https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/85762f6c36048a9b7527d8bfecb8ae52.pdf c46d8558984145167804ec060472765f PDF Text Text THF E RIEND Bcto StriK, tioi IS, $ff. 6.1 HONOLULU, JUNE 1, 1864. Pacific CONTENTS lor June, I 804. i:iliiiiilli.ii or Oahu College PaclUc Monthly Cheering News ('hliiaman'a Opinion of Hum Tahltlan Bible Conversion ofa Jewish bai10r...... Kymni and their Authors "Our Native Village." Merllorloua Young Ballon Hi-men in Common Life KlKlii Thouaand New School Houses Letter from the Hiuulau Admiral Llaoffaky "Jack and the Bird,"—Poetry Consented to Change the Subject How the Mlealnnary Hymn trim Written Mr. Beeeher at Paris Marine News, Ac Pint. 41 41 41 41 .4'i 4'i, 411 43 44 44 44, 46 40 46 40 4(1 46 48 48 THE FRIEND. JT'NK 1, 1804. Exhibition of Oahu College. This year the Exhibition will take place Fort Street Church on Thursday evening, the 16th instant. The performances will be similar to those of former years. The Trustees, at a late meeting, unanimously voted to adopt the ticket system of admission, devoting the avails of the Exhibition to defraying the outlay incurred recently in erecting a verandah around the main school building. This improvement has been long desired, for the convenience and comfort of the teachers and pupils. Terms of Admission.—Adults SI, and children 50 cents. Previous to the Exhibition due notice will be given in regard to the evening's arrangements. No free tickets will be given, not even to the Trustees or parents ofchildren. The Trustees have been led to pursue this plan from repeated solicitation of responsible persons in the community, who are friends of the Institution. In order to avoid anything which might have the appearance of favoritism, the Trustees propose to issue no free tickets. It is believed the public will fully appreciate this plan. at the 41 Cheering News. Monthly. Among our regular exchanges, we are always (flail to welcome this periodical. It is now e<liti*d by Lisle Lester. Its circulation has increased to two thousand monthly. The April No. contains a portrait of the Key. Thomas Starr Kinir and a sketch of his life, and also Chapter sth of The Wife," a " story of California, by Mrs. M. D. Strong. We also notice with pleasure an article by Mr. J. A. Daly, who is now about to graduate from the College at Oakland. The subject of this essay, " Ideals.' The writer throws out many suggestive thoughts. The importance of having ever before the mind a good " ideal," is well set forth. The essay closes with this paragraph : " Once in the history of the world, the Infinite God took upon Him human flesh ; walked the common paths of this disciplinary life, suffered all its disabilities, and returned to his throne through the gate of a grand martyrdom. Once, and only once, the majestic outlines of human character were filled up to the full measure of the divine pattern. Humility, patience, energy, heroism, charity, love—all these were shown, perfect and harmonious in one radiant character. This is the central fact of all human history. Here the ideal of possible goodness and greatness rests satisfied. It cannot go further. It has reached its goal." By private sources wo learn that Mr. Daly, after graduating, will proceed to the Eastern States, and enter New York Theological Seminary. - {(DloStrits, tf01.21. It is no longer quiet upon the Potomac. There is heavy fighting along the whole line of battle, both north and south of Richmond, and also in Georgia. News has been received from New York to the 13th ultimo, and as a result of several hard days' fighting between the Union and Rebel armies, Lee has been defeated and retired towards Richmond, closely pressed by Grant's forces. Seven thousand prisoners have been captured ; Gen. Longstreet has been killed, and the Rebel army made to feel that the day of its complete overthrow may not be far distant. The Union army has suffered in the loss of Gen. Sedgwick and many of its brave men. South of Richmond, the operations of the Union forces, under command of Gen. Butler, are of the very highest moment. A large force is now landed on the South side of James River. The great Southern railroad has been cut, so that no more soldiers or supplies can como to the aid of Lee. General Butler had driven General Beauregard into Petersburg, and prevented him from reinforcing Lee. The editor of the Alta ofthe 15th of May remarks: " Taken as a whole, the news furnishes ample grounds for rejoicing." The news from Georgia is also quite encouraging. The Union forces are pressing closely upon the Rebels, and compelling the Rebels to fall back towards Atlanta. Chinaman's Opinion of Rum.—Taking a walk one day through the commissariat stores in Hongkong, with a friend, I came to a portion of that establishment where four Chinamen were engaged In emptying a large tub of rum, which they were carrying in gallon measures to another portion of the building. Addressing myself to the one who was apparently the head of the party, I inquired : you like rum, John ?" " Do No, sir," said the Chinaman. Hawaiian Evangelical Association.— The meetings of this Association will open on Monday, the 20th instant, at the Stone Church. Preacher* <m Foreign Mittitmt.—Rev. A. 0. Forbes, English Sermon; Rev. H. H. College.—The Oahu examination of this Parker, Hawaiian Sermon. "» Why not ? Preachers on Home EvongeUzation.—R*v. Institution will take place on Tuesday and " sir; make Chinaman M. Sermon; Rev. Rum not proper, English Gulick, and 15th ofthis month. L. H. Wednesday, the 14th " number one fool ! " British Workman. Kuaea, Hawaiian Sermon. The public are invited to attend. — �THE FRIEND, JUNE, IS 64. 42 gaged in the work of preparing and publishing books, Bibles, or even a monthly sheet Ti Bisilia Mo'a Ra, oia te iaufaa taliito c te like the Tahiti. LoneFriend. The Dear Public and the psrau ra, iritihia ci faufaa api dons : Neia c Spottiswoode ma, na te taioti Gentle Reader arc most captious critics. Bibilia i Bantam c to rnau fenua atoa i faatupubia i Lonedona ra i te matahiti 1804. 1863. Some weeks since we met a sailor The above quotation is the copy of the who had been led to break off his wicked title page of the new edition of the Holy practices and enter upon a religious course Bible, in the Tahitian language. We would of life. Upon inquiry, we learned that his acknowledge a copy of this edition of the conversion had been brought about by the Bible from the Rev. George Mooris, Agent faithful labors of another sailor, who was of the London Missionary Society at Tahiti, once a Jew. Upon farther inquiry, we learn and forwarded by the kindness of the Rev. that this Jewish convert is now living an esMr. Cawson, Chaplain of the H. B. M. steam teemed and useful member of the Christian frigate Sutlej. A few days since, it was our Church. In the Sailor's Magazine, published privilege to receive a copy of the Bible in | in New York, for May, 1860, we rind a most the Samoan language. Both of these books interesting sketch of this man's life. We are neatly printed and bound, by the British think it cannot but prove interesting to our and Foreign Bible Society. The copy of readers. Although the writer has ceased to the Tahitian Bible lying before us is printed follow a seafaring life, yet we are most happy in large octavo form, and contains 1154 to learn, by a letter from him now lying bepages, and is accompanied with marginal fore us, that he is still much interested in references on the outer side of the page. his lot was forbehalf of those whom among It is a most interesting feature in nearly merly cast. all the Polynesian missions of the South Conversion of a Jewish Sailor, Seas, that the missionaries are engaged in Whose motto it, ••Jillfor thebest." perfecting and publishing their translations ofthe Bible. It is an herculean work to rein the city of London in the " I was born duce a language to a written form, and then year 1833. My parents and all of my relato publish in that language an entire copy of tions were Jews, and, in consequence, I was the Holy Bible. Who will not honor the brought up in the strictest manner to observe men that have undertaken and accomplished all the holydays, fasts and forms of that relieverything that I could see this work ?. Such men are erecting the gion. For most or do I had a prayer in Hebrew to say : for noblest of monuments, k is not in our power instance, when there should be thunder or to read the Tahitian Bible lying upon our lightning, or a rainbow should be in view, table, but we know it to be the word of God, eating of fruit, drinking of wine—in a word, faithfully translated into the language of the almost in everything I did or saw. This lanTahitians. Labor thus expended is not lost. guage (Hebrew) I could read but not understand, yet I might say, like St. Paul, I was We cannot conceive of any manner in which taughtaccording to the perfect manner of the the human mind could be more usefully and Fathers.' I lived with my parents until the nobly employed than