https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/b1050429790d0342c084f5760a81cced.pdf 35890a7388d3bbdec363a9a05bb42419 PDF Text Text THEFRIEND. HONOLULU, SEPTEMBER'I, 18.50. No. 9 65 Vol. 8. Ed by the tabu; and then, another. In cer-|jthink, made acquainted with this affair,winch tain cases, the tabu forbade the lighting of ilt'iiiaiiili'il. |ii'rliii|)s, its intervention. Those 65 kukui-nut torches, the 'eating of fish and of meek and peaceful men were doubtless un6t> cocoa-nuts, lisliing, going out of the houses, willing to draw the severity ol' our governo7 was a-means of ap- ment upon this country-. They might also, 6" &.C. In other eases, it have believed that I'oly i>4-*-tn, 68 propriating to the exclusive use of the priests without sufficient reason, Agricultural Convention • 60 and chiefs an article which had become rare. after the revolution of July, two poor, perseShipwreck, 6a And often, the sole object ofit was to exhib- cuted missionaries would not be believed. II A new Era In India, 69 it the power of the priests to the minds of the such was their belief, they were in an error, >l Lin£i loDu Petit Thouar," f9 people, by making tlicm experience it, even and the protection of France would certainly Treaty between tl'c U, 8. mid Uawniiim l-lnmis, 70 own houses. The tabu then may be not have been withheld from them, if the MarineNewi, &c., \r 72 in their considered as a means,employed by 1 most! mutter had come to the knowledge of the powerful, to impose their wilj upon the most 'government; they will find evidence, of this feeble. From the chiefs it descended to thej The measures which will doubtless be takother classes;, the men hud made a thousand en tojirevent a recurrence of similar acts.* FrenVctohiseS f loop-of-war things tabu to the. women, among which The present is not a period of religious perTranslated for the Friend, from the French oj tilings were cocoa-nuts, certain kinds of fish, secutions. I have been assured fliat the orand bananas: neither were they permitted in der for the embarkation [of the two Catholic Adolphc linrrot. NO. VII i. stop in tne apartment where (he men took priests] and the arrangements which accomThe tabu tabu either permanent, or temporary their food. panied it were written entirety by the baud object of the tabu declared by the prieslsl Kiiinchaincha, as I have stated, diminished of u missionary known at Honolulu. I can Us operation on the people on the women, the severity of the penalty for breaking the hardly believe, notwithstanding, that in the penalty of breaking the tabu lessened by\ tabu; but it was not till the reign of Riho- nineteenth century, men belonging to a free Kamehamrha the system abolished in the riho, that the tabu was entirely abolished.— and enlightened nation could resolve to give reign of Rihoriho arrival of Catholic Mis- The women especially, and the people ex- such an example of persecution and intolersionaries—lheir success ill making pros- perienced the benefits of this religious re- ance. Messrs. Bax;hclot and Short are still elytes—sent to California measures liken form, which must be ascribed to the influ- in California, as I have been informed. by the French government to protect Catho-\ ence exerted by the American missionaries The alarm felt in Honolulu on the arrival lie missionaries Mr. Walch arrives or-\ upon the minds of tlie chiefs. Yet a cry ofj of the Bonitc was from the fear that she had dered to depart refuses to obey persecu-] horror arqiso in all the islands,when the high come to demand satisfaction fur this injustice tion of the Hawaiian Catholics reply of the priest proclaimed the tabu abolished: but Mr. Walch, an Irish Catholic missionary had King, whenspoken to on the subject spread, this people, so mild and so easily governed, arrived, a few days before and received a ; !>ut, in of the Presbyterian religion over the is lauds* very soon forgo! their wooden gods; they de- verbal order to.depart immediately conversion of the natives declared to be al-\ stroyed the idols to which they had so long iaccordance with the advice of the English most entirely nominal general meeting of\ sacrificed human victims, and, following the iconsul, he hud refused to obey unless he order the mission Lalutina printing offices example of the chiefs, they prostrated them-ishould receive a written order. weThis uilived; of to sent the that him day on it-! the altars the new was be Hawaiiaiibook's selves crowd* before chiejhj in newspapers, fig-tons subjects—reason for not publishing| religion. The regent, Kaiihumanu, was one but 1 the presence of the Bonite. doubtless* 6ooA-s of history mistake of the mission-] of Hie first to embrace Christianity, and she produced a change in the intentions ofKinau. aries the course which should hare been gave all her influence to the efforts put forth The order was noj sent, and sixteen t(ays afpursued. by the missionaries to establish and spread iter, at the time of our departure, Mr."Welch had not only not received it, but there had The iaou, which 1 have often mentioned, the Christian religion. believe, two Cathbeen 1 nothing more said to him about leaving later, u sometimes soine-i little 1827 religious, A in was prohibition, times civil, of the'use of certain things.—| olic missionaries, Messrs. Hachelot and As an English sloop-of-war, the Actoon, arThey were even forbidden to touch, or look Short, arrived at Honolulu; they established rived at Honolulu the day that we sailed, it at them. Tabu was eilher temporary, or themselves there at lirst without opposition, iis not probable that Mr, Walch will experi•permanent. Tlie permanent in" sacred tabu and, as all the inhabitants testify, their pub- ience any further molestation. But the proswas inherent in the thing declared tabu.— lie and private conduct was always exompla-1elytes niade by the two Catholic missionaries who would Thus-, the person ofthe king pud ofthe priests, ry. Mild, affable, humble, devoting them- were cruelly persecuted.faithAll were cast into the house of the king, the place where he selves without ambition and without selfish- inot abjure the Catholic and sentenced to the basest labors.— j bathed, the temples, the offerings made to the ness to their work of regeneration, they soon prison Some ofihem are still "loaning in dungeons were a number of Then: proselytes. always made" great gods, and the royal sepulchres tabu. By degrees tjie priests and chiefs ex- the Protestant missionaries begun to believe When mention was made to the king of the Catholic tended the tabu and made 11 speculation of it that the competition of the Catholic inissimi-ji the violence enacted against had Certain kinds of fiaathera and of fishes be- aries would become dangerous, and they took' missionaries, lie replied that this act came tabu to the people: only the king and measures to arrest it. One day in 1832, the itaken place under the'regoncy ofKaahumawith it, principal chiefs could war those feathers two missionaries were dragged from tlieir.inu, that he had nothing at all to do be held he could not that, consequently, Kaahumanu, The of the residence order of on and by put infraction and eat those fishes. i He furthermore added that he permanent tabu was. almost always punished board a Hawaiian vessel, mid,after a month's iresponsible.of the fact that almost all the wars with death: very severe corporal punishment voyage during which they suffered the great- iwas aware the states of Europe. had disquieted who violated the est were landed on the coast which privations, they was inflicted upon those ofCalifornia, forty miles from any habitation, temporal tabu. •cjincc accusal <■■ wHnao.tka French government The priests sometimes pronounced a gen- without food, without water, and without have mint t!i!» n frigate, to tin- Sandwich M»».le; Hie afinmaiulaui wholo somearms to defend themselves the wild country, oflliii aln.i liai taken evidence, upon the auot, of thu ecnudal against eral tabu upon the Hint ~vi iUiu-c of |.o»it, and lliere l« every rcnann lo believe nines on a village, and sometimes, upon a beasts. r„r lhr Inture. thecharacter ofFrench and of Catholic villi not single house Now one thing was interdict- The French government were never, Iibe a enuae nt opyrcaatos in tbtve Uloi J. CONTENTS. OK THE FRIEND, VlHitof the Boniie, Note by the Editor i • Cheap vi dear Spirit.., • An Editor in Trouble, - BEPTKMHER 1, ISM. - '- - - . . - - - • Jin Bonite, toin1836. ISsaltndhnwdicseh —— — — — — —— — — — — — —— — —, —— —— — — ' ' ' ', �66 THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1850. were occasioned by the co-existence of two very great number of books printed in Ha- and to undervalue the benefits of civilization. rival religions. The Presbyterian religion waiian, very,few had reference to the pro- It was not requisite that they should hear the having first been taught on the Sandwich Is- gress of industry, or of science: all, with the mystic language of the Bible; their minds lands, another religion, he said, could not be exception of a.few elementary works of arith- were not sufficiently mature to comprehend adinittetl; and it was only in this way that metic and geography, were on religious sub- these sublime truths. It was enough lor them he could preserve tranquility among his peo- jects, such as commentaries on the Bible, to learn the fundamental doctrines of the ple: one religion was abundantly sufficientIcatechisms for the use of the natives, or Christian religion, those simple and puie for 10(1, or 150,0011 inhabitants. Kauikea- hymn books. I do not, by any means, deny doctrines which they could easily understand. ouli, in speaking thus,gave evidence of great ; the utility of these works, nor their indispen- It was necessary to put forth