https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/4a004b7233df4bf95c12813391744e6d.pdf 5ba90ce747650b08981c47a955433040 PDF Text Text HONOLULU, OAHU, H. Vol. IV.] I.7aUGUST 1, 1846. 13 THE FRIEND. [No. XV. paternal roof. of battle, exposed to have his passions unduly excited, sometimes led away by the example of his brethren in arras, lie always reverted soon to the good sentiments of his childhood; and after his head was while with age, he remembered the pious inslructiona which ha had received from his parents. From the age of fourteen years, he was employed in the Dutch navy. This was the profession of his choice. Five years after, lie was made lieutenant, and showed admirable bravery in a battle with the English. The captain being absent, young Ver-Huell took command of the ship, and discharged his duly so well that he remained at his post, till the end of the battle, though his vessel was riddred wilh balls. In reward for his -;ood conduct, he received a medal of honor from the States-Grncrnl of Holland, and sometime after, he obtained the rank of viceadmiral, —worthy reward of his courage and the instruction* *f his THE SEAMEN'S FRIEND forgot When encountering the risks THE FRIEND, A Semi-monthly Journal, devoled to Temperance, Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence. ADMIRAL VER-HUELL. Mo.ntauban, (Tan and Garone,) ) PUBLISHED AND EDITED HY November 27, 1U45, S SAMUEL C. OAMO.NV SEAMEN'S CHAPLAIN. Birth and education Count Ver-Huell. Some account of his military career and TERMS. political life —Growth of piety in his #2,50 One copy per annum, ■> heart. His zeal in the Missionary Society 4 > Two copies, " and other christian enterprises. His last 5,«<» Three " " 7,00 ...----yrurs. Death and funeral of Ver-Hitell. Fi 10,00 «• Tm " ADVERTISEMENTS, Protestant Franco has lost one of her most men: a man who filled with honor evillustrious for One square, 2 insertions, I- 2,2r>,nnd 50 cents —an active ery additional insertion. On.; half square oi less, high military and civil stations; 2 insertions, $1,75, and 37 1-2 cents for every ad- and liberal member of our religious Socieditional insertion. For yearly advertising, plcafc ties;—a faithful christian who exhibited the apply to the Publisher. noblest and sweetest virt#s. When the. news ofthe death of Admiral Vei-Hucil POETRY. was known in our churches, all the friends of the gospel felt deep grief; for such losses THE WHALER'S SONG. It will be long ere are dillicnlt to repair. i: MRS. SipOURTISY. our ranks a disciple of Christ, in we reckon There she lies!—There she lies! who will beat once so inlliiential, and so talents. Like an isle on Ocean's breast; We will not follow coont Ver-Huell in his West, west, Where aw.iv!"— smith humble and devoted. He reminds us, at least maritime exploits from 1182 to 1804 At " lb meet the vs the skies. In Where in some respects, of those great men of'-past this last period we find him placed under the Ptiri the helm!—Trim the sail! ages, Coligny, Duplessia-Mornay, who renLet us chn-e llns mighty whale. order's of Napoloon. France wns allied with she blows! There she blows! T icre dered great services to the Relbrmalion in Holland, and the fleets of the tw« nations JUi the lvi.'i.-: for nothing suyl France. Like them, ho held a high place were combined to fight with England. The ■Such :i prize we m:isl nut lose, in the State, and like them too, he sut With Lay io gov*, oarfl A war! Away! at Boulogne a camp of christian empeior had formed the meanest of bis brethren Give av.'r. —cr.reful stei r, several hundred men, and collected 100,000 meetings,.to concur in all works of faith.— Launch lbs harjMon,—laugh at fear, vessels to transport his soldiers to the small Plunge it deep.—the.barbed spear, are who, the men too few amidst Alas! coast of Great Britain. All Europe were Strike ihe lance in swill nireer worldly greatness, seek diligently their sal- looking to this quarter; for tho destinies of Give her line. (Jive her line! vation, ii'id prefer invisible things to all the Duwn she goes tlir.i' the foasning brine. tic world were involved in this terrible Bponge llie si le, where ihe flying coil honors with which they are crowned. Lcl struggle. Marks the m Ulster's speed and toil; The English affected »o despise us cherish th'e memory of such men, who But though she due lo ihe deepest ground of Napoleon; ihe*/ said that the preparations Which the lead line fail lo sound. are the mote deserving of respect, because army would never be able to the Freiftrß Where the coral garden, hide, they resist greater temptations. r.oss the sea in these frail vessels which >Ti. all in vai'ri ■tl m rami I sliall give you but a brief- biographical] She hath lhat within her side, liny stieeringly calkd nut-6hells. But the That will firing her up again. notice of count Ver-Huell. The most briLl lemperor hud confidence in his plan; and if limit actions of his life belong to history, atrea had once put Spoor! Spout! Spout! foot on tho British soil, what will here be only rapidly mentioned. What he The waves .t* ourlimr all about, would have become of thij proud arrogant Kvery hlllow on its head will he more interesting to your readers, is entrenched in Straogr'y ".ears a crest of red. whoYhink-themselves people, time and at the same modest c her lush the strong the i'e i!i ■ foaming main ramparts? their island as behind impregnable In her flurry q id iier pain, nnd steady piety of our illustrious friend. nnd entered London would have Napolioo Take, go id lined, my hearts of oak Charti ■! Henry Veb-Huei.i. was born the there dictated laws to the mistress of ths Lest in-r dukes, as she h'os town 1"?64 a small llth of February, of Swiftly bind y >;i lo ihe slii" ; in But lo! her runt strength n brc'te, Holland. His family was of considerable ocean. Slow she Mini', as a muss of lead, In these critical circumstances, an impordistinction and influence. Ho received earThe Mighty mountain-whale is dead. tant command was given to admiral Veras we sound religious prinlearn, ly, so fur Huell. He was ordered to conduct a numRow! Rniv! Row! life, for of his even in ciples; every period In our vessel she nun' '.;", at the moments when lie would seem to have ber of smnll hosts to the harbor of AmbletChang<! mm a liquid stream, Over the brna 1 Pacific's swell, been most absorbed in worldly affairs, Count eiise, near Boulogne. The English were Round Gape I lorn, where tempests dwell, to prevent this movement, Ver-Huell showed pious feelings, and kepi greatly interested Maty ft nigh;, nml'uiahf a. day, to prove to Napoleon and to Europe and thus habit of Old fashioned orprayer. sl;e with must the o>, up Away, flome joytul hail ouce more Till we thodoxy prevailed still in Holland in the dav.s that the passage of the sea in small boats 01.1 Nantucket's treeless shore: of his childhood. The parents read the Bi- against their ships of war was impracticable. I'air whom we And when the please, Sils by tie fire.ideal her ease, ble with their young family, and prayed at They nssi n.l.led then forty-five vessels carLet her remember if she will, the domestic hearth to the God of the gos- rying in all nine hundred guns, to attack the hardy lar, .' ,i * The pel. Powerful nnd happy effect of a chris- boats of admiral Ver-Huell. But the inWho on seas aT»r, Riik'.l his life, her lamp to fill tian education! Admiral Ver-Huell never trepid sailor did not allow himself to be „ . ------------- .