A Horrible Anair.
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The following extract Of a letter from
Lahaina, Sandwich Islands, gives an ac-
count Of most horrible occurrence which
happened at neighboring isiand-dated
March 22d: sAt


"You will have heard from Capt. Green
of the Ontario, that three men deserts.e
from him last Friday night. To-ds.; two
Of them returned; they were brcdght Il
the u. 5. Consulate Agency, md made
one or the most horrible stateinents / eveI
heard. = They, as tt,ey say, hiret
boat Of the natives on FRIDAY eve, and
started for Hawai-. yInere we're three il
the boat, viz: Ws'..ter G. Pike, Of New
Windsor, Orsrse Co. N. ", Robert NJ.
Carly, New York city, and Jacob Nor
Cliei, belonging 70 Middlctown Point, New
Jersey--the latter colored man. The,
pulled all Friday night, Saturday, Sun
day, and their nights, and became exhaus'
ted, and were unable 10 pull any longer
On Tuesday they drifted on the rocks q
Lanai, and having been without food q
| fresh water the whole Of the time, ant
having drank salt water they were in !
state Of starvation, They were not able I,
get up the pali, (precipice) and agreed +
cast lots to see who should die for th'
benefit Of the other two. The lot fell oI
Won Clief, who was killed BY blows o.
his head with stone-they then cut III
arm and throat, and drank his blood.--af
ter which they cut . piece from his rigl'