https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/9810ba3fb4b1136d0611a03e811b6e89.pdf 7c570386de922903c90a85fc78da64aa PDF Text Text 113 Vol. 11. THE FRIEND, OF SEAMEN. AND TEMPERANCE Ne. XII. HONOLULU, OAHU, SANDWICH ISLANDS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1844. The increased afflux of vessels in 1843, is very re- great effortsto-supply every thing they want.at cheap markable; and 1 am not sure that there may not have rates. As tho Ports of California are so conveniently West been more arrivals during that year, for the data before situated for the whalers that fish on the North me, commence only on the 16th February, and ex- const, which of late, are by far the greatest number, their competition with these Islands, is so much the tend no farther than the 7th November. On the Shipping, T.i:lu, Agriculture, Climate, The present year, (1844) is not yet completed, but more to be dreaded. Diseases, Religions Institutions, Civil and latterly the attention of the American whalers has of is far enough advanced to prove thut the number Social Condition, Mercantile and Financial itshi|« at Lahaina, will greatly exceedeven that of 1843. been directed to the sperm fishery, less then in former of Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands, Policy the From the 7th January to the 14th May. 138 ships had years, and tho success of those who do fish for sperm viewed in relation to othergroupsefIslands, arrived, and 116 from the Ist July lo the Bth of Octo- has hot been what it was, seven and ten years ago. and to the natural and acquired advantages ber; ma 11,251. ExceptingBßremen vessels, 10French This result appeals from the following figures, which of fneSandwich or Hawaiian Islands. By I take from Messrs. Peck t» Ce>.'sstatements. and I Danish, all were Americans. Robhrt Ckichton Wyi-l-it, Esquire. In this Port of Honolulu, in) 1843, there were only Years. |NiHnherof ships. Average'take of sp oil135 arrivals of whale ships, and so fir as this year has ( Continuedfrom No. XI., page 99.) 624 barrels. yet run. 1 tear there will be fewer in 1844, thus justify1K!3 24 604 1834 45 ing the remarks previously made in my note 53, pub74. Sai/tino Provisions. This business has alto September. and Pork are found lished the Friend ef 4th the inhabi665 in If ready been tried, and the Beef 1835 38 " on the and see trade, salting preserve new mode of the tants of Honolulu wish to 1838 681 I J" A the salt well. 44 take ■» houses, increase 488 1837 44 principle of placing the meat in a ssrwusi, and letting their property, whether in land or 388 1-4" 18S8 51 >n the brine or pickle, has been patented in London, yearly in value, it becomes them seriously H> consider •« 1839 32 409 under the auspices of my friend Dr. Elmore. The why the whalers prefer Lahaina to this Port, and to 1340 29 285 apparatus is simple and cheap, and the process more remove any disadvantages tboy may here labor under, the old be removed. mode, 444 1-2" certain and quick in its operation than th ti an 1841 34 " 1842 408 In my notes number 9 and 10, in the Friend of Ist JuM commonly known. " Tho annual concourse of vessels at these Islands, ly, I have already shewn the vast importance of the During the latter year, there were 16 01 the arrival* ought to afford a demand for salted provisions, if they concourse ef whalers that yearbj frequent these Islands, from the North Went coaat, where the average take of can be produced at a cheap price, and of good quality. and that the annual expenditure of each has been cal- black oil was 1760 barrels. As cattle are already abundant, and fast multplying, culated at from 800 to 1303dollars But supposing that During the preterit year the aurcesa of whalers in while salt and casks can be procured in any desired each vessel on an average, should only spend 400 dolquarter has been great and general beyond any quantity, I see no reason why such provisions should lars duringench visit,that amount on 251 vessels, would that fiimier ex imjilo. It baa ulso been great on the coaat leave tor Lahaina $100,400 annually. not be well and cheaply prepared here. of J., pan, with those who hah for sperm. 75. Tansesi-ass Cubrikrt. The abundance 78. Mowtfrey, Ppprr California. The imThe question whether, with all the fishing during the of hides, sheep skins, goat skins, calfskins, tic. af- portance holding out every possible inducement to last 164 years, the number of whale*, throughout the of fords facilities for the establishment of su h useful diminished, or only so, in particubalers to continue tho preference ihey have hitherto nee in, has become trades in these 1.-lands. In tho Island of Hawaii, I w upon which given to these Islands is so much the greater, that Mex- lar seas, or quarters of those seas, is one applied, am informed, bark is found, which has been or the most experienced whaliug Captains give very conthing any wise liberal nation to adopt I—the1—the lasttrade with great success to the purpose of tanning. It is ico or shipping—has at last opened its tradictory opinions. Some right upon this important probable that the suno or other barks may be found, concerning eyes to the policy of attracting them to the Ports of point will be thrown by the following tabloa relating to m the other Islands, were a demand for them to California It appeal*, that in the Port of Monterey, the Greenland whale fishery, and the whale fishery in arise. the utboriti is h ye reduced the Port charges on wha- general, a* it has been conducted r and; is atiM pmswJ 76. WeavingandSpinninc. In all communities. lers to but 4 dollars, and the farmers are making by British vessels. there are women, children of u certain age, old people, and infirm, not able to work in the fields, but of sufficient strength to engago in waaniij, spinning, or other GREENLAND WHALE FISHERY. light in-door occupations. Where cotton and wool are articles of natural growth, and materials for dying can be found, it could shewting the thieelargest llfTom or Eioht Years, shewing the four larbe inattei of no great difficulty to to ich the natives to Return or Six Years, gest and I he four smallest Importations ef the last and the three smallest Importallions of Thirty years, prepare the woof, dye it, spin it, and weave it up into Twenty Years. in the early petiodof the Fiaheiry. coarse shirts, blankets, c.ipe, stockings, cloaks, girths, suspenders, untitles, and other little articles that Ouautity of might be uselul to the natives, and even bought to Number ofShips Average v_.„ Year. Oil imported for Employed AH' Employed some extont, by the crews of whalers. eacnShip. Ship. each might of these articles be Fancy Fair for the sale A " Tuns. I Tuns. ' I I held twice a year when the whale ships crowd the 121 71 1822 117 148 On such occasions, mats, baskets, and other cu1680 Port. 146 117 1823 lt> riosities, made or collected by the natives, might be 214 1«X8 1(0 1828 »i 100 48 offered for sale. 1«9« 91 14 1830 180 *>7 Itis impossible to overrate the importance to the 1701 81 146 1832 to its 137 157 Sintlwich Islands of asysteui of general industry 1705 1836 58 13 not 137 < inhabitants of all classes. It would lead only to 1710 10B 1838 30 the benefit of the whole, but of every individual; it (I 15 1840 would beget feelings of self-respect and independence, establish order and morality, promote health and vigour, unite the members of families, villages and disThe erroneous impression that thefiljing off ofthjr F.heryef ot the netiery.ine tricts together, engender patriotism, and powerfully Whales, is manifested by theforegoing Table, whereby it is shown, that, inthe-«r««r periods counteract the progress of depopulation. produce of Oil varied more than in later years. 77. Port or Lahaina, Island or Maui. I now proceed. Rev. Sir, as I promised to you, on the Years 1821 and 1841. 15th March last, to hand you a table of the whalers SHIPS AND SEAMEN EMPLOYED in the respective 1841. that have touched at the Port of Lahaina, sirrce 1836. 18 JI generally whalers and adding some remarks relating to particularly to that Port. of .mptMno-o. -... 3hips.INo.of Men (Ho |No m F.SH.a.E. Fisheries |No. of8bip..|Wo. of Men. Fish...... FISHERIES. Yearly arrivals of whate ships, for seven years, at the Port Lahai»8 to inclusive of 1843, 1« 1887 from Nortbom or Greenland Northern or Greenland ™» w na Maui, Sandwich Islands, according to accounts »*> *> Spermacati Whata . ' kindly furnished by Messrs. Peck *■ Co., and Rev. Common OilWhsle (Whale andl Common Oil (Whale and -.,,„-,. Dr. Baldwin. Sea Elephant SeaEhrphasO nj ■ z '2*« Vessels. 