New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-17
SANDWICH ISLANDS.

We have advices from Honolulu to Nav
Is The intelligence Is embarrassing Il except the
following report OF q which occurred at tho
Galapagos lslapds In November Information OF which,
II we remember rightly, has never been published In
this city before. We extract from the PolyEsstan:
VESSEL Cur OFF AND CREw mURD1RED-Cspt.
George Hesth OF the bark Pescadore OF Valparaiso.
touched at Chatham Island Of tho Gapssos on his
voyage to this port he hiss kindly furnished US
with the toov ing particulars Of the OF tbs
crew Of American sleep, and the destruction Of the
vessel by the eonvicts on thar island.
From the inform alton communicated TO him, II sp-
pears that about the middle Of November last the soop
Phantom, Capt Kendall Of San Francisco visited that
island for cargo oftGrto boat was sent Ashore with
all the crew, except the captain mate and boy While
thus weakened, boat with five convicts came OF, at
tackled the vessel and killed the mate; observing
which, the captain jumped overheard. but pursued
and killed In the water The pirates then returned TO the
vessel allied the boy and plOndered the vessel Money
70 the amount Of 81 COO or $500 was supposed 10 have
been on board After robbing the vessel Ct ali they
wanted, she wss scuted and sunk The party shore
all killed by the convicts, who qrarreled among
themselves, and killed one Of their own number.
Capt Heath saw on shore chrouometer, the mnia'
tare and clothes of Capt Kendall and informed by
the English captain of Spanish brig thst two OF The
perpetrators OF the had been spprehcndcd aud
that the other stll ct large la the mountains.
Murders Of frequent occurrence all the saads
of the Galapagos group smong the convicts. While
passing out between two OF the islands, whale boat,
manned by prisoners csIne alongside audreported that
three men were murdered the day before, one OF whom
sailor.
Capt Heath warns all vessels touching at the Gsllpa
COS to be their guard as Il Is altogether unsafe 20
trust the despersdoes who are imprisoned there. he
strongly surmses that the petty governors who have
charge of the prisoners implicated ia ac OF piracy
and he himself falling nto trap set tor his
destruction, and for the capture OF bis vessel Tie only
escaped BY receiving warning from the Captain OF thu
SpeDish brig.
The editor of the Polynesian. in no.
tcpg the arrival Of The clipper b. Forbes al Hong
Kong Feb claims for her the horor OF the quickest
trip on these wsters He says; without counting
the days of sailing and arriving, which not usually
included Ia such cacus,ions she was but seventeen
oays in running 5000 miles which Is the distance TO
Horg Kong. as commonly estimated Tais would give
her 352 1917 miles per day, IA 1854 GILES per hour
for the whole time. Such rate Of speed, cor such
distance, arc Of opDlon mas never ssen equs.s,
can scarcely be excslied Il s equal 10 crossing sno
Atlantic from Liverpool to NesYork, In 8H days,
which has yet been done by the iasses' Oh tho
Collins steHmers.
The papers are occupied with volumi-
nous reports and legislative proceedings
The proposition TO permit the mission
aries 10 purchase certain quantity Of land at stipulated
prlees below the Government value has been revived
and wss discussed fayoraby the plan. The follow
| ipQ resolution Ia also embodied in the report;
8 ResOlDsa That all Christian Missionaries serving
on these Islands shall be exempt from tho pay ment oil
duties on goods imported for their in the proportion
following, for every year, viz on goods to the invoice
value of 500 for every active member oil the mson'
excluding servants.
In the cour,e Of the debate on the new
Hawaiian Constitution II having beea contemplstes to
strike out section making the spiritual duties OF ths
Clergy incompatible with the exercise Of political fano-
tions Mr.. Wyle entered solemn, but come what GU
os protest against the cone npa,ed act thus
aging as 1t did, union Of Church and Stale"
The Polynesian has entered upon its
l'h year.
es. = NJ. ship Ampbitrite arrived at
Fl. b. 90 days from Calico.
Honolulu on the 7th ur,