https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/8d01716a010eba1225340247b00b6acb.pdf f5201865d58b8546883cbd18deb2b199 PDF Text Text F THE RIEND. New Srrifs, Vol/1, No. 1 HONOLULU, .11 .. Old Series, \OI. I\. 2, 1851. 17 ary to come and preach, would he viewed by their former rights and privileges, except the French would manage the foreign policy of the government as a troublesome person. OF THE FRIEND, JULY 2, 1852. abroad Persons of the Islands, and regulate commercial affairs. suspected communicating 17 News from Tahiti, Swedish Frijriite, without the state of be banished things, might -IK Chapter in ft Sailor's Lil'p, 19 A Triumph in behalf of Seamen, 20 trial. His Swedish Majesty's Frigate License to Mil Spirits, 2D H. F. Society, Chinaman, Oh Hum, If we have misrepresented these acts of the "Eugenic." 21 Sahhatb in Tahiti, and in Patfta, Dr. Kinc bftftJaßM horn Greece, This is the first Swedish man of war, that 21 government, most cheerlully we shall make U. eJ. Japair Expedition, j, nil\ LindV-doiiathm to a Ballon Widow, 21 !fc! the correction, upon due information being has ever visited the Islands. She is now 9 The R«a, nnil (In- Saib.r, New Publications, 2.1 Fishery, The MftOkofol months, from Sweden, upon a cruise, partly 24 furnished. The Clleudnrir method, I'. Society, MnIlM of B. no of astonishment that and partly scientific. On the pascommercial, It is to us source 24 Deaths, Ship News, Notices, &c, the French have proceeded to this point, be- sage, she touched at Portsmouth, England, cause these acts are in perfect keeping with Island of Madeira, Rio, Monte Video, Patatheir former course, from that first act of out- gonia, Valparaiso, Callao, Guayaquil, PanaB rage and depredation in seizing upon the ma, and Gallapagos Islands. She will proHONOLULU, JULY 2, 1852. rightful sovereignty of Queen Pomarc, ten ceed on leaving Honolulu, to San Francisco, years ago. That act of injustice was perpe- and from thence to (he Society Islands, Sydtrated under the authority of a King, who has ney, China, Singapore, Cape of Good Hope, frNoemwsTahiti. since fled for his life, from his own Capital, and homeward. News has been received from the Society crowded and surrounded with soldiers sworn The vessel appears in excellent order and Islands, as late as the 18th of May. The na- to defend him. A day of retribution may yet the seamen, under excellent discipline.— ture of the intelligence is such as to show come, for him, who allows his minions to of the officers speaking English, renMany that the design* of the French, are unmis- trample upon all rights civil and national, and ders their intercourse highly agreeable to the takable. There can be no question, that if all liberty political and religious. foreign community in Honolulu. We learn possible, the spirit of Protestantism will be Unquestionably each and all of these that the captain of the vessel is negociating a stifled, and smothered, and unhss the Eng- persecutions, at Tahiti, arise from the fact, treaty with the Hawaiian government, and lish missionaries succumb to the dictation of that almost the entire native population rethat he has appointed our excellent fellow rethe governor, they will be ultimately banish- mains firm in its attachment to Protestant sident, Capt. Hacklield, as Swedish and ed from the Islands. The facts and state- principles. The French may have steeped consul, a more suitable person, Norwegian ments we now publish, our readers, may rest the natives with brandy, still they will not we are confident could not have been seassured were not communicated by any mis- abandon their national Protestant faith. We lected. sionary resident at Tahiti, because should it have read the statement that since the French The following is a list of officers attached become known to the authorities there, that took possession of the Islands, not a single to the " Eugenic." any missionary was sending abroad an ac- convert had been made to Popery. We Captain C. A. Virgin. count of the state of things, it would subject think however this must be rather too strong Captain Lieutenant, Kleman. First Lieutenants, Tragardh, Sundih, O'ronstcdt, him to persecution and banishment. a statement. Skogman. The following are among the persecuting Amidst all these outrageous proceedings Second Lieutenants, Fries, Fischerstrom, Thcorell, / Falkenburgh, ltahun. acts of the French Protectorate government on the part of the French, it is amusingly inSurgeons, Kinberg, Cornell, Ekstromer. at Tahiti. The English Protestant missiona- teresting, as well as, cheeiingly encouraging, Chaplain, l'onten. Purser, Mr. Virgin. ries have been forbid to preach until they had that a law has recently been published proMidshipmen, Molander, Petre, Cedcrstrom, Rundtheir Adlercreutz. formally acknowledged the governor at hibiting the sale of spirituous liquors to the quisto, Mr. Johnson. head, and promised to submit themselves to common natives. The force of ciroumstances Scientific, Botanist, Mr. Anderson. the control of the government. On or about compels these very persecuting and inquisiCrust of the earth. the 18th of May, the missionaries assembled torial Catholic Frenchmen to adopt the wholeAn eminent Professor, H. Hcnessy, has reat Papiete to consult upon the course for some law about the sale of spirits, which has cently advanced the opinion that the crust of them to pursue. ever been advocated by the Protestant mis- the earth, varies in thickness from 18 to 600 miles. No native would be allowed to preach, sionaries. without the sanction of-the government. We would modestly ask,would not Frenchof gold from California The Rev. Mr. Chisholm, a German, em- men have done just the same at these Islands Gold.—Shipments the Atlantic States in March, amounted to to ployed by theLondon missionary society, had if they had obtained possession ? $5,548,804.—During 1851, $43,743,209. been prohibited from preaching, out of a cerThese acts are the more high handed and tain district, under pain of arrest and banish- detestable from the fact, that when the ProIt is expected the expedition to esment. tectorate flag was hoisted, the natives and tablish a new mission in Micronesia will sail Any native writing to a stranger mission- missionaries were solemnly guaranteed all about the 15th of the month. Contents - THI - -- - -- - - -- - -_ - - - -- - - - - - FIR[IEIRa© ' �THE FRIEND, 18 Par lh« Friend. JULY, 185?. were requested lor a person goinu to sea ! I was good for me lo walk, and ihe second started with surprise ! within thai inland town time was I leudv to become a christian. there were few who had ever seen the sea WHITTKN BY HIMSELF. A few weeks autre and we. icached the And now one last request before I close and I was the only one of its inhabitants who city of San Francisco,—taw-re sailm-like I "this the last Inter which you will receive lor yea is had found a home upon its bound- forgot nil o.y promises, ami all my good resofrom me for h long time to come. And if less billows ('mild it he me lor whom ihe lutions vanish, d into empty air. I visited my request "(fends you, you will loigive me petitions of this whole people were even now the mines and commenced ihe search ho gold when you think that it in " your own child- ascending lo the throne of the Omnipotent and 1 pinealred Mail after nail in lived, " like Elsie," as ton call me wlio makes il, The prayer was finished, and as I not lite \et biounhl nit no tidings of her whose Inst "it is this. I wish you to read a chapter in swimuriig eyes of a christian mother and tetter, ihough rememlieted was not inliowt-d; "your Bible every duy, while you are got)*, sister turned upon me with so much of affec- but lit ill without n loiihixlnm i,| evil, I con"ifyou ciin'l read a whole chapter read a tion, I knew it all, and thai to ihein was I in- tinued Mending coniinunicaiiiiii alter coiumudebted for this last net of kindness. In mv lucalion lo her. It was the < mpln) inent of portion, if only a verse." Such is an extract from a Idler written me heart 1 was I hen ready lo become a christian. .my leisure time, and 1 hoed to pirinre our by one who was dearer In me than any other Il wii3 a pleasniit October morning that we happiness when we should oni'o uiore meet, upon enrih. One wiih whom in my young sailed, and while weighing the ancnor 1 re- and often in visions ■ •) the night, did I seem life I had formed a casual acquaintance which ceived the letter of which the words al ihe lo be within the walls of thai lan- New Ki)"had ripened into intimacy, anil then into commencement ol'ihis coiuiiiiiiiicniion were a lauil home, or silting beneath ihe »iove of fond affection. We were two lingular portion. 