https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/158cc3ba11785e814daf2574e1cdb2d2.pdf f8ada0fa0873cf70dbebe2f45a517ebd PDF Text Text FTHE RIEND. 1 New Series, Vol. I, No. I. _ IHttOLl 1.1. MAY 1, 1832. Old Series, VOL IV beyond the income from our subscription list. verse." We occupy a position precisely the Past experience teaches us not to look upon opposite, our correspondents will favor us, OF THE FRIEND, MAY 1, 1850. 1 "the dark side," hut judiciously undertake by sending communications in both prose and Prospectus am! Terms, 1 An appeal to young men absent from home verse, reserving an editor's privilege of 2 and steadfastly prosecute any enterprize N'apk Rowland K. Cmcker either 3 itself to the common sense publishing or rejecting them, as he Volcanic Eruption which commends 4 Hints to commercial wealth, Editorial deem relying upon may proper. men, of good 4 and judgment Hawaiian Parliament With this and their countenance support. 4 <;eneral meeting -. Map of the Ixlands -I view we shall send forth our Monthly sheet, An appeal to young men absent 5 Quarterly Report of 11. I. Society to a welcome visitor will 6 that it go Whaleman'it Reflections from home. hoping 6 CapL Lure's death every man's dwelling on the Sandwich Every mail brings letters of enquiry resOfficers of 11. I. Temp. Society - 77 islands; who reads the English language,— pecting long absent sons and brothers who , Exploration of China Seas - 7 England and America hoping that it may find its way to the cabin, have left their homes and friends, but do not 8 Marine News, notices Slc.,'Slc. steerage and forecastle ofevery Man-of-war, report themselves. No language can ex-j merchant vessel, and whaleship in the Paci- press the anxiety, grief and sorrow which THE FRIEND: fic —hoping that a w copies may fly such inconsiderate young men occasion to to abroad to other lands, but wherever it goes, their parents and family-friends. Ye roving, Temperance, Journal devoted Monthly A Seamen, Marine and General Intelli- it is our settled purpose it shall go the friend wandering, thoughtless young men, w(>y will and advocate of " whatsoever things are you not either return home, or at least comgence. Contents - . - ----- - ..... -- - .... - . -... ... " true, whatsoever things are honest, whatso- municate with friends by letter. Is our lanPUBLISHED AND EDITED BY whatsoever things are guage too strong? Then read that of an anxSAMUEL C. DAMON, Seamen's Chaplain. ever things are just, pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatso- ious mother, writing from New HamTER M S ever things are of good report." shire: §2.00 One copy per annnm The good subject of Temperance will be r) "Our son, although he is out of sight, is 3.00 Two copies " " will never out of mind. considered, the welfare of seamen duly 5,00 He is the last one Five copies " '' forgotten, the interests ofcommerce thought of at night, and the first in the never be 2, SCT" Bound volumes of The Friend, for 1, 8. will be made prominent, the spread of mismorning, and is never forgotten at the family 4. 5, 6, 7 and eight years, at the OtfUUt Si'idy. A will he made to sionary, religious and general intelligence, redaction from the"subscription pricemore altar. He has been the child of many praythan a sinSeamen, and purchasers who desire will occupy a proper position. If we fill up ers. I often feel that if so be, I would fly gle volume. this general outline, from month to month, it upon the wings of the wind with pleasure to is presumed our patrons will be satisfied. seek out the place of his abode. I would In regard to the terms of our paper, we make his bed in sickness, I would smooth his shall employ language similar to that of Dr. pillow and cool his fever'd brow, with all the HONOLULU, MAY 1, 1852. Smollett, when he issued a newspaper in tender ties of love and affection, perhaps he London, about a century ago, "Gentlemen, is already beyond a mother's care, &c. Will Prospectus, new series. the price of our paper is as low as it can be you try and find him. If you will trace him With this number commences the republior obtained at any shop in Lon- out and give him information respecting afforded, cation of the Friend, which has been discondon." Past experience has taught us, tha' us, you will confer a great favor on his anxtinued since February 1851. In the last entirely for our support up- ious friends." we must not rely number issued, the statement was made that list. We hope to receive For a time our search was in vain, the subscription on a the paper would be suspended "inasmuch as to defray the publication young man having changed his name, (a* is donations, no one could be found to incur the trouble generous copies, which we shall alas, the too common practice of sailors and of one thousand and pecuniary risk of its publication." Havamong the seamen of all roving youth,) but we have finally discovering resumed the duties of Chaplain, it seems scatter broad-cast in the Pacific, lor in our inter- ed his abode, and shall lose no time in opento be taken for granted that the Friend nations afloat seamen we know nothing of ing a communication between him and his among course The reshould again make its appearance. friends. There would be some consolation iterated assurances on the part of many, but national distinctions or prejudices. if this was only one of a few similar cases, especially of our sea-faring acquaintances, Already have we received some valuable but, alas it is ! others be one of thousands, yes, thouwill and we hope that they would cordially support the paper, communications, sands of men are now ashore, and young , have never our editorial in (the loss of which they have seriously felt,) forwarded, for we the afloat the who will nejther write in Pacific, situated as were precisely encourages us again to undertake its publi- career, been with them in their friends communicate Chambers, editors of the or Edinburgh cation. The gratuitous labor and trouble of famous notice, issued a other men absent from any way. when Our Young they " editorship, we should not feel, if there was Journal, not parents your write will you home, favor not sending why us, by not the anxiety, lest at the year's end, a debt correspondents will Do immediately. or and friends it ? either prose in • of several hundred dollars would be incurred any communicatioos . ------------- tub wumm©. �THE FRIEND, MAY, 2 1852. dered the ship, greatly to the chagrin of bluff old-fashioned gentleman who charmed Capt. Crocker who was bent upon a more by In* good-natured conversation the monotThis veteran seaman and most excellent obstinate resistance. He was tuken a,pris- ony of sea-travel. man departed (his life on Monday the 12th oner to France where he remained until the There is one class of incidents in the life cessation of hostilities. of the subject of this worthy of special, Jan'ry iv the eighty second year of his age. His reminiscences of his residence in that! although it must henotice a brief petition. 'One To most of our readers, in thfs country and country during the most extraordinary period hundred and sixty-four times did be cross the in England this venerable gentleman was of ils history, were of a highly interesting broad Atlantic, afid often did he encounter well known and none who knew him will character. He had taken the great Napo- wrecked and shuttered ships, upon whose controvert the truth and justice of the follow- leon by the hand ; he had familiarly knnwn fast sinking hulls, the starved and exhausted Paine at a time when his society was sought seaman had lain down to die, or from which ing sketch of his character which we copy for and was valuable. Of this noted individ- came the faint cries of despairing and halfual, we may in passing say, with his uniform crazed women. At such times we may say from the Mercury of the 16th. "It is not our purpose, nor is it in our and characteristic kindness he always spoke that it was his invariable rule to run every power to enter into any biographical details in terms which sounded strange to the ears risk, and to rescue the sufferers at every of the long life of this excellent and venera- of a generation which has been taught with hazard. ble man, who has just been gathered to his or without justice to regard the author of There was not a particle of selfishness fn fathers. Such enquiries as we have made, " The Age of Reason " with loathing and his character on sJiore, but at sea, in such touching his prolonged and checkered ca- abhorrence. He remembered Paine as a emergencies, he