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FTHE RIEND
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Now Series, Vol. Ill, No. 4.
lIOXOUII.
APRIL
Old Series VOL. XI.
1, 1854.
We occasionally meet with newspabelieve if a rum seller were to oiler a man ft
Imttle of sulphuric acid, undiluted, some; per articles in which the idea is strangely set
pife V> smart young man would drink it all
Three Slrancn Thincs, fee,
down, forth, that the " Maine Law" will never, can
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Wnahine;i<>n Tprnl- ry,
never be enforced in a country like England.
'Jli and call it first-rate old Jamaica.
M-irqtlpsa*, Island St* l-'.'itutiiva,
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a
Society [alaads, Itaiatoa,
Kiiic'.* Blnbday,
Such things seem strange to us. Reader, A late numberof the "Era," contained someSB
Lay Sermon, No. I.
thing of this nature, in the shape of a long
The Whnleinan,"
981 how do these things appear to you?
"The
Harpers'
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extract from a late London paper. Even
Ui.cle Tril'y on Tnharro,
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Por-trv, The Cross of (,'hrist,
('limn and Japan,
"WomenRule in Martha's Vineyard." supposing that teetotalism" and the "Maine
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Importance afa Sa?lags Hank,
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Marine News, Deaths, ate.
Sometime since we noticed a paragraph Liquor Law," are as ridiculous as there regoing the rounds of the newspapers, slating■ presented, it will not follow that even in Old
that temperance had achieved ;t triumph, on 'England, ere long, them may not be enforced
the little island of Martha's Vineyard. Noi:t law even more stringent than the Maine
spirituous liquors were to be obtained except Law." History teaches gome curious lesat the apothecary's shop. Dukes' county ( sons respecting the change of public meaHONOLULU, APRIL 1, 1854.
jail was tcnantless, while the judge of the!ijsures. There was a time, and that not many
criminal court might as well remain at home, years ago, when even Englishmen bought
for his office had become a sinecure. It was and sold men not having a color like their
Three Strange Things.
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1. It does appear strange to us, that men our fortune recently, to meet a ship master, own. There was a time, and that not many
claiming to be reasonable beings, will go on( from that favored spot, and we made special years ago, when Englishmen entertained very
drinking rum, gin, brandy nnd p. numberless enquiries in regard to the truth of the above different ideas from what they new do, about
variety of spirituous liquors, when they know reports. lie said they were substantially "Corn laws," " Navigation laws," " Schools
that these liquors are hurrying them to the true, while even the half, we found, was not laws," " Church-rate laws," " Poor laws,"
drunkard's grave; there is Mr. Thus-and-so, stated in regard to the good effects of tem- and many other kind of " laws;" now it is
live two years, but not over it; Mr.' perance principles. In course of our con- lour belief, opinion, idea, or notion, or whatd-nature, that is traveling the same road; versation our informant remarked: " The ever you may choose to call it, that Englishand Mr. Fast-living, that is sure to go unless women rule in Martha's Vinryard." To con- men go for good laws, and once convince
he reforms. All these wish to enjoy life and firm this assertion, he slated many interesting John Bull that the " Maine Law" is a good
fear death, yet they drink, drink, drink— fuels. Now, if it be true that temperance law and our word for it, that law will become
This seems strange to us.
principles prevail, in consequence of the wo- the law of the three kingdoms, the Times"
that
men hearing sway, we go in, most heartily, to the contrary, notwithstanding. This is
thing seems strange too,
and
re- for woman's rights. On this point let them, not a stand-still age. The people in this age
Tien professing to be sensible
e, will uphold mm selling—a business rule; they have suffered most deeply from 'arc not going to sea in " tubs," because their
destructive of public morals, domestic pence, the fatal effects of the poison, now let them, fathirs did, but they demand "clippers."
and individual happiness. This seems strange banish it, if possible, from the world as a be-, Let facts and statistics, make plain the point
to us.
voragr—let them chain the monster—letlhetn,[that one half of the taxes of England are the
third thing which seems strange, effectually arrest his hateful sway. Tooj result of spirit drinking, and is it to be sups, that temperance people or teetotallers, long has he marched through the world, rob- posed that sober-minded, money-loving, and
Id be ridiculed, and loaded with all man- bing ihe affectionate wife of her husband's af- 'sensible thinking Englishmtjp, will refuse to.
a law similar to the "Maine Law?"
ner of bad names, when they merely abstain fections, and dooming the drunkard's childdrinks
and
aid
to
the
vile
have changed. The leaven of free
from drinking poisonous
re- ren to misery; too long has
monster
addicted
habits
of
and
is abroad. A few years alter the face
'enquiry
form those
to
domestic
intemperance. rei«ned over the family circle
This seems strange to us.
for
of
liquor licenthings amazingly. He who goes to sleep
fireside. When men plead
and
wakes up after a few years, will Beet,
the
there
is
one
other
which
and
the
sale
of
li- t
By
way,
thing
ses to be freely granted,
seems most passing strange, and more unac- qtiors to be made more general, we do wish |greater changes than did "Rip Van Winkle."
countable than all the others, it is this: that: lliey would occasionally visit the drunkard's jIt seems but as yesterday, since church memhouses, the prisons and the
persons professing to know what liquors arc,! nome, the almsand the cemetries of the land bers in good standing manufactured rum,
hospitals, aye,
and priding themselves that Ihey take nothing and wot Id. Men may gloss the matter over, officiating deacons bought and sold it, while
but the " very best," are continually pouring and may apologize for the business of rum some of the parsons with their people drank
selling, and drinking, there is one jit; but those days have fled. Let our neighdown the vilest compounds of acids and other making,
which Ihey cannot do—they cannot dcthing
poisons that the apothecary's shop affords. ny that intemperance has been and is now, bor of the " New Era" keep a sharp look-out
This is true, if Honolulu doctors and physi- among the worst evils and direst curses that or he may find himself repftftsenfing an old tf
our race.
era."
cians elsewhere, speak the truth. Yes, we
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THE FRIEND, APRIL, 1854.
Er
the beach that a vessel can be loaded I descended to explore the cave. It was about
Washington Territory.
the bank; it has also, some of the finest ten feet deep, fifteen feet in length, and
n
To some of our readers, the name of a timber that
ever eye looked upon, with about six feet wide. Upon the north side was an
Territory, by name of Washington, will ap- 50 acres of prairie, plenty of water and abun- iron door, from which issued a fligfff of stone
pear altogether new and strange. Such a dance of wildfruit. I spent when I first came steps. This door was nearly decayed with
territory has however been organized and is here, about four weeks exploring, going to jrusl. The brick were of a very quaint mould
every part of the Sound, and finally alighted idiffering entiiely from any that we have ever
now rapidly progressing, as may be inferred upon this
spot. The timber business enga- seen or heard of before, being of a semi-cirfrom the following communication
ges every one here at present. The rainy cular shape. Four small earthern jars or
season bus fairly set in, and business is ra- pots, of a curious form, with uncouth heads
Washington Territory, Oi.tmpia, )
ther dull; I am of opinion that next summer moulded upon them, were found in one cor)
Sound,
Dth
1854.
Jan'y,
Puoet
will be one of stirring importance; San Fran- ner of this vault; one of which was filled with
Dear Sir :
cisco depends wholly upon this country for amorphous pieces of silver, covered with a
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To commence, then, I have been here on her square timberand piles; the extension of yellowish brown mould or rust. The other
the Sound, this last time, about three months, which city—six hundred feet beyond its pre- three contained a motley assortment of jewhaving arrived from San Francisco in the sent limits—will cause an immense exporta- elry, of the most singular shape and make—
latter part of October. I am at present en- tion from here; it will be " all hands ahoy!" consisting of heavy gold rings, elaborately
gaged in the lumber business; my health litis about the first of April, and if I do not inuke Wrought with chasings of beads, and antique
been tolerably good since I left the Islands, "my pile," it will be no fault of mine. I armour, entwined in scroll work and flowers;
having had but one illness since that time—of have now 27,000 feet of square timber, and 'bracelets, buckles, earings, Ike. In n crevno serious nature, however.
about IN,OOO do. do. piles, enough to load iice between the bricks was stuck a dagger,
This is destined at some future day, to be three good sized vessels—valued at almost which, upon touching, the blade immediately
a great country; one that, in my opinion will £4,000 here; 1 do not owe more titan $600 crumbled to pieces being completely eaten up
exert a great and important intliience on the lor labor, which I can pay at any
l Dent it {with rust. The handle, upon a little rubbing
face of this almost too great continent.
is called for. 1 have worked hard, in fact I proved to be of fine gold, set with six costly
This town, Olympta, the Capital of the have been obliged to or have nothing. Eve- diamonds.
