The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-07-18

RAt-Al4E 90 III many miraculous e=clUeE. he must
have worn religiously ever since.
Next We hear Of him a. = guest of Gen. Robes n
Vera cruz; then rambling among the West India
Islands; then of the -. Lawrence; and then master
Of the late l ;. revenue cutter Fiirt, IN the harbor
u New FORK, With an armament on board for the
service Of Gen. Carrera If Guatemala. Uncle sam
has q suspicion that the Flirf had Cuba in her saucy
eye, and sends a marshal on board. But a. the
marshal J. something If = hIudrance, he Is cheerful
" helped over the side Ia a fishing boat, and the
Fitrt, having already landed again her suspicious
armament. puts TO sea, disTaucjug handsomely = steam
er that gives chase. The Firi visits Block Island
Tor refreshments, but shows her heels when a Ieye-
nue. cutter from Newport neays- in sight. greatly
stimulating gossip among the Block ISLANDERS, who
wonder whether the stranger J. = pirate. or only
disposed 10 trO.!c with the authorities.
Inc Flint had not been many days at sea when
Capt Gibson discovers that the sailing master and .
passenger are plotting to treat him, mii-oceau. a. the
United states Marshal had been treated in New York
harbor. lie makes the couspIratOrs prisoners in the
caOln, and before a loaded pistol accepts their apollo
gIes and pardOus them. This little matter had been
nearly forgotten, when, after a three iays tarry AZ
the Cape De Verde Islands, on =ignalizing the two
pardOnei friends TO come on board from the shore, Is
the schooner was about 10 get under way, 10 the
anazement II all concerned two government boats
full Of marines escort the absentees 10 the vessel and
propose to arrest the Captain on a charge Of piracy.
The Captain refuses 10 be arrested, but in hi- own
gig goes on shore, Is surrounded by q platoon Of rag
gel soldiers, who conduct him 20 the Government
-'NHN "AtA III, hAAtAE bALAJAtA =h.slE muster anu
passenger confront him with their charges.
The Captain luckily spoke Portuguese with auency.
He made his statement, presented MS papers, and on
tie whispered suggestion that IN the rear OF the cab
III : = hUe article Of Gordon lieu. the Court aIJcurns
to the cabin Of the Flint, and with mutual apologies
for the trouble they have given each other, the au-
thOrItIes 60 on shore, and the Flint on her cruise.
The sailing master was permitted 10 leave the schJ0u-
er UNPUBLISHED, and ship on board a vessel just .ely-
ing portland the Flirf with terror found rs she 20:
out 10 sea again that somebody had smashed her chrC-
nOmeter and other nautical Instruments, wherefore
she must yTOpe the rest Of her way slowly, now STUN
bling against the African coast, and then again when
the stars shine cut, herring as near as she might
guess Tor her port Of destination, and Mt last reaches
the coast Of Brazil. There had been uutiuy on board.
meanwhile. and some blood spilled on the decks, and
an attempt was made by the Brazilian authorities TO
arrest the Captain. No American being in port. the
Captain finds refuge ia the house Of the British Con-
sui. But this would not have saved his little clipper,
which the authorities had set loving eyes on, but that
the boy who was left on board with the marines ia
charge of the FIirf-that boy, if we mistake not,
was in our san Francisco hospital = few weeks since
with "a fractured leg-seeing the dim smoke Of u
steamer To seward ran up at a venture, the United
States ensign, Union down. The Infatuated marines
cut II down the next instant; but il had f0atel alOft
long enough 10 arre-t the attention Of Capt. Drake, Of
the British sloop-ofwar COnlict. which was running
down the coast looking for silvers. Captain Drake
brought the matter 10 = speedy issue, and the FITt
and her owner went on their rambling way. All the
troubles Of the Captain with Brazillians, Portuguese,
and afterwards with the Dutch, grew out Of their
simple inability 10 comprehend no = and why u man
should be in so fine = vessel with 10 cargo on board.
Before the F2irt had ended her long cruise, she had
twisted in and out among the least visited Of the Poly
nesian groups, giving her commander opportunity TO
explore many islands, TO organize some independent
Malay States, and to get an experience Of the Prison
Of the Weltevreien.
Returning at last 20 America, President Pierce
sent him as a diplomatic agent to Europe; he was
attache Of the American Legation under Mr.. Mason;
acted awhile as Secretary OF the Conference OF Amer
lean Ministers that finally adjourned to Ostend, where
Dan Sickles replaced him. Back again, he wrote q
book; read papers before the Ny. Geographical Soci-
ETY., which the BOietiH GeOgTGphiqUe has republshed;
gave to the public, fragments of Malay poems, some
OF which Victor Hugo translated, and which led TO Il
Malay profesSorship in the French Academy; ate a
complimentary dinner Mt the expense OF the Boston
Board Of Trade; wrote scores Of articles for the .NeC
american Encyclopedia; and failed to be appointed,
though the South Carolina delegation in Congress
urged it strongly. rs Special Envoy to negotiate trea-
ties Of amity and commerce with the Malay States.
The .NIiayS are the Captains hobby, which he has
been riding hard these three years. While drifting
through the great National Circumlocution office, the
Captain proposed to DR.. Bernhisel, the Utah delegate,
plan for removing the MormOns from Utah 70 some
great unOccp lied island of Oceanica. The project was
not unfavo, y considered for awhile, but Mr.. Buch-
anan's army, and Peace Commissioners Mt their heels,
put another aspect on the Mormon ques-
ton, and the scheme was dropped. But the Malay
question still lives, and the Captain chasing 1t down
with a little party of friends-and his only daughter
IS one Of the company-cross the continent, run the
Of thu DaCotahs, pausing to recruit ut Brig
ham loung's headquarters ami are in town just now,
On their way to the site, wherever 1t may be, of the
new and yet unfounded colony.