in translating and pub- 9th day of May, 1846." The writer then went to live with an unlishing the Holy Bible. cle and brother in Montreal, where he found While writing the foregoing paragraph the much less strictness among the Jews than in Rev. A. Bishop entered our sanctum, who is London, and soon fell into bad habits and one of the veteran translators of the Hawai- consequent trouble. ian Bible. Our conversation naturally turned " I was afterwards sent into a small vilupon Bible translations. He informed us lage in one of the Eastern townships to go that he translated about one-fourth part of the to school, and to work a little on a farm ; I lived a short time, but, not behaving Bible into Hawaiian, being associated with there myself, the party I lived with sent me back Messrs. Bingham, Thurston, Richards and to town, ana again my uncle received me. others. He referred to the great difficulty of He permitted me to live in his private house getting a correct edition. For illustration, untilthe following Spring, 1848. My brother then gave me clothes and $16 in he referred to the Hawaiian translation of and uncle and two letters, and sent me to New cash, Malachi 3:1, where it i 8 .aid "theLord shall York. The advice they gave me was, 'If suddenly come to his temple." The Hawai- any one should ask you where you belong ian translation reads, •• the Lord shall come tell them you are an American; but if they afoot! " The error occurred in correcting the say you are a Jew do not deny that: no ! proof-sheet, and although a manifest error of never deny you are a Jew.' The first part of their advice I did obey, but the latter I that kind, yet it had often been referred to, have not, for when any person has called me as though the translators were ignorant of a Jew I have denied it; but now, thank their work. Persons who are not intimately God! I am happy to say I am a Jew, not connected with the business of printing and outwardly but inwardly, for Christ was a and I believe in him, and thank God it proofreading can but poorly appreciate the isJew, my heart's greatest desire to follow him. abors of printers and writers who are en- This believe makes a Jew, for as I Christ TahitianBible. ' said unto Nathaniel, * behold an Israelite,' &c. (John, Ist chap, verse 47th.) " Having arrived in New York, I wandered through the streets for employment, but could get none ; garment after garment, prayer-book and all I sold to get food. I tried to enlist in the army, they said I was too young; then I tried to enlist among some boys on Governor's Island to learn music. After I had been there for about two weeks the officer told me to go, saying I was no use only to eat Uncle Sam's grub ; but it was all tor the best. And now winter was coming on ; I tried to ship in a whaler, but they would not have me, I being too young. I was then what the world calls hard up. In that cold winter of 1848 I slept on cotton bales in the open air, sometimes in Peck Slip and sometimes at the foot of Beekman street; for my food I would buy twelve cents' worth of broken biscuits, and this sometimes would last me two days or longer. I would obtain this money by standing at the steamboats to carry a trunk or bag, which I have carried into the upper part of the town for twentyfive cents; but it was all for the best. At last I got a berth aboard of a schooner. After being aboard about six weeks I left her, and shipped aboard of another for a short time, and after I left her 1 went to work for a whaling shipping office, but there I got cheated out of my pay. I then tried again to ship in a whaler. They told me (the runners or shipping-master) that if I would say that I was twenty-one years of age, and an American, they would ship me. I was then shipped and taken down to Stonington, for which I was charged $15; but it was all for the best. I then went a voyage which lasted twentythree months, but when I came home I hod nothing to take ; but it was all for the best. Again I started on a thirteen months' cruise, which brought me 575, besides a good suit of clothes. I then came down to New York and shipped in the merchant service, where I have been ever since. In February, 1865, I shipped to San Francisco, and arriving there I went up to Oregon, where I worked for from S6O to S6O per month ; but, not being satisfied, came down to San Francisco and shipped for China at $20 per month. Aboard that ship, and in others, I was the ring-leader in all kinds of sinful pleasure, and was three days ofT duty for my misconduct. I then was discharged in Hong Kong, and shipped aboard the ship Don Quixote for Shanghae, but instead of going there we went to Siain and back ; but it was all for the best. I left her in Hong Kong. I then shipped on board the ship Golden West; I stopped on board of her for four months in Shanghae. We then sailed for New York. We had on board as passenger one of the Lord'B servants, Rt. Rev. Bishop Boone, who had been a missionary for a number of years in China. It was his custom to preach to the crew on the Lord's Day. On the first Sabbath I think he took his text from the 18th and 19th verses of the 15th Chapter of St. Luke. I never before sat under a sermon ; I listened to him, and when he said ' This man was a Jew,' tfce., I resolved to read the Testament; for, up to thattime, I had never once looked into this blessed book wherein is found eternal life. But, before I looked into it, still having some of the old Jewish prejudices about me, I resolved to �read the Old Testament first. 1 then began to read ; I thought I ought to pray; I tried, but could only say ' Oh! God lead mc into the path of the righteous and cause mc to shun the path of the wicked.' I wanted to say the Lord's prayer, but I dare not, for I was afraid, but in a short time the Lord's prayer came to mc. I then used to cover my head and say it, I would then uncover and repeat it over again, so as to be sure that 1 was right, (for the Jews when they pray have their heads covered,) but yet I was in agony for my sins, and when I would read the Bible it seemed to condemn me, but at last I asked God when I would read my Bible to cause me to read over twice that which I ought to walk by; but still, when I read Whosoever shall commit such a sin shall 'suffer death, and be cut ofT from his people,' I felt that I had been cut offfrom my people, so 1 was only to await death to have that sentence fulfilled upon me. I could see no way of escape; I would search the Scriptures day and night but found no relief. I then began to look for Christ at the top of the pages of the Bible; but still I would not believe until I had examined for myself. I then could and did say the Lord's prayer; and when I would lay myself down to sleep I would take my Bible or some other book in my hand and say, 'Oh God, if thou wouldst have me to remain a Jew make me to hold this book in my hand when I awake;' and this is the way the Lord brought me out, and so I suffered until 1 read, ' He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.' Then I believed, I felt satisfied, but every storm I would be afraid on account of not being baptized ; but at last I felt the mere desire of being baptized was sufficient. All this time I kept the thoughts of my heart a secret from everybody, yet I would talk about religion for the sake of gaining information ; and when I arrived in New York I wrote a letter to that servant of our Lord, who was to me as the sun is to all men. He came to see me two or three times, but only once 1 wns at home. I tnen went to Savannah, and there I received a letter from him which directed me to go to his brother-in-law, Rt. Rev. Bishop Elliot, who baptized me ; and since then I have tried to become a follower <jf that humble and loving, although long-despised, Jesus and Saviour. I have cried unto him to make me an instrument in his hands of fetching many unto him, and glory be to his holy name 1 he has crowned my efforts ; he has blessed me time after time. And, now, who can look over these things without saying, ' It is all for the best ?' I might say if I had behaved myself I might have been worth money; but what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and lose his own soul ? I have now, thank God! though poor in worldly goods, a treasure laid up in heaven ; I have a hope in Christ: He is mine and I am his, glory be to his holy name ! And now, in conclusion, I would say to those who say that religion is not for a sailor, that he cannot be religious aboard of a ship, to such I would say, as I feel and know bju experience, religion makes you a better sailor; you are ready and prompt to obey orders: and at sea I believe I have had the sweetest seasons with my God ; I have had longer and better time to meditate, and I have had less temptations than on shore. 