1 smiled when I read litem, butj tree*, where we had so olteu sal together and beings to be Ihus allied, nml yet so different they were never effaced from my memory,] talked ol heavenly Ibinjjs. At length I prein our course of life. I was a rougn, im- and a circumstance which happened a lew! pared hi my dcpaituie with nmie of gold petuous seaman whose everv-day-l:le was months ulterwaids cnused lb in In be still I that) I had dreamed of, or expected, 1 was lull of peril and danger, reverencing a Su- more distinctly remembered Noihing of in- once more In have fm the home of my cluldpreme Being and Creator, it is line, as all terest tiauspired lor three months ufourvoy- hond, and 1 only awaited the ariival of the must do who see his wondrous works spread age to interrupt the monotony of our life. mail that I might miss no letters. That mail out before them as they journey along the Willi distance from home, religious feeling came, and with il a letter from the home of pathway of lile, yet I was mil a christian—l had relaxed, and not a prayer or sound ol her whom I sodeailv b.ved, hut in a strange had never experienced that regeneration of praise had been heard in all that lime hand-writing. Hastily I tore it open, and the heart which HonId give me a calm hope among our little crew : but the hand ol God Ihi! cup ol happiness just at my lips was in a divine resting place, alier my allotted was outstretched over us, and his ringer was dashed from lliein for ever. race was run, and my departure taken (run pointing us to the word which we should bilShe was (had : she, lor whom I had laborthe shores of life, and my voyage commenced low. ed and tnihd, for whose sake I had left my on the measureless ocean of eternity. At last one ofour number sickenedand died. home so long, and for whose .-miles and welShe, on the contrary, reared among all the He was a fine iiohle-heailed man, ol whose come | was looking so ardently forward had comlnrts of ii new New England fanner's history previous to nur dcpaituie, we knew gone In that heaven In which she had often home—educated with all care and kindness nothing save that he was a native of San pointed me as our only sure abiding-place. to fit her foradmiral ion in the society in winch Domingo. He was a man ol 'most splendid " She died," Wrote her brother, •' in the full she moved, was most emphatically a chris- education, and ol refined manners—he lime assurance of redemption by the blood of tian woman—looking forward In a happy lile without a murmur the hardships of a lile In ('bust, thai out loss w as her gnat gain, none alter death—her every parting wend with me which he seemed liltle accustomed, and can doubt," would convey some lesson of her trust in Goti. gradually pined away and at the close of a I did Hot doubt it, I Celt it in my heart Fear not" she would say on bidding me bright sunny day within the mild mlln nee ol that she was in heaven—but for me there farewell, while her ti'arl'ul eyes were inised the southern tr:.c!e< his spirit took its flight netined no heaven I was shipwrecked when truthfully to heaven. "Fear noi," if it he He strove to speak lo me in his native lan- the initio which I was bound was nearly God's will we/shall meet again, or if it please guage ere he died, but his speech lulled him. reached, and the black seas ol despair rolled Him to lake one of us to himself, let us both and with a smile upon his wasted counten- over nic and lliiealened to engulptl me for so live that we may be united in eternity. ance he sank in death. ever. From thill moment, for months I was The next morning we consigned his bod) not an accountable lietug, erased as it were, Often in her strange forebodings so singularly expressed, and with a sweet sad snub to the deep. It was a waim morning with I gave loose to every sin ; and passion carshe would tell me of the vanity of all eaiiliK cloudless sky, save in the eastern hoi izou ■ ied me wherever she listed. At last, as things, and the necessity of laying up out where a dense hank of clouds obscured Ihe Imm a dream I awoke upon a bed of sickness treasures in heaven. rising sun, casting a solemn shade upon oui and then learned ilia her brother hail billowTime passed quickly with us and the pe- decks in unison with our feelings. Our litlie ed her to heaven. The path of evil which I riod at length arrived forme to report my sell crew see'! Ed fewer now than ever, —sobenn had ti oil seemed blotted out. I only looked on hoard as officer of a vessel bound from countenances told we 'eh deeply the occasion back-to our early da\s ol happiness, ere tho New York, to the new Eldorado, un ihe which had grouped us thus together. The mii.-i I of death had visited her and called her shores of the Pacific. This was to be m\ burial service ol Ihe church of Kflgland was home to (iod. 1 resolved to live that I might last voyage before our bridal, and though 0111 iiroceeded with, mid as the reader (almost meet her beyond the grave alter 1 was reparting was to lie for a long time, yet I en- unable to give utterance lo the words so in- moved from earlh. I resolved to live in such deavored cheerfully to bid her farewell. No tense was his emotion,) pronounced the sen- a manner, that as she looked from her seat forebodings of evil,—no overshadowing of a lence " looking for the general resurrection among the angels, she might give an approvcoming sorrow was there. The sky before when Ihe s,ea shall give up her dead," tin in;; smile to the sinner who sought lo join her us was without n cloud, and all seemed " well sun till then obscuied, burst forth in nil hie there, and often as I tossed upon my lestless with us." 1 haii another sad patting yet i«. brightness upon the group, seeming like a ni low dill I seem to hear her sweet voice make, from my aged father and mother, and sign unto cs that the spirit of God was among whispering words of hope and cony.latum, my brothers and sisters. 118. and as I lay upon that couch of sickness, I It was on the Sabbath that I visited them We filled away upon our course in solemn rust I was in heart u christian. and my vessel was to sail on ihe morrow. 1 silence, scarce a word was spoken, and foi Months have passed since then, and months accompanied them to the parish church where many a day did that burial at sea have an in- must still pass ere I shall meet with Ihe as children our ears had first heard the woid fluence upon our actions and our thoughts friends of her 1 have lost, should I be spared of God within his temple. He had been mer- Then came home to me the question, havi to meet them ; and I trust when w-e do meet ciful to us, and we were all together, oui you complied with the request nf her "whnsi that the irecollection of her so loved and so aged fatherand mother, my brothers and sis- •very wish was fo beyourlaw ?" I wept as •arly lost will he unln us a bright and shining ters, and 1 the only wanderer among them ; in my heait I answered it. The memory ol light to guide us on our pathway, and in after I felt deeply the solemnity of Ihe scene and the prayers of those, whose petitions wen yearn may her memory be as a green spot— followed attentively the impressive service qf slill, I doubted not, ascending In the throne in oasis in the desert of the past. These the church of England ; as the Litany was if grace for rae struck the iron into my soul. ire but passages in the life of one, who loves finished, tbe prayers of the congregation 1 prayed to God to assist me in the path that his profession and his fellow men who labor Chapter in a Sailor's Life. " " " " " " - : — �19 THE FRIEND, JULY, 1852. with him in it, and if these little sketches of forecastle, and of necessity were driven lo |port in Ihe hoi Id where a system so unjust exists. 1 have been in every scorns in real life awaken but one sym- lodging houses. 