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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 216, 14 November 1866, Page 2

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The following items of native intelligence are from the D. S. Cross, Nov. 10 :— The news published by us this week from several quarters is, we are sorry to say, of a disquieting nature. Iu the first place, we learn from a source upon which we can rely that a letter had been received at the Native Office in Wellington, dated from Waugauui on the 2nd November, stating that on the 2Sth October most of the natives had suddenly left that district, and gone north towards Waikato. We believe that the authorities relied upon the intelligence conveyed in the letter, and thought that the movement portended a desceut upon some quarter. Instructions have therefore been issued to the Resident Magistrates in native districts to be ou the watch for auy movement amongst the natives. News has been received that the settlers in the vicinity of Alexandra, on the Waipa, have beeu " warned" by the natives. From Taurauga, our correspondent writes that a special messenger had arrived there from Makatu with intelligence that the natives at Taupo were in a state of excitement in consequence of the information that au army from Kawhia, uuder the leadership of Rewi aud Kereopa, were on the march, and would pass through the Taupo country ou the way to Ahuriri, whither they were going for the purpose of revenging the death of the priest Pauapa. How much of this is true, and how much mere rumour, of course it is impossible to say. The Taupo tribes apparently mean to coutiuue loyal, aud have applied to the Avawas for assistance ; but it is quite likely that if Rewi, with a strong party, were to reach Taupo, he would find as many recruits as enemies. We should think, however, that Rewi would pause before making a descent upon the settled district of Ahuriri, which is unsuited for the native mode of warfare, and where the resident Maori population would be dead against him. If Rewi has mustered his forces, it is quite doubtful where the blow will fall, and we should think it would be "quite as likely to fall on Taranaki or Waikato as ou Napier. The third disquieting item bf news is from Opotiki, from which place our correspondent writes that an attack had been tlireateued on the settlement. All these rumours coming at the same time almost force to the belief that something is afoot iu the interior. We can ouly hope that, before any devastation has been committed, the counsels of the more moderate men amongst the rebels may prevail, and avert from us the horrors of a sanguinary war. In a letter written to the Bruce Independent it is stated that a'waiitoh piece of mischief has beeu doue at the lower Molyneux. Two male, and four female pheasants, were. some time since turned out oh the residence of F. S.-Pillan, Esq., for acclimatisation purposes ; and it appears one of the male birds was found dead lately, with unmistukeable signs of having been shot.