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FRIEND
THE
HONOLULU, MARC! I, IHtfO.
StoStritf. tfol.il, S*.3.J
CONTENTS
Far March, 1800.
The Morning Star
Do not the Japanese Know what they are About ?
California Newspapers in 1848
Letter from Rev. L. H. Qullck
Cathollcus' Reply to Aliqula
The Revenge of History
The Rev. Mr.Goble
Sketch of aSermon
Union Missionary Meeting
The JapaneseSailor Boy
Advertisements. Marine Journal, Ate
Paob.
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THE FRIEND.
MARCH 1, infill.
The "Morning Star!"
Newly painted, and ready for sea, (February 25th). She now lies at the wharf,
taking in her cargo for the Marquesan
mission. We could wish that the thousands of children in the United States,
who are shareholders in this little craft, might
now behold her, in good trim and ready to
spread her canvas for another trip. Nobly
has she outlived the " adverse winds" which
for a time threatened to blast her fair fame
and growing usefulness. If the Micronesian
and Marquesan missions are prosecuted as
they should be, the Morning Star, or some
similar vessel, is an absolute necessity. She
must, at all hazards and whatever cost, be
kept running. We learn that Capt. Brown
will retire from the command, after the vessel
returns from the Marquesas, his period of
engagement having expired. Most ably has
he navigated her, and carefully watched over
her welfare. Capt. B. is a good sailor, and
thoroughly " understands the ropes." We
congratulate the friends of missions, and those
interested in the Morning Star, that Captain
Brown will be succeeded by Captain Gellett,
well known in this part of the world, as an
equally able and experienced ship-master.
Both were educated in the American whaling
service—the best of all schools for learning
practical navigation in the Pacific. No class
of seafaring men understand the winds, currents, »hoals, rocks, islands, and dangers of
this ocean to the same extent as New Bedford, New London and Nantucket whalemen.
Wt: would merely add that when the Board
of Missions first contemplated "tending out
the Morning Star, Capt. Gellett was the
gentleman invited to take command of her;
business arrangements however prevented
his leaving the country, but circumstances
having changed, he is upon the spot at the
precise time when most needed—the right
man in the right place. He goes the present
trip as mate. Long may he retain command
to go and come, conferring untold blessings
upon the missionaries and inhabitants of the
Micronesian and Marquesan Islands.
Do not the Japanese Know what they
are About?
It is very common to hear and read staterespecting Chinese and Japanese exclusiveness, and want of a correct knowledge
of outside barbarians. This may be flattering
to European and American intelligence, but
if the truth was known, we doubt not that
4hose people would be found to entertain
far more information respecting Europe and
America than we give them credit for. In
the late battle with the English at the Peiho
River the Chinese came off victorious, but
no credit is given to them, as some Eussians
must have been behind the breast works!
The following remarks by the Rev. Dr.
Macgowan, an American missionary, are
exceedingly suggestive. John Chinaman,
and his Japanese cousins, are not the ignoramuses which some self-inflated and selfconceited outside barbarians suppose them to
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publish them ; at least it may be supposed
that they were worth reading. There are
probably few, if any, books published by missionaries in China on secular affairs, that
have not been re-published by the knowledgeloving Japanese. The largest work of the
kind is from the pen of the senior missionary
in China, Dr. Bridgman—a geographical and
statistical account of America, issued some
twenty years ago. To that book the Japanese are indebted for their knowledge of our
country—a knowledge so precise as to excite
surprise. We now see how they obtained it.
Those who think that no sort of truth except
that contained in Holy Writ should be given,
to the heathen by missionaries, will think
Dr. B.s geography has done no good. I
think otherwise. I have no grounds for
affirming that it contributed to prepare the
way for a favorable reception to the United
States expedition under Commodore Perry ;
but sure I am that it has taught them to understand and to respect our countrymen having relations with this land, whether political,
mercantile, or missionary,
Mr. Garrett, the American Naturalist,
who visited the Kingsmill Islands, in the
Morning Star, has returned richly compensated for his labor. He spent most of the
time, while there, upon Apiang, the island
where the Rev. Mr. Bingham is located.
Those islands have never been explored by a
scientific naturalist, and we are assured by
Mr. G. that they abound with new wonder*
in every department of natural history, particularly those of conchology, entomology and
ichthyology. From our long acquaintance
with Mr. Garrett, we are confident Professor
Agassiz, and the lovers of Natural History of
be:
Japanese Books. —I spent several hours Harvard University, could not employ a more
daily in a book-shop, where several curious enthusiastic and indefatigable collector of
things turned up. One of these afforded me, specimens.
I confess, some gratification ; it was the reInvention.—" The glory of inventions is
publication, by the late Prince of Satzuma,
of my book on the Law of Storms. Persons that they raise human nature without hurtwho, like M. Hue, are guiltless of publishing ing any one (as civil affairs commonly do,)
anything in Chinese, and therefore beyond and do not press or sting a man's conscience,
reach of criticism, have sneered at the liter- but bestow on all rewards and blessings,
ary productions of Protestant missionaries, without sacrifice or injury or sorrow of one.
my own included. Now, I submit, that if For the nature of light is pure and harmless.
our books are as defective in style as has It may be perverted in its use, but not polbeen represented, the Japanese would not re- luted in itself."—Ld. Baron.
�THE FRIEND, MARCH, IS6O.
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own missionary life may be prolonged on some
1848. other Micronesian islet.
California Newspaper Publishing in
We have but little tangible to report reCalifornia now numbers its dailies by the
dozen, its weeklies by the score, and its garding the good work on Ascension, and
monthlies by well nigh the hundred. It seems yet we feel that much foundation-work has
hardly possible that so greut a change could been performed in the way of learning the
have been brought about since 1848, the language, in leaching the theory of reading
period referred to in the following extract and writing to a number, in telling the way
from ■ private letter received from Mr. Shel- of salvation to many so that they understand
don, lately connected with the Advertiser, and |it as thoroughly as they can til! they come
willing into it, in leading, as we hope, a few
now residing at Kailua, Hawaii:
Christ, and in winning our way as friends
to
January 13,
I see in the January number of jto 'he hearts of many. These things cannot
the Friend that you correct an error of a San but in due time be the basis of great improveFrancisco editor about the Californian. ment, even if others choose to pronounce our
Semple sold the paper to B. R. Buckelew, a
watchmaker of San Francisco, in the begin- work thus far a failure. We could have
ning of '48 or fall of '47. 1 arrived there in hoped to have accomplished more, but feel
April, 1848, and was immediately employed very far from discouraged with what has been
by 8., and in May bought him out, together done. What is equivalent to twenty-seven
with B. F. Foster and W. E. Weaver, two years of labor by a married missionary has
printers who had come out in Stevenson's not been expended on Ponape in vain.
regiment in 184(5. We paid $1500 in notes
During the year we have printed a primer
for the establishment, consisting of an old
30 pages, a continuation of Bible Anecof
"Ramagc" (wooden) press and a font of long
primer, besides an old font of Spanish small dotes of 40 pages, and 20 pages of St. Matpica. Hardly had we got fairly in the " full thew—a total of 90 pages this year. Ponape
tide of successful experiment," when the gold literature now numbers 238 pages, of which
fever burst upon us, and took away all our
subscribers. My partners went with the rest, we have printed 32,100 pages.
The following table may interest you reand ut last I was obliged to discontinue the
and
the shipping at Ascension Island
garding
go myself, first getting out an
paper
extra to inform " the public," whichconsisted since the establishment of our mission
of one or two merchants and the women
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Letter from Rev. L. H. Gulick.
Brig "Morning Star,")
November, 1859. J
Rev. S. C. Damon— Dear Sir: —On the
4th of October, the Morning Star, under our
common friend, Capt. Brown, entered the
weather harbor of Ascension Island, and on
the 22d she again left it on her return eastward, myself and family on board seeking a
new home. Thus terminated a seven years'
residence on an island in which our hearts
are deeply interested. We leave our home
with sadness and joy—sadness that we have
not been more faithful, and have not consequently led more " from darkness unto light"
—joy that the work will still go on under Mr.
and Mrs. Roberts'prayerful care, and that our
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to believe whatever he likes on the testimony
of Sismondi, who is his own witness, not
mine; but why does he not bring him forward and make him speak for himself, so
that all the readers of the Friend may have
the benefit of his teaching, instead of calling
upon me to disprove all the unsupported assertions that himself thinks proper to make ?
