The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-02

TAs 0elasn Discovery In New Zealand
Tho details have beea received Of tbs recent
q sold In New Zealand appears that reward Of 100
out available mining nsd the amount was claimed BY
Mr.. G. Ring, BY whom some deposits bad boon found at
Auckland. number Of persons were accordingly ap..
pointed to test the correctness Of the statement and
he COMMITTEES appointed BY the subscribsrs TO the re
ward fund.- dsemlng desirable that the public should
have correct information relative to the alleged discovery
Of gold take this opportunity of stating that the deputa
ton appointed by them visit the locality alleged
discovery have returned and that the report Is saAc
that the question Of its being sufficiently abundant to be
proftably worked, Ia yet in allegiance"
Several samples of gold and quartz we're brought in
but although It Is stated that the metal found
wherever trial was made, it in such small specks
IS 70 prevent certainty being entertained to the
district being worth working The bed of the creek is
described to be filed with very large quartz boulders
which rendered 1t impossible during hurried invsstisa
ton to sink any deep or extensive holes In short
time however, several other parties returned to Auck
land with additional specimens some OF which were OBJ
tanned at distance of ten miles from the original spot
The land belongs to the natives and anxiety was conse
queny felt lest any collision should take place through
influx Of diggers before proper arrangements had
eeen made with regard 10 anelT sns sr
the purpose of settling this question: and as was con-
sidersd that there would be difficulty in fixing proper
terms all persons urged to defer operations until
his return. Times
Destructive AvaInnches In the Pyrenees.
An avalanche of fell few days ago from
of the high mountains at Reboul department of the
Args J, swept away crops trees and detached houses
Four hundred men from the dacent villages Immediately
assembled and, after great deal Of labor succeeded in
partly frozen, but it is hoped they win Nine
dead bodies three of them children dug out Of the
ruins as were also number OF horses and oxen. The
Of the 10TH states that two avaances had fallen from
the mountain of Mdau Hautes Pyrnees) in the proceed
ing week. and crushed number OF houses 1t is believed
that twelve houses at least have been destroyed and
number Of sheep have pershed in the snow-Galgnanis
Messenger.
Affairs In India.
The from India is, trust, the prelude to some
know at present is that revolution has taken place in
Ava the king has been assassnated the succession to
e
has opened negotiations with one of the contendng
chiefs, and formal embassy about to proceed to
Ava. Captain Nuthal OF the Arracan battalion, by a
splendid explicit has carried the stockade at the Aeng
Pass made himsef master Of that important posi-
ton.
The other military operations are Of subor dinae cha
racter and cannot have much influence upon the issue Of
the negotiations at Ava But in the general struggle for
the ensgns of supreme power the British will most like
y retain the reality themselves 1t would appear by the
from China that the rebels really making pro-
n in sudS s tine H southern but they
most di:orgaaised state The Chinese, just at the 60
ent when the English government is ABOUT to reduce
the import duty on tea have established an additional
impost OF mace candareens per pecul in addition to
the 2 mace laid on in 1S50.-WImer G Smiths Times.
Details OF the S0uth American News
PROGRESS OF THE REvoLUTIoN-CRIT!cAL posi-
TON OF THE BUENOS AYREANS, ETC.
The royal mail steamer Teviot had arrived at South
amptcn with advces from Buenos Ayres to the I'd of
from Buenos Ayres, civil war was stiIl raging in that
by the British Packet Since the grand sortie Of the
2lst we have had little in the immediate neighborhood
Of the capital to remind of the presence Of beseg
ing enemy They have been taking breath repairing
wrath to keep against the ID of February en-
suing. On the 18th of September the city of Buenos
Ayres might have been taken and held momentsry by
GalaD or even by Lagos, with few thousand men, on
the 4h 5th of December but three times their united
forces would find it hard work to penetrate to the
Plaza de Ia Victoria, and would there leave respectable
contribution towards the human pyramid which Don
Jsto fondy goas To the south however the fortunes
At tho Of
the river Salado the division Of COL Rosas Begrano
suffered rout rather than defeat their gallant leader
personal safety is now the chief matter of regret or
anxiety. We understand that Admiral Henderson, Com.
MKeever and others, have gone to nercsde in his be-
half but with what success has tranred. We are
not without hopes that he may be retained merely
hostage. The division Of semi civilized Iodians whose
nfdelity principally led to this deplorable result
understood to have crossed the Saado and released
from the only restraint they acknowledge in the pro-
doeful tales of horror and spoaon which Lagos and
his compeers have taken to prevent at
Onos Bustos Costa had memoralized lagos to the
effect that they could have nothing to do with the COM
gns. ., San Nicolas the director or the con-
The Times publishes tho following extracts from pri
vate letter dated Buenos Ayres, Feb. Tour affairs
have at last reached criss Tho day after to morrow,
the anniversary of Cascros expect formal attack
upon the town Preparations being made for des.
perate resistance but the best wshers to the cause Of
SuIf lur
onal Guards have sho good pluck but they have had
little experience compared with many of their oppo-
nents. We have un uestionRby the best officers, but
their in part defeated by the spies and
traitors who still remain inside All the 5esperadoes of
Roas, now arrayed against the capital Urquiza,
the pseudo hberator ia the main Of the rebellion
and though it may seem he has had the
dent British authoritie, civil and military. The foreign
residents generally the bulk Of the Yankees except
ed wish well to the of the city but, as
protracted resistance would entail heavy loss the
commercial community, many of the naturally enough,
wish for settlement of kind and would gladly
Don Juan Manuel Rosas reinstated with extrao binary
powers. The beauty OF the IS that should Lagos
and Urquza now obtain footing we may certainly ex
pect another reaction in the Of few weeks
months General Don Angel Pacheco has been appointed
to diplomatic mission near the Court Of Brazil 1t is
SAID that the Pampa Indians have sent to demand the
person Of Colonel Rosas Begrsno, dead alive with
threat that they will for him, should their demand
not be complied with They did not join the Ubes
first ted but dispersed towards the SOL and
to be feared, may have committed awful depredaons
among the important rural establishments there situated
Several foreigners, and Enghman Chascomas,
known to have suffered severely. We have had
gueras this morning to the west Of the CITY, but pre-
sumo without any results of consequence Sir Charles
Hotham is exploring in Paraguay and Captain Gore has
repaired the 'ilustrous berator at the Parana
The Hon Captain Gore, her Majesty Charge Aaires
to the Argentine Confederation received his passport
from the Buenos Ayrean the 9th Of Janu
airy. As Captain Gore was not accredited to Busnos
Ayres but 10 the Confederation with which the city
at war the order does not affect diplomatic relations
with the rest of the Confederation, to which moreover
We have in the person of Sir Charles Hoham special
envoy. In the communications, verbal and written
which preceded the emulsion of Cantain Gnre Dan