'Ihe sailor was dcLauchid, iand hi anneoii, any extent on the lace ol the habitid,n crew, who and ruined. li.d. alter of seapoit is a plucked, coid the bosom of one in pathetic I the only one rrnii nl the ocean" then not in vain, will a few weeks'stay in Livei pool, became so iable globe, and this port is " that they weieSwhere a commander ran he said lo be withhave been w rilien these recollections ofthe demoralized and enfeebled, 11. C. H. scarcely capable of doing duly for Ihe first iout any parental authority over his crew." past." hall', and by far the most dangerous portion, Finding thut a more pistil lever must be Honolulu, April, 1852. Knight availed himself of the of the home voyage. Iapplied, Capt. a triumph The same alums did not the existence of rival Duck Company, upon ihe in regu behalf of Seamen. prevail A in Loudon docks, and the coiciasl between the iopposite side ofthe Mersey, Ihe Birkenhead The following narrative ofthe efforts whichl,moral condition of crews and officeis sailing IDock Company. Their dorks weie not yet charwere put forth by an American shipmasler lo to Liverpool and London was the strongest Icompleted ; the time presciibed by the ter had neai ly expired, and ihe conductors of the results of this testimony pernicious abuses a fort in abolish certain long standing regulation. Shipmasters have told us thai It weie much discouraged. eign port, we copy from the American Sail- was a rare thing for a young man running The gi eat Aiuei ican house ofBrown, Shinor's Magazine for April. A triumph of this between New York and Liverpool ever ty & (Jo., entered into negotiations with line nature reflects more true gloiy upon national i 10 lise or turn out well. The temptations Company to icinove the gi cat bulk of Aincrand early I" raa shipping from the Liverpool dorks to character, than all the exploits ol'ya.ht-sail- were sioe to overpower him, upon bun fatal lo good conduct those ol Blikenliead, upon ihe comp ctmn of habits fasten in», steain-sailing, clipper-sailing, lock- and trustworthiness. the Docks, if this unjust restriction upon breaking, and reaper-cutting. Capt. Knight Thin state of things continued almost with- light.) and fire weie not removed. It waa to whom belongs ihe honor ol having achiev- out an effort at remedy, though with many ueediul lo obtain from Parliament nu extenof henevo- sion ol tune for the completion of the docks, ed this moral triumph, is now agent for the sighs and mournings on the part shipping. (apt. Kuighi went up lo London asked for American in b nt men concerned Pacific Mail Steamship's Company, at San In Sept. id ItMl the restric- a Committee of Parliament, wenl personally fifty years. for of an $10,001) per Francisco, upon a salary tion was taken off. am! now both fin: and before it, anil gave such an- unanswerable num ! ! We mention this latter circum- lights arc permitted in the Liverpool Docks. statement of facts and reasons as gained for Tin- Instorv ofthe effort by which this re- lutn the result sought. stance lo place before young and aspiring This done, upon his return voyage to New was produced is woithy of narration, il sult Ihe character and seamen, fact, that good .w York, much one resoh in September of leso, we believe, he nothing else, lo show good reputation are all-impoitant lo success in for lute man can effect if he have a kind heart procured a meeting of the principal ship their profession. Ship-owneis, and mer- and a determined purpose. owners and shippers, and obtained from theut chants are becoming more and more conCaptain Ehen Knight, then of the packet a siiono paper, complaining ol the evils ofthe vinced, thai il is lor their interest, not lo em- ship New World, determined in the year regulation ofthe Liverpool Docks, and de1850 In have this gross wt g righted. Many claring tin ir intention to remove their whole ploy drunken, reckless and truthless com- of his fellow shipmasters said thai loeie was interest lo Hn kenhead il the grievances Were manders and officers, although I hey may be no use in stilling ; thai nothing could be not remedied. able "lo lake the sun, and keep the Ship's done ; tint he was not ill America, where This was a home ihiusi. The interest of Liverpool was threatened The Dock Log." Young men, keep an eye to wind- people were used to such interference. With a few noble English gentlemen, who Committee woke up. They were amazed to ward ! agreed to bnck hioi in this movement,and with see tnines hurried so ; they always meant to on his side, he began do something, but they thought the Captain CAPT. KNIGHT AND THE LIVERPOOL DOCK the European Times He thought differCollet-ling information, he laid il before the unnecessarily in haste. COMMITTEE. ently, delay. evils, the anil would not ~The result waa of Committee. lamented ign.trnnt They be Dock Many of our readers may change (he the structure and uses of the London and sighed, and did nothing. A series of articles an application to Parliament to so that tiie and lighla English writer, clause of their charter hv were written an eminent should be understood Docks. It Liverpool we might be permitted. The petition wosgrantthat the iiiequa'ily of water, by reason ofCharles Macknv, Esq., and appeared, we tides, and especially by Idyll or long contin- believe, in the European Times. After wait- ed. And on the 9th of September, 1861, were ihe fiist time alfinding believe, that the Dock Comthe sailors for while, a and ing insecure ued winds, lewder* shipping veiy Accordingly mittee would do nothing, Captain Kuighi lowed in Liverpool the privilege accorded in without artificial protection. globe, of milking their vast spaces are surrounded by massive gran; called a public meeting, procured suitable every other port ofthe with speech strong a comfortable a cheerful fire. ship and made officers, or speakers, rectangular ite walls, forming huge basins While Capt. Kuighi was much indebted reservoirs, capable of containing variously himself, uttering such noble sentiments as for cn-operaiion lo many English gentlemen, from one to five hundred vessels each.—The (hexe : said he, "in vet il is agiced that he was himself not only entrance is defended, as in canal locks, with " I have no personal object," I ihe prime mover, but the energetic leader water "ales. Ships entering at high tide Irving to remove this ciuel restriction. throughout, without whom Ihe reform would thai am warm and I continued, m» and he ample depth an," have alvays a secure heith, " of water. Vast ranges of warehouses are comfortable at my hotel, the Waterloo, every not have been aflected. All honor lo his 'philanthropy, his zeal, and his determined employed in connectlon with them for com- night. There I can partake of every necesb;-, of every luxury. perseverence ! It is a more gratifying vicof nnd it sary may life, mercial purposes. It happened about the year 1800 that tliOj Bnl when I think of my crew, the men in tory because arhieved by an Ameiican ehipcitizens of Liverpool, upon the occurrence ofj| whose mora's and comforts I am compelled, uiaster. Il shows what resolution can do in a fire in connection with one of these docks, by conscientious conviction, to take an inler- a good cause. It is an example which ought —when I reflect that they aie far away''not to fall to the ground. If Christians had petitioned Put liament to have a clause insm I-, which |from their homes, and must either find iheir. the same fearless decision, the same invincied in the chaiter id' Ihe city, by thnl Captain Knight had, fires and ights should be forbidden on board: way to a damp hammock ona ship board, ini hie determination would winter, of without candle to what not achieve ? Said he, light they to'the pent up depth docks, these lest vessels lyine in predicted failure— gether, and lying contiguous lo those enor- or a fire to warm them, and thai they must when one mous warehouses, there should be terrible either sit in this state of privation on board " I have never yel failed in any thing I the vessel which ought to be iheir home, or 1 have undertaken, and 1 am hardly like to conflagrations. The results were most disastrous to the .become the inmates of a low boarding-house, fail in this effort, for I am prepared to show danger moral and social interests of all foreign sail-! with every temptation surrounding them to the Dock authorities thai more real from theirors. The English sailor arriving in port was injure their morals and their health—l am, I, is at preaent to be apprehended discharged. But American and other for- confess amazed nt ihe cruelly which dictatedI regular and illegitimate use of lights on shipand at the folly, not lo say board, than from their use under proper aod eign sailors, forbidden to have fire on shipi Ihe deprivation, foUhef, He wenl which has continued il. iudicioas regulations." -™ irajHiainniP, JHWIVIVM board, or even lights, could not remain in the wickedness, added, he is seaonly of the the Liverpool," cheerless darkness damp, cold, and - " < I ' ; Jest, ,> I ma-v 11 " " —-» -■— m �THE FRIEND, JULY, 1852. 