https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/bb9cf3dc33ba44eb2eb93b7ebe21ae85.pdf 219068e3f48b4ddc614bba0084b65d59 PDF Text Text 105 FRIEND THE SUtoStrics, M.ID. $o. 12.} COXTB\TS — For Decn»bei7lBG7. Paok. End of a Quarter Century of EditorialLabor,...«. 105 Free Heats in the Bethel, and Voluntary Support, 105 Karl of Derby and Hawaiian Geese, 106 How to Become a Millionaire, 106 J. U. Uough, the Temperance Lecturer, 107 roetry—■ Look unto Me," Ac—Memories of Childhood,... 107 107 Loss of Schooner He1en,....." 107 Naval—Arrival of the Chanticleer, 107 In Search of Knowledge, 108 <!apt. Tinkham's Opinion of Shipwright* of Honolulu, 108 A Word Fitly Spoken 108 Col. Hawkins' Lecture, The Maile Quarterly, 10S intugural Olympic Oration before the 100 Club, 1 Two-Sworded Japanese, 109 Editor's Table, 109 Pacific Whaling Fleet—lB67, 1W Arctic Land Discoveries, 110 Murine News, fee, 112 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER 2. 18G7. End of a Quarter of a Century of Editorial Labor. number closes another year and With this volume of The Friend. We commenced editing and publishing this paper in January, 1843. It has appeared either monthly or semi-monthly ever since, with the exception of one year, 1851, while the editor was absent in the United States. About half a million of copies have been scattered abroad. A( first we had no intention or plan of issuing a newspaper or monthly periodical. At the commencement of our labors, we had no competitor in the field gathering up items of news for the public. At that time the broad Pacific was almost an unknown part of the world, except to mariners and missionaries. " The Star of Empire " tending westward, appeared above the Rocky Mounhad and the United States held England tains. common, California was under Oregon in Mexican sway, and the United States Exploring Expedition, under Wilkes, was on its return homeward. It was our privilege to arrive at the Islands at a most interesting era in their history, and at a most important time in the history of the commerce of the Pacific. The columns of the Friend will show that we have improved the opportunity offered for gathering up facts, items and incidents connected with the progress of ship- {©toStritf, ttol. 24. HONOLULU. DECEMBER 2, 1867. connected ping and commerce. In no publication is the primer, and all other expenses was not with its The paper the publication. there so complete a history of shipping in that its Pacific during the last quarter of a century. started for its pecuniary profit, but conis for matter While publishing shipping reports and support has been secured memoranda, we have also endeavored to make the Friend the vehicle for communicating information upon foreign missions, the temperance cause, the interests of Evangelical religion, and general intelligence. " Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report," have found a place in our columns. Our object has not only been to furnish matter of ephemeral interest, but such as would prove useful and entertaining when bound in book-form. The constant and steady demand for bound back volumes shows that we have been successful to a certain degree. Only recently we received an order from London to send forward numbers which wouldcomplete a full file of the Friend preserved in the British Museum. Back volumes are constantly called for by shipmasters cruising in the Pacific. One shipmaster has remarked, that what " Horsburgh " is for the navigator in the Indian Ocean, the Friend is for the Pacific. Very frequently shipmasters have said to us that the information published in this paper has saved their ships from wreck. Thousands of seamen have testified to the delight which they have derived from the perusal of this paper during their long and wearisome voyages. This fact, more than any other, has cheered us to labor on in this work. In order that the usefulness of the Friend might be extensive among seamen, it has always been our rule to distribute gratuitously. Of each number, we have given away more than we have sold ; indeed, it has been only in this way that the paper has been supported. In reply to the oft-repeated question, " How is your paper supported ? " we have replied, " By giving away." It has ever been a source of joy to us that from our subscription list and donations, we have always been enabled promptly to pay gratulation. We would now thank all those who have by their money, advice and literary contributions aided in its support. While now writing upon the same desk, and seated in the same sanctum where we wrote our first editorial twenty-five years ago, a feeling of devout gratitude comes over the mind. The great outward world appears to be full of change and revolution, while, " Fixed to our post, the rolling years move on." We know it cannot always be so. What a day or year may bring forth, we know not. While closing this quarter of a century of editorial labor, we hope to enter upon another with a strong will and resolute purpose, firmly resolved manfully to perform whatever the Great Master may have for us to do, until He shall call us to some other field of labor on earth, or to his Home above. in the Bethel, and VolunSupport.—Just twenty years ago, ex- Free Seats tary tensive repairs were made upon the Chapel, amounting to 53.000. It was then proposed to rent a portion of the seats annually to defray the expenses, and afterwards meet incidental outlays. A committee of shipmasters addressed the Chaplain a letter of remonstrance, signed by 16 of their number. Among them were Captains Arthur Cox, John P. Rice, C. W. Gelett, P. S. Wilcox, and others well known. Documents relating to this subject will be fqund in the Friend of December 2d. 1847. That movement of shipmasters, it will appear, compel* the Chaplain to rely upon voluntary contributions for all repairs and incidental expenses connected with the support of the Bethel. We hope our sea-faring hearers, visitors and others will remember this fact when they are called upon for contributions. Subscribers in the United States can remittances make for the amount of their subscriptions in United States postage stainpa. �THE FRIEND. DECEMBER, 1867. 106 For tho Friend. Earl of Derby and Hawaiian Geese. would run at and seize them by the trowsers, giving pretty sharp blows with his wings; but this always ceased if he observed that the female was at some distance, when he would instantly rejoin her. His return to the female was always accompanied with great hurry and clamor, and much gesticulation up and down of his head, but not of the wings. Three other eggs followed on the 7th, 9th and 11th of March. The eggs were white and very large in proportion to the size of the bird, being, I should imagine, equal to those of the ' Swan Goose.' The goose also surprised us by the rapidity of her operations, for we were hardly aware of the fourth egg having been laid that morning, when it was evident she had begun to sit. During the whole period of incubation there could not be a more attentive nurse, and indeed she could not well help it, for the male, if she seemed inclined to stay out longer than he thought right, appeared by his motions, to be bent on driving her back, nor was he satisfied till he had accomplished his object, when he again resumed his usual position, with his body I famish you herewith the article by the Earl of Derby, published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, 1534, to which you referred in yourissue of Oct. 1. In hi* younger days, the present Earl was an ardent lover and munificent patron of the natural sciences. He brought together at Knowsley Psrk the largest collection of living animals ever made by a private person. He was also one of the founders, and if I mistake not, the first President of the Zoological Society of London. A portion of his collection formed the nucleus of the " Derby Museum " of Liverpool, to which has been added a " Free Library ; " for the accommodation of which, Mr. Brown, M. P., erected a building, a few years since, at his own private expense, costing about $150,000. The first living specimens of the Hawaiian goose sent to England was by Douglass to Lady half in and half out of the hutch, with his Glengnll in 1833. The following year Mr. head toward the female; but if any person the yard 'of the division, fie would John Reeve, of our Islands, presented to Lord crossed immediately hurry after the intruder, though, Stanley a pair, which bred soon after. He if he found there was no intention of molestread before the Zoological Society a short ing the nursery, he seemed satisfied. At paper on their habits during the breeding night he constantly made room for himself season, and the bird was described by Mr. by the female, the result of which was unforfor the progeny. Vigors, a distinguished ornithologist, as "Ber- tunate On of April the eggs began to " andtheon12th nicla Sandvicensis." In 1841, it was again chip, the 13th two goslings were exdescribed and figured by M. Eydoux and cluded ; but it was found that the mother Souleyet (surgeons and naturalists to the had pushed from under her the other two eggs which were consequently taken away French Exploring Expedition under com- and put under a hen. On the morning of mand of M. Vaillant), as " Anser Hawai- the 14th it was ascertained that she or the iensis," which of course is a synonym of the male, who always now sat close beside her above. It is indigenous and peculiar to our in the box, had killed one of the two she had Islands, and even here much restricted in its at first hatched, for it was found dead and habitat, being only found on the mountain perfectly flat. The fourth egg which was under the hen, was assisted nut of the plains of Hawaii, except occasionally, when put shell, and appeared weakly from the first, blown