Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-06-28
Description Of New Zealand.
By REV. JOHN FRASER.
THE PAL MARIE.

BY REV. JOHN FRASER.
THE PAL MARIE.
The breach between the colonists and |
natives was widened about this time by
new and strange fanaticism which broke |
out amongst them. 1t was called Pai Ma
rire, from the first words used in a certain |
form Of incarnation, which, with other SUI
perstitiOus ceremonies, constitutes their |
initiation service. This apostasy is more
terrible than any that threatened the early |
christians from the arts of Judaizing |
teachers" against which st. Paul warned |
them as falling from grace" Though |
they profess to retain the Old Testament, |
and fraternize with the Jews, they really |
relapse into all their old superstitions-l
The prophet of the new system was per-
son regarded as insane. Unprincipled |
men adopted it for political purposes,
when they saw it spread like an epidemic
Its effects depend largely on animal ex-
element. Their worships, like that of the
Shaking Quakers or HOwling Dervishes,
consists mainly Of "bOdily exercise" -
They dance and whirl around a post till
they drop down from sheer exhaustion.
On the post is usually placed the head of
some Englishman, which by ventriloquism
they bring the ignorant to believe utters
their lying oracles. They have revived
cannabalism and the worst heathenish rites,
thus placing an impossible gulf between
themselves and the Government. More
appalling than the massacre of English
officers by the SepOys in the India mutiny
was the murder Of Rev. Mr.. Volkner by
his own church members.
This excellent missionary was greatly
beloved by the natives among whom he
had labored for thirty years He was alb
sent from one of his stations, when it was.
visited by emissaries of the Pa Marie su-
perstition. Hearing that they were max
ing peryerts, he wished to return to oppose
their influence He was warned in vain
against the treachery and cruelty of the
native character. He would trust those
whom he afectiouately called his own
children, and whom, like a good shepherd,
he wished to save from the grieyous wolves
that had broken into his fold. But the
good man had hardly set his foot on shore
/ ere he was seized by his own people at the
instigation Of Pal Marie leaders and put
/ to death \ Hebrew trader, a Mr.. Levi,
whom the malcOntcnts spared as coreEg-
/ iOnist did not escape censure, As it was
! thought he might have effected Mr. NOlk-
ncr's escape, had he not been so anxious
about his own wares Efforts were made
in vain by the authorities TO recover the
body for christian burial.
THE MIDDLE ISLAND MAoRIEs.
These number but few hundreds. They
areperfectly quiet and inofensive Though
finely formed and intelligent, they are in
ferior to the Northern Maories; being a
tribe which fed from bondage. \ large
proportion of them were settled near US
We used to see them occasionally and had
visits from their missionary pastor, a wor-
thy German, who had been driven away
from the Northern Island by the war. His
people possessed hocks and herds. Some
Of them eked out living by fishing, and
peddled Baroconta" or Founders from
door TO door.
1t was worth while seeing the ladies
come in by the dozen, a shopping, as they
did on certain days, escorted by few Of
the other sex. They appeared civilized
and christian enough to understand and
enjoy it. Yet | must say that their tastes
were rather fantastic. They manifested
all the weakness common to these races
for bright and haring colors. In the shops
of Sydney and Dunedin, prints of re-
markable pattern are to be seen that were
manufactured expressly for the native
market | have admired the wife and
daughter OK an old chief displaying their
silks and icwelry with all the self conscious
ness Of peacocks. 1t was ludicrous TO OBJ
serve how they had improved on the fash
ion, by the addition of some article, as g
bandanna for head dress, or by the oms-
sion Of shoes and stockings.
A PICNIC.
We had tickets sent us to attend picnic
: connected with the opening of their mis-
sion chapel Two large steamers charter
3 ed for the excursion were well filled with
| ministers, church members and friends o
the cause. a third followed crowded by
"a mixed multitude" who carried with
them a contraband outfit, intending t.
? have a good time generally. We wert
landed at about ten miles distance from
the Port, on a beautiful beach near the
]. Maorie settlement Here we found thu
missionary and few others waiting to re
: ceive and guide Us to their village, mil,
: distant. The situation was beautiful, thu
day magnificent and everything ausric
d iOus. The missionary, chiefs and native
wore each white feather, the badge o
$ the tribe-and a very appropriate badge i
g was-as in their retreat they had shown
? the white feather" As we passed thro
t their village, the women and children press
' cd forward to greet us: whilst the dog
t followed at our heels. One of our party
l an aged, portly minister in full canonical
could hardly proceed for the handshakin
? of the mothers, and the babes held up 70
his blessing. They evidently regarded tim
t a3an ecclesiastic of a superior order.
. After visiting the chapel we proceede
k to the picnic grounds in the vicinity.
e am sorry that | cannot praise the etiquett
e Of our MaOrie hosts. Hardly waiting 70
d the blessing" at some signal in their ow
It tongue they rushed in and filled the table.
h They evidently thought that elders, Office
- bearers and white folks generally coul
1t wait till their betters were served"
g was ludicrous, though one was in the sam
predicament to witness the perplexities
c. good hungry souls, scrambling for tn
K, crumbs. | had the good fortune to be
E. the company of teetotal friend who ha
Of genius for foraging. Having secure
i sufficient eatables, and negotiated with til
"a profane " outsiders" for dozen of the gel
of uine ginger-pOp article, he improvised
a table on the ground. We thought-as "
ID squatted around-that it was Just the thin
ID to exchange customs with the natives f
|" the nonce.
al We were soon ready for the remainir
of exercises, which consisted of praying, sim
r. ing and speaking. The speeches were |
IN chiefs and visitors Maorie- English al
IN English-Maorie through the missionary i
ne terpreter. The singing | cannot critici
Id as | have no ear for music. | only mott
in ed it always ended like Dickens elocutio
ed with the rising infection. But soon-t
of soon, the picnic itself ended in a simil
IL movement.
in As the scene even now passes before m
10 the neat church, the holy sOlemnities, t
ed Europeans and dusky natives interspel
O. ed, the glorious sky mingling with t
he sea, the distant mountains melting in
us the azure heaven, | cannot help regardi
ar this as one Of my red-lettered days.
b. On the 10Th inst, sheriff Colby and t.
on of his deputies in making the arrest of sol
no drunken Irish laborers on the railroad c
tn tension near Dalton, N. H, we've resist,
lr- The result was the death of Nicholas CC
l." man about 40 years of age, and the Sc
KITS GUS wounding of Cornelius McLaughl
u by bullets from pistols in the hands of I
to officers who were in the end driven off a
ct the arrest intended, left unmade. I
lg. whole affair was the result of the use
g's rum of the r. G. brand of liquid death, 81
nd in an unlawful manner by wicked and {
of PRAYED men. Who's to blame, the sci
om or his victims and who should hang
Toe the murder of innocent men? We les
nd that neither the killed or wounded n
ev- were in the ARRAY, but accidental look
of on. Let punishment rest where it belon
ten st. J0hRsbury Times.
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