Local and General.

Southland Times, Issue 1155, 27 October 1869, Page 5

Local and General.

Those who are acquainted with the manners and customs of the Maoris (says a Wellington paper) are aware that there obtains among them a mode of natioral betrothal, not unlike that which regulates the state marriages of older and moi» civilised nations. The proposals of marriage come from the tribe instead of the individual, and if accepted, the good faith and honor of the tribe are pledged, not only to the girl, but to her tribal relations and friends. By inter-marriages of this kind, strong tribal alliances were established ; and in former day* when -"-might-was rigHVl-**""*--unions were of great political importance to the tribes concerned. We were lately shown a bona fide offer of marriage of the kind we have noticed, and as it illustrates the national custom, we have obtained permission to publish the letter. (Translation) : — " Waikarapa, Porangab.au, August 31, 1869. To John and to Nelly — Friends, salutations ! The greeting over, this is the word. The desire of the tribe is towards the Bangitane (tribo). Great is our desire to have one of your daughters as a wife for our tribe. But why multiply words P The request is for one of your daughters to be g iven over to us. If you consent it is welL If you approve, send us a letter by Renata, the bearer of this. Ended. From Te Ropihi, and from all I the rest of us." The letter is a perfect model in its way, and its practical business-like tone is worthy of imitation ! There was great excitement on the fishery end of tbe wharf early yesterday morning (says the Bo«them Oros* of the 9th mat.), in consequence of the arrival of a cutter completely loaded with I the edible necessary on Fridays to a considerable, section of our community. The find in the great and inexhaustible mines unier the sway of father Neptune had been so large that the fortunate owners were enabled- to dispose of the freight at prices so far below the average, as very soon to clear out the cargo. Although almost all kinds of the finny race which inhabit these waters had their representatives, the mullet, which has been termed the poor man's fish of the southern seas, as the ling is of the northern, preponderated, and was in greatest request. The Wellington Independent of tke 9th inst. Bays : — " The sale of goods recovered from the B.s. Taranaki on Thursday last realised £600. The effect of the pressure of the water upon some portions of the cargo is very remarkable. The salt water has, we understand, penetrated even the bottles of spirits, and destroyed the contents of all the casks, while ma*«jr ««■«*.-—^-^^-g^,.. goods, on the other hand, have come out with all their contents comparatively uninjured. We fear that the general results of the sale of the cargo will not be satisfactory to the company." In referring to the various provinces in which elections are at present going on, the Daily Southern Croat of the 6th inst. thus speaks of Southland : — "There is also a Provincial election in Southland. It would take volumes to explain all the ins and outs which have led to it. Suffice it that there has been a deadlock which nothing bat a dissolution could remedy. It supervened on a whole series of sensational incidents. First, the Superintendent dismissed his Executive, then the Council condemned him for it. He sent in his resignation by telegraph to Wellington, bus recalled it The Council, on hearing that the resignation was withdrawn, became furious, and refused to proceed with businea*. Th« estimator remained unp»»-«l; «» immediate dissolution became necessary. Whatever may come of the affair, it has produced one singular effect — a wide-spread desire on the part of the people of Southland to join their fortunes to a neighboring province." We need only state that Mr Yogel, the Colonial Treasurer, is now the editor of the journal from Which the above extract is taken. Colonial publishers are sometimes reduced to sad straits when the supply of proper printing paper becomes exhausted. The extremity related in the following paragraph is one we have never before heard equalled :—" On one occasion, in Victoria, the proprietor of the &eelong Advertiser ran short of white printing paper. He then used up all the colored he had in stock. When that was exhausted he worked up all the tea paper in town ! He then in his extremity appealed to the '• opposition" newspaper proprietor for help, but he was obdurate, and refused point blank. He hoped he would be able by this to shut up his opponent. But he had greatly mistaken his man, who announced that he had twelve white shirts, which he intended cutting up for his next issue, and appealed to the /eelinga of his subscribers to help him. A tew Hours after the proprietor waf in possession of some scores of shirts and many yards of calico, the kindly offering of bis sympathisers. But in the very nick of time the paper arrived overland from Melbourne, and shirts were not wanted. Shortly afterwards the opposition proprietor, who was also editor of his own paper, fell ill, and was laid up in bed. Now was the time for revenge. He who had been refused the loan of a few quires of paper went down to the morose editor and proprietor, wrete his leading articles for him, read the proofs for him, and got out his paper for him until he recovered. This was his revenge, and it was sweet to him ; and he rose to be a great intellectual power, and is a man every member of the newspaper profession in Victoria is proud of to this hour." The New. Zealand Herald of the 9th inst. says:— "The depression in mining properties has, we believe, to use a mining phrase, " touched bottom." It has reached the bed rock. It will go no lower. There is indeed an evidence of this in the fact that though prices hare not ristn there is no more demand for shares. This, perhaps, is partly owing to the arrival of a considerable number of new arrivals from Australia by way of the South. We may of course expect a reaction, and it has, we believe, already commenced to set in. Could a better system of working the claims be established ; were small claims amalgamated together for better and more economical working, and were security taken against the shareholders being robbed by working miners and working managers, we should soon bare to record a very different aspect in the share-market to what has prevailed for some weeks past. Our correspondence columns show that the public mind is being awakened to the mismanagement which prevails at the Thames goldfield, and this is of itself a healthy sign, A reform will soon follow." The Dunstan Times reports the discovery Qf what is supposed to be a lode of plumbago, • in the Cairn Muir Baoge. A specimen h^s been seat to Vr Hector for his opinion,

