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CONTENTS
Far Nsveaker,
1878.
Bum and Murder
Editor's Table
Nssr Act for the Protection of American Seamen
Cruiseof the U.S. Ship Narrogonsett"
American Thanksgiving Day
Marine Journal
Death of Mrs. O. P. Jadd and Mrs. Fidelia Coan
Pilcalrn's Island
Young Men's ChristianAssociation
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will be alert to arrest those selling rum to
of the
PAOB natives. There are features in each
that
have
alluded
murder cases to which we
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the
make
vendors
BS, 87 we should suppose would
88, 8» of intoxicating liquors tremble, for if the
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w laws were rigorously enforced, they might
80 be arraigned as accessories to the crime of
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The following Act was passed by
W murder.
the Inst Legislature :
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THE
FRIEND.
NOVEMBER
1878.
8,
aRM
numd urder.
My eaT is pained, my soul is sick with
every day's report of wrong and outrage with
which earth is filled in consequence of the
sale and use of intoxicating liquors. Dur
Supreme Court has been occupied nearly a
week in trying criminal cases, the direct results of spirituous liquors. Ere the community had become quiet in view of the sentence
of two murderers, another murder is reported,
bat rum-is the foundation. It is most painful to us to report and comment upon murder
cases. Ordinarily we fear the report of
such trials exerts a baleful influence upon
the community, but justice must be meted
out to the guilty, and the public interests of
society must'be protected. The importation
and sale of spirituous liquors on the Sandwich Islands is a terrible curse, and involves
a grave responsibility on those who are engaged in the traffic. We have always thought
a Boston firm engaged in the Honolulu trade
took a wise course when they said they would
refrain not only from sending out rum on their
own account, but would not take it even on
freight! We believe this was right. Others
no matter, it should
might send out
not go in their ships! Some people while
acknowledging the evils of the rum traffic,
endeavor to shield themselves under the plea,
>«
if we do not sell, others will." Such a plea
is'utterly groundless. The importation and
sale of spirituous liquors are evil, and oply
evil. We do hope that our police authorities
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HONOLULU, NOVEMBER 2, 1872.
Jto. ti.}
Ab Act
To make all persons retailing Spirituous and Intoxicating
Liquors liable In damages for Injuries done or received by
those becoming Intoxicated on such liquors, and as the
result of such Intoxication.
Be it Enacted by the King and the Legislative Assembly of the
Hawaiian Islands in the Legislature of Ihe Kingdom assembled i
Sbotiob I. Every husband, wife, child, parent, guardian,
employer or other person who shallbe injured in person or properly or means of support, by any intoxicated person, or In
consequence of the intoxication, habitual or otherwise, of any
person, or who being himself or herself Intoxicated shall le
thus Injured in consequence of such intoxication, stisl! have a
right of action In his or her own name, severally or Jointly
against any reader or retailers of spirituous and Intoxicating
liquors, who shall by selling or giving Intoxicating llquora,have
caused the Intoxication, in whole or In part, of such person or
persons, for all damagea sustained and for exemplary damagea.
And a married woman shall have tbe same right to bring
suits under Ibis Act and to control the same and the amount
recovered as a femo sole. And sll damages recovered by a
minor under this Act shall be paid either to such minor or to
his or her parent, guardian or next friend as the Court shall
direct.
Sec 2. All suits for damages under this Act rosy be by
any appropriate action in any of the Courts of this Kingdom
having competent Jurisdiction.
Approved this 29th da, of July, A.
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Editor’s Table.
"
Lira and Osioiit or thkTasiiaiiiaks." By
James Bonwiok, F. R. S., author of The Last of
Curious Faots of Old
tbe Tasmanians," and
Colonial Days." London : Sampson, Low, Son &
Marston. 1870.
Daily
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In our last issue we noticed " Curious
Facts of Old Colonial Days." The title of
this book indicates that the author can write
upon a subject lying beyond and outside of
topics ordinarily discussed. The contents of
this volume afford abundant proofs that Mr.
Bonwick has made the natives of Tasmania
a profound study. He believes in the idea of
Pope, that " the proper study of mankind is
man," no matter how low the race to which
man may belong has sunk in ignorance, or
how far it may have wandered from God.
When the bland of Tasmania was discovered, there were found upon it a few thousand natives, who have gradually died off,
until now not one remains. In 1824, there
1865, thw last male was away on board of a
whale ship. Mr. Bonwick has gone among
this wosting people, and from personal observation and the writings of others has B8 *""
ered an amazing amount of valuable and
curious information, which will prove vastly
interesting to the ethnologist, phrenologist,
linguist, theologian, and general reader. "I
do not say," remarks our author on page 266,
or imply that the Tasmanians were the first
people God made; but they may have been
so, as far as we moderns perceive. No race
presents itself to us of greater relative antiquity. They lived throughout all history.
In their Euculypti retreats, they dreamed on
as a people while the pyramids were reared,
while Chinese struggled for a home in the
Flowery Land, while the rudest huts of
Nimrod rose by the Euphrates, while the
ancestors of Pericles ate their acorn suppers, and alike during the infant weakness
and maturer glories of old Rome. But the
sweet fern-tree vales of Tasmania echo no
more the laughter of the tribes. In ages to
come they may be forgotten, and another
curious population be recognized as the beginning of theGreatOne's mighty handiwork.
But who can tell, amidst that gloomy night
of the past, how many shades of nations—
forming ethnological depths answering to the
successive telescopic depths of the heavens
around us—may have glided from the earth."
This interesting book is well printed and
beautifully bound, as well as profusely illustrated. Although the native aboriginal Tasmanian belonged to a race destitute of a
written language, and almost evetything else
accounted desirable among civ;,; zed nations,
yet his language and manners give indications that he descended from the same original race of Adam. Not only have his
manners and customs affinity, with the degraded inhabitants of New Holland, but may
also be traced out as having resemblances
with some of the native tribes of India and.
Africa. To those fond of ethnological study
and linguistical research we can recommend,
this volume, which evinces a wide range of
"
reading and profound study.
The reading of Bonwick's bookreminds us
of the historian Bancroft's concluding remark at the close of his long chapter on the
aborigines of America: " The indigenous population of America offers no new obstacle to
were 340; in 1834, HI; in 1864, 16; in faith in the unity of the human race." (Vol,
1864, 6 ; but now all have disappeared. In 3, page 313.)
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ANACT
to, and to be recoverable as, wages, that is to say First, if bis alof Shipping Oom-nlsetonerß by the Sev- lowance is reduced by any quantity not exceeding one-third of the
eral Oirouit Courts of the United States, to Superintend the Shipping quantity
specified in the agreement, a sum not exceeding fifty cents
and Dtsoharge of Seamen engagedin merchant Ships belonging to the a
day;
secondly,
if his allowance is reduced by more than one-third
United States, and for the further Protection of Seamen.
of
such
a sum not exceeding one dollar a day; thirdly, in
quantity,
[OOHTTKVtD.]
To Authorlaa the
Appointment
Sec 35. That the master or owner of any ship making voyages
as hereinbefore described in section twelve ot this act, except foreign-going ships, shall pay to every seaman his wages within two
days after the termination of the agreement, or at the time such
seaman is discharged, whichever first happens ; and in the case of
foreign-going ships, within three days after the cargo has been delivered, or within five days after the seaman's discharge, whichever
first happen. ; and in all cases the seaman shall, nt the time of his
discharge, be entitled to be paid, on account, a sum equal to onefourth part of the balance due to him j and every master or owner
who neglects or refuses to make payment in manner aforesaid without sufficient cause shall pay to the seaman a sum not exceeding the
amount of two days' pay for each of the days, not exceeding ten
days, during which payment is delayed beyond the respective periods aforesaid ; and such sum shall be recoverable as wages in any
claim made before the court: Provided, That this section shall not
apply to the masters or owners of any vessel where the seaman is
entitled to share in the profits of the cruise or voyage.
