SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS.

PORT OF AUCKLAND

Free Trader, barque, 206 tons, Eobinson, from Port Victor

DEPARTURES.

Wonga Wonga, s.s., Steuart, for Sydney, Success, schooner, 58 tons, Short, for Russell.

IMPORTS

Per barque Free Trader, from Port Victor : 430 bags flour, 296 half ditto, 85 bags bran, 55 bales hay, 825 bags bone dust, 562 ditto flour, order. — Henderson and Maefarlane agents.

EXPORTS.

Per B.s. Wonga Wonga, .for Sydney : 80 bales flax, J". R. Roberts; 16 casks cement, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 20,000 feet timber, Schnappe and Ansenne; 22 bales and cases drapery, E. and H. Isaacs. Per s.s. St. Kilda, from Wanganui: 19 kegs sugar, 60 mats ditto, J. S: Maefarlane; 26 doors, 3 packages ditto, 4 packages sashes, 14 pieces architraves, 3 bundles mouldings, 2 cases, Union Sash and Door Company; 5 trunks, 3 cases, Sargood and Co. ; 6 cases, 2 bales, Me Arthur and Co.—A. Barnes, agent.

A barque, supposed to be the Bengal, from Adelaide, is working up harbour. The s.s. Wonga Wonga took her departure this morning, for Sydney, at 10 o'clock. The schooner Onehunga, Captain Crouch, cleared out for Dunedin, to-rlay, with 50,000 feet timber, shipped by G-. W. Binney. The barque Alice Cameron has been de tained till to-morrow.

The s.s St. Kilda, Capta'n Flowerday, left the Manukau for Wanganui with the follow passengers : — Messrs. Gilmer, Dougherty, Garland, Mr. and Mrs. Dougherty and child, Mrs. Lingey, and Miss Lingey.

COMMERCIAL.

.. Evening- Stab Off"~ rpL-^oaay afternoon.

Messrs TT-^aon and Co. held an extensive -uiooi drapery at their warehouse, Wyndham street, to-day. There was a good attendance of the trade, bidding very spirited, and the prices realised were satisfactory. About £1500 worth of goods were disposed of. Messrs. Arthur and Son held a sale of produce, &c, at their mart to-day. The following prices were realised : —Potatoes, 3s 6d; butter, Gd to 6Jd ; bacon, 8d ; cheese, 3d to 4d ; oats, 2s lOd to 3s 2d ; barley meal, 63 6d.

POLICE COURT

The following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the week ending Saturday, May 20, 1871: — Friday, May 19 : Messrs. Home, Jervis, and

Kempthorne. Saturday, May 20 : Messrs. Kenderdine and J. S. MacfarJiine.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE

Mails will close as under :— For Thames, this day, at 4 "p.m., and to morrow, at noon, 4.30 and 5.30 p.m. For Russell, per Success, this day, at 5 p.m. For the Australian Colonies, per Alice Came ron, to-morrow, at 9 a.m. For Newcastle (N\S.W.),per Janet Dalgleish, on Saturday, at 11 a.m. For Wangarei Heads, &c, per f>ute of Edin burgh, on Monday, 22nd inst., at 5 p.m. Mails for the .undermentioned places, per p.s. Nevada, will close afc this office on Satur day, 20th inst., as follows : — For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, British, Central, and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, Continent of Europe via Eng land, and United Kingdom via -San Fran cisco, at 8 p.m. For money orders and registered letters, at 5 p.m. For newspapers, at 8 p.m., up to which time stamps may be procured at this office. Supplementary mails will close at noon on Sunday, 21st inst. Late letters, bearing a late fee of 6d in addi tion to the postage, -will be received by the mail agent on board the steamer up to time of sailing. S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

EVENING STAR

PUBLISHING OFFICE, QUEEN-STREET, NEXT SIBBIN'S CORNER.

BIRTH.

Mann.—On May 10, at Willow-street, the wife of IT. Maim of a son.

DEATH,

Adams. —On May IS, at her residence, Hobson street, Emma, the beloved wife of Captain "W. Adams, aged 38 years. The funeral will leave to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Friends will please accept this invitation.

