https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/a4edfaf528659ac54e96329f2bf286ef.pdf 87523a652e86dcc3c10b5aeffa9d8bf9 PDF Text Text 3 FRIEND THE HONOLULU. M*Y I, 1869. )\m Stria, Vol. 18. $to. §.} {(DID Stfits,Est2B. several Sabbath evening services held in the Editor's Notes and Reflections while Passing Along. Bethel, lor the Chinese, which were largely Paiik. th.ii haply «e™t "When attended, and a desire expressed on the part BoaM run-, noteworthy object In thy travel", Mi.*ion:ir) Work iilllony tho Chines. '** Isapflassa ttattSSWar* lliy of partake Makimi■ of many present to have such continued, but Ouo IJlllo Trait Editors Notes ami Refections rhthi pawstaf iloni...•*,*», .15 of on the Island •'•i Mr. Ahenng has Kit to labor Some o( our readers expressed this sentiA Slat Ulialo N Kauai. NowioiiiliOaSsetloa ol Shells ment when we left Honolulu. While passTli.- bstaral Presets* •» Log along we shall note down in our memoTii- Slioiurini! Rock e •* Acknowledgment.-Ww ould thankfully ." The Bolltim of lh" Ori-aii randum book such incidents as shall appear ri" acknowledge a package of religious papers Tin- Hon „i Mrs lafWßsy noteworthy, and comment upon them so far Pissjrasi of tin- (ji.iiiM-l in Sjiuii for distribution amongst seamen, from Mr. Tfcsl Hawaiian Club as we think our reflections will be interest;|*' " Castle. As there are many opportunities to To ilio •tares of Tooaoi entertaining and instructive to our read •*$ dome UiU wuy. iii\ Paibsf ocean, they are always ing, ,s scatter such upon the This mm our practice in 1849, when A Usalur's rtiory : en. acceptable. We trust that such not only Monument lo R'.toi..-on CrOSM visiting Oregon and California, and in 1861 4U Mm in" laUUfawA*, *« prove interesting and instructive on shipwhen cruising among the islands of Micro board, but is as bread cast upon the waters, nesia. We are accustomed to view incidents that shall be found alter many days. and objects with a "double eye," one for one Tract.—" The good One Little 18ll!». 1. M.4V ourself and the other for our readers, with book may do, blessed by God, was never, whom we have held pleasant intercourse perhaps, mine shown than in the single tract, Missionary Work among the Chinese. of the door once a month for so many years respecting brought in a peddler's pack, to During the pist few weeks Mr. Aheong Richard Baxter's rather. It was the means the progress of events throughout the world has made a missionary tour over a consider- of the conversion of the preacher at Kidde- but especially throughout the island-world of Saints' Rest,' an un able portion of this Island, visiting the sugar min.ster. Baxter wrote the of Dodd- the Pacific. Believing this habit not to the conversion blessed i to plantations, gathering his countrymen to- which was practice we shall continue one, worthy ridge. He wrote the'Rise and Progress,' gether for religious worship. They gladly which was blessed to the conversion of Wil- while abroad, entrusting, however, the record received him, and manifested much atten- berforce. He wrote his • Practical View,' of local items and domestic intelligence to tion in all the services, as he labored to bring which was blessed to the conversion of Leigh those who have kindly consented to be re his ' Dairyman's the truth before their minds. He informed Richmond ; and he wrote been translated into sponsible for the regular issue of the Friend which has Daughter,' us that about half of those he came across GOING FROM HOME. more than fifty languages, and been blessed could read Chinese, to whom he distributed to the conversion of thousands of souls. So During our passage from Honolulu to San Testaments and tracts. In his travels he much for one little tract." Francisco we have thus far found but little found several Japanese, and, knowing a little to vary the monotony of sea life. On the of their language, was enabled to converse Before the sailing of the U. S. S. fifth day out a fine American clipper, under somewhat with them. He has been encour- " Ossipee," for San Francisco, we were full sail below and aloft, passed us, bound aged in his labors by the willingness of both handed, as a contribution from some of the as we fancied, to China or the Guano Islands the Chinese and Japanese to hear the truth. crew for the support of the Bethel, the sum via Honolulu, and would report the '• Idaho.* It is written for our encouragement that of $9 50, which we acknowledge with On Tuesday, the 23d, at one o'clock p. M. giveth light," thanks. the China steamer "Great Republic" steamed " the entrance of Thy words Idaho, " making about threw and every man and woman whose heart beats "You may have a rough voyage past the " in sympathy with the purposes of God, in our two. We exchanged salute* life, but you have nothing to fear knots to her and sent the grand scheme of human redemption, will through unbelief below, faith on deck, and would gladly have spoken not allow us that but did surely rejoice to know these efforts are being while you keep letters, she Christ at the helm ot your little bark." forward put forth for a people sitting long in dark- and long had contemwe Although privilege. ness ; and the Gospel of Christ, because of the America, to when time yet, a visit "You may go to heaven without plated its truth, must, sooner or later, shed light, it no task came, we found easy withot departure riches, without honors, and triumph over the millions of China and health, without a and bid adieu to spot affairs, can to our adjust out learning, without friends; but you Japan. life, and half of spent just we had where During the past month there have been never get there without Christ." CUHTsUrTI For May. I SUM. — "" o ' ' THE FRIEND, ' - �I II X F It I X N 34 where we have ever found kind and appreciative friends and co-laborers among foreign residents and foreign visitors. During our wanderings in other lands we do not expect to find better friends or more plensant homes than we leave behind. We may find more luxury, displayand wealth, but such elements are not necessary to constitute a refined and Christian home, which is the best of materials for the foundation of ill social, niornl and religious welfare anil prosperity in Church and State. PASSAGE OF THE lIIAHO. The distance from South Knrrjlonc Light to four miles south of Makapua, island of Oahu, is 2,044 miles on the arc of a great circle—so reports Captain Floyd—hence the distance from Honolulu to San Francisco is about 2,100 miles. Our speed from day to day was as follows T:iur»tlav. March INili. I'M inili-s 177 " b'riiliiy, March I'.HIi, Saturday. March 174 •• list, l*<i " March Md. t r.y. Mwch m " March 23d. ) Mth, 174 " March »<luy. 1X2 " 'I'hiiiBilav. March 2ftth, KM " Friday, March 26th, IM " BUurday, March 27lh, 2*1 " Sunday, March Nth, : E. Total. 2-100 inilos We took no little interest in noting our progress from day to day, became we were sailing on the arc of a great circle, from which we deviated, probably, not over twenty-five miles. The " Idaho's " speed averaged eight knots per hour during the entire passage. Most of the time we were much assisted by favorable winds which increased our speed about two knots per hour, while ordinarily the speed of the vessel was seven knots when not under sail. This passage is reported to be the shortest ever made by the " Idaho." SAN FRANCISCO—1849 AND 1869. tures and I) . MAI. I Mi 9 churches. The city is evidently growing very fust, and stretching out fur over the sand hills. Since our arrival the weather has been beautiful. The air is rather sharp and crispy, which makes the pedestrian walk with vigor and animation. We feel highly invigorated. We have met many old friends and acquaintances, some of whom we have not seen for nearly a score of years. Among (hem is William Hooper, Ksq., who has kindly piloted us to interesting parts of the city. Yesterday be accompanied us through the well supplied and neatly kept market*. The city may well feel proud of sui-li market accommodations', The Fire Department is well worth visiting. It is situated on the upper side of the Plaza. The whole arrangement is conducted by mean* of the magnetic telegraph. By touching ;i spring all the lire bells in the city will announce that a lire