Sec 36. That any three or more of the crew of any merchant
ship of'the United States as described in section twelve of this act,
may complain to any officer in command of any of the ships of the
United States navy, or any American consular officer, or any shipping commissioner, or any chief officer of the customs, that the provisions or water for the use of the crew are at any time of bad
quality, unfit for use, or deficient in quantity; such officer shall
thereupon examine the said provisions or water, or cause them to be
examined; and if on examination such provisions or water are found
to be of bad quality and unfit for use, or be deficient in quantity, the
person making such examination shall signify the same in writing
to the master of the ship ; and if such master does not thereupon
provide other proper provisions or water, where the same can be bad,
in lieu of any so signified to be of a bad quality and unfit for use, or
does not procure the requisite quantity-of any so signified to be insufficient in quantity or uses, any provisions or water which have
been so signified as aforesaid to be of bad quality and unfit for use,
he shall, in every such case, incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars; and upon every such examination as aforesaid the
officers making or directing the same shall enter a statement of the
result of the examination in the log-book, and shall send a report
thereof to the district judge of the port at which such vessel is bound,
and such report shall be received in evidence in any legal proceedings.
Sec 37. That if the officer to whom any such complaint as last
aforesaid is made, certifies in such statement as aforesaid, that there
was no reasonable ground for such complaint, each of the parties so
complaining shall be liable to forfeit to the master or owner, out of
his wages, a sum not exceeding one week's wages.
Sec. 38. That if any seaman, as aforesaid, while on board any
ship, shall state to the master that they desire to make complaint,
ns aforesaid, to any consular officer, or naval officer of any ship of
the United States, or any shipping commissioner, against the master, the said master shall, if the ship is then at a place where there
if any such officer as aforesaid, so soon as the service of the ship
will permit, and if the ship is not then at such a place, so soon after
her first arrival at such place as the service of the ahip will permit,
allow such seaman, or any of them, to go ashore, or send him or
them ashore, in proper custody, so that he or they may be enabled
to make such complaint; and shall in default incur a penalty not
exceeding one haudred dollars.
Sec 39. That in the following cases, thst is to say, first, if, during a voyage, the allowance of any of the provisions which any seaman has, by his agreement, stipulated for is reduced, (except in
accordance with any regulations for reduction by way of punishment,
contained in the agreement, and also for any time during which
such seaman wilfully, and without sufficient cause, refuses or neglects to perform his duty, or is lawfully under confinement for misconduct, either on board or on shore;) secondly, if it is shown that
any of such provisions are, or have been during the voyage, bad in
quality and unfit for use, the aeaman shall receive by war of compensation for such reduction or bad quality, according to the time of
its continuance, the following sums, to be paid to him in addition
.
respect of such bad quality, as aforesaid, a sum not exceeding one
dollar a day. But if it is shown to the satisfaction of the court before which the case is tried that any provisions, the allowance of
which has been reduced, could not be procured or supplied in sufficient quantities, or were unavoidably injured or lost, and that proper
and equivalent substitutes were supplied in lieu thereof in a reasonable time, the court shall take such circumstances into consideration,
and shall modify or refuse compensation, as the justice of the case
may require.
Sec 40. That every ship belonging lo a citizen or citizens of the
United States, as described in section twelve of this act, shall be
provided with a chest of medicines; and every sailing ship bound
on a voyage across the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean, or around Cap*
Horn, or the Cape of Good Hope, or engaged in the whale or other
fisheries, or in sealing, shall also be provided with, and cause to be
kept, a sufficient quantity of lime or lemon juice, and also sugar and
vinegar, or other anti-scorbutics as Congress may sanction, to be
served out to every seaman as follows, that is to say, the master of
every such ship, as last aforesaid, shall serve the lime or lemon
juice and sugar and vinegar to the crew, within ton days after salt
provisions mainly have been served out to the crew, and so long
afterward as such consumption of salt provisions continues, tbe lime
or lemon juice and sugar daily at the rate of half an ounce each per
day, and the vinegar weekly at the rate of half a pint per week for
each member of the crew.
Sec 41. That if on any such ship as aforesaid such medicines,
medical stores, lime or lemon juice* or other articles, sugar and vinegar, as are hereinbefore required, are not provided and kept on
board, as hereinbefore required, the master or owner shall incur a
penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars; and if the master of any
such ship as aforesaid neglects to serve oiit the lime or lemon juice
and sugar and vinegar in the case and manner hereinbefore directed,
he shall for each such offense incurs penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars ; and if any master is convicted in either of the last
mentioned penalties, and it appears that the offense is owing to the
act or default of the owner, such master may recover the amount of
such penalty, and the costs incurred by him, from the owner.
Sec 42. That every master shall keep on board proper weights
and measures for the purpose of determining the quantities of the
several provisions and articles served out, and shall allow the same
to be used at the time of serving out such provisions and articles, in
the presence of a witness, whenever any dispute arises about such
quantities, and in default shall, for every offense, incur a penalty not
exceeding fifty dollars. And every vessel bound to any foreign port
shall also be provided with at least one suit of woolen clothing for
use ddring the winter months, and every such vessel shall be provided with fuel and a safe snd suitable room in which a fire can be
kept for the use of seamen.
Sec 43. That whenever any seaman or apprentice belonging to
or sent home on any merchant ship, whether a foreign-going ship or
home-trade ship, employed on a voyage which is to terminate in the
United States, dies during such voyage, the master shall take charge
of all moneys, clothes and effects which he leaves on board, ant
shall, if he thinks fit, cause all or any of the said clothes and effects
to be sold by auction at the mast or other public auction, and shal
thereupon sign an entry in the official log-book, containing the fol
lowing particulars, that is to say : First, a statement of the amount
of money so left by the deceased; secondly, in case of a sale, a description of each article sold, and the sum received for each; thirdly
a statement of the sum due to deceased as wsges, and the tota
amount of deductions, if any, to be made therefrom ; and shall cause
such entry to be attested by the mate and one of the crew.
Sec 44. That in cases provided for by the last preceding section,
the following rules shall be observed : First, if the ship proceeds at
once to any port in the United States, the master shall, within fortyeight hours after his arrival, deliver any such effects as aforesaid
remaining unsold, and pay any money which he has taken charge
of, or received from such sale ss aforesaid, and also the balance of
wages due to the deceased, to the shipping commissioner at the port
of destination in the United States; secondly, if the ship touches
and remains at some foreign port before coming to any port in the
United States, the master shall report the case to the United States
�Till,
FRIEND,
NOVEMBER,
consular officer there, and shall give to such officer any information
he requires as to the destination of the ship and probable length of
the voyage ; and such officer may, if he considers it expedient so to
do, require the said effects, money and wages to be delivered and
paid to'him, and shall, upon such delivery and payment, give to the
master a receipt; and the master shall, within forty-eight hours after
his arrival at his port of destination in the United States, produce
the same to the shipping commissioner there; and such consular officer shall in such case indorse and certify upon the agreement with
the crew, the particulars with respect to such delivery and payment;
thirdly, if such officer as aforesaid does not require such payment
and delivery to be made to him, the master shall take charge of the
said effects, money and wages, and shall, within forty-eight hours
after his arrival at his port of destination in the United States, deliver and pay the same to the shipping commissioner there; fourthly,
the master shall in all cases in which any seaman or apprentice dies
during the progress of the voyßge or engagement, give to such officer or shipping commissioner as aforesaid an account, in such form
as they may respectively require, of the effects, money and wages so
to be delivered and paid, and no deductions claimed in such account
shall be allowed unless verified, if there is any official log-book, by
such entry therein as hereinbefore required ; and also by such other
vouchers (if any) as may be reasonably required by the officer or
shipping commissioner to whom the account is rendered; fifthly,
upon due compliance with such of the provisions of this section as
relates to acts to be done at the port of destination in the United
States, the shipping commissioner shall grant to the master a certificate to that effect, and no officer of customs shall clear inward any
foreign-going ship without the production of such certificate.
