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THE
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HONOLULU, JANUARY I, 1875.
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CONTENTS
For Juituary
1.
1875*
PAQK
Editorial!
Visit ot the Kiag in America
Transit of Venus, 1769-1874.
Discovery of Neptune
I nstallalioni
Trusting in Jesus—Poetry
Turner* Transit Instrument
To the Lorers of Sacred Music
Marine Journal
Editor's Table
Letter from New York
Y. M. C. A
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THE FRIEND.
JANUARY 1. 1875.
New Year, 1875.—We wish our readers,
patrons and friends,—A Happy New Ve;ir.
"The Friend," 1874.
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U. S. Consul-general at Calcutta.—
We clip the following from a correspondence
of the New York Observer:
It is very pleasant to be able to state that
in General Litchfield, the Consul-General
for the United States, they found a ready
helper. He addressed the meetings frequently, with much solemnity and power,
from the experience of a tried soldier of the
cross; and no speaker was listened to with
greater attention than he commanded. Recently we had a special meeting for seamen
in the hall of the Sailors' Home, and about
200 were present, listening with close attention to a few earnest addresses from General
Litchfield, Captain Fales, and others, who
pressed upon them the claims of Jesus Christ.
Readers of the Friend in Honolulu
will please not fail to notice in another column, the reference to Philu* Phillips. We
hope the Advertiser and Uazette will notice his expected arrival.
of King
Kalakaua
to
America.—
His Majesty arrived at San Francisco on
the 29th of November last, where he was
received by the civil and military authorities
with all the honor due his rank, and was
most handsomely entertained. Leaving
there on the 6th of December by the railway,
the party made no stop on the route, arriving at Washington Dec. 12th, after a pleasant trip, the only drawback to which is the
fact that the King caught a severe cold at
Omaha, in a snow storm, which would confine him to his room in the Arlington House
for a few days. Congress proposes to appropriate 850,000 to entertain the King of Hawaii while at the capital. New Bedford has
been the first of Eastern cities to extend an
invitation to Kalakaua to make a visit. Unquestionably the King will he most cordially
and respectfully received throughout the Republic.
Temperance Lecture.—Mrs. Dr. Thompson, from Portland, Oregon, gave an interesting and instructive lecture at the Bethel
on Tuesday evening, December 29th, before
the members of Good Templar lodges. There
was a good audience, and Mrs. Thompson
spoke in a way that impressed the minds of
the hearers most favorably. Her subject
was, The Temperance Crusade " in Port"
land. "Friend" Moore, from Richmond,
Indiana, also made a short and interesting
address.
Honolulu Sailors' Home
~
Society.—At
a meeting of the Trustees held Dec. 29th,
the following officers were chosen S. N.
Castle, President; F. A. Schaefer, Secretary ; C. R. Bishop, Treasurer. Executive
Committee—S. C. Damon, E. O. Hall, and
:
F. Banning.
One Second.—It is a noteworthy
fact that the mean time of the four amateur
Only
observers, viz.: D. Smith, D. If. Flitner, C.
J. Lyons and F. S. Pratt, diners only one
second from that of the English Astronomers.
{CMijSmß. f01.32.
TRANSIT OF VENUS.
1769-1874.
Captain Cook's Observations at Tahiti,
June, 1769.
The following paragraphs, from Cook's
"
First Voyage Round the World," we think
will not disappoint our readers, as being ap.
propriate to the times :
As the day of observation now approached, I determined, in consequence of some
hints which had been given me by Lord
Morton, to send out two parties to observe
the transit from our situations ; hoping, that
if we should fail at Otaheite, they might
have better success. We were, therefore,
now busily employed in preparing our instruments, and instructing such gentlemen
in the use of them as I intended to send out.
On Thursday the Ist of June, the Saturday
following being the day of the transit, 1 despatched Mr. Gore in the long-boat to Imao,
with Mr. Monkhouse and Mr. Sporing, a
gentleman belonging to Mr. Banks, Mr.
Green having furnished them with proper
instruments. Mr. Banks himself thought fit
to go upon this expedition, and several natives, particularly Tubourai Tamaide and
Tomio, were also of the party. Very early
on the Fndjy morning, I sent Mr. Hicks,
with Mr. Clerk and Mr. Petersgiil, the master's mates, and Mr. Saunders, one of the
midshipmen, in the pinnance to the eastward, with orders to fix on some convenient
spot, at a distance from our principal observatory, where they also might employ the instruments with which they had been furnished for the same purpose.
The first internal contact of the planet
with the sun being over, Mr. Banks returned
to the observatory, taking Tarrao, Nuns, and
some of their principal attendants, among
whom were three very handsome y»ung women, with him ; he showed them the planet
upon the sun, and endeavored to make them
understand that he and his companions had
come from their own country on purpose to
see it. Soon after Mr. Banks returned with
them to the island, where he spent the rest
of the day in examining its produce, which
he found to be much the same with that of
Otaheite. The people whom he saw there
also exactly resembled the inhabitants of
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that island, and many of them were persons
whom he had seen upon it; so that all those
whom he had dealt with knew of what his
trading articles consisted, and the value they
bore. The next morning, having struck the
tents, they set oat on their return, and arrived at the fort before night."
The observation was made with equal
success by the persons whom 1 had sent to
the eastward; and at the fort, there not being a cloud in the sky from the rising to the
setting of the sun, the whole passage of the
planet Venus over the sun's disk was observed with great advantage by Mr. Green, Dr.
Solander, and myself: Mr. Green's telescope and mine were of the same magnifying power, but that of Dr. Solander was
greater. We all saw an atmosphere or
dusky cloud round the body of the planet,
which very much disturbed ihe times of contact, especially of the internal ones; and we
differed from each other in our accounts of
the times of the contacts much more than
might have been expected. According to
Mr. Green,
The Aral external conlast, or firat an- *OK
-.
pesranceof Veou. on tile .un, waa] 9h -*■**■• «•■ ""•"■"■«
.
'~ .
..
Th. first internal contact, or total '«
emersion, wit.
J
The second internal costact, or be»lo- I 3
lunar ot theemersion 5
The second external contact, or total*.
emersion J
u
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H
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g Br, ernoon
.. „
The latitude of the observatory was found to
be 17° 29' 15", and the longitude 149° 32'
30" W. of Greenwich. A more particular
account will appear by the tables, for which
the reader is referred to the Transactions of
the Royal Society, vol. lxi. part 2, page 397,
ct seq., where they are illustrated by a cut.
The Transit of Venus.
This phenomenon, which took place on
the Bth of December last, was observed in
Honolulu by the British expedition with
good results. The day was most favorable;
not a cloud was visible, and the state of the
atmosphere peculiarly adapted to astronomical observations. Most heartily we congratulate the observers. We clip the following from the Gazette of the 16th ult., which
partly contains a report from the chief astronomer :
Capt. Tupman after the phenomenon reports as follows: " The atmospheric conditions were favorable, exceedingly so at times;
150 measures of cusps and limbs were obtained, and 60 fine photographs. A totally
unexpected appearance presented itself at
Internal Contact. The disc of the planet
became visible as an entire circle many minutes before contact, and from then to complete establishment no definite or sudden
phase was observed by anybody. You will
perceive, this is fundamentally different from
our working model, in which perhaps we expected a too close resemblance to the actual
phenomena. With inferior optical means or
less pure sky, this unexpected appearance
would hardly have been noticed.
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Mr. Johnson at Waimea, Kauai, actually
saw the complete disc of Venus at ten minutes before the internal contact, regarded by
me as a truly astonishing observation. Prof.
Forbes at Kailua, Hawaii, had very cloudy
weather but obtained some valuable raeas-
JINUARY,
1875.
ures with the micrometer. The British
Nautical Almanac time of Internal contact
was 2m. 545. too early."
The time observed by the party was
iman (Chl.f)
it. Nolilc
The importance of this phenomenon, in a
scientific point of view, may be judged from
the fact that it affords astronomers the best
means of measuring the distances of the
heavenly bodies, and of ascertaining their
weight and dimensions.