The Evening Star. THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1871.

A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce has assembled at tbreo p.m., and business is pro ceeding as we go to press.

The entertainment last night was in every way an unqualified success. The Lancashire Bell Eingers have been at all times exceed ingly popular, and last night's crowded at tendance was nothing extraordinary, but it must be admitted that the delightful singing of Mrs. Mitchell is an immense addition to the attractiveness of the entertainment. The ringing was, as usual, exquisitely quaint, and the audience was delighted at the " tintinna bulation that so musically swells," "withthe rhyming and chiming of the bells." We have much pleasure in drawing atten tion to great improvements in one of our pro ducts of home industry. The peculiar and admirable contrivance of Smith's patent smoke-consuming-ovens is really deserving of substantial patronage. These excellent little implements become invariably a favorite of no ordinary kind with those whose avocations in the culinary art lead them to make acquaint ance with cooking apparatus ; and from the improvements that the manufacturers have been enabled to add from experience in the manufacture and, U3e of this article, the po pularity of the stove* must increase. We very strongly recommend these beyond •■" others that have eve- -rr-«» iv tLo mai" ket. The Virago was today in a blaze of bunting, while every portion of the rigging not streaming with colours, was festooned, and with ebaplets everywhere waving in the wind. Everybody wondered what had thrown the grim-looking war ship into such a state of excitement, and on enquiry, we found that she is rejoicing in tlie joy of her officers, two of whom are being to-day blessed with the bands of two of our Auckland beauties. Our readers may remember that some time ago n medal was offered by Captain Rees, of the Auckland Rifle Volunteers, to be ehot for by the members of his company, and that this medal was won by Mr. D. Evitt. We have had the pleasuro of inspecting this ntedal and its accompanying clasp, both of gold and neatly engraved. Tliey have been turned out from thu establishment of Mr. R. Beck, and the workmanship reflects great credit upon every one concerned. We' do not at all hesi tate to suy that this, modal'will bear com parison with anything of the kind turned out of a European establishment. Notice is given that application for shares in the Hauraki Investment Company must be made before three o'clock on Tuesday next. The eighteen miles walking match against time, in which J. Q-wynne undertakes to walk eighteen miles in three hours, takes place to morrow. The start will take place at the Junction Hotel about one o'clock. Gwynne hopes he will have a clear stage and no favour.

CALEDONIAN AND THAMES GOLD MINING COMPANIES.

The prosperity that !»«« been showered on the CaW 011^11 shareholders, and on those of the Thames Gold Mining Com pany, mainly through their connection with the Caledonian claim, is something unparalleled in the history of our gold returns; and it can now without any hesitation be said that the richness of the production of this astonishing mine throws into the shade the wealth of any portion of ground of simila rextent in the world. What it will all come to, it lis difficult to predict, but that it has in troduced the dawn of a wonderful pros perity to Auckland is a fact in which the whole public can rejoice. The great excitement that at present has possession of the public mind will make many in terested in knowing what is the connec tion between the interests of the Thames Gold Mining Company, and those of the Caledonian, and what is the basis for ■ the corresponding rise in the value of the two scrip. In order to give an idea of the interests held by the shareholders of. the Thames Gold Mining Company, we append the following list. It represents the number of shares in the different claims this day held by tliem, in addition to the Lucky Hit battery', and other stock in trade : — '■■■:'■' -"■ ' i^-MniiuMm

FIRE IN PRINCES-STREET, ONEHUNGA.

A fire occurred at Onehunga last even ing, the scene of the conflagration being an unoccupied house in Princes-street. At between nine and ten o'clock the in habitants of the district were aroused by the alarm of fire, who at once hastened to the spot to render what assistance was in their power. The fire broke out in a house owned by Mrs. Taprell, who re cently kept a fruiterer's shop. The house was yesterday rented by a Mr. Esbey, carpenter, who had been working in the house during the afternoon. He left in the evening, leaving two chests of tools, valued at £50, and which were lost in the fire. The shop of Mr. Schmidt, baker, was much scorched, and had a narrow escape of being burnt down. The Inde pendent Chapel and Mr. Hamer's resi dence were also in great danger.