Even if he do, / shall not take for granted
the statements that Sismondi or any other Protestant may make in opposition to what I
know to be the practice or doctrine of my
Church.
In the Frierul of August I showed that the
Catholic translation of the Holy Scriptures into
the Hawaiian languuge, which "Heretics" attacked, was correct, and that the Protestant
translation was erroneous—this, in a passage
of his own selection. That subject was quietly passed over by "Aliquis," and the charge
that the Greek language was considered heretical at Rome, only was persisted in. This
position " Aliquis" now abandons by saying
that Pope Leo X. prohibited every book
translated from the Greek and Hebrew, except the Vulgate. Why, this is the point for
which he was contending—the very pith and
marrow of his argument —and he seeks to
divert attention from his defeat and flight by
special pleading, and new, but unsupported
charges.
In order that " Aliquis" and the readers of
the Frieiul may know what the Catholic
practice really is, I will now quote from Cardinal Bellarmine, as translated by Vence in
his second dissertation on the Vulgate. He
says : "The Greek and Hebrew versions of
the books which the holy writershave written
in Hebrew or Greek are not less authentic
than the Vulgate, on the contrary, they are
more so; since they are the spring from
which this is but a stream." * * * " The
Greek and Hebrew texts being the springs
are authentic by themselves, and did not require the approbation of the Council, but the
Latin version did require it, being only a
version." * * * " The Holy Scripture is
the principal treasure of the Church, but the
greater part of this treasure perishes if we
say that the sources themselves of these
divine writings are no longer worthy of belief, and may be rejected as corrupt and de-
* praved," &c.
Here, Mr. Editor, the true estimate at
of the Greek language is surely indiRome
"Catholicus'" Reply to "Aliquis."
cated, as well as the utter groundlessness of
Mil. Editor —" Aliquis" says that I seem the attacks made by "Aliquis." If he writes
very desirous to have the readers of the really with the desire of arriving at the
Friend believe that the Roman Catholic truth, and will call upon me, (you are at libChurch has always been on good terms with erty to disclose my name to him for that purthe Greek language; but that I do not write pose,) I shall be happy to show him the paslike one who feels any confidence in the sages quoted, with abundance more to the
goodness of his cause. I hope to give " Ali- same purpose, so as to bring conviction even
quis" good cause to reverse his verdict.
to his mind, if rational, lieyond the shadow
He is quite at liberty, unquestioned by me, of a doubt.
Cathoi.icus.
Yours,
:
L. H. Gulick.
�THE FRIEND, MARCH, 1860.
The Bonapartes and Beauharnais—
The Revenge of History.
L'homme propose, et Dicu dispose.—This
familiar French proverb, which the vicissitudes of life induce even the most unreflecting so frequently to apply, and which some
witty writer of the same nation, no less philosophical than gallant, wishing to testify to
woman's inevitable influence in all things
great and small, has modified into "L'homme
propose, et la femme dispose," is, perhaps,
nowhere more forcibly impressed upon the
mind than in the checkered career of Napoleon and Josephine. Familiar as every one
is with the lives of these two personages,
many, however, have never thought of fol-
lowing Josephine through her descendants,
and are not prepared to acknowledge how
much more closely the Beauharnais are
allied to the royal families of Europe than
are the Bonapartes. A few, probably, might
prove as incredulous in the absence of proof,
as would have been the Viscount Beauharnais had any one revealed to him the fate of
hischildren and grandchildren, when, in 1797,
he laid his head under Robespierre's relentless guillotine, and left a widow behind him
destined to fascinate and marry the rising
General of the Republic. Equally surprised,
too, would the respectable planter of Martinique, Tascher dc la Pagerie, have been, had he
been told, while attending to his negroes on his
faraway plantation, that from his loins were to
spring a race of emperors and empresses,
queens and viceroys, as powerful as any the
world had ever known; and that to this end
two little islands, colonies of France—Corsica
and Martinique—were to contribute.
After the treaty of Tilsit, says the New
York Evening Post, Napoleon occupied the
loftiest position in the civilized world. Enthroned amid the splendor of the most magnificent court of Europe, he was virtually
master of an empire stretching over the face
of the continent, with the exception of Russia
and Turkey, and with those two powers he
was on terms of cordial alliance. To himself
as every school-boy knows, he reserved the
imperial throne of France, comprising the
France of the present day, Belgium, Savoy,
confined on St. Helena's rock, and Josephine
lay sleeping peacefully beneath the sod. The
rule of the Bonapartes was over; the sceptres of France, Belgium, Holland, Spain,
Italy and Westphalia had been transferred
to hostile hands. The only scion of the
great man fallen, the Duke dc Reichstadt,
ci-devant King of Rome, roamed a virtual
prisoner in his grandfather's palace at Vienna,
bearing with him the seeds of a malady to
which he was early doomed to fall a victim.
The family name of the ambitious Napoleon
figured in none of the courts of Europe.
The children of the discarded Josephine,
on the other hand, were rising into power
and forming alliances with the proudest blood
in Europe. Her son Eugene, already allied
to the royal house of Bavaria by his marriage
with Amelia, daughter of the King, was living with his father-in-law, under the title of
the Duke of Leuchtenberg. His oldest son
Augustus, married Donna Maria, Queen of
Portugal, in 1835. His younger son, Maximilian, married in 1839 the daughter of the
Emperor Nicholas of Russia. The eldest
daughter of Eugene Beauharnais, Josephine,
married Oscar, afterwards King of Sweden,
son of Marshal Bernadotte, and successor to
his father in 1844. The second daughter,
Eugenic, married the Prince of HohenzollernHechingen—(the Hohcnzollerns, it will be
remembered, are the reigning house of Prussia ; only the Prussian monarchs arc descended from a younger son of Rodolplius 11,
whilst the Hohenzollern-Hechingen boast of
descending from the eldest son.) The third
daughter, Amelia, married Don Pedro, Emperor of Brazil. And the only suviving son
of Hortcnsc, Louis Napoleon, is now seated,
more firmly than his uncle ever was, on the
imperial throne of France.
Thus, at the present day, the descendants
of Josephine are allied to the throne of three
empires—France, Russia and Brazil;
three kingdoms—Bavaria, Portugal and Sweden ; without mentioning the connection with
the Hohenzollerns, and the reminiscences of
Eugene's vice-royalty in Italy and Hortcnse's
clouded reign in Holland.
What better evidence can be adduced of
the
vanity of even imperial ambition ? NaPiedmont, and at one time the whole of
the
powerful of mortals, sets his
poleon,
Northern Italy and part of Germany. On whole heart most
on the hope of perpetuating his
his brothers and sisters he conferred respec- family, and sacrifices everything—principle
tively the diadems of Holland, Naples, Spain, and popularity—to attain his object; yet,
Westphalia and Tuscany ; whilst his step- himself and all of name in exile, he leaves
son, Eugene Beauharnais, he appointed vice- behind
him a sickly son, who flickers awhile
roy of Italy. Yet, with his unrivalled domin- and then dies out ingloriously, leaving no
ion, he was discontented. As long as he issue. Whilst
the woman he dishad no issue to transmit his name to pos- regarded, sees Josephine,
her children seated in the
he
fancied
his
ill-secured.
To
terity
power
of half-a-dozen
and emconsolidate his throne, then, and to gratify palaces And even when kingdoms
the
indirect
line of
pires
!
the ambitious yearnings of his heart, he the Napoleons
is restored to power, it is rethe
of
an
alliance
project
formed
with the instated only in the person of one whose
imperial family of Austria. And to accom- descent from Josephine is both more direct
plish this, he discarded Josephine—his long and undisputed than from her ambitious and
devoted and faithful wife. She retired to repudiating lord. The only royal alliance
Malmaison, a powerless, weeping woman, a which the Bonapartes can
offset against the
cast-ofT favorite, without political friends or Beauharnais is the recent marriage of Prince
influence. And he continued to rule, the Napoleon to the daughter of Victor Emanuel,
very emblem of power, all Europe at his feet, and even this was obtained
through
millions of men ready to carry out his slight- the intervention of a grandsonsolely
of Josephine.
est caprice, and his throne apparently firmer
Knowledge.—" The empire of man
than Gibraltar. Who then would have
consists
dreamed of the retribution time held in
in knowledge, for his power is what he
reserve ?
knows. Nature is only to be conquered by
A few ;,hoil ycari- more and Napoleon Ml obeying."— Baron.
