108 10 11779 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/7a1d56c1c1dc06ceb2214770976ae8d5.pdf 92570711549daa70a445f88eef62eb5f PDF Text Text FTHE RIEND. HONOLULU, MAY 1, 1849. Vol. 7. CONTENTS. P.IQR. Poetry,—Foreign Intelligence, Arrival Extraorduiary—Sea Serpent, Temperance Frieml, Editorial Article*. Hawaiian Bible Society, < abin Boy's Locker, Original Hymn—Sabbath Friend, Marine Intelligence, &c, The Poet's Corner. 33 34 35 36 THE FRIEND. 33 . Ukited States.—Thle New York Sun givei :hc result of the Presideintml election as follows: .. States for Late and Important News. Taylor and Fii.more. Election of General Taylor, President of the Electoral votes. 37 Massachusetts. 12 United States Louis President Napoleon 38 Rhode Island. 4 39 the France Death the Connecticut. C Republic — of of of 40 6 Pacha of Egypt Flight of the Pope from Vermont. 36 New York. Rome Gold— Steam, fyc, tyc, fyc. 7 New Jersey. — — — No. 3 .. .. .. . . Pennsylvania . . 26 Delaware. ... 3 Maryland. ... 8 Kentucky. ... 12 North Carolitiu. . 11 .13 Tennessee. Louisiana. . . 6 Georgia. . . .10 Florida. ... 3 States for BuTLER. Electoral votes. 9 Maine. New Hampshire 6 Ohio 23 Indiana. 12 Illinois. 9 5 Michigan. South Carolina. 9 Missouri. 7 Virginia. 17 4 Iowa 9 Alabama. Wisconsin '. 4 3 Arkansas. Cass ADD ... ... ... .... ... ... ... . . ... Mississippi. . Texas By late arrivals, we have received late and important intelligence from diirerent For the Frimid. parts of the world. We would acknowledge WELCOME TO POETESSES OF THE 'LELAND, THE A files of the " Alta California" to March, MISS M. AND Miss N. Suggrsted by the perusal of a record of the proceeding!* on "New York Sun" to Dec. 2, and Valpa6 buard the LHaiul," at sea, on the 22il of February, as publish- raiso "Neighbor" to January 27. From 4 ed in the Friend" for April. these papers, and private sources, we glean Welcome, thrice welcome, to our sea-girt isle, 1631 13 the following items Ye minsirels fair, who wake the tuneful lyre; 146. Necessary 290. to a choice Here let your sweetest strains the hours beguile, Total vote, California.—Arrival of the steamship CalTaylor's Majority, 34. A ud o'er thesocial waste new life inspire. ifornia, and her reception at this port. —The On the Popular vote, the total majority for Fresh from proud Hudson's gorgeous scenes ye stray, long expected and welcome pioneer of the Taylor as far as heard from was 141,000. Andbrs ye the dangers of the mighty deep North Pacific Steamship Line arrived in our To find congenial spirits far away Emigration to California.—ln almost harbor yesterday morning. Where Pkle's fires in boding stillness sleep. city down East, associations are formevery of Mazntlan on the 17th February, She left to ing go to California, but the plan involves Here, where the goddess once, with wild delight, and Monterey on Tuesday last. Gen. Persifor Reveled in dread Xi uuia'i surging Hume ; F. Smith, new military commanderof the Ter- better prospects of success than it does in Here, 'midstwild nature 1)* beauties may youwrite, ritory, and his suite lire among the passengers. this city. A hundred persons of enterprise On Fame's bright scroll, for each a deathless name. The California is truly a magnificent vessel advance $300 each, which enables the party and her fine appearance as she came in sight oft to purchase a substantial vessel, and fit her A deathlessname? such names already shine ihc town, called forth cheer upon cheer from our out with cargo and provisions, the ship being In richest lustre on the world's broar*. page; enraptured citizens, who were assembled in mas- used, when in California, as aJiome for her Land N M h! names indeed sublime, ses upon the heights commanding a view of the Alikeadored by poet, statesman, sage. Buy, and in dense crowds at the principal whar- owners. This plan for a smalloutlay promves and landing places. She passed the vessels ises comfort and success. The great error Already have we heard your touching lay. of war in the harbor under a salute from each, of adventurers is the small sum which they By ocean breezes, genily wafted on; returned by hearty cheering from j|i crowded put into the general stock, which, when exThe theme was noble! 'twas the natal day at the hausted, leaves them nothing for their supdecks, and at eleven was safely Of proud Columbia's God-like Washington. anchorage off the town.—[Alta CnnWnia. port far from home. The sum of $300 is Such ever be the themes on which you dwell, The latest intelligence from California, scarcely sufficient for so long a voyage, but Lofty, ennobling, eloquent, sublime; shows that great and important changes are among 100 subscribers it ensures the purSisters! for such call up your sweetest spell, chase of a ship and cargo, which belong, on For such the Poet'srichest garlands twine. there transpiring. The slow work of cenits arrival, to all the stockholders, and will VaMIY." " Hard of TUB turies is compressed into months and weeks. enable them, if successful, to return home in Nuuanu, May, 1849. Thousands are arriving from east, west, her. In the different ports of Boston, New York, north and south. Vessels are deserted, parSelected for the Friend. and Baltimore, at least fifty vessels Philadelphia LOOK ALOFT. ties are returning from the mines, and other are up for freight or charter to the gold regions, In the*ternpeat of life, when the wave and the gale parties setting off". From a private source and to record all the expeditions would be imAre around and sbove, if thy footing should tail— practicable. A New York letter of Wednesday we learn that an Irishman recently arrived evening, the 13th, says: Ii ilium eye should grow dim, and thy caution depart, from the mines with 200 lbs. of the precious The jewelers had a mass meeting—yes, a mass " Look aloft" and be firm, and be tearless of heart. last evening, to form ore. Let our readers compute his fortune, meeting !—at Riley's Hotel, prosperity's glow. the who embraced friend, If in a California association, and the names enrolled With a smile for each joy,and tear for each woe, at $16 per oz. comprise many of our most respectable citizens Should betray thee, when sorrows like clouds are arrayed, engaged in that important branch of business.— the Several have arrived from clergymen "LookAloft" to the friendship which never shall fade. The shoemakers are to have a demonstration States. It is reported that between 40 and to-night, and to-morrow the printers are to have Should the visions whi< h hope spreads in light to thine eye, about it wouldn't be better for 50 vessels are at anchor in the bay, without a talkeven to whether Like the tints of tne rainbow, brighteu to fly, throw down the stick and take up them of Then turn, and through tears repentant regret, seamen. All kinds ofmerchandise are daily the quoin. '-Look Aloft" to the sun that la never to act. two hundred arriving. There is the greatest demand for Besides all that, in to-day's Sun young ladies are advertised for immediately, to to California And oh, when death comes, In terrors to cast tenements. Let those going set out for the placero." Tfcey must be reHisfears on the future, his pall on the past, take with them a house, even if it be no spectable—so says the advertisement, and steady In that moment ofdarkneas, with hopein thy heart, employment will be guaranteed. Passages all to larger than the tub of the philosopher Dio- be paid. Seamstresses And a smile in thy eye, "LookAloft" and depart. ami tradesmen preferred. New York, August, 1643. The N. Y. Sun, after specifying several astociagenes. J. 11. c. • ,i :— " ■ . �THE FRIEND, MAY, 1849. 34 tions of oapiulisu and others in that city, gives A Paris correspondent of the European steam vessel in working order that has ever visited these Islands. the following m* feature: Times, under date ofDec. 15, writes. We have been furnished with the action Government date Important tranquility continues. following list of thepolitely m rtftr- "Up to this ofthe command :— ence to the Gold Region. —According to the The latest election returns show a majorJ. S. Hathaway, Ist Art. commanding. ity in favor of Prince Louis, similar in Major Cant. B. H. Hill, Ist Art. coindg. Comp. M. following from the Washington correspond- proportion to those already announced. Tbe L. H. Holdeu, Surgeon. ence of the N. Y. Sun, of the 14th inst., the proclamation of the President will probably be Ist Lt. J. B. Gibson, Comp. M. made about the 40th. Lt. T. Talbot, government is taking steps to prevent the The present Ministers are preparing to evac- Ist " " 2nd Lt. J. J. Wood, qr. master and com'sary. export of gold ore, duty free", from the new uate their official residences. The sweep will 2nd Lt. J. B. Foy, Adjutant. be nearly as general as it was in February last. 2nd Lt. J. Dement, Comp. L. mines in California : As usual, a succession of programmes has been 2nd Lt. G. Tallmadge, Comp. M. It is rumored, and I have every reason to be- circulated. The cabinet, as now settled, is said [Polynesian. lieve the rumor is true—that the Government in to lie as follows:— Cabinet council on Saturday last, decided to send President of the Council, Minister of Justice The Great Sea Serpent.—When the Daeimmediately a number of small vessels of war, and Public Worship—Odillon Barrot. dalus frigate, Captain M'Qulite, which arrived brigs and schooners, to enforce the embargo Foreign Affairs—Drouin dc l'Huys. at Portsmouth on the 4th inst., v*is on her pasupon all merchant vessels going into the harbor Interior—Leon dc sage home from the East Indies, between the of Monterey, San Francisco, and other ports on Finance—HyppoliteMalleville. Passy. Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, her Capt. California, to come coast ot them requiring the Public Works—Leon Faucher. and most of her officers and crew, at 4 o'clock under bonds not to receive on board for transpor- War—General Rulhieres. tation any part or parcel of gold ore dug from Commerce and Agriculture—Achille Fould. one afternoon saw a sea serpent. The creature was twenty minutes in sight of the frigate, und' the public lands or mines on the Sacramento or Instruction—DeFulloux. passed under her quarter. The Duedalus left Other parts of the gold region in Alta California. Public Marine—De Tracy. the Cape of Good Hope on the 30th of July, and The Government is fully awake to the imporThe above form the Cabinet. reached St. Helena on the lull of August. The tance of the gold region, and the Cabinet undoubtedly regret that a mint at California was The latest returns of the Presidential elec- following interesting report respecting the apnot acted upon at the last session, before the tion now give about four millions for Prince pearance of this extraordinary'animal has been forwarded to the Admiralty by Captain M'Close of which they had an inkling of the gold reLouis and nine hundred thousand for Gen. Quliii': gions. A State Government will undoubtedly Cavignac. be at once organized in California, and the mines ship Dcednlus, > " Her Majesty's taken possession ofby the United States troops. Two negroes and two mulattoes have been Homoaze, Oct. 11. \ Thefinal methodsfor securing the mining regions elected to the National Assembly from Gouda"Sir;—In reply to your letter of this day's to the Government have not yet been decided (late, requiring information as to the truth of a loupc, of whom one has taken his seat. on. Italy.—The Pope has fled to Naples. statement published in the "Times" newspaper, The California and the Panama steamers of a sea serpent ofextraordinary dimensions havbeen seen from her Majesty's ship Daedalus, of the sth January and 16th February, from The Pope," says the London Times, "left ing the Quirinal on the evening of the 24th o. under my command, on her passage from the Panama, are full of passengers, and a large Indies, I have the honor to acquaint you, as a servant of Count East for the information of my Lords Commissioners number of applications have been made for November, disguised and wearing the livery of the Ba- •of the Admirably, that at 5 o'clock p. in. on the passage in the Oregon, to sail on the first of Sophr, varian Legation. Dressed in the character 6th of August last, in latitude 24 degrees 44 m's. S., and longtitude 9 degrees 22 minutes E., the March. All these boats are on their way of a footman, he mounted the box of the weather dark and cloudy, wind fresh from the round Cape Horn. Ambassador's carriage, seated himself by N. W., with a long ocean swell from the S. W., The steamers Crescent City, Isthmus and the coachman, and thus absconded from the the ship on the port tack heading N. E. by N., something very unusual was seen by Mr. SarOrus are advertised for Chagres -and are Quirinal Palace and was carried off to toris, midshipman, rapidly approaching the ship is full. The Orus intended to navnearly Grsta. No one in Rome recognized him, from before the beam. The circumstance was igate the Chagres river. Beside, there are and the illustrious fugitive arrived in Geefa immediately reported by him to the officer of the watch, Lieut. Edgar Drummond, wilh whom some forty-five or fifty vessels of all sizes, on the night of the-25th, without experiencing and Mr. William Barett, the master, I was at the time walking the quarter-deck. The ship's up for Chagres or San Francisco direct.— the least danger." company were at supper. On our attention beAt last accounts, about 6000 persons were at The Pope of Rome, who had wished to ing called to the object,\it was discovered to be Panama waiting conveyances to the El stand alagfLJ'rom the struggle between the an enormous serpent, with head and shoulders Dorado. The number of course was con- Italians-nfll Austrians, was forced at the kept about four feet constantly above the surface the sea, and as nearly as we could approxitinually increasing, and it requires some eleventh nour to despatch all the troops he of mate by comparing it with the length of what our of the maintopsail yard would show in the water, stretch of imagination to conceive how all could assemble to the assistance who there hadlJwas nt the very least sixty feet of the animal a these people are to be transported to the former. A handfull of malcontents exile, returned from took of! advantage <Jleur d'eau, no portion of which was to our perlately gold regions. this circumstance to create a riot at Rome. ception, used in propelling it through the water, No less than four vessels are being fitted The Coufit Rossi, President of the Council, either by vertical or horizontal undulation. It passed rapidly, but so close under our lee quarout at Sag Harbor, and it is calculated that was assassinated by a ruffian, at noonday, ml that had it been a man of my acquaintance I one of the public streets. The Pope with-jter, more goods will arrive in California in the drew privately from Rome, and sought a!should have easily recognised bis features with and itdid not, either in approachnext six months than will supply the inhab- refuge in the kingdom of Naples, where he!jthe nuked eye; ling the ship or after it had passed our wak,e, deitants three times over. was received with acclamations by King viate in the slightest degree from its course to (the S. W., which it held on at the pace of from The Park Theatre in New York was des- Ferdinand and bis subjects.—[Times. twelve to fifteen miles per apparently on fire on the evening of the 16th Arrival Extraordinary.—The U. S.I'some determined purpose. hour, troyed by The diameterof the December. Loss $80,000, of which but a transport steam propeller " Massachusetts,"!jserpent was about fifteen or sixteen inches l»cCapt. Wood, arrived in our harbor on Monday! -liiml the head, which was, without any doubt, small portion is covered by insurance. from Boston, via Valparaiso, on her way to that of a snake, and it was never, during the Austria.—The Emperor of Austria has last, Oregon. She has on board 163 rank and file of twenty minutes that it continued in sight of our abdicated in favor of his nephew, Francis the Ist regiment U. S. Artillery, (companies'glasses, once b»low the surface of the water: its ") Brevet Major Hathaway,jjcolor a dark brown, with yellowish-white about Joseph. '* M " and L,These commanding. troops are intended, wejthe throat. It had no fins, but something like Egypt.—lbrahim Pacha is dead, and sue- lunderstand, to garrison the ports of Oregon. the mane of a horse, or rather a bunch of sea ichusetts' is a noble vessel, register- weed, washed about its back. It was seen liy ceeded by Abbas Pacha in the viceroyalty The ' Mass ed 750 tons, and coming in as she did in a calm,''the quartermaster, the boatswain's mate, and the of Egypt. moving without the help of sails, or other visi- man at the wheel, in addition to myself and ofFrance.—Prince Louis Napoleon Bona- ble means of locomotion, she perfectly aston- ficers above mentioned. lam having a drawing the native population who assembled of the serpent made from a sketch taken immeparte has been elected President of the Re- [ ished in crowds upon the beach. She is provided diately after it was seen, which I hope tn have public of France, by an overwhelming ma- with Ericcson's propeller, (which, by the way, ready for transmission to my Lords Commissionjority. | is well worth inspection) and is the second ers of the Admiralty by to-morrow's post. — . , . " " ; ,' — �35 THE FRIEND, MAY, 1849. ceived that quite a demand was made for the fatal thrust could consign the soul of its vogenuine Eau dc Cologne, and that a penny tary to the second death ? For MM Frl»nd. could be turned to advantage in the business. And in the bare possibility of so dire an POCKET VERSUS PRINCIPLE. Now he of course would do nothing to en- event, how do you suppose it would stand, in Mr. Editor—There resides near one ofH. courage intemperance! Not he! He was a the final reckoning, with the vender of this H. M.'s ports, a gentleman that I wot of— fast friend of temperance; and then he would article for such uses? Homo. fair and honorable, as the world goes—" a do nothing to favor immorality! Oh, no! he conserwithal a of was the constituted of the temperance"—and public guardian friend morals in that vicinity. But then he could TEMPERANCE PLEDGE IN 1637. vator of the public morals "by authority." the story goes, since, as Jack not lose the to for Editor—l have found the following himMr. opportunity provide Not long ashore on liberty thereabouts, was observed self and his household, so providentially temperance pledge written on the blank leaf to be right merry; and from his bad naviga- opened before him. He surely need not of an old English book, which has been hantion, and sundry oft-repeated lurches to lee- know that the Cologne was poisoning the ded down from parent to child for several ward, it was more than suspected that the community, since it would not be drank on generations; but at the time when the pledge stevedore had made bad stowage of the car- his premises, any more than the man who was dated, to have been the property ofgood go on board, or else that contraband goods plunges the fatal steel into his neighbor's bo- old Robert Boltok, Bachelor in Divinity, and were in the hold which were dangerous to som, in the dark, need knotc that he is a mur- preacher of God's word at Broughton, in the ship's safety. derer. He didn't see the death-throe of his Northamptonshire, England. It shows that The latter soon came to be the settled victim! Suppose conscience does pretty temperance was properly appreciated, by was a temperance clearly intimate at times the probabilities in some at least, in olden time.—[Ch. Adv. opinion But Jhen A. P. port! The serpent of the still dared not the case! In either case, suppose it would show his head there—save indeed on the hardly require Yankee shrewdness to guess Marietta, July 3d, 1834. premises of "the Doctor," who, of course that the assassin's knife and murderous alco- Broughton, 1637.—Ffrome this daye forhad the right to distil "for medical purposes hol were hardly safe instruments to be scat- warde to ih/e ende of my life, I will never alone," if his "license" could be depended tered at random in the community! Why, pledge anye healthe nor drinke a whole carrowse in a glasse, cupp, bowle, or other upon. How then could poor Jack have been what then? drinking instrument whatsoever; whosoever evil slimy spirit Where did the of bitten? But never mind that. Our hero did not it be, or ffrome whomsoever it come, except lurk? were the inquiries oft and anxiously feci it to be his duty to refuse to line his the nscessitye of nature doe require it. Not revolved by "the authorities;" for, be it re- pockets with the profits of Eau dc Cologne! my own most gracious kinge; nor anye the membered, to the solution of this problem Why indeed should he? If he didn't sell it greatest monarch or tyrant on earth. Nor my dearest ffriende, nor all the goolde in the hung ,a toveted tail! somebody else would. Besides, he was vio- worlde shall ever enforce me or allure me. But, to make a long story short, it was at lating no temperance pledge. No temper- Not an Angell from Heaven (whoe I knowe length discovered, though not till after a deal ance society was ever known to be so fanati- will not attempt it) should persuade me.— of commendable anxiety and great pains-tak- cal as to include perfumery in its pledge! Of Not Satan witkjll his old subtilities, nor all powers ofSell itself, shall ever betray ing pro bono publico, with no small quantity course then, all was right. The natives, too, the me. By this very sinne (for, a sinne it is and bottles of of unjust suspicion against the beer purchased meeting-house, water (as Cologne not a little one,) I doe plainly finde that I sundry law and license abiding dwellers is expressively denominated by them,) and have more offended and dishonored my great thereabouts, that the spirit which poor Cas- he might suppose, if he could, that all he and gloriouse Maker and most merciful Sasio rightly calls devil actually issued from sold was applied to no worse purposes than viour, than by all other sinnes that I am subject unto; and for this very sinne I know it Cologne Bottles! that purchased by natives. Why indeed'is that God hath often been strange unto me. Jack had ascertained by actual experiment might not he supply the deraJßjlSjts well as And flbr that cause, and noe other respect, have I thus vowed; and I heartily* begg my that the veritable Eau dc Cologne possessed any one ? V ) * good Father in heaven of his greate goodvirtue, fuddling no less than the perfuming A large quantity of the article in question ness and infinite mercie, in Jesus Xt. to asfurnishing thereby a new exemplification of was soon said to be on board a vessel, mark- sist me in the same, and to be favourable unthe proverb, "Where there's a will there's a ed to his address. to me flbr what is past. Amen. rather R. Bolton. the was April 10, 1637. To be sure article way." or rather at three a glass, reals expensive, What say you, Mr. Editor—can there be those who prefer it, Champagne. bottle, but then considering that the agreea- any harm in selling perfumed alcohol? We Give a —In little work just published, 'entitled ble perfume and the fuddle were both secur- all know that the filthy stuff' called 'The Whole Art of Making British Wines, selling ed with that amount, perhaps the purchaser Rum is a dirty and murderous business, Cordials, and Liquors,' by JamesRobinson, arranged the matter thus with himself— make the best you can of it. But then the the trade-secrets are fully divulged. See three ftps, Essential Oils, aromatic Cologne is quite another affair! It what 'sparkling champagne' L'OU dePerdix three do. Rum, isn't with " the drink that drunkards is made of! 'sliced rhubarb stalks, the tops classed Which would not be so very expensive after know! you use," ofyoung spring nettles, sugar, and eggs!'— all, you know, particularly as one bottle fulon it—beastly drunk Taste, also, this 'Fine Old Port' compound filled the consumer's noblest desire—throwing Suppose Jack gets or does suicide, drunk—and mayhap commits of the juice of Hamburg grapes, sugar, a dehim into a state of brutal drunkenness —thus this? And barm of purple beet-root, sliced ginger, in worse; can there be coction any instruct qualifying him by living example to that sage leaves—together with a huge could his think and red complain captain, you, the peculiar these poor heathen Hawaiians in of French brandy, isinglass, bitblessings of civilization and Christianity!— his man had poured the sweet odor into his proportion almonds, ter sugar candy, and lerooa-peel! Alack-a-day, that these poor heathen should stomach rather than upon his handkerchief? Roughness is given by alum, oak bark, some Cothink it that possible other astringent; and the real port-flavor, by prove so stupid and unworthy their privi- Do you really water could be made "to bite like a adding the tincture of the seeds of raisins!— logne leges! that its [Gateshead Obs. But the story. Well, our hero soon per- serpent, or sting like an adder?" or The Temperance Friend. * * * . ******* * �36 THE FRIEND, MAY, 1849. Progress of Temperance.—Both Houses the line of their transgressions. We should of the British Parliament, in answer to the as soon expect the sun not to rise, water to numerous petitions of temperance societies, run HONOLULU, MAY 1, 1849. up hill, iron to float, or a man to fly, as have passed a bill prohibiting all sale of innot to witness the awful curse of drunkentoxicating liquors on Sunday morning and The publication of the Friend will be afternoon. ness eventually being visited upon rumseldiscontinued after .the present number, until ICT* We copy the above item of intelli- lers or their descendants, unless they exerthe editor returns from a voyage to the Wesgence from a late American paper, and most cised timely repentance. The laws of God tern Coast of America. It is our intention cannot be violated with impunity. Solomon to embark to-day, April 16th, on board the sincerely do we hope it may be true. It is an important step in the right direction.— asks, "Can a man take fire in his bosom U. S. Propeller "Massachusetts," Captain The Hawaiian Legislature we hope may be and his clothes not be burnt?" Of course Wood having very kindly and generously thereby encouraged to carry out, during not. Can a man acquire wealth by selling proffered us a free passage to San Francistheir present session, a measure now but spirituous liquors and reasonably expect it co, via Oregon. It is with no ordinary feelpartially executed. We refer to the entire will prove a blessing, either to himself or his ings of pleasure that we anticipate visiting of the sale of spirituous liquors children? The past answers. "No." our native land. To be sure, we do not ex- prohibition on the Holy Sabbath. At present houses lipect to visit those portions of the country censed to sell by the glass, are alone closed, Volcano of Kilauea, Hawaii.— We rendered sacred by the associations of home learn from the Rev. Mr. Paris, recently from while Hotels may continue open as on other and kindred, yet it is to be our privilege to days. We cannot see why this distinction Hawaii, that on passing from his station in embark in a vessel bearing the name of our should be made. If it is wrong for a grog- Kau, to Hilo, he observed the great crater native state, and it will require no great shop to be open for the sale of spirits, why of Kilauea undergoing some remarkable stretch of the imagination to fancy ourselves not for a Hotel? It needs not a very close changes. Although the lake is now compaonce more an inhabitant of the Old Bay observation to see that the sale of spirits by ratively quiet, yet the internal pressure is State! Under the protecting care of Divine Hotels on the Sabbath is productive of much such as to have elevated the surface of the Providence, we hope to resume our duties evil, especially to the sea-faring community, lake from one to two hundred feet. In the at the end of three or four months* During as well as the mechanics of Honolulu, not to centre of the lake a huge cone has been our absence, the recollection of the many speak of any other class. Will not some thrown up, and from its summit there are acts of kindness which we have received member of the Hawaiian Legislature bring frequent eruptions. The frequent explosions from residents in Honolulu, and the sea-farforward this subject, and endeavor to have a of the pent up gases may be heard at the dising community, during a sojourn of six years of the License Law, so modifying tance often miles. These explosions resemat the islands, will serve to hasten ourretnrn revision the statute that no person shall be licensed ble the sudden escape of the steam from the to our home, and the sphere of our labors. by the laws of this kingdom to sell spirituous boiler of a steam engine, although nip»n a of the The affairs duChaplaincy, N. B. and intoxicating liquors upon God's holy scale immensely enlarged. Other parts of the crater furnish abundant evidence that the ring our absence, will be entrusted to the Day. This day was consecrated for other care of the Rev. T. E. Taylor, Chaplain at purposes, but the sale of liquors more than subterranean fires of Hawaii are far from beLahaina. any other cause leads to a most gross dese- coming extinct. Hawaiian Coffee.—The fair experiment cration of the sanctity of this Sacred Day.— Depopulation by the Measles.—ln a has been made that coffee of the first quality Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it hoformer number we noticed the fact -that the can be raised upon the Sandwich Islands.— ly.—We are anxious to see the laws of this Some recently from the island of Kauai, is kingdom just as strict upon the subject of the measles had been very destructive to the abof a superior excellence. We are able to license and sale of all kinds of intoxicating origines of these islands. The following pronounce that from the plantation of Mr. liquors, asJg Btngltsli and French treaties statement will show that this epidemic was Titcomb, of the very best quality. It is now will allow; 1 Ye hope to sec the day when not confined to the Sandwich Islands. Capt. for sale in Honolulu, by Mr. Reynolds. It England and France will cooperate with the Klinkofstrom, connected with the Russian is surely to be regretted that an inferior ar- rulers of this Kingdom to entirely prohibit Fur Company, thus writes us from San ticle from a foreign country should be im- the importation of intoxicating liquors.— Francisco:—"During the last summer we ported in such quantities as to overstock the What an inestimable blessing would thereby had, throughout all our colonies, the meaand great numbers of the inhabitants market, and thus check the growth of coffee be conferred upon the seamen of England, sles, taken were off. Some of our Islands in the France and the United States. upon the islands. Alsaitian chain lost most of their population. Hawaiian Syrup.—We have recently had The effects of trafficing in Spiritu- In Sitka, among a population of 600 souls, an opportunity to test the good quality of ous Liquors.—Those engaged in the sale we had in one month nearly 80 deaths, if not some most excellent Syrup, made for family and manufacture of intoxicating liquors, and more. Nearly all, except Europeans, were use, by Judge Parsons, at Lahaina. It is such as sympathize with them, are extreme- sick, so that all the town was in sorrow, superior to anything of the kind that has ly sensitive when the point is urged that they fear and dread." been in the market since the Chinamen ceas- are upholding an iniquitous and dishonest bued the manufacture of the clarified syrup.— siness. This is natural and what is to be It is with great regret we are called upon We hope the manufacture of good Syrup expected. Before their minds we would hold to announce the death ofCapt. Lindsay, late a will find ample encouragement. Such syr- up the mirror of the past. What does that resident of these islands, who sailed from hence up as that manufactured now at Lahaina, reflect? As we gaze upon that mirror, we in the British schooner Amelia.' His decease would undoubtedly command a very high see reflected this truth, wealth acquired by took place at Whampoa on the 33d of June last, und was caused by inflamation of the brain inprice on the coast. traffic in spirituous liquors has proved a curse duced by exposure after bis undergoing an operA novel Novel.—There has been repub- to those who acquired it, or to their children ation for the removal of a tumor from his forelished in Germany, an exact copy of a Jap- and friend*. This result follows on the prin- head. Capt. Lindsey leaves a widow, a native anese novel, by a Mr. Schwartz, ciple that God ordinarily punishes men in of Hawaii.—[Polynesian, THE FRIEND. ' �37 THE FRIEND, MAY, 1849. Hawaiian Bible Society. Treasurer's ofbarque " Hermes," from Extract from the l»g-oook Report. HAWAIIAN BIBLE SOCIETY IN ACCOUNTWITH Hong Kong toCapt. R. B. Corkhill, Honolulu, April 26, 1840. A. 8. COOKK, TREAS. wards the Sandwich Islands. i: Dear Sir: A meeting of the Executive 1848. i Monday, 13th March, 1849. Committee of the Hawaiian Bible Society Aug. 21. By Mr. W. Goodale, to constitute Mrs. L O. Thurston a Life Member, S10 00 Lat. 35, 56 N. long. 136, 49 E. moderate and was held, on the 20th inst, at the house oi it u it 3i r tnKKlali-, to constituto Miss Mary fine weather, E. N. E., Koomsang Island, Loo Howe Thurston a Life Member, No 60, 10 00 the Treasurer, when the following vote was Choo group N. 1-3 E., 11 or 13 miles distant, Nov 80, J 1'arls, to constitute Miss Mary A Itev D passed : That the Secretary, pro tern, be a I'arls a Life Member, No 66, 10 00 fresh, E. by S., stood to the N. N. E. intending committee to prepare an account of what has i. i. ii iiev j rj i.arh t0 COI tltute Mi88 Anna M to pass between the great Loo Choo and Koom10 00 already been collected for the Society, with 1849. I'arls a Life Member, No 67, sang. what may be collected at the Seamen's Cha- Feb 22. JoelTurrill, Esq, to constituteMast. FredAt fifteen minutes past 3 o'clock r. m., saw a ship the and that the erick Life on shore on the N. K. end of Koomisary Member, Tin iill Sabbath, on same s No 10 00 coming 68, pel A relative in U S, to constituteMiss Mary island on low point of sand and reef, fully five be published in the next number of the H Turrill a Life Member, No 68, 10 00 miles to the N. E. from the island. The ship Friend —also cause to be re-published, with A Friend, to constitute Mrs llcbecou 24, shore lying about halfway out on the point. Johnstone Life 00 ion No70, a 10 Member, corrections, the list of the Life Members." Apr. 16, At by Kev 8 C Damon, for BiMonies ree'd 3.45 tacked to the southward. Ordered the An excellent sermon in behalf of the II B. bles In various languages, 01 62 quarter boat down and sent the 2nd officer with S. was preached at the Seamen's Chapel, « n i' Monies ree'd by Rev 8 C Damon, as subfour hands te endeavour to see what ship it was scriptions, ID 00 Lord's day morning, 22d inst., by the Rev. on shore. While the ship was hove to, the 21, Friends, to conatitute Mrs Mary J ChamJ. S. Green, from Acts 17: 11, 12. "Noberlain a Life Member,No 71, 10 00 nearest part of the reef 3-4 of a mile distant, the 23, I.nrrin Andrews, Jr, to constitute himself ble Beresns." The preacher set forth the ship on shore bore N. N. W. 1-2 W., a low rock a Life Member, No 72. 10 00 off the S. E. point of Koomsang W. by S. 1-4 S. value of the Scriptures in the formation of MrsLaura Judd's children, to constitute herself a Life Member, No 78, 10 00 the point of the low land and reef, E. N. E.