https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/3d3d171873c2a5597ff7fc02b84bd05c.pdf a8458d0b6b687fe38f97c2b763227be3 PDF Text Text THF E RIEND. Sen Scries, (M, 12, Ba.U For 1 CONTEXTS Jitiitiiiry, 1803. A New Year Tlie H lli>iM-ri;in Cruise of thta Danish ship Oalatheu The Year »>f Jubileehut Come News fr<>ru the Puuth Seas ■ Stick to your Ship" Ordination of Mr. \V. F. Snow Important Arctic Discoveries ■Capt. Newald alias Dixie JWvertHetncntHand Marine Journal Pack. 1 1 2, 3 4 4 6 6 6 .6 7, 8 THE FRIEND. JANUARY 1, 1863. A NEW YEAR. We most heartily wish our donors, subscribers and readers, a Happy New Year. Through the liberality of our donors and the prompt payment of our subscribers, we are enabled to pay our printer, and commence a new volume of the Friend, hopeful and buoyant. Although the number of our readers may have essentially diminished with the decline of the whale-fishery in the North Pacific, yet there are still many hundreds of seamen afloat in this ocean whose visits to our shores encourage us to send forth a monthly sheetfor their perusal. The number of ourreaders ashore is certainly not diminished. From many of them resident upon these islands, and on other islands of the Pacific, we are frequently receiving the gratifying assurances that the Friend is a welcome visitor. A correspondent at Tahiti thus writes us: «The Friend improves in interest as it advances in age, and ithat is saying much, when we remember its vigorous and fascinating youth." This number commences the XXth volume. In regard to the future, we have no extravagant promises to make, but hope to ■keep along the even tenor of our way j our readers will always find us most strenuously advocating " Whatsover things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever •things are of good report." most {©ft-Smts, 0ri.20. HONOLULU, JANUARY I, IS«3. The Hesperian.—This Monthly has out-lived many of the California periodicals, nnd appears to have become established as one of the institutions of the country. We have long been honored with an exchange. Vol. IX, No. 1, has been received, and with new editors. The former editor, Mrs. Day, has gone East, to make arrangements for enlarging and perfecting the magazine, having invited Mrs. Schenck nnd the Key. J. D. Strong to conduct the periodical during her absence. We are most happy to welcome both to the editorial fraternity. Mrs. Strong has engaged to furnish a children's story each month. Mr. James Daly, of Oakland College, is also a contributor. All these writers have an island reputation. We have frequently noticed contributions from Mr. and Mrs. Strong in the periodicals of California. Some of Mr. Strong's translation from the Germanlanguage, have evinced talent of a high order, and been frequently copied. Success to our old friend. We recollect to have once heard a sermon from Mr. Strong, before the Hawaiian Missionary Society, which, viewed as a literary performance, was certainly one of the best we, ever heard. With his taste in literary matters, the Hesperian should be a decided success. Both the Advertiser and Polynesian agree in their estimate of Mr. Fuller's services as Secretary of the Board of Education. It is so seldom that these two sheets har» monize in their views of the officers of government, we think Mr. Fuller must surely have discharged his duties with peculiar tact and fidelity. On the 5th page will be foud an inter- esting account of the ordination of Mr. William Franklin Snow, son of our fellow resident y*pt. We have learned that his regiment, the Massachusetts sth, had been ordered to Newborn, North Carolina. One thing is certain, both the North and South have sent theiisfirst-born and their choicest sons, to engage in, this terrible struggle. The sacrifice is great, but we confidently hope the roward may correspond. Snow. On the first of January lost year, it was priviloge to. report the Home, Bethel and Friend out of debt. We aro most happy to report that the finances of the several institutions aro still in a good condition. The Homo has already been reported out of debt. The Bethel bus had extra repairs and painting, amounting to $331 25 ; and to pay off this debt, the Chaplain has received from donors $254 30, leaving an unpaid balance of $77 25.. The 'Friendh&m lost, for printing and paper, $587 00 deceived from subscribers, donors, &c, 549 25 our ... $37 75 enable will few subscribers A "delinquent" HT us to pay that amount, when we shall start again square with the world. Subscribers in the United States wishing to make remittances for the Friend, can do so by sending the amount in postage stamps. Subscription, one year, $2 50, including postage. Eleven Volume, fer »10 00. A few copies of the Friend from 1852 to 1862, neatly bound, will be sold for $10 00 each, by applying to the Editor. We have heard and read much about Kerusene as an article for lamps. Hitherto, we honestly confess we hare had scruples about trying it, while our labors were so much among whalemen! Mr. Waterhouse has, however, placed us in a position to test our conscientious scruples, by the present of a beautiful study lamp and can of Kerosene. We have no doubt the public will find lamps of all kinds at his well Stocked store, and at most reasonable prices. Persons who have tried Kerosene speak in the highest terras of it. Sugar of Ulapalakua.—The tints has been when the roses of Ulapalakua wore much talked of and admired, but now it is the sugar. We congratulate Capt. Makee and Son, upon their success in manufacturing an article of sugar which is so remarkably good and desirable. "Yankee Notions,"—If any one wishes for any article in the hard-ware line, from a pin to. a crowbar, a comb to a rake, a knife to a plow, a fish-line to a log chain, a hone to a a grindstone, a rasor to a aythc, let him call at W. N. Ladd'a store, on F*m\ Street �2 THE FRIEND, JANUARY, IS6 3. Extract especially as to political science. He lived for some time, before he came here, in Mexico. When Miller, the British Consul General of all the Islands in the Pacific, was officially called to Tahiti, he left Mr. Wyllie at the Islands as his representatire during his absence, when the latter succeeded to gain the full respect and confidence of the chiefs. In 1845 he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and held therefore the place of Mr. Judd, who till then had filled that office, together with the Finance Department, since the above-named mission of Mr. Richards. Wyllie was ever, by his opponents, considered a very honest and disinterested man, and served (ss far as I know) the government without compensation. FROM eport BiStleeen'sR DaVoofOnntiyshageeCo"Galathea," rvet e theWor Round1845-'46-'47 Yearlds, the in TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH BY F. BANNING, ESQ. On the 4th October, 1846, in the morning at 9 o'clock, we sighted land from the mast-head. We passed the east point of Molokai at 6 o'clock, and sailed along the coast at a distance of three-fourths of a mile, which being nbove 53,000 feet high and flat on the top, presents to the sea it 3 deeply jagged, perpendicular precipices ; a few cataracts rolled down from the rocks and sparkled in the light of the moon, who stood in her full magnitude, on the cloudless, azure blue, starred heavens. It was a goodly sight, one to inspire man with new strength and courage, especially after such a long and soul-trying passage. We passed " Diamond Hill" on the morning of the sth, and came in sight of the roadstead of Honolulu., The town with " Punch-bowl" in the background, was then just enveloped in a heavy shower of rain, and toon a brilliant rainbow stretched over it, one foot in a verdant valley toward the East. While the rain came down in torrents on the neighboring mountains and their summits were hidden by the clouds, town and harbor were spread out in the most brilliant sunshine. The object of our visit here, was the display of the Danish flag in these remote waters, and the formation of friendly relations (especially for the furtherance and protection of Danish commerce) with this now flourishing kingdom. For other reasons, also, we had to make a longer stay in the harbor ; we had more than forty sick men on board, from scurvy, and it was constantly increasing. 