w"s almost unmindful of the reer, have indeed disclosed to us (he fact, well dressed and most gentlemanly man of dictutes of prudence. In a record of such that many men, more distinguished, and of sound and orthodox republican principles, of rescues now before us, written in his own larger importance in the world's affairs, have a good heart, a strong intellect, and n fasci- hand, grown tremulous by age, he says, in hardly furnished more materials for a roman- nating address. entering an instance of more than ordinary tic and fascinating narration. During the After his liberation he once more engaged danger : " How little a man knows himself eighty years of his pilgrimage, he saw many in marine pursuits. In 1807, while in com- when he, sees a fellow being in danger of his lands, he traversed many seas, he suffered mand of the ship Otis, then lying in the life"—meaning unquestionably thai then the many changes, he underwent many vicissi- Downs ready for sea, and with a cargo on sense of personal danger is quite lost in the tudes, and he experienced various fortunes. board valued at £100,000, he exhibited a overpowering instincts of humanity. There Around his life, gathered the poetry of the courage, skill and presence of mind which is something else too in this record which we ocean ; and among those who went down to then were thought % be very remarkable. ought to notice. If mere profession and arthe tea in ships, there were none upon whose His ship, driven from her anchorage, drifted rogant pretension alone make a man religcharacter the ennobling influences of that on board a heavy frigate, carrying away his ious, then Capt. Crocker had bm small claim vocation were more genial, or more decided. quarter, and crippling the vessel. His pilot, to that character. But if a warm and genThe men of such experiences always leave we believe his mate, with a considerable erous humanity, strong only in its aspirabehind a story of dangers overcome, of mov- portion of his crew abandoned the ship, and tions, but meek and lowly in the presence of ing incidents by flood and field, of hair- urged him to do the same. Without a pilot his God, makes a man a Christian, he. was breadth 'scapes,— and short handed as he was, he got under- as true a one as any chujeh in the universe "Of being taken by the insolent foe," weigh, and ran for Dover harbor, in the can produce. of distressful strokes suffered in youth— midst of a tremendous storm, where he arIt has been said that in spite of outward things indeed which old and young "seri- rived in safety, although he had been quite appearances, no class of men is more truly ously incline to hear ; but it is almost al- given up for lost, preserving an immense reverential than that which studies the Creaways a tale, too of noble self-sacrifice, and amount of property, estimated as we have tor and the Preserver in the wonders and generous self-denial, and prodigal self-for- said, at £100,000, together with a valuable fortunes of the great deep. This modest getfulness, of existence perilled to preserve ship. journal before us is entitled "A statement To show rheir sense of the courage and of cases of distress wherein R. R. Crocker the existence ofothers, of unquestioned fidelity to delegated interests, and deep consci- perseverance thus displayed, the underwri- teas the instrument of a kind Providence in entiousness in the discharge of duty. Such ters at Lloyd's Coffee House presented to saving thirty-two fellow beings from a watery has been the life of the ripe old man which him a gratuity of £500, with an elegant sil- grave." Through it runs the spirit with has just terminated and if it were written ver cup, upon which was an appropriate in- which it commences. Thanks for success there are many of more pretenscd morality scription, together with the motto " Forli el are uniformly given where they are due.— which would teach less, as theie are re- fideli nil difficile." We have seen many let- Not a favorable wind springs up, nor is an nowned romances the wonders of which ters of congratulation addressed to him upon angry billow calmed, at the instant of a would fall behind its undoubted verities.— this occasion, all breathing a spirit of the threatened catastrophe, but through the But within the limits of this journal, and with warmest friendship, and admiration of his goodness of God. the materials which we have at hand, the character. The kind, generous, large-hearted old task could hardly be conscientiously performCapt. Crocker afterwards for many years sailor, who " loved his fellow men"—will he ed, and we must content ourselves with a commanded various packet ships between not find, like the Arab in the story, that his bare fact or two, and a few reflections upon New York and London and Liverpool, at a name leads all the rest," in the record of " the character of the departed. time when these floating palaces were just " those who love the Lord ?" Capt. Crocker was born at Falmouth, arriving at the perfection and elegance which In April, 1833, the post of Secretary of Massachusetts, in April 1770, and if he had they have since attained. We need not say the Bedford Commercial Insurance Compalived until next April, he would have been that in this difficult he achieved rep- ny in this city becoming vacant, he was inservice 82 years of age. He came early in life to utation and celebrity in the mercantile world, vited to assume its duties, which invitation New Bedford, where he was apprenticed to and the esteem and friendship of thousands he accepted. In 1834 he was elected a some mechanical trade, which, however, he who crossed the sea under his protection.— member of the House of Representatives of soon abandoned for the sea. He made one His urbane and gentlemanly manners, his in- this State. He continued to fulfil the duties short whaling voyage, and afterwards sailed teresting and varied conversation, his care of Secretary, for which he was particularly out of Boston soon rising to the rank of com- for the comfort of those under his charge, well fitted, until 1845, when an Assistant mander. During the brief hostilities which and his humanity to all in suffering and want Secretary was elected. This relieved him arose between this country and the French were as proverbial as was his skill as a mar- from cares and responsibilities which his inGovernment he commanded a letter of iner: In this service it is not too much to creasing years rendered onerous. He was and was of marque, captured by one the en- say that he was constantly receiving the afterwards upon a change in the manageemy's privateers of superior force. During most varied testimonials from the most vari- ment of the company, elected Vice Presithe engagement he received a musket ball ous sources of esteem and of gratitude, and dent, almost a nominal office, but to which, which passed completely through his body, to this day there are numbers who remember by the consideration of the stockholders, a happily avoiding however the vital regions. him as the pilot who weathered the storm bandsoir.e salary was attached. He continUpon this mischance, bis first officer surren- which sent terror to their hearts, and as the ued to frequent the office of the company, Capt. Rowland R. Crocker. " �1852. 3 THE FRIEND, MAY, Before you, at a distance of two miles, rises and was there as usual upon the Saturday place I was exceedingly interested in the acwhich the new formed crater in the midst of fields erruption counts received of a 1 great general his death. His constitu-j preceding black, on base smoking lava, while from its centre taken the of Maof place His had recently lion remained unimpaired to the last. in there jets a column of red hot lava to an imthe vessel but Loa. It so that happened frostly winter, was as a juna age lusty •' " " instant annihilakindly." He had M disease except the or- 'which 1 sailed was forced by a 'Kona' round' mense height, threateningmortal who should of brother tion to Kinany presumptuous Ito within six miles Honuapo, ganic one of which he died. All will rethe reach of its scathing influmember him. not in the advanced stages of ney's —(ban which nothing could be more! come within found bro. ence. The crater may be 1000 feet in diI landing, me, to —on {opportune and a bowed senility, with impaired intellect, to from 100 to 150 feet high. The on the rocks near receive ameter and by and broken frame, but erect, hale and K. standing the new volcolumn of lava which is constantly way —He had been to liquid part almost Ime. juvenile with a and hearty, firm step, air, and from 200 to 500 feet cano and returned for want of water sustained the in activity. we high, and perhaps the highest jets may reach When n man passes through a prolonged food. Talking the matter over together, Monday, better as high as 700 feet! There is a constant and life not only without making an enemy, but concluded to set out again on the tedious ac- rapid succession of jets one within another, journey.