The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-07-16

pounds. The whole affair was built for a gentleman
of Washington, a nephew of President Buchanan
She crossed Chesapeake Bay during q strong south
easter. She burns wood, and can carry but q smal
amount Of fuel, and consequently has to find a har
Dor frequently in order to obtain fuel. Her name i
the ftherfon.-BOstoa Journal.
The HOTEL PoIsoNlNG.-The New York Miro
saws that it is believed that not less than seven hun
dred persons have been seriously and dangerously af
fected by the National Hotel poison, ut Washinrto,
and some twenty or thirty deaths have occurred il
consequence. There are still several persons yer
seriously i'll in New York city, whose recovery
doubtful. Among others the Hon. Robert j. Wall
err is not vet entirely recovered from his severe attach
Senator Hale of New Hampshire has become a thin
lean man, under its ravages- 1t is now the opinio
of many persons that there was a deliberate purpos
to poison Mr.. Buchanan; and tina. the diabolics
scoundrel hazarded the lives Of thousands in d
attempt. s
KANsAs.-A special dispatcn from washine11.1
the New York Times states that Intelligence had bee
received in that city that the Free State Party i
Kansas, under the advice of Governor Robinson, ha
resolved to unite with Governor Walker in efforts {
obtain a full expression of opinion on the subject Q
slavery and will abandon their previous determination
of inactivity. 1t is said they have already aprizes
Governor Walker of this determination, and of thei
willingness and readiness to receive him as Governor
The OUTBREAK AND SLAUGHTER OF THE CHINESE 4
S~ARAwAK.-The Straits Times gives the followin;
account of the revolt Of the Chinese at Saraxak-an6
the subsequent terrible retrIDutlOQ.
On Tuesday last we issued an extra, giving an ~,
line of the recent outrages committed BY the Cbi,osa
at Sarawak, particulars of which were brought fnr
that place by the schooner Good Luck, which SAILED
on the Dist ultimo and arrived on the 10Th inst Al
though rumors had been current that the KIM;
contemplated resisting the authority of the local GOV.
ernment, the latter appear TO have treated the rr,
ter with indifference. Suddenly, however. a l,r,o
body, numbering about 200 Chinese, came down tSa
river on or before the ] 18th February, and at midnipb,
n vpnSt rn.Fnfn o
ment people and property. They first procured me-
session of the two forts, one above and the other 10. /
low the town of Ruchin (the seat of Raiah Brooke. |
authority,) which were only garrisoned by twelve |.
men, and, having furnished themselves with all tho
arms and ammunition in the forts, they prccee,el =,
the work of destruction upon which they had ven.
tured. This was ut midnight, when all were s,leen
One party made an attack on the residence of SIR
Brooke, whilst the remainder assaulted the houses a
Mr.. CTookshlnk, the magistrate. and Mr.. Middleton. .
While the rs.sti9 lllllaes-zTfS.s
SIR James Brooke succeeded in passing down the BAH I
room and swan across II creek near his house. iy (
which means he 81 ceeded in gaining the Malay Vii. (
lage; thither also others of the European resdepts
happily reached shortly afterwards. The ass,il,nt. 4
fired into Sir james Brooke's residence, killed Nr
Nicolets, (whose body was buried in the r1insl pluu. &
dered the place of everything of value In their es,;r- +
alton, and set fire to the building, ruthlessly destnov. 3
ing Sir James Brooke's excellent library, and the q
valuable collections of his whole life-a loss wlicL
friend or foe must equally regret. AT the house Of Il
Mr.. Crookshank the ASSISTANTS met with a warm rest- !
lance, but that gentleman. was overpowered he defend. !
ell his amiable and recently married lady with the Z
utmost gallantry. Mrs. Crookshank was brunly I
wounded before his eyes, and dragged away when be
was no longer able TO defend her. Mrs. Crookshank 4
was believed to have been killed, but happily next
morning she was found in the jungle. fer wounded
body was covered with cocoanut leaves. She was, al
least adyices doing well. II
Mr.. Crookshank reached the Mission-house almost I
insensible. The house of Mr.. Middleton (alo in the 4
service of Sir James Brooke) was attacked; his house :
was fired, and two of his children u~nhappily persisted 4
in the flames, Mr.. Wellington, metallurgist, in the
service of the Borneo Company, guest of Nj. Middle
toms. was killed and his head cut off. The Govern !
ment treasury was ~plundered of everything il con-
tanned. which was considerable; nearly every Euro
pean had placed his money there as the most secure
place, About 10000 belonging to the Borneo Com 4
pany was carried of. La the course of a few hoursa A
large amout of government property was destroyed.
