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IUL, HI 0 1 if 1 If I- ill -1 HE EOLfNESIAN. SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1653. Return of Skip Warren. The ship Warreii of Holmes Hole, Capt, It, N. Smith, returned to this port on the 7th to repair damages sustained by fir at sea, since leaving this port in Nov.

last. 1 We have taken the pains to procure from an authentic source the following facta ia. regard to the disaster. The "Warren sailed Leuce on the 24th of in company "with the ship Eliza Adams, bound to the weather coast, and down on the line for sperm oil. The two ships kept company till the 14th of December, vben in lat.

33 long 139 west, at half past one A. M. of that day, the Warren was discovered to be on fire forward, and the 6moke pouring out of the fore hatches and forecastle gangway. The fire was found to be burning very briskly in the lower hold, forward of the fore hatch. Torch lights were burned to attract the attention of the Eliza Adams, and all hands were actively engaged in pouring water and in endeavors to put out the fire.

Up to half past five o'clock in tho morning, the fire had gained upon them, notwithstanding all their efforts, and as the Eliza Adams as not in sight, some preparation were made to le ave the ship. The boats were lowered from tho cranc3, by a part of the crew, while tho remainder kept pouring on water upon the fire. At 6 o'clock the Eliza Adams was discovered, and four boats immediately came to their assistance. By this time the officers and crew of the Warren were nearly blind from the effects of the smoke and steam ia which they had been working. The arrival of Capt.

Smith with 21 men was most opportune. "The sails wero cut from tho yards, and the hatches and gangways covered and made as tight as possible. A hose tub, two hose, tunnels and buckets were procured from the Eliza Adams, when the decks wero scuttled in several places, and water again poured upon tho fire. After unremitted exertions for 12 hours, the fire was got under to such a degree that a man could go below while he could hold his breath, and direct the hae upon the fire. In this way tho fire was finally subdued, after the ship had been burning 23 hours.

Both decks were much damaged from the try-works forward, ou the starboard side four deck beams burnt nearly off, the skin plank burnt through, and wme of the timbers are charred an inch and a half deep. All the cutting gear, oars, boat boards, lumber and other things in the vicinity of the fire were either consumed or spoiled by the fire. It is the clear opinion of ths captain and officers cf the Warren, that but for the timely aid of Capt. Smith of the Eliza Adams and his gallant crew, they would have been compelled to' abandon the ship and have seen her burn to the waters edge. At seven o'clock in the morning after the Are as extinguished, Capt.

Smith again sent his crew cn board, who assisted in clearing away the rubbish, bending new sails, reeving new rigging, and by 4 o'clock the ship was again under sail, bound ibther to repait. We bave been on board the Warren, and from the appearance of the hold, regard her preservation from destruction as almost a miracle under the circumstances. The utmost exertion must have been made, and great diligence, perseverance and energy brought into exercise, to have extinguished extensive a fire as that on board the Warren. We congratulate the Capaiu, officers and crew on the preservation ef their ship and lives, ami hope they may yet be tewarded by a good voyage for their present loss of time and property. It will be remembered that the ship Warren of Warren, was entirely destroyed by fire in the Arctic last summer, one of whose officers was on board the Warren of Holms Hole on the occasion just narrated.

Influenza, This disease baa prevailed for a fortnight, and is now extensively aflicting this community, both natives and foreigners. It is attributable to the heavy rains and (old of the past month, and to the southerly and westerly winds which hare been almost uninterrupted during that period. Although large numbers are sick, we do not learn that it has resulted fatally in any case yet. At Lahaina and other localities on the Islands, we learn that this disease is also prevailing, induced doubtless, by the same causes. If for no other reason than to remove the influenza, we hail the return of our old friend, the trade wind, whose sometimes rough but kindly greeting, always brings health and buoyancy, both to tho mind and body.

For the Polynesian. Id At a Meeting of the Citizens of Honolulu, held at the Bethel, Thursday Jan. 6th, for the purpose of considering the subject of establishing a Savings Bank. II. N.

Crabb, Esq. was called to the Chair, and Dr. J. Molt. Smith appointed Secretary.

On motion of R. Armstrong, Resolved, That Committee of Two be appointed to select and nominate a Committee of Fire, who shall draw up a plan of a Savings Bank, with such other matter as pertains to the subject, and submit their Report to a Meeting of the Citizens to be called at their pleasure; and also, if any member of said committee decline to serve, the remainder be employed to supply the vacancy. The Chair appointed essrs. Cook Damon as the nominating committee; they returned andnoni-nated Messrs. S.

