https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/b94e7cb609b9ed1a14245f3e6cb9966b.pdf b8ee5b6d9749bd18c8e0e9062ac30550 PDF Text Text FRIEND THE Beta Scries. M. 12, #0.2. J HONOI.I —-. P__». 0 10 10 10 Repeal of the Liquor Law Hawaiian* In California Brooks hissed—The Rebellion applauded Itiahopric of Madagascar Attoruey-General's Plea .' Distress la Lancashire 11, H ...1_ 13 13 13 14 H 10 IS 16 Drinking Liquor Unconstitutional An English bishop becomes an Infidel Tribute to American Mianionsr.es The Unseen Battle Field, (poetry) Koblnson Crusoe's IhUh-I. President Lincoln's I'n-clamation "To Kamehameha I." (poetry) Marine Journal, *c THE FRIEND. !•_■:_!Ill ARV 2 9 1863. LiqRTuoerhw-LpaatowseiDllnftruochionef {CDlb&rits, ©01. 20. 9 CONTENTS F«r Kebrsarr, 18tt3. 1.1. FEBRUARY 2, 1863. HawatihanR e ace. If the Hawaiians have enemies, at home or abroad, assuredly advocate the repeal of the liquor-law. California fillibusters will, of course, contribute to the fund for prosecuting the suit now pending before the Supreme Court. If it was our design to sweep the Islands with the besom of destruction, we should contribute our humble efforts to the advoctr-y of the unconstitutionality of the liquor-law. Hawaiian* flight to ride a free horse with a loose rein; now let down this tabu, and you let drop the rein upon the neck of the steed and away he goes. This is just what some people desire, but would it be best? Have the people asked it ? Have the planters, the business men, and others employing laborers, complained that the laws were too strict ? The Hawaiians are surely a most sensible people. Seeing the sad effects of rumdrinking, they enacted a law, by their representatives in Parliament, to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors to themselves. The majority of tbe people desire the law to be sustained. We hear no complaint from any quarter that the law is unjust or oppressive, but a clique of foreigners, with a few sympathizers among the natives, have arrived at the conclusion that tbelaw is unconstitutional and should be repealed. We say, shame on such injurious and injudicious intermeddling with the domestic affairs of this people, by foreigners. From such professed friends, Hawaiians may well pray, Good Lord de- " liver us." We take pleasure in furnishing our readers with a sketch of the Attorney-General's argument. It will be found on another page. We commend it to the special reading of that class, in our community, who have, apparently without much reflection, run away with the idea that this lawis unconstitutional. It does appear to us passing strange, that the Polynesian and its friends can sit quietly by, or rather delight to see the floodgates opened, and yet be continually harping upon the desirability of perpetuating the Hawaiian race. Surely no man in his right mind, can for one moment argue that any possible good can result to this people, by allowing the native population free access to grog-shops. Why not let well enough alone? But we have no idea our Judges will see this subject in the same light as it appears to liquor dealers, who have so freely contributed their money to prosecute this suit. It will be time to abolish this law wher. the people, the planters, the business men, call for it, and until that time comes we hope it will be strictly enforced by the police and the other officers of this government. We met a gentleman recently from the island of Molokai, and he remarked that of late there had been a good deal of drunkenness among the natives. We asked him from what the intoxicating liquor was obtained ? He replied, " from sweet potatoes, water-melons, and various other substances." Persons acquainted with Polynesians know well their fondness for intoxicating liquors. Now if Hawaiians elect representatives to meet in Parliament, and those representatives pass a prohibitory liquor-law, and year after year refuse to repeal that law, does it not argue good, sound, common sense on their part? They are a sensible people, and should surelybe encouraged in their sobriety. We can hardly find words to express our abhorrence of the conduct of those who would plunge this nation into the vortex of intemperance. No, rather let every honorable, virtuous and Christian man, woman and child do all in their power, by example and precept, to uphold this law and every other wholesome restriction upon the manufacture, sale and consumption of intoxicating liquors. How it is possible for any person professing to be animated by Christian principle not to uphold this law, is passing strange and unaccountable. We are of the opinion of the late eminent Rev. William Jay, of Bath, the only Dissenting minister" of England, who " report says, was ever invited to preach before Royalty: subject of teetotalism, I have ex" Thephysically, amined morally and Christianly; and after all my reading, reflection, observation and experience, I have reached a very firm and powerful conviction—l believe that next to the glorious Gospel, God could not bleu the world so much as by the abolition of all intoxicating liquors."—Jay's Autobiography, page 106. The vending of spirituous liquors to the aborigines of Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti, is strictly prohibited by the law of each of these places ; a violation of this law will incur a heavy penalty by fine, imprisonment and forfeiture of the liquor-license. Now, we would ask, why should the aborigines of these islands be permitted the free use of ardent spirits more than those already referred to ? Some individuals may answer, " Because we want to get rid ofthem as fast as possible!" This would certainly be an effectual method, we have no doubt. The "Morning Star."-Thisvessel is expected to return from her trip to the Gilbert Islands, and be ready to sail for the Marquesas Islands on* or about the 20th of March. All persons desirous of forwarding letters and packages will endeavor to have tham in readiness. �THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY, 1863. 10 Hawaiians in California. A California correspondent of one of the Eastern papers thus writes : " In various parts of the state are thronged .the lowest class of American Indians, upon whom the whites, aided by the largesses of the state and the general government, have made frequent tears" (they might as well " rabbits,) while the churches talk of wars with have done absolutely nothing for their salvation. Yet is the good work begun. Certain pious Kanakas, who came over here from the Sandwich Islands in 1849-50, have settled near them, intermarried with them, and taught some of them the way of life. Several most interesting conversions have taken place among them ; and now these foreigners, themselves converted heathen, have organized a missionary society, with very limited means, to evangelize the heathen in this Christian land. It tells well for them, but ill for us, that the first effort for the salvation of our heathen, has been made by these foreign converted heathen. The Association took measures to inaugurate efforts for the salvation of these degraded creatures. J. R." Strange as it may seem, there is now living in San Francisco William Tennoe, a Sandwich Islander, (and a consistent member of the Bethel Church,) who left these islands fifty years ago, went to America, was educated at the Mission school in Cornwall, Conn., and came back to the Islands with the first company of Missionaries in 1820. It surely speaks well for the native Christians from our islands that amid all the "ups and downs" of California, they should have held on to their Christian profession. We recollect to have spent a day and night with a party of kanaka miners, in California, in 1849. They were digging upon the South Fork of the American River, about twenty miles above Sacramento. Some of them were Christian men, and they gathered around us in a manner we shall never forget. On leaving, several forwarded small quantities of gold dust to their families and friends at the islands. incident we shall not soon forget eh occurred while enjoying the kind hoslity of those Sandwich Islanders. There came to the encampment a trader—a rumseller—to tempt the poor people to part with their hard earnings! Yes, that rumseller was an educated lawyer!