TARANAKI.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 4, Issue 165, 17 November 1860, Page 1

TARAN AK I.

di? JOURNAL of EVENTS.

(Prom the Ta/rmaki Herald:) Oct. 20.— The detachment o? %he 12th Regiment at Bell Block, under HDapt._.Leesen andLLjeut; Dudgeon, were. i^Tieyed 'to-day by 80 men of the 65th Regiment, under Capt. Strange and ISnsign Butler. SO men of the 40th Regiment, under Ensign Morphy, embarked for Waitafa on board the Tasmanian Maid, and left at 1 1 a.m. We have been informed that the northern tribes do not intend erecting pahs, fearing the big guns, but to spread over the country in parties. It is also their intention to cultivate' extensively the country on both sides of the Waitara. Sunday, Oct. 2 1.— The steamers Wonga Wonga and Tasmanian Maid from Waitara to-day. They brlngno news. Very little is known at the camp "of the movements of the rebels-

, Monday, i)ct. 22. — The Tasmaniari Maid and Wonga Wdnga left thi3 morning for Waitara, the former with Col. Mould and 1 rank and file of the R.E., and 100 rank and file of the 65th, under Lieutenant Xalbot and Ensign Pagan. The occupation of Puketakauere has been determined upon, and a blockhouse and signal station, is to be erected on the side of the pah. This is a very proper step, for it will, independently of holding the ground against the enemy, enable the garrison to command the surrounding country And communicate •with the Bell Blockhouse and head-quar-ters in town by means of signals. During the day large fires have been seen in the direction of the Waiongana; we hear that it is caused by the Waikatos burning fern to dislodge the pigs. 'Fires were seen to-day on Messrs. Greenwood's and Oxenham's farms at Tataraimaka. The following notice from the Superintendent's Office was issued to-day : — The Deputy Adjutant- General having intimated that escorts will be provided to enable the owners of live stock to bring the same into town, persons desirous of availing themselves of this offer are requested to lodge applications at this office, in ; order that they may be, submitted to the military authorities. The application must state the locality, and number of stock, and persons having stock in the same district should arrange to have them brought in if possible. October 22, 1860. Tuesday, Oct. 23. — Porikapa's and the Poutoko natives in town this morning. From Porikapa we learn that communication, has been haH with the rebels since the attack upon Kaihihii. The natives are very reserved about their losses, and refuse to give a list of their killed and wounded. It, however, transpired, that a man' named. Hone, brother-in-law to Parenga Kingij was severely wounded by a cannon shot. Porikapa admitted that several were wounded, (ten, Ke said,) and three likely ib die, or dead. The evacuation of the pahs was caused by Aperahama Reke, a chief of Wairea, who at the' close of the •first day's 'bombardment, fairly- ran away with his Jiapu. We asked several of - the Tarariaki natives for information regarding the, affair at Kaihihi, but all (excepting Porikapa) refused to:give any, and several "(the wish being father to the thought) said ■ they did not believe the rebels lost a man. Many of the Poutoko and Porikapa's natives are. closely related to the rebels,

forming part of the tribe j 1 and. there is no -doubt their sympathies are enlisted with 'them. Their friendship withWis' only a ' matter^ of convenience. Indeed, as regards ~ some. ofxthem who were in town:to-day, it

is "difficult to account -for 'their being

•'friendly " hativeX'kriowing,- as we do, that they are uncles,^ fathers, and "brothers of many of the rebels and murderers. E.

• Stead, private, ,65th Regt., diedthis morn Matiu, : who had "^g'atiii visited; the rebel ckmp; 'feturhed^this X ,jHe reports that" the 'Wailtatos, at Huirangij .but only lOOstrong. t ":' On- asking; him 'what .news he brought, 'f l'hdve'Been' to .-W.' Ring's. pah J jM^ car% ;bf^ie^^aitos i 'at Hui^angi,

have settled upon a plan of operations, which is, to repeat their former conduct, and plunder, destroy, and murder* Ere long they will be on our skirts,". At present the Waikatos are busy cultivating, and for a short time will be employed putting in potatoes. The Wonga Wonga sailed for Wanganui to-day.

