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Otago Daily Times, Issue 83, 20 February 1862, Page 2

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(From our own Correspondent.) (The fo i iowin! , is the remflill(lcl of our correSpondent'. letter, the first part of which appeared in our issue of yesterday.—^d. D. 1.) On the subject of steam, either vo Melbourne or Otago, nothing more has been done than was detailed by you in your article of the 3rd inst. The Frovincinl Goullci! wiU probably meet next month, when it b a sou , etlliu be s; . net ; one a in refel .. «,,«to a boat between here and Otogo. There is, however, an impression that during the winter very little mining wll be going 011 with you, and that there will be comparatively little inducement for our exporting stock, &c. Unless this impression is removed, it may produce over-caution, as when a steam comumuiAustralia, so as to facilitate our English mail, there ' is a reluctance felt as to spending Provincial funds ; u continuing on the line to Melbourne. We see that Otapo must become a depot for Eastern produce, and a centre of trade as valuable in many respects to this treated ai tlie ollspring of a moon-struck lmuii should now be looked upon soberly as a thing not only pos . sible, or even probable, but much to be urged. More , , especially is this the case since the intelligence of the opening of telegraphic communication between California find Newfoundland has reached us. If New Zealand is true to herself she will at once sot about matt _ r iv d would haye be _ v somethinc; sta'^oriiip'about the idea of entering into this business as tho principal eontractint; party under ordinary circumstauc.es, but not so in the altered {JJ^m .^ s. Jidl (^eminent *ill lauulj ' s D aii thin™ C oiisidpred the nrouo-ition to brine b- ~into' ope.S°"sin S le handed s, cx ceuting, of course the help of the Home "(Joverned raen t) s 1)o t such a piece of "bumptiousness" .ns no doubt Australia will consider it The public here were very much surorised by a statement, which this week appeared in one of our newspapers, showing the S^^nt^a^^c^ duced 207,551 ounces, and Victoria 209,09ti. The er comparison is most interesting, and taking into cona sideration the difference of population in the two to places during the period, so much in your favor, liasi ln °Psllnd theeyesofmany to the value of Otagomorethan| We have been so accustomed to think . o f Victoria as a gold-producmg country, unparalleled c- and unapproachable, as to tliink less of Otago than , we ought to think; but now that we see its"3o,ooo I population actually producing as much in six months it as Victoria did with a population of 85,000 to start, - upon, we cannot do less than marvel and tliink a r little more highly of our own El Dorado. v Tlle f"rtlier exammationof witnesses inthe attempt ,V to murder case, which occurred recent yin the Upper h elusive TJle occurrence took place on the 23 th hist. y Hemi ( James ), a native, had been laying- siege to the t fealty of a native woman, married to a white man, - and 011 being remonstrated with by his brother, £id wai (Levy), deliberately fired at him. M'ssmg Ins s aim he tired a second time, and woimded Riwai m - the leg. He was. loading a third time when lie ww. . c "ecuiwl by the natives around It was thought a s f ue tl'll, c tha* no apprehenson by the police won Id ■ s a ? s ho f ssued f lis wanaut on the 6th instant, and the s capture took place next day. The Maori Rununga — hall not been so tardy, but had confiscated his goods, and threatened to hung him if llhvni died. Talking m of hanging, you already know that Color-Sergeant c Collins lias been executed for tho murder of Ensign - Alexander of Wang-anui A great many Maories were c very desirous of seeing the white man hung, and it c™» a source ,of disappointm ei^«;?^»J c a- s °.Uu/^^^^ n nals Act ;, is proclaimed in yourdistrict, the gaol at Dunedin being the place in which the law ii to be finally carried out. c Au accident occurred yesterday to one of the men d (John Turner) at work on tlie excavation for filling - naiooui. ne ten 11 om tne oiowot me m r-" it ', c / Ju \£™ c ?e«f(' ««^ '^X O win-to the man's - n *s W odunt^he?e t te foreman warned him ft dan^ous to do so In aeecidents of this t kmtl' the Government generally allow half-pay until t recovery takes place. Turner, the man injured r yesterday, is well known oa tlie diggings. He was t

ory successful there, and only returned to his family month since. ] * a«SSS^hTTt"lot^n'ihe^ * M ? n \VZ^Sm S^'l"' |t W, f *m$ "" *u°^^!^n^-d sSU ol^the Eo^ndVihur.h s n.o-.v bain- held at 'ifelsan. The" Bishop, An:hi,.ai>on Hadtieid, airl tho ilevJs." Messrs' Sto'.k nl To Aim, have gone from henco, with several ay representatives. The Church of England n the Australian colonies, or at any rat.) n New Zealand, is governed by the opposite treme. .to wll!>-t If. ls m ,th 3 °ld , country, ™^ "■ I!> * fl"^, t wt demo4^.- busk K^thS^fi rom exparience, Vill eventua H.v be a, conducive to ien t-al action T^l^hlw^^mliv^!^. You will notice in our papers a letter found on Garrett, while in custody here on his way to be trie:l. He admitted having written it. It was written in the character of a fellow passenger, and signed "John Heatneote," _ contained a. most villainous account of trai-relts lite-long doings,—t.ie object £ Stal&r j^^ b^ f rie T o |: kept i?yom- iiatt Conl deriu t!le mailj it only shov , s how exceedhmly simple cever rogues sometimes turn out to be. "Ordinary persons would never dream of so silly an attempt to escape from the trial of a crime, 'and especially from such a crime as that for which Garrett was accused. Robert and Betsy, which put m here from X34° ( [ S"° d id°the " Vi-ion "on the 13th The "Swrdfish " with 50 head of cattle 100 slieen SO]Qe geese, and potatoes, sailed'for your port on the lltll aiu i the „ Hermine," with about HO } ieat i oJ w ;n sai i to-day, if the weather permit. The arrivals from Otago .have been the "W. B. Dean," on the 11th; the "Tyra," on the 12th; and the Harrow on the 13th. v IphaU write you on <x™u*™& matten by the J°^, on tl el, th but I may W state thst ™c a££££i tokm^riaee there e^bodv^^oi^seU sftib S3^s ?s thT ;at lha t\ fee** SS ma J e free]y l _______