— character, and the evils of light, novel readMr Edwufd Bailey's family, to constitute The S. W. of Amakirrima island of the Loo ing, alias yellow covered literature," and himself* Life Membor, No 74, 10 00 Choos S. E. by E. 1-4 E. Took a cast of the Mr 8 N Castle, to constitute Mrs MA Casadmonished his hearers, especially the chilp. m., the boat tle a Life Member, No 76, 10 00 lead in ML, hard sand. At 6.10 dren and youth, to study the Bible. After Wm C Luualilo and others, to constitute board and tho 2nd officer informed Miss Victoria Kamamalu a Life Member, the sermon a collection was taken up. This, us the name on the ship's stern was Elizabeth 10 00 *ith the amount received from the new Life it ii u No 76g and Henry," of London, lying inside a small reef, ncr Armstrong, to constitute Mrs C C Members, and annual subscribers, and for Armstrong a Lite Member, No 77, 10 Oo starboard side to the shore, about midway beRev. D T Condo, to constitute Mrs A L tween the reef and sand, distant from either Bibles sold, will amount to about $400. Coude a Life Member, No 78, 10 00 about 3 cables lengths. The lower masts and ore The expenses nearly $50, leaving $350 ii ii u nev E Whittlesey, to constitute Mrs E K rigging, Whittlesey a Lift Member, No 79, 10 00 bowsprit gone, also anchors, cables, in the Treasurer's hands, ready to be for- ii ii it [;,.,. j g Emerson's family, to constitute sails, brass and iron work, glass of sky-light, warded to tbe parent Society for a new suphimself a Life member, No 80, 10 00 deck-lights, and in fact every thing that could be it n n }{ev 8 C Damon, to constitute Mrs J M ply ofBibles and Testaments. removed had been taken away. No one on Damon a Life Member, No 81, 10 00 By the Serampore, which arrived in Januboard or from the ship on shore; supDr R W Wood, to constitute Mm C A ary last, a large and beautiful assortment of > Hooper a Life Member, No 82, 10 00 posed the have been stranded about a Rev D Baldwin, to constitute himself a 24, Bibles and Testaments, in various languages, month—part of the copper stripped off round the Life Member, No 83, 10 00 was received in return for the $500 sent to JoelTurrill, Esq, U 8 Consul, to constitute ship. Rudder sawn in two below the rudder 10 00 trunk. A small pair of shears rigged as if to Wm Turrill a Life Member, No 84, the parent Society, about a year since. Membersof Royal School, to constitute unship the rudder. This Society (H. B. S.) has been in oper10 00 J M Cooke a Lite Membor. No 86, From a few receipts found on board in the members of Royal School to constitute W ation, now, eight years, and has collected, cabin, Goodale a Life Member, No 86, dated "Auckland, New Zealand, Ist Dec. 10 00 from year to year, a sufficient sum to pur«1; J ll Annual Subecri|.tions of find the Captain's name was W. J. S." 1848," chase a full supply ofBibles and Testaments I'arls 1; D B Lyman 1; I It appeared that the natives or other Clark. 1,60; J 8 (.rem 1; J F rogoWR: B Anin the English, French, Spanish, German, people had been stripping the ship, as but little drews 1; Mrs Dole 1; Dr ft Mrs Wetmorc Portuguese, Welsh, Swedish, Danish and was left on board except a few water butts tbnt 2; Mr & Mrs Rice2; A B Bates 2; Mr & Mrs Johnson 2; Mrs Rowcll & Daughter 1,26; Dutch languages, for seamen and landsmen. were floating about in the hold. We supposed 1. 0 Hall 1; J Fuller 1; C R Bishop 2; J the crew would be all saved when the Ship went The amount collected from year to year, E Wilcox 1; J H I-aty 1; J G Lewis 2; 29 76 on shore. They might now be on the island, or is as follows, viz:— Collection at Seamen's Chapul, Lord's 37 26 more probably have gone away in the boats to Day, 22d Inst., " " ' ' i „ " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " "" " """ " " — """ " " " " " " "" " "" """ " From June, 1841, to June, 1842, $108 50 1843, 44 00 1844, 62 00 18t5, 292 BB " 1846, 482 46 1848, 584 82 May, 1849, 407 93 " " " " Hitchcock 6p. m., hoisted up «407 82 Loo Choo, or elsewhere. At boat and made sail to southward. Strong breeze 1849. DR. Apr. 16, For raouoy paid by Itev 8 C Damon, ts ami cloudy, E. S. E. follows:—postage »1.60; labels W; The reef on which the "Elizabeth and Henry" freight per Matilda «8; freight per was wrecked is not laid down on Laurie's chart, Sera mpore 19,62; do to Oregon 4JJ0—39 62 1847, or on Nome's, 1836, For printing 200 "Original Hymn," by Miss F M Caulkin, 4 00-43 62 crsw of the "E. &.H." Making from 1842 to 1849, $1982 38 Mem.—Should the Ten dollars, paid at any one time, constiBalance due tha Society, »36 'M have proceeded to Loo Choo, they will most E & O. K. tutes a Life Member. Eighty-five individuprobably meet with kind and hospitable treat, AMOS 8. COOKE, Tress. als, by paying this sum, or by having it paid metit. When the Royal Oak" was wrecked April .Honolulu, 26,1849. for them, have been made Life Members. there five or six years hack, the crew was proF.xatuined and found to be correct life The first sixty-three were constituted 8. CASTLE. vided with lodging and provisions and every asN. members previous to June, 1848. For the Auditor of J/*w. Bib. Society. sistance rendered them in saving what were poslast twenty-two, see the Treasurer's Report, sible from the wreck. The authorities also built which is sent herefor the last eleven months, "The U. S. S. Preble is about to proceed to them n junk in which the ultimately reached with. Japan to bring away the crew of the American Cbusan in safety. Altho' offered remuneration Yours truly, A. S. COOKE, Sec. protem. whaler Lagoda, recently wrecked on the coast." it was constantly and firmly refused.—[Polyne—[China Mail. sian. Rev. S. C Damon. — ' " �THE FRIEND, MAY, 1849. 38 Tale or a Tub.—The following droll stoA Duel Avoided.—A famous duellist ry appears in the St. Joseph Times: challenged an Irish barrister for some remark On the passage of the ship Alexandria from made by the barrister while the duellist was Anecdote of Swearing.—An anecdote of New Orleans to New York, a young lad, of this description, which we read a few days about fourteen, from a naturally frolicksome giving his testimony on the stand in some imago, reminded us of one we have never seen disposition, became so troublesome that he portant case. The barrister knew precisely in print, but which We have for a long time was threatened by the captain that he would as much about fighting as a fancy boxer stored among our recollections of the late confine him in a water cask. Our youngster knows about Milton's "Paradise Lost." His Rev. Joseph Grafton, of Newton. We know took no heed, and, at his next offence, was friends told him, however, that there was no nothing of the truth of the story, and yet so put into the cask, which was headed up, perfectly characteristic is it, that we have al- leaving a large bunghole for the admission of way to avoid the scrape, and it was certainways regarded it as the relation of a verita- air. The ship encountered a violent storm, ly expected of him either to light or apoloble incident. Father Grafton stood high in and, in a violent lurch, the cask containing gize. This settled the point; for the proud the public estimation, and was often present the boy rolled into the sea. The circum- little Hibernian, though he would rather eat with other clergymen on great occasions.— stance was not noticed by those on board.— than fight, still infinitely preferred being shot At one time he was dining with the Governor Fortunately, the cask struck bung up, and to making an apology. So the two duellists, and Council, the Mayor and Aldermen, or floated about thirty hours, when it was thrown with their seconds, etc., were soon upon the some other body of magnates, in Boston, and upon the beach of Cape St. Bias Here the battle ground. The challenger was notoriwas excessively annoyed as well as shocked boy made efforts to extricate himselffrom his ous as a great pistol shot, and had fought by the profanity of a young man who sat prison, without success, and, in despair gave some half dozen duels before, in one of which nearly opposite to hitn at table. Having en- up to die. Some cows strolling on the beach he was so badly wounded as to be left a cripdures the odious vice as long as his patience were attracted to the cask, and one of the ple for life. would allow, the old gentleman arose and number, it being fly-time, switched her tale When other preliminaries were arranged, cxclaimnd, Mr. President," in the sharp, into the bung-hole, which the boy grasped he requested, through his second, one favor energetic tone, which all who knew him will with desperate resolution. The cow bellow- from his adversary, which was permission to recollect. The President struck his knife ed, and set off for life; and, after running stand up against a mile stone, that was on handle upon the table to command attention, some three hundred yards with the cask, the chosen ground. He sought no advanand replied, " The Rev. Mr. Grafton." Si- struck it against a log on the beach, and tage, but wished to lean upon the stone, belence prevailed, and the old gentleman very knocked it to.pieces. The boy, thus provi- ing too lame to stand without support. His that dentially released, was discovered by some request was at once granted, and just as the cooly proceeded—"l move there be no swearing done at this table ex- fishermen on the Point, and taken into Api- word was about to be given, the lawyer issucepting by my friend the Rev. Dr. Homer." lachicola, where a small collection being ed his mandate to stay proceedings, as ho The motion prevailed by acclamation, and made for him, he was enabled to proceed had also a request to make. the remedy was as thoroughly effectual as north by the way of Columbus. In the gravest manner in the world he sothe mortification of the young swearer was licited permission to lean against the next mile Nantucket Sheep.—Even in Nantucket stone, and the joke was so good thatthe chal complete.—[N. Y. Rec. people have their troubles. At present there lenger took his revenge out in a hearty roar is a and anti-sheep party; tho anti- of laughter, withdrawing his deadly defiance, The Rich Man and the Day Laborer.— sheepsheep party being much the largest. There and declaring that he could never shoot a A merchant who is as avaricious as opulent, are about thousand sheep on the Isl- man of such excellent humor. recently excited some public attention at and; someseven flocks are owned by men large London. He had obtained at the cheapest possible rate, a poor day-labonflkto do some who do not own a rod of land. The sheep "Put your finger in de, vat you call work in his house. This unfortunate man, run at large on the Island and eat up every him, dc blacksmith's vice," said the foreigngreen thing. The people of the Island are er, "and turn him till you can bear him no fatigued with work, represented to the mer- noted for their love of blackberries; it is eschants wife, that with so low wages he could Dat isde rheumatiz. Den give him longer. off the not purchase a glass of beer to quench his timated that ten thousand dollarsgoes another turn. Dat is dc gout." But taxa. thirst. The compassionate woman gave him Island every year to purchase this delicious tion in this country has long since passed the fruit. It is much force contended, and with a tankard of ale, but the husband learned gout point of intolerable, and verged upon this circumstance on his return, and whenhe that if the sheep were away the people could the impossible. To pay taxes is the grand raise their and the blackberries, own hence settled with his laborer, retained the value to be the only obis now before our feature, and would seem of the drink. The poor man exclaimed difficulty. of life. tax. tax. Tax, ject, English couruH pither people who keep sheep against it, and raised so great an uproar that State have let them run at any rigntto large upon the police took him to prison. The next day George III. was when he was called before the Judge, he ex- the land which is the common property of School of Manners.-As the whole that the of one of his men people. walking Hence, see we quarter-deck you plained the affair, was discharged upon the have here a real, bona-fide 'free soil" ques- of war with his hat on, a sailor asked his paymenfof two shillings; but the merchant tion. messmate who that fellow, was who didn't had another account to render to justice.— to the admiral? He was condemned to pay fifty pounds ster. Doing the Barber.—An Eastern-shore dowse his peak it's the King." ling aa a fine for having sold beer without a man stepped into a barber's shop in our city, "Why, license, and the poor laborer, as the inform- on Saturday, says the Baltimore Argus, and "Well, king or no king," retorts the other of the offence, received the third of the requested the barber to take off 12$ cents er, "he's an unmannerly dog." "Where should he learn manners?" resum. worth of his hair. The barber trimmed his plied Jack, "he ncvcr-was out of sight ofland locks very neatly, and then combed and in his life." Gen. Lafayette.—During the Revolu- brushed them in the most particular style. tionary war, Gen. Lafayette being in Balti" Are you done?" asked the Eastern-shore SYLLOGISM. more, was invited to a ball. He went, as man, as the barber removed the napkin from A sailor is not a sailor when he's aboard, his neck. requested, but instead of joining in the amuseAnd a sailor is not sailor when he is ashore; ment, as might be expected of a young " Yes sir," returned the man of the razor I!nt lie must be either ashore oa aboard Frenchman of twenty-two, he addressed the with a bow. Therefore a sailor is not a sailor.—[Ex. ladies thus: "Ladies, you are very handAre you certain that you took off eleven Why is a sailor not a sailor when he Is orerboard.—[P. some; you dance very prettily; your ball is pence worth?" Journal. very fine; but my soldiers have no shirts." " Yes t)ir," returned the barber, " there's BECAUSE The appeal was irresistable; the ball ceas- the glass—you can see for yourself." the tarn-ail, he Is a-etern. If he fell ed; the sadies went home and went to work, Well," said the Eastern-shore man, "if If from a from Jib-boom,he isa-bead, and the next day a large number of shirts you think that you have got eleven pence If from the bulwarks, be is a-long-»ide, were presented by the fairest hands of Balti worth off, I don't know as I have got any use Therefore a sailor overboard k not sailor. more, for the gallant defenders of their coun- for it, and I haven't got no change, so you When is a sailor a silLOa ? Do yon girt it op' trymay just keep the hair for your trouble!" When be is no so'eaa Cabin Boy's Locker. " • - " " • �39 THE FRIEND, MAY, 1849. |C7»The following Original Hymn, com- Sabbath Friend. enjoyment of "such a Sabbath, he feela how blessed, above all other days, is the one young lady, of New London, Ct., which the Lord hath made.—Bibliotheca SaA New England Sabbath.—A corres- cra. was sung by the choir at the Seamen's Bethel, on Sunday, the 22d ult., on which oc- pondent of the Rochester Democrat, writing Working on the Sabbath.—There are a Mass., says : casion the Rev. Mr. Green preached a ser-ifrom Springfield, New England Sabbath is something great many people who profess to keep the "A mon for the benefit of the Hawaiian Bible! which can only be seen in New England. It Sabbath according to the fourth commandis not an article of exportation. There is a ment, but who, somehow or other, always Society. quiet, settled calm about it—a stillness which find a multitude of 'works of necessity' to be AN ORIGINAL HYMN. can almost be felt—unused to any other at- attended to. We have seen a capital anecmosphere. I arose yesterday morning op- dote, lately, about a family of such people, BY MISS F. M. CAULKINS, NEW LONDON, CT. pressed by the solemn serenity which seem- who were pretty severely rebuked by a coled to pervade every object around me. In ored man in their employ. Tha family were tins busy town, at eight o'clock, not a sound farmers. One Sabbath morning the colored could be heard. Silence pervaded its streets man was not up, as usual, at breakfast.— What sjght breaks on a darkened world, and I could scarcely make myself believe The son was sent to call him, but Caesar said From these resplendent leaves unfurl'd! that I was in the midst of a population often they need not wait for him, as he did not The opening eyelids of the morn, or twelve thousand souls. The green fields wish for any breakfast. Shed no such beams on hill or lawn. —the mountains—the forests—stretching out Why, Caesar, said the young man, we in every direction, far as the eye could reach shall want you as soon as the dew is off, to —seemed praising God, in their calm beau- help about the hay. An angel bending from the skies, ty, and the huge elms of an hundred years, No, said he, I can't work any more on the Heralds the volume as it flies; lilted up their long arms towards heaven and Sabbath; it is not right. Happy the nation that receives, looked devout a9 the ancient patriarchs.— Not right! said the other. Is it not our With outstretch'd hands.the dropping leaves. The very buildings—many of them associa- duty to take care of what Providence has gited with stirring events in the past—became ven us? And would you not pull your cow Thrice happy each life-quickened heart, sanctified monitors, as they said to the con- or sheep out of a pit, upon the Sabbath, CssThat trusts to this unerring chart templative mind, 'This is the land of the Pil- sar? if I had been trying all the week grims—Remember the Sabbatn day to keep 'Tis hope to age, and strength to youth, it holy.' Whoever remembers his first Sab- to shoWthem in. I would let them lie there.' To darkness, light; to wanderers, truth. bath in a New England town, will be able to Day.—The understand what I have written, for he must Remember the Sabbath 'Tis gentle rain, 'tis sparkling dew, have felt what I have attempted to describe. Grand Duke Constantine, of Russia, during The mind to cleanse, refine, renew : There is no ingress or egress here on the his tour around Scotland, visited the Islands 'Tis lightning fierce, and thunder deep, Sabbath. All public conveyances lay by.— of Staffa lona, in the Hebrides. He arrived Formerly a car passed over the road to Bos- at the latter on Sunday. To startle conscience from its sleep. ton and back with the mail. This has been The stern old keeper of the Cathedral keys refused to unlock the gate and admit discontinued. A shaft from this full quiver sent, Yankee one is always the party to see the tombstones, for that villages In these In twain hath many a bosom rent; delighted with their magnificent shade trees. would in his opinion have been desecrating A drop ofbalm from this rich store, They constitute the principal beauty of al- the Sabbath. In vain did Captain Robinson most every place you visit—of this place pre- ask imploringly, whether he was aware who Hath healed the broken heart once more. eminently. Nearly every street here is sha- the illustrious stranger was, whom he refusto age, and zeal from ded by magnificent elm, sycamore or maple ed to gratify. Donald 'dinna exactly ken.' age Learning He supposed 'from what folk said, it was onHave worshipped, loved, explored the page; trees." ly the Emperor of Russia. But he wad nae Martyrs in its defence have died, England, Scotland and America en- gie up the key to his own Queen on the Or torments worse than death defied. joy a Christian Sabbath. To them it is Lord's day. There was a power aboon suwhat God originally designed it should be in perior to any earthly power, and he could Like angels round a dying bed, and of mer- nae gie up the key.' Chr. Watchman. all the earth, —a day of the reIts truths a heavenly radiance shed; cy to man. But how nations An Example.—A vessel containing upthat the they only, flection celestial wings, And hovering on of Christendom, enjoy a Christian Sabbath. wards of one hundred and fifty Hollanders, Breathe music from unnumbered strings. It is truly sad to witness the desecration of lay all of Sabbath day at one of our wharves' the Sabbath even in Protestant Europe.— rather than violate, by travelling, that law O now thou Word, divinely fair, But a son of the Pilgrims, who loves this which secures its sanctity as well in the New Take wings and wide thy message bear ; day of the Lord, wearied with the perpetual as in the Old World. They held public serPeace to all climes, —heart-peace be given, hurrying to and fro of the multitude in that vice upon the deck of their vessel in the strange land ; saddened at the sight of the morning, a sermon being delivered by a minAnd light to guide the soul to heaven ! gay throngs that crowd every place of amuse- ister of their own number. Their hymne, ment, in pursuit of every conceivable form sung in their own tongue, seemed indeed to We are assured that M. Pageot, the late of merriment and of guilty pleasure ; sick- be hymns of praise, swelling forth from French Minister Plenipotentiary to the United ened at the sound ofrevelry and noisy mirth hearts that rejoiced to breath this the land of States, has left that country for England, to of- mingling with the notes of martial music, freedom and their adoption. They are desfer Louis Philippe a part of his princely for- the bustle of the military parade, and the tined to the colony m the Grand River Valto the attention of tune, and induce him to establish himself and din of business ; to such an alien from the ley, which was brought the past winter. We during to land of the it is most our legislature Pilgrims, refreshing his family in America. This is most admirable and a speedy paswinds favorable more, once of sacred rest wish them in a day in M. Pageot, and Ahe more so as it is most rare. enjoy, or in that fair and happy sage to their new home in our Western Valhis native land, Joural dv Havre. island from which his fathers came. Even ley, and trust that thousands more will speein busy London, that vast metropolis of the dily follow them.—Del. Adv. We cannot help remarking on the very world, the sacred suspension of secular quiet and good natured way in which the crew of business, the deep repose of that tumultuous A Child with Twenty Names.—The Maoflicially announcerthe birth ofthe the Russian Brig Baykull have behaved them- city, as the Sabbath returns, the stillness of drid Gazette Montpensier's child, and that she dc Duchess selves on every occasion when they have been the hallowed day, its sacred associations, its has been baptised Maria Isabel Francises dc Asis on shore. If all sailors followed their example solemn rites and divine instructions enforced Antonia Luiza Fernanda Cristina Amelia Fehp* the police fores might be reduced to one-half of by the solemnities of the sanctuary—these Adelaida Josefa Elena Enriquita Carolina Just* * are all a cordial to his thirsty spirit. In the Rutins Gsspara Melcbora Baltasar* Nates. its present strength.—[Polynesian, posed by a THE BIBLE. : — — • �THE FRIEND, MAY, 1849. 40 , Hon on, IS mos. 700 sperm; reTo Seamen and Steikciii— The Seamen's Chapel wotfurnished by the Contain ef Snip Rambler of Naaluckst. ported a skip la slftil lo be the Wa. Wirt, of New Bedford, is open forPublic Worship every Sabbath, at 11 o'clock, unknown. the Hermes, to the editor of the Polynesian. Humility a. m tod ?4, r. ■. Seath mi. The Alexsndsr spoke ship Coral on the line, 28 mos. out, The following Religious services will be held at the Vestry Room "March 29, 1840. 2700 sperm; hid taken 1000 obis in about 8 days. Thursday evening. Usually, there will be a LecLat. 31, 58 N. long. 138, 28 E. Steered N. Flora spoken In Feb. oil"Chile, bound home from Cslifornls, every ture delivered. E. by E. 1-2 E. till 8 P. M., distance run since 800 wbsle. All well. The Seamen's Concert for Prayer is held at the Vestry noon, 66 miles. At that hour the centra of a Room the third Monday evening each month. PORT OF LAHAINA. Seamen belonging to vessels (of all nations) visiting smalUisland bore south five miles whirl) would port are invited to call at the Chaplain's Study, this place it in latitude 32,24 N. longtitude 139,86 E. where supplied with copies of Arrived. they will be gratuitously Not laid down in Laurie's or Nome's charts.— reading matter. It will be most 14. Ship Majestic, Hall, New Bedford, 5 months out, the Friend and other From 8 P. M., steered E. by N. 1-2 N., kept a 40April Chaplain the to receive calls from Seamen convenient for sperm. goed look out for South Island and must have 16. Orosimbo, Barium, New Bedford, 4 months out. Mean between 2 and 4 o'clock, J. m. Public services at the Native Churches, on theSahbath, Adams, New Bedford, 5 months out, 130 sperm. passed close to the place assigned it on the chart —America, Cole. New Bedford, 3 months out, 60 sperm. commence at 9l, a. h., and 2j p. m. but saw nothing of it, sod doubt very much if it —Towner, —vy. U. Nye, Rose, New London, 9 months out, SIM sperm. The Seamen's Reading Room is open at all hours of is in that position. 17. Massachusetts, Chase, New Bedford. 8 months out. 90 the day. Strangers arriving and having late foreign paFound the chronometers very correct by ob- sperm. pers, are respectfully invited to aid in keeping said room supplied with useful reading matter. servations taken in Honolulu harbor, April 26th Donations are respectfully solicited for tb> support 1849." A Card. the of Chaplaincy, and the publication of 'Trw Friend'. An annual report ol all donaliona ia made to the AmeriTo the Editor of the Friend: can Friend Society, New York. Any person Seamen's Donations. Dear Sib—It gives me great pleasure to acknowledge contributing the sum of t50 isinentitled to become a Life through your paper, a donation of one hundred dollars, re- Director of the Society, and by 820 to become an Honotor Chaplaincy. rary Life Member. Man), Adams, B. *5 00 ceived from foreign residents inLabaina,and fromofficeis Mr. SAMUEL C DAMON, sum has apstopping port and seamen at this This been AFrlsnd, S 90 Honolulu, April I.—if. Seamen's Chaplain. a to purchasing Serapropriated, according promise, in For the FrUnd. Information for Whalemen. phina for the Chapel in this place. JanesNichols $ 1 00 The subscriber would respectfully give the following T. E. TAYLOR, 6 00 notice for the information of whalethipa, cruising in the Rev. Mr. Coan, Seamen's Lahaina. Chaplain, •»••_..-. Pacific. Recruits can be obtained at Pitcairn's Island, ii 6 00 for at least twenty-five ships, at about the following Mr. Haloey, ....,M Extruct from the RecordM ofthe General Meeting of the prices:— Capt. KHokofttrnm, 16 00 Santlvich Jtlnnds Motion: Yams, per barrel, »2,no Sweet Potatoes 2,00 April 24, 1849. 3,00 Irish DIED. Voted, at the request of the Rev. Mr. Taylor, the Sea- Onions 3,00 Oa beard Am. wkaleshlo "Alesander," off Rio Jajsarlo, Nor. imen's Chaplain at Lahaina, we relinquish the room beLimes 2,00 93, 1848, Capt. Josßph Black, belou|la| lo MiddlohvssjfMsss. longing to the mission, under the Seamen's Chapel, toge- Lime Juice, per fal, 33 Aloe, onboard Ik*same vessel, Nov. 95, Wm.Maynehl, carCocoa Nuts, hundred, per 2,00 penter, belonging to New Hampshire. They died of a tevsr ither with a strip of land around the Chapel, 14 feet wide, Oranges, 1,00 caught at Cape rte Verde Islands, it being very sickly when the for the use of the Chaplaincy, so long as that building Fowls, per doz., 3,00 vessel touched there. inhabitants are exchange, ordinarily ready an the to Evangelical Protestant plaee of worship. In At vTaloli, Kauai, Feb 6, Frank, Infant and twin son of shall continue take while and blue drilling, at from 20 10 25 c per yard; Ssv E fc Mrs L S Johnson, aged 6 monthsand 1 day. True Copy. and calicoes from 15 to 20c per yard. They are usually SAMUEL G. DWIGHT. in want of soap, oil, check shirts, powder, percussion Ass't Scribe. caps, old lead, carpenter's toola, (fee. The best season for furnishing yams, is from August to January; Sweet Potatoes, throughout the year; Irish PoTo Seamen. tatoes, from December to February, and July to SeptemPORT OF HONOLULU. The subscriber, a practical seamen and shipmaster,has ber, (two s.asons). JOHN BUFFETT. entered upon the duties of a Marine Missionary at large, Honolulu, Feb. 23, 1849. if in tbe port of Boston, under the patronage and support of Arrived. ithe benevolent, and offers his services to seamen, free of D'Aubigne's History of the Reformation, March Sl--Bhip Hellespont, Manwarlng, of Mysllc,s 7 mo icharge. in 4 vols. out, 96 brio. op. The Office of the mission is at No. 8, Long Wharf, —Ship Alexander, J. Byon, of New Bedford, 11 mos out, where the scriptures and religious trscts may be had in A few copies of this interesting work, elegantly bound are for sale at cloth, in sp, brls oil. Joa. the Study of the Seamen's ChapBlack, 416 late master, died at ses all the languages of Europe, and where ship owners and Capt. lain. on the 21st at Nov. lost. on ship application, may obtain miscellaneous masters, 7—Ship Hope, Christian, Bedford, April New 18 runs out, This edition is prefaced with the following notice by Looks, pamphlets, and files of papers for the use of their the author:— 300 sp. 10—Ship Luminary, Norton, Wsrren, 6 mos. out, 30 brls crews, free of expense, and also select Ships'Libraries, "I have revised this.translation line by line,and word sp oil. by paying for them. by word. It is the only one which I have corrected. Bag Harbor, 6 mos out, 95 sp. following are among the duties assumed by the —Bark Columbia, Sweeny, The Signed, J. H. Merle DAubione." 6 mos. 100. missionary. He will hold religious or temperance meet—Bark Cavalier, Dexter, Rtonlngton, March 84—Danish brlgantine Emmy, Oebhanl, from Honr ings on ship-board when invited, either on the Sabbath or Koag. of History the Hawaiian Islands: at other timet; visit sick or disabled seamen on shore or 37—English brlgsntine Dispatch, Plant, from Sydney. Embracing their Antiquities, Mythology, Legends, **—Hamburg brtfantine Chorions. Decker, fin Valparaiso. on board their vcsaaMhod seek to promote their tempor- Discovery by Eurnpeana in the sixteenth century, re-dis—Am. whale shlpTuscsrora, Leek, Coldsprlng. ial and spiritual vafBj Book after the pecuniary interests April 9—Haw octir Starling, Mensles, 28 days from Colum- iof seamen who digHPyMrom home, and correspond with covery by Cook, Willi their Civil, Religious and Political from History River. the and the earliest traditionory period to the presUndine, bla Reports In river ship bark Anita, itheir friends. To shipwrecked Mariners he will afford for San Francisco every assistance in his power, and also to auch seamen ent lime. By JAMES JACKSON JARVES. Third ship Splendid, Cold Spring, clean 3—Am whsle Pearson, to send money to distant friends, or to rie- edition. For sale at Chaplain'a Study. Price, »1,00. April B—Russian Am, Co's hark Prince Meiiiikon", Rsuda- a* may deaire posite it in the Seamen's Savings Bank fur salekeeping cofT, 19 days from Baa Francisco. Bible* t Bible* 11 9—Steam Propeller Massachusetts, Wood, from New York iagainst a rainy day. Ia abort, he will aim to promote the great ends of movia Rio se Janeiroand Valparaiso. the study of the seamen's Chaplain a supply of At —Eng. schr. Ellas, Chard. 78 days from Hobart Town. irality, temperance, religion, and enlarged benevulence, Billies and Testaments ia constantly on hand and for 12—Russian man of war brig Baikal Nievlelskoy, 54 days among those who go dowu to the sea in ships, that da sale. At present the assortment comprises thoae in th* from Valparaiso. English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, April 14—Chilean Brlgantlae Lois, Schroedor, from Valpar- business in great waters." religious temperSeamen want of the Bible, books, in Dutch and Welsh languages. aiso vlaTablts. ance and other publications, counsel or advice, are invited a late arrival, some elegantly bound Family April 14— British schr. Louies, Milton, from Sydney. April 18—Hawaiian brig Mocieiums, Pfannkuche, 78 days to call at the office of the mission, No. 8 Long Wharf, ops r...-e been, received from the depository of the Haag Kong. Custom |posite the from House. merican Bible Society, New York. Prices from II to »7A THOMAS V. SULLIVAN, April 19—British sell. Osprey, Origgs, S6 days frsrn Port WalHngtou, New Zelaod. missy at large in the port of Boston. Marine April at. Fr. brig Anonyme, Rshballard, 35 days from Ta. September 1, 1848. The Friend tent Abroad. hit! Any person, by paying the subscription price of the —Br. bark Lindsays, McKeatie, 90 days from Sydney, N. & Information "Wanted. Friend, (11,60) in advance, can have the paper forwarded W. for Bas Francisco; put In to stop a leak. Respecting a young man who shipped in 1845 on board to any part of England or the Uuited Slates, by the earM. Br. brig Velocity, Dixon, 46 days from Valparaiso, with the Am whaleship Nile, Capt Case,New York, his name liest opportunity. tf British Naval Stores. Theodore Belden, age from 16 to 16 years. By a letter OUTSIDK—Br. bark Hermes, Corkhlll, 64 days from Hong received from Capt. Case by one of her owners at Kong for Saa Fraadhoo. Greenport, dated Sandwich Islands, March 16,1847. alaling that he had left Belden under the charge of the Am. Sailed. Monthly Journal devoted toTempera nee, Any Con- A April 10—Raw sear Plymouth. Church, for Saa Francisco. Consul, sick, when recovered to be sent home. Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence. sul bad the or having boy charge, auy nnder his other 11—Am schr John Dual**, Bocheliler, San Francisco. PUBLISHED AMD EDITED BY person having information respecting him, will confer s —Chilean brlgaatlae Brls ds Junlo, Hob.on, do. April 16—Hawaliaa schr. Joaephlne, Brlckwood, for Saa lasting favor upon an anxious mother by communicating SAMUEL C. DAMON, SEAMEN'S CHAPLAIN. it to H B Haswell, Esq, 86. South Pearl Street, Albauy, FIBBSISLU. JTIINI. April 17—V. 8. Transport Msssachusetu, Wood, for Colum. NY. Ma river. One copy per annum, »l,60 Notice Lahaina Aaru 18-Brltlsh schr. Louisa, Miltoa, lor Baa Praaciseo. to Subscribers. Two copies per annum, 2,60 The Rbv. Mb. Ta y lor will now act a* Agent for the Five copies per annum, 6,00 goo Friend," at Lahaina, and the irregularity which ha* at- Tea copies per aaaum, SPOKEN, March 11, off Galllpagoa Islands, spoka ship Massachusetts. tended the forwarding of your papers, it i* hoped, will no CS* Single copies and bound volumes for 1,2,3,4 longer be a a ndl he 7 experienced. Mr. T. will employ carrier, year* may obtained at the Study of the Chapwho will deliver the paper. lain. .... ...... .... " " "" " " MARINE JOURNAL. ' .' < , " '' , " EBy ' "THE ' re^^apr.*- — ~ »A- ■—» " < , PRIBND: -------....... ------....... � 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 (1849) 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 - 1849.05.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849.05.01 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/a0b7f1257d5e2553644c420ad2aa4e9b.pdf 614cb7134dd34f4088ca26eedc06848e PDF Text Text F THE RIEND. 41 HONOLULU, SEPTEMBER 1, 1849. Vol. 7. N: • 10th. This morning high wind, rough ses, and ship going nine knots. At noon, Lett. Ponvar—"Setting Ball," "Go Ahead," Pace 41 A Trip from the sandwich Islands to Lower 25° 14' N., have made two degrees of 41 Passage to Columbia Hirer, Oregon and Upper California. easting since leaving the Islands. Colombia River, its discovery, 43 Sabbath, 220* April. After three days of Astoria, « Leaves selected from "Our Log Book." rough weather, it was exceedingly pleasant 44—46 TheFrench at the Sandwich Islands, and quiet Sabbath mornto a peaceful greet Letter from Navigator Islands,ko, 48 I.