Sec. 45. That if any master fails to take such charge of the
money or other effects of a seaman or apprentice during a voyage,
or to make such entries in respect thereof, or to procure such attestation to such entries, or to make such payment or delivery of any
money, wages or effects of any seaman or apprentice dying during
a voyage, or to give such account in respect thereof as hereinbefore
respectively directed, he shall be accountable for the money, wsges
and effects of the seaman or apprentice to the judicial circuit court
in whose jurisdiction such port of destination is situate, and shall
pay and deliver the same accordingly ; and such master shall, in
addition for every such offense, incur a penalty not exceeding treble
the value of the money or effects, or, if such value is not ascertained,
not exceeding two hundred dollars ; and if any such money, wages
or effects are not duly paid, delivered and accounted for by the master, the owner of the ship shall pay, deliver and account for the
same, and such money and wages and the value of such effects shall
be recoverable from him accordingly ; and if he fails to account for
and pay the same, he shall, in addition to his liability for the said
money and value, incur the same penxlty which is hereinbefore mentioned as incurred by the master for a like offense ; and all money,
wages and effects of any seaman or apprentice dying during a voyage
shall be recoverable in the same courts and by the same modes of
proceeding by which seamen are enabled to recover wages due to
them.
Sec. 46. -That if any such seaman or apprentice as last aforesaid
dies at any place out of the United States, leaving any money or
effects not on board of his ship the United Stales consul or commercial agent at or nearest the place shall claim and take charge ofnuch
money snd effects ; and such officer shall, if he thinks fit, sell all or
any of such effects, or any effects of any deceased seaman or apprentice delivered to him under the provisions of this act, and shall quarterly remit to the judge of the district court of the port from which
such ship sailed, or the port where the voyage terminates, all moneys
belonging to or arising from the sale of Ihe effects or paid as the
wages of any deceased seamen or apprentices, which have come to
his bands under the provisions hereinbefore contained, and shall
render such accounts thereof as the district judge requires.
Sec 47. That whenever any seaman or apprentice dies in tbe
United States, and is at the time of his death entitled to claim from
the master or owner of any ship in which he has served any unpaid
wages or effects, such master or owner shall pay and deliver, or account for the same, to the shipping commissioner at the port where
the seaman or apprentice was discharged, or was to have been dis-
charged.
Sec 48. That every shipping commissioner in the United States
shall, within one week from the date of receiving any such money,
wages or effects of any deceased seaman or apprentice, pay, remit or
deliver to the circuit court of thecircuit in which he resides, the said
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money, wages or effects, subject to such deductions ai may be allowed by the circuit court for expenses incurred in respect to said
money and effects ; and should any commissioner fail to pay, remit
and deliver to the circuit court within the time hereinbefore mentioned, he shall pay a penalty not exceeding treble the amount of the
value of such money and effects.
Sec 49. That if the money and effects of any seaman or apprentice paid, remitted or delivered to the circuit court, including the
moneys received for any part of said effects which have been sold,
either before delivery to the circuit court, or by its directions, do not
exceed in value the sum of three hundred dollars, then, subject to
the provisions hereinafter contained, and to all such deductions for
expenses incurred in respect to the seaman or apprentice, or of his
said money and effects, as the said court thinks fit to allow, the Said
court may, if it thinks fit so to do, pay and deliver the said money
and effects either to any claimants who can prove themselves to the
satisfaction of tbe court either to be his widow or children, or to be
entitled to the effects of the deceased underhis will (if any), or under
the statute for the distribution of the effects of intestates, or under
any other statute, or at common law, or to be entitled to procure
probate, or take out letters of administration or confirmation, although
no probate or letters of administration or confirmation have been
taken out, and shali be thereby discharged from all further liability
in respect of the money and effects so paid and delivered, or may, if
it thinks fit so to do, require probate, or letters of administration or
confirmation, to be taken out, and thereupon pay and deliverthe said
money and effects to the legal personal representatives of the deceased ; and if such money and effects exceed in value the sum of
three hundred dollars, then, subject to deduction for expenses, tbe
court shall pay and deliver the same to the legal personal representatives of the deceased.
Sec. 50. That in cases of wages or effects of deceased seamen or
apprentices received by the circuit courts, to which no claim is substantiated within six years after the receipt thereof by any of tbe
said courts, it shall be in the absolute discretion of any of such courts,
if any subsequent claim is made, either to allow or refuse the same;
and each of the respective courts shall, from time to time, pay any
moneys arising from the unclaimed wages and effects of deceased
seamen, which, in the opinion of such court, it is not necessary to
retain for the purpose of satisfying claims, into the treasury of the
United States, which moneys shall form a fund for, and be appropriated to, the relief of sick and disabled and destitute seamen belonging to the United States merchant marine service.
DISCIPLINE OF SEAMEN
Sue. 51. That whenever any seaman who has been lawfully engaged, or any apprentice to the sea service, commits any of the following offenses, he shall he liable to be punished as follows, that is
to say first, for desertion, he shall be liable to imprisonment for any
period not exceeding three months, and also to forfeit all or any part
of the clothes or effects he' leaves on bounl, and all or any part of
the wages or emoluments which he has then earned ; secondly, for
neglecting and refusing, without reasonable cause, to join hia ship,
or (o proceed to sea in his ship, or for absence without leave at any
time within twenty-four hours of the ship's sailing from any port.
either at the commencement or during the progress of any voyage,
or for absence at any time without leave, and without sufficient reason, from his ship, or from his duty, not amounting to desertion, or
not treated as such by the master, he shall be liable to imprisonment
for any period not exceeding one month, and also, at the discretion
of the court, to forfeit out of his wages a sum not exceeding the
amount of two days' pay, and, in addition, for every twenty-four
hours of absence, either a sum not exceeding six days* pay, or any
expenses which hay? been properly incurred in hiring a substitute ;
thirdly, for quitting the ship without leave after her arrival at ber
port of delivery, and before she is placed in security, he shall be liable to forfeit out of his .wages a sum not exceeding one month's pay;
fourthly, for willful disobedience to any lawful command, he shall be
liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding two months, and
also, at tbe discretion of the court, to forfeit out of bis wages a sum
not exceeding four days' pay ; fifthly, for continued willful disobedience to lawful commands,-or continued willful neglect of duty, he
shall be liable to imprisonment for any period not exceeding six
months, and also, at the discretion of the court, to forfeit, for every
twenty-four hours' continuance of such disobedience or neglect,
either a sum not exceeding twelve cays* pay, or any expenses which
have been properly incurred in hiring a substitute.
:
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THE FKIEND, NOVEMBER,
B.""K»rrtu3p»tl•ett•,
1872.
