COROMANDEL.

Otago Witness, Issue 549, 7 June 1862, Page 8

COROMANDEL.

The correspondent of the Southern Cross wiiting under date of May 22, sa\s :—: — / v.h sorry to say tiiat O'llara's 'party has been bioken up, in consequence of the disagreements I mentioned in my last,. I consider that it will be a great loss to the province at large, as they were a set of experienced diggers .Fanner's party are hard at work ; but it will take wi-ek*, if not month-;, before nn/ guM results can be obtained. Watson Ims enlarged hu paity, and will recommence the shaft to-day. Should they strike gold at once, we shall at once have alluvial diggings of ,H>mc oxter.*. Murphy's paity aud others at Mr. Ring's aio hard at work. Wo >den, Otto, and Ke\ en are about to work a reef on Government land nt Kapang.i, in which they have found gold, 'lhu fianie reef crops, out on Mr. Pri-ecc's land ; it then croscs the harbou/aml runs up the coast for inilfs, nnd is no doubt very rich.

The greater part of the diggers are now congregated at Mr. Kind's, to see what the piestuit negotiations of the Government will do to throw open Paul's hind. The Government have done all in thoir power, but I fear in vain. The medium between them and the nativca (Mr. C. 0. Davis) is not to be trusted. When Mr. Fox assembled the natives at Kapanga on Saturday, the 10th, the natives told C. O. I), that he had locked the box, and now he wished it to appear that it was his desire to open it. From this we may judge that he has a hidden meaning in what he says. Mr. Davis wrote a letter to the Thames natives a few days ago, in which he says, " The fish that id in the oca, if allowed to land, will make a shad's stinking house." Now, the meaning which he intends to convey by that figure is so. h caught by the natives, which is this : " Do not open j our land, or you will lose it ; for, as when a flock of shags take possession of a rock, all laud bird 3 leave it, as they cannot endure the stench.' 1

I believe tl>at nothing but a good rush, or the allowance of the direct purchase, will now accomplish the object.