1resolved, therefore, to make the Sandwich Islands one ofthe principal stations of our voyage, and to enter the corvette into the cxcellaut harbor of Honolulu. On the 7th, accordingly, at 9 o'clock, we came to anchor near H. B. M. frigate Juno, and were now laying as in a large fish-pond, in a mirror-bright sea. My first duty was to take the sick on shore. Immediately alter my arrival, I applied for that purpose to the British Consul, General Miller, who with the greatest willingness assigned me a small hospital situated a mile and a quarter back of the town, in Nuuanu Valley, called Little Greenwich." My next object was to enter into communication "with the highest authorities of the land, also the foreign consuls. By the friendly attentions of Consul-General Miller and the French Consul, Mr. Dudoit, this was a very easy matter for me. My visits were directed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Wyllie, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Judd, the Minister of Public Instruction, Mr. Kichards, the Co-Kegent, the Prince Minister, and Minister of the Interior, John Young, or as he is called in Hawaiian, Keoni Ana, and last the Governor of Oahu, Kekuanaoa, one of the highest chiefs, and besides James Young, the only living companion of the King Liholiho and his consort Kamamalu, on their voyage to England. Immediately after our arrival Kekuanaoa welcomed me by an officer of the fort. 1 think proper to give here at once, a short sketch of the lives of these men, as they all play a part in the late history of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Kichards was one of the first American missionaries. He was for a long while resident on Hawaii. In 1838 he was appointed interpreter to the Government and Chaplain to the King. He is the author of the Hawaiian Constitution of 1840. In the years 1842-43 he was a member of the embassy that the present King sent to Europe and America to obtain the recognition of the Sovereignty of this small kingdom, from the three high powers, England, France and the United States. The embassy consisted ofthe chief Haalilio and Mr. Richards, Mr. Simpson acting as co-adjutor or secretary. Haalilio died in the United States. He is said to have been one of the best instructed and most hopeful of the natives. Richards was appointed in 1845, Minister of Public Instruction. I shall have occasion hereafter, to dwell more at length on the seven charges of hypocrisy and hierarchical despotism, against the Missionaries generally and especially against Mr. Richards. Mr. Wyllie came to the islands in 1843. He is a Scotchman by birtl), a Doctor from Edinburgh, and a man of great scholarship, Judd had accompanied the American mission to the Islands as physician. He was born in the United States, is short in stature and rather thin, a man surely of extraordinary talents and abilities and strong character. He is the soul of the Hawaiian government, and therefore he will often be mentioned hereafter. John Young is a son of the well-known boatswnin Young, of ship Elenor, who together with the ship carpenter, Isaac Davis, was taken prisoner in the year 1790. The Elenor was commanded by one Captain Metcalf and was accompanied by the trader Fair American, commanded by his son. The elder Metcalf was drawn into a quarrel with the natives of Maui, who had stolen one of his boats and murdered the sailor who kept watch in her; he enticed several hundred natives near to his vessel, and then caused the most horrible slaughter among them by his guns and muskets. In revenge the natives attacked by surprise the small schooner Fair American, and killed the entire crew, with the exception of Isaac Davis, whom they carried off"as prisoner to the shore. When afterwards the elder Metcalf, unacquainted with this occurrence, arrived at Hawaii, he sent the boatswain Young ashore, to inquire after his son. Young, however, was detained by Kamehameha 1., (then chief of only a part of Hawaii, the ancestor and founder ofthe present dynasty,) to share the captivity of Isaac Davis. He did them no harm but only wished to make use of their skill. Davis died a few years afterwards, while Young, Governor of Hawaii many years, followed Kamehameha in all his campaigns, and up to his death was his friend and counsellor. Young died on the 17th December, 1835, aged 92 years ; on his tombstone he is called "Friend and companion in arms of Kamehameha." He married Kaoanaeha, a daughter of one ofthe hi<m chiefs, and had by her two sons and three daughters ; one was married to the English Dr. Rooke, the two others were ladies o f honor to the Queen. Ricord, Attorney-General and member of the Privy Council, hadbeen a lawyer in the United States. He was undoubtedly a shrewd man, with good knowledge of law; he had made himself, however, unpopular with the white population. A short time alter we left the Islands, he proved he did not feel a strong attachment to his new country, by leaving books, law, and Hawaiian institutions, to take hold of the spade in the California gold mines. How he fared afterwards I did not learn. The British Consul, General Miller, formerly a military man, had made the campaign of Spain, underWellington. Being master nf the Spanish language, he entered into the Peruvian service and fought in the wars that the country had to fight against interior and foreign enemies. Weary of that life he returned to England, offered his services to his country and was sent as British Consul-General to the Pacific Islands, with a special mission to negotiate a treaty of commerce with the Kingdom of Hawaii. The French Consul, Dudoit, had been ship owner and had led a roving life over the Pacific, until he settled in 1836, as a merchant on the Sandwich Islands. In the year 1838 Dupetit Thouars arrived, and was prompted, on account of persecutions against the Catholic missionaries, to act very energetically ; he made a provisional treaty and appointed Mr. Dudoit as French Consul, and, though never confirmed as such by the home government, continued to act until in 1847, he received a successor. All these gentlemen lived in the town or its vicinity, and thus I hnd an opportunity to see at once the capital ofthe Kingdom and its curiosities, which it is true was very soon done. I would call Honolulu a town in spe, and it will surely become a beautiful one, for all the materials are at hand. It is a sad fact, that the better houses have not been erected and are not occupied by the natives, but with few exceptions, by the white immigrated population. The natives, on the contrary, eno the chiefs and the King himself not excepted, consider such stone buildinps as a burthensome luxury, and if perchance they are in possession of one consider ii a gala garment, only put on at festival occasions, as they feel themselves too awkward in it. 1 shall hereafter come back to this subject, for I was far less astonished to see the brave Hawaiians' discontent with European comforts, than that they at all entered upon fhem. But such is trio result of civilization introduced with green-house warmth. �18(4. 3 THE FRIEND, JANUARY, pie that the honor and reverence, paid to the King's name is not to be determined by the size of the Kingdom. I deJatmined, therefore, as forms and show messenger of my King and Lord, to observe the same reverence that I should to any EunQ a Sovereign. The King was standing in the audience saloon, surrounded by his ministers, chiefs and their children. The King is a tall, fine looking man, with a strong beard, and kind but feeble features. He wore a blue unif&rm, with a red collar, richly embroidered with gold, and heavy golden epaulettes, while a red ribbon and a silver star, belonging to some order, glittered on his breast. The latter distinction appeared also on all the ministers and the Attorney-General Ricord. Mr. Wyllie introduced me to Kamehameha 111. After having listened to my short address, with good grace and dignity, His Majesty was pleased to read the answer in kanaka language, which Mr. Judd translated then and there as follows : " 1 am truly pleased to see before me one of the excellent officers of His Danish Majesty. I have heard of the good that his Majesty and his predecessor, Frederic VI., have done for the education, welfare and freedom of their subjects. Following so commendable an example, it has been my endeavor to advance knowledge, religion and lawfulness among.my people. God has been with me thus far. I rely on the support of more enlightened and powerful states, and I am Creator, who orders all for well-being. Oahu, the to hear that your good and great king will favor me with his old, Governor of Kekuworthy pleased the fort the upon I called at and friendship. Please take back to your sovereign the was furnished with sympathy anaoa, a fine-looking, powerful man. His dwelling assurance of my reverence and devotion; tell him I should be pleased very after on his magnificent having put in, came Kekuanaoa taste. of his subjects in my dominions and I will take care that coat and rooms were to see state-rooms; his many uniform, and conducted me into privileges granted to the most clearly very uncomfortable to him. Notwithstanding his European they partake of all the protection and to the earliest navigators and are our conversation soon favored The Danes belong so that came nations. speak English, travels, he dislikes to and have had great influthe and emigrants, a exterior deearliest conquerors among certain to a close. Kekuanaoa had, however, acquired