WAIKATO.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1716, 20 August 1862, Page 2

WAIKATO.

Our contemporary is not happy to hjg . kato or "Waipa" correspondents, or in a" information which is so often authoritative] 6 communicated to the public relative to occJ rences in native districts. We have had oc* casion befove now to laugh at the simple ooi f ! mouckerie of the "Daily Southern Cross n " and at the absurd canards which are from time to time imposed upon the credulity of its various editors. Yesterday, our contemporary was greatly alarmed by his secret intelligence from Wafkato, and, in his terror, displayed the most touchingly beautiful reliance upon the "iuaV. ment r.nd courage of General Cameron" in the emergency which " more specific intelligence" disclosed—irtelligence which quickly changed the tone of the article from the spirit of pugnacity and "bounce" in which the writer squared his arms, and sat down to dash off the first paragraphs. The organ of the war party unquestionably is subject to a sudden oozing out of courage; ce nut pas qu il a peur, mais il est timide, and the first distant symptoms of a row have a disconcerting effect upon a weak and sensitive system. We are anxious to reassure our eonten;porary; General Cameron will have no immediate opportunity of justifying the confidence -which the scribbler of the " Cross" reposes in him; we are persuaded that the gallant General will do nothing, and for this very excellent reason, that there is nothing at present to be done. The 800 Natives " encamped opposite onr troops" are as real as the soldiers of Cadmus, and the Pokenoe contingent, about a dozen men, grandiloquently described as tie " entire inhabitants of the Native village of Pokenoe," who "have been known to join the upper Waikatos," are simply gone to attend a runanga relative to the sale of a piece of land, Koheroa, in the neighbourhood of Maungatawhiri. This land has been long in puteThe Maores have mischief makers and alarmists amongst themselves, just as the Pakehas have, but, as they have not the same facilities for arriving at facts, the illusions of our native friends are longer lived and more dangerous than ours. There is much uneasiness in Waikato on the subject of the river steamer which is talked of, and there is uneasiness on the subject of the road to Raglan, and on the whole the "oldhen" at Ngaruawahia has a busy time of it, rushing here and there iu a va : n attempt to prevent her brood from being disturbed by the footstep of advancing civilization. Thereismuch " tall talk" in Waikato, as we may suppose; there was much tall talk also when the troops marched out last summer to make the roads, but Waikato found it more profitable and safer to trade with the soldiers for pigs and peaches than to fight them; the road is nude and the river is safe. It is quite certain that if it be thought necessary to place a sttamer upon the Waikato, and that it is necessary no reasonablejman can doubt,—the consent ol " the King" will not be asked. We have heard that a meeting took place lately at Tuakau, at which Ngatipou and W Pokinoe Natives were present, at ym* project of attacking the advanced military posts at Maungatawhiri was discussed. I*° Chiefs, who were present, are said to nave opposed the scheme, and one of them de&areu that if anything of the kind werei attonpW he would call his own hapu together nm purpose of resisting it by force. The Pota* and Tuakau Natives together make s&w number—a mere handful of men, and all tn» on their part, maybe regarded pwotiouy tall talk, the fashionable style in WaikatoIt is unjust of our contemporary, v™ abject terror, to declare that "w** the Natives can bo trusted, ana w " the sudden secession of a part oi Lower Waikatos on the first appc-J of the King natives in force is a strange» mentary on all that has been writ ten aw their loyalty by Civil Commissioner ■• others." The factsare thatthe Bogjg have not appeared in force ; there Has no "secession" of the tribes in lower ff*r to. It is known to every one, «cep Southern Cross, that the native peopj Pokenoe and Tuakau have never newiustitutions from the Governor; supjw them therefore to be as disloyal at tins ment as the Cross slates them toWJg fairly bo said to have "seceded, into* as neither " Commissioners nor o have ever claimed them as belonging » party of order. , .hy A great deal of mischief may be, do*J the circulation of such foolish rtoneMjJJ avc have now commented on, and wo tu would not be unreasonable on the part o . public to require from our con temporary little more acquaintance with know in the history of native affairs, and gre j caution in using information P fted hazard in the streets in order to be jum into a " sensation" article.

