SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

mnn watop t This Afternoon, 4.4 HIGH WATER—j To-morrow Morning, 1.30 SUN SET.—This Evening, 5.12 SUN RISE.—To-morrow Morning, 6.28 ■'■ MOON'SAGE.—New Moon, 11th, 5.29 a.m

ARRIVALS.

Go-ahead, s.s.. Cooper, from Napier __ Augusta, brigantine, Pullman, from Fm

DEPARTURES.

Kate McGregor, schooner, for Oamaru

IMPORTS.

Per Emma: 50 sacks, 50 bags flour, 120 bags flour. 120 sacks bran.—B. Tonks and Co. Per Augusta: 1015 sacks maize —B. Tonks and Co.

ARRIVAL OF THE AUGUSTA.

The brigantine Augusta arrived in harbour on Saturday evening, after wc had gone to press. She briugs a full cargo of maize and other South Sea Island produce. Her passage has been pro longed to within a day or so of a month, owing to the persistent and strong head winds en countered. The following is the Captains account of the call in at Parengarenga, tele graphed a few days ago by Captain Farquhar.— " The Xortli Cape was sighted on Sunday, the Ist inst., and the vessel ran into Tom Bowline s Bay, on the West Coast, for water, on the 2nd instant. Not being able to obtain it, bore up for Parengarenga, which was reached on the 3rd instant. A boat was sent ashore in charge or the mate and two hands, and, although a strong surf was running, a landing was effected. On attempting to return, the boat swamped m the surf, but the occupants got safely ashore, minus the loss of several pounds by the chief officer. As the brigantine was standing off and on, the caosize was not noticed, and the boat's crew remained on the beach all night. No signs of the boat returning next, morning, Captain Pull man manned another with four seamen, and sent her ashore in charge of Mr Ridfedale, a passenger. Found the absent crew little the worse for their ducking, and taking the number one boat in tow, the brigantine • was safely reached. Left Parengarenga on the evening Ot the Ith. Off Doubtful Bay early on the morning of theGth instant, and in the evening the wind got round to the North, blowing fresh. Passed Bream Head on the 7th, and from thence mto harbour the weather was very squally. ~.. .

The auxiliarj- steam barquentine Emu has , been taken round to Messrs Eraser andTmnes allotment in Mechanics' Bay to have her machinery repaired. The schooner Maggie Paterson has left Wellington for Kaipara. The s.s. Pretty Jane is announced to leave to morrow afternoon for Tauranga and Gisborne only. She will call at Tauranga on the return The steamers Rotomahana and Lalla Rookli came into collision at the Goods Wharf. Grahamstown, on Saturday morning in the squall at 9 o'clock. The Rotomahana was last to the wharf at the time, Sand the La'la Rookh was moving round from one side to the other. The latter boat sustained some slight, injuries. The s.s. Rotorua left Napier yesterday morn ing for this port, and should arrive here this evening. Passengers: Messrs Laseelles, Nor man, Nelson, Curry, Thomson, Mantel!, King, Gore, Biddeford, T. King, Cole. Dixom Freeth, Otharo, Makeries, Hawkins (2), Hale, Blundell; Mesdames Laseelles, McHardy, Broughton, Smith, Freeth; Misses McCartie, Gandy, Lee. She is advertised to leave for Sydney to-morrow at noon. . , , x ~ ~ The barquentine Flirt arrived at Lyttelton on the 30th. after a passage of 8 days. The s.s. Kina made the passage from Coro mandel on Saturday, in four hours and a hair. This is an excellent passage when tb c weather is considered. The little boat behaved splen didly while crossing the Firth of Thames. The following is the passenger list ot the s.s Wellington, whose arrival from the South was recorded on Saturday :—Misses Stuart, Bailor, Macdonald (2), Mrs Valentine, Mrs Vy atkms, Mrs Brown, Messrs Bailey, Rodger,. Morrison, Norman, Brown. Degan, Derville, Monk, Hegarty Troupe (6), and live in the steerage. For Sydney: Mr Heale. For Brisbane :Mr Clark.—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents, Our London correspondent, writing oni the 10th February, says: "The New Zealand Mail, via San Francisco, was delivered here on the last day of January. Since my last I have hut little news to coramunicate.busincss still being m the same dreadfully dull state as when I last wrote This is principally owing to.the unsettled state of affairs on the Continent. Freights to the Southern ports of New Zealand are. very low, and likely to continue so for some time to come. Freights to all parts of New Zealand are dull and scarce, and vessels hang a. long time on one berth after their advertised date of sailing.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