—PASSAGE TO COLUMBIA RIVER. could but I ing. think, perhaps this may not 47 Report ofthe King's Commissioners, Tuesday, April nih. The order was githe privilege of public be that we enjoy may Protest, by command of theKing, 47 ven to " cast off"," which was followed by this 48 that to chanced worship. morning to open a I Notices, ship news, Ac, "go ahead" with the steam, and the of volume sermons by Spring, addressed Dr. "Massachusetts" quietly glided out of Hoto apseamen. was I in to circumstances nolu harbor. Soon the pilot bids us adieu of the first and I felt that I was for some months sever- preciate the opening paragraph a moral sublimity in a is For theFriend. ed from scenes and persons endeared by discourse: "ThereThe BETTING SAIL. landsman conjectures Sabbath at sea. many pleasant associations. At sundown O for a blessing from on high, it—paints it, while the devout seamen feels Ere from the much loved shore we fly; we had reached that region of calms off" the it; there are aspirations here felt, felt no A hope divine to stay each soal, S. W. part ofthe Island of Oahu, but fancyAs o'er the dangerous main we roll! where else. Yet what is it that gives such ing that we should be favored with wind, the See! the long wished for wind blown free! sublimity to a Sabbath at sea? It is not the We must part! we must part' steam was allowed to escape, and we found mart of business which we here enter; nor To sea! to sea! the vessel becalmed. During tbe evening are And now to, thee, O heavenly Friend! they the portals of science and literature; Ourselves, our ship, we would commend ; some of the officers assemble in the "Ladies*\ nor is it the splendid Cathedral; no, nor yet Star of the East! our Pilot be, Cabin." One reads the "News," another the more simple and bumble sanctuary, As we launch with the wind on tbe boundless sea! the "Polynesian," a third 'Jarves' History," where far distant friends "worship and bow Along lift's restless billows driven, and a fourth "Wyllie's Notes." Another down and They win their port, whoseport Is heaven; kneel before the Lord their MaThey meet no wreck who trust God's love, group assemble in the after cabin to listen to ker." Great objects consecrate all that is They sail secure, who look above. the sound of the violin. Everything is very around them. Tbis vast ocean, this emblem Lord! when oar eyes are fixed on thee, Not a sailor or soldier deserted at quiet. All la well! all ia well! of infinity itself, gives sublimity to the On land, or sea. Honolulu. scene." Let songs, not sighs, around us flow, All day, yesterday, (tbe 18th,) it was quite From land, but not from God we go; going upon deck at the hour appointed In storm oroalm, in Joy or pain, calm, and the vessel made but little progress. forOn Divine service, I found the awning spread The sailor may trust in the Lord of tbe main Towards evening Capt. Wood gave the orover the spacious quarter-deck—the officers F. M. C. der to "fire up," and during tbe night we Xsw Losses, Coaaj. soldiers assembled—a flag thrown over* a ran at the rate of six knots. This morning nd the every thing admirably arFrom the Louisville Journal. the summits of the mountains and hills ofj capstan—and an It was ranged. impressive scene—the GO AHEAD. Oahu are scarcely to be discerned in the disquietness—the gentle breere—the Day—the Xever doubt a righteous erase ; tance. By the aid of steam and ssils we are ocean—all conGo ahead! yet heaving almost sleeping, rapidly urged on our course. I am surprised to Throw yourself completely k, of love and gratitowpall forth emotions spire Conscience shaping all your laws, perceive how retired a passenger can be, on g#de to the Giver of all good, the Ocean's Manly through thinkand thin, board a vessel with two hundred shipmates. God and the Sabbath's Lord. Go ahead! As for sea-sickness I have escaped in Do not ask who'll go with yon; 24m. We are having a fine run. The manner far short of my fears. Go ahead! winds are strong, but favorable, speeding us In conversation with Capt. Wood I learn"umbers! spam the coward's plea If there be but one or two. ed that he was a classmate in Harvard Uni- forward at the rate of 8, 9, and 10 knots.— Single-handed thoughit he, more so versity with Prescott the Historian. He re- Tbe weather is cool, snd becomes Go ahead! Thick clothing very necessary. every day. marked that Prescott was quite celebrated, Though fierce watersround yoa dash, me of in college, as an excellentLatin scholar, andI Such weather, by contrast, reminds Go ahead! warm of the Islthe and temperature mild aaa; furthermore that while an under-graduate he Beak them! certainly you Lat them proudly dare the skies— ands. received an injury in one of his eyes which What an mountains to a man' resulted in almost destroying hia vision, to i 30th. Being the last day of the month, Go ahead! which he makes so touching an allusion in according to the Army Regulations of tbe Though fierce waters round yea desk, the Preface ofhis history of "Ferdinand andI United States tha soldiers were called out Go ahead! Let no hardship baffle you; Isabel!." "Thus shut out frome one sense, for inspection. The weather was very cold Th ough the heavensroar aad flash, I was driven te rely exclusively on another, and with a 'quick step," the soldiers marshSttll, undaunted, firm and tree, •to ahead! and to make the ear do tbe work ofthe eye." ed avmr the quarter-deck, and in "innMs Contents OF THE FRIEND, SEPT. 1,1848. THE FRIEND. Poet's Corner. I ,, ' . * * .', " * �42 THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1849. world the impor- me — quick time," each one heard hisname called. satisfactorily shown to the r—- ; that tbe eye of an Omniscient Judge has Tbe orders "face frost, face left, face right, tant results of having expended so much trea- not been fastened upon him. When the and right about face," were quickly givsn, sure and destroyed so many lives in discov- poor, miserable and drunken Indian has died and all soon disappeared from the deck ering an Antarctic continent, or in attempt- a bill has been filed against his destroyer in Heaven's Chancery. In the day of final whose services were not required in the ma- ing to discover a N. W. psmmge! nagement of the s sbip. Thus ended the reckoning there will be no want of facts and II.—COLUMBIA RIVER, ITS DISCOVERY evidence to establish the guilt of multitudes "training." Exeunt omnes. AND NAVIGATION. who have engaged in this destructive, altho' Mtty ith. According to observations at noon we were about five hundred miles from With a thankful heart I sit down to record lucrative traffic. land. Every thing moves on pleasantly on .the incidents of this day, May Bth, our vesAfter tea, I accompanied a party on shore. ship-board. Some of my fellow passengers sel having safely crossed the much dreaded We visited the house of a Mr. Keplin, which are great readers, and having an excellent, Columbia River "Bar," and now lies safely is near the extreme point of Cape Disappublic library on board, time does not bang at anchor in Baker's Bay. Early this morn-, pointment. On entering his dwelling I obing our ship was some distance off the mouth served a Yankee clock, firsh from the manheavy. This morning, May 7th, at 11 o'clock the of the river. Guns were fired for a pilot, ufactory! I also noticed lying upon the tabut outline was seen. Just 20: none made dim of the land his appearance. It was a ble an English Bible, English Prayer Book, days since leaving Honolulu. For two days source of much anxiety to the captain, as and Noah Webster's Spelling Book; Ihe latnot having been able to obtain observations, neither himself or any person on board had ter printed in Oregon! In taking a short our position ia not exactly known, but Capt. ever entered the river. As we approached ramble through the forest, I observed many Wood conjectures that we are too far North, the entrance, a boat was sent forward—but trees and shrubs corresponding with those on hence as we approached the land the vessel it did not appear safe to enter on our first the Atlantic coast. Blossuins of the strawmade a southerly course. Drift wood occa- coming up. A line of breakers extendedthe berry and raspberry were thrice welcome to sionally passed the vessel. Land birds and entire distance across from Cape Disappoint- the sight. We were compelled to return on sea fowls are frequently seen. ment to Point Adams. Some rather anxious board for the last rays of the setting sun had High o'er tbe restless deep, above Ikereach countenances were visible on board the Mas- but a few moments longer to play among the Of gunner's hope, vast Sights of wild duck stretch sachusetts, for we were not ignorant of the branches and leaves of the noble forest trees. eye glance as can on either side, Far the fact, that no less than four vessels (U. S. S. Ia a broad apace, and level line Ihey glide." After returning on board I endeavored to Peacock, U. S. S. Shark, H. B. Co.'s Bark The coast presents a most uninteresting survey, so far as could be done carefully aspect. In some places may be seen dense Vancouver and Am. whaleship Maine,) had with the eye, the outlines of the Cape, the forests, and in others only scattered trees.— been wrecked on the very spot where we Bay and highlands. spot This isa replete Towards evening the mist and fog entirely were hoping to cross in safety. We knew, with historical of associations the deepest inconcealed the land from sight, but from tbe however, that scores of vessels had safely terest. Not sixty years had rolled away since appearances, our captain concluded that we entered the river, and having the aid ot the first vessel from a civilized nation had must be off" Shoalwater Bay. The order was steam, our captain determined in the afteranchored within the bar. For ages, the Cogiven to "fire up" for the first time since noon to make a second trial. It was in eveor as it was called by the Indians of lumbia, Just at the time ot ry respect successful. Using sight of tbe Islands. the "the great River" had poured country, bar, our the the rollers seemcrossing heavy On our passage over.the good ship "Masits full tribute of waters into the Pacific, aled to subside and the sea to As die away. sachusetts," as well as other vessels which its existence was unknown to the civthough one another landmark after was made and have sailed over the route, proved the falsity ilized and commercial world. A Spanish of statements in Gulliver's Travels. The the Massachusetts approached her anchorsome hundred navigator, Bruno Hecate, commanding the two hearts more age, beat celebrated Dean Swift in giving an account Corvette "Santiago," sailed along this coast free! of the same, represents Mr. Gulliver as havSoon after our came to it anchor, in 1775, is supposed to have been the first vessel ing visited "Brobdingnsg," a country lying was visited a canoe by between the Asiatic and American coasts.— containing ten Chi- who expressed his decided opinion that a nook can I a Indians .Surely, say, that I never great river here entered the ocean. "These The King of that country must have been Prince of vast possessions, for says Gulliver, saw more miserable specimens of humanity. eddies and currents caused me to believe," "The whole extent of this Prince'saWninions Whoever sees them, will agree with Wash- he remarks, "that the place is the mouth of reaches about six thousand miles, and from ington Irving, who never saw them, when as- some great river, or some passage to anoththree to five in breath; whence I cannot but serting in his Astoria, "Neither sex can er sea." The North Cape he calls "Cape conclude that our geographers of Europe are boast of personal beauty." One represented San Rogue," the South, 'Cape Frondoso," in a great error, by supposing nothing but sta himself as a chief. I was ready to ask, if and the Bay "Assumption." between Japan and California.'' Either the such the leader, what are his followers? It Three years pass, and in 1778 an Englishgood Dean of St. Patricks, Dublin, must was sad to witness their eagerness to obtain man, by the name of Meares, commanding a base misuaderstood Mr. or Capt. Lemuel rum! I now felt ashamed of tbe Anglo-Sax- Portuguese vessel, at tempts to discover this Galiiver, or the vast continent, upon which on race, for English and American traders "great river," but failing in his enterprise, the kingdom of Brobdiognag waa situa- ■ almost exclusively have pampered to the blots "Cape San Rogue" from the chart and ted, must have been submerged. It is some- poor Indian's desire for intoxicating drinks, writes "Cape Disappointment," and for what surprising not to find allusions to thisi It is the lust for gain which has taken ship ''Assumption Bay," writes "Deception Bay." subject in Cook's, Vancouver's, Belcher's, loads of strong drink to the N. W. coast to Quitting the coast Meares records in his Beechey's, or Wilkes' voyages. This inat- destroy the aborigines. Indian traders and journal, "We can now with safety assert a*r, however, may attract the attention of their employers may have pocketed the pro- that there is no such river as that of Saint 4sj<silsgniihiil navigators, when the learnedI fit ofthe sale, but there the matter does not Roc exists, as laid down on the Spanish gsssfiaphers and navigators of England, rest. Let not the rumseller on the cord and charts." France, Russia, and the United States, havei inhoapttabie N. W. coast of America, tinag- A few years more elapse, (1792,) and the " I ' ' ' ' �THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1849. 43 distinguished navigator Vancouver is found ver, about 90 or 100 miles from its entrance. red great attractions upon Astoria. The vilglancing his keen eye along the same rugged On his return down the river the "Jenny,"a lage contains about twenty buildings of evecoast. His vessel sails within three miles of vessel belonging to Bristol, England, was ry description, erected without order or regthe breakers, but they extend across the lound anchored in the bay, within Cape Dis- ularity as regards the streets. A visitor is mouth of "the great river." He looks in appointment. This noted Bay was denomi- somewhat surprised the site should have been vain for an entrance. "Not considering," nated "Baker's Bay," by Lieut. Broughton, selected for a city, when others far more deremarks Vancouver in his journal of April in compliment to Capt. Baker, commanding sirable might have been chosen. The in27th, "this opening worthy of more attention the "Jenny," which vessel took the lead on habitants are rendered quite uncomfortable 1 continued our course to the north west."— leaving the Bay, and was followed by the by the cold, strong and disagreeable winds which prevail. The town I would remark is Only two days afterwards Vancouver spoke "Chatham." the south side of the Columbia, being upon the Boston ship "Columbia," Capt. Gray, at this point four or five miles in width. The by whom he was informed that the "ColumIII.—ASTORIA. from the hills upon which some of prospect bia" had "been off* the mouth of a river in This morning, Wednesday, May Pth, the the houses are built, is exceedingly fine. It the latitude of 46 ° 10', where the outset or Massachusetts left Baker's Bay for Astoria, commands a view of the ocean, the mouth of flux, was so strong as to prevent his entering a distance often or twelve miles. The river the river, Cape Disappointment, Chinook for nine nays."- (Vancouver's Journal.) is several miles wide, but the ship-channel is hills, the highlands on the opposite side of This statement of the Yankee captain was; somewhat intricate, and difficult of naviga- the river, and the extensive ranges of hills doubtless received with some incredulity by tion, except to experienced pilots. Twice and mountains stretching away to the East. the English navigator, for only two days pre- the vessel touched the sand spits, but was The region was formerly covered with a viously his vessel was off the very same backed off by the propeller with little damage heavy growth of pines, and only a small area opening which did not appear "worthy of or difficulty. She came to anchor off the ci- has been reclaimed from the dominion of namore attention." ty, the town, or village of Astoria, about one ture. As the visitor looks out upon the The vessels of Vancouver and Gray part- o'clock. Just as we were sitting down to peaceful little village snugly crowded under ed, the former sailing north, but the latter dinner, Gen. Adair, the Collector, called on the shade of stately forest trees, he is ready sailing south. Capt. Gray doubtless conclu- board. He was much rejoiced to learn that to ask, "Is this Astoria?" Is this the spot ded that he would forever decide the point Capt. Wood had piloted the Massachusetts, so famous in history, and of world-wide cewhether there was, or was not a great river in safety, over the bar. This feeling I sub- lebrity ? It was for this place that forty years emptying into the ocean south of Cape Dis- sequently learned was quite general among ago the ships of Astor took their departure, appointment. "On the 11th May, Gray ar- the inhabitants, not only of Astoria, but of via. Cape Horn, when a voyage hither was rived opposite the entrance of the river, and the territory. They felt that the bar and riamong the uncommon occurrences of the heedless of the risk, in his ardent spirit of ver were suffering in consequence of ill- times. Here were the head quarters of the enterprise, dashed boldly through the break- founded reports which had been circulated. North West Fur Company, and subsequenters on its bar, and in a few moments slid out The first American steamship, which had evly ofthe Hudson Bay Company, until the esupon the tranquil bosom of a broad and ma- er attempted to enter, had now come safely tablishment ofFort Vancouver. Among the jestic river." The great question was then up the river, without a pilot, in the most dif- English Astoria, even now, is denominated forever settled. Hecate was right when he ficult parts ofthe channel. Not only did the "Fort George." Thus historical associasaid "a great river here entered the ocean," Astorians seem really to confer upon our tions of interest are connected with this spot, and Meares was wrong when he asserted no Captain the hospitalities of the city, but but the fascinating narrative of Washington such river was in existence. Capt. Gray Gen. Adair proposed calling the next new Irving, styled "Astoria," has contributed commenced trading with the Indians, explo- county in Oregon, Wood county. The Mas- more powerfully than any other cause to renring the surrounding bay, and ascending the sachusetts, being the largest vessel which der the place remarkable, and in coming time river fifteen or twenty miles. He now as- had ever entered the river, and moreover hasomewhat classic ground. The ingredient sumes the prerogative of altering the names ving arrived, bringing two companies of U. of romance forms so prominent a characterupon charts. "On leaving the river," an S. troops, was thrice welcome. So many of istic of Irving's writings, that many readers anonymous writerremarks, "Capt. Gray be- the male inhabitants of Oregon being absent imagine his Astoria belongs to the sam c stowed on it the name of his vessel. The at the mines, serious fears were entertained class. "History, genuine history, and faithsouthern point of land he called Cape Ad- that more Indian troubles, if not massacres ful narrative, are most prominent in this ams, and substituted the name of Cape Han- would occur. Gen. Adair furnished us with work, the value of which will be highly prizcock for that of Cape Disappointment. Nei- the latest news from tbe United States and ed by the reader who delights to trace out ther Cape Hancock nor Cape Adams have Europe, but having recently arrived from;historical incidents associated with the)' place California, be had tales to rehearse about, which he may visit. taken an assured place on the maps. * The name of the good ship Columbia, it is the abundance of gold that would have satisIt is certainly a remarkable as well as innot hard to believe, will flow with the waters fied a gold adventurer of the 16th century. teresting fact, that although the U. S. Govofthe bold river as long as grass grows or After dinner a party visited the shore—the iernment possess the whole of Oregon, having waters run in the valleys of the Rocky moun- army officers were delighted to receive intel- ifor a long period maintained with England a tains." ligence through the post-office. Gen. Adair jjoint occupancy ofthe country, yet it is only The discovery of the Columbia Capt. Gray give us a cordial Kentucky welcome to his ithe narrow and small district of Astoria, communicated to Vancouver, (accompanied house, where we were kindly entertained by which has ever been, in reality, purchased by a rough chart,) who in the autumn of the his family. The General had only been in jfrom the aborigines of the country!—lndian aame year despatchedLieut. Broughton, com- the place about one month, but yet he had {titles to tbe vast domain have not as yet been manding the "Chatham," to make an explo- succeeded in erecting during that short peri- (extinguished by purchase and treaties. Jm ration. Thia enterprise was most success- od a very comfortable dwelling, as good as While at Astoria I made enquiries refully accomplished; Lieut. B. with boats a*- those tenanted by his neighbors. Neither,specting tbe settlement of Clatsop Plains, ccndiag as far up the river as Fort Vancou- nature, nor as yet art, seems to have confer-|isituated onthe south shore of the Columbia, —' , * , > ntatensj �44 THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1849. of which the withdrawal is demanded by near its mouth. I learned that a thriving Tbe end is not yet. Monsieur D. informed us the sth paragraph immediately preceding." lbs morning of bis departure, lhat trouble bail the"All these conclusions ought to be the object ofResosettlement had been commenced, consisting but juiit commenced ! Ihe English Consul Gen- lutions of 11b Majesty, passed in His Council, and of of about thirty families, which are engaged in eral, United States, Chilenn,areruvinn and Da- urgency." nish Consuls protested against these violent 7. "The return of the tine of twenty five dollars paid the French ship " General Teste," besides an inagricaltural pursuits. They are supplied measures endangering property under tbe pro- by for the tins* during which she demnity of sixty dollars with the preaching' of the Gospel by a Pres- tection of their re*|>trctive flags. Tbe Kinjr, was unjustly detained here." "The official organ of the Hawaiian solemnly proMinister, his has 8. insertion the in Foreign byterian and a Baptist minister. As an evid- through tected against these acts of violence. The for- Government of the punishment indicted upon the schoof the High School whose impious conduct gave ence ofthe enterprise ofthe people, this fact eign community, nlmoxt to a man, ia strongly up- lars occaeion to the complaints of Mr. the Abbe Coulon." is worthy ofrecord. Being perplexed about pnasrl to this strange movement, and utile** we 9 "The removal of the Governor nf Hawaii, who err, in regard to public sentiment in ibe violated or allowed lo be violated the domicile of Mr. getting their produce to the California mar- greatly United States, England, anil even France, a ihe Abbe Marech.il, or the order that that Governor reparation to that Missionary, Ihe one decision or ket, vessels visiting the river not affording voice of indignant rebuke will lie uttered. No Intake ihe other to be inserted in ihe office.l journal." more for remarks at space present. peymentto the French citi/en proprietor ot "The the desirable facilities, one of the inhabitsnts 10. the Hotel of France of ihe damage* committed in his the keel of the immediately laid against » horn the Hawaiian " Clatsop The following despatch was received by house, by foreignhasnailers, not taken sny process." Clipper," a vessel of 60 or 70 tons, and in R. C. Wyllie, Esq., the King's Minister of administration "The undersigned give a delay of ihree days from this 22d August, 1849, to the Hawaiian Government to three months it was freighted, bound to Cal- Foreign Relations, on the i!Jd August, at 3 day, make a categorical reply to the demands above." M. P. "In be Ihe default of this Government making known its ifornia I Eventually, ship building will COPY OF TRANSLATION FROM THE FRENCH. decision, between this and Saturday nex', the Z9th Auextensively prosecuted along the banks ofthe On board of the Admiral'sFrigate Le ) gust, 1849, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the undersigned instructions ofthe French GovFourauivante, orl Honolulu, the > agreeably to the formaldeclare Columbia. Timber suitable for ship building \ ihe Treaty of the 28th have lo 22d August, IM9 ) ernment nil null exists in the greatest abundance. Remark- Natal Station of thb and void, and replaced by the ConFrench Refpblic, and March, 1946, ed an officer of our ship, as he gazed upon the Consulate or France, in the vention concluded the 12th and 17th of July, 1889, beSandwich tween the Post Captain l.aplnce, acting in the name forests of pine, from two to three hundred Islands. "The undersigned. Lezoarant dc Rear of the King of the French, and His Majesty Kemehafeat in height and straight as an arrow, Admiral, (.'oininantler-inChief of the Troinclln, Naval Forces of inilia 111." the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean, and Dillon, "Besides the two Dirties re-entering, by right, under " What a place to get masts, here are enough Consul of that Republic, in the Sandwich Islands, ful- the empire of that Convention, it w ill become the rule for all the shipping in the world." filling the functions ot (,'h rged'AAuires of France near of the reciprocal conduct to follow , and the Hawaiian regulations Government will be bound lo execute it, in all its the Hawaiian Government, and in a joint note dated the 20th extent, remaining nfier thai day responsible for every The French again at the Sandwich of"Have in concert, August current, demanded of His Majesty, the Kins infringement thereof which they may commit." Inland. "And in regard In ihe demands comprised in tbe paraof this Archipelago, through the medium of His Minisundersigned of Foreign Relations, un Audience in Hie Council, to graphs 7ih, Bth, 9th, and 10th nbove, the The events ofthe last month will form a me- ter will ementertain with him many grave Questions actually pend- declare that incase justice be not dune, jheycomplete means at their toohtuina ploy disposal morable chapter in Hawaiian history. Difficulties ing between the the Consul of the French Republic, at Horeparation, declining for thia case, and from tbe present the Hawaiian Government." having arisen between tbe French Consul ami nolulu, and "Bra note dated yesterday, 21st August, Mr theMin all the responsibility of the subsequent acts that may the government, Admiral Tromelin, command- iater of Foreign Relations, making known the decision happen." DILLON. Signed, His Majesty, informs the undersigned that the King ing the Frigate Poursuivnnte" and steamer of Signed. LEGOARANT TROMEUN. deliberating in his Council, has not thought proper to a flnssrmili." is sent to effect settlement. Our grant the audience demanded, upon the ground that The foregoing is a true copy of the translation made the difficultiesraised between the Consul of France, in by me from tbe original French this 2Hd of August, 1849. object is now, merely, to state facts necessary to the Hawaiian Islands, and the Government of this ArchiR C. WYI.LIE, introduce tnd explain the sccompanying docu- pelago, have been submitted direct lo the appreciation Minister of Foreign Relations. (he French Republic, through the medium of the of Consul ments. August 2'id, the Admiral and liswaiinn Chime d'Afiiiires at Paris." The following reply, on behalf of the Ha"The Minister of Foreign Rel.it tons sdds that in case make ten demands, threatening that unless com- ■ere oi her questions, besides those submitted wsiian Government, was sent off to the French should be plied with, in three days, tbey will employ oXtheFrench Government, the undersigned are invited-1 them, in order that the Hawaiian Govern- Admiral and the French Consul, at half past means at their disposal to obtain a complete re- to formulaeexamine them and take them into consider- ■ I P. M., on Saturday, the 26th August, 1849. may ation." paration." The King's Foreign Minister, re- ment Foreign Office, Honolulu, ) complied be Ihe questions their demands cannot "Neither submitted to tbe appreciation plies that French the Hawaiian GovernGovernment, August -25th, 1849. by ordered lof the King that the has 5 with, hut declares nor those which the undersigned had the intenthat no resiatance whatever ahull be made to suchI iiient, having been formalized by the; The undersigned, Minister of Foreign Retion to make not valid, force." The Consul follows this reply, by tak- one part and the other [it is presumed that the meaningf Intions of the King ofthe Hawaiian Islands, ing down bis flag and retiring on board the •learn- 'is by both parties,] the refusal of the Audience which the -«!2d instant, from the tenor of the preeited note of Mr. thejhad the honor to receive on er. A force of over two hundred soldiera landI results at the afternoon, Minister ol cannot be considered 3 o'clock ofthe despatch adRelations, Foreign another■ I sad lake possession ofofthe Fort, while otherwise than aaa dilatory reply. The intention of force takes cninmmid nil Hawaiian vessels in Ihe undersigned was at first to treat summarily, in a con- [ dressed to linn, dated the same day, by Rear pert. The French are esceedingly careful not■ ference, of the principal points in litigation, and to re- Admiral Legos rant dc Tromelin, Commandihe hands ot Mr the Minister of Foreign Rela- ■ er-in-chief of the Naval Forces of Ihe French to touch the Hawaiian Flag, doubtless remem- ■ mit intotheir demands duly and precisely (nettement) Republic in the Pacific Ocean, and M. Dilbering the English and French guarantee oftions, formalized." 1849. This is dune on Saturday, August 35th. "In the meanwhile, the time lor deliberation has paas- lon, Consul of France in the Sandwich IslThe Sabbath passes quie.ly tbe town remains-1 ed; admitting us true ihe declaration given by the Ha- , amis, in which they make, in the name of orderly. An attempt is made at negotiation.— waiian Government I hat ihe questions to be treated of the French Republic, ten demands, to which been submitted by it to the examination of that off On the tSlh, the King's Commissioners visit the■ have the French Republic, ihe time required te know the de- they require a categorical leply from the steamer. See their report. No reconciliation! cision of tbe Csbinet olParis, and the actual situation in iseftcted. The Admiral without charging the'which Ihe persons and commerce of the French in tbeJKing, before three o'clock of tbe afternoon with a violation of the Treaty of■ Sandwich Islands, are placed, do not permit to acceptt of Saturday, the 25th instant, under the pcThe undersigned, therefore, of their declaring null and void the it}, but only putting an unfair interpretationi any longer new delays. consider themselvesas bound to-day to accomplish here, nslty upon the same, orders the Fort to bediamnnlled. and wit bout, delay, their whole duly, and to gait the Gov- '. Treaty of the 26th of March, 18-16 ; and Now commences a most wanton destruction of eminent of Ilk Majesty King Kamehameha 111 , in the reviving in full vigor the Convention with Guns are spiked and case (deineure) ofgiving a categorical answer to thefolproperly. of the 12th and 17th demands put by tbe undersigned, without expo- ; Post Captain Laplace •ken; their carriages cut up and destroyed;; lowing silion of facta and discussions which tbe correspondencei July, 1839; and under the further penalty broken aud tons ofpowmagazine* open powder previously interchanged, render completely useless." der emptied into the sea ; Governor's house 1. "The completeand loyal adoption of the Treaty of their employing the means at their disposal doors smashed, windows loftbe 26th March, 1846, aa it reads in the French text/ to obtain a complete reparation, unless the shockingly disfigured, ad eator** ofthe demands comprised in paragraphs "th, Bth, broken, ami property of various kinds totally 1 "The reduction to fifty per cent, liquors of French duty upon Brandies and spirituous mined. After the •' Ariryr .if reparutiou" hadI origin. '9th and 10th are complied with. gloriously waged successful wnr, for four days,! S "The subjection of Catholic Schools to theI direcThe undersigned has the honor to reply no one offering lion of Ihe Chief of the French Mission and to Special to the aeon old guns aud oatabashet, Rear Admiral and Consul of France, ! Protestants, and a treatment rigorously let or hirutransn,*' it safely embarked withoutI Inspectors,not equal granted to the two worships, and to their schools." that their despatch has been laid! before the done single lieing man this I All i of a ifctloes 4. "The adoption of the French language in business King in Council, and deliberated upon with with the Hawaiian Flag flying night and day ntercourse (pour les rapports) between French citizens ever their heads ! The Admiral and Consul and the Hawaiian departments, ("administrations")." all the care possible, and that thelKiug as sn government lo wforcing to 6 "The withdrawal of the exception with which independent sovereign, under his iightsguarin the net nwcceedinw 1French whalera are affected, which import wines and anteed by the joint declaration of France and •r th* duly on French brandy, (which the Trea- spirits, and the abrogation of the regulation which ty of '4« itllowed the Hawaimn Government toi p|hauasMli laden with liquids to pay and support the Great Britain, of the 28th November, 1843, impose,) mil ta sen taking the King's besutifidI custom house officer placed on board to superintend tbe as a parly to the Treaty of 26th Match, 1846, yarbt •* Kaineha.iH-ba Hl..»' releasing ether Hs- jtsMdms_nnd unWsding ;' •and ih« SUaaaWauavß «T ikesan "■"-*- in " " " " ' , Krernment , ! *' -- -.. ,' r ' >1 ■ Cvernment . ' > >> '>' , 1 i ! •• �45 THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1849. any was tried, was ofthe opinion that the charge direct correspondence through his duly ac- Mit to place them under the direction of hsd not been sustained by proof; and, no Protestant. mission, 3Sd Catholic or the of credited Representative, since having been taken from his decision, do appeal requiring | demand, As answer to fourth the Aprillast, with the Government of the French international question can srise in tbe matter. buslanguage in Republic, by and with "ihe advice of His the adoption of the French the 9th demand, requiring the removal To French citizens and mess intercourse between the undersigned Privy Council, hss instructed of Hawaii, who it is alleged, the Hswaiian departments, the undersigned of the Governor to make the following reply. to be violated, the domor allowed violated, is commanded to state, that the subject of In the first plsce. the King antf-Government this demand is now pending in reference to iicile of Mr. the Abbe Marechal, or the order disclaim sny intention in the letter of the for the same to that the government of France ; and that it is that he make reparation or the other to Minister of Foreign Relations of the 21st confidently the one decision Missionary; believed by the King, that the reinstant, ofrefusing an audience to Rear Ad- suit of that reference will be favorable to the be inserted in the official journal; the unI mirsl dc Tromelin and the Consul of France. the views entertained by this government; name- dersigned is instrtoucted reply,—that It appears however, from the demand, under hnve now for the first snd Government ly, that this demand is without foundation!King here complainhostile menaces, of categorical answers in the Treaty ofthe 2Gth of March, 1846, or time learned ofthe grievance without discertain peremptory requirements, of this Kinged —that the tribunals legal of, the law of nations, snd absolutely impracticcussion or exposition of facts, on the ground able have ever been open to the redress of dom of these islsnds. the state present in that such discussion or exposition would be and that it is for To the fifth demand, requiring the altera- iall injuries of thistonature; been injured to wholly useless, thst such audience could have Hon have the alleged party visits of ofthe law to encourage the been of little or no avail, if granted. But the for justice by due recourse to such triother seek and brandy so as to admit whalers," undersigned is nevertheless commanded to liquors free of duty, in common bunals. Until justice be so sought and desdd, that if it be the pleasure ofthe Admiral spirituous with other commodities ; and the repeal otinied, neither the Admiral or the Consul of and Consul ofFrance to have an audience of the law ofNations or thai/ the regulation which obliges vessels laden France, can, underof the King, upon msttrrs actually pending beMarch 1846, rightfully* Tresty ofthe 26th and support,' liquors to pay tween this Government and the Republic of with spirituous the Custom House officer proceed / as if justice were refused,. j board, while on to France, it will be granted. In relation 'placed there to superintend the lading and To the tenth demand, requiring the paythe demands of the Admiral and Consul of Hotel of unlading of such vessels, the undersigned ment to the proprietor of thehisFrench France, the undersigned is instructed to re- has bouse bY forreaffirm the ground Ithe damages committed in it command to in ply as follows: previously taken in regard to other demands, eign sailors, the undersigned/has if in comThat to the first demand, namely, the com- namely, that these questions have been re- mand to answer,—that the Courts of this* plete adoption of the Treaty of the 26th ferred to the direct consideration of the gov-]Kingdom ever have been and now are, open March, 1846, as it reads in the French text, ernment of France ; the result of which re- Ito the proprietor ofthe French Hotel, equalthe King .and Government assent; assuring ference the King now awaits. But to add, ly with all other persons, to compel the rethe Admiral and Consul ofFrance, that they however, that if the King and Governmentimuneration of damages wrongfully sustained. are now ready and willing, as they ever have could see wherein such provisions conflict'The King and Government are not aware been snd will be, to fully and faithfully exe- with the parity