43 THE FRIEND, JUNE, ISf 4. I can read my Bible more and oftener than a laboring man can on shore. The cross of Jesus is not hard, but it is a delight to him that bears it. You may take away the world but give me Jesus. The world has gone from me, for my father and all that is tied to me by nature have stopped corresponding with me ; but, although they have denied me, Christ Jesus owns me, and He ever lives to intercede for me. And to the merchant I would say, that the religious sailor is at all times faithful and honest, and will do his duty cheerfully. On my first voyage here from Boston I was one of six who broached the cargo and helped ourselves to preserved fruits; and on my last voyage, instead of stealing, after one month out from New York we had a prayer-meeting end Bible-class in the forecastle, although our captain and chief mate seemed to be against it. 1 wish that the same captain might see this. We sailed in November, 1858,and arrived in San Francisco in March, 1559. And now I pray to God that if he should, or whosoever may read this, it may prove to them to be all jor the best." Editorial Remarks.—The reading ofthe foregoing narrative we think cannot but prove encouraging to all who are interested in the moral improvement of seamen. Seldom will a more hopeless subject be presented for consideration. His Jewish prejudices must have been exceedingly strong. The barrier between him and the gospel was very high, but after much effort and many struggles it was overcome. This instance is another beautiful illustration of the oft-quoted text, " Cast thy breaa upon the waters." How little Bishop Boone imagined, when he remarked the " Prodigal was a Jew," that he would awaken in the mind of a son of Abraham a desire to become a follower of Him who could say, " Before Abraham was, 1 am." This example shows how much of hope there is when a wicked man is willing to commence reading the Bible with the honest purpose of learning the path of duty. Reading the Bible, accompanied wilh earnest prayer, will accomplish wonders. The Rev. Dr. Chalmers spoke the truth when he said, " Give a man the Bible, and a conscience, and he will knock out the truth." May our readers be profited by the perusal of this narrative, and we think with the writer, they may lie led to infer that "all things work together for good to them that love God."— Romans 8:28. from (be New York Observer. Hymns and their Authors. RBEYV.D.D. F.HAETFDIWL,N Messrs. Editors :—Your correspondent, "J. M. M.," has suggested a fruitful topic, on which, with your leave, I will offer some remarks,*for the benefit of your numerous readers. The subject is full of interest, and, not less, of spiritual profit. A standard hymn is one of the most prolific means of grace. I serves not merely as a suitable vehicle o praise, but also, as a lively quickener of devotion, and an efficient stimulant of pious emotion. Our interest in the hymn prompts to a more particular acquaintance with its author. We want to know something more than his name. Often the circumstances in which a hymn was written, when known, give peculiar intensity to the sentiment. The hymn of"Charles Wesley" beginning with— " Thou Ood of glorious umjeaty,"— the second stanza of which is the first in most of our collections, and in the original is thus written : Lo ! on a narrow neck of land, "'Twixt two unbounded sens I ttand. Secure, insensible; A point of life, a moment's spaoe. Remove me to tbat heavenly plaoe, Or shot me op In hell," — is' read with a livelier sense of its truth and beauty, when it is known that it was written on the extreme south-western point of England, known as "the Land's End," where the " narrow neck juts out, " 'twixt two unbounded seas,"" stretching away on either hand as far as the eye can see. How often has the heart-broken child of sorrow, sick of the workl, and longing to be gone, repeated to himself the sweet words of Watts' hymn entitled : " Love to the creatures is dangerous," and beginning with— " How vain are all things here below." Much as it was appreciated before, it will be read and repeated with far deeper interest when it is known that the poet is said to have written it immediately after the offer of his hand and heart had been most respectfully declined by Miss Elizabeth Singer, one of the most elegant, lovely and accomplished females of the age, better known as Mr«. Elizabeth Rowe. In consequence, he lived and died a bachelor. A Compliment to Chase from an Enemy. The London Times, whose hostility to everything American, and especially to everything connected with the Federal Government, is well known, pays an unwilling compliment to Secretary Chose. It says : " With a debt which would crush any State in the Old World, except England and France, Chase still exhibits all the distinctive features of a splendid, increasing and permanent prosperity; he has a large stock of bullion, so large as to keep in hand all speculators in gold; should they buy gold faster than he wishes he can immediately buy up millions of paper and make them complete their purchase in a dear market." Abolition in Brazil.—A Senator, Silvierba da Motta, has proposed in the Brazilian Senote that " no foreigner residing in Brazil should be allowed to hold slaves, and that those actually holding them should be obliged to sell them within a certain time." Also that the convents and other monastic institutions should be obliged to sell their landed properties and slaves. It is becoming every( The rebel of the capture of Fort Pillow day more evident that slavery*is doomed in acknowledges account that an indiscriminate slaughter folBrazil, and that ere long some measure will lowed the surrender, and says the Fort ran with be taken, having for its ultimate object the blood. Many jumped into the river and warn entire suppression of the system. I drowned, or killed, while attempting to escape. �44 THE FRIEND, JUNE, 1864. THE JI/IfEFJUENOT 1A64. I, — "Our Native Village." voted large sums to educntionol purposes. Holden Chapel at Cambridge University, Massachusetts, was also named after him. He was very prominent among the Dissenters of England during the first half "f the 18th century. Holden was originally a part of the township of Worcester, and lies in the very center of the old Bny State. If diagonal lines were drawn across the State of Massachusetts, they would intersect over " our native village." We sometimes wonder if the little town is as pleasant as in the days of our childhood, when we played on the "Common," caught trout in the meadow brooks, chased butterflies, and tried to catch rabbits and partridges in snares, gathered chestnuts in the pnstures, and attended the village school? How well we can remember tho people ns they gathered on Sunday at church, and on town-meeting and "training" days. How well we ran ronieinlior those teachers in the village, school, nnd our ministers, the Rev. Mr. Pnine and his predecessor, the Rev. H. Bardwell, D. D., once n missionary of the American Hoard nt Bombay, Indin. The latter we are happy to lenrn still lingers among the people of the town of Oxford, in the snme county. But we nre writing a much longer notice of "our native village" than we intruded. It is much easier to scribble along than to cense writing. We seem to be living over our early life ngain, mingling again among the playmates of our youth, and revisiting the burying ground However far a person* may wander, yet his thoughts will be ever recurring to% the spot where he was born. He will be grateful for any little incident to remind him of the scenes of early childhood. The following notices we have met with in several American newspapers. They relate to our native village, and they are so creditable to that little town nestled among the rugged hills of New England, that we cannot refrain from copying them. They will not, of course, be of much interest to the general reader, only as they portray not only one, but hundreds of those New England townships or villages which were settled by the Puritans of Englnnd and are now occupied by their descendants. Holden.—Rev. Wm. Peine, D. D., pastor ofthe Congregational Church in Holden, has lately preached his thirtieth anniversary sermon, which is published. The church was organized 121 years ago, and has had but four pastors. It has been destitute but once, and then less than two years. Dr. Paine has united 540 individuals in marriage, has received into his church by profession 375, hns enjoyed nine distinct revivals, has administered the communion 176 times, and has preached about 3,300 sermons. There is not now, and never has been, an uncvangclical religious organization in the town. His pastorate has been very agreeable and eminently useful, and he still dwells quietly among his people.— Massachusetts S/,y. Holden.