off", it has reached Haleakala on Maui, and as its mother had lost one, we put it to and very rarely Kauai. His nearest relatives her, in hopes it would do better than with live in China. It has many peculiar habits, its nurse. She took to it at first very well; subsequently both the parents beating it, and becomes in confinement the tamest of all but it was returned to, and well cared for, by its birds. The following is the article you refer nurse, but died on the 20th. The remaining to by Lord Stanley : gosling is doing very well, and appenrs strong at Knowsley a pair of these and lively, and the parents are extremely atreceived I " birds on the 15th of February, 1834. They tentive to it j and I have little doubt but these did not at first, when turned out on the pond birds may easily be established and form an among the other water fowl, appear to take interesting addition to the stock of British much notice of each other; but some work- domesticated fowls. men being employed about the pond, one of "In its general appearance and its Quakerthe birds seemed to have formed some sort of like simplicity of plumage, it seems to apattachment to one of the men working. proximate most to the family of the ' BernaWhenever he was present the goose was cles;' but it appears to have almost as little always near to him, and when absent at his (if as much) partiality for the water as the dinner, or otherwise employed, the bird ap- ' Cereopsis.' " peared restles*, and gave vent to its solicitude A bird more peculiar than the above inby frequent cries, which as well as the anx- habits the mountain districts of Hawaii. Its iety, always ceased with the reappearance of the workman. The pair of geese peculiarity is in being wingless. I have seen were confined in one of the divisions adjacent but a single specimen. It is probably exto the pond on February 26. Within this tinct, having been killed off by wild cats and small inclosure, in one corner, stood a small dogs. It is slender in shape, and smaller hutch, in which the female on the sth of a plover. It is a strange coincidence than March laid her first egg. Till within a few days of that period no alteration took place that the natives call it by the same name as in their manners, but then it became obvious the New Zealanders a wingless bird inhabthat the male was jealous of intruders, and iting their islands, viz : Mono." Old bird " i • • * catchers on Hawaii have told me that formerly another species was found there, of larger size, rather smaller than a common fowl. It was caught by being driven into stick pens. Little is known as regards the birds of our Islands, and I might add as to all branches of our natural history, notwithstanding tbe number of scientific gentlemen who have visited us. From their isolated position, our Islands are found inhabited by many species peculiar to them. No systematic collections have ever been made here. It is not only a mere enumeraiion of species that is required, but their distribution and variation over the several islands of the group, and theiraffinity with those inhabiting other parts of Polynesia and the continent. Many years must elnpse, however, before a complete exploration of oht Islands can be afforded. W. H. P. How to Become a Millionaire. John McDonough, the millionaire of New Orleans, has engraved upon his tomb a series of maxims he had prescribed as the rule for his guidance through life, and to which his success in business is mainly attributed. They contain so much wisdom that we copy them : Rules for the Guidance of my Life, 1804.— Remember always that labor is one of the conditions of our existence. Time is gold ; throw not one minute away, but place each one to account. Do unto all men as you would be done by. Never put off" till tomorrow what can be done to-day. Never bid another do what you can do yourself. Never covet what is not your own. Never think any matter so trifling as not to deserve notice. Never give that which does not first come in. Never spend but to produce. Let the greatest order regulate the transactions of your life. Study in your course of life to do the greatest amount of good. Deprive yourself of nothing necessary to your comfort, but live in an honorable simplicity. Labor, then, to the last moment of your existence. Pursue strictly the above rules and the Divine blessing and riches of every kind will flow upon you to your heart's content, but first of all remember that the chief and great duty of your life should be to tend, by all means in your power, to the honor and glory of our Divine Creator. The conclusion to which I have arrived is, that without temperance there is no health, without virtue no order, without religion no happiness, and that the aim of our being is to live wisely, soberly and righteously. Jno. McDonough. Mr. McDonough might have known how to make a million, but he did not know how to dispose of it when made. His large property was left to poor relatives, public charities and city corporations, and for twenty years has been the constant source of legal prosecutions. When will rich men learn to become the executors of their own charities ? They will screw, turn, pinch and worry to make money, and their heirs and executors will screw, turn, pinch and worry to spend it. �107 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1861. J. B. Gough, the Temperance Lecturer. It is rumored that the celebrated orator, John B. Gough, has been engaged to deliver a series of lectures in Chicago this winter, for which he is to receive the handsome sum of $12,000. In this connection it may not be out of place to append the following story which is related by the Rev. T. L. Cuyler of Mr. Gough: On a certain Sabbath evening, some twenty years ago, a reckless, ill-dressed young man was idly lounging under the elm trees in the public square of Worcester. He had become a wretched waif on the current of sin. His days were spent in the waking remorse of the drunkard ; his nights were passed in the buffooneries of the ale house. As he sauntered along—out of humor with himself and with all mankind—a kind voice saluted him. A stranger laid his hand upon his shoulder, and said, in cordial tones, "Mr. G ,go down to our meeting at the town hall to-night." A briefconversation followed t,o winning in its character, that the reckless youth consented to go. He went; he heard the appeals there made. With tremulous hand he signed the pledge of total abstinence. By God's help he kept it, and keeps it yet. The poor boot-crimper who tapped him on the shoulder, (good Joel Stratton,) has gone to heaven. But the youth he saved is to-day the foremost of reform on the face of the globe. Methinks when 1 listen to the thunders of applause that greet John B. Gough, on the platform of Exeter Hall or the Academy of Music, I am hearing the echo of that tap on the shoulder, and of that kind invitation under the ancient elms of Worcester! He that winneth souls is imse. The Czar has recently abolished a strange custom. The cure of souls in Russia has for centuries been hereditary. The son of a pftest becomes a priest, or if he has only daughters, the eldest conveys the parish to her husband. Of course the priest is as little of a pastor as is well possible, but he is much linked with the peasantry, and the Government, to improve the character and diminish the popularity of the priesthood, have abolished its hereditary character. Henceforward the best candidate is to be appointed, which, as nobody ever takes the office voluntarily, is a satisfactory reform. " Fur lh« Friend. For the Frteod. Look unto me, and be y« laved."—luus t»:»3. Memories of Childhood. flow pleasant the mem'ry of childhood doth dwell On scenes that connect us with home ; Behold the Saviour, hear Him cry, Look to Me To Calv'ry's cross lift up your eye, And be saved ; There for your sins He did atone, The bloody wine press trod alone And now just look to Ood's dear Sou, And be saved. How oft we recall them, and cherish the thoughts To cheer us when far we may roam. The scenes of our youth are then brought up to view— Our place* of mirth and of play. Ami often our school-pranks, in terror though done. We fain would recall all to-day. As time is passing fast away, Look to Hint ; Hear Jesus say, •' Make haste to-day," And be saved. Ah, slumbering soul, awake ! arise ! Flee from that death that never dies The Gospel calls you, then bo wise," And be saved. Our places at homo, with a mother's kind look, Our room that looked out on the sea. Our days then so liappy—h»w quickthey havepassed. Yet come they to us with fresh glee. Our father's reproofs, (which we often did need, Fur boys will be boys" the world o'er.) And sisterly sympathy thereby brought forth Will lost while we Htand on time's shore. Come, young and old, the Lord calls you. Look to Me— The narrow way to Heaven pursue, And bo saved. Unpardoned die,—oh ! what an end ! What an eternity you'll spend ; But stay not, haste to the sinner's Friend, And bo saved. Oh ! could we but live those aaino days o'er again, We'd prize ev'ry hour as it came ; Improvement at school, and to work when at work, To play when at play we would aim ; And thus, by our doing each act in its turn, Enjoyment of life would be ours, We ne'er could regret that our time was misspent, Or that it was shorn of iU flow'rs. Loved, weary one, with sin oppress'd. Look to Mo: and rest, bore believe I your guilt, And be saved. 