or any other right guaranteed that redress for such wrong has ever been cute all tbe provisions of the Treaty of the to France under the existing Treaty or the denied to sny French citizen, and until it ia 26th March, 1846, until the same be modified law of nations, or wherein such provisions tdenied, they can see no ground for such reor superseded by a new Treaty. apply to French whalers or merchant ships clamations. demands in To the second demand, namely, that the differently from the vessels of other nations, Having answered the several V the order in which they are propounded, the duty on brandies and other spirituous liquors this demand would be granted. to add, that a of French origin, be reduced to fifty per cent. In answer to the sixth demand, namely, tundersigned is commanded despatch, Consul's virtue of Admiral and in to received ofthe copy ad valorem, the undersigned is instructed the return of all duties every demand, make answer, that to this demand, the King the regulations, the repeal of which is de- with full explanations toupon the King's Special has been forwarded and Government most respectfully decline to manded in the fifth paragraph, the undersign-! added to those other accede. First, on the ground that this ques- Ed is commanded to state, that it follows as Comroissioner, 'tohebehas it in command to tion is now pending hi dpect reference to the a consequence of the answer above given to documents which Government, with a that cannot be submit lo the French granted. requirement, of fifth it Foreign the consideration of the Department of every the reamicable adjustment view imatter Affairs in France. Secondly, because such To the seventh demand, requiring the Concontested with andXquestion by dollars, of of the fine of paid plain and infraction turn twenty-five is s decided isul demand he has been instructed the General And ofthe 26th of Franhe. whaleship, Teste,'. the French the letter and spirit ofthe Treaty to use similar efforts to adjust all those emibraced of March, 1846; the 6th article ofthat Trea- besides an indemnity of sixty dollars for the the was detained in the despatch now under reply; so here, Govwhich she the Hawaiian time empowering during ty expressly the medium of to be as not to leave doe grievance, or even the through duty King and Government, ernment to designate the amount laid upon brandy and other spirituous liquors; of the undersigned, answer that this with alleged evils arising from the delay of aaid provided slways, that such duty shall not other questions has been referred to France; reference, unprovided for. be so high as absolutely to prohibit those and that relying upon her justice to support And the undersigned is further commandarticles." So far is the present duty from the view they have taken, they respectfully led to add, that the King and Government of amounting to an absolute prohibition of the decline to yield their assent to this demand.Ithe Hawaiian Islands, >ever ready fully and importation of those articles, that it appears The "General Teste" in leaving the port of'faithfully to carry out all the stipulations of fron the statistics of the Custom House at Honolulu, without first obtaining a clearance, the Tresty of the 26th March, 1846; nod Honolulu, that there have been three thous- plainly violated the law, as admitted by the1ever solicitous to live on (he strictest terms and, two hundred and eighty three gallons Consul of France, subjecting her to a pen- of amity and peace with the Republic of of brandy and other spirituous liquors im- alty of five hundred dollars, which, through France, would respectfully phpaose, in case ported into this plac*, which have paid duties, the clemency of the King's Commissioners 1the reference made to France nj not satisfacof Customs, was reduced to twenty-five. since the first day of January last. tory, to refer all matters and centroversies As answer to the eighth demand, requiring in difference between France and the HaTo the third demand, requiring the subjecwaiian Islands, to the friendly mediation and tion of Catholic schools to the direction of the insertion in the official journal ofthe Hawhose ofsome neutral Power, inadjustment waiian of the Government, punishment the chief of the French Mission, and to spearbitrament and award the King and Governof the school, treatscholars high upon ; snd a flicted the not Protestants cial inspectors, the com- ment will engage to abide. ment rigorously equal granted to the two for impious conduct, giving motive to underWith this answer and proposition solemnly worships and their schools, the undersigned plaints of Mr. the Abbe Coullon, the to you in the King's name, it wil King to thst the conveyed answer, is that it is the instructed signed answer, is instructed to make and Consul of France to be for the discountenanced, Government have and of the snd Ianswer toAdmiral intention of the King snd Government to their their own improdiscountenance all iown consciences, and toGovernment, Hawaiian Islands to treat with perfect equal- ever will, strongly Hie world, for the church of conduct in any and or impious per Protestant worships ity the Catholic and make ofthe large force at their heir schools. But that the schools referred this kingdom ; but, that in the ease referred use they may King has ordered that no *+-. are no The informed disposal. to are public schools, entirely supported by to, the King's Government shall be made to such tbe funds of the government, raised cxclus- conviction was had, or punishment inflicted,.sistance whatever R. C. Wjuii. the case re .»J aubwhom f o .—l- r. .: th..t «K«v mnnnt .because the Justice before - ' ' ' I I I < << < I i " ' I i <i I Ii i I < < ,, ' I ; " •» t I I ' ii , ,. �46 THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1849. had passed them, was going on, no one thinkThe Bethel Flag re-hoisted. ing of danger, when the ship struck the reef Efforts were made some years since to eslabout half past 16 at night. About a week tablish a Seamen's Chaplaincy in China, by after the mate and a number of the crew the lamented Stevens, and others, but from fInrteoligmcIslSaNoovi,gart ands. reached this in a boat. A small vessel was various causes the undertaking was partialJfew livn Seamen's Chapel Loss of Am. sent to endeavor to save the rest, but they ly relinquished. We are rejoiced to learn Whaleship Gem War among Samoans could not find the Island. Capt. Worth, that the American S. F. Society has comWhooping Cough Missionary Barque however, and those with him, managed to missioned an able and efficient Chaplain for "John Williams." repair their boats. After being 21 days on China. From a letter dated Canton, 4th Apia, Utolu, Feb. 27, 1849. one ofthe sand banks, they left, and got here January, 1849. we copy the following paraJUy dear Sir—Opportunities for sending six days since. All hands were saved. graph, showing that the Rev. Mr. Loomis letters direct from,this to your Islands, are Our work continues to be hindered by this finds ample encouragement in pecuniary but of rare occurrence, so I must take what foolish and wicked war. When or how it matters, which certainly reflects much credit presents at the present time, to forward by will end, is difficult to say. The longer it is upon the mercantile and sea-faring commuway of Tahiti. We have to acknowledge continued the more difficult will it be to rec- nity in China:—"Owing to the of your kindness in transmitting to us from oncile the contending parties. A large business, I deemed it advisable depression to make no time to time copies ofthe "Friend." I fear meeting is being held this week at the next effort for a Bethel till this winter. I have our little "Reporter" is but a poor return Island, Savaii, of the neutral party, consist- struck the first blow. I think at the right for the trouble you take. Situated as we ing mostly of church members, and steady time and the in place. right My success has are, any news is always very acceptable. people, lo try some plan to restore peace.— been far beyond my largest hopes, and I now We are especially glad to hear of good be- The aggressive party contend for retaining feel sanguine that I shall raise funds for the ing done among seamen. the power which they gained in former wars. of a Bethel, large and [Construction I am sure you will rejoice to learn that our The others say, we wish no superiority—but idious. I cannot speak too highly of commothe noBethel Chapel here is about completed. I we fight for equality. The last have cer- .ble generosity of'captaina, officers and men. trust that many who visit this port will be in- tainly so far right on their side, and have ev- jFrom merchant vessels I am raising $40, duced to come and listen to the glad tidings er shown a disposition to settle matters qui- $60, $70, $80, and from one $90. A large number of captains have given $35 each.— of salvation, which we shall endeavor to etly. It was only when they were compel- From shipping and merchants I shall preach with all simplicity from Sabbath to led (hat they took up arms. It is a pity to raise 5 the or 6,000 dollars." Sabbath. It will of course be a great addi- see what evil they are doing both to soul and XXI Anniversary of the Amibican Seamen's tion to my labors to preach in English and body. If ever this war was settled, both Friend Socixty.—Tha 21st Anniversary of thia Society But we must was celebrated at the Tabernacle, on Monday evening, 7th well as in Samoan. try and do sides have had so much of it, that they will inst., Pent, Esq., the President, in the chair. A large think well before they commence the like number of the clergy and other philanthropists who are good to all. deeply interested ia promoting the welfare of this most The Chapel is composed entirely of gal- again. Some ofthe leading chiefs have been interesting class of osr fellow men. The vast amphithevanized corrugated Iron, brought out within killed. atre of the Tabernacle was filfed to ita utmost capacity of standing and sitting room. The exercises were the lost year from England. The cost of Whooping cough has been very bad, both opened with the singing ola Hymn,commencing with the following stanza: the building in London was about £170.— among children, particularly. It was introLight on the Deep!— When Chaos walked £60 was Islands months About of this raised in the duced some since from Tahiti.— With Darkness o'er the wave, came with rosy light, and talked before I left; the rest was subscribed by None of the missionary children have died Life Of beauty to that grave. An earnest md impressive prayer was then offered sffriends in England. It is 40 feet by 20.— from it, but vast numbers ofthe natives. ter which the venerable and reverend Justus Spptilding, Ten feet is taken off the length for a reading Our missionary bark, John Williams, has one of the Secretaries of the Society, presented an abstact ofthe 2let Annual Report, from which itappeara that this room, where a library will be kept, with gone on to Sydney about a month ago. She Society extends ils beneficent operations for the of what newspapers and magizines we can pro- is to call at the New Hebrides, to see how seamen to Gotlenberg, Stockholm, and Qottland,benefit Swedenand Havre, Bordeaux, Marseilles, Frauce; Canton, Chicure. We have need to do something to our friends Geddie and Archibald are get- na; Havana,and St. Thomas, W. I.; Valparaiso, Chilecounteract the temptations held out to sea- ting on. Mr. and Mrs. Powell, belonging to and Honolulu, and Lnhaina, S. I.; where ita chaplains sailor and missionaries are stationed. In several other men by the grog-sellers on shore. our Mission, went with them when they set- foreign ports it ia also doing much through the agency pious seamen and missionaries of other societies. In ad-of One thing astonished me when travelling tled at Aneitum. They may expect much dition to thia, it is acting ia harmonious and efficient concert with numerous societies, which at home employ through England and Scotland, to see the lit- rough work for a long time. mors than four-score laborers for the and temporal tle interest taken in tbe spiritual welfare 01 Praying that the Lord may bless you in good of those who do business on spiritual the waters. seamen in remote parts of the world. Some your own soul, family and labors, belive me Tbe receipts ofthe society the past year, without including a considerable amount raiaed by Us officers, and exwould say when begging a little sum from pended in the places where raised, were 518.682; and the My dear Sir, expenditures 518.497. them, "But what have we to do with SeaYours very truly, Those institutions called Sailor's Homes, so essential in protecting seamen, and promoting their social and momen's Chapels in the South Seas?" Others WM. MILLS. ral improvement, nre happily accomplishing ihe object in would ask, "Does not the Missionary Soci- Riv. S. C. Damon. view—the one in N. York, owned hy tbe Society, having had 3,035 sailor boarders the last year; and in 7 years ety support you and build your chapels?" It ending May 1,25,654. The N. V*. Marine Temperance opinions of A Whaleman's "D'Au- Society now numbers over 23,000 members. Both at sea is difficult to get Christians at home to unon shore seamen are cultivating habits of sobriety. derstand the real state of matters in this bignk's History."—The master of an Am. and Hence the increase of their depositee in Savings Banks of whale the their ship writing personal comforts, their self-respect, their manly us, followexpresses quartet of the earth. hearing, their attendance on the mesne of grace, their tear of of ing D'Anbigne's the opinion History of God, and obedience both to divine and human laws. may recollect the "Gem," of Sag The aspects ofthe seamen's cause sre such as to fill eveHarbor, being at the Sandwich Islands a Reformation: ry mind with the purest satisfsction, and every grateful with thonkagiving to tbe Author of all good. short time age. She was wrecked a month "I have read those four volumes, ofthe Re- heart report having been read, the Chairman introduced formation, and shall feel anxious to get the to The the meeting the Rev. Df. Scott, of Newark, N. ]~ who ago on SuwarroW'a Islands—which are only rest of it as soon as it is issued. I hope God in a very animated and eloquent style spoke to the fola number of Mod banks, surrounded by a may spare the author's life to a good old age, lowing resolution: That the renert be accepted, and printed unlarge reef, about £00 rn.les to the N. E. of that he may have an opportunity to complete derResolved, the direction of the Board ofTrustees. Dr. Beecher, of Boston, followed. His discourse thin. It seems that the reef was not laid it to his satisfaction." W. L. J. wasRev. listened with the utmost attention, and elicited down correctly en the chart, and the captain Oarreaders will see the work advertised much spplause.to Tbe doxologv and benediction concluded the exercises, and all, we doubt not, retired from the place •ot being aware of this, hut supposing be P ■MitSaCT Ess fssl Mai 17. Seamen's Friend. — — — �47 THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER t, 1849. 28th,lat copy of which isberets appended: the undersigned farther paoTEsra against the rejection by the aforesaid Admiral of tbe security for every just reparation and indemrenity offeree! by Hia Majesty, through tbe undersigned, on accompanied by their honorary Secretary, Wednesday, the day of Aagost, IMS, asrl paired on board the war steamer "Gassenril." againat the Rtprisals alter that offer resorted lo by the and after a conference of three hours, in which said Hia Admiral, weakening Majesty's authority, and by the Admiral stated that he~dil not charge tbe the wanton destruction of his Military Stores, diesbliag Hawaiian Government with any violation ofthe His Majesty from suppressing intestine disorders, repelling Pirates, and extending that protection to the persona Treaty, but merely with placing a wrong inand properties of French citizens, the responsibility of terpretation upon ita 6th article, relating to which, the said Admiral, nevertheless, scruples not to the duty to be laid upon heandy and other throw stringently upon His Majesty; the undersigned spirituous liquors of French \ origin, and in further protest* against the seizure and confiscation by which the King's Commissioners stated their BY COMMAND OF THE KING OK THE HAWAIIAN the aaid Admiral of the King's Yacht, indispensable to ISLANDS. keep up the communications between Hia Majesty's lalregret at the misunderstanding which had progresses arisen in reference to the audience, which it was Bv\oedir or Hia Majesty, Kamehameha 111., ands, aud to enable His Majesty te make those to their good not the intention ofthe King to [refuse, returned King bf the Hawaiian Islands, given to the under- throughout his Islands which are necessary protests the further undersigned against j seizure and detention on shore, reported to His Mdiesty in Privy siguedVn Thursday, the thirtieth day of August, 1849, government; by ordeia of the said Admiral receipt of a despatch dated same day, and address- the Council, asked and received furtjner instructions. alter of all other vessels under the Hawaiian or any flag, other dc ed to the. from Rear Admiral Legoarant against the damages thereby (torn to his subjects and At six o'clock, they returned to the "Gassendi," TrnmeliuVundesigned, Commander-in-Chief of the Navaf Forces of'andForeigu to Residents and all witaia whom, Foreigners and after another conference offpur hours, came the Frenca Republic, in the Pacific Ocean, in which, reon shore without having been able to come to a jecting the offer made by Hia Majesty's command, to re- his Waters, His Majesty is bound to protect as much as aubjecta; the nndetsigned further psotests his own opinion all the true and meaning about satisfactory arrangement. The minutes of what fer differences of by the Admiral, posted printed Proclamation of the Treaty ol the 26th of March, 1846, against the thirtieth day of August, 1849, for the reasona transpired at these conferences, taken down in interpretatioh to Frsaice and Great Britain, who jointly framed it up on the jointly short hand, will be uddeil, in tin- Appendix, if|and proposed 11 lo His Majeaty (agreeably I" the express aforesaid, and because "it is a flaefant outrage on His Majesty's right', guaranteed by France, herself, ia the Joint copied out in time. Meanwhilej the following understandingbetween the undersigned and the Couimis- declaration herein before mentioned,and under the Treadocument, duly authenticated by both patties, is siuner ofFrance, and the Consul General of Her Hrilau- ty ofthe 26th of March. 1846, copy of which alao ia herenic Majesty,) and rejecting the offer of indubitable secur- unto appended; the undersigned printed. peotests against ity aud guaranty for ibe full amount of all indemnity and tbe ground taken by the Admiralfurther ia hia aforesaid ProclaPoints of disagreement in the Conference of28th reparation, in all cases, claims and grievances whatsoev- mation and in other documents, that His Majesty's Govthat France herself might pronounce tn be just, after Aug. 1849, between Rear Admiral dc Trom- er, fully hearing and amicable concert with His Majesty's ernment have made an erroneous interpretation of either the letter or spirit of any part of that Treaty,and in virtue elin, and Gerrit P. Judd and Win. L. Lee, Special Plenipotentiary, or thatbea friendly nation of her thereof, made any unjust unlawful exactions whatever, own choice, might declare to just, as umpire, in re- either of French ciltzetu, or the King's Special Conunissioder*. or other Foreigners, ahd against gard to points whereon France and His Majesty's Plenby him and hy the Consul of France ipotentiary might not be able in agree, he the said Admi- the right arrogated own to pronounce their interpretation to be the correct Admiral dc Tromelin proposes!to the Hawaii- ral His Majesty's weak and unresisting Kingdom one, subjects and His subject Majesty te War and Reprisals ou Government to the on to duty brandy, to the harsh law of reprisals, the undersigned, Minister an reduce a mere difference of opimou, anil because Hia Majesty reto uml oilier spirituous liquors, seme per centitge of Foreign Relations, in His Majesty's uame, and on His jruses to adopt their interpretation, until after differto be agreed upon by the conferees, naming as Majesty's behalf, most solemnly appalls to tbe good faith ence shall have been clearly and fairly decidedsuch by amicaand justice of France, uuder Her Engagement of the 28lh ble reference, as international Law provides fnr a fair duty eighty per cent. such in of November, 1843, aud Ppotests against the infringeThe commissioners offer to refer tbe question ment cases, and as, in this case, was expressly provided for beof that Engagement, by ihe said Admiral, in of duty on brandy anil other spirituous liquors to ing a Military Force, in hostile array, and taking milita- tween the undersigned, as Hia Majesty's Plenipotentiary, the arrangement of France and the King's Spe- ry possession of the Fort, Government offices, and Cus- and the Commissioner of France, ana Consul General of Britain as aforesaid; the undersigned further reocial Commissioner in France, the Hawaiian Gov- tom-bouse of Honolulu, and of those portions of the ter- Great tests against the pretension of said Admiral and Consul ol His Majesty's Domain on which these edifices to ernment giving a satisfactory guarantee that they ritory interfere the Religion or Education of Hia aland, on the afternoon of Saturday, the twenty-fifth of!Majesty's either with subjects, or with the appropriation of the fnnda will abide by the decision resulting from such August, 1849, immediately after the receipted a despatch reference, and also to abide by the decision of from the undersigned, by Hia Majesty's command, ren-' contributed by his subjects for those purposes) the aodersigtled fuuher protests against their interference with or some neutral power upon all questions upon dering all such hostile measures absolutely unnecessary; !tmppjttrfon to the laws ofthis Kingdom, and to the jurisdicfurther protests against the attempt of' which France and the Special Commissioners the undersigned uoflV HI! (Majesty'a Courts of Justice as established by the said Admiral to justify these proceedings upon tbe raw, cannot agree. Sod agawet their extraordinary pretension, to claim that His Majesty bad violated the Treaty of th* Tbe Admiral answers that he is willing to re- ground which Hia Majesty declares he Has damagea and indemnity ofthe Hawaiian Government on 26th of March, own view ofeases, before such esses have ever been fer to France the question of the duty on brandy, not violated, but1846, their which the Consul,of France, in despite the Hawaiian Tribunals, or even been heard of by but to her alone, recognising no neutral power of its ratification by the late King of the French, did vio- before the Hawaiian the undersigned further pboas an umpire. That if the government will give late both in word and apirit, as wast shown in His Ha- tests against Government; the Admiral's imputation of obstinacy to Majesty's protest, through \ the undersigned, of the King's Commissioners, a guarantee in specie, say twenty thousand dol- waiian resisting Demands which, sa> 28th February, 1848, in regard to\ Wines, and which lars, that all duty over the amount France may the their duty te their God. to tee King, and to the Admiral himself attempted again to violate, iv let- uuder own consciences, they could not fail to resist; decide-aa just, he will wait one year or sixteen ter and spirit, in regard to spirituous liquors, their the uudersigned further protests against the voluntary months from this day, the Hawaiian Govern- which violations, ifapproved by France,.(which His Ma- hauling down ofthe French Consular flag, and the volundoes net believe they can be,) underUhe Luw of Nament agreeing, in case the duty is not fixed by jesty would abandonment ofthe said Consul's private bouse, and abrogate said Treaty altogether; the under- tary France at the expiration of that time, to consider tions of his office, under values enormously exaggerated public signed further protests against the said Admiral, for an for which the duty of 80 per cent, as the lawful one from assumption values he sought to make the King's Govern. of His Majesty's Sovereignty, ik printing and responsible on the 26th of August, 1849; and the this date, and refund the difference between that posting up in tbe streets of His Majesty's Capital, on the nient protests against, and throws tbe reaponaiper centage and tbe duty collected, with interest morning of Sunday, the 26th of August, 1641, a Procla- undersigned upon said Admiral for all damages, injaries, capmation, in contempt of His Majesty's laws and Royal bility from tbe time of collection. tures, confiscations, or detriments of any kind detentions, uthorny, pretendiag to cancel the said Treaty of tbe. The King's Commissioners .object to tbe limit A 26th of March, 1846, and to revive the Convention of whatsoever, to all persons or things, that have ensued from the measures adopted by him since ths twenty-secof time, and to leaving tbewhole thing to the de- Laplace, which never wea a Treaty because Franks never cision of France alone. They state their desire ratified it, and was wholly annulled by the Preamble to ond day of August, 1849, or that as may hereafter adopt, in pursuance of the unjust and unlawful demands then for some umpire upon questions which cannot lie the aaid Treaty ofthe 26th of March, 1846, although His made. settled by France and the Special Commissioner, Majesty, at tbe Admiral's own suggestion, on the 2Sth of And, finally, the undersigned, in the King's name, and to be named by France and the Commissioner. August, 1849, had nominated Special Commission™, foi tbe express purpose of making an amicable adjust- on Hia Majesty's behalf, is commanded to protest that The Admiral states that he munot consent to ment with the aaid Admiral, on principles reconciling t\e the King does not consider himself at war w iln France— he entertains for France the almost respect, and that the umpirage of a third Pov er, iv any event honor and dignity of France with tbe Rights of His Mis; nthat otwithstanding all he has unjusdyaiifferea from tbe Adjesty as guaranteed by herself; tbe undersigned furirfer miral whatever. and the Consul before uaund, ffja Majesty has giprotests sgainat tbe said Admiral for the hostile sod unBut tbe Admiral adds that he will recommend necessary act of beginning to throw down the guns and ves tbe strictest orders that die persons and properties of all citizens of France, now oa these Islands, or that may a reference to some umpire, up in questions which dismantle His Majesty's Fort, in the forenoonjff Tues- hereafter errrVe, be aa much respected and aa carefully the very France and the King's Spec al Commissioner day, the twenty-eights day of August, Inflicted upon Ha JHav time when His Majeaty's Commissioners .were engaged(protected aa if said Admiral had cannot agree upon. and upon hie sebjects no inj tries whatever. on board the war steamer Gaaaeadi ia Qonference with Ijeety ■ Tbe Admiral further adds tl lat he cannotpro- the Admiral, with the view stated; tbe/Undeesigned furDone in presence of thai Kins and Council, s». against the aaid Admiral for the exclusion der my hand and the Great ceed io discuss or arrange any of the other de- ther protests King's of the Ministers from their the Seal op the Kingdom, at the time, very at mands, unless the question relating to the duty when in the execution of their ojHces, ) ( the The GreetSeal Palace ef Honolulu, this third moat they King, on brandy and other spirituous* liquors be first needed free access lo all theirdob/to of the I day of September, id the year papers for the defence of \ settled. Hawaiian our Kingdom Jof [ His Majesty's rights unjustly invaded, and lor the preLyra one thoussi aught forty-nine. G. P. Jrjni), > n lection due to neutral interests; the undersigned further 1 ■ hundred andH.C. Commissioners. protests against all and one of the Demands W. L. WVLLIE. jrvery jointly made on His Majeaty'a Government on the twenRead snd approved, as / / ty second day uf August,/84», by the aforesaid Admiral, Naval.—The American frigate Savannah, and M. Dillon, the Cooejsl of France, as altogether unLsGOaMaXT righteous and unjust in/ihemaelvea, untenable under the Capt. Voorhees, arrived u 1 CO" During these negotiations,\the work of■ Law of Nations, and urged upon fibs Majesty by the be-as 17th of June, and sailed th* sssas Jay for Calforenamed, with a fostination, cogency, and limitation dismantling the Fort was progressing, aad con- to time; as if Hiatnajesly'a Kingdom bad been a betas- lao. This is the ship, it will he recoiiactsd, that tinued up to the 30th instant, a little past mid- gared Fortress, add not a friendly independent Stats ■»- has on board the American Commiasioner under dnr the SpecialJ*raicctum of the joint declaration of France aud Uw ikuaio, of (he 28th November, 1843, iappointment for these Island*.—fPolvoesuwi f 99~0n Tuesday, the , the Commissioners appointed 11 o'clock «. m., by His Majesty, PROTEST, ' '' •'''' '' '' 1 ' land-' ' ' ■ '' ' ' . . • .— Lse) J \ exact\ DSVraOMELIK. . ' ' 7 �48 THE FRIEND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1849. THE FRIEND. List or Officers theof U.S. Revenue Brig Lawwernce. Com sum- AlasnaSar Y. Finn. Liai'Tasis-ra Jcake CkastSock, Edmund C Kennedy, Was R ftsree, Ik-barn H Bowlln, Andrew 1 ttaln. Ounaan—Junes Rnnktn. I CsarasTnn—Robert McMnllln. Aassoana—P B. Gamer. •> HONOLULU, SEPTEMBER 11, 1849. In consequence of the recent French difficulties, we hare been unable to issue onr paper on the lit of the month. Henceforth, however, or until the close of the year, we hope to furnish onr readers with a semimonthly sheet, to compensate for the non-appearance of the Friend daring the months of Jane, July and August We make this proposition, hoping that our readers and patrons will furnish the necessary pecuniary means. Donations. Friend. Iffieers of the "Ohio," 'apt. Thomas, !apt. Schroeder, Ir. Pool, "Honoluln," . 135,00 10,00 4,00 1,60 Friend, MARRIED. . 16M barrel.. I found tksm quite tains, and very easily taken The weatker was beautiful. If 1 except a tow of the laM days ihere, which were dirty, dark and rainy. 1 ahnuki recommsad They •hips to vlait the Sea of Aaadlr ss early as Joss Ist. Whales will Had the weather milder than in 50 ° or even 45 will there be plenty for Iwo or throe seasons. Snipe whalinr in the vicinity of Si. Lawrence Island, and Techukutikoi Ness, should the weather be thick, will be eel far For Chapel. Into the Straits, naleas on their guard This happened to the 935,00> Alert, and we found it difficult to work out where the whales 10,00> were. There is undoubtedly a plenty of whales within the tralta, bat 1 bad no occasion to go through for then, ss I 4,00 S found plenty In the Sea of Aosdir. They were plenty when 1 left. Species the same as in theOchoiak Sea, yielding 16* bar5,00) rels each. July IS. 11. B. M.'a S. Herald seen entering Bherisi's Straits, under fallsail. .. Communications, obituary notices, and Edito- In this town, oe the (th alt., by the Rev. E vv. Clark, HssI. Hhsldos, of SaJem. Mass., to BassxH VV., eldest rial articles, relating to Japan, California and the Uni- st daughter of J. G. Huns ofHonolulu. ted States, intended for this number of our paper, we are compelled to omit, that oar readers may be furDIED. ° PORT OF LAHAINA. Arrived. Aug. B—Am whsleship Chaa. Phelps, Birch, Bconittftoa.SO* Iaperm, 2700 whale; hound home, Recently, at his residence on Moloksl, lon.ha Hulu, lstei 10—Haw. brif 8. S., Taylor, IS days fm Baa Franrtaco. member of the House ofRepresentatives. 14—An. whr. Anonyms, Coalfield, IS ds fin San Francisco. In tbia tuwn, on the 9th ult., Rossst Kii.day, s native of Am. whaling hark Richmond. Swift, Providence, 60 sperm, Ireland, for many years s resident of these lalands, aged about I3400 whale, hound home. SO yean. Aug. 17—Am whalr .hip Miner-s, Beabury, New Bedford, On Tuesday, the 21st ult., Asif Mast Ass, daurhter of 25 moa out, 150 ap, 25U0 whale. 91 Bcbr Boston, Cole, from Honolulu. Cast. D. P. snd Masv F. Psshallow, aged 18 months. nished with the principal official documents connected with the hostile movements of the French at these Islr ands. Let oar readers keep in mind, tfie French : Admiral's declaration to the King's Commissioners was, that he cannot proceed to discuss, or arrange On board bark Richmond. March 13, of disease of the heart, ——————asses any ofthe other demands, unless the question relating Willi.m Cole, Boatateerer. and other spirituous liquors be to the duty on Brandy , r " n>st settled.'' II W PASSENGERS. Per Mary and Adeline—A. Ten Eyck, Esq., J. F. B. Mar Late News. shall, Esq., and A. Johnatone. Per Mary—A. Buah, Wm. C. Parke, 0. P. Wood. O. W. Intelligence, per "Sabine," has been received from Honghulling, 0. W. 8. Kenwsy, Mrs. Harris snd two children, Studleigh, T. Gsndle, T. Fisher, B. Hornblower, W M. W. F. U. S. to last of the Orrell, J. Fox, H. Phatnnboro. Europe to middle of June, and the Per Psclllco—C. P. Robinson, J. T. McDougall, Johnson same month.—Cholera raging on both sides of the AtFreeborn, Mr. Cartwrlght, T. Gibson. J. White. lantic.—The French are prosecuting the war against Per Julian—James Makes, Esq., David Kigley. the Romans.—Troubles inParis.—Everything quiet in Jsaasssl a«s»r^Bsvss>^aWssl Just Received and for Sale AT THE CHAPLAIN'S STUDY, a new and beautiful assortment of BIBLES in the English LanEx-President Polk died at his residence in Term., guage They are bound in various styles, and can be June 15th. PORT OF HONOLULU. had at prices varying from 37 1-7cents, to $7,00 per California fever continuing to rage in the United copy. ArriTed. States. K7- Seamen, and others, are informed that at the Commander Pourauivsnte,Bellecrolx Aug, 15—Fr. frigate same place may be fonnd Bibles printed in the follow(was. H da An Callao. M At 3 o'clock to-day, Sept 11, embarked on board Ass. whaleahlp Wsshlogton, Bailey, Nantucket, 21 months ing languages: German, Sweedish, Danish, Dutch, French, Spanish and Portuguese. ISO sperm; leaking 2500 strokes an bonr. the Am schooner Honolulu, His Excellency, 0. P. nut,M—Fr. steam frigate Gaasendl, Faucon Commander, 10 I N. B —Portuguese seamen are especially notified, Judd, H. H. M.'s Special Commissioner and Plenipo- guns-, last from Tahiti. obtain copies of the Holy Scriptures in IS—Am. whaleahlp Ontario, Brown, Sag Harbor, fm Japan that they can tentiary Extraordinary to the Governments ofFrance, Sea, the old and new Testaments. 3250 whale, 11,000 lbs. bone; bound home. (108,72 left dsysi #** It is Great Britain, and the United States. He is accomvoluntary with seamen whether they Aug. 21—Am sloop-ofwer Treble, Glynn, 16 Hongkong. !receive a copy of the Bible as a gift, or pay the whole panied by the Prince Royal, Alexander Liholiho, and rotll—Am whaling bark Richmond, Swift, Providence, 25 moslor a part of its value Money received from the sale out, 3400 wh, 100ap, 20.000 lbs bone. his brother, Lot Kamehameha. of Bibles is appropriated to the purchase of new rapAm sehr Napoleon, Williams, 70 days fm San Bias. tf Aug 23—Am ship James Munroe, Hamley, far San Fran- plies, 1 New Chilean Cabinet.—At the close oflast claeo. Danish aehr Emmy, Neal, for Tahiti. The Friend, sent Abroad. month Senor Vial resigned, and soon afterSenor Aug. 28— Br. ship Amason, Bales, fm Bhsoghse. Any person, by paying the annual subscription price San Puentea did the same. Some days elapsed 30— Am. bark Mary, Parker, 17 da fm San Francisco. of the friend, ($1.50) in advance, can have the paper brig Paclneo, Swain, 14 da fm Ban Francisco. ers the posts were filled. At length certain per- Peruvian Chilean brig Correo dc Cobija, Solhaune, fm Kauai. isent, by the earliest opportunity, to any port in the sons, prominent in the opposition, were called to Sspt. I—Am. whaleshlp Alert, Green, fm Bhering'a Straits. ]Pacific, or to any part of the U. States or England, Moras, 18 dsfm San Francisco. the side of the President. Tbe Cabinet is now Oth—Haw sehr. Jullsn, N. B.