ANGLO-SAXON SUPERIORITY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 268, 2 March 1877, Page 3

ANGLO-SAXON SUPERIORITY.

I Colonel (afterwards General) Amlcrtnn, lof the Kcitbh Army of India, while at Fw had occasion to have a large number LwckiriK-^'^ 9 m,ule ; Thc ,mt T T l/?t«ca would riuiico them very cheaply, K n a 09 g scmccabte.R» need be, " ttm t t» them the job w» r f>fl « fU >" the Colonel went to grre some direction, about the work, arid white, watciung the iocknw® he was struck mth the clinnsiof their toots, and the a «kwant manner in which they were used. He r«I mucked! to the Hindoo superintendent that a „ o ud English carpenter would do more luvk in a <!ay than ten of those men- r,e Hindoo could rj»t believe it. In taut, lie knew better. He would like to test it. Colon,l had made hts assertion I Hoiiifvvhat rtcktcasty, but he would nut I wcude from it. iieturTiung to camp, he I ,! e a! cut investigate" ; and attached to Ifitiu of the batteries "t' flying artillery he ILind an Engti*hruari who wa£ a carpenter ilv trn.lcv having served his time at, and l&orked for years with the saw and hammer tm the following rooming a wagur was laid and the single tingltshinenwent to work ajunst the ten natives. The boards were in the rough, and had to be cut and „r,lit to dimensions, and muted together the magnificent Mu the hi saws worked like magic, and the artilleryman knew how to use tb< ui. The ten natives did their lust, working not more for the wag* r t< im for their c. tdU, hut they were beaten. *' H.f dial pointed to the hour .for closing wmk, I** Englishman was three boxes a-11 cud. fll<! t.BTKK.vrrNKP to f. IST t'.E HVK-mKNES. Mr. tftu'sMmuse, member for STotueka, latelyaddressed his constituent at Watnica VV\:st. fie was closely (questioned by a Mr. Arnold, whose remarks are thus reported by the MailYoit (jpi-iik about a reduction irv the estimates, but when Voget came into the House and lu? was going to die, didn't yott vote? to send hun Home as AgenttJeneriiU Didn't you, now { [Mr. Hurstliouse : E did. | I see they art; going to red nee the police pay to tfs. a day : why didn't they reduce other things! When-the news came of l>r. f'eatherston s death didn't Vogtl come down to the Mouse w'th a long face, and Stall-ord with teius inr his tyes, and Grey crying, and did n't you all vote a lot of money tor his family I Ah!' ye're purly fellows for numbers, the \vl;ole lot of ye ! re trying to make New Zealand as bad as ould Ireland, [tutting on it a big national d<. ht. and making tl,e working men. in sc ruble. Six shilhngs a ihiy. indeed !' £il have every man out of the Government that had anything to do with- the Vogtl Ministry, anil be d dto them. V-Hat jfoud d.d you or any of our mimhers ever do for fitlson I They do well m Otago, but what do we get { E tell ye what it is, this is tl.e poorest settlement this side of the line." Elis liurst of eloquence having subsided, Mr. Arnold determined to l e .t bye-j'.ones be bye-gouts* and with that end in view he [u-ocieded >o propose a vote of thanks to iVlr. lEurstuouse, vvl:i.* > was eiu'vii d ii'i'i'iiuiously. iiksi . '• '«;• rirr. r..vn cks of jr<!Ot»r *Mt SASM..V. • ry of the Ailari'.s Es,pn :?» little t.'hio town of Akm .<• o. will be rt niemliei'eil. S»an ,-M '.!• i,iy> a ti-legrajtli i.p. \>as lr> d -i '.rime and ;uip:n -ti d. Ue Hi ;■ |.i„ u i;ml went to i'hie:'go, <x\i r- I. :■ il eider the inllui-rice of Mi iei.y mid [lowia'l'ul i-if pea-fi*, and conhssi tl ti lac he it vmis wl.o had rot.bid the tssprtss t'ou pany *>l the tU,C.(.O dels. Ete returntii to Ateton, where lie sum ndeml liimself to the- authorities just in time to prevent tiie possible conviction of two men named Taylor,, who were tinder indictment for the biu-ulary. 1' e tinale is told by the von, titticvii, us follows :