—an American! It is not very often that we tell such a man to his face, what we think of his trade, but we did on that occasion ! The idea that a man educated in Christian America, should descend so low as to peddle rum to kanakas, was one degree of degradation lower than we had imagined a man could go. It reminded us of the doggerel, a little varied: ■'ne I'd sooner blaok my visage o'er, " And pat dc shine on boot and shoe, Than stand within a ram-shop door And tempt kanakas to my store." a heathen land. We know the value of that flag. To be able to say, 'I am under the of the flag of the United States,' Tho Country Parson says that much de- protection was our glory in a foreign land, and nattess pends upon the way an idea is put. We is it our glory now. May God sustam*rt!" think the Editor of the London Morning N. B.—The only remaining son of the Star put most aptly the following compari- Rev. Mr. Forbes, is now the Pastor of a nason before the minds of his countrymen: tive church on the island of Molokai. " When Sumner was struck down in the Bishopric of Madagascar. senate house by a southern ruffian, all Europe hissed at the outrage, while the ladies "A committee, consisting of the Archof South Carolina presented its bully perpe- bishop-nominate of Canterbury, the Bishop trator with a gold-headed cane. The rebel- of London, the Bishop of Oxford, and severlion is just such a blow at the Union as Pres- al eminent lay members of the Church, has ton Brooks struck at Charles Sumner—and formed for the purpose of carrying out yet there are English hands and voices to been a proposal made by the Bishop of Cape applaud the deed as worthy heroes of partri- Town for the erection of Madagascar into an otism and civilization." Episcopal See, for which the consent of Her If a person will think a moment, he will Majesty's Government has been obtained. see that there is an inconsistency between The endowment for the new bishopric will hissing the deed of ruffian Brooks, and ap- be provided from the Colonial Bishoprics' aided by the great Church societies." Poor Fund, plauding the Southern Rebellion! Post. Brooks now lies in his grave, but the voice of Senator Sumner sounds forth, clear and Thus it appears that the members of the Brooks Hissed—The Rebellion Applauded! — sonorous, in the Senate.Chamber, advocating truth and freedom. We hope the rebellion will, ere long, be attended to its grave, never to rise again, while the Union shall long survive, to offer a home for the oppressed of all nations, and proclaim freedom to the millions of slaves, for whose perpetual enslavement the southern army is now fighting with an energy and valor worthy of a better cause. Disguise the truth as you may, it is for negro-chattel-slavery that the Southerners are now fighting. Read the following from a late number of the Richmond Examiner : "As the war originated and is carried on in great part for the defense of the slave-holder in his property, rights, and the perpetuation of the institution, he ought to be first and foremost in aiding, by every means in his power, the triumph and success of our arms. The slave-holder ought to remember that for every negro he thus furnishes he puts a soldier in the ranks." Church of England are about establishing a branch of their ecclesiastical form of Church Government in Madagascar. Whatever they may do, one thing is certain, the credit of having first planted a pure Christianity, and preached a pure gospel among the inhabitants of that island, belongs to the missionaries of the London Missionary Society. The people embraced that gospel, and have manfully maintained the cause of gospel truth amidst the terrors of a twenty years' relentless persecution. That Society has never withdrawn its watchfulness over the people. Three truly apostolic visits has the venerable Rev. Dr. Ellis mads to that island during the last few years. There is so much similarity between the inhabitants of Madagascar and our own islands, that we shall watch with intense interest the progress of the gospel there, as it was first promulgated by Independents, next by the Jesuits, and now is to be made by missionaries of tho Missionary old Sandwich Island Church of England. An HAS THREE SONS IN THE NORTHERN ARMY. Captain Brinsmade in the Rebel Army. —The following extract from a letter written —We have occasionally spoken of Sandwich by the Rev. C. Forbes, of Kendallville, Indi- Islanders being the in Northern Army, but at Kealekeana, and formerly a missionary we learn from a late number of the New an American akua, Hawaii, we copy from York Spectator, that Abbott Brinsmade, the paper: only son of the late P. "I believe the war is doing our little U. S. Consul, now A. Brinsmade, Esq., is a captain in the Rebel If out here. the creeping churches good Lord will work, I am content to let him work Army. It appears that his wife, a native of in his own way, even though it be by war New Orleans, on visiting New York has and bloodshed. I have three sons in the been arrested as a spy, but as some suppose army, and two of them were in the army of without the necessary proof. It appears that Virginia, and in General Prince's Brigade. They are probably with him prisoners in the Captain has lost a hand in some engageRichmond. The will of the Lord be done! ment. I want to have no will of my own. Oh ! to One Moss, now deceased, clerk of the be able to say always with Jesus, ' I came not to do mine own will, but the will of him court of Fairfax county, Va., stole the orithat sent me!' None of them are natives of ginal of Gen. Washington's will from the this country; they were all bom in the Sand- archives of the court, about the beginning of wich Islands; but I am willing that they the rebellion. It has been bought by the should sacrifice their lives, if God call them, British Museum. Measures should be taken for the flag that protected us sixteen years in to reclaim it. �11 THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY, 1863. it was decided that the License Act had no connection with, and was not incontravention of, the Penal Act now under debate; that both were subsistent and operative at the same time; and in addition to this, the lower House there were eight foreign mem- appellant himself, by his License bond, has bers elected entirely by Hawaiian votes, and bound himself to keep the law of which he sixteen native members, (here the Attorney- now complains, under which he has lived General named over several foreign and na- and yearly undergone the hardship of taking tive members.) Can these men be accused out his license for thirteen years—bount of fanaticism, or of missionary bias, as being himself not only to keep this law, which i rabid on the teetotal question ? I think not. in the Statute Book, but still further to obey Of those whom 1 have mentioned who were any Regulations which the Minister of the natives, there have not as yet appeared any Interior may make." With regard to their Hawaiian men who have compared with verbal and grammatical criticism, that it is these men to their disadvantage ; and for necessary to supply the particle to," afte the foreigners, it would be news to them who the verbs "sell and give," and the quantities o are now living, or those dead, if living, to authorities quoted to show that Courts ma] hear themselves classed as fanatics to-day, not interpolate words, in an act, to make sense or accused to have any serious aversion to a of that which would otherwise convey anoth g'ass of good wine, or, indeed, to have had er sense, or no sense at all, the labor o any influence brought upon them in their vo- getting together the authorities is certain! ting, beyond what a sound sense and a re- misspent, since no one would deny such a gard for the welfare of this nation prompted. proposition; and they seem to have overIt was plain to them thirteen years ago, as it