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FTHE RIEND.
No. 14
93
HONOLULU, DECEMBER 5, 1850.
Vol. 8.
from one of the English Missionaries at Ta- with which to supply the shipping that may
put in here to refresh. One third of the prohiti, from which we take the liberty to make ceeds
OF THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 5, IHSO.
goes to the proprietor of the land, one
93 the following extracts. For the reader tot'
Poetry, Adversity's Clilld,
to the constable of the district, and one
jthird
93
Eights and Shadows of Missionary Life,
the writer's remarks, in regard to third is laid up, as a fund out of which to
94 appreciate
Vewt from the United Stales,
of wines and spirits among give prizes to those who keep their own lands
9*
introduction
the
End of Volume VIII,
94
Agricultural Premiums,
native population, it must be borne in 'in the best condition, as well, also, for rearthe
9"
-aJudgeLynch In London,
•
ing the best cattle, horses, hogs, and poul95 mind, that the native authorities entirely proHeaths, Donation., Marine List, sic,
try. He has also announced his intention of
96
Marine Intelligence,
hibited the sale of intoxicating liquors among giving prizes to the best writers, and arith86
Index to Volume VIII.
the islanders. One of the French Gover- meticians in the schools, and to reward the
excel in these
nors insisted that the law should be strictly teachers of such schools as
ADVERSITY'S CHILD.
departments.
inforced. Thia lnw it appears has been abWritten on board the U. S. ship Falmonth.
The Bible has been purchased up by the
rogated by the French authorities, and the people with great avidity ; we have not more
BY JACKSEADRIFT.
Envelop'd in clouds,rode the chaate queen ol night,
sale of intoxicating liquors is allowed, al- than 500 copies of the edition of 5000, which
And Aul'tmn's keen blast whistled mile o'er the plain;
thonght, remarks our correspondent, "the, the John Williams brought from England on
When log Hie on his home, once the scene ofdelight,
her last trip out. This is to us most gratifylaw which permits their use, is gunrded with
Life's tempest tos'd Child of Adveraity came.
ing, nnd a source of much thankfulness to
as much care as possible, to prevent the the Giver of all good. In it we see that our
Ilia lime furrowed cheek and his'alorm beaten brow
Told Ihe heart's desolation deip festering there.
abuse of them." It surely is to be deplored labor has not been in vain in the Lord, but
Hope had tic! from his breast, and alas, even now
that the French authorities, could not have that he has crowned it by his blessing in
Iv his lone bosom writh'd the dark serpent of care.
been persuaded to let the law prohibiting giving to the people to delight in his Holy
On hia daiay deck'd plain, now wilh braniblea grown wild,
word. While the Bible is so extensively in
the sale of intoxicating liquors remain, cer- their hands there is little fear that any perHalf phrensy'd he gated on the home of his youth.
Adversity's Child,
cried
those
trlcnds,"
Oh, where are
tainly so far as the native population was nicious error will work its way among them.
"That pillowed my llend 'ueath yon mosa covcr'd roof.
We have an institute for training native
concerned.
And where the fonil lair one, whuse conlldliig heart
with ten students. Two have been
Oct.
1860.
pastors,
Papeete,
24,
me
home—
responsive,
welcome
lo
Tbrob'd true and
from
a severe already located, and we have every reason
We
now
just
recovering
are
to
Imparl
never
railed
Whose angelic soul
a third who
shock, which the introduction of wines and to be satisfied with them ; and
Some charm from the torrowa and Joys of our own.
some little time in tho institution, is the
{spent
generally,!
has
to
the
people
given
spirits
delight,
with
skip'd
that
My dear little cherubs
during the last six months. The law which, best native teacher on the island, the former
At 1 came from the flelds at the close of theday,
to
(light,
pat
permits the use is guarded with as muchj as well as the present Governor, havo noticed
When toil worn and weriry, my cares
With their Innocent sallies, alas, where are the .'
caro as possible, to prevent the abuse of, the superior state of his school, and have
them, especially to the natives; but these; made presents to him to encourage him.
more,
Gone where citrs'd oppression csn ravage no
Child.
have been of comparative little use, as those Our press is at present employed in work•Noravarice plunder Adversity's
who are inclined to have them, find nianyjing off n Tahitian and English dictionary,
Their passporta are signed, and thtlr sorrows are o'er.
The home of their youth now with brambles grown wild.
modes of accomplishing their desire. Many which we hope will be completed in about
dear, of the church members have fallen, but very three months time.
'Netth yon I'orett crown'd hill, fraught with scenes ever
many more have successfully withstood the We havo a small Bethel Chapel in the
Their mots covered tombs meet the wayfarer's eye,
drear,
every
While the lioarse rtven pours forth her symphony
trial, and have stood firm. Many too, who bay, in which we have our serviceconneccherub, lie.
From the dark waving pines, where my dear
were carried away at the commencement of Lord's day, and a prayer meeting in
the affair, are now returning, and seeking tion with it, in the evening. Four months
.And lhl« lb
»rk,U vainglorious man.
may
well
the
broteenee.
presence
thy
from
In haste
readmission into the various churches. It is, ago, we formed a small church in the BeThou haat ravaged my cottage tnd plundered my clan
gratifying to be able to state, thnt, notwith-, thel, consisting of seven members, in fact it
Till Ihe last ticis sever'd that bound me to Ihee.
standing the number who have fallen by the,.is a little evangelical alliance. It is commy own,
above temptation, the number of church,posed of one Wesleyan,one Baptist, one LuFarewell, blighted maoaion, once proudly
away.
Where the d.ya of my childhood stole swiftly
members is very much greater than it was theran, one Episcopalian, and three congreSown,
Th, grovel are now .Ileal, thy st.ap.ter. have
at
any previous period of the mission, prior gationalists; but I believe we all feel that we
Thy radiance gone,with thy charma to decay.
to the drinking fit. I conceive too that the' are one in Christ, and we can therefore affarewell,
churches never were in a purer state, taken ford to lay by, for the time being, our deFarewell, 1 now leave ihee, fore'.r
not for me.
as a whole, than they are now. Motives of nominational differences, until we may have
country
remain
and
t
A home
ever dwell,
a temporal nature which might formerly ope- occasion for them again, in some more civiMay the bllfht of the mildew o. the.
«. ihee.
rate upon some, and lead them to make a lized portion of the world.
Th. waif aad th. rtvea ara-elcom.
of woe.
profession, have now no more existence, so The press, the institution, and a large disO Chlhl of Adwralix, nursling
that those who come forward to join the trict in which are three churches, consistI fwl
Thy wrongs and thy Injurlta, deeply
«> ■»"«•
churches, can have no traceable cause of do- ing of 664 members, are in my charge, as
Taujht early th. heart/.* a*'*"**
to heal.
pow.r
I've
ing so, but the conviction that it is a duty. well as the Bethel Chapel, so that yon will
wound.
To w-p «•« the
This is a matter of thanksgiving to the head perceive I have not much time for letter
„ W. H.
of the church, as it makes our course the writing. Yours, truly,
Shadows of Missionary Life,
Lights
plainer.
Tahiti.
The new Governor is doing all in his
rmptrance-JVet* Governor-Attempt to pro- power to excite the people to habits of in- Hawaiian Thanksgiving.—By the apBible
mote Industry ami Education-Tk*
dustry. He has induced them to make a pointment of His Majesty, the 31st of the
Stc.
Chapel,
Urge public fence in every district, and to current month will be observed as a day of
—Motive Paeton—Bethel
letter
interesting
bb
plant them with the sweet potatoe, yam, kc, public thanksgiving
We have received
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�THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 6, 1860.
94
The best cwt. ditto, (cleaned), Ist and 2nd
scriber who makes this complaint ! That premium.
The best 30 heads of Upland Kalo, Ist and
HONOLULU, DECEMBER 5. 1850. oar efforts, to furnish a monthly sheet for 2nd premium.
seamen, are appreciated, we infer from the The best 30 heads of Lowland ditto, Ist and
2n'l premium.
Late News from the United States.
increased demand for back volumes, and a The beat bushel of Wheat, Ist premium.
By a late arrival, we have received regu- |large additional number of subscribers for the The beat bushel of Indian Corn, Ixt ditto.
The tiest bushel of Outs, Ikl ditto.
lar files ofthe Tribune, Herald, Observer anJ United States. Divine Providence permitThe bpst lin-hrl of Irish Poinioes, Ist ditto.
Shipping List.
tting, No. I. Vol. IX, will appear on the first 'I'he best bushel of Sweet ditto, l«t ditto.
The liest cwt. of Onions, Ist nnd 2nd ditto.
The most prominent topic in all the papers of January, 1651.
The best 25 Has, Table Suit, Ist ditto.
is the wonderful eclat which attends the proThe best 2511m. of course Sail, Ut unit 2d ditto.
Notice to our Subscribers and Reagress of Jenny Lind, the Sweedish NightenThe best 20Hih. Arrow-root, Ist anil 2nd ditto.
ders.
themselves
The
best lOlbs. of Butler, Ist ami 2ml ditto.
—All
inpersons
knowing
several
in
at
concerts
Having
sung
gale.
The best Cheese, weighing not less thanlOlb.
New York city, to crowded houses, she pass- debted for the past year's subscription to the Ist mill '.'ml premium.
ed on to Boston, where the excitement was Friend, will confer a great favor upon the The best specimen of Leather, Ist premium.
The best 100 Mnt linns, Ist ami 2nd ditto.
still greater to listen to her wonderful vocal Ipublisher by making immediate payment. It The best 20 yds. Woven
Clolh, Ist ditto.
is
not
our
to
ask
for
subscription The best Native Miits, Ist ditto.
practice
powers. Over $600 was paid for one ticket
The best Stitblle, Ist ditto.
of admission. She had distributed $10,000 money, in advance, only for papers forwardThe best Florid Ornament, Ist ditto,
ed
overland.
Honolulu
subscribers
enjoy
among various benevolent societies in New
'I'he best two bunt'hes of Bnminns, Ist ditto.
ditto.
York. Mr. Barnum the gentlemen who has the reading of our paper for " a 12 month," The liest six Pine Apples, Ist
The best fifty Oranges, Ist ditto.
before
are
with
their
bills.
In
they
piesented
engaged her services while in the United
STOCK.
States, has intimated to the good people of1commencing a new volume, on the first of
The best Stallion, Ist premium.
reit
be
to
will
January,
highly
gratifying
that
Miss
Lind
Portland, Maine,
might sing
I'he best Breeding Mare, Ist nnd 2nd ditto.
ceive a large accession to our subscription 'I'he best Gelding, Ist and 2nd ditto.
there one night for $8000 !
The best Mule, Ist ditto.
list.
The following synopsis of votes in
The best ptiir of Working Cattle, Ist and 2nd
gress, upon several important bills, will be A News Room and Library.—The pros- The best Bull, Ist ditto.
[ditto.
The liest Cow mid Calf, Ist and 2nd ditto.
interesting to Americans abroad.
pects are quite encouraging that a news The best Beef
for slanghier, Ist ditto.
The Texas Boundary Bill passed the Sen- iroom and library will be started in Honolulu, The best Knm, Ist ditto.
ate by a vote of 30 to 20. The New Mexico
best Ewe, Ist ditto.
under the most favorable auspices. More The
The best Cork and Hen, Ist ditto.
Territorial Bill passed the Senate without a than one hundred annual subscribers at
$10 The best pair of Turkeys, I<i ditto.
count. These two bills combined passed the
The lies! pair of Geese, Ist ditto.
House by yeas 108, nnys 97, the Senate cop- each, have already become enrolled.
The best pair of Ducks, Ist ditto.
curring with the House on the united bill, |C7> Weather permitting, a meeting will The
liest Hive of Bees, Ist ditto.
39
to
10.
by
be held this Thursday evening, Dec. sth, All the above should be Native productions,
I
The bill for the Admission of California at Mauna Kilika, for the choice of officers, and must be presented at the Annual Meeting,
received in the Senate 34 votes to let, and in
nt which time Committees upon the various subto hear report of committees. &c. It is high- jjects will examine nnd decide upon their merits.
the House, 150 to 60.
T-he Premiums will consist of Silver Cups
The Utah Territorial Bill, in the Senate, Ily desirable that there should be a full attenanil Goblets, Books, Silver Medals, nntl Diplostood yeas 32, nays 18 ; in the House, 79 to dance of subscribers).
mas. Besides those above named, ihe Commit86.
tees will awartl discretionary premiums upon
The Fugitive Slave Bill, Senate, yeas 27, Generous.—"The Pope has ordered asuch articles us may be presented and deemed
nays 12 ; House, yeas 109, nays 75.
universal jubilee, in commemoration of his worthy, such tis Specimens of Mechanical Skill,
The Slave Trade Bill, (in D. C.,) Senate restoration. It is to last fifteen days, and to Fruits, Vegetables, etc, etc.
They will also award premiums to those who
32 to 19 ; House 121 to 47.— N. Y Obsercarry plenary indulgence of one hundred shall introduce new and valuable varieties of
ver.
Plants, Animals, nntl Labor-saving Implements.
Ntw Bedford Oil Market.—For the]years to those who observe it."
A premium is likewise offered fur an effectual
weekending September 23, 1850. Sperm— Agricultural Premiums.—The Royal Ha- method of preventing the ravages of the CutWith a good demand and moderate receipts, wniuui Agricultural Society, desirous of iniprov- worm.
It is desired that as many, both Natives and
continue to advance. We notice sales since ing the character, anil the iimoiiui of I be protlucoar last of 1250 bids in Westport 121 cts; lion of ihe Islamls, ami of stimulating the pro- Foreigners ns feel any interest in the subject,
become competitors for the premiums,
350 bbls here, refilled at 124 cts, and 500i ducers to greater zeal in their vocation, will tit ■should
that we may have at our next Annual Meeting;
their Animnl Meeting in August next, award
bbls head matter at 133 <ts per gallon.
an exhibition of Agricultural nntl Horticultural
the following productions, viz:—
Whale—Continues firm with a steady fair Preniiiiiusupon
The
most productive acre of Sugar Cane, Ist Iproductions, Domestic Manufactures and Stock,
demand, and prices tend upward. We no- and 2nd premium.
aa shall be highly creditable to the country.
tice sales of 400 bbls NWCoast at 52 cts; The most
GEO. A. LATHROP,
Coffee,
half
acre
Ist
of
productive
EDWARD P. BOND,
900 bbls do at 53 cts, 200 bbls do at 53J cts; anil 2nd premium.
KICHARD ARMSTRONG,
and 230 bbls do at 54 cts, cash.
The most productive halfacre of Wheat, Ist
Honolulu, Nov. 20th, 1860.
Committee.
Whalebone.—There is more inquiry, and anil 2nd premium.
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sales have been made of 1200 lbs NWCoast The most productive half acre of Indian Corn,
The Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce
at 34 cts; 4000 lbs do at 35 cts, 15,000 lbs Ist nntl 2nd premium.
most productive half acre of Oats, Ist hnve fixed upon the following
superior do at 35} cts; 3800 lbs Polar at 36 nndThe
rates of Commis2nd premium.
Cts, and 10,000 lbs superior do at 37} cts.
The-most productive quarter acre of Irish'sion on foreign business:—
On the sale of merchandise,
Potntnes, Ist nnd 2nd premium.
5 per ct.
End of Volume VIII.
The molt productive quarter acre of Sweet (On tbe sale or purchase itf estates,. 5
do
This number closes the Bth volume of theI Pmatoi'S, Ist and 2ml premium.
I
no
I On ilie sale or purchase of specie,
(As it will Ire impracticable for a committee to (On ihe purchase nntl shipment-of
Friend. On the last page will be found a1visit
merchandise, with funds in hand,
the several Islands, to ascertain therelative
general index to this volume. We regret 1 productiveness of different fields, decisions upon on ihe aggregnte amount of cost
above subjects, will be made from the slnle2,
ami charges,
do
that any of our Honolulu subscribers shouldj the
menu re.idered by the producer*., each amount ]Ditto, without funds in hand, with
have had so much occasion to complain of attested by a disinterested witness.)
liberty lo draw,
5
do
The heat Cwt. of Sugar, Ist and 2nd premium. On dm wing and endorsing bills, in all
the irregularity which has atteaded the deSlid
premium.
besi
30
Ist
and
galls. Syrup,
cases,
The
Si do
livery of their papers. We shall try to obThe best cwt. of Coffee, (ts parchment), Ist ( On veiling or purchasing, vessels,
5
do
ant)
farand 2nd premium.
On procuring freight, '
will
A
viate the evil in time to come,
do
nam a bound volume gratuitously to any sub-
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developed, assumed the judicial functions,
Capt. Swill, Enterprise
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and pronounced with his customary promptiCapt Wliildrn, Jaa. Burray
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do tude. In a word, Haynuu, on emerging from
lor Chaplaincy
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Bayard
the
was
Graham.
8 00
viewing
great
very
roughly
vat,
do
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do handled : grains and brewers' refuse ware
Nirlrersmi, Mass for Chaplaincy
10 00
" Pitman. Esq , liar Library—
hy B.
On collecting delayed or litignted acfreely bestowed, and the Justy porters and Also,
Then Dictionary."
5
do draymen flourished besoms about his beard, ' "Buck'a
counts,
"luck-a Worka"
On adjusting nntl collecting Insurate, by Davie the Clairvoyant."
and shouted, Down with the Austrian Butch- '-Revelatiotta,
"Renins' Anelenl History." H volumes
ance losses,
5
do er ! This within a court of the brewery. Our
Seamen'sLibrary now numbers 188 volumes, besides
On receiving anil paying monies from
periodicals, painfulls, Ac.
Leaving it, the gallant Marshal was literally numerous
which no other commission is deIn the name oftil nor aea taring friends,allow me to express
nnlelfned thanks In all who have so generously, and wllhou
do hunted by a crowd of rough and ready coal- aolicilnllnn,
rived,
2
aided our Utile Bethel Enterprise at rlilo.
heavers and others, the denizens of Bank- We have had
On remittances on account of sales,
16 whaleahipe this seasoa, np lo the present
m, ,t or all or them vialt your port, they report
a
date
but
;
Southwark.
took
as
in all rases,
in
side,
do
He
refuge
public
2i
themselvesthere
Youra truly,
T. COAN.
On landing nnd re-shipping goods
whole
tattered
house, with a
skin, but with
P. 8. TheRichard Mitchell, now here, Inat a boat and t,
from vessels in distress, on the
men during the past aeaaon,auppoaed to have been taken down
garments and a damaged moustache. Thence by
whale—diasppeared inarvellnoaly—no trace left of the
value,
2i do he was rescued by a body of police, put into boala nr
rrew.
On responsibilities incurred by rea
and
rowed
towards
the
police
galley,
opami
enceiving
firwiirilnig goods
do posite shores, near Somerset House, in the
tered at the Custom House,
5
The above roinmissioiiK to be exclusive of the Strand. Wending his way towards the civiguarantee of debt for aides on credit, storage, lized regions of the west end of London, the
PORT OF HONOLULU.
brokerage, nnd every other charge actually in- butcherly Marshal would doubtless he comArrived.
curred. I'he risk of loss by fire, unless insur- forted, and hear the inhospitable barbarities Nov.
I—Am1—Am ahp Ironillnack, Uellaaple, from San Francisco,
ance be ordered, nntl of robbery, theft,and other of the mob denounced in emphatic and silbound lo Sydney. The voaeel baa been undergounavoidable occurrences, if the usual care be
ing repairs.
Haw sch Eclair, Peppercorn, e.naatwlae.
taken to secure the property, is in all cases to be ken lispings.—Independent.
5
average,
On outfits or disbursements, with
funds ill band,
2l
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On effecting Insurance,
On collecting rents;
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MARINE JOURNAL.
Am sch Han, Porter.2l ds mi Fort Victoria.
Am brtgan itanih M'Farland, Tallol, fm Lahatna.
Am acb Laura Bevan, Pierce, fm Ban Franclaco.
do Emperor, Wheeler. 14 da fm do
18—Br bg Portenla, Creeawell, 2*B la, 18 da fin San
Franclaco.
reports that the cholera in its ravages, has
Am ahp Rose Blandish, Pearson, 918 la, 11 ila fm
charged as though they were duly honored.
San Franclaco.
On consignment of merchandize withdrawn or reached that part of the world. It is quite
Am sch Avon, Mallet, 84 ts, 16 da fm San Francisco
reshippetl, full commission to be charged, to the
Am bg Baglc, Davis, lt2 ts, sold, registered under
to
determine
the
extent
of
the
deHaw colore.
impossible
of
advance
or
incurred,
responsibilities
extent
Br ach lightning. Nance, 169 is, fm Ban F.
and half commission on the residue of the value. cease, and the number of deaths daily, but
21—Br bg Curaair, Meal, 133 ts, fin Tahiti.
Guarantee of sales,
2} per ct.
WHALERS.
there are quite enough to create
The Nov. 13—Am shp Marengo,
Devnl, 26 mot, 148 5p.4100 svh.
Storage on goods consigned for sale,
21—Biem shp Alex Barclay, Heln, II mot, l*oo wb,
disease
(sny silk piece-goods, jewelry, or
appears to have assumed the most
1.1i.0.1 bone.
t
Fr shp Villa dc Rennet, Be Hot, IS mot, SOD wh 97
treasure), on gross sales,
do fatal form at Sacramento city. The total
undies bone.
3
All other descriptions,
do
sch, Poal Boy, Nation, 19 ds fm Ban Franclaco,
number of deaths, in one week, was 158, Nov. 28—Br
For entering and clearing vessels
sold in a Hawaiian
27—Br sch HarrieSjAtwnnd, 18 da fin
when ihe consignment does not
and of these 130 were cases of cholera.
bk Bramln, Bulla, 16 moa, 180 tp, 1220 wh, 18000
exceed 81,000 in value,
815 Deaths by cholera have also occurred at 25—Ambone.
1 per ct.
On all cash advanced, per month,
Cleared.
Stockton, Marysville, and in various parts of Nov. 16—Am wh ah Vlarengn, Devel, N" Bedford.
No interest allowed on money on deposit.
Fr wh ah Cosmopolite, Caiubrlre, craise.
For surveying stowage or the hatches of a
the mines. At San Francisco the disease
do Guslave, llardoy, Havre.
ship, each survey,
88
AntNvh sh lleiles|ionl, Manwaring, Mystic.
Ilr ahp Harmony rappa, Sydney.
Surveying a sli ip fur re pairs, for ench survey, 816 does not appear so fatal as elsewhere.
llano lirigau Rella, Mianera, San Francisco,
Surveying damaged goods where the whole
liaw acli Eclair, Peppercorn, Tahiti.
amount of damage does not exceed ten
Am ach Sarah M'Farhine, Tallin, tsan Franclaco.
DIED.
wh sh Waverly, Neal, N Bedford.
IS—Am
in
to
be
em
bodied
one
packages,
report, 85
On board ship Milton, Oct 12. N. L 35° VT 17° s', Mr. Job
19—Am shp Rose Staudleh, Pearaon, Hong Kong.
Tor every additional ten packages,
tfb Win.low, cooper. He was a native of New Bedford, and aged
2u—Am wh ah Washington, Corwln,cruise and home35 years.
Covington, Devoll, cruise.
do
For surveying ship after repnirs, and giving
Wm. Rnlch, July 18, William Dixon, ship keepdo
Warren, Evans. Warren.
$16 er,Onboard
certificate of sea-worthiness,
belonging lo Baltimore.
schLaura
Bevan, Pierce, l.ahaina.
21—Am
In Honolulu, Nov. 3n, Capt. Hays, belonging to Adalalde, N
US sloop of war Falmouth, Peng ru .sailed for PacinV
Giving certificate for sea-worthiness for
8 W. lie coniinniided a veasel tn Califnrnia, and thereleft
Lightning,
Br ach
Nance, for Tahiti.
Insurance,
#16 her on account of sickliest. He leavea a wife and two children
92— Am wh ah. Isaac Hnwlaud, West, N Bedford.
to mourn his death.
Am bk Oriental, Dale. Saaughaa.
Judge Lynch in London. —Yesterday and In Honolulu. Dec. 1, Mr. Osgood, belonging In Manchester, Nov. 23—Am ach Dart. Porter, Hong Kong.
Onlnrio Co., N. Y where his father Mr Elihu Osgood now
Br bg Porteaia, Creaawell, Lahaloa.
to-day, Sept Bth, everybody is in high glee Uvea. He haa a brother
In San Francisco
Am sch Avon, Hallelt,Kelalakeakua.
In
llnspllal
at
Criapin,
Spaniard,
of
the
illustrious
Lahalua
Manuel
from
Am wh ah I Hicks, Rice, N Bedford.
at the very opportune visit
Guatne. Left a whale eltip here, about 6 weeka since.
25—Am wh ah Mechanic, Putter, Newport.
knows
borne by the proprietor of the goods.
When bills Hre remitted for collection, nnd
The Cholera in California.—Late inare relumed under protest for non-acceptance, telligence from California confirms previous
or non-payment, the same commission to lie
alarm.
••
western Judge of London. Everybody
that one of the towns in London is Barclay
hCo.'s enormous brewery. This town is
composed of enormous buidings, resting upon
enormous substructures : beneath are mil,lions of porter barrels ; above are tuns as
jbig as the dome of St. Paul's. Elephantine
•horses fill ranges of stables, and hundreds of
List of Teasels ia Port. Dec. 5, 1850.
DONATIONS.
Capt ship 11Weapon t,
Weet, ttaip Liverpool,
"
" Smith, ship Alice,
Matter ship Billon.
Capi
Leek, ship Tntoarore,
Seamen L 8. 8. Falmooth,
Owneti thip Mechanic,
so on
MO
MO
6,00
MO
MO
8,26
688
Am ah Canada, lieauvaia.
Hrlg Coplnpti, Gordon.
Br ach Enigma, RnseamAm bg Fnrtuiiin, Uasly.
Am ahp E. Warwick, Wnlilcg.
Br origan Henrietta, Waugh.
Bk Philomela, Jewell.
Am bg Broth, rs
Am bk Coooeclk.it, Thorpe.
Am ahp Gov Dark. Cutter.
Hall tell Gestae, llnesloop
Sp ahp ilernaa Corlea* Caastte.
Am bg Poriiu.io, Haaty.
Br hg Tasea. Glbann.
2,50
•VM
iporter-swollen brewers and porters, and Br.
Drew,
5,i 0
clerks ass* managers without end, from the Br Hrustls,
*,0u
teeming population. Everybody goes to see Mr. Penkallow,
Am bg A Itaytnrd, Short.
10,88
the lions kept here, foreigners especially; P. B.—Donations for the "Chaplaincy" are very acceptable Am sch Laura Itevan.
Am sch Emperor, Wheeler.
are
foreigners,
not
go
who
at
thia
time,
lo aid in defraying the expenses ef repairs upon
and Americans,
WHALERS
to wonder and to guess, and write tales or the buildings of the Chaplaincy. Donations for the "Friend," Am bk Marena, Habenck, otatjaleaaßaai.
ahp
Luminary,
Norton.
Am
alwnya
are
acceptable to euahle Ike publisher lo meet tha
.tubs. On the afternoon ofthe 4th, there was
Do India, Swift.
Am ahp Tyler, Barber.
(W party of foreigners visited the place, and monthly eipeuse of between 60 and SO.
Am ahp Julian,Taber*
of
chief
tliem
wrote
Am shp Copia,
•according to custom, the
Hilo Chaplancy.
Shp 1 Hlcka, R ire.
his name to the visitor's book. He wrote „
Shp l.ydia, Worth.
Hilo, Not 15, 185«.
_,
Bl ■-'
S Robertson, Ws.bb'irn.
(Hatna.l ! As if by elsWrtc communicstion, naiinna
report In the Friend the followint do""'",for
" '«»•*Ch«|*|
Seamen.
Bhp Saratoga, Harding*.
al Kilo
became known throughout the establish- »y II, 18 0 Cant. I humid,
Shp Armala, Holt.
taiu Caraeaa
m
a»
the tut. 16.—Cut 8inallrt Minerva
5 00 Shp Anaeline, Leeroaater.
knent that the woman-flogging Austrian,
»—Lapt. Hiiiith, Ju. allea
S 00 Slip Brunswick, Johnson.
was within at. la.—Cast,
Waughterer of the Hungarians,
Ilartling, S-.r.inaa
I M Am ahp Heroine, Wall..
<-'«|it. Plaekeil Curniine
presence
a
so Whsbp Bn.oklliie.JeSJtry{the walls. Judge LJrnch, whose
17
—L. 0 MeUanaul, i;aa., 8.a Fraacteeo
8
On Fr ahp Pallna, Chandelea*-.
was
suddenly
,ri£.
*»
snd
unexi****to.-CM..
bv«,
Am ship Columbus, ChatlSf
Iwss unknown
1
_
ft
.
—
,
....
...
rrr.
-
,
"*
/
-»
�"lliirfpßlEND, DE9EMBER
96
Am ship Menkar, Nortee.
bk Bayard, Graham.
Am bk Wolfs. Lace.
Brem ahp A lei Barclay, Ham.
Fr ahp Villa dc Renata, Bellot.
5, 1850.
81
21
Prayers at 8ea, ■
Chaplain'i Report,
INDEX—Volume VIII.
Am
■ <*w*;'
Page. The Siihhatli Weeks,
87
1, 9, 17, 85, 33,41, 57, 65, 73,89, Wine and Beer Drinkers,
Sabbath Whaling,
35,81
PORT OF LAHAINA.
Whalb Ships Wrecked ami L09T.
The Whale and His Captors,
49
Arrived.
Loss of four Greenland Whalers,
13 Am. Sea. F»8ociety,
:,:
Nov. 15—Am schr. Frances Hsllen, Henderaon, 15 da fm SaS
Wreck of Clnu Drew,
86 Bethel at
Fratwlaco.
Whampoa,
59
16—Am shp Fslooa, Smith, 13 moa out, 25 a, 1600wh,
Intelligence.
bone.
Foreion
80000
Two Living Facts,
76
Am sch E L Frost, Rogers, 13 ds fm San Francisco.
,2 A Sailor's Thought,
76
Am brig Blisa Taylor, Eldridge, 16 da fm Baa Fran- fcws from iArctic icean,
cisco.
Deck
and
13,
Port,"
36
78
•regon,
ahp
Black
13
moa
1750
Wearier,
Babcock,
"
out,
Am
wh, 17000bone.
13,29,36,91 Important Trial,
84
'alifornin,
Cleared.
few York,
28,36,44,83,85
Melancholi.v
Events.
.Nov 15—Am ahp Oen'l Williams, Forsyth, home.
Domestic Intelligence.
Fr ahp Nancy, Welch, crulae.
James Y. Rogers, jamped overboard,
5
Am brig Sarah McParland, Talbot, San Francisco
vis Honolulu.
a7 Sufferingat Sea,
Agricultural
Meetings,
18
Ana sch Traveller,Wlllialan, Saa Franclaco.
J
do
97 Mutiny in the Pacific,
•»5
Fruit,
16—Amsch John Allyne, Osborne,
do I L Frost, Rogers, China.
37 Man Eaten by Shark,
Ministerial Reports
£7
18—Amahp Herald, Macomber, USA.
do
Milton Smith, crulae.
45
Agricultural Associations,
Polynesia
19—Am brig Fawn, Bradbury, SanFranclaco.
un
Eclypse,
Ant ship Massachusetts, Nlckeraoa, USA
7
n8|iSamoan Islands,
Agricultural Convention,
M, 86
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Hawaiian Ordination,
77''Japanese,
Bark J. E. Uonnell,Honolulu Harbor, >
68, 69
Polynesian Islands,
Miscellany.
Not. 18, 1850.
5
Mm. DiMoi,:-It may not be generally known that our
Intelligence.
Marine
rharts are not altogether correct In regard to the Japanese Is- The Island Queen,
3|Am. Brig Brothers,
lands especially that part which delineates the emailislands off Johu Bunyan,
28
4 British Bk. Caroline,
the mouth of the bay of Jeddo and the Coael of Niphon im- History of Eng. Newspapers in the Pacific,
32
mediately to eastward of ihe Cape Sonkaki as ft»r a* Capt*
Sir John Franklin,
8, 11, 12,15,16, 24, 39, 43, 60 Typhoons,
53
King. Brough ton's Rwk'i are Isld down on the charts in the Poll's
9
Weekly Messenger,
54
Navigation Laws,
latitude of 39° 30' while at noon Hay 6, 1850, In (he latitude of
11 The Law of Storms,
34° 04' they were distinctly visible from our Teasers deck. The Death of Poet Tappan,
15
12 Currents of the Ocean,
highest of these rocks (six In number) Is not higher than the Mr Fuller's Schcol,
45
hull of a common sited ship, and could not be discerned from Facts for Scoffers,
14 Surveying, Cruise,
77
a ship's deck more than twelve miles. It may be safely Plymouth, 1627,
19 New Islands,
»5
concluded that tbey are twenty miles farther north than the
27
Teffrigs,
charts place them. The same may be said of Vulcan's nnd Death of Arch Deacon
30
Princes' Islands. Cape King la not only out of the way In lat- Daniel Webster's Farm,
BOOKS,
301
itude, but In longitude also. At 3 o'clock P. M , May 7, last, Washington's Farm,
For sale, at the Chaplain's Study,
our latitude waa 34° 55' and longitude by two good chronome- Preaching in Congress,
39 Bingham's
Islands,
$2 50
Sandwich
ters confirmed by three sets of lunar cajserritions was 140°42'
hi.
kkj
39 Jarvca'
Washington's Farewell Addaess,
45". This would place us directly to eastward of Cape Awa
1 00
42 Wyllic's Notes,
"
thirty miles. By our course we passed within ten miles of the Aaron Burr's Plea,
2 541
Aittiignc's history of the Reformation,
«6 D
place assigned to that Cape, yet no lands could be seen lew Dr. Dick,
Illustrated Almanac for 1860,
25
than forty miles distant. The conclusion therefore is that all Long Low Black Schooner,
46 Various religious books ; also, Bibles in various
theseIslands are laid down.too far to eastwaraMv twenty fire
and
various
styiee'of binding.
52 languages
Dr. Webster's Trial,
or thirty miles, and to southward al least twenty miles. Our
55
Chronometers s few days subsequent to this, were proven by Punahou School,
60, 62 To Skamcn and Stuaniiiri.—The Seamen's
comparison with Cape Vires, east end of ltouroup or Staten The Moravains,
is opes for Public Worship every Sabbath,
61 jChapel
New Mission in Pacific,
Island, when we found them correct.
at 11 a. m., and 7 1-2 p. in. Seats Aotja.
without
speaking
folly
roughclots
this
more
of
67
I cannot
B
Editor in Trouble,
The Seamen's Concert for Prayer is held at the
ton's stocks. The cluater extends In an E. 8. E. and W. N.
Room the 3d Monday evening in each month.
Treaty,
W, Hue- There are six of them, and are not OTer one mile
*6 | Seamen belonging to vessels (of all nations) visDeath of President Taylor,
and a half from one extremity to the other. We first saw
iting this port are invited Vjacall at the Chaplain's
»2
them at four o'clock in the morning. The lookout first saw Bible 250 year old,
Study, where they will be gratuitously supplied with
supposed
rather
sad
were
copies of the Friend and other rending matter. It
them, or
only two of them
they
Temperance Articles.
shewed
will be most convenient for the Chap] tin to receive
dead whales ; he
them to one of the boat steerers who
reported them to me aa Chinese Junks, but* they were rolling Sound Legislation,
calls from Seamen between 2 and 4 p. m.
about terribly ; they wars then off the lee beam, with the sea Proposed Museum,
Public services at the Native Churches, on the
.-I
washing over them. I saw they were rocks and ran forward
20 Sabbath, commence at 9 1-2 a.m. and 2 1-2 p. m.
Grog
Ration,
Tbe Seamen's Reading Room ia open at all hours
to sea If there were any more ahead. I saw two off the lee
23 of the day.
bow about fonr points, not otct a Quarter of a mile distant. Temperence Men Overbourd,
Strangers arriving and having late foStopping a moment lo see the drift of the ship and that the Guide to GI end ale ugh,
38 reign papers, are respectfully invited to aid in keepsaid
room
sails were)foil, for we were steering E. by N. with the wind N.
supplied with uaeful reading matter.
53 ing
Spontaneous Combustion
by E., I ran and called the Csptaln. By tbe time he came on
Donations are respectfully solicited for the sup
Union,
Am.
Temperance
58
deck we had a full sense of the danger we bad just passed
port of the Chaplaincy, ana the publication of the
67 Friend.
through. There were two more rocks off our weather quarter Cheep, vs. Dear Spirits,
An annual report of all donations ia made
making six in all. We had drifted In an east course through a
Poetry.
tto the Am. Seamen's! Friend Society in New York.
passage not orer a half mile In width, between two rocks
Any person contributing (>5O is entitled become a
33 Life Director of the Society, and S2O toto
bearing E. S. K. and W. N. W. from each other. While we The Hour Glass,
become an
were yet In doubt how the ship would get ont of her troubles, Childhood
33 Honorary Life Member.
SAM'L C. DAMON, Seamen'e Chaplain
a suddsu ahift of wind struck the rails aback. This with a Sea Boy's Farewell,
53
heavy shower of raIspreader! ng it impossible to distinguish Lines to Dn Petit Thouar,"
~~
69
"
any object mors thaa three ship's length distant, gave us great
Meeting of Ships,
92
anxiety until day light came and cleared away,when we found
/
92 A Monthly Journeii devoted to
naraslTSs elesr ofall daagsr. While we were enTelopsd la the Brothers Parting,
Temperfog and the ship going sbead some three or fonr knots, one of
Sandwi«Si Islands
ance,
Vlsitofthe Bonite,
•
'
-
"°
J
.
the sailors said It would not do for the old ship to ran a foul
of one sf them rocks for It would not stow well lav the fore
peak. These Backs are laid down thirty miles too for to eastward and twenty too Air to southward, therefore they may be
placed In latitude 34 y 60' N. and longitude 139° 30* E. They
are small and low. The longest u not over throe ship's length
In extent; they aredangsroaa for thsy may he approached in
-a light wind of a night without being able to hear the breakers
IVrths strongcurrant continually set ting to E. N. E. form* s
noisy tiderip near them. We could eearcely wear after being
aware of thslr proximity.
Yours respectfolly, W E
THE tBIEND;
innexation,
3
lawaiian Thanksgiving,
Commercial Statistics,
Few Books,
■Seamen's Friend.
8ailors Running away from Ships,
Beenet in the Forcastle,
Hints to Pnratjsa,
.
Seamen, Marine and Gent-rag
Intelligence.
T
PUBLISHED AND EDITS}!** tt
14
SAMUEL C. DA MSN, Seaasea'a Chapla.n.
44
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TERMS.
One copjr per annum Uk
Two copies per annasjE
Five copies per annum
Ten tjapiet per annum
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FTHE RIEND.
Vol. 8.
\o. 18
HONOLULU, NOVEMBER 15, 1850.
It is evident then, that could we be assur- •jfrotn another point of view; on account ol
ed
of return freight from India and China,/their geographical position; opposite let the
1850.
Russian
of Kamstchatka, al89
CONTENTS.
. . . ......
...
News,
- ....
- - - --
OF TUB
I RICNI),
NOVEBER IS,
possessions
we could send out a much larger number off
at a great distance, they have for a
and
increase
to
a
considerable
though
could
ships;
Seatnei- s Chaplaincy at San Francisco,
*
Callfon ia ad'iiilleil,
91 extent, in those countries, the consumption long time attracted the attention of ihe Rus-ol
91
Item, ol Foreign
sum government. Of the eighteen vessels
81 of those articles which are in general requiLnpnrl at to lavhtalnrs,
92 sition there. Here a question is presented war which have arrived in Honolulu sines
Poeuv. Price of Oil, &r,
....-?>
Shipping
which has been often agitated, and to whichi 1826, four were Russian. In.case of a war
1 shall return, as it is of vital importance toi between England and Russia, both these
Visit of the French Sloop-of-war
lake,
our commerce in the East; and because, in powers would, without doubt, seek to
to the Sandwich Islands in 1836.
for
n milof
the
Sandwich
Islands
manufactures
possession
Ihe
interests
of
our
my opinion,
Translated for the Friend, from the French oj have not been appreciated to this day. 1 ium y station, and as a place of refuge for
will first speak of the admission of sugar their ships of war, and privateers.
Alolphe Barrot.
NO. X., AND LAST.
from Manilla, and Cochin China, with dutiesi It is true that the American influence i.
Commerce of France Samhoich Islands have proportioned to those which our rolonial su- 'now dominant at ihe Sandwich Islands, thi.engaged the attention of the Prussians gar pays. When in 1817 the duties upon intliience being exerted by the Missionaries,
Slates:
Importance of the Islands to England and sugar from the East Indies were diminished,/all of whom came from the United
Prussia in case of a war American influ- 'our commerce seeing markets opened whichi ihe commerce, in like manner, is Ameiiran.
ence, and American commerce at the Islands it had ardently desired for a long time, it en- ■lYet I never could believe thai England, so
Political relations of the Islands with gaged with ardor in the India trade, and as. quick to appreciate the different military
England—with the United Slates—Estab- jnany as fifteen or Iwentv French ships were positions of the globe, and lo take possession
lishments offoreigners Foreisners not per-\'seen in the bay of Manilla. But this seasoni[of them when they can be useful to her, has
[ commercial prosperity did not continue not perceived the importance of the Sandwich
milled to own Real Estate—Consequences [of
The Peacock at Honolulu
Why she long The interests of our commerce, of Islands in the event of a wnr between her
came Efforts of Com. K. to have certain' our navigation, and of our manufactures, and Russia. 1 never could believe that she
Articles inserted in the Treaty, defeated—j were sacrificed, in my opinion, to interests would sleep a moment; even should ibis
danger become imminent; nor would she
the only way to secure the welfare and pre- .far less important.
servation the Hnwaiians—the Missionaries] Often have 1 asked myself why Franca, consent to abandon her rights to other nahave done good and*eril; but in relation to' with all her territorial resources, with the, tions, when by making sure of them in tim«
their motives, Ihe writer does not undertake good wages of her operators, compared withJ she could preserve an appearance of acting
of nations. For a long
to decide.
It lie wages ofoperators in England, and with according tp the law
circumstances
in
lime
has
been
favorable
I
success,
ihousantl
other
of
should
she
attach
a
a
causes
high
Other circumstances may
form at) estimate of the port of Honolulu,
degree of importance to the Sandwich islands ■be behind other commercial nations. Why,|'io
and difficult enirance to which
and render them of groat consequence, as a in time we are always the last on the ground; Ihe narrow
defended, nnd which, in the
'can
be
so
easily
others
have
gathered
our
Onr
the
when
gleaners,
the,
commerce.
place of refreshment to
hands of a hostile nation, would be the occacommerce is banished, s.» to speak, from the .harvest. When I examine with my own
the English, for their conimarkets of India, and Indo-Chiiin, by the, eyes, I am always convinced, thnt in order( sion of alarm to
Ihe
in
merce
"East.
I can easily imagine
to
with
and
England,
i
successfully
difficulty of procuring return cargoes for our ]'ihecompete
the Sandwich
that
who
England,
regaids
only
United
a
firm
States,
tea
and
France
needs
consumption
of
The
mdi-,
own ships.
x'en committed to her
having
and
a
Islands
as
surceede,
certain
numdetermination
to
rational
I
and
a
go is limited in France,
in consequence of the cession
ber of cargoes of these articles supplies our deviation from the system which has hithertoI'guurdianship
to Vancouver by Kamehnmeha, an act
com.'made
sufficiently
Besides,
the
been
followed.
We
do
not
profits
time.
market for a long
perhaps; ola great,['without validity, if you please, but which
arising from the shipping of goods to India prehend the importance,nothwithstanding
our will not the lees serve for a pretext, whenand China cannot be sufficient to compensate commercial prosperity,
ever England shall deem it expedient to take
have'been
for
some
and
eyes
opened
loss
occasioned
by,
years,
for
the
our ship owners
I can easily imagine, I say, that
have
manifested
which
has
possession;
solicitude,
so
tr
we
a
long
voyage
the ships returning from
not, to this day, judged it nchas
much
those
old
'England
competiperhaps,
the
100
respected,
Moreover,
pre-j
a
without cargo.
to establish a garrison at Honolulu.
influence
of
which
pernicious
cessury
so
the
jiidices,
i
great,,
hns
become
tion of manufacturing
las it would cost much money, and would be
that the nations who are sure of return car- seems apparent at the present time.
a
The
consul
had
the
kindness
to
entirely useless in present circumstances;
to
us
English
i
rivalry]
oppose
goes to their ships,
We
are
under
me
a
list
of
the
arrival
of
vesmerchant
give
■ but I am fully persuaded that she has her
which we cannot withstand.
the,sels at Honolulu, the only port of the Sand- eyes constantly on the Sandwich Islands, and
the necessity, then, of proportioning
the importance
number of ships fitted out for the East Indies wich Islands that is habitually frequented by thai she perfectly appreciates
case
of
war.
in
'foreign
list
embraces
the
of
their
position
indigo
ships.
years
tea,
ol
This
i
to the consumption in Fiance
relations of the Sandwich
and other articles brought from that part of,'1830, to 1835, and Hives a very good idea|i| The political
with
the
governments of civilized
Islands,
and
what
of
the
of
but
I
country;
repeat
Hourbon,
relations
the
that
the world. It is true
afford a lim- it, it would not be right to judge concerning/nations, are limited to two acts; the first is
we call our possessions in Indta,
thnt, by which, on the 261h of February.
ited amount ofsugiir for return cargoes but the commercial importance which the Sandthey
and
wich
Islands
from
may
acquire
1794, Kamehameha acknowledged himself
what
!
besides,|
this resource is very inadequate,
at present. The circumstances which and his people as subjects of His Britannic
we have a direct commerce with Bourbon arc
have enumerated, and others besides will Majesty.
1
which answers for the exportation of the pro-| 1
all
develnpe their resources, snd make The second political act is Ihe Treaty of
m
rnpidly
the,
ducts of the country, and
e*j"S,
them,
which
not
a
considerable
at
if
market,
least, Commerce, signed on the 23rd of Pecembei
vessels
are;
freight ol those of ourfind
liable,an important entrepot for European mer- 1826, between Kauikenouli and Ihe go-en
there,
m
bound for China, might
meat of the United States. This TVeat,
to so many ri-d-M-al no dependence can be [chandise.
is called lo the Sandwich Islands' grants no exclusive advantages to Americann
Attention
it
placed upon
Visit of
the
' Editorial,
Bonite,
89,90
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THE JRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1860.
'dusts/
it only secures to tho citizens, .and to the
might put forth at tbe Islands, and the Americans put different constructions
property of the citizens of the United State*, | produced a want ofconfidence in commerce, upon this Treaty; the Americans pretended
the protection of the Hawaiian government, which only tends to paralyze their progress, that the land upon which they had creeled
against ail enemies in case of war; it sanctions foreigners who would be glad to engage in houses had become their own prnjiertv; the
the admission of American vessels into the agrii'iilioral labors, requiring a great outlay! government of the Sandwich Islands declarports of the Sqjidwuk Islands, and give* them of capital, are prevented by the certainty that, ed, as 1 have just said, that the Americans,
permission lo trade with the tnhetbitants cfthe ifany malady, or any motive whatever, should and other foreigners, having built upon lands
islands. The following Articles establish' induce them to leave the country, they would which did not belong to them, had no right
certain rules for the saving of American lose at once the fruit of their labors; that to the property; (hat it was a*9 net of great
ships that may suffer shipwreck on the coast their death, moreover, would take it away condescension to permit them to occupy it
of ffce Hawaiian Islands, and for ihe arrest, from their children. Those who establish during their residence in the country, and
of deserters. The Treaty ends with the themselves in these Islands, having always that when they should leave, the Slate ought
usual clause that "American commerce -hull to take into consideration a forced ihandon- to resume the possession of a property, all
enjoy all the advantages thnt may be allowed ihent at length, proportion their investments the rights to which it had preserved. Comto file most favored nation;" stipulating on to the chances of success which an inconsid- modore K. put forth all his efforts in order to
this point, full reciprocity for the commerce, erable establishment can offer. Consequent- secure, by adding other Articles to the Treaof the Sandwich Islands with the United ly, agriculture has made no prog ess, and ty, the principle contended for, by his couninstead of immense establishments which a trymen; but obstacles were thrown in his
States.
The English have not wanted to make a more enlarged policy would have caused, way. At the first conference there was
Treaty with a country, of which they regard to spring up, no other cultivation is seen on agreement upon every particular, and ihe
themselves as the lords paramount; for hy a the fertile plains of the Sandwich Islands' additional Articles were to be signed the next
that of the taro. The system pursued day. The next day, the government not only
Treaty they would relinquish tlfeir rights in,
lawsuits. They have therefore abstainedI by the government occasions distrust; it refused to accede to the demands of Comfrom every political act with the Hawaiian i shows that jealousy of foreigners already ex- modore K. but it formally declared that it
was decided not to permit foreigners to begovernment. The Americans on the con- ists, nnd it bodes ill for the future.
trary foreseeing that the English will one j Vet it is undoubtedly true that this country come landholders r.t ihe Sandwich Islands
day bo able to make good that acquired right can no longer be satisfied with its ancient by uny title whatever. Commodore K. havto the Sandwich Islands, desire to secure by standing; the people have entered upon a ing no specific instructions to guide him in
a Treaty ihe advantages which they now en- new life; -their wants are increased, and in- the matter, set sail much dissatisfied, and
joy, and of which they might be deprived by dustry alone can furnish means to satisfy threatening the government, it is smd, with
another government taking possession. Thisi them. To paralyze the resources of the the efficacious intervention of Ihe United
Treaty, therefore, should be their security. country, would be to expose it to complete Stales.
In this the Americans have been guided by a demoralization, the consequences of which This refusal of the government is ascribed
wise foresight; they have perceived all the are already begining to show themselves in to the missionaries, who in my opinion have
commercial importance which the Hawaiian a fearful manner.
sustained, or have persuaded the government
Islands will acquire, and they have taken On the other hand, it would be 'unjust to to sustain a principle, the justice of which
measures lo secure their commerce in case demand liberty for each one to build and cannot be denied. The claim to be an owner
of a revolution in the government.
plant upon government lands without having of a land, simply because an individual has
.Should we not profit by their example, and previously purchased them. But what is the built a house upon it, was not defensible
by a Treaty, secure to ourselves the advan- 'tendency of the system now in vogue, a sys- even by the law of nature; but to shut the
tages which the geographical position of thei tern which keeps at a distance, and discou- door to all accommodation in this question,
islands may offer to our commerce ? It isi rages foreign industry ? Is it not to render was altogether impolitic. It was prejudicial
true that nt present, a Treaty of Com- -the land almost entirely unproductivei Oahu to the interests of the country and the people,
merce with the governments of the islands ini contains a population of 20,000, (I mention whose welfare, and preservation even, dethe Pacific, would but slightly benefit our■ this island because its population is the most pended on the intermingling of the nation
commercial navigation; but it would by ai dense), nnd taking into consideration plains, with foreigners; for it is only in this way
document, laid away in our archives untilI hills and mountains, it contains an area of 600 .that these unnumbered abuses, and this tersquare leagues, (530 square miles). A thou- rible arbitrariness, under which the islanders
there should be occasion to use it.
The Treaty between the United States andI sandih part of this, perhaps, is cultivated. groan, can be done away; an arbitrariness
this still savage people draw forth from and oppression become a thousand times
the Sandwich Islands is incomplete, and the Can
the treasures which it contains? more insupportable at present than formerly.
American Agent wholly occupied with the this land
The Hawaiian government did wrong in
oQistinercial relations of his countrymen, has Will these men become Ibe enterprising prooat folly appreciated the circumstances of-prietors, who will be able to obtain skilful my opinion, in taking such arbitrary meathe country with which he treats. He has,/planters from India and America, or from sures. It is certain that the erection of a
not given attention to the establishments al-l/Europe, nnd direct them? Besides, will not house cannot give a legal claim to the land
has for forty years been upon which the house has been built; but
ready formed at the Sandwich Islands by| this people; which
in a fearful progression, continue regard should be had to Ihe circumstances
Americans, nor to those which an increase of, diminishing
diminish from the same causes? Must it in which the
commerce will cause to spring up. The«x-,/to
establishment was formed, to
not
expect the fate of all those savage tribes the condition, of tbe country at the
isting establishments have been founded which
time, and
the contact of civilization has smitten then preference should
without precaution, each occupying a lot ofj■
he
to the actual
given
death, and which have disappeared from holders.
In certain cases also prescription
land ceded by the government, say the pro-j wilh face
of the earth before the work of re- should give to ihe holders tbe
prietors, but without any ostensible act. the
right of prowas
accomplished?
Now the government trusting to the ancient, generation
perty, or it should have an influence upon
laws of the country, claims to be the exclu-j When we arrived at Honolulu we found the duration of the leases w ich the governsive proprietary of all the lands, and thisi there the American sloop of war, Peacock, ment might grant. As lo the uncultivated
claim includes those where foreigners have/Commodore Kennedy. Mr. Edwards had lands, —and this I believe was one of the
formed their establishments, permitting themi been sent by the government- of the United principal objects with Commodore X.—was
to occupy the lots during life, but on the con-)
to arrange divers commercial matters there no legal means by which it might be
dition that the lots and the buildings shall,I with certain powers of India, and to place brought about, that foreigners might cultirevert to the crown whenever the resident ihe commercial establishments at the Sand- vate these lands with security, and without
»hall die, or leave the country. The govorn-j.jwich Islands an a firm basis. But Mr. Ed- th« fear of being dispossessed, when on tbe
inent has declared, moreover, that no for- wards died in India, before the arrival of (he point of reaping the fruits of their laborer
eigner can own lands at the Sandwich,i Peacock st Honolulu, and CommodoreKen- Could .not the government be induced to
Islands, a measure which has been dictated,I nedy carried out the instructions received by yield, in consideration of a certain price, and
to it, and the pernicious influence of which! Mr. Edwards. The principal object of the for a number of years ihe ownership of lands
mission was Ihe construction to be given to which for want of laborers must remain unlias not been calculated.
This doclaratioa of (lis government hasi the Treaty between the United States and productive? Could it not, while offering to
arrested every effort whfch agricultural in-./the Sandwich Islands. Tbe Hawaiians and purchasers every needed seeftrity, resrve to
/than
,,,
r
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,
/States
i
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91
THE FRIEND. NOVEMBER 16, 18fiQ.
Important to Navigators in the Pacific.
itself a pledge of sovereignty, and absolute Seamen's Chaplaincy at San Francisco.
ownership, tf ever it should wish to refuse A correspondent at San Francisco, under A very interesting discovery of a large
to foreigners, the right lo become prnpiiisland, entirely unknown, we believe, to navetors; if in short, it should wish (o persevere date ofOctober 16th thus writesuv;-«_*.s ;-«_*.
igators, was made in November last by Capt
"Sixteen
tho
first
ago,
months
Church
in a system which I regard as unsustainable |
M'Michael, of the ship Montauk, on his voyat the Sandwich Islands.
was dedicated. Five others have age from
Sydney, New South Wales, to
In conclusion: the missionaiies have since been built and dedicated. Two others Shanghai, China. It lies between |he Loo
i
doubtless done good at the Sandwich Islands, will soon be. And recently a Bethel has Choo Islands snd Japan, and occupies the
i
but they have also done much evil in not do-,
been fitted up, and a Baptist brother, the positions embraced by what are represented
all
the
them
to
good which it was given
ing
in the ordinary Admiralty charts as three
accomplish. Ought their intuitions to be ac- Rev. Prevenux, is to be the Chaplain, under distinct, and small islets, termed respectively
cused? Should credit be given to the charge tbe auspices, I believe, of the San Francisco Harbor, Bungalow, and Crown islands; of
of interested motives, which is made Against Port
which the two first named have very nearly
Society.
them? or should the fault be set aside on the, Brother
the
same meridian—about 130 deg. 6 mm.
Preveauzisa
fine
a
man, graduate
principles in which they hnve been educated,l
E. from Greenwich; whileBungalow ia in 36
of
recently
no
Newton
He
came
Seminary.
the coudition attached to humanity, that
deg. 20 mm.; and Harbor island in 28 deg.
work coming from the hand of man is per- out under the Baptist Board of Home Mis- 20 mm. N. hit.:
Crown island being placed
fect? This question I shall not undertake sions. You may gladly welcome him into more at the South
and West. It was of
lo decide. My sluy at the islands was not
course the eastern end of the island that was
the
ofChaplains.
Extend
to
fraternity
him
long enough to satisfy my own mind on this
seen by Capt. M'Michael; and so far as he
point, and whatever my judgment might be, the hand of fellowship. The room fitted up was able to observe, it extended from 27. 36.
1 should be afraid of being unjust towards for him, is the upper story of a store in San-'to nearly 28. 40. N. lat.; and from 129. 05
the missionaries, or towards their accuseis. I some Street, near Clark's Point, a good lo- to 131) 18 E. lon. ;
throughout which limits
he coasted it, approaching some times within
cation. It will seat about 300 persons."
T. D. H. ten or fifteen miles of the shore. It is high
in the middle and at the north end; where
California Admitted.
the appearance is of a coast of cliffs, with a
HONOLULU, NOVEMBER 15, 1860.
The vote has passed both houses of Con- inumber of small islands close along shore;
A correspondent asks, "When will grcss admitting California as a State. Many {the south end being low with a reef all round
it. In this southern portion there is the apthe Translations end?" We reply, with this 'other important bills have also been passed. pearance of an
opening—as of the fancied
'Late
California
announce
papers
great pre- channel
number. Some of our readers may not have
between the parts mistaken for
been particularly interested in these transla- partitions making to celebrate the admission ICrown and Bungalow islands, but no such
tions from a French author, but with others of California, as the first Pacific State of the Ichannel exists. Smoke was seen in several
great North American confederacy, or the Iplaces; and at night many lights, as from
it has been far otherwise.
fishing boats. A ship bound to the north and
We would not wish to be understood as glorious Union.
west ofLoo Choo, according to Capt. MM.
coinciding with all the views and opinions We regret that our small sheet does not |should not ran to the north of 27 deg. 37
expressed in these articles of M. Adolphus allow us more space, wherein to publish the imm. N. lat.; which parallel will take her
of all; or, otherwise he should get to
Barrot, still, taking into consideration the current news of this busy, bustling, stirring, clear
the norlh of the island, which does not exfact that the writer was a Frenchman, a driving, hurrying, sailing, steaming, flying,
tend, probably, beyond 28 deg. 46 mm.
Catholic, a transient visitor, (remaining only experimenting, thinking, reading, speaking,
a few days on our shores), and furthermore,''printing, and revolutionizing age.
Naval.—The following is a list of the
of Ihe U. S. sloop of war Falmouth.
unacquainted with the native language, we
officers
Items Of Foreign News.
Commander, Thomas Petigru.
arcpmuch surprized at the general correctness of his statements. He must certainly Of late, every mail from the United States Lieutenants, Henry Moor, George M.
and Europe brings intelligence of the death White, George W. Harrison, Charles S.
have been a good observer ; and capable of
Mc Donough. •
winnowing wheat from chaff. Much chaff of some distinguished person. We have now Surgeon, David Harlan.
may remain, but if he had enjoyed a longer tv announce that of Louis Philippe, ex-king Purser, John W. Mason.
John S. Deivin.
opportunity for observation, he might have, of the" French. He died in England, in the Lt. of Marines, S.
Master, Henry Newcomb.
cleared it away. We would merely add, that 'latter part of August.
We have also to announce the death of the Ass't Surgeon, Francis M. Gunnell.
he was bound to Manilla, there to net as
Psss'd Mid'n, P. Wager, Wm. K. Bridge
French Consul, but has since returned to venerable, and oldest American Foreign Midshipmen, Ed. T. Spedden, Win. Mc
France. This article originally appeared in Missionary, the Rev. Dr. Judson, of Bur- N. Armstrong, David B. Harmony, Jno. N.
a publication entitled " A Review of the, mah. He sailed for the East Indies, we Quackenbush.
Capt's Clerk, Charles J. Porcher.
two Worlds," nnd a copy was brought lo the:believe in 1812, and there has labored until Boatswain, Charles Johnston.
'the
present time, with the exception of a
islands by the Rev. Mr. Richards, on his
Gunner, A. F. Thompson.
return from Europe, in 1846. We would, short visit to the United Stales. Tho Old and
Carpenter, Lewis Holmes.
New Testaments were translated by him into Sailmaker, Lewis Rogers.
tbe
to
Rev.
Dole
Mr.
our
obligation
express
the Burmese language.
He died at sea on
lor his perseverance, in thus gratuitously
Icebergs at Ska.—A correspondent of the N.
12th
of
April.
for
our
columns.
pages
many
so
translating
Y. Commercial,w ruing Irom on Isiiiril the steamer Pacific in Si. George's Channel, speaks of
We would acknowledge the receipt'meaning
Melancholy.—While firing a salute on
large icebergs off the coast of Nova
of a neatly printed pamphlet, with the follow- Scotia and Newfoundland:—
board tne J. E. Donnel. in the harbor of
"One of these was supposed to be from 600 to
Honolulu, on the 13th instant, Ihe fourth ing title page :—
800 feci high, wilh a nirfuce ol' 150 to 300 acre*.
A Sermon Supposing the altitude above ibe level of the
officer, and two others were severely wound- Death of President Taylor.
to be 700 feel, it would be forty-nine huned by tbe accidental discharge of the gun. l'.eaehed in the First Congregational water
dred
feet
thick under water according to tbe
Church,
San
in
on
Sabbath
Francisco,
It is hoped that all may recover, althou.h Evening, September
estimate, or 5606 feet thick in all. In tbe
Bth, 1860. By the usual
neighborhood of Ibis I counted 34 others of vatheir escape was most providential. There Pastor, Rev. T. Dwight Hunt. ' San rious
j dimensions. The mercury in the therFrancisco : Published by Still, Conner,mometer
ivre serious fears thst the eye-sig*t of one or
here fell lo 40s but gradually rose as
ws approached the middle of tho Atlantic"
two may be inured.
Jedifice
I
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THE FBIEND.
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THE PRICND, NOVEMBER 15, 1850.
OMETFING HIPS.
THES
Whan oar ilia silent seas slooe,
For Says asd esghta s»'h rlioeriess fone,
Oa I they whose fell It, kaow how sweet,
Snmt aaaay morn s .aft lo mast.
Ship ahoy I" otir Josfnl cry,
Sparkling, it ones, la every eye,
JYhilr, answering hack, thesounds ws hear,
"Skip ahoy ! what cheer, what cherr' "
"
«—Am wh .hp Cowper, Cole,ll mos, 150 sp, 4iouwh.
C. lo ngemt for, it composed of unrotted hemp,
2.',000 h.me.
ami through (he agency of cheim-ory, ia com9—Am wh ahp llenkar, Norton, M mos, iO'iO wh, SS,COO
pletely Impervious to the Weather, ft is a desibone
ritlilst article for all uses. The bonis on ihe
ll—Am wh hk Bsyard, Qrahain, 14 mil, 90 ap 1,000 wh.
IJ.tOO bone.
Mississippi mill ibe -tupping on ihe sen coast nre
12—Am wh slip Wolgs, Luce, 13 moaj 15ap,EO0 wb, 10,
000 bone.
nil adopting it. It is superior to any iinponeil.
weiylll of the 3 1-2 inch Manilla rope ami
PORT OF HILO.
at of ihe I 1-7 inch Ky.-inizoil rope is exactly
Arrived.
the same—each piece weighing 1 lb. 7 oz. AlNov I—Am wh -hp Fnlcon, Smith, 1600 wh, h»lf the rrcwarr
though weighing the snme, the Manilla line
111 with irnrvv.
men-uriin? three-eights ol tut inch larger than the
Mkmoraniu'm—The *hnle ahlp Mrnknr, vn the night of the
Kyunized.yel the latter sustained t>o(i His. great- S3ttnf
BtM>t ,In
Arctic Ocean, cmtfhi flr« Both try pou
er weight. 11l the same proportion, a Kyanizetl were on lire, iheihe
wind hlowli g n «nk-. Th»»hlp wm pm before
the
wind.
Aftt-r
liont
of
same
the mini «trftiooua rlTorra the Are wu
line,
flat
the
weiirhl with Manilla, nitr* (!• About 20 hirrrlM
en
fif hlnhhfi, run litft inn*, end
would bear about one lon greater strain.— [Del. rloue
other nnlckn were thrown ovcrhonrd. No li-ew loaf, -«•
*lihmjtrfi aever.il of the men were brven X hurnt. The feeeel
Tribune.
Khe
Then aslla are back'd, me nearer come;
Kind words tire aalri offriend, and home,
And soon, too soon, wo psrt with psli*,
To sail o'er silent sea- egaln.
THE PASTING BROTHERS.
Com* cheer my fading spirit, brother, I leel ihst I must die;
Ah, why ttinl downcast eye, brother, from whence that hasty
p.Kaed thu attkiih on the .6ih, inp|ro»ed to be theliti vceeel-
Mr. Whitfield.—When Mr. George
PASSENGERS.
Whitfield was in the zenith of his popularity,
•S"?
Bk Sarah Hooper, Troin rtnu Inn ri.ro—James W. Brlme
Clare,
Lord
who
knew
that
his
influence
was
low, C. 11. Noves, James UeaD. L'llsltano. from San FranI fo tbe way oral! tha earth,'any, woaki'st thou stay my ilijrii?
cisco— Hernnrtl Lools. Joseph Rnvtoond, AlitAnloPaJnat, Henfor I shall Ihre shove, dear brother, though hidden from lb) considerable, applied to him by letter, re- ry
Hrlen, James lllllon, Jonef
Oror.tr Mallet, frsm
sljrtit.
questing his influence at Bristol, at the en«u- Itna'eii—lieu J H Hardy, Ilk PhilAl.-Jo
els from Rhii Pranclaco—
I'apl Ornv atiri ser.am, W. VV. Smith. Bk Antelnp. from
ing
election.
To
this
general
request Mr. San FtsitriMio—James Heron,Bastrop Bk Counretlrul.from
Bjr our childhood's happy hours brother, I pray ihee think o(
San Francisco—J. A. Griswold. Cha«. A stmwev, E. HackWhitfield replied, that in general elections he runt,
Asd Ilea sa thou woaldsldie, brother, lo meet eternity,
Joseph Halaiead, VI. I'. Cornell, J«M J Rills, A. F.
never interfered; but he would earnestly ex- Vmelnntr,
Live ss s pilgrim on the rarth, look upwards to the akics.
William Thorpe, Joe. Harry. William. Pel.r, John.
And think that at thejudfmeiit-day, we all must ihlikcr rlae. hort hi* lordship to use diligence to make his I.lmo, Kiinpuiki. Kalnopii tfh p lona. from San Frsnelsro—
neorte (J. Ilav, William Webater. ttrla- Bn there, from San
Kraiin.co—Ahpo, Ah.c, lli-ihs, Akl, Ahlng. Ahron, Peter
Ah, Why dost ihnu despond, dearbroiber, and nans thine ach- particular calling and election sure.
ing head?
Let
BnSdomyething xperience.—
LearE
not thy heait
In sorrow mourn when I am cold and dead
I know that my Redeemer ll.es, and at ihe ratter day.
He'll clothe, in heavenly raiment, my senseless clod of rlsy.
Adieu to all the world ! Brother, farewell lo friends and iheel
Mjr dying gate doth faintly view s glimpse of eternity.
Hsrh, bow the angel. Joyful shout dolh meet my rarlahed ear!
la thee, O God, I put my trusl, now I hsve nought lo teal*.
Wesley says, *■ When I was young I was
sure of everything; in a few years, having
O'R-'ian Ship llinh Walker, from San Francleen—llecior
R llutr. Seeavea Sch Sierra Nevada, from San Francisco—
Samuel W Jones. Allen 8 Ciorker
Per P»r.ket' An San Franrlseo, Tho. Prlre, Wm (Trader k
Ter Reiria f o San Franrlseo, Oeo Emmna' F R Cruesell, W
Ho.-I'll. .1 Henderson, l; I SlH'hnr.k.
Per Oriemal. Wm l.a<li\ Ken, and lie. Wllrfmau.
•
been mistaken a thousand limes, I was not
half so sure of most things as I was before ; A CARD—I am
requested to state that through
at present, I am hardly sure of anything but tho generosity of f'apl. Luce, of tho M. Scolt, and
what God has revealed to man."
numerous o#hcrs, the awn of t124 00 has been collected for tho future benefit of Mr. Wm. Jones, ship-
Dr. Webster was executed in Boston on The Strait Gate.—The strait gate of keeper of the M. Scott, who unfortunately fell and
the 30th of August. Lste papers contain the gospel is wide enough to admit nny sin- broke hoth of his legs hclow the knees. The mone\
is now deposited in mv hnnds.
full particulars of the melancholy affair. The ner, but too narrow for Ihe admission of any Honolalit, 12th Nov.' 185
JOHN LADD.
day of his execution was kept from the know- sins.
BOOKS,
For sale, at the Chaplain's Study,
ledge ofhis family.
MARRIED.
Bingham's Sandwich Islands,
50
.
At Pspelta. Tahiti, on the I7lh nlOtnher, Eailr the bran
Capt David Drills, luM insieur Bovts, nf the
lifuliln'Khterof
We learn that the Rev. T. Dwight IFrench
navy
Hunt, of San Francisco, has gone to the At-
lantic Stales, but
lo return
DIED.
Jarves'
'■
$2
'•
Wyl.ie's Notes,
I> Anhtgne's history of the Reformation,
"
The Whale and his'Cnpfors,
.
100
1 00
8 50
100
25
In this City on the mon liitr nl jh«> \'ih Insimii, Abn.hi.m
11. Fayerweather. formerly of New York, hut long a reside., t Illustrated Almnnnc for 1860,
Various religious hooks ; also, Bibles in various
in Hi car Mimic, ared S8 yearn.
Auction Sals of whale ship Marcus,
Sag '*fconsumption, on hoard the B>imuel Rnheriwon, Mr. Giles languages and various st) cs of binding.
of M.irctj, heloiiging to New Bedford.
on
the
lath
Allen,
Hnrbor, comlfmiied; sold, with spars stnnding, On board the amini Rob* rtsoti, on the 4th of February.
