The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-08-31

tn authorities iu those places seem Io have seeu
efectual 10 preventing the spread of the disease
The Hero. a iavOrite steamer between this port aHd
sydney, had , case OF smallpox on board on her
last trip. tracvabIe % the first case tei-. NEiCE =!s,
ended fatally The vessel was quarAntined. aud by
our latest adyIces WAS stIl tiheu a month and over
.u quarantine. though no other case had occurred.
H. order that local Boards Ol Health in this colony
might have more power than heretofore. orders IN
Council have been issued empowering these bodies
10 quarantine vessels from Honolulu or elsewhere.
whether they have touched ~ any other port in
New Zealand Or not.
Capt. Harding Of the Nebraska was before the
Courts on a charge OF having introduced the dis
ease. and says the paper " the case was dismissed
D.. PLilsOn was present during the whole trial.
Opinion regarding the source from which smallpox
was Introduced here Is much divided. The feeling
appears % be increasing amongst all classes shat
the disease IS directly traceable 10 the ship EeJlGJtd.
her passengers. Or cargo.
Ou the return Of the ship, says the Cross:
On the arrival Of the Nebraska yesterday from
Wellington and Napier, she Vas visited by DR..
Philson, the Health Officer. who after inspecting the
vessel pronounced bel to be free from all disease.
and she was allowed 10 come up haTbor to an anch-
Orage.
Mr.. Osborne stated in the House Of Representa-
lives that Dr. Johnstone's enquiries on board the
Nebraska prove that three or four cases of undOubt-
ed smallpox occurred aboard her during her
voyage from Auckland TO Honolulu.
Captain Harding, OF the Nebraska, has written .
letter TO the Press. in which be says: Il am made
TO say that there was no smallpox at Honolulu.
What ! did say, | do say still, there was no small
pOX IN the city. but there were twenty-slX cases
among the natives at the hospital on the reef, q
mile and a half to leeward OF the city. IasseTt pos
lively there has been no case of smallpox on board
the Nebraska. / say 50 on the authority of my own
surgeon, and thatoi Il surgeon who was a passenger
with me 10 Honolulu and back u man OF expert
ence, and surgeon to one of the Government hos
pitfalls in New South Wales. What vour learned DIR.
johnson called SMALL Ox on board the Nebraska
occurred during the previous voyage. There has
not been avestige seen Of smallpox except By those
who determined TO see smallpox in every pimple.
from the 9Th OF June hundreds of persons. passen-
gers and labOreTs. have been on the ship, yet not q
single case has occurred among them. I am sorry
TO be forced TO state this. but my conviction is that
the Nebraska is being made the victim of provincial
political jealousy
Dr.. \. J. Younger, surgeon of the Nebraska, adj
dressed a lengthy letter to the Wellington hide
pendent. in which he says:
Il was very much surprised to hear. on our ar
rival in Auckland, that We had been carrying with
us such an eIninently contagious disease a. small
pox. and that | had knowingly concealed the fact
Of its existence on board the ship at the instigation
Of the captain.
The a%trocity Of my conduct has been largely com
mented upon
The latest advices from Australia bear evidence
that the small pox has existed there for some months
past, and the evidence is fast accommodating which
serves to free the Nebraska from the unenviable dis
tinctiOn Of having introduced small pOx into New
Zealand.
am content to let the subject rest at this stage,
knowing that time will verify my assertion that the
small pOx does not and has not existed on board the
JNe6rGska during my official existence as surgeon of
said vessel, and that the people of New Zealand will
have TO look for some other source from whence to
protect themselves from the inroads Of that dread
disease.
Fully possessed with the conviction that time will
yindicate me from the accusations which have been
showered on me with such distressing liberality, l
await and console myself with the reflection that
truth is mighty, and will prevail
In regard to the California mail route, the Auck-
land Herald says
New Zealand has taken a forward step in this
matter. 1t has established a new mail service, OPEN
ing up new avenues Of trade; and although it may
not now bear fruit, in the shape of a money profit,
there Is reason TO hope that 1t will ultimately repay
US for the expenditure. But having said this, we
cannot refrain from expressing our opinion that the
permanence of the Californian service is imperiled
10y the unsatisfactory manner in which il has been
performed. There is no blinking the fact. The
truth cannot be hid. Whatever this community may
think or say ;-whatever the Colony even may think
or siy on the subject, it is patent to the whole COM
mercial world that Webb's line is a failure, and that
Nebb's boats are not in the least degree suited for
such long voyages as they are required 10 perform.
With regard to the mail contract, the Melbourne
correspondent of the OtagO Times says -" Ii ap-
pears TO me, from what | see of the New Zealand
papers, that it is the fashion of many of them to at
tribute the rejection by this Colony of the Duffy
Vogel mail contract 10 political and party feelings.
Let me assure you that this is n mistaken view. The
contract required nothing of this kind to effect its
destruction. 1t was ridiculed to death directly its
terms were made known. There was but one view
taken of it, and in that all shared, irrespective of
party differences. And that was, the contract was
an absurdly extravagant one, and that it was mon
strOusly dIsprOpOrtiOnaje to any advantage that we
could hope TO derive from it, and that its ratification
was out OF the question. Now, of course, this may
have been a curious opinion ON our parts. Bat | can
assure your readers that it is universal here, and that
TslIfIs4l M Marty Irr1Sp have uofnlur vl.tp or m
do with ii. The Colony was willing to pay a reasona-
bic price for the Californian mail service, but it
believed that the sum fixed by Mr.. Duffy and Mr..
EOgel was a most unreasonable one. 1t was mOrtify-
ing not only TO Mr.. Dufiy's friends, but to the Colony
generally, that he proved 50 incompetent in the ne
COLLATION., and allowed himself TO be outwitted SO
did business. But II Mr.. Duty failed, Mr.. Vogel
also failed. MI. Duffy allowed himself 10 be over
reached, but the oyer-reacher takes no profit for the
transaction. Ii MIR. Vogel had been contented with
equitable terms, the contract might be in force. He
tried for too much, and lost everything
\ New Zealand Gazette contains an order in
Council framing regulations giving power 10 tine
Health Officer at any port to quarantine vessels
from Honolulu. whether or not such vessel has
touched AT any other port in New Zealand. The
Health Officer Is to report 10 the Board Of Health,
who have power to detain the vessel, crew, aud
passengers until she is pronounced clean.
The return from the Thames and COromandel
are IN excess OF those OF last month by
nearly 2-OOOoz. They are l3.l43oz. gold from
',5s2 tons stone crushed.
SYDNEY, Aug. 3.-Garroting is becoming quite
in sydney. \ weii-knOwu tradesman
crossing Hyde Park about IL O'Clock on sun
day night, and when near The central avenue two
men rushed Out from behind an enclosure shaded
by some trees, and assaulted him. One Of the men
caught him from behind. pressed his two hands
against hs windpipe. 80 II To render him uncua-
scIUus. Nhen lie recovered consciousness he found
lie was minus a silver watch and hair guard. a
containing u small sum OF money, aud a
check, while he missed from one vi his fingers a
valuable gold ring OF Il particular fashion. An
other case in the same locality was interrupted by
the sudden appearance OF the police. Ii Is also
that within the last few days a man was
garruted near the Australian Museum, and there
robbed of = watch.