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8. 40 min. 46 sec. | sions. Next mornin; VieiT TO THE FRGEE ISLANDS, Anteresting Narrative of the “Trip of the American Slvop of War Falmouth, U &. Sur Fa.movra, Rewa Roaps, Fraves Istanps, March 17, 1861. Our anchor is weighed and the sails are spread bidding adieu to this of savages. ance with — promise to keep ir Or dissensions amor, commit on i the connivance of o! protection afforded by visits from war vessels—in addition to which, the beche de mar fish becoming the chiefs, the many | and all under the control of one company. | uch Ngaraningiou was sent for, but did not come; lution in the syste n, sent his seeond chief, Lin; ance that the usual custom would be de) from | in this instance, and the wife and chil prisoner would not be sti Lingilevu was accompanied by one of the prison- lad, about seven or ei of age, and the meeting between demned father was very affecting. | showed sensibility beyond his villsed boy. He cried unceasingly; ‘States Consul, J. officer, Lieut. ee temporarily on the was al miles wed the ct American vessel of was viathed This group squadron was here in suposed the consul had a of aggressions, wrongs, and outrages on American commerce and interests by F\ all of which, he contends, is j powerful chief who resides at the island and town nant, Mr. Moor, and lin, with an interpreter, were ordered to the towa of Vutia, and, if possible, ap, on board a native named Koroi chief of that town, said to be the person who killed | The town of Vutia stands about half a mile back | from the left bank of the Wailevu river, @ mile and ahalffrom its mouth, and the same distance from the town of Rewa- Its inhabitants are a race offishormen, much more ferocious in their speet certain it would produce eminently patishactory ati enterprise would at once be relieved of the worst of ssmen ts and placed Spome tires, substan 6 efficacy, regularity he ‘business would. bo graph to be regarded, commercial men, a3 & great convenience and blessing. instead of an ex- pensive, vexatious, necessary evil. va, with every assur- oroi-moku-vata, & scarce, and more eos! 3 all have contributed to ap ie nine ce the number of tradi vessels. The number of American vessels, as stat to me by the consul, that visited the islands during ears 1847 and 1848, were 49, and inthe year only 12, showing a falling off of more than tial, permanent foot! and certainty with transacted would bring the tele; of islands since the a advised of my wrote you from ars, even in a ‘rom time to time, ‘Tahiti, informing you of our visit to the Marquesas islands, on the subject of our stay at Tahiti and at the group. Ileftaletter at the latter piace, to be forwarded, which I trust has been re- vi island of Ovolau, one of the l’eejee group, is about twenty-four miles would rapidly increase; and the stock would, of pronounced Bou), named Thakombau, or | e rank Among the best in the country. * * which latter name, signifying King of has recently assumed), on the grouad of been committed by him or his subjects, bad the power to restrain, punish, or cause to make restitution. The consul was therefore desirous the captain than the inhabitants of the other towns. The ** Wailevu’’ was ascended toa polat ee the town, where the officer of the boat, man Quackenbush, was charged to keep the crew alert, to lie off shore, and keep their arms in readi- ness. Then the two officers, each armed with asword, Jenks’ carbine and Colt’s five-shooters, e ware, AS, seemed to po ive lo “i at the sight of his weeping off upon his neck. OC) nacled hands in the There is no doubt the visit of the Falmouth will give renewed encouragemeat to American com- merce, and have a happy effect on the future con- natives, who can only be it by fear. ‘I’o the missionaries great credit is r their zealous labors in the cause of Christi- but it is the occasional presence of war ves offspring, who hung 1 child Fuh his ma- stillness of “grief that show,” the unbidden tears ‘oof of the strength of natural ds OPERATIONS OF THE WESTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY. {From the Cincinnati Gazette.] An annual meeting of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Louisville Telegraph Company was latel duct of the chiefs an abundance, giving much broken into peaks, valleys and ravines; but the deep verdure with which itis clothed gives to it oe about would take the ship to Mbau and demand satisfac- | ut the winds being light and ble, with frequent calms, and the reefs, shoals | 1 to Mbau highly danger- receded by the affection even in breasts of the At 12 clock, on the 14th of sergeant ofmarines, who acted as provost m: conducted the prisoner into the boat, accompanie retér, wont to the own and entered the house of the principal chief— a robust, surly, gray-haired man, who was sitting Inquiry was at onee made for the t gives them strength and influence, without It appears that during t! weak, powerless, and end mot ceding year, three dividends of 3 which they are com id, and one quarter’s divi pleasing and fertile appearance. Its highest peak wo thousand two hundred feet above the nd retained for 3 r. and rocks in the cl and bloodshed are of daily occurrence. The whole sum expended for on the mat floor. level of the sea. its population was estimated by ‘Wilkes in 1840, at eight thousand ; but ing to the best information obtainable at me popai ous, the captain decli On the Sth March | the master at arms as executioner. . Calvert, as chaplain, and the marine guard, ieut. Devlin, also er boat from the tly, without success; but | sufficient information was obtained to leave strong suspicion that the object of pursuit was secreted in uu, about ten miles from man, directly and the most promising converts have deserted the church to join the murdering parties, and the voice of the pastor is unheard or unheeded. The e of one of these missionaries to me was, repairs up to Juno, 1851, amounted to $10,405 4. ith this sum #3 miles of 146 miles put in repair, and 156 miles renewed. The cash receipts at the different offices, during under command of les have been reset, , about forty-five miies distant, and — the boat with the next day came to anchor in that beautiful harbor, ution of these islands oaa only be conjectured, as the