in meanor, in consequence of which the unitorm did not badly become ence for the civilization of the world. I should be pleased to hear be to that expedition hope your 1 what can of service and your way behavior, his short his whole compliments, in him : his polite manners, agreeable to you. God save your King." made a very favorable impression. On the day following, Kekuanaoa stay on our islands may prove these addresses, I introduced my companthe of his best suit and looked After exchange in ; he was dressed paid me a visit on board etiquette was broken up and the company scattered really well. I ordered a salute for him. It was evident that my old ions, and soon the the seat nearest him, friend did not receive such a mark of honor*for the first time; he raised in the saloon. The King commanded me to take but a few simple words with but discovered that he with spoke difficulty covered luxuriantly silver-gray I the three-cornered hat off* his head, the hair, and bowed, when the salute was over, with as good grace as would in English. I endeavored to obtain some information in regard to star, and of the order the above-mentioned ribbon represented by Louis the Fourteenth. origin the court of have done honor to a Frenchman in that they were only a kind of uniform, The streets of Honolulu are not paved, but one walks in the dust but heard to my astonishment the for himself and privy council. sidewalks, furnished with introduced lately by King are they boots, much less high up on his I renewed there the acquaintance of the Prime Minister, John Young, drains, &c. Sometimes a Hawaiian carriage is met with, not however, drawn by horses, but by one or two stout kanakas. European as well a fine-looking man, whose European descent was plainly impressed on as the native chief ladies make use of these conveyances, which are at his features. As it is generally supposed that the Prime Minister best only to be compared to a large child's wagon. I have never seen must be a man, it may be proper for us to explain why the Hawaiian them used by men. ' At first I was astonished at this mode of convey- Government makes an exception, as it is not only permitted, but settled, a deance, though afterwards it appeared no more offensive than gentlemen that it should be a woman. How far progressive civilization and those of foreign form of to according government drawn sire to model their Carriages carried on or post-chaises. by ladies palanquins and horses were extremely rare; when the roads, however, become suffi- countries, will effect a change in this particular, time will show. The first Premier or Co-Regent, was Kaahumanu, the beloved wife, by ciently improved, they will be found in greater number. here, had to Minister dispatched preference, of Kamehameha 1., noted both for personal beauty and high after corvette arrived the I Soon the of Finance, Mr. Wyllie, a written request to be allowed an audience mental qualities. She was appointed to the neglect of his official wife, Kaahumanu died in 1832, with the King, chiefly to pay my respects to His Majesty, and next to and mother of the heir-apparent. When which office she remained in Premier and Co-Regent, Wyllie and had Kinau became apSovereign. Mr. deliver the message of my Lord of Kamehameha pointed in his answer the 9th of October. 1 went accompanied by a up to her death in 1839, she was one of the widows successor was Keand of Kamehameha Kinau's I. 11., of on was restep-daughter shore, retinue officers and other and gentlemen numerous II.; and the last of this family ceived at the landing by Minister Wyllie and the French Consul Du- kauluohi, also a widow of Kamehameha by marriage, that we Christians would call it indoit. The few days of my sojourn here I had employed to inform my- so strangely connected died the year 1845; Victoria, the youngest daughtin cest. Kekauluohi affairs, the state of conversation with men of by self somewhat as to every class, government officers, foreign consuls, commanders of ships, er of Kinau, was selected, but she being only seven years of age, John pnttcstant and catholic missionaries, merchants and captains, and to Young was appointed to fill her place. The future will decide if she I do not believe it, for this bizarre regulamake up my mind what part I had to play on this portion of the world's ever enters upon her office; tion originated from the great love cherished by Kamehameha f, for theatre, not unimportant as regards commerce and navigation. of their personal and mental qualities, as I must not, however, be accused of vanity or conceitedness as though these three women, for reason and capacity of the last two kings. 1 thought myself able in so short a time to acquaint myself with the well as from the inferior power future a more regular succession, both in this office as well as discovered, however, that the whole But in here. soon I of affairs whole state community, from the King and his ministers down to the least officers, the throne, will be adopted, so that the eldest among brothers and sisters the preference. The present crown prince, Alexander, has from the foreign consuls down to the most insignificant foreigners, were will have been chosen and all to They appeared glad heir-ap| arent, to the neglect of his two elder brothers, Moquarrels. filled with various disputes meet with a stranger, and therefore an impartial person, to whom they ses and Lot. By invitation of His Majesty the King, we pissed over from the could defend the justice of their opinions, more particularly as this where the children of the chiefs, boys as stranger was the commander of a man-of-war, a class of men who have, Palace to the Royal School, as girls, are educated. Mr. Douglas, head teacher, commenced Vancouver, an on well important part played nnd time of Cook from"the 1 these Islands. I was convinced that, it was proper for me to keep out-1 an examination, and must acknowledge that I listened with astonishside of all parties, but be friendly tn all, especially to show all marks of ment to the knowledge these children bad acquired. The visit was highly satisfactory and left with me an agreeable impression. The respect to the King and his government, due to an independent present King founded this school in 1839, on a plan proposed by Mr. eign prince, black or white, powerful or weak. Serving a State, which, in comparison with the European powers | Richards. [TO Bfc CONTINUED.] r'presented here, is small, I felt myself the more bound to the princi- ] m Honolulu is situated on the east side of the harbor, a small river flows into it on the north side. The discharging of this fresh water has effected an opening in the reef, which is the entrance to the harbor. On the the harcoral reef, the whole force of the ocean is broken; after entering heard, is in only vain combat dull and of the faint roaring bor, the and then which the ocean has struggled for thousands of years. Nowmuch less it overflows its enemy but has never yet been able to crush, to put him to flight. Who is this enemy? Who raised this unconquerable barrier to the violence of the boundless ocean, and girdled the islands with this unshaken wall, and formed within it protecting harbors ? This work, had it been erected by the band of man, would deserve to be called the greatest wonder of tile world, has been acomplished by smaH, insignificant animals. While England and France expend for many millions of money and the labor of thousands ol workmen, years, upon the erection of a few hundred yards of a breakwater, these little beings have built up imperishable limestone walls, many miles long, and"when their structure reaches'the surface, the safe, deep harbor it for the use of man. It is impossible that the seaman not be astonished at a view of these coral harbors, and at the should same time bend in deep awe before the unsearchable omnipotence of the sover-1i �THE FRIEND, JANUARY, I B*3. 