https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/dc2443e1bed8f205c42925aeae78f4d1.pdf 95adf42d9db80cc8d961cf8453c3a26c PDF Text Text THEFRIEND H.'D §T,D5. H9.VOLULI. MAY I, 1858. Ull. 3. Hi. ,i.| CONTENTS .Miiy I. INSB. ...... . . For Reliplmis Awnl.sninc In Vnltrtl Slates, A Peep Ahmad, PiCI. • .... - - .... ..... ..... .... Oeura* 111.no AnuTi<\i!i Inttepandan**, Baa > i-|» hi A'.'nin, Ancient Nnvajpuloa Again* ATh lull', 'ii r-r Typhoon*, Great L'\i ilium, A IT, ii Iftll Worm, t .iiii|iK li'> lit -i.mire on Oitlm, M.i.iiit- Ji.iiriml. \c, Ar. I'm » - - - - S3 M 36 36 3S 3« 3<i .37 37 38 30,40 THE FKIEiND. MAY 1, ISSS. Religious Awakening Hay ng in the U. States. read, to very weariness, our ex- with the importance of learning the knowledge of the Lord, and of seeking the salvation of the soul, it is manliest that their minds must be tl.eply wrought upon. Such a season of the outpouring of ifae Holy S| irit has not been experienced for many years, while some assert not since the days of the "great awakening" in the middle of the last century, and during the preaching of Whitfield and Edwards. Our limits wil! not allow us to go into a full detail of revival intelligence, as reported in both the secular and religious newspapers, but in a few words it may be declared that city and country, seaports and rural parishes, of the United States, particularly the Eastern and Northern, are now enjoying a most extensive and delightful religious awakening. The work is not confined to nny particular sect or denomination, but nearly all are more or less blessed. The good work is characterized by very little that would offend the 33 {(Olu Series, Vol. )5. work of this nature with coldness, indifference or contempt. Angels, we are assured by the Savior, rejoice even when one sinner repents and turns to God : if any Christian should fail to rejoice and give thanks at such a time as this, we think "the stones "would immediately cry out." Oh. who that truly loves the souls of his fellow men. will not earnestly and fervently pray that the work may extend throughout the world ! We cordially welcome to this part of the world, Captain John Brown, of New London, to assume command of the Morning Star, on herreturn from Marquesas. It was o:r privilege to have become acquainted with him many years ago, when he commanded the whaleship Hannibal. His established character and ability as a Christian shipmaster, are a good guarantee that the interests of the vessel placed under his command will be carefully attended to, and the welfare of all concerned respected. We only hope that most conservative in religious matters. No he may not find his acts and doings prerevival preachers are traversing the land. before they are known, us were those judged There is no great noise and tumult among of his predecessor. the people, but a deep and solemn thoughtfulness pervades many minds. The sentiInformation Wanted—Respecting Wil iam ment of thousands appears to be, We have Norman Davidson, a native of Lempitbeen disappointed in our wordly plans and lau, near Kelso, Scotland. He went to Ameexpectations—our wealth has disappeared— rica, and in 1853 shipped as carpenter on trouble has come upon us—and now, in our board the whaleship John A. Robb. The distress, we will look unto God for comfort Captain reports that he left the vessel at the and consolation." God has most signally Marquesas Islands. Should this notice fall and manifestly appeared in the hour of man's under his eye, he is requested to communiextremity. God has drawn near to the peo- cate with his friends, and address Mr. Adam ple, and they acknowledge His hand in Proudfoot, Post Master, Skirling, By Biggoe, their troubles. We cannot find words to' Scotland, or the Editor of the Friend. express our views of the greatness of the blessing, or language to portray the probHousekeepers will find for sale at Dr. able and future results. The infidel may Bullions' drug store, on Fort street, an excelsneer, the unbeliever scoff", the trifler care for lent furniture polish. When applied accordnone of these things, and the proud Pharisee ing to directions, it will make old furniture refuse to recognize God's special presence appear as good as new. among the people, but " wisdom will be justified of her children," and the Saviour "»ee The Spring Fleet of whaleships in changes, burdened with accounts of financial panics, political troubles, theological disputes, criminal reports, and the endless variety of newspaper gossip, it is exceedingly refreshing to meet a new topic introduced for the consideration of the reading community. The topic to which we refer, is the unusual thoughtfulness and increased attention of the people of the United States to the subject of personal religion. The last mail's news confirmed previous reports. Such intelligence must cheer the spirits and rejoice the heart of every Christian. When such secular journals as the New York Tribune, Times, Courier and Enquirer, and New Bedford Standard, (besides numerous others,) turn aside from the ordinary beaten path of news and politics, to report reviva 1 intelligence, be assured a new element is abroad among the people. When the drtymen and mechanics, merchants and clerks, step into crowded Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist churches ut noon-day, and upon a week-day, to enjoy the benefits of a prayer meeting, it is doubtless the result of (jod's spirit operating upon theirhearts. When the worshippers of Mammon in N. York, N. London, N. Bedford, Boston and Albany, turn theirbncks upon their darling idol, and seriously seek to know the way oflife and salvation, there is something stronger than mere animal excitement at work. When the students in numerous ofthe travail of his soul." We envy not the Honolulu, was much larger this season than seminaries of learning are deeply impressed Christian or man who can contemplate a for seveial years previously. " �THE rKILND. MAI, 34 A Peep Abroad. Eajlnnd. The chief item of news in all the English papers, is the marriage of Prince William of Prussia to the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria. The ceremony took place January 25th. The DAronTEn of F..noland.—Englishmen Ml to- ward the Princess as toward the daughter of England, and shared the Queen's joys and anxieties ns if they had been their awn. And well lias the Queen Won this sympathy of her people on this the great domestic occasion of her married life. We kuow that she 'ns lived through a loiter and prosperous reign in a (Hire and well-ordered home ; that she has been a tender and wise, parent to her children ; that Buckingham Palace nursery and school room have been governed with a hand no firm, so wise, so maternal, that they might offer a model for all the homes in the land. And that is what Englishmen most deeply love. Their chief honor is the domestic crown. The purity an.l simplicity of the family life—the virtue, wisdom and motherlinesg of our women—lies very near to the heart of our national greatness ; and as a nation we recognize and honor it supremely in our Queen. And now the virtue and wisdom of years is bearing fruit of blessing, and the Queen has millions who will sympathise as friends in all her maternal cares and joys. No one could have failed to seize this as the characteristic feature of tho assemblage in the parks on Monday last, and to-morrow the crowd which will assemble to witness the embarkation will wear the same aspect. These marriage festivities have shown how deeply the reigning family are rooted in the affections of the people; and this affection, which is the crown of loyalty, is due chiefly to the personal character and domestic virtues of the Queen. There was a great gathering of foreign notables at the wedding; let them learn the secret of how thrones are made secure. The stability of the English throne is a thing by itself in the world. No continental throne can challenge comparison with it.— Chr. Times. The following is the hymn written by Mr. Tennyson, the Poet Laureate, and sung at the marriage of the Princess Royal \ God bless our Prince and Bride, God keep their lands allied, God save the Queen ! Clothe them with righteousness. Crown them with happiness. Them with all blessings bless, God save the Queen ! : Fair fall this hallow'd hour, Farewell, our England's flower, flod save the Queen ! Farewell, fair rose of May, Let both the peoples say, God bless the marriage day, God bless the Queen ! Giving the Whip to a Princess.—An English paper has the following —Among the presents made to the Princess Royal of England, on her late wedding day, was a riding whip, the but of which is formed from a piece of the hoof of a favorite horse, set in gold. It is said the shoe of this golden hoof is formed of diamonds, the nails being represented by fourteen beautiful rubies ; the whole of the bottom of the foot is a mass of small diamonds ; the handle of the whip il formed from one of the horse's bones, most highly polished, around which is twined a serpent in brilliants. : If English editors may head their columns, The Marriage of our Daughter," would it " be improper for Americans to refer to the event as the marriage of " our sister" ? England is surely well known as our Mother Country. Uniting England and France.