https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/900e4d13641020429946eccf59e503e7.pdf 9d727c95ae1968f83a2bdf0d8ff716f8 PDF Text Text FTHE RIEND. Vol. 6.] HONOLULU, AUGUST 1, 1848. 57 mo. s death. The pall of superstition settled over lies. Thenceforth cities were built, and the ADDRESS, Delivered before the Hawaiian Bible Society, humane hopes; the chains of despair fetter- arts cultivated, but civilization could neither ' at the Seamen's Chapel, Honolulu, May ing all exertions to be free. Dreadful pic- inculcate nor retain the knowledge of God. '28th, 1848, by Rev. T. D. Hunt. Pub- ture; but such is heathenism, such would be Their altars were dedicated to idols, and their arts to graven images, lasciviousncss the world trithout the Bible. lished by request of the Society. These are how all heathen nations; rob and war. So with the children of Israel.— a "world wickedContemplate lying in Christian nations of the word of God, and to Plagues, clouds, fire, seas by which their ness." Imagine the whole human family that awful depth would they inevitably and enemies were consumed, by which they pasabandoned of God. Let violent hands desefell from Heaven—he sed, could not keep them in remembrance of crate every christian altar, and level every rapidly sink. Lucifer to Hell. Blot the sun from the the God who preserved them. Famine, also plunged temple with the dust. Put out the light of firmament and the same stroke would de- thirst, and peril, from which they were sucevery Christian family. Let prayer languish cessively delivered, failed to remind them of and die on the lips of every Christian sup- stroy the light and life of every dependent the pulpits of the world—burn their great Benefactor. Not even Sinai, orb. Pile up plicant. Let the glad air reverberate no thereon every Bible—heap upon the same awful in the exhibitions of the Divine mamore with the song of God's people. Let all religious literature, and the same jesty—they waiting at its base for the revelathe name and remembrance of the Almighty fire would consume the accumula- tion of His will—could hold them back from conflagration perish forever. Sever the connection beof science, wisdom would die idolatry. And when Jordan had rolled back tween man and his Maker. Seperate for- ted treasures in every hall of legislation, and partiality its waters at their approach, and the walls of ever earth and heaven. Confine thought and bribery, while they retained the sword, Jericho had fallen at the blast oftheir trumpwithin the sphere of things visible and fanci- would remove the scales from every judg- ets', and kings and princes cast their crowns and shut human to the conception ful, up seat. Hierarchy and despotism would and their possessions at the feet of their ment narrow limits of earthly and created objects. to crush civil liberty, and banish toler- leader, and they had entered upon and posDeify the sun, or prostrate the world before Unite from the world. Bigotry would forge sessed the land promised to their fathers, ation and the the moon stars. People air and the humane thought, and coorce even then and there they forgot God. And for chains sea with propositions or angry deities.— until the great Babylonish captivity, neither Haunt every cave and grove, every valley science into the propagation of falsehood. her sails, and indus- promise nor slavery, victory nor defeat, nor would furl Commerce and mountain, with invisible spirits. Kindle the carcases of theirfathers in the wilderthe funeral pile for the widows of every land. try and thrift either gradually desert the dock, yet to ness, could keep them from the idols ol tha loom, the and the or live only counter the car over conDrag every ofJuggernaut lust or prepare for war. The halt heathen around them. tinent, send the world on pilgrimage, till the pamper thus made in the world's progress would be But I will pursue this history no further. high-road to every temple or sainted sepulby a retreat, the velocity of which I will only call your attention to the present succeeded be with the the chre choked famishing, dying by every increase of'state of every nation without the Bible. I and the dead. Let infants glut the monsters would be accelerated will remind you of the Christian Church of every river, and mothers smother and depravity and every moment of time. Like mankind would crowd and her pristine simplicity and purity, her subhost, a rushing bury their new born babes. Everywhere crush each other the chase of their sen- sequent worldliuess and ambition, her rapid in enslave the woman and brutalize the man. to the Destroy conjugal affection, poison all the sual and selfish pursuits, seeking for light descent through formality and error established would but out each other's final and that apostacy idolatry they put lights, social relations, dry up the fountains of huin searching for the* path to happiness, the hierarchy of Rome. I will also remind man sympathy. Let the dwellers in every and you of the imperfection of all Christian worbut obliterate the old and only path. start the of the human sacriland at shriek ship, and of the tendency to formality and this is evident from, All fice. Let suspicion and alarm lurk at every worldliness, and sin in every Christian's door, and lie in ambush on every highway. 1. The natural tendency of mankind to heart. How evident then the tendency to over to his own and to heathenism. fears, Deliver man Without the light of Revelation idolatry. the prey of his own unbridled lusts, to be The history of the human family has to guide the mind and the spirit of God to degraded by the poverty, and made misera- abundantly proved, that the heart of man and inevitable by the diseases that follow in the track left to itself, tends first to selfishness, then move the heart thither, directly son and daughter ofAdam. tends bly every ofcrime. Let loose the fiends of war, till to disobedience, then to hatred, then to open the pale horse conqueror has stamped, his rejection, and last to forgetfulness of.God. 2. This is evident further from the fact iron hoof over the battle plains of earth.— Idolatry succeeds, which hands down the de- that human reason, unassisted by Divine RevRoll the chariot of the warrior over the necks luded devotee to the sensualities and cruelties elation has always failed to elevate and puriof a prostrate world, and bring upon all of heathenism. The immediate ancestors of fy mankind. mankind the reign of terror and of blood.— Noah were contemporaries with Methusaleh There have always been " wisemen," In short, let the world rush back, down the who lived and talked with Adam; and yet, Philosophers of ancient times reasoned, declivity up which the struggles of so many with all the evidence of God's existence and sought after knowledge, rose high above ages have so toilsomely raised and advanced i God's hatred of sin which such living wit- their age in intelligence and morals, foundit. Let the dark waters that break in rage inesses and direct tradition could afford, the ed schools, advocated their theories, and eson every heathen shore, swell and roll over iwhole world, with the single exception of tablished rules of life. They died and their every land, obliterating the record of every \Noah and his family, had sunk at the time theories with them. The minds and hearts discovery, demolishing every monument of,of the flood, into dissipation and idolatry and of a few were elevated a little by their ingenius, sweeping away the writings of the ]hardly had those waters dried from the face, istructions—but the mass were not reached learned and the good, and burying from iand while the" recollection of that overwhel- or raised. The deists and atheists and infisight the revealed Word of God. ming judgment was yet fresh in the minds of dels i of modern times have advanced upon What a night of ignorance would rest the descendants of Noah, and not a moun- ithe boldness, though but little upon the wisupon the blighted world ! What a distance tain or a vale but bore marks of the wrath dom of the ancients. Their systems differ contiguous nations; what an enemy of God, when their presumption reared a Ithe one from the other. They are the proI between man to man. What despotism, what cruelty, tower of defiance to the power that soon duct of fallible and depraved minds. They [what hopeJess slavery ! What universall scattered them in separate and jarring I ami*- are based in selfishness. They are eminently — — ' '< ' �THE FRIEND, AUGUST, 1848. 58 earthly and sensual. They either annihilate!' dividual. It reaches to the thoughts and |Bnd promoter ofcivilization. These are but or degrade the immortality of man. It isji[intents of the heart. Such a morality has the " lesser lights." Its glory is that rt innot to be supposed that a man is better thanji in it the principle ofreform. It builds at the! troduces man to his Maker. It opens upon his principles, nor yet that the influence ofjfoundation, and seeks to correct and perfect!jthe darkened mind the light of another world, a system of morality will be better than thejithat which is the basis of all character. Let jbringing "life and immorality to light". It finds man in the dust—it seeks to exalt him system itself. If "its element be darkness, it this moral leaven pervade the world. will never produce light. It it be selfishness; would the distinction between right and:jto an affinity with heaven, and even to a it will never foster love. If it deny the im- wrong be clear and immutable. If virtue 'filial relationship with God. And ithas done Compare New England with New Holmortality of the soul it will never fit man for would not be chosen for its own lovely sake,| heaven. Such has been the experience of it would be at least practised because God land—Old England with Africa. Contrast the world. Man fell; his progress towards had required it. The inquiry would then'|a Christian family with a savage horde.