4 1 II Hi ? IV 1 EJ 11 l) JANiA t 1, 1863. The Year of Jubilee has come. To-day—January. Ist, 1863,—a1l the slaves in the rebel states of America are legally free, so declared by Abraham Lincoln, as Commander-in-Chief of the military and naval forces of the United States. Near four millions art legally freemen to-day, who were slaves—chattel slaves—yesterday. What Congress could not do, neither the President as a civil magistrate of the people, has been done by him as a military commander. Let no one of our readers imagine that we are so sanguine in our opinions, oT short-sighted in our views, that we suppose the terrible struggle in America is about to cease. By do means, we are not sure as it has reached its acme. Conflicts in nations usually last in proportion to the length of time that the forces have been gathering, which give life to those conflicts. Now, as we read the history of America, two representative men —a Puritan freeman, from the yeomanry of England, and an African slave, from the coast of Africa—both landed in America in 16120. The one represented voluntary labor, and the other involuntary servitude. During more than two hundred and forty years they have been there at work. The question is now to be settled—shall freedom or slavery control the destinies of America ? This is the question. The freemen of the North cast their vote for freedom. The slaveholders of the South, outvoted, unsheathed the sword, hence this struggle, fierce and bloody. The conflict could not be avoided. Anthony Trollope was right when he said the North must fight. there is anything which savors of puerand childish gossip, it is to refer to the orrel! Tariff," or the antipathy of the Northern people to their Southern brethren, or ofthe Southerners to the Yankees, as the cause of the war. Othercountries have their sectional differences far stronger, yet are living in peace. President Lincoln is right when asserting in his late Message, that slavery is the cause of the war. Could anything be more supremely silly than the position assumed by Bishop McCosky, ofMichigan, in a sermon which he lately preached in Brooklyn, at the opening of the grave Assembly of the Triennial Episcopal Convention. The Christian Times, an Episcopal paper of New York, reports him to have made this statement, viz., that "our national calamities are all to be ascribed to the denial of Apostolic Succession in the ministry of the church, nnd the rejection of the dogma of Baptismal ration, the acceptance of which would to redeem us from the perdition to vc are hastening." B « The Editor, who is an Episcopalian, aptly remarks : "More in sorrow than in anger, we pronounce this sermon an insult to the church ; or, if endorsed by the church, then an insult from the church to the nation which protects it and guarantees it in all its liberties, so that even such a sermon as this can be preached by one of its chief ministers." We cannot speak for others, but for ourself we can obtain views most satisfactory relating to the probable issue of the present struggle, by reading Hume, Alison, Hallam, Bancroft and other historians, who are deeply versed in the history of the Anglo-Saxon race and ifs branches. The Puritan element is more potent in the Uniied States than some imagine. To suppose the leaders of the Southern rebellion will succeed in establishing permanently a confederacy of states with Negro slavery as the corner-stone, is to suppose them capable of throwing a dam across the stream of civil liberty, which has been running broader and deeper for hundreds of years— that stream commenced flowing more than a thousand years ago—"as well dam up the of the Nile with bulrushes." The Barons of England tried it in the days of the " wars of the Roses," and in the language of Alison, " they watered the English plains \Vaters with blood, from which has arisen a harvest of glory." On one battle-field, thirty-six thousand Britons fell by mutual slaughter. "The Barons of the South," (to apply to the slave-holders of the Southern States, an epithet coined by old John Adams,) have declared that they would decide the present " irrepressible conflict" by an appeal to arms. The freemen of the North acewpted the challenge, and now the contest is raging. How long it will rage, no mortal can foresee—but longer, we fear, than some imagine. The political cancer —slavery—which has been so long eating away the vitals of the nation, must be cut out. We hope there is vitality sufficient in the nation to survive the operation. If not, then Ichabod thy glory has departed—must be written upon the nation's ruins. President Lincoln, speaking in the name of liberty, the age and the Gospel, proclaims freedom to the slaves in the Rebel States ; and to the Loyal Slave States he would — offer adequate pecuniary compensation for fheir slaves. What he has done, we lielievc (he highest interests of humanity and the national welfare demanded, and rrad he done less, we fear it would have driven him from the White House. " Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish," we are for supporting the President of the United States in this important mensure. He has but endorsed the Declaration of Independence. He has but renewed his oath to support the Constitution. We have no fears for the ultimate results. Items from a California Cokrestond- ent. —Oakland, Nov. 14, 1862.—" You probably are aware that one of our islandboys, Samuel Armstrong, is a captain, nnd was captured at Harper's Ferry by Stonewall Jackson. Nathaniel Emerson has joined the, army also, I hear. I have just read in A newspaper that W. F. Snow was ordained, Oct. 6, chaplain of the sth Massachusetts Regiment. Well do I remember W. F. Snow's thoughtful face, as we-sat in your Bible class years ago." "Rev. Mr. . . . Bcckwith is at work at Old Mission Dolores. It is now quite a city suburb. Mr, Bcckwith preached a noble sermon last Sunday, from the words: 'Fori determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ nnd Him crucified.' His prospects of usefulness are very good. Mr. Strong is preaching in another suburb ofSan Francisco. He resides in Oakland. He has taken the joint editorship of the Hesperian. Dr. Pierson is toiling away tit Brooklyn. Mr. Taylor has gone (from Columbia) to Petaluma." J. A. D. "South Seas." We have received the May number of the jpamoan Reporter, published by the English Missionaries at Upolu, Snmoan or Navigator Islands. It contains the journal of the Rev. Mr. Murray, the delegate from the Mission, who was sent to visit all the islandsand missions touched at by the missionary bark John Williams, during her fifteenth trip among the islands of the South Seas. The inland of Aneiteum has been visited by measles, hurricanes, famines and other calamities. This is the island where the Rev. Mr. Geddie is luboring, who visited Honolulu in 1546 or '47, en route from British America (Prince Edward's Island,) to the South Seas, as a missionary. His mission has been a prosperous one, until the late disasters. The measles were taken to the islands by a sandal-wood trading vessel. So rapidly did the disease spread, that nearly the whole population of the island was down at the same time. Eleven hundred natives died, or about one-third part of the population. Not a dozen upon the island escaped. Some hitherto heathen islands in the New Hcbridc group, are now to be supplied with missionaries. Upon the whole, the work of the missionaries is encouraging, although attended by many obstacles. Af Apia, on the Samoan Islands, English preaching is now kept up. The average congregation is nbout forty. An English school has been established. For the support of the school, donations are solicited by J. C. Williams, Esq., (son of the old missionary,) H. B. M. Consul. The Samoan Christian natives have contributed, during the past year, for the support �of the gospel, about 14,800 in money, besides nearly $400 in cocoanut oil. We regret to no|icc that the Rev. Mr. Murray, in consequence of Mrs. Murray's illness, has been compelled to retire from the missionary work, in which he has been engaged for twenty-five years. Ship."—This advice is often given to sailors, but they are seldom inclined to follow it. This cannot be said of Cajitain Randolph, late master of the old ship South Boston, which has been condemned. He first shipped on board this vessel twenty years ago, and has served in every capacity, from a cabin-boy to master. This ship has been his home for twenty years. We have never known another similar instance. Capt. R.s success as a shipmaster shows what can be done when a man sticks to his ship." fficer of the ship John P. West calling ay his subscription for the Friend, ad, that he was bound home, having tached to his vessel about fifty months, "Stick I to your " his arrival home he hoped to have as the proceeds of his voyage. How etter for an officer who can give such Hint of himself, than one who is a icr," and merely ships to cam a few d dollars to spend in dissipation. New Roman Catholic Version or the New Testament.—Dr. Kenrick, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore; has recently put forth a new translation of the New Testament, in which, with other improvements on the Douay version, he substitutes " repent" for "do penance," &c. The Christian Chronicle remarks: "The good which may flow from this new translation can hardly as yet be estimated. To preach * repentance' rather than ' penance,' is all the difference between preaching a cold and lifeless formality, and the living regenerating truths of the oracles of God. We rejoice in thisstep of progress in the Romanist Church." Superabundance of Men.