has broken out. How vast the improvement upon the old system I Wherever we look, or whatever part of the city we visit, is to be witnessed progress and improvement. Montgomery street is to he extended, and oilier streets are being graded. New and coatly buildings are in process of completion. The effects nl the earthquake are rapidly disappearing. In referring to Mr. Hooper I cannot refrain from alluding to bis great success in managing the Funded Debt of San Francisco. We can well remember about eighteen years ago when lie undertook this work, to which he has devoted nearly twenty years, the best part of his life, Ml I salary of only $2")0 per month or $3,000 per annum. His business capacity would have placed him at the head of any mercantile establishment in the city when he was appointed to his preseot office. He was then a member of the old firm of Cross & Co. His public services have been invaluable to the city. Some of the older residents at the Islands will remember Mr. H. as the gentleman who was once the U. S. Consul. To him also belongs the honor of first commencing the culture and manufacture of sugar at Koloa, Kauai. In 183(5, or when he first commenced cultivation, not an ox had been broken to the yoke on that island, and, if we have been correctly informed, kanakas drew the first plow! But we have wandered far from the city, the din o( which now fills our ears. We have been here only four days, and yet we have seen much, and hope to see much more before our departure. We enjoy We first visited this city in 1349, and we now find, after an absence of twenty years, a very different state of things from what was then to be witnessed. The first thing which strikes our attention is the sumptuous style of the hotels. The accommodations at the Lick House strangely contrast with our lodging on the soft side of a floor board, with one blanket, in '49. Then, for a restaurant, we resorted with the merchants of the city to a tent where a negro provided for his guests in every style. It was the best the city then afforded. Now we find hotels, churches, warehouses, stores and al! the other elements of a great and prosperous city, resembling cities of older lands. Every- our freedom from professional cares beyond thing appears orderly and well-conducted. what words can express. It will be pleasant We should infer that the police regulations to hear the voices of others in the pulpit, and were good. We notice that ladies do not we intend to improve every opportunity while hesitate to perambulate the streets alone in abroad of hearing preachers and lecturers. the evening, going to and from public Jec- This evening, April Ist, we go to attend a. lecture of the Be v. Dr. Stone on " Individuality," while last evening we hoard a Catholic priest lecture upon "Common Sense." It was u long lecture, occupying one hour and a half. We can remark that the speaker's ideas of common sense, as applied to history and Christianity, would not correspond to those of a Protestant. In the course of his remarks ho referred to the fact that Protestant ministers had compared the Catholic Church to the Apocalyptic lady clothed ill scarlet. He facetiously added : " I wonder if she exhibited the Grecian bend." In alluding to Protectant sects he employed the phrase, "Out Christian brethren." Tins tallies with the spirit of the Pope's late letter to the Protestant world, wherein he ipeaka of Christian*.—heretics of course— although not good Catholics. We wonder if Rome is not altering lier tactics ! Her doctrines may not change, but her bearing towards other sects may! The truth is, even Koine must conform to the spirit of progress of the l!)th century. ISF.V. nil. scimiukk's i.kctiikb. On Tuesday evening, March .'30th, the second alter landing in San Francisco, we attended a lecture delivered by Dr. Scudder, on "Hindoo Philosophy" and "Boston Tranccndentalism." The Bevcrond speaker compared the two systems on these five points—God, Matter, Man. Futurity and Salvation. As the speaker was born in India, and had spent twenty years of missionary life preaching in the streets of that mys- terious land, it was interesting to listen to a popular exposition of Hindoo philosophy. We felt that be was speaking upon a subject which he had thoroughly studied and made a speciality. When lie came to expose the errors of the Boston Traneciidcntalists—of whom IJ. W. Emerson is the exponent we also felt that he was not stepping upon ground which he had not fully explored. His references were full and to the point. The comparison was by no means favorable to the Yankee philosopher. A full report of bis lecture has appeared in the " Bulletin," and we copy the closing para- — graphs : Hindooism is a compact system, but " transcendentalism is loose and disjointed, varying with each individual reason, and yielding no authority to Revelation, but all to private reason. The Hindoos hammered out their belief on their own anvil, while the Transcendentalistsof Boston purloined theirs from the briefly written magazines and books of French authors, and palmed them off second hand. They were so much inflated with their ideas of self that they were much like the man who, whenever he spoke of himself, reverently took off his hat. The Hindoos have some foundation for their belief and have set up some landmarks by which they try to steer; but the Transcen- �di'ntalisls had none—no two of these gentlemen squinted the same way. It was possible to understand Hindoo philosophy; bat the doctrine of the Transeendentalists was moonshine. One could get hold of it no more than lie could get hold of two bands* ftil of moonshine. Transcendentalism is like a soap bubble filled with wind. The Transeendentalists are now studying Hindoo, and love Brahminism, which is mind,dissevered from its moral character. He had beard that some of them were learning the Hindoo language, believing that they could find a strong resemblance in the two systems. He thought they were getting on the right track and if thev wish to make a journey 10 that country he would Ik' happy to give them letters of introduction to the chief priest of a grand old temple, and to the driver ol the car of juggernaut. The doctrine of the Hindoo, to that of transcendentalism, was like the lofty and towering locust compared to the vine in an obscure dungeon. Ho would refer them to the reasoning of a Brahmin, relative to the Creation,as follows: God made all things, consequently be must have existed first, and as be created liglit, where darkness existed before, he must he darkness. If he were to hear a lie, he preferred a good oik —one that would make him gag, and create astonishment. The doctrine of transcendentalism,compared to Hindoo philosophy, was like a puny tadpole compared to it huge hull-frog sitting on the end of a log. And U tadpoles eventually became frogs, if they did not die, there was vet some hope for these Boston Mushroom K N I), ■AV . I S ft 9. are located in various parts of the city. II you would measure a people, or estimate their growth and standing, it is necessary to inquire respecting the books which they read or write-. The time will come when California authors will take their place in the world. Here is talent, energy, mind and genius. At present the material absorbs ttie attention, but the tendency is upward. We have not visited any schools, but reserve that treat for some future occasion. 35 I I! ¥, ¥ It I spots on earth wherein to do good, if peop'.o are so inclined. Impressions there made are often found to lastingly abide, hence we hope our readers at the Islands will remember and speak a kind word lo the stranger and sailor. It will not be forgotten in after years. It may prove a •• fit " word which, says Solomon, •• is like nn apple of gold in a picture of silver !" Tn lie runtlnu' il. ARich Whale. Old whalers, says the S. F. Bulletin of Fob. If Boston has its •• Hawaiian Club," with UO, are not always content with blubber and its fifty members, San Francisco might form hone. Now anil then a whale is found whose liver is worth more than a whole cargo of oil. a similar association with quadruple that A Boston paper furnishes the following acnumber. It is astonishing how many people count : are residnlg here, who have either resided on " Cupt. Timothy C. Spaukling, of the bark the Hawaiian Islands or have visited that Elizabeth, of New Bedford, while coming patl of the world. We meet them in the south-southwest of Madagascar, struck a very large sperm whale. On opening the whale street and at hotels, in private and in public. they had the good luck to discover 295 They gnat us with much cordiality and pounds of ambergris—worth on the spot many kind enquiries. All feel a kindly sym- $<-!