Territory, is situated at the head of the Sound, ry body is obliged to work here, as in all Here is a problem for antiquarians to
and of navigation, about 180 mites from the .new countries, and as all are at work, there 'solve. The only clue or key to this strange
mouth of the Straits of San Juan dc Fttea, is very little chance for amusements.
affair is the inscription found engraven upon
the entrance. Of all the countries for timber I must give you a slight sketch of the tribes the handle of the dagger, which some of our
this goes a leelle ahead of anything 1 have who inhabit this clime. Yon are aware, I learned pundits are now trying to translate; it
ever seen. In some of these immense forests suppose, thatthese straits are lined with sava- read thus: -'LO. OF. L. IMP. A."
it is not uncommon to see a pine tree running ges—numerous are the tribes and numerous The articles have been deposited in the
to the height of 250 feet without a limb, car- the tongues spoken by them. There are City Hall; and the cave will remain open
rying its size—say four feet through, at the seventeen, I think, distinct tribes, on these to-day for the examination of the curious.—
butt—lso feet. This you will say is rather shores, the Flatheads being the most numer- IJoston Post.
a tough one, but nevertheless, it is true as ous. I will not attempt to give yon the
"holy writ." The country is new and of names of them for the very good reason that Marquesas, Island of Fatuhiva.
course sparsely populated, as yet; there is, I cannot do so, suffice it to say that, as far Letters have been received from
our nahowever, a tide of emigration setting this way, as I have seen, they are harmless and inoftive
missionaries
Fatuhiva
at
dated
about
the
that in a few years will vie with our oldest fensive, except in cases where the white man
states in point of numbers and wealth. This deals out the deadly poison" to them, when] first of February. Those of your readers
"
town now—but about a year since the first in some instances
they have been known to who have taken an interest in this mission
inhabitant settled here—contains at present, behave badly—killing one another, but selglad to hear from this new field.
over 400, all or nearly so, having crossed dom injuring any white man or Bostons —as maybe
have commenced teaching the
The
brethren
the Plains since '52. There arc no less than they call the Americans—King Georges, the
six saw mills and two grist mills in operation, English. The Hudson Bay Company hovel children, but attendance is irregular. A
supplying the market of Sun Francisco with trading posts at numerous places on the few attend worship. I send a few extracts
a large amount of the best lumber that is Sound and straits, the nearest one to this
E. W. Ci.akk.
used there. The quantity of wheat this year place, called Nasqitally, being about .I miles, from ICekela's letters.
I
i
have
received
a
letter
from Mr.
"We
consumption;
is small, not enough for home
iThis Company have made immense sums of!
but next year, God willing, there will be some fmoney out of the poor Red man, buying their Parker at Tahiti by way of Nuhiwa, by the
to spare. The country abounds with gam. |furs, etc., for a mere song, and charging band of the Catholic Teacher, Mr. Loane,
and the water with fish, in abundance. 1(them exorbitant prices for every thing they who formerly resided at Uapou. He is now
have heard somewhere of immense prairies, purchased. The Americans, however, have dwelling at Fatuhiwa wilh the Hawaiian
extending as far as eye could reach—and a told
j the Indians better; now the Indians will Catholics engaged in teaching their religion.
little further—well, we have nonesuchin this neither hunt or trap for them, they can get so We are quite comfortable here et present,
country, but we have, notwithstanding, plen- much better paid for their labor by working none of us are sick. We are living in peace,
ty for all purposes of agriculture; und for for the timber men. I have understood that without fear of molestalion from the people.
can go about in any part of this valley
richness of soil, it can beat the world and not the Company are about breaking up some of We
brag; such potatoes, onions, cabbages, tur-(their heretofore most important posts, Nas- without fear of injury.
nips and cucumbers—oh! you may think (qually among the number, in which case our Put the people of this Island are by nc
twice and then not begin to guess their size. people will be the gainers. They occupy a means dwelling in peace. There are many
I saw, a few days ago, a cabbage-head when \great deal of good land which will be vacated, chiefs, but they are much like the common
dressed fit for cooking, weighing 54 lbs. (i giving emigrants a chaece to choose good lo- people. Every one docs what is right in
his own mind. Fighting is, therefore, by no
oz.!! this too, grown on a piece of ground cations,
j
jfej"
means uncommon. To this they are much
that never had a plough in it, merely burnt
inclined. Since Mr. Parker left, four perover and dug up with a spade. If that is not
"some cabbages," I should like to know the
We are in doubt, whether the follow- sons have been killed in these contests bereason why. I have secured 320 acres of ing is intended as a statement of facts, or a tween the different tribes, —one belonging to
(his valley and three to another valley. And
land on one of the best locations on the Sound,
hoax!
these wars are by no means at an end. Mathe
Government
have
it
regrant,
got
under
■
corded and surveyed, it costing me altogethA Mysterious Discovery.—Thutsday tunui is unable to keep the island in peace.
er $45. I am confident that in five years afternoon, as the workmen were engaged in This depends on the different tribes. Yet
from this time it will be worth more than that.digging a hole upon the Common, in which he can go, without fear of being killed, in all
an acre. I have.-already been offered Ito set a tree, they came upon a brick arch, parts of the island. This, no other person
$2,500 for my location. There is a large which, upon opening, and waiting a while for can do. The people are abundantly supplied
quantity of the best of coal on it, and it is so iibe nitrous gas to escape, one of the workmen with muskets powder and balls, procured
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�THE FRIEND,
27
APRIL, 1854.
We are much favored in having Mr. Bick- itary possessions. His son had enjoyed a
with hogs from California ships. No one is
nell here. He allot ds us help in a great piece of land, which he wished to
without a gun. This is a serious evil.
enjoy again, but the parties in possession deThis is a nation of idolaters. Their gods many ways."
from
Ka-'
nied
his having any claim to it, and would not
was
letter
has
been
received
iv
A
long
numerous
as
it
and tabus are very
wealoha, and printed in the Elele. I cannot give it up. He told them he would be a
Hawaii formerly."
plague to their government. He retired to
The following are extracts from a letter to give extracts now.
his own place, and many who had been
Mr. Emerson from Kekela.
ousted out of their possessions, united them"There are six tribes on this island.
Society Islands, —Raintea.
to him at his own place. After that
Their names are as follows:—
We are confident many of our read- !selves
J®'*
they declared themselves to belong to the
Name of valley.
Name of tribe.
ers will peruse with interest the following let- old constitution and would not submit to the
Anainoa, (their tribe,) Oomoa.
ter, relating to the political and domestic, laws of the new. Little notice was taken of
Maunaoa.
Kaiuna,
few and at a distance. Atlength
Hauaui.
state
of affairs on the island ofRaiatea in the them, being
Owau,
the King influenced by his relations on TaKooi.
Oi,
South Pacific.
Ihiti, joined them. The chiefs said as he had
Ewaowa.
Ewacwa,
Raiatea, Jan. 4th, 1854. | forsaken them they would not acknowledge
Hanawawe.
Mooka,
Dear Sir:—Seeing various reports con- ■Ihiin. Both parties prepared for battle, neiThere are many things here which hinder cerning Raiatea in different papers which ther party, for a long time would commence
i
work.
of
our
the progress
reach us from your part of the world, and action; both declared they did not wish to
1. Catholic teachers have set up their wor- opportunity offering by a whaler, I thought1 tight, they desired peace; but neither would
ship. Their method is to give cloth to any it would be well to give you a short account come to terms on which they could agree.
one who will attend their worship. If a per- of
things as they are on the island. Asyoitrj'j At length they fought. The King was beaten
son forsakes the church, the clolh is taken paper circulates most among the shipping, and taken prisoner, and banished with his
away. They have also numerous Jews-harps they are the most interested in knowing,, family. One of the opposing chiefs was chosbrought with them from Nuuhiwa. They who are seeking supplies from the islands,! en King in his stead. The government is
endeavor to prejudice the people against our to enable them to prosecute their labors upon! not firmly established, but there has never
work. There are ten pr more of them. One the ocean. From the past* state
of things, been a republic, as stated in some of the paforeign teacher from Uapou. They teach in there is, at present, little to be obtained but pers received from California; what may
the Nuuhivan dialect, which is quite different wood and
place hereafter wecannot foresee. The
water, of that there is abundance,
from the language of this Island.
a secure harbor for coopering their oil. ■people are still unsettled, and the new king's
and
There
2. Another obstacle is anarchy.
Just emerging from a
civil war,—]■; influence is not sufficiently strong to settle
are a great many chiefs, yet no one has suf- which has destroyed allprostrated
andI( the pretensions of the dissatisfied.—lt is a
improvements,
the
island
in
peace.
to
ficient authority keep
not completely settled, it will be some time death blow to all improvements. Some say
and
there
is
Therefore wars are frequent;
ere much produce will be obtained.
They that by ardent spirits they will upset the
no time of peace or quiet.
have con in i,-need planting.
Church! —They have no connection with
obstacle.
are
another
3. Heathen priests
The
dissensions
led
the
civil
war
which
to
nor with Pomare, as represented in
Tahiti,
Their work is like Hcwahewa's at Hawaii, commenced in 1852—in consequence of the some
newspapers. She has no influence on
when Mr. Bingham arrived.
King's taking some ofthe privileges belong- Raiatea except on her own relations. She is
4. The tabus of their gods are very nu- ing to the leading chiefs, pretending they niece to the oldking, and her husband nephew,
merous. These relate to the men—to the had
been given him by two of their number. being sisters children. Sisters ofthe old king.
women —to chili ren—to food, to clothes &.C. The others said they
might- present their,,1 mention these things to correct the wild
and
no
one
There is no man not tabued,
should
theirs. One of'statements which appear in the papers, conthey
own;
but,
give
without some god. Certain fish are tabued,
the leading chiefs making use of his privil- cerning these Islands. Civil war is awful at
&.C.
and certain birds, fee.,
those which the King claimed, he best, more especially in such a small com5. Another obstacle is rum. Drunken- eges,
was
to trial. His office and honors'munity as this, when fathers fight against
brought
ness abounds. The people have been taught
taken
from
He said, as he had no of- sons, and sons against fathers, and brothers
him.
of
distill
rum
from
the
sap
by foreigners to
fice
he
would
retire
to his own place and cul- against brothers, as was the case here. With
the cocoanut, the same as at the King's Mill
tivate. He went, and was immediately fol- their contentions they have opened the floodand
Ascension.