20 License to Sell Spirits. narrowed down to signify only a select few, when sick and in destitute circumstances. but it is intended that Charity shall spread The following article, copied from a late The "City Fathers" of Charleetown, wide her mantle. We have bespoke fur the numberof the New York Observer, contains Mass., have licensed seventeen pereons in sick sailor a berth, and feel confident that his a hint and word of encouragement which that place, to sell intoxicating liquors, for case will be always attended to, whenever seem peculiarly applicable to the latitude of $1.25 each ; or for the sum of $21.25, the Foreign Consuls in Honolulu do not Honolulu. Many "a thoughtless youth" seventeen persons are licensed to make as make provision for him. visits this distant city " where there is a many drunkards, destroy as much public and We have heard it rumored that soon the Bethel,"and it is much to be hoped, that he " private virtue, impoverish as many families, members of the Society will invite the gentle- may enter and worship among the friends of as they are able. We shall not question the men of Honolulu to a Tea Party, for the pur- the stranger. wisdom'ofthe guardians of public morals in pose of commencing the Society's usefulness The incident referred to in this extract, Charlestown, but we will merely add, that so with a full treasury. we infer must have occurred in Boston or , Charlestown, of allow New York : leng as the good people while conversation in with a Recently, and work, to their rumsellers carry forward Well done, Chinaman! and highly cultivated lawyer of Bosshrewd annum, per "arts" for $1.25 practice their ton, upon the relative importance and influthey may rest assured Ihe " state prison" A friend has recently allowed us to copy ence of his profession, and that ofthe minislocated in the very midst of their beautiful the following from a letter, dated March 6th, try, he related the following incident. town will not want tenants ? New Haven, Ct. "Only within a few days When a thoughtless youth, he wandered The Sabbath came, The " City Fathers" of Honolulu in their the prize in the sophomore class, Vale Col- away to a distant city. alone, with nothing but his own and he was wisdom, have sold twelve licenses for the lege, for English Composition has been fancy or inclination to guide him in his selecyear, commencing July Ist. These twelve taken by a Chinaman—a Simon-pure. Celes- tion of a sanctuary of worship. As he was licenses brought $9,860, or upon an average tial named Young Wing. This speaks well going along toward a church distinguished passed by the door of the $821 77. The highest was " knocked down" for the capacities of the Chinese, and shows by its pastor, heHearing the voice ofprayer, Bethel chapel. at what become under civilized culmight at $1,010, and the lowest they $575. We and entered. he turned back Scarcely was N, shall not question the wisdom of the guar- ture." he seated, before the preacher, among (he dians of public morals, but, at present, would We were not awhre as any Chinaman had subjects of petition, prayed for " the stranger till service merely add, " rum-drinkers, brandy-soakers, ever become a student in an American Col- within our gates." He remained was concluded, and went to his room in (ears. what have success one induce you got wine-bibbers, see the of this lege. May you and The words of supplication gathered around to pay this year in Honolulu ! In addition to hundreds and thousands more, to go to the word stronger, rang in his memory. this license money of $9,860, you will be America for an education, and contest the Alter relating the circumstance, he turned compelled to support twelve drinking-houses, palm of scholarship with the youth of the to me, and said, " In your public miuistra tions, never forget the 'stranger within thy with their retinue of landlords, bar-tenders, land. gates.' You will touch some heart, which and bottle-washers. Merchants, mechanics, will vibrate to the appeal." Oh Rum! hard earnand sailors, you must spend your 1 had never thought of it, nor do I recolThe Editoaß of the Journal of Commerce ed money freely to meet this enormous exlect ever to have heard this subject of prayer say that a three dollar bill has been shown pense. Ah, many a poor sailor, we fear, them wbieh contained (he following endorse- on any occasion. It certainly is a pleasant and brief addition is now tugging at the oar, or reefing the sails, ment " This is the last left me from a forto the themes of morning devotion, at least, a beloved bequeathed by laid contribution Betune of me $8,000, who will be under P. C. H. in the house of God. ware, ye spirit-drinkers, touch not, taste not, uncle, Oh Rum ! thou art the cause of all this. Beware young man, of the wineglass; The New Volcano.—A correspondent, handle not. Death is in the bowl !" it has been the ruin of me. Oh Rum ! sure Alas, and for what are so many to pay out at last thou bitest like an adder." New at Hilo, Master H. M. L., writes as follows, " under date of June 2nd. " Our new volso much money ; let our physicians, our hos- York, Sept. 14, 1851. pitals, our cemetery answer ! There is no Alas, many others have exclaimed where cano still continues to emit smoke, but all dodgmg the question, rum-selling and rum- their patrimony was squandered, " Oh rum ! action has ceased. 1 measured the distance drinking are both bad business, —and getting thou art the cause of all this ! " Will not from this place, and found it 35 and 15-16 a license can neither render the former re- the rum-seller come in for a share ? Must miles. The crater is 11,880ft. above us. The he not bear the guilt, in part, of ruining so average height to which the lava was thrown putable, or the latter harmless. many young men ? The rum seller may- I calculated to be about 500, but on the 4th The Stranger's Friend Society. fancy himself innocent while living upon the of March, I measured it, and found that the hard earnings ofthe mechanic and the sailor, red hot lava was projected 1,044 feet into It affords us unfeigned pleasure to an- and the patrimony which has fallen to the the air. The lighter masses were thrown nounce that the Ladies of Honolulu have asspendthrift heir, but escape he cannot. The probably much higher. This measurement sociated themselves into a Society to aid the m seller must share the guilt. His own 1 think cannot be very far from the truth." sick and destitute stranger. The necessity conscience will rise up as his accuser. His Mr. Titcomb, of Hanafei has forwarded us of such an association has long been felt. good common sense will approve of the acRepeatedly have instances occurred when cusation. The rum seller openly, and pub- beautiful specimens ofthe product ofhis planis aid has been cheerfully rendered, but for licly, and under the broad seal of a license, tation. One specimen is hulled, the other dedried. T. state, being Mr. its natural want of some efficient and responsible organtempts man to ruin. serves much credit for his perseverance as a ization much good has been neglected, which coffee grower, and we rejoice that the promight easily have been accomplished. The Stranger Remembered. of his plantation has met of late, with a duct of Those Ladies Honolulu have become inmarket. Purchasers will do well to is taken another column of our good in the Notice enterprise, whose benevolence terested in and capability are a sure pledge that it will paper, of a recent movement among (he la- examine Mr. T.'a coffee, for sale by Mr. succeed. The term " stranger" will not be dies in Honolulu, in behalf of the stranger, " : ' - �21 THE FRIEND, JULY, 1852. sionaries, Mr. Howe declined making any be better/or the Netherlands to act the part of mediator than that of ally.—Amsterdam The Sabbath in Paris. —The Prince] apology for an act which he was conscien- Courant. tious As near as we can asin performing. President inviled the English Ambassador inj Peris lo dine with him at the Elysee, on Sun- certain the result of the affair, from the reStrawberries at Koloa.—A correspondday week—as a first and formal reception of ports which have reached us, Mr. Howe ent thus writes under date of June 9th. the Representative of England. Lord Cowly was let off by the government, but with the " Mr. Damon, this is a paradise. Strawberdeclinedton the ground that he made a prac-j and cream !" "Oh, delicious," I hear tice of not attending public dinners on Sun-j unequivocal intimation, that should he be ries arrested for similar he offence, a must you exclaim. We have them three times a day. Louis Napoleon manifested his respect again for the act and the motive, by substitutingj expect to be severely dealt with,-"-rimer im- day, or as often as we choose to gather them. Monday for Sunday. We are happy to re-| prisoned or banished. I have just filled a large bowl, in order to cord an anecdote which does honor to both The above article was for send to a sick lady at Waiinea. I have prepared N.B. parties, and which exhibits Lord Cowley as the recent paper, our to never seen such monsters in size, anywhere, previous intelligence representing not only the English Governexcept in Chili, —even there they do not avment but the sound religious feeling of Eng- from Tahiti found in another column. land.