eflbrts for the wisdom; and moreover, of a knowledge ol sable necessity even; but Lean give no rea- physical well-being of the people, to enjoy history which 1 should not have suspected. |son why the missionai ies, always so zealous speedily the fruits of that civilization which I cordially approve of the principle advocat- land persevering in their religious duties, has been bi ought to tliein. The missionaries ed by the king; hut those who taught him so have altogether neglected to impart to the would have been able to use their unlimited fine a sentiment should have ndtled that in Islanders any notions of industry, of the me- influence in order to do away those despotic the United Stales there is a greater variety chanic arts, of manufactures, and of agri- institutions which give up the fortunes of the of religious opinions perhaps than in any culture; notions, without which, the natives natives to the caprice of a chief, and to reother country; that the Catholics are not can derive no advantage from civilization. I place them by wise and liberal laws. How persecuted there; and that the nation is not, {testified my surprise that I had not found could the citizens of a free people suffer such on account of religion, desolated with civil any knowledge of history amnny the chiefs, abuses to exist? Were they afraid of going war; that intolerence is the primary cause ,and the answer was made that in reading the( too far and of compromising their influence? of disorders; and that in violating the indi- history of other nations, the natives would jThey have, forsooth, managed this people as vidual liberty of the Catholic missionaries, only learn too soon to be corrupt and per- jlhey pleased. They have taken from them and in banishing them by an nrbitary act, verse; that it would be better, for civiliza- their costume, their habits and religion.— Kaahumanu perpetrated a deed of hateful tion to enter the country by n purermediuin, They have seen the high priest himself prointolerence. and that those who had charge of the mission claiming the weakness of the gods and, at At the present time, the Presbyterian re- would know when it would be a sui'ahle time their word, applying the torch to those temligion is spread overall the Sandwich Islands to make known to theinhabitants of the Sand- ples and idols by which he governed the peothat is, the natives, on the sabbath, attend wich Islands the history of the nations of the ple; and they have been afraid to meddle religious worship in the churches of therres- old world, taking care to prune off every with the absurd laws which were enacted in byteriun missionaries ; but unfortunately, thing having a tendency to awaken polluting times of despotism and barbarism-; in times, with very few exceptions, this conversion is ideas in the readers. In the mean time, however, when the caprice and cupidity of almost always entirely nominal. Indeed,the this people coming in daily conflict with the chiefs being necessarily limited, those natives are not yet in a condition to under- runaway sailors and with vagrants, and who laws were far less oppressive than at present! stand their new religion; moreover, it is sec, with but very few exceptions, only the Verily the system pursued in the Sandwich presented to them under an aspect too severe refuse of society, are becoming contaminated Islands cannot be too severely condemned, and mystical. In all places at a distance by this ruinous intercourse without being when the consequences are considered. from the residence of the missionaries, the able to oppose to the evil the natural defence In fine, although the property of the citiislanders have preserved, if not the barbar- which is found in the occupations of industry zen should be made inviolable; although ous customs of their old religion, at least and in a more enlarged and liberal educa- just bounds should be placed to the despotism their absurd superstitions. The work is then tion. of the chiefs, yet, at the same time, the'deonly commenced; but the force of circumThe best means of rendering the new re- velopment of commerce, of industry, and of stances, in spite, of the system pursued by ligion dear to this people would have been agriculture ought to be patronized in every the missionaries, will work out for this peo- to demonstrate to them that their present possible way; and to accomplish this foreignple those moral and physical improvements, condition could only be improved by the ers ought to be invited in and encouraged. which a belter management would have se- change: but they have experienced, even to To throw obstacle upon obstacle in Ihe way cured much sooner. this day only the privations and the sternness of their establishment in the country, as has The missionaries of tho different Islands of the religion which has been imposed upon been done, was not sound policy. assemble every year at Honolulu; a schoon- them. It has subjected them to a life to But, the objection will be made, it is forer which belongs to the mission goes for them which they were not accustomed ; it demands eigners that have corrupted the native populatheir different of This places to residence. a large part of the time which they ure able tion. I admit it, and that was the first effect is a sort of annual council where each one re- to devote to labor; it forbids their engaging that the contact of civilization ought to proportsthe results ofhis labors during the year, in the sports and amusements to which they duce. It was an inevitable evil; but the and where they concert measures lor the fu- were attached; and as an offset,it offers them only possible remedy should have been apture. All the Missionaries of the Sandwich nothing but purely metaphysical advantages plied, and in the very cause of the evil the Islands arc Amei icans, as all those of the which they can neither appreciate nor con- remedy was to be Ibund. You should either Society Islands are English. It is by a kind ceive of. have left this savage people as you found of tacit agreement thnt the clergy of these] Moreover, this people, which early navi- them and withdrawn from them; or else you two nations have divided the spiritual domi- gators represented as so happy in their na- should have drawn them away from the perto nation, and I am almost ready add, the kedness, seemed to us to be miserable under nicious influence of the only European socitemporal also, of the Islands of the Pacific. the rags with which civilization has covered ety known to them; and the settlement in the Lahaina on the Island of Maui may be them. What then has been gained by the country of industrious foreigners, merchants, considered as the capital of the mission. It change? When Cook discovered the Sand- agriculturists, &c, could only bring about is there that the missionaries have their prin-j wich Islands he found the inhabitants cheer- ibis result. Is it to be believed thnt savages cipal establishment and their high school, a ful and happy. Their enjoyment was mate- can lake examples in morals from the sailors sort of nursery where are trained the moni- rial, it is true; with mental pleasures they of whale ships? tors who are to assist the missionaries in were unacquainted. Living with scarcely Note ht the Editou."—Wo have heard their labors. the least reference to ihe future, they were There is a printing office at Lahaina and 1not even conscious of their dignity as men. the remark that '* notes, and corrections " two at Honolulu, one of which belongs to thel They have been deprived of their sensual should have accompanied these translations. mission ami the other, to the editor of a enjoyments, and mental pleasures have not It has not escaped our observation that M. newspaper published in English and called' been furnished forthem. I know that civiliThe Sandwich Island Gazette. The Gazette zation always commences in this way, and Adolph Rarrot evinces but a limited knowlis a weekly paper, edited by an American, 1that it must destroy barbarism in* order to edge of facts, in many of his statements, but and opposed to the missionaries. The Ke\ create upon Its ruins. But has all been so much having already been written upon k'umn (Ilainbeau, professor) a newspaper done that ought to be done? Has the path, published in Hawaiian by the missionaries, pointed But by reason, humanity, and even by the Sandwich Islands, we have preferred to contains nothing but the notices of the arri- the interests of religion, been pursued? leave our readers to consult the numerous val and sailing of vessels, and extracts from Surely not; and where it has not, the natives books and publications relating to the points religious works. I observed that among the will be found to regret their ancient customs treated upon in these successive articles — �THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1850 the'; not care so much about them, besides wheni ly) and Observer, (weekly) 67 M. Barret takes occasion to censure appears to have American Missionaries upon one point in thisjspirits arc held at a high price; in consc- -.acquired great influence throughout the colnumber that we think might as well have quence of high duties, it holds out a great ony, and his papers to have a very extensive t been passed over, by one who omits no occa- ■temptation to smugglers. Our readers are circulation. "The from of his offending" sion wherein he may extol the Catholic Mis-''aware of the forcible attempts wbich were'!,toppears to be this—in the month of Fcbrua" mild, affable, humble, devoting made by the French, one year since, to com-]•jry Inst died in Adelaide, a prison who had themselves without ambition and without't pel the Hawaiian Government to diminish the!,acquired considerable iullueiice, and a large " "selfishness to their work of regeneration."