https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/b2a4cd633e148e56ca791c079ead166d.pdf 30ffb3c7cc3984b5c55620dcc8164028 PDF Text Text THF E RIEND JBetoSttics, Vol. )8, #a. 4.1 HONOLULU, COXTICiNTN F«r April. 1808. Newj»pnp<*ri;il {iossip Funeral Address My Chart Toleration in Polynesia News from JajHin.... A Statesman's View of Christian Duty A Timely Innovation. ...-. Fainom Whale's Tooth from Fiji Death of Rev. Ana Thurston Temperance Publications (ijiiiuib-iiisin at the Mtfqueaaa founds Incident in an Editor's Life Death of Archdeacon Williams. New Orphan Asylum, Vrilsjo. Island of Niuc, or Savage Island Missionary Packets TheStonewall Bible Translation A Noble Marquesan Mother. The S.ml's Dreaiuings—Poetry /The llur|*rs. Western BektuOm in China TheSail' .r's M arriage Fee Word* of tSxptirtaocsj Marine News, tfcc Religious Pack. 25 Mitt 20, '27 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 28 R 28 29 29 29 29 -J •• 39 32 32 112 THE Fill END. APRIL I. 1808. Newspaperial Gossip. Among our exchanges we notice great improvements in the style and character of several. For example, the Pacific, of San Francisco, is greatly enlarged and improved. It is a live paper, aggressive and spirited. Somebody connected with the concern uses the scissors to good purpose, while the original matter is terse, pointed and direct. The Boston Congregationalist and Recorder is the best specimen of Puritanism that floats in this direction. It is beautifully printed, and very readable. The reader is not compelled to look twice before he can discern the words. The New York Independent is very independent, and a little waspish ; but for vigor, life, out-spokenism, and many good qualities, and an occasional one not quite so good, we are free to confess that it is a very prince of newspapers. No man will go to sleep while reading the Independent. Here comes the Advance, published in Chicago, and at one bold step it has advanced to the front rank of religious newspapers. The editors and writers for this paper believe in Chicago as a city, and the " great valley " as the future home of unborn millions. When we read I (Dm Series, »Bl._25. APRIL 1. 18C8. tlie Advance, we are actually compelled to We feel as if upon a railroad car, going at the rate of the fastest express train. If a man wishes to get thoroughly waked up, we advise him to subscribe for the Advance. The New York Observer comes cool, calm and collected, venerable and sedate. We have read the Observer ever since subscribing for it when a sophomore in Amherst College in 1833. We take up the Observer whenever, in the language of the Psalmist, we would '■ walk about Zion, and go round about her." The Observer is a real observer, ever looking about with candor and sobriety, ever dignified, and sometimes a little fussy. The British Independent, published in London, has recently been received. We have not read its pages sufficiently to make up our mind upon its character. At some future time we may gossip about it, and some other newspapers which lie upon our table. We believe in newspapers. They are a power in religion and politics. We pity the man that jogs along through life, but does not read one or more good, live, stirring, wideawake, honest, out-spoken weekly journals. With our exchanges before us, we feel acquainted with all parts of the world, and that Honolulu is really a centre, as much so as New York, London, the " Hub," Paris, Chicago, or Pekin. hold our breath. Some of the seamen attached to the British vessels of war recently visiting Honolulu, have been constant attendants at the Bethel religious and temperance meetings. One of them, when leaving, thus writes the colporteur : "lam sorry to inform you that we have received orders to leave. I wish to ask of you a favor before I leave ; it is, that you will send me a few tracts and -two volumes of the Friend, and any other books to employ the mind. You must Temember me to-night at the meeting, and tell the members that so long as the Temperance Legion shall stand, I trust in God (hat my name shall stand also on your books, and wherever I go, I shall noise abroad the Honolulu Temperance Legion." 25 FUNERAL ADDRESS, liv.-r.-.l Miirrh I 2lb. I 808. by K«'v. Ell Cs»l~ «»( ll»» HlMtlss ol R" vv.ia. .hi 111** ...»-ii-ioi» Abbs Thnr»l.M. »■••• oflhr Aiurrit-nu I'iun.er rHlsaslssißirlSa ft ItlT llixtiiii.in l.lutlda. I)< " Tlie hoary lie i'l is a crown of glory, if it befound In the way utri'rjiteou.siiess."—l'nov. xvi: 81. No ordinary event is that which calls us together in solemn assembly to-day. Two races unite to pay a grateful tribute of respect to the departed patriarch of a mission which has been the best gift of the one race to the other. Forty-eight years ago this very month, on the 31st of March, 1820, the deceased reached the shores of Hawaii with the pioneer missionaries sent out by the American Board to evangelize these then benighted and barbarous islands. This day of his burial is just one month less than forty-eight years from the day when he and the still surviving companion of his earthly pilgrimage (who has cared for him so tenderly during the closing years of his life) were stationed at Kailua, the ancient residence of the Hawaiian kings. And there, for more than forty years, he continued to reside and to labor as the honored pastor of a large and very important parish. The instructor, for a time, of both Kamehameha 11. and Kamehameha 111., his influence upon the conduct and disposition, especially of the latter, must have been very great, at a period in Hawaiian history when it was most important to secure the good will of those highest in authority, and when the word of the king was law and his will was absolute. But, as is ever the case with the faithful minister, his influence was greatest and his usefulness most apparent among the masses of the common people. Never once leaving the Islands for forty years, he was honored of natives and foreigners alike as a faithful, patient, persistent worker, steadfast, and abiding in one stay far beyond the ordinary duration of missionary life. Indeed I know not that in the entire history of missions a like instance is recorded of one remaining so long upon the field and at a single post, during the life time of a whole generation, without revisiting the home of his childhood or visiting any other land. Only when advancing age and repeated strokes of paralysis had rendered him incapable of service ; only when his strong hand lost its cunnine and his tongue had begun to give a doubtful utterance, did he consent to resign �26 THE FRIEND, APRIL, 1868. his pastorate at Kailua that he might spend the closing yenrs of his life in this city. Here how beautiful the evening time of his life. What a privilege to us and to our children to have before us that venerable form and that benignant countenance, a perfect picture of the patriarchs and prophets of olden times not soon effaced from the memory. Infancy with its budding beauty and its. fragrance of a new life is lovely in its gentleness and innocence. Youth with its vigor of ripening ambitions and maturing powers is interesting indeed ; but no sight on earth is more impressive than a beautiful old age. In his case the outward appearance was but the truthful expression ol the inward life ; a calm and undisturbed repose of faith; a rest in Jesus which knew no solicitude ; a sublime quietude of soul which felt no fear. The hoary head is indeed a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. But he died not of old age. With marvelous physical powers, perhaps unsurpassed in his day by those of any other resident upon these Islands, whether native or foreigner, he might but for the attacks of disease, have survived n century. The brain and nervous system were first to give way, beforehis hearing was impaired, his eye became dim, or his natural force abated. That well compacted and well proportioned frame seemed too strong to be torn down even when the mind had ceased to maintain a logical succession of thoughts, and his conversation, a strange mixture of Hawaiian, English and Latin, had for the most part ceased to be coherent. Those of us who were permitted to visit him near the close of life cannot soon forget those more lucid intervals when for a little the soul reasserted its power over the tongue, nnd with indescribable pathos and earnestness he exclaimed, " My love for Jesus is very great." Nor can I soon forget that responsive smile with which he gave assent to what was said of the preciousness of Christ to the believer's soul, when his tongue could no longer give utterance to his thoughts, and his eyes were already glassy with the film of death. Governed by principle, and not by impulse, in his habits of devotion, he persisted