■
To Seamen and Stra Kami- The SearAVn's
yesterday, fur #200. A. B. Howe, Auctioneer. M.m He I Franels
Drowned. November, 1849, EliJ. I.ohln«nn. ofTlhe Rivei- Chapel is open for Public Worship every Sabbath,
La Platte, hrioiiglng to the Whaleship lluvard. He belonged at II a. m nnd 7 1-2 p. in. Sents Free).
In M tiil-.m Co NY
From New Bedford we
The Seaman's Concert for Prayer ia held at the
following Fell overboard and drowned, June, 1850, John Gartv, itmiv. Room
the 3d Monday oieiiine in each month.
nf Canada, and eeaman on board the Tjbee, the veaaelatthe
state of ihe nil market.
Seamen helongino to vessels (of all nntiona) visUtiirusTi-hill.
Total receipts from January Ist to September Died onbniird MVmkar, Beptemhi r ittrd, Richard Lester, a iting this port are invited lo call nt the Chaplain's
He wan 32 years of ate, and left a wift-'nnd rhild
whew they will b« gratuitously aupplied with
9lh, 73,873 Mils, sperm, 191,874 bids, whole; bnat-ateerrr.
to mourn hli* deaih, whtrh orenrred Juni «- ilic v. n*.t\ was leav Study,
Ing the Arctic Iceau. He came from the
U. ri. in the Awa- copies ol the Friend and other rending matter. It
2,740,400 lbs. bone.
anack, of Falmouth.
will he moat convenient for the Chnplain to receive
calls from Seamen between 2 and 4 p. nt.
(For tbe week ending September 9, 1860.]
Public services at the Native Churches, on the
Spsrm.—There is s good demand, but the
Suhhath, commence at 9 1-2 a. m. and 2 1-2 p. m.
traiisaeluiiia continue
in March, 1851.
of
learn the
rather light, large holder,.
lieing indisposed to operate at present prices.
We notice widea- of 550 bbls, in parcel*, ul 120
,
.
MARINE JOURNAL.
The Seamen's Reading Room is openal all hours
of the day. Strangers arriving and having late foreign papers, are respectfully invited to aid in keepArrived.—Fall Season, 1860.
ots. per bmll,in, rash, mid 400 bids on private
ing ssid room supplied with useful reading matter.
Penelope, Sherman,fin l.ahali a.
»S—Am
srh
Oct
terms. In Manufactured, sales have been matte
Pollutions nre respectfully solicited for th* sup
29—Br sell Adventure, Webster, 13 dc fn San Francisco
of 500 galls, unbleached Winter S|ienn nt 120,
3n—Mr ah Harmony,Paprs 17 lis fn> ejan Iraitcisro
port of the Chaplaincy, and the publication of the
81—llano, •cheesine. Ilaeelonp, 2 tie fin Valparaiso.
and 500 do lilem-hed Spring, nt 117ctn.
Friond. An annual report of till donations is made
Br bk Aiianelua. HTarlaite. 19 il. fat cjin Francisco.
to the Am. Seamen's Friend Society in Nsw York.
Whah.—The transactions the pnst week vnv I—Br
brls Reila, J. hi son. fhi Sen Fraud.co
Any person contributing $50 is enlitied lo become
have been larger than for some time past, and Nov a—Mr
b|a Blerrell, Bucke. 911 is. 16 d- f.n Sun Fran
a
2-Br bits Picket, Thouipson, 19* Is, 16 ds
do
Lifo Director of the Society, and $20 lo become an
include 320 bids. NW Coast nt 52 els; 50 bbls.
Miry
and [vnni-i, Hale, SI ts,
i SaSesa
do
Life
Honorary
do si 54 cis., rash, and 3000 bbls. do the terms
Member.
■I It »cli J i.c htno. ciliii.ni, 2» ts f.n
do
BAM'L C. DAMON, Be»ruen'» Chaplain
of which «c did not learn—the
6— h bus t.'lialiann, P»u», 88la, no l.shainn
closing
market
is
Pmdlcherry,
s—Fr»h|i
323
ils
Ssn
Prinlhomiiic,
fin
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wuh s Rood demand.
~
Frnnri.ro
Whalbbows— A sale of 7000 lbs. South Sea
B—Tsh seh Falrv, Hunier, ffl Tahiti.
8—Sp elm lit-man Cartas, Caiinms, I'm Manilla.
was made nt 35 cts. per lb.
A Monthly Journal devoted to Temper
7—Am slip Colun.bue, Chester, fin Ssn Frsn, Iskei oil te
Candi.es.—Side of 200 boxes sperm at 40 cts.
I' 8
anee, Seamen, Marine and Central
»-Br tin Tsene, Gibann, fm Liverpool, vis Valparaiso.
per lb., 4 mos.
Intelligence.
I —Hr l.nrehii St Andrews, Sounder., rin Sail Pran.
12—Am hk Oriental. Dale, flu Hun Fran.
PUBLISHED AND KDIJKD BY
Hemp—
Just what is wasted.—
12—Am h< A Hni Beltl, Sbott, fi. San Fran.
Kyanized
14—I sni.verlat , has Reud, I miter-, f.n Lanalne.
Yesterday, our old friend, Mr. Cnrpemer, lorSAMUKI. C. DAMON, Seamcs's Chapla.o
II U 8 >kip if in Fnlnioiiih, ftn Ban Fran via Hilo.
*r»y of Koihester-N. V., came into our office
Wll alr' Rrl
three large coils of hemp rope—a new ar- Nov»— km ahp Heroine, Wall, 35 mo*, 32r 0 wh,|i.ooi ben-4—lsaac Howl mil, Weal, id mos, 200 sp, 3,100 wb. 1-,000 tine copy per annum
$2,00
bone.
Two copies per annum.
t is well known that in shipping, a Manilla
spo
Hr.mkline. Jcfferv. 27 mos, SSOO v»h, 24,000 bone.
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copies per annum
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S—Frskp Palace, Chnadekur, »l ales, |j ts>,2oowh.
il is well used up in one trip. The kind Mr.
Ten copies per annum,
J"t.OUO bono.
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FRIEND.
THE
HONOLULU, NOVEMBER 1, 1850.
Vol. 8.
lf.l»
two, still swings before the door. That shell What caw be dohe oi» owe Acre or
on the mantlepicce lies just as you left it, Ground.—The editor ofthe Maine Cultivaand the favorite cat purs in the same corner. tor published, a few days ago, his manageYour father is really growing older, and yon ment of one acre of ground, from which we
86 will mark the change should you live to see gather the following results:—One third of an
An Hour with the Japaneae
eg
Wreck or the Chsrles Draw
87 him again; while your mother—God bless acre in corn usually produces thirty bushels
A word lo Ike wise
Melaneholly
87 the sailor's mother ! age,
and anxiety about of sound corn for grinding, besido some reProper Season for Whaling
87
a
Foreign and Domeelir Newe, Ate.
67 yon have knit another seam on her brow. fuge. This quantity was sufficient for. family
,\ ,-w Bedford Oil Market
88
Ship Newe, Ac.
88 Your brothers, your sisters, not essentially use, and for fattening one large or two small
changed. Your wife ! She does not forget hogs. From the same ground he obtained
New York Correspondence,
you, and long before she has any good reason sixty bushels of onions; these he had sold at
Or an epistle general to the American Sailor to expect you, she will trim her lamp Till a one dollar per bushel, and the amount purin the Pacific, from one of the Secretaries late hour and watch for your return. Your chased bis flour. Thus from one third of at
little ones ! they are now on tip-toe to run acre and an onion bed he obtained his bread
of the American Seamen's Friend Society.
stuffs. The rest of the ground was approNew York, June 29, 1850. and meet you.
It would afford me much pleasure to tell A fortune ! Yes, I will tell you bow to priated to all sorts of vegetables, for summer
each reader of this page what of all things make that. The ship has just returned to and winter use ; potatoes, beets, pas-tamps,
on earth he might most desire to know— New Bedford wilh the richest harvest of oil cabbage, green corn, peas, beans, cucumübout his country, his friends, how to make it ever gathered by one ship from the Pacific bers, melons, squashes, &.c, ; with fifty or
grounds. It made the reapers glad. But sixty bushels of beets mud carrots for the
fortune, or how to be happy.
As to country, let me say to that seaman you can do even better : Pursue a mer- cow. Then he has also a flower garden,
then, that your country is not where you left chandise better than oil, and declared in the raspberries, currents and goosberries, in
.it when you sailed for the Pacific. It has scriptures to be belter than silver, and your great variety, and a few choice apple, pear,
removed several degrees; one half of it by fortune is made ! Prosecute that—gain that, plum, cherry, peach, and quince trees. If a
.railroad, and the other half of it by steam- and you are richer than you could be in pos- family can be supported from one acre of
boat. The railroad part has continued to session of all the the-gold of the California ground in Maine, why not at the Sandwich
pay its entire expenses by enhancing the mines. And such a treasure would make Islands ?
value of the huid passed through, while the you hnppy. Gold can't do it. Silver can't
The friends of Temperance, says the Alother has realized more in the rise of city doit. Friends can't do itr A cheerful fireEvening Journal, have reason, without
bany
tho
move
side
to
return
can't
it.
in a
welcome your
do
All
Htorfks and real estate. So
reference to politics, to morn the death
pecuniary view is a good one; your country these are desirable, but they are not the one any
Still better, education, the thing needful. The mind the immortal mind ofGeneral and President Zachary Taylor.
is growing rich.
a strict tetotaller for more than 20
education not of a few of the most wealthy, pants for something higher, purer, more per- He wassnd
for several years previous to his
but of the entire people, and n practical edu- manent, more satisfying than these. And years;
brilliant
in Mexico, he not only causcareer
favorite
and
setthat
one
is
formed
the
in
thing
soul,
is
a
Christ
becoming
cation too,
ed
societies to be formed among
Temperance
the
of
hope
tled principle of action. Better still, things
glory. It is the better part
soldiers, at the gsrison under his comthe
condition
of
chosen
of
the
by
Mary
the
social
and
moral
It
is
Bethany.
pearl
on
hearing
mand west of the Mississippi, but also causthe people are receiving a growing attention. of great price bought by the merchant. Seek
ed scores of temperance papers to be disKngland is debating the matter of stopping then that, and your country is better than the tributed
among them.
the
offices
one
left
for
the
sea—it
is
you
heavenly
and
Post
a
one.
nil
shutting
mails,
the
nil
Your
while
the
Board
of
Adfriends
and
better, for their friendship
on the Lord's Hay,
Whale Shooting.—Copt. Robert Brown,
miralty are meditating the removal of the society will be forever. Your treasureslof the ship North Star, of New London, is
curse of grog from tho British Navy. Sweed- boundless as your bliss, and lasting as eter- About sailing on a whaling voyage, and inen and the nations farther north are much nal life.
tends to use his whaling guns in the busiengrossed on the subject of religious tolera- His blessing which maketh rich and ad- ness. Harpoons, with lines attached, are
tion. Germany is profoundly considering deth no sorrow therewith be with you.
fired from these guns, and so far as they
J. S.
the savage custom of war. France is just
have been tested they have proved entirely
two
where.Piisl's ship ran aground—where
We copy the following from a San successful. In a voyage of the ship Electra,
mbi mcct—nnd is making ready (he planks;
Capt. Brown took eleven right whales, nine
the
is
Pope backj jFrancisco paper. The remarks of the Edi- of which were taken with the
lo get safo to land. In Italy,
guns. In lakat the'wheel, but with all hi* cardinals tojtor were made in referring to a late Act of-ing polar whales the guns were not requirhelp, he can't steer tho ship ; his good sensej the Hawaiian
were very lame and easily capGovernment, respecting for- ed, as they
may yet determine him, and if not that aj
The guns, harpoons and lances that
tured.
dire necessity, to let civil matters alone, and- eigners holding land in fee-simple :—
Capt Brown is going to use on tho North
attend to those which appropriately belongj Policy or the Legislature or the Sand- Star, are patented and are an improvement
as
wich
Islands towards Foreigners. —It is upon those used in the Electra.
to the church. The United States,
1
sented in Congress, is now on the matter of somewhat singular, that at the very time our
freedom,
diminishof
municipal
authorities are discussing ordinan- Death or Brioadier General Mason.—
extending the territory
ing that of slavery, adopting postal regula- ces preventing foreigners from engaging in We learn with regret, that a telegraph destions so as to tax very lightly, yet sufficient- certain industrial occupations in this city, in- patch wss received yesterday by Genl. Jeaup.
ly for a heallhy existence, the knowledge telligence should have resched us that a announcing the death of that distinguished
policy quite the reverse had received the officer and excellent man, Brigadier General
pasrsjtg through the mail.
As to friends—the oia homestead, with sanction of the Legislature and King of the (by brevet) Richard B. Mason of the United
due timei Sandwich Islands. We blush to record the States army, who had returned from Cah*»ome exceptions which you will in
i
learn, is cheered by the ssme familiar faces-1 fact, which we commend to the special at- fornia. He breathed his last in St. Louis on
an
inch
or
settled
tention
of
oar
Solons.
city
the night of the 25th, a victim to the Cholera.
you left. The Old gate,
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rice is the principal product besides all kinds second offence the' thief is impiianntd, but
of vegetable products.
Both junks were for the third-, his head is cut straight off."
owned by the Honorable Mr Soumung. The
do they punish the murderer r"
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NOVEMBER
HONOLULU,
1650
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. —.
Tecn-mraolly, bad taken a oargo of rice to "His head is Cut oh" direct," (Were ihe
An hour with the Japanese.—Several Yeddo, discharged iho
ssme, received pay- words of the interpreter.)
ship-wrecked* Japanese heing in Honolulu, ment, parti/-in silver and partly in paper As for marriage, a man is allowed but one
we requested one of them who has acquired money, (we havo seen
specimens of both, as wile, but if she do** not please her husband,
an excellent knowledge! of our language to for the paper
money it appears as welt ns he can send her back to her father's house,
make us a visit, accompanied by one of his any we ever saw,) and started on her home- with the consent of the old
people, otherwise
countrymen, lately brought hither. We ward passage, ordinarily of only three days, the husband
must support her.
shall first introduce our readers, lo the in- but was oveitaken by adverse winds. Their Touching their ideas of a future
state, we
terpreter, John Mung. This person, with supply of water was exhausted at the end of'learned that In; bod people aie believed to
fovr others, was taken ten years ago from a sixteen days, and their rice at the end ot* go to a bad place alter death, atyl the
good
desolate and uninhabited island, where they twenty-six. They were then reduced to to a good place. Win n a
person dies a rehad been cast and where they had lived for some refuse fish scales and occasional show- cord is made of Ins name and it is hung
up
ISO days, on sea fowls. They were brought ers, but by the merciful care of Divine Pro- in the house of Ins
friends, and the housete Honolulu by Capt. W. H. Whitfield, of vidence all were preserved until at the end hold have slated
periods for praying to the
Fair Haven, who then commanded a whale of sixty-six days, their junk rudder-less and spirit of the
departed. In Japan there are
ship in tho Pacific. Four of the number re- dismasted, fell in with the H. Kneeland, six principal sacred days, including Newmained here, one having died. John Mung Captj Clark, who took them all on board year, which occurs in Junuarv.
was taken by Capt. W. to ths United States, his vessel and supplied their wants. Tint
Our limits will not allow us to enter more
where he learned the cooper's trade, and cherish the most grateful feelings toward* fully into details, in recording a sketch of
enjoyed) a good opportunity for going to Capt. Clark and his ship's company. Sub- our interview with Mr Kckuzro, and
Mr
school. His education is highly respecta- sequently Copt. Clark delivered six of them Mung his interpreter. At some future time
ble. He has been one whaling voyage and to Ihe Russian authorities at Petropaulaski, we may make some additional
remarks rethen with the multitude went to California. under the promise that they should be re- lating to tho Japanese and
the policy of that
There not succeeding to his expectations, he turned to Japan. Two were taken by giireriiment.
came to the islands, indulging tho long Capt. Sherman, of the Nimrod, and two by
Wreck of the Charles Drew.—This
cherished hope that be might ohtoin a pas- Capt Divoll of the Maringo.
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sage to his nstive shores. It is his ambition There is an impression abroad, that Ja- vessel 11 months out, having 1400 barrels
to command a Jink, and navigate her, with panese, if taken back to their country will be oil on board, was wrecked in the evening of
compass and quadrant, and shew his Japan- put to death. We are positively assured by the 23d uit, n few rods west of the entrance
ese countrymen, that tho " out-side barba- Mr Kckuzro, through the interpreter Mr. of Pearl River, on the South side of Oahu.
rians," understand navigation; which science Mung, that this is not the tact. He asserts She has bilged in both sides and will prove
he has acquired sufficient for all practicable that should any vessel take tbem back to a total wreck. Near 500 barrels of oil have
purposes. Would that his fond wish might their native village, tho inhabitants would re- been obtuincd from the wreck, and rafted on
bs gratified !
joice to hail the vessel and would put on| board the Connecticut, Capt. Penhallow,
On Mr. Mung's arrival in Honolulu, he board a supply of fresh recruits, without which vessel proceeded to anchor at the
learned that that there was a fresh arrival ot charge. We hope soon to learn that some nearest safe position. The bone, 19,000 lbs.
hjs shipwrecked countrymen, and for whom man-of-war, merchant
vessel, or whale ship was shipped to the United States from Maui.
he is prepared to act as interpreter. By is bound Ihilher.on the benevolent errand of•The Master, Capt. Cary, was on shore at
his aid we learned the following facts re- restoring these unfortunate persons to their the lime of the disaster. The wind blowing
specting the Japanese taken from a junk, by country and home. Referring to their home, quite fresh, the officer in command, through
Capt. Clark, of the Henry Kneeland, on the leads to the remark, that seven of these areian error in judgment, supposed the vessel
2-ld of April, in 45 <->*jX. L., and 155 E. L. married and their families reside in the vil- was standing on shore to the weather of Ho"Teenzumoily, was the name ol the junk, lage where their junk was owned.
nolulu, whereas she had been blown to lee*
commanded by Capt. Kusky, with Mr KeOur Yankee propensity of asking ques- ward, and hence run in so far as to strike
kuzero, for mate. There were thirteen, tions was wonderfully excited in our inter- the reef. We leurn the vessel was partially
all told on board the junk. We may as wellI view with Mr. Kekuzero, for we found that insured, although there was no insurance
state that, ICeKuzero, the mate has furnish- he could furnish much valuable information upon the cargo. In recording this disaster,
es* t*s as minutes from his "Log," and we respecting the Japanese islonds, and the we cannot refain from referring to the genehave j»o doubt he has noted down the facts customs of the people. The
following facts ral sympathy manifested by all who are acin Ira* Japanese nsutical style ! But to pro- we record, respecting his native village,
con- quainted with the master of the unfortunate
ceed, Mr Mung, acting as interpreter, and taining sixty idol temples, which according vessel. Capt. Cary tois been a ship master
M KeKuzero dictating to him. The Tccn- to his account are full of gods. Every temple for thirty years, and even visited these
rumolly was owned by a soldier or noble- is presided over by a priest, who ucts ex- islands in that capacity twenty-seven years
man, in a town situated in ths S. E. side, of'officio as school teacher. The children o ago. He was a large owner in Ihe vessel,
small island, S. W. from Niphon. The all botharich and poor, attend school
togeth- auij must sustain a heavy loss. He is by no
name of the island, our ear was too dull toer, and nearly all the inhabitants can read means disposed to blame his officers, but
csjfch the sobnd, although a part of the name and write. Tho
people are all taxed for the speaks in the highest terras of their good
we arer, was Nipung—. The town is twice support of the
temples. Every farmer pay- conduct and watchfulness.
my/
the size of Honolulu—the people are far- ing about five bushels ofrice, per aero. We
Longest voyage on record.—The Barckmers and fishermen—only two junks were asked, how do the laws punish
the thief?" ly, of
New Bedford, on her last voyoge wm
owned thersj, but a plenty offishing boats— [Onr informant replies, "For the first
and absent 65 months) and
toot 1500 barre
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IGNOASDREAT MALL.
John 43—17. "If yrknow these
•-law kaaej iket aeade rke Seseeeet ssfrj.
Sea
and
Artie
Ocean.
happy are ye if ye do them."
Tofllner in ike dewtr,
riiau wiwitj.
iiuii utiaii
Tke kanet tkal fixed tke lamp of Say |
There are. several ways for learning a beTkebleelng coinri Isuocked lei)
June
1
24
Jefl'erson,
August
The
with
character.
coming acquaintance
God's
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Peluled Ihe sel-sei lasn "
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The character of God may be discovered in
PTLEHASUREOE
F ARTH.
,,'25
Robiohootl May 7
.he works of creation, in the study of the
"Tee, Aalr M Ike syrVn, but rale* M her son|,
24
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Nimi-od.
27
of
the
Aral ihe workfe painted ehaidowe, thai I«re as elonf
and
ihe
structure'
icavenly bodies
Like Iks misl on ike n.onuteJn, the r„am eats* ekes.
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24
George
•arlb it may be discovered in the Bible,
Or Iks swtcee ol friends thst see (reel la osir sleep,
17
Navy
Are tkr pUasurti %f aarlA."
the word of revelation which he has made
0
26
Wm. Tell i,
to mankind, finally it umy be learned from
LOOKING OUT UPON THE WORLD.
23
;,
Pioneer
"Tie pleasant Ikrottfb the loopholes of reareat
Christ who came to our world for the purTo eesp at eark a world t is see the Mir
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Liverpool 2d, June 5
pose of making a more full and complete reOf the fml Bsbel, Anil not leal the enseal ,27
1
Sept.
Cortes
May
hitherto
been
vulntion of*character, than had
To beer that roar alas weds Ihro' ell her rein,
1
Luminary June 6
Ala sale distance, wbeu thedyiag eouad
communicated. In lite works of creation,
Fells a soil murmur all tbc untujur'tl esr."
6
II. Kriecianc) May 18
the wisdom and power of God arc revealed:
WORDS.
in the Old Testament Scriptures, his proviThe wreck of the Charles Drew as
"Dot words ire tilings ; end s small drop of Ink,
dence and knowledge of human affairs ; but she lies upon the reef, was sold on the 30th
Kellinf like dcsa upon c lhou(ki, prodaees
That spklcb makes thousands, perbspe itilllionethink "
in sending his Sen lo our world his mercy ultimo, to Messrs. Coadyjk. Co. for $1,350.
and love stands forth with marked.preemiTerritory ofthe United Stares.—Some
Items
of Foreign
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nence. Christ declares, that God so loved
a>- News.
curious person at the North has been calcuEngland and lating the area of the United States not yet
the world, that he gave his only begotten Death of Sir Robert Peel, in
election
of
his
son
to
Parliament.
the
organized into Slates, and finds that we have
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
domain enough for forty-six and a half States
not perish, but have everlasting life. "If Bloody battle between the Danes and Ger- as
as Pensylvantß. Of these,'thirty*
has
demanded fivelargo
now there was one lesson, more than anoth- mans.—American Minister
will lie north of 36° BO', and be free
er that Christ would teach mankind and im- his "papers" und left tbe court of Portugal, States, if that line ofcompromise was adoptpress upon the mind, it was that of humanity, in consequence of that court not complying ed.
hence, it is manifest that God had this point with certain demands. The Bill for the adThe Bee.—That within so small a body
us a State, has passed should be contained apparatus for convertmission
of
California
Son
into
the
world.
when
he
sent
his
view,
in
So long as the human soul is destitute of true the "Senate," but not'the "House," at last ing the " virtuous sweets " which it collects
into one kind of nourishment for itself,
humanity or is filled with pride so long is it accounts. The new President of Ihe United another for the common brood, a third for
wanting the main essential ofhappiness. My States, Mr. Filniore, with his now cabinet, the royal glue for its carpentry, wax for its
text asserts, ij ye know these things, happy Daniel Webster at his head, have entered cells, poison for its enemies, honey for its
master, with a proboscis almost as long
are ye if ye do them. Tho things referred to successfully upon their duties.
as the body itself, microscopic in its sevhumanity.
relate
to
in this passage,
Items of Domestic News.
eral parts, telescopic in its mode of acMelancholly.—A few day since a young During the past month more whalers-have tion, end with a sting so sharp that, were it
magnified by the same glass which makes a
man discharged from tho whale ship William visited Honolulu, (having a greater a- needle's point seem quarter of an inch, it
Tell, shipped on board the merchant ship mount of oil on board,) than ever before dur- would yet itself be invisible, and this, too, a
lowa. When going on board tho latter ing one season. Remarkable health among hollow tube—that all these varied operations
vessel lying in the outer harbor, he lost his seamen generally,—only one death in port and contrivances should be enclosed within
half an inch in length, and two grains' of
hat overboard, and immediately plunged af- during the month of October.
mutter, while in the sanve "small room" the
of
the
H.
Co.'s
B.
ter it, but was seized by a shark which took From tho money-vault
heart of at least thirty distinct insects
large
off, first his head and next his left arm. Sub- premises $37,000 have disappeared.
is contained—is surely enough to crash all
sequently nothing was seen of the body. We The hierchants in Honolulu have estab- thoughts of atheism and materialism.
learn that his name was James Kinney, of lished a Chamber of Commerce. Business Short Allowance.—It is said that the
Irish descent, and furthermore, that he ship- was never more brisk, and all kinds of- me- celebrated Whitfield, when advanced in life,
finding his physical powers fuiling him, unped on board the Wm. Tell at the Bay of chanical labor in great demand.
dertook to put hiinnelf upon what be called
We
have
a
distinct
Zealand.
Islands, New
The following is a list of the officers "short allowance." He pleached once
only
recollection of the unfortunate young man, of the U. S. Brig "Dolphin." Tho Dolphin
on every day of the week, and three times
only a few hours before his untimely end, he sailed from Hong Kong on the 23d of July on.the Sabbath.
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left our study with a bundle ofbooks and pa- for Manila, thence to the Bon in Islands, sailHæc,Hoc.—When the Rev. Dr.
ing from thence on the 17th of Sept.; bound Hic,
pers which he had procured for bis reading home by way of California:
Pattern was in England, he dined with seve/ -» Lieut. Commanding, Tho's S. Page; Act- ral gentlemen who used a great variety of
during tho passage.
ing Lieut's. G. Y. Fox, <Ex officer); <J. P. arguments to make him give up his coM water
A Polar whale yields upon an average Welch,
C. H. Wells; Aut'g Surgeon, Owen principles. "Now litre," said one, "here,
about ono hundred and twenty barrels ofoil. Jones Wistar,
Mid'n, J Cornwall, Cha's L. doctor, is some good eld hock; sorely you
We have collected facts showing that eight O. Hammond; M. Mate, R. J. Robinson. can't decline this?" "Cvn't,"' replied the
Jus. S. Iludi-ou, Copt's Clerk, died of'doctor; "why, sir, I learned to decline k
ships, that visited tho Anadir Sea, Bud Arctic Ocean, took one hundred and fifty-tsvo dysentery on board the Dolphin, the 26th of' when a boy. Hie, htcc, hoc." the table was
Augtitit, universally regretteH by all who in a roar, and the doctor came off triumphwhales, yielding nineteen thousand, one hun- knew
ant. Let all boys when they are young dehim.
whale,
one
one
hunor
dred barrels ofoil,
The U. S. Flag-ship "Portsmouth,"and cline hoc; if ihey do, they will never Know
dred and nineteen barrels.
sloop of war "Marion" were at Hong Kong the drunkard's hie.
on the 22d of July. The former vessel to
Valparaiso,
By a late arrival from
sail for home. The wnalo ship Acronant Good Remedies.—For drunkenness, drink
papers were brought to September 12tb, not was at Peel's Island with 900 bbls of whale cold water; fur healthy rise early; to be happy
be honest; to please all, t— j jrnir tmiisim
oil.
of uaportaoce.
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88
1, 1850.
sea at. IM<, Lace, (at Arctic, 35 ana, 75 ap,
DIED.
09- We have received the Whalemen** It—Am
17—Aasbk Waafciaftoa ; Corwln, 17 no*, 15 ap, 1750
Mr James Y. H-idaon, Capt.-* Clerk, 4*par ted it... Mi at
List,"
6ih,
to
from
which
we
Uooobea*
wk,
Shipping
August
sea,
years, or dysentery, »on nl Com
89
i!i,
1850,
Aur.
-vfesd
Oct IS—Fr bk Aala, Malawi, 18aca oat, 8800 wh, 35000 bone.
make the following extracts.
Am ahp Joan, Aaueraon.B4 moaoai, 800ap, 1200 wb, mender Hudson, U. S. N.—(CornFell overboard. June 4ih, Edmund Elliot, seaman, on board
OH sad bone imported into ths United Sales,
19—Aro ahp Tyler, Barb—, It mea, 180ap, 1810 wh, 22000 the Isaac Hicks. Ha was a native of South Shields, Eng.,
sged 18 yearsfrom Jan. Ist, to Aug. siti Sperm, 67,543 bbls;
Ou board (he ahip Henry A-tor. August 12, 1650, tat 07 03
Am ahp Wavarly, Neal, 16mna, If 0.p,8300 wh, 33000
long 97 4 weet, Capt Tustean P Swain, of Nantucket,
north,
whale, 180,324-.bone, -2,723,400 lbs.
Asa bk Ml Wallaaloai, Barker, 12 moa, 700 wh, 14,000 Mas*., aj-ed 49 yeera. 20th
Helespont,
On
board
of Sept. Stephen Clifton, aged 20,
New Bedford Oil Masks*, August 5,1850.
hose.
Am ahp Caroline, Plaakett, 14 moa, 150 ap, 840n wh. col'ti, seaman, Newark. NJ. He came out In the vessel.
—Srsaat—The dsinand is very moderate, but
Lost
overbnad
from
11. B. M. ahip Herald, Sept. 36, Charles
88000 bone.
the market continues firm and full prices sre
Fr bk Salamander, Ouedon, 36 moa. I woo wh, !4,i (i.. Kennedy, belonginc to Chatham, Eng. while the ve#-rl wat on
Bhering
her
passage
from
Straits to Honolulu.
bona.
realized. We notice sales since our last of 300
Fr ahp Coamopolite, Cambrlere, 14'moa. 1400 wh, Loat overboard Oct 17, 1849, olTTruatine Islands, lat. 97 28
bbls at HO eta per gallon.
A.
long.
Hegie,
10
S,
W,
carpenter of Am whale ship Eu
17
I2.ooobi.ue
Whale—Continues dull and depressed, and 81—Am
ahp Julian, Taker, 48 moa, 100 ip, 2700 wh, 30000 phrates. Heehipped under the name of Jonathan D. Frarte.
supposed
belong
and
lo
in
to New York city. Also on ths 2t>tt
bone.
we have no transact ions to report. Ths last
Seas, James Treanor, seaman: ef the
Am sb.pL C. Rlclaaiond, Norton, 27 moa, 800 ap, 18,"0 of March, in Japan
sales wore at 49a53 eta, na lo quality.
New Bedford, (Jeorge baker,
after
daye
leaving
cholera,
two
wh, 2000 bona
Whslesoke—We have heard of no transacAm ahp Clement, Lane, 17 mos, 100 ap, 2100 wh, i»te ward.
24, Geo. Vloecnt, a boaiahip
slept.
On
board
the
Pioneer,
8800 bene.
tions in this market. In New York sales were
Am ahp Rajah, Weal, 86 moa, 175 ap, 1(300 wli, 16000 ste*rer. The veasel was on her passage from Af*ltc Ocean to
made at M eta for South Sea, and N W Coast,
Honolulu.
bone.
and 37 eta for Polar.
88—Am ahp Newark, Dickens, 14 moa, 40 ap, 16C0wb, Oi* board the Am whale ship Washington, Oct. Id, Joan
Reed, a seaman, belonging to New York city.
82000 bone.
|Cf» A letter from Capt. Lakemnn, of bark
Ainbk Alice, Smith, 12 moa, 230 ap, 21-00 wh, iOOOO The following persons are reported having died on board the
, coopet,belonging to
Am wh ship Rnj-ih, Sept 4, Mr
Alto, of this port, dated at Mauritius, May 18, 23—bone.
Fall River, Mans. Oct 19, Manuel Francis-, boaiateerer. natlv«
Bre ahp Republic, Analln, 4200 wh,26000 bone.
20,
reports the abandonment of the bark Geo. Porof
the
Western
Islands:
Oct
Antoae
a native of Cape dc
Am ahp Charlea Drew, wrecked on the reef.
Vent Islands: Hay 26, Bill, July 15, John, Sepi\ 17-v Joe, nater, Ellia, of this port, on the Ist April, 1850,
Am ahp Copla, Taber, 27 moa, 100 ap, 3700 wh.
Islands:
Sept
tives
of
the
Sandwich
a savtva of Ko17,
Sam,
25—Ainbk J B Dounell, Bennett, 16 moa, 405ip, 2650 wh,
but «ives no particulars, except that Capt. Ellis,
talna.
48000 tone.
Morgan,
the
Oct.
Manuel Gas2d,
wh
crew, with the
ship
his officers, and a part of
On
board
UenJ.
26—8hlaaac Hicke, Rice, 19 moa, 4ono wh, IBaoo bone.
28—Sh L>dia, Worth,26 moa, 900 ap, 1100 wh, lHuoo do per, a Porlugueae.
cargo of the Imrk, consisting of 760 bbls sp oil,
Scott,
Sept. Capt
On
General
about
the
middle
of
board
Ihe
Saml Roberteon, Waahman, 14 moa. looap, 2900 wh,
were na bon:'d Ship I'hcnix, of New London,
Smith. AlsoJohn Lewis, colored —[Com.
So.ooo bone.
Oct.
Lahaina,
10,
Edmonds,
1
the
harbor
of
W
of
ap,
Joseph
Bh Oroaiinbo, Bartleti, 22 moe, 130 4300 wh, 33000
which vessel would cruise, one or two months,
dysentejy, a pas-sengcr from California, he belonged to Charlesbone.
and return home. The cooperof the Geo PorMans—(Com.
85
town
Bh Saratoga, Hardinre, 13 nine, ap, 2900 wh.
ter was on lionrtl the Alto. The letter also reSh Armaia, Holt, 12 moa, 2ouap, 2350 wh, 35000 do. Sept. 22, in Lahaina, nf Consumption, Thoa W Hopping.
Sh Angellne, Lecroanirr. 14 moa, 2700 wh, 45000 do. Mr Hopping was from Syracuse, N V; he had been upon the
ports, March 35, no lat &c, hark Bart. Gosnold,
8h Warren, Evana, 34 mra, 45 ap, 2800 wh, Slooo do. island about one year/ he came here with the seed nf disease
Taker, New Bedford, with 1150 sp, 450 njimpSh Brunswick, Joltnvcn, 23 moa, 200 ap, 2200 wh, planted deep in his system,' he came a stranger, but his kind
liack oil. The Alio had 1100 bbls sp oil, or upand gentlemanly deportment on all occasions, secured fur him
3200 wh, 32.000 bona.
In oor laal, ahlp Mllo, waa reported 37 mr*,- ahould have the love and esteem of all who knew him; when near hla end
ward.
hi- remarked it was not *o hint to die in afureignland, becaun*been 13 moa.
he was surrounded by so many friends—[Com.
MERCHANT VESSELS.
The U. S. sloop of war Falmouth arrived
11—Chil ach Elisabeth, Auqiielll, 18 da fm Ran Franclaco.
at Hilo Oct. lit—from Ssn Francisco.
Card —Capt. Cary, lately master of the Charles
dp
—Swed bk Antelope, Lubcck, 14
do
s—Am sch Sjrartacua, Harria, fin Lahaina.
Drew, desires to return his grcatful acknowledgments
DONATIONS.
15—Perach lowa, Waahburn,l3da fin San Franclaco.
to the Ist Lieut Mr. M'Quire and seamen of 11. B.
For Chaplaincy. For Friend.
17—H.8. M. ahp Herald, Kellei, u. B. On Port Clarence. M 's
a
ship Herald ; to Mr. Fox and seamen of the U. 8
17—Am ach Sierra Neveda, lo da fm Ban Francisco.
»5,00
$5,00
Capt. Smith, of Jamoa Allen,
21—Am br Brolhera, Walden, 14 da from San Francisco. brig Dolphin; and to numerous masters and men be3,00
3,ol>
Sweeny, Columbia,
28—Brbk EleanorLancaster, Lodge, 52 da fm Sydney.
longing to the various whale ships in port, for their
5,08
•' PShdleioB. N. America,
By ahp 11. Walker,Campbell, 14 clafcn San Francisco.
efficient and prompt aid, rendered in attempt10,00
Bblf North America,
23—am bk Connecticut, Peuhallow, IS d* fm Ban Fran- cheerful,
17,50
Heater, orocere and crew, H Kneeland,
25,50
ing to save the vessel and cargo.
claco.
8,00
Wm. Cottle, Ntvy,
U. S brig Dolphin. Lt Rage.
6,00
Ship Euphrates,
lnfoimillion Wanted,
24—Am ahp Geo Davia, Cutter, 178 da On Baltimore.
6,00
CNN Croaby,
Fr brlgan J Lucie, H ache, 16 da fin San Franclaco.
Respecting Jacob Prior Marseilles, who shipped
9,50
6,00
Oatoera end trew. Pioneer,
brlgan
Mary
25—Am
Lkhalna.
Sruari,
Macdonald,
fm
Oct. 5, 1847, on hoard the Am. whaling bk. Dromo,
6,C0
apt. Weynton, H B. Co. bk Cowlita, 10,00
Br ahp Harriett Rockwell, Thornaa, 13 da fin San Capt.
1,00
1,00
Mr Cammlnga, mechanic,
Steel, of New London. Be shipped under the
Franclaco.
1,00
i,>;o
eaUor,
name of Jacob Mead; the Dromo has returned to the
8,C0
Capt. Cromwell,Corlez,
6,00
V S., but if the person here mentioned, is now in the
PORT OF LAHAINA.
5,00
Capt. Aaailn, Republic,
10,00
Pacific, he is requested to report himself either to hia
HaTpJenereon,
Arrived.
7,50
7,1
7,50
Master and lao ofUcere, Jna. Ileyden,
or the Seamen's Chaplain, Honolulu.
Oct 11—8nr>Cincinnati, Williams, 13mos out., 1605p234.0 wh, friends
Honolulu, 28th Oct, 1860.
35,000 lbs bone.
for
several
bound
in
years,
Blip Gen Scott, Fisher, 39 moe out, 650 sp. 14/.0 wli,
The "FRIEND"
20,000 lbs bona.
BOOKS,
one volamn, a few copies remain unsold at the ChapShp Traveller, Wllllelun, 21 days rm Sen Francisco.
lain's study.
For sale, at the Chaplain'a Study,
Sbp Armsta, Holt, no report.
Bingham's Sandwich Islands,
$2 50
Shp Nancy, Welch, 14 moe out, 2000 wh, 28,000 lbs
PASSENGERS.
100
Jarves'
'•
boas.
■
BrimeW.
Hooper,
Sarah
from
Sun
Franclaco—Jams*
Bk
Sbp America, Tucker, 32 moe out, 250 ep, 900 wh,
1 00
Wyllie's Notes,
i'»w, O. 11. Noyea, Janice Dean. LMlaltano, from San Fran7,000 lbs bone.
D -Altibigne's history of the Reformation,
3 60
tiaisa Bwn*id Loula, JosephRay niond, AntonioPajnat, Hen11—Brig Alml.la. Wilbur, 21 d's rm Bamosn lalaade
The Wluile and his Captors,
1 00
ry Brian, Jamee Dillon, Joaef Alejo. George Hallet, from
Sbp Msleetic, Hall, 23 mos out,6osp, 2700 wh, 20,000
Franclaco—
Hardy.
8.
San
Illustrated
Philomela,from
Bk
Boatoa—BenJ.
Almanac for 1860,
25
lbs bane.
Capt. Gray and aervant, W. W. Smith. Bk Antelop, from
Shp BenJMorgan, Cknpel, 27 moe ont, 2o ep,!200 wh
Various
Bibles
various
also,
in
religions books;
Saa aTraaetaco—Janiee Heron, Raatrup. Bk Connectlcutjrom
lbs bone.
Rooo
styles
and
varions
of
binding.
*aa Franelaco-J. A. Griawold, Cbaa. A. Mooney, F.. HackSbp Newark, Dickeua, 14 moe nut, lo ep, 1600 wh, languages
ford, Joseph Hakrtead, M. E. Cornell. John J. Elite, A. F.
22,000 lbs bone.
Ameluag, William Thorpe, Joe, Harry, William, Feter, John,
Shp Columbia, Cowell, 11 mos out, 7osp, 2700 wh,
List
of
Letters at Chaplain's Study.
Limo, aaapulki, Kaiuopu. Ship lona, from San Franclaco—
io,ooo lbs bone.
Joseph F G Mooers, Gideon Hoxey, James Jack,
ri»«l«a O. Hay, William Webaier. Brig Brother!, from San
Sbp Cherokee, Cleveland, 14 mos out, 6o sp, 1840 wh Jacob
Franclaco—Ahpo, Ahae, Ungha, Akl, Ahing, Ahcon, Peter
Henry Foshy, Edmund Blnndell, 3, Wm Bust28,000 lbs bone.
U'etagaa. Ship Hush walker, from San Francisco—Hector
wayti Capt. Jas Parker, Samuel Rawson, Peter Roys,
14—Sch Penelope, Sherman, rm Honolulu.
Sch
Sierra
from
Ban
Franciecn—
Beat,
Nevada,
•Sreavee
R.
Shp Meteor, Keeny, 26 moe out, 6o ep, 2150 wh, 2n,- M Cummisky, Capt. Master, Benj C Burrows, James
Samael W. Jonea, Allen S. Crocker.
-000 Ibe bone.
G Arnold, Cbas P Hcnstes, Chas Galasha, Wm B
15—Sch John Allyne, Osborne, 12d'e fin S Francisco.
Shp America, A.lame, 24 moe out, 4op rp, 3500 wh, Smith,/Illcn M Newman, Capt Alexander Wbelden,
45000 lbs bone.
J A Leavell.a, Capt W H Payne, David Hillon, Nelll—Brig Pawn, Bradbury, 13 d'e On Ssn Francisco.
son Stewart, Edward Carson, II M Stone, J Stokes
Ship Tiger, Brewster, 28 moe 30 sp, 2603 wh, 22600; Milne, Amaeo
Jeremiah Varney, Francis L
j
bone.
PORT OF HONOLULU.
17—Ship Saratoga, Harding, 13 mos, 80 sp, 2000 wh, 24*00 Ripley, W W Clement, Thomas Manchester, ChristoArrived.-—Fall Season* 1850.
bone.
John
Smith.
A
pher Lewers,
Oat.tS— Am she Hellespont, Man waring, IS mos ova, 2800 wh
Brig Rena, Manners, from Hobertown.
tsooo bone
do
ling Susan Abrgel, Haker,
2800
wh,
no*
shp
Grey,
oat)
25
tSnoo
Hannibal,
Am
10—ShinColumbia,Cheater, 14 da rm San Fran.
BgStary Smart, Bales, 60 ds rm Panama.
18-RrbkFlying Childera. Lucas, 8 moa. 1700 wb 24000
21—Sh, Warren, Evans, 33 mos, 47 ep,2 00 wh, 3ICOO bone Jl
Journal devoted to Temperbaa*
Sh Bsml Robeneon Washburn, 14 mos, 100 sp. 2900
ance, Seamen, Marine and General
Amehp Triton 2d, Bands, A O, 101-2 mo* out 100 sp
wh, 30,001 bone.
MSVwh.
22—Sh Oroilmho. Barllelt, 22 1-2 moe, 100 ep, 4100 wh,
Am sch Botch, Kempton, fm Arctic, 37 mos, 750 ap
30,000 bone.
Boa wh. 10000 bone
29—Sh Herald, Mscomber, 95 mos, lOOsp, 2400 wh, 16000
PUBLISHED AND EDITED BT
Orion, Hack, lm| Arctic. 14 moa, SSoo wh
18—Pr ah bone
bone.
SAMUEL C. DAMON, Seamen's Chaplain.
Soooo
24—Bg Wllheline, Mnltano, 14 da rm Ssn Fran
18—Fr Mb Nile, Salllard, fm Arctic, 25 moa, lo ap, Moo
Bk George, Pendleton, 12 mos, 70 sp, 1700 wh, 24000
wh, Soooo bone
bone,
17—Am bk Cherokee, Cleveland, fm Arctic, 14 mos, 5o
25—8h Italy, Weld, IS mos, 6a sp, 2650 wh, 35000 bone,
One copy per annum
ap, 1940 wh 25000 bone
$2,00
17—Aaabk Covington, Devoll, 15 moa, 1100 wh, Soooo
Two copies per annum,
3,00
MARRIED.
oha*
Five copies per annum,
6,00
17-Amach T—oarora, Leek.-lm Arctic, 25 naa, lie* wb la I.ahalna, Oct. 19. By Rev TE Taylor, Mr Athlon Barn10,00
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ham' of Boston, te lire Mary E Fanner, of My alle, Cl. V S ATen copies per annum-
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FTHE RIEND.
HONOLULU, OCTOBER 15, 1850.
Vol. 8.
No.
81
11
No doubt it was very consoling to that master to the poor sailors, who are obliged to peril
to think that be had nothing to do with it.—■ their souls in consequence. As he remarks
OF THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 15, JSSO.
Wh»ltng
page HI All I shall say is, if there is any one so ver- in his correspondence with the editor of the
Sabbath
L'aaor Ika 'Franklin'
81
Editorial Remarks
82 dant ut the Sandwich Islands as to believe Friend, in the Jan. No. of 1849, "the con■libit; 250 yearnold
82
A Polar Shale's Appeal
M that that master objected to receiving his fusion attendant upon getting under weigh
•
•■<&
Aaother Junk
S3
Correspondence
83 share of those two whales upon his arrival at and approaching our port obliged us to disN. Y.
83
Dr. Webster's Caae decided
pense with our usual Sabbath services."
Important Trinl
84 home, I am not.
....«•
Ship Naaaj, tc.
tx
Rev. T. D. Hunt in bis " Wants of SeaI should have thought that one who thinks
No. 6, published in the Friend for it so great a sin to take a whale on the Sabmen,"
For Ihe Friend.
endeavoured to persuade
A Ship-Master's Opinion respecting August 1847, says"the ill gotten'gains of bath, would have
on board which he
vessel,
the
master
ofthe
Sabbath whaling should be as much abanSabbath Whaling.
to
to
have
remained Where
doned
the
of
blood
as
are
the
sailed
California
iiH
price
they
Mr. Editor:—Whenlast at the Sandwich
were
until
next
and
have held their
day,
two
bound
of
Souls."
he
"he
they
Again
says,
may
volumes, con- .price
Islands I purchased
"usual
services"
on
fori
do not doubt
board,
sail
or
for
the
tbe
Friend
for
the
of
his
ship,
prepare
approaching
years
1847, '48
taining
and '49 up to the date of my leaving. In tempest, hut whale on the Sabbath—never. but the port that they were so anxious to
looking over the volumes I found a great Compel him to any thing beyond the sailing reach wouldhave remained in the same place!
deal of interesting matter. Amongst other or the safety ofhis ship and you break his Whereas a sperm whale which all hands on
ship-board had been anxiously looking for a
things, I noticed several articles written by sabbath."
month
or more, seen on a Sunday if not takdifferent persons (but one in particular by Now I would ask the Rev. Mr. Hunt the
en,
would
be very apt to change his quarters
Rev. T. D. Hunt) upon Ihe great sin com- difference in sin committed, between sailing
before
1
Monday
mitted by whalemen in taking oil on the Sab- a ship and whaling upon the Sabbath, for in
After
well upon the subject, I
thinking
bath. After giving it a serious considera- my poor estimation it amounts to one and the
to
conclusion, that, when I
have
come
the
tion I wish to make a few remarks upon the same thing, i. e., to make as speedy termiit
a
sin
to
whale
on the Sabbath, 1
think
s
•object. 1 went my first voyage at sea, nation of a voyage as possible. In all ships
not
a
on
that
day,but en Saturshall
sail
ship
have
been
at
sea
most
of
that I have been in when sailing the ship, the
boy, in 1832 and
take
all
lash
tbe helm, and
sail,
day
night
in
made
since,
snd
have
crew
were
always
liable to be called upon at any
tbe time ever
a .practice of taking all the oil we could, on moment, to trim the yards, make, and take not make sail again until Monday morning,
tbe Sabbath as well as other days, and have in sail, &c, with one man constantly at the whether making a passage or cruising for
nerer thought that we were committing any helm, and in the course of the 24 hours, 12 whnle.
different men would be there, and 1 should And when I bear of a vessel after a long
great sin in so doing.
There are some few pious captains ("and think-that these men would peril tbeir souls and unpleasant passage arriving in sight of
to their credit be it said," so says the Friend) just as much as the same number of men their destined port late of a Saturday night,
who will not take a whale upon the Snbbelh. would in taking a whale, for all tbe necessity with the Rev. T. D. Hunt as passenger, and
ol his endeavors to persuade the master
But as far as I can learn, whenever they arc that I can «cc for sailing upon the Sabbath, hear
to remain where they are until Monday, then
board,
blubber
on
to
is shorten the voyage as much as possible I shall think, and not before, that it is not for
fortunate enough to have
vill try it out on the Sabbath, and call it "n and thereby make it profitable.
self interest that he makes a difference becase of necessity, "as the blubber is wasting. In "taking in sail" and "lying by" on the tween Sabbath sailing and whaling.
Yours respectfully,
And thus it is that their consciences are Sabbnth would not make any great difference
Alexander R. Barker,
that
it
is
a
in
say
cannot
quite
I
For
a
part
long
passage.
my
Whereas in
quieted.
Master
ship "Abraham Barker."
to any man's credit to profess any thing that whaling voyage it might make a year or more Bay of Islands, N. Zealand, Feb. iB6O
difference in the voyage and then in all probhe does not act out to the very letter.
of a Sag HarI have beard of one of those pious Cap- ability be obliged to return home with not borFrom Pernambuco—Loss
Knox,
ofbrig Romp,
Whaler.—Captain
much
more than half a cargo. For it will arrived at this
tains who, when on the cosst of Kamtchatka
port this forenoon, from Persometimes
a
Sabbath
mornhappen
in a six months' cruise,nambuco, which place he left 16th uh.,gives
three or four years since,on
ing, with fine weather and plenty of whale* that almost every opportunity that we have information. of the loss of the whaling ship
about the ship, when asked by the mate if of taking oil, is upon the Sabbath. There- Franklin, Captain Cooper, of Sag Harbor.
went ashore during the night of June
they might lower the bont in pursuit ofthem, fore I tbink it right to improve all opportu- She
7th,
about
seventy miles North of Pernamas himself the other officers and crew were nities. I take it it is for this reason only |buco, and it was expected she wouMtorove a
very anxious to go, told them they might go thai Mr. Hunt makes a difference between Itotal loss. Capt. Cooper arrived at Pernamif they wished, but he should have nothing to Sabbath whal\**g and sailing; i.e. aa be is buco in his boat, and on tha 10th returned
lo the wrack with assistance, in- order to
do with it. They lowered the boats and suc- not interested in tbe profits of any whale vey- lave
the cargo, which consisted of 3900 barceeded in killing two noble whales, and look age, but has made a pa wags ia v panels at rels of while oil. Hopes ware entertained
them to the ship and commenced cutting, the several different times, that be is aa'aaxioss that he-would succeed. The Franklin wan
*ame as if it was any other day in the week, to reach port aa other people, witbout rsaavd bsMod bane from tbe Pacific Ocean
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THE FRIEND. OCTOBER 16, 1850.
ty years previous to (he landing of the Pil-
|C/»AI1 attempts to discover the means by
grims.
which this communication reached our office
ttOifbLl/LtJ, OCTOBER 15, 1860
The folloflving is a verbatim et literatim re- will doubtless be vnin. Should it become
print of the New Testament title page, that'known, it might lead to serious consequences!
Editorial, Remarks.—During
the last ofthe Old Testament having been lost.
We ars.somewhat surprised that s member
two years having bad many warm discussions
of the whale-family should condescend to
with ship-masters, ujf'MHthe merits of the armake his appeal through our columns, inasticles '"Wants of Seamen," we have not unmuch as we have ever aimed lo direct whalefrequently said to frflm, "If you nre not
ment of our Lord lESVS
men to the best cruising grounds. We feel
pleased with the views expressed by the Rev.
CHRIST, Trunflitti'.l out of
honored
by the compliment and shall feel
Greeke by TTanaf.- Bern:
Mx.~Hiint, let us have yours. Review those With brief Summarie.
and expontiont vuon the
bound, on no consideration to betray the conhard places by she faid Aulhour Ioae: Corner
articles and you shall be heard !" We now
and P. Loftier Vtßeriut,
-1(idence thus reposed in us:—
place before our readers a communication, by
Englished b; L TOMSON.
A Polar Whale's Appeal.
Togrlhtr urM Ike Annotations of fY: lunins vmon
a ship-master, in which he gives his views
Anadir Sen, North Pacific,
Dv Rtntlation of S. lOIIN.
upon one point discussed by the Rev. Mr.
The second Year of Trouble.
TIMPRINTED AT LOMDON
Hunt, namely, " Sabbath Whaling." Let
Mr. Editor, —In behalf ofmy species, alby the Deputies qf Chriftophcr Barker.
Prints* to the (Jtin. nes moat
his subject be discussed freely, calmly, and
low nn inhabitant of this sea, to make an apExcellent MaieStie.
courteously. Let the arguments pro and con
1 599.
peal through your columns to Ihe friends of
be adduced, and placed in their strongest This would appear to be a translation from the whale in general. A few ofthe
knowing
light. Good and not evil will be the result.,the Latin translation, made by
who old inhabitants of this sea have recently held
Beza,
Let no one fear for the truth in the field of,died IGOS, nged eighty-six, hence the
copy a meeting to consult respecting our safety,
fair and honorable discusssion.
Ibefore us was printed seven years before hisi and in some wny or other, ifpossible, to avert
In regard to the publication of the Rev. death. In comparing it witb our English the doom that seems to await all ofthe whale
Mr. Hunt's articles, seme have taken occa- version, we are surprized to observe the Genus throughout the world, including the
i Sperm, Right, and Polar
sionfreely to censure the Editor ofthe Friend, jgreat similarity.
whales. Although
while others have approved. Some have also The following is a reprint of the xv. psalm. our situation, and that of our neighbors in
censured us for publishing what they styled
the Arctic, is remote from our enemy's counAPfalmtafOauid.
■ X shall
Fore-cast
le
literature,"
others
try,
yet we have been knowing to the prowhile
have
who
dwell in thy Tabernacle ?i
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said that the Editor of tbe Friend was too who shall reft in thy holy Mountaine ?
gress of affairs in the Japan and Ochotsk
much of a "Captain's Man," and would not 2 He that walketh vprightly and worketli 1seas, the Atlantic and Indian oceans, and all
righteoufnefle, and fpeaketh the trueth in
allow Jack to publish his wrongs. The idea his
the other "whaling grounds." We have
j heart.
of pleasing all classes of our readers is out of. 3 He that flandeielh not with his tongue, imagined that we were safe in these cold rethe question, but there is an idea that we'oor doeth euill to his neighbour, nor receiu- gions ; but no ; wilbin these last two years
have ever aimed to keep these eight years be-'eth a fulfe report again't his neighbour.
a furious attack has been made upon us, an
4 In whofe eyes a vile peifon is contemnfore us, to publish a paper that should nfford
od, but he honoureth them that feare thei attack more deadly and bloody, than any of
useful, instructive and entertaining rending, Lord : hee that fweareth to his o«tm hinder- our race ever experienced in any part of the
to the many thousands of seamen in the broad ancc and changeth not.
world. J scorn to speak of (he cruelty that
5 He that gitieth not his money vnto vfury, has been practised
Pacific, including masters, officers, and seaby our blood-thirsty enenor taketh reward againsl the innocent: hel
men on board the various classes of Naval,
armed
mies,
with
and lance ; no age
harpoon
|
that doeth thefe tilings, shall never be
whaling, and merchant, vessels. In carrying imooued.
or sex has been spared. Multitudes of our
out this idea, the Friend has been sustained
species (the Polar), have been murdered in
ships supposed to be Lost.
from year to year. Assurances have of late Two Whale
Capt. Roys" reports, that on the Ist of Sept. " cold " blood. Our enemies have wondered
been freely pouring in upon us, that the paat cur mild and inoffensive conduct; we have
per as it has been conducted, was essentially while his ship wns lying in a Bay upon the heard them cry,
she blows," and our
" there
useful among seamen, and must be sustained. W. Coast of Bherihg's Straits, an Indian hearts have quailed
as
we
saw their glitterThis is encouraging, and if our readers con- chief came on board, and by signs mode ing steel reflecting the sum beams', and
realtinue their pecuniary support, we shall en- known that two whale ships went ashore, and ised" that in a
few moments our life-blood
all hand's were lost. As near as he could
deavour on our part to support the character
oozing out, would discolor'the briny deep in
ofthe Friend, and do all in our power to,understand the fatal spot must have been, N. which we have gambolled for scores of
years.
from
Cope East, on the.Asiatic Coaut.
render it a welcome visitor in the Cabin and W.
We
have
never
been
to
trained
contend
with
For
or
four
five days previous there bad
the Forecastle, or wherever else its circulaa
race
of
who
Warriors,
been
sail
in
threelarge
n heavy gale from the N. E. It was
tion toay be extended.
masted vessels, on Ihe sterns of which we
. In passing judgment upon Ihe character, impossible to learn the names of the vessels
have
read "New Bedford," "Sag Harbor,"
lost.
and opinions advanced in our columns, let
New
London." Our hattles have hilherto
our readers exercise their good sense, and A Copy of
" with
the Friend worth $100 ?
been
simple Indians in their skin canoes.
observe whether articles are communicated by We recently heard the
master of a whale- We have heard of the desperate encounters
correspondents, or appear editorially.
iship remark, that one lime during the late between these wbale-killing monsters and our
cruise if he couldhave obtained a
certain brethren the Right whales on Ihe North-west
Bible 250 Years old.
No. ofthe Friend he would have given $100. coast. Some from that
quarter have taken
Dr. King reeeotly presented us with an ]Now we would suggest that
shipmasters do shelter in the quiet baysaf pur sea, others of
interesting relic of olden times in the form net fail to supply themselves
with bound the spci inaciti species from japan, have also
an Englhh Bible, printed in 1509, several
and we also hope that maqy may visited us
and reported their battles and disyeklt previous to Ihe celebrated translation |
ha inclined to subscribe for the paper to be
;
asters
they
have told us it is no use to conunder the authority ofKing James, aad Iwee. (•eat overland to
the United States
tend with the Nortone, Ihe Tabers, tbe Cof-
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ing admirably condensed account, extracted
fins, the Coxs, tbe Smiths, the Halseys,!
snd the other families ofwhale-killers. We|i -The following communication, intended forr from Governor Briggs' address before Ihe
Polar whales are a quiet inoffensive race, our columns, was accidcntly mislaid, or it't Honorable Council.
desirous oflife and peace, but, alas, we fear, would have appeared in our last number.l "It is undisputed, that on the 23d day ef
(November, 1849, John White Webster, a
our doom is sealed; we have beard the threat The fresh and condensed summary of news,'professor in
Harvard University, aad in th<
that in one season more we shall all be "cut occasionally furnished by our correspondent,]■Medical College in Boston, did, at mad-day,
up," and "tried out." Is thero no redress ?| "J. S." is always acceptable. We should in that college, witbin a few feet ofthe place
I write in behalf ofmy butchered and dying rejoice to receive a monthly dispatch fromi where he daily stood and delivered scientific
to a large class of young saen, with
species. I appeal to the friends ofthe whole lac same pen, for the perusal of the readersj lectures
unlawful violence, take the life ofUr. George
race of whales. Must we all be murdered in of the Friend.
Parkman, a respectable citizen of Boaton,
New York, May 22nd, 1850. who had come to that room at the repeated
cold blood? Must our race become extinct?
Fkikm>.—The tide of papulation1 requests of the prisoner. '
Will no friends and allies arise snd revenge Dear
from the Old World continues to flow into> That after tailing his rife, bs eviscerated,
our wrongs? Will our foes be allowed to the United States with no signs of ebbing, nt
'and in a manner moat shocking to humanity,
1
prey upon us another year? We have heard the rate of 1000 per day, or 365,000 in a
1 mutilated the body of his victim, burning
of the power of the "Press;" pray give these year j and we say let them come. We have1parts of it in a furnace, and depositing other
Christianity parts of it in different places in the building,
few lines a place in your columns, and let bread enough to. feed them, and
enough, rightly improved, to save them.■ where they were found by persons who were
them go forth to the world. I am known Let
them come and breathe our free air, and
Dr. Parkman.
among our enemies as the "Bow-head," above nil standerect in the enjoyment of that seeking nfter
That nfter killing him, he robbed his life
but I belong to the Old Greenland family. liberty wherewith Christ makes his people less creditor, by taking from him two notes
free. What if most of them are papists ! 1 of hsnd, signed by himself, to which he had
Yours till death,
saw a bank of fog which a good breeze!no rightj and committed still soother crime
POLAR WHALE. never
would not roll of)*; nor a bank ofsnow which by making false marks upon those notes,aad
of1 that a
P, S. I send this by the
a warm sun would not melt.
jury of his country, empanelled acDo'nt publish the name ofthe vessel, r. w. The Pope has nt length returned to Rome,
cording to law, under the direction of four
but Rome has not returned lo the Pope, and'of the five eminent Judges constituting the
Another Junk.—On the 22nd of-April, in never will. The day is easssd-when nuy fal- 'Supreme
Court of Massachusetts, after a
lat. 45 Mi lon. 155 E, Ihe "Henry Kneeland," lible mortal can comfortably assume Ihe of- long, patient, and impartial trial, and after
Clark, master, fell in with a Japanese junk, fice of God's Vicegerent, and lord it over' hearing in his.defence tbe arguments oflearnwhere God has made them-led and eloquent counsel, upon their oaths.
having thirteen persons on board. "The vessel minds in matters
is in Rome, as we have known an found him guilty of murder:
He
jree.
left Yeddo for Kuno, three or four days sail, ambitious whale steer into an inlet at high 1
Upon that verdict, tLe Court pronounced
but was driven lo sea, and had been sixty- tide, nnd found himself uncomfortably an- 1the awful sentence of death. In such a case
six days drifting at the mercy of winds and chored at the ebb, and annoyingly saluted there should be obvious and conclusive reawaves, dismasted and rudderless. For forty with the hurpoon. Well, let him flounce/ sons to authorize the pardoning power tp inand learn lessons of humility, to respect tha
days their water had been out, and they had principles and practice of truth wherever terpose and arrest Ihe sword of justice. Ido
'not see these reasons.
subsisted on snow-water. Their food con- found, and to love whom God loves.
The combined circumstances of the case
sisted most of the time of refuse fish. The Within a few days there has been no small force me to the conclusion, that the safety of
junk had no cargo on board. Captain Clark stir here about a rumoured invasion of Cuba1 the community, the inviolability of Ihe law,
our coast. The force is said (o be con- and the principles of impartial justice, detook the crew on board the Henry Kneeland. from
siderable,
has been fitted out ostensibly for
The commander and two of the crew ofthe California, and is headed by a Spaniard. mand the execution ofthe sentence.
I hopo it is not necessary for me to say
junk came passengers to Honolulu on board The design is said to be to land on some un- that it would have given me unspeakable
the H. K. Two of the crew are on board protected part ofthe island, and sweep from pleasure to have come to a different result,
the Maringo ; six were taken to Petropau- it every vestige of Spanish domination. Pre- and that I would do anything on earth in my
sident Taylor has ordered several of our arm- power, short of violating duty, to alleviate
taski, and were taken charge ofby the Rus- ed vessels to Cuba to protect
our national the sufferings of a crushed and broken-heartsian authorities, and two came passengers neutrality and honor. Cuba, some think, ed family.
GEO. N. BRIGGS.
will make two or three good, democratic, Council Chamber, 10th July, 1860.
by the Nimrod.
states ; an" Canada, on the north, as many
4*l
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The Late President.
A Whaler supposed to have foundered. more ! California will come into the Union
A French wbaleship, lately arrived, reports shortly, and doubtless, ns she desires'; free We give, from such materials as we have
from the blot nnd curse of slavery/
before us, the following leading facts in the
that during the gale about the middle of SepThe benevolent Societies, the glory of our life ofthe deceased President.
tember, a ship was seen to go down; name land, have just celebrated their anniverZachary Tailor was born, in Oiangc
saries. A good time we have had. Most of"County, Virginia, Nov. 2d, 1784. Till the
of ship unknown.
them, both in their receipts and apparent age of.twenty-one he resided with his father,
The Friend Semi-Monthly.—During the usefulness, are in advance of the preceding and is said to have worked on his farm. In
early youth he gnve evidence of uncommon
remainder of the year, thd Friend will be year.
The
various
industrial
are
in
of
a
and force of character, nnd of a taste
pursuits
energy
for
the
convenience
issued Semi-monthly,
prosperous condition; money is plenty ; con- for military life. In 1808, at tbe age of 24,
the
Fleet.
in
Whaling
our numerous readers
fidence inspires trade with life; the General he was appointed a lieutenant in (ho army.
Bey-Masters of whaleships should report Government is so administered, as lo satisfy In 1810, he married Miss Margaret Smith,
their vessels as early as possible after arriv- Ihe reasonable, and'nil but Ihe totally de- ■of Maryland, who survives him. He was
praved; thank God for this goodly heritage. promoted, in 1812, lo the rank of Captain',
ing in port.
As ever, Yours, J. S. snd after Ihe declaration of war with Great
Britain, he was promoted Major by PresiDONATIONS.
Far Chapel. For PrlemJ
Dr. Webster's Case Decided.
Madison, after his memorablo and galdent
tSS oo
QOWFVWC*!!
All efforts to obtain the Governor's Pardon lant battle of Fort Harrison, with a handful
its
Si «o
l.<.reB,oflB«l*vaut,
6 09 have
failed, and the 30th of August is the of men against» large body ofsavages. At
Case, of lae Ktrra,
of that war be resigned hia commisday
appointed
for his execution. Asjnany the end
S
tNoice eamen.
In 181*3 he
sion, and returned te hie farm.
oar sea-faring readers have heard nothing of
two
commanded
and
re-appointed
Major,
•»»»,
pf***»t
was
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batweaa 12 atwl 8 o'ctotlt e"tt
this melancholy affair, we publish the follow- years at Green Bay; ntttt which be served
New
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at the Sooth, aad again in the Northwest, Ifrom being imposed upon by the avarice of pasbeing seldom absent from active duty. In senger brokers, and it was contended that the
applied with much ' greater fore* to the sul>183*Kb wae made Colonel, and served in act
of a friendly |io>wec, who to ignorance in
jects
Hawk
war.
From
Itfltbto
IB4O|Jgeneral,
the Bleck
added ignorance of the English lanhe was in Florida, being specially selected guage.
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The same act provides thst sufficient
for tbe irksome and difficult service of sub- water shall -be stowed under deck to give to each
duing tbe Sen»tr.oles. In that eervice be passenger three quart* per day, and it was contended that the contract to carry these passenfought tbe battle of Okechobee, memorable gers
was made under nnd subject to ihis law.—
ia the annals ef 1 ndian warfare. In 1845Be I
took the command ofthe Army of Observa- Upon these facts the Jury brought in a verdict
for plaintiffs nf #3000.
tion aAtlioipalion of hostilities with Mexico;
15— Am abp BenjTucksr, Wood, fm Anadir Sea, 14 1-1
moa set 101 ap 2,00 wb, StioOO lb. hone.
Am abp Henry Knee land, Clark, fm Ar O, 26 moa onl,
15M wh, sROJ Ike bene.
Am abp Tuvcauy, Hslaej, fto A O, 37
»• nut, 2SCO
wh, 2'o 0 IH. bnse.
Ant .hn Mncteiame, Tower, fm A), 3H moa out 210>i
4800 wh 90300 lb* bone
Am .ap Liverpool M, West. A O, 36 mo. out 5000,wh,
thteeesenn 2*o.
Am abp Win Rotch, Kempton, A O, 37 moa out, 764
ip, *no wh.
Am abp Corlolaataa, MnSunley, fm A O. 12 moa ost,
85 ap, 1708 wb.
Amihp Ohio, Norton. A O, 23 moa out, 210 ap, S3OB
wh. 1-100 thla »ea.*li.
Am >h ii 1rilon 3d, Saudi, A O, 10 12 moa out. 100ap
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eiace which hie history is too well known to John Montgomery, for deft.
teqairr that we should write it here.—(N.Y.
Obeerver.
DIED.
On board ship Albion, May SOth, of consumption, Thorns*
B. Tripp, of Dartmouth, Nut., aged 18 yean.
Ok hoard bark Philip. September 15th, Francisco Penavln.
We copy from the last Polynesian the
in Itnllan, had a wire tiring In Mont* Vedlo.
Ik Honolulu, Oct. 3d, Mr. Geome W. Cleaveland, late from
lowing report of an important trial, relating California. There wii
found Ik hia poesesaion papers ihowiitf that ha was regularly discharged front the U. 8. Regiment
to the British Schooner "Enigma."
of Mounted Riflemen, at Fori Vancouver, Oregon. July 9th,
I<J5O. He waahorn in Urooms Co., Statu of N. V-, and was*
Wahine, «t ml, vi. Apear.—This was nn no- cooper by trade. Amonghit papers was inund letter from a
unlives
these
Ik Morris lowa St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. Issislands, •tilerlaresiding plea»e
of
tion by the plantiff*,
copy ]
N. Y
against the owner ofthe British schooner Enig- uers
At IT. 8. Hospital, In Honolulu. Oct. •, John A- Clinton,bema for damages for privations endured by them longing to Newport, R. I. tie came passenger oa board the
'Sarah Abigail" from California, and died the saca* day he waa
on board said schooner in consequence of nn in- landed.
sufficiency offoot! ninl water inula want of shel- Oh hoard "Pioneer," fa July, Bamuel Stick, a native of
ter. It appeared upon evidence thnt uhe sehao- Kin*'* Mills Group. And in Sept. Jackson, a native of the
Hervey Ulsnda.
■or sailed from Hong-Kong in China, about ihe Or hoardahlp "Dartmouth," Feb 27, 1846. Joae P. Macha
middle of July—thai after the vessel was loaded do. aged 24 yeare, native of Pico, Western Islands.