—A proposal has been made to connect England and France by a tubular railroad bridge across the Straits of Dover, to be of the necessary height to permit the free passage of the largest vessels, and to be supported by towers ribing from the bed of the channel, the top of 18 5 8 each of which to form a lighthouse. The viaduct will be twenty miles in length, and could be traversed in twenty minutes. Another project has been made for effecting the same purpose by means of a tunnel under the Straits, which has received favorable attention from the authorities. The Quickest Passages in the Channel. On Friday night, the 4th inst., the royal mail packet Prince Frederick William ran with the mails from Dover to Calais, against tide, in one hour and twenty-seven minutes, and returned next morning in one hour and twenty minutes. On Saturday night she proceeded to Ostend, and ran seventy-three statute miles in three hours and fifty min- heathen rage, which followed the expulsion of a number of Frenchmen from the capital of the island in July last, thirteen persons were stoned to death, the heads of the sufferers being afterwards fixed on poles, and their wives and children reduced to slavery ; between fifty and sixty were subjected to the ordeal of the " tangena," or poisoned water, of whom eight died under the operation; nearly sixty were bound in chains, of whom two "had died ; while a number more had been reduced to slavery. "The announcement of these tragical events cannot fail to be an occasion of surprise, no less than of poignant grief, to the minds of our friends ; since they were doubtutes from the time she was ordered to go less prepared, by the tenor of former reports, anticipate a gmdual relaxation of those outside Dover pier to the time she was eased to coercive measures to which the Christians in Ostend harbor, averaging in this passage and that the time might not a speed of above nineteen miles an hour. were exposed ; be distant when the island would once more mails at Osand passengers She landed her tend three hours and a half before the mail be laid open to Missionary effort. It has, however, pleased God, in His mysterious providence, to disappoint, for the present, Frailer* these sanguine expectations, and in a way been made assassinate to An attempt has calculated to call forth the tenderest sympathe Emperor of France. He was about leav- thies of all wholook and long for the redemping his caniage to enter the opera house, tion of Madagascar from the ruthless hand when three shells, filled with fulminating of the oppressor." powder, were thrown from the opposite house, Indln. train started.—Daily Newt. one of which killed one of his horses, wounded the footman, and tore the Emperor's hat and the collar of his cloak. He carried the Empress in his arms to the steps of the opera house, when another shell burst under his carriage, shattering it to pieces; the other burst among the crowd, killing five persons and wounding fifty or sixty. About thirty persons were arrested, mostly Italians. Death of the Queen of Oude.—The Queen of Oude arrived at Paris recently and took up her abode at the Hotel Lafitte, with a suit of forty or fifty persons. On the following Sunday she died there. It is said that she died of grief. She was attended in her last moments by Dr. Royer, one of the The Government and Hindoo Idolatry.— The Botnbuy Guardian states that " nothing can be more erroneous than the idea which seems to some extent to have got possession of the public mind, that government patronage of Hindoo idolatry is a thing of the past. It exists ; and to an enormous extent. There are no less than 26,589 temples and idols receiving the support of government in the Bombay Presidency alone. This figure is immense. The churches and chapeis, the places of worship of all kinds, in the whole of Great Britain, are less in number than the idolatrous shrines receiving aid from government in the Bombay Presidency. It is not the amount bestowed in aid that expresses Emperor's physicians. The prayers enjoined the magnitude of the evil; it is the number by the Mohammedan religion were said over of idols patronized. Everywhere, in every the death-bed. nook and corner of the land, there are shrines Mailagnscar* the worshippers in which are well aware that most A circular letter was recently read in government aid is extended to them. Every of the English Congregational churches, dewhere we find the people referring to the the outburst of Mrdascribing persecution in fact that there is this connection." gascar. Hebrews xiii. was read, and special Chlaa. offered, the desire of these brethren at prayer Prospects of China.—Mr. Williams The the The Directorof Lonin great affliction. writes from Macao : " The present condition don Missionary Society says: " The friends of the Society will learn, of China is, I think, only the beginning of with emotions of no ordinary pain and sor- those commotions and overturnings which row, that the native Christians on this island will gradually bring in the light of the goshave recently become the victims of another pel. If she retains her independence, there persecution, apparently more vindictive and will be no controlling restraint, like the Engcruel than any that preceded it. The main glish sway in India, to keep masses of peofacts of the case are, unhappily, too well ac- ple from throwing themselves against each credited to leave any room for doubt as to other when aroused by fear, oppression or their substantial correctness ; but, owing to love of plunder. It seems to me idle to look the extreme hazard, at such a crisis, of any for permanence in any plans formed by westattempts on the part of the suffering Chris- ern governments to put their relations with tians to communicate with their distant the Pekin or Nankin rulers on a secure or friends, the information we have now to con- well understood basis. Power, intelli.ence, vey is necessarily very scanty, both as re- skill, and considerable unscrupulousness, argards the originating cause of the persecu- rayed against weakness, ignorance and untion and the extent to which it has prevailed. faithfulness, will always breed collisions, and The following facts, however, derived from what the strongest are ready to call insults unquestionable sources, may be entirely re- the only devices the cunning and weak know of to avenge themselves. Overturn lied upon. " In the course of this fresh outbreak of and overturn will be the story with the Chi- �THE FRIEND, MAT. nese during many years to come, and if they were not to suffer so fearfully from such dashings, one might wish the time to be shortened. If China is opened throughout, how far in advance of the messengers of glad tidings will be the trader, the buccaneer, the papist and the traveler! The Church is, perhaps, not ready for such an expansion of the field of its labors, but we can safely trust the ark of God to His keeping, if the cattle do shake it, and the road it travels is beset with hedges and covered with stones. Journal oj Missions for February. — George III. on American Independence. note to To the prof, morse. 71 West 14th Street, N. V., ) 231 February, 1858. ) Hon. S. F. B. Morse : Dear Sir:—At a literary and social festival last evening, in honbr of the Birthday of Washington, 1 related the following anecdote: During the war of our revolution, Benjamin West, the great American painter, was residing in London, and on familiar terms witn his Majesty George 111. Mr. West was in the palace painting the king's portrait, when a messenger came and delivered to the king a copy of the American Declaration of Independence. The king read it, and then remarked : " Well, if they can be happier under the form of government they havechosen than under mine, I shall be happy." Doubts were expressed as to the correctness of the statement, and as I relied for my authority on another who had told me that Benjamin West related to you this remark of George 111. in London, I take the liberty of asking you if the report is correct ? I will be obliged to you for an answer to this interrogatory, with any additional particulars that may verify or disprove the incident. Truly yours, S. Irenxus Prime. REPLY OF PROF. MORSE. New York, February 24, 1858. Dear Sir :—ln answer to your question in your note of yesterday, I would say that you are perfectly correct in your statement, as related to me by Mr. West himself, about the year 1813, in London. The circumstances of his relating to me this incident were briefly these : I called upon him at his house in Newman street, one morning, and in conformity with the order given to his servant Robert, always to admit us, (alluding to Mr. Leslie and myself,) even if he was engaged in his private studio. As I entered, a half-length portrait of George 111. stood before me upon an easel, and Mr. West was sitting with his back toward me copying from it upon canvas. My name having been mentioned to him, he did not turn, but pointing with the pencil he had in his hand to the portrait from which he was copying, said: see that picture, Mr. Morse ?'' " Do yousir," I said, " I perceive it is the " Yes,of the king." portrait "Well," said Mr. West, "the king was sitting to me for that portrait when the box containing the American Declaration of Independence was handed him." '• Indeed," I answered, " and what appeared to be the emotions of the king—what did he Fay?" 35 1858. (IT jiu the London Tlinw.) •' Well, sir," said Mr. West, " he made a Another Peep at the Sea Serpent. reply characteristic of the goodness of his heart," or words to that effect. " ' Well, if Sir —I beg to enclose you a copy of an they can be happier under the government extract from the meteorological journal kept they have chosen than under mine, 1 shall be by me on board the ship Castilian, on a voyhappy.' " age from Bombay to Liverpool. 