The New York herald., 1869-05-03

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special correspondents in Sydney. Melbourne and
wellington.
Oufrages by the Navosa Tribes Upon the Set
tiers In Feeiee-A White Child Cooked and
Eaten-WhOlesaIe slaughter of Natives-CalI
by ThnkOmbau for Five Hundred White
| Volunteers.
SYDNEY, Feb. q, 1869.
The settlers in Zeejee are again In serious danger,
In consequence OF "native troubles" Last month
sent on news to the effect tnat Thakombau had
started on second expedition to punish the inte-
rior tribes Of VIII Levu he Navosa tribes for their
many Outrages upon whites and his own subjects,
more especially for the murder and eating OF Mr.
Baker and his seven native assistant mis-
sionaries and for the cowardly murder by
stealth Of the Nawaiga tribe, who had CO
operated with him IN his campaign against
them in the early part Of 1868. This expedition has
been less successful than Of last year. and has
innamed and emboldened instead Of awed the OBJ
streperous NavOsa men, Thakombau has been COM
PEELED to return to the coast and in despair of MAIN
talning his authority by his own unaided ex-
ertlons has made q call for five hundred
white volunteers. There are now thousand or
fifteen hundred white settlers in various parts of the
Feejee group whose very existence Is dependent to
great extent upon the continuance of the undis
puted sway all over the islands of the Yuma Valu:
and 1t is most probable that many OF these will
accept his invitation to engage in a grand decisive
campaign against the cannioals OF the interior.
Thakombau promises in event of the enter.
prise being crowned with success. to apportion
gratuitously among the white volunteers large
sllce OF the lands o. the Navosa men. II any cap
tives are taken they will be reduced to condition
OF slavery and leased out to planters at extremely
moderate rates.. shilling twenty-five centsl IS
tne ngure named, the money to be paid to Thakom-
bau for the benefit OF the Feeeean public treasury
something at any rate must be done or the
whites must leave the Islands. The Navosa men
have already begun their work OF carnage Alter
Thakombau had abandoned his last abortive cam
paign they came down to place called sagunu the
chief place on the Bar coast west OF Vita Levu,
where :here is native town and cotton plantation
held by Messss. Burt Underwood. The attack
was intended to be a surprise, but luckily
boy,,who had arisen at daylight to pick cotton
saw them coming and gave the alarm. A paIisade
had previously been erected in anticipation or an
attack and TO tins humble fertilization most OF the
whites and natives beo0k themselves with all possl-
BILE speed. Some, however, discredited the bOy,s
story and paid for their ncreduity with their lives
Two children. three women and thirteen men-seve-
raj OF the latter being imported south Sea Island la
borers-were Killed. and six Others were wounded.
The Sagunu people, however rallied, killed four
OF .heiy assaants in the town, and following up their
inc fonr Others as they ned. The legs and arms OF
the latter were chopped on and buried with the
bodies of the four men who bad fallen In the town.
The native teacher and the chapel steward were
among the wounded, the former getting couple OF
bullets in his thigh and the latter being severely
clubbed.
But the worst of the story has yet 70 be told.
Messrs. Burt Underwood's place had been sur:
rounded by separate party ofthe Navosa men, ana
cuboed the Ella latter so seriously that his lie Vas 'd de
spared Of. Mr.. Underwood. with Mr. Burt's little
boy, and six OF the Tauna laborers were captured
and preparations were made at once to hold can
| nibal carnival The Tauna men and the little
boy were IN fact cooked and eaten right
seems TO have been reserved as q specially dainty
morsei TO close the banquet. While the oven was
| being prepared to roast him. however he managed
1--we stock slaughtered and cotton to the value OF
| $4,000 burned. The remainder of the Tauna Ia
borers have struck work. ana have departed saying
| in south Sea Island English, 'No more Tauna fellow
come Felee. We no IKE him eat we."
News has been received That another town has
been attacked and fifty loyal natives killed. but no
details have yet come TO hand.
the settlers on the Savua river have been driven
OF aud Mrs. Lawry wounded badly with O club.
Finding of the Biggest Nugget on Record
Two Hundred Weight Of Gold Turned Up
Two Inches Below the Surface-Arrival of
the Prince.
MELBOURNE March l. 1859.
There is no doubt as to what has been the most
important and interesting event OF the past month
Everybody has heard again and again OF the great
"welcome" nugget and models Of * have been th G
centre OF attraction In inte- e-nst,ona expositions
But q greater than the ',relcomep nugget has now
turned up and has oeen duly christened the "wel-
come Strangely The story OF irs discovery Is ex-
tromely Interesting. Two men had been working
for long time In claim at Dunoly,
where year or so ago they had found couple oi
nuggets weighing respectively los and 80 ounces
| They had again, however, got "dead broke;" the
storckeepers had refused tbem any further credit,
and they were feeling very badly indeed. when one
| OF them In following the claim by working
round the roots Of tree struck something
| hard with his pick Immediately below
| the surface. He had no idea. however
what had stopped his pick for, mnerke, he
grumbled out, "Confound IT, wish II was nugge
| and had broken the pick.r The nugget, when ]
was unearthed, was found TO weigh 80 pound
troy and on smelting, 1t yielded 2,26s ounces am
ten pennyweghts Of pure gold. IL was scarcely Gov
cred by the earth and was than couple Of inche
below the surface. Dunolly, the ground on whic
this golden monster has been found ~ very Old ds
| ping but has never been regarded. as nrst Gas
ed Every now and the hen 3 big o nusses ss 0Ss e
been discovered In pockets. Inc "Weicoln
stranger" IL the largest nugget on recor.
In Australian mining annals, and, IN iact
, believed to be the largest mass OF gold eve
discovered. The largest nuggets previously Ioum
found at Ballarat at depth OF so feet and weignin
lss pounds nine ounces; the Blanche Barkly, 1oun
depth OF thirteen feet, at Kingower, and we,gl
ing lao pounds three ounces nugget ~ Canauia
gully Ballarat, weighing l3i pounds eleven ounces
? at dep!h Of sixty feet; the Lady Hoham, weighin
9 Ihe Prince has again arrived at Melbourne. Thi
time, however, his visit is OF informal character
and although OF some interest IN fashionable cpces
oI no universal Importance
: The long immunity from smallpox whic
australia nas enjoyed and which has led man
il which the climate efrectuaily prevented, has bee
n at length interrupted. There have been aD0ut
. dozen cases OF undoubted variola and Victoria
vessels have been quaranned by the sister colonies
Inc whaling companies recently established hei
stand good chance Of doing well the next seaso