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Application
FOR ALLOTMENT OF DOVER

FOR ALLOTMENT OF DOVER
pUBLlC notice is hereby given, to
all persons interested in the
lands, tenements, and Entertainments OF
Hiram Davidson, deceased, late OF
Holmes county, that shall on Mon
day the first day Of March, next, apply
to the Judge of the court of Probates
of Holmes county and State of Missis.
sippi, for the allotment of my dover
10 the following lands of which nv late
husband was seized and possessed du-
ring my coverture with him, to wit:
The south west quarter Of section four
township Is, range 2east.
SlNIADAVIDSON, Widow
OF Hiram Davidson, decd.
Jan 8, 1S4l.-9-4w
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
Crawford & Ray
VS. al fl ia

ID. w. X. Wilson.
Returaablc to Holmes Circuit Court. 10
april term, 1871.
D D Y virtue of the above stated execution
I'D to me directed, l shall expose to sale
to the highest bidder for cash, at tho cour,
house door Of my county, on The
First Monday in March neat,
the following described tract or parcels OF
land, TO wit: The west half north west
quarter and west half south west quarter OF
section 10, and south halt Of south half of
north east quarter section 30, township Is,
range 2 east.
Levied on as tie property of Daniel w.
*. Wilson to satisfy the above stated exc.
cution and cost Of suit. Twill sell all the
light, title and interest that said Wilson
has in and TO the same.
JOHN ID. WYATT, Shf
Cook, plaintiffs Attorney.
Jan. %, lS4l-l1-tds-pr's fee $40 so
StERIFF'S SALE.
Jones Harry
VS. vend. expo.
William r. Briggs.
heturnG6te to Holmes Circuit Court, April
Term, lS4l.
EDY virtue of the above stated case. |
ED will proceed to sell for cash, at the
Court House door Of Holmes County, on
the
Third Monday in February merit,
me following property, to wit: One lot in
the town of Franklin, Holmes county,
known as lot number 5, in said town, ex.
tending sixty feet on Washington street.
and running back forty feet; also, the west
nall OF north west quarter of section TWEEN.
", OF township Is, range A east.
=, Levied on as the property Of defendant
X. Briggs, and will be sold to
satisfy plaintiffs debt and cost.
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jan Ia, ls4O,-lO-lds, prs fee do
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TO the EBebtOHoS

OFTHE COMMERCIAL g. RAIL ROAD
Bank of ViCksburg.
TDY a clause in the assignment OF the
I'D property and effects of the above
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The Polynesian., 1841-04-17
SATURDAY, APRIL II, 1871.

sure in the earth produced by the earth
quake, he seemed to think it probable.
From his description of the whole scene,
this is the only solution of the phenome-
non upon which could fix, at all salts
factory to my own mind. 1t will be re-
collected by those who have travelled from
the volcano down to the southern shore
Of the island, that Il fissure extends for
many miles in the earth to the south of
the path that leads to Kapapala, from
which smoke and vapor are continually
ascending. AS by the narrator's account
the trades were not blowing at the time,
we may suppose that at the moment Of
the eruption, volume of sulphurous gas
was emitted from one of the openings in
this fssure, and carried by the sea breeze
in northerly direction across the tracks
then occupied by these unfortunate trav-
ellers, it enveloped them in its deadly
fumes. b.
The Polynesian., 1841-04-17
From the Colonial Gazette for July.
Of the Falkland
Islands by COnviGts.
IMPORTANCE AS A NAVAL STATION, AND THE
MALTA OF THE PACIFIC.

MALTA OF THE PACIFIC.
1t is source to many, of deep re-
greet, that deaf car should be turned to
the anxious remonstrances which have
been urged upon the government for the
occupation of different places, where the
establishment Of England's power would
be general benefit. The proceedings
which have occurred respecting the noble
islands of New Zealand are in illustration
of the remark. 1t is very prevalent
feeling that those islands are essentially
British-possession having been taken in
the usual mode, and with all the recog-
nized forms. 1t is tar from our intention
to advocate system which would 90 to
deprive the aborigines of their land or
their Independence but both are al pres
ent jeopardized, and French and English
spectators, in their earncstncss after this
bone OF contention, may achieve the evil
which the British government Processes
sedulously to eschew. The English COM
pany have sent out rccruits--a French
one is about to follow: both parties are
well armed disputes will arise, and con-
fllcts ensue; 1t is natural to infer that
the aborl9incs may enlist on either side
and thus the spoation and destruction,
professedly dreaded, will in reality be for
warded. Let the crown Of Great Britain
afford that protection which the native
chiefs besought of his late majesty let
the territory of New Zealand or such
portions as the chiefs may be willing to
cede, be acquired by fair and honest pur-
chase, and then disposed of to British sub
jccls declare New Zealand another link
of the British empire extend to her ma
tlves British rights and British privileges.
and she will ere long, become one of the
brightest gems Of the British crown. The
sympathlcs of her natives are with us ::
they make excellent seamen, and being
totally different from the abject aboriginal
Australians, are capable of civilization and
mental culture. 1t is bad policy to per-
init jealous rival to attain footing in a
quarter in every respect British. Their
pretenslons now are unfounded, but if
conceded quietly and without remon.
STRANGE, it is but lighting fame which
will ultimately lead TO mighty blaze.
May the fears of such a catastrophe be
The Polynesian., 1841-04-17
COMM U MIC ATED.
For the Polynesian.
Fragment Of Hawaiian His
tory.


