Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 322, 12 November 1891 — The Schooner Beagle. [ARTICLE]

The Schooner Beagle.

I The mystery whieh seem to ! shroud thc movements of thiß vessel. has set afloat all sorts of eonjectures as to her real charactter. In order to enlighten the publie and ourselvog, we turned the attention of one of our detectives to gather ali the information poftsible in regard to tnis vessel. Our in* tormant has been able to gather the following, whieh we give for the education of our readers» showing, if true, that "for ways thataredark ? ' an4 that "are vain, the heathei Qhii>ese are," not the only v onelp thnt are neeu !iar. ... ■ " ■ ; : Atefc lMifore the srbo6oer l>eagle at Hilo, a numb'er of deep sea fishermen r«ports aeēing the Behooner backing and i)Uing ofl the lsland of Molokai, descrHi i: ing her as having a straisrht ste«a, with a -small bowsprjt, in&*ts straight up and*down, a slofv sa,iler, in faet. v.withon t neei ng tlle \ veseo! iu port, thiii|: <lcscription svas perfect. ewn to the fcemper of t he peoboard, who thoy say were notaliowing them to ooma on board> They descril)c the fialcvon, to how vhHd and correct a native'sme|oory ts of a thiug he mmi, A-0., and mbved Uke a bird on ihe wa&r, and ghe ehoei), she cmvkl riy. Tbey reiu*«nber to. Uviug iuvited aboard, andfurnisbed wiMi meat bread. so d'(fereut tht y say, fro:ij the sehoouer Bqagie. Whon asked what tbey tbougbt ih< v«'Bsel wtre cruislng their rap!y ;ney were watchiugforan oup ortanily to \mti oplum, the !attej* o«-1^«$?the forn\er on Molokai we all Ih* \iir- '' ' * ' • • •

cumstances surrounding ihe mmemeQts of the schooner - Besg!e, she tindoubtedly did not bring defaulters her© from A»straiia, as she lay at HewZealand for over twoweeks. It i&more like!y she brought opium from Chitia, via Austr&hat aod & detainēcF!n port. would Have followed the bark Velo* citr, apd taken the opium wlneh the latter look away ftom here, and the opium <which she probabīy had left on board of what she herself broaght frōm Chitia. ' There are twn parties engaged in this &efarious traffic, and as we said yesterday, their connectio»s embraee and cmlians. Frotn the way in whieh this try is being pros|ituted to all kind9 of doubtfol ti*arisactions and open

violation of the law, in the grant» ing of franchises hy men in the Legis|attff> Who are partakers of the benefits to aecrue from gr&nts, C(w&trary t6 tfifir oath as law makers; i*i the partial prosecutionB oi crimmaJ; in the open connection and relationsbip existin£ between officia!s and men, who openly boast that they are engaged in smuggling; in the tolerance given all kinds of gaming; in fact, in all the vices and evils, whieh n6 oae undertakes to deny, we are undoubtedly drifit* ing to the oondition that Sodom and Gomorrah were in when the puniehment of their misdeeds feel upon them, a»d well noay the good and honest sav, the affairs of the coitntry never was so rotten before as they are under the administratioq of favorites and personal government.