https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/06ebe8581e57416ef6b1caf51b5643ad.pdf 64e02ee3b138fa68b2ed45920d962ec9 PDF Text Text FRIEND. THE WmSkrin, M if, MU HONOLULU, APRIL 30, 1857. CONTEXTS For ' April 30, 1857. Charlie Backus" and theMissionaries ... I'a<;k. An Incident, Another Incident, Still another Incident, A Man-of-war ana fluid ofministerial usefulness The Morning Stnr (raUierine, and Addresses Old Capt. Cook allow himself tci lie wiirshiplsil T 26 28 27 2S, '.'9 30 ...... 31 32 - -- Ports of Sandwich Islands, No. 4, Poetry, Marine Joiirn.-d, &c, - :t0 THE FRIEND, HONOLULU, APRIL 30, 1857. "Charlie Backus" and the Missionaries. Everybody knows "Charlie Backus," the inimitable delineator of Shakesperean characters—Charlie went to California, and there was suddenly seized with a desire to "go west." A theatrical company was just embarking for the Sandwich Islands, who kindly " took Charlie in" as a sort of " supe" to the concern, but, the first night of the opening proved Charlie was the star" of the troupe. He could so well imitate" Forrest, Booth, and other eminent actors, that the American population of Honolulu filled the theatre to see this counterpart to their old favorites. Among thisclass of "lovers of the drama" were the Missionaries, who nocked to the principal seats night after night at three dollars a ticket. Charlie felt honored and "spread himself." He drew tremendously and drew upon the Missionary Fund so largely, that he was enabled not only to return to California a "star" but returned to his country flush with funds. We saw him at the St. Nicholas in this city a few days since, and he assured us that the identical contributions collected in the several churches in aid of the " Sandwich Islands Mission" he had there and then in his pocket; and he could vouch that a portion at least of this pious fund had been properly appropriated. The above paragraph we copy from the 4th, in Cleaveland, Ohio. " Everybody knows" that the Sandwich Islands Missionaries have been unjustly charged with much that is wrong— hut this is really a new charge. If we supposed the editors publishing this charge really believed what they wrote, or supposed their readers would credit such ridiculous charges, then we would undertake their refutation. Although we shall make no attempt to refute the jocose assertions, still a passing remark may not be out of place : 1. The editors of that paper seem really to enjoy a thrust at the Sandwich Islands missionaries. We have not forgotten their re- Plain*-Dealer, published Feb. view of "Typee," and their publication of certain private letters written from Honolulu —neither have we forgotten how the ofliciousness of those editors in publishing said letters, involved their correspondent in a series of partial denials, which were anything hut pleasant and agreeable. 2. The editors of the Plain-Dealer seem to be highly sensitive upon the subject of missionary funds, and the Banner of their appropriation. We would suggest that those editors, and persons sympathizing with them send out a delegation for the purpose of inquiring into the matter. On their arrival in Honolulu we assure them that every facility shall be extended to them for prosecuting their inquiries. They shall have the result of our fifteen years observation. We will visit with them the native schools and churches, and furnish correct statistical information. For once, let us have a correct report! 3. In mentioning the many distinguished characteristics of Mr. " Charlie Backus," we think it should have been stated that, as an imitator of negroes he particularly excelled, if any reliance can he placed upon the placards about the streets. If ever Mr. Backus acquired a large amount of funds as an imitator of African minstrelsy, we think that he deserved the reward, for it must have been exceedingly unpleasant and disagreeable for a gentlemen of Mr. Backus' talents to have "corked" his face night after night, and appeared in the capacity of a negro, before either "a company of missionaries," or of gentlemen and ladies in any part of the world. How " a man that is a man," can stoop to such mimicry is quite unaccountable ! We fondly hope we may yet hear that Mr. Backus, the inimitable imitator of Shakspeare, Forrest, Booth, and other eminentactors, has been led to devote his talents to the cause of Him, "'who spake as never man spake," and who " went about doing good." .4. It seldom has been our fortune to meet any Cleaveland people in these ends of the earth, but strange as the coincidence may seem, it is no less true, that on the very same day that we took from the Post-office the newspaper containing the above extracts, a citizen of Cleaveland, lately an attache of the Circus, visited our study and desired a loan of money. Not being disinclined to assist a 25 \m M. v* stranger in friendless circumstances, we provided for him at the Sailors' Home, and by applying to the U. S. Consul, obtained for him a free passage to .San Francisco en route to Cleaveland. We hope he will report himself to the editors of the Plain-Dealer. 5. We would suggest that the editors of the Plain-Dealer send a copy of their paper of Feb. 4th, to London, to the conductor of the Westminster Review, for the writer of a labored article in a late number of that Review denouncing the whole missionary enterprise, has based his arguments and built up his theory, quoting some authorities not a whit more trustworthy than the charge that the Sandwich Islands Missionaries flocked to the theatre night after night at three dollars a ticket. 6. We thank the editors of the Plain-Dealer for their plain-dealing with missionaries, upon the supposition of their attending the theatre, and the very same censure will apply with equal force to all professing Christians here and elsewhere. It is no place for those who profess to have renounced the world. We know very well that some serious-minded people think it no harm to attend for once, or when some favorite star, like " Charlie Backus," makes his appearance ; but taking the opinion of the editors of the Plain-Dealer as the view of the world upon this subiet, it is quite manifest that the church-member ought never to venture within the precincts , of the theater. theatre was, from the very first, " The The favorite haunt of evil, though honest men, Borne very honest, wise and worthy men, Maintained it might be turned to good account ; And so perhaps it might, but never was. From first to last it was an evil place ; And now such things were acted there, as made The devils blush ; and from the neighborhood. Angels and holy men, trembling, retired." The natives of the Sandwich Islands have applied a name to the theatre which corresponds to the view entertained of the same by the English poet, whose lines we have just quoted. They have denominated the theatre Diabolo,"—house of the devil! " Hale But we are writing quite too long a chapter upon these rather playful remarks of the editors of the Plain-Dealer relating to his friend " Charlie Backus," but the truth is, we, editors, have no more right to tell the million what it not true, than we have to tell an untruth to Mr. John Smith. �26 THK FRIEND. APRIL. Us*,. IAN NCIDENT. During the last lew years it has been our privilege to have become acquainted with, at least, three persons who were once connected the theatre who have afforded most lible evidence of having met with that nge of mind spoken of by our Saviour in the third chapter of tin Qotfd of John. Some ten years ago, a young man connected with one of the theatres in I'hiladrlphiu, Incoming dissatisfied mill uneasy, sought repose for his troubled mind in the life of a sailor. He was mi Englishman by birth, and had received in early life a good education. Our Eh acquaintance commenced when he sought for books to beguile the wea/y hours of a life ;>t sea. He visited Honolulu aeven] times, and we had frequent opportunities of seeing and convening With him. On his return in autumn of 1847,(if we are nut mistaken) to our great surprise, we learned that an entire change hail taken place in all liis newt upon religious subjects. Among the books which had fallen into his handi waa one entitled Baxter's Call to the Umoonmrted. The reading of that admirable little book hadeffectually aroused his attention to seek tor the pearl of great price. Being a person whose thoughts would frequently assume a poericol form, he wrote a few lines entitled, " Fnrewfl! t" the north-west const" for it was off that coast that the ship in which he sailed had been cruising. From this rft'n. sion we copy the following lines ■ Farewell thuucolli Uml, wiiti thy in-uni: u.