— heathenism was rapid and fatal. But from' be not what is interest? what is profitable? And we are witnesses. Upon these shores the depths he reached no efforts of his own''what is public sentiment? but, what is right? the bible has triumphed. The ancient alhave raised him. The united wisdom and,iwhat is duty? what is the will of God? such tars have crumbled to dust. The war whoop learning and talent of the philosophers of[is Bible morality in principle. In practice, has died over these hills and along these every age have failed to remove the scales it is love to God and love to man, purity of vales. Idolatry, satiated with victims, has from his eyes, and the stain from his heart. |motive and integrity of action, hatred and ceased its cruelties. Whence are these Their systems failed to reform and save their 'abandonment of sin, and the pursuit and temples? whence this progress in intelliauthors; will they reform or save others?' spread of holmess—In short, it is the only gence, laws, commerce, and religion?— They have succeeded in no instance, and true religion, the religion of the heart and From the Bible. Why is it that any of us while they have no higher authority than the life of faith and works. And thus it is have a hope full of immortality? Why is it human reason, and no purer morality than that the Bible is the only true foundation of that to so many death has no sting, and the is dictated by the unrenewed heart they true prosperity, individual, social, national, grave no victory? Why is it that from the flames and couch of so many martyrs, and and universal. never will. sufferers has broken from parched or pallid Human reason has failed too, with all the This is further evident, aid of civilization. A high state of civiliza- 4. From the benefits conferred upon the lips the song of joy and triumph? Because tionoften exists without Christianity. There world by that great Book. of the Bible. —And what is the light that is was as high a state of civilization in DamasIt is supposed and maintained with great breaking over the mountains of Asia, and is cus at in Jerusalem—in Athens as in Christ- force of argument, that the Scriptures have dawning along the shores of Africa, that is ian Rome. Letters and commerce will given to the world its letters. It is the oldest penetrating the cell of the monk, the mosque create civilization, though they fail to reach book of history, giving to the world a true of the mussehnan, and the synagogue of the account of what the eye of God alone could Jew, that is lighting up the forecastle, and and purify the heart. Reason failed too, with all the experience i have seen. Certain it is that, as the product gladdening every Island, and every port?— of the world to sustain it! It would seem asiof the Infinite mind, it has ever presented a It is the Bible. Its leaves are being scatterthough the flood would have swept idolatry, model to the world unequalled as a literary ed—they are healing the nations. Individand sensuality from the earth. But, no; the work, either for the simplicity of its narra- ual Christians are doing much—associations flames of Sodom and Gomorrah must yet tive, the sublimity of its imagery, the variety are doing more to further this great object. flare their dreadful light across the descend- ■ and dignity of its style, or the purity, com- The British and foreign Bible Society alone, ing path. Still human reason failed to im- prehensiveness, and fitness ofits instructions. and during the past year, issued nearly one press the lesson on the heart of man. The The Bible has given to the world the only million and a half—(1,500,000) copies of the horrors attendant on the seige, and sacking perfect code of laws. The ten command- Scriptures; whole copies or portions of of Jerusalem failed to open the hearts of the ments, so evidently divine, are the basis of which were printed in 140 different languaJews to the true Messiah. The darkness, all wise legislation. Legislators have de- ges! the degradation, the poverty, the miseriesi rived from the Bible their best views of ciril The Hawaiian Bible Society is but a small and the slavery ofthe past generation, of thei liberty. The government established by rill, but it should contribute its portion to heathen, fail to warn, instruct, and improve Moses resembled most the republican, and swell this great river of life. As individuals the present. There is no reforming element, when changed it was at the request of the take the bible, read, study, obey its precepts, no redeeming principle in any human system. people. The divine founder of the Christ- build thereon your" hopes of heaven. As an The chains and woes of the past and the ian religion entered and passed his life in association, give of your money to buy and present, are the double inheritance of the the ranks of the common people. His gos- circulate it. Let not the poor within the future. No natural revolution turns their pel was pre-eminently for the poor. The sphere of your operations lack this Bread of midnight into noon. Light does not natural- civil government first established by Moses, Life. And, so may the blessing of them ly succeed the moral darkness of heathen and the spiritual government first instituted who were ready to perish, but whom your lands. It must be carried there. Not the by Christ, were the forms most promotive of efforts reached and saved, on land and sea, light of human reason, or of science, or of'the good of the whole, and of the true liber- rest upon you. art; but the light of Heaven reflecledfrom the ty of the individual. The bible has been »acre.d page. thus ever, and everywhere the advocate of This is further evident, civil freedom. The spirit of both Testa3.' From the known Morality of the Bible. ments, is invariably and decidedly at war This is eminently that of the heart. It with every kind of oppression. It is thereaims at the fountain of emotion and action. fore tyrants hate the Bible. A universal A Ciood Example for Whalemen. Its standard is the law of God. It requires knowledge of this book would wrest the The following extracts we copy from a late virtuous conduct from right motives. In prin- sceptre from both the despot and the pope. The Bible too, is the only source of true American paper. To us the facts herein ciple H is inseparable from religion in practice. It is not selflove. It is not founded in religions liberty. No purely human system ;stated are peculiarly interesting, from the the citil law. Nor does its character depend acknowledges, enforces the rights of Con- circumstance that, in former years, we beon Hhe judgment of man. Nor are its obli- science. Religious toleration is both the gation founded in utility merely. God is spirit and the motto of the Christian faith. came intimately acquainted with the writer, holy and therefore man should be holy.— The mitre and sword, the rock and the fag- when he commanded the same vessel in the God is what he ought to be, and therefore got, have no place on the Christian's coat Pacific. We hope other masters may be inhe is what he is. Man should be like his of arms. duced to follow his example. Could all masMaker, as he becomes rike Him he approxiBut the glory of the Bible is not that it mates perfection. To he right in principle, gives mankind true conceptions of the digni- ters of whale ships be persuaded to adopt and right in actions, and from right motives ty of their nature, that it elevates the intel- the practice of not whaling on the Sabbath, is true bible morality. What shall deter- lectual character of man, that it builds up and at the same time, of taking a high stand mine what is right but the will of God ?— and sustains the family and the social instiThat will is his law. It is invariable as its tutions, that it is the best guide to the in regard to morality, the influence would be great author. It is the same everywhere, statesman and the best friend to tho people, most happy upon their seamen. The many and in every age. It is binding on every in- the source of true science and the support examples for good that might be cited among ThenJ \it. 1 • : -1 The Seamen's Friend. �THFRIENDAU,GST 1848. 59 whalemen, makes us desirous that all should allowed, taking it out and reading it, either this phantom ? Will you cheat their souls be of the same mind. Read and ponder, and alone or to others, who would listen with with the insidious delusion, that they may deep interest. I could mention more that again be moderate drinkers? Will you biud ibllow! I know you would rejoice to hear; —but I with wanton hands another stone to the will* A VOICE FROM THE OCEAN. will stop for the present. May God bless us iog neck of a Sisyphus, to drag him back Messrs. Editors:—As your paper is ex- and lift up the light of his countenance upon into the fiery abyss, at each successive attensively circulated and read in our whaling ius, and still grant us his Spirit. I know we tempt to risn from its torments? Will you ports, I send for publication the. following have your prayers, but I hope to have them torture a Tantalus with the cooling waters letter. It comes from an intelligent and more especially for the success of God's of life, with which he may never slake his faithful Christian captain, who is determined word on board this ship. Ido believe that burning lips? Shall that father who has alto serve God and obey his precepts on the nothing but his grace could accomplish so most strength enough to face the tempter; sea as well as land. Especially he is deter- much as has come to pass among us. Nor shall that husband who has just recommined not to break the Sabbath by whaling does he fail to grant us temporal blessings. menced an existence of life and love; shall on God's holy day. And in keeping this We have lately taken five whales, while an- that son and brother who has just been repurpose, he has been far more prospered, other ship withi us has taken but one; they ceived from the lee-shore of intemperance— even as to worldly success, than many who working seven days in the week and we but shall these be dashed back into tlien-ocigitake a different course; and what is infinite- six, that we may keep the holy Sabbath nal ruin by a glance at the.wine that sparkly more important, he has been blessed with 'Surely, in keeping his commandments there! les on your tables? When the shipwrecked Blessed is the man is great reward.' spiritual blessings. mariner has clung to his frail plank through that doeth this; that kecpeth the Sabbath I have written to our ship agents on the. all the wildness of the wintry waves, and from polluting it.' 