in leading at family prayers as a priest in his own household, till he could no longer frame sentences correctly ; and after that to the last day of his life, nothing made him more restless and uneasy than the omission of the Tegular family devotions at the appointed hour, nor did anything soothe and comfort him so much as prayer. Though remarkably taciturn all through life, yet he was hardly less remarkable for a quiet humor which was kept in subjection to his Christian dignity, while it did much to make him agreeable in social life, and to make him buoyant in spirit under all the trials of missionary labor. And this cheerful temper and Christian mirthfulness characterized him to the last. No pleasantry was lost upon him even when his memory of the past became a blank, and he could not recognize his family or his friends. His peculiarly rich and well trained voice, even when age had somewhat shattered it, gave forth at times such tones as made it a feast of melody to my ear to have him seated for yean close at my right hand in the sane- tuary. Neither the choir nor the congregation were ever disturbed by his singing out of time or out of tune, while the general effect of congregational singing was greatly improved by that remarkable voice of manly power, yet of womanly sweetness, to which we shall listen, in the service of song, never more. Alas, one more praying voice is silenced, one more loving heart is cold, one more tongue so eloquent in praise is still. But though the organs of utterance fail to communicate his thoughts and feelings to mortal ears, who can tell the highet blessedness of that intimate communion he holds with Him who planted the ear and who knows our thoughts before we utter them. That powerful frame, that manly form, is shut up within the narrow house of Death, but his freed spirit is not holden of his dominion. The weary body rests, but the soul has entered upon a career of higher and holier activity. That hoary head shall soon be a buried" crown : but how far are its beauty and excellence transcended by that crown of glory which he wears who' already reigns with Christ, consecrated a king and a priest unto God. And there are stars in that crown. How mmiy already garnered in glory, while ascribing all the honor to Christ, the sin atoning Lamb, have occasion to welcome him with peculiar joy as, under Christ, the faithful shepherd and bishop of their souls. What a debt of gratitude do the vast congregation worshiping in this sanctuary owe to the God of all grace for the services of the departed. Their beloved pastor, whose absence to-day is so much regretted, could speak eloquently to his people of his personal indebtedness to him whom he greatly honored and tenderly loved as a spiritual father. For it was to the blessing of God upon a sermon preached by Father Thurston that he ascribed that personal interest in religion which resulted in his conversion. So is the life of the deceased reproduced not only in the missionary life of his own son laboring upon another island of this group, nor yet alone in thelives of many natives still living who mourn for him as for a father, but with redoubled power and energy is it reproduced in the ministry of hiin who now occupies a central position of influence as pastor of the great congregation accustomed to worship here. The materials are wanting for a complete record of the life of the deceased, but his record is on high. And what a life as it is recorded there, ansfcas God and angels contemplate it. What a life of honor and usefulness as even we are permitted to see it. What an encouragement to the pioneers of Christian missions who go forth to the waste places of the earth to plant the standard of the cross among the barbarous tribes, the thought that they too may be permitted to witness the fruit of their toil in a renovated nation, in a converted people, in a heathen tribe liberated and lifted up by the power of the gospel. What a life devoted to the temporal and eternal well being of thousands upon thousands who have lived and died under his honored ministry. What a life, compassing in its span the entire history of Christian civilization in these islands of the sea. Yet what is this to that unending life of glory and blessedness upon which he has entered. The days of the years of his pilgrim- age have been four score years; but that heavenly life is measured by larger cycles, and its successive periods shall be made more and more illustrious by yet higher joys and more distinguished services. Heaven is not mere reception of knowledge and absorption of bliss; it is holiness in action. There is fullness of joy, because perfection of love. There are pleasures forevermore, because spiritual employments in which the soul can never grow weary. With renewed zeal and untiring patience let us labor, that we too may see the fruit of our toil, and win at least the welcome plaudit, " Well done good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord." For Ihe Friend. MY CHART. Navigating the ocean of life, exposed to storms, and tempests, and adverse currents; in constant danger from shoals, and sunken rocks, and breakers, and maelstroms, I am in great need of a good chart, and reliable sailing directions. Some tell me that such are found in the Bible. I watch those who observe the sailing directions in the Bible, and I see that they are wonderfully free from disasters from foundering in mid-ocean, from drifting upon sunken rocks and shoals, or driving upon reefs and rooks, or being sucked down by maelstroms. 1 watch them as long as possible, and when they have reached the earthly horizon, and are just ready to disappear beyond, there often seems a strange light arounH them as if from a brighter world, and their sigtmls indicate exultant expectation as though they were looking into their desired haven, and were about to enter, without the least anxiety,—with : joyous anticipations. I watch those who neglect the Bible and follow some other chart, and I see some go down in darkness and storm soon after beginning their voyage. Some have drifted into the gulf of Intemperance, from which no current sets, no winds blow to favor (heir getting out. And much of the time this gulf is covered with fog, which stupefies the senses and turns the brain, and causes recklessness of danger. Besides, vessels sailing in this gulf are soon covered with barnacles, and the lower timbers decay, and the rigging and sails show signs of being weak or worn. Thus speedily becoming unseaworthy, what else is to be expected than that they should sink and be seen no more? More dangerous than Scylla and Charybdis of olden time, are certain low lands inhabited by her whose house is the way to hell. All along the coast of her dominions are sunken rocks, towards which the winds ever blow, and the current ever sets. And far out to sea are borne her songs, more fascinating than were those of the sirens, against which Ulysses took such precautions. In the chart of the Bible these dangers are plainly pointed out, and the navigator is warned to be on his guard. But many a heedless, infatuated youth, neglecting his chart, has run on to these rocks and been lost. But some endeavor to destroy my confidence in my chart, by telling me of contradictions, and of differences in different copies. And what if five hundred is mentioned as the number of inhabitants of a certain island in one copy of the chart, and seven hundred in �another ? Some transcriber may have made a mistake. But what have such discrepances to do with the reliability of the chart, so long as the correct latitude and longitude of the island are given?—so long as 1 see those who trust to it going on prosperously, avoiding rocks, and shoals, and dangerous currents, and the signals of those who would entice to destruction ? No, my confidence in my chart is becoming stronger every year, and I intend to use it, and to be guided by it, until a better is offered. And I would say to fellow navigators, " Mind this, the best, the only trustworthy chart. Look out for the breakers of which it warns you. Avoid the dangerous quick-sands, and reefs, and straits, and rooks, and currents which it points out. Beware of the signals of those who wish to have you run on 10 the rocks." Nauta. Religious Toleration in Polynesia. Some years ago the missionaries of the London Missionary Society were grossly interfered with and interrupted in their labors at the Loyalty Islands by the Catholic priests, supported by French vessels of war. A representation of the facts was made direct to the French Government at Paris, when the following Imperial letter was issued : " Gentlemen :—1 have received the complaints which you have addressed to me relative to the recent proceedings ol the Governor of New Caledonia in the Loyalty Islands. I have caused a letter to be written to Commandant Guillain, condemning any measure which might impede the free exercise of your ministry in those distant countries. 