—Chr. Times. The hand so large as they do here. Dr. King banished from Greece. erage of a bountiful Providence is everywhere vislook remarkably flourishLate intelligence from Europe informs us ible here. Crops The Sabbath in Tahiti. ing, considering all things." It was certainly very considerate and po- that the Rev. Dr. King, a missionary ofthe lite, for the President of the French Repub- Am. Board of Foreign Missionary at Athens, Jenny Lind's Donation to a Sailor's Midow. lic to pay so much deference to an English Greece, would be banished, after an imprisLord ; but in contrast with this act of French onment offifteen days. The charge brought The Stockholm evening paper Aflonbladtt courtesy, we present our readers with the against him was that he had preached against contains the following fresh instance of Jenny Lind's Christian generosity following facts, relating to the barbarous some ofthe tenets ofthe Greek Church. As "In September, 1850, the brig Johana, o 1 treatment which an English Missionary, at near as we can glean the facts in the case, Dr. Stockholm, Capt. H. F. Janzon, was attackTahiti, receives from the French Protecto- King appears to have incurred the violent;ed by a violent storm on its way from South rate governor, Bonard. displeasure of a party of ecclesiastics, whoi Carolina to Bremen, sprang a leak and sunk Happily, at this momen Sabbath, May 4, 1851, being the anniver- were ready to resort to any extreme measures in the open sea. an American bark sailed past. Its commansary ofthe establishment of the French Re- to rid the country of a man, who, for about der immediately lay to, and in spite of the public, the day was observed as a holy-day, twenty years, had most zealously labored to violence ofthe waves, Mr. Clarke, the mate and the following is a programme of the or- promote the cause ofreligion and education of the American ship, stepped into the boa der of exercises as published in the govern- in Greece. He was married in Athens, to to assist in their rescue. At last all had lef sinking hull, Capt. Janzon being the last a native ofthe country, was highly esteemed the ment Gazette, in the native language : to quit it, and even the luggage of {he poor "The things to be attended to on Sabbath, as a scholar, and lately had officiated as U. fellows was saved. The boat was at the S. Consul. We shall anxiously look for ad- ship's side, and Mr. Clark was alone in the May 4 "I. At 7 a. m.—A discharge of artillery. ditional develovements. The end has not boat, assisting in handing up the last parcel when a billow swamped the iittle sloop, am "2. At 11 a. X, —The French governor come yet ! the bold mate vanished in the bottomless will receive district—governors and chief judges, who are to be introduced by Paiaita U. S. Japan Expedition.—Late papersi deep ! For him who had saved all the others regent. contain frequent allusions to the expedition there was now no rescue. Captain Janzon thanked heaven for his own deliverance, hut "3. At 12 m.—The band will commence about being sent to Japan under the authori- felt that a price had been paid for it. On playing, when Ihe greasy pole will be climbed, ty ofthe U. S. Government. It is composed reaching New York he learned that Mr and also the revolving machine. " 4. At 3 p. m.—A feast will be given to of several vessels, including a Frigate, Sloop, Clarke had left a family without any mean the native dancers. two or three Steamers, and Store-ships. The of support, and he now bitterly felt his own 5. At 7 p. m.—The public buildings will object of the expedition as near as wo can want of means. But he did what he could " be illuminated. He wrote to Jenny Lind, telling the circum ascertain,is to form a treatybetween that Gov- stances simply as they occurred ; but before "6. At S P. at. —Fireworks. " 7. At 9 p. n.—A ball will be given by ernment and the United States, in regard toihe could receive an answer, an opportunit the governor, at which the district-governors, commerce,—the protection of seamen ofthe offered ofhis returning home, and he emchief judges, and principal persons, arc in- respective nations, —obtain the privilege of a braced it, arriving last spring. He now sen vited to be piesent." in a description of his rescue to the college depot for steamers, in case a line should be of commerce in Stockholm, hoping they would In view of so open, unblushing and flastarted between San PVancisco and China, grant some reward or distinction to the Amergrant violation of the Sabbath, one of the and This movement ofßrother ican crew, and if possible! some support to English missionaries, the Rev. Mr. Howe, Jonathan appears to attract the attention of■the widow and children of the unfortunate in preaching at the English chapel, took for not succeed ! Last foreign nations. The London Times and Clarke. heBut he did his text, Isaiah 58, 13 and 14, and in the command of another vessummer received a leading French paper, strongly approve of sel, arrived again at New York, and his first course of his remarks, pointed out the benethe enterprise. A report of the expedition business was to visit Mr. Clarke's widow.— fits resulting from a rigid observance of the has already reached Japan, as would appear But judge of his delight when he learned that Sabbath, and the sad consequences resulting from the following which, we clip from the she had in the meantime received the gift of from a desecration of the day. Some one five hundred American dollars from the celeN. Y. Herald. brated Swedish singer. present reported some of Mr. Howe's remarks expected invasion from the united states We will not add one word to this delightful to the governor. Upon this, he was sumassistance from holland demanded. story. May we all be ready to imitate the moned before the Police Court and informed Accounts from India state that the Court conduct ofevery party concerned, except the that he must either apologize, or submit to a of Jeddo (Japan,) in the event of an expect- college of commerce in Stockholm. United States, has claimprosecution, under a law that would subject ed attack from theof Emigration into U. S.—During 1851, ed the assistance him to imprisonment from three months, to ancient treatiesstill Holland, by virtue of in force. 289,601 emigrants landed in the U. S. betwo years. After maturely considering the The Netherlands journals are of opinion longing to 26 foreign nation*. The Irieb subject, and conferring with his fellow mis- that, in the event ofsuch an attack, it would Look at this, and then at that. — : — ' . ' , : • �THE FRIEND, JULY, 1852. 22 and added, that " If the Dock Committeei |or,"&c. The entire seiies is u most rains* character, may impute in him improper feelwould not listen to reason, he would bringI ble contribution to the popular literature of ings. Nut so: lie would bate peiilled his with him, as the contributions of the mer- the age, and reflects honor upon Ihe literary hie lo protect ihnl ludy hum indignity ; and never was a lluirough scn-lned sailor known chants of New York, the sum of fifty thousand dollars for the payment ofthe fine* ex- character ofthe American clergy. The vol- lo ni-iill a vnln..us wouiiin. acted by the Dock Committee, and that ume now under consideration, contains (wo, Winn tin- crew ofthe Noith Cumlina, on every American vessel Would immediately of his sermons, and if Ihey are to be taken her return from ihe Medil. i rniican, were dislight fires in the Docks, and blaze away, in as a fair specimen of his discourses, we are charged at Nuiolk, several hundr< -darnf them stni led in eiunpiiny Im- New Yni k defiance of all the nets of Parliament in that Tbev arconfident the editor of Im winks, could not rived, at b-nglb, in the Slate of Delaware, case made and provided." The European Times, in announcing this more effectually subserve the inleiesls of vir- which ihey crossed ( ,u fool, (for lailioads beneficent change, holds ihe following Inn- tue and piety than by publishing a volume of were llien iinkiiown,) and, night coming on, gunge : Mr. Collon's sermons. We upprehend such they cast about for quarters. The: keeper ihe hotel in the village nt which ihey had (he new regulations have been a a When volume is just what is needed for general of " nriived, looking at iheir numbers, ,md recolfew years in existence, people will marvel circulation among seamen, in the navy, mer- lecting that his large all bad been engaged how they could, for halfn century, have subi lor a ball thai night, declined nil attempts at jected the poor tar'to such a barbarous and chant service, and whale ships. cruel regulation ; but few of them, in all In glancing over " The sea mid the sailor, " iiccom dating them. The mention of the probability, will care to remember that they very many passages have so iiiiich attracted ball struck the imag million of the sailors at once. They asked biin whal he would take owe the change to one clever, energetic and attention that we would gladly transfer for Ins hotel ; he slated the sum. winch was philanthropic man—Captain Knight, of the our (I hem lo I he pages of Ihe Friend. Mr. Col-' moderiile, as the building, though large, was New World." Since ihe change, a shipmaster informs us ten's remarks, in regard lo the abolition of iold mill somen hat decayed. Inslauil? they that his crew did not lose a single day while ithe grog-ration are most excellent. Hereaf- raised tin- arasiunl, handed it over to ihe asin port ; whereas, formerly, such was the (ter we may enrich our columns with copious toiii-lu-d keeper, and look possession of (he effect of spending the nights on shore, (hat extracts from these volumes, but at present, premises. every man lost from six days to eight and ten The ladies and