Group
lowed by all the inferior chiefs of his district. |Igatcs to evil, which with all their influence
6. Another obstacle is the course pursued
to pass through another district before they cannot now shut. It is possible that in
by Matunui. He has not forsaken his old. Having
he reached his own, the chiefs detained the end the flood may carry themselves
He
does
not
afford
and
former
tabus
gods.
that they laway.
An Eye and Ear Witness.
us help in teaching the right way; but shows him. This was in effect saying,
men
The
of!
leading
embraced
his
cause.
much unbelief. He remarked, "Jehovah
sent messengers to | The Mute of the American Schooner Flirt, commandmust be a death god. I barely escaped Tahaa, hearing of this
by t'upt. (iihson. who me SO vilely treated by the
adhorance. The ed
their
in
and
gave
him,
jHutch Authorities in liatavia, is in prison at the same
death at Oahu." Referring to the prevahad
too
gone
far,| place, on charges that have liecn proved unfounded by the
lence of the Small Pox, when he left. lie King's party found they
chief.
The
prorestore
the
courts of that country. A correspondent of the Triand
offered
to
aside
came to us and requested us to lay
our
with
what
the
bune says that his case has been brought to the notice
accompanied
not
posals
being
work and observe the days made tabu by his
'of both Mr. Oaiiiptnn ami Mr. Marcy. He is an Enggod. We declined, saying that we observed chiefs required, were rejected. Such insolislim.in by birth, but an American sailor by choice.
the
Mr. Matey, it is said, refuses to interfere, because he is
the tabus of Jehovah. On anothertabu day, lence, as the King's party considered
Mr. Crumpton, because at the time of
he came again with the same request, but we rejection to be, was not to be borne. They-, an Englishman;
his seizure, he was in the American service. If this be
refused. He said, "how is it I observe your immediately prepared to go, and chastise true,
neither functionary represents the humanity ofhis
tabu days, but you will not observe mine." such insolence, and drive them all into the country. As he is an American sailor, was serving on
force,
and
were
went
in
sea.
great
They
He seems to take very little interest in our
board an American vessel when he was arrested, and
with great loss, the King himself was in fact, "domiciliated" under our starsand stripes,
work; yet he is not unkind to us. He fur- repulsed
did not follow. A Mr. Marcy, even if no "political capital" is to be made
nishes us with food, and manifests attach- was wounded; the chiefs The
to look into the case; and ifhe is unjustKing granted out of it, oughtdemand.
ment to us. He is pleasant in conversing truce was proclaimed.
There will be little induoely imprisoned,
with us, and is not displeased at our refusing the chiefs all they desired. A new Consti- ! meat for foreigners to enlist in our naval or mercantile
tution was established, by which many were service, if the arc to be regarded as outcasts from its
to listen to his requests.
We have no fears for our safety, and are restored to the land, of which they or their i protection.—National Era.
Our proprietors had been deprived, many portions
not disheartened by these obstacles.
reinstated the king Safe Travelling.—Each of the four
trust is in Jehovah, believing that he will af- changed hands. They
in the new government, as King; but all the steamers of the Collins line have crossed the
ford us his help in this dark land, amid these lands
which he or his family or forefathers Atlantic about forty tiincs„conveying in the
Nehemiah,
obstacles. We would say with
under pretence of de- aggregate from fitly to sixty thousand per"The God of Heaven, he will prosper us, had taken
former possessors he had to sons, and not a life has been lost by neglect,
in
the
linquency
and
arise
therefore, we, his servants, will
restore and was confined to his •own hered- carelessness, or accidents.
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THE FRIEND,
MHajeisB
tsy' irth-day.
Summary of Census
APRIL,
Returns, taken Dec. '53
Natives.
The Anniversary of His Majesty's Birth
Men.
Woman.
was celebrated yesterday, the I7ih, with Island of Hawaii, 12,443
11,750
Maui,
6,906
8,436
much spirit and patriotism.
" " Molokai, 1,7W
1,786
It is impossible to specify in detail all the " "
js:;
317
" " Lanai,
forms of enjoyment .and rejoicing adopted by
8,'jr, 1
Oahu,
tJUi
" " Kauai,
the population of Honolulu on this interesting
3,0">4
" " Niihau, 3,(172
occasion. Riding and feasting were enter3U2
MB
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ed into with much spirit by the nativtis very
Total,
37,07'.!
33;'110
generally. Places of business were shut,
EoilElu.VKIU.
after being open a few hours in the morning, Island of
Hawaii,
and it seemed quite like a holiday. The
Maui,
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troops were reviewed on the plain by H. R.
.Molokai,
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11. Prince Liholiho; the manreuvers of the
" " Oahu,
Artillery were highly creditable.
" " Kauai,
The Foreign Diplomatic corps, consisting
Total
of H. B. M.'s Consul General, the CommisNatives,
sioner of France and the Commissioner of
the United States, called at the Palace, at 11 Natives and Foreigners, grand total.
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oursc ivts rise on mc w 1112s
of hope and aspiration but that we may with
Total. the greater zest grovel in the mire.
How
24,188
17,330 frequently do we seek truth and knowledge
8,666 but that we may shut our eyes to the light,
800 and say of the darkness, "how good is it!"
17,816:llow often do we grasp the apples of joy but
0,720! to find them changed
upon our lips into ashes
7;>o
of sadness.
We dream of an angelic existence, that
71,01'J
["through the dateless revolutions of eternity"
2.7.1 chants
without break or bar or fall or ca211 dence," "one peacelul song of Holy, holy, ho42
1,311 Jly—but not upon that level is our life, and
not for our lips are those eternal Holies.
2d I
For all of us the words of the heathen poet
2,118 have, at times, the charm of truth
71,019
Wlial Mi'.iry wop, what endh ss Mrifc,
i*i'it si i* in ijroow c
___
73,137
"
I
—
thoa to mortal man, (I Life !
I arli hour they draw then brpat.i.
wrptciips all dsspsif
the
Aliih!
Trifles His ills they en anal heir,
But lhnni»h tho |sj#s of death."
A. M.
As the Senior Member of the Corps Her
Lay Sermon, No. 1.
M l.o! all i<' full o('pain ami dread ;
Britannic Majesty's Consul General, for his
" l.el nol your heart he trouhlcd ; ft heiiuve in Sod, bslleva
lit-drenched in lour.. 1.0 svsr sited ;
colleagues and himself, congratulated the also in nar."
Ttas darkness r. ndered worse
on
By cleauis ofjoi —anil Ifby llcaveu
the occasion of His birth-duy, and Who is
King,
this,
Ihen, that dares, in human
A beaming .-eenictli [o ho givvn,
stated that they and he were cordially united .form and with human
1( changes to a curse."
voi--e, to command
in the wish that Providence would alfordl
unrest, sadness, is it all;
Dissatisfaetiof),
the
troubled
sea
of the heart of man ?'
pence in
them opportunities to offer His Majesty,
The words are uttered In sight ol*lhe tow-j.yet hearken to thai voice!—
same felicitations on many future anniversa- ers of Jerusalem—and
along the streets bc-i " Let not your heart be troubled; ye beries, that His Majesty's health might be pre-l
a few brief years the
in
neath,
" wrath of lieve in God, believe also in .Mr."
served many years, and that His Kingdom God is be poured,
to
the blood of Let us ponder those divine words; let us
making
might prosper.
the person of Him who utters
Jew and Roman to flow in rivers, piling the, contemplate
1
Afterwards the Minister of Foreign Re- ground with corpses, and trampling
them, and see if there be not indeed there
Jerusulations presented to His Majesty, Mons.
leiu itself into the dust beneath
feet ofthe.;the
1 peace of God and the love of Jesus—if
Marion Landais, the Chancellor ofthe Con- (.entile. Those to whom theytheare uttered
■'we too may not become partakers of that
sulate of France, who arrived on the Kith, in are men not merely suffering
under publicl'Love, and heirs of that Peace.
the schooner "Restless."
and private wrong, with such des-j
oppression
The Consul of Bremen and the Consul of
in the future for themselves or thrirj "The Whaleman"—This is the title of
the United States, also called to felicitate Mis traction
children just revealed to them; but their ift new weekly sheet to be published at New
Majesty. 1 consequence of the omission hearts now are touched with a deeper sadBedford, " by the good people »f the Whain the circular notice, other Consuls did not ness
by reason .of the words they have just ling District." No. I, has been handed
attend, which is regretted.
us by
heard. He, their best friend, their only
A brilliant soiree was held in the evening.
