The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1867.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 193, 19 August 1867, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1867.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court today, a considerable number of debt cases were set down for hearing, which occupied the Court until a late hour, and which must appear in auother issue. .Wy understand that the Provincial Engineer purposes leaving for the Buller „,.on..Weduosday by the Kennedy, and will call, at the Karamea on his way thither. There seems to be no longer any doubt that a decided " rush" is taking place to the Karamea. In addition to the miners landed there by the Kennedy and the Lyttelton and those conveyed by the Lady ; Barkly via Motueka on Saturday morning, we are informed that the Murray brought •do less than 120 miners' from the West -Coast, who were landed at the mouth of the Karamea river, and it is stated that the whole country up to the Bend is highly auriferous. The rush seems to have received anew impetus from the fact that a miner from that locality had arrived in Westport and sold 14 oz. of coarse gold, and this appears to have created quite a sensation there. The Charleston Argus is alluding to this " stampede " says that '"the Karahnea will now have a thorough trial." It-remarks that "if the late news is only partially true there cannot be a doubt of the good fortune of the new locality, but at the same time it has to be provea];" and urges upou the miners the necessity of caution in leaving the present claims, at the same time expressing its surprise that a 14oz„ parcel should have created such a sensation. The, Ne|son friends of Captain Leech, Into co^raandft of the Nelson and afterfwirrds of ; the Stormbird, will be gratified ;M?s^*£^ afc b® 'has "been. appointed Har- ] w>r 'Master at Westport. - a On^iUes from the West Coast-state that another rich quartz reef had been discoveied op a branch of Moonlight Gully, .^hieh is? described as surpassing in richBesslthat firstdiscovered, and as being of greater extent. A new rush has taken Ipiace'sou^h. pf Waite's Pakihis,; and the ;gropnd f has been pegged off for fully a mile

aud a half. The contract for the new wharf nt the Buller has been let to Mr Thomas Miles for £1330. Mr Nees, the contractor for the Brighton, Charleston, and West port railway, has commenced the construction of a crushing machine at his mills on the banks of the river Nile, which is expected to he iu proper order in about a fortnight's time. The general monthly meeting of the Fire Brigade takes place this evening at the Trafalgar. We are grieved to hear | that there is a whisper afloat, touching the possible disbandment of that most useful body, iu consequence of the very unjustifiable aspersions cast upon their exertions at the late fire by one or two acrimonious individuals. We sincerely trust that the Brigade will nofc condescend to notice such miserable growlers, but rest assured of the sympathy and goodwill of their fellow-citizeus. -^-In addition to 20,000 ozs of gold shipped on board the Claud Hamilton at Greymouth on her last trip, she also shipped 84,000 ozs at Hokitika, thus making her total freight of treasure one of the most valuable that has yet left the West Coast. A Christchurch telegram states a meeting of the unemployed had been held in that city, and that the Executive had promised to find work for those willing to accept it. The Grey River Argus, adverting to the increase of population, as evidenced by the large quantity of lading sent up the Grey, and adding that even the Little Grey district has felt the improvement, a large number of miners having arrived on the Buller side of the Saddle and the Grey with the object of giving the locality a fair trial, says that the completion of the road now under construction by the Nelson Government from the port of Westport up to the junction of the luaugahua will materially facilitate that thorough prospecting of thei district which it believes is alone necessary to ensure the establishment of a large and prolific gold-field. Miss Adelaide Ironside, whose premature death at Rome iu April last we noticed in a receut issue, we find was not a daughter, hut a near relative, of the Rev, S. Ironside, who was a resident of Nelson some years ago. The Athenaeum of May 11, iu announcing her death, gives thefollowing touching notice from a correspondent at Rome :— My first word is to crave only such space as a white rose might cover, in memory of a flower that has dropt out of a wreath. It was on Sunday, the Hth of April, that I kissed for the last time the pure delicate face and high white forehead of Adelaide Ironside, just dead. You remember her Australian flowers, painted as never were flowers painted before; her Iris- winged angels that made one think she had been among them; her rich, Titiau-like coloring, united to a purity of feeling, that recalled the visions of Beato Angelico; her beautiful poem in painting, with its too prophetic title, " Ars longa, vita brevis ;" and her picturesque poetry, so graceful and original! You did not perhaps know what she most bitterly felt — the suspension for two years from her beloved labors imposed upon her by the cruel malady that consumed her young life. Still young and fair, she was more like a girl of 20 in face, and figure, and mind than a woman of 35, so simple and innocent her life had been; and yet she was born on the 17th of November, 1831. She was the pet of Gibson. " I was angry with her one day," he said to me, "but, by George! I could not scold her when I saw her sweet smile and heard her sweet voice." The following extract from the Athenaeum, (May 25) will be read with satisfaction by the Secretary of the Acclimatisation Society and by all those who take a sanguine view of our salmon future. This fish is so prolific that, in spite of its many enemies, if only allowed fair play, it will return a profit to its cultivators which is very far from being despicable even in the eyes of a capitalist. In a single river, with very little outlay and no risk, a property may thus be created in the space of a few years of the annual money value of at least £10,000: — A few years ago the take of salmon in the Ribble, between Preston and the sea, waß ninety-six fish only, so low had the river been reduced by neglect, encroachments, and unlawful practices. Last year, as appears from the report of the conservators to the Fisheries' Commission, 16,000 salmon were caught in the same portion of the river during the season. This is good news, for it demonstrates the benefits already accrued from the appointment of the commission, and the enforcement of salutary regulations.

We trust the commissioners will uot relax in their labours, for should a similar result be obtained in other rivers of the United Kingdom, the profit in the shape of money and of an important article of food, will be enormous.