The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-06-21
An ExciIin: Rescue Ca-c.

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ON Thursday afternoon Of LAST week -re ship Syria
arrived af This port from the Siudwich Islands,
bringing OF a-i bone on freight Among other live
stock. Capt >wa-ey brought with him "a girl some
ten or twelve yeas Of age. q native % the islands,
and Ts described 20 IL q q perfect Congo negro
The Captain went 20 the Parker House 70 stay during
the time he remained in town, taking the child with
him.
On sunday some II the . colaral ropula,fon' saw
the girl. and surprising fro her looks that she vas a
slave and tIurriu SSa-ev her Muster. they determin-
81 % keep "a look ont. and T. neei be prevent her re-
turn ." slavery At q se~inG-circle they further dis
cu--et the question. and II wt- unanimously resolved
thar the girl shout not BE- taken from the CITY by the
man IN whose custody she wa-rhat II she went
anywhere ir should he 10 the North rather than
SHutH--' Canada aud not the Clrolinas. Having
thus come 20 a conclusion in the matter they in.kel
about 20 SEQ how - sh0rll be accomplished. In M
this ~ must be understood that the women were more
valieut than their male compeers, and they deter
mruel that they would rescue the child from the
clutches 0f that 10 rible gorg0u which they imagined
bud already hxel its claws IN the body Of the child
not 70 be removed till she could escape from slavery /.
Yesterday afternoon Capt. Swasey's sister, who
has been here with him, was 10 set ont for their
home in Newp'rr, r. l., intending 10 take the girl
with her. They hal got 70 the depot, when a hub
bub was misunderstanding was the mntrer-such a
crowd of excited negroes j. seldom gathered together.
but what they wanted was not So evident. Soon
II was made manifest. two Of the women with deter
miunri"n 10 their countenauccs and FIRE in their ewes,
rushed forward and plunged uu0u the girl. being
joined hy others. a struggle for her possession com
mencei. The Captain and his sister We're bur twu;
their onpoSers were many; and the result was thar
the f,rmer subject of Kamchameha ". was carried
oil in triumph by the rejoicing females.
IT." girl was taken :" n house IN The westerns part
OF the city. and then began a course Of iuferr0GItory
and cross iuterr"gn'orv. The girl, some of the neigh
hpr~ say. was all woudermeut. and :. could she play
with their children - =. Woulin't they kill her -
aud other such questions. They assured her that AL
sh"ull be- well with her; she shouldn't he ki led or
punished or made 70 suffer 10y their act>. AMI she
shuull play with the children aS long as she wanted
to. She was taken from here and removed further
west. and there she will probably remain until she
mmen her journey TO Clnal or the question of
her guardianship Is serrlel.
The RE-CrE C>-F.-Capt. Swasev has resorted to
legal consultation and he j. informed thar under The
Personal Liberty Act. This i u clear case Of kid
mapping He says the girl was given him by her
mother ~ the Sandwich Islands, and he dI not care
t. take her, she being 4 Wild. harum ScIrum thing,
but he was persuaded 20 do So. and her mother gave
him the necessary papers bv which he became her
legal guardian. H. does not much care for her loss.
hut - She WIS taken from him in such a way he
shall p sent 1t. Hal he not lecn suffering from rheu-
mIti-m ia his shoulder, the act would not have been
c"n-unuI'e'l aud the girl taken from him if his re-
sis'aice would have leen Of any avail. Ileis deter
minei 10 bring the law To hear upon u certain white
gentleman who interfere az the time and yo.iterous-
Is commanded him To regard the g peace If the Com
m"uwei'th - We are rather inclined 10 the opinion
that those who took the child not only - caught a
tirrtr' hur d" drew an elephant FOR a prjze."-.E b.
.ncrrUry.