-. . — of — — — • , ** . — �114 THE FRIEND. frightened by this formidable array. He finished his career among the free citizens When he closed the eyes of his eldest son,the dared with his fleet the enemy's whole fire of America, instead of slowly expiring un- only child that rcinainrd to him, the youth and doubled cape Grinez, with a bravery der unworthy persecutions of an English who gave the brightest hopes, his heart was which nothing could daunt. broken, and yet was perfectly calm nnd re" It was"toa jailer. thrilling spectacle," says a historian, I will say only a few words more of the signed. at the grave-yard" iays " Arrived see the little Dutch-French squadron, tra- military and political life ofthe admiral Ver- an eye witness of this touching scene, the versing this murderous defile under the Huell. He remained faithful to France in admiral alighted from his carriage; then "covmouths of a thousand cannon ready to vomit her days of adversity, and served her with ering his face with a black veil, he walked destruction upon the feeble boats. The as much zeal as during the period of her at tho head of the mournful train: we folsafety of the fleet depended upon the reso- triumphs. He was Minister of tho Marine lowed silent and sorrowing. When the cerluteness and boldness of one man, admiral in Holland, then ambassador from Holland emony was ended, this father, so desolate, Ver-Huell. On one side, were the British to Paris. Afterwards he received letters of yet trusting still in the Lord, requested that pride and power, represented by these ships naturalization and became a French citizen. we should go to tlie House of Missions a:id of a hundred guns, by these frigates, mis- He was'appointed by Louis XVII, member! there pray and strengthen ourselves by the tresses of the seas; on the other, was the of tho Chamber of Peers. He regularly at- Word of God. There, after an exhortation fortune of France, borne in these frail bnrks, tended the meetings of this bod), and even addressed to the young men who were pretrusting to the chances of battle and defying at tho most advanced age, lie still took an paring to be missionaries, he said My the thunders of her rival." active part in legislative labors, desiring to friends, God has taken from me my children; Count Ver-Huell obtained entire success. bo useful to France, in the halls of debate, you shall hold hereafter their place; you : His naval squadron passed the enemy'sflect, as he had been in the hazards of battle. shall be my children.' without suffering sorious loss, and the EngBut it is time to come to the religious hisHo kept his promise. The students in the lish wore forced to retire baffled: This comb- tory of count Vcr-llucll. It would be diffi- House of Missions were for twenty years at, which took place the 18th of July, 1805, cult to point out the exact time when he em- the object of his toudorest solicitude. He produced a great sensation. Na*Jbleon re- braced the vilwdoctrincs ofthe gospel. He studied their character, encouraged them in coived the illustrious admiral with the liveli- was of the number of those christians, in their aims, supplied their wants, and someest marks of esteem and joy. The army whom the. work of faith is effected gradually. times invited them, during the absence of lavished upon him unanimous applauses: it I havo already said that ho received a reli- the Director, to pass five or six weeks at his was understood that the passage to England gious education. Endowed with an afl'ec- country-seat, which ho occupied in summer, was not impracticable. From that moment, Hionato-heart, he had always, apparently, near Paris. There, he read the Bible with Europe no longer regarded Napoleon's plan felt tho need of those higher consolation*, of them, he united with them in prayer, gave as visionary: and the British government, ! that permanent good which is only found in lo each wise and pious advice, and it may beginning to feel serious alarm, set aiiout God. Thus, after tho brilliant naval victory be said without exaggeration that lie was the arranging in Germany and in Russia a new which I ha,ve related, he wrote to one of his friend, the supporter, the father of all those coalition against France. ; friends: " We were attacked with the great- messengers of (lie gospel, who now preach 1 ha/re related at some length this brilliant eat vigor, nnd it seemed as if ivo must be the Word of life in South Africa. feat ef count Ver-Huell, because it marks crushed. But the hand of Providence proWhenever the missionaries went forth, the htpst glorious period of his life. Napn- tected us, and I was so deeply impressed admiral Ver-Huell would address to them leoftJfcver forgot him. He had for this ad- with this, that, while military honors and the most feeling exhortations: "My dear miry he profonndost affection and the most congratulations were lavished upon me, I 1Tricnds," he said to them sometimes, "it cntffe confidence. When, in 1815, he re- wailed impatiently the moment to be aide to j love for the Lord Jesus Christ' inspires you, turned from the island of Elba, and per- throw myself on my knees, to thank the Lord electrifies you, you will be good missionaries. ceived admiral Ver-Huell in the room at the {who'had saved us. I could have wished that Love the Saviour with all your heart: there palace of the Tuilleries, he ran up to him all my foliow-.sailors had felt tliesame desire; lies your strength." He said also, speaking and embraced him with emotion, took his but amidst the agitation and noise, this sa- to himself, when he was called upon to prehand, and going to the balcony, showed him cred duty was feebly felt."—lt is noble, sure- side at the general meeting of the Missionato all the people as on,e of the firmest and ily, to express such sentiments in tho intoxi- ry Society: "My only title to this office, is most intrepid defenders of France. > of victory! my love for our Lord Jesus Christ: I have What shall I say' more? You know Having fixed his residence in Paris, admi- no other." Thus, lovc»— the love of Christ after the defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon asked ral Ver-Huell had often opportunity to see governed his whole life. Whenever he profor two vessels to convey him to the United intelligent and pious christians, and their in- nounced the name of the Lord, he uncoverStates, —that hospitable and generous land, fluence upon him was happy. He was ap- ed his head, hoary with age, the better to which is open as a sacred asylum, to all the pointed member of the consistory ofthe Re- testify his profound respect for Him who had great unfortunate and proscribed of all opin- formed church of Paris, and always defend- expiated his sins upon the cross. ions. He had expressed at the same time ed with zeal tho interests of the orthodox Admiral Ver-Huell attended scrupulously the desire that these two vessels might be faith. When manypleaded in favor of latitu- the meetings of tiie committee, and in genecommanded by admiral Ver-Huell. This diiini ianism, he, the faithful servant of Jesus ral, all meetings whose object was the evanrequest was refused by the provisional gov- Christ, asserted tho necessity of maintaining] gelization of the pagans. "He was for ernment, undor the idle pretence that the the leading doctrines of Revelation. Hcj more than twenty years," says one of his rank of admiral was too high to accept the became President of tho Evangelical Mis- friends, ",a most regular attendant at the command of two frigates. Count Ver-Huell. sionary Society, and of several other chris- monthly concert of prayer for evangelizing was absent from Paris at the time, and felt tiain societies, judging that he could not bet- the world. At half-past 7 o'clock in the hitter regret that he was not allowed to exe- ter employ the last years of his life than in evening, he was sure to be found at his post, cute this glorious commission. As to Napo- laboring to advance the kingdom of the whatever might be the weather. We seem leon, ho wrote as follows at St. Helena: Lord. to sco him still at that table, behind which "If this affair had been confided to Ver- Domestic afflictions gave to his faith still j the president of the meeting sat. There, Hunll, as was promised me, it probably more solidity and reality. He lost succes- uniting with the humble and obscure, this would have succeeded."—Yes, it is proba- sively his three sons: a trial greater than it old warrior who had filled the highest offices ble; and the emperor Napoleon might have is possible for human words to express.—' in the State and in the navy, refreshed his " I thntf cation �THE FRIEND. 115 soul by communing in prayer. With what religious, as wns that of my beloved sou.