Bank of New Zealand—£2o. Colonial Bank —Buyers 38s ; sellers, 10s. Thames Gas—Buyers, 28s. South British Insurance (ex dix)— Buyers, 7/s, sellers, 70s. National Insurance.—Buyers, 30s. Red Queen—3s Gd ; sellers, Is. City of London—Bs. Moanatairi—£l4 10s, £14, -sellers, £14. Inverness—Buyers, 5s ; sellers, is. Waitekauri—Sellers, 19s. Alburnia—24s (cum div). Queen of May—Buyers, 22s 6d. Union Beach—Sellers, 42s Gd. Tokatea—7s 6d; buyers, 7s[; seUers, Bs. Royal Oak—Buyers, 6s. Waiotahi—2ss; buyers. 2os. Qaeen of Beauty—2ss, 2Js 6d; Sellers, 26s. f- Kuranui Hill-40s to 455, 30s to 3os; buyers, 32s Cd; sellers, 355. Palmer3ton—Sellers, ss. Thames—Buyers, 60s; SeUers, £310s. Piako— 15s to 12s; sellers, 12s 6d. _ JOSEPH NEWMAN, Chairmar.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :—

For Thames, Sthis day, at 5.30 p.m., and to morrow, at 10 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, per Kina, this day, at 1.30 p.m. and to-morrow, at 1.30 p.m. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per

lona, this day, at 4 p.m. For Whitianga, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Rowena. this day, at 4 p.m. For Norfolk Island, via Russell, per lona, this

day, at 4 p.m. For Russell, per Jessie, to-morrow, at 9 a.m., and ncr Ruby, at 5 p.m. Fo>- WaiAvera, Kawau,? and Matakana, per Anne Milbank, to-morroAV, at 10 a.m. For Australian Colonies, per Rotorua, to morroAV. at 11 a.m. , For money orders, registered letters, ana neAVspapers, at 10 a.m. Late letters for Sydney and Melbourne, avill be received till 11.20 a.m. For Tauranga and Gisborne, per Pretty J ane, to-morroAV, at 3 p.m. For Tairua, per Mana, to-morroAV, at 1 p.m. For Wangarei Heads, "Waipu, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Argyle, to-morroAV, at i p.m. For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and Aus tralian Colonies,per Wellington, on Wednes day, 11th inst., at 5 a.m. . Per s.s. Zealandia, on Wednesday, 11th inst., as follows:— , , TT .. , For Kandavu, Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 11 a.m. . For United Kingdom and Continent ot Europe, at 11 a.m. _■•■«. For money orders and registered letteis, and newspapers, at 9.30 a.m. . Late letters bearing an extra fee of fed in addition to the postage, vcill be received by the Mail Agent on board up to time of sailing. N-.B.—The neAV issue of the Ivew Zealand Postal Guide for the current quarter, can now be obtained at this office. Price, 6d. S. B. BISS. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

COTTER.—On the Bth April, 1877, at her resi dence, the Avife of Mr. R. Cotter of a daughter.

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED "The Evening News," "The Morning News," "The Echo."

MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1877

* ?or the c.:v».se that lacks assistance. For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance. And the _ood that we can do.

It is our painful duty to communicate to the clerks of Highway Districts scattered throughout the province, that they have severally rendered themselves liable to a penalty of £100, recoverable summarily be fore any Justice of the Peace. Under the Registration of Electors Act, 1875, it is re quired that on the 31st day of March, or if that day should fall upon a Sunday, on the 30th, the clerk of every governing body shall complete an alphabetical list of all persons, males over 21 years, assessed and having made payment of any rate struck by such governing body within the preceding ye-ir. ' This list, signed by the clerk, and countersigned by the Mayor or Chair man, must be forwarded to the Registration Ollicer for the electoral district within which the municipality, highway district, or other division of the colony is situated, on or before the 7th April. The seventh of April has now come and gone, but,with the single exception of the city lists, Mr Collins, the Registration Officer,has not received any of the returns required under this Act, and for the neglect of which a penalty of £100, recoverable summarily, is provided. Last year, it may be remembered, many of the lists sent in under the Act were rejected by the Revising Officer, as incomplete and invalid, until Mr Devore, appearing as counsel for a number of rate payers, established the validity of their claims to be placed on the roll, the Act in reality creating a new qualification, represented by the payment of rates. This year, the whole thing seems to have been lost sight of by nearly everyone charged, under a heavy penalty, with carrying out the provisions of the Act, and the consequences may be un pleasant. The number of votes registered in the ordinary manner is unusually small. There appears to have been a complete apathy in the important duty of registration, notwithstanding the general vivacity of matters political, and repeated announce ments in the Press. But when election excitement runs high, and one of the " free and independent" discovers himself with out the franchise, may he not visit his own laches on the head of the clerk upon whom, if a ratepayer, he had a legal right to rely for the preservation of his electoral privileges? Should anyone feel disposed to take action, there is no loophole of escape from the terms of the penal clause. We have no doubt, how ever, that the Registration Officer will be prepared to receive properly prepared and duly certified lists during the ensiling week. In compiling these returns, it is requisite that the names of ratepayers shall be classified alphabetically, according to the electoral district where the properties in respect of which rates have been paid are situated, and when a district is in two electorates, separate lists, indicating the ratepayers in each, must be compiled.