1 am certain that, far from raising difficulties in the way of the representatives of the French authority, the Protestant missions, like the Catholic, will aid it in spreading amongst the aborigines of that archipelago the benefits of Christianity and civilization. of my " Receive, gentlemen, the assurance Napoleon." distinguished sentiments. " Tuileries, Jan. 24, 1865.'' So far as facts have come to our knowledge, this decided measure on the part of the Emperor had the desired effect. We are inclined to think that the moral impression of that letter is now felt in other groups. We received a letter a few days since from Mr. Thomas Lawson, an Englishman long resident at the Marquesas Islands. We copy as follows : Marquesas Islands, " Uauna, February 8, 1868. ) \ laws now at Nukahiva are salutary and strictly enforced, and the natives are afraid to break them. The Catholic mission is going to put Sisters of Charity at Hatiheu, but the Governor forbids the mission using any kind of force to make the natives come to their meetings, for, says he, all religions are free, with the exception of criminal ceremonies, and human victims must not be offered. The present new President will not give permits to the natives to buy liquors. The whites can buy as much as they like so long as they behave themselves, but they are not allowed to give away liquors to the natives, nor sell any to a stranger under a heavy penalty." ." The 27 THE FRIEND, APRIL, 1868. News from Japan. men. How vast the change in the public sentiment upon this subject in England during the last half century. It was not in vain that Wilberforce and his noble co-adjutors labored, and insisted that India should be open to the labors of Christian missionaries. Let no one imagine that it is an act of condescension for the great and elevated to contribute of their means and influence lo adlas Mrmorlisias. vance Christianity among the heathen. ChrisRear Admiral Bell, United States Navy, tians of all classes should esteem it their was a native of North Carolina, having been highest privilege to engage in ihis good work. born at that place in the year 1805. The late Admiral entered the service as a A Timely Innovation. midshipman on the 4th of August, 15123. "In connection with the regular meetings During the recent civil war he was, in 1861, in command of the United States steam cor- of the Association of Baptist Ministers of vette Hartford on the Mississippi, where he London, a costly and elegant dinner has been greatly distinguished himself, and was pro- provided by the church with which they met, moted to the rank of Captain. He then took and as is the custom with such bodies in command of the United States sloop of war England, wine has been abundantly used. Brooklyn, and was present at the second at- At the Inst meeting, which was held in the tack on Vicksburg, after which service he church of Rev. Baptist Noel, he had the boldwas appointed Flag Captain of the Missis- ness lo introduce a much-needed change, sippi, or West Gulf Squadron, under the The table was bountifully hut plainly spread, command of Admiral Farragut. After leav- and without trine. Mr. Noel, in calling their ing the Brooklyn, Admiral Bell was placed attention to the tact, said that it was not from in temporary command of the West Gulf parsimony or poverty, hut that he was satisBlockading Squadron, and was raised to the fied that the brethren were going too far, and that without discussing the question whether rank of Commodore in 1862. In January, 1864, he left the above named wine should be used at the social board or squadron, took command of the Asiatic not, religious bodies were better without it. Squadron in 1865, and was created Rear His fearless stand and praiseworthy example Admiral on the 25th of July, 1866. In ac- was generally approved, and will probably cordance with a rule of the American naval lead to a desired reformation." service, which requires an officer to retire on We copy the above paragraph from one of his completing forty-five years' service, or on our exchanges. We say, better late than attaining the age of 62 (with certain special never." All honor to the" Hon. and Rev. exceptions), the late Admiral retired on the has 12th of April lust, and had only retained Baptist Noel for the stand which he command of the Asiatic Squadron whilst taken. For the honor of the clergy of Engawaiting the arrival of his successor, Rear land, we hope the entering wedge which hus Admiral Stephen C. Rowan, who is now on now been entered may be vigorously driven, his way to the far East. Pending the arministers and Christian peorival of Admiral Rowan, Commodore Golds- until Christian are entirely separated from all participaborough, of the United States steamship She- ple nandoah, will assume command of the squad- tion in the dram-drinking practices of Engron in these waters. land. The affairs of Japan, as well as of China, appear to be in a most unsettled state. The intelligence is sad respecting the death of the American Rear Admiral Bell, his Flag Lieutenant, and ten sailors, by the upsetting of a Iwat at Osaka. We copy the following respecting the Admiral from the Japan Herald : Famous Whale's Tooth from the Fiji I Islands.—Whpn the United Stales steamGladstone, the Hon. W. E. late Chancellor ship Tuscarora, Capt. Stanley, visited Honoof the English Exchequer, at the recent an- ! lulu a few months since, he exhibited this in tbe esniversary of the Societyfor the Propagation famous tooth. We have no doubt, Thakombau, that tooth is timation of King of tjje Gospel in Foreign Parts, closed an the to seal "great importance of equal " of eloquent address on the duty of English frgm the following other We copy nations. Christians to increase their liberality in supporting and extending its missions, with this a late American paper : treaty with the Fiji islands has noble sentiment: " The the Department of State. It is a reached truth, almost It is almost an elementary tooth, richly variegated in color, with " whale's a truism, to lay down this doctrine, that strongly twisted grass at the end. By it the Christians, individual Christians, and a peo- King mortgages his islands to the United ple of Christians, have positively no right to States for three years as security for the payenter into social and civil relations with those ment of the remaining installments of indemparts of the world that are not Christian, and nity on account of his subjects having eaten to decline to communicate to them the great some American sailors many years ago. The treasure which they possess in the Christian is to prevent the rival King from religion, and without which all other treas- President war against the legitimate sovereign bringing ures are valueless." of the Fijis. The King's instructions are It is highly gratifying to see that correct that if the President accepts the tooth, the views upon the subject of foreign missions to treaty is to be considered established, otherthe heathen are entertained by some public wise it's to be returned." A Statesman's View of Christian Duty. ! �THE FRIEND, APRIL, 1868. 28 THE FRIEND. APRIL. 1. ISOS. Death or Rev. Asa Tuurston.—Another of the American Pioneer Missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands has passed away. The Rev. Asa Tiii'H.