11837 1 & 1183911840.1841 18421 1843 Fur.Seal Skin _J1__ —___ Fur, Seal9km I 8808 1 70 84 232 828 whalers, 12,788 65 Of *» 5 2 8 4 sh 7 1 6 2 The foregoing Table shows s falling off m 20 years of Ul Ships, and ».78» ich 1 .'** British fa-the S eries, being equal to 78-100, which hi attributable to the withdrawal*fttaatflM lratn Bntun t when**, and 1 St. Johns, N. Bruns Importafjon Bisinsii tb* increased of the Countries, abatement ofDuties on Vegetsble Oils, th* produc* of Foreign " 1 latter being shewn in the following Table. For the Friend. NOTES " ' " y^J^^^^S^ , trican „ 1 fig « .. J Meiv»»P»J7««''" , �114 VEGETABLE OILS IMPORTED (December , THE PRIENB. in the respective Years 1821 and 1841. Intoxication on board ships, wheie human life and property are constantly exposed lo all the dangers by earth, water, fire and uir, is something like going into* a powder magazine v. ith u lighted candle. Underwri- 1841 Description of Oil. Olir*Oil -------. ----- | Quantity I Imported. | Tuns. I Cocoa Nut Palm OilRape Seed Oil LmesedOU 1900 nil Duty per tun. *• 15 8 2 12 17 •-13 d.0 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 O Quantity I I Imported | Description of Oil. I Tims. Olive Oil Cocoa Nut Palm Oil Rape Seed LinseedOU 53)5 1264 14,215 66i0 20,325 Duty per Tun. £. s. d. 4 4 15 1 5 0 12 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 insu.crs, ship owners, ship masters and philanthropists of all classes ought lo unite to prevent the possibility of such an evil 79. Riqvlations or the Port or Lahaina. Ist, Every vessel on arrival, has to be visited by the ters, lite haihor master. 2nd. livery Captain requiring refieshments, has to pay 810 for the harbor duos, fur which he is allowed live barrels of potatoes and th* privilege of purchasing supplies for his ship. lie is al.-o entitled to the pro16,400 47,729 tection of the laws, whit* !.« and his crew obey those Increase, 81,1 129 Tuns. laws. 8. No Captain is to allow any of his men to spend the night on shore, without the leave of the Governor, TABLE of the respective Importations of BRITISH SOUTH SEA and without which any sailor found on shore one hour after is liable to be confined, and can be liberated onOIL, as compared with the Importations of BRITISH COLONIAL OIL, in sunset, ly on payment of a fine of (2. the Years 1821 and 1841. 4 la cases of sickness, or other good reasons, a captain can obtain permission for his men to remain on ah Sea and Greenland! shore, by applying to the Governor, but they must 1821. 1841. Celonial. 1841. I 1821. reside within the limitsassigned by him. Tuns. Tuns. Tub*. I Tuns. 5. Every ship on arriving and. makingpurchases, has Greenland Oil • 500 600 Cod and Seal Oil 7500 to pay one dollar for the support of two lights kept 10,000 .Spermacu-ti 0H | Itg. SpeniiaccetiOil 8310 nd burning lo mark the place where bents can land. 1964 Common Oil • 4750 47S0 101 Common Oil nil | 6433 6. Every vessel before leaving must take out a certificate from the harbor master, ih.it the Port regulaTTjsn~ 8611 7600 tions have been complied w nh, uiuior th* penalty of 17,387 Decrease Increase 20,765 | 9,896 $100. For such certificate, the Inn bor master charge* a fee of one dollar. vessel, engagedin th* whale fishery, in orTable it will be seen that while the produce ofthe South Sea and Green- der7.toEvery pay for the refreshments she may require, is alor sell goods to-the amount of J,200, as 1821 lowed barter to ■heries has, between and 1841, fallen off 520,165 Tons, the increase original invoice, but if she sell goods beyond that Colonial Fisheria ha* been only 9P87 Tons; and these Fisheries seem, by per anion ut, on th* value of the excess, she has to pay the 8(00 800 10,500 GREENLAND . ... -- -- -- I Pi i --- -- ■ -- of 1838, as compared by 1841, (see the following Table) to be on the customary duty. This duty is at present, 3 per cent, advalorem, but the Government have given notice thst'they intend to BRITISH COLONIAL OILS, Imfohted 1838. raise the duty to 6 per cant upon all goods of licit inCod and Seal Oils troduction. 98,00 Spermacceti Whale 80. Information respecting the Island* 2,434 or Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui., chiefly from data Common OiL 7,904 collected by Major Low, of the Army ef British India. It afforded me much pleasure in these remote Islands, 20,138 to make the personal acquaintance of Major Low, constituent of my, in years go. c by, respected partMessrs. Ly.ill, Brothers k Co. (formerly I.yall, LONDON PRICES or SPERMACOETI and COMMON OILS, from 1800 to 1842. ners. Wy (lie fc Co. Y of London, and Messrs. Lyall, Matheson k Co. of Calcutta. A common acquaintance with Spermac sti Common Oil ISperrracfDti CommonOil the same friends, is a strong bond ofattraction to tho* Y«AR Year. per per Tun. Tun. meet far from home, To this recommendation, | Tun. Tun. who I I per I per the Major added manneis easy and gentlemanly,with £84 £36 1822 £65 £26 1800 remarkable powers of conversation and a certain congeniality with me in interest in the aboriginal races of 1801 101 48 1823 54 25 -. 1802 96 35 1824 48 26 the human family, that recommended him in a special 96 1825 57 1803 36 manner te my esteem. I may add thai he left the same 42 1804 1826 93 88 65 34 favorable impression upon all who knew him here, nor 18« 1805 90 88 70 could it be otherwise, fioin his enlarged and liberal 27 1828 25 79, 1008 84 81 views of men and things, and his happy talent in adapt1807 93 29 1829 74 27 ing himself to all people, and all circumstance*. In 43 44 1808 1880 this respect, he reminded me much of my late lamentIll 72 180 1800 48 1831 75 48 ed friend, S+r Alexander Burnes, of Bokhara 1810 181 60 1832 61 28 celebrity. 120 During the Major's short sejbum in these Islands, 1811 1838 62 25 44 ~ 108 • 1812 80 1884 65 23 he found lime to make the tour of this Island, and to 1818 -a..--96 60 1835 75 visit the Islands of Hawaii, Maui and Kauai. I regret 1814 79 48 1836 SO 82 that he left before be had leisure to arrange and copy 79 183785 161* 48 84 out all hi* note* and to- amplify them with his ownraJ8I* 64 88 1888 84 25 msrks. 1817 78 86 1889 96 25 81. Island or Hawaii— District of Hilo and Pu90 1840 101 25 1818 43 na. In this District, the Major was hospitably enter103 1841 98 81 1819 39 tained by the Rev. Mr Coan and his lady, of whose 1880 85 80 1848 75 80 kindness he speaks in terms of warm praise He con78 W8I 88 siders that th* whole district contains about 11,000 souls, and the Port of Hilo, or Byron's Bsy itself, X35. £84, Average Price of Bpermiccrti about 1000, living in a scattered village. I Average Price of Common Altogether, the Major considers Hilo thebast situation that could have been chosen for the capital of Average Duration of Voyages in the Spermacceti Whale Fishery. theeo Islands, both on account of the excellence of its Port, the facility of watering and obtaining supplies, YrsM. its situation to windward ana in the largest Island of Ym.M. the group, its susceptibility of improvement, and other* From 180* to 1810 8 8 From 1825to 1838 20 advantages. In this view Capt. Tucker of H. B. M. 1810to 1880 .26 88 •• 18*5 to 1842 Frigate Dublin, and Capt. Armstrong of the U. 8. isaotoisae 8 Frigate Savannah, fully concur. The climate is mild and salubrious, though, rather Upon on* point, I bar* beard th* roost experienced spirits allowed in th* former. If this be the esse, it damp from frequent ruins There is perhaps s greater a of American Captain* generally agree, and it is this, behoves the owners of British Whalers to lose not Cxtont of available land, in its neighborhood, than that the Dtitinh vessels do not make such good vovtge* day in excluding ardent spirit* for ever from all their •my where else, in that or any of the other Islands, and from th* frequent rains, it is ofsurpassing fatility. a* the fcgaarissns do, chiefly from th* us* of aidant ships, sxcept for medicalpurp osss. -- * • - ------- -- - - -....--- ------' ------ - "•• ' .... » -- ' » �There are three resident Missionaries with their fannliea, one Boarding school for boys, with 66 scholars, •one for girls with 26, and 54 native schools, with about 2500 scholars. The current wanes are from 12 1-2to 37 1-2 cents p*r day, or 2 to 6 dollars per mom h. The arrivals of vessels at this Port have be*n as follows, viz: - 115 THfc tfftlEXIK 1844.) Year. vi i 1841 11842 :> Sthips ojf i Meerchai Vhalen |"itfi'aar'i*^'" war. I essels , 7 2 14 1 1 6 •3. 