New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-11
SANDWICH ISLANDS.
The Recent Movements.

Correspondence Of The n. 7 Tribune.
Honolulu, H. l., Thursday Aug. II, l-53.
propose to give to your readers the outline OF
Mot Of drama being enacted here which is to be pub
lished TO the world with concise biography OF the
persons acting part that the public may better under
stand the play when in all of IFS details II Is presented
for their approval.
II has long been known that the small pOx has been
introduced upon these Islands from California by some
person unknown infected with the contagiOn, and
lat il has become wide spread through the group not
witfstsndng the efforts of the Government, and the
active energy Of most Of the physicians of Honolulu
have been used to stay its progress and is now and
will likely continue to be- most destructive scourge to
the native population, and the foreigners among US,
who have not all escaped Infection several having de-
ceased.
II was anticipated that the domestic products of the
Islands might be very much diminished and that the
fear Of the introduction Of the small pOx among the
sailors of the whaling feet which usually finds rem
devious here in the fall, would probably interrupt and
diminish the business of our merchants to their
Tious injury To guard against such disastrous cOnse-
auonces as far AS practicable and to act in concert
in providing for the sick and needy "a large
number of the most respectable foreign inhabitants
of Honolulu, two or three weeks since, Issued
n D''''N
House to take such steps deemed wise To stop
n progress OF the disease TO alleviate the suerings
tie ck and to prepare the town as best they could
for the annual visit OF the thousands OF sailors VINO are
now in the NOlheln Ocean. Pursuant to that call al
most the entire foreign community assembled Tor The
purposes stated and sitter deliberation, appointed
c, nnttee of twelve, who together with the physicians
Of tie place instructed to prepare and submit To
ad Culned meeting, plan OF operations to accom-
pliSh the ayOwed object Pursuant TO instructions re-
Al fLn nj hp nj
clans subsequently submitted 10 an adjourned meet
ne as the result of their deliberations several resolu-
ons, which after being slightly amended, were unani-
mOusy adopted and submitted 10 the Government for
approval Immediately after the proper business oil
the meeting was di. posed Of DR. Geo A. Lathrop har
raneucd the assembly in long and ytuperatiye speech,
and concluded by offering series OF resolu-
tons previously prepared, condemnng the admin.
istiatiCn of the Government IN most general and
bitter language for its imbecty, parslmOny and
disi eeard OF duty, in negecting to have employ
ed physicians TO yaccinate the entire population
of Oahu and reerang the often efuted charges that
the Minister of Finance has been guilty OF embezeI-
ment and affirming for the first time TO my knowledge,
that the Minister of Public Instruction is deaulter
for several thousand dollars and that both OF these
Ministers we're responsible for the introduction of the
small pox, aud should be dismissed from Office
feeling Of indignation was Immediately manifested
throulh bout the room, that effort should be made
under the then existing circumstances 10 convert
meeting called and assembled ~ provide for the dest-
tute sick and diving, and avert threatened calamity 10
the business prospects Of the town, into political
instrument forward the views ana wishes Oh he mover
Of the resolutions and his coadjutors, aud upon
motion being made that the meeting should ADJOURN
it passed with but few dissenting voices
The mover of the resolutions being thus thwarted in
lis plans and purposes together with others Issued on
the ensuing morning an anonymous call for those 10 as
ssnhle who were DESTROYS for the removal of DR. T. l.
Judd Minister Of Finance and Richard Arm
strong, Minister of Public Instruction. fursu
ant 10 the call (as | am iniormed) meeting
assembled which was presided over ny Doctor Nesly
Newconb as Chairman, Captain ID Z. Penhaow.
and Captain John Meek as Vice Presidents, having L
l. Levers and William Ladd a. Secretaries Dr
George \. Lathrop then introduced the resolutions
proposed by him AZ the previous meeting Whlch were
SUI ported by speeches made by j. Mott Saith Dentist
and J. Blair Esq member of the Bar, and perhaps
others. and passed committee of thirteen was then
Organized to circuate petition that was read TO the
meeting for the removal Of DR. Judd and Nr Arm
strong with instructions at their discretion, 10 call
second meeting TO provide for the presentations OF the
petitions when sgued TO the King Pursuant to their
Instructions. the Committee subsequently, called
second meeting the signature oi " IhiTteeR ii
am therefore unable 10 give their when another
committee Of Eve was appointed, to present the
petition 10 the King That Committee consisted OF j.
II Blair, Victor Chsucuren, - Stapenhorst
d. = Penhallow, and Pierce Hsgerty. and only all
81 this time that three cut of the i've we're aliens Tn
the Sd instsn the last named committee presented to
the King the petition prepared for their use,
purporting to BE signed by some ten thousand
natives. sBd some Two hundred and hfty-seven for
eianerS which was received with an assurance
that it should be considered and Is being ans
hTed by Committee Of the Kings Priyy Council pre-
paratory e. the Kings setting upon H. How II VIII be
disposed Of IS set 10 transpire Ii may. however be
pr per for ne u that have the petition and
thar sheets sppear 70 be in the band~riing: sni
hat 81 the last eessus the eatre population OF THIS Isl
ard ,and the petitions could not have been circulated
clEtWherel dil not exceed Go.OW
Ten thousand sgnsturos 10 the petition. therefore,
needs explanation, more especially when It i known
q II over ~ thousand signed counter petition IL IS
ao fact that oniy x-e.hf OF the foreigners signing
tee Tet,on sTe subjects and that very large proper
ton of thu Others known Ia the business Gem
MI aify.
With thcse facts made known. IL VIII bc understood
that en- uneasy state Of the public mind has heen taken
advantage e. {, agtae TIE community by the discus
zion Cf Political questions aud circulating reports
a ~ the Administration If tie Government is resp1n-
SHE for he iutiOJGrtiCn Of the smallpox. wach
is likely 10 seoner terminate the tenure OF these OH
ces. than has heretofore been anticipated BY the