Two cowardly women-beaters received their deserts to-day, so far as the law will permit. It cannot, however, be said that the mere restraint of imprisonment is any adequate punishment for a long series of acts of violence, and there may be added the very pertinent question why these men, who are in a position to support themselves and their families should be thrown a burden on the well-behaved sec tion of the people. But his Honor Mr Justice Gillies and the police magistrates must admi nister the law as it stands, and we hope the severity of the sentence on McGrath, and the imprisonment of Bushe, will have a salutary effect on others who may be disposed to act the household tyrant and ruffian. The help lessness of women in legal subjection, not less than the frequency of these abuses of power, render it imperative that,, the law shall afford wives ample protection. And this object might, we think, be best attained by punish ment in kind, with proper sureties for good behaviour when the offence is not of a character demanding long years of hard labour. Justice will never be done until men of the McGrath type are repeatedly reminded of the nature of their offences by vigorous applications of the "cat."

The satisfactory report of the South British Insurance Company for the past half-year, and the appropriation of .£20,962 as profits, which,in the absence of local mercantile enter prise, must have gone to foreign capitalists, is a subject on which we may congratulate the city. It would, however, have been a further ground for satisfaction if some prospect had been held out of a reduction on the extortionate rates of insurance, Avhich are five or six times higher than the ruling rates in England. A splen did supply of Avater throughout the city must form an important consideration in deter mining fire-risks, and Aye should like to see colonial companies take the initiative in recog nising the justice of the claims that have been urged by their clients in this direction.

It is absolutely necessary that all city ratepayers should ascertain if their property and number of votes are correctly inserted on the Burgess List. The list is, by the Act, compiled from the valuation list sent to the office by tne valuer; but proprietors are continually changing business and occu pation, and as the Act makes it compulsory that all rates due must have been paid, it is probable that a number of persons may find themselves disqualified from the fact that any one ra.fi is unpaid, or that the property may have passed into other hands and the rate remains unpaid. It is impossible for the clerks in the office to be aware of these changes. This more particularly applies to hotels. The remedy lies in the hands of the ratepayers during the time the Burgess Roll is being prepared, that is before the 15th hist., to call at the office and satisfy themselves. A large amount of rates are yet unpaid ; this, of course, will disqualify. There is, hoAvever, time yet by paying this Aveek to have names enrolled.

Referring to the condition of the scabby sheep on the East Coast, the "Telegraph" says : —" The contractor is likely to make an excellent thing out of his tender. The price he pays for the sheep is three shillings and a penny per head, the Government paying one shilling and eleven pence per head in excess of this sum. The carcases Avill be melted doAvn, the skins SAveated to remove the avool, Avhen they Avill be tanned ready for the market. In all about 20,000 sheep Avill be consigned to the melting pot.

A ybung married man, of extremely jealous disposition, recently visited one of the most famous clairvoyants in the city. Being far from home, he Avanted to knoAv what his Avife Avas doing. " She is looking out of the windoA\', evidently expecting someone." *" That is strange," said Benedict, " Avhom can she expect?' "Someone enters the door, and she caresses him fondly," went on the clairvoyant. "It can't be ! cried the excited husband, "my Avife is true to me." " Noav he lays his head in her lap and looks tenderly in her eyes." " It's false ! " I'll make you pay dearly for this ?" yelled the jealous husband. "Noav he wags his tail," said the medium. The green-fryed monster subsided, and Mr Young-husband paid ovoi ...,-, u>:e dollars. The" duties collected in this pert l^jt week; ajnotinM to £4|30 §8, 14,

An advertisement published by Mr F. A. White, the manager, gives notice that a resolution having been passed at an ex traordinary meeting of shareholders in the Bismarck and French Republic G.M.C., to the effect that 2000 preference shares of £1 each should be issued to shareholders pro rata—applications for the same are invited. Further particulars will be found in the advertisement.

The returns of imports and exports of the port of Auckland, issued by the Customs authorities, for the quarter ending 31st March, are now to hand. The total amount of imports is £306,214; total exports, £113,729. Of these totals £189,220 and £70,790 respectively appear under the head ing of United Kingdom.

A visitor to Wellington writes as follows on barmaids :—" Alas, they have all vanished—l mean the pretty barmaids of four years since. The first thing that strikes the visitor of to-day is the singular similarity of height and general outline amongst the young ladies of the present. They are all round-faced, small-nosed, short-lingered, dumpy, and bright-eyed. Taking little girls, but perhaps rather over talkative. I have not been to any town in the colony where I noticed such a number of tall well-built men. I wonder has "nature," as one of your worthy hosts would say, fated them to become the husbands of the young ladies above re ferred to."

The monthly inspection of the Hobson corps of Volunteers will take place to morrow evening at half-past seven o'clock, in the Drill-shed.

A meeting of the journeymen tailors of this city will be held in the British Hotel this evening, for the purpose of considering trade matters of importance. All members are requested to attend at half-past seven o'clock.

A man named James Field, employed on board the steamer Sir Donald, was drowned a few days ago oil' Mangature, midway between Cape Kidnappers and Black Point, by the upsetting of a boat.