3Sd of April, IM9, Richard Wmlen, belonging to
and ready for sen, tbe agent nt Hong-Rung sent ••hipUrnwaed,
Heia supposed to be a Dative of Ireland,
on board seventeen Hawaiian*, nt the same time bat
j aDarthmouth.
resident la the American British Provinces.
their
use
sufficient,as
rice
and
water
for
sending
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Am altp India, Bwift, Ochotek See, 27 moa ant, 334*
wh, I*lo lbs bone.
Am ahp Jena*, Cornell, A O, 2> 1-2 moa out, 13 ap
19(0 wh 25 00.1 lb. bone
Am bk A waehoaka. Smith, fm A O, S3 1-2 mea oh, 150
•p, losn wb, 11.000 Iba bone.
German bk Joseph lleyden, Goo.msn, 18 moa out lee
Ip, 2400 wh, Sooeo.
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Oct S—Am. Brig MaryWilder,Cleveland, from Baa Fraud.
CO, 80 day a.
7 llanoverau ht-ifan. Rena, Manaera, 160 tone, 18 da
fm Sen Francisco.
8 Am bk Trueman, Doanr. 2'o tone 142 ds fm Boston
8 Am bk Sarah, Hooper, 2241 lon. 17 day. from San
Franci.ce.
8 Br origan Timhn, Hill, I23trma, 22 d. Im do
8 Am do Su.an Abigail. Barker, 159 loin, 15 da fm do
Br.chr Terror, Dunning, 96 ion., 15 da fm do.
** 18 Chi
brigan L'llalla, Prim. 88 lon., 15 do.
10 Am ah X W arwlc.k, Whiting, 630 ton., 17 do.
10 Br brigsn Henrietta, Waugh, 101 Inna, 18do.
10 bk I'Mlemels Jewell. 47» lons 25 do.
" 10 Am ab Geo Hallelt, II owea. 420, 162ds fm Boston.
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Arrived.—Fall Sermon, IS3O.
Not reported in the llouoisiu List.
he said, for forty-five days consumption, which
July 28—Am ebp Hen Rn.li. Swan. 8 1-2 moa, 150 bbia ip
Mariner, Cnflln, 12 moa, 170 bblaap.
pnsahp
a
to
make
the
81
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he considered sufficient time
Aag 24—Am hk Shepherde.., Benjamin. 84 moa out, 2300 bbls
aage. Th* Captain, whose hearing ami appenr27cki
lbs none, bound home.
wh,
PORT OF HONOLULU.
seneen the stand were exceedingly credital4e,
14—Am ahp W C Nye, R. ae, 13 moa, 2980 bbia wb, 9o bbl.
bd]
home.
■p,
immediately protested against taking ihein, nlAriiTed.-—-Fall Season, IHSO.
Sept 6—Am ahp Clen.aina,Bellows, 83 mos, Bo ap, 2300 wh
leging that he bad no room for lhem; but the
18,ono |ha bone, hound boms.
11—Am abp Zephyr, Sherman, 360 v, fin Labelua, 34 mm
agent for the vessel required him to put them
tit wb, eight hundred «p
7—Am akp Soath Boeion, Snule, 24 moa, Soo ap, 1000 wh,
44)
10,000 lb. hour, hound home.
ahp Chandler Price, Taber,
Is, I'm Sea of Aninto and under the long-boat: whilst, as theves- A-n 12—Amadir,
B—Good Return, Cook. 33 moa, 550 ep, 2700 wk, 10.000 lb. I
3900 t>b]. oh, SXO ep, failed fur New He. if„nl
sal wss chnrtereil to be laded FULL, four casks
b
one, boundhome.
Aat.ll.
ua.
B—Am bk Caroline, Dealer, 23 moa, 855 ap, 2mh> wb, 15,.
ahp Bomulue, Hull, 22 mo., 10 bbla ap, Si'OO wb,
of their water were put on derk.tiy which means /•U—Am
45,000 lb. bone.
000 lb. bone, nouns hems.
tbey lost twe casks by having them stove, the
15—An. akp France., Henrietta, Cloaab, 33 moa, 400 tp,
B—Am .hp Monieauete, Benjamin, 24 moa, Sooap, 8000 wk
]3,eo«i llit bone, crease, home.
second day out, *o thnt tbey were then put on
2900 wh, 17,000 lba bone.
9—Am abp New England, Wilcox, 15 moa, 3200 wk, 3300
fire pints allowance. Tbe Captain, finding thnt Sept 15—An ahp Splendid. Plenum, 478 if, fm Arctic Ocean,
lb. bone,hosnd borne.
23 0.,3300 wli, 70.(t
bis water would be insufficient, deviated from
16—Brbk Daberry, 24 inoa, aeren hundred thirty ap.
18—Amahp Ind.sn Chief, Bailey, 34 moa, 6obbla ap, 3800
w, IHono lbs bene
his course, in order to get this necessary of life
17—Am abp ftaprtior, Stoma, 17 M, twenty cix hundred
13—Am ahp Gen Scott, G C llarria, 26 moa, 1700 w, 10000
wh, .evenly ap.
from several island* laid down on his chart; but
hone.
17—Am abp Lof an, Nlckeraon, 34 moa, nine hundr-d wb,
them
another,
he found
as he went from one to
one hundred ap,
19—Am.hp Dartmouth, Fierce, 27 moa,Sooo w, swage*lb.
barren rocks. Soon nfter tbey found their rice
IS—An ahp Nets, Cue, 36 moa, tweuly nine hundred wb,
boss
ahp Mnrla Theresa, Almy, 34 mos, ISo sp, 3775 w,
19—Am
fifty
.p.
casks
io be bad, nnd upon broaching two ofthe
18—An abp Levant, Lowes, 15 mea, thirty iwo hundred
17oo>i lb. bone.
of water, it wns discovered thst being put into
19—Am.hp Minerva, SmaHey. 36 mos, 300 ap, lCeo w,
wh.
18—Am abp Fable.. Wine, 15 moa, twenty ee*en hundred
loeon lb. hoi.a. croi.e home.
beer barrels, the water bail become putrid, and
Sept 25 Sop Sarah, Farringtnn, 21 moa out, 2to.p, 2400 whl
flfly wh, fifty ap.
then their allowance was reduced to four pints. Sept 16—Amaad
15,0I bone, hoond home.
ahp Hobomack,Caloit. fm Strom'. ]>, 650 bleep
Thta vesael diecberaed all hand* and .hipped a new
38 Sbp Jnmes Allen. Smith, 21 moa out, UO ip,3,100 whl
During this time, some who had come nn hoard
37.000 bona, hound home.
crew—and left lo cruise, Oct 8. Eapeeta to vlelt
ill becoming yet more sick and others falling
Oct 1 Sch Odd Frllow, Chapman, 82 daya fm Ban Francisco
Strong', laland.
rick, tbe Captain, although sick himself nml
2 Br Mary Wilder, Cleavel.nd, iO daya fm SanFrancisco
16—Am abp D Webeter, Header, An Taleahaano,27 moe,
4 Sch Mary W, Holmes, 18da fm San Fran.
sharing the same short allowance of water, dione thnuaand wb, threehundredand fifty ap.
5 Hg Sarah MrFarland, Fuller, fm Honolulu.
ahp
full
Minerva,
17—Am
Snialley,
bnundabomr.
hi*
private
passengers
with
his
stores,
put
vided
50— Am ahp Columbia, Sweeny, t whale., nearly feU
5 Bk Crntnn. Wataon,An do.
on board at bis own expense. The sick were Oct.-? Am wh ab Mil.., Bowie, 37 moa fin Arctic, «00 wh,
7Rg Almyra, Cixld. fm San Fran.
7 Snip Berkey William., Hancoi, 15 1-1 mos, 333 >p,
loOap.
hut
the
one
man
likewise put below,
stores of
225(1 wh, 33,100 bone.
8*
dn
13
8700
Fournler,
moa,
do,
Veaper,
ap.
830
wb,
fm
forhimself
and
seventeen
made but sonry rations
7 Chilian srh Blllahelh. Angnitll, 23 il. fm Bs* Fran.
8 do Hohin Hood, Hakei, 15 moa, do, 3200 wb.
others, whilst instead of forty-five days, their
8 do Jetm-eon,Hklaner, 14 moa, do. S.'.Oa wh, 160 an
7 8h A II llowUnd, Fiaher, 26 mos, ISO ap, 3330 wh,
35,103 brme.
8 Am bk N America, Pendleton, 15 moa, do, i7lo wh,
1
passage was prolonged to sixty-three; nnd it was
8 6h Alrsander, Ryan, 26 moa, 2600 wk, 20,0(0 bona.
ap,
bone.
2.1.C00
proved by two ef our most experienced ship
8 8h L C Richmond. Morton, 37 moa, KU ap, 1850 wk,
8 Ana ab Nlmrod, Sherman, 24 moa, do 2600 wh, 40 ap,
20.000 bone.
£0,(00 bone.
masters that the ordinary passage was not less
8 Sh llanlbal, Grey, 13 mo., 15ap, 3500 wk. 40,000 hoes.
teen sixty day*. It was further in evidence •■ ( do Navy, Norton, tl moa, do, 2800 wh, 830 ap, 15,0C0 BSh
Chas Draw, Carey, 10moa I. 00 wb lo.ooobone
tha* ihe death of some nf the four passengers,
8 Sh llenj Tucker, Wood If moa. 100 ap 2COO w. £0,000 do.
t do Nile, (Jaae, 25 moa, do 3:03 wb, 20.C00 bone.
8 Sh Dover, JehVrv, 27 moa, 110 Sp, 31f0 w, 27,000 boa*.
who died during.the voyage, was accelerated at "11 do Hum.vllk, Smeth, II moa, d0,350a, 50,000 bone
3 Sh Republic, Austin. 22 mos, 70 ap, 4380 w, £0,000 bees, I
do
M.r.toii,
I
Geo
15 moa, do, 2400 wh. 25,000e0.
least, by the wnnt of pricier food nml water, for
9 do Coriea. Crnmmell, 14 moa, do, 2500 wh, 100 ap,
8 Bk Condaee, Wslker, 14 mos, 25 ap, 1110 w, 21 000 dc. i
towards tbe entl ofthe passage, they were combone.
9 Sh Cambria. Harding, 45 moa, 1100 >p 1910 w. 11 ocOdo
4«>,ooo
J
do
Albion.
9Sh Lydia, Worth. 2* mos, £00 ap, lltw w, 14.0.0 dn. i
the
bad
water
Moo
Soo
mea,
wh,
by
Ilaihaway,
ep,
their
necessities
to
37
do.
mix
pelled
•'
9 Sh N P Tslmsdge. Malf..rd, 84 mos 2700 w, XI.COO do.
18,000 bone.
with the good, in order to make up the quantity
9 Sh Parachute. Flatter, 21 inns. 1700 w, H.cOj bone.
Venice, llarrla, 1* moa. floewb 4o,«oo bone.
Is V/m Tell, Taber, tf moa. 2720 wb, Bo ap, 30,000d0.
1 Br Oriental, Pullol, 13 ds fm Ssa Frsn.
necessary fur subsistence, nnd indeetl hntl it not
Is Phillip I ,WorwlnilT, tSmoa. Meow, ISO ap, 2u,nno do
10 Sh Mogul, Huntly, 10 mo.. 100 ap, 4COO w, 18,0f0boae.
been for the rains, which fell during the latter
le Laacaeter, Alm\, 23 moa, OaboiaSfiea, Moo wb,4oe
14—Am wh ships Armats, Unit. 13 moa. alee, Meteor,
pert of the passage, it was the opinion of the
Keenev, lull; Oalnmbua, Crowrll 27oo; Cherokee, a
ap, 15,000 do
have
lo
Eu
pa
Cleavel.nd, 2ooo; Clncinaatl, William., Meo ; Newark
witnesses that many mere must
died.— "
ram, Croaby, 14moa Arctic Ocean, tSoo'wh,
Sickens, laoo.
dn.
40,n00
Tbe advocates for the plaintiff* contended that
*
le do line, Edward., 14 moa do 3!50 wh, So ap 45,000
this was in contra vent ion ofthe implied contract "" In Pr ab Gualarr, llar.loy, do INo wh 10,000 bone.
PASSENGERS.
to supply them with nil reasonable comforts ami
" II Am bk Marcur, Hancock, 38 moa, Ja| en Sea, 400 ap. Mrs Skinner, on hoard the Jefferson; Mr. Smith—ShsAeldi
Adama, 14 moa, Arctic, 2800 wh 5o .p Mrs. Sherman—Nlmrod ; Mrs. Tower—Mocoeasxa—Mrs. 3d J
provision, as well as directly contrary to the •• 11 do California,
40,000 bone.
All passenger, from Arctic Oeesa t Mrs.
British passenger act, which requires thst room
14—Am abp RhrnVl.l, Roy., fm AO, 14 moa out, 32,00 ward.—Uncaa.
Young,on board the Abigail, from lbs Japan Oroaad.
I
wb 46.000 Ibo hose.
beneath deck, anil the usual allowance nf proAm akp I..miliary, Norton, Arctic Oc 24 moa out, 1(0 Shipsreported) by Captain Swift of the India
vanises for British seamen shall lie given -to each
ep 354N wk,
Aug 23—French ebip A ngetins, rriiga.Seaj3j.iii bis of ail.
Am abp Mechanic. Palter, Ar. O, 47 moa Ml, 1(0ep
86—bk i E Douuell, Bennett.of N Bed ,14 mo. out ISeohls I
paxsssngcr, irrespective of any supply of provis»5») wh,
7«tt» Ibe boas.
37-Am.kpßramln,Hntt.,ofN Bedford, 1 150 wb, l&o ap
ions of their ewn. This act was passed to pre-l
"Am bk Newton Watene, fm Ar Q, 16 1-2 mo. 001,
•del the ignorant ciuigraiiu ofthe British
ban am. na.OW bi keai
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THE RIEND.
HONOLULU, OCTOBER 1, 1850.
Vol. 8.
73
Mo. 10
the mission 111 it-s have done much fur the always in the death of both mother and child.
tribes oflhe ocean ; but they have imposed But whatever may be the causes which are
OF THE [ IMF.NiI, OCTOBER 1. 1850.
decimating the population of the Sandwich
Vutt of French thlp Ilunltr, &c,
78 fur ton nurrow limits upon their mission, they
are far from having done all the good which Islands, is it not lamentable and surprising
luaih of I'rc.nii'hi Taylor,
Two living Fncia,
76 they might have done. To what ought this that wherever civilization has come in conRemarkaon it communication,
.
-76 to be ascribed ? Perhaps to an excess of tact with the savage state, this contact has
A Sallor'i Thought,
76 zeal ; perhaps nlso to the education not been fatal to the people it ought to regenWhale rthipi returning,
.77
sufficiently liberal which they have received. erate? The effects are every where the same,
An HawHjinn Ordination, •
77
•
•
causes may be different. FanatJapaneaeJunk,
77 ItnJuied with a religious slerness so remark- though the
and
in Mexico and Peru,
of
ical
sanguinary
able
certain
have
lost
sight
in
they
sects,
Who will aid the Friend >
77
7g
New Book,
the temporal good of this people in theft* encroaching in the United States, religious
Shipping .Newa, Death* Ac,
HO effort to make them participate in those and mystical in the Sandwich Islands ; into
spiritual treasures which they esteem above whatever country civilization has penetrated,
disappeared before
all things. They have abolished barbarous there have I
and revolting practises for the sake 6f hu- it. What haw become of the people that
munity, and they have given the natives once covered the valleys of Spanish America?
VoiFsretnS
fch e loop-of-war
some ideas of civilized society ; but having Civilization has destroyed them. At the
Translated for the Friend, from the French oj reached
the point when reform would pro- present time you will scarcely find any vesAdolphe Barrot.
useful results, they stopped short. It tiges of them in the lowest classes of society.
duce
NO. IX.
be said that they have been constantly What remains in the valleys oftke Ohio, the
What the Missionaries have, done for the might
under
the influence ol interested considera- Missouri and the Mississippi, of the numerous
Hawaiians depopulation of the Islands
tions.
Thus they have established schools, tribes that once roamed through the forests?
causes of depopulation proper means to but they have
proscribed the study of the The vicinity of the whites has caused thorn
arrest its progress Government KamehaWhat could have been to disappear, and soon the inquiry will be
English
language.
meha makes himself absolute sovereign afthe
?
their
this
They evidently feared, made if these nations even existed. The
object in
group attaches foreigners to his service as 1 have already stated, that the influence population will melt away before civilized
dies liihorihio ascends the throne puts of llm European residents would counter- man, either by this terrible mortality which
down an insurrection on Kauai abolishes
balance their own. But this was not the is consuming it, or because it v.-ill mingle
the ancient worship ami the tabu dies in greatest obstacle to the progress of civiliza- and lose itself in the migrations from Europe
England Kaahumanu regent her zealfor tion : antl is there not evidently an anomaly and America. And this intermingling should
the new rtlt<rtoii —flies, and is succeeded in between the end proposed and the means be encouraged by all possible means ; and
the regency by Kinau the King dependant employed ? Have the missionaries
wished, to this end wise laws should be enacted, inupon Kinau, even after he became of age by rendering the intercourse between the dustry should be called in, agriculture enplan of removing him to Maui project for natives and foreigners more difficult to arrest couraged, and commerce patronized. These
the conquest of JVtio Hebrides terminating the contagion
of vice ? But all the world are the means by which these wretched peodisastrously Missionaries rule in Kinau's knows, and at the Sandwich Islands the fact ple can be saved from a state of decay which
name absolute power of the King modified is more evident than elsewhere, that vice is psjsaklyzing its vital principles.
Unless
in only a very slight degree by missionary needs no
order to have inter- haste is made, there will be none left at the.
in
language
influence governors taxes laws penally course ; example alone, has been sufficient Sandwich Islands to civilize, unless it be the
criminals escape, punishment by paying a lo corrupt this
people, so artless and sus- civilizcrs themselves.
sum of money judges taxation commerce
The government of the Sandwich Islands
ceptable.
commercial houses at Honolulu amount Since the discovery of these islands
is monarchical "and absolute ; but it has untheir
of consumption at the Islands articles im- population have decreased in a fearful man- dergone important modifications since the
ported articles furnished in exchange ner. It is already reduced to one fourth, at discovery of (he Islands. Formerly each
commercial prospects whale ships sandal least, of what it was at tho time of Cook's island of the group was governed by a chief
wood resources ofthe Islands yet lo be de- first voyage. This diminution is ascribed to who was independent of his neighbours.
veloped—advantageous situation effect on different causes. Strong drink has been These sovereigns were engaged in war the
their prosperity if a canal or railroad across here, as among all savage nations, a poison: most part of tho time. At length rtarahathe Isthmus of Panama.
brought by Europeans. Diseases unknown meha, heir to the sovereignty of the island
The missionaries found this people without in former times have infected the nation. of Hawaii, began that seriesof conquests that
a character, with vices, which were only Licentiousness has been followed with con- rendered him absolute king of all the islands.
superficial, with simple and artless manners, sequences no much the more terrible in this Kamehameha possessed superior talents
and with astonishing readiness to receive country, as the contagion spread everywhere for observation, and his perseverance was
new impressions. And what have they done without the least resistance, for it was an remarkable. He quickly perceived what
for them' They believe they have corrected unknown evil, (hie cause of depopulation powerful assistance he might derive from
their morals ; but demoralization is at Us as potent, at least, as licentiousness, still Europeans, who at that time began to visit
height, demoralization by calculation, much exists in a disease mentioned by many Euro- these islands, and his first care was to atmore hateful than lliut over which they claim pean physicians, who have been established tach a large number of them to his service.
the mekait to have triumphed. They believe for a long time at Honolulu. This disease, At his death, which took place in 1819, his
son Rihoribo ascended the throne. Some
they hnvc made Christians, but they have which was introduced about ten
infilr hypocrites only. They believe they attacks women in childbed, and proves fatal manifestations of insurrection appeared on
have ameliorated the physical condition of in three cases out of five. At first white Kauai, but iheywere immediately suppressed
tho people ; but they have made them ac- pimples appear on the lips, and these extend by Ririorirmtsfio-with a single devoted comquainted with misery which they did not by degrees to the throat, the stomach, the panion croOflMpe sea to find his rival. He,
bowels. It generally commences eight or filled with admiration for such a noble maniknow.
Still it is an incontrovsjptable truth, that ten days before confinement, and ends almost festation of confidence acknowledged him as
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�74
THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 1, 1860.
It was Rihoriho who abolished! Inf dependence in which his sister holds him; 'a
fine of fifteen dollars. The man paj*
his sovereign.
ten to
the anoient worship which Kamehameha, and while he delivers himself up to the dis- fifteen dollars, five to the judge, and
of the woman. The woman
either from conviction or political considera- sipation of a life entirely sensual, Kinau the husband
pays fifteen dollars more, five to the judge,
tions, wishedto remain unimpaired. Riho- governs or rather the missionaries in her and
ten to Ihe .wife of her accomplice. It in
riho likewise abolished the Tabu. At this name.
civil actions. The judge reperiod the influence of the missionaries began But the machinery of the governmentandis the same in fourth
orders
ceives
one
of the value concerning
The
issues
his
very
simple.
king
ascendant
ascendancy
to be in the
This
became unbounded on the death ofRihoriho, the nubjects obey. There is no necessity; which he decides.
When a foreigner commits a crime he is
who in 1824 went to die in England. Kaa- that the laws of the sovereign be accomthis
tried
by a jury cumpost-d of an equal number
commentaries.
At
panied
by
present
Kamehameha,
and
regent
humanu, widow of
a very of foreigners and natives. The judges have
during the minority of Kauikeaouli, displayed absolute power is modified in only
a zeal which approached even to fanaticism slight degree by the influence of (he mission- then only to enforce the law; but when it
propa- civil action comes before them, they decide
in the practise of her new religion, and she aries, who are more interested in the
according to their own judgment, and from
gave herself up entirely to the guidance of gation of their religion than in tho temporal their
decision there is no appeal. Jt is unwelfare of the people. The regulations inthe missionaries.
reliuious;
derstood
that foreigners never appeal to this
troduced
them
are
by
exclusively
Kaahumanu,
Kinau,
death
of
her
On the
All difficulties that arise among
daughter succeeded her in the regency, ruled yet they have constantly opposed every mea- tribunal.
by arbitrators.
them
are
settled
foreigners,
sure,
all
which
to
by
giving
security
same
adopted
ascendancy,
blindly
the
by
the measures which were dictated to her by CAuld induce them to form any considerable At the Sandwich Islands (he people hn\<the mission, and the authority of the mission- commercial and agricultural establishments no charter; nothing which limits the authority
of the king or of the chiefs. The king is
aries gave law to the country. To this sys- in this country.
tem no change was made, as I have already Under the king, governors administer the absolute master of the soil, and of every
stated, when Kauikeaouli became of age. affairs of the different islands. They are thing that it produces. It is only by his perAccustomed to yield to (he will ofhis sister he high and powerful lords, subject in name only mission that the inhabitants live upon the
and use the fruits of ibe land. Hence
has not to this day performed an act of au- to the authority of the sovereign, on whose land,
thority. Yet his well known aversion to inno- account they collect the poll-lax; but only he has the light to dispose of everything that
in him to a snn\Jl proportion of the value received ever pertains to them. Vet, for want of written
vation, and some supposed
independence, gave rise to a plan among the finds its way to Honolulu. It would be diffi- stipulations, fliere are certain established
chiefs of the regent's party, of removing him cult perhaps to obtain correct returns. Kua- customs, and it is seldom that there is any
to Maui, which was the mast devoted of all kini for example, is as potent throughout the departure from these. Thus, although upon
the islands of the group, to (he new system. island of Hawaii as Kauikeaouli himself; yet the death of un occupant of a land, thai land
Kauikeaouli was made acquainted with this the royal authority is everywhere recognized. by right reverts to the king, yet he almost
project by the almost simultaneous departure Forty years ago the powerful Kamehainehii always permits the son of the deceased to
of all his servants. In this crisis he applied put down all- ideas of independence thai inherit Ine hut and field of his lather; but,
to the foreign residents of Honolulu, who could threaten the security of his crown; I repeat it, this is only a concession, and not
promised to stand by him; and theirfirmness, anil now, the union of the missionaries, and a right.
There is not at the Sandwich Islands u
well known to the opposite party, caused the their co-operation in all the measures necesthe failure of the project. Kauikeaouli can sary to perpetuate this unity of power, (end well established system of taxation; but it is
find out whenever he pleases, and shall know to the same result There is 111Ite proba- expected that among the natives, each man
how to employ it, how great are the elements bility then, that any revolution will soontuke pays to the king a tax of one dollar, and that
of power in the support which foreigners will place to change the. form of government, It each woman and each child that has attained
lend him. This occurred in 1832. At this is however, easy to foresee the result of tin- to Ihe heighth of four feet, pay half a dollar.
time there appeared two documents or pro- struggle now in progress between the mis- Children whose heigth is less than four feel
clamations, one from Kinau, and the other sionaries and the European residents. Wli.it- are not subject to taxation. Besides this
from Kauikeaouli, who then attained to his ever efforts the former may make to put off ihe king receives one-half of proceeds of
majority. These two documents, published the time, the day will come, I doubt not, sale3made by the natives: for example if a
in Hawaiian, professed to set forth their re- when the number ot foreigners increasing as fowl be sold lor fitly cents, one half of il, or
spective rights, but on (he part of the king ihe resources, of (he country increase, will twenty-five cents must be paid to the king.
paralyse all the mensures of the missionaries Then two days in each week are devoted to
it was a vain form, and lie soon
and open these islands to a more enlarged the cultivation of ihe lands belonging to the
under the yoke ofhis sister.
king, or (o the chiefs. Thus can the king
Soon after Ihe idea was suggested to the and productive system of administration.
king, by whom, is not known, of undertaking I will add a few words concerning the laws call everything among this people into requi.
the conquest of the New Hebrides. It was of the Sandwich Islands, and the administra- silinn that suits his convenience.
his design, if successful, to abandon the tion of justice. The Hawaiian code contains See what civilization has done for this
Sandwich Islands with all his court, and to ten articles, It is a sort of commentary on people. Tho first care of the civilizers
found a new kingdom in the conquered coun- the decalogue; or rather Ihe law of nature, should have been to modify such barbarous
try. Two brigs were employed in this ex- amplified nnd disfigured by civilization. laws.
and the command devolved upon Every crime is punished hy imprisonment The commerce of the Sandwich Islands is
>oki,* one of the generals of Kamehameha, for a shorter or longer time, or by involun- mot yet of much importance. The producand Governor of Oahu; but never did enter- tary labour; but there is no one who cannottions of the country being of but trilling
priz# terminate more unfortunately. The be bought off by a sum of money. Premed- 'value, as a matter of course the demand for
brig, on board of which Boki embarked, was itated murder is the only crime that does not foreign goods must be unimportant. Comdriven off by a southerly gale—and was never admit of an equivalent in money, and is pun- merce is carried on almost exclusively by
heard of after. The crew onhe other brig, ished with death; yet the premeditation can American or English ships, which come
Harrietta, to the number of more thnn a be so easily set aside that the low becomes directly to Honolulu, or which touch at this
hundred man, all perished of an epidemic a nullity. It demands two hundred dollars port eilher on Iheir passage from tlie repubbefore reaching their destination. It was for the life of a man, and every man who lics of ihe South Sea to China, or in going
necessary to send a new crew from Honolulu, can command fifty dollars may commit a ilothe north-west coast of America and Calito take back the brig from Viti, or Feejee, rape. Hence it appears that morality is not jfornia. Some of these vessels dispose of
where it bad been abandoned.
fixed at a very high rale. In fine, the part their entire cargoes at Honolulu lo furnish
At the present time affairs are almost in of the code with which civilization had todo, supplies for U.e wants for Ihe country; or
they only store them, and wait for high prices
the same condition as in 1832, Kauikeaouli is not the most moral.
evidently seeks to shut his.eyes to the state 'Isafcire are three judges in Honolulu, and, in the markets of California in ordca»to
one judge in each district. They live on transport them there. •
•Bokl's expedition consisting of ihe brlas Kamehameha nnd
A number ofAmerican Houses have been
Becket, aalled Drn-uiber Soil, 16*9,jjssEßgbl 183*, as siaterl the perquisites of their office, and this is not
above- Jl was Boki i expedition, ssSH ■)'■ ; the object a meager sum; for the fourth, and sometimes established some years in Honolulu.
There
wood,
procure
ssaalo
Basils!
not 10 Sovui a Dew kingdom.
Thoilea objecleil in llokl's goinf ia perWsT, Cveii slier he had Ihe third of all the fines paid go to the judge. |nre four or five of them, and their business
on
board
aail.
Sandwich
to
fnna
See Biafham'a
Islands p..161, For example, if a married man commit adul-l is not extensive. There is only one
English
•Mi Jeeves' Ulster.v, p. 888 of the Orsi edition, p. 144of Ihe
third—Te.
tery with a married woman, each must pay''house, the business transactions of which are
gedition,
�75
THE FRIEND, OCTOBER* 1, 1850.
of
of little importance. French commerce hns remain exclusively in the hands of the na- and I know not what has become it. But
the
of
a
seems
to me
although
opening
the
canal
they
acquire
tives,
but
at
before
ages will pass
appeared at the Sandwich Islands,
more advantageous than (he construction
long intervals. Chance only gave it this talent or the' courage to turn them to ac- far
means of condirection, and no direct operation has been count. A people habituated to live fjoin of a railroad, yet this latter
without
an immense
veyance
would
not
be
mouth,
labour,
since
hand
and
almost
without
to
undertaken in France with this country
influence upon the conditionaof the Sandwich
that which was entered upon in 1828, by a cannot be rendered industrious at once. Up
nouse at Bordeaux, at the instigation oi to the present time agriculture has not ad- Islands; for lines of packets would doubtless
Rives, Kainehameha's physician, who ac- vanced a step, and these fertile lands are be established forthwith, to ply between
awaiting the industry which must make them Panama and ihe various ports of the Pacific.
companied Rihoriho to England
does
Each native lives in his hut,
productive.
Islands
Consumption at Ihe Sandwich
Death of President Taylor.
not amount to more than $100,001), the sum cultivates the quantity oftaro which he needs,
total of importations, whether for consump- and contents himself wilh raising some fowls Late papers from the United States furnish
01)J. and hogs, which he sell to the ships which
tion or storage, scarcely amounts to $201),
full particulars of the last sickness and death
The consumption consists of bleached and visit the islands; with the proceeds of these
unbleached calicoes, prints, hardware, lum- sales lie pays his tax to the king, and pro- of the President of the United States. This
ber, sugar, coffee, spirituous liquors, &x. cures for himself cloth and ardent spirits. melancholy event, causing a nation to mourn,
The importation of articles of luxury is lim- But this resource belongs only to the aris- occurred July 9, at half-past 10 o'clock, p. m.,
ited to the consumption of five or six hundred tocracy, which has already become someafter a severe sickness of only five days. On
Europeans or Americans living on the differ- what industrious. Beneath this class is the
at the National monent Islands, and who are generally poor. great majority of the people, who still live July 4th he was present
The Americans bring to the islands white as they lived before ihe discovery of the ument, and listened to an oration by senator
and unbleached cottons, soap, ready-made islands, yet with much more wretchedness, Foote, but that evening was attacked with
clothing, flour, rum, wines, and other French and wilh much higher rent to pay the chiefs. disease, which assumed the form of cholera
It pertains then to the future to develope
articles, &c. The English imports are comunited wisdom of eminent
posed principally of calicoes, white cottons, the territorial and commercial resources oi morbus, which the
not
able
to remove. During
cordage, canvass, hardware, supplies for the Sandwich Islands. Situated in the cen- physicians was
ocean,
Lumber
is
from
Now
of
the
north
Pacific
are
As
brought
great
they
&c.
tre
his
illness
he
surrounded
by his family
ships,
Zealand, and sugar from the Society Islands, a sort of resting place in the midst ofthis vast whose sorrow was great.
sea, which separates India and China from
or from Peru.
The Vice President, Millard Fillmore,
The Sandwich Islands furnish in exchange America. They will acquire importance in
announced the President's death to
officially
relation
the
two
between
for these articles, provisions, sandal wood, n proportion as the
small quantity of tuui-nut oil, which is of an continents shall be developed. Should the the Senate on Wednesday morning, July
excellent quality for burning, perleclly clear isthmus of Panama be opened Ihe Sandwich 10th.
and without smell, and money which they Islands would of necessity decoine one of the
Fellow citizens of the Senate, and of
receive of the ships that touch at the islands most interesting places on the globe, since the House of Representatives :—I have to
for refreshment. But as soon as agricultural besides the resources which I have pointed perform the melancholy duty of announcing
industry shall have developed the resources out, they would possess the advantage oi to you, thnt it has pleased Almighty God to
of the islands, they will produce all colonial being sitnaled on the great route between remove from thin life Zachary Taylor, late
commodities; and their commerce at present Europe and India; they would become the President of the United States who
so limited, will increase in proportion to the naturaT entrepot, the station-point that com- last
evening at the hour of half-past ten
on this new route;
increased productions of the islands. The merce will make for
in the midst of his family, and suro'clock,
most important commercial resource of the to this point will centre all the commerce oi rounded by affectionate friends, calmly, and
islands at this time is the whale ships, which China, the Philippines, Chinese India, the in full possession of all his faculties. Among
touch at Honolulu twice a year to repair north-west coast of America and California. his last words were these, which he uttered
damage and procure supplies, which are Add to this advantageous situation, a fertile with emphatic distinctness: "1 have always
cheap and very good. Fifty or sixty Amer- soil and salubrious climate, nnd there will be done my duty. I am ready to die. My
ican whale ship's cUter the port of Honolulu no occasion to doubt that the Sandwich only regret is for the friends I leave behind
annually, and twenty or twenty-five English Islands are destined to become a most im- me."
whale ships. It is calculated that the ex- portant commercial station.
Having announced to you, Fellow*citizens,
pense of each whale ship for supplies, is not This future cannot be so far distant, as this most affecting bereavement, and assuring
makbelieve.
one might at first be disposed to
less than $500 dollars each time; thus
you that it has penetrated no heart with
The idea of opening a canal across the isthing a sum total of 35 or $10,001).
deeper grief than mine, it remains for me to
Sandal wood has be*coino exceedingly mus of Panama is not new, and the pos- say, that I propose this day at 12 o'clock, in
it
is
nehas
been the hall of the House of Representatives, in
scarce, so that in order to find any
sibility of accomplishing the project
cessary to go where the country is almost demonstrated more than once, whatever the presence of both houses of Congress, to
impassable. During the first years of cutting knowing geologists may have said about it; take the oaths prescribed by the Constitusandal wood, the forests were cut down with- the supposed elevation of the Pacific above tion, to enable me to enter on the execution
out any precaution. It was a treasure the the Atlantic,'which would endanger the of the office which this event has devolved
value of which was unknown to the chiefs coasts of the other continent, is a chimera; upon me.
Mili.abd Fillmore
and abused by them when discovered. It is and if this fear were well founded, the diffiMR. WEBSTSR's EULOGY.
now almost impossible to procure a fullcargo culty of restraining the water by means of
On the morning of the 11th, the Hon. Danof this precious wood. If some order should dykes, could not be compared with the obbe observed in cutting the trees, it might in stacles to be overcome in opening the canal. iel Webster proHbunced the following eulogy
a few years become a valuable article of Two years ago, the project of a canal pro- upon the late President.
export; but this cannot be hoped for. The posed (o the government of New Granada, a
Mr. Secretary; At the time when the great
poverty of the chiefs, joined to the passions project well conceived, but unfortunately mass
of our fellow citizens enjoy remarkable
will
them,
in
impracticable
awakened
for
have
been
many
which
health
and happiness throughout the whole
aware
that
are
with
one
of
the
was
accontracting parties,
prevent this, moreover they
Divine Providence to
the resource is about to fail them, and ihey cepted by that government. Immense ad- country, it has pleased
the two houses of Congress, and espevisit
accrued
doubt
1
every
vantages
exhaust
it
to
the
contractor.
possible
in
haste
to
make
not that it would very cheerfully accede to cially this House, with repeated occasions
»
manner.
and lamentation. Sine* the
Rut the greatest riches of.these islands, as a proposition of the same kind, if it could for mourning
commencement ofthe session we have folthe
be
of
the
of
the
in
only
stated,
is
concealed
assured
execution
proalready
have
I
to their last home,
ject, by the morality and ability of the com- lowed two of
earflf, and only the industry of Europeans
we
are
in conjunction
upon,
and
nasflilled
comshould
undertake the magnificent
pany that
and Americans can draw it forth for
neh of the Legislature, and
with the othß
far
from
It
is
not
possessenterprise.
is
since
an
American
long
for
the
population
merce;
in full syropanPHth the deep tone of afflicing the pc/severance and energy which are company proposed to construct a railroad
Panama;
on
tion
which I am sure is felt throughout all the
large agricultural from Chagres to
but the project
necessary to carry,
came
with
the
lands
of
the
athwart
this
If
success.
canal
enterprise,
( Contimfd on page 78.)
establishments
"
deceased
-
...
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THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 1, 1850
to go "aloft" he must go ashore: but where? was ill-treated, curttd or ill used; never mir thr
To "Little Greenwich," no, he is not an time there was not enough to eat on board, and
HONOLULU, OCTOBER 1, 1850
Englishman, but a foreigner. He may work thut which wan good ami nutritious ($o long as
for*the Englishman, but if sick and crippled, the ship could obtain it), nor have I ever been
Two Living Facts.
The world rings with praises upon the recent he must hobble and beg, like his Portuguese punished, nor have J ever seen any one punbrother. This too, is wrong !It is unjust ished without just cause."
achievement of English and American Diplo!
vesselj should not! We have met with many more, who, almatists, in negotiating the treaty securing the it is inhuman English
bo
allowed
to
ship foreign seamen under the. though unuhle to write in so full ami confident
existing free navigation laws, between the
British
unless
tlio law protect and pro- lungtiuge what Captain S. has written, yet
flag,
two great commercial nations. Great good
vide
for
seamen when sick and crippled have felt injured that their characters should
those
will no doubt, thereby result to commerce,
and numerous merchants become princely Reader, il vim chance to meet in the streets be brought under suspicion, and their moof Honolulu the poor Portuguese, hobbling tives misrepresented in consequence of the
rich; but it is a sad pity, that common juson three legs, nr the poor Lascar hobbling on base and ill-tempered conduct of sonic
tice cannot be meted out to the foreign seagive him a shilling, or a sovereign, drunken master who took delight in ahusini.four,
men tailing under the respective flags of the which is inoro than the Amcricun or British Ins
men, and through meanness put them
two countries.
Cannot British ministers,
do upon short allowance of poor provisions
Consular
are
allmrrd
to
Representatives
law,
some
or
and American statesmen frame
in their official capacity. Wo hope to witness The general remark ofshipmasters upon tinnegotiate tome treaty, for the protection of
thote seamen of other countries, who are still greater improvements in the Navigation subject is, " If there are such masters, mean.
cruet, and tyrannical, publish their names,
induced to ship on board English and Amer- Laws nl'the two countries.
now referred to, let us know who they arc, and not reproach
Cases
similar
to
theso
ican vessels. Not, however, to deal in genthe whole profession." They argue, let us
eralities, for, according to Ihe old Saxon aie constantly occurring in this, and every be
visited
and
Amcricun
treated us landsmen are treated. Tins
port
by
shipEnglish
proverb, one fact is worth awhousand arguhave, and shall stil! aim to do.
It
is
we
n
subject
demanding
speedy.
ping.
two
be
worth
will
ments, and, of couise,
We should publish the communication
humane,
action,
and
at
the
just
legislative
twice that number.
The First. This day, September (ilh, two hands of English and American law-makers. just received entire, had we not ulieiidv published a long Review " of the same articles
crippled sailors have visited our sanctum, on IC/'Wc have received n long communicaand
were not our columns so crowded, as
errands similar to that, which near eighteen tion of twenty foolscap pages, from Captain
are, at present. It is gratifying to set
they
hundred years ago, brought a certain cripple Sninllcy, master of the Minerva, giving his
the
with which our seafaring cordexterity
to the gate of Solomon's temple, " which is thoughts most freely upon a series of articles
a pen as well as handle
wield
respondents
called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that .published in the columns of the Friend
u
harpoon.
entered into the temple." Now for a brief in 1817, and entitled " Wants of Seamen."
A Sailor's Thought.
history of these two crippled, sons of Nop- These articles, but especially No. 3,•" Scutune. One is a Portuguese, native of the men need better (povcrnincnt," anil No. 3, We have received a communication from
Western Islands. He was taken from his "Seamen need better Fare," have given a seaman on board the " Minerva, ' entitled
home in the Atlantic, and brought into the
"Thoughtsconcerning treatment of* Sailors.'
great offence to many masters of whale-ship*
The article contains some excellent thoughts
Pacific, on condition of receiving about the
in the Pacific. Having conversed with scores
"2Qoth lay," on board an American whale of masters in regard to the unifies, having He seems to be of Ihe opinion that sailors
are not quite so much aHksv*d at sou as they
•hip. Ere long rick nnd lame, the captain
published a Review of them !>) a master of
puts him ashore in Honolulu, hiring an ir- a whale-ship, (sec Friend, December 1848), are represented to bo. This is quite remarkretponfiblo man for $30 to take caie of him and now having this lung communication he- able for one before Ihe mast. "It is very
until he tccovered ! But why docs he not fore us, it is our desire to see justice done to easy, he remarks, " for man to see wrong
where lie is not concerned; and in positions
go to the U. S. Hospital, with Yankee sea- nil parties,
Il the remarks ofthe anther of
men ? Oh, he is u foreigner without an
where lie is concerned he is apt to consider
those articles, in regard to the government
himself very near right. Most men ure very
American protection ! Months pags away, of seinnen, their
liontincnt and fare bo
willing to represent Ihe sufferings of sailors
he does not recover, but he docs suffer from
taken
as
to all masters, and nil os
referring
hunger, and want of medical care. Erelong
very great, but little do they think of makindiscriminately, n decidedly wrong ing
a tew friends subscribe anil pay his board, ships,
him happy on shore I think the crosses
while recovering from the amputation of In impression would be given. The sins of a I experience at sea would be overlooked
leg, which the surgeon cuts off gratis. He few should not be visited upon tin: many. very easily by me were 1 to meet a kind rehas no trade, and must live upon charity, but There aro scverul hundred American ship- ception while on shore." Toko a hint reader,
would rejoice to return to hit native shores. masters in the Pacific, and not a lew of them and not give tho sailor a " cold shoulder,"
No United States officer, commodore or would be justly indignant nt being classed and then be heard to bewail poor Jack's misconsul has power to send him homo, or to a with the suppotrd tijranl described in No ii, fortunes and hardships when he is off soundport in the United States, or even to pay a Captain iunalley is one of them, and hence ings
penny for hit support. This it wrong ! It has taken up his pen in good earnest to repel
DONATIONS.
it unjust ! It is inhuman ! American ves- the insinuation or imputation; and* well he I
t„at Krlan
R**
Cai- N'. w< II, of inn Sua llree;
$•• <«
00
sels ought not to be allowed to induce foreign may, being able to record respecting himself, ■In s ||, v.
JAloerva
5 00
Login,
•In Mclterann,
seamen to ship under tl;o United States flag, " having during fourteen successive years of I'riri.d 111 K"lialti, Ilawsli.
1.(0
I r«
A
1 00
unless the law protect and provide for them eueiieuce, passed through the necessary snllor of the Minerva,
and
when tick
STRANGF
IED'S UND.
grades, necessary to qualify me to (ukc comdisabled^
O Beutrmbrr 1*1,
•9 0(1
The other living fact it t the shape of a mand of a ship, namely, boat-stoercr, third, On
Conltlbutetl by Rev. Mr. Otitic*,
10 00
J
Oellck,
Mr.
10 00
if
Lascar minus his two lejE
were lost second, and first officer's berth, and during
•>t 00
while in the employ of an English shipowner. that period having sailed in many different eUpeesM,
II (HI
Being no longer useful on board, and unns.de ships, and many with different men, / never Oa kud,
»a»lTHp>ejJsW •.
IS 00
THE FRIEND,
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77
sr-
■
m..
™»-
Whale Ships Keturning.—Although 30 bushels. They also obtained various at noon, the hove to off the Umqua River,
comparatively few of the large whaling floet written documents, books, clothing and at jiaw a schooner at anchor inside, and shortly
was boarded by a whale-boat from the river,
about Bherings' Straits, have arrived, yet quantity of excellent cordage; the hawsers in which was Dr. Fisk, Messrs. Brinesmaid,
are now in use on board Farrell, Eugenbroop and others, who rethe most favorable reports are brought re- were well
specting the success of nearly all the vessels the Splendid.
ported that the schooner inside wat the Samwh eh have been cruising in that region.— Capt. Pearson hat kindly given us a small uel Roberts, from San Franoitco, with a
WinThose vessels which have arrived took most quantity of the Japanese beans, and should party under the auspices of Messrs.
chester and Payne. A Mr. Scott from Co-
of their oil this season in the Anadir Sea, 'any gardner or planter upon the islands de- lumbia River was also one of the party in
among "tho tumbling mountains of ice." jsire to obtain any of them for seed, let him the boat. The above gentlemen informed
Whalemen report that they never saw whales apply at tho Chaplain's study.
Captain Knox that they had found 1% feet on
the bar at low water, and 20 at high water.
more lame and easily taken. This might be
were surveying the river, intending to
They
inferred from the fact that as yet wo have
proceed
up the river as far as they could get
a
m
o
n
g
s
u
p
o
r
t
SWehwaioltdFhnfe riend!
not heard of a single death, or accident, ocin the schooner. The S. R. had been into
casioned by the upsetting of boats, and other In former years during the Fall shipping Rogue's River some time previout, and had
mishaps which bo frequently occur, when (he season, seamen have been invited to con- lost two teamen by the overturning of a boat
on the bar. The latitude of the mouth of the
whales are timid and wild. One ship reports, tribute a small amount to support the Friend. river is 43, 41, 16N.,
longitude 134, 04 W
that at one time ne.re than twenty ships were We ore under necessity of again calling for
Captain Knox subsequently made a river just
seen "boiling out;" another, (hat for many Hid; but in asking seamen to lend a helping north, and close to Capo Gregory.
It apdays they hud ice around them nnd uetunlly hand, we have adopted a plan that in several peared to have a wide entrance, and well
in contact with the vessol, yet experienced instances has been well received. We pro- sheltered from south and south-west winds—
open to tho N and W. From appearances
no essential inconvenience; another that, pose paying back in bound volumes
of the Captain X would think there was good water
ono day thirty ships were seen entering Bher- Friend theafull amount of a sailor's subscrip- on the bar. About eight miles NW b"y W,
ings' Straits. We are not aware, thai up to tion. We have buck volumes on hand for 1, by compass, from the rock off Capo Mendothis dute (Sep. 'M) (here is the arrival of a 2, H, 4, and f> years. Any person subscrib- cino, there is a sunken ledge on which the
vessel, which has cruised within the Straits. ing $1 50 receives a volume for one year; water breaks occasionally. Vessels passing
tho Cape should give it a berth of about nine
and $'l two volumes, and so on. Last week miles, although a vessel may pass inside of
They may be expected this month.
No reports, as yet, respecting exploring wo supplied the Splendid " with bound vol- it, and near the Cape, but the ground is very
vessels, in search of Franklin.
umes amounting to $35,00, and the "Logan" broken.—Ma California.
to
$19,00 worth. In this way we hope durI'ur ihe Kritnil.
the season to raise an amount sufficient The Medal of Col. Fremont.—The
ing
Hawiian
Ordination.
An
Mil KoiToa:—On (ho 25(h inst, the Rev. to pay our current expenses, printer's bill, National Intelligencer publishes the correspondence between Hon. Abbot Lawrence,
Stephen Wuimulu was ordained pastor over tiiudei's bill, h.c, &c. At present, however, U.S. Minister at London, and
Col. Fremont,
tho church arfd people of Waianao. He has there is a debt of at least $300 upon the in which the
former officially announces -the
been preaching to them as a licentiuto for Friend. As we have never made an appeal honour conferred upon the latter in Ihe betwo or three years past; and they recently to our sen-faring readers, when we did not s(owment of a medal by the Royal Geographical Society of
Britain, in tesgave him a cull to settle among them as their meet with a generous response, we hope not timony of thoir souse Great
his eminent services
of
(o
pastor, and have pledged Ihenibelvcs raise to be disappointed in the present instance, in in promoting the cause of geographical sciantiuully for his support, tho sum of 150 dol- in as much as every contributor, is entitled ence. Mr. Lawrence says in his letter :
lars. Mr Waimalii is (he (bird na(ive, who to the value ofbis subscription in bound vol" I can assure you that I felt a proud
satisfaction
in having the opportunity of being
at
umes. We would respectfully invite mashas been ordained la preach tho gospel
present at tho annual meeting of the society,
ten
months.
ters (with full ships), to co-operate with us in and
thnso Islnnds within the last
receiving tnis complimentary testimonial
The following Clergymen, each accompa- carrying out this plnn. Wo had of late some of merit ton citizen of the United States,
nied by I delegate, were present, and took warm assurances from our sea-faring readers who has done so much not only in the cause
part in the exercises on that interesting oc- that the Friend was ever a welcome visitor of science, but in every department of duty
to which ho has been called to promote the
church at on ship board.
casion. Rev. A. Bishop,
honour of his country. It is my fervent hope
Ewa; Rev. E. W. Clark, from the Ist church It j "Donations and Subscriptions received that your life may be long spared to enjoy
in Honolulu; Rev. L. Smith, from the ad for tho support of the Friend by the Rev. Mr. your well onrned fame in science, and that
church in Honolulu; Rev. P. J. Gulick.fiom Taylor, at Lahnina, and Rev. Mr. Coan, at your success in your new and high position
may be commensurate with the name and
Wainlua; and Rev. James Kekcla, from the Hilo.
fame acquired by arduous labour, in your
church at Kahuku.
Surveying cruise of the "Massachusetts" brief but brilliant career."
Sermon hy Mr. ("lark, from I Cor. 4, 6. The U.S. Stcnin
Propeller "Massachusetts,"
is"Thessrao"t—rJheimnweia xix.23
Consecrating prayer, by Mr. Gulick
sailed from litis port on the tit h of April last,
having on board n joint commission of army
Charge to ihe Pastor, by Mr. Emith.
A funeral sermon, with the above words
nuvy officers, sent out by tho GovernRight hand of fellowship by Mr. Kekela. and
ment to examine tho coast of, tho United for a text, we learn was preached Septembei
Charge to the church by Mr. Bishop.
Stales lyipg upon the Pacific Ocean. Dur- 15th at Lahainu, at the Bethel, by the Rev
Concluding prayer, hy Mr. Waimalu.
ing her absence she has visited the coast Mr. Taylor. The occasion was the death of
Yours respectfully,
lying between Sun Francisco and the straits two young men, why were drowned August
Sept 30, 1850. L. SMITH. of Juan do Fuca and Puget's sound. From 30th, about one weok before their ship
l
thence she proceeded to Beaver harbor, on
Return," reached Lahaina; their
Japanese Junk.—The Am. whale ship the north coast of Vancouver's Island, where "Good
she
herself
with
coals
mines
names
were
Jota Briggs, aged 33, Dan
fell
with
a
from
the
supplied
in
last,
JapaApril
Splendid, in
tho
and
on
her
in
vicinity,
return
touched
nt
moulli,
Mass., and John Brason, aged 90,
nese Junk drifting at sea, rudderless and Cape Flattery, or Neat harbor,
and
Columbia
Micro
without any parson on board. On visiting River. She sailed from thence on the jst of belonging to Monroe, Monroe
of
was
a
full
attendance
eeamen
rice
beans.
Of
and
the wreck they found
August, examining in her course downward*
3 M
the latter, (hey (oofc .way between V» and the coast and rivers. On the 6th of Augutt, in port
—
"
.
.
•
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THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 1, 1850.
men, as good men for counselors as he
country, to lake part in the solemnities of (het those who have a great extent of frontier to wise
called whose funeral obsequies we now propose to
funeral of the lata President of the Unites)*■defend with irregular troop; being and
to celebrate.
Slates. Truly, sir, was it said in the com-1suddenly into contact with savages,
munication read to us, that a great man has istudy the habits of savage life and savage
New Book.
fallen amongst us. The late President of the iwar, in order to forsee and overcome their Dick and Port: or incidents
to
make
these
tend
of a Cruise in
All
by
things
a
soldier
professtrategems.
States,
originally
United
the
U.
S.
to California.
Frigate
Congress,
a
very
a
and
character
for
short
splenhardly military
sion, having gone through long
With sketches of Rio Janerio, Valparaiso,
did career of military service, had at the close |period.
ofthe late war with Mexico become so much Sir, I had a connection with the Executive Lima, Honolulu, and San Francisco. By
endeared to the people of the United States, i Government of this country, and all that time Rev. fValter Colton, U. S. JY., Author of
and had inspired them with so much, and very perilous and einbarnssing circumstances "Ship and Shore," tec. JVeto York, 1860
with ao high a degree of regard and conn- iexisted between the United States and the The title of this book resembles an honest
dence, that without solicitation or application, Indians on our borders, and the war was man's face, being a true index of the conwithout pursuing any devious paths of policy, actually raging between the United States tents within. The reader must not expect to
or turning a hair's breadth to the right or and the Florida Tribes; and I very well releft from the path of duty, .a great and pow- imember that those who took counsel together be surprized by startling assertions or wonerful and generous people saw fit, by popular on that occasion officially, and who were derful discoveries, but he will not be disapvote and voice to confer upon him the highest i desirous of placing (he military command in pointed if his wishes are bounded by the circivil authority in the nation. We cannot ithe safest hands, came to the conclusion that cle of agreeable and entertaining reading.—
forget that at in other inttances, so in this, the ithere was no man in tho service more fully
public feeling was carried away in a degree, uniting the qualities of military ability and He will find himself sailing along at übout
by the eclat of military renown. So it has | great personal prudence than Zachary Tay- seven knot per hour. Although a long voybeen always and so it will always be, because jlor; and he was of course appointed to the age may be tedious nnd monotonous, yet our
high respect for noble feats in arms has been, command.
author has succeeded most remarkably in not
and always will be outpoured from the hearts Unfortunately his career at the head ofj transferring the dull monotony of the voyage
of tho members of a popular government ; ithis government was short. For my part, in
but if will be a great mistake £> suppose that all I have seen of him, I have'lofnd much to to tho pages of his book. He does not task
the late President of the United States owed respect and nothing to condemn. The cir- the mental powers ofhis readers, neither albis advancement to the civil trust, or his great cumstances under which he conducted the low them an excuse for dozing, although
acceptability with the people, to military government for the few months he was Btthe swinging in a Mexican hammock, after dinhead of it, have been such as not to give him
talent or ability alone.
with
the
that
associated
a
very favourable, certainly not u long op- ner, with the thermometer at 100°. Some
believe,
sir,
I
highest admiration for those qualities posses- portunity of developing his principles and his may imagine it on easy matter to write a
erfhy him, thero was spread throughout the policy, and to carry them out. 1 believe ho diary at sea, yet, the writer must possess some
country a high degree of confidence and faith has left on the mind of the country a strong raro qualities to compose a diary worthy of
in his integrity and uprightness as a roan. impression, first of his absolute honesty nnd
Mr. Colton howI believe he was especially regarded both as integrity of character, and ol his good sense; being printed, nnd read.
a firm and mild man, in the exercise of au- and lastly, of the mildness, kindness, and ever has succeeded in this difficult, but imthority and I have observed more than once friendliness of his temper towards all his agined easy style of writing. Many n reader
in this and other popular governments, that countrymen. But he is gone, he is ours no of Addison's Spectator has imagined that ho
tho' prevalent motive with the masses of man- more, except in the force of his example.
because the
Sir, 1 heard with infinite delight the senti- could write in Addisonian style,
kind for conferring high power upon individwere
the
so perfect,
periods so
uals, is a confidence in their mildness, in ments expressed by my honorable friend from sentences
has
rejust
Louisiana,
whowriter's
style so
which
are
rounded
and
the
regarded
(Mr.
Downs)
smoothly
their parental protection,
at of a sure and a tafe character. The peo- sumed his seat, when he prayed that this transparent, yet the imitator has soon shown
ple naturally feel safe when under the con- event might be used to soften the animosities, that it is one thing to admire the great Engtrol and protection of sober counsel —men of to allay party criminations, and restore felimpartial minds and a general parental su- lowship and good feeling among Ihe various lish essayist, hut another to write as Addison
perintendence. I suppose, sir, no case ever sections of the Union. Mr. Secretary, great wrote. Hundreds of scribblers may fancy it
happened in the very first dijys of the Roman as is our loss to day, if these inestimable and an easy matter to write the diary of a Cape
Republic, where any man found himself inappreciable blessings shall have been se- Horn voyage, but not one in a thousand will
clothed with the highest authority in the state, cured to us even by the death of Zachary
the "Congress" has
under circumstances more repelling all sus- Taylor, they have nol been purchased at too do what the Chaplain ol
the
all
a
and
his
from
rewrite
a
if
diary that wilkdelight a landsdone,
suspicion high price,
spirit
picion of personal application,
of pursuing any crooked paths in politics, or gion to which it has ascended could see these man.
•
of all suspicion of having been actuated by results—could see that he has entwined a
over the pages of " Deck and
In
glancing
he
crown,
case
laurel
a
martyr's
around
sinister views and purposes, than in the
soldier's
of the worthy, and eminent, and distinguished would say exultingry—" Happy am 1 that by Port" we have been delighted to observe how
aad good man whose death we now deplore. my death I have done more for that country numerous were the topics that may be graceHe has now left to the people of his country which I have loved and served, than I did or fully touched upon by the pen of a " ready
a legacy in this; he hat left them a bright could do by all the devotion and all the efforts writer during a long voyage without des"
example which addresses itself with peculiar that I could make in her behalf during the
cending to the scandal and gossip of shipforce to the young and rising generation; short space of my earthly existence."
for it tells them that there is a path to the Mr. Secretary, great as this calamity is, board. If disposed we might point out some
highest renown, straight, onward, without we mourn, but not as those without hope. few paragraphs which, in our poor judgment,
We have seen one eminent man and another might as well have remained in manuscript,
change or deviation.
Mr. Secretary—My friend from Louisiana, eminent mss,, and at lust a man in the most
Mr. Downs, has detailed shortly the eventsi eminent station, fall away from the midst of closely shut in the Chaplain's portfolio; of
in the military career of Gen. Taylor. Hiei us, but I doubt not there is a power above this he seems aware and prepares ihe readicrvices through his life were mostly on the us, exercising over us that parental care that er's mind by the following remark in the pre(rentier, and always a hard service, often in has marked our progress for so many years.
face, "It undoubtedly contains
company with the tribes of Indians, all along I have confidence still that the place of the
a
the frontiers for so many thousands ofmiles. departed-will be supplied, that the kind bene- which may seem light and irrelevant; but
It has been justly remaaked by one of the ficial favor of Almighty God will still be with diary has privileges in thi-i respect, wltiteh
most eloquent men whose.voice was ever os, and that we shall be borne along, up- are not extendedto compositions of a graver
heard in these houses, that i is not in In- ward and onward, on the wings of sustaining character."
dian wars that heroes are celebrated v but it providence.
is there that they are formed. The hard serMay God grant that in the time there ia It will be recollected by tome of our readvice, the stern discipline, devolving upon i befere as, there may not be wanting to us ers, that on board <be "Congress," the U.
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�THE FRIEND, .OCTOBER
i,
79
1860-
S. Commissioner, Mr. Ten Eyck, and U. S. for one, 1 should not like to see a woman of their mind, and bringing them into captivity to Satan; and yet they are free to deat me with a frying-pan.
Consul, Mr. Turrill with Iheir families came coming
Our batteries, in their black paint, look nounce that captivity, and brand it as the
Islands.
as passengers to the Sandwich
solid and uncompromising. Their threaten- source of nil their degradation and misery.
To afford our readers an opportunity to ing strength reminds one of the terrific lines Their loathing spirits, touched with a divin"Who shall deliver ut
judge of the character of the work, we shall, of Campbell, in the Battle of the Baltic:— er life, often exclaim, and
"When each gun,
from
this
of
sin
death.
body
the,book
copy
almost
at
random,)
(opening
' Wo were to-day, at
From lis adamantine lipe,
Dec.
Monday,
16.
ihe author's diary for one week, during tho
Spread a death-shaderound live sbiee
12 o'clock, in lat. 15° 46* long. 86° 48' w
Lise ttut hurricane's eclipse
passage from Norfolk to Rio:
We
have run within the last five days a
or ibe sun."
Thursday, Dec 11. A delicate question
Saturday, Dec 13. A booby was seen thousand miles, nnd ore now within six hunof discipline occurred to-day. The master's''last evening, at
dred snd sixty miles of Rio. Three or four
sunset, circling around our
mate of the gun-deck, finding the captain of,
'masts. He was looking where he should days more, nnd we shall probably be at rest
the main-top behind the rest in lashing and light when it should become sufficiently dark. in one of the most magnificent bays in the
stowing his hammock, ordered him to clean He lives on what he can'find in the sea, but world. Our ship is in prime condition for
the bell, —n menial service, and intended as prefers a spar to a wave on which to roost. displaying her symmetry and strength. She
a punishment. The captain of the main-top, He has sense enough to know that when is indebted for this to the experience and acknowing the order to be illegal and deroga- asleep, the fish may avenge upon him some tivity of our captain and first lieutenant.—
tory to his position, declined compliance. of the wrongs which he inflicts. But he is, They are thorough in the details of ship duty,
He was reported to the officer of the deck after all, a very stupid fellow. He secures and are sustained by efficient officers. To
and confined. All I his had taken place with- his prey often at the expense of his life, and keep a man-of-war trig, taxes the profoundout the knowledge of the first lieutenant or that, too, when there is no necessity for it.
patience and energy. It requires an eye
the commander. When known to them, the If a little billow casts a dead fish on a rock, at sees svery thing, and a fidelity that nefacts were promptly inquired into. I felt he poises over it for a moment to be sure of glects nothing.
.»
some interest in seeing how Captain Dv Posit hit mark, and plunging down, head first, I taw this morning, at daybreak, an old
would dispose of the question.
dashes his ssVnorains out; very much like a tar standing alone on the forecastle. His
The illegality of an order, though it may politician who rushes so hard upon an office stalwart form rose in bold reliefon the brightmitigate the offence, cannot for a moment that he destroys himself in its attainment.— ening sky. His dark locks flowed out from
justify disobedience. Such a doctrine would The senate is, in this case, the rock on which under bis tarpaulin upon the wind. Hia large
make every man a judge in his own case, and his little craft splits.
deep eye was fastened on the sun as it came
overthrow discipline. He must obey the or- We are now approaching the region of whirling up in splendor-out of tho sea. His
der, and seek redress at its proper source.— dolphins, porpoises, sharks, and small whales. large sinewy arms were extended, as if to
The offender saw his error, as exhibited to Our sailors are rigging Iheir honks and har- welcome some being that inspired reverence
him by Captain Dv Pout, and said he should poons. It will he difficult for any thing that and love; when Milton's sublime apostrophe
submit to any punishment which the govern- comes near us to escape (heir glittering steel. to light rolled in solemn emphasis from his
ment of the ship required. Thot was enough; Their hostility falls mostly on the shark.— lips:—
he was one of our best men, this his first of- They regard him as a grave robber. He
"Hail,hob l.i«ht offspring of Heaven, Ant horn
Or nl ihe eternalco-eternal heam !
fence, nnd Captain Dv Pont very properly can expect no mercy. The loudest note of
May las press ibee anblanted I sine* Oodle lifkl,
at once restored him to duly. Now what exultation 1 ever heard on board a man-ofAnd never but In iHiapurnacbett light.
would hove been the moral effect of inflict- war, was when one of these fellows was
Dwell iWim eternity, dwell then lv Ibee,
some,
on
that
a
in brought on hoard. "There," said a rough
man,'nt
ing chastisement
Bright affluence of bright essence Incrente."
spirit of haste, might have done. It might sail, "you have been prowling about here to Tuesday, Dec 16. This is beautiful sailhuve broken bis ambition. It would certain- get n oab nl us, and have got nabbed your- ing; a soft, balmy atmosphere, smooth sea,
ly have reduced him (o n ln»h-level with the self—you old blood-sucker! " There are and a breeze that carries us seven and eight
hardened culprit. It would have relieved three beings that can expect no mercy in knots the hour. We have not taken in our
punishment of some portion of tho shame misfortune, —n rot, a tyrant, nnd a shark.— sluddiug-sails for several days; while our
which attaches to it. The bad always exull Of the three I would soonest spare the rat; I
royals seemed to have entered into an agreewhen they see any portion of (heir disgrace .always associated something respectable with ment with our broad pennant to ttand or
transferred (o the good; therefore never pun- his long tail. But let that pass.
come down together. The day is not darkish a good faithful sailor for the first offence Sunday, Dec
ened by clouds, nnd the night is filled with
We
have
had
the
14.
nwninto which he may be betrayed, if there is
the sort light of the moon. The stars come
and
have
held
divine
service.—
ing
spread,
any way of getting round it. Lei his virtues All joined in, nnd
sung Old Hundred to the out from die blue vault of heaven, nndblaze
with a distinctness nnd force that makes each
" l'leatl fur liim like sn«els, trumpei-ltiiifueil." three hymn commencing with (he lines*—
liatl,
We
have
for
one seem some central source ofexhaustless
Dec.
'•Otnl
the
awful
sens,
<if
Friday,
13.
lliinc
voice
Bids all Ihe roaring waves rrj<-lce."
and unquenchable splendor. Of this high
days, ihe regular trade-wind from the souththe way; to him the eye
east, and have been running under royals The impressiveness of a service at sea is host Jupiter leads
knots
sailor
as
that of the Moslem to
seven
to
ten
to
tho
isolation
lof
the
turns
in
owing,
part,
from
of
on
and studding-sails,
those
that
en the minaret of his
at
hoard.
the
crescent
glows
There is nothing around lo distract
the hour. The thermometer has ranged
75, the sir has been balmy, and (he sky free ihe attention, or win a diverted thought.— prophet.
ofclouds. What a contrast to (he weather Around rolls or rests the melancholy main— An officer to-day, after reprimanding «
of the line,—where a cloud gathered before above stretches the blue heaven,and overall snilor for some alleged neglect of duty, told
you could turn your eye, nnd where showers reigns that Supreme Intelligence, at whose him to go forward; that he was such a perfell like water from some vastj-eservoir.witb fiat resplendent worlds rolled from chaotic fect nondescript that he did not know what
night. All is vast and awful, like that state to do with him. So forward Jack went,mutthe bottom suddenly knocked out!
of being into which we are ushered at death. tering to himself nondescript—what doss that
hard
a
dolphin,
by
pressed
flying-fish,
A
He
It is this thatfiiakes the sailor religious, and mean? "Here, Wilkins," said ha, "can
deck
of
our
on
tho
ship.
took refuge
sea,
the
for
inspires him with respect for all the great you tell me what nondescript means? the
might as well have remained in
nondescript,
he was instantly secured by oce of our sail- troths which throw their light through the officer of the deck called me a
wtiat
it
means—someof
the
to
know
to
a
want
passennight
grave.
him
I
lady
and
ors, and presented by
for be was mighty anger, who, with too littl* feeling, fried and ole The errors and vices of'the sailor seldom thing bad; I suppose, Wilkins,
"I don't know
said
ofberesult
from
No,"
had
the"
satisfaction
never
met
with
skepticism.
gry."
I
is
ell
true'he
"
him.
he can
Shades,
one
who
or
what
it
call
Tim
perhaps
premeans;
which
was
denied
doubted
a
the
existence
of
ing eaten by lady,
latter
was
a sort
person
a
the
Now
God,
a
of
the
this
dolphin.—
by
wickedness
human heart, tall you."
ferable to being swallowed
perhaps as
How many frantic lovers there are who would or the realities of a future state. They seem of ship's dictionary, nnd thoughmeaning
for
like to bo eaten up by their mistress! Be- to think a man's impulses may be wrong, ignorant as any on board, had a
So
it
besides.
to
of
while
the
main
a
renton
in
fin*
thing,
he
is
and
dispose
good. The spirit is every
sides, it is in much better taste
nondescript
one's self in this way, than making a plunge willing, but tho flesh is weak. They have a Tim Shades came. "What does
Our
into the eea to feed a hungry shark. Still, law in their members warring against the law mean?" inquired the aggrieved aailor.
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�THE FRIEND/OCTOTOTT, 1850.
80
Ocean, tS moa oar, 3300 whale, 70 sperm.
PASSENGERS.
lexicographer teemed at first a litHe puzzelI)—Am wh sh.p Zephyr, Sherman, 360 tons, fm Lahallia, Par Breach Athen, Im California, Y'ienherg, W
I
Mrraburfta.
ed; but toon settling hit features into oracu.'�moa out, 200 whale, fcOO sperm.
Per Am acta Anonynin, fni ran Frauclacu, L E M»>uafd7 E
14—Am bg Furmnln, Hasty, 109 tons, 14 its fm San Fran L Pond.
lar solemnity, replied:—"Nondescript means Sept 16—Am
slip Flavins, Rotters, 896 is, 15
do
dv
Par Am hj Porlunlo, fin San Kranciaco, C W Cannon, fc V
16—Br ach Enigma, rttavers, 101 Is, 66 ds fm Hong Kong. Rnbtnann,
one who gets into heaven without being regH Mnnilln
16—Br wh bk Ranger, Deberry, 23 mos, 780 bbls an.
Per Am ahp Flavin*, fm San Pranrlsco, 8 Peck, J Maa*e.
entered*
on
the
"Is
that
all
books."
ularly
17—Am ahp Wisconsin, Muaifuld, 941 tons, 14 dsJTin SP. Per Br
arh Ktitgma, I'm Hong Kong, S 0 llnrarley.
shp
Superior,
87
Sloan,
17—Am wh
it means?" ejaculated the offended sailor;
mos, 2600 wb,7osp.
Per Am ahp J Q Adama, E A II Dale, S V Marah.cU
17—Am wh shp Logan, Nickers,,n, 34 m0a,900 wh ioOap Per Mai
Don Carloa.fiu Onion. F Keikhlein, Aqual, F
"well,.well, 1 shall be glad to get there any
la—Am wh shp Fablua. Wing, 15 moa, 2750 wh, SO sp. Melchera. b|
s
shp
18—Am
36
2900
Neva,
Case,
wh
ap.
