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FRIEND
THE
HONOLULU, JUNE 1, 1874.
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Honor to Whom Honor is Due.
Paor
Thus writes the Rev. Mr. Snow, under
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Important to Navigators
41 date of January 21st, 1874 :
Honor to whom Honor is due
Poor Comments
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"As an American missionary I want to
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New Explorations InMicroueiia
my hearty thanks and equally hearty
express
44
Official Correspondence
44 God-speed to the noble efforts of H. B. M.'s
Cough on Temperance Reform
46
Editor's Table
in trying to put down this
46 Government,
Sailor.'Right.
46 cursed coolie trade in the Pacific isles. 1
Letter from Tahiti
«8
Y. M. C. A
wish the kind and brawny arm of noble old
Emperor William would come down upon
some of his subjects who are engaged in this
same coolie business. But 1 suspect he
JUNE 1, 1874.
thinks he has more important business nearer
Important to Navigators in the Pacific. home. The poor success of Uncle Sam's
will
The Rev. J. F. Whitney, under date of man-of-war in taking care of
March 16th, thus writes, respecting the be rather a damper on our naval forces to
harbor on the Island of Jeluit, or Bonham's try anything further in that line."
Island, one of the Marshall group :
Our correspondent refers to the visit of
Co.,
&
have
estabCapelle
A.
the NarraganseU to the Samoan Islands,
" Messrs.
their head station here, and Mr. C. and the attempt to arrest a certain free
lished
tells me he expects to be able to furnish any hooter who is well known all over the
supplies which might be needed by any Pacific.
vessel sailing in these parts. The harbor is
probably the best in Micronesia, all things An Intersting Launch.—In the New Zealand
considered, as it is always accessible, no Herald we find a long account of tbe launch at
matter how hard the wind may blow, and it Auckland, March 21st, of a new missionary vessel,
is not dangerous as in other places. The built at that fjlace, for tbe Melanesian Mission.
usual entrance is the SE passage, where the The new
craft, to be known as The Southern Cross,
head station is located, but there are three is 220 tons burthen builder's measurement, and is
other passages on different sides of the
with engines of 20 horse-power. Tbe launch
island, so that we may always sail when fitted
took place in the presence of Bishop Cowic, the
there is wind. If no wind, at anchor, it is clergy, Government officials, and a large concourse
one of the pleasantest places to be in, as you of
spectators. Lady Martin, wife of the late Chief
know how we roll about in these calms. Justice, named the vessel just as she started on the
Vessels in distress could always find relief ways,—not the old-timo fashion of breaking a
in
could they reach this (Bonham's) island, bottle of wine
on the bow—but by marking with
ship-wrecked mariners would soon obtain chalk a cross on
the stem, with [the words, "I
here,
from
as
there
is
comregular
passage
name tbec the Southern Cross, and may tby misSamoa
and occasional opmunication with
sion be to carry tbe message of the cross, amongst
portunities to go to other points."
CONTENTS
Far June. 1874.
THE FRIEND.
Poor Comments.—The opium licenses for
$20,100 and the inefficient efforts to put in
force our existing laws for the suppression of
intemperance, are poor comments upon the
lamentations over the decrease of the native
population and the professed paternal character of the Hawaiian Government. Report
says the Hawaiian Treasury is depleted and
money is wanted. No wonder. Money
lenders are chary about lending money to
the patrons of grog shops. Opium and rum
are Hawaii's two great evils. We feel sadly
disappointed, for we did hope the Legislature would have listened to the petitions of
Hawaiians, Chinamen and foreigners, praying that the ruinous drug might be tabued.
What is quite remarkable, out of a population of six hundred Chinamen, we are informed over five hundred have petitioned to
have the Government refuse to license the
sale of epium. We live in the confident expectation that the time will certainly come,
and that before many years, when the sale
of opium and rum will no more be licensed
and sold as they now are, than other poisons
now confined to the shop of the apothecary.
The Hawaiian Evangelical Association
will commence its Annual Session on the 2d
of this month.
We would acknowledge papers for
gratuitous distribution : A. F. Judd, Esq.;
Gulick family ; Rev. D. B. layman, Hilo;
Mr. H. Dimond ; Mrs. Rice, Kauai, and Mr.
Pierce, Minister Resident.
In our last issue, we referred to a
the Islands of the sea." Tho idea of a new vessel Wesleyan Clergyman, to whom was prebid
for the missionary service, with auxiliary steam, sented a purse of £500 and he was
originated with the late lamented Bishop Patteson. make the trip around the world. His no.me
was the Rev. Mr. Curnow. By the last
—/'. C. ,/ldeerftser.
New Missionaries for Micronesia.—A
letter has been received from the Rev. Dr.
Clark, Corresponding Secretary of the
American Board, announcing the appointRev.
Stranger’s Friend Society.—The twenty-second
ment of the following Missionaries
Mr. and Mrs. Logan; Rev. Mr. and Mrs.
Annual Meeting of the Ladies'
Blakely; Mr. and Mrs. Rand, teachers; Mr. Stranger's Friend Society will be held at
and Mrs. Taylor, recently licensed, preacher.
Bishop Esq., on
They may be expected to arrive by the July the residence of C. R.
June
attendance of
Thursday,
A
return
of
the
4th.
full
trip
to
the
by
sttthner, proceed
members is requested.
Morning Star.
:
"
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steamer, Mikado, another Wesleyan avrived,
having been treated in a similar ma'aner, as
we learn from the following slip, clipped
from an Australian paper :
& purse of
£500 has been presented to the. Rev. Joseph
'Dare, who proceeds to
via California." We wonder if all We»leyans ore
"
treated in this style!
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THE FRIEND,
New Explorations in Micronesia.
THE MORTLOCK GROUP.
Jan. 20, 1874.
Reo. S. C. Damon, Editor oftlte Frie.no :
A cruise" in the Morning Star !
"
We are now " homeward bound." Would
you not like a few notes " of that cruise ?"
The Star left Ponape January 2d, sailing
NNW to Pakin, a small atoll, some twenty
miles distant, with a population of seventyfive to one hundred. This small island is a
dependency of one of the Kings of Ponape
the people the same as of that island and
the language. We did not care so much to
explore it, as to get a sight of its general
contour. The Star passed close under its
lee-shore, on the south side, and then headed
away for N'gatik, or Raven, or the Seven
Islands. N'gatik is the native name, and it
is an atoll with some seven or eight islets on
its reef. Its position is 5 ° 47' 30" N lat,
and 157 ° 32' E long. The island was discovered in 1773 by a Spaniard, and then reand renamed by other explorers,
one
a new name. The name
impressing
i
en Islands was probably given from the
u islets on the reef.
This atoll is some 22 miles in circumference, with no passage to the Lagoon, save a
Morning Star,
—
#
Sovered
boat passage near an islet ou the eastern
extremity of the reef—an islet without inhabitants. The natives of N'gatik are in
size and language, Ponapeians. And so one
might expect their complexion to be, only the
" foreign blood " has so largely mingled
with the native—the native color has been
about bleached out. The island has long
been the home of foreigners, and painful
are the reports afloat of " violence and blood
shed," of " sudden deaths in the Lagoons
and over the reef;" but they need not be repeated—" Let the dead bury its dead."
The population numbers from 75 to 100.
Children are numerous, light and pretty; but
with hearts dark as the pagan. We offered
to take some to Ponape to be educated in
our schools, but parents could hardly afford
that, 'twas too far, and they had not mastered their distrust of tbe Missionary. He
might be a " man-eater" rather than a
" soul-teacher," for such are the reports often
made about him.
The island is fertile. The" bread-fruit,
cocoanut, sugar cane, bananas and onions
were seen growing.
