LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Wellington Independent, Volume I, Issue 1, 2 April 1845, Page 1

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

The American whaling vessel ChtfoegCaptain Potts, was wrecked en the Chatham** about two or three weeks back. All hands were saved, sad Captain Potts and part of bis crew arrived on Saturday last, in the schooner Eiiza, from the Chatham®; the remainder "would have come at the "same rise, bat the vessel was not large enough to convey them ait. ... The Cltekea had been out eighteen months, and had taken eighteen hundred barrels. Captain Potts sold the vessel as she laid far £95, and the next morning she Bad ail gen& to pieces. Mr. Bell was the purchaser, and will, nevertheless, make a most handsome speculation. He saved SOO barrels, or eighty tans of oil, eighty tuns of casks, besides sacdry other valuables, and it is reported will profit to the extent of £1500. We hope this oil will be brought here, 'is " it would form a large poitjoa of the cargo of a small sited vessel, which it has been reported was to leave London for this place in December iast. At a" relative price, it \* -5 advantageous to ship foreign, as British caught 01L Cautiok to paeests.—A singular accident happened on Monday last, et MrPrince's house, on the Tiuakori Rood. A baby was left alone in a cradle in the house, with the door open, when a large sow, wkh numerous young pigs, entered, and taking it by the foot, dragged it some little distance from the house. Fortunately the porr Mother -'• *?*.? ft «>ani, : jut ace -*'as ovtr':*""*" Ixi-" -..". horror at the probable fais fro 3 which betlittle one B-as szrm. Ice teeth cf the sot j had passed through the sole of the foot, and I the back of the head of the poor little cresi tare, was 5 raised, but we beiiere the k>- ! juries ere considered unimportant. Had the j sow taken the child by the head, iasunt death ] would most probably have ensued. We publish this matter as it may be useful as a warning against the danger of leaving very young children exposed to pigs, as the? are by no means particular about the descrfptiaa of food they eat, or whether it be dead'-or alive. We have heaid from good authority that the robbery committed' by.the party of Natives headed by Wereta,' at the station of Mr. Barton, near Wairarapa, has been successfully arranged, Mr. Forssitk who was sent by bis Honor the Superintendent to investigate this affair* has induced the perpetrators of this Tcrioie, to sign a* deed embodying not only a humble confession of their offence, but the restoratiom of such property as could be recovened, and the ees--1 ston of a large tract of country to the Crown j for their outrage against the law. From aH j we can gather Wereta appears to be a man, } to whom the character of "savage" may j not improperly be applied, and frotnthe notorious violence of Ms temper and disposition, j we confess that we are no less surprised than gratified at the moral victory that has been obtained over him. We hope he may be faithful to Ids agreement, and that oar*enterprising fellow colonists who hare, andare still penetrating the solitudes of this district, scattering the seeds of dviazatioo in their progress, will not again be exposed to dangers of this description. Mm. Barton will doubtless look for some compensation at the hands of Government for the loss he has sustained; what the nature of the compensation may be, which he expects to receive, we cannot say, bat feel persuaded that Governor Fitzroy is not the man to make profit out of the settlers looses. We ate happy at being able to announce the commencement cf a nevr line cf road to the Karori District, vhich was begun this week. The line xsill be carried from Te Aro Fiat, up PolhiH's gully, and will be a great acquisition to ihe settlers in that localitjyas the whole length of road will not exceed n mile and a qnaricr to the private path ran- n . ning past Mr. Hairs' allotment. Thus a/* great saving of time will be effected, and tha ; district brought into closer coaasctioa'with •& j town. ■""„•" -'.-_. , ~: \ .',.;/ '"; ".-_< -/- : - ':--" - ■;ife!'*.'' >