WELLINGTON.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 323, 1 January 1863, Page 6

WELLINGTON.

"We are in receipt of "Wellington papers to the 27th instant, from which we extract tlie following items of intelligence :—

The Exroßr Tk.vde.—The cattle trade lias now, we imagine, icached its culminating point, and the price of ordinary kinds lias liscn from L 2 15s to L 5 ; bullocks fit for the yoke, from LG to L 9 each ; and working bullocks, from LlB to L 24 per pair. The demand for butter for export still continues brisk, and the price ruling at liobart Town—viz., Is B<l—hus had the eflect of checking its downward tendency at Wellington. The country settlers, never since the gold discoveries at Mount Alexander, enjoyed so much prosperity, or were in possession of so much ready money.— Advertiser.

Tearful Death.—lnformation wns received yesterday"Hint VvVJoins (ilie -Billy Jones wlm recently figured as prosecutor in Srpreini" Court in h charge of stabbing) had bern burnt to a cinder in his dwii house, sit Gri-ytown, on Tuesday last. On the. 17th an inquest "was held on ihe body by Dr Spratt, vorone.-, and a respectable ■jury. It appealed in'evidence thar Junes.had gone home the previous evening about dusk'in a state of intoxication, and that a female who lived with him—a Maori woman—had previously gone out of his way to sivdid tlie efi! cts of his violent temper when' drunk, and that he had then gone to bed. The house, •which had been recently built, was seen to be on fire by some natives, who called out, but got no answer; and as to saving the house it was out of the question,'it being quickly burnt to the gruund. The body of Jones was taken fiom the burning embers, bat it was impossible to identify it, as both legs were gone, and one arm and part of the other. A stump was seen burning within a short distance from the bouse, and it is supposed that a spark from it bad set fire to the shavings which were lying about. The jury returned a verdict to • the.'eflcct of the deceased "having been accidentally burnt to death while in 'a fctate of drunkenness, and the resident clergyman, we are informed, refused to read the burial service over liis remains.— Wellington Advertiser, 20th Dec.

"--• Native Reports.—HorePftene has returned from his visit to the King: He has brought the following news, which may be taken;for what itis worth. If ,Wm. Naylor's road is carried beyond a certain point near the Waitetuna, the King natives will resist. If the troops occupy Tatarainiaka, 500 Muories will immediately take possession pt Waitara. The dispute as to the AVaitara cannot be submitted to investigation and arbitration in the absence of Colonel Browne, one of the principal parties concerned. The King considers that the Government did wrong in _ not at once completing tlie purchase, of the.Waitottt.ra., and that the delay nullifies the bargain. But he considers the Government entitled to a fair equivalent in land for the LSOO paid, and such a slice will be given them. There is also a continuance of the reports regarding the promise from Bishop I'ompalher of Trench assistance if the Maories come over to his faith; reports which we altogether incredible, but the prevalence of which should induce the French priests to become naturalized, so as to do away with every suspicion.— Wauginui Chronicle. l

Pkksidbht Lincoin to thb Blacks.--The argument for separation which President Lincoln has addressed to a deputation of free blacks, would he excellent applied to the t-'outh :—' You and-we are a different race. We have between us a tiroa''er difference than exists between almost iiny other two races. Whether it is right or wrong I! nee:! not 'discus* : but this physical difference is a great di-advan-tnge to us both, as I think your race suffer1 very grft'itly, many of them by living with us, while ours suffers from your presence. In a word, we suffer on each side. If this is admitted, it affords a reason why we should be separated.' Here is a precise parallel to the question between the Federal Government and the seceding States. There is between the North and youth a broader difference than exist* betu epn almost any other two races, and to be coupled together has been a great disadvantage fo the one, and tio small inconvenience to the other. They suffered on each side and this bping mlmitted, affords a reason tor separation. Why had not some black spokesman tlie leady wit to invite the I'rtsident to s,ttthe exanijdeof the lesson he would teach by a peicpablosi-paiation from the South on exactly the same grounds 1 Incompatibility and inequality aie enough, says the monitor. It is useless to discuss the why and wherefore. We have to deal with a fuct that cannot be altered, and there is no way out of the difficulty but to pat. But what if the black adheres to the Union, and, like the North, says,' No, we will not part ; we will compou-id for some mortifications in consideration of counterbalancing ndvantnges, and bear the ill we know rattier than fly to the unknown.'' In this'case ill usage ,would evidently be the resource of the Uovpmment, the rigors Ot a sort of social prescription analogous to the war to coerce the < oi.fi!eriue«. If theie aie any pers-ons. who hiive hilievpd in a Northern sympathy with th" neg'Ois, they rtill be run d of the delusion by leadii g I Jresident Lincoln's a<lditfs, which we take to be a very (air'exposition of the general sentiment. — Exam' Tier.

V The Wick Tailoksakd the Sewikg-Mach.jbx. —the John O'Grootjournal records in tuis unjrravcious miinner.two imjioitaiit.events| which occurred within the northern burgli :r-. We regret to ft-ite that just a<our town clock, cuasf.d to strike the other day, a! f> w tailors _ began ;to strike, and ;, we sup-, pose just; because . the, cfopk'stopped woi-king they fil-* lowed :the exaipple.,'; ■.Mncfiintry >vaa-.ttie < cause in both in«!tancesl- • Intlie one case, the Introduction by >ome of the move enterprising tailors of a sewingmachine slopped the taiicrs ; and, the old machinery getrins ditty, stopped the clock.';-'*- We <■■, equally, -regret both cii-cuinstances. ' >Veregief the tailor's strike— or,rather, the,strike among afiaction oftheir.com-munityr-hecause we T tdpplore' the ignorance that • prompts.them to,tiiis feeble attempt at stopping the ; inarch of imiirovenient-rthe nineteenth part of a man ;(lfct aloneithe bulldog) trying, his I hand in the : Far iNorthat staying, the progress of the universal sewing-, machine T We regret ihe'want bf the strike' in the oihfr quarter, simply because we don't know the time of day, and may be—for all we are aw;ire— sending tb.s communication a day or so late. The clock should be cleaned j we don't know if the tailors need this.