—By paying the additional ram of 50 cents, brig Sabine, from San Francisco. paper will be sent for one year to the U. States, via owiwpoend ofSenores Don Jose Joaquin Perez, 9—Am. Eug. sehr. Bandicoot, from 1lobar! Towc. Ithe of the Interior and Foreign Affairs;. Don AnCalifornia and Panama Postage on papers to private Sailed. tonio Garcia Reyes of the Treasury ; Don Mamast be pre-paid. The Friend, being a months—Am. hark Mary Francos, Morris, for San Francisco. {lersoni y sheet, and containing a full report of Marine Intellinuel A. Tocornal, of Instruction, Justice snd Sept. 11—Mr. Ana, Smith, for Ban Francisco. Honolulu, Newell, for Sen Francisco. Igence, will be found a, useful and cheap method of Worship ; and Don Pedro N. Vidsl of War and Sehr.Correo Brig dc Cobija, for San Francisco. communication with the mercantile community in Eutbe Nary.—[Neighbor, of June 29th. rope and the United .States. tf Spoke ■. By bark Richmond, June 28—Ship Moetesuma, Tower, New Religious Books. 2,700 whole ; Chandler Price, Taber. do., 1.800 Panama Railroad.—The books of subscrip- Bedford,Camlaoe, Allen, NB, 1,300 ; Huntress. Sherman, NB, tion to the capital stock of the above railroad whale; CC7" The Seamen's Chaplain has just received an 1,400 whale ; Roman, Blackmore, NB, 2,000 whale; Bragansa, excellent assortment of Books published by the] Amer were opened in New York, on the 27th June, Devoll,NB, wanting 2 whales to All ; Minerva, Beabury, NB, 1 whale to All; John Coggeehall. Luce, NB, 700 wh, 460 ap, licon Tract Society, including nearly all of'their stand and the whole amount was subscribed before S Morels, Norton, Elllston, NB, 2,200 whsle ; Erie, Fairhaven, ard publications. These books are beautifully bound, o'clock, of tbe same day, by New York capital- 3,000 whale ; Marcos, Osborne, Fairhaven, 300 wh., 500 sp; an advance on the New York prices ists principally.—[Polynesian. Warren, Ivans, Warren, 1,000 whale ; Luminary, Norton, and will be sold at Warren, 700 whale ; Ontario 2d, Payne, 811, 1,000 whale; \ only sufficient to cover the expenses. ap the collection will be found some new and Wm. Tell, Taker, SH, 800 wh, 80 ; Levant, Lowen, BH, tf LISTOF OFFICERS OF THE U.S. SHIP PREBLE. 2,000 whale; George Mary, Mlddleton, NL, 2,000 whale. jinstructive books for children. I ■ 18th, spoke June Alert, Green, Richmond, Winters,Cold The Quaessassa lame. Glynn Spring, suiting Brat whale, Washington, Drake, 2 whalea— of Islands: ry into the Hawaiian H Aim—Edward C. Ward. Jr., Albert G. Clary. same time saw Elisabeth Frith lake a whale) July 7, George Embracing their Antiquities, Mythology, Legends, Washington, Glbba, Warekam, saw- him lake two whales;— EVTBaArra—Silaa Bern, Edward Brlaley. Isth, Panama, Sag Harbor,! whales; 13th, Two Brothers,] Discovery by Europeans in the 16th century, re-discoPceasn—Heery WUeon Jenney, N. 8., nothing. Just on ihe ground; 20th, Caroline, very by Cook, with their civil, Religious and Political AesisTAJrr ■—•San John L. Bom, WilliamLowker. Greenport, whalea; Ajax, Havre, 1 whale; 23d, Mores, Wy- ]History from the earliest traditionary period to the tin MeGeaaegle, William F. Shnuk, stt, N. B, 5 whales, 2000 bbls. present time. By JAMES JACKSON JARVEB Missaiia— Third edition. For sale at Chaplain's Study. Price, Memoranda. tf CATTAIn'n OlSek—Frederic L. Hanks. »l,oe. of Ihe Alert, reports ss follows—With regsrd to CapL. Green, J. Griflln. aAiusAEam—T. ~,! ■ Spelling Books. whaling la the Arctic regions—l left the Japan Sea, Bth of actum BoATswAin-Benjemla Wakeoald. tcese my snt whale Jen* 16th, and tea thai timei Noah Webster's, and the Union Spelling Books for Do CAarsa-rma-Tkones Colsnaa. uauil was full, there was so lack of whales. I cat 11 yleUlag MARINE JOURNAL. England. ,', ' .' < // < < * — • - . ' ,<, • ' '' \ - ' — � 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 (1849) 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 - 1849.09.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849.09.01 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/1db75b25d1ceb4eee7108bcc1832e6cc.pdf 8b5f3e8b110506924bbe23d90dfdcc28 PDF Text Text FTHE RIEND. HONOLULU, OCTOBER 1, 1849. Vol. 7. 49 No. 7. tides is tedious. To beguile the hours slowly passing, we were favored with some visitors from the shore. In a large Chinook canoe, containing fifteen Indians, came two Catholic W> 61 They were miserably defeated by the Dale's gallantorew, priests. They were very glad to learn the 61 We drove them from their quartern although we were but Fort Vancouver, Calsaa Plain*, most prominent items of European nnd Amer62 Japan, Editorial, few; 68 We raised our banner on the fort, a standard for thebrave, ican news. I informed them that Louis NaAccount ofGuam, Earthquake, 64 In spite ofall our enemies the Mba Mitchell, stars and stripes did wave. |m.lran had been elected President of France. 64 Curious Phenomena, This event seemed both to surprise and re65 Our ship Vept op a i terdy Are at the enemy in town, Deaths nnd Obituaries, 66 else they kept The where were shot or Richmond, buildings ofthc concealed them. One especially, who clapped his joice Wreck M cut down ; Ship News, &c, hands expressive of joy! I also announced The light commenced at 10 o'clock and lasted until three, We whipped them four to one my boys and gained the the Pope's flight, but this item of news apvictory. parently called up another class ofemotions. We Willed 'wehty-flve of them, and wounded forty more. I may have been mistaken, but 1 thought our For the Friend. The Me\ ienns were horror struck to hear our cannon roar ; visitors heard this intelligence with an air of To sec the bravery of onr men did make their courage fail, BATTLE OF GUAYMAS. crew the It certainly would not have sloop-of-war They forget never the of Dale. incredulity. will 8. "Dale." By W. H. Campbell, a Marine, II 8 U 8 8 D»tr. 1 lend an ear if strange you been they had supposed their hereAmericans, I would have Honolulu, Jan. 1349.I Come all you bold Concerning a small victory, whicli now yaTre goiug to hear, dealt in the marvellous!— newsmonger lical In the year of 47, I suppose you all do know, their success in I respecting with Mexico. made enquiries were at war The United States of America the Indians. They replied that teaching We had as brave a ahip'e company as ever trim'd a sail were rather gallant little Dale: their thick headed!— neophytes sloopor-war, American the an to Lower On board A Trip from the Sandwich Islands Oregon and Upper California. We were brave Yankee tars of war that never knew a fear. After our visitors had viewed the ship, I for to hear. To have a fight with our proud foeit was pleasure saw them over the side and push off for the Leaves selected from "Our Log Book." lay, we In Guaymas of did the month November In shore. Although I could not sympathize For to blockade the harbor, and keep all ihlpa away; IV—ASCENT OF THE COLUMBIA. with the doctrinal opinions of these missionWe soon did stop their trade and took possession of theport. their head bear stern,to upon ship, and moored our both We Soon after our vessel camu to anchor off aries, yet I could not but admire that spirit fort. Astoria, the "J. W. Carter," Capt. Hoyt, of self-denial which they manifested in lahis One day our captain came on deck—to officers did say, arrived from Portland on the Willamette,hav- boring among the Clatsop Indians, or going A, Call Company B to quartcra-also Company well ac- iftkey should be ordered by their superior, to Have their muskets all well loaded,see everything doneright, ing on board n pilot, Mr. Lottie, This day we will march into the town the enemy to fight ofthc spend their lives ninon;? the tribes of Aftica, with the Columbia. quainted navigation and New Holland. Would that all for Asia, box with rounds omore. secured cartridge up his 40 service? were immediately Hi* Each man tilled the before we the shore. fully bent to take town left We were the Massachusetts, as otherwise we might Protestant clergy rendered us willing obeWe only landed half our men, we numbered seventy three. company. us Ith ns to bear have heen detained for many days. About dience to the Great and last command of One field piece we took w ihree o'clock, r. m., May 10th, we left As- the Saviour. We straightway marched Into the town, oar banner we did The tide rose and fell, but still the Massatoria, proceeding up the river. One hour afThe Mexicans didlire upon us as we werepassing by ; chusetts remained quiet in her bed of sand. terwards the Massachussett3 was fn-1 upon The first round that they gave ns our Captsin he did fall, Friday, we there remained, and we a sand spit offTonzue point. Ii a not an All day, He was severely wounded by a coppermusket ball. serious fears, that perhaps to entertain began uncommon nccurrnnce for vessel* to get Bat then the fight began at once, without the least delay, a and still Ihe vessel conpass away; them blared month might We took possession of their fort, and at aground nt this place, indeed, the very first The Mexicans di: keep concealed, like foxes they were shy, vessel that ever attempted to ascend theriver tinue in the same spot. Every effort was From every i.oor and window theirmusket balls did fly. aler its dis-ovcry by Captain f>ray, got made to get her off. Leaving Captain, We fired them gia_* and canuiater with oar field piece from n»rounil at this rery place. I refer to the Pilot, and hands to work tho ship, I must the fort, Chiithnin, commanded by Lieut. Broughton. not fail to observe our Indian guests, who The Mexicans beganto run, they did not like the sport j Theyran out of the builcings into the open street. \t this point, he left his vessel and proceed- have come alongside to sell a large sturgeon, Oar marine guard beaded them in front and cut off their ed to explore the river in "the cutter and and look at the strange craft. One Indian retreat. liiuiK-h with n week's provisions." The made his appearance on the quarter deck, They commenced again to fir* at us—they spent their shot in "Columbia" did not advance higher up the wearing a blue coat withU. S. NavyjbMtees, vain— We fired a volley into them which drove them hack again ; river than this place, nnd to commemorate and a British glazed chnpeau. J uniform The Mexicans were much confusedand retreated back wit) the discovery of Capt. Gray, the Bay lying ed a truly ludicrous appearance.'! fright. a corner to the right. Company A opened upon them from upon the North shore of tho river, was cal- indicated that he went for a joint occupancy lew roanda back no one did the; again a bat They returned led dray's B.ii». Soon after the Mnssachus- of Oregon by England and theUnited States! kill, Company A still biased away with the Held piece on the hill: sotts struck, the tide fell and the pilot re- Alongside appeared a canoe containing an The Mexican* new gave np-tbeir bugle sounds retreat. ported that it would he vain to endeavor to get Indian mother and pappnoee; I made signs They retreated to the moautaiue when then found that the her off until next high tide. Te wait for Contents OK THE FRIEND, OCT. 1,1848. Poeett—Battle or Gua) mas, Ascent ofColumbia Itiver, Geographical outline of Oregon, Lower Oregon, l'opulltion, Our force contained by seventjr-three that fDaglit upon the shore, were four hundred men or more; rage 49 The Mexicans in number engaged, our flag did boldly fly, 49 About two hours we were We let them know that Yankee tars will fight until they die. Poet's Corner. THE FRIEND. , �r 50 | THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 1, 1849. a la Chinook. At first she understood me as be effaced. Easily can their towering sum- V. —GEOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE OF desirous of taking the child on board. To mits, capped with eternal snows, be called OREGON. Having ascended tho Columbia lo the this proposition she did not Seem inclined up in imagination before the mind. to assent, eat npon further explanation, I This morning Sabbath, May 13th, Ihe ves- highest point which I expected to advance, saw the little fellow bound hand ami foot with sel came to anchor off Fort Vancouver, and ■ud expecting to spend some weeks in travthongs, while Ilia head was rendered im- nlthough it wns not convenient to have pub- elling among the settlements along the banks moveable by a head-board. When all was lic service on ship-board amidst the necessa- of the Willamette, I endeavored to inform dene, the child was slowed carefully away ry confusion attending the ship's duties, yet myself with reference to the general outlines ia the head of Ihe canoe! Nolh withstanding it was pleasant when we arrived off the pier, nf the Territory of Oregon, so :hnt I might understand the relation of Ihnt part which I the Indians did what they could for our amuse- nnd the pilot asked, "Where are all the gen- was about to visit, to the whole. I now betlement of the Fort?" to the listen to reply, ment, the day appeared long. To be aground gan to realize that Oregon wns indeed "a aro at church." "They How, iiiethought, than on s sand bank is even more tedious great country," considered with reference to to be in a calm at sea. The good ship can gentlemen be belter employed during the its number of square miles, the length of its hours of the Sabbath holy than in worship"Massachusetts" with its numerous tenants rivers, and height of its Would mountains. This that all who profess themin net a few points, resembled the 'Castle ol ping Ood. 11} took breakfast morning (May selves were thus to be with the gentlemen found on ItsfPence' described by Thompson: officers ofthe Hudson Bay Company v. hen I God's was holy Day. time, to kill the "Their only labor (Aad labor Sara it Is. and weary woe I much regretted, however, lo hear the fir- met the Company's agent, Mr. Grant, from The/ alt, they 1011, turn o'ersome idle rhyme; ing of salutes, from ship and shore. Such Fort Hnll, who had come to ihe Fort to obThen rising sudden, to the glass they go. tilings but illy comport with Ihe sacrrdness tain his annual supply of goods. The preOr saturter forth with tott'rlng steps and slow; This soon too rude an exercise they find, of ihe Subbath, or roughly harmonize with sence of a man, from his "home" at Fort Straight on the couch their llmts (gain they throw, the command, "Remember ihe Sabbath day Hull, six or seven hundred miles in the inteWhere boar* on hours they, sighing lie reclined." und keep it holy." I have always admired rior of the country, wan well calculated to This morning, Saturday, May 12th, I wat the reply of our worthy Sandwich Island Go- impress the mind villi the truth of the statewaked by the cheering announcement, "She vernor Kekuauou, who refused lo fire n na- ment, that Oregon embraced n territory is going a-head." Soon after I heard the mar tional salute in compliment to the frigate equal in extent to all of New England, and heaving the lead cry out, 'Quarter less four! 'United States," in the fall of 1843. This the Middle States, with the addition of VirThis was additional good news, for I recollect- vessel arrived in Ihe outer harbor of Hono- ginia, N. & S. Carolina, and a good part of ed that the vessel would float in two and a hall lulu on the Sabbath. A lieutenant was sent Georgia; or an area more than three times fathoms. We were now gliding along with- on shore, by Captain Armstrong, to notify as large as England, Scotland, Ireland, and in a stone's throw of tho banks, covered thick the Governor that the ship wns ready to fire the neighboring Islnnds belonging to the Briwith forest trees and brush-weod to the wa- a solute. The Governor wns infotmed of the tish Empire. Oregon ter's edge. On both aides of the river th« lieutenant's errand, while at church, and sent 49° of N. L., and extends from 42 ° to from 110° to 124° of woodland extends as far as the eye cat back word that he would attend to the busi- VV. L., embracing an area of 400,000 square reach: miles, nnd watered by the Columbia and its ness apopo, (10-tnorrow.) "Woody aill o'er hill encompass'd round " Our sailing up the Columbia wns exceed- numerous tributaries. Many a long year wilt elapso ere this song ingly pleasant. This river abounds with It is distinctly divided into three grand diwill need to be sung by the settlers of Ore- much beautiful scenery, diversifiagreeably visions:—Lower, Middle und Upper Oregon. gon:— ed by valleys, hills and mountains. At pre- 1. Lower Oregon embraces the territory ly"Woodman s_ are that tree!" sent Ihe whole country, along the river'e ing between the ocean nnd the one President, or We have passed or two Indian lodges, banks, abounds with a heavy growth of for- Cascade mountains, the but alas, the once lords of the forest are nc Willamette being more to be seen. Their hunting and fishing est trees, some of which are of immense di- the principal river of this division. 2. Midgrounds are nearly deserted. The smal mensions. Among these trees I observed dle Oregon lies between the Cascade and the the pine, hemlock, maple, sycamore nnd pop- Blue mountains, the Shules and Umatilla bepoXj measles, and other diseases, and I ma) add rum, have well nigh swept them al lar. I looked in vain for the chestnut nnd ing the principal rivers of this division. 3. Inn! of the Atlantic coast, and if I was cor- And Upper Oregon away. Our intelligent pilot, who has beet lies between theBlue and twenty years in the country, remarked thai rectly informed, they are not to be found in Rocky mountains, the Lewis and its tributasince his arrival "95 per cent, of the Indium Oregon. From the mouth of the river as far ries being the rivers of this division. up as Fort Vancouver, a distance of ninety had died off." The Middle But here we are at 12 o'clock, M. fast up- miles, probably the number of settlements country remainnnd Upper sections ofthe unsettled by any white on another sandbank, twenty-five miles from or small clearings in the forest, would not ex- population, Ihe trnding posfs of the except ceed twenty, including three or four sawwhere we started this morning, and 45 froir Hudson Bay Company, nnd the Missionary mills. Even the view a of log cabin was exthe mouth ofthe river. About 4 o'clock, P. stations. Upper is described as "a Oregon to ceedingly pleasant the On eye. Sabbath M., got off, and proceeded twenty-five miles rocky, barren, we broken morning, 13th, May "Sew traversed in passed country, PlyAnther up, and came to anchor a few milei ahwve Cowlitz river. To-day, for the firsl mouth," where there was a very good log all directions by stupendous mountain spurs, Ivjt. Hood. On a previous day I house, which presented an air of neatness on peaks of which, snow lies nearly all the it a view of Mt. St. Helens. They within and without. The master of the es- year." The Middle region of Oregon, bean noble and majestic mountains. To these tablishment came to the door and welcomed ing less elevated, possesses a milder climate aid Mt. Reiner, all peaks of the Cascadt us with a tune upon his flute, the soft and ond better soil, remarkably well adapted to range, and they form a trio of ns sublime melodious sounds coming over the gentle wa- the purposes of grazing. This is very manmountain elevations as are any where to hi ters, wafted by the morning breeze, fell ifest from the immense herds of horses in posfound upon our globe. One clear and dts- soothingly upon the ear. The lover of na- session of the Indians, Mho allow them to will find ample range for the gratifica- graze in large tiact view ef those mountains leaves en it* ture companies, and cannot, of tion of bis visual and mental powers, in aa- course, make any provision for them duriu* nossw the winter monilts. .*_. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBW .... �densely populated, compared with ihe reOREGON.—POPULATION.mainder, Clatsop, Lewis, and Vnncouver. .. 51 THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 1, 1849. He said that he bad been away from the Islands 'three tens and nine years/ in the valley of the having originally heft in the ill-faled "TonThis division lies along the coast, and ex- The former are situated wheie reside a large proportion i quin," which was blown tip on the N. W. 'Willamette, mountains. tends as far inland as the Cascude ofall the while inhabitants of the Territory. coast. I next visited the Company's bark watered, and well It is heavily timbered, well on board a cargo of wheat adapted lo limning and manufacturing pur- Clatsop county is near the moulh of Colum- Columbia taking Ihe settlement at Silka. The Russian poses. A census has recently been taken of bia river, Lewis about the N isquaIly settle- for vessel was | partially unmanned, several saithis poition of Oregon. I obtained a copy, ment on the straits of Juan dc Fuca, and lors having taken French leave for the mines. on application to Governor Lane, who had Vancouver about ihe Fort of Vancouver. It is remarkable how wide spread is this gold just ordered it lo be made, in view ofthe esTO mania. —FORT VANCOUVER—VISIT VII. tablishment ofthe Territorial Government of CALSAS PLAINS. Agreeably to appointment, went on shore the U. S. <iver the country. 14th, visited the Fort, this morning, May 15, to accompany a party This morning, May Summary ofthe Census Ketuius of the Territory of Oregon, and of-'on an excursion to Calsas Plains, situated for the year I*4o. made under tne provisions of Seotiou 4 or the extensive stores, store-houses, of the Act 01 Coiigiess entitled "Au Act to establish ex-'about of the Hudson The Bay Company. ( fices seven miles in rear of the Fort, and the Tenitoiial oovernmei.t of oiegou''—Approved August 14,1848 tensive mechanical operations, which have in 1upon the North side of the Columbia. The the estimation of former visitors, imparled so 1 weather was cold, rendering an overcoat ve{ comfortable. Our party consisted ol Gomuch animation to this central depot of thery are now almost susentirely "Compuny," Col'NTISS. i-o vernor Douglass and daughter, Mr. Birnie « O B s, -O o is B I 111 jS 8 Si K Scores of the Company's servants und daughter, and myself. Our small cnvalpended. 1 s l! 1!| ■ !• 1 1« • "1*1 H3 nre now seeking their fortunes in the mines-1(cade gallopped away at a rapid gait, and was '"■ ?_'J!L _'" fe It is clearly apparent that nf- (soon out of sight amidst the dense and stateS70 of California. 870 I I 870 lieu on, : : : : : ,"271 | 466 218 1682 468 047 94 181570112 theFort are in a trnnsilion state. 6 at Cliampoeg, fairs ly forest trees skirting the beautiful plain up401 too 585' I 1* 6 13,6 17 13S>3 Clackamas, • : 8 is relaxing; a on which the Fort is 227 100 76' '3 old 224 49 The and rigid discipline Clatsop, ! : situated. As we passed I <6 80 83 87 1 81 4 100 80, Lewis, 928 II !'-3 new order of things is gradually coming instructed l.mti, :::::: 1U6 iuu 859 1 ! 111,3 was much I hy the remarks along, 11,4 1 831 827 outf' I l! 1-olk. .::::: : 848 IM 488 4 28 81107 85 1142 about; and one is inclined to think that the of Mr. Douglass, who spake of the trees and Tuallty, : : : „ , I Am* For I 4 22 20' 2 89 12 80 79]] 158 Va'eouverj M ._.„_<_<> glory of Vancouver's Fort is departing. The 894' 4021657 1 8 8 4 1353 15 1368 introduction of U. S. laws into the territory shrubs in the forests nf Oregon, as Solomon Yamhill, I .!..«, "spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Aggregate, 20012613 8027 15 211 468786 298 9083 have a powerful influence Lebanon even unto the hyssop tha' springeth will necessarily Children under 14 years ofage. upon the government of the Company's ser- ' out ofthe wall." After passing through the Remarks.— The abovo statistical table does vants. A person now, who may be charged forests of stately pines, and over two small not include tho aborigines of ihe country, with crime, cannot be sent to Canada for tri- " of prairie land, we came to the Calhalf-breeds and Hawaiians. Al the lime the al, but may seek protection behind the iEgis patches Plains, so called from an edible root found sas census was taken, considerable discussion ofU. S. Territorial laws. This very week there by the Indians. This prairie is several was elicited upon the point, whether any but Mr. Douglass, hitherto at the head of the with miles in circumference, and contains three or establishment, is to remove i white inhabitants would be allowed to be- Company's there to ofIsland, settlements, to Vancouver's lour situated at the respectful his family come enrolled ns American citizens, nnd enas Governor. Mr. Ogden is to become• distance of more than a mile apart. Our obficiate titled to the privilege of the elective fran- his successor at the Fort. This gentleman ject was lo visit a lady, whom 1 had met at the chise. Some Hawaiians presented themselves some months since distinguished himself in Islands on her first arrival from London. On who were cuptives, the of numerous rescue before the proper officers, and desired to beseized and cruelly treated by the Indians at seeing us emerge from the forest she came come American citizens, nnd be ullowed to ihe massacre of Dr. Whitman. His long ex- " out and gave us a cordial welcome. It was vote at the coming election on the Ist of perience as an Indian Trader, admirably an interesting eve"nt, amid the solitude of a June, but the Governor did not feel authori- qualified him satisfactorily to conduct such a thirstingr prairie, to meet a lady of intelligence and rezed by the existing laws of the U. S. lo al- negotiation with a tribe of savnges, fourteen hours he stood ar- hnement, who had, with her husband, cpmfor blood. For low them to do it. The subject was referred guing and reasoning the matter with the In- " uienced gathering around them the comforts to Judge Bryant. Ihe Supreme Judge of ihe dians before they would give up the captives. 'of a home. At the time of our visit he wns Territory, and he expressed a similar opinion, At length he succeeded in obtaining every inabsent at the mines. A blazing fire was soon although he was not perfectly decided in his dividual held in captivity. Itofis but repeatmuch to my gratification, although person kindled, the mouth every ing the remark in opinion that it would be in violation ofthe U. acquainted with the circumstances, that "no our kind hostess regarded it as a pleasant S. laws for Hawaiians to become citizens. one but Mr. Ogden could have succeeded so3 May morning! "Now," says Mrs. C, "I The law was explicit with reference lo the well." He is now past the meridian of life, { am no! obliged to go two miles into the connA African race, and the aborigines ofthc coun- but possessed of remarkable energy. does t of the fever not smart shake and ague try, to obtain soil for my flower-pots." Very try, but it was evidently a new feature in the for overhauling goods and true, one could enjoy more elbow room on a him incapacitate process of the naturalization of foreigners, invoices, and conducting an extensive corresprairie in Oregon, than in the crowded streets for individuals of Asiatic descent to make ap- pondence. Jof London! She was usefully and happily In strolling about the premises 1 chanced plication for papers of citizenship. in teaching several pupils, among employed of lo fall with a Sandwich Islanders. in group hundred During the month of May seversi was an interesting boy, the son of Mr. » it whom to the ctedit of the pays company, Much foreigners were naturalised. I was some- the salary of an Hawaiian preacher and1 Yon Pfister, who lost his life in California.— what amused with the mode of application, school teacher. At the time of my visit he• For a long lime I shall remember Sty.pleas Plains, adopted by one who.presenting himself before was Inhering under serious hindrances, in■ ant excursion to Calsas On our return to the Fort, in the midi i of his a half dollars of so many countrymen for "two and consequence asked the officer, a boat about read; leaving for the mines, and others becomingi ofthe afternoon, I found worth of Yankeeism." fourteen miles up th* Portland, start accom-to for (pslaka) indifferent to religion. He By referring to this table it will appear panied me to visit an old kanaka who hadJ Willamette. A sketch of my rambles thyo that Benton, Champoeg, Clackamas, Lynn, been nearly forty years in the Company'ss the beautiful vaUey of this river,, I most rw ay I^-Boa*. £yfc. Tnaisty. and Yamhill counties are service, during which period be had visitedd serve for another leaf of — VI.—LOWER England. . , , .. fill > — *^- • • • « ' ,' —' '• ;' ' ,' '■ - > l - . » • • . �52 THE FRIEND. THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 1, 1849. Islanders, Maui, hung himself, and two days Several interviews were held between body was removed and buried, but Commandnr Glynn, and the authorities. The his were not allowed to attend Japanese evidently intended lo evade any dicompanions HONOLULU, OCTOBER I, 1849. his remains to Ihe grave. On the 24th of rect communication between the Commander Japan. January died Ezra Goldlhwaite. He had nf the Preble, and the Emperor. Ho was la the November No. of our paper, there been ill for some time, and wns attended by put off from day to day, and given to underis a briefnotice of the "Lagoda" having fif- a Japanese physician. Sometime before he stand that "by and bye" he might expect to teen of her crew escape in the Japan sea; died, he was quite deranged. During their have the business attended to. The prompt and in the December No. an account ofMc- confinement one other wns sick and delirious, nnd decisive action of Com. Glynn seemed to Donald's leaving Ihe "Plymouth" for nn ad- and it is the belief of all the captives that infuse some new ideas into the minds of the venture in Japan. We are now able to furthere wns "fou! piny" with their companions. Japanese. He distinctly told them the obnish our readers with a sequel to (heir adIn March they learned that another Ameri- ject of his visit, and if the Japanese authoriventures. The names oflhe young men from can was confined in Nagasaki. ses were determined not to surrender the the "Lagoda" were as follows: We. will now furnish some facts relating to prisoners, then he should leave immediately Robert McCoy, Philadelphia, Perm.; that American, who was none other thanRo- mid report to his superior officer. A time •Jtftin Bull, Kempville, N. V.; nald McDonald. It may be recollected by was appointed for their delivery, but if Jacob Boyd, Springfield, Essex Co., N.J.; some of our readers that this young man vol- they were not forthcoming the Preble would John Martin, Rochester, N. V.; untarily left tho Am. whaleahip Plymouth, •ail. Before the time hnd elapsed they were Melchar Biffar, New York City; nnd was furnished with boat, sextant, com- delivered over to the Dutch merchants, and John Waters, half-caste, Sand. Islands; pass, &.C., by Capt. Edwards. On landing transferred to the Preble. Ezra Goldthwait, and eight natives of the he intentionally capsized his boat, nnd was During their captivity these young men Sandwich Islands. All these left the Logo- kindly received by the Japanese. After be- gathered much interesting information rethe 6th of June, 1818, and fled to ing on shore eight days ho was taken under da about specting the country and the the Japanese Japan, in three whale boats. They mnde the charge of four Matsmai officers. At government. McDonald, but more especialthe land near the Straits of Matsmni. After Matsmai he was imprisoned from the [6th of ly McCoy succeeded in acquiring a toleraa variety of adventures, by land and water. September until about Ihe first of October. ble knowledge of the colloquial Japanese at one time confined in prison, then breaking Subsequently he was removed to Nagasaki, language. We hope that ere long a more out and escaping, on the 2nd of September, and was brought before the Governor in the full report of these young men will bespread having been for sometime confined on board Town Hall. On entering he snw upon the before the world, together with the visit of a junk, they were ordered to be brought to pavement a crucifix, and an image of the Ihe "Preble." It opens a new chapter in Nagasaki, and were brought into tho pres- Virgin Mary and the Savior when an infant. the intercourse of foreigners with the excluence ofthe Governor. McCoy reports that He was compelled lo tread on these when he sive on entering the "Town House" he was made Japanese. entered with Ihe crowd into the Town Hall. The "Preble" returned to China, where to tread upon a crucifix, in the floor, made Then he was questioned in regard to his the Americans were left to be sent to the U. of either brass or composition. One of the coining to Japan, and whether he believed in States, but the Sandwich Islanders were others asserts that not stepping upon it, he the God of Heaven. To which he replied was thrust back and made to do the business brought to Honolulu. that he did. He was given to understand In our next we intend to the satisfaction of the Japanese. While giving some account that the images he had trampled on were the of the Loo Chooans, and the visit of the arraigned for trial various questions were Devil nf Japan. During his imprisonment "Preble." asked them, such as follows: "Did you come he had several scholars among the Japanese to this country as spies?" Answer, "No." which doubtless contributed to There is a certain newspaper in BosWhat come for ?" you Answer, interpreters, did ""Whales." "Do you eat the kind treatment which he generally re- ton, of no small pretension, in the columns of whales?" AnMcDonald, for the first time met which for January 27, 1849, wo notice some swer, "Make oil out of them." At this in- ceived. the other captives on the 26th of March, al stanzas entitled "My Country's Flag of Dutch officers were present. They the Town Hall, although they had been pris- Stars." These lines havo this superscripremoved to a prison, or temple, about tion, "Written for the Flag of the Union." mle from tho city. Here I hey broke oners for months in the same city. that these men were We would merely add, that the same, verbaimyoung Knowledge ad escsped to the mountains, but were led in Commodore Gcisenare prisoned Japan, tim, lo be found in the "Friend" for Ocen, brought to the city and confined in of S. ger, Commander the East India U. tober 15, 1845. The author was a sailor on ommon prison, situated on the site of to the ion, "Preble," Comboard the U. S. S. Portsmouth. His mansquad despatch >ld Catholic church. They were now for rescue. mander their This vesGlynn, ner of the manuscript copy ofthe placing Mp in cages and treated more cruelly.— it this time the Dutch superintendant tel arrived in the Japanese waters about the same in our hands, induced the belief on our > to Ihe authorities at Batavia about ast of April. On her approach, Japanese part that he was no plagiarist. jfficcrs warned her Commander off, but he young men. All escaped the third time McDonald, of Japanese celebrity, is lushed forward and came to anchor near the prison, but were retaken and more cruof were native i :ity where the of Astoria, in Oregon, his father Nagasaki, prisoners elly treated, being confined in cages, with having confinement. The of the been once an officer in the Hudson report n Preble's their feet made fast in stocks, and allowed no in bosoms, service, but now residing in their inspired hope although Bay Company's tuns lire, no lights, and but little clothing. On to from he Canada. Japanese evidently designed keep the 17th of December one of the Sandwich hem all knowledge that an American inan•f-war was in McCoy reports that he Never chase a lie. Let it alone, and This young man reported himself at the tad threatenedport. the Japanese with a visit ol it run itself to death. I can work out a will Sand. Islands, in March, 1848, as John Bra- luch a vessel if he was oot treated better, bul dy, from Kentville, N. Y. See Friend, Apr. hey only laughed at his threats. They hole good character much faster than any one can alter his Inw lis ma nut nf it _TDp. HWksr �.. THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 1, 1849. 