- ! Far, tar from tliy haMttti g - cherish the pleasing thought that, if still alive, he may lie traveling the " path of the just which shineih more and more unto the perfect day." Before patting, in 1847 or '48, he gave us another poetical scrap, containing the following seiit:ment, which might appropriately be addressed to a minister of the Gospel, who was inclined to ask who hath bettered our report?" " Flint not, but spank tn sinners hardtMird— 'toll tlieiii of atoning Wood— Slmw than bow they may In- pardoned, - I'hrottgu the glorious Lam>> ot tio>i. ** Unfurl the glorious Gospel hunnnr— IV;.it- tin: lilefiiiinr iths's display ; Live then in h faithful iniitiiior— l'oint tn Heaven, and hid the way." Another Incident; or, Conversion of Thorpe, the Actor. BY REV. G. B. C. CHEEVER. We copy the following paragraphl from a work of Cheever, entitled Lectttrmm the life, Genua and Insanity of Cowper. The period in English history, to which these passages refer, is about the year 17*'''-'. We are confident the following narrative respecting the conversion of a stage-actor will be read with interest. The instances are not rare, wherein persona who have commenced their career upon the stage have ended it in the pudpit: "The characteristics of this era of the Holy Spirit's power in England can not he better conveyed than by the relation of some of the new extraordinary cases of conversion through the preaching of Whitefield, Komaine, Wesley and others. One of the most singular was No more shall I ri de o'er tby billowy breest, that of .Mr. Thorpe, who afterward became Where the tierc* howling storm "it rorVd me to net ; an efli'Ctive minister of that Gospel which at Full weil-jileaseit 1 lean then and bid thee Farewell, And tiastenfar hence in the tropica t" dwell— first he ridiculed. He was one of Whitefiekls Yet I'll never rorpjt than, though gls.t I depart, most Far dearestefi'iirtli'R s|n.t art ih'.u :■ ni> insulting opposers, and possessing an in 'twas here, while the Mann rvtfh'd Serao through unusual talent for mimicry, he not only in.lehovah first otMQed my slmnh-rii Even while it. nVn-e power human aid could not cheek, terrupted his sermons in public, but ridiculed But bulwarks endboats wtie redoond t-. wreck, them in private in convivial theatrical circles. Still to snatch a lint 106*1) frota a watery irrave, His osmotpotent arm was itrwtch'd forth o'er the wave. On one occasion, at such a gathering for Twaa Mere I first learnt that Jehovah VM love— pleasure, revelry, and wit, he and three ofhis That Christ to save me left his glories above : Twae km I first learnt my Saviour to know, companions laid a wager for the most effective And to love Him anil servn Him while dwelling helow. imitation and ridicule of VVhitefield's preachThese great boumDpßs blessings nnrlnar the*, to ate And love in my heart shall dwell ever for tne*. ing. Each was to open the Bible at random Such were his musings as he gazed upon and preach an extempore harangue from the "the cold and bleak regions of the north-west first verse that presented itself, antl the audicoast. These lines indicate how the renewed ence were to adjudge the prize after hearing three conqietitors each want heart is inclined to associate thoughts of God. all. Thor|>e's the game with impious buffoonery, through with even the most chilling and forbiddine and then it came his turn. They had the scenes of nature. To such a person, in the table for their rostrum, ami as he stepped beautiful" language of Cowper upon it, confident of his superior ability, Thorpe exclaimed, "I shall beat you alb" Nature throwing with. " Her vail opaque, disclose* with a smile They handed him the Bible, and when he The Author of her beauties, who, rotireit. opened it. the invisible providence of God Behind Hia owu creation, works unseen directed his eye at the first glance to the verse' By the impure, and hear* his power denied." the thirteenth chapter of Luke's Gospel, in After returning from this cruise he tarried Except ye repent shall all likewise perfor a few days in Honolulu, and then pur- I'ish." He read theyewords, but moment sued his way to the United States, where we he had uttered them he began to the see and feel heard from him, with the title of Colporteur their full import. The sword of the spirit in of the American Tract Society"" attached to that passage went through his soul as a flash hia name. For sereral years he has been of lightning, revealing and consuming. An instantaneous of his own guilt as lost to our knowledge, but we cannot hut a sinner ssrninstconviction God seized hold on him, and Nu more sball in/ 11 visi'-n :,i Thy sunw-capt lull- (Jinan iver I ". .iiu-ris* behaLl Hfco monnVilui nf nld. ' ;i : ' conscience was aroused, as it sometimes is, suddenly and unexpectedly, and always will be when God sets our sins before us in the light of His countenance. The retribution in that passage he felt was for himself, and its terrors, glared upon him in array against his own soul, and out of that rapid and overwhelming conviction he preached. The truths of guilt, death, eternity, and the judgment to come, were never proclaimed in gloomier aspect, for there was no mixture of grace with then. Yet be frequently afterward declared that if ever in his life he preached by the assistance of the Spirit of Uod, it was at that time. The whole subject WM revealed before him, the necessity of repentance, the threatened perdition of the soul, the terrors of the second death ; and he preached to his companions, guilty,reprobate, and dying, as himself reprobate anil dying. His fervor and fire increased as he went on, sad the sympathetic gloom of his audience deepened the convictions on his own soul, and the sentences fell from his lips with such intense and burning imagery, and such point, pungency, ami power of language, that, as he afterward related, it seemed to him as if his own Iwiir would stand ere. t with terror at their awfulness. Ii was as a blast from the lake burning with fire ami brimstone. Yet no man interrupted him, for be felt and saw, from the solemnity of his manner, what an overwhelming impression there was upon him, and, though their astonishment deepened into angry and awful gloom beneath the lurid glare of bis addrjess, yet they sat spell-bound, listening and gazing at him, and when he descended from the table a profound silence reigned in the whole circle,and not one word concerning the wager was uttered. Thorpe instantly withdrew from the company without uttering a word, and, it is needless in say, never returned to mat society; but, after a season of the deepest distress and conflict, passed into the full light of the Gospel, and at length became a most successful preacher of its grace." STILL ANOTHER INCIDENT. BYENOLA. "Night had thrown her dark mantle over earth and sea. The heart of the great citywas stilled and scarcely a pulsation beat.— The brilliantly lighted halls were now enshrouded in gloom, and the sound of revelry and mirth had ceased. All seemed wrapt in silent slumlier save one—'the eye thatslumbereth not.' " The night wore on. The grey dawn in the east began to fade the bright stars from night's quiet sky, and the purple tints of morning tinged the horizon gloriously. One, who had attracted a multitude of worshippers at the shrine of youth, genius and beauty, left her couch that the morn's pure air and gentle influences might fan her fevered brow and chase disquietude and sadness away. She left the crowded city walk for a more retired point, and passed on till suddenly a sound fell upon her ear; a cottage door was partly open—t'was the hour for morning prayer. An aged sire was reading a portion from the "old fashioned bible," and then began the hymn of praise—the first words of which that fell upon her ear were these— �"There for DM the Bsrlsnr Stead*, Shows his wounds unci spreads his hands, God is love—l asms-I M, ■iisie, asses sad totes bw stiil." Depths of incivy ciin there bo, "Mercy still reserved tto me? CM my God Hin wrnth forliear, .Me, the chief of sinners spare?" She listened. Was it the simple strain of music that held the soul spell-bound >. or was it the mere words that fell front their sacred lips ? She could not tell. The strain went on— " 1 have long withstood his grace, Long provoked him to his fice, Would not hearken to hit culi", Grieved hiiu by » thousand falls.' Tho voice of prayer succeeded praise.— Each sentence seemed a pointed arrow, as if aimed at a heart already pierced. With slowly retreating steps she turned to seek her home. The busy hum of city life now fell upon her ear but seemed unheard. Amid the great splendor of her beautiful home she sought to forget the soul struggle within. An hour passed. The stage managers of the city of B desired her presence below. With throbbing heart she obeyed the summons. She must appear that evening by special request, in a favorite character. In vain she , pleaded, A Man-of-WaraasField of Ministerial Labor. " Spare me the effort." " T'is impossible, the appointment is now [Iran BracUnnJ La nata,by Rev.fl, C, Stewart, r. s. Navy.] made; no refusal will be accepted." * * * You must not infer, either from Silence and tears gave an answer. the feelings expressed at the beginning of The evening came. The building was this date, or from the dietetic disclosure brilliantly illuminated; beauty and gaiety into which I have been incidentally betrayed, crowded its walls. that I am otherwise than content and happy; The votary of pleasure was there ; expecta- as much so as I well can be in this world of tion ran high. The programme announced, imperfection and sin. This is attributable, •' The beautiful and gifted child of genius, however, chiefly if not solely, to the convicas Pauline in the Lady of LyMiss C tion in mind and heart thai 1 nm at the ]x:>st ons, at half past 7 o'clock." of duty— The curtain arose—Song— "The shepherd ■•! ■ wandering ilouk, Tlint has the ooaan for it.