https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/517ca2da168866c88c529b68593fe0bf.pdf 06ccaf64430023aa8b406b72336157fb PDF Text Text FTHE RIEND. get, Scries, M U, $0. 2.\ For __ CONTENTS r'ebrunry, 18G5. Antncllsh Yacht HONOLULU, FEBRUARY 1, 1865. Pa os. » Lights and Shadowsof Missionary Life in Micronesia. .9,10,11 ivhie Translation among the Mlcronetlant Chronicles or the Schouberg-Cotta Family Kn Nupepa Kuokoa Tales of a Venerable Savage,(Continued) Tho Hawaiian Gazette Cotton, Rice nnd Sugar Boston Notion of the Right Sump 12 12 12 13, 14 16 16 16 THE FRIEND. FEBRUARY 1, 1865. An English Yacht.—On Saturday, the the 28th ult., arrived the Themis, owned and commanded by Capt. T. B. Hanham, a retired officer of the Royal Navy of Eng- land. The character of the vessel will indicate the object of her cruise. The commander is accompanied by his wife, and and they cruise for pleasure wherever inclination points the way. After visiting various ports of the Mediterranean, the cruise in the Pacific was entered upon, and in taking this cruise, Capt. Hanham is enabled to revisit scenes, places and ports, associated with his life as a Midshipman, on board H. B. M. S. Carysfort, commanded by Lord George Paulet. Foreign residents of Honolulu, in 1843, will remember him, and he is particular to make inquiries after his old acquaintances. Capt. Hanham intends visiting the principal ports on the islands, and then proceeds to the Society Islands, via the Marquesas. We would merely add that the Themis is an iron vessel of 160 tons, and fitted up in a style becoming an English gentleman, who is yachting about the world for pleasure. When Capt. Hanham visited the islands in 1843 strong national feeling prevailed, and the independence of the Hawaiian Kingdom was endangered, but with the progress of time, permanency has succeeded to uncertainty — the Kamehameha Dynasty has become established and the regular forms of civilized administration have been introduced into every part of the Hawaiian Government. Eight Letters for Oxe.—Sailors sometimes complain that they get no lettors, although they may write whenever they enter port. On passing over a package of letters which had been sent to our care for a sailor, he remarked, " I have been absent eight years from home, and have written to my friends but once, but I now have received eight letters." We now repeat, what we have done so often—sailors, do not fail to write to your friends every time you enter a port. Suppose you get no replies, keep on writing. There is something wrong when persons are absent from home, and will not keep their friends informed of their whereabouts. To the friends of seamen we would say, do not you fail to write. We are so situated as to witness a sailor's joy when he receives letters from the " folks at home." We would acknowledge a catalogue of Vale College, for 1864-65, from Prof. C. S. Lyman. Professional students, including 186 'neology, Law, Medicine, Ifa:., 45S Academical students, - Total, 644 of the a catalogue would acknowledge We College of California, at Oakland, from Mr. W. E. Rowell. It is highly gratifying to learn from these catalogues, and other sources, that the colleges and other schools of learning throughout the loyal States, are as flourishing as ever. Never were such munificent endowments bestowed upon American Colleges as during the progress of the civil war. The same is true of all the benevolent societies, including bible and missionary societies. Sailor's Home Librar. —Any persons having in their possession books belonging to this library, are requesthd to return the same to the Chaplain or leave them with Mrs. Oat at the Home. 9 {©la Series, M. 22. Lights and Shadows of Missionary Life in Micronesia. By the arrival of the Morning Star, we have received interesting and important intelligence from all the missionaries in Micronesia. We shall furnish our readers with extracts from letters written by the Rev. Mr. Sturges, in January, May, June and November, of 1864. These letters present " the lights and shadows" of missionary life, on the island of Ponapi or Ascension. That island we would remark for the benefit of some of our readers, lies in N. L. 6 <=> 48, and E. L, 158° 19. It was originally occupied by the American Missionaries in 1852. The only missionary now on the island is the Rev. A. A. Sturges. He went there at the commencement of the Mission, and has never since returned to America or Honolulu. Mrs. S. visited Honolulu in 1861, and returned the following year. Mr. Sturges is located on the Southern side of the island, at the harbor of Rono Kitti. The Revs. Messrs. Gulick and Roberts have formerly been associated with Mr. Sturges, but he is now laboring alone among five or six thousand people, scattered over that beautiful island. The people are very much scattered and it is a most toilsome labor to visit remote parts of the island. The missionary makes his visits by boating along the shores, as it would be well nigh impossible to cross the island by land, and over the mountains. There are no roads and the forests are dense. The low flat coral reefs extend out several miles into the sea. We have made the foregoing statements so that our readers will the better understand the following allusions: Draih of the Naaakin, Reign t>f Terror—Visit or High (Islet arjawww. — the Mtut- Ponape, May 16th, 1864. We were congratulating ourselves that the Sherman's army has punched a hole reign of " terror" was about over, but night before last our new chiefsreturned and much through Georgia ! �. 1H t *RIE 10 > D, FEBRUARY, 186 o ■ ' weather hargo. Monday at midnight, committing my | You visited the ruins at dear family to the keeping of our Father, I bor ; do you think these people ever had started in our canoe to the northeast side of energy enough to bring together such the island, where we disembarked, and took masses of huge rocks ? And how did they up our packs for the mountains. It was manage to float such masses to the coral not ugly. I speak of a iveign of terror;" such is hard getting there, bu> the good meetings Maud 12 miles to the westward ? There always looked for on Ascension, when a high were more than tenfold pay for the trouble. are extensive stone ruins on the Ant Is., and chief dies. You heard by the last mail that We held our communion services on Wed- the materials must have been floated from our Nanakin would likely die soon ; he died nesday ; ten were admitted to the church ; ; this island. I was sorry you did not find time to visit the 16th of April. It was an event to which and 16 married, which here means profor admission the The some of the artificial embankments common The death to church. pounded anxiety. | with no little looked nil of a high chief is the signal for universal Lord is really doing wonders in all that on this island. These ruins or embankments consist of simple ridges of earth, sometimes pillage, and violence,—the more a man gets region. absent, While robbers to break a mile or more in length, rising gradually attempted j more he the destroys, and the OT robbing, one end, and terminating more of a man is he thought to be. In \ into our house ; one bold fellow worked long j from the level at head, generally faced with former years it was customary for natives to j at our bedroom window; but wife and Hat- ! at the other in a remove their effects, and themselves to the i tie succeeded in scaring him off; don't you stone, from 6to 10 feet high. These ridges are very straight and evenly built, and as mountains to escape the fury of the mob, think they are braves ! is hard to realize that our Nanakin in I they terminate in an open plane, they are for and often It days no restraint which