53 [COMMUNICATFD.] disclosing deep fissures, and spouts forth Aw American Girl "before the Mast." —Frnm Ihe Polynesian nf August 25th, we Visit to Guam—No Supplies an Alarming'fresh water; almost every church «>n ihe islam! is either shuttered t>r destroyed, (tiring Earthquake. learn that on board the whale ship 'C. MitchdisEditor that it about Ihe only stone buildings there); Ihe afMr. —Presuming may prove ell,' seven mouths from home, there wns a renders, us saito trnnsinteresting I hereby your covered a female who hud shipped frigbled inhabitants rush from their Irml len■ lor in Nantucket. "When summoned into mil you a hasty, and perhaps rather imper- etnents, and throwing themselves on their the Captain's presence, immediately niter,i- feet sketch of nn earthquake which took faces to Ihe eiirlli, lustily repeat their praythe discovery, she made a full and volunta- place nt the Ladrnne Islands, on the 25th of ers, (being Catholics,) and we hesitate not lo ry confession, whereupon she wns taken into.January last, n day which will long be re- nflit-in ihey prayed in sincerity. The shock lasted about forty-five seconds, nnd would the cabin, a state-room set apart for her U3e, membered in the annals of those Islands. and every attention shown her that could be We were laying at anchor, at the Island of have levelled to the dust any modern built ciextended to a female on board ship." To the Guam, at the usual anchorage inside of the ty, of brick or stone, on the habilabie globe. American Consul nt Paitn she reported that reef, in company with a fleet ofabout 20 sail On board ship it was almost impossible to she belonged to Rochester, N. V., of respect- .of whalemen, endeavoring to recruit ship, «tand erect without holding on for support; able parents, but in consequence of misfor- preparatory to encountering the cold, damp, the clattering of Ihe clinin cables, the appaltune wns abandoned by them, alt hough she '"£g.y nnf l cheerless weather of a N. W. sea- ling rumbling beneath us, united with the dia had resolved not lo lend an abandoned life. son. We use the term endeavoring, as ow- of every moveable thing on ship board, in raShe was taken under the charge of the Am. ing to nn article which appeared in the col- pid motion, sounded as though 10,000 ChiConsul, and was elated with Ihe idea of re- umns of your valued journal, under the sig- nese gongs had liurst forth in one simultaneturning to the Unitud Slates. "Too much nature of Blue Water, (extolling those Isl- ous concert. The motion was lateral, i.nd praise," remarks the correspondent of the ands for the varied and bountiful supplies inconceivably rapid, with three heavy, disPolynesian, "cannot be awarded to the Capt. which could there be obtained,) almost the,tinct perpendicular shocks, as though the of the'C. Mitchell,'the Am. Consul, Cap- entire fleet was induced to direct its course ship was beating over a reef. It extended to tains ot vessels in port, residents, &c, for t hither, not to partake ofthe bounties of na- all the islands composing the group, and the interest they took in her welfare, and the ture, so lavishly diffused, (as we were led lo |ships which arrived afterwards, felt the shock measures they adopted for her comfort and believe,) but to meet with a cruel and bitter sensibly, two days sail from land with a fair disappointment, nn almost total absence of wind. At the watering place the sea came in safe passage to her native home." fruit and vegetables to shield us from the at- and caused an alteration there, and one ship The Pacific News.—This is the title of a tacks of that dire scourge to seamen, on pro- which lay at anchor, came near being thrown new paper, to bo published tri-weekly at San tracted voynges, the scurvy. A fearful ac- on shore, parting her chain and losing her Francisco. We are much pleased with Ihe count will no doubt be made on the return of anchor. Rumors were rife of lives being tone and spirit of Nos. 1 and 3, and shall be the fleet. Death and disease, however, at lost, but of this we are not positive, their glad to see additional numbers. For these the period of our stay there, was stalking |houses being built of such light materialsand we are indebted to Wm. Ladd, Esq. From through the land with fearful and appalling so loosely thrown together, that would be alan article entitled "Gold Mines," we clip strides, decimating the inhabitants, and car- most impossible to shake them off their equithe following: tying terror nnd dismay into every hamlet. librium. After the first shock had subsided, "Upon the Sacramento and its tributaries, This may in some measure account for the and the inhabitants had regained a little self are at work about fifteen thousand men, and paucity of supplies, and we will charitably possession, they seized their priest and fled with the year ending next January, they will presume it is so, as it must have been wide- with him to the mountains, thinking, aa ws doubtless relieve the earth of little less than ly different in Blue Water's time. suppose, to place him in greater security from $20,000,000, and this we consider a moder- But to our subject, craving pardon for this personal danger. We had a great number digression: the 25th of January was a se-<of light shocks during the three following ate estimate. rene and beautiful day, the trades blowing days, at every recurrence of which, the in"Upon the San Joaquin and its tributaries moderately, cooling and refreshing the |habitants would repeat their prayers, saying there are somo twenty thousand men now at very work, who will earn by January next some atmosphere, the woods in our vicinity, re- tthe island was about to swim. $20,000,000. According to this calculation, sounding with the heavy blows ofthe axe, or About 26 years since they experienced a this country will yield not less than $40,010,- ringing with the merry laugh of the careless shock, but neither the memory -000 annually." mirth loving mariner, as metamorphosed into pretty severe ofthe oldestinhabitant, nor oral tradition can a back woodsman, he vigorously plied his axe attention of to so tremendous a shock aa that the Protestant Mis- to wood his ship; the slumbering bosom o.'recal mind The called to the on the afternoon ofthe 25th last. January sionaries is following resolution. the bay dotted with the swift whale-boat, cv- < At the Monthly Concert, held in Honolulu, er and anon darting with the rapidity of an Yours respectfully, in Sept., it was voted, that tho avails of the arrow from ship to shore, shore lo ship, or WHALEMAN'S FRIEND. collection for the next two months be appro- ship to ship, in the varied performance of Ship Bragania, priated to the Tualatin Academy, Oregon, their duties, presented a pleasing and an in- ]Honolulu Harbor, Sept. 24. J and that other stations be invited to co-oper- (cresting view. But lo! at 3 r. m., in the > — > • . : ., .,, ,,, ,, < ' ate. midst ofthis busy scene, a distant rumbling N. B.—Remarks upon the Academy may and unearthly sound is heard in the direction be expected in the next number of the ofthe mountains, trending westerly; louder, To Honolulu Subscribers.—We are obli Friend. nearer, and more distinct it approaches us; to employ a native carrier, and should ged when in an instant rocks, mountains, forests Latest advices from England and Eu- and shipping, reel and rock to and fro quick- he neglect to leave our paper where directrope, indicate that the gold mania is there er than thought, in one great convulsive«ed, subscribers will be supplied apoo *■«•»* ragaog with terrific fury I j^^^3j throe; the earth yawns open in many pieces,|< ' �54 THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 1, 1849. „ Painful Incident.—We regret to learn Miss Mitchell, the Discoverer of tion had not been complied with. 'I be earliest mail thai lell Nantucket slier the discovby the arrival oflhe ship Prince dc Juinville a Mew Cornel. from Canton, whence she sailed Dec. 7th, From a late "N. Y. Evangelist" we copy ery, did inform Mr. Bond nf the fact. But Mr. Bmid was not the Royal Professor of Asthe loss at Sea of our young friend Burritl Ihe following interesting statements respect- troiiimiiv at London; and Ihe gentlemen with H. Shepard, son of Mr. Fitch Shepnrd, aged 19. Mr. S. was a member of the Senior ing the achievements in the science of astro- whom tin- awiitil tested, decided thai as ihe Class in ihe New York University, and a nomy hy a young lady uf Nantucket. Not condition was not complied with, MissMifchyoung man ofmuch promise. merely the lover of this sublime science will ell could not have the medal. On account of impaired health, and by the rejoice in this triumph, but every American Gov. Everett was not discouraged. He advice of his physician nnd friends, he em- must experience a thrill of delight, when he sent nil Ihe letters nnd documents hurliing Ihe case—lhe letter to Mr. Bond, beating barked for Canton in Oct. 1847, in ihe ship learns that one of his countrywomen—a Miss the post-mark of* October 3—hi K. P. MamMatilda, to recover his health ami invigorate his constitution. He visited several of the yet in her "teens" has won the palm, when ken, Esq., Churge d'Affiiircs of the United principal ports nn his way, and arrived at the veteran Astronomers of England, Ger- Stales nt Copenhagen. This gentlemen obCanton in September last, via Cape Horn, many and Italy were her competitors for the tained "an audience with the King of DenCalifornia nnd the Sandwich Islands. mark. He relerri'd Ihe whole mailer lo Prof. prize. We have another instance wherein SehuuiHcker, with no older lo repoit at once. He remained in Canton till Dec. visiting the accomplished scholar and statesman Mr. The report was favorable !>• ihe claims of our the places of interest in the vicinity; and finding his health entirely restored, he em- Everett, transfers a name from the records ifair country woman. The King was | leased barked for home with high hopes and fond of village obscurity, to the scroll of historic lo regard the letter to Mr. Rood, as complianticipations ol soon meeting his friends and immortality. It may be recollected that Mr. ance in spirit with ihe condition. He ordered the information hi be sent to Miss Mitchresuming his place and studies in the Univer- E. first took by the hand, Mr. Burntl, the ell, that as soon as the medal could be sti tick sity. But by a solemn nnd mysterious Providence he was lost overboard a few hours af- "Learned Blacksmith"—the reader of filty .it should be transmitted In her. Tin- eoutleter the ship left the port, and all his hopes languages, and introduced him to the learned sy of i in- King of Denmark must be admitted. blasted in a moment. The zeal of (Joy. Everett in behalf of one of two hemispheres. The day was bright and clear, and the "In the year 1831, a gold medal, of the iwhom he never saw, is deserving of all wind fair. The ship was going nine or ten ducats, was founded by Fre- praise. The whole transaction must be reknots an hour, when suddenly the spirit-stir- value nf twenty derick VI., King of Denmark, to be awarded garded with great interest by all the liiends ring cry wus heard, "A man overboard, to any person who should first discover a ofAmerican science." threw over the lile-buoy." The ship was "telescopic comet.'' This foundation wns Curious hove to, a boat lowered and every effort offered Phenomena.—Wettahkefolwith the following conditions: I. made which personal regard or humanity The medal was to be given to the first disco- lowing from Ihe "Journal nf the Royal Geosuggested, but to no purpose. He struggled verer of any comet, which at the time of its graphical Society of London," 1842: manfully with the rolling billows to reach the discovery was invisible to the naked eye, nnd Chili. —"Dr. Weyman, n proh'ge of but Barin vain. The captain with his life-buoy, period was unknown. 2. The disco- on I luiiilinli, and n fellow-pnsseuger. tells me glass watched him from the deck with inter- whose very must be made known by the first post that Chili is to a iiiineialoyist or geologist one est, till Ihe boat was half way to him, when alter the discovery, to the Astronomer Roynl oflhe most interesting muim its in the world, sunk exhausted, and his body went down at London. he If no regular mail left the place and iliat her botanical productions are, alto sleep amid the coral reefs ofthe ocean till discovery, it must be sent by the first op- though less numerous, less known than those the sea shall be summoned to give up her of portunity of another kind. An exact compli- ;o(Peru. He says thai the province of Codead, while his spirit ascended, it is believed ance was indispensable; and the medal would pia pn is in n stale of constant agitation from to join his mother in Heaven. The sad ingiven to the discoverer who earliest com- earthquakes, and that the whole face of Ihe telligence has wrung the hearts of many be plied with ihe condition. 3. The exact posi- country is progressively undergoing most infriends with anguish, and the more so be- tion ofthe comet must be described, and the teresting changes from these cause of the hopes which he had excited of which it is moving. 4. Obser- He plates that this is the case,convulsions.— in direction more or less, fbture usefulness.—[N. Y. Evangelist, April X vations sufficient to settle these points must throughout Chili; but that, unless 17,1849. scientific be made, and each observation sent off, the persons ore present to observe and compare |C7"With sad emotions we read the above first without waiting for the second, the sec- the extraordinary effects of ihese convulsions notice of young Shepard'■ death. Our rec- ond without waiting for the third, he. 5. ofthc enrlh, much will be lost lo Ihe scientiollection of him is quite vivid. He was an The medal to be assigned in twelve months fic wot Id. According to the Doctor, Valpainteresting, intelligent and promising young after the discovery—Messrs. Bnily & Schu- raiso and most pait ol the con.-t of Chili have men, and his untimely death must have been macker to decide if n discovery has been risen several feet from the level ofthc sea of made. If they differ, Mr. Gauss, of Gottin- late yenrs. This accounts for two streets severely felt by his kindred and friends. gen, to decide; and these gentlemen agreed having been gained on the ocean in that city From Valparaiso.—Arrival of the Sophia to communicate mutually to each other any since 1 first arrived there, in 1817. The announcement of a discovery. water is very deep close lo the beach all Walker, with JStnety Thousand Dollars worth the Ist of October, 1547, nt half-past round Ihe bay. When at Valdivia, in of Qold ZW—The ship Sophia Walker, tenOno'clock, 1820, r. m., Miss Maria Mitchell, of we observed that there was Captain E. G. Wiswell, arrived at this port two feet of only Nantucket, comet, discovered a "telescopic "i uter where six Dutch line-of-baltle ships this forenoon in the short run of 64 days J On the 3d of Oct., at 7J. r. m., Father dc had anchored sixty or seventy yenrs before. from Valparaiso—and nineteen daya from the Vico saw it nl Rome. On the 7thof i'ct., 9,1The rivers of Birbir and Imperial are Equator. She brings a large amount ofgold now dust, valu-d at from $80,000 lo $90,000, of 20in., Mr. Daviessawit at Cranbrook, Kent,' scarcely navigable for boats al their months, ich f 40,000 is in charge of Captain J. H. in England; and on ihe lllh of Oct., Mad- whereas, when Ercilla wrote his 'Araucana,' 300 years ngo, large vessels sailed some disMing, late of ship Huntress, of New York, ame Rumker discovered it at Hamburg. I at San Francisco, and is owned by Oli- Mr. Mitchell took no steps to obtain tho tance up those streams. The Doctor assures medal for his daughter, not thinking it at all' me Hint Lake Titicaca is 12,100 feet ihant k Co., of I bat city. The above remainder of (hat she had anticipated "melons metal is consigned to Baltimore probable others.—' the level of the sea, and the Ceno dc ToleBut he transmitted by the first mail that left 1 do, between Arequipa and Puno, is louses. Captain Spring came 17,200. passenger in sophia Walker, and also Charles E the island of Nnntucket, information of the —(Note made during my voyage from Peru ■eet, from Oahu, and J. R. Sehaffer, discovery, to W. C. Bond, Esq., Directorof to the Sandwich Islands in 1831. W. M.") Itimore. The Sophia Walker left this the Observatory at Cambridge. The prior"Not a single teetotaller in all Ireland," the 16th of November for Valparai- ity of Miss Mitchell's discovery was admitted said Father Matthew, in his speech at Cork, so,- aad has made the voyage Out and back in throughout all Europe. President Everett, "is known to have died either of famine or »f Harvard University, was anxious that the five months and 18 days.—[Best. Journal. the fever." claims of Miss Mitchell should be so cheap as reading, •nd he took the matter earnestly presented, Whoever is not persuaded by reason, wil in band. No entertainment is One difficulty stood in the way—the condi- net be convinced by authority. •** asjy pleasure so lasting. i — �THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 1, 1849. 55 Church in Woodstock, Vt., Norma. It it really distressing to leant profession. She died in the triumphs of f. ith. Infi- .respecting the fearful waste of human life connected On our return to'the Inlands, we Stash regretted to delity itself would have wept at her touching allusions with the mining operations of California. It is allearn thnt tlie venerable Mr. Chambsslais had l«en |to Jesus and Heaven. Her funeral is to take place to- most certain dead-, for persons of intemperate habits, been removed hy death, although the event hail long day—funeral sermon to be preached next Sabbath.— while many of the most robust and vigorous constituanticipated by himself and l>y all who were aware Sfj"Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last tions are incapable of undergoing the exposure, fitbis precarious stale of health. For years, it might al-| end he like his." came home to my heart with peculiar nnd labor attending a miner's life. We have itiguc most lie said in truth, tluit ho had liecn a dying man | power as I witnessed her smiling countenance and heard of other deaths repined, but have not as yet He died July 29th. and liadhc survived another month,ihcard her cheeiful voice even in the hour of dissoluIsjrn He was in tion. May we and ours, and our people, live the life heard the reports confirmed. would have been just 57 years of age. Dover, Vt-i commenced a successful mercantile busi- of the righteous tliut we may die their death."—[ t. d. ii DIED—la California, in August last, Mr. Jrmo ness in Boston, witli fluttering prospects of wealth, but llusket, a native of Kintuclet, and formerly a rest, "In the midst ofUfa we are in Death."—In crossing a by an interesting train of providential events, literally dent at these Islnnils. renouncing the pursuit of gain, he turned his correct stream in Kipahulu. East Maui, August 7. William Sissos was thrown from his horse and drowned. He DlED—Last of August, on board the ship Connecand business-like talent* into a channel for the welfare of his Divine Master, and the interests of the Church- was a young man of some 2t years, who left a whale ticut, in San Francisco, I'ktkiiKitutu.a colored man, During a period of 27 years—honestly nnd conscien- ship at Lahaina three years since. He was a resident and long a resident in Honolulu. tion-ly devoted to the secular agency of 'he Sandwich of Ilium at the time of his death. Will the newspapers DEATHS on board U. & Stoopof-War Pnble, from Islands Mission und such other missionary labor ns devoted to the interests of seamen, please notice this June 13, to Avgwt 27, 1849. could be performed by a layman, he has shown that it communication? Seamen, landsmen, "in such an At sea. which as hour ye think not, the Son of Man comcth." —[com. June 13, Wm. Llo.vd, ordinary seaman.Charleston,SH. was a full, unreserved and hearty consecration 18, Janus Dick, Boatswain's mate, Philadelphia, 43. he made of himself to God, and the interests of misDIED—July 9th, at Sutter's Fort, California, Mr. an, James Thompson, sailmnkrt s mate, Eng ,91. sions. There was a correctness about all his linancial Amos M. Atheli, of Lynn, Mass ,aged 23 yearn. 22, Jack, passenger, Sand. Islands, age unknown. concerns, us agent of the mission, that reflet ted the The deceased hud recently arrived the couuntry, 29, IVri-r riiornpson, onl. seaman, Philadelphia, 25. in His influence and I, Jiicob Junson. seamen. Sweden, 39. highest credit upon his character. accompanied by a brother They had started for the July 8. Philip HirlninUoii. do. Maine, 27. acquaintance were extensive, tut not more so than the mines on foot, and stopped by the road-side to rest, 9, Samuel Wicr, Cooper. New York, 24. esteem and respect which were shown him. Hisdeulh but it appeared that deceased who had in years past 16, John Crafts, Quartermaster, Newport, R. 1.49. his and misfelt, only family, not severely by be 17, James Viillaiuv, Capt. afterguard, Delaware will been subject to fits, wo* again suddenly attacked, and City, 21, sionary associates, but the public has sull'crod u loss.— never recovered. His remains were brought to the 23, Michael Laughlin, yeomnn, Ireland, 28. The influence und example, however, of such a miin John Culp, orderly scrg't marines, France, 27. where they were interred, it devolving upon the Fort, forgotmnn's deeds are not felt. A good will long be 26, John Gardner, Capt. forcci itie, Mass.. 45. Editor officiate as a clergyman upon to the occasion. 29. James Qninn, Capt maintop, iielnware, 38. ten. His presence may not be seen amongst us, but 5, Jacohus Caddtis, seaman, Holland, 27. recollection of his virtues and excellencies will be long DIED—At sea, on board the U. S. brig Dolphin, in August 11. James Baird, ship* corporal, Maine, 38. cherished. "The memory of the just is blessed." the Indian Ocean, of Typhus Fever Jahk* Laukiueii, 13, l'eter Seymour, armorer, New York,44, aged about 18years, a native of Camden, Maine. 17, Win Co/.zcns, sen man. Conn., 30. DIED—In San Francisco, July 29, Henrietta EuOn the death of this youth I feel proud in affirming 19, Richard Berry, ordinary seaman, Ms**., 25, 28 of J. C. Zimmerman, daughter years, Jeremiah Horn, marine, Ireland, 28. oenis, aged that he left behind him a character untarnished by the 20, Esq., Consul of tnc Netherlands at New York, and wife At Honolulu. many vices of a seaman ; he was much respected and 22, John Ryan, seaman, Ireland, 30. of Frank Ward, Esq., of that place. and bid fair to have made and become an ho25, Wm. Archibald, landsman,Boston. 22. In company with a numerous concourse of the citi- beloved, nor to the employment. 26, Thomas Coleman, aet'g carp. Newfoundland, 41. zens of San Francisco, it wo* our melancholy privilege 27, James Dunnett, seaman. Charleston, 24. to attend the funeral of the deceased. This instance Tread lightly shipmates as you bear the pall Sept. 6. William Cox, marine. New York, 25. most to 7, William Prest, seaman, Sweden, 31. impressively inOf one that's bound unto another shore; of mortality was calculated 8, John Williams, rook, American. culcate the sentiment that "in the midst of life we are Reflect,bis debt is paid,and he obey* the call. Note.— Places of nativity, and age, taken from shipFor greater comfort* may be there in store. in death." ping article*, and cannotbe depended on at very corThe family of which she was a most esteemed memrect Hold steady shipmates the plank that now divides ber had just arrived in the country, with worldly pros. His frail timbers from his mansion home j DIED. pecU the fairest, but thus suddenly a mysterious Prov- Usher lightly into the rugged ocean's tide At Wan Franriscn, Calilornia, on Ibc ttth till., nf Inflammato the overspread hail caused a dark cloud idence i.i iba luni>. (in ks WaLi.u. ngsat S4 ynara,lavs U. *. V.c* ilon heart, no more to roam. A seaman's Consul al I.MhHina, Bandwicb l.lai.d* household. Only a few days previous to her most unOn board .bi|i Uragania, Ao* SI, 'it, John, a native of* th* she and her husband had bid adieu Oh departure, could there b« but Mauds. expected one tender parent here betide, Sandwtrh On beard same ahip, Sept. t, N9, llsm-t Scott, tl Mew to a beloved parent who had accompanied his children To shed the tear of sympathy sincere, Beilrurd, fnrnii-i-ly ot abip Chaudk-r Price, if Nrw Urdlora], til. |inMia*e lo ilu-ae l.Uiids. to their new home, but the very next steamer would Methinks it might calm the stormy ocean* tide, l.iwt u.eriienr.l. and was ilrownrd. C-nm ahln Rracanet. De*. 8,48, di. I rot A. lUai.ow, w.iiian, i.f "-'-'g convey the sad intelligence that the Angel of Death And draw from many a last and grateful tear. M "" I* years. had visited the happy family circle. The funeral serIcOsmrjHICATKD. .led vice* were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Mines, an Epis- Fobs Pkak, bkio Dolphin, > Medical Discovert—It has been ascertained Oct. 21, 1848. J copal clergyman. His remarks on the occasion were that the true source of scorbutic disease, as it shews most appropriate and impressive, and his allusions to Drowsed, Aug. 24, in the surf at Lahaina, by the itself in our ships and prisons, is the want of potash tho virtues of the deceased peculiarly touching. Slow- upsetting of a boat, James Townsend, steward on in the blood; that salted meat contains little mora than half the potash in fresh meats; and that, while an ly the procession accompanied the departed to the board Minerva," aged 40. Residence unknown. " ounce ofrice contains only Aye grains of potash, an cemetery, where sorrowing friends and stranger* comounce of potato contains 1.875 grains, which accounts Deaths in remains the for almost dust, "looking mitted her to the generCalifornia.—By every arrival from for the great increase of the disease since the scarcity al resurrection and the life of the world to come, thro' the coast, intelligence is brought of the death of enc or of the potato. In patient! under this disease theblood more persons who have resided upon these our Lord Jesus Christ."—[Ed. Islands.— is found to be deficient in potash: and it has been asSeveral have already been reported, but we are not certained by repeated experiments that whatever he patients speedily recover if a few grains DIED—In San Francisco. April 24th, Mas. Sim- aware as the following have been published. (We the diet, sued) (from 12 to SO) of some salt of potash he given daily. mons, wife of Capt. Simmons. arc unable to give tl-e dates.) Mr. Pattirsok, and Lime-juice is regularly ordered in the navy, as a ajnj A correspondent thus refer* to this interesting lady, Mr. McKean, both partners of the firm of Z. Bent 4V fie for the disease, and the reason of its cflcsv yi under date of April 25th:—" I yesterday witnessed one Co., carpenters in Honolulu. They died at the acid, but the amount of potash, being M out the an ounce. On these facts, it seems pussiM of the happiest scenes it has ever been my happiness last of July, and were buried in San Francisco. It is a alight, but vsrv salutary improvement la die navy. to behold—the dying scene of Mrs Simmons, wife of with sincere regret that we record the deaths of these Let a portion of tartrate of potash he ore" Capt. Simmons, of Woodstock, Vermont. You have two enterprising young men. They originally came ly to be mixed with the lime-juice that is given oat lost' use; and let arrangement*,be ssUnltd for boilrßag' probably known him at Honolulu. She and her hus- to the Islands on boi.rd th« brig Henry. Their friends salt meat in A large portion of the salt ». band arrived a little more than three week* since in reside in Nova Scotia, or on Prince Edward's Island thus be eliminatedsad the food made mate wholethe steamer Oregon. Now she is s corpse. She died Mr. Blrrouuua, belonging to the IsUnd of Maui, ha* some. A similar eaatrse aught be adopted in wore, and of the Isthmus Fever. She was an amiable and love- died, but when and where in California, If as simple remedy is Ja enr ws raaailrr houses it prisons. criminal to neglect it—[N Y. Farmer «V ly young woman, a nember of the Congregational port, go also TsMmlaS OaxeoaT, T^SsaaisJUmdj bands, is DeO atnhsd bituaries. sod an ornament to her and Noah 1 . ' steam. * •• . �THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 1, 1849. 56 18—Hrlir Joseph Alhlnn, Allen, 67 Hn fin Port *dehtide. B. M.'s Consulate General for the Island* of the tactile, J 19—ltrHj_.iu..ut. l**vol, f.n Utchi'ti*. pen, j ii w linkc*rtir (aii*\ lumiikK Leini Ire. If. tinCm rinii Irmiisco. i.onolulu, March 9, 1840. ) -,£(;— Haw luMfHittlnC W itliflniiiir. i*rliri»-»n. I'm -antburg It in hereby notified that Consul Gen .Millerhas received i Si" iKM Kin int. ItniVMi. from AriM' Ocnu., lull Wreck of Richmond, and Report Idespstch fioiu the Foreign Ofl'ce, London, dated tlie 31st of KhrHhtth Krlih, Winters, f.ii A O, Hill. last \ atclt, instructing him to fake proper titers for causing Jin.l.'j. f.ii a <>. f..11 Ships. 1 h •Iter, liarker. f,n A O. nearly f<ill. Le Consular District, that, '-The *Mirti-L'". Dcvi II fn A (), VM). The Junior Arrived 28tb ult. bringing Intelligence of[■ to made known within hit*Admiralty haveoiieted areward Lord* Cotnntlssloiieri of the lM.tr links Kite, fit a O, of Cold Spring. of 120,600 (twenty thousand pounds .-km im-) to such private Imiiii. Miller, fn <Klikt.uk net*, full. the loss of the whale kliii> Richmond, fm <i sea, 29ti Winters. She was full, wuntiriK one whale, and went chip or ships ofany country at* may, in the judgment of theii iSliiriftiiHtH. Tnwer, Jiiliiim, Tuber, t'.n <l MM, |f>l)U. on slioru ill the fog, Aug. 2, 3 o'clock, P M, about 12! Luidships, tender ell cieut assistance to Sir John Franklin paper When tint goes tn |irrr»s, b w Inth .In, * in the olflrj, ff.7* -fepiiru. miles somli of St. Lawrsnra Bay. Officers and crew his ships, or their crews, and may contiibute directly to ex tie ice.' t iieate them fiom Stilled, escaped sufely to land, mid were anion;; the Indians The following is a copy of a minute of theLords Commit17—rtrhr Mm riicnot. ("arm win, I'tir Tali f four days. They were kindly treated, the Indians fur- sioueir. of Ihe Admiritity transmitted on the occasion :— I!)— Mnr\ rtnmri. fur San IVnicihtti. nishing them with deer and siilmoii They assisted ulUna Kuliiiip. f. r B>fhiev. Admiralty, £8d Match. 1849. *!"»—TntiltMii »rtir Ftnleridle, Ri« Inl Km: I runcueo r*t/|>i *o in endeavo iut In ire*, tlie vessel off, and when thaiI The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are under the Dr brig Jiaepli A Urn ii. ADei Mm Inn necessity ofla\ iug a Mipplementary eslhnale lor the lelief ol Am «It *U\\. \ leri, (Jieeii. New l.nndoi ri»»rt.. \ll Society Islands, was imuoudhlc, nided in tccwillg the provisions. The the Aietic expedition under Sir John Fianklin. and Sir Jus afi I'ttw whr i'riv«[t-er, Kii.ii. San I r.ti fn-i'n E- Frith, l'nntimu nnd Junior, took each one third off Mussupon the tableof the 11mi" 29— Haw schr Jiilimi, Miiiitii, C<H,re|Cou ni.il Vaipnratfio. s having been appiizcd by thelest letters reThai< Lo.d-hi, the crew of the Richmond. These vessels came to an- eelvod fmm Mr.luiius Ituss. that it waa his intention to di Spoken. (lie "Investigator to landall the supplies,that shecould chor aliout li miles from the ill-fated Richmond. Thei red spare, ni Whaler 1 oint, and to proceed to Kitgland, if no th Dv the [Irafiti..vt. Jill) 2, IN.!). I .mmpit n. N. [I 220f'; 4th, bids, Ron-am, <; at N M. ki? fill. Rimtulita. MvaJir. fit i ; Hi lendid, oiugK of the Kxpidiliou under Sir J. Fianklin weie leceked oil was ko'.il us follows—E. Frith bought 900 t by 'ol' Hprh g. rSfii •, Inili. Mle, «;ret-ti| i'H. li.. t ; kild. Fellow*. the Whale Ship* now about to Mill, leaving tlie "K.,letSI ix> per I'M. Hunama bought tOO bbls nt $0.75, and■ inise'' i(i< ; Ant; Slotting!* <:«liinel.Ht'>t h ftitnt. |(' ( heard from f, n. I to piosccute the seaieh alone,—have consulted tlw •, Mm.lt 7.M1 n, N. 11., 8750| Naval autlioiitieu uk to the probab.e contetiuei.ee of July I ft— Hin.iros. N. 11., the Junior bought 900 at 10.75. The ship and chat- higheM Time, .handler S 7i>o. N D Ibis step tels sold for $.") no I They lind it to be the unanimous opinion of those most with the 1 olar Seas, t hat Mich u separation oftlie We have obtained these particulars from Mr. C. 11. conversant Memoranda. ships under Sir .lamer' l{oss would be most pciilous to tlie ipliiaiijug in the ice, and would piobably reutmine tlie Cnpr Kern |>inn, oflhe Wm Kntch, re, urln m; on ihe nuiiu n Ileeves, Ist officer of the It. He reports the vesselsi ship entire object oftlie K/jieditiou, If Sir J.F'lankliu's patty weie iy of Capl I'olger. of ihe Mwiilitello. ll.nl ihe hurl. I.migrant of as doing remarkably well in Uherring's Straits. Pan- to be discovered ut a time when the '-Enterprise" I ad nearij exhausted bar own stores. They have therefore deteiniine<t \«-w Itedfnnl, li.'v dentil hi m-ii about .' |nl Ul, in the viciniiy amu, K. Frith, Washington of Sag Harbor, all full.— upon sending out u ftesli supply of provisions for both ships of Hie French Rock. Nof New Zealand. 'I here lire strong the '-North War, 1 which Is now titling, for this purpose. (ears ill ii by Isaac lliiks Metacom J & 1500, ', Majestic 1500. full, till were lout, I'.uh nf i lie vi>m-I luivo hern picked at Sheeniess, witlt orders to p oceed across ISafi n V Lay, and Elizahcth. wanting 3 whales. as much further as practicable in the direction of Lancaster ti;i ttv several n'vi N. The Moiiticello and Murk lay experienced and Harrow Stunts, looking out for the 'Invctligu- f lie ratine shlc, tX7"At the head of the Anadir sea the Richmond| Sound, tor." or her boats. In the event of the "Investigator" not being fallen in W Ml. July 2, hli hi Ihe Hon in Islands, .Uontier.Ui, 45 mos, 15C0 ep took si\ whales in one week, which made 1200 bbls. theCnm'nder of the '-North Star" will l>e directed to land the «:i wt II; ■'!, uptike Ol) input, 23 mos. H( (J s; ;—IS.LUJeutIJ fjy iVc regret to announce the death of Capt. Win- supplies at such points on the South side of Lancastei Sound. 31 rime, 1500 *|i;—l, Alaliaum. 37 iuna, I30(. sjtTin. o sea. on hoard 13, the "Eliza- r other places indicated by Sir James Uoas, as may beaecesTkbs, who died at Sept. sible to trie '-North Star," in suh cieut time to secure bis l*> beth Fritli,'" commanded by his brother. turn across Lafbn s Hn> before the winter sets in. The expense of titling the North Star for the ice, will be £008t(, aid the wages of the crew, stores, provisions, on boa itI. Donations. £6(302. making 112,688, in ail, whichconstitute the supple For Friend. For Chapel'( meutary estimate now submitted to the House ltul, in addition to this. Her Majesty's Government has determined to $3,50 U. S Nival Hospital, oiler a lewaid of 110,000, to be given to such private ship, oi distributed amongst such private ships, ofany country, or to I Triton, 5,00 5,00 Capt. Bpeuccr, any cxp'oiiug potty or put ties, as may, in the judgment ot tlie boaid of Admit a fry, have rendered ell cientassistance to 10.00 Mr. Hush, of Lahaina. Sir John Fianklin, his ship.*-, or their crews, and may have 500 coutiibuted diiecfly to extricate them from the ice. Mr J. 11. Smith's an. sub. H. 0. WARD. 10,00I Mr. I. Montgomery, THE FRIEND. of . .' * , ' , — . " . • . ' ' . . . . , — ' 5,00 Capt. Carruwuy, Bandicoot, MARRIED. Jnst Reccved and for 8;ile 5,00 Mr. Bates, Amazon, lii Orsma, at Salem, May 9. hv Urn Uev. J. L. rarriali, M>. CI/A PLAIN'S STUDY, a new and II Ji Mi-a I I. M'l.'i.iNK in 11. <> n-nN. THE Alert, 3,00 4,00 Am. wh. ship AT Al I'urllHiiJ. Oreynit. by tin- Uev .Mr Ala.ir.aon. Ca|il Os hciiutiful assortment of BIBLES in the English LanU. S. It. Ilrig Lawrence, lUli., mailer eftiHrk l Aliila," lo Miaa E Wakhem. guage. They arc I ound in various styles, and can In -' ._ 5,00I Capt.Friucr, had at prices varying from 37 1-2cents, lo 57,00 pet 8,50 PASSENGERS. Officers, copy. 16,50I Per Maxim, from Ts||i«fha T R- Villa, Kan,., anr. family; [XT" Seamen, nnd others, arc informed that at th« 11.00 Crew, ,l> ii rtii itst tglasts, JJ. Hernandez; I-dmmid Smith. [Cr~i)oa:itioas "For Chapel" devoted to payment of I'it Jnnuifi AUiino. from Adtliitlr, 8 A —Hr. McDoueall same place may be found Bibles primed in the followGerman, Swedish, Danish, Batch, Dr. Uurie; 11. Roe*; Q. Oaij j Hi v 1' ing languages $2,944 41 i;id\, fien. <*reiif; the licit, which was originally French, Spanish nnd Portuguese. im It; nnd in mlirr* $500 00 Paid hv A. S. F. So.iety, I'er i;«nttifciictit, from Ann Francisco—John Smith; fisofgl N. B —Portuguese seamen ore especially notified 'nlhuru; II 't'reamtr; J. Selby j W. DuUglitß*. G. iJeuilts Ml.i' Douutiuns, 1,865 54 2.365 54 '.til that they can obtain copies of the Holy Scriptures it i.otiiuTi ||. Kyi. I'cr <*re> ho'Jiid. fittiii K«n FYsiicii-cn—J. HsssWl «t ion-, W the old and new Testaments. $578 87 Ft. I*>llaslls| .!'■.