NEWS FROM NORTH.

Dunstan Times, Issue 348, 25 December 1868, Page 3

NEWS FROM NORTH.

( Ahrkljcd from the Davy Times W101.1.l NOTOM, Hoc. l"i. ! A telegram received Irom Mr. R.clmuuii reports that one lain red limb us wore at JSig llivcr, a few miles from Te.ranvaiiui. They were pursued by Colonel V\ hitu.oie, and iu the skirmish which 1 A i’• > .>, rgoaut Reed was killed. Tl. • vara j l.>«t also one or two. This shows Ike danger to bo greater than was anticipated in Mr. Richmond's telegram of yesterday. lie does not mention any more mur .era having bee i committed. The Charybdis has arrived, hero from Wanganui. Captain Lyons slab's that there is in nee s from tlie front, Tito Ivowar.iu having made no sign hd ely. Captain Lyons says that he visited the Front, and considers the alarm with rtf.-mice to Wanganui to he somewlut ex.'i'.'o'eivded. At all events, the ' auger to the Town is not immediate. |The following private telegram from Wellington has been handed to us for pub- j lication :—] A letter (panui) from King Tawhia himself has been received by the liauitau na- i fives at Eangitikci, <itaki, and other pla- j ces. It is to the same effect as !l:e one received in January last, viz., that the av/ord ; is to lio sheathe &c. A messenger has also broiuht a verbal j message to them, telling them to remain J quiet. The princess Sophia sent a letter by the | same messenger, saying, “ Thi is the year : for all the Maoris to sleep.” Mr. M'Lean reports that the total nuin- | her of the enemy kille ' up to dale on the j East Coast, exceeds one hundra hj Caitain Tanner report that sixty rides and large ouanfities of amuimiir.iou wore taken from Te Kooti. He ad- s that the enemy is bally off for food, and in great distress. Napier, Hoc. 15. Verbal news was received yesterday that a fresh raid had keen made by Te Kooti, but it is scarcely believed. The Sturt has arrived here from Turanganui, with Mrs. Wilson on board, A number of the Constabulary had been put on board the Sturt, for conveyance to Wanganui, when firing was heard. It turned out that a raid ha 1 been made by one liun red mounted Haunaua, who had exchanged shots with the natives uu cr Thaka. To Kooti had previously threatened to attack the redoubt, but was treated with ridicule. Colonel Whitmore followed, but did not succeed in overtaking the enemy, who was met hy a small mounted party of our troops. Shots were exchanged, and a sergeant of Constabulary and two or three of the enemy kille!. The men we c again lan c 1 from the Sturt, which came hero for ammunition. She left again this morning with fifty kegs. It is feared that the war is yet far from being ended. Several settlers who have bean missing prove to have been out shearing. Latest dates from Auckland arc to the 12i.h inst. All was quiet in the Waikato. Napier, Dec. IG. Mrs. Wilson has suffered a relapse. She is not expected to live through the night. N.iriE!:, LVo. 17. There is nothing later from Poverty Ray. Mrs. Wilson died this morning.