people are continually at war, precluding the ® country but in the Un onthe south side of the east end of the island of | Vitilevu, (proununced Vitilib,) meaning large Feo- | This as its mame indicates, is the , being upwards of thee hundred circumference. From the shore the eye es over one continued forest of the richest ver- dure, until at about forty miles off it rests on the ofan extens!ve range of mountains, ia, where the Chief Ngaraningiou was found uiry was being such numbers the officers, followed; the cap- ig, came third in the line of procession. A few minutes brought them to the island, and three canoes with the prisoner’s wife andsister, and a large number of native acquaint- ances, arrived soon after. The entirely naked, except the likw, or girdle, and a (called ‘‘mast,”) around ave done and said everything we could to restore and maintain peace, but these stiff-necked, blinded people will not hearken to our advice, an: all we can do is to pray for them.” Telegraphic. THE TRLEGRAPH LINES—TRE Papo oc soluanle tain and consul, in the eae 1600, were as follows:— town, Levuka, eastern side of the island, ona and consists of thirt jee house is, in form, 4 Staves, except that the mace, the natives gathered round that one of the officers deemed it prudent to sta; outside the house, and to keep a clear space aroun af ap; ening, meee toa ing taken. The prinoi| cot of the group him. wife and sist Large boys, almost at the age of maturity, were pan uare running about perfectly naked, which is not com- CAPITAL INVESTED— iece of fine striped sides are very low and the rooflong—in other wis simont all roof; it is about eighteen by | twenty-five feet, without partition or separa’ apartment whatever; substantial nut or bread fruit support the stices closed in with latticed bamboos, the roof made of smal! poles of the hybisous, crossed with fine bamboos, thatched with leaves of sugar cane, cocoanut or pandauus; the ci gome instances, are covered witl sides are thickly thatched in the same manner. cept a few openings about three or four feet hi: for doors, commonly four or five. made low, as @ protection against the entrance ene AMOUNT OF BUSINESS DONE—THE PROFITS, ETC. Jury 18, 1861. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. The enclosed letter I have received in answer to enquiries made of the writer touching the prospects of certain telegraph stock. eye of a stockholder only, but cannot fail, I think, | to interest most of your readers. You are at liberty | to publish it if you see fit. | mon elsewhere; manyof the men had olubs and in their hands, which could scarcely have been intended for sale, as no one was there to buy them. The whole scene left room for suspicion of danger; andthe unhappy fate of Lieut. Under- wood and Passed Midshipman Henry, was vivid in the minds of the officers. The enquiry being brought to aclose, the started for the river, through a narrow | twoen rows of talltangled sugar cane, an marshy ground of difficult lay, and not without a few cautious looks behind, | they reached the river, followed by about one hun- | dred natives—who pressed so close! the boat was comin ¢ body of the wife. the beach to where the the shade of a spreadin, five thousand feet high, covered, [ understand, with verdure to their summit ; copper ore and plumbago have been found in them, in Other minerals may be ey came screaming from risoner was sitting under ree, and cast themselves im. Still, I thought he did not show as great tenderness as he did on meeting his son in the morning. Mr. Calvert kneeled down and made a prayer in the native language, which be! risoner was conducted to the He ascended the plat! , and stood erect faci e were going to The guard was broken ipto platoons, andone drawn up on each side of the gallows. The master-at arms tied his ancles together and his arms behind his back the rope was adjusted around his neck, anda illars of cocoa- considerable quantities. discovered hereafter. The valleys are beautiful and fertile, and in some places well cultivated ; yams and dry taro are the i fruit, cocoa nut, ephi, or chestnut tree, and many others affording feod for man, are abundant; plantains, bananas, pine apples, ora most of the tropical fruits and vege- Sugar cane grows | T saw fields of it Total receipts for 1860. Grenenat Exrenvircnes For THE Yr. Fuel, gas light, candles, &e. Rent of offices. bridges, & Stationery of all kinds, env It is designed for the e and corners, in | Principal crops. Bread fern leaves; the few yards distant. Respectfully, &e. New York, July 10, 1851. Dear Sin:—In regard to your proposed invest- ment [ cannot undertake to advise you. Telegraph e; but without de- table , are abundant. jd | neously, and of excellent quality. | under cultivation, ten or twelve feet high. The | Repairs of the line. Cost of batteries , or to club them while creeping in, on them while they attempt it. The floor is made of earth. fine gravel, strewed over with covoanut leaves with nuts; one end of the floor israised about _ six inches higher than therest, whichis called “the bed place,” where they sleep; it is with adouble layer 9/ mats. made of a round stick or bamboo, about the thick- ness of a hoe handle, with pegs about four inches long stuck in it fur feet; some of these are suffi- ciently long to accoamodate six or eight persons, and others adapted to one or two. corner of the floor, a «pace, about six feet square, | is enclosed by four i@ ge squared logs of hard wood; this enclosure is the hearth or general cooking place. Tho principal cooking utensil is a large clay jar or boiler, nearly the shape of a common stone pitcher without the handle, except that the bottom is Feared it is permanently fixed on its side, near @ bottom, at an avgie of about thirty-five degrees | Miscellancous, in which is included rniture, inswators.kcc., and also the debt due bythe New Orleans line, settled b And allowances to the in making settlement... stocks, so far, have proved mighty poor property. Asan investment for profit, they are conceded to be an almost total failure. The dividends antici- ted have in no case been realized, and in every irection the stock is rapidly declining. poorest stock in the world to buy, for it pays nothing while you held it, ‘ou want to sell. yy common consent to give