50
moa,
wh
as*l
am."
Were
there
Par
M'Farlnne,
Sarah
way, poor sinner
fm Ban Franrinro. J llavue, E II
18—Am wh ahp Levant, Lowen, 35 moa, MVOwh.
Tnwwaend, F WaleraillHi, l.ucwaav.n.
more of the spirit of this sailor among secta19—Am ahp JO. Adams, Nickels, 661 la. 16. ds fm San F.
20—Am ach Penelope, Sherman, 15 dafm San Francisco,
rians, there would be less altercation about
MARRIED.
consigned lo W A Aldrich.
Sept 21—Mex bg Don Carina,Guerrero, 132 Is, 60 ds Im Canton In Honolulu, Sept. »6 by Rev. S C. Dsinon, Mr. T. Bust,
the right road, and quite at much speed.
25—Am bga Sarah M'fnrlaud, Tslhot, H7 Is, 17 da from tv HimlUna Kala ai.
Dec 17. Another hundred
Ban Francisco.
26—Am sch Maria, ilobron, 93 ts, fin Lahalna.
DIED.
es of the distance that separated us from •56—Am
wh shp D Webster, Meader, ftn Talcahuano ,27 Al Cincinnati, O, on the I*l July, I8"0. il m advance.! age
mos out, 1000 wh. 350 ap.
Rio has been left behind. Four hundred
Jtsas B. Howi.ii lather nf R H. Howliii, Usq. ~f Ihia place
27—Am wh shp Mluerva, Smaltey, full,bound home.
At SI. Loula.Mo, or cholera, Mra. Smith, wile of Mr. I".
miles more remain to be traversed. The
SO—Am wh shp Columbia, Sweeny, 9 whales, nearly full. Smith, former!* a resident
aliheae Islands.
On board ahip J. Q. Adams, on her passage fiom Han finabreeze is extremely light, directly aft, and
Cleared.
clwo, Mr. ANTHoa, from China, lute supercargo of die brig
our studding-sails on both sides, below and Aug 80— Am ach Pedemonte, Stilus, for Manilla.
Frolic, which was loai on her passage from China to CaliforHelen S. Page, Church. Auckland, NZ
nia, aa furmedy reported
aloft, are out. We are under a cloud of.Sept31—Brbk
2—Am wh sh Romulus, Hull, Hystlc.
In Hie city of New York, Thomas O I.iukiv, Esq of San
3—Amah Washington, Cole. Calcutta.
canvas, which hangs over our frigate like
Francisco, formerly American Consul in California Mr.
Sept s—Am Sch Betty Bliss, Rollins, for Tahiti.
lilii ttu well known here, and waa an enlerprlalng man I.arthe brooding wingsof the cherubim over the
6—Am ach Dart, Porter, Fort Victoria.
I'rraiilenl of the San Francisco and Pannma Steamship Co. and
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fVKDNESDAY,
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6—Rue bg Baikal Kllnkofstrom, Sitka.
In England, In June, the world-renowned Siamese twina.
sanctuary of the atk. But here I fear the
bk Frances,Marr, llnbnrltown.
Upon a poai ninrletn examination it was found that ay t«i
parallel must stop. We have the sacred.Sepl 9—Br
11—Br bg Corsair, Neal, Tahiti.
connection existed between iliein through the connecting im«16—Antach Sparlncus. Harris, I.shsinn.
gument, ai the result of the unique death proved.
tables, it is true, and the commandments iff
18—Am bg Fortunio, Hasty, Nlihau.
Oil board ship Bpl«nliil„nii tier paaaage from Guam to the
scribed on them, bula»where is the soul-ab-1Sept 20—Brbk Auriga,
Harries. Hong Kong.
north, April gO, John, and 24, Jot, Sandwich Islanders. The*
J
21—Am
ahp
u
Calcutta
Adams,
Mttklce,
shipped
at Honolulu, onn yearago.
sorbing reverence the) should inspire?
1 21—Am ahp Wisconsin. Mumford, HongKong.
On board ship Bplendld, Joseph C»st«o, a native of Guam
All hands are at work getting our ship
24—Am shp Huntress, Crocker, VafvpajAo.
At sea, Mann 15, of dysentery, on hoard ahip Mazeppa on
25—Haw sch Btarliug, Bnurgoise,
v her paaaage from Honolulu, to Valparaiso, Gum
ok c Wibready for port. She is being scoured from
25—Am bk Sea flieeae, Newrll, Hong Kong.
steh. a unlive of Salem, Mass, aged 22 years.
stem to stern, outside and in. Every soil on
A I Charles' Island, one of the fiallipagos group, on lllc Sd of
*ugnal,Oa|il.Tno«. Wilson, master of the English whale
PORT OF LAHAINA.
her paint is obliged to yield to soap and clean
ship Ranger.
A Pill.lojl, Me , A prll 19.18 9, Mr
weatherstain
on
her
Arrived.
water; and every
rigl He waa the father of five sins,Gkrsiiom
Cox. aged 84
years.
whoare well known a»
bg Juno, Byram, fm Honolulu.
ship
ging is removed. She will look neat as a A'lg 2-2—Am
masters in the Paclllc.. One of the sons, Wm.
23—Am sch Montlcello, ChaiAeld, 17 ds fm Snn Fran.
11. Oox
24—Am bk Shepherdess, Benjsmin, 24 mos oul, 2300 bbls diedDecember 14, 1849.at San Francisco. Mr Cox was for
bride approaching the nuptial altar. What
about half a century a leading member of the Methodist dewhale, 2711J lbs bone, bound home.
earth
than
a
is there more beautiful on
young
24—Am sh Wm C Nye, Rose, 26 mos out, 2960 bbls wh. nomination in the vicinity where he realded, and washlahh ci.
teemed in the community.
•
90 bhls sp, bound home.
and guileless being thus timidly intrusting her
~
25—Am sh Zephyr. Sherman. 36 mos out, 150 bhls wlm.
BOOKS
FOR
SALE
another,
of
AT
—leaving
to
the
hands
HILoT
destiny
31—Am sch Golden Rule, VanName, 13 da fin Snn Fran. I
■I
following
The
books
be
obtained
may
Sept
sch
at
the
I—Am
brothers
and
San
Francisco.
Rev
Emetine,
Howard,
fin
her home, her father, mother,
B—Am schr Laura Beven, Fierce, 13 ds fm
Francis Mr. Coan's: Jtirves'History of the Sandwich Islands
sisters, for a hearth which another love has Sept 6—Am shp t lemalus, Bellows, 23 inns out, Snn
The
90 ap 2300 w price *l 00.
Whale and his Captors, price SI 00
lbs bone, bound home.
Numeroos volumes published by the Am. Tract Soc
lighted, and where other hopes are to* bud 7—Am16000
slip South Boston, Smile, 24 mos out, "00 sp2foo w
The
Friend,
bound
and unbound.
and bloom? He who can betray Ihe confi10,1100 ]ba bone, bound liouie.
H—Good Return, Cook, 33 mos out, 550 sp 2710 w 10.000) BIBLES in various languages.
dence thus reposed in him, and break the
lbs Imne, bound home
K7" Seamen will be supplied with numerous volheart that has treasured its last trust in his,
B—Am bk Cnroline, Dexter, 23 mos out, 256 ap 2500.w vme gTs*''- oi" nt reduced
tf
prices.
lbs
bound
home.
15,000
bone,
is callous alike to crime and shame. But
9—Am shp Montexuma, Benjamin, 24 mos out, 300 sp 3000>
rVew
Itook.
(hit is digression.
w 13,000 lbs bone, cruise home.
9—Am ahp New England, Wilcox, 26 mos out, 3280 w 8200 For sale at the POigYNESIAN OFFICE.
nndat the CHAPLAIN'S STUDY.
lbs bone, bound home
import
sch Jas L Day, Hempstead. 16 ds fin San Fran.
THE WHALE AND HIS CAPTORS
11—Am
11— Am sch Gsxellr, Stoddard. 18
do
do
for the week ending July Ist, wii«, of S|i«'rn>,
By Rev. H. T. Cheever—Price $l 00.
11—Am slip Severn. Gardner, 14
do
do
2,160 hlils; of whale, 3,000; and oi'lkmic, 1 J,tx>o
14—Am sch Moria, Ilobron, 15
do
do
To
Seamew
akd Strangers—The Seamen's
ll>s. Total, frniii January Ist to July 1.-tl, of Sept 18—Am slip Indian Chief, Bailey, 34 mos, 60 hbls sp, 3200 Chapel
is open for Public Worship every Sabbath,
wb, 18000 lbs bone
S|>erin, 59,925; of whale, 172,730; unil of hone,
19— Am shp Gen Scqii, G C Harris, 26 mos, 2700 whale,,at 1 1 a. m., and 7 1-2 p. m. Seats Free.
20.000 lbs bone.
•2,752,500 lb?.
The Seamen's Concert for Prayer is held at the
19—Am sch Sparlncus, T A Harria,last fin Oahtt.
New BEDfottn On. Market.—July 1. 1950.
19—Am
shp Dartmouth, Pierce, 27 moa oul, 3000 whale Room the 3d Monday evening in each month.
itml
export
active
ileiiinml
for
Sperm continue* in
Seaman belonging to vessels (of all nations) vis21,000 lbs bone.
19—Am shp Maria Theresa, Almy, 34 mos, 120 sp, 2776-5 iting Ibis port are invited
speculation, nntl sales to ihe extent of 5!l5(l bbls
to call at the Chaplain's
wh,
Uis
bone.
17,1100
last.
The
liiinsitrtions
have(wen made since our
Study, where they will be gratuitously supplied with
19—Am sell Anglnna, Baria, 18 da fm Snn Franslscn.
of
about
1700
bhls
here -embrace two cargoes
19—Am shp Minerva, Smalley, 2£»t ts. 2u mos not, «00 sp, copies of the Friend and other rending matter. It
1600 wh, ltl,ooolbs bone, cruise home
will be moat convenient for the Chaplain to receive
each nl Il9rts per giil(nii; 200 bbls Hi the snine
19—Am
bk Columbia, Sweney, 210 is, 23 mos, full,home calls from
on
private tertit«».
price, ami a cargo of i&0 bbls
Seamen between 2 and 4 p. m.
bbls
Cleared.
Public services at Ihe Native Churches, on the
In Nantucket sales Intve been made of 2100
Aug
ship
Rush,
Swan,
Sabbath,
22—Am
B
cruise.
commence at 9 1-2 a.m. and
at ifrjcticts. In inniinfiii'lnretl we notice shies
p. m.
4—Am bk Shepherdess. Benjamin, home.
The Seamen's Reading Room is open2 at1-2all
of-4000 gnls.uiiblsncheil Winter nl H7tt>; 4000 Seal 6—Am
hours
shp W C If ye. Hose, Home.
of
the
day.
Strangers arriving and having late fo9—Am sbp Japnn, Hlgelow,San Francisco
gals tlo Spring hi 112 els; 1000 gals tiotln.it 113;
are
reign
10—Am
schr
Moticelln,
ChatSrld,
papers,
respectfully invited to aid in keepdc
anil 5000 gals bleached tlo, at 117 els per gallon. Sapt
ll—Am shp Zephyr, Sherman, Cruise.
ing said room supplied with useful reading
matter.
W.hale—We have no change 10 notice in the
13—Am bg Juno, Byram. Snn Francisco
Donations
are
respectfully solicited for the sup17—Am sch Curlew, Griffin, do
market .which remain* very <hill.—Tho only
port
of
the
shp
Good
and
the
Return,
Cook,
47—Am
IT S A
Chaplaincy,
publication of the
irunsnctio'i which has come, to our knowledge is
18—Amahp Severn, Gardner, Calcutta
1" tiend. An annual report of all donations is
made
a parcel of 1000 bhls huntlsome N W Coast re18—SouthBoston, Soule, USA.
lethe Am. Seamen's Friend Society in New York
19—Am shp Montezuma, Benjamin, hotnetroT'teti at 52 3-4 cts p»r gnllon.
ISapt 19—Am
Any person contributing $60 is entitied to become a
shp New England, Wilcox, home
WHAi.«BOHr.—Sales of 10,000 lb* Polar at 36
19—Am ach Laura Reran, Fierce, San Francisco
Life Director of the Society, and 920 to become an
Wh shp Clematis. Bellows, home.
cts; and 24,000 Hie ids understood to be nt the
Honorary Life Member.
Sch Emetine Howard. San FrancjWn.
sanw price.
SAM'L C. DAMON, Seamen's Chaplain.
Bk Cavalier,Dexter, Home.
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MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF
HONOLULU.
Arrived,
Sept t—Am hk Auckland, Jennings, Jsl Is,
Xiulovskl.
sch Halt) Bliss, Rollins,
J/ranclaco.
m
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Sch Maria, Hobron, San Francisco
PORTFHILO.
Sept 7—Am wh ahp .Minerva, Smallev, ICOO wh. 900 sp.
14—Am wh ahp James Allen, Smith, £000 wh, ISO sp
34 ds fm Pelro17—Am wh ahp Abigail, Yoang, no oil this seaaoa.
172 tons,
10 ds I'm Ban
5—Bra sch Atbeu, lleeren, 115 Is, 15 da fin Ban Franco.
Baal. S—Am sch Anon)inn, Latbam, 75 tons, 16 days fm San
Francisco. -'
»—Am brig Noble, ftnberlson, 807 tons, 18 lis fin 8 F.
IV—Dan brlgan Ann Catharine, atatiea, 97 tons, 46 days
fm Taieahuano.
Is-Am ark ship Splendid, rhrrsan, 478 tasss, fm Arolk
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Shp Minsrvs, Smallev, cruise home
Memoranda.
Shipsreported by Captain Poaraon, of the Splendid: 18th
July, James Allen, full, bound to Hilo; Levant, full, hound to
Honolulu ; Parachute, wanting 500 bbls, taken 2000; Columbia, wanting 1 wh; Htialsville, 1300; Massachusetts 2200,
bound through Bbering's Straits, to ihe ArcUc : Euphrates.
wattling 3M bbls, having taken 2500 thie season All these
ware spokes aboal the some date
.THE
Journal denoted to
Jtyonthly
* ance,
Seamen, Marine and
Ji
FRIEND:
iv,
Intelligence.
Temper-
Genera
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PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY
SAMUEL C. DAMON, Seaaen's Chaplain
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copy per annum
Two copies per annum.
Five copies per annum,
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THEFRIEND.
HONOLULU, SEPTEMBER'I, 18.50.
No. 9
65
Vol. 8.
Ed by the tabu; and then, another. In cer-|jthink, made acquainted with this affair,winch
tain cases, the tabu forbade the lighting of ilt'iiiaiiili'il. |ii'rliii|)s, its intervention. Those
65 kukui-nut torches, the 'eating of fish and of meek and peaceful men were doubtless un6t> cocoa-nuts, lisliing, going out of the houses, willing to draw the severity ol' our governo7
was a-means of ap- ment upon this country-. They might also,
6" &.C. In other eases, it
have believed that
I'oly i>4-*-tn,
68 propriating to the exclusive use of the priests without sufficient reason,
Agricultural Convention
• 60 and chiefs an article which had become rare. after the revolution of July, two poor, perseShipwreck,
6a And often, the sole object ofit was to exhib- cuted missionaries would not be believed. II
A new Era In India,
69 it the power of the priests to the minds of the such was their belief, they were in an error,
>l Lin£i loDu Petit Thouar,"
f9 people, by making tlicm experience it, even and the protection of France would certainly
Treaty between tl'c U, 8. mid Uawniiim l-lnmis,
70
own houses. The tabu then may be not have been withheld from them, if the
MarineNewi, &c., \r
72 in their
considered as a means,employed by 1 most! mutter had come to the knowledge of the
powerful, to impose their wilj upon the most 'government; they will find evidence, of this
feeble. From the chiefs it descended to thej The measures which will doubtless be takother classes;, the men hud made a thousand en tojirevent a recurrence of similar acts.*
FrenVctohiseS
f loop-of-war
things tabu to the. women, among which The present is not a period of religious perTranslated for the Friend, from the French oj tilings were cocoa-nuts, certain kinds of fish, secutions. I have been assured fliat the orand bananas: neither were they permitted in der for the embarkation [of the two Catholic
Adolphc linrrot.
NO. VII i.
stop in tne apartment where (he men took priests] and the arrangements which accomThe tabu tabu either permanent, or temporary their food.
panied it were written entirety by the baud
object of the tabu declared by the prieslsl Kiiinchaincha, as I have stated, diminished of u missionary known at Honolulu. I can
Us operation on the people on the women, the severity of the penalty for breaking the hardly believe, notwithstanding, that in the
penalty of breaking the tabu lessened by\ tabu; but it was not till the reign of Riho- nineteenth century, men belonging to a free
Kamehamrha the system abolished in the riho, that the tabu was entirely abolished.— and enlightened nation could resolve to give
reign of Rihoriho arrival of Catholic Mis- The women especially, and the people ex- such an example of persecution and intolersionaries—lheir success ill making pros- perienced the benefits of this religious re- ance. Messrs. Bax;hclot and Short are still
elytes—sent to California measures liken form, which must be ascribed to the influ- in California, as I have been informed.
by the French government to protect Catho-\ ence exerted by the American missionaries The alarm felt in Honolulu on the arrival
lie missionaries Mr. Walch arrives or-\ upon the minds of tlie chiefs. Yet a cry ofj of the Bonitc was from the fear that she had
dered to depart refuses to obey persecu-] horror arqiso in all the islands,when the high come to demand satisfaction fur this injustice
tion of the Hawaiian Catholics reply of the priest proclaimed the tabu abolished: but Mr. Walch, an Irish Catholic missionary had
King, whenspoken to on the subject spread, this people, so mild and so easily governed, arrived, a few days before and received a
; !>ut, in
of the Presbyterian religion over the is lauds* very soon forgo! their wooden gods; they de- verbal order to.depart immediately
conversion of the natives declared to be al-\ stroyed the idols to which they had so long iaccordance with the advice of the English
most entirely nominal general meeting of\ sacrificed human victims, and, following the iconsul, he hud refused to obey unless he
order
the mission Lalutina printing offices example of the chiefs, they prostrated them-ishould receive a written order. weThis
uilived;
of
to
sent
the
that
him
day
on
it-!
the
altars
the
new
was
be
Hawaiiaiibook's
selves
crowd*
before
chiejhj
in
newspapers,
fig-tons subjects—reason for not publishing| religion. The regent, Kaiihumanu, was one but
1 the presence of the Bonite. doubtless*
6ooA-s of history mistake of the mission-] of Hie first to embrace Christianity, and she produced a change in the intentions ofKinau.
aries the course which should hare been gave all her influence to the efforts put forth The order was noj sent, and sixteen t(ays afpursued.
by the missionaries to establish and spread iter, at the time of our departure, Mr."Welch
had not only not received it, but there had
The iaou, which 1 have often mentioned, the Christian religion.
believe,
two
Cathbeen
1
nothing more said to him about leaving
later,
u
sometimes
soine-i
little
1827
religious,
A
in
was prohibition,
times civil, of the'use of certain things.—| olic missionaries, Messrs. Hachelot and As an English sloop-of-war, the Actoon, arThey were even forbidden to touch, or look Short, arrived at Honolulu; they established rived at Honolulu the day that we sailed, it
at them. Tabu was eilher temporary, or themselves there at lirst without opposition, iis not probable that Mr, Walch will experi•permanent. Tlie permanent in" sacred tabu and, as all the inhabitants testify, their pub- ience any further molestation. But the proswas inherent in the thing declared tabu.— lie and private conduct was always exompla-1elytes niade by the two Catholic missionaries
who would
Thus-, the person ofthe king pud ofthe priests, ry. Mild, affable, humble, devoting them- were cruelly persecuted.faithAll
were cast into
the house of the king, the place where he selves without ambition and without selfish- inot abjure the Catholic
and sentenced to the basest labors.—
j
bathed, the temples, the offerings made to the ness to their work of regeneration, they soon prison
Some
ofihem
are still "loaning in dungeons
were
a
number
of
Then:
proselytes.
always made" great
gods, and the royal sepulchres
tabu. By degrees tjie priests and chiefs ex- the Protestant missionaries begun to believe When mention was made to the king of
the Catholic
tended the tabu and made 11 speculation of it that the competition of the Catholic inissimi-ji the violence enacted against
had
Certain kinds of fiaathera and of fishes be- aries would become dangerous, and they took' missionaries, lie replied that this act
came tabu to the people: only the king and measures to arrest it. One day in 1832, the itaken place under the'regoncy ofKaahumawith it,
principal chiefs could war those feathers two missionaries were dragged from tlieir.inu, that he had nothing at all to do be
held
he
could
not
that,
consequently,
Kaahumanu,
The
of
the
residence
order
of
on
and
by
put
infraction
and eat those fishes.
i
He furthermore added that he
permanent tabu was. almost always punished board a Hawaiian vessel, mid,after a month's iresponsible.of the
fact that almost all the wars
with death: very severe corporal punishment voyage during which they suffered the great- iwas aware
the states of Europe.
had
disquieted
who
violated
the
est
were
landed
on
the
coast
which
privations, they
was inflicted upon those
ofCalifornia, forty miles from any habitation,
temporal tabu.
•cjincc
accusal <■■ wHnao.tka French government
The priests sometimes pronounced a gen- without food, without water, and without have mint t!i!»
n frigate, to tin- Sandwich M»».le; Hie afinmaiulaui
wholo
somearms
to
defend
themselves
the
wild
country,
oflliii aln.i liai taken evidence, upon the auot, of thu ecnudal
against
eral tabu upon the
Hint
~vi iUiu-c of |.o»it, and lliere l« every rcnann lo believe
nines on a village, and sometimes, upon a beasts.
r„r lhr Inture. thecharacter ofFrench and of Catholic villi not
single house Now one thing was interdict- The French government were never, Iibe a enuae nt opyrcaatos in tbtve Uloi J.
CONTENTS.
OK THE FRIEND,
VlHitof the Boniie,
Note by the Editor i
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THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1850.
were occasioned by the co-existence of two very great number of books printed in Ha- and to undervalue the benefits of civilization.
rival religions. The Presbyterian religion waiian, very,few had reference to the pro- It was not requisite that they should hear the
having first been taught on the Sandwich Is- gress of industry, or of science: all, with the mystic language of the Bible; their minds
lands, another religion, he said, could not be exception of a.few elementary works of arith- were not sufficiently mature to comprehend
adinittetl; and it was only in this way that metic and geography, were on religious sub- these sublime truths. It was enough lor them
he could preserve tranquility among his peo- jects, such as commentaries on the Bible, to learn the fundamental doctrines of the
ple: one religion was abundantly sufficientIcatechisms for the use of the natives, or Christian religion, those simple and puie
for 10(1, or 150,0011 inhabitants. Kauikea- hymn books. I do not, by any means, deny doctrines which they could easily understand.
ouli, in speaking thus,gave evidence of great ; the utility of these works, nor their indispen- It was necessary to put forth eflbrts for the
wisdom; and moreover, of a knowledge ol sable necessity even; but Lean give no rea- physical well-being of the people, to enjoy
history which 1 should not have suspected. |son why the missionai ies, always so zealous speedily the fruits of that civilization which
I cordially approve of the principle advocat- land persevering in their religious duties, has been bi ought to tliein. The missionaries
ed by the king; hut those who taught him so have altogether neglected to impart to the would have been able to use their unlimited
fine a sentiment should have ndtled that in Islanders any notions of industry, of the me- influence in order to do away those despotic
the United Stales there is a greater variety chanic arts, of manufactures, and of agri- institutions which give up the fortunes of the
of religious opinions perhaps than in any culture; notions, without which, the natives natives to the caprice of a chief, and to reother country; that the Catholics are not can derive no advantage from civilization. I place them by wise and liberal laws. How
persecuted there; and that the nation is not, {testified my surprise that I had not found could the citizens of a free people suffer such
on account of religion, desolated with civil any knowledge of history amnny the chiefs, abuses to exist? Were they afraid of going
war; that intolerence is the primary cause ,and the answer was made that in reading the( too far and of compromising their influence?
of disorders; and that in violating the indi- history of other nations, the natives would jThey have, forsooth, managed this people as
vidual liberty of the Catholic missionaries, only learn too soon to be corrupt and per- jlhey pleased. They have taken from them
and in banishing them by an nrbitary act, verse; that it would be better, for civiliza- their costume, their habits and religion.—
Kaahumanu perpetrated a deed of hateful tion to enter the country by n purermediuin, They have seen the high priest himself prointolerence.
and that those who had charge of the mission claiming the weakness of the gods and, at
At the present time, the Presbyterian re- would know when it would be a sui'ahle time their word, applying the torch to those temligion is spread overall the Sandwich Islands to make known to theinhabitants of the Sand- ples and idols by which he governed the peothat is, the natives, on the sabbath, attend wich Islands the history of the nations of the ple; and they have been afraid to meddle
religious worship in the churches of therres- old world, taking care to prune off every with the absurd laws which were enacted in
byteriun missionaries ; but unfortunately, thing having a tendency to awaken polluting times of despotism and barbarism-; in times,
with very few exceptions, this conversion is ideas in the readers. In the mean time, however, when the caprice and cupidity of
almost always entirely nominal. Indeed,the this people coming in daily conflict with the chiefs being necessarily limited, those
natives are not yet in a condition to under- runaway sailors and with vagrants, and who laws were far less oppressive than at present!
stand their new religion; moreover, it is sec, with but very few exceptions, only the Verily the system pursued in the Sandwich
presented to them under an aspect too severe refuse of society, are becoming contaminated Islands cannot be too severely condemned,
and mystical. In all places at a distance by this ruinous intercourse without being when the consequences are considered.
from the residence of the missionaries, the able to oppose to the evil the natural defence In fine, although the property of the citiislanders have preserved, if not the barbar- which is found in the occupations of industry zen should be made inviolable; although
ous customs of their old religion, at least and in a more enlarged and liberal educa- just bounds should be placed to the despotism
their absurd superstitions. The work is then tion.
of the chiefs, yet, at the same time, the'deonly commenced; but the force of circumThe best means of rendering the new re- velopment of commerce, of industry, and of
stances, in spite, of the system pursued by ligion dear to this people would have been agriculture ought to be patronized in every
the missionaries, will work out for this peo- to demonstrate to them that their present possible way; and to accomplish this foreignple those moral and physical improvements, condition could only be improved by the ers ought to be invited in and encouraged.
which a belter management would have se- change: but they have experienced, even to To throw obstacle upon obstacle in Ihe way
cured much sooner.
this day only the privations and the sternness of their establishment in the country, as has
The missionaries of tho different Islands of the religion which has been imposed upon been done, was not sound policy.
assemble every year at Honolulu; a schoon- them. It has subjected them to a life to But, the objection will be made, it is
forer which belongs to the mission goes for them which they were not accustomed ; it demands eigners that have corrupted the native populatheir
different
of
This
places
to
residence.
a large part of the time which they ure able tion. I admit it, and that was the first effect
is a sort of annual council where each one re- to devote to labor; it forbids their engaging that the contact of civilization ought to proportsthe results ofhis labors during the year, in the sports and amusements to which they duce. It was an inevitable evil; but the
and where they concert measures lor the fu- were attached; and as an offset,it offers them only possible remedy should have been apture. All the Missionaries of the Sandwich nothing but purely metaphysical advantages plied, and in the very cause of the evil the
Islands arc Amei icans, as all those of the which they can neither appreciate nor con- remedy was to be Ibund. You should either
Society Islands are English. It is by a kind ceive of.
have left this savage people as you found
of tacit agreement thnt the clergy of these] Moreover, this people, which early navi- them and withdrawn from them; or
else you
two nations have divided the spiritual domi- gators represented as so happy in their na- should have drawn them away from the
perto
nation, and I am almost ready
add, the kedness, seemed to us to be miserable under nicious influence of the only European socitemporal also, of the Islands of the Pacific. the rags with which civilization has covered ety known to them; and the settlement in the
Lahaina on the Island of Maui may be them. What then has been gained by the country of industrious foreigners,
merchants,
considered as the capital of the mission. It change? When Cook discovered the Sand- agriculturists, &c, could only bring
about
is there that the missionaries have their prin-j wich Islands he found the inhabitants cheer- ibis result. Is it to be believed
thnt savages
cipal establishment and their high school, a ful and happy. Their enjoyment was mate- can lake examples in morals from
the sailors
sort of nursery where are trained the moni- rial, it is true; with mental pleasures they of whale ships?
tors who are to assist the missionaries in were unacquainted. Living with scarcely
Note ht the Editou."—Wo have heard
their labors.
the least reference to ihe future, they were
There is a printing office at Lahaina and 1not even conscious of their dignity as men. the remark that '* notes, and corrections "
two at Honolulu, one of which belongs to thel They have been deprived of their sensual should
have accompanied these translations.
mission ami the other, to the editor of a enjoyments, and mental pleasures have not
It
has
not escaped our observation that M.
newspaper published in English and called' been furnished forthem. I know that civiliThe Sandwich Island Gazette. The Gazette zation always commences in this way, and Adolph Rarrot evinces but a limited knowlis a weekly paper, edited by an American, 1that it must destroy barbarism in* order to edge of facts, in many of his statements, but
and opposed to the missionaries. The Ke\ create upon Its ruins. But has all been so much having already
been written upon
k'umn (Ilainbeau, professor) a newspaper done that ought to be done? Has the path,
published in Hawaiian by the missionaries, pointed But by reason, humanity, and even by the Sandwich Islands, we have preferred to
contains nothing but the notices of the arri- the interests of religion, been pursued? leave our readers to consult the numerous
val and sailing of vessels, and extracts from Surely not; and where it has not, the natives books and publications relating to the points
religious works. I observed that among the will be found to regret their ancient customs treated upon in these successive articles
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�THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1850
the'; not care so much about them, besides wheni ly) and Observer, (weekly)
67
M. Barret takes occasion to censure
appears to have
American Missionaries upon one point in thisjspirits arc held at a high price; in consc- -.acquired great influence throughout the colnumber that we think might as well have quence of high duties, it holds out a great ony, and his papers to have a very extensive
t
been passed over, by one who omits no occa- ■temptation to smugglers. Our readers are circulation.
"The from of his offending"
sion wherein he may extol the Catholic Mis-''aware of the forcible attempts wbich were'!,toppears to be this—in the month of Fcbrua" mild, affable, humble, devoting made by the French, one year since, to com-]•jry Inst died in Adelaide, a prison who had
themselves
without ambition and without't pel the Hawaiian Government to diminish the!,acquired considerable iullueiice, and a large
"
"selfishness to their work of regeneration."!'duty on French Brandy. Had that attempt Ifortune, by his mercantile ami mining
enterThe point we refer to is that of not print- been successful, it is our honest belief itl prizes. His funeral was attended
t>v an iming more books in the Hawaiian language,! would have done immense injury to the nu- mcnse crowd of the people of Adelaide.
In
upon " the progress of industry or science,"merous seamen visiting this pott,
preparing an obituary notice, the editor reand a less number upon " religious subjects i The following extract is taken from a pii- jfers in most laudatory language tv the supe" such as commentaries on the Bible, cate- vale letter which we have recently received rior" mercantile qualifications." " the sound
the Rev. E. E. Adams, American Seaeducation," and other desirable traits of
" chisms for die use of the natives, and'
books."
Whether the American)ijmen's Chaplain, at Havre, in France
"hymn
character possessed by the deceased, renilciMissionaries have been particularly ccnsu-i
" I am safe in saving that a third of the■ ing him a favorite among the colonists. He
ruble in this respect, we leave our readers to■ sailors now in port have been intoxicated this was comparatively a young man in the prime
Wherever 1 go, I meet men King on
infer by perusing the following sataloguc of•week.
floors, in the streets, in the forecastles, per- of life, but had unquestionably fallen a viepublications issued from the American Mis- fectly helpless anil senseless ; but brandy is tim to intemperance. To which failing the
sion Press previous to 1815 :
so cheap and the temptations ure so abtin- editor thus alludes :
Elementary Loifim
dant, that although many make the most soFirst Tearh r for children.
The large and sudden accumulation of
Decaloyu* and Lnrd*« Prayer. Tract on A»troti<>n,y.
lemn resolutions and take pledges, yet they "
Map.* of tittered (.eugiaphy.
Scripture Doctrine*
property,
however, proved a snare, and the
Chief*.
tin;
Th< uiiiin-. of I lie
Hivfcen Sermon..
go with the pledge in their pocket to
Tracj of Lying.
deceased unhappily fell into habits of intemSermon on ihc Mount.
we
dram
The
last
month
had
four
hunshop.
llyifini-.
tributesof
God.
At
Hawaiian
First bonk fur teaching Kin*. | dred sailors, and they were generally very perance, which beclouded the latter portion
First book f«»r Children.
Universal Geography.
Mitral ifelriirc
of his life, and underminingp a fine natural
"steady, and my visits among them pro-j■I
Key ti> tN.lbmn
New Testament
Fowle's Uln Id's Arithmetic Heavenly M.tiniH.
so visible that the captains(Constitution, " brought down his strength in
an
effect
jtluced
Animal, of tlic earth
11 luna for children.
Hawaiian History.
land rons Til gave me united testimony of their;'ibis journey and shortened his days." It is
Catechism on Genesis
consolatory, however, to know, that in his
Geometry i«»r children.
Cnlbum** Algebra.
gratitude and interest. Rut it is often up-hillIIlast
A- atomy.
Tra/1 «n Marrmee.
moments he was able to express contriScripture 10-niw.
Snored Geography
work.
swear at me—pluy cards in the!
They
and his sorrowing friends have hope in
Mathematics. Geometry, Trhjtion,
Geoeriii'liifHl queMionr.
walk
up and:
onomelry. Meiom-ation, Bur midst of my evening meetings,
Uihlccliiii honk.
death."
{his
Navigation.
hii.l
veyiiig,
Culbuni's arithmetic,
down the room with their thumbs at their noTihi-i on Iniemperai cc.
Iltatorf ofltraaia.
ses, and saying, 'go preach to the captains.' For writing this paragraph, a portion of
Hihle rla*ii hook, vol ii.
Lama Hawaii, newspaper.
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Hawaiian almanac.
This does not last long, for I am sure to1the colonists have vowed vengeance. The
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study
globes.
Keith's
ft
the
Voc. bu.ary.
preach them down, and then they are ashamCOmpead of Ancient History, Volume of Sermons.
Sandwich Island* Laws.
subject is exciting much interest in parts of
i;i.ii«iqui-'i"iis.
RngtWl and Hawaiian lessons ed and beg niv pardon."
(•n,lnirt.**Scijnel.
Public
the
prophecies.
for
children.
Keith
mi
History of Beasts
If the state of things is any better in Ho- the colony away from Adelaide.
Dying le.tla.anj or christian*
Hawaiian Teacher.
called,
and
the
meetingsjiave
been
ami
InfMel*.
Child*. Teacher,
" peonolulu, I am confident we owe it, in part, at
I'ailevV Algebra.
Datly fond
declare
that
the
editor
of
the
ple
Register
for
school*.
Remittta
book
"
'awaiian flrammar.
least, to the high price of intoxicating drinks
Mml-montnty
Plrei rnulins bin k ftirchiMreo.Messenger,
crushed,
the
venders
although
shall
not
be
Eng.
ti
1
in
History
Hafaliath.
of
the
Tract on the
and the heavy penalties imposed upon the
Hawaiian Hihle.
Maps of t Geography.
they will no londrink
declare
tiiat
strong
of
book
the
rhronnloijv
i
IV
mi
son!.
hist.
Clnl
Scripture
[.üblieans unless they keep within Ihe strict
Ilyini.h revised uud ealargcd. Matural Theology.
ger advertise in the columns of the Register
Noaannna, nrwupnppr.
Ilvinna with tone-.
letter of the law, which is very explicit, in
Arllc-M oCftulh and eaiNMM.
Linear Drawing.
or Observer.
In our humble opinion, the
Church History.
Little Philosopher.
regard to the sale of intoxicating liquors to
Erg and Hawaiian Grammar. Morel Philosophy
character
of
Mr. Stephens' papers would be
natives, and the closing of their shops at
I'llcrim** "ns-nee,
Tract on Popery
decidedly
improved
by this withdrawal of
beside
We regret our inability to place
night. The simple truth is, unless King Alnotices."
issued
rum
this catalogue the list of publications
cohol is fettered and handcuffed by stringent "
from the Catholic Press. We have never police regulations and wholesome laws, there While all due respect should be paid to
met with but two or three small publications, is no peace in the community where His the feelings of surviving friends, in noticing
printed at that Press, and they were nwst Rebel Majesty exerts an influence. Only the deaths of those who have unquestionably
strictly confined to the peculiar tenets of the contemplate the hubbub that was recently shortened their lives in consequence of their
Romish Church.
produced in the town of Adelaide, Southi intemperate habits, yet we can well conceive
We think if Ihe Hawaiian* had been left '{Australia, because an humble editor pre- that there may be instances where an editor
to derive their knowledge of industry and isuined to inform his readers that a w.ealthy ought not to keep silence, but for the good
"science," "history and the world," from'person had "unhappily fell into habits of in- .of the living, for the welfare of the young,
the truth should be told. It seems strange,
the publications ol the Catholic Press, it .tempernnce " and in consequence died.
that editors, ministers, physician*, moralists,
would have been far less than it is at present.
and every body else, may talk, and write
An Editor its Trouble.
In glancing over a file of the daily "Southi about the causes of death, with this exceptAustralian Register," published at Adelaide, ion, if a person dies through intemperance,
Cevharsp. pirits.
DS
a flourishing town in one of the British col- not a word must be said or written ! Ki\l a
who
with
persons,
meet
-1 onies of New Holland, our attention hasI man with a knife, shoot him with a gun,
We occasionally
1 been arrested by notices of a powerful com- strangle him with a hair, hang him with a
the
most
cordial
good
claim for themselves
die of hunger, poison, thirst, or
wishes for public morals and temperance, bination of rum sellers, rum drinkers, and)rope, let him
let
j
him kill himself, be killed by anothyet assert that it makes no difference wheth- other friends of Old Alcohol, to crush the cold,
or
die
?
er,
to
the
as
a natural death, or fall by any of
" Register," or make the Editor mum reer spirits are cheap or dear, in regard
and ninety nine ills that
nine
hundred
is,
the
effects
of
drinks.
t
he
Mr.
gards
intoxicating
amount of drunkenness. Their argument
afflict
it
is
proper to publish long
mankind,
the
of
the
will
(daiStevens,
who
drink
publisher
I
Register,
make spirits cheap, and those
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and detailed accounts, but if the rum sellers' France has established a Botany Boy for the; press and has appeared in the Polynesian
poisons despatch a fellow mortal, it is highly safe keeping of her criminals. The law fix-,.1 We availed onrsclves of the privilege «l
improper to say a word, or write n sentence. es the Marquesas Islands as the place off attending most of the meetings of the Con:Oh, no, let brandy slay its thousands, and punishment,—providing that the punishment vent ion. Many of the discussions were able
even its tens of thousands, not a word musl for political offences hitherto punished by and instructive. It was interesting to hear
bo uttered, no pole of warning lie sounded. dentil, shall he the detention in a fortifiedI men speak upon agricultural prospects ot
At such times, the rum-seller and Ins abet- enclosure sufficiently large for agriculturalI the Islands, who were not strangers to daily
tors, aio remarkably tender of the feelings labor, though such as to subject the prison- manual labor. The planters and farmers of
the Islands are laboring and practical men
of the friends ol the deceasetl drunkard ! ers still to police regulation."
Committees were appointed to report on vaPity tin v wore not equally sensitive while
Tin Kveni.nc! Picayune.—This is the rious
branches of Agriculture, Horticulture,
pursuit)!; a tin(in. that lias filled the world sixth daily
paper now issued in San Franand kindred topics, at the next annual meetwith lamentation, wrung (lie widow's heart
cisco. Like the other dailies published
ing,in .August 1851;—when we believe there
with grief, ii'id left ihe orphan a beggar !
there, it presents a remarkably neat typowill he an exhibition that will do honor to the
graphical page. It is a most striking fact
Islands.
'I
that in the shnit space of less than one yearj The
following officers were chosen for the
six daily papers should bo started and susensuing
year:—
HONOLULU, SKPTKtMBKi. I, 1850. tained in a city, where the streets are, as yet,l
President, Win. L. Lee.
unpaved, and the side-walks unlaid. The, Pice President, Benjamin
Pitman,.G. S
POLYNESIA.
Picayune is published by Guihon & Co., and
Kcnway, Hawaii; 1,. L. Torbert, Maui; S
Strong's Island.—Capt.Calott, com maud-'
edited by I'. A. Brinsmnde, Esq May suc'jG. Dwight, Molokai; Stephen Reynolds.
ing "Hobeoricok," lii days from Stioug's cess crown
the most sanguine expectations!"\Oahu; Godfrey Rhodes, Kauai.
Island informs us lliat lie came nearly direct,
of both publishers and editor. We can, ati Treasurer; S. N. Castle.
and that (it) days would he about an average
this
remote distance, perceive but one draw-:
Corresponding Secretary, K. P. Bond.
passage form Iheni c to I [onolulu. 11" estiback upon the enterprise, which is that the Rewriting Secretary, R. M.
ttowlin, Esq.
mates the population at 1,500 natives, and
publishers propose issuing "The Sunday Executive. Committee,
ChairR.
W.
Wood,
reports 1 foreigners living there, and thinks
.Morning Review." To edit, pifblish, sell man; J. F. B. Marshall, Wesley Nowcomb,
a Missionary would be well received anil pro- .and distribute a Sunday paper appears to be
tected by the King. Fie thinks that tin pns- so flagrant a violation of the command, E. O. Hall, G. A. Lathrop.
In a few weeks will be published tiie Ist
sage hence, to Strong's Island would not ."Remember the Sabbath day to keep it hoReport of the Proceedings of the "Hoval
exceed 15 days. The Island is fertile and' ly,'' that wo arc
by no means inclined to''Hawaiian Agricultural Society."
mountanous, and about (50 miles in circum- 1 wish the
publishers and editor success in The first beneficial results of the Convenferencc. The population is now decreasing,'this part of their
enterprise. Before ejnthrough the prevalence ot colds,consumption jbnrking funds in the publication of a Sunday tion, we would mention, is an effort about to
be made by the planters to introduce laborers
and other diseases.
paper, even in a pecuniary point of view, from China.
Ascension Island. Cant. Hull of the
iwc think it would be well 'to count the cost.'
Romulus, visited this Island, last Spring,and Thus
saith the Lord, lake heed to yourselves, France.—Our Correspondent at Havre.
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reports, thai liom information Unit iiiiulit be
that i/c bear no burden on the Sabbath dat/.' under date of April 29, writes as follows:—
relied ttpof), a Missionary would he well reIf editing and publishing a newspaper on the "France is quiet, although, there are forceived and protected by the Chiefs. There
Sabbath is not burdensome, it is vastly differ- bodings of some serious change. I do not
are about !!>()_ foreigners residing opon the ent
from the same description of labor on a apprehend Any thing. The country is com[stand. Ships can he well supplied with
week day.
i mitted to Republicanism, and in spite of a
yams, hogs, and fowls, nt low prices. Asstrong monarchical feeling on the port of
Agricultural Convention.
cension island is about 5° to the Eastward
merchants and such like, there is an extreme
We most sincerely regret that the narrow
of Strong's.
tendency on the part of most litspace which our small sheet affords for top- democratic
Catherine's Islam;.—The Pacific News ics
erary men. The worst thing in France is
of this nature will not allow us to make a
the spirit of persecution. It is difficult to disreports "Theship William Melville arrived
full
report of the proceedings of the Convenlate, from Lancaster, Van Dicman's Land.
tribute tracts and Bibles, legally, without beOn the voyage she touched at Catherine's'tion. The Sessions were held on four sucencountered by some ignorant major or
ing
Island, (one of Patterson's group) the 13th icessive days, at Maunakiliku. On the evebigotted
priest. Yet the cnuse of true piety
a
for
the
of
May,
purpose
obtaining supply'ning of tho first day, it large audience asadvances and there is a large demand for
offresh vvater, and (lie natives decoyed the]
crew tn the hush, and murdered two men,| sented at the Chapel, to listen to the open- Evangelical preaching, and
France is blest
passengers, Mr. Francis Lecny and Daniel ]ing address of Judge Lee. which was elo- with some of
most eloquent prntestant
the
McQ,ueeny, of Lancaster. The other fouri<quently delivered, and prepared with care.
poachers of the
We will hopo that
men who were ashore escaped by swimming]A copy was requested for the
prcssjlhnd ap- she may become asday.
offto the vessel, as the unlives h»d captured!
enlightened and free as
the boat and hauled u ashore. We shouldl peared in Ihe Polynesian of August l?th.— her position requires and her privileges deNo
sooner
had
his
tones ceased, amid maninot wonder if John Buil will yet give thesei
mand."
savages a severe chastisement for tnis out-i festations of decided applause,than 11. H. M.
rage "
Minister of Foreign Relations, Mr. Wyllie, Shipwreck and Loss of Life.—The brig
Maro.uf.sas Islands.—lt wuii la'.ely re-!,commenced speaking upon the same general Frolic, of Boston, E. H. Faucon, master
from China, the I6lh of June, was
ported that the French Authorities had aban- i
topic, to the manifest delight and instruction lost on a reef, about sixty miles nbovctotally
Fort
doned the group, and removed their inovea- of the audience. The speaker exhibited
most Ross, on the night of the 2oth ult. Six ol
ble property to Tahiti. Only an old Padre interesting results of his Antiquarian re- the crew were lost in the vessel. Ihe
reremaining. According to more recent intel- isearches into the annals of the Hawaiian Na- mainder landed about 5 <jr 6 miles from the
saving nothing but what they stood in
ligence, we learn that "the Republic ofition His address was also requested for the reef,
The cuptain and officers with three mer
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reached Fort Ross in one of the boats, on the cannibals to Yengin, and who related the
CORNER.
.'list. The rest of the crew are travelling facts to Mr. Miller, who now takes up the 1
down by land, as one of the boats proved to narrative in person, and who writes finm Mr.
For the Friend.
11NF.H rO UU PETIT THOllAll
lie very leaky, and the men perlerred the Fitzgerald's beehe-le-mer establishment att
RV AN BNULISHMAN.
land routo. The reef on which the Frolic the north end of New Caledonia, the memMi tuil, Do Petit Tbouar ! Thy name
struck appeared to extend WNW and FSF, bers of which had since been driven away or~
Htiuids foremost in the liottt
some two miles in extent and the eastern end massacred. The French Mission establish(it chivalry's bright roll of fume
of it a mile or two from the shore, which had ment at Yengin or Bnlade had shared the
Thy country* pride nnd boast
the appearance of" a light point with rocky same fate.
True to thy knighthood's «tnmkv<i vow
islets fronting it. Below the point the land
Tboti the protector nrt,tended to the eastward. The Frolic struck A new Era in India.—Wo would ackMi proud and hipny dent in y ■
<
the
the reef stern on, in eight fathoms water, nowledge a file of
Friend of India, and1
<il' gem It: wotinuiN heart,
and filled immediately. At the time the reef from it are gratified to make the following
Who hut the brave l>u Petit Thuuttr
was first seen, the Frolic was steering ESE extract:
What Ifi• 11*hut thine own r'rmice,
and the reef bore N. The ivind very light
For Tn*iti's hapless queen wouldcare,
i
The
icii
thi.
Establishment
A<
ot
from N to NNK. The Frolic was immediOr break lor her a lane*? ;
ately hauled to SWW; but although she had [Liberty or Conscience, became the law of
T he meteor ling of colors tnrci
steerage way. with the wind on her quarter, the land on tlie litis of April IHSO, a dayr
\\':ivt:n "(tily o'er thy licHtl
which was very light, and the swell setting which will be memorable in the annals ol
i-'-r Hruitt ion, an d
to the SE.she was swept up by a strong tide, British India as the sth of December, 1829,
W \\n it to xit«ry led.
or current. Capt. F. reached this place when the rite of Suttee was abolished, and,
Mauritius
flrst beheld tt.y fame,'
for
the
first
time
in twenty centuries "the
yesterday. The Frolic was judged to he r >o
I'hon pink «f chivalry ,—
or <>0 miles from the nearest land at the lime Ganges flowed unblooded to the sea "
Ittil jealous Uritain's merchant shii's
Hade thee retreat (nil speedily
the reef was discovered. The Frolic was Henceforward every man throughout India
to
hound to this port with a valuable cargo ol will be at liberty profess whalevi iced 11
Tahiti's inle next mw thy might.
Chinese goods. The loss is estimated to be I lis conscience may incline him to without beAnd conscious- tit their "loom,
to
the
instruing
through
reduced
beggary
about $150,000.—[Alta California, Aug. 4.
Kcllgfqp, peace, and truth, and right,
of
of
The
the. Courts
mentality
injustice
All wept to *cc thee ■ <•>'
estimable value of this boon will be at once 1
This Case of Professor Wedster. In seen by a reference to the law of the land as'\j!
lint wii.it to thceurc truth and right,
Or wnmiiii'H falling lenr ?
the Supreme Judicial Court, Chief Justice it previously stood, and which is thus exThy high career, thy glory bngfir,
Shaw delivered the opinion of the Court in pounded by Sir William Mucnauglitcn:
from these no check need l« ar.
the case of the Commonwealth vs. John W- "Whatever properly the individual,previous- |
Webster, overruling each and every point ly to his conversion, was possessed and seisThe Queen I'nmarc wept in vain,
raised by defendant's counsel, in support of ed of, will devolve oil his nearest of kin who
Alis ■ she conld no more
A nil a new glury tfilds the nam*
their motion for a writ of error in said case, profess the Hindoo religion." It was impossiOf famed Dv Petit Thouar.
and deciding that all matters connected with ble that so monstrous a violation of (lie first:
The dame* of Franco lor this high deed
the trial of the prisoner, had been conducted principles ofreligious fiboity, could continue
Then' smiles upon thee showerM,
according to the prescribed forms of law, in to bo tolerated under theyenlightened governAnd, surely in sarcastic mood,
relation to capital trials. [Eve. Picayune.
Presented thte a Hword !
ment of Britain, in the middle of the Nineteenth century;
the wonder is, not that it
fit.l rest not here R'Jventurouff chief,
New Caledonia Islands,S. Pacific.—A
M urijin s.lll hnls arc fair,
Jhas been abolished now, but that it was not
March No. of the Adelaide Observer,reports abolished before. One of the effects of thisi
And hc*lplesn arc their feeble tribe;
lluhit: with itiy ti'inailron there.
as follows:
new law will bo to remove all penalties fromi
" 1 mine and conquered M—thus may*1! Thou t
have been lately com- tlie profession of Christanity, and it is possiMore
atrocities
"
Thy brief deepstchae write
mitted by the natives of New Caledonia and ble that when the prefession of that creed|i
Like hi* ot old thy victories are,
a
it
become
more
complace
EfToo,
At
becomes
also
safe, may
the neighbouring islands.
Like bin thy glories bright.
about two milesdistant from Bunkett, the fol- linon."
lint not alone thy glorious namt,
lowing men belonging to boats employed in
Though iigk above compare;
Whaling Intelligence.—The Evening
collecting sandal-wood were killed, in DeFor ttruat bold, ant) D'Aubigny
cember last: —Mr.William Jordan,first mate, Picayune reports, whale ship Lafayette.
Thy well earned fanio must shim-.
of Liv- Smith, of New Bedford, was lost on the Isof Berwick-on-Tweed; John Allen,London;
Ooth dear alike to France and fame
Gardener,
of
land'of rVlbamare, Gallipngos Islands, 36
erpool; Frederick
Thesehonor'd name* we see,
John Burrows, of Glasgow; and Edward months out, ti(M> bbls sperm oil; she went!
One laurel twines them with thine own
Bristol,
seamen.
the
Ward, of
ashore in the night;
In bright triumvirc.
captain was running
"All the crew of the Mary cutter were kil- in to come to an anchor when she struck a
llnapapc, and Harua too ;
led in and near Balade harbor. On arrival rock and became a total loss. The whale
Witucßs'il their fime in war
And lighting on (heir dazzling swords,
there from Sydney, Captain Robey, of the ship Golcondaof New Bedford took the capNew glories came from Pa sa
Jtfaru sent a boat with Robert Hall, an Amer- tain and mate with part of the crew; two
Rotumah, to procure boats crew had left the ship and nothing was
Wh.it though victory scorned to crown
ican, and a native of
Their banners with success
water. On getting up the river they were known of them; bark Dryade, Fish, of N.
Heroes before have beaten been,
attacked by natives and killed. After this, Bedford, from Tiilcuhuanu on a cruise,clean;
Nor is their glory less
two natives came on board the Mary, under ship Lafayette of Warren, R. I. 400 bbls
.sperm oil on a cruise; ship Sharon of Fair
Hail I honored three j in earth's wide bound*,
pretence ofselling fish, the cook went down
some yams to ex- Haven, 1000 bbls oil, on a cruise; Callao,
Wher'er fair woman liven,
in the hold to bring up
names sji^M.n«i«
the
captain's atten- Susson,
fish,
and
the
Bedford, '2(H) bbls sperm oil 8] A halo your brightglory
change for
givecaThat
deathless
the
fish
the
in
to
months out; bark John A. Robb, Wiinpcny,
tion having been drawn
in hi* high ical fot
noe belonging to the natives they split his of Fair Haven, 4 months out, 100 bbls sperm • At the Mauritius^ thegnllnnt
head with a tomahawk; they then killed the oil, at anchor at Charles Island; Oregon, the honor of France, was riding the high horse till hi* arrogant
a sudden nnd effectual check In the spicook ns he was coming out of the hold. I he Wimpeny, of Fair Haven, 12 months out pretensions met with
rited conduct of some Ilriosl. Earn Indiamcn,nnd he though.
only man now left alive on board the Mary 400 bbls sperm oil. The steamer West it advisable to quit the harbor 10§*»« himself the disgrace
would
was a Rotumah man,whom the natives eyes Point sailed from San Carlos May '24 for beiiM driven out.
ithis port via Panama
not eat, because of a disease in h.is
I M Vent, vidi, vici," wrote the illustrious Hornan
which rendered him almost blind
| liaapape, belterknown as Point Venus. Hurna or Mails.*
na,and Fm» ; three places where the Invincible warriors o<
"They cooked the bodies of the captain
DONATIONS.
which
Prance met wild a severe repulse from the poor, undlsclplinci
and crew a*hore, and ate them; afters
For Chap?]
Fit Krtcnii
rahitians. These reverses, however, were more than counthey burned the vessel to Ihe water edge. GoM Dual b> ft Friend,
terbalanced by the glories of ftfogadore Vld« Gov BruarV
This is the statement of the Rotumah man, M'.Hit-r, officers bcj crew of the
proclamation
from
the
Romuln*
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$5*0
escape
his
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backs, bounties, and allowances, whether ex- 1'whaleships of the United States shall enjoy
TREATY.
ported in ships of the one country or in ships in all respects whatsoever, all the rights, privHaKAMEHAMEHA 111., King of tho
of
the other ; and all goods and articles, of ileges'nnd immunities, which are enjoyed by,
waiian Islands, tv all to whom these pre- whatever
description, not being of the pro- or shall be granted to, the whulrships of the
sents shall come, Uukkti.nu :
duce or manufacture of the United States,''most favored foreign mil ion. The like priviKnow vk, that whereas a treaty of Friendcan be legally imported into the Sand- lege of frequenting the three ports of the
ship, Commerce, ami Navigation, bejweon which
shall,
wich
so imported in ves-| Sandwich Islands, above named in this artiour Kingdoui'iind the United States of North sels Islands,United when
Stales,
of
the
pay no other orlIcle, not being ports of entry for merchant
ATherica, .vas concluded and signed hy our
and their plenipotentiaries, in the city of higher duties, imposts or charges, than shall vessels, is also guaranteed to all the public
be payable upon lie like goods, and articles, armed vessels of the United States. But
Washington, on the riilth day of December, when
in the vessels of the most fa- 'nothing in this article shiill he construed as
1849, which treaty is word for word as fol- vored imported
foreign nation other than the nation of,
any vessel of the United States,
lows :
which the said goods and articles are thei having on board any disease usually regardThe United State* of America and His produce or manufacture.
ed as requiring quarantine, to enter, during
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the KiNf; of the Hawaiian IsArticle 4. No duties of tonnage, harbor, the continuance of such disease on board,
eipiallv animated with the desire of light houses, pilotage, quarantine, or other any port of the Sandwich Islands, other than
inaintuinlig tho relations of good under- similar duties, of whatever nature, or under Lahaina or Honolulu.
standing which have hitherto so happily sub- whatever denomination, shall be imposed in Article 8. The contracting parties cnsisted between their respective stales, and either country upon the vessels of the o'her, guge, in regard to the personal privileges
consolidating the commercial intercourse be- in respect of voyages between the United that the citizens of the United
States ol
tween them, have agreed-to enter into nego-J States ofAmerica and the Hawaiian Islands, America shall enjoy in the dominions of His
nations for the conclusion of a treaty oil if laden, or in respect of any voyage, if in Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands,
Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, for ballast, which shall not he equally imposed nnd the subjects of His said Majesty in-the
which purpose they have appointed Plenipo- in the like cases mi national vessels.
United Stales of America, that they shall
tentiaries, that is to say :
Article 5. It is hereby declared, that the have free and undoubted right to travel anil
The President of the United Slates of stipulations of tho present treaty are not to to reside in the slates of the two high conAmerica, John M. t.'layton, Secretary of be understood as applying to the navigation i tracting parties, subject to the same precauState of the United Suites ; ami His Majes- and carrying trade between one port and an- tions of pidice which arc practiced towards
ty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, .Inures other situated in the states of either con- the subjects or citizens of the most favored
Jackson Jarves, accredited as His special tracting party, such navigation and trade be- nations. They shall he entitled to occupy
commissioner to the (Joveriunent of the Uni- ing reserved exclusively to national vessels. dwellings nnd warehouses, and to dispose of
'ed Slates ; who, after having exchanged Article (i. Steam vessels of. the United their personal property ofevery kind and detheir full powers, found in good and due form, States which may be employed by the Gov- scription, by sale, gill,
exchange, will, or in
havo concluded ajjd signed the following; ar- ernment of the said states, in the carrying any other way whatever, without the smallticles :
of their public mails across the Pacific est hindrance or obstacle ; and their heirs or
Article 1 There shall he perpetual Ocean, or from one port in that ocean to an- representatives, being subjects or citizens of
peace and amity between the United States other, shall have free access to the ports of the other
contracting party, shall succeed to
and the King of the Hawaiian Islands, His the Sandwich Islands, with the privilege oi their personal jjoods, whether by testament
or
heirs and His successors.
stopping therein tii»rclit, to refresh, to land ah intestate; and may take possession thereof,
Article -i There shall be reciprocal lib- passengers and their baggage, and foj the either by
themselves, or by others
for
erty of commerce nnd navigation between transaction of any business pertaining to the them, and dispose of the same at acting
will, paythe United States of America and the Hawa- public mail service of the United Slates, and ing to the profit of the respective governiian Islands.
shall be subject in such ports to no duties of ments such dues only as the inhabitants of the
*
No duty of customs, or other impost, shall tonnage, harbor, light houses, quarantine, country wherein the said goods
are, shall be
he charged upon any goods, the produce or or other similar duties of whatever nature or subject to pay in like
cases. And in case of
manufacture of one (aountry, upon importa- under whatever denomination.
the absence of the heirs and-representative,
tion from such country into the other, oilier Article 7. The whaleships of the United such care shall be taken
of Ihe said goods
or higher than Ihe duty or impost charged States shall have access to the ports of
Hilo, as would he taken of the goods of a native of
upon goods of the same kind, the produce or Kealakckua and Ilanalei, in the Sandwich the same country in like case, until the lawmanufacture of, or imported from, any other Islands, for the purposes of refitment and i ful owner may take measures for
country ; and the United Suites of America refreshment, as well as to the ports of Ho- them. And if a question should receiving
arise among
and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian nolulu and Lahaina, which only are ports of several claimants
as to which of them said
Islands do hereby engage, that the subjects entry for all merchant vessels, and in 911 the goods belong, the same shall
be decided
or citizens of any other slate shall no' enjoy above named ports, they shall be permitted finally by the laws and judges
ofthe land
I
any favor, privilege, or immunity whatever, to trade or barter their supplies or goods, jwherein the said goods are. Where,
on the
in mailers of commerce and navigation, excepting spirituous liquors, to the amount,jdecease of any person
real estate
holding
which shall not also, at ihe same time, lie ex- of two hundred dollars ad valorem for each within the territories of one party, such real
tended to the subjects or citizens ol the other vessel, without paying any charge for ton-!estate
would, by the laws ofthe land, decontracting parties gratuitously, if the con- nage or harbor dues of any description, "or' scend on a citizen
or subject of the other,
cession in favor ol Unit other state shall have any duties or imposts whatever upon the
he not disqualified by alienage, such
iwere
been gratuitous, and in return for a compen- goods or articles so trailed or bartered.jcitizen or subject shall be allowed a reasonsation, as nearly as possible, of proportion- They shall also be permitted, with the like:
time to sell the same, and to withdraw
ate value and effect', to be adjusted by mu- exemption from all charges for tonnage and'able
the proceeds without moleslation, and exempt
tual agreement, if the concession shall have harbor dues, further to trade or barter, with jfrom all duties of
delrattion on the part of
been conditional.
the same exemption as to spirituous liquors, jjthe government of the respective states.
AiuieiK 3. *A\\ ai tides the produce and to the additional amount of oife* thousand!jThe citizens or
subjects of the contracting
manufacture of either country which can le- dollars, ad valorem, for each vessel, payingi parties shall not be obliged to' pay, under any
gally be imported into cither country from upon the additional goods, and articles sol(pretence whatever, any taxes or impositions,
the other, in ships of thnt other country, and traded and bartered, no other or higher du-i
.other or greater than those which, are paid,
hence coming, shall, when so imported, be ties, than are payable on like goods and ar- •or may hereafter be paid, by the subjects or
Isubject
to the same duties, nnd enjoy the ticles, when imported in the vessels and by [citizens
j
ofthe most favored nations in the resame privileges, whether imported in ships the citizens or subjects of the most favored!
states of the high contracting parspective
of the one country, or in ships of the other; foreign nation. They shall also be permitted!ities. They shall be exempt from all
and in like manner, all goods which can le- to pass from port to port of the Sandwich Is-I[service, whether by land or by sea; military
from forgally be exported or re-exported from either lands for the purpose of procuring refreshloans, and from every extraordinary conced
other,
to
the
in ships of that other ments but they shall not discharge their sea- tribution not general and by law established.
country
country * ahull, when so exported or re-ex- men or land their passengers in the said Is- jTheir dwellings, warehouses, and all premiported, be subject to the same duties, and lands, except at Lahaina and Honolulu, and,!
appertaining thereto, destined for the
Ue euliiled to the same privileges, draw- in all the ports named in this article, the
sbaU
purposes of commerce or
Majesty
lands,
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respected. No arbitrary search of, or■or send away such deserters from the statesi utterance of forged paper, committed within
visit to their houses, and no arbitrary exam-' and dominions of the contracting parties, or the jurisdiction of cither, shall be found wit hmation or inspection whatever of the books,' give such security for their good conduct usim the territories of the other ; provided,
papers or accounts of their trade, shall be''the law may require. But if not sent back; that this shall only be done upon such evimade ; but such measures shall be executed nor reclaimed within six months from the dence! of criminality as, according to Ihe
"illy in confbimity wilh the legal sentence of day of their arrest, or if all the expenses laws of the place where the person so
u competent tribunal ; end each of the two jof such imprisonment are not defrayed by charged shall be fonnd, would justify his apcontracting parlies engages thnt the citizens the party causing such arrest and imprison- prehension and commitment for trial if the
nr subjects of the other residing in their iwmnent, they shall he set at liberty and shall crime had there been
committed ; and the
spective slates, sllall enjoy their property and,.not he again arrested for the same cause. respective judges and other magistrates of
personal security, in as full and ample manner iHowever, if the deserters should be found to the two governments, shall have authority,
as their own citizens or subjects, or the sub-|'have committed any crime or offence, their upon complaint made under oath, to issue a
jects or citizens of the most favored nation, surrender may he delayed until the tribunal warrant for the apprehension of the person
but subject always to the laws and statutes before which their case shall be depending, so charged, thnt he may be brought before
of the two countries respectively.
shall have pronounced its sentence, and such such judges or other magistrates respectively,
Article 9. The citizens and subject* of'[sentence shall have been curried into efl'ect. to (he end that the evidence of criminality
each of the two contracting parties shall he Article 11. It is agreed that perfect and may he heard and considered ; and if, on
free in the states of the other to uiannge entire liberty of conscience shall be enjoyed such hearing, the evidence be deemed suffitheir own a Hairs themselves, or to commit by the citizens and subjects of both Ihe con- cient to sustain the charge, it shall be the
those aHaiis to the management of any. per- tracting parties, in the countries of the one duty of the examining judge or magistrate to
sons whom they may appoint as theirbroker, and the other, without their being liable to certify the same
to trie proper executive aufactor or agent, nor shall the citizens and be disturbed or molested on account of their thority, that u warrant may issue for the sursubjects ofthe two contracting parties be re- religious belief. Rut nothing contained in render of such fugitive. The expense of
strained in their choice of persons to act in this article shall be construed to interfere such apprehension and dejivery shall bo
such capacities, nor shall they he called up- with the exclusive right of the Hawaiian borne and defrayed by the party who makea
on to pay any salary or remuneration to any Government to regulate for itself the schools the requisition and receives the fugitive.
person whom they shall not choose to employ. which it may establish or support within its Article 15 So soon as steam or other
Absolute freedom shall be given in all cases! 'jurisdiction.
mail packets under the flag of either of the
to the buyer and seller to bargain together Article 12. If any ships of war or other contracting parties, shall have commenced
and to fix the price of any goods or mer- vessels be wrecked on the coasts of the state*' running between their respective ports of enchandize imported into,or to be exported from or territories ofeither- ofthe contracting par- try, the contracting pnrlies agree to receive
the stntes nnd dominions ofthe two contract- lies, such ships or vessels, or any parts at the post ollices of those ports all mailable
ing parties ; save and except generally such thereof, nnd all furniture and appurtenances matter, and to forward it as directed, the decases wherein the laws and usages of Ihe belonging thereunto, and all goods and mer- stination being to some regular post office of
country may require the intervention of any chandise which shall he saved therefrom, or either country ; charging thereupon the reg-pecial*Bgents in the states and dominions of the produce thereof if sold, shall be faith- ular postal rates as established by law in the
the contracting parties. Hut nothing con- fully restored with the least possible delay to territories ofeither party receiving said mailtained in this or any other article of Ihe pre- the proprietors, upon being claimed by them, able matter, in addition to the original postsent treaty shall he construed to authorize or by their duly authorized factors; and if age of the office whence.the mail was sent.
the sale of spirituous liquors to the unlives there are no such proprietors or factors on Mails for the United States, shall be made up
of the Sandwich Islands farther than such the spot, then the said goods and merchan- at regular intervals at the Hawaiian post ofrale may be allowed by the Hawaiian laws. dise, or the proceeds thereof, as well as all fice, and despatched to ports of the United
Article 10. Each of the two contracting the'papers found on board such wrecked States, the postmasters at which ports shall
partjej may have, in the ports of the other, ships or vessels, shall he delivered to the open the same, and forward the enclosed
consuls, vice consuls, and commercial agents, American or Hawaiian consul, or vice con- matter as directed, crediting the Hawaiian
of their own appointment, who shall enjoy sul, in whose district the wreck may have Government with their postages as establishthe same privileges and powers with those of taken place ; and such consul, vice consul, ed by law and stamped upon each manuthe most fawned nation; but if any such [proprietors or factors, shall pay only the ex- script or printed sheet.
consuls" shall exercise commerce, they shall penses incurred in the preservation of the All mailable matter destined for the Habe subject to the same laws and usuges property, together with the rate of salvage waiian Islands shall be received at the seve10 which tho private individuals of their na- ; nnd expenses of quarantine which would ral post offices in the United States and forlion are subject in the same place. The said have been payable in the like case of u warded to San Francisco or other ports on
consuls, vice consuls, and commercial agents wreck of a national vessel; andthe goods and the Pacific coast of the United Stutes,
are authorized to require the assistance ofimerchandise saved from the wreck shall not whence the postmasters shall despatch it by
ihe local authorities for the search, arrest, Ibe subject to duties unless entered for con-1ths regular mail packets to Honolulu, the
detention, and imprisonment of the deserters sumption ; it being understood that in case Hawaiian Government agreeing on their part
from the ships of war and merchant vessels of of
i any legal claim upon such wreck, goods Ito receive and collect for and credit the post
iheir country. For this purpose, they shall up- or inciclmndise, the same shall be referred ioffice department.of the United States with
ply to the competent tribunals, judges and of- .for
| decision to the competent tribunals of the ihe United States rates charged thereupon.
licers, and shall in writing demand the said .country.
!It shall be optional to prepay postage on letArticle 13. The vessels of either of the Iters in either country, but postage on printed
il serlers, proving, by the exhibition of registers ofthe vessels, the rolls ofthe crews, or by ttwo contracting parties which may be forced isheets and newspapers shall in all cases be
other official documents, that such individu-Mby stress of weather or other cause into one |prepaid. The respective post office departnls formed part of the crews ; nnd this rc-jiofthe ports ofthe other, shall be exempt iments of the contracting parties shall, in
■ lauiation being thus substantiated, the sur-Ifrom all duties of port or navigation paid forttheir accounts, which are to be adjusted an"i:nder shall not be refused. Such deserters, tthe benefit of the state, if the motives which inually, be credited with all dead letters rewhen arrested shall be placed at the disposal led
1 to their seeking refuge be real and cVi- tturned.
of the said consuls, vice consuls or commer-liIdcnt, and ifno cargo be discharged or taken Article IG. The present trcuty shall be
cial agents, and may be confined in the pub-a.on board, save such as .may relate to the in force from the date of the exchange ofthe
lie prisons afthe request and cost of those isubsistence of the crew, or be necessary for iratifications for the term of ten years, and
who shall claim thorn, in order to be detain- Ithe repair of the vessels, and if they do not further, until the end of twelve months after
Ad until the time when they shall be restored stay in port beyond the time necessary, keep- either of the contracting parties shall have
,to the vessel to which they belonged, or iing in viewthe cause which led to their seek- jgiven notice to t' c other of its intention to
•
sent back to their own country by a vessel ofi,ing reTuge.
