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Grey River Argus, Volume V, Issue 328, 20 February 1868, Page 2

The scjiooner Louisa returned to port on Tuesday evening, after a, smart run to Fox's and baqk, for which ppr't she sailed last Friday. She, had fine weather during the trip, and on Tuesday when she arrived off the bar she had a line fair wind, and sailed up to the wharf . Yesterday she was again loaded for the same destination, and will sail the first ft^porfcunity. ' : On Monday nigh i the p.s. Dispatch picked up the barque Harriet Nathan off Bold Head, and on Tuesday towed her safely to Hokitika wharf. On the sai^c. evening she also brought tp, a safe berth the schooner Donald M'Lean, which had just been hove off the North Spit ' • The schooner Donald M'Lean, from Hokianga, went ashore on the north bank at Hokitika on" Monday last, ' '"while she was being towed in by. the Lioness." The steamer also went ashore, but i got off again shortly afterwards. On Tuesday, the vessel was hove off, and would have gone ashore again had not the Dispatch dropped down the stream and towed her to the wharf. The" 8.8. Nelson, Capt. Whitwell, returned from Hokitika on Tuesday evening with cargo and passenger? for the north, and after coaling and shipping additions to her freight and passenger lists at this port, she sailed again last evening for Fox's, Westport, and kelson. The schooner Ranibler, coal-laden, for Westport,' was "towed out early oil Tuesday morninjj by the p. s. Persevere. The cutter Wairoa sailed in yesterday afternoon from the Pakibi, after a very fair run. She reports that the Flora MacdonaH from Manukau, arrived at Charleston on Tuesday last. We are luform.ecl tfcat the schooner Scotia, while being towed into Hokitika yesterday morning by the Lioness, grounded on the North Spit. When our informant left the lighter Isabella was alongside the schooner receiving her cargo, and it was. expected to get her off on last night's t#e. ' On the arrival of the Panama Company's 8.8. Ruahine at Wellington on' her last yoyage, the following complimentary letter by Lord Xyttelton was handed to Captain Beal ;— "Captain Beal— Dear sir, I venture to express %o yon' on behalf of the passengers ? n , th J. 8 v 9 Vi »gV> &c eudo'f which,' for a large proportion of us,' is now close at hand, our fiearty thanks ; and I would add the same in then- measure to Mr Jones and all the other officers of the ship. It is not for an ignorant landsman to pass any eulogy on the skill and punctuality with which you have conducted us on these many thousand miles of ocean, the longest, I believe, that is made by any steamship ; but we can all of us judge of the kindness, courtesy, and attention which we Lave received from you throughout. Many of us have been borne on this voyage every moment further from oi?r Homes, but we are glad to know' that for you it is the homeward Voyage, and that you will soon enjoy one of those brief reunions with your family which are permitted by the ' exigencies of a laborious and responsible service. I trust you will find them in health and prosperity, and for tue few of us who 'hope to return with you on your next transit across the Pacific, I form no better wish than that it may be as agreeable and successful as the present has been. — Lyttelton." ' hfcWEECK OF THE EcHyNGA,-- The Hawke's Bay Tillies of Feb 3, gives an account of the wreck of the English ship Echuuga, on tbo spit, at Napier, during ' a violent gale. ]fc sayß :— " Ihe drought, of which we have for 80 long complained, gave place yesterday to ram, which increased towards evening, and was accompanied wiibh a gale of wind from the north-east As the night wore on the storm became very heavy, aiid caused much anxiety, for the safety" of the good stiip tchunga, tlien lying in • tlie roadstead, and nearly ready for her return trip tp' England with a very large" cargo' of wool, hides, &c, <m board! At length the return 'of daylight connnnetl our fears by showingth' at she had actually gone on shore on 'the Western Spit, about four miles north-west; of ' Napier, and £ha rbllef.s bi e'aking Heavily over her. Several horsemen quickly left overland for the scene of the disaster ; and" later foijr "boats, wellmanned,' followed. ' 8 a.m.— all hands are sayetT. The mcii Have just arrived on the Spit. % TKey say t ( he sThip begaji to' drag her anchors at 3 a.m., and that rib attempt was to put to sea." Captain fchightwas >iot 'on boah.l, haying left 'f apier fbrthe 'inferior ou Saturday. ' 10 a.m;— The 'ill-fated vessel is now a total wreck. All three masts are' uohe, and lior back .is broken. ' The weather is still squally, and has a threatening ftj>peara«cc. Tiro rain continues in interinittcnt showers."^