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GRAF ION.

fFrom tho Maitland Mercury.)

JULY 12. -In reference to the sale of small

funns, we have received a reply from the Sur- veyor-General, stating that our application will, be duly attended to. So we livo in hopes of seeing ' this fine district soon open for small settlers, and also hope that no unnecessary delay will occur.

Thero have been two inquests since last communication, held by Mr. Phillips ; ono on Edward W. Haynes,better known as " Cranky Ned," who got lost in the bush near one of Mr. Aitken's stations ; and the second on a seaman of the Albion schooner. The only evidence in the latter case was Peter Ulmarra, a native, who states that he was on tho hill over Woolie, and saw the white men in the ship coming too clo3o to tho shore ; that he oalted to them, and called them stupid hen Is ; , that the ship grounded, and that some white men started in a boat to carry out nu anchor and rope ; that in throwing the anchor over from the boat, the stock struck the white man, and knocked him overboard ; that ho (Peter) had watched the beach till dark, but only found the white man's hat ; he continued tho search till next day, when he found tho body, dug a grave, mid buried it ; he then went to tho men in charge of the wreck of the Phcmix, and told them what hu had done. This man deserves some reward. The body, when the grave was opened, was found with all the clothes on ; oven the leather belt ; and poor Pater did not ask for any pay ; he only re- plied, when asked why ho had taken so much trouble, " Oh, poor fellow-whito fellow; if I did not bury him, the eagle hawks and native dogs would eat him up." A week before I I saw a man dead in tho bush ; his hut-mates

objected to bury him unle»s promised u bottle

of rum.

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