—The pupils in one of the district where our parents nnd grand parents are reschools in Holden have been engaged in a posing. May it yet be our privilege once praiseworthy enterprise. Connected with more to make a pilgrimage to that |-herisheil their school house is half an acre of land for spot j and if there is nnother wish which we a play ground, which they have set out with apple trees, making the house and grounds hope may yet be realized, it is, thnt after remuch more pleasant and cheerful. By an visiting our native village and native Innd, agreement among themselves they refrain to continue our travels to Old England, (Infrom eating the fruit, but dispose ofit for the land of our fathers—Old Mother Knglnnd— purpose of procuring n fund with which to or, as Hawthorne happily calls Knglnnd, Keep the school house in repair. Their trees a long are just getting old enough to bear, and the "our old home." That would lie pupils are much gratified with tho success of journey by sen and land, and we fear it will their undertaking.—JEgis and Transcript. never be performed. Thus it appears that the good people of Meritorious Young Sailors. Holden set a high estimate upon tho church and school house. It was so with their It always affords us much pleasure to fathers, for on the 4th of May, 1741, when watch the advance in life of an enterprising the early settlers of the town assembled in a nnd meritorious young man. A youth by public meeting, they voted, firstly, to have the name of Hodgkins made several trips to the gospel preached in town," and" then to Honolulu from Boston in the Regular Line have "a writing and reading school," and of Packets. He made our acquaintance, and devoted £60 for the school. The seed then once camo and ordered the fl'tsftes. to ho sent sown is now bearing good fruit. Religion to his father. At another Mine he procured and education stand foremost in the thoughts the Friend for sixteen years back. We reof that people. Up to the time we left the member him well. In a late letter from our town we never knew a native of the place old correspondent, Jomes Hunnewell, Esq., who was not taught to read and write. Kve met with (he following: The town took iv name of Holden from « Mr. Charles F. Hodgkins, who was mate the Hon. Samuel Holden, an eminent mer- of the Arctic during her last voyage, applied chant of London, who died in 1740, and dc- for a berth in the United States Navy. He underwent a protracted examination on navigation and seamanship before the Navy Board, and was one of a few that passed with great credit to himself among a large number of competitors (say four out of nearly forty.) He is duly commissioned or warranted, and joins the Gulf of Mexico Squadron. One of the greatest objections to him was that he was too young (only twenty-one years,) but with a hope that he would outlive this objection was permitted to pass." We recently heard of another young man, who once boarded at the Sailor's Home in Honolulu, and studied navigation under Captain Smith, ns having been promoted to the command of a vessel when captured by tho blockading squadron off the Southern coast of America. There never was a time when meritorious nnd enterprising young men following the seas had such opportunities for promotion and advancement. Look out, boys, and never fenr, if you keep sober and arc truthful and honest, and wide awnke. Heroes in Common Life. The Rev. H. W. Beechor, in a lately printed sermon published in the Independent, brings forward the following illustration of heroes in common life : " I mentioned, a year or two ago, the case of a public servant in the Assay Office, which I will now mention again. According to the rules of the Department, as I understand them, there is nllowed on the gold that passes through the office a certain per cent, for necessary chemical waste. It seems that this mnn, by a more skillful process than had previously lieen adopted, saved the whole. He had, in making up his accounts for the Department, a right to substractas his own that which he thus saved; but he did not, though it amounted to about eighty thousand dollars. The Statement, as I gave it, was published, and it attracted the notice of a gentleman in California, who sent me a letter with ten dollars, to get the photograph of the man who had the honesty to resist temptation under such circumstances. Ninety-nine men in a hundred, situated as this man wns, would hnve pocketed the money, saying, 'The law explicitly nllows it to me.' But he said, ' The law allows so much for wnste ; but I CM save it, and so put eighty thousand dollars in the hands of the Government;' and he passed the amount over, as a matter of course, and did not think it worth while to mention the circumstance, and perhaps does not know that it has been mentioned. There was noble heroism. It was winged heroism. Where other men would have fallen, he not only stood, but never thought anything about standing, he stood so easy." Mr. Beechor did not inform his hearers whether he sent forward tho Ihto's photograph to his California correspondent; but if that gentleman will send us ten dollars, we will send him the photograph of a |till more remarkable hero. A few days since a kanaka, in the suburbs of Honolulu, found a purse containing some gold coin; he ties the same to a pole, and perambulates the streets, in- �45 THE FRIEND, JUNE, 1 814. owner. When asked by a foreigner (perhaps a stranger from California) why he did not pocket the money nnd sny nothing about it, replied " that God saw him, and it would be wrong." When we hear persons express doubts respecting such instances of heroism, it leads us to question their honesty. Pope says an " honest man is the noblest work of God," and we are inclined to believe that there are a good many honest people in the world. We do not believe all men to be rogues until they are proved honest, and although occasionally mndc to pay for our confidence in men, yet upon the whole, we would rather assume that we live among honest men than nmong rogues. quiring for on itnnts of the Slave States of America had freed their slaves, and then gone to work and nobly educated and elevated them in their social, civil and religious relations, what a noble spectacle would have been presented. They madly choose the other alternative, and now what a deluge of blood they have caused to flow. Well, we believe the war will result in accomplishing this work, and the guilt must rest upon those who waged it. Let us be hopeful. The missionary nnu school-master will follow in the pathway hewed out by the sword of the soldier. Wherever the Union army gains possession of the country, free schools are opened. Look at Nashville, Memphis, Fortress Monroe, Beaufort, New Orleans, and other places. Thousand New School Houses. LetfRrioussmiakAtnyhdaeiSoldier. trnAlomrica Where? In America? No. In England? No. In Gennony ? No. In Russia ? Yes. Some years ago there was a sailor in the We clip the following from a late paper Pacific, often visiting Honolulu, who had a houses have lioen Eight thousand school addressing well written letters to since the of for Russia emancipation fancy in erected the serfs took place." distinguished personages. We have a copy As confirmatory of this statement, read of one of his letters addressed to President the following from tho pen of the Rev. J. Hiiclianan upon the rights of seamen. In Long, an English missionary in Russia : the Friend of October, 1867, will be found a Serf emancipation is an accomplished letter which he addressed to Hon. '/,. Pratt, fact. Twenty-three millions of an intelligent, of New York. Since this sailor returned to active peasantry have been by it raised from the Atlantic we have often seen letters from the degradation of being mere chattels, things appears It that in that American papers. him for sale; though it must be admitted serfdom was not so degrading as slavery is. our sailor correspondent has doffed his sailor The intellect and social energies of the serfs, rig and enlisted in the Army of the United which have been frozen up for centuries, arc States. On the arrival of Admiral Lisoffsky now set free; and this great social change H. has been effected within two years, in spite in New York our old acquaintance, L. of the formidable opposition of the Russian Vcrmilyea, addressed a letter of welcome to nobility. The fiat of one man, supported by the distinguished visitor, to which the followa few choice spirits, has accomplished all ing reply was returned. We should have this. The revolution has been a bloodless been very glnd to have seen the soldier's letone ; no social disorganization has resulted ; and oven some of its bitterest opponents begin ter. We have no doubt that it was ably now to admit that, as the operation had to written nnd neatly executed. The Admiral bo performed some time, it was as well to do may have taken it to St. I'etersburg as a it at once. They are now learning to adapt curiosity. Here is the reply, and it certainly themselves to the new order of things." breathes noble sentiments, indicating that the Mr. Long also enumerates the following Admiral appreciates the momentous struggle results as destined to flow from this great now progressing in America, and the charmeasure : acter of the men who are fighting the battles "A constitutional government must soon of the country. be granted to the empire; municipal charters and rights conferred on