1 have sent Now, I vouch only for the statement ns the original to the Board of Trade, for whom made to me by Mr. West; in regard to this the observations have been made during my 1 cannot be mistaken, for it made a deep im- last voyage. lam glad to confirm a statepression, and I have been in the habit of re- ment made by the commander of Her Majeslating the anecdote ever since. ty's ship Dadalus some years ago, as to the Truly your ob't sorv't, existence of such an animal as that described Saml. F. B. Morse. Rev. S. Irenes Prime, D. D. by him. I remain, sir, yourob't serv't, G. H. Harrington. The incident related by Benjamin West, 14 and 14 1-2 So. Castle street, and now certified by Professor Morse, one of Liverpool, February 2. the most eminent living Americans, is in point to show that m his heart George 111. Copy of an Extract from the Board of Trade respected the course of the Colonies, and that Meteorological Journal l.ept by Capt. Harhis sympathies were with them. As a monrington, of the ship Castilian, from Bombay arch, jealous of the rights of his crown and for Liverpool. the integrity of his kingdom, he was earnest Dec. 12, 1857, } " Ship Castilian, and determined in measures to put down the E. of St. Helena bearing > N. revolt, and I shall be the lust to palliate the N. W., distance 10 miles. ) hereditary hatred of our country to the man6.30 P. M., strong breezes and cloudy, ner and spirit in which the war was con" Atsailing about twelve knots per hour. ship ducted on the part of the mother country; but every pure mind will rejoice in extend- While myself and officers were standing on ing the knowledge of facts tending to show the lee side of the poop. looking towards the that our then enemies respected our princi- island, we were startled by the sight of a ples, and in their better moments rejoiced in huge marine animal, which reared its head our success. The remark of George 111. is out of the water within twenty yards of the therefore of vast historic value, and of intense ship, when it suddenly disappeared for about personal interest. It carries us into the in- half a minute, and then made its appearance ner chamber of the palace, and the innermost in the same manner again, showing us disten or twelve chamber of the king's heart, and reveals a tinctly its neck and headItsabout head was shaped sentiment for which the world has never feet out of the water. like a long nun buoy, and I suppose the diamgiven him credit. Many other anecdotes of a similar nature eter to have been seven or eight feet in the could be repeated, showing the intimate rela- largest part, with u kind of scroll, or tuft of tionsof George 111. and Mr. Benjamin West; loose skin, encircling it about two feet from but my object is attained if I have " done a the top; the water was discolored for several good thing," in bringing to the notice of my hundred feet from its head, so much so that countrymen an incident well fitted to make on its first appearance my impression wts them think more kindly of a man of whom that the ship was in broken water, produced, as I supposed by some volcanic agency since we have been wont to think only ill. the last time I passed the island ; but the Iren^us. N. Y. Observer. second nppearance completely dispelled those and assured us that it was a monster The Gospel in Abyssinia.—Bishop Gobat fears, describes the progress of the Mission to of extraordinary length, which appeared to be Abyssinia :—"Two years ago I sent four lay moving slowly towards the land. The ship missionaries to Abyssinia, with a goodly sup- was going too fast to enable us to reach the ply of Bibles, New Testaments, and Psal- mast-head in time to form a correct estimate ters, chiefly in Arabic. They were very of its extreme length, but from what we saw kindly received by the king, Theodoros, who, from the deck, we conclude that it must have according to the last news, continues kind to been over 200 feet long. The boatswain and them. At the date of their last letter, June sevr.ral of the crew, who observed it from the 21, 1857, they had distributed all the copies topgallant forecastle, state that it was more of the Scriptures which they had, in many than double the length of the ship, in which it must have been 500 feet; be that as parts of the country, and among others to the case Talashes, or Jews, of whom they say : ' We it may, I am convinced that it belonged to know that they read and love these Bibles, the serpent tribe ; it was of a dark color containing the Old and New Testaments.' about the head, and was covered with sevenl The brethren seem inclined to settle among white spots. Having a press of canvas on the Talashas. I am seeking for means of the ship at the time, I was unable to round sending them another supply of Scriptures, to without risk, and therefore was precluded which the British and Foreign Bible Society from getting another sight of this leviathan of the deep. Geo. Henry Harrington, have kindly granted." — Commander. How the Chinese Prevent Financial William Da vies, ChiefOfficer. ""Edward Wheeler, 2d do." Crises.—Every man in China must pay up his debts at the beginning of the year, and at the time of a religious festival, about the Mr. Irving is again at Sunny Side, middle of the year. If unable to settle at busily engaged on the fifth volume of the these times, his business stops until his debts Life of Washington, which, it is said, will "be published in the spring. are paid. �36 THE FRIEND, THE FRIEND. MAY 1 , 1858. ANCIENT NAVIGATION AGAIN. An Attempt to Circumnavigate AfricaUnsuc es ful—Sargas oSea. In our last isssue we furnished our readers an account of the successful circumnavigation of the continent of Africa, about 600 years before Christ, or 2000 earlier than the same thing was done by the Poituguese navigators. This was by no means the only attempt which was made to accomplish this great undertaking. Ancient historians have recorded an attempt made by one Achscmcnid Satasfes. This man was condemned to death for the crime of violating the daughter of a Persian nobleman, Zophyrus. The mother of the criminal begged that he might be condemned to something "worse than death.'' The criminal's death-sentence was then commuted by Xerxes, for the circumnavigation of Africa! An expedition was fitted out from Egypt by Satasfes, says the historian Strabo, and sailing through the Straits of Gibraltar, steered to the South. After being absent for several months, returned and reported that he continued his voyage "until his vessel stuck fpst, and could move on no larther." His story, however, was not believed by Xerxes, and he was executed because the condition was not complied with upon which his sentence had been changed. It was, we would add, a common idea among the ancients that the Atlantic Ocean was not navigable beyond a certain distance on account of "earth, sea and air, in which you could neither walk nor sail." Plato represents the sea without the pillars of Hercules, or the Straits of Gibraltar as impenetrable and unfitfor navigation, in consequence of the large admixture of earth, mud, or vegetable matter which had arisen from the disruption of the great island or continent Atlantis ! One idea was that the sea became too salt for navigation, and another that outside the ocean there was a vast region of shallows, and large quantities of sea-weed, while wild beasts inhabited this boggy region ! Similar ideas were current even down to the days of Columbus, who has the honor of not only first discovering a new world, but of pushing his way through the Saragossa Sea—that immense region of the ocean covered with sea-weed, growing so thick and adhering so firmly together that it requires a good breeze to drive a vessel through it! Lieut. Maury, in his highly interesting and instructive work, the Physical Geography of the Sea, thus describes the Sargasso Sea : "Midway the Atlantic, in the triangular MAT, 1858. space between the Azores, Canaries, and the Cape dc Verde Islands, is the Saragasso Sea. Covering an area equal in extent to the Mississippi Valley, it is so thickly matted over with Gulf weeds, (fucus natatis) that the speed of vessels through it is often much retarded. When the companions of Columbus saw it, they thought it marked the limits of navigation, and became alarmed. To the eye, at a little distance, it seems substantial enough to walk upon. Patches of the weed are always to be seen floating along the outer edge of the Gulf Stream. Now, if bits of cork, or chaff, or any floating substance, be put into a basin, and a circular motion be given to the water, all the light substances will