'Them that honor me, I evil of Sabbath whaling. They act a con- when he is in sight of the haven of rest, will will honorf and they that despise me, shall spicuous part, and have a most important in- you hang out false beacon-lights to lure him be lightly esteemed.' * * * fluence; and they are, tljp ones to begin on to breakers, whence his mangled corse Falkland Islands, June 29, 1d47. a good work among sailors, giving them shall be dashed on the shore? When, with Rev. and Dear Sir:—Believing it will rest on the Sabbath for the worship of the a desperate effort, he has caught hold of the not be uninteresting to you to hear from me, Most High God!—May God, in his ark of safety, will you strike off his hand, now that I am away upon the ocean, and in Providence, give them the Sabbath, nnd and leave him to sink in the waves? remote corners of the earth, I embrace the all spiritual blessings, till the abunpresent opportunity of saying a few words. dance of the sea shall be converted to Temperance.—Upon consulting general Thus far the Lord has blessed me in all Him ! —[New England Puritan. experience, we shall learn that both the healthy and the sickly are to be found inthings. As yet, I enjoy perfect health, differently among the abstemious, the temwhich is a blessing known and appreciated perate and the intemperate. But we must only by those who havo been for a time derecollect that men are so differently constiprived of it. The success of my voyage is Advocates of tuted, and their constitutions so variously also continued to mo, We are now eleven Wine Drinking: Temperance. strengthened or weakened by education and months out; have sixteen hundred barrels of circumstances, that some are far better able EBLIYHUBRAIT,M . . out the last whale taoil, and are now trying ken. We feel the effects of winter in this We need no evidence to prove, that our to resist the etl'ects of bad habits than others; southern hemisphere. Though the land isi moderate wine drinking citizens are the most and that it yet remains to be ascertained covered with snow, we were out in our boatsj formidable enemies that retain the field whether those who have apparently contina few nights since, all night, getting a whale; against the progress of temperance. We ued to suffer the least from their excesses, we had taken to the ship. A cold work we>iknow that they are strong, very strong, that might not have enjoyed more perfect health, they occupy the highest walks of life, and both of mind and body, and had their life had of it, but a large whale pays for all. We have now a Bethel flag, and every fill almost every station of honor, trust, and protracted many years, if they would have , calling emolument. We know they number in their subjected their several appetites and inclinaSabbath it waves over the H her crew together for the worship of Al- ranks the learned, the wise, and powerful, tions to the rules prescribed by temperance. mighty God. AndO! how much have we We cannot employ towards them any other been blest by Him! When we first left[ language than that ofrespectful entreaty and The Pure Juice.—A city chemist in New home I had a quarrelsome and profane set expostulation; nor would we do it if we could. York, not long since analysed a bottle of of sailors to deal with; and the more I la- No; we would say to our fashionable wine imported champagne, sold as pure, and found bored for their good, the more they seemedI drinking citizens, " Come let us reason to- in it one quarter of an ounce of sugar of lead. states that a lito grow worse, and worse, till at last I gave gether." To you, gentlemen, we must ad- A writer in the Observer to that on one ocwe no other dealer admitted him quor dress our for appeal; recognize despair; to them but in complete ( up talking 1 believe that He who answers prayer has[[[opponents in the field. The unreformed ine- casion he purchased of a country merchant done for me what I in vaia endeavoured to!briate, the rum manufacturer, the rum seller a lot of whiskey, and before the merchant back a part ofit manuaccomplish. They are now, by his grace. and importer, are mere supernumcries in left the city, sold him kinds of wines, at from entirely changed. Once, if I approached your camp. They wear no arms, they are factured into various their quarter of the ship, I was almost sure, under your protection, and subsist on your one to five dollars per gallon, taking caro to to hear cursing and bitterness: now, it is example and support. Gentlemen, we are supply his orders for 'communion wine, at not uncommon to hear songs of praise toiyour fellow-citizens. In many of the duties five dollars per gallon, to save appearance. God from the same mouths, now, not uncom- and avocations of life we walk side by side; [Globe. mon to see two or more sitting together and in many of the interests of our community Blackwood's Magazine says that the reading out of God's word! Some ot my and country we take sweet counsel together. crew are good singers, which is a vast helpj We can testify to the integrity of your honor, number of paupers in Great Britain is four to us at our meetings. On the Sabbath,,to the respectability of your standing, the millions, or a seventh part of the population these meetings are held in the cabin. Onj jcordiality of your friendship, and the munifi- of the Empire. No wonder, when sixty .milSaturday evenings, I have oflate held mect-| cence ofyour philanthropy. And we appeal lions sterling are annually expended in strong ings in the forecastle. But a few days since,: to those bright qualities of the heart, when (drink. alter one of these meetings, ayoung man told we say, that there are thousands of unfortumo he felt sensibly his need of a change of!nate beings who are trying in vain to reform Happiness.—Our life it is true, has its At the corners of the heart and life, and wished me to pray for and jon your principle. and dark hours, yet none are wholly meet his streets scores of poor inebri- bright you may much in changed is direct him. He very obscured,,for when the sun of happiness is temperate conduct." It is truly wonderful what graccjjates who have tried to become but the reflected moonlight of hope and set, has it can do for the sailor ! Another, a youth,.'men by following your example; memory aro still around us. and he an orphan, was an awfully profane! plunged them deeper in the mire. The sidewho with those are thronged renounced his walks arc daily boy, until some time since he There's the Rub.—What a pleasant oaths, and now comes regularly to our meet-,'trying to arise from habitual -intoxication to thing brandy and water would be, if there of the intoxicating cup.— with the use about the deck moderate ings. I have seen him [AJm is it your example that is hanging outfwas no to-morrow morning in it !—[Punch. his Testament in his bosom: and when duty, ' The Temperance Friend. .- r s : • J — I f , ! �60 THE FRIEND, AUGUST, 1848. THE FRIEND. culated to excite indignation, and one which will Webster's American Dictionary or the excite the popular sympathies. English Language.—We can recollect the The Philadelphia Inquirer of April 15th says HONOLULU, AUGUST 1, 1848. it wa» rumored that Mr. Marcy Secretary period when it was quite fashionable among ofi War had been appointed Minister to Russia, men to speak and write disparagingliterary Summary of Foreign News. and that Gen. Pierce of New Hampshire was to succeed him. of Webster's ly Dictionary. That period Intelligence has been received per the Cassius M. Clay has openly avowed himself has forever passed away. His probably Rhone" from England to April 17th. On an enemy to Henry Clay. The New York American & Enquirer of the 14thof Aprilcontains Dictionary has just appeared in the continent of Europe the spirit of revolu- Courier a letter from Cassius M. ClHy addressed to Hen- the States, under the sanction of a United tion continues as rife as at the date of pre- ry Clay, in which he assigns causes for his enof as able literary, classical and company 1845. early as as This letter had created vious intelligence. The unsettled state of mity (rreat excitement and the Whig press denounce scientific men as can be gathered in the public affairs has had an unfavorable influ- Cassius M. Clay as a madman, from tho fact of western world. It is printed and bound in accusing Henry Clay of a scheme of assasence upon the commercial affairs of England. bis sination. a style that will favorably compare with the The; political prospects of France are por- Hon. Horace Mann has been elected to fill tho book-making of any land. A single copy of tentous. As would be expected, the Paris- vacancy in Congress occasioned by the death of the has touched at our shores, and we John Quincy Adams. He took bis seat in Conwork ian movement does not altogether suit other gress April 13th. have caught a glance at the noble monument A duel occurred at Mier between Lieuts. Madportions of the new Republic. At present docks of research, industry, perseverance and and McPherson which in resulted the affairs are altogether too unsettled in France death of the latter. scholarship. It is the ripe fruit of twenty to conjecture, even, what will be the result. Mr. James Erwin, grandson of Henry Clay suicide.nt the St. Charles Hotel In consecutive years of the author's life. It The end is not yet." In Spain, Sweden, committed New Orleans April 3d. may in truth, be said, this Dictionary is the Denmark, Holland, and some other EuCol. John Rowan U. S. Charge to Naples, result of a scholar's life, who reached more from New York early in April. ropean governments, unsuccessful revolu- sailed It is said that Charles Sumner of Boston is than four score years. The present edition had Austria been made. In tionary attempts co-operating with Lamartine and his associates is issued under the supervision of Professor a republic has been proclaimed. All of the in preparing a constitution for France. Goodrich, of Vale College, assisted by sevItalian States seem to be heaving and rocking Never call Seamen out of their eral of his fellow professors, and other able by the volcanic fires of revolution. The Names.