N. Castle, R.CWy Hie, B.F.Snow, Chas. R. Bishooand M'Coughtry. oved by Dr.

Newcomb, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Polvnesian and Arus II. N. CRABB, Ch'r. J. MOTT SMITH, Sec.

for tbe Polynesian. Jury Doty. Mr. Editor. Hiving been drawn on tho jury for three or four times in succession, I beg to suggest, whether some plan cannot be adopted to equalize the discharge of this onerous Juty among the foreign residents.

It seems to me unfair to keep the same names in the box from which the parcel is drawn term after term thus subjecting persons to be'drawn, as I have been, every term in the year, while scores of people in Honolulu are never drawn at all. Would it not answer the ends of justice to enter all the names of foreigners subject to jury duty, and from them draw the ordinary pancel, at the rst term is each year. At the second term, leave oat the names of those drawn at the first term, and so continue, until the whole were exhausted, before returning those who had already erred to the box. No reasonable man can object to serving on' the jury to a certain extent butwhen one finds himself almost always drawn, it is impossible not to feci that a reform is needed in the manner of drawing the juries, which the suggestions above would accomplish, in the opinion of your correspondent. Since thinking of the subject, and coming to a eontlueion cptm itI find many others in the cbnr- THE raunity who express the same views that I enter tain, and I therefore feel the more confidence in troubling yoa with my thoughts, knowing them to be pretty extensively entertained in Honolulu, by persons who feel peculiarly burdened by the constant service required or them a.i jurymen.

My good opinion of the disposition of the court and theoowers that be, to remedy all evils brought to their notice, induces me to request you to give a place in your paper to this communication, with full confidence that it with the attention it deserves, and work out a reform, so far as it is possible. A JURYMAN, fX Our correspondent above has touched upon a subject that will commend itself to the 2ood iudzmentof our readers eenerally, and of the court and governor, whose duty it is to arrange for the drawing of jurors, in particular. We like the suggestion of our correspondent and if there are foreignors enough in Honolulu, subject to jary duty, to carry out his plan, we have no doubt it will be adoDted and crive universal satisfaction. At least, we presume there are enough to furnish full pancel for two terms, without returning the old names to the box, and this would be quite a re, lief. We hope to see the attempt made.

Supreme Court. January Term. In consequence of the election on Monday, the Court immediately adjournod to Tuesday, when a special jury of British subjects was empanelled to try the case of H. X. Greenwell, indicted for murder in the 2d dezree.

We cive the testimony entire, in preference to any general synopsis we can make of it, and would be glad to give the arguments of counsel we had room. A. B. Bates, att. for the crown, J.

Montgomery, for the defense. I he Ktnz vs. 11. Jy. ureeniceu.

This case was called on for trial and parties answering they were ready, accused was arraigned and plead not guilty and the following jurors were drawn from the list sent in by the British Consul General, ac cused being a British subject. W. B. Brown, L. Spencer, Henry Macfarlane, R.

Clouston, J. E. Thomas, H.Robinson, G. Owens, W. A.

F. Turner, J. E. Chap man, Joseph Irvin, F. Spencer.

And no objection being offered to either of them they were duly sworn to try the cause. At the request of J. Montgomery counsel for prisoner the witnesses were removed from the court in the custody of the Marshal. A. B.

Bates for prosecution pened the case to the Jury. Edward Hunt was sworn to interpret truly. Keawe alias Limaheo, sworn for prosecution says I know the accused, I live at Kan waii, 1 live a long distance from accused, two days journey about, I was at accused's place of residence about two months since, to sell him some goats, I saw him first after breakfast, I saw a China cook there then, I saw no other Chinamen in Mr.GreenwellVroom, I only saw the cook he was outside while I was selling the goats to Mr. Green-well, I saw a Chinaman go out of a window, Mr. Greenwell ran after him and caught him, and began st.

iking him with his fists, he knocked him down and then got on to him and struck him with his fists, whi'e Mr. Greenwell was beafing him, the cook asked me to go up, and as I went up Greenwell lifted him up and his trowscrs came down he eased himself in his clothes, 1 was about as far from Greenwell at that time as I am now from the water, after that Greenwell tried to get him along, but he would not get up until the cook had called three times to him, and then Greenwell got him up and pushed him along to the house, he then pushed him into tl" house and the Chinaman fell into the house and Greenwell kicked him. I was there and my daughter Alapai, and the Chi nese cook named Choo, I saw the Chinaman afterwards inside the house, when Mr. Greenwell call ed me to sign an agreement about the goats Salai was sitting on a heap of corn trembling and shak ing like a beast that had been badly used, and his hands and forehead were turned blue, I saw Green well do nothing more to the Chinaman after that, his feet and hinds were not tied at that time. I never saw the Chinamen after that, I heard him as I was going away with my daughter, and as I went away I heard the cracks with the whip, and counted nine lashes, to where the other Chinamen were at work; I did not see him after he was dead, Cross-examined, by J.

