https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/3c3d96c57a0e4b5c254273c806b18f2b.pdf e540c49c160a48d54839aa97cbe5b95b PDF Text Text FRIENDOT,HFS AMPNERDC EAMEN. Vol. 11. HONOLULU, OAIIU, Ladtl & Co.'s Store. VIEW OF THE TOWN AND SANDWICH ISLANDS, Seamen's Chapel. JAN. I, 18-14. 1 No. I. Robinson & Co.'s Ship-Yard. HARBOR OF HONOLULU, OAHU, S. IS., A. D. 1836. nnd mechanics. The islands have The above view of Honolulu was taken ■ohanls so accurately surveyed us to calnot been more than seven years since. It will an- culate u ith entire precision the number of swer the purpose of a chapter in the history square miles, though the comiion estimate of the village, to mark the rapid changes Of 8,00 I cannot he far from' the truth; 500 which have bcfi taking place. As a suita- less than in the state of .Massachusetts. A criisiK of the islands has been taken, ble introduction to the sketch of Honolulu hut it cannot be relied upon with full confiwhich we furnish the readers of the Friend, we estimate the pre- may dence. From it the following extracts have been made from sent inhabitants of the whole group, with works of standard authority: some t! Miree of approximation to truth, to be not iar from 10.1.00:1, about one seventh 1.-SANDU'iril ISLANDS. the Strove named state These Islands, as may be seen by n nf (he population of The population of these deaf Massachusetts about SO glance at the map, situated inwest therefore, averaging the whole numislands, longitude 160 lulitucle, and grees north ber ofsquare miles, is one seventh the denfrom Greenwich, form a group quite distinct, sity oftho slate ol Massachusetts, though in and stand alone in importance in the north the pe..ple ai"' no! scattered over the [fact of the islands names of east Pacific. The surface, bill live mostly in villages whole the souththis group, numbering ihem from on nnd the sea-shore, lesviug the interior of east to the north-west, sre Hawaii. Msut, islands with scarce an inhahilant. the Lanai, k.ii, M«l Molokini, Kal.oolawc, The surface of the country is exceedingly Oabu, Kauai. Niihnu, and Kaula Molu- diversified There may be seen extensive rocks. mere uninhabited Kaula are kini and high bills, secluded vallies, deep raThe four most iinpoitant islands are Hawaii, plains, vines, frighll'ul chasms, towering peaks, is larMaui, Oahu, and Kaui; Hawaii the mountains, and the yawning craters majestic center, the commercial but is Oabu gest, immoiise volcanoes. which of gives harbor, having a very secure vegetation and climate <>f the islands rise to the large town of Honolulu, the areThe finite as diversified. The interior M ths principal residence of foreign agents, mcr- islands' where the ground is unifotmly eltsvnted, is cool, rainy, and abounds in luxuriant vegetation, thickets and forests. The windward side of the islands, or the side constantly exposed to the trade wind, is more frequently refreshed wiih rain limn the opposite side, and is of course uniformly more verdant, except where covered with fields ->f recent lava. The low land on Ihe toward side of the islands is uniformly dry and barren, except in vallies and on plums where it is watered by irrigation from Iho stream- that (low down from the mountain*. And as one glances at the contrast presented every few lolls between perfect (lest Intu II and luxuriant verdure, he is loicibly reminded of the expression of the prtq hi t that every thing lives whither the inei o nielli.'' The islu'.iils are not. a- I have men somewhere slated, surroui.iii-d by a coral, re t f. There are reefs of coral in snrne u w places, on the lewnrd side, but the shore is for the most part free from every obsliut lion [llistery of Sandwich Islands, by Sheld <n Dibblo. II.—ISLAND Ol* OAIIU ThH beautiful island is about orty-si\ miles long, and twenty three wide. Its »p----peu.rai.ee froui the roads off llouolulu, ur 4 ' — �2 THE ■¥ftUNli. (January, Wsititi, in remarkatily picturesque; a chain of lofty mountains rises near the center of the eastern part of the island, and extruding perhaps twenty miles, reaches the plain of Eva, which dividas it from the distant and the sea, and formed the present extensive the S.W. side of Oahu, nnd is in 1 at. 21 plain; the soil of its surface having been 18' N., and Long. loh° V W. The Harbor subsequently produced either by the decom- is one of the best in the Pacific Ocean, anil position of lavu, or the mould and dccined is accessible to vrssi Is diuwiig in t mine vegetable mailer washed down from the than 84 feet It affords got d iiuchoifige for elevated mountains that rise in a line paral- mountains dining the rainy season of the at least 100 ships, and isdctendtd against lel with the north-west shore. The plain year. the action of the sea, and rlrons southcily Across this plain, immediately opposite winds, by a coral reef. Occiibi. nally, the of fcva is nearly twenty miles in'length, from the pearl river to Waiarua, and in some the harbor of Honolulu, lies the valley of strong N. E. trndt s cause vessels to tlog parts nine or ten miles across. The soil is Ntiiinii, leading to a pass in the mountains, from their nnchoiage, but no serines iniuiy fertile, and wateied by a number of rivulets, called by the natives Ka Pari; the precipice has resulted from this, nor is any likely lo which wind their way along the deep water- of which is well worth tho attention of every u suit, even in ease a vt ssel should be driven courses that intersect its surface, and empty intelligent foreigner visiting Oahu. The as far us the reef; inasmuch as this is lined themselves into the sea. Though eapahlc mouth of the valley, which opens initio diale- on the inner side with n mud bank*. The of a high state of improvement, only n very ly behind the town of Honolulu, is a com- harbor is protected by a foit of 6*3 guns, small portion of it is enclosed, or under any plete garden, cnrefully kept by its n speclitc built upon a point which piijtcis In in the kind of culture; nnd in travelling across it, proprietors in a slate of high cultivation; main land. Hut this foil, though it comscarce a habitation is to be seen. The and the ground, being irrigated by the water mands the channel and the cuter it ad-stead, whole island is volcanic, and in many pnrts from a river that winds rapidly down the may itself be commanded by a filtt of 14 extinguished craters of large dimensions may valley, is remarkably productive. The \ al- gnus, situated upon Punch Bowl Hill, at an be seen; but from the depth of mould with ley rises with a giatluul ascent from the eb vßlioti of about 660 feet above the sea, which they are covered, nnd the trees and shore to the precipice, which is