!'duty on French Brandy. Had that attempt Ifortune, by his mercantile ami mining enterThe point we refer to is that of not print- been successful, it is our honest belief itl prizes. His funeral was attended t>v an iming more books in the Hawaiian language,! would have done immense injury to the nu- mcnse crowd of the people of Adelaide. In upon " the progress of industry or science,"merous seamen visiting this pott, preparing an obituary notice, the editor reand a less number upon " religious subjects i The following extract is taken from a pii- jfers in most laudatory language tv the supe" such as commentaries on the Bible, cate- vale letter which we have recently received rior" mercantile qualifications." " the sound the Rev. E. E. Adams, American Seaeducation," and other desirable traits of " chisms for die use of the natives, and' books." Whether the American)ijmen's Chaplain, at Havre, in France "hymn character possessed by the deceased, renilciMissionaries have been particularly ccnsu-i " I am safe in saving that a third of the■ ing him a favorite among the colonists. He ruble in this respect, we leave our readers to■ sailors now in port have been intoxicated this was comparatively a young man in the prime Wherever 1 go, I meet men King on infer by perusing the following sataloguc of•week. floors, in the streets, in the forecastles, per- of life, but had unquestionably fallen a viepublications issued from the American Mis- fectly helpless anil senseless ; but brandy is tim to intemperance. To which failing the sion Press previous to 1815 : so cheap and the temptations ure so abtin- editor thus alludes : Elementary Loifim dant, that although many make the most soFirst Tearh r for children. The large and sudden accumulation of Decaloyu* and Lnrd*« Prayer. Tract on A»troti<>n,y. lemn resolutions and take pledges, yet they " Map.* of tittered (.eugiaphy. Scripture Doctrine* property, however, proved a snare, and the Chief*. tin; Th< uiiiin-. of I lie Hivfcen Sermon.. go with the pledge in their pocket to Tracj of Lying. deceased unhappily fell into habits of intemSermon on ihc Mount. we dram The last month had four hunshop. llyifini-. tributesof God. At Hawaiian First bonk fur teaching Kin*. | dred sailors, and they were generally very perance, which beclouded the latter portion First book f«»r Children. Universal Geography. Mitral ifelriirc of his life, and underminingp a fine natural "steady, and my visits among them pro-j■I Key ti> tN.lbmn New Testament Fowle's Uln Id's Arithmetic Heavenly M.tiniH. so visible that the captains(Constitution, " brought down his strength in an effect jtluced Animal, of tlic earth 11 luna for children. Hawaiian History. land rons Til gave me united testimony of their;'ibis journey and shortened his days." It is Catechism on Genesis consolatory, however, to know, that in his Geometry i«»r children. Cnlbum** Algebra. gratitude and interest. Rut it is often up-hillIIlast A- atomy. Tra/1 «n Marrmee. moments he was able to express contriScripture 10-niw. Snored Geography work. swear at me—pluy cards in the! They and his sorrowing friends have hope in Mathematics. Geometry, Trhjtion, Geoeriii'liifHl queMionr. walk up and: onomelry. Meiom-ation, Bur midst of my evening meetings, Uihlccliiii honk. death." {his Navigation. hii.l veyiiig, Culbuni's arithmetic, down the room with their thumbs at their noTihi-i on Iniemperai cc. Iltatorf ofltraaia. ses, and saying, 'go preach to the captains.' For writing this paragraph, a portion of Hihle rla*ii hook, vol ii. Lama Hawaii, newspaper. »■»■ ■•!* " Hawaiian almanac. This does not last long, for I am sure to1the colonists have vowed vengeance. The " study globes. Keith's ft the Voc. bu.ary. preach them down, and then they are ashamCOmpead of Ancient History, Volume of Sermons. Sandwich Island* Laws. subject is exciting much interest in parts of i;i.ii«iqui-'i"iis. RngtWl and Hawaiian lessons ed and beg niv pardon." (•n,lnirt.**Scijnel. Public the prophecies. for children. Keith mi History of Beasts If the state of things is any better in Ho- the colony away from Adelaide. Dying le.tla.anj or christian* Hawaiian Teacher. called, and the meetingsjiave been ami InfMel*. Child*. Teacher, " peonolulu, I am confident we owe it, in part, at I'ailevV Algebra. Datly fond declare that the editor of the ple Register for school*. Remittta book " 'awaiian flrammar. least, to the high price of intoxicating drinks Mml-montnty Plrei rnulins bin k ftirchiMreo.Messenger, crushed, the venders although shall not be Eng. ti 1 in History Hafaliath. of the Tract on the and the heavy penalties imposed upon the Hawaiian Hihle. Maps of t Geography. they will no londrink declare tiiat strong of book the rhronnloijv i IV mi son!. hist. Clnl Scripture [.üblieans unless they keep within Ihe strict Ilyini.h revised uud ealargcd. Matural Theology. ger advertise in the columns of the Register Noaannna, nrwupnppr. Ilvinna with tone-. letter of the law, which is very explicit, in Arllc-M oCftulh and eaiNMM. Linear Drawing. or Observer. In our humble opinion, the Church History. Little Philosopher. regard to the sale of intoxicating liquors to Erg and Hawaiian Grammar. Morel Philosophy character of Mr. Stephens' papers would be natives, and the closing of their shops at I'llcrim** "ns-nee, Tract on Popery decidedly improved by this withdrawal of beside We regret our inability to place night. The simple truth is, unless King Alnotices." issued rum this catalogue the list of publications cohol is fettered and handcuffed by stringent " from the Catholic Press. We have never police regulations and wholesome laws, there While all due respect should be paid to met with but two or three small publications, is no peace in the community where His the feelings of surviving friends, in noticing printed at that Press, and they were nwst Rebel Majesty exerts an influence. Only the deaths of those who have unquestionably strictly confined to the peculiar tenets of the contemplate the hubbub that was recently shortened their lives in consequence of their Romish Church. produced in the town of Adelaide, Southi intemperate habits, yet we can well conceive We think if Ihe Hawaiian* had been left '{Australia, because an humble editor pre- that there may be instances where an editor to derive their knowledge of industry and isuined to inform his readers that a w.ealthy ought not to keep silence, but for the good "science," "history and the world," from'person had "unhappily fell into habits of in- .of the living, for the welfare of the young, the truth should be told. It seems strange, the publications ol the Catholic Press, it .tempernnce " and in consequence died. that editors, ministers, physician*, moralists, would have been far less than it is at present. and every body else, may talk, and write An Editor its Trouble. In glancing over a file of the daily "Southi about the causes of death, with this exceptAustralian Register," published at Adelaide, ion, if a person dies through intemperance, Cevharsp. pirits. DS a flourishing town in one of the British col- not a word must be said or written ! Ki\l a who with persons, meet -1 onies of New Holland, our attention hasI man with a knife, shoot him with a gun, We occasionally 1 been arrested by notices of a powerful com- strangle him with a hair, hang him with a the most cordial good claim for themselves die of hunger, poison, thirst, or wishes for public morals and temperance, bination of rum sellers, rum drinkers, and)rope, let him let j him kill himself, be killed by anothyet assert that it makes no difference wheth- other friends of Old Alcohol, to crush the cold, or die ? er, to the as a natural death, or fall by any of " Register," or make the Editor mum reer spirits are cheap or dear, in regard and ninety nine ills that nine hundred is, the effects of drinks. t he Mr. gards intoxicating amount of drunkenness. Their argument afflict it is proper to publish long mankind, the of the will (daiStevens, who drink publisher I Register, make spirits cheap, and those : i ; ,• •11from ' : : , • rt . ' , : FRIENDTOF EMPERANCE. . ■ " : ,- , . .. . �THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1850. 68 and detailed accounts, but if the rum sellers' France has established a Botany Boy for the; press and has appeared in the Polynesian poisons despatch a fellow mortal, it is highly safe keeping of her criminals. The law fix-,.1 We availed onrsclves of the privilege «l improper to say a word, or write n sentence. es the Marquesas Islands as the place off attending most of the meetings of the Con:Oh, no, let brandy slay its thousands, and punishment,—providing that the punishment vent ion. Many of the discussions were able even its tens of thousands, not a word musl for political offences hitherto punished by and instructive. It was interesting to hear bo uttered, no pole of warning lie sounded. dentil, shall he the detention in a fortifiedI men speak upon agricultural prospects ot At such times, the rum-seller and Ins abet- enclosure sufficiently large for agriculturalI the Islands, who were not strangers to daily tors, aio remarkably tender of the feelings labor, though such as to subject the prison- manual labor. The planters and farmers of the Islands are laboring and practical men of the friends ol the deceasetl drunkard ! ers still to police regulation." Committees were appointed to report on vaPity tin v wore not equally sensitive while Tin Kveni.nc! Picayune.—This is the rious branches of Agriculture, Horticulture, pursuit)!; a tin(in. that lias filled the world sixth daily paper now issued in San Franand kindred topics, at the next annual meetwith lamentation, wrung (lie widow's heart cisco. Like the other dailies published ing,in .August 1851;—when we believe there with grief, ii'id left ihe orphan a beggar ! there, it presents a remarkably neat typowill he an exhibition that will do honor to the graphical page. It is a most striking fact Islands. 