, Wednesday, Oct. 24.— A;recbnn#tering party of 100 men of the 65 thi under Lieuts." Toker and Chevalier, 30 men of the 40th under Lieut. Hobbsj and 20 men of the 12thunder Ensign La Touche, started at 5 this morning to the sites.of the Tima and Te Puke pahs. On arriving at the Bell Blockhouse they were joined by a party from the stockade, uncfer Capt. Strange, 65th Regiment, who took command of the whole. On arriving at the Tinaa, the troops commenced loading carts -with firewood and potatoes; a ton and a. half of the latter were dug up and, brought away-. " Several pigs were secured. ' Some native? were seen at a distance of 800 or 000 yards and a few shots exchanged; The force returned to town at dusk; The ketch' Traveller's Bride and schooner Jupiter arrived to-day from Manakau, but as both vessels were detained at the heads 7 days, we are in receipt only of one later paper than those brought by the Cordelia on the 16th inst., (the " Southern Cross" of the 16th.) In this paper we learn that the murder reported by the Cordelia, took place at Patumahoe, where a~ native (not a white man) had been shot by another native, particulars of which will be seen in another column. ■■ Thursday, Oct. 25. — The following notice was issued by the commissariat :— NOTICE. Commissariat, New Zealand, Tarauaki, October 25, 1860; All applications tot compensation for loss of cattle or horses killed or. Captured by the enemy while in the employ of the Commissariat Depart meht to Ihe present date must be made in writing to the Senior Commissariat Officer on or before the 7th proximo. And in future no application for indemnification will be received if not brought forward within one month after the occurrence of sucii loss. H. STANLEY JONES, Deputy Commissary-General ! Major-General Pratt inspected the garri- j son in the trenches at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. — The following Proclamation was posted in town this morning:— PROCLAMATION. Consequent on information just reeeivedj the. Major-Greneral cautions all individuals from moving beyond the protection of the outposts. By command, B. CAREY, . Lieut.-Colonel, Deputy-Adjutant-Geneial. Head-quarters, , New Plymouth, Oct. '26, lß6o. We have been told that a letter has been sent from Mataitawa to a friendly native informing him " that the Waikatos intend moving . towards the town either to-day* td-morrow, or. Sunday." 600 are stated to be atHuirangi, and 200 on their way, iO : miles this side of Mokau. The letter also requests the friendly natives to join the enemy or remain neutral, and that if they do not, and any of them are. caught, they will be "flayed- alive." The Wonga Wonga from Wanganui jesterday, 'where she arrived 'on Wednesday, anchored in the roadstead at 1 p.m. She reports, all -quiet at Wanganui. Mr. Hulke, arrested by the military authorities last Wednesday oh a charge of sending tobacco to oneof ; W. '.-King's natives, was brought before a Court of Enquiry to-day. It appears 'that; some time "ago, s a. native from Matai- ; tawa; forming one of a marauding party on the -Bell Block'i took- away one of Mr. Hulke's horses; Mr.^ Hulke wishing to recover the animal, sent by Matiu, on, Monday" last,- 100 figs of tobacco as an inducement' to^he robber 5 to give vp v the "horse. 'Matiu retiirned without the horse, it having been sent to 1 a, tribe inland, but whether the tobacco was* -brought back or not,' we' -are unable"' to 'state; ..•■/... -i Saturday} Oqt. 2*f .^At 10 o'cldck last :nigh) ttejglare of ' firg *,ijirafr ..-seen i» thejcli;

reetion of the Bell Block. This morning \\reilearn that six houses on the Block belonging to Messrs. John, Joseph, and R. Street, J. Hirst, sen., E. Hollis, and A. Hbskin were burnt by the natives. Between 10 and 11 lights were seen in j another house, when two . shells were [tlir6jv'n from the stockade by the 24---p/iund howitzer, which is supposed to have | driven off the rebels, and prevented the j firing of this house.