The first occasion on which a transit of
Venus was observed for this purpose was in
1761, the eminent astronomer, Dr. Hnlley,
having recommended the method, and devised a plan of operation to be used after his
death, as he knew he could not live until the
occasion arose. The plan, however, was
carried out at first imperfectly, and conse-
:
3h. 36m. 66s. .7
3 36 64 .4
The Waikiki party, with Flitner's Honolulu time, observed as follows :
Cspt. D. Smlttj
I).
F.
N. Khmer
Prsll
8.
.111. 35m. Ma. .8
3 36 68 .8
3 36 63 .0
At the survey office the local time, after
corrrection for the direct and reversed position of the Troughton & Simms theodolite
used for solar altitudes and measuring to
10" of arc, was:
quently with inferior results; but in prepa•yons
ration lor the following transit, in 1769,
i. M .in. la, r,
The time .noted being the first flash of light complete arrangements were made by the
clear across, visiblVwith a power of 20 dia- Royal Society, as well as by other learned
meters. There was no waiting afterwards bodies in Europe. The Royal Society disto see the " black drop," of which Captain patched a vessel, under the command of the
celebrated Captain Cook, to the South Seas
Tuptnan, moreover, saw nothing.
Here comes in a bit of history. A month to take observations ; and it was in this voyor more since Prof. Alexander had made a age that Cook explored the coast of Newcalculation from the data given in the Amer- Holland, now known as Australia, and took
ican Nautical Almanac, (which differ slight- possession of that important island in the
ly from the British) of the expected time of name of Great Britain.
contact for Honolulu : lat. 21° IS' 23" lon.
The observations of 1769 have formed the
157c 48' 52", with certain results, the rec- basis of nearly all the accepted facts of modords of which were stowed away in a private ern astronomy, so far as the computation of
drawer, utterly unknown to his assistant distance, etc., is concerned. On these data
Lyons, who was depending on the British it is that we have all learned from our earlyAlmanac. The Professor went out of town years that the sun is distant from the earth
Wednesday noon, December 9th, returning more than ninety millions of miles; that
Saturday night. On Monday morning, De- Mercury, the planet nearest to the sun, is
cember 14th, he came into the office and 36,800,0(10 miles away from it; that the
fished out the papers. What was the pleas- distance of Venus from the sun is more than.
ure of both parties of the survey to find the 68,000,000 miles, and so on. But it is a
following predicted times recorded therein : singular fact that, notwithstanding the care
External contact
3h. 7m. 44s. .6 with which the observations were made in
Internal contact
3 35 52 .2
1769, and the frequency with which these
The latter agreeing most remakably with observations nnd
the
based on
what was observed at Honolulu. Professor them passed under thecalculations
examination of the
Forbes had alluded to the error of the Brit- most distinguished astronomers, it was disish Tables already (see " Nature," p. 87), covered only a few years back that certain
without stating its precise amount. Prof. errors had crept into the reckoning, by which
Alexander had also worked from the British the sun's distance was over-estimated
by
data with the following result :
about four millions of miles. The error had
External
3h. 05tn. 05s. .6 necessarily
affected all the other computaInternal
3 '&i 3*5 .1
so that for nearly a century, as one
tions,
There remains a vast amount of working writer has put the matter,
distances of
up of micrometer and photograph observa- all the heavenly bodies were the
overrated by an
tions. No real practice could be had for
amount equal to tenpence in the pound, and
such a centennial phenomena. It only ap- their weights
by as much as half-a-crown in
marvelous
that
observers
should
so
pears
the pound ; and these inaccuracies will be
nearly coincide from totally different stand found in the best authorities on the
subject,
points.
except those which have passed through recent editions.
|From Alfred E. Beach's Science Record.]
The discovery of such errors, under the
The Transit of Venus in 1874.
severe processes By which modern research
The year 1874 is a very notable year in is conducted, has led to increased anxiety on
the history of science, for in it, on the 9th of j the part of the scientific world to secure the
December, will occur the phenomenon known most perfect accuracy in every detail conto astronomers as the transit of Venus. | nected with the next transit. It will thereMore than one hundred years have elapsed fore be watched with the greatest care by
since the last occasion of this transit; an- i astronomers all over the globe; their observother will happen in 18S2, for, according to ! ations will afterward be compared, and the
the laws which govern the respective mo- results finally given to the world will, it is
tions of Venus and the earth, the transits, hoped, satisfactorily settle the questions inwhen they do happen, occur in couples at volved. The recurrence of a transit in 1882
comparatively short intervals ; but there will will afford an opportunity for devoting rethen be no other transit until the year 2004. newed attention to any point or points that
The phenomenon alluded to is the passage may be left in doubt by the transit of 1874 ;
of the planet Venus between the earth and and, in the present state of scientific knowlthe sun, in such a position with regard to edge, we may expect a much nearer apthe earth's orbit, that Venus is seen to move proach to absolute»jsccuracy than was possilike a round black spot over the sun's face. -1 ble in the last century.
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THE FRIEND, JANUARY.
2d. Prayer, by Rev. J. H. Pahio, Pastor
Lord Lindsay's Expedition to Mauritius. this impression with Herschel, that he
of the Onomea Church.
writes : ' We see it as Columbus saw AmerIn reading Prof. Forbes' work on the ica from the shores of Spain. Its movements
3d. Hymn and Sermon, by Rev. D. Dole,
the fol- have been felt trembling along the far-reach- 1 who preached from Romans, 1:16.
of
we
met
with
Venus,"
Transit
"
lowing interesting notice of Lord Lindsay's ing line of our analysis with a certainty not of 4th. Installing Prayer, and Right Hand
fur inferior to ocular demonstration.' Fi-'
Fellowship, by Rev. T. Coan.
most commendable efforts in promoting the
sth. Charge to the Pastor, by Rev. D. Dole.
nally, two young mathematicians, Leverrier
interests of science :
of Paris, and Adams of Cambridge, Eng-j 6th. Address to the Church and CongreBesides the expeditions under the direc- j land, each unknown to the other, set them- j gation, by Mr. Henry M. Whitney, Deletion of the British Government, another has j selves about the task of finding the place of gate from the Bethel Church, Honolulu.
been prepared which is perhaps the most this new planet. The problem was this: i 7th. Original Hymn, composed by Rev.
completely equipped one which has ever Given the disturbances produced by the D. Dole; viz.—
bets undertaken by a private individual in attraction of the unknown planet, tofind
Thou Herald of Salvation,
Willi joy we welcome thee
the interests of astronomy. Lord Lindsay ] its orbit and its place in the orbit. Adams,
To till., the In.tor. .istion.
has made preparations to take up his posi- after assiduous labor for nearly two years,
Andhonored niiiii.tr>
What mortal i. .ullleienl
tion at Mauritius, provided with means for I completed his calculations and submitted
For trust, so vast h. Thee,
O'erlooked by theOmniscient,
them to Prof. Airy, the Astronomer Royal,
utilizing all the different modes of
Who hidden inolive. see. *
tion. He will combine his own results | in October, 1845. In the summer of 1846,
With
life and death eternal.
Russians;
of
the
and
it
| Leverrier laid a paper before the Academy
mainly with those
And doctrine, falae and true,
And eneiniea infernal,
is probable that no station could have been j of Sciences in Paris, announcing the posiIt will be Ihine lo do,
found more suitable for a single observer to j tion of the unknown planet. Prof. Airy, j
And thou wilt plead and reason ;
Hut men wilt turn away,
occupy when so many different methods are hearing of this, was so impressed with the
a convenient aeaaon
*' At
We will rejient and pray."
employed. All the instruments are of the j value of Adams' calculations, that he wrote
the
most perfect description and made by
And thou wilt mourn their blindness
i to Prof. Challis, of Cambridge, to use his |
And think Ihy lire mi..pent,
best makers. The photographic method large telescope to search that quarter of the
And pray that God', great kindne.s
which he will employ has been already de- heavens. Prof. Challis did as requested, and
May li'iul them to lepent.