knew weeks, after the death ot a high chief. This [ gone ; I have been on the most intimate quite prominent objects. The natives attriapprehension was not a little increased by terms with him during my entire missionary bute them, as they do the stone ruins, to an the stories everywhere in circulation that the life ; for years he has professed to be a ancient race of giants, and some of them Christian ;" but as he told the king years think giants are buried in them. Excavahated religion would be exterminated; that the meeting house would be burnt, and our ago, " I give you one hand and the mission- tions have been made in several with a view own premises taken possession of. Our ary the other," his professions have not done to discover bones or relics, but so far the Christians were expecting trouble, especially | the cause much good. He was taken into treasures are wanting—in but a single inas so few of them were left, most were ab- j the church last communion; I have been stance have excavating parties met with sent as teachers in other tribes. Some two ; sorry many times that I took him in, but the success. Some years ago, several captains life were such of vessels lying in this port, went with their weeks before the death of the chief, our ■ last two or three weeks of his dwelling wan broken open, and robbed of as to rejoice our hearts. Of his successor crews, armed with spades, pick-axes, &c, to near $200 00 worth of our mast needed pro- you may form some opinion from the fact an embankment near this place. After perty. This was the boldest robbery ever that he was recommended to the office by working pretty hard till near night, one known on the island, and was said by all to the old Nanakin solely on the ground that if " skipper" discovered an old rusty coin in be only the beginning. I could get no assist- he was not appointed " he would tear the the dirt, under his feet. Thinking now the ance from the chiefs,—the only one that island to pieces !" If he goes on at his pro- prospect a good one, he scrapes the dirt over could help was in a dying state. Just at sent speed, he will certainly soon tear him- the treasure and proposed to the company to abandon the enterprise as hopeless, and rethis time, Captain Nye visited us from self to pieces ! if not the island! A. A. Sturges. Yours, ice, turn to their ships, to which proposal they the Weather harbor, and took so much interest in the affair as to refuse to trade with the Fresh Wsltr Spring below the Level of the all agreed. Long ere the next day had dawned the lucky captain with a few chosen natives unless the chiefs took some pains to Sea; Anciettl Ktiiita ss Aacruaiois. restore the property. This stand of Capt. Ascension Island, January, 1564. ones, to whom he had revealed the secret of You must remember that dreaded " sand- yesterday, were on their way to complete the Nye was a generous one, for which he has our sincerest thanks. We did not get back flat," half way between the Ponatik harbor work; but all their dreams of wealth ended our property, but the eyes of the natives are and Shalong, in your excursions up and in bringing back the old coin, one of the opened to see that the missionary is not down the coast. Did not those bare flats often other captains had thrown, as a bait, the without friends, even if his native land is remind you that •' time and tide," especially day before, into the hole! There was no engaged in war at home, and so can't pro- the I tter. " wait for no man ?" And how little laughing among the shipping that tect him. was it that you, and that we missionaries night. Similar must be the discovery of crosses The Nanakin died, and I was sent for by could pass there so often, and so often wait never call see the and crucifixes in the ruins at the Weather funeral, tide, for the and to his brothers to attend the —hundreds there of natives were present, and I never had great wonder of the place ?—a fresh water harbor! If other races lived upon these islands, better attention while I spoke of the soul spring boiling up out of the sea ! Fishermore after death ; no heathen rites were perform- men have been accustomed to go to this and built these ruins, they were no must ed, everything was left to the missionary. opening to slake their thirst, and yet 1 skillful than the present, though they The chiefs offered to send a police to watch never heard of the cooling lount. till a few have been less lazy ! my house while 1 was absent at the funeral, days ago ! There is an opening in the reef, Marriages among the People. I did not object, though I think all would just where this flat joins it, and near this Ascension Island, June 20th, 1864. shooting up pure have been just as well without. Some two opening is a boiling spring, What is your usual marriage fee ? or is it weeks were spent in arranging titles and water from coral rocks. The natives say lands, during which time daily feasts were that after heavy rains this spring is much a part of the bargain to marry all who apply ? made, which brought together large crowds, stronger, and from this infer that it is the If your ceremonies are as long as those y»m in our neighborhood, and about us; these mouth of an inland stream. This stream went through here, in a couple you married proud, " greasy" savages, coming in great must make considerable distance under for me, I hardly see how you would get crowds, with their long knives, helped us to ground as the flats and mangrove swamps through some of our " long jobs" in time to think of the land of law; and of the good are pretty wide, and how did the coral man- attend to the feast, which is coming to be an Father in heaven. It was decidedly the age to grow in fresh water ? as it must have appendix to our fashionable weddings. I have married some forty couple since the most anxious period of all my life ; but not done to encase this little stream ? tide; year commenced —sixteen in one day. A low the at a rude word was spoken; not a haughty look We visited the place was given ; we were never treated more re- water was then some 3or 4 feet deep; some foreigner at the close of that long " string" of our natives dove down and drank. I of ceremonies remarked, " Well, that's a litspectfully ; and this quiet still continues. I had made an appointment to hold a com- helped myself to the water by means of a tle the biggest wedding scrape I was ever be the great rage here to munion service at the mountain station on hollow reed. There are several little holes at!" It is got to church. in be married When you have white boils the through up the other side of the island; to fill this ap- where the water to marry at one time, do you pointment I must leave home the Monday sand and coral rocks. lam told that there several couplewith once going through with after the chiefs death. Our first plan was to are several othe- such openings along the marry them form, the must each couple be attended to than or have my family accompany me, but Mrs. S. barrier-reef; one near this place, more separately ? Formerly I made one ceremony was ill on the Sabbath, and was not able to four miles from any land. disturbed the quiet of our Sabbath, with their drunken revels,—one of them, with his garif? came into church just at the close of Sabbath school; he was only a little noisy, " : . i ' " ; I i �ME FRIEND. FEB R I A R V . 