the towns ; a great Admiral Lisoffsky, to L. H. Vermilyea : Sik :—You wrote mo saying, that to amuse promotion of the cause of education ; reform in tho habits of the Russian nobility ; a vast yourself you composed and sent me your letimprovement in the social condition of the ter of welcome. Thinking it might afford peasantry ; the advancement of the cause of you amusement to read an answer to it, I peace, and (he increase of religious liberty send you herewith my sincere thanks for and true piety. Indeed religious toleration your frank expression of welcome. You is already proclaimed as the policy of the pride yourself, and very justly too, about the government. A stop has been put to the solicitude that your Government takes in exlong persecution of the Baptists in Poland tending to all classes the benefits of educannd the Baltic provinces by the reversal of a tion. We are not as far as you, but we are late decision of a district court in Coiirland. conscious of tho superiority of your system, The imperial ukase issued on this occasion, and lose neither time nor efforts to arrive at contains the remarkable clause that the use the same results, and so Much so, that the of force is all the ' more to be deprecated in consideration that nothing But general edua doctrine of religion which may later find cation is in future the safeguard of our power, acknowledgment.' ' is spreading among all classes. There is no Editorial Remarks.—Suppose the inhab- comparison in respect of education between Eight " " : your soldiers and ours, or those of any of the European nations, and cannot be. You can hardly be called soldiers who by compulsion have been driven to the army, as is the case in most of European armies. You morally are much higher; you are citizens, arming and organizing into armies for the time being, while you are necessary for the defense of your country. You rush into all the hazards and privations of military life without even pretending to enjoy the honors that in Europe reward the soldier at his home. You retreat, quietly, modestly, to your homes, to cherish the consciousness ofhaving faithfully accomplished your duty towards your country. No wonder, then, that such noble aspirations may prompt into your army the men of highest morality, of the best education, and that too, to shoulder the musket of the private. You see, Sir, that I understand the character of your army, its noble motives, and may God Almighty bless you and your comrades as long os they keep brave like lions against the armed foe, and mild as lambs with the peaceRespectfully yours, ful citizen. LisorrsKV, Rear Admiral, Sup. Russian Navy- The little Prince Imperial of France, now seven years old, hss had from his infancy for his governess Miss Shaw, an English woman recommended by Queen Victoria, who was formerly in the household of tho Duchess of Argyll. What is surprising is, that while the Empress is a rigid Catholic, Miss Shaw isa strict Protestant,and by the Empress' permission attends her own church, and teaches her pupil to spend his Sundays altogether as tho English do. Several times he has been heard to say that he would not allow people to work on Sunday, as they do in France. Since his seventh birthday a tutor has been appointed for him, chosen for his good moral qualities. The little Prince, however, still spends the most of his time with his governess, to whom he is grcntly attached, and whom his parents allow almost entire authority over him.—Exchange paper. How a Rich Convict passes his Time in Australia.—Everyone will remember the celebrated case of Sir John Dean Paul, the A recent copy fraudulent London banker. of the Madras Times gives some curious information concerning him. Immediately after he was sentenced to penal servitude, Lady Paul realized all the property settled upon her, and proceeded without delay to Sydney, where she mirchëed a beautiful scat in the suburbs. Her husband having arrived at a penal settlement in another part of Australia as one of a gang of convicts, the wife of the convict baronet applied to the Government for his services, and was permitted to employ him ns her "assigned servant." We need scarcely add that having thus released him from unpleasant restraint, she placed all the newly-purchased property in his hands, and has since led a very quiet life in his complyFrLMEielaSndvtAgsthe',ruSal ociety. This Society will meet to-morrow, (Thursday, June 2d,) at Mrs. Aldrich's in Port Street. All the members of this Society, it >s hoped, will be present. Per order. �46 THE FRIEND, JUNE, 1864. The Value or Little Birds.—At the late English International Exhibition, in a dark corner of what was called the French Court, there lay a series of specimens well worth a close inspection. Amid the brilliant array of the products of human industry these would have passed unnoticed but for the fact that they were a collection of the stomachs of little birds, formed with incredible patience and pains, in a thirty years study, by Florent Prevost, the eminent French naturalist. They were designed to show, by actual demonstration, the objects upon which these little creatures feed during each month in the year, and thereby enable us to form some estimate of their immense value to mankind. It is well known that in many districts in Europe, the wanton destruction of small birds has seriously interfered with the harvests; that whole forests have been destroyed by the ravages of some small wood-boring beetle, " Stop," cried the bird-seller amazed, which only the woodpecker can keep in They're all escaping fast." order; that by the multiplication of the wire "That's right," said Jack, and held the worm and other similar pests, actual famine " Jack and the Birds. A British tar, who long had been In foreign prison pent, Now, peace restored, returned again, Brimful of merriment. A man bad got some birds for sale Where Jack was passing by, Who glanocd at the poor fluttering things With pitying, angry eye. Jack paused smid the gaping throng Before the seller's stall: "Now, harkyo, friend, just name your price For birds, and cage, and all." The prioe was named, the sum was paid, Tho sailor seined the prize, And, gaily opening wide the door, Out a young linnet flies. door has been threatened and severe suffering exTill all were gone at last. perienced. But a wiser spirit is growing up, and efforts hnve been made in our own LegJack, doomed, "been liko " Had you," said islature to check the wanton destruction of me, useful birds, and to encourage that discrimIn prison long to lie, inating knowledge of the habits of insect life You'd better understand, my friend, which would most usefully serve the farm Tho sweets of Liberty." How the Missionary Hymn was Written.—The iate Dr. Raffles, in a letter to Dr. Lowell Mason, gives the following account of the origin of the Missionary Hymn, which is now sung the wide world over : '" Greenland's ioy mountains, " From From India's ooral strand," &o. Heber, the rector of Hod net, married the daughter of Dean Shipley, rector or vicar of Wrexham, in North Wales. On a certain Saturday he came to the house of his fatherin-law, who resided at the rectory or vicarage, to remain over Sunday, and preach in the morning the first sermon ever preached in that church for the Church Missionary Society. As they sat conversing after dinner, in the evening, the Dean said to Heber, 'Now as you are a poet, suppose you write a hymn for the service to-morrow morning.' Immediately he took pen, ink and paper and wrote the hymn which, had he written nothing else, would have immortalized him. He read it to the Dean, and said, ' Will that do ? ' 'Aye,' he replied, 'and we will have it printed and distributed in the pews, that the people may sing it after the sermon.' ' O,' he adds, ' it will go to ''Twas when the seas were roaring." And so he wrote in the corner, at the top of the page, ' 'Twos when the seas were roaring.' The hymn was printed accordingly." and the garden. Consented to Change the Subject.—A Washington letter writer gives the following history of a little circumstance that recently occurred at the National Capital: "John Bull is very fond of lecturing Brother Jonathan on the manner in which his rebellious citizens are sometimes treated, forgetting the horrible atrocities which have so often been committed by British soldiers and sailors when in an enemy's country. A few evenings since Lord Lyons, the British Minister here, was indulging, at a dinner party, in some comments on the conduct of General Wild's negro brigade during their expedition into Virginia, and his Lordship concluded by remarking that 'General Wild must be a hard-hearted man.' ' Yes, my Lord,' replied a gentleman sitting opposite, 'a true soldier is always hard-hearted. 