Cheer up ; for well thou knowe.l
scribed. The siderosiat has been made ex- saw a star which afterward proved to be the
The prnmiae ne'er deceive. ;
The preciou. seed Ihou aoweat
pressly for this purpose, and its surface has planet so anxiously sought for, although at
Shall
be returned in .heaves.
be
truly plane. that time he failed to ascertain its true charbeen tested and found to
The Go.|>el'a proclamation
Lord Lindsay and his assistant, Mr. Gill, acter. On September 23d, of the same
To ulorlala dead to God,
Han poser to their aalvation.
lay considerable stress on the employment year. Leverrier wrote to Berlin, asking for
Throueli failh in Jeaua' blood.
of the heliometer, and have discussed its assistance in searching for the planet. Dr.
The Saviour wilh thee ever
Thine earnest care will bless,
capabilities with great lucidity. They pro- Galle, that same evening, turned the large
And lo thy wise endeavor
pose to make observations of the external telescope of the Observatory to the place inBsslOv? unhojied success.
contact by the aid of the spectroscopic dicated, and almost immediately detected a
The Choir was assisted by Her Royal
method. The expedition will be provided bright star not laid down in the maps. This Highness Mrs. Dominis, and the singing
with about fifty chronometers, including one proved to be the predicted planet, found was excellent.
uncompensated. These will be transmitted within less than a degree of the spot describThe exercises were all exceedingly approfour times between Aden and Mauritius. ed by Leverrier. Such is the history of one priate, and th*3 Address to the Church and
ft is probable that they will also connect the of the grandest achievements of the human Congregation was particularly happy. The
longitudes of the different stations on that mind. It stands as an ever fresh and assur- exercises were closed with the Benediction,
The ing proof of the exactness of astronomical
ijroup of islands by chronometers.
F. S. Lvjian, Clerk.
by the Pastor.
German expedition at Mauritius will proba- calculations, and the power of the intellect
a
bly be connected with Lord Lindsays by
to understand the laws of the God of NaInstallation of Rev. O. P. Emerson.
trigonometrical survey. Of these islands ture.
This gentleman was installed at Alletwo can be connected by direct signals with
"Neptune revolves about the sun at a
a heliotrope reflecting the sun's light. From mean distance of about 2,750,000,000 of ghany, Pa., on the 6th of November, over
experiments made in Russia, it appears that miles. The Neptuniup year is equal to the Congregitional Church of that city.
a. signal may thus be seen in a mountainous nearly 165 terrestrial ones. Its motion in Ministers of the Gospel belonging to three
■country with a clear atmosphere at a dis- its orbit is the slowest of any of the planets,
exertance of .200 miles. There is little doubt since it is the most remote from the sun. different communions took part in the
then that the longitude of each station on The velocity decreases from Mercury, which cises, viz.:
this group of islands will be accurately moves at the rate of 105,000 miles per hour,
Right Hand of Fellowship, by Rev. Dr.
L nown.
to Neptune, whose rate is only 12,000 miles. W. A. Davidson, a Methodist.
" Its diameter is about 37,000 miles. Its Charge to the people, by Rev. Dr. A. A.
Discovery of the Planet Neptune.
volume is nearly 100 times that of the earth. Hodge, a Presbyterian.
density is about that of Uranus, a little
While the attention of many of our read- Its
Sermon, by Rev. Dr. Eli Corwin, a Conless than that of water.
ers is turned to observations on the heavenly
"As the inclination of its axis is unknown, gregationalist.
bodies, we think that no discovery in an- nothing can be ascertained concerning its
Charge to the Pastor, by the Rev. Dr. H.
cient or modern times surpasses the simple seasons. The sun gives to Neptune but M. Storrs, Presbyterian.
light and heat which we receive."
(acts relating to Neptune. The following tuVtj
The Rev. Mr. Emerson is a native of the
brief notice we copy from Steele's FourHawaiian Islands, son of the late Rev. Mr.
"
Installation.
teen Weeks in Descriptive Astronomy " :
Emerson, of Waialua, Oahu.
For
the
motions
of
Uranus
many
years
"
We copy the following from the Gazette
Captain G. L. Tupman.—We learn from
were such as to baffle the most perfect calcuthe 23d ultimo :
of
lations. While far-distant Saturn came
Professor Forbes' " Transit of Venus," that
The Installation of the Rev. A. O. Forbes,
around to his place true to the minute and
to Captain Tupman, the British Government
second, even after his journey of nearly as Pastor of the " First Foreign Church of
thirty years, Uranus defied arithmetic, and Hilo," took place Dec. 6th, and although it has entrusted the entire business of fitting
refused to conform to the time set down for was a rainy day, there was a full attend- out the several expeditions to observe the
ance, and a deep interest shown by all pres- transit of Venus. He is " head of the entire
him on the heavenly dial.
"At length it was suggested by several ent. The exercises were conducted as Al- enterprise, and is responsible through the
astronomers that there was another planet lows, viz.—
Astronomer Royal to the government for
Ist. Invocation, Hymn, and reading of
outside of its orbit, whose attraction proKey.
every
ptrt."
was
Lyman.
D.
B.
So
marked
Scriptures,
by
duced these perturbations.
observa-1
.
.
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THE FRIEND.
JANUARY
Flitner's Transit Instrument.
I. 1875.
In the year 1845 Mr. E. H. Boardman,
watchmaker, established a transit instrument
Trusting Jesus.
in Honolulu, to assist in the work of rating
1 am trusting Thee, Lord Jeiiu,
The instrument, imported
Thee
chronometers.
Trusting only
!
Trailing Thee for full Miration,
for the purpose, was expensive, and the arGreat and free.
rangements most ample. Subsequently it
I am trailing Thee for pardon.
became the property of D. N. Flitner, who
At Thy feet I bow;
For thy graceand lendermercy,
has been so successful as " chronometer,
Trusting now.
watch and clock maker," during the past
1 am trusting Thee for cleanung,
quarter of a century and more in Honolulu.
In thecrimson flood.
Trailing Thee to make me holy,
Mr. Flitner's long experience as practical
Hy Thy blood.
astronomer and observer enabled him tc
I am trailing Thee to guide me,
make observations during the late " transit
Thou aloneihalt lead,
of Venus," which have attracted the attenEvery day andhour tupplying
All my need.
tion of Capt. Tupman, and which this genI am triuting Thee lor power-,
tleman has done our townsman the honor ol
Thine can never fall;
duly recognizing. This fact should not pass
Worda which Thou Thyself ..halt give me.
without its impression upon the minds of
Must prevail.
shipmasters and navigators in the Pacific,
1 am trustfug Thee, Lord Jesus;
Never let me fat)!
who desire to keep their chronometers in
I am trusting Thee for ever,
good repair and properly rated.
—Engliih Exchangt.
And for all!
In this connection we would add that the
Week of Prayer.
longitude and latitude, which has been auThe following is the programme of reli- thority with Mr. Flitner during his residence
in Honolulu, was obtained by Professor C.
gious exercises for the week of prayer :
S.
Lyman, now of Vale College, who visited
Sunday, January 3.—The unity ot the Christian
Honolulu
in 1846 shortly after Mr. BoardChurch. The real oneness of all true believers.
man established his transit instrument. ProHindrances antl motives to union.
Monday, January 4.—Thanksgiving : B'or na- fessor Lyman employed this instrument, or
tional, domestic, and personal mercies, both spirit- rather he finally adjusted this instrument
ual and temporal. CllllfllM Unworthinessand accurately to the meridian of Honolulu, and
guilt of our people and ourselves.*
determined the latitude and longitude by obrues-day, January s.—Prayer : For tbe Christi- serving the culmination of
several hundred
an Church ; for Ihe increase of faitb aud holiness,
stars. We well remember the many days
power
grace
and
aud
for
the
more
abundant
love,
;
and weeks that Prof. Lyman wns employed
of the Hoi; Spirit.
