The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-12-08
Correspondence pac. Commercial Advertiser.I

KAu, HAWAII, Nov. 16. 1859. =
Mr.. EDIroR.-In the Advertiser of the Sd Of Nov,
is an article upon the late sc Attempted Insurrection
in Kau'' which instead of giving the g facts' in the
case, does net give a single correct statement. except
that some twenty Of the ringleader were brought to
justice. Now there is no proof whatever that the as
SCISSORS put on 8 %imperious air" or were over nice
in the enumeration. Neither did they disdain to
talk Hawaiian though they conversed with each
other, Ito accommodate the native assessor who is
learning English, } in the English language, it having
been suggested to him before hand that it would be
a favorable chance for him to make some proficiency
in speaking the language. When the first demon
s~tration of opposition was made at Honuopo, the as
SCISSORS retired to the next village and entered a COM
plant against the parties who talked loudest.
upon which the District Justice issued q warrant
and sent the Deputy Sheriff. Mr.. Laanui, and one or
| more constables with him to arrest the rioters. They
returned without efecting anything. The Deputy
said that they would not allow him to arrest any Of
them, and farther than that, threatened to throw
him into the sea from a 8 pali'' near by, if he went
down again to attempt to make arrests They agreed,
however, to come to the Justices residence on a GER
tain day and have their trial, but on a day or two
gave notice, that or another certain day they were
coming to take the foreign assessor, Mr.. Sanford, and
carry him out Of the district towards Hilo and send
him home.
At the appointed time, hearing that q crowd had
really assembled. the writer went down to crafty his
curiosity and see the terrible rebels. There was the
crowd sure enough, but not half SO excited as they
would hive been at a ~dog-6ght or a horse-race. The
sssticks, knives and poi beaters'' were all in the
peputy's eye. which by the way is none Of the keen
est. The Justice was taking down the names of the
ringleaders and at the same time giving them in
charge to the Deputy to bring them before him for
trial on the next day. Having collected them togeth-
er, Mr.. Laanui rode on after, quite at his ease, and
seemed quite surprised when the Justice told him
that the prisoners friends had rescued them and were
taking them home. After urging the Deputy-in vain
to attend to his duty and retake them, the Justice
himself started after them in earnest, leaving Mr..
Laanui shaking with fear, an old native woman
holding fast each side Of his horses bride and beg
ging him not to venture among the rebels lest he
should be killed. After a boyish squabble of fifteen
minutes, in which no bones were broken nor blood
split, four or FIVE of the instigators were again arrest
ed by the District Justice, ". T.. Martin, Esq. and
such of the cons,ables and well disposed natives as
he called upon to assist him. In short. it waSa free
fight, s'and all who had no body guard Of old women
to hold them back, pitched in"
Thus ended the rebellion in Kau'' and q few
uayS aiter WHICH, +. "A. Couey, 1sq.s maoc niS oPpcai-
ance among as to investigate the matter more fully,
his chief difficulty gas in finding any one that lived
in the infected portion Of the district, who knew any
thing about the trouble.
During the excitement, a notice was posted up
signed s.Napoleona, Moi Palani, ? stating the peoples
troubles and encouraging them to resist the assessors.
As it did not bear the seal of H. NJ the Emperor Of
France, and besides this was in tolerably good Ha-
waiian, the French Commissioners is not supposed to
be implicated in its PRONUNCIATION
Had not Mr.. Sanford been unpopular among the
natives here. and worse than that \ non-resistanf,
there would probably have been no demonstration Of
resistance to the assessors. The natives Of Kau are
not q whit ahead Of any others in pluck though
they may excel in talk; and while there are those who
are weak enough to seriously notice their nonsense,
they will persist in calling themselves - Kau Maka-
ha. to the great perturbation Of Mr.. Laanui. his
body-guard and your s'attentive Kona correspon-
dent" Kan.
The communication Of our correspondent does
not materially altsA the statement given before by
us. viz that there was an attempted insurrection,
the cause Of which was the assessment II taxes, and
the result was the arrest and conviction Of the ring
leaders. Every spectator would probably have
given . different account of the particulars Of the
AFFAIR."
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