A singular piece of masonry may seem a
sacred pile. The base was some 12 feet
square and raised, some five solidly laid
with rude steps for ascending. Then on this
another square of less dimensions, some five
feet square was laid, this again was crowned
by a large square stone, while this was cap-
JUNE,
18.4.
ped with one standing erect with a crown
piece of concave coral stone. This structure
is sacred. Prayers and worship are here
made to the island divinity, and the hill is
free to any one to ascend and offer his devotions. We longed to see this piece of masonry exchanged for the Christian Church,
and flanked by its ever faithful friend and
co-worker, the school-house, and that will
yet be. Putting the question, if a Missionary, would we be welcome? Some replied
yes, and it was affecting to see some gathering about one of our Ponape teachers, and
holding her hand as if to pin her to the spot
at once. N'gatik shall yet be beautified by
the touch of Jesus. Parting with a hymn
and prayer, the Star filled away for the
Mortlock group, lying nearly due west from
N'gatik. Her approach here was in dead
silence—not as in some cases canoes hastening off to trade. It was not till she was near
the mouth of the passage a canoe was seen,
tho' she had run some 10 or 12 miles along
the leeward shore, and why this ? The Carl,
pirate ship, kidnapping vessel, had been here
a few years since and had stolen quite a
number of natives. How our blood heated
up as we remembered her black, infamous
work. But the story is well known, I need
not repeat it; yet J shall never forget tbe
comical, yet serious way in which a chief
narrated his treatment on a Fijian plantation.
Flog, flog, me cry plenty much,"—he spoke
"broken
English. All hail to Her Majesty's
Government for these kidnapped ones who
have been returned to their homes. And yet
while we shout this peati of praise to John
Bull, what shall be said of the Emperor of
Germany who suffered his flag to be unfurled
to cover the coolie trade ? But little better
than the Carl's kidnapping. True, the way
of securing the victims is a little more
humane, but the end the same, the plantation, the hard, pittiless plantation, with years
of hard work, and in many cases a hopeless
return to Fatherland. Is it possible that Germany which heads the van in the world's intellectual thought, is also to lead the coolie trade
—a relic of the dark ages, a twin of American
slavery ? It is reported that Sunativcs were
taken from this island as coolies by a German
vessel, to be returned in five years. How
oi'teu were we asked by mothers and brothers, when will they come back? And how
often did we see strings enclosing the house
of some one taken away. They enclose
because sacred to him. No one could inhabit it. With this state of things, we
were not surprised at the reception of the
Star. At first it was with such an ominous
silence ; but as she ncars the mouth of the
of the lagoon, a canoe is descried
Eassage
earing down, headed by a foreigner, a
trader, be assuring his natives that there
was no danger. We soon met them with
a boat, exchanged salutations and they
boarded the Star.
The first contact with this people prepossesses one in their favor, so mild looking, so
gentle, so far from rudeness, we often said,
how kind, how woman-like they are, using
this, not as a reproach, but a description of
their general bearing. Surely these are not
savages!
The canoe of these islanders is in general
style with the canoes of all the islanders
of Micronesia. The ever present outrigger
and timbers seized together by native twine.
The dress of the islanders is simple. Their
mills weave not very finely nor abundantly '.
The men, as one part of their dress, wear
the nuiro, a thick braid of cloth about their
loins; they wear also the poncho, made from
the bark of the hybiscus, two breadths
sewed together. It extends nearly to the
feet. The hair was done up in a topknot style, ornamented by native beads,
hair pin and comb—this is a small piece of
wood slitted into small fine teeth lengthwise,
often carved and cock's feathers sewed to the
handle. Tattooing is simple, the arms and
from the shoulder to the elbow being thus
ornamented, save occasionally with some a
semi-circle band run across the breast.
Children go in undress, the women wear the
native tapa made from the bark of the hybiscus, plainly ornamented and dyed black
for a back ground. The dwellings are
simple. The dwelling house proper is
simply the roof set on the ground,resting on
its eaves. There is an excuse for a door ot
each end through which one may crawl. It
is dark and stifling. Close to this is the
cook-house, black and filthy. Much of the
cooking is done upon heated stones. It is
with them yet the stone age; for nearly all
implements of work, axes, knives and the
adz, arc made from this or something
kindred to it—the shell of fish and turtle.
dwelling, or apparently in each
Near
community, is a building of larger dimensions
than has been mentioned. It is a " hotel," a
work-house," a shelter for large proas, a
"play-ground
for children, a campus for all
meetings. It is not elegantly made, rather
rude, but strong. Large masks were found
at Satonn, an islet of the Mortlock group,
some very large. They seemed to be used
by executioners, that they might do their
deed faithtfully and be unknown.
Till: MORTLOCK GROUP.
But now that we have spoken of the
Mortlock group, described their people and
their customs in general, it remains to
speak of separate islands. Fhe group we
have named is one discovered by Mortlock
in 1793, commanding the Young Williani, and both names are given to the
cluster, consisting of three atolls, separated
by channels, from five to seven miles in
width, their names being Satoan, Etal and
Lukunor. The Star visited Satoan first,
though while really bearing the name of the
discoverer, but it is proposed to erase that
and re-name the atoll from its most important islet, more so, because most fertile,
most populous, and evidently the oldest
land formation of the island, Satoan.
This change of name is proposed, for there
is no other island in all the group and sister
atolls, but which bears as it should a native
name. Satoan lies in 5C 27' N long and
153° 30' S long. Two passages offer access
to the Lagoon, one on the south side and
one on the north side. The depth of the
Star's anchorage was nineteen fathoms.
Some sixty islets crown the reef of this
atoll. Some large, miles in length and sail
wooded and fruitful; others mere pin henrls
in size. It was frequently observed that
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THE FRIEND,
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neither
the reefr proper nor land-formation
had the breadth of some coral islands in
Micronesia. The bread-fruit, cocoanut, pandanas and other plants and trees
abound here. The wild pigeons and smaller
birds were seen. The population may
reach 1500. One islet, some four or more
miles long, has a population of 600. The
larlguage of this island and so of all its
sister atolls, Etal, Lukunor, Namaluk,
Losap, Nama, is one and possesses a large
affinity for the dialect of Ponape. The
numerals were strikingly alike to those of
Ponape—so the words for house, animal,
canoe, moon, members of the body, so many
verbs with their suffixes. But all this likeness will not obviate the necessity of reducing the language and giving to it its own
literature. In leaving Satoan it may be remarked, early navigators have represented
the natives as treacherous, were not to be
trusted, no matter how friendly they may
appear." The Star can deny that charge.
From the first day of her anchoring to the
last, here and at Lukunor, not the first
treacherous sign was seen ; nor indeed is
it known that a single article was stolen.
Yet natives were numerous on deck, going
and coming ; visits were made ashore without fear. It is questionable if she ever anchored among a people so recently brought
to the light of the civilized world and yet
so mild as this people, and so far from the
merely savage.
Passing from Satoan, the Star sailed
across the Lagoon, going out at the northern
outlet. It is a Lagoon of much beauty and
safety, because so largely free (tmn coral
and
patches. Bearing NNEin lat
153° 24' long is Etal, distant some seven
miles, an island without a ship passage ; but
its reef is crowned with a luxuriant growth
of .vegetation on the islets. The Star did
not touch here. It is spoken of as a beautiful atoll. The population may number some
600 or more. The people, language, customs, all are one with Satoan, with which
a free communication is kept up by large
proas.
Passing by Etal, the Star ran NW some
25 miles to Namaluk, whose position is 5°
-55' N lat 153c 13' E long. Approaching
this island three large islets were seen crowning the reef, verdant and apparently thicklywooded. The more than usual height of the
trees seemed to give to the atoll an unusual
elevation, as if partly heaved up by volcanic
force. Reaching this island at near sunset,
there was no time for exploration ; but as
the Star passed along to the lee shore
groups of natives were seen sitting beneath
tbe trees, watching the approach of the
vessel, a sight to them no doubt strange,
as not many ships touch here. This cautiousness of the people not to launch at
once a. proa and come off," indicated fear.