— since 12 or 13 years of age, and have alfervor, he joined in the requests and thanks- If my frionds and brethren of the Evangeli- ways done and am still doing very well— givings addressed to tho Lord! What emo- cal Missionary Society wish to attend, lei that my fellow-men made no use of such litions of joy, on learning tho progress ofthe them do so. They all know how attached to quors, so far as we know, before the flood— present inhabitants of tl.e kingdom of God! Till the age of eighty them I am. I know how vain and empty are that millions ofthe years, ho made il a duty to be at these meet- worldly ceremonies; 1 wish therefore that distant regions of the earth live and enjoy better health than we do, without them—that ings; it was only for two years that his age Ihey may be avoided." and infirmities prevented his attendance." His last wishes were scrupulously obeyed. si.mc 12 millions of people in Christendom It is worthy of mention that, in 1023, No military parade around coffin; no high arc now abstaining, though many of them having been sent to Loudon as delegate of officers ofState. The students ofthe House once drank, and are deriving benefit from the Paris Bible Society, he was received ot Mission*, some old family friends, the the change. I therefore continue the abstiwith the greatest distinction by Lord Teign- pastors of the two protestant communions: nence practised from my youth up. I believe alcoholic liquors, used habitumouili and the first men in parliament and in lliis was all the funeral train. Mr. Grandthe army. In this meeting were sailors pierrc nnd Mr. Frederick Monod inado re- ally in any appreciable quantity, aro deagninst whom ho liad fought under Napo- marks at the grave, nnd all the attendants cidedly injurious to the animal constitution. I believe alcoholic liquors used in the leon. But all these former rivals gave him' asked of God for the faith, the zeal, the love, around the hand of fellowship. They! the humility which so eminently distinguished most suitable quantity (if there be such a thing) in no way calculated to prepare me, showed by these proofs of brotherly love: admiral Vcr-Hucll! as an immortal and accountable being,.for G. F. am, BtC. I DI thai, though separated by language and by Creator. nation, tliey Were united upon the rock ol [Correspondent of N. Y. Observer. better worshipping and serving my On the contrary, I believe, they have a tenages, and were willing to march together to dency,, when used as they commonly are a happy eternity. Oh! when will the day TEMPERANCE. used, to senuali/c and unfit the mind for soconic when all nations shall form but one ber reflection, and generally to lower the nation to adoro and bless God the Saviour? standard of piety. This lam constrained to TEMPERANCE IN INDIA. Admiral Ver-Huell loved to assemble in j his house the pastors and all pious christians By the arrival of tlio " Mary" from China, 'believe from the testimony of good men, who attended,in Paris the anniversaries of we have received a most interesting copy of|'from personal observation, and from the nature of the drinks themselves. I therefore, our religious Societies. Ho presided at the Journal," jregarding the injunction, "glorify God in repast provided by himself, with perfect dig- iho " South India Temperance nity and cordiality; then bespoke some Words] published at Madras, October, 1845. It Lai your body and in your spirit which are of truth, of comfort and exhortation which jprinted at the Press of the American Mi3-j God's," think it advisable for me, yea, my touched every heart. He often said: "Ii sion. This periodical has already been pub-i bounden duty, to abstain from intoxicating live only lor Christ;" and indeed his whole| lished nearly seven years, by an association! beverages. These drinks cost money, which, though life proved this. He did not often go into worldly company ; ho avoided pomp and of staunch Teetotallers, who have subscribed when loved is "the root of all "evil," is a talent put into my hands for doing good.with, 6howl he looked upon all pleasures as vain the following pledge: Pledge of the South India TeMPER- and for the right use of which, as for nil and dangerous dissipation. No one better obeyed than him the precept to pray without INCJB l/.Mov.—We the undersigned, do agree other talents, I must give account in the day ceasing. To give glory to Jesus Christ, to with Divine aid, that we will not use fer- of judgment. adoro him, to serve him, became his chief mented or other intoxicating liquors, as a The production of distilled and brewed libusiness. He was dead to the world. Bare- beverage, nor traffic in them; and that we quors consumes enormous quantities of nugrain, (estimated at ly did he avert to his past life; for he knew will not provide them as an article of enter- tritious and necessary now something better than earthly renown. tainment, or for persons in our employment; 61 1-2 millions bushels annually in the United for the want of which multitudes He possessed uncommon self command. and that in all suitable ways we will discoun- Kingdom,) suffer Britain daily, and but for which in in most intimate friends never remarked the commuHis tenance their use throughout consumption they might be fed. By my him an emotion of ill humor or impatience. nity." When he felt any painful impression, he Tho progress of Temperance principles purchasing any quantity of these liquors, and drinking quickly kept it to hiinselfthat he might cause hns made considerable advance among the though far away in Madras, them or giving them to my friends, I enno pain to those araund him. But the ruling trait of his character was his goodness: his British soldiers in India. Some of the offi- courage the distiller and brewer to keep simple, frank, affectionate goodness;—a cers in the army, have become deeply en- their fires burning, and the farmer to furgoodness, disinterested in principle, and per- .gaged in the work. We mention with great nish them his productions to be turned into unprofitable beverages. For this reason, if. severing in practice; a goodncsss, candid, the name of Archdeacon Jeffries, there were no other on earth, I for one am innocent as that of a child, and which pleasure, thought no evil. What is rare in this age of Bombay, as very conspicuous in this willing to abstain. For-1 will have no pail nor lot with these "wasters of God's proviamong christians! ho was not censorious. great and good cause. dential bounties." whatman, he found In every in every book, [From the South IndiaTVmperanco Journal.] ever was good, to gratify and benefit himIt has been calculated that the making, self. All his domestics loved him as a father, AN OLD TEETOTALER'S REASONS seiling and drinking of intoxicating liquors FOR ABSTAINING. and shed copious tears over his grave, sayin the United Kingdom is the direct cause of ing that they had never known a better man, I am induced for various reasons at the 2 millions 405 thousand persons violating the nor a kinder master. present time to lay before the members ofisanctity of the Lord's day. I can have no Admiral Vcr-lluell died as ho had lived, this society a few reasons for abstaining. 1 connection, either distant or near, with tho with the firm faith and hope of a christian. jshaal endeavor to be short, and I hope I shall manufacture, sale, or use of things which He requested that his funeral should be hum- .have your best attention. cause such desecration of holy time, and ble and unostentatious. " I wish," he said I believe that to me, a mortal being, al- therefore I abstain. before he died, "that my burial be simple coholic liquors are unnecessary—from the Whatever be the nature of intoxicating and without pomp, and especially that it be fact that I have never made use of them liquors, whether they be poisonous (the very " — — �116 — THE FRIEND. idea, by the way, of intoxicating) or not ters. By the readers of the Friend, it may THE FRIEND. whether their use be forbidden in the word be remembered that notice of this Bishop's of God or not—whether they were used in HONOLULU, AUGUST 1, 184ti. imprisonment, was inserted in our column* Bible times, and are used in latter times by December 1, 1845. The American Frimen or not—whatever be their nature, SUMMARY OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. gate Constitution, under command of Capt. say, it has been most satisfactorily proved before the House of Commons that one half Percival, made nn unsuccessful attempt to of the insanity, two thirds of tbe pauperism, Since the publication of our last number obtain his release. The Frenchman howand three-fourths of the crime of Great there has been one arrival from the east and Britain may be directly traced to the use of another from the west, bringing much inter- ever, makes this honorable mention of Capt Percival's effort.*. " Thanks and congratuthose drinks. It matters not to me whether esting and important news. It will foreign whether used if evil, are themselves lations may be offered to the generous offiin they in what is called moderation, and perhaps be only an abstract thnt we shall be able to cer, who for the sake of humanity, not conthey are positively in- present. Our survey shall commence with sulting the difference of rtligion, did all iv " with thanksgiving," to ALL, or not, so long as by, first, jurious India.