991 10 11779 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/64938dc81650215bd9500e6f6ceea21a.pdf 5f78b3562020a16f0abb2686336e1c74 PDF Text Text Vol. FTHE RIEND. r. HONOLULU, NOVEMBER l, 1849. 65 No. 9 XIII—THE JARGON. the people enjoy the rifiht of electing nine citizens, to represent them in an Executive Every visitor to Oregon will very soon »f> Council; and fifteen, for n Legislative Asafter hid arrival, learn that I here is in use a 6A Return m the Mnsfcochustili, CO scmhly. new language, which has been created by Gli Depttrllire fnun Vninouver, the of the the necessities of the situation in which emiprivilege living It is also people Bunk* u|hmi Oregon, G7 07 under n territorial government tv elect a grnnts, Hudson Bay Company officers, and A Pup:l ol N Buwrlitch, Astronomical DiM-nvery. G7 delegate, who shall represent them in the others found themselves, in relation to the Alltarln (Venn. Lvlilorijl, 6." United States. He enjoys aborigines of the country. Indians havo Gs Congress of the IVhiilinfx, Hunk, r Hill—View, 69 the privileges of a member of the House of learned n few English and French words, 69 Crui-c in Amic Ocean, with the exception of vot- foreigners have learned a few Indian words, 70 Representatives, ArWue In Seamen, so lhat ere long a mode of communication was ing. 71 Temperance. Deaths. Murine Journal, lie, 72 The first Election took plnce, on the first introduced, which answered all the common Monday in June. I waspresent at the erec- purposes of trading and intercourse between tion which took place on the Tualatin plains. iFit: Indians ond the white population. I At 12 o'clock, M., the county clerk culled was particularly struck with the frequent use which was made of this jargon, (as this lanA Trip from the Sandwich Islands to Lower the meeting to order, and announced that it would be proper to appoint persons who guage is called,) in the intercourse of the Oregon and Upper California. should officiate ewjodges of the election, to white inhabitants among themselves. There leaves selected from "Our Log Book." prevent frauds. Three were chosen and duly was one word which was in constant use, sworn. The necessary preparations having but its derivation I could not loam. This XII—TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT been made for ballotting, one of the judges word was cullus. If a man was inefficient, OF OREGON. announced that "the polls are now open,— he was cultvt, and if any instrument was useDuring the joint occupancy of Oregon by please walk up and vote." I was gratified less, it was cultus. The frequency with England and the United States, emigrants to witness the perfect understanding of the which the word was introduced into converfrom the Western States and other parts of voters, in regard to the nature of the bus- sation led me toUmnginc, that almost every the world settled in the country, but they did iness in which they were engaged. Although thing, and every body, animate and inaninot find there a regularly organized govern- assembled in a log house, in the woods of mate in Oregon, must he cvltus. Webster's ment, and courts of justice. Even niter the Oregon, yet they appeared, acted and spoke, spelling book, has already been re-published question of the boundary was settled with like free born American citizens, conscious in Oregon, and when the time arrives for an edition of his dictionary to make its appearEngland, it was a long time before the Con- of their rights and privileges. gress of the United States took definiteaction I learned that, S. R. Thurston, Esq., was ance there, it may be expected that cultus and numerous other words of the Jargon, in regard to a Territorial Government. In elected delegate to Congress. words will take their station by the the meantime the people organizeda Pro$CP The following facts in regard to the vincial Government, —chose their governor, Council, and Assembly, I take from the and terms derived from the Krewßi, Latin, and ether public officers, —organized their latest "Pacific News," published in Califor- Greek, nnd Anglo Saxon. courts and appointed their judges; and at the nia, on the 29th of Sept., under the head of At the close of Palmer's Journal I find a brief vocabulary of the words used in the period of the Wailalpu massacre, the Pro- " information from Oregon." "Chinook Jargon." "This isa tongue" says visional Governor called out a military force "The Council is composed of H. Buck, Palmer, spoken by a few in each tribe reof several hundred soldiers. It reflects crecounty, W. Blair, of Tual- siding in the middle and lower divisions of dit upon the Oregonians, as a Inw-resprcting front Clackamas S. Parker and W. Shannon, of Cham- Oregon: • It is nlso used hy the French, and] and order-loving people, that they could en- atin, J. Graves, of Yam Hill, W. G. Malay, nearly all old settlers in the country." act civil, judicial and military laws, which poeg, Linn, Ford, of Polk, N. Humof Nathaniel I copy the following words— would be in force for the time being, but of Benton, and.S. I. McKean, ofClatshould cease when the timo came for Con- phrey, EngMh. Jargon. sop, Lewis and Vancouver counties. Chinkamin. Chain, gress to extend the Territorial Laws of the A. L. Lovejoy, W. D. Holman and G. Handkerchief, United States over the country. Hankachun. The policy of the government of the U. S. Walling were elected to the House from Crow, Kawkaw. Lo-ma-las. seems peculiarly and admirably fitted for Clackamas; D. Hill, and W. W. Eng, from Molasses, Lcmonte. those portions of the country where the limi- Tualatin; W.W. Chapman, W. S. Metlock, ted number of the inhabitants, renders the and John Grim, from Champoeg; A.J. HemNeim. ame. R. Kinney, *nd J. B. Walling, from Old, Oldman. expenses of a state government too burden- l>rc, Papa. some. Hence, whilst the government at Yam Hill; Conser, and J. S. Dunlap, from Paper, Sal-luks. Washington claims the right of appointing Linn; H. N. Y. Holmes, and S. Bench, from Mad, angry, Polk; J. Mulkay, and G. B. Smith, from Warm, Warn. certain Territorial officers, their salaries are Benton; H. Simmons, from Clatsop, Lewis Wood, j Slick. paid from the U. S. government treasury. and Vancouver. territorial of conPuss. government Oregon Cat, The The Legislature is now in session at OreAmericans, sists of the following U. S. officers. Bostons. King Geo. men, Itc. $3,000 gon city. The officers of the Council, are S. Englishmen, Governor, Joseph Lane, salary, 1,800 Parker, Chief, and A. A. Robinson, assisSecretary, R. Pritchctt, tant clerk; C Davis, sergeant at arms; S. XIV—JOURNEY OVER Three Judges ofthe Supreme THE ROCKY Kinney, doorkeeper, and Rev. D. Leslie, Court, W. P. Bryant, MOUNTAINS. Those of the House are A. L. Chaplain. O. Judge,) (ex-ofT. Sup. "Our Log Book" reC. Pratt, and " each 2,000 Lovejoy, speaker, William Porter, chief, and In the Xlthchap.toofthe Attorney General, Gcndis, clerk; unknown. assistant William ference was made "overland settleE. Holmes, " sergeant at arms; D. D. Baily, doorkeeper; ment of Oregon." "Journals," ''Diaries," Marshal, Joseph Meelt,, "Travels" and' "Histories" may be publish In addition t»the abovementioned officers, and Rev. H. Johnson, chaplain." Contents OK THE FRIKKD, NOV. ol Oregon, Territorial The Jarion, Journeyover itio Rocky Monniains, (ioveriiiriem 1,1849. Page G."i THE FRIEND. fountain, * " , " - �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 1, 1849 66 Ed, but a Gull report never can lie nindo of..kinds, including the apple, the pear, the XVI—DHPARTURE FR M FORT VANCOUVER. the difficulties and hardship* of nu overland peach, the plum, etc. In the garden ofexjourney, to. Ihe shores nfthu: Pacific. A lew [governor Abtrnolliy, at Oregon city, I saw There is one lintuic of the Hudson's Pay spintedi and adventurous young men" m.v Illicitly peach trees, and [rmn what I, could Company's trading establishment that must set off, aiitl ni:c»tii|ilisli thq undei taking in a' lenrn. respecting fruits, Oiegou is well adapt- favorably impress the nund ola litigious few weeks, and report it u pleasant summer! ed to the fruit growing trees, which flourish man. Theie is a uuiikeil lesperl lor icliifexcursion over til* prairies ami mountain:*, in the eastern mid middle stales. ,.ll* institutions. It is the ilivniilihlc piacaffair, it is different when husbut a very We stopped at Portland t«> dine, and theni.tire to iiiiiintain public'services at the I cot bands and wives, young men mill maidens,| proceeded on our way to Foil Vancouver. on the Snlilii.lii. Ifn Protestant rlcrgwnnn old men and children, lud farewell to the la.-t wns somewhat expecting lo have found the'lol'iniy (lenoiiiinnliou is present, he is invited log cabin em the frontier of Mission i, andr'Massuchurtts" nl Portland, as I was aware■to preach alter the tending ol the kpiscopal commence their long, and toilsn.ne joiunev dial she had been thus fin up the Willamette, scivicc. Mi tin (list. Piesliv leiiau anil Conto Oregon. Jl'n person would lull, know! to take on hoard a cargo ol lumber, lor Cnl-]■'girgnlii'lial cleigymen, have, at difl'crent the trials incident to the journey, he must tl'i ii nia. Dr. Nevvell wn* u fellow passenger'limes ollici/.tcd llieie. In pa si veins, the 01make it, hut next to that means of inforimi- with nil* down ihc Willamette, lie is an'-l livers of the establishment have linn retion, let him go among I lie emigrants, sit American, a native of Ohm, having been maiknlily kind to ministers of the gospel.— i their arrival, with them at their hotiplfalilf liihles uml lis- 'twenty years nil Indian trader in Hie moun- ■On liny have hern invited ten to their soul-thrilling niirriilioiis. Let tain-, and resident in Oregon. lie was in to remain so long as tin y might choose, lice i charge, and weic privileged him hear the story of that widow whose hus- 'company with Dr. Whitman, when heeiiler- •lot vviih a seat at band lies buried on the lonely prairie; of the'ed the territory in l~"l."> and was intimately Ihc company *s table. Alter public worship bereaved mother whose child sleeps under a acquainted with all the Indian troubles con- ■this morning, May 10. .Mr. Ogden lending tuft of 'lite wild sage; of that orphan, whose 1nected with the massacre at W'uihitpii. He'the Episcopal service, and myself preaching parents died in that deep gorge of the'was one of the commissioners who m'cniu- ■ I't'oiu Is. II!). 11. I listened i<> a lull account mountains; anil of that family which left a pitnied the army that marched into the Cay- ■'of the Wailalpu mussiiciec, by Mr. Ogden. -1 home of affluence, wealth and intelligence, use country, to inflict punishment upon I lie On tin: following morning. .Monday, tho but now is struggling with poverty, �ickness guilty perpetrators of thill ouluige. "It was Massachusetts left the Fori. Really n mont and privation. 1 hope that I may never a sad sight" he remarked, "lo behold tin- "'pleasant, mild and liny eeuld not cease to admire the enterprise, hardihood ami ruins of the mission station, lately so flour- •have been linked propitious litr, wherein to glide down patience of the first settlers of Oregon, who ishing." As the soldiers came up lo lite'the Columbia. Its hunks were clnifo'd in found their way thither across the Rocky mills, nnd beheld the havoc which had the richest foliage. I nm sure spiing never I mountains. been made, ami I effected wnt on thai spot, decked (he country with a rolic ol.deeper and i The narrative of the journey of an emi- Dr. Whitman, his wife, and several othersiiieher green. As sleoni and tide rapidly grating parly, which crossed the Rocky had been cruelly murdered, they were tilled born us down the si i en in, and I gnzed promountains in 1815, has been placed at mv with indignation and were ready to inflict u bally for the last time upon the mountains, disposal hut its great length utterly precludes soldier's revenge. hills, and forests ofLoner Oiegou, I sirenits insertion among ihe lenvis of "Our 1001 We reached the Massachusetts, lying nlI itously endeavoured to fix a | am.i amir view Book." It would almost form a book ofitPort Vancouver, nbout II or 12 o'clock, atI of nature's handiwork upon thu tablet of eelf. night. The Rev. Mr. Roberts hud also beeni the mind. As I reviewed my brief so» ] found iimniig the Orcgnninns, a fellow passenger from Portland, as lie, ton, join u XV—RETURN TO THE "MASSACHU- was going to embark for California on busi- memory staled with the uivst pleasant reSETTS." ness connected with the Methodist church. miniscences. Old iicqiiaintnnees had been A.Jettyfiom Cnpl. Wood, notified me that, It wns exceedingly pleasant to step on,i revived and new ones formed. I had wittho "Ma'ssiichilssetls" would soon leave for■ board the Miissachussets, nnd to meet her. nessed tho enterprising and intelligent citiCalifornia, and if 1 wished to take passage, generous nnd gentlemanly commander, Cnpl. zens of the country I itsy in their v in ions emI »iiicerety regretted his dutiesployments, but la) ing the foundations ofcivil, speedily report myself on board.— Wood. uring thttivening previous to leaving Ore- ■ had confined him so closely to the vessel,. jicligious, politictil and literary institutions, gon city. linadu several calls, in the way offilial he could not have iniide an excursioni which were to bless pnsteiitv. preparation for my depnialine. I shall not among ihc settlements of tho Willamette vul- .1 This afternoon, May 11, came to anchor opposite Mr. Piirnie's faim to lake in a snpsoon forget a contrast that evening presented to my mmd, At one place I found a 'ply of vegetables for the California market. Ihc "Massachusetts," On return to I Next day got upon the s.ind pnny of persons drinking, gambling, and' found my bar, off Tongue quite n new state of things. Both Point, anil thu following came fsing the tnnsl, profane language, but at the officers to anchor at nnd soldiers, with all then tents and aext house where I called, 1 found,a group .Astoria. Mere weVeie detained one day on warlike were removed equipage shore.I account olTog and unfavorable weather. ofchristians knelt in prayer, one whom I 1 "erected, in renrofthe Foil.l <viliming our detention at Astoria, an opheard earnestly addressing the throne of.Their tentsit were {Although was now the middle of June the portunity was afforded the ladies Grace. Thus it is in our world! nf the 'city' iwenther was quite cool, and I deeply sym- to strange contrasts does it present; | visit the Massaclitisscts. There was a reOne! officers and men, with pathized encamped calls upon Qod, in prayer, another will markable "turn on'." I was glad to learn upon the "lented plain." The soldier, ns that Dr. Wilson, had he-e been curse the Hcing who gave and sustains his'.well | located, liy tho as sailor, has surely many hardships In superintendent life; hero is virtue, there vice, here is holi-lencounter, nf the Methodist mission, to no trifling naidnnd it is truly ness, there sin. Sorely none but God knows 1 preach and labor at Astoria. As he wasonce the heart, or will be able to judge every flan'-1 ship during times of peace, to be sent to n a scafttrinsxman, I nm unite sanguine that and there .remote part of the country, station- seamen will find in him according lo his true deserts. n kind friend; henco ed lor years; while Ihe DUsy world is hurry- I took great This morning, June Bth, rniny and pleasure in furnishing him with' noise, bustle and Ihc offion, amidst n partial grceiible weather, quitted the landing, afterling and the private soldier are ißnok." supply of the "Seamen's Hymn numerous delays, at just 12o'clock, M., hav-fIcer of the arinv,and monotonous life, rcceiv-l tag embarked in a Hudson Bny Company's''spending n quiet While nt Astoria, I became acquainted by allj report boat, Lieut. Hawkins, kindly furnishing me ,ing their daily rations, and contrivingwas nnd my own observation, with somo a passage to Fort Vancouver. On our pas-'.kinds of sports lo "kill the lime." I ifncts that ought t;> make those merchants officers and to know that the soldiers! glad page down the Willamette, wo passed the j jwho sent rum to Oregon, on board the "Sabrig "Henry," about three irriles below the! had taken the precaution la supply lliein- Icurmcnto," ashamed of their giiillytrafiic. Falls, that being the highest point that a yea-''selves with n good quantity of entertaining•When lire Massachusetts (list entered the Cofond books. met a man more of I rarely •el of say one hundred tons, can nscend. lumbia river, no spirituui liquors were for deed, Pottlnnd is considered the head of reading than Major Halhaway. I fancy lie, sale in the territory. We heard of no diffinavigation. Between the Falls and Portland, might say with one of Sluikspeare's players.'culty among the Indians or sailors. But now "My library, o dukedom large •nOHgh," on the east bank of the river, I was informed j. scene was changed. A nun-selling craft, |lhe that there was n settler, who had under culI doubt not that officers and privates will Ithe Sacramento, had brought up a supply of tivation about 40,01)9 fruit trees, of various (find ample time fur reading. Jspintuous liquors, obtained a I , i • I .. i * . ,', itpiist : com-)ijley. j of* What' disa-' 1 In-I J , 1 i �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER , 1, 1849. 67 , I. quantity and <o»e uxunler had already been A ruru. of N. BowniTcit,— In our la«t the immediate pupil of N. Rowdiu-h; Re prothe result, so I was informed at Astoiin. At number, vve published a memoir ol' N. Row- hiibly dciivtrl his instinct ion fioiu the capPortland seamen had übtiiitied a supply and ditch, tain's son, who, in ibis respect, seems to author of the "Practical Nnvigator." have were riotous. So the whole country, or all, followed the example of his tutor." anecdote The following of one of his pupils pails of 'the territory vvheie ihc liquors went, Important DiscoAstvery.— ronomical must be taxed with noise, riots, drunkenness..may not he uninteresting. We would inert*and even murder, In enrich the owners of the ly add, that the vessel called "Cleopatra's'The Magnetic Clock, spoken of recently by Cargo ol thai i vessel. The nnoiciits wei •• Hinge," referred to in the subjoined extract, #(>iiie ii|'l lii> papers, lias been mnde the subaccustomed lii punish the murderer, by faswas subsequently brought to the Sandwich| jct't of mi official communication limn Lieut. tening Ihe dead body of the nun (lei id per.Maury, tin- Secretary of I lie Nnvy. The son, lo the nun (brer's buck, and compelling islands, and sold lo Ihe chiefs. It wus a! lietit. recommend:* lliut the National Obserhim lo I..'.ii about the loathsome appendage 1 beautiful ci aft, and fitted up in the most cost- valory tit Washington be I'ui'iii»li«-H with one. ■ until decay should relieve him of the loud.—; ly style. If we have been correctly inform- Ho iliiis describes die iiivention, and its a surely would be suitable fil on.l It punishvii ue: ment for drunkard-makers, alius son it ven- ed it cost the chief's over $511,01)0 in sandalI I1 have the honor of known lo you ders, if I In'v were ciuiipi'lled to carry about wood. The vessel was running but n short n most i.ripoit,Tnt discovery in tistronotny, should their drunken victims until sobriety 'lime, before it was wrecked in the harbor of which lias been innde by Dr. Locke, ol'Obio, return. 1 wns much gratified with learning llanalei, Kauai. nnd of asking authority In in yon to avail # that among the Oiognnians, gcuciiilly, there curious anecdote is related by the myself of it for the use and pin poses ol'tliis was a curiect moral senlinient in regard lo " A yon Zach in his astronomic corres- Observatory. Baioii both the use and sale of intoxicating liquors. pondence. In the year, 1817, n splendid] The discovery consists of I lie invention of packet called Cleopatra's Barge, owned byJit "magnetic clock," by menus ol which, XVII—BOOKS UPON OREGON. Crowniushicld, of Salem, arrived at,seconds of time may be divided into hunGeorge Several publication* have appealed reinwhen the Raron with others went on dtctlis with as miieh iiecurucy and precision 'illg to Oiegou. The following I have cllimc-]Genoa, conversation with the captain he as the machinist, with rule nnd compass, can ed to meet with; "Vancouver's Voyages;"! board. In for a number of his friends and cor- . subdivide an inch of space. Nor do its vowinquired "U. S. Exploring (•'xpediliou;" "History of cis end here. They are such Mint I be asOregon and California," by Robert Gre«'ii- respondents in America, and among the rest. tfonomer in New Orleans, St. I.onis, Host on mentioned Hovvditch. The N. incaptain how. New Yolk, MIS; "Scenes in the and in every other place which the magnetic Rocky mountains;" "The Oregon Territory formed him tli.it In' was a friend and neighreaches, may make his observatelegraph bor that of his. and a young man, whom he and British Nor It American Fur Trade," by tion, and at the same moment cause this son, out as his own was a pointed pupil of John Diiiiii; "Puhucr's .loinunl;" "Viiiiuus Bow ditch. This young man, be observed, clock here in Washington, lv iccoid the inPublications of ihe Methodist Episcopal mis- was the one who actually navigated the ship? stnnt with wonderful precision. Thus, the sion;" "Oregon Spectator," '.I volumes; he and requested the Baron to examine him. astronomer in Boston observes the transit of Oregon "Free Press," I volume; "Oregon ] The inquiry was then addressed to the youth: n star as it flits through the field of his inAmerican,"? Nos. Among the enrly works making the Straits of Gibraltar, what strument, and crosses Hie meridian of that "On of upon Oiegou deep interest I must not fail was the error in your reckoning?" "Six place. Instead of looking ntu clock before lo mention "Lewis and Claik's" Journal, miles," vvas the reply. "Yon must have got, him, nnd noting time in the usual way, he and Irving's "Astoria." 1 have recently longitude your very accurately; how did you touches a key, nnd ihe clock here subdivides seen notices ofa new work on Oregon by. obtain it?" by our chronometers,' his seconds to the minutest fraction, and "First Jutl"c Thornton, which is much commended by afterwards hinnr distances." "Whiit,j records Ihe lime wilh unerring neeutney. by the reviewers, but I have not as yet met nnd you know how to take nnd calculate the!Thn astronomer in Washington wnils lorthe <!<> with ihe book. star to cross his meridian; nnd as it does, Having rend the several works which have longitude by lunar distances?" The youngIDr. Locke's magnetic clock is ngain touchfallen in my way, aid seen it portion of the man, rather nettled with the question, retor- ed; it divides the seconds nnd records the "J know how tociilciilnte the longitude! country, I am prepared to assert that bis- jted: Why. our cook can do that." The owner of•lime for him wilh equal precision. The diftoriaus, travelers, antiquitriaiis and scientific ference between these two times is Ihe lon«iauthors, have hut just entered this field of,the ship and the captain then assured their -ludc of Boston Ii 0111 the meridian of Washingthat the cook could calculate the long-, 'visitor research and investigation. It is a field that ton. will amply reward the literary man, and the.''ilude very well, and did it every day.— | The nstronomers in New Orleans and St. scientific explorer. I hope soon to hear ofthe| "There he is," said the young man, pointing! Louis, and every other place within ihe a black man in the stern of the ship, with reac* organization of an historical society, among to white apron before him, and holding a of the magnetic wires, may wait for the snrr* the literary men of Oregon, and also that the a chicken one hand and a large knife in ihe stai-; nnd as it comes to their meridian, lliey in lovers nf the sciences,—botany, geology, "Come, lonvards, Jack," said the have to touch a key, and straightway this other. mineralogy, zoology,— have their associn-' gentleman "the is surprised that central mn</netic. clock If lis their longitude. tions. It is occasion of just pride to Oregon, captain, can calculate the you longitude by lunar dis- And thus this problem, which hns v>*ed asj denoininnthat the clergy men of the vaiious tronomers and nnvigalors, and perplexed rhe tances. Answer his questions." tions, are laborious and energetic men. They.'then asked the cook what method Thnßnrnn he used to world for nges, is reduced atonce, by Amerhave it in their power to accomplish an iiu-j ican inoeniiily, toy, form and method the (h« lunnr calculate by longitude distances.—l merse amount of good, connected with the ) inaat simple and accurate. While the prowas, The answer "it's all one to use I me; literary and scientific institutions ofihe tei ri-l the methods of so much simplified, the results are cflps Maskelyne, Lyons, Witchell, tory. May Oregon become the „Yeui England In one night the longitude and Bowdileh; hut, upon the whole, 1 prefer grflnely refined. (he or Pncific. may now be determined Willi far more accuDiuiihorne's; it, used and I am more to can This morning, 16th ofJune, 7o'clock, left racy by means of the magnetic Astoria, nnd the Massachusettsrecrossed the Work with it quicker." The Baron wns great-, clock, than it can by years of telegraph and observation acly to hear such surprised language issuing bar of the Columbia in safely. To-day is cording to any other method I lint has ever the sixtieth since leaving Honolulu. We from n black face, with n knife nnd bloody been tried. It is, therefore well entitled to were twenty-one to the river, five days as-|''chicken in his hand. Being directed to lay. lie called a most important and it discovery; show, bring down his chicken and his books to cending, the vessel lay twenty-nine nt ForChis calculations, he quickly returned with his, belongs to that class of achievements by Vancouver and Portland, and this is the fifth .which the most beautiful and enduring raonsince leaving the former place. Now, we hooks under his arm. He had Bowditch's liments are erected to the national honor and Navigator, Tables,! Practical the Requisite are once more safely at sea, bound to San Hutton's Logarithms and ihe Nautical Al- greatness. Francisco. Ho, for California! manac. He exhibited his calculations of The following gives a striking picture of . Genius.—Genius resembles a proud steed, latitude, longitude and true time, which he the minute accuracy of the instrument in that whilst he obeys the slightest touch of the had worked out nn the passage; nnd he an- marking difference of longitude: kind hand of a master, revolts at the first in- swered all the Baron's questions with accu"The probable error of. longitude deterdication of compulsion or restraint.—[Life racy, in correct nautical language. Thisi mined with Dr. Locke's clock, is brought ofLeo X. sable navigator does not appear to have been within such narrow limits, that if, white Ihe , . ' ' l ,. ,, ,, . I I '' ' . ,, '' ' f. '' . ! .. i i — �THE PIUEND, NOVEMBER 1, 1849 68 astronomer in St. Louis or elsewhere, were hear that they have pierced into the opposite a small hay —at 80 sow n ship some diar tance from the land—no whales; 130 a point •aerating with Ihe magnetic clock here for region of Polar cold. " his longitude, the observer in Washington whitish colmade out some nnd a distance, were to move from one instrument to another IcyCapt. Cooper, commanding the Frankored island to the south of,it, and 3 ships off in this building, tho fact that he had moved lin, on a former voyage commandedthe Man- — would be made known at once, and whether hattan, which made one of (he most interest- shore—no whales; —at 150, a harbor with % he had moved to the east or the west would few inhabitants, a small craft; —at 220, a ing and satisfactory visits which has ever be told by the clock, and appear in Ihe recluster of islands—a ship nl anchor, just arbeen mnde to the Empire of Japan. The sulting longitude."—[Sailor's Magazine. nnd had taken no whales. The subrived, Manhattan anchored off Jeddo, where no fowas then asked if we should see whales ject reign vessels were allowed to proceed. See He replied, that we should. We Friend, Feb. 2, 1816. Cnpt. Cooper is re- to-day? did see many. He was asked if we should HONOLULU, NOVEMBER 1, 1840. ported to have been the first that successful- getoue? He replied, no; and we did not, ly cruised in the Ochotsk sea. after chasing about 20 different whales. Antarctic Ocean. article has been following placed The JcyThe person placing ihe above stateThe barque Franklin, Cooper, has just arat our disposal, and we give it insertion with- " ment in our hands, was the operator. Being Ocean, the Arctic taken having rived from out expressing any opinion upon the subject rather sceptical in such matters, we suggest3000 barrels of oil from the Bth of June to under consideration: ed that it would be gratifying to have him the Bth September. Before Cnptain Cooper MESMERIC WHALING. bring his subject to our office, and give us tried his fortunes within the Arctic circle, he Ship Champion, April 16, 1819. some exhibition oflhe wonders of mesmerism. successfully navigated the Franklin "among The saying is that it takes "all sorts" to On the afternoon oflhe 29th ult., both operthe tumbling mountains of ice" floating withmake up a world, and with equal propriety ntor and subject made their appearance. A in the Antarctic circle. At Hobart Town, it may be said that it lakes "all sorts" to1few invited spectators were present. Some Capt. Cooper met Lieut. Smith, who accommake up a whale ship's company. We have of whom were far from being credulous in afpanied Ihe English Navigator, Ross, in his inesmerizer, and another that has accom- fairs of this description. Sufficient to rea late Exploring Expedition lo the South.— From liim he learned that an abundance of panied a mesmeri/.er through the United mark—in five minutes the subject was going whales were seen in high southern latitudes, States, lo be operated upon in public. We off' into a quiet mesmeretic slumber. No and that the weather was good. This hint had an exhibition on board, and after the shaking, loud speaking, or other attempts was enough; off starts the Franklin, and in subject was taken to ihe "fourth state," the would make him even wink! The operator January of the current year, Capt. Cooper following questions were asked, and answers 1 then took the subject to the second sta"e of mesmeretic sleep, exhibiting various proofs advanced as high as 66 ° , in about East L. returned: 165°. He taw many whales, including Operator; I want you to go with me nbout that the subject was entirely at the will of hump-back, fin-hack, sulphur-bottom nnd 250 miles to the North. (A few minutes de- the operator, the most remarkable of which was rendering Ihe arms and hands of the subsperm, but no right whales, or a species to lay.) What do you see? to be see and it seems I land, Subject; ject perfectly stiff* and motionless, as well as whales, to the Greenland or Polar correspond insensible. The operator performed numeras he expected. In that region he found the surrounded with water. weather unfavorable for whaling, and after Operator; Was there any snow upon the ous experiments upon the various organs of the brain, viz: self-esteem, benevolence, cruising for, 20 days, he steered for the north. land? or any islands? Sometimes an hundred ice-bergs would be in Subject; Yes; several, with a deep bay memory, &c. Permission was given to the spectators to test the truth of what they saw view at once. The thermometcrdid not sink within them. lower than 32 F. Cnpt. Cooper remarks Operator; Is there any good passage for a and heard, by various experiments. After that should any vessels go there, I hey must ship amongst them ? the subject had remained under the will of bethem, Between some of and stand fear of ice! It would the operator near one hour, he expressed a Subject; in appear ■ot (hose others water. much lattween shoal in the seasons wish to awoke. It was done, but in a manhigh vary that ner exactly opposite from that taken to put itudes. Some years, it is good weather much Operator; Do you see any whales? higher up.than in others, and of course the Subject; I see plenty of them amongst the him asleep. icy barrier is broken up, at different places, islands, but never offshore. I see one ship For years we have been hearing and reading about mesmerism—this was Ihe first exin different years, which may account for the offshore —too far offfor whales. hibition which we have ever witnessed.— to comwished the operator I previously confusion in the statements of different exShould »c venture any remtrks, they might coast the in neighol the mence explanations allgde to this subject plorers. (We shall exhibit a ridiculous ignorance of the art A borhood of Mama-Tahn, of our charts. He which would not be surprising, inasmuch as again.) discovered a reef that run partly along shore during the last few years our residence has In recording the simple facts with the attempts of our countrymen lo lake about fifty-five miles. He saw a small bay, been upon the "out-skirts of civilization." We dare not say mesmerism is a humbug whales within the Arctic and Antarctic cir- (no harbors,) with a few whales ink. * * we do not believe we were humbugged and whales;—l9o but no miles miles, a bay, cles, we are reminded of Burkes remarks, 100 yet there is in the whole subject something three fourths, of a century ago, in Parlia- a large open bay, and 140 miles, a good har- nearly allied to a perfect humbug! ment: "And pray, sir, what in the world is bor full of whalas, nn#a ship at anchor—per- Late Naws.—Just as our paper was going to press, by the 175 miles a few inha- politeness ot Capt. Makee, we were furnished with a coiiy of equal to it? Pass by the other facts, and fectly smooth. the X Y. Trilmue for Aug. 16; just received i*r DraM bark from San Francisco. look at the manner in which the New Eng- bitants—from 180 to 190, rocky shore, no Italy, July 16. The I-rack the cily of Home and ]iroclairoed the restoration ar:ny the subject ofthe look lope The llussinns and Austrian, have conquered land people enrry on the whale fishery.— whales. At two hundred miles Throughout Europe political affairs unsettled. Hungary. While we follow them among the tumbling complained that his sight failed, the distance In London, public meetings in favor ofthe Hungarians SUtea Aug. 11, President Taylor issued a procla United then returned to MamaThey too far. mountains of ice, and behold them penetrat- was ■nation warning the people not to engage in a secret expedition filling oat for Cuba. The California fever rapt* with ing into the deepest frozen recesses of Hod- Taha, and commenced their route along unabated furrt Veaeela crowded with passengers leaving New Bedford. »c. g1.au6.6f18 total amount of C'uJtson's Bay and Davis' Straits, while we are shore; 30 miles from Mutna-Taha they found Boston fornia gold deposited In the United States mints Cholerastill rages lo Europe tad United States. looking lh«m beneath the drtic Circle we two bays with a few whales—at 40 miles • THE FRIEND. 1 > ' ' ''' ■ ' '• ° —— * * for sawj �. THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 69 ., lr 1849. HfaAnrvecsti BC'orukiseOcean. • Office and forward them; and should there be any Capt. hakcy, commanding the ll.irvcst, has furnish- dead letters, they might be returned, and the postage we would be refunded. The person who has visited Boston nnd ta- Ed some data relating to his lnte cruise, which gladHitherto the community in Honolulu have beeo ly publish ken a view oflhe city and surrounding coun- The Harvest proceeded lo the Arctic, viu. Kam- in uch indebted to the courtesy of the house of S. H try from either Ihe State House, or Bunker schatka. Saw ninny l'olnr whales orl Cape Thadeus, Williams sV Co. for their kindness in the transmission Hill monument, will ever remember the beau- hound N. N. E.; also saw whales about ILK) miles-S. E..of letters. A temporary arrangement, we think,might made, if a communication, signed by ties oflhe prospect, and the pleusing combi- \from this point;—this was after June 10th. June 16, lie satisfactorily mercantile the firms and private citizens of leading nation of city ami country, hill nnd mountainI'neiir Tschukutskoi Noss, St. Lawrence Island in sight not roily, but ninny specks in Honolulu, should be addressed to Messrs. Baker and —whales plenty—water scenery A small volume litis lately fallen some days, wind N. W.nnd ice driving down Post, of the firm of Williams & Co., San Krancisco.— into our bunds, entitled a "Punoramic view.lit. After 'from Anadir sen. Here the current sets N., so tha't W'c are satisfied all that is new wanting,is for some from Bunker Hill Monument." It is Isomc ships lay well over to St. Lawrence Island, sup- person to volunteer and make a little effort.—Who panied by an engraving four feet long and posing the passageblocked up—all is clear From the will do it, pro bono pvhlicdt seven inches wide. A view of the engrav- ■last of June to middle of July, whales abound in vicin- By the very latest intelligence we regret to learn ing, with the notes nnd explanations, almost[ ity of King's Island, say R. vv. and w. of it. The mainIthut the U. S, Government find it ontof their power to whales, from lust of July until Se\t- [equip vessels to search for Sir John Franklin. When equals a visit to the Athens of America.—j.body of the I'olar seen between 67 ° 30 and G9° 30, and the letter, addressed by Lady Franklin to the President were The follovvini; extract from the preface of the ... IIfrom 170° to 17.1° w. Last of the season water roiwas received, it was announced work, will furnish n vivid idea of the growingi ly. Whales not seen close in with the land, ns they of the United States, that two vessels would be despatched, one to proceed commerce nnd business of the city. "The 'arc seen in the Ochotsk sea. ithrough Hudson's Bay, and the other through Bhertrade of Boston are growing v» iih nn iiuparnl- From n table famished by Capt L. we copy the fob ring's Straits. lelled rapidity —mainly attributable to her lowing summary: In June, after the 10th, 8 good whaling days Donations. railroads. There are now, May, 1818, 2'iSffoggy—2 rainy—l diva gules of wind—ldays—9 1 Frier For Chapel. For 4winds motrains of cars passing over the railroads in jderate—and 1 day culm Captain, Officers and Crew, $16.75 $7;25 Boston every day. In 1815, the roads enrIn July. 18 days suitable for wl aling. and 13 which Wm. Hamilton 8.00 ried '2,251,033 passengers to and from Bos-■ were not, Bof which it blew strong gules—s days fog- A Friend, Wm. Rotoh, 4.00 Sylvester Nellis, E. Frith, ton; last year, 1817, these same roads car- Jgv—l9 breeze moderate—and 3 days of calm. 4.00 4.00 siiital.lc for whaling, and 20 not Ciipt. Whcldon, J. Maury, In II August, days ried 4,075,093 passengers, nearly doubling so—l6 days blowing a gale—6 rainy—l foggy—9 days 4.00 Talier. Copia, 4.00 " their number in three years." The public.'moderate breeze, and 6 days of calm. 5.00 5.00 Mutacom, Shorklc.v, of, and the " citizens spirit of the Bostorrians, from Ist to 14th, there were 11 days 4.00 4.00 In .September, Green, CaUtarine, I Massachusetts, in regard to education, (nut| " Barker, A. Barker, suitable for whaling, nnd 3 not so, 2 of which it Mow" nnd Crew, A. Barker, 10.00 to speak of other public enterprises,') is no- ed a gale—9 moderate —3 calm—nnd 2 rainy. 3.00 17.00 Officers ted far nnd with:. From June 10 lo 6'eptcmber 14. 90 days inclusive, Officers and Crew, Erie, 10.50 We clip the following from a late Ameri- saw Polar whales on 49 days. We had a number of 800 Master and Officers, Margaret, 12.00 heavy gales, the heaviest commenced on the morning Master, Officers, and Crew, can Paper: There are 1of 12th Aug. from w. s. w. 1450 Old Massachusetts Forever! 18.00 Jcanncttc, 5.00 5.00 now 105,009 children attending school in In lat. 62 ° off Cape Thadeus, in 45 fathoms water Owners of ship Junior, Massachusetts, 3,050 of whom are less than the lead brought up a small piece ofbeautiful coral. Four Sailors, Adeline, 4.00 four years old. The amount collected for The weather not cold, considering the high latitude. Mr. Fisher, .T. Maurj, 2M educational purposes, aside from the State Thermometer, lowest, 39 ° F.—highest, 65 ° F. Day- Mr. Covell, Copia, 1.00 1.00 appropriation, for the year 1818, was $754,- light from 10 June to middle of August. In hurry of Ryan, Margaret, -913, being $100,000 morethan paid any pre- whaling, difficult to keep run of days as they passed. JN. B. Anthony, Montpelier, 1.00 vious year, Boston itself expends annually 50 Alpha, L. Wright, for public schools more than tlie whole simi- California—By a late arrival we have seen the A Friend, 150 lar domestic appropriation of Cirent Britain Pacific News to Oct: 9. No special intelligence. The II. Spindler, " 1.50 for its seventeen millions. So says an Eng- U. A', ship St. Marys, was reported to leave on the 14th Com. Glynn, U. 8. 8. Preble, ».oo lishman, Lyell, the geologist. And yet the for Canton, viallonolulu ; Commodore Voorhecs pro- Rev. Mr, Taylor, Lahaina, for people ofMassachusetts find this expenditureLjcecding thence to take command of ihc E. I. squadron. Capt. 3; two, friends, 3, 6.00 the most economical in their budget. Whatj We hear it reported that the propeller Massachusetts 3.50 J. It. Jasujcr., Esq..betides an. tub. education is more than saved' for Com-' is expended may daily be expected at the Islands, bearing she| Massachusetts is whal SI 10.16 »8»75 in other respects. 'niodore Jones' broad pennant. is chiefly through her schools. With her arid In consequence of the Honolulu not arriving in sea- For the Chaplaincy, by British Consulate, two soil and comparatively barren physical re- son for the steamer, 11. H. M.'s minister, G. P. Judd, iquarterly payments of $30.00 each. sources, what would be the condition of her Chapel debt now reduced to $441 12 We a month in .San Francisco. Esq., was before population were it ignorant and degraded?— Both thedetained AIU California and Pacific News are dcci-1are especially desirous of paying efl* this debt, But with her liberal educational and religious we obliged at inasmuch as are now year, late French invasion the close of the of the in their disapproval I provisions her people have become the most ded to usM interest on what remains. The first donation competent, successful and comfortable com- Honolulu. sickness pre- iis always thankfully received, but of late some of our to arrive. Much Emigrants continue munity in the Union. It is gratifying lo nohandj the second San Francisco, and also throughout the mining iseafaring fries*!* have placed in our tice that she appreciates the cause of her'vails at be donation for the same object. may the next late By intelligence 'districts. arrival prosperity, and instead of diminishing is [TT-The donations for the Friend have, of late, bant larging her expenditures for education. If''expected from Europe and the United States. abundant. Should those who hare recentunusually at any one of her sons feels like demurring or no permanent i s much to be that regretted ly arrived, with full ships, follow the example of dicir It the fact, he needs but to travel over sections come out at of the Republic through which we are now even temporary mail arrangement has been forme*be- |predecessors in port, the Friend will not vessels just arrived everletters debt. Some in Francisco. When the end year's written Islands and San t tween the passing. He would see arguments their out on the very fields, fences and houses.—],[arrive there in the U. S. Mail, for the Islands, there is (flowing with oil, (as we have been informed by of The truest economy of States is to expend;,uo authorized person to obtain them from the office masters,) went to the Arctic Ocean m consequence our columns. We again forward them. When in California, we met Maj. intelligence derived through liberally for the education of the people." allude to this subject because we think our readers for California and Office Agent to the conGeneral lost Allen, We commend these remarks the whaljng community, receive more than 100 and U. S. Governments among per cent for alt the money which Ussy Invest m the tupsideration of all the friends of education and Oregon. Until the Hawaiian was port of this paper. f humanity, here and elsewhere. The moral*! formed some arrangement, he informed us all that fer the panoramic view from Bunker Hill monument necessary would be to have some agent in San Fran- ***At present our monthly exceed $11000 from the Post pabßcation of the paper, lclters, &c., take the than tho who would j is no leas physical. - APaVnorimecBfwom unker HilMonument. . :— , 'I . , . ' . Jtcinhcr, ' > I 1 J , —" ■ , . — — ' ! ' J < en-' < < i ,! . land interesting 'i cises — i i i — �70 THE Ptlgyp, NOVEMBER I, 1849 Seamen's Friend. Now, let no one be discournged by the The fidliitvtiiu is n ionileii-I'il i-epoit of ike number of chapters anil psalms pointed out, receipts aiid disliinseiiniils in fuvor nf thu since ull who begin can w lien they' litre-mentioned Bet'iel: Good Advice to Seamen and Others. choose. And no one shouldslop he discouraged! KXPENOEO because his memory is treacherous—this will Tnnlirr. boards, zinc, I lalinr on improve by no practice. If you have Oahu, October, 1849. expeIm-U'i'7, $46 75 Dear Sir—With your permission, I wish, rience in committing, your memory may at iTiiiihrr, joists& scantling for floor through the Friend, to say a few words to mv first art like n greenhand mi sliip-liom il, hull mill n illinjr, ftl 25 ptoctice you will hnd.il will soon "know,Twice iliiiii'liiiii; roof, :tl( 50 fellow voyagers on the sen of life, relative to by |:il.(S0 the chart (hut is given lo guide us to to the the ropes." Still, to secure what you learn,l'•iiiVi feet k.ui boards, haven of eternal rest. When rending ihe it should be accurately and thoroughly coin-! 141 " nine. " I4.-I8 book, "Two Yenrs Before the Mast," 1 was milted, and nlten repealed—the olieiier the jstoni-, mill unison's job on "•all.", 29 88 gratified with the account the author gave of belter. Having found this a delightful em- 140 > mm- laths, 10 511; ti Of!,' III 50 hid*, lime. 3S; 3D do. s.-mti, 3.75. 41.75 his method of shortening the time of his ployment, both at sea and ashore, I am very that you should all share with me in Plastering mill U'lijtuwnnliiii|;, solitary watch on deck, viz: by revolving, on jdesirnus 14.01) reciting mentally, various things previously the privilege. ''O taste, nnd see thai tin-jCiii|icutii's lull on innin j(il>, 14787 commuted to memory, among which lie men- Lord is good. The words of the Lord lire ,121 ll.s. nails, 12.111; box of glass, 6, 17.10 pure words ; more to be desired in r they than I window frame, ;J; 4 suslies, 4, tioned portions ol' the Bible. 7.00 gold; yea, than much fine gold; sweeter as I— i Glazier's lull, 2; 1 doz. Having been accustomed more than 39 window i so than homy and ihe honey.comb." years, to sjpend much of the time nccuoied in ;j .^0 s|ii in«s, Yours, very sincerely, solitary walks nnd rides, and also wakeful Rolls, screws, lucks mid lutein-*, 6.99 SEN EX. Paints mid oil, 15; pointer's lull. 5, hours of the night, in reciting mentally pails 21100 of Ihe Sacred Scriptures, I can recommend Pulpit tiiumiings, 3; chair, 1 50, 4.50 A.vo, lonki'ts, casks mid blushes, the practice, with the utmost confidence of HiloChaplaincy. its utility; not merely in enabling those who (for mason,) 5.00 Hilo, Sept. 13, 1810 Bloom, .25; t-i«-ai iii« chnpcl, .Hi, pursue it, to pass the time pleasantly, hut 1.07 more especially, lor its salutary effect mi the My Dear Editor —Having learned that you I hnve returned from"the to resume Const," mind and heart. Anil us ihe sons of the Amount expended, $571.75 ocean have ordinarily more leisure hours than ihe publication of your paper, we hasten to Total mn'i ofsubscription, <i(i542 most others, 1 am anxious (o persuade them say that our little Seamen's Chapel at Hilo to try the experiment. In order to litis, it is completed, in u simple and cheap style. Ralance now on hand, $!):$67 will be necessary for those who have not pre- For more than a year it has been open for This balance will be faithfully appropriaservices whenever a English congregation to viously attended it to begin by treasuring ted, when needed, in repairs mi ihe Chapel. up in their mental storehouse, the portions of.'could be nssembled; hut, for want of workMost truly yours, and we funds, it is but recently that Scripture lobe recited ami pomleicd. 1 say. 1men T. COAN. could it finished. The visit ofthc pronounce pondered, for I would not have any one reOhio, U. us May S. S. and the in June, gave cile merely, hut give the mind full liberty to, dwell on nny sentence thai, at the time,''generous "lilt" of $119, so that we have not The Americans and their Newspapers. —There is no unlive American in ihe Noitlimight present a new or striking thought. 1 only been enabled lo complete the work, hut ern we are also funds for future in repairs or im- not Stales,and lew in Ihe Southern,whu canfeel persuaded thai by so doing new and soul write ami read. The result is shown in cheering views of divine truth would bo ob- provements. the smaller ainoiint of crime. The astnnishtained—such as tend to encourage in the The Chapel is a low stone building, 50iing activity of the press in America, baffles hour of Hunger nnd raise the heart above nil feet by Hi inside. It is rooted with thatch,! fear, except the fear of "Him who has pow- tind plastered outside and inside. All the all coiijeetiiie of ils progress when the1 conbecomes better peopled, in England, er to destroy both soul and body" forever. wood-work is painted. A tower or hclfiev tinent in the provinces, the number nf newspapers Although nil Scripture is of divine origin has been erected which contains n small bell, decrenses; six or seven have lall'm during and therefore profitable for instruction, yet belonging to the unlive church. The Chathe Inst year. In the old country we have, as some part*, are more plain and striking pel proper is 3J feet long, 2'J feet of Ihe or than others, I beg leave to recommend a few building being separated by a sliding parti-, had lecetillv, 470 newspapers lo 28,000,passages which 1 deem peculiarly so. To tho lion for a rending room. This room is fur- -000 of population, 12 of winch appeared daiyoung, nnd lo those who have good memo- nished with seats, writing desk and book- ly. In America, having 2;>,000,1M)J of pop. iilaiion, there wero in 1840, no less than 138 ries, I would rerotnmend us follows: case, nnd will contain a small library and daily, 125 twice or tinire n w«ek, and 1,741 In Genesis, the first three, with the 44 and such papers and other periodicals as can he weekly newspapers, besides 227 periodical furnished by your subscriber, or as may be 45 chapters. works. The circulation of sj nevvspnper is contributed the of who by generosity any may lice hv post wiiliiu 30 miles Exodus, 20th chnpter. around the place favor the enterprise. Job, tho 4, 5. 11, 33, 39 nnd 42. of publication. Beyond that di.-lnnce, one free Psalms, the firm 5, with the 11, 15, 19, The Chapel will be to all who wish to and a half cents are charged on ench as 23, 24,.25, 27, 32. 31, 46, 51. 53, 50, 57, enjoy its privileges; nnd divine services may postage. Lei ii not bo said that their papers 91, 103, 101, 116, 121, 125, 139, 145, 146 be expected in it on nil Lord's days when are small; they are as large as ours in the In Proverbs, the 1. 2, 6, 7 nnd 9 chapters. ships are in port, or whenever a conj;regu- |larirer towns, and some of them vie with the Isaiah, 40, 53 nnd 60. be assembled lion can of sufficient number to Times •> in the number of advertisements. In the New Testament—Christ's sermon, warrant public services. Mr. Mnekay shows, too, that an English in the in 6. 6, nnd 7 «f Matthew. John the Ist, The reading room will be always accessi- cheaper than nn American paper, 3, 14, 15, 10 and 17 chapters. Romans, 3, ble to seamen, and will, it is hoped, form an the duty, of which there is none inexcepting Uni5»8, 12. Hebrews 11 and 11. Revelations, attractive and profitable retreat when in- ted States. The best papers cost the 3 d. 1-2 1, 21 and 2*. clement weather forbids the sailor to ramble Kniilish Every house, even the most reTo those who have not a well grounded over the country for exercise and recreation. mote places, takes a paper; some take two. hope that they ore Christians, I would soy This room contains an excellent set of plates [London Weekly News. begin with tho poosages named in the New of the human stomach, (Dr. Sewell's) preTestament, for there the way to be saved is sented to Rev. L. Lyons by a gentleman in Types.—Typographical errors are somemost clearly pointed out. the state of New York, and by Mr. L. pre- limes exceedingly amusing. For instance, the To nged, and those whose memories sented to the subscriber. wo once read in a Loudon paper an account are poor, I would recommend as follows: in The whole building was once occupied as of a party, nt which one of the most distinGenesis, Ist chapter with the first 3 verses of a mission house; but as a new Chapel was guished personages was the illustrious Duka 2nd; the and in the 3d chapr. the first 7, with much needed here, it has been freely devoted of Pork! A Boston gave an account the last 3 verses. Psalms, 1, 103. 116 and to the use of seamen, by whose generosity, ofthc proceedings ofpaper 139; arra tho chapters above specified in the chiefly, i: has been entirely remodeled and Fleas! and a Westernthe Court of Common paper contains a deNew Testament. fitted up in its present style. scription of an Atrocious Bobbery! - - -- -. - - - . 119 - . '' ! ,, ' — - �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 1, 1849. Temperance Friend. 71 two enemies gone to one friend? So 1 think cd the old gentleman what use there could —and nf these, some have "gone to the be of a bottomless jug, which was caidully i I bollrni! whence no traveler will return."—llaid in a sale place, among his domestic equipMr Editor—''ln limn of pence prepure Alas, (he men that fill n drunkard's grave! ment, and received the following reply: for wm." is a maxim which has some loice, "What shall u man give in exchange lor his I 'Why, sir, 1 urn n man of ninny years, and though it may not sound well in the eais of alI soul.-" Ilots ol children, and hnve worked other peo"peace man." Still, it has a wide npplicn-|J To return to our starting point. The state |ple's land all my days—paid from 4 lo 0 bushration, ami disconnected from the n.n-e oil'of things in Honolulu might be much worse els nf grain an acre rent, for so doing, have bio onus, and bristling bayonets you may u .1 ill.m nis now in regard to the abominable, Iall that time used a jug with a bottom in it, seriously object to allowing it a standing at .shameful practice of drinking the drunkard's iand I got sick of feediu' other people with my ihe bend nl an article in the Friend. The'''drink. Ho you not fear a change lor the hands, either landlord on umseller; so I sent fact is, my dear sir, I limns staunch a friendlworst;? Will not the ranks of the drunkards I7 ofmy boys to Mexico to tight for some land of peace as you are. Could I have my way be filled up soon by recruits from California?■ —nnd they got bnck safV, after figlttin' with not another gun should ihe Hawaiian Gov- Ami is not ilijs ihe lime, friends of temper- Gen. Taylor, time enough to vole lor him— ernment purchase, nor n spnonlitll of powder, mice, to bestir yourselves, put on your nr-jinnd they got seven qunrter-sections of lund, to replace the yiins and powder destroyed,! lino and take the field? So I think, and I that, please God, will he our own without I wantonly and shatneliillv 1 allow, by the gal- 'wiite to urge you to duly. "The foe! the lrent. And now, that old jug you see there, lant I'Veni'luiieii! No, no—lei tftc French loci They come! they come!" To nrms.H(pointing nt the bottomless thing) shall hold 1 bring all hack, uiispikc the big gnus, repair friends' The Cod nf battle, the Lord ofiall the whiskey or rum that will be used in good things make oilier the carriages, mid hosts, arm you with cucigy, and speed you imy whole family while 1 control 'em; becauso which, Vandal-like, they demolished, or let old (jimcral Taylor told my son John that a to victory! the obi I'oit stand just -is they left it, a monuYours truly, jug without a bottom was the best kind of a. ment ofthc until anil beauty j»f the doctrine log to put liquor in; and if he wns my son AMICUS. in view of which they acted, viz: "Might John he'd Reive nil the jugs to hum just as makes Right." history of the temper- they did the Mexicans—lake away their powThe Traffic.—The lint in repenting the maxim at the head of ance reform for the win he its history er to kill us. (■'nod day.' " past this article, I d it with my eye on Ihe war- lor I lit* Inline. It is a waste of moral enerfare which vvc must nil wage with the Demon gy atid mi idle attempt to reform the social Pledge Breaking.--The Limerick (Irish), of Intemperance. And here 1 iiimml but re- habits of niiy people, while liquor-vending, Chronicle, received by the la-t steamer, mark on ihe fact that in ihis warlare, the the cause of this dissipation, is left to reverse says:—"The CHthoKc clergy of this city of seem to have lost temperance friends their efforts, and make two converts to the continue to call the names of such persons ground. I mean Ihc friends id' this cause al bollle, while ihev make one to total absti- from their respective altars, on Sundays, as the Sandwich Islands, and particularly al have been fined nt the police office by the Honolulu, tin: very centre of operations.— nence.— [N. Y. Express. magistrate for public drunkenness during the Why, Sir, some two years ago it seemed to We join issue with a contemporary that Ihe week previous. This course, so well devisus who live a little out of the range nf your,.above conclusion is fast taking possession ol ed by our good bishop, aided by the magisoperation*, though not guile out of henring tho public press nnd the public mind, and is a trates, has had, we are glad to perceive, a of your gnus, that you were doing terrible pleasing indication nf the progressive aspect very salutary effect; since the number of execution among the enemy. I could not hut of' the temperance enterprise. It is a truth names denounced on Sunday Inst was considold, celebrated warrior of which no demonstration so be reminded nf n that long require* diminished, compared with that of tho who cried out, ns the enemy h II around him, ns intoxicating drinks ate permitted to be erably two previous weeks. We understand, also, a Indeed, sold, for while so or rather victims I will long converts, heaps." "heaps upon that several of these offenders have, verily thought all were led captive by you; to intemperance be multipled. The only wny in consequence of unhappy this expo-rare, that scarcely it vestige of nu enemy to do!.to suppress intemperance is to prohibit the their pledge, and are now observingrented correct honor ti> the god of Bacchus, remained.— sale of intoxicating drinks; nnd the only ef- and temperate habits." .* reached The fective means make What notes of triumph us. of its suppression is lo press well nigh groaned with ihe amount ot the accuised traffic n criminal offence, and An Iron Stomach.—The following story matter sent forth in the shape of Cascades render all interested iv its continuance perand Fountains, and-oral ions. I nil but felt a' sonally responsible for ils effects. We have purporting- to be an extract from a work pubpang of regret that my locality prevented me already wasted much moral eneigy in our lished some time since in Loudon, entitled from (living ihc enemy a single thrust; still, .various movements and efforts to stay the "The Principles of Medical Psychology," is of' intemperance which is annually car- rather singular, though it apjgHtra quite indiI could not but rejoice in what I fondly hop-li ed was a certain nnd glorious victory. So I 'ryiiijr forty thousand of our fellow men to theIgestible. "Urban Fedad was n lunatic confined at ili iinkaid's grave; and it is high time, now reserve*! my lire for another enemy. But at the end of two years it M reported .that we have found that nil other means fail, Gratz, in Geimuny. One of Ins mot hid conthat the army of Temperance has ceased to to declare, the rum trnfficer n criminal.— ceptions was, that the stomach must always fight—nnt because the enemy is conquered, I Am. l'aper. he strengthened with iron. He was suddenly seized with a violent inflammation 0 f the ns we all once hoped, but because they have assumed so formidable n front of opposition, Old Zac's Jug.—The following excellent nsopliagus, which nearly proved fatal. He that it is said there is no list* in attempting temperance story is told by the editor of the recovered,Hbwever; but una shortly taken anything at present. The ''heaps" of slain Grand River Eagle. If the old hero can in- ill again, andjJicd on the third day. On ophave arisen and become like an army with troduce the use of ilm kind of jug recom- ening the body'there were totiod: 7 oxidated banners. Is not this fact amazing? Who mended by him, ho will have achieved a vic- lath nails, each 2J inches long; 33 nnila 2 would think tint men from whom the chains tory over his country's direst foe, which »ill inchesting, some blunted by oxidation,some of a debusing servitude had been broken, far transcend the trophies of the battle field. pointed and large, and 40 smaller nails and and who had tasted the sweets of liberty, "We were highly amused yesterday. On rivets; 3pieces of wound up iron wire; an would so soon hind on those fetters and sub- the hridgft that passes the tumbling waters of iron screw 1 inch long; half a knitting neemit again to the most debasing servitude thai the Grand Rapids, we met a hale old man, dle; two iron tobacco pipe cleaners; abiass ever earned a guilly world? And yet this is with eleven sons, seven daughters, thirty- hat buckle; port of the blade of a knife two a fuel; a melancholy, mortifying, heart-rend- seven grand-children nnd his own wife—the inches long, which was quite, blunted on (he ing fact; n fact, Mr. Editor, that cannot he only one he ever had—with numerous horses, edges and at the point by oxidation; and last•Jontrovertcd by arty innn who walks the carls, wagons, oxen, cows, and furniture of ly a roll of lint about the size of a hnzlcnut. street*«*f your goodly village. Have not the very antiquated appearance, among which The total number of articles amounted to 100, cradles for and weighed about 20 ounces. Thentonir friends nf temperance lost ground during the were seen cradles Inst year or t'vo? If so, how can they re- grain, spinning wheels, pots, kettles, and al- ach wns 'very much drawn down but noi pergain it? Do you sny the cause has suffered most everything requisite for a settlement, forated. Judging from the state of oxidafrom the loss of some working men, some such as fifty-seven blond relations will make tion, it was concluded that many of the above good soldiers wlto have left for California? in the Grand River country. After stopping named contents bad been retained a couple Some muy have gone, but I ask, havo nut the train and making many inquiries, we ask- of yeajji in the stomach." i ' lon <' < • , , Jtiile ! '' — �TflE 72 MARRIED. - In Honolulu. Nov. 1, at the rttMtttc* of Dr Wood, by the totHC Dunon, Dr Edward Ugmu» to MlmMabia Loom i DIED. fRTEND, NOVEMBER 1, 1849. — '>. I 17 TahitlnM Kit Alinnrmc, llriuitlrr, for Tali'li Ilr hk M.iMiii. I,nnla.nv. lor V*||mrtiun Am hut ■••<)■ Twtr, Biir<tlr>v, IW Hong KonffHaw l»k 1>..11 UiiUottt, Diidt.lt, Hnnhli-i. Kauai. Ait wtiHl.-rtlnj. \Vn-liiimiiin Ut-Matt-. |<>r i*:ifi Harbor. Oct IS—D'i r Do »>ct |9—\m hk (In , Ciuhnrtm*. ftrrro. li.r N London. *)»i*t(ii. Mt»ri*v Cnnitertlmt, ill* (itr Trlhii —. PruhatloWl IW nn FrrnirUro BpHHlt.li til Clnvikmi. Si JIIHII, I'm Am vt.n.e*hl|i Win HamllHm, fchockley. for N Ue»l- Friday. Oct 29, off Honolulu, on board wjiSMahip Tuscany. Capt BawiaDt, master, belonging to Sag Harbor lie had ben aa Invalid several week*. riU remains were brought on fonl Oct 19—Junior, TiiikliHin. for N lI<I •hora, and hU funeral attended in connection witli the reguOct 20— A brum arker Murker, fur do. Chapel. There wasan »t morning eaerclaes the Seamen lar Mcl acorn. SrhitCklVy. lor tlo unusually large attendance of ihip-mai-trrs and othere A I,* Tour dn Pio, i*.i.ith. I'nr Havre tie Crnmc, Just Becevcd and for Sale fonarat discourse aas preached fa om Psalms. 90,12: ■s |*«*i.h*lln\e,|'or K.tn Fr>iiiri«rn. daya that are may apply our heart* Omneriictit. taaoh ua lo number our AT THE CHAPLAIN'S STQDY, a new Md Oct 22—M*tr«nn't, Fait**, lor l\ew Zrnland unto wiadom •■ After the serviceselarge procession accomHaw Mrhr rtnirlinu. D«-tfny, lor r*«ii FraKri-.cn. assortment of BJBLES in the English Lauliciuitifiil panied the remains to a touts) In lMhnu Valley ceraetry 2-I_\|Hit'Hifii. Uevol, to i 'line Onboard ship Levant. May 1 Franklin Sheffield arc bound in various styles, ami can be They gungc. Mirks.B*re. fUtlfl in Craig, John Honolulu, .■mac On beard bark Prudent, Oct 24, off {lad at prices varying from.'l 7 1-2cents, to 57.00 per .Iciniifiic Witl. lor N. Zealand. hlnrkanalth, ofKliaabathtuwn, N J. Frlib. Wlnu r». lor If. copy. tin board Eng brig Fanny, on passage from SanFrancisco, ElixahHh ,to ri'ii-r .Ink Mnim Wheldoi Lewis Herring, of 52 Cross at reel, N I city (or N l.oi.iloii. rT""P" Seamen, and others, are informed that at the 24—Ii.iHh, Win. Millrr. of la thin town, on the 14th alt., Kami, daughter Mr 'same place may lie found liililcs printed in the followAim, ItnTrlHcr, ft*r Havr*. GUI, aged 2 yearaand 2« daya ing WngNHge*: German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, At IT 8 Natal noapilal. Honolulu, Sept 21, Edgar Johnson, Illinois', Jaeger, for s 11. 25—Two flrnthera.Jenny, to cntlac. belonging to Preble. French. Spanish and Portuguese. carpenter, I.oard Ju 16, On Harrington, Tuscany, Oct of Spoken. N It—Portuguese seamen are especially notified, N Y city. On hoard General Scott, August 1)347, George Uibbi, of By «lilp Peine. In Jan* i Sin-Inly 11. *h Herald, Mirm;li t. that they can obtain copies of the Holy Scriptures In Therein, AwHI. I bii the old niutni'W Testaments. \ IM, woo hi* »h ami ap ; 21.1i. Marl* Saratoga, N Y. On board bark Cossack, Sept 28. Joseph Merry, of Ukbon, In 2lih. lunar llnwNml, We»i. I!>.«» il« Anm-i l*t. liiiriIt is left voluntary with seamen whether they aged 32 29 John Tliursby alias Jaiuee Johnson, of St. nri'ith, l*enrrc, ToOtlo) and ttvtieral Williams, P«ra.,lh,N 1..jI #% a copy of the Bible as a gift, or pay the receive Johns. N 11, aged 28 I9M Jo. Orliol-k Kara). By I?, —Aoi or a nirt of its Vnlaw Moucy received from the salo Drowned in Ochotsk tea, Sept 29, Jose Syhu. of Name ahi[>, (*i-hie.) In Sen of Morcm, h^l.ni% I'rowued in Columbia Itiver, Sept 4, Mr I .at lie, l'ilot. mlrt, U'lHn, N IM. 2">i wli mill ap u 2lm, l>k of Bibles is approßTiatcd to the purchase of new snpI BnwnrnV, ah iim mtv, Taken out of tlie boat by the line and ilrowned, Aug.. in Stonintifnii, 8 wli* thl* ««■■»-■.n ; 2 i!i, tf the Ochoatk sea, Cyras J. Kobinson, ofFairhaven, a eeuiuan Si* llMrhnr, Mn Mb lliiMfi-ii-on ; I2lh heard (rf ffieAl.'il.i Him. plies. wli mid *p. 100, on board the Julian Fell from a I It and drowned, oft" Cape Horn, January 1849, Information Wanted. Francis Caceras, a Portuguese seaman, on board the Am ship PORT OF LAHAINA. • ' " < * , * . I . ; whoi When the ••Hiintsrillc."of Cold Spring, left the U. Mcnkar. Taken out of the boat and drowned, Albert 1) Brown, 2nd S., in the full of 1847. her shipping articles contained officerParachute; also at the same time, Kichard Fuller, of Arrived. 'the name laf'floliii Stuart." It is supposed this name Hudson. N Y. list ofarrivals did not rench us in season for was assumed for thai of "TnOMAS Siikchert)." Said Drowned. May 16, Sloan B Clifton, of Brooklyn, N Y. and The following vessel by whiah.it wn* foriinrdedjtaviiiirbeen John Stuart left the lluntsville at ilohart Town, New aaamau on board theBrookline. Also Chaa Cotfin, a Sand onr last. The ■ ashore on the east end of this Island lor ttvn days. Inlander, died of consumption. Wales. Should this notice fall under his eye, bono. liost offlving-jlb-boom of ship Henry Knceland, Aug 21), Oct 3 -Cowper Cole. N H,II80 ap. 2200 a) h. 25000 lbslbs hone. ||jic u earnestly amncsted to communicate with Mr. 65 sp, 2701 wli. 30000 IMB, Win Draper, or Brooklyn, N Y. Also June 12. iB4!t, Oct4-llllnois, laggcr, 8 Should John Stulives, N 11, 43. sp, 240. wh, SOowi ll* John Shepherd, oT Patterson, N.J. died Soatherman Oesnrn, of « Bedford. June 14, Charles Octs-St Utorge bone. art, d/kvi Thomas Shepherd, visit Honolulu, let him HoNorton of New Bedford. William Thompson. F.II s. N B, 1 '0 sp, 3KW wh. 15 0 not fail to cull at the tf Chaplain's study. iln bone. General Scott, Ii arris, N L, ISSI wh, 2 loot) lbs bone. —M'liira.lloilin. F.d«nrliiwn. 101 OetB The Friend, sent Abrond. l Columbia. Sweeney, S 11,86 sp. 11 in wh, 12 hi lbs bono. Any person, by paying the annual subscription pries Frances I em ietta, Clough, Nil 8 u ap, 2 ...u wh, 28 uo lbs bone. of the Friend. (51.50) in advance, can have the paper PORT OF HONOLULU. 211)0 whale, Cheppel, sp, 45 L, N and .Elizabeth,. John hy the earliest opportunity, tf) port in the 21Jin lbs bone. I■cut, Byl|>h. (iardiuer. N It. clean, from California, taking Pacific, or to any part of the U. Sunpjs England. Arrives!. |N. I!.—By paying the additional Bant of 5# cents* in cargo for the United States Oct It—Haw eehr Biarlra<, Coitlufham, 18 ds tm SaoFran Jane,and Chandler l'rlce, whalers. Just In. not re- the paper willfce seat for one year to the U. States, via ported. Twenty i) c whalers at auchor, and one Cisco. California and Panama Postage on papers to private Pr wkatSjMp Lo Burr da Pin, Sailik. 8.900. coming In. persons must he pre-puid. The Friend, bcinga monthOot 14-HawkkTaVo Uotxoie, Duduit, SO da fin San Franav claeaV ly ahect, and containing a full report of Marine IntelliOot H—Am sihaleahlp afontprlise, Yonnc, NB. 2,700 wh. Information Wanted. gence, will lie fottnd a useful and cheap method of fiweral Sell. Harris. N 1., |SSO wli. Oct ITvatMbj do Tauktos. Oct. 21, 1848. communication with the mercantile community in EuOat mer bk Harpnneer. Mori,-,-, fm Vancouver's Island. Dear Sir—l write at the suggestion of Mr. Josephus rope anil the United States, Oil ll—Am wk bk Ann, Edward*.' rinf Harbor, fall. tf Skinner, of Morton, respecting his son. who sailed from Oa SO -Am wh bk Anne, Edward*, 8 H. 2360 wb, 40 sp. Bristol. R. I, on n whaling voyage, in the capacity of Am wh skip Liverpool. We>t, N Ud, 1810 wb. Letters Oci it— liuich mar bk Sumatra), Velinisn, SO days from carpenter,oil loard the ship Chariot, of Bristol, someHave ireently been received by the Chaplain for Han Francisco. time in 1844. From the best accounts that we can get W. S Collins, schr. Amwh bk Columbia,Panaaoy, S If, 1100 wh.SS sp. (apt. Crosby ; Mr. Dahe left that ship in April, 1845, and when last heard,vid Hillson. formerlyIndiana, Pb do »ti Champion. Parker. N Hil, 15.50 wh,%5 sp. painter in Honolulu,l>ut*»ho Do do bk Morrurr, PaarJleioa, IHO wh, 100 sp from was at some of the Sandwich Islands. We. want:,left on board a vessel bound to Cullno ("apt. It. Al; Oci M—Am mer hk Marts, HaAaraudayf f.u San Frsnclaco. to learn something of his whereabouts, if be is living,!, Br schr AavaaaavAvrelt. fm aVgki««.. len, ship Condor; Mr. Israel Horscley, Condor; Mr and if not, where and at what time he died. He was James Peter Ludlow, Margaret; Mr. Sturt, Oct ttWAm *r*WCaava*ek, BarnV, flippirau, ICOO wh. formerly Am vrkkk Wola*,laeeT, F 11, 4*l wh. 300 .p. subject to fits. now supposed to ba in CaliDo do ab Gideon Hnwtand, Cash, N ud, 31U0 wh. information you may have or cooper in Honolulu, but write what Will you fornia Mr. Samuel Haw son, watch-maker, now at tho rr do do sMfcytiander, Qaedoo, 1100 wh. can get concerning him (his name is Josephus A. Skin- mines ;; Mr. Jacob Do da ds MaSSfe, Ode, 2400 wh, MP sp. P. M. Mend, ship Dramo ; and Mr. ner) —whether you ever knew or heard of such a per- Jeremiah Varncy, Honolulu. Oci 86—llrvftfan wh afe Republic. Aaanln, 2,404 wh. Hplendkl,raaraaa, la saos out, laufwh. son. or not—nnd if he is there, to use your influence l'araohala, Ktsrrtr, Mmus nut, sYJO wh. to have him return. By doing so, you will serve the History of the Hawaiian Islands: l'liilip Ist, Wooalrrjdjfe nos out 120 sp, 1000 wh. cause of humanity and relieve an anxious family.