—We for constantly creating übo-t himsell warm and equipped on Monday, March Ist, the masses falling outside and cooling as (Ik; was started cordingly that he conclusion devoted Inends, having two natives to cairy our food and they fall, form a sort of dark veil, through a good man M necessary and inevitable. lot We baggage.—At Keaiwa, Jakoba joined us wnh which the new jets darting up with every dewas the of Crocker. Capt. This beloved. his boy. He had been up the week before gree offorce %nd every variety of form, rena man more universally never knew guide der this grand fire fountain one of the most He attached everybody with whom be came with another party and could therefore some- magnificent objects that human imagination in age. young us through the best course. —Being —his ((.temporaries in contact can conceive of. travelling, what with Hawaiian acquainted childien. He men and women, and little our route, From the top of the lava jets, the current had always a kind word and a smile ready you can judge of the tediousnessof on the of heated air carries up a large mass of scoone of the worst when tell it is 1 you was limited to not for all. But his goodness words or smiles. He was generous to a islands; one minds it but little, however, ria and pumice, which falls again in constant to endure its showers for sofne miles around the crater. fault. He never could seriously think a dol- when he has made up his mind and has with equipped While the natives were eating, they spread patience hardships lar he had Ins own, for it was the properly, food bucket, umbrellas over them to keep the falling if you might judge by his actions, of the first himself accordingly—A good dried meat, stones from mixing with their poe. , man who asked him for it. He was not rich tilled with bread, butter, cheese, knives, to enlarge the picture, fromlhisgrand in this world's goods, but he might have been pickles, sardines, tea, sugar, cups, clothes in But, wealthy with a tithe of that prudence with and forks, &x—then a change of crater, above and to the left are scattered at which most men guard their pockets. As it nana you get wet, which you are sure to do, various distances, several craters formed by sleep in. was, his overflowing generosity ollen led and a warm blanket to former eruptions, while nearer is a small one at the distance of still smouldering and steaming, when the erhis sensithe first into difficulties which pained During night, him tive nature, for he had the pride as well as 40 miles, we heard the rumbling of the volca- ruption broke out previous to the formation no, like the roar of the heavy surf breaking of the new crater. Below the latter at a litthe heart of a gentleman. All that is passed now. "Weary, and upon the shore —and saw the sky brilliantly tle distance are several fountains constantly old of service," he has gone to his rest and illuminated above the crater and the flowing pouring out an immense quantity of molten His ship is safely moored in lava. —An immense column of vapor and lava which flows in a glowing stream down to his reward. eternal harbors ; the vicissitudes of his voy- smoke arose from the crater and formed a the mountain slope, while farther on across age of life are over now. Providence was magnificent arc, reflecting the red and pur- the plains which separate the two great good to him to the last, and he died as he jple°iight of the fiery masses below. Anima- mountains, through the deep forests and wished to die, suddenly, and without pro- ted by sights and sounds so grand, we quick- more than half way down to Hilo, is spread longed pain. His venerable form will no ened our pace in order to gain a nearer view one devastating sea of smouldering ruins. more appear in its accustomed and familiar Lithe scene, believing that in this case, dis- And übove all this scene of desolation, far place ; his cordial voice will no more offer tance did not lend enchantment to the view. above the whirling clouds and sulphurous the civilities of the hour ; he has told his On the second day towards night we came smoke, rejoicing in the glorious sun-light, last story ; he has clone his last kind act. to a hut built by the party of the previous rise in sublime majesty, the snow crowned Yet he leaves behind him a memory green week being wet with the rain, we conclud- peaks of Manna Kea, the only smiling thing and fresh as were his declining years—a ed to spend "the night here—we enlarged the amid all the wide spread scenes of desert memory that will be cherished in as many the house, built a fire in one part of it, put waste! hearts as knew his own, and in every clime on dry clothes, wrapped ourselves in our We were not quite satisfied with a distant blankets and passed a comfortable night. view of objects so interesting and new, and that he ever visited. [N. B. Shipping List. Jan. 20, 1852. The morning was fine, we soon caught sight seeing a small hill of old lava about fifty of the lava jets as they shot up above the dis- yards below the crater, we made our way to tant mountain ridges, and passing the whit- the top of it. But we had scarcely begun to Great Volcanic Erruption. ened bones of a mule lost by the King's par- enjoy the advantages of our position, when a ty while crossing the mountains two or three vidlent whirlwind sent us stumbling over the During the last few weeks, there have years ago—snatching here and there a bunch rocks, and nearly smothered us in a cloud been the most remarkable volcanic errup- of delicious ohelos which grew by the path, of ashes, smoke and pumice stones. We imM. of the third day mediately retreated, and with as much rapidtions on the island of Hawaii. Several par- we came, at about 10 A. to the last ridge that separated us from the ity, of course, as a becoming sense of our ties have visited the island for the purpose of region of the erruption; ascended to the top own dignity, or rather in plain terms, as a witnessing the terrific scene. Numerous of this, the whole scene, wild, terrific, grand, comfortable regard for the tenderness of our eye-witnesses agree in confirming the state- magnificent, bursts upon our senses ! poor shins and toes, already somewhat batment, that this is the most remarkable which It is impossible to give you a complete tered, would allow. We spent half the night has occurred since the discovery of the in- description of what we saw and heard or to in watching the various phenomena attending picture which will produce the same the erruption. And when the morning broke lands. Lava-jets have been thrown up from draw a on your mind that the original did clear and bright on the awe-inspiring scene, impression five to seven hundred feet ; but our readers upon mine. Language, on such an occasion the clouds of vapor rose from the wooded will no doubt prefer thetestimony of an eye- h powerless, eloquence is dumb and silence plains and melted away through the transpaWe counted the ships witness, to any remarks we might offer upon is the expression most congenial to the senti- rent atmosphere. Yet I you ments of the soul. to which floated the will try give upon quiet bosom of Hilo We take the liberty of publishthe subject. facts and hints which will assist your bay, and caught the joyous sunbeams reflectsome desing the following familiar and life-like imagination in its conceptions of the wildly ed from the snows of Mauna Kea so strongly cription of the scene contrasted with the glowing rays from t»e interesting scenes we witnessed. Waiohinu, March 12, 1852. Imagine yourself, then, just ascended to fire-fountain. We listened to the timid chirp Brother Damon:—On my arrival at this the top of the above mentioned eminence. of the solitary wild bird, almost lost amid the I — - — :— — �THE FRIEND, MAY, 4 1852. General Meeting. volcanic thunder which constantly shook the structions given to their commanders, four lava hills and streams around us. We knelt vessels returned entirely unsuccessful. Cap. The missionaries of the American Board, upon the rocks and. joined our feeble voices Farr, commander of the fifth, instead of rea general meeting this year, commenchold great wise, the the good, in adoration of the to England, went to Cape Town. and glorious author of all. Thus we reluc- turning on the second week of the current month. ing tantly turned from the attractive scene and re- There, at a coffee house, he chanced to meet Some have already arrived, and others are traced our steps home-ward, feeling concious an American commanding a whale ship, daily expected. This will be an important of having witnessed one of the most stupen- who gave him tho requisite information about as the enlerprize will be dous exhibitions within the reach of mortals, the location of the African Guano Islands.