looked the most obvious authorities, when is plain to them this day, that had this law they have forgotten that the word give and then failed to find its place on the Statute the like, do not require to after them—so Book, the Hawaiian nation would not in this that if we say, I will give you a bottle of year of our Lord, be found in the family of spirits," it is the same as if one should say, nations. No; theysaid thatthenation was fadI will give to you a bottle of spirits." ingawayfrom various causes. They knew that The Law is alleged by counsel to be in like agencies and internecine wars had been restraint of trade and common occupation." more efficient than the arms of the invading But thi_ is not a common occupation. In race, to sweep from a neighboring continent every land it is subject to law and to restraint. a brave and warlike race of otherwise stoical It falls into the same category as vending and self-restrained men. They had the pow- poisonous drugs, gunpowder, &c. er and happily the inclination, at the time, Is this law, then, inimical to freedom ? to shut out "this agent of destruction, and Are the natives of this kingdom free and they did it; and that they did it to some ef- equal ?" demands opposing counsel. Yes ! fect is evidenced (all talk about broken and we reply. In the words of Dc Lolme, quoignored law to the contrary notwithstanding) ted by him, To concur by one's suffrage in by the effort the vendors are now making to enacting laws, enjoying a share, whatever it set aside the Law. Nor has the history of may be, of power, and live in a state whero these last thirteen years among the foreign the laws are equal to all, (and sure to be expopulation strengthened their faith in the ecuted,) is to be free." In all these particuvirtues of rum, or impelled them voluntarily lars are the subjects of this kingdom free, to the abrogation of the Law. Delicacy for whether native or foreign! This law does surviving friends, will prevent me from indi- not militate " against the right of acquiring, vidualizing and call over the names of those possessing and protecting property, of purwho were here in 1850-«-the date of the suing or obtaining safety and happiness." enactment of the Law. But let any man (Con. Art. Ist.) To be free and equal besilently think for himself, how many are un- fore the law, this is the axiom of constituder the sod or under the sea, and pause to tional freedom. dwell on the cause, and then say to the peoIt is objected "that the Hawaiian may ple, if he can, that the Law is contrary to secure a license to sell, but he cannot buy public policy. Indeed, this branch of the his stock ?" He may import his stock and argument is closed effectually by the appel- sell the same, as the appellant does, subject lant's counsel, who, impelled, I have no only to the same regulations. He is not doubt, by the majesty of truth, himself admits barred from buying. We deny that it is a that the total exclusion of intoxicating right to sell indiscriminately and without liquors as a beverage from this community, regulation of law. That is a false freedom would be " God's blessing." Then so far, it which tends to destruction. There has been no inconsiderable amount is confessedly in accordance with sound public policy, and it is shown not to be in re- of declamation to the effect that this governstraint of common occupations, to which ment and the Constitution thereof, emanated point a large portion of their quotations have from the people, and a great deal about been directed ; and the fact that the Consti- Magna Charta, and some singularly inapprotution enables the Legislature to adopt spe- priate quotations therefrom, which, from the cial Legislation, when the same was for the language in which they were spoken, (Latin,) public good, (see Art. 62 of the Constitution,) were equally as unintelligible to their client was effectually set at rest in the case of Na- as their connection with the subject under one vs. Thurston, decided in this Court in debate was to the Court. There is no ingredient of Democracy in this government. 1856. The next point, that the law in question Powerful Barons have never wrested rights has been repealed by the License Act, was from an unwilling Monarch here ; successful ruled in the case of King vs. Elia, appealed revolution has never brought a Monarch to from the Circuit Court at Kauai—in which trial for his lite, nor set aside one line in fa- Argument of Hon. Attorney-General thoroughly and fully in the ascendancy; the Harris, on the Constitutionality King had called no foreigners, save his Minof the Law forbidding Sale of isters, to the Nobles ; and a Hawaiian Monarch signed the bill. Let us pass from that Liquors to Natives. Legislature to those succeeding. In the Sketch of The Law of June 21st, 1850, contained in the* Ist Section of Chapter 42 of the Penal Code, has been argued in the Supreme Court, as to its constitutionality. The law reads : Whoever shall sell, give, purchase or prooure for, and in behalf of, any native of this kingdom, or for bis use, any spirituous liquors, or other intoxicating drinks or substances, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 8200, and in default of payment of such fine, by imprisonment at hard labor for a term " not exceeding two years." This trial has been of much interest to this community, inasmuch as the effect of the law upon, and its necessity for, the protection of the Hawaiian race, divides the judgment of our community. The one class of thinkers averring the repeal of the law will open the flood-gates of ruin upon our nation : the other, that it is a slavish chain upon personal liberty, and degrades, rather than developes, the power of self-restraint in the native race. The main assault on the law is thus summed briefly : "This law is unconstitutional in the obviously broad and exclusive distinction between the civil rights of the natives of this kingdom, and adopted citizens and foreigners, and which fanatical-class legislation, we contend is invidious and unconstitutional; and in further support of our position we contend that the language of the Constitution forbids any other legislation than such as recognizes the perfect civil and equal privileges and immunities of all the people' of this kingdom, native, adopted and foreign, under like circumstances." ' It was declared to be repealed by implication, because of alleged inconsistencies with the license laws of the Kingdom, published subsequently to the act; and, further, it was argued that inasmuch as the law declares that " Whoever shall sell, give, purchase or procure for and in behalf of any native of this Kingdom, or for his use, any intoxicating drinkat substance, shall be punished," &c. Thatn would be necessary to supply the word " to" after the words " sell and give," so as to make the law of force when the sale or gift was directly to a native, instead of to another, or a middle-man, for the use of the native. And, further, it was said to be contrary to the 2nd Article of the French Treaty, which was quoted as securing to French subjects the right to sell all articles please. ofmerchandise of and to whom The Attorney-General replied, (though we only give his most prominent thoughts as we heard them,) by showing that the appellant in the case is not a Hawaiian seeking his rights, or complaining of oppression, but a British subject, endeavoring to extend bis privileges, by selling spirits to the Hawaiians. Nor can it be said again, that this people consider this law as oppressive. Since its passage in 1850, there have been eight parliaments, from the people; in all these the native members have been in large majority over the foreign members—yet in none has there been a single vote of a native member to repeal this law, to my remembrance, now declared by counsel so oppressive. In fact, the Hawaiians themselves passed and have sustained this law for their own protection. " Fanatical Legislation" is assumed as giving birth to this law. The Legislature of 1850 was under the old system ; affairs were then being