—We recently met with the captain men. Professor Goodrich has furnished a Pope's movements are the most mysterious of a ship, who enjoys the reputation of being memoir of the author that is certainly one of all. His predecessors checked all pro- one ofthe best of shipmasters. His ship of the most chaste and well-executed prois gress, while he takes the lead. The report always in good order. His men are obe- ductions of the kind, we ever read. Mr. of the death of the Emperor of Russia is not dient and cheerful to work. They know Webster was associated in his younger confirmed. It is impossible to gather from what to expect if everything is not done years with Washington, Jay, Marshall, the public prints the result ofthe revolution- ship-shape—it must be done over. This Hamilton, and others ofthat noble constellaary movements in Prussia. The present is a same master remarked, in our hearing, I tion of American Statesmen, who founded a time when the predictions of worldly-wise never call, neither do I allow any of my Republic which has been styled a model Repoliticians and sage diplomatists are no more officers to call the men out of their names." public. To crown all other excellences of to be depended upon than the prattle of This is right. It is a practice which every Webster's character, he was known and acchildren. "Thus saith the Lord God, re- shipmaster ought to adopt and strictly follow. knowledged as a Christian gentleman. His move the diadem, and take off the crown; A shipmaster or an officer has no moreright example may be safely held up for imitation this shall not be the same; exalt him that is to apply degrading and insulting epithets to to the youth of America, and the world. low, and abase him that is high. I will the crew, than the headman of a mechanical In conclusion," remarks Professor Goodoverturn, overturn, overturn it; and it shall or manufacturing establishment has a right to rich, it may be said that the name of Noah be ne more, until He come, whose right it address his journeymen by using profane, in- Webster, from the wide circle of some of his works, is known familiarly to a greater is."—Ez. 21; 26,27. decent and disgusting language. Very soon United States.—We copy the following would journeymen printers, carpenters, ma- number of the inhabitants of the United of other �m the Polynesian of July 22:— chinists, hatters, and other mechanics, give States, than the name, probably, any individual the father or his except Our dates from the United States are to the their foremen and employers to understand, th of April. Politics was the engrossing suhcountry." Each prominent statesman and general under such circumstances, that they must Large editions of Webster's Dictionary las his supporters. The choice of the Whig find other workmen. We are confident the been published in England, and we party lies between Gen. Taylor and Henry Clay, have unless the course pursued by the administration practice ofcalling seamen out of their names, shall be surprised if the present edition does towards' Gen. Scott excites a feeling of sympa- on ship-board, is one of the most fruitful thy, in which case his chance of election it nom- sources of disorderly and mutinous conduct. not meet with even a more rapid sale. "The inated would be good. The democratic party demand," it is said, "is increasing on both are undecided repecting their candidate. It is What sailor, if he possesses a spark of Eng•aid President Polk is desirous of nomination lish or American feeling, wishes to be called sides of the Atlantic; and the author might araia. If Geo. Taylor is nominated by the well be gratified to learn that a gentleman Whig Convention he will undoubtedly be elect- a dog, or something worse? Aside from the the is a there split, ed', but ifthere will lie no choice sinfulness of the practice, we maintain that who asked, some years since, at one of the people, when Mr. Clay's chances are by principal book-selling establishments ofLonit is equally improper to use profane langood. for the best English Dictionary on their don, It was the general opinion that the treaty of guage in addressing seamen. Two things peace would be ratified by the Mexican governshelves, had this work handed to bim, witb ment. Hon, Ambrose H. Sevier had been ap- are true—l. No master or officer possessing remark, That, Sir, is the only real Dicthe pointed Minister to Mexico. true self respect and becoming dignity, will The universal sentiment in the United States is allow himself to address to those under his tionary which we have of our language, that Gen. Scott has been treated with the gross- command profane, wicked, vulgar and inthough it was prepared by an American.' est injustice by the administration. The fact Ne sailor, possessing that he had requested a Court Martial to try sulting language. 2. certain offenders, and that, instead of comply- the least feeling of self respect and manHope is a flatterer, but the most uping, the President ordered the Hero of Cburu- liness, can, with indifference, hear such busco before s Court ofInquiry, is one well col- language addressed to him. right of all parasites. " ' . " " " " I lect. ' " �Tim mmim, Aimugil, \m. 61 " Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou will be conveyed on board the 'Ariane' cor- 'Yes,' was the gruff answer, which did shall find it after many days." Ecc. xi. 1. vette, which vessel sails, I believe, in three not interrupt the promenade. 'Well, Cap'n, I'm the Custom House offiIncidents illustrating this sentiment of the days. We expect from 7France, a Reprecer.' Preacher aro frequently occurring. The sentative of the people. W hat his operations none can conjecture. Some 'Oh, you are, are you ?' will amount following we copy from a private letter of think that theto,islands will be evacuated—l 'Yes,' said Zekiel, 'and I want your manan American correspondent, who is now set- do not—others that Papiete will be more ifest.* tled oVer a Presbyterian church in the State strongly fortified—this may be. Business is 'Go to thunder !' And with that the captain resumed his 'sublimely insignificant.' of New Jersey. S. When I mentioned about the re- march, Zekiel following hard upon his heels, "P. " To me, your papers have an interest, moval of tonnage dues on vessels bearing and looking over his shoulder in amazement. not only because they are edited by yourself the French flag, you will please bear in Here was a decided 'fix.' Such a case in those remote islands, but on account of mind that tonnage dues, Slc, were required was hardly in the books, and poor Zekiel some articles contained in them. 1 refer, in only on 'small craft' trading among the isl- was nearly at his wit's end. part, to the history of Pitcairu's Island. In ands. There are no port charges nor duties 'Look here, Cap'n,' said he at last, 'what, the early part of my labors in this place, we required from any nation." are you goin' to dv about it ? Ef you don't ordained a man to the office of elder who want to have no trouble out of it, I jest ada nahad formerly been a sailor. Though The Electric Telegraph.—Some one vise you as a friend, to gin me that are mantive of our state, Massachusetts, he had has kindly sent us a copy of the New York ifest' about as quick' as you kin, and I won't probably gone to sea without a bible. He re- Herald, which contains a map showing the say no more about it; I won't mention it to a at the ceived one from one ofthe missionaries livin soul. But ef you don't Sandwich Islands, which he yet has, after a distance now traversed by the magnetic 'Well, sir, what then ?' roared ' the caplapse of more than twenty years. He was also wires, such routes as are now in process of tain in a voice of thunder. at Pitcairn's Island, and there, to say all in a completion, and such as are proposed. The 'Why then,' said Zekiel, stepping back word, received religious impressions which United States, it appears, will soon be inter- to the bulwarks, 'I shall jest have to report were never effaced. He had given me a you to the Collector.' history of the island as far as he could, and sected by the wires running in every direcHe was over the schooner's side in one it was interesting, both to him and myself, to tion. Very soon, Boston and' New Orleans minute, and the next was pulling for the know more of it. It was also an interesting will be in communication. 3,240 miles of shore, with might and main. The moment fact in the missionary enterprise, that a citi- wire are now in daily use. As much more his keel touched, he leaped on shore like a zen of the State of Massachusetts should go maniac, and 'locomoteu' for the Custom to your islands to receive a bible, when they will very soon, is perhaps already, finished. House. were just coming into light, and to the still An aggregate of 10,000 miles will shortly 'Here, Mr. Collector,' he bawled out, less known Pitcairn's Island to receive his be completed. This rapid communication is 'come right away along with me—you are early, permanent, religious impressions." working amazing changes. Not many years wanted. Here's the very deuce to pay.— Reader, reflect upon these facts. The can elapse, ere the Atlantic and Pacific por- Here's an outlandish craft in our harbor, and the has been as saucy as a woodnames of the parties may be unknown to tions the country are thus joined. To sawyer'scap'n of clerk on half-pay, to me—and been facts. you, but there is no coloring of the show how rapidly intelligence can be con- a callin' of me names—and won't gi' me his' You may therein learn something in regard veyed, the Governor's message was tele- manifest.' to the mysteries of Divine Providence. How graphed from Albany to New York in two The Collector started off, post haste. Arlittle could that man, once a sailor, now an hours and a half; yet the message contained rived at the wharf, Zekiel pointed out the elder in a Presbyterian church, foresee the more than 5,000 words ! Shakspeare's fan- object of his alarm. 