seven or and about seven eighths of a mile distant shrubs with which they are clothed, it may eight miles from the town. After walking from the lower fort. Honolulu is built on be presumed that many ages have elapsed about three miles through one unbroken se- the western extremity of a level plain, which since any eruption took place. The plain ries of plantations, the valley becomes grad- stretches some four or five miles tilting of Honolulu exhibits in a singular manner ually narrower, and.the mountains rise more the shore, nnd from half an ile to one and it the extent and effects of volcanic agency; it steep on cither side. The scenery is roman- half miles inland, where it is met by hills, is not less thanr nine or ten miles in length, tic and delightful: the bottom of the valley which, rising gradually at first, finally terand, in some parts,two miles from the sea to is gently undulated; a rapid stream takes its minate in a range of mountains, which the foot of the mountains. The whole plain serpentine way from one side of the valley to stietch across the interior, in u direction is covered with a rich alluvial soil, frequently the other, sometimes meandering along with nearly parallel' with the north-east side of two or three feet deep; beneath this, a layer an unruffled surface, at other times rushing the island. The town.is about three-quarof fine volcanic ashes and cinders extends to down a fall several feet, or dashing and foam- ters of a mile in length, and half a mile in the depth offourteen or sixteen feet; these ing among the rocks that iuterupt its pro- breadth, and has been built up with veiy ashes lie upon n stratum of solid rock, by no gress; the sides of the hills are clothed with littleof order or regularity. Ye are happy means volcanic, but evidently calcareous, verdure; even the barren rocks that project to state, however, that the government aie and apparently a kind of sediment deposited from among the bushes are ornamented with now taking prompt and efficient measures by the sen, in which branches of white coral, pendulous or creeping plants of various to improve the general appearance of the bones offish and animals, and several vari- kinds; and in several places beautiful cas- place. Several strait uud broad streets are eties of marine shells are often found. A cades roll their silvery streams down the being opened through the town, to take the number of wells have been recently dug in steep mountain's side into flowing rivulet* place of the narrow and crookid and filthy different parts of the plain, -in which, after beneath. The beauty of the scenery around lanes, which have heretofore been at once penetrating through the calcareous rock, increases, until nt length, after walking sonic a serious inconvenience and a disgrace to sometimes twelve or thirteen feet, good clear time on a rising ground rather more steep the town. One of the streets is to be exwater has been always found; the water in than usual, and through a thicket of hibiscus tended to the valley of Nunnu, and soon, it all these wells is perfectly free from any salt and other trees, the traveller suddenly emer- is hoped, will reach as far as the Pari of or brackish taste, though it invariably rises ges into an open space, and turning tound a Kolan. The houses of the natives me conand falls with the tide, which would lead to small pile of volcanic rocks, the Pari all at structed principally after the common fashion the supposition that it is connected with the once bursts upon him with an almost over- of the country—upright poles covered with waters of the adjacent ocean, from which whelming effect. Immense masses of black diied grass. A tiuly commendable spirit of the weIN are from 100 yards, to three-quar- and ferruginous volcanic rock, many hun- improvement is exhibited, however, in this ters of a mile distant. The rock is always dred feet in nearly perpendicular height, respect by many of the natives, who have hard and compact near the surface, but be- present themselves on bolh sides to his as- adopted the style of building introduced by comes soft and porous as the depth increas- tonished view; while immediately before foreigners. Some few of the houses erected es; and it is possible that the water in these him, he looks down the fearful steep several by foreignersare of wood, or are constructed wells may have percolated through the cells hundred feet, and beholds hills and valleys, of coral stone, an excellent material for of the rock, and by this process of filtration trees and cottages, meandering streams and buildings, and found at bund in an exhausthave lost its saline qualities. The base of winding paths, cultivated plantations and un- less abundance. But the larger proportion the mountains which bound the plain in the trodden thickets, and a varied landscape of buildings occupied by them, are coninterior, appears to have formed the original many miles in extent, bounded by lofty structed after the style tfbuilding which preline of coast on this side of the island, but mountains on the one side, and the white- vails extensively on the ctfast of Spanish probably in some very remote period an crested waves of the ocean on the other, America. The common soil is mixed up eraption took place from two broad-based spread out before him as if by the hand of with dry grass, and made in moulds into truncated mountains, called by foreigners enchantment [Ellis's Polynesian Re- bricks (culled ndubirs) of a large size; usuDiamond Hill nnd Punch-Bowl Hill, evi- searches; vol. 4: p. 16. ally 18 inches or two feet long, one foot dently extinguished craters; the ashes and 111.-TOWN OF HONOLULU. wide, and six to eight inches tajik. These cinders then thrown out, and wafted hy the Honolulu, the principal town and sea- are dried in the sun, and are then laid up trade-winds in a westerly direction, filled up port in the Sandwich islands, is situated on into walls. As there is no frost to heave sseWs} . \\W\m. sseW �1314.) tin- ground, and no long-continued rains, to destroy the bricks by accumulated moisture, walls constructed in this manner are very duinhle; and when plastered with lime and sand, as they usually are, present on appearance ofsingnlai neatnessanil comfort. —[Hawaiian Spectator— April, lit'B; Vol. 1., No. 2 , p. B).