Ci-ttiM of the U. "8.
that was better calculated to inspire one with that this was rio child's plsy, and hoped for
among the Kmgsmill and Marshall Isl- feelings of contentment, etc., than Mrs. Kapu, everybody's sake they would get theircanoes
and I could not help feeling satisfied that here in the water immediately. Boat returned,
U. S. S. "Narragansett," at Sea, ) had been a very judicious selection both by saying that they pleaded too much wind to
September 20th, 1872. $ Mr. Kapuand the Missionary Society. » # venture outside ■ with their wives and chil.We left there the next morning; came up dren. Sent boat to the Morning Star with
Mv Dear Mr. Damon:—As we are approaching Sydney (126 miles at noon), I seat to Hall's Island on the sth, cruised along one an officer, and the money collected from the
myself to write you a narrative of our cruise side of it, taking observations, etc., and after natives yesterday. Towards evening,finding
from Honolulu hither. * * * Squared away passing it hove to for the night; made sail that the natives (Tarawaians) had suspended
for Byron's Island, where we arrived on the at daylight, and shortly after we sighted operations, sent in a nine-inch shell screamIst of August. Did not anchor there, but Apaiang from the mast-head. About two ing over their heads, but with a long fuze, so
cruised along the coast taking observations o'clock we entered this magnificent lagoon that it exploded on the other side of the island trading for souvenirs with the natives, under a full head of steam, with our navi- and. Waited a while longer and sent anwho were off alongside in their canoes in gator (Lieutenant Tanner) at the mast-head, other one in a little nearer. We could not
great numbers. Sent a memorandum ashore and threaded our way among the numerous see whether any damage was* done (we had
by one of them who appeared to be some- reefs till we came to anchor off the principal selected a clear space for aiming), but fancied
body, giving name of ship, destination, etc. village. Found the trading brig Lady Alicia they moved about a little livelier, and by five
Continued on and made Peru Island that and schooner Ida, both of Sydney, at anchor. o'clock they had five of their largest canoes
night, where we saw a schooner at anchor. We were immediately surrounded as usual in the water. Early next morning sent a
Hove ship to for the night, and at daylight by canoes, but they brought nothing off to boat ashore to communicate, and learned that
stood in and sent a boat aboard theschooner. trade with; indeed we fancied they acted great haste was being made to vacate immeWe were immediately surrounded by canoes rather shy of us. We were visited by young diately, for our last shell had tore away the
with natives to trade off their fruit, etc. We King George, Mr. Aea the missionary, and bow of one canoe, knocked down several
were not at all favorably impressed with the the interpreter Joe, and shortly after we trees, and nearly killed one of their men.
appearance of these natives in any way. began to learn the nature of their troubles, to By ten o'clock seven of their large canoes
They are very inferior apparently in every oil of which it is said our captain promised stood out of the lagoon, loaded down with
way to the Samoans; indeed the Peruvians them all the assistance in his power, as the passengers. Sent boat down to the Mornscarcely compared with Byronians. In due sequel will show. We also heard tidings of ing Star with this information, also to direct
timo our boat returned from the schooner, our quondam friend, Capt. Hayes. It is said the King to send up a force of men to occupy
reporting "all right," she being the K. that he recently visited Apaiang, where he the village and property. In the evening the
Grant, of Auckland, at present in the labor still has a trading post, and robbed the store King and two chiefs came aboard and had a
trade between these islands and Levuka. of Capt. Randall of a quantity of goods.
" talk " with the captain, and saying bis men
The only apparent discrepancy in her papers Mr. Aea brought off a number of women and were coming up to the beach to occupy the
was that tbey did not limit the number of children to see the ship, which appeared to village. During the day a boat from Tarawa
came aboard, pleading extreme poverty, and
emigrants to the capacity of the schooner! be a great treat to them.
The next day (9th) started fires, and with utter inability to pay their proportion of the
Squared away for Drummond's, sighting
Clark's on our way, where we arrived the the King, Mr. Aea and Joe aboard we got Jamestown fine.
* While these negonext day (3d), and came to anchor opposite under way,and went up to the village to call tiations were in progress at Tarawa we heard
what appeared to us to be the principal vil- on this elegant King and people, who have again from Capt. Hayes, in the person of a
lage. Our anchor was scarcely down when not only refused to pay the Jamestown fine poor forlorn looking individual, a white man
both sides of our vessel were completely occu- lor the destruction of Mr. Bingham's prop- named Prescott, who came aboard of us begpied by canoes. We could see but little dif- erty, and threatened to fight any ship that ging to be taken off the island. His story is
ference in these people from their brethren of attempts to collect it, but also refuse to va- that Hayes, who is much indebted to him,
Peru and Byron. We fancied, however, they cate Apaiang for their homes on Tarawa, put him ashore about four months previous
were a little superior, on account of the where they belong. Anchored close in shore with some bad rice, etc., to trade for him,
canoes, etc. They were perfectly furious and sent.a boat with an officer and Joe to promising to return for him in two weeks. * *
Hunted around for forty-eight hours on the
after our tobacco, being a little different (in invite the King aboard to a council, but lo !
tact it is) from the common English nigger- his valiant Majesty had made himself scarce. 16th for an island that was reported in that
A chief came offhowever in the boat, neighborhood, and actually crossed over it or
head that they get from traders. We were
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him our captain sent an ultimatum the place assigned to it; indeed we have run
and
Hawaiian
teacher.
by
visited by Mr. Kapu, your
It appears he has bad rather a hard time of that he had come to collect their installment directly over the precise localities assigned
it in his Master's service, but he is nothing of the fine, either oil or money, and that they to Fayquin, Phonbe and some other islands
daunted, and if driven away from one place, must prepare to vacate Apaiang for their since leaving Honolulu. On the 17th we
he boldly sets up his Master's standard in homes on Tnrawa, and launch their large sighted the islands of Pedderand Daniel, and
abide on approaching them we sighted snd spoke
another. I had occasion to pay him a visit canoes forthwith, otherwise they must
over
our the schooner Emily, Capt. Pitman, flying
the
He
scrambled
consequences.
on
otherby
in the afternoon, partly duty, partly
wise. On r captain not being morally satisfied side into the boat, looking more dead than the American flag and owned by Capt. Hayes.
us he had not seen Hayes since he
with the chamcter of the schooner at Peru, I alive. I rather thought he considered him- He told
left
him
off
with
his
head.
fourteen weeks previous at his stain
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these
on
lucky
getting
self
people
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suppose felt it proper put
their guard by sending him a letter to this A chief soon returned to the ship, bringing tion at Milli; that he was now short of proeffect. Mr. McGrew and I went up there, with him «39, declaring it was every penny visions, with no money or trade to get any.
and indeed it was well he did, for the letter at present in -their possession, but full of We coasted around these two islands with a
being written in English, Mr. Kapu could promises, and promising to vacate on the large force aloft taking observations, angles,
accompany etc., using up two dsys in doing it, and the
not understand a word. They received us morrow, begging our captain to
to intercede for them with consequence is we have a pretty accurate
very kindly. He has his wife and two little them to Tarawa
to favor, etc. In chart of it, but I believe the results of these
children with him, has a very comfortable their King for restoration
Joe
ashore
to enquire how observations are that instead of their being
and
has
the
sent
morning
it,
around
house with a good fenco
to launch their two islands, it is but one continuation of the
succeeded I believe in obtaining from the long it would take them that
it could be other, and we call it North and South Arno,
necessary authorities an effective taboo. He. canoes, and received word
So
noon, its native name. Shaped course for Milli,
about
about
two
hours.
have
done
they
i*h
or rather I suppose 1 should say,
about ten to fifteen, I should judge, young finding that they had made no preparations with the Island of Arrowsmith in sight,
nine-inch shot over reaching there the next morning (19th), and
boys and girls belonging to the influential in the matter, we fired a ashore to tell them
anchored inside that great lagoon off the litheads,
and
sent
Joe
them.
They
their
people of ths island, educating
let them know that we tle village that Hayes has his station on.
are kept altogether inside the enclosure, but that shot was fired to
wanted to, but pre- Remained there the next day and supplied
shey seemed .very huppy and contented ;. in- could hurt them if we one,
but unless they Hayes' agent with some bread, for he was
harming
any
be,
could
ferred
not
otherwise
deed 1 don'teee how tbey
» * Arrived at Ebon
(or I don't remember ever seeing a person hurried up, they would learn to their cost entirely destitute.
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�THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER,
on the 26th. We were met outside the
lagoon by a boat from a German trading
schooner, then by another having Messrs.