1 remember while in England some ten years ago to have read in the papers that when Sir Edmund Lyons, your Lordship's father, went with his squadion to bombard Taganrog, in the sea of Azoff, a delegation of the citizens waited upon him, begging him to spare the place, which had for years supplied a great portion of England with breadstuffs, and they added that most of the wheat owners were Austrian subjects. But the Admiral only replied : 'So much the worse for you,' and in two hours the whole town was in flames, reducing many wealthy foreigners as well as natives to beggary.' His Lordship passed the wine and changed the subject of conversation." A patriotic old lady lately sent three >king-caps as presents to officers in the of the Potomac. One wag for General ny sde, one for some general who was a teeller, and the last for some general who never indulged in profanity. General Hunt took the temperance cap and General Williams, chief of Meade's staff, the anti-profan- Naval.—H. It. M.'s steam frigate Sullej, RearAdmiral Kingcotne, arrived off this port on ThursColonization 6th, 17 days from Raiatea, Society Islands. rejoice that one hallucination —that of colo- She is one of the finest frigates in the English Navy, arc 600 borne nizing our Blacks in some tropic isle, or re- 8066 tons register, and her engines our harbor, and bas She was unable to enter power. outside of our own been country—has gion anchored outside. She sailed again on the 'Jth for seasonably and thoroughly exploded at a Vancouver's Island. The following is a list of her comparatively small expense. Only a small officers : Collapsed.—We heartily day, May portion of the $150,000 appropriated has been spent—only a few of the contemplated victims have been lured away, and a good share of those have come back alive ; yet colonization is thoroughly laid out. We trust it has kicked its last. To colonization by tho Blacks we have not the least objection. We have often and earnestly urged their best men to undertake and impel it. Whenever they shall choose to migrate to Hayti or Liberia, or elsewhere, managing their own business and disbursing their own money, we shall bid them God speed. But to all political colonization to all colonization which regards and treats able-bodied, industrious, upright people as nuisances to be abated, damaged stock to be pushed off at all events—we are irreconcilably hostile. We need more—not fewer— working men in our country—shall needsuch for years. Better export Gold than humble, useful Labor. Let us hope that this truth may never again be denied in any deliberate action of our Government or People.—New Rear Admiral—John Klngcome. Secretary—i, R. G. Browne. Flag Lieutenant—R. 0. 8. Paslcy. Aunt. Paymaster and Secretary* Cleric—A. NettleUm. Secretary'i Clerk—C P. Skinner. Captain—T. P. Coode. Commander—T. B. M Sullrnn. Senior Lieutenant— ll K. Stewart. Lieutenant!— ll. F. Fox, K. 0. Hall, R. E. Btoptord. Gunnery Lieutenant—W. U. Maxwell. Matter— W. 11. Sharp. Chaplain—Rev. J. Canton. Surgeon—W. Patrick. Paymatter—J. Donald. Chief Engineer—}. RoHry. Attitt. Engineer!—T. Athinson, J. Walah. Sub-Lieutenant—C. W. Talbot. Second Matter—A. W. Miller. Captain R. M. L. J.—T. Msgln. Second Lieutenant R. M. L. J.—C. A. L. Moon. Engineer—J. Baptist. Attut. Enginecri—ll. R. Willi, T. Gray, 11. Rlgby, A. T. Reeve. tlunner— 11. Qulthard. Uoattivtiin—C. (J. Wcbli. Carpenter—X. Austin. Midthipmen—V. P. Foot, Hon. P. 8. Stanhope, E. P. W. Noble, K. U. Elwes, 0. Q. K. Crawfurd, E. ¥. Drove, W. 1,. Mormon, B. D. Acland, W. N. Wllllnk, C. Ouruuer, T. W. 8. DOWDCS. ClstaS—■. 11. Card, A. T. C. Clarko. Matter't Jniilnli-W. Penwlck, W. R. fox. DCPEaNUHEBABIES. Lieutenant—K. L. Trafford. Suti-Litutl naiit X C. 0. West. Wanner— 11. W. M« n. r». Mtdnhipmcn— (luy Mahiwaring. A. M. '.enhson. 0. 11. Lejc«it. C. X lloiw, C. 8. Donncr, A.(I. Hill, H. R. Ml Ha. York Tribune. Cterkl—K. M. Ommanoey, W. Rtntool. Attitt. Engineer—W. P. Davit. Cadets—W. T. Goodrldge, A. Owjrn. Plaint merinfluential Parsee Liberal.—Five Midthifman—O. R. Rethell. chants in London have recently contributed Attittimt clerk— B. K. Lark. £600, (equal to t2,500,) to be appropriated In tbis connection, the following item, whiob ws to the support of the negroes emancipated find in the Panama Star of a Ist* dale, may be inI under the proclamation of the President of teresting It Is not Improbable that a change in the command of 11. B. will shortly take plaoe. In the event the United States. One-third of this sum M. squadron In the PacificRear-Admiral Klngcome accepting the a flag-officer senior to has been received by Gov. Andrew, through ofvacant service pension, the latter offioer will be next tor promowhen thisadvancement and Vice-Admiral, fiussell Stuaris. tion the rank or to Mr. does take plaoe, It will be necessary todecide upon hit successor spread In England thatRearthe Pacific rumor has been In A will be offered the Departureof His Majesty.-The Royal Yacht Admlral the Ron. JameaRobert Drummand flag-ship will be the Fredeexpected command. It Is that his JVeAimasno, took her departure on Wednesday, the 24th ult. tons, and MM horse-power, whlah guns, rick William, 8,941 74 battery Punohbowl, find from the on for Kauai. Salutes were will be shortly commissioned st Portsmouth. and from the Russian corvette Catavala. — — �47 THE FRIEND, JUNE, I 864. ADVERTISEIVIEM-TS ADVERTISEMENTS. Information Wanted! Respecting Makiel Cunningham, wholeft New Bedford Jooa 17,1848, u seaman on board the->William Hamilton," CapUln DR. J. MOTT SMITH, Shockley. Any information will be gladly received by the Ed* DENTIST. Itor, or Mr. Ntcholaa Cunningham, No. 242 Friend street, Bea406-ly Office comer of Fort and Hotel Streets. ton, Mass. Respecting Clark Peek, late chief mate of ship "Hamilton," E. M. HOFFMANN, D., of Bridgeport, Conn., who left the ship at Honolulu in 1843. Physician and Surgeon, Makee'sBlock, corner Queenand Kaa Any information will be thankfully received by Mr. William H. 373-lv liumanu streets. Johnson,Kan Jose, California, or by the Kditor. Respecting WaUn-n H. Uid/oio, of Carobrldgeport. He was STANOENWALD, D., 11. M. heard fmm In 1800, bound North on a whaling cruise, ou board the Qoorye and Mary. Please coram unicate with the Editor, II Lydla. -Mrs. Matilda Cam Mass. port, or brii life ess, Late New York City Dispensary Physlcisn, member of the Respecting Henry Tiffany, of Lennox, Mass. Heboarded Medico-chlrurglcal College, and of the Pathological Society at the Bailor's Home In 1800. Any Information will be gladly of New York. by or the received by Mrs. Marlon French, of Lennox, Mass., Office at the corner of Fort and Merchant Streets. Residence In Editor. Nuuanu Valley, opposite that of K. O. Hall, Bsq. 383-ly Respecting Amrl C. Qorkam, who sailed from New Bedford with C. 11. WETMORE, M. D. In a whale ship for the Pacific. Please communicate SAILOR'S HOME! PHYSICIAN AND BURCEON, IT. 8. Consul, Honolulu, the Editor, or his brother James 8. PHYSICIAN St SURGEON, Uorham, Williamsburg, N. Y. Also, should ship HILO, HAWAII, S. I. touch at Honolulu, Capt. Kelly is requested to call upon the N. B.—Medicine Chests carefully replenished at the Seamen's Chaplain. S-tr Respecting, Arnold R. Austin, of Providence, R. 1,, who HILO DRUG STORE. left the ship Rodman,about 1862, at Honolulu. Perhaps Capt. tipencer may recall this man. If so, please communicate with Mrs. C. B. Austin of Providence or editor of the Friend. Importer and Dealer In Hasdwass, Uctlssy, Mscbasics Respecting Jamet Reitty, formerly mate of brig "Josephine." Tools and Aobiccltcsal larLBMSBTs, For street, HonoAny information will be gladlyreceived by the Chaplain, or by 873-ly lulu. his brother, Daniel Kellly, care Matthew McPorlan, 007 Water a. A. r. caarss shirks* rice, Street, New York. Honolulu. Honolulu. Respecting Albert Stout Watkint, belonging to Schuyler Co., N. V., supposed to be attached to some vessel In the PaciC. BREWER CO., fic, lie left home In 1867. This information la sought hy Charles McCllntlc, U.S. Hospital, Honolulu,and Morgan Stout, Schuyler Co., N. Y. Please communicates;with the Editor of the Friend. Honolulu. Iluhn. H. I. Respecting Atlin McDonald, who lett the United States In —RKFKK TO— 1866. Hehas been engaged In ttie North Pacific whaling busiJohs. M. Hood, Rag., Now York. ness. Any Information will be gladly received by the ChapJ AMRS HITRNBWBLL, Km|., \ lain, or by his mother, Mrs. Anna McDouald, No. 62, Washing£si|., > Crarlsh Boston. Brbwrr, ton Street, Newport, K. I. 11. A. Parses, Ka i., Respecting Octaviut Myth, who. on the 23d of January, MSSSKS. Ml'Rl'Rß Si Mkrrii.l, I Bm W.