it the go-by. species of stosk you can find in Wall enture to say if you have that of the in the country among the lot, it will be the first to be thrown out. They are all afraid One great trouble is, there is no material foundation—no substance to the thing represented. If your line runs in debt, and is obliged to olose up, The assets are miles of stragglin, poles and rusty wire—worth nothing. is not only entirely swept away, but each stock- holder is liable for twenty-five per cent in addition, ' be driven back by threats twice. ‘The boat was entered in safety, and the officers determined to proceed to Bunabetakau, and, if pos- sible, capture the object of their search before a: notice of the pursuit could reach him. The gui said, by ascending the river half a mile farther, Lauthala neck could be erossed through a cree! which would save a distance of four miles require This course was adop' the creek sought and entered, but it was found too deep in places for polling, ana too narrow every- ; the boat was therefore paddled lades of the oars. Extensive fo- rests of mangrove and other trees stretch off on both sides, filled up by impenetrable jungles of underwood. The trees on either m: each other, and in some places swung their pendant shoots over the middle of the stream, affording | ample protection from the scorching rays of the ly a sound was to be heard as the cap drawn over his face, during which he showed no signs of fear or dismay. At twelve minutes before one o’clock, the drop fell, and at one, his lifeless | remains were cut down and given to his friends, at | _ The piece of striped tapa around the body of the | wife, before mentioned, was brought by her, as Mr. Calvert informed me, for the purpose of strangling linquired if he had given her the pleasing information that she and her children were to be spared. He said he had told her so, but instead of to her, she seemed e could not comply wi her husband to the land of spirits. ta was about thirt; five feet eleven inches high, straig slender than otherwise; his face was oval, forehead high and retreating, high cheek bones, and a full to all accounts, he was a man whom his friends loved and his foes feared. andeo- | natives do not make sugar, but manufacture large quantities of coarse molasses. in great numbers, and turkeys, muscovy ducks, and 18 deg. 50 mia., They also raise pigs | enerally covered wir pillows are e harbor of Rewa, in lat. | and long. E. 178 deg. 37 min,, is formed by two islands and their adjvining reets. named Nukalau, (the last syllable pronounced lou), is less than half a mile in its greatest diameter; the other is Mukalevu cocoa nut and forest trees. main shore is three miles. ‘The land from the shere, for a considerable distance, is low and marshy, co- vered with dense forests of mangrove and other Many small creeks, large enough for small intersect these low lands, that te of civilization, be useful to ultural pursuits. A large picturesque serpentine | * Wailevu,” named b; The larger one, Total expenditures Total cash receipts... Paid to conneoting lines. to round the point. Both are covered with From Nukalau to the where for rowi along with the pointed that sl and accompany Bra Number of words transmitted. Number of despatches recorded These are exclusive of free matter, necessarily large at all times. verage hours of labor, 14 hou: boats or canoes, r it 13 a dead loss. commercial or aj Wi it to admit of black eye. A 0, vertical. with a space under it admit of a tae Meapiocing sapadien. ck eye. ccording fr small fire. This boiler, anda circular bole in the round near it, cas d with 6 ken pottery, ax # fire-place, constitute their | whole cooking range Over the cookin; every house, there is a sort of lumber loft of sticks, poles, spears, clubs, and things of every kind found about a Feejee house; on chia they dry and smoke much of their provisions, and smoke-stain some of | tbeirtapa for particular purposes. As they have | no Coca wn the doors so low, it —_ that a Feejee house is s with amoke. Tui Levuka, the princi; island, resides af tnis place. His authorit; over seven or eight other towns. A few w residents are located he-e, generally English; three | orfour are Americans They all have native wives, and their children are raised like the natives, in nakedness and ignorance; indeed, they have almost ynerated into savages themselves. think I was in every house in the village, and in | ‘m0 one did | see achair, a stool ora table. Dedstead, which, Iam certain, is the only one in the town, and that is in the house of a native. Three of the foreign white residents are carpen- tors by trade, who wight make themselves, as tim- | ber is plenty, chairs or stools, and a table to eat off, and bedstead, however rough, on which to but they eat, sleep and sit on the dirty mat like the savages with whom they associate in | alovenly indolence boat glided gently along, save, occasionally, the harsh prattle of the parrots, ead the whirring of the ducks and other waterfowls, which are very nu- — In order to bear this singular creek and strange scenery in mind, its name was anxiously it, but could not be ascertained, whereupon it is” Creek, as it isolates ala, the property of | After the execution, the chief, Lingilevu, con- ducted to the captain, from one of the canoes, a aquare shouldered, and stout built native, inioned, who, he said, was led the half caste boy, Bur- rows, on the beach; he deserved death, and Ngara- jou had sent him to him to be executed The captain, through Mr. Cal- informed the chiefs and yy the laws of America, no per-— put to death until tried and found for the debts of the com) Whether the stock 0! * Peale’s river,” takes its rise in the mountains miles inland, and falls into the ocean This river is of such magni- ude a to contain islands a mile in diameter. one of these the town of Rewa stands, containing The natives say that this river takes its rise from a lake or fountain on the ridge of the mountain, and falls off in equal size on both sides; that a large shaddock tree gio’ fountain or middle of the river, whose fruit falling in the stream is floated tothe ocean on opposite Some time past, the consul ite male | purchased from the chiefs the Island of Nukalau, it called Lauth: stones or pieces of : P T dues lines (those running | Of the registering instrument, covers a length of from New York) is destined to “come up,” as you seem to infer it must from its locality, will depend ‘There is one event in which it unquestionably would; that depends, however, upon the action of so many opposing interests that opposite Nukalau. is arms securely New line built... * Wai-tondree” that kil upon circumstances. Number of persens employed. 