NEW GUINEA NEWS.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1259, 20 March 1878, Page 2

NEW GUINEA NEWS.

ATTACKS BY THE NATIVES. [By Telegbaph.] ■—«■■ [fbom teh auckland cobbespondent of ihe peess.] Ingham writes that a great deal of prospecting will be necessary in order to discover payable gold inland. The, tribes have all joined in making war against Fort Moresby. It is impossible for any but a large well armed body to go inland. Some villages contain two thousand inhabitants. Thirteen inland warriors" were lately'surprised and Killel 'l>'y* coasters; hence the cause of tbe war. Th'e captain of the London missionary schooner Mofri, reports that on December 29th he was lying off Stacey Island. The Rev. and Mrs Chalmers, four Eorotonga teachers, and their wives were living ashore. " After dinner I sent three natives ashore to cut firewood remaining on board with one. A native canoe came alongside, and one of the natives came on board, and asked for something to eat. I told'the cpok to give him something, and went below to lie down. I heard'footsteps aft, and looking up the scuttle received a spear in my left side pinning me to the deck. Before I .could use firearms I received three more spear wounds, one in the left shoulder, another in the fleshy part of the right thigh, and a third through the thick part of the left hand. I received a severe wound in the instep of the left foot with a large knife, completely severing the sinews. I got a revolver and fired up the scuttle. The natives put the hatch down and stood on it. I then fired through the hatch. Hearing a scuffle forward I got through the bulk head and saw the cook struggling with the natives. I shot one native on deck, and fired several shots bef jre the natives were driven from the vessel. I crawled up and found the cook wounded in two places, and one dead body. The crew ashore got muskets from the teachers and came to the rescue. The natives gathered in great numbers ashore. Same other natives were defending Chalmers' mission station. Mr Chalmers came off and ordered me to proceed to Thursday Island, as I was wounded. The mainland swarmed with natives. The friendlies warned Mr Chalmers to leave, as other villages intended to attack them. The hostile natives attempted to launch a large war canoe belonging to the friendlies taattack the ship..... .The friendlies prevented them. I considered Mr Chalmers' life in great danger. Mr Chalmers has s ince been rescued." ■—