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Remabkarle Coincidences.—The Boston
Transcript furnishes the following curious
compilation of coincidences in the names and
lives of the first seven Presidents, Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, John Quincy Adams and Jackson.
"Four of the seven were from Virginia, two
of the same name were from Massachusetts,
and the seventh was from Tennessee. All
but one were sixty-six years old on leaving
office, having served two terms ; snd one of
them, who had served but one term, would
have been sixty-six years of age at the end of
another. Three of (he seven died on the 4th
of July, and two of them on the same day
and year. Two of them were on the subcommittee of three that drafted the Declaration of Independence, and these two died on
the same day and year, antl on the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, and
just half a century from the day of Declaration. The names oC three of the seven end
in son, yet none of these transmitted his
name to a son. In respect to the name of
all, it may be said in conclusion, the initials
of two of the seven were the same, and ol
still two others the same; while the surnames
of two others commenced with the same let
ter. The remaining one, who stands aloni
in this particular, stands alone also in the
love and admiration of his countrymen ant
the civilized world—Washington! Of the
first five, only one had a son, and that sot
was also President."
The Useful and The Beautiful.—The
tomb of Moses is unknown ; but the tmvcle
slakes his thirst at the well of Jacob. Th
gorgeous palace of the wisest and wealthies
inonarchs, with the cedar, and gold, ant
ivory, and even (be great temple of Jerusa
lem, hallowed by the visible glory of th
Deity himself, are gone ; but Solomon's re
servoirs arc as perfect as ever. Of the at
cient architecture of the Holy City, not on
stone is left upon another ; but the pool o
Bethesda commands the pilgrim's reverent
at the present day. The columns at Perse
polis are smouldering in the dust; but its cisterns and aqueducts remain to challenge oui
admiration. The golden house of Nero is a
mass of ruins; but the Aqua Claudia still
pours into Rome its limpid stream. The
temple of the sun at Tadmor in the wilderness has fallen; but its fountain sparkles in
its rays, as when thousands of worshippers
thronged its colonnades. It may be that
London will share the fate of Babylon, and
nothing be left to marl; its site save mounds
of crumbling brick-work. The Thames will
continue to flow ns it does now. And if any
work of art should rise over the deep ocean of
time, we may well believe that it will be
neither a palace nor a temple, but some vast
aqueduct or reservoir; and if any name
should flash through the midst of antiquity,
it will be that of the man who sought the happiness of his fellow-men rather than glory,
and linked his memory to some great work
of national utility or benevolence. This is
the true glory which outlives all others£and
shines with undying lustre from generation
to generation, imparting to works something
of its own immortality, and rescuing them
from the ruin which overtakes the ordinary
monuments of historical tradition or meic
magnificence.
�THE FRIEND, MARCH, 1860.
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THE FRIEND,
MARCH 1, 1800.
The Rev. Mr. Goble.
When the Japan Expedition, under Commodore Perry, was returning to the United States,
it touched at Honolulu in 1855. By tho Rev.
O. Jones, Chaplain of tho steamor Mississippi, wo
wero introduced to a marine by tho natno of
Goblo. Ho represented himself as interested in
the religious welfare of the Japanese, and assured
us that it was his intention to visit his native
country, and return to Japan as a missionary.
Wo wcro interested in theyoung man, but readily
confess wo were not very sanguine in our expectations that he would carry his good intentions
into execution. Time has passed away, and sure
onough tho U. S. marine, Coble, has thus fur
carried out his benevolent plan of life. He has
returned to Honolulu, and is now m remit for
Japan, expecting to sail in the Zat. During the
period ofhis late residence in tho United States,
he has been dilligently studying and otherwise
preparing himself for his future mission, at Madison University, Hamilton, New York. Ho was
ordained as a Minister of tho Gospel by an Association of Ministers in the city of New York,
Thursday evening, Nov. 3d, 1850. Introductory
Service, Rev. J. Dowling, D. D. ; Ordaining
Prayer, Rev. W. S. Hall; Right Hand of Fellowship, Rev. 11. G. Weston, D. D. ; Charge to the
Candidate, Rev. T. Armitago, I). D.; Address
of Designation, Rev. N. Brown, D. D.
Tho Rev. Mr. Goble has been sent forth under
the patronage of the " American Baptist Freo
Mission Society." It affords the friends of missions in Honolulu much pleasure to form tho
acquaintance of this missionary, on his way to
a new field of labor, for which he seems peculiarly well fitted. Already has he visited
Japan; and while thore, Commodore Perry
allowed him extraordinary facilities for going on
shore, even more than was enjoyed hy the officers
of tho squadron. He has acquired a tolerable
acquaintance with the Japanese language, so
that ho can both read and write tho samo, and
also converse in it. Ho has acquired this knowledge from books, and intercourse with Samuel
Sentharo, the Japanese who resided with Mr.
Goblo during his connection with tho University.
It is a matter of much thankfulness that this
native of Japan has liccn led to embrace the
Christian faith, and is now a member of tho
Baptist Church. Most anxiously shall wo watch
the future operations of this mission to Japan—
that great nation of over 40,000,000 of people.
The time may come when not only shall Bible
prophecy bo fulfilled in regard to that people, but
when a prediction, found in one of the ancient
books of the Japanese, will ho verified, which
runs nearly as follows
" The pels feces are coming from the West,
:
Flying upon the wings of the wind,
Walking upon the tops ofthe wave,
Bringing to us a new religion,
And revolutionizing our country."
Sailing of the "Morning Star."—This
vessel sailed for the Marquesas on Tuesday
afternoon, Feb. 28. She proceeds via Hilo,
to take on board the Rev. Titus Coan, who
goes as Delegate of the Hawaiian Missionary
Society, to visit the Missionaries.
Most truly do we sympathize with
our missionary brethren, Rev. Mr. Pierson,
specting unknown portions of the Pacific, and of Ebon, and Rev. Mr. Baldwin, of Hana,
particularly the Ralick and Radack groups. Maui, in the providences which compel them
Capt. Beecher remarks : " There must be a to leave their stations. Both have labored
great mass of information about the Pacific faithfully and successfully during their resiat Honolulu." This is very true, but this is dence in the Pacific, and we bespeak for
what is much needed to increase that infor- them a kind and cordial reception among
mation, and also to promote the commerce the friends of missions in the United
of the Pacific. The British and American otatcs.
Governments ought each to send into the
Sketch of a Sermon,
Pacific at least half-a-dozeti small vessels for
Preached at the Bethel, in Honolulu, Sabsurveying purposes. These vessels should
bath
evening, Feb. 19, by the Rev. A. C.
cruise in those parts of the ocean never visited
minister of the Church of England
by a man-of-war of any nation. The cost of Garrett,
John xvi i 4. *' He shall glorify me i for he shall receive of
these vessels would be less than that of a mine and .hall shew it unto you."
some appropriate preliminary remarks,
sloop-of-war, or a frigate. These vessels in After
which was shown the connexion of the text
might be employed for other scientific pur- with the context, the reverend gentleman divided
poses. There are hundreds of islands and his subject thus
Ist. An event predicted—" He shall glorify
shoals lying between the Sandwich Islands
me."
China
that
have
never
been
accurately
and
2d. The grounds upon which that event is exsurveyed, except by the master of some pected to tako place—" Ho shall receive of mine,
it unto you."
American whaler or trader. The trips of the and shall shew
Having inverted tho order of these points, the
Morning Star are all important, aside from preacher dwelt upon the latter first.