«ton was born in Fitohburgh, Mass., Oct. ]2th, 1787,and died in Honolulu, March 11th, 1868, at the advanced age of 80 years. He graduated at Vale College, in New Haven, in 1816, and at Andover Theological Seminary, in 1810. Among his class-mates at Andover, were his Associate, the Rev. H. Bingham; the Rev. Cyrus Byington, missionary to the Choctaw Indians; the Rev. Dr. King, missionary to Athens, Greece; the ltev. Dr. Orvi'.le Dewey, and several others who have become distinguished for their talents as divines ami scholars. Soon after leaving the Seminary, he was married to Miss Lucy Qoodale, of Marlborough, Mass., who has ever been his faithful wife and companion in all the toils, labors and privations of missionary life. They embarked at Boston, Oct. 23d, 1819, with their missionary associates, on board the brig Thaideut, Capt. Blancbard. Itcfore sailing, Mr. Thurston made a farewell address in Park Street Church. The vessel reached tiie islands March 30, 1820, and Mr. and Mrs. Thurston were assigned to the station at Kailua, Hawaii, the old residence of the kings of the Islands. There they resided for more than forty years, until, through infirmities of age, they removed to Honolulu. Here he has spent the few closing years of an eventful life, respected and esteemed, honored and beloved. As a missionary of the American Board of Missions, he haa ever labored with great usefulness and success. His knowledge of the native language and character was most thorough. As a preacher, he was ever much beloved by the native Hawaiians, as he spoke their language with great purity and idiomatic accuracy. In the early years of tho mission, his labors as a translator were arduous and successful In this great work, he was associated with Bingham, Richards, Bishop, Green, Andrews, Dibble and others. It fell to his lot to translate parts of Genesis, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and the whole of Samuel, 2d of Kings, and some other parts of the Bible. His funeral was attended on Thursday last, by both Hawaiians and foreigners, from the Ist Church in Honolulu. The following was the order of exercises: Prayer, in Hawaiian, by Rev. L. Smith; Address, iv English, by Rev. E. Corwin; Address, in Hawaiian, by Rev. L. H. Gulick; Prayer, in English, by Rev. 8. C. Damon; Benediction, by ltev. 11. Bingham, jr. The absence of the Rev. Mr. Parker, Pastor of the Church, was much regretted. If opuce would aUow, it would be easy to indulge in a train of remark, contrasting the present witli the post. When our departed Father in the Ministry arrived, all was one wide moral heathen waste. Idolatry was abolished, but the work of reducing the language to a written form, and the endless toil of a missionary's life, was to be entered upon. Now, how changed the moral aspect ! The deceased leaves a widow and three children and numerous grand children to ruouru his loss. All who were acquainted with tho lite and labors of ths deceased, are ready involuntarily to exclaim, nf CM. well done, " Servant Re»i from thy loved employ. Ami while eternal age* run, Host in toy Havlor'sJ >v " Capt. Brown, commanding the Stonewall, informs us that he was once a member of the Sunday-school connected with the church where Rev. H. W. Beecher was settled in Indianapolis. Furthermore, that he bought for eight dollars the school-house where Mr. Beecher is reported to have pmched ,he first sermon in that region. Death ok the Venerable Archdeacon H. Wjlliams.of New Zealand.— Persons familSome twenty years ago Herman Melwith iar the history of the English Mission ville published his romances, " Typee " and Zealand, at New will readily recall the early " Omoo," relating to the Marquesas Islands. missionary Williams. He has been conmuch Some silly people were so charmed with the work there nected since 1822, or account with Melville's glowing ofthose islanders living in their then state of nature, during a period of forty-five years. He was that they joined in the old story that mission- stationed at the Bay of Islands, in the northaries were a useless body of men, and might ern part of the group, at a port which was as well remain at home. Our correspondent, much frequented by whaleships in former Mr. Liiwson, thus writes us from the Mar- times. Originally Archdeacon Williams was quesas under date of February Sth : "A few an officer in the British navy, hut constrained months ago the Typees(Melville's old friends) by a desire to preach the gospel among the killed nnd eat a MO, The Governor has heathen, he retired from the navyand entered been there with a war steamer, burnt down the missionary field, among a savage, wild, all the houses, and took the two principal barbarous and cannibal people. His record murderers and sent them to Tahiti for trial, has been a noble one. Most emphatically and put all the Typees—men, women arid has he been a messenger of peace. Capchildren—under tribute of two weeks work, tain Gardner, the devoted missionary who and to be at his call whenever he wants perished by starvation in the bleak and cold region of Terra del Fuego, was also in early them." We have referred to Melville's " Typee." life an officer in the British navy. So also The following facts may merit a place in the was the Rev. Mr. Nobbs, pastor among the next edition of Disraeli's " Curiosities of Lit- Pitcairners on Norfolk Island. erature." The first edition of Melville's book Temperance Publications.—Capt. A. D. contained a few pages of low slanderous par- Wood, late of the British ship Oracle, but agraphs respecting the Sandwich Island mis- now residing in Vallejo, California, has sent sionaries. A certain merchant we wot of per Comet a box of temperance publications. was so much pleased with the " hits" at the They are the publications of the " Scottish missionaries, that he ordered fifty copies for Temperance League." The total cost, in gratuitous distribution. But 10, when the Glasgow, was £6, or $30. Many thunks for books arrived, they were of the second edithis timely donation. At a late meeting of tion, with the "hits" omitted. The books the Honolulu Temperance Legion, a vote of remained for a longtime unsold in one of the thanks was passed, thanking Capt. Wood for auction-rooms of Honolulu. Without the this remembrance. We have been acquainted " hits," they would not sell, and they were with him for years, and can bear" testimony not worth giving away. to his high toned sentiments upon tbe temIncident in an Editor's Life.—As we sat perance question. Wherever he sails, he is writing in our sanctum, preparing articles for always forward in advocating temperance the forthcoming imu.ber of the iriend, we principles. Would that every shipmaster was were interrupted by a sailor from the Sea equally earnest in the good cause. Breeze, with this message: "Capt. HamilNew Orphan Asylum in Vallejo, Caliton's compliments, with this turtle, which he fornia.—This institution is founded by the has been keeping expressly for you." It may well be said that a better time is coming, " Templars," a temperance .organization in when poets no longer live in garrets, and California. Capt. Wood, who is a member, thus us : " Our California Templars editors live on turtle soup. We have long are writes in a good work, which we hope engaged been intending to write an item complimentto make their existence more enwill tend ing the masters of whaleships, and onljrwish we had done so before Capt. Hamilton sent us during than the temperance organizations this " hig turtle," for hereafter we fear that which have preceded and passed away. They whatever we may write, our motives will be have purchased 100 acres of land ; 20 acres suspected. are for the site of an Orphan's Home, and The Rev. Thomas Thurston (son of the -remainder, 334 shares, or town lots, at the Rev. Asa Thurston, wrhone death we now $100 each, are to lie sold. The town or city chronicle) preached at the Bethel on Sabbath of Vallejo hns taken 109 of these shares morning, March 2 id. He is settled over the already, and we feel assured o( success." foreign and Hawaiian churches at Wailuku, Mr. Edward Donscombe, who has ofMaui, preaching usually in each language ficiated as clerk at the Sailors' Home and on every Sabbath. colporteur among seamen during the last two For convenience, we issue our paper years, is about to return to the United State.'. a'few days in advance of tho date, as is the His fidelity and faithfulness should entitle custom with publishers in England and Amer- him to the confidence of all among whom his ica. lot may be cast. Cannibalism at the Marquesas Islands. �29 THE FRIKND, APRIL, 18 68. Island of Niue, or Sanvage Island. We think our readers will be interested in the lollowing paragraphs from a letter which we recently received from the Rev. W. G. Lawes, a missionary on this island. He is laboring under the patronage of the London Missionary Society. The letter bears date Dec. 2d, 1567: " You may be glad to know a little about our work here. I shall be very happy to give you information, and so enlist your sympathy and prayers on our behalf. been here now six years. By " Weyouhave must understand my wife and we' ' self, for no other European Missionary has ever resided here. The Island stands alone, about equi-distant from Samoa, Rarotonga, and Tonga. It belongs to no group—least of all to the Loyalty Group, with which it is often classed, but with which it has not the slightest connection or communication. We are very isolated. We havre no direct communication with any neighboring island. A schooner comes about three times a year from Samoa, but it is uncertain and irregular. A vessel from Tahiti or Rarotonga may occasionally call, but their visits are rare. Whalers used to call here for supplies, but only two have been here this year. Samoan teachers had preceded us here, so that when we landed we found the ground prepared. All had embraced Christianity, and were eagerly waiting for a Missionary. From that time until now our work has made steady progress. We