The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-03-14
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The |. :. Consulate Troubles.

me as the correspondent 81 tie Boston CoMWsrctI.
Bulletin, and inserted in your paper Of the -eta
ultimo. At the time that article was inserted, Or.
q. knew full well that / was the author OF the letter
Of 18th October but ne could Dot let the occasion
slip to make a sarcastic thrust ut one who. in his
@oficial position, and acting under direct Instructions
from MS Government. lent his aid TO Capt. Hunt in
making an invest CATION into the Affairs Of the Us.
Consulaie- and Hospitals at these Islands.
And NOT satisfied with his indirect insiuuations
against the I. :. Commissioner, he must needs cast "a
sneer ut the conduct Of Capt. Hunt, a gentleman
whom he At the time # writing the article referred
to, believed dead, and I would ask DR.. C. whether it
vas generous, decent, manly or honorable TO thus
attempt 20 traduce one - much his superior, and
whom he supposed at the time ne plunged his keen
rapier Of vi;uperation-not of this world, and one
whom when alive he dare not asper-e 10y word or
action, and TO whom during the sitting of the late
Board Of Investigation he bent his ~cringing knee.
I say it was base and disho1orable to cast an asper-
sion upon Capt. Hunt. whom he knew 10 he an
honorable man, and one, too, who in the conduct Of
the uuenyiable business he was called upon to per-
form At this port, did his duty, and his whole duty,
according 10 his Instructions from the Departments
Of State and the Navy.
And as Capt. Hunt Is now no more, it is with the
view Of defending him from the bold charge of Dr..
c., Of being a iJeIer, that l now ask your columns.
ASH was citing clerk Of the Board a. the time Of
its adjournment, it i proper for me to state, what
was well known 1T Hilo and at this place, and by no
one Cf l am correctly advised) better than Dr.. c..
himself, that the Report Of the Commissioner was
wholly the work OF Capt. Hunt himself; the Us.
Commissioner and Capt. Hunt disagreed so mnteri-
ally in many points as to what the report should
Contain, that the former withdrew entirely from any
agency in preparing the same.
In answer To DR.. Guillou's c4uStic remarks, permit
me to assure him that | was no; guilty OF eiTrontery,
"a nor did have the holdnoss OF take the initiative
in the investigation, So a he terms the late iuycstigt-
ton into the consular affairs ut these Islands, but
that my letter Of the 26th Oct, 50 far as any state
ment Of facts IS concerned, is taken word for word
from Capt. Hunts original Report, made before he
left Hiio, n any one can see by referring to copy Of
the report signed 10y him and now in this city.
1 need but assure Dr. G. that though he may deem
my letter a -trumped-up fabrication,'' that the
faciS elected before said Board Of Investigation are
superior to his declarations and that in the peru
sal of those facts it will indeed surprise me if COM
mon honesty does not revolt at the scurvy tricks
used 10y the Consul and his employees whom he
seeks to defend, and believe me, too, l think the
public JrH recognise the truth thereof, even if
: dragged through the groveling channel - DR..
g. has indicated. And rs he unhesitatingly as
serts the document reprinted in the Com. .I1rer-
tissr, 18th Feb, to be a ibel upon the late Consul
Pratt. and collaterally upon many ship masters and
others, and as he puts himself in the boat with the
Others, ! trust he'll weather the storm and now give
heed To the following extracts from the evidence
which he terms unrciiqbie
In the first place, Oiirer Trip, on the ID day
July. 1860, testified that he left the hospital in the
fall of 1858, went out to work while 4 patient at the
hospital, worked for Siiers, also for Dir. Guillou. Mt
s. per day; worked slowing cargo of ship DGrhaLcb,
NJ ~ per day aud Notwithstanding this man left
the hospital i'll 1875, he Is nevertheless charged ty
pr. q. for medical attendance from April lst to
September 30, lS59-lS3 days, At 81! cts. per day
-Sll4 81. The testimony OF this man is currobo-
ted 10y several cTediGie witnesses as TO his working
out while an inmate of the hospital, and signing
blank bills for board, lodging, clothing. &c.
