The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-01

and there was a heavy head sea, in con-
sequence of which We did not reach the
ofing Of Kahului until o'clock the next
morning. Seeing no signs of the The
mis-, we bore away for Hilo, with a
squally wind, the Nettie under reefed
sails. AS we were going into Hilo bay
on the afternoon of the 18th, sail was
deserted TO the leeward, which later
proved to be the Themis.
I Immediately hoisted an American flag
to deceive her IL possible, and shortly an
chored. / then went on shore to procure
boats with which to go out and board
the Themis, as the wind was too light
to sail the Nettie. The Themis was sail
ing with signal set for a pilot; but in
anticipation of this I had secured the
only pilot there was and had him on
the Nettie, and l would not let him go
out to the Eheuis, as ! had reasons for
thinking ne would tell Captain Hanham
that the schooner in the harbor was the
Nettie and that 1 was on board of her.
After some consultation with Mr. John
H. Coney, the sheriff Of Hawaii. he
agreed to go out to the Them,s and tell
Captain Hanham that the regular pilot
was sick, and could not come out. On
reaching the yacht he told Captain Han
ham that the schooner inside was from
California Accordingly the Thernis al
tered her course, and was three miles Off
the anchorage when Captain Hanham
recognized the character of the Nettie.
He Immediately tackled and stood out to
sea-
This was about 5 O'Clock in the after
noon AS soon as I saw this movement
of the Themis, 1 started in whaleboat
for her, being accompanied by Captain
Barrett of the whaleship Sunbeam,
which was in the bay, and Mr.. Barker.
the latter having charge of the boat. l
had already ordered Mr.. Dayton to fol-
low in another boat with as many sol
diers as it could carry. The Nettie was
also got under way as soon as possible,
and followed the boats out; the wind,
however, was very light. On my way
out 1 met Sheriff Coney, who was just
returning from the Themis. and l order
ed him into my boat The yacht had all
sail set, but as the wind continued to be
light we soon succeeded in coming up
with her Ny boat was brought along
side and l ordered the officer on the
deck of the Thenis who was apparent
" the mate TO heave to, as / had g
process to serve on board, the yacht be-
ing within the Jurisdiction OF the Ha-
waiian Government. He replied that he
had orders not to allow me to board the
~ nenaR. II said that l must, He replied
Ethat he had further orders to fire on me
IF I made the attempt. 1 answered,
1" Fire, and take the consequences" At
the same time ] ordered the boats crew
! to heave ahead, ana attempted to board
lAhe yacht The mate OF the 1nemis then
Fordered the crew to man her guns which
Jthey did AT the same time one of the
crew, sit ing aft on the taffrail. made
ksigns with his hands, which I int erpre e.
tied as a warning to me TO keep out OF
fthe way. as each time he made the sig
Fnal he bent over and looked down the
scompanionway, apparently watching the
emotions OF some one below. Meanwhile
the boat with the soldiers and the Nettie
were q long way from me- and the The
mis- was by this time under full sail. As
( l had reason TO suppose the mate would
fire on me if I made the attempt to
board, / was obliged to give it up.
therefore ordered the boats crew TIC
bceasef pulling ahead, and returned to the
Nettie, which had been anchored, as the
wind had died away. by this time il
was dark.
7 At 10 O'Clock that night the Themis
fired four guns and sent up a blue light
1 got boat and crew from the Sun
beam. and pulled out into the offing to
/ see if I could find the yacht. But after
cruising around until l o'clock in the
morning, without any sight Of her, / re-
turned An hour later the land breeze
looming down, the Nettie was again got
funder way, and stood out in search OF
sthe Themis. At daylight the yacht was
discovered about eight miles off shore
tstanding directly in TO the land. Wher
she saw the Nettie, she tackled and stood
out to sea, setting her colors on the fore
and mainmaSt, making all sail, and steer
ling E.SE. The chase was continued un-
t,iI rr-l,S ,F, -,
drumming before the wind could sail two
knots to the Netties one. was hull
down. ! therefore abandoned the pur-
suit, and sailed for Lahaina, arriving
/ there early Monday morning, the 10Th.
On landing I found that .dr. Mason had
tbeen landed at Kahului. and had re-
| turned to Lahaina overland. I saw him
and had some conversation with him in
regard to the affair. The following day
1 sailed for Honolulu. arriving there the
same day. / made my report to the Gov
eminent concerning the chase of the
| Themis. wluch was approved.
| On Friday, the 24th OF the same
month. the Themis touched at Walalua,
on this island Oahu, landing the girl
and a young half-caste man whom Cap
| tain Hanham had intended to take
abroad with him, they were both brough,
| to Honolulu. Captain Hanham sent a
! long letter to Mr.. James W. Austin
which consisted principally of a urade
against DR.. Hutchinson calIlng him any
| thing but an honest man, and asking him
! (Mr. AUSTIN to come off on board, which
Mr.. Austin declined to do, sending a let
ter to that effect through me to Captain
/ Hanham, VINO was off Waialua- But up
on receiving another letter begging him
| to come, Mr.. Austin went. Captain Han
| ham told him that the report 1 had
made. in regard to the mate of the The
I mis- ordering me not to board her, and
/ what followed in Hilo Bay, was "a base
| fabrication" on my part. He shortly
/ sailed for England; and in my opinion
when any person of his stamp comes
here again he will be more careful
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