—Sketch of Honolulu by Rev. J. 3 THE PRltN't). others straightened. Dr. Rooke hns completed a handsome residence; Mr. Grimes another; while some occupied by natives have been much improved. His excellency, Gov. Kekuannoa, lias now a nd pleasing changes which have since liken place are the most common topics if remark. The contrast is too striking o pass unobserved. May those who shall ketch the progress of advancement, and large private stone dwelling in process of lescribe the furtire condition of this rising erection. At the commencement of the own, he enabled to speak of it as still year, the government undertook the high- dvancing in every thing which is honorDull. ly commendable work of ornamenting the ble, praiseworthy nnd becoming a civilIV.-IMPROVKMF.NTS AND CHANGES IN AND streets with shade trees. The catholic zed and christian community. To this MOOT HONOLULU. church has been finished in n chaste and I nd may the native population, foreign The past twelve months have been full of A i esidenls and foreign visitors unitedly coactivity. Streets have been widened, straight- substantial mode of architecture. pcrate, and under the blessing of Heaven ened and opened; houses and stores built; movement of much interest has recently others demolished; public works commen- been noticed in the part of the town oc- i will be nttained. ced; and every thing now wears the appear- cupied by the Am. mission. The large Cheches.—Two protestant churches ance of progressive improvement. Ia com- stone chapel of the king it would seem ■ tone church, Rev. Richard Armstrong, parison with preceding years, quite a spirit had stood sufficiently long. I usior. No. of chh. members, 1,431. Av" otit doors" If of enterprise seems to be awakened both The wall enclosing congregation, 1,80.1. Thatched house, the and bury- rnge chapel lev. Lowell Smith, pastor. No. chh. memamong foreigners and Uawaiians, which we ground is an undertaking which we | ers, 1,53m. Average congregation, I, 600. surmise is the result of a general prosperity. ing One Roman catholic church, with two To a stranger all may still appear rude nnd shall much rejoice to sec completed. semi-civilized, but to the resident many Those who will call to mind the " unwar- ( flicialing priests. One seamen's chapel; Rev. Samuel C. cheering alterations are to be seen which in- like" appearance of the fort at the begindicate that the means rather than the will is ning of the year, cannot but express their latnon, chaplain. Schools.—" Oahu Charity School," Mr. wanting, for u still more rapid improvement. thanks thai the British Commission should The broad avenues which now intersect the have put it in a posture of defence. The md Mrs. Johnston4), teachers. Exercises ■(inducted in English. town, will become eventually fine streets. Number of acholIf they could be lined with trees, it would new market in rear of Messrs. Lndd &. Co. nnd & Grimes' E. H. is premises add much to the comfort of the pedestrian. " Family Boarding School for the Yonng Carriages, curricles, &c, are becoming quite worthy of special notice and commenda- Hhicfs," under the superintendence of Mr. common, nnd udd to.the liveliness of the tion, inasmuch as the several " poi and md Mrs. Cooke. " The school from the place; and belter still, the shoulders of oxen fish" markets will of course be removed, lommenccment has received much of its are now substituted for those of the human much to the joy of the foreign residents. mpport from the government, and the king cattle, who formerly were the carriers of A complete census of Honolulu, em- md chiefs at their last council assumed also stone and burthens. Native women are bracing native support of the instructors." " The plan and foreign population, >fheinstruction is, to begin with the English beginning to enquire with eager interest for never yet has been taken. A fair esti- angungo—to accustom the " patena hou" (new fashions) and (he the pupils from early more substantial articles of civilization are mate will not place it below 8 or 9,000. -ears both to read and to speak it." Young in increased demand.—[Polynesian of Oct. This estimate will include the foreign :hicfs and chiefesscs connected with the residents nnd families of the Am. Mis- -I'hool, 14. 17, 1340. sion, numbering about one thousand.— School," or school for the " Punahou of the missionaries; Rev. Mr. and More than three years have elapsed Not less than fifteen different nations of •hiblren since th<s foregoing paragraph was pub- the earth arc represented among the for- Mrs. Dole, teachers, assisted by Miss M. M. No. of scholars, 24. lished in the Polynesian. Since that eign population in Honolulu, viz : United Smith. Average for native children and youth are Schools time the genius of improvement and ad- States, England, Scotland, France, Ger- n active operation. vancing civilization has presided over many, Spain, Portugal, Africa, China.,' OFFfCES FHOFESSIOVS — Honolulu. Every year's developments Marquese Islands, Society Islands, New* rRuRLIC of Oahu; AID His excellency, Gov. afford additional evidence that the Sand- Zealand, &.c. (fee. This heterogeneous tZekuaHaoa. wich Islands are acquiring n growing im- population is kept under the due control H. H\M. Secretary of State, G. P portance among the nations of the earth, and regulation of the native government, ludd, Esq\ while the influence of trade decidedly at the head of whice stands his excellenUnited Status commission; George Brown, tends to make this town the centre of cy Kekuanaoa, governor of Oahu,h whose Esq commissioner. commercial interest. During the past relation to the municipal regulations of English coDsubrto ; II .See, Esq., consul. United States consulate; P. A. Brinsyear our harbor has been visited by more Honolulu, answers to that of a mayor in nade, Esq., consul; and Wm. Hooper than 30 merchant vessels, and 100 whale European cities. The difficulty which Esq., acting consul. \ ships, besides 11 different vessels of war; necessarily arises in the execution of French consulate; J. audoil, Esq., con5 English, 5 American, 1 French. The wholesome laws is not a little increased past year, although one of unusual ex- by the visits of numerous seamen. As Peruvian consulate; C. Brewer, Esq citement in political affairs, has been, far the tone of public sentiment advances in onsul \^ from favorable to the business interests regard to temperance and morals, this Harbor master and collector; Mr. WilPsty. \^ and general prosperity of the place, still difficulty will, it is hoped, be diminished. ism Pilots, Capt. Adams, and Capt. Me>k. improvements have been going forward. Among those who have visited Honolulu Physicians, Dr. R. W. Wood, and l)r Several new streets have been cut, and five, ten or twenty years ago, the rapid <, , , , \ �(January, Tllfc FU\fi>fl>. 