Montgomery. I stated at the inquest that the Chinaman eased himself in lus trowsers. He kicked the Chinaman behind I heard the Chinaman cry out when I heard the nine lashes, I was going away Alapai, girl, sworn Says, (admitted by the de- tenuenta counsel, that the witness is the girl referred to by former witness.) I know the ac cused, I went to his residence with my father to sell goats, I stopped out while my father went in to make the bargain, and a little while after they came out, accused cried out lilo and started off in a run. I did not know what was the matter with him lilo means gone" we asked the Chinese cook what was the matter, and he told us a Chinaman had run away, my father and I then went to look, and the Chinaman was down and Mr. Greenwell was beating him with his fists, it was Mauka of tho house, the Chinese cook asked my father to go to where Greenwell was, and after asking him twice my father went, Greenwell saw him coming he was very near and raised up the Chinaman and let him down, he then dirtied his pantaloons, bo then refused to go any father, and Greenwell raised him and pushed him along, and the Chinese cook cried out to him mocking him, when Greenwell got to the house I was standing by the door, he knocked the Chinaman down, he fell with his head inside his feet outside the door, and he then kicked him, and the Chinaman got up and sat down, and Mr.

Greenwell reached a piece of iron that was lying on the top of a barrel and struck the Chinaman between the shoulders, it had a Knob at one end and was about the length of my fore arm, the barrel was standing upon the right of the door, there was no bed in the room after he struck him the Chinaman commenced staggering about and then sat down trembling all over. And Greenwell kicked him again, Greenwill then called my father and myself and pointed out a window and said that is the window that the thieving Chinaman got out of, the Chinaman was setting down when he was struck with the iron by Greenwell, Mr. Greenwell called my father in to talk about the goats and I sat down outside watching the Chinaman, he tried to work at that time but could not, Greenwell walked up to him and said Pake "hanahana," but he appeared unable to do it he leoked like a beast that had been badly beaten and trembled the whole time, as I went away with my father I heard Greenwell call the cook into the house and lock the door, and as we went away we heard the cracks of the whip, and by the time we had reached to where the China-meg were at work we heard about 20 cracks, the Chinaman was wailing like a goat, 1 saw no whip in Mr. Greenwell's hands at all, I should know piece of iron if I aaw it again; on being shown witness identified it and says he had it in his hand at one end as held by Counsel, I saw it afterwards at Mr. Cumminjrs house.

Cross-exumined. Greenwell kicked the Chinaman twice after striking bim with the iron, I so stated on enquiry before the magistrate, my father was outside the verandah when accused struck the Chinaman with the iron, 1 stated also taaMn Chinanwo dirtied bis trtws, I did not POLYNESIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY tell the magistrate that Greenwell called the cook inside because 1 forgot it perhaps, my father was standing at the corner ot the verandah when the Chinaman fell in the house, he might have seen him when first pushed, but not when he fell, I am not certain that there is no bed in the room, I did not see Greenwell kick the Chinaman in the field, he kicked him in the small of the ne appeared to he a very leeoie man. Choo, (Chinaman) sworn for Pros: Says, Asing and Abu, sworn as interpreters,) admittted by defendant's Counsel,) that witness was Mr. Green-wells cook on the 1st November. The first time he (Greenwell) sent Salai to impregnate pumpkins in the night he was a stranger and did not know what it meant, he went away a little while and cot i-: i i i.

nt i uuiuui! uuu cauiu Miwit, inr. urceuweu men oe-gan to beat him with a stick, and an iron crowbar. (she means I think said the interpreter,) an iron tney dig stones up with, and tied him by the feet and hands and hung him up and kept beating him, and then let him down again, and when he was let down he could not stand up, the next morning he beat him again. Mr. Greenwell called one of his own countrymen and took him out of doors, S.

the dead man felt cold, and Greenwell caJed one man to bring some water and he did so, and they poured it over the dead man the day the Chinaman died he brought him back into own room, the first day he tied him up, the second day he beat him, and the third day he died, they gave him nothing to eat or dnnk not eveft a drink of water, the first day they caught him and beat him, the second day they tied him up and beat him. and the third day he died, I saw Mr. Greenwell beat him, he called us all in and said 'any of us that were bad would be served the same, and after he had tied him up he struck him two or three blows with his fist in the sides, this took place after breakfast, I saw fcsalai four times that day, that was 2 days before he died, I undertook to give him a kalo anj Mr. Green wnll refused to let him have it, I saw him the day before he died, inside the house, they took us in one by one to look at him, Mr. Greenwell was inside too, three or four of us saw Greenwell beating him with a stick about two feet long and two inches thick, it was a coffee stick, he also beat him with the handle of thewhip, and afterwards struck him in the ribs with the butt end of it, I saw him in the night, next morning he died, he was then tied up with his hands behind him, tied in three places, his feet were tied about the ancles, he was tied so hard that he could not move, and his hands and feet were black and swelled up, he was tied with small rope which was sunk into the flesh it was so tight, the rope was tied to the beam by the side of the window and he was thrown forward on his knees.