COROMANDEL. The news from the diggings is more andl rf couraging—and we doubt much if any a one-half the gold found ever reaches this city. _ In No. 18 another large find of ecn f 400 ounces of auriferous quartz has been mao, w The fortunate Y"* found moreover in oue day. «» ™ bat season value it at £IOOO. There is, howe r, one way by wbich the difference of opuwa buyer and seller can he satisfactory by crushing oil specimens and extracting wc selling It &s such, •I* is top mn?h <° <*!?' A

s=*" auriferous quartz on speculamii«fc» n he jgai value can be so nearly come at, ti)» w tliere w o already two professional gentlemen fl „d w> e undertake to assay tho actual value in e , rpho cry for a Government assay-office is of the S° ' n j ; the ma tter is a purely mercantile tffl*| d the Govei.iment have as much to do with ''the value to sell of the different goods in the setthDg Dueen-street stores, as they have in the merTflri °lble article of gold. •* ~i be seen in our co;respondent's letter from *' W ' del that it is reported that gold in a pure Coroma ° hcon found in the Koputauaki Creek. Wo T HB KYBER PASS BREWERY. extensive premises, which every one travelling ard from Auckland cannot fail to have noticed, 6001 * j received considerable additions. The hBTe ° Seccombe have not only succeeded in erecting S 't commodious and com P^ ete establishment of thC kind in Auckland or its neighbourhood, but have t\ iheiaos t' mo K° ne t0 considerable outlay in build- • t •„ tlio most substantial manner. Tho brewery, •"i? ndent of the malt houses and granary which are m tamed in separate contiguous buildings, is conV C ° n i .nh'rclv of hewn scoria, and presonts a notable (traded en" 11 '; ; , to f pride to those who take a lively interest m prosperity of onr city and commerce. The entire length of tho main building> 168 feet, .. , ou t ii e ground floor into two compartments for storing the casks of a'o as they are supplied from pipes • thollar' r e tans which are filled from tho rooms above. \ Wo noticed two immense vats lying in one of these tore rooms which we wero informed by Mr. Seccombe were intended to be fixed thero for the purpose of stor- • a ] e of a superior description, which it was his intention to bring into competition with that imported from England, and we heartily wish him success; nor do we donbt the result if wo may judge from tho sample which wo drank upon tho premises. In the upper story, which bye the bye is on a level witli the ground at the rear of the premises, is situated the large boiling copper, capablo of holding over 18 hhds. Into this the wort from a huge mash tub of still larger dimensions was being raised by a force pump at the time we were present. The water in tho first instance, however, is raised into a tank on the same level as the copper from a deep well on the premises by means of two suckers worked by an engine of six horse power, this engine also performing the work of grounding the malt. There are in the rear of the main building two other buildings containing two spacious malting floors, granary, furnace room and the drying kilu over the latter. We were told that a large portian of tho barley used for malting purposes, of which there was much upon the premises, is brought from California, though dnrin" the past year, Mr. Seccombe infoimed ns that he had used about 3000 bushels of Canterbury-grown barley, and but little grown by our own farmers. The last fact was, he said, the more to be regretted, as in those instances where Auckland-grown barley had been used it had been found most suitable for tho purpose. Now that Mr. Seccombe's ale, and that of Mr. Whitson's, both of which are a good, wholesome, and pleasant bcTcrage, are coming into general use and notice, we trust that the disagreeable sensation which has for so long a time connected itself with the very thought of "colonial ale" will be no longer felt, and that during the coming summer, when a light, pure ale is almost a necessary, that these two enterprising firms will obtain a monopoly of the Auckland trade, and drive oat of the market the wretched stuff which is commonly known as "colonial beer." Ormiax Home. —The promoters of this humane institute have entered on their self-imposed task in a spitit that cannot fail to secure tho success of the undertaking. Tho Boa>d of management aro now , prepared to receive japplications for tho admission of orphan and destitute children of all religions denominations, and meets for the consideration of applications on the first Tuesday in eveiy month. Total Abstinence Society:—Awangeraents have been made to have fortnightly meetings of this Society; a public meeting will ;be held in the Odd Fellows' Hall on Friday evening next, at half-past seven. Bcildixo Stone at Raolan.