—l—» 1847, at Tahiti, shipped on board the French whaleshlp Cess. Wolcott Bsooss, Ksq., { "»n<!l 44 Ferdinand" tvnd was discharged at Honolulu, the 13th of MssVjaS. Wat, Post ac k Co., Hongkong. December, -of same year. His family have not since heard Masses. Pbki.b, llubbbll it C0.,....Mani1a. from him. His father, D. O. Blyth, resides in Colchester, MB-ly Essex, England. Any Information will he gladly received by the editor, or K. C. Wyllle, Esq. SAX'L. S. OAITLR. J. B. ATHSRTON. SHOH. S. OOORS Respecting Alonxo John Appleton, of Kittery, Maine, who CASTLE A COOKE, has been reported at Honolulu, on board whaleshlp Phoenix." Any Information will gladly be received by the Editor, or Mr. Importers and Wholesale and Retail dealers in General Merchandise, In the Fireproof Store In King street, opposite tha Edwin S. Appleton, Kittery, Navy Yard Village, Maine, U. 8. Seamen's Chapel. Respecting Henry Ayth/ord. Any person having knowledge of this Individual, (a native nf London, England,) who arrived AGENTS FO Dr. Jaynes Medicines, at Ne* London July 30, 1846, In the ship Charles Carroll," Sewing Machines, Wheeler Wilson's A from Desolation Island, will he remunerated by communicating The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, cash the information to Henry P. Haven, New Loadoa, Conn., er to t'i,3M,ooo, assets the Editor of the Friend. Raynolds, Devoe k Pratt—lmporters and Manu'acturersof Paints, Oil and Varnish,and Cryatal Coal Oil, C. Van Home k Co.'s Carriages and Carriage Materials.'., A - > " ADVERTISEMENTS. - 11. W. Msvir AI>LEIs A CONWAY, SEVERANCE. ATJOTIONBBR. AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Fire-proof Store, Robinson's Bnildinc, _ QL'KKN STRICT, HONOLULU. Will continuebusiness at the new stand. 871-ly J. 11. COLK, f. svssbtt.) MS-ly GEO. W. VOLLUM, BOOK-BINDER, HAV'*» * f>r binding Newspapers, Old Music, Books, &c, Ac. Orders from the other Islands should be accompanied with particular directions as to the style, and if the work Is to match volumes previously bound, a sample volume should be All orders left prompt attention. • D. S« o. 6 CAPTAIN AND MRB. OAT. Managers. M'ausa. j. 111,It It IHcRVER A o. asaaru. 11.1 Commission Merchants MB AUCTIONEERS, Hit l and »00 (nlirornla Street. it wrix o. OF TIIK * wALSO,i AOKNTB Honolulu San Francisco & Packets. Particularattention given to tho sals and purchase of msr chandise, ships' business, supplying whaleshlps, negotiating exchange. So. XT All freight arriving at Saa Francisco, by or to the Ho. nolulu Line of Packets, will be forwarjed rsss or ooamssios. XT Exchange on Honolulu bought and sold. JCm —asraaascaa— Messrs. Wilcox,Ricnians k Co., Honolulu HscxrsLD H. A Co., " O Bsswss s> Co., " Bußor*Co. '* Dr. B. W. Wood Hon. E. H. Alls*,. " DO. WITRRXIN, Esq., " " " " " Wa-ly BOOKS AMD INSTRUMENTS FOR THE MARINER. D. N. FLITNER'B Watch sod Jewelry Establishment, in Kaahumanu street, will be AT Offlce, orer the P. C. AdrertiserOffice, 41.V3m * CASTLE H. L. CHASE. COOKE, Wheeler & Wilson's SEWING MACHINES! I'iriS awarded the highest prise above all ■uropean and American MACHINEHAS ALLTHK LATEST Imp,ovements,and, Inaddftlon to former premiums, was —ALSO— Mast-head Olassee and Marine Telescopes. —ALSO— Chronometers and Chronometer Watches. —ALSO— English Chart* of North and Sooth Patriae. —ALSO— A groat variety of other articles useful te the —AND— Mariner. Many ornamental articles, inoluding Breast Pins, Rings, Cups, &0., Ac. Partioular attention given to repairing and rating Chronometers. at JOHN " " ■ THE Sewing Maohines at the World's exhibition in PARIS In IMI, at the Exhibition In London in ISB2 H. M. Whitney's Bookstore will receive and The evidenceof the superiority of this Machine la found la the a_ tf record of Ita sales. In 1841— The Graver k Baker Company, Boston, TheFlorence Company, MaaaachuaetU, THOS. WATERHOUSE, TheParker Compass, Connecticut, Importer and Dealer in General Merchandise. Honolulu, R. I J. M. Stager *> Co., New York, w —RRKRINOIS— Finkle k Lyon, Ills (x. R. 0. Willis,..Hon. 18. F. Ssow, 15q.,...Honolulu Ouas. W. Howland, Delaware, >' Dimobd A Bos, | Taos. Srsscsa, Bsq Hlio 11. Greenwood k Co., Cincinnati, 0., «■ Diokissos, Ksq.,. Uihalna. Mcßobr«.Mrrbjll,.Ban Fran. N. 8. C. Perkins, Norwalk. 0., CW. Brooks A C0.,..Hen F. I G. T. Lawtor, Ksq., Wilson H. Smith, Connecticut, fosis, Bros, k Co. | Fisld k Rio New York. sold 18,640, whilst the Wheeler k Wilson Company, of Bridge Wilcox, Ricbards A Co., Honolulu. port, mads and sold 1»,T» during the same period. SM-ly XT Ple-ae* Call and Examine. II tf sent with the Job. a found the following works : Almanacks for 1862. Merchant's, Shipmaster'sand Meohanio 'a Assistant. Laws of the Sea. UNDERSIGNED IS PREPARED TO The Art of Sailmaking. Lake Ambrotypes and Photographs. Also Cartes da —also— Vlslte In a sty If second to none In Honolulu. Ship's Compasses and Dividers. Specimens can be seen at the Gallery, next door to the Post AGENTS FOR REMOVED BAC TO THE OLD Mission Bindery, Is now prepared to execute all orders Books. Pamphlets, FIRE WOOD ON HAND. . PHOTOGRAPHS. AUOTIOKTEEn. (acoosssoa to a. At his late rooms, Queen Street. KAWAIIIAK. HAWAII, Will continue the Oeneral Merchandise and Shippingbusines* at the above port, where they are prepared to furnish lhe Justly celebrated Kawalhae Potatoes, and auch other re* emits sa are required by whale ships at theshortestnotion and on the mostreasonable terms. 373-1 j est—Jsw[, Honolulu, Maroh 1, 1861. «»- " —-S. D—J l—Ba Hi Offioers' table, with lodging, per week,. Stamens' do. do. do. do. Shower Batha on the Premises. «t Commission & Shipping Merchants, • " A THE FRIEND: MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO PERANCE, SEAMEN, MARINE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, TEM- PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL €. DAMON. .... ... TERMS: Ons copy, per annum, Twooopies. Five copies, " f 100 SOS a 00 �THE FRIEND, JUNE, 1864. 48 Mr. Beecher at Paris—[Extract from his letter to the IndependenU—" Our first Sabbath in Paris was a bewilderment. It was not so much a variation in the mode of keeping- Sunday, as a total destruction of our ideas of Sabbath keeping. Business goes on; the streets are thronged with people bent on pleasure, and the very air is filled, not with peace, but with social exhilaration, with pleasure and bustle, in short, not with any suggestion of another world, but with every phase of the enjoyment of this world. In our land, it may be that the cheerful and and social elements arc too much excluded from religion ; but here it is religion that seems to be shut out from the Sabbath all its worldly enjoyments! Beneath my room I count a hundred laborers at work on the new opera-house. In the streets teams trail their usual loads. The shops display their wares, and nothing in the exterior aspect of the city would have revealed to me the day if my calendar had not indicated it. Yet a great change had tuken place, and that at the wish of government, there is far less secular business transacted than formerly, and that even those stores that keep open in the morning are closed at noon, that their occupants may mingle with the universal amusements of the day." XT Bark Smyrniote Burdllt, reports—Tug lea 20 minutes of V, Wednesdsy, A. M. 13th April, snd was telegraphed on Thursday morning, 6th May, at daylight—First three days of PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. passage, moderate winds from N. W., since which time, light winds varying from W. 8. W. to 8. 8. R. 26—First ARRIVALS. XT Report of bark Comef, Oreen—Sailed April Aye days was within one hundred miles or San Francisco with April 26—Am wh shin Splendid, of Kdgartown, 20 mos. out calms, sines which have had light variable winds) mads the with 96 bbls sperm, season: 840 bbls., voyage. land on Uie eve of the 12th Inst, 17 dsyi passage. May I—Am clipper ship Lookout, Nugent, 16 days fromBan Franolson, to Messrs. Wlloox, Richards A Co. PORT OF HILO. 6—Am clipper bark Smyrnlots, Bunlltt, 21 days from San Francisco, to Messrs. Aldrlch. Walker k Co. 6—ll. B. M. steam frigate SutleJ, 17 days from Ralatea, ARRIVALS. Society Islands. S—Am wh ship John Y. West, Tinker, from Hllo. Herman, 11 months out, 170 bbls April Osceola, 16—Bark ft—Am wh bark Naasau, Green, 6 mos. out from N. 11.; sperm oil, last from Palta. 100 bbls sp. Bark John West, Sluker, 128dsys fromNew BedP. 16— 7—Am wh ship Arnolds, Ilarrli. from Hllo. ford, has taken nothing. X- Am wh hark Merlin, Uaker. from Hllo. bark Corel, Crandall, 44 mos. from New BedIB—Am wh 12—Hamburg clipper ship Arracan, Kuhlken, 21 days ford, clean. from San Francisco en routo for Chlt'S. ship from Home 46 bbls on Arnolds, llawes, 21—Am wh 12—Am wh ship Jos. Maxwell, Chase, from Lahaina. the passage, reports nothing. 12—Am clipper bark A. A. Kldrldge, Bennett, 18 days from 6 mos. from New BedBaker, 28—Am wh bark Merlin, San Francisco, with mdse to Aldrlch,Walker a> Co. ford, 00 blila sperm, vis Talcahuann, at which 13—Am dipper bark Comet, Oreen, 17 days from San shipped heroil home. port she Franclaoo, with mdse to Wllcos, Richards k Co. SO—Am wh bark Waverley, Holley. 6 mos. from New 14 -Am dipper ship Amo, Nason, from Ilowland's Island, Bedford, clean. leaking. 4( mos. from 14—Ham. bark Hongkong, from Manilla, with mdse to May I—Am wh liark Jos. Maxwell, Chase, 'Fair Haven, clean. Chung lloon a Co. mi*, out from IS—Am wh bark Canton Packet, Allrn, !>i New Bedford. Lost Boatof the Asterion. 