— Embracing their Antiquities, Mythology, Legends, Neva, ('ass,llmaatawt, 880 sp, 1600 wh. Mass. to Skinner. Norton, Ist is nt, Lowed, M am eat,MO wh. Direct Josephus I Discovery by Europeans in the 16th century, re-disco11rook I Ine, Jeffreys. 14 rasas out. 106 sp, lMfMrh. Respectfully, your friend, |very by Cook, with their civil, Religious and Political Henry Kneeland, Otark, It mo* out, 700 wh. C. A HOCK. ]History from the earliest traditionary period to the Kraakiln, Cioaar, tt mos out, 3860 wh. Rev. S C. Pamo*, Sandwich Islands. present time. IJv JAMES JACKSON JARVES N 1' rallmadaa, Maiford. 18 mos out, IMB wh. Editor cannot, tit (resent, furnish the dc- Third edition. For sale at Chaplain's Stady. Price, Nassau, Weak*. 40 mos out, MOO wh. 2200 Nwlrt, 14 moaout. India wh sired information. Any inrorrnation respecting the |81,00. If Clement me, rraaheuren, X aaos out, 4700 wh person referred to will be duly communicated if made Nlmrod, aaaraaaa. 14 mos out, 660 wh tf to the Seamen'!; Chaplain, Honolulu. Notice to masters of Whaleships. Trnedoa, Comstock. 16 mos out, 1600 wh Tuscany, liaise v, M mos out. ships will he rqiortcd correctly in the Wattled, George fc Mary, tiiddleton, 24 mos out, 3400 wh Prudent, Naah, 18 mos out, UOO wh a native ofdie state of!•friend and Polynesian, if, on your arrival, a report is Ecuknr L«wis, Respecting Hk Harvest Lakey, full left at the Polynesian Office. Unless you nrc willing Wile, Case, IS mos out. 1700 wh 1 New Jersey. V S. A. if alive he is now« years ot to take this trouble, theEditors of these papers are sab Oat at—Haw aohr Caro inc. Cole, 18 ds fm gas Francisco age. A report has reached his father, residing in Mor- jeered to grent inconvenience, and arc oftentimes una. bk Aaoktand, Jennliurs, 22 ds fm Kamschatk., ristown, N. J., that Eugene may be still alivo and re- -j lr Capt^m Kara and ble to mako any report. tf atr William, paaseneera siding in some part of the Pacific. Any information gereral other i unta have arrived, bat anable to obtain la- Will be thankfully received, if made to the Editor of The Friend, Bound. ports the Friend, and communicated to an anxious parent. Last report rroaa Lahafau, SI vessels at anchor. Bound volumes of the Frielld,for one.ormore years* can lie obtained at Rev. T. Coan,s, Hilo; Hay. T E. Keligious Banks. ■•ileal. The Seamen's QMkplnin has just received an Taylor's, Lahaina, and the Chaplain's study, HonoOct t—Hamburg ha Cecelia I.oalsa, Hansen tf excellent assortment of Books published by the Amcr lu/u. Danish schr Johanna OlnfT.i, Refers, r.ir Bydaey. Oct I—Am mershlp Mary and Adeline.M'lsjllsn. fur Maoila. icon Tract Society, including nearly all of their standSchool Books. Oct 10—On whaleahip Rraranta, Derol, for N Bedford. ard publication*. These hooks are beautifully bound, Oc.l 11—Hrem Kg JohannaCesar, Rlberfsld, for Singapore. and will be sold at an advance on the New York prices Teachers and others enn be supplied with a few school Oct It—Am whaleahip Elerira, llrnwn, for N London. at the Chaplain's stady.. The assortment only sufficient to cover the expenses. Oct It—Do da Ibooks Pocahontas, Oolite, for Th-bary. < Primary Geographies, Arithmetics, Gram CT-In the collection will be found some new and comprises t>o do Wm Roich, lo cruise. Ajahkland. Maw Toslaad mar kg Fanny, Leathart, for instructive books for children. tf imars, Reading Books, Webster's Dictionaries, fee. MARINEJOURNAL. . 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No. !• rangementa for Ihe I'uture supply of Upper]the bordering mountains come down in a California with ministers of the gospel, under narrow ridge of broken hills, terminating in Page 78 the direction and patronage of Ihe Methodist'a taage from Oregon lo California, precipitous point, against which the sea The Bay nf San Fraucisc , 73 Their system of itinerary! breaks heavily. On the northern side, the Hun Francisco, 74 denomination. Passage to 74 [preaching is admirably calculated for a new-! mountain presents a bold promontory, rising 74 Hon. T. B. King',. Address, Methodist ministers may] in a \'vw miles into a height of two or three No good Maps of California, 75 ly settled country. Seamen's Chapel, Apia, 75 well he compared to those light-armed troops.| |thousand feet. Between these points is the 76 who proceed in advance of the main body of strait—about one mile broad, in the narAntarctic Continent, 76 Navigotors anion; Fox Islands, Beware, 77 an invading army. Their system has accom- rowest part, and five miles long from the tea Foreigners' Ceinetry at Laliuina, 78 plished an untold amount of good through- to the bay. Wreck of the Gem,' 78 out the sparsely settled districts upon the Nautical Kommice, Passing through this gate, the bay opens Census of Haw n Islands, 7fl Marine Intelligence, Sic. Ho western frontier of the United States. Mr. to the right and left, extending in each diRoberts informed me, that in September a rection about 35 miles, having a total length convention of Methodist clergymen would as- of more than 70, and a coast of about 276 semble nt Salem, in Oregon, for the purpose miles. It is divided by straits, and projectof organizing an annual conference, embrac- ing points, into three separate bays, of which Islands to Lower from the Sandwich ing Oregon, California, and New Mexico.— Ihe northern two are called San Pablo and Oregon and Upper California. This will undoubtedly promote Ihe efficiency Suisoon bays. Within,the view presented is of Leaves selected from "Our Log Book." and permanancy of the Methodist donomina- a mountainous country, the bay resembling lion on this side of the Rocky mountains.— an interior lake of deep water, lying between XVIII—PASSAGE FROM OREGON TO As the country continues to increase in popu- parallel ranges ofmountains. Islands, which lation, Oregon and California will have their have the bold charncter of the shores—some CALIFORNIA. mere masses of rock, and others, grass covprevailing winds along the coast being separate conferences. rom the Norlh West, vessels are enabled to Our other passenger, Dr. Welsh, was an ered, rising to the height of three and eight nake quick passages from the mouth of the Oregon farmer, who was now on his way to hundred, feet—break its surface, and add Columbia river to the Bay of San Francisco. California, for the purpose of exercising his to its picturesque appearance. Directly frontThe distance is about four hundred miles.— professional skill, in curing the miners, as ing the entrance, mountains—a few miles I met the master of a vessel in the Columbia] they come sick and diseased from tbe mines. from the shore—rise about 2,000 feet above river, who had just made the passage down Early this morning, the fog cleared away, the water, crowned by a forest of the lofty cyin 78 hours from Baker's Bay to the anchor-! and about 9 o'clock a fine opportunity was press, which is visible from the sea, and age at San Francisco, although, on his return afforded for the Massachusetts to enter the makes a conspicuous landmark for vessels passage up the coast he was fifteen days, most magnificent of Bays. Steam, wind and entering the bay. Behind, the ragged peak which is considered a very good passage. tide hurried our vessel along, and soon after of Mount Diabolo, nearly 4,000 feet high, Vessels are oftentimes twice that length of passing the entrance of the bay, we were at (3,770,) overlooks the surrounding country time in sailing from San Francisco to the anchor amidst a "forest of ships." I count- of the bay and San Joaquin. The immediate Columbia river. The Massachusetts cross- ed sixty-eight vessels at anchor. Our ves- shore of the bay derives, from its proximate ed the bar of the Columbia on Saturday sel was visited by an officer, who informed and opposite relation to the sea, the name of morning, and on the following Tuesday after- us that the steamer Panama, would sail in contra costa (counter coast, or opposite coast.) noon, she was off the entrance of Ihe Bay, less than two hours for the Isthmus. This It presents a varied character of ragged and but prevented from entering on account of afforded us a fine opportunity to forward let- broken hills, rolling and undulating land, and ters, which in thirty days would reach friends rich alluvial shores, backed by fertile and the dense fog. On the Sabbath, we had Divine service on in the Atlantic States. On visiting the Pan- wooded ranges, suitable for towns, villages, board. Capt. Wood being 1 ever ready to ama, I was most agreeably surprised to meet and farms, with wh'ch it ii beginning to be •how respect for the day, he most readily several gentlemen whom I had known at the dotted. A low alluvial bottom land, several made arrangement for the assembling of the S. Islands. Among them, Messrs. Wil- miles in breadth, with occasional open woods ■hip's company in the large and commodious liams, Boardman, and Jarves. They were of oak, borders the foot of the mountains cabin. It was our expectation to have listen- among the first to improve the new facilties around the southern arm of the bay, terminaed to a discourse from the Rev. Mr. Roberts, for making a passage from the Sandwich Is- ting on a breadth of twenty miles in the ferfellow passenger, but just before the lime lands to the United States, without doubling tile valley of St. Joseph—a narrow plain of rich soil—lying between ranges from two to for holding service, he was obliged to inform Cape Horn. three thousand feet high. The valley is us, that it would be impossible for him to XIX—THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO. openly wooded with groves of oak, free from preach on account of sea-sickness. We had some most agreeable passengers The following description of the Bay is ex- underbrush, and after the spring rain* covfrom Oregon, viz: Judge Bryant, the Rev. tracted from a recent memoir by Col. Fre- ered with grass. Taken in connection Mr. Roberts, and Dr. Welsh, thus each of mont, communicated to the Congress of the with the valley of San Juan, with which the learned professions had its representa- United States, during the summer of 1848. it forms a continuous plain, it is fifty-five The bay of San Francisco is separated miles long, and on* to twenty miles broad, tive. Judge Bryant, is at the head of the Judiciary Department in the Territory. He from the sea by low mountainranges. Look- opening into smaller rallies among the bills. is a native of Kentucky, but has practiced ing from the peaks of the Sierra Nevada, the At the head of the bay, it is 20 miles broad, law for about twenty years in Indiana. It coast mountains present an apparently con- and about the same at the southern end, is bis intention to remove his family to Ore- tinuous line, with only m- single gap, resem- where the soil is beautifully fertile, covered and make that his permanent residence. bling a mountain pass. This is the entrance in summer with four or five varieties ot wild 'he Rev. Mr. Roberts is the SuperintendentIto the great bay, and is the only water com- clover several feet high. of tbe Methodist Episcopal Mission,in Oregon munication from the coast to the interior The strait of Carquinez, about one mile Mid California, and was on a visit to the latter |country. Approaching from the sea, the wide and eight or ten fathoms deep, connects country for the purpose of completing ar- coast presents a bold outline. On the south, the San Pablo and Suisoon bays. Aroond these bays, smaller valleys open into Ihe L Contents OF THE FBIEND, NOV. 15,1849. THE FRIEND. A Trip SThe — • " Kon �74 THJS FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849 bordering country, and some of the streams and 23d of July, although I saw much which anchor off Ihe Army Depot, about a mile have a short launch navigation, which serves] was wrong, yet, upon the whole, I did not above the rising lowti ol Benecia. to convey produce to the bay. Missions and witness so many exhibitions of depravity as I large farms were established at the bead of expected, from tbe accounts which 1 had XXII—BENECIA navigation on these streams, which are fav- beard and read. I am satisfied that the To-day, June 23, I visited the city of Beorable sites, for towns or villages. The tendency is in the way of improvement, and necia. The following remarks concerning country around the* Suisoon bay presents good order. It was surprising that there .the place, I copy from the editorial columns small low ridges sod rounded hills, clothed were so few cases of theft and robbery, con- of the "Alia California," of July 2: with wild oats, and more or less openly wood- sidering how exposed vast quantities of goods "This is the rival of San Francisco for the of every description were about the wharves empire of {he Pacific. It is situated on the ed on their summits. The Suisoon is connected with an expan- and along the streets. Straits of Carquinez, nbout thirty-five miles from the ocean, on a gentle slope which besion of the river formed hy the junction of the Sacramento and San Joaquin, which encomes almost a plain as it nears Ihe water's XXI.—PASSAGE TO BENICIA tor the Francisco bay in the same latitude, edge. It contains about 500 inhabitants, innearly, as tbe mouth ofthe Tagus at Lisbon. The Massachusetts being ordered to Be- cluding soldiers now stationed there, and A delta of twenty-five miles in length, divid- necia, to discharge her cargo, after spend- many buildings have been erected there of es! into islands by deep channels, connects ing two days at San Francisco, she sailed late. It is now made the Head Quarters of the bay with tbe valley of the San Joaquin thither. The vessel affording such excellent .the U. S. Army. The large deposite of arand Sacramento, into the mouths of which accommodations, Gen. Smith and suite, the my quartermaster and commissary stores, the tide flows and which enter the bay to- Hon. T. B. King, and several other gentle- have recently been removed from San Franmen took passage for Benecia, situated on cisco to that place, and a site has been segether as one river. north side of the Straits of Carquinez, lected by Commodore Jones for a navy yard the Such is the bay, and the proximate country and shores oftbe bay of San Francisco. about thirty-six miles from San Francisco.— a short distnnce above the town. This place It is not a mere indentation of the coast, but On the passage I was introduced to Mr. W., is certainly rapidly advancing in size and ima little tea to itself, connected with the ocean late from New York. He is Ihe author of a portance, but we do not doubt that its prosby a defeasible gate opening out between work on the Tories of the American Revolu- perity will always be dependent on that of seventy and eighty miles to the right and left, tion. I know uot that I ever met with a per- San Francisco. A great many harsh things upon a breadth often to fifteen, deep enough son more intimately acquainted with the his- have been said of army and navy officers for th* largest ships, with bold shores suita- tory of all the old families of New England. "lending Iheir influence" to build up this rible for towns and settlements, and fertile ad- He related this anecdote respecting Judge val to San Francisco, but we have no dispojacent country for cultivation. The head of Prescott, (father of the historian,) and Mr. sition to repeat them. There is no necessithe bay is about forty miles from the sea, and Peabody, an old Salem merchant. In early ty for it either, as whatever may be the rethere commences its connection with the no- life Mr. P. applied to the Judge for advice sult of that speculation, we regard the prosble valleys of the San Joaquin and Sacra- in sonic legal affairs. In course of the inter- perity and destiny of San Francisco as so seview the Judge remarked, "If you would suc- curely fixed by her natural position, hercapmento." ceed in the world, avoid lawyers and law- ital and her energy, as to defy the efforts of suits." So much pleased was Mr. P. with all the speculutors that ever existed." XX-SAN FRANCISCO. On landing in San Francisco, I must con- this advice, that he allowed the Judge to Here I found the Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, fess, I was somewhat disappointed in the ap- make various shipments to the East Indies in a Presbyterian clergyman, engaged in a pearance of the town. As a city it did not his ships, freight free, by which he laid the school, and preaching on the Sabbath. He fill up that "beau ideal" which I had pictur- foundation of a large fortune of several hun- seemed to have secured the confidence of ed in my imagination. I had perhaps ex- dred thousand dollars, which has descended all classes in the community, and I was rejoiced to perceive that he was laboring for pected too much. I was however not disap- to pointed in the business-like appearance of the The hills and mountains surrounding the the real benefit of the future inhabitants of town. I had witnessed nothing for years, bay present a most singular appearance, the country. He left on Long Island a flourwhich so much reminded me of the hurry and much resembling immense drifts of sand, but ishing society and church, which were corbustle of the business portions of the cities of I learn that they are covered with wild oats, dially united in his support, where he had laBoston and New York. Stores and dwelling which in the rainy season look perfectly bored as a minister of the gospel for fourteen houses were going up with magic-like rapi- green, but as the ruins cease, the straw dries years. After surveying the country, he dedity. New Streets were opening, and enter- up and the grain ripens, affording pasturage cided upon Benecia as prospectively opening prize was tbe characteristic of the place. As for immense herds of rattle and horses, which a wide and promising field for ministerial useI mingled among th* hurrying crowd, a mere range over the country for many leagues, no fulness. He is expecting to return, ere long, "looker on in Venice," I soon learned that fences obstructing their rambles. The sce- for his family, and cast in his lot with the risit was no place for an idle man I was sur- nery surrounding the bay is so unlike any ing fortunes of the people of the country. prized to meet so many familiar countenan- that I have elsewhere beheld, that I find a ces. It really seemed as if one-fourth ofthe description difficult, if not impossible. There! XXIII.—THE HON. T. B. KING'S ADpopulation had emigrated from Honolulu, or may be valleys capable of tillage, but the DRESS. country generally is ill adapted to farming Agreeable to s public notice, I went June had spent a season there. ! I found it impossible to learn the popula- purposes. The farmer would be especially 1 25th, at 4 o'clock, r. m., to the school-room tion of San Francisco, but at this date, (July troubled for want of water and fencing mate- of the Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, to hear an ad21.) there cannot be less than 6,000 to 8,000. rials. dress from the Hon. Mr. King, member of It was gratifying to learn that while, merThe afternoon was delightful. The atmos- Congress from Georgia, before the citizens chants, lawyers, physicians, mechanics, and phere essentially changed after leaving theiof Benecia. After returning on board the laborers of every description were busy in region about San Francisco, where the rtw Massachusetts, I recorded the following as their various employments, a number of and disagreeable winds have such fair play. tbe substance of his remarks. I do not preclergymen had commenced their professional As we sailed along the shore lying upon the tend to give hisexict phraseology, for he was labors. One year previously, and there was Straits leading into Pablo Bay, a deer wasi nearly an hour in making his address. not a Protestant clergyman in Upper Califor- seen grazing on the highland. He raised He commenced by adverting to the pecunia, now there are at San Francisco, alone, bis head anJ took a view of our steam-ship, liar circumstances under which had galherno lees than four, th* Rev. Mr. Hunt, chap- as much as to say, "What strange craft isied representatives from the four quarters of lain to the citizens of San Francisco, the this?—what new event has occurred which the globe. [Officers of the U. S. Army, a Rev. Mr. Wheeler, pastor of the Baptist attracts so many strangers to these shores— merchant from Chili, a physician from Baltichurch, the Rev. Mr. Williams, pastor of as sure as I behold an many strange sails and more, another from Washington, a western the Presbyterian church, and tbe Rev. Mr. strange people going up and down the waters pioneer, a clergyman from Long Island, an Mines, an Episcopal clergyman. The Me- of this bay, I and my fellow wild game of the ex-U. S. Consul from S. 1., one or more from thodists are now erecting a chapel and are forests will retire."—Upon enquiry I learned England, but in all not exceeding over fifty aeon expecting a minister ofthe gospel to be that the deer, tbe antelope and the elk are persons.] Some, he remarked, had censurfast disappearing from their old haunts.— ed Congress because that body had not orlaboring among them. Daring my visits-on shore, the 31st, 22nd, Just before dark the Massachusetts came to ganized a Territorial Government for Cali- . ■ ■ 1 i I i■ i > -IbTSbTbVJB^bVJB^bVJB^bVJB^bV*TJbI �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. 75 I learned that the Hon. Mr King is a New We now lake ihe opportunity of expresssons, showing that it was a fortunate circum- Englander by birth, but has resided for ma- ing the sense of gratitude which we feel for stance lhat no territorial government had iny years at the South. His name ia intimate- the efforts made by the Rev. J. J. Freeman been organized. The Congress of Ihe Uhi-'lly associated with the enterprise of steam na- and Augustus Fieldwick, Esq., the respectted States has fully discussed the affairs of;vigation between Panama and California. 1 ive Secretaries of the above Societies, as California, nnd the Executive was ready to.lbelieve that be brought forward the measure well as to many kind friends, who aided us in proceed; but then came up ihe vexed ques- in Congress. He was one of tbe candidates procuring the nent substantial building which for the Secretaryship of the Navy, under the now forms an interesting object on one side tion of slavery. The advocates of the Proviso, (which was essentially theordinance |present administration, if I have been cor- of the bay, near to the British Consulate. of Congress respecting the non-existence of rectly informed. I could not but conclude The building is built entirely of corrogated slavery in the territory N. W. of the Ohio,) that Ins visit to California was most oppor- galvnnized iron, raised on a platform of cowould by a law of Congress shut slavery out tune, for on his return to Washington he will ral; and is well adapted to try the teeth and of California; but no, says the South, let that Ibe prepared to furnish the Execulive and patience of the white ant, which is the greatquestion remain unsettled until California Congress with some valuable information, est pest that can afflict a poor builder in Samoa. shall settle the question for herself. The pe- which is much needed! riod had now arrived, as he thought, for the The building is 40 ft. by 20 ft. Ten feet people of California to do it. Now was the XXIV—NO GOOD MAPS OF CALIFOR- is taken off the length for a reading room, NIA. time for California to become a State. A sufwhere a library will be kept, with the most ficient number of inhabitants were alrendy in Although near three centuries have elaps- recent magazines and newspapers which can There was an impression !ed since Cslifoi nia was discovered—although be procured, where the sailor on liberty, or the territory. abroad tlit.it a certain district of country must,,Jesuit Missionaries have for nearly a centu- any of the residents can spend a profitable have a definite number of inhabitants before| ry traversed tbe country—and although much hour. The chapel, which is 30 ft. by 20 ft., it could be admitted as a State. That im- bus been published about the country, yet its is neatly fitted up with seats and pulpit. pression was unfounded; but even if it was,geography has been but imperfectly known. The cost of the building in London was upnot, very soon California would contain 100,- It is not until to-day, June 25, that I have wards of .£l7O. The fittings, glazing, paint-000 inhabitants. This he was coniident met with any thing like a tolerably well exe- ing, and other items, have added would be the case before theclose of the cur- cuted map of the country watered by the wa- bly to the expense, to meet whichconsiderathe addirent year; and should the gold mines contin- ters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin ri- tional subscriptions received on the islands with their numerous tributaue to yield as they had done, not a long pe- vers, together will go far. riod would elapse before half a million ofpeo- ries. This map was sketched by Col. FreIt is just to acknowledge the gratuitous lathis direction, of under his still even country. mont, become citizens the or ple would bors of a great many of the foreign residents to take her accurate. It be is far from being would amuHence, California was now ready station as a sovereign State of the Union. sing to collate the numerous maps or charts in putting the building together. There could then be no question but it was purporting to delineate the interior of Alta The chapel was opened on Sabbath, the the duty of the people of California immedi- California. No two would agree. Some 28th of January. A large number ofthe foately to take the preliminary steps for the or- imake the Sacramento river run due west, reign residents attended; and the occasion ganization of a State government. Califor- others make the San Joaquin empty into the was rendered more interesting by the presnia needed her Senators and Representatives Bay of San Francisco nt San Jose; verily the ence of the captain, officers, and crew of our in Congress, to urge her claims more effec- interior ofAfrica is equally wellknown to the missionary bark John Williams. tually than it was possible to be done by the civilized world. I found it impossible to obContributions for the support of the libraDelegate of a Territory who might make sug- tain any definite and satisfactory information ry and reading room will be thankfully regestions, but would not be entitled to a vote. respecting the geography of the country, ceived.—[Samoan Reporter. He then adverted to the unquestionable from any existing maps, until that of Col. fact that California was about to assume n Fremont chanced to fall in my way. The dePrinting in England and America.—A great importance, and that of necessity. For, sideratum, however, will very soon be sup- letter from London to the Boston Post, thus a long period the idea of a rail road to the plied. One of the good results of the discoPacific had been discussed. Almost every very of the gold mines, will be that the vast compares the facility with which books are state in the Union had passed resolutions in regions west of Ihe Rocky Mountains, north printed in London and New York. its favor, and now if its construction is dcci- iof Mexico, and south of the Columbia River, ' 'The art of printing advances far more ded practicable, its terminus must be in this will very soon be thoroughly explored. Ev- rapidly in America than here. Liverpool, valley;—nature had so decreed, and it was ery river and stream, mountain and hill, val- nearly as large as New York, has no printnot in the power of man to annul that decree. ley nnd canon, prairie and plain, will be ex- ing done by steam. In London, but one or print by steam, and Here, in this mighty basin, on the banks of plored, and accurately laid down upon the two printers, of books, this bay, (he would not pretend to define the maps. More will be done this year than has very rarely print more than twelve pages of 12mo. book at a time. From an extensive location,) but here was to arise a mighty Ba- been done for three centuries, to obtain ac- aacquaintance with the manner and speed of commerce of the counwas to center a vast curate knowledge bylon—here geographical book-printing in New York and London, I —through this channel was to flow the pro-itry. will vouch for the fact that of all the books ducts of China and Polynesia. Tbe teas and CHAPEL, SEAMEN'S printed APIA. in the two cities, our printers print this must be along silks of China conveyed During the Inst few years, a considerable three copies to the Londoners one in the route to the shores of the Atlantic, and perships having anchored at Apia same time First-class publications are genhaps to Europe. The commerce of Califor- number of and numbers of foreignresidents ha- erally better "got up" in England than Harbor, would that nia, he thought, this year equal ving settled around the bay, it was thought America. But, got up equally as well, tbe of any state of the Union. ofworship should New Yorkers will print two copies to their In concluding his remarks, he referred in desirable that a smalleplace of be the holding Eng- one. Not one book in four in London is sterewhich had erected for purpose n familiar manner to some things otyped. In New York three out of tour.— surprised him since his arrival in the coun- lish service on the Sabbath. London one publisher lately boasted that In by were msde the Missionawitness the Subscriptions he was astonished to try; c. J. which, with sums he actually published a book in three days order which reigned at San Francisco, on the ries and foreign residents, to from the tune he received it. That is quotSabbath. As he walked the streets on a Sab- given by Captains and crews, amounted about ed as an extraordinary operation that was £60. The being nearly of the John Williams he heard not the sound bath morning, hammer, neither witnessed any more disor- to return to England, the Committee re- actually accomplished, once. In New York the Missionary at Apia, the Harpers have issued many a book in der, than would have appeared in a well or- quested Mr. Mitts, to use every effort to pro- from twenty-four to thirty hours after its reand Capt. Morgan ganized christian community. He doubted not, should the proper steps cure an iron chapel, to be brought out in the ceipt. But I will not multiply examples to be taken by the people of the country for a missionary vessel. On the arrival of the show the greater amount of enterprise or inState organization, that the older States would John Williams in London, an appeal was ventive genius in America. joyfully welcome California to the sisterhood laid before the Directors of the London Misof the Union, and pass laws favorable to com- sionary Society as well as the British and Scurrility is the corruption of wit, as knavery Foreign Seamen's Society. ef wisdom. merce, schools, &c. fornia, but he was prepared to give his rea-| Wilmotjli i I I ' — — , i , i �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. 76 through want of pecuniary support. If an fog set in, and the barometer fell. At sr. editor and publisher is well supported, it will m. 1 discovered a reef of rocks to the windward ol the ship, about half or two-thirds of HONOLULU, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. keep him in good spirits, and he will strive a mile distant. The reef appeared to be about to make his paper in every respect worthy of one mile in length, and some of tbe rocks 8 or 10 feet above water, nnd the sea was maAntarctic Continent. a reading and intelligent community. king a breach over them nil ihe time. The Some years agr> much was said and published respecting English, American and Navigators among Fox Islands, water about the slip was thick, and indicated slmnls near. I immediately gave the order Beware! French navigators cruising along the shores Capt. Lnkey, of bark Harvest, informs us to ware ship, the helm was put up, and the ofthe Antarctic continent. Il has in some thnt the island of Atcha is laid down in N. L. Huron came round unusually quick and stood olffroin this danger. But now, "Alas, poor way come to our knowledge that cer- 63° 3', and W. L. 172° 35", while its cor- Yorick!" here we are in an unknown place; tain English navigators report to have sailed rect position is 52° 28', and 174°. The no chart, that I can trust to—surrounded by over a part of the Antarctic continent discodanger is in passing between the inlands of islands and rocks—in a dense fog, and only vered, or laid down on Wilkes' chnrts. The Tugoulla and Adach, for when the navigator two hours more of daylight, and twenty-five simple facts, so far as we can ascertain, are supposes himself in mid channel, he is among men looking to me for protection in the midst of Ihe surrounding dangers. And now I these: The American navigator appears to the rocks and shoals on the north side of must find my way back the way I came in, have mistook a portion of the " icy barrier" Atcha. for to stay in here all night, I dare not. I for the main land. Subsequently, English Amlai is believed to be out of its true steered S. E. by X po- set all possible sail, and exploring vessels cruised higher up than the sition on the chart; when its true position is with n strong breeze from southwest. It now sets in a drenching rain, and we cannot see point laid down as land upon Wilkes' charts. known, the passage is good between Amlai ,60 rods from Ihe ship. My feeling at this manifest, for mistaken, is also That he was land Seguman, the only danger being a ledge time was most painfully intense, and such as Capt. Cooper, commanding the "Franklin,"|'of rocks extending out 4 or 5 miles on the 1 have never before experienced But the Huron is now doing her best, and every man navigated his vessel, in January last, 2 s of east side of Amlai. longitude, and 1 ° of latitude, on a W. by R. The following extracts are copied from nt his station. There is no disorder or confusion; all is still, and all on the lookout for course, over a region laid down as land Capt. Woodruffs private journal, now master and ready to obey my orders. At 8 .land, by his countryman, Wilkes. This was of Philip Ist, but on his last voyage master r. m. we were all relieved by seeing the land between the parallels of longitude 168 ° 20', of the Huron. These extracts relute to his on the weather bow, about 3 miles distunt, nnd our noble ship going as straight for the and 105° 30' E., and on about the parallel last voyage: as though it hud been clear and daypassage of latitude 05= 20. Saturday, Ist August, 1846. light. It now sets in foggy and stops rainFrom nil we are able to learn respecting This afternoon fresh increasing winds from ing, nnd we lose sight of the land. At 10 p. very high latitudes,both north and south, the the southward; cloudy weather and spells of;m. it is a dead calm, and very dark; we are seasons vary exceedingly. Even in those fog; saw one poor, miserable hump-back jnow about midway between the islands. I to be like myself—don't took the deck myself all night. At daylight frozen regions they have their warm as well 'whale—he appeared know which wuy to go. At 2p. M. the isl- I find the nearest land on the island of Attou as cold summers, hence the " icy barrier' and of Attou bears N. W., about 45 miles bears almost W. N. W., 4 or 5 miles distant. (as it is called) is by no means stationary.— distant; saw porpoises and many wild ducks. The weather clears up, and we steer on S. We do now recollect to have met a whale- Thinking it rather unsafe to run in such thick E., with a light breeze from N. N. E. At 8 man from the Arctic Ocean who spoke of'weather, 1 double reefed the top-sails and a. m., having gained a good offing, I steer stood four hours off and four hours on. The S. W. God is good, and his tender merseeing the icy barrier, although Copt. Bee- morning is very thick, with fresh winds from cies are "over all his works," and nothing but chey, in 1827, sew " packed ice" lower down southwest. At 6a. m. made sail, and think- a miraculous interposition of Providence has than some of the whale ships lately cruised. ing myself sufficiently well to windward to saved us from a melancholy shipwreck, and ihe island clear of danger, I steered W. perhaps death. The same fact is doubtless true of the oppo- passW., N. keeping a sharp look-out for the site region of polar cold. This will satisfac- land. At 10 a. m. Ihe fog cleared up, and Donations. For Chapet. For Friend torily account for the mistake of the com- we saw Ihe island of Attou right ahead, $16,00 mander of the U. S. Exploring Expedition.— about 5 miles distant. 1 immediately tacked 'Henry A. Pierce, Esq., Capt. Z. Bent, $8,00 8,00 The mention of these facts may serve to put to S. E.; but it cleared up pleasant, nnd I Capt. Nash, Prudent, 6,00 10,00 concluded to go through between tbe islands, expeof national exploring the commanders 6,00 f 6,00 Iwore ship and made all sail; saw three smal- Mr. Wilson, " ditions upon their guard, as their errors may ler islands, not on chart, bearing N. N. E., Mr. Brown, 7,00 " 10,00 be detected by some adventurous and enter- about 10 miles distant. I find by several; Crew, " 5,00 good observations that the islands are very Capt. Pendleton, Mercury, prising whaleman. * 4,50 4,50 erroneously laid down on the chart. The Capt. Brewster, Tiger, latitude of the east end of the Master, officers ana crew of chart the gives new paper Honolulu Times.—A weekly 6,00 12,00 island 52 50* N., and my observation gives G. Howland, has made its appearance in Honolulu; H. L it 52 s 30' N.; the chart gives the 5,00 longitude Capt. Chadwick, Montreal, 6,00 Sheldon, Esq., Editor and Publisher. Suc- 173° 40* E., and my%hronomcter gives the Capt. Folger, Alpha, 5,00 Capt. Edwards, Ann, 5,00 2,00 cess to the enterprise. We are glad to see longitude 172° 11' E. The island appears George 81 Mary, that the publisher is fully aware of the diffi- to be mountainous, and some pails ofit cov-'Capt. Patterson, Heber, 10,00 6,00 culties attending the pecuniary support of a ered with snow. Saw a smoke on the shore, A Friend, Montpelier, 4,00 4,00 but Mr signs ofany whales. paper; hence, we infer that he will succeed. A Friend, Champion, 2,00 2«1 August, 846. Mr. Calhoun, »,Wi Let those who read remember the printer;— This afternoonSunday, " comes in with moderate Capt. Cole, Caroline, 10,00 5,00 yet we fear there are, in Honolulu, persons winds from the southwest, with cloudy wearead as of who will the "Times," it makes its ither. Passed the east end the island of $78,60 $95,60 weekly appearance, but never subscribe for.Attou, about 6 miles distant. At 3 p. m. saw John C. Green, bearing W., about 15 miles Rattlesnakes.—Mr. Jr. N. a copy, or in any way contribute for its sup- another island and two others while water-bound near While a strong current setting River, Observed distant. recently found a den of rattleport. We are led to give this gentle hint, N. E. and drawing inlo the leeward: find J snakes,Arkansas, and forthwith amused themselves by disthe of we hope publisher bead the wiudward of the sincerely island; 1 patching seventy-seven of them, each measurbecause can to the "Times" will net fail in the enterprize will keep her a-going. At 4 p. m. a dense ing over four feet. THE FRIEND. , 3^00 • ' �77 THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849 H. B. M.'s Consulate General For the Friend. Foreign Cemetery at Lahaina. for tin; Islands of the Pacific, > 6th, 1849. Hokolulo, Nov. J Honolulu, March 9,1849. Lnhainn, Nov. 10, 1819. Mr. Editor :—As I presume that ull of the It is hereby notified that Con. Gen. Miller has reMr. Editor—Will you please insert the contributions for the French Protestant Mission-, ceived a despatch from the Foreign Office, London, following notice in your paper? ary Soriety of Paris have now been paid IntO.idated the 31 st of March, instructing him to take proper steps for causing to be made known within his Lnbnina.Nov. 6. my hands, 1 hand you, herewith, for the satis-]'Consular District, that, "The Lords Commissioners matter,' 1 At a meeting of foreign residents and mus- faction of thosewho feel an interest in this dis- of tha Admiralty have offered n. reward of X20,000 full statement whole and receipts a of the ters, to take measures for putting a perma- Imrseiiients for that object. As, nlso, statement (twenty thousand pounds sterling,) to such private nent fence around the Foreigners' Burying of funds, paid into my hands, for Tualatin Aca- .-hip or ships of any country as may, in the judgment of their Lordships, render efficient service to Sir John Ground in Lahaina, a committee previously demy, Oregon. his ships, or their crews, and may contribute Franklin, appointed, gave in the following report: Yours, truly, to directly extricate them from the ice." S. N. CASTLE. That it is desirable to have a permanent The following is a copy of the minute of the Lords mound the Commissioners of the Admiralty, transmitted on the coral, of placed fence, made Receipts on Account of the French occasion:— ■ form of a wall in grounds, above-mentioned Missionary Society of Paris, are as follows : Admiralty, 23d March, 1849. three feet wide at the base, and five feet high. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are unBritish I. Army $5,00 Laughnnn, Cunt. der the necessity of laying a supplementary Estimate This report was adopted, and the following A Wilcox, Wuiuli 10,00 for the relief of the Arctic Expeditions under .Sir John a committee to chosen as were gentlemen 5,00 Franklin and Sir James Koss, upon the tabic of the A. S. Cooke Swinton, Messrs. Hoffout its design: carry 5,00 House. Mrs. C. L. Richards Their Lordships having been apprized by tho last 5,00 letters received from .Sir Jnmcs Koss, that it was his myer nnd Bush. Rogers E. H. to land nil thesup2,00 intention to direct the Investigator On motoin, T. E. Taylor wns chosen E. Whittlesey plies that she could spare, at Whaler l'oint, and to Wuiinea, 10,00 Hawaii proceed to England, if no tidings of the Expedition unTreasurer of the funds collected for building L. Lyons, 10,00 der .Sir J. Franklin wcro received by the whale ships do. G. D. linen, do., this wall. about to sail, leaving the Entcrpriie to prosecute 10,00 now B. W. Parker the scaiill alone,—have consulted the highest naval It wa3 moved and carried that one condi2,00 Mrs. Conde A. L. authorities us to the probable consequences of that tion of burial in this burying grovind should Master Samuel Conde 25 step. They find it to lie the unanimous opinion of those be that a head and foot board mark the place Mrs. McLane 8,00 most conversant with the l'olar seas, that such a sepof each grave. A Friend 4,00 aration of the ships under Sir James Koss, would be 9,12 most perilous to the ship remaining in the ire, and It was also moved and carried that T. E. Scholars of Punnhon School, contr. would neutralize the entire object of the Expedition, if of the buryMonthly the direction of and Foreigners whole concert Taylor have .Sir J. Franklin's party were to be discovered at a time Missionaries, nt Honolulu when the Enterprise had nearly exhausted her own ing ground, and be authorized to employ a 4,33 stores. They have therefore determined upon sending Miscellaneous contributions man to keep the grounds in order. out afresh supply if provisions for both ships by the 1st Church, Honolulu, Native, Oahu 32,00 North Star, which is now fitting for this purpose, at Nov. 10. Second Church, do. do. do. 15,00 Sheerncss, with orders to proceed across Baffin's Bay, tho direction of Native Church, Manoa Valley, do. 5,00 and as much further as practicable in looking Meeting met according to odjotirnment. out for Lancaster Sound and Barrow Straits, hud been do. 10,00 the Investigator or her boats. The chairman reported that $431 Ditto Do. Ewa Do. Waianae do. 5,00 In the event of the Investigator not Icing fallen in Do. subscribed since the last meeting, which adwith, the commander of the North Star will t* direct31,00 for the same Do. Do. Wainlua do ded to $80 previously paid in ed to land the supplies at such points on the south side Do. Do. Kanenhe do. 13,75 ofLancaster Sound, or other places indicated by Sir purpose, makes the sum of $511 available do. 22,00 .lames Boss, as may lie accessible to the North Star iv Do. Do. Molakni funds to bestow upon the burying ground. sufficient time to secure his return across Baffin's Bay Do. Do. Lahainn Maui 7G,00 before the winter seta in. On motion, the meeting adjourned. 39,60 Do. Do. Wailuku do. The expense of fitting the North Star forthe ice will T. E. TAYLOR. Sec. be £6086, and the wages ofthe crew, stores, provisions do. 19,00 Do. Do. Makawao on board, .£6602, making £12,688 in all, which constido. 8,00 tute the supplementary estimate now submitted to the Do. Do. Hana Hawaii 20,00 House. But. in addition to this, Her Majesty's GovWhaleship Burnt.—It is with regret that we Do. Do. Kohala 20,00 ernment has determined to offer a reward of £20,000 to Do. Do. Wnimea do. are called upon to record ihe burning, in our be given to such private ship, or distributed amongst 9th of the Kailua 30,31 inst., of the Do. Do. do. harbor, on the morning -ueh private ships, of any country, or to any exploring 20,00 party or parties as may, in the judgment of the board Do. Do. Kau do. whaling bark Mercury, Copt. G. Pendleton.— Admiralty, have rendered efficient assistance to Sir 53,30 of The fire was discovered about one o'clock, in tbe 20 per cent, pretn. on 266,53 John Franklin, his ships, or their crews, and mayhave forward part of the fore hold; ond was so fur adcontributed directly to extricate them from the ice. H.G.WARD. tf 9519,33 vanced before it was discovered, tbut every effort to get it under was unavailing. As yet, the I have remitted my draught on MARRIED. origin of the fire has not been ascertained; no H. Hill, Esq, Boston, by of Mrs Dominia, by In Honolulu, Nov 16. at the residence time for an investigation having intervened. the C Damon, Mr. Gioaaa (iiuioaa. of Koloa, Kauai, Rev S The Mercury is owned in Stouington, and has '« Montreal," July 7, 1849 $200,00 to Mist Eixaa B Ttwaaauav,of Cliarlertwon, Mass. Starling," Oct. 23 319,83 been out sixteen months, and had on board 1200 Do. by barrels of oil. The entire ship nnd cargo lire DIED. consumed, and nothing remains of the once noble 519,93 In Oils town, on the 2nd Inst., Ma. Wurii Teenan, ngod vessel but a few of the blackened limbers upon 28 venra. a naove of Maw York City. He was heard to speak of Wheldon, Ulster Co aa hto place of neldenee He earn* tbe reef, at the leeward side of the harbor. She around Cape i. orn In bk Sutton—landed in Ben Francieeo, was all ready for sea, and would have lieen oft" For Tualatin Academy, Oregon, I have re- In July went to th« mineswhere ha waa take* atoh. OH reIturning to San Kranoiaco. he embarked on board the Kiik- br in a short time, in prosecution of her voyage.— ceieed, from Louisa for the Sand Wanda, and died a few days after hto iarrival. f Polynesian. Ills property lincludlnn a soian amount of money) #20,00 lias been placed in the hands or the U S Consul. Hon. L. Andrews (N. York pa|.«ra |.lea«r lnacrl.j Damon 5,00 Rev. S. C. to be At flilo, on lk« linl inaiant, of dysentery, UrOWMSI Shaler, supposed yearn, The W. H. k, a native of Providence, R. 1., and for tha last 5,00 ailoon Rev. Elias Boud of tbeor island-. reKldrnl distress, lost, is reported at Montevideo, in 5,00 Amos C. Cooke At U 8 Ho«pit*l,Lahaina,Oct2B,John Thornai, ftosaablp Waablngtou 30, John A l'erklna, belonging to .Orotou, having lost sails, jib-boom, &c, Stc, off the Contributed at the Monthly ConAnio. Orlando Simmons, boat steertr, from ship Midas.— cert, by Missionaries and FoFalkland Islands. On entering Montevideo lie was taken with the aeurvy aw days before ernvjwM» Westdied noon after landing. Me We» » reigners, at Honolulu 47,06 port, and harbor she went upon rock not laid down oftanJhatlSM stock, Vt, and brother of Captglmnaoiui Owns, a native Davio VeTm, boani the Alines, Oct. on M, would be detained 2 upon the charts. 'She of Urtaiii, Rngtaiul. a#«d about M ynaen, for aasny yeas, a $82,06 resident on theas Weeds. _..._ months to repair, and may be expected here Af son. May Sta, osi bosrd tbe American waaMaf bark rkHfp City. York S. of Mew Eaarurr, CA ISTLE. Juan I, W. M. in January. ._ ■-***>Jala^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^aH ,' — * " — * • * . - �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. 78 The men told me, that five men, the night ask. Mips Arnold then said that the safety Samoan, or Navigator Islands. had launched a boat in the breakers, of the ship and her own security from insult before, Friend No. of the there was In the Sept. and sprang into her, and the rollers took could only be insured by throwing overboard •n interesting communication from the Rev. them on the reef, where they lay upon the that instant every drop of spirits in the ship. Mr. Mills, one of the English Missionaries rocka all night. They also told me, that Mr. Wiihout hesitation the seamen consented, at the Samoan Islands. He briefly alluded Jennings, the mate, cnine to the wreck next and, leaving no time for reflection, they to the loss ol the Gem, and the new Seamen's morning after she struck, nnd got bread, forthwith got the spirits on deck ard threw water, nautical instruments, charts, cnmpnss, every drop overboard. From that time Miss Chapel. We have since received the March and boat-sail; and told them he would land Arnold had her screened cot secured near of the Samoan which we his party somewhere, and return to their as- the Reporter, in number wheel, and slept alongside the binnacle, find a more detailed account of the wreck of sistance. I got bread, water, and one quad- and three of the crew kept a fuithful watch the Gem, in a letter addressed by Captain rant, and the three men, and returned to the around her during the remainder of the voyage, and these faithful giuirdinns of one of Worth to the conductors of the Reporter.— island. Next morning, I went in search of the five our beloved countrywomen never failed to We copy the entire letter: men, and found them on a small island, and evince tln- utmost respect, and preserved the WRECK OF THE "GEM." two stoved boats, which we towed to the lar- most rigid decorum, honorable in every point Capt. James M. Worth, of the whaling bk ger island. We then got bread, water, and of view to themselves, and (o that charge Gem, of Sag Harbor, has just handed us the lumber from the wreck to repair the boats, which they had pledged themselves to underfollowing sad account of the loss of his ves- und raise upon tliern. take. sel and valuable cargo in January last: I remained twenty-two days on the island, Miss Arnold wrote a statement of all these "The Gem was bound from the Sandwich nnd then started, with three boats and six- occurrences, and forwarded it to Captain Islands to the United Slates uf America, and teen men, for the Navigator's Islands; and Hnines, on the ship's arrival, when the was wrecked on the night of the 23d nf Jan- arrived safe, after seven days' passage, at second male and disaffected were immediateuary last. She struck, about 11 o'clock at the island of Upolu. ly arrested and sent to prison. The chief night, on a sunken reef which extends around The wreck was quite whole when I left.— officer had indulged himself to such an excess Suwarrow'i Island. My mate being unwt 11, The Gem had on hoard 2,230 barrels of that after the captain's death, and in the abI took the first watch myself. My longitude whale oil, and 170 barrels of sperm oil, and sence ofall means of resort lo his favorite being correct, I placed Ihe ship 85 miles to 27,000 Ilia, of bone. She was out fifteen stimulants, he was perfectly useless the east of Suwarrow's Island, on Ihe chait. months ami twelve days. Miss Arnold became the welcome guest Just before she struck, I went into the bow, On arriving here, 1 found Mr. Jennings of (.'apt. Thomas at Aden, and every possiand told the man on the look-out to look and nil who left (lie wreck with him: so no ble attention was shown to this noble-minded sharp, and looked ahead myself, but saw no- one is hit. lady by the whole society there. thing. I walked aft and jumped into a bout, I found many friends at this island; and I Subsequent to MissArnold's charge against where a boat-steerer was looking out, and shall ever feel grateful towards them, for the second mate, Capt. Haines applied to her sew a white streak nearly under the bow ol their kind sympathy and hospitality. for a circumstantial statement of what occurtbe ship. I said, "What is that?" and she red on board the Rainbow after her father's Very respectfully yours, struck with a terrible crash. She was going JAMES M. WORTH. death. The lady complied with his request at the rate of six and a half knots; but carimmediately, and her narrative was so well Apia, Upolu, March, 1849. ried away nothing except the fore-topsail and ably written, that it excited admiration sheets. She struck again, and rolled the lee Nautical Romance.—The following ro- on all sides. At her solicitation, her father's nil nearly under water. I ordered them to mantic story of real life is from the Bombay remains were preserved in a cask of spirits, haul up the mainsail, and let go the maintop- (East Indies) Telegraph and Courier: and were buried at Aden the dny after the gallant halyards. I could see no land, and "The Rainbow, .from Southampton to ship's arrival. She had always kept his acthe ship was laboring hard. I then gut the Aden, arrived there about the 16th ultimo.— counts. The second mate navigated the ship, men to clear away the larboard-quarter boat Capt. Arnold, her late commander, died ten but several of the crew knew the proper end told my mate to save her, if he could.— days before the ship reached that port, and course to Aden, and all his proceedings were I then ran to another boat, and, with the as- the chief mate was so habituated to drunken- narrowly watched." sistance of my second mate and boat-steerer ness, that he had been confined to his cabin reader's mind will be struck with got her clear, and jumped into her. 1 culled several times during the passage. The cap- theEvery remarkable good sense and presence of several by name to get into the boat with me, tain's daughter, about 10 years of age, was mind manifested by the heroine of this real but they refused; and, fortunately, we got on board, and after her father's death the romance. Two points are here admirably clear of the wreck. The mate called to me second mate, who had assumed the command, and said his boat was stove; but, shortly af- made a daring and insidious attempt to en- illustrated. 1. Property is not safe when ardent spirits ter, the ship's bow swung round, nnd left the tice the young lady and run away with the are used. •larboard quarter clear. They then lower- ship. She indignantly and successfully re- 2. A lady is not secure from insult, if comed ber, and fourteen men jumped into her, pelled all his base and dastardly attempts, pelled to associate with those whose minds end got clear of the wreck. I took five into and although suffering under a painful be- are under the influence of intoxicating drinks. my boat, which It-It the mate nine and my- reavement at once rushed on the quarter But are not "spirits" worth anything? O, self eight, and eight on board. About twen- deck and made a public appeal to the ship's yes, They are excellent lo preserve dead ty-five minutes afterwards, a dark rain squall crew, as British seamen, and threw herself bodies. Miss A. put them to this very use. came, and I lost sight of the boat and wreck; 'on their protection. This well-judged reso|C_/*"Ardent spirits keep alive dead bodies, and it was fifty-six hours before I found lier had the desired effect; the seamen kill living bodies! Let our spirit-drinkagain. The current being strong, took us 12 (except two of their number, who had been and readers ponder those facts. ing miles from the wreck, round the reef. At:Jed away by the second mate) declared, with daylight, I could see nothing but two small, that manly feeling which sailors so often dis- Important to Whalers.—We learn from islands and the reef, which we followed play, that they would to a man protect her the United States Consul at Cape Verd Isaround for about fifty miles, and found a land-jfrom all harm, and told the second mate nnd lands, that "By a late law passed by the ing place on the south side oftbe north-east-'their misguided shipmates in very plain terms, Portuguese Government, whaling ships are •m island; and, supposing we had been all that if m, the second mate, gave the slight- allowed to anchor in any of the eastom house around the reef, hauled up our boat. The est molestation to their late commander's ports nt the Cape Verd Islands, to trade for next day we searched for the wreck; but in daughter, they would pitch him overboard, refreshments, refit, repair, &c, free of port vein; nor could we get food or water on the and any one else who dared to follow his ex- charges, and remain four days, Sundays and holidays not included in the lay-days. After island. The next day we took our boat and ample should share the same fate. followed the reefaround on the inside; and, Miss Arnold then, with great presence of the four days have expired, they are charged after pulling eight miles, found the wreck, mind, begged the ship's company would grant as merchantmen. The passage of this law with her masts gone, sndthree men on board. her one especial favor. Her character, her will be of great convenience to our whaling It was difficult to board her; but, with as- manners, and the well-timed appeal which ships, as their custom is now to lay of}' ana sistance ofropes thrown to us, we succeed- she had already made, induced the crew to on, to avoid port charges, and send a boat in for what the/ require.—[Salem Register. ed, lution v: �79 THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. Census of the Hawaiian Islands—From Official Documents—Taken January, 1849. . v r«n Aggregate amount of each description of Persons included opposite. ISLAND. 3 a Q 27,204 2,726| 23,145 2,409| 18,671 1,619, 6,941 686 , IAWA1I, �AHU, MALES. FEMALES. 396 267 Under 17 years of age, 154 Of 17 and under 30, 3.429 412 52 Of 30 and under 50, 723 44 18 Of 50 and upwards, 528 5 47 IAUI, :auai, IOLOKAI, rilHAU, ANAI, 586 Total Aggregate, 180,641 7,9431,478 Total males, Excess ofmales, 3,143. 10,773. Under 17 years of age, 6,327 Of 17 and under 30, 10,819 Of 30 and under 50, 8,353 Of 50 and upwards, 9,593 5,719 9,696 8,121 36,272 33,128 Total females, 36,272 337 Blind, Deaf, Hilo, (not included) 144 8,972 Native population, FOREIGNERS. ... Unman ied, Living with foreign wives, Children, - Living with native wives, Half castes, Foreigners in Hilo, - - - Total foreigners, Natives, Grand total, 78,854 SCHOOLS, fkc. 409 133—266 239 313 471 59 Number of English Schools, Scholars, " of" High" Schools, Number «« Scholars, " "and common Number of primary Schools, Scholars, " ... 0 6 259 505 18,022 1,787 78,854 80,641 our judgment it deserves. It is thusalluded in a physical point of view upon the human Census of the Islands. In connection with the publication of the to in Jarves' history: "Great numbers ofrace, than the remarkable discrepancy of numbers between the children of missionacensus of the islands, recently made by pro- healthy Hawaiian youth have left in whale- ries and those ofthe chiefs, who are the most perly authorized officers of Government, we ships and other vessels and never returned. civilized among the Hawaiian population.— would offer a few remarks, and some statis- The number annually afloat is computed at Nine of the mission families number 59 chiltics respecting the decline of the aborigines;4,000. Atone time 400 were counted at1dren—an average of 6,5-9 to a family. 20 of the islands. This is probably the most Tahiti, 500 in Oregon, 51 at Paita, Peru, Hawaiian chiefs have but 19 children among them all. The mission families within less accurate census which has ever been made. besides unknown numbers in Europe and the than one generation have increased 175 per The estimate of Cook that, in 1779, there United States. Their wives and families,,cent. At the same ratio of increase, in 100 were 400,000, is generally believed to have left to provide for themselves, fall into vicious )years their descendants would number been mach too large. Jarves remarks in his habits, and both evils combined tend to di-'59,535." P. S.—Some months since the opinion was history that 300,000 would have been nearer minish the native population." in our columns that in no portion the truth. This one thing is very certain, It is certainly no source of astonishment advanced t there must have been a vastly larger number to us that the native population has rapidly of < Polynesia were the aborigines on the in< of people then, than now, or who cultivated diminished; our great wonder is that so ma- crease, but rather upon the rapid decrease. the thousands of acres of rich taro land now ny are left, as the late census indicates to belIn conversation recently with a gentleman lying waste, on all the islands? The travel- now living upon the islands. It should be ffrom Tahiti, we learn that according to a late ler need only visit such districts as Kan, borne in mind that last year was the "an-icensus of that island the natire population \ Waimea and Kohala, on Hawaii, and he will num mortuum," the year of death! Measles, was now increasing. As he walked oar infer that not four timesthe whooping-cough thrice, combined, and influenza streets he observed a if i readily striking contrast benumber of people must formerly have dwelt seemed to sweep the islands with the besom tween t the number of native children here and of death. Ten thousand would probably betthere. We should be glad to receive some upon the islands. The following statistics will show that the a low estimate for 1848 and 1849, which accurate data upon the subject, from the Rev. i J decrease has been rapid; population estima- those epidemics took away. Messrs Thompson, Howe, or other of the ted in 1823—142,050; and according to the In the present census, the total number!English missionaries resident at Tahiti. census of 1832—130,315; and according to of foreigners, including half-castes, is put down as 1,787. While the aborigines Fatal Accident.—We are sorry to learn the census of 1836—108,679. are diminishing, foreigners are increasing.'by a letter from Hilo, that a seaman by tbe The decrease appears to have been in proname of W. H. Gardner, of Providence. R. The following remarks of Mr. Jarves show j1., was drowned on the29th ult. at that place. gress almost from the very date of their dis] belonged to tbe whaleship Luminary, of covery, before as well as since the introduc- that the descendants of missionaries will un- He and was engaged at the falls of the 1 tion of the gospel. Our readers are aware doubtedly form no inconsiderable portion of Warren, Wailuku filling water for the ship, when in the future inhabitants of this group: of the ordinary causes assigned for thisrapid he unfortunately slipped and fell into the badecrease, but there is one which does not "No fact illustrates more* strongly the su- asin, and was drowned. His body baa not seem to have attracted the attention that in perior influences of enlightened Christianity been t recovered.—[Polynesian. . �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. 80 Navy, Norton, New Bedford; 46 in, 1100 wh; !<outl> Boston, Soale, Filrhavea; MO ip; 186" wh; Maria Tbereaa, Swift. New Bedford; MO sp: 1646 wb; Jeaai Baker, T Kinsley, J Uavanah, J While. E Fernanda, T Condor, Allen, New Bedford; 46 up; MOO wh; Wiama, A Strict, V Bums, J Taigeii, l> S Avery F II Hicks, Ontario, Payne, Sag Harbor; 80 sp; MOO wh; Trident, Taber, New Bedford; 2100 wh; Par Aaealaad, from retropaulaakt—J S II Knos, N L WilHerald, Mscomber, New Bedford; 180 sp; 1100 wh; Friend, Kobnrn, New London; 140rp; MOO wh; asssi. Far Louisa, fromSan Frencleco—P Ogden, J Crummrr. II Mogul. Hunter. New London; 100sp; 2300 wli; lpslllag. 0 II Main, J Sainpsnn, A O Thnrston, W. Uavls, Heroine, Wall, Fairhaven; 860 up; 1600 wh; J Smnaenburi. T. Feeay, W Aylell, J Turner, J William*. rtMeiilx, M'Lean, New Bedford; 8 0 ap; 1700 wh; T Stewart. U. Uodlle, W Oodlln, J Codlln, II Bennet. W Day. James Maury, Wheldon, New Bedford; 1600 wh; Par aegis, from San Fr.mclsco—Obed lluaakino, George Nitnrod, Sherman. New Bedford; 860 Kit; 600 wh; Hellaed, and ISaatlvea. WilliamC Nye, ltoee. New London; ITOO wh. Just Krri'ved and for Sale Oct 29—Bk Shepherdeee, Benjamin, Myatio, IS mos out. 1400 whale. AT THE CHAPLAIN'S STUDY, a new and Milton, .Smith, N B, 26 mos out, lm.O sperm. ao -Indian Chief, Bailey, New Loudon, 28 mos out, 00 a*, Ibeautiful assortment of BIBLES in the English Lan2200 whale. guage. They are bound in various styles, and can be Ohio, Norton, Ml, 12moa out, 2 >o sp, 1800 wh. PORT OF HONOLULU. hod at prices varying from 37 1-2 cents, to 57,00 per Isaac Mowland, West, NB, 16mos out. 14uap. 1860 wh. 81—Gov Troup,Coggeahall, NII, 26 mos out, 6isp2B.u wh icopy. lihramin, Butts, Nil, 23 mos out, 160sp, 260 wh. Arrived. \Xy Scnmen, and others, are informed that at the Nov 1 -Clematis, Bellow*. ML, 12 mos out, 64 sp, 12IHI wh. Oct IS—Am wh ship Gideon ilowland, Cash, N Bd, 27 mo's 2—Tuscarora, Leake, Coidspring, 18 mos out, T>,u wh. same place may be found Bibles printed in the follow•at, 100ap B*oo wh. sp, mos out llou America, Adams, NB, 12 wh. ing languages: German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, 19(0 wli. 131 Am wh ah Hodman, Allen, N Bd, 23 m ool,2tlosp Cavalier, Dexter, Htonington, 13 mos out, iOu sp- 1600 wh. French, Spanish and Portuguese. "• 17—Br mer brig Louisa, MiHon, 21 days fm Francisco. ship B—Merch San Francisco Russell, Coleman, fm St—Am wh ah Pioneer, Halhaway, N Ad, in in out. 175 sp KutusoflT, Bloeum, NB, 16 mo*out, 80 bo 10 0 wh. N. B —Portuguese seamen are .especially notified, KWOwh. that they enn obtnin copies of the Holy Scriptures in Two Brothers, Jenny. N 11,26 mos out, 560sp 100/ wh, ds Frnndeco. fl scar Carolina, Cole, 21 fin SP—Haw Abigail, Young, NH. 44 mos out, 6 0 sp. the old and new Testaments. 30—Am brtganline Veloa, Hem, 17 ds fm dm... 2200 Am schr Anglona,Barico, 14 da fm ban Francisco. wh. #*» It is left volitntHry with senmen whether they Am wk sh India, Swift, N Bd, 14 m out, 100 sp receive a copy of the Bible as a gift, or pay the whole A* »k Harvest, Lake), F 11, 39 in out, 650 sp 1800 wh. Felropaulaski ds 22 Jennings, mer tut 11—Am hk Auckland. PORT OF HILO. or a part of its value Money received from the sale ■r brig Reg la, Jnliiisuu. 18 ds fm 8 1rancitco. of Bibles is appropriated to the purchase of new supMsrv, Mlddletou, N 1,, 26 ni out. 110 Am wh ak George tf plies. Arrived. sp t***wh. 25 100 S|i m Sherman, out, sh Huntress, lid, N Am wk Sept 23 Am shfp Sylph, Gardner, Fairhaven, 12 10 pp. •HOOwk. Oct B—Am ship Warren, Evan*. Warren; 1 too wh. Information Wanted. Bremen wh ah Republic, Austin, 10 in mil, 75 >p 2400 wh. 9—Am ship Zephyr. Sherman. New Bedford; 76' sp. Am wh ah N V Talluiadje, Mulford, Coldspriug, 13 m out, I —Am ship Kutusoff, Blocum. New lledtbrd; 1 00 wh. When thc"Htintsvil!e."of Cold Spring, left the IT. lt&Owk. 26—Am ship Champion, Cott. New Bedford; 600 wh. S., in the full of 1847, her shipping articles contained No* I—Am wh ah Tobacco Plant, Allen, N B, 37 m out, Oct26-Uood Return, Cook: NB:4siep 175<J wh. »oo lp sou wh. the name of "John Stuart." It is supposed this name Norton: Warren: 40 m ap. 9 wh. 27—Luminary, wus assumed forthat of "Thomas Shei-hekd." Said Am wh ah Liverpool, Tripp, N Bd, 27 m nut, 50 sp 2000 wh. IW—Monticello, Folgcr: Nantucket: 17<m ftp. Am wh hk Prudeut, Nash, 16 in out. 2UOO wh Richard Mitchell, M'Cleave: Nantucket: 600 up. John Smart left the Httntsville at Holinrt Town, New Am wh sh Hrookline, Jeffrey, N L, 14 in nut, 100 sp 1000whsp Washington, Corwin: Satf Harbor; 6 -u wh. South Wales. Should this notice fall under his eye, Am wh bk Fkilip 1, Woodruff, Green Port, 13 in out, 120 1000 wk. he is earnestly requested to communicate with Mr. 26 Port, out, ship Green Neva, Case, N»* I—Am wh m John Shepherd, of Patterson, N. J. Should John StuFOREIGN MEMORANDA. 1600 wh. art, alias Thomas Shepherd, visit Honolulu, let him 5—Am wh bk Le Grange. Dexter. F 11, SI m oul, 300 sperm tf 1200 wh. Arrivals and departures at the Port of Petro- not fail to call at the Chaplain's study. Ae> ahlp Tenedoa, Cnmstock, N L, 27 in out, 1500 wh. 1849. paulaski, Kamschatka, £7"*The above notice has attracted the attention of An ah Nile, Uaae, Green Port, 14 m oul 1950 wh. June2-Bremen ship Ram**, Musing: last from (mam: 86 a man on board the Huntress of New Bedford, who Am *h Tuscany, Halaev, 8 H, 26 in out, 20U sp 800 wh. imiK out, 1600 bbls, 11th sailed for Bherring'* Straits. Bremen ah Clementine, llaahagen, 36 in nut, 4600. asserts that a Thomas Shepherd shipped on hoard the 7—Danish mer schr, Emmy, Neal, 18 da from Tahiti, mdi to 11—Am ship James Maury, Wbeldon: last from Talcahua- Huntress in N. B, in Sept 1847, and left her in Honono: 6 mos out, clean. 23 sailed for Bherring's Straits. It Skinner 4 Co. Amslgp More*. Wyatt: last from Guiuii: 2 i mos out, 166:. lulu in Nov. 1848, and went on board the Angelina of Am ah Gov Troup, Coggeshall, N Bd, 26 m oul, 30 sperm Bherring's for Straits whale, 6 sperm. 23 sailed 17*0 wh. Havre, bound for that port. He reported that he was Am ship Two Brothers, Jenny: last from lihn: 21 mo* Am ak Levant, Lnwen, 8 11, 24 m nut, 2000 wh. bound home. I—Am brlgantnie Bobt Bruce, Dokcndorf, 17 da from Baa out: 66 sp. 6." wh. 23 sailed lor Bherring's Straits. 22—Kng schr Nancy Dawson, Sneddon: from China. B'ld Praacteeo. July 2. The Friend, sent Abroad. ■ailed. 26-H B Ma ship Herald. Kellett: 86. ds fm Oaliu. Sailed Any person, by paying the annual subscription price July 26 for Icy Cape in search of the I'lover. Oct Bo—Am wh ah Mneievnn*. Tower, f.ir Sydney. July 21—Am ship India.Miller: from Ochotsk sea: 26 mos of the Friend, ($1.50) in advance, can Nov 2—Am ah Lagona, Swain, for N Bedford. havethc paper out. «2»0 wh, 17.1 sp. B'ld Aug 9 for Onhu. Am ah Montpeller, Young, fnr N B'd. Keag. Aug 8 Kr ship Elizabeth, Damarreecje. last from Ochotsk sent, by the earliest opportunity, to any port in the sh llong mer lleher. for Patterson, S—Am or Pacific, any part of to of the U. States sea. 23.vi bbls—ln distress, having been ashore on one the or England. Am ah Julian, Taber. lo cruise. Kurill islands, was obliged to discharge and heave down to N. B.—By paying the additional sum of 50 cents, Br schr Amnion, Howell, for New Zealand. repair—which being completed aid Sep 23 lor Oaliu or Tahiti. the paper will be sent for one year to the U. States, via *—Preach ah Manrh. Gllles. Sept 11—Am shin Maria Theresa. Swift: fm Japan sea: 21 T—Aiaak N, P. Tallmadge, Mulford, to craiet. mos out: 1600 wh. 2 sp—put in on account of indisposition California and Panama Postage on papers to private persons must be pre-paid. The Friend, being a month28sld forOaliu. ofCaptSwift Spoken. 13-Ambk Lagrange, Dexter. 60 mos out: 1706 bbls. 28 ly sheet, and containing a full report of Marine IntelliOa law litn Oct, by the Veto*, Cap't Bent, Am l>ng Cnao- sailed for Oahu. gence, will be found a useful and cheap method of aleae, fm Boston, 260 da nut, withpasaengcrs for 8 Krauciaco. 16—Am ship Phceniz, M'Lean: last fm Japan sea: 25 mos UIN°N, Lon 133- 30> W. out: 17on wh, 460 sp—crew sick with scurvy. 