And so it was, for here were found those who
had been kidnapped by the Carl and taken
to a Fiji plantation. Perceiving their unwillingness to come to the Star her boat
was sent them. Three friendly natives
from Satoan accompanied, and going up to
the group, told them who the strangers
■were, friendly Missionaries. A few threw
aside all fear, came to us and shook hands,
heard a message, bartered a little, and then
with a friendly good-bye " were left. The
eastern
"
"
"
1874.
JUNE,
language, customs and tattooing, all were
one with the Satoans. No ship passage.
Merely one large enough for a boat wns seen.
The population may reach from three to five
hundred.
The day closing, the Star filled away for
Losap, NW, distant some sixty miles. Its
position is 7 ° 3' 40" N lat and 152 ° 42'
20" E long. Nearing this atoll the natives
were cautious as at Namaluk. Flogging on
a Fiji plantation had no charms for them.
It was observed that the island had the appearance of an unusual elevation as at the
one just passed. This must arise from the
large growth of trees and so compact.
Nothing like volcanic forces working in
ages past could be seen. As the Star
neared the island, natives were seen walking
on the beach. None came off. The boat
was sent in, accompanied by the friendly
natives of Satoan. A ship's passage was
seen. There may be more on the west side.
The boat passed into the Lagoon and ran
up near half way of the Lagoon to the
landing of a high chief. The companywere received with kindness. Young cocoanuts being brought as a peace offering.
The high chief was very friendly and will
gladly take a Missionary teacher. All the
surroundings of the people, their language,
dress, proas, ornaments, tattooing, dwellings,
the children in undress, and the women
with the native tapa, showed they were
kith and kin with the islanders already visited. The population may reach 500. The
island seemed fertile and capable of furnishing plenty of food.
Northwest of Losap lies the atoll Nama,
round, small, and without Lagoons; fertile,
crowded with a forest of bread-fruit trees
and cocoanuts—a tombstone in mid ocean
of some buried mountain peak. The island
is not put down in Findloy's Directory. It
is some ten miles NW from Losap. As the
Star neared this pin-head of an island,
natives were seen grouped on the shore,
waiting, apparently, her approach. The
landing is evidently on the west or lee side,
over the reef in a smooth surf. But time
did not permit to send a boat. We learned
from the natives with us that the populotion
is small, some 150 or 200—if indeed amounting to that. The language and people are
one with the islands south, at which we had
touched.
LUKI'NOR, OR GEM OF
THE CORAL ISLANDS.
The Star headed away from this people
for Ruku, the higher mountain peaks of
which were seen near sunset; but it was
thought best not to sail on further, so she
tacked about and headed for Lukunor, a
sister island of Satoan ; whose position is
in N lat 5 27' and E long 153 27.
And here we find, if 1 mistake not, the gem
°
°
of coral islands in Micronesia. The Lagoon,
so comparatively free from coral patches,
and the islets so fertile and so situated as to
protect the anchoring ground, which has a
fine bottom and close in to the shore if
needed, and not deep, the contour of the
atoll, the mildness of the people, all combined to make this a beautiful island. There
is but one passage, though of easy access,
on the south side. The island may be some
eighteen miles in circumference. Four
large islets, not contiguous nor very widely
separated, crown the reef. On the main
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islet two large taro patches were seen, evi-
dently highly cultivated, and divided off
into sections, marking the ownership of
each. And it was observed how much there
was of a rude kind of fencing on the main
land as if each one's little farm must bedefinitely bounded—a little ludicrous we
thought, as the whole islet would not satisfy
a western farmer for his plantation. Wild
pigeons are more or less numerous, and a
small bird, with cheery note, was seen. The
.
houses and proas, the dress and ornaments
of tho people, the maro and poncho of the
men, with the simple skirt of the women,
and the nakedness of the children, and their
language, marked this people as one with
the Satoanites ; and their proximity enables*
them to have fiequent communication with
each other. The population may be put
down at 1500. The children are numerous,
a hopeful sign for the future of the teacher
located here.
Leaving this island the Star touched at
Satoan for a few last wordj with the teachers
there, and then laid her course forNukuwor,
or the Monteverde Island, located in N lat
3 ° 55' and E long 154 ° 56. This island
was discovered by Monteverde, a Spaniard,
in 1806. It is small, some twelve or fifteen
miles around. It has a passage for small
vessels. The reef was dotted with islets.
some thirty crowning and adorning it. The
natives are of Sainoan descent. Their
splendid forms marked this as well as their
language. It has but little affinity with the
islands of the north. The population is
small, numbering some 150. In times past
it has been larger, but feticide, so very
common, has lessened it sadly. The natives
seemed cheerful and lively, going off to a
vessel, at a rather venturesome distance, for
barter. Idols carved from wood are common
hero, a very large one being in their
temple. This is probably the only people in
all Micronesia who worship idols carved out.
With all of them arc stones, trees, animals,
birds nnd fish, dressed and made sacred, but
without the carved imsge. This fact seems
to point to a different origin, for this people,
cither retaining the custom of their ances-
tors at the south, or taking it from natives
who may have drifted to them from the
west. No opportunity was offered here to
land, though the natives are friendly—a
trader resides here. It is manifestly the iron
age with this people, as iron hoop was
eagerly taken in exchange for their small
wares for sale.
The Star could stay here but a short time,
as the day was fast closing up. So telling
the venturous ones to return home, as a light
was burning for them on the shore, we
parted, they for their coral reef and we
for the more ambitious, high island, Ponape.
It is a matter of devout thanks to our
heavenly Father, that during all thiscruiseno
accident befell the Star; no demonstration
of treachery from the natives; not even a
nail, it is known, was stolen. The teachers
were welcomed and readily found homes
among those people they sought to live with.
So was the blessing of God with us, and so
may His blessing rest on those just beginning their life-work, to lift up to a true life
and Christian civilization the people we
have just visited and among whom they toil.
E. T. Doane,
Yours fraternally,
<
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THE FRIEND, JUNE
Official Correspondence.
of the United States,
Egation
)
\
Honolulu, May 12, 1874.
C. Damop, Editor of the Friend,
Herewith is the sum of forty
nd five cents, which is handed to
you for the benefit of the Sailors' Home,
Honolulu. It was received under the following circumstances : On the Bth instant,
Hon. Mr. Kaukaha, of Hanalei, Island of
Kauai, accompanied by some friends, called
at the Legation ; and on reading and delivering the address, which follows, placed in
my hands the money above mentioned—as
the proceeds of sale of the four bullocks referred to by him.
translation.
To His Excellency H. A. Peirce,
MinieterResident of the United States of America
■■
Sir—ln the name of the people of the
District of Hanalei, I bjg to deliver to you
their present of four beef cattle, a token of
their appreciation of your generous course
in affording the aid of the war vessels of
your government in quelling the disturbance
of Honolulu on the 12th of Feb-
,
1874.
Hawaiian customs in such cases, and the
delicacy of feeling which forbids wounding
the sentiments of others by a refusal, compels me to accept the gift, with permission,
however, to donate the same to the Sailors'
Home, of Honolulu, an institution existing
for the benefit of the seamen of all nations
visiting this place.
"To you personally, and to your noble
constituents, I offer my sincere thanks for
kindly manifestations of their regard."
Mr. Damon—l take the liberty of addressing this communication to you for publication in the Friend, newspaper, and as a
slight recognition of the benevolent services
rendered by you to seamen .in this port for a
period of more than thirty years.
With great respect,
Your friend and servant,
Henry A. Peirce,
Minister Resident of Ike United States.