Capl.
of
the
It
Stnalley,
Isabella.
appears
is to be taken from them. They ftrel'
which was most numerously attended by the hope,
no more to see his "heaven-eyed" coiiuten- Ithat " the good people of the New Bedford
elite of Honolulu, including many strangers.
anee beaming with love and pity. His fami-rWhaling District," are aroused to the
importA large number of ladies graced the occa- liar voice is no more to make their hearts!
sion by their presence, and, "all went merry
iance of publishing a weekly sheet lor the esburn
within
them
as
the
they
along
journey
as a marriage bell."
roads of Judea. No conceivable circum- Ipecial benefit ofWhalemen, "ten thousand"
May His Majesty have many returns of Stances could well occasion
a prolimnder ftndliof whom sail from that port, making it the
the anniversary of his birth.—Polynesian, IS
Who is He, that "oil factory of the world," and so
mote rational sadness.
enriching
March.
there ventures to
belief in himself a*
it, that "New Bedford owns neatly halfof all
I©* His Majesty's birth-day wnscelebra- peace and rest ? proffer
ed Imt Friday in a spirited and becoming
words seem,'the whaling interest in the country."
M7ii/ is it, that to us too, those
manner.
such unearthly Being somewhat acquainted with the cruisto
address
themselves
with
At 8 o'clock in the mornintr, all the slopand peace-giving power, as it were awing Hftlj
ing in the harbor and the different Diplo- wild the presence of ft heart calm as the gaze; ing ground, in and about New Bedford, it is
with no little degree of interest that we welmatic and Consular offices were decorated of the
stars of heaven—yet profound and pit- !
with their appropriate buntings. Guns were iful as the love of God.
come " The Whaleman." We have carefired; the Engine Co. No. 2, "Mechanic,"
He who speaks them stands there, a man |fully examined the Shipping articles lo learn
paraded the city with their splendid engine;
among men, with no outward marks of dis- iwho had gathered around the Whaleman,"
the troops were reviewed on Waikiki plains, linction save the native dignity of his pres- and discover
"
that
clergymen, merby His Majesty in person, accompanied by ence, and the gentleness of his look. Yet, ifj<■.chants, and ship various
owners, of New Bedford are
H. R. H. Prince Liholiho and Stall. The his words he true, they bespeak a might,ltamong the number.
They appear to be repromptness and precision of the military is
to do all in their power to
which no earthly monarch, no finite power's
exercise
highly praiseworthy, and the Artillery, under could justly arrogate. For just precisely this solved
U■ moral and religious influence""over whaleLieutenant Bingham, deserves great credit
is it which all earthly power has failed lo imen sailing from New Bedf-ird. They recogfor the celerity and expedition of their exercommand, all human experience hilled to at- tnize the principle in their prospectus, that
cise.
"sailors tire men with souls as we'll as bodies;
The Foreign Diplomatic Corps called at tain.
is the great buithen of the twith minds as well as hands and feet." Most
Restlessness
the Palace at 11 A. M.
epic of our human life. Like "a wild andjjoyfully we welcome " The Whaleman," lo
In the evening a soiree was held at the sweet, but sad aud terribly moving music,"itthe fraternity of laborers
iii behalf of seamen,
Palace. The rooms were literally crowded the sound of it comes up to us from all plftCCejiand especially that class sailing from New
and an eager desire manifested by all lo be and pails of man's existeuce:—till we might,!|Bedford. We hope to receive its numbers
presented and tender the compliments of the affirm that it is our common doom "to wan- |ias they successively appear. Some paraday to His Majesty. We do not remember der through barren places, seeking rest and jgraphs we should transfer to our columns, it
having seen a larger or more splendid circle finding none." The whole history of lilera-.tthe paper had not fallen into our hands just as
of ladies on any one occaeiiuu in Honolulu. ture and of action declares it; oar own obser- [our
t sheet was going to pres«. A future time
[New Era.
vation aud daily experience attest it. IlowpIwill answer as well.
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FRIEND, APRIL, 1854.
cupied nine five-story buildings, five upon house was learning the trade, and working at
Cliff, and four upon Pearl Street, and cover- 'press, it took two men to do one tenth part of
Among book readers in the English lang- ing the entire space between those avenues. |[the work which a single power press, fed by
uage, The Harpers" are well known and These buildings were devoted to the various a boy or girl, now performs; and in 1837 the
hand-presses,
familiar friends. Their publishing house in branches of their business—to type-setting, Harpers had but twenty-four
each press doing
employing
thirty-persons,
to
electrotyping;
pressand
stereotyping,
New York, has acquired a world-wide repu- work, drying, folding, stitching and binding; one seventh of the work performed by each
tation. To most of our readers it is well to storing the vast quantities of books which of their thirty-three Adams presses, managed
known that in December last, their large es- constantly accumulated, and to the various j by seventy persons. At the time of the destruction of their
the second
tablishment was destroyed by a fire which in transactions involved in their sale and deli- and third stories ofestablishment,
three buildings on Pearl
very.
a few hours consumed an immense quantity
"This is scarcely the place for any very' street were used as press-rooms."
of books and printing materials. The loss minute account of the processes and
results!
Work on Tobacco.—
was estimated at over one million of dollars.. of their business; and yet the readers of the, Unci.f. Tobkv's Nkw
We
have
never
read
or
seen this work, but
The January No. of their Magazine has Magazine may be interested in a brief statelearn that it has
ol
connected
with
it.
we
newspapers
ment
the
facts
from
the
leading
reached us, and its opening article contains a
by the two se-: reached a f>th edition, in the U. States. The
house
was
established
"•The.
flatementof facts, that we presume will not| nior partners James and John Harper, who!
is an extract from a preface to the
fail of interesting our readers. The follow- opened a small book and job printing-office inIHollowing
work.
Most
truly glad are we to learn that
Dover street, in 1817. Their first employer)
ing is an extract:
in book printing was Mr. Evert Duyckinck, a! somebody has taken up his pen to warn the
" It would be afi'eetntion in the Publishers leading bublisher of that day, to whose order, world, ill regard to the insidious evils of toto pretend any degree of insensibility to this on the slh of August, they delivered two.thou- bacco.
misfortune. The pecuniary loss is very hea- sand copies of Seneca's Morals; on the 3d of PARENTS, PATRIOTS, CHRISTIANS AWAKE!
vy; but this can b repaired by the same.[December, twenty-five hundred copies of Tobacco is the twin demon of alcohol.
means which rendered it possible. Some six Mair's Introduction to Latin; and on the 7thj jVery many of our young men and fine boys
hundred persons, having parents, brothers of April, 1.818, five hundred copies ofLocke's are being ruined by its power. The evil is
and sisters, or wives and children, dependent Essay on the Human Understanding. These coming upon the nation like a flood. Twenty
on their labor, have been for a time thrownl were the first books Ihey printed.
In 1823, thousand of our fellow citizens, say physiciout of employment, though this suspension of!
third brother, Joseph Wesi.f.v Hari-BR, ans, are killed by it annually. The nation,
the
their resources will he but temporary. The became a partner in fhe establishment, and il is believed, pay about $30,000,000 and the
large circle of booksellers and book-agents in 1821), the fourth, Fletcher Harper, en- church about $5,000,000 in its yearly conscattered throughout the United Stales, who, tered as a member ofthe firm. At that time sumption. Its
affinities are many and alarmto a greater or less extent, have looked to their
office had become the largest in ing. Its tendencies are all bad. It leads to
printing
this establishment for their books, will find the city, though it employed but fifty persons, idleness, poverty, strong drink, vice, disease,
that supply cut off; but the lapse of a few and did all its work on ten hand presses, Ii delirium and death. It is i\n insidious enemy,
weeks will, it is hoped, remove this check on In 18-25 the firm removed to Cliff street, usually assailing the well being of individuals
their business pursuits. AH these losses, se- where they purchased two buildings, num-|;land the body politic, in a slow and stealthy
rious as they are, can be repaired, and may, hers 81 and 82, and entered more largely!Iform. I have been a victim to the seductive
therefore, be contemplated with a coinage upon the publication of books on llieir own''power of this vile poison, and personal expemade cheerful even by the sense of energy account. In 1830 ihey began to stereotype jrience of sorrows inflicted, bids me do what I
and vigor which the efforts to repair them their works, and from that time forward they!!can
to draw attention to its mischievous docalls forth. But the es'ablisliinent itself, with have printed mostly from stereotype plates, ings. Thus moved, I publish this little book.
its large collection of machinery, its complete which Were stored away in fire-proof vaults It is intended for juvenile libraries, and
arrangements for applying the perfected meth- for subsequent use, and which, in the course schools of every grade. I claim for it but
ods of art in til! its branches to the produc- of their business had accumulated to the va- one excellence, only one, which is that it is
tion of books and its vast accumulation of lue of half a million of dollars. The public adapted lo youth, for whom it was designed.
printed volumes, which they had come insen- demand for books has increased faster even It aims to forestall iniquity, to nip the evil in
sibly to regard as al once the result and the than the facilities for supplying it. The im- the bud, and I am happy to believe, that with
monument of their united labors in this wide provements
in machinery, of which they have thousands of youth it has achieved this end,
field of public usefulness and of private enter- endeavored to avail themselves to the utmost,
having proved the "ounce of prevention,"
prise, has been swept by the blaze of an hour enabled them to multiply copies of their books in an eminent sense. In view of its adaptafrom the face ofthe earth. This loss is one to an
almost incredible extent j and yet they tion to emergencies far and near, I cannot but
which time can not repair, for it is a loss of
const ant ly under the necessity of en- wish it had universal circulation.—George
were
time itself. The labor and energy which
then limits, and adding lo their facili-' the Third, though our fathers branded him a
larging
would have contributed to its enlargelies
for
the
supply ofthe reading public. At a tyrant, had some clever streaks in his chardevoted
it.
