THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.
(San Francisco Prper.) The U.S.S. Tuscarora, Captain Erben, sailed lately for the above group, taking as passenger, Col A. B. Steinberger, the Commissioner of the American Govern ment to the independent chiefs and tribes of Samoa. The avowed object of the dispatch of this ship is stated in American journals to be the investigation of the late reported troubles between the natives a"nd the Germans, and to report the results to the American Government. It will be remem bered that some months since a German vessel of war demanded and received from the natives of Samoa indemnity for certain alleged wrongs done to Germans resident in

the group, and concerning which there were various and contradictory reports at the time. We are enabled, however, from reliable sources, to say that although the investigation referred to may properly be incidental to the voyage, it is not deemed to be of the importance that has been repre sented.
