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Charleston Argus, Volume 1, Issue 15, 4 May 1867, Page 2

We notice, by reference to advertisement, that the spirited proprietary of Johnstone's Melbourne Hotel purpose opening that establishment this morning. With their customary liberality they will entertain all coiners free of charge between the hours of 10*30 and 12*3U noon, when all are cordially invited. Messrs Somner an i Johnstone having been among the first to supply really tirst-cla*. accommodation for parties resident in or visiting Charleston, it is to be hoped that their spirit of enterprise will meet with the appreciation and support it certainly Merits. We notice the arrival of Father Royer, who purposes residing in Charleston. The reverend gentleman will take charge of this district, and also visit Brighton. The Catholic Church, tender for the erection of which was accepted a few days back, will be opened by him when completed. At a second preliminary meeting of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Odd Fellows, held on Thursday evening, at Crewdson's Royal hotel, it was unanimously carried that a dispensation be applied for immediately from the Nelson district to open a lodge of the above order at Charleston—^^mnrotee,consisting of four, was carry out the ob- \ jects of the names of a number members f wcro Jbenefita derived 1-y of this society in | time of need* or sickness are weil known, lso that it scarcely devolves upon us to | dilate upon the point. At the same time in referring to these advantages, it is impossible to overlook tlio gj ul likely to accrue from the establishment of a branch jof this valuable order in Charleston. ! Another pleasing feature v.lnch especially ! recommends o;td-fel!ow.->iup to attention is i the admirable manner n which the linan-

I eial denartmeot oi' the order is manured, l O 7 • evidenced l»y its popularity and the t'act I that up to the present time t!i::r funds iexceed conn lerafrly three aiiiiioii-s sterling. We extract the following resoccting the I . . 1 . reman excitement in New York from the j • New York Tribune,' of March 11th : j" The feeling among Fenians in this city in regard to the from Ireland is now at its height.. The desire to learn the ! true state of alFairfc in the Green Isle is unabated, ami the excitement is fully : as feverish as it was during the rebellion. ! There is a vast field fur conjecture as to ; facts, and very little faith is manifested in 'the Cable dispatcher, as it is believed that a rigid censorship is enforced oil all dispatches traversing the wires. The headquarters in Chatham-street were crowded jail yesterday with eager Fenians i:i (piest ! of inteiligence. A number oi otficers also , called during the day, commi-dug many O %> ' L <■ > »' distinguished soldiers who had seen service during the war for the Union, aud i offered themselves fur duty without any recompense. General Glee.soa left tiie city for Washington, on Saturday morning, to" urge upon the American Government and .Congress a speedy recognition of the Irish people as belligerents. The different ; • Fenian circles may be said to be holding j uninterrupted session for the purpose of ; ! carrying out the work asssigned to them i by the needs of the organizations. The j ' only executive officer at the head-quarters ' I at present is Mr. A. A. Griffin, who has j I entire control of the management of affairs j I I during 1 the absence of GeneralGleeson. All j | the Irish civic societies are to participate in the grand demonstration which is to be | held at Cniun-sqtiare next Wednesday I evening, in favor of Irish freedom. Earnest | efforts are also being made to do away | with the public parade which takes place usually on JSt. Patrick's day, and instead, it is expected that the money for music,, i'c., will be transferred by the (Societies to) the Fenian treasury for arms and amnuini-! tion. The Irish merchants are also about j to fit oat a privateer for the purpose of destroying British commerce. At the open; air demonstration on Wednesday evening! a number of distinguished gentlemen will I

speak. At a meeting of the Centres of Kngland, Ireland, and Scotland, held yes-

terday afternoon, at the Apollo Rooms, a ; committee of twelve was appointed to wait upon President Roberts and ask his assistance and co-operation in the work going on in Ireland. It was also resolved to have the same committee wait upon the gentlemen who composed the Irish Revolutionary Directory in this citv during the v o rebellion of 1848, to ask their advice. The committee waited upon President Robert*, where they received information from the Secretary of Civil Affairs, M r D.O'Sullivau, that Colonel Roberts was absent in Chicago. Mr O'Sullivan informed the committee, however, that he believed that Colonel Roberts was disposed to aid the movement in Ireland by every means in his power, and that Colonel Roberts would 110 doubt, on his return, make known to the committee his pnrpose and resolve in the matter."

