The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-05-27
Very Late from New ZcaIaud.

We have received by the Crescent City via San
Francisco and Panama files Of the Sew zeaisndsr,
published at Auckland to tho 18th of January 1t IL
small neat paper, hed with European and Cslifor-
MIA intelligence Its price is sixpence sterling peg
copy.
ofJanuary, says
One OF the significant evidences that California
does not realize the expectations with which snhu-
siastic emigrants throng shores found In tho
fact that, although some undoubtedly achieve great
success yet 80 many after having tried their fortnev
there, are an xious 60 return to their homes, and
actually do return oen with disappointed hopes and
shattered physical constitutions The departure Of
lees than three hundred passengers from San Flan
cisco by single vessel the Oregon) stated In
last s Instructive and monitory for
nppr hcnd, only small proportion of those left
the gold regions because they had akrd their thirst
for gold desire no more the majority Il h rea.
sonablo To believe away because they could not
attain the object OF their pursuit He'd to their
lives from the sickness which prevailed This view Is
sr,ngtbened by the perusl Of letters which have just
been received by resident In Auckland from nd
Of bis who wa. formerly one Of our own to~nsuen,
and who, cannot question. has written his
perence Of California with truth and fairness.
The remarks Of the yew z,alanfer, however do not
appear to have bad any effect upon the natives Three
vessels advertised for California aud two three
had Just sailed, quite full" for San francisco.
The Ner zealandey, Of the 10th Of December, gives
the following interesting fron . southern
colony
We have received intelligence nom the south which,
although not ~ recent n might have anticipated
j. of course here The iatet dates papers
which have reached u are, Wellington, Nov -, Nell
son Oct q and Oiago Nov. 10
The Lieutenant Governor had undertaken a Journey
southuard, with view of hnding a routs 20 Port
Cooper from which he was induced to return by .
mclancholy and fatal accident 20 ~ his party.
After leaving the wairau having traversed the Kappa
ratehau district his EKcellency ssceBdsd the great
snowy mountain which forms the principal peak ~ the
Eaikoras and stains an elevation of 1t loas, OJO
feet The ascent lab)rious and dan xerous thu
sidcs o. The mosntsin particularly towards the
q several hundred feet In height divided from each
.,,her .,her hy narros projecting ledg,s Of rock whis
ny the great depth of snow which lay on tho
ground aud the loose nsters 81 The so. which
footipg % the travellers very precarious.
After thirteen hours toll they had nearly reached the
return 10 spot whore they might hnd shelter Tor the
night. In the descent they had 60 cross nearly per-
p,ndicular face Of the hill down which hung bed Of
irvxen snow and Wiremu Hoeta. native attendant,
lost HE footing. aud fell down precipice. pitching
nom p,jectins ledge of rocks TO another TO the
bottom Of the abyss depth q about sixteen hundred
feet where his dead body could be seen In ,ort ~
ravine, but where 10 impossible % get at It. lie
wns very intelligent, well disposed Maori, and
amongst the friendly natives who Joined the att
ing party against Rangihseats at Hprgkiwi where hs
Lieutenant Governor himself nsJrSwIy escsped si-
mar fste having also lost his footing, snd only saved
himself by thrustng his iron shod staff into the snow
and cliDg.ng 20 u until he could regain his feet
Some interesting observations we're made during tbs
expedition On he east side IF he roaaiIin. about f,
houiard ret tstow ihs su,ffce fyanf das ra,y
uih Itenfg ~ nHhsf and waisr, aGording great en-
courag ment 10 any future attempt 90 reach the sum
NIT ~ vas believed that serious obstacles existed
t. an overland communication between Wairau aud
Port Cooper; indeed the natives say there Is = good
road between the lower range. AT elevation Of
ss thousand feet above the sea, were found remsns
o. large toarra trees (many Of them charredl II
which belonged 70 trees originally eve feet In diane
ter shordng proof ofthc former existence of exten
eve forests before the uphesvs of those monntains
which mus, have taken place At Comparatively re
save sfew moses and lchens u would seem thN the
earthquakes Of last year had expended their grstest
violence In the kaparatchnu district whore numerous
deep rents and chasms have been made, one ront
being betreen eleven snd twelve miles long "a con-
siderable ares also about two hundred yards In length
ard several yards in breadth was sunk 10 a depth
of between three aud four feet Some u the hills two
hundred feet In elevation. rent vertically and
large portions disloirei and ~ the
main ridges connected With the range of snowy
mountains chasms noted which showed the vio-
iepce Of the agencies that had been in operation"