NEWCASTLE (NGARUAWAHIA). SINKING OF A STEAMER ON THE WAIKATO. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) December 6.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2305, 9 December 1864, Page 5

NEWCASTLE (NGARUAWAHIA). SINKING OF A STEAMER ON THE WAIKATO. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) December 6.

SiNCC writing to joh last we have hid several rumours aflo.it about w.ir. Again, it i-> reported hcie, that tho escaped Maori pusoucis have crossed the W.iik.ito Heads, and are on route for this dis"trivt. - The troops hcie in giuison wore tinned out this morning at 3 o'clock, under .urns ; and, I be lievc that orders have been l-sued to all tlie outposts to do the same thing eveiy morning, so as to to prevent surplice? Everybody here thinks that the long- predicted gueiilla wa'fae is about to recommence. Surely the Governoi will now commence to aboh-h bis &ui<ar and fbrni policy, if he plainly sees, the worthlessness of it. A very serious accident occuned this evening on the river, between here anil Kangniii, neatly proving fatal As the mail boat was coining up from Ran~giriri to this place in eh irj»e of Mr. Oi.iwfoid, she strnck on a large snag, winch knocked a hole iv her, causing her to siuk immediately in about twelve feet of water There weie in all five men on board at the time — t«o only being able to swim. There also happened to be a very heavy ma- 1, and it was otdy owing to the great pluclc shown by Mr. Crawford that it was s.ived. He ateo, at the risk of hi-, own life, saved the other three men from drowning. I believe he actually swam twelve times to the sinking bo.it, and back each lime, bunging a. portion of the mail on shore. And, thinks tj Mi. Crawford and hisgillant crew, not so much as a letter was lost They arrived here at eleven o'clock this evening per ' Kangiriri,' which was sent down to meet them. No doubt yonr readere would like t> know what became of that rebel spy I mentioued in my last. Well, if they promise not to throw down the papar in indignation, I will tell them. Now, just listen, oh ye Exeter Kail philanthropists and ye Maori woishipper^, whilst I tell you the cruel sentence that was passed on a noted lebel spy, captuied in our midst. He was ordered to be taken fr»>in the halls of justice, to be delivered into the arms of that friendly chieftain, Mr. Birton, of Kaiokanka, to remain there, and to be supplied with Governmeut rations as long as he cho3e to remain inactive. Js not this another instance of the cuiel punishmeuti that the colonists have subjected these poor innocent Maoris to ? "At the licensing meeting held to-day, at Whatawhata, there weie four applicants for licenses at Ngaruawahia, and one for To Awamutu ; bub oub of these there were only two granted, both for Ngarua walua— to Mr. McLeo.l, for the Delta Hotel ; and to Messrs. Ro?s and Johnston for the Newcastle Inn. The other applicmts were Mr. Young for a brewery, Mr. Smartly for an hotel, and Mr. Baker for an hotel at Te Awamutu. 1 m-iy add that the Delta Hotel is a splendid building, being a much finer oue than a grrat number of the hotels in Auckland. I will 3ome day give you a description of it.