Mysteriouß rumors (says the TuopeJca Times of tbe 9th inst.) concerning the discovery of a quartz reef in this neighborhood have been current for the past few days. A more welcome event could hardly happen, and we have reason to believe that there is some truth in the report. Unfortunately, the present Goldfields Act makes so Bmall a provision for securing the rights of original discoverers, that a good deal of delay occurs before a man, having secured his right, can safely make his discovery public.

A specimen of quartz from the Rakaia, weighing 21bs, and taken from the land bought on Monday last, was, cays the Lyttelton Times, 8 übirntW to Moosra Coatea and Co., who, after roasting and crushing, found a small speck of gold. The yield from the above was estimated as equal to $of an ounce to the ton. We understand that the persons who have purchased the land have applied to the Government for a prospectors' reserve.

. Some discussion took place in the House of , Representatives during the late session, with reference to Hansard. When the items — Reporters, £1200, and Printing of Hansard, £1000, came up for discussion in Committee of Supply, Major Heaphy objected to them on the ground that the reports iv Hansard were not reports of what took place in the Legislature in their integrity. He objected to anything emanating from the House but what was entirely true. There was no doubt that the svstein, aa it now obtained, was very objectionable. Such revision of speeches took place in Hansard, that what appeared eventually in that publication was not what was said in the House. He did not deny that the reports were better than in previous years, and that the amount of alteration was much diminished, but still the fact was apparent to every honorable member that these reports were not correct. The items were, however, agreed to. In a subsequent debate on the recommendations of the Reporting Debates Committee, Mr Fox advocated the publication of abridged reports, as in South Australia, saying that the present system of verbatim reporting led to members making long and unnecessary speeches, for no other purpose than that their speeches might be reported in Hansard, this being what •was called in America, " talking for bunkum." Major Heaphy said that a statement given in a return laid on the table of the House showed that, if anything, the circulation of Hansard had decreased. If he remembered rightly, the figures showed that £80 was received from the sale of Hansard for the last year and £81 for the previous year. His own idea was that Hansard waa not vt^aA ♦•"■ —r ~~j ~ ""**•* " 1 a tent, except by honorable members themselres, and that its greatest circulation was that which pertained to grocers' shops. Mr Dillon Bell concurred in the view of the matter taken by Mr Fox, saying that he had asked the Chief Reporter over and over again to cut his speeches down, and not to give him those horrible slips to correct and read. There was a vast amount of printed paper in the Hansard which was of no use to any living soiil. An enormous number of debates were reported which were perfectly useless, and he wanted to know whether some means could not be devised by which only those debates should be reported which had some political importance, and which contained something connected with the welfare of the country worthy of record. They did not want such an expensive Hansard, and he meant to make a pro. posal next session in which he hoped honorable members would assist him.

In a late issue we stated that encouraging reports had been received from Longwood, to the effect that a well-defined and " likely" leader had been struck by a prospecting party. Since then, still more promising rumors have come to hand. On Thursday last, a man named Mark Kain, walked into the Bank of New Zealand at Kiverton, and presented for sale a nugget weighing 7 ozs. 13dwts. Oi course, so extraordinary a circumstance led to remark, and the man, on being questioned, stated that he had found the nugget within a mile-and-a-half of where the reef had been discovered. As an evidence of the purity of the metal, it is said that the banker gave £4 per ounce for it. Thtse twc circumstances — the reef and the nugget — have naturally excited public attention. On Saturday several of our townsmen proceeded by coach to Riverton, with a view to visiting the locality, and, no doubt, within tne next day or two, further particulars will be placed before the public. Meantime, it is well to admit the possibility of the nugget's having been imported, and the Btory of ita finding at the Longwood being an attempt at a practical joke.