1 1843 8 1 1844 from Jan uary to March] Besides, th* Port is visited by nativ* vessels form ten lo twenty times annually. The export of Arrow Root for the last four years has been 55,375 pounds. The exports ofSugar was increasing. 1 J." 0" peunds. In 1840 it was 1841 23.' « 30,000 ,842 1843 •« 24.000 83,800 pounds 1844 •« were expected to be exported. In 1843, 1600 gallons of Molasses were exported. Of Colfoe, 2000 pounds were exported in 1843, and pounds. in all 1844, they expected lo export 6000 The average export ofshingles lor 4 years, had been 20,000 feet of boards, plank and 100,000 feet; in 1843, scantling were exported, while Koa and OA»« with numerous other varieties of woods fit for ship building abound. In the vicinity there is a large extent or land peculiarly wall adapted for grazing. Yet cattle, particularly tame, do not abound. Beefsells from 6 lo 7 cents per lb. Pork at 6 Hogs on the hoof at £3 each. Cock Turkies f501 cents. do Hen 25 Fowls Sweet potatoes at $1,50 cts per barrel. Onions, Coco.muts, Breadfruit, Melons and oranges abound, but vegetables are scarce and of little variety. The whole metallic circulation was calculated at only a few hundred dollars, yet the trade of the place is thought to amountto little less than $12,000 a year, chiefly, of course by barter' The harbor dues for whale ships ore 86 foranchorage, and 86 lor Pilotage. \ °° " " " " " Hamakua, Waisiea and Kawaihai. The population of this District is obouf 5500 souls, and their which rate, in is calculated at at 200, yearly decrease loss than 24 years the natives will be extinct. It contains one resident Missionary family, and 20 native schools. The population of Ivohala is about 6,500 souls. 83. Kailua. The population of the northern Dissouls. It is usual for the inhabitants trict is about 4,500leeward Islands, and hence their numto migrate to the bers do not increase, though it is believed tlie births exceed the deaths. About 2UOO or 3000 lbs of coffee were frathered during the preceding twelve months, and the soil is well adapted for cotton. The chiof town is Kailua, where His F.xrelleney the Governor, John Adams, or Kuokini, resides. It contains about 500 inhabitants. Kaelehuluhulu may contain 400 and Kenuha about 350 inhabitants. There ere two Missionary families, and 16 schools, with sbout 850 •ebollars nt Kailua. It is b«re, where the Rev. Mr. Thurston labors so usefully. ... ... ' 84. KEAi.AKEir.tTa. The Major estimates th* population from the Southpoint of Hawaii to this place, at about 4,400 souls. The annual decrease for many years has been found to be 2 and 3 per cent of their numbers. The chief towns or villages, are Keal ikekua and Kawaloa, ofwhich the former affords the only harbor frequented by ships In 1843, 22 ships, mostly whalers, touched at this Port, and during last spring 21. Trie dues are (6 for anchorage and (6 for pilot- ...... ■ There are two Missionaries and 23 schools in the The current w«|>es for laborers are from 12 1-2 to 25 cents per dsy. Carpenters earn from fl, 25 to $1,50 per day, and Blacksmiths $2. The circulation is not over $1000 in coin, but the yearly consumption of gi ods is supposed to amount to about $4000. Amongst the products are the following, viz: Sugar Cane, which grows luxuriantly, though from the scarcity otvvater.no sugar is made. Arrow Root abounds though little is prepared for markets. Kukui Oil, none made, though there are large groves ofthe tree which yields it. tailor Oil; the shrub, or plant abounds, but no oil is made. The Mustard plant grows wild. Coffee, produced in small quantities,but likely to increase, us several plantations have been commenced. On a mountain ro id between Keatakekua and Kailua, Mr. Hall, an American, has a plantation of 800 coffee trees, producing abbut 1000 lbs of coltce. Next year be expects to have 2000 trees in bearing, and to gather 6500 lbs. His Excellency, Governor Adams cultivates cofloe to about the same extent. Laborers who dig up the soil (ploughs are scarcely known) are paid about $4 per month, they finding themselves. Cotton might be cultivated to a considerable extent, thoughonly s small quantity is raised. It sells at 12-12 cents cash, or 20 cents per lb, in trade. Cabbages, Pine Apples, Pumpkins, Melons, Oranges, Figs and Grapes, also Onions abound. Maiz, or Indian corn, is produced in small quantities. Sweet potatoes are sold at $1 per barrel; Irish. $3; Yams at $1,60; Taro $1,50 per barrel and tire wood at i 10 per cubic fathom. About 100,000 feet of boards, and 400,000 shingles are produced for exportation. lions alive, fetch 3 cents per lb; beef sells at 6 cents per lb; goats sell at $1 each; turkeys sell at 50 to 75 oenlseach; fowlssell at 12 1-2 to 25 cents each; horses from $40 to $100; mules and asses sell at $30 each; oxen sell at $20 to $25 each. The above prices sre mostly those given m trade or barter; forcash tliey are much lower. The climate is the most mild and equable in the Wand. The Thermometer along the shore ranges from 75 to 85 degs. There is a sea breeze by day and land breeze by night. It rains during eight months in the year. During tho remaining four months, it is too dry . .. by 487 boys and 450 girts, making 1917 enrolled schol sj" of whom the aveiage attendance w*s 463. Of th* scholars, 410 were readers—lMi writers—lsB were studying geography—2B7 mental arithmetic, and 32 written ditto. January and This wss the state of these schools February 1844. in 88. Island ot Main. Major Lew estimates th* population of Maui, and the adjacent Island of taken together, at from 24000 to 26000 souls, roc Lantn. Lauai, he allowes 600. The climate along the Bouthcm and Western shores is hot and sultry, but tempered with land and sea breezes. Along ih* Northern and Eastern shores the trade wMids prevail and there is more rain. Rain « stall times frequent on the mountains at the height of SOOO leet and upwards. The prevailing diseases sre those arising from disorder Of the alimentary canal, created hy excess or mi, pioper feed. Ceuglis und Rheumatic pams are common, from exot The and ulcers gonorhosa, night to air. the posure a foul character are often met with but syphilitic cases are greatly diminished. • Amongst infantile complaints, those or dentition and croup are the most fatal. ~,., The common wages throughout the country is \i \-i cents per dsy,but in iUAams 26 cents are paid, ah* 50 if the Isboier works on boaid ship. The largest town and most frequented Fort is Lahaina. It contsins sbout 2800 souls, and promises rapidly to increase with the increased afflux ol wna- Of these, the Major soys 250 touched for refreshments in 1848, besides numerous arrivals and depaitures of native vessels. Irish potatoes, yams, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, bananas, melons, cucumbers, Indian com and taro sre amongst the vegetables easily procured. The prices ofthe Lahaina market are given as 10l to #10 each; lows; beef 6 cents per lb: hogs from $2coarse cotton; turkies 50 cents each, 10 for 30 yards of ducks 50 cents each; fowls 12 12 to 26 cents; goats poIrish 81 each, or 7 for SO yards of coarse cotton; yams l tatoes 82 to $3 per barrel, or 14 yards cotton;do, or 81 barrels for 30 yards do; sweet potatoes do per barrel; Onions, a barrel for 15 yards do; pumpkins for 30 yards 100 for 30 yards doi bananas 30 bunches cents 12 1-2 cents eacn; cucumbers 50 per bushel; besns $3 per barrel, or 16 yard* cotton; to plant. corn do do. The Major obtained these particulars chiefly through Indian There are two considerable establishments for makthekindness of the Rev. Mr. Forbes, who is stationed ing sugar and molasses, and several small pnos. at Kealakekua. Of Cotton little is rsised, though it might be extenThat gentleman informs me that smce the visit of sively cultivated. —. -. through go a native to Major I.ow, he had employed The same remark applies to coffee, or which the the District, from the South point ofthe Island to the Major says, there is ouly one plantation, with about village of Hokukano, three miles nerth of the Bayof 1000 trees. , uu% _u •. it Kealakekua, and found only 1649 children to 2930 Tobacco i* only grown for domestic use, though adults, the whole population being 4579. The com- also might be easily and successfully cultivated. crown at rrVtkku. parative scarcity of children is a striking and alarming Rice is small of quantity A R. C. W. fact,in these Islands. The Indigo plant grows wikfin many places, but no Indigo is msde. ~ 85. Kau. The population of thisDistrict amounts Arrow Root abounds and is prepared m cOnsslorabl* nearly to 6000 souls, of whom about one third are cath- qU aftord th* ships but grow* wild, , nlics. musterd plant * Missionary families, twenty schools, There are two only demand. , ~.. might b* Large quantities of Castor and Kukui oil and twenty toacheis The climate is cold, salubrious, and invigorating. prepared were attention given to those article*. from to 75 the shade. 