28 sld tr Oahu. communication with the mercantile community in Eu24—Brem sh Hansa, Musing: fm Bherring's SU: 22 obbls rope and the United States. tf this season—reports the whaling fleet doing well. Oct 7 aid OF LAHAINA. PORT for Oahu. PASSENGERS. par Vela*, from San FraMeaco—B II Rirhsrdaon, S Itrnrjr, , MARINE JOURNAL. * ' . * - — . for > — . ... Information Wanted. Taunton, Oct. 21,1848. Dear Sir— I write at the suggestion of Mr. Josephut Oct 9—Seise, Sloctiin, NB, 70 sp, 1800wb Edoenb a native of the state o Lewis, Respecting Skinner, of Norton, respecting his son, who sailed from Chandler l'rloe,Taber. N B, 2200 wh; New Jersey, U S. A. If alive he is now 46 years of Bristol, It. I, on a whaling voyage, in the capacity of Bk Newburyport, Lester, rjtoniurtoii. 60 sp, 2HO wh, 11—Mary ft oaaan, l'enJleton, Monigton. 40 rp, 8200 wh; age. A report has reached his father, residing in Mor- carpenter, on board the ship Chariot, of Bristol, someIS—Kocnan, Blaoknun, N B, 200 ap, 2800 wh; riatown. N. J., that Eugene may be still alive and re- time in 1844. Prom the best accounts that we can get Merrlßnac, Dams, Kaw Loudon, 60 ap, IBM wh of the information Any Pacific. that in siding ship some he left in April, 1845. and when last heard part 14-Bk Hvest, Ballley X B. 800 sp, l86u; Hcaanaa, Benjamin, N L. 1100 wh; will be thankfully received, t'f made to the Editor of from was at some of the Sandwich Islands. We want 18 Zephyr, Sherman, N B, i6O sp; Friend, and communicated to an anxious parent. to learn something of his whereabouts, if he is living, the 80—Staperior, Sloan, N L, «S0 wh; and if not, where and at what time he died. He was Made*, EJdredge, N B, WO sp, 1600 wk. Religious' Books. subject to fits. J»«*..uu,Smith. Sag Harbor, 8800 was War—a, Kvaa*. Warren, MOO wh. K7" The Seamen's Chaplain has just received an Will you write what information you may have or ewMrtlll, AaatJn, Bremen, 76 sp, 2400 wh: Boor iota X Whitney. Mall, fm California excellent assortment of Books published by the Amcr can get concerning him (hisname is Josephut A. Skin(MM, Hath*way,Btoalngton, 100 sp, 1060 wh, icon Tract Society, including nearly all of their stand- ner)—whether you ever knew or heard of such a per600 Howlaad, Akraaa II fisher, N B, 20 ap, wk, ard publications. These books are beautifully bound, son, or not—and if he is there, to use your influence NL, 100 ap. 166.. wh; JesTr—,Went. 6—ar. Kajaa. and will be sold at an advance on the New York prices to have him return. By doing so, you will serve the Waatport; no report, tS-Mk cause of humanity and relieve an anxious family. OM BMt, m*b-. rkirhavra. 000 sp; only sufficient to cover the expenses. Maw am«jllj.( WU—a, H L, MOO wh; (L7*l* the collection will be found some new and Direct to Josephua Skinner, Norton, Mast. Mar*ta,tU*»h, M B. lio *p!_*o wh; Respectfully, your friend, tf instructive books for children. Bk fortaa., WoedbrUtg. "n B, MOO wh; _______-_——__ .— at C. A HOCK Mm— Thisap***, Holm. > L. MOO wk; Rev. S C. Damon, Sandwich Islands. B**tM_4;»lo«_,Chßp»l .ML, 8100 wh; Letter* U7"The Editor cannot, at present, furnish the deHave recently been received by the Chaplain for sired k information. Any information respecting the W. 8 Collins, schr. Indiana, Capt. Crosb*; Mr. Dareferred to, will be duly communicated if made vid Hillson, formerly painter in Honolulu, but who person Hothmpont. «aia»arlnr, Myotie, ttep; 600 wh, tf left on board a vessel bound to Callao ; Capt. H. Al- to the Seamen's Chaplain, Honolulu. llaatt—i,Btaru_n, M B, 1* ap, nhJOwh; len, ship Condor; Mr. Israel Horseley, Condor; Mr n ■«*_■ Caroline fm Saa Francleoo. The Friend, Bonad. Jaj}e>Peter Ludlow, Margaret; Mr. Stmt, formerly Bound volumes Margaret,Falea. Hewpert; htaaga—t Soott, Lao*. X B: no report; of the Friend, for one, or more yean, romper in Honolulu, but now supposed to be iv California; Mr. Samuel Rawson, watch-maker, now at the can be obtained at Rev. T. Coan.t, Hilo; Rev. TE. mines; Mr. Jacob P. M. Mead, ship Dromo ; and Mr. Taylor's, Lahaina; and the Chaplain', ttudv, Houoluia. Mat***, (Mtora, Faari—an, 660 sp; 800 wh. Jercmuth Varney, Honolulu 1/ , ArriTSMj. Information Wanted, - ■—- w&«fe».. i ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1849) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1849.11.15 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849.11.15 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/b1be7c184a4a29d8899fc0ce90ba78ec.pdf 249b1d3292e6d09c890d19de66eed579 PDF Text Text FRIEND. THE HONOLULU, DECEMBER 1, 1849. 81 Vol. 7. No. 11 tributaries, empties into Suisoon, or Son ientering the river, we very soon found ourBay. This river is very winding, iselves soiling up a stream about two hunFrancisco Or THE FRIEND, DEC. 1, IMS, deep and having a Page. 81-83 being at least twice the length of a straight idred yards wide, quite Interior cf Alia California, The Trials of Ship-routers, 84 line drawn Irom its hend waters to its mouth. slight current. On both sides were immense 84 I believe on all the tributaries of thisstream, marshes covered with tules or large rushes, The asih of Novemlir, 86 An Eye to Comfort and Health, • 85 which flows from the California mountains, growing from ten to fifteen leet in height. Return of the Massachusetts, , 85 or the Sierra Nevnda range, gold has been Low willows, bushes, and other plants, such Speculating Mania, Foreign Items, 85 discovered. The river Stanislnus is a tribu- as grow in low and marshy places were every 86 The Largest Merchant Vessel afloat, 87 tary of the San Joaquin. It is upon thie where to be seen. From the deck of the Religious Character of J. Q.Adams, Loss of Ship Niphon, 87 river that some of the richest mines are now vessel it was possible to obtain only a nar88 found. To correspond lo Ihe San Joaquin, row prospect. With a fine breeze from the Deaths, Donations, Shipping News. the Sacramento flows from the north, rising N. W. we made rapid progress up the river. in the range of mountainous country lying •isih. Last evening we came to anchor, between California and Oregon. The vast as it would be quite impossible to navigate regions drained by these rivers and their this river in the night. But Oh ! the musnumerous branches, forms the immense ba- quetoes ! Never could persons be more anthe Sandwich Islands to Lower A Trip from sin of Upper California. All the rivers and noyed. There was but little sleep on board. and California. Upper Oregon streams flowing from the western slope of In the morning our mate was found to be so Leaves selected from "Our Log Book." the Sierra Nevada range, and the eastern much poisoned, and swollen' by the effect of slope of the Coast range, empty their waters the musquetoes that he was unable to reday we XXV.—INTERIOR OF ALTA CALI- into the magnificent Bay of San Francisco, main on duty. During the entireThe feaand from thence find a passage into the Pa- sailed through the Tule-marshes. FORNIA. so far a9 tures of the country remaining the same. intention, It was my Arrival cific ocean. San Joaquin An Excursion up the at Stockton Description of the town Sab- 1 was able in a few weeks, to travel suffiArrival at Stockton,—29fA. About two The ciently over this country to obtain a tolera- o'clock, to-day, we reached (he thriving town bath— Journey to Sutter's Fort Fourth of July Visit .Mormon Islands," bly correct idea of the portion of our coun- of Stockton. It is a city of tents, there bemonths assumed ing only two wooden buildings in the place. " The Mills,'land "Kanaka Diggings "— try which has within a few Return to Sacramento City Tnp down the so much importance in a political and com- The site of the town is well situated on a mercial point of view. I now refer you to slough, (as it is called,) of the San Joaquin. Sacramento Rtter Remarks. These sloughs are quite remarkable and pethe The following letter is essentially copy tny journal. An Excursion up San Joaquin. —June 27th, culiar. The one upon which Stockton is of one which I wrote from Benicia, to a Wednesday. This morning embarked on situated, is several miles in length, being friend in the United. States, after my return board a small schooner bound up the San very deep and varying from 100 to 200 from an excursion through the interior of to Stockton. After passing through yards in width. It will admit vessels of Joaquin Upper California :— Suisoon Bay, our vessel entered the river. 300 or 400 lons, which can come along the U. S. Propeller, Massachusetts, ) We passed the " New York of the Pacific," bank. Never could nature have formed Benicia, U. C, July 17, 1849. J on our left. This is the site for a city lying more admirable docks. Goods are easily Dear Sir,—In my last communication for- near the union of the waters of the Sacra- landed upon the bank and removed elsewarded from this place about three weeks mento and San Joaquin. It has been sur- where. • It is only a few months since the since, I endeavored to keep you duly in- veyed and laid out. In the California pa- place begun to be built upon and now lots" formed of my peregrinations down to my ar- pers "lots" are now offered for sale, but are selling from $300 to $5000, a piece. rival in California. Since that date, I have as yet only a solitary dwelling, snd that a Hither resort, for supplies, the miners now made an excursion into thel interior of tie miserable structure, marks the spot ! But in digging upon the tributaries of the San Joacountry, having travelled, by land and wa- these days there is no predicting how soon a quin. ter, about five hundred miles, and endeavored stirring town may be there located.* On 30th. To-day became acquainted with to make myself acquainted with the natural The truth of the opinion expressed in the above some of the inhabitants of the town. Mr. features of the country,:its inhabitants, its remarks respecting the possibility that the " New Belt, the Alcalde kindly furnished me lodgmining characteristics, and future prospects. York of tbe Pacific," might soon become a flourishing ings at his store. 1 learned that a clergyconfirmed by the followiM- notice of the man had never spent a Sabbath in the town. I wos about eighteen days, during which town, is which 1 copy from the " Pachfc News," pubplace, a civilized" bed but period I slept in lished in San Francisco. Bept. 29, just three months New Bedford, and one ether name not recollected, once, seldom enjoyed the luxury of a chair, after I passed the site of the proposed city: and arrangements have been made for ten other Teasels and otherwise accommodated myself to the New York or thb Pacific—Since our last no- to go there in the coarse of the next week, betides strange scenes of this strange country. tice of this beautiful site for a large city, we are nrt- which a Post Moire has been established which is called the Junction Post Office. This name is given that it is going ahead with rail-road speed. Thinking you might be interested in a nar- viscd from thence to Sacra- in consequence of its being the point where toe exrative of my rambles, I shall furnish a suc- There is now established and Sitter cities, a regular line of steamers, change of mails which leave San Francisco. Sacracinct diary of events. 1 will, however, pre- Imcnto and there if a line river steamer building here by ;mento and Sutter cities, and Stockton, at the same face these notes of the journey, by a few Cu;it. Blair of the U. 8. Navy, that will be put upon time will he made. A large hotel will be immebuildings in addition remarks upon the general outlines of the the same route within twenty days ; another ia build-1 diately commenced, and other by the company of ito those already erected, are going up at various country through which I have passed.— ing at New York of the Pacific, in the town; and the piles of brick and lumber ship Mayflower, which will be ia operation within points j About twenty miles above Benicia, or fifty the the same time for the river San Joaquin. There are on the banks, indicate rapid and prominent improvemiles from the ocean, the rivers Sacramento now lying alongside the banks of this new city, seven iment. The proprietors it will be seen by their advertiseand San Joaquin unite in Suisoon Bay, be- •hips of the largest claas, none drawing less than twelva, and most of them sixteen feet of water. The iment, by handbills and papers, oner moat liberal ing a part of the great Bay of San Francis- Sabina. Capt. Green, of Sag Harbor ; Audley Clark, Iterms to settlers who will make improvements,and as co. The San Joaquin river rises in about importance is daily becoming more maniCapt. Dennia, of Newport, B, I.; Mayflower, Capt. its 1 growing the 36 ° of Latitude, and taking a north- Hicks, of N«w Bedford, Lenark, Capt Woodbnry of Ifest, investments made there must be very ptowesterly direction, being -fed by numerous Boston; Henry Lee, of New York, Obid Mitchell of ductivc. Contents - THE FRIEND. — — " —— — — — " " — — < i • �82 %E FRIEND, DECEMBER 1, 1849. The inhabitants never bad a sermon preach- and died. His remains were found exposed Fuit, situated on the South Fork. The ed in their midst On making known that I by the road side, and at a short distance a weather was warm and the road very dusty. was a clergyman, arrangements were madej bottle. Some friendly stranger had dug On my arrival I was kindly welcomed to the for holding services on board a vessel now him a grave, and there was the little hillock tent of Mr. Brinsmade and Mr Calkin, genused as a store-ship, and moored alongside in the midst of the prairie. I know not tlemen, whom I had known at the Islands. the bank. when I have passed the grave of a fellow They with a company of young men, are July. 1. Sabbath. mortal with more sad emotions. testing the qualities of a machine conAt the appointed hour a respectable auThe country between Stockton and Sut- structed on the "rocking" principle and dience assembled; to which I endeavored to ter's Fort, is very level, and dry. A part similar to those used in the gold mines of preach from the words of Paul recorded in of the distance the traveller passes through Virginia. They were employing quicksilver Oalatians 6th chapter, 7th and Bth verses. extensive " oak openings," Weary and sun- to collect the particles of gold. 1 was glad I am satisfied that to many it was most burnt, we arrived at the Fort, about 12 to perceive that they were encouraged to agreeable once more to hear the sound of a o'clock, having rode nearly seventy miles hope their machines would nut prove a failminister's voice proclaiming the gospel. since 3 o'clock, of the previous afternoon.— ure, as a multitude of other contrivances, Some had not heard a sermon before for July ilh : —The morning was ushered in had proved. * years. After the services, I endeavored to with the firing of cannon and crackers. It The implements of old aud practical explain the nature of my duties as a Sea- had been reported that Col. Fremont, Hon. miners, are exceedingly silwple. It is a fact man's Chaplain, and make known what our T. B. King, and other distinguished visitors that an Oregonian with a hammer, axe, and Society was endeavoring to do for the sea- would probably be present on the occasion. saw, can in a i'ew hours construct a good faring population. I heard one of the mer- In this respect there was a general feeling machine for collecting gold. The old fashchants remark that it had really been one of disappointment. The Day however must ioned New England baby-cradles, could, in a of the quietest sabbaths he had witnessed not be passed unnoticed. Arrangements few minutes, he converted into machines in Stockton. I am satisfied that a faithful were made for public addresses in the Oak for washing gold. Should the " Patent Baminister of the gospel would be well re- Grove lying between the Fort, and Sacra- by-Jumpers" with elastic suspenders, superceived by the inhabitants of this growing mento City. At 1 o'clock, a numerous au- cede the cradles of olden times, some specutown. dience assembled when the following order lating Yankee might make his fortune, in shipping " old cradles," to California. If Journey to Sutter's Fort:—July '2d. Made ofexercises was observed :— he should chance to send his merchandize preparations to leave for Sutter's Fort, by Prayer, by Rev. S. C. Damon. land, a distance of seventy miles. A large Reading vf the Declaration of Indepen- at the favorable moment he micjht accumulate a fortune rivalling that of " Lord Timothy business is daily transacted in Stockton, dence, by Mr. Mc Lellan. Dexter" of Newhuryport, the exporter of probably not less than from $50,000 to Oration by. Dr. Deal. warming pans to the West Indies ! 100,000. Vessels are daily arriving and Address, by Hon. Mr. Gwinn. departing ; teams are daily leaving for the Almost every state of the Union, and I found a company working at Morman mines ; hundreds of mules and pack-horses part of the world had its representatives on Island, endeavoring to turn the current of the river and lancying that when this should may be seen at almost any hour departing that occasion. for El dorado. A daily line of stages is Towards evening, in strolling among the be done, they would gather an immense now established to the mines, a distance of trees, which occupy the site of Sacramento quantity of the precious metal in the bed of ninety miles. It was 3 o'clock, P M., be- City,'l chanced to fall upon the temporary the old stream. They may bo successful ! The Mills. —July 7th. Left Morman fore I was able to leave, in consequence of abode of Prof. F. Shepherd, formerly conHisIsland early this morning for the " Mills" nt the of Natural called to attend of nected with department the funeral a Mr. being Shaw, who died the day before. I had tory and Chemistry, in a college in Ohio. Coloma, the spot where the gold of Califorvisited him during his sickness, and learned He had just finished a cup of the beverage nia was first discovered. On my arrival was that he was a native of Plymouth, Mass, and of China, and I spent a most agreeable hour kindly welcomed by the Rev. Mr Roberts, had been discharged a few months pre- with him conversing about the physical fea- tho Superintendant of the Methodist Misviously from the Whale Ship " South Ameri- tures of the country. Prof. S. is exploring sion. He was then eudeavoring to establish ca" at Lahaina. Agreeable to a previous the country, but with genuine Yankee spirit, a Methodist Church. I was glad to learn arrangement, about ten or twelve miles is determined to pay his way ! So having that success will evidently crown his efforts. from Stockton, I joined a party bound to purchased an ox-team, he is engaged in the A "class" has already been organised, Sutter's Fort, to spend the 4th of July. We transportation of goods from Sacramentoi Mr. Roberts accompanied me through the met at Dr. labell's. He is a nativeof Ohio, City to the " Mills." He remarked that; busy and thriving village of Coloma, to the and graduate of Western Reserve College. his last trip produced a profit of $400, above mill-race where only fourteen months, since His lady furnished us a most excellent din- his expenses ! Teaming is more profitablei a few small lumps of gold were found. Oh! the mighty movement throughout our globe ner, and supper ! We rode about six miles thanLecturing ! further this afternoon, and then stopped for July 5. In visiting the landing, at Sacra- which that discovery has already produced ! the night, but alas, our condition was dis- mento City, I chanced to fall in with a mi- It has turned the attention of the civilized tressing. Musquetoes had no mercy. I am ner, recently arrived. I learned that in a world upon California. satisfied it would have been difficult for the month he had collected $1,500, worth of July 8. The Rev. Mr. Roberts preached good old Monk spoken of in the chronicles gold. This man was formerly a miner in in the morning an eloquent sermon from of Brazil, to have given thanks for the crea- North Carolina, where one pennyweight, Galatians, 6 ; 14, and in the afterpart of the tion of Musquetoes, if he had suffered what per diem, was considered as doing well, but day I endeavored to preach from the memowe suffered that night. My kind host fur- in the California mines the average amount rable words of our Saviour, "There is joy nished me with the best lodging in his gathered by those who labor diligently is in the presence of the angels of God over power, being a well covered western wag- nearly one ounce. Not a few far exceed one sinner that rcpenteth." During the ingon, but the night slowly wore away, and I that amount, while many are discouraged terim of public worship the Sacrament of the started with the dawn, upon a fleet Califor- and disheartened, obtaining scarcely enough Loid's supper was administered by Brother Here we had the pleasure of nia steed, which took me rapidly over the to pay their board. I have met with many Roberts. prairie, at the rate of nine miles an hour. who have forsaken the mines, in disgust, for spending the Sabbath with Capt. Gelston, of We stopped to breakfast with a Mr Mur- mining in California is hard work, severely the barque Whiton, whose name is so inphey, a native of the Emerald Isle, who testing the patience, energy, and constitu- timately associated with efforts in behalf of has been several years in California, and tion of the miners. As many are unsuccess- Seamen, in the city of New York. gathered around him large herds of horses ful, as successful. Probably no class of mi- Kanaka Diggings. —July 9. Left this mornand cattle. ners have succeeded better than the Orego- ing in company with Brother Roberts, to the encampment of Sandwich Islanders, one crossing In prairie, about twenty nians. They are hardy and industrious. visit while he would proceed to Sacramento City. with Mountains, crossed the Rocky Having miles in width, I found but little to attract the attention, except a solitary grave, in their families, they know by experience, About 10 o'clock I arrived at the " digSince my return to Honolulu, I have learned nearly the middle of the prairie. It was what it is to labor, and to labor hard. good authority, that the machines imported by that of a poor way-faring man, who attemptMormon bland, July, 6. Started this upon Mr Brinsmade, fully meet his expectations, and that ed to cross the prairie a-foot, and alone. morning to visit the mines at "Mormon Is- he has succeeded remarkably well in disposing of the Weary, sick and exhausted, he laid down land." About twenty-five mile* from the same. — — �THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 1, 1849. 83 ginfs" of a compuny from the Islands. It||of California which I have yet travelled do reason, other nations would not allow forwas exceedingly pleasant to be welcomed by il find any considerable portion adapted to eigners to work in their mines, and why many whom 1 had known at the Islands, and, farming purposes according to a Yankee's should Americans allow it ? Another ground some of whom were from Honolulu. As, jideas. The immense ranges of hills and of this prejudice, is the fact, that many forthere had been much difficulty between 'mountains are coveted with a species of wild eigners came to work under leaders. They at most seasons an ex- bring their supplies and expect to leave in a Americans and foreigners at other places, 11oats which furnishes was desirous of cautioning the Hawuiians cellent fodder for herds of horses and cattle. few months, having no intention of becoming to be upon their guard and not to give offence It is the opinion of some that the extensive citizens of the United States. The moveto Americans. 1 invited all to assemble, title marshes will eventually be drained nnd ment has already commenced, to compel when about 75 made their appearance near,.converted into rice-fields. This however them to leave the mines. Meetings among not take place until the mines cease to American miners have been held, and resoa beautiful spring and under some excellent, such rich products as are now gathered. lutions passed, strongly urging the point, that shade trees. There 1 endeavored to explain'lyicld to them the causes of the difficulties between] Remarks. —In travelling through the coun- no foreigners he allowed to work in the Americans nnd foreigners. They had some try I have met scores of seamen with whom mines. Such a meeting had been held at the very sensible enquiries to make. 1 informed I hud become acquainted while at Honolulu. "Mills" just before my visit. It has resulted them that in the morning 1 should start, and [ was cordially welcomed, although in more in that quarter of breaking up one encampshould ho happy to take letters to their friends' than a single instance they exclaimed " you ment of Chilians. A committee of Ameriat the Islands. Before 1 left, a mail of some are the last man that we expected to see at cans visited the camp and warned them off, twenty letters was made up. I was most the mines." A few words of explanation limiting the period they would be allowed to kindly entertained during my slay among were however sufficient to set the matter remain, to twenty-four hours. Before the them. While there I was grieved to wit- tight. There are vast numbers of seamen period elapsed all had quietly withdrawn. A ness a man of my own color, an American,; now digging in different parts of the mines, party of Chilians had re-crossed the South yes, and one who was an educated man—a which still keeps the price of wages very Fork, and were encamped at the " Mills.' receive from flow extensive the movement will become, jawycr—engaged in the abominable and de- high. Ordinary seamen now and the wages oi it is impossible now to foresee, but it is my per month, with these to $150 $-200, traiiic of ardent spirits, testable impression that erelong none but American few Sandwich Islanders. I felt indignant, [officers tire in proportion. It is now exceedand could not but express my mind to the ingly dillicult to engage seamen on board citizens will be found, at work, in the mining man. He replied, "Ifl do not sell, others vessels hound to foreign ports. One thou- districts. will." This old, and stale plea of the rum- sand dollars are offered sailors to ship on Some things exceedingly pained me, as I seller, was all he had to offer. I was glad board vessels bound to the States, but they mingled among the miners, and one was th'e to learn thut a majority of the Hawaiinntl will Dot ship. Vessels are deserted soon af- general prevalence of the impious practice of were true to their tee-total principles, while ter they come to anchor, unless the wages profane swearing. It appears to me, that I those who were seduced had been long upon of seamen are immediately raised. It is never heard so much profane swearing in the same length of time, as during my late tour. the coast and away from missionary influ- quite impossible to foresee any material ences ! It was gratifying to learn that these change in this order of things. It would be Drinking spirituous liquors is also woefully people regularly assembled upon the Sabbath unreasonable to expect a change until the prevalent. Men too, are engaged in the for Divine Service, which was conducted by mines are exhausted, or the value of gold traffic of strong drink, from whom better two of their number, well established in the depreciates. That the latter result will not things were to be expected. Most sincerely take place for years is quite certain, and to I hope that the late emigrations from New faith. From this place I hastened my return to expect the mines are to be exhausted, is out England will exert a salutary influence This may throughout the territory. , Sacramento City, situated at the juncture oii of the question, for the present. the Sacramento river and its branch, calledI not appear so manifest to an observer at a It is however to be feared that vast multithe American Fork. It is a rising city andI distance, but it is quite clear to any one up- tudes of young men will sadly degenerate in elapse morals, by coming to this country. I witness place of much business. Lots are now sell- ■ on the -spot. Very many years mustCaliforscenes almost daily that are sad. It does ing at enormous prices. Should the mining before gold will cease to be dug in business continue, Sacramento city will be- nia. Mines that were worked last year are seem so strange that men, young and old, came one of the most prominent places ini now being worked over, and the present can think to trample upon the laws of God "raise," (to use a miner's term) is nearly with impunity. It is exceedingly gratifying Upper California. to that of last year. The mining that good and faithful ministers of the gospel 11. Emequal Sacramento. —July down the Trip barked this morning to descend the Sacra- country cannot be said to be yet explored. are directing their steps to this country.— mento river. We were four days in reach- Parties on exploring expeditions are now Although wickedness may abound, yet it is ing Benecia. This river far exceeds the penetrating the mountains in all directions. an encouraging field oflabor. Men are wilSan Joaquin in beauty, and its adaptation toII recently heard, upon undoubted authority ling to listen to a preached gospel, and in navigation. It is much wider and its banks, of one party which has been successful in many instances, even those, whose practice instead of presenting an unvarying Monoto- discovering a very rich spot. They keep it was any thing but what it should be, express ny of rushes, are beautifully adorned with a secret, going and returning from it under a strong desire to have ministers of the gospel located among them There are to be stately forest trees. The sycamore, the! cover of darkness. willow, the cotton wood, skirt the banks. It I was greatly surprised at the order and found many good men in California, who do may be said, in truth, that both rivers are quietness that reign in the mining districts not yield to the current of wickedness. I now alive with numerous vessels, of various) which I have visited, and I learn that this is hope their number is rapidly increasing.— sizes, from a whale boat, to the bark of 300I generally the fact throughout the whole place. They, as well as their unscrupulous neightons. They are continually ascending deep- An occasional disturbance will occur, which bors, need the prayers of God's people in ly burdened with freight and their decks cov- will be reported in the papers, and from that their behalf. From the prayer-meeting, the ered with men eager to make their fortunesi the inference be drawn that such is generally family altar, the house ofGod, and the chamat the mines. As the emigrant ships arrive i the case, which is very far from being true. ber of secret devotion let supplications and at San Francisco, if they draw over twelvei Personal property is much respected. Should prayers be incessantly offered for the people or fifteen feet of water, the passengers hast- a thief be caught, he is whipped, perhaps of this land. Hundreds and thousands of en on board some small vessel bound up fined, and immediately sent out of the mining men are here strongly tempted to evil, and many will inevitably fall unless the grace of either the Sacramento or San Joaquin river. country, These small vessels are now engaged in ai At the present time, there exists a very God interpose. Good men will come forth strong prejudice against foreigners, among as gold purified in the furnace; hypocrites most profitable business. After an absence of nearly three weeks, the Americans. Mexicans, Peruvians and and false-professors will sink; while it should during which period I have experienced in- Chilians, are especially subject to this pre- be the prayer of all good people that many conveniences not a few, as a traveller, I was judice. I took some pains to investigate the may be, here, converted to Goo. Let fathers glad to return onCe more to my comfortable matter. This inimical feeling arises, first, on and mothers earnestly pray for their sons quarters on board the Massachusetts. The the general ground, that these rich gold who have rushed and are rushing to the trip furnished me a good opportunity for wit- mines belong, by right, to Americans; and mines of California. Let wives pray for nessing the operations of the miners, and 1 that the citizens or subjects of other nations their husbands; let sisters pray for their to dig in these mines. TheyW brothers; let the church universal pray that the face of the country. In no part have no right m W i Iwill • ; > ; • ••• • i -.i ;t - > , » : > - t. ah .. . �THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 1, 1849. 84 The 28th of November. this land may become Immanuel'sland. God the liberty to copy the following remarks. still reigns. It is no fortuitous circumstance, The writer seems aware of the trials of his The question has, of late, frequently been that God has allowed these mines to be open- station, and speaks of a ship-master's " per- asked, Why does the Hawaiian Government ed at just the moment when the American plexing responsibility" in language becom- observe the 28th of November ? The folflag was hoisted over the territory. It is no mere chance event that such an ing, and dignified. The journal everywhere lowing document will afford an answer to immense immigration is now pouring over abounds with passages indicating a thought- the question :— the Rocky mountains, doubling Cape-Horn, ful and even a philosophic turn of mind. COPY of the Joint Declaration of France and crossing the Isthmus. I should trem- The writer is a person remarkably fond of and dreal Britain. did I results, ble, in view of the momentous is Her Majesty, the Queen of the United not realise the fact that God reigns,—that reading, and though his present voyage he is at the helm. For years I have watch- not more than half completed yet he re- Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and ed the movement of affairs at the Islands, marked that already he had read about His Majesty, the King of the French, taking into consideration the existence in the Sandand throughout the Pacific. I rejoice, in " two hundred and fifty volumes."— wich Island of a Government capable of having so favorable an opportunity for observing the astonishing changes now trans- 2d, November, 1845,—Begin with fre- providing for the regularity of its relations piring on the Western Coast of the North quent showers of rain—the weather squally with foreign nations, have thought it right American Continent. Powerful nations are —winds light and variable from the south- to engage, reciprocally, to consider the Sandwich Islands as an Independent State, now to be planted. Over the very waters ward and eastward. Several sails in cour and never to take possession, neither directthe vessel upon this now Bay, floating of which I am penning these lines, a vast com- pony at <> A. M. It opened to me by a ly or under the title of Protectorate, or unmerce in soon to pass. The God of Nature call from the steward to hasten on deck, and der any other form, of the territory of which has so decreed. Cities to vie in magnitude assist the first officer in a scuffle with the they are composed. The undersigned, Her Majesty's Princiwith London and New-York, must here arise. Here is the wealth, —here tends the cooper, who had refused to obey his orders, pal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the tide of immigration, that tide cannot he and had been very insolent in his language. and the Ambassador Extraordinary of His turned aside.—lt will ere long reach the While in the heat of passion, I thought Majesty the King of the French, at the Court of London, being furnished with the Islands of the Pacific ! to punish him severely, but after a little denecessary powers, hereby declare, in conseIn a very few days,—by the earliest oppor- liberation concluded to I give him a severe quence, that their said Majesties take recitunity,—l hope to resume my labors as a chaplain to seamen at Honolulu, and by reprimand, which I did in presence of the procally that engagement. the grace of God, I hope to exert my feeble whole crew, and then sent him to the mast In witness whereof the undersigned have influence, in connection with my fellow head for the forenoon, and promised him for signed the present declaration, and have affixed thereto the Seal of their Arms. christians there, to keep pace with the that I would punish him, or Done in duplicate, at London, the 28th mighty movements of this most stirring, revo- the next offence, one else. have so far on the I any voyage of in the year of our November, and day remarkable, wonder-working, lutionary, found him to be a very bad man—a very Lord 1843. (Signed,) ABERDEEN, [l. s.] poor mechanic, frequently grumbling, and ST. AULAIRE, [l. s.] other of misdemeanors. guilty many Few situations involve a more perplexing The Day has by some been styled, that responsibility ; or require a higher combi- of the Hawaiian Independence. It is not HONOLULU, DECEMBER, 7, 1849. nation of rare talents than the commander of'uncommon, to hear persons speak of the a ship. To be popular, and at the same United Stales Government being also a party The Trials of Ship-masters. time efficient, he must be able to enforce a to this agreement, but it is a mistake. The Government of the U. S., has however To the remark, that all classes of men strict and rigid discipline, without giving to the Independence of this most ceracknowledged have their trials, and difficulties, it that cast of unfeeling severity, to which and Government, we believe that ' Act of forms no excep- the despot icul nature of a tainly that of Ship-masters, ship's government tion. It would seem as if the recent move- is extremely liable. He must be open and acknowledgment' precedes similar acts on ments in California, increased those trials unreserved, and express even his sentiments the part of other Governments. and difficulties a thousand-fold. An officer, of disapprobation with a freedom and frankstuff as or a sailor may get his discharge or do as ness, which may lead the subordinate officer Shakespeare says, " We are such made of." The Bard of dreams are Avon they sometimes do, take "French leave," to that instantaneous conviction, that there doubtless said this but a cerfiguratively, but not so with the Ship-master. When he is no suppressed feeling of bitterness, which the tain of correspondent Polynesian, signtakes command of a vessel, she becomes his may in any unexpected hour reveal its nourfor better or worse," until the voyage is ished and terrific strength. This plain and ing himself " Panorama" and sending his ended, or death separates them. He must honest dealing, is infinitely preferable to a straws from the gold coast" would apply keep in mind the owner's interests, and not heartless hypocracy of manner,—it relieves this language literally to "us" dwellers in lose sight of his own ; he must govern all around from those disquieting suspicions Honolulu. We have heard it said that a hard bed and stone pillows, make the sleephis skip's company, not losing sight of their which duplicity never fails to excite, and er dream most frightful dreams and see horand welfare. has a health He character where it is united with a generous disposito sustain, and fortunate indeed, is the ship- tion, a well informed mind and a dignified rible sights, now, we opine, that "Panora! master that fulfils all the trying, and respon- demeanor, can never fail to secure affection ma" must be reduced to this sad extremity Aye beware, Let or Monsieur "Mr. him sible duties of his station, in a manner not and respect. Maria Cogniac" may call him individually to sacrifice the owner's interests or his own; to account should he ever take up his abode not to acquire the charge of a " bad" masWe have seen U. S. newspapers to at the Islands. Whoever reads "Straws ter, yet maintain good discipline and au- the 15th of September, but they contain no from the gold coast, No. 11." will readily thority on ship-board. We have been led interest. The troubles in admit that Panorama," might have appronews special of to make these remarks, in consequence of " looking over the private journal of a ship- Canada occupy a prominent place. Editors priately taken a line of Byron, for his master, which has fallen under our obser- rather make sport of the Cuba-Expedition ! motto, vation. From this journal, we have taken > i " I aad a dream, but it was not all a dream 7 God-directing age. Yours truly. THE FRIEND. " " " �85 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 1, 1849. FROM OUR FOREIGN FILES. Comfort and Health.—On Speculation Mania. Ma. O'Rcillt has issued n circular in which of Whale Oroziinbo" the manias the Among Ship, " speculation board the Am. he states hisrietermination to extend the magnetic RailNineteenth that English in Century, and convenient room fitted up, we saw a telegraph to the Pacific, as f>oon as Congress stands, perhaps, unsurpassed. The| shall give linn aid. Mr. Sandford J. Smith ia provided with a stove, for the purpose of roads, name of its King, Hudson, will be as im- immediately totraverse the route toFort Leavendrying the clothes of the ship's company in mortal as Nero's or Sam Patch's. This worth, to arrange with thecitizens of the various rainy, and foggy weather. This is as it Hudson, now prostrated under a torrent offrowns which may be desired to be included on line to the Missouri frontier, to be i the telegraph should be. The expense was trifling, but fraud nnd bankruptcy, was for years the.'completed this summer.. master of the Hail-road His mania. spirit the advantages immense. If the owners I audacity in his peculiar empire was as grent The Wonder or the Age.—The town of and masters of ships would provide their as Alexander's. He comprehended the i Lawrence, in the State of Massachusetts, is only vessels with accommodations of (his descrip- speculatoin like n true genius, and impressed three years old. Yet it cnntnins 13,000inhabitants, lihs six and a half millions invested in mantion, would it not prevent much sickness, es- others with n faith in his comprehension and ufactures—a Town Hull erected at nn expense integrity. He became theguider nnd controlpecially rheumatism among the crew r ler $60,000—gns work:-—ft politic library of 8,000 He built roads!|of in rail-ways England. of Would it not be a saving in the end ? with a magic facility—made ipleui'id divi-l volumes, ami a fine pink of 18 acres. We know that " a saving" ought not to be l dends on paper, and for years accumulated, From the Lakes to California.—The DeAdvertiser of the ISlh Sept., states that the spoken of, where life and health are at, wealth, reputed to he unbounded. Widowst|troit owners of the lirig Kurekn, one of the largest stake, yet, alas it is too true th.it both the and orphans with money to invest, and grey-l'Ivesseli on the Luke, have obtained permission speculators, brought their sacks of from the British Government to let that vessel health and lives of seamen would oftentimes iheaded «old for King Hudson to invest, such faithI pass through the river St. Lnwrence, and that be saved, if more attention was paid to the had all England in his power to moke gold she will leave Lake Michigan in the fall with a comfort of the crew in wet, damp and foggy, hatch gold. Finally, the idolatry grew to cargo of lumber, direct for California. weather. It is no wonder that scurvy, rheu- such height, thai a testimonial, magnificent Richest Man in America.—The New York for a real king, was given him. He; Journal of Comniprcp, in noticing the profit of matism and other ills afflict seamen, we have enough made Mayor of his native city, York, $150,000 on the $1.0,000 cargo of ship John W. ;was we visited vessels in Honolulu harbor that aud sent to Parliament from his borough, Carter, the first vessel cleared from New York, should certainly suppose would generate bought the estates of ancient nobility, and| direct to Sun Francisco, afler the treaty with says: "At the time of the Carter's descurvy, fevers, rheumntism, if not the built residences that looked down upon the IMexico, parture, nothing defiiiile was known of the goldt castles of dukes. Strange loan—by what en treasures in California. The plague and cholera ! of star watched, who could fathom ? Yet, he what hail transpired relative thereto,substance was comwas hut a moderate linen-draper, a trades- ■ prised in two letters—one from Mr. Colton, AlNo Mail Yet.—Patience is an admiraat the start. But all hubbies must calde of Monterey, nnd the other from M r T. ble virtue, and dwellers at the islands will man burst. Within a few months, King Hudson iO. Lnrkin, U. S. Government agent at Monneed to keep it in active exercise. We has been stripped of his guise, dragged from,terey. By the way, it may lie stated that Mr. have almost daily arrivals from California, his pedestal, and stoned by his old idolaters. I,ui kin is now the wealthiest man in California. .Valuing his real estate at San Francisco, at what but no mail. Report says it is coming, first His success and his wealth are discovered lit was worth there at the last advices, he would in a Man-of-War, next in a merchant ship, to be a delusion, a gigantic fraud, running I be doubtless, the richest man m North Americft." next a brig, and finally it may arrive when undiscovered through his whole rail-way career. Exposed, ruined, and disgraced, the! The New York Courier and Enquirer regards iMucaulny's History of England as the heaviest the Whale-ships return from the coining King's effects are to be brought to the ham- blow which has heen struck at absolutism in govcruise on the Line. For the gratification' The following is an auctioneering es- ernment, since Napoleon's sword was sheathed. of all at the islands who are expecting let- timate of Mr. Hudson's estates now being, It is no wonder then that he should draw down or about being brought under the hammer : on him the ire of old Blackwood. ters, via Panama, we would state that acLondsborough (bought of the Duke of DevThe next number of the Edinburgh Review is cording to the latest intelligence, immense onshire), £470,000 ; Bnldershv, £108,000 ; looked for with great interest, as it is expected to quantities of mailable matter are lying in Oclon Grange, £80,000 Newhy Park, £22, fun ia in a refutation of the attack made by the the San Francisco Post-Office, for persons 000 ; Gibraltar House, at Albert Gate, London Quarterly upon Macaulay's History. £18,000 ; making a total amount invested A Bell, weighing between four and five hunat the Islands. in lands and houses alone, within a trifle ofdred pounds, was brought nut in the ship New Jersey, presented hy Henry N. Hooper, Esq., of We are glad to welcome the Propel- £700,000.—[ N. Y. Sun] Boston, to the first free schoolestablished in this ler Massachusetts, once more in our Harbor. Another Whaler Burnt.—On the country. [Pacific News. She is now Commanded by Captain Knox, morning of the 29th inst. the whale-ship ToA Hungarian lady, who was the means of deU. S. N. Since this vessel left Honolulu in hacco Plant, was discovered to he on fire in the livering some Austrian officers into the hands of Magyars, has been tried l<y court martial, at the Spring, she has passed from the Quar- forward part of the bold, and the fire hud so far the Preshurg, and sentenced to lie publicly scourged. termaster's Department of the U. S. Army, progressed that it was found impossible to sub- This is the most hrutal act on record. to the Navy, and is now on a visit to the is- due it. She was consequently scuttled, and Mr. Russet Tubbs, of New Hampshire, has lands to obtain a crew, that she may pro- now lies upon the reef, heeled over, a wreck. given a thousand dollars to the Washington New is to work an of incendiary, Hampshire Academy, on condition that it be calceed on a surveying cruise along the Coast It supposed be the as was that of the burning of the Mercury, on led hy his name. We would not take it on the and California. Messrs of Oregon, Smith terms. the 9th inst. and Ogden, of the U. S. A., and Messrs. Long and unsuccessful cruises, together with The Danish Navy.—The Danish N«vy i» Goldsborough and Van Brunt, of the U. S the strong desire to get clear of a ship and be strong anil still increasing. They have 10 lineof-battle ships in commission,mora that 1000 guns Navy, came as passengers on board the off to California, are inducements strong and about 10,000 seamen afloat—a larger numenough to prompt men to the commission of Massachusetts. These Gentlemen form a crimes even of the most heinous character; ber of men than is employed in the United joint-commission sent out by the U. S. Gov- among which the wanton destruction of ships States. Rivets done awat with.—An invention baa ernment to select proper sites for Forts, nnd houses by fire are classed.—[Polynesian. recently been produced in Boston by Mr. S. Dock-Yards, &c, on the Pacific Coast. Filling up.—From tha Pacific News of the Pratt, by which sheets of metal of any length, i We learn that Capt. Wood, formerly in Bth ilk., we learn that therearrived at San Fran- bands, hoops, &.c, may easily and quickly be cisco during the months of August and Sept., by joined together without the use of rivets. Pecommand of the Massachusetts, is now con- sea alone, 10,537 persons. The above is taken culiar slits are made in each end of the collar nected with the Steam Navigation Company, frem the record of the harbor masters, and isiribbon, or the hand of the hoop, or in the ends supposed to be correct. It is computed thai :of the sheetsof metal, which ennbles one sheet, between Panama and San Francisco. there have arrived in California, by landand sea, or band, to dovetail into the other when a blow Small enamelled watches, set round withi during four months 50,000 souls; and there is no from the hammer joins tbem at effectually ai by pearls and diamonds, are now the fashion abroud. cessation to the influx froai all quarters.—Pol. rivetting, and effects a (rest saving ia time. An «ri to ' ', - ' ( ! ' — > ,> �86 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 1, 1849. The Largest merchant Vessel are turned as pillars, but well secured by a sick-bay, fully fitted out, into which invabeing bolted through an ornamental iron cap. lid (passengers may be removed ; another Afloat. In the fore peak there is an inner how fram- division forms a complete carpenter's shop, The following description of the fine iing of great strength, and between each of'janother an icehouse, a boys' room, rooms there is a diagonal trus- |for the stowage of coals ; and, in fine, every Packet-Ship " Constellation" we copy from! the hanging knees sing running reverse from amidships, aft and required convenience is presented. From the "London Mornjng Herald" of May 30,''forward, which adds materially to bur lon- the quarter-deck to the houses on deck 1849. It is somewhat remarkable to find in gitudinal strength, and prevents the proba- there is a neat suspension-bridge, and foran English paper, so fulsome an account ofbility of her becoming " hogged." The ward gangways to (he top-gallant-forecastle, a Yankee vessel, acknowledged to be The Constellation is built of the very best mate- making her almost a " four-decker." " jrials, and her holts and fastenings through-) Beneath the quarter-deck arc the caplargest merchant vessel afloat." The ta-| out are all square. tain's cabin and the ladies' cabin, both of bles have turned since "The Bedford" The appearance of the Constellation when which are most gorgeously finished, and are Commanded by Capt. Moore, of Nantuck- afloat, though magnificent and mighty, is not only lighted from the deck, but by et, came to anchor at the Downs, Feb. 3 not exactly what would please a connoisseur stern ports. The ceiling is formed into order to give her the panels by the deck beams, which are finish1783. A London Journal of that date states in clippers ; for in greatest possible accommodation on deck,! ed with neat mouldings, painted in dead that "She was not allowed regular entry, which is most advisable in the trade for white. An architrave of burnished white, until some consultation had taken place be- which she is intended, the deck beam is car- relieved with graceful carvings in gold, sur- 1 tween the Commissioners of the Customs 1ried so far aft that it gives her the appear-] mounts the rich cabinet-work of the room. and the Lords of the Council, on account !ance of being heavy in quarters ; but we Pilasters enamelled in white and gold, with had the pleasure of seeing her " high and a rebel' of lake, neat gold caps, and veined of the many acts of Parliament yet in force! jdry," and found her perfectly the reverse— marble pediments, form the state-room enagainst the rebels in America. She is loaded in fact, if anything, her lines are too tine, trances. The intervening space at the with 487 butts of Whale-Oil, is American and there can bo little doubt, from her being sides, as well as all the doors, is formed in fore and aft, and sharp without being small panels, with octagon corners ; the built, manned wholly by American Seamen,! clean wall-sided (as she is not in sailing trim till centres, as also the skirtings, are of highlythe; rebel and to colors, wears the belongs drawing 23 feet of water), she will carry a polished satinwood, relieved with deep-toned Island of Nantucket, in Massachusetts. jpress of canvas that cannot fail to drive her rosewood and zebrawood, the effect of which This is the first vessel which displayed the through it. The stem is adorned with a is most admirable. The couches and scats blue plush. thirteen rebellious Stripes in any British well-carved figure of Commodore Truxton, are upholstered in rich The state-rooms are roomy, and excelthe commander of the Constellation, Amerivessel is a The at litHorsleydown, Port. can frigate ; and the stern is relieved with lently arranged ; in fact the gorgeous aptle below the Town, and is intended imme- beautiful scrollwork. She has all the mo- pcarance the cabins present is at least ■ dern improvements in rigging, and, from the equalled by the excellent manner in which diately to return to New-England." royalmasts qownwards, lightning conductors the more important but less attractive tribuThe splendid packet-ship Constellation,! of copper are let into the spars, nnd carried taries of health and comfort are secured. merchant vessel afloat, having! the largest the keel into the water, thus almost But, like Punch with the " German Giant," completed the discharge of her ponderous through the possibility of accidents from this fine vessel is too long for our columns ; averting cargo, is now in our docks ; and as she electric fluid. and though we have given her measurepresents to those interested in the growing Many very excellent improvements are in- ment, we must hold a reserve for a future trade of " the good old town," as well as to troduced for the comfort and convenience, publication. There are many points we the many strangers that will visit Liverpool as well as the health, of passengers, which would notice did space permit, but one we during the present week, a field of attraction!.so far exceed the ordinary arrangementsi must mention. She is pumped by a doublei that cannot fail to awaken the enthusiasm of that they merit the highest commendation. action machine, worked with two fly wheels, unqualified approbation, we subjoin the fol- |The Constellation has three decks, but, iniTo the same shaft a powerful air-pump can lowing notice of her jorder to give full light and a free current of"at all times be attached to exhaust any foul Constellation was built at New York, atmospheric air, she is constructed with air that may have accumulated between y Messrs. Westervelt and Mackay, from eight hatchways, of capacious measurement, decks. It is also applicable to a fire-engine, the drawings and under the personal as well as side-lights and ventilators fore and from a jet with hose of 75 feet in superintendence of William Skiddy, Esq. and aft. The lower deck is appropriated length an equal stream can be ejected. Her length of keel is 195 feet ; her length solely to steerage pnssengers, with the excepA visit to this monster ship will repay amover all, 226 feet ; her beam measured tion of a store-room, which is latticed off. ply the expenditure of time, and we feel from ceiling to ceiling 43 feet ; and the The upper deck is also divided abaft, toi assured that Captain Luce will exhibit that depth of hold 28J feet. Her tonnage, esti-j form a cabin, with permanently-erectedI attention and urbanity of manner to visitors mated by the customs (or new) measure- state-rooms, for the more respectable emi- which, with his thorough knowledge of the ment, is 1950 tons, but she possesses ca- grants, and though this only occupies a venturous career he follows, has placed him pabilities for the storage of nearly 3500 tons 1small space, being calculated for 90 persons, in command of the finest ship afloat. Since of ordinary goods. It would not for a mo- ■ it is a great desideratum, as it presents an Thursday the Constellation has been visited ment be supposed that a vessel of such gi- apartment far more comfortable than the:,by thousands ; and amongst those on board antlike proportions would be completed cabins of many first-rate ships. The state- yesterday was Lord Howard, son of the without a due regard to comparative ! rooms are large, and are each distinctly |Duke of Norfolk, in company with Thomas strength, nor has that important part been 1lighted from the side ; some are furnished jSands, Esq., (late Mayor of Liverpool), and neglected. Her hanging and lodging knees[with bedding, and all with toilet ware, wash- .George Brown, Esq., as well as many of are aM cut from well-formed timber, of stand, &.c. Down the centre is a long ma- jour merchants. Lord Howard expressed great thickness and depth in the throat, and hogany dining-table, and fitted to it are re- himself highly delighted. each is finished in superior style. The tim- versing seats. Each room is painted nnd The Constellation is consigned here to bering of the Constellation is excellent, and■ grained in imitation of oak, and the whole jMessrs. Spooner, Sands, and Co., but we her sides, with ceiling and outer planking, apartment is symbolic of home," Messrs. W. Tapscott, and Co. " " clean- learn that the form one solid mass. She has no bilge ,undertake passenger department.—Liliness," and "comfort." 1 pieces, but the ceiling is from 7 to 10 inches1 The deck arrangements are most admira- 'ei-pool Standard. in thickness, from the kelson to the strin- ble. There is a topgallant forecastle, and ger, which is 14 inches square ; and thus a poop or quarter-deck, while amidships Shipwreck.—The British Ship Mary Ann, her timbers and outer planking form a solidI1there are erections which are divided into arrived at Hong Kong, "reports the loss of the thickness averaging 3 feet 4 inches. Her several apartments, some of which serve as American whaler Ceres, with 1,400 barrels oil, kelson and sister kelsons are bolted perpen- covered companion-ways. The passengers' on Osprey reef; crew arrived boats at Booby dicularly to the keel, as well as diagonally galleys are all separated, so that each de- Island, Torres Straits. The in reef not laid down and horizontally. The deck stancheons are partment of the ship has its particular alin any chart, is about lat. 13 48, to 14 ° fit S., kneed to the kelson, and in the upper decks'-■1 lotted cooking-room. In the centre there is and longitude 146 »30, East."— fFplrossiaii. : fThe :— : ' . : I I ''' I ■ ° �THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 1, 1849. 87 idea of its beauty, and illimitable variety of Character of Mr. Adams.— Los 3or Ship Niphox of Nantucket.— color. It is so hard as to resist any scratch furnishes the of the Niphon, BosCapt Smith, The following is from an article in the that of a crystal or diamond. Alreaexcept this The disaster. ton Recorder, by Rev. M. H. Smith, on Ifollowing particulars of dy Mr. Calhoun has introduced in the Senfor Honolulu, 6th, Aug. Adams sailed from Niphon at Washington Mr. whose ministry home, in charge of her first officer, leaving ate a resolution, which passed instantly, to was for some lime an attendant: a her original captain, Gardner, at Honolulu, the effect, that all the floors of the public of25 he purchased years ago, Nearly " the Second in the Capitol should be made of this sick. in church On the 30th Dec, in lat. 30 30 N., fices Presbyterian pew in beautiful material. A million dollars has a tremendous Washington. Since which time, when he lon. 72 30 W., experienced been ottered lor the entire patent." y has resided in the city, he has made it his gale which raged with great violence for 24 a H. B. which the leak M.'s Consulate sprang hours, occasionaland General ship in regular place of worship, though for the Islands of the Pacific, \ lof 1800 strokes per hour, requiring one ly he has attended church at the Capitol. Honolulu, July 9,1849. Not only so, but Mr. Adams displayed a Ipiimp to be kept continually at work. On It is hereby notified that Con. Gen. Miller hasJre30, 50, lat. lon. ano71 Jan., towards the church rare3d of in the ceived ii despatch from the Foreign Office, London, spirit of generosity ly equaled. It became embarrassed. That ther gale came on and increased to a hurri- dated the 31st of March, instructing him to take prosteps for musing to lie made known within hit the house would he sold at auction seemed cane, sudden and frequent changes, which per Consular District, tlmt. The Lords Commissioners inevitable. He came forward and advanced raised a tremendous cross sea, and strained of the Admiralty have " ottered a reward of £20,000 nearly £.2,090 and relieved the church. Ev- the ship very much, so that the leak increas- (twenty thousand pounds sterling,) to such private ery dollar of that sum he expended for pub- ed rapidly, requiring both pumps to keep ship or ships of any country as may, in the judgment lic worship in that house. He deducted year her free. When the gale abated, the 9th, of their Lordships, render efficient service to Sir John his ships, or their crews, and may contribute by year his pew tax till the whole was paid. only 8 men were left of the crew able to Franklin, directly to extricate them from the ice.'' sick with scurbeing services the (several perform duty, He attended the regular of The following is a copy of the minute of the Lords Sabbath when his health permitted. No dis- Ivy) and these were fast giving out from con- Commissioners of the Admiralty, transmitted on the tance, no storm prevented; he was an all tinued exertion at the pumps. As soon as occasion :— AnnißAi.Tr, 23d March, 1849. day hearer. The great snow storm of Feb- the weather would permit sail was made and The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are unruary, 1818, which closed nearly all the the ship headed to the Northward, with al der the necessity of laying a supplementary Estimate churches in the country, did not keep Mr. fair wind, which took us to lat. :i7, lon. 70 for the relief of the Arctic Expeditions under .Sir Jehn and .Sir James Koss, upon the table of the Adams from the house of God. He was one 50, when on the 12th, we experienced ano- Franklin of thirteen persons present in the Presbyte- ther hurricane in which the leak increased House. Their Lordships having been apprized by the last rian Church at Washington, and returned so as to render it impossible to free the ship, Utters received from -Sir dames Ross, that it was his home through the deep snow on foot, at the there being only 6 men, including officers, intention to direct the Investigator to land allthcsup(then able to do duty. On the morning of plies thaito she couldif nospare, at Whnler Point. and to close of the service. proceed England, tidings of the Expedition unMr. Adams said to me, ' I hold in great the 13th, it still blowing heavy, a sail was der .Sir J. Eruaklin were received by the whale ships distrust all my early opinions on religion. 'discovered to leeward, lying too under close now about to sail, leaving the Enterprise to prosecute As I advance in life I feel more and more reefed maintopsail, which proved to be the the search alone,—have consulted the highest naval distrust of all self formed opinions. I throw 'ship Hurculean, of Kingston, Capt. Chase,]authorities as to the probable consequences of that myself back upon the simple word of God. ,from New Orleans for Boston, who kindly step They find it to lie the opinion of those I receive what that teaches. I go where'consented to lay by us until the weather most conversant with theunanimous Polar sens, that such a sepher, allow us to board that leads. I should not, I suppose, be con- moderated sufficient to aration of the ships under Sr James Boss, would be sidered fully Orthodox, according to the,in our boats. At 4 pm. the water had gain- imost perilous to the ship remaining in the ice, and standards of the Presbyterian Church. But cd upon us so that it was determined to'would neutralize the entire object of the Expedition, if 6'ir J. Franklin's party were to be discovered at a timo I am not so far from them as people general- abandon the ship, and all succeeded in get- when the Enterprise had nearly exhausted her own with Herculean, the of that on board the I enjoy worship ting much, imagine. ly stores. They have therefore determined upon sending the still a Idilficulty, severe., very church. lam edified by its ministry.' out fresh supply if provisions for both ships by the gale being He was a christian; an humble, reverent ,The Herculean lay by the sinking ship dur- North .Star, which is now fitting for this purpose, at with orders to proceed across Baffin's Bay, student of the Bible; a man of daily prayer; ing the night, and in the morning, the gale Sheerncss, and as much farther ns practicable in the direction of made to one who endeavored to walk with God, main- having abated, an attempt was Lancaster .Sound and Barrow Straits, looking out for taining a conscience void of offence towards board her to get out provisions and water, the Investigator or her boats. God and man; ono who trusted for salvation 'but she was found to have filled to the lower In the event of the Investigator not tcing fallen in with, the commander of the North Star will be directin the blood of Jesus Christ as a Lamb slain deck, and nothing was saved. The Niphon ed to land the supplies at such points on the south side from the foundation of the world. jhad 800 bbls sperm oil. John Manning, ]of Lancaster Sound, or other places indicated by Sir Dec, overboard and made what was washed him :Carpenter, James Ross, as may be accessible to the North Star in Religion guided him sufficient time to secure hip return across Baffin's Bay he was, a pure and a good man. And to re- 20, and lost. Three days after being taken i the winter sets in. ligion belongs the great influence his charac- off, Manuel Merches, seaman, died of scur- before The expense of fitting North Star for the ice will ter and example gave. Her power, her val- vy. Capt. Smith desires to express his gra- be £6080, and the wages the ofthe crew, stores, provisions titude to Capt. Chase, of the Herculean, on board, £6602, making £12,688 in all, which constiue, are seen in his life and death. Young men, allow me to speak to you, for his promptness in responding to his call tute the supplementary estimate now submitted to the But in addition to this. Her Majesty's Govand through you to the young men of the na- for assistance, and for the kind and generous House. ernment has determined to offer a reward of£20,000 to tion. Such an end you would desire, so hon- treatment extended to himself, officers and be given to such private ship, or distributed amongst orable, so loved, so mourned. Be such your crew, while on board his ship. such private ships, of any country, or to any exploring life. Copy this great example; the integri- The N. was a new ship, returning from':party or parties as may, in the judgment of the board ty, the high moral principle, the regard for her first voyage. There is insurance uponj'of Admiralty, have rendered efficient assistance to Sir John Franklin, his ships, or their crews, and may have, the Word of God, the devotediiess of the ex- her for $10,000 in Boston, and $1,300 in \ contributed directly to extricate them from the ice. 7/ Nantucket. Previous to leaving her she alted dead." H. G. WABDr^ was set on fire, and was seen burnt nearly We are indebted to the Honolulu Times to THANKSGIVING. the waters edge by the Chicora, of Bos- ifor the following list of Officers of the U. S. | Sloop of War, St. Marys, wbicb vessel may be In accordance with the laws of this Kingdom, ton. expected here in a few days, from San Francisco, and the excellent usage of Christian Nations, it via Hilo, bound to Macao, Hong Kong and Discovery.—The Valuable Rev. Mr. to appoint has pleased His Majesty, in council, Whampon, China" :— a of Presbyterian iper, Albaclergyman the Thirty-first day of December, next, as a Philip F. Voorbees. LieutenN. V., has invented, says the Springfield Commander, day of public thanksgiving to Goo. for His ny, ants, John B. Marchand, C. A. R. Jones, Wm. a compound of clay called Ar- E. Republican, j unnumbered mercies nnd blessings to this na- gelio, which resembles in structure and ap-, Boudinot. Acting Master, A. C. Rhind.— Surgeon, Samuel L. Addison. Purser, Cameron tion; and people of every class are respectfully pearance the richest variegated agates. It.Anderson. Lieut, Marines, F. B. McNeill. of to in assemble their several houses of requested is to be used for door knobs, pavements, ta- Com. Sec.'y, Dabney C. Wirt. Passed Mid., worship on that day, to render united pruisn to ble tops and other ornamental articles. David Ochiltree. Midi., Daniel L. Braine, It'Felix Grundy, JosephL. the Father of nations, and to implore His favor surpasses in Breeze. Acting Mid., known of brilliancy any variety in time to come, upon all who dwell upon these Edward T. Williams. JJoal.teain,'John Crosby. marble, is The as and Hartequally cheap. shores, as individuals, families, and as a naSailmaker, Wm. B. Feyitt. Cmrttenter, C. W. tion. ford Whig speaks of it in the following terms: Babbitt. Gunner, John Brown. Purser's Clerk, Palace, Honolulu, Nov. 23, 1849. " No one, who has not seen it, can form an, James Conway. Religious ,' " * �88 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 1, 1849. For Chapel For Friend Matter, Officer* and Crew, Eng. Ship Harpooncr,' $20,00 17.50 Am. Sb. India, 4.00 Nilo, •* Matter, and Officers, • 7,00 E. Kneeland, Officers, and Crew, Harvest, 5.50 Owners of Bark Harvest, 10,00 16.00 Liverpool, 2d, Liverpool, 1st, Master, Bremen Sh. Repnblick, 2.50 19.00 Br. Sh, Hansa, Master, and 1st Officer, Sh. Tuscany, 7.00 Officers and Crew, Orozimbo, 11.50 Owners of 10.00 " 5.00 Master, Phillip 1st, .50 A Friend, Splendid. Mr. Clossnm, Fortune, 2 00 Mr. Corwin, Capt F. A. Ncwell, Constituted Life Director of Am. Sea Fr. 50.00 Society, 4.00 A Friend in Honolulu, 2d Officer, Capitol, A Friend, " ' Do John CnffMhnll, Lewis. L>«> Nihiu, Week*. Do Henry Kiieelnnd, Clark. Am »h More*. W>«il. Do Heroine, Wnll Do Itrifhion. Wwi, Do Win c Nye, Riwe. Do Warren, Kvhmh. Am hk Kh/.rt, Malern. MARINE JOURNAL. Donations. PORT OF HONOLULU. Arrived. *, 16.50 Nov 10—Am ih Ntmrod, Sherman, N Bd, 13 m out, 310 ip 550 wh. ll—Am sh John Cngjeshall, I.ewia, N Bd, 24 m out, 460 sp PORT OF LAHAINA. 700 wh. 13—Am sh Nassau. Weeks, N Md, 40 m mil, 400 5p2400 wh. I )■> <li> Hcim Knetland, (lurk N lid, 15 m out, 700 wh. Arrired. Do mer bk Vlcmry, Ryan, 17 da\s ftn San Francisco. Nov 9th—Am sh Romulus, Hall, Mystic. (Not reported] 14 Am Hh 'Irosiuibo, Hartlett, N Ud, 11 m out. 2900 wh. Mnntirello, Folger, Nantuckei, 16ou ap, 15—I)o l>k Franklin, Cooper, S 11, 27 m out, 150 sp 335»> wh Chiitiipiou, Henry Colt, Eilgarlown, 23 sp 750 wh. l>o do Fortune, Wnodbridge, N Bd, 27 in out, 2400 wh Gontt Return, Cooke, N lid. 450 sp 175U wh. 1} Munition, da ds Francisco. Cm dun, fin Sun Do Droion, Steele, N L. t6utiwh. Bemen ->i Manse, Mdliif, 40 in out, 3700 wh. 12—nl> input, W. Woodward, N Bd, 900 sp. fcidie, Liverpool. Daniel 198 ds Grant, fin Bitish iner hk Gen Williams, Forsyih, N L, 2UO sp 1506 wh. Am tin i brijr David Jlenslinw, Newcll, fin >:m Francisco. New Zealandschr ThomasLord, Cain, 64 da fin Auckland. Luminary, Norton, Warren, 4(i sp 900 wh. Nov 16—Ur nit r brig Margaret, McLeod, d0ds fin (Sydney, Nov ISBchr Siimuel Fox, fin Sun Francisco 1500 sp. Alabama, bk, <JogftttH.ll, Nantucket, 40 in out, with 82 pntmeuger*. 