have some 1100 in church fellowship. I have an institution for our own native teachers, in which twelve young men are being trained for future usefulness. The language of the people is a different dialect to the Samoan and Tongan; it is a mixture of the two. A distinct translation of the scriptures is necessary. I have been enabled to finish the translation of the New Testament, and it is now on its way to us from Sydney. If I receive them before I send this, will forward you a copy. "I am now on the Psalms. In this work especially 1 need help, and I am hoping that a younger brother of mine may soon join us. " I find the other Polynesian versions of the S. S. to be the greatest help to me in translating. " Our natives have a mania for going in ships —many must have reached Hiwaii in whalers, etc. Any tidings of any of them would be most welcome to their friends. The Peruvian slavers took some 200 young men from here, none of whom have returned, though we have heard of one named Mose " it would have been, but for unavoidable circumstances. The population is 5,000. "If you have an opportunity of sending us a few seeds of vegetable or fruit, anything edible, you would confer a benefit on us all. We have the guava, vi and orange,—very few of the two latter. Pawpaw apples are plentiful enough." J. Hunnewell, Esq., of Boston, has following memoranda respecting size of several vessels of note : the sent us the 1. Missioftary Packet. Sniled from BosJanuary, 1826. Crew, 3 Americans and ton 2 Sandwich Islanders, —5, all told. Tons, 39 60-95. 2. First Morning Star. Nearly four times as large as the Missionary Packet. Sailed from Boston December, 1856. 156 tons. 3. Second Morning Star. Over five times as large as the Missionary Packet. Sailed from Boston November 13th, 1866. 207 tons, old measurement. 4. Brig Thaddeus, 1820. About six times the tonnage of the Missionary Packet. Sailed from Boston October, 1819, carrying out first missionaries, which, with ship's company, numbered 45 persons. Passage, 156 days. 242 tons. 5. May Flower, 1620. Brought from Eng- land to Plymouth 100passengers, besides the ship's company, 250 years ago. 180 tons. Publications Received.—Dedication of the Missionary Monument at Williamstown, Mass., July 28th, 1867. Published by A. B. C. F. M. Ordination of Five Missionaries at Chicago April 18th, 1867. Published by A. B. C. F. M. Tribune and Democratic Almanacs—furnished by Capt. Bennett, Honolulu. Triennial Catalogue of Andover Seminary. Oakland College School. Rev. J. H. Brayton and Rev. E. G. Beckwith, Principals. " China." Published by A. B. C. F. M. The Stonewall. —This iron-clad, recently sold to the Japanese Government, arrived at this port on the 13th of March, en route for Japan. The following is a list of her officers : Cammander—Georirc Brown, U. S, N. Fint Lieutenant—J. B. Dubois. Second Lieut —SI. Jordan A. X Langthornc, M. Chancer. CkiefEngineer—V. A. Stewsrt. J»s. Mlllstead. 1«(. Aft. S. B. Ellis •if. " A.J. Potter. M. " being at Honolulu. " Many have gone to Samoa to work on cotton plantations there. Sonic- have the returned and have introduced many European vices. These young men have been our greatest hindrance in the work of(Jjod. " You are uwnre that our line new .Viissionary bark John Williams was wrecked here in January lust. The wreck is still on the reef. It was purchased by Capt. Hayes, of Polynesian notoriety. He was to have returned in May, but he has not turned up yet. " Our people are poor, for the island is wholly of coral formntion and barren. Our Missionary meeting this year realized about $500, but this amount is much smaller than " " " Missionary Work advancing at the Marquesas.—Our correspondent ihus writes: Kniwi baptized eighteen natives at Mana- " ma on the 23d of December, and there are some more preparing for baptism when the Morning Star arrives. Kekel* is translating Genesis, and Kauwealoha has composed an almanac, and is translating Matthew." A Noble Mabqukxan Mothkb —The story of the seizure of Mr. Whalon, first officer of tiic whaleship Congrtsi, some three or four years ago at Hivaoa, will be remembered by our readers, and his rescue by Kekela, Kaukau and others, as also how President Lincoln sent out five hundred dollars to be expended in rewards to those who saved Mr. Whalon's life. An incident in tho rescue, which we have but recently learned, ought to be made public. There was a young Marqitcsan Chief, who hail been seized by a Peruvian cruiser and sent to the Chinchas as a laborer. His wile had a little child born soon after the abduction of the Chief; and when Mr. Whalon was seized, Ixmnd hand and fool, ready for the oven wlach was being heated to cook him, she. moved with pity for the fate of the poor sailor, took her darling and only child and placed it in his lap. According to tho Marquesan usage, this protects the criminal or person under arrest, so long as it is continued. The higher the rank of the mother, the more sacred tho protection. When the Hawaiian missionaries arrived, they urged the mother to continue to protect Mr. Whalon in this way until they could negotiate a ranHad it not been som with the Chief who held him. for this brave and noble woman, he would have been murdered and cooked by the savage natives before any relief arrived. Rev. A. Kaukau, one of the missionaries who saved Mr. Whalon's life, is now living on Kauai, and is anxious that some testimonial be sent to this Chicfess, whose conduct has never been rewarded, while others who were less worthy, have received valuable presents. He has contributed some presents out of his smallannual salary, to be forwarded by the Morning Star," and if any persons wish to add to them, we will see that they are forwarded. Any articles of clothing, blankets, knives, axes, or such like are prized by the Marquesans, and the influence of such a reward for this noble act would be felt throughout that group.—idv. " Bible Translation.—We have recently received letters from the Marquesas and other South Sea islands, and also from Japan, in all of which there are references to Bible translations. It is exceedingly gratifying to learn from missionary periodicals, newspapers and letters that this noble work is going rapidly forward in all parts of the world. This is a Protestant enterprise. Catholic missionaries never translate the Bible into a heathen language. All the translations into the Polynesian dialects have been done by Protestant missionaries. The Bible has been translated in full in the Hawaiian, Tahitian, Samoan, Tongan and Fijian dialect", and in part into several other dialects. Photographs of the Officers of H. B. .M.'s Ship Clio. —We are indebted to a friend on board the Clio for one of the best specimens of the photographic art which we have ever seen. The likeness of the commander occupies the centre, and it is surrounded by two circles of photographs, including those of all the officers of the ship. It was executed in Lima, Peru, where we learn the photographic art has been brought to the highest perfection, as much so as in any other part of tbe world. We would acknowledge a box of papers for gratuitous distribution from Mr. Coit The man who trumpets his own fame, soon have no fame to trumpet. will Hobron. Many thanks. �THE FRIEND, APRIL. 1808. 30 Study strange and varied being, In far worlds more blest than this, Where time's gnomon casts no shadow, And no death-thought clouds their bliss. For the Friend. The Soul's Dreamings. i. Wings of beauty ! wings immortal ! Hovering o'er me in death's night, Ye will bear me onward ever, Through the bowers of pure delight! I shall pass the sable portal. Only changed to form of light, Leaving earth to soar a spirit, Boundless in its trackless flight. IX. I can see no Stygian waters Darkling rnunil a Hades deep, No dim'Churon in his ferry, O'er the ghostly current sweep; No Plutonic realm of evil, W here the sin-cursed spirits weep, No lorn band of shadows ghastly, iiy the red waves fiery leap. I, 17 may feel a pang at parting. As the spirit brighter glows— As the phoenix mounts in rapture, From tho ashes of its woes ; Then—away—a pure thought fleeting, Where vast worlds their lore disclose, Where love's vestal lights fl.ime brightly, Hopes with folded wings repose. x. But I see a smile of gladness. Beaming o'er the sea of love, That surrounds the throne Eternal, In the boundless depths above ; Kindred spirits there arc meeting, Will-winged thoughts that God-like move; In their radiant robes electric, Through the starry isles they rove. — in. Through vast space on freedom's pinions, Seeking knowledge evermore, XI. Its wide homo the blue empyrean, The eternal Spirit shore ; There, their joys are of the spirit, All ofradiant knowledge born, Ever bright in glowing freshness, As the dew-drops of the morn; They will cull the spirit roses, Blooms of Science in God's bowers, And will wreath the halls eternal, With tbe muse's sweetest flowers. There the twinkling stars are pages, Gemmed with wisdom's boundless slore, Where the records of the ages. Yield in light their spirit lore. .v. 