Snow and Whitney in it. Stood in to the
lagoon with Mr. Tanner at the mast-head,
and anchored about a mile and a half from
the village, and were immediately taken possession of by the natives. In the afternoon
ihe captain and a number of officers, including the doctor and myself with the camera,
went ashore. The people of Ebon are very
much in advance of any of the islanders we
had yet seen in every way, and wherever we
went and whatever we saw, the influence of
the missionary was very manifest. The people—men, women and children—are all more
or less clothed, indeed some of them were
dressed very nicely, and in their trading with
us, unlike their brethren of other islands,
there was but a very few of them that would
trade for tobacco if they could possibly get
anything else. We got but very few shells
from them, not a single orange cowrie; indeed we have not succeeded in getting one
of these rare shells in our entire cruise. We
got some pretty specimens of coral, and some
very handsome mats. All were very well at
the Mission. The Morning Star had not
arrived, but was daily expected, so that our
files of papers were very acceptable, particularly the file of the Friend that I had saved,
and more .particularly the July number. 1
do think that Mr. and Mrs. Snow are just
exactly my beau-ideals of what missionaries
ought to be—kind, agreeable, so exceedingly
sociable, that they cannot fail of success
wherever they are stationed. Mr. and Mrs.
Whitney I did not see much of, but have
heard them spoken of in very flattering terms.
We also soon got on very sociable terms with
the Germans. I understand that Mr. Snow
goes to Kusaie in tho Morning Star. * * *
About noon of the 28th we got under way,
after spending a very agreeable visit, everybody regretting our inability to stay a few
days longer. We got in a splendid sea stock
of pigs, chickens, cocoanuts, breadfruit, etc.
They were very sorry in not being able to
supply us with a still larger stock, but an
English frigate, the Barrosa, having recently visited there, they had nearly cleaned
them out. We had company aboard in leaving—Messrs. Snow and Whitney, and a
number of ibe Germans. One of the latter
was at our mast-head assisting our navigator
to pilot us out of the lagoon. As soon as we
got abreast of the German village, the German flag was hauled down, the American
flag hoisted in its place and saluted with six
guns ; then the German flag was hoisted and
dipped three times in salutation to us. We
have bad a very pleasant passage indeed, and
instead of being thirty or thirty-five days
making this passage as we expected to lie,
we are here on our twenty-third day. We
are now abreast of Port Stephens' light, and
expect a Sydney pilot aboard early in the
morning.
B"
Yours, etc.,
*
Lip" Island, mentioned in Capt.
's report, is that discovered by Capt.
of the Morning Star, and called
rson," after the Key. Dr, Anderson.
ton any of the North Pacific charts.
DpN»TioNs.—From Captain E. A. Pitman,
for Bethel $5, and the Friend $5.
89
1872.
MEMORANDA.
Thanksgiving Day—Proclamation by the
President.
Fr*B* ttso Arctic Wh.ll«« Tic**.
Tit Haw wh bk Arctic, Cspt Tripp, arrived Oct SOth. With
Washimqtom, Oot. 11.—llj the President of the
140bbls spsrm, 884 walrus, 880 whale oil,and 12,000 ms boos
United Slates of Amerioa :
Bhertog's
Left theArctic Ooaaa Oet 4th, and ttme throttfli
Straits In company with the Rainbow,bound for this part.
She reports tho season as being very poor, and tho weather
very stormy with plenty of Ice. The Sea Breesc. reported as
probably lost, wee anally saved after having been ahandooed
than another for such tbaukfulneas it is the oitiaens twice. The following Is the report from tbeFleet i
of the United States, whose Government is their
Jlreh Perry, Owen, 10 whales, 1,860 bbls, whaling In com
wae aavad by tbe
creature, subject to their behests, who have reserved pany with the Helen Snow, which vessel
of the Jlreh Perry, after having been abendnosrl by her
mete
to themselves ample oivil and religious freedom, and crew.
equality before the law; who during the last twelve Josephine,Long, 1,180 bbls,
Bartholomew GosnoM, Willis, 8 whales,
months have enjoyed exemption from any grievances
Faraway, Herendeen, 70 bbls,
or general calamity, and to whom prosperity in
Chance, Norton, 1 whale,
agriculture, manufactures and commerce has been
Jos Maxwell, Hlckmott, 2 whales,
vouchsafed;
Triton, Hepplngstotie, 8 whales,
Jaa Allen, Kelley, 13 whales,
Therefore, By these considerations, I recommend
I.lvc Oak, Wlielden, 8 whales.
that on Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of November
R W Wood, Whitney, 7 whales,
next, the people meet at their respective bouses of
Progress, Dowden, 1,010 bbls,
worship, and there make acknowledgments to God Rainbow, Gray, 1 whale,
Marengo, Barnes, 1,100 bbls,
for his kindness and bounty.
Mldas, Ilamlll. lßOspm and 6 whales,
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
Illinois, Fraser, 14 whales,
and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Sea Brecse, Weeks, 8 whales,
Alaska, Fisher. 800 bbls spin and 800 bbls wh.
Done in the City of Washington, the eleventh day
Arnolds, Bauldry, 8 whales,
of Ootober, in the year of our Lord 1872, and of tbe
Trident, Cogan, 10 whales and 300 bbls other oil,
Independence of the United States the ninety-seventh.
Camilla, Pulver, 0 whales,
U. S. Grant. President.
Active, Campbell, 6 whales,
Europe. McKenale, 8 whales,
By Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.
HelenMar, Koon, 700 bbls,
HelenBnow, 8 whales.
United States Shipping Commissioner's Northern
Light, Bmllh. 0 whales.
Acors Barnes, Allen, 10 whales.
Bill.—We continue the
of the Lagoda,
Swift, 8 whales and 470 spin,
new United States law relating to the shipLouisa, Nye, 1 whales,
Smith, 8 whales,
ping and discharge of seamen. We rejoice Nautilus,
Tamerlane, Pordham, 3 whales.
to learn from the Sailor's Magazine and
Repostof Wiiambo Rabk Active,CAwrasLL,Mabtsb.
other sources that the law has been success- —Left the ice Oct Bth, blowing a gale from ME and Intensely
fully Introduced. During the first half month cold—thermometer standing 20 degrees below freetlug point
of its operation in New York city, 9S vessels In the wheel-house on ship board. Oct Bth still Mowing, and
the ship one mass of Ice; kepi off for the Straits, and passed
were supplied with 1,309 seamen. In other Cape
East on the 11th. and Fox bland on the 18th. The
Europe,
R W Wood and Rainbow came through the Straits
cities the law is operating equally well. We
the same day. Had strong winds from BW to NW to lat
have met seamen shipped in San Francisco 40 s Took NE winds lo lat 32 s and had them strongsfrom
NE to ESK to port. Took last whale Oct Bth In lat 88 60'
under the provisions of this law, and they N,
long 172° W. Struck 14 whales durlog the season,ami
and 3 devil fish, making In all 778 bbls oil and 11,000
speak in the highest terms of success. In saved
none.
many of its features the law exactly corres- lbsRaroßT or Schoonkb Emily, Pitman, Masteb.—Left
on the gad. Had beavy galea followed
ponds with the Hawaiian statute upon this Mllle Aug loth, aud ArnoHad
light barnlnr winds.
suffered coosiderably on Ihe passubject, and which has been in operation here by
sage lor want of provisions,being obliged to subsist priiicipi.il>
and
since 1856.
on aoroanuta
the preserved fruit If the pandanus tree.
No provisions to be had at the Marshall group Arrived at
Oct 28th.