C—Prayer
lining the latitude and longitude,
fob. Families :
Wednesday, January
«
Home and parental iufliietiee. Schools, private
and public. Sons and daughters absent from home.
Children in sickness and affliction. The erring and
disobedient.
:
Thursday, January 7.—l'bater For nations ;
for public virtue and righteousness; for the banishment of intemperance, infidelity, superstition,
and error, and for the diffusion of Christian literature.
8.—Prayek
:
For the evangeliFriday, January
zation ot European countries ; for tbe conversion
of Israel; for tbe spread of the Gospel in Mohammedan and heathen lands: for persecuted and
Buffering Christians.
:
Saturday, January 9.—Prayer In review of the
events of 1874. Recognition of the providence of
God. Happy issue of tbe Divine dispensations.
Sunday, January 10.—Sermons : Subject, kingdom universal and everlasting.
Iethel Organ Fond.
From the "Concert"
Capt. Brewer, Boston
Capt. Hackfeld, Bremen
J.C. Pfluger, Bremen
Total
rtBashecankfetivoeunsd.l y
H
:
c west 157° |8' 45"—Latitude north 21°
It 12 o'clock, M., Honolulu,
is situated on Union
r Hotel, and is mounted upon a
• based upon the coral rock and
iolid as cement and granite could
make it. Tlie little building sheltering the
same was designed by R. A. S. Wood, Esq.
for many years superintendent of govern'
ment works, and designed to be modeled
after a Grecian temple. Small as it may
be, the plans and drawings were sketchet
with as much labor and# painstaking as anj
j building ever erected on the Hawaiian Isl
nstrument
Mr. Rice, the Mind Reader.—There
Iteceiccd. has recently appeared in Honolulu a gentle$362 00
man from Oregon, who has given a lecture
100 00 upon this subject, and exhibited some rathci
100 00 difficult " tests" which have puzzled the
100 00 wise men and keen witted women of Honoas a certain man of the same class ha:
$662 00
the dons " of Vale College as reported in
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the papers.
The Sailors' Home Society in Account with
C. R. Bishop, Treasurer.
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Dec 31, To amount paid 8 C Damon, account In full. .$ 8 SS
s K Duuscoinlie, sundries
2t 60
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Dec 31, By cash received of the Trustees
Jan6,1874, From D Smith
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May 14, Amount from H A Peirce. Esq. U 8 Minister
Resident, being the proceeds of four cuttle
from Kauai native*
40 05
July 2, Amount received for rent of Depository. 1874.. 10000
Nor 10. Amount from Capt Fisher, bark Java
5 00
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$8 M
December, 1874. By balance cash on hand
Chao. R. Bishop,
E. Ac O. E.
Preasurer.
Honolulu, Dec. 24,1871.
—
"Mary
A Defender of Tyndall.
Butts' " criticism on prayer which appeared a few days since in the Gazette, reminds
us of a remark of Goethe in "Faust":
"We are accustomed to see men deride
what they do not understand—to see them
snarl at the good and beautiful, which is
often troublesome to them."
We have read many books purporting
"lives" of our Saviour, but for a
vivid reproduction of the scenes of Jerusalem and times of our Saviour during his existence upon earth, we think Ingraham's
" Prince of the House of David" excels
them all. It is well worth reading, and may
to be
be obtained at Thrum's book-store.
Wooden Wedding.—There was a large
gathering at Capt. Hobron's, Nuuanu valley,
on Tuesday evening, December S29th, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the marriage
of his daughter and Mr. William Bailey, of
Wailuku. Everything was most enjoyable,
and " wooden ware " of every description
was abundant.
Condemned.—The American whaling bark Joseph
Maxwell, which met with rather severe weather on
the return from the Northern eeag, wag condemned
after survey—and sold at auction during the past
week. The hull with lowerraasts wss bought by Mr.
Geo. Emmes, shipwright, for $1825, and will probably be broken up. The spars, rigging and furniture were sold separately, and brought about S/2GOO.
The ship was an old one. built about Ihe year 1884.
Advertiser, Dec. 2C.
It is curious to read that at the meet-
ing of the American Oriental Society, Rev.
Selah Merrill read a paper on "Assyrian
Monuments in America,"and another paper
was on " Recent Discussion of the Evidence
of Phceni:ian Colonization of America." We
shall not be the " new world " long at this
rate.— S. F. Pacific.
It is now hinted that Mr. Bancroft will
write the history of the Constitution in a
series of additional volumes to the just completed history.
�To the Lovers of Sacred Music.
The foreign residents of Honolulu are
about to enjoy a rare opportunity for listening to the world renowned Philip Phillips,
who has probably sung sacred music in the
presence of more hearers than any other
He enjoys both an
person now living.
European and American celebrity. By the
last mail a letter was received, from which
the following extract is copied :
" The Committee in Australia are quite
anxious that I should reach there ns soon as
possible. I can therefore only stop at Honolulu, the time necessary for the steamer to
tarry, which I am informed is some 24 or
MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF HONOLULU. S. I.
ARRIVALS.
Dec.
to me (if desired, on your part,) to have an
engagement fixed, at any time, after five
hours landing, that you might deem proper.
" I leave San Francisco per steamer
Mikado, January 3d, and will probably
reach you about the 12th or 13th of the
month.
" I leave the whole matter entirely in your
hands. I only desire to cheer some Christian heart or lure some erring one to the
Pilgrimage of faith, by the charm of pure
and lofty sentiment, or Gospel truth, expressed with unpretentious melody."
The Trustees of Fort Street Church have
kindly consented to allow this Concert of
Sacred Music to be given in that place.
The avails of the Concert, after defraying
expenses, will be devoted to the Honolulu
Sailors' Home Society.
Tickets 81.00 ; children, 50 cents—to be
had at Whitney's, Thrum'?, Hotel, Home,
and at the doors.
CC7" Immediately on the arrival of the
steamer, posters will announce the hour
when the entertainment will be given. Come
and hear and learn if Sacred Music hath
not
charms!
David Sinton, of Cincinnati, who, a few
months ago, gave $100,000 to the Seamen's
Bethel and $50,000 to the adornment of a
public square in that city, the other day
made a third gift of $33,000 to the Young
Men's Christian Association, for the erection
of a new building. Cincinnati is growing
proud of Mr. Sinton, and she may well do
so. Men of his kind are rare.
Better Sunday in Paris.— A society has
been formed in Paris and in the Departments
of France for the promotion of the better observance of the Lord's Day. The ladies,
members of it, are said to number a hundred
thousand, and they decline to patronize any
tradesman who keeps open on Sunday.
Information Wanted.
■eapecting Hiram B. Btory, from Amhemt, Man; he left
America about twenty yeara ago In a whileahipbelonging to
Stomngton, and it known to have been ■ailiuir In American
whaleahlpa to IbePacific. Any information will be gladly re-
wh l*k Jon Maxwell, llickmt.it,
with ÜbO wh, 9500 hone, 1800 Ivory.
2— Am
from Arctic,
S—Brit bk tiparrowhawk, Calhoun, 41 daya from
Sydney.
y—II It Ma rt Reindeer, Anacn, from Waimea, Kauai
10-11 li Ma 8 Tened.w, Meulen, from Kona, Hawaii.
12—Brit atmr Mikado, F Moore, 21 daya ftn Sydney.
U—Am bk Garibaldi, Noyea, 27 daya from Portland.
17—Brit atmr Macgregor, Grainger, 8} daya from San
Francisco.
18—II B Ma & Tenedoa, Meulen, fromKona. Hawaii.
19—Am hklo Jane A Falkinburg, Drown, 20 daya Irom
Portland, O.
20—Am ahip Enoch Talhnt, Kimball. 46 daya from Tahiti, en route for Sun Francisco.
21—II II Ma 8 Tenedoa, Meultn, from Waiinea, Kauai.
24—H B Ma S Tenedoa, .Meulen, from Wafmt-a, Kauai.
28—Haw bk Multie M.irleay, Walter, 30 daya from
I'ortland.
30—Am schr Varuna, Gilbert, 17 daya fm San Franc.sco
>
4S hours.