— meeting especially most interof i undertaken sending an exploring expediand of having received one of the esting and impressive lessons within the wide This hint opened the door to the immense tion to visit the Caroline group of Islands trade in African Guano. These facts we with reference to the establishment of a new range of cosmical science. Your* with brotherly affection, derive from Chamber's Edinburgh Journal, mission. The Rev. Messrs. Snow, and GuJ. FULLER. for June 1844. 14, with their families have already arrived lick, Kilnuea P. S. We spent Thursday night at When England, America, and other comand reached the valley of " Shining water,' from the United States, on their way to this mercial nations will vie with each other in (Waiohinu,) on Saturday. prospective mission. An associate is expectfurnishing hints to Commercial Wealth the ef- ed daily to arrive on board the "Snow fects will be far more powerful to cement These gentlemen will probably Squall." friendship and peace among the nations of sail during the month of June. Their ultithe earth, than all military and naval opera- mate location is not now known. tions. Most heartily do we rejoice in this onward Hints to Commercial Wealth. Too long have large and popumovement. Hawaiian Parliament. American Statesman, Merchants, Shiplous groups of Polynesia, remained unexowners, and Seamen are now deeply interof the Hawaiian The Legislative Body plored by the heralds of the gospel. The ested in the success of the whale-fishery in was on devotees of science, the merchants, and the year, nation for the current opened the Arctic ocean. Many millions of dollars the 13th ultimo, by a Royal speech. The navigators of this and a past age, have quite are now invested in this enterprise. Capt. exercises took place at the stone native outstripped the followers of Christ, in their Roys has justly the honor of making the first There was more than the ordinary zeal to explore "the dark places" of the church. cruise for whales within Bhering's straits.— display and a large attendance of earth. Too long has the mantle of the marIt may not be generally known why he was military induced to steer his good ship, " Superior" Foreigners and Hawaiians. We have tiever tyred Williams, remained unworn by some for those high latitudes. The cause was this, attended on a similar occasion, when the ex- youthful apostle of Polynesia. Most cordially in reading Beechy's Voyages, his eye rested ercises were conducted with more dignity and do we second this new missionary enterprize, and we hope that Hawaiian churches will Off here, we saw a propriety. upon this remark, The the next meeting to adjourned day fully come up to their duty of sustaining this great many black whales, more than I ever when the of His mission, by their contributions. Ministers Majesty's reports remember to have seen, even in Baffin's were We that our narrow presented. regret Bay." 'Our attention was called to this hint, Church going in Honolulu. by Capt. Roys, immediately after his return. limits do not allow a publication of those The remark will be found in the first volume highly interesting and important documents. For several years the increasing populaBoth Houses are now engaged in daily tion in Honolulu, has excited a growing conof Beechy, page 379, (Eng. Edition) and reviction in the minds of many that other fers to Icy Cape, situated .70*20' N. Lat. sessions. The House of Nobles is of comprised places for religious worship, besides the 162° W. Long. and We have alluded to this fact, in part to High Chiefs, Governors of the different Isl- Chapel, should be opened. A few months show the importance of sending out vessels ands, and His Majesty's Ministers, in all, since, the services of the Episcopal Church on voyages of discovery, and also to remind sixteen Hawaiians and three Foreigners. were commenced and are still continued at The House of Representatives is com- Manna Kilika. More recently services have Americans of their indebtedness to Englishof 21 members, including 17 Hawaii- been commenced at the Rev. L. Smith's posed men. and ans 7 Foreigners. We shall now refer to a corresponding inchurch, where the Rev. T. E. Taylor, late from the reports pnblished in the of the Lahaina Chaplaincy, regularly officiJudging cident in the history of British Commerce, wherein Englishmen must acknowledge their Government Organ, subjects of vital impor- ates every Sabbath morning at 11 o'clock.— indebtedness to Americans, who suggested tance to the welfare of the Hawaiian nation The Chapel not being crowded as heretofore and race are now under discussion.— will afford accommodations for seamen, resian important hint to Commercial Wealth. at 11 A. M., Sometime previous to the year 1843, an The new constitution, taxes, finances and dents and strangers. American trader, (name unknown,) obser- other subjects of a kindred nature merit and 7| P. M. ving the interest which the importation of careful deliberation. This number of the Friend will be Peruvian Guano was creating in England, It does not come within the design of our discuss sent to all of our old subscribers in Honolulu to these or all medtopics, at was reminded that he had seen large deposits! paper and other parts of the Islands. Persons dedle with the vexed of the political questions of a similarsubstance on the coast of Africa. He published a short narration of his obser- country, still we cannot profess indifference sitous of taking more than a single copy, vations in an American newspaper. This, to the weal or woe of this kingdom. Long will please examine the terms, and give noand paper chanced to meet the eye of an English may it stand. May its independence be se- tice, as early as possible. Missionaries islands, are of the shipmaster, who forwarded it to his corres- cured and employed for the welfare of all others at remote parts It agents. as respectfully requested to act pondents in Liverpool, who were thereby in- who dwell upon Hawaiian shores. that, as formerly, some will is to he hoped duced, at the close of the year 1842, to send New Bedford Oil Market—Feb. 9.— subscribe for more than a single copy, for out five ships to be loaded with African gu- Sperm $1 23 to $1 25. Whale bone, 43c. the purpose of lending their aid in support ano. From the indefinite nature of the in- Whale oil no report. of the paper. — F THE RIEND. " . �1852. 5 THE FRIEND, MAY, be deductand was compelled to come "inside" for months. From this number must Location of the Volcano. one for an ed one for a duplicate signature, re-' has undergone extensive We insert the above map, for the purpose repairs. She expiration of time, the condition being limited hove down by been having pairs, the locareaders abroad to one month, and one, Mr. Lemaire whohas of indicating to our and Thorpe, alongside of their hulk|been removed from among us by death. Our tion of the recent volcanic eruptions. All Tanner Q,uixotte." Capt. Morice has imembers will thus be at the present time 99. "Don the islands are volcanic in their formation. the the rethe spot superin- During the same time 500 copies of No eruptions have taken place on any of the been constantly upon to the Hawaiian Parliaview of an address all islands, except Hawaii, since their discovery. tending the work, and we congratulate ment has been published and circulated at an and issue. on the successful northcreditable parties expense of 31 dollars, which'sum has been The recent eruption occurred on the Guvessel was with Peruvian This freighted paid by contributions made by members of near the cenerly slope of Mauna Loa, (or Society and the sale of copies of the tre of the island,) and the stream ran towards ano, and her disaster was the more to be re- the p amphlet. as known Byron's Bay, Waiakea, or Hilo, or gretted from the fact that the voyage was It is believed by your committee that this among navigators. The stream ceased to rather of an "experimental