CAMP TE AWAMUTU.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 118, 30 March 1864, Page 4

CAMP TE AWAMUTU.

[fbOM Ol'H OW.N- COItEE^rOSI>EXT.] 2Sth March. 186-1. "Evervltiii-g wears, the same aspect of uncertainty it did prior to tlie move of the tieiu-'ul, and by all .1 can gather from the orders i-.-ued at this post," tlie blow a: Maug.-ituuturi will not be struck so soon as you may imagine. Tactics of a new—or rather old—description will be brought to War on the rebel forces this time, and should there be any of ihe Huiraiigi braves in the ranks of General Thompson, the style of warfare ft ill be no new thing to them. 'Ihe troops at this post are now entirely employed making gabions, and by this you may learn the future details of the impending attack ; let us hope that it may not turn out lii;e General l'ratt's ,; Immortal." ' There can be no doubt that there arc still some dark skins hanging about our advanced posts, it being nothing unusual each morning to lincl tracks of Maori feet iu the potatoe lields not-far distant from the camp. An unusual exhibition of Maori pugilism occurred in camp last evening amongst the mail men, and it is a matter of some surprise how those gentlemen can manage to get drunk dav after dav. The chiefs who came- to sec 'the General on the invitation of the Gniernor, led here yesterday, hi route to i'ukiriinu ; they seem to be men of more than average intelligence, and seem to fullv understand the helplessness oft!:-.' rebels; four of them are I'roiuthe Bay of Islands, two from Wungarie, and one I rum Tamnaki. 'Ihe Her. Mr. Collins, Episcopalian Chaplain, and the Bev. Mr. Beaton, Presbyterian Chaplain, to the troops, are now stationed i-erc. r.i.d minister every evening to '.he devotional coinibrls of their respective congregations. 12 men of the 40th, and 12 of the 05th, proceeded to join the General tins morning. These men are selected as the crack shots of each corps, und are to be armed with the Whitwortli Kiile.