E7* We would acknowledge having re- Honolulu
Captain I'tt man furnishes us with the following corrections ol
ceived papers for gratuitous distribution from Admiralty Chart, sheet 8, (otnelally corrected to June. 1870) i
Daniel nr tedder I, native name Arno, In let 7° 10' N'
Miss Helen Carpenter and Mrs. Chamberlain. long
171° 68' E, Is a double Island connected by a reef, hare
at low water, with lagoon inelde. Entrance to lagoon, from S
and BW by W. The Narraganselt was standing on lo pass
through the apparent channel between the two Islands when
spoken by the Emily shout tbe 19thof August, and warned off.
Capt Pitman received the thanks of the Commander of the
POHNRLTFUI
S, . . man-of-war.
Schan I, native name Wwlo. Is 38 mtleo farther F. than put
dowu in i lie chart, Ihe latitude being correct.
/,i/e/ or Lydla I, native name Ajai. put down as a dot, is a
ARRIVALS.
Bept. 28—Am brig Augusts,Rogers, 18 days from Portland, O. lung Island extending N Wand SE fromlat 8 ° 63' N lo lat U °
N, long 106° 48' E
12'
Iron,
daya
Queen
23
Ban
Emma,
Jeoks,
1-lliiw hk
Oct.
Vaterson I, native name Lai, pot down as a long narrow
Francisco.
siring
of Islets, is circular In form coni|Kjeed of 80 Uriels, in
bk
days
O.
Delaware,
Rollins,
Vlclolla,
I—Am
21
I'm
B
s
2—Brit ship Ivanhoe. Phillips, 38 days from Yoko- long 108 16' E. Ist 8° 66' N
Up f, reported by the Mnrulog Htar. but not on Ihe chart,
hama, en route for Baker'a Island.
lain
lat
8°
li' N, long 167° 28' E. It has about 40 Inhabit9—NorOcr bk Minerva, 1,00hr,6Hdays from Hongkong.
12—Am bk l> 0 Murray, Shepherd, l&A days from Ban ants.
of Odia or Elmore I, and 80 miles distant, la a small
North
Prancksco.
10—Am simr Idaho, J 1) Howell, 10 days from San island named Jahut.
Namerirk I, Called on the chart Ebon or Baring J,U In lat
Francisco.
6° 86' N. long 188° 83' E.
21—lluw bk Courier, Please, 132 days from Bremen.
Ebon
I, called Boston or CorvUle I on the chart, Is in lat
21—Am simr Nebraska, I Harding, 17 dnys from Auck4° 88'N, long 188° SO' E.
land.
Ilunter't
I, sometimes called Namcrick, la Ih lat 6° 40' N,
21—Am bkm Victor, Gove, 28 days from Port Gamble.
28-Am schr Emily, F. A Pitman, 84 daya from Aruo, long 188 30" E.
Arecifot
or
Providence /, marked with a (f) note oa Use
Marshall Isl uids.
Is In lat u° 88' N, long lei ° re IS. It Is composed el
29—Am hk duel, A Fuller, 17 dsvs fin Ban Francisco. chart,
Islands,
being
13
Inhabited, and has a good lagoon inside. It
•JU-Am schr i; M Ward, I) W Hickman, 88 days from
abounds with couoaaul trees.
llowland's Is.and.
30— flaw wh hk Arctic, A N Tripp, 24 days fm Arctic,
with 140 ap. .TJt wal, oSO wh. ami 12,000 sooe.
MARRIED.
31—Am wh ship Rainbow, Gray, 23 days from Arctic,
with 70 whalo.
Waterhoiikb—pa this city, October 17th, by Rev.
Rica—
31 -Am wk hk Active, Campbell, 82 days from Arctic, 8.
C. Damon, Hon William H. Rice, of l.ihue, Kaaai, to
with 776 whale, 11,0110 bone.
Mies Mary Watbbhouse, daughter of JohnThomas Walerkouse, Esi|. No cards.
lIKPARTI'RKH.
Pout. 88—Bril bk Lorhnaw, Drqulutrl, for Valparaiso.
DIED.
Oct. 1—|l n H Resaca,Nathaniel Green, fur (tan Francesco.
. 2—Haw aehf Kainsils,
Dorety, for Qui,no Islands
Mahoney—In Honolulu, on Monday.
Oct. SStk, Mr J,me.
6—Uaw bk Queen Etnma, Jeoks,lor Soil Frauclacn.
Mahoney. aged about 70 yeara. He waa a resident of these
12—Am brig Augusta, NI. Rogers, for Portland, O.
Islands for mure than 40 yeara, and a native of RoiksriaBaas.
I,l—Brli ship Ivanuoe, Phillips, for Baker's Island.
lAmdoo, >.nglanil.
22—An, simr Idaho, J D Howell, for San Francisco.
23—Am stmr Nebraska, I Harding, for Auckland
Bunt—In thai cay, October 30th, of tvphoid fever Mrs
r.t Nor Ger bk trraerva, l.oohr, for Hongkong,
Mikila KARoNOAlirotE, wife or Mr. William Hunt of Ewa
aged Id years, 4 months and g da...
In bk Delaware, Rolluis, for Victoria. B C.
Whereas, The revolution of another year has
again brought the time when it is usual to look back
upon tbe past and publicly thank the Almighty for
His mercies and His blessings; and
Whereas, If any one people has more oooasion
publication
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MARINE JOURNAL.
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tH E FRIEND.
DIED.
Long bad her wings been plumed (or flight,
Jobd—lnthis etty, Oolober Id, after an lUnaas of one year
and two mouths, Mrs. Lai a aF. Jubd,wife of Dr. G. P. Jadd,
years and months, nr Nsw York papers please
aged
ropy.
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IM
n emoriam.
MRS.
a. P.
•
JUDO
Into the calm of God's beautiful night.
Floatsd oar mother, so angsl of light—
GeaUy ebe passed from the clasp of each hand,
Only to wake in the sweet morning land.
Long was bar fading fast tirelessand stIU,
Soothed bar but days down the long western hill.
Promises swast, In her heartever rung.
■
Echoes ofsongs, that In Heaven are sung.
Earthward, her words trembled faintly and few,—
Heavenward, her gase aaw celestial things new t—
Howcould frail speech to us e'er paint the scene,
How we Interpret Heaven's language and mien'
Long had she stood on the rwgt of the tide,
Eager to cross to the fair other side i
Gently the waves oft rolled o'er her feel.
Seeming her coming with gladness to greet.
Yearning, our hands never loosed their fond
Striving to check the deep waters so cold i bald.
Farther she passed, till her dear voice waa mate.
Only her gaae told of buss past compute.
Gathered were all her loved children at last,
Husband and Father so true In the past,—
Mother bo aged,—an witnessedher flight
Upward In glory, to realms of delight.
La! on theshore of thatpare Better Land,
raw angel childrenawaiting her stand,
Heaven's holy radiance brimming them o'er j
Clasped to her heart,— they will leave her no more
Treasured in love, are her sweat wordsand deeds,
Ever so ready for Life's sorest needs |
Following softly,Lord hslp us to come,
Ready to Join her in yonder Sweet Homo."
"
Cuan—At lliio, Hawaii, September 28th, Mrs. Fidelia
Coan, wife of theRev. Dr. Titus Coan, aged 02 yeara.
Mrs. Coan with her husband arrived at these Islands In the
ship Helletponi, from Boatoo, on the 6th of June,
1836, ss
'nlsilonsrie*of the A. B. C. F. M., and haa ever since reeided
at 11110, with the exception of a year recently spent In the
United States. She was the daughter of Captain Samuel
Church, of Churchvllle, town or Riga, Monroe County, N. Y.
She waa a slater of Mrs. Maria Robinson, of the Slam Mission, A. B. C. F. M. During her residence on these Islands of
ovsr thlrty-nvo years, Mrs. Coan haa been an active, an
earneit and a patient laborer in the missionary Held. None
knew her but to love, none named her but to praise. Bhe was
endearsd to all classes of the community who were brought
withinreach ol bar gentle Influences, but more particularly to
thenatives, by whom ahe will be held in grateful remembrance.