—From the " Straits' Times," pubhis power to deliver the poor Bishop." then their immodetheir " moderate," and lished on 10th April, nt Singapore, we lenrn The inhabitants of Cochin China, are rate use, so much evil is brought upon multitudes of my fellow-creatuies. Therefore, that tho British forces in Northern, India, represented in a most miserable and deploas accountable to God for my influence upon have had serious engagements with their rable condition, burdened with oppressive others, and knowing that if I drink wine, frontier enemies. Wo copy the following the drunkard may make it an excuse for his extract from a general order of the Right taxes, and sunk in the most melancholly state of heathenism. There has long been a drinking whatever he can get, and continuGovernor General of India, dated Catholic Mission in the country, and the ing to do so for aught that .1 know till be Honorable drop into the drunkard's grave, I most cheer- at Camp Lahore, 22d Feb., 184G: " Com- number of converts arc estimated at rising fully abstain, and would, by the grace of pelled suddenly to assume the offensive, by God abstain, if whiskey were to me as in- the unprovoked invasion of its territories, of 300,000. China.—The English authorities in China noxious as barley conjee. the British under of its disarmy command dear friends, This my seventh reason, my arc resolutely pressing upon the Chinese is what I call " Christian expediency."— tinguished leader, has in 60 days defeated the necessity of their allowing foreigners to This I need not tell you is according to the the Seikh forces in four general engage- enter the city of Canton. The officers of Spirit of that transconVeptly glorious Being ments, has captured 220 pieces of field ar- the Empire appear to be willing to accede who, though he was rich, yet (without ne- tillery, and is now at the capital dictating to to demand, but there is great opposition sakes became the or for our cessity compulsion) poor. And what do I mean by Christian ex- the Lahore Durbar the terms of a tieaty, among the inhabitants of ihe city. There the conditions of which tend to secure the will, however be no further trouble if the pediency? Why Christian duty. On this ground in my opinion abstinence British Provinces from the repatition of a people only obey a proclamation of Kiying, is commended and adhesion to the drinking similar outrage." Governor General of the two Kwung Provcustoms of our day condemned from lid to In a single engagement, that of Sobraon, inces, and of Hwang Ngantung, Governor lid of the Book of Truth. I care not what you say about WINE being allowed In the Feb. 10, the.English acknowledge Ihe loss of Canton, " hcrcajier, absolutely each on* Bible, as if that particular drink, or a drink of killed and wounded, 2,333, of whom 114 must mind his own bvsiness." Pity this procbearing that name, we're entitled to particu- were officers, while the havoc of the enemy lamation could not be elsewhere heeded! lar privileges; if wine be indeatified with the was very great, amounting to many thouThe French Legation, or Diplomatic Misdrinking usages of our drunken times [and is it not the very head and heart of them?] sands. sion, left China, January 11, 1846, having Borneo.—The Sultan, tinder Dutch influ- resided it is enough—it is forbidden to tbe Christian there sinco 14 Aug., 1844. as a common drink as positivejy as if there ence as is reported, is decidedly opposed to Thou shalt not were a thus aaith the Lord, Commodore James Biddle, late acting the English occupying any part of Borneo, drink wine. of the cession of a certain Commissioner at Canton, in behalf of U. It must never be yielded for a moment and disapproves S. A., left the city 15th April, appointing that alcohol may bo properly used as a bev- island, according to a treaty entered into Rev. P. Parker, M. D., Secretary and erage, that it is not poisonous. It is poison- with a Mr. Brooke, some months since. The ous, we all know—or whether poisonous or British force had been attacked by several Chinese interpreter to the Mission, as not we know it possesses deadly properties, S. Hazard had charge d'afj'airs of U. S, ad interim. and that is reason enough why every one hundred natives, and H. M. The " Columbus" and " Vincennes" were should avoid it in every shape, without the been dispatched to inform the Admiral ofthe in China, on the 20th of May, but it both aid of expediency. It is enough that its use station. has slain countless myriads of our fellowCochin China.—The March number of was reported that the "Columbus" would creatures, to show that it is in itself bad, a the Chinese Repository contains an inter- soon sail for this Port, via Japan. substance not suitable under the existing up There arc at present about 40 Protestant laws of God to make use of as a beverage. esting account of Cochin China, drawn Tho teetotal question then stands upon a by Mr. Iridore Hedda, a member of the Missionaries attached to different Missions broad basis. Intemperance and the drink- French Mission to China. This individual in China, and three fourths of this nnmbcr ing usages, which feed intemperance, are to was on board the French Corvette Alcmenc.j have arrived withinthree years. The oldest be put down, not by tho principle of expewhich visited Turon Bay, for the purpose ofj Missionary in China now living, is the Rev. diency, commonly so called, alone, but by every argument, and they are many, that obtaining the release ofthe Catholic Bishop,! W. H Medhurst; D. D., of the London can be brought to bear against them. M. Lefevre, who had been 7 months in fet-l Missionary Society. The Rev. Mr. Morri- food �THE 117 FRIEND. was the first Protestant Missionary, he with only a small remnant of his army, began to smoke, and soon after burst into a flame which changed it from straw-color to arrived in 1807 and died 1844. American amounting to about 500 men. We do not ebon black. Alter contemplating it for a learn that war has been declared actually Missionaries arrived in 1830. few minutes in this form, madam Pete Mexico and the United States. between breathed upon it with her lips, and scattered the century or about one ago, 1701, In By the next arrival we may hope to learn it in flakes on the heated atmosphere. This amount of foreign shipping at Canton, was more definite and satisfactory information. done, the ceremony was over, by which 1 Danish, 2 Sweedish, 2 French, 4 Dutch England.—The Superb an 80 gun Fri- Brother Andrews was so deeply impressed and 9 English vessels vessels. Total 18 that he retired from the scene with head unRut during last year, 1845, there were more gate, Capt. Cony, and the Grampus, 50 covered and countenance flushed either with than 300 foreign vessels visited China; of guns, Capt. Martin, C. 8., have both left caloric or emotion! On the whole, I cannot exactly say I Was this number 18- were British, 83 American, England to join the Pacific Squadron. disappointed, though in violence and display 3 French, 11 Dutch, G Sweedish, &.c, &.c. it did not quite come up to what I certainly HAWAII. OF KELAUEA Foreign commerce is rapidly on the increase. VOLCANO had anticipated. Mr. Coan remarked that'" we have read discriptions are ihe Many On the 11th April a caigo of " Yankee aplie had never before seen it so tame und inand heard of this wonderful phenomenon of active. We could no where geVat the liYankee ice" arrived at and Hong ples" " nature, yet when we came to view it with quid lava, nor hardly find a spot hot enough Kong. our own eyes, its appearance was vastly dil- to burn our shoes. Her ladyship who proWe sincerely regret to learn that drunkenfercnt from what we anticipated. No two sides over the performance, must si ir about ness and dissipation abound to a most alarmand dig out the pit to something like its foraccounts agree in regard to the active por- mer depth and pile on more coal, or people ing degree among the foreign community in tion of tho so rapid are tho changes will turn up their noses at her establishment crater, inclChina. We have heard of some most in continual progress. At one time it will and go where they dan see more of a show ancholly deaths occasioned by intemperance, be very quiet, and at another remarkably for their moneys worth. It is said that the was filled up in a similar manner preamong the Americans. active. So fur as we are able to form a crater California. —By the arrival ofthe "An- conception in our mind of its present ap- vious to the eruption of 1840. LITTLE GREENWICH HOSPITAL. gola," Capt. Varney, we learn that a most pearance, (from such accounts as have disordered state ofaffairs now exists in Call- reached us,) it must present a new aspect We take great pleasure in publishing tho subjoined Rules to be strictly observed at Little Greiitwich 'fornia. For public documents we refer our very dissimilar from any which it has former- "Hospital." readers to the Polynesian of25th July. Hos- ly rirescntcd, certainly far different from its In behalf of sick and disabled British seamen and tie tile parlies have taken the field. One Ide, appearance two years ago, while we gazed cause of humanity