'I that in the shnit space of less than one yearj The following officers were chosen for the six daily papers should bo started and susensuing year:— HONOLULU, SKPTKtMBKi. I, 1850. tained in a city, where the streets are, as yet,l President, Win. L. Lee. unpaved, and the side-walks unlaid. The, Pice President, Benjamin Pitman,.G. S POLYNESIA. Picayune is published by Guihon & Co., and Kcnway, Hawaii; 1,. L. Torbert, Maui; S Strong's Island.—Capt.Calott, com maud-' edited by I'. A. Brinsmnde, Esq May suc'jG. Dwight, Molokai; Stephen Reynolds. ing "Hobeoricok," lii days from Stioug's cess crown the most sanguine expectations!"\Oahu; Godfrey Rhodes, Kauai. Island informs us lliat lie came nearly direct, of both publishers and editor. We can, ati Treasurer; S. N. Castle. and that (it) days would he about an average this remote distance, perceive but one draw-: Corresponding Secretary, K. P. Bond. passage form Iheni c to I [onolulu. 11" estiback upon the enterprise, which is that the Rewriting Secretary, R. M. ttowlin, Esq. mates the population at 1,500 natives, and publishers propose issuing "The Sunday Executive. Committee, ChairR. W. Wood, reports 1 foreigners living there, and thinks .Morning Review." To edit, pifblish, sell man; J. F. B. Marshall, Wesley Nowcomb, a Missionary would be well received anil pro- .and distribute a Sunday paper appears to be tected by the King. Fie thinks that tin pns- so flagrant a violation of the command, E. O. Hall, G. A. Lathrop. In a few weeks will be published tiie Ist sage hence, to Strong's Island would not ."Remember the Sabbath day to keep it hoReport of the Proceedings of the "Hoval exceed 15 days. The Island is fertile and' ly,'' that wo arc by no means inclined to''Hawaiian Agricultural Society." mountanous, and about (50 miles in circum- 1 wish the publishers and editor success in The first beneficial results of the Convenferencc. The population is now decreasing,'this part of their enterprise. Before ejnthrough the prevalence ot colds,consumption jbnrking funds in the publication of a Sunday tion, we would mention, is an effort about to be made by the planters to introduce laborers and other diseases. paper, even in a pecuniary point of view, from China. Ascension Island. Cant. Hull of the iwc think it would be well 'to count the cost.' Romulus, visited this Island, last Spring,and Thus saith the Lord, lake heed to yourselves, France.—Our Correspondent at Havre. ' reports, thai liom information Unit iiiiulit be that i/c bear no burden on the Sabbath dat/.' under date of April 29, writes as follows:— relied ttpof), a Missionary would he well reIf editing and publishing a newspaper on the "France is quiet, although, there are forceived and protected by the Chiefs. There Sabbath is not burdensome, it is vastly differ- bodings of some serious change. I do not are about !!>()_ foreigners residing opon the ent from the same description of labor on a apprehend Any thing. The country is com[stand. Ships can he well supplied with week day. i mitted to Republicanism, and in spite of a yams, hogs, and fowls, nt low prices. Asstrong monarchical feeling on the port of Agricultural Convention. cension island is about 5° to the Eastward merchants and such like, there is an extreme We most sincerely regret that the narrow of Strong's. tendency on the part of most litspace which our small sheet affords for top- democratic Catherine's Islam;.—The Pacific News ics erary men. The worst thing in France is of this nature will not allow us to make a the spirit of persecution. It is difficult to disreports "Theship William Melville arrived full report of the proceedings of the Convenlate, from Lancaster, Van Dicman's Land. tribute tracts and Bibles, legally, without beOn the voyage she touched at Catherine's'tion. The Sessions were held on four sucencountered by some ignorant major or ing Island, (one of Patterson's group) the 13th icessive days, at Maunakiliku. On the evebigotted priest. Yet the cnuse of true piety a for the of May, purpose obtaining supply'ning of tho first day, it large audience asadvances and there is a large demand for offresh vvater, and (lie natives decoyed the] crew tn the hush, and murdered two men,| sented at the Chapel, to listen to the open- Evangelical preaching, and France is blest passengers, Mr. Francis Lecny and Daniel ]ing address of Judge Lee. which was elo- with some of most eloquent prntestant the McQ,ueeny, of Lancaster. The other fouri<quently delivered, and prepared with care. poachers of the We will hopo that men who were ashore escaped by swimming]A copy was requested for the prcssjlhnd ap- she may become asday. offto the vessel, as the unlives h»d captured! enlightened and free as the boat and hauled u ashore. We shouldl peared in Ihe Polynesian of August l?th.— her position requires and her privileges deNo sooner had his tones ceased, amid maninot wonder if John Buil will yet give thesei mand." savages a severe chastisement for tnis out-i festations of decided applause,than 11. H. M. rage " Minister of Foreign Relations, Mr. Wyllie, Shipwreck and Loss of Life.—The brig Maro.uf.sas Islands.—lt wuii la'.ely re-!,commenced speaking upon the same general Frolic, of Boston, E. H. Faucon, master from China, the I6lh of June, was ported that the French Authorities had aban- i topic, to the manifest delight and instruction lost on a reef, about sixty miles nbovctotally Fort doned the group, and removed their inovea- of the audience. The speaker exhibited most Ross, on the night of the 2oth ult. Six ol ble property to Tahiti. Only an old Padre interesting results of his Antiquarian re- the crew were lost in the vessel. Ihe reremaining. According to more recent intel- isearches into the annals of the Hawaiian Na- mainder landed about 5 <jr 6 miles from the saving nothing but what they stood in ligence, we learn that "the Republic ofition His address was also requested for the reef, The cuptain and officers with three mer -: Till: FRIEND. ' ''' ' : , �THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1850 69 reached Fort Ross in one of the boats, on the cannibals to Yengin, and who related the CORNER. .'list. The rest of the crew are travelling facts to Mr. Miller, who now takes up the 1 down by land, as one of the boats proved to narrative in person, and who writes finm Mr. For the Friend. 11NF.H rO UU PETIT THOllAll lie very leaky, and the men perlerred the Fitzgerald's beehe-le-mer establishment att RV AN BNULISHMAN. land routo. The reef on which the Frolic the north end of New Caledonia, the memMi tuil, Do Petit Tbouar ! Thy name struck appeared to extend WNW and FSF, bers of which had since been driven away or~ Htiuids foremost in the liottt some two miles in extent and the eastern end massacred. The French Mission establish(it chivalry's bright roll of fume of it a mile or two from the shore, which had ment at Yengin or Bnlade had shared the Thy country* pride nnd boast the appearance of" a light point with rocky same fate. True to thy knighthood's «tnmkv<i vow islets fronting it. Below the point the land Tboti the protector nrt,tended to the eastward. The Frolic struck A new Era in India.—Wo would ackMi proud and hipny dent in y ■ < the the reef stern on, in eight fathoms water, nowledge a file of Friend of India, and1 <il' gem It: wotinuiN heart, and filled immediately. At the time the reef from it are gratified to make the following Who hut the brave l>u Petit Thuuttr was first seen, the Frolic was steering ESE extract: What Ifi• 11*hut thine own r'rmice, and the reef bore N. The ivind very light For Tn*iti's hapless queen wouldcare, i The icii thi. Establishment A< ot from N to NNK. The Frolic was immediOr break lor her a lane*? ; ately hauled to SWW; but although she had [Liberty or Conscience, became the law of T he meteor ling of colors tnrci steerage way. with the wind on her quarter, the land on tlie litis of April IHSO, a dayr \\':ivt:n "(tily o'er thy licHtl which was very light, and the swell setting which will be memorable in the annals ol i-'-r Hruitt ion, an d to the SE.she was swept up by a strong tide, British India as the sth of December, 1829, W \\n it to xit«ry led. or current. Capt. F. reached this place when the rite of Suttee was abolished, and, Mauritius flrst beheld tt.y fame,' for the first time in twenty centuries "the yesterday. The Frolic was judged to he r >o I'hon pink «f chivalry ,— or <>0 miles from the nearest land at the lime Ganges flowed unblooded to the sea " Ittil jealous Uritain's merchant shii's Hade thee retreat (nil speedily the reef was discovered. The Frolic was Henceforward every man throughout India to hound to this port with a valuable cargo ol will be at liberty profess whalevi iced 11 Tahiti's inle next mw thy might. Chinese goods. The loss is estimated to be I lis conscience may incline him to without beAnd conscious- tit their "loom, to the instruing through reduced beggary about $150,000.