The lod_e of instruction of Lodge St. Andrew will be held this evening at the Star Hotel, Albert-street.

The second quarter of the Teacher's Training Class will commence this evening at Mr Worthington's house in Hobson street, at six o'clock.

To-morrow (Tuesday) evening, the annual tea and pnblio meeting in connection with the Mount Eden Baptist Sunday school, will be held in the school-room. The meeting will be addressed by ministers and laymen, interspersed with hymns and music.

The Variety Troupe, under the manage ment of Mr Sceats, and the chairmanship of Mr James Cox, gave a very successful en tertainment on Saturday evening, in the Temperance Hall. The programme was of an unexceptionable character. Mrs Hertz presided at the pianoforte. Mrs Smith sang " Happy Moments ;" Mr Sceats " I'm Waiting, Darling, for Thee ;" Mr Plowman, "My Wife has Joined the Shakers;" Mr Smart, "Awfully Sly." Mr Russell, from the sea, danced a hornpipe; Mr Butschkow sang a German comic song ; Messrs Mettam gave "The Apple of my Eye," and Mr McKinnon, a hornpipe. The lirst part of the programme was succeeded by a lively farce, " Going to the Ball," which was capitally performed, and elicited roars of laughter. The whole concluded with "God Save the Queen."

The City Council, in the capacity of Local Board of Health, has served notices on owners of the property known as the Intake, intimating that they must till in their allotments within a month from the 27th of March. This notice carries out the desire expressed by "Pro Bono Publico" in our Saturday's issue, and will abate the terrible nuisance arising from those recep tacles of iilth.

Wc have been requested to state, in order to remove nusaprchension, that the prisoner Bolton, recently convicted of forgery, Avas only in the employ of Messrs BroAvn, Barrett and Co. for a period of tAvo Aveeks and three days.

The anniversary services of the Mount Eden Baptist Sunday-school Avere Avell attended yesterday, and appropriate sermons were delivered by Rev. J. F. Fee (morning) and Rev. Joseph Buttle in the evening. The afternoon service Avas Avell attended by the children, aa'lio sang in a pleasing manner several anniversary hymns, under the guidance of their instructor, Mr Crainvell. Tavo excellent addresses Avere given ; one by Mr Brame on " Things that are taught in the Bible are not to be learned elseAvherc," and the other by Mr Ralph Stewart on "Doing things Avell." Mr SteAvart's dis course Avas carefully prepared, and although a little above the juvenile mind, Avas much enjoyed by children of larger growth.

The telegrams of the concluding day's racing at the A.J. C. Autumn meeting, are as interesting as the preceding messages. The Rous Handicap, was Avon by Fernhill, Arith Democrat second, and Signora third. The Randwick Handicap, Avas Avon by Melbourne, Avith Kingfisher second, and Spark third. This is almost the first race that Melbourne, avlio Avas once considered the most promising colt in Australia, has won for about a year. He has been altogether out of form, and has sustained defeat after defeat in races Avhich Avere con sidered certainties for him. The Australian Jockey Club Plate brought out two of the crack Syr olds of the season,namely Calamia and Pride of the Hills. We have little doubt, although nothing is te^graphed on the subject that the latter Avas a great favorite on the strength of her perfor mances in boAvling over Briseis, Adelaide, the Chrysolite colt, and all the best form of the year. Calamia however, proved the Avinner, and it is worthy of comment that this animal, who Avas formerly knoAvn as the Luna colt, beat Richmond over this course in the RandAvick Plate, in the Spring meeting. This is an illustration of the fact, that horses generally slioav a preference for one particular course, and run better upon that than any other. The Steeplechase Avas aa'oii by Democrat, Avith Maggie Moore second, and Orion third.

An entertainment, consisting of Shake spearian readings and musical selections, Avill be given in the Otahuhu Hall by Mrs Freestone and the Rev E. Brown to-morroAV night. Mrs Freestone is a highly accom plished lady. She has not appeared before a NeAV Zealand previously, but in England she acquired a Avide-spread popularity as an interpreter of many of Shakespeare's choicest pieces, and Aye have no doubt that at Otahuhu the peojde avlio hear her will meet with an unexpected pleasure.

THEATRE ROYAL.

This theatre was largely patronised on Satur day evening by citizens who Avere desirous of seeing Mr Emmet as " Fritz " for possibly the last time in this city. Mr Emmet, assisted by the best local talent, has afforded a fund of amusement during the several weeks of his stay amongst us, and he will be remembered for some time to come. His acting is of a first-class character, and his musical performances are exceedingly clever. The repetition of "Fritz " was equally successful on Saturday as on other evenings. This evening, a change of persons and scenes will be Avitnessed in the theatre, and the famous CHICAGO MINSTRELS will appear, with their ebony features, sportive action, and sentimental melodies. The posters and advertisements will give to the reader some idea of the performances of the minstrels. We notice names that will be familiar to many, especially that of Wallace, who appeared some months since in the City Hall, in connection with the Panorama of Ireland and the trip across the Atlantic. The songs, witticisms American novelties, and dances are mostly new to the Auckland puhjic?. *M <H*»pesftUy ?pice4 foye^ajf djgeaUoa t

The Cali Massacre.

TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER OF UN OFFENDING INHABITANTS.

SCENES IN THE STREETS OF CALI

We condense from the "San Francisco Chronicle" the following account of the above massacre :—"The steamer City of San Francisco, from Panama, brought the particulars of the sacking of the town of Cali, United States of Colombia, and the massacre of its inhabitants by the Liberals, under the leadership of the insane and brutal General Pena. The horrible details furnished by the correspondents of the Panama "Star and Herald," actually remove the events from _ the annals of civilization, and surround it with the dark shadows of barbarism. The town of Cali has been the chief stronghold of the Liberals and. the source whence the Government drew its greatest supply of men and means. It is the only port on the Pacific available for the introduction of arms, ammunition, and such reinforcements as the Federal Government might be enabled to send in case of urgent need. The inhabitants can be roughly estimated at about 20,000, of whom more than two-thirds can be said to consist of a vagabond population of black and mixed blood, imbued with intensely communist doctrines, the remaining third being for the most part of Spanish origin. The latter forms what may be called the mercantile, industrial, and agricultural classes, and is composed chielly of Conser vatives or Goths, as they are usually called by their opponents. There is also a sprink ling of foreigners of all nations. On the 18th of last December this stronghold of the Liberals was entered and captured by the Conservatives, under Patino, who had a very small force, but who

TOOK THE LIBERALS BY SURPRISE, And succeeded in driving them out of the city. Patino instituted a rigorous search for arms, horses, saddles, and men, patrolling many private houses, and invading the stores of several well-known Liberals. The character of its leader, General David Pena, was already associated with deeds of cruelty and outrage that will render it forever infamous. This man.half visionary communist, half mystical enthusiast,wholly a lunatic and an assassin under the influence of drink, had rendered himself notorious during the wars of 1860 by the cold-blooded murder of a prisoner—an old Colonel of the war of the Independence—named Del Rio. After peace was re-established, his mental faculties seem to have become partially alienated, and seized with remorse for the crime he had committed, he fancied himself haunted by the spirit of the victim, and wandered through the streets of Cali, his native town, in the garb of a penitent offer ing up prayers to appease the manes of Del Rio.

INTO THIS MAN'S POWER Luckless Cali was doomed to fall. Pena was determined to exterminate the Goths. Ho commenced to recruit, the doors of the jail of Buga were thrown open, and its crew of convicts incorporated with his own troops, already consisting in part of the sweepings of the prisons, and for leagues around, bands of negroes, dem ralised by drunkenness, by vice, and by habitual depravity, Hocked to his standard. By the time he reached Palmira, hundreds of fugitive Liberals from Cali itself had joined him, composing a motley crowd, variously estimated from 2000 "to 4000 men, a" large proportion mounted and armed with lances, others with lilies, guns, and old muskets, all carrying cutlasses, and many axes, crowbars, and other implements; on their line of march leaving desolation behind them, and threaten ing annihilation to all whose skins were not as black as the hearts of these ruffians. Palmira itself, perhaps the most Liberal town in the whole Cauca valley, was with difficulty saved from destruction. Twenty thousand dollars was demanded by Pcua as the price of its ransom. At the pass of the river Cauca, about half way between Palmira and Cali, Pena revieAved and harangued his men, asking them but to retake Cali, and the price of their victory i would bo

SIX HOURS OF SACK AND SLAUGHTER And the gratification of unrestrained lust, for which purpose he charged them to spare the women only, destroying the other inhabitants, root and branch. He had over 2,500 men, organised into five corps, and with these he attempted to surround the toAvn, which is open on all sides. The small body of Conservatives furiously attacked' his advanced guard, but their number was so insignificant that they Avere soon cut to pieces. What folloAved is indescribable. The inhabitants, aAvakened by the firing, saw the Liberals pouring into the town by all the principal streets leading into the "plaza," Avithloud cries of " death to the Goths"—" long live Pena"—"doAAm Avith the shameless Goths." In a dense mass of mingled horse and foot, they ad vanced on the Municipality, a dusky crowd of yelling miscreants, bedizened with red ribbons and streamers, mad with drink, and thirsting for blood and destruction. While a few Avere breaking doAvn the doors of the prison where the Liberals avlio had been taken on the 18th of December Avere confined, the majority spread in every di rection in search of plunder. A momentary check, hoAvever, was caused by a loud ;Jjox plosion inside the Municipality, and the confusion uoav increased tenfold by the shrieks of the prisoners in that building. It soon appeared that the Conservatives, anticipating the probability of defeat, had determined to blow up the magazine, and bury themselves and their adversaries in the ruins. Most fortunately for the toAvn only a few boxes of cartridges ignited— still the shock bIeAV out one side of the Municipality, causing the death of the reckless partisan avlio deliberately fifed the train. As these events Avere taking place General Pena rode in after his men. Like them he was the Avorse for drink, and uoav he deliberately ordered the toAvn to be sacked, giving his banditti five hours license to slay, to rob, and to outrage the defenceless inhabitants at discretion. It is needless to say his orders Avere but too enthusiastically obeyed. By this time croAvds of furies in the shape of Avomen of the loAvest class, in many cases Avith their hopeful offspring at their heels, SAvarmed in the streets, hounding on the excited mob to break down all the doors that were not immediately thrown open. THE SCENE OF TERROR Was at its height. Long before the plaza Avas taken, the work of plunder had already begun on the side streets. Property des troyed belonging to foreigners amounts to about §150,000, or $200,000, among the English, German, and Italian nationalities. Robbery and Avorse had been licensed by a General of the Columbian Republic, and Avhy should the ■ plunderers spare anyone Avhen all Avere equally at their mercy ? The commerce of Cali Avas doomed to suffer a shock from which it will never recover. A few merchants, favoured by the exceptional position of their premises, and by the assist ance of friends among the invaders, suc ceeded in saA'ing their goods at the ex pense of all the liquors they had in their possession, hut in the majority ofbeases the mere attempt has caused the loss of many \ valuable lives. By mid-day, most of the stores Avere cleared of their contents. Men, women and children Avere seen staggering in every direction under the burden of their spoil, and were in turn maltreated, knocked doAvn, and sometimes even killed, and de prived in turn by their fellow thieves of the proceeds of their robberies. Fortunately, perhaps, for the toAvn it happened that the plundered stores contained large quantities k of liquors. Barrels and cases of Avine and f spirits were turned into the streets, and