organized; the nativo Hawaiian was " " " " " " " �12 THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY, 1863. vor of another, and dictated terms to the preferred dynasty. Nor, as in the United States, has revolution vested the entire government in the people, so that they had full right to make what government tbey p'eased, in which case, the people (sovereign in fact at the time) clearly retained all authority not expressly delegated to the ruling power; but, on the contrary, the Constitution was given by the King, voluntarily; by it he resigned certain rights of absolutism, until then vested in him from time immemorial, in the chicfish style ot government. What he gave by a fair construction of the instrument, (not by implications,) are the people's rights; what he gave not, remains still vested in his sovereignty. How then can it be said in the Hawaiian realm that the government has no right to pass sumptuary laws to restrain the appetites of its subjects, to protect its people by laws that conduce to the " common good, for the protection, safety, and happiness of his people," or that such laws interfere with the constitutional liberties of the people ? It is conceded that previous to 1850, the King had the right to interdict the sale of spirits to any and every one, both native and foreign; can it be deduced from the constitution of 1852 that he has ever abdicated thisright ? We think not. Such doctrine is pernicious —such declamation can have none other than evil effect. And in fact, they have abandoned their whole position at last, by saying that if the constitution was the only thing which they relied upon, the Law might stand ; but that the 2nd to 10th Articles of the French Treaty were conclusive against the Law. The rule of law is that treaties of amity and commerce cannot be construed into abdications or humiliations of sovereignty. They must be explained by their context and obvious meaning, and no subject of another power can claim rights under a treaty different from or beyond those claimed by the negotiators. Let us look at the 2nd Article: " Their respective subjects shall have the right to buy and to sell, of and to whom they please," ice., says appellant's counsel. If this clause may be segregated from its context, then, indeed, the vendor of spirits is beyond and above all law. He may sell not not only to the Hawaiian man but to the Hawaiian woman, aye, the Hawaiian child, to the Hawaiian maniac. He may debauch the whole rising Hawaiian generation, unrestrained by any perils which would come home to his fears were he thus to sell to the child of white parents. I draw not, your Honors, on fancy, when I state these possibilities, and having obtained this, they may claim a right to sell opium or other drugs to whom they please. But this clause, rendered by its context, clearly means, " to buy and sell" as relating to monopoly, contract or " sale or purchase," &c., exclusive privileges of for the article expressly says the privilege of the Frenchman shall be the " same privileges as the native bom." Again, the 10th clause of the treaty—the clause that really is devoted to the liquor question—uses the word " prohibited." It is contended " that the sale or purchase of imported spirituous liquors cannot be restricted in any manner to the prejudice ofimporters." It is a fact, that the law in debate was in exiMMsee aod had been in existence yean, when this French treaty was ratified ; it cannot be supposed that the wary and astute French Commissioner, who was familiar withits operFEBRUARY S, 1863. ation, and its effects, overlooked its bearing on the consumption of French brandies. Did he Distress in Lancashire, England. demand the abrogation of the law by using the word restriction, in the treaty, or was he satisThe Illustrated London News, and other fied that prohibition" covered the whole necessities " or possibilities of his case ? The papers, portray in frightful colors the distress term restricted is purposely omitted, and in the manufacturing districts of England. thecustoms returns show that French brandy Private charity and the operation of the poor is not a prohibited article in this country. It is not a Frenchman who comes to-day to law rates, are doing something to meet the demand rights under his treaty ; no, nor a necessities of the case, but they come far Hawaiian man his rights, be they constitu- short of feeding a half-million of starving tional or natural; but an English subject, people. In Lancashire alone, we have seen claiming to extend the gains of his trade in it stated that 600,000 are living upon charispirits, as a right, without let or hindrance, poor people are not only suffering by selling, when he pleases, to whom he ty. The for bread, but as a consequence of short rapleases, despite the sound policy of this tions a new species of fever has made its government, despite the welfare and conservation of this people, despite the dictates of appearance, which threatens to be more humanity, and despite the natural right of the alarming than starvation. We are glad to nation of defense against total destruction. learn from New York papers, that strenuous An Englishman's Thought.—The follow- efforts are now being made in America,, to ing remarks npon the struggle in America, send over ship loads of flour as a contribution. were written by an Englishman in America, Some New York merchants give in the and addressed to a friend in England. They style of princes. One man sent anonymously a check for 1,000 barrels of flour. His appear in the London Star : order concluded as follows : has indeed much to England * answer for in"the prolongation of this war, " Thank God, we have bread and to spare; by deviating from the proud position she and they will not say, I was hungered and once occupied as.the friend of the oppressed; ye gave me no meat.' Will you add to your for without her evident leaning in favor of list 'one thousand barrels offlour' from one the South, this war would long since have whose loaf will taste the sweeter for sharing ended, and she and her people would be in it with a famished brother, and brand it possession of the coveted supply of cotton, the lack of which is causing so much misAt a public meeting $46,000 was subery. scribed. A Mr. Dodge gave $5,000, others Verily, as you yourself remark, nations, like" individuals, suffer for their wrong deeds, give $2,000. Seven merchants give a thouLet England take to herself the lesson she sand each. At another public meeting. has been teaching. Let Ireland once more $20,000 was pledged. StelA, the dry rebel, and let America and the neighboring goods merchant, sent a check lor $10,000. countries of Europe at once recognise her The in New York subscription city has as a belligerent, let every vessel from hence that can enter her ports with arms, ammuni- already reached $200,000. Donations are tion, etc., (not, of course, under the auspices now, through efficient committees, being or authority of (ftvernment,) and how inde- solicited from all parts of the country. The finitely such a rebellion might be prolonged. New York Observer expresses the hope that If the South had in the beginning fully un- the amount of donations may reach a million. derstood that there was no hope of recogniGriswolds, The Messrs. ship-owners, have would long tion as a nation this matter since have ended. Had the North resorted tenderer?, gratuitously, one of their large to the same measures which every other na- clippers to convey the flour to England. tion has had recourse to under similar cirHow much more delightful to contemplate cumstance, and executed every spy and movements, than record the ravages of traitor as soon as thoy were caught, and such war! Cannot something be done by the made them expiate their crime, deservedly, even the or of Honolulu ? In former times, by scaffold, bullet, or by people on the good being tied to the mouth of cannon, this re- generous contributions have been forwarded bellion also would long since have ceased; by English and American residents to the but they, like