Cross-examined, by J. Montgomery. Green well had the Chinaman down outside beating him when the native man and girl were thereOng was tne name ot one Chinaman who was by Greenwell, Apu was another, Cnang Sing was another, and myself, that was all that went in, the native and the girl were on the door when the Chinamen was beaten, they were neither outside nor inside, the Chinaman had nothing to eat or drink while he was tied ftci ihe native and girl went Mr. Greenwell called another otiinaman in and tied him up worse than before, and beat him again, when he was beaten blood came from his skin on to his shirt and Mr. Greenwell got also covered with blood, Ong was the Chinaman who assisted to tie him up, he was up one day and a night and then died.

J. S. Fuller, sworn for the crown Says I know the accused. I saw the corpse of Salai, I never saw hun while alive to recognize him, I was one of the Coroner's jury, I then saw the body after it was disinterred, not before it was buried, when the box was opened we found the body covered with a blanket with his clothes under him, we removed the blankets and examined him before we turned him over, we found his body marked in various spots, bruises from hi breast down to his knees, there was a portion not bruised except slightly, on his right breast there appeared to be a very severe bruise, on his left breast were also bruises but not so severe, his thighs were also nearly covered with bruisi-s down to his knees, more on the outside than inside, bis sides also nearly uniformly bruised down as far as his hips, there was scarcely any spot not black and blue, the right side was much more bruised than the left, his hips were almost entirely covered with bruises, his back was not bruised down the middle, but it was along the sides, there were occasionally bruises down the middle of the back one in particular down near the bottom of the spinal column, the shoulders were bruised badly, one in particular, 1 think it was the right, we turned the body over once or twice, I noticed bruises under bis jaws but they did not appear very severe, on one hand the back was a good deul bruised, otherwise the limbs were not much bruised. I think from the shoulders down to the knees at least one-half of thebody was covered with bruises, the skin was not much broken, the bruises appeared not to be made by anything that would cut the skin, the bruises were black and blue with a yellowish tinge around the edge.

Lross-examind. I think it was fnday we examined the corpse and I understand he died on Tuesday, three days would alter a corpse more here than in Kona, as the climate there is quite cool, I have assisted at several post-mortem examinations, the injuries would have been superficial if inflicted by a light stick or whip like the one in court. Preston Cummings sworn for crown Says, I am the Sheriff or deputy Sheriff, for Hawaii, I was present when the body of Salai was examined a. fits itiniiAat nra fninJ 4vi.riA iSovemberoth, as stated by ullerin the box, after we removed the cloths we examined the body very closely, there was a small space on the left breast and down the middle of the back not much bruised, but on his right thigh and side was a large bruise, and below that was a smaller one, on the left thigh was another dark place across the hip; below the small of the back, were several marks as though he might have been struck by a whip.the left arm was considerably raised near the wrist a discoloration, the left hand was swollen and two marks across tne back, and in a small place the skin was off probably the size of a rial. I saw the deceased before he was buried and saw nothing unnatural.

I compared his face with his skin up and down his body uftcr disinterment and saw no great difference. I rubbed the skin off with a stick. The body was much swollen and gave out offensive smell. Cross-examined. The marks on the body might have been accounted for by a whip, I think a whipping might have proved fatal, I saw no marks that looked as if death were produced thereby, the face was not much altered iu color but otherwise very much, his eyes and tongue were protruding, it was swollen.

The body appeared like a skinned beast severely bruised or beaten, that is as the flesh would appear with something transparent put over it, the weather was rainy and cold. If. this coolie had been exposed without much covering for several nights, it might have caused his death or have contributed to it. I kuow Mr. Greenwell, he is a neighbor of mine, I have known him some two years, he lives 4 or 5 miles from me, I consider him a humane benevolent man, a good neighbor, a good citizen.

oeth r. rord, sworn for the crown. 1 have been present here from the beginning of testimony given, from the testimony given it would be almost impossible to form an opinion whether the injuries received caused his death, what would kill an infirm man, would not perhaps seriously injure a man of health and strength, I have Been cases where a slight bruise produced death, and then again I have seen men bruised from head to toe and live, if he was a feeble man and if he had been exposed to the cold and rain and been destitute of food for several days, the injuries might have caused his death, but roan is a pretty tough animal and may bear much. Cross-examined. If he had eaten a hearty dinner the injuries would in my opinion bave been more likely to produce his death than to have aided his life.

