LATEST FROM AUCKLAND.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 635, 12 February 1870, Page 4

LATEST FROM AUCKLAND.

By the schooner Clyde, which arrived . yesterday, we have Auckland dates to the sth inst. The latest telegraphic intelligence from Waikato, which we (Smitiiern Civss) publish, presuming that it is correct, is far from reassuring. The King native 3at Tokangamutu are said to be arming, ap^ iparently to prevent M'Donnell flonv following Te Kooti into their territory. The friendly natives, it is also said % have been \varned to withdraw themselves from the: European settlements. This intelligence comes from a trustworthy source, bnt yet it is desirable that it should be received with, some amount of reservation. We tlo not think that there is any cause for alarm, because it is not at all likely that the King party will make an aggressive movement against us under existing circumstances. Maoris are fond of "bounce," and threats uttered in the way of mere empty boast are frequently repeated by idlers about the settlements, and magnified according as the imaginative faculties of the narrator may dictate. The report which our correspondent sends us/ may be after all based upon a Maori rumor which it was not possible, to test. We shall await further intelligence. A paragraph from one of the Thames papers has been rcpublished within the last few days} misrepresenting facts as to the land at the Thames which has been apoken of as to be opened for settlement. We C<SoutAcrn Cross) can only repeat that the land is on the Waihou river ; that its extent is not more than 90Q acres; and •that there is no reason whatever to suppose it to be auriferous. The latter fact was mentioned to the deputation ;by th£. Hon D. M-Lean ; and his Honor the Superintendent spoke of the land only as some that might be opened for settlement. It is difficult to suppose that people, at the Thames can have an object in exaggerating as to this Waihou land ; but undoubtedly there has been, exaggeration. The Alexandra correspondent of the Southern Gross, writing under date Feb. 4, says: — "I have learned, on excellent authority, that the King natives are-ail-arming themselves at Tokangamutiij and in that neighborhood affairs, certainly look threateuing. It is [..really believed that the object which the King natives have been in view is : to ! prevent M'Donnell and Kemp pursuing Te Kooti into the King's country, should they attempt to follow him. Tawhiao is said to be quietly waiting for the next move on our part. The fnendlies living in .Wai* kato, have received warnings. from their friends at Tokangamutu to come but from amongat the pakeha, in order to save themselves from the pakeha's impending fate. I hear that King natives openly sympathise with Te Kooti," No one can read without extreme disquietude the news Y/Q (.Thames. Advertise?) publish, to-day from Ohinemuri, taken kt connection with other indications from the interior. There is very great difficulty in the matter, and we can hardly j think of a suggestion to offer to the Go-! \emment. If we had ah overwhelming; force, which- might be marched up the country, and which wpuld put all opposition at defiance, and make' resistance futile, this would be the time to ust) it. \ve must remembef that the King party are exceedingly disturbed about the marching of Kemp's force and the other detachments into what they regard as their country ; that there are men anxious fo embroil the King party with the Europeans, and so shelter Te Kooti, and that this.might very easily be done. Any great success on Te Kobti-s part would probably bring hundreds to his standard, whil our forces are distant from supports, and surrounded by people who are passively if not actively hostile. Within the last few days tfie people at Oliineinuri, excited by the reports of the fighting in the interior, arid doubtless also by visits of emissaries from Te Kboti, seem disposed to prevent prospecting with greater strictness than heretofore. Tliat is the state of things, and we fear they will be worse before they are better. We may- say that. Ohineroa, mentioned in our corr,espoa-. dentV letter, is on the upper waters of the Thames, perhaps about 30 miles above OhineniOri. We can hardly believe, however, that the fighting took place there. Ohinemuri, Feb. 2. A, special messenger has just' come in,,, from Te Kooti to Te Hira, and reports skirmishing yesterday evening between rebels and colonial forces. To-day, at Ohineroa, the combatants met and fought; battle lasted two hours ; not known what results. Te Hira and party becoming very;, morose and rude. Mary Kriru\refused to allow some white men to cross the riv^rr to-day. It ia beyond a doubt that some one in the camp conveys news of all kinds to the Hauhaus here. The individual is not discovered. I learned also this evening that a party of ten Maoris, armed, was despatched into the hills to-day to hunt the miners. As there are two or three parties .out at present, it is feared the,re will be a diaturbanco should they meet, with the .Maoris. Rumor gives Mr Puckey the credit for this new cause of «omplaitit.,. I am disposed to think otherwise, as Mr Pucker, oh his last visit to this place, advised the Maoris not to interfere with the Europeans. The miners strongly repudiate the expressions .made use of in a letter to your paper by'ybiir occasional correspondent, in which he con-, demns the resolutions passed at the : ineeting up here, and states that no practical or thinking miners attended, His remarks are really false, as every man at the time in camp was present, and each resolution was passed .by a show of hands. On Monday last, two. men leift their swags m the ©ire of Mr Andrews, at iPiroa, at the same time informing the person in whose charge they were left that one of the swags contained a rifle. Next day a large party of Mary Kuril's women came to Andrews and demanded their firearms, Some little delay being evinced, the women marched into the store, opened the swags, and took the rifle awfty. • They have since indignantly refused to give it up. This in itself proves that some un<if rhand work is going on, and that the ; Maoris arealmost inetantly put in posses- ; sion of every circumstance that transpires; Correspondent of the Tfouma Advertiser,