Iterminate the same, each of the said con(the same nation or any other vessel whatso-| Article 14. The contracting parties mv- tracting parties reserving to itself the right
per. The agents, owners or masters ofitually agree to surrender, upon official requi- of giving such notice at ihe end of the said
vessels on account of whom the desertcis isition, to the authorities of each, all persons tterm often years, or aVarfj? subsequent term.
kave been apprehended, upon requisition a*V|W"ho, being charged with ibe crimes of murAny citizen or subject of"either party inthe local authorities shall be required to take ider, piracy, arson* robbery, foi'gery or the fringing the articles of this treaty shall be
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THE FRI-END, SEPTEMBER 1, 1850.
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— IJ- bit Cornwall, ITawion, 12 di fm Han I ran.
F
STIADNGER' UND. July 27
29 Atn ahp Dm Ru*h, Swan, R 1-2 mo*, 150 ..bin up
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II)#11 50
31 Am sh|i Mariner, Collm. 12
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do
mony and good correspondence between the a Friend,
10 00
5 00 Aug 9—Uninulus, Hull, 22 111 0«, 10 hbla ftp, 320 J wl). 45,000 lb«
bo
l..dv,
shall
not
interrupted
two goverunients
bone.
9 Am ahp France* Henrietta, CJougta, 23 raw, 4CO bbW
thereby,' each parly engaging in no way to
S26 50
ap, 2500 wb, 17,0.0 lb* bene.
17 CO
protect.the offender or sanction such fiolu- Rinrntlrd,
Cleared.
July
20—
9
00
Am achr Anglona, Cook San Fran.
tion.
Ualance,
20
Julim.
Trim/It, Hmhannai:, do.
Article 17. The present treaty shall be- I .No ik—The Chaplain will be always j-cady .to exhibit Ihe
23 ••" ll*' John AHyiie, WHiami, ilu.
bk Montgomery, M)cr«, do.
24
ratified by the President ofthe United States (.ainie of the fund, nod mode ot expenditure, or to receive aug25 " brig Mnta, Rich, dv.
of America, by nnd with the advice and con-,Igcatlona, from donulb/eslieclillg the manner in win, I, tin;,
26 "H«wachr Carolina, Cole, Hwoliilu.
28—
Haw »rh John, Bhiilox Wuapca, Ban Fran.
donatio,ib
July
iipproprinled.
sent of the Senate of the" said States, anil by inlay wish their
Aug s—Am bk riiiloihcna, Jt-weti, for San Francisco.
brig iSitlttllo, Smith, Manilla.
His Majesty, the'King of the Hawaiian Is- :l hi- chiipUui would report as FROESCIPTS ERAPHINE.
6—Am
follows in regard to the pur6—ltr bk AugUKtu*. Cooke, Sun Franciaco.
lands, by and with the udvicc of His Privy li'i-t- of a new hi i nphjue fur ilic Chapel.
3—Am
do
Alnilra, Codd,
Aug
bp
Uoal,
S200 00
j
Council of State, and the ratifications shall Received
CO 00
fi-Qmatile if I tie old Sernphlne,
3
bk
Cornwall,
l>aw«on,
lir
Shanghai.
*
47 B8
M I lni|.i I,
•
be exchanged at Honolulu within eighteen lv.illectic.il
7 Am sch Abioria, t'lmpniuu, Bun Fran.
9 50
A. kiitiwliHlEi'dlii Frli'inl, A us I
dv
12 Am bg Engle, Pavitt,
months from tho date of its signature, or j'IS.'«,
Atit flip
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sooncrif possible.
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a
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Wood,
J. Lewla,
In witness whereof, the respective pleni-j]J.
-.
U
l)r Newromn,
have
the
same
in tripfi-'jCaptain Mauche,
signed
potenliaries
cafe, and have thereto affixed their seals.
Done at Washington, in the English lan-'Amouni lo be ralacd,
guagc, Ihe twentieth day of December, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and for-
-
2 £0
2 00
00
2 00
-
Mariner, Coffin, <tul«e!
15. Fruucea Henrietta, dough) Honolulu mul horn**
do
15 Koihiilii", Hull,
15 Hone, Coleman, Sun Fran.
12
133 SS
Memoranda.
I\_T Tli ■ IJ-*;'t \f i-y" ian bad i 5.i1.l nail registered und
the Hawaiian Flair, and name changed to the 'Snnke." •
Hy the Hlitji Tobacco Flam —On the 6lh of April, IBSO, the
»hip Hercules, of Newhcdlord, 33 moa out, with 250 bbla ap;
and ilie Br bk favorite, of London, 11 mo*, £0 bbla ; wefll on
shore In a typhoon hi A polo, Prm Imrbor, total wrecks. Aim,
ty nine.
a missionary schooner lay high nuil dry on the reef. June 17th
PORT OF HONOLULU.
j Seal. )-JOHN M. CLAYTON.
spoke the ship riurin v of Nantucket, 22 mos out, 35U bbls, m
Arrived,
1 SOS. long. 169 43 VV.
i IrttJune
Seal] JAMES JACKSON JARVES. July 27—Haw schr
29, Ist W 0.8. lolig 176 E, apnke the schooner Ehenr
III;', tons tin SimFran.
Caroline,
Cult,
cxnminwhereas
carefully
We
have
of Sydney, from California, bound to Sydney.
Ani>
v
27 Brbri.an Blnck. Dog, Hill, Ml lulls, 15 days do.
i?.er,The
following
677
nitellltrenrc wkh furnished by the 2d mate ol
Culls,
ship
Cooper,
30
C
tlo.
Am
II
thereof,
the
and
articles
and
lons,
points
by
ed all
I—llr bk Brighlniin, Cowley, BH4 tolls, 70 <ls fm Sydney. I the lady Hnwden,: On the morning til the 22d tifJine, the
Aug
with Ihe advice of Our.Privy Council of State,''
sell Unn, Smart, 135 lous, 21 iLrrn Fori Victoria.. Ilintibh brig Lady Howdei., ol London, Cnpt. Chalk, from Cal
1
ifornbt for HytJney, went on n reel about 12 mllea lo ihe south
1
Fr-lnlr. Peppercorn, 30 tons, 56 ds-fin Auckland.
We have confirmed and ratified the
ward of Ongcth one of the l-'ejec Inlands, at a quarter |msf 3 a.
1 A in Ui: ShliilUi, Smith. 102 lulls, 14 lis I'm San Fran.
Urignit
Mary
We
do
confirm
and
the
ami
lido.
Ellen,
Brown,
1
m. With great risk theboats were got out and 1 dragged o*<r
ratify
183 ions,
treaty, and
nroral
reef for upward* of a mile, in pimHlng the outer part of
Br si In Ellen Coouey, 89 tuim, 14 tlo.
t
1
same, in the most effectual manner, promis381
Cowlitz,
Weynton,
tons, 21 ds Foci Victoria which the cutler wait enpaized and every thing In her lout. Tin
1 l<k bk Pliilumtnn,
long boat had b narrow escape. The natives jihiudered the
ISO
Aug
days'from
Our
faith
nnd
word
as
for
us
s—Am.
170
Jewell',
tons,
King,
on
ing
vi-mI of every thing they could Iny their hands on.
l'orllnnd.
and Our successors, to fulfil and observe it,
6—Am. ship llampdcp, Whiting, 646 tons, 16 days from Report of Ships in the Ochotsk Sea.
Pan
Frnnelaco.
June 20. Indian Chief, Bailey, of" New London. § Uowfaithfully and scrupulously in all its clauses.
9—Nor l>g Nicolal Nicolaison, Fjefer, 167, 14 ds fin Bun |liends tins sermon,
wanting 2 wh. to tilland curry on derk.
In faith of which We have signed this ntiFrancisco.
June 2d. Gen Williams, Forsyth, New London 35(00bblx
sp ClimidlerPrice, Taber, 441 tons, fm Boa of
Am
Aug.
12—
and-have
affixed
William
C.
Nye, Rose, New Loudon*. 10 Bowlitads thification with Our own hand,
AllHilir, 3500 hbla wh, 220 sp.
i
aeaahn.
thereto thegeat seal of Our Kingdom.
13 Am sp Nalchex, Dun«, 523 is. 11 ds fm Ban Fran.
Hathawuy. y.'too bbls, 9 wh this
Cabinet, of
13 Am bk Connecticut, Prithullow, 397 Is, 13 ds do ,
•teuton.
Given nt Our palace of Honolulu, this
14 Am sp Tohaccu Plant, Browne, fin Fejee Islands.
Clematis, Hollows, of New London. Wanting 4 wh. to fill,
II llr sp Amazon, VlneelH, 390 uins, 6tt ds fm HonpK.
nineteenth day of August, in the year of our
June !4.
15 Am bk Sea Drecie, Newell,3l I Is, 12 ds fm San Iran June 20. J. E. Donald, Bennett, of New Bedford. 6 wh.
Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty,
do
15 Frsp Albatross, l.uco, 360 tons. 16 i's
(-00 bbls.
15 Am sp Sarlelle, I'iercei 416 la,' 17 ds
do
Isbhc How laud. Weft, ofNew Itedford. Boiling all the time
and in the twenty-fifth of Our reign.
Am sp Komuliis. Hull, 22 mos, 10 llbls sp, 3200 wh. Did not ascertain her oil
KAMEHAMEHA. I 1.15000
lbs bone.
[Seal.]
'Hellespont, Manwatiug, Mysiic. 5 wh. In the Japan tea.
15 Am sp Frances Henrietta, Clntlgh, 23 mos, 40%sp, |heard of her in the O* hi.tsk. Oil not statedKec/ni Ana.
I 2900 wh 17,000 lbs bone.
Vesselsheardl>om by theRomulus, during her cruise In
By tho King and the
03*"
]Aug. 17.—Rus brig ltnikal, KNiikoffstroni, 190 ions, 24 days the
Arctic and Japan Sea April 25, Isaac Illcka. Rice, of X
from t'tsljak.
R. C. VVYLLIE,
Lsndon,
Iwh HO bids. Benj. MorifHii, Chapel, N. Loudon, 1
Tilliugliast,
duys
bk
Carlo
Miiurun,
506 lons, 17
I 17.—Am.from San Francisco.
wh lfObbls Flying Childefs of Hobarltown. Iwh this aeaMinister of Foreign Relations.
Gwynil, of Mystic, 9 mos out, 2bobbls. Gen
son.
Aroimui,
Shanghai.
sch
ds
Dan,
fm
Fritter, 147 tons, 42
Am.
I 21
Exchange or Ratifications.
21 —llr. bk Frances, Murr, 216 lorn, 22 da fin Han Fran, rtrdt. Harris, of N. London, nothing this season.
Ban
Attrign,
21.—8r.
bk
llnrries
Francfsco.
Arrivals
at
Sun
Francisco from the Hawaiian Islands
fm
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We, the undersigned, Rohert
July 31—Ilk J A Jesuran, Am bg R liruce, Dockeiidoiff.
22.—11r. brig Corsair, II 'tliertson, 42 ds fm
<ln
slip
Spring,
4—Slip
Flnyius,
lingers, llrbg Josephine, Clinton, Am
607
Ban
Franc
uig
Sea,
21— Am
fm
Wyi.lie, Minister of Foreign Relations
tons, 14
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sailed on (tic 2Hli, without clearance.
srh Roe, Swasey, tfch Odd Fellow, Reed fin Lahaiha, Am
His Majesty the Kiiuj of the Hawaiian Isl-| 21—Ur
313
tlcagrovr,
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Irving.
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bk (ilettcoe, Sillwcll, 21415, 15 ds Tin
tin
7—Br bg Pnrttmln, Mllntovlch.
nnds, and Charli.s Bi nkfh, Consul of the;' M—Br
26—Am sell Spartacus, Harris,92 la, 14 on
do
lo- Hk Alice Turtton, Hale, srh Mar)'
Emma] Myrlck,
auUnited States, for Lahaina, having been
26—Am sell Pcdeinbulc, Stiles, 163, 14
do
nch JuliusI'riugle, Buchanan.
slip
Strong's
650
bis
Iltiliomock,
Cnloil,
Is,
fin
11-Hr bg Sen Gull, Abbott.
sp
thorized.by our respective Governments to; 28—Am
27—Chi slip Ci n Frlere, Peterson, 2io Is 6 ds fm ten. |■ 12—Fr fthp Cachclot, Le Grand, Am sclt Angfona,Cook
28-llr bk Helen S Page; Church, 271 Is, 13 ds Sun Fran.
exchange the Ratifications of-ihe Treaty of.
slip Washington, Cole, 14 ds fm gun Francisco.
and Navigation be- I 30—Am
Friendship,
30—Haw l.k Don Utiitoir, West, fin l.atialna.
PASSENGERS.
tween His Hawaiian Majesty and the United,
Cleared.
Hai k Connecticut, from San Francisco. Mrs, I'cnhallon
for San Fran.
'July
Mnry
25—Haw
schr
J. X Alitchell, I'. Michel and
llar'rell,
Rubliiaoii,
Ann
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Washing-,Children,
and
at
States, concluded
signed
.|tservnut, C Jackson. I*. Jackson, Mr. Macey,
35 Am shipSenulor, Collin, for .Calcutta.
\f. Ca»»pbell.'
•s iip snri.lle fiora San Francisco. Cha* Bunker, Esq. V
ton, on the twentieth d.iy of Heceniher, one
25 Br schr Adventure, Webster, Sanl'iini
26 Urship Aqiietmt, Davis, Sydney
Ih Consul for Lahahla, C. Bunker, Jr A. Fgtabrook.
thousand, eight bundled and forty-nine, cer-,
26 llr schr Lady I.cisli, White,llubart'Wn.
80 Br bk Caclqnr, M'Fftrliiii*. Bohnriimn.
lily
Br lirig Warlock, Lean, Hiui£ Konc
That we have, this day, met for that pur- Aug 301 Br
MARRIED.
bark Whit by, Stuart, Hong Koik
2 Am britf Mnry Kllen, Brown, Hong Kong.
j At Bn.i..fleU), N. C,~Junc 5, by the Rev. J. T. W>cher, IW
pose, and after'comparing the said Ratifica*
Aug 10.—Nor bg NlcolnlNicolaison, Fjefer, Hung Kong.
Tri-mbiim,,
Bt-amt'ii'K Chaplain, Vutparii*.., B. A, and
iI'avii.
tions each with'the other, and both with the
10 Br sch Ullcu. Cootie), Auckland.
I.Miss J\*iK W. FlTCil of New IJhven, It.
!
Cults,
Cooper,
10
sh
C'anlon.
Chns
New
June
ltucon,
Am
In
Rev
Haven, CI.,
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of said Treaty, have effected the
and Pki.ia Williams WooiJ, daughter of
14 Uracil Una, Slum l, Fori Victoria
CiiKRTKn S. I.ywan
15 Am hk Nautilus, Poole, Hong Kong.
exchange accordingly.
it tin. Joseph Wood, nil of Jivyt Haven. _.
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17.—Am brig .1 unn, Byratn, forl.aliniiiu.
In witness whereof, we have signed this'Aug. 19.—8r.
bk Brjgbtuian, Cowley, Ban Francisco.
19.—Am. sh Hampden, Whiting, Calcutta/
certificate, nt Honolulu, this twenty-fourth
DIED.
19.—Am. sh Tobacco Plant, Browne, San Finnclson.
At Miikawaoon the Gtliir.st Mr?. Cooper, wife ofThorns*
day of August, one thousand, eight hundred
211 —Hi. hk Josephine, Smilh., Bjilnej
Cooper, on old resident at the I annuls. .She wax a Hawaiian
21.—\m. wh sh Chandler Price, Taber, N. Bedford.
and fifty, and have thereunto affixed our reformerly from i*aliaii:a aged ai 3 oris.
21.—Chish Gctl. Frier*, Peterson, Valparaiso.
I
I
native of Conni>
In Honolulu, Aug*, 6, M Bjmon Chonin, a•»
spective Seals
slip
Clough,
23—Am
Frances
for
Bedford
Henrietta,
wh
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Aug
I '23—Am
Ireland, l>ut a (iiir.cn ..(' the IHifted Stales, where ha
Kerry,
lik Connecticut,Pcnliallow. Ban Franeisciv
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R. C. WYLLIE.
had resided Jd yearn. lie arrived in California in June, 1849,.
23—Am bk Carlos alauran, Tillinghasl, China.
hikl labored ait a blacßnrniili lor Ihe V, 8. Covrrmneiit, at 1W x
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CHARLES BUNKER.
26—Am shp Sarlelle, Pierce, Calcutta.
ticrin, until obliged to leave for the Ifdanda, on account of ilif
26—Am slip Ntitcliez, Duiyec, Bliangltoe.
Auckland.
health. {I'apcra in Mass- ami N. V, please copy.]
27—Br bk '.Uncut, Sillwell,
In Honolulu, Atig. 10, nn board H. H. M. schooner Cocku
A Fmr. occurred in Montreal onllic22il June,
2B—Pr ah Albairns,l.uco, without clearance
trice, Tiiomah Nonß.e,able ataman, 22 years "of tigt. *.
99—Dan bg llelcne, Mahneke, Valparaiso,
by which two hundred nmi-MVen buildings were
On board vvlialenhij) Hobomok, on Iter paaßage front Strong'"
destroyed, some of-which had been recently
Inland; about the 28(h of July, James Hlrrv, aj/rd t3, »caroau,
PORT OF LAHAINA.
belonging, (o IJoaton. lie had formerly been attached to <h«
erected nnd were of a superior description, The
Y. 8. brig, Boxer, on the coa»t of Africa.
Arrived.
loss of property is estimated nt $1,200,000, of July 18—Am bk Montgomery,
Oir board fToboinocfc; Captain Jones, master of the vowel,
Myers, 80 ds fm Hnaliine.
which 095,000 worth wns insured. One woman
in the early pan of June, nli..Mhe ship was cralstiig. Heb#23
ach Curlew, Trcadway,fm Honolulu.
Ittnged
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FTHE RIEND.
HONOLULU, AUGUST 1, 1850.
No. 8
57
months continuance would be sufficient, ini In 1832, another Japanese junk arrived
many localilies, to cause a famine; but then- on the southern side of Oahu. It tvßOjynaviOF TIIR PRIGND, AUGUST I, 1850.
•Visit of French
is no account of such a calamity, and the gated by lour men, whp were dyjai/ with
57
Ship, A c.,
•
Fats
Sandwich
Islands are so situated as to ban- hunger, and who had been obliged To take
..."
Altalver.ary nf \B. P. Society,
58
all
fear
in this respifll. In like manner, every precaution to sustain life. They sta59 ish
Anniversary of A. Temperance Union,
"
the harvests are not exposed to the ravages i ted that it was about ten moons since they
TheSeamen'a lleitirl at Whampoa,
*• 69
*
made by rats, birds, and noxious animals, left Japan, at which time their ship's compa--"60
The Moravians.
-which are so troublesome in our colonies. ny consisted ol* tnirty-six »en; that shortly
10 These are presents which civilization has not after sailing they experienced a violent gale
New Mi-siim in Contemplation,
"
Anniversary of the ReatiTallon,
.."61 yet made to this country; although in hasi from the west, which drove them from their
"61 already introduced musketoes, centipedes, course, they knew not where; that at length
American Arctic Kipedllinn,
61 scorpions, etc. Previous to 1822, musketoesi the csld became very severe, .and that they
Look out for the Eclipse,
""68
were unknown at the Sandwich Islands —it came in sight of land whicjjwsl covered, with
Historical Sketch tif IrVo Moraviana,
time many rdj their companDeaths, Marriages, Ac ,
..r " 64 would seem that they were brought from Cal- | snow, at whichcold;
that for a long time the
ifornia. The same is true of centipedes and ions died with
scorpions, the first ofwhich appeared in 1829. wind drove them along the coast of this inAt present these vexatious creatures, espe- hospitable land; that'at length the wind
war onite,
FrenoVcthisfeSlop-B
cially the musketoes, are exceedingly multi- .changed and they lost, sight of land; and
the weather having unidthe
French oj \plied, and the Sandwich Islands yield not ini after maity.moons,
Translated for the Friend, from
becumajtswarmer,
they came in«
uall)
to
where
the countries'
respect,
they
Adolphe Barrot.
Ithis
at grnß distance, oCJand, towards
though
originated.
NO. Til.
i
the wind was urging tnTm; and that
irrtgafioii— abundant %>t«|M absence ofrats Different kinds of domestic animals havei which
this
in
way they reached the Sandwich Isletc introductts% of musketoes, cenlipeds ami inot yet had time to multiply at these Islands.
ands.
They slated that for a long time they
few
since
Perhaps
plants
to
be
Mait
is
but
a
centuries
i
supposed
Hawaiian*
scorpions
of in began
1
had
to drink but rain wsterwhich
the
crevinothing
wordr
to
thrust
their
roots
across
lay origin'—Japan junks-—Ma/ay
I
rocks. For a long time the they caught in their sails, and that when
the
of the ce., of lava
sea water.
Hawaiian* disposition change in charac- !Sandwich Islands may nave been only an as- this failed them they drank
as «jbey
lava,
doubted,
of
craters
torrents
of
cannot
be
voraitSJg
These facts
fer—-amtueineni* religion-—-Pele, {god of isemblage
Oahu) delivers the sun from imprisonment — which cooled in the sea and thus enlarged have been confirmed to me by the testimony
priests KamehamjAa arrival of missions- Ithe base of the volcano. Then, When thisiof twenty different individuals. But what
was formed, when it had become habit- causes these persons to believe that the Hartes -not favored by Kamehameha.
Iland
able
and
fertile, Nature took care to cause waiian people owe their origin to the Malays
Isjnnds
have
The natives of the SandSich
to spring-up, to people it rather than to the Japanese, is jjjcertaiii
nutritious
understood lor a long time the art of irriga- with birds, plants
naand to send inhabitants. But she analogy in the physiognomy of
tion. The early navigators admired their
of
was
doubtless
before
she
the
number
great
tions,
had
and
interrupted
.-specially
been
no
there
has
SjSjf
ingenious system,
tusk;
for
lanonly**a
her
Cook
found
words
the
Hawaiian
completed
in
found
Malay
change in it since. Taro, which constitutes few
quadrupeds, very few insects, and some guage. Mr. Reynolds, United
the principal food of the inhabitants, requires
(at the present lime there are only ten at Honolulu, assures me that the Hawaiian
birds,
limes,
for
to
certain
at certain intervals and
or twelve species.) The population
language- contained more than two lutt.dred
bare its roots covered with water, and this long under the necessity of subsistingwere
on Malay words. There is then a probability
great
must
be
a
number
repealed
operation
fruit and fish, as the dog, the only quadru- that one or more Malay vessels d/ivea from
of timesbefore the plant reaches saaturity
TakiuAdtaiitage of the slbpe ol the land, ped
j on the islands, was reserved exclusively their course Jay a strong southeast wind,
eacPßndholdtj* forms his own portion into forthe chiefs, being eaten by them only on would'nave been borne on towards Ihe northgreat occasions.
west coast'of America; there, meeting with
terraces, separated by embankments ofearth J
/Many theories have been advanced as to westerly winds, they would have bean.conabout two feet high and covered with grass
manner in which the Sandwich and other dSJted to a certainlosjfittide, and thence to'
Thfjayater, led fVtfm the strettrn by a canal, the
islands
of tbe Pacific were peopled, and esxh one of the Pacific islands. Whet hss hapterrace,
the
and
upper
is introduced into
haS*been supposed by arguments pened twice in fifteen years, mustgfr at least
having nTrWed Into that as long as nsces3ar>,'theory
or lesa weighty. I make no pretrn- may have happened in former ajr/frs.
more
(tie
all.
next,
and
so
of
EacK
it passes oSJto
sioas
to have srrlvfld a problem which ha b The Hawaiians are of a copper complexj
paten in turn, isflesigned tb sustain a fainwy ,baffled
perhaps the i i-saSrches of many who ion; the men are generally large and well
for a longer or shorter rSse. Thus thesame
ajar belter sithstsmii ih«m myself to
formed, with long black hair, which seldom
water irrigates different patches, which are Iwere in
truth*
I
yef
BiscoverWie
have
heen
full
induced
curls. TheVomen are smaller', and far from
the
ono
isrin
patch
taro in
so planned that
the opinion t>f European resi- being so well formed us»tlie men; yet th#y
maturity when the products of the one hnrneJ'to embrace
dents, n class by MTrijeaiis well
it possess a good degree of gracefulness. As
diately above it ace exhausted.
instructed*
true,
is
but
serious
™ey
observers.
bo-i
however,
Sandwich
a general thing, the men wear no beard.—
Islands
Water at the
jlieve tbaf alj the islands of thifkn'cean he-;Some
are seen with iialkjd hair, either coloras in all other countries which produce by
is the"occasion-of many quarrels tween the tropics, %ere first people by Ma-,ed with lime, as is ollt fl the case, or perwere driven upon these shores by ]haps natural, resulting from a union of raand sometimes of fatal accidents. It is not lays, who
necessary to state that the lands of the King the winds, and they supporMfeir Opinion by ces. The chiefs seem to form a distinct class,
j;bn account of their size and stature.
But
and of the Chiefs share the streams Ihe most the following facts:
abundantly;' but as there is generally a full In 1822 or 3, a JapanesejdJbjr vvas cast this differenceSSjan Only &V> attributed, I besupply of water, there is enough for each oae. iupon the shores of Maui. There were sev- lieve,
1 to the life which they lead. I observed
The harvest never fails—the cultivator is al- «enteen men on board, and they had been Ithe befuty of their teeth and the smsltafssof
all the chiefs and old men
ways sure-rfreceiving the reward of his la- <eleven months at sea and had lost many of.l|i.their feet. Almost
'appeared to me lo hart) cotrfoi mcd to the atfborr* It fjalrlin that a drought of a few Itheir companions.
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cient custom which required mtflßnd women the facility with which the missionaries have cavern, he seized the sun and hurled him into knock out one or two of the front teeth on brought this people to support"fJheir influence, to (he air with incredible force. "When he
thedeath of a father, a mother, a friend, or a although at times a little tyrannical, proves [was at a certain distance from the Bhore, he
chief. I saw bat very few cases of deformi- how easy it is to govern them, and how few raised a shout, which awoke the king of Taty; this however, has been remarked of all efforts would he necessary to lend tnem to hiti nnd his warriors; they ran to the cavern,
savage nations. Free in their -conduct aud the end which they have doubtless proposed. but their ,-istonishnif »t was great when they
in their dress, they are not exposed to those All the navigators who have visited the perceived that the sun had been rescued.—
accidents which sometimes in civilized nations Sandwfeh Islands, have given some account The god of Oahu had hurled him to so great
are followed with such fearful consequences of the religion of the islanders; it would be a height that they were never able to take
for infants.
useless to repeat what they have said. Be- him again. Since that time, the sun has alIn disposition the natives are mild, timid, sides, my object being simply to mnke known ways slicme at Oahu.
cheerful, acute, and observing, They are this people such ns they are at the present Each of the godjt had his priests* whose
generally much given to laughter. When time, and the changes brought about by the wants were abundantly supplied from Ihe alwe ware lying at anchor at Kealakeakua, the contact of civilized nations, I shitll content,tar; their influence was very great, and they
noise which they made around the ship re- myself by sketching the principal features of;'.often held, it is said, the destinies of chief*,
ininded me of the tumults which I have often their ancient religion. Every thing which and kings in their hands. Knniehaineha took
heard in the South American forests when all inspired them with tour, the islanders iiiiagin- upon himself the whole spiritual authority,
the trees were covered with a host of macawsi ed to be a god; these were monstrous divin- being at the same time both conqueror and
and parrots; yet they seemed more grave ities, to whom they sacrificed human victims'sovereign pontiff. -He wellknew the influand less loquacious when 4 visited them on tin certain occasions, either to render them ence which this union of power gave him,
propitious when commencing a campaign, or, and never could the efforts of missionaries,
shore.
I remarked that a happy change has been 'when chiefs were sick, to exorcise the god of.■who arSved from the United States a short
wrought in the character of this people.— death. It was often the case also, that nu-[[time before his death, obtain permission from
Cook represents them as very adroit thieves, melons victims accompanied the chiefs to the' him to aim a single blow at the religious beand he speaksaof the many precautions, al- tomb, and these were selected from their most lief of the country. " Your religion," said
he, when the subject was introduced, "is
most always useless, which- he was obliged to intimate servants.
On Hawaii, Pele, the godess of volcanos, perhaps very £ood for your nation; hut the
take in order toTprotect from their covetousness the articles which might be stolen. We while she constantly threatened the life and: gods of Hawaii are indispensable to the Hawere informed, and our own experience con- property of the natives, received many sacri-jwaiian nation. They gave me strength s>>
firmed tbe truth of the information, that no fices from them. When there was an earth- conquer; they gave.me power to reign. I
traces of this thievish disposition aemain.— quake, when large pillars ofsmoke rose above know not your god; why sho.uld I forsake
Not an article of ours was stolen, "a nil yet the the clouds, when at night columns of flame mine?" For a savage, Kamehameha was a
natives had a thousand opporSStities of steal- darting from the sides of the mountain, paint- shrewd politician. He well .understood how
ing. At the whe of our excursion at Keala- ed the sky with a blood red color, they then much influence religion must have over the
keakua, .we got wet in landing, and spread sent victims to Pele, to mitigate her anger; people which he governed. This power was
our soaked garments upon the Band. When but, alas! the goddess was inexorable. She [in his own hands, and he kmw that it would
we gathered them up, not an article was mis- accomplished by means of her ravages, the''pass into the rands of the men 4.who should
new godSjwhose priests
sing ; yet a hundred natives, men and women, work of .creation, which a god more power-,'give to the
were around us, and there were many things ful than herself had-imposed on her. She they themselves wwild be; yet he mitigated
calculated to tempt them. I happened to drop added a new stratum of lava to those of which some of the rigors ofthe tabu.
a snSer buckle in the-sand, without perceiv- this land is formeorT
ing it, and an Indian who had found it came The god of Oahu had also the reputation American Seamen's Friend Society.
on a run to bring it to me.
of being very powerful; he was moreover, This Institution held its Twenty-second
Kach family lives in its own house and cul- a very great eater. The richest offerings of Annual Meeting o,n Monday evening, May 6,
tivates its own fiSJId of taro; the women share tarS and sweet potatos scarcely satisfied him, in the
Broadway Tabernacle, New York,
the carspof agriculture with the men, pre- and always, by means of his priests, his ap-.
pare the food of the family, and make cloth petjte demanded numerous contributions from P. Perit, Esq, theTPresidenl, in the Chair.
for its garments. The men spend the most the harvests of the faithful. This-god was An abstract of the«jjAnnual Report was
of their time' in fishing and in procuring shells.also of colossal stature, and much benefit iread by J. Spaulding, one of the Secretaries,
•vhich (hey dispose of to ships. The people did he derive from it. It once happened that ifrom which it appears (hat the receipts of (ho
are called out on certain days, to cultivate ithe sun did not appear at Oahu. The men I■Society for the year ending the Ist inst, were
the lands of the king and chiefs; on those were sad; many of them became fools, and!#23,407; andtheexpenditures $23,200; exdayg tjie canoes are tabu, and on the previ- terrible diseases decimated the population. ceeding the receipts of the preceding year
ous evening they are drawn ashore, and the Numerous victims were sacrificed to the god,!$4,915, and not including a considerable
bay is deserted. These employments how- and during two moons, the whole island lay iamount raised by the Secretaries, andexever, are far from occupying all their time, prostrate, before his altars. The king of a pended in the places where faised ana for
especially in those islands where civilization great country towards the south, (Tahiti local objects.
has nof created
Whenever wej without doubt,) had taken the sun prisoner, The operations of the Society are bofli forwent ashore, a crowtTnt men and women fal- .thrust him into a very deep cavern, and clo- eign and domestic; extending
its
and
Sailor
lowed us in our excursions, during entire: sed up the entrance with immense blocks of'Qpa'plains
min1
days. TSa, women, as we observed, sptnd latta. Nor did his precautions end here ; he istrations of the Gospel to seamenjltind offithree or four nours a day in playing in the had placed nt the entrance as sentinel a bird ces tothe sick, and the last riteslvj the dead,
waves. This is almost the only amusement which uttered a piarcing cry whenever he iin the Islands of the Pacific, China, Brazil'
in which I have
Them engage. Former- heard tbe least noise-; and at the head of his Chile, France,€wemn lafnd the West Indies;
ly the song and the dance caused the hours intrepid warriors ne •was*«lway» Teody to i besides acting Ih concert with numerous auxof leisure to pass njeasantly; but now that rush upon those who should dare attempt the iliary and local Societies in sustaining Sailthese pleasures are forbidden, I know not release of the prisoner. #But all this did noters' Homes, Bethels, etc. in this country.
Society's Home in.«New York has had
how this people employ themselves when they intimidate the powerful god of Oahu, whoI.The
1
have nothing to do I imagine that in a civ- had been sawed by the' groans of his wor- within the last year 2,421, and in eight years
ilized country, one.Tnay rigorously abstain shipers. He was a veriaagreatgod. When' 27,975 sailor boarders. Some of the results
from the dance and the song, for visits, con- he went from one island to another, the tva- of these labors are seen, in the following parversations, shows, and a thousand subjectsi ter reached onbx to his ankles; and it came ticulars, viz:' that thousands of seamen Jiavr
of distraction, cause time to pass rapidly •„ up only to Ins"savees. when he went to the signed and kept the temperance pledge; that
but what would one/have thaHjavpoor savagesi country, of the south. It was night when he | entire crews go to sea and return home sado, for savages they still are, if those pleas- ■ arrived at Tahiti. He advanced so softly ber men; that intoxicating liquors are not
urea to which they are habituated are to beI that the bird did not hear him, and he furnished among the stores of the merchant,
prohibited them, before they are fait irjsa con- ■strangled him before he could utter a cry; whaling and fishing vessels as formerly; that
dition to invent £or themselves others more-then removing with his powerful hands the comparative order and quiet nejajorcvail in
ratioaal and perhaps less innocent' Besides, blocks which closed up the entrance of the the Sailors' Homes, in
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wharves; that their chests are well replen- religious denominations are earnestly enga- The Seams/!'i Bethel at Wiusro* was dedished ; that giuiilietls of thousands of dollais ged in it. Filiy ministers of the Free church icated to thsrpublic" worship of God on the I9tb,
March, tbe dedicatory services being attended
have been deposited by them in small sums have headed the temperance movement. The by
about eighty persons, among whom we noin Savings Hanks; that they are Manifestly King and Queen of Sweden are still patrons fticed H.-E. Mr. Davis, the American Commisthriving, rising in their profession, and he- of temperance in their kingdom. Tbe Sand- sioner, Mr. Forbes the American Vice Consul,
of the inerchaiits of Canton. Tbe
coming in many instances owners in the craft wich Islands.have suffered from French eg- and
1 many ships
at Whampoa at tbe time was
they navigate, as the mechanic owns his gressions and the' California excitement, but number
1very few,ofand
only u portion of tbem bad Eurotools; that the discipline of the sea is great- itemperance is there still predominant. Li- I
crews, which uccounts in a measure for
ly improved, the men being governed less by beria is a perfect temperance Republic. In Ipeanabsence
of sailors from the audience. Tbe
brute force and more by moral influence; Canada and Nova Scotia, in several of the the
services were opened by reading the scriptures,
that numbers of masters, officers, and sail- West India Islands, at Madras and Bombay, and singing the following hymn composed by Dr.
ors have been made wise and happy in a much progress is reported. More united ac- BoWring for the occasion.
hearty reception, and a faithful profession of ition, more contributions of money, a vastly
Hear, O Thou benignant Father !
Praise for mercies—prayers forgrace '.
a spiritual religion; and that having tasted increased circulation of temperance tracts,
V\ bile with grateful hearla we gather,
Sanctity the gathering place ■
the good word themselves, they nre creating is needed to ensure success.
Many a tliouaaini league* divide aa
ga,
and supplying a demand for it on foreign The meeting wus ably addressed by Rev.
From the lands and hornet we love t
But Thy gospel la beside us,
Dr. Dowling, W. H. Burleigh, Esq, W. E.
shores.
a
Heaven around,and Tiiou above.
Tho meeting was addressed by Mr. Trum- Dodge, Esq, T. B. Segur, Esq, and KahgeHumbly here an altar building
bull of Valparaiso, Chile, Rev. Waller Col-1gngahbnwh, or George Copway, of the OjibTo Thy glory—may Thy raya
ton, and Rev. Messrs. Rogers and Widets. wny nation. The Indian Family likewise
Beam upon it, gladdening, guildlug,
Aa In lararl's bonur'd daya.
sang several of their songs.
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American Temperance
When their deaerl paih benighted,
Saw the flaming pillar reared
Union.
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80 may our dark way be lighted.
The Fourteenth Anniversary of thtfAmeriBy Thy Spirit bleta'd and cheered !.
White Jacket: or The World in a Man-ofcan Temperance Union, was held on ThursWar. By Herman Melville. New York,
In the deep we see Thy wonders,
And before these wondersbow |
day evening, May 8, at the Broadway TabHarper & Brothers.
Prom the cluuJa we hear Thy thai dera:
voluirSjrveshnve
reality not romance.
ernacle, New York, Chancellor Walworth, In this
Speak, O Lord ! in mercy now :
When the darkest alorm It low'rlng,
In ninety-three brief chapters, the author
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the President, in the Chair.
Whenihe fiercest whirlwinds rsge,
O'er ihem let the Croat be low'rlng,
paints as many distinct scenes oflife on board
Brighter still from age lo age.
The Annual Report, read by Rev. John a niiiti-til-wiii-. There is plenty of incident,
j it is made subservient to the very laudaMarch, Corresponding Secretary, represent- hut
Father ! if Thou deign lo bleat us.
All our labora will be blest,
ed the cause as in a sound and prosperous ble purpose of exhibiting the condition of our
Naught shall daunt ua—naught dlalreaa us ;
condition, notwithstanding the apparent dc- navy, its discipline, the treatment of the
Thou our righteousness—our rest!
SjtAil musajMeld where Thou presides! ;
fection the last year, in the delusive cholera sailors, etc.
Thou who ruleat sea and lanehe.
preventative. The Churches and Ministry Facts concerning the use of rum and the
All mual follow when Thou gSaajßt;
Lord > stretch out Thine helping hand
have given to it more of their time and in-(cat-n'-nine-tails are detailed, which must ardedicatory
prayer was offered by Rev. P.
of
soTbe
and
upheavings
flueiice. The ratings
rest the attention of the nation. The book
M. D., and the sermon pieachejjjjy the
ciely to throw off the burdens and oppres- should be placed in the hands of every mem- Parker,
Rev. Dr. Leg ire of Hong Kong. His SRourse
xions of a legalized trafb,c_ have been more |ber of Congress. It gives a clearer insight was based on Murk vi. 84: "And Jesus, when
jinto the abuses prevalent in our navy, and a he came out, saw much people, and was moved
and more successful.
,
Maine holds firm to her prohibitory statute |better conception of the ajcessary remedies, Iwith compassion toward them, because they
and fs blessed in it. Vermont has rejected (that! any other work witmri our knowledge. were as sheep not having a shepherd : and he
the license system by a popular vote of 20,- It entitles its author to the warmest thanks of begun to leach them many things." From this
-000 to 12,000. Massachusetts gives no li- every American interested in the improve- text, he deduced tbe Christian obligation ofcompussionating
ignorant of our race, and as a
cense in any of her counties. Rhode Island ment of the condition and elevation of the consequence the
the
need and propriety of providing
York,
New
towns,
hi
no character of our sailors.—National Era.
none but in four
means anil facilities of instructing thatm. Tbe
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services were concluded by Rev. MeaSClelantl
of a committee of the legislature has been •It appears that Melville, author of Typee (jiving the benediction.
submitted which muaUiiltimately create some nnd Omoo, has published another work.— The flouting Bethel which lias now been opendefinite action. ThSTSunday traffic isgrent- That he was not altogether unqualified to jed for public worship at Wbampoa is s coinmoin
-1 tlious structure, one hundred and twenty feet
ly suppressed in New Jersey and Maryland.
tflirty four feet beam, with a walk
The Wisconsin law stands firm, nnd is found speak of " the world in a man-of-war," may length, and
four feet wide extending around it. Tbe interito operate to the terror and check of all may be inferred from the fact that after hav- or is divided by across passage-way six feet
is
drinks.
It
considseveral
whalers, wide, into two parts, the chapel and the chap
ing taken ' french leave' of
venders of intoxicating
sidered a model law for all the Stales.
in the Pacific, he finally shipped as a sailor lain's apartments. 'I'he former is fifty feet long,
and thirteen feet high, lighted by six fsthic winFather Mathew's visit has been well re- on board the
United States frigate ' United ]dows on each side, nnd tins accommodations
for
ceived, and has awakened some interest in
three hundred auditors. It is a spacious
the cause at the South. Temperance organ- States,' at Honolulu, in 1843, and proceed- seating
and elegant room. The other and smaller end
izations are numerous, and in many places ed to the United States.
of.the Bethel is dividedSbr n passage lengthwise,
of
order
of
the
Sons
Tempereffective. The
and
contains six rooms, one of which ia a readance are about 31)0,000. Temperance lectuWhalinp Business.
The town of Pro- ■ ing-room, soon to be provided with a library and
rers are tShiinishiii",, but tbe labors ofMessrs. vincetown,
inJßarnslable county, Mass, has 1periodicals, a subscription having already been
ol
Gougb, KeHoggt, Jewett, White, and others, (now livcnly-jive vessels employed in the whale1 opened for this purpose. Tbe entireexpensenot
and cable, will
ha\e been well appreciated, and very sue,,fisheries, and we have been informed by some the Bethel, including anchors
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six thousand dollars, all of which
cessful. The issues of Journals, Youths (of the most enterprising men in that place, vary far from
foreigners in Chins,
collected
has
been
Tracts,
etc.
Books,
(that whaling is now considered the most im- about balf olasit fromfrom
Advocate, AlmanaaaV
ibe residents, and tbe reaifrom the office of the Union, have been some- port;tnt branch of business (here, having out-■ due from ihe shipping.
what increased. They have been sent to Home grown the cod-fishing interests in a great deThe chaplain of the American Seamen's
and Foreign Missionaries, to California, to gree. If the businessfresults as successful- Friend Society, Rev. George Looinis, having
the North of Europe, and to many destitute jly hereafter as it has for a few years past, it'drawn up a plan in relation to tbe Bethel, began
collect subscriptions iiaS)eceiiiber, 1848, and a
portions of our own country.
will add greatly to the wealth of the City to
meeting of subscribers was called in Canton, in
The spirit ration is continued in the Navy, jin the Sand."—Barnstable Patriot.
May 81b, 1849,at which it was resolved to vest
but the seamen of merchant ships, whalers,
the management of the funds collected for tbe
as
temvery
class,
are
a
now,
and coasters,
Temperance.—The city of Quinry, I tit— erection of a Betbel in the hands of trustees.—
perate.
P.S. Forbes, aSSjIS was chosen chairman, and
by electitas, that no li- John
Dent, H. �JPLamaon, Joseph Jardine, R.
Good progress is making in England. In- nois, has determined
shall
be jP. Dana, and T. W. L Macdeau, Esqs., with
llueutiul men are more and more impressed cense to keep a liquor or beer shop
in that city. About one-half of the ihe SeS>en'aChaplain, members of ihe'Board
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with the importance oSathe cause, as a relief"granted
Esq. was appointfor the povgrt v and sufferings of the working votes were polled—six hundred—of, which ]ttof Trustees.*toW. O. Bokee,
snd N. dc St. Croix
Board,
were
favor
of
the
license.
ed
the
in
Secretary
forty-five
only
three
principal'
the
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Esq. requested toco-operate with ejMr. Looinis Captain Jackson. See the February nutn- produces in Ihe people a hard and unfeeling
in carrying out the details. The keel was laid'
Id iaposit inn. Those tribes, tno.gaiiiong whom
of our paper for 1849. "
in August 1849, snd the vessel floated out of ber
'a partial intermixture of the Melunesian race
dock February 7th, 1850. We congratulate the The following carefully written paragraphs
itself in tbe features and complexion,
foreign community in Cnntnn.nn the completion from a work which has not yet reached this shows
will also be found to partake, more or less of
of this praise-wtirlhy undertaking, and in notito that race."
cing it, we cannot close without mentioning tbe part of the world, may not be. uninteresting the lerority natural
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untiring exertions of Mr. Loomia anil Captain to our readers. The six previous volumes of
St. Croix in daily overseeing ihe thorough exe- the exploring
are also, like the Polynesians, a
expedition have long been be- socialThey
cution of the work, and collecting funds from
and enterprising people. A constant
the community and shipping for its completion. fore the public. We are indebted to the communication is kept up among the various
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stars with great accuracy."
Horatio
Hale's
acMr.
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will
be
seen
that
the
character here
the United States Exploring Expedition, on
<>iven is little more than a catalogue of
good
HONOLULU, AUGUST 1, 1860.
Ethnography and Philology.
qualities. •Such ns it is, however, it is an
"The Micronesians, as a people, do not exact statement of the impressions
derived
differ greatly in complexion from their neigh- from personal
TheMoravians.
observation, as well us from
of
Polynesia. Their color varies from the lu-courts of others. There can be no
Our interest has recently been renewed in' bors
in some of the groups, par- doubt that these natives are a finely endowregard to this interesting denomination of n light yellow,
jtit-.iilarlv the western, la a reddish brown, ed
iiit:j, iii whom the moral feelings and the
Christians, from the circumstance of having'[ whi' h we find more common in the eiisl and
intellect
generally predominate over the
met one of their clergymen, the Rev. John'south-east. The features are usually high more
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violent passions. That there are occabold.
—the
nose
or
Hie
straight aquiline,
Augustus Mierlsebing, of Hernhut, Germa- .'and
sional exceptions, has been before remarked,
cheek-bones projecting, Qi«- chin rounded and some ol iliiin will be hereafter noticed."
ny. This gentleman was attached tn H. B. and
prominent. The nflseTaft commonly wi#
M. S. Investigator, bound to ihe Arctic dened vi the lower part, ns in die Polynesian
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had occasion to remark ihat they had probaHis appointment was thai of " Interpreter." hair, which is black, is in some straight, in bly attained, before their discovery, to as
<ilbers
Tbe
beard
is Usually scanty,
curly.
He baa for several years been attached lo
high a grade of civilization as the circumthough among the darker tribes it is more
the Moravian Mission, anions the EtMjjuiiiiux ■ abundant, mid Ihese have nlicn whiskers nntl stances in which lliey were placed would
permit. The sunie remark may be made
IBdians on lb* const of Labrador,
his iniistachoes. In stature, the natives nunc concerning the unlives of Micronesia, but
knowledge oTthe Esquimaux language andI oficn lull In I if, lliaii exceed the middle with ibis difference, that while ihe former apand Ihey me mituiallv slender. Thai pear tn have arisen
character, it Was reasonably inferred thai lieiuhl,
from it,lower conditionto
>i Inch especially characterizes this people is
po'aSJgsy he might communicate intelligibly the great elevation of the forehead, and iv- their present stale, the latter seem, on the
with the Indiana urotjnd Bin-ring's Si raits ■ deed ol the wh le head, as compared with contrary, to havedeKceiided li*m a higher
grade, which
attained in some more
During his brief sojourn among us u was ex- its hi-ciiilih. This was general in those favorable situation.'*
we saw, igSj is'nppureni ill nearly all
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of the Microoesiaos carries
religion
specting the efforts now making by the Mo- en by different voyagers."
us at once lo eastern Asia.
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Micronesians,
In
character,
the
at
leasi
operations in Greenland, South Africa, West "
are culled at «Vh» Lndrones, aniti, at the
IndiesjSfcnd oilier parts of the world. The tlTose of them adio belong to ihe lighteajco- |Kinosinills, asVi, at the Mulgraves, anit and
lored tribes, will compare advania«>eou,slv (aunis, at Bana'ie, hani or ant, at
Falalou,
Moravians are the pioneers of modern Pro- with any
othet people, whether savage nrinans, &c.
the yaris, of Lord
Probabbt
testant missionaries.
Their number as a civilized. Their most pleasing, and al the North's
j
Island, signwying divinity, is the
denomination are quite small, but (be success same time their most striking I rah, is a cer-;same word, ns the change of n to r is uniof their missionaries.has been'very great.— tain natural kindliness and goodness of heart. versal in these dialects. The have neither
to which all their visiters, of every country (temples, images, nor sacrifices. Their worTheL " Church " of the United Brethren and
character, bear the same testimony.—
consists only in, praying and performing
numbers only sixty eight congregations, and Wilson at the Pelew Islands, Kotzebue at (ship
certain ceremonies—among others the offerseventeen thousand communicants, but they Rndack, Duperrey and D'Uville, at Ualau, jing of a'portion of their food tn the spirits.
are supporting sixty mission stations, where I.uike and Martens at all the western islands, It does not appear that a real tabu system exare gathered eighteen thousand six hundred O'Connell and every other visiter at Banabe, ists on any of the groups. Voyagers have
Paulding at the Mulgrave group, and our
and twenty two communicants, according to expedition at Makin, have had occasion to found words signifying sacred, or forbidden,
which they have assimilated with the Polynethe last statistical reports at our disposal.— remark the sweetness of temper and the ah- sian tabu, but they
give us no hint of-a code
On a following page will be found an in- sence of sny hursh and violent feelings* of laws and social regulations detsjving their
which characterize the inhabitants. This is validity from a religious sanction. There is
• tereating historical sketch of the Moravians.
especially deserving of note; inasmuch as 1certainly nothing of the kind in the Kiagsthere is no quality more rare, or about lMa>-1 mill group."
New Mission in Contemplation.
existence of which skepticism is more justiof real benevolence among Sir John Franklin.—A new brig, named
Late advices from the oflic4*of the Amer- fiable, than that
savages. In tnis case, however, the strong jthe Lady Franklin, built at Aberdeen, has
ican Boaid of Commissioners for Foreign and decided testimony of so many witnesses been purchased by the British government to
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Missions, in Boston, intimate that the Board I can leave no
the natives of theigo in search of Franklin. Mr. Green the
contemplate estahjishing a new mission, at Caroline Islands are, for the most part, ai aeronaut, has sent nine balloons, with an apparatus for generating gas, and a place for
some advantageous position on tbe Kings- kind, amiable, and gentle race."
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or
mill, Caroline group of Islands. Strong's
1 There are, however, as before' remark- silk from the balloons while in the air. A
Island is thought by some to be a convenient; ed," some exceptions to be made in any gen- trial was made lately, and the balloon drifted
central position. We hfftfc in former'vol- eral description of this people. The kind-■ first to Chichester, and then turned across
umes of tbe " Friend " published severalI ness of heart is less apparent in the nativesi the channel, and one of the slips of paper
of those small isolated coral islands, wherei has been sent back from St. Dennis, jnpaace.
coimiiunications from visitors at SSJmg's Is- the
supply of food is scanty, and where the The clairvoyants are still very busy with the
land. The last communication was from frequent pressure of actual want sometimes case of Franklin, and all
favorably
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JOL¥ Thirtt-First. —The seventh anniAmerica*. Arctic Exredition. —This exDeath of the Rev. E. Mudge.
In our list of deaths will be found that of versary of the Restoration of the Hawaiian |pedition in search of Sir John Franklin, is
one who was extensively known among Flag by Rear Admiral Thomas, took place reported in the New York Tribune, to have
American whalemen, sailing out of the port on the 31st ulto. The day was observed as isailed on the 22d day of May. It is comof New Bedford. As a Chaplain he was a National Holiday. The Public offices and |posed of tbe "Advance," 144 tons, and tbs
most indefatigable in his labors for the wel- stores were closed in Honolulu. In addition "Rescue," of 90. Both vessels wire put ia
fare of seamen, who always referred to him'to the usual salutes, and other pyrotechnical complete order, principally, by H. Grinnell,
in the most respectful manner as Father manifestations of public joy, we understand 1Esq., of New York, at an expense of
Mudge." For many years he kept for ref- that M. Paki, a High Chief, gave a sumptu- $30,000.
erence, the name of every sailor leaving ous dinner at hi* new and beautiful residence,
" The staunch vessels and their noble
New Bedford, and carried on an extensive and also that a" Levee, in the evening, was'crews leave with the hearty good wishes of
letters to vacorrespondence with their friends, in differ- given at the Palace ; which was qurfb- nu- all. Lieut. Dc Haven bears Arctic
Seas,
in the
rious
British
officers
of
the
country. It was through merously attended. We regret to learn that |
ent parts
among them one from Lady Franklin to her
age and infirmity that he retired from the His Majesty, was unable to attend through husband. The number of men on the two
chaplaincy, and during the last few years every serious indisposition. The most inter- vessels is 36. The officers are :
S. Dc Haven Commanding.
has been residing upon a small farm in Lynn,i .•sting incident*V>nnected with the day we Lt. Edwin
Passed Midshipman S. I*. (irittin, Acting Matter.
of
the
Mass.
the
turning
have yet to record, viz :
Wm. H. Murdaugh,
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The Sandwich Islands.
King's Spring in Nuuanu, into the new Re- ■ "
R. lt. Carter,
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Passed Assistant Surgeon E. K. Kane.
Rev. Dr. Cheever, on Sunday evening, servoir.
Assistant Surgeon, Benj. Vreeland.
Tabernacle,
New
at
the
Broadway
May sth,
S. Lovell.
Bowring, referred to in the ar- Midshipman, W.
Dr.
York, read an " interesting letter from Rev. ticle, "The SeanWi's Bethel at Whampoa", Boatswain, H. Brooks.
E. Bond, a Missionary stationed at Kohala, us the author of the "Dedication Hymn." is Lieut. Dc Haven commands on board the
Midshipman Griffin on
Island of Hawaii, whose church and all the the author ulso of the oft sung hymn com- Advance, and Passed
Kane will pay particular
Dr.
the
Rescue.
were
buildings connected with his mission
attention to matters of Science, Natural Hismencing,
blown down by a hurricane not long since."
tory, Temperature, &c, but these invesligaus of the night, &c."
WBtchman
tell
"
He advocated the collection of a sum suffitions are not to interfere in any way with the
Dr. B. is now H. B. M.'s Consul, at Can- legitimate purpose of the expedition. Unless
restore
tire
church.
cient to
ton.
they are spoken off the Grand Banks, it is
On Sunday evening, 12th, Dr. Cheever
probable that nothing will be heard from them
delivered a discnurse on the position am! im- Subscription for Professor Webster's for several months, the only means
portance of the Sandwich Islands as a Mis- Family.—lt is staled that the recent.calam- munication (by sea) being throush English
Should opportusionary stutahi.
ity that has occurred to this interesting fam- or Danish whaling ships. sent
nity offer, letters will be
overland by
friends
Boston
to
in
has
their
old
ily,
incited
Although it may spoil a good story,
of the Hudson Bay Co.
traders
yet weatnust correct an error at the close of'raise for them a handsome donation, as a
the article translated from theFrench, in oni testimonial of continued friendship. The Royal Swindling.—King Ferdinand of
present number. It. is there asserted thot widow of the late Dr. Parkman heads the list Naples, with the royal view of replenishing
the missionaries from the United States ar- with $600, which has already reached above his exhausted Exchequer, issaed a prjxclamation declaring Messina a free port.Pjfhose
rived a short time before the death of Kaine- $20,000.
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who were simple enough to believe the word
arrived
a
few
hameha I. The truth is, they
Look out for the Eclipse.—M. Adams, of a king, entered the port and stored their
months after, his death. Kamehameha I.
commodities; but when they attempted to
ngent of the French authorities at Tahiti, sell or export them,
they were politely indied May Bth, 1819. The American missent hither to make observations upon the formed that his august majesty had changed
30th,
March
1820.
arrived
sionaries
eclipse of August 7th, has addressed a his royal mind, and would tax every cent's
We would acknowledge our indebt- communication to H. H. M.'s Minister of worth of foreign produce in the port. The
edness to the New York Tribune for the re- Foreign Relations, from which we make the merchants remonstrated, but in vain; they
even ashed permission to withdrawther goods
port of the American Seamen's Friend Soci- following quotations
and depart as they had entered, but this was
ety, and the American Temperance Union. '-On the 7th of August next, a total Eclipse of the also denied. His majesty would not allow
Sun, will be visible, at Honolulu, and the Hawaiian any thing that has entered Messina agreeaThis paper is among the very best for gene- Islands,
in general, of which tbe principal phases, at
the
bly to his proclamation to be either withral and political intelligence, published in
Honolulu will be:
a. tt.
drawn
or sold, without first paying an enorb. is. s.
correspondence
lis
foreign
United States.
Commencing at
8 54 19
mous duty of over one hundred per cent on
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Total Ellipse,
is valuablejJjnd extensive.
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End of Total Eclipse at 10 IS 15|
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Eclipse,
Kamehameha,
elder
broThe Prince
"eclipse, the chants of this
city, some of whom have paid
the
till
From
the
total
commencement,
ther; and Prince Liholibo, the heir presump- light of the Son will diminish gradually. At 10 the duties
under protest. We understand
tive, Sandwich Isl»utaW altenTjed bj Mr. hours, 13 minutes, 8 1-3 seconds, when the last portheir case to our
Judd, Plenipotentiary'^were presented to-1 tion of tlm Solar Disk, will have disappeared, the dark- that they havass-bpresented
and
claim
its
against
Government,
protection
ness
become
Will
very deep, and will continue for 6
Prince Albert at an audience at Buckingham i
seconds, after which the Sun's Disk the outrageous proceedings of this royal robPalace, by Viscount Palmerston, Her Maj- minutes and 7 and
the light will return by degrees, un- ber.—Boston Alia*.
willreappear,
esty's principal Secretary of State for For- til the end of the Eclipse.
si
eign Affairs. Tbe Princes were afierwajjds 1 It is difficult to predict what jt/illbe the degree of
conducted through the Palace, end throughI darkness, but every tiling conducts to the belief that There is at present residing at Souththe darknsss will be greater than in a night of fall ampton, England, an old man named Wade,
the royal stables, by Lieutenant Colonel F. moon.
iwtst probal ly all the bright stars, will
11. Seymour, the Equerry in waiting on seen. The planets Venus, Mars, ana Jupiter, happen-be the last survivor of Captain Cook's comHe
Prince Albert.—Late paper.
to
be
ing
very close together, during the Eclipse, will panions in his voyages rdund the world.
nine
of
and
is
the
in
years
seen
to
the
of
the
is
age,
Sun,
ninety
be
East
towards
the
horizon.
According to later intelligence, Mr. JuddI The total eclipse, spoken of, is one of the strongest
of all his faculties. He was prepossession
andJ|Bavoun<; princes had arrived safely inlof the present age. Generally, in thesame place, one sent at Captain Cook's death, and himself
s not seen oftener than in a century ; and sometimes,
thefl P., and were visiting in Boston. They ieven
several centnries pass over, before a total eclipse received a spear wound frosa ana ef the ismonths
out
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nnd performed their church service in the many persons of similar religious views from
HISTORICAL SKETCH.
different parts of Bohemia and Moravia.—
A short chronological statement of some vulgar tongue.
remarkable occurrences and 'facts, connect- The unwearied efforts of the popish emis- ■ Here, though pursued by the bitter storm of
ed ith the History of the Church of the Uni-1saries began, at length, to relax the zeal of'persecution, often hunted, driven from their
ted Brethren, may not be uninteresting to tthe Bohemians for purity of doctrine andI dwellings, and cast out into the wilderness,
those who are but- partially acquainted with iworship ; but, in tbe year 1146, at a most they were anxious to maintain not only the
tha antiquity of its constitution ; the severi-1seasonable period, the Waldenses came into pure doctrines of Ihe gospel but likewise
tj of its successful struggles to maintain, Bohemia, and by theirfearless testimony, the apostolic practice and discipline.
In the year 1660, John Amos Cotr.enius,
amidst the most cruel persecutions, the puri-■Ifaithful worshippers were encouraged to rety of its faith and worship ; the friendly com- jject the tradition of men, and to adhere firm- ■ one of the greatest scholars of the age, conmunication it has maintsined for centuries, I ly to the truth which they had received fromi sidering himself their Inst bishop, transmit
with the Church of England ; and the coun-1their godly forefathers. It was not till the led to Charles 11. of England, a History of
tenance given to it by the government ofthisi year 1361, that the EmperorCharles IV., at the Church, with an affecting account of its
country, as an ancient Protestant EpiscopalIIthe instigation of the Roman Pontiff, com-,■siffferings, and a dedication (which he called
niniided the cup of the euchorist to be deniedI his last will and testament), bequeathing.
Church.
The Church of the United Brethren orig-■ ito the laity, and introduced all the corrup- ■ these memorials of-his people to the Church
inally descended from the Sclavonian branchiitions and abuses of the Western Church. ■of England. This dedication contained tin
of the Greek or Eastern Church, which'i To these innovations however, a large body following affectionate appeal :
"We then commend to you, friends, ourl
probably received the gospel through the im-■ of the Bohemian christians apposed a resomediate agency of the Apostles ahd their co- lute resistance, and many upright aministers i well-beloved mother, our Church ; takeyou
temporaries. St. Paul mentions his having dispensed the ordinances, according to the! now the care of her in our room, whatever it
presched in Illyricum (Romans xv. 19), andI will of God, in private dwellings. For theseI shall please God to do unto her, whether to
that Titus had proceeded for the same, pur- ■ heresies, ns ihey were deemed, they were restore her amongst us, or whethershe isdepose into Dalmatia (2 Timothy iv. 10), andI persecuted without mercy, and almost with- ■ ceased at home, to raise her to life elseboth of these were Sclavonian provinces.
out intermission ; many jtere punished with where."
Tbe light of truth thus kindled, was not ideath, more with the spiffing of their goods, The history of this hidden church during
permitted, as in Asiatic Churches, to bei and multitudes with imprisonment and exile. the following hiilfYc iitury is soon told. The
At the end of the fourteenth century, John godly remnant left in Bohemia and Moravit
quenched in darkness. In the fourth century, Jerome, a native of Strido, an Illyriani Huss, professor, and afterwards rector of the carefully sought in secret, to maintain the
city, in order to promote the spread el' thei university of Prague, began to inveigh bold pure nnd evangelical doctrine of their
christian faith in his native land, translatedI ly against the errors ofthe Church of Rome. Church, and to persevere to read the Bible
the Bible into his mother tongue. By the! His views of divine truth were enlarged, and 'and ninny edifying books. These, however,
seventh ceaani-y, the Sclavonian church hadI his spirit was revived, by the writings of"they
were obliged to dbnceal, sometime*
{
increased considerably, and rendered herselff Wickliff, the English Reformer, parts ofjeven from their nearest relatives. Many are
remarkable, in the year 6SO, by refusing toi which he translated into the Bohemian,.the affecting accounts still extant, of those
appjjar at the sixth synod of Constantinople, tongue. In 1412, Pope John XXIII, pro- ■ who were brought out of the house of bondbecause her members abjured image wor- ■ claimed pardon of sins to all who would as- age to the enjoyment of Christian liberty.—
sist him in his wars against the two aiili- ■ They held
by* night, in cclship.
Soon after this period, God was pleased toi popes and the King of Naples. John Huss i lars and liiddetajptaccs, surrounded by danopen tho door for the gospel in nearly the strenuously opposed this scandalous tnea- gers and snares, and thus strengthened each
whole of the Sclavonian provinces. The sure, and the Bohemians publicly burnt the..other in the faith of the gospel. Many were
Bulgarians were the next who embraced theI bulls of the Pontiffand the letters of hispre- the persecutions and tortures they endured,
faith, which, through the Divine blessing oni lates.
and marvelous were .the deliverances they
In consequence of this, Huss was cited, often experienced. Thus it is evident thaw
the laborious efforts of Cyriilus and MethodiuigMHro Greek bishops, spread likewise! in 1414, to appear before the Council of'the Lord always preserved in Bohemia and
among the neighboring nations. In 861, Constance, by which he was condemned to Moravia a seed of the genuine confessors of
they entered Moravia, where Suatopluk, the ithe flames, as an incorrigible arch heretic. the truth. These were a grain of wheal
reigning monarch was converted ; and a'i On the road to the stake, he sung psalms i which lay long hidden in the ground appashort time afterwards, Borziwog, Duke of:'and hymns with such cheerfulness, that hisirently dead, hut by the restoration of the
Bohemia, being on a visit to King Suatopluk, enemies confessed that he went to death as if,'.Bsethren's Church, ut last sprung up and
heard and received the truth, and was bap- he were going to a wedding feast. Thus!ilbore much fruit.
tized ; and an his return home (accompaniedI this faithful confessor of the gospel finished 1 It was in the year 1722, that, fleeing from
by the pious Bishop Methodius), his Queen, his course in the flames, July 6th, 1416,and a renewed persecution in Moravia, a godly
Ludomilla, was won over to the .true faith, isealed his testimony by martyrdom, in the {remnant of this ancient Church found refuge
his people cast away their idol, Korsma, andI forty second year of his age. The death of'in the estates of Count Zinzendorf, in Lusathe gospel spread nearly through the wholeI Huss was immediately followed by unpaial-1tin, where they built an humble village, i
of Bohemia. Shortly after his death, ai leled sufferings of his followers ; they were i Hermhut, which is now the principle settledreadful persecution from the pagan authori-1■ excommunicated, robbed, imprisoned ; many ment of the Brethren's Church. Hither,
ties—again brought into power—desolatedI were thrown into the deep shafts ofthe minesi leaving all earthly possessions behind, they
the infant Bohemian Church. This seasoni of Kuttenberg ; and many, like their leader, .brought the hymns, the ritual, the statutet,
of trial, was, however, short, and the gospelI were burnt alive. At length, the oppressed,! the spirit, the blessing, and the promises of
light again shone brightly in Bohemia andI Hussites, in direct opposition to the spirit of their ancient church ; and thus I'oriitew, not
Moravia. From those countries the beamsiithe gospel, resolved to defend their faithi only in the men who emigrated, but in tbe
of sabred truth shone upon Poland, and eveniisword in hand. A bloody "war ensued, mark- ■ sacred derSsits thej_had preserved, tbe link
SS
ed hv great cruelties on both sides, but ef- between the AftaPnt and the Renewed
upon Muscovy.
But now new trials, much more pregnant! feeling nothing for the cause of truth, as Ihe Brethren's Church. By the continual acceswith danger, appeared, and lasted for many warlike Hussites at length succombed to ihe ision of numbers from their own country and"
centuries. The bishops of Rome, jealous ofF force and cunning of"their popish adversa- from various parts of the continent, they
tha spreading influence of the Eastern ries. The genuine followers of John
ilgradualiy increased, though not to a large
Church, uaed every means to alienate theseii were conndenSthat God would support HusaJ
Hislextent, and congregations and societies ware
nations from the Greek Church, and bring; own cause without carnal weapons and about Iafterwards formed in England, Denmark
them aader their yoke. In 94a, the Empe- ■ the year 1450, the Church of trie Unitas !Sweden, Russia, Holland and North Amen
ror Otho subdued, the Bohemians, and sooni Fratrum, or United Brethren, under its pre-ica.
■*
after commanded their princes to introducei sent name, was formed by those who chose Count Zinzendorf, for a time, vsed all his
the Roman liturgy in the Latin tongue.—■ rather to 'suffer as witnesses of the truth, efforts to induce the Moravian eintfcants to
The Bohemian Church nobly resisted this in-■ithan take up worldly weapons for its defense, unite themselves to the Lutherasjfl Btercb
novation, and though the princes (from the By permission of Podiebrad, reigning mon- but finding that tbe Moravian Bret] BUould
year 968) adhered to the Roman commun- ■i arch of Bohemia, they obtained a retreat ini rather leave their new asylum tbalTTorsake
ion, the clergy resolutely retained the Bible, ithe Barony of I -it itz, and were joined by their oucicnt rule and
devoted
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himself wholly to their service, procured for vice and under {he direction of Bohler, andI To this day the Brethren's Church, widely
them the continuation of their episcopal con- four years nl'te-wthose members of the soci- ■ scattered over the face of the earth, yet
stitution from the only surviving bishops ofety who felt tmmselves called to enter into closely bound together in unity of spirit, ritthe Polish brunch of the Brethren's Unity, 'closer lellowship with the Moravian Church, ual and discipline, is numerically small and
Jablonsky and Sitkovius ; and resigning nil were formed into a regular congregation, by inconsiderable. On the continent of Europe
bis worldly honors, wns himself consecrated Bishop A. G. Spartenberg. This event look she has eighteen congregations ; in Great
place on the 10th of November 1742, and it Britain and Ireland, twenty eight ; and in
n Bishop of the Uuitus Frutrum in 1737.
On this occasion the Archbishop of Cunter-| was followed by the establishment of similar North America, twenty two. The number
bury (Dr. Potter) addressed him a letter of'congregations in various parts of Great Brit- of members, in these sixty eight congregacongratulation, of which the following ts an ain and Ireland. The settlement of many tions, is about 17,000.
ifamilies of the Brethren in the British ColoTo this small church is committed a large
extract:
nies of North America, soon after their em- and (to the Lord be the praise) flourishing
of
should
be
entirely
unworthy
1
that;
"
high station in which Divine Providence has igration from Moravia, led to several appli- missionary work among the Grejanlandajs,
placed me, insufficient as I am, were I not cations tn Parliament for protection, and for Indians, Esquimaux, Hottentots, and Neto show myself ever ready to use every ex- j relief from laws and services contrary to groes, occupying, amongst these varied
ertion in my power for the assistance of the their religious scruples. In 1740, an Act tribes in these different climes, sixty stations,
universal Church of God, but especially to( 'was passed, with the unanimous consent of which are served in the gospel by two hunlove and embracesyour Church, which isi Ihe Episcopal Bench (22 George 11. cap. 30) dred and sixty missionaries of both sexes,
united to us in the closest bonds : inasmuch 'conceding to the Brethren in England, as i who have sixty one thousand converts under
as, neither intimidated by dangers, nor se- well as America, the privileges they sought, their constant spiritual charge, of whom
duced by the manifold temptations of Satan, nnd fully acknowledging them as an Ancient eighteen thousand six hundred and twenty
s.you have hitherto, as we have been inform-'Protestant Episcopal Church, which bad two are communicants. Thus the number of,
among the heathen exed, invariably maintained, together with the been countenanced and relieved by the kingsi communicants from of
ceeds
the
number
the church at home
the
also
of
his
Majesty's
predecessors."—
discipline
faith,
and
England,
primitive
pure
the
debate
even
the
children
ot the members.)
in
upWorcester,
The
of
(including
in
bishop
return,
church.
