The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-02-04

Mn. EDITOR 1t would be gratifying to some Of
your readers to know whether or not any punisl,-
ment has been inflicted upon the fellow JourIan. fol.
his cruel inhumanity in so shamefully kicking and
abusing the poor, PROSTATE, chained Chinaman, and
then regretting that he had not killed him
account of which was published in the last number
of your paper and whether, in such inhuman con-
duct, his superiors approve or condemn. 1t would
also be interesting to know whether the Chipaman.
upon his return to the prison, for a doubtful offense, 4
received. by way of a douccur, two dozen on the back Z
with the cat !; and for what reason it is he is not now
seen in the chain-gang. Is it because he has been so
abused and ~disfgured that the powers that be are
ashamed of the inhumanity that was practised upon
the poor devil. and that they have not kicked the in
human Jourdan out of Office, as he ought to have
been, and would have been, for such conduct, in any
other civilized country, and properly punished for
his brutality; or is it because of indisposfon, of which :"
he complained ut the time the courageous .Jou
dan stamped upon and so inhumanly kicked him. ur o
tering oaths and imprecations quite unbecoming ~ ! +
conservator Of public morals +gn
Mr.. ditor-With the last few years the rissaSer
Of prison discipline, in all civilized countries excensstss
the Hawaiian Islands, has been greatly relaxed /: a,-.
If statistics can be relied upon, humanity is far abm ur
or brutality IN retaining the bad and bringing BIZ by Il
to citizenship, and not unfrequently to respectable
positions in society. those who have erred. PITY
that c'r'hsafion here finds it necessary to infiict
punishments that the humane of every country would
condemn. Stripes haveSeen abolished in the navy
cae&ap be found for the restoration Of such nm n
ttiquated species Of barbarism ; but here, within the
last few days, it is said not less than twenty prison.
ers, for slight otfenses, have ieen severely 6oruel.
|. wouId pc interesting to know by what authority.
and for what otfenses, lashes are SO lavishIy applied
IL would also be well to know il the food supplied the
prisoners here is Of that wholesome. nu.ricious char
acter that the severe labor exacted from them re-
CURES, ana ia scarcity of wholesome food is NOT one
OF the causes of intractability and turbuIence on tba
part OF the prisoners, especially as they are composed
OF representatives of so many different nations. and
mat i IS TACT that those committed to the station
mousse on suspicion OF having violated the law, are
allowed only three cakes of bread Der diem. md cold
water to Ssh it down with. They certainly look
emaciated enough to lead one to suppose that their
food IS OF a very poor quality, or else the supply is
very meager. Let's have ssme light ON the FOREGOING
lnterrogatories, for the benefit of ali concerned.
'iore anon. PERorT.
MAKAwAo, Feb. 1. 1858.
Mr. EDIT n:-Ahe a long period of storm, the
like of which the oldest inhahitant does not remember.
we are now enjoying n most delightful season of .ine
weather. Such mornings, when the bright morning
star pales only at the approach Of the god of day.
such days of delicious cooling breeze, such warm and
pleasant sunshine, such n bracing temperature, CSC
and 700. in fine such perfection of weather does not
lay out doors beyond this region. A good smart rain
would be hailed by the wheat planters Of that part OF
Makawao towards Kula as a very desirable blessing,
to enable them to get in their early crop, and for
which they are at present unable to SOW, for the dry
The cane fields are looking finely and sending out
their graceful tassels, betokening . plenteous har-
to the planter. The Brewer plantation. under
the skilful management Of l. L. Torbert, ESQ, has
improved very much in appearance, not only of some
Of the finest cane fields, but the buildings. Thelohy
has been plastered and whitewashed. and il
. conspicuous mark for many miles, rising like q light
house above all other objects Of the vicinity.
Both plantations ("B. p" and sE. NJ. p" COM
aucted by Mr.. Spcncer) win probably commences
in April, when you may expect to see the
hnest lot of sugar in your market that has ever been
produced in these islands
Grove Ranch. !" the country seat of your former
townsman. 7. Hebron. Esq. (once known as Of the
and Kamoiy is becoming . very pretty ranch
Indeed. and to see the worthy Captain that was