The Van Buren press., 1859-09-21

the harbor, anu shortiy "ioe''
vost and Hornby. and Commissioner amp
bell, from the .Shubrick, paid toge,ner ."
official visit to Lieut. Col. Casey. Inc ~
terview was said to be OF most amicaoie
and friendly nature.-San frdms'seo o~-
ietin
LATER FROM THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
Bv the bark Yankee, which arrived on 23d
| August from Honolulu, we have papers from
that port to Both July. By the bark On
,cord which arrived here several weeks ago.
from Melbourne via Honolulu, we had ship
ping intelligence from the later port to
| 31st July, but no general news. From our
files by the Yankee we CLEAN and condense
the following summary:
Loss OF THE AMERICAN BARK j. Is. Lam
cAsTER-The American bark y. Is. Lam
caster foundered off Molokai, one OF the Ha-
waiian group of islands, on 10th July
This vessel will be recollected to have sailed
| from San Francisco on the 2Sth June last,
for Sydney and Melbourne. with a cargo
consisting of 1904 bags of rice, 333 hhds.
of ale and 90 TASKS of quicksilver, NANTES
ted of the value of S32, 900.
| WRECK OF THE AMERICAN WHALEsHIP
TWILIGHT The American whaleship
Twilight, of New Bedford. was wrecked at
Hanamanu Bay, Hivao, Zone of the Mar
quesas. on LIST June. The ship had been
at anchor for some days, and was under
way and bound to sea at the time Of the
disaster The wreck was sold to a French
man from Nunhiva for $500. The Tci-
light was 3S6 tons, Sylvester Hathaway,
master She sailed from New Bedford on
18th October, 1858. Her cost. including
whaling gear and stores, was about S45,-
OO0 She had been u months out when the
wreck happened, and had l75 bbls. sperm
and 40 bbls black fish oil on board Tie
crew were all saved.
~ Capt Brown, of the Morning Star.
furnishes to the Honolulu Advertiser some
additional information as to the murderous
doings of the natives in the islands of the
Marquesas group. He says:
We anchored on 4th June and found the
people OF Fatuhiva, as usual, at war, that
is, butchering each other. | think the ma
tives of this island are the worst in the group.
They are great warriors, when they can find
their victims asleep. About the time of our
arrival the warriors of Oomoa made de-
scent upon Hanavavi. three miles distant,
just before day. and although the assailants
numbered eighty, they ventured to attack
but single house. Its inmates rushed out,
only TO be shot down. Two men and two
women fell. and their severed heads were
carried off in triumph. a child, two years
old, was taken alive from the arms of its
murdered father, who was endeavoring to
escape with it. The mother made her cs-
cape, and begged in vain for her child 1t
was taken to Oomoa. cruelty tortured and
finally strangled. and given, as some of
themselves said. to the devil, to propitiate
him and gain his favor and assistance in
battle. a chief strutted about the beach
and claimed the honor Of having killed a
woman, whose head our people saw salted
down in tub. He came on board and
asked me for hints. said. "No, if give
you fints you will use them to shoot wo-
men," He finally said he would shoot on
ly men. / asked him if l could visit the
ta6u ground, where they had placed the lit
tie dead girl He said they had Son up
there, meaning u god that no one who ate
with women could be allowed to visit the
place, which is beautiful cocoanut grove,
upon a hill quite near the anchorage, and
from which the fruit is never taken.
At Hivaoa, Capt. Brown found the mis-
sionaries all very WELL but anxiously await
ing the arrival o. the packet. Wars, quar-
rels, murders and cannibalism still abound
throughout the group; yet such is the pow
er of religion, that the houses and persons
of the missionaries are respected by all class.
Is of the natives.
During March, an American, formerly OF
Vermont, named VIM. Lawton Heiks, who
had resided several years on Hivaoa, was
shot by q native, with whom he had quar-.
rel, and killed. No redress could be taken
or justice inflicted Another foreigner. whc
came up from that group on the Morning
Star, was stabbed by native and nearly
killed
Clvll war continues to prevail as former
ly among the petty rival chiefs.
The French have withdrawn all thei
forces and officers from the Marquesas, leav
ing only flag flying on one OF the islands
One or two priests also remain there but
otherwise no signs of French authority re-
main.
FROM THE SOUTH SEA IsLANps-By tn,
Missionary packet Morning Star, which
recently arrived at Honolulu from the Mar
quesas Islands and Tahiti, intelligence wa
received from the former to the middle O
June, and from the latter to 4th July.
ITEMS FROM TAHIrI-From file of tn
Messenger. the Government newspaper a
Tahiti, the Polynesian gathers some intell
gence, which we condense as follows:
The Hawaiian schooner Kamehameha
which the French took from Honolulu il
1S49, had been sold by order of the Gov
eminent, and purchased by private parties
Great preparations were making in Ma
to celebrate the coming Fete Napoleon OIL
18th August.
The Custom House regulations at Tahiti
have been altered so as to permit duty fire
goods to be landed without being entered a
Custom House, and without the presence O
Custom House officer, provided their val
ue has been specified in the manifest
The Governor has gone on visit to New
Caledonia, where sections of public Ian,
, were about to be distributed among the mil
Itary who had conquered and kept it.-Sa
Francisco Bulletin.
The q. 8. Forces on San Juan
Island.