'Neath the wings ofcosmic vapor, It will trace the birth of time. When God's law from gloom chaotic, Grandly formed the worlds sublimo ; Then its glance will pierce the future, See unrolled Creation's scroll, crowns the knowledge f the Universal Soil. IPEKiKcrioN XII. Wings of beauty ! wings immortal ! Hovering o'er me in death's night, Ye will bear me onward ever, Through the bowers of pure delight; I shall pass the sable portal, Only changed to form of light, To dust returning what is mortal, Seeking God in boundless flight i V —La Paz. - ill roam earth's geologic cycles, 'Mid bright Edens round the poles. As boiling at the hot equator, A mad sea of vapor rolls; In the earth's primeval marshes, See the giant Sauria play; By deep woods that now are coal-beds, View winged monsters seek their prey : VI. Or watch the tide of life faint ripple, From the far primeval cell, And wide expand while earth is plastic, Till it reach its fullest swell, And man stands o'er it self-progressing. Child of Law—not Destiny— For law ou mind as well as matter, Operates rcsistlessly. VII. It cannot tire—its vast dominion, Limitless as God's own will, Spreads along the path eternal, Where creation marches still; Beyond remotest star that twinkles, New galaxys shed their light, And life of ever-varying order. Cheers the spirit's onward flight. VIII. It will with eternal sages, Patriarchs of the first formed star, Lift the curtains of the ages. Trace God's mysteries as they are; Editorial Remarks.—We are unacquainted with the opinions of the author of this poetical effusion respecting the retributions of another state of existence, but the ninth stanza would appear to indicate that there will be no punishment for sin after death. Perhaps he has merely written with a poet's license, when employing the terms, names and epithets of Grecian or Roman mythology. If the writer, however, has dreamed out any such theory as that of universal salvation, we are confident that between his dream and the reality, as shadowed forth in Scripture, there is as wide " a gulf fixed " as was apparent to our Saviour's view when he discoursed of the rich man and Lararus, as recorded in the sixteenth chapter of Luke. Byron once wrote, " 1 had a dream, which w«» not nil a dream." The Harpers.—This great book firm was founded in 1816 by James and John Harper. Wesley Harper came in in 1822,and Fletcher Harper in 1826, since which the firm has stood as it stands now. It is not often that four brothers can be united so long, with no break in the rank by death or other causes. Hon. James Harper—honorable because once the Mayor—is about seventy-three years of age, and there is no youth about the establishment more active than he. He delights in a good story, a good listener, a good joke, and no one can discover a reason why he shouldn't live twenty years yet. Mr. John Harper is about seventy, but not so robust in health as James. He is the negative element in the firm, and co.nmonly wields the veto power. Mr. Wesley Harper is gentlemanly and cordial, comforting a disappointed author and encouraging a promising one with equal suavity. Mr. Fletcher Harper is the active, aggressive spirit of the firm, but with ;t vaulting ambition that never o'erleaps itself. It is his spirit that animates and directs the "Monthly," " Weekly," and "Bazar." Besides the four members of the firm there arc numerous sons, making a dozen in all. The Harpers resemble English firms in the tenacity with which their employees cling to them. There is one gray-headed octogenarian who has been in their employ fifty years. The foreman of their composing room has been with them forty years; the foreman of the press room thirty-five years ; and there arc women in the folding rooms who have been with them thirty years. Their cashier has alsobeen in their employ thirty-live years. Western Sciences in China.—The imperial government of China, under the advice of Mr. Hart, an Englishman who has acquired great influence in their councils, have ordered the establishment of a university in Pekin, in which European professors are to teach the arts and sciences of the West. This remarkable innovation upon the rigid exclusiveness that has always characterized the Chinese nation, has aroused great prejudice and bigoted opposition. One of the oldest and most influential of the cabinet ministers led the opposition to the employment of foreign teachers, on the ground that native scholars could be found competent to teach all that was necessary. The enlightened emperor disposed of his hostile objections by ordering him to find such teachers, and to open another school for the teaching of science, that through the generous rivalry between the two institutions their relative merits might be seen. The minister was obliged to confess that he knew of no one in the empire capable of giving instruction in astronomy and mathematics. Five professors have been appointed to give instruction in English and French, chemistry, astronomy, and military science ; 825,000 have been appropriated for an astronomical observatory, and $7,500 for a scientific library. If the Bible is true, punishment for sin hereafter will be " not all a dream," but a terrible There will be no Christian but what reality. We know of no other way of eshave a Gethsemane, but every praying will cape for the guilty sinner but through Christ's Christian will find that there is no Gethseatoning blood. Read John 3:16, 17. mane without an angel. for " The religion that is always searching a hope," is a hopeless religion, cannot He who is at war with his neighbor, be at peace with himself. �I HI KKIKM), 31 APRIL, 18 18. PLACES OF WORSHIP. ADVERTISEMENTS. SEAMEN'S BETHKL— Rev. S. C. Damon Chaplain—Kins street, near the Sailors' Home. Preaching at 11 A. M. J. A. CARSON. Seats Free. Sabbath School after the moruing service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evening* at 71 o'clock. HAS BEEN IN THE EMPLOY OP N. U. Sal buth School or Bible Class lor Seamen at DJ 'J. W. l.lNlillul.M, KBQ., Manila,OchotskSea,is hereby o'clock Sabbath morning. asked to call at our office for settlement of accounts. March 20,1888. Honolulu, H._HACKFBLU ft CO. FORT 9TREKT CIIURCH-Corner of Fort and Beretanls streots—Rev. E. Corwin Pastor. Preachiug on Sunday* at iiuHis met. ■■ a. p. girts*. 11 A. M. and 71 P. M. Sabbath School at 10 A. M. C. BREWER fc CO. BTOME CHURCH—Kin« street, above the Palace—Rev. 11. 11. i oiumUxion and SlilpplDg Merchants Parker Pastor. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at Ui A. M. and 3 P. M. II oi.oliilu. Onhu, 11. I. AHKNTS CATHOLIC CHURCH—Fort street, near Beretania—under the charge of Rt. Rev. Bishop Maigret, assisted by Rev, Of Ihe lloKton iiii.l Honolulu Packet I.inc. Pierre Faveus. Servicesevery Sunday at 10 A.M. and i P.M twin l'srlhrM«krr,\Viiiliiku\ lliinii Pin uttl lion. SMITH'S CHURCH—Beretania street, near Nuuanu street— every AGF.NT9 Rev. Lowell Smith Pastor. Services in Hawaiian For the I'urrlm.eiiiiil Siili-of l.liiiul Produce. Sunday at 10 A. M. and Zj P. M —RKFKK TO— BF.FORMED CATHOLIC CHURCH—Corner of Kukul and JobsM. Hoon, Ksq New York. Nuuanu streets, under charge of Kt. Rev. Bishop Maley, ) Cm,.. Bbbwbb, ft Co Ellingand assisted by Itev. Messrs. Ibhotauli, UallagherA. Jambsllonnbwbll, Kst|. S M. and 7i ton. English service every Sunday at 11 R. B. SwiiN ft Co. I P. M. Chas Woloiitt Brouis Ksq. J San Francisco. 602 ly WHO '_ APVER TISEIYtEIMTS. SAILOR'S HOME! „ ADVERTISEMENTS. MM I. CASTI.K. Auctioneer and loinmlssion Merchant, FIKK I'ItOOF STORK, la Roblnaosi's BuihliuK. U»' in Street. SS'My C. S. BARTOW, Auctioneer, 6(15^ Ofllee corner of Fort nod Hotel Streeti. JOHN S. McGREW, M. D., Physician ami Surgeon. Office—Over Dr. K. 'Hoffmann's Druir Slore, corner or Kalihu mnuil ami Merchant Sts-, opposite Hie I'iMt Oftkv. IU-iIDSNOII— Chaplain SI., littween /Vuuunu and Fart Stt. Onici Hours—From 8 to 111 A. M., unU from 11 to 6 1". M. 568 ly ' E. HOFFMANN*. M.l). I'll j-.lt lan and Surgeon, 6SOJy N. B.