be found crowding together near the center of the pool, where there is the least motion. Just such a basin is the Atlantic Ocean to the Gull Stream ; and the Sargasso Sea is the centre of the whirl. Columbus first found this weedy sea in his voyage of discovery ; there it has remained to this day, moving up and down, and changing its position like the calms of Cancer, according to the seasons, the storms and the winds. Exact observations ns to its limits and their range, extending back for fifty years, assure us that its mean position has not been altered since that time." It is by no means unreasonable to suppose that ancient navigators may have sailed outward bound until their vessel stuck fast! If so, the ancient ideas respecting the unknown regions of the Atlantic being made i:p of shallows and mud, may have been well ble energies in evangelizing the world, and in the meantime those remaining at home, doing all in their power to sustain those going abroad. There is no manner of doubt, if five hundred good and able ministers of the gospel were taken from England and Scotland, and one-half that number from America, and stationed in India and China, it would be a blessing to all those countries. We are not sure but a little wholesome persecution would have a good influence. Because P.iul made havoc of the church, "therefore they that were scattered abroad, went everywhere preaching the word."—Acts viii.4. Remote as our locality may be from London, Oxford, Edinburgh, New York, Boston, Andover and Princeton, we fancy we could make out a tolerably long list of noble, able, efficient and talented divines imd ministers, including a few theological professors and religious editors, whose removal to distant heathen lands would confer great blessings upon the people among whom they were sent, and we do imagine their absence would not .prove very injurious to the communities from which they should be removed. Aye, would not the transfer augment their usefulness, or, rather, would not the peace of Zion be increased ! Eminently talented men oftentimes waste their strength and destroy their usefulness by trying to show one another up. The amount founded. of wasted talent in tilt* Christian Church is The circumnavigation of Africa was a truly astonishing The Divine command is, favorite project of Alexander the Great, and Go," give," preach," " pray alhad he lived this might have been recorded "ways," " do good." " —" among other of his great achievements. Cyclones or Typhoons.—We would acknowledg A Thought. two pamphlets upon this subject, Macaulay, in some one of his essays, re- forwarded by Mr. J. T. Gulick, in the United marks that the Catholic Church manages acStates. From one of these pamphlets, we tive, talented, but restless spirits, much better copy the following paragraphs respecting our thanthe E'rotestant. If the Pope says "Go," konas, or southerly gales : off must start the fiery, active and enthusiasSandwich Islaiuls.—At the Sand" The tic disciple, and spend his days among the wich Islands, lat. 19° to 22° N„ long. 155° inhabitants of Paraguay, or the North Ame- to 160° W., the cycloneswhich occur are not rican Indians, the Chinese, or the Abyssin- commonly of great severity; although, the ians. In those remote regions, the active, native huts are sometimes unroofed or deor southerly wind, by energetic, perhaps erratic geniuses spend stroyed. The kona, wind during part of the year which the trade their lives, without disturbing the peace of is interrupted, may be referred, at least in the Holy Catholic Church. Not so among part, to those cyclones which find their cenProtestants. Those going abroad, go volun- ter path northward of the islands, or which tarily. The toils and trials of a missionary's complete their recurvation in that region. life present but few attractions to a heresy- The easterly gales, which accord nearly with the trade wind in their direction, indicate an hunting, sect-originating, trouble-fomenting, axis-path which lies southward of the islands. hair-splitting, wire-pullingand word-disputing The actunl presence, or influence of a cyclone young divine, who aims to make himself con- may commonly be determined by the indicaspicuous. In our musings upon the state of tive oscillations of the barometor. the theological and Protestant world, we The absence of intense violence, in any of have often thought what a blessing it would the cyclones which visit this group, may possibly be due to their geographical position. be for the peace, harmony and prosperity of But it is equally probable, that this qualified Christendom, if one-quarter, one-third, permay result from a diversion of the exemption haps even one-half, of all the ministers and course of the central vortex of the cyclone, theological professors should remove to re- occasioned by the great height and compact mote heathen lands, and spend their valua- form of Hawaii, the most southeastern of — — — �37 THE FRIEND, MAT, 1858. these islands. For the group lies in almost a direct line, which is parallel to the ordinary course of cylones in the lower latitudes ; being from the summit of Mauna Kea to the center of Kauai, N. 61 c west. A cyclonic vortex, if moving previously on this line, would be displaced by the eastern angle of Hawaii; which island has an area of nearly four thousand square miles, a portion of which rises tar tbora the upper horizon of the cyclones; and at two points reaches an elevation of nearly fourteen thousand feet. The protection, or partial diversion of course thus occasioned, must extend to the high but smaller islands which lie to the leeward in the same tr-ck." — An Discipline on Board a Man-of-War. A Dreadful Worm.—Who has not heard of the rattlesnake or copperhead ? An unex- officer of the U. S. frigate Congress, which pected sight of either of these reptiles will has just returned from a cruise of two and a make even the lords of creation recoil. But half years, during which she has sailed 25,there is a species of worm found in various -000 miles, writes to a New York paper: parts of this land, which conveys a poison of " The new mode of discipline, without a nature so deadly that when compared with flogging, is producing a rapid and decided it, the venom of the rattlesnake is harmless. change in the character of seamen, and in To guard our readers against this foe of hu- almost every particular tho change is of the man kind, is the object of the present com- most desirable nature. There is, perhaps, munication. This worm varies much in size. less promptness and energy in the movements It is Irequently an inch through; but as it is of some who formerly jumped to the ropes rarely seen except when coiled, its length can from fear of the ' cat,' and that class of reckhardly be conjectured. It is of a dull lead less, bold and dare-devil spirits who seem in color, and generally lives near a spring, or a their native element only when the storm was small stream of water, and bites the unfortu- highest and howled through the rigging with nate people who are in the habit of going most terrific violence, is to some extent passthere to drink. The brute creation it never ing away. But there is rising in its place a molests. They avoid it with the same in- sell-respect and intelligent manliness, a reliastinct that teaches the animals of Peru to ble fidelity, a sympathy with their fellow shun the deadly Cobra when it waylays their men, and a desire for their regard, which is pathway. The symptoms of its bite are ter- full of promise. Considering the grade of rible. The eyes of the patient become red society from which seamen ordinarily come, and fiery, his tongue is swollen to an im- and the motives which lead lie pIMt mnjormoderate size, and obstructs his utterance, | ity to seek the servi-e, it in surprising that and delirium of the most horrid character the improvement in their character should quickly follows. Sometimes in his madness have been as gn at as those most experienced he attempts the destruction of his dearest I declare it to be." friends. If the sufferer has a family, his weeping wife and helj less infants are not un- The Hawaiian in Boat "Aloha," in Account with J.S. Smithies. fivquently the objects of his frantic fury, i his senses are Such is the spell in which | Paid R. Gillilan.i's bill, £6 00 bound, that no sooner is he recovered from 16 75 C.istle & Cook*, " Sweeny, the paroxysm of insanity occasioned by one 22 87 " The Great Leviathan.—This great, aye, greatest of steamers, has finally been launched. She is 680 feet long, 83 feet broad, draws 16 feet 6 inches aft, and 14 feet 11 inches forward—has a tonnage of 22,000 —will be rigged and fitted for sea with all possible despatch, and in four or five months will probably sail for the United States, or Australia. We have not, as yet, heard of Honolulu being being mentioned as the port of her destination ! but if authentic report of this uatnre reaches us, our readers will be informed by the issue of an extra. She is designed to carry 800 first cla«s, 2000 second class, 1200 third class passengers. Total— bite, than he seeks out his destroyer to be J. M. Oat, 44 66 4,000 p<ssengers, besides a crew of 400!! bitten again. I have seen a good old father, " Johnson & Foster, 67 76 his locks as white as snow, his step slow and 9 00 D- C. Waterman, Things at Sebastopol.