nature." publication has exerted a salutary influence flow about seven miles from Hilo. We feel it our duty to caution our sea- on society, and led many to a consideration Anniversary Week. faring friends to be very particular in hoist- of the evils of intemperance who would not Jrtve considered the subject but for ing the usual signal for a pilot, otherwise perhaps the The semi-monthly meetings or its publication. fourth week May, in During the they can have no good reason to expect as- have been attended by a less number of the of the Meeting week the General of closing sistance from the shore. If the pilot's flag■regular members than would be desirable, American Mission in Honolulu, public and is not hoisted, it is taken for granted that the'.and your committee would recommend that anniversary meetings of the following Benev- ship-master is well acquainted with the an- the ladies be especially invited to attend our meetings. Mr. Beckwith gave the society a olent Societies will be held at the Seamen's chorage. lecture to a full and attentive audience. Chapel : The movements ofthe society are onwards, Monday evening, May 2ith, Meeting in Report and evidences ofits beneficial influence are behalf of the Seaman's cause. Com. of H. T. Society for the quar-\ almost daily coming to the knowledge of ofthe Ex. ter ending last of March 1852. your committee. Tuesday evening May 25th, Anniversary W. NEWCOMB, Chairman. of the Hawaiian Missionary Society. It is a matter of some little importance to association to voluntary 26th, Anniverthe members ofany Wednesday evening, May Our Exchanges.—During the suspension have an occasional summary of their prosary of the Hawaiian Bible Society. ceedings, brought within a narrow compass, of the Friend, the following papers have Thursday evening, May 27th, Anniversary that their efforts and movements may be un- been regularly forwarded in Exchange, (and of the Hawaiian Tract Society. derstood, and duly appreciated by every we would acknowledge our special obligaFriday evening, May 28th, Anniversary of member of such association. tions to the publishers) :—New-York "Tri It is made the duty of the executive com- 1 the Temperance Society. Temperance Society bune," "Herald," and "Observer," the Reports of these various societies, will be mittee of the Hawaiian to render quarterly an exhibit of the condi- "Washington National Era," "American presented and addresses delivered. tion of the Society, and in accordance with Messenger," " Whalemen's Shipping List," would offer We are happy to see the British ves- this requirement, your committee "Nantdcket Enquirer," "The Puritan Rereport. following the adcorder." We are happy to add to our list of sel " Haipooneer," Capt. Morice, is The number of members of the Society at Christian vertised to sail for Hong Kong, her destined the present time as per reference to the sig- exchanges the " Washington tha "Cal. "Pacific," the and Statesman," of her arrival off the harof is an in102, showing natures the pledge port. On the day Advocate." 21 members during the past 3 Ch. bor, she unfortunately touched upon the reef, crease of , : �THE FRIEND, MAY, 6 1852. , tion for you will remember that it was the be found so fair as the daughters of poor despised fisherman of Galilee who first and when his Maker shall call, may he be dared engage in a good work, and you have old and "full nfdiiys." After a visit to the Sandwich Islands. alluded to a book-worm, The following communication has been but to refer to the pages of the Friend to We have slightly show that the same liberal spirit which has and imagine we hear him reasoning as placed at our disposal by the Editor of the ever kept the wheel in motion is still extant book-worms doublti ss reason at times, "Great Polynesian. The author remarks that the amongst the despised class in substantial men are not always wise, neither do the aged idea of writing was suggested by reading a donations. We should not be surprised il understand jugilments. Therefoie barken series of articles, entitled "wants of Sea- there was a falling off in the latter particu- to me ; I also will.show my opinion." Yet from the knowledge we have of a "Wants of Seamen No. 1." men," published in our columns during the lar. class of men amongst whom we have found "Though applicable to sea-fa ing men in year 1847. Those articles have occasioned many who can safely be denominated nature's general, my remarks have particular refermuch discussion among our sea-faring read- noblemen we are rather inclined to the opini- ence to whalemen." Listen ye veterans of ers. Some have complained of their unfair- on, that reared as they are amid storms and the Harpoon Lance. Elihu has the floor ; ness. Our reply has been, to those who tempests, the puff of a book-worm cannot Job and Ins giey headed fri nds are silent. move them. They are amazed, they are confounded. As have complained,—"take up the pen and reThe most powerful agent ha3been the this Orthodox Youth seizes a cutting spade in ply, our columns are open to good tempered missionary—the very name has a magical one hand, and a boat-hook in the other and communications." Several have followed the influence, inasmuch as it imparts to the mind launches out into deep water, not to attack suggestion as our columns will repeatedly an idea of devotedness to the good of others. Leviathan'but Leviathan's worst enemy the show. We would now suggest a cessa- They have left their homes and all the pleas- Whaleman. ing associations of youth and come to this Inconsideiate one dost think to "draw him tion of hostilities. Should our whaling cor- distant clime to teach the rude children of out with a hook." respondents continue the chase, and renew nature how to appreciate its rich gifts, and Behold him ye wise ones, ye venerable, he the attack in time to come, the writer of venerate and adore the rich giver. commences the attack without boat, or boat's those articles may turn upon his pursuers, The writer has witnessed the purely disin- crew—it is true, he has oneraw hand, he has and although "Fabius" denominates him, a terested conduct of many of these devoted given him his first order, "Shake out theForemen and seen and now acknowledges the topsail." book-worm, yet he might show that he was good effects of their teachings. Let us susThe Youth does not understand him and not altogether crushed and subdued. He tain them so long as they keep on the right uhv should he ! it is an order unintelligible may never have wielded a lance or thrown a course and ever pray that their declining to the more experienced. The writer has harpoon, yet» it must be confessed, that he years may be blessed with a conciousness of been seventeen years on ocean's waters, and having benefited their fellow men and tltat declares it to be a "darkening of counsel by holds the pen of a ready writer. genial breezes may waft them to Heaven, words without knowledge." Brother Hunt Mr. Editor.—The following was intend- their final resting place. you had better take in that Fore Top-Sail, if ed for the "Friend," it being suggested upon These two named classes, however dissim- it has shaken long enough and if it was realreading in that paper several articles entitled ilar they may appear to the reader, are so ly necessary for you to take a voyage to Cal"Wants of Seamen." It was written by an intimately associated with the early history ifornia yon should have embarked with some old whaling Captain while at sea, some time of these islands, and we may say connected skilful whaleman, where you could at your in the year 1850.