( 1,000. This rare and expensive article is pathy toward the Islanders. Among them found only now and then, and generally in The old price used to be we have fallen in with several clergymen ■mall quantities. for one pound of ambergris one of pound The Key. F. Buel, agent of the California gold. Sailors say it is a substance found on Bible Society, visited the Islands about account ol dyspepsia in the whale; it is twenty years ago, while connected with the never found in any but diseased sperm whales, whaling service. He remembers the kind- and randy at that. It is an essential article ness received from several Honolulu families. in the manufacture of nice perfumery." The largest piece of which we have any about whom he had many enquiries to make. record, previous to the above account, weighed Similar were the enquiries of the Rev. J. P. 1S:> pounds, and was bought by the Dutch Philosophers. Transcendentalism drive' ui Ludlow, pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist Bast India Company; 130 pounds were away from the Good, the Redeemer, future Church ol this city. By some in Honolulu taken some years ago from a whale near the life and high moral worth. The speaker he Islands. will be remembered as a young man to Windward concluded with several Hindoo proverlis. sailors have an eye to the lean and The which, ho said, would do as a dessert to top- whom the seamen's chaplain administered sick whales, and the old hands at the busioff with, ud aid in digesting some of the the rite of Christian baptism, by i.mmf.usion, ness prefer a dyspeptic whale, with his suhslanlials : He who has killed oir ten in February, 185M, in the river flowing down hidden treasure, to any amount ol blublier. patients is a perfect doctor.' >|f an ant Ninianu Valley. Since that time he has Ambergris contains S:4 per cent, of fatty, was measured by its own little hands it substance called amlireine, which is fragrant would lie eight spans in length.' •Although passed through n regular collegiate and theo- extracted by boiling in alcohol. It is, in its you take s dog's tail, soak it in oil, and do logical training at the East, and is now la- natural state, of a bright grav color, having it up in splints, you cannot take the crook boring with great usefulness as one ol the streaks of black or yellow. The substance out of it.' " pastors of this city. We have also met the is ofa waxy nature, having a very fine grain. Key. A. Williams and Key. Dr. Benton, both It is held to be I be morbid secretions of a BOOUTOUBS OK SAN FIANC1SCO. -* sperm whale. It has a rare fragrance, and Almost the first place we visited on land- of whose acquaintance we formed at Hono- the quantity is so small that it always bears ing was a bookstore. H. H. Bancroft and A. lulu. Space would fail us to record the a burn price. Ambergris Island, ofT the coast Roman k Co. are the principal booksellers names of all who would either enquire about of Yucatan, takes its name from quantities and publishers of this city. Both have large the Islands or have some message to send of ambergris found on its shores, the excretions ol whales which feed in that vicinity. and well filled stores. It delighted us ex- thither. Very frequently we meet, while Francisco, establishments. the streets of San ir A. passing along ceedingly to s '< A Syracuse paper thus notices the Roman & Co. have commenced in good ear- some shipmaster or sailor who grasp? our Newcomb collection ol shells, most of which Captain were ht Oakland for years nest the hook publishing business. This is hand with a refreshing cordiality. on road to a "The Newcomb Cnbinet of Conchology is the wile is now Honolulu—came in advance C.—whose a long stride in now in process of arrangement under the dihigher civilization. Thousands may buy to us, while sitting at the dinner table of the rection of the collector, Dr. Newcomb, who and sell goods and traffic in iantlsand stocks, Lick House, and reminded as of our invita- has just returned from the islands of the Pabut it is only one man in a thousand, aye, tion lo him to attend the Bethel Sabbath cific. It is so lartre that there is no room in in many thousands, who can write a hook School in Honolulu, twenty-one years ago, the University buildiog which can contain it. It will therefore be set up in apartments which the world will read. Not one in a when he was a sailor! He is now the popu- rented in the Cornell Library, where it will which the world lar commander of the "Great Republic," million can write a bosk probably remain until the Museum of Natwill not let die. Two of the San Francisco running to China. It is exceedingly pleas- ural History shall be commenced and finministers are publishing volumes of their ant to renew our acquaintance with so many ished." writings. We refer to Bishop Kip and the whom we have known at the Islands, but The secret of working easily is to keep in Rev. Dr. Wadsworth. At some future time who are now actively and usefully engaged good humor. A man who sings at his work we shall notice their productions under the in the various employments of life. Hono- will do twice as much as one who snarls at lulu has been and is now otic of the best it. SAN FKANCIsi'0 —II A WA HANS. : . • , "'' : �36 THE FKIEJND, Mai- i. 111 E V\il i: N tsee. KP" During our passage on board the "Idaho" we accidentally heard Judge H. relate the following incident, which occurred on board a Panama steamer hound to San We requested him to write out the sketch, which is as follows I Ei>. Francisco. The Colored Prenclier. 1 was traveling one summer on the Pana- ma steamer to San Francisco. The ship's company and passengers numbered some twelve hundred. Of nil this community, apart by himself, among the steerage passengers, was a colored man, apparently unnoticed, except by casual and scornful remarks about "that big nigger dressed in black." He was a powerfully built man, almost black, wilh large, well-shaped and intelligent features. One Sunday, after a morning Episcopal service and a sermon in the afternoon from a Methodist or Baptist minister, it was proposed by some of the passengers that the negro, who was ascertained to bo a preacher, thould be asked to hold an evening service, After some hesitation, he finally was induced to officiate. The large cabin was full. Everyone was present, some from good motives, some from curiosity, others, 1 (ear, from a mischievous idea that they were to find matter for ridicule in the service. The preacher, after a short prayer, a hymn, and a selection from Scripture.closed his book and delivered an address of some thirty minutes, which I have rarely heard equalled for eloquence, simplicity and effectiveness. The deep tones of his voice, not raised above the natural conversational key, were distinctly heard throughout the cabin. Without hesitating for a word, but deliberately, he first reminded his hearers of the solemn warning of their common humanity just received, in the death of a poor woman among the passengers, who with her children was on her way to join her husband in California. Then he spoke of the profanity, gambling and frivolity he had observed on board among " well dressed passengers, officers of the vessel, and all with only a plank between them and the shoreless ocean of eternity." Every word told, and was intently and respectfully listened to, and, when he had closed, there was not one of his hearers but instinctively felt that a true, fearless Christian man had stood before them. I will venture to say that not one was there who was not convinced of the error and disgraceful wrong we do in entertaining prejudice against any man merely on account of color. Every young man should remember that the world will always honor industry. The vulgar and useless idler, whose energies of