18—8chr Mary, Kngllsh, 28 days from 9au Francisco. IV—Am sell Ariuiiiia, St. Denis, 23 days from La Pas via (See Friend," January,1864.) Hllo. lliKKlin, days from Charles, 14 (Jir tbr llakbos or Honolulu, I clipper ship St. 21—Am San Francisco en route of Baker's Island. Thursday, May 2otb, 1864. > 13mos. bark of New Nluirod, Clsrk, Redford, 24—Am wh Rsv. 8. C. Da.os,—Dear Air.—By request of Capt. Wllley out with 200 sperm sod 36 whale. 26—Am clipper ahlp Ladoga, 21 days (rom San Francisco. I write to inform you of the chief officer of the 111-fated ahlp 27—Bark Constitution, from Puget Sound via Hllo. Atttrion. I suppose you have the particulars from Captain 31—Clipper ship Danube, 16 'lays from San Francisco, he left Baker's Island. Owing to currents bound to Baker's Island, bringing; the Y. 8. mall. Hurd up to the time and not having chronometer time, he was unable to find Howland's Island, after trying some fifty-six hours. He then hud DEPARTURES. to do the next best thing, as It was Impossible to gel back to April 23—Am wh ship Corinthian, Lewie, for Arctic. Baker's. He wilh the reet of the boat's crew were in the boat •J3— Am wh ahlp C. W. Morgan. Landers, (Or Arctic. nlnedsyi, without seeing Isml, and at the dawn of the 10th for Arctic. Church, 23—Am wh ship Aurora, they were overjoyed with the sight of land, which proved to be 23—Am wh ship K. Swift, Pontiui, for Arctic. 24—Am wh ship Mllo, llawes, for Arctic. one of the Islands of King's Mill Group. I forget which It was. 26—French wh ship Ouslave, Vauxpres, (or Ocholsk. For dght days they had nothing to est nor wster to drink. He fur 26— Hawbark R. W. Wood, Ueerken, Bremen. wss on this Island six weeks before he hail a chance to get 28—Am clipper ship Mary Robinson, McCleave, for Howswsy. At the end of that time a smsll schooner,which wss in land's Island to load guano. 30—(lld'g wh brig Comet, Wllhelm, for Ochotsk. the oil trade, touched there. The schooner's name was ClarMay 2—Am bark Yankee, Com. I'aty for San Francisco. ence, of Sydney, and which,after cruising from one Island to 6—Am wh ship Splendid, Cleveland, for a cruise. another, returned to that port, where he (Mr. Alrick) arrived 6—Am wh ship Ilillman, Macomber, (or the North. 7—Am wh bark Naasau, Qreen, for Arctic. safe and well last February. I was st that time in the AmerB—H. B. Ms. Steam frigate SutleJ, Rear-Admiral Kingican ship Black Hauk, Captain Beth Doanc. Ws were In Nswcome, for Vancouver's Island. caaUe st tho timehe srrlved In Sydney. Captain Doane sent 9—Am wh bark Merlin, Baker, for Arctic. o—Am wh ihip Arnolda, llawes, for Arctic. for him to oome to Newoa.tle, which he did, sod took passage B—Haw wh bark Kamehameha V., Long, for Arctic. with us from thence to Ban Francisco, and arrived April 20th> 0— Haw wh brig Victoria, Fish, for Arctic. 1864. As soon as we arrivedhe sent s dispatch to his wife. 14—Ham clipper ahlp Arracan (or Hongkong. He had s free passage given him, and left In the steamer for IK—Am bark Smyrnlote, Bunlett, for San Francisco. 10—ling ship llrecliln Castle, Parkinson, for Hongkong. his home sod family, the first or this month, and I trust he la 20—Am bark Cambridge, Brooks, for Portland, Oregon. now happy with his dear wife st home—an, If yoo write, ho will 21—Kng bark Bessie, Oay, for Nllhau. 21—Am clipper ship St. Charles, Hlggins, for Baker's be there to receive It He spoke very highly of the treatment Island. he received st the King's Mill Oroup, snd thought lie should 27—Am clipper sh Lagoda, for Ilowland'sbland. Use to live there If he bad his family. 27—Ross corvette Calavala, for a cruise. Yours respectfully, William Causes, PASSENGERS. Chief officer of shipLadoga. " Sabbath in Paris.—We have known that the Catholic dignitaries of France were alarmed at the tendencies of the anti-Sunday regime, and trust it may not be too late to stay its fearful power. All the Bishops have sent out pastorals on the subject, and societies for the better observance of Sunday have been formed in most of the towns. The only paper in the world specially devoted to the Sunday question, "l'Observateur dv Dimanche," is published in Paris. But whether the Sabbath can ever be restored to ~ its just position, so long as equal or superior authority is given to festivals of mere human appointment, may well be doubted. One thing is certain, the temporal and eternal interests of men and nations are identified with the Christian Sabbath. It was made " for man"; the man who neglects or despises it unmakes himself.—N. Y. Journal of Com' merce. Constitutional Convention.—The elecTor Bar Tbascisco—per Ysnkee, May 2—Mrs A D Oarttion of Delegates will take place on Monday, wrtght. Mary Cartwrlght, Miss Bell, Mlas Arthur, Rev Mr the 13th instant. The Convention is ex- BalUles, Miss Miss Flln, Mr Stoddard. Miss Sloddsrd, Mrs 8 II Dowaett, Mr and Mrs 1 C King, child and servant, C Bloom, Mr pected to convene on Thursday, July 7th. Wilson, J II Corning.—Steerage, J Shingle, Dan Scott, Andrew MARRIED. C—T-CiUTiLi—By th« Rot. Eli Corwlo, on U» •"otafot Bay M, Mr. Thomai Tonpleton Dougherty, to Min Jaani.W. Oaliw.ll, daughter of A. Caldwell, Beq., U. 8. Conon! at ttmmy. Wtum Caowmo.caa—By th. Rot. J. 8. Onn, M»y IT. JohnBWMtt to Mln Carrie Orownlouburg. DIED. DnwD-Is Hammm, May ft, Mr.. Illen Diokoooon Dhaood, •"■■"ay* »»» of Wm. H. Dimood, Ban,., I**^ 1 T *2 J. T. W.terhouee, of thli city, and •"•JU"U,?'!Mr , *•»•■*»• to J n Watorhouoe, fonerel .unorE!?T* of thei.** Intiodeot Weeloyan Mlatooi In Anatr.la.laand Polyopia. " m aoK 0,~ from bark Coral,Deo. Ma 0r BP B ? n I\ 'M1 2 ''5l M"", belonging to Waahlngtoa, aged ao? KoMwo, iBS »»■ .loafing "■ £• to Oberle»u>n, **^A N. C. Bit author llrm In Canada wo*. , ** -"* ' * Wttaoii «/<a» HoLOMioa-atUM C. B. Peter Bokjarmu. u, hi. a brother, Owni0,Wltaon,00 alim. "elding In Alameda County, naar Oakland, £??" B. i r™ ' Cat. had ban II month, an InaeJe of Uw Hoapltal .u*JP?£^™* ™'*> l t ■ ■*■«■ "dinted !f£ onthetalanda *!"*• atualtW. foalded Ba ■■ Hoopltal, May B, M/oaatan, dlad at » Brooklyn, ». Y., and ha. ' , MEMORANDA. MARINE JOURNAL. Nelson, B Hatch, H C Wood.—l6cabin and 6 steerage. For Bsshbn—per R W Wood, April 27—Major F Millar, R X Chamberlayne, O F Pflugsr. From Sab Fraroisoo—psr Smyrnlole, May 6—Wm T Brig ham, Horace Mann, Mrs lllllebrand. Master Hlllebrand, Thos Cross, Bob! Cross.' Alfred Mauna. W.Bartlett, C A Peabody, 8 A Newton, Nln Hook—ll. From Bss Tsasomoo—per A. A. Kldredge, May 12—Mrs nag hn and S children, Mr A Miller, Captain Lee, sad 1 steerage passenger. From Sas FsASCtsco—per Comet, May 13—Mrs Msry Sheldon, Mrs Kthehnda Pleroe, Mr Bdward Pierce, Mrs Mary X Btrobrldge, Mr Tully Strobrldge, Mrs Kmlly X tlrlfnn, Samuel 8 II Roberts, Alfred Chater, Andrew Stark, Miss Sarah L Beneon Madams Dc Varlgny, Master Dc Varlgny, 2 MUaes Dc Varlgny and servant, J D Rdwsrds, Franklin R Scott, Mr Colin Campbell. JohnMcGregor, Mrs JamesM Oreen. Master Charles Oreen, Miss Llssle Oreen.—Steerage—Ah Chu, Celesta Merlgnoot, Frances llanoum. From Marila—per Hongkong, May 14—Along, Atung, Aslng, Asln, Atung, Achuck, Along, Alung—S cabin. for Hosagoso—psr Brechin Cutis, May IU-Alyng, Ahll, Achuck and son, Pocassa, Akum—6 cabin. For Bah Fraroisoo—per Smyrnlole, May 10—Mrs BnrdlU, Miss ■ Peck, Mrs Collar, H Oltmanns md Lady, Peter Lascar, 0 A Castle, Dr H Sungenwsld, Cspt W Stott, A 0 Campbell, John Cook, Achu—l2 cabin. For PoBTLAHD-per Cambridge, May 20—Wss Jonas, 0 Smith, Alex Campbell, J Thomas, II Wllllasaa-6sabln. Arrivals at Talcahuano, 1864. ssrosTßO VOR TRS ABVRRTISBR, ST I. t. VA« IBOSS. 17—Bark Sunbeam, Goodrich. Came In to Isavs the Captain, who was sick. She went out on a short cruise In charge of the mate Mr. Toley. Capt. G. died March »th. Ills funeral wss attended by the masters, officers, men of vessels In port and many residents. Capt. Wood, (formerly in bark Aotlve) will take charge of the Sunbeam. sperm all told, 17—Bark Mary A Susan, llowland, 2000 had taken 600 bbls sperm, off Ouapho In 26 days. Me. bound to San Falmouth, 17—Ship Resolute, from Francisco, earns In for water. bound to San Rio Janeiro, 27—Ship Chapman, from Francisco, short of water. bad not from cruise,bound home, 20—Bdward, Bmolley, seen a whale for IS months. nothing since home, Msrch I—Ooloonda, Wlnslow, cruise, leaving here last year, came in leaking. 260 sp. lwrt 2—D. Franklin, Manchester, cruise, year. She Is sold with her inventory for $6000. the North. and will be fitted from here for 6—Merlin, Baker. »6 days from New Bedford, 00 bbls sperm, bound North. e-Presldent, Maoey, cruise, home, 280 sp. year, 1300 all told,and came In leaking 6,000 strokes In 24 hours. miv. 6—Benjamin Cummlngs, Briggs, cruise, ISO sp. 600 wh. year. 7—Nautilus, Bwaln, cruise, home, 1300 all told, a—Vigilant, Colo, orulse, home, 40 sp. 460 all told. 10—Ship Jlreh Perry, Sherman, 700 sp. 1300 wh. all told 100 sp. 280 wh. since leaving Tahiti. Itsported bark Ulpaey, 1100 wh. 260 sp. all told Reported bark Isabella, 1600 sp. 200 wh. sll taM. Feb. � 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 (1864) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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