THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam out faciam." DUNEDIN, THURSDAY, JULY 27.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1123, 27 July 1865, Page 4

THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam out faciam." DUNEDIN, THURSDAY, JULY 27.

The exodus from Ireland continues without abatement. Both political agitation and agrarian outrage have subsided as chronic features of Irish society. The

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latest attempt to organise & great political movement has proved an ignoble failure, notwithstanding the countenance lent it by men of high public repute, and the- sympathy tendered by "reformers" from the other side of St. George's Channel. There are institutions and anomalies still perpetuated in Ireland, which have a naturally irritating influence upon a sensitive people. Moderate men of all parties admit that they involve practical injustice in many forms. But they have eminently failed of late to furnish the foundations and. materials of a great agitation. The people of Ireland—or rather that class of the people to whose passions agitation has hitherto successfully appealed—seem animated by a commoD impulse to leave domestic politics behind them, and are more disposed to seek in some new land fresh fields of industrial enterprise, than to clamor at home for redress of grievances. It may be said honestly that the recent legislation of the Imperial Parliament with reference to Ireland has been both equitable and generous. Without enacting revolutionary changes, such as the old leaders of agitation might have demanded, Parliament has uniformly since the O'Connell days sought to deal with the sister island as part and parcel of an empire all whose members enjoy common rights. But ia the present state of the public mind, just laws and their liberal administration appear as powerless to attach the Irish peasantry to the soil of their native country, as the elaborate exposition of grievances has been to arouse their patriotic indignation. O'Conneil would weep over the degeneracy of the race that prefers seeking the free lands and high wages of a new country, to staying at home to fight the battle of freedom against its oppressors.

It will never be known how many thou--1 sands of the stalwart sons of Ireland ]ie 1 buried on the battle fields of America. They have contributed largely to feed the Federal armies, and to win for the North the succession of great victories by which t!ie South has at at last been laid prostrate at its feet. To the Irish mind, America has always possessed a wonderful fascination, and it is not lessened now that she has once more the rich prizes of peace to offer, rather than the precarious fortunes of war. If the American people and their rulers are wise they will, now that the deadly civil strife is closed, concentrate their energies in the development of the vast resources o£ their almost boundless territory, rather than in the prosecution of aggressive war. The apprehension is not unfounded that the military spirit which has been awakened may seek some new adventure, and that for years to come the new American soldiery will constitute a dangerous class, threatening the peace of <•>

the world. But the veriest infatuation alone on the part of the governing men of the States, could sacrifice the magnificent opportunity offered for the internal development of the country, to any project, however alluring, of external conquest and aggrandisement, It is unfortunate for the best interests of the country that a man of Mr Johnson's stamp should have succeeded at a moment so critical to the first place of power and influence. If he fulfil the expectations that are justified by liis antecedents and known political sentiments, he will give a great check to the onward course of the Union. He has it in his power, even acting in strict conformity with law, not only to punish with death the leaders of " the rebellion;" but to confiscate the property of the South, and by vengeful measures sow anew the seeds of a bitter and implacable resentment. His policy should be rather to conciliate, to encourage both parties to the war to forget the past, and to lay together the foundations of a new future. There are manythoughtful men who see that the occasion is opportune for building up the breaches made by an unhappy quarrel. To these Americans the case presents itself thus. Slavery is abolished as a domestic institution. The great plantations of the South will henceforth be thrown open to- the competition of free labor, and if the negro is unable to hold his own in that race, he must be "elbowed out" by the more energetic white man. In the vast territories that lie westward of the Atlantic States are not only wide prairies waiting to be cultivated, but exhaustless mjnes of gold and Bilver. For the development of this great natural wealth, the American of intelligence, whose mind is uninflamed by visions of external conquest, looks to the immigrant labor -which, is rapidly pouring into the States, chiefly from Ireland. In the discussions in the papers, the value of every able-bodied immigrant is reduced to the form of a tangible figure. The stubborn fact that a debt has been created by the war, of no less than three thousand millions of dollars, i 8 complacently met by the calcnlation that an addition of half a million of laborers to the gold field population would have the effect of extinguishing the whole sum in less than ten years. ; 4 Every able- " bodied man or woman, in the prime of " life," it is said, " who arrives from. " Europe iDto our Atlantic ports, and " thence betakes himself or herself to the 11 fertile prairies of the West—-capacious 11 enough to welcome a hundred mil- " lions of them—-is worth a thousand