I request,
SJf the primitive
the support of your prayers, and that you on the hill, described them as an " Ancient "This is the Lord's doing, and marvelous in
will salute in my name your brother bishops, Episcopal Church which preserved itself'our eyes/
us well as the whole christian flock over Ifrom theSrrors.of popery in the most hazRats.—Rev. Walter Colton, in his agreewhich God has made, you overseer. Fare- iardous times, and had on that account underfor
the
last
four
centu- able diary of a voyage to California in a mangone
great
sufferings
well."
I
relates
The genuine possession of the love of ries." He<tfurther observed, "that of all of-war, entitled " Deck
following capital rat story*.
Christ," which had.enabled the Brethren toiProtestants, they came nearest to the Estab- the"I
have always felt some regard for a rat
leave all for His sake, was soon manifested lished Church of this kingdom in their docsince
my
cruise in the Constellation. Ws
;
and
constitution
and
the
enethough
the
salvation
of
the
trine
in their desire to promote
I
were fitting for sea at Norfolk, and taking in
most benighted nations of the heathen world, my had persecuted them from several quar,Vi»r which they were ready to undergo the ters, the soundnes-woftheir faith, and the pu- water and provisions; a plank was resting on
the sill of one of the ports which communicaseverest privatjpns and hardships, and to rity of their mWals, had defended them ted
with the wharf. On a bright moonlight
re- ifrom any imputation of popery and immoralsacrifice life itself. When
we discovered two rats on the plank
evening,
amounted
neither
of
which
had
ever
been
to
ity,
to
six
laid
scarcely
at
fugees Herrnhut
into
the ship. The foremost was leadcoming
their
inveterate
by
persehad
but
their
most
just
charge
they
hundredSJJersons—when
ing the other by a Btraw, one end ofwhich
found rest from suffering themselves, and icutors."
Already, in the year 1741, the Brethren's each held in his mouth. We managed to
were beginning to build a church and habitdesire
lo
Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, capture them both, and found to our surprise,
ations, so powerful was this
the one led by the other was blind.fjtlis
reunicate the blessings of the gospel to the was founded in London—a distinct feature of faithful
friend was trying to get him on board,
Moravian
that
it
exists
being,
nine
had
the
Church
years
they
or
heathen, that in eight
I
where
he
would have comfortable quarters
his
to
the
Indibut
to
serve
the
and
blood
proclaim
Lord,
sent missionaries to Greenland,
a three year's cruise. We felt no
ans in North.and South America, to many of'bought righteousness and atoning death,1during
disposition to kill either, and landed them on
the West India Islands, to Lapland, to Al- wherever He opens a door. And as long as the
wharf. How many there are in this
she
of
she
is
faithful
to
her
calling,
will not'
Good Hope,,
gietts, to Guinea, to the Cape
world to whom the fidelity of that rat read,;ind to Ceylon ; and not long after, they com- cease to exist ; she may 'be poor—may be eth a
lesson!"
*
■siienced missions in Tartary , in the Nicobar idespised—may, like her mother church, be
|persecuted ; but she will not be forsaken or Tunneling
Islands in the Bay of Bengal, in Persia, and
the Alps.—The project of
in Egyp*- Such was their devotedness to the destroyed, but remain a witness church, till
a
railroad
tunnel through the Alps,
for
digging
the
shall
have
been
a
preached
they
the
first
mission
undergospel
work, that in
between
in France and Susa in
Chamberry
witness
to
all
the
shall
nations, and
Lord
took, among the negroes of St. Thomas, one
Sardinia, has been talked offor several years.
the -Wist India Islands, upon hearing icome again to His church on earth.
it would seem, the great undertaking
.that no opportunity would be afforded them In the yea)- 1814, the Christian Guardian Now,
is in a way to be realized. A commissioner
intercourse with the slaves, unless their |gave a concise history of the Moravian
the Piedmontese government has unani(messengers became such themselves, thefirst Church, in order to excite the sympathies of1of
decided in favor of the project, and
mously
missions,
sell
himself
as
Christians
towards
their
English
even
to
missionary determined
an application is about to be made by Parliaa slavtsKat hs might be able to teach the then in difficulties through the severe losses i
for the means of carrying it into execupooriflncans the way of deliverance from sustained in their settlements on the conti- ment
tion.
The tunnel will be about seven miles
sacnnent
of
the
war.
their
In
Europe,
during
This
Uhe captivity of sin and satan.
high, and twenty-five
the editors observe, " We are hap- in length,
preface,
required.
not
Wvever,
was
eajßtually
|
fice,
feet in width—admitting of a double track.
the
of
British
been
a
recording
liberality
]
in
py
remark|
of
their
laborshas
The suconss
towards those patient servants of'The estimated cost is about three millions of
a&le ; thajwiistory of their missionary opera- |public, whose
work offaith and laborof love, dollars. Mount Genevre, which it is thus
lions is, however, too extensive, if not too (Christ,
proposed to penetrate, rises to an elevation
not be forgotten by their Master.*'
(well known, to admit of a det.visaia notice in will
v
an AssociaUao was form- 1of about 10,000 feet. Chevalier Henry Maus,
1817,
the
In
year
'.f
'.this sketch.
the author or this gigantic scheme, has as sat
Brethren visited England ed by Christians, not in connecron with theIfive
i' In 1735, some
for
funds
for
CtVarch,
and
the
Moravian
raising
helpin
America,
to
North
I years of constant study upon the subject.
]
on their way
work,
an
them
to
on
their
ing
carry
formed
missionary
''Vly part of 1738, Peter Bohler
and ever since that Seamen's Home in New Orleans—This
acquaintance with several clergy- now greatly extended ; showed
Intimate
Oxford,
time,
love,
to
its
labor
of
the Itruly beneficent undertaking has met with
and
London
ILord's name by ministering to histowards
Tnen and students in
ofi
has
cause,
|great success. The grounds have been pur[whom JSjjSastimony of the free grace
chased for $8,000; and additional subscripHiod isjfl P Jesus, was greatly blessed. been increasing ; so that for several years,
aid
of
the
Brethtions of about $12,000 have been made for
Association,
first
the
in
society
the
London
I
1738,
May,
On theS
from
ren's
has
collected
for
them
missions,
Chtlrch
Ithe erection of tbe building. Tha whole
t"hc Brethren's
ilamount required ia $40,000.
was estabßtrald in Fetter Lane, by the_ad- £4000 to £6000 per annum.
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26. Am th Reindeer, Lord, llong Sjnag.
Edward Everett is reported to be en- June tS—Asa
sch Penelope, Irving, rian Exanclaco.
he
France,
on
a
of
for
which
90
history
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gaged
July I—Am shp Canton, Peckerd.
has been many years collecting materials.
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For
Ceoiaaaader of II B. M. skip Sarin,
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Chaplaincy. For Friend.
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tives the Captain may engage, to fill the casks.
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Other wood $.". per boat
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Double width I dala a do
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FTHE RIEND.
HONOLULU, JULY 1, 1850.
Vol. 8.
49
Hfe.
*
The incidents herein narrated ship, we stood off again until the next mornmust have formed a pleasing episode in a ing, when the captain gave orders for two
49
The Whale and his Captors
boats.
Leiter from the French Protestant Missionary Society 61 long passage to the United States.
One of our sailors by the name of John52
Dr. Webster's Trial
62 Tropic Island of Rimatara Letter from the son, that had lived on Tahiti, and could talk
11. 11. M. ahip Enterprise and brig Swift
68
Britishand Foreign ltible Society
Natives Landing through the Surf Char- a little of their tongue, had told the nativesa
The See Boy's Farewell
68
acteristics of the People King Temaeva the day belore that there was on board
from
Tyfoona losing their Terror
58
Walk into the Interior lsland Metropolis missionary, or a missionary's friend,
64
Effects of change in the Narigation Laws
sent
off
accordingly
Hawaii,
Native
was
Hosand
there
Foot-prints of ChristianityHswalian Bible Society—Treasurer's Report
64
pitality—Regretful Good-by Contrast be- through him, on a slip of paper, very legibly
Currentsof the O. can
66
The Ship i« Sinklug
66
tween a people with the Bible and without written by a native teacher, a Rimatara letter,
Marine Intelligence, etc. ----.. 66
A Cut-off and a Recovery A Ship-wreck of which the following is a literal translation:
and a Rescue Reasoning of a South-Sea
Friend and Father I
The Whale and his Captors:
Islander Tahitian Theology.
" Dear
May you be asved by tbe true God. This ia oar eommu
Adventures,
and
Whale's
have
of
the
The first view we
Commodore uicsilon to you. Come thou bltbsr upon the shore, that we
Or, The Whaleman's
Biography, as gathered on the homeward Preble, is as she is lying oil" and on the lone may see you in respect to sll the words ef God which srs right
cruise ofthe "Commodore Preble" by Rev. Islnnd of Rimatara, in quest of the fresh sup- vviiu you. It is our desire that you come to-day.
Henry T.Cheever, with engravings. Har- plies which whalemen covet in order to keep
From Tiutimo and hts Brethren."
per & Brothers, publishers, NewYork, 1850. ol buy the scurvy. This is one of those fasof a peoSouth-Sea Islands, which, on their Eager to know some thing more
We have frequently seen letters in Ameri- cinating
and
aloha,
an
whom
so
cordial
from
came
tirst discovery by Europeans in the latter part ple
can papers signed " H. T. C." dated at the of the last century, quite turned the heads of
Hy very heart athlrst
Sandwich Islands, and on board the " Com- many, and at once started so much speculative
To look on nature In her robe of green,
modore Preble," on her homeward cruise, nonsense and sentimentality about primeval
in the Pacific. I made ready to go ashore; the breakers were
but we were not expecting to see a volume innocence and bliss embosomed
not formidable enough, though beating with
in addition written during the passage, of our
A coral rock, by gentle nature made
violence, to make me forego the novfearful
through
tropic
Verdant
snd
besuttful,
sun,
old friend and visitor to the United States.—
elty of setting foot on a coral South Pacific
And fertilizing rain, and grateful shade ;
Ever since we saw the volume announced as
Plsced far amid the melancholy main.
Island, and the pleasure of a stroll among
the trees after seven weeks at sea. Taking
having been published, we have felt a strong
It is al> >ut seven miles long, one and a half therefore, a life-preserver, I ventured into
desire to glance over its pages. We frankor two wide, mid lies in 15- west longitude one of the little canoes that came along-side
ly confess that we Are favorably disappointed. ;iiid '22 45 south latitude; about south-west the boat, and was paddled and handed by a
Much has been written about the " rare old from Tahiti. It is properly perhaps, one of narrow cleft, through roaring breakers and
whale" and the " adventurous whaleman," the Society Island group, being a mere pile ragged rocks that threatened instant desand during the last few years we have heard of corallite and wave-washed coral sand.— truction, among which a common boat could
We came in sight of it on Tuesday afternoon,
live a moment. Those frail canoea
many " a yarn" about chasing, harpooning, a blue hummock on the bosom of the ocean, hardly
however, only nine and eleven feet long,
lancing, towing, cutting-in, trying-out, and and ran on until we discovered, to our great carried safely through, one by one, all that
stowing-down, sperm whales, right whales, delight, what could not be mistaken for a ventured ashore.
and a white flag flying on a
and polar whales; still we have found this meeting-house,
near by, to indicate the friendliness of Immediately on our landing, the natives
post
work to be not only readable, but quite in- the natives, and induce us to stop for trade. gathered around and formed a ring, naturally
savages every where, to notice
structive. The style is lively and well adaptThe sea broke so high upon the north-east curious, like and
I not leas so to observe their
thing,
every
ed to the nature of the book. From the and south-west points of the Island, and inown eager attitudes, expressive gestures and
did
not
shore,
deed
all
that
the
captain
along
plentiful sprinkling of poetical extracts scathave an uncommondeem it prudent to attempt landing that night. fine looks. The women
clear skin,
countenance,
tered through the work, the reader would in- We
of
aspect
pleasing
ly
therefore, stood off until twelve o'clock,
fer that whaling must be a very literary em- mid-night, and then tacking, were up with it but a shade or two darker than a dark bruand eye-browa, and a
ployment! Literary men are surely quite again by ten o'clock next morning, on the nette, black eyes, hair
form,
of
and bashful turncaptivating
beauty
dependent upon the whaleman for the oil that leeward side.
away when looked at, that is not a little
ing
The
Island
a
beautiful
presented
appearsupplies bis " mid-night lamp," for it is not ance, being thickly wooded to the water's attractive. Their nostrils are not so negrothick as these of the
to be supposed that literary personages, even
edge, and elevated in some parts into gentle like, nor their lips so
in America, would presume to read, study, hills, crowned with all the various and luxu- [Hawaiians, but still they bear to them a close
resemblance. Many of the little girls and
or write by the light of a Cincinnati candle! riant growth of the tropics. Canoes soon
maidens were truly beautiful, and would be
surf,
and
launched
out
the
boisterous
through
Only imagine a poet, penning the effusions
deemed
paragons, even in tbe artificial state
three
us,
of
two
or
having
ciime along-side
of his fancy by the light of a lard or tallow lads and men in each, much fairer skinned where beauty is not left so much to it«ajK, but
candle —tbe very idea is the most unportical and better looking that the majority of Ha-. has to be busked, bustled, and corset*. b>
omnipotent fashion.
imaginable.
jwsiians.
off
the
I soon made ma, way to tbe island king.
The
boat
anchored
reef
captain's
readers
for
may judge
That our
themselves
the natives brought their articles ofjTemaeva, who sat apart from othera upon a
while
in regard to this work, we quote entire'the trade in their pigmy canoes. By four in the block of coral, and leaning on a staff, bis onsecond chapter, althlsagh no pa* of the book afternoon he bad procured a boat-load of pigs ly dress being a shirt and kihei (mantle.) He
in reality, relates less to the " whale and his and cocoa-nuts, with which returning to the''was a benevolent looking, well made pan,
captors."
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having tbe pert and presence of a king, and
*that
were all,
With InoSenalve oust snd meathea,
From aaany s berry and from sweet kernels pressed,
She tempers dulcet creams nor them to hold
Wants bar St veasela pare: then strews ihe ground
Willi rose and odors from the shrub unfumed.
-,
WMb Attaassaa ahoukdera fit to bear
Ths weight sf mightiest monarchies
This entertainment over, we repaired to
Ha offered me his hand with much appa- tbe teacher's, where again was served up the
rent cordiality, and immediately led the way same, with the addition of banaua made into
to his house in tbe interior. The path was a poi, of which the king ate freely. I was
at first rugged as the volcanic clinkers of Ha- here
presented with a couple of rolls of white
waii, over heaps and swells of broken and kapa by the good woman of the house. After
roots
of
with
huge
coral,
over-grown
sharp
surveying the premises, getting a specimen
ihe itamani and koa trees, in the borrowed of the king and teacher's hand-writing, and
terms of Wordsworth,
giving them a card to certify any other chance
A growth
ship of their hospitality, I returned to the
Of Intertwisted aavres serpenllDe.
thnt now smile upon us we never see again.
Who can help sighing as he ihinksof it, and
wishing to leave, wherever he gees, some
durable evidence that an immortal spirit has
passed that way!
Oh, at what time ..never thou
(Unknown lo me,) Ihe heavens wiltbow,
Anil, wiih hy angels in the »mi,
Descend in judge poor circle** man.
Gram thai I may not like jiuddle lie,
Jn a corrupt security,
Where, If a irnv, ).-r water crave,
He finds it dead, and in a grave ;
But as the clear running spring
All day and nighi doth flow and alng ;
And though here born, yel Is acquainted
Elsewhere, and, flowing, keeps untainted—
So let me nil my buoy age
In Ihy Tree service engage.
And though (while here) of force I must
Have commerce sometimes wiih poor dust,
Yet let my course, my aim, my love,
And chief acquaintance he above ;
Bo whett that day and hour shall coma
In which tin self will be the sun,
Thnu'lt find me dressed and on my way,
Watching tbe break of Ihy great day.
shore by another path, through a dense
wood, coming out of it on the windward side
of the island, by the old church and grave
there
was
a
subsibarrier
passed,
This
where Tameava pointed out the tomb
dence and inclining of the island inward, and yard,
the path vent through a meadow of rushes, of a former wife, having the dtue of her death
cut in a coral slab.
in lime of r»in flooded. The soil was a rich rudely
The
cocoa-nuts passed were numberless,
beds
wet
kalo
of
black loam. Next came
shedding their fruit by thousands; also lofty
(artunesculentuin,) very luxuriant and large, and
straight pandanuses, kukuis and inilo
beyond which weie the houses of the king
trees.
Following round the shore to the
and native missionary teachers, the chapel,
we had struck off into the How different now our reception here by
school house and principal settlement. These point atwewhich
found the enptain there busy tra- Islanders that had been blessed with the biware prettily made buildings ofkamanu posts, woods,
wattled between, lined on both sides with a ding. I pleased myself a while with looking at ble, from that which a whaling ship had
good coat ofwhite washed plaster, and thatch- those mixed and motley groups, and trying to while sailing along in this same Pacific in the
ed on the roof with grass. Being clustered communicate withthe harmless Arimatarians, year 1835, from barbarians that had never
went off to the boat through the out- received the gospel. A large number of natastefully together, they made a very pleas- and thensurf,
rageous
inly wishing I could leave with tives came oil", as to us, for the purposes of
ing appearance outside.
them
some
substantial
and enduring testimo- trade. No treachery was suspected, and all
and
house
of
the
were
king
The ebapel
for a while went on amicably. But, upon a
furnished with flooring and settees. In the ny of good will.
former was a round pulpit, very much like The king and his wife, together with the signal from a chief, the natives sprang for
those seen in popish cathedrals, wherever is captain, came one by one, soon after, and the harpoons, whale-spades, and other, deadseen at all what popery is by no means fondIwe all pulled ofT to the ship, where the king ly weapons at hand, and a desperate contest
of—ihe pulpit. They had been built eleven seemed highly gratified with his entertain- immediately ensued. The capt in was killed
years, it being more than twenty, we wereI ment and presents. He is manifestly king by a single stroke of a whale-spade; the first
told, since the island was first christianizedI but in name, having to promise a recompense mate also, soon after. The second mate
by native missionaries from Tahiti. They even to the men that brought hurt off to the jumped over-board and was killed in the wawarts all surrounded by a low paling of posts! boat in their canoe. The gospel has abol- ter, and four of the seamen lost their lives.
driven slightly into the ground, merely to ished all tyranny, and as the sailor interpret- A part ofihe crew rnn up the rigging for sekeep out hogs; while cocoa-nut trees andled it, all there are for themselves, and wilh- curity, and the rest into the forecastle.
giant bananas were dropping their fruits allI out distinctions. There nre four hundred nil Among these last was a young man, the
around. The whole scene, in every feature, told, and live according lo their own telling, third mate, by the name of Jones, the only
was most pleasingly corroborative of the re- \in much peace, being visited two or three surviving officer. By his cool intrepidity and
presentations quoted by Harris in " Thej times a year by whaling ships for recruits, judgment, after a dreadful encounter, the
Ureal Commission," to show the temporalI whose trade just keeps them (the adults,)! jship was cleared of the savages, the chief
and many of his companions, both of
utility of the missionary exertions in the with a single cloth garment or kihei, a piece.
A roughly made schooner, of kumanu those on boaid nnd those who came alongSouth-Seas.
wood, much like our mahogany, was on the side to aid in securing the ship.
f last aad of their littk,e_aumntiblehata*lougihe*sea.beach,! slocks, for which they were very anxious lo Jones now became the captain, buried the
there will he seen a aaal settlement, with a large chapel lo the get tar, oakum, and a compass. No white]'dead, dressed the
wounded, pat the ship in
center, cspsble of containing one or two Ihouasnd people} a missionary, we were told,
has
ever
and
made
sail
for the christianized
residedj
jorder,
astvasl house M Ihe one side, aad a chief's or tbe missionary.'upon the island, but all their imperfect
chris- Sandwich Islands with tbe surviving crew.
hawse oa the other j and a range of while collages a mile or
tutilization and acquaintance with the arts' With a skill and self-possession worthy of the
two Isng, peeping al yoa from under the splendid banana trees,
or thS bread frail groves. So thst their comfort la lucreased| have been effected by native teachers from man that could accomplish such a rescue,
aad theircharacter elevated."
Tahiti. White tnen have stopped on the is—j[and with a favoring Providence, he navigaland occasionally, but they say they do not
the bereaved whuler to Oahu, where the
Boon after reaching this little metropolis want them, unless they know the language, survivors were hospitably entertained.
The
of the island, the king had baked pig and]and have some trade.
ship however, had to be sent home, Ihe roydelicious kalo placed upon a massive rude I could not leave this secluded and lovely!jage being completely broken tip. and thoutable, and plates of English crockery, with island,though but the stopping-place ol'n day,lsands of dollars lost to owners and underknives and lorks. A blessing was asked by and ere long 1 hope, to mingle with humani- writers.
the native teacher, and 1 was invited to eat. ty in a wider and more populous field, with1 remember once to have listened to the
k waa, in their view, an important piece of out a feeling of sadness, I hardly know why. narrative of a captain who was
wrecked in
courtesy, which a recent breakfast rather un- But so it is in the voyage of life, especially the l'ueilic on a sunken rock, and
four1
fitted «• for; yet I ate, with compliments, in that of a traveler, sailing down the stream teen days and nights, himself and for twencrew,
of the mealy kalo, and tasted of the pig, of time, we hail a friendly bark, or touchi ty-two in
were exposed in their
i boats, andnumber,
while the king waa taking huge morsels thst here and there nt a pleasant
had quite given up hope of ever
landing-place
would almost sink a common man.
upon its banks, pluck a few fruits and flow- again reaching the land. But on the morn.wine of this feast waa the delicious ers, exchange good wishes and kind words ing of ihe
fifteenth day after
their
milk of young cocoa-nuts just from tbe tree; with the friends of a day, truly love and are i ship, they found their boats tbe loss of
nearing an unand I will venture lo say that Hebe never loved by some congenial hearts, both drop known island. They were almost
and
"iy*)- Bitch nectar into the goblets of the and lake some seeds of good and evil, to saw the shore, which was guarded spent,
reef,
a
by
like
that
gods. It was more
which Eve made spring up when we are is our graves, and lined with
cannibals or
ready o~e« in Eden, as tbe poet tells, where then we are away; the places that now know christianizednatives, whether
they could Qot tell.
with to entertaia their argel guest:
us know iimm more for aver, and the faces While their lives were in doubt, and they
llp-coillng, and Inveleralely convelved.
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were questioning whether a worse death by fit each other exactly. lam sure then, that Ed as a servant the family of President
savage violence did not await them than if the bible which tells me of these things, was Wheelock, of Dartmouth College, and lived
they had perished at sea, one of the natives made by him who made the hinges to my in his family and that of his daughter, Maria
came out toward them through the surf, hold- body. I believe the bible to be the word of Malleville Allen, tbe wife of President Allen, of Bowdoin College, forty years. Fa*
ing in his hsnd a book, and cried, with a loud God.
voice, " Missionary! missionary!" An anThe men on the other side of the great the last eighteen years, she has lived alono
swering shout of recognition and beckoning isea used their skill and their bodies to make in her house, and she died alone aad suddenfrom the poor mariners immediately brought iships and to print bibles. They came in ships ly. In the same night, and probably at th*
the natives, through the waves, to their aid, iand brought iron hoops, knives, nails, hatch- same hour, died her friend, the wife of Rev.
by whom they were carried on shore in theiriets, cloth and needles, which are very good. Dr. Adams.
arms, supplied with food, and generously They also brought rum and whiskey, which This circumstance added peculiar interest
entertained with more than human, with iare very evil. They moved the hinges of and pathos to his discourse. He said that if
christian kindness.
Ithe jaws, and told lies and curses, which sre his beloved companion ( then lying dead, to
It so happened, according to the captain's abominable. At last some ctme and brought be buried the next day) could have been per*
statement, that this was an island whose in- the bible. They used the hinges of their milled to choose an attendant spirit, as she
habitants had been first brought lo a knowl- bodies to turn over its leaves and to explain passed through the dark valley, and in her
edge of Christianity by the brother of this God's blessed word. That was belter than upward flight to the paradise of God, doubtcaptain, who had been some yenrs before ironware and stuff for clothing. They were less she would have chosen Phebe. "Black
cast away on this very island, and with one the servants of the living God, and my heart Phebe !" he exclaimed, "she haa sometimes
other of the ship's company, was saved.— opened to their words as if it had hinges too, been called ; but her soul ia whiter and puThey were taken by the natives to be offer- like as my mouth opens to take food when 1 rer than the light, and her heavenly gared up as a sacrifice to their gods. But while am hungry. And my heart feels satisfied ments are more resplendent than tbe sun shion their way to the place where human vic- now. It washungry, God nourished it; it was ning in his brightness."
tims used to be sacrificed, they remembered thirsty, God has refreshed it. Blessed be It is to be hoped that the eloquent preachthe tradition that a god should come to them God, who gave his word, and sent it across er, who was her minister for twenty years,
the sea to bring me light and salvation!"
will feel it his duly to prepare, for the benefrom the sea.
Over-ruled doubtless, by. a divine impulse, Now we say that this unsophisticated na- fit of the world, a memoir of Phebe Anna
they now entertained the white man as a god, tive thinker, working thus nil by himself at Jacobs.
and he instructed them concerning the only the great theological argument from evidentrue God and Saviour. They invited the mis- ces of design, could hardly have done better Societe des Missions Evangeliques.
Paris, Fab. VI, 1860.
sionary from another island, and in heaven's had he been going to school to Calvin or
blessing upon his instructions, was read the Chalmers all his days. He might have writ- To the native Churches, Missionaries, and
secret of all their afier-kindness to the white ten in his Polynesian bible the lines which other individuals, at tbe Sandwich Islands,
men who visited or were cast upon their are said to have been found on a blank leaf who have contributed to the raising of
shores. All whalemen may see in this con- ofa copy of the scriptures belonging to a great funds in behalf of the Paris Evangelical
trast, as we have to our joy in the Commo- English poet. And, ah! how much better Missionary Society :
dore Preble, what a difference there is be- had it been for the world, if Byron had loved Dearly Beloved Brethren—Our hearts
tween islands that have, and that have not, his bible as there is reason to believe the un- have been filled with joy in theLord and with
gratitude toward you, by the affecting proof
the "book."
known Tahitian did his.
of love and sympathy we have received from
It is the book which has brought it to pass
Wilhin this awful volume lias
you. At the amazing distance which sepathat the adventurous, weary whaleman '-an
The mystery nf mysteries ;
rates you from us, at some eighteen thousand
now traverse the entire Pacific, and land
And bleas'd, foreverbleas'd are Ihey
miles from the metropolis of France, you
with impunity at most of its lovely islands,
Who read 10 hope, andread to pray.
have heard the cry of distress, which we utand be supplied on terms of equity with all
Hut better bsd he ne'er been born,
tered in our distress, and you have answered
he needs. Let then, those that owe to it the
Whoreads to doubt, or reads to scorn.
it. An unexpected revolution, and the finanmost, be loudest in their praises, and warmest in their love, and most careful in their An Honored Negress.—On Sunday, the cial crisis brought on by it, had placed ua in
3d of Mnrch, says the New York Observer, the greatest embarrassment.
We were
obedience to the book of books.
It was the reasoning of one of this great there was buried at Brunswick, Maine, a obliged to shut the Seminary where Missionremarkable character ; aries used to be prepared for the service of
family of theSouth-Sea Islanders (with whom black.hewoman of a honored
was highly
at her death.— the Lord, and we even doubted whether we
our ship has just had such pleasant inter- and
Course,) soon after he came into possession Her pall-bearers were Governor Robert should be able to support the prosperous misDunlnp, Dr. Lincoln, Professor Packard, sion which we have lounded in South Africa
of the bible:
When I look at myself, I find that I have and Joseph McKeen Esq., Treasurer of among the Bechuanee tribes. But the Lord
hinges all over my body. I have got hinges Bowdoin College, &.c; and the principal has had mercy and been better than all our
to my legs, my jaws, my feet, my hands. If mourners were Rev. President Allen, with fears. He has stretched out his merciful
his daughters, of Northampton, arm in our behalf, by prompting his children
I want to lay hold of any thing, there are two ofwho
Mass.,
had come two hundred and fifty to lend us their assistance. Our appeal has
to
ray
hands,
and
even
fingers,
to
binges my
to do it with. If my heart thinks, and I want miles to attend the funeral. She was buried been heard in Germany, in England, in
to make others think with me, I use the hinges by the side of her friends, Mrs. Allen and America,in Bengal. And you, beloved brethto my jaws, and they help me to talk. I could her daughter. The funeral proceeded from ren, who not very long ago, did not even
neither walk nor sit doves if I had not hinges Ihe church near the College, after an affect- know the name of our native country, you
to my legs and feet. All this is wonderful. ing discourse by the Rev. Dr. Adams, which have also assisted us. Twice have we reNene of the strange things that white men was listened to with deep interest by an as- ceived through the hands of Mr. H. Hill, the
have brought in their big ships, are at all to sembly which completely filled that spacious treasurer of the Boston Missionary Society,
be compared to my body. He who made my edifice. And why were these honors paid the gifts of your love ; the first, amounting
woman ? The following letter to $200 or fr. 1,045, and the second to $319
body, has made all those clever people, who this humble
Boston Traveller, from which psper 83 or fr. 1,679 10.
made the strange things which they bring in to the
the ships; and he is God, whom I worship. we derive these facts, answers the question. Be blessed for it ! May the Lord reward
But I should not know much more about It was because of her rare attainments ss you according to the richness of his mercy,
have
him than as a great binge-maker, if men in a Christian. It was because she hadofbeen for the good we have received. You
Ihe rejoiced our hearts, strengthened our weak
their ships has not brought the book which for thirty years a worthy member
of Brunswick, and was regarded by hands, and prevented the ruin of the work
they call the bible. That tells me of God, Church
oujl Rewho makes tbe skill end tbe heart of man her follow christians as superior to them- we have undertaken for the glory of
likewise. And when I hear how the bible selves in the strength of her faith, and in a deemer and the salvation of souls.
You will be gratified lo hear that, thanks
tells ofthe old heart with its corruption, snd spirit of devotion.
the new heart and a right spirit, which God She was born a slave on the famous Be- to your timely assistance and that of other
beve disappeared, our
alone can create and give; I feel that his verwvck estate, in Hanover, Morris County, brethren, our fears
ceased, and the Socielife
she
enterhave
Jigwsrk,
early
heart
near
J.
embarrassments
N.
In
my
and
work
in
his
work in my body
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ty will cheerfully resume its labors with the It was then that our worthy foreman, 'put, twelve hands arose immediately. Seme
assistance of God. Rejoice, dear brethren,' '(whom we all most highly respect, and whom little discussion then took place, when the
at that happy change which you have in the!'we shall ever remember with pleasure) pro- second question was tested—and twelve
measure of your means,'contributed to bring posed thst they should have religious servi- .hands at once arose. Third—the most imces every evening. The proposition was portant question ofall—waa next to be tried.
about.
We have never seen, nor is it probable most cheerfully responded to, and ever alter (Quite a pause ensued. One juror in his
that we ever shall see your facea in this that time, the voice of praise and prayer as- sympathies of kindness for the prisoner,
world, but we trust we shall meet in the day cended, as we trust from sincere hearts, to ( who was his personal acquaintance or
of Christ and join our voices to praise our the throne of infinite wisdom and mercy. I .friend) and his afflicted family—shrunk from
need not say that the burden of every pruyer the fiery ordeal. " Can't we stop here ?—
beloved Saviour and Master.
It is in him that we thank you again, and waa for wisdom to guide and direct into a can't the law be vindicated and justice satwish you every blessing that can flow from right d cision, and for blessings most rich isfied, if we pause here ? Must we take the
the inexhaustible treasure of his mercy and and precious to descend upon the prisoner life of the unhappy prisoner ?" Some disand his afflicted family.
cussion ensued—the mind of (he juror seemlove.
I now come to the closing part of this mo- ed more calm—and lie expressed his readiFor the Committee,
GRAND PIERRE, D. D. Director. mentous trial. When the witnesses for the ness to vote on the final question, which was
defence had given in their testimony, and the put, and twelve hands arose. The die was
counsel for the prisoner announced the evi- cast ! —and John W. Websler was pronoundence on their part closed, a feeling of pain ced Guilty of Murder.
and anguish must have come over the mind Thus ended the closing scene in the jury
HONOLULU, JULY 1, 1850.
of every juror—" What ! can no more be room. What afterwards transpired in the
said—no more be done in behalf of the un- court room is already known to the public.
Dr. Webster's Trial.
happy prisoner ! Is that the evidence—the When our foreman then pronounced the awThe laat mail from ihe United States
only evidence on which we are to base our ful word—Guilty ! the jury, as well as the
brought papers containing a full report of verdict of " not guilty."
prisoner, trembled and grew faint. And what
this important trial, which lasted eleven days. At that very time, with the light which the a relief it was when we were again allowed
The result of this trial was announced in our able charge of the Chief Justice alierwarda. to go free, and join our families and friends
gave us on several points tf "the law and..after so long and painful a separation ; and
last. The interest excited by the trial ex- the
evidence," 1 think I speak the sentiments there was not a juror's heart but would have
tended far beyond the city of Boston. Some of nearly if not quite all the jury, when I leaped for joy could the prisoner have been
ofthe New York papers, in reporting the pro- say that they were as ful y prepared for their,justly allowed the same unspeakable blesOne of the Jury.
ceedings, take occasion to make rather se- verdict as they were when they retired to the sing.
after
the
able
room,
Boston,
to
most
1860.
jury
listening
April
3,
vere comments upon the justice of the decis- and eloquent pleas of the prisoner's senior
ion and the manner in which the trial was counsel and the Attorney General: so strongH. B. M. ship "Enterprise," Capt.
conducted. It is not for us to comment up- ly, so fully had the evidence pointed to the
Richard Collinson, C. B. arrived at this port
on so grave matters, but we could wish that prisoner as the guilty man—and to no one on the morning on the 26th. The Enterprise
else. After the jury had gone to their room
criminals in New York and elsewhere might —with
thb various evidences of guilt spread left England on the 20th January last, and
never be subjected to a more unjust trial than on the table before
them, and the door lock- passed Cope Pillar on ihe 20th April. She
that which has resulted in pronouncing Dr. ed upon them ; shut out as it were entirely is on her passage
loßhering Straits, in search
Webster guilty. We shall wait with some from the world, with nothing bul the eye of|of the
under the command
missing
expedition
the
Omniscient
God
them—so
painful
upon
anxiety to learn whether the Governor of
was the sense of responsibility, so unwilling of Sir John Franklin.
Massachusetts extends towards the condem- were they to cone to the result which all
The following is a list of her officers:
ned, an executive pardon. The following felt they must come to, that thirty or forty
Captain—Richard Collinson, C. B.
narrative of proceedings in the jury room, minutes were spent ere any thing was dune Lieutenant—G.
A. Phaqre,
—when
at
last
the
voice
of
the
foreman
was
We
we have read with much interest.
J. T. Jago,
heard
them
to order and reminding
calling
J. J. Barnard.
copy the letter from the American Traveller: them of
duty, however painful ; and when Mate—R.
T. Legg,
To the Editors or the Traveller— they had all taken their seats around the taM. T. Parks.
Gentlemen: —Having read in several papers ble—then it was that one of th" jurors rose
Anderson.
Surgeon—R.
what purported to be a relation of the scenes snd said: " Mr. Foreman, before entering
Surgeon—E. Adams.
and events which transpired in the jury room upon the further consideration and decision Assistant
Second Master—F. Skead.
on the trial of Dr. John W. Webster, I ofthis most important matter, I would purpose
Clerk in charge—E. Whitehead.
have felt desirous (now that the subject has that we seek for divine wisdom and guidbeen brought before the public mind) that a ance." The proposition met with a cordial The " Enterprise" parted company with
plain statement of the most important mat- response, and the foreman called upon a ju- the "Investigator" of! ( ape Pillar, on the
ters connected with the jury room should he ror to offer prayer. This was done most 20th April—all well.—Polynesian.
made, as it might prove interesting, if not feelingly and sincerely. We then proceedinstructive to the community. The jury was ed to the most trying and painful part of our
The following is a list of officers of
composed of twelve men, from as many dif- arduous duty. The various articles which
ferent branches of the mechanical and mer- were put into the case were examined hy the H. B. M. sloop " Swift," now in our harbor,
cantile professions ; they were from four jury, and particularly those things which and late from Mazatlan. The Swift carries
different religious denominations, and their seemed to hear most strongly against the six guns, and has a complement of sixtyages varied from 23 to 68 years. They were prisoner. The final decision of the ques- en
persons.
men whom I should designate as possessing tion was resolved into three parts.
good sound common sense—men capable of First. Are the remains of a human body Com.—William Cornwallis Aldbam.
judging—tf discerning—of appreciating ev- found in the Medical College on the 30th of Lieut.—James E. Bickford.
idence and estimating its importance. The Nov., 1849, those of the late Dr. George Purser—Arthur A. Speed.
jurors, after they had become acquainted Parkmsn ?
with each other, and as the evidence began' Second. Did Dr. George Parkman come Master—Edwin Rowe.
Mate—Richard Onslow.
to beer with crushing weight upon the pris- to his death by the hands of Dr. John W.
oner* and the
net work of complicated Webstor, in the Medical College, on the Midshipman—Charles E. Brest,
ctrcupistances seemed to oncircle him, fed 23d, of Nov., 1849 t
William Moriarty,
strongly the need of that wisdom which Third. Is Dr. John W. Webster guilty,
■
Philip Patrickson.
cometh from above," to guide and direct as set forth in the indictment, of the wilful
Master
Assistant—Eff'ro.
Kellow
their minds aright in their moat momentous
of Dr. George Parkman ?
■ed responsible situation.
When the vote on the first question was Clerk—Edward I. Giles.
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Sslerted fur the Frtead.
IC7- We would direct thereader's attenBritish and Foreign Bible Society.
Lines supposed to have been written by a tion to the communication, in another porIn connection with the report of the HaSailor on his separation from home:
tion of our columns, dated " Paris, Feb. 37,
waiian Bible Society, published in another
THE SEA BOY'S FAREWELL.
1850." At the very period that French vespart of our columns, it affords us pleasure to
Walt, wilt ye wind.,, till I repeat
sels of war were threatening to fire upon
acknowledge a grant of one hundred Bibles
A partiag signal to the fleet
Honolulu, efforts were making among the
and one hundred Testaments, from the BritWhoac slut ton la at home;
Then waft the aea boy's ilmple prayer,
ish and Foreign Bible Society. The grant
native Protestant Churches throughout the
And let It oft be whispere I there.
islands, to aid a Missionary Society in Paris,
was made to Rear Admiral Thomas for the
While In fair clime* I roam.
Sandwich Islands, as we learn from a comwhich was embarrassed through want of
Furewell to Father ! reverend hulk !
munication addressed to R. C. Wyllie, Esq.,
funds.
In aptte of meta), spite of bulk,
Soon may hfa cable slip ;
by Mr. Henry Knolleke, Assistant Foreign
Yet while the parting tear It molat,
Tyfoons Loosing their Terror.
Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible
The ting of gratitude I'll hoist,
For
ages Tyfoons have been the terror of
In duty lo ibe ahip.
Society. Mr. Wyllie has placed these volall
in the India and China seas.
navigators
umes at our disposal, and we are most hapFarewell to Mother ! flrat claaa" ahe !
Recent
discoveries
have well nigh establish"
shelves
with
Who launched me on Hfe'a stormy aea,
py to place them on tbe same
ed the point, that if navigators will observe
And rigged me fore end aft !
of
the
American
Bible
Sothe publications
May Providence her timber* spare,
certain rules in regard to the management
And keep he. hull In good repair,
ciety. The grand design of both these noof their vessels in Tyfoons, the damage is
To tow the atnaller craft.
ble institutions is precisely the same, while
not only very much diminished, but in most
Farewell to aliter > lovely yacht!
with giant strength they are publishing the
Bui whether she'll be manned' 1 or not,
cases entirely avoided. A most interesting
word of God, wi hout note or comment, in
"
1 cannot new foresee
and
important work upon this subject, has
May tome good ahip a tender prove,
more than one hundred different languages,
been
Well
found
of
truth
and
love
published by Henry Piddington, Presiin stores
t
and scattering them broadcast over the sea
And takeher under lee.
the Marine Court of Inquiry, at Caldent
of
and land. In 1848* the receipts of the British
George ! the jolly boat!
Farewell
cutta.
He does not profess to have made
to
and Foreign Bible Society were £117,440,
And all the little craft afloat
new
any
discoveries, but to have compiled a
and the Society issued 1,419,283 copies ot
In home'a delightful bay.
When
work
which
embodies the discoveries of
they
vailing
age,
arrive
at
while
the
total
issue
since
the word of God,
May wisdom give the weather-gage,
others.
this
In
work, he proposes "to ex19,741,770
amounts
to
its commencement,
And guide them on theirway.
plain to the seaman,in such language that the
copies. During the same year, 4848, the
Farewell to all on life* rude main !
man who can work a day's work can underwere
Society
of
Bible
the
American
receipts
Perhape we ne'er ahall meet again,
stand it—the Theory and the Practical use
Through atrea* of stormy weather
$254,337, and the Society issued 655,066
summoned by the Board above,
But
of
the Law of Storms for all parts of the
copies of the Bible, while the total issue since
We'll harbor In the port of love,
amounts
world."
5,780,095
to
A copy of this work has been exits commencement
And all be moored together
hibited us by Capt. Lovett, of the brig
copies.
Fund.
ASitrcadnkges'
»Cj» The box of Bibles and Testaments
" Ragle," who has been long filing in those
We
are
to
receive
that parts
iutimation
glad
wus
hither
on
board
H.
brought
referred to,
of the world visited by Tyfoons. He
B. M. ship, the Enterprise, Captain Col- there are some who hold themselves ready to considers the book of inestimable value to
contribute for the aid of the sick and desti- the
linson.
navigator in those regions, and which
tute stranger.
Judging from applications ship-masters should make their study.
Spontaneous Combustion.
.which have been made in months past, we inWe recommend the following account of fer that in time to come the benevolent will For years we have been accustomed to see
spontaneous combustion,'lo the serious con- not want fur suitable opportunities whereby ollosious to the discoveries and theories of
sideration of all our spirit drinking readers. they can dispose of their charities. Should Redfield and others in regard to circular" ,
Let tliem be careful how they appronch too .any persons be disposed to place funds in our storms, but until this work of Piddingtonfell
near a lighted candle or a burning lamp! We hands to aid the sick and destitute, we shall under our observation, we were not aware
that the " law of storms" was so far underhave read similar well attested accounts.
be ready to take charge, and report in restood that the skillful ship-roaster might avoid
"The following extraordinary occurrence
gard to the manner of disposing ofthe same.
Tribunaux
the
Gazette
dcs
storms, or safely manage in them, or profit
ia related by
A lew days ago, in a tavern, near the BarEclipse in August.
by them!
n. re dc l'Er»il«', n journeyman painter, na-| It has been announced that the French
Vague hints have for more than a centumod Xavier C—, w»-11 known for his intern-!
Tahiti
nad
sent
gentlemen
authorities
at
been thrown out by scientific men respectcom-,
ry
with
some
perate hsSils, while drinking
One Capt.
rudes, laid a wager that he would eat a light- hither to make observation on the eclipse to ing the circular motions o&storms.
Landford,
1098,
West
hurriin
called
Indie
scarcely
taken,
and
candle.
bet
was
ed
His
lake place the coining August. In the Ilhad he introduced the Gaming candle into his)lustrated Almanac we find the following re- canes "whirl-winds." Don Juan dc Ulloa,
in 1743, describes rotary" storms in tbe
mouth, when he uttered a slight cry, and fell
the
:
phenomenon
marks
respecting
Pacific
coast of South America. In 1801,
bluish
flame
was
the
ground. A
powerless to
Sun Eclipsed August 7 at the time of Now one Col. Caffer, in describing the storms in
seen to flicker about his lips, and on an atThus
tempt being made to ofiVrhim assistance, the Moon in the afternoon ; visible in the United the southern Indian ocean, remarks,
or
it
that
these
hurricanes
tempests
find
that
he
the
south
western
and
appears
in
only
part,
to
States
bystanders were horror-struck
whirl-winds." Notwas binning internally. At the end of half.the western territories. It will be visible at are tornadoes or local
these hints which were from
withstanding
limb:
of
his
and
on
the
southern
part
cities,
the
upper
following
hour,
his
head
and
the
an
wss
chest, were reduced to charcoal. Two med- Natchez, New Orleans, Austin, Texas, City itime to time advanced, no general law
and made known, until William
ical meu wer* called in, and recognized that of Mexico, lat. 19 north, long. 100 west. discovered
Recliield ofNew York, published in 1891, an
Xavier had fallen a victim to spontaneous This Eclipse will make its principal display article
in the ' American Journal of Science,'
huIt
be
and
will
of
the
the
Pacific
Ocean.
central
in
combustion. Thi* conflagration
in which he demonstrates " not only that the
man frame is frightfully rapid in its progress total on Ihe meridian in longitude 141 ° 60,
coast were whirl—bones, skin and muscle, are all devoured, west from Greenwich, and latitude 17° 60* storms of the American
but
moreover
that
will
they were progreswinds,
darkness
conashes.
hsndAt
total
A
north.
this point
consumed, and reduced to
whirlwinds, moving forward on carved
ful of dust on the spot where the victim fell, tinue full six minutes, «ith the sun in the sive
meantime within two degrees of tbe aeoitli. tracts at a considerable rate." These priais all that remains.
,
,
•
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°
°
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TUT*
I Rli FRIFNn
r rilJL.l'l U, JTTIV
JUL! I,
Iftfif)
IOOKJ.
~
JpM
have been applied to the Tyfoons of It thus appears, that the effect of the new JoteiuucU Keport.
On l.nn.l
Receded
On hin.l
Soldsad
June l,'lb\ dnrhi|\9- 0. Jung],'CO. dmritMled
the China seas, and found to explain in a regulation has thus far, been injurious to the
of all countries other than Great Bibles,
most remarkable manner, these hitherto mys- navigation
322
452
332
442
Britain. Tho Knglish papers attempt to ac- English
""12
0
9
3
Danish,
tecsous winds or storms. That Mr. Redfield count for this, in some degree,
by the diver- German,
48
50
61
36
"
to
K
is acknowledged
have made important dis- sion of American vessels into the California French,
50
36
13
1
20
29
Spanish, " 32
coveries in regard to the law of storms, is trade.
32
0
0
1
Welsh,
"1
clear from the following language of Sir
"21
Swedish
0
12
8
H. B. S. Treasurer's Report.
"9
0
2
Dutch,
7
David Brewster, 'The theory of rotary
388
HAWAIIAN BIBLE SOCIETY,
Portuguese,"
0
347
41
storms was first suggested by Col. Cafier,
in account with Amos S. Cook, Treasurer.
Total 445
960
627
778
Dr.
but we must claim for Mr. Redfield the greatTestaments.
849.
er honor of having fully investigated the sub- Jet. 20. For S. N
8
English,
459
281
186
Castle's draft on
""2
I
Danish,
0
1
ject, and apparently established the theory
H.Hill. Treasurer A. B.
25
German, " 27
35
17
C. F M. Boston, in fuvor
upon an impregnable basis.'
French,
25
8
IT
of William Whitlock, jr.
" 0
Spanish, " 71
28
120
163
Treas Am.Bible Society
Very important service has been rendered
Swedish, "15
0
15
0
New York, for cash paid
to this subject by Lieut. Col. Reid, of the
ISO
310
83
Portuguese," 243
$.104 00
Capt. Fales,
per cent advance on the
Royal Engineers, in a work published in
" 20above,
Total 376
458
779
687
72 80—436 80
1838, entitled the ' Law of Storms.' In this 850.
Total cost of Bibles and Testaments re*375 26 ceived from the American Bible Society,
work be most successfully applies the views lune 24. Balance to new account,
$1,120 38
during the period specified,
of Mr. Redfield to the West India hurricanes
*812 05 To meet this ont-lny, the Hawaiian
Bible
lost
Society forwarded
year,
436 80
and those of the southern Indian ocean; and
Cash now on hand,
375 25—812 05
he also proves what Redfield had theoretical- 1849.
April 20. Balance due the Society as per acHence there is at present, a deficit of
$308 33
ly announced, viz. that in the southern hem(.164 00
count this day,
By
20.
the
it
table,
will
examining
foregoing*
appear,
percent
Oct.
20
advance
on
the
storms
revolve
a
dithe
in contrary
above,
isphere
72 80 that no less than 347 bibles and 83 testaments in the
paid by Capt Fales,
rection to these in the northern.
May 1. Mr. and Mrs. A Bishop, subscript.
2 00 Portuguese language, have l«en sold and gratuitously
Seminary,Wailoku, avails
Fee the foregoing brief historical notices
" Female
distributed; also 29 bibles and 163 testaments in the
of girls'sewing,
1 12
in regard to this subject, we acknowledge
Spanish language.
30. Rev. A Thurston, to constitute his
"
son Thomas a life member,
our indebtedness to the Sailor's Horn Book
10 00
The Law of Storms.
Nov. I. AFriend, do. Rov.T E.Taylor, do.
10 00
for the Law of Storms,' by Piddington.
do.
Mrs.
P.T.Taylor, do.
10 00 The following is a brief aummary of the
"
" do. MissL.T.TayIor,do.
10 00 law of Storms, as we find it laid
"
down by
Effects of Change in the Navigation 1850."
E.I) Rice, do.
Jan.
do.
Miss
7.
00 Piddingtonr:
Laws.
" do. Miss M.M.Smith, do. 10
10 00 I."The words, Law of
The important change which has taken April 7. Mrs."E. Johnson, subscription',
Storms, then,
1 50
place in the navigation laws of the United June 24. Contributions from Lahaina, thro'
signify, first, that it nss now been proved
Rev. S. C. Damon,
26 00 by the examination and careful
States and Great Britain, is destined to exanalysis of
Collection at Seamen's Chapel,*
62 75
"
ert a most important influence upon the comJ. B. F. Marshall, Esq. to constimore than one thousand logs and of
perhaps
"
tute Mrs. M. T. Marshall a life
merce of tbe two countries. Thus far the
member,
10 00 some hundreds of storms, that the wind in
A. B. Bates, do. Mrs. Bates, do.
10 00 hurricanes, and frequently in severe storms
change has operated most beneficially for
P.Judd, do.
1000
" I*G.PJndd'sfm.do.G
England. Had not the change taken place,
Andrews, do.Mrs. Andrews,
1000 in the higher latitudes on both sides of the
"
it must have imposed a heavy check upon
do.
Mrs.
II.
Dimond,
1000 Equator, has two motions. Il turns or blows
Dimond,
" B C.Wood, do.MissE.A.Abcll, 10
00
" J. Fuller,
British shipping interests in the northern Pado himself.
10 00 round a focus or centre in a more or less cir"
Mrs.M.P.Chamberlain, do. herself, 1000 cular form, and at the same time has a
cific. This is a point which has attracted the
■
W Goodale, do. Miss I.Cham herlain, 10 00
attention of merchants in England, as we obK.C.Damon's family,do E.C.Damon, 10 00 straight or curved motion forward, so that,
■
Mrs.Armstrong.do.MissCP.Arm'ng, 10 00 like a great whirlwind, it is both turning
serve in a late London paper. The other
8 Cook, do. Mr. J. P. Cook,
10 00
" A.
point wherein the change has operated beneBibles and Testament- sold by
round, and as it were, rolling forward at the
"
Rev. S. C. Damon, as per his
ficially for England, relates to the trade besame
time."
account,
101 88
tween England and the United States, as will
11. Next, it is proved that it turns, on the
Mil 05 N. side of the Equator from the E. by the N.
appear from the following statistics' taken
from a late American paper:
Balance
$375 25 towards tho W., or contrary to.the hands of
from old account,
"
"The shipping returns for the month end- Nots. The total amount of the collection wss a watch, and on the other side of the Equaing the sth of February, show a very great $162 75, including ten life memberships.
toa, that its motion is with the handy of a
falling off in American tonnage, under tbe
correct—the balance of $375 25 watch.
operation of the repeal of the navigalion laws, Audited andthefound
Treasurer's hands, for remittance to
remaining in
These two laws constitute the rule orX.se>
and the effect of the reciprocity system.
the parent Society.
These returns show the tonnage which enof Storms, so far as the investigations have
SAMUEL. H. CABTLE,
tered inwards during that period, as comparAuditor Hawaiian Bible Society. now been made. We regret that our limits
will not allow us to go more fully into this
ed with the aame period of the two preceding
or publish lengthy extracts from the
years, to have been as follows:
Sale and Gratuitous Distribution of Bibles and Testaments. subject,
work of Piddiogton. It is a subject which,
1848
1849 1850
British veesels, 148,290 269,969 234,122 In connection with the publication of the Treasu- we are confident, merits from all classes of
United States,
25,828 75,180 51,456 rer's report of the Hawaiian Bible Society, we would navigators, the most careful investigation.—
Other countries, 24,783 51,037 42,468 make a few remarks relative to the sphere of the So- Although a quaint old writer, Thomas Fuller,
ciety's operations, and number of Bibles disposed of might say that the winds are not only wild
298,901 396,186 328,046 during the last two yean. No report of this kind was in a storm, but even stark mad in a hurriThe clearances outward, were:
made last year, in consequence of oar absence from cane," yet the discoveries of modern science
British vessels, 191,449 471,402 203,975 Honolulu. It is the design of the Society to set as reveal the laws by which the navigator may
26,498 62,219 44,376 auxiliary to the American Bible Society. This latter escape tbe fuiy of the mad winds." It
United States,
Other countries, 02,190 67.433 57,637 Society for many years mads most generous grants of may still be true thst "the wind bloweth
Bibles snd Testaments in various languages, to be where it listetb," yet the wind is not quite so
980,137
lawless as wasformerly imagined.
601,054
305,
305.888
■vre, 137 601.064
vwt|wvs vww
wuv|
gja. deposit in Honolulu.
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THE FRIEND, JULY 1, 1850.
Punahou School Examination.
of any liquid upon the surface of a revolving health wowid be restored to him. Bet daya
We neglected in our last number to notice body; the liquid always seeking the highest and nights came arid went, ac he ley in his
Ihe examination of this school, which holds place, or the place of the greatest speed. It cheerless berth counting the dreary hoars,
is necessary always to settle whether our and often weeping in the remembranceof his
on the even tenor of its course. We congra- premises be true, before we place much con- lost hbme. All on
btprd the ship were toe
*
tulate the teachers en bringing-the school so fidence in our deduction's. For instance, we busy to give the sick man any but the most
successfully to the close of another academ- should be slow to admit that the Pacific is casual attentions.
the Bay of Mexico, when we have Thus several months of weariness and woe
ical year. The subjoined lines were sung higher than reasons
some good
to believe that the Bay of passed away. Each week he was growing
with much animation by the pupils as the
Mexico from natural causes must be the high- more wan and wasted, arid as the ship rolled
closing exercise:
est; or, that the waters of the 'Atlantic are upon the billows of the Pacific, he had no
not of the same color as those of the Pacific, strength to shield himselffrom being violentAway user mountain, swsy over sea,
until we have some good evidence of so im- ly tossed to and fro in his hard berth. All
atudlea
we're
Tree,
from
our
come.,
Vacation tins
portant a fact. I have seen a great deal of hopes of recovery seemed now at an end,
Wheresisters are 'ailing and brothers are tray,
blue water, hut I have never been in the Pa- and the captain meeting a ship which was
To the pleasure, we sl|b for, awiiy, buys, sway !
cific, and I should almost suspect the person about to return to the United States, decided
Awsy o'er the ocean erelong we shall ride,
who should assert that the Atlantic or even to transfer the sick man from his own ship,
And our vessel's dull motion linpallenl we'll chide,
the Mediterranean, did not contain it in any which was to continue for two years longer,
For affection is urging us sway o'er ibe foam,
abundance, of being a fresh water sailor. perhaps, its adventurous voyage. It was
With Ihe swiftness of iho't to our own " .west home."
Great things arc learned from little ones; possible that the young man might survive
Away from the task, and ihe triala of school,
Newton
from the falling of an apple evolved until he reached home. It was possible that
The rising and working and playing by rulethe
of gravitation.' Let any one a mother's care might yet restore him. Mute
principle
and
while
fosm,
their
crested
Away o'er the waves
make a miniature ;;liibe nnd miniature conti- and exhausted under the dreadful discipline
ToIhe endearments of lore and Ihe pleasures of home.
nents upon it, and put his globe in proper of months of despair, he was passively borne
And life iaa school, but vacation will come
motion; and if he makes no Bay of Mexico, to a berth in the home-ward bound ship. A
To crown all our hopes in s holier borne,
I am much mistaken if the friction of his li- voyage of five months was yet before him.—
Where parents and brothers and sialera will meet,
quid will not form one for him. The ques- He was to be tossed upon tbe tempest, lashTo enjoy heavenly union aurpaaaiugly sweet.
tion will naturally suggest itself, what be- ed waves of ihe Cape. The coarse fare of
nutriment which could
We have not altogether forgotten the comes ofall this water, flowing in around the the sailor was all
two
southern
and
off
be
furnished
for
his
enfeebled
frame, and no
Capes,
passing
through
of
the
inmates
a
bounding joy with which
the Gulf Stream, into the north Atlantic?— nursing could be afforded him, but aeeh as
vacation,"
school
hail
the
boarding
This is readily answered by asking another could be offered by the busy hands of a crew
" long
and tbrn their backs upon the abode where question, viz: From whence comes all the collected from all nations.
snow deposited upon the northern portions of The months dragged slowly along and life
" The i ising and working and playing by rule,"
the two continents, and supplying all the still lingered, to the surprise of all. At last
law.
the
fixed
and
immutable
was
great lakes and rivers? It used to be reason- ihe hills ofhis native land wore in sight, aad
ed, that there must be some subterranean the ship dropped anchor in tho harbor from
The Currents of the Ocean.
to discharge the waters so constant- which, nearly two years before, buoyant with
passage,
some
in
since,
observed
periodI
long
Not
'iy
from the Atlantic, and the great youth md hope, the young man had departflowing
of
New
the
retnnrks
York,
ical published in
some gentleman on the cause of the Florida rivers into the Mediterranean; more recent- ed. He could not raise himself in his berth.
stream, suggesting, that probably it was oc- ly it is learned, that the supply does not more Even his sunken and faded eye could .not
with animation, as he heard that his
casioned by the waters of the Pacific, pass- than equal the demand of atmospheric ab- beam
and sister stood by his side. He had
ing under the Isthmus of Darien, and de- sorption, for the watering supply of Africa, motherhome
sea;
and
other
countries
on
the
come
penniless to die. Even the lanIslbordering
near
the
Torlugas
themselves
bouching
and
it
is
said
that
the
of
affection
could find* no utterance
guage
even
of
Carthage,
bay
and
naming
ands, and the Bay of Mexico;
from his lips, as in mute despair, he turned
as his reasons for such an opinion, that the in which large ships used to moor, will now
float a ship's long-boat.
his eyes to the still mare despairing looks of
watersof the Pacific were some ten feet high- scarcely
Tho
course
of
currents
and
counter-curthose
he loved.
and
that
the
er than those of the Atlantic,
is clear and natural. Little
It was two days, I think, after he had been
Gulf Stream, like the Pacific, was blue, rents, in general,
boys may demonstrate them, as I have often removed to his mother's room, whed I was
while the Atlantic wa#-grcen. One scarcely done
in my youth, by making puddle holes standing by his bedside. It was as bright
or
amuknows whether to be most surprised
in the sand, and admitting the flowing tide and beautiful an afternoon as ever smiled upfar
who
so
go
ideas
of
et
the
gentlemen
sed,
to seek out causes and principles, which lie by a narrow strait; and applying to them the on this lost world. He was lying on bis bed
as if he were dead.
within the most common observation. For only qualifying circumstances which I know as silent and motionless
her head leaning on her
instance: let pne pour water upon a grind- of, viz: another current let in through an- His mother with
other channel, or a strong wind.—Sailor's hand, in equal silence, sat by his side. Hjs
stone, and turn it round, he will soon discovsister, like a statue, congealed by grief, sat
er that the liquid on the surface will not as- Magazine.
the window looking out into those clear,
by
the
solid;
of
the
and
is
Ship
if
Sinking.
the
full
motion
The
sume
depths of infinity, into which her agoblue
a
to
the
wawas
called
to
visit
Scveralyears ago I
stone is revoking from west eus:,
nized spirit doubtless wished Jh soar and find
ter will have nn apparent motion from east to young man who was on his dying bed, under
was uttered as I entered
west. One has ouly to apply this, principle circumstances peculiarly calculated to touch rest. Not a word
the
room.
gentle
pressure of the hand
A
earth's
surone's
He
was
the
son
of
his
only
feelings.
to the subtle elements upon the
was
the
of my expressions
only
recognition
face, and he has at once the cause of trade mother, aad she a widow. The father, a
stood in silence, looking
of
As
I
sympathy.
Let
exof
a
whale
had
him
ship,
leaving
died,
currents.
captain
winds and equatorial
which grief bed traced
tend his view then a little beyond the Bay of his widow, a son, and a daughter in very fee- upon tile deep lines
that
brow,
tbe young man lanyouthful
Mexico, and he will find the volume of water ble health, utterly.destitute. All the hopes upon raised his
snd without tie moveguidly
eyes,
this
western
of
the
mother
and
the
were
centershores
of
daughter
he forced against the
ment of a limb, feebly and slowly articulated
continent from this cause,so great, that he will ed in this young man.
!" and bis eye wss
be at a loss to know hovAt finds its way out He was about eighteen years of age, and " The—ship—is—sinking
dead.
be
was
fixed—and
as
embarked
as
a
sailor
on
a
whaling
crooked,
and
so
voyage
of a channel so narrow
My pen can trace this scene of domestic
the channel of Florida. Instead of finding round Cape Horn. The mother and daughit necessary to go into the Pacific for a sup- ter, sustained by hope, endeavored, by means anguish no faithcr. " Why," perhaps some
from the At- of the needle, during hie absence, to obtain one ussy ask, *' do you trace it so far ? Why
ply, he will be seeking for a vent
lantic, for the surplus waters which are con- an humble subsistence. When'about a year relate so sad a story i" When I have murstantly flowing into it around Cape Horn andI nut, he was taken sick ; but stimulated by mured, at some little trial; when I bare beof
Cape of Good HofJe, and which, according the vast responsibilities resting upon him, he come dejected, and have rejMMd in view
often
to every navigntor*s«experience, flow north- persevered in remaining on duty till be was some trifling disappointment!* 1 bare
ward towasds the equatoaa#nd very naturally hardly able to lift his band. He then, withi thought of this grief, snd felt rebuksA It
too, as will be demonstrated by the moving a saddened heart, gave ap, still hoping that •is well for us to lean c lesson of contentment
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THE FRIEND, JULY 1, 1860.
=s=
ga?J=
The Market House Regulations nnd
Prices, Rnrotonga.
No charge for water, except the rEX to the n»88 Hr hk O'licht-aa nt Clarence, Cole, Hobartown.
29 Br bk Fair Tumtotin, Ellia.
tires Uu- Captain may engage, to till the casks.
99 Am ahlp Rnti't PuUfurd, Cook, Hon* Kong
Market House Prices.
Franclsco29 Br hit* River Thief, Matthews Ban
Slpcrbrl,
Potatoes $1 per brl,
T«ro
-87 Br bk Petrel Carifen. Mubartuwn.
Yams
1
i 1-2
85 Tahlilanarhr Will Watch rAahnon, Ban Francisco. Oranges
MARRIED.
Pine apples 1
84 Br bk Margaret Brock, Mirken .Hobartown.
Chesnuts 75c
In Ihla town, on Ihe 4lh instant, hy Rev. Ft. Armstrong, June I—Am bk ISahumkeag, Chaiiip.ln, Manilla.
l.rniiius
75c
1
Papoa
OM.Bi.ua S. Blsaor, Esquire, Cnlleclor General of Custom..
3 Brl.gKr'wi. M'l.t-Kti, New Zealand.
Old cocoa nuts 10 S 1
Green cocoa nuts 20 do
3 Vm bg J. R. 8 Kcbraidt, flatt Fran.
to Mj.» Bbbbicb l .i ahi, all of this place.
Dried banana 10 bundles SI
Bananas 3 bunches tl
3 Br bg Swan, Ayreß,
do
Fowls 4 SI
4 Am bit Auckland. Jennfnga. Petrnpalovakl.
I'umpkins $3 1-2 100
ahp
5
Calcutta.
Ware,
Naaon,
'Am
Small 75c
DIED.
•*!»>
1 each
Turkeys
6 Am bk Science, Howland, Shanghae.
Ducks
Small 75c
1
Jane
for
ship
Pap
pa,
TofU-Br
flan
Francisco
Harrmmv,
Mr.
inatanl,
Sabbath
the
2nd
Chablm
la this town on
Fishing net 2Sc per fatlioni
10 Am achr Roe, ftwaaey, Lahalna.
Hogs 6c per lb
ut, ased (abnul) 33 years, of North Kair Haven, Connecticut
8 Br bk Jane l>ix<»n. Whltwil). Manilla.
Other wood ?•" per bout
the
Iron wood $4 per boat
Mr. T. waa formerly a realdenl of iheae lalanda, hut forCall
10 Am ahlp Wnt. Sprague Choae, Manilla.
Native rloth $1 3 fathoms Yellow do SI a piece
>ast three or four year, has been reaidu.f In China and
11 Am ahlp Hampton, Davis, Calcutta.
ornla.
Bonnets Si each
Hats 25c to $1 each
11 Am brig Ragle. I.i.Teti, Hong Kong.
In this town, on the IStlvtai Mr. Samuel. H. Evesett, of
Mats 50c a fathom
Double width 1 dala a do
11 Br brigan Hen Gull, Gordon, Labaina.
New York, aged 35 yesra.
]0
brig
Auckland.
Fanny, 1 wohey,
Br
Iron poles 10 $1
Mr. Everett landed on our shores a few days alnce, Irnm
and gratitude, by
rows which are desolating our globe, and
from which we have been mercifully protected.—An*. Messenger.
Cleared.
May S6 Br bk Louise, Malller, Sydney.
>8 Am Kb Julltia. Prlnglc, Buchanan, for Lahalna.
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14 Tab ach Mary Arna. Johnaton, for Tahiti
the bark Was. H. Sfealer, In the laat stagee of California dysentery, of which disease he died. Mr. K. was a brother of A. P. June 18—Am bk J 8 Jew.raii, Sole, Lahalna,
15 Am ahp Charlea, Andrews, Hong Kong.
Everett, of the Arm of Everett St Co. of this place anil Cali15 Am ach Honolulu, Horton, Lahalna.
fornia.
Am ach Anglona, C.M.kr, Lahatna
80
Drowned at sea on the 3d mat., Mr. O. Home Jcihsbtoki,
81 Amih Hamilton, Peterson, Calcutta.*
passenger per Eudors from San Francisco to this port, a native
bg Kaperam c, Klrkpatrick, Manilla.
19
Br
of Scotland.
Frieada at a distsnee will please accept of ihisintlmniinn.
Regulations.
.
I. The appointed Sales Mas is to arrange all trade
with the Captain, and the Captain to pay him his fee
in clothor cash as he may agree on.
11. Should the Captain wish to engage natives to
take his supplies to the boat; SI a day is the charge
for each man
PORT OF LAHAINA.
111. No boat or canoe from shore shall be allowed
PASSENGERS.
to takt< off trade to ships, to be sold on lioard. Boats
may be engaged to take off supplies bought on Bhorc
Ship Ellsa Warwick, fm Buston, T A Manhall, Samuel HubArrived.
bard, W F Allen.
Charge, 85 the first day and $3 each day after.
Am bg Mary Wildrn, Cleveland, fin Honolulu.
Brig Swan, fm Van Dieman's Land, Henry Hills, Abraham May 18
Honolulu.
Rlc'i,
19 Am bg Mela.
IV. Xo boat or canoe from shore shall be allowed
Bolatsr.
ds
Am
19
sh
San
Biitelow,
ID
fin
Frnn.
Jspsn,
lo
go off to ships when making the land, except the
SebnnnerRon, fm Has Francisco, O Mowrey, J W Mai well,
HO
25 Am In in Klfza tun, Clnugh.
da fm do.
one appointed by the authorities.
J W Mercer, U M Robertson.
15
Stoddard,
26
scb
da
do.
Gazelle,
Am
fm
Ship Huntress, fm San Francisco, J Upton, E Lord, E S May
Y. It is requested that no Captain secretly engage,
29— Am bg Hrolhers, Walilen, fm Honolulu.
Camp, C Tobey, M Desmond.
31 Br bk Pilgrim left Honolulu for Manilla 30 ds since; or take away on board his vessel, any natives from the
Sclioouer Mary Auna, fm I'aprftl, Castan, Uncsl, Antonia
t-dande
distress.
In
put back to the
shore. Any Captain wishing to engage unlives for a
SI Am bg J 8 Jesuran. Snule, 13 ds fin San Franciaco.
cruise, arc requested to make arrangements, before
Bark fatrnl, fm Hobart Town, M Lleresley.
do
do
schr Maria, llobaou,
Bark JaneUUon, fm San Francisco, Win Kelley, J E Barn- June s—Am
proper witnesses on shore, with any willing to go. A
do
€ Dan sh Creole, Slallhieaon, do
W
ard.
Philip,
N8
W,
6 Br bg Raven, Bell, fm Port
contrary procedure will be reported to the nearest
Bark Nshum Keag, fm SanFranclaco, J H Stearna, J Gardfc Am ach Two Brothers, Newcomb, Mils tin San F.
Consul, of the nation to which the ship belongs.
ner, B Bean, H Llncher.
11—Am seh Emeliue Howaid, lSds fm San Frrncisco.