4 The French frigate Boussole, ComLICK.NaED TR.DIaS, Si OWES AND SHOrS. Our only apology for changing the 'mnnder Vrigntind. arrived here on the Stores, wholesale and retail, our from AdTemperance paper name of nine—each pays for license, $50 per ami. vocate antl Seamen's Friend, t» The a:M inst., from Tahiti. We learn _b,V *io Stores, retail, ten— " Friend of Temperance and Seamen, is. hitters received by her that Atlmirnl Dv Auctioneers, with a wholesale that we think one title sufficient, and the Petit Thouars arrived at Tahiti on the and retail license, two— Nov., with the Rcine Blanche" and genuine friend of ternnertiiice and seait n esch ' r>10 i, / 1. men Danue." tiie cause m 60 guns each, and the advocate necessarily will " Hotels, four— »0 J) ■t (M guns. Ifons. Brunt, the Uranie" of it J of both house*, three— >f > " Victualling tlircclor in the government of the protecgiSO (■ (< Grog saops, nine— At present the town is supplied with The brig Heber arrived in this harbor torate, accompanied the Atlmirnl. On competent and skilful artisans in the Nov. 20, wilh.7s pipes of Brazil rum on the 6ih, the Admiral dethroned the various mechanical trades, viz : house board ; and sailed Dec. 9, mini's only l**a queen, ami formally took possession of Society Islands, for the throne' of and ship carpenters, cabinet-makers. pipes. One remarks "I am glad of it," black-smiths, coopers, masons, painters, nnd another. tlint is good." We learn Fiance,—giving, ns a reason for so doing, snil-makers, shoe-makers, talkers, iVtcli- thai this brig belongs lo Gloucester, Mass that the q men had refused to haul down ers, tailors, a watch-maker, a printer, antl about one year since took to Brazil her flag, which had been presented to u tinker, &c. &.C. a cargo of "Yankee notions," which were her by Commodore Nicholas, of the Eng. Mons. Baamt had disposed of for cuna," or Brazil rum ratee Vindictive. to that of Govchanged the has vishis functions sugar cane. She made from ited Africa, Madagascar, Sydney, New ernor of the French possessions in the Honolulu, Jaxuary I, 1844. Zeilnnd, Society Islands nnd Siindwicli Pacific." Mr. I'rilchnrd, the Eng. ConIslands, and still is doubtless sailing with sul, had struck his Mug. .The Admiral Vol. II.—The Friend will be published nearly a full cargo of Brazil rum. llnlli- had landed nboitt 300 troops, who with monthly, 8 pages, or semi-monthly, 4 pa- er discouraging; still the owners may about 100 operatives nnd artisans were for the temtier- console themselves flint their vessel is ;tt work erecting fortifications, d&c. ges each. nnce cause, the avails of the subscription preaching a spirited" temperance lecture July 14 Captains R. Drew and J. Jones list, and whatever amount is received for to the whole World. Massachusetts mer advertisements, will be expended in pro- chants ought to know better than to send were drowned in Hie river Thames. Capt. Jones visited Sandwich Islands commandmoting the circulation of the paper, par- rum to the Pacific. ticularly among seamen throughout the ing 11. M. S. Carucoa. Isthmus of Panama.—At a meeting Pacific. The principle of total abstiU. S. S. Warren. Joseph B. Hull, Esq. nence from nil intoxicating drinks as a of the Academy of Sciences at Paris, M. commander, left Norfolk, Vu., Oct. 18, beverage" will •continue to be advocated Arugo made a communication of the steps for the Pacific- About the same time as the only true foundation upon which that have been taken towards Hie great U. S. Frigate Savannah, Capt. Filzhugh, the temperance reform can be expected work of cutting through the isthmus of also left for the Pacific. finally to triumph. The progress of the Panama, which has been so long talked The 11. S. Steam Frigate Missouri, cause during the past year so far from of, but which many persons have regarddiscouraging, only animates to more un- ed as chimerical. According to this Capt. J. F. Newton, was totally destroyed The reform is gaining communication, a contract has been en- by fire on the '27th of August, at Gibraltiring zeal. ground nt the Sandwich Islands as well tered info by Messrs. Baring &. Co. of tar, where she had arrived that morning, to Alexandria) conveying the as in other parts of the world. Seamen London, with the republic of New Gren- on her way Hon. Caleb Gushing, U. S. Commissionhave taken up the work in good earnest, ada, in virtue of which, the republic is to er lo China.. Nothing of consequence the the line for required hence communications from them for cede to them the columns of the Friend will be peculiarly projected canal, with 80,000 acres of was saved exceptofthe ship's chronometer Mr. Cushing. The acceptable, and we shall endenvor to land on the two banks, and 400,000 in and'the papers vessel cost nearly $600,000. Messrs, the of Barmake our paper equally acceptable in interior the country. return. ing & Co. had, it is said, in the first inWrites an Am. correspondent to the " |«d " " THE FRIEND. . " ihe " " " 4 Aword subscribers.—In closing ounts for the year, the publisher rejoices to find that only one subscriber is delinquent in settling his account! Persons wishing to subscribe for the Friend for the coming year will, it is hoped, make no delay in forwarding their names. The January No. will be forwarded to old subscribers in Honolulu, and they will be understood as wishing to continue their subscription, unless they give information to the contrary b< >re another No. is issued. See terms. bbbbbbbbbbbb! to stance, fixed the amount of 101 l for the navigation of the canal at the exhorbitonl price OF*lBf per ton; but they have reduced it to Bf. The work, upon which 4,000 or 5,000 men are to be engaged, is to be completed in five years.—[Eng. pa. Intelligence has been received by H. M. ketch Basilisk, that Oenernl Miller has been appointed English Consul General for the North Pacific. Also that the English government had acknowledged (he protectorate of the French over the Society Islauds. ■ Leaden Evening Chronicle, Aug. 30— " When the U.S. S. Boston, arrived at Boston a few days since, some of the sailors refused to do duty, saying that their term of service had expired. The commander, Capf. Long, ordered them to their duty under penalty of being fired upon. Order and obedience was instantly restored." The Boston sailed from Honolulu March 18, 1343. Says a wine-merchant ia London, the revenue on port wine alone has diminished £300,000. �1844.) . Ttt-E, I?¥llE>ft>. 5 you enter be- Ist Port Lloyd, nor observed by the Matilda hind a small but high inland, which forms nt sea, though the unusual rise of the water the South Ik ad, terminating towards the sen above described, is probably to be attributed to the distant volcanic eruption. The botiin Islands, siluated in about the in a high bluff, but sloping with a moic gratl Of the moral nnd religious condition of on the side todescent, but still tleep 27th parallel of north lalitutle, and in 14.