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Southland Times, Volume VI, Issue 506, 2 July 1866, Page 2

Tho First Glass. — "Be-worc- cf the first glass, Ike," said Mrs. Partington, tr. that interesting. youth, the other day, "•.'•]' -".'iwn a man onaj passes the Rubicund, he is 7: ok- at any time tb become an unblushing (Ivwiikj-rd. and t- go on from bad to worse, untU he wswns his last shirt, and the curtain falls with delirium trimmings." Carried awa? by the olcL ledy's Eloquence, Ike , kneeicd' down on his -ham _FTt- • f> •. .ys, -iicl swore by Niel Dow and the State of Maine, never td indulge, except after consul! ii'j; ■& physician. j fKEsm ent ' Lincoln's T_e-j" -A. writer in] "^"•Portland Pre?s, who witne-5-;-.' the interview! between -Mriuj^ij^^d the 7^ mittee of thej Chicago Convention that <^ rS * 0 bis house to! inform of his nominatiou foi- i'u ; -. presidency teUs the foUowing story.—" After the wemonj had < passed, Mr Lincoln remarked to th_ company that, as an appropriate conclusion to anihterview so important and interesting ;-.? thai which had just transpired, he supposed good manners would require that he should treat the committee with sometning to drink ; and, oponhvr >*. door that; led into a room in the rear, he cal ■<•■■ i rut • Mary ! j Mary !" A girl responded to th_ < -;.U : whom Mr) , Lincoln spoke a few words to in ay: undertone;) and,,closing the door, refume'l agc.iu to converse! with his guests. In a few minuros the maidon! entered bearing a largo waiter, ccr. mining several I glass tumblers, and a large pitch-:- m the midati and placed it upon the centre table. Mr Lincoln! arose, and gravely addressing ths company J said :— " Gentlemen, we must pledge our mutual! healths in the most ;. healthy beverage which ourj God has given to. man j it ii the only bovowgß-lJ have ever us-jet o? allowed in- my family, and tj ••&n_e>& coasciontiously depart "from if ' on the present occasion j it is pure Ads^7 &U sfom th?' spring, 1 and taking a tumbler, hs icus-h^ittohij! Hpa and plsJgsd thorn hiu higher ?*-'p;vsts in *i cup of culd water, Of <$purse ; all s\i„ guests ■. were eonitrMned to.a4ffii?§ hi? tsi*.-£|Jbn<*y, $H%A\ ,|oin in hjg 95,ai»pk H 4 ' i

A CORNISH MAN IN AUCKLAND. We exraet the following paragraphs from a letfer by Mr Joseph Pascoe, in the Cornish Telegraph, March 14 "We may add that Mr Pascoe is a highly industrious settler, known to many of our fellow citizens. He writes under date, December 2, 1565 :— " Going- Ahead. — We have already attained a better position than we had any chance of attaining at home. I had the good fortune to get acquainted with the chairman, foremen, and leading men connected with the Auckland railway, and had no difficulty in obtaining the very thing I wanted, although there are hundreds of men here — men fit for any kind of mentyl or bodily labor — going about the streets doing nothing. I must say, however, that I regard my connection with the railway as purely the result of brotherly and Christian feeling. Both the chairman and manager of the works were Primitive Methodist local preachers, and they interested themselves in my behalf. " The Scrub and Maoris. — Since my last letter, I have learned a good deal of colonial life. I have moved about freely among all kinds of people. I have ridden many a mile through scrub and fern, over mountains and gullies, sometimes to the knees in mud, and anon brought to a full stop, nag and all, by huge piles of volcanic stone. Only last night I was out till within a few minutes of midnight, having wandered out of my way by riding through trackless forest of scrub and teatree, seeing no moving thing bixt tbe horse under me, and hearing nothing but the crackling of sticks under my horse's feet. And, in truth, when I regained the main road, I felt no disposition to spur tlie horse onwards. The air was so soft and balmy, and the moon shone so brightly, and everything was so enjoyable, that I al[owed old ' Bob ' to pursue the tenor of his way as steadily as he pleased. 1 ride into the interior for mo own pleasure, and to learn the nature and value of the property ; so tbat I may be the better judge respecting it when I take up my grant. I have given up the idea of going into the bush, and living a hermit's life, seeing no one but my own family from month to month. O, no ! I have seen too many fearful wrecks — wrecks of health, manhood, and money ; and I have heard too many sad tales to do anything of the sort. Money is to be got most where money is most circulated. When I preach my doctrines to old settlers they hardly believe that I am a new chum, but some hard-headed old practical, of whose ultimate success they have not the least doubt. This one thing, however, I shall do. When the Waikato lands — on the whole, the richest in the province — come into market, I shall take up my grant and, if possible, add a hunred or two acres to it. to give each of the boys a good snug freehold farm of their own. I am not in the least alarmed at the few Maories that now possess a portion of it; people at home trouble more about these dark-skinned bipeds than we do. When I read how that they hung poor Mr Volkner on a wiliow-tree ; heated a large oven to roast him ; cut off his head and shoulders ; gouged out his eyes, and ate them ; caught his blood in their hands and besmeared their faces and bodies with it, and threw the mangled body into a water-closet, I cannot believe it to be a sin to shoot a Maori. " Hopelessness of OojN t teiiti>*'g- Natives. — Don't talk of converting them : tut ! You must send us another class of missionaries before this will be accomplished. And if you cannot do this, keep your money at home, and do not give a farthing towards the support of New Zealand missionaries. In common with nearly all Engiisnmen who come here, I am intensely disgusted with them. I will *a tale unfold' one day respecting this matter. '* Streat-preachiicg Perils. — You will be amused to learn that I have had a narrow escape from ' chokey' (prison). It happened in this wise. A a fortnight ago, I was appointed to hold a service on wharf — the resort of pleasure-takers on the Lord's day. The day being bleak and showery, my ' helper ' thought the better place would be at Shortland Crescent, where we could command the two principal streets of Auckland. Accordingly, tither j we "went. While singing the first hymn, a pretentious ' Bobby ' ordered us off. I moved not an inch. He moved up and down, and seeing we were not inclined to obey orders, again \ery imperiously bade us move on ; seeing the crowd assembling, I stood on the kerbstone, and didn't feel disposed to budge a bit further. Once again tbe burly Peeler came up, and, roughly taking me by the shoulder, threatened to ' take me to the lock-up.' The scene now became very exciting. Mr Tremain— a wee bit of a fellow — squared against tlie policeman, saying, * Hands off; hands off; don't you touch that man.' And a good Old Primitive, a real old original, and who is nearly as deaf as & post, stepped between the manof'^aw and tnyeeUV-and dared him to lay a finger on me. The fellow became excited, and threatened to ' take us all up,' where-***;'!' Mr Colley, our minister, wen; wr i.o ! 7^. --a j said, 'Ob!if it comes to .:. .--. u\a> :?,<- ; T • am the man, leave that gentlomur. -'J one; he is acting according to my in structions ; take .me ; lam ready to go with you.' Meanwhile, the congregation, which began with six or seven, had swelled into 500 or 600 people, among whom -was a Maori chief, a fine-looking fellow, and about a dozen of his clan, wno appeared to be deeply interested in the matter. The poor Bobby became chagrined and crestfallen, and walked off muttering something we didn't understand or care about. While the tussle was going on, I kept on the service, the crowd continually increasing, and I ao; pleased to say this was the most attentive aud interesting service I ever conducted i and go intensely excited were the people that I do thinks bad the policetnau attempted to meddle with me after tliss service* he would have had a broken besd, Notwithstanding the ddasly weather the people stood Urnjly till I was *%j?iy 'put pf tne afes«fc M? *??s&ia> my