A SATURNALIA QF DRUNKENNESS

who have had the misfortune to witness the deplorable scenes it originated. The destruction continued in all its fury. Everything that could not he removed or was not thought worth removing, was de stroyed, chopped and hacked to pieces, or burned. Thus many unfortunate mer chants, and amongthem several foreigners, not only lost theirall, but even their books and papers were destroyed. The bank, also, whose preservation was of the utmost im portance to the Government and to the ex istence of a State where nothing but paper money had circulated for months past, was entered and robbed of many securities, and of a large sum in notes. Bands of frenzied men patrolled the town, reeling, shouting, firing and hacking at every living creature they met on their way. They poured into the houses of Liberals and Conservatives alike, and continued the work of robbery, murder, and destruction. All the Con servatives they met were ruthlessly killed, and many Liberals who tried to shield friends or relatives, shared the same fate. Neither age nor sex, nor infirmity consti tuted the least safeguard. On the other band, the unfortunate WIVES AND DAUGHTERS OF TOE COXSERVATIVES Were pitilessly hunted from house to house, meeting with the most shameless outrages »t the hands of their fiendish pursuers. Eighty seven houses have been sacked, gutted, and and turned into shambles. Nothing has been held sacred, not even the churches, since they also were robbed, and their very altars stained with blood. But all the horrors were as nothing compared with the still more frightful excesses perpetrated in the suburbs and on the estates in the surrounding country. There murder, lust, robbery, and incendiarism continued unchecked for days together. All the small shopkeepers were deprived of house and home; all the estates ravaged; their cattle driven away or shot; the hedges torn down ; the canefields burned, and even the machinery destroyed, so as to render it useless to its owners. Many Liberals lostttheirfli vesiinjdef ending their homes, and with great difficulty a band of 1300 wild Indians, in the service of the Government, was prevented from entering the town to complete the murderous excesses of Pena and his men. The panic was at its height on the night of the 21th of December, when

ANOTHER MASSACRE AVAS CONTEMPLATED. But the murderers, overcome Avith drink, were unable to continue the work of destruction.

ALMOST A MIRACLE. The foreign community have spontaneously resolved to leave the country at the earliest opportunity. For days together they could not even no out into the streets Avithout decking their hats Avith the colours of the conquerors. The Government pretends to haA'e the right of seizing all the money, merchandise, and property in the country. The judges are removed at pleasure, or allowed to accept military employ ments, thus leaving the course of justice com pletely paralyzed.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before W. J. Hurst, Esq., J.P.)

SATURNALIANS,

James James, Wm. Halstein, Thomas Boyle, and Patrick Nolan, were mulcted in ss. for first offences, and Thomas Collins 10s. for a second. VAGRANCY. Catharine Ryan pleaded guilty to vagrancy, but said if she got a chance, she would clear out of the neighbourhood.

Mr Hurst : Why, here's a list of convic tions as long as my arm, against you. (Laughter, which was promptly suppressed by the constable). Prisoner : If you let me off' again, I won't come again. The Clerk : Not for a short time, at any rate.

Detective Grace said the neighbourhood where the woman lived was a scene of drunkenness from morning until night; on Saturday she was using disgusting language in the street. Six months' hard labour. Elizabeth Doherty, who wept on her apron, was similarly charged, and pleaded not guilty. She said her brother supported her.