CONCERT AT THE CITY HALL. To-night, at the City Hall, there will be a grand evening concert in aid of the funds of the Artillery Band. The pro gramme is a string of gems, and being of the most miscellaneous kind cannot fail to meet the utmost variety of taste. Wind instruments and vocalization, amateurs and professionals, and nigger minstrelsy, all combine to produce a melange that looks exceedingly attractive on the pro gramme ; and from the name" ur "^ performers appended to tb—ost favourite minstrelsy, we aniWf a most delightful treat Mr a' aa lVlac*ame Winter and ]yi\,j.l.iie M oiler give their valuable aid, and under the patronage of his Excellency and our military chieftains, the City Hall -will to-night present a brilliant and delighted assembly.

DREADFUL CATASTROPHE IN ONEHUNGA.

Some few months since a Mr. W. Bannerman arrived in this colony from Australia, ac companied by his wife, and has been residing since his arrival in Onehunga. Last evening, it, is presumed, under the influence of some strong excitement., he made a fearful attack on his wife, striking her repeatedly on the head with a jug, &c, which was broken. The alarm was raised by a servant in the house, and on some of t,he neighbours attempting to enter, Mr. Bannerman threatened them with a revolver, and also si knife. On Constable Green getting to the house lie found him in bed, with a revolver by his side, vowing to shoot anyone who approached. The wife was lying stretched on the floor. At last, after considerable resistance, but not without some slight wounds, the unfortunate man was se cured and lodged in the lock-up. The jwstol. which was a Deane'd revolver, tw, »s it turned out, not loaded, or most tyobably life would have been lost. Dr. finzan is in attendance on the lady, but it is impossible yet to ascertain the exent of injury she has received. Mr. Bannerman is a well-educated and respectable man, having for years held a good position as bank manager, latterly at Bendigo.

ONEHUNGA.

IN the Reside;]!; Magistrate's Court, on Wed nesday, before 0. Mellsop, Esq., R.M., the following cases were beard :— CiviTj Casks. —Beavora v. Donovan, claim £1 5s for damage by cattle to .a stack of hay and some cabbage. Plaintiff found defend ant's cattle at his hay stuck early in the morn ing ; he drove tbemhome and demanded com pensation, which was refused. Several wit nesses were examined on both sides. Judg ment for plaintiff, 10s and cost?. —Savory v. Plumei-idge, claim £10 Bs, for ono year's rent. Mr. Kissling appeared for plaintiff. Judg ment for plaintiff. —Hurst v. Bainbridge, claim 13s 6d, for digging potatoes. Judgment by default. Labceny.—Margaret Lyons was charged by Richard Walter, of Otahuhu, with stealing money from his person. Complainant de posed, I was in Roger's Hotel last evening ; prisoner was at the bar ; she asked, if I would stand, a drink ; she also proposed our going into a private room, which we did and had two glasses of beer each ; prisoner was sit ting close to me, and from that side pocket of my trousers I lost a sovereign and some silver. I felt her hand in my pocket, and then gave her in charge.—Constable Walker de posed, to prisoner stating to him. that she had only a few shillings.. She afterwards con sented to show 'me what she had tied up ift her handkerchief. I found o>!j,Q.4Q^3reign and four shillings. Sits ToT3 me orosoeutor had given it to fcer.—The Court felt compelled to TJOTSVicI the prisoner, but, at the same time, was construined-to express a strong opinion of the disgraceful conduct of the prosecutor.

THE LATE FIRE IN PITT-STRICT

It will bo se£n from our advertising columns that the New Zoalnnd Insurance Company offer a reward of £300 for the discovery of the person or persons who set lire to a house in Pitt-street on Sunday morning last, and which i led to the destruction of nine dwelling houses. <We understand that an havesliga lion will be 1 held as to the origin of the fire at an early date.

An impossible quantity—too much money. Some girls are like old muskets ; they use a good deal of powder but won't go off. Doing a roaring trade—keeping a wild beaßt show.