53. The receipts se far, in 1851, show over the corresponding time in 1 ments exist for the prompt transmi to Philadelphia, | two hundred houses. received the name of Wi and bounds on one side Lauth: that gentleman. ‘Two miles on thi juffalo or Washington They have made none for ey go on as they are, I see ew York, Boston and Halifax. There are now two wires from Pittsbur, The O'Reilly line to New @rleans, 1,100 miles, is crowded with business. stream brought the party to the bay, near the mouth of the ‘‘Sumumbulla” river, which was ascended to the town of Bunabeta- kau, where inquiry and search were dili made, and measures taken that were crowne complet: success inthe capture of Koroi-moko-vata, | who was brought off by a man employed for that , to avoid the suspicions of the natives, and confined on board. It was about 5 o'clock in the svening when the boat returned to the ship, at which time a large double canoe rounded Nu are making amy mone: some time past; and no prospect of their making any ¢ have too many lines On these three routes we ngly tinctured sides of the island. ot time totry the « he ordered him to be taken back to the chief, to be dealt with as he might deem proper. cordingly taken to the canoe, in bonds, when a crew of twenty or thirty of the naked sava; long the white sand was borne away, and lost in the point epposite ine « Naraketi Pont.” we no less than nine in- pon the island he built a put his stores for trading poses, during a tempor the island of Rewa; he [eft a man named John Foster, a native of Dumfries of his flag, store and premise: | white men in the islands, had a native wife; they having no children adopted a little boy, son ofa man named Paul Burrows, of New York, now dead, A’ Feejee man aud woman lived with them, which constituted the entire in- On the 4th August, 1550, a ty of natives in three canoes, armed with clubs, atchets, etc., came from a fishing town, named Utia, subject to @ mouatain chief named Ngara- lation of Canada. {From the Montreal Courier, July 14. We are glad to see that the poo The French ndent lines—three to Boston, three to Buffalo, ¢ house, in which he nd for household pur- absence, last year, on cir eyos to the state of vassalage, in which they have been hitherto living, to French domination, and to the misuse which these ignorant but presumptuous foreigners make of the privileges which lish courtesy have accorded to After the conquest of the rench population were completely at the mercy of their conquerers, and ought, in common with immemorial usage on such conjuno- have been mace to suffer all the pains and ie: which usually fall to the lot o! quered, and which the French nation selves exerted, with the most merciless severity, floated floated an Seotland, in charge Foster, like most The Feejeeans, unlike most of the other islanders, | ‘The dark color of their skin, on ar to advantage, m from this si leu Island, under alarge From its peak a broad pennant of large its union biue with six and the swallow-tail ex- are not tattooed. which such marks would not a may be the cause of preventing yage and painful custom. Vermillion is used to o: ent, or rather disfigure, their faces. They take | appearance of their id beard, which they dress and cultivate with w Some of the beards are short, | ‘enerosity and Ei | Bain’s Line to Bostot them for so lon, size floated in the breez white stars, the centre r tremely white--such was the canoe a Viti, King of Fesjec. ders, accompanied him, with about fifty men and The canoe came alongsi Viti was introduced to Capt. Petigru, by the Rev. Mr. Calvert, who returne: and aFeejee woman (No stock issued) say House Line to Boston Do do pul le canoes, as ten- habitants of the island. at pride in the goo in fon. ‘withhin from Mbau. | Stak Sud evtiy, w The Feejecane are the most savage and wnattrac- | tive looking people to be met with in the Pacific, | or perhaps anywhere else The thick and curly, while others are eight or ten inches long, terminating in a ish ordinary beads of hai these are dressed in many strange, grotesque forms, The chiefs Ngaraningiou and Tui Viti, although brotbers-in-law, have been deadly enemies during the last seven years war. Their unexpected meeting, ningiou, (signifying the cave the sharks go into,) pushing into the house, struck Foster ou tho ‘empie with a hatchet, clavsed the F. over all who have evor been subjected te thom. But the English, in this instance, instead of follow- ing French example, both in the castern and west- is capital the total dividend: declared ¥ Ard personally well formed, muscular, Se size. In color, they are nearly as di thiopians; their bairis curled and crisped like the Africans, but grows louger; the nose is generally broad and flat, and instances of thiek lips are by no means rare; their eyes are black and penetrating; treachery, ferocity «nd deceit appear in every | lineament; they are like no other people on the lobe, and it is difficult to give them a proper place weon the black and copper colored races—they are #0 near the formes that they wouldsellreadily — im aslave market Th for the past year have been, on all the lines except | one—nothing ; on that one, two per cent! tition commenced on any of these routes no dividends worth mentioning have been declared by It is now about six years since the first (Morse) lines were constructed. Boston and Philadelphsa were opened in 1517 and °48; to Buffalo in 1850. Buine’s lines to Boston and Washington were 0; on this occasion, seemed to give them great surprise. It may be proper to inform the reader that this ‘Tui Viti is the person mentioned by Captai Wilkes, in his narrative of the United Mate: dition, as Seru, son of Tanoa, King of noa is still livi iem, but be is so old aa to be the gon is in possession of all the power. the singular customs of the Feejecaus is that of the same fodividwal, particularly