body and mind are rusting for want of occupation, may look on him with scorn—it is praise ; his contempt is honor. Miss Emily Faithful is one of the Women's Kights speakers of Ureat Britain. In a recent address in the V SqUare RooiT,s she said that of ooo orU «0,000,000 ' women of England, 2,500,000 most prominent were unmarried. I). MAY. I8 6 9 They are people from the searching for the widow From the mountain-pass the widow's and her son. They have reached the pass. dwelling was ten miles off, and no human A cry is uttered by one of the shepherds, as habitation was nearer than her own. She he sees a bit of a tartan cloak among the had undertaken a long journey, carrying snow. They have found the widow— dead ! with her her only child, a boy two years her arms stretched forth, as if imploring asold. sistance. Before noon, they discovered her The morning when the widow left her child by his cries. He was safe in the crevhome gnve promise of a lovely day. But, ice of the rock. The story of that woman's before noon, a sudden change took place in auction for her child was soon read in lanthe weather. Northward, the sky became guage which all understood. black and lowering. Masses of clouds restMany a tear was shed, many an exclamaed upon the hills. Sudden gusts of wind tion expressive of admiration and affection began to whistle among the rocks, and to was uttered from enthusiastic, sorrowing ruffle, with black squalls, the surface of the hearts, when, on that evening, the aged paslake. The wind was followed by rain, and tor gathered the villagers into the deserted ihe rain by sleet, and the sleet by a heavy house of mourning, and, by prayer and fall of snow. It was the month of May— fatherly exhortation, sought to improve for for that storm is remembered as -'the great their souls' good an event so sorrowful. May storm." The wildest day of winter More than half a century passed away. never beheld flakes of snow falling heavier That aged and faithful man of (Jod had long or faster, or whirling with more fury throii"h ago been gathered to his fathers, though his the mountain-pass, tilling every hollow and memory still lingered in many a retired glen, whitening every rock ! among the children's children of parents Weary, and wet, and cold, the widow whom he had baptized. His son, whose reached that pass with her child. She knew locks were white with age, was preaching to that a mile beyond it there was a mountain a congregation in one of our great cities. hut which could give shelter; but the mo- The subject of his discourse was the love of ment she attempted to face the storm of Christ. In illustrating the self-sacrificing The Sheltering Rock. mountain-pass. village, who ore snow which was rushing through the gorge, all hope failed of proceeding in that direction. To turn home was equally impossible. She must find shelter. The wild cat's or fox's den would be welcome. After wandering for some time among the huge fragments of granite which skirted the base of the overhanging precipices, she at last found a sheltered nook. She crouched beneath a projecting rock, and pressed her child to her trembling bosom. The storm continued to rage. The snow was accumulating overhead. Hour after hour passed. It became bitterly cold. The evening approached. The widow's heart was sick with fear and anxiety. Her child —her only child—was all she thought of. She wrapped him in her shawl. But the poor thing had been scantily clad, and the shawl was thin and worn. The widow was poor, and her clothing could hardly defend herself from the piercing cold of such a night as this. But whatever might become of herself, her child must be preserved. The snow, in whirling- eddies, entered the recess, which afforded them at best but miserableshelter. The night came on. The wretched mother then stripped off almost all her own clothing and wrapped it round her child, whom at last in despair site put into a deep crevice of the rock, among some heather and fern. And now she resolves, at all hazards, to brave the storm, and return home in order to get assistance for her babe, or perish in the attempt. Clasping her infant to her heart, and covering his fac-5 with tears and kisses, she laid him softly down in sleep,and rushed into the snowy drift. That night of storm was succeeded by a peaceful morning. The sun shone from a clear blue sky, and wreaths of mist hung along the tops of the mountains, while a thousand waterfalls poured down their sides. Dark figures, made visible at a distance by the white ground, may now be seen with long poles, examining every hollow near the nature of that " love which seeketh not her own," be narrated the above story of the Highland widow, whom he had himself known in his boyhood, and he asked, "If that child is now alive, what would you think of his heart, if he did not cherish an affection for his mother's memory; and if the sight of her poor tattered cloak, which she had wrapped round him, in order to save his life at the cost of her own, did not (ill him with gratitude and love too deep for words? Yet what hearts have you, my henrers. if, in memory of your Saviour's sacrifice of himself, you do not feel them glow with deeper love and with adoring grautude ? " A few days after this, a message was sent by a dying man requesting to see this clergyman. The request was speedily complied with. The sick man seized the minister by the hand, and, gazing intently in his face, said •• You do not, you cannot recognize me. But I know you, and knew your" father before you. I havebeen a wanderer in many lands. I have visited every quarter of the globe, and fought and bled for my country. I came to this town a few weeks ago in bad health. Last Lord's day I entered yourchurch—the church of my countrymen —where I could once more hear, in the language of my youth and of my heart, the gospel preached. I heard you tell the story of the widow and her son;" here the voice ol the old soldier faltered, his emotion almost choked his utterance ; but, recovering himself for a moment, he cried, " I am that son ! " and burst into a flood of tears. » Yes," he continued, "myI am that son ! Never, never did I forget mother's love. Well might you ask what a heart should mine have been if she had been forgotten by me. Dear, very dear to me is her memory ; and my only desire now is to lay my bones beside hers in the old churchyard among the hills. But, sir, what breaks my heart and covers me with shame is this—until now I never truly saw the love of my Saviour ingivin; himself for : �II! i; ft XI X M 1), me—l confess it! I confess it! "he cried, looking up to heaven, his eyes streaming with tears; and, pressing the minister's hand close to his breast, he added, " It was God who made you tell that story. Praise be to His holy name that my dear mother did not die in vain, and that the prayers which I was told she used to offer for me have been ot lust answered ; for the love of my mother has been blessed in making me see, as I never saw before, the love of my Saviour. I see it, 1 believe it. I have found deliverance in old age where I found it in my childhood in the clejt of the Rock; but it is the Kock of Auks ! " And clasping his hands, be repeated with intense fervour, Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea. they may forget, yet will I not forget thee ! "—[Sunday at Home. — " The Bottom of the Ocean. In 1853, Lieutenant Brooke obtained mud from the bottom of the North Atlantic, between Newfoundland and the Azores, at a depth of more thai; ten thousand feet, or two miles, by the help of his sounding apparatus. The specimens were sent for examination to Ehrenberg, of Berlin, and to Baily, of West Point, and those able microscopists found that this deep sea mud was almost entirely composed of the skeletons of living organism —the greater proportions of these being just like the Globigcrmrc, already known to accur in the chalk. Thus far the work had been carried on simply in the interests of science, but Lieut. Brooke's method of sounding acquired a high commercial value when the enterprise of laving down the telegraphic cable between Great Britain and the United States was undertaken. For it became a matter of immense importance to know not only the depth of the