THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1879.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 3, Issue 112, 22 November 1879, Page 2

THE SAMOA TIMES. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1879.

Drunk and Disorderly.—Yesterday, before .1. H. Graves, Esq., 11.8.M. Gon>ul, Magistrate for the week, two Polynesians were fined $3 each for being drunk and disorderly. Violating the Liqvor Regulation*. —Before J. H. Graven, Esq., Lau Tar wan fined J5 for .supplying Polynesian* with intoxicating liquoii. Obituary.—We regret to have to announce tho death of Mr. Theodor 1«\ H. Normaun, the local manager of the firm of Messrs. Ruge, llidenmnn and Co., which occured on Thursday afternoon last, after only a fortnight's sickness from dysentery. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon, and waa attended by the German, British, and American Consuls, and the majority of the residents. All the vessels in the" harbour had their flags half mast high, while the respective captains went to the funeral. Slit Artiuu Gojidok.—On Saturday last, the Emerald called into port with Sir Arthur Gordon on board, en route for Tonga. When it became known that Sir Avthur was on board, many and varied were the surmises an to the object of his visit. The one that gained the .most -credence'was that ha had come to hoist the British flag over these islands; their hopes and fears respectively, however, were set at rest when he steamed out of .harbour on Wednesday morning. Nsi'TiUl Tekiutohy.—A* meeting of the Neutral Territory Government was held on Monday last[ to consider what was to be done with the parties who had encroached upon the neutral territory. Sir Arthur Gordon and Captain Maxwell, of H.B.M.S. Emerald were presnnt. It was considered desirable to have the neutral territory cleared of all iirmed forces, but how this was to ho done was the question; Captain Maxwell was willing to render all the assistance possible to Captain Dclnhard, of H.I.G.M.S. Bismarck. Upon his Excellency stating that it was imperative that he should leave here on Friday morning, Captain Maxwell said Unit he would not, enter into the matter unlet* lie could bee it iJiiongh; it was therefore agreed to leave the matter in the hands ol Captain l)niu-

hard, to do what he considered best on behalf of all the nationalities represented. On Wednesday evening the Bismarck returned to harbour from Fiji, and on the following morning Captaiu Dienhard mot the representative of the party who had violated the neutral territory agreement, and informed him of the decision come to; that the fortnight had expired in which they were to vacate the neutral territor, and instead of doing so they bad encroaohed further and had shown' their iugratituu* by plundering foreigners plantations. He inflicted a fine upon them for this, the particulars of which we have beeu unable to ascertain, and gave them to understand that thoy were to be ofl tho neutral teriitory by 10 a.m. the next day. Early yesterday morning the Bismarck left for the boundary. Our special correspondent sent us the following items at a late hour last: —The Bismarck sent six armed boat* ashore ; captured 200 stand of arms inside the neutral territory; Moopau and anothor ohief taken on bourd as hostages. No resistance offered. Thk War—On Sunday last the heaviest cattle fought by the Samoems during the present civil war tr.ok place. Early (3:1 tho aforesaid morning the oid Government made every preparation for a j;e:ie;s.i assault upon the forts .of the King party, both by laud and water. The King party from their look-out points saw the preparations being made, and the order was at once given for every man to get to his post ready for action. Shortly afterwards, the signal being given, the old Government forces rushed from their forts in every direction. The King party waited patiently till tho enemy got well within range and then fired volley after volley at them which had the effect of turning them back, not however, without great loss. Having completely routed the shore divisions of the old Government, the. King party turned their attention to the parties who were coming upon them in boats. As soon as they got near enough, such goid fire was kept upon them by the King party that most of the boats" of the old party turned tail. One or two boate kept on and landed their men a little to the west of the King party's fort, but they wcro so warmly received that very few of them escaped with whole fkins. In this right the lost iu killed and wounded has been variously stated at from 17 to 00 killed and from 30 to 90 wounded. From all that we enn learn from various quarters we can state as a fact that of tho old Government not less than 17 were killed outright and 35 wounded whilst many of those wounded are dying. The loss of the King party was only one killed and four wouuded therefore this must bo considered to be a decided victory for the King party. On Tuesday morning a divisions of the King party landed at Muliftiuua, on the west end of the island, and burnt tvay town belonging to the old Government' between that and Faleasiu. On Tuesday a numof men were sent down by the old Go? verumeut party to intercept the foioes, but we have not yet heard of a.ny encounter. Since Sundays fight the old paity appear to have had a considerable quantity of the bounce taken out of them, and we think they will think twico before they again tackle the King party.