ment, must now be
to replacing
the
time
of
the destruction of their establish- acter. In the exuberance of his good wishes
The task*.s one not wholly pleasant; but as
in constant opeiation ihirty- one one occasion, the monarch said, " I wish
they
kept
ment,
the proprietors of the establishment have not
of the largest; every poor man in my kingdom had a chicklearned from the lessons of life to indulge tliree Adams power presses,
twelve of which were en in his pot."' lam not u king, nor the son
and
best
description,
largely in the luxury of unavailing complaint,
as well as by' of a king; I am nothing more than simplethey are inclined to regard it with any feeling employed, sometimes by night four new ones
hearted Uncle T»by, but I wish that every
the
Magazine—and
upon
day,
but one of dismay.
new monthly se- poor hoy in the laud, had my book in his
for
the
put
had
been
just
up
The establishment of Harper and Brothers,
Books, of which twenty
and also a chicken in his father's pot..
it is believed was the largest of its kind in the ries of Harper's Story already been printed.. hand,
Reader,
had
take this little manual, give it to
copies
thousand
world—that ofBrockhaus, in Leipsic, ranking
these presses averaged about six a son, nephew, or some young friend, and he
Each
of
next. It differed from that and from all
190,000 KJmo pa- may be rescued from the first step on the
others in the fact that it combined all the de- thousand impressions, or
a day. Sixteen of fhe presses had been road to fashionable vices and ruin. Said the
ges,
partments of labor necessary for the producworking wood-cuts; giv-jjlate Amos Lawrence, of Boston, pre-eminent
tion of books in the most perfect form. Upon built expressly for
I owe my
the Continent of Europe, bonks are mui.ilv ing employment to ten persons considered the!.as a merchant and philanthropist, "
best workmen in the country, and occupied present position in society under God. to the
sold in sheets, furnished siinplv with paper
exclusively in making ready and elaborating fact* that I never used Rum or Tobacco."
covers; and in England the binding of books
the illustrated forms of the Magazine andl And in the fulness o( his heart, a few days
no
is carried on as a distinct business, having
pictorial publications. The progress, before his death he naid, "I shall «' ye .«"'■
other
connection with their printing. The estabduring
made
the last thirty years in this de- book to every boy in the State of any site,
lishment embraced a bindery as well as printof
business may be inferred from that each may become an Anti-Tobacco
the
partment
ing offices, arranged upon a scale commensu- the
that
when
the senior partner of the!lagent."
fact,
rate with their general busiuess. They ec-
"The Harpers."
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THE FRIEND, APRIL,
Poetry.
For the Friend.
The Cr«M of ( hriat.
The Saviour's crov ■ of cruelty,
Thin was the type in Rome ;
But stamleth now on Caltary,
To guide the ransomed home i
Oppressed with grief, the Prince who bore,
Its weight up Calvary;
A crown of thorns suhrnisjsive wore.
And gave hid life fur me.
1554
good and splendid future is before them. their ships. It is a mistake to reckon on
Contrary to the opinion of most travelers such data. I judge from the extent of the
from England, I have seen here a young but arable land and habits ofthe Japanese; fheir
rapidly growing nation, offering an example love of hunting and .sports which augur large
to the oldest communities in Europe. It is areas of Iciest and mountain lands—their
far from my wish to flatter; but what do I ranges of mountain and other data that
net feel vast delight in seeing? lam over- twenty million of j)eople is a high figure for
come with the stupendous proportions and ca- .ft group of islands not much larger than
pacity ofthe country —itsfar stretching fields Great Itntain, and not so well governed or
for human subsistence and happiness, of the secure, or fertile or civilized.
American people, so little understood, and The trade of these islands will be of slow
so often misrepresented. I candidly own growth, for they need nothing of us, and
that theirremarkable love of order, their en- copper and camphor, and perhaps laquered
The Saviour's Cross ! on this our Priest,
ergy and perseverance, their love of inde- (ware, and silk are the only articles they have
His precious blood hath shed,
pendence, the self-respect of even the hum- got for us, and ten ships a year will supply
That men from sins might ho released,
blest classes among them, their striking so- the world with these. Even here, in China,
And rescued from the dead:
briety, their ndmirable educational system, after a trade of two centuries, the people are
Pierced with nails, as on it hung,
their excellent libraries, and universal fond- so indifferent to every sort of goods brought
The bleeding Lamb of God ;
My sins,—his groans of anguish wrung,—
ness for reading, their press free from fiscal here (except opium) that there are now beWere the afflicting rod.
exactions, their flourishing religious institu- tween fifteen and twenty million dollars worth
tions untramelled by civil polity, their eco- iof English and American corgoes unsold,
Victorious Cross ! when on thine arms,
nomically and spiritedly got up railways, which they will not buy in these troublous
The blood of Christ was st annul ,
now pushed hall-way to the Pacific, the neat- 'times, while our merchants are all alive at
Satan claimed victory to his into,
But Christ (ho triumph trained :
ness of their dwellings, their wonderful—and the apprehension of a short supply of tea and
Henceforth the Cross will Standard he,
jto an Englishman—alarming, progress in silk, and prices arc constantly rising for these
For Saints, where'er they dwell
.the mechanical arts, the marvellous growth two articles, although money is only lo be
Where they unfold it sin will flee,
of their cities, and I will add their civility to had at ss. lOd. and lis. per dollar, and even
Or louder curses swell.
#
strangers —I say all this gives me unqualifi- Bs. at Shanghai. The Chinese care really
ed pleasure; and. when 1 contrast their cities very little for cottons and metals, as they can
blessed
Cross
thee
Thrice
our King,—
! on
free of pauperism and vice in its most loath- supply themselves, while Englishmen cannot
The Prince of o toff—died ;
Thatall his children he might bring,
some foims, with what meets the eye in Lon- do without tea and raw silk, nor their governSafely though Jordan's tide:
don, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and other large ment get on if the tea revenue be cut off.
Thou givest a lite of peace below,
cities in Britain, I feel that travelers from The Japanese and we will perhaps be
To all who to thee fly ;
.the old country have little reason to speak tickled to exchange a few curiosities, but a
Immortal life, thou wilt bestow,
disdainfully of America, or to exaggerate healthy growing trade results from mutual
Heirship with Christ on high.
faults, which at the most are only partial and wants, and a knowledge of what other naof no sort of account.
tions can supply, and this interchange comes
Mysterious Cross: I fail to know,
What part the Cod-head bore ;
Such being my impressions, it will be my slowly. I hope Japan will be ready to meet
In sufferings, whencesuch blessings flow,
duty to represent in my own poor way at the Americans peaceably, and consent to reTo those who Christ adoro :
things, as they deserve to be spoken move her ridiculous seclusion as soon as she
home,
Enough fur me,—I know and feel.
of. Nor shall I fail to speak ofthe advanta- sees it can safely be done; for, by so doing,
Thou art earth's dearest prize ;
ges to be derived by an emigration ofthe lab- she will avoid, perhaps, a worse evil. But
Alone, thou canst all sorrows heal,
oring classes generally to this country—flee- the benefits from a change in her policy will
Dry up all weeping eyes.
ing, as they will do, from a perishing and come slowly, and perhaps serious evils will
Oh precious Cross ! within my heart.
unimprovable condition to a state of comfort come first, among which will be the opium
trade, which English and American merImpress thy healing power ;
and boundless prospecis of well-doing.
Thy pard'ning love and faith impart,
We have italicized the remark, "civility to chants here will push as far as they can, sacIn every future hour:
rificing even present gain to future hopes, in
strangers," because, 1, the Americans have order to urge on tl.is cursed traffic. Times
Be thou my guide, be thou my trust,
Until Ijli-'n storms are o'er
been hitherto censured upon that point, and and seasons are rapidly changing the appearAnd when my flesh returns to dust,
is an indication of the highest ance of these Eastern nations, and all for the
My soul to heaven restore.
K. ft. Q. •2d, because it
hope of seeing them receive the Gospel. Does
civilization.
one wish to be among these changes, and asThings are not as they once
sist in every way he can?
I
,
,
I
... .
China and Japan.
were.