—Medicine Chests carefully replenished at the HILO DRUG STORE. Attorney and Counsellor at Law, FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, R. W. ANDREWS, Portland., Oregon. IN OUR ■*■*■M^IOHIjSTIST. BEEN ENGAGED for upwards of seven years, and being HAVING lent business located in a fire proof brick building, we art prepared to receive Pulu, and dispose of Island staples, such as Sugar,Klce, Syrups,lk l Coffee, *c., to advantage. Consignments especially •° personal attention will be paw, which to market, Oregon for the Fort Street, opposite Odd Fellows' Hall. Ktf required. be made when and upon which cash advances will Sal Famciaco Rbfb«bi«obB: Ja§. Patrick ft Co., Badger ft Llndeuberger, W. T. Coleman ft Co., Fred. Iken, ft FORT STRF.ET. Baker Co. Stevens, Portland Rarncxcas: Ladd ft Tilton. Leonard ft Green. NOW OPEN AND PREPARED TO Allen ft Lewis. take PHOTOGRAPHS of any site In the Bbst Stylb am» HoKOLCIX RsrBBBMCBS: on THB Most R asonablb TMsM. S. Bavid.e. Walker ft Allen, COPYING AND ENLARGING done in the 681 *J_ best manner. For Sale Card* of the Hawaiian Kings, Queens, Chiefsand otlier notable persous. Also—A full assortment of LARGE AND SMALL F R A M ES. For Sale at Low Prices. II- L. CHASE. JB2 ly FOR REPAIRS ALL KINDS OF LIGHT MACHINERY, 111 NS. LOCKS, *.• "* * CASTLE f.JHU), Corner or Fort and Merchant Streeti. Mccracken, merrill & Co., IS C. 11. WETMORE, M. D. PHYSICIAN «V SURGEON, HILO, HAWAII, S. I. A. * 11. L. Chase's Photographic Gallery ! Corner Merchant and Kaahumanu stt., near fostotnce. 6-tf A. 8. MIOIS. The New England Mutual Life Insurauce Company, The Kohala Sugar Company, Hawaii. The Haiku Sugar Company, Maui. The Hawaiian Sugar Mills, Maui. The Waialua Huimi Plantation. Oahn. TheLumabai ltice Plantation, Kauai. 609 ly_ Siilc. Roam on «»Mieen Street, one door from ly Kuahuniauu street. 57.1 I>R. J. MOTT SMITH, Dentist, J. B. ITIBRTOB. CASTLE li. COOKE. Officers* table, with lodging, per week,. Importers and l.fiifral Merchants, do. do. Stamens' do. do. King nrrri, opposite the Srarora'si I'hnvcl. Shower Baths on the Premise*. ALSO, AGEXTS FOR Dr. Jayncs Celebrated Family Medicines, Mr.. IRABU. Manager. Wheeler *> Wilson's Hewing Machines, Honolulu, April 1,1866. •* E. P, ADAMS. COOKE, AGENTS f>»o I.V W. N. I.ADD, Importer and Dcalerlu Hardvfare, Cutlery, Mechanics' GEORGE WILLIAMS, LICENSED SHIPPING AGENT. Wheeler & Wilson's SEWING MACHINES! THE BUSINESS ONHISOLD Plan of settling with Officers and Seamen Immediately on their Shipping at bis Office. Having no connection, either direct or indirect, withany outlining establishment, andallowMACHINE HAS ALLTHK tATKST ing no debts to be collected at his office, he hopes to give as C. L. RICHARDS A. CO., impioveiuents, and, Inadditlon to former good satisfaction in the future as he has In the past. prise above all u a r™ lv IMI, D Office on Jas. Robinson ft Co.'s Wharf, near theC. a. awarded the highestthe Ship Chandlers and Commission Merchants, and World's Exhibition In PARIS Sewing Machines at 866 3m Consulate. Healers in General Merchandise, -.. and at the Exhibition In London In ISM.Machineis found fc . In the of this Keep constantly on hand a fullassortment of merchandise, for The evidence ofthe superiority joh» crackbm. I. c. mbrbili.. the supply of Whalersand Merchant vessels. record of iv sates. In 1861— 689 ly The Grover ft Baker Company, Boston, 1 i m ■ The Florence Company, Maasachuaetti CONWAY, The Parker Company, Connecticut, ALLEN J. M. ginger a; Co., New York, Kawalhae, Hawaii, Fiokle ft Lyon, Shipping GeneralMerchandiseand basinaaa Cnae. W. Howland,Delaware, Will continue the —ANDM. Greenwood ft Co., Cincinnati, 0., at theaboveport, where they are prepared to furnish N. 8. C. Perkins, Norwalk, 0., the justly celebrated Kawathae Potatoes, and auch otherrecruits as are required Wilson H. Smith, Connecticut, of Bridgeby whale ships, at the sold 18,660, whilst the Wheeler ft Wilson Company, period. port, made and sold 19,724 during the same shortest notice and on the moatreasonable terms. 204 and 206 California Street, H tl C»ll »ssd Examine. 3P i. l* o "v*cr oo d. oil £tAU.d. jfv PHA IV'O ISC €>•• D-Please Tools, and tirrlcaltoral Implements, Fort Street. 680 ly CONTIM.'ES THIS - , * * ■ « J. C MERRILL k Co., Couimiaiion Merchants " - rSi? , " .A- uctioneers, S BOARDING SCHOOL VI KOLOA. THE AT KOLOA. REV. DANIEL DOLE. family TNT ALSO, AOF.NTB OF THB San Francisco and Honolulu Packets. Particularattention given to the sale and purchase of merKauai, has accommodations in his chandise, ships' business, supplying whaleshlps, negotiating For n Few Boarding Scholar*. exchange, ftc. CT All freight arriving at San Francisco, by or to the Hoffy Persons wishing to learn the Terms will apply to him 6tf noluluLine of Packets, will be forwarded rass or ooauuasioa. or the Kdltor of Tb« Fruhp." CT Exchange on Honolulubought and sold. XJ —anrsßHcss— READING ROOM, LIBRARY AND DEPO Messrs. C. L. Riohabds Honolulu ft Co ITORY. H IlAcarsLO ft Co., WISHING 0 Banna 4> Co., AND OTHERS, ft Co to obtain books from the Sailora' Home Library, Dr. B. W.Bianor Wood who ha»e Sexton, will will please apply to the Bethel Hen. B. H. Allbb, charge of the Depository and Reading Room outil D. C.WATBBHAW, Bsq " "" " SEAMEN further notice. Par order "" THE FRIEND : PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY SAMUEL C DAMON. A MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO TEH* PERANCE, SEAMEN, MARINE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, One copy, per annum, Two copies, Fiwe oopiea, " . ... $2.00 8.00 W * �TH It IK I X 32 The Sailor's Marriage Fee. —A clergyman rsirely looks at a marriage fee when it is banded to him, but quietly slips it into his pocket, and knows not the amount until on reaching home he passes it over to his wife— to whom it is customary to give it, and to whom it properly belongs. Hence arises mistakes, sometimespleasant, anil sometimes unpleasant. For example Bey. Dr. RI married a sailor, who, as he was leaving the house, put a coin into his hand. It proved to be an old-fashioned copper cent. The Doctor thought it was rather queer, and an exception to the proverbial generosity of seamen, but soon dismissed the subject irom his mind. Three years elapsed, when the door hell rung one morning, and the identical sailor appeared with a chest of tea, a btg of coffee, and some tropical fruits—worth in the You roaggregate about twenty dollars. iiH'inber marrying me," said he; "and you remember that you then prayed that Betsey would make me a good .wife. I knew not whether your prayer would be heard, or whether I had or had not made a good bargain. But it was heard Betsey is a first rate girl; has been true to me ; and now returning from a long and prosperous voyage, I have brought the marriage fee, which 1 which the Doctor want you to accept; failed not to do, with hearty thanks to the : " ; " giver. Words of Experience.—Dr. Colleneth, a celebrated German physician, says: "For twenty-one years I have banished all intoxicants from my practice, and during that period I have not made fewer than 18,000 medical visits, and I hesitate not to say that the recoveries have been more numerous and more rapid than they were during the five years 1 followed the usual practice, and administered brandy, wine and beer." Dr. Chandler, of St. Albans, Vt., states: "I have never known an instance of recovery form hubitual drunkenness except by total abstinence at once from all intoxicating beverages, and in a professional practice exceeding hall a century, I have never known death, or disaster of any sort to follow, as the result of such treatment; and I have never known an instance of ultimate prosperity in business in any young man who commenced with indulgence in alcoholic convivialities " Mr. Thomas Clark will find a letter lling at the Editor's office, at Sailors' c. Information Wanted, Respecting William Heat}*, belonging to Wfnton House, Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland. Heleft Honolululor SanFrancisco just two years ago. He is known to have resided for a short lima in San Francisco. Apy information will be gladly received by the Editor, or his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Beggs, Win ton limine, Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland. Respecting Robert Leroy McGinnisg aliaa Hunt belonging to New Orleans. He visited Honolulu five years ago, and Is reported to have left in a vessel bound to Hampton Roads, but as he never has reported himself in tbe United States, it has been conjectured that he might still be sailing in the Pacific. Any Information will be gladly received by the Editor, or his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth J. McUinnlss, New Orleans, La. Respecting Edward St. Germain, of Lansingburgh, New York. Any informstion will be gladly received by the editor of the Friend1or Gazette. Lynn, Mass., Aug. 28 1867. Mr. Hiller—Dear Sir:—Will you please to inform me whether Jottpk W. Richardson is in Honolulu or not ; he is a brother of mine. I wrote to him a yssw sgo ; I received some weeks since the same letter. It «as advertised in Hie Honolulu Post Office from Dec. 31st to may May 23th. If he [ftdead, please send me the particulars about Us death, and whether his son Is living or not. Yours, very res|>eclully, EDWARn S. Richardson. , \ l>. A PItI L . 