THE BRUSH AT PAPAKURA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 14, 15 December 1863, Page 4

THE BRUSH AT PAPAKURA.

Yesterday :ii'iernoon we pttbliiihecl a second edition, in wliii-li wo were apt in enabled to eomnnmieate the earliest intelligence of the atl'air. near Papakura. between Captain .raekson. with hip Potest and a body of natives. We are now in a position to add a few part ieulars to the statement of facts then oiven. .v On Sunday moniiiu;. Captain Jackson and his -pfivtv succeeded in surprising some, furty fn- liftv natives, in (lie ranges, about four miles north of Papal;urn. They at once saluieil iii<!'i with a volley from their carbines, fuilov. ing up the attack by rushing upon them with their revolvers. Seven natives were killed, and many wounded, four of the dead being left upon the lield. A number of their women might easily have been shot; but although 1 hey were very active in carrying oil'the dead and wounded, ''aptain .Jackson and his foresters refrained from tiring upon them. This, to persons nnaequa*nted with Maori usages, may appear to lie but an act of ordinary humanity, but native women fiirht with even more ferocity tban tile men. and have again and again dealt death and des!rm-lion among iheir enemies. The atVan - at Papakura was over in three minutes. The foresters did their duly like men. cap!uriug two flags, two pistols, one double-barrelled gun, and destroying a quantity of ammunition. This is the wav 1o bring the rebels to their senses. (Jive t'lem no "breathing time." and. above all. let our inlying settlers he on their guard against ambushes and surprises. We have already warned them thai a party from Kawhia are on the prowl to exact /(/".and wis tell them again thai there are others equally bent upon revenge. The struggle is not yet over. There are murderous bands ready to pounce upon the helpless and the incautious, who should therefore be doubly circumspect. , General Cameron and his staff return to head quarters at Nga;-uawahia this dav. A HHi VAT. OF THE 'Vi'OXGA WOXGA." 1 UK s. q. 1 Wonga V.'onga." Cap'. Co!!.;:,!, arrived in tl-.e MauuUau lYom llaglan, Taranaki. and the Soulh. yesterday evening at G o'clock. Her detention wus owing to a h-.avy sea prevailing on the bar nt. Wnnganiii. which prevented her leaving that i.-aco until the tlili. She lefr Taranaki on Sunday last, at which date there was no news of inipor':-iUec from that settlement. She left Kaghtn yestcrdai morning. The ' Wonga' brings only tw pnL'ser.gers; she leaves again for I lie South, calling at Nelson, to-

morrow morning at 10 u.m. \\ e have received our files of papers, but they contain no news worthy of note. Iter dates are as follows:—W<Uington sth : "Wanganui, IHh ; Taranal.i, l.tlh; and 'Raglan. 1-1 tli inst.