The New York herald., 1867-04-15
The SANDWICH ISLANDS.


II saeciAl CORRESPONDENCE or TINE HERALD.
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DistfnSIi> ea honors to Naval Omcers
Cooks MyN ament-The United states Ma
rine Hospital Nra.rricide-The Recent nIar
der ofThrcc Ifs> "aiians-The Census-WrecI
Of d British Baris- The Reciprocity Treaty
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HosoLUIU, Hawaiian Islands. Feb =, 1857
by ais decree of his gracious my; 'sty. Kamehamshs
". the order Of Kamshameha & HAS been bestowed
upon Captain 7urnour, OF her Branpc Ma sstys navy,
and Admiral Thatcher, OF the United states >avy II
win be remembered that Captain rurn9ur comm msnded
her Britannia Majesty's ship Ciio the vessel in which
her Majesty, Queen Emma, sailed for Pan una her
way to England whils Admiral Thatcher commanded
the Vanderbilt when she conveyed Queen Emma from San
Francisco to this port while this topic ,f orders lot
me give you another itcm. Maximlnn. tlie1 wo.'dif
he-could-be Emperor OF Mexico, conferred upon eur
King Kamehameha Fifth, the order Guadaloupa AT t
time We HawaiIans considered IL merited compliment,
but the Enrress Cariotta having conferred tho same
upon her cat wh,-h first Of her food when the Em-
press thought that everybody wane to poison her. why
We feel much hurt and Consider THAI in common with
the universal Yankee nation We have
bad better take care
Queen Victoria having stationed . new Commissioner
and Consul General here hc following in the footsteps
OF his worthy predecessors called eatng Of his
rymen 70 take into consideration tho proprsy Of srec
ing suitable monument at KeaakeAkuA bay in memory
OF Captain Cook, tho dscovercr ~ OF these islands, and
they, usual, had pow WOW, without the inevitable
dinner, and concluded to--E don't know what-but
suppose ieavs for the next commissioner and oonsu
Mr. Wilson, Unitedstates Woo Consul has pulled and
hauled Unfted states Marine Hospital lbout much
that nobody TO think the office Of Puveyor worth
holding although II is In the memory Of some OF US that
the office has made the fortunes Of At least six ndi
vduaIs in tho last fifteen years. Mr. D. Cartwright.
the last incumbent. has resigned and the Office open
for bid. To DO Mr.. Wilson justice, will say he has
broken up Of the most barefaced swndling shops
and saved the United STATES treasury many dollar by his
uncompromisng hostility TO the old order Of things Mr.
Wilson's distinction as to who are and who not entitled
fine; so, Mr. Seward will doubtless set him straight
The much esteemed soamen,s chaplain a< this port
evidently differs from him. and has consequently written
open letter 10 the United States Secretary Of State
which will be found published in the Freud for this
month
About six weeks ago an old native gentleman on |
Kaua who has married @ daughtsr iel. conytnosd ha.
her family name, so he concluded to watch hor for a
timc. One night he came upon her in company with
her paramount and either said did enough to lead to
with the man. Pd,er (dmiiios got the best Of IT,
when the lover called TO the girl for assistance which
father This Is the supposon from what testimony has
been elected Tho girl and paramour had left for other
they discovered. then only succeeded through
the aid Of terrier. who scented tho man out 10 the
found after having gone short distance for
orangss she returned 10 their hiding place to find her
when they were landed here and must say the man has
most villanous look, whc tho girl has very pleasing
face slight built and cannot DO over eighteen years
The truth regarding the murder three Hawaians at
Buartari by the King Of the island Is being siowly de-
thing two. said, when he first heard OF the matter
''what was her namsa" II seems that the schooner |
carried from Apaang two fair damsels who were what
called Tabu women being intended FOR
the harem Of the King Of ButaritarL On
some three or four parties on board tho schooner,
and shs what enragcd his savage majesty and led
the little light which has been shed over
the mind of the heathen king and the violence done
blamed In conversation with intelligent shpmaster
who has been among the southern and western islands
OF the Pacific great DEAL he remarked that nine tcnths
OF the outages pcrpctrated upon the crews OF vessels
trading the islands In revenge for violence
done the feelings of the savagcs in regard to their
women and that IL tho perpetrators escaped, vengeance
TO fail upon the next comers, never mind how
innocent they might be Of any wrong.
The returns Of the coming In very slowly,
the for tho district of Honolulu being the only one
are s Or ;' these q s.s
year: q age 9es5 81, are between 1Sen a1c
old s
under 1cen years OF age Whom is understood that
population OF tho group ana that foreign children
thicker than 'peas In pod the only inference 20 ue
race in this group is on The wane Lo the poor Indian
Tho British bark Golden Sunset an iron vessel o. $50
tons nearly new left Newcastle, N. s. W. for san Fran
cisco on the lth Of November last cargo Of coal
twenty three passcngersthreo ladies' ton children
and ten IenIand crew an told oI sns
oclock the 10th Of December when she ran ashore
Enderbury's island. There IS guano deposit on this
island belonging TO the Phoenix Island Guano Com
pany-ther agent, Mr. Mosher, and two Hawaians hold
possession OF it. With Mr. Ms aid and direction
lost was foremast hand, John Proudfoot native OF
Scotland. sir. NJ. did all that he could for the ship.
days, when thel American whaling bark ~ Cicero,
Captain Paun, arrived on the I'D OF Decemne,
stood of shore again until the morning OF the Esd, when
he stood 10, having determined to take them OIL the
slider il humane to leave women and children in their
plight. While standing In brig hove in sight, which
bro gisions for the island Captain stone mmedatey
made preparations to take all hands on board his brig
and after receiving supplies from the Cicero lett Tor TINS
port and arrived the Sd instant after passage OF
fortytwo days. The Golden Sunset went TO pieces on
the eighth day after she ashore The Island on the
one side with coal, which washed ashore
The Honolulu Chamber OF Commerce have taken this |
OF reciprocity treaty IN hand and are pushing
II with commendabic zeal and are ably seconded by
this government. The Chamber have addressed his |
Majesty Ministry and proposed list Of articles which
arc TO admitted FREQ OF duty The articles named are
such as arc imported In larger quantities from tho
United States than from any other country aud will
amount IN value OF sugars So which We wish 10 ontsr
in United States ports duty free.
I.innd-Arrival of the New American Con. |
sul MT Honolulu-An Exciting Election |
Sentence Of Murdcrers, &c.
HONOLULU, Feb. 20, 1851.
The dread Of drought which has disturbed the minds
OF planters and grazers and In fact all tho good peo
ple Of Hawaii ne has been dispclcd by copous rains
Rain gangcs kept here report so3 inches the past eight
days Tho back Of the town look green and fresh,
while tho valleys are full Of streams
The government Cossie OF February 13 contains an
exhibit of business transacted. through the Custom