The Holy Spirit having convinced the sinner of
her special object,that of a missionary packet.
sin, righteousness and judgment, takes,
Captains Moore and Brown deserve much
Ist. Of the power of Christ, and shows it to
praise for valuable reports, and we hope Capt. the soul. Suppose a man to have committed some
against the laws of his country for which
Gellett will follow their example. By theway, crime
he is arrested, tried, found guilty and sentenced
we remark that Capt. Brown, of the Morning to undergo the cxtremo penalty of the law. Now
Star, reports Johnson at Marquesas, the man when the door of his dungeon has grated on its
about whom enquiry is made in the letters rusty hinges, and the ponderous bolt has been
shot, and the footsteps of the rotiring jailor have
we are now noticing.
died away in the long passage, and the prisoner
begins to reflect upon his wretched condition;
Departures for the United States.—Among just in proportion to his sense and feeling of tho
the passengers pier Frances Palmer, despcrateness of his case will be his slowness to
believe the power of any proposed delivorer. Ho
we notice upon the list the Rev. J. S. Emer- will feel that the necessity of his nature, tho
son and wife, missionaries of thirty years honor of tho laws, and the dignity of tho governall render it impossible that he should
residence upon the islands. They have ment,
escape. Such is precisely the position of the
most
of
at
spent
this period Waialua, Oahu. convinced sinner. Let a man be only made to
Mr. Emerson was, however, Professor for feel the dcsperalcness of his caso, and he will imbegin to think that power can nowhere
several years at Lahainaluna, and at that mediately
exist adequate to his necessity. Let him only
time was a most strenuous advocate for teach- feel what it is to be a lost and ruined sinner,
ing Hawaiian youth the English language. under sentence of perpetual banishment from tho
of bliss, exposed to the curse of tho broken
His views are now better appreciated than abode
law, and knowing not the moment of his executhey were fifteen years ago. About that tion ; and just in proportion to tho depth and
time he published an English and Hawaiian poignancy of his feeling of the utter misery of
his condition will be his slowness and hesitation
Dictionary. We hope in re-visiting their to believe the power of tho
delivererwho may be
native land, they may realize and enjoy all
to him. This is the moment which the
loly Spirit seizes to show unto the sinner the
their lively fancies may have pictured.
power of Christ. He spreads before the soul the
wholo panorama of creation, and exhibits Jesus
Editor of the Hae Hawaii."—J. Fuller, as spreading out the heavens, and laying the
Esq., Chief Clerk in the Office of Pub- foundation of the earth, and upholding all things
the word ofhis powor. He opens the volume
lic Instruction, and editor of the Hae Hawaii, by
of Rovelation, unveils tho future, and reveal*
leaves in the Frances Palmer, for the Atlan- Jesus as King of Kings and Lord of Lords, wield
the sceptre of universal empiro, and wearing
tic States, to return in the autumn. In be- ing crown
of unlimited dominion. Thus is the
tho
half of the numerous readers of that paper, question of power settled.
scattered over all parts of this kingdom, from
But here a difficulty is met with. Do not the
Hawaii to Niihau, we suggest that the travel- very justice which is the foundation of thoThrone
of tho Eternal, and the very Righteousness which
ing editor write frequent letters for his paper. is the habitation of His Seat forbid theexercise of
The Hawaiians should know more of what power in the sinner's behalf? God, who cannot
has passed his word " The soul that sinneth
the people of other lands are about. We lie,
it shall die." How then can God be just, rightcould wish editors at the Sandwich Islands eous and true if he remit the penalty, and forgive
Spirit takes
might, in turn, travel abroad ! Surely they tho sinner?the Here the Christ
and shotvs it to the
2d.
work
of
Of
should be entitled to this privilege once in soul. He shows the sinner, through
tho instruten years.
mentality of tho Word, that the blood of Christ
(ET* We copy from the Advertiser two letters from London, soliciting information re-
:
:
Firoposed
"
:
�THE FRIEND, MARCH, 1860.
satisfies the claims of justice ; that the obedience
of Christ meets the claims of law ; and that the
Grace and Spirit of Christ meet the claims of fitness, and thattherefore Godmay still be just whilo
Ho justifioth the ungodly. Thus the question of
right is settled.
But here another difficulty is met with. The
convinced sinner now fools that if tho power and
work and grace could bo mado available for him,
his salvation would bo possible. But how is ho
to know that Christ will oxcrt Hispower on his behalf? Does not His very worthlessnessexclude the
possibility of such a thing ? And just in proportion to the depth and gonuincness of tho work
going on will bo tho intensity of thesinuor'sapprehension of his own vilcness.
This is tho moment which the Spirit seizes to
take,
3d. Of the love of Christ and show it to the
soul. Through tho instrumentality of the Word,
Ho points out the love ofUod in sending His Son ;
and the matchless love ofChrist in condescending
to lay aside His glory, clothe Himself in flesh,
and suffer, bleed and die, thatsinnors might live.
The question of Christ's willingness is thus settled.
tho sinner's soul. He
Confidence springs up inand
passes from death
vontures all on Christ,
unto life. 0! glorious change! All nature is
changed to tho boul. God in Christ, just, yet
justifying; inflexible in truth, yet infinite in
mercy ; is seen in every flower, heard in every
bird's warblod melody, and gazed upon with admiration in every arrangement of creation and
providonce.
Second, The event predicted must thus corao
to pass. The Spirit thus glorifies God. This He
does in three ways
Ist. The infinite perfections of the Savior are
soul of tho indirendered clear to the heart andthus
acts.
vidual upon whom the
I may be placed in the midst of a lovely landscape, possessing all the elements of beauty and
grandeur. But if my eye be blind, or if disease
have palzied its nervo, all tho beauties of tho surrounding scene aro lost upon me, and affect mo
not. But let some powor adequate to tho case be
brought to bear, and let my eye be restored to
health and vigor, and then all the loveliness which
lay around before will flash upon my view, and
tho glory of the Great Creator will be visible. So
the mercy, tenderness, love, powor and faithfulness of Josus are scattered all around, but whilo
sin palzlcs tho soul, they are unnoticed and unknown. Let, however, tho Almighty Spirit opon
the eyes of the understanding, and the glory and
grandeur of the Saviour will flash upon the soul,
ic.
2d. Through the medium of tho Christian's
life, these perfections are displayed bofore the
eyes of men.
3d. Thus also aro fresh discoveries afforded to
the angels of the infinite depths of excellence inherent in the Savior of men.
:
Boox or Job.—"The book of Job is an
oem antecedent to the Mosaic dispenlt represents the mind of a good
ot enlightened by an actual revelation,
king about for one. In no other book
lesire and necessity of a Mediator so
ly expressed. The personality of God,
.M of the Hebrews, is most vividly
led on the book in opposition to pan"—Coleridge.
A Bostonian in England.—Lord Lyndhurst,
the Chancellor of Great Britain, is
eighty years old. He is an American by
birth, being born in Boston, before the Revolution broke out. He recently delivered an
address before the Royal Academy which, in
ability, was worthy of his palmiest days. He
*poke of attending Sir Joshua Reynold's lectures seventy years ago!
Union Missionary Meeting.
21
The Rev. Mr. Pierson, returning from his mis-
j sionary lalwrs in Mioronosia to tho United States,
A peculiar combination of circumstances followed with a few highly appropriate remarks,
brought together a highly respcctablo audience, expressing sorrow that sickness should have comMonday ovening,Feb. 27th, at Fort Street Church, polled him to return, and generous sympathy with
who
to hear addresses from missionaries of three dif- the ardent, hopeful and enthusiastic speakers
had justpictured in glowing language what they
ferent missionary societies, and three different dehoped to sec accomplished in Japan and British
nominations of Christians. The meeting was Columbia. He expressed his heart-felt thankfulopened by singing. Then followed the reading ness to the pooplo of Honolulu for their groat
of the closing verses of the gospel of Matthew, kindness to himself and family, and earnestly
Go ye commended to tho audience the cause of miseions
including our Savior's last command,
"
as represented by the Rev. Mr. Goble, saying that
and
thcreforo
teach all nations." Prayer wus
the very fact that he was of another denomination
1/.
offered by tho Rev. Smith. The presiding of- was
a strong argument for rendering pecuniary
ficer then introduced the Rev. J. Coble, Baptist aid, for the missionary cause knew nothing of
missionary, on his way to Japan.
sect or denomination.
Mr. (i. briefly referred to his visit to Japan I A collection of one hundred and six dollar*
while connected, with Perry's exploring expedi- (.< llltj) was then taken up, and presented to the
tion, and to his interest in that people. He then
bound to Japan.
spoke of the civilization, refinement, superstitions Missionary
The interesting exercises of the evening wore
and government of the.lapanese,—touching upon continued
until half-past 9 o'clock, with no indithese points briefly, and yet in a most instructive I cation of weariness on the part of the audience.
the
audience
of
his
told
style. Having
willing- The addresses were uncommonly good, and apness to go and labor for the spiritual welfare of propriate. All present felt deeply interested in
that people, ho introduced Samuel Sentharo, a hearing
speakers of so many different persuasions,
native of Japan. " This man," said Mr. Goble, and all giving utterance to tho same elevatedaud
has
lived in Christian sentiments. Our limits absolutely prewith me to the United States,
"mywent
family while 1 was pursuing my studies at vent us from indulging in those reflections which
Hamilton, and 1 hope has also become a true fol- crowd upon the soul. The exercises were approlower of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is, so far as priately
closed by singing I letter's missionary
I know, the only Japanese who has ever truly hymn
embraced the religion of the Bible."