-•', Ii riionr; (,lmx. Crockett. Present Debt, *,*»■ It is left voluntary with senmen whether thej receive a copy of the Biolc as a gift, or pay the wholt Tlie Chaplain sincerely hopes the contrlhulions from or a part of its value Money received from the salt the sca-f.iring and resident community will ennl lehim of Billies is appropriated to the pnrchasc of new supoil' this debt before the close of the to entirely pay plies, tf * , MARINE JOURNAL. year. rX7"Dnnation» "For Friend" devoted . School Books. Shipping in Port, Sept. 20, 1840. Teachers and others can be supplied with a few sehooi mer klmi Mm A. A> elinc. llci cllun, 8. II Willistna A. hooks at the Chaplain's study. The assortment ers, i CO COllft'lfher- IT M il.llM. Am nier bur* WVtry, l.niley. s II Williams & Co; fur Uoatou comprises Primary Geographies, Arithmetics, GramiVruviun In in l .iitiro, fur >>ale mars, Reading Books, Webster's Dictionaries, &c. l Acknowledgement of Favors—Freight free of Hr hark Maxim. Undaay, nt Vida, for Valjiaraitn. Am a!ii|i T»;ir, Hi-ndr,, s* II W Ac. Co; fur lluug Koii-j. faMontreal, on hoard the Bibles, ship by 6 boxes of Am hk Coi.i rclKUl. IVnhalluw, X R Vida. The Friend, Bound. vor of Hairy Pierce, Esq Also, n similar favor by lit hk rtwnlliiw, ,S.Hjin.v,Bound volumes oftlie F'ric»d, for one,or moreyean Am wh ttlit|i Tin..ll. ptpeiicer Plt Vids; for U Ststsa. Jam s llimncwclt, Esq., who allowed 2 barrels ami 3 can he obtained at Rev. T. (oan.s, Hiloj Rev. T E tin Wm INitch. Ki-iiipton, Make. Autbt ua. Co. llraft'iitta, >V(*tl, Mtk<■»■. Anthon A. Cv Lahaina; and the Chaplain's study, Bono Taylor's. boxes to In convcye*' from Boston to Honolulu, freight tawdf>hriifatitii.t' Willu luinm hrbriever, M A 4c Co ilu/u. tf An wh -t.H|» Komiilu*, ll(-pnr; fur V t*lstes. free, hi Iwird ship Tsar. A valuable | ackagc of paAm ii w.ir l'n t>ii-. Com. Glynn; furPkd Frtncisc MUtofi from J. for Seaman's &.C., will, Esq., Ilijnni pers. Notice to master* of Whaleships. Reading lioom; and a similar package of valuable Arrived. ships will be reported correctly in thi Any 6—Rr. aelir Clyde. Mclean, HI daya fn Auckland, NZ. Looks, pamphlets nnd papers from J. C. Jones, Esq Friend and Polynesian, if, on xo.ur arrival, a report ii hr liuik lisviin. Lindas). ■ >-* dttya from Valparsiao. and Mr.-, (Jorhuni, Boston. aik !) aiu. lii 141 fcn.biue ilsrinoie, 17 dsys from i*an Fran- Ileft at the Polynesian Office. Unless you arc willing 1-H-u 1to take this tiouhlc. the Editors of these papers are sub lb—fir 'audi oot, Csrrawsy, 93 dsyi fm IN.ban Tow Donations op Books for Seamen.—The Son- li—Am achr bagsutine Mary tSiuarl, Tucker, 19 ds>sfruui f*ai. jeeted to great inconvenience, and are oftentimes una tile to make any report. tf man's CliHolnin wi ul'l acknowledge 25 copies of rt.i.rn-1 <i. Ci-I't. ill— Am. whaleahlp Wm. Rolen, Kemp ton, f.n Jspsn Manual of Devotion, for Soldiers and Sailors," hy an hark H«M»ti(iw, L*«S|[ntve. It da fm an Francisco. Spelling Books. 17—r*chr Pi aieruitr, 2I J da f.n Tahiti. unknown gentleman in New York; the books being i"hip Noah Webster's, and the Union Spelling Book* fa Tatar. Barak-y. IsW «...>■ from lioatnn. i*sj» Male at Chaplain', Study, i**wk CuMcciKsa, UstMih>w, U> *is Ist forwarded by J. P. Eagles, of Philadelphia. PrtncltM. tf M to . PORT OF HONOLULU. to the gratui- : 11 circulation of the paper among seam.:it, and oth- Am . < . ' . '' : " ' * � 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 (1849) 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 - 1849.10.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849.10.01 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/1f379ea6bb67b63b11887ed15eef7f5b.pdf 7dfeef2f3f6033aa0d77dc6c1781858a PDF Text Text FTHE RIEND. HONOLULU, OCTOBER 15, 1849. Vol. 7. 57 No. 8 and through forests, and I was glad to learn affair has not yet been published to the World. that a much belter route for a road had been At present, I hardly know what opinion to selected. These plains are about 20 miles adopt in regard to the subject. Page 57 Tour through Willamette valley, 59 in extent, surrounded by a heavy growth of I continued my journey over the plains, Education in Oregon, " 59 limber. The soil is admirably adapted toi and before evening arrived at the house of Vitlt toKJakaniits, " 59 farming purposes, Emigration, Overland, being prairie-land of thei Rev. Mr. Clark, Pastor of a Congregational "" 60 The Friend, useful to Whaleman, small streams in- Church. Occupying the same log dwelling description. best Several Oil taken in theArctic Ocean, " 6061 tersect the plains in various directions. Set- with him, are Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Eells, formSabbath, 140 years ngo. " tlements have already been made in mostt erly missionaries of the American Board, Guam, Cock-fighting, Ac "" 6162 parts of the plains, and nearly all thei among the Indians, but now principals of the Memoir, ol N llowditch, Deaths, Marine Intelligence, Ac. land is now claimed on the system, thatI Tualatin Academy. Mrs. E. was an old ac" 64 every man is entitled to one mile square, or quaintanco, as well as a native of the same six hundred and forty acres, provided that town with myself, in Massachusetts. It was he enters his claim at the office of the County exceedingly pleasant to revive an old acquaintance, after twelve years of separation. Clerk. A Trip from the Sandwich Islands to Lower Soon after entering the plains, I sought Most vividly I could recall the scene of her Oregon and Upper California. out the dwelling of a Mr. Pomeroy, whom departure from the shores of the Atlantic, for I had met at Portland. His good lady furn- her future home in the wilds of Oregon. Leaves selected from "Our Log Book.'" ished me some refreshment, very acceptablei Then it was not an every day undertaking nfter my lonely ride through the forests.—■ for a lady to leave the frontier settlements in VIII—TOUR THROUGH THE WILLAMETTE After dinner, I accompanied the proprietor Missouri and traverse the prairies and mounVALLEY. in a walk about his premises. It was grati- tains lying between the States and the shores Visiting Portland Tualatin Plains Oregon fying to view a farm of more than five hun- of the Pacific. She may be said to have City and Salem. dred acres, fenced, and stocked with twenty been the third lady that started upon this enat Portland about 12 yoke of oxen, horses, cows, and sheep. His terprize, as it was on the previous'year, 1836, Portland. —Arrived o'clock last night, May 15, in company with barn was nearly completed, measuring one I believe, that Mrs. Whitman, and Mrs. beJudge Bryant, the newly appointed Territor- hundred and twenty feet in length, being Spaulding led the way. To these ladies ial Judge, and Cnpt. Crosby. We were nearly filled with wheat. Mr. P. is a native longs the honor of having been the first of cross the Rocky rowed in a small ship's boat from Vancouver, of Massachusetts, and after experiencing a their countrywomen tohundredshave since mountains, owner of a Indians, four and finds himself and although by variety fortune, of about twenty miles, having a strong current against us, our pro- fine farm in Oregon, which he superintends, followed in their footsteps, yet it must be advengress was slow. On wnking this morning, in connection with an extensive building and viewed as a noble, praiseworthy andinto the turous Man plunge example. may Portland, of business. out the town lumber rising upon looked situated fourteen miles above the junction of Proceeding three miles over the plains, I unexplored forest, traverse the almost boundbut the Willamette with the Columbia. The town called at a dwelling of the Rev. Mr. Griffin, less prairie, ascend the lofty mountains, and hardships trials, not of his speak on of the was the let in him "press-work" out the east side who engaged doing is handsomely laid river, and is well situated, having in the rear on the Bth number, volume Ist, of the "Ore- perils and dangers, when woman travels by an extensive forest and beyond that forest, gon American and Evangelical Unionist," a his side "to share his joys and halve his at the distance of fifteen or twenty miles, a periodical of 10 pages, octavo. It was to sorrows." beautiful farming country. The first settle- have appeared semi-monthly, but has been After spending a few hours with friends I ment here was made in the autumn of 1845, partially discontinued in consequence of a hastened back to Portland to spend the Sabno by Capt. Crosby and Mr. Stark, the former, scarcity of printers. A London or Boston bath, as, much to the regret of theispeople, yet perro&ster, and the latter, supercargo of the editor would have thought there would have iclergyman of any denomination, barque "Toulon." Their first building was been also a scarcity ofreaders, for the idea imanently located in the town. No house of public worship having been a log-store, which is now standing; between of issuing a newspaper, where the populatwenty and thirty buildings have since been: tion is so spnrsc would certainly have been Ierected, the upper loft of a large store was erected, and others are in progress. The| viewed as preposterous, by any but n genu- isuitably fitted up for the accomodation of an house built by Capt. Crosby, is an excellent:!me Yankee. Publisher, editor, and press- iaudience of fifty, and more than forty were dwelling house, and cost $5,090, and at thehman, were all combined in one, who was as- |present in the morning. During the interval I attended an interesting present time the premises are valued at $10,-jisisted by a boy who had only set up type but of public services,held in a log-building.— 000. The buildings, including store and( a few months, and a little Indian boy to work.!Sabbath school, taught by two female dwelling house, erected by Mr. Paltegrove the roller! 1 must not neglect to record the'Twenty-four scholars, arc substantial, and docredit to the place, lewfact that Mrs. G. was busily occupied in fold- iand one male teacher, were present. The ing and stitching the paper. The columns icitizens of Portland are sincerely desirous number of inhabitants in Portland, is about one hundred. The site of the town is of the paper are at present principally occu-Ithat a minister of the gospel would be locaadmirably selected, being well adapted to the pied in a discussion and expose of the con- Ited among them, and they are very ready to landing and discharging of vessels. 1 find, nection of the Jesuit Missionaries with the isubscribe for the erection ofa building, which butone vessel in port, the "O. C. Raymond," Indian massacre at Watlatpu, where Dr. iwill answer the two-fold purpose of a chapel undergoing repairs, and belonging to Capt. Whitman and wife, with others, were cruelly iand school house. During the current seaCrosby. This vessel is engaged in the lum- killed. "The editor of the "Union" is fully ison, a Methodist minister is to preach in ber trade with California, and must be doing a of the belief that the massacre never would Portland every other Sabbath. Oregon City. —This morning, Mmy 22nd, business, enabling the owner to pay the mas- have occurred had it not been for the influCity, situter $300, tho mate $200, and the seamen ence indirect, if not direct, of the Jesuit istarted on horse back for Oregon ated >t the falls, on the Willamette, from tea month. Missionaries. per $100 Tualatin Plains.—This morning, May 17, Quite sufficient is known to induce the ito fifteen miles above Portland.. The road Htartcd for the Plains, my road lay over hills opinion that the full history of that atrocious thither lies upon the east aide ofthe river, is Contents OF THE FRIEND, OCT, 15,1849. ' : ': THE FRIEND. i — ' — l :i > < — �THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 15, 1849. mouth of the net open down the stream- i only one instance, although, I passed near a somewhat circuitous and by no means adapt- the Into this net the salmon run on their passage iscore of farms; young and old, of the male pathIt is a mere wheel carriages. to ed 58 way through the primeval forests. I had up and over the falls. In this way, I saw portion of the inhabitants, having gone to the take several large and plump fish that imines. heard of wolves infesting these wilds, but them never saw any until to-day, when a large would have brought an ounce apiece could Having spent four days among friends upon been conveyed to the San Fran- ithe plains, including a Sabbath when I pair of dark brown wolves crossed my path. they have Having heard and read much about Ore- cisco market. The snlmon possesses a most preached to a most interesting audience of for ascending streams in mostly children and youth, I started in comgon City, I was exceedingly anxious to see remarkableofinstinct the Go they must, not- pany with the Rev. Mr. Eells, to proceed up side of the spring year. situated the east the place. It is on the Willamette, just below the falls, the river withstanding currents, rapids, and falls may the valley of the Willamette as high as Salem. being perhaps an eighth of a mile wide op- oppose their progress. It was interesting to We rode about twenty miles on the west posite the town and the shores very bold.— see them attempt to ascend the falls, and I side of the river, then crossed, and reached The "city was laid out by Dr. McLaughlin, could not but sympathize with the unfortunate, Salem, about sun set, having travelled bethe proprietor ofthis claim, in 1842, although, who would make the attempt but would fall tween fifty and sixty miles. The capabilias early as 1829 he made arrangements for back into the foaming abyss below, there to ties of the Willamette valley for agricultural the erection of a saw-mill and other build- gather courage and strength for a second, and grazing purposes fully met the expectaings. In the spring of 1830, potatoes were third, and perhaps the thousandth trial.— tions which I had formed, and I was assured first planted here. During the year 1832 a Should they finally fail to ascend, their Inst that the richness of the soil, and its adaptaThe dead tion to nil farming purposes was even betmill race was commenced. About the year struggle is their death struggle! 1838, the whole establishment was nearly may often be seen floating down the stream ter, further up the valley. destroyod by fire, so that as late ns 1840, less by the current. There is a certain species Salem.—This is a new and well located than ten years ago, only one solitary log-hut of eels also, which is endowed with a similar town on the east side of the river. It is the marked the spot, where now may be seen a instinct to ascend rivers. Thousands were centre of the operations of the Methodist town of more than one hundred dwelling to be seen struggling to crawl over the rocks, Mission. Here resides the Rev. Mr. Roberts superintendent of the mission. The site houses, two flouring mills, two saw mills, and force their way up the stream. several stores, a neat Methodist Chnpel, a The Indians, from time immemorial, have of the town is well chosen, on a dry and Catholic Church, a Nunnery, and other ap- resorted to the fulls in the spring of the year somewhat elevated position, so that there will purtenances amply sufficient to constitute a to take a winter's stock of salmon. A num- be no fears of inundations during freshets in thriving settlement, doubtless the nucleus oi ber of their lodges are erected near the river. the river. At a short distance from the town a much larger and more populous city. On The inhabitants of Linn city arc not altoge- is a saw and grist mill. The most interestthe opposite side of the river aro two small ther pleased with their Indian neighbors.— ing feature of the place at present, is the Insettlements also aspiring to be styled cities, Some months since, on a certain evening, a stitute. A large and commodious three not however, of the first class! Linn, and lighted torch was seen to be borne towards story building, with two wings, is here erected. her sister, Multinoma city, have not as yet the habitations of the Indians, and in a few It was originally designed for the education of passed their infancy, and for sometime to moments the surrounding country was beau- Indian youth, but as the mission failed, in concome, may not be able to deck themselves in tifully illuminated with the ascending flames. sequence of such multitudes of the Indians other robes, than that noble growth of forest No one was presumed to know any thing how dying off, the building is now found to be extrees which the Creator has spread over the the fire could have been communicated. The actly what is needed for an English school. hills. I record this opinion with all deference poor Indians lost their winter's supply offish The institute is now under the excellent to my worthy brother, the Rev. Mr Blain, and berries. They applied for redress to the management of the Rev. Mr Wilbur and ofthe Reformed Presbyterian order, who has Provisional Government of Oregon, but were lady, who are assiduously and laboriously enlocated himself on the brow of the hill, nnd told to wait patiently until the white man's gaged in the instruction of about eighty pu, whose Great Chief should 3cnd out little chiefs pils of both sexes. They are anxiously lookthat kind neighbor of his, Mrs. L garden looked so flourishing under her spec- to rule over the while men, or the Bostons, ing for an assistant teacher to he sent from ial superintendence. Linn city, as well as as Americans are called by the Indians in the Eastern States. The central location of Linn county derive their names from Senator Oregon. Ere long a chief arrives in the Salem has led some to suppose that it will Linn, who while a member of the U. States character of Governor Lunc. The Indians become the seat of the Territorial GovernSenate made strenuous and commendable ef- apply for redress, but they are violently op- ment. Upon inquiry, I learned that settleforts in behalf of Oregon. The term Multi- posed. The Indians ask for justice! The ments had been formed to the distance of noma, was the Indian name forthe Willam- Governor goes upon the spot, hears both near one hundred miles above Salem. There ette river. During my sojourn often days in sides, and decides in fuvor of the original can be no avoiding the conclusion, that Oregon city, enjoying the kind hospitality of possessors of the soil. It was a decision the inhabitants in this beautiful valley the Rev. Mr. Atkinson's and Mr. Walker's which did him much credit, not only among iwill continue to increase until they will families, I made various short excursions in- Indians, but among impartial persons of the number sufficient to form one, or more States to the suburbs and environs. The sound of white population. The poor Indian will soon of the Union. Learning that the "Massathe woodman's axe, and the lumberman's be gone, but so long as he does linger, let chusetts" would soon leave for California, I saw, together with the occasional crash of the justice be done to him. Such decisions by was compelled to relinquish the idea of adgiants of the forests falling prostrate, perhaps, the governor will pave the way for him to vancing; I had, however, seen quite sufficient across the very path you may be travelling, form favorable treaties with the aboriginal to give mc a most favorable impression ofthc Inatural resources of the country, and the enare unequivocal evidences that Oregon is a tribes in Oregon. "new" country, but remarkably similar to 1 left Miis morning, June Ist, for a second, terprising character of the inhabitants. New England, two hundred years ago. The visit to the plains, the distance from Oregonl In commencing my return down the valley, traveller in Oregon, who is familiar with the £ity being twenty-five miles. The road isj I was highly favored in being privileged to history of the older portions of the United uninteresting and mountainous. Only an form one of a pleasant party, starting for States, will bo constantly struck with the occasional log-cabin indicated the abode of Oregon city, good fifty miles distant, being similarity which may be traced in the Indian civilized man, and these were generally un-' in the judgement of the ladies of our comware, and the hardships of the first settlers, tenanted, the owners having gone to the pany not a long day's ride on horse back.— their respect for law, and religion, desire for mines. I was favored with the company of',We started soon after sunrise, and reached schools and education, and in their indomni- the Rev. Mr. McKinney, a travelling preach-.!.the end of our journey before the sun went table love of free institutions, as well as in er of the Methodist denomination. He had i down. The Rev. Mr. Roberts and lady, the emio-ratcd to Oregon, from Missouri, and was Rev. Mr. Parish, and several others, composthe natural features of the country. During one of these rambles, I crossed the able to furnish much interesting information ied our party. The road is far from being inriver, and visited a party of Indians fishing respecting the various emigrating parties.who teresting, some portions of it lying through for salmon, just below the falls. The fishing had crossed the Rocky mountains. On en- |pine barrens. 1 must not, however, do inground ia upon a small island at the fool of tering the plains, we passed several beauti-jjustice to the French prairie, some twenty the falls; there the Indians rig out a plat- fill farms, well fenced, and stocked with herds imiles long and five or six wide, surrounded form over the troubled and foaming waters. of cattle and horses, but it was really dis-Iby forests of fir and pine. The inhabitants One of the party then taking a scope net heartning not to see the farmer following his iare French Canadians, married to natives of thrusts it below the surface of the water with plough, or sowing his wheat. I saw this in the country. They were formerly servants 1 I I �THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 15, 1849. 59 of the Hudson Bay Company, but from ten am confident this will be the result should ready been formed upon the rich bottom to twenty years ago, were induced to make the territory continue to prosper, and emi- lands. The most remote of these settlements a settlement upon this prairie. Their dwell- grants from various parts of the world flock is now owned by a Mr. Foster, in whose welings are erected on the out-skirts ot the prai- to the beautiful regions watered by the up- fare I felt considerable interest. In the spring of 1842,Mr. Foster, with his family, rie, about a mile apart. Their "claims" per waters of the Willamette. embrace a few acres of woodland and extend During my two visits to the Tualatin plains, embarked with myself at New York, and we towards the centre of the prairie. Wheat is I became much interested in the efforts now were fellow passengers around Cape Horn. the principal product of this portion of Ore- making for the establishment of Tualatin Mr. Foster remained at the islands duringthe gon; it is raised with ease and in an abun- Academy, by the ministers and people of the winter of 1812-3, and then passed on to Oredance. As we rode leisurely over the ex- Congregational Church. A school was or- gon, containing at the period but a few Amertended prairie, the fragrance of the wild rose, iginally started at this place, by the Rev. ican families. After living a few years in growing in prodigal profusion, regaled our Mr. Clark, and an elderly lady, Mrs. Brown. the vicinity of Oregon city, he removed to They were knowing to the fact that there his present residence, sixteen miles up the olfactory sense. About midway on the prairie, we called nt were many children in the vicinity, who were Klakamns river. His farm is situated on the the house of a settler, out of which ran chil- orphans, growing up in ignorance. Moved road leading over the Cascade mountains, dren and dogs in great abundance. In the by a most commendable spirit to provide for and nearly all the emigrants from the States, midst of the group appeared a venerable their education, a school was opened denomi- over the rocky mountains, passdirectly by his looking Indian woman. "There is old nated "An Orphan School." Mrs. Brown, door. Here it is, that the careworn and Dorion's wile," said my travelling compan- living in a rude log-house, received several weary emigrants, after their long journey of ion, Mr. Roberts. "What,"says I, "not the children into her family as boarders, a neigh- months across the mountains, first enter the person referred to in Irving's Astoria!" "To boring log-house was occupied as a school, abodes ofcivilization on the shores of the Pabe suro," he replied. I returned and sought and meeting house. Amid many discourage- cific. Here they may witness tho fruits ofthrift a formal introduction to this Indian dame, ments the school prospered and more schol- and industry; a farm of 500 acres well fenced, who accompanied Hunt's party over the ars presented themselves than could find 100 sown with wheat, 10 with potatoes, the rocky mountains, near4o years ago, and is so comfortable lodging. After a few months, prairie is covered with 100 head of cattle, graphically described by Washington Irving. the friends of the school decided to enlarge together with horses, sheep and swine in Her husband was Hunt's interpreter among these accommodations, and change the name abundance. Mr. and Mrs. Foster have a the Indians, in 1811, and his father was an of the school to that of"Tualatin Academy." promising family of four sons, and three interpreter for Lewis and Clark, in their tour About this period, the trustees secured the daughters. As I beheld so much of substanpermanent services of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. tial wealth, I was forced to acknowledge in 1805-6. My long, fatiguing and dusty ride from Kells, formerly Missionaries of the American that my old Cape Horn companion had proSalem to Oregon city, was rendered quite Board among the Indians, in Middle Oregon. bably made a good exchange of his "small agreeable by the cheerful chit-chat of my I am confident that two more suitable per- and poor farm," far away on the British line, fellow travellers, especially Mr. and Mrs. sons could not have been selected for the in the Stato of Maine, for one of the best Roberts, who originated on the banks of the school; the Rev. Mr. Eells, had been for farms in the flourishing territory of Oregon. beautiful Delaware, a few miles above Phil- several months previously engaged in teach- On my ride out, I met a Mr. Palmer, readelphia, at the very spot where I had spent ing at the "Methodist Institute" in Salem.— turning from a trading expedition among the a happy portion of my life. It was truly de- There he had given universal satisfaction as Cayuse Indians. He was conducting a band lightful in the wild woods of Oregon unex- a competent and successful teacher. Hav- of one hundred and fifteen horses, which he pectedly to meet those who possessed with ing a teacher, the trustees resolved to erect had purchased at the rate ofabout $30 each, mysell, much knowledge in common, respect- suitable buildings. At the time of my visit in trade. These horses were destined for ing towns, cities, villages, and persons in the workmen were engaged in putting up a the market, at the mines of California.— two story log-house for the Rev. Mr. Eells' Thus, it appears, that the mines of Califorpublic and private life. family. While upon the ground, I resolv-d nia extend their influence far away among on my return to the islands to present the the wild Indians of Oregon. This Mr. PalIX—EDUCATION IN OREGON. claims of Tualatin, Academy, and solicit do- mer conducted an emigrating company over Among the settlers in Oregon there exists nations. There I fancied I saw the founda- the rocky mountains in 1845. During the a commendable public spirit in regard to the tions being laid of an institution, which journey, he kept a diary which wns publishsubject of education. The bill which was migrTt, in due time, vie with the Colleges and ed at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1847; I procured passed in Congress, constituting Oregon a Universities on tho shores of the Atlantic.— a copy of the book, and find the narrative territory, provided that every sixteenth, nnd The records of Harvard, Vale, Dartmouth, admirably agrees with the verbal narrations thirty-sixth section, should be made availa- Williams, Amherst, Nassau Hall, and nu- which the traveller may hear when he enters ble to the purposes of Common Schools. The merous other now flourishing institutions almost any log-house in Oregon. leading men of the Territory are alive to the would show that they sprung from an equally importance of having the provision of Con- humble origin. The time was when the now XI—OVERLAND SETTLEMENT OF gress fully carried out, so that the rising richly endowed Harvard, was sustained by OREGON. generation shall derive the full benefit of the the contributions of the poor colonists of The settlement of Oregon, by emigrants appropriation; although, at present, the pro- Massachusetts Bay. If a person needs encrossing the Rocky mountains, is one of the ceeds are very small, yet in coming time it to contribute for the establish- great events of the passing age. Ten yeare couragement foundation of fund. a large will be the ment of schools, academies and colleges, in a Had In addition to efforts for common schools, new country, let him attentively peruse the ago it was not believed to be poasible. most certhe various sects are vigorously making ef- history ofalmost nny one ofthose noble insti- the undertaking appeared credible, forts for the establishment of permanent high tutions which are now the pride of the people tainly an eminent European writer would following remarks, schools, which may eventually be converted in the Eastern ano> Middle States. A small never have hazarded the in the Edinburgh Review, as late aa July, into colleges. The Catholics have a school donation of a few dollars, at the period when on the French Prairie, and in Oregon city such institutions are struggling into existence, 1843between are erecting a large building for a Nunnery, is really of more value than a "princely gift" --"However the political questions to the ownership and as America, England which is to connection with there be a in when the same institution shall have arriv- of Oregon, may be decided, Oregon willnevtr young ladies' Seminary. The Rev. Mr. ed at maturity. be colonized overlandfrom the United Statet.'* Blain of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, "The world must assume a new face, be* school, has a for private boys in Linn city, X—VISIT TO KLAKAMAS fore SETTLEMENT. American wagons make plain the road) and girls under his charge. Mrs. Thornton's to Columbia, as they have done to the Ohio." "Boarding and Day School," has been for As if the above assertions were not suffiseveral sessions in successful operation, in About two miles below the Falls, or Orebaseless, the following unfounded inciently Oregon city. At Salem, the Methodists have gon city, a small river, called Klakamas, enknew but little, a flourishing High School. [See visit to ters the Willamette. Tho valley through ference shows that the writer which he w«s subject upon to the regard in runs, timbered, have no this this river is heavily doubt, that erelong which Salem.] I will become a fine institution, embracing a and upon it one saw-mill, if not more, has attempting to enlighten the readers of the i$ Collegiate or University course of study. 1 been erected; several settlements have al- Edinburgh Review, "Whoever, therefore, �60 THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 15, 1849. but only a very few scores of dollars A Sabhai it at Ska, 140 vkahs aoo.—ln of Oregon, its peopU [sands i the year 1703, throe Jesuit Missionaries Europe."* will comefrom Ithat we aak. Having perused theso over-confident and started on a mission to China. Being unaEstimated cost of Friend for 1840, unfounded assertions, with the absurd inferble .eceipta from Jan. to October, 388, to obtain passage to I lie Fast Indies, in ence, I was somewhat iatorested to make their churucter a* ecclesiastics, they preenquiries, while travellingTnrough the settle$4l>i tended that thoy "were going to entor the ments, respecting the condition of Oregon, in the summer of 1843, when these remarks Between the present time and the close of service of the Kmpcror of China, Don Amofirst appeared. JCfln the year, or summer ithe year, we must receive about $450 to ilei, as a mathematician, I (so says Father of 1843, 121 "American" wagons, drawn by meet our expenditures. Perhaps $150 will l\i|ui in his jotirnul,) as a painter, and Father Ml horses, and 098 oxen, and accompanied remainder, derived from the subscription; be ll'errone, as our servant." They obtained by 973 loose cattle,crossed the Rocky mountains to Oregon! The total number of emi-'iwe trust will be contributed by the friends pussuge on bourtl the Knglish vessel "Donegrants that year, was 1000, including 558 of "The Friend." If a single number of gal." During their pussngo out, they did males, and 442 females of all ages! Pre- this paper, directed whalemen to a spot where not make known their character, but Father vious to this period it is estimated, that about 1 whales, hundreds of worth bears have taken this to the in they testimony regard Kipu the of the Willamvalley 400 had settled in ette! We must conclude of course, that the imore than a $1000 each, it is surely a mo- observance of the Sabbath, by the heretics. world has assumed a new face! derate tax upon their purses to ask a contri"The principal officers played almost bution of a few hundred, when every dollar every day at draughts, but on Sunday no • The quota! iooa and the ahnve etatiatica, we n-alte from Greenhorn'a work on Oregon, publwbed m New York, mb. Ithus contributed is converted iuto paper one attempted it; and many of those who and ink, to be scattered broad cast over the could read, might be seen during a great part to be the futwre owner , ', ,< . ' wide Pacific. oil lie day with the Bible in (heir hands. One Icy Seamen will aid in the support of the ofthe company who was employed in drawing paper, by subscribing for copies to be sent HONOLULU, OCTOBER 15, 1849. to their friends, also by purchasing bound la geographical map, wishing to continue his work on a Sunday, received a severe reprivolumes. mand from the captain. Such is ihe rigor with We would call the attention of Seawhich these heretics observe the Lord's day." men to the importance, when in port, of obOil taken in the Artic Ocean.—From we could wish modern shipmasters Really, taining a good and fresh supply of reading the reports of various cruisers in the Arctic; to observe the Sabbath as strictly, r emembered less than fifty! matter, for their passage home, or the com- Ocean, it is estimated that not and that the hours of the Holy day, during You vessels have Straits will find some historical passed through Bhering's ing cruise. read, "might be seen durall are able to who and taken oil that ocean. in and miscellaneous works at the Polynesian a of the day with the Bible in ing part great show following call we The table the amount will office. If you will at oar office, their hands." taken thirteen after enthey our best to wants. We ofoil ships, will do by supply your have some books for gratuitous distribution, tered the straits, the highest point which: Academy, Oregon—We would and others for sale, on the most reasonable ihey sailed, the number of whales taken, and Tualatin the attention of the Protestant Missioncall the time when their first and last whales terms. the aries, stations, on the islands, at various were taken. to the importance of aiding the funds of this "The Frind," the Whaleman's J. Institution. As a pledge that the funds conrectory.—Ship after ship is arriving heavtributed for this purpose will be judiciously Hi,. ily freighted with oil andbone from the ArcHi , expended, it may be stated, that the Rev. tic Ocean, the new cruising ground. It m-n i. Atkinson and Mr. Hatch, (formerly re:.Vlr. mas-, not be uninteresting to enquire how the 15 nil than ten of more sident on the islands) are members of the fifty vessels should have tOO Oil of 0 .board of trustees. been induced to steer for Bhering's Straits' 1.0 • u if I T • 4 is li < II , aad the Icy Sea. One and another has inMemoir or N. Bowditch.—Let all our formed us that they obtained their intelliM ;o s* «7 68 6i ■itMl 68 6? 6« la young readers among srnmen, not fail to read 40 i« '0fO ro TO <0| 10 gence from"The Friend." Our object in ' this Memoir. Its perusal may inspire them thus alluding to the subject is this, to' Ural July with an ardent desire to advance in their remind our readers among whalemen, that! 18 n « 14f 7 ISi *5 141*5 The seafaring community, are profession. having been enabled to fill their ships, in more indebted to Mr. Bowditch, probably of consequence the information obtained from than to other writer. His "Navigator" any columns "The but An,Friend," they should' the of now found on board nil American vessels, [is now aid in its support. All we ask is simply, «0ts 10IT 81 s 10 14is t* »6 14 15 and not a few vessels under the flags ofother that at the year's end, we may not fall in • nations. debt to our printer. This cannot certs inly j to each ship, 134-2 brl«. nil Average be viewed as unreasonable, having on board' Oahu Charity School.