13 VVushinglou, i>k, Corwiu, Greenport, 14 in out, 15 sp Am sh Mom ii. Wyatt, N lid, 25 m out, 45 sp 3000 wh. 535 wh. Wall, F 11, 24 in out, 350 km 1100 wh. Do Men.me. Nov 15—Am brig Alabama, Cogshal, Nantucket, 40 m out, Do Brighmn, West, N Hd, 27 m out, 1500 wh. .p. HOO Ellin, 2400 Mnlero, Havre, 40 in out, Fr bk wh. 19—Am bk Washington, Corwiu, Greenport, 14 in out, 15 sp 17—Russian mer lik Sitka, Connide, 17 ds fin Siikn. 'i3. r wh l)k sp Cavalier, Dexter, 13 in out, 100 19 Am 1600 wh. 22—Mer schr Paragon, Baker, 22 ds fni San Francisco. Am sh Win C Nye, Rote, N l„ 16 in out, 1700wh. Do Warren Evans. Warren, 23 m out, ltd 0 wh. Do Liancoiiri, Lopex, 25 m out, 160 sp 260U wh. A CARD. Do Ohio, Nnrion, \Bd 13 m out, 200 sp 17ni< wh. dipt. Pendleton, late mnstor of the Am. Whale Nov 26 —Ship Capitol, Bradbury, ftn San Franciaeo. Sieam Proprtlei ship M<tssachuneits, im ditto. Ship Mercury" (Imrnt) desires to express his grate29—8hlp Hebe, Tucker, do. !><> Hwimset, llolbn, do. ful acknowledgements to all in Honolulu, who have Do Tarollota, lave, do. so kindly sympathised with him, in his late misforDen. 5. —11. S. Sloop St. Miry's from Hilo 11. Bay Co's Ilk. Columbia, Cooper fin Vancouver's Inland tune, but especially to his hrother-shipmiisters and 6.50 10.00 3.00 . 9.00 9.00 8.00 » 2.00 " Hailed. 1.00 1.50 ¥191.50 $66.50 heart-felt gratification, we report the Chapel Debt, now reduced to $202,63: and that The Friend" will not be in debt, at the end of the year, provided our regular subscribers pay, with their usual punctuality when their bills are presented. ' , QyA Contribution of $50.00, constitutes the Donor a Life Director of the Am. Sea. Friend Society, New Tork; and $20.00, a Life Member of the So- Not R—Am *h Tiger, Brewster, to cruise. 10 Dutch iner Itk Snnmtra, Vi Uiinin, for Untavia. 11 Br mer briu Renin, Jnlmson. 12 Am sh Alpha, Folder, |or Nantucket. Do Henrif &, Mary, Middkton, for N. L. 13—Am sh Win Thompson, Ellis, Tor N Bd. Do bk Anne, Edwards, for Haft* arbor. 14—Do Mb Rodittai Allen, for N Bd. I.—Do bk Cnluuibin, Hweeney, to cruise. Nov 16—Hr briji Lnuina, Millon. 1..r Sydney. 19—Am sh Meinimii, Cordon, for Hong Kong. Brbk llarponeer, Morice, for California. Haw schr Caroline, Cole, for ran Francisco. 20— Am bk Anrkl'ind. Jennings, for Hong Knntr. Am ship Montreal, Cliapwick, for United States. 22—Am »b Nile, Case, to cruise. Am sh Parachute, Fisher, to cruise. Nov 26—Dsmsb bk Maris, Thulstrup. for Tlong Kong. 27—Br hrig Margaret. Mi Lend, for t»au Francisco 29—N Zealand schr Thomas Lord, Cain, fordo. Nov 84—Phillip Ist, Wood mil', to cruise. 27—General Hrott, Harris, to ditto. 29—Liverpool, Tripp, do. —Splendid. I'earaon, do. 30—Harvest. Lnkey, do. do. —Levant, Lowen, —Tuscany. Ilalney, do. —Bremsh Republic, Austin, do. others who have generously suliM'rilicd for his henefit. Honolulu, Dec. .1, 1849. , Just Reccved and for Sale AT THE CHAPLAIN'S STUDY, a new and beautiful assortment of BIBLES in the English Language. They are bound in various styles, and can be had at prices varying from 37 1-2 cents, to $7,00 per " PASSENGERS. copy. Per Robert Bruce, from San Frmiaacn—ll M Whitney, II " KP~ Seamen, and others, arc informed that at the Robliuon, C 8 Blake, J llocker, W Colei, W Thompauu, J N " same place may be found Bibles printed in the follow" Per afemnon, from San Francisco—Dr Spring, c F Adama, ing languages: German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Spoken. Cbaa Denny, Chan Bennett, T W Everett, W Carpenter, i;haBy the bark Daniel Grant, on her passage from Liverpool.— French, Spanishand Portuguese. Humphreys. Per Victory, from San Franclaco—P B Manran. B Schoader. July 29—Dutch sh Knrtenaar, fui Rotterdam towards Bntavirt, N. B —Portuguese seamen are especially notified, W Brown, Jackaon, B Jackson. W Otowell, J Lilly, C B 2H da nut. lat n= 24' N, Jnng 19° 53' W. Sept 12—Hr*h Earl that they can obtain copies of the Holy Scriptures in of Liverpool, fin Valparaiso, to Liverpool, lot 55 o ].T S, longI the old and new Testaments. Per Thoa Lord, from Auckland—Edward W'helch, Mra 60° 35 W. Sept 29—Am sh Constantino, fm Hostou, to San voluntary with seamen whether they Whelch, Jaa Johnaon, Mra Johnaon and four ilHUftluera, Joaepb Francisco, 87 ds out, lat 44- 42' S, long 80 s 44' W. Oct 26 #** It is left Dyer, Fraucla Olllespie, Thoa Maratou. Prancia Itcilly. —Ilarnb'iiifh sh Franxiska fm Valparaiso, to San frnuciscn, lid-.i receive a copy of the Bible ns a gift,or pay the whole Per MAHaacHuaiTTa, Cot. Smith, IT. S. A. Major Ogden, out, her long being 11"> = 26' !at 0° 22' S. Oct ll—British bk;or a part of its value. Money received from the sale 11. B. A., Commander Goldaborough, t, 8* N. Mra. Hooper, Arigrippu fm Vancouver's Inland, lat 9 ° 26' long 132 s*. of Bibles is appropriated to the purchase of new supMra. Thompeon,and Mra. Hewey. tf plies, Shipping in Port, Dec. 1* 1840. Amsloop of war Preble, Com. Glynn, for Bau Francisco. The Friend, sent Abroad. DIED. Propeller Massachusetts, £ R Knox. Any person, by paying the annual subscription price Merchant Vessels. Al Mskawao, Nov. sth, Gsoaot, adopted acn of William ;of the Friend, ($1.50) in advance, can have the paper McLane, Eeg, ,In the eighth year of bia age. ilia alllicled paAm mer bark Mary, Bailey, 8 II Williams* Co; for Rovton..'sent, by the earliest opportunity, to any port iv the rents and frlende havo much consolation in the hope, that the Peruvlnn brig Paclfico, forsnlc, 8. 11. Williams A. Co. jPacific, or to any part of the U. States or England. good eecd which, 1 am happy 10 testify, was aown by thehand bk Maria, Baker, M A & Co. of Mra. McLane, with a liberal hand, and watered with her Am |N. B.—By paying the additional sum of SO cents, Am brig Veloz, Bent, I'm S Francisco. tease, was not aown in vain. He seemed to be sustained by Danish schr Emmy, Ncale, the paper will be sent for one year to the U. Statw, via do. the hope of the Goapel, nnd died calmly, charging all around Am brig Robert Bruce, Uockendorf, G D Gilman, s*m|M rc.argo. California und Panama. Postage on papers to private him " Not to weep for him." Thla ia the fourth adoptrd child Do bk Victory. Ryan. I persons must be pre-paid. The Friend, being a monthMr. McLane has followed to the grave alnre the year comDo bg David Henshaw, Newell. menced. a ily sheet, nud containing full report Of Marine IntelliBrbk Daniel Grant, Edie, Starkey, Janimi At Co. (Communicated. htakawao, Nov. 9, 1849. Russian bk Sitka, Conrade. gence, will be found a useful and cheap method of Capitol, Bradbury. sh Am ation with the mercantile community in EuAtLahalna, CHiat.se Horrat.. a native of Prussia, and forjcommunif Hebe, Do Tucker. merly of the ship Condor, ofNew Bedford. and the United States. Iropc tf Do Bamoaet, Mollis. , ' , On the 19th July, on board the ateamer bound from Ohagreato New York, Geo. 11. Gould, or the Arm of Kelly, Gray Ac Gould, of Tahiti. He died of Cholera, in 36 hours after being attacked. In Honolulu, r>th November, Thome. Davla, s Seaman, discharged from tin "Capitol He was a native of LiverEngland, and came round Cape Horn, a aeanian on pool, " board the "Tamaroo" to California. Dee. gd, Accidentally killed by the discharge of agon Arthur Cooper, a Barber, late from CalllorMa. He la reported to belong- to Nantucket, Mass., where resides hla father a preacher of the Methodiat denomination. Died In Honolulu, Dec. id, Mrs. Mary Holilen, wife at Mr Horace llnktrn, now residing at San Prauciaco. Bhc had for a long tints suffered from a diaeaae of theheart, bet was anally called quit* suddenly to hid adieu to the scenes of earth,and to laave behind a husband and (hmily of youug children to mourn her lees Do Tarolinta,Cave. Whalers. Am whship Triton, Harahall, F R Vida; for V B;«4«J». Am wh ship Romulus, Bogue; for 1 Slates. Do do do Cossack, Barker. Do do do Wnlga, Luce. French ship (iustave, Hardey Do India, Hwift Do Huntress, Sherman. Do Brookllne, Jeffrey Am bk Prudent, Nash. Do Tenedoe, Comstock. Do Got. Troup, Coggeahall. Bremen sh Republic, Austin. Do do Clementine, Hashage a. Grange, Dexter, Am bk Do Franklin, Cooper. Do Fortaae, Wnodbridfe. Bremen sh Haaae. Heeewaj The Friend, Bound. Bound volumes of the Friend, for one, or more years, icon be obtained at Rev. T. Coan's, Hilo; Rev. T E. Taylor's, Lahnina; and the Chaplain's stndy, Honolulu, tf Religious Books. ay The Seamen's Chaplain has just received an excellent assortment of Books published by the Amer icaii Tract Society, including nearly all of their standard publications. These books arc'beautifully bound, and will be sold at an advance on the New York prices only sufficient to rover the expenses. tC7"In the collection will be fonad some new and instructive books for children. ~ tf | � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1849) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1849.12.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849.12.01 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/07fde44a2af7572daf4e84d0037b6be0.pdf e313dc8a9170d5d9dcd2de47d05b8329 PDF Text Text FTHE RIEND. HONOLULU, DECEMBER 20, 1849. Vol. 7. 89 No. 19 The following is a copy of their Constitu- he still persists in offending in this manner, tion, and as it is not long, I insert the same he shall forfeit his share in the joint stock and capital. without abridgement 7. All business transactions, purchases, 90 Articles of Agreement.—This indenture, and sales, shall be transacted by the Direc90 made this 28th day of December, in the 91 tors, and for cash or barter paid down, and year of our Lord 1848, between the Stock- in no instance shall they vary from this law 91 holder!*, of the New England and Califor- without 92 a written vole of two-thirds of the 92 nia Trading and Mining Association— stockholders. 93 Witnesseth : 8. No person shall be permitted to with93 That the said members, whose names and draw from the business of the Association 94,95 seals are affixed to the articles and by-laws, without furnishing a substitute acceptable to 9<> have formed, and do hereby form, a Joint two-thirds of the stockholders, a certificate Stock Company for the purpose of buying or of which shnll be given signed by the Presichartering a ship, and freighting her, as the dent and Secretary. Should sickness, accidirectors shall see fit, for the Coast of Cali- dent or any other reasonable cause however, to Lower Trip from the Sandwich Islands A fornia, and engaging in such trading and mi- render it necessary for any member to leave Oregon and Upper California. ning operations as shall be deemed most ad- the Association, he may send in a petition to Leaves selected from "Our Log Book." visable. the Association, and a majority of that body 1. The business shall be carried on under shall determine, a certificate of which shall XXVI.—MINING ASSOCIATIONS. the name of the New England and California be given signed by the President and SecreAfter an excursion of near three weeks thro' Trading and Mining Joint Stock Company, tary ; furthermore, should sickness or any the interior of Alta California, I was glad to and each party shall have a certificate of his other misfortune caused by his services in take up my quarters once more on board the share or interest in the capital and profits of the Association, render it necessary that he good and commodious ship Massachusetts.— the Company, signed by the President and return home, a conveyance shall be furnishAlthough 1 had been absent but a few days, Secretary. ed at the expense ofthe Company ; any per2. The capital stock shall be thirty thou- son withdrawing himself in violation of the yet I discovered that changes of an imporbe divided into one above, shall forfeit all his interest in the Astant character had taken place in Benecia, sand dollars, which shall where our vessel still lay discharging her hundred shares, of three hundred dollars sociation. cargo. The work went forward very slow each. 9. A statement of the affairs of the Assoin consequence of most of the crew having 3. Every stockholder shall pay the three ciation, shall be made in one year from the run away, although their wages had been hundred dollars at such time and place as the date of this instrument, and a division ofthe raised to $100 per month. When I left Be- directors shall determine, and shall incur no profits over and above the original capital necia, there were only four vessels discharg- further liability whatever, for or on account invested, shall then be made pro rata to each ing, but on my return there were more than of the Company, except his time hereinafter and every member ofthe Association. twice that number. New buildings had been specified. 10. In case any disagreement should arise erected. The keels of two small steamboats 4. Each of the said members shall, after between the members of the Association, and were laid, and the ship carpenters were I the sailing ofthe vessel, devote and give his they cannot adjust the difference between personal attention and time, during reasona- themselves, the subject of dispute is to be busily at work. One ofthe newly arrived vessels attracted ble hours of business and labor, wholly to submitted to the Board of Directors ; and if my attention. It was the 'Leanore,' This I the interests ofthe Company, and shall use either party refuse to join in this mode of vessel was owned by the ' New England and his best skill, judgment and discretion, in proceeding, the other may proceed 'exparte,' California Trading and Mining Association.' promoting the profits of the business ; and and Ihe decision of the Directors, in writing, Having heard much respecting these Asso- iduring the continuance of this sgreement, shall bind the parties. ciations, and learned that nearly all had been neither of said members shall engago in any 11. The accounts of the Joint Stock Comdissolved, I resolved to make myself acquaint- ispeculation on his own separate account, or pany shall be kept in regular books for that busiof the be interested other in any way in any ed with the character and prospects purpose, and they shall at all times be open Association' which came out on board the ness than that of the Association hereby es- for the inspection of every stockholder. •Leanore.' I heard much respecting the I tablished. And in testimony whereof, we have herehigh character of all the members of the 5. Neither said Company, nor any of said unto set our hands and seals, the day and company, and the confident assertion made parties, shall assume any pecuniary liabili- year above written. that although other associations might dis- I ties, either in his own name or that of the band, yet this was one that would certainly Company, without the written consent of a On leaving California, I resolved to keep hold together. A part ofthe company had imajority of the Association, nor shall the di- myself informed respecting the success of During left for the mines, others were at work upon Irectors nor any other officer or agent of the the above mentioned Association. their steamer, and the remainder engaged in Company assume any pecuniary liabilities the month of November, a vessel arrived at discharging the vessel. Prospects were Ibeyond the capital actually paid in, under Honolulu, bringing one of the members.— From him 1 learned, that the company waa bright. I was kindly furnished with a pam- iany circumstances whatever. phlet containing the constitution and by-laws 6. Neither shall any of the said parties en- disbanded—that theirsteamboat did not meet of the Association. To these documents gage in or be concerned in any game of their expectations—that several members had were appended the names of just one hun- chance or skill by which money may be lost died, and more were sick—that the property dred members, nearly all of whom were from or won ; nor shall he make use of any intox- of the company was lo be disposed of and the Boston and the vicinity. A public meeting icating liquors, of whatever name or nature, vessel sold, for tbe benefit ofthe parties conpreparatory to their departure from Boston, unless prescribed by the physician or physi- cerned. This however, is but one among score*, if was held at the Tremont Temple, and an ad- cians who may accompany the expedition, dress was delivered upon the occasion by the under a penalty of five dollars for the first not hundreds of similar associations, fitted offence, ten for tbe second offence ; and if* out in tbe United States for digging gold in .Rev. Dr. Beecher. Contents OF THE FKIEMD, DEC. 20,1849, Mining Associations The Convention Return lo Ban Franciaco Visit lo see the " Liana" Paaaage to the lslande Feegee aid Tonga Islands End of Vol VII.. Sec. Faat Day in Ihe United Statea Lumps of Gold Fire al Kailua, Hawaii, <Vc. Viait of "Preble" to Japan Indfi : 89 90 THE FRIEND. : 1 ' ' ', �90 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 20, 1849. California. As a new method of peopling a conscience shall not be so construed as to ex- After reading this document, let no one country, these associations arc worthy the; cuse acts of licentiousness or justify practi- deny that the Californiuns are novices in the study of Ibe political economist. California ces inconsistent with the peace or salety of science of government, civil, political nnd will be speedily peopled, but multitudes of'this State. religious. Rights are here acknowledged individuals will be ruined in the enterprize. 6. The privilege ofthe writ of habeas cor- which were cstorted from King John at RunThe sacrifice of health and life, it is to be pus shall not he suspended, unless when in lymede, fought for by the republicans of Engfeared, will exceed the calculations of the cases of rebellion or invasion the public safe- land in the seventeenth century, and by the most desponding, yet as a whole, the mighty ty may require rts'suspensjon. inhabitants of the "thirteen Colonies," and work of settling the country, will advance, 6. Excessive bail shall not be required,! such ns were finally published to the world and California speedily take her station asi nor excessive lines imposed, nor shall cruel ;in the immortal American 'Declaration of nor unusual punishment be inflicted ; nor |Independence. one ofthe sovereign States ofthe Union. shall witnesses be unreasonably detained. 7. No person shall be held to answer for a XXVIII.—RETURN TO SAN FRANor otherwise infamous crime, (except capital CISCO. In mingling among the citizens, I observ- in cases of impeachment and in cases of miThree months having elapsed since Icaved the choice of delegates to the Conven- litia when in actual service, and the bind nnd ing Honolulu, 1 was exceedingly anxious to tion, was n prominent subject of discussion. naval forces in time of war, or this return. Kmharkcd this afternoon, July 20, Although there is truth in the sarcastic re- Stale may keep, with the consentwhich of Con- 1on hoard the Bremen brig, Anionic,' to sail mark ofthe poet ■ gress), in time of peace, and in cases of pet- from Benccia to San Francisco. Although —" All henrts ty larceny, (under the regulation ofthe Le- homeward hound, yet I lelt a ship, the MasAre chill'd into the selfish prayer for gold," unless on presentment or indict- sachusetts, which had proved an excellent gislature,) yet the ruling passion now was a little relax-! ment of it grand jury ; nnd in nnv trials in cd. Political meetings were held at San any court whatever, tho party Recused situll1 temporary home. I had experienced kiudFrancisco, Benecia, Stockton, Sacramento'be allowed to appear and defend in person nesses on board that vessel from cominanand crew, which I hope I may These meetings!land with counsel, ns in civil -1 der, officers City, and other places. notions. No'have it in my power to repay. In Capt. were called in obedience to a Proclamation person shall be subject to be twice put in a true, generous and kind of Brevet Brig. Gen. Riley. All the ma-'Iijeopanly for the same offence, nor shall he'Wood, I found has not passed through life withchinery of party politics was immediately putfjbe compelled in any criminal case to be n friend. He its sharing trials and disappointments, in operation. Although the people of Cali- witness against himself, nor be deprived ofjjoul but I trust, that hereafter he may experience fornia might be strangers to each other, yet life, liberty or property, without due process'none hut the gales of prosperity. As a comthey did not appear to be strangers to Re- of law, nor .shall private property be taken mander of a vessel, owned hy the governready institutions. were Speakers publican for public use without just compensation. ment of the United States, I was highly graat a moment's warning to harangue the peocitizen 8. Every may freely speak, write to witness his conscientious regard to ple upon the importance of organizing a state and publish his sentiments on all subjects,-1 tified the interests. government's He was about other of vital im- .being responsible for the abuse of that right,' questions government, and portance to the present and future welfare of and no law shall be passed to restrain or to surrender a command which he had sus1 during four years, with the highest California. abridge the liberty of speech or the press.tained as an honest and honorable public of.credit, not The results ofthe election I did learn In all t-1 iin inn) proceedings or indictments for until after my return to the Islands, but it has libel, the truth may be given in evidence to'|ficer. During n part of this period, the was in active service as a been wih intense interest that I have read the jury, and if it shall appear to the juryMassachusetts L vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. the California papers showing the important that the matter charged as libellous is true,1.transport The " Antonie was more than twentyresults which have been so speedily accom- and was published with good motives and for'|four hours in reaching San Francisco, as she the of the elecplished. In period forty days justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted,:,was obliged to take advantage of the tides. tions took place—delegates assembled at' and the jury shall have the right to deter- |On arriving at the anchorage, the wind blew Monterey, and the Convention unanimously mine the law nnd the fact. more than half gale; " and the weather a of which does " passed a Bill Rights' great 9. The people shall have the right freely cold and uncomfortable. credit to the sound political wisdom of the to assemble together to consult for tbe com- was As this document is mon good, to instruct their representatives ] I learned that several vessels were soon to people of California. for the Islands. My arrangements ofthe utmost importance, being at the very and to petition the Legislature for redress ofj.[ leave were made to leave on board the schooner foundation of the Constitution of the State, grievances. Captain Cole. As she did not and forming a part ofthe history of this most 10. All laws of a general nature shallhave "Boston," sail until the morning of the 27th of July, singular, strange and remarkable of coun- a uniform operation. I had four days to spend among the citizens tries, I insert it in full. 11. The military shall be subordinate to of Son Francisco. The city had nearly Bill of Rights, as adopted in Committee of the civil power ; no standing army shall be doubled during the month I was absent in the Whole in Convention, Sept. 11, 1819. ]kept up by the State in time of peace ; and the interior. Stores and dwelling-houses Sec. 1. All men are by nature free and in- iin time of war no appropriation for a stand- .had gone up in every part of the town. Dudependent and have certain inalienablerights iing army shall be for a longer time than two lling the month of July, many thousands of among which are those of enjoying and de- years. jemigrants had arrived. The great subject fending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing 12. No soldier shall in time of peace be',of excitement was the trial ofIhe Hounds," and, protecting property and obtaining safety iquartered in any house without the consentl jWhich I was glad to learn would.undoubtedand happiness. i ofthe owner, nor in time of war except in ly result in the organization of a more effi2. All political power is inherent in the Ithe manner prescribed by law. cient police. people. Government is instituted for the 13. As all men are entitled to equal poliprotection, security and benefit of the peo-1tical eights, representation should be appor- XXIX.—VISIT TO SEETHE "LIONS." pie, and they have the right, at all times, to Itioned according to population. The few of leisure before the sailing or reform the same whenever the No bill of ex days public 14. attainder, postt facto law, alter good may require it. | or law impairing-the obligation of contracts, ofthe Boston," afforded me an opportunity of visiting the Old Presidio, the fort at the 3. The right of trial by jury shall be se- ishall ever be passed. cured to all, snd remain inviolate forever ; 15. Foreigners who are or who may here- entrance of the Bay, and the Mission. But but a jury trial may be waived by the parties after, become bona fide residents of this State no excursion was more interesting than the i in all civil cases in the manner prescribed tshall enjoy the same rights in respect to the one made in company with the Rev. Mr. by l». ' possession, enjoyment and inheritance of pro- Wheeler, to Seal-Point, situated four or five miles south of the entrance of the Bay. Al4. The free exercise and enjoyment of re- perty, | as native born citizens. ligious profession and worship, without dis16. Neither slavery nor involuntary ser- though the afternoon was cold, foggy and crimination or preference, shall forever be ivitude, unless for the punishment of crimes, disagreeable, in the extreme, yet we were allewed in this State to all mankind ; and no ishall ever be tolerated in this State. amply repaid for our trouble, by seeing the person shall be rendered incompetent to be a 17. This enumeration of rights shall not "Lions." Long before reaching the seawitness on account of hie opinions on mat- Ibe construed to impair or deny others re- coast, we heard sounds unlike any which cv er before fell upon my ears. These sound* M am of religious belief—but the liberty of served by the people. XXVII—THE CONVENTION. ' ' ' ' ' ' ! -1 * 1 1 " ,, ' " 1 " I >. �91 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 20, 18I&. combination of the low-| sengers bound to San Francisco. On land-1they were apparently Ihe were again in their boats, hsving thoN ing of oxen, the neighing itf horses, the roar- .ing at Lahaina, I was delighted to find the oughly destroyed the village, killed six of ing of lions, the braying of donkeys and the market well supplied with Iruits and vegeta- the natives, and wounded many. bellowing of all other beasts, tame and wild. bles. The weather was warm but pleasant. Another case was brought before us, As we approached tbe shore, on a ledge of Maui never before looked so charming and which seemed to demand redress ; but, upon rocks, an eighth of a mile distant, we could delightful. On landing, I was surprised not investigation, there was reason to believe, distinctly see scores of these huge monsters. to bear every one exclaiming, " what a beau- that the foreigners had given some provocaA good view of them, will prepare the tittil morning!" "How green the shrub- tion which led to these tragical proceedings. mind to fully credit the following paragraph bery! " &.c, &c. This should not have sur- Four foreigners had been murdered in the from an old voyager. " The sea-lion is a prised me, for in former times, I had loudly most brutal manner. The natives hauled very strange creature, and of a prodigious denounced " Luhnina dust," and the bar-'up their schooner, killed and ate three of bulk; I have seen some twenty feet long, ren hills in rear of the town. Tbe simple them immediately. The fourth, though cut which could not weigh less than four thou- jtruth was, I had been witnessing different badly with an axe, was bound and taken on sand pounds. Its shape is nenily like the scenery and experiencing far different weath- shore, where they cut pieces off his body, sea-calf; but its skin is as thick as that nf er, from that enjoyed by the dwelleis at La- roasted and ate it in his presence, telling an ox; the hair is short and bristly; the bead haina. him, that, ere long, they should eat the is dispropoi tionaliy large; the mouth very The next morning, I was permitted to look whole of him. After keeping him in this wide; the eyes of a monstrous size, and the unon tbe mountains of Oahu. Never more horrid slate till the third day, they clubbed nose, which resembles that ol the lion, has shall my friends hear me complain, that the him, baked and ate him. A letter was adterrible whiskers, formed of such exceeding- mountains, bills and valleys of Oahu are de- dressed to the chief at whose instigation, it ly slilf and bristly hair, that they might be stitute of beauties, or thai the climate is not is said, the foreigners were murdered, inused for tooth picks." Some lay motionless, the best in the world. I was glad to reach forming him, that he must not consider the others kept their heads erect as if upon sen- home iv safety, and find all well. case as settled ; that, if satisfactory proof tinel's duty. PtiHon in his natural history can be obtained that this foul act was comasserts that they are accustomed to keep sen-' Perhaps the editor owes an apology to the mitted without just cause having been given tinels on duty while others sleep. "They renders ofthe Friend, for occupying so much by the foreigners, he would certainly be are of a vny heavy and drowsy nature, anil space with " leaves selected Irom our log punished for such unheard of cruelty. delight to sleep iv the mire. Though \ery jbook." He would simply remark, that the At Solevu, a village on Vanualevu, there indolent and difficult to awaken, yet at those number might have been easily doubled, nnd are about thirty foreigners, mostly English times they commonly fix some as sentinels he only regrets that those which have been and Americans, who are conducting themnear the place where they sleep, and it is .selected, are not more worthy of perusal. selves well. They have native wives, and said these sentinels give loud warnings when some of them large families. They have Fegee and Tonga Islands. any danger is nenr. Their voices are very four or five schooners, in which they go loud and of various tones; sometimes grunt- To The Editors of the Sumuan Reporters. about trading with the natives. They have ing like hogs, and sometimes neighing like Gentlemen, —In compliance with your this village to themselves. We found it horses." (The reader will find sonic curious'request to lurnish you with some account of! very nent and clean ; doing great credit to remarks upon these animals in Billion's Nat. 'my voyage to tbe Feejee and Friendly Is- those who reside in it. For the maintenance History). lands, iv H. B. M. Ship "Calypso," 1 beg' of good order and discipline, we recomLong after we left the shore we could still to forward to you the billowing :— mended them to enact a few laws, which hear their unearthly bellowings, drowning Capt. Worth, having received instruc- they appeared determined to do. even the roar of the surf as it dashed upon).tions from bis commander-in-chief to proThere are nine Mission families in this the rock bound shore, or broke upon thaiceed to the Feejee and Friendly Islands, group, connected with the Wesleyan Misbeautiful heach stretching away to the south to inquire into certain complaints which had sionary Society, occupying five stations. of the projection of land which we took us a been made relative to the murder of British! We visited them all ; and were happy to post of observation, for beholding the real subjects and other foreigners by tbe natives, find, that the indefatigable exertions of these lions of California. I.to countenance and protect tbe Missionaries jservants of the Most High God had been 'laboring on the various islands, and to as- crowned with such a large measure of sucXXX, AND LAST.—PASSAGE TO THE sure the names generally, that it is the cess. More than three thousand have abanISLANDS. wish of the British Government to be on the doned their heathen practices, and are now This evening, July 20, bid farewell to my,most friendly terms' with them, so long us under Christian instruction. The whole of kind friends, the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, \they act kindly towards foreigners residing,'the' New Testament has been translated, and embarked on board the Boston. The 1among them or visiting their ports,—it was. and is in the hands of the natives. Many i following morning our vessel got under weigh, \thought desirable, that I should accompany ■of the books of the Old Testament will soon and quietly glided through the numerous .him. j be ready for the press. Applications are ships at anchor in the Bay. It was a gruti-j We left Upolu on the 2nd of June, 1848,'continually being made from other islands fying thought that I had now embarked on';and in a few days were at anchor at the in the group for Missionaries to reside a homeward bound vessel, commanded by']Feejecs. Immediately upon our arrival, we iamong them. They have the assistance of Captain Cole, a shipmaster whom I had,were informed, that some of our countrymen' sixty local-preachers and thirty-four cate( known in former years as the commander of had been cruelly murdered, without giving chists ; but double that number might be a whale ship. He retired from the seas and any provocation, and devoured by the sav- usefully employed, if they could be obsettled upon a farm in New Hampshire, but',age cannibals. To prevent these diabolical tained. I The Missionaries preferred no charges ho, for California," echoing acts the shout t in future, it appeared absolutely necesaroused Lsary to demand redress for tbe most recent Ingatnst the natives, demanding redress. among the hills of the Granite State the spirit of the retired Bea-captnin, atnl act of tbe kind, which was Ihe cool, deliber-'Those who have embraced Christianity treat made him bid farewell to home, without stop-Late murder of two industrious and well-be-I them very kindly ; and, latterly, the heathping to take a " second thought." He cross-jhayed foreigners, who called at Ngunduvau, en chiefs have been respectful in their bees the Isthmus and instead of going to the a village on tbe large island of Vmlevu, for Ihaviour towards them. mines, purchases in company with others, tthe purpose of bartering with the natives for There are certain foreigners en the vathe schooner " Boston," and sails for the Is- yams, fowls, &c. Having collected all the j conduct is far worse islands, rious whose lands, where, in years past, he had obtained information necessary for the conviction off'than that of the heathen, and who prove a his recruits for whaling cruises.* tthe parties, 11. M.'a vessel was removed ■ hinderance to the progress ofthe GosWe had.an exceedingly pleasant passage near the village where the horrid deed was great i In pel. many instances, their vile proceedof fourteen days to Lahaina. Saw but one (done. The murderers were demanded, but j ings with the natives have been the cause of vessel after leaving the coast, and that was a (the people refused to give them up ; cousethe horrid murders which have been compassenger-ship with decks crowded with pas- quently, Capt. Worth had to commence (of mitted. hostilities. About one hundred men, with The Feejee Islands form an interesting *Tl>* Boston obtained acargo of vegetables at the Inland**' and on her return to San Francisco, Bold Irish potatoes for ttheir officers, landed, under cover of the group. The climate is good, tbe soil ex*17,00 ncr Urrcl, thatoust »Z,00! Tkie is one item of a proflarge guns. In little more than an hour, cellent, and the native produce usually itatle speculaUon. ; , — , .. . : " ,. , , , < , ,, �92 .• THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 20, 1849. inhabitants isi and those who filled their places were at- Icy a mere fraca mob and their houses destroyed.' It was recently announced in the The number of which is tacked by newspapers at the Islands, that the Bth of tion of what they are capable of supporting The military were called out and several of August would be observed as a National Fast The commerce of these islands is not very the rioters wounded before they could be dis- Day throughout Ihe United States, in view of extensive. The vessels visiting the Feejeesi persed. It is thought thnt when the convict are mostly from Sydney and America, to vessel srrives, there will be serious troubles.!the prevalence of the cholera. The followcollect Biche-de-mar, which they usually ing interesting remarks respecting the obsertake to Manilla. Whalers touch occasionvance of the day in Ihe city of New York ally for supplies; their number is not great, and vicinity, we copy from the N. Y. Spectaowing chiefly to the many reefs and shoals which abound in the immediate neighbor- HONOLULU, DECEMBER, 20, 1849. tor of August 9th hood of the islands. We venture to assert that a day set apart "public for humiliation and prayer, by recoinOn leaving the Feejees, we proceeded to End of Vol. VII. .mendation ofany Executive, was never more the Friendly Islands, calling first at Tongaconcludes This number the 7th volume of tabu. On this island, there are five Wessolemnly observed than yesterday was in this leyan Missionaries, with their families, andI The Frieno. Thanks to our worthy contri- city, and so far as we can form an opinion two French Roman Catholic priests. There-1 butors and generous patrons. Your assist- from the sentiments expressed in our exare about 10,000 inhabitants ; 6,000 nomi- ance has been of vital importance to the suc- change papers, it was in like manner obsernally Christian, and 4,000 heathen. George cess of our enterprise. The many warm ns- ved throughout the country. It has been seldom, since we became an independent naTubou, usually called King George, is the. ruling chief; but, as some of the heathen,i surances that our sheet is a welcome visitor tion, that a call from the supreme Executive party are averse to him, he lives mostly at,'among the thousands of the sea-faring com- for a day of public fasting, humiliation and the other islands. jmunity in the Pacific, and the foreigners on prayer—only thrice, we believe—has been ; and we have no doubt that yesterday We next called at Kifuka, in the Haapaii Islands, encourage us to announce that made n larger number assembled for the purpose Groupe. Here we had the pleasure of meet-,.the ing King George and his family. They Volume \ 111 will commence on the Ist Jan- designed in the recommendation of the Presivisited the " Calypso," and appeared much-1 vary, 1850. This date reminds us that we dent of the United States, than was ever gratified with what they saw and the atten- arc now approaching the close of the first gathered on a like occasion. Hundreds of tions paid them. On their leaving the vessel, half of the nineteenth century—a marked era thousands were brought together, at the a salute was fired. same hour and for the same purpose. Let history. During what period us trust that the petitions offered to Him who From Lifuka, we proceeded to Vavau, in the world's where we found everything going on well..of fifty years since the world was created, holds in His hands the destiny of nations, At this island there is a printing establish- ■ have so many remarkable events taken place were heard and will be unswered ; and that ment and four Wesleyan Mission families.'as during the period from 1800 to 1850.— the poet's sentiments, so finely sung at one ofthe churches yesterday afternoon, will be Here, and at the Haapi Groupe, all are proleave the subject for our readers to re- realized by our favored nation fessedly Christian. On the faithful and un- _We If vapors, with malignant breath, tiring labours of his servants on the Friendly fleet and moralize upon, as our limits will not 'Kiae thick, and Matter mid-night death, out His follow out a train of here thought the is a llow us to Spirit, Islands, Lord pouring Israel ia safe; the poifoned air Urowa pure, If Israel's i .oil be there.' some though, perhaps, not so largely as in suggested. We conclude however, in the former times ; yet, the effects, at present, The above remarks will apply also to the beautiful language of Professor Longfellow, city of Brooklyn during the early part of the are such as to fill every Christian heart with 1 joy. The Word of God, in their own lan- .the Poet: "Look not mournfully upon the day, and to the respectable portion of the Wisely itn- citizens during the whole day. The stores guage, is daily dispensed, knowledge is past :it comes not back again ! increasing, sinners are converted, and souls prote the present Jit is thine. Go forth to were generally closed, and the city had all are ripening for glory. meet the shadowy future, without fear and with the appearance of Sabbath quietness and dc coruin.' The climate and productions ofthe Friend- manly heart !" of the are similar to those Fejees. ly Islands The opinion we heard expressed a Their commerce is confined chiefly to cocoaThe communication respecting the few days since, was that when the whale-ships nut oil. Vavau is visited more by shipping Preble's visit to Japan, by some unaccounta- had stilled, Honolulu would assume its forthan other of the Friendly Islands. This is us, via California, principally owing to its having an excellent ble delay, did not reach mer quiet. This is however, far from being harbor for vessels of any size. Wood andI until after the arrival of the vessel in this true. We are having almost daily arrivals water may be obtained and all kinds of sup- port. We feel much indebted to a gentleman from San with many passengers, Francisco, article for the plies in abundance. the who so promptly forwarded Away, from California !"— On leaving Vavau, we bent our course to columns of our paper. Of late we have had whose cry is Samoa, where we arrived on the 4th of Aumake inquiries respecting Japan. and 10, there come scores and hundreds from gust. Capt. Worth and his officers, with persons New South Wales, whose cry is "Ho, for myself, were much interested with our visitJshould any desire additional information, California !" Our streets are thronged with to the various islands. We had abundant .they may find articles relating to that counopportunities of witnessing the triumphs oftry in the following numbers of the Frieno, strangers, our merchants are busy making to the coast, and our market is the Gospel over the superstitious prejudices Feb. 2, 1846, Sept. 15, '46, Dec. 2, '47, shipments and cruel practices of the benighted heathen. viz. well nigh exhausted of every thing in the Oct. '49. I, We found the charts by Capt. Wilkes, of■May 1, '48, Dec. I, '48, and 1 eatable line.' Although we should be most the United States Exploring Expedition, toWe copy the following extract from heartily glad to supply our neighbors in Calgether with his works, of essential service. with all they desire of a vegetable Your's respectfully, a letter of the Panama correspondent of the ifornia, GEORGE PRITCHARD, Herald, of Sept. 15th. It appears nature, yet we must say it is a source of reH. B. M. C. N. Y. joicing, that all kinds of vegetables will not " our" letters are safe ! ! British Consulate, Upolo, Feb. 1849. letto reach there, so that we shall not be keep four hundred There ere upwards of California in to famine. We hope soon to learn to individuals reduced t ers addressed Advices from the Cape of Good Hope to and Sandwich Islands, lying in this Post of- that cargoes of flour are on their way hither. the 15th of July, have been received. from the United States. The little at The vessel which sailed from Bermuda,| fice. They are allwhere present in the market, is selling they are, until the will remain some time since, with the patriot Mitchell on They for 25 and per barrel. $30 is on each.— paid of one rial board, had not arrived. The greatest ex- transit postage who was appointed W here is the mail agent, to to citement continued prevail in regard We learn that a letter has been adat a salary of $600 per making the colony a convict settlement.— a few months since, dressed on the Isthmus. to Capt. Roys ofthe American whale not certainly month? He is had abundant. estimated at 300,000, . > THE FRIEND. " : I ' i ' : ,' 1 i -1 ' "' — ■ ' , , Several Government oflScors resigned, .. • ' ' , " �93 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 20, 1849. . ship Superior, by the British Admiralty, ac- that his dwelling house was saved. It seem- ione his skull fractured. In taking the retwenty-seven whales, only four boats companied by ' copies of all the recently ed so evident that it must burn, that every- maining were injured, and one man slightly hurt.— confusion. published Admiralty Charts,' in acknowl- thing was taken out in great American paper. edgement of the information which he fur- With the loss of his study is to be enumeranished respecting the new whaling ground in ted the loss of all his sermons, notes, and pa- The New York Evening Post gives the account of a present to Mr Morse the Arctic Ocean—(see Friend, Nov. 1, '48.) pers of all kinds, which had accumulated dv- following Our countryman, S. F. B. Morse, has relast loss to which him —' the thirty ring years—a the of part This is highly praiseworthy on ceived this morning, from Constantinople, an the British Admiralty, and should ' provoke' no money can repair. His desk, watch, ornament of gold, set in about two hundred the Government of the United States to be chain, every pair of boots and shoes, except diamonds. It is the decorstion ofthe ' order more mindful of the enterprise of her citi- those he had on, and much valuable proper- of Glory,' called the ' Nishan Istikar,' and is of the second class, the Sultan wearing zens. The English Government looks after ty, were also destroyed.' Ihe first. Mr. Morse has received this magThurston is the male only missionary nificent the interests of British subjects abroad, far Mr. present from the Sultan, as a testimore than the Government of the United at the Islands, who belonged to the first ciiiii- mony of his approbation of his system of States does after those of her citizens. If pany which landed here in the spring of 1820. telegraphing. some American merchant vessel or whale, He has never visited the United States or taErratum.—Page 90, third column, secship should discover a northwest passage, wejfken a foreign voyage. His labors have most- ond line, for deny, read, say. doubt whether the Government would think ly been confined to the region in the vicinity Donations. We recently noticed!of Kailua. it worthy of notice ! For Chapel. For Friend the fact in the newspapers, that the English In consequence ofthe irregularity of A Friend in California, 8 00 8 00 Government had presented the master, ofTi-,the Panama mails, and the non-existence of Fonr Seamen, ship Brighton, 1 37 cers nnd crew of an American whale ship ;any definite arrangement with the San Fran- Capt. Bailey, ship Mary, 5 00 5 00 with £1000, for rendering assistance to a,cisco Post-office, we ate disappointed in not Dr. Lowlier, U. S S Treble, 5 00 " British merchant vessel in distress on the receiving regular files of American papers. Mr. Bent, H Nathan, 5 00 Archer, ship Capt. coast of Brazil. The truth is, we should be We would acknowledge our indebtedness to 5 00 Owners, burk Franklin, 5 00 at glad to see Brother Jonathan a little more ithose gentlemen, Mr. Ladd and others, ( Officers and Crew, " 3 75 2 25 grateful for favors conferred by his sons and San Francisco, who have forwarded late pa- iOfficers and Crew, ship Morca, 14 00 17 00 1 00 others. He might learn a lesson from Sir pers. We would also acknowledge a file of Mr. Mitchell, ship Columbia. 2 00 S. S. St. Mary, 7 00 Voorhccs, Com. V. would of essential service from Lieut. Marchand, John Bull that be ithe Boston Courier Persons arriving at the 861 12 $33 25 to the interests of science and discovery, U. S. S. St. Mary. of papers, will confer Islands with files late commerce and trade. DIED. special favor by forwarding therri to our of- In Honolulu Harbor, Dec. 16, Mr. Robert Hill, a paasenThe following description of a large a Hun Francisco, on board the " Eliiabelh Ellen." Ha fice. The editor is desirous of both obtaining ger from a native of Worcester, Maia., and had been residing In piece of gold, weighing over fourteen pounds late news for the columns of the Friend and iwiw Mexico for aeveral year*. He nan friend* atlll residing In Worcester. llis remains were buried In ihe Nuuanu Valley we copy from the Alta CalifornianofAug. 2. of keeping the Seamen's Reading Room sup- iCemetery. When in San Francisco, our attention was At Stockton, California, In October, Mr. Samuel O. plied with newspapers from various parts of lUhkrr, who waa formerly an Officer, on board theAmerican whale ahip Tybee, having left her, at this Port, In the fall of called to it by Mr. Hooper, of the firm of the world. IMaV, Cross, Hobson &. Co. and we took some little Brig Potapsco.—This Wreck of the pains to see it. There was a report that a bound to San MARINE piece weighing twenty-five pounds had been vessel, 150 days from Boston, this port On ThursFrancisco, touched at PORT OF HONOLULU. found, although the report was not generally the 13th inst. her cables parted night, day credited. Arrived. the reef, a severe Dec 10—ambrig Brothers, Soule, 16 da fm San Frsnclsco. •We were shown last week at the store ofand she was driven upon Am brtf Henry, Roberts, SI da I'm San Frsnclsco. Messrs. Cross, Hobson & Co. the largest | gale blowing from the S. W. The crew was Chilean brtf J. R. 8 Schmidt, 21 da fm San Francisco. 11 —Am brig Coplapo Southward, 29da fm San Francisco. specimen of gold we have yet seen. It is an tcompelled to seek a safe retreat in the fore- Am bk Ocean Bird, Hall, 16 ds from San Frsnclsco. boulder, of gold top until morning. No lives were lost. The Br schr Union, Bsrnes. 25 ds fm Ssn Francisco. irregular shaped composed liris Planet, Frledenburf, IS da fm San Francisco, Am and quartz, and measures 7 inches in length 12—Am ship Pharaalla,Allen, 16 ds fin San Francisco. vessel bilged and the cargo is much dam- IS —110l bk Three Brothers, Swart, SO da fm San Francisco. inches, thickness of and 2 1-2 average an by Hsw achr (It-line, Healnp, 15 ds An San Franclaco. variesia width from 6 3-4 to 3 inches. About'aged, being a general assortment of ' Boston Fr ship Bou Pere, l)u Pcyrat, 18 ds fm San Francisco. Am brig Potapacn, West, 150 da fm Boston. three-fourths of its bulk is quartz, which wo ]Notions.' Am ship Klicabeth Ellen, Truman, 17 da fm Son Francisco. should think constitutes about one quarter of Dec. 17—Enf bark Maria, Plank, 66 day. from Sydney, 171, Among the scores of the newly arri- passengers, for California. its weight. The weight of the piece is 14 to those pounds, 9 1-2 ounces, Troy, which at $16 ved, we are heartily glad welcome Had Dec B—Sam wet, Hollls, forSailed. Calcutta, the ounce, would give $2,840 as its intrinsic who propose to establish a Book store. Tarollnta, Cave, for Shanghae. Mary. earlier with a for New York. Bailey, value were it all gold. Deducting one quar-tthey arrived three months good Tenedoe, Comstock, for New London. ter for the stone it contains, and its value is,stock of Books and Stationery, their encour10—Maria, Baker, for New Bedford. Clark, to cruise. Henry Kneeland, The has been specimen $2,130. purchased agement would have been greater than just John Coggahsll, Lewie, for New Bedford. Emmy, steal, for Hong Kong. of Don Francisco Leon of Mazatlan, for ChapMessrs. &. Bailey ll—Brighton, at Should ror New Bedford. West, $3,500, and it is supposed to be intended for 1 present. Harrietts Nathan, Archer, for Tahitiand Hubert Town. of on hand a goods supply 12—Frankly Cooper, Bag Harbor man for keep good n, the cabinet of Queen Victoria.' ' i 14—band Henahsw, Newell, for Ban Frsnclsco. in Iheir line,' we are confident they will meet Shipping; in Port. Oee. T. Propeller Massachusetts, B R Knox. ing extract from a letter of Rev. Mr. Taylor with encouragement. Am sloop or wsr St Mary'a, Coin Voerheea, Car E Indies. dated Lahaina, Dec. 7th, furnishes informaA pious seaman, who has recently returnMerchant Vessels. tion respecting a destructive fire at Kailua : ed from a two years' voyage, says thirty Per brig PaciAco, Bogue; A B Howei for 6u Fraaelsco, do bgßob't Bruce, Dockendorf) whales were taken by the ship's crew during Am Am bk Victory, Ryan. ' On the 27th of Nov. at midnight, the Rev their Three of these were taken Brbk Edu)| Starkey, Jsalon at Co; for S F. absence. Daniel Oram, Mr. Thurston's study was seen to be on fire. on the Sabbath ; but in taking these three, Am ah Cspitol, Bradbury. Whalers. In a few hours, the building and all its con-,five boats were destroyed, and five men were Am wh shipa Wolga,Laos) India, Bwtfti Broskline, Jeftents were consumed. It was only by time-, destroyed, and five men were seriously frey Wyalt; Heroine, Well; Warren, E.aua, Le Korea, ly aid from the natives, in bringing water, iwounded, two having their limbs broken, and Orange, Dexter. — ' • . ' * '' KFairlueH,w.—tThfollow- < ' ' • , JOURNAL. , �. THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 20, 1849. 94 papers on board, but on seeing them throwni written in English and French. 1 underpulled up, and one of the crew stand that copies of these papers (except Hong Kong, Chios, May 27, 1849 J immediately jumped into the water and re- those parts which refer particularly to the covered them. All Ihe boats then put off to- ■ port of Nagnsaki) are kept ready, every Mr. Da mom: wards the shore, the ship came to anchor. where on the coasts of Japan, to be put on Sir,—The following brief Account of the The crews of and these boats were almost en- board foreign vessels approaching. We to to the revisit ofthis ship Jupan, procure naked, and made a terrible outcry asi were about three miles inside the Northern lease of sixteen Americans imprisoned there, tirely they neared the ship. We have since learn- ■ ( 'mallns, when these papers were put first may be interesting to your renders. ed that they reported the great haughtiness ion board. ihe ComCommodore David Geisinger, ofthe ship, both in refusing to These officers and all the persons with |of i maniler of the United States East India:Stop 1 ihe captain throwing overboard the papers.— them, wore each two swords, which is said squadron, in January last, received infonna | Kiieb and had, boat addition to in a gray coloredIto be a sign, in Japan, that the wearer is a tion of the imprisonment, at Nagasaki, ofIflag, a small blue one with Chinese charac- ■gentleman. The officers themselves were fifteen men who repotted themselves as the ters upon it, which our interpreter said meant distinguished from the other Japanese, by of of the the crew shipwrecked survivors Imperial service." American whaleship Lagoda, of New Bed- '• At I, p. in a Japanese interpreter named the superior richness and length of their ford. The Preble was immediately ordered Morreatna I swords. All the Japanese were dressed in a Kinaska, who spoke Knglish, at- •loose sort of gtiwn, wilh light upper covering, to proceed to Japan, and Captain Glynn was by seven other Japanese, came oni a piece of silk or cotton, coat loosely around instructed to demand of the Japanese Gov- board "to enquire our object in coining toi the legs, fastened at tbe waist, and straw vernment the release of the men. We left Hung Kong on the 13th of Feb., Japan, and to know why we bad not anchor- ■ sandals with blue cotton socks, 3ucb us were ed outside the northern Carallos, as ordered brought to Honolulu in the "Otabeite," in to proceed on our cruise. When, however,]' but a few days out, having on account of a by a paper which bad been put on board." the lull of 1H47. The pellicoal-lrowsers of To these questions Captain Glynn replied the officers were of richer materials than Strong westerly current, made but little proimportant business with tbe those of their attendants. gress, the small-pox broke out pn board, and " that he had Government, and that a paper or!| Every available spot of land we saw about the ship was forced to return to port. (In Japanese hnd been put on board the ship, but Nagasaki was under a high state of cultivathe 7th March, when the ship was supposed papers not considering such a proper manner of tion. By Ihe mode of terracing peculiar to free from contagion and was about to again|'making a communication, be bad ordered it tbe Chinese and Japanese, every hill was proceed on her cruise, a second case tnudei tliruun overboard. This interpreter then cultivated to its very top, and we saw wheat its appearance; which detained her until the lelt the ship, and we got underway and stood growing half way up the highest, rockiest 83d of March, when she finally sailed. tbe harbor. While going in we met the: mountains. After our first return to Hong Kong, Capt. into interpreter in his boat, and be informed the The boats we saw were nil moved with Glynn saw a copy of the Friend, of Dec., no oars being used. Each boat enreupluiu that " permission bad been given for. 1848, which contained an account of Ranald ithe to anchor where she pleased." We .ried two or more lags. We often saw proship McDonald, who left the American whnleshipj,anchored in sight of the city of Nagasaki,! cessions of boats moving liom one part of the Plymouth, when off" the Japan Islands, in two miles distant. We could see atl bay to another, which were all painted alike June, 1848, with the intention of endeavor-|'Inbout three large Chinese junks, with a and carried the same kind of flag. At sight ing to learn something of that strange conn- !anchor, of Japanese junks, and with a each boot hoisted two lanterns, one at the try and its inhabitants. This intelligence large number the Dutch glass flag on the island of Desima.l bow, and another at the stern. Besides McDonald was procured in an entirely As about soon as we were anchored about twenty,.these, numerous lights, regularly disposed accidental manner, and, although, by enquiry boats bearing the small blue flag before, in rows, were seen burning on shore during we sfterwhrds heard more concerning him, mentioned came nnd anchored about us. the whole night. A gentleman ofthe Dutch jet itis not likely but for this paper we would these, we were soon surrounded by factory told us that these lights were kept Besides hare known that he was in Japan, before j we sailed for that port, and from our obser- huge numbers of other bouts, each contain- burning only during our stuy in the harbor. vations of Japanese character we have good ing innny Japanese, who appeared to gaze ut We think that they were no doubt intended to represent lights seen through Ihe ports of reason to believe that they themselves never the ship with great curiosity. would have mentioned to us the fact of Mc- At 4 p. in., two Japanese officers of rank extensive fortifications. Wo wire led to by the interpreter and a suite of think thus from seeing in the day time, in the Donald being in their country. It is said attended thirty gentlemen came on board.— isnme place where the lights burned through that while the U. S. S. Columbus and Vincen- !about stated that they were sent by the Gov- the night, long rows of canvass stretched nes were at Yedo in 1846, there were seven They ernor of to learn why the Preble along and painted so as to represent forts. Nagasaki Americana in prison in the vicinity of that! come to Japan. Captain Glynn replied On the 10th of April, Captain Glynn wrote place, and yet not a word was said to Com. had that he was sent to procure sixteen ship-!jin English to the governor of Nagasaki reRiddle about them. After touching at the Loo Choo Islands, wrecked American seamen. The officers questing the release ofthe shipwrecked seawe arrived off the vicinity of Nagasaki, (on. said they would report this answer to the I men. the west side of the island of Kinsiu) on the Governor. They left, to be copied, the three What is her tonnage ? is the number ofher crew' evening of the 17th April. We lay off and papers which had been thrown on board the What Where do come from ? on that night, with the intention of running ship in the morning and required a promise What ia theyon date of your departure? that their aye you any wrecked Japanese injunctions would be with. complied in the next morning. IHave yo« anything lo ask as on board? for, alter, firewood, etc. ? On the morning of the 18th, we stood in I have procured a copy of these papers, Are any more vessels in company with you, bound for thia for the harbor. As we approached the en- which I send herewith.* The originals were DKSIMA. trance we perceived several boats pulling off To the Commanderoftheves el approaching this EmBy order of the Governor of Nagasaki towards us. In a short time we could see pire {Japan)sailing under Dutch or any oilier colors. by the buperiutendeut of IheNetherlands trade By express order of" the Governorof Nagasaki you are inTranslated I Japan. persons standing up in the two foremost, requested, as foon as you have arrived near theNorthern (Signed,) j. ii. LEVYBBOHN. ( avallos, to anchor there at a safe place, and to remain there Orrra KirroaTuint, l, a waving large inula from themselves towards us, until you will havereceived furtheradvice Om>Eß lUrpouooa,L a as much as to tell us to go away or stop. Very disagreeable consequences might result in case this To this we paid no attention but kept stead-'order should not be strictly observed. WARNING. DESIMA. 7b the respective commandtrs, their officers, and the crews ily on. The boats then pulled directly ahead by th* superintendent ofthe Netherlands trade Translated the vessels of approaching the coast of Japan, or anof the ship, apparently endeavoring to intim- in Japan. choring near the coast, or in the bays 'of that Umpire. J. U. LEVYSSOHW. idate and stop us, but on seeing that we did 5The (Signed,) During the time foreign vessels are on the coaat of Japan, reporters attached to the interpreters office. or i,c,r, as well aa in the buy of Nagasaki, It Is not mind them, got out of the way. all the Orrxa hUproaTuoa, i a. expected and likewise ordered that every one of Ihe ships conipany will boats then pulled away, but one, which came U«Dia Harpounva, L. ■. behave properly towards, and accost civilly the Japanese officers, andall Ihe Japanesesubjectsin general alongside, and one of the Japanese threw on Tothe Commander of the vessel approaching this iSm- government j pirt, sailing under Dutch or other colors. board the ship three folded papers, which \landing on the islands or on the main coast: and ouarnt to By expressly order of the Governor of Nagasaki you are remain on board „„t,l funHer adrioe from the a&aMM i were stuck in the split end ofa piece of bam- rrequested, -»I»u«»e a* sooa yoa hare arrived near the Northern Igovernment has been received boo. Captain Glyna ordered the stick and ((avalloe, to anchoraathere It is safe and to remain there place, at a likewise forbidden to are gone or to use other or* until yon'll have received further advice. r(i «*••»—«'•. well**, boats, their h> papers to be thrown overboard. The boat'ffollowing I'leaae to answer a* distinctly and as aeon vi possible, the ar^,°M°* had separated from the ship after putting the What questions. ■aforeaaid should not be strictly observed J* in* nanae ofyour vessel? THhi For the Friend. U. S. Ship Prsblb, ) overboard, •' . 1 1 , tended ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' — l ' ! , ■ : '' I ' ' - UOVfckltOK OF NAGASAKI. �, 95 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 20, 1849. The boatswain, in one of the ship's boats, officers—who accordingly sent a person totell no doubt ultimately be laid before the public, went out in the morning to "square yards,''! the Dutchman that he could come on board. anil cannot fail to prove extremely interestMr. Bassle, the Dutch gentleman, pro- i'»fia duty which is performed on board a manH. of-war every day while lying in port. Sev- ■ cceded to read and verbally translate a docuyou're you dead men." drink, eral ofthe guard boats gathered around him, ment presented by Ihe Japanese officers, "If stopping him from going out as far as he; written iv Japanese Dutch ; which gave aiiThis is the language of Sir C. Napier, lo trie wished, and making signs for Ihe bout to re- .brief history of the imprisoned Americans' "961h Regt." on the llth of May, 1849. Ia turn to the ship. An under interpreter short- .since their first arrival in Japan until tbel.the "London Evening Mail" of June 30, we ly afterwards came on board und remon- .present time. This account stated that the; find nn extract from the "Calcutta Star," strated against any bout leaving the ship, party of fifteen men bad landed at Matsmai,I • • saying it "was no good, not Japanese cus- .on the Bth of June ; that they were immedi- giving nn account of the review of Her Matom." He got no satisfaction, and the boat[ ately taken in charge by the Japanese nu- jesty's 96th, Regiment, by the Commanderafterwards went out in the mornings withoutI thurifies, and were finally sent from Muts- in-chief, Sir C. Napier. At the close of tha being molested, although several ol the guard| inai to Nagasaki. Several of them had at; review, be addressed the soldiers, and the different times, broken out of the house in boats invariably followed. which they were confined. One white man, following are Ins concluding remarks. was During the 20th and 21st, nothing i heard from the Japanese authorities. Wr,..named Ezra Goldthwait, had died in prison " I am very glutl to meet the 9tith again. counted twenty-seven guns on four forts oni of fever, nnd a Sandwich Islander, named We huve both been a good deal about the the heights overlooking she ship, most of .Mam, bad committed suicide by cutting bis 1 world since we were last together, and I am which hull been mounted since our arrival.| throat. We were pleased lo hear Macdon-Iivory glad to hear such a good account ofthe We also, on the 21st, noticed the arrival| aid's name numbered among the surviving regiment. Your colonel tells me thtit you [fourteen men. Mr. Bassle informed us that are good in conduct—that you hnvc very few of numerous bouts from the seaward. April 23.—This morning Captain Glynn.hut five Dutch are allowed to live at Desima.l.men in hospital. Now. this all right, and I sent for the interpreter to know why be hadI The number ullnwed in 1839 was eleven. hope you will continue to bear a good charnot received an answer to his letters to the.1 April 'Hith. Two Japanese officers, ac- ■lacier. But let me give you a bit ol advice Governor. The interpreter said that be conipanied by the interpreter anil two Dutch i—that is, don't drink. 1 know young men would report this question. In tbe afternoon/gentlemen, came on board in the afternoonido not think much about advice from old two Japanese officers came on board, and to deliver up tbe men. According to the'men. They put their tongue in their cheek, to them the Captain reported bis question.—j Japanese custom, the men had been given to'and think they know a good deal better than They replied, that they did not know. On the Dutch Superintendent, Mr. Levyssobn, tin- old cove that is giving them advice. But 'teing asked when tbe Governor would do so,I who was to deliver them on board the ship. let me tell you, that you are come to a counBefore the men came on board, Ihe Japan- try where, if you drink, you're dead men.— they made the same answer. * officers asked Capt. Glynn if he was If you be sober and stendy, you'll get on Capt. Glynn then assumed a firm and po-j sitive manner, and told them, that to-morrow ready and would leave tbe harbor as soon as weU; but if you drink you're done for. You he must have a positive answer as to when he had got the men. Tbe Captain replied I will be either invalids or die. I know two his letters would be replied to, or when the that be had nothing more to detain him alter regiments in this country —one drank, the he had got his countrymen. Mr. Bassle then'■ other didn't drink. The one that did'nt men would be delivered up, if at all. The day alter our arrival, Capt. Glynn had/read and translated two documents whichi drink, is one ofthe finest regiments, and has put up a quantity ofthe latest newspapers hej the Japanese officers had brought on board. [got on us well as any regiment in existence. could procure for Mr. Levyssobn, the Super- [One of them purported to be an extract fromii The one that did drink has been all but deintendent of the Dutch Factory—to whom, the Japanese laws, tbe substance of which'stroyed. For any regiment for which I have from his isolated position aud restricted means[was, that shipwrecked seamen who were cast 1a respect (and there is not one ofthe Biitish of procuring intelligence from other parts ofriipon the shores of Japan, would remain in 1regiments whom I don't respect,) I should the world, they must be particularly accept- 'Japan, and be treated well, and sent, by the 1always try and persuade them to keep from able—and had written him a note, request-1 first opportunity, to Batavia in the Dutch drinking. 1 know there are some men who ing his acceptance of them. At that time[ship, or to China in one ofthe Chinese junks. will drink in spite ofthe Devil and their ofthe interpreter had refused to take them oj|The document recommended that Americanijficers; but such men will soon be in hospishore, saying that he could not do so with- vessels should not come so near the coasts of:tal, and very few that go in in this country ever come out again. I wish the 96th Regt. out the Governor's permission. This day he,'Japan. said he would take them, but wanted a copy! The Japanese officersonhaving left the ship, every success, and am very glad to see it in board. They all the state it is." ofthe note, which Capt. Glynn indignantly the men were brought refused to give, saying that the matter was looked pale and thin, probably from long This is a good and sound advice to solof no consequence, nnd that he could either.confinement. The boats in which they came diers, but every word is fully applicable to take the note as it was, or leave both it and to Japan, four in number, were brought sailors. is the only safe rule, the Their sheets and Teetotalism ship. bags alongside the papers. He finally took them. and other for soldiers, sailors, and all other classes.