'Tis finished," hear His dying cry. " The Father hears it too, on high, And now, through blood, you can draw nigh, And be saved. liut sini-c they have passed us, we would not repine. But thankful we'd be for our lot: For many, yes many, can not thus look back, But oft to a comfortless cot: Not even a mother's, or sister's kind ohecr. Or father's caress do they know, Their mem'ry of childhood has nothing of joy On creeping old age to bestow. The Gospel-news go spread around— Look to Him, That dying souls may hear its sound, And be saved. Tell all to come, tell every kind, The poor, the maim'd, the halt, the blind, A free salvation they will find, And be saved. A Sailor. There's others again, who, with reason bereft, Their post life a blank doth remain Whatever of pleasure was theirs to enjoy. They nothing know ofit again ;— Then we who with pleasure the past can reoall, With hearts doubly thankful should be, And strive the more earnest to live all our life T. G. T. That 'twill from all sorrows be free. : : : " Loss or Schooner Helen.—This fine coaster, known as the Maliko packet, was lost at her anchorage at Muliko on Thursday night, November 14th. About dark the heavy northerly swells commenced rolling in a most terrific surf, unaccompanied with wind nor any premonition whatever. There was no chance of getting out to sea before morning, and the Captain and crew deeming it unsafe to remain on board, fastened down the hatches and went ashore in the boat, through the heavy surf. About midnight the vessel was torn from her moorings, by an enormous wave, carried inland, and dashed on to the rucks, not a vestigo being left of her, the entire wreck out to sea. The sea alio It is related that when a Southerner and timbers being carried carried away the wharf and destroyed the plantation that him declared to South Carin Congress which was located on the beach. The olina would secede, Mr. Simon Cameron re- nnha«M Helen was built in 18(12 by 1). Foster & Co. of this Then I shall live to raise corn in city, cost $6,000, and was insured in the Pacific plied the streets of Charleston." The Southerner Insurance Company of San Francisoo for #4,000. vessel to the Haiku was Jefferson Davis. The Harrisburg Tele- She has been a very serviceable This heavy by which she was owned. graph comments on the foregoing: "We have Plantation, northerly swell was felt all along the shores from Koear of corn from Gen. Cam- hala to West Maui. It occurs only during the interin this office an and has never before eron's planting in the streets of Charleston." ruption of the tradeof winds, resulted in the loss a vessel, that we are aware of. Muroeand Suicide.—About 3 o'clock on Tues- Generally they give some premonition, and coasters day morning 12th ult., a negro sailor named Daly, on have tints to put to sea, and avoid running any risk board the American whaleship Ea/rle, murdered a from them. Portuguese lad named Manuel Dall, by cutting his throat with a razor. After committing this deed he Earl Derby has devoted the proceeds weal below and out his own throat with the same in- of his translation of the Iliad to an endowdeath three or four hours. in strument, causing hi" There appears to have been frequent trouble between ment of a fund for the Marlborough school, the parties during the voyage, but not ""oh *• to •*- to be used in honor of that boy whose con-cite any suspicion that Daly intended to murder the duct is most marked by. goodness, unselfishboy. The surgeon of the Lackatoanna was sent ness, nobility, and freedom from all that is for, as also one or two physicians from shore, but the low and dishonorable." cases were beyond surgical relief. :" " " : Naval.—H. B. M. Ship Chunticlttr, Com. Bridies, arrived at this port November 15th, 42 days from Valparaiso. She will remain here some weeks, and then proceed to Vancouver's Island. She has no saluting battery, and will therefore omit the usual foreign salute The following is a list of her officers : Commander—W. W. Brldfea. 1»( Lieutenant—T. K. Williams. Bromley. •id /Van. Lieutenant—U. T. Hoaken. Sun/con—R. Humphreys. Paumaeter—W. Wallace. Juo.l'rowett. Chief Engineer Aeeitt. Surueon—T. Bolster. Snb-Lieutrnmte-Menn. F. O. Powell, T. B- Lacy. Abu. Suti Act. Lieutenant—G. McCarthy, i ngineere—Mewra. J no. Wataon, Root. Wlnßrld. Gunner— Itii Imni tiutaou. r,ii<it*uniti —l. Mcl.tiMl. Carpenter—V/. H. Nlcholta. Auii'y Hoatiwain— W. Mudfe. Midnkipmen-fi. H. Davlea, F. 11. Davlea, Geo. L. Leckte, Chaa. 1.. Nlcholaon. „ —Jiv. J»«. IS. C7«r*-Ueo. B. Collier. — - . ._* In Search or Knowtjtdoe.—Nine Japanese have arrived at this port in whaling vessels, two each being on board the whalers Ontario and Julian, and live in the Abrswn. They were sent up north by the Japanese 'Government to learn how the whaling business theis oarried on, and were instructed to take part in service obey all orders, and learn how the thing is done. From this port they are to find passage home, and the Japanese Government pays all their expenses. Messrs. F. A. Schaefer & Co. are authorised to aid and assist these Japanese in whatever they may require. Few governments would take so much paint to gather information for its people as the Japanese has in this instance, and is evidently anxious to do in all other branches. It has embassies out in every direction. �THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1867. 108 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER Z. 1861. CapT t. inkham's Opinion of Shipwrights in Honolulu. The American clipper ship Othello, on her passage from Snn Francisco to Liverpool with a cargo of wheat, sprung a leak near the line. Under all the circumstances, Capt. Tinkham concluded that with fair winds he might reach Honolulu, but it was doubtful whether he could have reached Valparaiso, the other port which he thought of visiting. He had never visited Honolulu, and was very doubtful whether his ship could be repaired. The vessel was discharged, hove down, and thoroughly repaired. When the vessel was nearly ready for sea, we chanced to meet the master alongside, and knowing that he had been subjected to very heavy expenses, wo naturally expected a good-natured groicl, at least, respecting Honolulu merchants, shipwrights and people in general. To our utter surprise, Capt. Tinkham remarked nearly as follows : "1 could not have had my repairs done cheaper or better in any other port in the world. I have been all over the world, but was never treated better than in Honolulu. To be sure my repairs will cost me about $20,000, but they have been thorough. I consider Daniel Foster one of the very best shipwrights, and his men have all worked well and more hours than they would have done in San Francisco. lam perfectly satisfied. I expected on my arrival to have been detained ninety days, and I shall get away in sixty days." Testimony like this we thought worthy of being put upon record. Similar testimony have we heard from other shipmasters who have been compelled to visit Honolulu for repairs. We recollect the master of the Arno made similar remarks when he came hither from the guano islands. It is the general opinion of the masters of whaleships that when compelled to make repairs, they are as well treated by Mr. Foster and.Mr. Erames as they would be at any shipyards in any other port in the world. We have received a letter from an old sea-faring acquaintance, whom we have long known as one of the most respectable and rising young men in his profession. He left Honolulu a few months ngo to visit his friends and get married. He has written us an account of the marriage, and requested that we will insert a marriage notice in the Friend. We would gladly do so, but alas, sailor-like,' he has omitted to give us the name of the young bride. The happy couple do not reside a hundred miles from West Falmouth, Mass. We would return our thanks to J. o. Carter, Esq., who has solicited subscriptions among shipmaster* for repairs upon the "A Wobd Fitly Spoken."—At a late meeting of the Honolulu Temperance Legion, Mr. Haddon, belonging to the whaleship Corinthian, made some encouraging remarks. After delivering an appropriate address, he related a chapter of his own personal experience, which most admirably illustrated and confirmed what he had previously said. Some ten or twelve years ngo, when bound around Cape Horn, he was in a whaleship which, being disabled, was compellel to return for repairs to the Falkland Islands. There he indulged so freely in the use of intoxicating liquors, that a severe fit of sickness was the result. The master of the ship, Capt. Norton, was accompanied by his wife. She was kind, and accompanied her kind attentions with words of good counsel. She obtained such influence over him, that at the next port (in Chile) atwhich they touched, he abstained teetotally. A new era in the young man's life now commenced. Ever since that time he has proved himself ■ strictly temperance man. He is now an honored member of the " Sons of Temperance " in Boston. More than that, he is married and well settled in life. "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver." We hope good Mrs. Norton and other captains' wives may be encouraged on the proper occasion to speak a kind and " fit " word. Such words may be " winged" with a reforming power. It is by no means an uncommon thing for us to hear sailors speak of the kind words and kind deeds of the captain's wife. We wish every shipmaster in the Pacific was accompanied by his wife. Shakespeare's words, as well as Solomon's, are aptly illustrated by Mrs. N.svhile buffeting rough weather off" Cape Horn : The Maile Quarterly.