TARANAKI.

New Zealand Herald, Volume III, Issue 645, 6 December 1865, Page 5

TARANAKI.

[FROM OUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Kovember 30.

A cad accident occurred hore yesterday, resulting ir the death of a young man named Bailey, one of the mounted corps. A pirty were in tho act of crossing that most dangerous place known as the Stoncy River, some eighteen milos to tho south of this, when one of the sudden freshets common to many of tho rivers here came rut-lung down, and. swept thorn seaward. By dint of hard struggling they icached the opposite hank, with one exception, lio poor fellow was straining his utmost to escape the grasp of tho deetroyo?. Iho deceased seeing this, most gallantly rushed to Iho rescue, and in tho effort lost his life. The other reached tho hank in safety It is much to he regretted that sonio plan cannot bfi adopted to lrssen tho risk in crossing this place Bo fruitful in accidents. • Anent the recent Customs seizure of rin illicit distilling apparatus, within hail, eo to speak, of the town, I mar mention that ono of tho parties implicated Lambert, formerly skipper of jtho Black Diamond, which came to grief by running ashore li Ore W i\b pretty well known in Auckland a while ago. I think both skipper and vessel cleared out from your port in tho bharpest etyle, whethor the Custom-house officials were gratified thereby this deponent saith not. # The whole affair connected with this illicit distention was about tho most barefaced concern inianimible. It heat the seizure nt Papatoitoi roported in t*e Herald the other day completely. They wcro evidently going into tho thing heavily, anil probably thought that the very daring of Uo thin-was their safety, and doubtless argued that . officials searching for a thing of tho sore would never dream of finding it eo neir home. There lms been po:nc-H"iiß m the shapo m. a at tho White C7ia*, which ended in the death of a Maori, a sort of pvlflst, who was shot down. It docs not appear to have- b<;en anything of c'onFiyijc Column, wbo left this ostensibly io form a junction with the like party from Wan ganui, seem to meet with little obEtrnrfcionsin their progress —at lea?t v;; hear nothing to tho contrary, ergo they must uo getting on 6vin.mir.gly. Indeed all matters down herV, IS'alive f.ud Kuropean, are just now flat, etcle, end improGtable. The toit genius of d ulne his unlimited sway throughout the Province. It will bo a perfect Godsend when our members of the licislrttive commence their election campaign, although the excitement evon then won't rise to fover heat. Wo like to take matters easy down here or as tho Scottish phraso goes—"Let the raip gang wi the bucket." There 13 little doubt the sanin mombers will bo again returned, unless the ci devant Attorney-General has become disgusted with the colony's ingratitude, and retires within his shell.