— oars, of and the clothing, harpoons, On the afternoon of the 25th, two officers whaling gear ofthe boats, were also brought and the interpreter came on board the ship. 1 Intoxicating drinks kill those who use them. After much talking and a great deal of eva- on board. By their own account, the men appear to So say Physicians, and so say thousands of sion, they finally said, that in two days more have been very well treated before any of, dying drunkards. If this be true, will Hot the Dutch Superintendent would come on them attempted to escape from confinement. ( those making and selling intoxicating drinks, 1 board, and the day after, the men should be Alter that, they were put Ac common Jafor a share ofthe guiltof killing their delivered up. The Captain, without doubt, panese prison, where they suffered greatly come in hastened their conclusions, by telling them from want of clothing and by cold. fellow men? Mac-' Lilliputian's Watch—A watchmaker in that he mitsl be immediately informed wheth- donald does not complain of ill treatment. er the men would be given up, or the ship Each man was forced to trample upon a New Orleans has completed a tiny watch, would leave the bay without delay. crucifix, to show that he was not a Catholic. which is regarded as an extraordinary speciApril 25fr.. This afternoon two officers; Some of them endeavored to avoid stepping imen of workmanship. The Picayune says and the interpreter came on board. After upon the crucifix, but the Japanese forced iof it ' This wonderful time-piece Is perthey had got into the cabin, they stated that them to do so. fect ; keeps good time. It is about as thick Mr. Levyssobn was sick, and had been una- The Japanese interpreter r Morreama,' ias three half-dimes laid one upon another— ble to leave Desima ; but that one of his as- told me that he acted as interpreter between including case, crystal and all—and meassistants had come in his place, and was wait- Capt. Cooper of the Manhattan and the Ja- ures in circumference just the sree of a halfing in the boat alongside. Capt. Glynn im- panese authorities at Yedo. idime. It has a spring case of enamel, gold mediately ordered the officer of the deck to We sailed from Nagasaki on the morning dial ami steel hands, cylinder escapement, ask the Dutch gentleman aboard. The inter- of the 27th April. with ten holes jewelled in ruby. If rwns preter, however, interfered, and told the CapThe depositions of the men have been ta- twenty-five hours without winding up. Betain that the gentleman could not leave theI ken, and much valuable information about sides it is ss> arraaged aa to admit of being boat without the permission of the Japanesei Japan has been procured, all of which will 'either worn ia a broach or finger ring.' ' — 1 • . . I 1 ,,ese , •' ' ' ' ' : < �96 20, 1849. THE . FRIEND, DECEMBER . INDEX—VolumeVII. - POLTHESIAK SKETCHES. « Page. 1, 53, 61 9 17 25, 46 Sketch of Guam Strong's Island • " " " Rorotonga Navigator's groups Fejee and Tonga Islands 91 Editorial Articles. Prc«»pectus, Vol. VH. 4 12 20 28 30 Conscience "Books," "Exchanges," 4c Lifis at Sea Temperance French at 8. 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Reply King's Protest Cemetery at Lahania Contributions forFrench Missions Census of the Islands The 28th of November " Thanksgiving Temperance 7 20 27 36 Appeal from " Fore Top" The Teetotaller's Budget A Kind Word to Moderate Drinkers A Terrible Lesson Pocket, versus Principle Temperance Pledge, 1637 Champaigne Progress of Temperance Temperance, by Americus The Traffic Old Zac's Jug ' If you drink, you're dead men ■■ 86 " Poetry. God doth all things well" (Original) Our Seamen (Selected) Peace Be Still (Original) The triumphs of the Gospel (Original) Gone to Sea The Grave of Washington 66 47 Hymn 5 12 14 26 27 35 35 35 36 71 71 71 95 " " " " Poem A Welcome to Poetesses of the Leland" Look Aloft (Selected) The Bible (Original) Setting Sail Go Ahead (Selected) Battle of Quaymas (Original) " M 29 .10 ;io " " Notices of Heefs, S3 .'13 39 41 41 49 Islands, &c. Page 37, 40, 69, 76 Deaths. Page 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 4«, 55, 64, 72, 77, 88 Marriages. Page 32, 48, 56, 64, 72, 77. 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Oy � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1849) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1849.12.20 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849.12.20 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/b1d23d8671ba4bed82718ce3c34a9262.pdf 9993a44c0f397150d3fddcc3eee2e67b PDF Text Text �F THE RIEND. 1 Vol. "8. HONOLULU, JANUARY 4, 1850. Contents OF THE FIUEN'D. JAN. I, 1850, laliinl till* Til, Visit of French ship Bonllf Bee. John Hunynn, by T. ft. Mrtctujlay, Sandwich I-UimU. nnd rVnnexallna, English im-w -,;i;i|i. rin ihe l'ticilir, Sailors running hwhv from •hip*, Sound Legislation in Wisconsin, Hawaiian Thstitkitf .vliiy, Who could believe that England would lie still j "Willi sue li a gone forth, all hearts to thrill, Ciilise 1 1 3 3 " 4 " 4 Would rest unmoved, intent nlone to ply Her busy arts, regardless of that cry ? Twyuld seem as if c'en British seamen bold Forgot the kindling themes tiny loved of old, Save that amongst her friends—the faithful few Who round I'oinare pity's mantle threw, True British seamen were the first to feel, The last to leave her—warmer in their zeal Than kings or statesmen—prouder to defend. And there was one, a staunch and fearless friend, Who bore the trembling sufferer to his bark— Mid those rude billows safety's peaceful ark. And there she paced the deck from morn till night Stretching across the main her aching sight For help that came not—there from day to day She thought of one, her sister far away, England's yount; Queen ; but never failed her trust That help tmuid come; for was her cause not just? And he too trusted. Who like him would not? And gently soothed the royal exile's lot; Hut not by him the glittering sword was won, A monarch's gift, for gallant service done. No; hushed in silence sleeps that not noble deed, With all Tahiti's Wrongs—the hearts that bleed Along her silent shores, once echoing low The sound of prayer, wherebreathes no worship now. But clang of arms resounds along the vale, And soldier's laugh floats idly on the gale." Mo. 1. engaged in alike enterprise; danger seemed to impart new attractions to our scientific expedition, nnd our eyes sought to distinguish, through the clouds, the theatre of our approaching explorations; but n thick curtain of vapors concealed it all day from our view. " Yet this often happens; for the clouds, driven almost the whole year by the N. E. trade *' 45 winds, are obstructed in their passage by the "" 5 Meliitir.huUy occurrence, wall formed by this group of islands and rest 5 hoax? I- it a "" *j fcenet In the Porrnstle, the summits of the mountains. upon J»|iaiiei>e, \ iin'i M':in- him! "'* 78 The night came, and, about an hour beSeamen himl lnndKinen remlitijß; Friend. fore day, the noise of the breakers announced to us that we were near land. We tackEDITOR'S TABLE. ed about, and at day break, found ourselves ten or twelve leagues from the island of Ha"The Island Queen." waii. We saw Mauna Loa rising with an imperceptible ascent, and we were almost Poem" in IX This is the title of "A astonished,—we even regretted not to find it Books, by Mrs. Elms, author of " Women more elevated. It will soon appear that we of England" and other popular works.— the difficulties which awaited us. misjudged Pomitre, the Tuliitinn Queen, is the Heroine All day we were either becalmed, or the of the work, which appears, from various winds were so light that we were unable to allusions, to have been written during the the land; and it was not till the upproach period that Ihe French were at war with the next day, Oct. Ist, that we went on shore. reader familiar Islanders. the To Society Yet the 29th of September did not pass with the history of missions, generally, and without affording some satisfaction to our the characterics of the French aggression curiosity. When four or five leagues disat Tahiti, this is a work that abounds with tant from land, we saw a canoe approaching, interesting passages, by no means devoid of manned with four savages. The desire to poetic merit. The authoress takes the ground was see us must have been strong indeed to inin Government wrong that Ihe English duce them to venture so far in so frail a craft. not defending the rights of Queen Pomare, We perceived lhat they were naked, their at the mouth of Ihe cannon, or rather she If we have been correctly informed, Cnpt. heads wreathed wilh foliage. It was the first blames the British public, not excepting the Hunt's services were subsequently brought professedly religious portion, for its criminal to the notice of theBritish Government, and specimen of man in the savage slate, that the most of us had ever seen; and our disapathy. he was promoted on their account. appointment may be easily imagined when men, is the that shame, proud enlightened Ours "And we perceived that instead of altering our women too—nay even Christians—when course to approach them, we were passing That cry came o'er the deep with fearful swell, them as if scarcely worth our notice. I pittell Scarce lent a listening car, but turned to ied the poor creatures; the ship passed withVisit the of French Sloop of Their sordid gain*, ns if a breeze had passed, in a hundred fathoms of their canoe; they War to the Sandwich Bonite, fluttered the blast. in Or some frail leaf had seemed astonished; they stopped a moment, Islands, in 1836. lies the stain upon our country's fame ; wiping the sweat from their faces with the Here " Here too begin the first low steps of shame." ( Translated from the French of Adolphe Bar- back of their hands; then, as we receded a we could sec them making signs to us with rot, for the Friend). Iheir paddles: was il in token of friendship? In the IXth book we find a pnssage rethey intend to reproach us? At length Guayaquil, August 14th., 1836, or didturned ferring to Captain Hunt, who commanded weLeaving their canoe towards the shore, they came of the of in sight night Hawaii in Ihe British ketch Basilisk, on board which discerned, by the aid of our which we upon vessel Queen Pomare fled for protection. September 29th. From early morning we spy-glasses, a number of huts in the midst we looked wilh impatience, in the direction We are confident many of our readers will where we supposed Ihe island would appear. of a grove of cocoa-nut trees. rejoice to see his services, not inappropri- According to the accounts of navigators, we The next day, our disappointment was of ately celebrated in the poetical effusions ought, tit a great distance, to perceive Mauna more than made up. As we approached the one of his fair countrywomen Loa, the mysterious summit of which had land, an innumerable multitude of canoes "And must we then be still, nor feel, nor move, not, for a long time, been visited by any put off towards us, and in less than an hour, When these sad tidings reach us o'er the sea— European. It enlered into our plans to ex- the deck of the Bonite was covered with isBe still, nor weep—poor Island Queen—for thee I plore its almost inaccessible gorges, to cross landers. The first hesitated to come on Forbid it Eurth ! as thou forbid'st it Heaven I over the snows which crown it, and inscribe board, but soon it was necessary to station our names upon its most elevated peak: this, sentinels at the ladders, in order to avoid a Why was that deep, that noble impulse given, Which glows 40 warmly in a-generous breast. lor some days was the almost constant sub- complete invasion. Almost all were naked, And burns to aid the helpless and oppressed ; ject of our conversation. In vain the recital with the exception of a soil of girdle called ■of the numerous accidents to which we should nwiro: some, the aged principally, were tatIf we must sit and speak not of thy cause, expose ourselves; in vain did they tell us of tooed; the names of many appeared, in larga Nor of thy grief—poor, injured Queen—because Thy foe is powerful, and thy kingdom weak, |M. Douglas, an English naturalist, who had letters, on their arms or breasts. It was iperished under the horns of a wild bull while easy to perceive that they were beginning to And thy proud heart unpitied left to break. "" • • • • • THE FRIEND. • • • • • : — • �2 THE FRIEND, JANUARY 4, 1850. be accustomed to the sight of Europeans.''of Kapiolani, chief of this district, came to by the companions of Cook, after his death; From their bargains we were assured that inform us that his mistress was ready to re- they showed us cocoa-nut trees pierced by civilised men bad been here: tola tola (dol- ceive us. We readily accepted the inviin- Iballs, and rocks shivered by the artillery. lar) was what they most generally asked of tton of the noble lady, and we found her The next day, we found nt Kaawaloa the us. la exchange for sheik*, fowls, hoes he. Aseated outside of the enclosure which sur- |horses and guide, which Kapiolani bad promwhich they brought .us, they were willing to rounds her bouse, in the shade of a bread- jised. Horses were imported into (he Sandtake nothing but money, or clothing.— 'fruit tree. She was about fifty years of age, wich Islands from California, and they beAnd surely, to see the airs of importauce(of a colossal stature, five leet and eight or gan to be numerous. Some of the horses which he arrogated to himself among his ten inches at least, very corpulent and very sent for our use were furnished with Engcompanions, who found himself Ihe fortu- ugly. She received us politely. I hesitated lish saddles, and the others with clumsy Mexnate owner of a watchcoat, a shirt or any a moment whether, according to what 1 had j ,ttn/n saddles. The distance between Eower ;1 part of European apparel, easily convinced read in Cook's voyages, I should not salute*.ftaawaloa and Upper Kaawaloa is about us of the value which they attached to such..her in the ancient manner of Ihe country, \(y \ three miles. There is a very good road berubbing my nose against hers; I looked to ( tween the two plnces, leading up the side of articles. We were disappointed, for these were not see il some gesture would nol show that this tin- mountain. This rnnd is due to the misthe islanders of Cook, and although the in- was her desire; but, not observing anything,sionaries, who resorted lo a singular expefluence of the savage stale still bore sway in her attitude which betokened the necessi-,dient to accomplish the object. They caused in the physical and moral constitution of each ty of the Hawaiian salutation, I was satis- a law to be enacted, by which every person individual, it was no longer that of simple tied with taking the hand which she offered man or woman, convicted ol'adullery, should and guileless nature, which we were expec- me. Some seats, real European chairs, pay a fine of fifteen dollars (seventy-five ting to study. Yet, in the first part of our were brought us and we seated ourselves francs), or in case of non-payment, should intercourse with them we were the best able around Kapiolani. Behind us were five orjlabor on the roads four months. The plan of to discover the traces of what the Sandwich six women clad in immense sacks which the/,the missionaries has been so much encourIslands were, at the time of their discovery: called'robes, and in which they seemed very aged by the people, that this road was comlater, we found the villages more European; much embarrassed. All around us was the pleted in less than two years, and that anothand the people almost as vicious as those who population of Kaawaloa, lying Hat upon (he er road from Kaawaloa lo Knilua (Inrge have civilized them. rocks, supporting the chin with their hands town), a distance of about twenty-five miles, A Portugese, who had lived on the island and gazing upon us with fixed attention.— is almost finished: and so, thanks to the for a long time, and whom it would have Kapiolani was entirely dressed in the Euro- amorous propensities of the Hawaiian*, we been somewhat difficult to distinguish from a pean fashion; a gown of flowered English accomplished, yery easily, the three miles savage, served us as a pilot, and at noon we muslin, a sash of blue silk, and shoes, com- which we had to pass over. were anchored in the bay of Kealakeakua. posed her toilet. Two tortoise shell combs As we ascended, the appearance of the Mure than 200 canoes were around the Bo- secured her hair. On her fingers were three land changed. All these islands have evinite, yet we had not seen a single woman. or four silver rings. The people around us dently been formed by successive eruptions This surprised us; fur the accounts of di- formed as singular an assemblage as could.of sub-marine volcanoes; and as a proof of vers voyagers had informed us that no soon- any where be found. The only clothing of their origin, lava is everywhere found. It er was a vessel arrived than it was surroun- one was a watchcoat without buttons; of|.is seen near the shore such as it was, at Ihe ded by a crowd of women; veritable water- another, a shirt, and of a third, a pair of| moment when it became hard. The differIhe with pantaloons: naked, most were part nymphs, who dove and swam around, pointent strata, one above another, can be distining to the land and making known to the Ihe exception of the indispensable maro. guished; since, in proportion to ihe elevasailors, by their lascivious postures, the All the women, if not clothed, were at least' tion, the lava, owing to the alternate action pleasures to be enjoyed there; but the pilot covered. Some were clad like those men- of heat and moisture, is more and more desoon explained the mystery: "Ships," said tioned above; the others, by far the great- composed. On the table land where the he, are tabu to women; it is a law of the est number, were merely enveloped in a sort rains are abundant, the lava is found changed of shawl of Hawaiian cloth, (kapa). into fertile soil; and there missionaries." He gave us an account, at large grows in abunthe same time, of several measures taken by Our conversation with Kapiolani was not dance the kvkin (candle-nut tree), from the the missionaries for the promotion of morals long; the English sailor acted as interpreter. nut of which is extracted a very clear oil, and religion: but more of this hereafter. For the most part, a sort of grunt was the which is very good to burn. This oil has she made to the long compliments already become an article of exportation. The bay of Kealakeakua extends four or only reply five leagues from North to South; Ihe deep- which individuals of our party addressed her; The bread-fruit tree, the orange, the mulest part is a sort of cove formed by two yet there was upon her countenance a singu- |berry (imported from Manilla), the banana, points of low land projecting into the sea on lar expression of kindness and natural good-(the sugar cane, the taro (arum esculentum), the right and left. This cove is commanded ness, and when we mentioned a desire to go its root growing in the water and which conby a mountain, or wall of blackish lava, four to the upper village, on the morrow, to at-,stitutes the principal food of the islanders, or five hundred feet in perpendicular height. tend divine worship, the design appeared to,are also abundant. Through the crevices On the left is the village of Kaawaloa; to give her great pleasure, and she offered to,of the rocks escaped some dwarf shrubs, a the right, surrounded with cocoa-nut trees, furnish us with horses and a guide. species of the caper bush, the nai-hi, the we perceived the village of Kealakeakua, On leaving Kapiolani we went to see the root of which, as we were informed, serves which has given name to the bay, and be- place where Captain Cook had been assas- the natives for tea. There was also the tayond, towards the extremity of tbe point, sinated; it was where we landed. They pa, from which they make their clothes, and another village, tbe name of which I do not pointed out to us the rock on which he was the flower of which, of a saffron yellow, riremember. Upon the high lands, which standing, when he received the fatal thrust. vals in brilliancy the magnificent blue, white overlook the bay, we distinguished a num- Looking around, we saw ourselves surround- and red convolvulus which bordered the ber of houses, and among them, one which ed by tbe same people that had assassinated road. seemed built in the European style: " it is," him. About midway between the two villages said the pilot, "the house of the missionary The death of Cook was indeed a great is the monument erected, in 1825, by Lord Forbes; the village is called Upper Kaaiea- misfortune; but perhaps it ought to he at- Byron, commandant of the English frigate toa." tributed only to himself and to the violence Blonde, in memory of Cook. It is at the In the afternoon we went to Kaawaloa. of his character; at least it so appeared this place where had been inferred all that could We had some difficulty in landing; yet with day. There has not been, nor is there now be found of his scattered members: it is a the assistance of the Indians, many of whom anything sanguinary in the character of this post fixed in Ihe midst of lava rocks, which plunged into the water to bring us aid, and people; but they manifested an almost bound- have been piled up so as to form a sort of after some falls upon the rocks, we found less respect for those foreigners, whom Ihey tumulus. A copper plate, upon which is ourselves on terrafirma. The village of considered as gods. There was need of all engraved the name of Cook, is fastened to Kaawaloa seemed to be composed of only the horror, which the sacrilege committed by the top of the post. The epitaph, which acabout fifty houses. The bread-fruit and co- Cook, he seizing the king of the island, in- companies it, has become illegible. The coa-nut trees give to it a picturesque appear- spired, to urge them to this excess. We post is covered with the names of English ance A species ofEnglish sailor, steward could see traces of the vengeance inflicted sailors, who came to render homage to the I I , .., . . ,, , " .•, , �3 THE FRIEND, JANUARY 4, 1850. memory of the celebrated navigator. But Ihad committed blasphemy against the Holy build a meeting house for him. His influthis is a niggardly monument, and one is as- Ghost, that he had sold Christ, tbat he was ence among the common people was such astonished that the English government has iactually possessed by a demon. Sometimesi that the government would willingly have benot been able to acknowledge, in a more loud 1 voices from heaven cried out to warn stowed on him some municipal office ; but suitable manner, the immense services ren- him. Sometimes fiends whispered impious his vigorous understanding and his stout Engdered to navigation by Captain Cook. In isuggestions in his ear. He saw visions ol' lish heart were proof against all delusion and the vaults of Westminster Abbey repose'distant mountain lops, on which ihe sun shone nil temptation. He felt assured that the toleration was merely a bait intendashes, which have not so good a claim upon! brightly, but from which he was separated by 'proffered the gratitude of the people, as that which a waste of snow. He felt the devil behind ed to lure the Puritan party to destruction ; him pulling his clothes. He thought that the 'nor would he, by accepting a place for which lies forsaken under the lava of Hawaii. brand of Cain had been set upon hitn. He he was not legally qualified, recognise the feared lliat he was about to hurst asunder! validity of Ihe dispensing power. One of the JOHN BUNYAN. like Judas. His menial agony disordered last acts of his virtuous life was to decline CHANGE OF PUBLIC OPINION. bis health. One day he shook like a man in an interview to which he was invited by an Our readers are aware of the remarkable jthe palsy. On another day he felt a fire agent of the government." revolution which has and is now taking place within his breast. It is difficult to underThe Sandwich Islands.—The suggestion in the public mind in England and other parts stand how he survived sufferings so intense, [occurs in a New York paper, that it would At the clouds long 'and so continued. length of the world, with reference to the prominent broke. From the depth* of despair, the pen- lie well for Ihe United States to annex the characters who flourished in England during itent passed lo n state of serene felicity. An Sandwich Islands to the Union, giving the the seventeenth century. The character of irresistible impulse now urged him to impart whole group the name of the State of Haimportance of these Islands, in Cromwell, as delineated by the historians of toothers the blessing of which he was him- waii. The view of tho trade of the Pacific, being nearly He the and joined Baptists, self possessed. the reign of Charles 11, stands in striking became a preacher and writer. His educa- midway between Oregon and China, is promcontrast with the character of the Protector tion bad been that of a mechanic. He knew inently urged, nnd the fact, no doubt, will be as portrayed by Carlyle and Macaulay. In no language but the English, as it was spo- (generally admitted. The depopulation which for some cause or another, has been going regard to no individual, has public sentiment ken by ihe common people. He had studied on throughout the group since its discovery model of with the excomposition, no great so as the in been thoroughly revolutionized, by Capt. Cook, is also alluded to as indicaan undoubtedimportant exception case of the character and genius of John ception, tive of the inevitable result that the Islands Bible.— ly, of our noble translation of the Bunyan. Late in the eighteenth century, His spelling was bad. He frequently trans- must, sooner or later, come into the possesCowper even, did not venture to do more gressed the rules of grammar. Yet his na- sion of some civilized power. Thus we go —Annexation seems to be the word. ' Manthan allude to him as the author of the Pil- tive force of genius, and his experimental ifest destiny' is doubtless in the ascendant. ofall the from religious passions, knowledge grim's Progress, without mentioning his A great country this, when it shall be fenced Ihe despair to ecslacy, amply supplied in him name. want of learning. His rude oratory roused in.— Baltimore Jimer. O thou, whom, home on Fancy's eager wing and melted hearers who listened without inThis opinion does not seem to be popular Back to ihe season of life's happy spring, to the labored discourses of great lo- at present, even among those strong in their terest 1 pleased remember, and, while memory yet gicians and Hebraists. His works were American feelings. Uncle Sain—or some of Holds fast her office here, can ne'er forget ; widely circulated among Ihe humbler classes. his Ingenious dreamer, in whose well-told (ale boys—seem to have got the idea that all Sweetfiction and sweet (ruth alike prevail; [style One of them, the Pilgrim's Progress, was, in Whose humorous vein, strong sense, and simple his own life-time, translated into several for- the world desires to become annexed to the May teach the gayest, make (he graves( smile ; eign languages. It was, however, scarcely great North American Republic. His famiWitty, nnd well employed, nnd, like (hy Lord, known (o the learned and polite, and had been ly, we think, is now quite too large, and to Speaking in parnliles his slighted word ; during near a century, the delight of pious add the State of Hawaii' to the rapidly in1 name (hee not, lest so despised a name ' cottagers and artisans before it was publicly Should move n sneer nt thy deserved fame ; sisterhood of States of the Union, creasing of emcommended man high literary any by Yet c'en in transitory life's late day, condescended At critics to seems rather length premature. Suppose His Mainence. That mingles all my brown with sober grny, Revere (he man, w hose pilgrim marks the rond, inquire where the secret of so wide and so jesty, Kamehameha, and His Majesty's loyAnd guides the/>rogres* of (he soul to God." durable a popularity lay. They were commultitude had al subjects, do not wish to be annexed—what The following sketch of Bunyan's charac- pelled to own that the ignorant judged more correctly than the learned, and then ? If the ' government organ' be the ter, drawn by the great reviewer and histo- that the despised little book was really a masexponent of their views, such is far from berian,Macaulay,is highly creditable to the wri- terpiece. Bunyan is indeed as decidedly the ing the case. To change the figure, if Broter, and is a most striking illustration of the first of allegorists, as Demosthenes is the first ther Jonathan really desires to form a family or Shakspeare the first of dramachange which is now going forward in public of orators, alliance in this quarter, it would be ciriJ, to lists. Other allegories have shown equal inopinion. In one century, an illustrious poet genuity ; but no other allegorist has ever use Ihe mildest term, for him to make a fair ventures not to introduce his name lest it been able to touch the heart, nnd to make .proposition, and then wait for an answer !— ' should move a sneer ;' in the following cen- abstractions objects of terror, of pity, and of Perhaps this is the very way Brother Jonatury, the greatest historian of the age asserts love. whether any English than would pop the question.' He may not " It may be doubted —'Bunyan is indeed as decidedly the first of Dissenter suffered more severely under think it best upon the whole, for Mr. Secrehad allegorists, as Demosthenes is the first of or- the penal laws than John Bunyan. Of the of State to write His Majesty's Minister ators, or Shakspeare the first of dramatists.' twenty-seven years which had elapsed since tary Affairs upon so delicate a subject of Foreign To the names of Baxter and Howe must the Restoration, he had passed twelve in "added to have tho preliminaries hence prefers He and the name of a man far below them confinement. still persisted in preachbe in station and in ncquired knowledge, but in [ing ; but. that he might preach, he was un- 'arranged by we the editors. The Frjeßn bevirtue their equal, and in genius ther supe- •Jer the necessity of disguising himself like ing ratber disinclined to interfere in matters rior, John Bunyan. Bunyan had been bred a carter. He was often introduced into meet- of a political nature, would refer the affair a tinker, and had served as a private soldier ings through backdoors, with a smock frock his neighbors, the Polynesian and in the parliamentary army. Early in his life on his back and a whip in his hand. If he over to he had been fearfully tortured by remorse litid thought only of Ins own ease and safety Times. for his youthful sins, the worst of which seem he would have hailed the Indulgence wilh The women in England are asserting however, lo have been such as the world delight. He was now, at length, free to pray tbeir rights. They bave established a club in thinks venial. His keen sensibility and his and exhort in open day. His congregation Salisbury for cricket playing, and at the last adpowerful imagination made his internal con- rapidly increased ; thousands bung upon his vices, a match was about to be played between flicts singularly terrible. He fancied that he words ; and at Bedford, where he ordinarily iwo elevens, one consisting of married and the was under sentence of reprobation, that he resided, money was plentifully contributed to other of single women. < , " ' �4 THE FRIEND, JANUARY 4, 1860. THE FRIEND. The Oahu Fountain, published monthly Their word becomes of no value, and the at Honolulu, from Jan. to Oct. 1847, by tha contract, with their name affixed has no more Oahu Temperance Society. binding power over their consciences, than The Sandwich Island News, published a rope of sand to moor a ship. This ought not so to be. We have heard "the thousand weekly, at Honolulu, from 1847 to 1849. VOL. VIII OF THE FRIEND, Oregon Free Press, published and one," of sailor-excuses for running The OF ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS AND HISTORY weekly, at Oregon City, from April to Dec. away, and are aware of the sailor's lot, yet, IN THE PACIFIC. of our 1848. to justify their running away would be far As we enter upon another volume EvangeliOregon of own The American and from our thoughts. Rarely, very rarely, history our paper, we are reminded at Unionist, this cal have we known a sailor to improve his conpublished semi-monthly, and that of other English newspapers in dition, our while not unfrequently his lotis worse 1848, world. When we Tualatui O. from June to spread Plains, T., part of the inscribed it before. Sailors, no, no, you are not another than was breeze, to the sheet June 1849. The Alta California, now published running fearful risks in leaving your vessels with English characters was anywhere to be seen along the whole extent of the western at San Francisco, may be considered as suc- until you have fulfilled your engagements. coast of North and South America, from ceeding the Californian, which was discon- An increase of $1, $5, or $100, per month, Cape Horn to Bhering's Straits, or in any tinued at the breaking out of the gold fever. is by no means a sufficient compensation for part of Polynesia. We can hardly realize For a short time the Californian and Star leaving a vessel, before your engagement is this fact, when we consider that more than a were united. up. Let masters und officers beware how dozen have since been undertaken. We The Placer Times, published weekly at theyybrce men to runaway, and let sailors shall first refer to those which were publish- Sacramento City, from April, 1849, to the beware how they runaway for slight and ed, but became extinct, before the establish- present time. trifling causes. ment of the Friend. The Pacific Nfws, published tri-weekly, Sandwich Island Gazette, published at San Francisco, from Sept. 1849, to pre- SOUND LEGISLATION IN WISCONSIN. " No person shall hereafter be allowed to weekly, at Honolulu, from 183(5 to 1839.— sent time. vendor retail spirituous liquorsuntil he shall, at S. D. Mackintosh, Editor. For about twelve Honolulu Times, published weekly, in addition to any other requirements of the Nov. time. Honolulu, 1849, from to present months the Sandwich Island Mirror appearlaw, have executed to the treasurer, or other About two years since, a semi-weekly pa- proper officers of the county, city, ed monthly in place of the Gazette, in contown, or per was started at Lima, in Peru, but wheth- village in which he may reside or carry on sequence of the want of printing paper. business, a bond in the penal sum of The Hawaiian Spectator, published er now published we are unable to state. such one thousand dollars, with three or more the of the of Mexico During city occupation quarterly, at Honolulu, from January 1833 sufficient sureties, who shall be residents of to Oct. 1839, conductedby " an Association by the American army, two daily papers were the place where such business is carried on, published there. We are are not aware as conditional to pay all damages the community of Gentlemen." The Polynesian, First Series, published any other English papers have ever been or individuals may sustain by reason of such traffic; to support all paupers, widows, and at Honolulu, from June 6, 1840 to Dec. 4, started in those regions which may be styled orphans; pay the expenses of all civil and Pacific. 1841. J, J. Jarvis, Editor. criminal prosecution made, growing out of, The Friend, published at Honolulu, from For many years papers in the Spanish lan- or justly attributable to, such traffic. Jan. 1843, to the present time. During '45, guage have been published in Peru and Chile. The fourth section is as follows:— 6 and 7, it was issued semi-monthly, but the A French lithographic paper was once pubIt shall be lawful for any married woman remainder of the period, monthly. lished at Tahiti, and for many years papers to institute and maintain in her own name, a The Polynesian, Second Series. Revi- have been published in the Hawaiian lan- suit on any such bond, for all damages susved in May, 1844, by J. J. Jarvis, who has guage. tained by herself or children on account of such traffic; and the money when collected been succeeded by the following gentlemen Sailors running away from ships.—It shall be paid over to her, for the use of heras Editors—C. E. Hitchcock, C. G. Hopmay seem like attempting " to dam up the self and children." kins, and E. O. Hall. waters ofthe Nile with bulrushes," for us to Well done, Legislators ofWisconsin! May The Hawaiian Cascade, published at make an effort to dissuade sailors from run- your example be followed by your brethren Honolulu, from Nov. 1844 to Aug. 1845, by ning away from ships. Because this practice in other Stales, and lands, cursed with the the Hawaiian Total Abstinence Union. become has so common here and in Califor- traffic in intoxicating drinks. Why should The Monitor, published monthly, at Honno means make it right for sail- not the vendors of strong drink support paunia, does, from to by olulu, Jan. Dec. 1845, Rev. D. Dole to do When sailors ship on board per-drunkards ? Why should they not pay ors so. Editor. The Samoan Reporter, published half- vessels it is upon certain conditions, now damages to that poverty stricken wife and yearly, at Navigator's Islands, from March, when they run away it is manifest that on children, whose husband and father they their part, they are unwilling to fulfill those have robbed of his property ? Why should 1845, to present time. Oregon Spectator, published at Oregon conditions—they deliberately violate their they be allowed lo fill the land with paupers, City, O. T., semi-monthly, from Feb. 1846 solemn engagements. Not only do they vio- drunkards, and criminals, then call upon the to Feb. 1849. late their word, but a contract to which they community at large to pay the necessary tax ? The Californian, published weekly, first have affixed their names. For men on land Most admirable is that feature of the act, at Monterey, A. C, in July, 1846, but sub- to trifle wilh their solemn engagements is making it lawful for the inebriate's wife to insequently removed to San Francisco. looked upon as disgraceful, and when men stitute a suit for damages! We hail this law The California Star, published weekly do not fulfill their contracts they are treated as a bright star in the west! May the lawat San Francisco, from 1846 to 1848. as out-casts, or out-laws. Among seamen, makers of other lands catch a glimpse of its The Neighbor, puhlished monthly, at a somewhat different code of laws and honor mild rays. We are glad to observe the law Valparaiso, Chile, from Jan. 1847, to the has obtained a footing. This is certainly to highly commended in the public journals.— present time. be deprecated. It tends to degrade them. Keep it before the people. HONOLULU, JANUARY 4, 1850. — . — " �5 THE FRIEND, JANUARY 4, 1850. 'sentiment he advanced was engraven upon .labor in vain, unless their communications HAWAIIAN THANKSGIVING. the into this Among many good imports the minds ofall Hawaiians. To this end we are accompanied by their names, although Kingdom, we rejoice that on the last day of hope a faithful translation will be made of his their communications may be published an1849 a National Thanksgiving made its ap- address, and copies sent to every grass hut onymously. Editors, most of all people, dread imposition. pearance. His Majesty, Knmehameha, could from Hawaii to Niihau. not have made un appointment that would The remarks of the U. S. Consul were conMELANCHOLLY OCCURRENCE. call up in the minds of Americans in his do- firmatory of those expressed by Mr. Wyllie, llakalm, Kauai. Nov. SO, 1840. minions, more pleasing and time hallowed as- besides containing a spice of teetotalism.— Rev. 8. C. Damon—My demr Sir-—Capt Johnson of the jbrig Kegia, in which vowel 1 came fro n Honolulu, requeatsociations. Thanksgiving is a season ns Those of the Rev. Mr. Bond, were well ,ed me to acquaint you with a circumstance that took place fondly cherished and observed by the descen- timed, and well calculated to impress the during our passage down. On Bunday, the 11th mat. at 3 o'clock, p. m, and about eight miles from theland offllarber'a dants of the Pilgrims, as Christmas is by the minds of the large assemblage of children Point, the steward, James Y Rogers, Jumped out of thecabin people of the ' old countries.' To be sure, present, that, if they were temperate and in- windows Into the aea. without any apparent cause whatever, Thanksgiving on the 31st of Dec, when dustrious, with the blessing of God, they It was blowing very hard at the time, and the vessel was running very nearly before the wind The Captain, who waa on that occurs on Monday, rather shocks our might expect to be successful in life. He deck, brought the vessel to the wind as soon a* Uie alarm was ideas of the festival, which we have always dwelt felicitously and forcibly upon the im- given, and stood for a short time on the starboard tack—he then put the vessel about and stood on the other tack, unti' been accustomed to celebrate on Thursday, portance of the young taking correct ground we judged we had passed over the spot where the man Jumpand that Thursday ordinarily the last of No- upon the temperance question. They must ed overboard, but without discovering any thing of him,--vember ; but not supposing it possible for not infer that because they were young nnd Unfortunately, Capt Johnson having lost both quarter boats in his passage to California, had nonetolower. Some ofthe the King to err, we would merely express the small, therefore they were destitute of in- men on board the vessel said that he was an excellent swimwish that his ministers will consult their al- fluence:— mer, and they had no doubthe would reach the shore ; but one man said that he had heard him say previous to hisslopmanac next year before making the appointWhat if the Utile rain should say " Bo small a drop as I, ping in the Regia, that he intended to destroy himself. He ment. This is however, ofminor importance was but a few days on board, and Capt Johnson, to whom I Cnn ne'er refresh these thirsty fields, am indebted for much kindness and attention duringthe pal—we come to matters of graver moment.— I'll tarry in Ihe sky, 11 dec, dec. sage down, thought that the man's friends, should he be Our design will now be briefly to record the Our limits will not allow that we enter more drowned, might obtain some knowledge as to his fata, through public proceedings on the First Hawaiian fully into a report of the exercises, but we your Instrumentality. 1 am, my dear sir. Your humble servant, G. RHODES. Thanksgiving in the capital of the kingdom. will add, that to us, they were interesting iHaIoatx?s-Huavinlgoipnnicvgeeanxpecting Under the general direction of the Rev. throughout, although for years we have been vessel oalled Smith Tuttle," from Newburyport, and com" Sylvester, we were not a little surprised on Mr. Armstrong, Minister of Public Instruc- accustomed to attend similar gatherings manded by Capt York Herald of July 7th tion, all the Protestants Schools in Honolulu .among the Hawaiians, hence we infer that reading the following In the Newabout the time specified, for know, sailed were assembled at ten o'clock at the stone'to the numerous strangers present the exer- Such a vessel we Oregon, via Sandwich Islands, and nothing has ever been Church. It was a pleasant spectacle, on a' cises were not devoid of interest. The sing- heard fromher, unless the following truly marvellous letter most charming Monday morning, to witness ing was good, and the declamations, excel- makesknown her fate. The following lettti, savs the Bridgcton. N. J. Chronicle, group after group of neatly dressed children lent, although more than one of Mr. Fuller's June 30th, was found on the shore of the Delaware Bay last week, at Jones'lsland, and brought to this office by Joslah wending their way to the place of gathering, pupils might have said :— Shephard,Esq, ot Hopewell. It was found enclosed in a by sealsmall vial, tightly corked and secured from dampness YouM scarce expert one of my age conducted by their respective teachers.— ing way being put on the cork. Whether His really what its " product or whether Is the of indicate, purport seems to It To speak in public on the stit^e." Soon after the audience was seated, His Masome •■«; who delight* in wonderments,' we arc unable to vouching any thing further than We give it without jesty, the Queen, the Premier, the Minister After the closing of the exercises, the sev- say, that it was found as described, The folks down East' will apt to know whether there is any reality In it or not. eral schools marched with banbe procession, others, and took their in Relations, of Foreign "The American brig Smith Tuttle, of and from Newburymorning, while leisurely progresseats upon the platform. The following or- ners unfurled and streamers flying, to the port, Nov. *9. 1846—-This singalong, and repairing the damages of a tremendous gale Rev. Mr. Smith's church, where a feast was which occurred on Nov. 16, and which waa very severe, we der of exercises was observed : discovered to the east of us a large ship bearing American She rapidly neared us, and when within about three by Native Choir. prepared ala Hawaiian. The tables were colors. Singing, a chaunt, miles, lowered the star spangled banner, and hoisted the piratical flag She still continued to near us very raRev. L. Smith. well supplied, although they did not " groan" bloodyand Prayer, in Hawaiian, when at a distance of about a mile, two men were His Majesty. as we have seen them, ere the Californians pidly, Speech, overboard, and thenshot, drought up from below and thrown be a Spanish ahlp of 900 tons burthen or more the Premier. made such heavy drafts upon our markets. She appears to Speech, ---as near as I can ascertain, there are about one hundred and torn, and also a Pupils of Mr. Fuller's School. The building was crowded to overflowing, twenty-five men on her. She carries a lornybesides Singing, numerous large gun forward, which is on a pivot, Address, in English, Mr. Wyllie, M. F. R. and all seemed we must be murderedIs certain, but ones. That all delighted with the idea of en- smaller Declamation, Six pupils Mr. Fuller's school. we are going to die like free men In defence of our lives.-of my men has already fallen from a shot from the long Native Choir.,joying so happy a thanksgiving. Among the One Temperance Song, torn. Generousstranger, who e'er thon art that flndest this, do thekindness to an unfortunate man to publish in tbe near Address, in English, Mr.Turrill, U.S. Consul. amusing things at the feast, we could not but eat Journal or newspaper, and you will oblige and confer a Mr. Fuller's Pupils. observe natives eating pot with a spoon, and favor fiYLVESTatT MCAFTE. Singing, on 10 o'clock 7 minutes, a. m. Rev. Mr. Bond. their pale faced neighbors Adiress, " accomplishing the Mr. Fuller's Pupils. Singing, There was received by the various lines same with their fingers! Rev. Claik. Mr. feat Prayer, of steam-ships of the West India and Oriental port of Southampton, duWe are unable to furnish translations of Thus, upon the whole, this teetotal, edu- Mail Company, at the ring the six months ending June SOth, 1849,the cational and festival mode of celebrating enormous amount of $17,409,000 in gold and silthose addresses made in the native language or even present in full those delivered in Eng- Thanksgiving being very agreeable, and we ver. Of this immense aggregate it is represented that $9,930,000 came from the mines of Mexlish. That of Mr. Wyllie was written and hope, useful, may His Majesty appoint anoth- ico, Peru, and other parrs of South America, snd delivered in English, but was translated by er similar day, before the year 1850 shall •950,000 in gold du»t was brought over tbe isthmus from California. The total amount of gold Mr. Armstrong. The general subject was end. and silver coin, bullion, and dost or grains from the importance of industry among the native Nortb or South America was §10,510,000. Of We have several anonymous com- the balance nearly 03,000,000 was received from population. In the course of his remarks, in the sbspe of remittances from the East we understood him to announce distinctly that munications on hand, and most sincerely re- India Company, about two and a half millions India the did furnish their gret contributors not the King was about to give lands, in fee simfrom Constantinople, and one and a half millions Portugal and Spain. If this entire amount ple, to all of his native subjects who would names. This ought in all cases to be done. from had been in silver, it would have weighed four Those who their time to spend same. His remarks were write for the plain, cultivate the hundred tons; if it bad consisted entirely of gold, practicable and sensible. Would that every columns of a newspaper, are very liable to it would have weighed thirty-five tons. ' " " ' - �6 THE FRIEND, JANUARY 4, 1850. died away. Death seemed to have'too ill to apply his mind long to any subject. seized upon the winds that they might not He would once in a while call in some one to hurry from his grasp the young victim soi read to him from the Bible, but he could selSCENES IN THE FORECASTLE. nearly his own. Our progress was so slow, dnm endure more than one chapter nt a time. January 6, 1846. At noon we saw St. He- that it was far into the night before we were I often read to him in this way, and the queslena1right ahead, and if the sight ofland ever well up with the island. The night was very tions which he asked showed that he took gladdened the hearts of any crew, it did the dark, and the captain was no! acquaintedI great interest in the exercise. As 1 sat by hearts of the crew of the ship H—,'at this with the entrance to Jamestown harbor, in- him and read portions of scripture, I would time. We had been out only sixty-three deed, he did not know exactly where thei have given all I possessed had I known how days from China, during which time we had entrance wns, nnd the night was so dark thai to converse with him about the concerns of seen land often, and once had communicated we could not distinguish many of Ihe land- his soul ; but he never asked any questions with the natives of an island, and from them marks laid down on the chart. As we float- upon Ibis topic, and at this time I was very had obtained fruits, vegetables, and live ed by, we saw lights, but so scattered, thai indifferent about myself, and very thoughtstock in abundance. We did not want pro- our captain tlid not suppose that they could be less, nnd consequently not the one lo direct visions nnd our supply of water was ample, the lights of a town, he therefore kept on bis in person's steps towards the path which I so that the sight of the island did not give us way, hoping lo seethe harbor when we shouldI cared not to tread. joy by promising to satisfy any gastronomic get beyond a point of land which loomed upi The mate was a pious man, and often praywants ; neither were our sailors so much ahead. But he was mistaken ; the sail,;ed in Ihe forecastle, and conversed with the seized with historic romance, nor were theyi[round Ihe point showed us no harbor, and re- ■ sick man, but no good results were apparent so much in love with a place made famous by vealed to us the light of no town. after the conversation, for the dying man witnessing the fulfillment of the destiny of a The captain wns at a loss, and he evinced seemed as indifferent as he had been through great man, that they would joyfully overhaul the perplexed state of his mind by his hur- life. and get in readiness the chain and ground ried step on the quarter deck, and by the raThus matters went on till we had crossed tackle of the ship, or cheerfully get out the pidity with which lie gave orders. the line and entered the latitude of uncertain anchor which for a time would hold them to While in this stale of uncertainty, we saw and boisterous weather, when one dark, rainy a place hallowed by such scenes ; neither did through the darkness, an object moving by, night I was ordered to go forward and watch they care enough about witnessing the va- and hearing tin- sound of oars, we concluded with Jack. I went forward and sat down by cant tomb of Napoleon, nor desire so much that it was a boat belonging to the island.— the side of his berth and took his hand in as to gaze upon the rocky hill from whose The captain hailed, and was answered. He mine that 1 might keep account of his feeble brow he had surveyed Ihe ocean, that (hey then inquired where Jamestown harbor was. pulse. The forecastle, although on deck, would joyfully and with alacrity go through The answer was returned, that we had pas- was very close and damp, and the water tbe disagreeable duty which is attendant up- sed it, that it was just round the point which which had found its way in through Ihe seams on bringing a ship to anchor in a deep har- we hnd left astern. This information was by on the weather side, and around the catbor. No, the gladness arose from a very no means pleasant to the captain or to us, heads, ran across the deck in a dirty stream different source. the crew. We feared that the captain might and hid itself behind the chests down to leeIn the forecastle of that ship, in a narrow not turn back, and then we saw nothing but ward. An old lamp which gave a dubious light, was suspended from a beam overhead, berth, lay a young man just twenty-one years certain death for poor Jack. of age, who was wasting away with a slow The result proved our fears to be correct. and by its faint flickerings the outline of the disease, which was like the consumption, on- The captain dove down into the cabin, appa- forecastle could be dimly seen with its double ly it was unattended by any cough. This di- rently in great rage ; and for a few minutes tier of berths in some of which could be dissease had defied the limited ukill of the mate we were in suspense. This suspense soon cerned the upturned faces of the watch bebacked up by a medicine chest, and three gave way to the worst certainty, for when he low. ponderous volumes from the ship's library, came on deck again, he gave the unwelcome The ship was going about one point free, by virtue of the reading of which, our chief order to keep the ship on her course, and to and as there was some sea on, she pitched officer had assumed the responsibility of pre- loose the fore and mizzen top-gallant sails badly and took in considerable water over the bows. Every wave that struck the ship scribing for any among the crew who were and the main royal. sick. St. Helena was the invalid's last hope, It was vexatious to be kept up as we had shook her from stem to stern, and as they and bis only chance for life lay in his leaving been all night, humbugging at the braces beat against the bows with trip-hammer force the ship at that island, for nothing on board and swinging the yards for every little breath they seemed as it were the furious knocking could avail him anything, and disease was of air that came offshore, and this vexation of the angel of death impatient for admittance. fast, very fast, wasting him away, seeming and weariness but poorly prepared our minds Jack seemed conscious that he was failing desirous of leaving as little as possible for for the absolute agony of disappointment, or fast, and once or twice asked how his pulse the grasp of death which was so near. for the melancholy duty of telling Jack that beat, but was unable to say much. All at When the island hove in sight, the sick his doom was sealed. When we told him once his pulse stopped, and I thought that he man was instantly put in possession of the that we had failed in making the port, but was dead, but it soon commenced again, and intelligence. The news seemed to give were now pointed for home with a fair wind, with more force than before. He then revilima new hold on life, for a time the pro- and when we bade him keep up his courage ved a little, and asked me to call the mate. gress of his disease appeared to be stayed, by thinking how soon he would be with his I ran aft and told the mate that Jack was dyand he rallied himself to make a few prepa- friends, he exclaimed with a voice choked by ing, and asked him to come forward. He rations for going on shore. bitter disappointment, I shall never see started and came forward with me. When It was the prospect of having our ship- home again—never !' we entered the forecastle, we found Jack mate restored to health, which caused joy in The ship kept on her course, and with us partially raised up and gazing about him in tbe hearts of the crew, at the sight of thai the routine of ship's duty went on as before. the wildest manner. His features, by reaisland. We desired to have something ef- We soon forgot our disappointment, or re- son of long sickness, had become sharp and fectual done for his recovery. We had long membered it only when thinking of the sick ghastly, and his eyes were lit up by the fire been pained by seeing him dying before our man. From him hope had fled. As we re- which was consuming him. The sight of him eyes, and the sight was indeed painful, for moved the anchors from the bows, the an- glaring out from his berth, combined with besides witnessing the hopeless condition of chor of hope seemed to be torn from his bo- the almost sepulchral appearance of the foreour shipmate, we were continually reminded som. Day after day he wasted away and castle, was a spectacle which never will be of the uncertainty of life. Feeling all the grew weaker, till he required the constant effaced from my mind. 1 never wish to see time that death was in our midst, a train of presence of a watcher. The best berth in Ihe like again. thought was started in our minds which we the forecastle was given up to him, and the As soon as the mate entered, Jack asked could not avoid, and which we cared not to most delicate and nourishing food was pre- him to pray for him. By this time some of pursue. This train of thought, was disagree- pared for him, and he received from all hands the watch below had been awakened and had able to us, and we hoped to remove it by the fore and aft, every attention which could be turned out, and some of the watch had come removal, and consequent recovery of our given. All were desirous of making his last in from off deck. The male kneeled among shipmate. them, and lifted up his heart to God in an elmoments as comfortable as possible. We neared tbe island slowly. The trades Until this time he had read a great deal, oquent and fervent prayer. During the praywhich had blown very fresh before, now al- but now he was too weak to hold a book and er Jack was silent, but at ihe close he made Seamen's Friend. , most . i'oyful ' �7 THE FRIEND, JANUARY 4, 1860. a great effort, and raising himself so as to be [native-teacher, who now conveys to other is- gins to form its clusters, and the fruit may seen by all present, he exclaimed, 'Oh, I 1lands the orange, the lime, the banana, sweet be gathered in less than a year. wish I could pray. I don't think now as 1 potato, pine, custard, and papaw apples, fkc, A spot of 1,076 square feet may contain, used to think. I once disbelieved in future iis no less worlhy of the thanks of our coun- at least, from thirty to forty plants, which, punishment, thinking that all the punishment Itry than the greatest of our navigators. It in the space of a year, at a very moderate that we were to have was given us here. Iiis interesting to observe, that, when these calculation, will yield more than 4,410 lbs. don't think so now ! lam lost ! lam lost ! worthy agents of our Missionary Society avoirdupois of nutricious substance. The I wish I could pray ! Oh, that I could pray !' Ibring on board the Mission Ship their little produce of the banana is to that of wheat as This effort was his last ; he sank back up- todds and ends of property, to embark on 133 : 1, and to that of potatoes fes 44 : 1." on his pillow, and in a short time he calmly Itheir mission of mercy to other islands, they WM. MILLS. and quietly breathed his last, and yielded up Ihave almost invariably a box of plants, or a AMERICANS AND JAPANESE. his spirit laden with the account of twenty- |parcel of roots and seeds. It must not be thought, that the islands of When Christianity was finally extirpated one years, to Him who gave it. The eyes of most of the crew who witnes- Ithe Pacific arc now the solitary abodes tliey throughout Japan, and the remnant of trade sed this scene, were filled with tears in spite once were. They are visited by hundreds of with Europe committed to the Dutch factory of their exertions to the contrary ; and there iwhalers and traders; and, consequently, it at Dezima, the resolute seclusion of the inis no doubt that the impression made upon iis of the gtealest benefit, in preserving the sular empire was long respected and left unthe minds of all present was fur good. their crews, to be able to gel fresh disturbed by other nations. The slight atIhealth of of It is not for us to judge this young man, or supplies vegetables and fruits. At the tempt made by tbe English under Charles II 1 to say that he was lost. The last words of atsame time, it confers a benefit on the na- which the Dutch foiled, by proclaiming the dying man aregenerally considered to be his ttives, by giving, in exchange for their pro- English Queen to be a Portuguese Princess truest words, but in this case, owing to some <duce, our hardware, cutlery, and cottons. can hardly be called an exception. This abstinence from any endeavor to circumstances, there is reason to hope that The benefit is even more extended in openso much of his speech as related to his being iing up markets for our home mantifactulies. transgress the prohibitory laws of Japan, allost was not true. But we do say, and from In after years, it will be interesting to lowed the strong' feeling in which they origithis case we see, that it is dangerous to put Iknow who first conveyed lo the several is- nated to die away, and towards the close of off the subject of religion till a future day, Ilands many of the finest tropical productions! the last century, the continuance of Ihe sysfor in so doing, we may leave to the mercies Even now, short ns the period is, it would, tem appears to have proceeded rather from 1 difficult of a death-bed hour, be to ascertuin who first introduced indifference to foreign trade and respect for I existing customs, than from hatred or fear. many of them. The vast concerns of an eternnl scene.' Whilst the public mind of Japan remained in Of all the which have been foreign plants The next morning at ten o'clock, with apthis easy state, although no trade, no unnepropriate ceremonies, we consigned the body introduced into Samoa, none have been more cessary intercourse was allowed, foreign of our shipmate to a sailor's grave. After'extensively propagated and valued than a ships were freely suffered to apdistress in banana, of unknown species previously in the burial the ship again turned towards * proach the coast, and their wants were cheertho Seas, South Samoa alone in upalthough away and*hurried from the as' home, place fully relieved. soldiers hurry from the grave of a departed wards of fifty different species of the Musa The first aggression upon the Japanese are found. From the of its fruit excellency comrades. code was made by the Americans prohibitory and its with great s the weight, together adapthe rest of the During passage home, Jack's and originated in the war between England tation of its lowness to resist gales, violent name was seldom mentioned, on account of' and Holland, when the latter nation was comthe dislike which sailors generally have of1it promises to take the precedence of every pelled to engage neutrals to carry on their c other Some novariety cultivated. usually referring to the subject of death. The sail- tice is therefore, of its of history, worthy trade with Japan. The first North American maker, who was both on board and on shore, ship thus hired was the Eliza of New York, Jack's most intimate friend, sometimes con- record. Stewart, in the year 1797 ; and her Capt. late Mr. When our lamented Missionary versed about him, and he generally ended at once aroused Japanese susappearance Williams returned from the England in his remarks something after this manner picion. A vessel bearing the Dutch flag, 'Jack was a whole-souled fellow—he would " Camden," in 1838, his Grace the Duke but of which (he crew spoke English, was an c Devonshire kindly supplied him with some share his last crust with a shipmate. I have of that struck the Nagasaki authorities anomaly cases one of which was one desof plants, in been with him through a great deal, and If with consternation. It cost the President of Chinese Banana —(most ignated proba" " deeply regret and repent that I have conn-' the Musa Cavendishii, the origin of the Factory (Doeff, a Dutchman,) some tenanced him and gone hand in hand with bly, ywhich is said to be the Isle of France). Mr. trouble to convince the Governor that these him in much that was evil. Had my iriMu- Williams not English were not real English, but ' English a of resisettled having place ence on him been better, my conscience of the second chop,' as the Americans are dence for time he the landed, c some after would now be more easy'—and many of his designated in China, living in a distant councases were left under care. Little vitalmy the same. companions could say try and governed by a different king. AH seemed to but, to anxious ity remain; preHow much better it would be, if instead of{ of them, I had them this however, was of no avail : the main chiming in with such remarks as the sail- 6serve, if possible, someinto carefully transplanted my garden. This, point was to prove that the Americans had makers, it could be said to young men when banana was the one which sur- 'nothing to do with the trade, being only emChinese only their companions are taken away, vived. In about twelve months, it produced ployed by the Dutch as carriers, on account And Oh, if'tis pain to remember how far, 'From bunch weighing nearly a hundred pounds. of the war.andThe governor became at length tli' pathway of light he was tempted toroam a * consented to consider the vesthis single plant have sprung the thou- satisfied, From Be it bliss to remember that thou wert tin- star, ■ 'flint arose nn his darkness ninl guided him hnnie. 8sands to be seen everywhere in Samoa; and sel as a Dutch ship. t Sailor's Magazine, March, 1849. they are fast spreading in other groups east Capt. Stewart met with accidents upon his nnd west. It is surprising to see, in the second voyage, which compelled him twice The subject of the following article short space of ten years, a plant bo ex- to put back for repairs. From his increased from the " Samoan Reporter," we should be tensively propagated. But, when we calcu- intercourse with the Japanese, it seems, he what a contemplated establishing a connexion indeglad to sec attracting the attention of the late, by geometrical progression,suckers a pendent of his employers, but in this howwhich will average but six plant, Government and foreigners on the Sandwich year, will eventually produce, the result is ever, he failed. The following year he again Islands. made his appearance, in a different vessel, amazing. IxTRODUCTio.v of Foreign Plants.—He The value of the banana in these seas can and under a different character—told a pitewho introduces but a single plant into a coun- scarcely be estimated. What Baron Hum- ous tale of shipwreck, of the loss of bis own try, says some writer, may be considered a boldt says of it in Mexico may be quoted,.all, as well as the Dutch vessel—that he bad public benefactor. We look with interest here, and applied to Samoa. He doubts been enabled by a friend at Manilla to buy on the magnificent orange and tamarind trees "whether there is any other plant on the and freight the brig, is which he had now which still stand at Point Venus, on Tahiti, globe which, in so small a space of ground come, for the purpose of discharging, by tbe planted by Bligh; and on the shaddock tree, can produce so great a mass of nutriment. sale of his cargo, his own property, his debts which till lately, stood at Huahine, planted Eight or nine months after the sucker has to them for tbe repairs of the Eliza. An enby the hand of Cook. But the most humble been inserted in the earth, tbe banana be- ergetic president bad, however, succeeded • • •• ' < ' ' .' ' ' : '' . ' * • * �8 THE FRIEND, JANUARY 4, 1850. this very inefficient one, who saw through what, during the past year, hast thou done tbe scheme, and caused Capt. Stewart's car- for God and for eternity ? Ido not ask how go to be sold in the usual manner, and his many plans for worldly aggrandizement you debts to be paid from the proceeds ; but he have laid and carried out, but what has thou procured no return cargo for the brig, and done to provide for the well being of thy soul ? Cleared. Dec. 27—.m »h Capitol, Bradbury, Tor Calcutta. _.*—Chilt-Mii hric J. R. A., Hrh.iu.h, for Valparaiso. a in i-lu,! I liwilit-ili Ellen, Truman, Honf Kong. Br hk lirini< I (<rnnt, Kilir, fur Sun Franciacn. Hawachr Knlhitih, Bent, Kn Frnnrittcn, -ni't-d fin I.ttlittinn. Umiikvi nun .clir Grtjitir, Ite.lop, for Valpatmiaui. Jan I—Am bjrßob't Bruce, l'"< "lieiiiJorf, San Frniici*>ro. sent tbe Captain in the Dutch ship of that Man of pleasure, what hast thou done the Am hiii: Hroilieia, Soule, for Han Francisco. year, to Batavia, to be tried for the loss of past year ? In all your plans to procure self 4—Am whale »liip Wnlga, Lure. gratification, hast thou thought of the pleastbe Eliza. Shipping in Port, Jan. 5. Pending the investigation, Cspt. Stewart ures which flow at God's right hand, and hast Propeller Mnasachuseit*, H R Knot. made his escape, and again appeared in 1803, thou done any thing to secure them ? How Merchant Vessels. Am. ahip Mariposa, Martin. in Nagasaki bay—this time more openly de- is it, dear friends, in these respects ! Ex- Haw. achr. Ukanee, Vnukoii. John Bull. Robinson. claring his purposes. He now presented amine well, I pray you, one and all. In what- I'r. briic ship Walpole, Culler. Mil. a ever of have failed the respect any during himself under the American flag, brought us Bremen arkr. Aih. n, Heweren. Hurftermeisicr Jauaen,Maiihiesen. cargo avowedly American property, from year past of discharging our duty to laud mid Ham. ah.pfliip L'(turner tie Taiti, liuiler. Bengal and Canton, and solicited permission our souls, let us ingenuously repent and Tnhiimn Am hk Victory, Ryan. Robert--, for Oregon. ; brig remission of our sins Mann* Am to trade, as also to supply himself with water earnestly seek the Am hrljr Coplmo Southward. and oil, the last request only was granted, and now that we have entered upon a new Am hk o. ntii Bird, Hall, for Oregon. Am ship I'lihimilim. Allen, and when his wants were supplied he was year, let us resolve that we will devote it to Hoi hk Three Hrnihen*, Swan, fur Hont| Koiif. Hon Pert*. Dv Peyrat. compelled to depart ; he now gave up his God, to the good of our fellow men, and to ¥r .thin I'"i'i[i>i'n, West, on ihe reef. brig Am interloping scheme, and returned no more. the great business of preparation for eterni Br hrijj .Mary Dure, Scarborough the Amicus. Abridged from Asiatic Journal for the ty. Whalers. jy. Y. Exp-ess. Am whale ships Heroine, Wall; WHrren.Evani: Dexter. — Lcttrange, Further from the Search for Sir John To Seamen and Landsmen who read the Friend Franklin.—Sir George Simpson returned DIED. on Monday last from his annual tour of inDear Friends: On the commencement of a At Ihe U 8 Hospital, 25ih Dec. Mr. W. 11. Par-hunt, bespection through the Hudson's Bay Territo- Iniii'iiiK He came from Calito Siiuiiiii. Sutir i>i'New Vi.rk. new year, allow me affectionately but faith- ries and North Western settlements of this fornia to Honolulu. fully, to address you a few words of expostu- Continent. We learn with regret from him, lation and entreaty. that no clue had been obtained to the whereThe Friend, sent Abroad. Whatever thy hand findeth to do," is the abouts, or the fate of Sir John Franklin and Any person, paying the annual subscription price exhortation of the wise man, "do with thy his companions. Sir John Richard- of the Friend ($2,00) in advance, can have the pufier might, for there is no work, nor device, nor son,gallant Sydney. Tahiti. San Francisco, or overis on his way back from the fro- sent to China, indeed, nor the whither land, via I'a 11:1111:1. to the United States or England. knowledge, grave wisdom, in zen regions, and may be expected in Mon- According to the U S. Post Office laws, newspapers thou goest." This consideration is a very treal early in September. His exploring sent from the office of publication, the postage may solemn one. It is addressed to all classes he paid by the person to whom the paper is addressed, and conditions of men. It is a consideration party will, however, continue their search, bnt otherwise the postage must be pre-paid. Rce, under the orders of of the Hudson's Dr. which should act constantly on Ihe minds o. K7~ If we have been correctly informed, there is Sir John's second comin Bay Company, not that irregularity about letters and papers going to men in all the circumstances of life, as a mand the summer. Although it the United States, that there is about their conveyance powerful motive to prepare for the day of ac- would throughout tf be almost criminal to abandon hope in hence. count. It points to the grave, which has such an enterprise, it is impossible to conclosed over many, who but a little while ago ceal CARD. A from oneself the unwelcome truth, that The subscriber, having been left destitute in Honowere with us engaged in the active, bustling the to successful issue become chances a and lulu, through misfortune been compelled to unscenes of life, and to the grave which will of time.