The Melbourne Daily Telegraph of the 11th inst. says :— " The pith of the report on the Van Yean diawn up by the Health Committee of the City Council is contained in the following, its last sentence. — The committee submit that the cost, whatever it may be, is an insignificant consiieration in comparison with the safety of upwards of 150,000 persons who drink the Van Yean water." The history of the reservoir may be briefly summarised as a series of pleasant visits, learned analyses, solemn reports, and forgotten resolutions. It is now certain that the water is defiled by both animal and vegetable matters, and the Health Committee rightly insist that it ia better this pollution should be prevented than that we should trust to the probability that the water so polluted will be able subsequently to purge itself. This is indeed a pleasant analytical fiction. The neighborhood of the reservoir is likely ere long to become thickly populated ; and as the drainage of the whole district appears to find its way into the various creeks which feed the Eiver Plenty, and the latter is the main source of supply in dry seasons of the reservoir, the anticipations of the water becoming by degrees more and more contaminated are as reasonable as anyone can wish. Whether the evil will have to be met by laying pipes from the sources of the Plenty direct, ov by that and other means as well, it is clear that the water we drink daily must be kept pure at any cost j and, therefore, that, as we have said, the pith of the committee's report is to be found in its last sentence.

One of tho greatest novelties at the forthcoming agricultural exhibition (saye the Oeelong Advertiser) wll probably be the " ferret show." A subscription hat opened at the Victoria Hotel for prizes is rapidly filling in, and ferrets have been promised from all parts. The great difficulty, we imagine, wiil be the appointment of judges. At * meeting of the Tokomairiro Farmers' Club, held lately, it waa decided that the next show of the Club should be held on the Is);., December. . i

The nomination of candidates for the representation of New River district took place at the Bchoolhouse, Wallacetown, on Friday, 22nd inst. There was a very large attendance of electors, some seventy or eighty being present. For some j time previously it was well known that three competitors were in the field— two in the "reunion " interest, and one, an old servant, on the side of what is known as the " independence " party. The uninitiated were therefore not a little surprised when, at the last moment, they became aware that both the gentlemen first alluded to, Messrs Russell and Gerard, had relinquished I their hopes of political honors, and -withdrawn— it is eaid after a deal of persuasion— in favor of a gentleman from town. Proceedings were commenced in the usual way by the Returning Officer reading the writ. W. Marten, Esq., of Mar. tendale, then proposed Mr J. M. M'Clure, taking advantage of the occasion to express, in convincing terms, his views on the subject of reunion, and strongly urging the desirability of f the province maintaining its independent ! existence. James Harvey, Esq., seconded the nomination, saying that he would nos have interfered with a country election, but for the fact that a towu gentleman was to be proposed by the other side, and that several other citizens, he believed, were also to take part in the bueinesa of the day. Mr W. Russell, Ryal Bu«-h, next proposed T. M. Macdonald, Esq. W. H. Calder, Esq., seconded the nomination, and the candidate being absent through indisposition, read a manuscript— which had previously done duty in the same way on the Invercargill hustings— containing Mr Macdonald's political opinions regarding annexation. Mr M'Clure then addressed the assembly in a pungent speech of considerable length, criticising in caustic language the action and speeches of Messrs Calder and Pearson, in connection with the question now so entirely engrossing the public mind. On a show of hands being called for, it was declared to be in favor of Mr M'Clure. A poll was demanded on behalf of Mr Macdonald, which took place on Monday. The customary vote of thankß to the Returning Officer terminated the proceedings, which had lasted three hours. The result of the polling in the New River district has been the return of Mr M'Clure, by a large majority. The following are the figures : — Wallacetown. Winton. Total. M'Clure ... 40 16 5B Macdonald... * 17 10 27 -■ ■■•:-Mt»joiltyA»i i arrnT'Olu.l-©, SO. It will be observed that the Provincial Council, by notice under the hand of H. M'Culloch, Esq. Principal Returning Officer, is called together for Wednesday, the 10th of November next.