Ass hg Bagle.fm San Francisco, J Oalick. W Oreen, E Bur June 14
VI. It is requested, that on the desertion of a man
Am ach Anonyma. Latham, !3 da fm
giss, C Weston, Mrs l.nveli.
"
from
a vessel, the Captain give immediate information
11 Am bg Pawn, Hradhnrv, 14
ach Sea Gull, fm Han Francisco, Mrs Gordon and child,
"
15 Am ach Odd Fellow, Reed,.l4
"
to the Chiefs ofthe Station, ami that the vessel do not
"
aches. T Jerreit, T X CreSwell.
Honolulu
Gordon,
fin
16 Br achSea Gull,
leave the Island until the deseiter be apprehended.
Br ahp Harmony, fin New South Wales, John Dot-rain, John
16 Am iAI Curlew, Treadway, II ds fin San Fran.
Ooedter, WIS* and four children, William Thomas Reilly,
That for every deserter delivered by the natives to the
17 Brsch Josephine, Clinton ,fm Honolulu.
Catherine Reilly, William Benson, Maria Benaon, John Hour
Captain two pieces of cloth to be paid, one to the
17 Am bg Almii ii. Coild, 12 ds Im San Fran.
igsu, wile and two children, James Steward wile and twochilChief of the station, nnd another to the parties who
dren, Thomas Keegan, wife and one child, Jeremiah O'Neil
Cleared.
wile and four children, Lawrence Nuiau wileand four children, May 12 wh sh Caravan, Dlmao, to crolae.
secured his apprehension.
William Ifalley, John ThomasStoker, John Prosper, I'airi- k
Nil. That in case the deserter be not found until
17 Am ach Honolulu,In Honolulu.
Kelly, William Walah. John Nail, John McNiceoi, Jane MrFrancisco.
aftcrfhc vessel has left the island, when apprehended,
17 Am bg Jane,Pierre. San
Niceol, aud three children, William Thtmiaa Galliott, AlexanHonolulu.
Alex
Barclay,
Mrynes.
ah
17
Br
wh
he shall become fl prisoner and be employed in public
der Sterling, John Bauer wife and child, William Anderson
17 Am achr SM Fox. Siaigg. San Fran.
work, until he leave the island.
and wife, tieorge Blakers, William II inner ami wife, Robert May 25—Haw
Honolulu.
Caroline,
Cole,
schr
for
Power wile aiuj two children, Mrs Pappa wife of the Captain
VIII. That, in any case considered necessary for a
SO Am lik Eliia Ann, Clnugh, Manilla.
and twoctijldrta PierceBuiler, Dennis Hayes, Daniel Sulli31 Am bg J S Jesurnn, Boule, Honolulu.
Captain to leave a man on shore, the sum of S3O be
van, Garret Donollef, Matthew Colman, James Davis.
San
Frnnclaco.
Union,
Havens
June s—Haw hg
tf
paid for each individual so left.
6 Am bg Mary Wilder, Cleaveland, San Francisco.
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3r
MARINE JOURNAL.
June fl—Br b« Raven, Bell, for San Fran.
10 Brbk Pilgrim, Frnncie, for Hong Kong.
14 Dan ahp Creole, Mallhierson,
15 Am bg Fortunlo, llarti, for San Fran
17 Am ach Curlew, Treadway, for Honolulu.
To Sr.AMSN and Strangers.—The Seamen's
Chapel is open for Public Worship every Sabbath,
at II a. in., nnd 7 1-2 p. in. Seats Free.
PORT OF HONOLULU.
The Seamen's Concert for Prayer ia held at the
I
Arrived.
Room the 3d Monday evening in each month.
May 87—Am ship Hsnry W'sre, Nason, 53* tons, 16 day fm
Seamen belonging to vessels (of all nations) visA Caret.
San Francisco.
In behalf of the " Bethel Choir.'' I would most iting this port are inviied lo call at the Chaplain's
n Br bark Louisa, Malller, 306 tone, 16 da fm do.
27 Am bark Science, Howland, 388 tone, 15 da fm do.
gratefully acknowledge the very acceptable donation Study, where they will be gratuitously supplied with
M Hsw ach Geslne, Hsesloop, 120 ions, 53 ds fm Val- of one tioien copies of the National Psalmist," by copies of the Friend and other rending matter. It
" Webb This dona- will be most convenient for the Chaplain to receive
palraso.
George James
IS Tshiiisnach Mary Anna, Johnaion, 41 tens, 32 da fm Lowell Mason and
tion is made hy Mr. Daniel G. Mason, of the firm of calls from Seamen between 2 and 4 p. m
Papeta.
Public services at the Native Churches, on the
M ABB. ahlp Huntress, Smith, 546 toss, 18 ds tig Ssn Tappan, Whittemore & Mason, Boston, through the
Francl.co.
Sabbalh, commence at 9 1-2 a.m. and 2 1-2p. ro.
kindness of Mr. John Ladd.
50 Am ach Roe, Swa.ey, 161 tons, 13 ds fm do,
The Seamen's Reading Room is open at all hours
S. C. DAMON, Seaman's Chaplain.
51 Am brig Bsgla, Levele. 328 lona, 10 ds liv do.
of the day. Strangers arriving and having late foSI Am ship Elits Warwick, Whiting, 530 tons, 130 da Honolulu. June 25, ISM).
-i
fan Boetoareign papers, are respectfully invitedfco aid in keepJ Bas I—Ant bk JesnstJL Sole. 203 tons, 12 dsfm San Francisco.
said room supplied with useful reading matter.
ing
do
New
Book.
M
36
ions,
do
1 BrschMsryfl"Tallowsy,
Donationa are respectfully solicited for the supdc
12
> Am shp Wm Sprague, Chase. 716 lons,
For sole at the POLYNESIAN OFFICE.
So
I Br bga Ses Gull Gordon, 62 tons, 14 ds fm
and at the CHAPLAIN'S STUDY. port of the Chaplaincy, and the publication of the
6 Haw be Union, Barnes, fm I.attains
Friend. An annual report of all donations is made
WHALE
AND HIS CAPTORS, to
B
THE
Oldham,
bg
Msxallan
Swift,
H M
fin
the Am. Seamen's Friend Society in New York.
7 Br bk Augustus, Cooks. *5 4a fm Hobartlnws.
By Rev. H. T. Cheever—Price SI 3*.
Any person contributing $50 is entitled to become a
7 Sslglss sh Oceanic, Radoil; 34 days from Auckland
Jas* W—An schr Penelope, Irving, 177 tons, 13 days from
Lite Director of the Society, and $20 to become an
Baa Francisco.
AGRICULTURAL MEETING.
Honorary Life Member.
14 Amhk Jennell, Ward, 196 tons, 10ds fm Ssn Franco.
of
the
twelfth
Au|C7» NOTICE—MONDAP,
SAIt'L C. DAMON, Seamen's Chaplain.
14 AaaJkh Arglona, Cook, 83 lons, 14 ds
is
the
the
Committee
next,
day appointed by
gust
14 Br Wig Warlock, Lean, 178 ions. 15 da •>
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da
of
interested
11
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tons,
AmbkW.
Sh
243
chosen
at
a
those
Gardiner,
14
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preliminary meeting
*
Jens 15—Amsk Hamlhoa, Peterson, 398 ions, IS days tin "San in the subject, for a general meeting of delegates
Francisco.
Journal devoted to Temper
Monthly
A
others
from
all
of
the
for
tho
Islands,
parts
and
17 abb sh Cygset, Holmes, 496 lons, 14 days from San
Francisco.
organizing of an Agricultural Association. It is ance, Seamen, Marine and General
17 Brbk Eudors, Qourlsy, 208 tons, 14 days from Ssn earnestly desired «gk*t all the Islands may be reIntelligence.
Pssncieeo.
and that as many individuals as arc in
17 Br schr Adventure, Webster, 102 tons, 15 da fm Ssn presented,
PUBLISHED AND EDITED BT
Francisco.
circumstance* to do so, bring with them such ot th*
IS Aai schr Csrlew, Treadway, 99 lons, 14 dsya fin Ssn productions of the Islands a* they may be abl*.
SAMUKL C. DAMON, Seamen's ( hapla.o.
Francisco.
8. REYNOLDS,
IS Br brg Espersnce, Klrkpatrlck, SSS tone, II dc from
W. NEWCOMB,
Mbbbblbb
TERMS.
It- Am hrff Ds§lt Menshaw, Newel), 183 tons, II da fin
J. F. B. MARSHALL,
One copy per annum
|J,OO
Baa Fibs lam. '*"
W. WOOD,
R.
Two
-.
copies
per
annum,
S,OO
SI am brg Cssonlcas, Dewing, 215 toas, 15 ds fm Ssn
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LEE,
W. L.
Five copies per nnnasß,
Committee!
6,00
rraaclseo.
tf
June
1860.
8,
4
Honoluls,
Ten SO|iisn per annum.
10,00
II %■ akp RainSeev, 19 ds fm Ssn Frsaelseo.
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T. HE RIEND.
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HONOLULU, JUNE l, 1850.
Vol. 8.
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No. 6
fine and''vantage from the lessons of exercise which
velvet car- they had received. In front of the palace
Viait of the Bonite, etc
41 pet; around us, everything was silent; no- gate were stationed the royal guards, conA True Story,
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heard except the chirping of some sisting of eleven men, dressed uniformly in
iyile Intelligence,
4*lrthing was
as
flew over our heads. We re- 'pantaloons and white calico vests with scarbirds,
they
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O'Brieo and O'Dc nohne,
44.mained there until night came to conceaf let facings. Each man was armed with a
Eillnguifhtng Fire* on b.itmJ i>r Slips,
Were my''musket and bayonet. This was without disNew Map of California, ...---- 44,'from us this ravishing spectacle.
National Ere,
44 residence in Honolulu, I should often come pute, the elite of the army of Oahu. They
44 to
New Hooka relating to Ihe Sandwich Inlands,
seemed to hold the soldiers of the line and
1 meditate in the valley of Manoa.
Agricultural Association, --.---- 46
has
to
luxury
begun
Although
European
i the militia in the most profound contempt;
Mutiny In the Pacific,
4S .appear
11
in Honolulu, yet very few carriages: while from their proudly erect attitude and
Dr. Dick
4 [are
[ to be seen. The King has u carriage from their military bearing, it could be easiLong, low, black schooner,"
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which he never uses. A few of the Europe- ly perceived that they were wonderfully im"Donations,
Deaths, Marine News, etc.
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an and American residents bnvc chaises and pressed with the idea of their superiority.
coaches. The rich chiefs, and especially The beating of the drum announced that
their wives, who, on account of their corpu- the exercise was about to commence. An
lence seem unable to walk, are seen riding officer read a long discourse, not one word
of
the
French
Sloop-of-war
Visit
about in hand-carts drawn by men. I recol- of which could I understand. I was informBonite,
lect having met in the streets of Honolulu, ed afterwards, that many men having been
to the Sandwich Islands in 1836.
the Governor of Maui and his wife making absent from the last parade, the adjutant was
Translated for the Friend, from Ihe French of their visits. They were lying flat, side by exercising his eloquence on this subject.—
side, supporting their chins with both hands, The exercise at length began, and surely,
■Adolphe Barrot.
NO. VI.
and their immense bodies tossed about by without excepting even the royal guards, the
Prospect from the hill overlooking Manoa val- the motion of the vehicle, reminded me of'Hawaiian soldiers appeared to me somewhat,
ley—meet the Governor of Maui and his certain carts which come to us from Sceaux deficient in expertness. But this however,
in a strange manner review of\lor from Poissy. A throng of servants pre- is a science which they will learn soon enough.
wife riding
ihe soldi rs Kim's house library char-\ ceded and followed them; one carrying a There are many things much more useful than
acter bogxin and fencing does not trouble parasol, another a fly-brush, and a third, the military exercise which they could and should
himself with the affairs of Government Mis-\[heir of this noble family. The menon whoa have been taught a long time ago, and of
sionaries govern in the name of Kinau drew this inleresting couple, moved
at which they have not yet acquired the least
King's feeling towards the Missionaries —j brisk trot, the team being composed of at idea. The orders were given in English.—
tacit compact manner of spending his eve-\(least eight or ten robust fellows, who from The lust orders were, "Kneel—ground
arms—to prayers!" The adjutant then read
nings incident inwhichhis antipathy against time to time were relieved by others.
The Governor of Maui stopped to talk a prayer of some length, and the command
the Missionaries appears notice of the Island's capabilities.
with me, and, thanks to Mr. Charlton with was given to break up the ranks.
During my stay at Honolulu, I made a whom I happened to be at the time, he made After the review, the King invited me to
number of excursions in the vicinity. The me understand that there would be on the walk into his house. It is a large cabin,
valley, in the midst of which Honolulu is morrow a grand review of the troops and of having in the interior a certain appearance
situated, is truly magnificent, and it could toilthe militia in Iront of the King's house, and of neatness and even of luxury. It consistmade to produce our colonial supplies in he invited me to be present.
ed of a large saloon and three chambers—
Unwilling to lose so fine an opportunity of calico curtains composing the partitions. The
abundance. The hills around might be cultivated, and they would produce excellent seeing the military forces of his Hawaiian frame, made of a black hard wood, was held
coffee and cotton of superior quality. One Majesty, I was punctual to the appointment. together by braided cords of differentcolors.
day I took a delightful ride with Mr. Grimes,'Three hundred men, composing the entire Very fine mats covered the floor. At each
an American merchant. About a mile from army of the line, were drawn up in three end and in the side were large doors with
the town, we left the road which extends lines. Each man was armed with a musket glass windows inserted. The wall was oralong the shore, and directed our course to-' of English or American manufacture, with- namented by a number of paintings, among
wards the hills. We ascended by a very|' a bayonet. I shall not undertake to des- which I observed the portrait of King Leotheir costumes, for I should never pold, then Duke of Saxe Coburg; the portolerable path. On reaching the summit of scribe
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a hill, Mr. Grimes stopped his horse to enjoy j;iget through. I could have wished that one trait of Canning, and those of Rinoriho and
my admiration. And surely it is difficult to iof our inspectors general of infantry had his wife, painted in England. A number ol
imagine a prospect more picturesque audibeen present. Of some, the only article ol chandeliers were suspended from the beams.
more enchanting. Behind us, trW sun was.i(clothing was the maro about the loins; others Chairs, tables, and two or three sofas, comdisappearing in the ocean. Before us, shut in|wore upon their shoulders large pieces of pleted the furniture. Kauikeaouli invited
between two high mountains, the fantastic'cloth falling ostentatiously infolds, in the me to enter the interior apartments—one of
shapes of which were figured in profile on the Roman fashion; and others Iflfcthe bead and them contained a magnificent cstradejJiAMfc
ade
azure of the sky, stretched a cool and ver-|lbody partly covered with leaWfl of the cocoa feet long and eight or ten wide.
or bed, raised two feet from the floor, wbf
dant valley divided by a stream, which was iarid banana formed into festoons.
hastening on through plantations of taro and Opposite the army of the line, and drawn composed of mats spread one upon aaotner,
sugar cane. In the middle of the valley were up also in three ranks, was the militia of in the manner already described. At the
about fifty cabins, shaded by kukui and bread Honolulu. To distinguish the regular troops other end of the room was a bureau, upon
fruit trees; beasts were giving in the mead- from these would have been difficult; for which were some loose papers and a small
ows-; the shade o/ the msftntams extending there was no difference in their clothing.— book-case containing some religious books,
over the whole valley; and the air was fresh! Few of the militia had muskets, and from which probably,' are not often read by the
and fragrant. The hill from which we en-.lthe manner of using these, it was easy to King, and a history of France presented him
joyed this prospect, rose on our left by an |perceive that tbey had not derived much ad. some days before by an officer of the Boaite,
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sad which he will n«t read oftener than his 'playing and drinking with the first one that' coffee in abundunce, which can safely chalother books, although he expressed to us a comes; and yet,only a jjood occasion is need- lenge a comparison with the most commendStrong desire to learn the French I iiguage. ed, I believe, to elicit from this diamond, un- ed of similar articles. I have seen speciThis house hi situated at the extremity of polished though it be, some rays of light.
mens ofOahu cotton which seemed to me to
extensive court, surrounded, as are all We were able to perceive something ol have very fine and very long sillf. Indigo
houses ofthis country, by a wall of bricks the antipathy which the King has conceived grows spontaneously, and the high moundried in the sun. In this enclosure are near- against the missionaries, at the time of our tains offer the precious sandal-wood for exly fifty huts, which serve for kitchens, store- feast at the Pali. A missionary and his wife, portation. All the farinaceous plants, the
houses, lodgings for the King's servants, and on their way from another part of lb" Island potatoe, sweet potatoe and taro, are produbarracks for the soldiers.
to Honolulu, n-iH lied the Pali at Ihe moment ced easily and in abundance.! Almost all
Kauikcaou'.i improves surprisingly upon when we were about to tHke our places at the Islands in the group present the same
acquaintance. He is naturally timid, but if able. He barely saluted them, and (hen conditions of prosperity; all are watered
he discovers kindness and indulgence in the turned his buck. At (lie same time it was more or less abundantly, and wherever naperson with whom he enters into conversa- remarked that the King appeared somewhat ture does not perform this work, industry can
tion, he becomes confiding, and then can be embarrassed; for a luitu had always been, find the means of irrigating. The heat at
perceived in him the germ of an understand- up to that time, a scene of debauch ry; and the Sandwich Islands varies from 60 to 84
ing which needs only to be developed. He that which was given in honor of us, was degrees of Fahrenheit. The climate is very
asks many questions, and sometimes the ans- perhaps the first at which a majority of the salubrious, and epidemic diseases are as yet
wers call forth from him vry judicious re- guests did not btcnme completely intoxicated. unknown. Rains are abundant on the coast
flections. He appears to have a vivid per- When Ihe missionary went on his way and during the months of February, March, Auception of his own ignorance, although his disappeared behind the first angle of the gust ami September; in the mountains it
character is naturally fickle and inconstant. mountain, the King seemed relieved of a rains almost incessantly—the clouds with
But these defects result, without doubt, from great burden and his natural gaity returned. which their summits are continually crowned
the education he has received, and his ideas,
are dissolved in abundant rains, which form
constantly directed to frivolous occupations, The Sandwich Islands are eleven in num- streams, and these flow on to enrich the
have little to do with serious subjects. The ber; five of which are Inrge, namely: Ha- plains, so that nature, after having in her
society also in which he mingles, tends not waii, Maui, Molokai, Oahu, and Kauai— convulsions produced this land, labors cona little to confirm the habits of dissipation three are small, Kahoolawe, Lanai, and N'u- stantly to render it fertile.
which he contracted in his childhood, and he lian; and three are islets or rocks. They
A True Story.
delivers himself up, with deplorable readi- are situated between the 19th and 23d deness, to the influence of evil examples. He grees of north latitude, and between the A sea Capluin's thirty years' absence—claimreceived one day, while on board a whaling 157th and 159th degrees of west longitude.
ing his daughter, etc.
AARON HI Kit's GREAT PLEA.
■hip, a decided taste for pugilistic combats, A hasty glance at these Islands, shows that
aad for a long time the recreation of the they have not figured long upon the surface
Many years ago, I happened to be one
King and of the young people of his court, of the earth. The volcanic eruptions which of the referees in a case that excited unusual
consisted in boxing; and this pastime was in have produced them, are yet recent, and ma- interest in our courts, from the singular narogue on our arrival. Thou we were call- ny promontories, upon which villages are ture of the claim, and the strange story which
ed upon to furnish amusement. In his visits now seen, have been formed within the me- it disclosed. The plaintiff, who was the capaboard the Bonite, he had occasion to see mory of man. On going into the interior of tain of n merchant vessel trading principally
our men go through the exercise of fencing, the Islands, the truth of this assertion be- with the West Indies,had married quite early,
and no persuasion was needed to turn his comes evident. We con follow, step by step, with every prospect of happiness. His wife
thoughts to this new distraction. During the the march of creation, and take her, so to is said to have been extremely beautiful, and
whole lime of our stay he was constantly speak, in the very act. It is easy to distin- no less lovely in character.
fencing, either with then en, whom at his guish, as one ascends, the modifications After living with her in uninterrupted harrequest the commandant sent to him, or with through which the lava must have passed in mony for five years, during which time two
those of our sailors who passed near his order to be decomposed and become vegeta- daughters were added to the family, he sudhouse. He stopped them, brought then in, ble earth. Thus the lava which formed the denly resolved to resume his occupation.
aad then laying aside the royal dignity to- lower points with which Ihe shore is, as it which he had relinquished on his marriage;
gattwMMth his coat, he feared no loss of re- were indented, is still almost evevy where and when his youngest child was but three
crossing swords with them du- such as the volcanothrew it out; yet the na- weeks old, sailed for the West Indies. His
mgaarna hours.
tural and artificial irrigations and the heat of wife, who was devotedly attached to him, sorThus giving himself up entirely to his ca- the climate, have already in some valleys rowed deeply at his absence, and found her
pricious passions, he relinquishes the care near the shore, and especially on Oahu, de- only comfort in the society of her children
of government to his sister-in-law, Kinau
composed the lava on the surface, and have and the hopes of his return. But month aftShe, as I have already remarked, is com- rendered it capable of producing certain er month passed away, and he came not; nor
pletely under the influence of the missiona- plants with short roots, without being able to did any letters, those insufficient but welcome
ries, and they govern in her name. The nourish vigorous trees; and no sooner do substitutes, arrive to cheer her solitude.—
missionaries, however, are not certain of the the roots penetrate to the lava, than the plant Months lengthened into years, yet no tidings
duration of their domination, and the oppo- dries up and dies. I remarked in our ex- were received from the absent husband; and
sition which is excited against them among cursion to the Pali, that all the trees which after hoping against hope, the unhappy wife
the foreigners fails not to trouble them. Tne had reached the height often or twelve feet, was compelled to believe that he had found
King and his court are in open enmity with were dead, while the bushes beneath tln in a grave beneath the weltering ocean.
them. It is with reluctance that the King formed a thicket so dense that a man could Her sorrow was deep and heart-felt, but
submits outwardly to their religious and po- not penetrate it. At a certain elevation the the evils of poverty were now added to her
lice regulations, and often does ho shake off conditions necessary to the decomposition of aftlicfion, £d the widow found herself oblithis yoke; but his desires for independence the lava arc found united with greater power ged to resort to some employment in order
reach not to the determination ofseeing clear- than in the lower lands; the work has ad- ,to support her children. Her needle was
ly into the affairs of state, and it is his per- vanced more Eiujidly and the trees are much, the only resource, and for ten years she lasona! conduct only that he strives to with- more vigoiouaH
bored early and late for the miserable pitdraw from the investigation and the censure Oahu, justly called the garden of the tance which is ever grudgingly bestowed on
of Ihe missionaries. Thus there exists at Sandwich Islands, on account of the numer- an humble seamstress.
present, a sort of tacit compact between the ous streams which water it, ie capable of reA merchant in New York, in moderate yet
missionaries and himself; an agreement, so compensing the labors of agriculture with all prosperous circumstances, accidentally beto speak, has been entered into between the products of those of our colonies which came acquainted with her, and pleased with
them, that he will not interfere with the gov- are the most favored by nature. The plains her gentle irianneMpo less than her extreme
ernment, on condition that no evangelical of the interior and those near the shore, are beauty, endeavoredto improve their acquaincensure shall ever cross the ibreshold"of his exceedingly well adapted to the cultivation tance with friendship. After some months
palace. In consequence, Kauikeanuli spends of sugar cane, which grows here to an as- he offered his hand and v. as accepted. As
ail hi* evenings in a public billiard room, tonishing size. The hills'produce cotton and the wife of a successful merchant she soon
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found herself in the enjoyment of comforts Burr whispered a few words, apparently en-jiaccustomed to sew by the light of chips which
and luxuries such as she had never possess- couraging her to advance, and then grare- she kindled to warm her famishing children,
ed. Her children became his children, and fully raising her veil disclosed to us a face of Ibecause she could not purchase a candle
received from him every advantage which proud surpassing beauty. I recollect, as well without depriving us of our morning meal.—
wealth
could procure. Fifteen as if it hud happened yesterday, how simul- '.Such was our poverty when my mother conyears passed away; the daughters married; tnneously the murmur of admiration burst Itracted a second marriage, and the change
and by their step-father were furnished with from the lips of all present. Turning to the Ito us was like a sudden entrance into Paraevery comfort requisite to their new vocation plaintiff, Burr asked in a cold, quiet tone, idise. We found a home and a father."—
She paused.
of housekeepers. But they had hardly quit" Do you know this lady ?"
ted his roof, when their mother was taken ill. " I do," he replied.
" Would you excite my child against me?"
She died, and from that time until the period " Will you swear to that ?" continued Burr, icried the plaintil)', as he impatiently waved
of which I speak, the widower resided with " I will ;" he answered, " to the best ofIhis hand for her to be silent.
my knowledge and belief, she is my daughter.' The eyes of the witness flashed fire a* he
the youngest daughter.
Now comes the strangest part of the story. " Can you swear to her identity?"
spoke.
After an absence of thirty years, during "lean."
" You are not my father!" she exclaimed
vehemently. " What! call you my father?
which time no tidings had been received from " What is her age'"
him, the first husband returned, as suddenly " She was thirty years old on the 20th day You! who basely left your wife to toil, and
your children to beggary? Never! never!
as he had departed. He had changed his of April."
Behold there my father!" pointing to the agiship, adopted another name, and spent the " When did you last see her ?"
whole of that long period on the ocean, with " At her own house, about a fortnight tated defendant—"There is the man who
watched over my infancy—who was the sharer
only transient visits on shore, while taking since.
did you last see her previous to of my sports, and the guardian of my inexin or discharging cargoes; having been care" When
perienced youth. There is he who claims
ful never to come nearer home than New that meeting?"
The plaintiff hesitated—a long pause en-' mv uffeclion, and shares my home—there is
Orleans. Why he had acted in this unpardonable manner towards his family, no one sued—the question was repeated, and the an- my father ! For yonder selfish wretch—l
know him not! The best years of his life
could tell, and he obstinately refused all ex- swer at length was,
have been spent in lawless freedom from soplanation.
" On the 14th day of May, 17—."
"When she was just three weeks old!" cial ties; let him seek elsewhere the comThere were strange rumors of slave-trading and piracy afloat, but they were only added Burr. " Gentlemen," continued ho, panion of his decrepitude, nor dare insult the
conjecture rather than the truth. Whatever turning to us, " J have brought this lady ashes of my mother by claiming the duties of
might have been his motives for his conduct, here as an important witness, and such 1 kindred from her deserted children !"
he was ceitainly anything but indifferent to think she is. The plaintiff's counsel has She drew her veil hastily around her as
his family concerns when he returned. He pleaded eloquently in behalfof the bereaved she spoke, and moved as il to withdraw.
raved like a madman when informed of his husband, who escaped the perils of the sea, "Gentlemen," said Burr, "I have no
wife's second marriage and subsequent death, and returned to find his home desolate. But more to say. The words of the law are exvowing vengeance upon his successor, and who will picture to you the lovely wife, bend- pressed in the book before you; the words of
terrifying his daughters with the most awful ing over her daily toil, devoting her best truth you have just heard from woman's pure
threats, in case they refused to acknowledge years to the drudgery of sordid poverty, sup- lips; it is for you to decide according to the
his claims. He had returned wealthy; and ported only by the hope of her husband's re- reqnisit ion of nature and the decreeof justice.!
one of the mean reptiles of the law, who are turn? Who will paint the slew progress of I need not say, that our decision was in
always to be found crawling about the halls heart sickening, the wasting anguish of hope favor of the defendant, and that the plaintiff
ofjustice, advised him to bring a suit against deferred, and finally the overwhelming ago- went forth, followed by the contempt of evethe second husband; assuring him that he ny which came as her last hope was extin- ry honorable man who was present at the
could recover heavy damages. The absurd- guished, and she was compelled to believe trial.
ity of instituting a claim for a wife whom herself a widow? Who can depict all this
death had already released from the jurisdic- without awakening in your hearts the warmSir John Franklin.—The expedition in
tion of earthly laws, was so manifest, it was est sympathy for the deserted wife, and the search ol Sir John Franklin, says the New
at length agreed by all parties, to leave the utterest scorn for the mean, pitiful wretch, York Tribune of March, will sail from this
who could thus trample on the heart of her port in May, and will consist of two schoonmatter to referees.
It'was on a blight and beautiful afternoon[whom he had sworn to love and cherish?— ers suitable for the navigation of the Arctio
in spring, when we met to hear this singular Whether it was love of gain, or licentious- Seas, of seventy and ninety tons burden.—
case. The sun-light streamed through the ness, or self-indifference, it matters not; he The command of the expedition has been
dusty court room, and shed a halo around the is too vile a thing to be judged by such laws tendered to Lieut. Dc Haven, who was atgrey locks of the defendant; while the plaint- as govern men. Let us ask the witness, she tached to the Exploring Expedition, who has
iff's harsh features were ever thrown in still who now stands before us with the frank, accepted the trust.
Passed Midshipman
bolder relief, by the same beam which soft- tearless brow of a true hearted woman—let Griffin will be second in command. A party
ened the placid countenance of his adversary. us ask which of these two has been to her a has gone East to select the vessels for tht
The plaintiff's lawyer made a most elo- father?"
expedition.
quent appeal for his client, and had we not Turning to the lady, in a tone whose sweetbeen informed about the matter, our hearts ness was in strong contrast with the scornIn Tuscany, the Romish priests hare comwould have been melted by his touching des- ful accent which had just characterized his
menced
persecutions against two printers of
cription of the return of the desolate hus- words, he besought her to relate briefly the Florence, for having under the government
recollections
of
her
life.
flush
A
early
slight
with
which
he
now
beband, and the agony
of the Republic, printed a translation of Ihe
held his household gods removed to conse- passed over her proud and beautiful face as New Testament in Italian, on the express
crate a stranger's hearth. Thacelebrated she replied:
ground of " their having published the gosAaron Burr was counsel for fiwdefendant, " My first recollections are of a small, ill- pel in the vulgar
tongue, so that every one
and wo anticipated from him a splendid dis- furnished apartment, which my sister and may be enabled to read it.''
play of oratory. He merely opened a book myself shared with my mother. She used to
of statutes, and pointing with his thin finger carry out every Saturday enjping the work
A Russian ship of war lately arrived at
to one of the pages, desired the referees to which hnd occupied her during the week,
Portsmouth,
England, has excited a good
one.
following
for
a
moment
to
and
back
work
for
the
bring
while
he
retired
rend it,
and admiratioaJafrom the
and
of
attention
had
that
to
her
deal
employers,
journey
Saving
bring in the principal witness. We
scarcely finished the section, which fully de- her regular attendance at church, she never beauty of its model. It is caUJHp chef d'incided the matter in our minds, when Burr left the house. She often spoke of my father cevre ofnaval architecture. T|js"vessel,
returned with a tall and elegant female lean- and of his anticipated return, but at length stead of being of Russian build, as supposed
the Kaming on his arm. She waAutired in a simple she used to weep more frequently than ever. by the English connoisseurs, la Americans
schatka,
were
built
New
York—by
in
then
she
because
we
I
thought
wept
a
of
leaves
enivy
white dress, with wreath
onr on- and of American materiaJi. for his Majesty
circling her large straw bonnet, and a lace poor, for it sometimes happened thatshe
was{the Czar.
j'-.dtto ) ■« -\-\ia Irn
veil completely concealing her countenance. ly support was a bit of bread, and
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THE FRIEND, JUNE 1, 1850.
THE FRIEND,
HONOLULU, JUNE 1, 1850.
The following is from a Hobart-town |C7* We are glad to have added to our
list ofexchange papers, the " National Era,"
paper:
We regret exceedingly to learn from an the well conducted and talented anti-Slavery
'
authentic source, that Mr. O'Brien is sufferin the city of Washington
ing severely, both mentally and personally, paper published
from his banishment to Maria Island. Next Mr. Bailey, the responsible editor, wields a
LATE INTELLIGENCE.
By a recent arrival from California we have week we will refer to his particular case more vigorous pen, and conducts the paper in a
mtelllgence in less than fifty days from New fully; it would be unmanly and unjust not to manner to command the respect of eminent
York. The ' Alta Californian' of May Bth, do so under all circumstances.
.members of Congress, as we have observed
has fallen under our inspection. From its As for Mr. O'Donohoo, he availed himself in reading the speeches lately delivered upon
columns we learn that Hon. John C. Cal- of the Government indulgence, and is em- tho Slavery question. The Quaker poet,
neVw died at the capital in Washington, on ploying his time and talents in editing a pa- Whiltier, is the corresponding editor. The
the 31st of March. During the long period per entitled the " Irish Exile."
Era is a paper that a true American is glad
of forty-two years he has boen actively en- The following letter to the London Timesito meet in n foreign land. Americans wangaged on the theatre of political life, occupy- contains information, which will he of great; tiering in foreign lands, feel proud of their
ing stations of distinguished importance. He interest to captains of vessels and to others country, but they blush that her fair name
whs born March 15, 1782, and had just en'Sir—The owners of the Caleb Grimshaw should be associated with the foul blot of
tered upon his 69th year. Only twelve days demand a means for extinguishing lire in the'slavery; hence when they meet a paper like
before his death he spoke in the Senate up- hold of a ship. The material required are the Eru, calmly, boldly, manfully, yet in a
nothing more than a cask of common chalk
on the Slavery question.
in the bottom of the hold connected with the .dignified manner, discussing the subject, it
We also learn that the trial of Professor deck by a-small pipe, and a two gallon bot- .'serves to showthat mighty efforts are making
Webster had taken place. It lasted eleven tle of sulphuric acid—which, on the alarm of[lor the abolition of the enormous evil; and
days. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. fire, being poured down the pipe, will gener- ( that to, under the very shadow of the capitol.
When it was announced, the convicted crim- ate a sufficient quantity of dense smoke (gus There may be din" rences of opinion among
in which flame cannot exist,) to extinguish
inal fell back in his chair with his hands any fire, however large. I enclose my card the non-slavc-holdiiig portions of the Ameriresting upon the railing, and remained for in accordance with your rule, but any chem- can community, respecting the best method
some moments in an insensible state. When ist knows flame cannot exist in carbonic acid of doing away with this colonial bequest of
is generated by the action of sul- the
he recovered, he remarked to the officer who gas, which on
mother country, but we rejoice to learn
acid
the chalk. I beg to subscribe
phuric
had charge of him, ' Why are you keeping myself, your obedient servant.
that there is a growing conviction among the
me here to be gazed at?' He would receive
northern people that it is an evil which should
his sentence in a few days. In our next Map of the Mining District of Cali- 'be confined to its present limits; hence the
files of United States papers we may expect fornia by Wm. A.Jackson. —We would ac- tug of war' in Congress respecting the adknowledge our indebtedness to Wm. Ladd, mission of free California.
foil reports of the trial.
A steam propeller, the ' Carolina,' had Esq. for a copy of this Map, which is neatly
New Books Relating to the Sandwich
arrived at San Francisco from New York. lithographed. It is by fur the best and most
Islands.
She had made a remarkable quick passage accurate map of Alto California which has
Solomon
was justified in saying,
If
ICJ*
from New York to Panama, in seventy-six ever fallen under our inspection. It shows of making
books
there is no end,"
many
"
days. The quickest on record, thus out run- that in reality, more wns learned respecting with how much more emphasis
may such a
the
of
the
the
geography
country during
year
ning the steamer 'Sarah Sands,' (which had
remark be now uttered. By late arrivals
the
1819,
than
was
ever
communicated
to
just arrived,) twenty-six days.
several new hooks have been brought, some
There has been a great fire in San Frnn- world before. To the curious in matters of of which relate to scenes in the Pacific,' and
oisco. Several blocks were entirely consu- this description, it is really amusing to com- at these Islands.
Lieut. Wise, of the-United
med. The loss is estimated from one to two pare this map with maps of the country pub- States Navy, who visited the Sandwich
millions of dollars. The gambling establish- lished five, ten, or more years since. Until Islands, while attached to the United States
the discovery of the mines, the geography
ments suffered severely.
ship Independence, has published a narraof
a
later
arrival, papers have California was as unknown to the world, tive of his rambles, under the title of "Los
Pottcript. —By
been received to April Ist. We learn that as the geography of the center of Africa or Gringos."
Dr. Wood, late Fleet Surgeon
Professor Webster had received his sen- New Holland.
of the United States Squadron, in the Patence—to be hanged!
It is announced that twelve sisters of
cific, has published " Wandering Sketches,
charity are about to embark at Brest, to of People and Things,
in South America,
O'Brien
and O'Donohoe.—Inlatepapers found an establishment at Honolulu, the cap- Polynesia, California, and
other places."
from Van Dieman's Land, we notice frequent ital of the Sandwich Islands,
by invitation Another similar work, we
observe, anallusions to these distinguished Irish Revolu- from
King Kamchameba 111. ! ? ! ! ?
nounced as Jiublished in London, written by
tionists who have been'transported to that
Penal Colony. O'Brien had the offer of in- Nearly four thousand copies of Webster's an EnglisrWjuvnl officer, by the name of
dulgences, but he scornfully refused them, quarto dictionary have been sold in Boston, Walpole, who visited the Islands, we believe,
preferring to wear the uniform of a convict. in a little more than two years. Thirty mil- attached to H. B. M's ship Collingwood. In
Is the Launcsater Chronicle, we notice the lions copies InWe been sold of Webster's the "Biblical Repository for July, 1849,"
spelling book—about six millions since the there is a lengthy, and carefully written arfollowing:
of the author, in 1843, or one million ticle, upon the Sandwich or Hawaiian Isl' Mr. S»» O'Brien is to be removed to death
Pott
whore he is to be accommoda- per annum.
ands ; their history and relations to the rest
ted in the stable attached to the former resi- We are glad to welcome the Eliza War- of the world," by Rev. H. T. Cheever, who
dence ef Commissioner Lempriere, which is wick' from Boston, so soon after the arrival visited the Islands,*aeveral
years since, and
to be prepared for the purpose, and his inmonths,
two
travelled
over
In
ofthe'Charles.'
less
than
of
the group.
every.part
tercourse is to be restricted to the visiting
magistrate, the superintendent, ihe officer we may expect the 'Ohilo,' which sailed from Bcp- In Dr. Wood's work, so far as relates
and serjesnt of the guard.'
Boston March 2d, for Honolulu.
to the Sandwich Islands, we are gratified in
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of country. The
observing a spirit of candor and good sense. common among both natives and foreigners. fined to a very limited extent
root, a native of tbe same recultivation
of
this
In judging of Missionary influence and suc- All acts ofreligious worship, when properly gion as the potato, has hitherto proved unsuccess, he does not appear inclined to carp, performed are acceptable lo God, but in cessful in Europe, more from ignorance of rs*
treatment, than from any other en use.
or to observe—merely to express—in-, that of family devotion, there is something requisite
Tbe climnte of these Islands seems lo be well
discriminate commendation, but rather to we believe peculiarly acceptable. We envy adapted to the aracacha, as also to t number of
have observed the "golden mean," endcuvor- not the feelings of those who, denounce and other useful plants, ot which a lons list might be
BERTHOLD SEEMAN,
ciied.
ing to keep his mind free from strong preju- decry Missionary influence, when it tends,
Naturalist of H. B. M. ship Herald.
dices on either side. We shall here make a as we know it does, to lead a once heathen To Rev. S. C. Damon.
May 14, 1850.
single extract from his work,-relating to some people to worship their Maker, while kneel- Honolulu,
the Picific.—We gave curMutiny
in
scenes which chanced to fall under his ob- ing around the Family Altar.
our last, says the New Bedford Merin
rency
servation during a visit to the volcano on
Mrs. Newman's School.—This lady has cury, to the report from an Edgartown corHawaii :
N. Y. Com. Advertiser,
a school for instructing Hawaiian respondent of the
opened
that Capt. Hussey of the ship Planter
In addition to the wondcrlul scenes of
stating
nature which this expedition had afforded us! children and youth in the English language. of Nantucket, had deliberately and without
an opportunity of beholding, it made us ac-, She proposes, upon reasonable terms, to any just cause, shot one of his crew. The
quainted with some traits of the native char- lodge, board and instruct a few pupils. Her following facts in relation to the affair, have
acter, and presented a wonderful illustration residence is near the Rev. L. Smith's meet- since come to our knowledge from a reliable
source:
of the good effects of even n low degree of
civilization. Early in the morning on which ing-house.
In June last, while cruising in the vicinity
we left Kilauua, hearing the monotonous References —Rev. L. Smith and Seamen's of the King's Mill group of islands, the crew
loncsofn human voice under the window of Chaplain.
of the Planter, led on by a few desperate fellows, refused duty, alleging as a cause, that
the hut, near which I had been sleeping, upThAgericultaAssociation.
on looking out I saw Kianuhi, our native
the ship had cruised long enough, and should
captain, upon his knees, earnestly engaged Remarks respecting its formation in the go into port. Capt. Hussey refused to comHawaiian islands.
in prayer, his countenance wearing the exply with the demands of the crew, whereupthe physical and moral improvement on they armed themselves withknives, handpression of fervent devotion. During the ofWhile
becoming
tlaily
ihe
is
more
conHawaiian*
etc. and threatened
last night of our stay at the school-house, spicuous,
arts aivl sciences begin lo flourish.— spikes, boarding-knives,
whilst we were lying about the floor, the only Agriculture, in which the aborigines even at the the lives of the captain and officers unless
light of the apartment being a candle in a time of the discovery, had attained some skill, their demand was immediately complied with.
hatchet, sticking in one of the posts, the nil- |has not kept puce with the advance civilization Capt. Hussey endeavered to reason with
lives wanting some occupation, produced has made throughout thegroup. Though indif- them, Bna" u P on going forward to do so, was
several books from the desk, printed in their ferent parts extensive plantations have been es- met at the try-works and forced back. Aftnil oilier of useful plants have
own language.
er several ineffectual attempts to induce the
They were hymn-books, jtitlilished, mill a yet
the former stand ns isolated
introduced,
with the notes of the appropriate music ; and been
to return to their duty, and finding that
crew
undertakings, while most of the latter owe their
several of the Indians gathering about the nutuiitlizuiioii lo accident, not design. Those they had determined to force the captain to
candle favored us with the hymn in their na- who visit these Islands and become acquainted return to port or take possession of the ship.
tive language, but with one of our familiar with their lovely climate, are particularly struck Capt. Hussey ordered the ship's muskets to
with ihe small variety of cultivated plants and be brought on deck, and loaded with ball
tunes.
On the following morning, having arisen vegetables. No attention has ns yet been paid cartridges. He then addressed the crew,
Itis there- stating his determination to maintain his auearlier than my companions, I directed one Ilo a subject of so much importance.
great satisfaction that the friends of thority on board, if need be at cost of life,
of file Indians to make up the fire, and in the fore, withobserve
the, present movement in favor
and gave them half an hour to consider the
mean time I strolled off to walk among some progress
of an Agricultural Association—for nothing shows
of the neighboring huts. From one of them mere the advance of a community, than the for- matter and make up their minds whether they
I heard the continued utterance of monoto- mation of societies pursuing 11 useltil and general would return to duty.
nous sounds ; and upon looking in nt the door object.
At the expiration of the time, he again ad-'
I saw a man, I presume the head of the fa- An Agricultural Society, such nn one as these dressed them, and finding they still persisted
Islands need, ought to be more than a mere se- in their mutinous intentions, he very coolly
mily, kneeling on a mat in the corner, pray- ries
of meetings
which
are discussed
informed them, that he had
ing aloud, whilst the various members of the and the results ofnt practicaltheories
experiments report- and resolutely
knelt
a
row
near
the course for him to purin
old
and
determined
upon
young,
j
family,
ed. In order to rentier it really useful, it ought
him. The only words which I could under- (to go a step further. It requires a few acres of sue—that he was a good shot, and that the
stand were "Ehovah," and "Luna," the for- »ronnd. where new fruits, vegetables, esculent first man, who on being commanded by him,
mer word, of course, given them from our roots anil herbs, useful as fotlder fur cattle mid should refuse to obey, would be shot dead on
purposes, are cultivated. At the the spot. He then took up and tried a muslanguage, and the latter from their own, sig- other domestic
head of that establishment it wants a person, who ket, and calling one of the ringleaders by
nifying above. What a scene ! and what possessing
both practical experience and sciential
to come aft, the only anwords from the hut of n native, on the wild j l> now ledge, diffuses the newly acquired
plants name, ordered him
fie
of
a
volcanic mountains Huwaii ! among peo- hy distributing them among the members of the swer to which was a defiance. Capt. Husple the last born of civilized discovery, many society and giving directions for their successful sey then leveled his gun and fired. The ball
of whom, Christians of no more than adult cultivation. He might also keep up communi- entered the temple of themutineer
with similar establishments, ami thus ex- ed out the opposite sidflk thu head; sera he
years, bear on their persons the marks of,cations one
production for the other.
same course was
barbarian customs. As a careless member ichange
fell dead upon deck.
would have a fine pursued with another ofthe ringleaders, who
of a community to which Christianity was n A society thus organized,
before it—ihe best stimulus to exertion, anil
the remainder of the crew, preferred
birthright trust, I felt rebuked. Never, in field
undoubtedly obtain great results within n few with
the "dim religious light," and amid Un- years. Plants from nearly every part of the globe returning to their duty to being shot at—and
solemn paraphernalia of Art's sacred temph-s, Imight be acclimated and successfully grown.— the ship continued on her cruise.
did I feel such an impulse to devotion, and The Hawaiian Islands not having a strictly, tro- The peril to which the vessel and crew
involuntarily my own spirit of adoration was pical climate, the society would principally have were exposed by the conduct of the mutineers
will doubtless furnish to the minds of all, a
borne along with that of those humble wor- 10 turn its attention and to look for acquisitions
to ihe cooler parts of the world, and to those dis- sufficient justification for the extreme measshipers."
tricts of the equinoxial regions where the gracethe captain was compelled to
We have made the above extract, not be- ful forms of the tropics are harmoniously blended ures to which
afford to him ample vindication
resort,
and
the
of
At
an
vegetation
tempernte
into
the
zone.
cause there is anything very remarkable
elevation of n few thousand feet the highlands of by the lews ofhis country.
about the observance offamily worship-among the East Indies, of Mexico, New Grnnadn, Eu
Thirty thousand landlords own Engvariety of
the Hnwaiians, but because we know that it cador and Peru, produce a prodigious nominally
three thousand ewe Scotland; six
land;
of
are
useful plants, most
which
but
is a very common practice among them, so known to more civilized nations. The itracaohn thousand own Ireland; leaving more than
inMissionary
come
under
for
instance,pro- 25,000,000 inhabitants of those countries
far as they have
of Peru, (conicum maculatuiii,)
is con- without a foot of God's creation.
bably
vegetables,
more
the
finest
ofall
esculent
that
was
practice
Would
this
fluence.
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46
Dr. Dick.
'the siie of two volumes. For the "Philoso-
Slate, I received £80 and a
ven-J|phy of a Future
1)
Forthe
of "Mental
The "Long, Low, Black Schooner."
The sppended letter, written by the
BY TIM
TALFELLOW, ESQ.
It had been n " dirty mylit," blowing and
, of'few cdpies.
copy-right
erable author, Thomas Dick, L. L.
Scotland, was received by a gentleman of Illumination," £130. For the "Practical, raining terrifically in squalls, and dark as
this town, in acknowledgement of the receipt! Astronomer," 50 guineas and 50copies, &.c. Tartarus; and the morning veiled in a canoof a bill lor £6, the contribution of a gentle-'tic. These and the other sums have been py of heavy rolling clouds, was little better.
'spread over a period of more than twenty The wind hnd I'ullen, but a huge sea tossed
man of this vicinity, as a slight
to the high moral worth of Dr. Dick, and five years. I .received from the booksellers us mercilessly, and a thick mist circumscriin America on two or three different occa- bed our vision to within a few yards around
the value of his literary works.
sions,
forth
several sums for sending corrected our ship. As the day advanced, the clouds
which
the|i
The circumstances
called
contribution for this excellent and venerablei sheets across the Atlantic before the works were dissipated, until at lust, as is often the
case in the transitions of weather al sea, the
man, who is now over eighty years of age, alluded to were published in Britain.
misty
which surrounded us rose sudWe
from
the
letter.
may be readily inferred
Notwithstanding our small income, and in- denly,curtain
as if at the fiat of elemental
power.
letter,cumbrances, we endenvored, by dint of the
may awaken, in other places, a disposition to most rigid economy, to move onward, though The cry of " suil ho!" wus almost immeforecastle deck,, and
make Dr. Dick some partial returns for the without some of the comfoits we could have diately heard from Iheaway?"
from the offidebt of gratitude due him for the healthful wished, and never had the least idea of lay- tt, the cull of '* where
moral and religious influence of his literary ing open our circumstances to Ihe public.— cer of the deck, which ulways follows such
was answered in the
works, and such as will assist him in the dis- But about three years ago it was suggested an announcement, it
same hoarse voice, " four points on the lee
charge of the manifold obligations which an by some respectable gentlemen in Dundee, bow,
sir;" and turning our e>es in that diall-wise Providence has seen fit to impose.,that 1 should present a memorial to Lord John
rection,
we discovered a vessel already
upon him in his declining life.—[Washington Russell for a small pension from the fund alnnd seemingly not far off. The
Union.
authors, &x. This memorial, ac- "hull up,"
lotted
distance
have been a couple of miles;
)
might
Scotland,
neat-Dundee,
Broughty Ferry,
companied with the warm recommendations near
enough, if in clear weather, to have
S
30th Jan., 1860.
of Lord Duncan, Lord Kennard, George
Mr Dear Sir :—I have much pleasure in Duncan, M. P. for Dundee, and about a doz- easily distinguished in every particular by
the aid of glasses; but seen as she was,
acknowledging the receipt of your very kind en other official gentlemen, was presented to through
the half melting haze, not so readily
letter of the Bth current, enclosing n Bill of|Lord John Russell through the medium of
reduced to shape, form and exactitude of
Co.,
&.
for
on
Messrs.
Harnden
;
tbe
historian
but
no
answer
Mr. Macaulay,
Exchange
At first she looked huge and
£6.
|was ever returned to it, and by this time it character.
kind,
I return to you, dear sir, and your
ihas likely been quite forgotten. About three clumsy, looming in the partial light like the
of the 'Flying Dutchman;'
friends, my most grateful acknowledgements iinonths ago, a benevolent gentleman from wandering ghost
and
trim;
then
small
and hye-nud-bye, still
your
and
disinter"-!
friendly remembrance
for
[England, formerly unknown tome, happened
esfed liberality ; and I pray God you may all, to call, and in the course of conversation, al- more diminutive and quite plainly a schooner.
have such a portion of the good things ol lusion happened to be made tolhis memorial. The sight of a sail is one of the most excithis life, as may promote your true enjoy- Ho requested that a copy of it might be sent ting objects of a sea life; a companion in
ment, and be conducive to your progress in[to him, which was done n week or two after- darkness, a lelluw traveller upon tlie desert,
is not more welcome; not all the wonders of
the divine life, and above all, that you may wards, and in a very short time a paragraph the
deep have half its thrilling interest!—
be enriched with those spiritual and heaven- appeared in the Athenaeum nnd the Literary
Gazette, expressed in rather too strong Conjectures ore rife; her what and whatly blessings which shalj enduro forever.
a new subject, with all the adPerhaps it is due to your disinterested terms. I had no hand whatever in the inser- ahout being
vantage of a chance matter, which at all
kindness and generosity, that I should state ( tion of these or any other paragraphs which limes
enhances the gratification of a pleasure.
some circumstances in relation to my family |have lately been going the round of the
can she be from?" "Where
"Where
affairs.
About
seven
years newspapers. These statements are the inand my temporal
were the questions immediately
ago, my daughter and her husband, both in ferences which my kind friends have hecn bound?"
the prime of life, died within thirteen days of pleased to deduce from what wus stated in asked.
each other, leaving five children, two boys the memorial. At the stunt- time, should the " I can't imagine," said our captain. " I
don't see how a craft like that could get here
and three girls, tho oldest about ten and the public think that my writings have been in —what
the mischief can she be about?"
youngest about two years of age, almost, the least beneficial to society, and should
It
be a small vessel," observed anmay
had
I
for
their
"
support.
without anything
they choose on this ground to present a testherefore to bear the greater part of the bur- timonial, as you have so liberally done, } other, "hound to Algoa Bay, or into the
Channel."
den of their maintenance and education. As certainly will not refuse it. It would tend to Mozambique
"Impossible—our latitude to dny will be
we had previously kept no regular servant, procure us some comforts we have not hithwe were under the necessity of getting one erto enjoyed, and enable us to promote the over forty-two—more than seven degrees to
into the family, and for several years we education of my female orphan grand chil- the southward efLa Ghullas!"
"Perhaps an express packet from Engwere under the necessity of submitting to dren. Last spring I was subjected to a danto India?"
this additional expense. About three years gerous disorder, which for some time baffled land
"Even
then," again rejoined the captain,
into
John
of
the
were
admitted
girls
Jfee efforts of all my medical attendants, but
ago, two
Watson's Institution, Edinburgh, where through the blessing of God 1 gradually re- with a skiff like that, one might fancy the
they are maintained and educated gratis, but covered during the summer and autumn. fellow would work round close in with the
at tan.age of thirteen or fourteen years, But about two or three months ago I was sub- land in smooth water."
Every suggestion was maturely discussed,
at home. The jected to a severe surgical operation on my
they9P*t be againjfljteivcd
but
none seemed entirely satisfactory. There
goirflrprofessions.
Besides,'
have
now
from
tumor
boys
breast,
which a large
was exstill a something wanting to confirm the
was
sister,
once
a
in tracted ; but everything went favorably on,
I have an aged and infirm
At one time, so small did she
reputable and prosperous condition, now, the wound is healed, and I enjoy at the pre- argument.
look, that we suddenly fancied she might lie
affairs,
of
mercantile
the
of
uncertainty
sent moment, a tolerable share
through
good the launch of some
large vessel that had
left without almost any resources. Her hus- health.
band, and Utterly, all her family, grown up Mrs. Dick joins me in kind wishes and foundered in this tempestuous part of the
to men and women, have died, and for more grateful acknowledgements to you and your ocean, and might contain Ihe remnant other
than seven years she has been an inmate in friends. May you enjoy every desirable crew, who had thus saved themselves!—and
immediately we pictured a scene of distress
our family, chiefly depending on us for supcomfort through life, hope in death, and at and suffering that might naturally have been
port.
length an abundant entrance into the ever- the consequence of such an event—of weepThe profits which have arisen from the lasting
kingdom of our Lord and Savior, is ing, and wailing, and nakedness, and fear;
publication of my works in this country have the earnest
desire of,
ofexhaustion from exposure; madness from
the
entire
small.
For
comparatively
been
Sir,
My
thirst; of starvation itself, and all the hagDear
copy-Tight of the "Chrrstian Philosopher," 1
Your much obliged,
gard horrors which the combinations of such
received at first £120, and a few years ago,
and most obedient Servant,
a spectacle must have presented. There
a few pounds more, when very large addiTHOMAS DICK. might be women aboard too! for in the mass
tions were made to it, so ts to increase it to
trust that the simple statements of the
,
,
,
,
1
—
"
�47
THE FRIEND. JUNE 1. 1850-
of migration' from England to her colonies, visions now before us, it was then all glee.!|and our position became immedistely tbe
particularly on this route " beyond the The chattering petrels about us were not subject of cool dscussion. She wss prowas
Cape," whore lie India, ihe jewel of her more gladsome. If we had before been de- nounced suspicious; snd the conclusion
crown, and the colonies of Australia—the lighted by the mere sight of a way-farer like ss soon fallen upon that whatsoever she might
giant progeny of an ever teeming mother— ourselves upon the waste' of waters, ihe be, if hostile, it was now too late to attempt
the number who embark upon the ocean for pleasure was now ten-fold in the expectation escape by running. It would be difficult to
other dwelling places, would astonish our of greeting him. The idea too, of intelli- board us in so heavy a sea; perchance we
own home-keeping and home-loving country gence from the living nnd breathing world, might run her down—the risk to ourselves in
women who dreamof the north and the south, iiom which we had been so long excluded, such a case was but a choice of evils.'* It
the cast nnd the west, as of a day's journey, had in it something very cheering—a feeling was determined that our only chance lay in
and of the sea as a far-off and fearlul road!' which none can appreciate who have never an air of the most unflinching determination,
Scarce a ship from England pnsscsthe Cope: endured the heavy incarceration of the seas. and to this end we stood on. She was now
Our friend wus still at some distance, and about half-a-mile off, but heading directly
without them —daughters returning to parents alter an education " at home," as Eng- over a heavy head sea with the wind ex- for us, and her sails settling very low, it was
land is fondly termed hy them, though born tremely light, we approached but slowly. impossible to see any thing upon her deck.
upon the soil of its most distant dependency; As we came nearer however, there seemed Men were running up and down her rigging,
wives to husbands, after a visit for the resto- to be a change in our feelings, an indefina- as if for observation. We were evidently an
ration of impaired health; friends rejoining ble though very perceptible something over object of solicitude with them; and reversing
friends, and relations to be united; and not the spirit of them, like the mutation of a the matter, 1 must own, they were equally so
unfrequently, the betrothed going forth in gently proceeding dream. We were less with us. Anxiety had now become suspense.
the palpitating expectancy of a consumma- gay, talked less, laughed less. It was evi- Our little armory was open within the poop;
tion of her plighted faith with one whose for- dent something new occupied our thoughts pistols lay disposed upon the table, and mustunes havo unitctl him with a distfnW region. Each with his glass—some three or four kets and cutlasses were in ample reediness
Such thoughts as these, carried the picture was earnestly watching the little vessel, around. Our men stood scattered, or moved
which our imaginations had drawn lo the while those who were without these aids to silently from place to place with a fidgety air,
highest pitch. But on looking again and their physical vision, were passing from one gazing intently on the little stranger, oranon
more narrowly, we discovered that our little to the other of the observers, inquiring what glancing aft with a feeling natural to the igschooner was well and sufficiently rigged; they saw. Our attention was first arrested norant, as if to read in the countenances of
her sails were well fitted and well set; no- by the enormous size of her sails; every those to whom higher station had perhaps
thing in her appearance indicated haste or thing 100, was set, while our reefs were yet given quicker perceptions, that which they
emergency, nor had she any of the usuul sig- in, the weather still looking threatening.— could not themselves discover; the blood
The captain was the first to break in upon a coming and going in more faces than one.—
nals tif distress flying.
ciicd
the
first
observe
silence that had now been some time pro- I never saw a ship so still! We talked end
be,"
It
cannot
to
"
were silent—laughed, and were more silent
these distinctions;
there can be no jury- longed.
rig about that craft!—twig her gaff-topsail " He out-carries us," he observed, speak- than before! We remembered our dreams
ing as if casually, and throwing his eyes with of fresh butter nnd new laid eggs, and called
and flying jib."
"You arc right," answered the captain, a seeming carelessness aloft—doubtful, per- it a capital joke; but it would not take the
truck to heel!"
haps, of exciting unpleasant feelings by a complexion of a jest.
" she's a dandy from
We approached.
And with these unanswerable arguments more serious nir. " Mr. M—," he continuwe wore fain to give pity to the winds for ed, addressing the officer, " call all hands" He is near enough," cried one, " to give
shake the reel's out of our topsails—set the us a shot," and we started as though we had
lack of substance.
Another conjecture was now started—al- inain-lop-gullaiit sail, and loose the mainsail seen the flash!
At that moment he gave a ' yaw,' paying
and jib."
together new.
off; our glasses flew instantly lo our
;
an
aud
broad
Aye,
reply
sir,"
cried
the
with
wasthe
you,"
quick
captain,
aye,
tell
"
" I'll
arch curl upon his lip, the expression of a the alacrity with which the order was obey- eyes; we could see his deck—see all—six,
sell cnmplucuncy which ulways announced the ed, showed that there was some uncommon seven men were on his quarter deck—two
forward—a dozenpr more jackets and trows ert*.
conception ola thought thai he fancied par- interest felt in the work.
ticularly cunning; "I'll tell you now what From much chattering we now became in Ihe fore rigging were hung ouMf dry, and
she is—a little fellow out of Capetown, bound strangely silent. Our eyes were kept stead- the great gun amid-ships, huge as imagined
round to the Mauritius, with wine, fruit, ily on the schooner; glasses were wiped and thunder, resolved itself intoa long black whale
positions changed und re-changed, as if by boat, bottom up!
"mm, and such like notions."
And there seemed to be something so ex- every imaginable effort to see as much and A few minutes later found us with the captremely probable in this, from the known as distinctly as possible. The number ofher tain of a little sealer out of London for a
commercial relations of Ihe two places, that men had evidently increased. Four—five— guest; a hardy weather-beaten son of the
the idea was immediately adopted as a mat- six were aft; four were in the waist; as ma- ocean, commanding a vessel of eighty tons
ny forward; and a score were in her fore and eleven men, formerly the yacht of my
ter ofentire certainty.
"Fruit—butter—fresh eggs!" muttered rigging. Each observer of these testimony■prd somebody, I forget who, bound toes near
one, us he walked slowly down the quarter nls to her real character spoke hurriedly?Rie south pole as ice and cold weather would
without removing the glass from his eye, and allow him to go, and begging us to take letdeck.
"Butler nnd fresh eggs, did you say ?" was answered only by the short confirmatory ters for him, though by the way of India, es
bewhisperedanother, " softly, my sweet fellow, ejaculation of another. New objects devel- it would probably be his last opportunity
fore returning to the world again. It was
softly." And by a microscopic vision there oped themselves.
of s belligemight have been seen in both, at the usual "There is something amidships," cried odd how entirely every evidenceto
one,
and
covered
with
rent
had
succumned
the better
propensity
black,
the
and
long,
round,
of
between
mouth
articulation
"
point
feelings of our nature—the meal of the lean
the well turncd-up whisker, what Charles cunvnss."
Lamb, in his sweet essay on roost-pig, calls "I see it," answered another, quickly, kino' was nothing to it! Tbe muskets, cut' an involuntary moistening of tho nether lip.' " over the msin-hatch—long, round, black." lasses and pistols, had quietly taken themUpon a long voyage, men grow imagina- At this point, mere silent sensibility had selves off, and though the last were indubitive in the gratification of their palates.— attained its utmost. As if by a common vo- tably loaded to tbe very muzzle, yet not ens
Amid the sorry realities of musty biscuit, salt lition, the glasses fell from our eyes as though could be found to remember lhat he bad any
beef and pork, and such halting, half-star- it were little worth our while to look longer hand in the work!
ved semblances of ducks and chickens ns or for more; and gazing round, each seemed i"I thought," said our friend, "yon were
have lived through hard weather and confine- to await that from another which he daredie man-of-war, when you bore up; for-every
thiug had run away from me!"
ment long enough for the sacrificial knife, not utter himself.
"Yes," we replied, "we took a little
" 1 do not like her," said the captain.—
the sense becomes a sort of spirituality, subdo
and we reckon we might make s
you
rakish,
faro.—
She
has
the
look
of
a
of
better
knave—what
sisting on the recollections
"
pretty good fight."
The iden of freshness, even in a head of gar- think of her?"
lic, comes upon it like gurgling water upon Our misgivings once broached, the weight A fine breeze had sprung up before he left
the thirsty traveller; and with the delectable of an Alias seemed removed from our bosoms, us, and both filling away on the same coarse,
—
—
"
'
'
'
�48
THE FRIEND, JUNE I, 1860.
.
8 Am ak Canada, B>a<*»*ia. 848 Mas, flda fr B Fraa.
Market House Pbicbs.
8 Tahmaa ach Will Waacn, Maa*. Hi lona, H*» Potatoes
Taro
SI perbrl,
II per brl,
TahKt.
Yams
1 l-I
1
aVn ah F—Tla, Jaahoia. M8io». I« *» fr FrMOars. Orange*
Chtsnuts
Pine apples 1
I Am ah Charlee. Andrewa, 41* lons, 155 da fr Boauiu.
75c "
Kiwi,
■ Br brag
Mcl-ean 8« lona, 28 da fr 8 Franclaco. Lemons
Papoa
7.V
1
10 TekUlaa ach AirWkla. Byard, 41 ion., 21 da fr8 Fran. Old cocoa nuts
New Floating Bethell, Whampoa,
10 91
Green cocoa nuts 20 do
10 Am brig afcta-Blch, 206 loan. It da fr X Franclaco.
Dried banana 10bundles SI
—We rejoice from various sources to learn May ll—Chlleau bg Jnt. 8., Scbuilill, 194 lona, 48 dayafrom Bananas 3 banehes f1
Fowls 4 II
Valparaiao.
Pumpkins S3 1-2 100
18. Br ah ll.irmony, Pnppe, 629 lona, 84 da fm Sydney. Turkeys
that this establishment finds such generous
each
Small 75e
1
If Aai ach JultuaPrtngfo, Buchanan,B7 loiia, 16 da from i
Small 75c
Ducks
1
San Fraucueo.
patronage and encouragement among seaFishing net 25c per fathom
15 Am ah Conatcllation, Flluier, frnm New York—aid Hogs 6c per lb
fur San Franel,co.
men and merchants at Canton. In the OcIron wood $4 per boat
Other wood S3 per boat
17 Br bk Braul Packet, fm New Zealaod.
Native cloth SI 3 fathoms Yellow do SI a piece
tober number of the Sailor's Magszine, we
17 Br origan Velocity, Sydney.
Hats 25c to SI each
May la—Br ach Velocity, M'Velgh, I*B lona, 67da f«i Bydaey, ■Bonnets SI each
notice four subscriptions by mercantilehouses
aalled for San Frau.
Mats 50c a fathom
Double width 1 dala a do
bk
BrazilPacket,
99
da
New
Main,
X Br
199 lona
Iron poles 10 SI
I'm
of $400 dollars each, and several other subZealand.
Regulations.
90 Am ach Honolulu, Morton, 158 lona, 17 da fin Ban
I. The appointed Bales Man is to arrange all (rata
DM**).
scriptions varying from 5 to $300.
20 Br ach Pera,
with the Captain, and the Captain to pay him his fee;
IHB tona, 22 da fin Kan Fran.
SO Am ah|i llantplon. lla.ia 448 lona, 23de Tin San Frnn. jin cloth or cash as he may agree on.
Some of our Island readers will re21 Br bk Jane Uiion, wnii will, S2S tona, 22 da fm San
11. Should the Captain wish to engage natives tc
Franclaco.
collect Mr. Hill, the English traveller, who
21 Br bk Ducheaa of Clarence, Cole, 279 tona, 19 da fin take his supplies to the boat; SI a day is the charge
San Fraackns.
Ifor each man
visited our shores about a year or more since.
II Br bk Fair Taemaniao. Ellla, 155 tona. 19 da fm San
111. Mo boat or ranoe from shore shall be allowed
Francisco.
In a late paper we notice his embarkation at
22 Am ahp RobertPulaford, Cooke, 406 Maa, 16 da I'm to take off trade to ships, to lie sold on board. Boats
may be engaged to take off supplies bought on shore.
SanFranclado.
Vera Cruz for Havana, en route for Eng22 Br b( Swan, Ayrea, 149 lona, Van Dleman'a Land.
Charge, $5 the first day and $3 each day after.
23 Am bk Nahunekeag, Champlut 266 loua, 15 da fm IV. NoAaoit or conor from shore shall be allowed
land. A correspondent of the New York
SanFranclaco.
13 Aai bk Alice Tarlton, Hale, 310 tore, 20 da fm San to go offlMhips when making the land, except the
Tribune, thus refers to him:
Franclaco
< one appointed by the authorities.
23 Hr ach Joaephine, Clinton, 25 lona, 19 da fm San Fr.
Y. It is requested that no Captain secretly engage,
'Mr. Hill, ao English traveller, bound
23 Bronx* wh ahp Alex. Barclay, Ilein, 450 toaa, fm or take away on board his vessel, any natives from the
homeward via Havana, Cadiz and the PyreLahaina.
shore. Any Captain wishing to engage natives for a
nees, after three years spent in Russia, SiCleared.
cruise, arc requested to make arrangements, before
April 99—Haw, by Paciflco, Bogue,for San Franclaco.
beria the Polynesian Islands, and the.inte- Fr.
proper witnesses on shore, with any willing to go. A
bk Winn rlna, Laacaaaa, Manilla.
rior of South America. His
10-Hr bk Pilgrim, Francla, Hoof Kony.
contrary procedure will be reported to the nearest
1t,.1)t. Brucr, Dm kendnrf, for
IConsul, of the nation to which the ship belongs.
have been of remarkable interest, and will, May 4 Orator,
Tayt, for a Franciaoo.
VI. It is requested, that on the desertion of a man
Primua, Draper, for Tahiti.
I hope, soon be made public.
from a vessel, the Captain give immediate information
iioio, Ha*i>, for Lahaina and San Franclaco.
Fori
to the Chiefs of the Station, and that the vessel do not
6—Ebeneaer, lilckhiaon, for Tallin.
The New Bedford Mercury states that
7—Coquette, I Hint, for Tahiti.
1leave the Island until the deserter be apprehended.
', Cnllard, Air Sydney.
9—Duke
of
Roxhon
That for every deserter delivered by the natives to the
Capt. Timothy Colby in that city, has a bed May 11.—Am bk Clyde. Kempton, Hon* Kong.
Captain two pieces of cloth to be paid, one to the
cost made of whales' sinews,which has been
14 Br ach Shamrock, Gray, Auckland.
of the station, and another to the parties who
14 Br ach Sir J. Franklin, Paleraon, San Fran.
IChief
in the
family since 1640—two hundred
15 Am bk Lunette. Keen, Valparaiao
secured his apprehension.
ao« nine years—and has been used by Capt. May 18.—Am byMeta, Rich, for San Fran. Tia Lahaina.
VII. That in case the deserter he not found until
18 Br bg Tepic. l.uce, lions Kong.
after the vessel has left the island, when apprehended,
Colby forty-one years, and is now as good as
18 Am abp Carthage. Rope*, Manilla.
24 H BMB Herald. KrlleM, vailed for Kotzebue Sound. Ihe shall become a prisoner and be employed m public
a dozen new hemp bed-cords. It has never
21 Am xlip Fliivio. Jenkllia, Hons Kong.
Iwork, until he leave the island.
been broken.
VIII That, in any case considered necessary for a
PORT OF LAHAINA.