* That paper having ceased together, that it is extremely difficult to sepleisure have familiarised yoursell with the upon the departure ofits Editor to America, arate them or detract from the one without de- technicalities as w«ll as gained an insight inI beg it may be inserted in your paper, to tracting from the other. They were among to! lie character of a set of men you evidentshow that there are men in that profession the first who came to the distant shore, the ly do not understand and in your'next series who devote some of their time to reading, merchant and mechanic soon followed, rep- of letters let more of the spirit of him you call and who understand what is aimed at them resentatives of the various governments were Master appear. as a class, and who are ready to defend their duly appointed that the interests of each naMr. Editor, adieu, we have met and we rights. tive might be respected. Hospitals were have parted again and again, and now home Mr. Editor, —During my last visit to the erected, that the sick might be cared forand and its loved ones art: inviting us, and our noSandwich Islands, those beautiful spots of corresponding appointments made which have ble hark feeling the impulse of a gentle gale, earth, remote from the immediate influences afforded a rich income to the heretofore like a thing of life, is urging her way onward of the civilized world, we observed a happy needy aspirants. and soon we hope to be safely moored. change; notwithstanding the many hindranFABIUS. All these owe their success to the peaceful Yours &c, ces and disadvantages, they continue to influences of the missionary who " calmed the At sea Int. 10= North, long. 153° 30 thrive, progress and "blossom as the rose." savage breast" and made it safe for people West. The people are indern !aut and happy. to risk, lives and property by settling upon When we contrast the present with the the Islands, and to the whaleman whose Capt. Matthew Luce. past, we are led to exclaim what a change wants have contributed to the wants of others. morally and politically, and this change has But says one why do not the Missionaries The recent death of this enterprising mergone on with an imperceptible movement to adhere strictly to their work, why meddle chant caused a MMatkM) in this community the resident, yet after years of absence, the with governmental affairs ! This is a ques- of regret and sorrow almost as great as that careful observer can discover much to ad- tion they must settle with their own consci- which followed Capt. Crocker to the grave. mire. The uniform good conduct of the na- ence. The writer can only admire the wis- Few men lived more loved and respected. tives, the stately edifices that have been rear- dom of His Gracious Majesty's choice, who He was emphatically an honest man. In a ed under the fostering and encouraging care doubtless says to himself, who so fit to advise community somewhat prone to personal critof good government, the inducement offered with us as those who have ever sought to do icism we never heard any one speak aught for foreigners to settle', and pursue their law- us good ! against h'in. In every dealing he was ful business with all the privileges of subOne of the first upon the list of foreign res- thoroughly scrupulous and upright. In prijects and the almost invariable success of such idents is a merchant whom to know is to vate life his benevolence was unbounded as as attend closely to business, —all these com- respect and admire, he is one too, who has it was unostentatious. There was a blunt bine to make a favorable impression upon the been afflicted. For long weary weeks he lay frankness and a masculine strength in Ins mind of the stranger, and he naturally en- upon his bed of suffering and anguish, his character which spoke in every tone of his quires, what has conduced to this happy life hanging, as it were upon a straw ; but voice, and every movement of his person.— state of things ? What class of men have God smiled upon him and he recovered He left behind him an ample fortune, the done most towards effecting it ? To be lib- and now blessed with the society of B his be- fruit of prudence, skill and industry,—but eral we will say there are many causes, and loved family he can look upon the past as a he left something better than that—a good different classes have contributed their mile troubled dream, enjoying with them the fruits name among the rich and the poor—in the but the whalemen and missionary stand first of his honest industry, and hereafter may it dwelling of opulence, the workshop, the upon the list, Nay, start not at the declare- be said that in all the land no women are to counting-room, and the cottage.[N.B.Paper. A Whaleman's Reflections! • �7 THE FRIEND, .MAY, 1852, the liberty of mankind ; and if it be their united destiny, in the course of human events, that they shall be called upon, in the cause Mr. Seward, from the Committee on Commerce, reported a bill to the United By the latest arrival from San Francisco, of humanity, and in the cause of freedom to States Senate, for the employment of one or we have received a copy of N. Y. Tribune, stand against a world at arms, they are of a race, and of a blood, to meet that crisis withtwo small vessels, with competent officers, to explore those seas in the line of our com- containing an address of the Hon. Daniel out shrinking from danger, and without quailWebster, at the 48th anniversary of the N. ing in the presence of earthly power. merce and navigation, to and from China It is said that the bill will pass, in which Y. Historical Society. His subject was the Gentlemen, I must bring these desultory case ("apt. Ringgold of the Navy, will prob- Dignity aad Importance rf History. The ad- remarks to a close, 1 terminate them, where ably be appointed to the command of the ex- dress occupy six closely printed columns of perhaps I ought to have begun—namely, with a few words on the present state and condipedition. The following is Mr. Seward's (be Tribune. His remarks were highly ap- tion of our country and the prospects which report, which will be found to contain interpropriate, and his illustrations drawn from are before her. esting facts —[N. Y. Tribune. Unborn ages and visions of glory crowd The Committee on Commerce, to whom was Grecian, Roman, English and American hisreferred several memorials of merchants, tory were admirably suited to set forth in a upon my soul ; the realization of all these, however, is in the hands and good pleasure underwriters, an(J others, praying for an strong light the theme of the address. of Almighty God. But under His divine exploration and rcconnoisance of such parts of the China Seas, Straits of (jas- We cannot forbear quoting the eloquent blessing, it will be dependent on the characper, and Java Sea, as lie directly in the closing paragraphs of the address. He had ter and the virtue of ourselves, and of our route of vessels proceeding to and from been speaking of the Continental Congress, posterity. If classical history has been found to be, Ch'iia, submit the following report : and then proceeds to the Convention for fra- is now, and shall continue to be, the conThat in the summer of 1818, Capt. Roys, comitant of free institutions, and of popular of the whale ship Superior, penetrated the ming the Constitution: Arctic Ocean through Behring Strait, and I may not dwell longer on this animating eloquence, what a field is opening to us for encountered all the dangers of a Polar Sea and enchanting picture. Another grand pic- another Herodotus, another Thucydides, (onunexplored, hut that bis enterprise was richly ture succeeds it, and that is, the'Convention ly may his theme not be a Peloponesian war,) rewarded, and that, since that time, a large which framed the Constitution, the spirited and another Livy ! ana) let me say, gentleand profitable fishery has been created, in debates in the States, by the ablest men of men, that if we. and our posterity, shall.be the regions thus explored. That in this those States, upon Its adoption, and, finally, true to the Christian religion, if we and they trade, during the last two years, there have the organization of the first Congress, filled shall live always in the fear of God, and shall been employed two hundred and ninety-nine by the gray haired men of the Revolution, respect his commandments ; if we and they ships, eight thousand nine hundred and sev- and younger and vigorous patriots, and lov- shall maintain just, moral sentiments, and enty seamen ; and that the value of the ers of liberty, and Washington himself in the such conscientious convictions of duty as ships and cargoes was seventeen and a half principal Chair of State surrounded by his shall control the heart and life, we may have millions of dollars, and of the oil and whale- Heads of Department, selected from those the highest hopes of the future fortunes of bone obtained about nine millions ; but that who enjoyed the greatest portion of his own of our country ; and if we maintain those inthe disasters attending the trade had been regard, and stood highest in the esteem of stitutions of government, and that political union, exceeding all praise, as much as it exunusually calamitous. Seven vessels were their country. wrecked within the last year, and there are Neither Xenophon nor Thucydides, neith- ceeds all former examples of political associaer Sallust nor Livjt presents any picture of tions, we may be sure of one thing, that while painful reports of others. There is no chart of these seas, and it is an assembly of public men, or any scene of our country furnishes materials for a thousand so manifestly the interest and duty of the History, which, in its proper grandeur, or its masters of the historic art, it will afford no United States to protect and foster so great large and lasting influence upon the happi- topic for a Gibbon. It will have no decline and fall. It will go on prospering and to a commercial enterprise, that the Committee ness of mankind, equals this. do not think it necessary to enlarge upon this Its importance, indeed, did not, at the mo- prosper. But if we and our posterity rement, strike the minds of ordinary men.