" From Greenland's icy mountain*," A-c.
Tho Japanese, whenrequested by the presiding
officer, sung a song in his own native language,
Japan.—Mr. Ward, the United States
and then addressed a few broken sentences to tho
audience, and although most that he uttered Minister to China, taking passage in the
was difficult to be understood, still such words as Powhattan, visited Nagasaki and Jeddo.
these fell upon the ear :" I hope in Jesus. He While the guest of Mr. Harris at Jeddo, the
save my soul. The Holi/ Spirit make my heart Prime
Minister being informed of his being
new. I <jo back to Japan to tell my people about
the
and at the house of Mr. Harris,
city,
in
Jesus. ''
The following stanzas of an hymn were then immediately informed him in the most civil
and cordial terms, that he should be happy
sung:
There is a voice upon the wind,
to have an interview at his residence within
A voice that comes from far,
the Imperial enclosure, or castle, as "the
A voice from where the ancient groves
And perfumed hreescs are !
| Prohibited Hall" is usually called, which is
Tig not the gongof triumph—no,
Nor scream of heathen rage
about as sacred at Jeddo as at Pekin, and
Hut 'tis thecry for Gospel light,
appointed at the same time the day and the
The echo of theage.
hour. Mr. Ward, of course, was happy to
TheKaren, from his rocky hills.
And natives of Japan,
accept the invitation, and the interview was
Unite their voices with the sound
The Prime Minister, upon
That comes from Hindostan.
! had accordingly.
Round thewholeearth the echo flies l
arrival,
inquired if it would be
Ward's
Mr.
I
The Isles wait for His law.
Ohey, ye saints, your Lord's command ;
agreeable to him to see the other ministers
Oo preach my Gospel—go.
also and at the same time ; and upon his exThe Roy. R. L. Lowo, minister of the Church pressing his great gratification in doing it,
of England, and missionary under the patronage they were introduced, and remained to the
of the Columbia Mission, of England, was then close of the interview, which lasted nearly
introduced. The reverend speaker adverted to
hours. The Prime Minister and all the
tho manifest neglect of British Columbia on the two
others
were most courteous, and seemed at
tho
Government
ofboth
British
and
British
part
Christians, untilabout two years since, when the home in their new relations and duties, withdiscovery of the gold mines attracted public at- out annoyance, and at the same time without
tention. The spiritual welfare of the colony was humiliation or embarrassment, and showing
then distinctly brought before the consideration good common sense as well as an admirable
of tho British public, by the munificentdonation simplicity in manners and habits. The Reof Miss Burdott Coutte, who gave .£25,000 for
hall, which was close to the Imperial
the establishment of a Bishopric. Ho further- ception
more stated that a most excellent Divine, tho palace, was remarkable only for its simplicity
Rt.Rev. G. Hills, D.D., hadbeen appointedbishop. and neatness, while the refreshments served
As he had not boon upon the ground, Mr. I owe on the occasion were only a few sweetmeats
very appropriately and modestly dwelt upon the such as the Japanese arc fond of. On both
importance of giving to the rising community sides the interview was entirely pleasant
the means of religious instruction.
and satisfactory, however unostentatious
This speaker was followed by his associate
North China Herald.
missionary, the Rev. A. C. Garrett, who boasted
that he came from the Emerald Isle, the best
Love of Christ and the Church.—" If
country in the world! Tho brief space which
our small sheet affords renders it quite impossible Christ be precious unto us, his gospel will be
to furnish even a meagre sketch of his eloquent so, and all its truths and promises; his
remarks, sometimes humorous and at other times church will be so and all that belongs to
serious. He dwelt upon the rising importance
it."—Henry.
of the colony, its vast internal resources, the
motley elements of society there gathering, and
Our prayers and God's mercy are like
the importance of moulding and cementing those
dements by the subduing, transforming, purify- two buckets in a well, while one ascends the
other descends.—Bishop Hopkins.
ing and cnnaobling influences of the Gospel.
t
-1
.
.
—
�THE FRIEND, MARCH, 1860.
22
The Japanese sailor boy referred to in
tho following paragraphs, is now (Feb. 25)
boarding at the Sailor's Home in Honolulu.
We copy this notice of him from the December number of the Sailor's Magazine, published in New York. • He will leave for his
native country with the Rev. Mr. Goble, per
Zoc :
The Japanese Sailor Boy.
The subject of the following narrative was
for a time a boarder at the Sailor's Home,
without the ability to pay. His friend, Capt.
Miicy, came into the office just before he
sailed for Japan, to know how the bill was to
be paid. I said, " write the story of him for
the readers of the Life Boat, and the children
will pay it," and here it is as the Captain
wrote it.
The heathen sailor cast away has come to
us for the "bread of life," and has gone to
carry it to his kindred and country.
THE STORY.
In the year 1851 I was in San Francisco,
connected with the shipping interest of that
city, and while there, a ship-wrecked crew of
Japanese arrived, consisting of sixteen men.
They were placed under my special charge,
and remained with me about a month. On
my departure from San Francisco they were
placed on board the Revenue Cutter, to await
the action of the United States Government.
They had all become very much endeared
to me, and their expressions of gratitude, by
the language of signs, for they could not
speak English, were touching in the extreme.
Ahout
New York, on his way to his native land. I
immediately sought and found him, rich it is
true in spiritual things, but destitute of the
necessary means to bear him to his home ;
but by the exertions of his friends <n New
York, who have interested themselves in his
welfare, and expressed deep sympathy for his
mission, God has blessed their efforts and
opened the way.
I have been deeply affected to hear him
publicly proclaim in broken accents the love
he bore to his Redeemer, who has, as he
trusts, saved his soul, and while listening to
his chants in an unknown tongue, I hare felt
that it conveyed lessons of deep instruction
to us who have been so highly favored from
our youth.
On the sth of November, 1850, lie again
left the land of his temporary residence for
the sunny shores of his native clime, to carry
the glad tidings of great joy to 40,000,000
benighted heathens, and may the Lord be
with him and grant him abundant success in
his labors of Jove.
Americo-Hawaiian Youth in the United
J. F. B. Marshall, Esq., writing undordatc
of Boston, December 2, 1859, for the P. C.
Advertiser, thus alludes to the whale fishery:
palmy days" of the whalo-fishcry seem to be
over, but the business, though it may never prove as
remunerative as in the past, will continue to be
worth following for years. The numerous new inventions and discoveries tor illumination which the
| IThe
"
last few years havo produced have furnished various
substitutes for whale-oil, some of which seem to promise the desideratum, but none as yet are perfect or
free from objection. The kerosene oil, manufactured
from coal, which was so popular, and which it was
thought would drive all other illuminating articles
out of the market, has very much declined in public
favor. Though a cheap a:nl brilliant light, it fills
the room with n noxious odor which is said to be
very injurious to the lungs, and unless some means
is discovered for remedying this objection, it will not
come into general use. The self-generating gas-lamp
gives a brilliant and pure odorless light, but is liable
to the same objection with camphenc and other burning fluids, viz : the danger of explosion. Many persons of my acquaintance who havo tried all these new
inventions have gone back to the old-fashioned solar
lamp with lard or whale-oil, which fact I mention for
the comfort of your island friends who aro engaged
in the whaling business.
Congregational Singing.—"I
States.
It is highly gratifying that our youth,
when they visit the land of their fathers, and
enter the colleges where their fathers were
educated, take a stand for character and
scholarship, so very respectable. The following paragraphs we copy from a letter of J. F.
B. Marshall, Esq., published in the Advertiser of January 19. Might not the writer
have written " and daughters" :
The friends of Hawaii regret to learn of
President Beckwith's resignation. The Oahu
College just struggling into existence, can ill
afford to lose one who was so eminently fitted
for his position, and who has done so much
for the rising generation at the islands.