The U. S. S. Saginaw was wrecked on
Ocean Island, Oct. 29, 1870. A boat, under
command of Lieut. Talbot, was sent to Honolulu for aid. The following seamen were
in the boat: James Miner, John Andrews,
Peter Francis, and William Halford. Only
-874.
ing that you will receive this gift as the last named person survived the expediof their great love to your country, tion. He is now a Gunner on board the U.
n, Your most Obd't Serv't,
S. S. Benecia. The body of Peter Francis
was not found, while the remains of the
David Kaukaha,
others were buried on shore, and much
Committee.
attention
was shown them by the inhabitants
, I said in substance :
Hanalei.
of
Kaukaha—" My sensibilities are
ouched by this noble and generous Mr. Gough’s Report upon the Woman’s
Temperance Reform in Ohio.
le people of the District of Hanalei,
and I accept it as proof of the love, gratitude
As many foolish and incorrect reports reand friendship they bear for the government specting the wonderful Temperance Reform
and people of the United States; feelings are going the rounds of the newspapers, the
following letter, from so reliable a source as
which are fully reciprocated by us.
Mr. Gough, the world-renowned Temperance
"The military demonstration made by Orator, will be read with interest, and must
the United States forces on the occasion you be accepted as trust-worthy :
-allude to, was prompted by our great regard
Columbus, Ohio, March 22, 1874.
■for the best interests of your nation; and it
I am intensely interested in the Woman's
Movement in this State, and
is .gratifying to know that the service then Temperance
it
rendered, has been justly appreciated by although adds to my work, I cannot keep
out of their meetings. At Xenia I first saw
your .countrymen.
the prayer movement in full force. They
" That timely intervention in favor of law had closed thirty-eight saloons and they
and order, probably saved the life of the have three that still hold out. As we came
town, walking up from the station, I
Representative (Mr. Kaukaha) from Hanalei, into
saw in front of a saloon, two fine looking
•and was a Providential return perhaps of the ladies, seated, one with a Bible in her hand,
(,-ood deeds of some of the people of your the other with a paper. A little further on,
district; who in December, 1870, showed so I saw a venrable looking Quaker lady and a
much humanity and kindness to the sole young lady by her side, seated in front of a
saloon. They were the pickets watching
survivor nnd those drowned, of a boat's these
grog shops, and rendering it very difficrew, wrecked near Hanalei, belonging to cult for them to sell at all.
the U. S. $■ Saginaw,.c&st away at Ocean
I heard one old lady, who must have been
Island, and who were sent from thence to seventy years, was in deep mourning, offer
seek the meavris for ths rescue of those in a tender, trembling voice, such a prayer as
I think I never heard—so earnest. She told
ship-wrecked.
the Savior, He knew how their hearts were
w Duty to my government may seem to scorched and" scarred by this terrible
curse,
dictate the declining to receive tha offering and now they had come unitedly to Him,"
of your sTood people but a proper regard for etc. The singiog, meanwhile, from various
ility
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points, was most sweet; and the profound
respect paid to these ladies was very touching. One gentleman told me, " there is no
rowdy so rough that he would dare molest
them, for all the best public sentiment is
with them, and the best ladies in point of
character and position are the leaders in the
movement."
At half-past four I went over to their
prayer meetings, when these bands came in
to report. After singing, One more day's
work for Jesus," "One day's less life for me,"
prayer was offered. The reports were given
so quietly, and they seemed so humble and
full of the Master's spirit, it was very solemn.
"
The President then asked me to speak to
them, which I did for five minutes. But I
could hardly speak at all my heart was so
full.
The President, a noble looking woman of
sixty, considered one of the first in the city
for intellect, moral worth and Christian
character, said to me: Mr. Gough, we
believe we are engaged in" the Master's service. But oh! sir, the crucifixion of the
flesh! You can hardly imagine the struggle
we went through before we could go to
places we had always shunned as so vile.
But we mean now to continue this work if
necessary as long as we live."
A Dayton lady told me that a whisky
seller asked her how long they were going
to continue this work, and she told him :
Ail our lives, and we will train our daugh"ters
to work when we are gone."
One lady said to me, " Mr. Gough, what
could we do ? Our husbands, our dear boys,
our brothers were being destroyed. We had
no redrew, no law, no power to do anything
but weep ; and we have carried our appeal to
God, and we have faith to continue this
work. And He has heard us. We know it
by the blessing to our own souls as well as
by the wonderful success that has attended
our efforts."
1 do believe this work of prayer is to go
on, and I believe the Holy Spirit will
descend on this whole people. In all the
places I visit there seems a subdued feeling
of seriousness. They appear as if about
some great work. The fact is, 1 rejoice in it
with all my heart and am encouraged more
than I ever have been.
John B. Gough.
Extraordinary Spiritual Power.—Rev.
Dr. Merrick, late President of Ohio Wesleyan University, writes to the Christian
Aevocate from Delaware, 0., under date of
March 4: "We are in the midst of the
most wonderful movement I have ever witnessed. Those not mingling in it can form
but little conception of what it is. It is
called a temperance movement, but its chief
charactaristic is its profoundly religious
spirit. Such penitence, such humility, such
humble trust in God, such a sense of the
Divine Presence, I have rarely, if ever, witnessed, even in the most powerful revivals of
religion. Christians are drawn together far
more closely than they were in the meetings
of the Evangelical Alliance. Surely they
unite their hearts in prayer and praise, as
God strangely manifests His presence in
their assemblies. All feel that God is in
this work. I dare say but little. In such a
Presence our words should be few. Ride on,,
thou conquering King."
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THE FRIEND, JUNE, IBT4.
MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT
OF HONOLULU. S. I.
ARRIVALS.
May
3—Am bk Edwin, Colby. 180 ileys from Boston, with
an assorted cargo to C Brewer at Co.
3—Haw bk Mattle Macleay, Forbes, 31 ilaya from Astoria.
3—Am schr Geo Francis Train, Tengstrom, 34 days
from Oanalaska.
A—Brit itmr Tartar, Ferries, 8 days from Ban Fran-
c*«co.
6—Am schr
Nautilus, Johnson, 16 daye from San
Enoch Talbot, E 8 Talbot, 91 days from Rio
7-Am™
Janeiro, aod 44 days from Juan fernandci, er
Rev D Kanoho and wife. Oct lit sailed Tor Apaiang,arriving
next day; landed Rev H •Bingham and wife,Rev J W Kanoa
and family. Oct 3d sailed for Tarawa, arriving same day;
landed Mr G Hainaand family. Oct Bth aailed for Butaritari,
arriving next day. Sailed tame day lor the Marshall group.
Oct 12th arrived afMilli. Bailed for Ebon Oct 15th, with Mr
H Kahclemaunaand family. Oct 20th arrived at Ebon, where
the MarshallIsland Mlaaion held their General Meeting. Left
Ebon Oct Slat to return the missionaries to theirrespective
islanda. Nov lat arrived at Namric; landed a native of Ebon
and hia wife aa teachers; took Mr 8 P Raaia and family on
board to be stationed on a larger inland. Nov 4th aailed for
Jaluit, arriving on the Bth; landed Rev D Kapali and family.
Left Nov 11th for Milli, arriving on the 16th; landed Mr KaheIcmauna and family. Left for Ashno Nov IBth, arriving on
the 20th; landed Mr 8 P Kaaia and family and a native of
Ebon with hia wife aa teachers. Left for Medjro Nov 25th,
arrivingaameday; landed Mr 8 W Kewea and wife, and A
native of Ebon aa teacher. Sailed for Ebon Dec lat, arriving
on the 7lh; layed off and on there until the 11th,when we
filled away for Strong's Is with Rev B G Snow and wife, Rev
J F Whitney ft **! w^c as passengers. Dec 15th arrived at
etrong'u Ia; landed oar passengers. Dec 17th sailed for Pinglap, Rev B G Snow still accompanying us; arrived thereon
the 19th. Sailed same day for Wellington Is; arriving next
day. Sailed Dec 20th for FODApe, ai'J "".VCd next uay*. Jar!
2d, 1874, set sail for ialanda to the westward with Rev A A
Surges, Rev E T Doane, who go with us to place teachers on
islanda that may want them. At half-past 6p m same day
sighted Pakin. Jan 3d arrived at Ngatiki, and aailed same
day for the Mottock group of islands. Jan 6th arrived at Batoarl; landed two Ponape teachers here with their wives.
