The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-10-31

", and guarded till the soldiers from Honolulu ar
rived AZ : y. VI.
Today Mr.. Nevile's body and that Of the consta-
bic namsl kauai. have been secured from their BAR
barously cruel graves, and have received Christian
funeral ceremonies, each in their respective churches.
The prisoners have been sent down 20 the steamer
and Will be taken to Kailua for preliminary trial.
Great credit should be given 10 Messrs. Coney and
Mr.. kupakee for their admirable efficiency and pru-
dent direction vi this whole affair. The arrival Of
the troops OF His Majesty has also had a very saluta-
hry effect.
Ny time is limited. can write no more, regard
ing this very remarkable scene IN Hawaiian history,
which it is to be hoped will never again be repeated.
Yours, +. ii. QUICK
y. KoxA, HAWAII, Oct. -, 1868.
MR. EDIIoR:-In mine Of the 18th, l gave you 4
brief summary Of events with the capture OF the ha-
oni;cs on Saturday the 9th. On Sabbath the pris-
onsrs were al marched down from Mr.. Todl's prem
ises. in elevated Central Kona, to the steamer Rilauea
at KAswalca. About : p. NJ. they sailed for kailua,
partly that they might be in North Koua, and partly
because there alone were buildings where the prison
es could lie confined and also tried.
Son after IL O'Clock of Tuesday morning, the
trial commenced ia the yet unfinished audience room
Of the kailua Protestant Church, which has been
undergoing repairs. The marching in of more than
a hundred able bodied prisoners not including the in
hrm, the children ami mothers with infants and the
seating of the men On the extreme right, and the
women in the body Of the house, was an impressive
scene. When finally all was ready, the Court was
opened by Sheriff Coney. \ short statement Was
made by the Attorney General, when KahihokU was
arraigued for the murder of Richard Z. Neville.
Two OF the prisoners having turned states evidence
one was produced as witness, and Kahihoku, who
gave Mr.. Neville the final strokes with a club at ka-
ona's order. was committed for trial at the next term
q ,ta I.r.nss &C.,. =. TIn- al Co., Nf,,la,- "a,
May 1863. -4Iha, Kdmaka, Kaoaa. and RGIamG,
were then charged with the murder of the constable
Kansi. They all plead guilty, Kaona saying that
though he himself did not engage in the violence, he
gave the commands to kill as he receired them from
GnOMsri-by which he probably referred to divine
authority. 4 very large number of both men and
women were then charged with being accessory after
the act, a part of whom plead guilty, and in default
Of bail, were committed for trial. The remainder
were then identified by Mr.. Moses Barrett. and were
committed. The Court then adjourned TO where the
mothers and decrepid were kept in 4 lanai, and they
being Identified by Mr.. Barrett, were also committed.
Two women and three men escaped comnittal as hav-
ing been entrapped 10y the Kaonites and not being
permitted to escape.
\ considerable number of children, some with and
some without parents, were bound out to responsible
parties rs the truest kindness to the children. This
produced the deepest feeling on the part of the moth
ers, with which no spectator could help sympathiz-
ing. 1t is to be hoped that the Sheriff of Hawaii in
whose hands this matter was left will keep a watchiul
care over these unfortunate children, and retain the
power of in due time returning them to their parents,
should il seem advisable.
All the ablc-boiied men will be taken to Honolulu, and a
number Of the women. The remainder II the prisoners will lie
It VA Hawaii ia the custody Of the sheriff Of the island, who
will put them under such survcillncc a. he may see best, and
viii "a certain Gases allow them to 60 on " their own recqgriz-
ocT. 2Stb-Many most important Facts remain untold, in
the basty letters have b,en able To write. l can not even
now more than -liude % them.
The persistence Cf these ksonites in their fanaiical belief. is
them as Tcssibie srfi ciiur to their Bibles. 4 number Of them
were brought into the Court Room, ciingins TO them with de-
sHI l, i In Ss ,i me snyir "T m. I%aI Snn, , ggry W. DIi ~ he ~" III
tulc of prayer. Those who pleaded guilty, did il with no sense
OF appearance of guilt w9sbravada
On SUNDAY night . small iaISnese box was found among the
effects 81 tie prisoners, wrapped IA seven different hsndker-
chief inSiie The box was The preserved skull OF a ,mali rei-
ct IIawsiins Thi, was an object OF supoIstiIous reverence.
from Jehova Iy Kacua, in which are illusions tn this bird, ~
ON 81 the Important powers in the spirit world
origin to the Pee Mare Of New ZraIaud, which rroc-sdcd %
hs murder ct ni-.,on.res and Completely indoctrinated in Tho
made ma, "I rs, . ~ ~ Tr n.'T - i ha - - re e Mil more devotional
egsl has hSSServ manifest, in the gal exhibited by the mass
ofthe Hawaiian community in arestiug The offenders. Many
among then were dribtIcss Iukc-warm, Int by no means SO
many r'oInrti'nat~ly as among the foreign residents Of this
other bpls could c,unteuaaoe the relisious worship of this poo-
pie, with its outward show e christianity and it, unbiushinE
inInOraiiues, without c'uprchendiug till the day OF the murder,
thew We're sttniing over the most terrible dangers.
On a r view of the affair, "a - manifest that the horrible
violence they committed Was needed To- rouse the community
and the lIN o. arrest their progress To something vet more
terrible. Great credit Is due 90 those who have taken the intia-
tive In abating this danger. Sheriff Concyis deliberate firm
meas effected much. even since the capture. in guiding results
& = thorough termination. The Attorney General also deserves
the thanks Il the nation Tor his vigorous Yet iudicious meas
urcs. We may venture nov 10 hope that this danger is past,
and That greater care will hereafter b. exercised by government
officials ia uipping similar excuses I'm the bud, without allow
ing themselves To- b. blinded by the idea that they are merely
eeis-iastieai irregularities ami disputes, with which the law has
nothing Co do. L.. II. GULICR.
a. +. JUDD.