Detective Grace said prisoner was the daughter of a notorious person in Mount Eden. Her mother was a lame woman who had no control over her. She had been placed in St Mary's Orphanage, but had run aAvay, and become incorrigible. She was frequently seen surrounded by larrikins and sailors, slept out, or anywhere, and got her living by prostitution. (Here the prisoner wept bitterly, and the sternness of the Bench began to melt.)

Sub-Inssector Pardy : (Coming to the rescue) That's all put on, your Worship.

The Bench : What is your age. Prisoner : Fifteen, your Worship. Sergeant O'Connor deposed that the prisoner lived by prostitution.

Sub-Inspector Pardy said the girl Avas Avorse than a Avoman twice her age, and it was difficult to Icuoav Avhat to do Avith her. She had all the boldness of an old prostitute. There Avas only one resource to keep her out of mischief,to send her to Mount Eden. Her example Avas productive of mischief to other young people.

Mr Hurst said there AA ras no sincerity in the girl's Aveeping, but if there avus any hope of improvement, the Bench would be very loth to send a girl of such tender years to Mount Eden.

The Sub-Inspector said he had no oppo sition to the exercise of mercy in the case, but prisoner's example Avas Avorse than auy trouble to herself.

The Bench : Better give her 14 days. Here the mother stepped forward Aveeping and said : She is a very had child, and goes about Avith that girl Home ; but if you will let her off this time, her brother will take her to Dunedin.

Sub-Inspector Pardy : I don't like to speak against a woman, but her mother is to blame. She used to take her away from the Homeland lived in prostitution Avith her. She is also given to drink. The mother : Oh, my ! Hoav can you say that, (laughter). The Bench discharged the girl on the un derstanding that the mother would send aAvay the girl.

WANTED, A JUSTICE. The next case could not be proceeded Avith for Avant of a second justice, the bailiff' of the Court having returned after a diligent search, and reported that he was unable to secure the services of another of the "great unpaid."

Mr Thorne :We can wait, your Wor ship.

Mr Hurst: That's all very well, but you are paid for it, and I'm not. Mr. Thorne : But it is a question of honour.

Mr. Hurst: The honour lies all here, and the pay there.

(laughter, AA'hich was sternly suppressed by a tall constable of severe aspect). After a delay of about a quarter of an hour, Mr. McMillan came into Court. nT(?^ re J- Hurst > En-> and W. C. McMillan, Esq.) »••»-» A representative appeared for Mr. Alfred liuekland, on a charge of alloAving tAvo horses to stray. Fined ss. and costs.

,_. . ASSAULT. Michael R Bushe pleaded not guilty to assaulting Ellen Freeman, by striking her on the head with his clenched fist, kicking her on the body, and such^violent conduct having been frequent, she was afraid of his ill-treatment.

Ellen Freeman, 15, step-daughter of defendant, deposed that on March 29 he came tipsy to the house in Wellington street. He was quiet for a while, and then 1 ence4/«ng her and her mother! Wlf sfd somethmg,and prisoner kicked h?,Vw? A hf down 'andstruckher wit^ who ™« d fiSts f evef al times' Her mother who was confined only a few weeks ago, Son hi °%h ci" bed ' _and attempted °to stop her. She opened the doors, which ?an °_5 had P^viously locked, and witness ian out. Prisoner followed her, threw a ve™Klah X "n^' • ,andi threw Wover thS verandah. On Friday Jast, prisoner came o^her motheli *?* *? take, the bla»K them 8« k_s b6d- m order t0 P^'n

three years prisoner had i_U_ZTT~ '• mother. Witness received £_]i a her' allowance from her uncle, which was J(Z? _ to her mother, and prisoner „ot tb^ Yea and drank it. Prisoner hafb* ZM ' since Good Friday. JH Cross-examined by prisoner • The m^^ have gone away. Moti;er has marksS^ nave let you off twice. I went to=3_l police, and they advised me to rivßPl another chance. I let you oif becausfali mother asked me, and she was so ill T sure my name is Ellen Freeman ' \v" children™ 11^ EUeU BUShe ex' ceP* by^ Prisoner : What sort of temper are yon ? Witness : I am good tempered, u_le " you put me out. ' ieSB

Prisoner : If I asked you to do something in the kitchen, and you wanted to go to _ dance, which would you do first ? Witness : I have always obeyed you Cress-examination resumed : My mother has not beaten me within six months. By Sub-Inspector : I have always believed my name to be Ellen Freeman.

The Bench : It shews a very bad dis position on the prisoner's part to put such questions to the witness.

Constable Gillies said he went to the house in consequence of the girl's com plaints of cruelty. Prisoner was under the iufluence of liquor. Prisoner here smilingly suggested that his excitement might have been caused by the presence of a policeman in the house. The Bench : This is no laughing matter and the present aspect of the case is such' that you may have to cry by and by. By the Bench : The wife and daughter were outside, afraid to go into the house. Jacques Lyell heard screams of murder in the house at 11 o'clock at night. Pri soner's wife asked witness to feel her head. She had a lump as big as witness's fist.

Leah Sinclair, a widow, "gave corrobora tive testimony. Prisoner's wife had a bruise on her forehead.