Next day the Chinese kungsl stated that they had n
no hostile intentions against any one but persons con-
nected with the government. During the day nes-
Citations were opened with the Chinese and 1t was a.
ranged that they should depart, unmolested by the
Malays, with the plumber they had obtained. At4
p. NJ. they started up the river in their boats.
The immediate cause of this ~frightful attemptto e
destroy the whole of the government European author
tiles at Sarawak is stated Ia be the stringent meas
ures which Sir James Brooke has found 1t e~xpeiielt
to adopt to prevent opium smuggling.
Sunday Feb. %, Sir James Brooke received intel
ligence of the retirement of the Chinese, whereupn
he returned from Sadong TO the Sarawak river, bur
before he could land the Chinese Kungsi had a second 8
time ventured down the river in great force-betwen
five and six hundred. -
The steamer Sir James Brooke, from Singapore,
hove in sight most timeously. The site of her anchor
age formed the base of all her subsequent operation
Sir James Brooke and his part9 at once proceeded IN
the steamer to Kuchin, and soohsucceeded in driving
the miscreants out of town. =
The body or main force of the Chinese driven from
the town, were finally either cut off by the Dyaks,G 81
were starved in the Jungle. At the outset about enc
hundred of the Chinese were killed. The warhress
sumed a mode of irregular attack. The Dyaks YER b
let loose, who, from a large circuit, battue-like drove q
the Chinese into their Businesses, accompanied W
great loss TO the retreaters where they were henmi
in; in other words there took place a kind Of guerhla
warfare of the most harrassing character, grievous!
thinning the number of the rebels. Still the Chimes
were uudaunted; from their stronghold they ventura
an attack in five prabus, and commenced rayaghs 4
the banks of the river. The Kungsi landed and COB
structed a stookade, which they armed with guns
and garrisa2mS about $50 men with nuskets a.
The Dato5 wth his three prabus male a dash at ti "a
Chinese stocksde, where he landed with his parfya an "A
carried the place without a repulse The Chimes 10 &
the stockade were cut in pieces; in half an hour tn!
lost from 100 to 40 men; the rest in the stockadt /
having lost their boats. took 10 The jungle.
The wretched ~fugitives are driven into the IunsA ~
where n vast n er of thera must perish from VAN
and exposure before they can reach a p of security z
According 10 the most mOder te estimate AT fes VI
1000 Chinese have been killrl at the various place
while all the fourshing settlements of the Chimes.
Except at Kuchin) have been destroyed The eHaa a
number of Chinese which have persisted inring ts IA
retreat it is impossible TO say; il must he c~onsderaot a
since out of a population of 1000 to 300 Chinese ~ z
longing To Kungsi, not mere than 1000 escaped tN n
late retribution, including women and children.
THE SUBMARINE TELEGTAPH.-Tbe London Tine -
gives a lengthy description of the manufacturing q
the submarine caWe for connecting England AM ~
America. 1t fears however that the cable viii prov
a failure. 1t says: .u
The Atlantic cable is beyond all doubt a beauiI-
specimen of manufacturing skill. 1t possesses se'ur
essential requisites. Its cost, we believe, IS og
E100 per mile; its weight is only one ton per nms
1t is contracted for to bear a strain Of 2 tons : c
but il is stated to stand 4 tons with safety -
specific gravity is between 3 and 4 tons, its dianfs
is small, and it is flexible is an ordinary rope. I
are great advantages, but the sets off On the wv
side are numerous and most important.
In the first place, there is no wire for the raa Lr l.
current, and the conducting wire itself is ridicuo.s y
small Q-16th Of an inch in diameter,) when ~ ~