—An American, trembling, beg in vain of his only son to quit " To the Haw. Miss. Society on account of writing from Sebasiopol under da% of Nov. the lurking-place of the worm. My heart " 93 00 the hull, 30, says:—" If you please, just cast your bled when be turned away, for I knew the 29 Balance, eye around upon the magnificent ruins. Yon- hope so fondly cherished, that his so,i would 8260 23 der is the broken site of the once proud Mala- be to him the staff and support of his declinkoff*. encompassed by one vast graveyard, ing years, had supported him through many $76 12 where more than 200,000 poor fellows lie a sorrow. Youths of America, would you By oash from Behel 3. School, 119 86 from Fort street S. School, beyond the reach of human misery. Pass know the name of this reptile ? It is the " from Meth. E. Ch. S. School, 83 76 down into that deep valley, which, during worm of the still.—John Russell. " Hawaii and Lahaina, Maui, from the war, was called the Valley of Death. " Kauai, 21 00 Ascend the next hill, and you are in the KeDo Not Condemn Hastily.—Be patient dan, where 14,000 dead bodies lay the morn- with erring brethren ; for God is very patient $250 28 ing after the battle. I think I have never with you, and it is your duty to imitate your By balance brought down, 29 for afforded a richer scene seen a place that in heaven as much as possible. For Father made photographic views than the ruined city of one or two acts which may be proved to The following liberal allowances have been of the bills :—Johnson & Foater, $7 76; J. Sebastopol presents." be wrong, do not condemn and cast out for- on some $12 18, to ever a brother beloved. You may not un- M. Oat, $2 50; Sweeny, $1 87—total. Nearly one hundred years ago, Voltaire derstand the whole case; and if you were credit of M. E. S. S. resided at Geneva. One day he said to faithfully and prayerfully to visit that brother, There is still a balance of $34 owing to the Haw. some friends, in a boastful, sneering tone, and labor with him, as Christ labored with I Missionary Society, on account of the boat. J. S. Smithies, E. and U. E. ".Before the beginning of the nineteenth cen- you, he might be saved. We cannot always Treasurer. tury, Christianity will have disappeared from see into the heart, and your judgments would, Honolulu, April 28, 1858. the earth." In that same house, in that perhaps, be condemned as often as approved same room where these impious words were by our Savior. Instead of casting stones at Donations for Sailors’ Home. spoken, there is to-day a large deposit of Bi- an individual, we would often, if we knew bles ! The sacred books fill the house from and felt as Jesus does, sympathizingly say to 'rom Mr. Rice, Lihue, Kauai, • • 926 00 the floor to the ceiling ! So much for Vol- the erring "Go and sin no more." We are 'rom Rev. E. Bond, Kohala, Hawaii, 10 00 taire's prediction! not called upon to exercise judgment so much 'rom Captain Willis, of the Rambler, towards as mercy and love. furnishing Room in Sailors' Home, to be It is stated that two more volumes of called New Bedford," (in : : - - - - .... ..... " .... ..... - -.... ... - Lord Macaulay's " History of England," bringing the work down to thereign of Queen Anne, will soon be completed and published. It is probable that the voluminous author, in attempting to bring his history to a period within "the memory of men now living," will never be able to afford to the present Queen of England the pleasure of seeing her portrait, drawn as the first historical painter in England could draw it. " part.) The Freeman’s Journal anounces that For the Friend." the Pope has granted indulgences to the army i Flaskett, jiptain United States eat to and navy officers of the 'aptain Austin, meat during the approaching season of Lent. lev. E. Bond, his holimust be much to obliged They very ness for this most gracious permission. For Chapel. " . - - - .... Captain Pierce, of the Emerald, Captains can obtain bound volumes of Captain Plaskett, the Friend at Dr. Hoffmann's drug store. Captain Austin, 40 00 $4 00 6 00 10 00 1: �THE FRIEND, 38 MAY. 1858. principal part of the dress of the women; it consists of a piece of cloth about one yard broad and three in length, wrapped several CHAPTER X. times around the waist, with the end tucked (Continued.) in below, and reaching to the calf of the leg; Smoking tobacco is another luxury of in cold weather, they throw another piece of which the natives are very fond. The plant cloth, like a plaid, over their shoulders. grows in abundance upon the islands, and Bound the neck they often wear wreaths of they use it in a green state. In their tobacco the leaves of a fragrant plant called miri, repipes they display their usual tasteand inge- sembling those of the vine. nuity. The tube is made of a hollow stem An ivory ornament, called palava, is very of a kind of vine, fixed to an iron bowl, which generally worn, suspended by a hair neckis inserted into hard wood. The stem is lace, neatly plaited into small cords. The covered with rings of ivory and turtle-shell hole through which it is passed is large placed alternately, the whole being kept enough to admit the thumb, and the plaits firmly together at the top by an ivory mouth- are so numerous as to fill it entirely. piece. The hair is combed back in front, and The women are subject to many restric- plastered over with a kind of lime made from tions from which the men are exempted. burnt shells. This practice bleaches that on They are not allowed to attend the morai the forehead nearly white. upon taboo days, nor at these times are they Their heads are adorned with wreaths of permitted to go out in a canoe. They are flowers taken from the stock, and strung never permitted to eat with the men, except on the stem of a small creeping plant. They when at sea, and then not out of the same prefer purple, yellow and white, and arrange dish. Articles of delicacy, such as pork, tur- them alternately, three or four inches ofeach tle, shark, cocoanuts, bananas or plantains, color. This is twined several times round are also forbidden. Dog's flesh and fish the head, and has a very elegant appearance. were the only kinds of animal food lawful for They are at great pains in ornamenting themthem to eat; but since the introduction of selves, for which purpose every female is prosheep and goats, which are not tabooed, the vided with a small mirror. All ranks pay ladies have less reason to complain. the utmost attention to personal cleanliness. Notwithstanding the rigor with which The dress of the men consists merely of a these ceremonies are generally observed, the small girdle, made of taper, called the maro. women very seldom scruple to break them, Upon great occasions, the chiefs wear elewhen it can be done in secret; they often gant cloaks and helmets of red and yellow swim off to ships at night during the taboo ; feathers. and I have known them eat of the forbidden The cloth called taper is entirely manudelicacies of pork and shark's flesh. What factured by women, and is made from the would be the consequence of a discovery I bark of a tree, which is first steeped in know not; but I once saw the queen trans- water, and then beat out with a piece of gressing in this respect, and was strictly en- wood, grooved or furrowed like a crimping joined to secresy, as she said it was as much machine. The bark is laid upon another as her life was worth. piece of wood, grooved like the former. As Their ideas of marriage are very loose ; these two instruments are at right angles either party may quit the other when they daring the operation, the marks in the cloth tire or disagree. The lower classes in gen- are crossed like warp and woof. eral content themselves with one wife; but It is colored with the juice of berries, laid they are by no means confined to that num- on with a piece of turtle-shell, shaped like a ber, and the chiefs have frequently several. knife, or with a brush, formed by chewing Tamaahmaah had two, besides a very hand- the end of a slip of bamboo. In this manner some girl, the daughter of a chief educating it is tinged brown, green, blue, and black; to for him. One elderly chief, Coweeooranee, produce a yellow, the cloth is dipped in a dye had no fewer than fifteen. They are very prepared by boiling the cone of a tree in wajealous of any improper connection between ter. They often paint a variety of patterns, natives and their wives; but the case is in which they display great taste and fancy. widely different with respect to their visitors, This cloth, from its texture, is, when wetwhere connection of that kind is reckoned ted, extremely apt to get damaged, in which the surest proof of friendship, and they are state it tears like moist paper; great care, always anxious to strengthen it by that tie. therefore, is always taken to keep it dry, or The virtue of the king's wives is, however, to have it carefully dried when it is wetted. most scrupulously guarded; each of them When they swim off to ships, they hold their having a male and female attendant, whose clothes out of the water in one hand, occaduty it is to watch them on all occasions; sionally changing