The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-12-05
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

THE HILo MuRpER.-Advices received by the sch.
Hannah. on Monday, contain further particulars re-
garding the butchery Of the Ely family. 1t appears
to have occurred on the night Of the 2Ist of Novem-
Der instead Of the oath, as stated last week. but 10
report Of the tragedy was made to the authorities at
Hilo till Saturday the 23d. Suspicion at first fell on
the son.. but We are happy to say there is no ground
for IL, and that he was in Hilo at the time the muir
der occurred. From a letter received by the Mar
shall from the Sheriff Of Hawaii, we make a few ex-
tracts:
manner. OLD JOhn's meek vas chopped OF, and the neck hone
cut in two. in two places; he had cuts and bruises on his head in
different places, hut q Ratchet probably cut his neck OF and
finished him. The wife was badly bruised, and cut about the
is badly cut and bruised. but will probably recover. she is very
Old and foolish. and tells many different stories about The AFFAIR.
Some money v a taken. hut how much We can't tell. We know
Of twenty dollars, in half dollar pieces, paid 10 him on Saturday
some hye or six. covered with blood. In one chest L found a
piece Of cloth with a spot Of blood on it. After the Old man was
Eaurbet rad ben uasd in tbe murder. buy rus, heve ieen
placed there after he was entirely dead. Several clubs were
found that had been used in the conflict also a maAst that had
battle, and from the drops OF blood up stairs, on the chests and
on the stairs. / think the murderer or murierers must have been
hurt, and. I think. hurt in the head. For example, one OF the
chests up stairs has blooi-marks on the liz IRON the hands,
Of the person "a raising the Id i would IL naturally be in the act Of
opening, are drops Of blood, which look as though they fell hori-
zontal, not thrown on as from the hands. Na1pdId and h EXT
huna are the names Of the natives suspected; both Of them have
been working for Mr.. Metcal[ and are both very bad characters'
Consul PARKER--Colonel ]. A. Parker sailed on
Tuesday last in the ship Harrison, for San Francisco
and home. Shortly before his departure, he placed
the following letter in our hands, requesting its publ
cation
To the Citi:ens Of Honolulu:
My FRIENDS I'm taking leave Of you this day
and il may be forever-I should not do justice TO my
feelings if | did not acknowledge the many acts of
kindness and courtesy received at your hands. l
came among you from n distant land, a stranger,
never having seen with one excepton) a solitary
of the Islands. From that day TO the
present, in office and out Of Office, you. Americans,
foreigners from every country, and you, natives of
the Islands. have, without an exception, extended TO
me your confidence, your respect. your kindness.
Green, ever green in my memory, will be the recol-
Of the days passed among you.
How far l have, as an officer and a man, merited
your good opinion, it is not for me 10 speak. All
claim is, that | have in all things, to the best Of my
poor abilities, tried TO DO justice TO all men.
| leave you with a sorrowful heart, to return to a
country so lately peaceful and happy, but now dis
tracted and bleeding. | have, however, the consola-
TO know that the very last of my public acts,
before leaving my native and loved Virginia, was an
Effort to avert the evil which has befallen my
country.
In bidding you a fdreceH, you have my best
wishes for your health, prosperity and happiness.
Again, with sincere gratitude. l bid you fdrepeH.
j. A. PARKER, late U. S. Consul.
Honolulu, Dec. 8, 1861.