The events of the following brief mar
Hive occurred about fifty years since,
hiring the early days of the reign of Ka-
Gehameha |. and before he had subiuga-
ID to himself the eastern part of Hawaii
DE account is narrated by an intelligent
xtive. and an eyewitness of the events
kscrbed. 1t is penned with view to
&cit if possible, an investigation of the
buses which produced so singular ca
ostrophe. Keoua, son of the late king
hlaiopu (Terraoboo of Cook, was then
= possession of Hilo ard Puma, and was
Extending with Kama, one of Kameha-
aeha's chiefs for the supremacy of the
nuthern parts Of the island. 1t appears
~ the narrative, that the latter had re-
Sntly taken possession Of Kau for his
nng, and had driven out the inhabitants
lho had fled to the interior, in the imme-
ate vicinity Of the volcano of Kilauea,
here they subssted upon the fern-root,
6apuu) baked in the steam issuing from
e crevices about the crater. Here they
ERE joined by war party under keoua,
pm the district of Hilo, who took them
bder his auspices, and Immediately
arched with them into Kau, in order to
i've out the enemy and reinstate them
their lands. His army was separated
to three divisions, which we will denom-
ate the van, the centre and the rear, and
lev descended from the volcano towards
e habitable parts of Kau, in the three
this which diverge at the volcano, run
ing perhaps fourth or half mile apart,
bti they again unite about twenty miles
blow, at place called Kalanihale, in the
ppcr part Of Kau. They had not pro-
Eeded far in their march, before tre-
endous earthquake and eruption of the
Plcano took place. The ground shook
ID rocked beneath their feet, SO that it
Fcame quite impossible to stand or run
4ithout falling to the ground. Al the
1me time an awful roar, far above the
pise of thunder was heard, and although
was midday, under a clear and serene
&y, the air became suddenly darkened
81 some minutes, and was followed by
Tremendous shower of sand and cinders,
Which were thrown high in mid heaven,
pd came down again for many miles
found, but which, so far as our narrator
4as acquainted with the effects, did not
foduce any destruction of life. The
bower of sand and cinders ascending in
the atmosphere had cooled during their
eral excursion, and being light did not
j like hailstones, but produced sutlo-
4ting sensation upon the lungs, attended
Nth sulphurous smell. The vanguard
assoc on without witnessing any other
feterious effects of the catastrophe than
bose above mentioned, and what was
pmmon to all, thorough fright. They
fstened on with all possible speed, and
rived in safety during the day at kala-
3hale, where they encampcd. The rear
Pdy which was nearest the volcano at
4e time Of the eruption, after the earth
lake and shower of sand had passed
|{fer, also fastened forward to esvape the
enyers which threatened them, pd re-
|'cng in mutual congratulations trAt they
I'D been preserved in the midst of such
am'nent peril. But what was their sur
The Polynesian., 1841-04-17


ty, they discovered them all to have be-
come corpses. Some were lying down,
and others were sitting upright clasping
with dying grasp, their wives and chill
dren, and joining noses as in the act of
taking final leave. So much like life
they looked, that they at first supposed
them merely at rest, and it was not until
they had come up to them and handled
them, that they could detect their mis-
take. The party consisted of about 400
persons, including women and children,
not one of whom survived to relate the
catastrophe that had befalen their COM
rades. The only living being they found,
was solitary hog, in company with one
of the families which had been so sudden
ly bereft of life. In those perilous cir
cumstances, the surviving party did not
even stay to bewail their fate, but leaving
their deceased companions as they found
them, hurried on, and overlook the van
at the place of their encampment.
In few days from this time, the army
of Keoua met their enemies at Waiohinu,
and joining battle were defeated. He
and his followers, of whom the narrator,
then boy, was one, retreated in the di-
recton they had come. On their return,
they found their deceased friends as they
had left them, entire, and exhibiting no
other marks Of decay, than sunken hol-
lowness in their eyes the rest of their
bodies were in state of entire preserva-
ton. They were never buried, and their
bones lay bleaching in the sun and rain
for many years. The writer of this sketch
well remembers the spot when travelling
over the same ground, several years ago,
he discovered an unburied scull lying part
" covered in black volcanic sand, hut did
not at that time understand whether it
was supposed to have belonged to that
party or not. In describing the place to
my narrator, he confirms my suspicious,
that it is at least not far from the spot
where the scene Of this narrative occurr-
ed. The desperate state of Keoua's af-
fairs from that moment, and his mean-
choly death soon after, at Kawaihae
where he was assassinated by one of Ka-
mehamehas chiefs, when in the act of
surrendering himself a prisoner of war;
are sufficient reasons why these corpses
were never buried.
But what was tho cause of their mystic
rious death Itappears that the two par
ties both in van and rear escaped entire,
although they were equally exposed to
the shower of cindcrs. We are therefore
to look for some other cause than any
which has come into the statements of
this narrative, as adequate to produce the
sudden death of so many people at once.
With the Hawaiians it has ever remained
a perfect mystery, and they have of course
connected it with the tales of their fabu-
lous mythology.
Their only solution of the problem is,
that the goddess Pele being angry at Ke-
oua's army for trespassing upon her terri
tories, and par,aking of the sacred ohalo,
without rendering the required homage,
took this method of revenge. My mar
rator acknowledges that he never heard
any other solution attempted, and frankly
confesses his ignorance of the true cause
of their death. When ! suggested to him
the possibility that it was occasioned by
blast Of sulphurous gas, from some fs-