1865. answer for all, but now I have all the parties take their places around the a!tar, on the seals in front of the congregation, calling upon one party to rise at a time, which is seated as the next rises. I make one prayer answer for the whole; as do some of the bridesmaids and bridesmen make one set of marriage-robes answer for several couple; which they must have done last week to be able to present sixteen couple, in succession, to the clergyman, so nicely robed ; and what if some at the foot of the class were better dressed, and some at the head less richly ornamented, at the close of our ceremonies than at ihe commencement! Arrangements had been made to marry several parties at a certain place where I hold meetings in another tribe, but on repairing thither, the chiefess, who was to head the parly, asked me if she ehould not wait a little as her husband's wedding garment was not finished. I advised her not to think of outside ornaments, as God looked only to the heart. I was pleased to see, the next day, that she took her place at the altar by the side of her husband, minus her own marriage robe, which was really a nice one, that she might not seem to be better than her other half! One of the sixteen couple married the other day, was ihe Wajai and his queen, head chiefs of the Metelanim tribe. Let me tell you something of the rich costume of our king and queen on that memorable wedding day. His Majesty wore a pair of white pants, and a linen shirt, both as neat and shining as ever came from the most fashionable laundress; and over these a new black satin vest, which, with his large silk cravat, set the old gentleman off to a charm ! Then the queen, how lovely she looked in her long robe of figured Turkey Red, from the famous Waterhouse establishment." Nor did the ""rejected" queens look less smiling as they sat in their robes and places of honor, and quietly listened to their quondam husband promise in the sight of high heaven to renounce all other women, and take the one he held by the hand as his only wife. The royal bridegroom had been somewhat married before, having had at one time some' fifteen wives. So we have polygamy to deal with here, as you see. Chiefs on Ponape, as elsewhere, are fond of their harems, but it would take more than a Bishop Colenso to make the people think it a good institution. Those who are unfortunately involved in this harem system do not find it so easy to free themselves. In many cases the wives are sisters, one being the real wife, the others sort of boarders ; and if they were sent away would have no home. Then, if sent away the laws of the land would not allow them to marry, nor is it allowed for them to find themselves homes among their relatives, unless they happen to have fathers ; the people of the place would flee from them, as from forbidden objects. And this is the real difficulty with the king I have just married; he cannot send his rejected wives to another place, the people would flee before them ! and the other chiefs, would feel their " craft in danger," and would soon kill some one ; it would make little matter whom they should kill, We hope these restrictions on women who have been married, will mod he 11 done away ; the gospel is making way, and ly, much the least affected by missionary soon there will be less difficulty in breaking labors! Don't you think tho gonci.il meeting will advise my removal? up these " petty" harems. And where is that associate Or. Anderson promised us ? tnerlenii .Foreign MiMstossarT. n Loral The A $tir is mill l*iifrio*ie. Frlfii.t of the ruion-fhe We somewhat hope the Morning >1 iswiomiry Work t it • I delayed to bring him to us ! Ifso.it will Ponape, November sth, 1864. Ik? more ea?y to reconcile us to her long What have you done with the Morning delay. Yours in love, A. A, Sturges. Star ? You can't have concluded that she is Editorial Remarks.—Our missionary no longer needed here since you have ecclesiastically annexed us to your islands ! We brother asks respecting our form of marriage never found it more difficult to wait patient- when several couple arc to be joined in ly. We cannot go from home, as we much " holy wedlock." It is seldom that a clergyneed, lest the friends come in the Morning man in a civilized land is called upon to Star, and find us gone. several couple at one time. We marry Caswell, The Alpha, Capt. from New Zealand, was here a few weeks ago, and should however say, by all means each brought English papers, giving us American couple" is fully entitled to have the marriagenews down to the 26th of March. What un- ceremony performed. Let every thing be reasonable creatures we are ! After getting and in order." Only resuch late news, we are really longing for done " decently however we noticed that a clergyman cently more! So that wicked rebellion crossed over into this glorious 1864th year of our of the Church of England, in one of the Lord ' Well, my faith is not :he least wav- large cities, married several couple reading ering that in God's own time it will be most the marriage service but once. Our authorgloriously crushed out. And what a future is before our country ! Slavery all out of ity is the published statement of one who the way, the Puritan tencher, and mechanic, was present. But if the officiating clergyand fanner planting a higher cultivation all man reads the service but once, would he be over the South ; the East and West, the North entitled to a fee" from each ? and South, all united and happy under a Our missionary brother, in referring to a Union that hae stood the shock of the Sermon," expresses most angry revolution known in history! certain " Thanksgiving his sorrow that we should have gloried in 1 can smypathize with you in your glorying to be an American. In your Thanksgiving claiming Massachusetts as our native State. Sermon you said many things to make us We will merely add that he is not the first proud as citizens of the best government one who has criticized us upon the same on earth. I was sorry, however, to hear you say that you had a special pride in having point. We reply to this criticism, that we for your native State, Old Massechusetts. know of no better place to claim as the Has not this disposition of the >eople of one place of our nativity, than old Massachusetts, State to self-glory and praise, done very but let none imagine that we glory in being much to bring on and embitter the strife of over that of being an this rebellion ? It is a pleasing thought with New England-born, is not Massachusetts that we me that when slavery dies there will die American. It but States and our the United country, with it all sectional pride prejudice, and claim as strife. After such exhibitions of patriotism of America —America. Addison, in No. and devotion to the Union, it will hardly be 133, of the Spectator," remarks i I have " in the heart of any one to think of section read of an eminent person, who or place. " 1 am an American," will be the somewhere of devotion to one all-absorbing fact of our nativity and used in his private office citizenship. give thanks to heaven that he was born a I am happy to be able to report cessation Frenchman; for my own part, I look upon of hostilities between the two tribes on the it as a peculiar blessing that I was born an north side of the island, where war broke out A Frenchman, may give soon after the Morning St r last left us. I Englishman." and so may an Enghis nativity visited the heads of the tribes a few weeks thanks for privileged and but we feel equally making lishman, work seems to be ago,—the good progress over there. Two head chiefs of the equally bound to give thanks that America tribe have abandoned kava and heathen- was our native land, and the more so, just ism, and now call themselves and their that our countrymen in Legislative people of our party. We find it Very now Pulpit and on the battle-field, are pleasant to have so many natives about who Halls, thevindicating the great principles of so boldly take an interest in our affairs. Early in the constitutional and religious