sea over the whole line along which the cable was to be laid, but the exact nature of the bottom, so as to guard against chances of cutting or fraying the strands of that costly rope. The Admiralty consequently ordered Captain Dayman, an old friend and shipmate of mine, to ascertain the depth of the whole line of the cable, and to bring back specimens of the bottom. In former days such a command as th's might have sounded very much like one of the impossible things which the young prince in the Fairy Tales is ordered to do before he can obtain the hand of the princess. However, in the months of June and July, 1557, my friend performed the task assigned to him with "reat precision, without, so far ns I know, having met with any reward of that kind. The specimens of Atlantic mud which he procured were sent to me to be examined and reported upon. The result of these operations is that we know the contour and nature of the surfacesoil covered by the North Atlantic for a distance of 1,700 miles from enst to west, as well as we all know that of any part of the dry land. It is a prodigous plain—one of the wildest and most even plains in the world. If the sea were drained off you might drive a wagon all the way from Valentia, on the west coast of Ireland, to Trinity Bay, in Newfoundland. And, except upon one sharp incline, about two hundred miles from Valentin, I am not quite sure that it would even be necessary to put the skid on, so gentle are the ascents and descents on that long route. From Valentin the road would lie down hill for about three hundred miles to the point at which the bottom is now covered by 1,700 fathoms of sea water. Then would come the central plain, more than one thousand miles wide, the inequalities of the surface of which would be hardly perceptible, though the depth of the water upon it varies from 10,000 to 15,000 feet; and there arc places in which Mount Blanc might be sunk without showing its peak above water. Beyond this, the ascent on the American side commences, and gradually leads, for about three hundred miles, to the Newfoundland shore. Almost the whole bottom of this central plain (which extends lor many hundred miles in a north and south direction) is covered hy a fine mud, which, when brought to the surface, dries into a grayish white friable substance. You can write with this on a blackboard, if you are so inclined, and to the eye it is quite like very soft, grayish chalk. Examined chemically, it proved to be composed almost wholly of carbonate of lime; and if you make a section of it in the same way as that of a piece of chalk was made, and view it with a microscope, it presents innumerable Globigerinaj embedded in the granular matrix. Thus the deep sea mud is substantial- ly chalk.—[Prof. Huxiey. To the Slaves ok Tobacco.—We find the following in an exchange, and would advise all of our tobacco-chewing readers to try it: !. Make the most of your Will. Drop tobacco, and resolve never to use it again in any form. 2. Go to an apothecary, and buy ten cents' worth of Gentian root, coarsely ground. 3. Take as much of it after each meal, or oftener, as amounts to a common quid of cut " or cavendish." " fine 4. Chew it well, and swallow all the saliva. 5. Continue this a few weeks, and you will come off conqueror; then thank God, and thank us—i. c., the Rev. Geo. Trask. " The Hawaiian Club.-The following item was clipped from a Boston paper : This club held their annual meeting at No. 15 Peinberton square on the 20th Feb. The following officers were chosen : President, James Hunnewell. Vine-i'resident, J.imes F. 1!. Marshall. Secretary and Treasurer, Kifwnril I'. Bond. Directors, Charles Brewer, Augustus Huss. JCilitinir Committer, Win. T. Brighiui, James F. Hunnewell, Bcnjnmiii Pitman, Q. 1). Oilman, l>. M. Weston. The following minute, relating to the late Mr. Horace Mann, was entered upou the records of the club: The members of the Hawaiian Club desire to record their appreciation of the character and labors of their late associate, Sir. Horace Mann. While the purity and usefulness of his character, worthy of the honored name he bore, had won the regard and affection of all whom his modesty would admit to a knowledge of his worth, his services in his chosen department of science gave promise of great usefulness and distinction ; and it seems altogether fitting that the friends of Hawaii, which was the scene of his early labors and of his first recognized success, should acknowledge their deep sense of the W which they hare sustained in his early death. ' 37 IA V, iB6O. Progress of the Gospel in Si'AIn.—The Secretaries af the American and Foreign Christian Union have kindly furnished us with the following facts, just received from Mr. Henry C. Hall, their missionary director in Spain. They state that thus far no other Society has proposed to employ, men colporters, or evangelists, in Spain. The Union, because it is American, has every advantage there for successful missionary work, and it designs to do as much as the Christians of America will authorize by their contributions. After giving detailed esiimates for printing the Bible, Mr. Hall writes : '•As regarding the advisability of printing here, there can be but one opinion, it seems to me. mitted The facts are : Spain has never per- the entry of foreign-printed Spanish books. 2t\. After having promised to permit, she proves faithless to her promise. 3d. There is no law which prohibits printing. 4th. Matter printed here is of fifty per cent, more value, because gratifying the national pride. Tracts can he printed very cheaply. Paper is cheap, and the ordinary price for labor is twenty to forty cents per day. For want of other printed truth, Mr. Alonzo and myself have commenced the publication ola weekly newspaper, filled with the facts and stories of the Gospel of Christ, together with an exposition of portions of the Word of God. We are working through all the channels open to us, and the cause of Christ daily and obviously advances. Mr. Alonzo is addressing audiences of ten to fifteen hundred in Seville, in Roman Catholic churches, which for the time have been abandoned. He says :" If you could see the immense multitudes who attend these meetings, you would remember the words of the Master, 'The harvest is great, but the laborers are few.' Must we," he adds, "lose this blessed opportunity of telling these of Jesus, the beauty of His doctrine, and what He did for them and for us, because the meetings are called under the name of clubs'?"— [Evangelist. Read this: The Alonzo Hawes who Sr. Albans to the New York Sun the sensational story about the son of Mrs. Sigourney, who was supposed to be drowned but is alive, turns out to be a maniac. The whole yarn is a fabrication, as Mrs. Sigourney never lost a son by drowning. This same Hawes robbed Mrs. Sigourney of her silver plate on one occasion, and in return for her kindness in visiting him at the state prison, where he was subsequently incarcerated, pestered the good woman by publishing verses of his own purporting to be hers. His wrote from crnziness seems to run in a singular vein. Now read this: A correspondent writes from St. Albans to the New York Sun, a, strikingly sensational account of the existence of a son of the late Mrs. Lydia H. Sigourney, of Hartford, who was reported to have been drowned in the East Hirer at New York in 1857. The person who was drowned, and had been known through his life as hep son. was one exchanged in infancy for her child. This startling statement rests on confessions and documents of a dying woman, which will shortly be given to the public. Mrs. Sigourney's genuine son served in the war, and returned home a major, and now lives in a Vermont town. �I III: FK I 38 a voice Which once guided my way, When lost on tlie sea I rfvkvrkii Fog enshrouded 1 lay ; 'Twos tbe voice of a child, As he stood on the shore— It sounded out clear O'er the dark billow's roar, "Come this way. my father! Steer straight for me. Here, sate on the shore I am waiting for thee." I remember that voice. Asit led our own way, 'Midstrocks and through breaker* And bigb-dasbing spray; Ml. MAY. 1860 How sweet in my heart Did it sound Irom the shore, As ii ec&oed out clear (>'i-r tin- dark billow's rour. "Conn- this