many others, conscious of Patriotic Funds" of their respective countheir strength, believing, as many, perhaps "tries. Is not the present moment an oppormost, did, that it was hardly more than an outburst of passion, which would soon pass tune time for the residents of Honolulu, withover, were unwilling to throw over every out regard to nationality, to make a generdictate of humanity and resort to extreme ous contribution for the object now under harsh measures." consideration ? We are confident one, if not If any of our Honolulu or Island sub- two, thousand dollars might be easily raised. scribers fail to receive their papers, they will One thousand would make glad a hundred please make it known to the publisher, and families, with a barrel of flour each! Sorely we have merchants who will give ten barrel*. THE FRIEND, * * ' - �13 THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY, 1863. or an hundred dollars! Others might give one, and surely there is no one but might give a loaf! We hope our readers will take this matter into serious consideration. Not only think what you might do, but do it. Let our readers in Honolulu remember the scenes of Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Your tables were loaded, and plenty abounded. We believe the people of Honolulu spent, in Christmas and New Year's presents, more than enough to buy a hundred barrels of flour! Again we say, think the matter over, and act accordingly. Drinking Liquor Unconstitutional. Whether the Judges of the Supreme Court decide the law, tabuing the sale of ardent spirits to the natives of these Islands, to be unconstitutional or not, one thing is certain, for cither foreigners or natives to drink rum, brandy, gin, &c., is contrary to the human constitution. If any one doubts this statement, we would refer him to the physicians of Honolulu, to the Police Judge, to the police, and the records of the Nuuanu valley cemetery. Among the foreigners who have sickened and died in Honolulu during the last quarter of a century, many scores have died in consequence of their intemperance. > A physician has been heard to say that onehalf of the adult males who die in Honolulu, are brought to their untimely graves through their intemperance. These have not all been drunken seamen! The review of the past is melancholly, but the picture would brighten if the race of drunkards had come to an end. Alas, alas, such is not the fact; others are sure to follow, unless they speedily forsake their cups. A clergyman of the Church of England is prohibited from reading the burial service over a suicide, or " those who have laid violent hands upon themselves." (See Prayer Book.) Now we ask why a man who has killed himself by brandy should enjoy the benefit of the clergy, and that benefit be denied to him who has shortened his existence by a dose of opium or a razor ? Is not the former virtually a suicide as much as the latter ? The Hesperian for January has been received, and we are glad to witness that under the new editors, this Monthly is assuming a much higher standard of literary excellence. In this number appears No. 3of Rev. J. D. Strong's Sketches of the Craters of the Hawaiian Islands. Haleakala is the crater noticed. O. C. A.—The Oahu Clerical Association will bold its next semi-Annual Meeting, in Honolulu, on Tuesday, the 3d inst., at 10 o'clock A. M., at the study of the Key. E. W. Clark. S. C. Damon, Scribe. An English Bishop Becomes an Infidel. Tribute to American Missionaries. Both English and American newspapers In the February number of the Evangelinotice the fact, that the Right Rev. J. W. cal Christendom, published in London, (1862,) Colenso, D. D., Bishop of Natal, South we find the following tribute to the characAfrica, has published a book in England, ter of Americans as foreign missionaries. which is to be re-published in America, in The paragraph concludes a review of Dr. which the most unblushing infidelity is Anderson's Half a Century of Missionary avowed. The Pentateuch, or Five Books of Labor," or Memorial Volume of the first " Moses, are not of Divine authority, in this fifty years of the American Board of Comman's opinion. He also maintains that missioners for Foreign Missions." Moses is not their author. While we mourn The American missionaries seem to be over the poor and deluded Bishop's folly, for well qualified for their work. Men of faith one thing we are glad, and that is, that he and men of prayer, there have also been has the honesty to come out boldly .and no contemptible scholars in their ranks —we of them their make a clean breast" of it. He is now an think from what we have seen "open better qualified on the average than infidel and arch apostate. The world men are those sent out from Britain—scholars like knows where to find him. He does not, like Eli Smith, translator of the new Arabic the writers of the famous " Essays and Re- version of the Bible ; Stoddard, the author views," or some writers of the Westminster of the modern Syriac grammar; Riggs, of Review, cunningly, under cover of a hypo- the Bulgarian Mission; and others. The of the American Oriental Society crite's cloak, advocate the most pernicious journalfull proof of their linguistic researches. gives doctrines. Like the Catholic Bishop Gobet, The sciences of comparative philology and in the time of the French Revolution, Bishop ethnography have been enriched by their Colenso takes his stand, so that there is no labors, and yet the work of the Lord has not have mistaking his position. It is a significant suffered in their hands. Grammars modern Greek, of been them published by fact that he obtains what he calls this " light Armenian, Arabic, Syriac, Tamil, Hawaiiof truth," while residing in Africa ! an. Dakota, Grebo, Mpongwe, Zulu, &c., Bishop Colenso denies the Divine inspira- and dictionaries, more or less complete, of tion of the Pentateuch ; our Blessed Savior the Armenian, Tamil, Chinese, Hawaiian, A held a different opinion when on his way to Grebo, Mpongwe, Zulu and Dakota. too of modem Syriac, of about dictionary two beginning disciples: " Emmaus with the 10,000 words, has been prepared and will at Moses, and all the prophets, he expounded soon be published. Osi sic omnes.' unto them in all the Scriptures the things English Judges on Strong Drinks and concerning himself." We do not imagine our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ doubted Crime.—There is scarcely a crime comes whether Moses wrote the Pentateuch under before me that is not directly or indirectly caused by strong drink.—Judge Coleridge. the Holy Spirit's guidance. If it were not for this drinking, you (the mistaken, a Unless we are very much and I would have nothing to do.—Judge jury) "screw has been loose" for some time, for Patterson. this is the African Bishop who inclined to Experience have proved that almost all admitting Zulu chiefs, with a half dozen crime into which juries have had to inquire wives, more or less, to church fellowship. may be traced, in one way or another, to drunkenness.— Judge Williams. Intemperance and War. I find, in every calendar that comes before source, directly or indiWe hear much about the ravages of war, me, one unfailing the crimes that are comof most of rectly, and the terrible sacrifice of human life. It mitted—intemperance Judge Wightman. is awful. It is horrible. It is sickening to If all men could be persuaded from the use read the accounts we are receiving by every of intoxicating liquors, the office of a judge mail from America. A little reflection, how- would be a sinecure.