chief, having a mul- DJustrative of qualities of the mind or body, or commemorating some daring ex- loits. The Jast name assumed by this chief is Tui but the common appearance is that of the globular head ofa negro swelled out to an immense size measured one of nineteen inches diameter, and have no doubt some oth color of the hair is black, but by the use of lime. igments, they make a goo shades between | ark as | man and the two women, and carried them o! the canoes, nearly dead; the half-caste boy was left on the beach, with his head severed from his The canoes were then loaded with all the and effects in the store, after which they tore the flag inso strips, and set fire to the house, leaving Foster to be burned in it strength to crawl out of it, and survived his wounds a few days; the house was burned to the Such is a brief account of the outrage and murder on Nukalu On the Falmouth ern world, accorded to them the most generous, and ivileges, thereby naturally means they would secure ration, and friendship of their ut so far from this having been the case, these very ungrateful people have never rmitted power for"any other ind English purposes and previously unheard of, a were, larger. supposing that by suc! House’s lines to | Gallic conviets. carbon, and other eyish white, and a! ack and red; many of which colors, in numerous instances, adorn the same head—some are black be- | fore and grey behind, and vce versa. r heads 1 saw, I will endeavor to describe The color of the hair was jet black, and it parated into distinct, regular square pyra- used their generously purpose than to con thwart British authori:y. They hi influence to cool all whe had any friendly leaning towards their conquerors; and they have also heated the enemies of Britain to the very perpetration of rebellion and murder. in 1849, and to Buf- gregate dividends to this date, declared on all the lines, excepting Baine's Wash- ington line, are something less than one pe rT annum on the capital stock. Baine’s Wash- tiplicity of names, oming to anchor in the roads, wert, chief missionary of the There ig not a single ques and chest with a sort of lam ingten line is owned by two gentlemen of Balti- They have issued no stock, and what they “iti. He is above the middle size, about thirty-five mids, of about two inches square at the base, aud or forty years of age, somewhat corpulent «: reven inches perpendicular, fastened to the head portlet iE Mad Feejee, came en Legislature, having Bri English Wesleyan Having resided here over twelve years, he disgusting ap- ish American interests for cocea nut oil, which gives t =“ This custom time of war. The peop! have made or lost I am unal It is evident that the busin as itis among so many lines, 8 only observed ka have been at war for some years past with the people of the active. A smearing of black paint over his faco and neck disguised his features, but his general a pearance is good, for a native. at the vertex, the bases (of course) outwards. The sides and angies of these ul:rly and sharply speaks the native language fluently, aad is inti- mately acquainted with the manners and customs Early in the morning of the 10th its basis, that has not been opposed and retarded by the opposition of these wretched aliens; and even in matters that did not, in the slightest de- at prevent, divided | not suffisient to His eye be speal as if they had mountain district, burving each others’ t killing a fow stragglers by treachery and ambus- In fact, it barely pays the working expenses, without making any allowance for de- The receipts for the year 1850 will treacherous heart, which it is aaid he pos- degree. By cunnin; ly power or controlling influences formed of wood. Around the head they ap- ared in great regularity, like tiers of square — lack blocks, the upper tier, projecting horizontally | ee, concern them—such as that of the Court of hancery, the other day—they have been ever ready to raise their twangin, | Mr. Calvert, by request, went to Tui Viti, to visit the ship; and at the ich is t z ‘dl, the chief, ot tpg: goign: sy Fe acon a ly hour the Consul, Lieut Moore, and voices to sonfonnd Often at that dead hour of the night that precedes the dawn, a band of these savages will pounce upon | gome unsuspecting family or hamlet, and make an indiscriminate slaughter of men, women il- | dren. A man and his wife geing to cultivate their | probably, reach $240,000; while the working e: nses alone will average at leas: You think the istrict in the island, a He is wealthy by ill-gotten gains extorted lundering subjects, and ought to be held le by every civilized power for ow! and aggressions committed in the group. dress consisted of a sala, or turban of tapa, a string rather than conciliate. It is, therefore, that mea of sense and judgment among those of British origin ng to see plainly that they must ttle differences of opinion upon r subjects, and unite together, in one common interest, against the petty intrigues, remorseless Lieut. Devlin went to the mountains to seek the in nearly every from the crown, le! mountain chief, Ngaraningiou, (called by foreigners, on account of his height,) and bring The party took su; ‘a broad flat space over the top usiness must lar; I shall not look fora tem remains in ite present im- A radical change must be effected On one occasion a high wind tossed the pyramids about like so many their form unimpaired, as if they had received it in a bydraulic press. Wige are are now begin! lay aside their | him on board if possible. obbins, yet they retained | | for two days, expecting some trouble and de’ in the mountains. crease while the ay be surprised by ® hunared warriors, t ‘ i finding the chie carried off, cooked and eaten, as a warli ment. The word seems to convey an fore the lines can become reliable: and, uatil they are so, the great bod; tinue to use the telegrsp! of smal! blue beads, from which hung his breast a large circular boar's tusk; # leaf of pandanus or sugar-cane, resembling light straw- worn by these people, scarcely distinguishable from the genuine natural growth. In caves of extreme grief for the loss of some re- , and enduring hatred of their hereditary id Canada been united in the name, origin, and language of the inhabitants, there would have the good fortune to accost