RAGLAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 67, 30 January 1864, Page 4

RAGLAN.

I [VliOJl Ot'K OWN' COHKKSI'OXHI'.NT.J j .1 Miliary | 1 wrote to you by the overland miiil on Monday, bill, us there'is every probability of tin- ' Wongu "Wonga,' whirh is expected It) arrive to-day, reaching Onchungu before tin- iiisiiliu.ui gets 10 lowu, I may us will do a "second edition" I'm- tin- steamer. Kir.-t ] mid foremost lb™ tin.- regulars start lor Tuikaramea j to-iluy. mid to-morrow is named us the day fur the j attack. From I lit- distance to bi' marched, and from | I llu' amount of work to he done, in transporting suns i ammunition, &0.. 1 do not myself think that, an altar!, can take place before Thursday. When it does j it U lob.- lio]u-d llialas much science us possible ! will be brought to bi-ar upon tin; pubs. " .Scotch j navigation'' (main strength and slupii'.ness, as do- | lined by tliu sailors.) must result in a fearful loss of j lili- on'our side, and tin- services suffered quite sulliI cicnt nt Jiungiriri, considering the trilling effects | produced on the enemy. The natives here are almost all eonvinred that the troops will be beaten. One fellow,-who culls himself the General's guide, said that no one knew the day for the attack, "for," he said, " if the common soldiers knew in time, they would run uwav '. They know nothing or it until they are formed for the march, and then it i.- too lute f" Wlieu will these ignorant men uudei'slund the ; churacted of the Anglo Saxon? Tile breaeli of the j '".Sale of Spirits Ordinance," wiiich 1 Jiientioned in j mv last, resulted in the puliliean'.-(Mr. Kmcrv) being ! lined .L'U and costs. The liquor was sold to'a halt- ■; caste negro (huli'-negi-o-liall'-maori) ami the defendant j pleaded thai he wa:> not aware the law looked upon a ! half-breed of that description as a maori. The j magistrate admitted the plea of ignorance and dealt < leniently ueeordingly. I The t'roops all started this morning, and some GO j of the Waikatos have marched from No. Ito Xo. il \ camp to take charge of some stores which are left. I This is only a temporary arrangement, as the stores j are to be brought back, either to Xo. 1 camp or to j liaglan. You will hear great news soon. ; January 27. ! Late last night our "Resident Magistrate, Major ! MacGregor, receive.l an order tojoin his regiment im- ; mediately. Col iliudtain, ~w\ NVaikato, is I under- i stand, to perform the K. Jl's. duti- s pro tern. The j cidling away of MitiorMiieGregorullhispinclure,! look | upon us peculiarly unfortunate, lie. has succeeded, ' Ijy a lengthened stay amongst the natives of the dis- : triet, in acquiring their entire confidence, and they ! hare looked upon him, lately, as their protector. Col. I llaultain mui-t be seen to disadvantage by them, as ' otie of the "boras" (soldiers). The system of military j magistrates is a bad one in toto. if the gentlemen at I the head of the civil power in a district is to be ordered oll'at a few- hour's notice, leaving everything con- ] neeted with his department., most probably, in inter- I mumble confusion. There is a cutter, supposed to be the ' Lapwing' outside, mid the ' Wonga V/origa' is I just entering ihc heati'i" The fi.-amer mentioned a! 0v,., turns on! to be the ' Alexandra,' from luo Mauukuu. \ ia Taranaki, with commissariat «U>re.'for this place" Our lute UesdcJit

Magistrate has gonen tojoi the " Old Tigers," taking with him the good wishes of the Raglan people, among whom he has been living for some twenty months. May he be as successful in the field, as he lias been in the civil rapacity. Raglan is. I hear, to be the main depot for the troops in the field. If that is the ease, the road may be looked upon as un fail acompli. Either your ''-devil" or my pen, has made a grevious mistake in my letter of the 17th instant, published on (lie 22nd. The word " sentry" is spelt " century," and the consequences are somewhat ridiculous. The paragraph reads, —"hasdwindled down into a drowned rat of a centurv or two," (1 never before heard of rats attaining such an age), wishing themselves, &c, and thinking upon the next ration of rum." The idea of rats contemplating the next "grog bugle" is really too facetious. The ' Lapwing' has arrived.

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