it as it becomes fatigued. should it be discovered thatany of the queens The mats with which the floors of the have been unfaithful, these attendants are houses are covered, are also manufactured by punished with death, unless they have given the women. They are made of rushes, or a the first intimation. kind of broad-leaved grass, split at the stem, Immediately after child-birth, women are and are worked in a variety of patterns. obliged to retire to the woods, where they The natives are most dexterous fishers, remain ten days, and must not be seen by and their implements are constructed with the men. The queen, who had a daughter much ingenuity. The hooks are sometimes whilst I was there, had a house for the pur- made of mother-of-pearl and tortoise-shell, pose of retirement; but in general they have but those procurrd from ships are coining no other shelter but what the woods afford. into more general use. They also retire in the same manner three Their nets and lines are spun from the days in every month. fibre of a broad-leaved plant called ourana, A simple garment, eallM pow, forms the similar in appearance to sedjre or flags it is CAMPBELL’S RESIDENCE ON OAHU, 1809-1810. : pulled green, and the outside stripped off with a tortoise-shell knife, after which it is st'eped in water; the fibres are separated by the nail, and spun into lines by rolling them between the hand and the thigh. The lines have sometimes two strands, and sometimes three, and are much stronger than those of hemp. They drag these lines after their canoes, and in this manner take bonettas, dolphins and albicores. For the hooks of their own manufacture bait is not required, the mother-of-pearl shank serving the same end. When wire hooks are used, they wrap a piece of white cloth round them. The nets in which they take the flyingfish are made of twine of the same material. They are about a hundred yards in length, by three or four yards in breadth, and havo a large bag in the center, They are set like herring-nets, with the upper edge floated by buoys of light wood, whilst the lower edge is kept under water by weights of lead or iron. In order to prevent the fish from flying over, branches of trees are laid all along the head-line. When properly extended, a canoe at each end of the net gradually advances, forming it into a circle, into which the fish are driven by,a number of canoes, who fill up the open side, and beat the surface violently wiih branches. When the canoes at each end of the net meet, they gradually take it in, contracting the circle till the fish are forced into the bag in the center. In this manner prodigious numbers are taken. I have known them return after a day's fishing, with ten or twelve canoes deeply loaded. Sometimes the net is so full they cannot take it on board, and are obliged to drag it after them to the shore. They have a singular method of catching fish by poison. This is done by means of an herb like heath, stripped of its bark and bruised; with this they dive to the bottom, and place it beneath the stones, where the fish lie. The poison is so powerful, that in a short time they sicken and come up to the surface. When taken they are instantly gutted, in order that the poison in their stomach may not affect the quality of the fish. The occupiers or proprietors of land are entitled to the privilege of fishing upon their own shores as far as the tallest man in the island can wade at low water, and they may exercise that right at all seasons ; but beyond that the sea is tabooed, except at two periods in the year of six weeks each, during which unlimited fishing is allowed ; at these times it is the general employment of the natives, and they cure enough to serve them through the tabooed season. In every article of their manufacture these islanders display an extraordinary degree of and ingenuity, considering the simplicity of the tools with which they work. The tool in most general use is a kind of tomahawk, or adze, called toe; it was formerly made of hard polished ston», but is now universally made of iron. To form it, they lash a thin plate of iron, from one to four inches broad, and five or six long, to a branch which has a piece of the stem atttched to it. Plane irons are much in request for this purpose; but the toe is frequently made of an old hoop. This, with a piece of coral for a file, is almost the only tool used in the construction neatness �THE IRILMI. MAI, oftheirbouses.canoesand implements of wood. The circular wooden dishes, containing from half a pint to five or six gallons, are formed with these simple tools, and are as neatly made as if they had been turned in a lathe. It is astonishing how soon they acquire the useful arts from their visitors. Many of the natives are employed as carpenters, coopers, blacksmiths and tailors, and do their work as perfectly as Europeans. [To be continued.] MARINE JOURNAL. PORT OF HONOLULU, S.I. (From the Marine report of the P. C. Jdvtrtiaer.j ARRIVALS. Mar. 25—Am wh eh Phienix, llinklcy, fm Lahaina, off and on. 25—Am wh shl i Tahmaroo, Robinson, from Lahaina, off and ou. 25—Am wh sh James Mnury, Curry, fm New Zealand. 2*5—11 iw brig Viccnria, Rah, from Californiacoast. Jd—liau brig Mathille, Claaaam, 20 days fin Maaatlaa, 2d—Am wh brie; Agate, Ciunstock, from Margarita Bay. 26—Am wh sh Mary Fraalar, Rounds, off and ou. 26—Am wh sh WIDUn I*ll, Austin, from home. 27—Am wh hark Cavalier, II atroa, fm Tahiti,off and on. 2i-Am wh ship Eric, J< ruegan, *ni Lahaina, off and on. 28—Am wh an Roman, DtvoU, fa Ililo. 2J—Am wh sh Florida, FUh, fm llilo 2J—Am wh ahlp Fabiua. Smith, last from Talcahuano. 2J—Am wh loin Oabtt, Fellier. f u California coast. 29—Am wl, an Caaroline, Puntiss, from home. 30—Am wh hark Black Bafti*, ttwarda, fm lahaina. 30—Am wh hark Haltie, lin.nson, fm Lahaina. 50—Am wh ahlp William k Henry, Grinnell, fm Lahaina. 30— \in wli *h William W in, fjlbofn, fm New Zealand. 31—Am wh sh Raruawble, Fisher, fin Ililo. 31—Am ail sli Chandler Price. IMcumb, lying off and on. 31—Am h.irk What-CoMT, Maker, 60 .lays fm Melbourne. April I—Am wh sh Maroia, llillinjs. fm Lahaina. 2—Am wh sh Brighton, Tucker, off and on. 2—Am wh sh John Walla, Woodbridge, off and on. 2—Am wh sh Humbler. Willi", off ami on. 4—Am .vh lh Adeline GlbbS, Withington, off and on. 4 —Am wli bk bailie, Bftmana, off and on fm Lahaina. 4—Am wh sh Chris Mitchell. Manchester, Inside. Jones, off and on. 4—Am wh sh George & 6—Am wh bk Delaware. Ken.vorthy, Inside. 6—Fr wh sh Nil, Qrannaalgat, fin Tahiti. «—Am wh bk Black Warrior, tfrown, fm Margarita Bay, TOO brls wh. 7—Am ship Maria Theresa, Coop, from Ililo, off and on. 7—Am wh sh Draper, Sandford, from Ililo. off and on. S—Am wh sh Maria Theresa, Coop, fin Ililo, off and on. B—Sch J. 1). Carr, Coit. 21 days from St. Bartholomews Bay. 9—Am wh bark Java, Lawrence, fm Laliaiini. off and on. 9 Am wh bark Droato, Cote, from Lahaina, off and on. S—Am wh sh llibcruia, Andrews, from Lahaina, off and on. 10—Amwh ship Omega, Whalon. fm Lahaina, off and on. 10—Am wh ship Oregon, Tohey, from Lahaina, off and on. 11—Am wh ah Bright in. Tucker, offand on. 11—Am wh sh Geo. Washington, Brlghtinan, off and on. 11—Am wh sh Ocean Wave, Baker, 10 mouths out, 180 sp. 1400 wh. 18—Am wh sh Levi Starbnck, Jerncgan, off and on. 18—Am wh bk Black Kagle, Fisher, from sea, leaking. 18—Am wh bk Favorite, Smith, offand on. 18—Am wh ship Ohio, Bennett, off and on. 19—Am wh sh R-iK.-cca Simms. Hawes, offand on. 20— Am merch bk Yankee, Smith, 13 days fm 8 Francisco. 20—Am seh L P Foster, Moore. 28 days fm Puget Sound. 21—Am wh bk Ripple,, Cha Iwick, off and on. 21 Sch Excel, Antonio, fm Kauat. 21 Am wh sh IVm Thom|i«on, Childs, off and on. 103 days fm 26—Am clipiier brigantioe Josephine, New York. , DEPARTURES. for Ochotsk. alar. 35 Turku, Soderblom, for Ochotsk. Fanning'! Island. for 25—Advance, Milne, ich Sophia, Homer, for Hakodadl. 26 for Kodlack and Arctic 2D—Sarah Sheaf, Loner, 28 BenJ Tucker, Barber, for Ochotlk. 26—Phrauix, Hind.v, for Ochotsk. 26— N. S. Perkins, Klblen, for Arctic. 28 Jireh Perry, Cannon, for Arctic. 28 Japan. Piman, fir Ochotak. Lester, for Ochotlk. 28—John t Ellsalwth, 28 |„ho W-.lls, Woodbrilge, for Ochotsk. 27—Fanny MaJ ir, Paty, fir San Francisco. 27—Arnolda, Sarvent, for Ochotsk. 27—BenJ Morgan. Sisson, for Ochotsk. 27—Electra. Brown, for Ochotsk. 27 Vigilant, McCleave, for Ochotlk. 28—.lames Maury, Curry, for Ochotsk. 18—Tybee, Freeman, for the Northward. 29—Fahlus Smith, for the North. 29—Mary Frailer, Bounds, for the Northward. 23—Nlmrod, Howes, for the Northward. 29—Speedwell, Glbta, for the Ochotsk. 23—Tahraaroo, Robinson, for the North. 29—Splendid, Pieraon, for theOchotsk. 81—Polar Star, Weeks, for the Ochotak. 24—Amazon, F.ldridge, April 2—Brighton, Tucker, for Ochotsk. 2—America, lir> ant, for the northward. 2—lLrcuh-s, Athearn, fur tin- northward. 2—Jul)ii lhiulup, Dudoit, for Hawaii via Lahaina. a—KarimUlih-, FVher, for the Ochotsk. 3—Muivia, BUUnga, for Kodtaofc. a—Win <\ Henry, Grinnell, Arctic Ocean. 3—Am bark WhsU-Cbswr. Hater, for Ltea Franciaoo. 4—Rambler, \\ illiit, kff Kodiack and Arctic. 4—Fortune, Anderson, fur northward. s—liehj Morgan, Mm, i»r LfirHMfc' 6—Kmtraltl, I'ierce, for the northward. 