The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-11-03

t4oalN ~ AhhNNNAN b~N' iHO ~ pa h-SN up.
Marchant saw it off Molokai, has no foundation
whatever. He is too old a sailor to pass by such a
treasure without at least making an effort to secure
it and earn his salvage.
DIVIDING A REwARD--On Tuesday last, the Mar
shal, W. Z. Parke, Esq, accompanied by one Of the
Chinese merchants, visited the plantation of Mr.. j.
IL. Wood in Nuuanu. and distributed among his
coolies the rewards which had been offered for the
apprehension and conviction of Ahsee, the muir
ierer of Capt. Dudoit. Government offered a re-
ward of five hundred dollars and the Chinese mer-
chants a similar amount. making altogether one
thousand dollars to be given to them. Mr.. =. had
decided that Apau. the coolie who gave the first
notice. was entitled to $500. But on rendering
him that amount. he said that the two who assisted
him TO catch and hold the murderer We're entitled
to the same reward as he. The three. therefore,
received each 1927. And Apau, in addition. re-
ceives his freedom, and a free passage home, if he
chooses to go there. One other cOOlie received
$40. another $50, four SO apiece, and two IS
apiece. making up the one thousand dollars. All
these helped to secure the murderer and take him
to the Station-house. The bestowal of the reward
seems to have had a dcmoralizing effect. for the
two who shared with -Apan, told their master the
next day that they could not work and We're sick.
~ FOpi 80 NV AAA w '"t i"H"Nb' 'N ~
pressed themselves as perfectly happy me
richee me muchce dala me no work.
They evidently can't bear prosperity. Apau has
been offered a free passage to Hongkong. but one
of the interpreters says that as soon as he lands
there, he will be murdered, as Ahsee has numerous
friends in China who will take revenge. California
will be a safer place for him if lie wants to go
away. -
go Car+.;ns nf ra--alc r,,unipc. Infrncu Homo
lulu and San Francisco cannot be too careful about
the prompt delivery of letter bags as well as loose
letters and papers entrusted to their care. 1t is
reported that the Captain of the hddosA, referred
to below, during the passage over 10 the coast,
and when in mid-Ocean, startled his officers one
day by appearing on deck with his mail bags, and
ordering the men to get a boat ready, as lie wanted
to go ashore. This may account for the monde
livery of the letters promptly in San Francisco
they got into the wrong boat:
CrLPABLE NEGLIGENCE IN MAIL DELIvERY-This
morning visitors at the Merchants Exchange were
surprised by seeing q number of letters there for
delivery bearing Hawaiian postage stamps, mas
much as no vessel had lately arrived from those
islands. The letters having the inscription Per
care of Captain of hddOSh,' examination was made
for the date of that vessel : arrival which was found
to be August 21th, over two months since. Several
of these letters were for business houses in this city.
and one for the Captain of the OiJettO, which sailed
some weeks since from ms port, yet they were
only this morning delivered. We learn that the
hdiOsh sailed for Boston some time since in Mca-
der, Lolor IL Co.'S line. Postmaster Perkins being
informed of the Gil cumstancc, took memorandum
of the particulars of the case with a view of having
the penalty of the postage law enforced against the
vessel on her arrival at Boston. The law is very
properly a rigid one, requiring all captains of yes
sells TO first deliver all letters received by them
within twenty-four hours of arrival. and to take
oath that they have done so before their vessels
can be entered for unloading at the Custom-house.
-Bmietia. oct. 10th.