" Now it would be exceedingly gratifying
1875.
DEPARTURES.
Dec.
2—Am wh bk Jaa Allen, Kecnan, to cruise.
4—Am wh bk Java 2d,Fi«l.er, to cruise.
s—Brit wh bk Faraway, Spencer, locruiae.
6 -H B Ma S Tenedoa, Meulen, forKona, Hawaii.
A—II B Ma ri Reindeer, Anaon, for Waimea, Kauai.
7—Am wh ship Josephine,Long, for New Bedford.
9—Am wh hk Onward, Hayes, to cruise.
10—Am bk Delaware, Hinds, for Victoria, B C.
10—Brit brig Robert Cowan, Cluncy, lor Sydney.
10—Am ahip Syren, Benson, tor New Bedlord.
ll—Am wh ahip Europa, McKenzie, to cruise.
12—Brit stmr Mikado, Moore, for San Francisco.
14—11 B M's 8 TenedtM, Meulen, for Kona, Hawaii.
14—Haw wh brig Onward, Geo Uilley, to cruise,
lo—Am wh hk Triton. Hcppingatone, to cruise.
10—Britwh bk Adventurer, Hercndeen, to cruiac.
IT—II B Ma S Scout, Calor, for Tahiti.
18—Brit atmr Macgregor, Grainger, fur Auckland.
18—Am lik Garibaldi, Noyea, lor Hongkong.
18—Am wh bk Bartholomew Goanold, Willis, lo cruise
and home.
19—Haw wh bk Arctic, Whitney, to cruiae.
19—Am wh bk Arnulda, Bnuldry, to cruiae.
19—11 li Ma 8 Tenedoa, Meulen, for Waiinea, Kauai.
20—Am Rhip Enoch Talhot. Kimball, for San Francisco
22—11 B Ma S Tenedoa, Meulen, for Waiinea, Kauai.
30—Brit hk Sparrowhawk, Calhoun, lor San Franciaco.
5
THE FRIEND, JANUARY.
or
from Tahiti Tta Auckland, we learn of Ihe destruction
two large American shins by in. strange Ie relate, both
vessels were built in the same year, belonge-l to the same
owner, left ihe same |»rt together, wilh similar cargoes) bound
for Ihe same place. Both Tesaela were destroyed by Are in
the Pacific Ocean wllhln two hundred inl'es of each other,
about the same time,anil Iheaurvlvorareached Tahlll and
ihe Marquesas within a few days of one another, the boata
having traverse,! a distance of 1200 miles, and both crewa met
in Papeete, and learnt of each other's disaster. These ships
were ihe Centaur, of HU Mas, and ihe Mogal, of 1.104 tons.
both owoed by J. H. Pears at Co. of Boston, and both loaded
wilh coala from Liverpool for San Franciaco. No dates sre
given.
Put Inlo Papeele In dlatreaa (no date) American ahlp Enoch
Talbot,of Boston, from linker's Island lor Cork, with guano,
making eight Inches of water per hour. She wua condemned
and
would he
sold.
PASSENGERS.
Foa Victobia, B. C—Per Delaware, Dec. loili—N Mor-
phy.
Foa Nbw Bedfohd—Per Syren, Doc. lOlli—Master Ed
Adams
Fbom Sydnby—Per Mikailo, Dec. 12th—M Chany, nnd 38
in transitu lor San Franciaco.
Foa San Fbancisco—Per Mikado. Dec. 12ih—F. M Meyer,
Capt D fniiih anil wife, Dr J F Morse, Wm Waterhouse,
Capt Wood.
Fnov I'obti.abd—Per Garibaldi, Dec. 14th—Mrs Tlionipson, and & Chinamen.
Fbom San Francisco—Per Mncgregor, Pec. lTlh—Mr Atworal, Miss Atwood, 2 Misses Vtetmore, Mr IV, Injur.-, Rev
Father Mooiton, Mr Hearse, Mr and Mrs Sisson, Mr Buldwin,
Mr liwillln. Mrs nml Misa Rowland, Mra Cartwrlght, Mr
Steele, J II Black, Maaler Ilnrry M Black, and 41 In transitu
for Auckland and Sydney.
Fob Honokono—Per Garibaldi.Dec. 18th—34 Chinamen.
Fob Sydney—Per Macgregor, Dec. 18ih—Antone Rulher,
anil 41 In transitu from San Francisco.
Faox Pobtland, O.—Per Jane A. Falkinhurg, Dec. 10th—
J l.c Forest.
MARRIED.
this ciiy, at St. Androw'a Temporary Cathedral, nn .Monday, December alar, by the Right
Rev. Uiahop of Honolulu, avaiated by Rev. J Mackintosh, Mr.
Frederick Marri*on II aynkldfn, formerly of Brighton,
England, lo Miaa Tai.uh Lucy, only daughter of Mr. Walter
Murray Gibaon, of Lnnal, and formerly of l'endletan, South
Carolina.
Hayrkldkn—Ginso.v—lii
DIED.
Herfield—Al Tayloraville, Alexander County, North
Carolina, September 23.1, Mr. M. llenfield, aged 45 years,
for some years a resident ol Honolulu.
Keeoan—ln this city, December Ist, Luke Kekoan. a naReport of Whaling Hark lUrtholomew Gosnold,
Wii.i.ih, Master.—Ult Honolulu Nov 20th, 1873, bound weal tive of Pawtuchet, R. 1., sited 42 years, lonf a resident ra
on a cruiae. Had moderate iradea with good weather. Sighted these islands. 1r Rhode Island papers please copy.
Mu.grove laland l)*c <iiti, next day, 16 initea due aoulh of the
Dbiscoi.e—ln this city. December 13th. of hemorrhage of
ialand, caught three aj>erm whalea, making 00 bbla. Dec 13th, Ihe lungs, Thosmb Dbiscole, a native of Near liedford, Mass.
touchedat Ebon laland Dec 16lh,arrived at Strong'a I*l-and; lauded mail and procured auppllea. Dec 19th, left for
folomon'a group, arriving there Jan 4th, 1874; cruised untd
Feb ISili, without seeing a aperrn whale. Feb 20th, touched
at Lord Howe's group Feb 27th, in Ut 3° lo' 8, long 160°
20' C, caughtone sperm whale, making 60 bbla. Marchoth,
touched at--*tfang's Island. March 11th,touched al McAaskill Island. March 13th, nigh ted Aacenaion, aad chaaed
March 21at, anchored at
sprrm wbalea without success.
».
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Uinatic, Guam, and procured water, flame day anchored at
Tinuiau. April 10'h, touched at Peel's laland. Same day,
Autruaius Savory, ofthat ialand, died. April 16th, anchored
at Yokohama, and left for Japan Bea on the 22d. May sth,
passed through Corea Strait*,; cruiaed on Coaat of Tarlary
until June 4th, seeing but few whales. May 23d, caught two
right wbalea,making 120 bbla. WhiteRock bearing north, disJune 23d, off theWood Und; in lat 42° 41'
tance 6 miles.
V long 13& ° 30' E, caught one right whale, making 140 bbla;
(or a few days aaw and heard whales quite plenty, there being
a dense fog all the time loat them. July Ist passed through
I'erouae Strails, and cruiaed a abort time In Ochotsk Sea without seeing whales. July 22d, arrived at ihe Shanter Islands,
and cruised there until Oct 17th. Had fine weal ber up to
Kept 20tb. There were about 60 whales seen in the bays,
most of them in rtW Uay; we found them shy and always goingquick; caught one, making 70 bbls. Eight ships and one
schooner have cruiae I in those bays, catching 10 whales (800
bbla), all caught in 8W Hay In September. Oct 17th, we left
for Honolulu; passed through 50th I'aasage Oct 28lh. Had
very heavy weather, mostly from the south with rain. Nov
22d, winds moderated; in lat 30° N, long 154° W, winda
veered to the N, since then have had light northerly winds Officers'
$8
Table, wilh lodging, per week,
with fineweather. Arrived in Honolulu Nov2Bth.
do.
do.