The last of the nominations, that for Waikiwi, took place at the house of Mr D. M'Arthur, Makarewa, on Saturday, 23rd insfc. There was a considerable attendance of electors, and much interest manifested in the proceedings. It was rumored in town during the morning that Mr Pratt was to be proposed by the re-union party, in place of Mr Toshack, that gentleman's consent to the alteration being taken for granted . On arrival at the hustings, however, Mr Pratt and his supporters were rather nonplussed when Mr Toahack firmly declined to withdraw. The original programme was therefore carried out. Mr Toshack was proposed by Mr J. M'Naughton, Mr "Wood seconding. Mr K. M'lvor was nominated by Mr J. Wilson, jun., seconded by Mr E. Preston. Both candidates addressed the electors at some length. A show of hands being called for, it was declared in favor of Mr Toshack.

The polling for the return of a member to r3present the Waikiwi district in the Piovincial Council, took place on Monday last. Considerable interest was manifested in the proceedings, as tbe large, „ attendance of electors and others, who waited to hear the result, amply testified. Shortly after four o'clock the Returning Officer (D. M'Arthur, Esq.,) announced the numbers who had recorded their votes as follow : — For Mr Toshack. 44 ; for Mr M'lvor, 30. The successful and unsuccessful candidate having addressed those present, the business of the day was concluded.

Some little interest, and even excitement (says the Telegraph of the 4th inst.) was shown amongst a certain section of the community on Saturday morning, in consequence of the arrival of twenty five of the Irish political prisoners, including Mr Kenealy, who were on boarl the Rangatira, which vessel arrived from Adelaide en route from King George's Sound. They all had permission given them to land with the exception of Mr Kenealy, but they declined to avail themselves of the privilege, not, as it was reported, because the police would not let M. 1 Kenealy land (as they did not know until arriving in Hobson's Bay he would not be permitted to come on shore like themselves), but as the Victorian Government had treated them like ordinary convicts, and not as " political prisoners." D aring the day a large number of persons visited the steamer and gratified their curiosity. A few of the pardoned men intimated an intention of settling in Sydney if permitted to do so, whilst others will proceed to America and Ireland. Shortly belore 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the Rangat\ra sailed, amidst the cheers of a number of the friends and sympathisers of those on board. The total amount subscribed in the colonies for the benefit of the men is about £4,500, and it is said that provision is to be made for those still undergoing entence. Judgment was given on Thursday, 7th inst., in the Resident Magistrate's Court, in a case involving a point of considerable interest to the mercantile community. The case was instituted at the instance of Messrs Ekeastsen and Hall who sued Mr J. Kingsland for £1 4s, the amount of the cheque of a third party, handed to plaintiffs by defendant, and subsequently di ß ' honnored. The circumstances were these : — A

gentleman leaving the province gave Mr Kingsland his cheque for the amount stated, in payment of his account. Mr Kingsland then passed the chequ c in a business transaction to Messrs Ekensteen and Hall, and upon these gentlemen presenting it at the Bank some few days after, it was returned endorsed, "No account," the drawer having in the interim closed his account at the Bank, and left the country. The question then raised was, who should bear the loss ? The plaintiffs contended that defendant, as acceptor of the document, was responsible to them for its value. This, however, defendant denied, asserting' that had the cheque been presented in proper time it would liaie been paid. His Worship took the hitter view of the case, and gave his decision ior the defendant, from which ■it would appear that cheques ought to be presented for payment at least witk>n «J4 hours after they are drawn. .

Two very smart shocks of earthquake were felt at Queenstown, on Sunday, the 17th inst., at 1.30 a.m. The direction was north to south. During the interval between the Bhocks, a rumbling noise was heard, lasting for twenty seconds. A slight shock was felt in Dunedin at the same time as that reported as having occurred at Queenstown. Saxby's predictions appear to have been as fallacious at Wellington, Napier, Auckland, Hokitika, and elsewhere, as they were in the South. The weather everywhere, with singular uniformity, was remarkably serene and brilliant, ' and the tides displayed no irregularity beyotid" lower than usual. At the Thames this ..opportunity was turned to account by several, 4 ' smart" persons, who waded knee-deep in the mud" while they re-pegged their claims or marked out fresh onea, an occupation which a local paper describes as "more profitable than pleasant." In the north of the province of Auckland, however, Mr Saxby's prophecy was in some measure fulfilled. The • Auckland Serald relates, on the authority of a I passenger who arrived by the p.s. Comerang from Hokianga, via Eussell, that on Monday, the 4th inst., a very high tide was felt at Hokianga. The tide rose between four and five feet above the usual level of high water springs, necessitating the removal of everything from the bonded stores, which were flooded. Several of the settlers were much alarmed, fearing a higher tide on«the following day, and the bonded stores have since been removed. At the Bay of Islands, and other places on the coast, the tides have been unusually high, but no damage has been done. At 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday, the sth, when the tide was about last quarter ebb, the sea rushed at a rapid rate up the Kawa Kawa river for about a quarter of an hour, and then receded. The p.s. Comerang, which was swung with, the tide, was turned right round with its iorce.