Death or Mas. Coan.—Webare received from theRev.
F. Thompson, of Ullo, the billowing tribute to the excellence
and worth of Mrs. Coan i
Hilo, October 10,18T2.
Mv Deab Bbotheb Damoni—At la>t our beloved Mrs.
Coan la goDo—gone to ber reward, to her Saviourwhom ebe
loved. She departed tills lire September 29th. It was a beautiful calm Sahbsvh day, and so like her own sweet life begun on
earth, ended In heaven. Mrs. Coan waa a rare woman, richly
endowed Intellectually, possessing rare gifts of mindand heart,
suoh indeed aa would hare made her an ornament to any society. Thla lovely woman consecrated herself more than thirty
yeare ago to the service of herLord and Master in these Islands.
All these years ehe has imaged forthber Saviour with singular
power onil eweetneee. ilcr's was a deeply spiritual nature—
pure, spontaneous, aa transparent as the crystal waters which
issue from the Throne." All who came in contact with her
felt the power of her divine life. Intuitively wise, she always
had words of wisdom aod encouragement for the erring and distressed. Always calm and cheerful herself, ahe could sympathise with others' woee and point them to the star of hope.
Possessing a heart of tenderost sympathy and love, ehe herself
was beloved and cherished alike by foreigners end natives, by
the youngest and the oldest. All loved her for ber personal
goodness, aod all feet that In berremoval they have lost a warm
personal friend. The strength and the beauty of a godly life
are rarely exhibited In this world of oare aa they have been in
the life aod character of the late Mrs. Coan.
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IM
n emoriam.
■ aa.
ri deli
NOVEMBER, I*l2.
a coan.
An angel bright on J.iyful wing,
At Gods behest want forth
To find amid Bis wide domain,
A spirit lent to earth.
For God required His own once more.—
Amid the seraph ohoir
A strain was matey—a seat was void,—
There waa an unstrung lyre.
Not every soul could tune Its airings
To perfect harmony t—
Not every hand oould thrill Its wires
With Heavea's sweet melody.
Remembering then His " chosen few,"
The spirits pureand rare
He lent to beautify theearth,
He sought a seraph there.
Within a cool sweat "tmeratd Bomir
Bedewed with God's rich grace,
The angel found a waiting soul
Ripe for the heavenly place
"
Her sye bean Died above |
The furnacehad been seven times tried,
The gold refined In love.
A thrill ran through the heavenly boat.
As soft amid the choir,
Uprose the song her freed soul Bang,
As first she awept the lyre.
lu echoes reached the listening earth,
Where hearts bowed low In dual,
In agony of loss, yet heard,
And murmured "Lord are truet "
A nation mourns the spirit rare.
Transplanted thue from Earth t
Lord grant our end like hers, may be
Triumphant over Death.
—
IPitcarn’s sland.
We are gratified to hear again from the
Pitcairners. We have received two letters
from our old friend, Mr. John BulTett, whose
acquaintance we formed in Honolulu more
than a quarter of a century ago. He wss one
of the company who returned from Norfolk
Island to his old home on Pitcairn's Island.
He is now a very old man, having great grandchildren. It is gratifying to learn that the
inhabitants of this island still retain their
simple Christian character, and amid all the
changes through which they have passed,
maintain a firm faith in those principles instilled into their minds by the old patriarch,
John Adams. We are confident many will
read with interest the following letter. We
hope if this letter is read by any shipmaster
sailing over that part of the Pacific where
this island is situated, he will not fail to call,
for he may find supplies for his ship, and at
the same time confer a great blessing upon
the isolated inhabits nts :
Pitcairn's Island, May 30, 1872.
Rev. Mr. Damon— Dear Sir:—The last
letter I wrote to you 1 sent by way of Tahiti
by the Russian man-of-war Vitiaz, which
called here on the 2d of July last, bound to
New Guinea and Japan. The officers came
on shore, by whom we were treated very
kindly. She was thirty days from Valparaiso, and six from Caster Island. Very few
ships call here, so we are very poorly off for
clothing, soap, etc. Sometimes our young
men make out to board a vessel bound from
California to Europe. On the 7th of March
last tbe American ship Glory of the Seas,
Capt. Knowles, who some years ago lost his
ship on Oeno Island, and came here and built
a small craft and went to the Marquesas,
called here on his way to Europe, and was
very kind to us. He sent on shore bread,
flour, rice and other articles, but he did not
land, as he was in a hurry to be gone. No
English man-of-war has culled here since the
Reindeer in December, 1869.
Thanks to a kind Providence, wo generally enjoy good health. We have been twice
visited by influenza since my return here;
the first time shortly after the Vitiaz left,
and again in March last. All suffered more
or less, with the exception of myself and one
or two others. There are now on the island
seventy-three persons—thirty-three malesand
forty females. During the time I have been
here there has been twelve births and two
deaths—one an infant, the other a dear grandson of mine, Robert Young, aged twenty-two
ye.ars, who died of consumption on the 27th
of March last. He was a brother of bim who
was killed some years sgo at- Santa Cruz
while with Bishop Patteson. But amid all
our sorrows for his loss we have great consolation in a well grounded hope that he is
now with his Saviour. He suffered vary
much for about two weeks before bis death,
but he bore all with exemplary patience. He
told me that when be felt pain he thought
upon what bis Saviour suffered, which enabled him better to bear it. A few days before
he died (as it hurt him to speak much), he
asked for a slate and wrote as follows I
brothers and sisters, I warn you not
"toDear
put off repentance to a dying day. Come
to Christ now while you are in good health.
When you come to die you will find your
thoughts all wandering; it is Satan's work
this ; but dear brothers and sisters, put your
whole trust in Jesus now, and he will guide
you safely through. I have given myself to
Him, fully believing that he has done all for
me. When I lay down at night I never expect to see daylight. lam always expecting
my end." He had only been married seven
months, and the following he wrote for his
wife : " My dear love, give yourself to Christ
now ; look unto Him as your only Saviour;
trust in Him and he will never forsake you.
1 will leave you in the hands of those with
whom you now are, and may you find in
them the same as both you and I have found
them since we have been together, true
parents and brothers and sisters. Warn all
young people against putting off repentance
to a dying day, because it is very dangerous."
And now, dear sir, I have something to inform you, which I am certain you will be
pleased to hear. When the Reindeer called
here, as I informed you in my last letter, they
brought a selection of books from kind friends
in Valparaiso. Among them was a periodical edited by the Rev. William Reid, M. A.,
called the British Evangelist," from which
"
the dear departed
one found great consolation, also another little book by the same
author, the " Blood of Jesus," "God's Way
of Peace," by Horatius Bonar, D. D., and
several little works by Brownlow North,
which have been instrumental, I trust, by the
Holy Spirit of causing a revival of religion
among us. Many appear to be veryanxious
about the salvation of their souls, and I hope
have really come to Jesus. I have not for
many years seen 60 much anxiety among us,
and I trust, reverend sir, that you and other
Christian friends at Honolulu will remember
us at the Throne of Grace, that the revival
may continue and increase, and that we all
may become real disciples of a Crucified Redeemer.
We have not received any letters from
Norfolk Island since I arrived' here, but two
whalers touched here in December last—the
Cleone, Luce, and Live Oak, Beckermsn.
They were at Norfolk Island in 1870, and
brought us the sad tidings of the death of
many of our relations and friends. I know
not if any of my children are among tbe
number, but I feel very anxious to receive a
letter from them. We have been hoping lo
see a man-of-war on her wayfrom Valparaiso
to the Islands, or from Honolulu to Valparaiso, as we think it probable we have letters
at both places, but so far our hopes have been
disappointed.
