THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1879.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 91, 28 June 1879, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1879.

TIIANKS. —Mr. C. Cortes wishes to return his sincere thank to Lis lmuiy friends for the sympathy shown him in his late bereavement, ami for tin- kindness'of those who attended tin.- funeral of his infant

Co.NSiL GKXEHAI.—H. B. 1L Acting Consul General for Western Polynesia, A. I'. Maudslay, Ksu,., arrived here, upon official business, on Monday last, by the schooner Ovalau. On Thursday lost he paid an official visit to tho U.S.S. Lackawanna and received a salute of nine puns. Fl'Riors Ridixo.— We beg to call the attention of the authorities to the furious manner iu which many natives ride along the road, to the peril of both the lives and limbs of pedestrians. Now that we have police, wo hope that the necessary instructions will he given to the Chief Police Officer to enable him to make an example of the first one caught furiously riding through the town.

Oiiitiauv.— W'a have to chronicle the departure of another old resident to that

"bourne whence no traveller returns." We refer to the demise of .Mr. Edward Puree!!, who has spent some forty-five ysaw of In:; life in tucs-. islands, ])uring the whole of that time he has been known and respected for being quiet, unassuming, and honest in all his transaction-.

Ox THE A'I.KHT.- It liaving been reported that the " (Jovernuiunt" party were eoniing up to-day, ostensibly to pay a vi.sit, to the Lackawanna, but in reality to re-takopossesshm of Mulinuu Point, the Jfaleutoa party were immediately on the qui vivo. In a very short space of time there were upwards of 400 men on the Point, fully armed and equipped, as a guard to the King. Should the " Government" party attempt to re-take pussession of the Point, they will receive a warm reception, and that intemicine war which we have been so lung dreading will commence at onei.

PixisiiiNo Natives.—By the arrival of the Upolu. yesterday, we learn that Commodore Wilson, of 11.8.M.5. Wolverine, has been to the island of Aoba, one of the New Hebrides group. It appears that some time ago the natives of the north-west end of the aforementioned island murdered a boat's crew of tlio Mystery, a Queensland labour vessel. The object of the Coin module's visit was to inflict a little salutary punishment upon there savages; this was done by treating them to a few broadsides, which We hope will have the desired effect.

Rkpout ox Samoa.-A New Zealand paper has the following, under date San Francisco, April 24:—U-ustavus Goward, United States V. imueieial Agent at Pago Pago, Sauioan Islands, in a report to the Government, draus attention to tlio advantages of that place a* a coaling and naval depot, being outside the hurricane. track, and lying in the ootime of vessels from San Francisco to Auckland, from Panama to Sydney, and from Valparaiso to China and Japan, (.inward thinks if a naval station and accompanying adjuncts be established, and the Pacific mail-steamers make it a port of call, Pago Pago would necessarily become the controlling point in that pnrt of Polynesia.

New (.'ottos Houkk,—The iinu of Messrs. Godolfroy and Son are erecting a lingo mid magnificent building upon tlioir premises tit Sogi, the west end of the town, which, when UiiUhud, is intended for n cotton store-house mid ginning establishment, The main building will bo ISO feet long, and <;.'> feet wide, and will contain throe (loom; mi extension, in which the boiler and engines will be elected, i.s to be built Of brick. Hie building bus already assumed considerable proportions under the able superintendence of Mr. Willis. A good deal of delay lias been occasioned in its building op account of the want of material, but ns the Wandrahtn, which united on Wednesday lust, from San l'VlUldsCO, bus not only brouglit the n xessnry material but two extra bauds to work it, we may hope shortly to sea the work drawing toward* completion. When completed it will be quite tin oinomeut to thai port of the town.

Tlll.Y WILL IX) IT. —Wo Sllp[ <-sc I"'>ple will continue to get birhlm bug as the world continues to revolve upon its own a\i-. On Saturday last our olil friend, and respected fellow townsman. Mr. 11. Parkinson, gave up the freedom of single hloanednrw for the bond* ol matrimonial Miss the young lady ot lus choice being Miss Pbtpbe Ooe, daughter of Mr. Jonas M. Coe, an erstwhile United States Consul, at this port, At the party in the evening, at the residence of the hride'a father, quite a number of guests wero pro-sent, and a very pleasant evening was siient. The house was tastefully decorated with evergreens and Chinese lanterns ; and the splendid bond of the German ship of war Bismarck discoursed sweet musio throughout the night, to the strains of white, many of those present amused themselves by tripping on tile light fantastic too. To the many congratulations offered i.> the ncw|y married couple on Saturday last, wo now Leg to add ours, ami hope*hu't choir married life will he one long houey-iuooii,

Shooting of Captain Sculeuter. — The N. Z. Weekly News has the following particulars regarding the shooting of Captain Schleuter, who left this port some months ago as master of the schooner Olosega :—At Jaluct, one of the islands of the Marshall group, Messrs. Goilettroy and Sous have erected a station, and tlie captain of the schooner Olosega, one of their vessels, has taken unto himself one of the native women. During the master's absence in February, the woman formed an intrigue with an islander, and on the return of the Olosega, the native, afraid that ho would be punished by tin-captain, sought him out, and without any provocation deliberately shot at the skipper, lodging a small bullet in his breast. The Gorman was at once sent away to Ebon, one of the group, where there resides tin; American missionary ltuv. Mr, Witney (who attended poor Captain M.iller), ami that gentleman at once dressed' the wounds, and he was in a fair way of recovery, but when the Meg Meirilics left the bullet was not extracted. The Europeans, hearing of the attempted murder, formed themselves into a band for the capture of the native, but were unsuocesful. They subsequently waited upon the chief, and stated that if the murderer was not given up by a certain date, they would seize tlie principal men on the island and hang them. With this a body of natives wen- despatched after tlie ruffian, and discovering him, called upon him to surrender, but seeing that he was determined not to be giveil over to the Europeans, and prepared to fight for his life, they shot him dead, and brought the body in, which appeased the wrath of thu white residents on the island.

Poor Dawsos.—Under |ho above heading the Weekly Altu California, ..i May 17, says :■—•'The Sim lias (hv following: Thomas M. Dawson, of California, Consul at Apia, Friendly ami Navigators' Island, is in trouble. He received liis appointment from the State Department about a year ago, and, at tlie same time, it is charged, was paid by a company of speculators to act as agent for them at Apia. His duties as agent are said to have been to help his San Francisco friends to gobble op lands in the island belonging to the natives. It is reported that Evtuts has discharged Dawson." If the latter sentence is tiuc, for what has Mr. Dawson been discharged ? The above paragraph would lead us to believe that it was tor acting as agent to a hind company. We have always been under the impression that in consequence of the very small salary given ;to the American Consul for this port ho was allowed a trading privilege, and surely, under this consideration, it was perfectly legitimate for him to accept the agency of any company, land or otherwise. If, however, the United States Government do not wish their Consuls thus to act, we would advise them to give their representative here more than the miserable pittance of $ 1 (100 a year. This is lately enough to pay for bis washing, leave alone to keep up the dignity of the olficu ami be honest.