—This is a quarterly publication which has appeared during the last two years under the auspices of " The Hawaiian Mission Children's Society." We have always read the numbers with interest, but never felt at liberty to comment upon its contents, inasmuch as it was not intended for generaljcirculation. A new feature is developed in "No. IX." C.J. Lyons, Esq., comes out with a new prospectus, and proposes to write, print and publish as other newspaper or periodical publishers. "The Maile," we are to understand, has attained its majority, and has now assumed the attributes of manhood. We are glad to meet you on these terms, Mr. Maile, and we shall hope to enjoy many a pleasant tete-atete. " Treaties and Taxation," is a good sub- ject, and we hope to see it discussed in future numbers. " Early Missionary Efforts Among the Marquesas," is another article in the right direction. "Shall I learn to play Billiards?" is the third article. In this the writer appears to be squinting at billiards through H. Ward Beecher's spectacles. We should prefer to read what the writer might have to say, when he had taken them off and viewed the subject without glasses. Other interesting articles are 'to be found in this specimen number. Notes and Items," " is worth the price of the number. No one who has not written for the press knows how difficult it is to gather up the items for such an article. We hope the editor will not think that because his magazine has attained its majority, its pages must necessarily eschew " paragraphs " from cousins abroad, or newsy family items, or notices of " births, deaths and marriages " among the cousins. " The Maile " little, candle throws its beams : How far that a peculiar field, and if that field is occupies " So shines a good deed in a naughty world.7' well cultivated, a golden harvest will reward Lecture by Col. K. A. Hawkins. —Pa- the editor's toils, and a harvest of delight his triotic and loyal Americans and others sym- readers, at home and nbroad. pathizing with them, enjoyed a rich treat in We think naturalists will be interested listening 10 the lecture of Col. Hawkins at in the remarks upon Hawaiian geese, furthe Public Hall. This gentleman comes to nished by W. H. Pease, Esq. This gentlethe Islands with a good record as a brave sol- man possesses an amount of scientific and dier of the Union army, and an eloquent historical information upon these Islands, speaker on the political topics which agitate which we wish could be furnished to the the country at the present time. Born and public. educated in Eastern Tennessee, entering the A few files of the Friend for twenty army at the opening of the conflict, and when can years, the as a be furnished in bound volumes. country not fighting, canvassing Price, deSI a year, not including the binding. he is to fully qualified political speaker, The Friend, in two volumes for twenty years, was cast conflict. His lot a in pict the great be will the furnished for $25, or for sixteen years, where of the turbulent country portion and angry waves of Secession raged with all in one volume, for 820. their fury, and where they were rolled back Honolulu and Island subscribers are by the on rushing tide of Union sentiment. requested to pay their annual subscriptions For good two hours the audience listened to on the presentation of bills. This number the lecturer, and on leaving, we overheard closes the year. It is not our practice to soone remark, that the speaker could not have spoken over half an hour. We hope the audi licit payment in advance, except of foreign subscribers. ence may be favored with another lecture. �109 INK ¥ It I X N U, DECEMBER, 1867; Inaugural Oration before the Olympic Club.—Our young men of Honolulu have recently erected a large and commodious building for gymnastic exercises. Their object appears to be to combine healthful physical exercise and manly sports with mental and intellectual improvement. At the inauguration of their building, as an opening of their Club," they invited His Excellency S. H." Phillips, Esq., to deliver the address. The reputation of the speaker as a polished writer and eloquent speaker, prepared the tublic mind to expect an entertaining and nished performance. It affords us great leasure to note the fact that the audience was not disappointed. Our limits will allow but a brief allusion to the oration. Perhaps it may be owing to partiality on our part to lecturers and orators from the Athens of America, but we can truly say that Mr. Phillips' oration and delivery filled out that beau ideal of what would be esteemed good speaking in Boston, nearer than anything which we have ever listened to in this part of the world. Col. Hawkins gave us at the Public Hall a good specimen of stump oratory of the West, while Mr. Phillips presented as good a specimen of the classic scholarship, severe discipline,extensive reading, finished oratory and manly bearing of the East.' The Advertiser of the 30th ult., prints it in full. Two-sworded Japanese. —It is noticed that some of the Japanese now in port and attached to whaleships, wear two swords. From " Mac Farlane's Japan " we learn that the Japanese are divided into eight classes : 1. Hereditary Princes, Daimios. 2. Hereditary Nobility, including Gov- ernors. &c. 3. Priests, of all sects. 4. Military. " All these four classes," remarks this author, " who constitute the higher orders of Japanese society, enjoy the envied privilege of carrying two swords, and of wearing a sort of loose petticoat-trowsers, which none beneath them ever dare put on." 5. Includes medical men, Government clerks, and other professional men. 6. Merchants and shop-keepers. " The gentleman, or even common soldier that should engage in any trade or traffic, would be thereby disgraced forever. No amount of money or patronage can procure for the merchant the inestimable honor of wearing the petticoat-trowsers." 7. Peddlers, mechanics, painters, artists, 8. Farmers and day-laborers of all kinds. There is another class which is held in so low estimation, that those belonging to it are not enumerated or set down in the list: " All tanners, curriers, leather-cutters, and, in fact, every man in any way connected with the preparation of leather or the leather trade, lie under ban and interdict. They are not permitted to dwell in any town or village with other classes of men. They are not even numbered in the census of the population. It is conjectured that this banning of a whole class originated in the Sintoo doctrine of defilement by contact with any dead Editor's Table. Katiibina ; her Life and Mine—pages 287. York C. Scribner & Co., Publishers. : New It has long been our belief that in New England history, scenery, life,character, manners, customs, peculiarities and notions, there were the richest materials for writers of fiction and poetry. The time is approaching when those materials will be wrought into form and shape to please the fancy and interest the lovers of good reading. Mrs. Stowe, in "Minister Wooing," Mr.Mitchell,in "Dr. Johns," Henry Ward Beecher, in " Norwood," and now Dr. Holland, in "Kathrina," present pleasing earnests of what may hereafter be expected when American scholars and writers possess more leisure, more culture, and more reflection. The volume before us is from the prolific pen of Dr. Holland, who has adopted the norn dc plume of Timothy Titcomb, whose " Bitter-Sweet," " Lectures," &c., are so well known to the reading community. This volume is a most charming tribute to the worth, moral and intellectual, of woman. As he has dedicated the volume to his wife, doubtless it was her fair image that was ever mirrored before his mind as he wrote, and her unseen influence which nerved his hand to write so felicitously, poetically and truthfully of woman. ! woman—wife ! " OThe! womnn—mother sweetest names that language knows ! breast, with holy motives rife, With holiest affection glows, Thou riueen, thou angel of my life ! Pacific Whaling Fleet-1867.—Reports to November 16. We continue our Hat of arrival! of whalers, allowing all that have arrived here ami at Ililo up to thla date. The total thua faria (17 veanela, anil the average oil to each ahlp aktnt 700 bar' rela. Thelater arrivals have not ahown aa good cargoes ai thoaeearlier in the aeuaon. Sperm. Whale. Hn. 1300 29000 merit. 1—Am bk I'realdcnt. Kelley Holley 1250 26000 2—Am bk Marnier, 10—Haw achr l'fell, Tripp, (trader,) »00 600 MM 20—Am wbihip Niger,CIcaTtrlanii.. 400 WOO Oct. 5—Haw brig Kohola,Taylor, 230 2600 6— Am bk Wm (JitTor.l, Fisher 70 1060 ltOOO 7—Amah Alllllra,Oaborue, 600 12000 lft—AmbkOliver Crocker,rlayre, •— 16oo 20000 20— Am bk Sea alreeie, Hamilton, 300 3000 20— Kr l)k Norman, Hnelder, 1700 28000 21—Am all Hrimlerr, Kayuor,. 1BO0 20000 22—Am bk Three Brothers, Taber,... 660 10000 22—Am bk Acors Bama, Jeffrey, 1100 20000 22—Am ah (Jay Head, Kelley, HO I'aun 760 HOOD (ii-ern, bk 2>—Am 26—A hi bk Tamerlane, Winaluw,.... 90 1000 20000 J)0—Am bk Nile, Long, 170 3000 .10— Am bk Hen. Cuilimrnga, Halaey,. 760 1UOU0 776 12OI0 Nov. 1—Am aliTluw. lli.-kiiH.in, JiTiM-ftuu, 1200 18000 ■J Am I'. WrialrillKlnll, Baker 10O0 1ISHJ0 2—Am nil lt.niuiii, Vinnl 760 12000 2 \mi lik Nautilus, Illiven 3—Amah Hilieruiii, InilliiW 240 1100 14000 3—Am nil Jir.ll IVrrv. (Jr.™ 1100 18000 3—Am bk Navy, Dnvia 000 1U0O0 S—Am bk Minerva, Peiinliuiin 1200 20000 3—Ambk Jiilni Carver, Worth 200 SOCO 400 3—Amah (.'hainpioll. Worth 7000 Haw Luvelural 1200 18000 lik Kriale, 3— 860 8000 4—Haw lik Oregon, Mnrninen 1200 18000 4—Am bk J. I). Thompson, llr.iv.ri. "00 6000 4—Aiiil.k Win Iti.ii'li, I*fray 200 40.0 B—A1111.I1 (Jen S.Mir, Washburne... 0—Amah On. I lowland, Klrnwlea... 700 10000 8—Amah Corinthian, l.ewla 860 19000 rt— Ambk M.iiiii.ill.i, I lulllpa 860 14000 8—Am lik Jl". «eat, Tinker 900 16000 980 18000 6—Am ah Si (ieorge, Soule U—Kr ah Winslow, Lalmste 700 9000 ah Fonlham 360 3000 Flnrlda, 7—Am 7—IIwbkIlaeHawall,lleppingBtorie, 100 000 14000 7—Ambk (.'liemkee, F.l.lridge 400 1000 25 275 36(0 7 I III St llallai aVaaja Iiwph Chaae... Maxwell, all. 30 420 60(0 7—Am 250 6000 7—Am all Ciillliimla, Wood bk HttM-a 700 12000 Oriol.-, 7—Am 60 670 10000 7—Old'aj lik Julianl.ublwra 7—Amsli lllin.iia, Davis 660 12000 730 11000 7—Am bk Awnshonka, Norton 8—Am air Kurnpa, Melleir 900 12W 0 8—Old'g brig Comet, 840 7000 8—Am bk N.irrnan, Cliikla 360 6000 8— Am bk John Wella, Dean 140 660 10000 Cunningham. Jaa 6 iO 8000 Maurv, 8—Am ah 9—Am bk F.agle, MrKenaie lOOn 18000 l.ag.sla, Flaliur ,9—Ambk 11SO 18000 260 3000 12—Am ah Milo, llawca 390 4000 12—Am bk Java, En.