The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1870-03-30

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thing in the Supreme Judicial Court at Portland.
The case was one of severe assault upon the first Of
hcer OF Yankee bark, by one Of the crew, which
assault occurred on shore. Judge s. was upon
the bench He was a very small man; very neat in
dress, and very astidious; resting firmly upon his
judicial dignity first class lawyer, and wthal in
cined to be self-suficient and crusty No attorney
at the bar ventured to take liberties with Judge
s.
The principal witness in the present case was an
old weather beaten sailor named Jack Miller Now
Jack was called To testify against his shipmate, as
he had witnessed the assault, and had nterfered to
terminate ii; but he was anxious to tell as little
against his chum as possible, and, furthermore, to
soften down aud excuse what be did tell; and this
led him to be a'iitle rambling in his testimony
The Judge had been making notes with pencil
and Jack was wandering off into an unnecessary tx
planation he lifted his head evidently forget
ting for The moment the exact standing of the wit
ness with his mind partially upon his notes, he tes-
tiIy exclaimed, Come, witness-ad rem, dd pro-
posit,rnl Don't wander So"
The witness stopped, the judge winked and look
ed wouderingly He repeated the abstruse words
to himself nearly as be could pronounce them,
and then, with earnest simplicity asked
'Your honor, what does them words mean?n
s'Never mind" returned the judge with waive
of the hand. "They are technical terms, used in
law, not for men in your position to understand"
There was litter in the courtroom as poor Jack
turned, rather crest fallen, back to the examining
counsel. Pretty the witness sought to ex-
plain that his shipmate, when be made the assault,
was not himself Said he, half to the counsel, and
half 10 the jury:
"Tom was putty hard on for it, He'd spliced the
main BRACE an doubled the Tub, and tapped the
admiral morn-'
Tue little smooth bead of Judge bobbed up
al this point.
"Stop witness; I don't comprehend. What do
you mean by doubling the tub tapping the admi-
RAIL- and the other equally ambiguous expressony'
Jacks eyes snapped just single spark, and then
his face calm and serene the bark of an
old gnarled oak.
''Why, your honor" be replied with patronizing
respect and Difference, 'tbem's technical terms,
used on shipboard, which it aren't expected men
in your honors position would understand"
While his honor subsiding, a litter broke
loose in the COURTROOM, which would have sweed
If the sheriff had not sternly bitten his lip
and loudly commanded "order.'
KIDNAPPING SourH SEA IsLASDERs,-The Sydney
correspondent of the London Times writing Janu-
AIRY LIST, says:
continue to receive evidence from the South Sea
Islands of the ill effects of the Queenland Poyne-
sian Laborers Act" Captains armed with Govern
licenses, kidnapping right and left and for
gng contracts, which. as the language spoken in
these groups is unknown in Queenand, is very sim
pie affair. They visit islands where the people
savage, and consequently know not the nature of
which only those contemplated by the Act, will
not leave; the Others open to the shippers, who
skulk around them, and :" cut OUT" otherwise
tice. any little parties of natives that may be visible
first attempt has been found to lead to resistance,
second serious conflict and revenge 1t is danger
for boats to land upon an island whence
men have been inveigled false pretences and not
returned. Not only is mischief done under this Act.
but multitude Of ship-owners are rushing into this
trade without the preext of license. For instance,
on his way to Samoa, the supercago of ship engag
ed in the cotton, sugar and coffee culture there. kid
mapped lot of natives from island route and
carried them against their will to Samoa. In like
the New Hebrdes being visited by trad
ing vessels for natives be carried the Eli plan
tatons, and when the Melbourne company gets into
full swing there this kidnapping will be carried to
great lengths. have read official advertisement
in New Caledonia paper stating that all persons who
desired to be supplied with natives from the New He
brides may communicate their wants to the Colonial
Secretary. who will attend to them in course. Better
by far that the of Queenland should be
:" developed" than that such harbarities should be
practiced especially under the flag of England. The
Queenand system is not alone pernicious it affects
the islands. but as it affects the colony itself. Men
who kidnapped deceived to the terms of
contract will not work without compulsun. The
gative punishment Of . thou shalt eat" or the
positive thou shall be whipped" both at the
disposal Of masters subdue refractory subjects and
men who are sufficiently brutalized by the constant
use of the stock whip upon cattle will lose all
semblance to humanity when they to apply it to
the backs Of their fellow creatures. forward to you
a memorial address to the Parliament of Queenland
by persons who take interest in the subject here
and who about to hold an influential public meet
ing for the purpose of denouucing the system.
ond will be addressed to the Parliament of Great
Britain respecting the mischief going in Eli aud
Samoa. 5iih
OUR MAGNETIC RELATIONS. Whatever the es-
sence of the occult substance called magnetism,
may be, it certainly is possessed of vast, varied and
intricate power. Although rarely considered, and
by mulitudes not even known to exist, IT is yet
present all around US and within us.
The magnetism of the EARTH a DEMONSTRATING
and recuperative agent, ought to be well known.
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