—There is, according to the census, an excess of 733,258 males over females ia the United States. This fact is noteworthy and ought to quiet the apprehensions of those who feared the war would cause an undue preponderance of women after peace is declared. No matter how bloody the war may be, or how long it may last, it cannot make away with threequarters of a million of lives. The waste of life may make the sexes nearly even, but even then we shall be better off than England, where the females are in excess by nearly a million, and the social problem of the day is how to provide them with husbands or occupations.—Exchange paper. How beautiful can time, with goodness, make an old man look. Ordination of a Chaplain—Mr. W. F. Snow, of Honolulu. We deem ourselves fortunate in being present at the recent Ordination of William Franklin Snow, as Chaplain of the sth Massachusetts Regiment. The services were held in the Franklin St, church, Somerville. Mr. Snow is from Honolulu. He came to New England some years ago to be educated—graduated at Harvard in 1861, and was studying for the Ministry at Andover, when he heard a call from his country that he could not resist, and in the spirit of true patriotism, he enlisted as a private in the Somerville Light Infantry. He was soon chosen corporal, and was serving in camp, in that capacity, when with great unanimity he was elected chaplain of the regiment with which his company was connected, and on the evening of October 6th Was ordained to his sacred office. The occasion was one of deep interest. Mr. Snow was a member of the Franklin St, church, had been a teacher in its Sunday School, and was thus known and loved by a large part of those who gathered to unite in the services. Brief and appropriate selections from Scripture were read, and the opening prayer offered by Dr. Neale of Boston. The sermon, by the Pastor of the church, Rev. Mr. Packard was earnest, and though prepared at short notice, was happily fitted to the occasion. The consecrating prayer, by the Rev. Mr. Marvin of Medford, was brief and pertinent. The Right Hand of Fellowship, by Rev. Plumb of Chelsea, was quite informal and unstudied, but affectionate and admirably fitting. The closing prayer was by the Rev. Mr. Hooker of Medford. At the opening of the service it was announced, that at the close there would be a presentation of a sword to the young Chaplain from the Sunday School. This, we confess, did not strike us pleasantly, but the Unassuming and affectionate manner in which the presentation was made by the Superintendent ofthe School, and the modest and touching response of the young Chaplain, did much towards reconciling us to what we still think an inappropriate presentation. There was one thought particularly, in Mr. Snow's response, that was deeply affecting and impressive. He accepted the sword, he said, only as a symbol, not for use. The use of the weapon was not for him. He was called to another service. His position in the regiment must be in the rear, the saddest plate of all. He must stand back and see his brave comrades rush to the conflict in the face of peril and death, and when they fall must bear them from the field, and minister to them, as he best could, the immortal faith and hope of the Gospel. We cannot recall his precise words, but they Were spoken with a pathos and tenderness that showed how gladly he would take the post of danger if permitted, while he clearly saw that his mission, as a minister of Christ, was "not to destroy but to save." Many eyes were wet with tears as he spoke still further of the peculiar nature of his mission, and nsked for the prayers of all, for himself, and the brave men now girding themselves for their country's service. As he stood there in his plain soldier's 5 THE FHIEND, JANUARY, 1813. dress, with only the humble stripes of a corporal upon his sleeve, we could bat think how the conflict in which we are now engaged levels all artificial distinctions, and brings all true hear}| upon the common plane of a common devotion to the one all absorbing cause. The only time we ever saw thia young man before was at the Cambridge Commencement, when he graduated, arrayed in black gown, delivering his " Disquisition," upon a theme which very likely his heart as well as his head had chosen, " The criterions of missionary success." How little did he then dream that in so short a time he would be called from the midst of his preparatory studies, and in the simple garb of a common soldier, be consecrated amid prayeis and tears to the ministry of Christ on the battlefield. So it is that cherished life plans are laid without a murmur on the altar of tiuty in this trial hour. May God bless the young chaplain, and grant answers or peace to the many prayers that will be offered for him t. and his heroic comrades. Christian Register,Boston. — Important Arctic Discoveries. —The following is a copy of a telegraphic dispatch from Mr. C. F. Hall, the arctic voyager, who reached St. John's, N. F., upon his return on Friday last. It is addressed to Mr. H. Grinnell of New York city : St. John's, N. F. Aug. 22, 1862. I am bound for the States to renew my voyage. I have not prosecuted my mission to the extent proposed, on account of the vessel: but I thank God that He hath impowered me to do so much. I have determined the fate of probably two boats' crews of Sir John Franklin; have solved the mystery of 300 years relative to Sir Martin Frobisher's expedition under Queen Elizabeth, and have learned the fate of five of the men captured from Frobisher by the Esquimaux. I have found and identified the exact place of their landing and prior account of Warwick's Sound: from thence Frobisher attempted to plant the colony of one hundred men. 1 have recovered Avassa, Varedi and a large number of relics of said expedition, and have explored over one thousand miles of the sea coast, including the so-called l-robishers Simits, which I found to be a deep bay terminating in latitude 63 48 N. longitude 70 W. I have also discovered a great glacier and a mountain of fossils between Hudson Straits and Bay of Frobisher. The George Henry was about to depart for the States Aug. 9, 1861, but> thick-ribbed ice kept her entombed until Oct. 18. The ship's company subsisted mostly through the winter by the generous hospitality of the Esquimaux. I bring with mc a family of three people— man, wife and child. The records ol my work exceed three thousand pages. I will report details to you of my expedition on my arrival.. C. F. Hall. Donations—For the support of the Bethel from, several " friends," $20 00. For gratuitous distribution of the Fntnd, received from a friend, $11 75 ; from agents of ships Ematatd andCiithrnne, $10 00. �6 THE FRIEND, JANUARY, 1863. Captain Newald, alias Captain Dixie. During our trip to Micronesia, in the summer of 1861, we met at the Island of Ascension, quietly domiciled in the family of the Rev. Mr. Sturgrs, the missionary at Ronoldri Station, an American shipmaster, introduced as Capt. Newald. He was one ofthe most gentlemanly, courteous and intelligent men, whom it was ever our privilege to become acquainted with. He was from Boston, and, to appearance, a more shrewd and competent ship-master we are confident docs not walk the quarter deck of an American clipper. He was well-read in the current literary and scientific literature of the age. He represented himself as having been employed in times past as a confidential agent of certain Boston and New York insurance offices, besides being engaged in certain agencies for the United States government in the East Indies and China. We siw him repeatedly during our stay at Ascension. He was often on hoard the Morn\ng Star, and with him we took many a pleasant ramble over the reefs and along the shores of that beautiful island. He was ostensibly engaged in building a small schooner ; but, after all, the painful impression was left on the mind that something was not right, or in other words, there must be a screw loose somewhere! Yet we felt unwilling to harbor such a thought, for really, a more agreeable, companionable and kind-hearted man we never met on land or sea. In our interviews he spoke of having once visited Hilo, and of being acquainted with Messrs. Coan, Pitman and numerous other foreign residents of that port. During our visit to Hilo, last srimmer, we found that such a man as Capt. Newald had visited Hilo, but under the name of Dixie. We learned some facts about him which indicated that he had left his country "under a cloud." The facjs, so far as now known, are well told in the following letter addressed to the Rev. A. A. Sturges, of Ascension, and written by a gentleman on Hawaii. We should not publish these facts, were it nut that anxious fears are now entertained he may have escaped with the Hawaiian schooner lahohho, commanded by Captain Bush. The LUwliho sailed from Honolulu iv November, 1861 ; touched at Ascension in February, 1862; took Capt. Newald, alias Dixie, on board, but has not since been heard from. The liholiho was bound on a wrecking expedition to a group of Islands to the westward of