47 in ranges Themometer The In East Maui, good wheat is raised and might be exThe great Volcano of Kilauca, is in the neighbor- tensively cultivated in elevated situation*. and circumference, in No proper estimate can be formed of lbs yearly conhood whose crater is 9 miles in constant sctivity. sumption of goods, or of the amount of com m circulaThe soil is good for vegetables and fruits of all tion. Both depend materially upon too crews of ship* which visit Lahaina for supplies. Oranges, Figs, Grapes, Mangoes, Custard Apples, fee. There are nine Misstonarsw on Maur, and 2 on Moare now being extensively cultivated, but the chief lokai. , products are Taro and sweet potatoes. On Maui there are 110 common schools, and 4on There are few cattle—only about 80 or 100, and 30 Lsnai. to 40 horses, but there are plenty of goata and pigs; At Lahaina lunn there is a seminary for boy*, with and turkeys nnd common poultry abound. 3 teachers, and 134 pupils: snd at VVailuku, on* for The common wages for laborers are 12 1-2cent* per ( girls under one teacher and one assistant. Kauai. Major Low, witb rtsgsnl The natives manufacture a kind ofcloth called kapa 87. Island or in the opinion expressed by all who to Kauai, concur* or mamaki kapa as an article oftrade. of the Islands, that it ■ br far the Sugar, Coffee, and Castor and Kukui oils might be have msde the lourvaluable of the group, relatively, most beautiTul and raised to s great extent. short there, teat lies The chief, or I may say, only available Ports oflla- to its size. But his time was so meagre. are but few and Kailua, note* upon it waii, (anglice) Owhyhee, are Kealakekua, From all he could l*am,rt appears that the Istsrjd Kawaihai and Hilo, or Byron's Bay; and the Port of sugar, and 20,080 charges, in all, I understand are six dollars foranchor- furnishes annually about *» ions gallons of molasses. Almo*t they. nolo, rfMt entirety ago and six for pilotage, where a pilot is used. from the e»tabl*diment of the As a specimen of the Missionary schools generally, so. of that produce is herein before the Major quotes the 25 schools of Kealakekua, under enterprising firm ofMessrs. Ladd d- Co these notes. the same number of teacher*. These were attended often alluded to, in . , ... ... _ .. . do; melons 6 to _ - - . . . 'l'he' .. . . . ~ .. - �116 (December, THE YUIEND. About 24 ships touch annually for refreshments, and and has for its object the mutual improvement of it pittance wrung from the hard labor of the Hawaiian the coasting trad* is considerable. members, by freely dicussiug, both by speaking snd people? By no means. It is derived from the volunThere is a good port at Hanalai, on.the north side writing, such subjects as are most interesting and im- tary charity ofthe pious contributors to the American ofthe Island, nesr whioh Mr. Bernard has an exten- portant to ministers of the gospel in this part of the Board of Foreign Missions. 1 find that the total approsive coffee plantation. world. priation has been as follows, viz. The climate is delightful snd diseases almost unThe Presbyterian form of government was resolved 1838 total yearly appropriation $30,000 unanimity upon at different but for want of was times, known. 86,000 1838 out, and the several churches are now There are shout 1200 head of oien on the Island, never carried 1840 86,000 governed according lo the Presbyterian or Congiegaworth there about $10 per beud.i 86,725 Four Missionaries reside on th* Island with their tinnal form as suits the predilections ofthe pastor snd 1641 83,500 1842 families. hi* people. 1848 84,400 Th* consumption of goods amountsto about $20,000 The following is an abstract of the attendance and 1844 86,047 yearly, and it is calculated that the monetary circula- duration ofthe general councils during the years under- including contingent of fund for 1843. $1,697 port mentioned tion is about $6,000. wide distress that has spread Considering the preBeef sells at 6 cents par lb.—pork at 4—swaot pota.. ■ ■ vailed in the United Stales since 1837, it is not a little toes at about $1,50 cents per barrel, and yams at 82. Number First Last Years. Th* currant wage* for laborers are 12 1-2 cents par day of honorable to the charity of the American public that who at- day of day, thay being found in provisions, but the amount is tended. session. session. they supplied the above board with the means of making such large annual appropriations. Besides their ~ generally paid in goods on which the master has a large ~18S7' tt May 8d. June 5thT Mission in these Islands, they have others in Africa, profit. 1838 Greece, Turkey, Byria, Persia, India, Ceylon, Siam, May 13th. June 13th. China, Singapore, and Borneo, and also domestic Mis1839 86 88. Major Low also rode round the Island of Oahu, 2d. 1840 18th. 27 but in haste and without time to make any particular sions among the Cherokees,Choctaw-s, Paunees,Sioux, 1841 81 12th. 8th. Ojibaw b snd Indians of the Oregon Terri'orv, in supremarks. 1842 13th. 2d. 21 to use of his the allowing port me make ofall which, in 1843, they expended memoranda, In 3d. cents. 1843 30 Uth. Major requested me particularly not to withhold his 1844 81 31st. 15th so freBut reluming to their extremely useful Mission here, testimony in favor ofthe Missionaries whom he quently met in the course of his route. That testimoin other countries will be curious to know 1888 there was no general meeting, but meetings Protestants ny has the greater weight that it comes from a llritirh of Jn what manner the gross amounts appropriated in the in on their respective Islands took th* Missionaries powers who of observation, otricer, of no common of seven delegates was ap- United States are applied here. In illustration 1 give went among them with the sympathies peculiar lo his place, *nd a committee to arrange, complete, and carry into effect the the particulars of the last two years. profession ami to his own church, and under the full pointed by these insular meetings. knowledge ofall the grossmisrepresentations that bad business transacted 1843. Although it has been usual of late years to print the been they made to their prejudice, fie was fully cognizant minutes of 21,380 proceedings at the general meetings, they Family support 22,71604 had been represented as political emissaries sre considered printed documents, that to be used merely Departments and institutions 8,628 9,400 00 of the United States, under the garb of religious profesbuildings the information ofthe Missionaries themselves and 2,-VMI Permanent seeking only their own temporal interests and for they belong. grants of the board to whom 1,942 Special 3.93100 instilling into the native mind, a love for their own country and a dislike to all others. So fur from this 90 Under these circumstances while it behoves me 84,400 being the case, the Major gave it as his decided opin- gratefully to acknowledge an unusual confidence in my 36,047 04 ion that no man could be more diligent, disinterested, avor personally, 1 cannot help stating my regret that application fnmily more esis support, upon the low zealous and sincere in their sacred calling, or the practice lias not been to make these minutes pubThe for tranged from all political influences, unconnected with lic, for the information of the religious wot Id, and in iscale I have already mentioned. institutions, will be best the safety and well being of their church and disciples, vindication of the many calumnies which huve been That for departments and than the American Missionaries resident in these propagated against the labors oftbe American Mission- understood by giving the examples of the same two Islands. Nor was this opinion hastily formed or found- aries iv these Islands. 