—[Alta California, Aug. 4. Kcllgfqp, peace, and truth, and right, of of The the. Courts mentality injustice All wept to *cc thee ■ <•>' estimable value of this boon will be at once 1 This Case of Professor Wedster. In seen by a reference to the law of the land as'\j! lint wii.it to thceurc truth and right, Or wnmiiii'H falling lenr ? the Supreme Judicial Court, Chief Justice it previously stood, and which is thus exThy high career, thy glory bngfir, Shaw delivered the opinion of the Court in pounded by Sir William Mucnauglitcn: from these no check need l« ar. the case of the Commonwealth vs. John W- "Whatever properly the individual,previous- | Webster, overruling each and every point ly to his conversion, was possessed and seisThe Queen I'nmarc wept in vain, raised by defendant's counsel, in support of ed of, will devolve oil his nearest of kin who Alis ■ she conld no more A nil a new glury tfilds the nam* their motion for a writ of error in said case, profess the Hindoo religion." It was impossiOf famed Dv Petit Thouar. and deciding that all matters connected with ble that so monstrous a violation of (lie first: The dame* of Franco lor this high deed the trial of the prisoner, had been conducted principles ofreligious fiboity, could continue Then' smiles upon thee showerM, according to the prescribed forms of law, in to bo tolerated under theyenlightened governAnd, surely in sarcastic mood, relation to capital trials. [Eve. Picayune. Presented thte a Hword ! ment of Britain, in the middle of the Nineteenth century; the wonder is, not that it fit.l rest not here R'Jventurouff chief, New Caledonia Islands,S. Pacific.—A M urijin s.lll hnls arc fair, Jhas been abolished now, but that it was not March No. of the Adelaide Observer,reports abolished before. One of the effects of thisi And hc*lplesn arc their feeble tribe; lluhit: with itiy ti'inailron there. as follows: new law will bo to remove all penalties fromi " 1 mine and conquered M—thus may*1! Thou t have been lately com- tlie profession of Christanity, and it is possiMore atrocities " Thy brief deepstchae write mitted by the natives of New Caledonia and ble that when the prefession of that creed|i Like hi* ot old thy victories are, a it become more complace EfToo, At becomes also safe, may the neighbouring islands. Like bin thy glories bright. about two milesdistant from Bunkett, the fol- linon." lint not alone thy glorious namt, lowing men belonging to boats employed in Though iigk above compare; Whaling Intelligence.—The Evening collecting sandal-wood were killed, in DeFor ttruat bold, ant) D'Aubigny cember last: —Mr.William Jordan,first mate, Picayune reports, whale ship Lafayette. Thy well earned fanio must shim-. of Liv- Smith, of New Bedford, was lost on the Isof Berwick-on-Tweed; John Allen,London; Ooth dear alike to France and fame Gardener, of land'of rVlbamare, Gallipngos Islands, 36 erpool; Frederick Thesehonor'd name* we see, John Burrows, of Glasgow; and Edward months out, ti(M> bbls sperm oil; she went! One laurel twines them with thine own Bristol, seamen. the Ward, of ashore in the night; In bright triumvirc. captain was running "All the crew of the Mary cutter were kil- in to come to an anchor when she struck a llnapapc, and Harua too ; led in and near Balade harbor. On arrival rock and became a total loss. The whale Witucßs'il their fime in war And lighting on (heir dazzling swords, there from Sydney, Captain Robey, of the ship Golcondaof New Bedford took the capNew glories came from Pa sa Jtfaru sent a boat with Robert Hall, an Amer- tain and mate with part of the crew; two Rotumah, to procure boats crew had left the ship and nothing was Wh.it though victory scorned to crown ican, and a native of Their banners with success water. On getting up the river they were known of them; bark Dryade, Fish, of N. Heroes before have beaten been, attacked by natives and killed. After this, Bedford, from Tiilcuhuanu on a cruise,clean; Nor is their glory less two natives came on board the Mary, under ship Lafayette of Warren, R. I. 400 bbls .sperm oil on a cruise; ship Sharon of Fair Hail I honored three j in earth's wide bound*, pretence ofselling fish, the cook went down some yams to ex- Haven, 1000 bbls oil, on a cruise; Callao, Wher'er fair woman liven, in the hold to bring up names sji^M.n«i« the captain's atten- Susson, fish, and the Bedford, '2(H) bbls sperm oil 8] A halo your brightglory change for givecaThat deathless the fish the in to months out; bark John A. Robb, Wiinpcny, tion having been drawn in hi* high ical fot noe belonging to the natives they split his of Fair Haven, 4 months out, 100 bbls sperm • At the Mauritius^ thegnllnnt head with a tomahawk; they then killed the oil, at anchor at Charles Island; Oregon, the honor of France, was riding the high horse till hi* arrogant a sudden nnd effectual check In the spicook ns he was coming out of the hold. I he Wimpeny, of Fair Haven, 12 months out pretensions met with rited conduct of some Ilriosl. Earn Indiamcn,nnd he though. only man now left alive on board the Mary 400 bbls sperm oil. The steamer West it advisable to quit the harbor 10§*»« himself the disgrace would was a Rotumah man,whom the natives eyes Point sailed from San Carlos May '24 for beiiM driven out. ithis port via Panama not eat, because of a disease in h.is I M Vent, vidi, vici," wrote the illustrious Hornan which rendered him almost blind | liaapape, belterknown as Point Venus. Hurna or Mails.* na,and Fm» ; three places where the Invincible warriors o< "They cooked the bodies of the captain DONATIONS. which Prance met wild a severe repulse from the poor, undlsclplinci and crew a*hore, and ate them; afters For Chap?] Fit Krtcnii rahitians. These reverses, however, were more than counthey burned the vessel to Ihe water edge. GoM Dual b> ft Friend, terbalanced by the glories of ftfogadore Vld« Gov BruarV This is the statement of the Rotumah man, M'.Hit-r, officers bcj crew of the proclamation from the Romuln* 00 I $5*0 escape his who managed to make PORT'S . " — , — . — — ,, . , - — , — • . , - �70 THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1850. backs, bounties, and allowances, whether ex- 1'whaleships of the United States shall enjoy TREATY. ported in ships of the one country or in ships in all respects whatsoever, all the rights, privHaKAMEHAMEHA 111., King of tho of the other ; and all goods and articles, of ileges'nnd immunities, which are enjoyed by, waiian Islands, tv all to whom these pre- whatever description, not being of the pro- or shall be granted to, the whulrships of the sents shall come, Uukkti.nu : duce or manufacture of the United States,''most favored foreign mil ion. The like priviKnow vk, that whereas a treaty of Friendcan be legally imported into the Sand- lege of frequenting the three ports of the ship, Commerce, ami Navigation, bejweon which shall, wich so imported in ves-| Sandwich Islands, above named in this artiour Kingdoui'iind the United States of North sels Islands,United when Stales, of the pay no other orlIcle, not being ports of entry for merchant ATherica, .vas concluded and signed hy our and their plenipotentiaries, in the city of higher duties, imposts or charges, than shall vessels, is also guaranteed to all the public be payable upon lie like goods, and articles, armed vessels of the United States. But Washington, on the riilth day of December, when in the vessels of the most fa- 'nothing in this article shiill he construed as 1849, which treaty is word for word as fol- vored imported foreign nation other than the nation of, any vessel of the United States, lows : which the said goods and articles are thei having on board any disease usually regardThe United State* of America and His produce or manufacture. ed as requiring quarantine, to enter, during _ the KiNf; of the Hawaiian IsArticle 4. No duties of tonnage, harbor, the continuance of such disease on board, eipiallv animated with the desire of light houses, pilotage, quarantine, or other any port of the Sandwich Islands, other than inaintuinlig tho relations of good under- similar duties, of whatever nature, or under Lahaina or Honolulu. standing which have hitherto so happily sub- whatever denomination, shall be imposed in Article 8. The contracting parties cnsisted between their respective stales, and either country upon the vessels of the o'her, guge, in regard to the personal privileges consolidating the commercial intercourse be- in respect of voyages between the United that the citizens of the United States ol tween them, have agreed-to enter into nego-J States ofAmerica and the Hawaiian Islands, America shall enjoy in the dominions of His nations for the conclusion of a treaty oil if laden, or in respect of any voyage, if in Majesty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation, for ballast, which shall not he equally imposed nnd the subjects of His said Majesty in-the which purpose they have appointed Plenipo- in the like cases mi national vessels. United Stales of America, that they shall tentiaries, that is to say : Article 5. It is hereby declared, that the have free and undoubted right to travel anil The President of the United Slates of stipulations of tho present treaty are not to to reside in the slates of the two high conAmerica, John M. t.'layton, Secretary of be understood as applying to the navigation i tracting parties, subject to the same precauState of the United Suites ; ami His Majes- and carrying trade between one port and an- tions of pidice which arc practiced towards ty the King of the Hawaiian Islands, .Inures other situated in the states of either con- the subjects or citizens of the most favored Jackson Jarves, accredited as His special tracting party, such navigation and trade be- nations. They shall he entitled to occupy commissioner to the (Joveriunent of the Uni- ing reserved exclusively to national vessels. dwellings nnd warehouses, and to dispose of 'ed Slates ; who, after having exchanged Article (i. Steam vessels of. the United their personal property ofevery kind and detheir full powers, found in good and due form, States which may be employed by the Gov- scription, by sale, gill, exchange, will, or in havo concluded ajjd signed the following; ar- ernment of the said states, in the carrying any other way whatever, without the smallticles : of their public