- world— " The harp that once through Tata's halls," That baa the vessel for its fold ;" by Miss C She appeared beautiful aa it dream ; genu and am, as 1 trust, in c spirit cheerfully and roses encircled her fair brow and cluster- and faithfully to meet its responsibilities. ing ringlets fell luxuriously over her fine Whether to any high result or visible effect, graceful shoulders. Her form waa one of ex- it is not in the power of man m say. The quisite loveliness; yet there she stootl tnms- sufficiency for this is of God alone. I ant fixed as some marble statue. The musician thankful that 1 feel no discouragement in touched his instrument—no response ! Again the use of the means lor moral reformation the sound—her lips moved not, for paleness and spiritual grace in those around me. had mantled her cheek. The third time the Nothing but personal experience could pernot 3fell upon her ear, and starting as from a suade one of the almost insurmountable obdream, she crossed her arms passionately and stacles that exist. t>n board a man-of-war, to with upward gaze, while tear drops gushed the conversion of any of the crew, and to a life of godliness in one of tlieir number, or wildly, exclaimed, , . Depth of mercy ran there he. "Mercy still reserved for me?'' The curta'm fellt The audience were awed to deathlike silence ; tearfulness and trembling seized them ; they dispersed. She hastened to her home, and there, before that God who hath declared that "unto him who is of a broken heart and contrite spirit will I look ;" she sought pardon and peace in his blood. The midnight hour came and went but still the prayer was heard, X v.• if There, kneeling, she vowed aolemuly to dedicate to God the talents committed to her keeping, without reserve; wealth, genious and influence, all were laid on the altar of consecration. The world allured and scoffed! She chose rather the reproach of Christ. One. who was already commissioned to plant the standard of the Cross of Calvary in a foreign land,admired her Christian heroism, and sought to gain her love. He was not unsuccessful. With a holy enthusiasm her heart took lire at the thought of devoting a life to the service of Him "who, though he was rich, fur our aakea became poor." She left joyfully her native bind to endure the privations and sufferings of the life ola missionary, -ami now labors with one worthy of her love—to plant the "Bose of Sharon" in distant climes, and lead the Biinple and ignorant to that "Depth of Mercy" that saved one who, but for its hallowed influence, would have been shipwrecked in time and lost in eternity.—American paper. make him credit, without close observation, the number and the power of The secret currents thai here flow With such rmlntlem under-tow, 11 And lift and drift with terrible force The will from its moorings and its coui.se." Nothing less than a miracle, humanly speaking, could achieve such a result; but, as the conversion of any soul, and a life of godliness in any heart, anywhere, are miracles of grace, I do not allow myself to despair of such results, ultimately, through the word and Spirit of God, whether I ever know them or not. So firmly is hand joined in Depth of mercy nan there he, "Mercy still reserved for me?" hand among the crew, against everything morning dawned and with it the sun savoring of a profession of, or pretension to iteousness arose with healing in his personal religion, that it would require no Joy lighted up that sad face, and ordinary degree of moral courage in any vine filled to overflowing that heart one—whatever might be his secret convictions, feelings or purposes—to disclose or 27 Till: FRIEND. APRIL. 155 1. I ! ! \f tt /.t lorfnlK* irii-o roiintennrice both by their wortls and contlu.t. to good morals in others; but till seem, tacitly at least, to say "thus fat only shalt thou go." Though it is by no means unusual to see one and another in different parts of the ship reading a Bible or a Testament, either alone or aloud to others, though tracts, religious papers and books are eagerly accepted and seriously read, still, to net the name of a •• Bible-man." by joining a class for reading under the chaplain, or of a psalrn-singfcaf or praying man, from being known 10 practise such devotion is as much dreaded as would Ik: a scurrilous reproach. From this feeling it is that I have thus far attempted in vain to establish Hihie-cl'tsses. or secure a meeting for moral anil religious instruction, beyond tiie public worship of the Sabbath and our daily evening prayer; and front the same fear of man is it that one or two spiritually minded members of' a church, whom I have discovered among the ship's company, are unwilling to have their true character and profession known. The purpose of those chief in authority, to abandon, as far n.i piacticable, in the discipline of the siiip, the iron rule, and, in place of the "cat" and the "colt," the kick and the' curse, to substitute a treatment less degrading to man and more befitting him as a moral atrent and an intelligent being, has lieen tarried out. Thus far the experiment has been successful, anil we have a cheerful, obedient, active and efficient crew, We are also demonstrating the feet, by experience, that the crew can be content and happy without having served to them the ration of grog furnished by Government. Knowing that two-thirds of all the evil and misery lo which sailors, as a class, are subject, both at sea and on shore, arises from the use of strong drink, 1, early after the commencement ot our cruise, made eitons, by private argument as well ;ts by public addresses, to demonstrate the magnitude of the evils arising from intemperance, and to persuade all to follow the example of those who had stopped drawing rum. In securing so desirable an object, I have had the warm support of those in authority whose influence would 1* likely to have mos; effect, Commodore McKeever and Captain Mcintosh have both given me their aid. and the former has twice publicly addressetl the shio's company on the subject. The consequence is. we shall enter port without the name of an individual on the grog list, with the universal admission that the ship's company, to say the least, are content and happy without the rum as they were with it, and certainly more quiet and orderly. In the course of my cunvass on the subject, I had not only many interesting, but many amusing conversations and arguments with various individuals. Before yielding, therewas a great struggle in the minds of some half a dozen old topers—old men-of-warsmen, perfect sea-dogs, who, for half a century, have drank their grog as regularly asthe roll of the drum announcing its readiness was heard, and felt that they could not live without it. I really pitied some of these old fellows, in the mental struggle they suffered between conscience and a desire to follow the advice of those they honor, and the continued craving of an appetite strengthened �THE FRIEND, APRIL, 185 28 of Sthe these of the addresses habit a whole life. I fell in with one day, immediately after one of the Commodore. They were looking most_ doleful, as a true sailor seldom does look, except in some great moral extremity. Suspecting the cause, I opened a conversation in which one of them met my persuasions by saying, with a most o of appealing look, , I haven't been withMr. S X"Why, t my grog every day for fifty years. . Why, sir, 1 should die without it. I was brought up on it; my father kept a public house, and I sucked the tumblers, sir, from the time I was a baby!" But the old man soon joined the rest of his shipmates in the resolution to banish the grog tub. He has now gone a long time without his rum, and, in place of dying from the want of it, as he said he should, came up to me yesterday, looking hale and hearty, and, with a bright smile and speaking eye, said, , I wouldn't have believed it, "Mr. S but it's true. I don't miss my grog at all. You told me I would live through it, if I did knock it off; and so I have, and I feel ten times better without it than I ever did with it!" THE MORNING in procession to the spot, where seats were every dark spot in this ocean, and may the provided. The singing was excellent. By spirit of peace and life rest down upon every no means to disparage the singing of the tribe and every heart. CMoaprR et's. eply. foreign schools, but that of the native chilKkspectkd —I Friends accept, with much dren was particularly good. pleasure, your beloved through representaOur limits will not allow us to go more tive, this expression of kindly feeling toward into a of the scene fully description joyful myself and our friends at home, on the part witnessed on the occasion. It was just one of the ladies of Honolulu. So long as this of those gatherings the remembrance of vessel shall remain in my charge, it shall be which will be peculiarly pleasant to those my strenuous endeavor to make her n mesof light and love, not only in Microwho were present, and especially