Ascension. Waiouhu-, Kau, Dec. sth, 1062. Riv. A. A. Stcrob : Dear Sir—From Mr. T. Coan, or Hilo, I have learned the history of the man who, under the name of Capt. Newald, spent many months under your roof. About four or five years since, this man, named Capt. Dixie, was one of the moot popular captains who nailed out of Boston or New York. In command of a fiuo ship, own- ed in Boston, he sailed for the Kant Indies. In some of the eastern scus his ship struck upon a rock and was sinking, when another Boston Captain, named Pitman, came to his rescue. Alter tuking off the cmw of Cuptain Dixie's Finking ship, Captain Dixie said to Captain Pitmuu, privately, that he had down in the run of his ship some boxes of specie, $8,000, which if he, Capt. P., would help him to save, they two would divide the specie batman them. To this Captain Pitman agreed. Taking four of the crew they—the Captains—paid eueh of the four $100 to help tin-in. making them taku oath that they would never tell ; then passing the boxes of specie out the cabin windows ot the sinking ship, they took them on board of Captain Pitman's ship and the two captains proceeded on their vovuge. AVlien approaching theAmerican coast, Capt. Dixie landed in a boat with the same lour men, tuking the boxes of specie and burying them in the sands of the shore of Nantucket ur of some inland near Boston. The ship and Captains then prececded to Boston. Kre long the sailors who had sworn secrecy and who uided in bringing the stolen money, told of their doings and the report reached the ears uf the late owners of Cuptain Dixie's ship. They sent the police to arrest the two captains und seized Captain Pitniun, but Captain Dixie escaped. They ale-o sent officers to guard the seized treasure till they could send fur it. Captain Dixie, eluding the police, took a bout from Boston, and landing in the night on the shore where the money was buried, found the übsent warming themselves under some riendly roof. He took the money to New York, shipped it for California and went mi himself to meet it. With this money lie bought in San , loaded with lumber, in Francisco the brig this brig he came down to llilo in 18.r>B or 1850. On being boarded by the llilo pilot, he learned that Pitman was one of the principal business men of the place. This disconcerted him sonic. But on learning that this Pitman hud been a resident of the Islands some 20 or 30 years, he decided to enter the harbor. In llilo Kay he sold some lumber and 1 think left some on the beach that be did not sell. lie spent several weeks in Hilo, rendering himself generally agreeable and entertaining in all companies. lie uppeurcd much at leisure, und visited either the volcano of " Kilaucu," or one of the eruptions. His general information seemed very extensive and he was evidently a well-read man, and highly ?;imrd gifted in conversation. While he lay in llilo, a whaling-captain happened in, who recognized him, and who asked him if he had not met him in such and such a hotel in Boston at such a time. " No," said that was my cousin, who stole Capt. Dixie, that money—master of such a ship—sailed to the East Indies—the biggest scamp that ever sailed out of Boston !" While remaining ot Hilo, Capt. Dixie became quite intimate with Mr. Conway, Mr. Pitman's bcok-koeper. While getting the brig under way sad afte*r under way, just us Mr. Conway was leaving for the shore, Capt. Dixie said to Mr. Conway, " 1 am that scamp of a Dixie who stole that money ; good bye." He professed to bo bound from Hilo to Sydney. " From Mr. Damon's and Cant. Gclctt'saccounts ofthe Capt. Newald whom they found at Konokiti, there is no duubt but that he is the samo as the Capt. Dixie. Indeed be told Mr. Damon, at your house, that ho had been at Hilo in com(1 forget the name.) When mand of the brig at Hilo, some months since, Mr. Duraon mentioned, in conversation with Mr. Coun, that he met 'at Ascension Island, Capt. Newald, who said he at such a time "had been at Hilo in the brig Mr. Coan replied that he remembered the vessel and the Captain, but that that was not his name. Referring to the record of vessels, Mr. tVian found tho brig aud tbo Captain's naaio was Dixie. lie lias probably sold his vesssol in Australia, and is wandering over the Pacific with the proceeds of his stolen quins. He was building a sehooncr ut Knnokiti, Capt. Celett informs us. We learned some months since, from a letter from Mr. Doann, thut this 'upturn Nuwuld hud taken passugo in the schooner Ltholilin, on her wrecking expedition to the westward from Ascension. She hus probably either been wrecked on somo of the reefs of Western Micronesia, or has fallen a into the-hands of this exploiting Captain < firey )ixie. We feci real pain of heart to give publication to these facts ; nnd if, in the course of time, it should be proved true that we have misrepresented an innocent man, he may be sure it will afford us joy to refute the imputations which have been cast upon his char, acter, for the reader may rest assured he might circumnavigate the glolie and find hut few more competent, accomplished and gentlemanly ship-masters than Capt. Newald, alias Dixie. We cannot refrain, "in concluding our notice of this unfortunate man, from drawing this moral reflection—how much depends upon saying to the tempter, "Get thee behind me." One false step and the poor man's character is gone forever. He flees his country a guilty man ; his employers are defrauded and his friends made ashamed of him, while he must wander an outcast from society to which he might have shown himself so much an ornament; and few men in his position had seen more good society than he had, in various parts ofthe world. Slaves in the South.—Should the rebellion continue in its present shape until the Ist of this month, the number of slavewhich will on that day be emancipated, under the proclamation of the President, will be as follows : Alabama Arkansas ■ Florida Georgia ... Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas - Eastern Virginia Total, accord'g A School - t0 Census Among of 1560,3,405,015 the Contrabands. From the New York Independent of Oct. 2, we copy the following, showing that thereis one female teacher, at the South, teaching the freed slaves' near Fortress Monroe. is divided into two departmental— " Thejustschool learning their those letters, in tho lower of room, under the care of Miss M. S. (rrrrn Sttndmrh blonds, and those further advanced' in the upper room, under the care uf the Principal C. P. Day of N. Y. When the school was commenced lust spring, there were hardly a half-dozen who could mid, while now, after only three months or a little over of instruction, there aro more than twelve classes, numbering in all over hundred children, who can read and spell with tho fluency and correctness of many white children of tlie North. one �ADVERT I SERVIENTS. Respecting EdwardDroken, who was discharged from ship Congrcu 4d. Capt. Ssranburg, March 14, IH6O. Any Information will be most gladly received liy the cdllor of the Friend, or hy his mother, Mrs. itury Drohon, hi South Main St., fall Itiver, Mass. Respecting Robrrt I. Frazirr, who left the United States five years ago on board the Mocter.uma," Capt. Tinker. About two years ago, he was on hoard the •' American," Capt. Pease. although he has His proper name is Kdward, W. Rollins never sailed under that name. Any Information will be gladly received by the J&litor, and communicated to his friends in " nostra! Respecting, JI. Auttin, of Providence, R. 1., who lea the ship Hodman, about IHM, at Honolulu. Perhaps Capt. Spencer may recall this man, if ao, please communicate with Mrs. C. B. Austin of Providence or editor ofthe friend. tUM'L. «. UASTLK. J. H. COLE, Ilni»orter* and Wholesale and Hi tail dealers in General Mer- (SCTOKSSOR TO A. P. aVKaBTT.) 316-1 w At his late rooms, Uueen Street. 11. W. SEVERANCE, AGENTS FOR Dr. Jaynes Medicines, Wheeler Wilson's Sewing Machines, The New *•Kngland Mutual Life Insurance Company, cash assets $2,360,000, Haynnlds, Devoe A Pratt—lmporters and Manu'ncturers of Paints. Oil and Varnish, and Crystal Coal Oil, C. Van Home k Co.'a Carriagea and Carriage Materials. MMa Next door to the Post Office—up stairs over the "Commercial Advertiser" Printing Office. HONOLULU. Will continue business at the old stand on llueen street. al6-ly DR. J. MOTT SMITH, DENTIST. Office corner of Fort and Hotel Streets. 832-ly TAKEN' IN EVERT Amhroty|*'S, Photographs, Melaineotypes for PICTURES •sash Landscapes, Views of dwellings, fee, at rcasLuck's, Itc, U oaabla price*. ALSO OiV HAND—A goal assortment of FANCY CASF.S, IT- irj 11. L. Oil ASK. FKAMF.r. '•«, REMOVAL. GEORGE W. YOIsLUOT, BOOK-BINDER! E. HOFFMANN, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, Makee's Block, cornerQueen and Kaa 320-ly huuiaiiu streets. 