gcneially, we caiuiot but express our an American emigrant with a small force upon the awfully terrific scene. unfeigned approbation of the highly commendable hospihas attacked and holds possession of the The following extract we take from a pri- tal regulations .adopted hy Consul General Miller. When the pleasant nnd delightful retreat at Little town of Sonoma. The Mexican authori- vate letter of the Rev. C. S. Lyman, who we contrast with the former locatioti~of the British hospi. Greenwich ties are making some show of endeavor to la), words fail to ejtpreas our idea of the happy change. recently visited the spot. has. muih as we detest the sight of a grog-shop, its appear, perpetuate the ancient order of things. Botli Hn.o, July sth. 1846. As ance becomes doubly odious when associated with the to all parties promise protection quiet citiThe volcano itself we found nearly spoiled. sick and dying. If sailors and others will visit those zens. It is extremely difficult to foresee the Th-j chimney had got choked up and the places to tlic ruin of property, health anil diameter, when probable result ofthe almost utter confusion great kettle had been boiling over in such a they become sick or must be provided for at public exmanner as nearly to fill up (he fire-place and pen ie, let the money be. expended in provi ling a quiet and that now reigns. put out the fire, so that the kettle itself had orderly apartment, removed from scenes of revelry and The U. S. has a large force upon the const scummed over and almost ceased to bubble. drunkenness. viz: Frigate Savannah; Sloops, Portsmouth, The interior or, (loor ofthe crater, which Rules to be strictiv observed at Little (In f.en. Cyane, Levant, Warren, and ere this the Wilkes describes as 400 feet'below the black wich lio-I'ii'AL.—Ist. No spirituous liquors or wine* to brought into the hospital unless prescribed by Doci. i ledge, is now generally on a level with it, be " Congress" has doubtless arrived, while and rises 150 or 200 feet above it. Hookc. in places 'ii- No smoking to be allowed in the rooms, utiles* by the " Erie" is now on her way thither. The lava in the South part is arTout 20 feet special permission.' The English Corvette, Juno, was at Mon- below the general level of the floor, and is 3d. No women to to be permitted lo enter ihe hospital or premises, unless by content of JW*. Booth. comparatively in a very quiet state, We 4th, No patient to be absent from the hospital after stand the of it ami Minset, or to go inlo Honolulu without permission from on margin Mexico.—lt is now currently reported coulddown ondirectly Rooke or Mr. Booth. its surface, which here and Dr.r,lh. look Every individualon the consulate list, whose health that the Mexicans and U. S. forces have had there, especially at the edges, was lazily will permit it, must attend Divine Service at the Seamen's an engagement near Metamoras on the Rio vomiting and rolling over and now and then Chapel, nt leasi, once every Sund*y ( Such men as arc well enough, will keep in order del Norte. General Taylor having a force in spots, sending up beautiful red jets;— the6th. grass-plot in front of the hospital. They will also Andrews' hat blew and off", Brother nonwash and attend upon, their comiades who are bedfor, of about 2,300 soldiers is reported to have ridden or disabled: is, idolator as he was forced nolens he volens been attacked by the Mexicans 7,000 strong. 7tb. The room* and veranda to be well swept three to make an offering of it to Pele. The hat times a day. and thoroughly scrubbed every Tuesday and On the first day the Mexicans were victori- was so anti-pagan, however, from long con- Saturday, when the windows will also be cleaned. The bed linen to be changed every Saturday, and ous, but on the morning of the second day, tact whitli a christian head, that for some- ibehth. beds put out to air. the and the ofsliffly time she refused gift, 9lh. Mr. Booth is I'uilv authorized to cause these rules General Taylor attacked the Mexicans and will be held responsible for their lay unharmed on the surface of the to be enforced, and hefulfilment. succeeded in effecting their total defeat, some fering lake for the space of 15 minutes. At last strict observance and WM. MILLER, 1600 being killed, as many more taken pris- her goddessship repented of her wrath, and Honolulu, Jan. (Signed,) Consul General. 1, 1(116. oners, and the Mexican General escaping deigning to touch it with her fingers, it first N. B. "Cleanliness is next to Godliness." ion — . - • �118 THE FRIEND. — I from Honolulu to Lahaina Geological obser- le interruption our men had pulled to (his time. They I\i\-\\ ni the Mubinurinc jihenomciiß re:n.tin, ol lite nn mm tone vation on Hanoi passage, in art open boat across the were eonnidorulily fatigued—tho trades blew with toOM in Lite idnn tun CM? hypothetical I In oriSS. freshness, through the channel—the srarea were raiher( j ThaakstaaV. isstataaet winch tin setaaaaa hare leal sect channel between Hanni and Lahaina d/c, (he death of the sea. Always nu We have heard much said respecting the many disa- high—white-eniM were peeping up in the oiling, Bad Ifother,itit bate Ballasted in a iii consider* lh but between the thought to myst. If Lhat it might he a little risky to Hah removed iVasa As earth, which greeable circumstances point, the Hhlroitniucr utcnsiiier* tin i OSUBS Of lie' planeta, bat different islands of the group. The following extracts on. Hut hoinu was in tight—Lumoinc guided the heIm ! trass a stpeaeer t<> very(inn*; tin. psrtabu to utu own from a letter of Dr. Winslow of Lahaina may not be un- with -kill and laj 1 there was no danger, ami so I said* [poor Utile Klubc. Ncverilirlfs.*, in order ito calculate the dM "on hoys, •ome, row away," and in three hours more thei tance of the stare with fertatn.fr. It i« necessao thathe interesting to soma of our readers. Wo ore confident ihe lh author was not writing for the public eye when he penned Work will be over ami we'll all rest." The word given,l know the iliaieii-ieiH ni lite point ou which lit* r-fiii.i*-; i. (ha. ■aary to determine the lotaa of oar globe, and equal); these lines, yet as it would take so long a time for. us to oo the little boat aped, and we advanced with boldness! the middle ol'lhc passage. As we left the shore,] noccsssrj temeasuretbe dspth of lataass. la examining the obtain his pttaussion, we therefore venture to publish towards the wind Rroshenod, the waves rose, the boat danced over Intensity of the sctlou sssrted unim the movameau el oai them without authority. Lah.m-. \, July 14, 1846. them for a time, but soon she was tossed and plunged planet bj tiie son and arena, the attractive lafluenci of tb sud tho elevationof water shore dlhvrti ■ M.' I>car FaiEVD,—Thinking you might be interest- badly, s!:ll she stood the weather well and we urijed berlj •in■■ upon i ed lo hear about my return home, 1 lake a moment's leis- on. We bad made uhout one third of tlw passage v. ben banks, Laplact has rigeroosty demonstrated that the graaiest j ■ depth of snbsMjdnc valb y* do aot i tee. i ure to write you a few lines. iii<' v.n, i aasumad ■ formidable height and carted over, We had a fine night's run of it, and in the morning and broke with a urflikfl the billows rolling upon a cora,' metres.) The sbsi%dia| line verj ofttaa fttriksn the In itoal ni h '■:• th. M'utll lliill *ra* 1'- (Ween tfptl '■ M were almost fc sight of Lahainalurm, it being obscured reef. My hair rose on my head each succeeding instant, I.on:, ii :.in of 1,640 laHinins n,,rir i the battou UM leaf h There, the however, the shores of Ranai. only by jutting lor it seemed a.