WANGANUI. (FROM THE "WELLINGTON INDEPENDENT" CORRES Wanganui, September 9.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XIX, Issue 1928, 21 September 1863, Page 4

WANGANUI. (FROM THE "WELLINGTON INDEPENDENT" CORRES Wanganui, September 9.

Titr ' Storm Bird ' ainved this morning from the North, anil wo weie all anxiously looking out for news. It was expected she would bung the account of the attack upon Meicmeio It is lather nnfoitun.ite for this pio\ince that the Geueul lias not sufficient foice at hw disposal to allow him to ptuscuitc the war vigoionsly, for our safety entirely depauds «[ion the manner in which he tie.vts the W.uk.itos If theKingites heie iind we .110 not able to dislodge the lebels ftom their position 011 the Wa.ik.ito they will gain courage and no lonht attempt to bung on a distni bunco 111 this neighbourhood. I heard a native who came down by the steamer to day fiom T.ii.iuaki, telling the natives here about the volunteeis fn>m Otago having .vi lived there and lie seemed to think, and told them, that the Governor intended- taking the whole or iiiu iuu>i f. .... o™«k» t,, \v«.t ,t.»,.>. a-tivni is nothing that w ill settle the war sooner, than for the natives to know, that if they continue in aims against her Majesty, they will have their land confiscated. 1 hear today fiom good anthouty, tluttheNgathuanuis have finished plant mg, and have gone up again to Tataraim.ik 1, where they intend joining To Mamakj^ and Pelii, from this put, in an attack on the town of New Plymouth, 'vluoh they say is to take jilace secietly and at night There is nothing further from l'angitilcci. It is generally thought the natives ate uot implicated in the minder of Mr. Eayner. Tv coucsquence of the excitud state of the distiict an ordoi w.is read to the Wanganui Cavalry Volimteeis on paindc Inst iMondav, i«<] Hiring a tiooni-r to be in attendance at the office of Colonel Logan cniimiiuuliM^ the detachment every inoimug for the |nu)v«e of c.v\ iy\»g des)>atch«s from Wniignnwi to 'I'uralvin.i, the troop at the 1 itter placs perfoniJing the same duty fiom there to Rangatelo, each man to lecL'ive 15s per day. The Wanuaniti tioup, presunt a veiy luspectalile appearance Theie weie aliout thiity at the most on Monday all in uniform, (each man has bought his own,) and they have become on the whole veiy efficient in their dull, ami in case of being wanted would be of groat beivice.