When does a besieged city most resomble a pea P When it is being shelled. • Josh Billings gives some advice to a young lady as to how she should receive, a proposal: You ought to take it kind, looking down hill, with an expreshun about half tiokled and half scart. After the pop is over, if ynre luvyer wants tew kiss you, 1 don't think I would say yes or no, but lob- the thing kind ov take its course.

Mrs. Van Cott, the Western female revival ist, when she is in training, and^npt sick or anything,cun convert her regular thirty sinners ; every week on an average. She will contract to do that if the timber is furnished hereto work on; - •_- •

SUPREME COURT.—In Bank ruptcy.

THUBSDAY, MAY 18.

[Before His Honor Sir Gk A. Arney, Knight, Chief Justice.] His Honor took his seat on the Bench at 11 o'clock; Re John Paimeb Lennabd. —Mr. Brock appeared for the bankrupt.—The bankrupt is a cattle dealer. The final statement showed that the liabilities amounted to £270 ; assets, £55 ; deficiency, £155 15s. Be Neied BiiACK.— Deed of Aebange-,0 ment. —Mr. Ritchie said all the requirement? V of the Act had been complied with. Th I deed had been filed on the 18th of Februar t] and notice gazetted on the following df I A majority in number and value of the c" a ditors had executed the deed. —His Hf or d made an order declaring a complete execi»on v of the deed. 3 Re James Haenett Pike. —In tbi/case \ the appointment of the Provisional Trweo as f creditors' trustee was confirmed. j Be William Swintok Laurie.— ft- Hes- -, keth for the bankrupt j Mr. MacCoi-iic.k fo. r \ the opposing creditor. The follow^ addi- c tional evidence was taken in this c je: J°nn c Abbot, recalled and further examird by Mr. , MacCormick: I had a perfect jghfc as be- ; tween myself and Laurie to disc*^ bill for £238. There was no such understanding ( in ' respect of this bill 'as t-'ero was in . regard to «ie bill for £500. The , note for £1000 was discounted b7 the bfl"^ on the understating that Mr. Ijju.rie should deposit the iiortgage as colla teral security. I offered no inducements to Mr. Laurie in regard to the Bridgewater pro perty (the mill). Mr. Maobatte came to me, T believe, on behalf of Laurie, and asked me to entertain it. The.first arrangement was that Laurie should take a mortgage. It was Foot's property, and I gave Laurie a cheque for £1000 i to effect the mortgage. The purchase is a | second matter altogether. About the year 1869 the mill was let by Foot to a person named Treweala. This was subsequent to the mortgage, and Laurie was thwarted in gome respects, as he could not get sufficient flax. [The witness explained at considerable length the circumstances under whiph the purchase of the mill was completed j1 It was to enable I Laurie to more effectual work the pla?e aud | complete the purchase iuat I assisted him, for I afterwards stood in a tforae position than if I had been mortgaged I have no written in strument signed by the bankrupt i»i relation to this matter. It is a fact that I offered shares in the mill concern to certain parties. There *\w coal on the estate, in the benriit arising from the develop ment o- which I was to participate. I therefore offered to Meyers, Potter, and Smith share*; not as if I were in possession of any shti'L'S, but making the offer to two or three persons in order that the coal mine might be o'eveloped. Mr. Hill gave me up tho note for £HK). They had no lien upon it. He debited me with it. It was debited to my awnimf;. —His Honor: I presume the mean ing is that lie could notcieuiL it io my account and keep it. —The witness : It was not given to me to induce me to oppose Laurie. Decidedly not. It was debited to my account in July, 1870, and they could not compound upon it, being previously debited.—By Mr. He.-keth: I believe my account was over drawn then. I can't explain why. Although the note was due on the 11th, it wus not debited until the 18th. I claimed the bill as a right. I did not receive it as a favour. All bills like the one debited I believe I have not got. I have Potter's. It was not given me to prove in Laurie's estate. Something about opposing in Laurie's case was named to mo by Mr. Hill.—Mr. Hesketh: Now, Mr. Abbot, you cleared this matter distinctly last Court-day.—Witness : I know what I said. — Mr. Hesketh : How came you to say then tha last day, " I might have told people that I would opposo Luurie because I promised Mr. Hill to do so, and I got the £100 bill <o do it." I got £8 for discounting the £238 I got £12 10s on the £500. It was optional, whether I discounted them. Laurie came to me for assistance. I promised Laurie I would discount the bill for £500. I kept my pro mise. I got commission on it.—Mr. Husketh : Why were you to discount tho one and not the other ?—Witness : I believe in tho liberty of the subject, and may do in one case what I would not do in another. I made a promise, but not an agreement. I never promised not to part with it. I promised not to discount. — Mr. Heaketh : You said last day that the Bank of New South Wales would hold the parties responsible whose names were to the bills. You gave Mr. Laurie's bill | to the Bank, and'he is liable upon it.—■ | Witness : I expressed an opinion. I did net; state a fact. My name was oiv-tbie bill also. I hadton^y I.oQ&lisA£ Drowns.—Mr. Hesketh : s"ut you got a good -asset for £500, in ex change.—His Honor : Mr. Abbot is looking to the money he actually had to pay. Does not the whole of £his case show that partieß will enter into engagements and transactions which lead into inextricable confusion, and finally lead to the bankruptcy of the whole set ?—Mr. Heskoth : It shows that cross bills of this kind should not be given. Laurie's case is this: He gives a bill to Abbot for acknowledgment of a debt —Abbot not to part with it. When Abbot gave this bill to the Bank he became doubly liable, and conse quently could not go on. He said, I will meet one of these bills, but if you hold meliabloonthe two I cannot go on. Abbot had already I stated that he. gave Laurie's hill, to the bank, and he has given his opinion that tho Bank of New South Wales would hold the names to the bills responsible. Mr. Laurie was one of them. In this lay the essence of the transac tion and the inability of Laurie to go on, in consequence of which he came before the Court for relief.—Witness : I have been in banking establishments. I went to Laurie and asked him for Smith's bill for one he had given to me. That was done for a change of discount. Precisely.— Mr. MacCormick : To keep the thing going.— A witness : On the 29th of January, 1870, I gave S. H. Smith a cheque for £750, a bill for £454 155., a bill for £545 55., all which bills I met, making a to:al of £1750 in bills and cash, and I charged him £49 16s. 4d. Smith gave me in return a bill for £350, a bill for £450 10s. 6d., a bill for £39S 4s. 6d.,. a bill for £545 S S . 5d., and a bill for £49 16s. 4d., the last being the only one met. Laurie had. a bill drawn by Smith in my. favor. That bill was as good as cash. He might have passed it away.—His Honor : What has this to do with the subject matter under enquiry ? —Mr. Hesketh ;It is really the most impu-