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dollars to the State." Last year 300,000 immigrants were received, " mostly " and healthy people, with children " tined like their fathers and mothers, " aid in the development of the mineral " agricultural, and commercial resources "of our country within a d ozeri ycara These three hundred thousand ___ , . , v <»m grants are set. down as a national •ir *?Tn VaIUC °f t]'ree hanc3rcd millions oi dollars, estimated at a thousand dollars "per pair of hands," posing they bring to the States nothing with them but their labor. . The Immigration during the present year promises to more than keep pace with that of past. At the date of the last advices vessel alone had landed 1178 souls, " «i,,_,, t i . ~ large t human cargo ever imported in ship. As we have said, these multitudinous pairs of hands, arc chiefly drawn from Ireland, where the old attachment the peasant to his hereditary soil 3eems be strangely loosened. Probably to Irishman, America will continue for many years to come to be a favorite field of gration. The process has now been going on so long that a strong social chain of connection between the countries has been forged. Thousands tv; c i, e n > *u« v. ii ■-i i • Irish iamihes have been domiciled in o . , ■, , , , , States, and an aggregate of hundreds thousands of pounds sent acro S3 Atlantic from the 2sew World, to carry out members of households left behind. But whilst this circumstance is greatly to the operation originally of casual fluences, over the whole of the British Islands there is scattered a large movcablc populatiou—available for purposes immigration to any colony that pursues a judicious policy in attracting it. To this colony, not less than « _. • iiii-i America, every able bodied man , . , . , can be introduced mto the labor field set to work at developing the natural wealth of the country, is worth so much sterling money. In America they have got a practical matter-of-fact way of sessing the value of every pair of hands, that is somewhat instructive. They reckon up their immigrants just a3 so much " capital" to be sot against their national debt. To their continued drafts population from the old countries of Europe they look as the means of an uninterrupted prosperity, and a corrective for all evils and losses entailed upon them by costly war. The estimate is a correct of the value of population to a new conntry, and the facts are proof that the •".,..„ . ' world is still ready to pour out its herds for the benefit of lands that are prepared to give them a welcome and home.

prisoner, than would have been conveniently young possible if the contract of Messrs Lonhie and dcs- j Co. bad been completed in connection with to Bell Hill. The result will be the removal of "great deal of soil from embankments, &c, /in the B°itherly portion of the city, and iv », consequent permanent improvement. McßSrs innni- nn! e>B, me. n wUI ** eWj *« a few days in clearing up at the Hill; but they will asset, not carry out any farther « falls" there. We hear that there are disputes between Messrs Lo rin i e an d the Government which will have sup- yfc t to be settled; the most serious being as to compensation for extra stuff required to comImmi- plete the work. It is said that for a considerable distance along the Swamp, the eontracthe- tors have had to put from 2ft to 4ft more of one stuff than could be inferred to be necessary the from the p,lans Bubmittea by *he Government to tlie tenderers; who assumed, as a matter of one thafc a ,, ' would ha ' ye to do flll upbot ««i the ground line B hown, and the propo | e( i new level, allowing only for ordinary of consolidation, whereas there is a great sea of to mud, into which the stuff sinks, so as to the require an average of nearly 3ft more than many was calculated, thus making a most serious' cmi- addition to the work to be done befor^ie going fixed level is rea'ised. We extract the following from Mr Warden two Stratford' B rc Port> fr, om Cromwell, of the of 22 H din S Unt:-" The Wrs at the Bannockit burn and Smith s Gully are doing well. the „ „ .„, . \, „. , „ ~ Messrs Bruce and Blair, of Pipe-clay Gully, of have nppHcd for an extended of three the acres . and whsn they have completed their nWt win be ena bl e d to give employment to a large number of men." due It will be seen by an advertisment, that in- Court Prido of Dunedin, of the Ancient Order of Foresters, intend celebrating their anniversary by a Soiree and Ball on Wednesof day next in the Odd Fellows' Hall, under tnc Peonage of the various Volunteer an-1 Friendly Societies. The to «i»°-Brigade Band is engaged for the occai sion, and the committee are working hard to who ~T x. •■. ensure success. We hope they will sucand cee( j In our shipping columns will be fonnd a detailed narrative of the lamentable disasters to shipping at tho Cape, which were reas<r- ferred to in a recent telegr.im from Adelaide, Mr Warden Robinson, in his official report of the 22nd, writing from the Dunstan. says:—" The Molyneux has been steadily falling all tho week, and is now very losv. of There are no items of particular interest to he note(l in relation to mining this week^ Business is rather improving in consequence the' of the fall of the river." a Though an active search has been made by one the water police 'no trace hasyet been found of lbe body °f ] the, man David JaCk> old who was recently dwwned while cndeaToring to piak up an oar belonging to the lighter Ek . anorj in wllich he was at the time employed. Mr Warden Charles Broad, writing from Hamilton on the 22nd inst., informs us that: —" The population remains tho same as reported last week, but redistributed. The Sowburn is again turning out well. A small lead has been found, yielding from one to two oinicps to the load. The weather has been very fine during the last few days." The bonded Btore, in course of erection at Port Chalmers, is being rapidly advanced towards completion by the contracting builders. Tho frontage is now built to the height of the third story, and the other walls will be finished within a very few days. The building has been advanced beyond the limits of the section of ground let for the purpose of its erection, and on to what was usually known as the beach reserve, but the absence of any injury to public property, or to the sea frontage, leaves no room for complaint at this step being taken, though it was not legally permissible. By the contiguous properties being brought out to the same line of frontage, under the supervision of tho provincial or town engineer, a great improvement will be effected in the appearance of the crescent now in course of gradual formation along the beach line towards Observation Point. Mr Warden Hickson, on the 22nd instant,