6—Thos ffFlliri". I'luskHt, for Och U=k. 6—Warrtn, Huntley, fur uorthwanl. o—Adeline Gibbs, Withiiib'ton, furKodiack. «i Britf Lin ma, Bennett, tor Portland, O. T. fl Brij; Muthilde, Cluuitsen, for Horn; Kong. I—Baltic,1—Baltic, Brouson, fur thenorthward. 7—Chris Mitchell, Manchester, fur thenorthward. i>—Pniper, Saudfurd. fur Kodiack. ft—Droino, Cole, for Ochotsk. 6—Hiberuia, Andrews, for Ochotsk. 0—Maria Theresa, Coup, for the Northward. 9— Java, Lawrence, for the Northward. 9—William Wirt, Osbo M, fur Arctic. B—Christopher Mitchell, Manch-ster, forth* Arctic. Brouson, for the North. * Battle, Metro|mlis, CouMotk. for Kodiack and Arctic. 10— 10—Florida, Fish, for Kodiack. 10—Goethe, Austin, fur Kodiack. 10—Waiulua, Lass, fur the North. 10—Omejra, Whalun, fur the North. 10—Thomashiekason, Plaskett. forOchotlk. 30—Oregon, Toi-ey, for Ochotsk. 10—Black tafia, Fisher, for New London. ]U—Columbus, Edwards, for the North. 12—William Tell. Austin, for the North. 12— Hiitfhton, Tucker, tur Kodiack and Arctic. 12—Geo. Washington, Brightman, f»rKodiack and Arctic !*�_Delaware, Keuwurthy, for the northward. 16—-Napoleon 111, JVurell, lot Ochotsk. 16—Ocean Wave, Maker, iur the northward. 17—LouUn. Ilathewiiy, for Ochotsk. I»—Brig Ajrute, Law tun, fur the Arctic. Itf—Levi Starbuck, JwruaglD, Ochotsk. 19—-Favorite, Smith, for the uorthwanl. Id—Ohio, Bennett, fur thfl northward. 2ti—Hebecca Simms, llawen, f«,r the northwanl. 21—Sch K. L. From, Spencer, Ochotsk. —— MEMORANDA. SHIPMENTS PER ■ POLYNESIA," TOR NEW BEDFORD. \ Ships. Thomas Oickaaon Columbus Caravan Cincinnati Carolina Contest .lireh Perry Sharon Winslow Wolga General Pike Arnolda Polar Star Iris Japan Speedwell Addison Gallons wh. Galls sp. 28,350 12,600 60.849 19,038 15,860 37,486 3,493 5,459 Lbs lione. 13,600 6,000 4,059 2,681 2,732 17,648 7,216 2,666 7,599 2,783 CIS 5.019 6.844 1,076 612 - 1,382 At Wytetsack in 1837. Report ofbark Massachusetts. Capt. Dan. B. Greene Oct. 13—Enterprise. Brown, of Nun, 34 mos out, 2700 brlt oil. 17—Schr Unknown, Watson, from Sydney. Nor 3—J D Thompson, Waterman, 2S mos out, 2550 brls oil. 1700 do 18—Onward,Norton, of N II, 27 do 18—Navigator, Fisher, of Edg, 37 do 1960 do 18—Gay Head, Lowen, of s b, 27 do 2900 do 22—Cleone, Simmons, of s b, 2900 do 27 do Nov 22—Caroline, Gifford, of a b, 18 do 650 do Dec. 10—Congress2.1, Stranburg, 26 do 2800 do Olympta, Ryan, of H B. 28 do 800 do Jin) Howland, T;iy lor, of s a, 36 do 1800 do 26 do 2200 do Baltic, Bronson, of N b, 40 do 1900 do Jeannette, fierce,nfsi, 2800 do 40 do 11—Janus,Winslow, of ■ b, 13—JosephMelggs, Coffin, ofMB, 36 do 2100 do Cspt. Kenworthy, of bk. Delaware,reports 39 1858 i Having touched at theWesternand Cape dc Verde Inlands, he directed hiscourse for Tristand*Acunha, hut met with very heavy weather,and head winds, which prevented. On 231 September, Edward Fox, Sea. man, native of County Cavati, Ireland, fell from the main topsail yard, and was instantly killed. November 17th, touched at the Island of Amsterdam- Spoke British ship Induttri/ of Glasgow, bound to Melbourne, all well. November 30th, Lat. 42° 46 S. Long. 120°29 E., aaw ship Erie of Fafrhavon, take two right whales—did not speak her. December 17th, arrived on New Zealand ground, and saw the first right whale—until the 10th January had very fair success, taking 4 whales. It then came ou to blow, and continued to do so with such violence until the 20th January, that it was impossible to start the casks of oil on deck, in order to stow the oil down. On the 3rd February, near Chatham Island, saw 2 large sperm whales. Got one. Had boisterous weather saving It. On the7th whilst boiling,raised a school of sperm whales. Lowered for them, when the first and third officers struck. Thewhales ran In contrary directions to each other. In a short time the first officer's whale took his line, and got away. In the mean time had lost sight of the third officer's boat. Kept away for where he was last eten.hut the win 1 being very light, sent away a boat to search for the missing one. About dark returned with three seamen, survivorsof the crew of the boat, which had been stove and capsized by thewhale, when Mr. Oliver Ryera, third officer, of Btaten Island, N. Y ; Manual Ignacio dc Dioa. boaUteerer, of Flores, Western Islands, and Thomas Hodgson, teamen, of Patterson, N. J., were drowned. The boat was totally loat. Had previously, whilst scudding In a heavy gale, lost (be starboard boat off the upper cranes. February Bth and Wth, it Chatham and Pitt's Island. March 4th, touched at Maud of T"uboU;ii, and 6th at Ahetiroa, and obtained vegetables Ac. March Sth, passed Tahiti, after which hud a succession, of northwest winds, and calms, uut.il March 28th. In Talcahtano, Feb. 6, 1868 :—Barks MawarhusetU, Gratitude,Louisa, Hope, Gifford \ ship Tamerlane, Wiuslow, took 600 brls whale oil on passage from Honolulu ; ship George Howland, Pomeruy ; ships Charles Carroll, and Valparaiso, Tiltoo, 600 brls sp. I'. 8. steam frigate ill erritnac, from Rio, bound to Valparaiso and dowu the Coast. The sperm whale fleet Is Ist* this year, and 'tis said by theresidents to be unusually hard times, and dull. PASSENGERS. From Ska—per Frances Palmer, Jl/arch 25—A M Qoddtrd Mrs Green (captain's lady) and 3 children. For San Francisco—per Fanny Major, March 27—Miss Sarah F Beecher, Mrs 8 P Ford Mr and JWrs Weston, ,ljrs Eder, Master Weston, Danl Foster, J II Wood, E I* Adams, D C Waterman, J B Joseph, Ge« E Beckwith, Cant 8 Q Moore, Mi P-n-nett, Cant C Griff.'*, Mover, T M .lonian, W B Knight, T A, Dowell, F N Mitchell, W Naylor, J McColpan, E T ll.nck.ey, 0 Aberhardt. For New Bedford—per Polynesia, April I—L1 —L n Author., ady an-t 3 children, and servant, W P Avis, Mrs 0 X Wood at.d 2 children. For San Francisco—per What-Cheer, Apr 3—ll M Whitney, Wm Owen, 3 .Yores. From San Francisco—per Yankee, April 20—0 M Spencer and lady, Capt E W Turner, Capt John W Brown and son. Benj Brown, James Currle, N W Blrdell, R II Stanley, J 1 Chapman, Albert I'oor, Ayert,T A Cartwrijrht. For Portland, 0. T.—|>er Emma, April 6—E A Bums, 8 L Booth, II Brackman, W Besse, Samuel Mitchell, II Klattonhoop, J Roundtree, 8 C Kinney, W Brown, W Smith, H 0 0 Robinson, Mrs Immel and daughter. PORT OF LAHAINA. ARRIVALS. Mar. 25—America, Bryant, from Juan Fernando*. 180 ip. 25—Marcia, Billings, from Talcahuano, 30 sp 2.")—William k Henry, GriiioeU, I'm Tahiti, 350 wh, 3000 bone. 26—Bark Caroline. Pontiss, from Tiihiti. 70 wh, 000 booe. 27—Java, Lawn-ure, from raft*, -60 sp. 29—Baltic, Brunson, from Marquesas, 40 sp, 160 wh, 800 bone. 29—Gay IItad, Lowen, from Marquesas, 75 wh, 400 bone. 31_Promo, May. from Tombei, 150 sp, 100 voyafe. April 1—Herculea, Atheron, 50 *p. 2—Bark Dromo. Cole, clean. 2—George k Susan, Jones, from Talcahuano, 140 ip. 3—Ilibvrnia, Booker, clean. 6—Geo. Washington, Brightnmn, 70 sp. 9—Am wh ah Levi Starbuck, Jernecan, 300 ip. Am wh sh Ohio, Barrett, 80 sp, 45 wh. 14—Amwh bk Louisa, Huthuwny.lOO sp. 16—Frwh sh Gen Teste, Beregaux, no report. DEPARTURES. Mar. 25—Three Brothers, Cleveland, for OcbcUk. 26—Speedwell Gibbs, to cruise North. 26—Architect, Fish, for Ochotsk. 26—Nirarod, Howes, for the North. 26—Vigilant, McCleave, for Ochotsk. 26—Krie, Jernegan, for Kodiack. 27—Caroline, Pontiss, for Honolulu. 29—Mary, Jenka. for Kodiack. 29—lilac \ Kagle, Edwards, for Honolulu. 29—Omega, Sanborn, to cruise. 29—Qay Head, Lowen, to cruise. 29—Marcia, Billings, for Kodiack. 29—Gay Head, Lowen, to cruise. 31—Brighton, Tucker, for Ochotsk. 31—America, Bryant, tocruiae. April 1—Christopher Mitchell, Manchester, to cruise. 1—Hercules. Atherton, forKodiaok. 2—Ship Dn.mo, May, for Kodiack. 2—George & Susan, Jones, to cruiM. 4—Baltic, Bronson, for Honolulu. 7_java. Lawrence, to cruise. S—Bark Dromo, Cole, for Ochotsk. 8—Hibernia, Andrews, for Ochotsk. 10—George Washington, Kodlak. 17—Ohio,Barrett, for the North. Levi Starbuck, Jernegan,for the North. 14—Louisa, Hathaway, Ochotsk Sea. MARRIED At Ililo, March 16, by Rev. T. Coan, Mr. C. E. KltHiausoa, to Miss Aiuna. daughts r of Hapai. all of Ililo, Hawaii. At Platuburgh,February 17, by Rev. E. B. Chamberlain,Mr. F. B. BLiNToa, of Karniviiie, Va., to Mlas Euzi 0. Dull, daughter of the late Rev. John Diell, Seamen'! Chaplain at Honolulu, S. I. DIED. In Honolulu, March 2ft, of disease of the heart, Captain Jlata M. Eldesto«, a native of England, and a Captain la the Hawaiian ArtiU'Ty. In thii ety, April 7, very suddenly Mr. Oioaoa Faiii, a native of Ireland, .bout 36 years ol age. Mr. Kren was for the past thirteen yean a respected resident of Honolulu,and leavea a widow and four children to mourn hi! lon. 63 yeara. In Pawtucket, E. 1., U. 8., Eev. Ear Poms, aged At Newton Quarries, England, Jan. 10, Mr. Joaa Maxir,lata a resident of Honolulu. �TMK F X 11N D. MAY. 40 1858. ADVERTISEMENTS. A DVERTISEMENTS. Freeman A Co's \OTIC i: TO MilAIM TI EH. ■ ACf & LA W, TREASURE, FREIGHT, PACKAGEi: LETTER BXFRBSS, On the sth and 20th of each Month, A tj-^-_ ooxgatTiau in TO ALL PARTS OF THE frilled Slate S.tmh America, <'iiiin«lun mid Eu*oih*. axNaw voaa with mi —aaUlaWi IN— WHALEMEN'S SUPPLIES AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE, f rimruihni , Hnwnii. CONSTANTLY ON HAND a good supply ADVERTISEMENTS. H. W. FIELD, MERCHANT, HONOLULU, OAHU, H. I. Br Prrmiuion, hr Ri'lYr. la C. W. Cartwright, President of Manufacturers' Insuranco Company, Boston; 11. A. Pierce, Boston; Thayer, Rice >v. Co., Boston: Edward Mott Robinson, New Bedford; John W. Barrett & Sons, Nantucket; Perkins & Smith, New London. B. F. Snow. Honolulu. COMMISSION of Hawuiian beef, potatoes, hogs, sheep and numerous other artiels required by whalemen. The DUST, COIN AND ill 1.1.10N FORwarded and insured on Open Policies, held Ironi the beat above articles can be furnished at the shortest luauraoce Companies in New York and Isaasaaa. notice and on the most reasonable terms in exchange Packages, Parcel, and Letters forwanled Semi-monthly, via for bills on the United States or Brian on any mer- SAM'L N. C'ASTI.E. Panama and Nicaragua, In charge of AMOS 8. LO6KK aaaaavasjafl. A Special Express is made up by us for Panama, Callao, Lima, chant at the Islands. No charge made on interCASTLE & COOKE, Valpnriiiso, and all the principal ports of the west coast of South island exchange. Aiu-r.cu. which is promptly funvar.led by the Eiiglilh Steamers Beef packed to order and warranted to keep in any IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE AND RErAIL kavlng Panama on the 14tli and 2ath of each month. 