The proficiency and solid acquirements of
the sons of the Sandwich Island Missionaries,
who have come to the United States to finish their education, are matters of common
remark among those who know them. They
have almost, without exception, taken the
front rank and borne off the highest honors
of the Universities where they have graduated, and the more I have been able to compare them with the young native Americans" of the present day, the more I have
found reason to feel proud of the Hawaiian
born American youth. This supeiiority, I
think, is mainly attributable to the circumstances of their birth and early childhood.
Being out of the vortex of the busy world
which was the home of their parents, they
grow up with an intense thirst for knowledge
of its wonders, and are not interr ipted in
their progress by the excitements and constantly recurring events, which, like bubbles
on the surface, are constantly distracting the
attention, and tending to render superficial
the acquirements of our youth here.
year from that time, our governship of war to return them to
their own native land. When they arrived
at China, all but two decided to remain there,
instead of going back to their own country,
as the laws at that time were such as (if enforced) would have condemned them to
death.
One who remained on board of the ship
was a young lad of prepossessing appearance,
in whom I took peculiar interest, and to
whom I became very much attached.
He came back to this country after an absence of three and a half years, and landed
here under the charge of Mr. Goble, who took
him to Hamilton College for the purpose of
giving him an English education.
In the meantime I heard nothing from him,
and knew not his destiny, until about eighteen months ago, on looking over the papers,
I learned that Professor Harvey, of Hamilton
College, had baptized a Japanese youth. I
immediately wrote to him a letter of inquiry,
and learned to my gratification, that it was
in reality Samuel Sinthan, my young Japanese sailor. I wrote to him immediately, extending an invitation to spend his vacation
with me, which he gladly accepted. I was
much gratified with his visit, and delighted
to hear him speaking in our own language,
and telling in broken accents of thewondrous
Simplicity of Nature.—"As the words in
love of God, who had brought him from heathenish darkness unto the marvellous light of all languages, in all their prodigious variety,
the Gospel.
are compounded of a few simple characters,
After remaining with me about two months, so in like manner are the agencies and powhe returned to the college and resumed his ers of the universe composed of a few primary
studies.
properties or original springs of motion."—
A few days aince I learned that he was in Bacon.
a
ment sent a
Whale Oil vs. Kerosene.
"
exceedingly
regret that our church (the Episcopal) pay.s
so little attention to congregational singing.
In that particular part of public worship, in
which more than in all tho rest, the common
people might, and ought to join—which by
its association with music is meant to give a
fitting vent and expression to the emotions—
in that part we all sing as Jews; or at least
as mere men, in the abstract without a
Savior.
" Upon this deficiency in our service, Wesley and Whitcfield seized ; and you know it
is the hearty, congregational singing of
Christian hymns which keeps the humbler
Methodists together. Luther did as much
for the reformation by his hymns, as by his
translation of the Bible."—Coleridge.
The Girard College.—Stephen Girard,
the founder of the Girard College for Orphans
in I'hiladclphia, required by his will that the
boys should be instructed in the purest principles of morality, but that no clergyman
should be allowed to enter the institution.
As no text-book was prescribed, the officers
of the college took it for granted that they
must use the Bible, as it is recognized as of
the highest authority by tho greatest number, and accordingly the Bible is daily read
there without note or comment. And as in
teaching astronomy and other high sciences,
it is necessary to give a previous instruction
in the elementary departments of mathematics ; so to teach morality, they find it necessary fo teach that on which morality depends,
and accordingly they teach religion.
Children to be told of Christ.—" Little
children can he interested in the story of His
redeeming love. The amazing love of Christ
can be painted out to them, as it was exhibited in the disciple that leaned on Jesus'
bosom ; as it shone in the countenance of the
rapt and dying Stephen ; as it poured itself
out in the conversion of Paul and in his unparalleled labors, or as it has manifested itself in the living example of persons whom
they well know, or in full and sweet consolations of the departing Saint."—Prof. Edwards.
�THE FRIEND, MARCH, 1860.
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Office, corner of Fort and Merchant streets. Office AT I). N. FLITNER'S Watch and Jewelry
Xi_ Establishment, in Kaahumanu street, will bo
open from 'J A. to 4
found the following works :
HOFFMANN,
E.
Almanacks for 1860.
Merchant's, Shipmaster's and Mechanic's Assistant
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Laws of the Sea.
Office in the New Drug Store, corner of KaahuThe Art of Sailmaking.
manu and Queen streets, Makoe & Anthon's Block.
—ALSO
Open day and night.
Ship's Compasses and Dividers.
—ALSO—
GILMAN & CO,,
Mast-head Glasses and Marine Telescopes.
Skip Chandlers and General Agents,
—ALSO—
Chronometers and Chronometer Watches.
LAHAINA, MAUI, S. I.
—also
Ships supplied with Recruits, Storage and Money.
English Charts of North and South Pacific.
PHYSICIAN
.
—
—
—also—
A great variety of other articles useful to the
Mariner.
—AND—
AMBROTYPE GALLERY.
Many ornamental articles, including Breast Pino,
&c.
&c,
fVMIE UNDERSIGNED would call the attention of Rings, Cups,
1 of liis Friends and the Public to his Ilooms, over the Particular attention'given to repairing and rating
Pacific Commercial Advertiser," Printing Office, (next to the
"Post
Office) where he is taking Pictures which, for elegance of
.
4Hj3*SAIIORSHO«^|B
HAVING
105-tf
Late Surgeon United Stat.', Navy, Consular Physician to sick
American seamen and general practitioner.
Office, corner Kaahumanu and Merchant streets, and residence
at l)r Wood*! Mansion, Hotel street.
Medicalanil Surgical advice in Knglish, French, Spanish, and
Italian.
Office hours from 11 a. m. to 2r.s.i at other hours inquire at
hisresidence.
style and softness of toue, cannot be excelled.
It.iIknk In constantreceipt of New Stock, Chemicals. &c, he is
|>rr(tared to Lake Pictures withall the latest improvements.
07 Pictures taken on Glass, Paper, Patent Leather, India
llubber, &c, and warranted to give entire satisfaction.
N H —The Public are invited to calland examine specimens.
W. g. HOWLAND Artist.
119-tf
23
"^B©oIREWARir!~
FROM BAKER'S OR
AT
±-v, LOST,
SEA,
aX£L New Nantucket Island, mi the 50th September, an iron
M,ilt and an Iron can buoy. When they wentadrift were
iv good order, marked in white paint, American Guano C0.,"
and in black paint the name ofthe makers, Secor k Co., Novelty Iron Works, New York." They probably floated toward
the westward, and may be fallen in with by whalers. Who
ever will deliver the above iv a usable condition shall be rewarded as follows For the boat, $600, if deliTered at Baker's
Island, or $WW at Honolulu; for the buoy $200, at Baker'i, or
G. P. JUDD,
$100 at Honolulu.
Superintending Apent Am. GunnoCo.
ISO-Am
'
" "
-.
Chronometers.
HfOTICE TO WHALEIVfiIY.
G, W . MACY ,
DEALER. IN
—
J
BEENRE-PAINTED, IS AGAIN opene
under its former Manager, and with the improvemade, will contribute much to the comfort of
those who may wish to avail themselves of the advantages of a Home, on being discharged.
1
Shower Hntlis ou the Promises.
"Ship Masters and Agents, while putting their vessels under repairs, arc respectfully invited to send
their crews to the Home, where every attention will
be paid to their comfort.
$C
Officers' table, with lodging, per week
do.
do.
6
Seamens' do. do.
Mrs. E. THRUM, Manager.
SST In connection with the Home is a Shipping
Office, under the management of Messrs. Lewis &
Woodman, where crews can be obtained on the short10-tf
est notice.
HAVING
ments
'
SPECIAL NOTICE.
WEor
eign subscription
HOPE OUR PATRONS, WHOSE NAMES,
the names of whoso friends are upon our forlist, will improve the present for
renewing their subscriptions.
$2 50 will send the Friend, postage paid, to any
part of the United States or England.
0P Any sailor subscribing for the Friend will receive a bound volume for last year gratis.
(5 will pay for one year's subscription and a
bound volume containing the Friend for two years.