By prisoner : I don't think it is safe for you to he at large while your wife is in bed.

Prisoner : Did you ever hear me threaten her?

Witness : No, but I knoAV you got six months' imprisonment in this Court for ill treating your first Avife. (Great laughter). Mr Hurst : Order ! Really this is. too serious a matter to laugh at.

Prisoner said the girl Avas of a violent dis-, position, and had been a bone of contention between himself and his Avife cA rer since they Avere married. He meant to sell the blan kets in order to go to Wangarei. He had a sick Avife, and four other children to sup rjort, and they Avould suffer if he went to

gaol. Sub-Inspector Pardy : That is not the case. They have £40 a year, and Avonld be better oil" Avithout him. On the 10th January, 1872, prisoner Avas bound over to keep the peace for six months, for heating his former Avife.

The Bench regretted that the clause of the Act meted out too small punishment, but the prisoner would be confined in Mount Eden for two months' with hard labour. He would thereafter be required to enter into his own recognizances in the sum of £50 to keep the peace for six month*, find two other sureties of £25 each, and to pay costs, 255, to be recovered in a summary manner. ANOTHER CASE. Charles Johnson, a seaman on board the Lalla Rookh, was charged with knocking down and heating his wife Sarah Johnson, and stating that he would swing for her, in consequence of which she Avas afraid to return to her house.

Sarah Johnson deposed that she had been married two months. Prisoner struck her in the street, and beat her in her house. He said he had apistol,and would swing for her if he caught her speaking to any of her friends. She wished to have a protection order, and would not live with him again; was willing to go service.

Prisoner : Didn't I treat you well ? Witness ; Not since the first Aveek I was married.

By the Bench : He was drunk when he struck her, but ill-treated her Avhen he AA'as sober.

Prisoner, sworn in defence, said he had done his best to make a home for ths Avoman, but could do no more. He came home at four o'clock and found his Avife out. He Avent to Doherty's place and asked for her, but Avas told she Avas not there. Went down the Avharf and found her there Avith Mrs Doherty. When she got home she tried to strike him. Had taken a drink, but Avas not drunk.

Henry Harle said prisoner and his wife rented tAvo rooms in his house. Prisoner frequently came home at night and found his Avife out. About a fortnight ago he found that his wife had been Avriting to another man in the South, and they had done nothing since but snag, snag at each other. She Avas out all Sunday night. The Bench adjourned the case for the attendance of Mrs Doherty. Mrs Mary Doherty, sworn : Mrs Johnson Avas her friend. Came to Avitness's house on Monday in the morning at half-past eight o'clock. She came on Sunday after noon. Said she Avas married, and was afraid her husband Avould kill her. Slept on Sunday night in her bed. Prisoner came in the morning about 8 o'clock and pushed, his Avay in. His wife had gone out. Wheru she came back, Avitness accompanied her doAvu the wharf, Avhere they met prisoner, Avho caught hold of his Avife, shook her, and threatened to throAV her o\ rer the Avharf. He Avas drunk, and tried to push her through a AvindoAV. KneAv nothing against Mrs. Johnson.

Sub-Inspector Pardy give Mrs Doherty a bad character. She kept a bad house, 'iO Avhich no respectable person would resort. (Here Mrs Doherty Avalked toAvards the box in a determined manner in order to contra dict Sub-Inspector Pardy, hut Avas obliged to return to her seat, where she subsided Avith a grim aspect). Mrs Johnson here said she had no friendsi- Had gone to Mrs Doherty's house merely for protection, and not for a bad purpose. The Bench advised that the two parties should make it up. Mrs Johnson said she could not live with, him again. In reply to the Bench, prisoner said he Avould take her hack and keep from d^ink, and Avould endeavour to be kind to h'jr. '

Sergeant Jackson gave prisoner a good character for three years past. The Bench considered the c?. Sea very unsatisfactory one, and ordered \he prisoner to enter into his own bond in the sum of £20 to keep the peace for siT c months, and to pay costs. The Ben<\ u advised Mrs Johnson to return to her lr asband. Mrs Johnson :No y our Worship. I Avill not. The Bench : You mustn't permit yourself to be led aAvay by temper. Mrs Johnson :IP s no t temper. It's my her t.

ba;d language. . Margaret Carroll, Avas charged with call* mg Mary K>iox a " pauper,"..ana insinuating that she was a Avoman of easy virtue. She pleaded not guilty. Prosecutrix, residing next door to defen dant in Lome-street, Avas standing at hej door, when defendant came up and used bad language towards her. _, w (Defendant here proceeded to pour forta a torrent of volubility, partly questions and partly allegation, to which the witness solemnly nodded a denial. Mary Hancock gave corroborative evidence and dignified Mr. Hurst, with the title ol "your Highness." , Defendant started off in another wordy peregrination, Avheu the Bench said sue must stick; to questions. ■ v Defendont, I'll stick to thW?» m . g\Ul% , VHWMj swH9 { B_ft W WWW

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1877.



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