— dergo an amputation of his left leg, returns his sinsoon open for each of us. Wh«re are the fearfully diminished by the lapse Cjra 1(1. thanks to all those merchants and others who August havj so generously subscribed $80,50 dollars for his tribes of men who once, both on the land and [Montreal Courier, on the bosom of the deep, were busied in the benefit. He desires especially to acknowledge Dr. I-aDonations. anil medical aid. scenes which now occupy our thoughts and -1 drop's gratuitous surgicalJOHN For Chapel. For Friend] GRACE. our hands ? Gone, gone, forever ! Each in Native of Pico, W. Islands. S6,00 his turn, closely following his predecessor, Estate of Mr. Rob't Hill, tf Honolulu, Jan. 1, 1850. 5,00 performed his brief pari, and made way for Mends in Honolulu. The Friend, Bound. 5,00 a?2,00 another, just as wave follows wave in quick 2apt, Ryan, Victory, Bound volumes of the Friead, for one, or moreyears, succession, and roars and dashes and dies on Waster,offie% and craw, I). Grant, 21,00 can be obtained at Rev. T. Coan's, Hilo; Rev. TE. 2,50 the shore. And where are we ? Hastening I'wn KDglish Seamen, Taylor's, Lahnina; and the Chaplain's study, Hono5,00 lulu, to the same destination Time bears us on ktv Boudenot, U 8. 8. St. Mary's, tf ■ her rapid wings, nor will business, pleasure, " Marchand, 5,00 " Jonea, nor indifference impede her flight. 5,00 Books, for Sale at tbe Chaplain's Stud v. " " Borne thus swiftly along, dear friends, we Hr. Hassell, Honolulu, 5,00 D'Aubigne's History of the Reformation; Jarves' have just closed an old and entered upon the History of the Sandwich Islands. A few School Books, including Webster's Spelling Book," Union scenes of a new year. Here, for a moment, $25,00 Total, $39,50 " " Spelling Book," "Smith's Gramaaar" and "Smith's time seems to pause, that we may review the Arithmetic," &c, &c. past and resolve what we may do in future. ianschurch ofpOrdtold.he—ainer Kahuku, Inlandof Oahu. Dec. 21at, Rev. 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Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1850.01.04 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1850.01.04 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/60308c04aaf6ae2a266f1bbcae6c25d1.pdf b73f96cd084feb9635b8f7a8a46ee679 PDF Text Text FTHE RIEND. HONOLULU, FEBRUARY 1, 1850. Vol. 8. Contents OF THE Kill KM >, FEB. 1,1860, Bell's Weekly Mcaaenter. Pane '> 9, 10 Vi»il of French Ship Bunitc, Ac., coiitinnecl, .Sir John Franklin, 1, 12, 15, 16 1'ealh of W. B. Tappan, the Poel, II Late New* from Arctic Ocean, 12 Examination of Mr. Puller'* School, 13 A Hint 10 Pursera ill the U. 8. Nary 12 Oregon, and California, 1-3 Loss of Four r: rrenland Whalera, 13 Facta Tor Scoflcra and Sceptic, 14 Commercial rtuuUlicfePr Haw. lalands, for 1619, 14, 15 Father Mallhew, 15 16 llcalha, Donnlions, Ac, m WBeelk'lsyMessenger. No. « only of the (own, and the honor of the capture brought away by the conquerors." The English might well congratulate themselves in being permitted to gratify their palates around a table spread for President Madison, and decorated with decanters, of choice wines ! " The champagne was in coolers—a fine desert set out on the sideboard, etc. So the British officers ordered in the supper, and Gen. Ross drank His Majesty's health at the head of the table with the President's wine !" While the English politician was smiling over these facetious remarks, it must have been far different with ship-owners in Liverpool and London,as they glanced overLloyd's list of British vessels captured by American privateers. The most interesting numbers of the Messenger are those of the 9th of July and 15th of August, 1815, immediately subsequent to the battle of Waterloo. The Homan, when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Home, Threw down the dagger—dared depart, In savage grundeur, home. He dared depart, in utter scorn Of men that such a yoke had borne, Yet left him s«ch a ilretm! His only glory was that hour Of self upheld abandoned power. Hut thou—from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung— Too late thou leav'st the high command To which thy weakness clung ; All evil spirit as thou art, It is enough to grieve the heart To see thine own unstrung; To think that God's fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean. EDITOTR'S ABLE. 9 Tnere has recently fallen into our possesAnd earth hath spilt her blood for him, sion a file of Bell's Messenger for 1814, Who thus can hoard his own I with an occasional number for 1815. Those And Monarchs bow'd the trembling limb, | allied times. was England were xtiiring Visit ofthe French sloop of war And thank'd him for a throne 1 Bonite, to the with tbe nations ofcontinental Europe to put Fair Freedom ! we may hold thee dear, Islands, in down Napoleon. He was banished to Klba, Sandwich thus thy mightiest foes their fear but on a sudden re-appears upon the theatre', When Friend, le Translated from ihe French of for In humblest guise have shown. of action. Immense urmies are speedily orBarrot. Adolphe behind Oh ! necr may tyrant leave ganized, and meet at Waterloo. The histoNo. 11. A brighter, name to lure mankind! ry of that period is familiar to otir renders, The house of Mr. Forbes is in the midst of but the best history (ails to bring before tbe to have been somemind so vivid a picture as is presented in the It wns during the year 1814, that the Em- a garden, which seemed by a quicksurrounded Prussia, and the of what and King of Russia neglected, pages of a weekly newspaper, and that paper peror visited England, and were entertained in a set hedge of ki—the ki is a shrub with large edited with rare ability. has the taste As we are not favored with regular files of■style becoming royalty. In the columns of leaves, and its root when cookad or The natives forreport a full of their burnt sugar. we have of calomel newspapers fresh from the presses of Europe the Messenger from it, and the United States, it is certainly a good progress, and the splendid entertainments merly extracted a very strong liquor have the Missionaries prohibion account. at present their but file of more prepared papers substitute to meet with a i distillation than thirty years old. Buonaparte is the There were many sad accidents connected. ted, under severe penalties, the family of the of this root. royal the domestic affnirs the of Pwith in picture grand and prominent figure of England, which found their way into the Mr. Forbes received us very cordially, and that age. and venerable introduced us to his family, consisting ol hia In the paper for March 27th, 1814, the first public journals. The aged with insanity; the wife, a native like himself, ofthe UnitedStates is afflicted 111, of Lord George ofthe file, we have a despatch George IV, nnd two lovely children. Kapioluni joined us Prince subsequently Regent, lington, detailing a signal victory which the. bell called us to church. allied army had obtained over the French at['quarrels with his wife, and otherwise con- and very soon the is in.every rea forever Kaawaloa will manner that The church-of in ducts hrmself march Borupon Orthes, and then of a rapid ; it if a country with houses of the like the spect, the most dishonorable epithets deaux. Then follows a long list oT the ' kill- 'associate shed in the form of a lofty cone, or raIgreat and ',his memory. of name The thanks missing.' ed, wounded and the J At this period England was at war withjther, of a roof resting on the ground, Parliament. Marshall Soult's proclamation],'the held tc-t, a frame by an account supported being United jsidas States. In publishing to the French occupies a prominent placßaj the British 'gether by cords—for nails are not used in of Washington by the burning the •jof matters, Besides these important while it was jibe construction of houses. This forms a presents his readers with an ordinary supply'Ifirmy, the editor remarks, that the ar- sort of lattice work covered on the outside* the dock yards, of news, relating to deaths and disasters,,'proper to destroy " Washingat with the leaves of the pandanus, the cocoatreasury the affairs, -senilis, and public ll apbankruptcies and commercial In the houses of nut in too far army.went -ton," the yet destroying tree, or sugar cane. concealed pears that patent medicines, producing wonby mats is thmthatching President's the palace."—i chiefs, derful cures, were remarkably in vogue at,t|" the capitol and editor, "is a which line all the interior. The length of remarks the •'Washington," that period. ; church is about eighty feet, its width aOur narrow limits will not of course per-jcapital city, rising in the woods of America Ihe which Amerbout forty, and its greatest height aboutlrfty. mit us to make lengthy quotations, althoughi it is the temple, as it were, from is olof containing more than a thouis to be It It is capable produced. inlercsting ican civilization on every page the eyo falls upon travellers About six hundred Islanders were of interest to sand. banmost the only object articles. The fall of Napoleon and his and naked counor kneeling sitting upon coarse mats. A that new in for •'and strangers a fruitful theme tsbjnent to Elba, formed were of chairs had been placed for us near and number palace ; the President's I'try theme which capitol newspaper discussion. It was a It was interesting to and their the minister's pulpit. the destruction ( pride of Union, roused the poet Byron to touch his lyre. Inithe wound. To sny see This multjfcdc assembled to hear the word greater therefore, inflicts a to on Napoleon a beautiful Ode* addressed wodM have preferred that of Christ, where, scarcely fifty years before, his fall, and published in the Messenger r all in a word, we had been spared, and the spoil they offered bfrnan victims to abominable diI buildings Aptil 24th, we find these spirfc»d lines : llnese 1836. ■ I I : ' i Wel-J i ■ - i ■ t : i i I �10 THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY 1, 1850. vinitiea.. There are it is true, very fear real i slmtishness of Iheir clothing, diminished very- an adventure which seemed too interesting chriatiana among the natives, and almost all much the strength oftheir attractions. As the to be omitted here. retain in the interior of their villages and of men that we had seen up to that time, seem- \ The natives in their canoes frequently pass their houses, their absurd superstitions ; yet ed to have a preference for money and rlo- over the channels which separate the differit ia much to induce them to come occasion-,Ihi 112, so the women at Kealakeakua appear- ent Islands of the archipelago. < in- day, a ally to hear words too mystical, without ed to have preserved the. taste for toys no- native accompanied by his wife and two doubt, and of which fhey understand nothing, ticed by the first navigators. A string- of'small children, put off in a canoe from the but which contain lessons of christian moralsi glass bends, a copper ring with a colored northern point ofLanai with the design of so sublime, so simple and so well adapted toi stone, filled them with joy. landing on the southern putt of Molokai, a of seven or eight leagues. When disclose to them, by degrees, the means of Towards noon, the entire female popula- |distance civilization. The men were on one side and tion of Kealakeakua assembled to bathe in a lie Inul put to sea ihe weather was fine, but the women on the other. No individual was small bay surrounded hy lava rocks ; one!suddenly a dink cloud blackened Ihe sky, a admitted naked, but Mr. Forbes was obliged:I rock served the bathers for a screen, nnd gale commenced and the sea becntne very rough. For a long time the skill with which not to be too particular in respect to the lorm they plunged thence entirely naked, into the the islander guided his linil skill' in the midst the most the men garment. part, the For of waves which were breaking upon ihe shore ; were enveloped in large pieces of native cloth a plank, six or eight bet in length, ami of the waves preserved it from being in the manner of a cloalt. Many of the wo- pointed at one end, enabled Ihem to sustain!'wrecked; hut at length a sea broke the outjriggcr nnd the canoe capsized. The chilmen wore straw hats, and some were envelthemselves on the crest of the waves. It was dren were too young to be. able to swim. He oped from head to foot in unbecoming cloaks indeed, a singular picture—»a swarm ofyoungl M'l/i'il iln-ill at the moment when the sea was such as English females still wear in the women passing returning 1 about to lai out to sen, thenborne swallow them up, and placed them Individuals the congregation in country. with the swillness of an airow, upon had prayer books, printed at Honolulu and■ the foaming crest of the surges which break upon the canoe, which being made of light wood Hooted, although bottom up. Then he Lahaina in the Hawaiian language, and when with the noise of thunder on each side of the and his wife swimming at U&side, undertook according to the Presbyterian form, Mr. hay. to see them to urge it aletig to the nearest I expected every moment shore. They Forbes commenced singing the psalms of the dashed against tbe sharp points of the rocks, were then near the middle of the channel.— ritual, voices, hesitating at first, and then but they avoided the danger with surprising more confident, accompanied that of the mis- address ; indeed, danger seemed to delight After many hours of liitiguing exertion, and sionary. In fine, with the exception of some\ them, and they set it at defiance with a cour- when they bad almost reached the shore, they met a very strong current* which urged want of attention, occasioned no doubt by our which astonished me. The least move- them buck into the open sea. To struggle presence ; with the exception of some enti- age ent of their body gave to ihe plank which| against the force of the current would hflk cing glances from the women near us, all m them, the desired direction, and.been to expose themselves to certain dealn, s ustained off* —but it wrs to passed decently easy per- disappearing for a moment in the midst of they therefore decided to cieve notwithstanding, that the great majoridirect their canoe t he they very soon arose from the towards another part of the island. Yet the breakers, ty of the congregation were present by nef oam and returned at their ease run the to night came on and they began to feel cold. cessity. Kapiolani was arrayed in her best; same race again. I saw a mother, who hav- The woman was the first to coKtplain of faher dress was of black satin, and she wore her child, scarcely a year old, tigue, but the desire so natural to ing escape upon her head a cloak of native fabric as uponplaced a two feet long, pushed it before death, and the sight of her children whose plank ' She seemed to fol- her to a glosay almost as satin. and then great distance, abandoning low with attention the divine£ervice in the it to the fury of the waves, she followed, di- life depended upon the preservation of her own, gave her courage, and she continued book before her ; her countenance was no) recting only now and then the plank which to swim near her husband, pushing the canoe wanting in dignity, and a pair of batteredI it. before them. Soon the poor children became spectacles on her nose, gave to her an ap- ■ sustained which even in Hawaii, appeared to> I had expected to see this population such fatigued, for they could not long cling to the pearance us very singular. as ('apt. Cook found it, free and indepen- round and polished surface of the canoe withOn the morrow, I went to visit the villagel dent, and the contrast I avow, did not appear out a continued effort, and they were also with cold. Soon they relinquished ofKealakeakua, accompanied by M. Eydoux[ to me in favor of the present, whenl after- chilled their and fell one after the other, into hold, wards saw these women covered with dirty of the and To M. Hebert. corvette, surgeon the sea. Their parents seized them and pla■ land with dry feet was impossible, and we! rags. ced them again upon the canoe, striving at were obliged to swim in some manner in orThe difficulties we had experienced in land- the same time to encourage them. Alas! der to reach the shore. This failed not to ing, suggested the idea of returning on board excite the mirthfulness of the population a- 'the Bonite in a canoe. We had been able their strength was exhausted—their little round us. It is certain that the customs of'to appreciate during the day, the advantages hands could no lunger retain their grasp, and engulfed them for the third time. It the country were much better adapted to the'possessed by these light and easily worked the sea longer necessary to think ofpreseroccasion than our own. A crowd of boys 1canoes in a rough sea over our heavy boats. was no the canoe ; ihe parents therefore took and girls immediately surrounded us. Al- We entered a canoe of about fifteen feet in ving though scarcely two miles distant from Kaa- length and a foot or more in width. This the children upon their backs and swam towards die land which was scarcely visible in waloa, the population of Kealakeakua ap- ; canoe, like all those of the Pacific islands, tbe darkness. An hour later, the woman disto be far under influence less the of had an out-rigger made of a piece of light' peared the missionary. We could perceive this wood and fixed parallel to the canoe by means covered that the child which she was carrywithout difficulty in the clothing of the island- 1of two transverse bars four or five feet in ing was dead, and she broke forth into bitter ers and in their conduct towards us. Here length. Our Indians waited for what is csll-l lamentations. In vain did her husband perthe maro was the only article of clothing worn 11ed a calm, that is the moment when the waves', suade her to abandon the child and to take couruge, pointing out to her the shore which by the men, nnd scarcely were the women which usually succeed one another to the', better clad. But the manner in which the 1number of four or five, seem to cease for an',now seemed near. The unhappy mother women received us, proved beyond a doubt, instant, then they drew the canoe rapidly.,would not separate from her lifeless child, and she continued to carry her precious burthat their actions were not so immediately some distance from the when springingl until she felt her strength nearly exhaustunder the control of Mr. and Mrs. Forbes as'upon their seals and shore, den paftdling vigorouslyl( those of the inhabitants ofKaawaloa. They they were able before the next wave rolled in (ed, when she told her husband that she must die, for she could swim no further ; yet, notemployed every possible art to attract our;'to such a distance that we experienced withstanding her attention and to win our favor ; but it is true gain husband's earnest entreattwo three We or only strong undulations. ies, she would not relinquish her burden. that flle rings and necklaces distributed by 1reached the Bonite safe and sound. He then endeavored to sustain her with one these gentlemen to the prettiest, were not The next day I spoke to Mr. Forbes con- |hand and to swim with the other, but without influence upon their friendly disponature cerning the extraordinary dexterity in swim- icould not prolong the struggle, and she sitions. dishad observed ming ; which I on the preceding appeared beneath the waves. Tbje husband The itch seemed to be a prevailing malady day among the natives. " You can have no continued to swim on in sadness. The deamong them, almost all were more or less adequate idea of "they are isire to save his surviving child'alone sustainit," he i with it. affected This circumsflhee, joinedI more at their ease in th*replied, water than on the ied him. At length, after many hours of unto the copper color of their skis and to the[ land." To confirm this assertion, he related ispeakable hardship, and when almost dead, 1 , _.. ',' ' ' > ' , ' '' ' , > , , , . : , �THE FRIENI}, FEBRUARY 1. 1850. 11 he reached the shore. His first care was to which have been enlarged, continues thei has been proved to have been a bad one for embrnce the son he had saved, for he alone same that it was before (he discover* of thei making researches in those seas, which would remained to him of his beloved family. But island. As a general thing, the houses of"of course delay them; secondly, that Sir J. on taking him into his arms, he perceived: (lie natives ire sufficiently comfortable ; the Franklin, knowing that this would be the that he was dead, and he fell senseless upon floors are cninmoiily covered with mats ex- ■ last expedition that in all probability would the sand. He was discovered at day-break cellently lirnitled, upon which they spread a be sent out, would naturally endeavor to lying prostrate on the shore, by some fisher- hed of dry ferns. Formerly there was but make the most of it; and thirdly, that almen. He revived, but he died soon after in a single room in a house, nud that was used though he only carried out provisions for consequence of his sufferings, and perhaps fur a dining room, drawing room and bed!.three years, yet when seeing that he was also, from grief. He had been in the water chamber. The missionary >t are now per- likely to be longer detained he would lesson eighteen hours. suading the people to make divisions in their the quantity of victuals served out to the We were at Kealakeakua six days, visit- ■houses, and for this purpose they generally men, as one half the full quantity allowed it ing the natives at their houses and collecting employ large curtains of/apa or of Knglish sufficient to keep men in health, and theresuch information as seemed to possess any calico, These separations form the sleeping fore he was not likely to suffer on that acinterest. We were informed that Knpiolani iipni'tmenls. The lied is composed of a great count, saying nothing of the occasional together with Kaahumanu, wife of Kameha- number of mat* laid one upon another, ho as supply of seals, birds, &c, which abound in meha, was the first to embrace the christian to form Hiieslinde, the coarsest being placed those regions. The lecturer also showed religion, but her conversion was not very at the bottom. This place is tabu (prohibited) from a map Ihe different places where he sincere at first. " For twelve years or more,", to all ihe world. supposed they could quarter safely for the said Mr Forbes, " she was a very bad woNear Kapiolmii's house is the tomb of her winter. He thought, however, after all, that man. She was constantly drunk and she had husband—u lame stone edifice with a roof"if we received no intelligence from them befour or five husbands. Even after having of boards. This man was a powerful and fore the end of the autumn, the chances in received baptism, she retained two ; and it],very rich chief; but at his death, a son that their favor would be greatly lessened.—[Boswas only in consequence of our expostula- ,he bad by his first wife, took from Knpiolani ton Transcript. tions that she came to the conclusion to have almost all thai she held from him, and she is Death of W. B. Tappan.—This Christian but one." At present she is a virtuous wo- now comparatively poor. A few calabashes for pot, (fermented paste, poet, whose name is associated with some of man, and she has bceotne the firmest defender of the moral and religious innovations on made of lam,) one or Iwo Lahiles, sometimes,our most familiar hymns, has been called to Hawaii. Kapiolani has given many proofs a line and some paddles, constitute the entire that " peaceful rest" which was so often the of greHt energy. It once happened that a 'furniture of a Hawaiian house. Fish slight-, theme of his song. He died at Needhain, sailor belonging to an American ship, was ly salted and very often raw, and poi, com-,■ Mass., on Monday last, of cholera, after an arrested and put in prison, having been con- prise their principal fond. I took a notion to .illness of but eleven hours. victed of the offence for which persons were taste of poi, but it seemed detestable. It Mr. Tappan was truly a good man, humsentenced to labor on the roads of Hawaii. possesses the color and consistence of starch ble, affectionate, sincere, benevolent,devoted. The captain of the ship waited upon Knpio- -and an acid Insle is very perceptible. At He loved Christ, His people, and His cause. lani and threatened to fire the village unless Kealakeakua butcher's meat is never eaten. He was particularly interested in Sabbaththe sailor should be instantly released.— All (hat Europeans can find here to sustain schools, to which he consecrated, not his "Here is my law," said Knpiolani, "the animal life, are low Is, pigs, cocoa-nuts and a time Oily, but some of the choicest productions of his genius. At the time ofhia death sailor shall pay the fine of fifteen dollars or few kinds of fruits. he shall work four months on the roads—the The importation of intoxicating liquors are he was a General Agent of the A. S. S. Union same as his associate in guilt. Now if you prohibited ; we could however perceive that which office he had held for several years. have the force, fire the village; but while the islanders are not destitute of the fondness The impression which Mr. Tappan made Kapiolani lives, her law shall be executed in Tor ardent spirits, which has been observed, upon all who knew hitn, was that of quiet, her courtry." The captain was obliged to' exists among all nations. Even the women unassuming, but deep and fervent piety. Ha pay the fine, in order to obtain tlie release opened their mouths with avidity to receive breathed much of the spirit of Christ and of of the sailor. the brandy which we gave them. The heaven. Ia spite of all the zeal of Mr. and Mrs. islanders as a general thing, are restrained As a poet he did not hold the first rank even Forbes—and Ibe latter participates in all the from giving themselves up to their old prac- among the poets ofhis own country and time. labors of her husband—the number of real tices not by conviction of truth, but from fear His reputation had been belter if he had christians has scarcely increased in the dis- of punishment. Whenever occasion offers iwritten less. A ready faculty of improving Mr. Forbes being they hasten to throw off" the yoke which has incidents, hints, allusions and affections, betrict of Kealakeakua. alone in this district, and his school at K'au- been imposed upon them. Four or five trayed him into a passion for turning everywaloa demanding his uninterrupted attention, months before, Kauikeaouli, King of the thing into rhyme, so that instead of clothing he has not the leisure to make distant excur- Sandwich Islands, with a part of his court,'Jthe passing event, however trivial, with a' sions. Consequently his influence is scarce- made a visit to Hawaii, and he gave himself rich and shining garb of spiritual philosophy, ly felt at a short distance from Kaawaloa, up to excesses in which not only those who ihe sometimes gave only a jingling narration and the natives retain almost all the super- accompanied him took part, but the whole of the event itself. Yet he had in his heart stitions of their old religion. I should have population of Kealakeakua also. Neither, the well-spring of poetry, which ever and earnestly desired to visit those parts of ihe Kapiolani nor Mr. Forbes ventured to make anon bubbled up and sparkled in the sunisland where no missionaries reside, in order the least remonstrance—they waited impa- light, and poured forth life and sweetest melto see the natives in their nearest approaches tiently in their houses until the country should ody. Enough that his memory will be emto the primitive slate ; but my lot being found be deliveredfrom the presence of the wicked. balmed in the affections of the Church, when at the opening of public worship they sing closely connected with that of tho Bonite, even until my arrival at Manilla, it was neSir John Franklin.—An English paper '• Holy be this, as was the place cessary to be content with seeing only those states that the Rev. Dr. Scoresby delivered To him of Padan-arain known ;" parts where civilization has penetrated. a lecture last month in England, "On Ihe or, meditating on a Saviour's passion, find Kapiolani treated me with great kindness ; Hopes and Fears concerning the absent Arc- utterance in that pensive strain,' she made me a present of a magnificent kahile,' tic Expeditions." The lecturer, who has 'Tis midnight—and on Olive's brow, a sort of feather broom—among the chiefsi'cx|il<ired these regions himself, and whose The star is dimmed that lately shone ;". this is a token of authority. She invited me father made several impottant discoveries in to visit her house at the lower village, andI arctic navigation, first entered into an his- or, when assembled to pray for the coming also the one she was building nt the upper■torical account of the different discoveries of Christ's kingdom, tliey raise the triumphvillage. The latter lias the advantage of be- made in these parts, and then entered into ant anthem, ing near the missionary, and it has assumed I Ihe more immediate subject of the lecture. 'Wake! Isleaof the South, your redemption is near 1 a certain European aspect. There was build- •He (Dr. S.) is of opinion that the hopes of or, when in the midst of storms and trials, ing on the same let a stone house of twoi Sir John Franklin and his company ought yet they seize the lay of comfort and hope, storied. Her house in the lower village, withito outweigh the fears, for many reasons; There is an hourof hallowed peace," the exception of the doors and windows, first, because the first summer they were out ' I I . , " ' " �THE FRIEND, FBBRyARY 1, 1850. 12 < that place the Plover is wintering. The educational aspect of affairs in Honolulu.— Herald and the Nancy Dawson, left the,'.The average attendance has been about thirty Where purity with love appears, Sound on the 1st of Oct., just as the ice was Ifive, embracing pupils engaged in the vnri" And bliss without alloy ; beginning to make. Both vessels steered for'ous studies pursued in the best academics of And they who oft have sown in tears Shall reap agam in joy." Mazatlan, Mexico. From thence the HeraldIthe United Skates, and unless our memory JV. Y. Independent, July, 1819. iwent on a surveying cruise up the Gull ofIhas proved treacherous, the standing of the California, and the Nancy Dawson left forischolars would favorably compare with that England, under command of Mr. Hill, master 1of tbe scholars of the same age elsewhere.— 'of the Herald. At Mazatlan, died Capt.' In the department of sketching natural sceneHONOLULU, FEBRUARY 1, 1850. Shedden, of the Nancy Dawson, which ves- ry nnd maps, great neatness and skill weie sel was owned and fitted out by him. She idisplayed. The interludes of singing gave from Arctic Ocean. Late News had been about two and a half years from ia gratifying variety to the performances.— Cruise of the ' JVancy Dawson' discovery of England, having visited all the ports of im- While referring thus to drawing nnd singing new Islands party start-overland for Baf- \portance between England and Bhering's we would nut have the inference drawn, that !the severer studies were slighted. When fin's Bay, and death of Capt. Shadden. Straits, via Cape of Good Hope. do add that no the young gentlemen were heard to declaim sincerely California, arrival from Most we to Mr. regret a late By Shannon arrived as passenger, who was re- i report is brought in any way relating to Sir in the language of Lord Chatham, Daniel Webster, and other orators, it made the cently chief-officer of the ' Nancy Dawson.','John Franklin. youthful blood again course through tbe He reports as follows— Sir John Franklin's Expedition.—In' The Nancy Dawson, the Royal Thames jveins of not a few of the spectators who had several late papers from the United Slates commander,,' owned her received their education in the schools of by Yatch Schooner, iwe notice articles relating to the probability manned England nnd the United States. One feature by twentyCapt. R. Shadden, and that Sir John Franklin and his fellow exploleft and of the school was apparent, that pupils of in April, seamen, China touchfour rers may yet return. Intelligence has been [Hawaiian extinction, fairly maintained an ed at Loo Choo Islands, where they saw Dr. received at the British Admiralty, through equality in point of scholarship with thooe Bettleheim. While there one of the seamen masterof an English whaler, that " two I Jthe jwho could boust that they were of Americofractured his arm on firing a salute on the! of the ships had been frozen up for four years' Anglo-Suxon descent. Queen's birth-day, which was amputated by on the west side of Prince Regent's Inlet, Viewing Ihe school wilh a pedagogue's Dr. Bettleheim. On the 4th of July, the' and that the other two had been frozen up on eye, we might perhaps discern ia>vtne defects vessel left the Russian settlement at Kamthe east side for one year ; that the two ships, that a little care would readily remove, but acthaka, and on the lHth entered the Arctic 1 which had been there the longest, had tried our columns are not the place to point them Ocean. On Ihe following day to get beyond Cape Rennell, but not being out. Most sincerely we desire to call the bue's Sound, where H. M. S. * Herald' and able, had come into Prince Regent's Inlet to.attention of parents and the friends of educa'Plover,' were at anchor. These vessels where the ice had not broken up,tion in Honolulu, to the importance of renimmediately got under weigh, and the Herald winter, since—and that the Indians had been on, dering Mr. Fuller a generous and cordial stood to the awestward, towards the Asiatic board all tho four ships in March last, and support. We moreover hope the day is not coast. Previously, however, a boat expedithey were then all sufe." far distant when some beautiful site in Honotion was fitted out from the vessels, composed This report is founded upon the statement lulu, or its environs, will be adorned with a of the Herald's launch, (the Owen,) thePloof certain Indians, who made their report, school edifice that shall prove a ver's pinnace, and two whale boats. This temple of expedition stood to the north, along the A- "without special questioning." This intelli- knowledge to the youth of our prosperous merican coast, in company with the Nancy gence is furnished by the owner of the whale itown. An institution, such ns we would have, at Hull, England, who writes would in an eminent degree exalt tbe tone of Dawson. They parted in tbe fog, to the'ship, residing the Secretary of Ihe Admiralty under date educution here, and reflect true glory upon north of Icy Cape. The Nancy Dawson of Oct. 4th. Until something more definite our community. Who will second the movewent aa far north as 72°, and experienced shall be heard, we may certainly cherish the ment ? heavy gales of wind, which drove the ice so pleasing hope that the long lost adventurers as almost to wedge up the passage, and at may yet return and report to the world the A Hint to Pursers in the U. S. Navy.— one time it was feared the vessel would not'I narrative of their trials. We can scarcely ; Some years since, a worthy sailor, native of escape. The Nancy Dawson at length' imagine an event which Englishmen would Finland, but serving on board a United States' rounded Point Barrow, and entered Elson's hail with greater joy and national enthusi- vessel of war, was left at the Hospital in HoBay, where she fell in with the boats. The asm ; and we are confident that Americans, nolulu. After recovering his health, another boats reached a point eighty miles east of and other nations, will cordially unite in a " States' vessel" took him away. On his arPoint Barrow. Lieut. Pullen of the Plover,! burst of generous and heart-fell rival home he was subject to unnecessary exjgeneral and Mr. Hooper, mate of the Plover, with a' pense in collecting his wages, which he al'delight. company ofabout fifteen men, and sixty days iludes to in the following language, copied provision, embarked in the two whale boats, 1 Examination of Mr. Fuller's School— a letter which we have just received to proceed as far as possible by water, andlit mny be a funcy of ours, but a School Ex- [from him, bearing date New York, Nov. [from then to get over land with all possible des- amination is among the most choice delights •21, 1848. ■ patch to Englana, ty way of Baffin's Bay. jthat sweeten our cup of human happiness.— "Leaving Valparaiso we touched at Rio, We now return to the Herald's cruise.—-{What more interesting than to witness the and arrived in Norfolk, Va. in the beginning She reached the 73° north, and on the 17thi improvement and development of the minds of March. The JOlh I went on shore. You day of August, in latitude 71 16, and wastI of children and youth ? At each successive are not aware that the Purser on board the charged on my account all the bills, alongitude 1M 45, discovered a group off examination you can mark their progress.— to near $300, relating to my extnounling Islands. All the vessels again made Kotse- ■The High School under Mr. Fuller's instruc- penses while in the Hospital. Coming on buc's Sound, the place of rendezvous. A tion, is among the pleasing features in the shore in the United Siates, I repaired to or rise exultingly towards the world of lowed peace," " hal- < THE FRIEND. — — , ' ,, , — �THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY 1, 1850. 13 Washington to claim my wages, and was de- restricted in his missionary labors. The [and immediately afterward the Lady Jane tained there a foil night, and after I was fi- common people were pdhibitcd from even was literally cut in two, the masta at the nally paid off*, I found I was about s.'iO short 'same time falling overboard, and in less than* of what I expected, for my case would not selling him articles in the market. If he at- [two hours not a vestige of the ship was seen tempted to hold intercourse with them the' in admit of any allowance for travelling expenso completely had the ice covered her.— ses. This I have mentioned, that if such a streets, they would run from him through From the time the Lady Jane was first struck case should come under your nolico, 1 know Ifear of the government, although it was his ito the lime she disappeared, the crew, conof no better wnv to avoid the difficulties, belief that the common people would " huve sisting of fifty souls, succeeded in securing than when asltetl In sign the accounts, refuse the seven boats belonging to the ship, tolit(il gladly." to do it. The'United States Government heard gether with some clothing and provisions. makes allowance lor the sick, and expects to the American vessel, although dreadAs support Religion in Cali- fully shattered, every purser to be acquainted with the rules Efforts to the crew, aided by those be* and regulations of the navy, so as to be able FOBN1A, —We quote as follows from private' longing to the Superior and Lady Jane, made to settle the bills of u sick man." letters of Ihe Rev.-Dr. Hunt, dated San an effort to keep her afloat. After remaining in the ice till the 1tit la, and finding all at$CZP That this sailor did not make an im- Francisco, Dec. '20lh. to save the vessel abortive, the protempts use of bis proper money when it catne into " A chinch is also being erected for my- visions were divided and the crews got the his hands, the render may learn by referring self, 25 by fill feet, on Jackson street above boats ready and launched them, and at 7 ■ Stockton. I have been raising subscriptions o'clock to " The Friend" for March, 1819—See |>.'21.; M., with the wind N. E., and clear P. both for the lot and the building, and have |weather, they sailed southward along the I hope to Oregon.—We have received intelligenceraised between; ii and $7,000. of the ice, sometimes having to encounthe church the first Sabbath in jedgc by idedicate from Oregon to 'J'id of Oct. We rejoice tor fields of ice, which caused them to large ter Ijauuary, 1850. The Rev. Mr. Mines (Epislearn that the interests ofeducation are sub-1copal,) has now a church edifice. Dr. Ver drag the boats over it to gain the open sea. Peterson's party made land on the stantially cared for by the prominent men of Mehr has one erecting—the Methodists have Captain 19th, though the weather was thick and fogone, another, the so that mine will Baptists the country. An act has passed the Legisgy, and after each boat's crew had obtained latin e incorporating the Klackatnus county complete the fifth. Five months since we refreshments, they set sail again and made had not one ! This rapid growth is in keepFemale Seminary, to be located in Oregon ]ing with the city and slate. The Presbyte- for the nearest Danish settlement, keeping the land in as they proceeded. Thus City. Tualatin Academy has also been in- |riant have a small church on the way from exposed to view the weather, sometimes rowing and like ourselves, have no ser- and sometimes corporated. A good Common School law, the 1 Slates, sailing, and contending with vice on the Sabbath at present." the an acti has also passed Legislature. By heavy falls of snow and gales of wind, they At Sacramento City there are four church succeeded in gaining Opernaw'ick. Leaving of the United States Congress Ihe sixteenth; viz. among the Methodists, two boats with their crews, Captain Pater{organizations, and thirty-sixth sections of every township'' and Episcopa- son proceeded with the other five boats, all Baptists, Congregationalists are appropriated to create a School fund. of which reached Lively, another settlement lians. of the Danes, 500 miles from Melville Bay, Write! the Rev. Mr. Atkinson— The estimated population of San Francis- June 29, where the/ were kindly received, have been from returning Our citizens " California, both by land and sea, almost co is from 20 to 30,01)0. Sacramento tjity and every hospitality shown them, as far as weekly since you left. Some have again gone Ifrom 8 to 10,000. Total of Ihe Territory the means in possession of the natives could afford. The unfortunate crews of the other to the mines, but the tendency is now to dwell over 100,000. vessels were, we are happy to say, equally at home and improve the lands. Many re-| According to recent intelligence from Cal- successful; not a life was lost, and they turn in poor health. Frequently we hear ofl much sickness prevails throughout eventually gained the latter-named settledeaths of Oregonians. But few emigrants]ifornia, 1 have come into this valley. Three hundredIthe country —the rains render the country ment in safety, whence they were forwarded soldiers are quartered in town. Rents are almost impassable. The tide of immigration to the Orkney Islands by the first vessel that very high. Little cabins command $30 per (flows in unabated. Sixty-seven vessels are touched the settlement. The Prince of Wales, whaler, was wrecked in another part month," etc. etc. reported in the Boston papers, as having left of the Davis' Straits, under precisely similar ~ , , ithe Atlantic States for San Francisco in the ~. circumstances. She was caught by the huge Murder of Missionaries. —The London month of October. masses of ice, cutting her up in a very short Church and State Gazette states that Dr. time, tbe crew barely having time to save Bcttleheini and his family have all been murLoss of Four Greenland Whalers.— dered at the capital of Loo Choo, where,This season has been one of Ihe most disas- their boats. They gained the Orkney Isthey were residing. Dr. Bettleheiin, who trous on record to the whaling vessels. In- lands in safety, and have, ere now, we trust, reached their respective homes. It is worthy went to Loo Choo under the auspices of the telligence has already been received of the of remark (hat one of the above vessels was Bishop of London, was a native of Hungary, .entire destruction of four; and rumor has it was originally of the Jewish persuasion, andl that others have shared a like fale. These'[the oldest whaler in the Greenland service— but; Lady Jane; she had been employed in for the profession, surgical was educated four are—the Superior, 400 tons be-|[the the fisheries nearly 70 years. The destrucafterwards joined the Church of England.— longing to Peterhead; the Ladyburden, Jane, He was a young man of much talent, and no tons, Captain Paterson, of Newcastle; the tion of the four ships is computed at a loos wife was inconsiderable experience. His a|.'Prince of Wales, 380 tons, of Hull; and a iof nearly .£50,000.—[ John O'Groat's Jour, nal. native of London, and it is said that they had :lnrge American ship, Mc Lellau, —Ihe whole two children. The disastrous fate which has to pieces by Ihe icebergs. The parT. S. Brown, Yankees in Russia.—Major fallen upon them is said to have visited the''|cruslied are thti3 described: "Onthel2th Chief of the N. Y. and Erie RailEngineer ticulars Roman missionaries also. hof June Inst, three of the above named ve»-, road, has made an engagement with the Czar We copy the above remarks from the N. sols were fishing in company with eight oth- of Russia, to take the place of the late Maj Y. Observer of Nov. IS, 1848. The state-ier vessels in Melvelle Bay, Davis's Straits. Whistler in the superintendence of the great Four days previous the gales hud been fre- railroad from St. Petersburgh to Moscow.— nient in regard to the murder of the missionquent and terrific, and the sen tempestuous,. Maj. Brown is to receive $12,000 a year, aries must be erroneous, for the U. S. ship in the extreme. About 11 o'clock in the! with some perquisites which will swell bis Preble visited Loo Choo in the spring of 1849 forenoon an alarm was raised of Ihe floating isalary to $15,000, and the engagement ia to and at that date Dr. Bettleheiin and family iice setting upon them. So suddenly did it be continued for five years. He will take were enjoying good health. The Loo CIum> bear down, and with such force and immense his departure on or about the first of next masses, that the Superior, the Lady Jane, month. The grading of the whole line*of Islands are under the Japanese Government, and the American ship McLellan of New irailroad (nearly 500 miles) is completed, but and the local authorities of the Islands are London, had not the slightest chance of es- only about 18 miles have been laid. All the extremely jealous of foreign influence, so caping it, and were speedily cut in pieces. necessary iron is on the road, and so art the much so, that Dr. Bettleheim is exceedingly The first vessel destroyed was the Superior, locomotives and cart. • , '' ' I ' < J , , ' . , ., , ', < �THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY 1, 18.0. 14 FactSfsoeS arnd ceptics. COMERIAL STATISTICS. The old proverb runs, " one fact is worth thousand arguments." It would be folly Statement of Import!? Export Duties, fyc , at the Port of Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, for the year ending December SI, 1849. to think of arguing with scoffers and sceptics, of tin to comin adopt with any hope leading Gro*w invo.j Gross Value Return Nell I Nett Description of Goods. mon-sense and reasonable views upon reliVillus'. dulie*. Re-exported, lllllie*. coti-iinip'. dunes. gion, yet it often happens, that they will 70.222.0H 2,818.(8 5:13 181.04 27.355.3S stumble upon facts that shut their mouths Good* paying 5 pi. ct. duly, 6(13,40.3.04 30,174.00 and compel (hem to cease, lor a time, their Spirit*, Wine*, etc., Mis- 43,328.03191,944.13 -18,879.47 109,279.48 24,448.5o 82,005.45 hy Consul*, impudent railing against Christianity. We Imported sions, etc., free ol duly, 74,8r0.20 (he commend following to their consideration: Hy whale ships, under ihe 74,890.20 $200 8,117.57 provision—Free, 8,117.57; The Malay's Test of Honor.—A new England sea-captain, who visited " India beyond 222,118.99 89,103.07 I 12,098.16 640,137.37 110,020.83 the Ganges," was visited by a Malay Mer- Deduct spirits, wines, and 729,739.44 chant, a man of cosideruble property, and floods, etc., now III hoinl, asked if he had any Tracts he could port mid which will piohiihlv with. The American, at a loss how to acbe exported, estimated at 18,000.00 44,000.00 18,000.00 14,000.00 count for such a singular request from such 729,739.44 222,118.99 107,102.07 150,098.16 122.1 37 37 66,020.83 a man, inquired " Whut do you want of Tracts t—you cannot read a word of them." 17,403 His., nt G <•., 1,04-1.18 True, but I have a use for Ihem, never- IMPOiiTs/.r the year 1849, amounting, as per Tallow 20 r. en., 6,297.CO 31,488 theless. Whenever one ofyour countrymen, table, to $729,73:1.44— were I mfoktku from (sunt Skins " Irish I'nltiloiMi the folloicinv; countries, viz. : 858 lilds 2,574.00 or an Englishman, calls on me to trade, I United " $3 Stales of America $239,246.4> Swffl tin., SOti 459.00 his and " " $1,50 put a Tract in watch him. If California way, 131.505.89 Onions $1,246.25, Pumpkin*$200.50 he reads it soberly and with interest, I infer limit Britain 44,578.11 Limes $115.75, Lime .luii-e $153 that he will not cheat me ; if he throws it British Colonies 52,821.59 Pirkle* $2ijl), Oiniiges $704.50 2,680.00 95,787.27 aside with contempt nr a profane oath, I have China 994 His.,'• 37i c., Butter 872.75 87,556.05 Huy 35 Inns, " $50 1,750.00 no more lo do with him—l cannot trust him .'" Chile 23,455.78 CiihI 4ti4 basket* 25e., 116.00 Anecdote of Dr. Mason. —To a young in- France " 19,840.27 VVi.ixl SOeor.U " $10 SOO.OO fidel, who was sending at Christianity, be- Tahiti Columbia River 12,672.38 Wfusl 1,000 11m. 124 cts. 125.00 cause of the misconduct of its professors, Hamburg 9,723.58 CornI Stone 440.00 said the Doctor—" Did you ever know an Petmpiiiilovskoi 6,022.8$ Fiirniiurt) 1,520.56 uproar to be made because an infidel went M.i/.uil.oi, Manilla, Paniittin, BreMules 360.00 12, nt$30ench 6,629.27 Horses astray from the path of morality ?" The men Sea, &.C, &c. 400.00 4, $100 '« 150.00 Sheep 50, " $3 infidel admitted that he had not. "Then, •? $729,789.44 Tinkeys 375.00 500, " 75 c. " don't you see," said the Doctor, that by1,290.25 expecting tha professors of Christianity lo be Domestic Exportsfrom Honolulu,for the year Cloihing» Kim Shingles, Timber nml Bonnls, holy, you admit it to be a holy religion, and 1849 :— nml 8 House Friimes 10,809.90 that is the highest compliment in your Sugar, 653,820 His., at 5 e..-, $32,691.00 Ejiirs, Melons, Benns, Arrow Root, was The infidel silent Molasses power." 41,235 (pits., " 25 r., 10,308.75 Brooms, Put, Cunt, Mnstnril Seeil, ! Jl Hindoo's notion of the Sabbath. —Rev. Coffee Biieon, Drieil Beef, Sausages, 28,23111)*., " 10 c, 2,823.10 2,866 bbls., « $1 2,866.00 Yutiis, Sic, &c. Dr. Stenknpff relates that an English sailor Salt 1,257.65 1,813.00 9061 " " $2 in Calcutta had gone on shore one Sunday to Lime 158 1,896.00 " $12 perform some work. While he was engimed Beef $89,743.74 Hides 2,512 lbs., '■ $2 each 5,024.00 in it, a Hindoo observing him, said to him, and made, The cloth from which the was clothing frames, is call most of the timber of the house yourself a Christian ?" To "Do you which he replied that he did. Why" said foreign produce. the Hindoo, does your God require you to ■ work on the Sabbaih day ?" To which he Statement of Imports, Exports, Receipts, Sec., at the Custom House, Port of Honolulu, Oahu, did not attempt to make an answer ; but, on Haxoaiian Islands, for the years 1848-4-5-6-7-8-9. returning to the vessel, he found these quesKeturn Nett Kelt [Transit Harbor (Total nett (Gross value Gro. duties.i l{c-cxtions incessantly recur to his mind, till they Years.[of duties. amounts. duties. duties dues ported. mports. receipts. I 1 brought him on his knees to acknowledge his ; sin and 239.31 5,270.74 8,468.88 from that moment 1843,1222,383.38 6,701.84 66,618.17 1,670.41 156,565.21 ignorance nnd 1844,'350,357.12 10,326.13 60.054.06 1,50I.34! 289,!I69,77 8,970.13 411.60 4,881.33 14,263.56 he doted his conversion to God. Importance of Supporting Religious Wor- 1845, J546.941.72 21,563.94 67,010.93 2,098,82 471,319,78 19,465.12 734.01 4,890.83 25,189.96 21,667.02536,056.5031,780.76 20.56 4,705.32' 36,506.64 ship.—Last Sabbath evening, in the Taber- 1846, |598,382.24 53,447.78 62,325.74 101,512.25 55.208.07 56,991.171653,930.4544,521.08 184.93 4,095.24 48,801.25 nacle, the pastor, Rev. Mr. Thomson, said 1847,1710,133.52 1848, 605,613.73 142,357.73 38,551.55 90,148.27:572,067,18 52,209.46 264.52 3,094.96! 55,568 94 that some years since, the majority of the 1849, 729,739.44 222,118.99 198,102.07 156,098.16l622,637.37|66,020.H3 235.13 5,687.59 71,943.49 people in a village in Massachusetts declnred They would dispense with religious worship. Gross Receipts at the Custom Houses of Oahu, Maui, and Kauai, for the Property consequently declined in value, and Year ending December 81, 1849. and the habits character of the people speedily i Lahaiha, Mac I. degenerated. After lift disastrous experiHonolulu, Oahu. ment was satisfactorily tried, the observance Import duties 66,020.83 Import duties 1,101.22 of tha Sabbath and public worship of God Transit duties 235.13 Transit duties 30.16 5,687,53 Stamps were resumed, nnd the moral character and Harbor dues 724.50 2,726.88 Anchorage dues 600.00 prosperity of the place were again visible. Stamps 40.70 Light 76.32 A shrewd and energetic, but worldly man in Fines and Forfeitures 528.24 Canal 62.00 a manufacturing town gave sundry lots of Interest 836.50 2,124.44 Shipping and discharging Seamen land for the erection of churches. Three Storage things, he said, were requisite for such a $3,330.70 S77.363.75 place ; an abundance of water, good air and lln.o, Hanalei, and Kealakeakua— plenty of orthodox preaching. Some leading Ha&bor Mastkr, Honolulu— : 97.87 1,153.00 Stamps, &.<•., men in Lowell have remarked, that if every Shipping & discharging Seamen Amount at Honolulu (bro'l over) 79,802.75 1,286.00 church in that city should be destroyed, it Stumps would well repay the manufacturers to rel$79,802.75 083,231.32 build them, even at an expense of $100,000. « i | " — -.... .... - - - ..... - -... - .... " .... .... - - " - - - - " " " " .... " * ... - - - - - - -.- - - - . - ... .... ..... - - ...... . . .- - - - • �THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY 1, 1830. Whaleships entered at the Ports of Honolulu and Lahaina, during the year 1849. Lahaima. Imeriran 153 i'rench HoMOLULU. Lahaima. Bremen British 108 7 should not have approached nearer. If it is impracticable to proceed northward through Prince Regent's Inlet, and equally so to pro* ceed southward toward Melleville Island, with ihe hope of reaching Hudson's Straits HoNOLULI 1 15 4 I in their ships, the only alternative will be to take the shortest cut by land across CockI :•! burn's Island to some point on Baffin's Bay, Total 274 say at PiNl's Bay, where the northern whaling vessels slop. Here ns well as nt other Amount of Domestic Produce furnished as Supplies to Shipping. places, provisions should be placed, and stakes stuck lip at all prominent points indiHonolulu. Lahaiha. cating where the provisions are to be found. nnd estimated Produce Vessel*, $4,000 exported, (mostly Gov. Domestic Ships of War We have no means for knowing whether an 134 Merchant Vessels, say $80 each 10,720 Potatoes,) iihoiit $14,000 overland journey is practicable at the place each 3^,500 27,000 154 >V baler*, say $250 108 Whalers (inside) '• 250 " 1,120 mentioned, but as the distance from Prince 1 14 Merchant Vessel*, $80 each Inlet to Muffin's Bay does not ex|Kegent's 1 $41,720 $53,020 ceed *250 miles, it does not seem so unsurmountable when the lives of a hundred men Total Value of Domestic Produce exported to Foreign Markets; and furnished to Foreiirnj ■or more nre at stake. The expense of such $I!)0,0(H>' ihe Islands, 1849—Estimated, friiui thn Hawaiian f.»r year VeMseli un expedition would be trifling, and we have no doubt that competent officers can be found passed up it ill one of his explorations it) who SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. will gladly embark in so praiseworthy an The news of the probable safety of this search of a north west passage. It has been undertaking. Hundreds of daring seamen, celebrated polar navigator has been received passed by repeatedly, by ships, during two ton, would at once offer their services.— with great pleasure by all. In fact, we ques- centuries, hut being choked up with ice du[Providence Juurnal. Xj tion, whether in England itself, a stronger ring this period, navigators knew not ihe ex- I interest bus been felt for him than in the U. istence of such a sound or strait as opened Father Mathew at the Massachusetts States. Our millions of newspaper reuders itself to Captain Perry. The same igno- Blind Asylum.— By invitation of Dr. Howe, have been made familiar with his history, and rance existed with regard to other openings. Superintendent of the Perkins Asylum for wiili ihe object fur which he has exposed him- For a long period they would remain closed, .the Blind, Father Malhew visited the Instiself, his officers and crews to four rigorous and a mild season, attended by favorable tution on Thursday, in company with severwinters. During this long period he has winds would ulone open them. jal friends, and was highly delighted. There been shut out from all civilized society, and Our fears now are, that Prince Regent's are between 80 and 90 blind peisnns at this nearly so from all human beings; bis ships Inlet having been shut up for four successive excellent institution. Among the number enclosed with misery and starvation years, the probability of its opening again are two blind boys, twins about nine years becomes less every year. The fact that staring him in the face. old, with flaxen hair. They are from the In case the late accounts received by the dipt. Ross's ships, which were sent to re- State of Maine, and arrived at the Asylum whaling ships from the Esquimaux are true, lieve Sir John Faanklin, having been en- only a few days since. They were hardly that two large, ships have been for four years closed in the ice in the same Inlet for a year, tame, or easy, so long had they ran wild at frozen up in Regent's Inlet, and that these (according to the Esquimaux), seems to fa- home. Father Malhew was particularly inships are Sir John Franklin's, what means vor this view. They were described by the terested in Laura Bridgman, the deaf, dumb have they to escape? All who are familiar Ksquimaux as being on the opposite side of and blind girl, having never witnessed such with the polar regions, (we mean through the Inlet; but their situation is ns perilous a case before. On being informed that she books, as we presume few of our readers as that of the ships they went to rescue.— was shaking handa with Father Mathew, have had personal experience there), know The question now is, what can be done for Laura expressed great pleasure, by her anithattheir great straits and channels are some- these during but unfortunate men, to rescue mation. He presented her with a tempertimes closed with ice for years. That when i liiin fronvtheir situation. The present sea- ance medal and she wrote on paper in reply, from an unusual cold season this ice does not son is, ofcourse, too late, nor can we now " I thank you most sincerely for the medal; break up, the following wilder renders it expect Sir John nnd his crew can reach Eng- we are all very glad to see Father Mathew." more solid. This sometimes follows for sev- land, even if all the accounts we have re- He thanked her, and remarked, I shall " eral seasons, when a barrier of ice is formed ceived are true. We beg, therefore, to sub- keep the writing and put it in a frame, and the for the consideration following plan of such magnitude, that it remains for years mit take it home with me to Ireland." Eighteen impassable; in fact, great channels nnd in- !of our Government. of the scholars expressing a wish to take the lets are sometimes rendered so, and even the Early in the Spring of next year send a pledge, it was administered to them with with coal to the settlement Danish at great interest, and open coasts are unapproachable for a cen- vessel each received a medal tury. A few facts will sustain this assertion. Cope Farewell, on the southern coast of and certificate, with which they were much another to Disco on east-, Greenland, Island, and half the and ago, a About a century delighted.—[Boston Traveller. cm coast of Greenland was approachable; Ihe eastern shore ofBaffin's Bay, in the 70th it is laid down in all old maps, and was, im degree of latitude, or at some point on the New Line of Steamers.—The steamships doubt, visited by whaling ships alike with opposite shore. Reckoning Sydney as one Sarah Sands ami New Orleans have been purother parts of this inhospitable region. But station for coals, there would then be threeichased and despatched for the Pacific, by J. are thus establishing anin late times, or since the period named, the' ports from which a steamer could get her Howard & Sun, who other line between Pananin and San Francisco. immense barriers of ice, piled mountains supplies. As early, then, as practicable, |There will doubtless be business sufficient for high, have prevented all approach to the' send a steam propeller with a screw so con- two lines, though price* will probably full m that it he or the coasf structed might shipped unshipcoast. Captaii Scoresby explored consequence of (he opposition. We hear that from Cape Farewell as far North as 65 ,' ped as necessities might require. At Syd- Messrs. Everett & Co. are to be ihe agents at when he was obliged to leave it and pass | ney, in Nova Scotia, she might take her sup- San Francisco.—Polynesian. round to Ihe 70th deg. before he could again ply of coals to carry her to Greenland, she We have been informed that the Post approach it, when he found no difficulty in would wait till the season was sufficiently adShe might then proceed Master General in London, was about to order his further progress northward. Captain vanced that a scaled mail bag for the Hawaiian Islands, Graah, who was sent out by the Danish Gov- to Lancaster Sound and endeavor to reach iIh» made up there, every mouth, lo come by way ernment some 20 years since, expressly to Prince Regent's Inlet. In case this should of Panama and Sun Francisco. then Greentwo should prove parties coast eastern explore trace the and land in •earch of the ancient Danish colony, be formed to proceed on tbe ice on the eastAmerican Consul for the Post of Hokoknown as La* Greenland," made every ern and western shores of the Inlet in search LULu.—Elisha H. Allen, Esquire, of Wabe, effort wtth his ships and boats to reach the of the missing ships; and in case they are was appointed Consul, as aho*e, on the l&tlT of coast, but could not for the ice. Lancaster found, to conduct them to the steamer in October last, and we bear rai to bare left the Copt. Perry Barrow's Straits or Lancaster Sound, if she United States for these Islands in December. Sound was never entered 120 154 ... - - - - ! ° '' " uOl < �THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY 1, 1850. 16 Srhr Klifabdh, from San Francisro, J Danluiiu. and If Sir John Franklin should make'period, when ear column., are ffot so crowded, we in-ii In D Tnivel. Itcnd more full making report. a In lliiu Spcnrer, from San Francisco. S Mal*rly. C his appearance, the friends of Mesmerism' V Kuar, (i Town, J Wilkinson, Funds now received for Chaplaincy will be tic-<jßeaulesu, S H Lafrenz, will keep a Jubilee ! Kenny, D Lynch, and W Kowler. W G votcft to defrayiftp incidental expenses of the estab-; In Brig CoiMinicils, from San Francisco, W Harris, J * The Manchester Guardian contains a long liihini'iit, including the hill of $135 75 for painting. H Thorp, VV O Smith, N I. Birge, H Cole, R H Whit Account of the second interview between Mr. Chapel and Heading-room. more, 1* Verplnnk, W Ii Uu'len. R W Ogdeii, A Sweet, Haddock, a friend of *ir John Frapklin, and |T F A Read. I) T Raymond, VV Boweu, J Mnsitravp, I, S 0y The BEAMENS' to READING ROOM will jltulloek. X Hnblple, Mr Barrtow. M LJohnsKw, W l.athe Bolton clairvoyanto. She professed W L Plainer, J Smyth, W Pearson.Oß Norton, have had interviews with Sir John Franklin be found supplied by fresh papers from England nndilflainaM, iI)M Byrnni, T H Brown, J McGuire, J Kattenhury and and Sir James Ross, described their position tho Vnitcd States. I'True D ! In ShipMnzeppa, frnm S.in Francisco, T Morrio. in the ice, with sundry other minutiae. She In Bchr Samuel Rolens, from San Francisco, Mr Russaid she hnd had some refreshment with Sir H Truman. J Black, .Mr. Leadheier, 11 Fowler, E JOURNAL. -cl, John Franklin, who had his provisions in Richmond, C dishing, J 0 Pierce, Mr Granr, Mr I.cc, |IV il Winie, J P Ni.sh Mr b.pln, Mr Hall, Mr Sherthick tin boxes. He had also some hard PORT OF HONOLULU. wood, Ii I, Pond, Mr Haknis Hi urry, Mr Parks, 11 meat in a big tub. Sir John, she said, would Wehiler, B Taylor, X V Sarjrenl, W A Human*. S B be out of the ice in less than nine months.— Arrived. Tadner, C Mrdluiry, J F Rnl.iiisou, J Master, J FAlden ketch Prim-tin, Lane, 66 tiny* from Sydney. nnd S l> Reynolds. That it was ten minutes past eleven by Sir Jan 4—Br 5—Am » liJili- ship Tuvchi oi'h, l.rek. In Schr Josephine, frc in Snn Francisco, T Grevswell, bk.-Ve. unn, McKay, Tin Sun Francisco. John's time ; and a quarter past ten (a good jmi.)U.9 Am. Nnd 11 Carter. 'I'ltliiuiiu Kb. Mi liiJh. Silva, Im Tahiti. Sir Ross' lime. That Connecticut, from Sun Frnnciscn, J O Domiwhile after) by James 12. Am. Sell. Friendship, Bishop, from ISnii Franclsce I In Itnrk 15. Urn hnpan. cheerful, \\ iiliniiiN.tiii Tahiti. ni- C X Hitchcock. J M Billiard, VV B Hallet, P Davis, she went a good way further than Sir John 16. Am. cell. .»<«aitir, Morrell, I'm ban Frniiciaco. |T Cummin*, J Huston and A J Moreion. Ross, where it was very dark, and the stars M hi. Am. nth. Anonyms., Latham, In Ship Viclory. from Sydney, F Colliinn and lady. Jan. 15. UrnhW. Cow lilt, Wejntnii, fm London. went round and did not twinkle, but she was from Snn Francisro, H Doschen, J W 19. H' ii. Mh Aiiui/.i-ii. Hnherison, 26 da fm San Francisco. ! In Schr Mnry. sure it was quite ridiculous to attempt to rind 19. Am. brig i'anouiciis, l.voii, 19 di fm Snn Francisco. [Thompson. J H Ludlow, Wf node, G VV Bronson. J llaiSilva and .VI Jusc. Salker, M *■ r lone, Sjifiicer, g Robinson, 81. lini. hr 80 ds •• a road for ships over there. That she found 81.Hrn.»h vta£e|>pri, Morddunt, 8U ds In Schr Mary Ann, Irom San Francisco, O Spalding, •' " bk Connec-ilcut,Peiihallow, Am. Sir Johu in a house made of large blocks of 24. C W Tliursmn. J B Marshall, J McKrayer. W E John12 da " u Am, cell 8. Ruber.*, Falkenherger, 17 da son, II H Sawyer, J H Russell and J VV Swain. " ijfie, about nine yards from the ship. That « Fr. ah Me use, Ilsuvel, 16 ds In ship Carol**, Sf*. Whilne} ami Urs. 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">«J*nd •• � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1850) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1850.02.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1850.02.01 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/aa57cda1469b2be8528e7232cb0b681b.pdf 5a811ddc9644f66996dea47b3cbc6a27 PDF Text Text FTHE RIEND. HONOLULU, MARCH 1, 1850. Vol. 8. 17 No. S deaux, and more especially Muscat wine, tory would be enriched through the assiduiseemed perfectly to their taste, notwithstand- ty of Messrs. Eydoux and Gaudichand, by a ing the temperance laws established in the great number of interesting discoveries. As Page 17, 13 Visll of French ship Bonite, We also had a specimen of the in- the mows on the summit of MaunaLoa and country. 18 Dreadful auflVrinj at Sea, fluence exerted over this people by the Mis- its famous crater, said to be twenty-five 1* Plymouth in 1627, sionaries. Dining with us one day, in com- miles in circumference, had been for a long 20 Proposed Museum, pany with Mr. Forbes and Kapiolani, Kua- time the subject of our conversation and the 20 kini scarcely dared to pourthe least quantity object of our desires, we all lamented the Grot Ration and Flogging In U. S. N., *1 ot wine into his water ; but when Mr. Forbes necessity of the sacrifice. Prayers ai Sea. was not present, he carefully avoided having Nothing can be more picturesque than Chaplain's Report, 22, 23 any water put into his wine. Yet Kuakini, Hawaii, as it appears from the sea. Near Sabbath Wrecka, a Scottish Legend, broken and the soil 23 they say, is utterly opposed to the missiona- the shore it is very much Temperance Men Overboard, covered with richest and where appears every He reads understands English ries. 24 Statistics reapecting 11. 8 and accuses them of not having vegetation ; but the eastern and northern 24 very wall, Sir John Rosa'arrival, arc, translated the Bible faithfully. As to poor part of the Island is much more pleasant and Kapiolani, she never made the slightest ges- fertile than the part we visited, which is alVisit of the French sloop of war ture, without a glance at Mr. and Mrs. most entirely destitute of running water.*— The inhabitants of Kealakeakua are under Bonite, to the Forbes. Sandwich Islands, in 1836. population of Hawaii scarcely amounts the necessity of going five or six miles for 90,- their water, or else of drinking that which is Translated for the Friend, from the French oj to 29,000—when discovered it exceeded -000. The causes of this fearful diminution brackish in no slight degree. Water might Adolphe Barrot. we will investigate before closing this article. easily be conducted from the mountain to the NO. 111. The weather at the shore is very warm, Fah- sea by means of pipes ; the rspid descent of Kuakini visits the Bonite his appearance and renheit's thermometer ranging generally be- land being very favorable ; but a long time character his appetite andfondnessfor wine tween 86Q and 89°, (about 25*of Reaumur's) will pass before the inhabitants of this Island a specimen of Missionary influence pop- while at the upper village the air was fresh can be in a condition to perform such a work. ulation Hawaii—6urto/ places expedi- ', and pure, a sea breeze was felt, and the at- The eastern and northern parts of the Island tion to Mauna Loa given up, and consequent mosphere seemed entirely different. are well watered ; there are many streams disappointment the Volcano and the God- On my first going ashore, I had observed and many ponds of sweet wster which serve dess Pele located in the eastern part of the numerous holes in the precipice which over- ss reservoirs for the regular inundations of Island the writer visits Kailua the church looks the bay. These holes seemed to me the taro patches. The inhabitants ofthis part scene in the house of Kuakini the Fort to be the work of the natives, nor was I de- ofthe Island are much more numerous than arrival at Honolulu the Government alarm- ceived. They are sepulchres for their dead. where we visited, and the climate is also beted—visit from the King's secretary. The excavation is usually closed up with ter. It is in the eastern part that the famous sublime head During our stay at Kealakeakua we were wood worky There is at the present time in volcano, Mauna Kea, raises its the inits eruptions, keeps Forbes a and frequent resides, of Hawaii and the where by Mr. Kuakini, Governor village visited by of alarm. Here state who die a constant in in where those are buried habitants one of the principal chiefs of the Sandwich cemetery the Goddess Pele has her residence. The Islands. He resides at Kailua, and is (veil t the Presbyterian religion. the known by the name of " John Adams." He The principal object of our coming to Ke- traditions concerning this divinity of been related so in inwere have ; not we Sandwich Islands accomplished came in his double canoe-, managed by a alakeakua was Dumont d'Urville M. by of a manner teresting He is of six to our design exploring stout Indians. a man obliged relinquish of score Lon. From all the in- in his Voyage around the World," that I feet and three inches ; a blue vest, grey pan- the summit of Mannaobtain, it was evident should only impair the poetic picture of this taloons, shoes without stockings, and a straw formation we could circumstances, our intended ex- navigator by undertaking to repeat them. We had that our in his accoutrement. hat, constituted We were assuWe sailed Oct. 6th, and at noon we were fine was impracticable. pedition been previously informed concerning his red that it would take eight days at least, to off Kailua, the residence of Governor Kuauniform and his large epaulettes. who had come on before us. The corKuakini speaks very good English, and reach the summit of Mauna Loa, and nearly kini, vette lay represented, to, and we went on shore. As we a time to return. They has the reputation of being an intelligent, as long three or four hours, we but at the same time, an avaricious man.