* 100 200 1500 12—Amlik l'cru, Smith 2J 850 12000 17—Am bk Trident, Roae, 65 600 9000 17—Am lik Sunbeam, Barrett 850 8001 17—Am bk Midua, Drake — — —— —— —— —— — —— ——— — —— ——— —— — ——— —— > , Thy " The scene of the poem is laid in the valley of " the sweetest stream that flows " winding and willow-fringed Connecticut, where it wends its way among that cluster of beautiful villages—Northampton, Hadley, Amherst. We could scribble long and willingly, depicting the beauties and salient points of this new poem. We hope our readers may enjoy its perusal, and not be so carried away, as we were, to devour the whole at two sittings. But " a thing of beauty is a joy forever." We expect the good impressions derived from the perusal of this volume will long serve to keep alive in our mind the very warmest admiration for a true woman— wife, mother, sister,—although we should be quite unwilling to admit that we ever were deficient in that element of true manhood. We would here return our thanks to that, as we suppose Boston friend (G. D. G*, who kindly has sent us this volume by the very last mail arriving at the Islands. We would add but a single remark, that we regret to notice, in a hasty perusal of the volume, so many new and un-English words in various parts of the poem; but we suppose the author is correct, and finds apology for their use, from the fact that he resides in Springfield, Mass., where also reside the publishers of " Webster's Unabridged." — AT HILO. Aml.k l.jilia, llallraway Am Irk Or-ean, Barbae Am bk (ieorge, Davia Am all Obi I, Lawrence llril lik Hoberl Towns Am ah Marengo, l.illle Am lik Ciairaor, llnrrililiii Am ah Alpha, l.nwu.11 ——— — —— — ——— —— ———— — —— —— ——— 100 300 600 600 400 4000 9000 9000 1000 900 1*000 276 6000 140 2U00 660 9000 O" We congratulate our associate, the Rev. Mr. Corwin, on receiving another testimonial of the continued esteem of his parishNot deeming it an intrusion, we mingled with those gathering upon the occasion. The company was large, and in the very best of spirits. We do not think much of donation parties to eke out an insufficient salary, but when a parish, in addition to a generous support, see fit occasionally to make sn " extra" eflbrt, it is cheering and refreshing to a pastor who is spending his best years in arduous service for the welfare of bis church and congregation. ioners. Information Wanted, I.vaa, Macs., Aug. 28, 1847. Ma. HiLisa—Dear Hir:—Will you pleaae to laaati aw whether Juteph W. Richaniton ia In Honolulu or nut; be ia a brother of mine. 1 wrote to him a y«ar ago ; I received some weeks aince the same letter. It waa advertiaetl in Aw Honolulu Post OlBoe from Dec. Slat to may May auh. If he is dead, please send me the particular* about hi> death,and whetherhis son is living or not. Yours, vary reaperTutly, Edward h. RicHaaDeos. �110 THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 18» Frost thefaerOc Commercial Advertiser, Nov. 0. LaD nAdrotic iscoveries. One of the most interesting items that we have learned from the whalemen, who have cruised in the Arotio Ocean the past summer, is the discovery ofextensive land in tbe middle of that ocean, which may yet prove to be a Polar Continent. The existence of this land has long been known, but owing to the impassable ice barrier along its •bores, of its extent and character nothing very definite has been known, until this season. Baron Wrangell, the famous Kunnin.ii explorer, first communicated to the world the knowledge of its existence, as.ho learned it from the Siberian Indians, and it is simply marked on most Arctic charts "extensive high land." It should be stated that the post summer has been the mildest and most favorable for whaling ever known by our oldest whalemen. One master says that be did not see a piece of ice as large as his hand till he reached tho straits, and even beyond that, up to 72, the sea was generally free from floating ice. The weather, for the most part, has been exceedingly mild, with (southerly winds prevailing, which has tended to melt the ice or drive it northward. As a result or the favorable state of the ooeen and weather, the ships have gone farther north this summer than ever before, some having reached as high as latitude 73 ° 30. Capt. Long, of the, bark Nile, who seems to have examined the land most attentively, having cruised along the entire southern coast, litis drawn a sketch of itß appearance. It is quite elevated, and near the center hae an extinct crater cone, which he estimated to be 2,480 feet high. He named it Wrangell's Land, after the noted Russian explorer. The West point he named Cape Thomas, after the seamnn on his ship who discovered it, and tho S. K. point, Cape Hawaii. The names given by Capt. Long are so exceedingly appropriate, that we doubt not the Geographical Societies of Europe and America will adopt them and call thisland " Wrangell's Land." Capt. Long has prepared for us un account of this interesting discovery, which wo insert here: Honolulu, Nov. sth, 18j67. H. M. Whitney, Esq.,—Sir:—During my cruise in the Arctic Ocean this season, I saw land not laid down on any charts that I have seen. The land was first seen from the bark JVite on the evening of the 14th of August, and the next day at 94 o'clock A. x , the ship was 18 miles distant from the west point of the land. I had good observations this day, and made the west point to be in latitude 70° 4(3' north, and longitude 178° 30' east. The lower parts of the land were entirely free from snow and had a green appearance, as if covered with vegetation. There was broken ice between the ship and land, but as there were no indications of whales, I did not feel justified in endeavoring to work through it and reach the shore, which I think could have been done without much danger. We sailed to the eastward along the land during the 15th and part of the 16th,and in some places approached it as near as fifteen miles. On the 16th the weather was very clear and pleasant, and we had a good view of the middle and eastern portion of the land. Near the centre, or about in the longitude of 180° , there is a mountain which has the appearance of an extinct volcano. By approximate measurement I found it to be 2,480 feet high. I had excellent observations on the 16th,and made the south-eastern cape, which I have named Capk Hawaii, to be in latitude 70 ° 40' north, and longitude 178° 51' west It is impossible to tell how far this land extends northward, but as far as the eye could reach we could see ranges of mountains until they were lost in the distance ; and I learn from Capt Bliven, of the ship JVuutilut, that he saw land northwest of Herald Island as far north as latitude 72 °. The first knowledge of the existence of this land was given to the civilized world by Lieutenant Ferdinand. Wrangell, of the Russian Navy (who I find in 1840 was an Admiral ha the same service.) In his expedition* from Nishne Kolvmak in the consecutive yean from 1820 to 1824he obtained information from the Tachnk tschi that in clear days ia the summer eoa- .. son they could see land north from Cape Jakan. In direction, if you will allow me room in your paper an interview with the hamakai, or chiefof one of the on some future occasion. Tours very truly, Tschuktschi tribes, Wrangell says: " When I asked himwhether there was sdv other land to the Thos. Lono. The next interesting inquiry relates to its exNorth beyond the visible horiion,he seemed to reflect & little, tent. As near as we can learn, alter diligent and then said that between Cape Err! (Schelagakoj) and Cape Ir KaipiJ, (Cape North,) there, was a part of the c.tatt, where inquiry, no one landed anywhere on it, though from tome cliff* near the mouth ofa river, one miaht, in a several vessels coasted, within a few miles of it. clear Summer* day, deacry enow covered mountain* at a The southernBhoro runs a distance of about ono great dittance to theNorth, but that in Winter it wa* imhundred miles east and west. How far it extends poeeible to tee *o far. He said that formerly herds of reindeer sometimes came north is at present only a matter of conjecture. " acroas the ice of the aea, probably from thence, but that they Captain Bliven, while cruising near Herald hud been frightened bark by hunters and wolves ; tllrrt he had himaelf once seen a herd returning t<> the North in (his way In Island, north latitude 71° 20', west longitude sledge of and thathe had followed the month April, them In a 175 and distant about 80 miles from the southdrawn by two reindeers, for a whole day, until the rugged arlr- > east°point of Wrangell's Land, saw the mountain face of the Ice forced them to desist. Ilia opinion waa [in which I coincide] that these distant mountains were not ou an Island, ranges extending to the northwest as far as the but 011 an extensive land similar to their own country. He had eye could reach. Ho thinks it not improbable been told by his father that a Tschuktschi Elder had once gone there with a few followers in large baidart, or Unit* made of that it extends north Hcvcrul hundred miles. If skin, but what they found there, or whether they ever returned, so, it would appear to be of great extent, perhe did not know. haps sufficient to lie termed a continent. By II sr ill he maintained that the distant northern land waa inhabited, and adduced In proof of it that some years ago a taking a chart of tho Arctic Ocean, and marking dead whale had been found at Arautan latund, pierced by the land from the points nnined above, it will be aprars pointed with slate, and as the Tschuktschi do not use such weapons, he supplied that the whale muat have been found to lie about seventy miles distant from the