The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-07-20

TO which was signed this honorable gentleman's
name. a most remarkable assertion When she
does not care 10 answer Gdirect question from one OF
the Committee, she is as apt TO ask, " How much
would YOU give 20 know ?' 60, give US a rest or,
- move we adjourn, 4" rs anything else. IL is quito
an unprecedented license they have given her, and
every day il is thought that one Of these adroit law
yers and expert cross-examiners will lasso her and
indulge her audacious playfulness no longer. Il IL
very notifying that the Committee has had TO deal
with n woman, and not only expose to the adyentur-
Gus in our own land but 20 the entire world that there
il abundant opportunity for female enterprise Of that
ilk. In referring to her one paper pathetically OBJ
serves, " One might as well try to describe the higbt
Of a jay-bird az TO give an idea Of the erratic testi-
mony OF that awful woman. Nothing daunts her.
Half the tine she is conducting the examination her
self" At all events, this person IL giving herself no
enviable niche ia history. Even now pen pictures
are flying in every direction Of her. She assumes q
French accent, aud is anxious 10 be thought a creole
-" no carpet-bagger - but she was born In the
north Of Ireland, and is Of Scotch-lrsh descent, and
does credit to the shrewdness Of one nation aud the
adroit repartee Of the other.
INDIANS.
There is cause for great apprehension Of an eK-
tended outbreak along our Indian border. There IL,
in fact, more or less o~utspoken menace heard Of Mr..
10, from Canada TO Texas. The mistaken policy Of
the Government 20 the aborigines has 80 often re-
coiled upon our own heads that il is q matter Of sur
prise that something better is not introduced. We
have never done our Christian name justice in our
treatment Of the red man, aud every year or two a
terrible chastisement visits us in the loss ia battle or
by inconceiyable torture Of gallant officers, soldiers,
and whole families Of frontier settlers. Just now,
with our limited army, an extended war along the
border would not only be a critical event but one
likely 20 be fraught with unwritten horrors. The
Indians DO not compliment our civilization by In
proving in their modes Of warfare with contact with
Anglo-Saxon usage. They discover resource in out
rage and inhict torture unknown 90 them in the past.
General Crook, their most trusted friend, and AT the
same time fhair most fpaVaN faafnan lua aaptI
been TO Chicago 20 confer with General Sheridan in
regard to the Bannock and other imminent troubles.
Everyone has faith In his judgment about Indian
affairs and the fact that he esteems the prospect of
a serious disaster imminent gives a gloomy i'm
preston 90 oil concerned. Officers who have had eK-a.
perience in these uprisings await every Telegram
with unconcealed anxiety. We trust that this scare
given as by the mahawk-throwin Of - Sitting
Bull, 3" Spotted Tail and - Red Cloud" may
force our Government TO a more just policy. when
the several delegations visited here last Fall, with
General Crook as adviser aud friend, 10 beg per-
mission 10 remove on certain reservations where tboy
were making rude advances in the arts Of pence, IL
was touching to a degree Of pain that they should be
denied, especially as General Crook interceded that
their request might be listened TO. IL would be wise
for US, who have sent to the islands Of the Pacific
I" the Bible > as the great ciyilizer, TO re-learn those
lessons.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
Some one recently very happily said, " Every day
is an anniversary Of something.' IT'S true, for we
are just a hundred years old, and all the grand
achievements Of our forefathers are presenting them
selves for centennial honor and Observance. First Of
the summers remembrance is "Valley Forge
which was enthusiastically celebrated upon the field
fraught with such grateful memories on June 18th.
Possibly no spot IN the vast theatre Of our sanguine
fCr independence is so full Of heroic appeal,
az well as tenderer feeling. IL was here our great
Washington pre-eminently earned the eulogy Of the
German ruler inscribed upon "A portrait which he
sent 20 the then retired chieftain "The Oldest
monarQb in Iupona A. tho oFoulagf unuapal Ia NIa
world" Ii was here that Martha Washington, by
her example, made the soldier despise privation, and
gave evidence that she was the worthy first matron
Of the young nation. Music. song and oratory enter
tanned the many thousands who came together 90
honor the suffering heroes Of Valley Forge.
Again, on June the 18th, the battle Of Monmouth
received in the town 81 Freehold, New Jersey. it's
centennial observance. About twenty thousand
people were present. and the day was practically re-
garded by the laying Of the cornerstone Of the
Battle Of Monmouth Monument" Governor
Parker presided over the festivities. and received q
present for the State from Mrs. Scbenk, owner Of
the battlefield, Of deed for the same.
On this day, July 81, is being celebrated, not "a
victory. but a tragedy-the (" Massacre Of Wyo-
Campbell's poem has made this great out
n vividly-painted picture wherever the English
language is read. The very spot where Queen
killed fourteen victims with her own hands il
well known and appropriately called " Bloody Rock"
bloodless battle is to be fought. which we think IN
"A rather grim entertainment. The President aud
household are there, and we wish every respon-
sible official Of the mistaken Indian policy could be-
present and have IA realistic vision that TO those very
horrors are our frontiers now exposed.