There is now on view at the Prince of Wales Hotel, Dee-street, a work of art well worth inspection. It consists .of a display of the draughtsman's skill, which it must have taken months of labor to accomplish. Mounted ou rollers, map fashion, is a large sheet of drawing paper, on which appears fac-similes of an indiscriminately, and yet artistically arranged litter of books, papers, periodicals, vouchers, cheques, cards, birds, flowers, &c., &c. So perfect is the peiimansnip, shading, and coloring we had almost said deception — that at first sight the impression is that the originals' Have been very neatly gummed on. Closer examination, however, soon establishes the fact that the whole has been elaborated by the alow process of pen, pencil, and brush, and one is left at a loss which to admire most, the perseverance or talent of the artist. It is the production of a gentleman in the Survey Department here, and is to be disposed of on the art- union principle.

The Wakatip Mail oi the 14th inst. says: — " Since last Thursday the weather has changed from that of beautiful summer to bleak winter. Commencing with rains, whirlwinds, and winds, blowing from all points of the compass, it appears at the present time as though winter had fairly set in ; we were visited by a hail storm today, and the hills round about are covered with

snow." The official declaration of the members returned for the town was posted at the hustings on Saturday. The discrepancy alluded to by the Returning Officer at the close of the poll, results in Messrs Lumsden and Calder being equal, and Mr Webster having ono vote taken from the number announced.

The 32nd session of the Provincial Council of Canterbury was opened at Christchurch on the Bth inst. The Superintendent's opening speech — a very lengthy one — referred more particularly to the subjects of railways and immigration. With regard to the former, Mr Rolleston said that the 3 receipts from this source had been larger than were expected, the excess of receipts over expendi. ture having amounted, in nine months, to £12,263 16s 7d, or £3,560 Os lid more than the estimated net returns for the whole period of a year. About £35,000 would be available for expenditure on public works, and this amount it was proposed to appropriate in the following manner : — £15,000 to the Northern Railway, £L 5,000 to the Southern Railway, and £5,000 tor a tramway from Selwyn through the Leeston district to Southbridge. t . -For immigration, Mr Rolleston stated that it..*srould be proposed to appropriate the sum of £K),000. The remainder of his address referred chiefly to the question of the adjustment of the accounts of Canterbury and Westland.

Bohmer, the Ballarat barber, (say 3 the Courier of the 9bh inst.) again appeared at the Eastern Police Court, on Friday morning, for shaving and haircutting on a Sunday. Mr. Lewi s prosecuted under an old Act 29 Charles 11., cap. 7, which is included/in the Imperial Statute, and provides " that no tradesman, artificer, workman, labourer, or other person whatsoever, shal do or exercise any wordly labour, business, or work of their ordinary callings upon the Lord's Day, or any part thereof (works of necessity and charity only excepted), and that parties so offending shall be fined in the sum of ss. for every such offence jin default, distress ; or, in case of insufficiency or inability of such offender to pay the fine, he shall be set publicly in the stocks for the space of two hours." Mr, Vining, for the defence, contended that a barber was not an artificer, and that the act did not apply to him. Mr. Gaunt thought otherwise, and fined Bohmer ss. ; in default of payment, distress to follow, and in default of distress, two hours' incarceration in the stocks.

In describing the distillery erected by Messrs C. R. EEowden and Co., in Cumberland-street, Dunedin, the Daily Times says " the firat mashing commenced on the 13th inst. The works are in lull operation under the superintendence of Mr Hart, the distiller. This distillery is undoubtedly one of the finest in the colonies, all the modern improvements having been introduced, and the whole of the machinery and apparatus being arranged for the most effective performance of the" work and the saving of manual labor. The plant has been specially designed for the manufacture of the best description of Highland malt whisky. itessrs Howden anl Co. have secured the services of Mr Duncan M'Qregor, from the celebrated Glenury Distillery, Aberdeenshire. It is at that establishment that the whisky so much appreciated in the colony is manufactured."