As t!itui/,1 r | ud been accitiittM'l by a jury r.u flic d ;m\;i of i.nrgiaty, i e c<>ul<L enly he ;urai;mil on ae! an/e of perjury in liilsely awtimuj; to 1 is ii.-noet t;ee. and s" at five minutis to t'J o'clock he came int.<> iVii'iiiiHi li'lens t'cuvk-voi.•«!•. aeeompnturd by i'resccuti-r I'oi.lsori. Judge r-oyiitott. who was in ul'i on a l . u , i u , ;i f, (•,(, t , [ ; ; u , t - (S |,v j_, t , tu ; his Court, ami Judge Tibbalds took the bench: 'I he un I:t;f.llit.nt; for perjury, found by this recent trcaml Jury,, having previously !)»•(• a read to IfruiUasr, the hirtier vi'iidiii';' Wii» waived. and he was asßttl to rise anil statu whether he g>lt;u<U- <L guilty or not guilty to the charge. lU't niivr thereupon arose ami pleads d .utility to |k rjury. being asked if he hail anvthing to say why judgment should dot be passed npim him, Hreu izer arose and said that ho thoroughly repented (.if hU cruuts of robbery and perjury,. had asked for forg'veness from his Creator* and .had reouved the pardon of his father, mother, brother, aiul sisters. .He had already in.'ulo sim;i! restitution of the scolen propel ty,. and would make farther restitution 1 p°ssible. Ele hoped the Judge would H> lenient as possible in the administration ot tliu sentence. Judge TibbaU, Uf<>re Kivmg the sentence, remarked, in all his | ; sp" neiu-e as an attorney, and on the ■>onch, the present case was one of the saddest he had ever met with, consideriiijx the i t cuiustances tf Brunt2er s termer good standing' in society, the uu t.r of conducting himself during tfu•J l u, and the almost universal sympath v* of ■ public Me would now say that he tuul hhi saliislinl at and since the trial, that '<■ ( >ieui/,cr) was the person who had had * - ss i.(!; iT key made. After hearing 'lie circumstances of the case from l liu prosecutor, he was satisfied that the repentance was complete In view of the uon tssiou and attending e;reuinstanoe3,. )o leheved tnat he would do- justice both 'he slate and EU'eniae.r in pronouncing the seuffcK.u., he proposed : Tuerefore the seutyuee of the tourt i» r " that ywu be vP the jail of th.© tQUotry r and

within thirty days from this date you be conveyed to the Penitentiary of the Sfcite, and confined at hard labour for a period of three years, and it is no part of the sentence that yon be fcf-pt any portion of the said time ill solitary confinement." SEKVOCSNESS A>"l* :.f:t:V[NKS. Nervousness, say 3 " Casaell's Magazine," is one of the prices we have to pay for civilisation ; the nervous savage is a being unheard of. For this disorder, whteit is partly of mental and partly of a eodtiy nature, relief is sought in various ways, at»d among these we may place the employment of narcotics. The temporary relief afforded by these drugs is very apt to lead those who suffer from nervous sensations to put too much trust in and resort too frequently to them. In the long run they prove most des'rueUve to health. Their use of late has become so frequent as to threaten society with a serious evil. It ha* been botdty contended that chloral is to be found in the work-boxes and baskets of nearly every lady in tin: west end *>f the metropolis "to calm her nerves." JS'o doubt this is an exaggeration, but it ts a fact that in New York chloral prtltek-batt become an institution scarcely a the introduction of chloral into mcdidal practice And now it turns Germany—"sober, orderly, |w6BTSitlly-rn!ed Germany"—has such a tfnlig aS' morphta disease spreading among the population. The symptoms are not unlike those af opium-eating. Experitnee suggists that per - " is .suffering front to is disease should at once be deprived of the drug. Their wilfulness and liability to relajwe, hmwver, are so great that it is said that only about 25 per cent, have been seut to recover hi a large series of easts. THE •'RU'KKTBIJ'S At:MS. Benjamin Iveeton. a well-known Sheffield cricketer, died lately, and his wife set up a tombstone over him, in the ehttrehyard, having representations of a bat, ball, and wickets upon it. The vicar attempted to remove the stone, and the widow resists. When the last mail left, the affair was causing much excitement. iufcsofs c, »rf:T>rn£>. lie was paying impetuous attentions to a young lady living in Newtown. Being a sott of pviyr but honest parents, he was obliged t« walk over to the village which contained his adored on the Sunday nights lu? vUi ted her. W hen there he laboured under another arid more awkward disadvantage. The young lady's father eoneeived a singular atid most violent dislike to the amiable embryonic $Ut >vv uui-ft- Tiit# necessitated extreme caution on the part of the lover, and he was eeptal to the enu rgeuey, as a matter of course. Ilis ingress to the house was by a window on f'V second floor, which he reached by springing from the coVt-r of a cistern eutb, and catehing hold of the window His egress was effected by hi-.u/'tHg full length from *be ledge, and ttn it dropping to the cistern cover, a tall of about, sis inches. One .Sunday he took with hi in on the visit a yortng man who Now n."i , ."s his silvered liarr behind a Daribury grocery counter. They readied t e p!a> e, the young fa-ly saw the signal, opened tile wsitd'uv, and t'tve famous I Ih'U'tiUiu sprang tip into bliju. T.ie yt>ttng uiau wa» tr» amuse ldms.'if abunt the village until the hour of departure. He atnriset! L;\a>uyit. It don t .-e. m p<>ss.ble f.:,t'..t any!•<>dv eotrhit b?- so ftrutal. but that young uku ,h u Ilv removed the cov« r »»f ti.e '» ueii he sat u< nvn by t!ie f. nee and ate e »ir,'tits, and eabntv xvaitetl for tdie result. I*. r i. tiinishid his sparking, and backed out of the window the full Itngth his hand would permit. " Gooddi-ye," he gasped in a whisper, as he prepared to drop. '• Good - bye, I'hinny." she wdtispered back. Then he let go, and instantly shot from sight into a yawning ►yss of darkness and rain wafer ; and if he had been of solid iron heated to a white glow, he t'otild not have criated more of a commotion in striking the water. It is not necessary to tvpeat what Mr. ftamum said, both crawling- oi;.f. of the cistern and during the eight tuibs walk home, but shortly afterwards he became a t'mversalwt.—/WWry AVtrs.