mails across the Pacific est hindrance or obstacle ; and their heirs or Article 1 There shall he perpetual Ocean, or from one port in that ocean to an- representatives, being subjects or citizens of peace and amity between the United States other, shall have free access to the ports of the other contracting party, shall succeed to and the King of the Hawaiian Islands, His the Sandwich Islands, with the privilege oi their personal jjoods, whether by testament or heirs and His successors. stopping therein tii»rclit, to refresh, to land ah intestate; and may take possession thereof, Article -i There shall be reciprocal lib- passengers and their baggage, and foj the either by themselves, or by others for erty of commerce nnd navigation between transaction of any business pertaining to the them, and dispose of the same at acting will, paythe United States of America and the Hawa- public mail service of the United Slates, and ing to the profit of the respective governiian Islands. shall be subject in such ports to no duties of ments such dues only as the inhabitants of the * No duty of customs, or other impost, shall tonnage, harbor, light houses, quarantine, country wherein the said goods are, shall be he charged upon any goods, the produce or or other similar duties of whatever nature or subject to pay in like cases. And in case of manufacture of one (aountry, upon importa- under whatever denomination. the absence of the heirs and-representative, tion from such country into the other, oilier Article 7. The whaleships of the United such care shall be taken of Ihe said goods or higher than Ihe duty or impost charged States shall have access to the ports of Hilo, as would he taken of the goods of a native of upon goods of the same kind, the produce or Kealakckua and Ilanalei, in the Sandwich the same country in like case, until the lawmanufacture of, or imported from, any other Islands, for the purposes of refitment and i ful owner may take measures for country ; and the United Suites of America refreshment, as well as to the ports of Ho- them. And if a question should receiving arise among and His Majesty the King of the Hawaiian nolulu and Lahaina, which only are ports of several claimants as to which of them said Islands do hereby engage, that the subjects entry for all merchant vessels, and in 911 the goods belong, the same shall be decided or citizens of any other slate shall no' enjoy above named ports, they shall be permitted finally by the laws and judges ofthe land I any favor, privilege, or immunity whatever, to trade or barter their supplies or goods, jwherein the said goods are. Where, on the in mailers of commerce and navigation, excepting spirituous liquors, to the amount,jdecease of any person real estate holding which shall not also, at ihe same time, lie ex- of two hundred dollars ad valorem for each within the territories of one party, such real tended to the subjects or citizens ol the other vessel, without paying any charge for ton-!estate would, by the laws ofthe land, decontracting parties gratuitously, if the con- nage or harbor dues of any description, "or' scend on a citizen or subject of the other, cession in favor ol Unit other state shall have any duties or imposts whatever upon the he not disqualified by alienage, such iwere been gratuitous, and in return for a compen- goods or articles so trailed or bartered.jcitizen or subject shall be allowed a reasonsation, as nearly as possible, of proportion- They shall also be permitted, with the like: time to sell the same, and to withdraw ate value and effect', to be adjusted by mu- exemption from all charges for tonnage and'able the proceeds without moleslation, and exempt tual agreement, if the concession shall have harbor dues, further to trade or barter, with jfrom all duties of delrattion on the part of been conditional. the same exemption as to spirituous liquors, jjthe government of the respective states. AiuieiK 3. *A\\ ai tides the produce and to the additional amount of oife* thousand!jThe citizens or subjects of the contracting manufacture of either country which can le- dollars, ad valorem, for each vessel, payingi parties shall not be obliged to' pay, under any gally be imported into cither country from upon the additional goods, and articles sol(pretence whatever, any taxes or impositions, the other, in ships of thnt other country, and traded and bartered, no other or higher du-i .other or greater than those which, are paid, hence coming, shall, when so imported, be ties, than are payable on like goods and ar- •or may hereafter be paid, by the subjects or Isubject to the same duties, nnd enjoy the ticles, when imported in the vessels and by [citizens j ofthe most favored nations in the resame privileges, whether imported in ships the citizens or subjects of the most favored! states of the high contracting parspective of the one country, or in ships of the other; foreign nation. They shall also be permitted!ities. They shall be exempt from all and in like manner, all goods which can le- to pass from port to port of the Sandwich Is-I[service, whether by land or by sea; military from forgally be exported or re-exported from either lands for the purpose of procuring refreshloans, and from every extraordinary conced other, to the in ships of that other ments but they shall not discharge their sea- tribution not general and by law established. country country * ahull, when so exported or re-ex- men or land their passengers in the said Is- jTheir dwellings, warehouses, and all premiported, be subject to the same duties, and lands, except at Lahaina and Honolulu, and,! appertaining thereto, destined for the Ue euliiled to the same privileges, draw- in all the ports named in this article, the sbaU purposes of commerce or Majesty lands, ' 1 ■ 1 ses residence. �- THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1850. 71 respected. No arbitrary search of, or■or send away such deserters from the statesi utterance of forged paper, committed within visit to their houses, and no arbitrary exam-' and dominions of the contracting parties, or the jurisdiction of cither, shall be found wit hmation or inspection whatever of the books,' give such security for their good conduct usim the territories of the other ; provided, papers or accounts of their trade, shall be''the law may require. But if not sent back; that this shall only be done upon such evimade ; but such measures shall be executed nor reclaimed within six months from the dence! of criminality as, according to Ihe "illy in confbimity wilh the legal sentence of day of their arrest, or if all the expenses laws of the place where the person so u competent tribunal ; end each of the two jof such imprisonment are not defrayed by charged shall be fonnd, would justify his apcontracting parlies engages thnt the citizens the party causing such arrest and imprison- prehension and commitment for trial if the nr subjects of the other residing in their iwmnent, they shall he set at liberty and shall crime had there been committed ; and the spective slates, sllall enjoy their property and,.not he again arrested for the same cause. respective judges and other magistrates of personal security, in as full and ample manner iHowever, if the deserters should be found to the two governments, shall have authority, as their own citizens or subjects, or the sub-|'have committed any crime or offence, their upon complaint made under oath, to issue a jects or citizens of the most favored nation, surrender may he delayed until the tribunal warrant for the apprehension of the person but subject always to the laws and statutes before which their case shall be depending, so charged, thnt he may be brought before of the two countries respectively. shall have pronounced its sentence, and such such judges or other magistrates respectively, Article 9. The citizens and subject* of'[sentence shall have been curried into efl'ect. to (he end that the evidence of criminality each of the two contracting parties shall he Article 11. It is agreed that perfect and may he heard and considered ; and if, on free in the states of the other to uiannge entire liberty of conscience shall be enjoyed such hearing, the evidence be deemed suffitheir own a Hairs themselves, or to commit by the citizens and subjects of both Ihe con- cient to sustain the charge, it shall be the those aHaiis to the management of any. per- tracting parties, in the countries of the one duty of the examining judge or magistrate to sons whom they may appoint as theirbroker, and the other, without their being liable to certify the same to trie proper executive aufactor or agent, nor shall the citizens and be disturbed or molested on account of their thority, that u warrant may issue for the sursubjects ofthe two contracting parties be re- religious belief. Rut nothing contained in render of such fugitive. The expense of strained in their choice of persons to act in this article shall be construed to interfere such apprehension and dejivery shall bo such capacities, nor shall they he called up- with the exclusive right of the Hawaiian borne and defrayed by the party who makea on to pay any salary or remuneration to any Government to regulate for itself the schools the requisition and receives the fugitive. person whom they shall not choose to employ. which it may establish or support within its Article 15 So soon as steam or other Absolute freedom shall be given in all cases! 