Bound Volumes
constantly on hand, for one or several years past A
reduction of the price when several volumes are pur-
chased.
jj, b.—We are continually receiving intelligence
that the Friend is highly prized by the friends of seamen in the United States. How can our seafaring
acquaintances confer a more welcome favor upon
their friends than by causing this paper to be regularly forwarded ? It contains more or less news respecting vessels in tho Pacific Ocean touching at the
Sandwich Islands, besides much general information.
BIBLE,BOOK AND TRACT DEPOSITORY.
SAILOR'S HOME, HONOLULU.
BOOKS AND TRACTS, in the English,
French, Portuguese, German, Welsh, SwedThose books are offered
in and Spanish languages.
for sale, at cost prices, by the Hawaiian Bible and
Tract Societies, but furnished
GRATUITOUSLY TO SEAMEN.
Also, Office of The Friend, bound volumes for
sale. Subscriptions roceived.
N. B.—Seamen belonging to vessels lying "off
and on," will be supplied with books and papers, by
calling at the Depository, from 12 to 8 o'clock P. M.
S. C. DAMON,
Seamen's Chaplain
BIBLES,
WHALEMEN'S SUPPLIES AND GENERAL
MERCHANDISE,
Hnwail.
ON HAND a good supply
of Hawaiian beef, potatoes, hogs, sheep and numerous other articls required by whalemen. The
above abides can be furnished at the shortest
notice and on the most reasonable terms in exchange
for bills on the United States or orders on any merchant at the Islands. No charge made on interisland exchange.
Beef packed to order and warranted to keep in any
3-tfclimate.
Knitiiihiir,
CONSTANTLY
A MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO TEMPERANCE, SEAMEN, MARINE AND
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE,
PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY
SAMUEL C. DAMON.
....
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TERMS:
One copy, per annum.
Two oopiee,"
Five copies,
"
«on
8.00
o.UU
�THE
24
liioiurUTioN Wanted.—By the last mall we received the following letter from Capt. Beecher, of the
Royal Navy, England, whow name has long stood on
our subscription list, requesting information, which
the publication of the letter will doubtless facilitate
us in obtaining:
*
IRIE NI , MARCH,
iB6O.
MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I.
\
ARRIVALS,
November 14, 1859. (
Sir —Through the kind services of General Miller, I became Jau.
28 -Am wh bark Hibernia, Booker, from Huahine viaLaacquainted with yourexcellent paper, the Commercial Advtrhaina, 46 brls sp, season.
tiaer, and have found in its pages much useful information
B—Sch Marilda, Hooper, U days from Fanning** Island,
adapted to the pages of uiy own work, the Nautiral Magazine,
10,000 galls cocoanut oil.
with
and which 1 hare nut hesitated to transfer to the Utter.
11—Am wh ship George Washington, Brightman, from
Amongst tl.iH information, are the two voyages to the Kalick
Cape
St. Lucas via Kawaihae, 40 sp, 400 wh.
Chain, (Polynesia,) hy the Morning Star; and my doing soap13—Britishhark HeatherBell, Ockenden, 155 days from
peari to have led to the discovery, hy the parents, of a young
with merchandise to Janion,Qrcen & Co.
London,
man who I* alluded to in the accompanying letter. If on peru13—Bremenwh ship Republic, Sayer, from acruise, 200wh
sing it, you can add any further information beyond that given
ship
Omega, Sanborn, fm Tahiti, 1400 wh.
Am
wh
11
of him in tho last voyageof the Moaning Star, I am sure, when p
cl>. 1 ;_Am bark Frances Palmer, Paty, 15 dayß fm San Franyou know that you will be answering to parental calls of worthy
freight and passengers to D. C Waterwith
cisco,
und pood although nol rich people, your sympathy will not
man if Co.
withhold it.
ship
Bryant, from Kcalakckua via
10—Am
America,
wh
But I have another motive besides that for troubling you with
Kawaihae.
these lines, and it is to ask you if any chart <>f the Polynesian
schooner
Toando,
Elbrecht, 24 days from I'uget
JO—Am
Archipelago or any other, is published at Honolulu. Possibly
Sound, with cargo of lumber to Hackfeld $ Co.
MM containing the Morning Star cruise may be, with sailing
Wilhelm, 1 mouths from
Comet,
.il—Oldenburg
whale-brig
directionsattached to it. anil if no, J should esteem it very much
Bremen, clean.
of you if you would send me a copy of it and let me know to
from
Topaz,
Valparaiso.
M.'s
IiS—II.
Steamer
B.
whom I could refer in London to pay its cost. At any time, indeed, that you meet with any little account of wind*, weather,
DKPAKTIRKS.
hiUTitanes or hydrography of the I'acltlc ocean, of au inexpensive kind, I should he greatly obliged by your addressing a copy
lo me. There must be a great mass of information alnnit the Jan. 27—Am ship Amethyst,Studley, for San Francisco.
l!tt—Am bark Yankee, Lovett, for San Franciseu.
Pacific at Honolulu. We have Maury here—hut it Is that which
Island.
Feb. I—Am brlganiiue Josephine,Stone, fur Jarviaand
i* scattered in newspapers to which I refer, besides, perhaps an
Ochotsk
'J I Am wh ship Benj. Bush, Fish, tor Japan
occasional local chart of a group, or un island. The Morning
Seas.
Star* cruise has shown how little we know of the Kalick and
Ocean.
M |aj wh ship America, Bryant, for Arctic
Kadack Chains, and other islands besides. Therefore having
liJ— Haw brig Hero, Yon Holdt, for Sau Francisco.
mud- known my wishes, and trusting to your kind disposition
which I gather from your pa|>er, lo exercise the liberty I take
In doing »ot I subscribe myself with pleasure,
Your obliged servant,
MEMORANDA.
A. B. Bkkchkr,
Captain K. N.
.Mr. 11. M. Whitnkt, Honolulu.
PS. I may add that Mr. Main, the writer of the enclosed.
IU Ship Hitiernia, Booker—Reports having left Huahine
letter, is a clergyman of the Church of England, and the first
Nov. 30. Ship Caravan, Bragg, laying off and on, had taken
Assistant Aatronomcr at the Royal Observatory.
The following is the letter alluded to in the above 23 brls siß'rin since leaving Honolulu—was taking in wood, intending to sail soon homeward hound. Since leaving Huahme,
KnYil. ObSKRVATORY, URKKNWH'H, I
November 12, ISW.
have not seen a vessel. From theequator up have hud strong
Sin:—As Captain Beecher hui kindly offered to include this easterly and heavy weather ; the last few days have had light
letter in a packet which he has occasion to send to you, I take
winds. Touched at Lahaina on the27th.
the liberty to make an inquiry of you on u subject concerning
(CT Schooner Marilda, Hooper—Reports nine days from
which It Is probable you may be able to give some information.
It relates to the first voyage of the Missionary vessel Morning Farming's Island; with the exception of three days fine weather
AdStar.ot which an account was given in the Commercial
and steady trades, had a rough passage. Has heard from or
terttstr, published hy 11. M. Whitney, K»q., llouolulu. It is
there stated that two men, named Covert and Johnson, were seen no vessels.
found as settlers at Strong's Island, engaged in warfare with the
XT British hark Heather Bell, Ockenden—Reports leaviug
king of that Island, and that, after some negociation, they were, Loudon the Bth Sept.; had fair weather to Cape Horn ; crossed
with their wlv« and families, carriedoff the island in the Morn- the equator in long- 31° 17 W.; off the Cape on 3d Dec., with
ing Star. It is however not stated what became of them afterfair weather i lay off and on the Island of Juan Fernandez one
wards, or at what place they weie put on shore. Now it happened that, last autumn, (1858,) during a tour in the north of day, for water—saw there the whale brig Comet, from Bremen,
England, I lodged for a few days with the parent** of Johnson,
to this*port from thence to Honolulu had fresh hrecn ■
who were then very anxious about their son, from whom they bound
had not heard for some time,ami I was enabled soon afterwards and fair weather •, crossed theequator again in 126 ° W. From
to give them the information which I have already mentioned. the Horn to Honolulu, was 54 .lays. Off Cape Horn, spoke the
Themother has recently written to me again, begging me to try American whaleship Tahmaroo, bound to New Bedford.
and procure for her more information, as they have never heard
D Whale ship Omega, Sanborn, last from Tahiti, reports—
from the son since I left them.
irit is In your power therefore to trace this man at all, or The following vessels had been in there i Ship Modern Times,
even to inform me at what island or place he was put on shore, from M'Kcan's Island, with cargo of guano, put in to repair
you would be doing a very charitable action towards these i>oor
damages to masts and spars ; had been there over three months,
and would greatly oblige, sir,
Robrrt Main.
and sailed again for home Jan. 6.