1 have found nothing in them years. ed on tho reports given by the Missionaries of one an- that does not redound to the honor of the Missionaries 1848 other. In the course of his travels, the Major often and convict their columnialors of misrepresentation. Mission 2500 2500 Seminary and a have found foreigners who bad resided long on the Islands, as a christian noExcept philanthropist, I female 800 1,000 amongst whom many were of habits any thing but thing to do with the American Missionaries, but if it he 800 Boarding Hila 700 School, clerical, yet he was particularly struck with the fact tiue—and I have vet to learn that it is nol—that in the Punahou School 500 500 that not one of them, in answer to his enquiries, accu- uprooting; of heathenism, establishment of Christianity, Printing Department 2,000 2,000 sed the Missionaries of devoting themselves to worldly introduction of education, and abolition of .unmoral Medical 800 1,000 pursuits, of exerting any undue or improper influence practices, their success in these Islands has been greatGeneral Meeting 600 over the chiefs, of betraying any feeling hostile to the er and more universal than that of any other body of 800 900 natives of countries not their own, or ofimmoral prac- Protestant Missionaries in any other field, a correct Depository Fund 328 1,000 • Contingent tices. view of their proceeding!: becomes a matter ot great The Major was most favorably impressed with the interest to all Protestants to whatever nation they may 8,628 9,400 simple yet extremely kind, frank and unostentatious belong. hospitality that he experienced at all the stations. To In these Islands the honor of the Missionaries may Under the title of permanent buildings were includuse his own woids, the Missionaries every where re- be safely left to the fair application of the sacred max- (ed churches, mooting houses, school houses, tempo™ ceived him as one of their own countrymen, and of im—" by their fruits ye shall know them," but as the rary residences, Btc. the full benefit of which descends their own body, and in fact, of their own families. It tongue of evil report has been heard against them in to the Hawaiian people, as they cannot be taken out would be invidious to single out names where all re- foreign parts, where their fruits cannot be thoroughly of the country. ceived and entertained the stranger within their known and appreciated, I shall tako occasion to noBy siiecial grants are meant extra allowances made gates," in a manner andwith a cordiality proving that tice a few of the misrepresentations that have gone to Missionaries beyond their allotted salaries, for honse obligation ofthe moral law came home to abroad. willing the repairs and additions, travelling expenses and of all hearts, necessarily have to render a particu91. It has been reresented that the Missionaries have which the parties than to the 1lar report to the secular agents 89. PoLICT AND CHARACTER OE THE PROTES- attended more to their secular interests Foreign Protectants will also be snxious to knowTANT Missionaries, a* shewn by th* minutes of spiritual welfare oftheir flocks. If so, they have been singularly unsuccessful in what has been supposed to 1how a Missionary and his wife dispose of their $450 theiryearly general meeting*. Long after writing my note* No's. 26, 27 and 28, pub- be their im in pursuit, for I know not one of them that iannually. Il is alone, on an average, in the following lished in tho Friend of Ist July,and after receiving the has attained unto worldly wealth. But what do the tmanner; observations made by Major Low, through the kind- minute* say upon this point? For theirclothing, It appears that since 1839, the Missionaries have ness of Mr. Levi Chamberlain, 1 was permitted to *' domestics, •< only support been a to themselves flour 25-fuel 30 have acces* to the minutes of the general meetings of allowed bare snd milk and butter, the Missionaries from 1837 to 1844, both inclusive. families at the following rates; $450 Their general meeting*, or council* of the Missionaries For a Missionary and his wife meat, vegetables, rice and poi, single lady 175 sugar, molasses, tea, kc, are generally held in Honolulu annually, after th* same *' manner snd for like purposes as the general assembly For every child under 5 yesrs 20 wear of bedding, and crockery, 40 irom 6 to 10 ofthe church of Scotland convened in Edinburgh. horse and incidental expenses, •* over 15 80 The yearly council, or general meeting, is composed ofall the Missionaries from the different Island*, both Tho highest appropriation that I have found was for lay and clerical; a moderator and scribe are annually one gentleman with a wife and 6 children, in 1843 too low, insomuch chosen, and the business conductedaccording to tha usu- $690, while during the same year, 28 of the brethren The above estimate was foundhat should I $100formore al forma in religious assemblies, in other countries; all received only $460 each, snd the ladies received only ithat in 1840.it was recommended missionary, soap, oil. each married the members present being equally entitled to speak or $176 each. be added to I stationary, beds, and household furniture, No one with the of the Kitchen acquainted living in expense vote on such subjects as come before the meeting. A never record of proceedings is carefully kept, from which ex- Sandwich Islands will say that it would be possible for hospitality, church, fee. Ice.; out the Mission to make that additional appropriatracts aro published for th* private us* of the members the Missionaries to support and clothe themselves and has been m funds lonoluln , Missionary residing were it families inI Utter at these tion. To the rates, ofthe board. t families, snd educate the Another body, and on* distinct from the above is an not for their secular agents, through whom they re- |$50 rxfra are allowed annually, on account of th* association of minister* of the gospel only, called the ceive a great part of their supplies, st tho cost prices |great expense of living in the capital. Hawaiian Association. Thai embraces all the of the United States, including the actual charge*. to >c continusd. Hat ■ the above small, and I would say tnau>c*ale clergymen from tho iftnVsnt Islands, meets tnmally I " " " " " " " " " " ' ' • • "" " "" * "" • "" " "" ? " " ,,, ,, - ' ' " " ''" " .. "" "" — 1 �117 THE. ¥EIEKB. 1844.) and not a man had run away. About thai time we desired to engage tho services of a good journeyman printer, and it was among the ship's company of the Navy, that we found our man. He is now, reader, at work for you. j the j that is of believing intemperance Ship Navy, The Navy is by no means the only ship Wr the undersigned, Mariners greatest bane to human happiness and usefulness, and that temperance eminently I thai practically as well as theoretically sails fits us for all the duties and enjoyments of life, do solemnly pledge one to the other, j upon Temperance principles. Every ship that we will in future abstain from all intoxicating drinks, except strictly for Mcdi- ( has more or less te-totallers among its I ££*! US6 crew. We cannot now call to mind a sinRichard R. Clark, Seaman. Francis C. Smith, Master. G. F. Miller, John VV. Norton, Ist Officer. gle exception, in that portion ofthe whaling Mahew Look, Rufus N. Smith, 2d fleet that has visited Honolulu, during the T. J. Ackerman, , 3d past season. We mention the following Charles Courtney, Clement Vincent, Boatsteerer. as ranking high upon the Tc-totai. ships Andrew S. Sarvent, George Jernegan, Sylvanus Cleveland, Robert Kerr, scale. —Ship Benjamin Rush, Friend GilTristam Mahew, ford," Master, carries the Temperance penWm. J. Wilson, H. F. Sherman, Carpenter, Co«per. , nant at her mast-head when in port. Tho James Lewis, Steward. Nereis Fraizereau, Seaman. ship Hope, of Providence, carries a goodly E P. Bradford, John W. Smith, Cabin Boy. number of Washingtonians of the " first J. Matthews, J. M. Calhoun, Cook. water." While this ship was lying in port, Armes, Seaman. Manual Stephen D. Jordan, John Antonio, 10 of the crew enrolled their names on the Sylvester Antoine, " Abra. A. Ackerman, Antoine Francis, pledge kept at the Chaplain's study. Some At Sea, May 5, 1844. Ellis Harris, of them had been mighty champions in the .1 ranks of King Alcohol. The ship California, with her $70,000 worth of Sperm oil, SONG. carries an interesting ship's company of young men; while engaged in penning these THE TEMPERANCE SHIP. remarks, we were interrupted by several of the crew who came to place their names to Temperance the Speed, speed Ship! Speed, speed the temperance ship! For her we'll ever pray, the pledge. The ships Phillip Tabb, Milo, Ye winds fill every sail, Tis Israel's God alone can keep Behold her on the deep, Janus, Win. Perm, and many others are not In safety, night and day; Outriding every gale, backward in the good cause, which now is On him we'll evermore depend outbraves, she fury tempest's /The acting as a mighty lever to raise seamen as a Who is the contrite