'jurisdiction. mail packets under the flag of either of the to the buyer and seller to bargain together Article 12. If any ships of war or other contracting parties, shall have commenced and to fix the price of any goods or mer- vessels be wrecked on the coasts of the state*' running between their respective ports of enchandize imported into,or to be exported from or territories ofeither- ofthe contracting par- try, the contracting pnrlies agree to receive the stntes nnd dominions ofthe two contract- lies, such ships or vessels, or any parts at the post ollices of those ports all mailable ing parties ; save and except generally such thereof, nnd all furniture and appurtenances matter, and to forward it as directed, the decases wherein the laws and usages of Ihe belonging thereunto, and all goods and mer- stination being to some regular post office of country may require the intervention of any chandise which shall he saved therefrom, or either country ; charging thereupon the reg-pecial*Bgents in the states and dominions of the produce thereof if sold, shall be faith- ular postal rates as established by law in the the contracting parties. Hut nothing con- fully restored with the least possible delay to territories ofeither party receiving said mailtained in this or any other article of Ihe pre- the proprietors, upon being claimed by them, able matter, in addition to the original postsent treaty shall he construed to authorize or by their duly authorized factors; and if age of the office whence.the mail was sent. the sale of spirituous liquors to the unlives there are no such proprietors or factors on Mails for the United States, shall be made up of the Sandwich Islands farther than such the spot, then the said goods and merchan- at regular intervals at the Hawaiian post ofrale may be allowed by the Hawaiian laws. dise, or the proceeds thereof, as well as all fice, and despatched to ports of the United Article 10. Each of the two contracting the'papers found on board such wrecked States, the postmasters at which ports shall partjej may have, in the ports of the other, ships or vessels, shall he delivered to the open the same, and forward the enclosed consuls, vice consuls, and commercial agents, American or Hawaiian consul, or vice con- matter as directed, crediting the Hawaiian of their own appointment, who shall enjoy sul, in whose district the wreck may have Government with their postages as establishthe same privileges and powers with those of taken place ; and such consul, vice consul, ed by law and stamped upon each manuthe most fawned nation; but if any such [proprietors or factors, shall pay only the ex- script or printed sheet. consuls" shall exercise commerce, they shall penses incurred in the preservation of the All mailable matter destined for the Habe subject to the same laws and usuges property, together with the rate of salvage waiian Islands shall be received at the seve10 which tho private individuals of their na- ; nnd expenses of quarantine which would ral post offices in the United States and forlion are subject in the same place. The said have been payable in the like case of u warded to San Francisco or other ports on consuls, vice consuls, and commercial agents wreck of a national vessel; andthe goods and the Pacific coast of the United Stutes, are authorized to require the assistance ofimerchandise saved from the wreck shall not whence the postmasters shall despatch it by ihe local authorities for the search, arrest, Ibe subject to duties unless entered for con-1ths regular mail packets to Honolulu, the detention, and imprisonment of the deserters sumption ; it being understood that in case Hawaiian Government agreeing on their part from the ships of war and merchant vessels of of i any legal claim upon such wreck, goods Ito receive and collect for and credit the post iheir country. For this purpose, they shall up- or inciclmndise, the same shall be referred ioffice department.of the United States with ply to the competent tribunals, judges and of- .for | decision to the competent tribunals of the ihe United States rates charged thereupon. licers, and shall in writing demand the said .country. !It shall be optional to prepay postage on letArticle 13. The vessels of either of the Iters in either country, but postage on printed il serlers, proving, by the exhibition of registers ofthe vessels, the rolls ofthe crews, or by ttwo contracting parties which may be forced isheets and newspapers shall in all cases be other official documents, that such individu-Mby stress of weather or other cause into one |prepaid. The respective post office departnls formed part of the crews ; nnd this rc-jiofthe ports ofthe other, shall be exempt iments of the contracting parties shall, in ■ lauiation being thus substantiated, the sur-Ifrom all duties of port or navigation paid forttheir accounts, which are to be adjusted an"i:nder shall not be refused. Such deserters, tthe benefit of the state, if the motives which inually, be credited with all dead letters rewhen arrested shall be placed at the disposal led 1 to their seeking refuge be real and cVi- tturned. of the said consuls, vice consuls or commer-liIdcnt, and ifno cargo be discharged or taken Article IG. The present trcuty shall be cial agents, and may be confined in the pub-a.on board, save such as .may relate to the in force from the date of the exchange ofthe lie prisons afthe request and cost of those isubsistence of the crew, or be necessary for iratifications for the term of ten years, and who shall claim thorn, in order to be detain- Ithe repair of the vessels, and if they do not further, until the end of twelve months after Ad until the time when they shall be restored stay in port beyond the time necessary, keep- either of the contracting parties shall have ,to the vessel to which they belonged, or iing in viewthe cause which led to their seek- jgiven notice to t' c other of its intention to • sent back to their own country by a vessel ofi,ing reTuge. Iterminate the same, each of the said con(the same nation or any other vessel whatso-| Article 14. The contracting parties mv- tracting parties reserving to itself the right per. The agents, owners or masters ofitually agree to surrender, upon official requi- of giving such notice at ihe end of the said vessels on account of whom the desertcis isition, to the authorities of each, all persons tterm often years, or aVarfj? subsequent term. kave been apprehended, upon requisition a*V|W"ho, being charged with ibe crimes of murAny citizen or subject of"either party inthe local authorities shall be required to take ider, piracy, arson* robbery, foi'gery or the fringing the articles of this treaty shall be bo ~ ' . < * I i I < I < I �- 72 THE FRI-END, SEPTEMBER 1, 1850. . '* , , .:• . - — IJ- bit Cornwall, ITawion, 12 di fm Han I ran. F STIADNGER' UND. July 27 29 Atn ahp Dm Ru*h, Swan, R 1-2 mo*, 150 ..bin up - !" II)#11 50 31 Am sh|i Mariner, Collm. 12 ' do K0 do mony and good correspondence between the a Friend, 10 00 5 00 Aug 9—Uninulus, Hull, 22 111 0«, 10 hbla ftp, 320 J wl). 45,000 lb« bo l..dv, shall not interrupted two goverunients bone. 9 Am ahp France* Henrietta, CJougta, 23 raw, 4CO bbW thereby,' each parly engaging in no way to S26 50 ap, 2500 wb, 17,0.0 lb* bene. 17 CO protect.the offender or sanction such fiolu- Rinrntlrd, Cleared. July 20— 9 00 Am achr Anglona, Cook San Fran. tion. Ualance, 20 Julim. Trim/It, Hmhannai:, do. Article 17. The present treaty shall be- I .No ik—The Chaplain will be always j-cady .to exhibit Ihe 23 ••" ll*' John AHyiie, WHiami, ilu. bk Montgomery, M)cr«, do. 24 ratified by the President ofthe United States (.ainie of the fund, nod mode ot expenditure, or to receive aug25 " brig Mnta, Rich, dv. of America, by nnd with the advice and con-,Igcatlona, from donulb/eslieclillg the manner in win, I, tin;, 26 "H«wachr Carolina, Cole, Hwoliilu. 28— Haw »rh John, Bhiilox Wuapca, Ban Fran. donatio,ib July iipproprinled. sent of the Senate of the" said States, anil by inlay wish their Aug s—Am bk riiiloihcna, Jt-weti, for San Francisco. brig iSitlttllo, Smith, Manilla. His Majesty, the'King of the Hawaiian Is- :l hi- chiipUui would report as FROESCIPTS ERAPHINE. 6—Am follows in regard to the pur6—ltr bk AugUKtu*. Cooke, Sun Franciaco. lands, by and with the udvicc of His Privy li'i-t- of a new hi i nphjue fur ilic Chapel. 3—Am do Alnilra, Codd, Aug bp Uoal, S200 00 j Council of State, and the ratifications shall Received CO 00 fi-Qmatile if I tie old Sernphlne, 3 bk Cornwall, l>aw«on, lir Shanghai. * 47 B8 M I lni|.i I, • be exchanged at Honolulu within eighteen lv.illectic.il 7 Am sch Abioria, t'lmpniuu, Bun Fran. 9 50 A. kiitiwliHlEi'dlii Frli'inl, A us I dv 12 Am bg Engle, Pavitt, months from tho date of its signature, or j'IS.'«, Atit flip - i !1 sooncrif possible. - - .- jIt. W .... ■ - • .... -""?" ft. a - .... Wood, J. Lewla, In witness whereof, the respective pleni-j]J. -. U l)r Newromn, have the same in tripfi-'jCaptain Mauche, signed potenliaries cafe, and have thereto affixed their seals. Done at Washington, in the English lan-'Amouni lo be ralacd, guagc, Ihe twentieth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred and for- - 2 £0 2 00 00 2 00 - Mariner, Coffin, <tul«e! 15. Fruucea Henrietta, dough) Honolulu mul horn** do 15 Koihiilii", Hull, 15 Hone, Coleman, Sun Fran. 12 133 SS Memoranda. I\_T Tli ■ IJ-*;'t \f i-y" ian bad i 5.i1.l nail registered und the Hawaiian Flair, and name changed to the 'Snnke." • Hy the Hlitji Tobacco Flam —On the 6lh of April, IBSO, the »hip Hercules, of Newhcdlord, 33 moa out, with 250 bbla ap; and ilie Br bk favorite, of London, 11 mo*, £0 bbla ; wefll on shore In a typhoon hi A polo, Prm Imrbor, total wrecks. Aim, ty nine. a missionary schooner lay high nuil dry on the reef. June 17th PORT OF HONOLULU. j Seal. )-JOHN M. CLAYTON. spoke the ship riurin v of Nantucket, 22 mos out, 35U bbls, m Arrived, 1 SOS. long. 169 43 VV. i IrttJune Seal] JAMES JACKSON JARVES. July 27—Haw schr 29, Ist W 0.8. lolig 176 E, apnke the schooner Ehenr III;', tons tin SimFran. Caroline, Cult, cxnminwhereas carefully We have of Sydney, from California, bound to Sydney. Ani> v 27 Brbri.an Blnck. Dog, Hill, Ml lulls, 15 days do. i?.er,The following 677 nitellltrenrc wkh furnished by the 2d mate ol Culls, ship Cooper, 30 C tlo. Am II thereof, the and articles and lons, points by ed all I—llr bk Brighlniin, Cowley, BH4 tolls, 70 <ls fm Sydney. I the lady Hnwden,: On the morning til the 22d tifJine, the Aug with Ihe advice of Our.Privy Council of State,'' sell Unn, Smart, 135 lous, 21 iLrrn Fori Victoria.. Ilintibh brig Lady Howdei., ol London, Cnpt. Chalk, from Cal 1 ifornbt for HytJney, went on n reel about 12 mllea lo ihe south 1 Fr-lnlr. Peppercorn, 30 tons, 56 ds-fin Auckland. We have confirmed and ratified the ward of Ongcth one of the l-'ejec Inlands, at a quarter |msf 3 a. 1 A in Ui: ShliilUi, Smith. 