The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-08-05
Fearful Atrocities in New Zealand
The Pal NIariri supcrsfitiou >pre ding
converted Natives EeIapsrz into hea-
thonisin - Numbering missionaries aud
Hating Their Hearts.

Lse news received rom New Ze.land 1. Of q moot
gloomy character. Deep the military force IN the
Island, active opera;ionS remain suspended. and,
wore than ALL the Pal Narih supersttion 1, spread
ing amons the loyal natives vel a. the ebol,
melting the latter to 6cts Of fearful aocity. Chs.
tanity, IL was hoped, had changed the nature OF a
people HON IL found thirty year. AGO race Of cAnui-
bGis but Il now appears that war has aroused the
latent evil pas Ions OF the savage Numter. Of the
ao,i &c ps,y ietptnlng 70 we io.Ine. ,ste,
b.ettles notLng hut des Tuction to the white man.
The I'D Il s impossible to conjecture. raiaiul excite
meat hAr V en eau5ei o. ely on the at,
~ NJ g &c tiemont cAnei Opouki The Rev. Gail
Sy,y1a, No,kne.i es.s,man Of The Church . Ems
siupciy OF heart en- esei him TO al, bsd Deen
,ocated here some lou years. lie lett AucAl aud Tor
Felipe accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Grac.. A.
soon ~ the schooner arrived she was soiLeI by tho
.tsioa by oae Of The psiies The TafssEi lana e,
have dispatched 10 traverse The island. carrying Ih
In. iishmen. The natives, Who Lad .xoir to nur.e
eNe.y eleIN man ana every soldier they could Cap
,a, , oS .. M lee Grace and lsltner in haze
he nor his b. other, who l. eps a store At Opo.Ikt
should q touch q, inssnueh they wee jews. Mr..
Levy, tn mss or, ofie. ell the schooner caro- and
All the cattle ,na gods IN tae settlement AS ran
som lot the isoneIS and At hrs the 4oiies aueel
net ~ lee Out and was Cd that he was to de- lie
beesei ior ave minutes 70 p-a,; but while he wH
lNs
passed iound his neck, and he .,1 HAD ed up o the
lamb OF tree, in sisht o. the chu.ch he had
~ long ministeTed in. The body WAS lose. Ell
letoie lie vas extinct and n came
down Maoii Iippsd open the bo- els, toe them out,
ana hio~ theiu TO The dogs. Thea he heart was
10. out and handed round, US man nstye' could
cutting Oh small pi sn1 devouing hem. The
head was seselei from the trunk, and carried
round BY the ics, the NATIVES standing with up
ned faces anu gHp.nr ps 10 catch the blood hicn
triceied nom It, 4 he chief Of the rAIanski party
tooS out the syes with has hnse, and them be-
lore tie crowd, uhlcn numl eled some ? N ptItons.
Tue head Wa then tot on pole, ana given 70 cap
tive soldier 10 cary; anu the body after beng tossed
10 the dogs sAs thrown into wAiel -close Ar.
Grace TO- whose 10 ease Mr.. Lew ole Ell ci0O wRs
informed that he would 10 taken round the county
with the soldier and ultimately killed rs hi. CON-
leave uith their vessel, in ten days A. ths wind
hove eT va then ioul, tie schooner anchored inside
tie bar, In tho motntime, int'lleAce OF the
at &C y had reached Auck and. and H. NJ ;. Ecl p.e,
WIN blrnop seiwyn on board was dispatcher 10
zee n the sdIyiyois could be rescued. when
meeting 10 decide ~ to their course OF action. Levy
hayinE communicated with the steamer, returned 10
land, and finding the village desc Ted by the men,
hudded Mr.. Grace into canoe and padded down 70
the anchorage, and, though fired upon by the Mao
f,es when the alarm was given, ef cted his escap'
var but the enraged haones broke open and plum
dered his store. Nj. Granes escape was marvellous
and was entirely due 70 the Wit and COURAGE OF Mr.
Levy, whom the Maorer, fortunately, did not sus.
pect. lie fanatics arc now marching through the
district In which Bishop William. has settled Hee
stll confident in their good fa N but at Auckland
his position ~ considered most precArious whsle-
boat has been dispatched Gown lhe coast TO
the outlying settlers Of their DANGER.