5
Report op British Bark Bparrowhawk, Calhoun, Seamen's do.
Mamter.—Left Sydney Oct 28th, wind N W to BW moderate
Shower Baths on the Premises).
to New Zealand. Sighted north cape of New Zealand, and
crossed the meridian of 180° in lat 86° S. Sighted also
cd. im \s(-omit:,
Cook or Harvey Islands. Had oo BE trade winds,but took
the NE trate winds in lat 10° 8, blowing very strong from
Hiinhilii. January 1. 1875.
Manager.
Ihe equator to Hawaii. Crosited the equator in long 156 ° W.
Arrived in Honolulu Dec Bth, making thepassage in 41 days.
Report of Baixentime Jake A. Falkiniuro, J. A.
Brown, Master.—failed from Astoria Nov 28th; Ural twelve
FOR niK BKST, CO TO THE
hours after leaving port had moderate NE winds. On the20th
had a heavy gale from SE; wind shifted to SW and blew a
C(i Mao
heavy gale lor three daya. From lat 43° N, long
!
W. to lat 37° N, long 138 ° W, had strong SSE and SW
winds; from thence to lat 30 ° N, long 142° W,had moderate
GO
Fart
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Street.
winda from NW, and from thence to port had light variable
winda. Made the east end of Molokai laland on the morning
of Dec 18th, and arrived at Honoluluat 7 p m same day, after Also for Sale, Photographic Views, etc., etc
a passage of 20 days.
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11. L. CUAgIC.
MEMORANDA.
SAILORS'
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HOME!
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PHOTOGRAPHS !
pali tun Phstograpk Gallery
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�THE FRIEND,
6
EDITOR'S TABLE.
JANUARY,
cumstances either exposes it to decay or
1875.
Sketches of Creation—A Popular View calls its vital properties into activity. Hence,
where seeds have been buried deep in the
of some of the Grand Conclusions of
earth,
not by human agency, but by some
the Sciences in reference to the Hischange, it is impossible to saytory of Matter and of
Life ; together geological
anteriorly to the creation of man
with a Statement of the Intimations of how long
may have been produced and buried,
Science respecting the Primordial Con- they
as in the following curious instance : Some
dition AND THE ULTIMATE DESTINY OF THE
well-diggers in a town on the Penobscot
Earth and the Solar System. By River,
in the State of Maine, about forty
Alexander Winchell, LL D., Professor of
Geology, ire., in Michigan University; miles from the sea, came, at a depth of
about twenty feet, upon a stratum of sand.
with illustrations.
This strongly excited their curiosity and inThis is a most readable and entertaining terest, from the circumstance that no similar
volume, in which the results of scientific ob- sand was to be found anywhere in the
servation and analysis are beautifully pre- neighborhood, and that none like it was
nearer than the sea-beach. As it was drawn
sented. The dry and fossil "bones" dug up from the well it was placed in a pile by
up by the geologist are clothed with flesh and itself, an unwillingness having been felt to
sinews.
Ezekiel's valley of dry bones is mix it with the stones and gravel which
made to have a scientific resurrection. The were also drawn up. But when the work
about to be finished, and the pile of
long periods elapsing prior to man's appear- was
stones and gravel to be removed, it was
ance upon the earth are made to pass before
necessary also to remove the sand-heap.
the mmd like the paintings of a grand pano- This, therefore, was scattered about the spot
ramic representation. There is much which on which it had been formed, and was for
we should gladly copy into our columns, if some time scarcely remembered. In a year
or two, however, it was perceived that a
space would allow.
number of small trees had sprung from the
Some months ago, in illustrating the vital- ground over which the heap of sand had
ity of moral and spiritual truth or seed been strewn. These trees became, in their
when sown in the hearts of men, we took turn, objects of strong interest, and care was
occasion to speak of the " vitality of seeds," taken that no injury should come to them.
At length it was ascertained that they were
as for example, Egyptian wheat now growBeach-plum-trees; and they actually bore
ing, although the seed from which it sprung the Beach-plum, which had never been seen
was found deposited in the folds of cloth except immediately upon the sea-shore. The
wrapped around an Egyptian, whose body trees had therefore sprung from seeds which
was embalmed four thousand years ago. were in the stratum of sea-sand that had
been pierced by the well-diggers." It can
This statement has been questioned, but the not be doubted, as Carpenter concludes, that
following interesting lacts are set forth upon the seeds of the Beach-plum had lain buried
authority which cannot be questioned. It since the remote period when that part of
will be seen that Prof. Agassiz endorses one the state was ths shore of the slowly-receding sea.
of them.
VITALITY OF SEEDS.
well known that Dr. Lindley raised
three raspberry plants from seeds discovered
in the stomach of a man whose skeleton was
found thirty feet below the surface of the
earth, at the bottom of a barrow or burialmound which was opened near Dorchester,
England. With ihe body had been buried
some coins of the Emperor Hadrian, from
which we are justified in assuming that
these seeds had retained their vitality for
the space of sixteen or seventeen hundred
years. If they remained undamaged that
length of time, their condition was practically fixed; and who shall say that ten thousand years would have produced a greater
effect ?
Professor Agassiz asserts that there are
some well-authenticated cases "in which
wheat taken from the ancient catacombs of
Egypt has been made to sprout and grow."
Dr. Carpenter even goes so far in this connection as to give utterrance to the following
observations, which happen to be extremely
pertinent in the present instance :
" These facts make it evident," he says,
that there is really no limit to the duration
" this condition (latent vitality), and that
of
when a seed has been preserved for ten
years, it may be for a hundred, a thousand,
or ten thousand, provided no change of cirIt
is
dent of the leading Woman's Missionary
Society in America.
New York, Nov. 16th, 1874.
Dear friends:—On Saturday Miss H.
G. Brittan, Miss Marston, Miss Kimball and
Miss Woodward sailed for Liverpool on the
steamer City of New York. The agent of
Cook & Co. meets them at Liverpool on
their arrival, has their baggage, boxes, Sec,
re-shipped on a steamer for Calcutta—they
taking a portmanteau across the continent
to Brindisi, Italy.
Then they take a
steamer for Calcutta ; if there is a prospect
of storms, for Bombay, but must pay the
railroad from Bombay to Calcutta.
The farewell meeting was on Friday
afternoon, ladies coming from Boston, New
Haven, Philadelphia, New Brunswick, and
other places. After the religious exercises,
there was an opportunity to be introduced to
the missionaries. They were invited to take
tea with us, Miss Brittan and Miss Kimball
came ; the others were detained with friends.
Some of our ladies had a Fair three days
for the mission in India. Thursday evening
tableau scenes in India were explained by
Miss Brittan. Every one that saw them
was interested. The ladies that got them
up drilled the children—bag wigs and old
style dresses. They came in a large omnibus all dressed from Brooklyn. The parents
paid the expense of dresses and conveyance.
1 enclose a programme. It may seem foolish, but one must, sow beside all waters, and
if they only take an interest in missions, the
great point is gained.
Since Miss Brittan went out in IS6I,
over 10,000 of the higher castes have been
taught, besides those of the lower castes.
In Calcutta we have a Dispensary, Child's
Hospital, Orphanage, and have been asked by
the government to instruct in the Foundling
Letter from New York.
Asylum children rescued from the famine.
We think our readers will be interest- j They have six Singer's sewing machines—
ed in the following extracts from a let- make the uniform for the police. The pay
receive goes for their support. Sunday
ter written by Mrs. Doremus, now verging they
morning early they have some parched rice
towards eighty, and received by a late mail. ! dressed in white muslin, called a chuddar
This lady is President of the " Woman's over their heads—each two have an umUnion Missionary Society" of America. brella, walk two and two a mile to church.
