The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-04-27
MOTIFS OF TILE MEEk.

Liverpool. arrived On Monday last, = days from
Manila, she having left that port on the III NJ Feb
ruary, under charter 10 take the Chinese coolies who
originally embarked on board the Antonio PstyO-
Heiia, which WIS condemned The story Of the yoy-
age Of these coolies. from Hcngkong to Manila and
this port, Is one Of no little interest. Originally
there were one hundred and Seventy-eisht Of them,
but seven have del, and one, who Is represented As
having been a perfect desperate, committed sui
eide on the 3lst of March 10y jumping overheard, he
having somehow got the impression into his head that
he was being taken to Honolulu to be hung for his
past misleels. About a fortnight before the bark
arrived here, the third mate one morning ordered
one Of the Cinnamon to sweep up the between decks,
where they slept. The man addressed turned sui
lenly away, but another one seized the broom and
swept the dirt into a pile. On being ordered by the
officer to take it on deck, he refused and struck him
with his fist, Immediately afterwards running amongst
the crowd Of his countymen. Such symptoms of
mutinous disposition could not of course be allowed
10 pass UNPUBLISHED, and the officer, going among the
coolies, attempted to arrest the offender, whereupon
they all crowded upon him and gave him a severe
beating with sticks. In fact they would, doubtless,
have killed him, had not the chief officer, armed
with q cutlass and revolver and accompanied By
some of the crew, jumped promptly TO his rescue and
quelled the mutiny. These coolies are said by the
officers of the Eastfed to be a particularly hard set,
and there were three of them in irons when the ship
arrived here. 1t is reported by the interpreter on
board that the man who jumped overheard was at the
head of Il conspiracy TO murder the Captain of the
vessel i'll which they originally embarked. 1t is far
Their said that some Of these coolies were con-
cerned in the piracy of the brig Lubra, which occur
red in August or September, near Hongkong, and
killed the Captain in Geld blood, and that their leader
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confelerates escaped and sold themselves to go
abroad. They have added to their bad name, ac-
cording to the officers of the ship, by breaking
CARGO having made way with sundry packages of
preserved ginger and boxes of cigars during the pas
sage from Manila. Some of them are very skinful
artizans, showing much ingenuity and skill for al
most any mechanical service required. All, how
ever, are of the class that require strict discipline,
under which they may prove serviceable laborers.
The Eastfeid has been in = south latitude, and
crossed the line twice during the passage, having ex-
perienced a long continuance of light winds and
Gains. -
CRUISE OF TIE CAROLINE MILs.-The American
schooner Caroline NtHs, Capt. Nichols, returned to
port on the 22d inst, having left here on a wrecking
voyage to the westward about three months ago. She
was provided with all the appurtenances for recover
ing wrecked property, and her Captain and crew
were thoroughly experienced in those enterprises,
and equipped with the proper instruments for
navigation. a complete modern diving apparatus
was on board-commOnly known as n =" submarine
armor,' with two men to operate it, one to don the
Z armor.'' and the other to attend to the signals of
his confederate while exploring the bottom of the
ocean. The first island visited by the schooner, and
the principal object of the expedition, was Wake or
Halcyon Island, one of the Palmyra group, lying in
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Here they obtained some TASKS of quicksilver
from the wreck of the bark Li6eue, which left here
last year, having rs passengers, Madame Anne
Bishop and others. On the voyage, Capt. Nichols
visited an island which is on some charts called Gas
parico and on others CORVALLIS Island, in II : AZ
north, and 1867 O3' east longitude, where he found
portions of a wreck that hal evidently laid there for
years. 1t was that of a teak-built ship, with COM
position flstcnings. By Lloyd's Register we find
that n ship called the Canton, left Bengal, and in
1882 was reported as missing, at Lloyds. From the
fact of her having composition metal, which was
only invented after 1910, it could not have been the
Canton suggested by the GGeette, and besides,
that vessel was not of the size by several hun
dred tons, as it is apparent was the ship, the
remains of which were found by Capt. Nichols.
Another circumstance which goes to prove that the
wreck is n modern one, is that the masts, which arc
still to be seen, arc what are called by seamen
: made masts,' that is, built in pieces and bound
by iron bands. The coat of arms from the stern
Capt. Nickols has brought here and deposited in the
Harbor Masters Office. The fair inference is, that
the ship in question was the Hudson Bay Conpany's
ship Canton, chartered by the East India Company,
perhaps, in 1882, or the wrecks now to be seen there
may be those of two distinct vessels. On the shield,
which is certainly Il curiosity and well worthy of
Inspection, are first, the royal arms Of England
three lions, &c, surrounded by the crown. Under
this arc evidently the arms of the liudson's Bay
Company, a beaver and n bear. On the outer circle
of the shield are n succession of elephants and castles.
Then comes n cypher which Captain d. Smith, an
experienced British shipmastcr, interprets to signify
1893, the date at which the ship was built. There
are few probabilities that the fate of the crew of that
ship will ever be ascertainei. The only sign that
men had ever been on the island, beside the remains
of the wreck, were some pieces of woodenware. The
unfortunate men who were thus cast ON a barren
island may have persisted there Of starvation, on,
what is more likely, have gone away in the ships
boats and foundered at sea, or fallen a prey to the
savage inhabitants of the neighboring islands.
The Caroline NILS is loading oil, and viii sail for
San Francisco next week.
TIE & SrEuART LANE."-This fine British clipper
dTllNeI On the -Du. - uISS toh DOhpdS dHi IS
bound to Bakers Island, to load guano. 1t may
sound like a long passage, to say l27 days, but there
are some circumstances which, when known, will
show that Capt. Culliton has made a very fair pas
sage. Bombay, rs many of our readers may know, is
n seaport on the western coast of British India, being
after Calcutta and Canton the greatest commercial
emporium in the East. 1t lies in lat. Is : 81 N,
and long. - 81 L. During one half of the year,
the prevailing winds, called the Monsoon blow
from the Southeast, and during the other half from
the opposite direction. The .Stcudrt Lane left Bonn