to the nu- senger nesia, but in every island of Polynesia that merous assemblage of children anil youth. she may visit. The good lady, Mrs. A. Ladtl, who was the The presentation of this beautiful flag is chief agent in getting up this " testimonial," accepted with a deep sense of your kindness may rest assured that her persevering efforts and devotion to the Missionary cause. The have been crowned with the appreciating Morning Star has at length arisen upon vision, and you gladly hail its sanction of thousands in this community, your longing as a medium by which there may and that a report thereof will elsewhere not appearing, be a more extended application of your be without its good effort. gushing sympathies. Beliold what God has Address by Rev. R. Armstrong. wrought for us. He has given us the Word Cattain Moore :—I feel honored on being of Life, the ability to study that Word, and called upon, on this occasion, to present you, the sweet reconciliations which follow a confor the Morning Star, this banner, on behalf formity to its divine teachings. But " who of a number of the good ladies of Honolulu, can number His benefits ?" Behold a swiftprominent among whom stands one, veneta- Winged messenger is despatched, bearing an ble forage and untiring in her devotion to the emblem. What is that emblem ? See it : divine Master among the heathen. These ladies take this method of expressing the interest they feel in the new and beautiful vessel under your charge, and their approbation of the conduct of thousands of beloved children in this land and in the United States, who have purchased her, paid for her, and fitted her out for this most noble of all services. It is not the costliness of the gift, nor its elegance that constitutes its value, but the sentiment it conveys by its silent and significant emblems. Wherever it may wave at your masthead, let it proclaim to all that this beautiful craft plows the main, not for commerce, not for conquest, not for discovery, but for the extension ofthe light and love, peaceand good will to all the Polynesian families. And should any dark-minded Islander ever inquire of you, " What mean these hieroglyphics, what means that central star and that flying dove ?" you can tell them the one means light and the other love, shed abroad in the hearts of men through the Son and the Spirit of God, and thus men are saved. " Light antl Love" is our motto. These are what the benighted races of Polynesia need, and what the Morning Star is intended to carry to them. The hands that wrought this beautiful banner were moved by hearts that feel only love and good will for all for whose welfare this vessel sails the ocean; and, need I add, that the same sentiments pervade the hearts of this entire mass of dear children here present to-day, whether of the native race, the white or the mixed, who are here as part owners of the vessel, and whose fixed attention shows how deeply they are interested. Their young and tender hearts also glow to-day with kindly feeling towards our common brotherhood of the Polynesian races. Accept, then, sir, this banner, from the ladies of Honolulu, and wherever the winds and the waves, in the Providence of God, may carry you, let it proclaim " peace on earth and good will towards men." May the day star from on high soon arise on STAR GATHERING. cause of our Believing that many of our readers will be interested in a full report of the proceedings connected with the presentation of a Banner to the Morning Star, by the ladies and children of Honolulu, we publish the addresses delivered upon the occasion. A very large assemblage, numbering two or three thousand, gathered, at four o'clock, P. M., April 29th, on Market Wharf and in the streets adjacent. The Morning Star was moored to the wharf, and so situated as to be in full viewof the crowd. Her Majesty, the Queen, occupied a conspicuous position upon the stairs of the market. She was attended by Prince Lot, Mr. Wyllie and Dr. Rooke. We regret the absence of His Majesty from the Islands, for we are confident, had he been in town, he would have honored the occasion by his presence. The exercises on the occasion took place agreeably to the programme, found in another portion of our columns. Immediately after the Banner was presented, and before Capt. Moore had finished his reply, the numerous audience gave cheer upon cheer, as the signal was seen floating from the masthead. Foreigners and natives, old and young, all joined in the "hurrah !" We do not say the ladies joined, but we should be far from asserting that they did not! The Banner is about twenty feet long and twelve feet wide. The star is directly under the center of the word " morning." The dove is placed in the lower corner on the right hand. The ground work is of white bunting, and the emblems of sky-blue. All the Sabbath Schools of the city were numerously represented, and they marched there, floating in the blue of heaven—" peace and good will!" The olive leaf has appeared above the dark, heaving waters, and the prisoners of hope are stretching forth their hands in joyful recognition of this token of emancipation. It is well. We join with you in thanks to our God, and hope the Islands of the Sea will soon join with us in ascribing all praise, and honor, and blessing to Him who has wrought this great salvation, and under whose wings we have come to trust. Let your blessings follow us as we go hence, and, as your eyes follow the receding form of the Morning Star till it sinks behind the wave, may its beams shoot up in bright corruscations, evidencing a more glorious appearing, till time shall be no more. Substance of Hon. John Ii's Remarks. Children and Good People :—The Morning Star has at last arrived ; she lies in her beauty and fitness for her work. She is not like other vessels. They sail the, ocean for different objects; some to trade, some to fight, some to seek new countries. Not so the Morning Star. You and the children in America have purchased her and fitted her out to carry the Gospel of Jesus Christ to nations in this ocean, who are yet as dark, and degraded, and wretched as we once were. That is the work of this vessel, and if any persons on earth ought to engage heartily in this work, it is me—it is you, children. How do we come to see such a spectacle here to-day ? Where were we once ? Ah ! we saw nothing like this in the days of our heathenism. Now, we not only have the Gospel of Jesus, but we have to spare ! We can afford to send it to other lands yet in darkness. Our men and our women are going off" to communicate to others the blessings we have received. Let us not, then, tire in this work; let us rather increase, more and more. We have received much, let us do much. And, you, children, will soon be men and women, and I hope some of you may by-and-by go forth to the �south or west, and labor for Christ among the heathen. If so, happy shall you be; happy shall we all be to see it. The time may come when some of you, moved by compassion for the heathen, may sail in this same Morning Star, to carry the Gospel to some heathen land. If so, blessed shall we be, and blessed shall be our children. sC, . RS.byAedvr.Damon. Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, —As 1 glance my eyes over this immense concourse I regret that I consented to speak on this occasion. If the audience, however, will indulge me for a brief moment, I will add but a few words to the apt and appropriate remarks which have already been uttered ; short speeches have been the order of the day, and mine shall not prove tho exception. We are a company of favored spectators to-day. We are privileged to behold a vessel, the sight of which was denied to the good people of New York city, though many of them desired it! Probably, one hundred thousand children in the United States have contributed to fit her out. How few of those many thousands ever saw, or ever will see the beautiful craft we are now ga/ing upon, with her ensign hoisted, signals set, and streamers flying. There she rests upon the bosom of our quiet harbor, like the wearied sea-fowl with folded wings, after a long flight. But is she weary? No! like the youthful sailor, buoyant, hopeful and adventurous, she is ready for another trip, though not a week in port. That little vessel, my friends, is one of the golden links in that chain of Christian love, binding us, isolated in our position, to the good of other lands, and the unevangclized islands of Polynesia; but in a special manner uniting our children with the children of America. Hawaii and America are more closely joined than ever before. The rising generation of both nations have joined hands and cast their " dimes" into the same treasury. They are stockholders in the same enterprise. It is a good omen for the future. Some years ago, the children of missionloving old England, contributed their pennies to build and fit out the John Williams and the John Wesley for cruising among " the isles of the South." I rejoice that American and Hawaiian children have followed their praiseworthy example, causing a Morning Star to arise upon the islands of the North Pacific. Long may this Star remain above the horizon! Long