She has exercised a controlling influence in It begins at 7 o'clock. At 10 they return to
breakfast, then prepare for Sunday school:
the organization of this Society, and during j lessons from 12 to 2 o'clock, and then they
the past forty years has been engaged in have dinner. They do not attend service in
missionary, philanthropic and benevolent la- the afternoon. The week day school is from
bors in the city of New York, but particu- 7 until 1 o'clock. Some of the orphans go
assist the ladies in the Zenanas. They
larly in the matter of hospitals of various to
are fond of Bengali tunes and Christian
kinds. If there is a lady in America now j hymns. When Mr. Sheshadra was in this
meriting the name of " Florence Nightin- country, he told me that just such things
gale," it is Mrs. Doremus. She is con- are taking place as are depicted in " Showritten by Miss Brittan).
nected with the Dutch .Reformed Church, shie," (abutbook
the Bible can make a change.
Nothing
but her sympathies rise above aad extend Bishop Harris, of the Methodist church,
beyond all church organizations. Amid visited our missions in Japan, China, Calher multiplicity of labors, she finds time for cutta and Allahabad, and he gave me an incarrying forward an extensive correspond- teresting account of them. General Litchence, and it is our privilege occasionally to field, Consul at Calcutta, is a religious man ;
does all he can to aid our missionaries. His
receive letters from her pen. She has a wife has gone from Boston, and will meet
most marvelous ability to manage the details our ladies; she is going with them to Calof business as well as officiate as the Presi- cutta, &c., Sec.
�THE FRIEND, JANUARY,
7
18 75.
Twentieth Annual Report of Honolulu
Sailors' Home Society.
Our Home, under the excellent management
of Mr. and Mrs. Dunscombe, has been carried forward through another year. It is
confidently believed that the original design
of its establishment has been steadily kept
in mind, and the amount of good accomplished all which could reasonably be expected. According to the report of the
manager, three hundred and eight (308)
seamen from vessels of war and thirty-two
(32) from merchant vessels and whaleships
—making a total of three hundred and forty
(340) —have found accommodations at the
Home during the past year. There are included in this number several shipmasters
and officers. Very many of these young
men, besides scores more, have resorted to
the Reading Room for writing letters to
their friends; and when they left have been
supplied with reading matter to take to sea,
and in many instances they have received a
word of " good counsel." Much good has
thereby been accomplished.
The Young Men's Christian Association
has, with most commendable and praiseworthy liberality, sustained the Reading
Room, which has proved beneficial not only
to seamen, but many others. As a means
of usefulness, this branch of Christian-benevolence cannot be overestimated. The Home
and Reading Room are standing witnesses
and manifest proofs of the Christian liberality and kindly feeling of the foreign community of Honolulu towards seamen and
strangers visiting this city. The following
testimonial of the commander of H. B. M.'s
S. Cameleon, is in harmony with the verbal
remarks of many others :
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Particalar attention given to the sale and purchase of merohaadlse, ships' business, supplying whaleshipi, negotiating
SMITH,
Dentist,
Having resumed practice, can be found at his rooms over E
Strchz k Co.'s Drug more, corner ol Fort and Hotel atl.
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R E W,
Francisco.
ALSO. AGENTS OK TIIK
Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street.
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Commission Merchants and Auctioneers
204 and 206 California Street,
Honolulu, Oahu. U. I.
P.
HALL AND LARGE ROOMS TO LET FOR
PUBLIC MEETINGS. OR gOCIaTTIM.
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CO..
Commission and Skipping Merchants,
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exchange, ate.
tar Allfrelght arriving at Baa Francisco.br or to the Ho.
am Line of Packets, will beforwarJed rasa or oomnssios.
XT exchange on llonalulubought and sold. XX
—SEFEBBSCKS—
Messrs. A. W. Pi-iree* Co
HsckfeM Co
Late Surgeon U. S. Army,
**" C.11. Brewer
Co
Can be consulted at his residence on Hotel street, between
Bishop Co
Alakea and Fort streets.
Wood
Dr. 11. W.
Hon. K. 11. Allen
WEST,
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Wagon and Carriage Builder,
74 and 70 King Sli-eet, Honolulu.
ty laland orders ptnmptly executed at lowest rates
Will continue the General Merchandise and Shipping business at the above i«irt, where they are prepareil to lurnish the
justly celebrated Kawaihae Potatoes, and such other recruits as
are required by whaleships, at the shortest notice,and on the
most reasonable terms.
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M. DICKSON, Photographer,
61 Fort Street. Iloimluln,
ALLEN fc CHILLING WORTH,
Kawailiae, Hawaii,
Honolulu
*
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O* Firewood on Iluiid
WEEK 1
with or without board.
D.,
the
SOTKZi
ROOMS CAN BE HID BT THE NIGHT OR
Physician ami Surgeon,
CornerMerchant and Kaahumanu Streets, near
no
First-Class in Every Particular !
Dealers in Lumber anil Building Matirials,
■it
pains to make this
HAND A CHOICE ASSORTALWsVSOX
MENT OF PHOTOOKAI'UIC STOCK,
A Large Collection of Beautiful Views of
Hawaiian Scenery, &c, &c.
CURIOSITY lIUNTKRS will find at Dili establishment a
SPLENDID COLLECTION OF
Vol, nnlj Specimen*,
H M. Suir Cameleon," )
W. PIERCE fc CO..
Corn la. Shells. Wnr I nsplrisaenls,
" 18, 1874. J A
Honolulu, August
(succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.)
Ferns. Mills. Ksaai,
Dear Sir —Before leaving this port, I beg to offer
Commission Mer .4ml a Great Variety of other Ihneaiiun and Mimy testimony to the very efficient working of the Ship Chandlers and General
chants,
cronesian Curiosities.
most useful institution, "The Honolulu Sailors'
Honolulu,Oahu, Hawaiian Islands.
Home." During the Cumeleon'iituy here the ship's
PICTURE FRAMES A SPECIALITY!
company have fully availed themselves of the many
Jsl 1874
advantages ii oilers them, and I am sure joins with Agents I'nuloii Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Lances,
And Prrry Duvi.' Pain Killer.
me in thanking you and the other gentlemen, through
whose exertions the establishment retains its high
CASTLE
character for ihe comfort and attentions tbey have
THOS. G. THRUM'S
always met with in the house.
STATIONERY
IHPOUTKBS AM) DEALERS IX
NEWS DEPOT,
I shall have much pleasure in bringing the Home No. 10 Merchaut AND
■
Sirni,
Houolulu*
notice
of
of
ships visiting this
any captains
to tbe
part of the world, and shall not fail lo express the
OF READING MATTER-OP
Paperi Mini Map*znie*, back immbert—put up to order at
entertain
of
its
merits.
high opinion I
AGE/ITS OF
educed rates lor panic** going to sea.
ly
Believe me, dear sir, very faithfully yours,
W. Kennedy.
REGULAR PORTLAND LINE Of
Packets, New England Mutual I,if- Insurance Company,
The Res. S. C. Damon.
San
*
:
& COOKE,
--
PACKAGES
NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE!
11IIK
The t'niun Marine Insurance Cumpsny,
Francisco,
Company,
Kohala
The Treasurer will report the amount of
The Haiku Supir Company.
The
Sugar
Hawaiian
Mill. W. 11. Bailey,
our expenditures. The verandas and cookThe Hamakua Sugar Company,
DILLINGHAM & CO.,
house have been thoroughly repaired during
The Waiaiua Sugar Plantation,
The Wheeler Ik Wilson Sewing Machine Company,
Noa. 95 and 07 King Street,
the past year, and much work was done for
Dr. Jayne guns Celebrated Family Medicines.
tf
*
a small amount of money. The Home
KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
it
and
is
to
be
repainting,
needs
hoped the
Carriage Making; and Trimming;!
means will soon be obtained for doing the
WOULD RESPECTFULLYINFORM YOU THAT
same. Let it be remembered that nearly
I now employ the best .Mechanics in the line of
ten years have elapsed since any public apCarriage Making.
peal has been made for funds to carry on
MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT
Carriage and General lilaclcsmithing,
during the )ait Six Years can testify from personal exSHIP
Painting. Repairing, etc.,
the "Home."
perience that the undersigned keep tbe belt assortment of
Hawaiian
On the
Group ; and it is a well established
I would acknowledge a valuable donation
our
Carriage Trimmins;, hj Mr. R. Whitof books and tracts for gratuitous distribu- GOODS FORTRADE faot that
man, is aa well executed as any in New York Citj or
tion, from J. T. Waterhouse, Esq.
elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that
And Sell Cheaper than any other House in ihe
we can mauunictute as good a class of work ia HoS. C. Damon,
Goods Suitable for Trade.