° mil the lion in Islanders. 1 tear I cannot ssy it accessiis eusl longitude, are nil with the exception of' wards the village; from which, as lam told, paid Peel's Island uninhabited ; and this has been ble on foot at low water. This, from liie much. Some regard is. few bibles and other Sabbath, the and a setto Hie some tiso which it has lo en applied by to speculator* only recently settled by are their in religious possession; but hooks from Ouiiu. who in tits year 18-J0 emigrated' tlers. Is called Goat Island. On the opposervice, of or religious they are public Htiy is the location if site shore the harbor that the of of hope acquiring fi-«MH place with of them appear of destitute. Some course or three narked others, and two On cmv ail speedy futiiiie from supplying Win. Gilly steady characters, bat 1 tun whalers with rolVeshnieills; an Object for on the charts by the name of Stuvcr's Val- to be moral and afraid Hint cannot be said of all; and tho .Mr. Savery, and ai the bend of he ley; bay Islands am well remarkably which these I growing up almost entirely unsitutitsd, being in a tcmpoiate climate, and one of the original settlers, bus esinblished children nre educated. Gilly and Savery, (though the great possesses himself, a situation which in of much frequented by a the ocean ill |iart no children,) appeared deeply the sperm whale, S'Hnti of which are often j picturesque beauty and alioilililing fertility, latter futs sensible of the wants 'of tho settlement' in of but confessed it is rather out it must be killed by their adventiiroils pursuers, within both these respects, and the former expressthose send in merely morethe of which way ships the Innd. Peel's Island j few miles of n himself willing to guarantee a comfortable over posssjises an excellent harbor, Port their boats for refreshments, without coming ed to any person who was qualified to support but uu much for so iadeetl that Lloyd, au#is well supplied with wood audi to anchor; So undertake the education of his two boys. island toe of two upon kind of refreshment Can accidental detention and every water, known of Rut this would be an engagement requiting DOW be purchased here at a reasonable rate or three d iys, I should not have enterwell be supposed the tleep consideration licfore it could befitted The soil of this island is of first rale qual- its existence, ns it may in by any one who was nt all ed upon, of do not masters acquaint kind of other settlers vegetable and ity, produces every the due for discharge any manner, proper least till ufter their with or not at it, in abundance and perfection; but the quan- ships of it. tity of thi! gootl laud is in very small pro- own produce is disposed ol at these thai which turtle are plentiful very indeed, as lo Green compared parti in EDITOR'S CORRESPONDENCE. is roc'iy, mountainous, and unavailable; islands at certain periods, when in accordWhich is, indeed, the general character of ance with their natural instinct, these aniSliip Nakr acanbf.tt, of! Hawaii,) Nov. -a, IB4A I the islands; the little fiats nnd vallies here mals seek the shore, to deposit llicir eggs in untl there by the suit-side, where a ricli soil the sandy beach In one nest, thtj turtle Totrießev. S C Damos. is to be fiiind, forming the few and scanty will often lay from 90 to 100 eggs, carefully Dear Shi, —You requested me to send packed in layers, with sand intervening be- our temperance pledge on shore, but the exceptions to the general rule. Tho emigrants arrived to the number of tween each layer, and the whole is comple- wind being very strong, and our ship far to ten couple, the men hem;; nenrlv equally ted by replacing the sand above thorn as lewanl when I returned on board, I did not divided in point of color; the women were nearly ns possible in its original state. The like to stop; and thinking it probable I should many enemies to which the young fry are ex- have an opportunity to send it to you by til Hawaiian*. posed us soon as hatched, renders this won- some vessel from Hawaii, I kept on my occurred among soon A disagreement them, for there being no legal authority or derful proliiicuess of the parent indispensa- course. 1 will now send it, however, fir I feel it properly constituted superior, every man did ble; which again manifests the wisdom of the that which was right in his own eyes, antl Great Creator, in thus providing against the a duty to take a decided stand in favor of temperance, hating long since felt it to be their la'ior, instead of being concentrated possible extinction of the species. On the '2 ith April last, the water of Port essentially necessary to our happiness in upon a common cause, became divided, each man acting for himself, and forming a sepa- Lloyd was observed to rise suddenly in u this his', to be strictly temperate in all things. How utterly impossible, it is lor a.man to rate establishment; an arrangment not per- most unusual manner. Mr. Savery's achaps very detrimental in the long run, but count is as foil iws: at the time when the ebb be in a state of progressive improvement, productive of considerable hardship antl tide was about half spent, in the forenoon, where intellectual faculties are constantly difficulty in the curly period of their set- he was standing on Ihe sand, which in front obscured by a cloud arising from indulgence of his home extends out a longdistance, the in alcoholic drinks. Dim perceptions ot* tlement. Their number wns afierwards increased head of the bay being shonl water, when he what is passing around him seem to be titby the arrival of some shipwrecked people observed the water suddenly to rise, and ling across his mental horizon, but his ideas who had been enst away upon Perry's rush in with great violence, to nearly the are confused, and be cannot possibly, while tiroup, (some small islands lying about forty height of the usual high-water mark; a se- under the influence of stimul ttiug drinks, cond und thitd wave soon followed *in the fulfil any of the high purposes for which he miles In the northward of the Bonins.) From that period to the present the popula- same sudden manner, which overflowed his was created, and which his creator so emition has been very fluctuating; some having cultivated hind, and swept impetuously nently endowed him with abilities to perrun away from ships to remain, nnd others, through his house, doing him considerable form. My two first voyngeg were performed (and these the largest number,) having lefi mischief. The entire height to which it rose the settlement in different ships which touch- did not exceed three or four feet, in all, and under captains