liberty. civil, summer, during the " reign of terror," chrismuch from distians did not come to us so Emancipation in Kentuchy—Cincinnati, Jan. 7. tant parts of the island; now we are seldom Resolutions were introduced in both Houses of ths without parties who come to spend a night Kentucky Legislature yesterday, declaring tor the Bramleite, or a Sabbath, to hear a little of the word, immediate abolition of slavery. Governor a message, recommends gradual emancipation, then to return to report to their friends. in and the ultimate removal of the slaves. He rejoloes Sometimes we have given lodgings to over over and thanks Sherman and Thomas for their eighty on the Mission premises. I have built violoties; denounces tbe arrest of Colonel Wolford a native house for these strangers, to which and Lieutenant Governor Jacobs; sajs his object ia attempting to regulate tbe enlistment of slaves was they give the name, pilgrim house. Is it not to save the institution bat tbe people of Kentucky not strange that it should be so very dark from unnecessary harden in Its accomplishment right about here when light is breaking all Kentucky has provided nearly seventy thousand around the island' This trirv is. apparent- soldiers for ths UuiM Butes Army. " " " �12 THE FRIEND, FEBRUARY, 1865. the work, we would be thankful. In addition to the Gospel of Matthew, he has already struck off 60 pages of the little FEBRUARY 1, 1865. work of Mrs. Bingham, on the Old Testament characters alluded to in the New TesBible Translation among Micronesians. tament." It is a most interestisig feature of the Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta missionary work in Micronesia, that all the Family. missionaries are actively engaged in transIn our last we noticed this new and populating portions of the bible into the various lar book, attributing its authorship to the dialects of those islanders. It is somewhat Puritan Chaplain of Queen Victoria. The remarkable, and worthy the study of those following letter from one of the Cotta Family, interested in the migrations of Polynesians shows that we were mistaken. We hasten and their languages, that the natives of the to make the correction, and in doing so, Gilbert, (Kingsmill,) Marshall, (Ebon,) would improve the opportunity again to comStrong's (Kusaia,) and Ascension Islands, mend the book to our readers. It is really (Ponapi.) should each speak dialects quite one of the most charmingly written books unlike and in some respects radically dis- we ever read. As a Romance of History it similar. This circumstance renders the has but few equals. The strong points of work of the Bible translation very difficult. the Lutheran Reformation are put in clear One missionary is unable to assist another and bold relief. It is a polished and pointed unless located upon the same island. arrow from a well-drawn bow, at that sysThe Rev. Mr. Snow having been located tem of religious dogmas which upholds the on both Kusaia and Ebon, has completed opinion that the piety of the convent and translations of the Gospel of Matthew in nunnery is any purer or better than the both of those dialects, and has visited Hono- piety of common people in the common lulu in order to carry them through the walks of life. If any of our readers are press. The Gospel of Mark has already tinctured with this notion, we hope they will been translated and printed in the dia- read this book and inwardly digest" its " lect of the Marshall Islanders, by the contents. Rev. Mr. Doane. Some portions of the Rev. Mr. Damon New Testament have been translated by the I know our family used to bo considered a very Rev. Mr. Sturges, in the Ponapian dialect. honest and good family, but 1 never thought peo-to would care enough about their histories The following extract from a letter written ple print what some of our ancestors far back, alby the Rev. Mr. Bingham, and dated Apai- most in the slark ages, wrote for themselves. But that the one who took ang, Gilbert Islands, Feb. 11, 1864," will as it has been done, I wishhave the credit; and so much trouble should done the in what has been dialect indicate though I am not at all like the good men and women whose stories you have read, 1 do not like of the Kingmill Islanders : to have ignorance and wrong prevail now in these a of the copy send you herewith I better times, even in so small a matter as the authe 4th Matthew, on completed Gospel of thorship of a good book. of February, in the little press-room adjoin1 saw in your paper thd assertion that Rev. ing my study. Had not the Asterion been Dr. McLeod wrote the " Chronicles of the wrecked, I could not have had the printing Schonberg-Cotta Family," and us the same thing tell you what completed at so early a date. [Asterion wreck- is said of others, I thought I would was on hor way to lady the believe. A family Baker's Island, of at guano, ed with cargo Koine to take the black veil. She had passed Sept. 24, 1863. A boat's crew left for How- some years as novice in a convent, and was fully land's Island, and drifted away from her determined upon n step which would cut her off without food course, and after being at sea, from her fellow beings, and annul those faculties she and water for eight days, finally landed on God had given her for use. On her journey Doctor, who has but lateHall's Island, of the Gilbert or Kingsmill met a learned Genevan ly gone to his rest, and attracted by his manner Group. One of the seamen was a printer, as well as by his reputation, entered deeply into Bingham.— Mr. was employed by and discussion, and was convinced that controversial me, Ed. of F.] You will not understand she was taking n false step. Of an eminently however, as rejoicing over the wreck, pureand elevated religious faith. her studies took whereby we were provided with a skillful a higherpath, and therecult iH tho " Chronicles." of a book printer, ere our type had been distributed This wo believe to be tho origin —so written; no could havo in nor as the diswhich man rejoicing surely cases, in their that the rougher sounded delicate chords our are the printer expetressing thirst and hunger touch of a man could only bring from them disrienced in his perilous voyage to the Gilbert cord. gone adrift, but had he not and Islands; Now we indulge our pride a little when we had not the Asterion been wrecked, the name look back upon people who, if not great, were of Mr. W. D. Hotchkiss, of Elyria, Ohio, surely good and true, and we wish to thank her stories of might not perhaps have become historical. who has collected together the simpleCottas. One or the But if in future generations, any of the the early Reformers. poor Gilbert islanders should be interested 200,000 letters were forwarded to to know who first printed the entire Gospel of Matthew in their language, the answer New York city, by Sherman's army on its will be Hotchkiss. For the kind Providence arrival at Savannah. Such an army of that brought him safely to our shores, and latfor ■.irris-sarc wa« npvpr hspforp hpsrd of inclines] his heart to engage for a season in THE FRIEND. " " Rev. H. welcome these missionaries from Micronesia. The former with his wife, left Honolulu in the Caroline in 1852, and has resided upon Strong's Island and Ebon. The latter left Honolulu with his wife on the first trip of the Morning Star in 1857, and has resided on Apaiang, one of the Gilbert or Kingsmill Islands. We are sorry to report the long illness of Mr. Bingham, but are greatly rejoiced that his health has very much improved, and the prospect now is that erelong his health will become perfectly established. The Rev. Mr. Snow has addressed the native churches, and last Sabbath evening addressed a large audience in Fort Street Church. He expects to return to his missionary field on the return of the Morning Star in May or June. The Rev. B. G. Snow and the Bingham.