—Judge Alderson. ever, will convince any candid mind that inDr. Merle D'Aubigne's New Work.temperance is cutting down more thousands understand that the impression of the We the rifle sword. of Think than the and first two volumes of Dt. Merle D'Aubigne's mighty army of drunkards daily visiting the new work, "The History of the Reformation dram-shops of a large city like New York or in Europe in the time of Calvin," is advancLondon. "In London," says the Rev. J. H. ing rapidly, and that they will be published Williams, in a recent work on the "Moral before Christmas (1862.) by Messrs. Longman & Co., of London. They will also Wastes" of that city, "there are 20,000 appear at the same time in French, German, public-houses, and beer and tobacco shops, and Dutch, at Paris, Elberfeld, and at Rotopen every Sabbath, and only 750 Protestant terdam. The author, who spends the winter churches." What havoc is made by those at Nice, is occupied in revising the transla20,000 shops among the young and old! tions. An American edition will be publishCarter. But we need not visit London, New York or ed by the Messrs. learn what effect a dramSan Francisco to Donation.—For the support of the Bethel shop produces! War slays its thousands, its ten thousands. and the Friend, from Mr. J. S. Walker, $10. but intemperance - — �14 THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY, Robinson Crusoe's Island. The Unseen Battle-field. There is an unseen battle-field In every human breast. Where two opposing feroes meet. But where they seldom rest. The field is veiled from mortal sight; 'Tie only seen by One, Who knows alone where victory lies, When each day's fight is done. One army dusters strong and fieroe, Their chief of demon form; His brow is like tbe thunder-cloud, His voioe the bursting storm. His captains. Pride and Lust and Hate, Whose troops watch night and day. Swift to detect the weakest point, And thirsting for tbe fray. Contending with this mighty foroe, Is but a little band; Yet there, with an unyielding front, Those warriors firmly stand. Their leader is a Ood-like form, Of countenance serene; And glowing on bis naked breast, A simple Cross is seen. His oaptains, Faith and Hope and Love, Point to the wondrous sign, And gszing at it, all receive Strength from a souroe divine. They feel it speaks a glorious truth, A truth as great as sure. That to be victors, they must learn To love, confide, endure. That faith sublime, in wildest strife, Imparts a holy calm; In every deadly blow a shield, For every wound a balm. And when they win that battle-field. Past toil is quite forgot; The plain where oonfliot onoe had raged, Becomes a hallowed spot. A spot where flowers of joy and peaco Spring from the fertile sod; And breathe the perfume of their praise On every breeie—to Qod. Probability of Marrying.—From 20 to 25 and from 25 to 30 the probability of a widower marrying in a year is nearly three times as great as that of a bachelor. At 30 it is nearly four times as great; from 30 to 45 it is nearly five times as great; and it increases, until at sixty the chance of a widower marrying in a year is 11 times as that of a bachelor. It is also curious to remark how confirmed either class becomes in its condition of life—how little likely, after a few years, is a bachelor to break through his habits and solitary condition; and, on the other hand, how readily in porportion does a husband contract a second marriage who has been deprived prematurely of his first partner. After the age of 30 the probability of a bachelor marrying in a year diminishes in a most rapid ratio. The probability at 35 is not much more than half that at 30, and nearly the same proportion exists between each quinquennial periodafterwards. Assurance Magazine. — Ex-President Van Buren's will begins as follows: "I, Martin Van Bureri, of the town of Kinderhook, county of Columbia, and state of New York, heretofore Governor of the state, and more recently President of the United States, but for the last and happiest years of my life, a farmer in my native town, do make and declare " &* 18(3. We derive from the San Francisco Times an account of a recent call at the Island of Juan Fernandez or Robinson Crusoe's Island, made by the ship Golden Rocket, Capt. C. N. Pendleton. The ship was on her passage from Boston to San Francisco, and had on board fifty-five passengers (twenty-five of whom were ladies) who intend to make California their future place of residence. Getting short of water, Capt. Pendleton decided to stop at Juan Fernandez for a further supply, and, therefore shaped his course thither—the Island being nearly in his track. At six, P. M., March 24th, they doubled the eastern end of the Island, and at seven rounded to, off the bay of St. Joseph, at the head of which the inhabitants now remaining on the island arc located. The Golden Rocket anchored on the opposite side from that upon which Selkirk lived, and there being a mountain to cross to reach the Robinson Crusoe abode, no one ventured to make the journey. The best landing is on the eastern side, but the water is twenty fathoms deep at the head of the bay, and in some places, so bold is the shore, that a boat tied by her painter and drifting to the limits, would be in seventy-five fathoms. The facilities for loading water at the island Capt. Pendleton represents to be not very good. The water is obtained from a number of never-failing rivulets trickling down over the rocks from the cloud-capped mountains. The casks must be taken on shore and filled, rolled back into the water and parbuckled into the boat. While the crew were at their work, the passengers rambled off in different directions to make discoveries. The Island is twenty miles long by about four in breadth. The land is very high, rising in rugged, precipitous peaks, one of them called Tunkcue, 3,500 feet above the level of the sea. The peaks are generally over-hung with clouds. The valleys are exceedingly fertile, the grass growing to the height of six or eight feet. Figs, strawberries, peaches and cherries •bound in their season. The Golden Rocket was there in the season of peaches, and the valleys and hill-sides were full of trees and they were loaded down with delicious fruit. Capt. Pendleton bought four barrels of the inhabitants, and the passengers about as many more. Strawberries flourish best in December and January. There are three remarkable caves in the sides of the hill facing the harbor, about thirty feet in length, twenty-five in width and about the same in height. The inhabitants now number but fourteen, of whom Messrs. Day and Kirkaldie, from Valparaiso, are the chief persons; they have been appointed overseers of the Island by the Chilian Government. Formerly a penal colony, numbering five hundred, was located here and the caves above-mentioned were used by them, but the project was found to be impracticable, and the convicts were taken back to the main land. An immense number of goats are running wild over the island, and an abundance of fish are taken on the coast. An English Friend's Advice.—John Bright, who is one of the mostsagacious and earnest of English statesmen, and who has been oneof the truest friends that the Union has found in England, describes our case in a very few words. He says in a letter which has just appeared, addressed to a Mr. Jewett: "If you are for the Union, and think it can be preserved by conciliating the South, 1 confess I am amazed. They have made war upon you, because they suspected that you would yield nothing more to them—are you to yield more under compulsion of the war, or because you can neither conquer the South, nor yet subsist as an independent State without her ? If you love slavery and wish to continue it, and if you think you can build up with honor a restored and united Republic by humbling yourselves to the South, I can only express my surprise at the dream which possesses you. You may separate—or you may fight out this contest and win—but to leave the slave still a slave, will exposi: you to the contempt of the civilized world. I applaud the proclamation of the President as docs every man in Europe who is not a foe to freedom, or moved by base hostility to the American Republic because it is a Republic, and because it is powerful." American paper. — The Anglican Standard Bearer.