THE "EDWARD P. BOUVERIE."

Otago Witness, Issue 909, 20 March 1869, Page 9

THE "EDWARD P. BOUVERIE."

The ship Edward P. Bouverie. belonging to Messrs Patrick Henderson and Co.'s line of Clyde packets, arrived off the He ids early on the 15th, received her pilot on board at 10 a.m., and was towed up to a diecharging berth by the Geelong on the afternoon's flood - tide. Captain Tilly, " who was formerly in command of the ship City of Dunedfn, fills the sam^ position in, the Bouverie, and reports of his pa^s,^ that the ship left the Tail of the Bank,' Greenock, on the 7th of December ; passed Tuskar on the morning of the 9th ; from that time until the 25th had strong tales from west and S W. with very henvy seas, making only latitude 33 N, longitude 1 2 W, on the ISth day out. light winds and moderate weather then prevailed until cossing tlie Fquator in long. 25 W, on the 13th of JY»n. The S. E. trades were then met with, and continued t~t 29 S, and long. 24 W/ 'lhe Meridian of Greenwich was crossed on the 64th day out, and that of the Cape on the 67th day. From thence she experienced variable and teazing winds until &he leached the Meridian of Cape Leuwiu. on March 6th, when she encountered a very haid eale from the E.N.E, with very high seas, which, stove, in main hatch, besides doing other dam fro. The gale was luckily of only sl.ort duration, but was afterward? foll< v. cl by heavy seas, causing the ship to roll heavily. About this time, we are sorry to say, the medical officer in charge slipped and broke his arm; three days afterwaids an elderly female, one of the'steeraqe p:gsengers, also slipped and broke her leg— both are recovering. Westerly breezes and th ck weather prevailed for the remainder of the passage. The Snares were rounded on Friday night, the Nuggets were sighted on Sunday morning, and theship w >,s off the Oce&n Beach the same night. The general health, has been good throughout, no infectious disease whatever having occurred . An increase, to the population ocourred on Christmas Day, when Mrs Borthwick give birth to a, female child. After inspecting the vessel the boarding officer expressed hna«<-]f as well satisfied with the compartments, xhey btine cleanly and well ventilated. "'

As an instance of the ruling passior- it is said that Rothschild, who knew his death would cause a grtat fall in the shares of the Lombard CompDny, of which ha was the president and chief support, specula^d largely for the fall just before ho died. The profit, of course, goes to his heirs.

General Sherman has recommended that the Red Indians of the Pacific states should all be driven to cerUin. reserved Lira's, and t'lere be trained to civilization. The Ked Indians object, but the aoi'/ial believes tfi.ifc if they are incessantly attacked r.u:si<lc the r nervations, and. leffc'iu peace wuhin them, they -will utimately Ree the wisdom of remaining within their boundaries. There he admits, they will probably degenerate into a mass of helpless paupers. Ho advises that the Indian Department should be abolished and the entir- control of the tribes transferred to the War-ofikq,