Chairman
of Executive Committee.
Honolulu, 24th Dec, 1874.
Kingdom.
DILLINGHAM 4 CO.
The
t-ugar
I
nolnlu as em be found in any part of the world. I
will alto state here that we fully intend to work at
the lowest possible rales.
G. WEST.
�ChYHAMrsiooetucann'gf onolulu.
8
Pure religion and undeftled before God, the Father, is this:
To visit thefatherless and widows in their affliction, and to kcej) one'e selfunspotted from the world.
Among other questions of public interest,
much attention has lately'been given, or at
least invited, in the newspapers and elsewhere, to the fact that the last census returns
of this country show a continuing decrease
of population. This fact has formed a topic
of Koyal speeches, public meetings and
newspaper articles; and there is no reason
why our Association should not also consider it with a view of affording, or even
suggesting, any possible assistance in combating so terrible a state of affairs.
Our field, so far, has Comprised principally the devising and carrying out of plans
for the welfure ol foreigners in the islands;
we have done what has been in our power to
provide rational entertainment for residents
of our own race, to establish and maintain a
good reading and writing-room for sailors
and other transient and undomiciled visitors,
to give some little assistance to Sundayschool teaching and prison and hospital visitation ; and we are endeavoring still to set
on foot a means for throwing at least a glimmer of religious light upon the two thousand
pagans who dwell amongst us. But with
the natives of the islands we have as yet
had little to do.
For them, indeed, much has already been
done : Christian teaching has long been provided without lack of pecuniary assistance ;
and they possess a system of state primary
education equal in extent, if not in degree,
to that of any other country. They have a
Constitutional Government and a King,
whose interest is sincerely in the welfare of
his people ; they have churches and preachers,
schools where their boys and girls may
obtain as much education as usually fills to
the lot of a middle class in other civilized
countries, a well endowed hospital for the
sick, und doctors maintained at state expense.
The climate is healthy, and absolute poverty
is unknown among those who care to work.
Why should it be so frequently, and alas!
coldly remarked that in a few years more
the nice will have disappeared ? We do not
put this question with a view of hearing the
well-known answer that it is because they
will not take care of themselves and their
children, but rather to elicit opinion as to
whether anything can be done which neither
earnest religious teaching nor an efficient
administration of existing laws will do.
We say that many of the people are idle
and dissipated. Men cannot be always at
manual work, even when hard work is a
stern necessity of mere life, which it is not
here ; and what terrible temptations to idleness and dissipation would have been ours
if, even with a good schooling, we had enjoyed no literature of our own, if all our
after-school information and entertainment
had to be obtained through the difficult
medium of a foreign tongue! It is sometimes asserted that the government system
boys and girls at school may read and speak of a good educational paper would be proof
fluently enough in English, from the moment against these objections. The Board of Edwhen school is over and they take up subse- ucation is a body perfectly free, in its official
quent occupation among those of their own capacity, from party feeling, and would
race, the language of their parents, of their enjoy the fullest public confidence in its
infancy, will resume its place as their lan- management of such an undertaking. We
guage. In what other country under the sun believe firmly that the publication by this
has a native tongue been exchanged for one State Department of a periodical newspaper
imported, unless as a condition of conquest? or magazine, containing well selected matter
We speak, of course, of the language of the of an instructive and interesting kind,
majority, the middle and lower classes, for whether historical, scientific, or fictitious,
higher education, and even fashion, will would strike a powerful blow at the terrible
often produce such an exchange among those enforced idleness of mind to which, we conwhose position renders them amenable to tend, is attributable to so much of the dissisuch influences.
pation of the people. Such a periodical,
The question as to whether a change of attractive and handy in form and interesting
the vernacular is desirable or possible, we in material, would be sure to find many
cannot now discuss ; such a change has ap- readers ; while, bound up for reference, it
parently not suggested itself as practicable might become a nucleus of the Hawaiian
to the earlier teachers here of any creed, and literature of the future.
we will assume that their decision in the
If this Association agrees with us as to
matter has been right.
the relation which we have endeavored to
Without doubt the people are, to a great establish between mental idleness and the
extent, shut out in this way from a means of decline of the race, it cannot fail to appremental recreation and improvement; where ciate the importance of seeking a remedy ;
is the wonder, then, if idle minds naturally and the idea of a State Educational Press
drift in a wrong direction ?
may suggest still better plans, or may be
Some effort has been made to meet the taken up and submitted in some practical
difficulty by the publication of native news- shape for public consideration.
papers and magazines, two of which, the
The time allotted here to an essayist will
Kuokoa ami Lav Oliva, are now extant; not permit more than a brief allusion to
but these, however good, are u mere pebble other matters affecting the census returns.
towards filling up tlie bucket of unoccupied
In view of so enormous a catastrophe as
mind in our country. The latter, appearing the possible extinction of a race, and under
monthly, is a very neatly printed magazine circumstances which nowhere else find a
of four pages, enriched wilh illustrations, parallel, are we bound in any way to mould
and usually containing a good selection of our laws on sanitary and moral matters with
moderately simple article! upon subjects of martinet-like precision to the exact dimengeneral interest, secular as well as religious. sions and number of folio pages which may
The Kiiokon is an ordinary weekly news- be found advisable in other countries very
paper of four large pages, of which a consid- differently constituted 7 This is a country
erable portion is occupied by the advertise- where public opinion itself upon these subments necessary for the support of the pub- jects requires reform.
Here every man
lication ; it is partially devoted, too, to constitutes his own public opinion, we might
politics, and much of its space is given up to almost sny ; in fact, he does as he pleases,
the volunteered effusions of subscribers and provided he be not a criminal or a leper.
to the marvelous serial tale which, like the
We do not hesitate to say that the dis"Thousand and one nights," ransacks comfort and uncleanness of many of the
heaven, earth and oilier parts of the universe poorer dwellings, especially in "crowded
in search of means to keep itself from neighborhoods, is a matter which should be
approaching tho words
vigorously handled by the government; it
That private enterprise can do no more would be all very well under far different
than it has done is, we fear, perfectly true; circumstances to cry out about the rights of
the Au Okou, the Nuhoa, the llaimii private judgment, but we are threatened by
I'onoi, after vigorous but short lifetimes, the dreadful alternative of national extinchave all perished for lack of support. If, tion. If the cesspools and heaps of garbage
then, the existing literature of Hawaii is to which surround every poorer house have
be enlarged, associated effort will have to not yet brought upon us the sweeping epiattempt what private endeavor evidently demics usually following in their train elsecannot do.
where, there can be no doubt that they inThe government of the country has at sidiously suck away much of the health and
one time or another directed or subsidized vitality so greatly needed.
portions of the public press as its mouthWhat foreigners might do for the morality
piece ; and since a paper thus entirely or of the land is among many of them synonypartially under government control must mous with what they leave undone. Though
necessarily be the organ of a party, its use- morality cannot be maintained by law, a
fulness must also be.fettered by the extent of fearful responsibility rests upon those who in
of education ought to aim at making the the sympathizers it may possess, even if
spite of their better knowledge contribute to
English language the vernacular; but while principle of a partisan government press the
be
the prevalence of dissipation and immorality
the natives so far out-number the foreigners not seriously objected to as a
means
of
unfair
among the natives. And, to our mind, no false
resident here, no amount of legislation will influence.
delicacy should prevent legislation from going
prevent the Hawaiian language from being
But the appropriation of a certain amount as far as it will in making the people live,
that most familiar to the people; and though from the public money to the maintenance even it cannot
if
make some of them moral.
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