may its bright beams, glancing abroad, gladden our mission stations in distant Micronesiaand Marquesas ! Long may its mild rays be reflected in the smooth waters of the Pacific ! I doubt not all gathered on this deeply interesting and joyful occasion, will unite in breathing forth the wish expressed in the beautiful language of the gifted Cowper: earnest " Heaven epeed the canvas, gallantly unfurled To furnish and accommodate a world ; Soft airs and gentle hcavings of the wave Impel the ship, whose errand is to save. To succour wasted regions, and replace The smile of joy and hope, in sorrow's face. Let nothing adverse, nothing unforeseen. Impede the bark that ploughs tho deep serene ; Charged with a freight transcending in its worth, The gems of India, Nature's rarest birth, That flies like Gabriel on the Lord's commands, A herald of God's love, to pagan lands." Address of Rev. H. Bingham, Jr. Just as the exercises were about to clo.e, a call was made, in the crowd, for Mr. Bingham to address the audience. As he hesitated a moment, the call was repeated: "Binama! Binama!" "Bingham! Bingham !" Thus unexpectedly called out, he delivered the following address : It gives me pleasure to stand here before you, upon this, my native soil. It gives me pleasure to stand here before my countrymen, and especially under circumstances like the present. I have always been proud to have licen a Hawaiian, but never more so than I am to-day, when I behold such expressions of interest in the Missionary Ship. It has been a pleasure to me to have been the first Missionary to sail in her from the United Suites, and I have been much gratified to have met the first Hawaiian Missionary whom the Morning Star shall bear from these shores to other Islands of Polynesia, and this day I have been much gratified to look upon him, as he stood before his countrymen, to receive from his pastor his final charge. But while we have thus met, under cir- cumstances of so great interest, I desire to urge upon you that you guard against allowing this interest to die away in outward expression. We may stand in danger of being influenced too much by the impulse of the moment. Interest in the cause of Christ, to be accepted, must be constant. If such interests be cherished among God's people, then it matters not whether we, individually, live or die; it matters not whether the Morning Star be soon wrecked upon the reefs of Micronesia. The Kingdom of Christ will still advance. So far from God's people being discouraged, the means for another vessel would be forthcoming. But, let us trust that this little ship, which so gracefully floats before us, may long be spared to plow the majestic Pacific, on its errands of mercy to the benighted of Polynesia ; and, when I shall have gone forth to islands far distant in the west, may she bring me glad tidings that on these shores Christ's Kingdom is still advancing, his cause still loved, and the prayers of his children still offered for our success, their faith still strong. I would it were in my power to address in their own tongue, these thousands before me. Then would I call to mind what God hath wrought among them. To them the light of the Gospel has been brought, and as they have received freely, let them give freely— " Freely ye have received, freely give." Go forth then with the news of salvation—yon cannot all go. Give then freely of your sympathies, your prayers, your means. Live for Christ. This vast assembly will meet again—no more on earth—but at the judgment seat of Christ we shall all appear, both old and young, both great and small. So let us live that me may meet, with joy, our Blessed Master. Order of Excrcises. 1 Invocation, •J.—Singing, - - - Rev. J. 1). Strong "The Mornlnu Star." Star of the morn, whose placid ray Beam'd mildly o'er yon sacred hill, While whisp'ring zephyrs seemed to say. As silence slept and earth was still. Hail, harbinger of gospel light Dispel the shades of Nature's night ' 29 THE FRIEND, APRIL, 18 57. I saw thee shine on gospel lands. And Gabriel summon'd all his powert. And waked to extacy his bands; Sweet cherubs hail'd thy rising ray And sang the dawn of gospel day. Shine, lovely star ! on every clime. For bright thy peerless bennties be ; Gild with thy beams tho wing of Time And shed thy rays from sea to sea ; Then shall the world from darkness rise. Millennial glories cheer our eyes ! E. B. - - - 3.— Rending nfScriptures, (Issliih xlv, 6-25 i R"v W. ft. Turner lI.IX, I-1J), Rev. L. SmlOi «.—Vrnyrr, (in Ilnnmiinn) • Bee. B. Armstrong ft—Presentation, Ctpl. Moots «.—Reply, ".—Singing, -..... ■ MTishonearP y acket. D.S BYMM.RS. TRONG. We hail thy white sails glenming On this far distant strand, Thou Star," whose welcome, beaming Shall lighten many a land ; We hail thee, gladly sharing In this blest work of love. Our bannered offering bearing, The star and peaceful dove. " * Go, bear our youthful brother The Savior's love to tell. Where many a heathen mother And dark-soulcd father dwell, Go, cheer our loved ones, toiling 'Neath Micronesian skies, And where, from blue waves rolling, Marqucsan shores arise; Till, 'mid the sunny highlands And o'er the valleys green Of all our tropic islands, The dawn of lignt is seen; And news of grace surprising— Glad tidings from afar Attend the glorious rising Of this our Morning Star." " The white waves curl before the&—■ God shield thee on the deep ! Their tireless vigils o'er thee May hov'ring angels keep '. Our blended prayers ascending Thine ocean path shall mark To God each day commending Our consecrated bark. - n.—Ailtlress, (In Hawaiian) o.—Storing, (in Hawaiian) - Translation of Native linn. Jotin Ii Hymn. The Morning Star, The beautiful, The truly splendid star, A light to shine on every land To banish sin and woe from man < >ur Jesus is. The Morning Star, The star of early dawn. Tho banner star, The flying dove, O let them fly aloft, them fly from land to land. '» letcall to men of every name, Anil To turn and live, Together live. Through Christ the Morning Star. Then sail away, The star of day. The schooner Morning Star, Proclaim the love of all our heart*, To Islanders in Nature's night, ()ur cordial love. Unchanging love. In our Redeeming God. Then take hencefar, The Morning Star, Our messengers of peace. To all the groups that have no light. To all the tribes in sin and night, Let star and dove, Show peace and love To men of every name. T ■■ C Bam. 10—Addrtsi, (in English) *« •- 11.—Doxolojrr, "Prom all that dwell," *c li—Benediction, ( S*v *• W. OJaric. �THE FRIEND, APRIL, 30 - 1841. of old Governor Hoafali, proper names, and there can be no doubt that mainly to the influence \\lin governed the island t';,r aoiM twenty j ai'H, is the the the Orono" Lono of Kipps in " worshipped? inn! who was thoroughly imbued with republican natives. idea*. Whenever he undorto >k ant public work, It has been handed down as a tradition by to Lono with the latter, was a god—with lie first called the eoaUßOa jm-oj 1 together advise With then, telling them tint Use work, native Hawaiians, and embodied in the works Cook, it w:ts but a "title of high honor." if needed, wan fur their good ; sad it is s;ud that of various authors, that the great navigator, Does not this furnish the key to unlock lie always yielded i" tn i popular voice. 11m Cook, upon his visit to Hawaii, received and the whole mystery m which this subject has successorsof Hoapili have been intellig n( govu out ernors, and. in measure, carried Eis ;.jpuaccepted the worship of the Islanders. been involved ? It is a real pleasure to be lar views. Hence it is that liir more attention is There is little room for doubt that he was able to rescue the name of so illustriou-' a paid by the nattvei of Maui to agriculture, and mistaken for the god Lono, returned from his man from the turpitutle of a crime revolting some el' the common people have u leoote Indelong pilgrimage, and that the priests offered to every religious feeling of our nature, and pendent. The anchorage being an open roadstead, \> •!