We are glad to learn that Mr M'Kcuzic )ms been so far settled with by the Southland Government that the principal sum due to him has been paid. lie has fiiven a legal digcharge in consideration, trusting for payment of interest and law expenses to the generosity of the Assembly, which body it is understood he intends to petition.

An amusing hitch lias occurred in the operation of the Cattle Disease Act of Canterbury. The delegation t9 the Superintendent is only from year to year. Oiving to the negligent fuiluro to renew the proclamation the prohibition figftinft the introduction of cittle virtually expired, and was non-existent for sr>me months. An action for a considerable amount is indirectly largely affected by this negligence ; but at present we are not at liberty to publish the particulars.

The candidates for munic:pnl honors are becoming more active, as the day of election approaches. Last evening, Messrs. E Ghalmer and John Griffon addressed a meeting in South Ward, and their candidature was unanimously approved of. Mr James Turner addressed a meeting in Leith Ward, and a similar vote was agreed to, as was also the case with reference to Mr Barnes, at a meeting of his supporters held at Harriot's store. The following meetings are announced for this evening:—Messrs J. 11. Barr and A. Carrick, for High Ward, at Farley's Hull Prjuces street; Mr T. Birch, for Bell Ward' at (he Royal George Hotel, George street; Mr David Ttoss, for Bell Ward, nt the. European Hotel, George street.

The Hon. Secretary will bo again in attendance at St George's Hall, from three to five p.m. 13-day, for the issue of tickets for the Assembly Ball, to come off to-morrow.

Mr Warden Croker, writing from Tuapeka, under date July 22nd, says:—"A bla^t in Clayton and Co.'s claim, situated at the Blue Spur, charged with three tons of powder, ■was fired by an electric battery, on Saturday last, about nine o'clock at night, with the most complete success j thirty thousand tons of cement and other formation having been dislodged, all of wm>h is believed to 'hi, auriferous. This result will afford at least six months work for two sluice heads of water at a geat saving of labor."

At a meeting of ratepayers of Leith Ward, held at Mr Herriot's Store, Forth Street, Pelichet Bay, on the evening of Tuesday, the 25th instant, Mr Barnes addressed them for some time, and answered the questions put to him to the satisfaction of those present. A resolution expressing the opinion that Mr Barnes was a fit and proper person to represent the Ward in the Municipal Council was passed unanimously.

We understand that the Government hare arranged with Messrs Lonnio and Co. to cease work in the removal of Bell Hill; but that the arrangement involves nothing further than permission to the contractors to complete their work of reclaiming 15 acres of bay frontage, by means of stuff to bo got whencesocver they can arrange for getting it most conveniently to themselves. The direct cause of this arrangement was a desire to secure a ■longer continuance of useful work for the

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reported from Manuherikia :—"The weather still continues fine, accompanied with frost at night. I have been unable to discover the precise locality of the rush which I mentioned in my last report; but it is said that 5 dwts to the dish were obtained there. I imagine there is no foundation for the report, or I should have been applied to for a prospecting clnim. There were two small rushes this week—one to a gully about three miles from Blnck's late Home station, and another to a gully a few miles from Hill's Creek, in a northerly direction, both of which seem to have turned out badly ; it is, however, confidently expected that good ground will be opened up about the latter place in the spring, as everywhere it is tried, the " color" is found. The.business of the Court has been unusually heavy this week." ~ -The Artillery Volunteer Eegiment had their first shell practice with the 12-pounder Armstrong gun, on Saturday afternoon ; the detachment in charge of the gun being nearly the same as was on duty on the night of the sham fight. The gun was placed on the beach, about 200 yards on the city side of the Pelichet Bay Jetty; and the target was a board, 4ft by 3ft, supported on a barrel moored in a nook about half a mile below Grant's Braes, the distance being thus about 2100 yards. The target ~was covered with red cloth. Five shells were fired, each with the regulation charge of 1£ lb. of powder, and time-fuses were used. The gun was laid under the direction of Segeant Devore, and was conned by Capt. Ross and Lieut. M'Farland. Afl far as could be seen at the time, the practice was good, especially seeing that it was the first, and the time-fuses answered well, the shells appearing to burst well in front of or over the target. Since Saturday the target and the rock (30ft. high) at the back of it, hare been examined. A dozen or more holes were found to have been smashed through the target, and the rock