—We are most happy to Ka Nupepa Kuokoa.—This weekly, hithpublished by Mr. Whitney, on the Ist of the year passed into the hands of the Rev. Dr. Gulick, who is now responsible for its character. Although the publisher is secretary of the " Hawaiian Evangelical Association," yet this paper has not been adopted as its " organ," nor is it responsible for its pecuniary liabilities, any more than for "The Friend." This is the proper basis. Under erto these circumstances we believ* it will conMr. Whitney deserves much credit for his successful management of this paper. It is no easy matter to publish a newspaper and make it pay. it is said that not every man can keep a hotel, neither can every man publish a paying newspaper. Success to the Kuokoa under its present management. It is deserving of a most liberal patronage. On the first page, we notice that a translation of Dr. Anderson's new book has been commenced. The foreign summary is excellent. We notice that each number has a few paragraphs in English. This is admirable, as so many natives are now anxious to learn English. tinue to prosper. Singular Phenomenon.—ln the communication of the Rev. Mr. Sturges, found in another column, will be found a statement respecting a fresh-water spring under water. We have been informed that off the coast of Kau, Hawaii, similar springs are known to the natives. These springs are many fathoms under the surface of the sea. The natives often, when out fishing, will dive for a drink of fresh water ! Of course these are readily to be accounted for—the freshwater finds outlets below low water mark. There are unquestionably many springs discharging into the sea, but seldom one will be discovered by msn. �13 THE FRIEND. FEBRUARY, 1865. ed to the rank of the high chiefs, if not the of Hakau, his eldest son; at least nis prime minister by birth, hig "intendant d'office." The two brothers lived at court on a footing of equality. They took part in amusements, tried the wrestle, drew the bow, plunged with ardor into all the noble exercises of the country and the time. The people belonging to the suite of Umi exercised themselves with those of the suite of Hakau, in contests with the long spear, pololu," and the party of Umi always "came off victorious, obliging Hakau to retreat in confusion. Liloa, feeling that his last hour was approaching, caused his two children to be summoned, and said to them, "Thou, Hakau, wilt be the chief, and thou, Umi, wilt be his man." This last expression is equivalent to vice-roy or prime minister. The two brothers bowed as sign of assent. The old chief resumed : " Do thou, Hakau, respect thy man, and do thou, Umi, Hakau, if you respect thy Sovereign. have no consideration for your man, if you quarrel with him, I am not concerned about the consequences of your conduct. In the same way, Umi, if you do not render to your Sovereign the homage which you owe him, if you rebel against him, it will be for you two to decide your fate." Soon after hazing made known his last will, Liloa, gave up the ghost. Umi, who was of a proud and independent character, foreseeing, no doubt, even then, the wickedness of his brother, would not submit to him, and refused to appear in his presence. Abandoning his share of power, he removed from Waipio in company with his two intimate friends, and retired to the mountains, where he gave himself up to the hunting of birds. Hakau then reigned alone, and governed according to his caprice. Abusing his authority he made himself feared, but at the same time detested by the people. He drew upon himself the censure of the principal servants of his father, whom he provoked by all kinds of humiliations and contempt. If he saw any one of either sex remarkable for good looks, he caused them to be tattooed in a frightful manner for his TALES OF A VENERABLE SAVAGE : equnl -OB- Contribulions to the Ancient History of Hawaii. (CoNTIKrKD-J TrankUted mostly from the French of Julei Remy, BY PRESIDENT ALEXANDER, OF OAHU COLLEGE. History of Umi. 1.-Hls Birth o»«l hl« Toulh. He was the son of Liloa, a great chief, who reigned over the whole island of Hawaii in the 16th century, and Akahikameainoa, a woman of the plebian order, who lived in Hamakua. He was kept in profound ignortnce of his rank until he was 15 or 16 years old. The child developed rapidly, became vigorous and attained to a royal stature. In his plays with his companions and in his pastime as a young man he always bore off the palm. He was a great eater, " hao wale i ka ai ame ka ia." In short Umi was a perfect kanaka, and an accomplished fighter, who made his comrades suffer the proofs of it. During this time he formed a deep and intimate friendship with two peasants of the neighborhood, Koi, of Kukuihaole, and Omakamau, who became his " aikane." Liloa then held his court at Waipio in all the barbaric splendor of the period. Besides a considerable crowd of attendants, he had around him priests, prophets, nobles, and his only son named Hakau. His palace was made merry night and day by the wild evolutions of the dancers, and by the music of the resounding calabashes. He had left Akahikameainoa certain tokens or pledges as a souvenir of their relation, and a proof of the paternity of Umi. These objects she had secretly deposited in a place, which is known even at the present day, by the name of Hunana niho. Meanwhile Liloa had become old. Akahikameainoa judging that the moment had arrived, invested Umi with the royal malo, the nilio pnlaoa and the lei, emblems of power which the high chiefs alone had the right to wear. " Go," said she to him ; "go, my son, present yourself to King Liloa, your father, at Waipio. Tell him that you are his son, and show him as proof of it, these pledges which he has left to me." Umi proud of the revelations of his mother, departs immediately, accompanied by Koi and Omokamau. The palace of Liloa was surrounded by guards, priests, diviners and sorcerers. The tabu extended as far as the outer enclosure, death was the penalty for every one who crossed its limits. Umi advanced boldly and passed the threshold. Shouts and cries of death resounded in his ears from all sides. Without troubling himself, he continues his course, and enters by the end door. Liloa was sleeping, wrapped in his royal cloak of red and yellow feathers. Umi stooped and without ceremony uncovered his head. Liloa awakWho is that t" ing said. " Owai la keia ?" "It is I," replied the young man;" it is Umi, thy son," and saying this he displays his malo at the feet of the king. At this signal, Liloa, while rubbing his eyes, recognized Umi, and caused him to be proclaimed his son. Behold, then, Umi admitt- " amusement. more rite sympathies of the people in whose labors he took an incredible part. The fields which Umi cultivated are to be seen even at the present day, above Laupahoehoe, and near the sea can be seen the heiau or temple in which Kaleihokuu offered sacrifices to the gods. Hakau continued to reign, always without showing the least respect to the old officers ot Liloa his Two old men, high chiefs by birth, and highly honored during the preceding reign, had persisted in residing near the palace of Waipio, in spite of the insults to which the nearness of the court exposed them. One day, when they were hungry, after a long scarcity, they said to one of their attendants, " go to the palace of Hakau. Tell his Majesty that the two old chiefs are hungry, and demand of him, in our name, food, fish and awa." The servant immediately went to the king's house to fullfi.il his errand. Hakau replied, accompanying