* him sacrifices, and the common people by while receiving the evidence of the natives, can always approach or leave it with say wind their humiliating prostrations, wherever he or to their views of Cook at the time, we are that blows. No pilot ii needed here. Vi>-i, is generally approach through the channel between appeared, indicated their reverence for him as equally bound to acknowledge the evidence Usui and Molokai, standing well over to Laaai, a deity. Cook did not prevent this worship bulb negative and positive presented to us as Tar as the trade will carry them, then take the of his person, nor undeceive the natives in that the navigator did not imagine that wor- sea breese, which frjta in during the forenoon, aatd fur the town. their impressions, and has, in consequence), ship was intended by their nets, and certainly head The anchorage ii about ten miles in extent been denounced by Dibble, Bingham, Jarvis, that he did not attempt to impose the absur- along the shore and from within a cable's length and Cheever for his arrogance in assuming to of the reef in seven fathomsof water, to a distance dity upon their minds that he was even in of three miles out with name twenty-five fathoms, � be a god. the heathen sense a god. affording abundant room for as targe a Seat as Those who have carefully studied the Tin holdingground, The correction of this error in history can e'er he collected here. wjtb clear anchors, is considered good, though character of Capt. Cook will view with dis- through your piper is peculiarly appropriate. somewhat rooky, and little or no danger is ever trust the statements made by the authors, or Devoted to the interests of seamen—publish- experienced, mure than usual where a number of the conclusions at which they arrive. ed on Hawaiian soil where the navigator ships congregate. The best anchorage is opposite Frank and manly in his bearing, kindly in closed his glorious career—where may we the native church in aboutfifteen fathoms. There has been generally during the winter months a his disposition, punctilious in his duties, and so appropriately look tor a vindication of a southerly storm which the natives call a "Kona," noted for his humanity in his intercourse with lint it veldon] or comes when there is a fleet. seaman from an infamous charge, as in tiie hi port, §o ever that or strung a vessel cannot ride it savage tribes, he would not understandingly columns of the Friend. Ollt in |K'rfei't Safety. There lias never yet been accept of worship or assume authority to N any vessel lost at this port by stress ol' weather ; which he knew he was not entitled. and but one, under any circumstances, which was Ports of the Sandwhich Islands.-No.4. lost on tie' reef some two or three miles from the Is it not reasonable to infer that the Divine channel. It was a remark of old ''apt. lintler Lahaina the honors shown him by the natives he looked (anciently called Liv, from who resided here for many years, that he never shortstay of Chiefs there) is pleasantly located saw it blow to hard here as to endanger a ship upon as marks of hospitality to a visitor on the western shore of West Maui, ami is in West anchor with good tackle ; and the immunity vastly their superior in knowledge and power, long. 166°41'and North kit. W of oil". It at from accident to the shipping which have visited rmidered as thoaeuond port of the Ha- the port, is the best proof of its safety. may U and of a race so different from their own < Islands, as. next t<i Honolulu, it is most As near aa wo can ascertain, the first whale ndoubtedly the most correct and volu- waiian generally frequented by the whaling fleet which thai visited these islands and touched at ous account of the great navigator is to touch at tin' inland* in the spring and liill lor shi]*; this port were the Hcllinu. Capt, Gardner, and ami recruits refreshments. be found in the " Life of Captain James Cook, (apt. Worth, which was some where. This town was selected Kamehamehu 111. 1819. A few north-west traders touched by Andrew Knipps, D.D.F.K.5., ' fee., pub- ami hi> chiefs to lie the seatbyof governmentof the about here 17'J9 to the date above given, hut that lished in London in 1788. On page 450 of group, and it continued such till the troublesome tradefrom off, the whaler wits a welcome dropping of 1843,when he removed tin' royal resi- visitor, and are informed by old Mr. White this work the following statement is made, times we dence to Honolulu. Its public buildings are few. was fir-i built as a home which oilers the only intimation that can be It has two churches, a hospital, a palace," that the '• Did Palace"was If to entertain them. erected by, or under " found to favor the views of the authors re- which from the anchorage looms up and aptnara the direction of Knhekili, (Old Thunder,) who at a stately building, hut is fast going to ruin from ferred to above. " Soon after the Resolution neglect. There are three ship chandlery stores, that time was the head man of Kameliainehii I. IN4- ('apt. John Stetson was appointed the had gotten into her station, Parcena and some fifteen retail stores, anil three practicing firstIn American Vi Consular Agent at this port, The best on the Islands seminary Kaneena brought on Iward a third chief, physicians, and from the records kept in the consulate office for the education of natives, is located about two named Koah, who was represented as being miles back ol'the village. It is under the charge we gather the following table of the number of ofships touching at this jxjrt in the course of a priest, and as having in his early youth of capable foreign teachers, and is sustained by each year since that date. Most of the ships been a distinguished warrior. In the evening the government. It numbers from sixty tv eighty touched in the spring and again in the fall. Tho students. figures are the total arrivals fur the years Capt. Cook, attended by Mr. Bayley and Mr. Perhaps there is Bo village on the group that 40 ISM King, accompanied Koah on shore. Upon presents to the stranger a more striking tropical IMS las lhol IB4I than dm* There is one Lahaina. appearance IS44 IKS. ,this occasion, the Captain was received with -- WHi lS.a't princitnl street, several miles in length intersected ISM a»5 la..I very peculiar and extraordinary ceremonies ; with many others, lined with huge kukui trees, IMfl S-17 MM ISii.'. with ceremonies that indicated the highest which cover the roud, rendering it in places a IH4S 101 IHiO al'.l - 160 respect on the part of the natives, and which, shady and cool bower, These trees remind one of the noble branching elms of New Haven, though To whale ships no jiort at the islands offers indeed, seemed to fall but little short and cooler. better facilities for all their business (with the of ado- the shade of theofkukui is denser ration." Numerous groVes OOCOSnutS and tall bananas exception of heavy repairs) than does Lahaina. while grape and As it is on this island, and but a short distance On pages 452 and 453 we are informed line the beach and environs, other vines almost bury in their foliage of that the extensive potato fields are located that that " Orono was a title of high honor which the cottages. There is no spot on thesemany islands have furnished an almost inexhaustible supply for had been conferred on Captain Cook," and equal to Lahaina for gardening or raising fruit many years, and also the large sugar plantations that the contributions brought in by the peo- and vegetables of every description, owing to the from which the best sugar and mouses* are procured, and fine herds of cattle which dress up abundant supply of water. ple under the directions of the King as a The native inhabitants of Maui are fur more better than any lieef slaughtered for market that pretext, were really astonishing. advanced in tho knowledge of self-government, can be produced on the uronp. Efforts have been made for the last two or three in agriculture, and consequently arc We know the habit oi, the earlier discov- and'also more independent than those of either of the years to introduce the •• Xossbes" variety of sweet. erers in Polynesia to place a prefix to many other islands of our group. This is owing potatoes, and the last fall season we wen able to Did I For the Friend.) Captain Cook allow himself to be . ■ - , --- : II �18 J [K..r11:- Friend.) supply fully the demand uf as good un article as hat eaST bean ottered in the market. Fruits are AOTIt'K TO \\ II \ I I Ml V Auspicious umni, that saw the fiord ari-c, Thy coming rays illumine all the skies; And ever thus, in this fair ocean isle, Doth Nature on thy weekly advent sic lie. Now from the tall and grand old woods around. In untaught IVu.s, garbling notes resound, And through tin; Saving branches uf the tSSSa Siugcth a melody the sweet ■Sa-brasas a few read" days In riding through Tropic since W* counted twenty varieiies of trees and O'er Ihe hliie sc;i the winds in aoSMSrt nmr. shrubs growing by the road side, and presenting And targM Use, with jeyful gars, the shore. within a mile's ride, as fine specimens of tropical Fran Kilaui'i eld I'cle thunders mit, productions as any similar drive to bo found on And water-falls send up their tiny shunt, at ES ENISON. RBEYV.W.CHARLD Close hidden it stands by the iiolished wall. By flir haiida draped in the entrance hall, Sof! cushioned, where cui'tiins around it full, The sailor's chest. on the forecastle Boor it stood, plain, rude box of painted wood, Where Itaoccupants crowded all they could. .ice ( \ The sailor's chest. the treasures there, lint seared, among Waa the Holy Wore and the Book of Prayer. And a Christian mother's lock of hair, In the sailor's chest. 