wounded by the inhabitants of thenorthern land. Siberian coast. The straits between the two 11 1 thanked the old murr for hisreadiness In answering all shores are usually blocked with ice; but this our questions, and made him a handsome present, promising Capt. Long at the same time that if his information proved to he well season they have been quite clear. founded, the government would not full toreward him bountithinks that a propeller might readily have steamed fully. He waa extremely grateful, and entreated me to get far up north either on the west or oast side of the Emperor to send him an iron kettle and a sack full of this land, and made full discoveries regarding its tobacco, which he said would make him completely happy." extent and character. In connection with this I will make another quotaThese are all the facts that have thusfar been tion from his journal. Q|> the Bth of April, 1823, he elicited regarding what must be conceded to be then near Jakan We Ctlpe : gazed long says, being " as the ono of the most important discoveries made the and earnestly on the horizon in hopes, atmosyear, and which will doubtless prove to present was of some of the clear, phere discovering appearance northern land which theTschuktschi affirm they have no an interesting addition to geographical knowlseen from this place, but we could discover nothing edge. The fact that verdure was seen by Captains Long and Phillips, and that rcisdeer exist of it" From the appearance of the land as we saw it, I on it, favor the supposition that it is inhabited. feel convinced that it it inhabited, as there were large Along the shore, drift-wood was seen floating in numbers of walrus in this vicinity, and the land ap- the water, which iH supposed to have come from , peared more green than the main coast of Asia, and the contiguous land. quite as capable of supporting man as the coast from It is well known that a committee including Point Barrow to the Mackenzie River, or the north- some of the most nc todFrench savans has recently ern parts of Greenland, which are in a much higher been formed in Paris, for the purpose of organizlatitude. ing a new expedition to tho North Pole. It is There is a cape a little to the westward of Cape stated that the route to be pursued is one discovJakan, which has a very singular appearance. On ered by a French hydrographer, M. Gustave the summit and along the slopes of this promontory been tried by previous there is an immense number of upright and prostrate Lambert, and has not yet has been raised for the columns—some having the appearance of pyramids, explorers. A subscription others like large obelisks ; some of them with the expenses of the proposed expedition, which are es summit larger than the base. The character of the tiiimtnl at 000,000 francs at least. The Emperor surrounding country, which was rolling, with no has shown his confidence of the undertaking by abrupt declivities, made these objects appear more heading the list of subscribers with 50,000 francs. singular. They were not in one continuous mass, but This new route is understood to be via Bhering scattered over a large surface, and in clusters of fif- Straits and the " Sea of Polymia," which is teen or twenty each, with intervals of several hun- probably a new French name for the Polar Sea. dred yards between them. Hitherto all expeditions sent out from SibeWhile at anchor near this place, Capt. Phillips, of ber'ian coast have failed to penetrate North the Monlicello, came on board and drew my atten- farther than latitude seventy-two. Should the tion to a large black place on the slope of one of the remarkably mild weather continue another season, hills, and said he thought it was coat. We examined or should the winter be not unusually severe, tho it with the telescope, and it had a very distinct ap- summer of 1808 may prove to be as favorable for pearance of coal. It glistened in the sun, and appeared like a large surface which had been used as a researches in this quarter as the past summer has deposit for coal. It was about one and a half miles been. A Btrong propeller could in thirty days in length and one-half mile in breadth, the country this year have gathered more information about the Arctic than all the expeditions yet sent out. surrounding it being covered with vegetation. From 175° to 170° east there were no indications We sincerely trust those facts will spur the ofanimal life in the water. We saw no seals, walrus, the efforts now being made to organize new exwhales, or animalcules in the water. It appeared peditions, and settle more definitely the character almost as blue as it does ins the middle of the Pacific Ocean, although there was but from fifteen to eighteen fathoms in any place within forty miles of the land. I think the positions I have assigned to this land will be found correct, as Mr. Flitner examined my chronometer on my arrival and found it only one and a half miles in error. I havl named this northern land Wranoell's Land, as an appropriate tribute to the memory of a man who spent three consecutive years north of latitude 69° , and demonstrated the problem of this open Polar Sea forty-five years ago, although others of much later date, have endeavored to claim the merit of this of the open Polar Sea. The following letter from Capt. Raynor contains some additional particulars, relating to the northerly current past Herald Island, a circumstance noticed by several masters, and which tends to confirm tho opinion that the newly-discovered land extends some distance to the north. In the channel north of Herald Island, the sea was clear of ice as far north as the eye could reach from tho vessel that went farthest into it. Honolulu, November 1, 1867. Me. Whithey,—Sib—ln compliance with your request, I send a short account of a large tract of land, lying in the midst of the Arctic Ocean, hitherto but Uttle known. This land has heretofore been considered to be two islands, one of which is marked on the English charts as Plover Island, which is laid down to the W. 3 W. of Herald Island. The other ig group. As this report has been hurriedly prepared, I would simply marked "extensive land with high peaks." wish to make more extended observations on the sub- On my last cruise. I sailed along the south and east ject, which may be of benefit to other cruisers in this side of this island for a considerable distance three discovery. The west cape of this land I have named Capk Thomas, from the man who first reported the land from the mast-head of my ship, and the south-eastern cape I have named after the largest island in this �THE different times, and once cruised along the entire shore, and by what I considered reliable observations, made the extreme southwest cape to lie in north latitude 70° 60', and east longitude 178° 16. The southeast cape I found to lie in north latitude 71 10', and west longitude 176° 40*. The south coast appears to be nearly straight, with high rugged cliffs and entirely barren. The northeast coast I have not examined to any extent, but it appears to run from the southeast cape in a northwesterly direction for about fifteen or twenty miles, and then turns to the north and northeast. I learned from Capt. Bliven that he traced it much farther north, and has seen others who traced it to north of latitude 73, I think there is no doubt that it extends much further to the north, and that there is another island lying to the east of it, say in longitude 170 west, and to the northwest of Point Barrow, with a passage between it and the land I have just described. My reason for thinking so is this We always find ice to the south of the known land, farther to the south than we do to the eastward of it. The current there runs to the northwest, from one to three knots an hour. In the longitude of 170 west, we always find the ice barrier from fifty to eighty miles further south than we do between that and Herald Island, and there is always a strong current setting to the northwest between those localities, unless prevented by strong northerly gales, (for in such shoal water as the Arctic Ocean, the currents are changed easily by the winds,) which would indicate that there is a passage in that direction, where the waters pass between two bodies of land that holds the ice, the one known, the other unknown. I would add that the southwest cape of this islands described above, lies seventy-five miles distant from the Asiatic or Siberian coast. Gko. W. Raynoe, Yours very truly, Master of ship Reindeer. • ° : APVSRTISEiyiEUTS. E. P, ADAMS. Auctioneer and Commission Merchant, FIRE PROOF STORK, 682-ly Y. Us BARTOW, Auctioneer, Sales Rooms on Queen Strci-i, one door from (73 ly Kaahumanu street. OR. J. MOTT SMITH, Dentist, 605 1; E. HOFFMANN, M. D. 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Having- no connection, either direct or Indirect, withany outlining establishment, aud allowing no debts to he collected at his office, he hopes to give as good satisfaction in the future as he has In the past. XT OOoe on Jas. Robinson S Co.'a Wharf, near the U. g. SoS Sm Consulate. CONTINUES Co., COMMISSION lIKite:HANTS, IS W. A. ALDBICH. J. 0. HBBBILL, JOHN at OBACIBB. 204 and 206 California Street, S-A-IV FRANCISCO. Particularattention given to the sale and purchase ol merchandise, ships' business,supplying whaleships, negotiates. szohange. Ac. XT All freight arriving at Saa Francisco, by or to the Honolulu Line of Packets, will beforwarjed rana or commimiob. U Exchange on Honolulubought and Bold. XI Keep constantlyon hand a fullassortmentofmerchandise, for BEFBBKNCBS— the supply of Whalersand Merchant vessels. Messrs. C. L. Ricbabds A Co., 660 ly B Haoubld at Co \V. Mr*. CRABB. 