CAMP, TE AWAMUTU. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) May 3.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2121, 7 May 1864, Page 5

CAMP, TE AWAMUTU. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) May 3.

JSTothino of importance since my last. On Monday (yesterday) a party of 100 men of tho 65fcU and 40th llegiments proceeded, under the pornman^ of Qaptaln Ooolt, to a , n,atjre yllUgo

situated Uomenfoiir. inilesio "the "north-eastiDfr iToiAwnmutif, fotf the, ,purpose,,bf .procuring p'6r( liatoes. They, brought in; between, thirty' and; forty, bags full. ,lou will remember the aff*air> r whichoqouj?r s ed to' the party i of sawyers > era--ployed by ; Mv. Grahauvthe particulars of which; I gave you in ,a former communication. , The native.; Jimmy, who was onithat occasion taken prisoner by , the rebels, has , since made his escape from the hands of his captors, and sucoeededi in reaching x the coast, whero he was picked up by the * Sandfly and conveyed to Auckland. Fo will probably bo able'lo impart a little information as to the numbers and condition of the-robels., ' Wo v have had a few days rain, but the weather has cleared up again. In consequence of the near approach, of the wet season great activity is displayed in the erection of the huts for winter quarters, ; but the rau^o is now getting scarce, and the men havo to go a great distanco to procure it, added to which the swamps have becomo flooded and softened by the late rain. Indeed, it requires no gift ,of prophecy to tell that it will be impossible to obtain raupo sufficient to complete the number of huts required, iv which case I supposo the deficiency will be remedied by a supply of timber for the purpose. A double row of stabling is being erected, aud will be finished in a few days. It is constructed on a very simple and economical plan, in the form of a common verandah, the roofs of the two lines of stabling sloping in towards ench other., Tho roof is of corrugated iron, and the sides of boards, each line being 250 feet in length. In looking at these buildings one cannot help admiring the simplicity of this plan of construction, aud wondering why some such plan wag not adopted for hutting the troops. Ono thing is evident, that the stabler designed to shelter the horses, would be, with a few additions, immeasurably superior in cleanliness, warmth, and waterproof qualities to the raupo whares which are being built for the soldiers. In one week enough has been erected to shelter three hundred men.