ChaS. II. CaRfeii swears that he entered the
L.. :. Hospital April -, 1853 does not know when
he was discharged from the Hospital on the books Of
DR.. G.; signed blank bills until Dec. 81, 1859
went into the employ Of Capt. Lawton (Purveyor)
3lst May, 1859 went into the employ Of Consul
Pratt 10Th September, 1859; and tins rciiG6Is wit
ness is charged on the quarterly accounts of DR..
G.. for medical attendance from April l to Sept. 50,
S59,-1o3 days, at Ga cents per Giem-ll4 37!.
And upon the September quarterly account, Garfield
is noted Is still - in hospital
Charles Il. .ucLeildnG, master Of brig CORSOrt,
(and those who know him in this town will vouch
for his crciibijty,) swears, was first officer Of the
bark J. q. Lancaster. wrecked in the summer Of
1859, oil the island Of Molokai on arrival at this
port the crew and myself went To the hospital, re-
manned there about twenty days, and then LETT in the
YaaEcc tor san Francisco had 10 medicine, medi-
cIl Attendance or medical advice; | see / am charged
in the quarterly account Ut DIR. G. for medical at
tendance from July IL 10 July 81, 1859, n days
SIS l21; never took any medicine the crew were
ali well but one man, and | see that DR.. q. has
charged all Of them with medical attendance for
u days. Captain Small was only in the hospital
one Hieht and never went there again, and he Is
CHARGED i'm same l-.luuf fur u DAYS medical affpu-
dance"
Nathaniel L. Fuller. lst officer of I~'rjIighf,
swcars % that hc entered L.. :. Hospital in the month
OF July, 1859; never slept there, but remained two or
three days and took his meals; was a well man when
he went there; never took medicine or received meii-
cal advice; did not need It; intact, was not an inmate
Of the hospital after TWO or three days And this
witness was charged in tine quarterly account OF Or.
q. for medical Attendance from July % to Sept. %,
1893, g.. ays-S3 31A cts.
Aud agaiu-J0ta Bennett swears that he enter
ei L. ;. Hospital in August, ISIS, remained therein
about 4 months, then went into the employ Of Capt.
Lawton aud Consul Pratt. as 4 general servant, and
worked for them from January, lSjJ to January,
1860, received FAY for his labor; signed blank re-
ceipts NJ hospital for board. lodging. clothing, &c.
And this man Is charged in the quarterly accounts Of
DR.. q. from April lst to sept. 30, 1853, ls3 days
STA S7l cts.
The above narrated facts are borne out by the
evidence Of the Vice Consul who furnished the &C
counts 10 the board, and also stated that DR.. G. was
not allowed By his contract 10 charge FOR seimcu uu-
sick and 1iSG5i'F. Let him retute this testimony
II he can not with hts general abuse. for though such
abuse may be couched in his usually elegant Ian
guage. II will | assure him not pass for proof.
Aglin-pr. q. asserts that his friend Consul
Prltt) has had no fair opportunity TO even know
the accusations bruitei against him Such asser-
Is untrue. The first intimation that Consul
Pratt had Of any inquiry into his Consular affairs was
by letter from the Department of State. under date
10Th of May, 1853; and again his attention was call
Ell to the abuses in the Consulate and Hospital Mt
this place by Secretary Cass on the lst day Of Novem-
1853: but owing, | presume. 70 his being in az
health. he did not answer the same, but requested
received from his friend. Secretary Cass. permits
10 visit the Atlantic States. The Consul at La
haiua was notified at the same time and through the
same quarter, and ne consul Chaniler) was StTdsH-
h taken IN and visited the home Of his fathers. At
IN TINA Of rho 1ata iDvasrTra-T.r however Mr.