—We are informed that an excellent quarry of very! superior stono at Raglan is about being brought into notice. The quality, of the stone is highly spoken of and promises to be of such a" description as Jis now mnch wanted. It lies horizontally, in lamina varying from 3 to 10 inches in thickness, obtainable of large superficial dimensions, and is situated on the immediate side of a deep water anchorage. If it prove of the heavy nature and close texture represented, it will be of the greatest importance to Auckland by enabling the custodians of its thoroughfares to flag our sido paths and mayhap pave the more severely wrought portions of our streets, at a lesser cost than the present system of scoria-ash liquefaction. On Monday evening last, the members of the Essay and Discussion Class in connection with the Young Men's Christian Association, met pursuant to adjournment, to continue the debate upon the following subject,—"ls War justifiable, and if so under what circumstances?" The question was opened on the preceding Monday evening by Mr. White, in a brief and lucid address, and was continued with much ability during that and the subsequent sitting by a large number of the members. Their views upon the question were of course various. Some opposed the practices of war upon purely christian principles, and ignored both aggressive and defensive warfare—others confined themselves to the latter phase as a matter of necessity, whilst tho remainder advocated tho use of both extremes, and based their argument upon tho fact that although War is an evil in tho abstract, it oftentimes becomes a necessity for the correction of still greater evils, and that until mankind be regenerated and sin be exorcised from his heart, physical force must be resorted to in order to maintain right and secure the blessings of peace. Tho subject will be again discussed on Monday evening next, when a largo attendance of the members of the class is expected.— Communicated. The Colored Opeka Troupe will perform this evening, and again on Saturday, which will be positively the last appearance of this band of sable brethren, who have enlisted into their ranks Mr. Jacob Bryan, tho celebrated Irish comedian, who makes a first appearance before an Auckland public this night. A Mr. Fawcett, of equal talent, and who is as favorably known in dramatic circles, has also been engaged for the occasion, and with this accumulated galaxy of histrionic genius, the opera troupe, which has for so Ion £ delighted our citizens, will go off in grand flash, arul t!j en be lost to us for ever in a mist " blacker than the blackness of darkness;" or, to use a more approP n ate simile, darker than their own niggcrdom. Accident.—lt is with regret wo have to record an accident which befel the esteemed minister of St. Matthew's Church (tho Rev. D. Jones) on the afternoon of Friday last. It appears that while the rev. gentleman was walking up Wellesloy-street, he observed a horse drawing a heavy load, which appeared completely exhausted and unable to proceed ; he therefore endeavoured to kick a stone under tho wheel ° le cart to give tho animal a rest, but unfortunately while doing so, the horse suddenly backed, the wheel Passing over his foot, severely fracturing his ankle. Wo fMt the reverend gentleman may soon recover the use "fhwlimb. ' kotiibr Accident.—On Saturday afternoon an--0 ,er accident occurred to a youth who was riding a g*~W horse down Shorthmd-street. On reaching omervuVg corner, the animal began to shy, and prcQl v efyfld, its ridev »gftlßßt the h( <i Wt ty

that moment turning the corner, in the spokes of which to legs became entangled, and, before tho carter had time to stop his horse, or tho youth to extricate his leg from its perilous position, it was cawed round with the wheel and broken, while his thigh was severely lacerated and bruised. Ho was at oncoconveyed to the colonial hospital, where, we doubt not, ho will soon recover under tho skilful treatment of the Provincial Surgeon. Cur Board.— On Monday the several parties appointed to prepare the information for tho assessors commenced their operation, and we arc happy to say that up to this time every assistance has been afforded them by tho owners of tho various properties, the measurement of which they havo been engaged in ascertaining.