> if we must be incfitnldy swnlloued up.hsouth of Cape Horn and lit) Leagues from the ai ares, lead, ib« breeze left us, and with it went a precious hope that I One wave broke into m 1 hat! only bailed for pleasurel It sd ate sent down 2,18 i taihdau Without Irodiag bottom* lo might reach my family by one or two in tho afternoon. hefore, but now I hail d tjni" k. The danger was quite as ihe Pa Hi Oi l It sgnet from land, tbe lead touched the We drifted about for 21 hours after ihnt, and on Wednes- imminent should we turn hack. A vessel (the HaaiiHu)! saud ai th fopth of 3,07a fathoms. Bftunhcrh experlmenti ut] kind verit> the calrstations of Laplace and giv* day morning weto further from Lahaina than the day be- was beating Up the ehanuel and Standing hearty toward S|' low. I had not been out of my berth till that morning. I v«, bat som" distance oat. While looking towards her probability to theasnortlon, that should tho esQsaa.be 4rM ap, wont on deck and found the ocean profoundly calm, and anoth r wave, appalling to behold, rose up and broke ao v\. houtdare In Its bed rest rrflons, extended vallays sad Immense (ullaaa much depressed bcloa the gaaaral sifaet oj the vowel 10 miles perhaps from the west shore ofRanai. | near as ms to partly till the boat. I had bailed quick liaeats as the lofllast summit** ol the hhatare etevatet Ttiero was no prospect of wind. The other vessels were before* but now I tailed for life. A little more wate,. I shove. How man* merrdlaas theoftes ha. sot the sorntton of on several accounts to far ahead of us, ami I was anxious would have swamped ua, Tho rcesel came nearer, andji ■ blem orerthrewn? Ilnw manj ll!uston« hai:- • reach Lahaina. The captain let me have his boat and we turned towards her, nnd I waived my aid hat for her|inot th troyed No more win the oaeao boil on ttoroant ■-* three hands, nnd Mr. Lnmoino stepped in wilh me, and, with extreme cordiality, I can smile now, hut it was no imatter In fuiilou atth< centre ef the earth. Tlw we pushed oil'rather ignorant ofthe distance, but suppos joke tin a. The captain hove his craft alack, and it was Which pleased Itself with exteadln| ihe aapttis almost InmUte. | ing ourselves not more than is or SO miles from home. almost at risk of life that we could get ou hoard. We h.,inn. i now stop at the moderate distance of 9 lesguea. iv | proportloate tho globe, the iea Is a coverlag of no great• r 1 Alter a pleasant but long pull, wo came "immediately i put our hoat iv tow, and the next lack brought US on the ir'dnr tho lofty and perpendicular cliffs of Ranai clitfs of other side of the channel in calm water, and not very ihlekneM than th< At w whb ii atgbt such immense height as to make one dizzy almosi to look | far from Lahaina', rVeotDbarked again in oar little boat Vel aw It regerdi us who are so ■than il i* miethiag, u*imar« i nf water sualcieni to submerge thelottli 'f.k of tliu L'ordii*, f up to their Minimus. It was really a sight worth looking and at a quarter to reached home in safety—about hl< is, (imii(; bare only what will hut i tel upon, and one that you would have much enjoyed. Layer 19 hours after we left the Hoikflikai. She arrived at I,a- moor al resst I. after layer of lav.i was presented to view, interrupted oc- bains Thursday morning. The ether vessels at 10 on Vet this is an Imnlense world ami eon:.as to srplorsj ftilJ of j casionally by a stra"iui of stones, and in one price, a!.out Wednesday night. It was a fatigueing and a dangerous imyatertesand Dagniflcentscenes] and of wakfli the tt a stratum of u WIUIMoJ half the height ot'lhe precipice,by jaunt, but 1 bare not regretted it on two accounts. I ar- iHue win ere long give ns, without floul t, ■ nompleta yellow hue, appearing very much like the' sand on tho rived the soouerand found mj astistaaan needed to atle-' i-iiy. Uneejoa] utliasorface ofthaarain im-i, tin be i seashore. This was several inches in ihiokneas, as it ap viatc pain: and il has taught me to be carclul in future -.lie'«en preaeafs great chains of mountains, the yumnUts it which arctalande. pearod from the sea, but was many hundred feet high and not expose myself in too tin) a bark on a heat) This world, like our own,has rich valleys, fertile plains sad L and probably was nf much greater thickness, si ill tin np-l Ashfpcame in yesterday,(the Etectrn,) the captain! uncnltlrated descri but with (brants, animals ami a *V* P pearanee was curium, ns it showed its lineal and irregular palsied slightly oa one side. Bui I suppose you hare till Its own. Then are Iswnesas craters, with lirr h uiw.-i'-g from it ihe midst ofthe most awful and inaccessil le cliff beard particulars from i\lr. Vbrbea and s<> I will not |Miming, whence arc ejected naming rooks add boiling* lavs, fl o; black lava that I have ever looked upon. Bnttl The Antilles, the Maldives and many other Islands owi trouhle you to read more about il. all those were eertioal precipices, cirious appearance ol jn origin t" vi U .nit sganc). Oftea do voyagers tall in with eroi r.-i'iui of a lava apparently more fused and liquid wlicndemen* columns of hot,-sweet wster anmixedwtth the brine o Tor the Prien !. through Which it rashes withj n great nolae like ttm posiied llian the horizontal strata which sei nn io have; IS IT POSSIBLE TO PENETRATE TO THE BOTTOM ofthf*g cm of Icelaas}, There 1< one ofthese eingnlar been divided asundet every few hundred feet to receive OF THE SEA? water 'n the midst ofthe golf of flpcada. In theba| ofXagus the vertical dcposiios. These veins were not more than Trantlafed for the Ft tensJ from the French of Au- 2 or 3 miles frnm ths sin.re, a fountain of sweel watergu*h< f, or 19 inches wide as they appeared Irom ihe sea. They gustus B' rlsWi. an with io much force thatrassahi cannot upprt sch H. were on a line with tho rest of the surface and extended nine at abeoluteknowtedge In fine, tbebottom .of the ocean, being inhject i> i caw Iran the summit lo the base of the cliffs where the waves li i« certainly do eas; matter lo With no other means than mroloiiomi ns the somes ofthe land, mitre™ from aarthi|nalH si cirniiij ths bottom of the sea. tides, heating against roaring und their wero continually i -but Imperfect!) understood snti ibe experiments i.r as often,i!nnw.s up now Islands,or saaasaaafrom beneath ol In one place where the water lia.l poured over ihi who, with diiliculiy could descend s 0 w lost 1" low the ones, thufl caustog th*lr snhmerslon. Nature, always si work dtvatv/, )f tlic cliff during rains, the rock appeared to te worn surface, Ihe ancients formed Hie Itrsafcst ■ystestsei' Miliiniiriii. inn present henettth the wnt'.r n~ lerribleca a-troplu i- a* thON away so lhat ibere was a deep furrow many scores of feet geography. On no oilier subjecl has the lasaftaatkn of ihr»i whteh dssftlstO partions of the c.tutinents. What Merestln, in heighth next the sea. It was a very agreeable row writers been so fruitful. 1" lli< ir view, ike <» eel had no other objects should we discover upon thebottom of tb< a j an a!ong this coast, which, however soon sloped down to a limits loan the latent! regions; iis nnttboniabl di, His, pen- permitted uk te pursue our itivcHtiijations- there without ol dragon. struct ion. There we ihoukl hia Immense deserts ot r moderate height iiir llie eye lo rest upon. As we came pled with imaginary creatures) trlloas, sirens, frightful !'..■ riu-.1, in addition to the shades, S heaven will worthy the which are deposited the rich trcn.suieM of all nlii; .reached we found to hoping beyond, open the Lahaina to. firsl-floint dead. More recently, tlicy supposed thai Ba- .-■«!-, generations of the unknown dead ami the mot cuiion that wo had yet lo coast many miles before we should be lkingdom ot the reserved to herself iiiniiense caverns where she s; i«ituenit of human industry. We could foUoW ihe narrow lara had there able to sight thai desired haven. "We kept nc.ir ihe incessantly elaborated Ihe rough draught of being, which, valleys, the arterioß of this new world, th ii trh whi< h eirruiat coast, now and then meeting a little fnhiug establish- Winning scarcely hatched from the lowest depths, line after. the rapid currents to equalise the tempi ralura by mingling the ment on the most accessible openings of its rock-bound wunls lo people the earth. The scholars of the middle ages water* of all seas, from the pole iv the equator. ThenLhelongl and precipitous clilfs, und nt about one in the afternoon believed that extraordinary animals, for Ihe mosl iiart, com- line of naked fecks, presenting at tin ir brilliant angles of jasthe had advuneed so farlhat we iheughl best to put into the menecil their i xlslence at the bolloiu of Ihe ocean. The laws per, of granite and of mica, their ruetallie channel that divided Ranai from Maui. We left the of natter being belter known, we are able to arrive at reason- Iheusaual faces of which reflect thecolors of tho rainbow smlj vessel at a quarter before 7 in the morning, end w ilh lit- able conjecture,, and we hazard nothing in the assertion lhat form iv many places the appearance of enchanted grottor». Passage — : . . < ' '' . 1 : • * 1 '' 1 1 •• ' 1 . ' - . * * * �. We should pans over plains of mother of pearl, of red coral and otteaves. i ■ingstarlj (bemad ahfues,whosehraaesws awdstaad Isipaaas ihfasts We should trsvsrse psaMssof lotty ferns sal ofhvdrophyta tjiorlaass) which go to the surface lehfeatae the • ir. alUOOgh tlw.y thru*-! their roots to the I'cplh of r.w feetWe should lutve sbovi: em heads a liquid sky of u to deeper blue than 001 own, furrowed in every direction by itintaMie , . ixi mom wliiiles Hwimiiuii" there with fit* much ease the vulture oouraas (hroogh tin- uir, and Dke il"' vaitarc re]i.i-ingnpon the risekf poaas of the highest awoatains. Who knows what spscsaelos aatata sronM pressol as seder a btsss re nl "i stt i phOres, when nn Iron globe of Ihs slse of the -Ihick would he brokon like s soap-hubble ■mil when the explosive force of goupowder. greal ns lifts, ■.' 