18 68. MARINE JOURNAL. PSI OHNR.LTFU, . ARRIVALS. March Am clipper ship Syren, Perkins, 105 daysm. Ronton. :.—Am lik Silas Fm. Drawl, 70 da>* fruui Sydney. s—Am hk Rainier, Havens, 28 days from I'ufet Hound. 6—Am wh bk JanusAllen, PlMl—il devil hsli. it—Am wh l»k Massachusetts, Wilcox, clean. I, -Am wh nli Onward, l'ulver, from Hilo, with 25 bbls wh and j."i bbls sp oil. 6—Haw hk R W Wood, Jacobs, 146 days fm Hamburg. B—Am wh burk Java, no*, :.h bids sperm. B—Am wh burk Progress, Dowden, 100 bbls whale. 9—Am wh bark Norman, Colt, Ht hl»l» whale. lv—Am wh bark A. Pickering, Jenka, i'l months out, ,t- 500 It-bin s|M'iiii. . 10—Am wh hurk Tri.lt-nt, Ran, clean. 10—Haw burk Deruice, InhIHWII. 22 days from San Frmicisco. 11—Am wh ship Cor. Howland, llotnan, 20 bbls sperm. lI—AIU wll Hhip t.HV Head, Kelle> 25 bhls whale. 12—Am wh bark Callao, Drown, In tin the Atlantic, 150 hhiH ipnm 12—Alii wh hark Vineyard, Smith, from (itdlapatfos, with 150 bbls sperm. 12—Am wh Imi k Mnt, Smith, clean. 12—Am lurk John VVnostrr, Kmery, 18 day* from S:m Francisco. i:i— Am wh bk California, Wood, from a cruise, with 50 bhls wh oil. 13—Am wh hk Reindeer, Ra> nor, from a cruise, with , 2.10 bhls wh mi. 13 .l.ij.iUM--- ram Stonewall, (Join. Drown, 0. 8. N.,+o «l;n ■ from Cailao. 14—Am wh bark Lyilia, Ilathaway, 50 libit* sperm. 14—Am wit bark Aurora, Aveline, clean. Iti— Am wh bark Camilla, Jones, 'too bhls Hperm. 10—Am wh bark Nautilus, 8m iili, 100 bbls ■perm. 17_Ani wh bark Active, Robinson, 100 bMtf *£*■• IS—Am hark Comet, Abbott, IU days fin Ban Francisco. lai— Haw wh bk line Hawaii, HepptafofcMM 170 bbls wh. 10—Am wh whip Milo, Hawes, clean. Krpori of Bark It. \V. Wood. I,eft Hamburg October 12,1867 cleared English Channel October 24 ; crossed the eqnat.>r in the Atlantic in long. 30 ° 61 day* out; from line toM° 8. In theAtlantic, 32days ; from f.u ; 8. in Atlantic to 60° in Pacific, 17 days; from 60° 8. in Pacific to equator, 29 days ; crossed the equator in the Pacitic in long. 125° ; from equator to port, 17 days, making the passage in 14ftdays. November 10, 1807, sjtoke British bark Klnslirick Dim, from (Jlasgow to Pernambuco ; November 11, 1867, ipofel British brig Victory, from Glasgow toßuenoa Ayres j November 10, 1807, spoke British ship Duke of Sutherland, fromLondon, bound to Port Adelaide,and British bark Atideman, from Uveritool, bound to Calcutta ; January 30, 1868, hit. 34= 9' 8., long. 91 ° W, spoke American whale ship Cornelius Howland, Homan, bound to Kawalhae, with 120 bbls •]tenn eil. -, Report of Hnrk Vimviinl. By the hark Vineyard, Smith, we have the following from the (iallapiig >s sperm whale ground. She rebuts i link Camilla, Jones, 300 bbls stterm oil. Bhlll Hilternia, l.udlow, 105 bbls sperm nil. Dark Fanny, Hunting, 13t) hhls Hperm. Bark Oriole, Haves, 30 bhls hump back. Hark Merlin, Thomas, clean. Brig 1.. P. Foster, (S. F), ch-an. Cai'tain Joins, ot the t'amilla, iiad been hurt li.V a whale hut was recovering. Krporl of If Hin Siour-wnll* Left I'aDno Feb. 2d. Left the P. S. ship if war w'ateree iv port. Feb. 20, spoke Am wh hk Helen Mar, 50 hhls stierin oil, bouial to Hilo. First part passage variuhle winds, last tea days strong (rude winds. Report of Ship Kuiolnr. Caiit. Raynor re (torts at Kawnihae: Bark " " ("hinder Champion, Nautilus, ... 250 bhls s|>enn oil 40 ■ ltio " " " DEPARTIRES. PASSENGERS. March 3—U 8 8 Lackawanna, Reynolds, for Hilo. B—Haw wh schr Emetine, to cruise. 6—Am bk Silas Fish, Braml, for San Francisco. 7—Am bark I>. C. Murray, Dennett, for Sun Francisco. 7—l'rus hark Wihelm, Johanna, for linker's Inland. 7—Am wh ahip Onward, Pulver, to cruise. 9—Haw schr Prince, Wood, for Arctic Ocean. lU— Am wh bark Java, Bdm, to cruise. 11—Am wh sh Massachusetts, Wilcox, to cruise. 11—Am wh bk Java. Eno*, to cruise. 11—Am wh hk Prone—, Dowden, to cruise. 12—Am hk John Wooattr, Emery, for Hongkong. 12—Am wh bk Oay Head, Kelley, to cruise. 12—Am wh sh Cornelius Howland, I lonian, to cruise. 12—Am wh bk California, Wood, to cruise. 14—Am wh bark Trident, Rose, to cruise. 14—Am wh bark Aurora, Aveline, to cruine. hi—Am wh hark Nautilus, Smith, to cruise. j7_A.ii wh hark I.yilia, Hatlmway, to cruise. 18—Am wh bark Norman, Childs, to cruise. 19—Am wh ship Milo, Hawes, lv cruise. From Boston—Per Syren. March 2—J D Brewer. FltOM Hamdiho per R W Wood, March 6—Mrs Ilahn ami .'{children. Miss Halm, Miss Kaw/.e, Mr Itiekard, wile and cliililreii— VI. Foit San F*n anc im n—l-Vr I>. C. Murrnv, March 7ih—Miss Anna Uofafon, Miss Sarah Wilcox, Miss M L (Jower, T W Dolanil, ChlU ('innminus, J Allen, M Phillips, 0 MclJeth, J H Fannalee, (has K.xk, Jno Bulhidgr, A MctJowim, H II Crooks, II Hughes, .-.Stoddard, 8 C Bowman, X Smith, W Wright, J Cuthcart, P Ridge way—2o. Fkom San iJn.MiMii—per Bernice, March 11—A J Knu.lsen, A Lund, (.' Bunnell—iJ. Fiiom Sin Phimikio—Per Comet, MarchIS—Mis- Mnry F'-ara, Cupt Jus Willis, ('apt ,\ Prrvost, Capt A Tengstroin, L A Kalaiiiii. J Cofeen, S Fugue, J C Smith, A Sexton, J Howard, II Smith, Win McCloml, A Brandt, F Hanifon, J Wilson, J Kefley, A McDonald, J Kron, P Poinaikai, Win Cray—2o. For San Fbancisco—Per U. % Wood, March 18—E P Adams and KB. From St. Catherines, Brazil—per Lk Callao, March 13— A P Proven—l. From Coast of Cai.—per sh Reindeer, Mnrch I*l—l.apac Cod, l.vi/. (Jonzaks, RodalfCiistlllo, IlosuriaOxeda—4. MEMORANDA. Report ol shi|. If I •■• Left Boston, November 10,1807, at 6 P. M.; was 28 days lo the equator; 28 days from Ihe equator to 50° south ; 12 days from 50° south in the Atlantic to 50° iv the PaciSc; from 60° south in the l'aciflc to the equator, 24 days. Crossed the equator Iv 120° west, and from thence to thisport in 14 days —108 days from Boston. December 2,1867, spoke Dutch brig Elmins, in Ist. 80° 35' north, long, al ° 36' west. December 13th, Ist 1° 36' north, long. 29 c 8' west, exchanged signals with an American whaling bark, II ying a burgee withred, white and red horizontal bars, bound south. Dec. 16th,lat. 4 ° 21* south,long. 32 15' west, spoke Danish brig Carl, 46 days from Copenhagen for Buenos Ayres. Dec. 23d, lat. 18 ° 37' south, long. 36° 37' west, spoke British bark Atahualpa, from Liverpool bound for Callao. Dec. 25th, lat. 23° south, long. 37 16' west, spoke British burk River Iloogly. January 9,1868, lat. 49° south, long. 62 ° west, saw itlarge double-topsail ship, painted white, with a large number of people on deck; bad figures 77 in lower main topsail, and letters PP In lower fore topsail, bound south. Jan. 16th, off the Cape, saw an American whale ship, painted black, with a large gilt eagle on the stern—[Probably the Jlrch Perry—Ed.) Jan. 16th, off the Cape, spoke American bark Bridgeport, of Bridgeport, bound to Ban Francisco. Same day, spoke British bark lincas, 83 days from Swansea fir Valparaiso. Jan. 19th,spoke British ship Jason, from Sydney. Jan. 21st, British bark Florence Bracington, from Montevideo for Callao. Jan. 23d, saw a large d..ulili-M|.«iil ship going same way, with letters PP In lower DuUl topsail, sod figure, tfl In lower lore topsail. Jan. 24th, lut 49 c atf south, long. 81 61' west, exchanged signals with the Hamburg bark Persia, DS days from Hamburg bound to Maxatlan. Feb. 20th, lat. 7*3o' north, long. 127° 30' west, saw s largeship bound south. ° ° ° — MARRIED. Btanqenwai.d—Dimond—ln Honolulu, March 10, at the residency <>f the htbUH lather, Dr. Hugo BUiigenwald to Miaa Ann Maria, daughter ofHenry Dimond, Esq., ufthm city. No cards. Van Valkenbi'Roh—Schoyer—At Yokohama, Japan, oo the 25th of DectMßtMr, ItfT, at the residence of the hritle, by the Rev. Jam 11. BiillHjrh, the Hon. R. B. Van Valkenburffh, Minister Resident of the United State* of America at Japan, to Mrs. Anna Schoyer. Neill— Btory—ln Honolulu, March 14th,at Bt. Andrew's Temporary Cathedral, by the Rev. G. Maaon, Mr. John Neill toMins Eliza Htory, all of this city. Wood—Parkkr—Married, In Honolulu, March 22d, by Rev. 8, C. Damon, Mr. James Wood to Miss Mary l'arker, of Waimea, Hawaii. DIED. Nevin—ln Honolulu, February 20lh, ofconsumption, H. W. Nevin, aged 21 years, a native of Hamburg. TlnpsTON—ln Honolulu, March 11, Rev. Asa Thurston for dirty-eight years missionary of the American Board ol Minions, aged HO yearsand 6 montha. Faviixa—Killed by a whale, Dec. 27,1867, Geo. O. Faville, 4th officer of ahip Janus, aged 47 years. The deceased waa a native of lowa, his remains were Interred on Isabel Island. Ooldstonb—ln Honolulu, March 17th,Mrs. Mary T. Goldstone, a native of Scotland, aged 42 years—widow of Andrew Miner. O" «~tchand Sydney ,-per. pw«e enow. 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