Your obedient servant,
Whale ship Julian, Winegar, arrived leaking badly i disy information which any of our readers can furrepairing.
nish us on the questions propounded in the above let- charged cargo, hove down, and was ship
Splendid, Pierson, had
Whale bark Warren, Miller, and
ters, will be cheerfully communicated to the writers.
also arrived at Tahiti, both leaking,and would have to repair.
Left Tahiti, January 5, and has come in to repair, the ship
General Scott on the Sabbath.—The leaking
about 3,000 strokes per day. December 16, long. 180
steamer in which Gen. Scott was a passen- W., lat. 21 S., saw ship Wm. Thompson, Childa, cutting In a
Dec. 28, lat. 16, long. 160, spoke bark
ger, arrived at San Francisco on the Sabbath, large sperm whale.
Fanny, Boodry, boundhome. The Omega has taken nothing
and the public demonstrations of respect im- since
leaving Honolulu last fall.
mediately followed. In his address the GenXT Capt. Brightraan, of the George Wathington, reports
of
such
interJanueral deprecated the influence
haviug cruised off Cape St. Lucas, (Lower California.)
126 si>erm since leaving
ruptions of the quiet and sanctity of that day ary 1 spoke bark Franklyn, Howland,
Made
—the time of his arrival not being under his Henolulu Rebecca Simms, same date, 36 humpback. Keala14 days. Cruised off
nawaii
to
iv
Cape
the
run
from
the
am," he said, a churchown control.
in company with several other ships. Spoke the Amergoing man. I have not failed to go to church kekua
ica, Bryant, 36 bbls humpback. Touched at Kawaihae-tor potaAdmiralty, London,
:
>
:
--
Rhodes, arrived at Port Townsend on the 22d, to load turner
for Melbourne.
H7 Ship liaar Howtand, Long, sailed from New Bedford fui
the North Pacific, Dec. 31.
jr Oldenburgbrig Comer, Wllhelm—Reports having spoken
Dec. 27, 1860, the whaleship Commotlvre Morrit, Jones, of
Falmouth, lat. 38° 00 S., long. 77 00 W., SJ month! out, 60
barrels sperm.
(ET Whaling bark Black Eagle, of this port, belonging to
the estate of Thomas Brown, has been sold to A. 11. Potter*
Co. of New Bedford, for $4,760 Melt; she will be fitted out again
as a whaler.
ET" Whaleship Coral,Sisson, arrived at Hilo,Feb. 10, from
the California coast, nothing the season voyage, 460 wli, 6000
bone.
Likklv to Makk a Votac.b.—The ship Ycung PheniM,
Shockly, of New Bedford is reported at Mauritius in November,
having taken during her voyage of only 28 months, 1160 bbls.
sperm oil, 2400 bbls. whale oil, and 18,000 lbs. bone. She ml
bound on another cruise, and may be set down as lik' ly to bring
home what in these days is called a first rate voyage.
°
.
PASSENGERS.
For Sam Francisco—per Amethyst, Jsn 27—FL Hinckley.
Wm San Francisco—|>cr Yankee, Jan 28—Hon Abner Pratt,
lady and servant, E N Nenrn ami servant, Capt O II Cannon,
Capt II S llowland, W II Tiffany, .Mrs Alvah X Clark, Mr Kills,
Mr Grant, Mr Hums, Capt Malzkicvitch and servant, C Miller,
wife and child, Michael Leins, Theo A Kind, D C Waterman,
Chin Shun, Ah llou, Oh Illn, Asiini, Jos Taylor, II Orlander,
E Ves<|Uc, E J Smith—total 28.
From London en route for VANCorviß's Island—perlleather
Bell, Feb 13—Rev Alex C Garrett, lady and 2 children, Rev R
I. Lowe and lady, Rev W S Harvey and lady. Steerage—Peter
German, Jane German, Marcus Rowr, T Johns, II F Hicks.
From San Francisco—per Frances Palmer, Feb 17—Rev J
Goble, lady and child, Mrs A D Cartwright, Miss MT Cartwright, Miss Lucy Hi.Men, Mrs Kobinson and child, Mri X
Richards. C A Williams, II F Harder, A Masson, T Troy, A A
Mott, N S Mason, J Lard, Al.mi Ah Cuoy, Ah Gee—l9.
MARRIED.
Lacy—Borland—At Montgomery, Orange
county, N. V.,
by Rev. Dr. Judd, assisted by Itev. W. Bauuanl, ofNew York,
and Rev. S. B. Bell, of California, Rev. Edward S. Lacy, Pastor
of the First Congregational Church of San Francisco, to Miss
Isaticlla U., only daughter of the late Hon. CharlesBorland, of
Montgomery.
Exkrktt—Ricbardson—ln Lahaina, Feb. 8, by Rev. 8. K.
Bishop, Mr. Thomas W. Kveretl, of Lahaina, to Miss Ellen
Richardson, of Waikapu.
DIED.
Xt sskll—ln Honolulu, suddenly, Feb. 8, Mr. SamuelRussell,
bookbinder, for some years a resident of these islands, formerly
of Boston, Mass.
Bbown—At Koloa, Feb. 11, Wru. Brown, aged 86 yean, a
native of London.
Information M'nnted.
Respecting William Newman, Birmingham,
England.
George Ntshit, Nassau, Bahamas.
Philip i\an</t, Malta.
Any information respecting the above individuals, will be gladly received dv W. L. GREEN,
Acting as H. B. M.'s Consul General, Honolulu.
Also—Respecting Chas. Waterhouse, or Chas.
Thomas, belonging to Durham, Maine, (Cumberland county.) He is 41 years old. He left
New York for California, via the Isthmus, in
January, 1849. Any information communicated
to the Editor of tho Friend, or to A Waterhouse,
North Pownal, Maine, will be gratefully received.
Also—Respecting Charles H. Farnham, who
belonged to the crew of tho " Twilight," wrecked at the Marquesas Islands, and who came to
;
Honolulu in the " Morning Star," July, 1859.
He left Honolulu for San Francisco, and has not
"
"1
since been heard from by his friends, who are
anxious that he should write home.
on a Sunday for forty years, whenever it was toes.
Also—Respecting William H. Gidlow, bepossible to attend. I am always sorry to Ainericau ship Iconium, Heustis—Left Puget Sound Jun. 7 |
Mass., and who waa
had light winds till near the islands. On the 12th,spoke a longing to Cambridgeport,
stay away from Divine service."
Wavelet," Captain
French clipper ship, 12 days from San Francisco, bound for a last reported on lioard the
Iconium did not atop at thisport, but was Swain.
guano.
of
The
cargo
Great Deeds of Great Men.—A lecturer
boarded by the Commercial news-boat some eight or ten miles
Also—Respecting Samuel Slocum, left at Taon the heroes of the English commonwealth at sea.
hiti,
by Captain Divoll, of the " Marengo," in
Sound—Reports
Puget
it
was
who
the
from
Hampden
established in
says,
American schooner Toando,
1855.
the
outside
of
When
about
30
miles
English mind the idea of liberty, Cromwell having sailed Jan. 18.severe gale, during which the aaila were
who established the idea of toleration, Blake Capes, encountered a
iy The Chaplain has recently received letters
split, the I chooner thrown on her beam ends, and a
for John Penrose, James Dempsey, James E.
the idea that Britain must be master of the torn and
to
again
Port
Townsend
to
Put
back
part of thedeck-loadlost.
(ship "Dromo,") Mr. Jno. Colcord, alias
seas, and Milton the idea of the liberty of the repair, where Capt. Keller was obliged to leave the vessel on Kelley,Amala,
and JonathanSpooner.
Tbs vessel sailed Koeni
was the special work of these account of sickness Incurred in the disaster. Elbrecht,
formerly
of Capt.
A
charge
the27th
Jan..
Also—
for Mr. James F
In
Daguerreotype
again
on
of
Puritans,
en, all
the fathers
British I commanding the Marilda. Reports the Jennn Ford, loading,
Hedges, ship " Ontario."' New Bedford.
ka isll a few days after, for Honolulu, ship Milwaukee.
£,
"
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