Satled for Namaloe k Jan 9th at 9 a m, and at 4 p m arrived off
Nam aloek. Sailed at 6p m for Losap, arriving next day; had
communication with the people, then filled away for theHogok group. At 6p m same day we were within five miles of
that group; it being too late to communicate with the natives,
we filledaway for Lakunor. Jan 12th came to anchor in the
lagoonof Lakunor; landed a l'onaj" teacher and his wife.
Jan 14th at 7 a m set sail for Satoarl, where we arrived at 11
a m aame day; lay off and on there until 4 pm. when we
filled away for Monteverde, arriving there Jan 15th. Sailed
same day for Ponape, arriving on the 20th. Feb 10thsailed
for Wellington Is, with Mr Thomas Conner aa passenger for
Honolulu; Feb 13th arrived at Wellington. Salted same day
for Pinglap, arriving on the 14th. Sailed aame day for Strong's
Is, arriving on the 19th. Feb 24th aailed for Jaluit,with Rev
B G Snow and wife, Rev J F Whitney and wife for Ebon,
Miaa A Parker, Mr James Johnson,and four HawaiiansforHonolulu. Sighted Namrik March Bth, and Killi on the 9th.
March 10th arrived at Jaluit. Sailed furEbon March 19th
and arrived next day; landed passengers and freight. Hailed
March20th for Apaiang, and arrived on the 31st. Sailed for
Butaritari April 4th, arriving next day. April 9th sailed for
Honolulu,arriving Friday morning, May 16th.
—Aug 10th, 1873. the schr Eugenic, of Tahiti, Capt David
Clark, was wrecked on Drummond's Is. The following ia the
chief mate's account of the voyage: "The schr Eugenic aailed
from Tahiti July 12th, for the Gilbert group of islanda, with
126 natives on board which she was to return to theirhomes
In (he Gilbert group. (They were natives that had been at
work on the Tahiti coffee and cotton plantations.) On the
sixteenth day out, in the evening she took fire in the cabin by
the boy undertaking to fill a kerosene lamp while it was burning, filling it from a three-gallon can which waa fullof oil; the
oil at once caught fire and in an Instant the cabin was in a
flame. The captain put a blanket around himself and with
another put out the fire. The boy was so badly burned that
he only lived a few hours. Thecaptain was also badly burned, and lived only nine days. He was buried eff the Island of
Tamana. Thechief mate then took charge and landed the
natives, some on Tamana, Byron's, Pern, Clark's and Drummond's Islands. Aug 10th came to anchor off Drummond'a;
that night the cable parted and drifted her off tosea. Next
morning while standing in toward shore she run on the reef.
The natives of the island at once boardedher and took charge,
so that the crew could do nothing to save the veaael, consequently she went to pieces." Took first and second mates as
far aa Apaiang, and then succeeded in getting them a chance
to go to Samoa in a German brig.
—Dec 17th spoke bk Barth Gasfaold, Willis, 90 bids oil.
Dec 21st, bk Active, Campbell, arrived at Ponape, clean; Dec
27th, bk JamesAllen, Kelly, arrived at Ponape, clean; Jan
22d, 1874, bk Arctic, 'Whitney, arrived at Ponape, clean; Feb
10th, bk Acors Barnes, Allen, arrived at Ponape, with 120
bbls oil.
Wm. B. Hallbtt, Master.
Report of Bark Edwin, Colby, Master.—Left Boston
Nov 3d, 1873, and had fine weather until we arrived off Staten
Land-, from lat 60°, South Atlantic, to lat 60 s South Pacitlc,
was fifty days, having very strong winds and a rough sea the
whole time. Feb 18th had a severe gale irom the WHW, compelling us to heave to-, shipped a heavy sea the same day,
which washed two fullcasks of water overboard,carried away
port rail, bulwarks, stanchions, and filled the forward house
and forward cabin full of water. Remainder of passage had
fine weatherand gentle breezes. Sighted the Island of Hawaii
May 2d, at 5.30 a m, and anchored In the harbor of Honolulu
next day—lBo daya* passage.
I
route tor»»»«'«l»Und.
10—Brit aimr fcllkado, " "core, 13 days and 12 hours
fromKsmlsvu10—Ambktn Jane A Falkinburg, J A Brown, 19 days
from Astoria.
12—Haw brig Wm II Allen, H Schneider, 20 days from
Huahlne.
14—Ger brig llelcne, Brulin, 22 days fm Ban Francisco.
16—Am brig Morning Star, Uallett, 38 days from Butariurl.
DEPARTURES.
April 26—Am «chr Gen Harney, Redneld, for the Arctic.
May 4—Brit brig Robert Cowan, J C Cluney, for Melbourne.
6—Haw bk Ka Moi, Garrels, for Bremen.
8—Am schr Nautilus, Johnaon, for Japan.
7—Brit atmr Tartar, Ferries, for Auckland & Sydney.
8—Am bk Delaware, Hinds, for Victoria, B C.
11—Brit atmr Mikado, F Moore, for Ban Francisco.
12—Hawbk Mattie Macleay, Forbes, for Portland, 0.
13—Am bk Enoch Talbot, Talbot, for Baker's Island.
22—Am bk Edwin, Colby, for San Francisco.
26—German brig llelcne, E Bruhn, for San Francisco.
28—Am bktn J A Falkinburg. Brown, for Portland, O.
MEMORANDA.
Post of Russell, Bay or Inlands, N. Z.—Arrived,
March 11th: Lagoda, Lewi., from whaling grounds, with 120
barrels sperm oil, and 180 barrels whale oil. March 18th:
John Howland, Cole, from whaling grounds, with 150 barrel,
sperm oil, and 400 barrel, whaleoil. March 20th: Martha,
Btanton, from whaling ground., with 320 barret, .perm oil,
and 380 barret, whale oil. March 24th: Coral, Marvin, from
whaling ground., with 1,100 barrel, .perm oil, and 800 barrel,
whale oil; Abraham Barker, Potter, from whaling ground.,
wilh 640 barrel, .perm oil and 1,200 barrels whale oil-, Ring*
leader, Grey, from whaling grounds. March 26th: Niger,
Grant, from whaling grounds, wilh 1,400 barrel, sperm oiland
2,400 barrel, whaleoil.
The whaling .hip John Howland, Captain Cole, arrivedhere
March 10th,with 600 barrel, .perm, and 400 barrel, humpback oil.
The whaling bark Martha arrived on the 20th with 170 barrel, oil, .Ince leaving in December last.
The Runneymede, of llobart Town, ha. been spoken, clean.
The Auckland whaling bark Albion wa. spoken In February
last. She wa. then from the Chatham I.land., with one
.mall whale which yielded 6 barrels of sperm oil since leaving
Ruuell.
The whaling bark Merlinhas been spoken with 180 barret,
sperm.
Report of Brig Mortals..; Star.
Sailed from Honolulu June Oth, 1873, for Micronesia. June
27th arrived at Arurae at 6 a m; landed fourof our Gilbert
Island passengers, laying there off and on until 6 r ii, when
we tilledaway for Byron's I.land; arrived there at 9 a m next
day, laying off and on until 5 r x, then Oiled away for Peru.
June29th at S a m came to anchor off the NW point of Peru,
in seven fathoms of water. At 11 r m weighed anchor and
set sail for Drammond's Island, arriving there next day.
Laid there until 4th of July; at 4 a m set sail for Nonouli,
with Rev W Kspu and family, Mr II B Nalimuand family lor
Apaiang. Arrived at Nonouti aame day; sailed from there
for Apaniuma on the 6th, with Rev G Leleo and family, Mr T
Kaehuaea and family for Apaiang; arrived at ApaDiuma s.me
day. Lett there for Maiema on the 10th, and anchored off
Maleina at 10 r M same day. Sailed lor Mariki on the 14th,
with Mr W Lono and family lor Apaiang; arrived at Mariki on
the 16th. Same day sailed for Apaiang, with Mr D Kanoho
and wife,and Mr Simeonand family; arrived there next day.