addicted to intemperate hubed here for refreshments; so that their num- it very quickly retired to its usual level. A its, who often degraded themselves ia sight ber at the present period, including men, ship, the Matilda of London, which shortly of their crews Often did 1 think in those earlier days, that women and children, amounts to 44 persons; alter visited the island, reported that in pass•nd it is soi»ewhiit singular that of nil the ing Volcano Island, situated some few de- sooner than become a drunkard, (dvapiseti, children born upon the island, only two nre grees to the southard, about that time, the degraded, sunk below the level of the brute, virls; and this through a period of thirteen volcano was observed to be in active and as they often are,) 1 would far sooner die, violent operation, (ns was also the case when innocent of that crime, at least, although years. The original settlement named on the the writer of this article passed it a month utterly unprepared for that solemn transition. charts Clurksuii's Village, is situated t*n the later.) No shock of an earthquake was felt Various kinds of fiqnors were osed on board right hand of the harbor as For tlm t'riond. SKETCH OF BONIN ISLANDS. 184.1. KltOM TltK JOtIRNAL or — �6 * THk "FEIE-VD. (J V.NUARY, ships in which I served—temperately served for much usefulness, I will subscribe aess and usefulness, nnd that temperance eminently tits us for all the duties and enYour sincere friend, , as it was then termed, (except in the myself Chas. Coffin. munis of life, do hereby pledge ourselves W. mentioned,) joy and took 1 s ofthose before to the total übstmence fioiii ail intoxicating my glass with the rest. In Nov. 1827, 1 Wednesday evuning,7 o'clock, Nov. 22. drinks, except administered us u medicine: formed a resolution, after some consideraThree years ago this evening, at about to the use of ardent quit ble deliberation, Ciias. \V. Coffin, Master. (his hour, I proceeded to your chupel, to Owen Mauler, Ist Mate. spirits for a season, until I should feel it farewell of Mr. Diell, and the Reuben C. Andrews, best to take some again; and now, alter six- witness the M .Mate. Henry VV. Collier, 3d Mate. teen years abstinence, 1 pronounce it a admiiiist ration ol'the sacrament. It was the most solemn and impressive scene I ever heJames Clothier, Cooper. good resolution. this and at moment 1 can recall to But do not, my dear sir, misunderstnnd held; Frank Anlore, Seaman. me, and ascribe unto me any credit which. mind his appearance. With scarce strength ■ nark, enough to stand, he bade farewell to his does not belong to me, for 1 have not "been church; his nnd I believe no one present could Seaman, a total abstinent all that time. It was the Robert x; Stivers, feel when beheld u they indifferent, dyhim, which resolved I use of ardent spirits to remark. of the truth he had labored to (rain from, never once thinking the least ing witness Seaman, James Brown, and received his impressive charge, preach, wine, of n glass arise fronrtaking harm could mark. that wero now to God for they responsible the most respectaespecially as nearly all of Seaman. ble people 1 know, ladies and all, took a glass all the warnings ho had given them. Soon Win J. x Smith, in irk. $/\ of wine occasionally. Scarce any, the. most he was called home, and may each one who li;» zealous in tho causo of temperance, gave it then heard him, meet him, where pain and Jos. Lewis. Sramnn. a thought, that beneath the sparkling wine soirow and patting are unknown. mark. Yours truly, lurked the insidious foe to human happiness, Steward. William Smith, Ciias. VV. Coffin. Seaman. Israel Trippett, in the shape of intemperance. Bu| soon Seaman." they became convinced that the spirit of evil Coffin, George W. BREITSDYHNB GE OWER! was to be found in the most incipient stimP. S. We have several others on board Oftentimes we see a fleet of ships riding who ulus. are decidedly temperate, but do not like I drank wine vrth.my friends, proffered at anchor in an open roadstead, where cross to sign the pledge. C. W. C. it to them on board my ship at sea, nnd nt tides nnd strong flaws of opposite winds have access to and some strike them, frequently my bouse on shore, until 1 became convinced Letter from Rev. D. Baldwin. of my inconsistency as a friend of temper- adrift, and are only saved from danger by Lahaina, Dec Tib, ISIS. the best bower!" letting go name ance, and in February, 1837, put my " various pursuits over the Deab Bro. Damon, Men in their —An opportunity ofto the pledge of the Total Abstinence Socilife, of fers and must in I to-day, just say to you that ocean some measure be commay Nantucket, never for a moment and ety in and two have lilt ships here, to and seasons of we have two in ships; so. have relaxation pared I have I regretted having done occasionally been solicited to drink wine from labor, when in search of amusement, us which I have not reported; though both and other liquors, but I do not find' it difficult may in one sense be compared to ships at touched attheOahu. The following are the four: to excuse myself; and although I may have anchor. Unless there is clear bottom and report of Arrived at Lahaina. been thought guilty of a breach of courte- good holding-ground, it is not safe to anchor, sy by refusing, still I am not conscious nor is it safe tor men to seek for rest or Nov. 24, Audlcy Clark, Griswold, 36 mis., 1300 5.—200 season. of havng given offence to any one by so amusement near the harbor of Temptation, whero the cross-tides of intemperance, or Nov. 30, Oregon, Sherman, 28J mos., 1100 doing. It would be a aatisfaction to me, to see the strong flaws of social feeling may strike a.—100 season. all Whom my occupation connects me with, him adrift. It is necessary however, at Dec. 2, John Jay, Rogers, 13J mos., 400 s.