Dr. Hoffman, sworn says I cannot from the evidence make up my mind that' wounds were inflicted, tha discoloration testified to might have bifctt the begicjUD? of putrefaction: If ths iron was used as sworn to, it might have caused death if used with force, and if it bit in the place the testimony fixes it. Prosecution rests. Six. Montgomery opened tha defense.

Ttie Court then adjourned until 3 1-2 P. M. KupaUpalaha, awoni am a Constable of Kona, 1 1 anew Pilai and remember bringing him back from Kailna to Greea-wells; 1 found cloth and $5 in ailver with bim he hd other Chinamen clothe with him. It wli $5 he had, he had a tut which be paid $1, of a native be bought it, it a ou Monday 1 brought him back, aaw Greenwrll and bbultz on my return, I received $9J for my eenricea. Frederick Siiulta attorn for defendent, aaye 1 ia the employ of defendant in October lt, I kntw Snlai, Greenwell got him from Captain Casa of the Then.

Be waa aick at the time, and Mr. Greenwell did not allow bim to do heavy work he wa given work clone by the bouse, en as to escape rain. His health improved. The latter ei of October on the 26 or 27 he absconded, he was sent some distance below to impregnate pumpkin blossom, we were not in the habit of giving hi in hard be took away clothes and a blanket at tin time, be was brought back the second day afterw ards, on Friday the same day he ran away again, be stolr some of the Coolie clothe, on Monday morning Salai whs brought hark bv the 'ontHble, he brought bark the stolen eloihe, nd lar-BfMh, after breakfast 1 went to work ith theCo. hVa without taking notice of Salai, GreenweJ can to me.and stated Salni had tried to escape through the window, that Greenwell had given bim a beating' that be found Salai at the back of the houxe.

I wt-ni to the bsoxe arter anl found Salai helling corn. This wa after Greenwell told ne be had flogged him. Salai eat hi dinner while we were eating, Salai then asked to ro to the privy, and Greenwell let him go, Sim Sim going with him. 1 observed no iir.rks on him, 1 visited the house several times dur.ng the day, and found bim shelling; enrn. I came up to supper about 7 P.

and saw Salai there, I did not see him in a trembling or nervou state, lie seemed pretty well, I did not see bim flugced or suffering from ths elfecia of one. He was tied op, that is hi teet and hand were tied keep him from running away, he was lying on the floor turning over from side to side, but did not seeio to be suffering much, I gave him mater once or twice and gave bim supply lor the night Greenwell kept him in bis own bedroom that night, he had no bl nket, we dine about 13 be appeared to sleep quietly during the night, in the morning when I rose he appeared be asleep, the other Coolies and 1 went to work without taking Salai shortly afterward Greenwell came down and requested me to come and are Salai, a he seemed to be sick. I went aud saw Salai stretched out in the verandah nuked, I went up to him and felt of hi pulse and found it beating, and peeing his eyelid, twitch, I said to Mr. Greenwell leave him alone a little and you will soon see bim run away ajiaiu. 1 thought he wa only shamming for knew how deceitful the Chinamen were, 1 did not notice whether he wa bruised the first time or not I returned to work and Greenwell came to me again, his clothes were put on hiiu in the mean time.

He teemed dend or insensible Between the Cm and second calling of Greenwell could not bave been more than half an hour, we opened hi shirt in front and rubbed him with flannel for half an hour. It aid not strike me that bis death was oreasiored by injuries, 1 saw a colored spot above the hip bone about the size ot band and a half, it was swollen but ilisci Jored it would have been more if his fkin was clear. I think I saw a spot on hi breast, but 1 am not clear on that subject. After the body was disinterred the aspect of the body was frightful. It was very different from what it was before it wa buried.

1 saw the shoulder injured in two or three places, these were slight or they appeared as if made by a whip or stick. He was buried that day, Greenwell requested Mr. Cummings and Mr. Hall to corns and see the corps before it ag buried. I was Present at the inquest, the body was nioetly blark and bruised, 'be weather was particularly cold st night and tainy when Salai absconded.