'Why, bless your soul, Mr. ——, said the; results of his visits to islands in the Pacific ! cy put a girdle round the earth in forty Collector, 'that's the Revenue Cutter—it's The faithful missionary may accomplish minutes," but magnetic electricity will out- sent here to watch you !' Zekiel sloped—the story got afloat, and in much good, aside from his labors among the strip poetic fancy ! the 'diggins' where it happened, there is not people to whom he is sent. Our lives, readto this day, a more fertile source of fun and: er, are mysteries. The only possible method Keeping a Sharp Look Out.—A friend merriment. Zekiel did not remain long in a of explanation is that of fully recognizing of ours related the following anecdote of the service, and he is sure to turn all sorts friend of his, which is entirely too good to be of colors now, when any one asks him how the doctrine of a particular Providence. A lost. Our friend's friend was a very worthy mysterious chain unites the cradle to the and sensible man in his way; nor had he ev- it was about boarding the Revenue Cutter. It is impossible for a man to trace er done anything to be the cause of wit in —[Weekly Symbdl. grave. all the individual links of that chain, and the others until he accepted a situation as InAmerican Newspapers in Russia.—The manner in which they are joined together, spector ofthe Customs at a small port of entry in Connecticut. There was very little Emperor Nicholas does not venture to albut it is the part of true wisdom to trust in business doing at this place, and a foreign low American newspapers and their liberal God, who sees the end from the beginning. arrival was quite an affair of moment; so sentiments upon the subject of civil and reliZekiel (that was our' worthy's Christian gious freedom, to circulate among the more Tahiti.—Late News.—By the arrival of name,)used to spend his days in fishing off a than fifty millions under his yoke. The adthe French Brig Perseverance, intelligence wharf, and looking out for strange sails in ministration of the Post Office in Russia has One day a 'long, Tow, black just published the list of the foreign newspato a late date has been received from the So- the offing. schooner' ran into port, dropped her pers which will be allowed to enter Russia looking ciety Islands. We copy the following ex- anchor, furled her sails, squared her yards, next year. The total number is 306, of tract from a letter dated Tahiti, July Bth. and made all snug aloft and alow. Zekiel which 156 are German; 103 French; 44 The Frenchmen here are all as happy momentarily expected that her captain would English; and 2 Polish. as possible since the late news from France; send her boat ashore with his 'manifest' for all charges by the government have been the Custom House, as in duty bound; but Labaina Chaplaincy.—We are glad remitted, such as licenses to traders, tonnage as hour after hour passed away without any learn that the Rev. Mr. Taylor has entered! dues on vessels bearing the French flag, such transaction, he began to be alarmed of the duties his station upon vesunder favor J for on board to sift the placed Determining and suspicious. guard charges From an matter to the bottom, he rolled up his fishing able prospects. The number of seamenl sels having spirits on board. official notice from Governor Lavaud, this line, jumped into a boat and pulled off for which has visited that port annually, for the! will last till the 31st of the ensuing Decem- the schooner, which he boarded. A man last ten or fifteen years, has loudly called! ber. A French sloop of war arrived, a few was pacing the deck, to and fro, with an abfor the services of a man entirely devoted tol days since, from the Marquesas Islands, with stracted air. their moral and religious welfare. They 'Cap'n Sir ?' said Zekiel. a detachment of troops for France. " " to �Tli HUME, AUGUST, 184*. 62 • lent example to his countrymen, by his regu- holy" is a command which rulers and ruled, lar attendance upon Divine service on Sab- persons in public and private life, arc most In contemplating Washington's character, bath mornings. Knowing his punctuality in solemnly bound to respect and obey. we arc naturally led to inquire respecting this respect, many who were anxious to see| We cannot forbear quoting some of Mr. his early training. It is a most happy cir- this great man, would repair to the gates of Wilberforce's remarks upon this subject. We commend these remarks to the careful cumstance that the world is in possession of Christ Church in Philadelphia, content to a sight of his person as he alighted perusal of such of our readers as may have obtain ■the most abundant materials upon this sub- from his coach, and walked into the sacred hitherto considered it of trifling account, ject. There can be no question that his building. where or how they spent the hours of the holy On Sunday evenings, the President was Sabbath :— mother's influence was most salutary in the formation of that character which haa become in the habit of reading to Mrs. Washington] " O what a blessed day," he says, " is in her chamber from sermons, or portions of.the Sabbath, which allows us a precious intho admiration of tho world. We earnestly ithc Sacred writings. terval wherein to pause, to come out from No visitors were admitted to the presi- the thickets of worldly concerns, and givo commend the following remarks to the attention of our readers, and especially of those dential mansion on Sundays, with a single ourselves up to heavenly and spiritual objects. who are indifferent to the moral and religious exception. Mr. Speaker Trumbull, private Observation and my own experience have Secretary to the General in Chief in the war convinced me that there is a blessing training of the young. Washington's habits, of the Revolution, paid a visit to the Presi- on a right employment of special these intervals. in regard to the subject of prayer and the dent of an hour on Sunday evenings. So One of their prime objects, in my judgment observance of the holy Sabbath, ought to punctual was this visitor, that German John, is, to strengthen our impressions of invisible the porter, would lay down his precisely things, and to induce a habit of living much put those of his countrymen to the blush, at seven o'clock, and repairpipe to the front under their influence." "O, what a blesswhose habits show that they live prayerless door, where he was sure to hear to a minute's ing is Sunday, interposed between the waves lives, and spend the Sabbath as the Sabbath exactness, the Speaker's Bell, as it was call- of worldly business, like tho divine path of ed in the family. At eight o'clock, the the Israelites through Jordan." " Blessed ought never to be spent. Speaker bade old John a cordial good night, be God, who hath appointed the Sabbath, and interposed these seasons ofrecollection." " Washington's religious impressions were and the door was closed till morning. derived from the teachings and examples of It was the wish ofall those attending on "It is a blessed thing to have the Sunday his admirable mother. Wholly confided to tho last hours of Washington, that the con- devoted to God." "There is nothing in her care and instruction, in tho eleventh solations of religion should have been ad- which I would recommend you to be more year of his age, it was left to this Spartan ministered to him, but tho extreme severity strictly conscientious than in keeping the mother to inculcate on the mind, and to fix of tho disease rendered it impossible. There Sabbath holy. By this I mean not only abdeeply in the heart of her illustrious off- was in truth, no interval of relief to his in- staining from all unbecoming sports, and spring, those truths of virtue, wisdom, and tense sufferings, from the moment of the common business, but from consuming time self control, that led to the glories of his first attack, till drath closed the scene. in frivolous conversation, paying or receiving after life. Yet assuredly his triumphant death, visits, which, among relations, often leads to " "The mother, stern and unyielding in gave ample proof of the sincerity of his a sad waste of this precious day. I can truly whatever she deemed just and right, exacted Christian life. When his most ancient com- declare that to me the Sabbath has been inthe most implicit obedience from all who panion in arms, and beloved friend of more valuable." were subject to her control. Henco Wash- than half a century, standing by his side, In writing to his friend, he says, I am ington, ere he was fitted to command, had Dr. James Craik, grasped his hand, and strongly impressed by the recollection "ofyour first learned to obey. burst into tears, Washington calmly observ- endeavor to prevail upon the lawyers to give "The mother was remarkable in the per- ed: Weep not for me, I am not afraid to up Sunday consultations, in which poor formance of her religious duties. She was die,'' then with more than Roman firmness Romilly would not concur." What became in the habit of retiring to a secluded spot in composing his limbs, and folding his hands of this same poor Romilly,* who would not tho vicinity of her dwelling, and there, in upon his breast, the Father of his Country consent, even at the solicitation of his friend, silence and solitude, apart from the world give up Sunday consultations? He lost ; and its concerns, this venerable lady would expired, quietly as though an infant died." to his reason, and terminated his own life. with her God. commune Four years afterwards, Castlereagh came "This pious yet unique habit, the mother A Sabbath-keeping Legislator. to the same untimely end. When Wilberof Washington persevered in, till past the Arrangements were made in the winter o. force heard of it, he exclaimed, " Poor feleightieth year of her age, and indeed, until 1816 for the British Parliament to open on low! He was certainly deranged tho had rendered her incapable of exMonday, January 10, but the great and good effect, probably, ofcontinued wear of mind. rtion of any sort. strong impression on my mind is, that it '■ Wilbcrforcc applied to head quarters, and The When Colonel Washington returned is the effect of the non-observance of the om his career of fame on the Frontier, had succeeded in having it