The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1875-09-22
The News From the colonies.


By the arrival q the 2. City Of Melbourne - On
Friday last obtain little Of interest. with the ex.
;spsiaa Of the sad news CT the rag,al death Of Com.
modare GoOdsaough. aad Two seamsu Of H. NJ. :.
Pslri a. Santa Cruz. We quote the following inter.
ssting account
Her Nsjesty's ship Pearl arrived in SYDNEY H,rbor
On Monday Aug =. With the startling ofthe
massacre ef Commodore Gooieuoush o. the island Of
Santa CruE- Tue Acts far as Their NAV be gather
ed IRON the brief s@esal report With Ebeh We have
bse1 furnished, that On the lslh Of August the
Commodore, With some men and odScsrS landed on
>5ntA Cruz isiaad, and encouraged By friendly re-
esPsio1 On I've saiaeeat islands. entered a village
mixed freely with the natives and we're received With
apparent frisnaliness- On preparation being made
e e1eark, hoEeTer, single arrow fred. Hhi,h
wounded the Commodore il the side. Afler this
several lights Of Arrows we're discharged on the
party, ave q when we're wounded, the Commodore
bsrug wo5nasd second tine in the head. Itappears
that AZ hrSs 10 danger vas anticipated from the
wounds Of the Commodore and the sve men bat on
Friday evening last the Co1uodore died frou the
ELECTS Ct his wounds. Of the men having died the
day before, and another the iay after.
Ii Il scarcely necessary 70 iaurn our readers that
Il vas a santa Cruz srUGp that Bishop PAtteson
net bis fate Ihs sarsgss that have just taken the
life CT the Commodore took the life d the Mslanesian
Bishop Iast four years ago. Net ouly did these two
disSlu guhsd receive their fate at the hands Of
ne sane raee q saEages, bat there is remarkable
connected VIII the
ezes ef the Bishop aud the Commodore. The Bishop
vas DESTROYS Of visiting the groaP as messenger Of
Peaee and the object e The Commodore vas the es-
iablishnent Of friendly Intercourse. The Bishop it
vii ee remembered, trusted himself in canoe With
the 1atvez, znprotsetei he had always found that
The saterns Of The native canoes EsS sure way
Ct disaFuiug susPiciCa and the C0uuodore and bis
zen trusted themselves II 4 native village uuarued
the party having lsff all their arms in the boats
Both the Bishop and the Commodore fell by the
deadly ErroE Which the sATags uses With such per
feet sSill AID WIKI such fatal eject Two men fell
WITH their chief AZ The Of Bishop Pattesou
aad tEo have fallen With Commodore Gooisuourh.
The p1blc sorruE that vas created By the interi-
ge1ee Of the Murder Of the Bishop viii still Be fresh
II May memories AID ne Reed not say that 3
sor1cE as Seazine and deep was felt throughout
tie city CT the publication Of the fate that has be-
talle2 the Cculodors- II some respscts Bishop |
PattsSoz AID Commodore G0ode1oagh occupied two |
sEereat spheres aai sxeeatei two diereat missions
eGi beth we're gagged N the ssrTice Of humanity
eosa have been siaiz b. Eavages whom they scuEhtto
eo1;iiie and ssrTe and both though dead. viii I've
i the memories and Affections Of thousands among
the Foremost bsnefActors Of men. Other Islands il
the South Seas have been dishooourei and stained
;r1ei lassaeTes, bat the Santa Cruz Eroup has ae-
szirsd far itself saTsgs prssuinsaee as the place
q ne iHhuzaz zassaere Ct beth Bishop Pattesoa l
AID Co17o9ors Gooienough Syiaey Herald.