—300 season—l800 w. season. all whom I meet in my wanderings over the times, to cast anchor where we may not like our berth well. 4. Peruvian, Arthur, 40 mos., 1400 s. very Therefore, to be sufe Dec. of the consepernicious globe, convinced 130 season—soo w. season. quences of intemperate indulgence, and of from the persuasions of our friends, from the real heartfelt satisfaction which fills the the scoffs and jeers of occasional companThis is probably the last of our fall fleet. The John Jay was so unfortunate as to bosom of those who are free from the insa- ions, and from our own weak anil erring natures, which may not at all times be proof lose her 3d officer, Mr. Jeliiel Penny, of tiable thirst for drink. against temptation, let us bring up with our Sag Harbor, Long Island, who waa killed that a voice as think sometimes terrific I as the thunder's crash, showing the horrors "best bower,"—"total abstinence from all instantly by a blow from the flukes of a of an intemperate course in its most vivid intoxicating drinks," trusting that that whale, while standing in the stern of his colors, can hardly arrest some of them; yet course, will preserve us from being ship- boat, on the 28th of last June. Mr. Penny I see that much is doing to promote temper- wrecked on the rocks of Intemperate Indul- hail indulged the hope of a christian while at ance, and check intemperance, in all porta of gence. home, shortly before be sailed on the present I'o preserve ourselves and our shipmates, voyage; but owing to going too soon to sen, the christian world; and Bailors who have been long borne by the current into the fa- and all those over whom we have any influ- he had never united with any church. When tal abyss, are nobly striving to stem the tor- ence, is our desire; and aa union is strength, at Lahaina, last Spring, he spoke of bis hope rent and eacape that inevitable shipwreck we desire to unite ourselves and others in as a christian, and borrowed some books for which too often awaits those who tread the thia great work, and all ride by the best Ihe cruize which were well adapted to his patha of indulgence. May they find strength bower anchor, total abstinence. And we case, as one about to leave the world. He from Him who is mighty to save, to reacue hereby unite ourselves into a society, for is spoken of by tbe Master, his fellow officers tbem from their peril, and may all good per- the promotion of temperance, by signing the and others on board, aa a coaaialent christian; and they speak of bis loss with great r<sons lend them a helping hand, and they following— Pledge.—We who have hereunto af- grct. It is a pleasing incident which assy certainly will be saved. With the best " wishes for the happiness of yourself and fixed our names, believing that intemper- be metationed, that be bad commenced relifamily, and that your health may be pre- ance i< the greatest bane lo human sappi- jiiiuajnasriags in tbe steerage for tbe ship's , . _ �7 TttE TTtlfcXT). 1844.) company, only three weeks before his death. They were held in the steerage as a place to which the seamen would be more likely to go than they would to tho cabin. For three Sabbaths these meetings had been held, when Mr P. had no longer any work there, but was called, as we may hope, to net in a higher sphere. Considering the few among sailors who take a stand on the side of the Lord, we should have wished such a young man us Mr. P could have been spared; but if taken uwny, it is no small consideration, that he has It'll evidence of preparation for n better world Mr. Penny was married a few weeks before he left on this voyage. This is my speech to you, my sister friend. Commiserate me in my affliction, in my helplessness, and in the difficulties in which my nation is involved with France. The existing protectorate government of France in my dominions I do not acknowledge. I knew nothing of what my chiefs nnd the French consul had done before I wrote to you by Capt. Jones, I being absent nt Raiate. On the arrival of tbe French Admiral, A. Dv Petit Tb ns. tbe same chiefs who formerly signed the document requesting French protection assembled, viz: the three governors and Puraita, the Extract of a letter from John Bel- person who was left in charge at Papeete lows, QiIARTKII-MASTEB 11. M. S. Ca- (Paruita is the root of this great evil) the RYSFORT, DATED French admiral and the French consul, Monterey, Octolior 14, 1843. after having completed their design in My df.ar sir, —We anchored here a few hours since, and 1 devote a few minutes to signing the document, sent it over to me say lam well. 1 hope this may find your- at Morea, through the medium of my self, Mrs. Damon, and all friends in Honolu- messengers Tairapa and Mr. Simpson, lu, enjoying the same invaluable blessing. for my signature. We lay ten days in St. Francisco and I Tairapa said to me, "Pomare, write there distributed whut spare copies of the your name tinder this document. If you Advocate 1 hud with mo. You will learn do not write your name, you must pny a from the Fama, which conveys this, all par10,000 dollars—s,ooo to-morrow, fine of ticulars of the shipping there, as she was 5,000 and the following day, arid should with there us. You will rejoice to learn that myself nnd the first payment be delayed bcyoud two Mr. W., with about four or five others, are o'clock the first day, hostilities will be still on the total abstinence system. The commenced, and your land taken." subject is very much discussed, and I have On occotint of this threat, against my no doubt many will ho led to see it will be will I signed my name. I was compelled much to their advantage to adopt the princito sign it, and because I was afraid for ple, and then practise it. Before that hippy day, when our swords the British and American subjects resiare to be beat into pruning-hnoks, and these ding on my land (in case of hostilities) guns we now carry are stuck in the corner*) would have been indiscriminately massaof the streets to protect tho windows from cred: no regard would have been paid to being broken by carriages, and on the parties. wharves for ships to make fast their moorThis is the way my government has ings,—l think the majority of sea-faring been taken from me, and constituted into men will be sober men. Haiti day, the a French government. Lord hasten it. My government has been tnken from me by my enemies, Pnriatu, Hitate, Tati, From the London Evening; Chronicle of Aug.3o. others connected with them ; it was and THE QUEEN OF TAHITI TO THE they who combined nnd entered into on QUEEN OF ENGLAND. agreement with the Ffcnch. They have A copy of the following curious letter, in banished me, that I should not be sovewhich queen Pomare, of Tahiti, soli- reign of Tahiti; that they should be kings, cits the protection of the English gov- and also their children. ernment against France, has beeti reAnd now, my friend, think of me, have compassion on me, and assist me ; let it ceived in tho city : be powerful, let it be timely and saving, "Tahiti, Jan. 23,1848. My dear friend and sister, queen Vic- that I may be reinstated in my government; toria, queen of Great Britain. let it be prompted by the feeling which Health and peace to yo i, and saved caused the Messiah to come into our may you be by Jehovah, the foundation of world to save you and me. our power as queens of our respective Have compassion on me in my present countries. We dwell in peace from the trouble, in my affliction and great helplessness. irranginents made by our