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WETNORE, M. D. PHYSICIAN fc SURGEON, HILO, HAWAII, 8. L DRUG STORE. s^s^st. -wawssr ALLEN ft. CONWAY, ILDRICH, MERRILL & Co., Commis§ion Merchants N. B. —MedicineChests carefully replenished at the I SAILOR'S HOME! " Office—Over Dr. E. Hoffmann's Drug Store, corner of Kaahu menu and Merchant Sts., opposite the Post Office. Risidbnob Chaplain St., between /Vuuanu and Fort St*. Orrios Hoots—From 8 to 10 A. U., and from 3 to 6 P. M. 6«v ly — ■ ADVERTISEMENTS. JOHN THOt. WATERHOUSE, * ■ % Importer and Dealer In General Merchandise. Honolulu. H. I 3SI-ly . — _ —- . .111—— DECEMBER, 18 6 7. » In Robinson's BnlleliuK, (tueen Street, Offlco corner of Fort and Motel Streets. KKIEM), *' O Bbbwbb s> 00.,, BissorstOo. Dr. R. W. Worm, 800. C. H.AXi.sa, D. O.WatbbssUß, Bsq " " Honolulu "•• '• "" " I'orl lanil, Oregon. HAVING BEEN ENGAGED IN OUR PRE- nent business for upwards of seven years, and being located In a Are proof brick building, we are prepared toreceive and disposeof Island staples, such as Sugar,Rice, Syrups, Pulu, Coffee, Ac, to advantage. Consignments especially solicited for the Oregon market, to which personal attention will be paid, and upon which cashadvances will be made when required. Bar Fbarcisco Rbtbbsboss: Badger k Llndenberger, Jas. Patrick ft Co., W. T. Coleman ft Co., Fred. Iken, Stevens, Baker ft Co. POKTLABD RBFBIBBCbS: Ladd k Tllton. Leonard ft Orson. Allen fc Lewis. lIOKciIALC RsrsBBSCBS! Walker ft Allen, S. Savldgs. ITCOOKE* CASTLE ACrEIVTS FOR Wheeler & Wilson's SEWING MACHINES! MACHINE HAS ALLTHE LATEST improvements, and, addition former premiums, was THIS awarded the highest prise above all ■uropean and American in to Sewing Machines at the World's Izhlbitton In PARIS in IHI, and at the aMitninns. In London Id 18*2. Theevidenceof the superiority of this MachineIs stand ia tho record of its sales. In 1801— Tools, and Agrlealtaral Implements, The Graver ft Baker Company, Boston, ly 610 Fort Street. Tho FlorenceCompany Maaeachusetta HI If The ParkerCompany, Connecticut, J. M. Singer e> Co., Blew York, Flnkle k Lyon, " Cbas. W. Howland, Delaware, M. Greenwood ft Co., Cincinnati, 0., N. 8. C. Perkins, Monralk, 0., Victoria, Vnncourrr'a Island. Wilson B. Smith, Connecticut, ALL KINDS OF LIGHT Mlsold U,600, whilstthe Wheeler ft Wilson Company, of Bridge Particular B— paid consignments atteat 100 ofSandwick to CHINKRY, GUNS, LOCKS, Ac. N. t.i.hh' Produce. port, madeand sold l«,Ttt during the same period. Fort Street, opposite Odd Fellows' llall.l Btf 11 tl Mt-1* Victoria, VI, January 1.18*3. KxFlenas Cnll n»d Examine. Importer and DealerIn Hardware, Catlery, Mechanics' R. W. ANDREWS, MA.CECI3STIST. REPAIRS Janion, Green & Rhodes, Commission merchants, " �112 rII MARINE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1867. I; JOURNAL. DEPARTURES. Nov. 2—Am str Idaho, Connor, for San Francisco. 4-Schr San Diego, Terigstrom, for llowland's Island. S—II 11 M's S Alert, Knocker, f..r Tahiti. PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. 'I—Am ship Minnehaha, Buraiey, for Bakers Island. O—Am ship Ceyloo, Wood, for New Bedford. ARRIVALS. 6—Talr wh ship Norman, for Tahiti. B—Am wh Acora Barnes, Jeffrey, to cruise. Nov. I—Am wh ship This. Dickason, Jerncgan, from theArc- Nov. V—Am wh ah Aluura, Oaborne, In cruise. tic, with 775 bills wh oil and 12,000 lbs bone. 14—Am bk J W Beaver, Reanney, lor Sun Francisco. Waahingtr.ii, bk from with Baker, Arctic, 2—Am wh 14—Britbk Celestia, Knapp, for San Francisco. 1200 hbla wh nil rirril 18,000 Ilia bone. 14—Haw brig Kalliehamclui V, Stone, for Guano latands. 2—Am wh sh Roniiui,Viiiul, from Orhutsk, with 1000 v»'ll bk Oliver Crocker, Sa\ re, to cruise. 14—Am hhls wh oil and 10,000 Ilia lame. Nov. 10—Am wh lik J. 1). Thompson, Watrous, for cruise 2—Am wh Irk Nautilus, Bliven, from Arctic, with 750 and home. hhls wh oil and 12,000 lira lame. 10—Am wh sh (Jay Head, Kelley, for cruise. Arctic, with 600 Mils 3—Am wh bk Navy, Davis, rr hi-Airi wli bk Three Brothers. Tahcr, to cruise. wh oil mid 10,000 Ilia brine. 20—Am wh bk Minerva, I'.'iuiinran, to cruise arrd home. 3—Arrr wh all Jirell I'errv, (Jreen, Irons Arctic, with 21—Am wh sli Jir.li Peary, llemMtend, cruise a home. 1100 hhls wh nil ami 18,000 lbs bone. 21—Am wh bk Tamerlane, Winsl.iw, to cruise. 3—Am wh lik Minerva. iVmihiran, from Arctic, with Nov. 2.l—Am bk Bherini;, I.line, fur Hamburg. 1200 bbla wh oil and 20,000 Ilia boos, &!—Am wh bk Nautilus, Smith, to cruise. 3—Arrr wh Irk John Carver, Worth, iroln Arctic, with 2;l—Am wh ahip Europn, Mellen, to eruiae. 200 bbla <vh nil ami 3'"jo Iba liune. SB Aril wh strip fleo. Hiiwland, Knowies, to cruise. (rum Arctic, with 3—Am wh lik Champion, Worth, 24—Hew bk A. J. Paps, (iccrkeli, lor New Bedford. 400 l.lila wh nil ami 7,000 ilia lame. 26—Am wh bk Cicero, I'auii, to cruise. 3—Am wh all Ililieruia,l.uillnw, from Arctic, with 350 25—Am wli bk John Curver, Worth, to cruse. bbis ap and 1.100 bbla wli nil an.l 14,000 lbs lame. 20—Am wh ship Thus. Dickasuu, Jrnicguu, to eruiae. 3—Haw wh bk Eagle, Luvelaiiil, from Arctic, with 20—Am wli lik John I*. West, Foster, to cruise. 1200 bbla nil an.l 18,000 Ilia bona 29—Am wh ahip Uoiiiini, Yiiml, to eruiae. 4—Haw wh lik Oreguii, Mamim-n, from Ochutsk, with 29—Am wh ahip Adeline, Soule, to cruise. 860 bbla all nil awl s.noo Ilia hone. 4—Am wh lik J 1) Thompson, Hniwn, from Arctic, with 1200 lil.is wh oil and 18,000 Ilia bono. MEMORANDA. s—Am5 —Am wli lik Win Hil.lt, l.cfray, from Oclmlsk, with 700 bbla Wh nil ami 6,000 Ilia bone. 6—Am wh ah Geo Ilnwlaud,Kuuwles, from Arctic,with Krporl of Ship Thoa. UicUnsou. 700 bbls wh nil an.l 10,000 Ilia lame. 6—Brit brig Ana, 70 .lays from Guam. lavft. lli.n.ilulii April 3, 1867, arrd with favorable winds and from wit sh with 800 Corinthian, Lewis, Arctic, o—Am fair weather reached lit.- Anadir Sen. Saw KM Ural whale bbls wh oil and 13,000 Ilia lame. M:iy 15th, dark two (lie lliili. Passed tlirou([h the ire May 28th o—Am wh bk Monticello, I'hilllps, from Arctic, with ami arrived orr Cn|* Blu-ring the 2lith, dark a whale mr Iks 830 bills wh oilami 14,000 I Ira lame. | oUllr, tia.k fair whales along tile North allure, and passed the o—Am wh bk John P West, Tinker, from Arctic, with Straits June Utli. 15th arrrl l'llt .Inrre t.aik a whale. Maw but 000 bbla wh oil and 15,000 Ilia lime. ..lie chance di g<-ta whale after Unit, and dark him on tile 4tll i;—Arrr wh lik St Qesswe. Smile, from Arctic, with 980 !j July. Cruised in the Aretii: three months anil a day after takbbls wli nil an.l 10,000 Ilia bono. ing our last whale. Passed tile Straits Ocb.la-r 6lh, la.urrd 6—Fr wh sh Wlnslnw, l.abnate, from Arctic, with 700 Booth, wirrd N E with snow anil rain, Uar 28 7-10. Passed bbls wh oil ami 9.000 Ilia hone. fox Island Oct 11th, had a good run to Urns 158 W, [.at 33 N, (I—Am wh sh Gen Scott, Washburn, from Arctic, with light airs fur eight days ; then a good breeze to the then had 200 bbls wh nil arid 4000 Ilia bone. T.aik the wirrd 8 W after sighting the iHtrrl, and hud 7—Am wh sh Florida, Fordhnm, from Arctic, with 360 itIslands. days. Have 6 eases ofthe scurvy, J bail. lor three so blila wlr nil and .'1.00(1 Ilia lain... Haw or heard from tire following vessels orr or lifter Bent 16lh: 7—Haw wh lik llae Hawaii, HeMHDfSlono, from Arctic, Ciirinlliiaii, 4 whales; Wrlrslow, l.ebuate, 1 whale.; J P Lewis. with 100 bbla sperm '.mo bbla wh nil, 14,000 bene, W.at, Tinker, 6 whales. Kept 17th, George Hovuuat, Kimwles, 7—Am wh bk Cherokee, Bsdrldjre, frnrn Ochotsk, with ! 4 nhsliei Norman, child*, dean; .lamia, Smith, 4o bbla; si 400 hlila wh ml and 1,000 Ilia bone. George, Sowlc, 7 wliales. Kept 18lh, Trident, Rose, 4 whales. 7 —Am wh all Adeline, Smile, frnrn Arctic, with 25 bbls Sept 20th, Awaaborrks, Norton, 5 whales. Sept Mth, Progress, ■SBaTastSfl lib's wh nil and 3,500 Ilia lame. whales; Illinois, Davis, 7 whales.- Sept 20 Ar'live, Dowrlerr, 7—Am wh all Jus Ma\\\cll, Chtse, fn.tn Arctic, with Knlihison,26 whales; Martha, Thouras, 4 v.lndex; Aurora, Ave.'to bills a|ierm, 420 bbla Wh nil anil 11,000 Ilia lame. Adeline, Soule, 1 whales; Fanny, Ilunliiiß, 4 wlutlra; 5 line, 7—Am wh sh Cslltornis, Wiaal, frnrn Arctic, with 250 whales. Sept SKh Milo, Ilnwes, 2 whales. bbla wh oil and 6,000 Ilia bone. Been but few wlralea irr the Arr'tir, and have heard of have I 7—Am wh bk Oriole, Hayes,from Arctic, with 700 Mils a few iirul very shy, indeed. 1 think from the20th Jam to MM wh oil ami 12,000 Ilia bone. the Heel did not take over 70 whales, or one 7—Old'g wh lik Julian, Lubbers, frmn Arctic, Willi (JO 16th September, erieh. Home ships have dons well, marry have done very bud ; bbls sperm, 570 bbla wh nil anil 10,000lbs bone. in abort, the sermon has been one ol sore trial rind disappointfrom Arctic, with 650 bills' ment to many worthy man. 7—Am wh all Illniuia, Davis, N. M. Jbiinboan. a wh oil and 12,000 ll.s lame. 7—Am wh bk Awashonks, Norton, from Arctic, with 730 bbls wh oiland 11,000 IbaI It. purr of llnwniinn Bark K.njjlc. B—Am wh sh Europa, Mellen, from Ochotsk, with 900 bbls wh nil ami 12,000 Iba lame. Sailedhence April 10th, 18(17, for the Arrtic; passed (hrongh B—Old'g wli brig ('..met, frum Ochutsk, with 640 bbls Fox Islands, 172.1 passage May 7th, encountering strong head winds from N W to N N K. Was 15 days thence to Cape wh oil nml 7,000 lbs bone. B—Am wh Irk Nnrrnan, Chillis, frnrn Arctic, with 350 Noverlrr, with light northerly winrla and tine clear weather; lame. 6.000 Iba saw first bowhearl May 22d to westward ofCape Noverin, saw bbla wh oil and B—Arrr wh bk John Wells, llearr, from Arctic, with 140 next to N Eof Cape Thaddeus orr the 28th, weather thick and llaxy. Took first whale on the 28th. llir.l light airs arrd calms, arrd Iba bone bbls apcrru, 650 bbls wh nil 10,000 B—Am wh bk James Mriury, Cunningham, from Arctic, while In theAnadir Sea, erreouulerlirg but little ice up to the and Iba bone. entered the Straits about the Btlr of June,and the Arctic 8,000 hind, will) 600 bbls wli oil s—Brit sh Centurion, Higgina, 18 days fur S. Francisco. ! on thelltlr. Saw few whales on compass grounrl latter part of June, and took four in that month. During July aaw but very o—Am wh bk Eagle, ,McKeri7.ie, from Arctic, with 1000 bbls wb oil and 18,000 lbs lame. few whales, weather good. In August saw now and then a l.agialn, Fisher, from Arctic, witli 1100 whale; took one in August, weather bad blowing a gale nr.rst of B—Am wh bk more ; the time with thick foggy weather. September, weather bbla wh oil an.l 18.000 Iba bone. no whales. On the 28lh, 89th and 30th 12—Am wh sh Mil", Ilawea, from Arctic, with 250 bbls moderate but few or Iju. Took our Long. few whales 00. 