— ject religious instruction and authority, viosubject. The trade with China and other Oriental But Burke saw it with an intuition clear as late the rules of eternal justice, trifle with States has received a new impulse from the the light of heaven. Charles Fox saw it, the injunctions of morality, and recklessly colonization of California by the United and sagacious and deep-thinking minds over destroy the political constitution which holds us together, no man can tell how suddenly a States, under circumstances singularly pro- all Europe beheld it. would how destiEngland, England, thy catastrophe may overwhelm us, that shall and steam is navigation already openpitious, ing with certain prospects a great and endu- nies have been altered, if the advice of bury all our glory in profound obscurity. If Chatham, Burke and Fox had been fol- that catastrophe shall happen, let it have no ring enlargement. history ! Let the horrible narrative never But it is known to all persons engaged in lowed ? that commerce,Hhat the seas traversed are Shall I say altered for the better ? Cer- be written, let its fate be like that of the lost full of perils of which there is no sufficient tainly not, not for the better of England her- books of Livy, which no human eye shall evwarning in existing charts or in the experi- self; probably she is stronger and richer at er read, or the missing Pleiad, of which no ence of navigators. Every consideration of this moment, than if she had listened to the man can ever know more than that it is lost, commercial interest, or naval competition, unheeded words of her great statesmen.— and lost forever. and of humanity, enjoins upon the govern- Neither nations nor individuals always foreTemperance Society. ment an exploration and reconnbisance of see that, which their own interest and hapthese seas also. A large island has been re- piness require. cently discovered (called Ousinia) in the Our greatest blessings often arise from the List of officers of the Hawaiian Temperway to Japan snd Northern China. It is disappointment of our most anxious hopes, ance Society and chosen for the quarter besupposed to be very fertile and densely in- and our most fervent wishes ginning April Ist, 1852. Let us know, habited, but no vessel has gone around the "serves President Wm. H. Johnson. indiscretion sometimes as well. Oar and none .island touched its shores. It our deepplots do fail: and that should teach us, Pres. S. Cooke, A. Vice (wpuld be of incalculable benefit to the Amer- When There's a divinity that shape* our ends. ican trade if the island should be found to Rough hew them how we will." Samuel Lea. Secretary ontain a good harbor and a hospitable people. Instead of subject colonies, England now Executive Committee. The last mail from U.S. brings intelli- beholds a mighty rival, rich, powerful, intel- E. G. Beckwith, Rev. S. C. Damon, and gence that an expedition including several ligent like herself. And may these coun- Rev. T. E. Taylor. war steamers, a Frigate, and a Corvette, un- tries be forever friendly rivals. May their Vigilance Committee. der command of Com. Perry was about to greatness, sustaining themselves, Israel H. Wright, FrankNorthrop, Wm. We learn this to the of the sail to Japan. promotion from the San be always directed Francisco Herald Davis. peace, the prosperity, the enlightenment and ExpoltrahiSeas. nfeCina Historical. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. — : : lin . �THE FRIEND, MAY, 1852. 8 The want of space prevents us from noticing the examination at Punahou, and Dr. Newcomb's excellent lecture, before the H. T. Society, but a copy having been requested for publication we bespeak for it a wide circulation, and attentive perusal by alt those who would avoid the drunkard's grave. For the reason just stated we must omit noticing " No. 2," of the 'Transactions of the Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society," which has just been issued, Icy* Friends of Hawaiian Agriculture, remember that the Annual Meeting will convene the first Tuesday in June. Mr. Mitchell, Gregory's Express Agent in Honolulu, has our thanks for a late copy of the Boston Courier. For the information of our sea-faring readers, we would state that Gregory's Express is connected with Kingly's Express at New Bedford. 30—Am wh ah Coriolanua,Grinnell, cruiae. —Am wh ah John and Edward, Cathcart, cruiae. —Am wh ah George, Clark, cruise. 31—Am bg Zoe, Pearaon, Sen Francisco. April I—Fr wh ah Salamander, Hardy, truicf. 9—Am wh ah Magnolia, Cox, cruise. Br. bk Ore-, Teschen * .*>.—Am bk Ruaael, Cnrley, entire. 6.— ah Geo. Washington, Edwartls, cruiae. Sarah, Swift, cruiae. Superior, Bahcock, cniiae. 7.— H,- Haw achr Geo Washington, Cary, S. Francisco. Am sh Alice Frazer, Taber, cniiae. Alice Mendell, Wing, cruiae. Good Return, Wing Hano. brig't. Lina, Oenker, Co). River. Am. wh ah Wm W irt, Fisher, cruise. April 9—Am wh ship Northern Light, Statt, cruise. 10—Am sh KutiiMifi', Pierce, cruise 10—Am wh sh Helen Augusta, Fates, cruise. 13—Am wh ah Canada, West, cruise. 14—Am herm britr Glencoe, Sampson, South Pacific. 14—Am ahip Esther May, Howe*, Manila. 14—Am wh bk Rajah, Fiaher, cruise. 14—Russian hk Huonii, Hashagen, cruise. 15—Am bk Wm. I*. Wheaton, Gre**n, cniise. Apr. 17. Am wh* ah Corinthian, Stuart, cruise. 30. Am wh sh Levi Starhurk, Ellison, cruise. Sl.—Am wh sh Citizen, Bailey, cniise. iB.-Ain bk Eliza Thornton, Post, for N. York. 99.—F»r wn sn piu [X, Lecnminer, to cuise. April 94— AmSrh Golden Rule, Gragg, Tahiti. 96—Am brig Noble, Robertson, San Francisco. 99—Am her. brig Emetine, Green, Petropaulovskol. —Am wh bk Cavalier, Freeman, Stuningtun, 7 mo*, 75 bbls sperm. 13—Am wh sh Helen Augusta,Falea, Newport, 15m0*,60 *p, 95blk fish. —Am wh sh rlraiunt, Child*, 6 mos, clean. 16—Am wh sh Geo. Washington, Edwards, 4 months, clean. —Am wh sh Ohio, Norton. 5 mos, 150bbls sperm. IH-Am wh sh Snperh r, Hahrork, 5 nn.s, 45 bbls sp. 19—Am wh ah Marcus, Sherman, Mate, M Mil sl>91—Am wh sh Hihernia, Jeffrey 3 1-9 Boa, 7!l Ibis sp. —Am wh sh (oriolanus, Grin net, 7 l-tmos tUH hhls sp. 99— U. S. S. St. Mary's, A. Magruder,9l ds lm San Fran ciscn. 23—Am wh sh James Maury, Welden, 5 ni< s, < le.ui. M /km wh sh Mary Anne, Dollman, 78 d*, M hUi sperm. —Am »eh Gazelle, Stoddard, 18 ds fm San Francisco. 98—Am wh ship Meteor, Jeffrey, 4 1-9 nios, clean. Uii wh sh L. C. Kirhmond, Cochran, it aaoa, MO sp. —Am wh ship Benjamin Tucker, Lands,4 12 months, " — clean. sh Electra, —Am wh Clark, 91 mos nut, 80 bbls sp., IM wh, this aeaaon. Marine Intelligence—Disaster. Am whale shin* NiihtitrTok, Calni, arrived, hnvinc, two weeks Since. 11l il White m|liml|, -iO 3 N., lf)<i w W, t loal all three lopmnsts, inn! head of mizeii iiihmi. ii was. ah done in ■ itiii'iU' or le-s ! She lei) Hongkong, Feb. 24Hi, where 2 wh. slii| s were recruiting, but the Siiihll pox wnv raging on shore. May 1. . > PORT OF LAHAINA. The distrtsi' broke oui alter kink Him mil"! g the shipping. ships lihil gone to at*, mid iliej were i.bliued la pall bnek. One h ri not Imek itie ft im il time. During the winter cruise, the vessel took 2io sp and lihlV, 1000 »p. ami 200 wluilt Arrived. Memoranda. Feb. 96—Haw sch Curlew, Bailey, 18 daya from San Francisco. Bedford, O S. Tooker Maarer. 55 —Am. ah Charles Phelps, Birch, 17 moa, 340 sp, 80 wh. Per Bark Martha, of .New days from I lobar!towO. via lluahiue, 20 davit. March I—Am. wh ah Cabinet, Noyea, 6 moa, clean. DIED. s—Am wh ib Cortes, Cromwell, 8 mos, 50 ap, 30 wh. Sinleil (VotH Molmrttowri l»ec IS, 1001. .hip South. Boston, Williams, of New Bedford, 115 hbls Mperm. Jhii. 6. ship Lark, Hilo. On the 3d Inst., of apoplexy in this city, Ai.mn W. Paai.n sperm, -mi wlialc 1? MKMitJta out Left —Fr wh ah Orion, Hache, 4 months, clean, Nantes. Kell), New I.T-ml •om, Esq., t native of New Ark, aged 411 year*. ship Euieritld. .Imjj:'T, of Sag —Am wh sh Cowper, Fisher, 0 moa, clean, N. bed- at M< hartlown, .Inn. Ifi. Ih'2, ilia remaina were preceded U) the Nuuanu Ceinetry, by the 5 inns mil, clean; ship Cicero. Pol New Bedford, zl ford. O. 0. order F., I. to which he belonged, and followed by a ; whip Lhllm Rooke, Gar lon Eiitclnnd bbls to moat, nliippeil 6—Am wh ship Almira, Jenfts*, 9 mos, 180ap, Hilo. arge concourse of citizen*. —Am wh ah Nassau, White, 19 mos, 50 ap, 500 wh, finer. New Bedford. 