gentlemen soon began If and soinelimes their whole time. The men we hove only space for illustrations of the! arrive, and were received with great inidialare belter fed, belter lodged, more contented sailor's character, which are narrated in Mr. ily by ihe sailors. The old hotel was for on ship hoard than they could be in boarding lColton's peculiarly felicitous style of compo- once brilliantly illuminated, mid every nitcnhouses ; mid it is said that t c harpy shops sition : |ti<il. was paid to the ladies which ihe respectand dens do not take, by a pound a week, so Another prominent trait in the character of ful homage of poor Jack could suggest. much as before this change. When ihe the sailor is his prodigality. No oilier being When the gentlemen culled for Iheir bills, number of these places is considered, the earns his money through such perils and ihey were informed by ibe sailors that no saving is very great. Thousands of young'ihardships as he, and yet no one spends il so charge had been made, anil no money would men will owe their very preservation, iheir |freely. The wages of a long South Sea vov-j he accepted. As the company departed, success in life, and their very life itself, to age, or of a three years' cruise, am spent in three cheers were given in the ladies. The this most philanthropic reform. We may a few months, often in a lew wet-Ks. The sailors remained through the following day even hope to see in the Liverpool trade what reason of this is the comparatively lew con- and nighl enjoying then- anug harbor ; and, has never been seen, but what is not uncoui- vivial occasions which cheer his hard lot, and then-xl morning, calling fur the landlord of mon in Ihe London ships,—young men rising a conviction that with him life ut longest is whom ihey had purchased the hotel, nit.de through all Ihe grades of service to the coin- short. 1bun a prevent of it, on (be condition (hut he mand of ships. There is not now, probably, His maxim is, live while you live—and would never again turn awnv u sailor so long a single man that ever rose lo he shipmaster, (thai, it must he confessed, by no menus in as a foot of uuof.'upicd room remained. who anili-d as n boy to Liverpool. They were the highest or best sense he say slob mself, Now, whoever heard of landsmen purchadestroyed too soon. make sure ofthe present he dint of tin- cur- sing a hotel from a freak of fancy, and then We oui selves crossed the ocean with Cap- rent as it flows. I have olteu tried to induce giving il bark again to its previous owner ? tain Knight while he was in the very midst of Ihe sailor to lay up his earnings, lo put his |ll is that sort of business operation which bethis work, and remember not only his deep money into the Savings Bank ; and have told longs only to the sailor; but after all, it is and truly Christian interest, but also the en- |hun by watr-of inducement, thai hewould find quite as sale and profitable as many of (he tire certainty with which he reckoned on it there with interest in hisold age. "Ah!",.speculations into which much sounder heads success. "I will succeed !" said he. Let replies the sailor, "and suppose I should die sometimes enter. that be every young man's motto, " I will in the mean lime ?" This apprehension of These are n few illustrations mil of a hunsucceed !" and he will. Independent. an early death, and the novelties of the shore, dred that might he quoted, ofthe benevolent make the sailor a prodigal. Hr never, how- careless prodigality of the sailor. He purever, throws away his money in Ihe luxuries' chases a hotel lo secure a night's lodging, New Publications. The Sra and the Sailor.—Notes on of ihe table ; it is generally in some freak of gives twenty dnllais for the piivilege of resome whim which would never enter spectfully saluting a lady, and France and Italy, and other Literary Re- f(ancy, empties his lie imagination of any other being, nor his purse for a song ! mains of Rev. Waller Colton, with n memoir by Rev. H. T. Cheever, author of Whale own perhaps, either, unless inflamed with the and his captors" &c, published by A. S. boozy wine. At the Bunker Hill Fair in Boston, among Commodore Stockton—A Jack Tar Barnes and Co. New York. the crowds which entered Ihe magnificent Politician.—The harangue made hv ComThis is a most readable book. Some books hall where il was In Id, there rolled in a frank modore Stockton, the other day, at Tienlon, not so, and it requires a good degree of Jack-tar of Ihe are moved along in in favor of Mr. Webster, the old federal deep. patience to peruse their pages to the end.— his while pants, his blue roundabout, and new party, and the tariff, is a very queer melange, This volume is an exception and forms a fit- tarpaulin, till one ofthe ladies, and the most but seems to be strictly characteiislic of a ting companion to the previous works pub- beautiful one in ihe hall, arrested him al her fighting man in ihe navy making n philosostand with a solicitation lo buy some ofher phical harangue against Hogging. The Comlished by their much lamented author. fancy articles. "No," said the sailor, "I modore, in quilling one element for another, Some of our readers may not be aware don't think I want any of them 'ere spangles, 1 has entirely lost his chart, his compass, his that the Rev. Mr. Colton, chaplain in the U. but I will give you twenty dollars for a kiss.", quadrant, and every instriimeul thai could S. navy, died at Phila. January 22d, 1851. " Agreed," said the fair, when the sailor sa- aid him in steering his political haik. His the cheek, and, drawing mil his d but in politics seems lo be more of a sailor* His works are now published under the follow- luted heron purse, handed her twenty dollars. " Cheap jolly frolic on shore than anything else. We ing unique titles, Ship and Shore,"" Land enough at that," said Jack, nnd rolled on.— begin lo like the gallant Commodore for hit and Sea," "Deck and Port," SeaandSai- ■ Those who have never studied the Bailor's Jack Tar-like politics —N. Y. Herald. ,' < ,',' , ,,,, ,,,, , . . — " " " . .,- — : ' :: , , ' '' I , �23 THE FRIEND, JULY, 18f»2. rapidly, no spun is mora exciting, and n doz- when we consider how many there are at !en men will often catch from thirty to fifty these islands well qualified lo teach these We saw in the Tine Drmncral a few days• barrels in an hour. When caught, they are languages The Spanish Ollendorl has been since an account ol the mackerel fishery as• spin, " gibbed," scraped, washed in three most in demand, and we have heard of a carried on at Gloucester. Mass. Thinking ui waters, and then salted—the whole done with single copy being sold for six dollars.— The Mackerel Fishery. more ertended notice might be interesting 1.."astonishing celerity. Those desirous of acquiring a knowledge of our readers, on the same subject, wo have The season lor mackerel is the fisherman's Spanish will be glad to be inhumed that a holiday. written the follow log. The work is easy, healthy, and supply of Spanish books was received by the Probably but lew are aware ofthe greatt pleasant—the weather warm, generally spent Snow Squall. Nor is the Ollendorffnielhnd confined to the extent ofthe mackerel and other fisheries ofI in idleness, hunting fur ihe fish, and Ihe sai this country. Il bus been estimated that dur- •lore lounge about, free from care, growing modern languages. We have now lying before us a Greek Ollendorff by Professor Kening the summer m mills, or rather betweenl " fal, ragged, and saucy." June and November, more than twenty thou- -| Cape Ann ami ('ape Cod are the greatest drick, of the Rochester University. With sand vessels are constantly engaged in the jfishing; ports of the Union, and at these points this work we are highly pleased. The author different kinds ol fisheri a, employing no less s •iirrely aught el-e is heard of than the pros- " knows no reason why boys and girls of than 'ioO.ODt men. By a treaty with GreatI peel for fish and the slate ofthe markets. twelve, ten, or even eight years of age, may Britain. American vessels are allowed ihe!