—No bishop or theologian has had so great an influence on the developcment and the destiny of the Established Church of England, as Lord Palmerston. Since he has been Prime Minister, he has nominated lo two Archbishoprics and nine Bishoprics in England, and to one Archbishopric and two Bishoprics in Ireland. The Church is divided into three chief parties, commonly designated as the High, the Low, and the Broad Church parties, each of which considers its dissent from the two other parties as vital and incapable of any reconciliation. The submission of tho Church to the State puts it in the power of the English Prime Ministers to make whatever party they like best predominant in the Church, by giving to it the Episcopal Soes.— Tribune. The Cow-Milker.-This remarkable Yan- kee notion, at the great exhibition in London, seems* to have attracted considerable attention : " Tho patent of the ' cow-milker,' which for some weeks has been the "lion" of the department, has been sold to Watkins & Keene, of Birmingham, for £5000, and a royalty to the original inventors; and it is stated that the firm have already received orders sufficient to cover the expenses of the patent, and that the machine is rapidly being adopted by all the great dairymen throughout the country. Ijundon Daily News. Here is a bit of English eccentricity. Mr. Queensly, t.he Cambridge sayan, a great admirer of the G reek poets, has given orders in his will that after his death his body shall be dissected and Ms skin shall be taken off and tanned in such a manner as to convert it into parchment, on which the Iliad of Homer shall then be copied, the singular MS. then to be deposited in the British Museum. — �15 THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY, 1863. UH'L. K. 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MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO TEMrecord of lv sales. In 1861— Also, Offioe of The Friend, bound volumes for A The drover Baker Company, Boston, PERANCE, SEAMEN, MARINE AND received. Subscriptions The Florence Company, Massachusetts, sale. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, The Parker Company, Connecticut, B.—Seamen to vessels "off belonging lying N. J. M. Singer «/ Co., New York, be with books and papers, by on," will and PUBLISHED supplied AND EDITED BY Finkle Lyon, " " calling at the Depository, from 12to 8 o'clock P.jM. Cuss. W. Uowland, Delaware, SAMUEL C. DAMON. 8. C. DAMON, Seamen's Chaplain. M. Greenwood k Co., Cincinnati, 0., THIS BIBLES, THE FRIEND: - * N. 8. 0. Perkins, Norwalk, 0., Wilson H. Smith, Connecticut, sold 18,660, whilst the Wheeler Wilson Company, of Bridgeport, madeand sold 10,726 during the same period. II tf XT Pleats* Call a-d Ktawiir. - BOUND VOLUMES THE FRIEND, FROM I gift to 1 862Vor aale by th< Publisher-Price tl per vol-sssr, together. bound OF TERMS: One copy, per annum, Two copies, Five copies, " ... ... - - - 9_.00 8.00 6.00 �THE FRIEND. FEBRUARY. 1863. 16 About two years ago, the following lines were published in the Polynesian. We have never learned the writer's name, but whoever was the author, we should be glad to rend frequent communications from his pen in our island periodicals. We think if the present liquor-law is declared unconstitutional, and the law abolished, the poet will very soon be called upon to pen a dirge over the doomed Hawaiians. President Lincoln's Proclamation of January 1st, 1863. By the President of tbe United States, etc.— Whebkas, On the 22d day or September, 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of tbe United States, containing among other thing* the following—to wit: That on she Ist of Jan- uary 1863,all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall be in rebellion against the United States, shall, henceforth and forever, be free, and To Kamehameha I. the Executive Government of the United States, and naval authorities the including military Fbdb Ohb or His Rics. thereof, will recognise and maintain the freedom Shade of honor'd ancestor, surnamed the Great** my and do no act or aots to rewill of such persona, First of a name Illustrious made by thee ;By thee and the Fates omnipotent,—'twas thine press such persons, or any of them, in any effort To see the thresholds of two ages open, they may make for their actual freedom ; and And toneand glorious, like the Morning Star, that the Executive will on the Ist day of JanuTo reign in tbe portala of the dawn ; —to see The ancient might of all thy dynastii-s ary aforesaid issue a proclamation designating the Depart with all Its mysteries, all its gloom. States and part of States, if any, in which the And all its grandeur—taking to the Shades in shall be rebellion therein respectively j Many a brave and noble souluntutor'd, people Worthy ofbrotherhood and rule with thee against the United States, and the fact that any i And bearing with thee, worthy the ln-qu.it. State or people thereof shall on that day be in good their strong manly instincts, now to meet All faith represented in Congress by members chosen And merge with the gentler traits of heaven In thee Bo with one hand waving away the shadows thereto oy a majority of qualified voters in such Of all thy father's faiths, and their traditions, States shall, in the absence of strong countervailTheir savage Impulses and cruel passions, that But holding still their earnestnesi of purpose, ing testimony, be deemedconclusive evidence Their iron will, capacity for action. resuch State or the people thereof are not in And stubbornness toreign, thoudidst reschjforth bellion against the United States: Thy other hsnd. with childlike faith, and welcome And usher in and place before thy people Now thkrkkoek, I, Abraham Lincoln, PresiTheir future llopr. So when theraging sea dent of the United States, by virtue of the power Is lash'd by hurricanes and torn by rocks, Where the vast roll of the Pacirlc roars in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the army Against thesestorm-beat northernbluffs and headlands, the rebellion against time of actual and navy in Subsides to leeward into gentle ripples Government of the United States, as a tit and That softly break upon the coral beach for measure said resuppressing Witts sleepy murmur, bathing children's feet :— necessary war Bo didst thou then abandon i he rude shocks, bellion, do, on this Ist day it January, 1863, Turmoil aud chaos of heathenism, and come and in accordance with my purpose to publish To dwellwith the calmer wor;d, whose Isr advance of 100 days from Would teach thy people pence. my proclamation after a period Fourth of thy Name, succeedingby the grace order, dethe date ot the first above-mentioned Of Ood to this inheritance, I strive, signate the following States and parts of States Have striven and will, hire to maintain the charges Bequeathed by thee in no light mood,—to hold, therein, the people whereof respectively are at With all the strength I may, thy native force this day in rebellion against the United States, to Of thought and purpose.—Yet I grieve ! 1 grieve To see our ancient stalwart race decline, be tbe following, to wit: And shrink and wither in despite of sll Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (excepting the The better tearhinga aud the better will. The vigor Plaquemine, Barnard, Jefferson, St. parishes of Of the old time is gone ! Enervate both In brain and body, they are not the people to St. John, St. Charles, Ascension, Assumption, Who fought with thee and cheered thee on battle, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin und Who draw green plenty from their bounteous land, New Orleans, including the oity of New Orleans,) Ran o'er the mountains awift as summer shadows. And in the deep,'gainst fishes, won therace. Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South They sicken and they die. I grieve ! I grieve ! Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, (except 48 Over the wasting land once green with crops. Now mark'd by silence and the grass grown ridges ;— counties, designated as Western Virginia,'' and The merry fields of old wheredance and song the other counties of Berkeley, Accomac, NorthAndhealthful games cheer'd on the dsily toil Princess York, Anne, Elisabeth City, ampton, Till toll was pastime. They are silent now. Portsmouth,) only from some solitary hut Norfolk and Or the cities of including Comes a low wail or feeble strain of song, which excepted parts are for the present left preOr meaningless and melancholly hymn. cisely as if this proclamation were not issued. The spirit of our fathers Is not here | The goodly forms erect and velvet sklnn d, And by virtue of the power and for purpose Valiant in war, playful In peace and love. aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons The pride and beauty of their Islandhome, and Aremiaaing,and thenation droops. held as slaves within these designated States, 1 et still the sliver fringe and broad blue sea parts of States, are and henceforth shall be free; Knaircle us; the same loud rolling surf,the same and that the Executive Government of the United O'er whichmy fathers frolick'd, beau Incessant grand pulsations, and the mountains States, including the naval and military authorishe, only heaven aa ever,— Loom high In ty, will recognize and maintain the freedom of The Implacable Pele, feela the touchof age, such persons. And vomits (orth her wrath In feebler ■?*"»•• Oh King' 'tisknown that thoo didst love thy people. Ana I hereby enjoin upon the people so deThen, If it may be, visit them once more!one draught violence, to from all free, clared to be abstain (In formallow'd by Heaven.) Breathe Of thy old vigor forth over the land. unless in necessary self-defense; and I recomAnd pray lor it io thy abiding place. mend to them that in all cases, when allowed, Wherever that maybe i and pray for me, That I may govern worthy of my race. they labor faithfully forreasonable wages. House up my people from their baneful trance. And 1 further declare and make known that d And in the appointed time join rtnabasli such persons of suitable condition will be reMy crowned ancestors. ceive-in to the armed service of theUnited States, Hawaii,"firth January, 18*31. to garrison the forts, positions, stations and other places, and to man Teasels of all sorts, in said PASSENGERS. service. a I which is believed to be sincerely Upon this, Fro. BA, £l Q Constitution, the an act of justice, warranted by upon military necessity, 1 invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of T Darny, Ahoe, Jao, Oen, Ac>!,a J~: ,,_,IA_per Morning Star, Almighty God. La witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused tbe seal of the United States to b* •___■_. Atl, Manquio Ahong, Ac v»»*/L Jan. SO-0 Hadley, C ■ Data) at the City of Washington on the Ist day Prom Bab Fbascisoo—par "«^rYanaee, „-«_ Jan. Ja-Capt W P Manof January, A. D., 1863, and of the Indepen- Cotter. Frank Nlva. dence of the United States of America the 87th w'„ o year. M Abraham Lincoln. Prmident. . ' . " <^" J2£?s£ ir,_»o-{^^ 0,,_o jao. , w^ev"?.! By Wm H Sswisn, Seorctasy of state. rerw r^•wp:u^. wTwTer^. MARINEJOURNAL. PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. ARRIVALS. . Jui. J—Am bark Comet, Smith, IS days from San Francisco. 9—Am ich Olivia, Redfleld, 17 days from Sao Francioco. 20—Am bark Yankee, Taylor, 10 days from San Francisco 22—Prussian steamship Scotland, 1200 tons, Stannard, 12 days fromSan Francisco in route for Hongkong, came inside. Sailed again same day. 23—Am bark Richmond, Bliss, 164 days fm New Bedford. DEPARTURES. Jan. I—Haw brifr Waitua, Schol, forBremen. 3—Haw bk Kathleen, Campbell,forSydneyriaPalmyra I. 6—Am wh ship Milton, Halsey, for M'est'd and Ochotsk. <S—Am ship Angara, Milieu, fur Valparaiso. 10—Am brig Morning Star, Qelett.for the Guano Island* aud the Micronesian group. 12—Britishbark Damietta, Lovell, for Hongkong. 13—Am ich Olivia, Redfleld, forLahaina. 19—Dutchship Galilei, van der Hey, for Batavia. 20—Am wh bk Martha, Cornell, for Talcah.uanoandhome 26—-Am bark Comet, Smith, for San Francisco. 26—Am wh bk Isaac Howland, I*ong, Westward & Arctic. MARRIED. HisHiNOKk—Smith—At the residence of the bride* father, Honolulu, on Thursday evening, Dec. 31, by Rev. Eli Corwin. John A. ll«uulnger, Surveyor of the port of Honolulu, to PnacillaB, second daughter of J.H. Smith, Esq., or this city. Lovi—Melville—At the Cathedral,by the Right Kevereud the Lord Bishop of Honolulu, Jan. 1, 1803, William Love, of Honolulu, to Letitia Mary Melville, of Sao .rancisco. Vacchan—O'Nkill—At the Catholic Cathedral, Jan. 4.1803, hy the Right Kevereud Bishop Malgret, Mr. James Vaughan to Mary, second daughter of J. O'Neill, Esq all of Honolulu. Cartir—Hbmpstsad—ln Honolulu, Jan. 10, by Rev. S. 0. Damon. Mr. feamuel M. Carter to Mrs. Harriet L. Hempntead. , DIED. Ladd—On Monday, 19th Inst., at 9 A. M., at her residence on Nuu.mii Koad, Mrs. Abigail Ladd, aged 73, formerly of Concord, New Hampshire. Burrows—At Palaau. Molokal, Jan. IT, Charles, son of J. W. and Helen Burrows,aged 8 days. J_r New London papers please copy. Pikrpont—At Murphy's, Calaveras county, Nov. 18th, 1862, of measles, Mr*. Maria Plerpont, wife of Rev. James Picrpont. Mrs. Plerpont, whose death surprises us so, was a daughter ofRev. Sheldon Dibble, one of the first,and most devoted missionaries to the Sandwich Islands, author of that immortal volume upon ■ Missions." Mrs. P. came to Californiawithher husband In the Spring of 1863, and during all these nine years of ministerial labor in many trying circumstances, has sustained him by her own remarkable faith iv tiod. Her life, especially in the latter years, has been an example of singular piety, and hence, by Divine grace, she approached Its close in perfect peace. In the full assurance of Christian hope. Her last hours were spent trying to win souls to Jesus. She called stranger* to her bed-side, and begged them to be Christians. She sent a dying request to the congregations, with whom she had never been able to worship, that "they should turn to the glorious Though ht-r health for several years was very deli Saviour cate, her wh"le life was a sweet, acceptable sacrifice to Christ, to be remembered by her three orphan children, and all who saw her on earth.—Pacific. Cloud—At Kalnaliu, North Kona, Hawaii, Dec. 28, at tha residence of CharlesHall, Esq., of consumption, Mr. WlLLani Cloud, a native or Ipiwicn, England, aged about 36 year*. Mr. Cloud came to Kona a few montha ago, from California, in the last stages of disease, and was carefully attended by Mr. Hall and family up to bis last moments. Travis—AtKailua, Kona, Hawaii, from injuriesreceived by the premature explosion of a blast, Jan. 14, Mr. John Nelson Travis, a native of the State of New York, bat long a resident of these islands, aged about 40 years. Mr.T. leaves a wife and two children to mourn his death. Makis—On the 17thinstant, of measles, at tbe residence of James Make*, Esq., of llupalakua. East Maui, Matilda, aged 11 months, infant daughter of Mr. George N. Makes, recently of Sacramento, California. 87 Sacramento Union please copy. Hamjuaov—At the U. 8. Hospital, Honolulu, January 22d. John Harrison, aged 60. The deceasedwas discharged from the Braganza." He was an Englishman. Richards—ld Honolulu, December 4th, 1863, Mrs. Boss, Richards, after a long and distressing illness. She came to the islands a dressmaker from California. She has friends residing in New York and New Jersey. Powrrh—In Honolulu, December 4th, 1862. Samuel Powers. He was a very old colored man, and for many years had been a faithful servant in the fAmity of the late Captain Penballow. " " Information Wanted! Respecting Robert Leßop McGinnyt. He bails from Balti- more, and was on board the "Silver tttar" when she was wrecked upon a guano island In IBM. He returned to Honolulu, bat since thatdate no intelligence baa been received from him. An/ Information will be tnankJulljr received by his mother Mrs. Elisabeth JaneMcGino/s, ofNew Orleans, or bj the Editor. Respecting, Arnold K. Austin, of Providence, R. 1., who left the ship Rodman, about 1862, at Honolulu. Perhaps Cape. Spencer may recall this man. If so, please communicate with Mrs. C. R. Austin of Prtvridenee or editor of the Friend � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1863) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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