deferred until the Sabbath; both as to abstracting from politics, arricd and settled at Mount Vernon, he following Thursday. This was done to pre- and from the constant recurring of the same jcame an active and zealous vestryman of and us-correcting the false views reflections, vent to being members of Parliament obliged ohick Church, in Truro Parish, County of worldly things, and bringing them down airfux, and continued as such, till called travel on the holy Sabbath. Although Wil- of to their true diminutivencss. Poor Castleupon to fulfil his high destinies in the service berforcc was burdened with labor and cares, reagh! He was the last man in the world j of his country. ho'woult! not allow himself to engage in who appeared to bo likely to be carried away "During the long and memorable events yet business on God's holy day. There into tho commission of such an act; so cool, worldly of the war of Independence, the Commander so self-possessed." "Jt is curious to hear in Chief was- often seen with his Bible in are many who ridicule the idea that the Sab- the newspapers speaking of incessant applihand, and on several occasions was discov- bath should be strictly kept, they contemptu- cation to business ; forgetting that by tho ered engaged in prayer. The story of Friend weekly admission of a day ofrest, which our Potts and tho Valley Forge is strictly true. ously scout at the conscientious scruples of Maker has enjoined, our faculties would bo "The worthy Quaker, while walking in religious people upon this subject, and they from preserved the effect of this constant the vicinity of the Cantonment of tho Valley would level all those barriers which human strain." Being reminded again, by the death Forge, in the Spring of 1778, saw a capnrthe Divine law, has erect- of Castlereagh, of the case of Sir Samuel isoncd charger tied to a tree, and hearing Inwvfounded upon of this day. We Romilly, he said, " If he had suffered his ed for the due observance sounds of a human voice, approached, till he to enjoy such occasional remission, it discovered the Commander in Chief on his rejoice «to learn from the public prints that mind is highly probable that the strings of life knees, engaged in fervent prayer to the God the attention of the religious community in would never have snapped from over-tension. of Providence, for success to the American England, Scotland and the United States, is Alas! alas! Poor fellow!" arms. Samuel Romilly, solctor-gerneral of England du"During the whole period of the first now directed to this all-impoi'ant subject. ringSir the administration of Fox, who terminated his life presidency, Washington afforded an excel- "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it November 2, ISIS." WaaM hsnhingditos other. 1 " " " : Iseasc — �THE FRIEND, AUGUST, 1848. 63 neatness depends upon the character and habits Catholic Relics.—The arms, legs, finWe copy the following interesting re- ferencein of each master and his officers. The general good health Whalemon's Shipping of whalemen, which is proverbial, goes for to prove the gers and toes of the saints are greatly mulmarks from the condition of the ships in this respect. That whale ships tiplied. There are eight arms of St. MatList," edited by Henry Lindsey. ordinarily return from iheir long and perilous voyages thew, three of St. John, and almost any numShip* with cargoes often of very great value, in a wonderfully Tiiu.AMF.mcAN Whaling Buhinesb, Whale neat Ships—That condition is here a matter of common observation, ber of St. Thomas-a-Becket. There are in or of the portion Whale and Masters public who live remote from places engaged iv the Whn!- and the master who brings home his ship in a dirty and the church of the Lateran, the ark made by have very erroneous ideas in relation to neglecled slate, finds himself below pur wheu a master Moses in the wilderness, the rod of Moses, -1115 business, and perhaps some with heller opportuni- is wanted. liicse matters, Third, as to Masters of Whale Ships.—An idea is en- and the table on which the last supper was ties to learn the truth, do not take the trouble. tertained in some quarters, that the masters of whale instituted by the Saviour. The table is enFirst, as to the Whaling business. It is very common ships are an ignorant, and boorish class of men, who by| 10 hear men speak with a kind of smirking, complacent tire at Rome; but there are many pieces of sneer of New Bedford, Nunlucket, and other similar pla- reason of hrute force can kill whales, and by reason of On the altar of the Lafishing villages, and many men, wise in their that same brute force, and brutal passion abuse the men! it in other places. as ces, crews. That idea is a false one. Con- teran are the heads ofPeter and Paul enown conceit, do this, who do not know the difference in composing their is facts;— ship by prudent, sider these a whale owned sa-l required on 10 carry enterprise, knowledge, nnd capital lo 40 tire; but there are pieces of them in Bilboa, the business of catching herring in a Vineyard brook, or gucious merchants, costs with outfits from 820,000 or 850,000; leaves home to visit the. remotest teas to be greatly honored by the monks. St. Peter's torn-cod from the end of n wharf. absent under the entire control of the master, from two To enlighten such benighted souls, let us ask them to and upwards, under the necessity of pro- Church is blessed with the cross of the penlook at the list of whale ships on this sheet, belonging to to four years the va- itent thief; with the lantern of Judas; with New Bedford alone, two hundred and fifty-four in num- curing in remote and perhap3 in savage places,ship; the the dice used by the soldiers in casting lots ber, let them multiply that number by 128,000, which is rious supplies which become necessary for the be visited, perhaps less than their average value as they soil, with voyage is to be conducted, as to the places lo the master, for the Saviour's garments; with the axe, outfits, upon their voyages, and they will get in this place the time of stay, &c, by ihe sole judgment of alone an aggregate capital of 5G,350,000 embarked in that because the voyages are so long mid such changes occur, saw, and hammer of St. Joseph; and with general instructions can be given by the owners! the tail ofBalaam's ass. Different churches business. "Allow twenty-five men 10 a ship,and you have that only of a man would owners of an aggregate of seamen in this port alone of 6,350. Lei before sailing. What kind sense be likely to select in whom to place so are enriched with.pieces of the wood of the them make the same calculations upon the other ships of common great a trust? would select a man of sterling in- cross; and were the pieces all brought toThey the United States on our list, and they will find a grand tegrity, of nautical skill, of knowledge of that peculiar gether, total of capital and seamen employed in this business they would make a hundred crosses. character and information lo conduct such a which will show il to be one of the lurcest, and most im- business, voyage, to negotiate lor supplies, and manage the import- In one church is some of the manna in the. portant branches of business in which this country has ant affairs of the ship at sea and on shore, and of such wilderness; in another some blossoms from' yet etnhnrked. One Edmund Burke, of whom those whom we now try manners, habits, and character as to qualify him rightly Aaron's rod, in another an arm ofSt. Simon; to enlighten may have heard spoke iv the British House lo govern ihe crew, upon whose physical efforts and hearty good will depends the success of Ihe enterprise.— in another the picture of the Virgin painted of Commons in 1775, as follows:— are disgraceful exceptions, but from a very exten- by Luke—in another one of her combs; "As to the wealth which the colonists have drawn There in sive knowledge of masters of whale ships at home, and from the sea by their fisheries, you had all that matter to see over two hundred masters and their another the combs of the apostles, but little | fully opened at your bar. You surely thought these ac- •in opportunity quisitions of value, for they seemed to excite your envy, ships during our recent visit to the Sandwich Islands, we used; in another a part of the body of St. and yet the spirit by which that enterprisingemployment aver confidently, that our whaling captains are of the Lazarus; that smells; in another a part of and our observation confirms has been exercised ooghl rather, in my opinion to have character first described, owners employ such men as common pru- the gospel of Mark, in his own handwriting;' raised esteem and admiration. And pray sir, what in the the belief that common sense The masters of whale in another a dence and dictate. parts other and look ■world is equal to it ? Pass by the finger of St. Ann, the Virgin's the control or advice of their owners, are sister; at the manner in which the New England people carry ships, beyond they in another St. Patrick's stick, with go into port for recruits to become on the whale fishery. While we follow them among the obliged when tumbling mountains of ice, and behold them penetrating merchants; and it is often the case that the supplies are which he drove venomous reptiles from Ireor otherwise held in such hands land; in another some ofSt. into the deepest frozen recesses of Hudson's Bay and monopolized by sharpers, Joseph's breath, as to make reasonable purchases very difficult; and we Davis' Straits; while we are looking for them beneath the know be gratified if they could see as caught by an angel in a vial; in another a that owners would Arctic circle, we hear that they have pierced into the ophave done, the perseverance, lact, skill and fidelity, piece of the rope with which Judas hung posite region of polar cold, that they are at the antipoles, we with which masters manage their business in foreign himself; and engaged under the frozen serpent of the south.