— with exaggeration I doubt not, the dangers could remain only of our time. We to the roost meet with our exmake in his and we should wished i however, of avarice obstacles There was no proof church, the which was uncould not first to visit last went consideration in his sale of provisions to the Bonite. We cursion. This of stone, and ia the work were informed, it is true, that these provi- ■ have the least influence on the determination finished. It is built It is one hundred and sions cost him nothing, except the trouble of'ofthe gentlemen who had planned the rara- of an Englishman.length, forty-eight feet in sending his people for them among the poor ble ; but time was wanting. The days of twenty-five feet inare about twenty-four feet islanders ; audi is the custom of the country our stay at Hawaii were numbered ; in two width, its walls of the steeple is one hunthe chiefs may lay claim to every thing.—■ months we were under the necessity of being high and the height the resi- dred and thirty feet. The interior ia finishKuakini received from the corvette a certainiat Manilla. We had to visit Oahu,chances of ed with a good degree of elegance. It is furquantity of iron in bars and some tools. He dence of the King. The ordinary with a broad gallery of carved wood, our much lonnamed. the sea render might voyage was accompanied by another chief 1 than we anticipated, and we were com- nished containing seats for a part of the congregaHekili, (thunder,) not surpassed by the Gov- ger our tion. The pulpit or desk of the missionary came to abandon Our project. young every stature. pelled ernor himself in They the is of koa, a wood slightly resembling maofficers, Gaudichand, especially M. and day on board the Bonite, the table and thei it exhogany. In fine, a person here might imwine of which, having, no doubt, strong at- botanist of the expedition, regretted was that tbe I Indeed, certain sgine himself in an European temple, and was ceedingly. intractions for them. Their appetite followed the most of our villages are fsr from having ofMauna Loa would be satiable, and in perfect keeping with their exploration tt» that of Kailua.— immense corpulency. The wine of Bor-■ with beneficial results, and that natural his- churches comparable Contents OF THE FRIEND, MARCH 1,1851, *' , t — of— — — — — — —— —— —' . :I i : ' - > ' ■ " �18 THE FRIEND, MARCH 1, 1850. Kuakini went with us to show us the ohurch, [two ringers into the paste, they give the hand right and left of the harbor are coral reefs, appearing very proud of what he called his a circular motion until a sufficient quantity over which the sea breaks with violence and enjoying our is collected, when it is conveyed to the mouth. which are almost entirely covered at high " raoeumeot,"Heaadthenevidently admiration. took us to his house, Daring the repast, their attendants observed water. Through these reefs is an opening which appeared very much like that of Ka- them with respectful silence. When the seventy or eighty fathoms wide, and this is piolani. Extended curtains of English cali- calabashes were emptied, a servant took the the entrance of the harbor. Natives were co concealed the secret apartments of the one Which contained the poi—then collecting advancing on these reefs even to the breakwomen from vulgar eyea. Upon the estrade with his fingers the morsels that had been ers, where some were bathing, some fishing, of honor, was lying at full length, a gigantic left adhering to the sides, he formed there- and others wen taking shell-fish. Our arrival, as we were afterwards informwoman, clad in a gown of azure satin. I with a ball so attractive that Kuakini swaled, occasioned the Government some alarm. never saw any thing more monstrous or more lowed it in a twinkling. hideous than this woman. It was Mrs. KuaWe were so much the more surprised at It was supposed that we had come to demand kini. Her height could not be less than five Mrs. Kuakini's appetite, as her husband had satisfaction for the arbitrary sending away feet and ten inches, and she was completely just informed us that she was dangerously ofthe French Catholic Missionaries. Scarceround. All the chiefs that I have seen ap- sick, and had requested Dr. Eydoux to see ly had we cast anchor, when the King's Sepear to belong to a gigantic race. To be her. Her illness appearing to be simply the cretary, accompanied by the American Consmall and lank is, with them, a mark of low result of excessive corpulence and unbroken sul and the Editor of the Oahu Gazette, came birth. M. Eydoux and myself passed among indolence, the Doctorrecommended exercise on board, in order, doubtless, to find out the the islanders for great personages, and we and attention to diet ; two prescriptions real object of our arrival ; for, as soon as he were much more respected by them than if which it would be difficult for her to put in was informed that our mission was of a we had been destitute of such a degree of practice, as Kuakini informed us. That she peaceful character entirely, his countenance, corpulence as never fails to incommode us in could not move without difficulty, was suffi- which betokened much solicitude when he this hot latitude. To attain to this so much ciently evident, and from the manner in which came on board, assumed a joyous expression. desired corpulence, nothing can be better a- she devoured her dinner, half an hour after Few canoes had put off from the shore to dapted than the manner of living in vogue the Doctor's prescription, we could judge visit us, and it was easy to perceive that the with the chiefs. They pass their lives, so to that she would not, voluntarily, impose any arrival of a large ship, and even of a ship of , war, was no new thing at Honolulu. We speak, reclining on their mats ; very seldom restraint upon her appetite. do they take a walk, and they eat from mornAfter their Excellencies had finished their could already perceive a great difference in dinner, we went to visit the Fort, in which the clothing and manners of the natives. ing till night. A numerous company surrounded the es- are about twenty pieces ofartillery of differ- The Secretary of the King wore a frock coat trade of honor. The young daughter ofKu- ent calibres, mounted on wooden carriages. and a military cap ; his watch-guard was a akini was squatting near her mother. A In the interior ofthe fort is the morai, or sa- black ribbon, and his shirt of figured camnumber of women were waving kahilis above cred house, where are deposited the remains brick was becoming. the princesses, in order to keep away the of Kamehameha, the founder of the present Honolulu has become the seat of Governflies, which, in revenge, came to devour us. dynasty. Wooden gods, with unseemly fea- ment ; it is the entrepot of the commerce of The principal inhabitants of Kailua were re- tures, are stationed as sentinels at the cor- the whole country. Of this we were conclining upon mats around the room. Kua- ners and seem to forbid approach. These vinced when, on our arrival, we saw at ankini seated himself upon a settee, and mo- are the last external vestiges of the old reli- chor many English and American ships distioned us to take some chairs placed near gion. charging their cargoes, or taking on board him. We were very thirsty, for the heat Tbe aspect of Kailua, although considered the products of the Islands. Yet it was the was excessive, and we had been two hours at the capital of Hawaii, did not give us a very season when the smallest number of vessels least, in the boat ; but Kuakini did not seem favorable idea of the civilization of the in- are found in port ; and we have since learnto think of our wants. He who had received habitants. A few huts, scattered here and ed that the whalers, who come here for rea thousand attentions every time he came on there, without order or symmetry ; a crowd freshments or repairs, generally arrive in board, and who seemed to regard as excel- of ragged men and women following us every November and February, and that somelent the wines which were always offered where and watching even our slightest mo- times there are thirty or forty ships in the him, thought not to provide the refreshments tions with fatiguing curiosity—this is what harbor. The American sloop of war Peawe so much needed. We were under the we found at Kailua, and what we w«re des- cock, bearing the broad pennant of Com. necessity of asking him for water, and this tined to find sgain at Honolulu, the capital Kennedy, was in port ; as also many Hadecided him to order us some Madeira. of the Sandwich Islands, for which place we waiian vessels, among which we noticed a Before leaving we enjoyed the pleasure of were about lo sail. brig of American construction. This was seeing the Governor and his family take their At daybreak, Oct. Bth, we were in sight of the King's yacht, and was called Harrietdinner ; but he was v«rj careful not to give Oahu, and at six o'clock we cast anchor out- ts," after his sister—much belter'*known by us an invitation. Ho perceived without side of the reef, which forms the harbor of her true name, Nahienaena. doubt, that wo should find difficulty in adapt- Honolulu. The appearance of Oahu is more ing ourselves to his manner of eating, and pleasant than that of Hawaii ; the land is Dreadful Suffering at Sea. truly, there is nothing more disgusting. A more broken, less striking perhaps, but more We have received a letter from Capt. Hosglance only at their food might suffice to varied, more verdant, and more picturesque. mer, late master of the whaling bark Janet, drive appetite away. It consisted of baked The town of Honolulu is situated on the sea- of Westport, furnishing an account of the pork, salted fish uncooked, and poi, which, shore, in the midst of a rich plain, five or six privations and sufferings of a boat's crew beamong the Islanders, is the staff of life miles long and two broad. We could per- longing to the Janet, comprising the captain without poi, they do not make a single meal. ceive back of the town and upon Ihe slopesiand five others, which is almost without parEach sort of food was contained in an enor- of the hills, numerous taro patches. The allel in the annals of the whale fishery. It mous calabash. Kuakini stretched himself town has a sort of European aspect. To theiis substantially as follows : at full length near his agreeable wife, and right of the harbor is a white-washed fort, ** On the coast of Peru, June 28, 1849, in then commenced a sort of contest to see who through the embrasures of which we saw latitude 3Q north, longitude 104° west, while should eat the most ravenously and with the thirty cannons of all sizes, whose muzzles, cruising for whales, a shoal of sperm whales furthest remove from neatness. Each, in painted red, seemed any thing but formida- appeared in sight from the Janet, and three turn, thrust bis fingers into the calabashes ble. In the midst of the scattered houses boats lowered in pursuit. Capt. Hosmer's for food. This surprised me, for at our ta- are seen a number of lookouts, steeples and i boat's crew consisted of himself, Francis ble Kuakini bad shown that he was far from cocoa-nut trees. We perceived at a dis- Hawkins,, third mate ; Edward H. Charlez, being unacquainted with the use of knives, tance, white fronts, green balconies androofs i Joseph Cortez, Daniel Thompson, and Jamea forks and spoons. One cannot imagine the built in tbe European manner ; while the Fairman, seamen, It blowing fresh at tbe of pork, of fish aad of poi, which green hills which overlooked tbe harbor, ex- time, the boats soon separated, each having auantity lis monstrous couple devoured. Were I to tended to the horizon. On ourright were two imade fast to a whale. After Capt. Hosmet attempt to give an idea of it, I should be craters, one of which is called the "Punch had succeeded in " turning up" bis whale afraid of being charged with exaggeration. Bowl ;" the summit of this is indented and and was towing him to the ship, from some All the calabashes were emptied in a trice. forms embrasures, whess) cannon of a very inadvertence on the part of the third mate in The manner of eating poi, is this—plunging large calibre have been stationed. On the putting about, the boat capsized with loss of . ., �THE FRIEiND, MARCH 1, 1850. 19 boat keg, lantern keg, boat bucket, compass, south. On the eleventh day, another of the PlyDAmeisocuroitnphnf 1827. paddles, etc. The crew succeeded in right- number died from exhaustion. It was found ing the boat, and lashed the oars to the necessary to pursue a more northerly course By Isaac dc Rasieres, Dutch Ambassador thwarts across the boat to prevent her from in the hope of rain, none having fallen duthe AW Netherlands to JVew Plyoverturning, she being filled with water, and ring the last four days. On they next day from mouth. A lately discovered document. they were favored with another shower, and the sea continually breaking over her. Plymouth lies on the slope of a hill was New "Two waifs, or flags, were immediately this benefaction followed by the remarkset as a signal of distress, the other two boats able circumstance of a dolphin leaping from stretching east towards the sea-coast, with a being in sight at a distance of about one and among its finny companions directly into the broad street about a cannon shot or 800 a half miles. Capt. Hosmer taw the other boat. Several birds also approached so near [yards] long, leading down the hill ; with a two boats take their whales alongside of the to the boat ss to fall a prey to the necessities [street | crossing in the middle, northwards bark, which was then kept off in the direc- of the crew, administering greatly to their to the rivulet, and southwards, to the land. tion for his boat, but when within about one relief. On the 13th of July, land was dis- The houses are constructed of hewn planks, mile of him, they kept off on another course covered in an easterly direction, which proved with gardens which are also enclosed beuntil sun-down. The crew of the captain's to be Cocus Island, (uninhabited,) lying in hind and at the sides with hewn planks, so that their* houses and court-yards are arboat then got on to the whale alongside and 5° 27 north and 87a 15 west. tried to bail the boat, but could not succeed. Capt. Hosmer and the other survivors suc- ranged in very good order, with a stockade They then cut the line attached to the whale, ceeded in reaching it, but in an almost help- against a sudden attack ; and at the ends and succeeded in setting some pieces of the less condition. They however, caught a pig of the slreets there arc three wooden gates. boat sail and steered towards the bark, then and drank its blood, which revived their ex- In the centre, on the cross street, stands the about three miles distant. During the night hausted strength, and also obtained a plenti- Governor's house, before which is a square they saw a light at intervals, and in the morn- ful supplyof birds and fresh water. After re- inclosure, upon which four patereros [steening the bark was about the same distance off. maining two days upon the island, they were stucked) are mounted, so as to flank along Every expedient was resorted to by making overjoyed by witnessing the approach of a the streets. Upon the hill they have a large signals to attract the attention of those on boat, which belonged to the ship Leonidas, square house, with a flat roof made of thick board the bark, but in vain. They saw them whaler, Capt. Swift, then lying at Chatham sawn plank, staged'with oak beams, upon " cutting in" the whales, and apparently in- Bay, for the purpose of procuring wood and the top of which they have six cannons, different to the fate of their comrades. In water, and were relieved from their dreadful which shoot iron balls offour or five pounds, this perilous condition the unfortunate boat's sufferings by being taken on board the ship and command the surrounding country. The crew made another attempt to bail the water and treated with every possible attention and lower part they use for their church, where they preach on Sundays and the usual holifrom the boat, but owing to their consterna- kindness. tion, they did not succeed. They then con"The names of those who perished on days. They assemble by beat of the drum, tinued on their course as before, hoping to board the boat, are Francis Hawkins, third each with his musket or firelock, in front of regain the bark, but soon found that she re- mate, of Augusta, Me ; James Fairman, of the Captain's door ; they had their cloaks ceded from them, and it was then determin- Ohio, Daniel Thompson of Philadelphia, Ed- on, and place themselves in order three ed to put about to the wind and remain, what- ward H. Charlez, place of residence un- abreast, and are led by a sergeant without beat of drum. ever the consequences might be. On the known, seamen. second morning, the weather being more faCapt. Hosmer renders his grateful ac- Behind comes the Governor, in a long vorable, all the whale craft was thrown over- knowledgments to Capt. Swift of the Leoni- robe ; beside him on the right hand, comes board, and another attempt was made to bail das, and also to Capt. Cleavelandof the bark the preacher, with his cloak on ; and, on the the boat, which resulted in Ihe loss of one Valparaiso, both of New Bedford, for their left hand, the Captain with bis side arms and man, and without accomplishing the purpose. prompt and generous efforts in administering cloak on, and a small cane in his hand,—and The effort was renewed again in the after- to the relief of himself and his companion. so they march in good order and each sets noon, the weather being yet more favorable, Capt. Hosmer arrived at Payta, August 21st, his arms down near him. Thus they are and they finally succeeded in freeing the boat from which place his letter to us is dated. constantly on their guard night and day. Their government is after the English from water, but with the loss of another of We have also been favored with an exher erew—all on board having been up to tract of a letter from James A. Crowell, late form. The Governor has his council, which their arms in water during the last forty-eight first mate of the Janet, to Henry Wilcox, is chosen every year by the entire commnhours. Two of the survivors were seized owners' agent, in Westport, dated at Payta, nily, by election or prolongation of term. with delerium ; all of them having been with- August Ist. Mr. Cowell, after mentioning In inheritance they place all the children in out a morsel of food or drink, and suffering the fact of the three boats putting off for one degree, only the eldest son has an acknowledgment for his seniority of birth.— painfully from thirst. Thus disabled, no one whales, as above stated, adds : on board being able to ply at the oars, and "At 3 p. m. I had my whale alongside, They have made stringent laws and ordiwith only a small fragment of the boat's sail and soon the ship came to me, and when I nances upon the subject of fornication and remaining, it was determined to make for got on board, there was but one boat in sight, adultery, which laws they maintain and enCocus Island, on the Peruvian coast, a dis- and that was five miles to leeward of the ship. force very strictly ; indeed, even among tance of about one thousand miles, as the I went down to it with the ship, and found the tribes which live amongst them. They nearest land. Accordingly, the piece ofthe that it was the second mate's boat. He had [tbe English] spesk very angrily when they sail was used to the best advantage, and the seen Capt. Hosmer two hours previously fast bear from tbe savages that we should live so these respects, and without ceiling ofthe boat was torn up and also em- to a whale, and went to the leeward of him barbarously inTheir farms are not so good punishment. steered last seen his they as a wind and when from boat. We proceedpropeller, ployed ours, ss because are more stony, and they direction. ed the direction Which the boat in in captain's Capt. Hosmer in a north-easterly writes nothing occurred worthy of remark had been seen, and lay to all night with all consequently not so suitable for the plough. until the seventh day, the crew having in the sails set, and with all our lights fixed. In They apportion their land according aa each meantime been without a particle offood and the morning we saw nothing ofthe boat. We has means to contribute to tbe Eighteen drink, and not a drop of rain having fallen. cruised three days, but unfortunately without Thousand Guilders which they have proIn this dreadful state of suffering, it was mu- any trace of her. In the meantime, four of mised to those who have them out ; whereby tually agreed to cast lots as to which of the our hands were sick from fatigue, and we they have their freedom without rendering number should be sacrificed to proloag the were under the necessity of making the best an account te any one ; only if tbe King lives of his companions, and the unfortunate of our way to this port, (Payta.) We had should choose to send a Governor General, victim upon whom the lot fell met his fate taken one hundred barrels ofoil for tbe last they would be obliged to acknowledge him with perfect resignation and willingness. At ten days previously, and lost two hundred as sovereign chief. The maize seed which the close ofthe day, a shower ofrain proved barrels, during the same time by losing lines. they do not require for tbeir own use, is dea very great additional relief. Being with- I expect the captain's boat was taken down livered to the Governor at three guilders the out compass or instruments of any kind, Capt. by a foul line, as he bad a new line in his bushel, who, in his turn, sends it in sloops skins tynong Hosmer was compelled to rely entirely upon boat coiled two days previous to the accident. to the North, for the trade inone of his judgment respecting the course, aided We saved one whale the day tbe accident the savages. They reckonbeaverbushel only by an occasional glimpse of the North happened, and lost another that night."— maize against one pound of made skin : in according the first place, a division is rolling swell of the sea from the Sailor's Magazine. -Dee. 1849. Star and the �20 THE FRIEND, MARCH 1, 1850. to what each has contributed, and they are prison, alms-house, and gallows? On the this description are calculated tosrouie pubcredited for the amount in the account of principle that the laborer should be proud of lic attention :—the frigate Independence duwhat each has to contribute yearly towards his work, Dr. Sewell's plates representing ring her late cruise in Ihe Pacific, was abthe reduotion of his obligation ; then, with the remainder they purchase what next they the effects of alcohol upon the human stom- sent nine hundred and ninety-six days, and require, and which the Governor takes care iach, should adorn the apartments of the ma- during that period forty-five thousand eight hundred and thirty lashes were inflicted, or to provide every year. They have better |ker and vender of ardent spirits. means of living than ourselves, because they If all those engaged in the manufacture more than two dozen, per diem. In view of have the fish so abundant before their doors. and sals of intoxicating liquors throughout this statement, Com. Stewart wrote a letter There are also many birds, such as geese, herons, and cranes, and other small-legged ithe world, were to combine and establish a declaring that if " our naval service could birds, which are in great abundance there splendid Museum for an exhibition of their not be maintained without such means, he in the winter. works and the fruit of their labors, what a thought the wisest course would be lo break collection of "subjects" and variety of it up altogether " The advocates for flogFRIEND, victims " might be easily gathered! Only ging and grog-rations assert that the former "think of it, reader; the British Museum is necessary to maintain good discipline, and HONOLULU, MARCH 1, IQSO. would no longer rank "No. I." Just im- the latter to keep sailors in the service! To Proposed Museum. agine all the drunkards, or rather their "em- this it is replied, if the present rate of wages AH classes of laborers and artizans may balmed remains," (preserved in alcohol) will not induce seamen of " good" character rightfully claim the reward and honor of the gathered in one spacious temple dedicated to to enlist, then raise the wages, and obtain work of their hands. The farmer tilling the Alcohol ! Imagine, then, distillers, whole- men that will do their duty without being soil and producing a fine crop of grain, is sale dealers, retailers, and the whole frater- " drugged or flogged." If it is proper to justly proud of his labor and industry. The nity of bottle-washers serving as door- flog a seaman for drunkenness, why not an " the numerous officer ?—thus argue the opposers of flogmechanic skilfully making a watch, a car- keepers "and cicerones, upon riage, an article of furniture, an house, or public invited to witness the exhibition of ging. We opine, if a law should be passed any instrument demanding mechanical skill, rum's doings !" by Congress that all commodores, post-cap" may justly feel a conscious pride, in being a Report says, that rumsellers in California, tains, commanders, lieutenants and midshipgood workman, and the community will |have things very much after their own way, men, proved guilty of intoxication, should be award him due praise. The man of science if so, then San Francisco might be consid- punished by " a dozen," the flogging system guards with a jealous eye any discoveries,ered the most advantageous spot for the pro- in the Navy would very soon go " by tbe which he may make in the field of scientific posed Museum ; yes, let it face on Ports- board." It is perhaps worse for Jack to get research. The author places his name, mouth Square ! The different halls or wings drunk titan for a captain to get " excited" ( with its titles ) upon the title-page of his of the establishment might be appropriately or for a marine to get intoxicated than for a books. Tbe orator, the statesman and the named, "European," "Asiatic," "Ameri- lieutenant to get " a little tight." philanthropist readily secure a tribute of,can," "Polynesian." The small apartments, The following is the letter of Com. Stewpraise from their fellow men. On the same or alcoves might be called after the great art referred to. It was addressed to Barnaprinciple, why should not the maker and |towns, or cities, for example, in European bas Bates, Esq. of Philadelphia. " vender of intoxicating liquors be equally Hall," and alcove "London"might be Philadelphia, July 28, 1849. found proud of their achievements? Why should placed for exhibition specimens of inebriates My dear Sir—l am in receipt of your favor of the 22d inst, with the enclosed slip not the miserable drunkard be paraded by forwarded by Mr. Redface, keeper of Gin containing a statement of the flogging on them, before the world, as an illustration of Palace, in street so and so. In " American board the United States ship Independence, their skill and labor in transforming the man Hall" and alcove her last cruise. The number of lashes "Boston," specimens on stated to have been inflicted, appears to me of intelligence, wealth and refinement, into forwarded by Mr. Break-the-pledge, keeper a companion for the inmates of the sty?—.of Brigham's Saloon. In "Asiatic Hall" to have been enormous—the amount (45--830,) certainly with it an amount of Why should not the rich distiller and the and alcove " Calcutta," specimens forward- depravity in the carries crew, or one of oppression wholesale dealer in London or Boston, when ed by several East India merchants. In and cruelty in the commander, wholly unhis drawing rooms and parlors are bril- Polynesian Hall " and alcove "Honolulu," warrantable. That there is tyranny and of" ficers of cruelty in the service, there can be liantly lighted, and the sideboards groan specimens forwarded by " " no doubt, and I think I have pointed out, in beneath the beautiful array of decanters, in- The plan, you will perceive, reader, is my letters on naval subjects, (to Secretary troduce amidst the gayeties of the scene, a very simple, and although involving consid- Upshur, some time since,) Ihe primary cause victim that the policeman is conducting from erable their existence in the Navy, and how they expense, it might be defrayed by the of have been fostered through the recruiting the gutter to the watch-house? On such an enormous profits of the traffic. Should it, or the existing system. The experioccasion, how appropriately the distiller or however, fail, we would propose as a substi- service ence of the naval service has demonstrated wholesale dealer might remark, " Gentle- tute, an exhibition of San Francisco Ceme- the necessity of some prompt and effective men and Ladies, Look at my fellow citizen itery ! mode of restraining insubordination in the men, and thereby about to find lodging at the public expense, the essential disLet "touch not, taste not, handle not," cipline ofthe navalpreserve service. and enjoy the hospitality of the city authori- jbe your motto, reader, for death is in the If this cannot be effected, the wisest policy ties. I am extensively engaged in making |bottle ! would be to break up the Navy, and save the such wrecks of humanity! I am this week millions drained from the Treasury for its shipping spirituous liquors to Africa, Asia, Abolition ofthe Grog-ration support, extinguish its cruelty and oppresand Flogging in the U. S. Navy. sion, and put an end to a service so wholly and the Sandwich Islands." and completely aristocratic, that it has not, Why should not the retailer secure the In several late political and religious pa- even under monarchs, its equal in existence. i services of a skillful painter, and have por- pers from the United States, we have read Some portion of blame for this exhibit of setrayed upon his sign-board a drunkard dy- Ithe reports of public meetings upon this sub- verity may be attached to the law governing ■ ing in all the horrors of "delirium tremens,";ject, which appears to be exciting more at- the naval service ; it leaves no discretion in the mode of punishing ; many slight irreguand in the back ground, have sketched a itention than at any former period. Facts of larities and offences might be punished with- ' ,', THE . ,, , , .,, : ,, , . �21 THE FRIEND, MAIwCH 1, 1860. 'necessary to appropriate out the lash, hut the law requires whipping' to the extent of, or not to exceed, twelve to lashes. The officers, therefore, by law, are confined to whipping, and cannot punish otherwise, as it would be unlawful, and they liable to prosecution. I hope the Congress, before they act in either the case of withholding the seamen's allowance of grog, or the lash, will consult with such of the officers on the subject in whom they have confidence, or cause a more' suitable code of rules and regulations for the naval service aa will govern it more efficiently, and render it more appropriate to the national object for which it is established and defray the incidental a sufficient amount expenies of the es- tablishment, including sexton's salary, lighting the Chapel, he. At this date, ( Feb. 20, 1850,) there is a debt for painting and incidental expenses, of $122 88. The Chaplain would here insert the following note suggested, by the announcement in the February No. of the Friend, that the Chapel debt was paid: Rosebank, 20th Feb., 1860. Mr Dear and Reverend Fbiend:—l have this moment read in the Friend of the supported. Ist inst., (hat the debt of $3,101 41, created I hope Congress the next session, will by the enlargement of the Bethel Chapel, is advance towards your object of cheap postnow all paid. Having attended the meetings age ; hitherto it lias been, fromits enormous which the enlargement was discussed, I at expense, highly oppressive to the business much admired the spirit with which several community. It is time we should be releasCaptains ofAmerican whalers, insisted upon ed from the whole support of the post estab-j preserving the Chapel, as one belonging by lishment ; they have already taken one good to seamen, and only open through right, step towards it. courtesy to Foreign Residents. Taking that 1 am very much pleased to hear from you, ground, which was a very just one, they virmy good friend, and hope you will forward tually pledged themselves to carry you me the copy of the dialogue. Acthrough with the enlargement, independent cept the assurances of my high respect and of the foreign community, and therefore I esteem, from your obliged friend. abstained from contributing any thing to the Charles Stewart. expenses of that enlargement, lest I should be understood as implying a doubt that the Prayers at Sea.—Our own observation is and respectable body of the Captpowerful precisely similar to that of " Observer" in ains of American whalers frequenting Honthe following communication. Having freolulu, would fully redeem their pledge. Front view of the Seamen's Chapel, Honolulu. quently passed from island to island of this I understand they have redeemed it, and I since they commenced the good work believe we cannot now rein vessels, native group Chaplain's Report. of so providing for the spiritual interests of collect the instance where prayeTs were not Below will be found a summary statement their crews, Providence has signally favored offered, either morning or evening, and some- of the expenditures and receipts relating to the exertions of these crews, in the adventimes on both occasions. The practice has the late alterations and repairs upon the Sea- turous fishery which they pursue in this ocean. If I remember right, some one, at always deeply impressed our mind, and led men's Chapel. us to regret that the practice was not more 'aid for altering and repairing Chapel, including erec- the meetings aforesaid, ventured to predict that it would be so. common among that portion of the sea-faring tion of Reading and Vestry Rooms, 2,944 41 But, as one of the Foreign Residents, who 100 00 through courtesy, have been permitted to sit community professing a far higher degree of 'aid for eight pairs of blinds, 57 00 in the Seamen's Chapel, and who have parenlightenment and civilization than the na- 'aid interest on loan, tives ofthe Sandwich Islands ! $3,101 41 ticipated in the religious instruction dispensEditor of the Friend.—l have on sev- teceived from Subscribers on board ninety one Amer- ed by you, as Chaplain, every Sunday, I beg now to be allowed to aend you $20, to be aperal occasions, voyaged among the Islands ican whale ships, 1,518 63 plied, at your discretion, to the incidental in native vessels, and have never been in one teceived from subscribers on board Amerexpenses of your very useful Chaplaincy. where either the native captain or some pious ican merchant vessels, 113 50 • Hoping that you may be spared many sailor did not, morning and night, offer up a deceived from subscribers in the United years, to labor in this community, preaching prayer to God, and commend the crew and States Navy, 141 00 and distributing religious tracts and books, passengers to His keeping, who holds the tccerved from subscribers in the United to the seamen of all nations, conferring with winds in His fists and the sea in the hollow Statas Revenue 30 00 and advising them and visiting them while Service, of His hand. teceived from subscribers on board Britsick, as assiduously as it is your custom to But how different the case on board the ish merchant and whaleships, 75 142 do, • • schooner Sophia, an account of whose loss from subscribers on board ships I remain my dear and Rev. friend, with the captain and several of her crew, teceived the English Navy, 00 in 21 Yours respectfully, the last was published in Polynesian. A teceived from subscribers on board GerR. C. WYLLIE. clergyman being a passenger on board, man vessels, 57 50 Rev. Samuel C. Damon, Seamen's Chapprayers were offered by him, but they elicit- teceived from subscribers on board lain, &c, &.c, etc. Chilied the mockery ofthe captain and his foreign • • • • an vessels, 11 00 associates. New Seamen's Chaplaincy.—Another from subscriber* on board BusNow mark the result. No sooner were his teceived has just been established by the Chaplaincy 4 50 American Seamen's passengers landed, than his vessel is driven sian vessels, Friends' Society, in the teceived from the American Seamen's from her anchors, and in a fierce tempest she! port of South America—Rio most important 497 13 do Janeiro. The number of arrivals of vesgoes down, taking with her those who bud Friend Society, impiously mocked the worshippers of Jeho- teceived from various sources, as acsels there from foreign countries in 1848, 567 41 was vah, and they 'vere thus unprepared ushered knowledged in the Friend, 1147 ; coastwise arrivals, 2402—making into His holy presence ! 3549 in a year. The Rev. J. Morris Pease, •3,101 13,101 41 Chaplain, is about sailing from this port to How sad the thought! For He has said I will laugh at your calamity, and mock In connection with the above statement, raise there the standard of the cross, and tell " your fear cometh 1 When your fear when the Chaplain would remark that during the its story to the thousands of ocean wanderers. cometh, and sudden destruction is upon period the meantime, the Rev. T. H. Newton, (of two years and three months ) In ypu !" Truly "the ungodly shall not live commissioned by the same Society, will ocout half their days !" Oh, that men were which he has been collecting funds for liqui- cupy the Chaplaincy at St. Thomas, in the wise! Observer. dating the debt upon the Chapel, it has been West Indieß.—JV. T. Observer. - .... .... ..... ... ... ..... - ..... ..... ... �22 . THE FRIEND, MARCH 1, 1850their power, and the conviction that they He rose to return thanks for their preservacarried with them; snd when ye think oftion, and he had given out the lines— ThSeab thWrecks. A LEGEND OF DUNBAR. those convictions and contrast them with When ia thy wrath rebuke me not, " Nor in thy hot rag* chasten me," II was a beautiful Sabbath morning in the your conduct this day, does not the word ; of a burn autumn 1577 few small clouds, tinged 1apostate in your heart? John Crawford, when the screams and the howling of women with red, sailed slowly through the blue some ofyour blood have embraced the stake and children, rushing wildly along the street, heavens ; the sun shone brightly, ss if con- for tbe sake ofthe truth, and will ye profane rendered his voice inaudible. The eongrescious of the glory ana goodness of its Ma- the Sabbath which they sanctified? The gregation rose, and hurrying one upon anker, diffusing around a holy stillness and Scotsman who openly glories in such a sin, other they rushed from the church. The extranquillity, characteristic ofthe day ofrest; forfeits his claim to the name of one, andI hortations of the preacher to depart calmly the majestic Frith flashed back the sun- publishes to the world that he has no part or were unheard and Unheeded. Every seat beams, while on its bosom slowly glided the communion with the land that gave him birth. was deserted, all rushed to the shore, snd winged graneries of commerce; there, too, John Crawford, hearken to my voice, to,the Agnes Crawford and her children ran, also, lay its islands glorying in their strength voice of your wife, and that of your bairns, in terror, with the multitude. the May, shrouded in light, appeared as a ( whose bringing up is a credit to their mothThe wrecks of nearly two hundred boats leviathan sunning in its rays—and the giant er,) and be not guilty of this gross sin."— were drifting among the rocks. The dead Bass, covered with sea-fowl, rose as a proud But the fisherman, while he regarded not were strewed along the beach, and among mountain of alabaster in the midst ofthe wa- the supplications of his wife, became sullen them wailing widows sought their husbands, ters. A thousand boats lay along the shores st the words of the preacher, and springing children their fathers, mothers their sons, of Dunbar. It was the herring season, and into the boat, seized an oar, and with hisI and all their kindred, and ever and anon an there were many boats from the south and comrades, began to pull from the shore. additional scream of grief arose as the lifefrom the north, and also from the coast of The thousand boats put to sea, and Mr. less body of one or other such relations was Holland. Simpson returned sorrowful from the beach found. A few of the lifeless bodies of the Now, tidings were brought to the fisher- to the kirk, while Agnes Crawford and her■ hardy crews were seen tossing to and fro, men that an immense shoal was upon the children followed him. That day he took for but the cry for help was hushed, and the yell coast; and, regardless of its being Sabbath his text, " Remember the Sabbath day to>of death was heard no more. It was, in truth, a fearful day; a day oflammorning, they began to prepare their thou- keep it holy;" and as he fearlessly and fersand boats, and to go out to set their nets.— vidly denounced the crime of Sabbath-break- entation, of warning, and of judgment. In ■ The Rev. Andrew Simpson, a man possessed ing, and alluded to the impious proceedings one hour, and within sight of the beach, an i of the piety and boldness of an apostle, was iof the day, his hearers trembled, but poor hundred and ninety boats and their crews the minister of Dunbar; and he went forth Agnes wept aloud, and her children clung; were whelmed in the mighty deep; and dwelto the kirk to preach to the people, he be- around her, and wept also, because she wept. ling on the shore between Spittal and North held the unhallowed preparations of the fish- But ere the service had concluded, the heav- Berwick, two hundred and eighty widows ermen on the beach, and he turned and went ens began to lower. Darkness fell over the wept their husbands lost. i among them, and reproved them sternly for congregation, and first came the murmur of The spectators were busy carrying the their great wickedness. But the men were the storm, which suddenly burst into the wild dead, as they were driven on shore, beyond obdurate—the prospect of great gain was i howl of the tempest. They gazed upon each 1the reach «*/]' tide-mark. They had continbefore'them, and they mocked the words of'other in silent terror, like guilty spiritsi ued their melancholy task for near an hour, the preacher. Yea, some of them said unto stricken in their first rebellion by the search- i when a voice exclaimed—"See! see! one him in the words of the children to the ing glance of the Omniscient. The loud still lives, and struggles to make the shore." I prophet, " Goup, thou bald head."He went voice of Psalms was abruptly hushed, and! All rushed to the spot from whence the boat from to to boat, counselling, entreating, its echo mingled with the dreadful music of'voice proceeded, and a young man was perexpostulating with them, and praying for the elements, like the ■bleating of a tender ceived, with more than mortal energy, yet them lamb, in the wind that sweepelh howling on labouring in the whirling waves. His counSurely," said he " the Lord of the Sab- ithe mountains. For a moment, their features, i tenance was black with despair. His henrt " hath will not hold ye guiltless for this pro- ■ convulsed and immoveable, were still distend- panting with suffocating pangs. His limbs fanation of his holy day." But at that peri- ed with the song of praise; hut every tongue■ buffeted the billows in the of strong agony i od, vital religion was but little felt or under- ■ wss silent, every eye was fixed. There was death, and he strained, with desperate eai stood upon the borders, and they regarded no voice, save heaven's. The church seem- gerness, towards the projecting point of a not his word. ed to rock to its foundations, but none fled— black rock. It was now within its grasp, He went to one boat which was the prop- none moved. Pale, powerless as marblet but, in its stead, he clutched the deceitful erty of members of his own congregation, statues, horror transfixed them in the housei wave that laughed at his deliverance. He and there he found Agnes Crawford, the of prayer. The steeple rocked in the blast, was whirled around it, dashed upon it with daughter of one of his elders, hanging upon iand as it bent, a knell, untolled by human violence, and again swept back by the rethe neck of her husband, and their three hands, pealed on the ears of the breathlessi lentless surge. He threw out his arms at children also clung around him, and they en- congregation. A crash followed. The spire irandom, and his deep groans and panting i treated him not to be guilty of breaking theithat glittered in tbe morning sun, lay scat- breath were heard through the sea's hoarse Sabbath for the sake of perishing gain. But tered in fragments, and tbe full voice of the■ voice. He again reached the rock—he he regarded not their voice; and he kissed jwhirlwind roared through the aisles. Thet grasped, he clung to its sides. A his wife and his children, while he laughed trees crouched, and were stripped leafless;i murmur moaned through tangled the multitude.— at their idle fears. Mr. Simpson beheld the and the sturdy oak, whose roots had cm- They gazed one upon i another. His glazed scene with emotion, and approaching thei braced the earth for centuries, torn from the eyes frowned darkly upon them. Supplicat group, "John Crawford," he exclaimed, deep darkness of its foundations, was uplifl- tion and scorn mingled in his look. His lips addressing the husband, you may profess ed on the wings of the tempest. Darkness t moved, but his tongue uttered no sound. He " the words of ai was spread over the earth. Lightnings gath- only gasped to speak—to implore assistance, to mock, to laugh to scorn feeble woman, but see that tbey return not ered together their terrors, and clothed in His strength gave way—the waters rushed like a consuming fire into your bosom when the fury of their fearful majesty, flashedi around the rock as a whirlpool. He Was hope has departed. Is not the Lord of tbe through the air. The fierce bail was poured I again uplifted upon tbewhite bosom of the i ! Sabbath, the Creator ofthe sea aa well as of down as clouds of ice. At the awful voice loam, and tossed withina few yards of the the dry land? Know ye not that ye are of the deep thunder, the whirlwind quailed,i wailing but unavailing crowd. braving the wrath of Him before whom theiiand the rage of the tempest seemed spent. "It is John Crawford," exclaimed those mighty ocean ia a drop, and all space but a Nothing was now heard save the rage of who were able to recognize his features. A span? Will ye then glory in insulting His i the troubled sea, which, lasbed into fury by loud shriek followed the mention ef his name ordinances, and delight in profaning the dayithe angry storm, still bellowed forth its white —a female rushed through the crowd, and of holiness ? Will ye draw down everlasting billows to the clouds, and shouted its defi- the next moment the delicate form of Agnes darkness on the Sabbath of your soul ? I ance loud as the war-cry of embattled Crawford was seen floating on the wild sea. I When ye were but a youth, ye listened to worlds. The congregation still sat mute, In an instant a hundred plunged to her resI the words of John Knox—tbe great apostle horrified, death-like, as if waiting for the cue; but before the scream of horror and of our country—ye have trembled beneath preacher to break the spell of the elements.i surprise, raised by tho spectators, when they i > — ' • • ' ' > • ' • ,• . • ' . ' �23 THE FRIEND, MARCH 1, 1850. beheld her devoted but desperate purpose,leaved? was I cast upon Ihe beach? There she brought ye within a few yards of the had subsided, she was beyond tbereach of all is a confused remembrance in my brain, as shore; a wave overwhelmed you both aad who feared death. Although no feminine though an angel grasped me when I was cast you upon the beach, with her arm—tha arm of your wife that saved yon—upon your amusement, Agnes had delighted in buffeting sinking, and held me. But my head is the waters from a child, and she felt at home fused, it is fearfully confused, and I remem- Ibosom!" upon* their bosom, and now the strength of ber naething but as a dream; save tbe burst- " Gracious heaven!" exclaimed the fishinspiration seemed to thrill through her ing awa' o' the dreadful storm, withe per- erman, pressing his wife to his bosom—" my frame. She was bidden from the gaze of the ishing o' bunders in an instant, and the aw- iam Agnes! was it yon? wash you? my wife marvelling spectators, and a deep groan fu' cry that rang frae boat to boat, " a judg-- —my saviour!" And be Wept aloud and hit crept along the shore. She again appeared, ment has come ower us!" And it was children wept also. " There is nae merit in and her fair hand grasped the shoulder ofthe judgment indeed! O Agnes! had I listened iwhat I've done," replied aba, "for wha drowning man. A shout of wild joy rang to your words, to the prayers o' my bits o' should have attempted to save ye, had I no! back on the deserted town. Her father, bairns, or the advice o* the minister, I would ye were everything to me, John, aad to our who was amongst the multitude, fell upon hae escaped the sin that I hae this day com- bairns." his knees. He clasped his hands together, mitted, and the horrors wi' which it hasbeen But the feelings of tbe wife and mother too strong for words. I will not dwell " Merciful heaven!" he exclaimed, " Thou visited. But tell me now, or in what manner were upon the joy and gratitude of tbe family to who stillest the tempest, and holdest the wa- I was saved." "John," said the aged elder, the father whom the husband and tha father had been ters in the hollow of thy hand, protect —proof Agnes, "ye was saved by the merciful restored as from the dead. It found a sortect my child!" The waters rioted with redoubled fury.— and sustaining power of that Providence rowful contrast in the voice of lamentation Her strength seemed failing, but a smile of which ye this morning set at naught. But I and of mourning, which echoed along the hope still lighted up her features, and her rejoice to find that your heart is not harden- coast like the peel of an alarm bell. The hand yet grasped her apparently lifeless bur- ed, and that the awful visitation—the judg- dead were lain in heaps along the beach, and den. Despair again brooded on the counte- ment as ye have well described it, which has on the following day, widows, orphans, panances of her friends. For a moment she this day filled our coast with widows and rents, and brothers, came from all the fishdisappeared amongst the waves, but the next, with orphans, has not fallen upon you in vain; ing towns along the coast, to seek their dead Agnes Crawford lay senseless on the beach, for ye acknowledge your guilt, and are among the drowned that had been gathered her arm resting on the bosom of him she grateful for your deliverance. Your being together; or, if they found them not, they had snatched from a watery grave—on the saved ia nothing short o' a miracle. We a' wandered along the shore to seek for them beheld how long and how desperately ye where the sea might have cast them forth.— bosom of her husband. They were borne to their own home, struggled withe raging waves when we Such is the tale of the Sabbath wrecks—of where in a few minutes, she recovered, but knew not who ye were, and when it was pa the lost drave of Dunbar. her husband manifested no sign of vitality.— in the power of any being on the shore to All the means within their power, and that render ye the slightest assistance. We saw FOR THE FRItND. they knew, were resorted to, in order to ef- how ye struggled to reach the black rock, feet his resuscitation. Long and# anxiously and how ye was swept round it; and when Temperance Men Overboard. she wept over him, rubbing his temples and ye at last reached it, we observed how ye Lost overboard, in a recent voyage, behis bosom, and at length, beneath her hand clang to it withe grasp o' death, until your longing to the ship Washingtonia, a number hia breagt first began to heave with the re- strength gave way, and the waves dashed of men. The facts in relation to this sad cayou from it. Then ye was driven towards tastrophe cannot be definitely gathered from turning pulsation of his heart. exclaimed, she the beach, and some o' the spectators recog- the conflicting reports. The Washingtonia He lives! he breathes!" " and she sank back in a state of unconscious- nized your face, and then cried out your has been near tbe country of gold ; hut it ness, and was carried from the room. The name. A scream burst upon my ear—a wo- does not appear that tbe miserable men, who preacher attended by the bedside, where the man rushed through the crowd—and theni were lost, deserted her with the intention of unconscious fisherman lay, directing and as- John—oh, then!"—but here the feelings of'swimming ashore that they might go to the sisting in the operations necessary for re- the old man overpowered him. He sobbed gold mines. It would rather seem that some aloud, and pausing for a few minutes, added fatal infatuation had seized them—some storing animation. Oh, tell me,"1charm, like that of the rattle-snake, which As John Crawford begsn to recover, the—"tell him some o'ye." film of death that had gathered over his eyes said the fisherman, "all that my father-in- ■ caused the billows to appear unto them aa a began to melt away, and he gazed around law has said, I kenned before. But how was pleasant terra firms, where they might forget all their sorrows. And like the gold fein bewilderment, but unconscious of where I saved—or by whom?" The preacher took up the tale. " Heark- ver, this strange infatuation seemed to be inhe was and he sank into a troubled sleep; and as'he so slept, and his strength return- en vi to me, John Crawford," said he, "ye fectious ; for hardly, in the first instance, ed be cast forth bis arms, in imagination have reason this day to sorrow, and to re- had the fearful cry, " A man overboard !" yet grappling with death. He dreamed, and joice, and to be grateful beyond measure.—■ ceased to resound through the ship, before in his dreamhe shouted for help. He prayed, In ihe morning ye mocked my counsel and another made the dreadful plunge ! And so and in the same breath he blasphemed, snd set at naught my reproof. True, it was not far had this frenzy proceeded, that there reviled the trembling spectators, that his the speaker, but the wordsof truth that were! were not men enough left to navigate tbe troubled fancy still pictured on the beach. spoken, that ye ought to have regarded—for ship ! In a few hours the fisherman awoke from they were not my words, and I was but the But these wretched men have not all sunk his troubled sleep, which many expected humble instrument to convey them to ye.— beneath the waves. would have been the sleep of death. He But ye despised them, and as ye sowed so have '■Apparent rati nantes in gurgiu vasto." raised himself in the bed—he looked around ye reaped. But as your father-in-law has1 • wistfully. Agnes, who had recovered and told ye, when your face was recognized from Occasionally one is seen struggling in the that some of these appear mentioned, a waves. It is said his bosom.— the and name woyour shore, returned to the room, fell upon My Agnes! my poor Agnes!" he cried ga- man screamed—she rushed through the mul- well nigh exhausted, and it is thought that zing wistfully in her face—"but where— titude—she plunged into the boiling sea, and they cannot hold out much longer. where am I and my bairnies, where are in an instant she was beyond the reach of It is with much pleasure we hear that efforts are about to be make to ship a craw for help!" they?" fisherman, the the good ship Washingtonia, and we sincerechildren, cried speak Speak, here," on," cried the Here, faither " stretching out their little arms to embrace eagerly, and he placed his hands on his heav- ly hope that volunteers may be found toman ing bosom, and gazed anxiously, now toward the life-boats for the purpose of finding and , him rethe preacher, and again toward Agnes, who saving the men overboard. And there is A around. anxiously Again he looked need of energy and basts—for tha meat are collection of the past, and a consciousness wept upon his shoulder, "The Providence that had till then sus- gone beyond hope ! of tbe present, fell upon hia mind. "Thank Ye Waabingtonians where are ye ?— God!" he exclaimed, and burst into tears; tamed you, while your fellow creatures per? and when his troubled soul and his agitated ished around you," added tbe clergyman, Who will volunteer to save the perishing bosom had found in them relief, he inquired " supported her. She reached you—ahe Up ! to the rescue !_ Tbe causa of humaniL. E. eagerly, "but, ob, tell me, how waa I grasped your arm. After long struggling, ty—tbe cause of God calls you ! i con-1 < at i ' i I " I> ' t_ " " , ! �24 . FRIENDM,ATCHE 1,1850] MARRIED. ReUSsptacisng.cStates. Arrival or Capt. Sib John C. Ros».— In Honolulu, Feb 37th, by the Rev. S. C. Damon, (»0M IllustratedChristian Almanac, for 1850.) Capt. J. C. Ross, and his vessels, the En- Mr. Rica'n Messbkgeb to Miss Mart Bkadfiki i. •» terprise and Investigator, have arrived in 68 91 83 85 79 80 78 68 54 England, from his search after Sir John DIED. Franklin. The gallant officer appeared ra- In this town on the 16th inst. Caboliwe Soj-his ther the worse tor his perilous voyage, but infant dapgbter of Henry and Ann Maria was animated with his characteristic energy. aged one year. 14, 28, 4, S3, 8, 4, 15, It is his confident opinion, that neither Sir John Fr.tnklin nor any of his brave companMARINE are eastward of in any point ions, navigable k PORT OF HONOLULU. the Arctic regions, and if there be any chance £Z 18 4 8 8 8 4 8 4 4 4 of their existence, it is in the supposition Arrived. 57 62 58 68 68 58 62 55 68 51 49 65 14 ds fm San Fran that he proceeded in a westerly direction— Feb. 6—Am. shin G. Washington Holdrige, ■? Jo 6 Am. bk M«7.«'|ipa, tjirillir, 17 iN and in such case we can only expect to hear 6 Alii, wh bk Monmouth, llalsey briftan Anne, Loon d« Aguirre, 27 ds do from the missing adventurers by the Maken- Feb. 79— Tahiiian Brii ach Petri., Turnbull, 31 da fin Tahiti zie detachment, or by Her Majesty's ship 13—Am wh ah Cherokee, Cleveland, fm N. Bedford. M „,(. odd Fell aw. Chapman, 17 da Kan Francisco. 14— Plover, Coin. Moore, by way of Russia. 15—Fr ah Albairoa, Luco, Valparaiso, 18 do " N. Z brig Kewl, J. McLean, 68 da fm Auckland, Capt. Ross traversed at least two hundred for 15—Br. Franclaco, wiiti 17 passenger-, and thirty miles on the ice. They penetra- Feb.Sin 16—Perbk Rmpresa, While, 21 da fm San Franclaco. 91—Am ah Consiantine, YV.ni.nr, 14 dt ted as far as the wreck of the Fury, where **" Sl—lUwbk Don Uuuote, Dudoit, 16ds he found the old tent standing, and every 21—Hex br Dnn Carloa, Guerrero. !6 da ftn Mauitlan. Br Royal Yacht Wanderer, llnj it, finjajhalna thing about it in a state of the best preservaah St Michael, fin San Francisco. "" Fr Span bg Cl-tvileno, 8t Juan, fin San Francisco. tion. At this point Capt. Ross deposited a M Am ah Humboldt, of and also the large quantity provisions, " Cleared. screw launch of the Enterprise. In the Feb. 2,—Am, ach S. Roberts, Falkenburger, for SanFranclaco whole course of his researches, it is said that 2—Am wti ah Tuacarora, Leek, cru.*e. 2—Haw ach Wilhelmine, King, for San Francisco. Capt. Ross never met with a single Esqui7—Fr wh »h Gen. Teste, Rowdier, to cruis«. 21 DM. STAES. : into Born, TOFHE ■ , .4,1896 179 4,182 1836 1831 1848 1845 1841 1849 JOURNAL. Dee. JulyJulyJune JulFey b. June April June .- 1177389 11779375 1187041S 1178501911871578;11872657 11872697,11873872 1187413 11874910 11874955 11374894 , Maschuet Maschuet KeaMne. fcr-—Virgnia VirgniaVrginaVirgnia [Ten se YNeorwkOhio VirgniaTen sLeouian Adams Buren Harison Polk Taylor. W a s h i n g t o KaNma.e r — Adams Jef rsoMnadisonMunroe Quincy JacksoVann Tyler George JohnThomas James Jatnea JohnAndrewMartin Wm. John James 12Zacb ry H- PRESIDNT Noo. 11 U Saury cut Ewtng, McArthur, coi-ml'g. sailed for 6 F maux. 8—Ho) Brothers. Swart, for Hong Kong. The intelligence which reached New York Feb. 9—U S.bkN.Three propeller H*taaHchusetlH. Knox, sailed flr Hilo Bishop, for San Franclaco. Friendship, sch 11—Am on the 20th Oct, by the bark M'Lellan from I*2—Am bhip Mariposa, Martin, for SaaFrancisco. ( Davis Straits, is confirmed by a communica12—Am schr Haieilecn, Cruchet, * 13— *- sch Lola, Jenkins, for Lahaina. tion from Kirkaldy, dated Nov. Ist.—JV. F. 13— u bk Drummoiut, Pierce, H. K. 1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 11 Tribune. Expedition for the Relief of Sir John GOVERNMENT OP THE UNITED STATES. Salary $25,000 Franklin.—Lieut. Lynch, the commander Zaoharr Taylor, Lonkrlana. l'reaident, Millard Fillmore, N. York, Vice-President, 6,000 of the Dead Sea Expedition, has volunteered John M. Clayton. Delaware, Sec. of State, Penn., Sec of the Treaaury, Wm. at. Meredith, Geo. W. Crawford, Georgia, See. of War, Wm. B. Fraaton, Vir»lnia, Seo of the Nary, Thoa. Ewlng, Ohio Sec. of Home Department, Jacob Collamer, Vermont. Postmaster-General, Uarerdy Jotuuon, Maryland, Attorney-General, REVENUE "" " "" "" " — ■ BS*Sllt*. Total receipts, $31,757,070 ' the object.—Phil. Amer. $51,354,701 ■ Am bk Connecticut, Penballow. , Chilian sen Elltabeth, Aquetll. Southward. Br brig Mary Dure, Scarborough. Haw M-hr Mary Ann, Barrill. for sale or charter. Br loreha Sarah, Hardy. Am ship Ctfrolua, Dunbar. Haw schr Caroline, Fish. Br schr Louisa, Howard. Am. ah Gen Washington, Holdrlge. Am. bk Maieppa, Cinder. Am wh bk Monmouth, Halsey. Tah br Anne, Aguirre. Fr all Albatros, Luco. Br. ach Petrel, Turnbull. 3r br Kewl. M'Lean. the legality of paying the exper.ses of such 3,321,642 an expedition, he thinks he could raise suffi351,037 cient from private sources to charter, 21,256,700 1,701.251 strengthen and equip a steamer to carry out -- Am brig Cnptaao, and men (all volunteers,) and provisions— AND EXPENDITURES OF GOVERNMENT and in case there should be a question as to Prom Caatoma, Public l.anda, Mlaccllaneouaaourcea, Treaaury Notes and Loan, IaTraaauijr, July 1, 1847, -— Shipj>inp in Port, Feb. 15, 1850* 6.000 6,000 to head an expedition to start as early as 6,0 in 6,000 practicable next year, to relieve Sir John 6,000 Franklin. He proposes for the government 6,0no 4,000 to sanction the attempt, and afford officers FOR YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1848. " 14 '• wh sh ('herokee. Cleveland, to cruise. Feb.lB—Fr wh sh Ville dc Rennet., Billot, to cruise. 20 —Am ach Decatur, Morrill, for Lahaina. * Illustrated Almanac for 1850. 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Flumer. the subscription price will be made to Seamen, labor to deceive their friends in relation to the Hawaiian bark Don Quixote, Dudoit, fr California, from 1 purchasers and who desire mare than a single volume Andrew Ray, Ray, West, amount of liquor they consume. Gardner. West, I � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1850) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1850.03.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1850.03.01 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/f8b8f3672a470670d8080d64d5598578.pdf fe805a3eba28cc598dc589d5576bb3b2 PDF Text Text FTHE RIEND. HONOLULU, APRIL 1, 1850. Vol. 8. \o. 4 ... and a number of us in the house of his sister, Nuliicuaeu,B,. {4 25 -i—i..ii. j -11 j .j.:... .iii i .i.-mssszmet ings, some public places, well cultivated gardens. was because his own house was tit some 4|Br OF Till. Kill KM), Al'BlX I, 1861, The contrasts before our eyes could not tance that he received us here, und he c\id Page 15, 26 Vi.it of fraui ii -iii|i lloniK-, hut greatly interest us. This constant min- not wish to coiiipel us to lute a long w alfc tip,Wine and Bear Drinkers Hew re, 27 gling of civilization and barbarism, produced der a burning sup. This house, like a.,1 Here passed a chaise in those.of the country, contained liut a siogkl 27 a singular effect. lleatli id* Arch l.'raron .li'fTrcjs, r'nmgn leiellaisi.es, 2d which were a gentleman and lady, the com- room, the partitions having been reinovcfj.rrplexion ofthe latter giving evidence that she A large estrade of fine units occupied the f\jgr :D Hsilne " was born in the Sandwich Island*. Further ther end of the hull. The walls on the iiiftifVft llriii.il Si'uiiien, honored, 29 on, :i native, whose only covering was a tapa as well ss the ceiling or roof, were cuvereji AinerieMii .Viitirxatinii, Twilight Musings, 29 mantle fastened by a knot on his ri«ht should- with mnts, to which were appended greeg Daniel WrbHlir'. Farm, 30 er, was mounted, without saddle, upon a met- branches for the purpose ol atii .icting yhs (ifiicnil WK.hing'Oil'a Fiirm, 31 tlesome horse which he managed skillfully. flies and relieving the compnny from lh,«tf M In a court, a number of white Shipwreck and N lite., children dress- annoynnce. In front of (lie estiade, silting ed in the European manner, ornamented in hiiii-chairs, were the King, Kauiki (Villi, and calico pantaloons, were engaged and the three sisters and wives of KiliqrthO, Visit of the French sloop of war frocks at their sports; and near them was shining his brother and predecessor. A number of Bonite, to the in the sun the naked and brown skin of na- chairs to complete the circle, hud lieen p|ar Sandwich Islands, in 1836. tive children, whose only garment was the ced far us. Behind the King anil I'titicesBij|| Translated for the Friend, from the French oj indispensable maro. Here spacious stone were the principal chiefs, some of them houses presented to view the products of Eu- ing and some reclining upon the eotiadje.-rAdolphe Barrot. NO. IV. ropean industry; and at the gate, an Indian, The chiefs were in uniform. We were prflr Walk in Honolulu appearance of the natives clothed, and with a garland of banana leaves sented by the Governor of the Fori. His and town conirusls Seamen's Chapel around his head, slopped us in order to dis- Hawaiian Majesty wore a blue coat with mii>svaiice Chnrrh visit to the King the three pose of some land shells, lobsters or birds. ilury buttons, and large epauletls. He is sewidows of RJtoriho the King's visit on Sometimes we could dislingush, through the llout three or four and twenty )cars of agjpj board theBjuite reported apprehensions be- half opened blinds, the elegant scarfs and his countenance is expressive, although som,Bvisit and while on board the officers fair countenances of ladies who were watch- what marred by a broad flat nose and thiftk fore hisHostile invited to a feast at the Pali- ing the newly arrived as they passed in the lips. He is strongly made, nnd is about fiv/e the of French and Hawaiian horsemen JWiitami midst of a throng of islanders, who, with feet, three or four inches in height. He fsjr Valley magnificent view from the Pali- dishevelled hair and naked limbs, endeavor- reived us very cordially; but we imagine*) ed by fixing upon us their roguish eyes, to that we perceived in him u certain erubajrpreparations for dinner luau. rassment, which probably resulted from ((up A wharf, built of large timbers and filled provoke some mark ofattention. in with stone, rendered our landing easy, and There are three churches in Honolulu.— apprehension occasioned hy our arrival, ojr we found ourselves in the capital ofthe Sand- The most important of these is the Seamen's perhaps from his being little accusf mcd tfi wich Island*. VVi- were immediately sur- Chapel, where the aristocracy of the coun- formal presentations. This embarrassment, rounded by this idle population, for the em- try, the white population, worship on the Sab- however, gradually disappeared, and his ployment of which, civilization had as yet, hath. Under the same roof is a reading countenance assumed an expression of frank* found no means. They were, jjy on Hawaii, room, where arc found, often of remote date ness and good humor. Kittnu, widow ofEticovered with rags and Ihe itch; but it was a it is true, the principal newspapers of the horiho, and regent du'ittg the minority at eight to which we had become accustomed, civilized world. Adjoining the rending room Kauikenouli, was seated ut Ins right; nt hip sod it no longer surprised us. The popula- x the cabinet of natural history, all Ihe spe- left, was Kekauluohi, another widow of Rition of Honolulu had an appearance of nest- cimens of which are confined to some shells horiho, and at the right of Kinau, a tbifjj/ of the country and the roast of California, widow of Kilioi iho, called Liliha. aessmore general than the people of Hnwiii, and lo a dozen hows aad arrows from the Of the many sons of Knuichameha, tfvs but there was something in them more reIslands. The second church is that first king ofthe Sandwich Islands, lvihorirvQ pulsive. The men appeared more polite, but ofthe natives, nnd this, without dispute, has and Kauikeaouli are the only ones, concernst the same time, more deceitful, and vice seemed to have set a mark upon the faces of ihe most interest for an European. It was in ing whom we have any information. After church that I attended divine service; the death of Kumehuineha, Kilmiiho <KM tits women. 1 enter into these details, be- this ns ,hu,t had I have already spoken of a similar ser- called to the throne, under the regency o.| hits of a which people cause I am speaking on Hawaii, I will only say that here, Kaahuinanu, his mother. Rihoriho died l§ intercourse with Europoun nations scarcely vice sixty years. There ought to be some inter- the costumes were not so singular as at Kaa- England. Why he went lo that country if threj» •«ut in seeing the moral and physical changes Hitloa. The church itself, built of stone, not well known. He had five wives, which this people has experienced, and he re with its steeple, and its bell, its carved pews of whom were his own sisters, and ihe otper ijj •pens «w our observation u. vast and fertile nnd its seats alreadi p dished by ngc, could two, half sisters His favorite wife died not be compared »uh the church ol Kaawn- England a little before himself. A second si. Jd. Thrw The town of Honolulu does ii"t appear at- loa, with its walls and roof of thatch, its wife died at Maui nut long niter. ,\ taSjetive on close inspection. '1 hi' nouses a- timbers bnre and held together by cords, its widows of Rihoriho survive, ilu these werf rouud the landing place, ate merely cabins, mats nnd its modest desk. The native popu- the three women before us kauikeaouli were in their best attire, and in the succeeded Rihoriho, nnd at Kai tintonnit's built in the aucieut style of the country.»o- lation crowd we noticed numerous hats very comi- death, which occuned during the minorit)" of out croud of nigged n Vrom them came Leaving cally worn, and hoods shading coarse and Katiikenouli, the regency devolved iip«n K»siun nnd children to see us pass. ibt) fort on our «ght, the while wulls of which brown faces which needed n"l this ornament nau, who occupied the highest rank among order In be singular. There were scenes the surviving widows of Rihoriho. She rß■ere set oil' by the thatched roof* around, we in truly worthy the pencil of Hogarth. lained the power till Knrnki aouli beenmsj of lts.de o«r way into tlie town. The streets there The a but it would appear llint her intlurncß age; next »fter our we msde d»\y wide and straight.