The following extract contains more of a The Importance of a Savings
Bank.
years since, it was very fashionable matter-of-fact and common sense statement
lish tourists in America, having Inndo wish that it were in ourftpower to
We
than we have seen for a long time respecting
er the country, to return home and
arouse the attention of some few, at least, in
cither China or Japan. There is no quesHonolulu, to the importance of taking immetheir reflections, interspersing cen- tion but
too high and exaggerated accounts
sure and comments which were far from givdiate steps for the organization of a Savings
of the prospective trade of Japan have gone
Bank. We have not a doubt of its final sucing a favorable impression of either the counabroad, even if Commodore Perry should
cess, could it be once fairly established. It
try or its inhabitants. There is a tendency
succeed in opening commercial relations
now to the other extreme. The following rewould serve as a most important agent in elwith that nation. To whom to credit these
evating and benefitting persons with a smal
marks are from the pen of- Wra. Chambers,
observations, we know not, and can merely
Senior Editor ofthe "Edinburgh Journal." state that he is an American in China:
income and little capital. Will not the matter be taken up and the subject brought beMr. Chambers enjoys a world-wide reputaAs to the trade and resources of Japan,
tion for moderation, candor and common- its"population and general civilization, the fore the coming.legislature? Who will start?
sense:—
most exaggerated opinion appears to have In regard to the practical working of such
On the eve of departure for Europe,' he been believed. One parade of figures make an institution we would call the reader's atthe population fifty millions, and the trade
addressed a letter to the N. Y. Tribune, of
tention to the following paragraphs from a
this fifty million average $4 a piece; and
from which we make the following extract. all this trade of two hundred million dollars late No. ofthe N. Y. Tribune:
I leave the United States with much re- is going straight into the pockets of merThe Sixpenny Savincs Bank.—This instigret. I carry with me the conviction that a chants, as soon as the country is opened to tution is gaining favor with the people beyond
E
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APRIL,
31
1854.
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'IX) BEAMEN AND STRANGERS.—The Sealaformatioa Waattd.
the moat sanguine expectations of its projec- -1 men's Chapel is open for Public Worship every Respecting Frederick Hubbsrd, who sailed from
tors and most ardent friend*. It is one of Sabbath, at 11 a. v., and 7 1-2 r. m. Scats free.
New Bedford on board the ship Harrison," when
Seamen belonging to vessels (of all nations) visit- commanded by Capt. Hathnway. " He was discharthe best "Children's Aid Societies" ever esthis ]>ort are invited to call at the Chaplain's-1 gcd at Honolulu and worked for a time in the Polytablished. It is an aid to all reform move- ing
study, in Chaplain street, where they will be gratu- nesian printing office, but subsequently went to
ments. It teaches frugality, the advantages
itously supplied with copies of the Friend and other California. Should this notico come under his obof saving, and it draws many a sixpence leading matter. It will be most convenient for the servation he is requested to communicate with Cyol
away from the bar room and other sinks
Chaplain to receive calls from Seamen during the rus W. Clmpman of New Bodford, his friends at
Pittsticld Mass or the Seaman's Chaplain, Honolulu.
waste. It makes children proud of being afternoon of each day.
weekly religious conference and prayer meeting
"depositors in bank." There is something jis Aheld
on* Wednesday evening at the Vestry, and
attractive in the very name; and the cluss for, also ut the same
A CARD.
place, every Sabbath afternoon, at
find
ihey
fast
as
established,
it
as
whom was
:i 1-2 o'clock. Seamen arc particularly invited to The Subscriber takes this method of returning his
small
attend.
it out, flock there every deposit night in
sincere thanks to Admiral Foborior Des' Pointcs,
Public services at the New Court //ouse at 11 jcnnimanding His Imperial Majesty's Naval Forces in
droves.
also, Native Churches the Pacific and to Cupts. Sowle, Mc'Clcavc. Jagger,
Last Saturday night there were filly-five A. M. and and 71 P. M.,atand
U 1-2 A. M. and 2 1-2 r. at.
on Sabbaths, commence
Hampton, H.ithaway, Edwards, Hall, and
new depositors; and these, with a few of lhc| The Seamen's Reading Room is open at all hours!il.ittlc,
Wing, and to the officers and crews, of their respectold ones, at this dullest part of the soason, ofthe day. Strangers arriving and having lute for- ive ships, for the very timely assistance rendered to
deposited sixteen hundied dollars; making up eign papers are respectfully invited to aid in keeping his ship the Bcnj. Tuiker, of New Bedford, which,
reading matter.
having become suddenly becalmed in going out of
the total amount deposited since the bank was ■aid room supplied withuseful solicited
for the sup- this harbor, would have been drawn upon the reef
Donations
arc
respectfully
by
depos'.!»,
sf.tlsl
opened in July, $53,963
the
and
the
of
publication
port of the Chaplaincy
Ihy the currents nnd totally wrecked had tlioy not
itors. This is a gain of (ii"> new depositors Friend. An annual report of all donations is made1 favored him with the aid of their boats, and personal
and £23,579 23 since our notice ofthe insti- to the Am. Seamen's Friend Society in New York. exertions. As it is she has suffered the loss of her
Any person contributing $60 is entitled to become a
ution in November
1false keel, and having struck several times upon the
The evenings of deposit nrc .Mondays, I.ilc Director of the Society, and $20 to become an Reef she has suffered more or less injury.
tfHonorary I.ilc Member.
JOHN R. SANDS.
Thursdays and Saturdays, but if the business
February, IBM.
Tahiti,
it
will
lately,
as
it
has
continues lo increase
become necessary to keep open all the time,
CHARTS.
received by the undersigned, via Panama,
day as well as evening, as many ol the depossjjot of superior Charts, of the North and South
itors are women and children and small boys,
l'acific Oceans, extending from the Equator to 65°
and we noticed while present Saturday eveX. and M ° S. latitudes, embracing all the latest
ning that many of them came from fur up
surveys and observations for the year 1853, drawn
town.
and engraved by Chas. Copley, Now York.
D. N. FLITNER.
One lady and three little girls came to deNov. 22d, 18.53.—2'J
posit $129 for th,e use ofthe children.
"OFF AND ON."
iiiiiiii:*! in ills f;*!
"My husband," said she, "started for CalAND SEAMEN belonging to
ifornia to-day, and left this sum with me for
RECEIVED and for sale at the Chaplain s!
{9
"off
and on,,' can bo supplied gralying
styles
and
o
vessels
where
various
sizes
my
Study,
want
to
it
BULBS
of
put
spending money. I
with copies of the FRIEND, by calling at
tuitously
the
llawaiiu
imported
by
books
arc
binding.
These
children can have the advantage of it ii I Bible Soeii ty. and sold at the American Bible So the Chaplain's Study, from 12 M. to 3 o'clock P. M.
should be taken away from them before he oty prices in New York, with the additional chargf Bound volumes on hand and for sale.
S. C. DAMON, Seamcu's Chaplain,
OfTactual expenses.
returns."
Honolulu, March 1, 18.51.
Two bright manly boys came from a disIBai'nes'Tloiei !
tant street to make an addition lo the little
at the Chaplain's Study, complete
BALE
J. WORT II
we
retired,
sum already in bank. As they
ts of Dames' Notes on the New Testament,
established himself in business at Hiheard one of them say, "Now, Sis." and a Isaiah and .lob.
lo, Hawaii, is prepared to furnish ships with
sweet, modest little girl of nine or ten came Also a tew copies of tho cheap edition of UNCLE recruits on favorable terms, for cash, goods, or Bills
TOM'S
CABIN.
on the United States.
forward and said, "Please sir, will you take Als.i
Webster's Spelling Book.
this and give me a bank book?" and she lit Id t ./' Any
sailor unable to read, and desirous of
The Friend sent abroad.
out her hand with '28 cents. "Certainly my learning, will be) supplied with Wobstcr's Speling
By paying in advance the subscription price, the
dear, if it was not a quarter as much. What Hook gratuitously, unless he prefers paying for it.
will be sent by the earliest opportunities, to
is your name? Ah, you are sister to those To Musters of «hue-Ships visiting the friend
the United States, England, China, Sydney, or any
boys." "Yes Sir, she is our sister, mid she
Hawaiian Islands.
foreign country.
heard us talk about the Savings Bank, and
It attention is called to the followiing fact's
my
money
too,
can't
save
I
she said, why
which are ottered as inducements to visit
GEO. A. I.ATHBOP,
and so she came down with us."
IKEALAKEAKUA BAY the coming season for rePhysician and Surgeon,
These cases of the force of example are Lcruits.
Honolulu. Oi.lni, S. I.
You will find here in the greatest abundance and
exhibited every day.
Urn si Store. Residence corner of Port
kind, the following articles, which will Office at lln- Market
best
of
the
and Hermann Slav, nevt atsive tfle Catholic Church.
We noticed only three drafts made while
at the shortest notice and at moderate
wharf street, next door above
Lsaghsroe,
be
furnished
Dntsslst,
we were present, one lad drew fifty dollars. prices'. Sweet Potatoes, the Ix-st the islands afford,
Ispcnr er's r-tore.-ICi-tf
months.
of
several
It was the savings
[jquaahes, Melons, Oranges, Cocounuts, Beef, Mut6. P. .11 ni>. 11. i>.,
"Will you please to give it to me in gold, ton, Uo.its, Hogs, Fowls, Turkeys, Wood in any
Physician and Surgeon,
quunlitv, delivered at the landing. Lastly and most
Sir."
run no risk of small pox, as that
Honolulu, Ollhu. 8. i.
"Certainly, but why do you draw it out." important, you willopi>eared
bore, nor within several
lia*
not
Office formerly occupied hy Dr. Ford, in Kanhumaau
pestilence
I am out of work now, and I am going miles of this Buy. Every attention will bo paid to At theatraet.
Office open In.ln '.I A. M. to 4P. M.-M-tf
home to my mother, and I thought I would those who may favor us with a call.
a. s. acriULKs.
a. o. thussto*.
