.a^ilitUo^inpTO^^^^^tli his ppurw'tlian^his pen (fir the wielduig.',;o[f. which,. by the way; he seems^by.Ajio^^ and I more cautioue*,,in; TOwrtog^td ,*nc 4 n . avmean and ungcntlemahlyjway^' p^ character, -mthout .being r [fi^*l;i^te J^tfplmed^*^iether they a^pserying^^ all who' amppispnffly^^ tary of theTnvereaJ^^ Society, _a? I.ain v wm : agree r in '^^^^>^^3!f^ffm. 'cohscientioußly clone Ins .diity. Bßuyt y as I have already taken up too muclfpf your valuablo space, | I mußt.say,-adieu;7-rI ; am,? &ci,r\ : yr i AWftfX.A SUI tgij J*. -..< .A* A J

"- vY aa '•/■*-.. ■•'"'■ r ' 7- fi ' ' T ''*^'rglit&'sfL Somb "Women blush prove that they have a littlamodcsty. lefo j " Y^{j^>kji£hJ&*& &k' '** r^Englah^'thereJ a^;,1,8^78d /agricultural and farm servants;' ahd^l6B,9T4'! domestic servants. . In.the. cotton, and- e^ro.^a»-tdfoture> 456,646 ' persons' j** in tire woouenr cloth manuiac- ; , ture, 130,0301,* inlthe v^mfr^f^mi^^l ;* in the -satin 1 silk mlinufdetiu*,TlOl^7o ; coal miners, 246,613; B^e^smSkers* smd v muliners, 287,101-}jj^aundry ,peop[le,sg.67i6o7g 250,581/ tailors, 136,390; carpenters and joiners, 177,969; blacksmiths, 108,165. There are 300,883 persons described, generally as "laborers."