— i/rivs!, quite awire su/Jicienily to the He outlived her office, and that, being hersclt in dwellvisit due form received King. Ws saw a number of pretty European CollltTHlS — —— — — —— — — — — T^< — �THE FRIEND, APRIL 1, 1850. 26 completely under the authority of the Amer- self. Unfortunately, his education is very cursion. During our ride we had been conican Missionaries, she exercises an absolute defective, and the missionary Bingham, whose istantly ascending, almost insensibly at first, control over the young king. pupil he is, seems to have made it his busi- and then towards the extremity of tbe valley Tbe princesses were arrayed in silk, and ness to shut up his mind from those branches; we found outselves hi the midst of precipices by their size, reminded me of Mrs. Kuakini. ■of knowledge which would have been the! which the King ascended and descended with To see three women of such immense corpu- most necessary for him to learn in order to remarkable intrepedity. And now if the onlence seated together in a saloon, would cer- ■govern well. He is also, as I have already'ly object of our excursion hud been the magtainly be considered a monstrous thing in isaid, completely under the influence of his' nificent spectacle before as, we should have Europe. The smallest was at least five feet,sister-in-law, Kinau, who rules in his name. been more than paid for onr trouble. Rising BBven or eight inches in height, and they ]He possesses, nevertheless, intelligence and to a very great height above u», were the seemed to vie with each other in presenting imemory, and his questions, sometimes judi- threatening summits of the mountains, whose the largest circumference to the admiration cious, indicate an ardent desire of knowledge.; dry and naked peaks seemed ready lo fall on at the vulgar. Corpulence, as I have al-'The time will perhaps come, when he will,.our heads. Behind us. stretched the valley ready remarked, is a mark of distinction on seize the reins of empire and call Kinau to of Honolulu, and beyond, the sea and the the Sandwich Islands, and few women surely account for her administrarion, and the mis- ships in the harbor. At our feet, and at a could lay claim to greater eminence in this sionaries for their counsels. The King and depth of two or three thousand feet perpenrespect, than those before us. The King, his suite left the Bonite perfectly satisfied dicular, we saw the lops of the trees which although very athletic, cannot compare-with with their reception, and with what they had border the beautiful valley of Kanrxihe. This valley extends with a gentle inclination his sisters in plumpness, and as he is accus- seen. tomed to ride on horseback, to fence, and Some days after, the King proposed to make to the sea, which, on that side of the island, take other exercise, it is doubtful if he ever a feast for the officers of the Bonite, and he as well as the other, furnishes for the picture becomes a great man, according to the Ha- requested Mr. Charlton to give me an invi- a frame of breakers. It would be impossible tation. Upon this I congratulated myself, to sketch with the pencil, and much more so, waiian acceptation of the term. We were received very politely by the for the feast was to be in the country, two to describe with words, the varieties of scenewhole court. The King speaks English very leagues from Honolulu, and was to be, as ry so great and so picturesque, which makes well; but as the commander of the Bonite ithey told us, disencombered of all etiquette. from this point of view one of the most magwas not familiar with this language, and still jWe were to have a dinner in a grove, and nificent panoramas that nature can offer to less with the Hawaiian, the conversation, of then songs and ancient dances of the country the enthusiasm of her admirers. We were necessity, languished. During all this inter- —the singers and dancers were to be cloth- upon the wall of mountains, which divides the view, the King, as 1 imagined, before reply- ed in the ancient costume. I looked forward islam! into two equal parts. We were at the ing to a question, consulted Kinau. The ex- to the appointed day with impatience. It Pali. This is a place celebrated in the hispression of her countenance and the vivacity came at last. We met at the King's house. tory of the Sandwich Islands. It was here of ber glance, betokened an absolute char- We set out at ten o'clock, forming a caval- that His Majesty's father, Kamehameha, who acter. cade of thirty or forty persons. In front was subdued all the chiefs ofthe adjacent islands Mr. Charlton, the English consul, who had the King, mounted upon a beautiful white and who attained to absolute power, gained accompanied us, inquired of the King if it horse, and surely it would have been diffi- his last victory. This is the Thermopylae of would be agreeable to him to have his por- cult at the time, to find a better or more ele- Oahu. Here the king of Oahu, vanquished trait taken by some officers of the corvette gant horseman. We rode on, without order, and a fugitive, preferred a voluntary death who were present. He assented, after hav- and if the native horsemen excited our curi- to the cruel fate which the conqueror had deing exchanged glances with Kinau. The osity, we afforded them amusement also by signed for him. He precipitated himself, young gentlemen set about the work, and in our manner of riding. Some of our young they say, from this perpendicular wall, tohalt an hour, they had sketched with a good officers took their first lesson in horseman- gether with all his warriors who had escaped degree of accuracy, the portraits ofthe King ship on this day, and nt the end of half an the weapons of the enemy. It is said that and Princesses. On their examining the por- hour or more, their movements were no more Kamehameha stationed a guard behind his traits, each ofthe women appeared only half easy than at the moment of their starting.— troops, that all hope of escaping death by satisfied with her own portrait; but each On the contrary, all the natives who accom- flight being taken away, his soldiers might laughed heartily on viewing those of her sis- panied us, were excellent equestrians. The fight with greater courage. ters. The interview ended by a promise servants of the King, mounted on horses From the top of the Pali we saw the prefrom the King to visit the Bonite on the without saddles, brought up the rear. They l>arations for our dinner. The inhabitants of reminded me, by their steadiness and even the valley were scrambling up the foot path morrow. On the 11th, he came on board, accompa- by their graceful attitudes, of those Roman that winds along the side of the mountain, nied by Kinau and many officers. He was knights we have seen upon ancient engra- bearing on their heads the provisions which the King's attendants had demanded ofeach in full Windsor costume, with white plumes vings. Thus we proceeded six or seven miles in one; for, at the Sandwich Islands, the king in his hat. This suit of clothes was a present from George IV. It was not without fear, ithe midst of a green valley, shut in between is absolute master ofthe fortunes of his subas we were informed, that he came on board itwo mountains, which seem to have been jects. A roof covered with leaves, had been the French corvette. He also apprehended once joined together, so much analogy and raised during the night. Green ferns were at one time while on board, that some vio- resemblance was there between the opposite spread on the ground, then a cloth, and uplence would be inflicted on him in order to irregularities. On our right was a river, or on this cloth were arranged European botobtain reparation for the act which I have rather a torrent. Concealed for the most tles, plates, etc. All this show of civilizaalready mentioned. This information was part from our eyes, we occasionally saw its tion did not please me, I acknowledge; it probably false; at any rate, the distinguish-!silver cascades leaping from the black lava was too much like a dinner of our good citiEd reception which he received on board the rocks. We could judge of the fertility of zens of Paris upon the greensward of MontBonite, must needswave allayed his fears, it ithe valley, from the rich plantations of taro morency. I should have preferred the old indeed he had experienced any. He wished on all sides of us. This root, less farinace- Hawaiian manner. But it was necessary to to fee »ve>ry thing in detail and requested to ous than the potato, must be exceedingly pro- be satisfied with what we had. I noticed witness the cannon and musket exercise— ductive; for a little spot not more than five that the porcelain was of English manufacbut what amused him most, was the staff ex- rods square, us 1 was informed, would sus- ture, and the table cloth was American.— ercise, in which many of our sailors were tain the year round, a family or seven or eight These two nations, have in reality, invaded adepts. persons. On our right and left were scat- the whole commerce of America and India. tered cabins, from the doors of which peered Dinner was announced, and we all reclined what we could Kauikeaouli's tastes, from observe, are altogether martial. He is some- forth the brown faces of the owners. A dense upon the ferns. At the King's order the what acquainted with naval matters, snd herbage covered the uncultivated parts of luau was served up. A gastronomic feast is pointed out the difference between the rigging the valley, and the mountains seemed to be called luau at the Sandwich Islands. It takes ofthe corvette and that of other ships, which covered with the kukins, the silver foliage of its name from an indispensable dish of young he had seen. He often makes excursions to which contrasted finely with the dark rocks taro leaves boiled, or cooked in fat. In an instant, the cloth was covered with young the neighboring islands in his brig, the Hen- from the midst of which it sprung. rietta,' and he managed her, in part, him- At length we reached the end of our ex- pigs, fowls, fish, sweet potatoes, luau, etc.— , , , ,, ' — �27 THE FRIEND, APRIL 1, 1850. Jeffreys all these having been enveloped in leaves and ' Pray morning, noon and night to be strong Death of the Arch-deucon of Bombay. cooked in the earth by means ofred hot stones. against the temptation. We were all pleased with the excellent relish ' It is the system of 'Well, one glass more,' We regret to see announced the death of of what was spread before us. The fiah es- which breaks a man down. this distinguished advocate ofthe temperance pecially, cooked in taro leaves, was delicious, ' Beer or wine makes a man heavy, bilious, cause in India. He had spent over thirty and we were all constrained to acknowledge bod tempered, violent, and. next day, feeble. years in India, but at the time of his death that we had never eaten any thing so good. ' Remember the happy lightsoineness of a drinker. water by the cholera, was on a visit to England.— We hud One thing only seemed wanting. anticipated being regaled with the flesh of ' 1 fail because 1 am not firm to resist temp- He died at Exeter, Oct. 9. Only four days the dog, but we were disappointed. The mis- tation. Also, because I try myself and run previous to his death, he addressed a large sionaries probably, have forbidden the use of into danger. meeting in London, on the subject of tempethis viand. One of my neighbors, however; ' Let me not forget my dreadful feelings two or three rance. In portraying the destructive and inwhispered in my ear his suspicions that one (delirium tremens,) after taking water, and never'jurious influence ofthe drinking practices df of ale. only Drink pints ofthe pigs lying before us without n head beWhen longed to a nobler genus. It is said that the exceed of beer one pint or one glass. ■ Englishmen in India, he employs the followflesh of these dogs, which are exclusively fed I fail, it is by thoughtlessness and want of ing language: I on fish and poi, is exactly like that of pigs. firmness, also by an opinion that can bear Besides, the natives do not eat every species a good deal of beer. The health, temper and " For one really converted christian as a ofthe dog, one only having been set apart character of a beer drinker are undermined. fruit of the missionary labor, the drinking for this purpose, and this was the terrier spe- One should never exceed a pint of beer a day. practices ofthe English had made one thoucies, with a long nose, short hair and short lam better on water. I never was so happy sand drunkards ! This was a sad thought— as on water. Take plenty of exercise in the but it was the solemn truth. If the Engears. lish were driven out of India to-morrow, the The serving was performed with a good open air, and live on water. suf-. dreadful chief trace of their having been there would my have to remember I only waiters surof skill. crowd of A degree ' much the after so be the number of tbe drunkards they left betaking ferings mornings rounded us; some clad in pantaloons and vests, and others wealing the cool and com- beer or wine. Low suicidal feelings, des- hind." Although the evils of intemperance are so modious livery of the country. 1 noticed pondent and gloomy thoughts, pulse one hunthat always before serving up a dish, they dred to one hundred and twenty, head dizzy, wide spread, yet the advocates of total abstipains about the heart, flatopened the leaves which enveloped it, and limbs tremulous, eructations, and ulence incapacity for duty of nence principles, are frequently, denountaste it.— look a morsel with their fingers, to and overbearing, ced as narrow minded fanatics, and that by irritable I was informed that this was the practice at any kind, temper the King's table, and that nothing was served expensive habits, loss of time, forgetfulness some who even profess to be christians.— up there without having been tasted by the of engagements, every thing in disorder— How it is possible for any person professing and all for what ? Because I choose lo take servants. to have the least spark of christian principle two pints of ale or a bottle of wine .'" in his soul, not to be in the fullest and most Mr. Ereichsen, a surgeon, who examined sense a teetotaler, is beyond the head of the deceased, testified that the thorough-going Wine and Beer Drinkers Beware! arachnoid was in that morbid condition often our powers of reasoning ! We can readily Many in the community denounce the low found in persons of intemperate habits, and perceive why the pleasure and wine-loving and vulgar practices ofthe toper, and would which leads to irritability and despondency gentry, the low-minded and besotted frequeadespise the habits of the spirit drinker, yet of mind. He died in his bed, with an open ers ofthe dram-shop, and the lovers of mammaintain that wine and beer drinking are bible in his hand, which the servant testified mon, should adhere to the drinking practices harmless, and on no account should be ban- he was much in the habit of reading. The of society. But to repeat the idea, we canished from fashionable society. We earn- servants had noticed for a month the strange- not conceive it possible for a real christian to estly entreat such reasoners and all addicted ness ot his appearance, irritable temper, oc- be any thing else than a firm and decided to the practice of wine and beer drinking, to casional staggering, expensive habits, for- advocate of teetotalism. read and ponder the following statement of getfulness, low spirits, etc. "I Inherited the Appetite-I cannot facts respecting one of their number. Late If drunkenness was confined to the ignorefrain."—A few days Bince a most affectEnglish papers contain accounts ofthe death rant, debased and vulgar classes of society, ing instance of death by Delirium Tremens by suicide, of Dr. Thomas Morton, in Lon- it would be some alleviation to the sickening -1 was related in our hearing. The unhappy 1 don, on the Ist. of November last. He held picture of truth, but alas, intemperance en- man, belonged to one of the most wealthy ■ Colthe offices of Surgeon to the University ters the circles of fashion, learning, science, and respectable families in the State ofNew. lege Hospital and Surgeon to the Queen's literature, and even of professed piety. How York. Among the crowd rushing to CaliBeach Prison, and was widely known and melancholly a feeling of sadness doesthe an- fornia came , amply supplied with highly esteemed as a man of superior intel- nouncement excite in the minds of all true funds to enter upon business. Before leavlect, benevolence and honor. His home was lovers of poetry, that the gifted Americani ing home, he had made the most solemn graced with an estimable wife and child, his poet, Edgar A. Poe, (the author ol that re- pnomises that he would not drink intoxicating pecuniary circumstances were easy, and his markable poem The Raven,') should have liquors; but alas, the temptation proved to professional prospects all that he desired.— died of delirium' tietnens !" Almost every stiong. Friends remonstrated, and every " But the disclosures at the coroner's inquest ■rale wafts to our ears the tidings that some thing was done to induce him to refrain, bet left no room to doubt that he had become a if nature's most gifted sons have fallen vic- his reply was, " / inherited the appetikv-^l slave to private intemperance, and that the tims to intemperance. Reports, but too true, cannot." He then referred to several *jear mortification arising from the consciousness have already reached these far off Islands of relatives who had been carried off by the ofthis fact, had driven him to temporary mad- the Pacific, that some of the most talented Delirium Tremens. How wretched and misness and suicide. Among the documents sub- men in England and America are allowing erable an inheritance are those parents, ini mitted, was a kind of diary of rules and re- habits of intemperance to obscure the lustre dulging in the use of strong drink, in danger flections on this subject, which he had penned and splendor oftheir intellectual powers. Theiof leaving to their children! at various times during tbe last four or five world shudders at the murder ofDr.r*arltaiian, British vessels are now admitted to all months. The following are extracts: but the victims of rum-sellers are a hundred the | ports of Sweden dc ebe seme footing as to one more numerous than those consigned ' Shun wine, beer and spirits. arts. Swedish vessels. the murderer's by to the untimely grave To drink little or no beer or wine. ' FRIEND OF TEMPERANCE. ' '" ' i ■ 1 ' -1 ' �28 THE FRIEND, APRIL 1, 1850. THK FRIEND. ly. We have perhaps in New England never |r_j>- From ship Caroline, at Hilo, abhud a more horrid tragedy. Such scenes sconded, 2nd mate, Mr. Dow, his brothv-r HONOLULU, APRIL 1, 1850 are dark spots on our sun. John Dow, boal-steerer, carpenter, blackYours, truly. J. S. smith, and Francis Sawyer, seaman. They took a boat, provisions, quadrant, watch, &c. A New York correspondent writes as folThey are supposed to have left for ElDorado. MARINE lows, tinder date of BRBeromthaikgsb-lAEscape. While the whale ship, "Philip 1st," In the early part of the month of February, New York, Jan. 15, 1850. iCspt. Woodruff, was recruiting nt the MiitNews from Ihe West and East have made this vessel after completing n valuable cargo, [quesus Islands, a boat's crew left, taking a the last 48 hours lively enough. From Cali- at the Islands, sailed lor San Francisco. On boat. After the ship It-It, the unlives rubbed fornia, more than half a million of dol- the morning of Feb. 18, she was discovered them of their boat and clothing, leaving them lars in gold dust, the mines inexhnustable, to be on tire, in the hold. During fourteen destitute on the bench. The Msrquesan*, and more coming ! A Slste Government or- days the fire raged, but by the persevering have, doubtless, laid aside the mildness and ganized, and officers elected ! Her com- efforts of all hands, it was extinguished four innocence of their natures, since tbe visit of mercial influence and dc3liny already per- days before reaching port. Holes were cut Melville among the dwellers in the Types pieaing the civilized world ! What is she to in the deck, and water poured in, but the Valley. Be, Snd do socially, Commercially, politically, heat at limes was so great that it was imposThe English Missionary bark "Joha ißbrally, who can tell ? The Pacific whal- sible to think of going into the cabin, or of late in the autumn of '49, left Williams," going below, at all. During the period that ing fleet, never did better. for England. During the last two or three From Europe latest dates Dec. 29; Liver- the fire raged, the wind blew a gale, that she has been occupied in visiting all years pool, cotton risen one farthing per pound in alone threatened the destruction ofthe vessel. the stations in the Sooth English Missionary a few days. Corn and wheat improved in To add to the alarm, the powder was stowed under the of the "London Pacific, patronage jMfces. American securities firm ; money in some unknown place, and serious fears Society." M. pnMfty; business good ; commercial accounts were entertained that they might by suddenThe Royal Yacht "Wanderer," on ■TOn India cheering, and Ihe prospects of a ly blown up. It was finally discovered that .■»# year encouraging. her passnge from Tahiti, when upproaching fire approached within about two inches of Tire question of the severance of Canada the powder. The fire being extinguished, Hawaii, picked up twelve natives, who were rrtJm the mother country is gravel) discussed it was entirely destroyed and the vessel much drifting about at the merry of tha winds and Cabinet, the nnd the avowal is In distinctly injured. We copy the following remarks waves. In a short time they would all have Blade that England would be no looser, but from a narrative of ihe disaster published in perished, their means of sustaining life were utmost exhausted. Ut st-tusl gainer, were the Canadians to car- the Polynesian of March IG. their secession threats into execution. tf To much credit cannot be given to Capt The American bark "Maria," now Atsfria is in trouble from the civil rebel- Soule tor bis untiring watchfulness and vigi- lying in port, is 14 mouths old, and has made lance during tbe whole time of the disaster. the following sHMt of | SO,(MM, of her best troops. passages : Russia has also aristocratic troubles of her Also much praise is due to the crew for their From Baltimore to London, 10 days. and promptness in the discharge •was, and is sharpening her teeth for a bite faithfulness of their duty. to Cadez, 17 " London " Turkey. After baffling about four days, we finally Cadez to (Gibraltar, 12 hours. " arrived safely at Honolulu. As yet we have France is sunny or cloudy just as the sun Gibraltar to Cadez, 12 " " C.de not been able to discover the cause of the happens to rise. Verdto Rio Janeiro, lSdays. " tire. The Pope has not yet returned to Rome, The following is a list of the persons who •' R. J. lo New Orleans, 38 having fish to fry elsewhere ; and when he were on board the brig Brothers : " N.O. to Philadelphia, 14 dees come, if ever, be will find any thing Mitstet—Cornelius C. Soule. to San Francisco, 126 " " Phila. but a blind and stupid subserviency to his Mate—Richard Lloyd. S. F. lo Honolulu, 10 " Crew—Lemuel Burton, Arthur Bradlel, " spiritual despotism. 'William Taylor, William Bailey, Edwin Her passage from the coast to Honolulu, Vtsited Slates. —A commercial review nf Merrill, Thomas Thompsnn—George Evans, Is believed to be the quickest on record. the pant year shows a great gain in most of steward, and MM Hawniians. The Brig "Tuscar".—This vessel bound she industrial pursuits, and a very desirable Supercargo—David N. Hawley. to San Francisco, with a cargo of lumber, N. S. G. Passengers— Bailey, W. WheelatJMiility in most of the governmental and pri- er, J. R. Williams, and Mrs. G. Evans. was dismasted on the 22d of February, and •ele business operations. Congress and utter erecting jury-mast steered her course several Stale Legislatures are now in sesLess of the "S eculateur." for this port, where she arrived on the Mtfc sion. With many eddies and counter-cur- This schooner, of 40 tons, left Tahiti, for ult. The principal part of her cargo has Itnts, the great stream nf social and mora! California, August 13th, on the Bth day at been sold at auction. rsioroveiii. Nt it onward. In our headlong sea a gale threw her upon her beam " heate to get lioh, our principal danger is that ends." The wreck was abandoned—the The long louked for clipper bark we ahull neglect G»d, and fniget that then mats were lashed together, to which on outWin. H. Shalt i" arrived on the 30th of " is n'ltinrc.ltHiidi/.e better than tbe merchaudizi igger whs attached. After navigating (he March, having experienced a variety of dism silver. Cases ef daring crime iucreusi iiroad ocean for twcnly-six days, in this peri- asters. She was obliged to put into Montewith the great increase of our imputation ; «>us situation, they succeeded in reaching video for repairs. On her passage through tbe most pr niinont now before the public ih 'he Navigator Istonds 4il tsSfety. A son of >he Straits of Magellan, she picked up SheanVgi d murder of Dr. Pat kins n by Prof 'he Engiinti"MiBsiiiniiry Enrff, of Huahine, ihe crew, (ten in number)of the American Webster. Popular sentiment pronounces vas a passenger on board, and he publishes schooner "Andes," belongiig to New Lon his* guilty, in keen and awful tones. Very a detailed account of the disaster, in tin lon, Ct., and landed them at Valparaiso. soon a snter tribunal, a court nf justice, will -amonn Reporlt of November r, 1819. Ni Hie Wm. H. Shaler touched at Tahiti, oe speak, sad itstoues will vibrate most fearful- ures were lost. ■ter passage hither. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. « INTELLIGENCE. �THE FRIEND, APRIL 1, 1860. 29 "The Coffin to be Carried by Sailors." AmericanAnnexation of the sandwich t.to extend a cordial welcome. Why linger Islands—an old story. The above sentence, is a part of ihe dying iamid the fashionable circles that grace the While hearing and reading so much about! saloons of New York, or cling to the refined commands or directions of Her Majesty ihe late Q,ueen Dowager of England, who de- American annexation, we have been snnie- habits of the Athens of America ! No, emparted this life on the morning oT Ihe 2nd of what surprized to find that it is only the old bark for the Marquesaa Isles, where December, 1849, at Stnnmore Priory. We slory of thirty years' standing. In the very " with lavish kindness The gift* cjf tjtxl an- strewn " suppose her Majesty was pleased thus to hon- first communication sent by the American but where there are no Bibles, no Sabbaths, or British sailors, from the fact that her hus- Missionaries to their patrons in the United no Sanctuaries, nothing, to remind one band, His Majesty William IV, was connect- States, it is the topic of remark. Recently that Jesus Christ came to seek ahd to save ed with the Rovul Navy, ami rose from the our attention was arrested in glancing over that which was lost ! This is not quite true rank of Midshipiuiii to that ofthe Lord High an old volume of the Missionary Herald of —Capt. Woodruff, just from those islands, Admiral. From various accounts, we are led 1821, which contains the first reports of the informs us that one solitary Catholic priest to infer that Q.ueen Adelaide, was most high- missionaries. It appears that a part of the is there engaged in the duties of his calling. ly esteemed for her private virtues nnd duly missionaries desired to settle on Hawaii, and This man is indeed a reproof to the Proteschristian-like characteristics. She was the the remainder proceed to Oahu, or Honolulu. tant world, for missionaries of the London liberal patron of many benevolent and The following paragraph we quote from Missionary Society, and missionaries of ths charitable institutions. This is her dying page 118: American Board, have both attempted to plant avowal, I shall die in pence with the world, " The King said (to the missionaries,) you the standard of the Cross on those islands, to go to Woahoo, because provisions are full of gratitude for all tbe kindness that wa* wish so there; all the white, men wish to and have abandoned the enterprize. We ever shown to me, and in full reliance on the liveplenty Wnsjhoo—intimating in at the same time, are ready to ask the friends of Mission* why mercy of our Savior Jesus Christ, into whose that he feared the Americans intended to get that group should be thus abandoned ? Why hands, I commit my soul." She left direc- possession of the Island. It is said that some should the powers of darkness be there sufAmerican seamen—perhaps in fered tions that her funeral should take place, in as inconsiderate to hold universal sway ? Has not the the independent spirit nf patriotism which oftShe 1 says, manner as a possible. private " en breathes itself out in high sounding words mantle ofthe martyred Williams fallen upon particularly desire not to be Inid out in state, —have told this too credulous people that some noble headed lover of the perishing and the funeral to take place by day light ; America would take these islands, and it is heathen, who will ere long hasten to preach no procession ; the coffin to be carried by believed that some Euglish residents have in- the glad tidings of the Gospel among the cansinuated and maintained the same thing." sailors to the Chapel." nibals of Marquesas ? For the honor of out It is somewhat interesting and instructive common Christianity, and the credit of the California.—The rush, to that part of to read these old documents. What may lie modern missionary enterprize, we hope the the world, Hows in unabated. One hundred concealed in the undiscovered future,we know day is not far distant when a manly and powsnd eight vessels, are reported to have left not, but of this one truth we are fully confi- erful effort will be made to introduce the gosthe Atlantic Stales, for San Francisco, dur- dent, that had it not been for that very influthe aborigines of the Marquesaa pel among ing the month of December. We have re- ence, which thirty years ago, King Rihoriho Islands. Capt. Woodruff reports that Ihe king ceived San Francisco papers to the 2nd of seemed so much to dread, his brother, Kaui- of one ofthe Islands, expressed the March, but discover no special items of news. keaouli, would not at the present time, hold wish that a missionary might be sent earnest among Steamboats are rapidly increasing on the bay the sceptre and wear the crown of an indehis subjects. and its tributary rivers, the San Joaquin and pendent sovereign among the nations of the We would invite the reader's attenSacramento. The rage is for new cities. earth. tion to the successive articles which appear The mines continue to yield the usual amount Twilight Musings. on the first page of our paper, being faithful of gold, and no sign of being exhausted. There arc not a lew here and elsewhere The freshet and overflowings of the numer- who and elegant translations by the Rev, Mr. question whether Missionaries have done ous streams and rivers, are reported to in- any good by going to different parts of Poly- Dole. Our readers are doubtless familiar, crease tire amount of gold in the "diggings." nesia. It is not our purpose, at present, to perhaps wearied with the publications of English and American tourists and Voyagers The incipient steps have been taken for a reason these opinions out of Iheir minds. Coloma, to or in the Pacific, but it is seldom that the from Sacramento city raidroad Any attempt on our part would doubtless be Frenchman's "impressions about 40 miles. the Mills, tf scenes tthH vain, but we have an inquiry to make—Why scenery," find Iheir way before the English Oregon.—The Oregonians living on the do not our anti-missionary friends pass by M. Adolph Barrot appears to have reader. Willamette river, have experienced much in- those parts of Polynesia where missions are been a careful observer, and although his jury, by a high freshet, which occurred in established, and direct their course to the views and sentiments, in some points, may December. The water rose on the Willa- Eejecan or Marquesan groups ? We would somewhat differ from those usually dissemimette, aud tributaries so high as to sweep especially recommend their settlement, with nated through -the columns of this journal, away diiulsand mills. At Oregon city several their families, among the Marquesans—the still we are, by no means, disinclined lo read houses and stores were carried ofT or dam- true sons of nature—Melville's happy Typee- what he may have to offer. Many even, of ans ! We have lately met vo\ agers from the aged. our ulira-Missionsry readers, we are confiMarquesan group, who describe the present dent will sympathise with us in these sentiDecember 30th, the French vessel, condition of things as by no means tinctured ments. L'Albert was wrecked at Tulnti. The pilot with the sombre coloring of Protestant misMr. G. C. Miler, who has been for sionary influence. We would earnestly reand crew narrowly escaped. some time acting as Brtii-h Consul Mt Tahiti, commend the dashing Melville, who has The brig "Brothers" sold at auction, such laurels among the literati ofthe old and bus been coiniiiissiiiueil, as Consul, to ramie at that l-l mil. La Honolulu, March, for $3,575. new w old, to take a trip with his young bride CO" It is reported that the British Ministry the will propose to Parliament at its present sessioa, Three unsuccessful attempts have to scenes of earlier days—it may be, beach would stand the upon the reduction ofthe army. gentle Fayaway been made to sell the Chiliau brig Copiapo. " — won' �THE 30 FRIEnB* APRIL!, 1850. . — Law and Politics. description of its quiet retirement from the world's " noise,lties, American History, hours' I noticed all Ihe volumes of Parliamentary within two yet confusion," and and Mr. Webster's farm is somewhat lengthy, access of the great eastern mart of trade!,Debates, copy of the English Statutes fit yet we are confident our American readers and commerce—all this, with many other at-jl large, volumes of tbe English Annual Regwill peruse it with much interest. It cer- tractive beauties and advantages of improve-.iister from its commencement in 1759, all the Entainly is highly creditable to America's ment and location, render the farm and home English political writers ofin distinction, all languages, as a whole, the most tcyclopedias, Dictionaries Webster, of Daniel statesman, that he oratoc and greatest living desirable, delightful and valuable estate and '&c, i TheSec.mansion house, which I have said should be also one of her best farmers. residence in the country. The same was equally true of the immortal The first purchase of Mr. Webster made was a large and imposing structure, is paintWashington. America has rarely produced some twelve or fifteen years ago, consisted ted while, with a piuzza quite around it, and his iis finished and furnished tastefully and subpractical farmers to equal " the Father of of only two hundred acres, including and enlarged mansion house—since present istantially, combining great comfort and elehis country." improved. Subsequently, and from year to | gance. DANIEL WEBSTER'S FARM. he added to his acres by purchasing Another prominent object which belongs > year, Revere House, the adjoining farms, until his estate now ex-lto the mansion house, or rather villa, I have Boston, July 24, 1649. J ceeds fifteen hundred acres, including the iomitted to mention—it is a venerable and There is a portion of the Commonwealth lands and venerable residence of Governorimajestic elm about eighty years old, standof Massachusetts, which juts out into she Winslow, of colonial notoriety. The ex-i ing so near the house that some of its ocean, not unlike a boot in shape, as deline- tensive marshes or salt meadows, with theirIbranches rest upon the roof. Its sbope is ated on the maps. This poation of the "Old beautiful islands of shrubbery, resemble ]perfectly symmetrical, and its huge outBay State" has enduring historical associa- most strikingly in appearance and beauty, istretching branches (the extremities reachtions—a celebrity as broadcast as the uni- |the rolling prairies of the West, with their ing the ground) form a beautiful and circular versality of the Yankee nation; for it was; islands of timber. Upon the fuma also is a iarbor. The mojestic proportions of this elm, upon this spot that the puritanical seed was prominent elevation, from which an exten- iand the beauty and spaciousnesss of the ar, first sown, and although a dry and sandy sive view is had of the ocean, and the sur- Ibor, formed by the over hanging branchessoil, it took root, and produced, and is pro- 'rounding country, including Plymouth, Dux- imay be appreciated by stating that the diamducing an abundant harvest of hardy, ener- (bury, Marshfield, Btc. On this elevation, Mr. eter of this arbor is exactly ninety feet.— getic, enterprising Yankees. Here are Webster has erected a liberty pole, from Such are some of the prominent objects Barnstable, Plymouth, Duxbury, Marshfield, the top of which the stripes and stars can be iand things of interest in, and immediately Cape Cod, and Plymouth Rock —places and seen, proudly waving, from a great distance icontiguous to, the mansion house. I will mention a few things noticeable localities notable in American history, as at sea, and from several miles inland. the first landing-place of our Puritan proThe mansion house is a large, comfortable,elsewhere on the farm. I saw eight capagenitors, and as the dwelling places of those and imposing wooden structure—situated on|cious barns, tilled to repletion with the hay heroic men and women who planted, nur- an elevation as regards the lands towards the! and grain already harvested. A short distured and defended the American Liberty sea, but in a lovely semi-circular valley as tance from the mansion are the farm house Tree. regards the lands towards the west. A cir- 'for the workmen, and the barns, sheds, staWithin the limits of this "first settlement" cular avenue, lined with well trimmed hedg- bles, Stc, for the stock. There are stables for and within a few miles of Plymouth Rock, es and ornamental trees, leads to the house;' the oxen and stables for the cows—extensive in the midst of this " peculiar people," are in front is an extensive lawn, adorned with sheds to protect the young cattle from the the farm and home of Daniel Webster. flower beds, clusters of evergreens, shrubs' frosts of winter—hog houses and pig pens, As there is no American citizen now liv- and forest trees. In close proximity are two[with the most comfortable apartments, and ing, who has contributed more largely to the beautiful lakes or ponds, only a few rods every convenience and facility for preparing imperishable glory and distinction of our apart, the one fresh nnd the other salt water, 'the feed. The floors of the stables are country—no one whose intellectual superi- where may be seen useful and ornamental moveable plank, beneath which, every fall, ority is so universally acknowledged at waterfowls of all sorts and sizes. The gar-|is deposited large quantities of " muck " or home and abroad—whose name and fame den, consisting of several acres, is highly;[loam, which is removed in the spring, maare destined to be pre-eminent and enduring, and tastefully cultivated, producing every king the richest manure for dressing land. Mr. Webster has ihe best blooded cattle so long and wherever constitutional liberty variety of fruits and vegetables in abundexists —whose forensic, senatorial and popu- ance. in New England. His milch cows are mostly lar speeches and orations will be read and The carriage houses, stables, barns and of the Ayrshire breed, regarding them as a admired as long as and wherever the Eng- sheds appertaining to the mansion house, are: race of good milkers, healthy and hardy, lish language is read and spoken—l have substantially built und finished off with more enduring the New England winters, and livsupposed a brief description of the home of conveniences and appropriateness than any, ing nnd thriving on pastures none of the Daniel Webster would be acceptable to your buildings of the kind I have before seen.— best. He has theAlderney breed, often calreaders particularly, and to the public gen- The chickery is very large, filled with every led the cottage cow, in England, admirable erally. variety of domestic fowls, having " elegant.'for quantity and quality of milk, but are tenThe farm and dwelling-place of Mr. Web- apartments" suited to their habits and the'der and require great care and good living. ster, is situate in the south-east part of the climate. 'He thinks the Ayrshire and selections from town of Mnrshfield, bounded on the east by Attached to the mansion house, and com- native stock a good cross, of which I saw the ocean, and contains over fifteen hundred municating with it, is the library of singular beautiful specimens. He has a cow of the acres of land. A goodly portion of this fif- architectural beuuty, filled with statuary, mixed breed, which this year and the last, teen hundred, acres is " light poor land," paintings, and one of the most extensive co\- in the heighth of the season, gave fifty two 1 naturally, but made productive by frequentI lections of books that can be found in any' pounds of milk per day, equal to twenty six and expensive manuring; another goodly private library in Ihe Union. The office is:ijquarts—she is milked three times daily. • portion is marsh land, producing excellent in tbe garden, quite concealed amidst locust, His farm is principally cultivated by oxen, grass; another portion is woodland, native catalpa, chestnut, and willow trees and flow- and for this use he regards nothing equal to and pleated; and still another portion isi ering shrubs—here his splendid law library,! jthe Devonshire, or, what is much the same, very fine land, having a rich soil and pro- i■Congressional document*, &.c., me deposi-j■the New England breed. He says the finest ducing abundantly. As a whole, this farm, ted and awiiipinsticiilly arranged. In speok- ■ working oxen are the dark red, found in in location, variety of soil and surface, beau- ing of huWibrary, MP. Webster remarked. Worcester county, Massachusetts, and Conty of landscape, its superior condition in ag- "I only wonder how I found money to pur- necticut. ricultural improvements, buildings, fences, chase so many books." He has a large His hogs are ofthe best breed, and he has and general husbandry—its splendid pros- number of octuvo volumes of English Re- a male of the Mackay breed, nineteen years pects o'er sea and land"—its daily invigo- ports that cost twelve dollars a volume. Tbe old. This breed is close and square built, ■ rating "and rejuvenating ocean breezes—its i general character of his library is History, small beads and short noses, fatten well and cod-fishing, brook trouting, and game hunt- Classical Books, Standard books in poetry make excellent pork. Of this breed he furing—its tortuous, undulatidg foot and bridle- and prose, Miscellaneous Literature, Trea- nishes largely every year, to New York, paths, and extended grave) carriage roads— tises on Public Law, Collections of Trea- ■ Vermont and Massachusetts. I saw ten pigs |0» Although the following — i i ' • • • ' �THE FRIEND, APRIL 1, 1860ot this breed, and of the same litter, that with the home of Daniel Webster; but to be 31 consecrating services the ministers of the will now average 200 pounds each, and will appreciated in all their beauty and Worth, various denominations in the city participaaverage this fall, he says, not less than 400 they must be visited and seen. It is cer- ted. The sermon was by the pastor, Rev. tainly a matter of extreme gratification to T. Dwight Hunt—his subject—"The gloripounds each. He has large fields of corn, potatoes, tur- his friend* and admirers, ( and who does not ous gospel of the blessed God." And warmnips, beets, beans and grain; his corn and admire his pre-eminent abilities, and feel ly and eloquently did he advocate its claims, potatoe fields the finest, by far, 1 have seen grateful for his great nnd invaluable public not merely as the only way of salvation, but this year. He has a potatoe field of twelve services?) to find him surrounded with all as the great moral lever of civilization by acres, from which he expects to take 2000 the comforts and substantial elegancies so which only the nations of the earth are to be lifted from their deep degradation. Mr. bushels for market, that will realize to him litting his age, his position and his worth. two thousand dollars He has a field of Mr. Webster has but one child living— Hunt is an interesting speaker, and an elecorn of about twenty Rcres, manured en- Mr. Fletcher Webster—who has n very tine gant writer, and we anticipate for the First tirely with kelp, which is very stout nnd country residence, overlooking the sea, ad- Congregational Church under his charge, promising. Kelp is a sub-marine weed, joining his father's estate, and about one mile the fullest measure of success.—[Pacific which is thrown upon the sea beach in win- distant from the mansion house. A daugh- News. rows during the upheaving ol the ocean.— ter and son, Mrs. Appleton and Captain EdThis is gathered ami spread upon the land, ward Webster, died within the past year; Aristocracy and Democracy in Engmaking an excellent manure. Large quan- and I cannot refrain mentioning an affecting land. —The aristocracy of England is constantly receiving members from the people, tities of fish were also taken from the sea incident in this connexion nnd conclusion. and spread upon the land for manure. Having spent the day in riding and walk- and constantly sending down members to It is thus by continuous hard labor, and ing over the farm, we returned to dinner; mingle with the people. The yeoman is not the practical application of the most thor- and just as we were entering the house, Mr. inclined to murmur at dignities to which his ough knowledge of farming, that Mr. Web- Webster remarked that there was one thing own children may rise. The grandee is not ster has made his extensive estate produc- more he desired to show me. I followed on inclined to insult a class into which his own tive. His whole farm is in admirable con- the pinzza to the front of the house ; he children must descend. dition, fences durable, and in excellent re- there pointed to two beautiful trees, the earth Thus our democracy is the most aristopair—no weeds, bushes, briers nor thistles, around their roots yet fresh. " There," cratic, and our aristocracy the most demoanywhere visible—his gates, roads, barns, said he, " are two weeping elms—l call them cratic in the world; a peculiarity which has sheds, &c, in perfect order and repair—a Brother and Sister." The tears gushed from produced many important moral and political place for everything and everything in its his eyes, and without another word, he sud- effects.—[Macaulay. place—and all under the personal direction denly left me. I required no explanation, and supervision of Mr. Webster himself.— for 1 had known the brother and sister.—OtMissionaries to Foreign Ports.—Mr. J He is emphatically the farmer of Marshfield sego.—[Cor. of the Cm. Guz. C. Knafp, a recent graduate of the Princethe farmer of New England. ton Theological Seminary,was ordained a few That which Mr. Webster seemed to reGen. Washington's Farm.—The farm days since, by the New Brunswick Presbygard with the greatest pride and satisfaction, of Gen. Washington, on Mount Vernon, tery, as a Missionary of the American Prowas his planted forests. He has now grow- contained about fifteen square miles. It testant Union to Valparaiso. Ihe services ing over one hundred thousand forest trees, was divided into farms of convenient size, were conducted by Rev. Drs. Baird, D. Y. which he has raised himself, mostly from at the distance of two, three, and five miles McLean and A. Alexander.—Am. paper. the seed. A beautiful forest of many acres, from his mansion house. These farms he covering a gentle elevation, in view from his visited every day in pleasant weather, nnd The Hon. Abbott Lawrence, Envoy Exhouse, is from his own planting; and another was constantly engaged in making experi- traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary wide belt of forest trees of various kinds, ments for the improvement of agriculture. from the United States, had an audience of extending half a mile, to protect his mansion Some idea of the extent of bis farming ope- her Majesty at Windsor Castle, on Saturday from the cold north-east winds, is also of his rations may be formed from the following the 29th of October, to deliverhis credentials. planting. There are oaks, pines, horse- facts: chestnuts, chestnuts, catalpas, locusts, elms, In 1787, he had 580 acres in grass; sowed New Bedford Oil Market, Jan. 7, 1850.— sassafras, and trees from the west and south- 600 bushels of oats; 600 acres with wheat, Sperm—The market continues very firm, with a west, such as white oak, buck-eye, Ameri- and as much more barley, corn, potatoes, demand fully equal to the supply,and prices have « can lime, red-bud, &c. His repeated efforts beans, peas, &.c, and one hundred and fifty further advanced. The sales since our last emof 1360 bids, understood to be upto raise live oaks, have entirely failed. with turnips. His stock consisted of one brace a cargo of 118 cts. per gallon, and yesterday a parMr. Webster's uniform habit is to rise at hundred and forty horses, one hundred and ward cel of 1200 bbls. at 119 cts. 4 o'clock in the morning—attend to his cor- twelve cows, two hundred and thirty six Whale—ls more quiet, and we have only to at 8 o'clock, working oxen, heifers and steers, and five report a sale of 300 bbls. handsome N.VV.Coast respondence, &c.—breakfast then ride and walk over his extensive farm, hundred sheep. He constantly employed at 48 cts. direct and superintend the work—dine at I two hundred and fifty hands, and kept twen- Whalebode—We hearof no transsctiom in New York sales were mads on o'clock, and then devote himself to the en- ty four ploughs going during the whole this market. In of 10,000 lbs. N.W.Coast tertainment of his family and friends until year, when the earth and the state of the New Bedford account at 35 cts. and 6000 lb*. Polar at 38, cash. at which and hour, about 10 o'clock, gene- weather would permit. In 1786, he slaughrally earlier, he retires. He is very fond of tered one hundred and fifty hogs, for the use Department of Foreign Relations, hunting and fishing, nnd has an abundant of his family, and provisions for his negroes, ) Honolulu, 20th March, 1850. supply of fast sailing barges, boats, cod-fish for whose comfort he has great regard. Be it knows to all whom it may concern that the Commission of Elisha H. Allen, Esq., lines, trout-rods and appurtenances, guns, dogs, &a; and in these manly and healthy Fifth House of Worship in San Fran- from the President or the United State*, bavin; been presented to this Department, and sports, he freely indulges. cisco.—We congratulate our Reverend found to be in due form, he the said Elisha H. Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, has Ai.len, Eae.., is hereby acknowledged by order New Hampshire, January 18, 1782, and is, Brother, Mr. Hunt, in the success which of His Majesty, as Consul ofthe United States, of a Conof course, now in the sixty eighth year of attended his efforts for the erection for the Hawaiian Islands; and all his official his age; yet he has the physical strength and gregntionnl Meeting House in San Francis- nets as such, are ordered to receive full faith and activity of most mm at the age of fifty. In- co. We copy the following from a late Cal- credit, by the Authorities of this Government. (siven under my hand, and the seal of tbe Fordeed, there is not, I believe, s man now liveign Office, at Honolulu, this twentieth day ing, who has done as much intellectual labor, ifornia paper: and if now capable of as much in a given The filth house of public worship in this of March, 1850. R. C. Wtlui.-^ (l. s.) time; and few men of his age, of any pro- city was opened for divine service last Sunsituated the corner The is on are day. building fession or calling, as physically vigorous or capable of enduring as much bodily ex- of Jackson and Virginia streets, plain and It has pleased His Majesty to approve of the unpretending in its structure, though ex- appointment of Henry A. Paterson, Esq., as ercise and labor. I have thus mentioned some of the promi- ceedingly neat, it is capable of comforta- Consular Agent of the United States, for the nent objects and things of interest connected bly seating three hundred persons. In the Island ef Maui. — — �32 . THE FRIEND, APRIL 1, 1850. Ilmwned July 16. 184s, Mr. A«aos J \\ IIItLk», b. »„ «p Thr> nhi|t hal seven feci »vnlcr in her hold, Ihoard ihe Aliirrican «hale ahi|i James All. it, vsliilr crulaiaf aa hut vtill |iriilii.lilv hold togpihfr nil her cargo can Hit- .V.iili RaUAWnglmishdtefar.gc, or \\ »l I oa-L T h e S 1850. lue got mil, vthicli ciinsisls, |iriiici|inllv, of lliinSiHldenlv alarch M, al Kntna. Kauai. Mr. Hsvav IffLt. A Published at " Tribune office," A". Y. Iwr, flour ami porter. A lur|>(> purl of her curgo native of Ireland, hut more rtrenll) fioui iNew York, via Baa Francisco, diiiniigeil we Krai.ctaeu. To the Post Master at San cnniliiion.—Polynesian. will be iii n tender our grateful .acknowledgements for PASSENGERS. MARRIED. late papers, and a copy of "the Whig AlmaPer American ship Fanny Forrester fr San FranIn llonoiiilu, VVednraila) Evtaiini Mr. W*. p. Sa-eauav as Miss s. h Bavin, b) lltv S. 0. Hamuli, at Mm n Ne«.coml>e, Mrs. and two cliila/ cisco, W. Now, Ncwcombe, all good Whig* though""! if nac." Ur. It A.a. Vtood. Uren, Mr. Fowler. the United States should have their heads as l'er American ship Duraleor:. fr San Francisco. Mafull of facts, statistics and literary informa- jor Lee, U. S. A., R. W. Blanchnrd, I). A. EKvell, C. Lahaina Chaplaincy. Haw.) tion as this Almanac, then surely Ihey would Tollman, Chuing, Tom, ( a Mr. Editor:—Will vou give this notice of the la) liaino Chapel, an insertion in your paper? prove n match for ou equal if not greater Outing trie last month there lias been cx|<endcd upon the Chapel at Lahuinn and the ground around it, lb* number of good Democrats. The articles sum of S392 00 for the fol.owing purpose*: PORTFHONOLULU. upon various leading topics are excellent, IFciicc uiound the Chapel yard, • $149 op the Arrived. jFor finishing a room under the Chapel, for viz: "Postal Reform," "Flogging in Mar. *—Br hrl} Tepic, l.ure, lads I'm San Franfiarn. a study for the Chaplain, 201 41 Navy," "Public Lands," "Finances," &.C, 4 Am bk AiUr'n, Iturrowo. f.n N. V* yin Valparaiso. For incidental expenses, ringing licit, ta4 Am aih Kcm\ Swnsey, 12 tls f n .-nil Francisco house, be cure of the king fixing roof, etc., Btc This is just the book that should 41 Ml 4 Ani alili lltranl, t'nir. 2< il>, Tin " 4 Ami wh hli,i Nile. Casa). fn Marr|uraaa, lTOOhhls wh. read by every American citizen abroad. 4 Brbs Marga ft. Mel.cn*!, 17 da r.n Han Franciaco. $392 00 4 Am-li|. Jvc Parkin*, Colliiia. Siiilavaa " During this time I have received, for the If figures speak the truth, one would sup5 Am lik RaaMur.lt, l.'iiili', Till Snn FranekeSS. purpose of defraying this expense, 346 U Hr he Ruler, n*i-. Lnverinir, 50 da I'm aUt kland. 6 be the Yankees content with might pose, that 5 Am nil-li!>l'ii|iia, Tailor, lin S'X. Is., 211 moa., a,2oti1 wh 100 sp. Present debt, 8,145 fp present area of the country, when their re6 Ait-wh »li|> Caroline, rlaskctt, fm N. Bed.. 100 wh This amount has been received chiefly from seaI5« ap. mains unsold 245,913,344 acres of public 6 Bre wh aha, J. Hsvilen. Guzman, fm Bremen. ICO ap. men,and leaves the Chapel, at this dare ( March 16th 7 Ani.ahp Norman, Ring. II da I'.iirimi I rnncisco. 1850 ) with a debt of S145 75 I wish this statement lends, on the Ist of January, 1849! 8 Ur lik Enduru. I.nurley , ?•) tla In lluharttnwn. 1, , MARINE JOURNAL. - . .. i, -- - .... _^__ published in your paper, 1st, That those who hai* 8 Am slip Liverpool. We.-I 28 MO*., 2,200 wh contributed may know how the'r donations have been 8 Am ahp Saratoga, Hardinge, 6 inns., 70 wh., 95 ap. Shipwreck.—The British bark Caroline, lAmile.. expended, and 2d, Thntseair.cn and others, visiting 8 A..i In: Brother*, l.nrrlia St Atnlrew, Barker, fm Hone Knnv. Lahaina, and the foreigners residing here, may know Cap*. Perry, wits wrecked on the renf opposite Mar II- Br Ambk vtana. San Francisco. VUltiaoii, li. rial fin it that there is a channel open for their benevolence. A tbe liiirlior nf Honolulu, on Monday Inst. 14 B hk l>. M ilcom. ..irh. 16 da u hint to the generous is suflicient. The Caroline was 140 ilav* from Adelaide, 14 B bk lur.hlinmii. Pierce. 15 ila Am be Tu-car. Wal.ei , itn!|i|resa fm Boaton T. E. TAYLOR. Very truly yours. and 109 from Htrluirt Town, oml had experienc- Mar. 1418—Brit, hk Her. Psall >, .2 da I'm Callan. Seamen's Chaplain, Lahaipa, ed it sufccusion of ailvcriai "rules during the en91 Am. wh sh Republic, Aii-lm. Tucker, fm Bnn Fran. tire pinMiige. She hail a Inrge number of pas- March 24—Am hk S icraoienlo. lilforUIHlion l\'anted. 24 Hr bca uebnrah, M tclianie. 7.1 da fit eiydnevseiners, including scvernl faniilics, anil with the Kcspccting William Woodland, a Seaman belqn|(-39 Br acli Coquette Elliott, 24 ila f.n San Fran. or craw, numbered 104 soul* on board. For 10 19 Hr hk Caroline, ferry. I 111 da fm lioharl Town, ing to West Cowcs, Isle of Wight, England. He left wrecked on ihe reef. March 25. 18 day* llwy were entirely destitute of water, England in I 842, n seaman, on board the Carysfort' ami ware obliged to subsist upon imrier, and frigate. He has siiosc(|uentlv been heard from as a Cleared. boat stccrer on board the American whaling vessel* provisions from the cargo, her stores having heen Mar. 2—Am ahp G. Waalijiigtou. lloldritfe *JT Manilla. Monmouth and Ilamlilcton. Should this notice atalso exhausted. She, however, touched lit Kn5 I'eruv hk Einprrna, White, ilnnir Kong. tract his attention, he is desired to report himself Hi 6 Am bk I'nuiiecticut, IVnlinllnw, fur Sun F. uui, a few iluys since, uuil procured a supply to M M.izrlhca, 5 Aai ach Crncliet. his friends, or should he visit Honolulu, to call at tta* sniible her to reach this port. " Kong. 6 Max ha* linn Carina. Guerrero, Hong Chaplain's study, where he will find a letter to his adOh Mniiilny inorniiiir, the 25th inst., she Sarins 5 Am hk Moiiinoinli, llalse> .N. Y. dress. 7 Am wh ahp Ciroline, Plasketl, cruiae. to anchor nil'the miuilh ofthe hnrlinr, the wind (i 8 Am wh ahp Copia. Taber then lilowiuit nn shore from ihe S. X., ami, as it 6 Am b*; t'aminicu-, Lyon, San F. Charts fbr Dale has since proved, jnstt ihe commencement nf a afar 9—Am ach Decatur. Morrill, for San F. old East India ship-master has left some new An ach San Wanderer, Boyd, for II Br F. about 36 tbe (ale of hour* continuance. During and old ( harts, at the Chaplain's study, to be disposed 11 Haw ach I urnline, Fn.li, for dan F. day on Monday, ihe wind continued to increase, 11 Am ach Harr, Tlbbey, " of for his benefit in sickness. The following; are 13 Am wh sh Nile. Cass;, I pii..ami towards iiioin ihe ship was pitching nt n among them: Charts of Canton river, East Coastal West, Liverpool, -18 wtl all Cruise. Am vena decmeil impostrsinendfiils rate ; ami ns it China, China Sea. Tae Strait of Suuiia, China 8*4) 13 Am ah Oxnar.l, Cole. Hong Kong. sible) fur her to hold on during tli« nighl, the 13 Am ah J I'erkiiia, Collins, Manilla No. II, Strait of Malacca. &c. &c. Abo 13 Br bk Will Waich Thompson, for Sydney. catties were slip|>ed, her jilrs hoisted, ami the hiAN EXCELLENT SEXTANT. 15 Br lig Teplr, Luce, for San F. lot, who was on hoard, ran her ashore in the April 1 tf 14 Am wh ah J. Allen, rtmith, Cruiae. best ptMition he could neciire. Soon nfter she Mar. 14—Am wh ah Jama* Allen, fmiih, Arctic Ocean. Hardinge. cruiae. 15 W. struck, her main and fore-musts went by the Scat* " Thim.Saratoga, I'erkii.e, Rogers, for Eaal md., in port 11. Am ah Will execute DACUEltKEOTYPE MINIAlionnl, which much relieved the ship, nnd she 16 Br bit Margaret. Mr.Leod, Manilla, in port. TUKES In every style with or without colors, at hi* flnnlly setiled down, and reiiinined from that 16 Span bg Clnvi eno, Sarria. Manilla •• 32—Br bk lnchiuiian. Pierce. Auckland. Daguerrcaii Rooms, opposite Mr. French'*. time roinpnrntively easy. When the maiii-iiiast March S3 Republic, ah Ansiiii, cruiae, wh Am want over the side, it took with it the mi/en copy what Nature has made— 33 lire wh ah J. llAMlen, Guxinaii, cruiae, " Let Nature 85 Br bk llavnl Malcolm, S null. Manilla. Provide �op-maiat, nnd n part of the cross-trees fell on the shadow ere the substance fade." Fanny Forreater, Hweetiin, Manilla. 28 ah Am left striking and the arm of the breaking dark, 39 Am bk Rilaarll, Ciald, l.nhaliiH ft San Fran. surgeon of tbe ship, who wn» holding nn by the 39 Am ah Norman. Ring. Calcutta. Illustrated Almanac for 18M. 'I'he roll the car39 Br bga Deborah. Machallle, San Fran. niisten rigging. next of vesxel FOR SALIC, at (be Polynesian office, the Book the ried away the fnre-inant, nnd n semnnii by store, and the Chaplain's Study, in Honolulu, at ta*> Shipping in Port. Am ah Fanny ForreaUT, nwueller, Study of Kev. T. E.Taylor, Lajiiiina; aud at the Barnaiim nf John Wilson, a Fin, wnsknocked overbg I'acifico, Ilogue, Mr. Coan's, llilo. board by n Mock uuil ilriivvtied. Hi« body was Haw A.n ah lleuculeou, Cole, found, and brought on shore on Tuesday. These Am Israf Copiapo, rloulhward. Lucu. are ihe only Hprious disaHiers to person*, nltend- Fr all Albatroa, ach Roe, Swaacy uig iliii unfortunate wreck. The women nnd Ambg Hr Fmtarpriac, Lovrrlnf. children were nil landed on Monday, without acUr bk Euiloia. Uourley. A Monthly Journal devoted to Tempercident ; hut nbiiut SO iiersniw it-ma iikil on bounl Am bg Brotliera. rVulc. Lnrcha, St Ai diew, Itarkar. Br ance, Seamen, Marine and G*n4r q} over Monday ni|»ht. Six bonis were move in, in Am bk Maria, Malllson. endeavoring |n take off* passengers. On Tues- Am bg 'I'nacar, Vv alder. Intelligence. day, lh«i wind was still hicrpusing, with n ire llr bk lice. Dnnlev rUCLI&UED AND EDITED Bi mentions sen, ami although ninny nll'-mpt* were SAMUEL C. 1).\.1I«>N. Seamen's ChmOAaS). DIED. made to board her with bonis from the shipping In thii town, y<-ntpnlav, Mr. Mahtih 9. Room,*, njrrd hlioui iv purl, none could a|i|uo.icb her. 37 jf»n». imiivt- nf Orange •'(» ,N. V., mtc! *• remit.it I'-r Uic TERMS. In c suiplinncs with n request from Consul Inst! twrlvu» yntr»,i.t ilii" Mff. One copy per annum M Mnlotat. Khim., in J intmrv laxt, John H. Ukosnk.hi, h General Miller, to render such **uwnr and aid, in CauiiiljHii itini Uhiaj rrfidrttt ul' t)it*.c t*lmnln. Two copies per annum, 3 iio saving ihe lives of tha* passenger)* nod crew, aa Ffb 2'i,Fri'iit'ltiiinii, nt Wnlliih. Kauai, Olivik Chapim, out of the CirFive copies per annum, 6,00 anight las iv hia power, the Governor manned cuit Jii'Vt-s ur fihf i*l'»i.4t Ten copies per annum. 10/*U ami despnlched the largest canins In lap found ; On trttan. lata Bienilti *.ilp Repul-ilr. Jnn. 10th, Mr. J. Mcc.l Hfiitl-hi|t. Alno nt Nuxttheiva, Jnn. rind but Ihtur, «Hi, were unable to hoard her, and the Dokald. By Pound volumes of Tub Fhjenp, fpr I, $,8.4 tllh J-vMKsiFiabiu.Kiawani nf lit? mmmb ship. Governor's own canoe was disabled nnd cnpsnd 63. Mr T. 5, 6 and 7 years, at the ( Ai Lilminn, Fvh. S, Wu.t iam Tayi.dk, 'Jiu/Muii/'s .Study A aOer a iJr Jied rralilenrt 4';Sii«lmiiiJ. »U'i.lriil> ajd, mil some of the p*opl« ware oblige to swim *h»» native tilt© Ultlitlt of iv or,> iltrin eifhtreii )«lti '"11l mui.lt «■• from the subscription price v.ill he niude to Seamen, aaliore. hour a* }• Lbtak aui, the duo of Man cuniaifc."— [Cow. land pautUaser* who desire woio tbaa a aiugia «oUm*b> « , ' r. THE FRIEND: . ..... ...... ..... • ,*** � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1850) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1850.04.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1850.04.01 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/78bcc023dd2952bd475aa7dfc972edba.pdf 6bf3dbbf8098134288e12faf32422f0a PDF Text Text 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 33 -- 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. 36 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 " *' 37 Wreck of the Mnrgnret, Songs and Dancing at the King's coun- flower that we may bear this health-giving 37 Domeaaic Newa, house the parly return to Honolulu dew to Kauikeaouli." try " 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 page 33 33 Botonite, the inIslSandwsi,ch 1836. " — POEC T'S ORNER. — — —— — — : > — — ' — . - . i re-< 1847. I �34 THE FRIEND, MAY 1, 1850. 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. ■ Jreen 1 < > ' �THE FRIEND, MAY 35 1, 1860 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 . From the Sallur'a Magazine. ; '< i ' > i -- •' : ' : ' 1 1 ' Jadmit i ; '< : •' : < 1 I - i i , �THE FRIEND, MAY 1. 1850 36 BuStates. 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. * , , THE FRIEND. ' ' ' '< �37 THE FRIEND, MAY 1, 1850. 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 . ».• 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 " 37 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 : -an .■ TT 1 r~t. . a . " " " " " French vessel. "Tribune," "Independent," "Observer," Honolulu, April, 1860. A. Calvin. �38 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 : '" �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 thaao lalai da tat thelast IS yeara. la San Fraactaoo, Man h <, at the realdenre of her aon-ln. law, Capt. Tlbbey, Mr. Paaacca Htaoo of Somrtaetahire, acad 77. Given, Am American brig Foriunto, Haaty. American ahlp Shanunga, Palien. THE FRIEND: Ea*jaa/, On A Monthly Journal devoted to TemperPORTF LAHAINA. board Hawaiian schooner Kalama, on the 15th ance, Seamen, Marine and General April, at sea, five days from California, Mr. J. Bartow Arrived. Brown, belonging to Lowell, Mass. He came to San April 4—Am achKami. M Fox, llattf. 18 ila I'm Han Fran. Intelligence. Ftancisco, passenger on board the "Leanorc" which brows** oat the U N, E. and California Mining Co." Hi* friends reside In Palermo, Me. A fellow passenger, Mr. McKean, of Charleston, Mass., on board the Kalama, has taken charge of hia trunk and property and will see them returned. On board tha'Kalama,'' April 24, Mr. John Smith 6 Am wh ah C*>rtra, Cromwell, nr New Bedford, 8 moe PUBLISHED AND EDITED BT out, lOtihla whale, 80 b'a sperm. 11 Am wh ah Zephyr, Sherman, 89 nine out, 800 sperm. SAMUEL C. DAMON, Seamen's Chaptais. April IS—Wh. ah. Orntinibo, Itanleii, N. B IS raos., 1M ap., SfiOO wh lor Arctic Ocean. 16 Wh ah Bnlerprlae, Swill. N. 8.. 6 moe. el*, A. O. IS Am. brie Jane, Pierre, 88 days from r)an Fran. 52,00 One copy per annum IS Wh ah. Majealic, llalleii, N. U. 1? inn... SO ap., 1000 Two copies per annum, 3,00 whale, for Arctic Ocean. belonging to Oregon Cttf. His remains were deposit6,00 tt Am. sh. Ambaaaadnr, Ile.'lev. IS da lin 8 P. fr F. I. Five copies per annum, ed in Nuuanu Valley Cematry. 83 Wh. ah. James Maury, Whrklon, N. B 17 moe.. 76 Ten copies per annum. KOO for Arctic OceaD. wh., ap., April S7, on board American ship Argonaut, in 83 Wh. ah. Charles Drew, Carey, N. 8., 5 mos. 10 ap. Honolulu harbor, Mr. George Foster, belonging, to fr?" Bound volumes of Tbs Fkiend, for 1,1. 3. 4, Wareham, Mast. % 5, V and 7 years, at the Chaplain's Study. A reduction IMemorandn. In Honolulu, April, Catherine Clark, aged 7 years The Am whellnf hark Ksyanl rrporia Ihe followlns yewaela from the subscription price will be made to Seamen, sod month., daughter of Mr Wn. Clark. The fa- at Talrahnano. 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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, 42 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 41 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," 46: • which he never uses. A few of the Europe- ly perceived that they were wonderfully im"Donations, Deaths, Marine News, etc. • • 4>l 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 l 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, CONTENTS. - imperceptible slope, and I(almost 'gilded herbage covered it like a ...... - - - ... ....... - - u —-| - - - - THE FRIEND. — — — — —— — — — —. — ' ' out . i 1 I I ' �42 THE FRIEND, JUNE f, 1850. 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 Si• • " ffsJMesMrafcom — �THE FRIEND, JUNE 1, 1850. 43 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 i 1, �44 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 ' : • — . '' �THE FRIEND, JUNE 1. 1860- 45 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. " ' , ', i , �THE FRIEND, JUNE 1, 1860. 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. 14 Caravan, Uerrfan, do The Seamen's Reading Room is open at all hour* 17 Bg Jaur, Pierce, Sm^Frnn. BONATtONS FOR SEAMEN'S CHAPEL AT lIILO. of the day. Strangers arriving and having late fo$1 Oi reign papers, are respectfully invited to aid in keephjai.'Smlta, •Jaimftun,' iM Memoranda. 4 60—810 50 apl. UiamiMUl, Caravan,' and rog ing said room supplied with useful reading matter. ThefolHiwing veaarta have keen told Hawaiians, to T. COAN, Chaplain. Donations are respect fully solicited for the supliiiilrr tha Hawaiian Hug. m ach Matetli fit, 47 tona, called Victoria. iport of the Chaplaincy, and the publication of the DIED. ach railed PauahlWanderer, r 42 tona Friend. An annual report of all donation* is made Tali i>ch At rev Ida, 40 tona, called KaaUumanii Akahi. I* Hoaatalu, Mar '•". Mr. Chassis H Mais, a»rd 2f, be- Montevfdean ach JNueva MageHaoe, 69 tona called Helen to the Am. Seamen's Friend Society in New York. Any person contributing f}so is entitled to become a Mflaf I* ajancht-elar. Euglauid He had brep euployed aa Mare. alark In the'merraiilile botiee ofMeaara. ttlarkey, Janinn A Co. Life Director ol the Society, and $20 to become an Also, 18th, Mm BoriiiA Thaiho, wife of Mr. Joaeph Tratkn. PASSENGERS. Honorary Life Member. Alan, Ajirll IBlh, at tha 11. R. Ilnapftal, Xr.JOf.ErB W. SAM'L C. DAMON, Seamen's Chaplain. Dinarv, belong In* to Bunion. He cama to the lalanda as ofPrbk Petrel, fm Hobarttown, 11. Allison, fleer oa beard Ihe Flavin,' frera California,bat left Boalon an Levesby, J. Green. hoard (he ' Jacob Peraina oJßoar pa"May BSrh. Mr W.ilcott, late tram California, but Pr Orixa, fm St Malo, G. Jordan, D. Jordan, S.j AHe, aaapaaed to brloei te Roxbury, Mass. Hela reported l chave 8. Spooner, P Fish, J. H. Dc La Hunt, M. D',l, A Journal devoted to resided about five year* la California. He came paaacuger In D'Aubigne. the '«o«neetreol' frontBan Franclac*. Ilia cffecta are In the ance, Seamen, Marine and General Pr bk Clyde, fm San Fran, T. Raarear, J. SteS. Cena»l. the eftwuoen snd "evening saw the V— with low, black schooner keeping close on her quarter. S hag, « * China " " , " ' , " " " ' ' . ' < , experiences , ' . < Colby : ' • ' - . - - .- - - - ' ' ' ' _ Rred - ' < * ' M.I ' XHfc.Xtha.il. THE FRIEND: Monthly , Intelligence. phenson J. Si Cruise, W. 8. Heath. 11. Get, Faying, Aming, Temper- Chinaman. 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A rcdnction via Tahiti 7 BrtrbjMver Chief. Mairhewa, 158 *« fr Xelboarae, N No charge for water, except she a—.a to the na--iWorn the subscription price will be made to Seamen, MARINE JOURNAL. ' TERMS. -.....- - Cttli 'tires the Captain may engage, to fill the cask*. 'iadd purchasers who desire more than asingls volume � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1850) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1850.06.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1850.06.01