P. CUMINGS.
take it to her all in gold; it is not often she
rik.gles a CO.,
sees that much in the country. And besides, Kealakeakua, Sept. 1, 1853—fim-19
Drug Store and Dispensary,
"The Friend, Boned.
I want to show the boys, and t,cll them how
Friend lor I, 2, 3,4, 5, 8,7 corner of Kaahnmanu and Merchant atrssta. Open st all
Bound
volumes
of
the
and where 1 kept it, for they take the papers
hours of the day and night. Prescriptions carefully
and years at the Chaplain's Study. A reduction
compounded.
tMI
up there, and have read about the "Sixpenny from8 the
subscription price will be made to Soamcn
Savings Bank.
and purchasers who desire more than a single vol<
irr.
saim'l
tals* JR.
anTCHKLL,
ume.
MITCHELL aft FAL.ES,
R. H. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Successors to Lewis & Co., Ship Chandlers,
Information Wnnted.
„
''
JUST
JUST
.
..
ITJOR
'
HAVING
YOU
',
—
"
,
!
Members of the Society, who have not paid their
SfMf
Hoe.ol.lu. Oaehsi, 8. 1.
Respecting Samuel Hopkins, son of Samuel P.
subscriptions, will please call and Fettle with the un Hopkins,
who loft Fair Haven on
1.,
H.
Dyervillc
of
cast r. c. smith.
dersigncd, at the store on fort street, next to the board whalcship Joseph Maxwell, Capt, Rowland in c. o. aiLaias,
GILIrIANeV SMITH,
June
1848.
Copies of the " Transactions" No. 4, on hand and Should this notice meet his eye, he is requested
Skip Chandlers and General Afcnls.
for sale, price SO cents each; members being entitled communicate immediately with his friends or the
to
LsahsUsua, Mcccl, 8.1.
GEO. WILLIAMS,
to them without charge.
Seaman's Chaplain, Honolulu.—tf.
Ships supplied wua Rueiin, Sioa.ua, end Moist. Si-if
'
■
�THE FRIEND,
32
APRIL;
1*54.
Mar. I—lire wh sli Ay. Ileineken, Geerken, fm cruise on (he
Information Wanted.
"Ka Nu Hou,"—(The News)—This is the
line, 40.p,£»Uwh.
I—Am wh bk Valparaiso, ( hilton, fm coast of Peru, 300
Khenc/.er
Respecting
started
or
Freeman
in
name of a newspaper recently
Freeman Ryder,
sp, !'i«. wh, nioo hone.
Hyder, who left Now Bedford on board ship "Oliver
I—Am wli lik It.ilnc, llrooke, fin Acapnlco, f.nu sp, 1560
Honolulu, and published in the Hawaiian Crocker," Capt. Cash. He left the ship at Honoluwh, 4000 hone.
Maich IMS, but has not since reported himself
lire wh sh Joseph llayden, Goosman, fm coa.t Cal.,
language. Mr. J. W. Marsh is the Editor. lu.
■I wh.
to his friends. Should this notice fall under his obft—Am wit sh Nor. l.iflit, Norlon, fm cruise off Hewaii.
Such an enterprise should have been started servation, ne is rc<iucsted to communicate with his Mar. ft—
Carolina. Gray, fm cruise, 300 sp, a.*) wli.
1
friends in New Hcdford, or the Seaman": Chaplain,
6— " wli lik W. T. Wln-aton, Cusssluek, lm erases.
long ago. There are probably 40,000 read- Honolulu.
* 7_ **
(onklin, fm Marquesas, 1700wh.
sh
Nile,
wh
»*
tl.
7— n.ni bk Concordia, llroderson, 17 its tin N-an Francisco.
ers among the Hawuiiuns, and hitherto
H_ltiis Am Co.'s bk Koiliar, I'nrl. ft", 17 (Is fm San Fran.
10—Am bit Prises <le Joinvillo, l.awlon, 14 (Is fm do.
small
besides
the
had
no
other
sheet
they
PASSENGERS
Mar. Hi—Am wli eh Adeline Gibhs, I'omeroy, Nl., fi mos. 50 sp
oo_ »» o a. f£ ra |,i Jogger,Tahiti, SS sp, ISO wh.
t
paper published at the mission press. It has IlyOie Prince dc Joinvillo, from San Francisco,—
20—
bk Vieilanl, llehlois, t'aiia, Ml sp.
"
"
and Mrs. Kendall, S. 11. UrookH, Messrs.. Small,
sh Good Itetu.n, Wine,Laliama, SO sp fiOOw.
Mr.
ill—
that
one
half
of
the
long been our opinion,
" " lik Barak Sheaf, Wall, in distress, 400 wh.
21— "
Cower, Archie, J. Carter, C. L. Hardy, Vance, Sam.
lit—cmi "wh bk Reverts, Ray, SFriinrisro,roan.
" Polynesian" should have been published in Ni.vie;ntor.
2-1— llrit. bk '1 bomiisiiif, Usees, ISO ds (m Loudon.
21—Am wli sh Hover, BaJlCOtk, Maiipiesas.
the Hawaiian language. The "NuHou," Hy the Emerald, from Tuhiti.—P. Tab, Ottvst
Cleared.
will doubtless answer the purpose. It is po- Prank.
Hlbersio, Jeffries, for Orhotsk.
Hy the Prince dc Joinvillo for Baa Francisco.—j Feb. 2.r>—Am erh sli
s'cinirita,
ScopeUs, lor Sydney.
2.
>—l'.nl
scii
r
and
edited
with
litical,
news telling, being
Cents. Vanceand Harlow, Del. Dexter, Messrs. Bmal-I Mar. I Am. w h sh .Nor. Light,
Norton, Ockolsl Sea.
do
do.
wle, Coiiklin,
7—
much spirit. Some think it provokingly con- ley, C. Maynard, 11. l'hillips, N. Phillips,
"
"
Ft. Victoria.
Mitchell,
Recovery,
Hrftsfa
brie
R—
ll> Iho B. 1.. Frost, Ir..in K.,n Francisco.-O. G. Clifford, J
tl -lMiii.il srh Coruubiiiiier. Kii-hi-lsen, Hong Kong.
Canning.
so,
its
columns
to
be
appear
troversial—if
lo_Am wb sh Vseprr, Leper, orhotsk.
liv the Delphin, fur Csllao—l. C Bteslsw ami ta.K, J,a,
13— '• *' bk Itrtinsw irk, Itutler, do.
and lady, W. Ililbs, S. S. I'riee, J. Kooi.i.
open to rejoinders. Some say it goes for Blaghatn
H— lire M sli Republic, A' stin, do.
B) lies I.- ander, for Hong Kong.—Alipoag, Apaara ami e.niii,
IS—Br bk Jolin WesL-y. Harris, San Francisco.
Panghsag,
Aaaag,
Aming,
il;
Alay.
most
heartily
Alls,
" annexation," others deny
2u—Am wh sli Emerald, Jogger, cruise.
I'er aWotoga, 01 llilo.—dpi. Comsioek and l„dy.
i,k Heroine, Hempstead, cruise.
98— »
we say, success to the "Nu Hou." Our By the Uestlass, from .San Francisco.—Messrs.
B9— M *'" bk \\ iii T U be.iton, Comstock, cruise.
M.
bk Barah Sheaf, Will, cruise.
lil_
idea is, let all have their say, provided what I.a.ulois, 11. P. Stuudcfer, 11. C. Payne, Kd. t alter.
23— "
" be I'riuce dc Joinvilte,La.\lon, San Francisco.
is said shall be expressed in (lie spirit of truth, Hy the " J. Wesley," tin- Sari Francisco.—Mis. 11. M.
Whitney, 2 children and servant, Mrs. Hernandez ami
PORT OF LAHAINA.
candor, liberality, and good nature.
child, W. St. Clair, N. Tanner, Achcw, (i. McLean, 11.
m—
u
-
'■
Arrived.
IJininnil, Cant. (J. \V. Ityan, Mr. 11. llickiiis
Mr. C.
Am vvb. sh- Majestic. l'ercival,7l mos.
A. Toner, Mr. Psrgiisson. Steerage—Turner, Bhtvw, Feb 14
Alexander. lly.m.Mi moa.
la—
5| mos, ion sp.
Thanks to our correspondents for Scott, Lascar mid wife, Itaciniid, Johnson, Peterson,
Is— "** M" *'" Nswhuryport. Cramlall,
Mllo, Soll.e, .'III mos, 3(1 sp
I.i—" "
Cliinaincn, Dewberry, I'hiistholni.
"
15—
ttoinan, Ciimskey, 97 mos, 90 sp.
valuable conimuuications, from various
*•
Petrel, Tucker, of mos, 60 sp.
I.i— "'* "
" Belle,
Burden, I'j'uios, 15 sp.
Hi—
ofthe world, and to be found on the inDIED.
" ""«' bk
tij—o
eh Wm. Wilt, Ashley, as trios, 50 sp.
Hi—" " " htory, (Ntn.tucket) Bayer, 20 mos.
f our sheet.
On the Mil of Sept. 1853, Mr. John Pkldes ronnerly of Ureal
'■ 'I'iniiir, Rogers, 9 mos, li.ll i\ li.
