Show jasan c x Sandwich 1 islands is ladds 0 feb izi f r 2110 bai bal ka kai or deseret bo aseret news dear nii brother brother Bt other othet my m nl haming having regained its proper equilibrium and pulse beating negal regal regular ar since since the shock I 1 u underwent the other ai again scribble mou you araw afew a raw jaw items that may not be bp uninteresting to your numerous readers I 1 i I 1 lim amlow enor lnor ili tit Honolulu awaiting the arrival of bro who is expected by the steamer which is wow how due duog i I 1 can bear my testimony without fear of successful contradiction that 1 the earth still ilves lives tor for I 1 have experienced the effects of its movements in a most sensitive manner I 1 have had shaking in my youth when unruly but nothing to compare with the one I 1 underwent nt oil on sunday night and bad had had L diot riot previously heed la in a horizontal position 08 asleep F r should undoubtedly rave eave have been baen forced into that position by the tha shock of an earthquake which as before stated bocc occurred jirred last laa sunday night about ten minutes after ten mci wei dl 4 clock ir its approach was signalized signalizes by bt a rumbling sound like ilke distant tsiun der and was wash the most seinie severe shock ever felt on the sandwich islands with inthe last fifty years the shock jasted between fifty and sixty seconds the daake continuing for some time after there were two others during the same night batso but so light that only a few persons felt it who were una bleto to sleep two others again occurred on monday night following which were also light no damage was sustained at rate late more than the le velling of some som estone stone wall brother hawkins was aroused from his peaceful slumbers made an effort to get outdoors out doors to stop his house which was apparently addling off oven over the rock but failed to effect his exit until the shock ceased dishes tried strength with each other chairs danced bedsteads rocked women fainted some prayed inking thinking tb the day of judgment wab was achand anth at hand and while the wall wali sot buildings from the to top fop P to tile ted foundation n I 1 K army arny ah my way from luale late to honolulu I 1 d discovered that thai it a portion of the stone church 1 maa mas aa it thrown own down while evdo rock iback had been hurled broft from overhanging preci apices into the road an am ape the pall pali in honolulu the walls wails alls of some of the most prominent brlek brick mid arid stone buildings were consloe considerably albl damaged quantities of earthenware were thrown from shelves and cupboard cupboards a and broken the islands of kauai maul and lahaina Lafis lnA ina buffered feted bum suf considerable 66 loss buildings were much fractured and stone walls thrown down the g general beneral belief prevailed here that hawaii must have suffered severely judging from the heavy shock felt feit here as the earthquakes I 1 heretofore have originated on that island and it was supposed this last one had ita origin here there but by the Kilau kilauea ea which has just baroug brought sword word from them we learn that only one 6 end of that island experienced enuch of a shock he hence 6 the tide oto of opinion looks for the origin of the earthquake to be on the continent this Is 19 very probable as it crossed through the center of this group of islands from southeast south east to porth north northwest west during the heavy winds from the north northeast northeim ebi ehe st which prevailed some time ago aeo a monster whale measuring about sixty feet in length was washed ashore adjoining laie late the natives soon pounce pounced dupon upon hiscar his carcass eiss ciss like buzzards and extracted quite a quantity of oil it held had been previously capture di by chalers whalers wh alers P 8 sunday 26 bro arrived this morning in good health and spirits nino nine days out I 1 T remain respectfully yours etc i H H PINTO march margh lith lio b 1871 editor desmet deseret mews news some weeks joinder ince I 1 sent tent you from st george the particulars as I 1 had then learned them thew of the killing of alma alms miller by atha meeks while traveling through the western settlements I 1 have heard heairl that statement repeatedly denounced as being incorrect the real facts will of course come to light when the case ease is investigated before the proper tri trl tribunal bunal hanal but in the meantime considering the strong prejudice many have against meeks 1 it t is but i justice justlee Us tice to him to state th that tit it I is t the h e general belief among those best acquainted with the facts in the case that he was not the aggressor but merely acted on the defensive it ia ls believed that miller was incited to what he did by wine and sad that he would not in his sober senses have attempted such a rash act as the shooting of meeks there is no ground for the suspicion that the spaniard george was an accomplice comp ilde lide of meeks as they never neven saw each other before they then met and it il seems beems seems that he stood aloof while th the shooting went on I 1 saw and ind conversed with brother george hancock the victim of the ista lata highway robbery the day before yes berday he is recovering from the wounds he received on the head he feld felt very weak for some time afterward from loss of blood the robbers were tracked by W C moody and nd others for a dis dit distance tance of about five miles in the direction of if pioche and a hat bat worn by one onet of them and tilee three pieces lleces of cloth worn by them aa as masks ra asks were found at the place where their horses were stationed a short distance from the scene of the robbery brother hancock hancodk is confident that he could identify two of the men although they were so disguised at the time they came upon him G C li tue THE secretary of war has haa sent to congress three reports on the thel condition of alaska from which the idea can be gathered that as a country it ia is not a valuable acquisition its resources consist almost entirely of three articles fur far fish and lumber the fur fun trade has deer deen decreased eased essed every year since the united states occupation and amounted last year to less than 20 the fisheries are inexhaustible hut but of timber there but are two kinds spruce and yellow cedar and the ahe former inferior to that grown in washington territory and oregon the reports concerning mines are false it was thought that alaska would produce good icet icel ice but it is said to be too porous to be of vahle vahie for export yet it is not warm enough there to produce seed from wheat rye or barley though these will grow corn com will not grow at all and potatoes grown there are not fit to eat the number of americans and eu europeans D e n in sitka is and they are mere t han than half of all the white people edale the thele theyo e I 1 are in alaska the indians are estimated at and gley they j ate are paid pad had to be very degraded alaska cannot be a very inviting place to reside in if these reports can be relied belled on |