11. STANCENWALD, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURCEON, Late New York City Dispensary Physician, member of the Medico ChirurgicalCollege and of the Pathological Society of New York. Office at llr. .ludd's Drug Store, on Fort Street. Residence In Nuuanu Valley, opposite that of K. 0. Hall, Ks.|. 330-ly ... Y. H. WETMORE, M. D. * SURGEON, To sick American Seamen, and general practitioner, HILO, HAWAII, S. I. N. B. —Medicine Chests carefully replenished at the HILO DRUG STORE. BREWER 3d, Ueneral Merchant and Agent for the tale of the products of the 324-ly Brewer Plantation. \M.i:> & BERRILL, SUCCESSORS TO George W. Macy, KAWAUIAK. HAWAII. the General Merchandise and Shipping bus, net Will continue at the above port, where they are prepared to furnish tho Justly celebrated Kawaihae Potatoes, and such other re cruits at are required by whale ships at the shortestnotice, 3'sJG-ly and on the most reasonable terms. * CASTLE COOKE, AGENTS FOR Wheeler & Wilson's SEWING MACHINES! MACHINE HAS A 1.1.Til X LATEST former premiums, was imp,ovements, and, in,addition THIS above all Kuropean American awarded the highest to prise and Sewing Machines at the World's Exhibition in PARIS In MM, and at theExhibition in London in 18M. The evidenceof the superiority of this Machine ii found In the record of It* sales. In 1801— TheOrorer k Baker Company, Boston, The Florence Company, Massachusetts, The Parker Com|»ny, Connecticut, i. M. feMnger t, Co., New York, Pinkieb. Lyon, Cnas. W. Howland, Delaware, M. Greenwood k Co., Cincinnati, 0., N. (J. C. Perkins, Norwalk, 0., ■Wilson H. Smith, Connecticut, sold 18,66u, whilst the Wheeler ft Wilson Company, of Brldgel-n, made and sold 19,720 during the same period. IM XT Pltmrn. Call >vl E»s»lsw. " " — STYLE, AUOTI O 3W133311« AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, C. m chandtsc, In theFireproof Store in Kingstreet, opposite the Seamen'■ Chupc]. GALLERY ATJOTIONEEn. 6-tf SAILOR'S HOME. .v COOKE, CHASK'H •Ambrotype and Photographic ADVERTISEMENTS. CONSULAR PHYSICIAN ADVERTISEMENTS. AMOS. H. COOKS. CASTLE 7 THE FRIEND, JANUARY, 18*3. STAND OM HAVIXfJ TAKENtheTHE Co.'s bank, now Lockwiasl, KA- shop furnierly oocupietl hy J. o|i|«wite Bishop 4; prepared to is binding fur ul> orders execute Pamphlets* lllii..lriile<l Ni'wsnnprrs, Mnyii /in,--. ahii'imnu Street, ..v.r Music, Old Hooks, ir. to rcl>indiii< old and choice books. paid attention Particular Mr. Y. havini! had many years rxnaarlenos in book-binding in all Its branches, hopes to receive a share of the business required In Honolulu. Orders from the other islands, should lie accompanied with particular directions, as to the style, and, if the work is lomatch volumes previously bound, it sample volume should he sent with the job. 341am THE SAILORS' lIOJIK, BUILT AN» Honolulu Sailors' Home owned by the Society," has recently been placed under the management of the undersigned. They hope, by strict attention and fidelity, to merit the patronage of the seafaring community. The House has teen built and fitted up in a style to suit the wants of Officers and Seamen who are spending a few weeks on shore, or wish to remain for a single night, or a single meal. Shower Baths on the Premises). Shipmasters and Agents, while putting their vessels under repairs, are respectfully invited to send their crews to the Home, where every attention will be paid to their comfort. $6 Ofnoers' table, with lodging, per week,. Seameng' do. 6 do. do. do. CAPTAIN AND MRS. OAT, Managers. Honolulu, March 1, 1861. übsrmam rici, Establishment, in Kaahuiuauu street, will be the following works Aln tanks for 1862. Merobnnt's, Shipmaster's and Mechanic's Assistant. Laws of the Sea. The Art of Sailmaking. —aijo— — —ALSO — Mast-head Glasses and Marine Telescopes. —ALSO C. BREWER fc CO., llua.lulu. Ossbu, 11. I. -KKKKK TO— John. M. Hood, Ksq New York. JAMMS HCNNKWKLI., Ksq., } Boston. Chablsm llhkwkk, Esq.,% J 11. A. Pluses, Ka |~ »*» Freneueo. Hongkong. Cha.. Wolcott Bsooss, Kaq., i .Ylksmhs. Wis. Pcstao k Co., Mmhmms. PssLl, Hibiill Co * 330-ly D. c. Manila. trams. ). o. miss It, IfIcRUER A. Tl I ICICI l,l>, Herehante (ommission AUCTIONEERS, —aLao- AOINTB OF TIIK English Charts of North and South Pacific. —ALSO— A great variety of other articles useful to the —AND— Mariner. Many ornamental articles, including Breast Pins, 4c. &c, Rings, Cups, Particular attention given to repairing and rating Chronometers. BIBLE, BOOK and TRACT DEPOSITORR, SAILOR'S HOME, HONOLULU. BOOKS AND TRACTS, in the English French, Portuguese, German, Welsh, Swedn and Spanish languages. These books are offered for sale, at cost prices, by the Hawaiian Bible and Tract Societies, but furnished BIBLES, GRATUITOUSLY TO SEAMEN. Also, Office of The Friend, bound volumes for sale. Subscriptions received. 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 F. It. 8. C. DAMON, Seamen's Chaplain. — THE FRIEND, fi«i 1845 lo 1862 lor salt by Publisher. Price, f 1 per vol. bound together. Of a. lost Boston. cias. AMD Chronometers and Chronometer Watches. BOUND VOLUMES r. rum, Honolulu. Commission & Shipping Merchants, : Ship's Compasses and Dividers. ii. A. Honolulu. BOOKS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MARINER. D. N. FLITNER'S Watch and Jewelry AT found " of Honolulu Packets. Regular Dispatch Line 1 r Xll freight arriving in transitu for the Sandwich Islands, will be received and forwarded by the "Regular Dispatch Line', rsas or COMMISSION. Particularattention paid to forwarding and transhipment ol merchandiae,sale of whalemen's bills, and other exchange, lo■ •nrance of merchandiseand apecle under open policies, auppy ng whaleshlps, chartering ships, etc. 117 and 119 California street, Captain B F. Bsow, Messrs. O Bsiwsa 4) airus TO: I Co., Honolulu. ) THE~FRIEND :~' A MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO TEMPERANCE, SEAMEN, MARINE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL C. DAMN. TERMS: ... On* copy, per annum, Two copies, Fit* copies, " : - - f 2.08 S.OO 600 �TIB FRIENP, JANUARY,IB63. 8 COMMERCIAL FALL CALENDAR, 1863. \Amml "*"<,- I -Il ! N g2 to 2 �» • S 53* [| Ii 2 OF "il •! I • g|Sigi£ 5 Sig '2:1 77(77TT .. 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J!""*"" V J^ ?*"".'"!. 8i>utli Boston Mnet 12 3 4 6*6 7 8 9110 1112 18 14 £ 20 21 22 28 o 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2 '2417 2618 2619 27|28!29 30 fe 22 28 24 25 20 27J28 2880.. ..1.. ,31 Il 2 8-4 6 6' 1 2-3 4 6 yi 7 8 91011 12 18| 6| 7 8 91011 12 fc 14 16 111 17 18 19 20 g 13 14:15 16 17 18.19 P U1122 28 24 25 26 27 g 20 21 22 28 24 25 20 28120 80..!..!.. Ii27 28 29 30 31 ..'.. « 9J 10,11 12 13,14*15 10 8466 7 8 .. .. .. .... ! 0 *"™ Flauet J*' 10 Milton . . .. Kmily Morgan J. P. West POST OF HONOLULU, S. I. ARRIVALS. Dec. 2—Haw sch Marllda, Copeland, 13 days from Farming's Island, with about 10,000 galls cocoanut oil. 2—Haw back Kathleen, Marchant, 30 days from Alberot, Barclay's Bound, Y. I. ft—aim clipper ship Lotus, Leckie, 18 days from Sao Francisco, anchored outside. Sailed again same day for China, with 22.166 lbs fungus. B—Am hark Young Hector, Coo. Paty, 16 days From San ■ransisco. % B—Columbian brigLopud, Benedict, SO days from I'ugrt Bound, en rotate for Adelaide, S. A., with cargo of lumber. I*at4n here Torrepairs. 9—Bok Maria,0r*M,.32 days from Howland's Island. 12—Am wh bark Florence-, Jos.Spencer, from the Ochotsk, 1100 wh, 14,000 bone, season. 13—Am wh bfc Martha, Cornell, to Ochotak viaLahaina, 500 wh, 6000 bone, season. 13—Am barkentlne Jenny Ford, BtcCarty, ITJ dayi from Puget Sound, with 200,654 ft rough lumber, 60,191 ft dressed do., 16.97ft t-a picket*, ftO M shingle*, 7 boxes apples. 14—JUb clipper ship Kingfisher, Freeman, 18 days from Ban Francisco—came Inside. Sailed again on the 17thfor Shanghac, with 1200 qr. sacks Hour, 36 bags cruahed sugar. 10—An clipper ship Cyclone, Ingeraoll, 11 days from San Fraociaco, passed this port, bound to China, lft— Am wh bark Massachusetts, Green, from Ochotsk via Uhaina, 90 sp, 700 wh, 9000 bone, aeason. Off and on. Bailed again on the lUth, for Line and Arctic. 21—Am barkentlne Constitution, Robinson, 17 days from Paget Bonnd. M—British bark Damietta, Lorell, 169 days from London via Tahiti, with mdse to J. T. Waterhouse 26—Am ahlp Zinaara, Milktt, 47 days from ftiget Soand, en route for Valparaiso, with lumber. Put In here fur repairs. PASSENGERS. Krorntss Fsasoisoo—per Toting Hector, Dec. %—Ttn I JiartleU »nd 2 ohudrwn. MissKnima Smith. Chas O Hopkins, Lornn Miner, D B Frater, A B McCoy. R Davis, Kichs/d Knight, Hsunehume, Vt'Uuana, Oeorf*. from Howlihd's Islastd—per Maria, Dec. O—W Kinney, •wlft tad 8 children, Capt 1-ennaliow, Mr Kirby, ami 2iilawai- iaoav Vor Bas (suuvcuco—per Young Hector, Dec. 23—Capt Stall, Mr Stair, Capt Penhalfow, J B Batter, M Smith, C O Bropstins, Jenkl . ,,', r ! ',. ,' uuclsherg ,, u0 lArefco '!" Long Btlvsai Dallnmn tuniliain ' " lrt«sU *°,,„ ,,„ °«OoUll Honolulu .Arctic ,|„ Hil„ u,„ ' ,|„ do ,." Otbofk Uhalna Arctic Honolulu do ;Hilodu |0ch..t,k Honolulu I epiiij-tmie .Arctic Hamilton Ochotsk .Williclm du ,<*umn do Randolph '" l0 do *> Lahalna Honolulu cl Manchester llchnlsk Arctic do I?" IMrvent do do do do do do do 1I0 do <lo jllalsey do lo do Tinker do do do do do Lalmina do do Honolulu Whiteside Lagoda ,Ciiin»too Miissachusetts Martha Hloreuce lOreenu ( '" '" r 11 Jos. Spencer do *> ,1,1 do . FOR 1862. or 0» ™« »«*«"«• Wh. Hone. r S, !