He had no blanket, hi clothes were not very thick or very warm. It i my opiuion that his exposure produced the fatal result. 1 saw no wound that I imagined would produce death. I have known Greenwell since June last, and know his manner of treating Coolies, be tieated them kindly but strictly, he always treated Salai trnderly, hi general deportment toward hi servant has been moderate aud humane, be never sent him at night to lit tit impregnate pumn- i moraine ai.d ir nt nin Cuoliea witli kins, ne was ling on ni side in the ii, mm is sworn to by the Girl, the iron Cross Examintd. Salai did not appear feeble i to his death, he was not so able as the others, he could do some work, hn wa a man nut able to work much, he left Mr Greenwell without inducement so far as 1 know, when he was returned on riiiay Greenwell was not at home, he ran away the same day again, he was treated kindly, from Wediay until Monday wa verr enM.

not think a well man would eat-apea ithout suffering if exposed without a blanket, Greenwell did not appear angry on Monday, I dont know whether be was provided with lood that morning or not, be stated to me that he bad given Salai two whippings, when I came to dinner Salai's feet were not tied, I did not are him fastened to the house. G. and 1 occupied seperate beds in the same room, it was probably It 1 M. when 1 retired, G. went to bed before me.

1 observed discoloration which appeared bruises before he waa buiied, 1 think they might have been produced by a whip. I aaw the life preserver banging by the side of Greenwell bed, it was there constantly, he said Salai would probably stay at home after he told me of the beating, he had been flogged before, some two months previous. He has whipped some of the other Coolies, I never saw bim nee any i.tlier instrument than a whip, be did not seem to be in a passion, I never saw bim a passion. Sabii bad no blanket, be was lying on a board floor, the floor is open, I know Salai eat his dinner at the same time that G.and 1 he eat Kalo and beef I th.nk, I think he had no supper. Alter hi death Mr.

G. said nothing to me about his death, he appeared surprised at it, be sent lor Mr. Cum ings to examine the body before it wa buried, but gave no reason for so doing, he said he could not explain the death, he eoiilclVt find cause for it. I am of the firm opiuion that Salai came to bis death from hi previous sickness and exposure, the whipping, bad it wot (wan fur thi, would not have injured. Henry Clark, sworn for the deleuce.

say I know Greenwell. I reside 5 miles from him, i was present at the inquest, I saw the examined, I saw no evidence of eerioi injury on that body, I saw no injury such as would result from the blow of the life preserver in any vital part, the injuries I think might have been made by a whip or light stick, I saw no injuries from which death would occur iu my opinion I have att; nded course of anaton.y. surgical kcturee, and Materia from the appearances of the bod it is my conviction that death could not have resulted front the it jur indicated by these mark, I bave know Cireeawell for eight or ten month and been much in hi company, 1 bave always considered bim a kind and humane man Crcu Examined. I cai not say that there was any mark Salai' body made by ibe life preserver, 1 cannot say that all the bruise were tne result of wbippii sou-e of ihrni ere Uie result ol blows, Greenwell is one ol uiy special friend, I objt ctetl to some of the juror who took a somew hat active pad in the examination at the inquest. F.

tiuberwon sworn, say: I have been 13 years resident iu China. Suicide is an every day occurrence among Chinese, they commit suicide to avoid some impending evil real or imtgiiiary last yer, down at Cbincha Islands, 30 killed thein-elve in a week, it i ave-y commouoccurrei.ee, indeed, for them to make aw ay with themselve. Mr. Bowden sworn, says I nave resided in Dina a num tur of ears. Chinamen commit suicide on trivial occasions k.

G. Davi suorn, say I bave known the accused, i i I .0 yea lie was a lenaui oi mine, toriun a er ijntl -pression cf hi character, be was uniformly kind and' ruaulv. Defense rests. ation of the Cummings recalledFrom my that the corpse and what 1 heard from Greenwell, Jh jckne whipping, expiwure and cold, co lnedjTe djed fru() prouuted the dsath of Salai. He might Mr Gre.nwe,i exjawure alone.

Ho was a very feeble ira- informed e. ickness. the e. Ihink Theodore Codnell swom, saystj hard UKe, and the exposure ej, un't whi.pi. phadnothintodoM-, j0 BO, tlliuk I tbink the nd a little bard i uv, ill a i alone would have caused I k- F.

chul recall, d'ghi without food or blanket, it did I not result in death. ww be inflicted by 'the life n---Dr. P. unlu death, but it would ruiier th From the observations I made at nd what I have bea. here to-day, I the inqij Mtjgried that th bippiug caused the deah, to it I should say.

but' 1 i fc I -i 1853. it out in the cast-off elothea of I i I The rcmainin jcases will be reported next week. unjcases "Jpuget nrJLcedon CaiiiiiI. We have former occasions the desi rable countryin Oregon to the north of the Columbia river, a006 offering great inducements to settlers, which, when it has a larger pop ulation, intercourse might be profita bly un-'rtken ll '3 a country abounding with timri.r. coal, s'llmon, wanted here, and for wtich tpy will need in exchange, the sugar, mo- tasses-iyrup, coffee and salt of these islands, It ill be remembered that the U.

