The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-16

Our citizens enjoyed hearty laugh lately
ct the expense OF no less parsonage than the
recently appointed Second Associate Justice OF the
Supreme Court. A came up for trial lately In
which two OF the crew OF an American ship were
interested and the question as to the jurisdiction Of
our courts was raised and argument was about 10
be heard when the Judge surprised the bar by rem
Aerlng opinion Of the Court on the question OF
Jurisdiction, which offended the party who had
raised the question: and led him to make remarks
not very complimentary TO the Court, upon which
the Judge cooly remarked that he wished to argue
the point the Court would listen. This was too much
for the spectators and some had TO leave for fear OF
being called to task for contempt.
The absence Of Chief Justice Allen seems to have
deprived our Supreme Court Of all that made 1t
sound ana It's judgments respected Should tho
present associates continue laundering 1t Is ques
ton to how far 1t may be right to ieopardize the
rights OF American seamen by allowing our courts
to adJudcate upon such cases.
The cooIie IL stu an object Of interest in these
parts The question to the morality OF the traffic IN
the article has been revived by the discussion which
American papers are now engaged IN as 10 the pro-
prety Of transplantiag him upon American terri
tory. Strange to say the governments organ trots
out Horace Greeley and an article which recently
appeared In the New York Tribune In support OF Its
system. In ailusten to the matter the Advertiser
says
The idea Of making the venerable apostle Of freedom the
sss q l. Of simply a AS s
Chinese Pacific false" In this lies
e OF e civil
action ina, i q The tinted
years, and IN refusal with Of Tie
iss
dents g Pin coolies sna be directly inter-
sEs
How here. Contracts made have been
iaSosr The eonsac, have signed and
ssmpy e ssr%s oi Inc
sssd he work he thief and
. ssci"n
s sss iq
sy sus m snS for s %
prison there t. s% "a hard labor until he win consent
1t is said that this government intends TO import
another lot OF chinese under the same Ubiquitous
system. The bark R; W: Wood recently cleared for
Ing natives Ior the Board OF immigration.
BY your American papers see that Mr.. Walter
Murray Gibson has been In correspondence with the
Memphis Labor Convention, and signs himself
Ellis Hawaiian Majesty's Commissioner Of Emiora.
government, says that "there is no commissioner OF
Immigration from this government, either special
anywhere else. Knowing both parties, incline to
the belief That Gibson has O commission.
"A
developed facts in relation to the abuse OF sea-
men on board OF American ships. in relation to
which Local paper says ta a ~ inSmas HAHN was
King Philip and was discharged from her to enable
him to ship on board the Lorenzo In May last. Haz-
I'm admits that he had taken some drink and felt
nnwe from that cause, and While leaning on the
ran the first 0leer OF tue Lorenzo seized him by his
WHISPERS, threw him 10 the deck and then stamped
on his face with the heel OF his boot laying the
cheek open and breaking the bone under the eye,
from the effect OF which the eye g stu weak and
probably will be for some time to come. The FIRST
Oficer OF the King Philip, who was standing by
was cheering on his brother officer using language
which Is unit to repeat Who can wonder that sea-
men VIM fire ship or refuse to act N an emergency
such treatment is allOwedY ~
The election OF representatives to the next Assem-
bly, Is already n occupying the attention aDtv Of many per-
apathetic, the neplessness OF correcting existing
abuse Of power ~ ae9a ne
It's strength in the struggle for majority were 1t
not that in the case OF the Kings DEATH without
appoint the next ruler. His Majesty, being some
what superstltous, declines to name successor. 1t
interests here that the person named should be
known as friendly to America and her institutions.
OF these islands is that they are to become American
territory, ana that the nme when they
ssa s1Gen aecends an upon the growth
would seem that the Pacific States particularly,
am the United States generally, were somewhat
Interested in local elections 1t Is said that the
Ministers do not expect to carry the next elections
II they have intimated as much II is to quiet
the movement already commenced. The schisln in
the ranks OF the American missionaries Is being
made the most OF by the Ministry. The natives gene
rally look to their local missionary for some sign as
to which person ticket they shall support AMI
upon the advice given. Should the missionary
the Board. they viii doubtless remain neutral or
perhaps aid the Ministry, in which case the radicals
h haye no noPe Of ss ESsSency
personally he did, bnt II he can make theIn
useful in his ambitious designs he will undoubtedly
hunx 4,
The return OF Bishop s,aley at this time would
Church party had not given up the hope OF gaming
such a foothold as to warrant another attempt TO
manage State Affairs to their own liking.
The material aid and support which the steamship
company. which has the subsidy granted BY the
Ministry causes alarm. II is strange that
Americans can be found who would willingly and
knowingly injure the interests OF their country
IN this Kingdom, and yet not strange either when
the fact Is known that the company and many OF It's
employers were reoeis, or, worse yet, copperheads,
A winged ant Is proving very destructive to wood
work abont houses and furniture. person seated
upon sofa was somewhat surprised to have It give
way and fall to the noor and upon Investigation
found It completely honeyconbed by these insects.
centre table had also been destroyed by the same
ant The woodwork IN verandas has In some
instances been found rldded ana weakened by them.
and 1t fs feared that az they increase their ravages
will be alarming.
Professor W. d. Alexander of Oahu College, DUR
ing his recent vacation, explored and made mea-
surements OF tue crater Of Iaieakala on Last Maui
and furnishes the following account to the Adrer-
ffser:-
He assembled from the Kaupo side the morning OF Au
gus. and remained there I'll Aagnst H. through the yep
bottom returning Makawao the llth, having
spent nights the He furnished with
Ilor theodoite and made careful trgonoecal survey q
Abe main points. base line measured a half
miles long, level plain along the south sdc Of The
The rus meridian aud variation OF the needle
obtained by careful night observations OF the polar star
The greatest length OF The crater found 20 be and
halt miles from TO west Tho greatest width three and
half miles, and the narrowcst point two and quarter
miles circumference eighteen to twenty miles aud the
era form oval. The of the found to be about
sh'eeh and onehird mesarge enough to take In
Park - 1900 "
nghsss peak OF the mountain, Pakaoao Con the west
" f rect above the and the peak Is e,750
t bas level in the bottom OF the crater Water
az isa aee Fahrenheit ths summit indicating
aa, ~ ao.o feet above the sea, by Regnaults rule
POM wnee We toad from Makawao reaches the
about 28O8 feet above Tie bottom Of The crater On Inc
n lGaE fa L.