8-tC DEALERS IN ty Collection! made, and ull orders pertaining to a legitimate climate. HHKa. COMPANY To KiaoPK. GOLD Forwarding and Express business, utteuded to with dispatch. .... Principal oin.i.. A. P. EVERKTT, 12-1 Montgomery 93-tf street, San Francisco. To the Owner., anil I'ersuiis inn renlecl in or tuk Panama RiiL-Rfin Company, \ Nicw Vouk, July 'JO. ls&7. f The Panama Rai.-I.nail Comuur/ Liken this method j»-v«tbo*v of infonninif interested in (he Mlmlnn; boatA of tin; ailvaiitaj'i-rt oHVrwl by the llailruiii. mmm "ess, •(,,. istlimu* ut Puiifinm, tor the shipment of n * Oil from tin: Richie to the I'nited Suites, un<l for Bending outfit* and supplies from thsj I'nited iSuir* t" l'.n:ini;i. The Railruiid bM been in rasjtjjar and successful operation for more than two years, mid iti capacity for tl.e trans) mrtuiion of •very description of iueluiliiijr Oil, I'rovisions, &C, has been fully tcHteil. The attention oft event) Captains of whaleships ha* reeentlv been ttirned toUsjmbjuct 1* ihlppiag their oil from I'ananm so New York during the pnsent season, and the I'annma Kail-U>til Company has made arrangements to .iff. ml every facility which in iy be rr.|«irf«l for the accomplishment of this Important ohjaet A Pier, .50fect lout;, has been built in the bay of I'-inaina, to the end of which Freight Cars arerun to repelf OargosM fron lighten or vessels lying alongside, and deliver tin* same alongside of vessels at Asplnw.dl. Vessels of from 200 to «JOO buis caii lie at the Pier with safety, unainditirf in the mud at low water. The veasels to and from Aspinwall are fast-sailing brip*. belonnlnjr to the Rail-Koad Company, and the Company is propared to receive oi) at Panama and deliver it in New York, uii.lt through Bill* of (.iirliuif at Hie rate of seven cents per wtllon, if rec-ived at tie- i'i-r, and eight cents per gallon IT received in the hart tor from ship's tackles, charging for the capacity of the casks, without allowing for wantage. For whalebone, one and one-half cents per pound. This charge covers every expense from Panama to New York, in case the »il Is sent through the Superintendent or Commercial Agent of the Panama Kail-Road Company, iiifmrance excepteil. The freights may be made payable ou the Isthmus or In New York at the option ofthe shipiier. The vessels of the Company sail regularly semi-monthly, and the average passages to and from Aiplnwall are about twenty to twenty-five days. The time MtmaM in crossing the Inhmus is four hours. Oil, during its transit across the Isthmus, will l»e covered with canvas, or conveyed in covered cars, and owners may b»* assured thatevery care will Lw taken to prevent leskage. Several cargms have already been conveyed to New York without the slightest loss. Oil or other iroods consigned f<>r tran*[mrtation to the Superintendent ofthe PanamaRati-Road Company, or to \V i 11in in Xrloon* Commercial Agent of the Company at Panama, will bo received and forwarded with the greatest despatch. XT Frederic L. Hanks has been appointed Agent at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands,aud is prepared to furnishevery requisite information to shippers. JOS. F. JOY, Secretary Frederic 1.. Hanks, Agent Panama R. R-. Co.. Honolulu 8.1. M-12m Orricr, ** A. P. EVERETT, COMMISSION MERCHANT, Oorser of Queen and Nuuanu streets, Honolulu, H. I. " * - BIBLE,BOOK AM) TRACT DEPOSITORY, GENERAL MERCHANDISE, SAILOE'B HOME, HONOLULU. Honolulu. "11IBLKS, B K)KB AND TRACTS, in the English, Whaleships in the Pacific Ocean. REFKKKNCKS. Meosrs. SiMraow & Tapran, E. i>. BaU.HAM Co., n BCTLER, KUTB fc HILL, Honolulu, July 1,1867. j Boston. -" *- 63-tf av-OTirK IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE IN annual meeting; of the Hawaiian Missionary Society will be held on Tuesday, the2&th day of May. Due notice will be ,Iran of the place and hour of meotlni. Br order of Director!: K. W. CIARKIC, Recording Secy. 86-lt READING-ROOM, LIBRARY AND DEPOSITORY. riEAMEN AND OTHERS, WISHING to obtain books from the Sailors' Home Library, will please apply to the Bethel Sexton, who will have oharge of the Depository and Reading Room until May Ist. 5-tf farther notice. Per order. At the old stand, corner of King and School streets, near the large Stone Church. Also, at the Store ) French, Portuguese. German, Welsh, Swed- formerly occupied by C. H. Nicholson, in King street, ish and Spanish languages. These books are altered opposite the Seamen's Chapel. j5jT Agents for Jayne's Medicines. for sale, at ri.st prices, by the Hawaiian Bible and Tract Societies, but furnished B. PITMAN, GRATUITOUSLY TO SEAMEN. DKAI.IP. IX Also, Orl'n-e of 7V Frititd, hound volumes for gale. .Subscriptions rMeivtaL GENERAL MERCHANDISE, AND N. B.—Seamen belonging to vessels lying "off HAWAIIAN PRODUCB, and on," will bi supplied with hooks and papers, bj BYRON'S BAY, IIII.H, HAWAII, S. I. calling at the Depository, from lli to 3 o'clock P. M. All Stores require 1 by whale ships and others, 8. G DAMON, supplied on reasonable terms, and at the shortest Seamen's Chaplain. notice. WANTED—Exchange on the United States and Oct. '1, lb.">4. Europe. I DR. J. .MOTT SMITH, DENTIST. OFFICE, CORNER OF FORT AND lIOTF.L STREETS X HONOLULU, 11. I. OILMAN taßaaeelaaesMaaee* MANAGER. THRUM, MRS. _jsjsf»tflt«la. Ai CO, Ship Chandlers and General Agents, LAHAINA, MAUI, S. I. Ships supplied with Recruits. Storage and Money. S. P. FORD, M. D., AcHOUSE IS NOW OPEN FOR THE PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Lodging THE commodation of Seamen. Board and Office Queen street, near Market. terms. !>eawill be furnisned on the most reasonable will lw spared no efforts C. H. WETMORE, -men may rest assured that to furnish them a comfortable home during their stay PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, or the week by in port. Boarders accommodated lIILO, HAWAII, S. I. single meals. Chests carefully replenished. B.—Medicine is a Shipping N. Sailors' Home with the In connection Office, where applications from Captains requiring G. P. JUDD, M. D., Seamen will be punctually attended to. S5 00 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Board and Lodging for Seamen, per week, HONOLULU, OAHU, S. I. *b w Private Table, for Officers, per week, Office, corner of Fort and Merchant streets. Office *y Apply for Board at the office, in the diningopen from '.' A. M. to 4 P. M. , , room. 6-" Honolulu, May, 1857. NAVIGATION TAirGHT. "VTAVIGATION, in all its brandies, taught by the STORE. HARDWARE Subscriber. The writer likewise begs to inON FORT STREET, NEAR HOTEL STREET. timate that he will give instruction to a limited of all kinds, Hinges, Screws, Tacks, Ra- number of pupils in English reading and grammar, xors, Cut and Wrought Nails, Spikes, Brads, geography, writing, arithmatic, kc. Residence, cotand Love's house, Nuuanu-street Files, Carpenters' Tools of all kinds, Pocket and tage at the back of Mr. DANIEL SMITH. Sheath-Knives, Marlinspikes, Caulking-lrons 1037. 26, tf Honolulu, March Mallets, and numerous other articles, for sale at the W. N. (tf) lowest prices, by MASTS OF ALL SIZES. I.IOK SALK BY E. HOFFMANN, au-ti H HACKFELD at CO. SURGEON, AND PHYSICIAN Office in the New Drug Store, corner of Kaahumanu and Queen streets, Makee & Anthou's Block. Open day and night A MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO TEMPERANCE, SEAMEN, MARINE AND J. WORTH, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, established himself in business at Hilo, PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY Hawaii, is prepared to furnish ships with Recruits, on favorable terms for Cash, Goods or Bills C. on the United States. - -- LOCKS LADD.^ THE FRIEND: HAVING SAMUEL DAMON. TERMS: IRON HURDLES at the Hudson's Bay CompanTS Store, eight feet long—three dollars each. FOR SALE - . . jj,c;) •«-... 82.00 6,00 " One copy, per annum, Two copies, Five copies. - � 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 (1858) 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/. 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