00', in 71 174 and lbs bone. saw a 3000 oil ° wh 1200 bills 12—Am wh bk Java, Enos, from Ochutsk, with 390 bbls last whaleOct. 2d, making 14 all told, yielding about j oil atal 18,000 lbs. bone. October 3d, made the ice in Lnk 71 ° wh oil and 4000 Iba wh bone. 12—Am wb bk; Peru, Smith, from Arctic, with 100 bbls 30. Saw no whales after the 2d of October. Passed F.ast so, 200 bbls wb oiland 1500 Iba bone. I Capeon theBth, weather thick and snowing most of the time; 16—H B M ship Chanticleer, Bridges, 42 days from Val- jBth snrl 10th blowing a gale with thick snowstorm. Passed St. Mathews on the 10th; 172dpassage on the 14th. On the paraiso. 17—Haw brig Fire Fly,;Cl)»pinan, 21 days from S. Fran I 27th, In Ijlt. 2»° 40', Long. 162° 00'; spoke ship Morenos, with 25 bbls Little, 3 whales 250 barrels, hound to Hilo for letters thence to | bs Trident, Rose,from Arctic, 17—Am wh Maui: aighted East Maui on the 30th, waa becalmed off the sp, 860 bbls wh oil and 12,000 Iba bone. 56 land for two days with uccasional squalls from southward. On frmn bk with Sunbeam, Barrett, Arctic, 17—Amwh bbla sp, 600 bbls wh oil and 9,000 1ba hone. the2d a light br.■>•/.•■ set in from S E aud squally with rain. On morning of the 3d arrived off Ditnond Head, 26 days from 17—Amwhwhoil bk Midaa, Drake, from Arctic, with 860 bbla Eaa( Res|iectfully yours, B. F. Lovilano, Cspe. and 8,000 lbs bone. Master of bark Eagle. 19—Am achr Flying Dart, Sweet, 18 days from Tahiti. 20—Am wh bk Courser, Ifamhlin, from Hilo. 27—Haw- ship lolani, Green, 166 days from Boston. Report or Ship St. George. 27—Am bk D. C. Murray, Bennett, 21 daya from S. F. Took 13 whales, making 920 bbla. of oiland 14,000 lbs. bone. Passed East Cape Oct. 12, in company with J. P. West, 000 DIED. bbls, and bark llae Hawaii, 1000 all told. Passed 7*l passage Oct. 21, irr company wiib J. P. West and a bark we called the Beoelkkn—At the Queen's Hospital, Nov. 10,Mr. D. Segel- Vineyard. On the 26th p.iss.-.l a ship we called the Oregon. ken, of Bremen. He came a passenger frum Stan Francisco per We took 6 whales from the 25th of September to Ist of Oct., Idaho, lie was burled under the direction of F. A. Schaefer, N E and N Mr from Herald Island, then the ice came down, Esq., Prussian Consul. and with it bad weather. Ilarl bod weather all of August, ami Uow.cn—At Sea, in the Arctic. Oct 1, Mr. George A. Ilowen. most of September. Have been as far North as 73° 10',In aged 42 years, 2d officer of GeneralSrott. He was on duty ami I-ong. about 173° West. This season is the moat remarkable one knowd by whalemen out in one of the boats when be died. His remains were brought to Honolulu and interred to the Nuuanu Valley Cemetery. He for the acarcity of lee, and the good weather prevailing duriag the lirsl and middle jrart of the season. Otoken, a very intellibelonged to Fair Haven, Mass. SiiK\riKK—On board the William h Henry, August 8, Mr. gent native at Indian Point, told me they had two months Autone Shearer, tlje ship's cooper. Ilia disease was dropsy. south wind last winter, which I think accounts for tllenpennesa He wmh wellknown in Honolulu,having sailed out of this port. of the season. He also told rrn that his brother saw a ship . < ; ° ' smoking «ff the Diomedea, In December, tv mar n» I could make out, supposed to be the Ontario. Ships heard from up to October 6th i Addellne, 3 whales; Progress, 3 do, California, 8 do*, Lagoda, 16 do; Massachusetts, 16 do; Ocean, 6 do; Active, 6 do; Peru, 1 do; Martha, 1 do; Heine, 1 do; Janus, 2 do. and 2 tiptvacka; I.ydla, 2 do; General Scott, 3 do. The second officer of the General Scott, named Bowen, dropt>ed dead tn his boat, aa hit boat itcerer struck a whale, lie came out first officer with Capt. Ilathaway in the Lydia. October 31—In I.at. 26, Long. 156 42, run in to a kona or southern, with a large aea and heavy squalls. Dlowcd away saila, and stturted the leak a fresh up to 2200 strokes, wore ship to N E, the barometer aoon begiui to rise and the gale moderated. Ship George llowland was in company at the time. tt. H. Sm in, Maater of ahip St. George. The I*iirtc«-Ni Whale yet. Mr. Editori—-As all the brethren say, youlike to get a few liiu-H from every one, tilling when and when- they see and catch whales, to here's my report i We left Honolulu April 24, aighted rthamagin Island May 10th, and saw nothing till we reached Uueen Charlotte's Island where we saw a few whales und struck only two, one of which we saved. Left the Kodiack July 6, for Bristol Bay, passing through the Ounimac passage. Alter cruising theresome time,with good weather but no whales, went t<> Hi. Paul's Island, where we took our first whale Aug. IT, ami the last on the 27th, making seven In all alwut the inland. The third one we took was a atunner, aud deserves ■pajeM mention. It was the biggest whale, by at least oneijuurUT, that I ever saw alongside a ahip. My third mate kept a tally of what turned out at the cooler, and It yielded three hundred and ten barrels and nineteen gallons. It waa not ho fat as some we caught. I have taken whales thut tiave made 250 barrels of oil, but never aaw sne that would compare in size with this. I think it must have been one of the original whales that Noah had charge of, which has been growing ever since. During August and September, we had fineweather mostly. Early in October, had a gale. Put away for the Islands on the 7lli, arriving here ou the 26th Oct, with 1000 barrels oil and Yours, respectfully, UOOO iMmnda bone. J. B. WINSLOW, � Master bark Tamerlane. Report of Bark Jinn. Shantar Bay, July 27th. Standing toward Silas Bichards' bluff, boiling, we raised a smoke toward Shantar Gut. which I supposed to he another whaler trying out. Soon after, however, we discovered it to be a Ruasiiin steamer coming toward ua, apparently under full steam. Hoisting his flag and throwing open his porta, I ran up my ensign and hauled aback. An officer came on board and ordered me immediately on hoard the steamer. On arriving on board the llussian vessel, the commander wanted to know what 1 was doing there. I told him, whaling of course. Without more ado I was ordered to leave the baya within 24 hours. I told him I had boat* in Mercury Bay, and could not leave until 1 had them on board. Hit. answer was, boats or no boats, within 24 hours you mutt leave, or you will Ik: taken to Nicolawaky or blown out of water, as I shall think proper. I told the Commodore that I had "whaled it" in these bays for the last 17 wars, and never had heard of any one being driven out, nor even a whisper that sue It might !■<• the caseat some future time. My Im;uis very opportunely returned tbe same night, and I left The bark Endeavor, however, knowing nothing Shantar Bay. of the trouble, rume there a few days after, and hail her boats lired at by this same vessel. They immediately pulled for their vessel,and were not troubled farther than to receive the same ordi-rs I had. The American screw steamer Rover, of Boston, arrived at Port Ayan October 3d, with a numerous collection of valuable furs, having seen chartered by a fur company tor the purpose. On board were the crew ofthe wrecked Russian steamer Saghalian, which went ashore a month previous near Tlgiel, went coast ofKamtschatka. She was to leave the 9th, Intending to land the wrecked crew near Nlcolawsky, and then proceed to Nagasaki, Japan. M. Enos, Master hark Java. Report of Ship lels.nl. Sailed from Boston on the 16tb of June; was 32 daya to the equator, and 33 days from thence to 60 In the South Atlantic; passed through theStraits of I.eMaire, Aug. 28th, and was 20 days between the Straits and Cape Horn. Experienced heavy gales almost without Intermission all through themonthof September, alternating every few hours between southwest and wesi-northwest, together with an unusually strong east-northeast current, makini; a tremendous cross sea. Went as far south as 61 30', where we found a smoother sea and less current. Was 44 daya from 60° in theAtlantic to 60° In the Pacific. Had northwest winds all along the coast of Chile, and was 38 days from 50° south to the equator; crossed tn long. 120° 30'; was 18 daya thence to this port—l64 days passage. ° Bsthki, Eipbnses roa IB«7.—Ae vrt hsvt recently invited our aes-foriDg friends in contribute for repairs sod exuenac*, we make the following statement i S 20 in Debt, January 1,1867 44 SO Ilyasn-nooks, for use in Bethel, 312 00 PsJntinl!, irrside and outside, kc, SO OS December 1, Incidentalexpeuaea, up to |S87 42 11* 0° 160 00 Contributed by Foreign resident., " " Shipmasters, SO* 00 Total, $1*° 42 Debt unpaid, XT Donations solicited. DONATION* FOB GbaTUITOUS DISTBIBUTIOK OF THK Fbiknd.—Bhip "Nile," $6; bark Montlrello," jr.; bark "Peru," $6, by C. A. Williams, Esq., Agent; F. A. Bcliaeter, Ksq., $5. Donations fob Buffobt of Bbthbi..—Dr. Kennedy, $10; K. A. Schaefer, F.s<|., 15 ; Mr. Horden, ship Roman," $3. " " � 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 (1867) 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 - 1867.12.02 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1867.12.02