his words with foul and insulting terms, " go, tell those two old men that they shall have neither poi, nor fish, nor awa." The two chiefs on hearing this cruel reply, at first began to sigfc over their lot, and to regret more bitterly than ever the time when they lived under Liloa. Then rallying themselves they said to their servant, " We have heard of the foster-son of Kaleihokuu, of his strength, his courage and his generosity. Without losing any time, go directly to Laupahoehoe, and say to Kaleihokuu, that the two old chiefs desire to see his adopted son." The servant hastened to Laupahoehoe, where he acquitted himself of his orders. Kaleihokun said to him, Return to thy masters, and tell them that "they will be welcome, if they wish to come to-morrow to my foster-son." The old men at this news prepared to start. On arriving at the dwelling of Kaleihokuu, they found nobody but a young man asleep on a mat. They entered neverthless, and seated themselves, leaning their backs against the partition wall of the hut of pandanus. " At last," said they, sighing, •' our bones are going to revive," " akahi a ola na iwi." Then addressing the man who was asleep, they said, " Are you then alone here V Yes," answered the young man; Kalei"hokuu is in the fields." " We are," said they, the two old men of Waipio, come expressly to see the foster-son of the priest." The youth rises without saying a word prepares in haste a sumptuous repast, an entire hog, fish and awa. The two old men admired the activity and ski)l of the young man, and said, At all events, if the fosterson of Kaleihokuu were as vigorous a fellow as that, we should live again." The young unknown served them food, and made them drunk with awa. The next morning the old men saw Kaleihokuu and said to him, We have come hither to see your foster"son. May it please the gods that he be like that fine fellow who entertained us inyour house, our bones would revive." " Well," replied Kaleihokuu, " be who has so well entertained you is my foster-son, whom I had left at ,the bouse on purpose that he might perform for you tbe duties of hospitality.'* " Meanwhile Umi, who had a taste for savage life, had taken leave of his favorites, and wandered alone in the forests and on the mountains. One day when he had descended to the shore at Laupahoehoe, he fell in love with a woman of the people, and made her his companion, without any one suspecting his high birth. Devoting himself " then to field labor, he was seen sometimes tilling the ground, sometimes descending to the sea for fishing. By lavish offerings he knew how to flatter adroitly an old man by the name of Kaleihokuu, a powerful priest, who at last adopted him as one of his children. Umi always maintained himself at the head of the farmers and fishermen, and a considerable multitude recognUvkig his physical snperiority, voluntarily enrolled themselves under his orders, and those of his adopted father. They knew him only by the name of Hanai (foster-child) of Kaleihokuu. Meditating probably even then a The two old men, happy at what tbay way of gaining supreme power, Umi en- learned, related to the priest and to has deavored to attract to himself more and adopted son the ill treatment which they �THE FRI ENt,FEBRUARY, 18 65. received at the court of Hakau. No more was necessary to light at once the flames of war. At the head of a considerable multitude of people attached to 'he service of Kaleiholcuu, Umi proceeds by forced marches to Waipio. and the next day Hakau had ceased to reign. He was sfain by th>- hand of the vigorous foster-son of the priest. 11.-stria-is of I nil. Umi reigned in the place of Hakau. His two "aikanes," Koi and Omaokamau, had come to join him and resided at his court. Piimaiwaa, of Hilo, was his most valiant warrior. "la ia ka mamaka kaua," it was to him that the baton of war belonged, a figurative expression which denotes the General-in-Chief. Pakaa was one of the favorites of Umi, and Lono was his kahuna. While Umi reigned upon the eastern coast of the island, one of his cousins, Keliiokaloa, reigned on the western coast, and held his court at Kailua. It was under the reign of this prince, about two centuries before the voyage of Cant. Cook, that a ship was wnckod near Keei in tic district of Kona, not far from the spot where the celebrated English navigator met with his death in 1779. It was then towards 1670 that men of the white race landed lor the first time on the group. A man and a woman, having escaped from the wreck, landed upon the beach at Kealakeakua. On reaching the shore these unfortunates prostrated themselves upon the lava with their faces on the ground, whence arose the name of ku'ou, (bowing down,) which is still borne by the place which was the witness of this scene. The shipwrecked foreigners speedily conformed themselves to the habits of the natives, who assert that there still exists in our day a family of chiefs descended from these two whites. The princess Loheau, daughter of Liliha, still living, is, they say, of this origin. Keliiokaloa, who reigned on the coast when this memorable event took place, was a wicked prince, who took pleasure in wantonly felling cocoanut trees, and devastating cultivated fields. His depredations led Umi to declare war against him. He took the field at the head of his army accompanied by his famous warrior, Piimaiwaa. by his friends, Koi and Omokamau, by his favorite Pakaa, and by Lono, his priest. He turned the flanks of Mauna Kea, and advancing between this mountain nnd Hualalai in the direction of Mauna Loa, arrived on the great central plain of the island with the intention of descending to Kailua. Keliiokaloa did not wait for him. Putting himself at the head of his warriors he marched to encounter Umi. The two armies met upon the elevated plain surrounded by the three colossi of Hawaii at the place which is called Ahua a Umi. Two men of the slave class, by tbe name of Laepuni, famous warriors of the party of Keliiokaloa, fought with superhuman courage, and Umi was about to fall under their blows, when Piimaiwaa, coming to his aid, decided the victory for his side. Though history says nothing in regard to it, it is probable that the king of Kailua perished in the combat. This victory completely rid Umi of his last rival in power. He reigned thenceforth as sole monarch on Hawaii. In order to transmit to posterity the remembrance of this remarkable battle, he '-amed to be erected on the battle-field, by the people of six provinces, a singular monu- employed workmen from all quarters to hew ment coinpo«ed of six polyhedral piles of stones which were to servo, say some, toconlava collected in tbe lieiuhDorhood. A seventh structasepulchral vault,or according to others pyramid was erected by the hands of his no- a magnificent paiace. Whatever might be bles and allicers. At the centre of this enor- their distination the stones were admirably mous collection of stones, he built a temple, cut. In our day the Calvinisiic missionaries the traces of which are still visible at the have employed them in building ihe great present day, so ihut the whole plan can be I church of Kailua, without there being restored. The whole of this vast monument any necessity for cutting them anew. is called by the name of its founder "The The hewn stones of Umi, "pohaku kalai Heaps of Umi," (Ahua a Umi.) Umi built a Umi," are to be seen even at the presanother temple at the foot of Pohaku Hana- ent day, scattered in different places. It is lei on the coast of Kona, called Ahua Hann- natural to suppose that for cutting these hard lei. A third temple was also erected by him and very large stones they used tools differon the slopes of Mauna Kea. in the direction ent from those of Hawaiian origin. Iron of Hilo at the place called Puu'eekee. We must have been known in the time of Umi, recognize also the trices of a temple built and its presence would be explained by by the same king on Mauna Halepoh ha. wrecks of ships which the ocean currents where are found the ruins of the houses of might have drifted ashore. It is certain that Umi, covered with a large lava rock.