THE SAMOAN DIFFICULTY.

Evening Star, Issue 4071, 14 March 1876, Page 2

THE SAMOAN DIFFICULTY.

thefe of brig Vision with Colonel Steinbergeriahd the Barraoouta at the request of the Consuls at Samoa. This step-is bat the natural,Dnt<s6in6\of goowgingswhich are; by Jb» • *T..«» Herald* as below. The Vision bringsthe farther intelligence Quit KihgMakem of Majesty* [ fco?lLe iCtmsnladie' fawns HbShu berger “a liar and a impostor.** Thu Colonel SMh; bergerwent.to Samoa a couple of years ago. «™SS with credentials from the united States Govern, ment; #as despatched to ’ that Government to perform ig! naßaia iwfamVy# iKI purport iof. which at .the .time-oiui not madefcoovni to the world, bat which proved to he for] the im p, organise atfoverpment of their Own, with the spAqU request that he himself be shat out in the capacity T oC [ departure and return ' itt^e , notifee;wMnßt’ fojouMflgih lU* ttUndg «&e , t*aciflo, piidhe at oh^ ! qrjitiwnfid^js^sfi*^i«s.t«o# ; to effect reform amongst these guideless 1 of-the-Southem Seas. ■; -How lie has-sucoeeded-in 1 this dnp 1 been (idesdrlhtd bjrl at 8& /3BVnnfl*b ; soihething like a Parliament, ana obtained fermeo. : -wlf the ejection of ‘‘■Premier/’dßldngihßTirßanu ttoh to make the position a life office, Um King’s term of office is limited rears, andhh caqnot be re-elected.; . .Thev.oqwfitption proposed b 7 JW» * hij.persuasion, «Mepted‘ by"Se people, 'Wio were led' to; the imhjftnatiOn «?& he waa backed up by thC power of the' Uhlted States. Thus began the reigia Of pitthti?* prantia pratio £sr SanH»nwßi-,ii (Abode 6f laws was drawn up by this having sectlredhla position, bpgan to levy taxes ohms “subjects,"and Unlfess his (Armies’tfete fo be'thtlß thrustraiae, his > orders- , aaniilled;tmd this authority setat-defi-ance.it became necessary for the ColonehMat nidi armed persuasion in enforcing hisjsystem of _taxo-

| fionforhis own oggraadirommit.: With thiabWofft inview, hecauaedto be hpiltiin Ban Ttu^uw, , the aChobner Peerlfess/which was fitted tip at ' great coat ; and being built on auimproved model attained gr&t speed as a sailer: ( Tone : across fron^. Sap, Pinnciapobr tlie'briet apace :ot etghteeh oaya. Amyed axihe scene of her future ouocanbenng expeditions, thi ! Peeriesß-wasmaanedby a ewpelmeat : armed with a cdhple or f? Qftfflng ““guns, anffshpplied with stacks Of riflee,* cutlasses, : boarding-pikes, and other arms and warlike stores. : Onr'Amenoan. filibuster proceeded net oody ttfeS. force his system of taxation, but also to levy a?tfll ' ° U 'di^pits© B gtuasmg, and; bhu^kma^on^ all.and hold: for, in addition to'his armed schooner, the bold bnccaneerhad erected a fort on shore, capable lof standing,''' Si' he • a 'Siege. Embol- ’ dened i by* hurowh success,iffielixd«inltfoliovMl up bis toll-levying propensity to an Obnoxious extent, j.hio preserves. Swaggering but, he demanded in tk i blustering' nmniifii certain sunt' of tin 1 fingiialx : I penalties of confiscation and, imprisonment were threatened. The^^m-^ttemw^bein||we^^. ! during her cruise, bjs cUgjHj’ as a commander in Her Majesty’s navy tobbGmsiio* . costed ;by. ohe whoss hS doubted and defied, and therefore declined to pjcrthfctb’ll'wmaided. Haying stated M^dcfernfiratibhtolnguiib

into tba-Uomcf^fthe rodeaway. Helostnp timete plaoiii^'hiim!(^jfi| • communication •with Ms J. 8. Mtttwfm State* Cons*) at-Samba, the that Colonel Steinbevger wfeajpplitoly ' prodace the authority uf the, United States <&venE ment, uader which flag he cWried oh ’ Uispriultiote. T-lifn the Colonel VernaM tem-afid arttf tion with the German Consul {Mr A- E. Pefppt), fuse; seized updh.the Peferifefefc' fora hfoeßh' of hflb uetffcrality daw, in- caWylhg; tutOai ahd the ’pretty little pirate was taking alongsidetbeman-or.wuri rendered ton. de with of - reptesmifttiTea; of , lawful Following npon the seteure held afnrthet hbnlranatlom m«oo|miTOO&with the : commanders; of H.M.B. Barracouta, and H.I.M, : (^mara^^^wsr^ .. .a}h?s*dJ -r*": t