'Twas a table by day, by night a bed ; A library, closet, a wardrobe's stearl, To "slops," to " traps," nud " ventures" wed. Was the sailor's chest. Now to the northern glaciers borne, Now to the wastes of wild Cape Horn, Now to the sun set, now to its dawn, Went the sailor's chest. But whither it roamed, and where it stayed. Before it oft the owner prayed, A shrine to the living God was made. The sailor's chest. Then treasure it up by the homestead door, 'Tis a grace and boon to the richest floor, And guard and cherish evermore, That sailor's chest. WHALEMEN'S SUPPLIES AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Kawaihae, Hawaii. ON HAND a good supply j tif Hawaiian lieef, potatoes, hogs, sheep and numerous other artids required by whalemen. The above articles eaii lie furnished at the shortest notice and on the most reasonable terms in exchange fur bills on the United BtaSM or orders on any merchant at the Islands. No charge made on interisland exchange. Reef packed to order and warranted to keep in any slbaata 3-tf. CONSTANTLY While the twin iiiiiunt'iiu-iiuiiiiirchs of our isle. Catch on their tops the sun's first golden smile. While thus, upon this pleasant HaMtath morn, Fair Nature doth her gDudly self iidum. Shall man, fur whom these Irraiitloa all arc given. Forget ta render tarty thanks to Heaven I Lai.rens. Hawaii, 18.10. AIM'ERTISEMENTN. THE SAILOR'S ll<> W i:. " |Vrom the sailor's Mafsatns.] THE SAILOR'S CHEST. A C1" & LAW, —nEALEBS IN— " " ADVERTISEMENTS. A SABBATH MORNING ON HAWAII. generally abundant. The grup' seems to biMiriato in the rich soil, and the sunny, clear weather of Lahaina, us it is, Mr escefieaef, the fruit of this place or Islands. Figs, bananas and melons are produced in abundance, and pumpkins enough for all New* England to make' pies for a general thanksgiving. All other supplies neiiied by merchant or Whale shiiis can always be procured at this jKirt. the It-lands. The population of f«ahaina is estimated at fifteen hundred, the foreign part of which will not probably exceed oaa to two hundred. The causes that "have been at Work depopulating the islands have likewise tended to reduce the numbers here. Tsars ago there was a hat under every bread trait tree, was the statement of an old man who has seen the four Kainehamehas as the rulers of the hind. So far as focal diseai s. we are singularly free. Theclimate is unequaled; the mild,sea brumes temper the heat of the day, and the cool breeze of the night makes sleeping a luxury to lie enjoyed. Epidemics do inn seem to act with the virulence that they do at some otic r" j'lae. -. There were but seven fatal cases of smaO BOX, while some districts counted by thousands. The boofaoo fever," as it is called, which is said to have appeared tirst at this place, but which bus now entirely disappeared, or exists only in isolated eases, is not considered acclimated among us.— Piinjir Com mi-rcinl A ieeriiter. t. 31 THE FRIEND. APRIL. Till: It KADI Mi.ROOM THE SAILOR'S HOME IS OPEN, AND free tv the public; and all seamen visiting this port, are especially invited to make it a place of resort, whether they hoiinl tit the Hume, or.other boanliiig-houses in Honolulu, or arc connected with the shipping. During the shipping season it will be lighted evenings Boa nun visiting the Reading-Room, and desirous of writing letters, will l>c furnished with "pen, ink urn/pn/Hr," gratis, by applying to the person having charge of the Room, tf AT II vitmvAKi: STORK, FORT STREET, NEAR HOTEL STREET. OCRS of all kinds. Hinges, Screws, Tacks, Raj mrs, Cut ami Wrought Nails, Spikes, Brads, ■riles. Carpenters' Toals of all kinds, Pocket and Sheath-Knives, Mailitispikes, Caulking-Irons and .Mallets, and nuiiieiims other articles, for sale at the (tf) lowest prices, by VV. N. LADD. ON I MR. & MRS. THRIM, MANAGERS HOUSE IS NOW OPEN FOB THE ACB. HOFFMANN, rpilEoommodatioa of Seamen. Hoard and Lodging PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, will be furnished on the most reasonable terms. The Office the New Drug Store, corner of KaahuManagers, having for several years kept a private miinu andin Queen streets. Hake* & Anthon'B Block. hoarding-house in Honolulu, and during that period accimunoilatcd many seamen, hope to receive the pat- Open day and night. ronage of ihe seafaring community. Seamen may OILMAN a CO., rest aaenred that no efforts will bsapared to furnish Ship < liiindlcrs anil General Agents, them a comfortable home during their stay in Bart. Boarders accommodated by the week or single meals. LAHAINA, MAUI, 8. I. ~if Apply for Board at the office, in the dining- Ships supplied with Recruits. Storage and Money. I room. .IT Seamen ashore on liberty will lie furnished J. WORTH, with single meals, and a night's lodging. established himself in business at Hilo, Masters of vessels lying " off and on," are notiHawaii, is prepared to furnish ships with fied that their boat's crews, while on shore, will find good accommodations, on reasonable terms, at the Recruits, on favorable terms for Cash, Goods or Bill* on the United States. Home. HAVING BIBLE, HOOK AND TRACT DKi'OSITORV SAILORS HOME, HONOLULU. BOOKS AND TRACTS, in the English, French, Portuguese, German, Welsh, Swedish and Spanish languages. These books are offered for sale, at cost prices, by the Hawaiian Bihle and Tract Societies, but furnished GRATUITOUSLY TO SEAMEN. Also, Office of The Friemt, bound volumes for sale. Subscriptions received. N. B.—Seamen belonging to vessels lying off and on," will be supplied with hooks and papers, hy calling at the Depository, from 12 to '6 o'clock P. M. S. C. DAMON, Seamen's Chaplain. BIBLES, " NAVIGATION TAUGHT. Sailor't Magazine tor December, 1850, is a very in- "VfAVIGATION, in all its branches, taughtby the * In thecommunication from Rev. Mr. Ilanion, Seaman's Chapteresting Subscriber. The writer likewise begs to in- lal.i at Honolulu, In which he mentions that the lounge lv the timate that he will give instruction to a limited hall ofone of our benevolent merchants was once his cheat when number of pupils in English reading and grammar, a sailor boy. See tho Friend, Sept. 1852. geography, writing, arithmatic, &c. Residence, cot- It. VV. FIELD, COMMISSION MERCHANT, HONOLULU, OAHU, H. I. Bf I'rrmiaaiaa, he Refer* ta C. W. Cartwright, President of Manu&cturers' Insurance Company, Boston; 11. A. Pierce, Boston; Thayer, Rice & Co., Boston; Edward Mott Robinson, New Bedford; John W. Barrett & Suns, Nantucket; Perkins & Smith, New London. B. F. Snow, Honolulu. C. H. WETMORE, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, HILO, HAWAII, S. I. N. B.—Medicine Chests carefully replenished, and on reasonable terms. B. PITMAN, DEALER IS GENERAL MERCHANDISE, AND HAWAIIAN PRODUCE, tage at the back of Mr. Love's house, Nuuanu-street. BYRON'S BAY, HILO, HAWAH, a L DANIEL SMITH. "Even this will pass over!" was the protf Honolulu, March 26, 1057. All Stores required by whale ships and others, verb which the wise Solomon gave to an on reasonable terms, sad at the short** supplied as Eastern friend who desired such a motto IRON HURDLES notice. would make the soul stronp; in misfortune, the WANTED—Exchange on the United States and SALE at Hudson's Bay Company's Store, eight foot long—three dollars each, tf Enrops. Oct 2, 1864 170R �THE FRIEND, APRIL, 1857 32 isexpected this vessel will be ready to-morrow, May Ist, and will proceed with despatch for the Marquesas Iglnnds, with supplies for the missionaries. The Hnwniian Missionary Society sends the Rev. J. S. Emerson, as foreign delegate, nnd the Hon. Mr. Namakeha (a chief, arid uncle of the Queen) as native delegate. The Key. Mr. Knukau and wife go to join the mission. J. E. Chamberlain, Esq., and Mrs. Namukehn go as passengers It is hoped the vessel will return on or soon after the Ist of July, when she will bo Sited out and sent with supplies to Micronesia, where she may be detained for exploration for several months. The Friend, in wrappers, will be und at the counter of the Commercial dvertiser at the Past Oflice. Price 12 1-2 cents single, three copies for 25 cents. CARD. The Sr-amcti's t'lmpliiii wuulil inktiowlrilt.',' tin- malpt of forty dollars from 11. 11. M. ('onsnl llrnrnil, for tin' six months «udlng Marrh 31st, Ix-intr a portion of thr atniiial appropriation lor thesupport of the Soainaii's Chaplaincy. he Bclhi'l *■■■ Win. OrKKMNfis—For 1 .:■to■ropalIrs u|«m Itl, •-•.-. ."fSairBailor Friend. ft (50 00 ... 1 FrU'ii.., L'tinh, Hr«t Ptmorvtl, I. T. U'ftterhouw, L'ttiy.. Frtfiiirin, burk Tuhrr. I ■ - i-evtously acknoM-li'ilKi'd, Total, Debt remaining unpaid, f ,V!U 06. A rhapet where lr«e, should besupj>orted Ly free-will olTerings. PIoMnwort i, . Tri-Mimr of the '* KmII-V y," would iickiiDrVlfiiK*'. Irum �well, ..r K..ti.ti, • lnym, of .1.1ft, • • ulmui, ■■■ Honolulu, BTurroim I ... JHVJ 50 oo $10 6 00 10 00 : frienii" " .... of the • 38 50 BtnuiKerV !- DONATIONS FOR BAILORS' HOME Prom Indira in h'uottatoci, VuiiHrcticut. II. W. Purple, t<i furnlali a room, in raah, • In beading, Ac, Tutal, uo $ui avals are - rusTiiiittiTiiiN Dotal, Kuhaln. Freeman, "Tynoe," K. 16 00 i 00 SO 00 10 00 6 00 '10 00 2 00 • * (10 (JO (13 Ml 41 K4 fHM E mm .... ... For grnrral r*prhuci uj thi Home. .... of Bonton, Johnston,of Cliarl«'rvt..wn, PORT OF HONOLULU, H. I. AKKIVAI.S. April 24—Am wh Lark lllnck Warrior, Hmwii, from M.uyajtui . Hsur. MO bbft. wh. o,—Am wh Hh K. L Foster, Auntin, fm Margarita Bay, MM) MM whale. H 'km Mtmmmwf pmM Hinang star, Mmm-, i."B daya from Omm Ucml i fa Ki<i. 21 Alll Wh idll|Ht William ■ Ih'lir.V Hal Mary Allh lily Oaf Itnil mill oil 2."> th W eoa.sl. | | HtaWai ft* the NML 'Jlr-Am wh Hhl|»tt Julian, Cl.