a native, while ascend- ing @ smail river called Sumumbulla, who informed them that Ngaraningiou was then at a village some of the public will con- as heretofore—only in Plied to the dissensions in these islam carried on entirely by decei A brave, as a last resort. one of no small | m: especially such as composes the lines now in existence —is peculiarly It is afact not yet fully understood or | eases of necessity, at : - her colored ribbon, was tied on each arm above the But the item of de elbow as armlets, and similar ornaments adorned ‘The seavo, or white tapa, lation, or the death or aiiliction of a great chief, the hair or beard is cut off—seldom both at the same time; the little fingers are also often eut off, close to the hand, as a symbol ef mourning have been no anomilies in its courts of Law, norany rebellion to sully the pages of its history. And what have we got in return for all this vexatious Is there one single | distance in the country, to which he agreed to guide | The native was taken into the bout, and the river ascended about two miles, opposite to the village the native referred to his legs below the knee which was wound around his waist, and was ries meeting of hostile heir disputes by After @ caution to esome opposition om [a in the opeu field, to deoid leeds of noble daring never their cowardliness kee ps up a plunder, called war, for years that might be decided At timest q their cowa: that they burn gun lin or thirty yards long ; completed htily towards Ngaranin- of reserve and dignit same that a fidth of all the Feejeans 1 saw, while at the islands, wanted one or both of 1 also saw many without some of their tees, which, | underetood, were cut off as a for paine and sores in the legs, prosy, elepbantiasis, of cutancous | diseases, that are very cominom among thom. ‘They are unacq@ainted with the use or val money, in lieu of which articles of trade are sub- stituted in the transaction of bus Axsfar as | could judge. French name on the lists of our literature, our arts or manufactures, that reaches beyond the very low- est point of mediocrity? population alien to us in manners, language and w, and who are irreclaimally ignorant the utmost extent of any other people claiming civilization in the whole world? That people must be ignorant and irreclaimable, educated, talented, and energetic England has had no influence during an intercourse of a centui In so critical an emergency, men of British birth are beginning to see that some immediate means must be adopted to stem the mudd: interference which disturbs the | the officer of the boat, Midshipman Armstrong, and crew, to be vigilant and rest on their arma, the | Consul and the two officers, the latter armed to the teeth, followed the guide through devious puths, over bills and valleys, swamps and defiies, ry from the night dew, which was not yet dissipated by the rays of the morning until on a beautiful hill side, appreciated, that none of these lines wili last to Their reconstruction requires | an annual réservation of at least one-eighth the pose the original cost t 1 capital «tock, the depree’ If the lines are unable without this reservation, it is easy to see they will not very coon make them with it. “ Experience has not gone quite far enoagh yet to give the companies generally a realizing sense of i can assure them, however, that it is believed, by thore who understand it, to be the most embarraesing feature of the whole enterprise. ore hinvelf hau, giou, assumed a great deal and who appeared dejected and in awe of “ t great butcher,” as ‘I’ai Viti is commonly called. On the }2tb March, at half-past nine o'clock in the morning, Captain Petigru convened a court for the trial of the prisoner, consisting of Lieutenant Lieutenant Charles 3. rgeon David Harlan, Lieutenant Acting Master Ilenry 3. Newcomb, Mason, Jr, Sudge James Calvert was sworn as and appointed to act as counsel for the of murder and exceed eight years. their little fingers. Have we not rather a hey were not arrant cowards. apone arenow but little used; has its fighting men, armed with (jueen Vic- | ¢ Uncle sams muskets; some have double ed guns, and even Colt’s chambered rifle and yturn out in bantering | to make dividen leed, upon whom gunpowder, bul- | currency; ealico Purser John Y n spent in firing at each other fro and no ove burt; perhaps rome on stream of French of red and flaring celoi wisdom of our hatchets, knives, scissors brave than the rest advances tow far on hook, gets capture Spirit; and is after A great mistake has undoubtedly been made in the original construction of all telegraphs are altogether two frail inds (white glass is pr beads, tobacco, musket-balls, Among themselves vouneils, and they are turning their eyes for 4; support to their brethren of the y whose means they may hupe to neutral- cooked, and empty bottles of all ds eaten in triuinph At twelve o'clock the flag of the United states Lauthala point, and was ‘The slightest breeze up- victory on one side, and defeat on the pose, be sufficient to stop hostilities w read-frait of the next year be ripe Such isthe nature of a seven years’ war in Feoje a three years’ war now existing in the group ‘They tumble down almost as soon as Besides requiring to be replaced by a new ine every six or eight years, the cost of them in repair is enormous. style of making them that has caused all the mis- | Of course, such wicker work is not to be depended upon for a single hour. e efforts cf these Frenchmen. ral union of the provinces we to extinguish al! such feelin lic councils of the colony to atleastin law and lat the complexion of ite po terests of the province, and de- of tweaty one guns —the first wae raised in Feejee ate be chiefs and natives form the principe’ currency and personal pro- | ’ teeth and empty bottles were decidedly | nd reduce the rticles we had for trading w'th the caooes but, unfortunately, we bad | woe amusing to see an officer buying an empty bottle f-om the steward to enable | it is this bean pole present showed gr ‘The court sat with open door, and the chiefs were most atteative observers. Mr. Calvertsaidthey e d much wonder and delight at bearing the m what I have seen, | think it would be a Cor t inter- mercy and @ blessing to thore people, for some « id power to conquer them, aud