44 months, {too sperm; thtp Candace, Lost overboard from the schooner Msria, on her passage 100 sp. 6o wli ; ship .South \\ 1 mos otil. nlker, 6 ondon, N. Marquesas. from Honolulu to Lahaina, on Uie night of the 10th ol April, —Am wh bk Siiepardess, Watroua, 6 moa, 150 sp, Carolina, Alexander, New Bedfotd. 8 mos out, 130 wh, to he. Colin J. Au.sk, Esq., of Lahaina, Attorney at Law, aged 31) N. Lominn, tiros America, ship coiideiiiiied Knrth } MaaoS, Mystic. years, formerly of Krederickton, New Brunswick. [New out, tin ap ship Mechanic, t or), Newjiort, 5 1-2 mos out, 30 —Am sch Laura Bevan,Pierce, from Honolulu. Brunswick papers please cojiy.] Merwin, ; ship taking passenger*, llenr\ sp mhefk, York, N Am wh ah Bartholomew tiosnuld, Eustice 7 rnoa, 5 I to Melbourne ; ship Architect, Gasper, N. York, loading lor ap, New Bedford. At the U. S. Hospital, Honolulu, March 25th, Franklin «> Hun I'r.iiu i-i V—Am wh sh Artie, Gellet, 14moa,80gp, Marquesas. White, Providence, R. I., about 94. M-irt-h -'.—Left lluahiue. Am. sch. Emma Packer, Taylor, —Am wh ah (Radiator, Turner, 18 moa, 40 sp, Society At Koloa, Kauai, April 18th,after a short illness, Mary Eloiwaiting cargo for Shu Fnuickco. Ialand a. as, daughter of Dr. Jia. W. and Melicent K. Smith, aged one Murck -J. —Amer. sch Velnsco. Worth, do do. —Am wh ah Seine,Land re, 17 moa, clean Kawaihae. year and 96 days. Of such is the kingdom of Heaven." —Am art .luh«i> PrinijJe. (Mark. do. do. 9—Am wh ship Betsey Williams, Pedleton, 8 mos, 110 Ship Esther May spokeofTCape Horn Jan27th, bark Oscar, AJ"», March 5th on board steamer "Ohio," Mrs. Elizabeth ap, 60 wh, Stoi.ington. days C. Webster Uriines,wife of Mr. Hiram tirimes, on the passage 80 from New Bedford, bound to Northern Orean. In com B—Am wh sh Hill i .in, Cook, h mos, clean, llilo. from New York to I'hagrcs. Her papy with shipsBenjamin Tinker and Emerald hi me day. 19— wh bk Harvest, Spooner, 15 mos, 70 sp, Hilo. remains were committed to the deep, in Lat. 19 34 North Long. 15 wh|sh Gov. Troup, Coggeahall, 19 months, 850 sp, 83' 14 west. She had resided at Honolulu, for several Peru. years, and about 3 years in San Francisco. At both places 16—Am wh ah Catherine, Hull, 19 mos, 150 whale. she had a large circle of acquaintances who will -sympathise with her surviving —Am wh sh Manche, Gilles, 16 moa, 92 ap, 139 wh, he hns expended (exclusive of lexTahiti. IriendM, in her early decease. Her disease was consumption In Honolulu, April 1st, at the U. 8. Hospital, Mr. 18—Am wh ah Euperates, Peakes, 8 moa, 100 ap, Val- ton's house ) #359 00 Thomas ft. Connely, belonging to Philadelphia. divia. He had friends resiThe Chaplain would respectfullyr ding In that city by the name of Dillon. He came 19—Am wh ship JamesLoper, Whippy,6 mos, 75 sp, 50 passenger lcknowlcdge the following donato theislands Irom San Francisco, on board the bark wh, Kealeakekua. JoTin 20—Fr wh ah L'Angelina, Vauquelin, 5 moa, clean, Jons: Potter," arriving Feb. 11th. In Honolulu, April 90th Mr. McLacklin, a native of Honolulu. 25 Collection at Chapel Ireland ! $1384 00 In Honolulu, April 89, Mrs. McDuff. —Am wh ah Eugene, Peddleton, 17 mos, 400 wh, New Capt. Jones April M Mr John a 0wenf belonging Bedford. ?!",''!> to 8 00 Disputed pilotage Stockton, California. The deceased was a member of the (). 53—Am wh ah Navy, Norton, 5 moa, 58 sp, Hilo. bUr ed ca iicK to ">• regulationa of 6 00 W —Am wh ah James Edward, Luce, 6 mos, 900 sp, A Sailor the Hilo. Various sources 8* 85 241 10 —Am wh ah Europa. Weeks. 5 mos, 30 ap, Hilo. —Am wh ship Cambria.Cottle. 6 months, clean. $117 90 Present debt —Am wp. ah Natcher., Hail, 5 1-9 mos, 15 sp, Peru. —Am wh ship Alex Coffin, Pennington, 4 1-9 moths, inclined to make donations to liquidAny persons clean, N. Bedford. defray the —Am wh ah Enterprise, Jernegan, 8 moa, 130 sp, 75 ale the present debt upon the Chapel, or $20 PORT OF HONOLULU. 00 per current expenses of the Chapel, (about whale, llilo. 24—Am wh ship Cherokee, Smith, 7 mos, clean, Hilo. month.) arc icqtiested to send their contributions to Arrived. —Am h bk Pioneer,' Billings, 9 montha, clean, the Chanlain, or pay them to the Sexton. Mar. 27-Am b* Wm. T. Wheaton, Green, 90 moe, 500 sp., Hilo. r 950 wh. May 1,1852. —Am wh bark Fellows, Pendleton, 18 moa, 50 aperm, bk Canada, —Am 6 moe out, Weat, fin Valparaiso, Hilo. clean. seamen strangers..—The Sea—Am wh ship Phtßnix, Bellows, 7 mos, 65 sperm. 38-Am sh Esther May. Howes, 130 days from Boston. —Am wh ah Mary and Susan Brown, 17 moa, 170 30—Am sh Conolanus, Grinnel, 7 mos out, 12 sperm. men's Chapel is open for Public Worship every 00 Hilo. wh, 1 ap, sh —Am Magnolia, Cox, 6 moa, 130 sp. Sabbath, at 11 a. m.. and 7 1-2 p. m. Seats Free. —Am wh sh Nile, Webb, 9 moa, clean. 31-Aiu ah Alice Mandell, Wing 6 months., 50 sperm. La Tour dv Seamen belonging to vessels (of all nations) visPin, Smith, ah 135 c mos, —Fr wh 21 wh. sh Good -Am Return, Wing 7 months, 830 sperm this port are invited to call at the Chaplain's iting April 1-Am H. bg Emetine, Green 93 ds from San Francisco. i-Am. wh ship Corinthian, 6tuart, 9 18 Study, where they will be gratuitously supplied with PORT OF HILO. mos. 190 so 5.do jflice Frazer, Taber, 7 moe. copies of the Friend and other rending matter. It George Washington, Edwards, 5 moa. Arrived. will he most convenient for the Chaplain to receive Helen Augusta, Fates, 16 moa. 150 ap. Fab. 17—Amwh ah Cortea, Cromwell, 7 l-S moa. calls from Seamen between 2 and 4 p. m Bailey, 5 l-S mos 80 sp. Oitiaen, Russian 24 —Am whah Columbus, Harria, 5 moa, 40 bbls aperm. Suomi, Hashagen, 4 1-9 moa. A weekly religious conference and prayer meeting Am 99—Am whale hk Pellowa, Pendleton, 17 moa, 50 bbls Superior, Balicock, 5 1-2 mw. is held on Wednesday evening at the Vestry. Seasperm, 125 whale. April 7.—Am Northern Light. Sum, 4 l-S mos. men are particularly invited to attend. —Am wh bk Pioneer, Hillinea, <• moa, 8hbla aperm. a—Am bark Rajah, Fisher, h mos. —Am wh ah Navy, Norton, 5 moa, sft bbla sperm. April 9— Am wh ah Kutusoff, Pierce, 7 moa Public services at the Native Churches, on the Sab—Am wh Bh Isaac Hirku, Skinner. 51-2 moa 40 an. 9—French ship Pio IX., Lecrosnier, o moa. bath, commence at 9 1-2a. m and 2 1-2 p. m. 10—Ambrig Noble, Robertson, 19 daya from San Fran- March 2— Am wh sh JameaEdward, Luce, 5 1-3moa. 200 blla a[>erm. The Seamen's Heading Room is open at all hours cisco. —Am wh bk Cherokee, Smith, fi moa, clean. of the day. Strangers arriving and having late foreign 14-Am lierm. brig Glencoe, Sampson, 14 daya from San ■ Europe, ah 5 30 bbla Weeka, moa, —Am wh 1-2 aperm. Franciacn. • , respectfully invited to aid in keeping said —Am wh ah Benjamin Morgan. Cbapel, 5 moa, 119 papers, are Apr 91.-Am ah Emily, Hoyer, 16 da fm Baa Franciaco. room with useful reading matter. supplied ap. bbla ach Golden 21— Am Rule, Gragg, 13 d. do Donations are respectfully solicited for the sup6—Am wh ah Cambria, Cottle, 6 moa, clean. ri Jewell, Feds fm Han Francisco. *—Am whahip Enterprise, Jernegan,7 1-2 moa, 130ap, port of the Chaplaincy, and the publication of the Taylor, 16 ds fm Han Fran •-*"„wh »h Aquetnet, 75 wh, 500 Iba bone. ChlHaa bk Pescador, Heath, 6 mos. fm Payu, donations is made 50 sp. B—Am wh ih Minerva 2nd, Reynolds, 6 l-2mo«, 136 Friend. An annual report of all bbls aperm. to the Am. Seamen's Friend Society in New York. *?■-;*■» "k »b Warren, Heath, 5 moo. 30 sp. —Am wh ah Heroine, Peaa, 6 mot, clean. W Any person contribnting $50 is entitled to become a April 94— Haw brig Baltimore, Thop, 15 ds fm San Francisco SB—Am wh sh John Howland, Taylor, Niihau. 11—Am wh ahip Erie, Blackmer, 17 mpa, 9j bbla ap, 2r>o Life Director of the Society, and $20 to become an wh Cleared. 12—Am wb ah MagnolialCo x, 5 1-9 montha, 135 ap, 90 Honorary Life Mcml er. Mar. 97.—Haw wh brig Juno, Corwin, cr'isc. BAM'L C. DAMON, Seaman's Chaplain. black fish. , _ " ° ' «.!.!!i,. OrtSJ 1 " - . " ' * " " ' MARINE JOURNAL. ' " " "" ' ,. - ot ?""' * * 1 " . To -1 and � 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 (1852) 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 - 1852.05.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1852.05.01