drunkard's friend. And hosts of deathless drunkards saves. class. His heart must be colder than ico which will not be moved while listening to Speed, speed tho Temperance Ship! Speed, speed the Temperance Ship! shout, Ye and aged young the the sad tale which some of the sons of cry ? Who joins us in Behold her sailing o'er (he deep! Mothers and children cease to weep. the ocean" can relate of their struggles With all her streamers out, Our ship is passing by, with the mighty destroyer. Let old King Bound for the true te-total shore— We wish to take you all on board— look out for his crown or s-jemen Alcohol streams of are drank no more. Where death A freight of mercy to the Lord. will tear it off! They are getting wide awake, said one at a Temperance meeting American whale are pleased to style in Honolulu—" Shipmates, lookrecently Ship's Cabin Ornament." for the Devil, for he does not take a o ut We immediately asked the privilege of watch below, but is all the time on deck at Honolulu, December 2, 1844. copying the same, and are most happy in work." Yes, seamen of every class and presenting it to the numerous readers of the TEMPERANCE AMONG WHALEMEN. Friend—particularly among whalemen and rank, merchantmen, whalemen, man-ofwar's-men, one and all, look out for the evil seamen generally. The pledge was neatly spirit that lurks in intoxicating drinks— It is with pleasure that we are able to re- framed and protected in front by a glass.— touch not, taste not, handle not the poison, port that the Temperance Reform is tri- Reader, you will see the names of all but pledge perpetual hale lo all that eon intoxumphantly advancing among whalemen in hands thereto affixed, except the 3dofficer icate. the Pacific Ocean. A few weeks since and cooper. We were rejoiced to learn the old rum drinking while distributing Temperance publications that they were far removed from the vortex Ye advocates of ranks are thinboard—your on shift in the harbor of Honolulu, we were invited of intemperance. The Navy had been out system want to become the jam American whale taken 240 barrels of Unless Ship but 13 months, and had ning. into the cabin, of the the world, of you must whale, when and 25000 scorn and by-word the 2500 barrels of surprised sperm oil, Navy, and most happily Like old Dutch Admiral, the way. to what we bone. accidents had happened, give Norton, lbs. of No pointed Ist officer, Mr. AMERICAN WHALE SHIPS CABIN ORNAMENT. PLEDGE. "" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " I . " THE FRIEND, " " •, " �(December, THE YUIEND. 118 who lashed a broom to his'mast-head and swore that he would sweep the seas, so the genius of Temperance, has a broad pennat flying at the main, and is shipping ablebodied te-total seamen, in every port in the world, and so sure as truth eventually ttintnphs, will the Temperance Ship become Mistress or the Seas. traffic iv intoxicating dunks conflicts with the law of Our hearts so long oppressed with fare, love, therefore, is immoral. self Haste on before to meet them there, ft is sometimes said of an individual by way of apollie is an enemy to no one but himself." but While nightly in our dreams we trace, I \ ogy, this is"never said in sober earnestness by any reflecting Each well known seene—each loved one's man. "Do thyself no harm," is written on the page ofthe same statute book with the prohibition, "Thou / V •shall face. The law of love to our neighbor renot kill." love him only as outsell', showing by quires that we that a regard our own interests accord- We know that many a fervent prayer, I They raise to ask "Our Father's" care— Dash on Peruvian," through the And hear their sons and brothers home. ,k Nov. 1844. G. M. R. implication to ing to theirrelative uiportanoe, is a solemn, an imperious duty. In a world so steeped with selfishness as this, the idea ofany man's pursuing a couise winch collets with • " tlie law of sell love may seem' preposterous, "for ne man," to employ the language of the bible, "ever yet hated his own flesh." Ail seeh happiness, and aim to secure what they regard as, on the whole, the highest tell us that the sailor's home is "on the What a Bill-Fish can do. —Under good. And yet nothing is more demonstrably true, than that multitudes do pursue a course hurtful in a deep," " en the sea," or "on the mountain what genus and species the ichthyologist will high degree—ofcourse their movements conflicts with wave;" others may say, the sailor has no class the specimen of the finny tribe called the law of selflove. This may be accounted for by supposing that men are blind to their own best interhome, he is a universal wanderer, visiting bill-fish, we know not, but according to Capt. ests—that they are ignorant of what constitutes the law of self love. Let us then look at this law, a moall countries, climes, oceans and seas, in Lincoln, William Perm, this fish possesses ment, it may be apparent that certain acts come difact, the sailor is a citizen of the world." great physical power, sufficient to thrust its recrly in collission with it. Self loverequires a course action on which the blessing of God may besought; Ask however, the sailor himself, if he has a bill through the solid oak sides of a ship. of which shall be attended with peace of conscience, and of self respect; the pursuit of business home, and you will not hear the reply that Shortly after the William Perm sailed from with a feeling which shall ordinarily secure a competency of this his home is every where and no where, hut the Sandwich Islands in the spring of 1842, world's goods, together with the respectability and of friends and connexions; in short, a where his father and mother live or lived, she was obliged to put in at the Society happiness course of action is demanded by this law, which shall render the man a blessing to the community, and sewhere his kindred dwell or dwelt. The Islands on account of a leak. On heaving cure him the for favor of Uod. sailor thinks, loves, and talks of home as out, about 6 feet from the keel was found Look now at the ordinary *ccupations of men, and see how intimately ourgracious Creator has connected much, peahaps more, than any one else. the bill ofthe above mentioned fish. It had. our duty andhappiness. He has mad* it our duty to but in all lawful employments, men can fulfil He may seldom visit home, bat he is always been thrust several inches through the fol- labor; the law of self love. The farmer, tho mechanic, the seaman, tho inercri int,the professional man, and each when his is present voyage up! lowing materials. going there and every one of them pray for a blessing on the work So we have found it; only listen to whalemen Ist. Copper, of their hands. Each pursues a business which he knows to be lawful. Conscience approves of it, or at with a full ship." There is something in Sd. Sheathing, 1 inch pine. least,does not reproach him. The man feels sell respect—istrot ashamed of the product of bis industry. that phrase full ship," that makes whale3d. Plank, 3 inch oak. Each ordinarily obtains a good living, and often lay* men, after a three or four years' voyage,put up a competence for old age, or for his children. His 4th. Timber, 4«« example, so far as business is concerned—and of this on a cheerful countenance. No more sth. Ceiling, 2 1-3 inch oak. alone we are speaking—is salutary, and be csn see his engaged in it without forbodiug their ruin. " mast heads," it is •' 1watch and watch," a 9 1-2 inches solid oak, and I inch pine, children "The blessing of God which niaketh rich and addeth quick passage home, '—such are the top- total 10 1-2 inches. Capt. L. has preserved no borrow," is his. ll* is prosperous and happy Where is the Sailor's Home?—Poets , ! i " " " " "ics ofconversation. man. Thus, doubtless thinks the identical bill being about 1 1-4 inches in the writer of the following lines, furnished diameter, so that he is able to convince the for our cdumns, by a sailor on board the incredulous by ocular demonstration. We English whale ship Peruvian, of St. Johns, recollect some years since to have seen the blade of a sword-fish thrust through a piece New Brunswick. of solid oak timber; it was cut from the side For the Friend. of a whale ship, and is now preserved as a HOMEWARD BOUND. curiosity in the Marine Museum, NantuckThe lung sought time at length has come, et, Mass. And now we steer our course for home, TEMPERANCE. Blow thou good breeze and speed us on The way that leads to sweet Saint Johns. For the Friend. IS THE TRAFFIC IN INTOXICATING DRINKS IMMORAL? Our ship seems conscious of the hour By Amicus.