* it was known long before the arrival of Capt. They give Umi the name of the Mountain Cook, as is also shown by a passage from an King. Tradition relates that he retired into old romance, " 0 luna, o lalo, o kai, o uka, the centre of the island, from love for his 0 ka hao pae, ko ke 'lii," i.e.. " What is people, and these are the reasons which ex- above, below, the sea, the mountain, and the plain the isolation to which he devoted him- iron that drifts ashore, belong to the king." self. It was a settled custom in Hawaiian Umi some time before his death said to antiquity for the numerous attendants of the his old friend Koi, "There is no place nor chiefs, when they traveled through a settle- any possible means of concealing my bones. ment, to cut down cocoanut trees, devastate It is necessary that you should disappear plantations, and commit all sorts of havoc from my presence. I am going to take back injurious to the interests of the owners or all the lands which I have given you around cultivators. To avoid a sort of scourge Hawaii, and they will think you disgraced. which attached itself to the steps of the Do you then retire to another island, and .is monarch, Umi went and settled in the moun- soon as you learn of my death, or only that tains, so that the depredations of the people 1 am taken with a dangerous sickness, return of his house might not cause the tears of the secretly to carry off my body." Koi execupeople to flow. In this retreat Umi lived ted the will of the chief, his aikane. He with his retainers on the tribute in kind, returned to Molokai, from whence he hastenwhich his subjects brought to him from all ed to set sail for Hawaii, as soon as he heard parts of the coast. During famines his do- of the death of Umi. He landed at Honomestics scattered in the woods, and collected kohau. While setting foot on shore, he met the " hapuu," a nutr.tious fern, which then a kanaka, in every respect resembling his took the place of the poi. beloved chief. He fell upon him, killed Meanwhile Umi did not pass all his life on him, and carried him in the night to Kailua. the .nountains. He came to live at different Koi secretly entered the palace where lay times on the shore of the sea at Kailua. He the corpse of Umi. The guards were asleep, • Note.—The most curious fact that presents Koi carried off the royal remains, and substiitself to the eye of the traveler in the ruins of tuted in their place thecorpse of the old man the temples built by Umi, is- the existence of a of Honokohau, then he disappeared with his mosaic pavemont in the form of a regular cross, canoe. Some say that he deposited the body which traverses the enclosure in tho direction nf of Umi in the great pali of Kahulaana, but its length and breadth. This syinb.il is not found they do not know the exact place; others in tho monuments anterior to this king nor in say that it was in a cave at Waipio, at Puathose which are posterior to him. Involuntarily ahuku, at the top of a grand pali from which we see in this a proof of the influence of the two shipwrecked whites whose landing upon the darts the waterfall of Hiilawe. From time island we have mentioned. May it not be infer- immemorial it was the custom at Hawaii to red from tho existence of these Christian emblems, eat the flesh of high chiefs after their death : that towards the time when the great Umi filled then they collected the bones into a bundle, the group with his renown, some shipwrecked and went to conceal them far from sight. Spanish or Portuguese sought to introduce the Generally it was to a faithlul servant, a devotof Kama, of Christ into the ielunds. religion ed that the of guardian, honor belonged us eating hits transmitted to by Kuu, Waihopun, in the flesh of his chief, from a sentiment of Nupi, an explanation of tho four compartments which are observed in the temples of Umi, which friendship, " no ke aloha." If they did not are represented by the following r— j 1 always eat the flesh of high chiefs and of figure. lUtt if we accept Kama's The ttoi Thsgod distinguished persons, they always removed opinion, it remains quite as diffi- K,IH Ka their bodies to bury them in the most secret cult to explain why this peculiarcaves, or in the most inaccessible places. But ity is observed in the monuments Priest i Place of they did not take the same care of those of Umiand not in the other huiuus, Lono j Umi chiefs who had been regarded as wicked as for inajsince in Kupalaha, situ-— ated in the territory ofMakapala; Mokini, at Puu- during their lives. The old proverb said on epa : Aiaikamahina, near the sea at Kukuipahu ; this subject, " Aole c nalo ana na iwi o ke and Kuupupuulau. towards the mountain nt the alii kolohe ; c nalo loa na iwi o ke alii maisame place. The remains of these four remarkable kai." The high chiefs, before death, caused temples are found in the district of Kohala. We their most faithful servants to swear to condo not find in thorn the slightest trace of thedivi- ceal their bones, so that no one could dission into a cross. The god Kaili a word which signifies " the theft," was not known before the cover them. " 1 do not wish," said the dying chief. " that my bones should serve to time of Umi . -- -- 14 ' �15 IHL FRIEND, FEBRUARY, 1865. make arrows to shoot mice, or fish-hooks." Hence it is very difficult to find the burial place of such or such an ancient chief. Mausoleums have been built in some places. It is said that nobles or kings are buried in them, but it appears that they are coffins wi'hout bodies, or that the corpses of common natives have been substituted for those of the personages to whose honor these to bo continued. monuments were erected. (SUCCESSOR TO A. P. EVERETT.) At his late rooms, Queen Street. E. HOFFMANN, M. D„ Mskee't Block, corner Queen and Kaa 426-ly_ humanu ttreets. I',-ivtlclan aod Burgeon, 11. STANGENWALD, M. D., A. 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The Boston people have got Francisco, with mdse to Aldrich, Walker *v Co. 11—Ruse, brig ShelikutT, Hanson, 30 pays from Sitka, Its editor is not announced; perhaps it is up a grand sailors' fair, which realized about with salmon to 11. Hackfeld 6, Co. 12—Hawbark Florence, Spencer, off and on, tailed aamc designed that the Organ" shall carry all 8200,000. This is to be devoted to building day to cruise westward. 14—Hanoverianbark Harburg, Thomtoo, from New Cmthe parts," as the musicians say. The first a Retreat, where sick, crippled, and disabled tie en route for San Franolsco. 10—Brig Morning Star, Gelett, from Micronesia. number is exceedingly valuable, as it con- sailors of the navy may find a " snug" har18—Am clipper ship Daring, Henry, 20 days from San Francisco en route for Baker's Island. tains such abundant statistics relating to the bor in their old age. It is to be an Ameri18—Am clipper ship Reindeer, 22 days from San Fran Cisco, passed the port. Hawaiian Kingdom. We hope this will can " Greenwich Hospital." Success to the •s!o— Haw'n brig W. C. Talbot, Dallratum. IM days from Our Bremen, via Valparaiso, 40 days, with mdse to old correspondent, Mr. always be a prominent feature in the paper. enterprise. 11. Hackfeld A Co. Hunnewell, and editorials has forwarded various 20— Am clipper ship Kentuckian, 23 from San Francisco, Rambling, vituperative long publicaen route for Baker's Island. 