DRURY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Thursday, October 15.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XIX, Issue 1950, 16 October 1863, Page 3

DRURY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Thursday, October 15.

YisrnRDAY I took a ride to Papakura, and collected vauous pa tticulais about poor IYIr. Il.unhn, ami the boy AVallis. As the inquest on the body was about to be held at Mr. llajnliu's house, T lodcovcr theio, passing Km Kiri leiioubfc on tho way. 1 send you a repoifc of tho inquest. At iit&fc if; was thought thai. Mr. lJamlin was only shot, but it was yesteiday levelled that lie had also been slightly tomahawked. It will bo '■eon fiom my lcpoit tliat no veidict was como to l»y the jmy, in the nbscnco of evidence by the boy. The veuhct however could only have been that of mm tier against pei sons unknown, not specifying whether Maoih or otherwise. As tho object of tho inqnebt is to obtain evidence against those who are now in lebollion, and who are mindering individuals on whom they may chance to come, it is advisable, if the boy iccovors at all, to get his evidence, as he must have been tho only party piescnt uheii the lioinblo deed was committed. Tho settlers Me.ssis. Gouldmg, Creighton, Bull and Hyde, who risked their lives in gethug away ILinilin and.cd *.c boy deceive to bo greatly commended, as native? might still have been linking about the piexnises of Henderson. I should think after this lamentable occuuenco it will bo veiy injudicious for settlors to continue to live at then homesteads, which it appeals some aie actually doing. I believe llieir is a sort of stockado at Hendersons faun. This had been evacuated, and it is thought th.it the icbels might have lushed fiom there when they shot Mr. Ilamlin. A detachment was sent theie yos-teulay. Captain King, also with a strong foice was out scorning tho bush m this locality. In the afternoon 1 believe filing was hcaul, and lumouib began to float about. It was said that tho lebyls had been suiiounded, hut when 1 left tho distnct no news of a satisfactoiy natuio had ai rived. 4 On reaching Diury about dusk, I found all kinds of repoits in cnculation, but in a littlo while they mostly "evaporated. 1 ' About eight o'clock the natives wtio said tf> h.Q in tho neighbourhood of Mr 1 fay's hnn.su, whei e sbvcr.il men weie living. One of the men who had been collecting cattle was fired upon, the ball passing over his head. Another man, who usually CiiniQ, home at a regular hour, was misiing. This lcpoit is veiy likely to bo conect, as the lebols appear to be prowling about in all directions Sovei.il have lately been seen near the camp at Mr. Martyn"s ; othus in the neighbourhood of Maketu. In fact, if we may believe his own fitoiy — and it seems highly piobable— a settler, the other day, had somewhat of an. adventure, and a foi tniute escape at Maketu, v. here he was endeavouring to hud some cattle. He came upon some halt-a-do/en natives, and both pailies seemed to know each other. Jicing unarmed, tlie settler endeavonied to make off; but they called to him to stop, as they wished to speak to him. They inquiied very particulaily about old Isaac, .as to whether he was still alive. To dispel the suspicion and fear of tho settler, one of the rebels handed over his gun to another, and appioachcd tho pakeha, evidently bent on a lorao ; but the man, wide awake, observed a movement of tho other natives w hich ho did not appreciate, so he at once effected hu escape. Taking into consideiation the fact— so obvious — that the lebcls aie thus piowhng about, it behoves individuals 1 to bo exceedingly cautions. Twelve civilians have now boon nnudered by tho nali\os, and a majonty of these have been pounced upon when alone and when pursuing their avocations. The lesson th\s loaches should not be lost hi tho case of Mr. Ilamlin, .Hell distinctly heaid shots- fiied, but he took no f Hither notice, thinking it might be some of the militia shooting tm keys, which in vaijou, 1 ! distucts they aie in the habit of doing. We publisjiod tho following tologram from our Druvy co-respondent in a second edition yesterday: — "Another man shot and frightfully tomahawkrd, Jackson and a boy named .Sutherland wcie fencing behind Hay's bouw after dinner yesteiday, Tlt« natives oamc and shot Jackson. The boy lioaid his scieams, and ran. The boy was filed upon, and seveial wounds inflicted. He lay theio all day and mghfc, and came out this morning. Jackson's body is got out." Thursday, noon. I have just sent you a telegram down m regaid to Jackson and flulheiland. Jackson was a comparatively young man, sober and industrious, and had for sonic livo or hi^ years been oinploypd by Mr. Hay. He,.- and a boy named Sutherland, wiro engaged in a bit of ' bush behind Mr. Hay's lcsulcncc, preparing some fencing, when in tho afternoon of yesteiday the natives came down upon them ; one party attacked Jackson and the other tho boy. Jackson was shot, i\ud, afterwards fearfully tomahawked by tho brutal savages. The head is almost severed from the body, and the shoulder and other parts aie also terribly hacked. Tho boy Sutherland ran for his life, pursued by tho wretches. Ho was fired upon, and also reoeivod various cuts with som,e instrument, lie lias flesh wounds in tl^o leg, and t\yo cuts at the back of tho head, Qii bqnjj attacked he fell, and pretended to be semeloss, and 't"he natives, 'I suppose, thought they had completed their hoiriblo woik. He lay there all night, and this morning thinking it safe managed to come out. Several men wont m search of tho missing individuals this morning, saw tho boy, and mistaking him for a native, fired upon hip), h>it apparently without injuring hia\. 't'iio mcii then leturned to Pi\pakurn, and Reported that they had seen natives.' The boy 'came out, was seen upon the road, and wai taken to the house of thp Itev. Mr. ftorrio, where he received every attention. A dopto^ \fi\i immediately sent for, i\\\(] his -wounds were properly dyessed,. l^e has sinco beon taken down to the hospital marquee, a t Papakura. The body of Jackson has been recovered, and removed to Ptipaknva.