way, my lather. Slcer straight lor inc. Here, safe mi tin- Shore I am wailing for lln-e." remember 1 my joy When I held to my breast Thr form nl that Oi'nr one. And siniilii'il it In rest ; For llii' tones ol my ciiilil Whispered suit lo my cur, " I sailed you. dear lather. I knew you would bear Thf voice ot your darling. Fur o't-r tln- dark -''a. While safe on tbe shore BCoya'bsin Locker. "Come This War My Father." The little song, "Come this Way. My Father," was written by me during a season of great affliction, —occasioned by the loss of my darling little Frank (the hero of the story). The narrative and song were first published in the Waterville " Mail," in the year 1860. The scene of the occurrence was Boothbay, a little harbor about filtcen miles east of Bath. During a short visit to tbe sea-shore of our State, some two years since, with a party of friends, it was proposed one bright afternoon that we should make up a party and go down the harbor on a fishing excursion. We accordingly started, mid after sailing about three miles, a young lady of the company declined going further, and requested us to land her on one of the small islands in the harbor, where she proposed to stay until our return. My little boy, then about four years old, preferred remaining with her. Accordingly we left them, and proceeded some six miles further. We remained out much longer than we intended, and, as night approached, a thick fog set in from the sea, entirely enshrouding us. Without compass, and not knowing the right direction to steer, we groped our way along for some hours, until we discovered the breaking of the surf on the rocks of one of the islands, but were at a loss to know which one of them. I stood up in the stern of the boat, where I had been steering, and shouted with all my strength. I listened a moment, and heard, through the thick fog, and above the breaking of the surf, the sweet voice of my boy calling, "Come this way, father, —steer straight for me,—I'm waiting for you! " We steered by that sound, and soon my little boy leaped to my arms with joy, saying. •' I knew you would hear me, father ! " and nestled to sleep on my bosom. The child and the maiden are both sleeping now. They died in two short weeks after the period I refer to, with hardly an interval of time between their deaths. Now, when tossed upon the rough sea of life, without compass or guide, enveloped in fogs and surrounded by rocks, I seem to hear the sound of that cherub voice calling from the bright shore, " Come this wny, father,—steer straight for me!" When oppressed with sadness, I take my way to our quiet cemetery, and still, as 1 stand by one little mound, the same musical voice echoes from thence, "Come this way, my father,—I'm waiting for thee! " With this 1 enclose a correct copy of the Yours, very truly. song. A. W. Wildes. I-; 1 was wuiliug lor thee." Tlint votes) now is hushed Which linn guided my way, The I'iriii I then pressed Is now mingling with clay ; But tlio loses nl my child Still sound in my ear. "1 am calling you. lather! Oh can you nut hear The voice of your darling. As you tstm ou life's .sea ? For on a bright shore I am waiting lor thee." ii'ini'inbiT that voice.— 1 111 many a lulu- hour It speaks lo my heart With fresh beauty and power, Ami still echoes far out Over life's troubled wave, Anil sounils Irom the loved lips That lie in the grave. ('nine this way, my lather ! Oh. steer straight lor me ! Here, safety in heaven, I am wailing lor the*)'. " " A Doctor's Story. nnd useful therein before he came to me. I have heard him speak with very great edification. '0, S—,' 1 said, 'is that you?' •This is me,'he said in a sarcastic tone, ' don't you know me ?' 'I nm ashamed of you,' I said. ' You have no right to be ashamed of me. You are not my doctor. 1 was a teetotaler, but you sent me here— here, to this public house.—for your medicine, which saved my body but ruined my soul.' He lell into the arms of two or three of his drunken companions and I left him. "1 did not sleep that night, iliiukingabout that man. I was not a teetotaler then, but it almost made me one. I'mm that night 1 sought him out. He lived a little way from the town when I bad last known him. His home was in a pleasant cottage with a little garden before it. He was a happy man in his family. Now, however, he was not there, and, on inquiring where he had gone to, I found it was to a low pari of the town. Here, in such a home as only a drunken man can live in, 1 found him laid upon a straw bed, sleeping off the effects of the previous night's debauch. His poor children were clothed in rags, and the appearance of his broken-hearted wife I shall not soon forget. I talked lo the man,- reasoned with, and succored him from dial time, and never let him rest until he signed the pledge. It took him some time to recover his character in the church, and 1 had the happiness of seeing him restored lo his place there ; and now he has a larger class, and is more popular than be was before, and has been a devoted worker in the temperance cause ever since. Can you wonder that I never order strong drink for a patient?" At a social meeting of temperance reformers, held recently in the Lecture Hall of the Monumentto Robinson Crusor.-Some National Temperance League at 3'Jl, Strand, odd proposals have been made from time to Dr. Munroe, of Hull, who has devoted much time about the erection of monuments to certime to the study of the physiological action tain distinguished individuals, but who ever of alcohol, made the following remarkable thought ol one for Kobinson Crusoe ? The statement, which we give in his own words: officers of one of her English .Majesty's ships, the alcoWith regard to prescription of however, have resolved to place a tablet on " holic beverages, 1 will relate one circum- the Island of Juan Fernandez, bearing the stance. Some years ago, before 1 became a following inscription teetotaler, a man came to me to be cured of IN HKMOHV Or an abscess in his hand. 1 said to him,' You Ai.KXAMiKU iSKLKIRK, will be.obliged during the time you are sufMUilNiat, : fering from this large amount of suppuration of Largo, in the county of Fife, Scotland, which is taking place, lo take a bottle ot A native who lived on this island, in complete solitude, stout every day.' for lour years and four months. lie was lauded from the C inque Ports galley, 96 tons, Oh 18 guns, a. i>. 1701, and was taken off in the /Juke privateer, I'Jtli February, 1709, 'Ah ! but doctor, I was a drunken man once, and I should not like to try it.' I believed lie died Lieutenant of H. 11, S. Weymouth, A. r>. the drink would-do the man good, and said 17"Jo\ aged 47 years. to him that, if he did not choose to follow This Tablet is erected near Selkirk's look-out, by f'liiiiuiiiilore Tuwell and the Officers of my advice, he might consult another doctor. 11. M. B. Topaz,, a. i). 1868. However, he took the stout and got better. ' I am a teetotaler,' said my patient. " 'But ! but you must take it as a medicine.' ' 1 said to him afterwards, You would have sacrificed your life for this little bottle of stout daily. It has saved your life, and be thankful.' So he went away a cured man. I am sorry to say that only a few months after that, I was driving down one of our public thoroughfares, when I saw a poor, miserable, ragged-looking man standing against the public house door. It struck me at once that this man was my late patient. I got out of my conveyance to see him. You know how severe a drunken man may be. He had been a member of a Wesleyan Society, a class-leader, on ornament to the church, " Nothing Lost.—The new Bridgeport Wood Distilling Company are prosecuting business very successfully. The wood operated on is yellow pine from North Carolina. From experiments they have obtained from one cord of wood the following articles : 40 gallons of pure turpentine, from 5 to 6 barrels of pitch, 140 gallons of pyroligneous acid, 70 bushels of charcoal, and 10,000 feet of gas. The weight of the manufactured articles being equal to the weight of the wood upon, nothing is lost, but every nroperated i *i* . «• ticle utilized. j �THE FRIEND, MAY, 1869. ADVERTISEMENTS. ADVERTISEMENTS. AnftloDpfr, Kuuiu on (turrit Street, snr door 871 ljr s»l*-626 KiiKhunianu street, Drotlst, OIBca corner of Fori and Hotel Stre.tr. E. IIOFI'MAW, M.l). Physician and Surgrua, I. P. ADAMS. Corner Merchantand KaRhiiuwmu sti., nrnr 1'ostoilice. — In t.i In A. M., hii.1 IV'tm 3 to 5 ly l*. M. .