June 4, 1872.—Dear sir, a sail being in
sight to the northward, standing in for the
land, I hasten to conclude. Wishing, reverend kir, yourself and Mrs. Damon health and
happiness,
I remain your obdt. servant,
John Buffett.
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Cheap Files, all sizes and kinds, Butcher Knives, got out expressly for trade.
Butchers' Steels, 8 to 16 inch.
An Endless Variety of Pocket Cutlery, Sail Needles & Hooks, Sewing & Roping Palms,
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A Full Assortment of Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes of Every Description !
ALL OF WHICH WILL, DE SOLD at PRICES THAT WILL GIVE SATISFACTION
January, 1672.
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Kawaihae, Hawaii,
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Bute religion and undejited before God, the lather, is this:
To visit thefalherleee and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspottedfrom the world.
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Could I choose the age and fortunate season
When to he born,
I would fly from the censure of your barren reason,
Ana the scourges or your scorn,
t 'nil I I take the tongue, and
theland, and Ihs station
Thsi lo me were lit,
I would make my life a force and an sanitation,
And you could not stifle it!
u.
Hut the thing ntoat hear to the freedom I covet
Is the freedom I wrest
From a time that would bar me from climbing above it,
To seek the East In the West.
I have dreamed ofthe forme or a noblerexistence
Than you give me here.
And the beauty that lies afar in the dateless distance
I would conquer, and bring more near.
ill.
II It good, undowered with the bounty or Fortune,
In the son lo stand :
I.et others excuse, and cringe, and Importune,
I will try the strength of myhand !
irl flail, I shall fall not among the mistaken',
Whom you dare deride:
HI win, you shallbear, and see. and at last awaken
To thank me because 1 defied !
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Thinnketo vil.”
To repent,—to confess our sin and ask for
its pardon, is a high and encouraging feature
of our humanity: and it is our own, peculiar
to ourselves; it is the saving possibility of a
race that has fallen below the nobility of its
birthright.
But to forgive,—to suffer wrong of others
and yet to forgive them, this is of God.
Made in his image which we have defaced
and dishonored, man still, in this God-like
deed may claim the divine relationship. In
the act of forgiveness God and man stand
together in a sympathy of tender and loving
t&rbearanee.
" Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive
them that trespass against us." So the Master taught us to pray, and in the prayer
teacheth vi also how to live, making God's
forgiveness the model of our own, even as he
made God's character the model for ours,
ye therefore perfect even as your Father
"inbeheaven
also is perfect."
Glorious indeed is the life that he hath bid
us strive for : not only to repent and be forgiven, hut also to forgive. To us who are
marching through life's highway does this
encouragement come. To us, who, amid the
trials of success and failure, under the burdens of care and suffering and toil, are sorely
wronged, are perchance almost crushed to
the earth by the unsuspected blow, is it too
rrrtrch to forgive T Is it for us, because we
have been injured, forever to bear down the
repentant offender, whose wrong to himself
perhaps is greater than his wrong to us, with
the weight of our unforgiveness ? Do not
men often thus change places with those who
ought to he forgiven ef them t
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Forgiveness means the restoration of the
offender ; anything lets than this is a sham;
•
and this is why repentance is always rasde
its condition j we are no-where commanded
to forgive where it does not exist; it would
.be impossible. Repentance carries with it an
effort at reformation, and this makes forgiveness, the restoration of the wrong doer, possible.
Christ teaches further, that a forgiving
spirit among men is necessary to their acceptance with God ; that it is utterly hopeless
for one to ask the Divine forgiveness while
refusing to forgive any wrong committed
against him by another. " But if ye do not
forgive, neither will your Father who is in
heaven forgive your trespasses."
With wonderful estimation of the capacity
of human nature, the Master requires of men
a spirit of forgiveness that shall he
inexhaustible ; that shall be enough for all possible
demands upon it. It is not surprising that
the apostles could only answer to such'a
claim, " increase our faith." In His life more
than in His words He upheld this surpassing
standard of human intercourse, and left to us
tbe inheritance and aid of His stainless example.
This subject is not one of abstract religious
sentiment, but is a matter of practical, everyday importance to every one. Every day
brings some test of its worth and of its necessity as a principle of human action. "Forgive as ye would be forgiven." It is a matchless rule of life, and applies with equal
fitness to all life's relationships:—to the most
sacred ties of kindred and friendship, to the
more general intercourse of acquaintances
and business competitors, to all circumstances
whether of prosperity or of trial, work or
recreation, will its practice bring peace and
good will.
But we forget this, how easily. How
many men and women wronged more or less
severely, justify themselves in a revengeful
spirit toward the offender, which is continually working, and hoping that evil maybefall
him. How many, from more insignificant
causes, wounded pride, or unintentional and
accidental slights to their self esteem, harbor
and even cultivate low resentments with only
demoralizing results upon themselves and
others. It is not difficult to perceive that
Christian manhood and womanhood becomes
impossible with such indulgence; and on the
other hand, that the spirit of forgiveness
makes the highest attainment in conrtesy and
charity easy and natural.
LiaHtTlehrL
, ittle.
The subject of temperance has gained new
interest in our community from the late occurrence of several homicides, in which the
chief circumstance was intoxication. The
question ofresponsibility, outside of the chief
actors, is mooted, and liquor sellers receive
their full share of blame, perhaps more than
their share. It is easy and comfortable for
us all to shift disagreeable burdens upon convenient and prominent scapegoats. The man
whqallows himself to becqrjje genteeHy disgUrse*j;foenignantly and witlestly merry upon
rare old vintages, sets an example which he
is responsible for; and if it is an example
which encourages that indulgence which
makes iteasy for a man to murder his friend
or his wife, he cannot throw off the responsibility entirely on the uninfluerrtial liquor
seller who simply performs a mechanical part
in the tragedy.
Among the new books, we have had the
pleasure of resding Mireio, a love poem by
Fred. Mistral, translated from the Provencal
French. The metrical form of the translation
reminds us of Morris' style of versification.
The poem is a story, simply and beautifully
told, of a courtship between two almost children, in which the wooing was mutual. A
few blissful months and then the aristocratic
parents of Mireio on learning of the attachment, separate the lovers, and forbid the plebian Vincen to enter the place, which conduct
results in the tragic death of Mireio, who is
true to the last, leaving poor Vincen at the
close of the story rather unsatisfactorily bereaved.
(£7* The regular meeting of the Association took place as usual last month. The
committee on topics being absent, there was
no essay or discussion. Mr. P. C. Jones,the
topic committee for November, announced as
his subject, Opium, and its use in these
islands.
During the months of August and September the meetings failed for want of quorums.
It is Worthy of thought by those who absent
themselves on such occasions, how far they
are personally responsible for such failure.
It is a matter of much importance that these
meetings should be held regularly and be
well sustained. After the Association has
become so well organized and has gained its
undeniably useful position 'in the place, it
would be a subject of sincere regret if it
should be permitted to become extinct for
want of enthusiasm among its members.
Minds
with Sky-lights.—Oliver Wendell
Holmes compares men's minds to houses.
' All fact collectors," he says, " who have no
aim beyond their facts, are one-story men.
Two-story men compare, reason, generalize,
using the labors of the fact collectors as well
as^ their own. Three-story men idealize,
imagine, predict; their best Illumination
comes from above, through the aky-ligj,,.
There are minds with large ground floors/
that can store an infinite amount of knowledge. Your great working lawyer has two
spacious stories ; his mind is clear, because
his mental floors are large, and he has room
to arrange his thoughts so that he can get at
them. Poets are narrow beIovyl ingapabje of
clear statement, and with small power of consecutive reasoning, but full of light, if .sometimes rather bare 0f furniture, in the aWs.''
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