body gii'-.:-.:, is -ro;:: the neighborhood of Redruth. Our friends have since waited upon the Superintendent, and laid the case before that gentlemen, and he will in future not only prevent interruption by the police, but will send a policeman tb protect the preacher, whoever he may be. To-morrow we are going to hold services in another part of the city, and have advertisements in two of our daily papers. " Street-preachijng and other labor. — A^few weeks ago 1 was appointd to mission Newmarket. We held the first Primitive Methodist service on the grass near the highway between two publichouses. A fellow of the baser sort was sent out, drunk, to annoy us, and, if he could, to prevent me from addressing the people. He staggerrd up, and, making his way through the crowd, came near me, . and asked, 'What's your text, sir?' * Wait a bit, my good man, and you'll soon find out.' The man waited a while occasionally jabbering to himself, when he walked off saying, ' Well, sir, you know how to talk, and when you have done come to my house to tea.' We have since established a cause there, and hope shortly to have a chapel there. There is a fearful amount of work to do in this drunken profiigate city. It is swarming with prostitutes, and deluged with drink. Infidelity is rampant, and crime is so fearfully increased thst a new gaol has to be built. And the kid-gloved velvet-tongurd preaching is powerless. The best, most practical and useful ministers belong to the. established Church and Scotch Presbytery. You will see that I am not idle, and in addition to this, I do my best as a member of of the newly-formed Temperance League, and as a class-leader with the Primitives. The Manager of the Auckland City Mission and Orphan Heme — a kind of G. B. Muller — sought my assistance to hold meetiugs in the back streets at night. I willingly consented when not otherwise engaged ; and what I have seen in those low loctlities has been heartrending. We go out in pairs and visit the low drunkeries and low* lodging-houses, and invite the miserable wretches we find there to come to the mission house to hear the Word of Life ; and we generally , manage to get the large room full of dirty, ragged, squalid, and in too many cases drunken, men and women. At night, between nine and ten o'clock, we go into the . dark alleys, where we can hardly see each other, and hold religious services, and get an average attendance of 60 or 70 souls. A few nights ago we visited Chancery-lane, inhsbited by thieves and prostitutes. We commenced by singing ' The Eden above.' Three prostitutes, . half-dressed, and some sailors, danced around us. I spoke some words to them about home and fatherland, and early assaciations connected with it. They were words fitly spoken. Tbe sailors stood by ; and the women locked themselves in each ! others' arms, and stood against a house ; ; and an aged woman, strongly under the influence of drink, brought out two : lighted candles and wedged them hp right . in the street with small pieces of scoria ; and stoutly defended them from the tricks of boys, who were ragged and mischievous. We had a good service, and I cannot but hope some permanent good was done. Often have I wished for the company of Messrs Hall Ash, and the praying band of St. Paul's, in Clarencestreet, to assist in these services. However, I have found out some kindred spirits — men who occupy a high social position, and who, moved by the love of God, go down to the very dregs of society to rescue the fallen and abandoned, and try to restore them to society aad to bring them to God." Mr. Pascoe concludes by alluding to the dulness of trade, but adds tbat if any man wants to work he can take his hammer ond go to Mount Eden, and earn 30s a week breaking stones. He truly adds " No matter what a man does here, so long as it is legitimate : he is judged by what he is, not- by what he does." -W , \§ ■