predecessors. . Do not cast me away; assist me quickly, tny friend. I run to you for refuge, to be covered under your great shadow, the same as as afforded to my fathers by your "fathers, who are now dead, and whose kingdoms have descended to us, the weaker vessels. I renew that agreement; let it be lasting and forever. Let ils continuance extend not only to ourselves and children, but to our children's children. My friend, do not by any means separate our friendship. This is ssy true wish. I now deliver up to you, my friend, my lust effort; tny only hope of being restored is in you. Be quick to help me, for I nm nearly dead; I am like a captive pursued by a warrior and nearly taken, whose spear is close to me. The time is very nigh when I fear I shall lose my government and my land. My friend, send quickly a large ship of war to assist me. A Erench ship of war is daily expected here—speedily send a ship of war to protect me and I shall be saved. It is my wish that the admiral may speedily come to Tahiti. If he cannot speedily come, I wish a large ship of war may come just at this present time. Continunlly send here your ships of wnr; let not one month pass away without one, until my present difficulties are over. I have also at this time written a letter to your admiral on the Spanish coast to come to Tahiti and assist me. Health and peace to you, may you be blessed, my sister friend, queen of Great Brituin, &c, . Pomare, Queen of Tahiti. The queen of England has visited France and Belgium. An account of the restoration of the Sand. Is. flag was published in the New Orleans Bulletin, Oct. 28.—[New Orleans news 54 days; shortest passage ever made. Extract from a letter of Sir George Simpson to his correspondents in Honolulu, dated Red River Settlement, 3d July, 1843: " I shall probably have again the pleasure of writing you from Canada or Boston, by Mr. Richards or Mr. Brinsmade, who I understand have it in view to proceed to the Sandwich Islands from Boston, either in October or November next." Honolulu,»d Dsc., TB4» �(January, THE TRIE,KB. 8 lFrcTaeonhva Btusole rrived i For MoiisiaurVmornACD, ('oinmiiiitl.int IIIAAC UK I.AFAkHI«»Ii., OlKcs*. Bahthe, • " "«' "" " Ik Pottehin, t'iniiiei-s.iip». lir. Mabuvault, Lltoe. I)i Castki.i.ank, " ]J»: FuMTANU, 44 44 ,4 14 " Cass.w, 44 II ALLOT, 211 homrues d'equipnge. " i fALoMNrC 1844. i" t-s ii ' § 11 I January, 7 w' 5 s» », U S 2 H February, "a * . . '. . 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Thus, ill every eiiine :tii(l nili'iil is llio li ijile.-,.- sailor s liiii Marked with Imsabipand privatioa, Uough euduruuee, ctiiMUO, bo.lb. 5. Vot, tlin tempest's rage is haliiilass, W huii lonip.o'il \Miii passion's gust Happier ms I Im letieicd captrrw 'Hi.in the slaves of rum, or lust. — : 7. Noblo, though perchance drgrndod, generous, brave— Aro a broihcrVriglits invaded.' Ho will risk hia life tv save. Friend" to yon, poor sailors, Wishing yon a Happy Year. Hail not laid sharks, nor retailers; 8. Comosthe " From seducing salens sleer. POH RTF ONOLULU. Deo. 13 Brig Eiipheniia, Nightingale, "19 Schr. Pallaa, Sylvester, Newburyport, from Colomb. Riv. Vancouvor,Brotchie,London, from Colomb. Riv. Dec. 9 Bifg 10 Ship " " 9. Sinning is lbs source prolific Of the suffering* yon endure.— Virtue is tho grand saiceilie; Holiness, the sovereign cure. Dundee, last from Cnllno. " 19 Barque SO H.M.ktchßasilisk. " 2i " Fr. corv. Boussole,Vrignaud, mander. «< 10. Pleasure dwells wilh the ptirn-bcirt.il; To the virtuous, peace is given, And the cheering Impe impirtod Of the endless bliss of Heaven, Honolulu, Dee. 22, IHIS. Cony BAILED. Ilebcr. Wm and FJi?a, Rogers, for New York. 2-2 H.M.ktch Basilisk, for Tahiti. y.9 H. M. S Champion, Clavell. Passengers.—On board Wm. & Eliza, for U. S., Mr. Anthon, nnd Mr. Cummins. On board Eleanor, for London, Mrs Otto, and child. On board barque Vancouver, from Col. River, Mr. Dwight, belonging to Springfield, Mass. On board scbr. Fallns, from Col. River, Mr. Johb. Boardmnn, Rlr. VV. P. Overton, Mr. D. Trainer, und Mr. Jona. Thompson. of Trmpernaoe nnd Penmen, Tbe Friend WR J. H. PESENGER, Makes and! published monthly, Spngca, orsruii-inni.tlily, 4 pages, Chaplain. ITB Rf.paiiiek of Piano Fortes, desires by Samuicl C liaijun, Hoainon's Tf.kmb —#1 00, Oie Cnny. rnyrible to inform the Public that he is ready to exeCopies; Five 00, 00, Tea '"£6'''bonce300, TlnecCopioa; .-j4 cute work in the most satisfactory manner. s f'ouias. „ ■ He is to be seen at Mr. John Munn's, Adv»-oitiii«mknts.--S"J 00 lor two insertions ol one squire, anil 00 cents for eneh continuance. (It 24 Honolulu. lor i«n insertions ofhall'a square, and 25 tents foraach ■ FOR —-— SALE.—VoI. 1., Temperance 7 Advocate and Seamen's Friend, 14 121 bound in boards, $1 25—at the Study 12 18 II 20 21 27 27 .Insi I'll W'kaviß, at L. S. bokpital, Hunolalu, Dec 10, loir). He was left at Maui, having been discharged trom Ibe Triton, Capt. Cbasf, who shipped him in I'nita. ll#was a native of Coiiini Inul, near i\orwich. Mr. .It hiel Penny, 'id officer of the whale ship John Jay, was kilbd instantly by a [Bes Lev. 1). whale. June '.tlth, lb-ili Baldwins biter. Dec "lit, William, agsd two nnd a half yearn, only son ol Mr. A. 11. l'uyei weather. Dec. Its, Bobkiit William, ii.lant son of Capt, Hover, of Honolulu. Ai;iuvi;i). 6. Still, kind c.Torts nrc not wasted l-'or the sapor's h.ippiue.ss Pleasures puro, he's ofon tasted— He may rise 10 Heavenly bliss. Tender-hearted, — , 2. Nuinlic.'less : x the Friend, for January Ist, 1844 TIIK N.VI LOU'S LIFE. by ocean's lioavnit; suites, To std 1. Ini.ui.i'il iliu »alary vusiu toioim \\ hcrcver g.iin or scisuce urges; 1 io.ii liuimi .in oxile—or, Without a home. ** fIOCKUAIB, Die Comkyrab, DiitirßiPii." llkbniiykhb, Donations "Friend" Authur, for temperance. From (.'apt. Smith, wnnleship Ohio, n sovereign: al»", hiioilu r sovereign from Mr. C B. Swain, Ist officer of the ship, for Seiimin's Chaplaincy. li'ron, fi 00 liir Hie good of Scnmen. %* All charila'ile donation* placed inlbo bands of the hciiiiii n's chaplain, will bo expended agreeably to the wish of donors. .—From POETRY. in this harbor December 23, from Tahiti. Ol lIIC Ajcuint-ii s viitiiuaiu. ... , c<mtinu«noe. advertising, _.. see F.ditor. Subscriptions and dsHiatians received by Mr. Cilrtrin, at Messrs I.aild & Co „Mr IV 11. Coirdmuii.aiidat the rttudy of thel*«Him«ira Ch.tpliin. KVrveirry Rev. 1). Baa.dw'i«, Agenl, l.nbnarirt, Mhul Hilo, llawat. Rev. T. Csak, Mt Cmab-Bvukhah u Kalaa, dam, " � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Friend (1844) Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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