By latest dates from Dunedin, we learn that the enquiry into the late fire in Moray place and Princes street, had resulted in a verdict of wilful arson against a certain person or persons unknown, but that a man named Wilson had been arrested by the police 011 suspicion of being concerned in the fire. A rather serious accident befel a miner named Robert Xi-holson, on Thursday last, at Brown's Terrace, where he sustained a fracture of the leg. The government, whose promptness calls for much praise, instructed Dr Lee to attend the sufferer.

A man the name of Patrick Lelly w;u brought by his mates to the lock-up ol Wednesday, suffering from aberration o! mind. Dr Lee was called in, and rccorn mended his removal at once to Hokitika finding the place of confinement already contained seven. The gaol accommodation here has of late become totally inadequate to the require ments of the district. Naturally, the po pulation having increased so suddenly, time must elapse before all matter in connection with the govern met of the people can be adjusted ; at the s.'imt time this is a matter which should takt precedence of most. We are also given to understand that the police are numerically

weak in proportion to the duties devolving upon them. The latter is ;i matter more I serioudv affecting the community than the j \yant of gaoll accommodation, f a;ul tlu.ist be reaapdied with the least nosjfprej dultiy. J It is desirable at all timos to make ffj>wn j a want in order to admit of the opportn-4 nity of the being supplied us. There J can be no question that Charleston is ?o j quickly becoming largely populated, and i that, too, by a settle i community, a-t to '

j urgently call for a place where thy c«l;ic;ij.tional requirements of the youtii amongst us may be attended to. There is, perhaps, no greater disadvantage which heads of families have to put up with in goldlields' districts than the absence of schools either for those advanced in years or of an en- | tirely preparatory character, and in many [ instances the habits of sloth and indul- ! neuce, if no worse, contracted by the j young on goldliehls have proved a great | bar to their future rise and progress There are at present a large number ol juveniles in and around Charleston whost parents and guardians, closely engaged ii j business pursuits, would be buttoogl ic i to pla.-e the n where they could have ever} confideiit-e they would be profitably em j ployed, and any competent person opening a day school would meet with decided sue | cess in his undertaking, and at the samt ; time confer an important boon upon tin

community. The Darkie'; Terrace road is fast approaching completion, and when finished will be a really first-class line of communication between the main diggings and the township. The road, as at present provided, is about half a chain wide, leaving ample room for two vehicles t<» pass. Should the weather continue lav /rablo for ten days more, the road, it is expected, will be open for traffic bet ween the Darkie's and the township.

The rapidity of growth ami the proportions that' Charleston is assuming arc certainly matters for astonishment even by liio.se long and intimately acquainted with the rise and fall of digging townships. It is now something more than six months back that the fir>t exodus took place to the newly discovered ground at Fox's ; the Pakihi at that time had not been opened up any length of time, and business people not having commenced operations all classes were ready at once to proceed in hot haste to the new Dorado. Many of our readers will remember how it fared with Fox's. There was a large rush of people, the largest that had ever taken place from Hokitika and surrounding district, and for a few short weeks those early on the field reaped a rich harvest. This prosperity was, however, of short duration, and people soon awoke to the that the rush had been fearfully overdone ; numbers flocked away, so ne to tlie Pakihi, and the majority