— places in another some of the Virgin's hair which we visited. Many instances came under Falkland Islands, which seemed too remole and too roour observation which would have done credit to the first —in another some of her milk. And the mantic an object for the grasp of national ambition, is merchant on change in any commercial cily. monks but a 3iage and resting place for their victorious industry. once showed the their relics among Nor is the equinoctial heat more discouraging to them As to the moral character of masters, there are excep- spear and shield with which Michael encountions here also, but as a body they are as upright in their than the accumulated winter of both the poles. We deportment abroad as they are at home, and at borne they tered the dragon of Revelation; and some learn that while some of them draw the line and strike as high as any other class of men. the harpoon on the Coast of Africa, others run the longi- standregard the treatment of seamen, we believe that relic-monger had a feather from the wing of tude and pursue their game along the Coast ol Brazil.— weInare righttoin saying, that considering the length and the Holy Spirit, when taking the form of a, No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries, no climate all the difficulties of the voyage, it is remarkable now lit- dove he abode upon Christ at his baptism! that is not witness to their toil. Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous tle flogging or abuse takes place. In former times there and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this was greater severity, but now flogging is very rare, and Captain Stout has arrived by the Rhone, unfrequcnt, and wonderfully so when most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to brutal assaults very consider that the crews are made up of a miscella on business connected with theline of steamers which it has bees pursued by this recent people—a peo- we neous assortment alt of kindred, tongues and nations, and to run from Panama to Oregon. The corfple who are still in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the provocations of the officers sometimes, all that hu- tractors are the highly respectable firm of Howmanhood." bear. Unquestionably unjustifiable whip- land & man nature can the which in Burkes of business opinion Such was Mr. Aspinwall of New York. Three steamassaults sometimes take place, but upon return these Fishing Villages' are engaged, nearly three quar- pings and every body agrees home that reparation should be made ers of 1000 tons each and 600 horse power are ters of a century ago, when the business employed in- by the offender. Libels and suits arc frequently brought to commence plying every month from Panama almost every sea finitely less enterprise than now, when consequence of the against masters or officers for trivial offences, but nine to Oregon in January, 1849. They are to touch is vexed by almost every whaleship in out of ten not at the instance of the supposed suf- at thechief intermediate ports, but not at these disappearance of the monsters of the deep from their times ferer, but of some pettifogger, and for his benefit and not Islands for the former haunts. present. There will be a corSecond—as to the Whale Ships.—lt is equally com- the sailor's. But while real offences are growing more responding line of steamers to keep up the common to hear certain persons speak in disparaging terms rare, these fancy suits are also growing more unfrequent, promoters of them arc daily looked upon with munication between N. York and Chagres. The of whale ships, as of an inferior class, and kept in an un- and the contempt, and we trust that the time is soon mail from New York is expected to be conveyed comfortable and eithy condition. Look at the tonnage of greater the New Bedford list, and they may probably be taken coming when masters, officers, and men, will be in all to Oregon in one month. A pood practical cart what they should be, and pettifogging by excias a fair sample of the American ships engaged in the respects ting the passions and spunging the pockets of sailors, road is to be made across the Isthmus of Panatrade, they run from about 200 to 500 tons—and wo chalma, which for that purpose bas been surveyed lenge the world to produce an equal number of ships of will cease. as One word to the owners of whale ships—the world by Mr. Stevens of traveling celebrity. better quality or in better condition. A large portion of rings with the praises of sagacious merchants; their foreIfthe extensive gold-washings lately discoverthem are built as well as metal and limber can make and a half to cast combinations and results are lauded to the skies.— ed in California continue productive it is not to them, and going upon voyages of from one owners of whale ships are not thought of when such perils all the of But encountering years, and a half and four be doubted that the success of these steamers the seas for that length of time, and returning in safety are mentioned. In all such particulars they stand in the will be great; a vast population will be suddenly here and elsewhere point lo our as a general rule, proves beyond a question that they are front rank; and we can,for forecast, combination and re- .thrown into California; tho demand for Haand must be Bhips excellently built and in excellent con-] merchant princes, who sults need not be abashed when in presence of or compa- waiian produce will be greatly increased; an exdition. Exceptions there undoubtedly are, but they are, ring themselves found other! with merchants engaged in any other tensive commerce will start up between China in-any no more in proportion than are 10 be ihrunchof the great business of this great and thriving equal number of sbipa in any business. As to cleaiili-] and the north west coast, and we may look forness, any man or woman whu has ever been on board a country. We have departed from our usual rule and insert this ward to a line ofsteamers plying across the Pawhale ship ready for sea, in this port at any rate, knowsj I wha- cific and touching at these Islands. This would that they arc as neatly and comfortably arranged as anyj'long article, because our paper being devoted to theseeing business and having had opportunities of be of vast consequence to their prosperity, and vessel can be, and during the voyage, (with exceptions of, ling whale whale at home and mailers of and therefore the government ought M bold out eveships course) they are kept clean, painted, washed, comfortable,' abroad,ships thought right we people proper any! sea it and that who, in sweet and healthy, so far as is practicable at either from lack of opportunity lo observe, or from stu- ry possible inducement to gain so important an vessel. The business of culling in whales, trying out!pidity, have wrong notions on these subjects, should have object. No port in the worldpossesses greater fabusiness! and putting down oil, like a good many otherBroadway! un opportunity to correct them. cilities as a depot for steamers than Honolulu. operations, is not remarkably neat, and a Coal can easily be obtained at Vancouver's 1.-idandy or Boston exquisite would reprove the unman-l -nml, from Columbia river, and from New Casnerly corso'of a whale for coming between his nobility and the wind, but such seasons are short, and they are An Appropriate Sign.—There is a pub- tle, New South Wales, and to all three places reflection that the! cheered and made comfortable by tho lic-house in the Richmond road called the the produce of the Islands would afford profitaobjects of the voyage are thus being accomplished. Thej ble returns. —[Polynesian. ships as a whole, are kept neat and healthy, but the dif-l Widow's Lament. " ' . , • ' �THE FRIEND, AUGUST, 1848. 64 DONATIONS. DIED. Webster's Spelling Book.—ln the me- On the morning of the sth FOR THE CHAPEL, (TO PAY DEBT THEREON.) Instant, at her residence tn the Webster, D., written by L. L. town ofHonolulu, Kekuaaihue,relict or the late CRj.t. Wm, moir of Noah Capf. Wood, and ship's company of Ii II. M.'s Brig Sumner, ed 54 years, after a long and serious illness, which *|9 00 Pandora, Professor Goodrich, of Vale College, we she bore *f with patience, having been long resigned to meet her Smilh, ship Junius," 4 00 L-vfaeutly auxlous—to use her own expression—to Capt. and doom, " do 3 00 Mr. Whiting meet with the following interesting state- meet her ftod. ] 00 do Mr. Baker She was a kind friend, a good mother, and a sincere Chris"To tian.— do 75 [COMMINICATtIi. ments respecting his Spelling Book. A Portuguese Mr. Wallace, ship "John Cnggcsliall," 1 SO so great an extent has the Spelling Book do 50 Mr. Richmond PASSENGERS. 3 00 Dr. J. L. Burt, U. S. ship " Preble," been used, that during the twenty years in Per Correo tie T»lc»huano 20 00 from Tahiti—Messrs. Genlil and Brillsli Consulate, Honolulu, which he was employed in compiling his Due. the Mary fur Kamschaika—Capt. FOR SUPPORT or THE *' FRIEND." In 11. F. Snow, supercargo. A Friend, touching al the Islands, »'i 00 American Dictionary, the entire support of U. Friend, Ohio," 2 no S. ship " A his family was derived from the profits of NOTICE! this work, at a premium for copy right of MARINE To Seamen and Strangers.—Tlie Seamen's Chapless than a cent a copy. About twenty-four PORT OF HONOLULU. el is open for Public Worship every Sabbath, at 11 o'clock, A. M., and 74, P. M. Seats free. millions of this book have been published Religious services will be held at the Vestry-Room Arrived. difevery Thursday evening. Usually, there will be a Lecthe down to the present year, 1847, in June 28—American merchant chip Matilda, Lewis, 16 dayi ture delivered. Monterey, bound to China. at the Vestry ferent forms which it assumed under the dif- from July I—II BCo'i brig Mary Dare, Scarborough, 18 days The Seamen's Concert for Prayer is held Room the third Monday evening each month. from Columbia River, lumber, Sec, to II B Co's Annua. author; its popu- July and ferent revisions of the lo (of nations) visiting Seamen vessel* all belonging 4—II. H. M.'s surveying brig Pandora, Commander this port are mvilcd to call at the Chaplaincy Sludy, 59 daya from Panama. larity has gone on continually increasing. Wood, supplied with copies of July 4.