THE NATIVE WAR.

Evening Post, Issue 1, 8 February 1865, Page 2

THE NATIVE WAR.

¦w<i»4 >> Tha Wanganui Chronicle of Saturday last contains the following; which is tbt| latest intelligencer from the front :-• "General Cameron, with his staff, V6l turned to tha camp on Wednesday. On. the previous day he went to the mouth ot the Waitotara in the Sand.fly J but did noU entev the fiver. • v There is nothing' of importance to ft* port from Nukumaw. A move is expected daily. The following letter from a corres* pondenfc of yesterday's data gives ths latest intelligence we have received :•*¦ 4t Head-quarters Camp, Nukumaru> Friday, 3rd February* <• About fen o'clock last night, just as ths majority of the camp had rolled themselves up in their blankets and were' preparing to make themselves comfortable for the} night, one of the sentries immediately i$ front of the camp was beard to challenge) three times in rapid succession, and ammo* diately after 'stand to your arm*' waspaa* sed from post to post* and taken up by th« camp, who turned out under the imprest sion thai the tnomy had got between ouc outlying picquets and the camp* Afteff remaining under arms for a few minutes i% turned out as usual— -the enemy was thcra only iii the sentry's imagination, when, all hands were again turned in. ' About an hour after this occurrence a rifle shot was] heard, from the outlying ficguetej.and tbtf

trords «st*nd to your arms' again passed •long the line into tlio camp. This time ft turned ont to be thai one of the sentries OH the outlying piequefc accidentally diacharged Jus piece* wounding his hand, I xoey mention that the outlying picqixets, ftrhich number about 300 men, ere posted along the edge of the bosh, in front of and •bout 800 yards' from the camp, their front (extending more than half ft mile* The ttrders are that the sentries on outlying picqnet are not to challenge bat fire at any person they may observe in advance of them, be he friend or foe; the sentries ever the camp have orders not to fire but to, challenge three time*, and if Dot answered to pass the word for all to stand to their arms* ; "A strong foraging party under the Command of the Field Officer on duty/ frtarkd yesterday in search of potatoes. {The party had neither far to march or long to look for what they were in search of, fts there are two or three potato fields Almost within range of the camp* The men took tent bags with them, and In the abort space of half an hour the. party reSatined to camp with tons of fine potatoes. ** The troops expect to move soon, as the Canteen keepers have had notice to be veady on th« shortest notice. I believe it 3s not decided upon- yet whether to establish ft poet at this camp or remove the 'whole forward. I am inclined to think that a strong redoubt will be thrown up and ft post established for the protection of the convoys, &c The post may not be selected exactly on the ground that the troops, at present occupy; very probably Sfc win be nearer to the sea beach, and in Tear of the present camp. The Lieutenant General leaves, the whole arrangements connected with disposal and interior econo*ay of the field force to Brigadier General "Waddy, vho is much liked by the men lor the interest he takes in all things con ttadve to their welfare* The aaen composing the field force enjoy a boon which ¦was not granted to them or their comrades in any former campaign in New Zealand, that of being followed np by an efficient sjtaff of canteen or store-keeper*, who frapply them with all the luxuries which a camp in a hostile country could expect, at fsrices moat reasonable, considering the difficulty and expense which the store* keepers are put to in getting their supplies 44 The rebels were observed last evening mustering in great force on the top of their Vrorks* Withjtie aid of a glass X observed several of the rebels with bayonets fixed en their pieces, probably those that have teen captured from the troops from time to time. f The position appears from here to be fk formidable or«i, surrounded by a bro».d ditch and » double row of pallisading; their works havo been both strengthened and enlarged since the arrival of the troops In thin camp. If they will duly content themselves for ft few days longer, and •How the General to mature his plans for investment of their citadel, I am of opinion that they will find the place too hot to Bold them, and will wish themselves out of it before the first day's bombardment U ended, the first day's work of this kind Very probably being the last. X suppose that yon are aware that numbers of dead •bodies have been discovered by the soldiers in the bush adjacent to the camp. One fellow was found by Lieut. Toogood And a party of artillery-men the other day with his face and leg blown to a mummy f>y a shell; the shell must have burst in Ws face, and part of it carried a*way the calf of one of his legs. A splendid doublebarrel iowling piece was found under the body. Major Greaves, Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master General, accompanied the jpMty/ 1

Vh* Irish Master of the Rolls has „.-,& delivered a judgment which will create a great sensation in Roman Catholio circles and give much satisfaction to the general public. It would appear from this judgment* that tnoney cannot be legally left to the jnonka ©£ a Roman Catholic* monastery who have fceeome such since the act of 1829 for the fwurnoses of their institution; but that the Crown can define the destination of any Jbequert to them involving a purely, cbarifc