dent thiniW could be hejrd The.witness " B nvsTinurS^ a bill in Abbot's faVC*, ana £ endorsedU^ot, which he says was as good ascash adiat Laurie could get money upon ft and «i/away « without recourse." Abbot could% »eet them > aud lie goes .tO aUf- e ?°? Jewd, and says Laurie perpetuates his Klip. One thing, Mr. Abbot, is clear St this time you had not a penny to meet th fbill. And why did you want change in you have described ?—Witness : Aitse variety is charming in commerce as 41 as nature. (Laughter.)—Mr. Hesketh: will, I think, be able tq^how you that these ills were given to enable you to take up your 1 vm bills that were coming to maturity.— Vitness : I offered the shares to Smith and 'otter. Laurie urged me, I never bought he mill for myself and then put it upon ■jaurie, I deny it. I never treatedthe mill ,s my property (with great solemnity). I leny it in toto. I made an agreement vith Foot for the equity redemption of the 3ridgewater property. The memorandum ,vas in effect, "I hereby offer to purchase :rom you (Foot) the equity redemption of pour Bridgewater Farm, containing 694 acres, with all appurtenances; £100 in cash to be payable on the completion of the title. I will expend £50 on tho road from Miranda Ec- ' doubt if earned out by G-overnment, and the mortgagees to be released." —Mr. Hesketh : How can pou say after that you did not purchase, a* why should you offer shares to j others for ibe coal mine ?—I bought the mill for Laurie. I never went a journey with ■ greater reluctance than that with Laurie. I lent him not my horse—my pony. That show ; how willing I was to assist him. I will have witnesses if everything that took place when the menio-andum was written. I do not know thai, Mr. Laurie was merely Foot's agent. Mr. Laurie very adroitly drew that memoradum. I went U extricate Laurie from a difficulty he I had got into, in consequence of the person , Treweaa beine retained by Foot. He wanted more lax. I was obliged to make the best arrangement. It was not because I found it to be a bad bargain, and wished to put the property on to Laurie |that I let him have the exteided renewals, and did so for nothing. It vas not because I found it to be a bad bari&in, and was anxious to get rid of it, that I found the money for Laurie. Emphatically not. After I purchased the mill, the convey- I ance, it was understood, should be deposited 'in the bank. There was not an agreement to that effect; but the obligation upon Laurie was greater after he purchased the fee simple because more money Was advanced. —His Honor : The meaning of this is, I presume, that the witness being liable; for the £1000 upon Laurie's note, extend ing over a period of eighteen months, and on that account there was the greater obligation iv honor on Laurie to have deposited the mort gage so as to release him in some respects from his liability.

POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M.) Drunkenness.—Michal Tierney and Mary Scanlan were each fined 5s and costs, and Peter Stone 10s and costs, with the usual alternative. Stealing from a. Dwelling.—W. Mantel was charged with feloniously stealing from the dwelling of W. Meatyard, at Kohiina rama, on or about the 16th May, one £10 and one £5 note. —Application was made for a remand by Mr. Brougham till Saturday. The Bench refused to remand till Saturday, ou the grounds that that day is required for i making up books and accounts in connection with the Court, and on that account should be a dies turn. Remanded till Monday ; bail allowed in two sureties of £50 each. Slaughterhouse Act. —George Mapstone was charged with having slaughtered a pig on the 12th of May, at Newton. Pleaded guilty, and, with a severe reprimand, was ■ lined 20s. and costs. Destitute Persons Beiief Ordinance. — J. W- Harrison was charged with having de serted his wife, Sarah Harrison. Defendant stated that he had tried his utmost to induce his wife to come down to live witli him at the Thames, and his wife in reply stated that he had another woman living with him.—The case was remanded till the following day, in order to give opportunity for enquiry. I / —

Lines on the approach of winter, by a washerwoman :— Ob, cramp and spazzum ! I often lias 'urn, Nooralgy, too, and tic, ■ ." And roornattics in style— Which I rubs in ile With op-pod-delly-dick! Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe says a woman belonging to the upper classes who undertakes to get wealthy by honest exertion and inde pendent industry, Joses caste, and is condemned by a thousand voices as an oddity and a de ranged person. A young woman at Jeffersonville, Ind., while out walking with a young man who .had been loving her unwiselji but too numerously, met a minister, ■when she turned to the young man, pulled a revolver and gave him his choice to wed her right there or be perforated, adding that if the minister re fused to perform the ceremony she woulc shoot him. The nuptial was tied. No cards When you find a man who iz very solisitui about the welfare ov everybody, yu kan safely put him down az one who iz hunting for ! misfortune. They make shirts by lightning now. Ai electric battery applied, to a sewing-machin drives the needle with astonishing rapiditj and at little expense. A man who has a strong mind can bear t be insulted, can bear offences, because he i strong. The weak mind snaps and snarls a a little ; the strong mind bears it like a rod , and it moves not, though, a. thousand breaker ■ dash upon it and cast their pitiful malice i the spray upon its auamiit. Napoleon saic .. "He who can control himself, is greater tha he who controls armies." Parents will fin :• their greatest achievements in controllic i themselves—the next in teaching their childre i self-control. Would the philosophers who in counc 1 solemnly defined a human being to be " a tw< , legged animal without feathers," maintai . I their definition if they saw the young ladie3 i i j full feather now-a-days ? t j In Troy (N. V.) liquor is allowed to be so' 5 . only to the travelling public. The citizei 5 I are to be seen every morming, carpet-bag i ' hand, seeking something to hold in the - mouths.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

[FEOM OUB OVfIS COItBESPONDENT.]

