The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1879-10-01
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Especial oDrr,,poas..cs ef ils Ga.st,,,l

Especial Correspondence ef The Gasst,s
NEW YeRk, August -, 1879.
Chassine Cox the condemned murderer has afforded |
the phrspOlOgsts chance to distinguish themselves
He has allowed them TO take cast Of his head he
has listened TO their learned dissertations on seal
ties and emotions be has dived with them into the
mysteries of SanPs and he has risen TO the surface
again perfectly convinced that the pAreuologists
know about his real character than he ever
kaew SbSu, himself When be confessed 10 Boston
that he murdered Mrs. ialli, because be grOssy
misunderstood himself From what the phreuelo-
gisss say be knows now that be could never have
been that sort Of psrs0a at all. According to the
phrenelogsts he is individual in whoa vice has
no abode. Every bump Of his uoOLeOsered Uranium
bears testimony his meek and saint like aisposi-
tion. Poor Cox what pity be did fall in with
nhreaolegist instead Of that unsentinentzl Boston
reporter who had him arrested. The probability
is thai this lamb like person will be hanged up
BY the neck until be is dead; which ought to be
warning to everybody net TO confess q crime until
they have first asesrtAined by means Of phrenolegy
whether they committed it not.
The lovers Of athletic sports have now a new sen
sAtiOn in the person Of the English swimmer Captain
Webb. Unlike Boynton, who performs his lous
sQuaIic journeys in patent inflated rubber suit
Webb trusts to nothing but bis nsele aud his Won
derful endarsHer. lie swan the other day FROM
Sandy Hook tV Manhattan Beach distance Of over
seventeen miles aud though the sea ran pretty high
be made the distance ia about six hours. CAPTAIN
Webb has six gold and four silver medals which have
been presented him by various clubs and societies
in Great Britain. Most of them have been given as
tokens Of admiration for his swimming feats but
there three which have much nobler significance
they the gold aud silver medals of the Ravsl uu
name Society OF London, and the silver medal Of the
Liverpool ShipUrsek and Humane Society 1 have
little doubt bat th.s Captain Webb Of ali his decors
lions proudest vi those which certify that he has
three times rsked his life to the life of fellow
creature
There is Captain here in New York who has
lately proved himself deserving Of medal bat it is
not gold medal yet Of silver which this dis
tinguIshed Of the brine should be decorated with
bis medal shoald be made of leather. A leather
medal should by all means be presented TO the Cap
tain OF the steamer Bristol Of the Fall River liue for
leaving One Of his female passengers struggling in
the water in broad daylight without making the
slightest effort 10 save her. The unfortunate woman
Jumped overheard intending 20 drown herself, and
this unique seaiarng nian too eousdera,e to u-
teItere Uith her intention. The offered have
been that the headWay of the steamer was too great
10 allow of her being stopped until it too late
that it would take too long to lower a boat; and
that there other vessels which might have
picked up the woi.an have Travelled on both the
palace" steamers Bristol and ProriieAee, aud l
have remarked the manner in which the boats are
secured. The davitS swung n-bosrd. the boats COW
cred orer with canvas and lashed in their places
everything painted up very aeatly but looking as
though the lowering of boat into the water was q
contingency TOO remote to be worth thinking about
4 boat with se!t'Iowering apparatus, sni kept in
readiness could have been the water with its crew
aboard ~ less than two minutes from the time the
alarm was given. 1t is eertenly wonder that these
large steamers, carrying as they do SO many hun
dreds Of human lives. are not compelled to make
adequate provision for the saving Of life in of
emergency.
One Of the greatest attractions of West Brighton
Beach, Couey Island, is the magnificent new ocean
pier II Is handsome structure about flty leet wide
aud extending into the thousand feet.
II Is covered over with ornamental roof and has
two platforms decks" The lower deck is used
by bathers, while the upper deck i, delightful
promenade where. screened from the sun. thousands
of people enjoy the fresh hreeIes and forget
all aheut the dusty and sun-bsked streets of New
York Hundreds Of seats afford rest for the weary
restaurants entice the hungry and the Seventh Res
ment band diseOurces music to all The pier
is buiIt iron tubular piles with broad iron disc
foundations sunk deep in the sand. At the ends aud
in the middle of the structure turreted buildings
Containing the restaurants, 4e.). from the top of
which float gaily coIored flags and banners and at a
little distance the pier looks like one of the nam
moth beach hotels pushed endwi:e into the water l
saw there the other day quite amusing little Incl
dent. Scene. The Pier Seated at 8 table upon
q
his wife discovered. To them entera q waiter.
Waiter gives IrishmAn his change ,eu cent piece
somewhat dilsPidAted 10 appearance. Irishmaneyes
the coin suspieiousy, ard not being sure Of how
much 1t is supposed represent inquiries doubtfuIly,
''Is that tin " (meaning ten eent<). "Tin :" ex-
claims the waiter iuuoeently, "Why it's silver"
Since the Beecher and IitOn outpouring of .'true
inSardness the scandal market remained pretty dull
until E1-GoTernor SPrague undertook to shoot Uni
ted State Senators st the of in five minutes
and went cunning for Roscoe COnkling begin with
The event caused quite excitement for few days,
but whether owing to the heat of the weather the
lack Of further developments, public interest is
dying OUT and people seem to very little whether
ConkIing left Narragansett Pier at 2-30 or 3. 10
gait, although they all sppear agreed that the speed
was sufficient TO considerably disarrange his front
curl. The Tribune the other day asserted that no
man had dared TO make public charge against
Senator Coukling, upon which the San quietly
marks that It Is generally understood that the charge
was ramued into the shot gun with which Sprsgue
persuaded CoDkng to leave his house. J.J.P.