102 lulls, 14 lis I'm San Fran. Urignit Mary We do confirm and the ami lido. Ellen, Brown, 1 m. With great risk theboats were got out and 1 dragged o*<r ratify 183 ions, treaty, and nroral reef for upward* of a mile, in pimHlng the outer part of Br si In Ellen Coouey, 89 tuim, 14 tlo. t 1 same, in the most effectual manner, promis381 Cowlitz, Weynton, tons, 21 ds Foci Victoria which the cutler wait enpaized and every thing In her lout. Tin 1 l<k bk Pliilumtnn, long boat had b narrow escape. The natives jihiudered the ISO Aug days'from Our faith nnd word as for us s—Am. 170 Jewell', tons, King, on ing vi-mI of every thing they could Iny their hands on. l'orllnnd. and Our successors, to fulfil and observe it, 6—Am. ship llampdcp, Whiting, 646 tons, 16 days from Report of Ships in the Ochotsk Sea. Pan Frnnelaco. June 20. Indian Chief, Bailey, of" New London. § Uowfaithfully and scrupulously in all its clauses. 9—Nor l>g Nicolal Nicolaison, Fjefer, 167, 14 ds fin Bun |liends tins sermon, wanting 2 wh. to tilland curry on derk. In faith of which We have signed this ntiFrancisco. June 2d. Gen Williams, Forsyth, New London 35(00bblx sp ClimidlerPrice, Taber, 441 tons, fm Boa of Am Aug. 12— and-have affixed William C. Nye, Rose, New Loudon*. 10 Bowlitads thification with Our own hand, AllHilir, 3500 hbla wh, 220 sp. i aeaahn. thereto thegeat seal of Our Kingdom. 13 Am sp Nalchex, Dun«, 523 is. 11 ds fm Ban Fran. Hathawuy. y.'too bbls, 9 wh this Cabinet, of 13 Am bk Connecticut, Prithullow, 397 Is, 13 ds do , •teuton. Given nt Our palace of Honolulu, this 14 Am sp Tohaccu Plant, Browne, fin Fejee Islands. Clematis, Hollows, of New London. Wanting 4 wh. to fill, II llr sp Amazon, VlneelH, 390 uins, 6tt ds fm HonpK. nineteenth day of August, in the year of our June !4. 15 Am bk Sea Drecie, Newell,3l I Is, 12 ds fm San Iran June 20. J. E. Donald, Bennett, of New Bedford. 6 wh. Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, do 15 Frsp Albatross, l.uco, 360 tons. 16 i's (-00 bbls. 15 Am sp Sarlelle, I'iercei 416 la,' 17 ds do Isbhc How laud. Weft, ofNew Itedford. Boiling all the time and in the twenty-fifth of Our reign. Am sp Komuliis. Hull, 22 mos, 10 llbls sp, 3200 wh. Did not ascertain her oil KAMEHAMEHA. I 1.15000 lbs bone. [Seal.] 'Hellespont, Manwatiug, Mysiic. 5 wh. In the Japan tea. 15 Am sp Frances Henrietta, Clntlgh, 23 mos, 40%sp, |heard of her in the O* hi.tsk. Oil not statedKec/ni Ana. I 2900 wh 17,000 lbs bone. Vesselsheardl>om by theRomulus, during her cruise In By tho King and the 03*" ]Aug. 17.—Rus brig ltnikal, KNiikoffstroni, 190 ions, 24 days the Arctic and Japan Sea April 25, Isaac Illcka. Rice, of X from t'tsljak. R. C. VVYLLIE, Lsndon, Iwh HO bids. Benj. MorifHii, Chapel, N. Loudon, 1 Tilliugliast, duys bk Carlo Miiurun, 506 lons, 17 I 17.—Am.from San Francisco. wh lfObbls Flying Childefs of Hobarltown. Iwh this aeaMinister of Foreign Relations. Gwynil, of Mystic, 9 mos out, 2bobbls. Gen son. Aroimui, Shanghai. sch ds Dan, fm Fritter, 147 tons, 42 Am. I 21 Exchange or Ratifications. 21 —llr. bk Frances, Murr, 216 lorn, 22 da fin Han Fran, rtrdt. Harris, of N. London, nothing this season. Ban Attrign, 21.—8r. bk llnrries Francfsco. Arrivals at Sun Francisco from the Hawaiian Islands fm *" We, the undersigned, Rohert July 31—Ilk J A Jesuran, Am bg R liruce, Dockeiidoiff. 22.—11r. brig Corsair, II 'tliertson, 42 ds fm <ln slip Spring, 4—Slip Flnyius, lingers, llrbg Josephine, Clinton, Am 607 Ban Franc uig Sea, 21— Am fm Wyi.lie, Minister of Foreign Relations tons, 14 sco, iAug ■ sailed on (tic 2Hli, without clearance. srh Roe, Swasey, tfch Odd Fellow, Reed fin Lahaiha, Am His Majesty the Kiiuj of the Hawaiian Isl-| 21—Ur 313 tlcagrovr, I'enelopc, Irving. ds San Fran. seh Swallow, is. 20 I'm bk bk (ilettcoe, Sillwcll, 21415, 15 ds Tin tin 7—Br bg Pnrttmln, Mllntovlch. nnds, and Charli.s Bi nkfh, Consul of the;' M—Br 26—Am sell Spartacus, Harris,92 la, 14 on do lo- Hk Alice Turtton, Hale, srh Mar)' Emma] Myrlck, auUnited States, for Lahaina, having been 26—Am sell Pcdeinbulc, Stiles, 163, 14 do nch JuliusI'riugle, Buchanan. slip Strong's 650 bis Iltiliomock, Cnloil, Is, fin 11-Hr bg Sen Gull, Abbott. sp thorized.by our respective Governments to; 28—Am 27—Chi slip Ci n Frlere, Peterson, 2io Is 6 ds fm ten. |■ 12—Fr fthp Cachclot, Le Grand, Am sclt Angfona,Cook 28-llr bk Helen S Page; Church, 271 Is, 13 ds Sun Fran. exchange the Ratifications of-ihe Treaty of. slip Washington, Cole, 14 ds fm gun Francisco. and Navigation be- I 30—Am Friendship, 30—Haw l.k Don Utiitoir, West, fin l.atialna. PASSENGERS. tween His Hawaiian Majesty and the United, Cleared. Hai k Connecticut, from San Francisco. Mrs, I'cnhallon for San Fran. 'July Mnry 25—Haw schr J. X Alitchell, I'. Michel and llar'rell, Rubliiaoii, Ann I: nwl 2 W. Washing-,Children, and at States, concluded signed .|tservnut, C Jackson. I*. Jackson, Mr. Macey, 35 Am shipSenulor, Collin, for .Calcutta. \f. Ca»»pbell.' •s iip snri.lle fiora San Francisco. Cha* Bunker, Esq. V ton, on the twentieth d.iy of Heceniher, one 25 Br schr Adventure, Webster, Sanl'iini 26 Urship Aqiietmt, Davis, Sydney Ih Consul for Lahahla, C. Bunker, Jr A. Fgtabrook. thousand, eight bundled and forty-nine, cer-, 26 llr schr Lady I.cisli, White,llubart'Wn. 80 Br bk Caclqnr, M'Fftrliiii*. Bohnriimn. lily Br lirig Warlock, Lean, Hiui£ Konc That we have, this day, met for that pur- Aug 301 Br MARRIED. bark Whit by, Stuart, Hong Koik 2 Am britf Mnry Kllen, Brown, Hong Kong. j At Bn.i..fleU), N. C,~Junc 5, by the Rev. J. T. W>cher, IW pose, and after'comparing the said Ratifica* Aug 10.—Nor bg NlcolnlNicolaison, Fjefer, Hung Kong. Tri-mbiim,, Bt-amt'ii'K Chaplain, Vutparii*.., B. A, and iI'avii. tions each with'the other, and both with the 10 Br sch Ullcu. Cootie), Auckland. I.Miss J\*iK W. FlTCil of New IJhven, It. ! Cults, Cooper, 10 sh C'anlon. Chns New June ltucon, Am In Rev Haven, CI., iJO, by Rev. llr. of said Treaty, have effected the and Pki.ia Williams WooiJ, daughter of 14 Uracil Una, Slum l, Fori Victoria CiiKRTKn S. I.ywan 15 Am hk Nautilus, Poole, Hong Kong. exchange accordingly. it tin. Joseph Wood, nil of Jivyt Haven. _. I 17.—Am brig .1 unn, Byratn, forl.aliniiiu. In witness whereof, we have signed this'Aug. 19.—8r. bk Brjgbtuian, Cowley, Ban Francisco. 19.—Am. sh Hampden, Whiting, Calcutta/ certificate, nt Honolulu, this twenty-fourth DIED. 19.—Am. sh Tobacco Plant, Browne, San Finnclson. At Miikawaoon the Gtliir.st Mr?. Cooper, wife ofThorns* day of August, one thousand, eight hundred 211 —Hi. hk Josephine, Smilh., Bjilnej Cooper, on old resident at the I annuls. .She wax a Hawaiian 21.—\m. wh sh Chandler Price, Taber, N. Bedford. and fifty, and have thereunto affixed our reformerly from i*aliaii:a aged ai 3 oris. 21.—Chish Gctl. Frier*, Peterson, Valparaiso. I I native of Conni> In Honolulu, Aug*, 6, M Bjmon Chonin, a•» spective Seals slip Clough, 23—Am Frances for Bedford Henrietta, wh N Aug I '23—Am Ireland, l>ut a (iiir.cn ..(' the IHifted Stales, where ha Kerry, lik Connecticut,Pcnliallow. Ban Franeisciv [L. S] R. C. WYLLIE. had resided Jd yearn. lie arrived in California in June, 1849,. 23—Am bk Carlos alauran, Tillinghasl, China. hikl labored ait a blacßnrniili lor Ihe V, 8. Covrrmneiit, at 1W x [L S] CHARLES BUNKER. 26—Am shp Sarlelle, Pierce, Calcutta. ticrin, until obliged to leave for the Ifdanda, on account of ilif 26—Am slip Ntitcliez, Duiyec, Bliangltoe. Auckland. health. {I'apcra in Mass- ami N. V, please copy.] 27—Br bk '.Uncut, Sillwell, In Honolulu, Atig. 10, nn board H. H. M. schooner Cocku A Fmr. occurred in Montreal onllic22il June, 2B—Pr ah Albairns,l.uco, without clearance trice, Tiiomah Nonß.e,able ataman, 22 years "of tigt. *. 99—Dan bg llelcne, Mahneke, Valparaiso, by which two hundred nmi-MVen buildings were On board vvlialenhij) Hobomok, on Iter paaßage front Strong'" destroyed, some of-which had been recently Inland; about the 28(h of July, James Hlrrv, aj/rd t3, »caroau, PORT OF LAHAINA. belonging, (o IJoaton. lie had formerly been attached to <h« erected nnd were of a superior description, The Y. 8. brig, Boxer, on the coa»t of Africa. Arrived. loss of property is estimated nt $1,200,000, of July 18—Am bk Montgomery, Oir board fToboinocfc; Captain Jones, master of the vowel, Myers, 80 ds fm Hnaliine. which 095,000 worth wns insured. One woman in the early pan of June, nli..Mhe ship was cralstiig. Heb#23 ach Curlew, Trcadway,fm Honolulu. Ittnged to Falmouth, Mass. lost her life, and several children were burned 95 Hsw rch Caroline, Cole 14.1a fill Ssu Frail I I ' ' foregoing' ' ''' ,, " 1 ■ - Premier. , original ' I , ' . L - « * ' ' '' ' ' ! J . ''' . : ' .' • ~ Chiciito.nJ of! .Commerce * MARINJ E OURNAL. "'" , $66 12 < " , . , . — � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1850) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend - 1850.09.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1850.09.01