21—Am barkentlne Constitution, Clements, 26 days from may delight some readers, but a Government tions upon the subject, and we would Cape Mendictno, withlumber to H. Hackfeld A Co. from Webster, at furnishMrs. a acknowledge view, our should aim beautiful paper, in 22—Am clipper ship Argosy, Swift, 12 days from San Francisco, en route for Akyab via Amherst. ing the reading public with a careful exhibit poem, "Hospital Jack," which was sold at the 22—Am bark William Kotch, Baxter, 179 days irura New Bedford, with mdse to C. L. Richards & Co. of the state, condition and finances of the Fair. In our next issue we shall print the ."-Am bark Whistler, Paty, 14 days from San Francisco with mdse to IL Bacicield s, Co. nation. May this prove to be the character same in our columns DEPARTURES. of the Gazette. Imports and Exports.—From the report Jan. 3—Am wh hark Mercury, Tooker, forcruise. 13—Amwh bark Midas, Howland, foreruiae nnd home. Cotton, Rice and Sugar.—These pro- of the Collector-General, it appears that the 17—Haw'n bark Bragauzu, Dauelsburif, fur Bremen. 21—Old'g wh bark Oregon, Manimcn, to cruise to Westducts will be produced the present year in total amount of imports for 1864, was wardand Ochotak. Islands, $1,712,241.61, Sandwich and the total amount of larger quantities on the MEMORANDA. than ever before. We are rejoiced to learn exports, $1,662,181.47. Domestic exports, Report brijf Morning Sim, that upon every part of the islands there is including sugar, molasses, rice, &c, are Honolulu, Sept. 14, arrived at Apiang after a passage or a stir such as has never before been wit- very much upon the increase. The Smyr- 26Left days. Found that Rev. 11. Bingham and wife had left during nessed in agricultural affairs. Cotton-seed niote just sailed for San Francisco, with a May for Kbon, on account of sickness. Thence sailed for and touched at Tarawa,Oct. 13. Pitt's Island, 18th, Mille, on 22d, in large quantities, is now being scattered cargo, valued at $38,000, said to be the Jeluit on 31st. Nov. 6, arrived at Ebon, where we took on board two native missionaries and located them on the Island Namaric; returned to Ebon, where we took on board Rev. abroad. The prospects for rice on Kauai largest which has ever cleared for the Coast. of Messrs. Snow and Bingham and families, and sailed for Strong's are good. Mr. Knudsen deserves much Island. Arrived at Ascension Island. Dec Land left again on the 7th for Honolulu dirtci, where we arrived after a passage of Public Debt.—From the report of the 41 credit for the unwearied and unflagging indays. During the passage to the Kingptnlll Inlands, the winds were strong from the westward, with heavy squallsFinance, of it does not appear matter. Minister terest which he has taken in this Near the longitude of the guano Islands, hud very heavy went for two weeks, with strong easterly currents, during which Equally praiseworthy are Mr. Whitney's what the public debt of the nation is at the winds, time made not over 160 miles. This occurredabout the same date of theloss of the guano ships at Howland's aud baker's Islands. not exceed present time, cotton. but does probably to of growth efforts encourage the While cruising among the Micronesian Islands, encountered $150,000. Old Money Bags says the Ha- very strong currents, setting K. N. K. with light variablewinds. On the return passage had strong trades during first part of voyage, then southerly winds till near these islands Was Castor Oil.—We are glad to learn that waiian Finances are in a good condition. within 460 miles of Honolulu for ten days. In Lat. 24° 4 N.. the manufacture of castor oil is to be tried E. Long. 164 ° 2, discovered ao island, not noted on moat charts. Hospital Fund.—The Collector-General in Honolulu. We hope from all those PASSENGERS. localities on the islands where the bean reports that the Queen's Hospital has de- From Bam Krascisc'O via Hilo—per Coral, Jan. 6 Chas W from Jcrnegan, Thos G Thrum. From Hilo—M Kaplee, X Nash. grows, quantities will be immediately sent rived, during 1864, the sum of $1,432 Feancisco—per from foreign For Sas Comet, Jan. 14—Capt and Mra P to Honolulu, to ascertain whether it will the tax upon passengers arriving 8 Wilcox, 2 children and servant. Miss Sarah S Wilcox, Mrs Summers and 2 children, Mrs Townscnd and servant, Mrs Morpay. We have undeveloped resources on lands. As each pays $2, it appears that ris, B Weeks, J Williams, Ueo II Edmonds, Dr Wtglane, R Patterson, Thos Mcluerney, Ueo Seabald, A Hanson, C T these islands, of greater value than mines the number of arrivals has been 716. Clark—2l. of gold and silver. For Adelaide—per Buena Vista, Jan. H—Mr and Dr. C F. Guillou.—We learn from the Mis J EPost Barnard and 3 children, Mr and Mrs Mask a> child—B. From Miceosssia—per Star, Jan. 18—Rev H BintIt has been stated in print, that the Hawaiian Gazette, that this gentle.nan has ham, Jr., and wife, Rev BMorning Q Snow, wile and 2 children. Miss 1. the HattieStursit— been Italian Consul for Haappointed U. S. Government derives annually $400,000 " " " from Custom House duties imposed upon waiian Islands. Hawaiian products. Will Mr. Ingols, reSailors wishing to write home, will siding in San Francisco, please furnish some find paper, pens and envelopes at the Home, reliable statistics upon the subject r We gratis. know of no one who could do it better. The Morning Star—will tail for the Marquesas Islands, on or before the 15th. The Hon. Mr. li, we learn, will go as delegate. Persons wishing to forward letters or packages to the missionaries, should not fail to be in season. It is reported that 4,000 trunks, belonging to Southerners, in Paris, have been pawned to hotel keepers, for board-bills! A CARD I FOLLOWING THE or Hawaiian RESOLUTION WAS unanimouslypassed at an Extra Meeting of the Hosed ths January, 1864 Svasqelioal Associatios ob the 23d of For Sas Feascjsoo—psr Smyrnlote, Jan.IS—Mr and Mrs J P Lecount, Mrt Burdltt, H O Wells, JohnMiller, Wm Manna Wm Btott, J A McQuintton, Geo Nebeker—o From Teesalst—per Constitution, Jan. »I—Chat Adams. From Sax Frascisco—per Whistler, Jan. IT—Mrs J B Black and son, Mrs JohnPaty, Mr and Mrs Qao Leonard, Mr and Mrs John Harris and Aye children, Mr L Christen Mr D F Vids, Mr Evan Griflth, Francis Mille, Hsy Ynne, D t Smith Fred Hayman. Chas Brook, X Hekls, Johno Davit, Ah Ksa J McCullough. A Melcher, J Cast, Motes Klnley, James Lynch Eugene Delamar—29 in all. * ' MARRIED. Paeeee—Leiaeicla—On the 7th Inst., by Rev. L. Lyons st the houte of the bridegroom, J. P. Parker, Sen., of Manaalole tlamakua, to Leiakaula, of North Kohala. Kittssdoe—Chase—ln Haverhill, Mast., Oct. 28th, tt the house of the bride's father, by the Rev. C. B. Kittredge of Westboro', Charles S. Kittredge, of New York City, to Miss A Resolved .—That the Hawaiian Board, In their own behalf their thanks and that of theMlcronrslan Missionaries, express u Desdemona," to Captain Franklin Bates, Jr., of the thlp New Bedford, for his kind and generous attentions lo the Rev. H. Bingham, Jr.,and Lady, in giving them a free passage in M. Chase, of Haverhill. June last from Apaiang to Ebon, where they couldavail themselves of the aid and sympathy of their American associates, DIED. so much needed durlog hit Illness and the long delay of the Momma Star." L. H. GUUCK, Chsllst—At Walluku, Maui, Dec. 14, of consumption. aT«. Corresponding Secretary of Haw. Board. Chelley, aged M yean, a native of Ryfleid, Mats, and tot It Honolulu, Jan 26th,IMS. many ytsrt s resident of these Islands. " � 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 (1865) 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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