Landed all our passengers and on the 24th sailed for Butaritari, arriving there next day. Sailed again for Apaiang
the
30th, with Rev J W Kanoa and family, Rev R Makaandonfamily as passengers; Aug Oth arrived at Apaiang, where
the
General Meeting was held. Left Apaiang on the 18th Aug
withall the Gilbert I.land Mission on board, excepting those
stationed at Apaiang, to be returned to their respective islands. Arrived at Butaritari Aug 18th; landed Rev R Maka
and family. Aug 12d set sail for Drumroond's Is, arriving
Bept oth; landed Rev W Kapu and family, Mr H B
and family, wilh supplies. Sept Bth ssiled for Nonouli,Nalltnu
arriving on tha 12th; landed Rev Q Leleo and family. Left for
Apaniuma Sept uih at 3 a m, and arrived next day; landed a
native of Butaritari a. teacher. Left lor Maiema Sept 17th
arriving next day; landed W Lono and family. Bept
IMb set
saillor Apaiang; at 10 r x same day came to anchor off
rawa, the current being so strong were afraid ol drillingTaoff.
At half-past 6 on the 20th sailed for Apaiang, but a. Hiewind
was qsite fresh we concluded to keep on for Mariki, lighting
Mariki at 10 a h, when the wind tailed and drifted us so la*
to l«w westward that we were obliged to go me four degrees
fsrther to the northward. In order to get in the easterly current to fti back again. Bept 29th arrived at Mariki; landed
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PASSENGERS.
Foa Melboubnc—Per Robert Cowan, May 4th—Godfrey
Brown.
Fob Bremen—Per Ka Moi, May sth—B F Ehlers, wifeand
3 children.
Fbom Ban Fbabcisco—Per Tartar, May «th— HA P Car,
ter, wile and child, Miss Franci. Carter, Master Geo Carter,
Mlas Msria Makukona,Hon B N Castle, W Bookwalter and
wife, I'rof Geiger, P Lumboeger, Mrs B M dc Britancurt, Master II dc Britancurt, rt H Foster, D Helm, J Parson, and 28 in
transitu for New Zealand and Australia.
Fob Auckland add Btdi.iv—Per Tartar, May 6th—Mrs
F W Hutchison, Robt Milne, wifeand child, and 28 from San
Francisco.
Fbom Kabdavu—Per Mikado, May 10th—MrsYon
ky,
Temps-
Mis. Yon Tempsky, B Owen, A J Hooke, and 164in transitu for San Francisco.
Fbom A.tobia—Per Jane A. Falkinburg, May 10th—C W
Russell, L C Millard.
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FO. Baa F.„c,.co-Per miwto. May llth-J C Pflufer.
Mrs A J Cartwright and servant, J 8 Christie, Jr. V Knudsen
and wife, Geo Gay, Chas Gay, J II Black, Mrs A Urown, Mrs
N A Fuller, D Foster and daughter, Rev Dr Wylos. Mrs L
Fran.es and 6 children, G B Norton, Jos E I.ehSann, J 1'
Clery, B Rodder, Chas West, W II Murphy, Jos Lylon, Mr
Ronheur and wife, Thos l.askin, T 11 Ilogan, F Kent, II Ridgley, 7 Chinamen,and 161 In transitu from Australia.
Faois lldahibe—Per William 11. Allen, May 12th—Mr
Moeller.
F.ox Micboresis—Per Morning Star, May lath—Miss A
Parker, Jams. Johnson, Thos Conner, and 4 natives.
Foa Ban Fbancisco—Per Ilelenc, May Beth—Tho. Howe
and wife.
Fob Portland, O.—Per Jane A. Falkinburg, May MlhTheo Gagar., L C Millard, Robt Murdock.
MARRIED.
McShani—Kalomi—At I.almina, Maui, May 9ih, by Rev.
M. Kuaea. Luke McShane,of Honolulu, to I.hia Kalomi,
of Honokohau, Maul.
DIED.
M. W. Green—Of Charleslown, N. H., died and.
denly on Wednesday morning, April 8, of apoplexy. He had
gone into a neighboring houae to carry a basket of potatoes to
a poor woman. She offered him a chair, and In tbe act of sitting down he fell forward and expired instantly. Capt. Green
was not far from 70 years old,and had followedthe sea from
the timehe was 13 tilt a few years since. In the early part of
his life he commanded a ship owned by Bryant &. Bturgea, engaged in the fur trade on the Northwest Coast. Later he waa
engaged in theSandwich Island trade. He waa a vigorous and
energetic man, and seemed to have lost none of his strength
and activity. As a neighbor and friend,and as a devout member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, he will be much missed.
He was noted for his generosity and his modest liberality to
those who were unfortunate—American paper.
Jamaica Plain, April 10, 1874.
Rev. S. C. Damon —My Dear Friend—l herewith send
you an obituary notice of our friend, Capt. M. W. Green. My
acquaintance witn him commenced in the year 1820, at Honolulu, when I was first otllcer of the brig Chinchilla,under
command of Capt Thomas Meek, and he was second mate of
the brig Griffon, which vessel he afterwards commanded,
and which vessel was owned by Bryant & Sturges. I was at
Honolulu In 1823, in the ship Paragon, and Captain Green left
Boston in 1824, and 1 believe Mr. Peirce waa clerk of the brig
Griffon, and his brother was Captain. There was something
very singular (if not really very pleasant and enviable) In the
circumstances of his death, believing as I do, that he was
ready for the summons. He was in the act of performing
the duty inculcated by his Master, via i That of ''feeding the
poor, whom we have always with us." He was taking a basket
of potatoes to a poor woman, and had ascended a narrow and
steep staircase ; and after his arrival In the room, being somewhat exhausted, the woman handed him a chair, and in the
act of sitting down he pitched forward on Ihe floor, and Instantly died. He haa two sons in the U. 8. Navy, Lieutenant
Commanders. The youngest ia now in Japan,and the other
C. Biewir.
in the West Indies.
Capt.
Brown—On board schooner Jenuatat\y\ng at anchor In the
lagoon of Ebon, November 20th, 1873, Captain Kami ci P.
Brown, aged 45 years. He waa in the employ of Messr?.
Capelle &. Co., and was efficient and trusted by his employers.
He told Mr. Soow that he was born in Boston, and from letters
it appeara that he had friends in Baltimore.
Devanev—At aea, April 12th, on board of bark Matttr
Macleay, Michael Divanet, seaman. He was a native of
Ireland, and about 40 yearaof age.
Rycropt—ln thia city, May Ist, an inlant daughter of Mr.
Robert Rycrofl.
Swinton—ln this city, May Ist, Charlotte Kamakaki
kosa, wife of Mr. Henry S. Swinton and daughter of Mr.
Isaac HarboUle. aged 3u years.
Davis—At Wailuku, Maul, May 11th, EsTJULIhe beloved
and devoted wife of John J. Davis, a
Cork,
Ireland, aged 70 yearn. frj Auckland
Turner—At the U. 8. Hospital, May 12th,jfl LTirmh,
late officer on board Am bark Java 2d, Capt. <sj||Hr The deceased was discharged Nov. 6th, and has beetrSKe Hospital
until his death. He waa a native of tt.e State if New York.
Erickron—At the Queen's Hospital,May 20th, Samuel A.
Erickbon, a native of Waxholm, Sweden. He had been a
seaman, but aince from California, forhis health, and resided
for several month* on Maui.
Uerricx—-In thia city, May 20ih, Mary Elizabeth, infain daughter of W. Derrick, aged 3 months and 24 days.
