The Hawaiian gazette., 1876-11-15

abouts, except that he occasionally dawned
upon Tahiti like comet, and disappeared
again as mysteriously as he come. Presently
he commences his career as a trader among
the South Sea Islands, and after raiding and
robbing stations for couple Of years, we find
him under arrest at Upoo, in charge of the
British Consul Just then, the renowned
Captain Ben. Pease arrived in the brig Leo
nora. Captain Hayes chronometers required
rating, and he obtained permission to take
them on board the Leonora for that purpose.
The next morning the brig was gone with
Hayes as a passenger, and presently turned
up at Shanghai. Before she had been ten
days in port, Pease was in prison, and Hayes
was owner of the brig. He fitted her for sea,
as usual only paying one bill, which, in this
case, was for spare main yard, and set off
down the China coast, levying upon its Will
ages for means to carry out his speculations
in the Pacific.
He next appeared at Banllok, in Siam, with
a cargo of rice, which he purchased in the
following Characteristic manner. He was
chartered iii Saigon to take a cargo of rice to
Hongkong and way ports. At one Of these
by-ports the owner went ashore to make a
sale of rice, while Hayes kept the vessel out
side to save expense. The owner turned one
corner of street and the first officer the
other, the latter Immediately going back on
board the ship, which left, leaving the owner
to wonder what it all meant. Bankok was
soon reached and the cargo of rice sold at
good figure. The Leonora was newly cop
pered, and q complete outfit taken on board
for the trade of the Pacific. The mail steamer
was entering the port with theyowner of the
rice on board, as Hayes was leaving. This
gentleman had never met Hayes but once
when he chartered the vessel.
We next hear of the U. s. S. Naragansett,
Captain Meade, as being engaged in searching
for him on account of his many alleged ire
gularities. He was found at Upolo, arrested,
and taken on board the man-of-war, where he
had no difficulty in winning the hearts of both
men and officers in a very short time, and after
three days detention he was liberated, there
being no evidence against him, and all were
firmly convinced that he was much injured
and most worthy man. Insinuating to Capt.
Meade that he was in want of some sails, he
was supplied with all he required, and the
gentlemanIy pirate departed with the best
wishes of captain and officers. !
The schooner Giovanni Apiani, now in this
harbor, was once owned by Hayes, who OBJ
tanned possession of her in the following man
ner. She belonged to a Frenchman whom
Hayes met at one of the islands in the South |
Pacific, and with whom he made bargain for
an interest in the schooner, in consideration of
certain sum of money and a share in some |
of the stations belonging to Hayes. One fine |
day as they were sailing smoothly past an
island, whose beauties the Frenchman was |
he was gently touched behind the
ear, and as he turned his head blow between |
the eyes "put him to sleep" as he SUISSE
quently expressed it, to wake on shore, and
the schooner out of sight. In a moment of
faith in human nature, Hayes
entrusted Captain Pinkham with the schooner
and he never saw her more.
Hayes, by the loss of his brig at Strong's
Island, felt obliged to play the pious dodge,
and actually succeeded in persuading the
that he was converted from the
error of his ways. How lie got possession of
the schooner which took him from thence to
Guam, we do not know; but after his arrival
there he was captured while bathing, and it
was generally believed that his romantic
career had come to an end, but he resumed
the religious role, this time as a Roman
Catholic. and bamboozled the clergy of Manila
as effectually as he had the American mis-
sionaries.