—Chilean brig Correo do Talcahuano, Mangot, 19 da. where they will be gratuitously Tuhili, mdac to f. It. Vida. the Friend and other reading matter. It will be most The demand for some years past has averag- from July 9—Spanish brig Flccha, Vaaquct, 22 dayi from Santa convenient for the Chaplain lo receive calls from Seamen between 2 and 4 o'clock, P. M. ed about one million copies a year. To its Barbara. Hawaiian brig Euphcmia, Vioget, 19 daya from San FrnnPublic services at the Native Churches, on theSabbalh, influence, probably, more than to any other claco. July 11—American bark Georgian, Libbey, 21 daya from commence al Oi, A. M., and 2j, P. M. for that are we indebted remarkable cause, The Seamen's Reading Room is open at all hours of Tahiti. the day. Strangers arriving and having late foreign paP. ship Preble, Capt. Olynn, from Ililo. uniformity of pronunciation in our country, July 16—tl. ship, John Cnggeshal], Weal, pers, arc respectfully invited to aid in keeping said room 17—American July whale which is so often spoken of with surprise by New Bedford, IU month* out, 100 sperm. Put in on account supplied witn useful reading matter. of a munlty of the crew. English travelers." 13" Donations are respectfully solicited for the support ]B—American merchant ship Rhone, Hill, 33 daya from Cal- JOURNAL. of the Chaplaincy, and the publication of The Friend.' An annual report of all donations is made" to the American Seamen's Friend Society, in New York. Any perJuly 5 Am bark Mary, Knox, for Kamschalka. Consulate of the United States, J son contributing the sum of e:>o is entitled to become a July 11—Hawaiianschooner Mary,Tibbcy, for San Fran- Life Director ol the Society, and by 820 lo become on Rio dc Janeiro, May Mb,, 1847. J eiaco. Honorary Life Member. Sir,—l consider it my duty to inform you, that an B. M.'s brig Pandora, Commander Wood, desAmerican whaler has been seized at Ilha Grande, upon a July 15—11. SAMUEL C. DAMON, unknown. charge of violating the laws of Brazil, in exchanging oil tination Honolulu, April 1. if. Seamen's Chaplain. Chilean brig Correo dc Talcahuano, Mangot, for San Franfor wood and other necessaries ai a place other than a cisco. Notice to Lahaina Subscribers. English brig Mary Dare, Scarborough, for Columbia River. port of entry, without having paid duties thereon. ComThe Rev. Mr. Taylor will now act as Agent for the modore Rousseau promptly despatched the U. S. brig of Hawaiian schooner 8 8., Taylor for San Francisco. war Bainbridgc, lo warn all American whalers in the July 18—Hawaiian schooner Courrier dc Valparaiso, Ar- Friend," at Lahaina, and the irregularity which lias atSan Francisco. tended the forwarding of your papers, it is hoped, will no naud, for neighborhood of Illia Grande to proceed to sea immedilonger be experienced. Mr. T. will employ a corner, Memoranda. ately. Any vessel exchanging oil or other merchandise who will deliver the paper. for wood, water, or other necessaries, without having Importakt Mariners.—We are indebted to F. W. passed the same through the Custom house, and having Thompson, to for the following important marine intelli- D'Aubigne's History of the Reformation, Esq., paid duties ihereon, will be liable to seizure. Such being in 4 vols. the case, the only ports which can be safely visited by gence, forwarded for publication by Capt. Glynn of the I'. S. A few copies of this interesting work, elegantly bound whalers for refreshments are those in which Custom ship Preble: in cloth, are for sale at the Study of the Seamen's Chaphouses are established, to wit: Extract from tho Log of the U. S. ship Ohio at sea May Ist, lain. Para, Maranham, Pernamhuco, Rio Grande dc Norte, 1848. This edition is prefaced with the following notice by Maceyo, Bahia, Rio dc Janeiro, Santos, St. Catharine's, '2 h. rv. discovered from the maathead IheAbijos Rocks.— ihe author: and Rio Grande dc Sul. pm. threeof the Abijos Rocks in sight, bearing per " I have revised this translation line by line, and word I have written to you in order that should you judge it 4h. 30 mln. 8 Eby E about 23 miles distant; whichr according tn by word. It is the only one which 1 have corrected. expedient, you may warn American whalers coming with- compass J. H. Merle D'Avbione." "Signed, 30 >H mm. poaition place deg. our would them lat. sec in 24 in your Consulate, of the risk they will be exposed to, in long. 115 deg. 41 mln. No meridian waa observed visiting any port for refreshments in this empire, other but the latitude was obtained by observation History of the Hawaiian Islands : an altitude near noon, than the above. which may be two minutes out. Embracing iheir Antiquities, Mylhology, Legends, , lam Sir, respectfully your ohe't servant, Not* —TheFrench Admiral IluPetit Thouars In bis voyage by Europeans in ihe sixteenth century, re-dis60RHAM PARKER, U. S. Consul. ofthe Venus bays there are four rocks In Abijos Group. I Discovery saw only three vvhen I passed alitllo to the southward of them covery by Cook, wuh iheir Civil, Religious and Political To the U. S. Consul at the Sandwich Islands. from the earliest traditionory period to the presIn the Peacock ; but they are so lose together, one niny cover History ent time. By JAMES JACKSON JARVES. Third another, when on particular bearings. Rio dc Janeiro, April 19th 1847. Admiral Dv Peitt Thouars may be relied on for nil he des- edition. For sale at Chaplain's Sludy. Price, *1,00. We beg to inform you that the American Whaling as seen by himself. Just received and for Sale, Barque Sarah & Esther of Greenport, was brought in cribes •SAdmlral Dv Petit Thouars places the highest In lat. 24 deg here a few days since from Ilha Grande, by a Revenue 57 mln. 30 aec. north long. 115 deg. 45 mm. 20 sec. west; highAt the Chaplain's Study, a fresh supply of the publico. Cutter, charged with taking in wood and water and est one 95 feet. lions of Ihe American Tract Society. Chart corrected to 1832, puis lliem in lat. 24 Also—A complete sett of the " Christian Library," in giving Oil in exchange, thereby infringing the Revenue degArrowsmllh's 54 mm. long. 115 deg.3l mm. Laws. 45 vols. Price, *25,00. corrected chart* of our Exploring Expedition, 1844. It has been the custom for many years lor our whalers On the by furnished the Hydrographical Bureau at Washington for the NOTICE. and sealers to stop into Ilha Grande aad other small ports Ohio 74, neither or the above dangerous groups are lo he found. The subscriber being about lo leave for California, reon this coast for wood and water, and until the present THOS. AY. CATEBBV JONES, instance no opposition was ever made by the Brazilian Com. Pacific Squudron. quests all persons having demands against him lo present tne same for payment, and all persons indebted are reauthorities, but as we now understand orders have been Extracts from master commandant, now Commodore Thos. quested to settle immediately. found of the Ap. in ports givenJp capture ail foreign vessels aloop U. 8. ofwar PeaC. Jones' Official Report of the July 28. JOHN P. JAVNE. empire which are not of entry, we considei it well to give years tho and 1825,26 you this information, so that instructions may be given to cock'! crulae in the Pacific Ocean, in The Round. Friend, said and transmitted from New '27, dated Callao, May 14th, 1827, ports. your captains not to enter The Friend, bound, for one, two, or more years, can be We annex a list of the ports which have custom houses. York to Ihe Secretary or the Navy In October of the same obtained at the Chaplain's Study. $V A few entire sets And remain your most oh't servants, remain unsold. A deduction will be made from the subMAXWELL, WRIGHT & CO. year. the Rocks, 1827, running for Abijos scription price to persons purchasing more than one volList.—Rio dc Janeiro, Bahia, Pernambuco, Maranhas, On the Sfth of January, existence of which has always been doubted, as they had not ume. Para, Rio Grande, S. Jose do Norte, Porto A lege, Santos, been seen since their discovery In 1791; nt 3 cm. discovered St. Catharines, Alagoas, Paraliiba, Torlnlesa, Sergipe, hem nearly ahead, three In number, the largest of which is in Aracatv, Espinto Santo, Rio Grande dc Norte, Parana- lat 24 deg 67 mln 30 aec north, and west long 115 dog 38 mm 35 aec aa determined by our observations, which diUcr a little hiba, Paraaaqua, S. Borjs. fion the poaition assigned them on Arrowaniilli's Chart, hut A Monthly Journal devoted to Temperance, be implicitly relied on, though Arrowsmilh in that par- Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence. Moderators who have at List of the presided may ticular is sufficiently accurate for practical purposes. PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY Important to Whalemen. lao. Sailed. " — . — * "THE"FRIEND:" May 13th, 1827, at 4 pm. passed four miles to the northward SEAMEN'S CHAPLAIN. ofthe Hormlgas Rock and shnal. At 1-2 past 4 discovered the SAMUEL C. DAMON, island of San Lorenzo E 1-2 south by compass. TERMS. made 1836, In Charts of the coast of Peru, 1830, Rev. Samuel Whitney; 1831, Hiram Bingham; Captain Flliroy's Hormlgas Rocks. They are placed In lat. One copy per annum, -.--..-. ti,so a view ofLas IS3», Lorrin And.ews; 1833, Asa Thurston; 1831, Ane- gives deg 50 mln west. Thirty miles Two copies per annum, —--.--2,50 77 south, deg long mln 58 Tl Clark; 1836, mas Bishop; I*ls, Ephraim W. Wm. P. distant from the northwest point ofthe Island of San Lorenr.o, Five copies per annum, s^o Alexander; 1837, Jonathan S. Green; 1533, Asa Thurs- bearing annum, west by compass, which position has been adopted by copies per Ten soil ton—a delegate meeting) 1839, Richard Armstrong; 1840, Maury and Bowditch iv their Navigators. Tjj- Single copies and bound volumes for 1, 2, 3, 4 Lowell JONES. Baldwin; 1842, THOS. AP. C. Signed, John S. Emerson; 1841, Dwight anil j years may be obtained at the Study of the ChapTruecopy atllest Wm M Stewart, Secretary to Conuuander- lain. Smith; 1843, Benjamin W. Parker; 1844, David B. LyIS4C, Henry R. Hitchcock; 1848, Titus Coan. in Chief If. S. Naval forces, Pacific Ocean. the General Meetings of the Sandwich Islands Mission since the year 1830 : ' man; ------------- � 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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