Captain to leave a man on shore, the sum of S3O be
The Propeller 'Carolina,' just arrived in San Frantf
paid for each individual so left.
cisco from N. V., is lo ran between San Francisco ana
Arrived,
24—Sch Naeva Mtxnllane., Hofflngton, 19 ds fm S F.
Oregon, under the command of Capt. David Wood, who April
Strangers.—The
To
Seamen
and
Seamen's
Hrlg Juno, Smnli, 18 tin fm San Fran.
formerly commanded Ihe Propeller Massachusetts
25—Bark Montgomery, Meyer*, 13 dayi from San Franclaco Chapel is open for Public Worship every Sabbath,
April 28—Br hg Fanny, Twohey. fm Auckland.
|at 11 a. in., and T 1-2 p. m. Seats Free.
May S.—Am ahp (Jolumbua, Crowell, Fatrkaven, 6 moa out.
The Seamen's Concert for Prayer is held at the
DONATIONS.
60 bbla aperm.
? An. ahp Triton, Sanda, New Bedford, 5 1-2 mos out, Room the 3d Monday evening in each month.
For Chaplaincy. For Friend.
100 bbla aperm.
Seamen belonging to vessel* (of all nation*) via.
2 00
10 Am >>.' Forfunic, limit y, fm San Fran.
■n Jotioaon,
king (hi* port are invited to call at the Chaplain's
5 00
A Friend. IIMggV
16 Am rich Honolulu, Morton.fm San Fran.
Study, where they will be gratuitously supplied with
rather »rul ad^/m.
S 00
titt
17 Am "lip Ale- Barclay, Heln, fm Braroeu.
500
IMeiM.avaiMl,"
copies of the Friend and other rending matter. It
Cleared.
Mia. Femmlluw,
io oo
will be most convenient for the Chaplain to receive
<_t|n. Paica,
3 00
(
A.pril 29—Br h*r Fanny, Twnhej, cruise.
calls from Seamen between 2 and i p. m.
5 0)
•
May II-—Bk Montinmery, Uyera, do
Caft. Muller,
Public aervicea at the Native Chuichea, on the
12 Bbp UulnmlMH.. Crowell, Arctic.
00
$33 00
Triton.
Arctic.
Sand*,
12
M
ISabbath, commence at 9 1-2 a. m. and 2 1-2 p. m.
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FTHE RIEND.
HONOLULU, MAY 1, 1850.
fol. 8.
Ihein, was a eulogy of the
been suggested
> king.
love which
They spoke at first of
,
Contents.
OF THE FRIEND, MAY 1, 1860,
Poetry, The HourGlftm and Childhood,
Viilt of Bonlle, continued,
Sabbath Whaling,
Foreign Nvwt,
Mo S
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o p ar
FrtVehnoicsflw
t<i
(lie
his people had for him. " A flower," said
they, grows upon the mountain height.—
Translated for the Friend, from the French oj When"the stars hide themselves, and the sua
"n 3.36
■Adolphe Barrot.
comes nut from the sea, it turns of itself and
no. v.
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Agricultural Mreliug,
holds out its cup for the morning dew. We
"
87 Drinking healths
Foreign Fruit* and Vegetable*,
Leleiohoku Kalanimoku climb to the mountain's summit and pluck the
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Wreck of the Mnrgnret,
Songs and Dancing at the King's coun- flower that we may bear this health-giving
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Domeaaic Newa,
house the parly return to Honolulu dew to Kauikeaouli."
try
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Yaiiiij, Iriah Telotaler,
'" 88 the French guests disappointed changesi Then lliey extolled his prowess in war.—
H 89
Preaching In Congreas Arctic Expedition,
by Missionary influence —JVinAie- |" His horse turns his head to look at him,
Ueatka, Ship Newa, &c,
" *> produced
naena— Young mistakes of the Kiii'j;—ln- for he knows that he does not bear a common
dian dance Honolulu society Mr. Charl- man. His lance is always red with the
ton—.Marin*—anecdotes of Kamehamehal limit's blnod of his enemies, and his battleand Marini—Jtfortnt's opinion of Mission-l■ n\r bristles) with the teeth of warriors, who
THE HOUR GLASS.
have tallest under his blows. When be
1111/ influence.
BY JOHN QUINCT ADAMS.
Madeira
and
Bordeaux
wines
circulated
I speaks, his voice is heard beyond the mounAlu ! how swift (he momenta Ay !
freely, and healths were drank in the English tains, and all the warriors of Oahu haste* to
How flash the yeara along !
manner, and gaiety reigned dining the re- 'range themselves around him, for they know
Scarce here, \«-t gouts already by.
The burden of a song.
past. We proposed the health of Knme- that under such a chief, their feet will speedSee childhood, youth and manhood paaa,
hameha 111., and he returned the compliment, ily tread in blood."
Andage with furrowed brow ;
by proposing the health of His Majesty, Lou-\ It may be perceived that Hawaiian poets
Time waa—Time shall be—drain the glass—
is Philippe, King of the French. Our luati also indulge in some license, and that court
But where is Time, li now ?
was then, the place excepted, very much flatterers are everywhere the same. KauiTime it> the measure, but of change ;
like a European dinner. About thirty of usi keaouli listened to it all with the greatest inNo present hour la found ;
were at the table no ladies were present. difference.
The past, the future. All the range.
Among 1 the guests I noticed the two sons of a But what was admirable in this song,
Of Time's unceasing round.
frenchman, who has been established many which however had a compress of only two
Where then is now ? hi realms above.
With God's atoning Lamb,
years at the Sandwich Islands as a sail- or three notes, was the perfect accordance
In regions of eternal love.
maker. The two young gentlemen spoke with which the five singers spoke and gesWhere aim, enthroned, I AM.
English fluently, and one of them had the ticulated. They must have rehearsed many
Then pilgrim, let thy joys and tears
kindness, after dinner, to interpret for me times to attain to this degree of perfection.
On Time no longer lean ;
the songs of the natives. Opposite to me Each one of the Aye pronounced, at the
But henceforth all thy hopes and fears
was Leleiohoku, son of Kalanimoku. He is same time, the same note, the same word,
From earth's affection wean :
better known by the name of Pitt. He was made the same gesture, and moved his calaTo God lei votive accent" rise ;
baptized in 1819 or 20 on board the French bash in the most perfect time, either to the
With truth, with virtue live;
bliss
that
denies
lime
So all the
corvette Uranie, commanded by M. dc Frey-| right or to the left, or striking it against the
Eternity shall give.
cinet. Kalanimoku was generalissimo and ground he caused it to give forth sounds
first minister of Kameharneha. Considering some what similar to those of a bass drum.—
CHILDHOOD.
the country and the period in which he lived, It might be said that they were all moves! by
How little la the happinese
he
was a wonderful man. Leleiohoku is the same impulse of thought and will. SomeThat will content achild ;
now
one of the principal chiefs; he has mar- times the gestures varied and became inconA favorite dog, a suuny fruit,
ceivably rapid, yet 1 was never able to -disried Nahienaena, sister of the King.
A blonanm growing wild.
cover a mistake. The voice, the bands, the
After
dinner
we
all
mounted
our
horses
A word will 1111 thelittle heart
fingers, the calabashes, the bodies of the five
started
for
the
country
and
King's
again
With pleasure and with prfffc
house, where we were to bear Hawaiian singers were always extended, moved, reguIt is a harsh, a cruel thing.
That such shouldbe denied.
songs and to see Hawaiian dancing. On lated by a spontaneous movement.
our way to the Pali Wo had left this house These singers were succeeded by three
And yet how many weary hours
These joyous creatures know ;
on the right. Every thing had been pre- others, who were clad like the former, Out
How much of sorrow and restraint
viously arranged: mats were spread in front garlands of leaves encircled their foreheads,
l. c. l.
They to their elders owe.
of the cottage, and chairs were placed in a while strings of the yellow fruit of the pancircle, and first, five singers appeared and danus odorantiitimu* ornamented their necks
"Donations" and "subscriptions" kneeled down. Each of them was armed and arms. All three were of admirable profor the support of the Friend are ever ac- with a large calabash, which was made thin portions, and of a beauty of countenance
the middle ; this calabash, held in seldom seen on these islands. They sung of
ceptable, but when an acknowledgment of towards
left hand by a string, aided the expres- love and pleasure;—of love, Hawaiian, in
the
favors received is reciprocated in the shape sion of their gestures in a singular mariner. its characteristics, a little too material, perof a "terrapin," th#'donation" is fully ap- They were naked to the waist ; their arms haps, and which was expressed by gestures
preciated. Capt. Whelden of the "James arid breast were tattooed, and loose folds of none too modest. Pleasure the most sensual
of various colors covered the lower was indicated by lite looks, the gestures, the
Maury" has our thanks for a specimen Ofjitapa of
their bodies. Their songs were a words, and even the tones) of these young
part
the products of the Gallipagos Islands, which|'sort of recitative, or of modulated converse- men. At one time their countenances became dark, they waved with violence the
he sent «s a few days since. See "notes ofj tion, animated or slow, as the subject
feather fans which they held in the left hand,
a Terrapin Hunt," in the Friend of May 15, quired.
The theme they had chosen, or which had iand the base of which, formed of a small
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calabash filled with shells and struck by the ing and singers appeared to have preserved!I between these Islands and that coast was in
right st regular intervals, performed the of- all the originality of ancient times. The; port, and had a score of those Indians on
fice of castanets. Thus they sung the frenzy picturesqueness of the scene, however, ditl board. The consignee had the kindness to
not dimiaish. Behind us, a cottage built in have them arrayed in the costume of their
of jealousy.
Their song, like that of the first singers, the aboriginal style of architecture; around country, and in the evening, by the light of
was nothing more than an animated conver- us, a crowd of Indians, naked or clad in the kukui nut torches, (hey gave us a represensation. No.other sting, in fact, is known at most fantastic costumes; before us, the sing- tation of their warlike and religious dances.
ers seated upon mats, with their character- This was certainly the most savage display
the Sandwich Islands.
The instrumental music of the islanders, istic countenances and their strange songs; Ithat we saw at the Sandwich Islands. Growith vermillion, feathwhich is still found at c distance from the the sea appearing in the horizon, and in the tesque figures painted
(he lips and in the gristle of
enamelled
inserted
in
midst
of
of
trees
ers
of
which
we
obus
a
grove
green
some
ports, and
vestiges
i
served on Hawaii, consistsof tamtams and a with flowers. Jill this together formed a Ithe nose, the costumes, the yells, the posthe
pencil itures, the gestures, nil combined to give us
sort of flute with two holes. Instead of the charming picture, which exercised
a vivid idea of a savage dance; hut these
this
instruof
our
artists
in
copying.
used
in blowing
lips, the nose is
ment,—a graceful way, forsooth. The notes Formerly the women were passionately .poor fellows, accustomed loan extraordinary
of 50 and 55
given forth by this instrument are not more fond of these sports and these public dances, idegree af cold in the latitude
(o suffer exceedingly
of
the
to
us
degrees,
appeared
family
females
even
royal
had;
of
their
vocal
music.
Many
varied than those
the heat, und we exerted ourselves in
The dancing was, at length, announced. the reputation of being finished actresses; from behalf.
Bat the time is past when the swarms of for this people once had plays, and the mem- Itheir
J Honolulu
already numbers four or five
male and female dancers assembled on the bers only of distinguished families appeared
foreign residents, while at Kealakegrass, and there, in their graceful on the stage. Now, '.his taste has yielded to hundred
ancea accompanied by songs, recounted the the counsels of the missionaries. Perhaps iaknii there is only one or two. Almost all,
glorious achievements of warriors. Singers also the fear of their reprobation alone pre- who possess any claim to respectability, are
and dancers were the historiographers ofthe vents the women from giving themselves up Americans, and the commerce of the Sandcountry. In their memory the ancient tra- to their old practices; at any rate, we were wich Islands is almost exclusively in the
ditions were preserved. The details of a completely excluded from the society of the hands of Americans. Rut the laborers an"3
mechanics are generally Englishmen. We
wax formed the subject of a song, and from ladies of the King's family.
in
us,
On
the
morrow
the
the
received the most cordial weleverywhere
king
of
the
ancient
Hawaiian
bards
gave
the songs
■
hove navigators drawn material* for their city, a repetition of what we had seen the icome, and nil the world was eager to feast
descriptions. It is then with regret that I day before; but the fascination of the coun- us. Hardly a day passed' during all the
have seen these national songs prohibited, try and of novelty was lacking, and the itime ol our stay at Honolulu, without our
under the pretext of their being profane. As soiree was dull enough. Still, justice re-I having been invited hy some one to a dancing
well almost, might Homer and Virgil be pro- quires us to say that the king did his best to ior musical soiree ; hut the passengers anil
hibited ! Dancing has also fallen into great render our stay at Honolulu agreeable.— iofficers of the corvette were almost the only
disfavor in consequence of missionary influ- His urbanity was extreme, and his good hu- dancers and musicians. Much more than
ence. The dance which we witnessed felt mor never failed for an instant. Every time Ithis, surely, ought to be expected in a city
that we went to see him he gave us the most of the Suudu ich Islands. Among all those
the effects of this disposition.
Only one female dancer appeared. For- cordial welcome, and seemed delighted to persons, the recollection of whom we shall
retain, I will mention the family of Mr.
merly, graceful and easy, the upper part o. receive us.
the body of these dancers was entirely I called one day with Mr. Charlton, on Chin It mi. the English consul, whose open
naked. Pieces of cloth, suspended from the Nairn-nac na, the king's sister. When in- hospitality rendered my stay at Honolulu inhips, and hanging in graceful folds, imparted formed that she was only twenty years of finitely agreeable, and who furnished mc
a sort of originality to their movements.— age, I was surprised; she seemed to me with imull interesting information. Nor
I soon forget Don Francisco Marini,
Necklaces composed of the fruit of the pan- much older. She was, however, hardly re-: shallarrived
a
sickness.—
who
at these islands 40 years ago.—
wasting
or
of
covered
from
and
long
danus, garlnnds of leaves
feathers,
bracelets of teeth either of the dog or whale She received us very graciously. Like all Having attached himself to the fortunes of
encircling the arms and legs, and shaking in the distinguished women of the country, she kaineliaiiiclia, he accompanied him in the
regular time, composed their apparel. The is very, large; and she must needs be very long wars which he was under the necessity
one who presented herself before us, wore n fat in her ordinary stale of health. We ad- iof earning on, in prosecuting his conquests.
us of the many wounds he had recalico shirt. Her dancing appeared monot- mired the smallness and elegant form of her He toldand
of the great valor he had disonous. She sung at the same time, and a feet and hands. She was surrounded by ceived,
singer behind her, lent the assistance of his women of honor, among whom we observed played in the diveiH battles, in which he had
been engaged. We weie also informed conSeng- and marked the time, by striking a cal- a daughter of the Englishman Young, who
abash against the ground. Only one thing had been taken by Knmehameha from an cerning some singular adventures which had
appeared remarkable in this dance; and that English ship, on hoard of which he was befallen him.
One day Knmrhameha fell dangerously
is, that the dancer regulated the measure, boatswain. He attached himself to the furA Frenchman, by the name of Rives.
and, from time to time, gave to the musician tunes of this conqueror, mid died at Hono- sick.
was his physician.
the
of
I know not whether the
lulu
seven
or
at
eight
years
ago,
ago
The
musician
enof
his
song.
the subject
received some intimation simdeavored to make his time accord with the 95 years. He wns interred in the tomb of great
movements of her feet, and he succeeded the kings, and his sons hold, nt the present ilar to that which furnished to Alexander the
with remarkable precision. Yet, at the end time, a very distinguished rank in the occasion of such an admirable proof of the
confidence he reposed in his physician, or
of half an hour, the dance began to aeem country.
Mr. Charlton accompanied me one ilayin whether he had a» great ItiitIs in the skill of
long. The king perceived that we were behis Fsculapius. He this as it may, he ordeicoming weary, and, as it hud not been possi- a cull upon the favoiite mistress of Kuukeau- 'ed
h in to prepare double potions of his remble to -procure other female dancers, we lis- ouli. The history of the amorous chief
tened to a few more songs, after which we king with this woman is quite romantic. He edies, and then made Marini take one of the
mounted our horses to return to Honolulu. was obliged to remove her, so powerful had potions, and not until he had seen the effect
We had spent the day agreeably; yet we the influence of the missionaries already be- produced by the medicine upon the poor pahad been disappointed. This king of the come in this country, where twenty years tient, would he consent to swallow his part.
Sandwich lafands, rlad in vest and panta- since the Christian name was hardly known. Hut Marini was far from having any confiloons, these chiefs apparelled in the Euro- Yet, in spile of their severo reprimands, he ■dence in the medical akjll of Dr. Rives, who.
pean manner, this serving almost European, lives with her in concubinage, her birth be- as he well knew, was anything but a physithese common and "familiar manners had the ing too obscure to allow of his marrying her. ician. Of necessity, therefore, he Bad as arpower almost of snaking us belie w that we The evening preceding our departure, we dent a longing for the recovery of Kamchave just passed some hones in the society witnessed at the residence of Mr. Charlton, hamcha as kamehameha himself, and never.
of one of the lower cresses of a civilized an exhibition .altogether foreign: this was an perhaps, did a courtier wish good health lo
nation. Then, again, the dancing, so mean Indian dance. The performers were from Ihis king so sincerely as poor Marini.
and monotonous, was tar from realizing the the N. W. coast of America. One of the Dut he met with another adventure much
ideas we had formed of it. Only the sing- vessels engaged in the commerce carried on imore tragic. Kamebameha commanded him.
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spiritual point of view, of which I have had
day, to cut off a prisoner's head, and
Sabbath Whaling.
an opportunity of judging in a service of
Marini was obliged to obey, using for this
Seven Whales in six days and one Whale twenty-six years at sea. A sailor's condipurpose a carpenter's saw. Some one wishin seven.
tion, bad as it is, is not so hopeless as some
ed to know if this anecdote was true, and
asked him about it; a shudder seemed to
New London, Nov. 30th, 1819. may be led to imagine.
FORECASTLES.
pervade the body of the Spaniard. "Alas!" Dear Sir :—I herewith transmit to you a
said he, " what could I do? If I had not cut.few facts in relation to my last whaling voyWhile on my last voyage I obtained a few
off the prisoner's head he would have cut off age. The first Sabbath after sailing, the late copies of the Sailor's Magazine from an
mine. It is better to cut the head of a wolf ship's company were mustered aft, and our Ioutward-bound ship. One
No. contained an
than to be eaten by him."
to honor the day spoken of, and iarticle in which the writer speaking of the
obligation
was
cruel.
Yet Kamehameha
not naturally
my own determination to abstain from pur- accommodation of sailors, compares the foreIt was he who abolished the custom, handed suing our business on the-*Sal>l>ath, made icastle of a
whaleship to the castle of
down from time immemorial, of slaughtering known to all. At the same time, as no such';giant Despair "; ami goes "
on to say " while
(he
the prisoners after
battle. He also abol- arrangement had been made previous to sail-:we
the man whose ungovernable restlesspity
ished the horrid practice of putting those to ing, each one could decide for or against it ness, or insatiable love of gain,
or of ambideath, who, through inadvertence or igno- as he chose. The assent to abstain was uni-Jlition of advance to favor and office, makes
or
sacred place. versal; and during the voyage I had no him at home and contented even for one voyrance, had entered a tabu
Yet Marini had lived very happy at the cause to repent of the step then taken. A Iage in the forecastle of an ordinary whaloSandwich Islands. He has had 52 children ; lew on an occasion of peculiar temptation did liisnip, we would despair of
elevating a man
but he was not, I imagine, so much in favor wish to give chase on Sunday. We hod"I who could so servilely put his neck to the
of monogamy as Goldsmith's good vicar. 1 worked hard from Monday morning until Sat-'i1 degradation us to feel no indignance at the
■'insult, or feel happy there." To the suggesinquired of him if he had any hope or idea urday night, but owing to the extreme shy-'i
of returning to Europe: "God only knows," ness of the whales, without success.
"it is just as well, they only go there
I
he replied. " I should like very much to On Sunday morning while lying at anchor, tion,
to sleep," he replies, "No wonder, who
I
doubt
all
see my country again; but without
a large whale was discovered very near.— would wish to do anything else there?" and
my relatives are dead, and I should no more Excitement of course ensued, but no confu-■|goes on to say',
" What wonder there is so
find there a single friend. Moreover, since sion ; the majority remaining (inn to their little tasle for reading!
Such a taste cannot
I
to
this country, first purpose. There the whale remained for with comfort be indulged. Reading
1 have become accustomed
that reI live here happy and ti ampul. As lam 05 four hours, so near that a boat could have quires but little reflection, or that is of an
i
late
form
habits.
it
is
too
to
new
years old,
been rowed to him perhaps in three minutes.|i
.astounding character, is all that the aseess\Vhcn I arrived here, this country was very Such a thing occurred more than once
inodutions of foremast hands will ordinarily
after-.i
fine. That was a good time for Europeans. wards, but our boats were never lowered for!;
of. Did they enjoy a light and roomy
The manners were simple and unaffected, whales on the Sabbath, and our success was cabin, thoy might often be tempted there to
i
i
and foreigners were respected. That time uniformly good.
inform their minds, but storms and cold and
lias passed. Savage men have become civ- I do not believe that success in ourtempo-ji'fatigue alone drive them there." He speaks
savand
civilized
men
have
become
ilized,
ral affairs must necessarily follow the ob-ji-of the darkness and desolation of the place,
ages. The missionaries have spoiled every servance of the Sabbath, but this, and our•with a single smoky lamp, scarcely flickerthing," added he, lowering his voice and own exertions combined, will, I feel sure, se- ing its doubtful light upon their cheerless
looking to the right and left to see if any one cure the divine blessing. I have every berth; the whole being a comment upon the
was within nearing; " Ihey have changed reason to feel assured that such was the case isufferings and privations of sailors in the
the character of the population. They have with us. Most ships lose many whales after whaling service, and the inexcusable pernurioccasioned bigotry and hypocrisy, which was they are well fastened to many sink after iousness of the owners. I have spent the
once unknown among us." Then, fearing being killed. Often ns many as one half are greater part of my life at sea, have been in
perhaps lost he had said too much, he added, lost. We took 3000 barrels, and saved everyni1inearly all kinds of vessels, and with all sorts
" But without doubt, their institutions are whale we struck, except three ; and these•■iof men, and moreover have visited many
good. They believed that they were doing were " bad chances,"—either at too great'i
strange ships while away from home, and for
good."
distance, and moving so last as not to be np- Ihumanity's sake I rejoice to say that I never
I talked a long time with this honest man, proached, or at too great a depth to be effcc-i!'saw things like these here spoken of.
I have
for I was interested in his conversation. He tuiilly reached with the harpoon. This ofIbsen the inhabitant of more than one foreI
at
the
of
civilization
the
has seen
origin
'lassette, and never was so miserable; never.
course shows the good qualities of our offi-.i
Sandwich Islands, and he has witnessed its cers and crew. Such a thing is seldom saw things so dark and gloomy; never coni
development, every day, even to its present known. Our whales, too, were large and::isidered
the case of myself and shipmates so
time,
He
has
lived
here
a
free
long
state.
fat, differing much from those generally takeni,utterly
and disgraceful; and if the
hopeless
i
and happy, without any other restraint than at the same place.
'author
of the above remarks could have visthat imposed upon all men by natural law, Again, in the course of our voyage we ited a forecastle in which 1 was not long ago
and by the instinct of good and evil. Some fell in with several ships which prosecutedl seated, he would have seen a ship's crew as
disagreeable incidents have scarcely cast a their business on all days alike, and we wereI icomfortably enjoying themselves as pessible
shade upon his life. At the present time, he always uppermost in "good luck." In one;away from home and friends. In that place
"sees a religion, which is not'his own, in- instance while in company with a ship which'I was the prayer meeting, sailers joining their
vading the country, ruling it, and subjecting whaled on the Sabbath, we took seven whalesi voices in singing praises, hearing the word
i truth, and
it to its own demands. He himself cannot teorking six, while they took htU one, working'of
kneeling by their chests in
leave the narrow circle which this religion seven days.
and prayer to God. Lights and a
praise
j
i
has drawn around the population. He sighs The Rev. Mr. Coun has in his excellentE
1 good fire were always in abundance in that
for the liberty of conscience and of worship tract on the
Sailorla Sabbath " writteni forecastle; a good library also with a boun"
which he has enjoyed for forty years.— much of very great mreiest to the whuling; Itiful supply from the American Tract Society.
When he reflects upon the past, he thinks fleet, to every one, from the owner to the/
■The crew were glad to go and spend their
that he may justly complain of the present cabin boy. It would be well were it on'itune in other ways than in
and at
and dread the future. Nor is it astonishing board every ship, and its precepts attendedi other times than in storms andsleeping,
when fatigued,
i
that he is discontented. It is said, however, | to ; for although the owners of ships have as they would all testify if called on. That
that he is rich, and that, in consequence of done much for the benefit of the sailor, as aII
forecastle, and many others, are not the rehis.strict economy, his fortune is daily in- general thing, while away upon the ocean hei]pulsive holes they sre so often represented
i
creasing.
has not his Sabbath, there is still too muchito
i be.
It is well known that when a ship leaves
California Gold.—The amount of GoldI truth in the assertion of Mr. Coan, " there is
I the merchant for the whaling service, her
dust received from California at the mints at[ no Sabbath for the sailor."
Philadelphia ami New Orleans, during the year This I say in many instances is too true ;; iforecastle is always made much more spalast past if about #7,000,000.
it cannot be denied, however, that the condi- icious and comfortable. To say nothing of
tion of the sailor has in a few years past, ithe abundance of time allowed the crew in
;
of
iron
the
produced in
Iron.—The value
United States in 1848, was #42,000,000.
vastly improved, both in a temporal andI addition to what is allowed in a merchant
one
.
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sinWUehanlin.g
ship, the superiority and abundance of their idrunken Indian Pilot. She was fully freightThe
Whalemen's
of Jan.
stores,
tic,
me,
List,
it
seems
to
as
it
Shipping
provisions,
ed with lumber and Oregon produce, bound
must to others, that the most necessary thing
contains
statistics
of
import8,
interest
and
Another vessel had been lost;
sew to be done for the sailor is to let him to California.
ance
to
all
connected
with
the
whaling
enjoy his Sabbath, give him that, and other on "Tongue Point."
things needful will follow, and I believe if United States.—Late papers from the business.
those who ought to be the friends of sailors United States are crowded with congressionDuring the year 1849, 71 ships and 1 brig
would labor, as the friends of temperance al news. Great excitement prevailed in re- were withdrawn; leaving on the Ist of Janhave done, and as the friends of the aboliuary 1850, 510 ships, 20 brigs? and 13
tion of slavery have done, the work will be igard to the Slavery question. A New York schooners
engaged in the business.
and
that
the
abundance
writes
under
of
soon
date
accomplished,
icorrespondent thus
During 1849, there were 197 arrivals of
of the sea will be converted unto God.
Feb. 7:
Wishing you and all the friends of seamen Last night the Steamer Empire City," ships, brigs and schooners, bringing into the
"
great success in your labors,
from Chagres, arrived, bringing passengers U. S. 100.954 barrels of sperm, and 348.492
I remain most truly yours,
Jno. W. Brown. and the mail, and Two or Three Millions of of whnle oil; besides 2.281.100 lbs. of bone.
We would earnestly recommend the Dollars in Gold Dust ! Only 36 days from During 1849 the average price of Sperm
foregoing remarks of Capt. Brown (formerly San Francisco ! We can't stand such tardi- oil was $1.08; whale oil 39c; bone 31c.
While 100.944 bbls. of Sp. oil were immaster of the "Hannibal," 1811-15) to his uess and such small remittances much lonbrother-ship-masters in the whaling business. ger ! We must have an iron horse—instar ported into the country, 93.875 bbls. were
Here we have the testimony of a shipmaster montis—that shall leap from the Pacific to exported, principally to England.
upon a most important moral question. O, ithe Atlantic on the parallel of about 40° At the last accounts oil was rising.
NEW BEDFORD OIL MARKET.
that all forecastles would justify his re- within six days, and drawing a car as capathe week ending January 7, 1850.]
marks! It is only of the few whale ships that cious as the valley of the Mississippi, and [For
Sperm—The market continues very firm,
the remarks can be made, "Lights and a,then be not half as well satisfied as now.
with a demand fully equal to the supply, and
good fire were always in abundance," and Terrible Catastrophe.—A steam boiler prices have further advanced. The sales
"a good library also."
for driving the machinery of a shop in this embrace a cargo of 1360 bbls. understood to
be at upwards of 118 cts.
gallon, and
city, has just exploded, laying a 6 or 7 story yesterday a parcel of 1200 per
bbls. supposed
building, with 70 or 100 human beings inside, !at 118 cts.
in mass of ruins. 45 dead bodies have been Whale—ls more quiet, and we have only
HONOLULU, MAY 1, 1850
recovered, and probably 30 more will be got'to report a sale of 200 bbls. handsome N. W.
Foreign Items of News.
Coast, at 48 cts.
out to-day.
Whalebone—We hear of no transactions
Stdney.—A correspondent writes under
Congress.—Henry Clay is in the midst jin this market. In New York sales were
date of March 10: "There are no favorable of a brilliant speech, the object of which is |made on New Bedford account of 10,000lb.
accounts from California, at present, but to
put a permanent veto on the extension of.N. W. Coast at 35 cts., and 6000 lbs. Polar
there are nearly twenty vessels from this Slavery in free territory and calm the angry at 38, cash.
port and Hobart Town, " laid on " for Cal- waves of disunion. His stand against cerAgricultural Meeting.—On Monday
ifornia. The bad accounts do not deter peo- tain Slaveholders is certainly noble, and evening, April 29th, agreeable to a notice
ple from going." Throughout all the "rol- great good is predicted as the result.
which had appeared in the Polynesian, a
onies," there is a general movement to emWhaling Intelligence.—The whaling meeting for the promotion of agriculture was
bark for California.
news from the Pacific communicated through convened at the Vestry Room of Ike Chapel.
Tahiti.—The French are reducing their the " Friend," has been received with great Judge Andrews was called to act as ChairMilitary and Navnl Forces. Comparatively interest by those engaged in the whaling man, and Mr. Bishop, as Secretary of the
little business is transacted. Most of the business.
Yours, &c,
J. S. meeting. The object of the meeting was
Foreign population has left for California.. Boston. —The Parkman tragedy is still then stated by Judge Lee, and remarks upon
Marquesas.—The French have entirely the engrossing topic of conversation. The
the importance of forming nn association for
withdrawn their Military and Naval Forces Grand Jury have indicted the accused, and the promotion of agriculture, were
offered by
from this group—abandoned their dwellings what was somewhat unusual, the vote was Messrs. Marshall, Newcomb, Fuller, Reyunanimous as to his guilt. As to the counsel
and fortifications, reported to have cost which Webster has
secured, I think he has nolds, Armstrong and others. A committee
4.000.000 of francs.
been fortunate in securing two such, able consisting of the following gentlemen, Judge
California.—Repoits are unfavorable in men as Messrs. Mesick and Sohier. Mr. Lee, Mr. Marshall. Dr. Wood.
Dr. Newregard to business. Markets overstocked Choate was applied to, and so -vas Mr. Web- comb, and Mr. Reynolds, were appointed to
latter,
informed,
The
lam
was
offered
ster.
with most kinds of goods, particularly lum$2,000, but declined the invitation. It is publish a circular, and call a general meetber. Real estate in San Francisco was fall- said that Mr. Choate, on being asked to ing in August. It is understood that
efforts
ing. Sacramento City at present increasing plead the cause of Webster, said that if he will he made to assemble planters, farmers
the most rapidly. The mines continue to did it, it would be Sn the ground that Dr. and others,
interested in this important subon entering Webster's room was
yield the usual amount of gold. New mines Parkman
taken with the fever and ague, and shook ject, and it is to be hoped that delegate* to
of great richness have been discovered on so hard that the fragments of his body were the
meeting will come from all parts of the
found deposited in different places of the group. Hitherto the
Trinity river.
subject has been most
Oregon.—At the last accounts miners building.
neglected,
but now a market has
lamentably
trial
on
the
Ist
of
take place
wore about starting for California. During The and will
it will be unquestionably one been opened for every description of. Island
March,
the winter, rents had been enormously high of the most interesting and exciting crimi- produce, it is of immense importance that
it
in Oregon City. Many soldiers had deserted nal trials ever had in our country. The should" no longer be suffered to
slumber.
tho U. S. Army, and fears were entertained facts which will be divulged at that time, The following remarks upon
and
" Fruits
that ell would leave. The "Josephine" will startle everybody, and the confessions Vegetables" were prepared
for
our
last
the
arrested
No.,
of Mr. Webster at
time he was
had been wrecked at the mouth of the Co- will convince the jury and the world that he before hearing of the project to establish an
umbia River, through the carelessness of a is guilty.—[Corres. N. Y. Tribune, Jan. 23. Agricultural Association.
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ForeignFruV
"Herald," and "Express;" also "Aha
aitsnd egetables.
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
Legislature.—The
California," "Pacific News," "Journal of
It is much to be regretted that no systema"LegislaHawaiian
were
Commerce," "Oregon Spectator," "Adeintroduce
of
the
Hawaiian
nation
ever
been
made
to
tive
Chambers"
tic effort has
laide Register and Observer." This plention
the
10th
a
from
speech
by
ulto.,
and
at
the
Sand.opened
vegetables
foreign plants
(
wich Islands. When they were discovered, the King. The ceremony took place at the ful supply both enables us to glean items of
there were but a very few fruits or vegeta- large Native Church. There was an un- intelligence for the "Friend," and furnish
bles. From time to time, a few seeds or-1 usually large attendance of both foreigners the " Seamen's Reading Room" with a
Foreign newspapers than
slips have been brought, but as yet it is not and natives. All the Foieign Representa- greater variety of
in
years
past, been able to do.
have,
we
known what the Islands are capable of pro- tives and Consuls were present.
ducing, if the proper pains should be taken. Report of the Minister of the InLate United States Consul.—Joel TurVancouver brought the first orange seeds, terior.—From this report we glean the fol- rill, Esq., latS'United States Consul, embarkand Mr. Charlton coffee, if we have been lowing statistical facts, relating to the Ha- ed with his family for the United States, via
correctly informed. Shipmasters, visitors waiian Kingdom during 1849-50. Coasting California, on the 21st ulto. In a commuand residents have occasionally, and as if vessels licensed, 1850, 46—tonnage 1580. nication to H. H. M's Minister of Foreign
merely by accident, introduced different fruits Registered vessels licensed, 1849, 27—ton- Relations, Mr. Turrill remarks. " During
and vegetables. We would respectfully ask, nage 1458.
the time that I held the office of Consul,
whether the tune has not arrived for the Marriages, 1810 during 1849.
more than twelve hundred American vessels
Hawaiian Government to take the subject Whole number of Naturalized Foreigners entered the ports of these Islands, having on
.
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From the United States,
board about 36,000 seamen."
up, in good earnest, —employing some scienan
Great
Britain,
147
tific and practical gardners—cultivating
"
France,
18
The Watchman.—Americans in Califorextensive garden—offering premiums for the
"
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Portugal,
nia, true to their love for newspapers, have
best specimen of fruits and vegetables, and
"
18
Germany,
established presses at various places, out in
employing agents abroad to send all kinds of
"
we
the
mean
time
would
Other
111
Nations,
San Francisco already three well conducted
tropical seeds. In
"
our
of
visitors
and
foreign
attention
"dailies" make their appearance. Wo are
call the
693
Total
Should
to
this
subject.
friends
glad to welcome a monthly, '* The Watchsea-faring
to March
Land
that
up
and
Sold.—lt
appears
his
possession
have
seeds
which may in size, tone and appearin
man,"
any person
the 31st, 1850, the Government had granted ance claim a fraternal relationship with "The
them
for
of
with
desirous
parting
feel
land
sake of experxin*nting on the Islands, we fee-simple deeds, for 27,292 acres of
Friend." It is published at the office of the
Avails
the
de- "Daily Journal of Commerce," and conductsold
for
from
$51,086,71.
to
would suggest that he forward the same
partment of the Interior, paid into Govern- ed by the Rev. Albert Williams, pastor of
different parts of the group. Frequent apment Treasury, for the year ending March the First
seeds,
for
Presbyterian Church, in San Franplication has been made to us
1850,
31,
$52,263,57.
to
have
seeds
cisco.
should any person, therefore,
dispose of, by donation, we shall most gladly
From the report of the Minister of Sydney Bethel Union.—The ninth reput them in a way of cultivation. This is a Foreign Relations, we learn that the Haport of the Sydney Bethel Union has lately
subject of the utmost practical importance, waiian Kingdom is represented in foreign nabeen received. We rejoice to learn that the
and deserving of far more attention than it tions, by the following officers. In the
Chaplaincy for seamen finds encouragement
has hitherto received. Will not some lover United States, by Schuyler Livingston, Esq., from
among christians of various demominaof the Botanical Science prepare for our as H. H. M's Consul General. In Great
tions
in Sydney. The present chaplain, the
some
Columns, or that of the Polynesian,
Britain, by Archibald Barclay, Esq., as H. Rev. I;. E. Threlkeld, was formerly connect-*
useful article upon this subject.
H. M's Charge d'Aflaires. In Peru, by ed with the English Mission at the Society
Thomas
R. Eldridge, Esq., as Charge d'Af- Islands. Income of the society, for 1849,
Wreck of the "Margaret."—The fairs
Snn Francisco, by G. S. Oldficld,
;
at
American whale ship "Margaret," Captain jr., Esq., as Vice Consul ; in China, by JE247.3.
Fales, was wrecked on the 25th of February, Joseph
Donations.
Jardine, Esq., as Consul General; at
at Huahine, one of the Society Islands. The
riein
For Chapel. For]Frie
Daniel
a
British
Colony,
by
Hong Kong,
vessel was going in, for slight repairs. A Jardine, Esq., as Consul; at
Mrs. C. C. Armstrong, '$16
by
Hamburg,
native pilot was taken on board, who most
5
John Henry Gossler, Esq., Consul General; Children of Mr. Bush,
unfortunately run the vessel,on the reef, the
10
W. Baker, jr., Esq.,
Wales,
for
Van
Diemen's
Land
and
S.
N.
sea being smooth', weatherpleasant and wind Thomas
5
W. Campbell has been appointed "Fanny Forrester,"
favorable. The "Margaret" had 2200 bar- Consul General; for the Island of New Zea- A Friend,
4
rels ofoil on board. It was sold at auction, land, John Watson Bey, Esq., has been ap- Capt. Klinkofstrom,
5
#5
5
Qapl. West, of the "Jeannet" was the pur- pointed Consul.
Smalley,
e
chaser, at $2 30 per barrel. They succeedTaber,
6
Our Exchanges.
ed in saving 2100 barrels of the oil. The
Swasey,
3
vessel was almost a total wreck, being sold As cnmminunication is becomming more
Roys,
8
for a small amount. Capt. West was the speedy and direct with other parts of the Joel Turrill, Esq.,
30
to
in the
purchaser, who freighted his vessel and sail- world, we are glad reap the benefit
ed for the United States. Capt. Fales and way of exchange newspapers. Hitherto A Card.—The subscriber desires to exnews- press his gratitude to those benevolent perfamily embarked on board the Jeannet. exchange " has been rather against
at
the
late
ar- sons in this community, who assisted him, in
paper
By
Islands.
publishers
Mr.
Spoonfor
Tahiti.
left
Some of the crew
been re- obtaining funds to pay his passage to Calirivals
the
have
Jordan,
officer,
following
papers
and
2d
Mr.
officer,
er, Ist
"American Traveller," N. Y. fornia, en board the "W. H. Shaler."
have arrived in Honolulu, passengers, per ceived :
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French vessel.
"Tribune," "Independent," "Observer,"
Honolulu, April, 1860.
A. Calvin.
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FRIEND OF TEMPERANCE.
THE FRIEND, MAY 1, 1860
perhaps, that I should become a " tee-to- respected by the gintry, and lock and kay is
taller, " as that x enould be crowned king of never put upon anything that comes into my
the ancient territory of the OTooles, over hands; and more than that, there's a purty
which we were tramping, and to this day fe- colleen that thinks I'm a'most good enough
TheGutidG
oe lendalough, mains in ignorance that his simple story car- for her, and her father's been to see if the
ried with it such conviction as to have led to cabin Would suit; and all this change, yer
BY S. C. HALL, F. S. A.
many
blessings in his neophyte—improved' honor, glory be to God ! because 1 would'nt
has
to
a
visit
to
Ireland
enabled
us
As recent
test rile progress and good effects of Temper- health, augmented income, greater intellec- buy poison, or take it when 'twas handed
ance in that country, we think a few anecdotes tual strength, infinitely higher motives for me !
gathered during our journey, may be welcome continuous labor, a surer foundation of do"And now," he added with emphasis,
anil agreeable, as well ns encouraging to our mestic happiness, and a perpetual safeguard approaching solemnity, "I lave it to yer
for
better
in from
readers. The happy chinge
ttie
self-repiVph; the youth as little knew honor's self if you'll ask me to take the drop
the Irish people, will be best shown by the inci- that the brief hour he spent with
me was you carry."
dents we shall relate ; but vvc cannot, at the outMy answer was at once, " Indeed, my
set, omit to state, that although there have been productive of benefit not to me alone—that
partial balk-sliding, the great mass of the people he was making me his instrument of good to good lad, God forbid that I should tempt
ure not only true to The Pi.Kuor. (the "long others, adding to the cause of temperance!lyou: but I owe you a compliment, and will
pledge," the only efficacious ami really valuable one member, who devoutedly hopes to be''pay it freely." I took the flask and flung
pledge), but that conviction of its incalculable the means of largely increasing the number),it far over a rock into the waters of the lake
benefits is now the principle that almost univer- of those who see in temperance religion's beneath. The scene is
before me at this
1
sally prevents the breach of it tho act that had best
auxiliary, and, next to religion, the' minute, as vividly as when it happened: the
its origin in remorse, or wild enthusiasm, perof duty to God and man.
youth literally danced for joy : capered
haps In superstition, is now the result of reason safest teacher
My anecdote is briefly told: I took the backward and forward on the mountain sumupheld by experience. We entreat our readers
to give no credence to the evil reports of ene- youth somewhat suddenly as my guide from' mit, absolutely intoxicated by a pure draught
mies; or the apprehension of timid or luke- a cottngc door, beside which he was stand- lof
■ pleasure; the compliment touched his
warm friends—thnt Ireland is lapsing into intox- ing, and bade him at once mount the car warm Irish heart; it went so far
beyond his
it
the
is
the
very opposite
ication: but is not so;
upon which I was proceeding to visit the'- expectations; it was so practical a comment
fact. The Irish never can be again a drunken
marvels of the gloomy lake. The evening upon his story, so comprehensible a mark of
people : drunkenness is now such a reproach
I never saw pleasure examong all classes, that a gentleman intoxicated was cold and row, and I had in my pocket a its approval.
would not dure to enter a drawing-room ; while flask of " mountain dew;" the poison, so pressed in a manner so impossible to be
a ftrmer or peasant drunk, will sculk to his called in mockery of the delicious draughts mistaken.
noise through bye-ways, ashamed or afraid to
jwhich Nature sends each morning to the It is likely that the youth has long since
have bis condition known to his neighbors.— bees and flowers. Having drank of
it my-l•forgotten the transaction, but I have not forTbs usual fruits of sobriety are seen every-!I self, I offered it, as a matter
of course, to gotten it, and never can forget it. That day
whore I the old reproach of the traveller, thnt my compnnion;
he declined it, to my sur-l was a white spot in my life. The moral of
he never knew what the English beggars ditl
"with
their cast-off" clothes until he went to Ire- prise, for the temperance movement in Ire- this Simple anecdote is obvious: every temland," is now removetl forever; the cottages tire land was then new to me, and I hnd little''pernnce advocate, no matter how humble
far more cleanly than they were ten years ago ; notion of the spread it had even at that timelImay be his position, weak his intellectual
few are without whitewash ; the pig is seldom made; having little faith in a revolution so'jpowers, and apparently inefficient his means,
inmate ;" the dung-heap rarely un-Irish, and being, moreover, anxious lot
say what may be the amount of good
" the parlor
jcannot
stagnates
before the " hall door ;" faction-fights test its strength, 1 pressed the
ho
is
when he tells to many, or to our,
liquor
doing,
upon
and
that
are relics of gone-by history ;
now
it him, and
at length went so far as to offer Ithe blessings conferred by temperance on
has pleased the Almighty to visit to hind with
famine, Temperance will preserve the lives of him a crown if he would drink some of it. him. I date my conversion to Total Abstitens of thousands who would inevitably perish, "No," said he, " not for a thousand crowns, nence from that evening. My teacher was
if, when hunger forced tbeni to seek fond, it nor for all o. Lord Wicklow's lands, if they a rude lad, whocould neither write not read;
drove ihein also through the gate* of distilleries were offered me: and," he added, after a but I, and with me those who have been inand the doors of public-houses.
pause, " if your honor knew as much about fluenced by my counsels and example, owe
Heroes, they say, look back with pleasure me as I know about myself, I do not thinkIa deep debt of gratitude to that youth—my
to the first triumph that procured fame ; and you would be after asking me to do so bad a humble Guide to Glendalough.
lovers, we know, call to mind with deep joy thing." A very little persuasion led to his
their earliest tokens of affection ; no satis- telling me his simple story:—
Toleration at Rome.—The correspondfaction can to an author ever equal that he
" 1 have been a guide to the Seven
of the London
felt at first seeing himself "in print;" the Churches," he said, "almost ever since I Rome on the 20th Daily News writes from
Dec:
sweetest moment in an artist's life is that could strcel the distance; and inany's the!
which gave the idea of a great picture; and half-crown and more I got for my day's "An American Protestant minister had
the man of science reverts with rapture to walk; I earned a dale in the week—and twelve of his countrymen joining him in
the mere thought, out of which grew a dis- spin! it. When I'd get my day's hire, though 1 worship at his own house last Sunday, in the
covery to enlighten and benefit mankind.— the gentry I'd be with would give me drink Via S. Bastianello. The police were acFor my own part, few incidents of a busy enough, it's for more drink I'd go with the quainted with the circumstance before night,
and somewhat varied lite, afford matter for money. You would'nt give three ha'pence |and the American Charge d'Affaires, Mr.
more true enjoyment than my first lesson in for the dirty rags I carried. I neveriiCass, was apprized that if the offence was
temperance—a lesson which led immediately stretch'd on a decent bed, but mostly in a repeated, the minister would bo sent away
to reflection, subsequently to consideration, neighbor's outhouse, and oftener in a gap of from Rome immediately."
and ultimately to the adoption of a principle, a ditch. I had the fever once, and 1 lay We wonder if the good people of Rome
which I have ever since continued to regard, there like a dog to die. My old grandmother!have in their possession a
copy of Paul's
as a blessing, second only to that of Chris-i was begging about *c country at the same'
to
I'.pistle
Romans,
the
dated
about the year
tianity in its influence on mv mind and heart. time. Augh ! yer honor, I was drunki
That lesson, which by Divine mercy has| morning, noon, and night, and the bastes I A D. 00. Among other sentiments inculcabeen made to produce fruit for my own great, used to be amongst had more sinse than I. ted was this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor
" ; 0.
benefit, and I humbly hope for the benefit of Well, how is it now ?" he added, and he as thyself;" xiii
others, was given me by a poor boy, ft guide, drew himself up with honest and truly digwho accompanied me about four years ago, nified pride. " Yer honor took me of a
The sum collected in New York as a
fcpm the village of Enniskerry to the fur- sudden, or it is'nt in this coat I'd have been testimonial to the Captain of tho vessel which
famed Sevan Churches in savage Glenda- with ye; for 1 have two better, and a top- saved the passengers of the Caleb Grimshaw,
coat besides; and I've as nate a cabin as amounts to $8,000, It is to be
lough,
appropriated
Whiajr «l»nrr,Taho™.
you'd wish to see'; and my grandmother thus : To Captain
" B*l Urk ui'Ycr wnmina n',r "
$5,000 ; to the
keeps in it, spinding her old days in pace ; first mate, $700 ; lo Cook,
the second mate, $400;
The youth was perfectly unconscious of the a«d I've live pounds ten in the savings bank, to the carpenter, $350;
to each seaman,
train he was laying—of the seed ho had in case of the sickness : nnd in the place of $125 ; to
each ordinary seaman and boy.
planted for the hereafter; he as little fancied,!(being a blackguard nobody would trust, I'm $100.
OR,
YOUNGTEETOTALER.
IRISH
:
. _
ent
•
_
�THE FRIEND, MAY 1, 1860.
39
Practice and Preaching both. —A cler- $1000, quickly $1100 followed, $1900,
Preaching in Congress.
Late papers contain full reports of Con- gyman in the Mediterranean tar five years, '$1300, $1400, and so on antil the sum of
$2900 was named, snd the document was
gressional proceedings. The political sky related the following interesting anecdote, knocked
down to the Rev. Dr. Boardmnn—
seems overcast with dark clouds, and storms *Br*h occurred during that time
In a few moments Mr. Thomas said that he
The commodore was a frank and gene- was authorised and pleased to state that the
are apparently gathering, but it is hoped that
"
man, who treated me with marked at- document would not go to Washington, I).
rous
so
as
the
a brighter day will dawn,
long
and I used to preach in all the ships C, as it had been purchased by Mr. Boardmembers of Congress are willing to assem- tention, This
but one.
was a small frigate, and its man for a gentleman who resides some disble on the Sahbnth and listen to "a plain, captain was an irreligious and profane man. tance from that place, as well as from Philaold fashioned Presbyterian sermon." A cor- He used to say he wanted no Methodist par-.delphia. The announcement that the paper
respondent of the New York Tribune writes son for a pilot, and he embraced every op- was not to go to Washington was received
of annoying me. Being a person of with considerable applause. The gentleman
as follows on the first Sabbath in February :' portunity
violent
he took offence and insulted for whom it was purchased, resides, so we
temper,
a
old
fashionpreached
plain,
Mr. Gurley
who meant to send him have been credibly informed, in the State of
commodore,
the
ed Presbyterian sermon before Congress toWhen I heard of his intention, I Virginia. The portrait of Washington was
day, at the capitol ; and alter observing his home.
manner and listening attentively to his argu- waited on the commodore,' and said I had also purchased by Rev. Dr. Boardman for
favor of him.
the sum of $150. A letter of recommendament, I felt satisfied that the choice made of come to ask a particular
"That shall be granted. I am always tion of a French General from Gen. Washa Chaplain was a discreet one. The object
happy to oblige you. What is it."
ington, to Gen. Mifflin, President of the Conof his discourse was to inculcate the propri"That you will overlook the conduct of tinental Congress, was sold for the sum of
ety or necessity of throwing aside expedien."
$20 —Mr. John Wilson purchaser. A volcy in matters of clearly revealed duty, and CaptainS
You
can't
be
serious.
Is
"Nay,
nay.
ume of the American Advertiser, containing
which
is
come
what
will.
of doing that
right,
His text was appropriately taken from Dan- he not your greatest enemy? and I believe a copy of the farewell address set up from
the only man in the fleet who docs not wish the original manuscript, was sold for the sum
iel, relative to the three Hebrews who would to
see you on board his ship?"
of $12—Mr. Joseph A. Mickley purchaser
fathers,
whethonly worship the God of their
That's the very reason why I ask the fa- —[Phil. Sun.
er they were thrown into the fiery furnace or "
not. They had implicit faith in God that he vor, commodore; I must practice as well as
The Arctic Expedition.—The Entercould preserve them whatever the danger : preach."
Well,
whim;
'tis
an
odd
but
well,
if,
and Investigator, vessels commissioned
prise
they) be it known to thee, "
" But if not (said
reflection
withon a searching expedition to BheI
your
request
on
can
to
grant
proceed
we
nor
Gods,
not
serve
w
thy
0 Kj'ig, lb.»<
will be out of the hands ofthe
service,
Straits,
out
to
His
I
will
Majesty's
ring's
prejudice
worship the golden image which thou hast doit."
at Woolwich dockyard on the
shipwrights
set up."
day I renewed my petition." 28th ins't., and will almost immediately proReturned recently from Africa, where he " The nextsaid
he, "if Captain S
will ceed in the first instance to the Sandwich Is"Well,"
linn been aiding the Colonization systeni, by
I will overlook his lands. Bills have been issued saying that able
which he intended to raise the most Vwbar- make a public apology,
conduct."
seamen are wanted lor both vessels, and that
ous people on the globe in the social scale,
into
boat
and
rowed
to
the.
double pay will be insured to the crews on
I
a
instantly
got
Mr. GinIcy contrasted their wretched condi'rounding Capo Horn. Lady Franklin is in
tion with that of the citizens of these United frigate. The Captain met me with n frown
hut when I told him my 'town every day, and is still unceasing in her
Stales, and rightly ascribed to the benign in- tin his countenance,
saw a tear in his eye, and faking efforts to insure a further search for her galbusiness,
1
fluence of Christianity, the ennobling, eleva, I re- lant husband, Captain Sir John Franklin,
me by the hand, he said : "Mr.
ting influence of our free institutions, and to
don't tinilei stand your religion, but 1 do and the officers and crews of the Erebus and
ally
the want of religion, the depressed condition
It is gratifying to know that seveof the unhappy Africans. To the influences understand your conduct, and I thank you." [Terror.
officers of the Royal Navy
The
affair
blew
and
he
mc
!ral
pressed
over,
|
distinguished
asunhesitatingly
he
of Bible Christianity
and it is expected
The
first
in preach in his ship.
I
ladyship,
time
went
are
Her
aiding
unrivalled
cribed American liberty and our
officers
the rank of
the
whole
crew
"were
dressed
that
two
holding
in
holiday
gallant
jil.ere
prosperity.
Captain at my right hand.— commanders, will proceed curly in the spring
clothes,
and
the
House
for
he
thanked
the
As Chaplain,
I could hardly utter a word, my mind was so to the Arctic regions, one in one of the Hull
the honor it hud conferred upon him, adding much
mid so were the whole crew.—' whalers, and the other in n whaler belosging
that when the feor nnd love of God had uni- There moved,
seemed a more than ordinary solem- to Peterhead. Those officers will not take •
and
Republic,
of
the
ted the Representatives
nity among as.
any command in the whalers, but simply lend
the principle set forth in the text had been That
night the ship disappeared, and their aid and advice when they reach Davis'
very
the
permaaction,
rule
of
as
the
adopted
not a soul survived to tell the tale. None: Straits, Lancaster Sound, or any other place
nence ef the Union would be thereby se- 'ever knew how it
happened, but we supposed in the Arctic regions where there is any
cured. If he ventured to suggest a remedy as
there had been a gale of wind, she had probability of meeting with any of the parlaying
it
would
be
the
dissensions,
their
for
foundered and went down in deep water.
ties of the missing expedition. It must be
sside their pas-»i«nis, so that all who turned How cheering the
that
the
men
to the public to know that such
thought
satisfactory
their eyes to these Halls might be able to thus suddenly summoned
had
great exertions arc ahout to be imrle in the
into
eternity,
a
it
is
for
thing
bow
good
say, " ftShads'
listened to the blessed message of the gospel ensuing season, and it is hoped the result
biethren to dwell together in unity."
(hat too, under circumstances which, w ill realize the most sanguine expectations
and
The Hall ofthe House of Representatives,
the blessing of God, were so pecu- of the friends of the' absent voyagers.—
through
wns
filled
an
by
inognificent
one,
and it is a
liarly
to prepare their minds to wel- fliondon Watch., Dec. 20.
adapted
strife
of
attentive congregation, and the
come and receive it!
for
exchanged
happily
•veek-days
on
opinions
I
Commissioner to the Sandwich Isharmony and concord.
lands. —Charles Bunker, Esq., of NantuckWashington's
Sale
of
Farewell
AdThe Chaplain is a Moat, former-looking!
et, has been appointed Commissioner- to the
mhn, probably about 40 years old, his Imir press, and other valuable relics.—The Sandwich Islands. His acquaintance with
Rotunda
of
the
and
manner
are!
Merchant's
was
Exchange
voice
is gutting gray, his
the wants of our whalemen fits him peculiarwinning and persuasive, without the least, crowded to overflowing last evening, on the ly for the situation, and will enable him to be
tincture of servility or affectation, lie seems occasion of the sale of the original manu- of great service to the whaling interests.—
kind, benevolent, anxious to promote peace script of Washington's farewell address, and
[Am. paper.
and good will—unassuming, unnmbitious. — other valuable relics. The sale commenced
He is said to have suffered many and very at seven o'clock, and the address was put up
There is no way to fly from God's
severe privations, while in Africa ; is poor ; by Mr. Thomas, auctioneer, and Mr. Rich- judgment, but to fly tojjis meWy by repenthas o large family ; appears to he far more ard Willing offered as the starting bid $500. ance.
earnest about the next world than this ; and He did not appear willing to advance, and
Over 3,000 tierces of American beef
neither in prayer nor sermon did he makothe others entered into competition with considhave been sold to the contractors for the
slightest allusion to party politics. 1- feel erable spirit. $550 was next bid, then $600,.(British
ships of war dsrmg the post year.
quite at home while listening to Mr. Gurley. then $650, and then a jump was made to
:
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�40
THE FRIEND, MAY I, 1850.
for San Franrtaco- ah Triton, Marahall, Ifaw Bedford;
came as passengers on board the " Caroline," Charlca
CoMMsacc at Sandwich Islands.—Dur-I mily
Pradrrlca, Barnaa, Nrw "iillurd IHOO aperm, cruire
wrecked off Hoosl ulu.
,
and home ; Daniel Webater, Veder, Nantucket, 250 aperni,
ing 1849,the gross amount of imports, $780,In Honolulu, April, Mary Lovelock, infant daugh- bound IS Arctic Ocean, bark I'laiina, Gilford, Wealprrt, null
were also psJßJD- aperm. Touched at Tairntiiiano prtvloua lo ihe above date,
George
of
who
Lovelock,
Mr.
nett
at
the
ter
and
dutiesreceived
Cus-739,44,
bark Waiter Joyce, 86 da fm Providence, lor Sa* Franciaco |
gers in the Caroline
Mary and Marian, 95 dalroni Nantucket, forSo. Ship Jamea
tom House, $71,943,49.
At San Francisco, January, 1850,Capt. W. EOK, Cornell of New 11t.11,m1, left T. rih. 10ala lor Honolulu. Feb.
98, ofTCallao, apnkearh L'urlew,Treailwa>, forSan Franrlaeo.
formerly master of a whale snip in the Pacific.
|C7» Contribution at the Bethel, Sabbafh In Honolulu, at the U. 8. Hospital, April 16. Geo. Shipping at Marquesas —Frniii afrMra Lawaon .1 Johii.on,
we have received a Shipping l.i-i lor 1849. al the harlior i.f
England,
a
of
Isle
of
Brading,
Wight,
native
Ule.pie-ha), ITahuga, I.Und t>f Mari|ueaaa A. ritual of Iheac
morning, April 14, $50 17, forbuilding native Ward,
where it is supposed his parents, family and friends veaaeU have been reported in our column., .aid hat of 16 veachurch at Waimea. To this amount there now reside. The licensed was left nt the Hospital by aela la omillrit. Tlieae v, >.tl» look away 755 linnel. of p01a1. 41,0 lioiin; .'i.SHi COCoal.nillß| 20)10
!«.,.. .r. boal londn of w
liumpklua; I'OO bunches of plantain., bread trait, 4tc. The
Inflowing vtaaela liuve luuclieil Ihertj alllCfl .lanuary I, I o
Time
Sp.
Wh.
has been added a donation of $25 from Dr. the U. S. S. Preble, a few months since.
PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
Wood, for the same purpone. Total, $75 17.
17
1710 Gr. Tort
In Duke of Rossoro' from San F.—Jas. Ramsey, -"< !.'> Nile, Chaae,
VSIm llr.-iiM-n
Reiiuhtir, Aualln,
12
T. Fitzpatrick, T. Griffith.
11
"
2lIt) V ll'.l
Liverpool, Weal,
22
MaMoore,
Id Sarah Ann, from San Fran.—Mrs.
111". Gr. Port
" Philip-Ural, Woodruff, li
No charge for water, except the run to the na- thias, Y. Onflrey.
2.')
900 N. MM
Alexander, It win.
"
Italy,
6
Clean,
Gr. Hurt
WrlJ,
Hollister,
Wm.
tives the Captain may entrap;, to till the rusks.
from
S.
Per Kahuna,
8. F.—R.
"
1
Malicheater,
7
SO
I'harles,
N. Il'il
MiKu.i lloi -i. Pbicks.
J.
children,
Mrs.
Jones
and
2
Hughes, John Smith,
2S
l-i.ii
Ri.w-.k-, Mil Ii-»-,
do
Taro
SI pcrhrl,
Potatoes 91 per brl,
"
B. Brown, J. Lewis, Wm. Morrison.
6
Ariel,
Clean, N Londou
Yams
"
ttarch,
1
1
1-2
H><>
Orange*
Zephyr,
F.—G.
Gilmtn.
29
Bedford
Sherman,
D
N
Per
Rob't
from
S.
Bruce,
"
'
tOu
Newport
l'iue apples 1
" l)n Webster,
Chesnnts 75c "
Lemons
Arrivals at San Franrueo from tht H. /.—Mar. 5, TJ S.
l'apoa " 75c "
1
"
McArlhiir,
d.;
24
Haw brig Wilhelmlne,
Id,
twlug,
aur.
achr
$1
cocoa
Green
cocoa
nuts
do
Old
nuts 10
20
King.SSda Apr. 2, Ainachr Saua'l Y. Ruben., J/hulken. 26
Dried Imnana lnliundlcs $1
Burtnnas.l hunrliva S1
da fm Maul, Am achr Dernlui, Morrill, 12 il. fm do.| 6. brig
Fowls
4
$8
100
SI
1-2
Pumpkins
Teplc, Luce, 2ti da, arhr Jtweplniie, Cliuton, 34 il.; Apr 2, bark
PORT
OF
HONOLULU.
Connecticut,
each
Small
76c
Peuhallow. 22 ila.
Turkeys
1
Chartd for H. Islands.— Apr. 6, Br hk Margaret Brock, Mr>
Ducks
Small 75c
1
Mcrkan, brig Nueva Magellaiiea, rlullluglon,
k'ishing net 95c per fathom
Arrived.
Hogs 6c per Hi
1 Tin- Am. bk Cliaae .poke, Jan. 20, In Ist. 28 8 Am. wh.
March30—Am bk Drummond, Pierre, fm I.aha.na.
Iron wood $4 per bout
Other wood &'• per boat
clean. 21, .poke wh. ah.
W H Shaller, Fruits, fm Boalon via Tahiti. ■hi|, Herculee, 'A mo. fm N. Bedford,
30
bk
Am
Java, Sampaon, N B. clean. 25, Ontario, of Naut. 40 niunlha
Native cloth SI 3 fathoms Yellow do SI a piece
April I—Haw ach Starling. Hegone, fm run r'ran.
brie
out.
ap.
1400
Bonnets SI each
Huts 25c to SI each
1 Am »h MarJpoaa. Mnrtin, fni Lahatna
The alenmer Senator apoke, Jan. 15, wh. ah. Catharine, N.
] Rut bk BchelikoiT, KlinkolTetroiit. 2* <l« fm §*■ Fran.
Mats 50c a fathom
Double width 1 tlulu a do
London, full and boundhome. 16, ah America, Adam., 11 ma.
1 I'll bg Caalwr Labbe, 24 dn lm Hun Fran.
Iron poles 10 SI
1300 brla wh.
1 Am bk Eurotaa, Bray, 86
C/-Ship Hampton, Davia, wna to leave San F. 27th April,
Rkoclations.
" fm Tahiti.
"
4 Ilr mli John Hull, RotHtmmi,
for
Calcutta via Honolulu} al.o up for Honolulu, ahlp Canada,
trade
An)
arrange
Jeiiniuga,
Hong
Kong.
Bales
Man
is
to
all
bk
55
da
Auckland,
I. The appointed
4
lm
lleauvuia;
alao, bark Lndelle, Keen, Clh April.
5 Am ach Mary Ann, Barrlll, (.ahnifia.
with the Captain, and the Captain to pay him his fee;
ach
off
llonoliihl
Man-Hera,
Cruchet,
April 9—Am
in doth or cash as lie may agree on.
11 Am wh bk Bayard, firahmn, 7 MM oM, from Gretn11. Should the Captain wish to engage natives to
Notice.
port, 40 bbla wh, cleared lor Amir Ocean.
take nil supplies to the boat; $1 a day is the charge
IS Am ah Uut-rii Victoria, Chase, 20 da from danu Fran.
Tin'
hegs
ah
da
Manilla,
fm
i«■ -1 «.• -1 fn 111 to inform the
12 Am
24
for each man.
t'oinmantlvrs of whale ships, that he is prepared to
bk John Parker. Dorr, 22 *
111. No boat or canoe from shore shall be allowed AprilAm13—Fr
"
by Mannelila,I .am »»h., 21 da fm Ban Fran.
Buppgjatbcmmostwith frcnh provisions, vegetable, wood,
to take off trade to ships, to he sold on board. Boats
15 Am tig FmtiiHiit. Hiwiy. 2n da fm San Hiego.
ri'iiMiiiiiMe terms. Oil or bone taken
&<-., olWhc
15 Am ah Shanuiiga, Fallen, 2fi J* lm Han Fian.
may be engaged to take off supplies bought on shore.
17 Am ah Prince dc Jniiivitlc, \dama, 18 ila fm Han F. in exchange, nt the highest market price.
Charge, 35 the first day and 93 each day after.
N.
Pilgrim,
bk
Franc.*
The
harbor
of Mangohui lies in the S. E. part
B.
22dayafrom Han Fran.
20—Br.
IV7 No boat or canoe from Bhore shall be allowed April 22
Ilr. ketch Primus, Draper. 23
do.
of Doubtless or Lewixton Bay, in the lat of 35 6 S; long
to go off to ships when making the land, except the
do.
22 Am ah Argonaut, Not!, 15
173 38 E A ship rounding the west head of Doubt
one appointed by the authorities.
S3 Br. achr F.benezer, Dickenson, 21
do.
less Bay. at 3 or 4 miles distance and steering S. E.hy
do,
23 Br. brigan. Sarah Ann, Riiksell, 18
Y. It is requested that no Captain secretly engage,
S., will head into the harbor. But there is always a
23 Br. hark Duke of Rnxborn', t'ollard. 20 do.
or take away on board his vessel, any natives from the
23 Am. bngan. Roh't Bruce, Itorkendorf, 1,1 Jo.
person on the spot to pilot a stranger in.
shore. Any Captain wishing to engage natives for a
34 Haw. brign. WiHvJiiihie, McGregor, 18 do.
WILLIAM BUTLER.
cruise, are requested to make arrangements, before
24 Fr ah L'Orixa, Poirler, 91 days from Huahine.
5-tf
25 Am. brut Mary Wilder. Cleveland, 20 dn from Ban F. Mangohui, Doubtless Bay, New Zealand.
proper witnesses on shore, with any willing to go. A
liiijih
X ultima, Hun, 14
25 Haw.
do.
cofltrary procedure will be reported to the nearest
26 Haw. brig Paclfico, Rogue, off*Honolulu In di»tresa.
Consul, ot the nation to which the ship belongs.
Information anted.
Cleared.
VI. It is requested, that on the desertion of a man March 30— Am »h Petiraleoii,Cole.
Sydney.
Respecting William Woodland, a Seaman belongfront A vessel, the Captain give immediate information April 2—Am ach Roe, Suaaev. S«n Fran.
ing to West Cowcs, Isle of Wight, England. He left
2 Brbk Eudura. (.ourley,
to the Chiefs of the Station, and that the vessel do not
"
England in I 842, a seaman, on board the Carysfort'
1 Am bk Sacramento, Tucker.
leave the Island until the deseiter be apprehended.
frigate. He has subsequently been heard from as a
2 Am bk Druninioiol. Fierce San Fran via I.ahama.
That for every deserter delivered by the natives to the
t Am ah Mariposa. Mirtin,
boat steerer on board the American whaling vessels
u
"
Captain two pieces of rloth to be paid, one to the
4 Haw hg Paciftro. Boiiur.
Monmouth and llnmhleton. Should this notice niChief of the station, and another to the parties who
5 Am bk AdarJo, Burroughs.,
ract his attention, he is desired to report himself to
"
Si.
Andrew,
5—
lorcha
for
San
Fran.
Marker,
Br
secured his apprehension.
his friends, or should he visit Honolulu, to call at the
6 Am bk Maria, Maiilnon,
VII. That in case the deserter he not found until
9 Am hk Enrotan, Bray, Manilla, **
Chaplain's study, where he will find a letter to his adafter the vessel has left the island, when apprehended, April 12—CD
bg Cantor, l.abbe, Valparaiso.
dress.
he shall become a prisoner and be employed in public
15 Am hk VV ll Shailer, Frana, San Fran.
15 Ilr hg Enterprise, Lovering, Tahiti.
work, until he leave the island.
18 Haw ach Starling, Degour, San Frttn.
Charts for sale.
VIII That, in any cue considered necessary for a
1R Rna hk Hchelikoff. Klinkoltatrom, Snka.
tain to leave a man on shore, the sum of 930 be
19—Am bk John Parker. Dorr, Manilla.
An oldEast India ship-master has left some new
tf
and old Charts, at the Chaplain's study, to be disposed
I for each individual so left
Shipping in Port.
of for his benefit in sickness. The following are
Brbk Bee, Dim ley.
among them: Charts of Canton river, East Coaat of
DIED.
Atnbrlg Coptapo. Southward.
China, China Sea, The Strait of Sunda, China S«a
In this place on Sunday last, 7th inst. Mart, wife Am hg Broihera, Sold.
No. 11, Strait of Malacca, &<■., &c. Also
of Mr. A. H. Fayerweather, daughter of the late Capt. Br ach Coquette. Elliott.
Jennings.
Auckland,
Am hk
AN EXCELLENT SEXTANT.
Geo. Berkley, aged 29 years.
Am Bch Naseilcca, Inn tut
la this town, on the ISih In.lant, Mr I'hiili. BanT, a n«April 1 tf
«h Manilla,
RTeHMghuloaatieurknsRarotonga.
Paticensd,
"
—
MARINE JOURNAL.
,
*
•
«
'
"
a
tlva at Boalnn, Maa.., aged about S3 yeara, and a realdenl of
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