1j ot •'■-. aharfs a aoakb froui a moi tar. It is poseibls thai Ighteo snormoup, enters the poresrof ston< water, nndara sad marble, sad n ndt rs then as iranapasart as glees. It Is ■ t|i |we shook! then see hoV4 ths er> -I li/.'ition ol u : - .•liiiernl r*hh«tanoes is curried OB and th.-iimmier la which the ItfTereal üblnaUonsof their elcinente are oiada, Hut it is with seemingreluctance that naturepermits us te ththom the greet asysterloH which she Ii daily accompllshhi around us, mu'to iuviie mi iv to overcame his ph; ttosi hy the incrtssiug sotlvitj ofbli ri aeon* Ths work towb ■■ '■ depth fii.r-.elf, at- n \ hai »s yet onh been cot i -"• (of in ui.ier* to be an eye-witiw ■ of in gr< ni -1 nderi to grasp i I her immense laboratories ii would be necessary- to support the wi Iht of 00 tone, i pn vi.: to reduce the Utnn tuhod) lo the ilas ofaa egg. « ■■ . - - Thereader's atenitpsoanrteicfularyed atoch-e rosal >v'n' 'i sppaan Ln oar i Inmtii of t< ■' i ■ ■ ,; " \<i; V -1ie.,.)!. Dartag ths visit r the lUv. I BrinSauuTo M Paris, i it:■ y were favored wilh Ibfl Re* ■iit-e of this distinguished Individual [firm tin mora] and ro■ ■•» v. hlth mi-'' ]; ye made respect)] iilfyfnf to> liajous wn>ib- Ii i < isnd ■ iit'.vtil- Im n led In Bible sad Ml iit Wi ii- re lot* i ■ in.ie addref-sed !<■ ua bj I ie nfofraphecal i ottcc of Vtimlral Vor-HHell K'hich jron i, brinss \ tvilli* before my mind Lb, toil ■li loaned and character of ilka di Ii rhiful ol I I hav< cd.y useii him In bin place at tbe Clmmbt r of Poem, in air at the hcn<! the Board of Director! ol ths EvsnMs own ho I Niawiouar; H rerj where and on all oem d< is, exhibiting ii ■, m.tithe purity ola Cariatian, sad tbe «legem-ii of i man. wns a fine example of nn every day rhrtstlsa, whose n appeared in It is rich and i Itivate |] ihs resnta of lifej in his lively ■o*roaUbiliti< tc. the pood in be in till the condition! end relationa i I <! in hit nharttii's which everywhere found an object on which ioal iin profitably eapsnd, l. Mfofltonnrtftt seat into tin- world under the ansptees of ■■;■•■ which be adorned, have all been ted unoVr roct lefloence ol liis character and habits. and hsve mad< ili-ir nttiiii'MicKt of persons] chsrar la ill :«s, il in not fee in the Lmfaace of several wh me acLauce 1 enjoyed, thai tbe pupnai were wovthiK lb im < preeaptsa.*l Tow of the "Meteor" mutineers recently escaped from Honolulu, one* aresupposed te sara |ene in ilie ! Broollyn to Calrfbrslv Their Dunes vers Wllllaai Taylor an Btanley. They were the ringleaders. ',in Recipe for taking ink-spots out of cloth or paper. 1-2 italic iicml, 1-2 oz lemon, 1 las SJMsmOill burnt alum, and pint wm, r. Apply witli a snioll piece of cottea desk. [CesaroQalcated. P. DIED , lulu, Wnlasada) .inly 20tli. MRfl. EUNICE )|. t.l„ nc.-.i rear., the wile i.l'J. K. U. MtaaiiAi.!., daugnter of Thmuss Hooper, Es<j ef Oharlestowii' . , , st ihe Ai .nn Hosplml, I.nhniltt, Rr.NToM, n inn, li-,m Stniilngteoi Connecticut, Dted of coni i ,i lambs I.n iw, ef riiilsileli.lii.i, ageil 82, dlashariei] lilo I.} in i, of New Be.ll'.ml, »i ihis ulaes last April, 119 FRIEND. THE FOR SALE BY C. BREWER & CO., and Russia Canvass, light and heavy Ravens Duck, Twine, Cordage, Seising stuff, PORT OF HONOLULU. Mnrlin, Log-linos, Pitch and Tar, Mess Beef Turpentine, Linseed Oil, Copal Varnish, Bright an vi v i: i). July 16. km. Hurl. Angola, Yurucy, 13 d">s from Mutejry Varnish, white nnd black Paint, Chrome Yellow, with in" tier in Master. Spanish Brown, Verdigris, Chrome Green, Litharge, July 22.—Km llrig Win. Niilaon, Wr.li.ii, C'Mil uiiia, fur» Putty, French Yellow, Venetian Rod, Lamp Black. to Jiino a Mskse. Ivory Black, Whiting. sUI.Hn. Sugar. VineJul) M,—U. S. Store BalS Uric, Lieut, t'oniinnud'g Turinr,: Manilla Coffee, Loaf Sugar, Brown Oil, Baskets, gar, Sperm Candle Sperm and Whale lor BaS I'lltnei-io, Olive Oil, whole and ground Pepper, Soy and Cuny Powder, Table Suit, Mustard, Saltpetre, Lozenges, NOTICE Indigo, Tapioeo, Saleratds, Currants, Stoughtins To all persons who may have in their ]io:?c. ion Elixir, Nutmegs, Preserved Fruits, Snuff; white Soo> hooks hcloiigino lo the Seamen's Library," or perfuHiod, brown California and fancy soaps, chong nnd Pecco tea, cloves, mace and allspice. i You arc rcrcspi tf.il'y lira Seamen's Chaplain. Sous of dinner ware, tea setts, flat und soup questad to return said books. Several volumes plates, nappies, inups, glass pitchers, ewers and loaned many months sinco, haie ii'it as vet been ro- basins, cups and saucers, stone jars of all sizes, assortment ofdocantcrH, lurned, and among thorn the follov ingi Vol. I. of solar lamp chimneys, nn lumble.is, wine glasses Looking glasses, lamps, lar> Prescott's Conquest of Mexico;" —Vol [I, thorns, deck lights fee. lies' Sermons—Vol. 11. ■•* Robinson's Biblical Re* Stationery ol all descriptions and a largo assort.(.iii lies"—"Mrs. Trollop's America"—Vol. I. ment of Dry Goods and Hardware Honolulu, June 15, 1846. Irvine's I.ifo of Columbus," fee MARINE INTELLIGENCE. ENGLISH . " " " fee. " FOR SALE. J. B. McCLURG, at the store formerly occupied by Ladd & Co. 30,000 lbs! Sugar; 20,00 lbs. Bread; Ciiil'ce;' 80,000 Manilla Cigars; 2,000 barrels Flour; 100 DBY GOODS AND HABDWARJ!. GO kegs White Lead. Sale by the subscribers, o large assort10 doz. Sweet Oil; ment of Goods consisting in part of il c follow200 gallons Linseed Oil; 100 ing articles, viz.; Spirits Turpentine; 10 biles bro. Cottons, IS do. shirtrhg Stripe.", 100 pieces Russian and English Cain,is; 400dozT. re Hok'fs, 14cartoonsblTt Ribbons, 100 coils Russian and Manilla Corducc; 100 do; Bailor'sCaps, SO boxes family Soap, 1 case black Sarsncts; 8 pieces Broadcloth, 1 case paint Brasher, Sarsnct Handkerchiefs; 2 Hats, "0 IM's long line Cigars, 9 cases vthito black 2 500 corn Bi is, 100 shies sole Leather, Senshaws; 1 1110 kegs while Li I, 8 iski cad Irons, rich figured Silks; 1 ti"' Buckets, 10 do/. Swain's Panacea, 30 chests Olong Tea; 50 pil Saws, M crosscut do., 10 Gunpowder Tea; lo c u \il ton.H iron far, I'l Hoops, 10 Hyson 10 casks wrought Noils, 60 do. cut do., 20' Congou E Si 11. GRIMES. Also, 1sett of Silver Ware, consisting of Tea, anil August 1, 134G. Water Pot, Sugar Bowl, Cream Mug, Egg Stand, Feb. 21.—1f. Ii h Knife, fee NOTICE. i. ii. wiiiciif, undersijrnod have ibis day cntorcd into a & GLAZIER, has lately received copartnership at Honolulu nnd Lahaina, Haand offers for sale, waii in Islands, under the linn of J. H. McCLIUIO 3000 lbs. White Lead ; 300 do Venetian Red, k CO. JAMES il. McCLURO, assorted Greon Paints; (.00 do Whiting. 250 ALEXANDER c. ABELL, 100 ild. Linseed Oil.; Prussian Blue ; HENRY CHEEVER. 90 Spt's. Turpentine ; Terra dc Sienne. Honolulu, Ist July, 1846. 10 Copal Varnish ; Yellow Ochre, J. B. McCLURG & CO., Spanish Brown; lamp Black,in kegs and papeis Chromo Yellow ; Hold nnd Silver Leaf, ITBaVfalßt IN' Paint, cash and tar Brushes ; Gum Copal, Ship chandlery, MerobandlM nnd Produce, Sand Paper, puiniec stone, window Class, i^nds, !!;z" Putty, &c. fee. ke»p constantly on Land and for sale, %• House, Sign, Coach, Ship and Ornamental all kinds of merchandise usually required by Painting executed wilh neatness and despatch, if. whale ships and oilier vessels arriving at either of my 23 the above named ports; in Honolulu at tho ptand NOTICE TO SEAMEN BELONGING near the principal wharf, formerly occupied by Ladd TO VESSELS IN PORT. cc Co.; in Lahaina, at the stand of the Consul, forliv an arrangement Vif ihe Governor of Oahu, tliomerly occupied by Milo Calkin. %* Wanted.—Bills of Exchange on the United Chapel Bell will ring nt 9 1-2 P. M., to States, England and France, for which money will men that they must go on hoard their jy 4 tf. be advanced on the most liberal terms. vessels: and again at 10 o'clock, after which lime, all Seamen found on shore, will he arrested. Public are informed that an examination of June 29.—tf. the Oahu Charity School will take place on FOR SALE Thursday, August lnih, at 10 o'clock A. M. All J. B. McCLURG & CO. 8000 lbs white Sngar. who feel an intorcst in the School nro invited lo attend. F. W. THOMPSON, Sec'rv. 5000 lbs. superior Russia Iron, assorted siy.es March 28. Honolulu, July 25, 184(i.