|Children scarcely large enough to walk dis- not advantageously be put to the study of Ihia privilege of fishing witbin certain limits in Ihe■ course upon Ihe relative meiits of codfish, hook, and, under skilful instruction, rapidly Gull Or SI. Lawrence, and the quantity .iff halibut, mackerel, kc, with a knowing air, master its contents." This opinion is doubtfish taken front ibis place alone is most truly'and eagerness to the time when, as skip- less correct ; and if any of our young readers astonishing. Tbc coast of NewfoundlandI per" of some boiinie cra.lt, Ihey shall curry wish lo become acquainted with one of the yields its codfish lo the hardy sailor fromI death and destruction to the finny tribes of mftst beautiful and perfect of languages, wa May uiiiil December, while the belter class the great waters. can assure Ihem that in no way can they obof mackerel are taken from Augu»t to OctoThe sound of u mackerel " flapping" tipon tain a more pleasant introduction thun by ber. Many mackerel, however, ol 11 poorer deck is lhe sweetest music to a Cape Cod- means ofthe Greek Ollendorf. These books arc published by D. Appleton class, are taken along the Southern shore off man's ear and Captain Davis, from Gloiiour own country prior to this, but, as ai cesier, an intelligent and capable fisherman, and Co., New York. [ Communicated by an experienced Teacher of Languageneral thing ihey are deemed worthy of lit- ■ once a'suied us that had a ('ape Cod " skiptle notice. The Ray of ("haleur, along tbcl per" been dead a week, only place him upon ge.] coast of PrillCe hidwant's Island, the Magda- ihe deck of his vessel, and let the mackerel len Islands, Noilliuuiher and Slraits, arc dance about him, he would at once spring to Naval.—The United States frigate St. Lawrence, Considered lint choicest mackerel grounds his feel, stand to his lines, yell to his men Bladen Delany, Esq., commander, arrived at this Here the fleet of vessels congregated at one that the mackerel had "struck." and order port on Sunday evening last, in 30 days from Callao. lime will olteu aiuo nit to two thousand sail, them In " up, dogs, and at 'em." She brings no news of special interest. Her dates although ns a general thing not more thani No. I mackerel are oaten about the large from Europe are within a few days of our own, via from two to four hundred vessels sail in c uii- cities ; No. '2 sent West and South ; while San Francisco, and contain mostly what our previous pany. At nights, when the fleet is safely an- No. 11, being wretchedly poor and unsaleable, files have shown. chored, the lanterns lighted no each vessel are sent lo the We.-t Indies as luxuries for The revolution in Equador was in progress. The and swung upon the shrouds, one may fancy the slaves. invading force, at her departure, being off the island - •« " s -- ; > • ihey are looking upon some huge city lying in repose, with ihe lamps all trimmed and (For llio Krirnii.) of Puna. The peste, which has of late prevailed at J.imawith aomc violence, baa in a considerable degree abated. There is nothing of public moment transpiring in Chile, save that men, horses and supplies were leaving for the revolution in Equador. we arc happy to learn, will roThe St. main some time at this port, and until relieved by some other ship of the American squadron in thePacific. She saluted the Hawaiian flag on Monday, which was returned by the battery on Punch Bowl. The following is a list of her officers. Lieutenants, Chas H. Poor, Jno. A. Wlnslow,«Gustavus H. Scott, T. M. Brasher, Madison Hush. Purser, Jno. A. Hates. Sun/imi, Ilenjamin K. Tinalar. Passed assistant do., Wm. A. Harris. Assistant do. Randolph Harrison. Cliaplain, Jno. W. Orier. Actim/ master, E. R. Colhoun. Passed Midshipmen, Wm. C. West, Wm. M. Gamble, George W. Young. Midshipmen, Henry Erben junior, George Brown Jno. W. Duraraington, Francis M. Ramsey, B. J, burning. The bail alone, which is ground up and mToOehtlLanguages. ndlferarnig thrown to the Bah, In keep them about ihe vessel, is a very large ileiu in the expense off This met hod accords with :he order of nacarrying on the trade. This is either herring, ture. The letters and sounds of the letters poggics, or calms, well salted and cleaned, are first to be learned. Then the article, if put up expressly for the purpose. The aver- ■ the language has article. A noun, pronoun age cost ol it is about three and a half dollarsi and verb follow. Wiih these lour or five per barrel, al least twoliarrels of which are words, the pupil begins In form sentences thrown away per day in good fishing Al- c. g. Have I a horse '( I have a horse. lowing at the tune weaver.; in the Gulf there Having thoroughly learned these sentences, were two thousand sail, you then have $l(i,- the pupil's vocabulary is to be enlarged, and OUl) per day thrown away to the fishes, or other words are to hr combined with the say $100 per vessel for each Irip,"which isi veto and noun already learned, in burning below the actual amount, and we thus havei new sentences, c. g:— Have ynu my good r the enormous sum of $'200,000. horse? i es, I have your goodhorse. Which The method of Inking the mackerel is very horse have you 1 I have my old black horse. simple. The vessel is " hove to," and men i From ibis simple beginning, ihe pupil is are arranged on Ihe windward" side as i led almost imperceptibly onward, constantly Riley. Boatswain, Jno. Bates. many as can conveniently stnnd from bow toi learning new words to be combined in new (Inuntr, J as. M. Cooper. stern. Each man is provided with four lines, sentences ; and these i ew words and new Carpenter, Wm. Y. Jenkins. only (wool which can he used in fast Railing. sentences are fixed in the memory by frequent Sailmater, (acting,) Robt. Owens. On each line is attached the hook, which is; repetition. And as he passes on he becomes Purser't clerk, Jno. F. Ferguson. sunk into an oblong bit of lend called a "jig" familiar with .one grammatical principle after A barrel is placed behind each man, intoi another ; and all this without the tedium of School Books.—Our table has been supwhich the fish are " snapped" as fast as i committing page after page of definitions and plied with four volumes, comprising a series caught, the jaw tearing out as easily as i rules. of reading books, entitled " Mandeville's though made af paper. Owing lo litis tendAlready has this method been applied to &. Co., erness of the jaw, I he fish must be hauled the learning of the French, Spanish, Italian Series," published by D. Appleton not hesitate N. Y. through the 200 We do Broadway, German, medium of the carefully, and very though with great rapidity. One man stands " amidships," throwing the French, Spanish and German Ollendorff* to pronounce this a valuable aeriea of school bait, which has been carefully " ground," toiKnghsh ; and to the learning of the Eng- books, and were not our schools already keep the fish about the vessel, while the lish through the medium of the German.— supplied with books by other compilers, hooks are baited with any tough substance, have been occasionally received at Honovoleither pork rind, a bit of silver, or a piece ofI lulu, and we wonder tiiat they have not been should most cheerfully recommend these the mackerel itself. When the fish, bite i more appreciated and studied ; especially, umes. , •• • - " ' • — — �THE FRIEND, JULY, 1852. 24 MSt.heoeingf occiety. FS This association held its regular semimonthly meeting at the residence ofMrs. Dominis, yesterday afternoon and evening, July Ist. During the eveninga goodly number of dropped in, among whom wei c repssentatives from the Swedish and American ussels of war, now in port. In addition to the transactions of other business, it was decided, that the "Tea Party" should take place on Thursday evening, July 15th, at the "Bungalow," which building had been kindly tendered for the accomodation of the society. Due notice will be given to the public when the necessary arrangements are completed. nJThe agreeable and entertaining exercises ofthe evening were closed by Mrs. Newell, the President, reading the following lines, which were forwarded by some anonymous author. The sentiment is highly appropriate, and the language peculiarly smooth and poetical. If the author was present, he or she, must have been pleased with the favorable criticisms which the verses received.from many who were present : Eentlcmcn The Sick Stranger's Appeal. Ail let not joy and hope combine* To weave a chaplet for my brow: 'T would be as when white ivies twine Around the cypress or the yew. Lett no enraptured seraph's lyre Its thrilling symphonies impart, Or strive to light a kindred fire, Or wake to joy my bursting heart! But let Compassion'sgentle hand, Fair ladies, soothe my throbbing brow, And lightest footsteps round me stand, When racked with pain Pin lying low. I'm sure 'twould give a transient gleam To the failing light*, of the fading eye, I'm sure 'twould cheer life's parting beam, Ifpitying sympathy were nigh. DIED. At Little Briton hospital, Honolulu, Charles Wallace, of .oudon, England, aged 4*2 yearn. In Honolulu, at Exchange Hotel." 17th June, Mr. James locker, belonging to Honesdale, Wayne county, Pcnii. The eceased was a passenger, on board the English ship w Contant," bound to Sydney. At IH S. hospital Honolulu, June 17, JamesRobinson, a seaman, who was discharged, about 6 months ago,from whale Hhin Jefferson." The deceased belungod to TJaUfburgh N. Y. where his friends now rotude. In Honolulu, Sabbath morning, June 90th, Mr. Israel 11. Wright,painter. The deceased hits been lor many years a osiaent on the Islands. His friende now reside in N. Y. city, and in Orange county, State of New York. " ' MARINE JOURNAL. PORT OF HONOLULU. Arrived. Mar 31—Am brig Wyandot, West, SO di SanFran. Cisco. Danish brig Frederick VII, Love, 65 ds fm Hong Kong. June I—Brit, bark Wm. Watson, Macfarlane, 18ds from San Francisco. 