bring them into sabjection and order It aad expeditious mode of once putting a barbarities that » world by t eortal var War steam andafew e venient depot voral groups of islande at short interva in three months, would be awply suffi on ond to a'! the footeh o ruptions, constamt annoyance, loss of reputation, loss | of business, and ruinows expense for repairs and re- | construction, must ever follow such lines lines continue to be built in this manner if structure was too weak to answer | the purpose for which it was desi, sense remedy would be to must Magee nee go ny thi : ting up telegraph lines is pecui Of alt the TS. miles whieh have been put up at | these rates, I know of but onc noperly constructed. House line from Wall street to Harlem should by model for all lines bereafver to be built or rebuilt. erpreted to the native witnesves, and at as “the white people had bh,” he felt sotisiied it would serve as @ tary ctample in their own future diffieulties making fair prowi with the cons sim to parebase a few shoils, or the like, from the i ll foreign i tagtadge agente ‘ainst all foreign interference the ritish American empire. Jangh at us for natives: Sfty ce: empty yaart bottle. ‘The regular traders have fixed a vedue to those articles at which they are generally roeeived; bat | there are fluctuations, corgpetiti valuations according to *he at here, ag in more civilized p'secs A musket, a keg of powder, a number of fathoms | of cotton cloth, a number of hatchety &e., equivalent to so meny pigs, turkeys, ducks, chick exe, 60 many hundred yam, cocoa nuts, &e ‘This people have the rep * integrity of the ivilizing them, and at | » eannibuliem, and ail the other k the sensibility mooting such a qi majority in the Houses neutralize any resolution favorable t Mr. Merritt's motion, however, upon the subje d verve to bring out ¢! 0 adjust all matters ed, the commen | i ly fitted, havin of the market | bhantigget od « euite bade adieu to the Fal- the meetiog of those chiefs ards their reconciliation time alone t e manner of get H = © * | an important one, strength of the relative | at present, the most impe elt for legislative cv pends the commerci: the country—on it « ath Pacific b a string of fish one that presents all section of ten nt jon, because on it de- The section of t te nothing; wi jiendship ie often a ensions and crueltie weil e400 vad threo brother, one tiene the natives, give them good chiefs, and salutary re- | sant laws Epeonragement would thus be ‘@Horded to industry of every kind, and safety to and property "Phe Mountain and Levuka parties pence # sbort time rince, and on the day afver our rival at Ovalan, the Mountain party, in proof of their good faith, brought 9 present of pre the of Levuka It was a nove’ | lar by witness from two to three hundred | those savage mountaineers, Saonidere patate da pane Dye scot color, in bands of fifteen or twenty, un t their cliffs rugged pe each one armed with carryi tobe-rer ot girdle, was changed it be wound many yards if or five times arovad him, it trailing to the ground, of sap- this gerinent is two strings of the convex sides ground native mechanics in lolynesi whether we will be governed by men who apeak our canoes are constructed with much genuity, come of their cances are from roventy to a ed and ten feet long, capable of caerying five Such a line will stand firm full twenty years. will very rarely be out of order, and a trifling «um Had all the lines been built after tis fashion, we should not at this day becom- yelled to listen to the complaints of the public nor the gronns of stockholders murder of the f the Americaa beig Degget in IS}4, and.died in the hovpital at ers are dead. having turn; he is now the %. heir to the kingdom, ring, dangerous man, Tul of power if poseible— »y aliens to our blood, hereditary enomice to our race, who cannot forgive us, an’ forgive us, for t will keop it in repair. and morally, over them. © better than the present for die this question home id the electors of E should be made ali tance, as a test whereby they m of those who seek to represent t! jon is not one of politics or of party considera- but one common to the interests of all who wish to see British fecling, British Jaw, and British intelligence, flourish and come to maturity upon the soil of a British colony. un ‘The inhabitants of atown near Rewa manufac | ture earthenware, such as deilers, jars, ond water | jugs, of various pattern. Some of the jars will | lions; the vessels are ough only burnt by te around them, they are The reliability of the jd bave satisfied the one, and business afforded ample remunera- vula shells with the close on the striag ee reseinblance te l¢ Fe that they be lave had @ very © in the portraits of (Queen Elisabeth's days oing ou, the Queen, her maids attendant, num- bering six or seven, with no otber covering, under ® tropical eun, than # se snt or girdle like a fringe of string, were busily employed with small hoes, #ome of iron end some of woo, tearing up luxuriant rea that grew in the court space around the contain twent, thin, light. and neat, an the domestic fire, or fi strong and durable. juies of a tree tion “ the other I have said there was one chanco in which your opoved investment would turn out extremely well. is the consolidation of these nine com j Could this be done, the lines rebuilt, and worked with one set of offices, o mn, no doubt it would pay a handsome More business would be done—infinitely | at less than half the expense. Take she year 1550, | believe the figure would not vary Viti preters to keep hi refusing, to recognize bim Mbau and receives ith their faces and their respective chiefs, | sister to Tui Viti, wit Indian file among the rocky | of the mountain declivity, musket, clab or spear, and , taro, pigs, bananas, and the ever red Ava, each band, as it arrived at thera a handsor On the Island of Lakemba, | ties of wooden ware are saanufacture) inaneat and | of trays, dishar and bowls | out of solid wood; these rried to the different | by the machinations He, therefore, prefers geous change in af rs in the mountains, than ptive offers of Tui Viti liku, (pronounced leck,) aves or grass tied on a of bis royal brother- to wait for some among bis faithfu! f manner, consist c£ all descriptions and the earthenwa & public space in front of the Mbure ( Boorey), or Spirit house, (a the evening of the 13th, the cour , and ae a great ac- proceedings and adiourned sine die, afvor fined: bd towns and islands of the More Drsertio R z 3 7 quicition in their ‘Gumeaiie OR: SERTIONS From Tue Beirisn Anny ts far from this:— New Bre xswiex.