The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-09

QuAE,yTIyE GRouSD, Honolulu. Dec. -, 1868.
SIR: have the honor TO forward TO You a COM
plant which l wish TO make, relative to my being
detained in quarantine, and trust that You viii have
the kindness 10 forward the same TO the proper au-
thorities.
The complaint to which aIude Is as follows, viz
&" That since 1 arrived at Honolulu, in the steamer
Ilgho, on the 2lst inst, | have been detained in
quarantine, contrary 70 custom in such cases, as this
detention has not been general, and IS l have never
been i'll since l left san Francisco
In order to explain my complaint, l beg to state as
follows. viz:
On the 9th inst, l left san Francisco in the steam
er LtahO, and about three days before she reached
Honolulu, the sailOrs were removed from the furecas-
tie TO the Storage, in order that the former might be
converted into a hospital for two sick people, one a
Chinese woman, Ga Storage passenger,) the other n
pantryman, who ate, slept, and performed has duties
an, a part forbidden TO the Storage passengers, but
useiby those IA The saloon.
On the DIST inst the steamer Idaho arrived in
Honolulu. and was placed in quarantine, when, TO
my surprise, an order was given TO allow the first
class passengers, Captain and Purser, to leave the
ship, but to detain all the others.
This order appeared to me most extraordinary, but
as no one came TO inspect us, or TO speak to rs on the
subject, | had no means of making a complaint.
The reasons above alluded to are these
First, that no sickness had existed among the
steerage passengers that of the Chinese woman be-
ing merely an eruption on the face.
Second, that the sole case Of smallpox occurred
with n pantryman, who ate, slept, and performed his
duties att, i'll a part of the vessel appropriated to first
tit-Ss uui lgfNtIHtH ~ Stttgu=tsl dScNHENAS AAS hiAi
having been seized with illness while cutting bread
for the saloon passengers, after Which he remained
att, IN ms Sleeping place for three or four days be-
fore h. iraS yemOrei 10 The JOrecaSHe.
Third, that the saloon passengers were allowed to
20 ashore, and TO take their baggage, notwithstand-
ing that the former lived aft, where the sickness
broke out, rs shown in 2nd that they daily associated
with us in many cases, some even going into the
Storage to visit the sick Chinese woman and that
their spare baggage was in the Storage, mixed with
ours, and used daily by US and the sailors US seats
and tables.
Fourth, that ON the Goth, / saw the Captain, Pur-
ser and chief steward 20 into the tOrecastle To- visit
the sick people, and yet the two former were allowed
TO 90 ashore, aud the chief steward, who was in con-
slant attendance on the sick man, lived aft, among
the saloon passengers
Fifth, that a sick steerage passenger, n Portuguese,
has, | am inf rmel, been allowed 10 land.
! trust that | have shown sufficient cause of COM
plant for being subjected TO a detention 50 partial
and so unjust, as il is evident from my statement,
(all Of which can be proved that the lave of quar-
antine have been broken by the fact of the first class
passengers and their baggage, the Captain, Purser,
and sick steerage passenger beingallowed to 60 ashore,
so that my detention is, in my opinion, illegal, and
open TO redress.
ing foreign countries by special permission obtained
i'll England, and that this unwarrantable detention
puts me 10 great inconvenience, more especially rs 4
noC in a house not Weather-pr0of, 50 that all my
baggage will bee destroyed, and sickness must break
out, il more rain comes.
| trust, therefore, that you will have the kindness
to forward my complaint TO the proper authorities,
in order to effect my release from quarantine without
further delay.
have the honor to be, Sir, your obeiient servant
~CSignedl X. ROCKWELL.
To III. B. N. Consul. Honolulu.