«. I). II. 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Connecticut, ■old 18,660, whilst the Wheeler k Wilaon Company, of BridgePUBLISHED AND EDITED BY port, made and sold 19,726 during the same period. 11 U 0*PleassD Call stsid Exitwlar. Wheeler & Wilson's SEWING MACHINES! WILLIAM WKIttHT, BLACKSMITH, Foot of Nuuauu Street, opposite SeRelken'sTln Shop. _. IS PREI'AREIITOTARK ALL KINDS -4* of ULACKSMll'IIING. epuirs on Carriages, Wagons, CarU, fcc, •*^«>R \tr prompt attention. IMPING will receive SCHOOL AT K0L0A. DOLE. AT KOLOA. RKV. DANIEL Kuuai, Ims accomraoiiatiein lii« 11IIB Far ss Few Bonrdiistf Scholar.. in family ICT Persona wishing to learn the Terms will apply or the Kdilor of " Taa Fsiaan." to him M GEORGE WILLIAMS, 1US — *" " "WOTICE ! LICENSED SHIPPING AGENT. CONTINUES THE BUSINESS OXH1SOLD immediately on * IP ANY READER OF THE ••SKAMKN'* Flan of settling with OBecrs and Seamen either FRIEND" has in possession "The Method of tha Dlvius heir Shipping at ■ ■■ Office. Having no connection, and allow establishment, outfitting any Physical and Moral, 3d edition, by Rev. James with indirect, Government, direct or office, he hopei to give as McCoah, LL. I).," belonging to the Pastor of Makawao, the inc no debts to be collected ata*bit past. he has the in the future borrower confer a special favor by returning It u speedily will tood satisfaction in Co.'s Wharf, near the U. 8. as convenient. J. 8. GRKKK. tT Office on .Jai. Robluaon W8m February Makawao, 10,1800. Consulate. * Bound Volumes of the "Friend " FRIEND:"" THE SAMUEL C. DAMON. A MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO TEM-I'EBA.NCE, SEAMEN, MARINE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, TERMS: On* copy, per annum, Two copies, Fire oopiss, " . ~ g2.f 0 Jt.oo (.00 �1 II X 40 MARINE JOURNAL. PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. AKKIVAU*. 31 AY HUK.MI, . I 86 9 MEMORANDA. Report ol A Mericaii Ship •*Syren." Left Ho*, ton November 13th, 1868, *sd wan 36 days to the eouator, crossing it in long 29° 46* W. In hit 30° N.long 41 3 W met with light baffling winds from the south, and N, long 28 ° W. From (lie calms ; was 18 days to lat 21 IMjuilnr to 60° Sin the Atlantic was 20 days ; from iheuce to 50 in the Fnclflc, 13 days ; thence to the equator 26 days, pnMtag in hmg 122 C West, from thence to port 17 day*—l2o dii\s passage. i>cc. 8, 18C8, lat 22° 8" N, long 58° 6V W, exchanged signals with American *hi|> Mt, Maikn, 27 day* from New York, for Acapulco. .Lan 1, 1800. lat 26 ■ 10' S. long 40c 40' w, spoke TourMatted bark Halite C. Beitse, from New York for I'ortland, O. Jan. B, lat 37 : S, lons 61 ° W, *aw Anglican shin FleetWing, fi'oii New York tor San Francisco. J:iu 23. Oir Cape Horn saw American ship Thatcher Mayum, bound east. Jan. 28, lat 50' -'JO 1 H, tang 74= 20' W. NfiiallMd American «lnp Sumatra, from New Yore for Sin Francinco. Had been in company 5 d;iy* Same day saw Aim-ncan hark I*. C. - Mar. 14—Am ship Syren, Perkhw, 120 days from floston. 14—Haw bk Ka Moi, Oarrds, 117 d>» fin Hrcmcrhavni. 1,_Am wh all llils-mia, Ludlow, from u cruiae, with 2aU litis upt-rm and (WO lilils whali- oil. 17—-Am wh bk Hen Cuiumlnga, llalsey, from a cruise, with 176 bhls sperm oil. 17—A in wh bk bVa Ureese, from coast of California,with lit) bbla wh oil. 19—Am wh ship Furnpu, Mellen, from a cruise on line, withluo bbu ■perm oil. 18—Amwh bk Active, lilac kmer, from a cruise, clean. 20—Schr K:i .Moi, Powers, from ataai. 20—Am wh hit California, Wood, from arru.se, with 100 bhls sperm oil. 20—Am wh bk Oliver Crakcr, PlalWT, from a crui-.e, with 88 l.bls iiimi and M Mils .vlialc oil. 23—Brit brig Rut* UowMa, ffarrtntf. 27 day* from Vic toriii, V I. Mrrryin-in. Jan. 2*.', lat M S, long *7 17' W esohsMfed alfnaln with 24—Am wh bk Aurora, Hume*, from a crnine, \s iili IM blih »|-'i in oil. ft Mi rlilcnl»eri! bark, o2 days from San FIUMteM, Ikhuhl to .'((in Cork. .-I -Am vvli bk Camilla, Jones, from it cruise, wild lilils h|m>iiii oil. Rrport of Ilnwiillnn Bnrlt 4, Ka Moi.'* 25— Am wh bk Oriole, Mayes, from u crnine, with 100 IscH llreiin'i haven Nov. 10, IMC, ami the Weawr HiverNov. llllU »|* I III oil. Lands End No*. 21st. Wmm 33 days lo the 26—Am wh bk Trident, (ireen, from a cruise with 2oU 10th. I'sswed 3 equator, eroaatllg to tag 27° 34* \V ; thence to oti Sin the bbla whale oil. AlUnUcSSdays, From fto* sin Atlantic to 600 BtnPmctflr, 20—Am wh hk Uoimin, Jernegun, from New lledfonl, 12 day* ; thence to the equator 27 day s, croaring in long 121 with Uu bhls mrH oil. —117 day* paaaaajsj. Oil' Ca.M 27—Am »h ship Cfcsnm [lowland, Knowlea, from :i 38< \V J tliince to port 17 days llliiiico found chronometer two dagfsjM rail, and oil" Hawaii cruise, with loo mi Mimic oil. degree* and 16 minutes, which made the navigation Irom lour 27—Haw brig Kamehainelui V., Hickman, 43 days from the CofM to Hawaii very uncertain. linker's Island. 27—Am wh ahip Vineyard, Smith, from a crnine, with Report of Ship "Enropa," Cnpf- Mrlliii 40 IiMn hihtiii nil. Stiled fririii Honolulu Dec. Ist, had strong trades to the line, 38—Am wh bk Awashouk*, Norton, from a cruise, clf.m. M— A in sli Sononi, lluicliinson, J«> il> » tin e>ati Francisco crossed it the l.illi, in long 144° 3o* W, hound lo Dean's Island. In lat I8» Sand long I*4 60' W, saw apam whale*; April 2—Tali sotir Eugenie, Hurt, 22 days from Tahiti. Island Dec. 2olh ', found 2—Am wh bk MsSjift, >ie!\eii/.ie, from coast California, took lifly barrel*. Arrived at Dean's the weather very had there and 110 whahs | ]( -v there Jan. lMll With MX) bhls wli oil. sperm in lat 10 Marquesas ; the whales 50* S, long *mw ful 10 Am lurk D U Murray, Ik'nnct, 15 days I Han 142- 15' W| took linir which stowed down fifty barrels, J-'rancisfo. this cruise. on"the Marmating, hundred Cruised one •potstj 10—Amship Free Tratlc, Bursley, 20 days from Kan OaMU until March Ist, then bit for the Sandwich Islands. Prune isco. this l.th. port Match, the and arrived at 15th, Sighted Hawaii 14—Am wh hk Hercules, .lowland. Iron, a cruise, with Please report the following ships, if not previ tut* reported \ 120 hbls wli oil. Allen, from New London, Jan. 17tli, Off Dean's Island, Iwrk Islander, W Olds, sperm oil J4—Am wh bk J I) Thompson, sine- leartnf llonolniu. Same date, bark John Carver, with 200 bbls whale oil. 15—Am bark Ethan Allen, Snow, 84 days from Sydney. clean. Feb. 7lh, oil .Marquesas, hark Nautilus. t, Ployd, days l( hours Idaho, stmr 10 Iroin 19 J5—Am Report of liar:, " Ben. i miim.■■;;■/ Cn|»t. 15-Hi it ship Maltie Hanks, Ralph, 22 days from YokoHnUcy. hama. Sailed from Honolulu lOl.'i Dec, JMB. for a cruise on theLine JjB—Am wh hk Kmily Morgan, Dexter, from New Hnlfonl, with 96 bhls s|>enn oil. and about the Marquesas; had ihc winds fresh from Band W—Am bk Ia«:iI Tender, We.itworth, 20 days from ESE. Crossed the Line 23d Dee. in long IW° 30' W, and Humboldt. 20—Haw bk Florence, Milpon, 10daym fin ban Francisco. as far south as tat 14 3 30' and long l.>2°. In January had three week* of N and NW gales and constant rain. Worked up to the Marquesas and cruised altoiit theislands till DEPARTURES. Fob, 17tb, llini went into It< solution ll;iy lor IVOod and water. Saw s|KTin whales lour times during the i-rui*e, and took thirMar. 13—Am wh hk Elizabeth Swift, Blivcn, to rruiae. teen, that made 17.> barrels of oil. Sailed from Marquesas tor li;—Am wh bk Helen Mar, Herreiiileen, to cruise. Honolulu 27th Feb. Crossed the Line March 3d in long 143 17—Am bk Cambridge, Miller, for San FratKisco. and arrived at Honolulu March 17th. 17—Am stmr Idaho, Floyd, for San Franrjsco. S|nike the following ships—Feb. 11th, bark Awashanks, 23—Am bk Comet, Abbott, for San Francisco. Norton, clean ; Feb. 14th, ship California, Wood, 100 sperm. 28—Am W'l. bk California, \Vo<xt, for a cruise. 2.1—Am wh bk Oliver Crocker, Fisher, fur u CTwuVsa, 26—Am wh hk Lairoda, Swiit, for a cruise. PASSENGERS. 2t)—Am wh bk Active, Blackmer, Ibr a crulac. 28—Am wh hk Trident, Green, tor a cruise. 