—No. 5. That proves her strength and sailing power; In discussing this question, I have attempted to show She swiftly ploughs the parting tide, the immorality of the traffic from the fact, that it fonHer Captain's and her seamen's pride. flicts with the revealed will of God, the moral gover- Our anxious friends methinks I hear Repeat the day, the month, the year, Which tore us from their arms of love, O'er ocean's wide expanse to rove. With watchful eyes the spot they scan Where stands the ready signal man, Who telegraphs each coming sail, Borne onward by the favoring gale. " nor ofthe universe, from whose decisions there can be no appeal. I labored also to prove that the traffic conflicts with the law of love to our neighbor; that in i relation to health, reputation, and property, the traffic does to others what no sane man would be willing that others should do to him; that ho inflict* upou individuals and upon the community, deep, often fatal injury. Here the case might be rested. No fairminded men, it is believed, could fail to return a true verdict to condemn the traffic as immoral in a high degree. There is, however, another consideration, which, though of less intrinsica! weight than those which have been urged, may not he overlooked, msy be necessary indeed to the completion of th, I. is tJus-th. man. * ' • but is this true of him who traffics in intoxicating drinks .' However it might once have been, in times of comparative ignorance, can the man who in this age ef light, deals in those drinks, either in wholesale or ret lil, pray for a blessing on his business > The idea is preposiorous. As wall might the assassin beseech Uod to nerve his arm, and steel his heart for the blow he contemplates giving his victim. And does the msn who traffics in these drinks enjoy peace of conscience? Does this inward monitor give an approving voice to cheer him iv his toil by day and by night. in dealingout the drunkards drink.' Does he feel self respect in his business, and honest pride in being seen replenishing tho empty jug or cask of his neighbor, or filling his gloss, something as the farmer feels in being seen swinging his sythe, or thrusting in his sickle? Is he pioiiu of the fruits of hie labor, of the raged bloated, noisy, profane, fighting,dirty creatures whom he turns out of his shop late at night, to stsgger and bawl through thestreets, or to lie at some corner in their own vomit? Alss, slas, the conscience of the dealer in intoxicating drinks too ofien becomes callous, and ceases to do her otfico. It is true that she sometimes troubles the man, as in the case of Mr. R.the merchant of New York, who after the death of the 13th drunkard, who all died in one summer ofdrinking of his rum, was often nfr.iid to be slone," and frequently urged Docill to sleep with him "to keep the devil off." Still, the men who traffic in these drinks do often contrive to stifle the voice ofconscience till near the close of life—sometimes probably till they awake in eternity, where she becomes the undying worm! So of respectability. The traffic makes men sordid. It blunts nil their finer feelings. They often lose the sense of shame. The pest of gain crushes out their humanity, and sense of honor, so that they glory in their business—glory in their shame! And doe* not this conflict with self lovet •See the Temperance Lectures by Samuel Chip- �For the Friend. A TABLE SHOWING THE VALUE OF PROPERTY AFLOAT IN HARBOR, OCT. 24, 1844. . BY MR. G. D. GILMAN. fame of Ship. Wm. Thompson, Chelsea, Sophia, Canada, Splendid, Indian, Hope, Peruvian, George and Martha, Augusta, James Stewart, Levi Starbuck, Ann Alexander, Alexander Barclay, Damon, Wm. Penn, , Warren, Phillip Tabb, Janus, Massachusetts, Navy, Orozimbo, California, . i i i Bbls ofi Value as Bbls of v she now whale Value. Sperm Yalue. Bone. Value oil. oil. I I floats. I 2050 1700 1500 3000 18,000 1600 $22,000 14,000 8,000 20.000 8 000 2000 $62,400 31,340 23,300 50,800 30,000 85000 770OJ 56,500 32000 7040| 60,640 150 3O00 20000 4400 31,400 Americans. 40,000 1200 24000 16,000 300 6000 2700 21,600 800 6,400 $'20,000 2000 16,000 13,000. 383 »,096 6,000 Value. 12,800 17000 $1740 15000 330o 35000 7700 bn.shp. 27000 800 1600 10000I 1500 30000 44000i 4400 35,200 clean. shp soil 100 800 1300 26000 1000I 1700 13,600 bn.shp. 2700I 2700 21,600 52000 3000 24,000 1330 26600 14000 1370 19,960 25000 2750 22,000 230 4600 40000 16,000 3800 30,400 2400 48000 30,000 5,000' _Total. 700! j$14000 bn.shp. 13,600 12,000 24,000 24,000 20,000 3600 28,800 18,000 3200 25,600 16,000 20,000 10,000 13,000 20,000 18,000 10,000 15,000 10,000 17,000 22,000 15,000 ' HONOLULU As a large proportion of these vessels touched twice within tho year, or proceeded from one port to another, and have been computed in the estimates of each, it will be necessary to deduct, say one third from tho above amount, to npproximate to a correct estimate, which will make the several amounts as follows: Cargoes and ships. $12,183,940. 249 vessels. 7,200 men. The great preponderance of Americanproperty engaged in this business will strike every one. At the reduced estimate, it exceeds that of all the other nations, by $9,621,960—by 176 vessels, and by 5,407 men. The New Brunswick vessels are partly owned m the Y. S. as well as the Bremen, many of w>hich aro commanded by 16,400 MERCHANT VESSELS. Congaree, Brig Globe. Brig Euphemia, Brig Lafayette, Schr. Mary, Brk. Honolulu, Schr. Hawaii, 119 THE YIIIEND. 1844.) 8,000 3,000 2,500 5940 2200 9680 220 6940 7040 3080 5500 8800 51,700 47,540 34,600 43,000 74,880 18,000 37,020 18,600 — Pvlynetianx DIED. In Honnolulu; Nov. 27, Joseph Franklin,, colored man. He has resided about nine years upon, the Sandwich Islands. Originally came from Sierra Leone, in Africa. At the American Hospital, jn Honolulu, 37,540 Frederick W. Dart, seaman, Hannibal. 48,040 He belonged to New London, Ct. He 62,640 died of the dysentery, Nov. Btb, aged 18 42,500 years. 59,800 At the American Hospital in Honolulu, 78,000 Nov. 24, Wolley, seaman belonging to Josephine, now lying in this harbor. He stal $1,010,240. was a native of South Hampton, Long. Island. The funeral exercises were attended at 4 Pi M. Monday, Nov. 25; at the vestry of the Seamen/a Chapel, The Captain and a large number ofthe men belonging to the Josephine were present. His remains were deposited in the Nuuanu Valley Cem- being the first interment in the new12440001$3I6P0 $47,680 etery, grounds. 642 12840 79248 17434 46^,170 On board U. S. S. Warren, May 14, 1844,. 5.000 Piter Nordville, seaman, native of Norway. 13,000 May 27, P. Waller, Master at Anna, na6800 M*JSV*** tive of Massachusetts, near Northampton-. 6,800 May 26, John Smith, 2d, seaman, Chelsea,. 3,000 Mass. June Bto, Daniel Murray, seaman, 2,500 Scotland. June 4th, John Christian, sea1,975 man, Liverpool, Eng. July 4th, John Hall, 1.9W 2 hulks* 2d, seaman, supposed to belong to IreTc>ial $1,136,565 land. Oct. Prices—Sperm Oil'$20.per barrel;—Whale- Oil $B p :r basrel;—Boine 22 cts. per lb. On board Am. whale ship Hydaape, 27, George Smith, aged 40, lie was a native of London, shipped on board the Hydaspe at the Navigators, and came from the NATIONAL VESSELS. United- States in ship Mary Ann, of Fair Schr. Hakalclcponi, Haven. On board Gen. Williams, at Maui, Oct.. 31, Manuel Francis, native of Pico, aged 36 years. On board Am. whale ship California, " " " " Aug. 29; 1842, off" Capo Horn, Mr. John OF WHALIHO PROPERTY A* SaNDVVICH ISLANDS, FROM Ja«. 1, TO OcT. 10, 1844. M Sherman, 2d officer, belonging to ,New Total amount of whaling property of all nations touching at the several ports of the London, Ct., and Mr. Lucas J. Sanders, 3<L awaiian Islands, from Jam Ito Oct. 10, 18441—518,225,910. 373 snips-. 10,800 artn. officer, Aug. VO, 1843,.a Portuguese. Her B. M. Ketch Basilisk, His H. M. Schr. Hooikaika, Piia. EALDB v �120 THE, POETRY. TO "HOINSLY NCE." BYMRS. SIGOURNEY. "Only this once,"—the wine-cop glowed, All sparkling with its ruby ray, And bacchanalian welcome flowed, And Folly made the revel gay. Then he, *o long, so deeply warn'd, The way of conscience rashly spurn'd, repentance scorn'd, Hi* promise of liks to vice returned. And coward "Only thi* once/'—<b* tale i* told, He mildly quaffed the poisonous tide, With more than Esau's madness, sold The birthright of hi* soul, snd died. breath forsook I do not say thatleft the pulses deid, The clay, arid But reason in her empire shook. And all the life of life was K*d. Again hi* eyes the landscape viewed, If M limbs again Iheir burden bore, And years their wonted course renewed, Out hope and peace returned no moie. Yes, angel-hearts with pity wept, When he whom Virtue fain would save, His vow to her so falsely kept, And madly sought a drunkard's grays. "Only thi* once,"—Beware, beware! Uaxe not upon the blushing wine, Oh, fly Temptation's syren snare. And prayerful seek for strength Divine. nHfluAeaclobv.