Dillingham—ln thia city, Nuuanu valley. May 91st,
(
Charles Augustus, son of Benjamin P. and Emma L. Dillingham, and grandson of Rev. and Mrs. Lowell Smith, aged
1 yeir, 6 months and 2 days,
"As tender mothers, guiding baby steps,
When places come at which the tiny feet
Would trip, lift up the little ones In arms
Of love, and set them down beyond the harm,
Bo did our Father watch tbe precious boy
Led o'er the atones by me, who stumbledoft
Myaelf, but atrove to help my darling on:
He aaw the aweet limbs faltering, and aaw
Rough wayabefore ua, where my arms would fail i
So reached from heaven, and lifting thedear child,
Who smiled in leaving me, He put him down
Beyond all hurt, beyond my sight, and bade
Him wait for me ! Shall 1 not thenbe glad,
And thanking God,press on to overtake."
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InformatinObtained.
The question is often asked, If the Editor ever obtains
information respecting those, concerning whom information
is
wanted," very frequently we do. By tbe Morning Star we reInformation
respecting one wanderer, thirteen years
ceived
lie forwards letters to friend, in Boston. Another writes to
give us many thanks for sending letters and ailvertislns
Another sends £20 to bis lather In Asors..
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THE FRIEND,
JUNE,
1874.
claim this right in London, New York or
Honolulu, and all Christian countries on the
SuasSAtoi'iCAL Rambles, or the Island ol Mau- broad principle, that Christian countries reritius', by Nicoloa Piko, D. S. Consul. Harper &. cognize the Sabbath as a day of rest from
Brothers, 1873.
toil and labor. If a sailor, fireman or enThe Bookseller, Mr. Thrum, has kindly gineer, attached to a steamship, should replaced in our hands a very interesting' and fuse to labor in discharging cargo, receivinstructive volume, with the above title. The ing cargo, or coaling the ship, while the
author was appointed Consul in 1866, and vessi-l was at the wharf on the Sabwas sent out in a vessel of war, the Monoc- bath, and was brought before a Judge
ii/'y, on his voyage out, touching at Rio, in a Christian land, we do not believe
Pernambuco, and Cape of Good Hope. We said Judge would presume to remand that
take it for granted that the duties of this man to prison or impose upon him a fine for
Consul have been faithfully discharged, but refusing duty! A few months ago the
Mr. Pike is a most enthusiastic naturalist, officers of the Hawaiian Government disand nothing appears to escape his observa- covered that they could not order out the
tion. Botany, Geology, and all the sciences prisoners to coal a ship upon the Sabbath.
arc familiar to him. Wherever he goes the Perhaps we shall be told that the proprietors
place immediately becomes his study, and of steamship companies will not consent to
he records his observations in an intelligible allow their ships to lie idle on God's Holy
style, and easily to be comprehended, not Day ! We hardly think these gentlemen
•rer-burdening his pac;es with scientific will be willing to oppose an enlightened pubterms.
lic sentiment, if they should, they may find
Mauritius and the Hawaiian Islands have their conduct awakens opposition similar to
so many things in common, in the way of that at the Fiji Islands, when the semi- savsugar cultivation and other productions, that age and semi-naked inhabitants refused to
this book cannot fail to be interesting to coal the Mikado on the Sabbath, having
many on the islands. The Island of Mau- been taught by the English Missionritius, about the size of Oahu, produces one- aries "to remember the Sabbath day and
ninth of all the sugar consumed in the keep it holy.'* We think our authorities
world. Its export amounted, in 1869, to in Honolulu have been too lax, in regard to
103,065 tons. The planters on that island enforcing the laws relating to Sabbath labor.
have been fearfully troubled with the "borer,'' We are glad to learn that the Attorney Generand with hurricanes, freshets, fevers, chol- al is ready to prosecute when any complaints
era, want of laborers, and many other evils, are made. Some four years ago, we landed in
still it is really marvellous the amount Liverpool from a steamship upon the Sabof sugar which is there produced. If any bath, but no freight was discharged, and all
of our readers desire to learn "all about" was quiet in the docks and along the wharfs.
Mauritius, we recommend them to buy this If masters, officers and firemen had been
work. If a Consul will employ his scientific called to get the vessel ready for sea, we feel
knowledge to the same, or similar purpose confident there would have been trouble.
with Mr. Pike, he would essentially We have good and wholesome laws in the
promotMjOhe public good. If Consuls Hawaiian Islandsfßnd if the executive offiwoulom Be books as entertaining as cers enforce them, we are confident no reasMr. PisaHire could wish President Grant, onable person will complain. We not only
might apySint more of the same class to argue for cessation from labor as a Christian
other countries as little known among Amer- duty, but maintain that the public good reicans ii the Isle of France, or Mauritius.
quires it. The police authorities are appointed and paid to enforce the laws, and
we hope they will hereafter do their duty.
“Sailors’ Rights.”
A good part of the scribbling which we read
By Sailors, we mean all who are engaged in the newspapers a.bout Puritan laws and
in work on shipboard, or in running steam- the demand of steamship companies, is
ships, including masters, officers, firemen, foolish and meaningless. Good laws are
engineers and sailors. Now we claim that necessary and it is equally necessary to
<<hesc men have rights, which the owners enforce them. We have yet to learn that
and agents of sailing vessels and steamships rfhe laws of Christian England, Gerarc bound to respect. Among those rights, many, America and the Hawaiian Islandsis a quiet and orderly Sabbath-day of rest, relating to this subject are unjust, or impoliwhile their vessels are in port. We main- tic ; and we hope that our sailor friends will
tain, that these men have a right to claim claim their rights by whomsoever they are
the Sabbath as a day of freedom from intruded or encroached upon. We mainmanual labor, 011 the principle that the la- tain that God's law, relating to the Sabbath,
borers on shore claim the day. They may and Sailors' Rights are in perfect harmony.
EDITOR’S TABLE.
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Letter from Tahiti.
The Rev. J. L. Green, Missionary of
the London Mission Society, thus writes
under date of March 25th :
"We have not much news stirring here
just now. The New Guinea Mission is
being put fairly under way by our Society. I
suppose a Mission steam vessel is nearly on
the spot from England, designed specially
for that Mission. She was to leave London
in January last, to pass through the Suez
Canal and then under sail and steam to proceed direct to Cape York, at present the
head-quarters of the Mission. By the end of
the present year we shall have four or five
European Missionaries in the field, and a
large staff of native helpers. We lose one
of our Missionaries from this Mission, who
proceeds from Borabora en route for New
Guinea, (Papua) per John Williams, next
month. I hope to receive more particulars
of the work there by our bark John Williams, which we expect, is now on her way
from Sydney, direct to our islands; and
whatever news I get I will forward a report of
it to you by next chance, although I sec you
have communication opened up again
between your port and Australia. 1 hope it
will be more permanent than the former attempt.
Our new Bethel is progressing, and that
satisfactorily. I hope its opening services
will be held in July next.
I ought to have said, iv referring to the
steamer for the new Mission at Papua, that
a lady friend of our Society in Scotland
gave Jt.2000 towards the purchase thereof,
and it was that munificent gift which ena.
bled the Directors to realize their wishes in
the establishment of the Mission.
It is absolutely necessary to survey the
coast to find out healthy localities, and it is
also necessary to visit stations occupied very
frequently as our teachers suffer from want
of provisions, and are in danger of the cannibal's club. Two teachers and one female
have already fallen, but the intelligence
thereof has not daunted the courage of our
native friends on Rarotonga, to which island
the unfortunate teachers belonged. Rev. J.
Chalmers writes to say he has many volunteers in the institution who are willing to go
and take the place of their martyred
brethren."
Henri Rochefobt and Others. The
arrival on Sunday of the three escaped communists created quite a sensation. They
were Henri Rochefort, editorand ex-member
of the French Government of National
Defense in 1871, Paschal Grousset, editor
and ex-minister of Foreign Affairs. These
and three others, who were tried in Paris
—
and sentenced to confinement for life on the
Island of New Caledonia, escaped from imprisonment and arrived in Sydney the latter
part of March. They state that the Capt.
of the British bark "P. C. E." engaged for
a certain sum to take them on board. On
the night designated, they left the fort where
they were confined, passing several guards,
and entered the water, swimming two miles
to a boat in waiting, which conveyed them
to the bark some ten miles distant. The
wind dying away, the vessel was becalmed a
day or two, during which time they were
secreted in the hold.— (gazette, May 13.