3—Ant ship Snow Squall, Ilursley, 185 ds fin Boston. —Roll, bark Out Alblas, Knigmel, 25 ds fm San Fran. 4—Haw. sch George Washington, Crowell, 23 days from San Francisco. 7—Am brig Zoe, Rtcharda, 21 days fm Sun Francisco. llerm brig Peiersburgh. Pike, 29 ds Fanuing's 1.1 9—Am wh sh llobomok, Calotl, sea. berm. brig Elisabeth Newel!, Mason, 11 26ds6F. j Brem brig Louise Casar, Welsaenhom, 23 ds fttlß. F. 11—Bram. brig Louise Cesar, Meisenhorn, 22 ds fm Ssn Francisco. 13—Am sch Fides, Ilewes, 17 ds fm San Fran. do. 12—Am brig Noble, Robertson, 16 da da 14—Br ship Constant, Coombes, 16 Mauna 19 da do. Loa, Green, bk 14—Br It Br barque Reliance, narrower, 30 di Columbia River. ' 18—Am barque 11. T. Bartlell, lleeren, 13 ds, Vol Y. [1847] contains interesting communicaBan Fran. tions, relating t" Japan. Callipiigns, and the PolynetJ H. frigate St. Lawrence, Dulaney, 44 gnna,i3o ds from Callao. The Hey. T 1). Hunt's "Wants of Sea i sian islands 21.—Am. ah Astoria, Leland, 27 ds from San men," in 8 Nos.. &<■• Was.' Vol. VI. 11848] COB tabu a narrative of the wreck —Br. bk William i James, Colls, Sydney of the "Maria Helena," by A. Ten Kyek, Esq.—Narvia Tahiti. 33—11. Sw. M.'s frigate Eugenic, Virgin, Mil rative of the massacre of a part of the new of the 34 ds fnini llallipagos island. whale ship Triton, by Thomas Spencer.— Account of funs, Ir. brig l'icard, liowden, 15 ds from San to 90 , Franci-ro, —Am. wli bk Walter Claxton, Lake, 15 ds from San I'rnneisio. 38.—8r srhr Mary, Parks, New Zealand, via Tahiti —Fr h. brie Hiana, Browne, 14 its Fannines Island. 29—Haw. brig Baltimore, Thop, 15 days San Francisco. —Am wh ship VV. C. Nye, A dams, 15mos from Japan Sea. 'J!l bbls sp.-oil, 85 wh, Cleared. June 2—Br. hark Wm. Watson, Marfarl.ne, 4—Hull, bk Out Alblas, Krilglnel, Macassar. 10—Am wh mli lliibniiK k. iwlsli 11—l>an trig Frederic VII, l.ove, l.ombcck. 12—Maw bg Wyandot, West, San Frani-ism. 12—Haw sch (Jco. Washington, Crowell, San Francisco. 18—Am bg Swiss Boy, Dexter, San Francisco 19 Br.M Constant,"CcKiiiibes. Sydney. Ill—Am. h. brig I'etersbiirgh, I'ike, I.abaina. 21—Am. srh Fides, llewes, Tabitl. —Am. Sb Astoria, l.eland, Sliangliae. 22—lliem. brig Louise I'a-sar, Weissenhorn, llalavja tfl—Hr. bg l'icard, Bowden, for Sydney-. 28.—Am sh Snow Squall,Bursley,Shaiighne —Br bk Win. Ie James, Colls, San Francisco 29— Haw bg Elisabeth Newel), Mason, Wni men. —Am bk 11. T. Bartlell, Heeren, Wairnea. - PORT OF LAHAINA. Arrivuls. June 8— Am sch Gazelle, Stoddard, I!) days tinSan Franc isro. 11—Am sch lowa, Stoddard, 21 days fm San Francisco. Memoranda. the first whale ship the Arctic Ocean, X# Vol. VII. |184it| contains sketches of Guam, Strong's Island. Itarotnnga. Samoa, &c„ —"Trip from the Sandwich islands to Lower Oregon and Upper California." hv Editor. &o. Vol. VIII. '[isr>o| contains Visit of the French sloop of war, Honite, to the Sandwich Islands, in 183<>." This long narrative wus translated for the Friend, from the French, by the Rev. D. Dole. &c. IV" The foregoing eight volumes, comprize the Jirst siri'it of the Friend, and contain besides the articles spccilied. a great amount of interesting informstion. and useful reading, relating to all parts of Polynesia, the Western coast of N. and S. America, China &o. Also, much information relating to commerce and whale fishery of the Pacific. Price, $10 00 the entire scries, and SI 50 single volume. A reduction will he made to seamen, as the paper has ever been published for their special benefit, tf. _z Almanacs for 1852. For sale at Polynesian Office, the Rev.,T. B. Taylor's study, and the Seamen's Chaplain,—the "Illustrated Family Christian Almanac for 1852." This is a beautiful and neatly executed publication, containing many handsome engravings, and much entertaining reading, besides calculations" of a good almanac. Price, 12 1-2 cents. tf For Sole, At the Chaplain's study, "Jarves' History of the Sandwich Islands," Bingham's Sandwich Islands," " Wyllie's Notes on the Sandwich Islands." Also, Bibles in various styles of binding, and the publications of the Am. Tract Society. tf " " " June 89.—Am. wh sh Wm. C. Nye, Adams, tO mos, 80 »li and 30 sp This vessel baa upariaac ed much nigged weather and several severe gales since leaving home. On her outward passage she CAJtD. torn bed at Faval, Bay of Islands, Ilervy Islands. The subscriber would grcatfully acknowledge the She cruised 18 days in Japan Sea, but saw no donation of twenty-live dollars {$26) from Captain whales, and on the 12th May, entered the Ochotsk and encountered ire. Virgin, 11. S. M. Frigate Eugenic," for thesupport Sea, hut experienced gales, sickness ol tile She visits the islands mi account of the Seamen's Chaplaincy, Honolulu. This donaon board, and the second male, who, on Iho Mb of tion will constitute him a Life Member of the Amer:i ribs, ace June, was hurt by a whale, fracturing ican Seamen's Friend Society. hut be is now rapidly recovering. The vessel will leave in a few days to cruise. S. C. DAMOX, Seamen's Chaplain. Pasiasoaai.—Per Snow Squall—Mr Cunningham. Per fPO SKAMEN AND STRANGERS.—The ScaBaltimore—Capt. llanna, and Mr. Bullions , Information Wantrri " ± men's Chape! is open for Public Worship every sabbath, at 11 a. m.. and 7 1-2 p. in. Seats nee.' Respecting Mr. Charles Ford, who is supposed to Seamen belonging to vessels (of all nations) vishave left the ship "Arctic," Capt. (iellett, at Hono- iting this port are invited to call at the Chaplain's lulu, in the autumn of 18.51. Should this notice fall Study, where they will be gratuitously supplied with toreport him- copies of the Friend and other reading matter. I under his observation, he is requested self to his brother, Ezra J. Ford, Duxbury, Mass., or will he most convenient for the Chaplain to receive calls from Seamen between 2 and 4 p. m to the Seamen's Chaplain, Honolulu. Respecting Orlando W.Flagg, belonging to New A weekly religious conference and prayer meeting years has been aiont six a so is held on Wednesday evening at the Vestry. SeaSalem, Mass., who man on board whale-ships in the Pacific. He is desired men are particularly initwl to attend. Public services at the Native Churches, on the Sabto communicate with his friends.or the Seamen's Chapbath, commence at 9 1-2 a. m and 2 1-2 p. m. lain Honolulu. Respecting Robert Shcjjhcrd, who shipped in 1846. The Seamen's Reading Room is open at all hours Strangers arriving and having late foreign on board the Am. W. S , Mechanic. At the time of ofthe shipping, assumed the name of William Read. He papers, are respectfully invited to aid in keeping said left the ship at Maui, and went to Sydney, hut has not room supplied with useful reading matter. since been heard from. He belongs to Brockville, Donations arc respectfully solicited for the supCanada, W. He is desired to report himself to his port of the Chaplaincy, and the publication of the mother, and if he visits Honolulu to call at the Chap- Friend. An annual report of all donations is made to the Am. Seamen's Friend Society in New York. lain's.Study. Respecting Covell N. Kendrick, belonging to Ham Any person contributing $50 is entitled to become a ilton, N Y. Ho has been absent about 14 years from Life Director of tho Society, and $20 to become an home, but was heard of some 5 years ago in Austra- Honorary Life Mem! er. lia Should this notice fall under his observation, he is requested to write, Prof. Kendrick, Rochester, N. V., or the Seamen's Chaplain, Honolulu. A Monthly Journal devoted to Temperance The Friend, first series. Seamen, Marine and General IntelliFor sale at the office of the Publisher, previous gence. volumes of the Friend, hound separately or together. PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY Vol. 1, This vol. was published during 1843, when no other English newspaper was issued at the islands SAMUEL C DAMON Seamen's Chaplain. or in thefPacitic. It contains documents relating to the British Commission, while the English Flag was raised on the islands, d-c. One copy per annum $2,00 Vol. 11. [1844,1 contains Notes on the Sandwich 3,00 Two copies Islands," &c.,by R. C. Wyllio, Esq., H. H. Ms' Five copies 5,00 of For. Relations, &c. Mm. Vol. 111. [1845] contains a series of articles upon tW Bound volumes of the Friend, for 1, 2, 3, 4, the Marqucsan islands. 5, 6, 9 and 8 years, at the Chaplain's Study. A reVol. IV. [1846]i contains a narrative of twenty duction from the subscription price will be made to year's residence in Pitcaim's island, by John Buffett, Seamen, and purchasers who desire more than a sin4c, &c. gle volume. THEFRIEND: • " ----..... ..... TERMS. " " " " � 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 - 1852.07.02 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1852.07.02