THIS DAT.

THE CALEDONIAN.—NEARLY

8,000 OUNCES LODGED

7 CWT. SPECIMENS TO-DAY,

BENDIGO INDEPENDENT,

Gbahamstown, 11 a.m. The Caledonian is looking splendid.. During last night 7 cwt. of exceedingly rich specimens were brought up, and. another heavy, lot expected by the next shift. The Caledonian have lodged in the bank this morning 2,234: ounces, making the total banked 4,272' ounces. About 8,500 ounces more' will be lodged during the day. The Bendigo Independent crushing of 52 tons realised 60 ounces.

MOANATAIRI UNION CRUSH ING.

INVERNESS—2O LBS, SPECI MENS.

THE JUMPING CASES.

2 p,m, The Moanatairi Union have finished a crushing of 140 tons, which has given 89..0Z5. retorted gold. The Inverness tributers —Schofield and party —have taken out 20 lbs, specimens since yesterday. This is the cause of rise in the scrip. Great .indignation, is felt in the jumping cases, especially the latest jump by Macdonald, of the Wakatip ground.

In Wisconsin dogs are employed to turn cider mills, and very well they perform tUeir work. Many years" ago it was the fashion to churn butter by dog-power, and dairy farmers used to keep powerful Newfoundlands for that sort of service. A woman's rights newspaper has a depart ment of "People Who Are Worth Knowing; It is written by a woman who is not. A New York drayman owns a horse so thin I hat a knot is tied in his tail to prevent hi 3 body from slipping through the collar. A good old lady, who improved every oppor tunity to teach by precept and example, once remarked at a prayer meeting, " My friends, as I came along I saw a cow, a cow a-switching of her tail —in this wicked world of strife one was peaceful and contented, a switching ot her tail-and I said to myself, ' Go thou and do likewise.' " , , It is not often that the secular press is in dorsed from the pulpit. But Rev. De Witt Talmadge, in a recent address, used the follow ing remarkable language: " I now declare that I consider the Bewspaper to be the gran? agency by which the G-ospel is preached, ignorance is cast out, oppression dethroned, crime extirpated, the world raised, Heaven rejoiced, and 0-od glorified. In the clanking of the printing press, as the-sheets fly out, ± hear the voice of the Lord Almighty proclaim' ing to the nations of the earth, 'If* B*™8*™ come forth! and to the retiring surges of AW ness, ' Let there be light.' " Beeoheb's Shot at a Squibbel. -Henry Ward Beecher, in a Star Paper on' W monks" in the Christian Union, tells w> etory of himself: -" The first time that, ereri fired a gun it was at a "chippy, andi°^ not hit him. My father it was that letj; trot behind him, a seven or eight year ci while he hunted through the fields, nerves screwed up when he took aim>and i 3 a crash in my over sensitive ear was tbe repo • It was always painful, and always u™*lf2 fascinating. And so one day, returning w out ran a bold Chipmonk, and coursed a«w the wall with a trailing tale, then mounting stone, tail cocked up, he said, H-itine> flll me, hit me, ho, he! 'Here, Henry, o°^, want to shoot?' 'Yes, sir—no—yes, a •Get behind me-let the gun rest on ; shoulder--no take aim—come, P^r^'^e' or he'll be off.' I shut up one eye ilia" & that carried the other with it. r £ bolh. The tears came. The squirr \»« six or seven squirrels whirling roui.# i air. I took aim, but it would not sW% » Somehow I saw the sky, the atonei . y great niullen stalk, the squirrel, ana _ other thing*, all in a jig. Bang went, ty ' Chigger-reo-ree !' went the dived down/laughing, into a hole. *v seen many a minister do the same ta" Bj a sermon, and who felt as satisfied «. To be sure I had not hit anything, ■»" made a splendid noise." * ..

Ac eveking stak, may is, isn.