�JUNE,
1874.
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�Pure religion and undefllcd before Ood, the Father, is this:
To visit thefatherless and widows in their affliction, and to kce}) one's self unspotted from the world.
Edited by a Committee of the Y. M. C. A.
man, —we care not whether his complexion
be white or brown,—becomes habituated to
the use of stimulants, he is, in a large majority of cases, incapable of curing himself
of the habit. As long as opportunities for
indulgence continue, his disease grows upon
him. Hence the necessity for the interference of the law.
Another argument in favor of extending
the law so as to embrace all classes in this
Kingdom, is this : The class for whose
benefit the law was enacted, seeing no good
reason why they should be protected and
Legislating for Temperance.
There has existed for many years upon our
statute book a law designed to procure, for a
certain class of our population, immunity
from the evils of intemperance. And what
have been the results of this law? Have
thoy been beneficent, or otherwise? Has the
law tended to save life, or to destroy it ? Has
it promoted competency, or penury ? Has it
white brethren left to perish, quite natbeen a conserver of the public peace, or has their
urally suspect that the law is a sort of standit fostered turmoil and crime ? The experi- ing insinuation that they are weaker than
ence of a whole generation overwhelms us the foreigner and unworthy of the same
with testimony in its favor. Assembly after degree of franchise, and consequently the
assembly of the united intelligence and law is ignored on every possible occasion,
wisdom of the land has solemnly recognized and drunkenness extensively prevails among
its expediency by their votes.
the aborigines of this vicinity.
And now the question arises, whether it be
If the Legislature of 1874 would immorright and proper to limit the operations of talize
itself, and set a bright and shining
the law to one class, and to deny its protectto the natives of the earth, let it
example
ive influences to others, is it Constitutional ? place all traffic in spirituous liquors under a
Our statutes declare that the naturalized fot- ban.
Let all importation and manufacture
eigner shall be entitled to all the rights, be prohibited
under the severest penalties.
privileges, and immunities of a Hawaiian Then will crime and woe diminish in our
subject. And the Constitution, from a borders, and our land will become a haven of
broader basis, announces that the govern- refuge for the victims of intemperance in the
ment is conducted for the common good, and remotest corners of the globe.
not for the profit, honor, or private interest
of any one class of men. iv view of these
facts we fail to perceive how the foreign eleThe Questions of the Day.
ment in our community can, with any justice,
Another deliverance on the subject of
be refused the same degree of protection
from the ravages of alcohol which isafforded temperance appears in our columns this
those to the manner born. The law, as far mouth. As some one remarked to us, it is
as it goes, is undoubtedly Constitutional. It the question
of the day. Shall, or shall not
has been so decided by the Supreme Court of
of our community be thrown
the
resources
the Kingdom, in the place of the masterly
efforts of the best obtainable legal talent to away on what is worse than waste ? Shall,
crush it. But it should not be limited to one or shall not civilization be retarded by a
class alone. It may be said that the white brutal omnipreseisjj^e? Shall, or shall not
races do not need to be "protected by law refined and Christian ladies be exposed to
from the evils incident to the use of alcoholic drinks. That they are endowed by insult; Legislators and Kings too, made into
nature with a greater self-control than Ha- laughing stocks ; and so on throughout the
waiians, etc. But is there a man in this category of impediments to civilization that
community who has lived here for fifteen have been endured long enough. So it is
or twenty, or more years, that cannot call to
temperance talk is heard.
mind numerous instances of lives sacrificed that so much
question
just now before us, shall
manhood,
Another
the
meridian
of
in their prime,—in
—on the altar of strong drink. And these that portion of the community that regard it
Sabbath
men were, many of them, better men than as theirright to have an unassailed
this,
a
to
God-given
up
compelled
give
of
alcoholbe
any of us, but the dread disease
this
ism having fastened upon them, nothing right ? A large part of tne business of
our monthly
do
with
has
to
community
of
the
law
was
able
of the strong arm
either way, to and from
to heal and save them, and that being denied steamer passing
Why should not
Australia.
California
and
is
the
disguised
Alcohol
them, they died.
so
their movements
regulate
steamers
who
was
never
these
assassin of many a victim
their Honolulu day the Sabintoxicated in his life, but who, by a constant as not to make one
knows that this can be
Every
use of the stimulant, exposes himself to the bath V
the
because
Panama steamers were
done,
assaults of disease in every imaginable form.
orders not to get into port
under
formerly
a
lecture.
writing
temperance
we
are
not
But
the through
Taking the ground that alcoholism is a ter- before such a day. If thisismakes
than is
it
no
more
longer,
a
day
rible disease, which destroys more valuable passage happening through other causes.
constantly
curse
upon
and
a
the
lives,
inflicts greater
storms and currents
land than any other form of disease which God's physical laws—of
have the same
can be named, we invoke the power of the do this, and the moral laws
first place, the Austhe
to
it.
In
but
do
We
have
little
right
law in its suppression.
not be one
fnith in temperance pledges. Where one is tralian community would
were done; and in the
it
if
off,
a
worse
are
Whenever
whit
broken.
ninety-nine
kept,
•
48
YMoeunnH
’gsAChoricatf onolulu.
second place, they would, in the end, be a
All bosh," some one
great deal better off.
says. Well, the choice of belief is just this:
Either there is nothing supernatural, no
Personal God, or else there is a Personal
God and a Providence, and a Moral
Law; and if the latter of these two is the
truth, then there is nothing childish nor
absurd in the belief that there may be prosperity awarded to those who respect the
"
Moral Law.
Another question for our consideration is
with respect to the moral and religious influences that are to be potent on these islands.
It is a general opinion that matters of this
sort are generally declining; that there is not
much religion anywhere among Hawaiians
that amounts to anything; and that the experiment of intrusting the keeping of these
matters with native pastors has proved a
failure. The late defalcation of one of the
most known pastors with funds collected for
benevolent purposes goes far to support this
idea. Yet the prompt action of the ecclesiastical Hawaiian body with which the above
mentioned pastor was connected, goes far to
show that even in such matters, the main
portion of these pastors may yet be found
reliable. Any way, it is too late to change
the system.
A matter of great importance is the sustaining of the Sunday Schools. These are
becoming more amd more the only medium
through which religious truth can be conveyed to Hawaiian children. The prospect
at present is most certainly not encouraging
in this respect, especially for Honolulu. The
weak point is as regards teachers. It seems
almost impossible to secure the services of
faithful teachers in the Hawaiian Sabbath
Schools. The older natives will get together
and discuss the lesson for the morning, but
to find those who will faithfully and ably
take a class of boys in hand and so interest
them as to encourage them to come again,
seems to be growing more and more a
difficulty.
One very serious drawback is the limited
sphere of progress in such things afforded by
the Ha»jj»iian language and literature ; and
yet a vigorous and active man might be the
head and training power of an efficient corps
of teachers. Here are serious matters for
thought for those who really have the relig-
ious good of the community at heart.
Hawaiian boys will make first-class hoodlums
yet, if strong influences do not prevent, and
the girls will find their limits of religious
aspiration satisfied by attending mass occasionally, and by joining in the public idolathere is
tries of Corpus Christi.
an earnest self-denying effort majfc, the religion and the social life of theSmxed corn*
munity outside of Fort Street and Bethel
Churches will be much the same as that of
Spain, Cuba, or Mexico, and moreover reaction will enter within those chuxtkes.
We have thus indicated some cfl|rie main
objects to which Y. M. C. A. thought and
and energy should be continually directed,
not forgetting that the kind and gentle spirit
of the Head of our Religion should actuate us.
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