The Longwood election has resulted in the election of iVIr Daniel, the following being a return of the pollicg : — Orcpuki S. Riverton Total Daniel 23 25 '48 Durbridge ... 26 1 27 Majority for Mr Daniel, 21,

Mr. Selby, says the Qeelong Advertiser, has given \ip the .smoked kangaroo Lam business, • whic hhe carried on a year or two ago in company with Mr. Louis Nittnecker, and has established himself as an acclimatiser on a small farm on Black's River, about nine miles beyond Camperdowr. Hitherto he has chiefly devoted his attention to the acclimatisation of English wild duck and mallard, but he intends shortly starting with hares and pheasants. His property is fifty-four acres in extent, is of fine soil, and being well , watered, is admirably adapted for the purpose to which it is at present being put, and shelter is being provided for its future denizens by the planting of hundreds of English elms, Scotch spruce, sycamores, and other imported trees. Mr. Selby believes that his English wild duck and mallards will be the means of improving the colonial birds, and has at present some four or five hundred of them. They go away fire or six miles sometimes, but have invariably returned to their comfortable quarters. Mr. Selby is thinning the kangaroo that abound in his district, and has I shot no less than 150 of these in a day, | Captain Brown, of the Isabella Brown, one of the Melbourne tea clippers, which lately arrived in that port from Foo-chow, reports a singular incident concerning the voyage. His statement is to the effect that about half- past 8 o'clock on the night of 28th August, when the ship was crosaing the Banea Sea, half-way between the Manipa Strait and the Strait of Oinbai, he observed a very singular appearance on the water. The sea, as far as the eye could reach, was as white as snow, and in fact the aspect presented by the water was that of o vast plain of snow, with undulating ridges caused by the waves. This phenomenon lasted until about 10 p.m., wheu the ship passed out of the apparently snowcovered plain all at once, and on looking astern the horizon from east to west was brilliantly lit up. On drawing a bucketfull of the water it showed numerous globules of light, but when the water, in the bucket was agitated with the hand the light was not increased ; hence Captain Brown infers that this was somewhat different from the usual phosphorescent appearancea to be met with at sea. This is the second time he has witnessed the same thing in the same place, and in the same month. The Memphis Avalanche sayfl :— " Ten years from to-day will see 103,000 Chinese in the Mississippi Valley— perhaps twice the numberbut we prefer moderate estimates. The ball will soon commence rolling, and it will never stopAs rapidly as Sambo quits the fields or becomes bo useless that the fields will quit him, the acres pressed by his coarse brogans will be trodden by wooden shoes, and hia crisp ' wool 1 will give way to the pigtail. Make way for the coming man. He has but awaited the hour, and it has arrived." The Otago Daily Times of the 18th inst. saya :_" A ' Chart of the Pacific Ocean, constructed and engraved by W. and A. K. John ston,' of Edinburgh, has just been received by the Education Board of this province, at whose request it was prepared and published . It showß what no other map does show — that is, the islands of the Pacific Ocean, with the American seaboard on the one hand, and the Asian on the other, as also the various ocean routes connecting these colonies with the rest of the world. It was originally designed for the iwe oi the Otago Bchools, but its merits will undoubtedly attract a very large circulation among the general public. Geo. M. Bell, Esq., of Waimea, was returned to the Provincial Council by the Oteramika constituency, on Wednesday, 20th inst., without, opposition. Mr Bell is a gentleman of liberal and progressive opinions. He enters the Council pledged to no party policy, is favorable to the continuation of our independent political existence, but would not refuse re- union if satisfied with the conditions. HoLLOWAx'a Ointment. — Turn which way you will, go where you please, persons will be found who have a ready word of praise for this Ointment. For chaps, chafes, scalds, bruises, and sprains, it is an invaluable remedy $ for bad legs, caused by accident or cold, it may be confidently relied upon for effecting a sound and permanent cure. In cases of swelled ancle*, erysipelas, gout, and rheumatism, Holloway's Ointment gives the greatest comfort by reducing the inflamation, cooling the blood, soothing the nerves, adjusting the circulation, and expelling the impurities. This Ointment should have a place in every nursery. It will cure the long list of skin affections which originate in childhood and gain strength with the child's growth.