to Wcsthuid. From the commencement of

the temporary decline of Fox's the Pakihi steadily increased in population and importance, slowly but surely, until a few weeks past when the assured prosperity of those engaged in mining pursuits attracted a sudden and continuous tlow of population. The old township, if we may term it such, situate below the cutting in Ccal street and around the bay, continues almost in the exact .-date of six mouths back \ and it is only on rising the terrace to gain the extensive plateau, that the new and important portion of the town is seer.. Unlike the Grey, where the site for a township bounded by lofty terraces, comprises but a limited area; or Hoki'.ika, where a narrow flrip of beach presents tha only healthy and immediately practicable situation for buildings, Charleston in its wide open ulains j holds out every advantage for the laying I out of a line township with commanuing ' streets, public and government reserves, Ac. ; and at the present rate tii.it buildings arc in progress and n i '\v street-; being laid out, and almost as quickly built upon, Charleston bids fair to become one of the largest of the nourishing townships on the West Coast.

By advertisement in our last issue it appears that the postal authorities purpose transmitting mails by every steamer ow sailing vessel calling at Charleston, at least •O CD / they advertise for tenders to close 7th May next for landing and shipping mails to and fmn vessel-*.

The .Nelson School Society celebrated its twenty-third anniversary on Sunday, the 21st ult., at the Provincial Hall, and an additional interest was imparted to the occasion by the presence of his Excellency the Governor, although some disappointment was felt that he took 110 active part in the proceedings. We are surprised at the tone adopted by the ' West Coast Times' when speaking of this port, in their issue of Monday, referring to the departure of the Cymraes, they write, " But her departure was stayed by the heavy sea, which for eight days sealed the cove up, and it was not until Thursday last that she got clear oi" the ' hole'— for port it is not." In the first place the entrance was not sealed up for eight days by heavy surf, but the Cymraes was unable to proceed to sea as she was undergoing repairs, and we have yet to | leurn that Constant Bay has acquired the

luiietiviabic notoriety enjoyed by iioiuiiK;!, iof a port where ond-fifih of tjhe vessefcrwerer !! wrecked and abandoned. Setting aside I the advantages pifcsessed by ilokltika in ■llicr powerful fleet of steam-tugs, vessels ! may more safely enter I stunt Bay, and from the iact of only one I vessel having been wrecked out of upwards ! ~f two hundred that have visited us duringI the past seven month-, it hardly becomes i our contemporary to draw unfavorable comparisons. Should, however, i Bay prove inadequate to oar increased wants, we possess in the river Nik an ex-J ! eel lent shelter for vessels of draught,. ! and with the aid of a steam-tug 110 danger ! need be apprehended by vessels attempting ; the entrance.

An accident which might have be* attended with fatal results, took place < Thursday last the sufferer in this being Mr. William Keating, of :he Via riau Butchery, in this town. that Mr. Keating was shooting of one oi his bullocks at when the shot iired by one ot entered the fleshy part of his penetrating about live inches. was immediately alter wards Dr. O'Keliy, and we are happy that the patient i.s progressing A. leather house in San received an order from Japan of leathei of Californian amounting to 10,001! suits the .Japanese, of couise will be likely to follow. supposed to be designed accoutrements.

The result of a match Dunediii Artillery and St. * nle||j^^^^^H to Xuiv Zuaiand corps. Ar^us,' •• The total points made the St, Kilda teani^^^^^H the allowed to the and were Artii Lieutenan^^^^^^^^^l ; ; (runner Brown, 50 who tori;: e r c spa|^H

the Cre»wick iiifles by the very large number of - )( ' l points. An action was brought in the county court, Melbourne, by Mr. Mumford, against Messrs. M'Meckan and Co., owners of the steamer Gothenburg, to recover £0(1. the price of a piano ln-longing to the wife of the plaintiff (Miss Julia Mnttlo ws), whi-'-h was destroyed while being n'.ippnl on board the Gothenburg, at Hokitika, in October la<t. In defence it was urged that no negligence had been shown, that every care had been taken, and that the accident was occasioned by the heavy swell which was running at the time. Judge Pohlraan awarded a verdict to the plaintiff, damages