S. S. war Vinf nnes, Loin. Hudson, sailed hence in Janu- that part of the coast. On her re tctount ct ner cruise was b'ished.

from which we take the following ex- i tract, relaunrr to tne couiury auuuea 10. Pmm the kl ind. the shin proceeded to Luca's Straits an I Puiret's Sound, making the passage in thirteen days the p.ss.ige to the islands was made in fifteen diyfroin Sin Diego. The northwest i 1 it Winds and tnues, in mis mean, auuiu gi--afc itics for sailing vessels in getting either to the east or west. Clippers have made the passage to i Chin i in thirty-four days, and bdek in thirty-eight; no doubt but tins can De averaged, it woum oc before large sums are expended in building mors, to redect on this circumstance.

I ii' Stnita and Puiret's Sound form together va beautiful sheet of water, extending 150 miles in- to the heart of the country it is in many places so wide as the East river at Brooklyn. It is filled with innumerable islands many of great 'extent, others of only about a thousand acres. The smaller ones, each of which, in fifty years, will be an estate of great value, combining as they do, every advantage of soil and position, have not now an owner, or even a namt. Most of the land cnvKroil with a dense forest, principally the gi- ar1832, for tn to gantic Oregon Pine. Several saw-mills have been erected, or re in the course of erection, and se I veral small vessels are engaged in transporting lumScr to San Francisco.

The Vincennes sailed I "slowly up this great inlet, now in the middle of the Met roam, and atrain her vards almost touching the overhanging branches, frequently anchoring on ac-' promt ofcurrents or loss of wind. For the most part of the distance, the perfect solitude is oppres- i i sivc. he smoKe oi a seiners caum uiaipaic 'i for a while and it is again thrown off by the ap-i pearance of half a dozen canoe loads of Indians, At several points, where large bodies of Indians I were collected the crew was exercised at target i 1.a mma iiw ht nnrrknsA nf exhibitin to these sons of the forest the superior r8.L. --j power OI Uie uue umu, any auemp on pn with him. A he crasnmg oi uie iuiny-io pounu OUOl luiuu-u uie tvr in a-- v.

fi.t lr.nn;n.rntT irrmf and often the top of the tree the explosion I- 1 1 V. A lf tho Pmxhnin shells and the roar ot the hcavilv i 'charged suns, re-echoed back with gTeat effect, quite amazed and astonished the poor creatures. The women covered their beads with their, blan- kpts. and threw themselves in the bottoms of the canoes, while the men, notwithstanding their stoicism, betrayed no little anxiety. No doubt an exhibition of this kind has a very tranquilizing effect upon them, and is worth a dozen loLg speeches 'ay any Indian agent.

Those Indians are the same in habits and man- uvia mug a rtoiona, as in- pernape mey are a. snaae or so lowered hj I I scale of humanity since then, from intercourse I I vicious whites. They are extremely fond of I clothing rf whit man OH aandr. In an tntprviow tS I xt wailirf ter the usual salutation are over, the chief 1 forward, and proceeds to a critical sxaminat the habiliments of his visiter, and if the mat.1 cut, and make please him. he exnresses hie J5l faction by making a peculiar c'uckinrr noiieT) same as that made by the females ofNew The chief does not hesitate to beg any of thVT tides of dress which may strike his fancy, ten with great importunity.

The climate it mud the incennes was in the Sonnri rln of January and February: and thetJwi Jmometer was never lower than JiS deg. iquently ranging high with beautiful sun-jl days. This is somewhat remarkable, bein? bi deg. north lat. 6 Very Latest News from Brazil.

The last dates received from Buenos Arnm ,1 Montevideo are to the 1st September fmm former, and to the 4th from the latter. We not, however, find a single word of news fsj The Jornal de Comereio states a previa- assembly adopted, on the 16th of Septem project authorizing the provincial 3 i -x tuiiuiiuf iue uuuuincr oi a onage Deiweea i city of Paris and Hyba do Sui, for which ae i tract had been made with Augusto Jeanne. i I The Secretary of the Navy has issued ordei' 1 for the cutting down of as much wood as wocj I be necessary for the construction of a crr- 1-1 steamer, with an engine of seventy horse Mav i ana oi a war paiacne oi mo nunarea ions. The imperial irovernment has contract! i through the Plenipotentiary of Brazil, at London 1 with the commercial house of Rothschild, of the city, a Joan ot i.l,WV,VWt to pay the Portagae I loan that Brazil guaranteed when its mdepeaU ence was acknowledged. i The Portuguese loan was to be paid only 1853, but the Brazilian tjovemment chooses to it when favorable for Brazil to obtain the moor? under tavoraoie conditions.

si'. a Their Imperial Majesties received an invitwiot from the Captain of a North American steamer, the City of Pittsburg, to visit ha Their Majesties went on board, accompanied 'the Secretary of the lesation and tne Ltuv OStates Consul, on the 15th ult, at 11 o'clock, M. Thev inspected the cabins and the entW i which were explained to them by the Capfci-" i -i ana wnicn mey iounu uie peri uuu oi arU 1 Their Maiesties accented from the hand of iff- 1 Captain a glass of water, which they drank wE some oeautiiui pieces oi music were played board of the Brazilian steamer, which tiie City of Pittsburg. At a quarter past2 o'cloof Their Majesties, accompanied by the Ministen the ISavy, War and Justice, returned to ti- steamed away for California. More Gold Mines.