144—Am bk Sea Breeze, Fbdier, for a cruise. From Bontos—Perrsyrcn. Sliinh 14th—lien Applet.in, Mr 27—Am wli hk Ben Cuinmim/s, HUanr, to cruise. Appletoli, Col HoojaT, Mrs Wcbaler—4. 30—A"* wh bk Europa, Mellen, to cruise. Fbom Bremkn—Per Ka Moi, Match 14th—X Larisch, 8 JO—Am wh bk Aurora, Barnes, to cruise. Anthon—2. .10 —Am wh bk Oriole, Hayes, lo cruise. (ieo crplae. Howland, Knnwk-s, to .10—Am wh sh Fob Han Fbanci.co—Per Cambridge, MBrch 17lh—Mrs R 31—Am ship rtouora, Hutchlnsoti, for Ilonjrkontf. V Husbandsand servant, WSb Fetters, E C Anderson—4. 31—Am wh hk Roman, Jernegun, to cruiae. For San Francimco—Per Idaho. Marrh 17th—Paul las> 31—Haw liriji Pfeil, Ahoy, Arctic Ocean. hcrg, Rev rt C Damon and wile, Frank Dam.m, T 0 liinrii lis, 31—Am wh sh HilH'rnia, Ludlow, to cruise Mrs Houston and 2 Misses Houston and 2 a.-rvanta, Stephen April 1—II 8 BOsai|K-e, Sartori, for San Vrancisco. InlßWltl, Miss MrAlister. Mrs Nicholson nnd S children. Judge 1—Am wli bk Awanhonks, Norton, to cruiae. llailw, 11. John Flaherty, Godfrey Brown, W II Dinxiiiil. G II 1—Am wh bk Vineyard, Smith, to cruise. A (i F Maitluiiil. Israel Andrews. I V t'luiae, O W 3—Haw brig Kanuliameha V., Hickman, tor Goano Spaldinii, Fiisoii, '1' I'riuu'ia, Jna Sylva, Jus Francisco, Antonio McnlslaiHls. l-ouge, T Joseph—3o. douco, T B 10—Am wh bk Eajrjc, McKenr.ie, for a cruise. For Ban Fbanc isco—Per Comet, March SSS—CwJ. J 10—Haw wh brig Koholu, Tripp, for a cruise, Hunt—2. llaimn, R 10—Brit brig Robt Cowan, (.urdner, lor Portland and Victoria. For Honokono—Per Honor.i, March IW—Aching, Cheong, JO—Tali schr Eugenie, Hart, lor Tahiti, via Kawailiae. Ahiu, Aong—4. 12—Hawbk Paiea, Smith, on a trading vnytige. I'miM Tahiti—Pit Eugenic, April 2—G N Owen and 13—Haw wh brtg Onward, Rathbuu, for a cruise. wife—2. 15—Am wh bk Camilla, Jones, to cruise. For PoRTi.ANn, «).—Per Robert Cowan, April 9th—T ci li—Am nark Ethan Allen, Snow, lor Ban Francisco. Ward and wile—2. 18—Am ship Free Trade, Bursley, for Guano Islands. 19—Am wh bk J 1> Thompson, Allen, to cruise. For UfANO Isi.anps—Per Kainchiiinclia V., April 2,1— dipt. Welherbee, Barney Omit, A Rilitucis, L Mecoll, M BSV 20—Am wh l«k Emily Morgan, Dexter, to cruise. 21— Am ha/k D C Murray, Bennett, fur Han Francisco. iiiyn, and 55 natives—oo. 22— Am stmr Idaho, Floyd, forBan Francisco. Fro* Han Francisco—Per Free Trade, April lOlh—C A Wllllaniß, wife, 2 children nnd 2 servaiiL—6. MARRIED. For Tradino Vovaok—Per Paien, April 12th—Col F 8 Dillingham—Smith—At Kaumakapili Church, in thin Pratt, wife and servant—3. city, April 86lh, by the tfride's father, assisted by Kev. A. O. Ban Frascisco—Per D. C. Murray, April 12lh—Mrs Forbes, Mr. B. F. Dlllinxhara to Miss Emma L., only daughter A From D Cartwright, Mrs Thompson and son, C II Cray, George ofRev. U well Smith, D. I> all ofthis city. No card*. [MasMatTarlane, II B Bailey and wile. II Mclnlyre, J 11 Black, J sachusetts papcra please copy.) Fisher, 0 W Fowler, Mrs Cross Master W F Hominick, C C Ul-tlek—BLauDKLi.—In on the 25th inat., at 8 II Cooper, J R Clfford, J Strauss, II 8 Grate, J rtmlth, the residence of the bride's tether, by Rev. I-. II. Gullck, Mr. Nell, M hipi—2o. Philip Butler to Miss Elisabeth R., daughter of Mr. J. R. eldest Faost Ban Francisco—Per Idaho, April 15th—B Marks, illatadell. [California papers please copy] Dun he—Hokm-Iq Honolulu, on Tinuauay eveniug, April Wm l.uroax, Samuel Boys—3. 1st, at the residence of the bride's father, by the Rev. Mr. For Guano Islands—Per Free Trade, April loth—Capt Hermann, Frank W. Dunne to Clara K. Hum W I. R Johnson.—l • = = ° • • r r , For San. F«AN(ih(o—Per I). C. Murray, April 21st— Mis Paxtonand son, Mr- J S Mct.rew, Mr and Mrs J S Walker, Miss A Mcluiyre, Mr anil Mrs S A 1.oiler, Thos O'Malley, MnG II Holland, A L Morrison,It <; Stewart, 0 0 Hennett, Wm Herger, G W Hart, Mr C I* Ward and servant, Mark Hohlnsou, C II I.ewers, Win Mapler. Jacob Wagner, James Miller, Thos Cooke, Wm Dunn, Geo C Itedlleld, James Baxter, T B dishing, Arthur Early, Saml Hood, J Urosslcy, T 0 Manor, Lung Chui—32. For San Fkancihco—Per Idaho, April 22d.—Mr nn.l Mr* .1 T Watcrhouse, Hbs \,aierhou*c, Mr* W W Hull, Mm W II Dimoml and child, Mns Marrinette, Mr and Mrs (i IN Owen, Mis* II i: Mwrt, Mrs It Croaa. Itev Mr Williamson, C. S Harlow, Mr Mcl'arhuie, A II Clark, J Worth, J J Wmlmli, J M Oat, I* Mark*, J S 1,0w,E S Flagg, U F Short, S Mugnlu, J llreimaii and child, T C Stewart, II II Sawyer, II Story, l> l.unt. Win Blasts. F W Gardiner. C II ('ray, J I. Lewis, Il Artnstead. Tho* Ryan, Wong Yea, A Hart, J Francis, Oeo Maxwell, .I G Pollard, John Smith, Geo Powers, Yoo Kaa. Acheon.,. Tarn Weft, Ah Tarn, Moo Hiah, Pnkn—43. J = , H DIED. Kki.i.ktt—Miin-h 7th. Kauai, in llM 77th nl hi* mridtooe, l.anihuli, Hatmio. Mi. John KrlMt, a native «■( 40 yearn a rialdent *i( IBcm ><;ir Of Ma :ij: \ Yorkahlrc, Knirliuid, and l»r ortf IslainU. Hi uiikm—Suddenly, in IN-tiolulu, March SOih, Mr. J. I'. II113I11.')*, in tin- Attn1 vrrir of h-bi age, fonacrii of Itiehnmnil, W'jivnc canity. Indiana, when hfal father and oilier ivlulives ■n rartUny. Ioiii*— At ill'- Rev. Mr. Green's B ■■inin uy, Makawad,Maui, on Sunday, Milit'll 'JStli, Miiiiii|i;ili;i,:ii;<'«l S years aniliniMiIhn, ynuiitffHt ilauulilcr <if" tin- laic |)r. Still I'mU-i Ford. *Tla thusil-ath rob* tin "I the bu»beei*tiw Ih.ck ! "(Hi star. untimely let, We will not w.rji |.ir tin-' 1 Thyhright and dewy rorowl U rising "'< r Um ■Oft.*' 1't ci.Kit—At KanpaikNM Plantation, near lillo, Hawaii, Mr George K. Twker, attara aixirt Unteee. Dcceaaod was u native ul llevcrly, Man*. North Pacific Transportation Company. Sail Francisco and Honolulu Route, Tin- ( •inpnny*- SpU-ndi*! A 1 STEAMSHIP IDAHO WII.I. RIX R EG C I. ARM' Between Honolulu and San Francisco, At FOLLOWS: Wilful.. llr|>iilliiri'x. sax rsAaoaoo. iionuiih. san raasoiaca. in-Mn.ri.i-. , Mas, April o Tliur.. April 11 Wed.. May 4,»at., April IT Wicl., Maf li Frid., May aH Hiur., June 111 Sun,, Mny *t Thur., June 17 fal, .Inly ;l i'rid July Id. Mon., Juur ZS MBKLt.lL aSrUICGB NISI ON U.L Sill I'll KYIS PKtt SIKAjIKB. Cargo fur San Francisco will he receive. I at all limes initio Steamer's Warehouse sml receipts for the same given by the undersigned. No charge for Storage or Cartage. Km- risks in Warehouse not tahenhy the Company. Insurance guaranteed at lower rates llian by sailing vessel. Particular care taken ot shipments of Fruit. All orilers for floods, to he purchased In San Francisco, will he received and filled hy return of .p.»mi>r. 'C SMpaaants from Barer* ami the 1'nitei! Stales, Intended for these Islands, will he received hy the Company in .Sun Francisco, if sooaHnaM lo them, ami l.e forwarded hy their Steam*, to Honolulu, free of r.karge, except actual outlay. iy Passengers are niiuested to take their Tickets before \1 o'clock on the date of sailing, and to procure their Passports. All Hills against the steamer must be presented I*fore i o'clock on the day of sailing, or they will have to lay over tin the return of the steamer lor s< lllfaianl. W" II. HACKFKM) h CO., Agent.. a. s. rrsQwi. A\l) civil. Cl'RVKlOR �79 waalasM in his line promptly i:xi;i\ki:ii. attended to la all parts of the Kingdom. E7-Address to Honolulu 1'. 0. 6 tf Informntion Wanted. llespecling James Wilks, who left his home in San Jose, Cal., in August last, ami came to Honolulu. Any information respecting theabove will be gladly received by Mr. George II. Mc- Cnnnell, at his residence on Kmma street, or bis brother, Wm. Wilks, at San Froncisco. N sw < Ihi.ua ss, Jan. Till, 1869—Dear Sir Having had a son In a whaleship arrived st Honolulu, some seven years a -i, I received a letter from him, slating that he had left the whaler and Joined a ship called the "Silver Star," bound to Hampton Roads, since which time I have heard nothing of him. Oalr, If you have any feeling for a widowed mother, jrott will please lo answer sml let me hear whether you know anything of him since the above date. Ills Dame is Robert l.rrtii/ Mcflinni" sometimes he changes his name to Robert Hurst. Please direct to Mrs. Jane McOinniss, Mew Orleans, Louisiana. : � 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 (1869) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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