FIJIAN NEWS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIX, Issue 4847, 10 March 1873, Page 3

FIJIAN NEWS.

Tho brig Surprise (late Carl) arrived in harbour thi« morning. Captain Thompson reports having left Levuka on the Hith jltimo, at 4 p.m., -with lijjht winds from the lorthward. Passed Kandavua on tho 21st lltimo. Light winds prevailed up to tho J8th, when tho wind veered round to the 3.S.E. 12 p m. : Wind increasing to a nodorato gale; shortened sail and made all snug ; during the height of tho galo sprung the mainyard. 8p.m : Weather inclined to be moderate. March I, 12 am: Weather abating, mado all possible sail. On the «"»th spoke tho American barque Rainbow in lat. 32-22 S., long. ITG'.'iO ft , O'aptain Gray, 2S months out from Now Bedford, and three months from Wahoo, Sandwich Islands, with 530 barrels of iperm oil. Weather fino with light winds sontinucd up to tho 7tb. Sighted tho Poor (bights at JO am. Calms and rontrary vinda prevailed light throughout tho jassago. Tho ' Dido,' frigate, Captain W. C. f!hapnarj, arrived at Fiji on February 1 1, a!tor a lassngo of about twelve days from Auckland. Mr, J. S. Macfarlane, of New Zealand, fidelv nnd favourably Unwn «« a hnin»i"r rriveo on *ebrunry 14, on board tho ' Dido ' tumours arc current to the effect that lua nisaion is connected with tho banking icbfme recently floated hero. — Fiji Ga'j'llf. Firr. — Messrs. Obphant Paton and (Jo ■eport : — Hinco our last nummary wo h.avr to lote the departure of the ' Coldinghims' for Hamburgh with full cargo of produce, iottou, cobra, candlenuts, oil, <kc, being tho irnt direct Hhipment from Fiji to tho I'uro>ean markets. The ' Sarah Tile' for Sydney las al30 received dispatch with full cargo of jotton, &c. Arrivals are — tho 'Motcor' rom Sydney with gonoral cargo, and tho Success' fiom Tonga with live stock. Eho near approach of tho huriicano jeaaon having induced many of our shipDnaaters to lay up their vessels, Island tr.idc has hccii gomowhat dull. Local buainoss has, however, been fairly active, and we have fjuoted several largo paiccln at romuoerativo prices. Amongst sales wecatwjttot*': — Ifennesny's brandy, r>(h ; United Vinoyard, lGs ; JDKZ gin, 40s ; key brand gin, 'ASi ; slaret, S5s ; port wino (in wood), 15s per gallon ; rum, 14s per gallon ; colonial wine, [Ob por gallon , kerogmc, '.in 8d per gallon ; lour, 2().s perewt.; soap, 33s por owt. — Fiji r Ju~d>f, February 13.

THE Ba OUTRAGES. Tho following is from the Fiji flayllr of *"obriiaiy 15 :~Tho full particulars have at ength arrived of tbo ]ato frightful tragedy in the Di river. Tho mountaineer. 1 ), who bad hreateued Mr. Burns many times, com" [own in force to tho numbor of about 200, ,nd concealed themselves in tho cotton durng tho night. Mr. J 'turns when proceeding o call hi3 labour in the morning wan rushed nd almost instantly tomahawked. The mnrlerers then iioera to have divided, and while j»rt attacked tho labour- mafisaci ing 21 f them— the remainder attacked the houso. 'Ira. Burns and her threo childorcn were >rutally slaughtered, their bodies being overed with wounds, and every article of urnituro, fittings, or anything of tho soit in ho house •vr&s utterly smashed and ruined. )ne of tho labourer?, n Tanna man, fled to he plantation of Mi, Mclntosh about thiec ailes distant and gavo tLo alarm. That ;ontleman immediately despatched his two veraeerg with 30 or 40 armed labours to he scene, where they arrived just in tuno o iarc tho bodies from becoming the naterial of a cannibal debauch. The bodies >i the unfortunate labourers, howovor, by he mutilation they had Bustained, showed oo plainly the work of man-eatorn. On Sunday, Lieutenant I'ntchard with a f«w whites and about 50 or <>() native troo}>4 left for tho seono of action ; and tho Vfinistor for Nativo|| Affairs | haa since 'ollowcd. Tho Government aro straining nvery nerve, and mustering all the forces at •heir diflpoml, besides calling for voluntccrn, o protect thc|hvs8 of the settlera. From tho last messengers tho Government ire niforuiod that this outrage had betn jommitted by a petty but independent tube, lituated m tho mountains behind Vunda and Nadi,— or, in other words, between thoie places and tho mountain of Na Lotu. They aro known as the (,>-ili irakatum, and have no ennneotion what;ver with the Navoia tribe, who aro iow friendly disposed and desirous for peace These people report that they attacked Mr. plantation to revenge tho dc.iths of ,wo 'Jalivakaturu women who, while gathcing " kais" (a freih-water cockle) were ro•ccently shofc dead by two of Mr. iuinb's Tanna labourers.

MANNING'S PILLS -Tho best Fatni[y Aporlont nown: fho action of tlioto (*i ii Tonic, Alterative, ,nd PtirirylnK Through thorn the Hpputitu uiui ticnptli iro rr«lurail bile ruraoycil nncl tlio bovieli ellevcii. 'J hey luntsin .in nourish tlio vital pow< re n ft murvcllous (naiin«r, inducini; perfect ho»llh roetloni frort jjiiId, lound ilcop,*nd choorful rlljposllon 'Ihcy rn\il'Hy euro (!o*tlvcnt»tt and Clfddinovr, lilioun Kcftdaoho, Ncutaljii-v. Dy f p«pM(i, tncl InrHgctInn, imp.irtinn tono and cwerKV to tho lyuteni. ■•hey Rl\e no pain, ret nrf to effuctual thu 1 . thctr ction a|)pi<KT'( rather Iiko a charm than tho nuturnl asult of uviludblo Mcditdic. Tlioy aro /ipccintly ccotninondc I t<> k\m ilci. und ull Iuvulidi . are fruo rom Mercury, find m ly bo tuUcn at all times wltliout 2»r of eipoHiue to tli« wmthor. After taking tlicni jiIoj* int fi'flling of Clio Hnd comfort i* expoi icncod, igothor Mill olearnMt of tho mind, Ami cheerful pmtt Hold Id hoxet, If. and li. 01. each. Prepared j J, 0. BlifliloDiJ, Bhortl»Dd-*UMt.— Apt