—aThny ITemperance Recorder thus concludes an excellent article on tl* present *tate and prospects of »he Temperance "Iri conclusion, we call upon the fitends of order everywhere, to enter the lists. Let no man in thi*con-I flict, lo us* the language of a political journal, say, have no influence.' Lei each and every one put his shoulderto the wheel, and labor as though success were dependent upon his individual efforts; to those entertaining th* idea that their effort in the cause ot temperance can be of no essential consequence, we would commend the following simple but appropriate lines: t'- What if the little ram would say, So an nil a drop a* I, Can ne'er refresh these thirsty field*— I'll tarry in the sky!' ' What—if a shining beam of noon, Should in its fountain slay, Because its feeble light alone Cannot create a day. rain-drop help to form Doth not each refreshing shower, The cool And every ray of light to warm, And beautify the flower r" Notice.—Seamen will fied a fresh supply of American Newspaper* in th* Reading Room, principally for the month of June, 1844. Vtutor* are respectful. ly requested 1 ot to take the papers from the filer. Ad Estra No. of the Friend will appear this month, 111 oonclade Vol. 11. It will contain the re0/ Mr. WylhVs valuable No*** upon the os. Mission*, ax. of the Sandwich Mends, accompanied with an index to the entire body of the (December, ¥111 END. Nov. I, Monticello, Coggahull, Nantucket, 89 mw 2,200 sperm, Line. \^ Roselie, Mosher, Warren, 17 mos, 600 spenn, 1,800 whale, 16,000 bone. VES8EL8 IN PORT, NOV. ST. Java, Lane, Fair Haven, 88 mos. 2,200 sperm. Ontario, Green, Hag Harbor, 13 mos, 160 spenn, Vtittli of War.—Her B. M. Ships Modette and Ba- 4,000 wh, 40,000 bone, home. Foster, Congdon, Nantucket, 39 moa, 1 400 sp cruise, MtrchmHtm**.—Am. Brig Ontario, Eng. Brk. HonoliMhop, Sag llaibor, 16 mod, 1,600 whale, Thames. lulu, and Briif Euphemia; French Brk. Adolphe. hone. Whale »/iios.—Am. ship*Maine, Josephine, Nassau, 16,000 Tnscarora, White, Coldspring, 14 mos, 2,300 whale, Wilmington and Liverpool Packet, Manhattan, Marbone. New ZealandMiner, London, 25 mos, 700a. tha; Danish, Neptune; Norwegian, " 17th ot May." 23,000 Nov. 10, Eliza Francia, ARRIVED. Nov. 11, Emerald, Cathcart. N. Bedf, 12 mos,600an. Nov. 12, Peruvian, Brooks, St, Johns, 36 moa, SOO" Nov 18,Am,wh ship Martha, Sayer, Fair Haven, sperm, 2,200 whale—Feck Co.'s Litt. 87 mos, 600 sperm. 1100 wh. 10,000 bone. Nov. 15, Am. wh ship Wilmingion and Liverpool Packet, Place, 34 mos, 650 sperm, 2260 wh, 23,000 bone. V ide disasters. Nov. 17,Am. wh ship Adeline Gibbs, Baylies, Fair Haven, 88 mos, 2.200 sperm. ARRIVED. Am.wh ship Monticello, Cogawell, Nantucket, S9 Oct 16,Ship Stonington, Hamley, New London, laat mos, 2,200 spenn. eight days, took m wood and Nov. 19, Am. wh ship Ontario, Green, Sag Harbor, from Lahaino.left Stopped no epirili to scatter misery among naIS rr.os, 4,000 wh, 150 sperm, 40,000 bone, (oiF and on, water.andShe foreigners of tins quiet village of Hanalei, a* tives sailed for home aauie day.) a few weeks since. A rum-selling vessel can Nov 20, Anr wh ship Congdon, Nantucket, 39 mos, did way that a be traced fiom port to port in tlie same _„ 1,400 sperm. „ . would be which had the plague er small pox on Am. wh ship Citizen, Lansing, Sag Harbor, 18 moa, ship 2,000 wh—Po/yn*««n. Am. wh Brk Arab, Rightetiton, Fair Haven, 15 moa, Disaster. At 11 o'clock in the evening of Nov, 1,300 wh. 15th the American whale ship Wilmington and Liver Nov. 23, Trench Brk Adolphe, from Tahiti. Not. 26, Her B. M.S. Modesie, Baillie.from Monte- pool Packet. Now Bedford, Place, run upon the corn rey, California. • reef about 1 mile Eastward of the mouth of«Honolulu , under easy Nov. 26, Am. wh ship Manhattan, Cooper, 12 moa, harbor. She was running down the land,striking sail, the wind being light. Just before throw she 2,400 wh. M from New but the last of the water, of Parson*, Nov. 27, Am. ship Manposa, w as in 17 fathoms York direct, 168 days; cargo Navy stores, principally. lead gave her only 5 fathoms. The sea beins smootl and at on fired, there was but little surf. Guns weie SAILED. o'clock in the morning she was boarded by the Pilot Prompt assistance waa rendered by the officers an Nov. 15, U. 8. S. Warren, Hull, for Mazatlan men of the several ships in port. Exertions w ere made Nov. 19, Adeline Gibbs, and Mmitecello, cruise. waa discharged, vn Nov. 20, Am. ship C'ongaree,Weston, and Am. brig to get her off, (a part of the cargo but they were ujmuc the bono and 1000 barrels of oil) Globe, Do.ine, both for Boston, with cargoes of bone ressful, (iov. Kekuonaoa, with a until his Fxcellency and oil, principally. strong force of native helpers went to their aid. Ihe Am. wh ship Orozimbo, cruise'. cruise. Governor and his men boarded her Sabbath the 171h at Nov. 25,California, Lawrence, 12 o'clock, about 36 hours after she struck. In 7 hours Nov. 2e, French wh ship Mississippi, cruise. she woe afloat, and about 2 o'clock on Monday mornNov. 27, Am. wh ship Three Brothers. ing was safely anchored in the inner harbor. The re PASSENGERS. mainder of the oil.about 2,000barrels, has since bee with Jones, and Mrs. discharged under the Governor's management. Ih On board shinX'ongaree, Mr. ns three children; Mr. and Mrs. Colcord, with one child. amount of injury sustained by the vessal has not, On board brig Globe, Mr. Heath, formerly 1st officer j yet. been ascertained. The settlement of the »nair have awarded ship Her referred arbitrator who B. M. to Modcste,,I has been of brig Ontario. On board from M'-nterey, Mr. Andrew Johnstone, who nailed £200 to the Pilots for extra services, and decided that 1-4 of suclr from this port seven weeks since and remained five the Governor shall icccivc. as a salvage, parts of the cargo as he assisted in saving, and 1-4 part days at Monterey. of the value of the ship, as she now lies at the wharf S. Reynolds, Esq. acts as agent for Capt. Ploce. The ship is owned by John A. Parker k Son. I he amount of insurance, if any, not known;—no lives lost. PORT OF HONOLULU. » PORT OF HANALEI. . .. _ . . _ ... _ _ I PORT OF LAHAINA. VESSELS IN PORT, NOV. 23. Brunswick, Patriot of BremPeruvian,St. Johns,N. Emma, and Klraa FraiicesjAni en; Eng. ships Fanny, ships Columbia, Narraganeett, Wm. Rotch, lown Howlaud, Elizabeth 8tarbuck,and Emerald. ARRIVED. Oct 24. ship Nassau, Weeks, New Bedford, 37 mos, llOd sperm, 1.700 wh. 1,700 bone Oct. 23, Concordia, Cartwright, Sag Harbor, 15 mos, 100 sperm, 1,660 wh, 15,500 bone. Hamilton, Peck, Bridgeport, 12 mot, 135 sperm, 1,576 wh. 15,750bone, crsjise. Oct 26, Hero, Chase, Nantucket, 37 mos, 400 sperm. Three Brothers, Mitchell,Ni.ntiicket,89 mos, 1,800s. Oct. 27, Mary Ann, Bonney, Fair Haven, 24 moa, 1,050 sperm. Emma, Elbourn, I-ondon, 22 mos, 200 sperm. Helen, Cartwri;bt, Sag Harbor, 12 mos, 3,000 wh *> 30.000 bono. „ Zenhvr, Smith. New Bedford, 17 mos, 500 sperm. Gen. Pike, Piece, New Bedford, 13 mos, 2,000 wh , 20,000 bone. „ Citizen, Lansing, Sag Harbor, 18mos, 2,000 whale, Hope, Tucker, New Bedford, 10 mos. 400 sperm. Oct. 81, George, McCloave, New Bedford, 14 mos, 890 sperm. 800 wh. mmmit Adeline Gibbs, Ba-nea, Feu-haven, 88 mos, 2,260 sp. United Slates, Wo. Nantucket, 36 mos, 1,400 sp. IndiaTwalker, New dford, 18 mos, 3,260 whale, 32,000 bone, home. ' „ _ , ! DONATIONS. — -= For general expentel of the Chapltiney Capt, $8,00 Lawrence, Am. wh ship California, 5,00 Capt. Harden, Am. wh ship Orozimbo, 10,«r Warren, Purser S S. V. Mr. Wnre v Mrs. Weston, wife of Capt. W. (Congarec,) bfi9 For Temperance, (or printing the Friend),-*Cnw $32,00 of (J. S S. Warren. (2 Doubloons) 2,75 Mr C Table, (will the donor please call.) Josephine, 1,00> ship Pratt, wh A. M. Am. For encloting Seamen'e lot" in the .Varumiu ea//>» Cemetery—from Capt. RoyeSfJoeephine, fc6,00 N. B. The Seamen's Chaplain hores to receive, additional donations for the purpose of enclosing the lot for Seamen, by the Commitwhich has been assigned Cemetery tee of the Nuuami valley " For sals,—At the study of the seamen's chaplain, vol.l.,Temp. Ad.fcSeamen's Friend. Price #1 25,bound. 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