—We learn from the Charlotte Total receipts of nine lines. The members of the suite made as much ado sions they carried in the general piles, of under their chiefs to a short distance, and air eare past considerable intercourse has ined betwaen the T Jsiands and this group, which a ing prisoner guilty of the murder of Jobn Foster, and sentencing him to be hufg by the neck until dead e court was di-solved, and the sentence approved Gazette, that on Shee week Bye roldiers called pson’s house, at Waweig, and senting themselves to be ia pursuit of Tee dseererrs, as dandies preparing for a ball ity of personal appearance Was very emus and beyondthat working same w Reserve for reconstruction... When the last band | Their y qa or Friendly . Each one put on a clean ma squatted on their haunches what they carried in the pile, and had places in the ring outeid priest of the Mount of provisions, with ie imate; the mu with ny ane i robatio Pocing Une Creod Spirit fo The Tongess are almost white, well form: gentle and docile in their dispo good reputation for hones intercourse aust prove bens cial to both parties, particularly vo the Feejeeans. The trade with these very limited ead precarious. was plentiful, is now exhausted, or only found in i tortoise shell isso scarce as to be and these, with the smaller arti- aekets, clubs, spears, arments were Various. Some wore strips of ark tied like black ribbon below the knee Others wore rings of the trochus shells, as armlets, above the elbow, and some wore & sm sawri (a irdle of small roote or fibres like black fringe) over ‘Thug costumed, the chief and twenty of allied forth for the boat, the consul None but Ngaranin- =to be carried into effect the next dag on the island where the murder was committed Without delay the priso fate that awaited him; a tealous and atteative in ual consolation that could of a heathen in so short a tune confeseed that he had been @ bed, treacherous man all his life—bad committed many murders the murder and outrages on the island of Mukau- lau, he was induced to it by (or, as interpret requested to be ferried over to Oak Point, as t fail that was the direction the runaways bad takes? Simpeon was a short distance from the house, and on reaching the beach, found that they had launched the ferry boat, leaving ® wagon and a epan of horses on the road, and persuaded him te them. They had got only a shert m they turned w Simpson, one a lat his breast sea snsther taking aim with his gun, and demanded to be landed a the Devil's Head, a point onthe American shers. and handsome; tion, and enjoyin, —A dividend of 10 | a half of capital In reduilding. | aesume that but one line of posts House section—would be Mr. Calvert was moat ving im all thes impressed on the similar to those of the put upon each route. There is no difficult the wires being placed on one line of that tion; $25,000 annwally would be sufficient to re coustruct as fast a3 needed. ovee gone over, the subsequemt appropriations lands is, | understand, Sandal wood, that nds, and clucking wit fi leading the way tion and bie prot chief, Lingilevu, angitb, signifying the fone ind offic Whenthe routes were large hand,) took seats with r3—the others went in ® large oh ‘as hells, mate, and, a! the same manner an thanks and accepted the offering a was quickly distributed by manayers leas teas took to themselves the lion's sha a¢ managers common Mr Calvert, literally, ‘‘acted as ainbassw Matake-Murymbassagah, a Rewa man, and Wang- He eaid he hal no wish to live ld be good to him. ort time the boat reached the ship, soon after—the chiefs ani Ihave not space to go into the details of this acheme, nor the proofs of its advantages. casily be arranged, provided # majority of rsof the several companies would vote Let the capital stock be fixed at some This S. refused to do, but finding that he had to do with desperate men, and discovering that the meelves, he was at loagt obliged to yield, and they accordingly landed. The pistol and gun, as well as the horses and wagon, After which, the sponge, &e., are mostly picked up by the white re- on speculation, or collected by the mission t which they forward for , to Sydney, Auckland and the canoe arrived he ob wite appearing well pleased with their visit ‘The captain having ka, a Vatia man longer. and Le hoped God © were the deserters t When a ked on what he founied bis hope in the « of God, he expressed a confused notion of derstood that one of ghting men, naued Ko- ly do in civilized lite ‘The harbor and anchorage of Levuka is good, of easy access, and well p the ase by an extensive to bigh winds and burric yor m tho barbor on 00, sod a board of appraisers were the ty of Mr. Vail, from whom the de- yuitably among the companies. Property 1) from whom the de sorters had taken them when they released them- The fire arms were after: of at the Plaster Mills, on tho with the Guteffe, that that this is a case to come within the Ashburton treaty. —Sr. Join (N. ‘The merchant traders, therefore, are confin chiefly to the article of beche de mer, whwh, he . * very profitable ree of four thou: wrotected from the sweii of ccral reef: but it is exposed anes that prevail at cor f estate, mized up with heathen superstition He expressed a wish to eee hie wifo and two little sone and bit father, who wer the murderer of John Foster, questioned tbe caief on that subject, and the latter offered to send on shore and ‘ting off ten men for the enptain to put to death ae an expiatory sacrifice quired to bring K many excuses, saying ‘be had g telves from his American shore. surely Jonhthan won't sent for carly in the done you tay expect to see the I should be gind It will boa proad raph, when theso twenty-two wires ‘or moku-vataon board, he made »from Manilla ty the one to the moun February. Her position at anchor doy acoucate obser ations, efron ay Office in thy city of Now York, | B.) News, July 18, was lon. onst, 173 degs. | teins, and could aot be found,” with snok like ove