-voland, ami Tylit-t, Kntlimii, arrived off tin- pOft and sailed eafMß. V -Am wh hk Jmml Amir. w»( Krlly, hu IIMMIWI Hay, 1310 Me* nil. H Mm wh ship etattMTJH, fm Uihalna, l;iy wM and Ms, and MtUad ir.r tin- UasstoUk. March 20—Wh M .'in-li IVrry, Cannon | On. id Itoturn, Wltaf ; Florida., Kisli | and lironklyn, llaaW. arrived oil thin |n.it, :iinl Hiiili-il at'ttiu for the North. lm Tahiti, with mcr27—Hi hark Onitiliia, Milne, 26 .-li.uitiiM-1.. J, T. Wmmtwmm. 9 km i-k JaMiliaji Maw. Illdajra On Hostnn—sailed MM day bf I'ltruiMilnrtki ami otln r ltii»sian MJLTU. ::u—lluw wh MM I'hVl.S-hiv.nl-f.'l,, lm Margin nln Hay. ;U—WliabMiipH Navy, Wood, ami Arnold, Knrvcnl, arrmd oil tin- port ami naiL d MjMdntMr the North. April 2—Am Mas M Navigator, FUmt, fm CalUbrula OMMt. 2- -Am wli n S:iiali>nii, Sloeiim, fi MM I'm N. /fed ford. 2—l.yiliK Oaf ami on, tl|>mpiil, llyan. a—Am wh l>k Dartmouth, Ih ath, W>o wh. ;i—Am Hfli General Morgan, Way, I.i tH fin 8. Kraticwct.. «\—Atn wh -Ii Arctic, Ih-ediinm, fin New Zealand, -7U sp, ■0 aTMMS. 6 IMw Japan, Hiinnii i Charles Carrol, PuiMatM ; Lydia, 1/ anl ; Rapid, Wl«t | TaLnianx., Itohinsmi j Jnl in I lowland, Tiiyhtr ; John Cojryrsdinll, LeUnbMrt, ITrind oiT the h:irl«>r from windward p->iu>, iuiil HJiil.il attain f<>r tin- North. o—Am wh Ma TL..IIUIS Imum, Hask.-tt, UK) up. o—Am wh hk Haltir, ItroiiHoii, nt ant-hor imUtiiL-. fr-Am wh N Draper, Sanft.nl, nOO wh. 'j Ami wh sh Itolmmok, jaflM.llle.nl, IUO H|>', Haded Maine ihiy for Ochauk. days frOBI 10—11. 11. M.'h atcavn ii-inaU* Tribune, Cm lino. U—Am >li Liz/.i" Jurvls, Knf|te, S3 di fm San Fnuiciseo, Hatted same day for M-.nr Knnp;. 11—Itr fag H.eovcry, A/iiehell, :il ilh fm VaneoverN Island —i-aiyo ImiiWr to Agent Hudson* Hay Co. VMM bfig Isvv.n tt, brooks, lny oil ami on, and 11 AmMssW asgfaba. ehmn. 12—Am wh \m AfM*. Unman, ftn CaL 12—Am wh sh Qm. I'iki',aml Imlian 4'hii-fai rived nil and Urn North. on, and MalM fi>r || im trhaleahlpa Hm}. Bmh, Wyatt-, OtMui Wavt-, BlMaflfa, arrived nil ami aVeskrr ; and Itvuj. on, ami MuVd aaOall) for tin' North. IHHI tons, i-'rernian, 33 days —Anieli|i|xr War !lawk, 14 ID ftn San Fr;Lni'if*eo, iandrd palaWCtUMl ami went oir Mattod lay oil and Mead 10—Am wh sh (lay IK—Krwli Hh Nil,'(lrandHjiii;nr, List fm Tahiti, 100 MjMfOI. fin Diinaii, ifa s<a, saih-d agin i Ihe .Li|i)in, Ji—Am wh 20th for Hie North. 8| -Am vh M t'ineiiiimli, Williams, ri-.nn Lahaimi, Liy "11 and on, and Hatted airain for the North W<<. « 2 00 From lodic* in $featborougk t Motarwhunrtta. By Mrs. 8. ChamIm*rialn, to furnish aroom In thoHome, together with l»ililln»,', • • • • From Indira in Moa*. '. Hulllviiii,of LtalM. for the iHirpnat- of room Htniic, K In ih'- MARINE JOURNAL. t:.ooo $10 00 MR) A Heroic Woman.—A correspondent furnishes a fact in regard to the noble conduct of a woman that deserves honorable mention. The clipper ship Neptune's Car, Capt. Jacob, Patten, sailed from New York for San Francisco about the 29th of July last. Ths captain on the passage, waa attacked with brain fever and subsequent blindness. The chief mate having been deposed from duty previous to the captain's illness, and the second mate, being incompetent to navigate the vessel, the captain's wife, who happened providentially to be on board, and who had been taught navigation by her husband, took charge of the ship, and brought it safely into port.—Boston Transcript. , ; , , Worth, 20U »p—«all«*tl to mii-if hk K'roku, llowland, 700 IB ■alUtl tv cruhK* »hl|> Friti rpriat llruwn, nil ship (ortu, Kish, luul nil, wan Imve down for rt pair fu damH|£e received amoiiK the ice In OflmUk Hea | Rh tiro. How /■tn.l, wuj-lit, milled for MM with freitfht from -Lip Carta | hk (VicAmonJ, MaitcheaUer, tuiile<l for home, DOO >p-, bk iinrlnnd. PasMMHj Locruiw | nh ISupuh oh, Crnwell, to MM "h firnry. Hunker, toeruine i ah I'rvniit* nt, Alh-n, to MrWMI | i*h Qm*Hl*t KaMtnii, IMQ cp, taking fnijrht fin ■ h UnfrrjiriiH hk Hrctor t Cleveland, Smiily, HO Wpt sailrd M M. 2-1, Ha Militl to rrulHc—would touch at the 8. Inland* ; hk Morning 15(H) for home fm bk freight with Julian Cleveland, sp, Afar, (ornifift, Cmpo. 1400 hi.lk, for Lome with freight from Kntrrprint.—YnurH, Ax., (lii.lmaN ii Cti. ; eriii*.-: i ; MARRIED At llaiiiakua, lluwaii, lltliult., liy HS*. I'. Lynns, Mk. John «.r llloui'i'sUT, Mass., to Mahtiia I'. Fll.l.Kii. grand S. ilaiiKlirr of J.ilm I'. I'arkor, Ksii. DIED In this lily, .hi iMi.ii.lav, A|iril IS, of iiiiillitiiiint s.iri' llinsit. Lot i«» anthos, iii;ni ii nam sod S'j iiiiys, asatjaaar "f IsStraj 11. ami KligulM-tli 1.. Aiitlinli. In Niw lli.lfi.ril, K.li. 7, Has. Hattik W.vikkh, srakafCstsl Walker, "f lll'' arhslMhlp XtmOi Amtrica. K.li. 14, mi iKiiinl shi|i Drainr, Ciipt. Saiifuril, U. MseSalitm liny, Antiin Jiiaiii in. Hi' lias a fiunily nsiiliiiK I" New lli'iiri.nl. Hi' was sttedml witli bUmlawS ami with a isirulytiistniki-, iuiil j.artiiilly iifuvirnl, but finally ilksl in alsait two WlH'kS PORT OF LAHAINA, MAUI. AIIKIVAL.S. March 20—Am sh Onw.inl,Norton, fin iMHgg Islands, 200 IB 2Jo wh, ITOUObnoa. 2* —Am M. John llowltiud, Taylor, fm Society Islands. ,10—Mnrv Knizicr, Hounds, N. It., 0 month* out lit up. r 11., 7J months out 200 ap, Hhi whaleand 1000 hone. ".I—Charles Carroll, I'ursonx, N. li., lft fljM'rm 100 whale. April .'l—llapi.l, Wett. N. IL, 0 montlis mil 10 sp. 4_Cie.ero, Courlimv, N. H., 7 month* out 'JO op. 7_Am afa Oayhcnd, Lowen, 10 sp, fin New Ih-dford. 7—Am bg l-tverott. brooks, IH Kranciaeo, f>o up, -15 wh, fin Capt St. Lneas. o—Am ih Caroline, .lording, from New liedford. 9—Am sh Champion, Collin, SO sp, fm Kdpirlnwn. ii -Am hark N.in bury port, Crandcll, K0 sp, 240 wh, 2000 ILs hone. o—Am sh Indian Chief, Huntley, frmn New Ummm, April 11—-Ship Oon I'ike, trUttetvl, of N.w lu-ilfi.nl, 7 MM out, i:u> sp. H—Bnwditeh, Martin, ol Warren, 4 MM! out, rlean. Ll—Cincinnati, Willi:tinn, of SloiiiiiKion, ftj tnon out, clean. i:i—Knterprise, Urown, of Nantucket, 27 mon out, 200 sp, 1900 wh, la,ooo bone. Ifi—Kr ship Nil, (irands;iiKiie, S urns fn-m Havre, ltfO up. IT—Bflg LerfWOtt, brooks, of San Francisco, fiu Honolulu. U—Ship Addison, aessWrMsOa, of New Iledford, <k\ nma out, tiO H|>. April 33— William k Henry, Orinnelt, 100 h|mmi. •J.i—Julian, Cleveland. 3T—ft sh Con. Teste, U Mereier, 100 sp, 2fto wh, 2000 b|i. ;il—Tahmaroo, Robinson, PORT OF HILO, HAWAII. OKI'ARTIKKS April 2—Am sh Madmen, Oreen, for Manila. H km hk Isabella, Lyons, to cruise to the North. 4—Am sh Aspasia, Oreen, for New York. H—lire fag Ouhu, Molde, ft.r Ochotsk. X—Am hk Fanny Major, laawton, tor San Franeis<«o. ARRIVALS. Man'h I—Jindi I'crry, Cannon, fm home. 150 sp. B Qontinr. Whiteside, fm home. K—lt indecr, Ashley, fm home, 110 sp. H—/faille, llroiirinn, toanilMJ. (I—Florid)., Fish, from home, M sp. 1.—Huntsville,Lrant, do. 10—Onod Return, Wing, fm cruise, 70 ap. do. —An'tle, hVedman, 10 12 Callao, llowl.ind, fin cruise, 86 sp. lU—Saratoga, Sl.emu, do. 12—.1. IL Thompson, Waterman, fm Bhtring Hen and j;j—Tin* DtaUMI, Haakett, Ui erurse. Arctic, 100 sp. 11—11. I. M.'a corvette Knrydiee, M M. Piehon, for Bin! j;t—Mary Frailer, Hounds, fm homo. Island. j4—Navy, Wiaal, from cruise. Ift—|>ra|H r, hand font, tocruise. 17—Sh Lydia, ljuonard, fm cruise, 00 sp. Ill—Haw Mil Manuokawaf, I'aty, for bird Islaml. 10—Baltic, Itrownson, fin cruise, 36 sp, i'lft wti. 17—Am wh hk Dartmouth, Heath, ft>r Kodinck. 21—Daniel Wood. Morrison, fm home, 06 sp—had lost a Morgan, San tVasIMMOQ. Way, for 17—Am arhr Oen. man overlmnnl. IH—Am wh ship Triton 2d, White, tor Kodinrk. 21—lUmhler, Willis, fm home \ Ca|>t. W. brings hia wife Christmas Island. Cook, for 20— Haw fartg John Lunlap. and family, all well, to remain hen- during his 20—Haw sch Alexander, English, Tor Kan nine's Island. season North. Columbia Itiver. Collins, 21—Haw brig Advance, for 33—Indian Chief, Huntley, mi home, clean. 22—Am wh sh Navigator, Fisher, for North-West. 27—Am hk Newburyi»ort, Crandall, fm home, 7 moa out HO sp, 240 wh, 2000 lbs bona. 28—Am sh Mary Ann, ballman, fm cruise off Peru, 060 Mails. Ships ai—Am hk Ocean Wave, Baker, fm home, I so ap. wh hk Silver Cloud, Coygshall, 6 moa from New siillini; Nonp|«irtuiilly April of the 22—Am BitaeaV IWHan r'r.swi.'.iv. Bedford, 110 sperm. Yankc. fur I.aii sin a, ]sr Kainol, toiluy or to-morrow. For Kai il, per Kxiil, alsail Satunlay. Vor KiwAiiiiK, iKi Maria, aoon. , * THE FRIEND: A MONTHLY JOURNAL, DKVOTKD TO TEM I'ERANCE, SEAMEN, MARINE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, 'From tke Marine Report of tke Pacific Com Advertiier.] ITIII.Islli:i) AND EDITED BY Capt. Loper, of the Sarah Sheaf, report, that tho cook. Root. Foulter. was missed, Marrti 29, about noon. He waa seen halfSAMUEL (. DAMON. an-hour previoiu* at the galley. The leail ami a plecu of line are .lao roM. A boat was lowered Immediately, anil a man sent to MEMORANDA. discovered. The dlatance BSS mast-head, liut nothing could hosuib that the presumption to the shore and theother ship waa 1., he must have drowned himself. Ilia father's name Is Mr. Kit-hard FoulU'r, of Ureenport, long Island, N. Y. Report., Talcahuann, January 27, l»S7i bk Helen Mar, — TERMS: One copy, per annum, Two copies, Five copies, " " ... - - - - $2 00 8.00 6,00 � 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 (1857) 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 - 1857.04.30 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1857.04.30