We were yesterday shown some of the Barf beautiful specimens of Gold quartz, that we bj ever seen. Thev were nrocured bv a irentW! now in the city, at a short distance from Puub and their appearance tends fully to establish, a i we have hitherto thought as to the richnesi the mines of the Isthmus, if properly expIorei4 We do not feel at liberty to give the fuil paitaf lars in reference to this new discovery yet, butiij hope to do so in a few days. For the present mut suffice to say that the gentleman is tj known for his integrity, and that his report of lav mg made tiie discovery, may be confidently reiis upon. Panama Star, Oct. 26L The Election on Monday.

On account of the prevailing epidemic, but 4r-; votes were polled on Monday last, and but littles-; fitement was awakened on the occasion. In Rt lulu, a few less thau a thousand Totes wero poUc. the highest number having been given for road a pervisor, of which Lima received 969, and Wakeman 4 votes. Ti following candidates have been elected to if Legislature, bo far as has yet been ascertained. Oahu.

Ho.Noi.ri.c J. W. E- Maikai and A. O. Thunte -Kwa, Mott Smith, 200 majority Waialua.

G. M. Robertson, unanimously. I Koulacloa, V. H.

Rice. i Koolaupoko, Mr. PiL Maci. Lahaina, Timoteo Keaweiwi. Ivaanapali.

L. S. Va- AaaivaL. or the Eqci3a. The Ecnafcj arrived last evening, in 119 days from Boston.

TABLE OF MOTTHtT ME 453 OT METEOROLOGICAL OBJVi vatio.vs, mide at the royal school, IIosolcll-, Not- 1852. Hours J'giCloudi-I Wind. I neu I A. M. 2 V.

M. 10 r. st. iscsai Maximum of Thermometer, 73J Minimum of K- Maximum of Barometer, 30.11 Minimum of 29.W Violent storms on the 6 th, 7th, 20th and 21 1 practice of his profession at his office in the cm store formerly occupied by J. C.

Spalding, llavinjr on hand and being regularly in the of a full supply of the best American, Ea-l 1 rench and German Drugs and Pertumerv, prepared to fill all orders for the above at the a4 reasonable rates. Prescriptions carefully prepared, lledicine-t! nttea up witn tne greatest care. E. HOFFMAN. M.D Residence at the house of Dr.

R. W. Wood, tf- ood. o- Shop fff Vm T.T Tli .11 1 -1 cenuy occupied oy Messrs. Sea Sunnier, the Wharf.

For particulars apply to Ma. Cwr tf-25 TO DE LET 1 1 TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY I 'pilE STORES, Offices and Dwelling honsl 1 Merchant street, now in the occupation of V. anion. A iso, tne upper floor of the store pied by J. Chapman.

Apply to W. L. Gaif at the office of llobt. C. Janion.

Honolulu, Jan. 7th, 18o3-tf-35 jtaj OTICE. The Lecture of the Minister of 11 struction upon education, that was aJvtrtifl to tnVr Tilare nn th 31st nit mnA 1 rWkWUCU, delivered at the Bethel on Mondar evening Jan. 10th, at half past seven P. M.

All the English schools and their teachers ia olulu are respectfully invited, i 2io collection will be taken as was nmrxKed. It is hoped that there will be a general aseaA uj ui jurcign community. Per order of the committee. S.C.DAM02r,Sc? Honoluln, Jan. 6th, 18.53-lt Dissolution of Co-partnership! I 1 fmtJimp heretofore -L under the firm of ilaffm.m wtr ed fc All persons having fin.

reaucsti trt ra Becuement I lsl 01 etl nt i it UHIT-lUJl Kfl lllTil que 73 tt i 7- r-'- wuiconunue the business as fore at their rM humanu street, where he will attend to the ment of their HOFFMAN- xriRDX- Ilonolnlu. Jan. 8, 1853-4t-3A FOR SALE II THE LEASE AND FIXTURES of the A' can House, Lahaina, will be offered for the 20th at Lahaina. The lease haa four years to ran from tha 2Ci this month. y- 3 J-ahaina, IW2.2t4 71.43 29.8-52 .54 76.52 I 29.843 .62 71.90 I 29.84S I SAW.

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