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behind It was considerably pounded;- thus showing: that the practice waa exceedingly good. Or bourse, there were look-buts, to prevent firing had anything like a boat approached the target or the line of. fire.

- The Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands has issued a notice that Section 23, Block 3, Waikouaiti district, will be sold by public auction, on Monday, August 7 th, at noon. Applications for uneurveyed rural land, excepting for land in Tuapeka, Wnitahuna East, Table Hill, and Hillend districts, will be. brought before the Waste Land Board, on Wednesday, August 2nd.

Rain, snow and sleet fell throughout the greater part of yesterday, and at night the weather was very " dirty."

Travellers will be glad to learn that the Clutha Ferry punt, which was reported a day or two since a« having sunk, is once more in working order. We believe it was in anything but an efficient state when handed over to the lessee, by whom we are requested to deny.that the late mishap was due in any dejpfee to mismanagement. #■* The quarterly meeting of the Duncdin Artillery Volunteer Regiment was heM at Moir's Hotel, on Tuesday evening ; Captain C. G. Ross in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read, and, after a slight amendment, were confirmed. The Secretary's report was read and adopted. Lieutenant M'Farland read the Treasurer's report (in the absence of that gentleman) which showed the funds of the Regiment to be in a most satisfactory state. Lieutenant M'Farland also read a letter from the Treasurer, excusing his absence and suggesting that application be made to the Government for an allowance, to meet the heavy expenses attendant on working the Armstrong gun. Gunner Ewen asked what was the rule observed by the Victorian Government ? The Chairman said that the Volunteers there under his command had never been put to any expense whatever on that account, all expenses having been paid by the Government, who showed a liberality towards their Volunteer Corps which might well be copied by the authorities at Auckland. The parsimony displayed by the General Government here was very discouraging, and it was "not to be wondered that the movement was flagging. The miserable 258 a year would not even pay the cost of shoe leather actually worn out at drill. The tima might pos3ibly come when the Government would regret their meanness towards those willing to serve.—(Applause.) Gunner Carrick moved the adoption of the Treasurer's report, which was seconded by Gunner Bonar, and carried. Gunner Donkin proposed that a Committee be appointed to wait upon the authorities here—and, if necessary, to communicate with those in Auckland —with a view to obtain so.ue promise of assistance from Government towards the ■ working expenses of the Armstrong gun: the I Committee to consist of the chairman, Lieut. M'Farland, and Gunners Etven, Skinner, Carrick, and the mover. Sergeant Devore seconded the motion, which was adopted unanimously. After some discussion as to the advisability of procuring a rifle range for the regiment, it was moved by Gunner Carrick, " That a Committee be appointed, consisting of the chairman, Lieutenant M'Farland, Sergeant Devore, Corporal Fildes, and Gunners Ewen and Dunkin, for the purpose of at once providing such a range; the said Committee to have absolute powers to act without further reference to the regiment.'* Gunner Keane seconded the motion, which was adopted. Sergeant Devore moved that " The Thursday evening drill be, till the Ist October next, discontinued," This was seconded by Gunner Bain, and agreed to. Sergeant Devore proposed "that the sum of L 5 be presented to Sergeant Stevens of the miiitia staff, for his valuable services to the regiment." Sergeant Stevens, he said, waa, as all knew who were acquainted with him, a very deserving member of the staff, and he (Sergeant Dsvbre), was sure that the regiment would be sorry to hear that Sergeant Stevens contemplated resigning his position, in eousjquence of the Government having stopped his army pension since he took service again in the militia here. He (Sergeant Devore) knew that to be the usual custom, but at the same time, it appeared to him rather hard, and he, for one, should extremely regret that the Sergeant's valuable services should bo lost to the Volunteers of Dunedin. He also moved, " that a petition be prepared anl signed by all the members of the regiment for transmission to ■ the General Government, asking them to take the case of Sergeant Stevens into consideration, and to allow him to retain his pensio n even while serving on the militia staff." The motion was seconded by Gunner Donkin and adopted. On the motion of Gunner Skinner, a vote of,thanks to the Chairman waa agreed to, ,and this terminated the proceedings.