«snriw 20 .... H,VAL «o. moo 1*40! 23000 21 27 , DEPARTURES. Dec. 2—Am wh ship Othello, Killmer, to cruise and home. 2—Am bark Yankee, Taylor, far SanKrancist:o. 3—Am wh bark Catherine, Phillip.-:, for California const. 3—Am wh hli C. W. Morgan, Hamilton, to cruisehome. 4—Am wh bark Isabella, Tucker, for home. 6—Olden, wh brig Comet, Wilhelm, for California coast. B—Haw sch Mariltia, Oopetaad, for Fanning 1! lal.n.d. 10—Am wh ship Nassau, Hldmlge, for New I led Turd. 11—Am ship Raduga, Burditt, for Boston. Dec. 12—Uawwhhark Harvest, Lo vela nd,for Line ami Wefltifl 13—Am wh bark Fanny, Bliven, for Line and Westward. 16—Am wh bark Cicero Stivers, for Line nnd Ochotsk. 16—Oldenburg bark Braganxa, Feibehr, forLine, Japan and Arctic. 16—Am wh ship Kmily Morgan, Whiteside, for home. 18—Amwh ship Milo, Fordham, for home. 20—Oldenburg bark Planet, Dallmau, for Bremen. 22—Am wli ship Navy, Sarvent, to cruise on the lane. 23—Am bk Young Hector, Com. Paty, fur Sun Francisco. 24—Am harkt. Jenny Ford, MeCarty, for Vi toria, Y. I. 26—Am sh Anglo Saxon, Caverly, for the Guano island*. 26—Haw. bark Kamehameha 111., (late Kmerald,) It. G. Spencer, for Hamburg. 26—Am wh bark Lagoda, Pelrce, for Line and Arctic. 26—Haw. brig Wailua, Scbol, for Bremen. Returned to port again same day, leaking. 27—Am bark Constitution, Robinson, for Puget Sound. 28—Oljten'g bark Sylpliide, Ossenhruggcn, far Bremen. 30—Am wh bark John P. West, Tinker, for home direct. MEMORANDA. C Schooner Maria, Crane, reports—Left Honolulu Oct. 16, and arrived at Howland's Island Nov. 1. Oct. 24, passed over a sunken shoal, (not down In any of the charts on board,) lat. was much ° 66 N., long. 164 ° W. ; the water about this spot 4 fathoms of discolored, but the rocks were visible, with about(lolden ship Kagle, Howland's Island Nov. 6, at Left water. Swift loading guano—to sail alamt Nov. 18. Saileil again foe HonoluluNov. B; experienced head winds and squally weather all the way. Arrived at Koloa Dec. 7. and found there the sloop Louisa, Bent, 28 days from Palmyra Island i tits captain condition, with was sick, and the crew actually in a starving only two quarts ofwater on board on their arrival. Arrived at provisions left for Honolulu on the Mi—all well, and enough another such cruise. Spoke whale bark Covington, Oct. 20, lat. 1= N., long. 172° W. XT Bark Florence, Jos. Spencer, reports—Left Honolulu Feb 10 and cruised first on the Line. Saw first sperm whale March id; same day, struck one, hut lost him on account of line pas-tint Touched at Seypan on the 17th, and there struck three huaspbaoks, but lost them all tnrough the line parting. April 20 left Guam for the North. Passed through the Straits and head winds into the 'ocbassk May 18 ; had bad wmUher until the23d, when we made the ice, with flue weather i 26th, saw and ttruck the first bowhead, and lost him in th*lc*, with 4 line*attached n*xt day took the first whale. Cruised princi- * ; a |°n. ths Vovaoi. whkbb | - B01HJn MTI or |ail"»c |iT]wiufcii7 ™* :^~~ors«M<57S 100*376, 63000 California 23 coast, 686 88001 (BOW Uwand ArcticW 15 Oct. 15 80 3300 60000 Home do In nort Oct. 3 MO "" '.'.'.'.'.'. .!! OstTM 1WI0 14000 ....2600 ii.1000 Home Nor. VI 10| loo 160U' 2S000. 060 2160 31000 Line and Arctic U,r. 1.1 660 7000 220 660! 7000 South Nov. 10 »!.... HiJnl 260001 00 *600i 21 Law. 2 a«l MM 12000 :I0 3200: OsOOOillnme do Nov. 21 34000 go 120ol IBOOo'Cal. c'st *j Arc. m 20 m oo 13000 1560 lSOOOlN. und home <wn Z. 21 31 300 5000 200 3300 16000 California Cast 21 31. 26 650 OOnol 69 1000 10000 do cl n. J ,l„ Nov. S trader!.... do Nov. 27 do 3.... 600 7600 300 1800 0000 do Dm. 12 6 ! 856 1200(1 wIsSOO 25000 Home 4 11 60J1000 14000■'' 300 1700 18000 Line 22 13 1700 220UO11 120J3400 42OO0 We« d and Arc. In port 14 00 1140 170001!.... 3400 WTO Californiacoast llec. 3 | 14. ioikp 101100 ! ...J4.I00 .ToOOO H.nne 2700, 20000 Californiacosst 14'.... 700 10000! 15 400 51*00 100 600 6000 Home 10 ! tt 20000 2000! 34000 Condemned... In port HII 500 5'*00 18 10000 Line A: Oclioislt Dec. 15 SO'lOOO' 18, 1900 91000 3200' 40000 Home 20 ]8 50 440 6000 1203100,35000, do 18 1000 12000 23000 Line In port 21....1450 21000 |Ilomc Ucc 15 23 20 000 8000 ....!.... do 30 <M0 20 7DO 8000 Line *■ Arctic. 23....IJ00J 23 90 700 9000 120'1306| 17090 Line 24 28.... 500 6000 ...J.... Home In port Dec. 12 .1100 14uo* I do M BOO 1300 20000 60,1160 16000 400 ,.a..y,„B.W.B.y,andcapture..,,ent,-,^,n._„oohr,. 'south m..'.."."'. «.... .... .... \ » ... .. .... .... 1 .... .... : ».... « ■ ........ * Condemned, hut refitted, and sailed again under the Oldeuburg flag. ! ■■ MARINE JOURNAL. , I "onoium \Um Bonin Is U>pn . »» I A„„ 1V „ D iT 'datb """'■ 1 T" ,° I Iroa-nson lion-land Catherine Cnas. W. Morgan 1 Isaac If" I"*"*1* WH k-"'^ "!'.'!' u-',', SHfffKo KI,lrMl Jeiieriil Teste .,*" *'.,""' Jicton,, ,",', 4 I -n!£L? w. „**0 " I.'.,',' g**" TV, u lt.nistable I caftaik. ! E£!T uHn Srjfl. 910 80 81 . K^ lr,.™oTL> i 7 8 16 8 910 111218 14,1. 1112 18 14 ISiieiK 18|19 2(1 21 ° 16,17 18:19 20 21 22 26126 28 28 26 2 24 26 27 28 20 2228124 27 I • vnasaL's (ami. _. FLEET oil and 14,000 lbs hone, ami lost upwards of 500 lirls through the means ol bad towllae. Oct. 16, left Fellxstoff with lifrht breeze from 8.W., iv company with hsrk Massachusetts, and stood for Ayan; soon alter. Hie wind suddenly hauled to N X., aeeompanicd with a hewvy snow-squall, so we altered our course lor the Slraits; there we experienced severe weather fur 16 daya from 1,1 Oct. '29\ passed through 49th passage, with strong gules from B.VV ; Anally, the wind became so terrific, we were obliged lo lay to for oU'hours after that, enjoyed good weather i until reaching lat. 48 ° 00 N.. long. 166° 00 W., wlun we took another heavy gale from U.S.J!..which lasted six hours; immediately after that. Cook another gale from 9.8.X., vesselunder close-reefed main topsail. At P.M., shipped a sea over thelarboard bow. which passed out over the starboard quarter; sprung bowsprit, jlbbooin and fly-jibboom, topgallant forecastle, lost monkey-rail on both, sides fore aud aft •, lost try-works, as well as starboard bulwasfcaaud gaaaway, ami split the aaiu rail, also lost one boat and stove two others ; in fact we lost every moveable thing on deck, and came very near losing the whole of the watch. Had a continuation of heavy gales fniai 8 to B.K. until reaching lat. 23» ,where we fell in with fine northerly brans*, which carried us to Hilo, after a passage of 60 days Lost threenative* In she Ocbotsh—one fell from the fore royal and soon after diedr the other two died from natural causes— their names were kLuliaina, Waialoh* and llaali. Arrived at Honolulu Dec. 1 ET Bark Damiella, Lovell, report!—Left London July g with heavy gales from W.S.W., and left the Downs on the 11th' lleturiied again at noon of same day on account ofbad weather Sailed again on th* IStr* sad turned down, the Channel against fresh gales. Left Mart Point on the iUS. Crossed theLine Atlantic, August 23d, long. 18°. with moderate Lreeies from west—42 days out. Was aff Cap* of Quod Hope Sept. 27—77 daysout j from thence to the coast of Australia, had a succession of very strong gales ami heavy sea, Came throat* Bass' Straits Nov. 3, with Hue weather, which, continued till sighting the Three Kings, north end of Hew Zealand after that hail succession of strong southsrly wiad»and squalls till the 2Wtha when the wind bee.m. light and vaa, .ble. Pat 1„„ hvefl Tahiti, Dec. l,on acoosmtol water.Unkslesktot-14»4, /out HaiM from there on the4th. Crossed the Line, I'acillc, yon the l.lUi, with moderate breess. from K.N.K.-B days from Tahiti. and 164 days from home. From e« N., took strong northerly gales accompanied with severe squalls and heavy i slghu-d J am on the 241h, weather continuing strong, andseaarrived 1lonm-alu same day—l96 days' passage, off the coast of at tralia, spoke Am. whale bark Alabama, 6 months oat from AusBay of Islands,bound to llobart Town. » — ; '' DIED. Blacxadas—At the U. S. Hospital, lo Honohvta, Dec 23 1862, John Itlackadar, late officer of whalshlp Hsrvest 1 In-longed to H. John's, New Brunswick wherehis friends' now/ reside. He had been sailing many years from these islands Aauns-At the U. 8. Hospital, Honolulu Dae. 16. John Argyle. belonging to Australia. Hla wife livTnir at -Owen's Digging's.', He desired letters to bewas sent directed mrecteu to the care of ClarenceHotel, Melbourne. 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