—lw. —also— Dr. Wood desires the person who loaned the iirsl volume of Sparks' Life of Washington from his Library lo return 1lie same without delay. BY : " FOR '"* 1 < TllV. — " " " " • ' " " " " " PAINTER " " " mV;;:" } WILL - , reactive THE BY �120 THE NEW- GOODS, FRIEND. LIVERPOOL C. BR E WE R aV CO., (General (Eommfssfon jfHcrctjants, "CHARLBS" OF BosTOIf. HONOLULU, OAHU, Dry Goods. CHARLES BREWER, i Uniif.«writi:b'» Rooms,) English Prints, assorted Muslins nnd j. f. b. Marshall, > Hawaiian hlandt. Liverpool, 25th Oct. ) Ginghams ; printed Cashmeres ; Turkey red and Madras Handkerchiefs ; Linens, Duck, Drills nnd is to certify to all whom it may concern, FRANCIS JOHNSON,) that the Committee for managing the afDiapers ; col'd worsted and damask Table Covers ; N. B.—Wanted, Government or Whalers' Bills, 4-4 Irish Linens;8-4 linen Damask; bleached Sheet- ■ fairs of the Association have appointed Messrs. on the United States or Europe, for which mtiini ing and Dowlas ; assorted spool Cotton nnd Thread ; Starkev, Janion & Co., to act as their Agent Lisle, Berlin, Thibet, silt and cotton (ilnvos ; cot- at the Handwich Islands, subject to the annexed in- \ will be advanced on favorable terms. ton and Woolen Hosiery ; bleached English Long structions, which are to be exhibited on all occaCloths; Bishops and Kainsook Lawns ; Batiste, Me- sions where the agent may bo required to act, so that no misunderstanding may arise with the parties rino, &c. djionowttcr jfHattrr, Flannels, wool Frocks, Mitts, Caps, Drawers, assured or their representatives-, as to the extent of HSatcf) Shirts, Braces, (Stc.; monkey and pea Jackets ; authority vested in the Agent. iionomii.it, oahu, "No power from this Association can divest the flushing Trowsers indigo anil mazarine blue Cotfor sale an nssoi linent of JEWELRY, tens ; blue Jeans; Kremlin Stripes; blue Drill*; sat- assured, their agents, or assignees, or the masters of If.iTCIIES, CLOCKS, Sr. right Jeans bleached vessels of that over Drills, in Tickings, Denims, cot; property which law has Chronometers repaired and accurate rales given ton Flannels'; gingham Umbrellas, assorted ; bales given them ; but it is presumed that the assured or Particular attention paid to line watch repairing. brown Sheetings and brown Drills, assorted widths; their representatives will readily avail themselves of Sextant nnd Quadrant Glasses silveredand adjusted. men's snd l>->ys navy-cloth Caps ; gold navy Lace, the assistance ofan agent, who is appointed by the assorted widths ; cases Bunting, assorted colors anil underwriters, to act in their behalf, and whose cooperation will facilitate the settlement of lessor avwidths ; blue and white Thread. froprirtor of the erage with the underwriters." Boots Shoes, &c. By order of the Committee. Cases Boots, Brogans, Slippers, seamen's Pumps, THOMAS COURT, Secretary. Itc; French waxed Calfskins ; bbls and casks Day HONOLULU, OAIIU. (t Martin's Blacking. FOR SALE. Bales and packs light ravens nnd U. X. Duck ; undersigned Inve for sale the following GEOBOB IMC. MOORE, eratos Crockery, assorted ; Tumblers, Plates, etc. Goods, on reasonable terms m:\i.i\i in Hahu'.vare, Provisions, &c. Pipes ; So.ip Turpentine ; white Lead Paint General Merchandise & Hawaiian Produce, Sad Irons ; English and Amercan Iron, assorted Brushes ; Blocks ; Shot ; silk and cotton pocket IIII.O, HAWAII II. I. sizes and qualities ; sailo»'s Pot? and Pans ; mill Handkerchiefs ■ Glassware Navy blue prints ; hi ick Snws, Grindstones, .whalemen's Rivets, 21 ensos and white and purple and white Fancy Prints Lin<• KM E L 1 IS HO YER, sheathing Copper and casks composition Nailsfor en Drills ; printed cotton Counterpanes ; blue CotDIALSa IN same, etc., etc. ton, 8-4-wide ; brown Cottons, an, 32, 36, 4V, 64, Rofined loafSugar ;'Prunes, sup. Spanish Cigars, 72 and 82 inches wide ; brow u cotton Drillings ; Irish General .llorchnndise & Hawaiian Prodnee, bbls American mess Beef and prime Pork, while Linen ; Linen platillas ; brown Holland ; linen DiaHILO, HAWAII. perfumedsoap, butter Spices, table Salt.bbls supe- per Towels ; Cambric Handkerchiefs ; Diapers ;|I Whale ship-i supplied with the best recruits on the Long Cloths red and white Handkerchiefs, 80, 81,1 rior Am ■ vie-in Flour etc.,etc. |most favorable terms in exchange for Bills or Good»| Ground Load, English linseed Oil, in cans; Chalk, 32 inch ; linen Threr.d ; Shawls of various sorts ;j i idapted to the market. Jan. 2S.—ly. Whiting, Tar.Pitch.Turpentinc, coal Tar, Litharge, Coffin Furniture ; Bunting ; red and white PlaidI .Paints, Verdi ;ris. lamp Black, cases Brushes, as- Covers; clack Crape; black silk Shoe Ribbon; NOTICE, sorted ; bbls Putty, etc. white cotton Tapes ; house Paper ami Border ; Fur-; MANSION HOUSE will be conducted is C. BBEWER & CO. niture : Dimity; Black Satin ; Lamp Wick ; blue n I future by J. O. Cartel, F. AV. Thomson having Shirts ; Linen and fancy Punts ; blue Camlet Cloaks; INFORMATION WANTED. Earthenware of various colors and patterns Sta- withdrawn his interest by mutual consent. J. O. CARTER. fhis meot the eye of Robert W. Van tionery ; and the following as ortment of Jan. 1, 1816. F. W.THOMPSON Borkerk Fmdlay, who left a whale shipnt Otuhiti, and who was when last heard of (1.S41V en- Knives and Forks ;HARDWARE. Razors ; hick and hand Saws ; BIBLES! BIBLES! gaged on a s ig ir plantation at Uhina, of a Mr.IIart crosscut Saws ; Pit Saws ; Mill Saws ; Sels of CarSeamens' Chaplain has just received pet of Ol ihiti, or any other person who m-iy know of penters' Tools; A.\cs ; Socket Chisels; Garden Hoes; Brooklyn," a supply of Bibi.es ofvariom his whereabouts, tbey will confer a lasting-favor rut Piano lions cast Plane Irons cm 1 S:ecl Cl;is-J upon an anxious mother by addressing a letter to els ; Gauges ; Screw Augurs : steel Augurs ; II itch. sizes anil binding. Mrs. AlieeFinJI iy, care of Jamoj Smith, 12 Wall ets cast Steel Gimblc s ; Spike Qimblcts P;,,, es :' •' Beautiful and splendid gilt and embossed St., New York. Last Irons ; cast Lath Nails ; Wrought Nails ; Boat fi'iiii. I ihics. Prices ranging from 60 cents to £6, Nails : Tacl s ; Spike Nails Cooper's Rivets ; Cop- or al the Now York prices, of the American Bibl« FOR SAL« BY J. B. McCMTRG &. CO. j)cr Boilers from 10 to 25 gallons ; Binnacle Lamps ; Society. *,* Bibles and Testamen's in various language* Guayaquil IT its ; 10 do. Hammocks; 20 copper Lamps ; Needles Iron Table .Spoons ; Ton can also be obtained nt the Chaplain's study. |4S"W tins Cheese, superior article ; 200 lbs Spoons ; Fish Hooks ; 2 fool Rulers St e. &c. monies received will bo appropriated to kocpAlmonds ; "i bbls. bright Varnish ; 25 M. superior STARKEV, JANION & CO. ingAll constant supply of Bibles on hand. a Havana Ci f.irs ; 30 grs. Matches ; 50 bxs. Sardines ; Honolulu, Jan. 1846. Honolulu, July 1, 18PS. Z doz. superior Razors Macaroni ; Spices of all JAMES ROBINSON Si CO. kinds. all FOR SALE. made arrangements tokill part of their &, the study of (lie Seamen's Chaplain, Voli I WA4.no co. superior stock of Cattle, respectfully II nnd III of the Friend, nc.t'y bound. Vol." for sale Provisions, Bread, Flour, cord- captains of vessels and the public generally, that age, canvass, and a general assortment ofShip they can be supplied with I lie vary best BEEF at the I of tho Hawaiian Cascade. Chandlery. Rocrurtl and other merchandi ic usually asaa] rates, under the direction of Mr. George RiseA.'.-O, NOTES on the Commerce, Trade, Agriculture required by whale ships touch ingot this port for sup- ly, a clean and experienced butcher. state that &c. of Sandwich &c., plies. G. R., on his part, respectfully begs to the or Hawaiian Islands, othing shall be wanting to give perfect satisfaction. Minister of Foreign Relations. , Storago taken at tho customary rates. I!,'Is of Exchange Honolulu, Jan. 2-1.- Iy. wanted on the United SPELLING BOOKS. States", England, and Franca. Lahata i, March 21, 1848, KOLOA SUGAR. Sermen's Chaplain has a (uw Noah Web. stcr's Spelling Books for sale. SALE, at the store formerly occupied by CARGO OF BRIG HAIKAI,, Lndd & Co., 120 tons Koloa SUGAR. The ALSO of fur seal Skins, sea lion Tusks, above is a part of the presont crop, and is much su" My first Book of Reading and Spelling." lately Russia Iron, Russia Canvas, Aspbaltain, Lum- |perior in quality to that of any previous year, or onv issued from the Press of the American Mission, bar, &c. For sals by J. B. McCLURG & CO. other lot in the market. Honolulu, II. I. R. W. WOOD. m 28 Feb. 21, 1846.—tf. June 1. tf tftTST RECEIVES Underwriter's Association, PER ; CASES THIS S. H. B nr.u I ; HAS ' ' MANSION THE :— ; HOTSE, ; : ; 6 -- . .1 ; - , tJJHOULD : ; ; , : <*2fk«Tfc : : ' THE TIIR " ' ; OFFER ' HAVINU : 4T I N4flf CONSISTING I F)R i < THE � 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/. 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