Ill— H
St. Helens, Blshopagale Street, Losdus
|S_ x "
Nassau, Murdoch, 5 SMS. SBap.
"
At l.a.iaina. Fed. I.of Consuill|.lii)U, Bdword llenn aged
Id—•«
Minerva, Pesos, 0 sbo*, 140 sp.
••
yea, s, oi V'olo County, California, formei ly of McLean Co.
price of oil at New Bedford, Jan. 98
|1, _.<
" "" lletij. Itiish,
Indiana, I'. S A.
is. —Am. wh sli lletij Itush, llolrhkiss, "mos, 7.1 w Wkih
.Mar.
was, for sperm $1.31, and whale (J3£ Killnl hy a whale, Jan. let, ISM, Capt. DsSTSS, of hark
m _*•
•« bk Isabella, .Sluallty. •-'■,» inns, 194 80, BBow.
ol Mottopulaett.
».
a, 50 sp, 900 Wh.
i .scar,
'• " sli Citizen, llailey, ;.o
Bone 42 cents.
In tliis city on thel.th Inst., of consumption, Mr. L.anoint |>
o
sh Brie, Jeruegas,lif moa, 190ap, JO wk
Hutchinson, of IVpperei, Mass, aged 28years, and 7 it.is.'
sh Americas, Jernegon,Am, s.
"o I."M II Dk Shepherdess, Watrous, ti mos, 99 sp.
Mr. tl. arrived here in (he tVaverty, iroiu Boaton, but two
i.
oRn, as it appears in tbc loal stage ~t the disease "I
sli Isaac. Hicks, Skinner, 30 mos, IllHlMh.
Ladies
Strangers Friend Socie- weeks
which he i.ieil. Alter eroaslng Hie line in the Pacific,
oil—
Draper. Collin. 90 mos, 990 sp, 400 wh.
he ran
"ii -iikVstaeom,
t,— "
Wootlbridpe, 7 mos, I*o sp.
to decline mini his death. He leaves a young wit.
are again placed under obligations to their tinned
here, and 11 lare,c circle ot tii, mis at home to mourn hut early
'• Nalche/., II.ill, :,U mos, SOU sp, IVOO wh.
—•'" " Cord/., Sletsoli, ti mos, ...» sp.
•sib.
'•
the
donations:
friends by
following
Bugeue. Pendleton* ii in..., 40 sp.
21—
In this city, of 1onsump.ion, on the 93d Inst., Mint Sabiii A.
" "" (bksli'is.Jas
11
,Ik, Tripp, 7! mos, 6.1 sp.
aged 2:. .wars ami in Months, ol Brown. I le, J,t
(of Wailukii,)
p. Stbtibs,
$20 00. lor.on
"■>— "
1.0pe., Whippy, .1(1 mos, (ilk. «b.
Co., \. v. MiSs Stevens came lo this rity a pnsseng,
"
"
r
_>*
jas Maury,
Wlislden, 99 ,9oewh.
the
the.V
in
11. Palmer, tune weeks since, and bail resided lor the
y—a friend to
Buttering, 10 00. peel
"
o
Saratoga,
••
llardiag, 1., mos, 145s wh, ISnooh.
lour years 1-1 I ol
in. Almedn ('1... t'olifi mi...
Harding,
9n ana, 9So sp, 1000Wb.
Arnolds,
llili,
"— «■
Drowned at
Morch In.l, Jons knr, helonsing hi
A. P. HILLIBRAND, hark
" "" Uiiteoll Howl.mil, Bryant,
7 mos.
Isabella. He lean., a wileanil child ill Hover, ,\. tl. the
"_
Mary .It Martha, Sloc'um,27 m.7u sp, :ioow.
Treas.
"
"
o— o
Montreal, Grey.
A.the U. B.Hospital. March 1864. Mr. M ,rti 1 o.ki.iv, :i,l
'■
officer ol (he whole ship Man and Maiiha. He belonged to
8. II Watermen, Hall.
"_ o
" "•• bl.sh (lis
11..La
w. Momas, Ripley.
Town, Van Dienian's Land, having lelr thai port in
March 93 34 uhakrs at ai.rbor.
ike tPlying Pox," and i» reported tv have been wrecked
Education.
" the Ringsmill group.
omiesg
Astonishment and grief at the folly, espePORT OF HILO.
In this 1 ity. of eonsii 111,,11011, on the9oth in-t., Osaos f. Jar
aged 9b years, lie was formerly
ol Missouri, but bitterly
AI lived.
cially in limes like the present, of those pa- In>*,11 Calilornia.
Ironi whence he arrived shout S months ago,
EHetaoß, KB, r >i moa. Sc -p.
iFeb. 97.—a1l Cortes,J«ni«iai.,
rents who totally forget, in the formation of 111 -earch ol lost health.
KM, 6 mutt. 19a iv, B hlkfiah.
Brie,
Feb. tilth, by lolling overboard,Hi.-eni. Zi;i:n. accd Mar. "9— " Jno CaKjreahall, Norton, mi, \q mo-,.
their children's habits, to inspire that vigor- 1/Drowned
;i— "
Iron,
years, a seaman botoooiug Hie whole ship Joseph Hoy ken.
*.anin.r,
Mi, 'Jo nm*, 7u ap.
i* i
r
ous independence which acknowledges the This mi lanehoty disaster occurred right doys before the vats. I
—
t. 1-k Chili, v inliTsoii, N It, 9q rims.
arrived
lie
port
in
to
belonged
Saatfi
tl—hh
Arnold*,
Hard.iif,
NB, Bo moa, 450 sp, 1000 wh.
Id.
smallest possible number of wants, and so
7—lli.bMiiii k, 'h.tds, I'lilnioMh, 5 moa.
avoids or triumphs over the negation of ■ Ai Globe Hotel, Honolulu, Feb. 13th, Rowans McGovoox,
Kfiiiilerr, CruniWall, MS, 5 rims, 9tM3 up, 9o blkff-h.
7—
seed 40 years, late fro u California, and fjnuerl) 1r.,111 .>•«
9—Frail Winalow, Drvaraoi, Havre, tino wli, lo.uuu b.
thousand indulgences, by always having been Orleans, Lin a sativa
..I Dublin, Ireland.
In—sh Mopi], ('lurk, M., M lqok
In *.h J;is Maury, vYlmhleii, Ml, i>9 nun*, 2ou wli.
taught and accustomed to do without them. At the H. S. Hospital, ol' consumption, March 1854 (ii.imBe
In UldCOn llowliinl. I!i>;iiil, Mt,t)iitt.H.
Oust, aged 18years, 0 seamop from (lie whalingbark Valpe
many things," said Socrates " I do! raiso,
la—lik Hiir.timv, Hmwnsnn, \l„
and belonging to .Manila's Vineyard,
Hr—Kututtoff, Pierce, N8.d0.3D not. 139awli taut Heaeuß
(In board w-'i.ile slop Brunswick, oil' Falkland
want."
JOHN FOSTKB.
Oct.
Island.,
17—Florida, Little, Ml, 5 rims.
1853, of consumption, JsasatiAM Ra.rsou>s, be lenglsaj to Hart
, im report.
17—Orafon,
.
The
The
"
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——
of the
'.
■ailey,
— ..
—
—
—
'—
.'
-
.
,
.
tl
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..
..
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<
-
■low
mouth, Mass.
Free Will Offerings,
For the Seamen's Chapel, (seat* free) supported
hy gratuitous contributions; and the Friend, one
thousand copies of which are distributed gratuitously among seamen in the l'ucilic Ocean.
Name*.
-
vJapt. Austin, ship Kepublik,
Chapel.
6 00
Mr. Perkins, agent for whaleships^
Brooklyn, 13. Morgan, C. Carrol. \
N. S. Perkins and Lark,
y
Capt. Soule,
Capt. BmaJJey,
Mr. Wolfe,
Mr. Simpson,
Copt. Low, ship N. B. Palmer,
95 00
- -...
- --
Arrivals aiaca tlte commencement of tho seaaon, 30 whala
nltius.
MARINE JOURNAL
.
PORT OF HONOLULU.
THE FRIEND:
A Monthly Journal devoted to Temperance,
Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence.
Antra-.
Friend.
Am wh bk Brunswick, feller, Tises, fin Lobolso, COs
I Oil Feb. IS—
lA—
lleiupsleuil, uaus, fm must Col.,
Heroine,
"
PUBLISHED AND EDITKD BY
lfin wh.
25 00
If*—Am
s t h Restless, Penhallow, II ds fin San Frnurisro
r
C. DAMON, Seaman's Chaplain.
SAMUEL
2. i—Am wh eh llihcruia, Jeltriis, fm cruise, clean.
27—Am wh .liN. si .r. Hri.wn, fm Margarita Boy, I-in er.
£ 00
87—Am sell E 1.. Frii-t, MaSßUalsad, 14 (Is fm San Fr.m.
S 00
27—Brit b.
Recover), .M.trliell Aids tin !• I Victoria.
§2,00
-,00
28—llanish :l masted sch t\.rintliilTrter, Kichci.en, G8 ds One copy per annum
tm
Hong
Xi ns.
1 50
copies
Two
",
s,oo
99-Am wb hk Rajah, .Fialier, fin Marsaiila Bay, 1000
SO 00
" "
TERMS.
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