—Let all friends 147 " " whale, many thousand dollars' worth more of oil and number of whs to each ship, 9 of this Institution, in Honolulu, attend the bone than they would have had, if we had Upon the supposition that other ves«e|« meeting of tlto Trustees, to be held to-mornot taken special pains to solicit information have been equally successful, the following evening, row (Tuesday,) at Mr. Thompson's he a low estimatr. from Capt. Roys, of the Superior," re-'willTotal amount ofoil taken by fifty Room. A,report and business of Auction •pecting his successful cruise in the Arctic ships in Arctic Ocean, in IKIO, 07,100 importance will be presented. 450 Ocean, and which was published in "The Total number "f whales taken, Friend" of November, last year. There' June sth was Iho earliest that a whale was Mexican Claims.—The claims already preNo vrswas an eager demand for that paper, and]|taken, and August 30th, the latent. than the genial to the Commissioners exceed 810,800,000 Iscl as yet reported as going higher several masters hare already acknowledgedC|"Omega," and she was driven by the windsi and more are constantly coming. Congress votheir indebtedness. Now it is not for thou-jjinto 70 c 13. i ted |S,fJOO,OOO in liquidation of tbe whole. TH EFRIEND. Di- , : Imum Mari-nju T«n Junior M a r g r l Wa.lingt ail ne Mnrv Jeanrltc Tlg«rOmrga t l cka | I rm i ' 16.'0 l Oil NO 10 01.10 | :i I !i J'tnr i 16? Julv 1 ihlpa. • SOW 10 0 I'CO \m1 Wh. 1 >■ ; Ilcg'l. Jn * Jul* June Time I ! I nwhalerta'g.iTlmeor whale Jul* tali'g. " " ' ' ' �THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 15, 1849. 61 [communicated.] a small grass plot, towards which we saw of refinement to their national character, A Sabbath at Guam—Cock-fighting—Sab-bath several parties of Spaniards as well as sea- which fifty yearsago would have been scoutat the Sandwich Islands. men, directing their steps, and we retraced ed at as ideal and absurd. How widely difMr. Editor: ours. There we found active preparations ferent is the other picture, a rigid, selfish Sir, —To while away a tedious hour, per- going on for a cock-fight, some four or five and ruinous policy is now withering and blastmit me to give you a brief sketch of i Sab- cocks being already there, a small cord be- ing the prosperity of the entire Ladrone bath passed at Guam; including n dinner at ing tied to the leg of each, and at the other group. No commercialmarine whatever. All that El Dorado for recruits, and the spon- end a small peg which was driven in the that we snw, being a few shapeless floating taneous luxuries of nature, believing that it ground, beside each cock stood its owner, masses designated with the name of canoes, will afford an ample theme for reflection.— descanting upon its merits, and waiting for which a Sandwich Island native would blush On Sunday, the '21st of January last, the bets, previous to heeling and matching them. to own. Trade, commerce, agriculture and starboard watch, of which your humble ser- Within a few yards of the last, another group the social comforts of life are in a rapid devant was a member, went on shore for three were seated gambling for money, at a game cline; and cock-fighting on the Sabbath apdays of liberty; start not gentle reader, at peculiarly their own, and they too, within pears to take the preference of every other the idea of our desecrating the Sabbath by one hundred yards of the church, and the pursuit. These are humiliating but stubborn going on shore on liberty, as I nm not aware sound of the little bell before the altar, which facts, and whether it be the difference in the of ever having fallen in with that individual, we distinctly heard. Nearly every indivi- creeds, or modes of instruction, by their spirwho had walked a plank for six months, who dual then, was laboring under a severe at- itual teachers, which has caused so astoundwould not embrace the first opportunity to tack of the influenza, which was raging fear- ing a contrast, it is not our province to say, extend his perambulations, provided he was fully and fatally upon the island; but neither believing that every individual of the large blessed with health and strength. The dis- death nor disease, prevented them from whaling fleet which was so unfortunate as to tance from the landing to the town, was about practising this cruel and brutal amusement as visit those islands last season, will come to a six miles. On our route thither, we met a it is termed. At 4 o'clock, the services ofright conclusion. number of the inhabitants, some on foot, the church were concluded, which was anYours respectfully, some astride a bullock, the males invariably nounced by the tinkling of the bell, when WHALEMAN'S FRIEND. armed with the long curved Spanish knife, they immediately uncovered and dropped on ? Ship Braganza, rather an unseemly sight for the day. Hav- their knees, remaining in that position until Honolulu, Harbor, Oct. 9, 1849. $ ing arrived at the town, we took a bee line the boxed priest and his retinue had passed, Donations. for our boarding house; each ship master the game cocks standing proudly erect, as For Chapel. For Friend having provided a house for his crew, at the':though conscious of their superiority to the Muter, officers and crew of $35,50 the Am. Ship E. Frith, rate of 75 cents per day, per man; (pretty degraded beings who knelt around them. 3,00 tall price and consequently expected tall The procession having turned an angle of Mr. Bonney, Metaeom, J. Maury, 3,00 Manchester, Mr. fare.) Our house having a stone front, andj the government mansion, they sprang from 1,00 1,00 Mr. Lcighton, Bragari7.a, being one of the better sort, we entered withl their knees, adjusted their hats, and proceed- Mr. Cross, 3,00 do 3,00 a smiling countenance, and a keen appetite,! 1,00 jed to cock-fighting, with as much nonchal- Mr. Brown, Electro, sufficiently whetted by our morning's walk.—| as a Broadway exquisite would sip his Proclamation or President Taylor.—The Friend! did you ever take a cold shower What a contrast was here exhibited, President of the United States hns issued a projulep. bath, in the month of December, for any when clamation recommending that the first Fridny in compared with the Sandwich Islands! August be observed by the people of the United chronic complaint? If you have, you can (the group we had just left,) what a melan- Stntes as a day of fasting, humiliation and praywe when experienced judge of the damper of the pestilence that is choly picture! I am neither sectarian in er to nvert the' ravages threntening to sweep throughout the land. we surveyed that table; a table, •which will now creed, nor enthasiast in religion,and although [Am. Paper. never be effaced from memory, whilst reason I have, no doubt, partaken largely, in comholds her sway. In the centre of the room The California Fleet.—The number of mon with my seafaring brethren, of preju- vessels which have sailed for California is 821, a few boards were placed across some upstill not I restrictions, am so dice against 106 viz: ships, 105 barks, 58 brigs, 46 schooners rights, resembling a mason's scaffoldings, 6 steamers. The list comprises vessels which shut the evinnd as to eyes against my bigotted, have sailed from London, Liverpool, Bordeaux, upon which were laid a dozen plates of a here own senses. The contrast dence of my Cowes and Antwerp, as well as from the United dingy hue, with here and there a knife and was too glaring, it would have been an utter States. —St. Louis Jour., June 26. and pattern, refork of every variety, size to have passed it by unnoticed. impossibility Extent or Knowledge in Ireland.—We sembling an importer's card ofcutlcry, whichj both cases we see In religion cherished and notice in some of our exchange paper*, the statesalt water to. had lain sufficiently long in 74 towns, each fostered by the strong arm of government, ment that in Ireland there are hundred inhabiwith a minimum of twenty-five give il a solid coat of rust. Then came the'but how The vastly different the results. tants, not one of which contains a bookseller f— dinner, a hog cut up in small pieces, almost, one an infant nation, springing with giant Scotland, with a third of the population, has bristles and all, and boiled in fresh wateri three times the number of booksellers; being in strides from the lowest depths of degradation the proportion of nine to one! More remarkawith a few potatoes, and a little salt sprinknnd heathenism, grasping the extended hand ble still, there are six counties which cannot boast led on each man's plate, comprised the sum civilization and Christianity, and appear- of even one bookseller or a single circulating liof brary; namely, Donegal, Kildare, Leitrim, total of that dinner. After having tantalized to an admiring world, a Queen's, Westmeath, ami Wicklow. Such a magic) if ing (as by nature, satisfied would be too cxpressivo a certainly needs a revolution; but new people, regenerated and disenthralled. state of things change would be for the betpolitical term, we strolled up towards the Government whether a what they profess, according to ter, is problematical, at least. practising *At the farther exHouse, and buildings. inculcated in them, particulartremity of this range, and n little in ndvance the principles the Loss oftheU.S.Steam Propeller Edith. to Sabbath. A liberal policy —Despatches in ly regard received by express from acting church, which serin located the of it, was in encouraging commerce and arts, has al- Lieut. James MrCormick, to Com. Ap. Catesby vice was performing, il being the Sabbath. Jones, report the lons sf the U. 6. steam Prothem the appearance of a thriv- peller Edith, nejr St. Louis Obispo—officersaud Between the government house and the cal- ready given and added a degree crew all saved. aboose, which stood directly opposite it, was ing, commercial mart, ance — �THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 18, 1849 62 MEMOIR OF NATHANIEL BOWDITCH. copious abstractor the mathematical papers culations which were required in navigating contained in it. He was too poor to purchase the ocean. The consequence was, thatevery As this remarkable individual rose by the books of science, and, in consequence, re- one of n crew of twelve men, who sailed with that could read and write, force of his genius, the integrity of his char- -81. ~ed to this laborious method of procuring him to Batavia, acter, and his untiring industry, from a very ihem. Some clergymen, however, of liberal subsequently rose to the rank of captain or humble condition'in life to a conspicuous sta- educatiop, to whom he became known, al- chief mate of a ship. At Salem it was contion among the mathematicians and philoso- lowed him access to their libraries, and thus sidered as a high recommendation of a sailor, that he had sailed in the same ship with N. phers of bis day, and left behind him some assisted his early studies. Among the objects which at an early per- Bowditch, and this circumstance was often valuable testimonials of his talents and industry, it is apprehended that a brief memoir iod engaged his attention, astronomy was un- sufficient to procure for him an officer's birth. of his life, will be interesting to the readers questionably one, for at the age of fifteen, he In illustration of this statement, we arc incompleted an almanac for the year 1790, con- formed that on his second vojage, the first of the Review. The following is compiled from the 35th taining the calculation of eclipses and other .-nut second mates had been sudors in the volume of Silliinan's Journal ofScience and usual phenomena. His indefatigable indus- same ship on the previous voyage. This attry in literary pursuits, is illustrated by a fact tention to the instruction of the crew was Art. Nathaniel Bowditch was a native of Salem. related upon his own authority; that, when doubly advantageous. It not only paved the Massachusetts, where he was born in the quite young, he read the whole of Chambers' way to more lucrative stations, but it furnemployment for those portions spring of 1773. His parents were in very Cyclopedia, in two large folio volumes, with- ished salutary of time which sailors too often spend in corlimited circumstances ; his father, during out the omission of a single article. In the beginning of 1795, when in his rupting each other. Instead of passing their part ofhis life, wus a shipmaster, and subseand demoralizing quently carried on the trade of a cooper, by twenty-second year, ho commenced a sea- leisure minutes in idle which he procured a precarious subsistance faring life, and performed several voyages, communications, they were found to be disfor his family. His mother appears to have first in the capacity of clerk, and afterwards cussing questions respecting tangents and been a pious, though uneducated woman; as supercargo. On the second voyage, the secants, altitudes, dip and refraction. and if she did not store the minds of her chil- captain and supercargo dined one day at the An acquaintance of Bowditch informs us, dren with knowledge, she was careful to house of the American consul at Madeira.— that in 1790, a foreigner was in Boston who guard them against the encroachment of evil The wife of the consul having heard that called himself a professor of mathematics, and her maternal tenderness and pious ex- young: Bowditch was a great calculator, ob- who boasted much of his knowledge in those ample made a permanent impression on the served to him, while nt table, that she had a sciences, and asserted that he had found noquestion, which she would like to have an- body in this country who knew anything on mind of this son. The period of his childhood was that ofthe swered. She then stated that she had re- the subject. He had a question, he remarkrevolutionary war, when the opportunities ol ceived some years before, a legacy in Ire- ed, which he had proposed to several of those literary instruction, even among the wealthy, land. The money was there invested, and who were reputed the most knowing, but they were very limited. From the straitened cir- after remaining some time at interest, the could not solve it. This problem being handcumstances of the family, the education of amount was remitted to England, where it ed in the evening to Bowditch, he returned young Bowditch was confined to the schoolsof remained, still further accumulating, and re- the answer next morning, and subjoined a his native town, which were inadequate to cently the whole had been remitted to her.— question which had once puzzled him. But furnish anything beyond the simple elements The original legacy, the times of transfer, nothing further was heard from the profesof instruction. But he possessed a vigour of &c, of course were stated as she proceeded; sor. He did not manifest any inclination to intellect, and a determination of purpose and she desired to know what amount ought prosecute further this war of problems with which eventually enabled him to overcome to be received at Inst. N. Bowditch observ- the young American. the difficulties of his situation, and attain a ed it was a little difficult, on account of the At the lime when the subject of this merank among men of science, of which, in the difference of currency and number of remit- moir commenced his seafaring life, the book early period ofhis course he probably never tances; but after übout two minutes reflec- on navigation which was mostly used by praction he answered, ''the sum you ought to re- tical mariners was John Hamilton Moore's dreamed. The advantages of the schools, such as ceive is £343 15*. 6|d." She then inquired treatise; a woik of but little science, and they were, ho was obliged to forego, at the of the head clerk of the house, who had pre- abounding with errors in the tabular pints. age often years, and assist in the labors of viously made the'calculation on paper, w lie- These errors he undcitook to examine, and his father's shop, for the support of the fam- ther this result was correct; and he, taking actually corrected eight thousand in the nauily. From this he was soon transferred as his calculation out ofhis pocket, answered, tical tables. But the obvious impel fectiou of an apprentice to a ship-chandler, and subse- "he bus got it exactly; and I venture to sny the work, und the limited portion of science quently became a clerk in a large establish- there is not another man on the island that which it contained, necessarily turned hi* ment of the same kind. During thisappren- can do it in two hours." [thoughts to the production of an original ticeship, lie manifested a strong inclination A curious instnnce of his devotion to scien- treatise. The result was The New Practifor mathematical learning; employing nil the tific pursuits, somewhat similar to the case of cal Navigator, the first edition of which was time he could snatch from the counter, in his Archimedes, is related us occurrying on his issued in the year 1800, when he was but favourite studies. A circumstance, which, third voyage in 1/98. The relations of the twenty-seven years of age. with a boy of ordinary intellect, would, no French and American governments were Though this was the production of an early doubt, have passed away and been forgotten, then of an anomalous character. The na- age, the author of which had his livelihood as appears to havo roused his latent propensity tions a ore not avowedly at war, yet on the well as his scientific knowledge to acquire by to mathematical pursuits. When about four- ocean a state of hostility actually existed.— his own unassisted industry, the Practical teen years of age, an elder brother, who fol- The vessel in which Bbwditch sailed was Navigator is unquestionably much superior lowed the sea, and was attending an evening strongly nrmed; and being chased by u to any woik on the subject which has ever school for the purpose of learning navigation, French privateer, prepared for rcsistnncc.— appeared. informed him that the master had a new The post assigned to him was the cabin, from In succeeding editions, care was taken to manner of working questions; for instead nf which ho was expected to hand up the pow- introduce such improvements as were made numerical figures he employed letters of the der as it should be needed on deck. In the in nautical science; it is therefore probable, alphabet. This excited the curiosity which' midst ol'lheir preparation, the captain, look- the work will retain its place in the school of the brother was not able to satisfy; but in- ing into the cabin, saw with surprise that his navigation, for many future yenrs. formed him the master had a book which told supercargo was quietly sealed at the table, Nathaniel Bowditch, in common with most all about it. This remnrkable book was bor-! 'busily employed, as usual, with his slate and others who have risen to eminence in science rowed, and proved to be a treatise on alge-''pencil. The privateer, however, changing or literature, was*m nothing more remarkabra; the first the youthful aspirant had its course, left the mathematician to finish his ble than his industry. During the time, in seen. He studied it assiduously, made him- problem nt leisure. his eastern voyages, when the ship was lazily self master of the contents, and copied it out The suavity of his manners appears little making its way on the ocean, he was usually from beginning to end. Subsequently, he less conspicuous than his ardour in the pur- engaged in the studies from early in the got possession of a volume of the transactions' suit of knowledge ; and he made a practice morning till nine at night; with the exception ofthe Royal Society, from which he made a! of teaching the sailors how to make the cal- of the times of taking his meals, making the ever' 1 �. THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 15, 1849 63 needful observations for computing the ship's■ individuals; and upwards of five millions off obligations, which tic was anxious to avoid. to fe- .He revolted at the idea of being patronized place, and walking the deck for indispensa- -dollars, nine-tenths of ble exercise. But amidst this pedestrian ex- ■ males and orphans, were thus received and|in the printing of this expensive production, ercise, he was frequently observed to be'invested. In this manner the Institution be- by men who were totally incapable of underdeeply immersed in thought, when it was-1 came, in fact, n savings bank, on an extend- standing any part of it, and therefore chose well understood that he was not to be inter- ed scale, and of incalculable advantage. Weito wait until he could afford to publish it on rupted, ns he was supposed to be solving; nre told that the Actuary was never willing i his own responsibility. A more correct view some difficult problem. And when he wasMo make these investments, until he was sat- .of the cnse would perhnps have been, that observed to dait suddenly into the cabin, the'■ isfied that the owner concerned, was fully some men who had neither the talents, the conclusion was, that he had caught the idea npprised of the nature and condition of the|.taste, nor the industry to study and underinvestment, and it is noted as nn evidence stand such a production, might still have the which was the object of his pursuit. His studies, while on the ocean, were not of the skill and care with which the concerns 'good sense and good disposition to do what exclusively mathematical, for he is said to 1 of this company were managed, that although they could towards enabling others to possess have acquired a knowledge of the Frenchi this was the largest monied Institution in 'such a valuable work. The man who, though and Spanish languages, by the use of hisi New England, with a cnpital equal to ten ignorant of science himself, has the generosbooks, without the aid of a living instructor. common banks, and with loans out amounting.ity to encourage it in others, and to furnish On one occasion, the vessel was obliged to to six millions of dollars; yet during the un-jthe pecuniary means of its promotion, disput into the Isle of France to refit, when it exampled commercial embarrassments, and plays a liberality of sentiment which ought to was found that Bowditch was the only person financial difficulties, which marked the lnter|.'command our respect. An individual who on board who had any knowledge of the years of N. Bowditch's administration, the,'has been endowed with the capacity ofenlargFrench language. I lis acquaintance with losses sustained did not exceed those exper-|ing tho boundaries ot science, and has spent years of unceasing toil in its cultivation, may the pronounciation must have been very de- ■ ienced by some of the smaller banks. leave to others less liberally gifted, .safely and of hold-, year fective, as he had studied without a precep1815, the course while In tor; but his knowledge oflhe language, suchi ing the office of President to the Essex Fire the burden of bringing his labors before the as it was, proved of essential service to the; and Marine Insurance Company, nt Salem, public. The world is certainly more indebtinterests of the owners, as well as to the crew1 he commenced the laborious task of transla-iJed to tho author of a valuable book, even ofthe vessel. ling from the French of La Place, his cele- .'though he may be poor to pay for its publicaAt the ago of seventeen, he had under- brated work, the Mecnnique Celeste. Thetion, than to the man who contributes a small taken the study of Latin, and in this he ap- ■ object of the French astronomer was to de- portion of his property to pay the expense of pears to have combined the study ofmathe- duce from the law of universal gravitation, printing it. matics with the acquisition of that language, established by Newton, nnd the principles of At length, in the year 1829, the first volfor the first Latin book that he undertook to motion, by strictly mathematical investiga- ume was published, and called forth u high read, was Euclid's Elements of Geometry.— tion, a complete theory of the figures, the i encomium from the London Quarterly ReA copy of Newton's Principia being lent to action and motions, of the celestial bodies. view. In that work it is said: "To the stuhim, with liberty to keep it till called for, he The subject itself is one of great difficulty, dents of celestial mechanism, such a work is also said to have read and translated it.* and the instruments of investigation, the must be invaluable, and we sincerely hope The fifth and last voyage of N. Bowditch, highest refinements of mathematical science; that the success of this volume will be such was performed chiefly in the year 1803, hav- ■ but the difficulty of following the author wasias to induce the speedy appearance of the ing sailed for Sumatra in the autumn of the1greatly increased, by his frequent omission sequel. Should this unfortunately not be the precccding year. On his return from this1of the process by which the conclusions were case, we shall deeply lament that the liberal voyage, he was appointed President of the! connected with the premises. La Place does offer of the American Academy of Arts and KsscxFire and Marine Insurance Company, not appear to have considered that his work Sciences, to print the whole at their expense, in Salem, the duties of which lie continued would probably be read by many who were was not accepted. Be that as it may, it is to discharge till the year 1823. During this1not as familiar with the profundities ofmathe- impossible to regard the appearance of such interval, he was several times invited to ac- matics as he was. Bowditch used to say, a work, even in its incomplete state, as othercept of appointments of greater emolument " I never come across one of La Place's wise than highly creditable to American sciin Literary Institutions in different parts of Thus it plainly appears, without feeling sure ence, and as a harbinger of future achievethis country; but these offers could not in- that I have hours of hard study before me to ments in the loftiest fields of intellectual duce him to abandon his native state. fill up the chasm, nnd find out and show how prowess." The second and third volumes In 1823, lie published a chart of the har- it plainly appears." The design of the trans- appeared in 1832 and 1831, each of the three bors of Salem, Beverly, Marblebxad and lator, was not simply to furnish a version of containing about a thousand quarto pages.— Manchester, the survey of which had occu- the original in our language, but to supply The fourth and last volume was nearly compied him during the summers of the three the commentaries which appeared necessary pleted at the time of his decease, and some preceding years. So minutely accurate was to bring it within the comprehension of less of the last reading he did, was a proof sheet this chart, that the old pilots said he bad;Ipenetrnting intellects. To accomplish this of this concluding volume. The cost of pubfound out all their professional secrets, and object, the commentary was more extended lishing this work is stated at upwards of ten thousand dollars, which must have been a had put on paper, points and bearings which than the original. they thought were known only to themselves. Though the translation, as already men- heavy draft upon the property of a man who On the establishment of the Massachusetts tioned, was begun in 1815, nnd it is said to was not rich. Life Insuruuce Company in 1823, he was el- hove been finished in about two years, no N. Bowditch died in the spring of 1838, a few days prior to the completion of his sixtyected to the office of Actuary, being consi- part of it was published until several years fifth year. It is probable that the subject of dered the person best qualified for that high- after his removal taskßoston; during which this memoir will be known to posterity, chiefly ly responsible station, from his habits of actime it is probable considerable revis- as the author of the Practical Navigator, and calculation, and his inflexible integri- ions and curate were improvements applied to the the commentator of La Place's Celestial ty. On accepting the office, he removed to annotations. Mechanics, yet these are not the only meBoston, where he spent the remaining fifteen The manner in which this work was pub- morials of his talents and industry which he years of his life. The duties ofhis new station were performed with fidelity and skill, lished, manifested a spirit of independence has left behind him. He contributed a numand to the entire satisfaction of the Com- which the nature of the case does not seem ber ofarticles to the Memoir of the Ameripany. The original capital was five hundred to have justified. He was frequently solici- can Academy of Arts and Science*, as well ted by his wealthy friends, nnd by men of as to other periodicals of the day. thousand dollars, but at bis suggestion, thei eminence in science, and formally requested Review, Philadelphia. for and obtained to applied liberty Company bold in tiust, and loan o|jjJ, the property ofp by the American Academy ofArts and Sciences to permit them to print it at their cxA profane coachman, pointing to one of pense. But he was well aware that the de(trout probably profound This which was the most work, i • to a pious mathematical treatise tlmt ever appeared prior to the Me- ■ mand for such a work was not likely to re- the horses he was driving, said canique Celeste of La l'iace, wan originally written In Latin, "That horse, sir, knows when I traveller, numerate the and he therefore apthan publisher, forty yearsbebut it was translated into Knglish, more fore N. Bowditch was born. If lie actually translated it, lie[prehended that its publication at tho expense swear at him." "Yes," replied the travelprobably did soto improve blmaelf iv the science, and in the of others, would bring him under pecuniary ler, "ond so does One above." Latin language i 1 : i .. . . * ' i , : '' �THE FRIEND, OCTOBER 15, 1849. 64 ISO bis sp, 80 bis wh, 1 wh this season, July 17, ship Csmbris N J B 6 whs this season, 18, l'acahontas, Tisbury. ft whs this Mr. Damon, | hy On. the Rev. Samuel C. season, 21, Dartmouth, N 11 6 wh this season,2l. l'heiiix, .N B 4. Honolulu, In 18 wh. ISOO bis, 22, Liverpool, 8 wh. this season, 25, St l,ra Vt illlam Taylor, is Mr.. Msriha Ann Lee. MARRIED. . N B 14 whs 2800 bis. 26. Jefferson, 8 H. 8300, 2S, Herald, N II 6 wis 900 lbs, 27, Liverpool, West. N 1117 months out 23U0. Msv 16, Nsvy N B 12 months out 1100, 18, Margaret Scott, N whs this season. 12, Wm Thompson, N B, 3400 barrels. Under distressing circumstances, drowned, on Ihe tta July B, 1 InIt the daughter eldest of Ann, Japan sea, by the Rosaline, ('apt. Mosher—Apr 22, on Islard of Julia Ihe Kaunl, Ihe last, Jules Uudnil. Esq., formerly Consul of France for ihe Ha- Panama. Sag Harbor, 6 whales; 80, 11 v Thompson, Nil general cresied relaelsncholy May I-lsnds The scitdrnl whale; 6, Good Return, N 11. none; 20, Triton, N 8,460 wait*" gret in this community. It was not noticed before, on sc wh; 23, l'ioncer, N 11. 1 whl; 28, ll'y Kneeland, N B, none; of Dudoll'sabsence. South counl M. !27, Boston, Fairhaven, 260 wh, 28, I'huMiix, N 11, 9 Died, In Honolulu, Oct. 13, Capt. I. Hart, carpenMr, long a whls; 29, Ann, S II 1 whl; June 1, Midas, N 11.3 whls; 8, Just Rece «•<! and for Sale j Nile, N B, 6 whls; 11, Liverpool, West, M 11, 8 whls; 22. l.iv resident on the islands. On board ship Tiger, Nov. 5, 1848, Josephus, n»tiv* of,erpool, Tripp, N B, 6 whls, July 1, Alpha,Nantucket, 4 whs; AT THE CHAPLAIN'S STUDY, a new and Sept 26, Ockmulgee, Tisbury, 3200 bbls, ii,, Bliei ing's Straits. the Sandwich Islands bcuutiful assortment of BIBLES in the English LanDrowned si Guam, March 12, 1849, Mark Nickolson, of Deptford,belonging lo ihe bark Envoy, Usui. Walker, of New Tlicy urc bound in various styles, and can be guage. PORT OF LAHAINA. Bedford. Aged 1» year.. had at prices varying from 37 1-2 cents, to $7,00 per On board ship Alpha, of Nantucket, 29th Aug., Mr. Reubln copy. O. Coleman, Ist officer. It was supposed that he died of yelArrived. low fever. Mr. C. was s native of Nantucket. ft?" Seamen, and others, arc informed that at the Sept whaleship of Green13—Am New Wood, Devoll, E. Bragan7a, Bedford, snmc place Died on board same ship, I7lh Sept., P. may be found Bibles primed in Ihe follow36 mos out, 200 ap, 3800 wh, 4,5000 lbs bone. wich, R. 1., alao, Abell B piier, nfConn., on Ihe 23d Sept. German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Lost overhuard sud drowned, in the early part ol August, 16—Massachusetts,Nickerson, Nantucket, 10mos out,none. ing languages: 22—Mary Stuart, Tucker, N V, merch brig. French, Spanish and Portuguese. Mr. Sister, 2nd officer, and Mr B.nks. hostsleerer of the Awugale 13 mos 29—Catharine, London, of Green, New out, 90 5p,2000 N. H —Portuguese seamen are especially notified, •honks of Falmouth. The vessel al ihe lime, being in s wind, having jusl entered the Arctic Ocean. The Is tier per- wh, 20,000 lbs bone. can obtain copies of the Holy Scriptures in aon unfurtiinalely fell overboard, in the anxiety lo save ihe for- Bengal, Hempstead, N L, 28 mos out, 26 sp, 2275 wh, 22,000 that they Ithe old and new Testaments. mer, who was precipitated into Ihe sea, by Ihe bow boat giv- lbs bone. sp, 16 mos 60 2040 Harbor, Washington, Drake, Sag whether they out, ing away. #*# It is left voluntary with senincn Died at aea, Sept. 21, on b lard the Elizabeth Frith, Cap! wh, 26,000 lbs. bone. gift, or pay the whole French whalcshigLo Tour dv I'iln, Smith, Havre, 25 mos 'receive a copy of the Bible us n Fhllander Winters, aged 31, lule master of Ihe Richmond or a received from part of its value Money the sale Afler the loss of his ship, Capt W. lookpassage wllh his bro- oul, 3900 wh, 4400Dlbs bone ther who commands the Elizabeth Frith, bound to Ihe islands Oct I—Am wh ship Sarah, I'arrington,Mattapoisett, 13 ins of Bibles is appropriated to the purchase of new suplie waa a great sufferer during ihe ia.l four days of bis life, out, 1700 wh. 18000 lbs bone. tf plies, Metacom, Shockley, N B, 14 mos out, 200 ap, 1900 wh,20.00 being deranged.and for ihe last sixty hours, unsblc to spesk. Ii Is supposed Hint his death was in pan occasioned by the anx- > lbs bone. Hall. The Friend, sent Abroad. B, piece Majestic, look on mos 40 1350 17000 lbs wh, N 11 out, sp, iety consequent upon llle loss of his ship, which one. the 2nd of August, previously.—(Com. Any by paying the annual subscription price person, Coleman, Nantucket, September sp. John mos Honolulu, 29, 0ut,200 14 Henry, Died st U. S. Nsval hospital, I'anains, lislleck, S 11,24 mos out, 45 sp, 3750 wh, 30000lbs of the Friend, ($1.50) in advance, can have the paper Fierce, seaman, belonging lo 11. S. 8 Preble. He waa a naopportunity, to any port in the resided Deacon Peels. bone. the earliest Sheffield, sent, L. by Muss, where he with tive of Drowned, 11 August. In the Ocholak Sen, Mr. Paul Ashley, Ockmnlgee. Msntir, Ti»bury,2s mos out, 15 sp, 8100 wh, Pacific, or to any part of the U. States or England. unfurluuately was COOOO lbs bone. 2nd officer of Ihe William Hamilton. He B.—By paying the additional sum of 50 cents, Bk Awsauonks,Smith, Falmouth, ir,mos out, 600 wh, 600C N. taken out of Ihe boat by the linegelllns foul. paper will be sent for one year to the U. States, vis At *ea on hoard the Rosalie, September 2,1849, JohnMar. lbs bone. Gibbs, Warcham, 22 mos out, 260 sp, 2750 California and Panama Postage on papers to private tin; September 8, John Brown; September 11, Bill Mitchell;; Geo Washington, wh, 29000 ILs bone, September 29, William Maul,natives of these islands must be pre-paid. The Friend, being a monthLost overboard from Ship Adeline, of New Bedford, oni Bk Eugene, Brown, Stouington, 26 mos out, 100 sp, 2400 w, ly sheet, and containing a full report of Marine Intellithe 18th January 1849, Hiram Fisher, seaman, from Edgar- 22000 lbs bone gence, will be found a useful and cheap method of town, Marthas Vineyard, aged 17 1-2 years. DIED. , , * , . . • J Jthe [persons communication with the mercantile community in EuInformation Wanted. tf rope and the United States. Taunton, Oct. 11, 1848. Dear Sir—l write at the suggestion of Mr. Joscphus Information Wanted, Skinner, of Norton, respecting his son. who sailed from Respecting Eugkne Lewis, a native of the state of PORT OF HONOLULU. Bristol, R. I, on a whaling voyage, in the capacity of New Jersey, U S. A. If alive he is now 40 years of carpenter, on board the ship Chariot, of Bristol, some- age. A report has reached his father, residing in MorShipping in Port, Oct. 13, 1840. time in 1844. From the best accounts that we can get ristown, N. J., that Eugene may be still alive and reH. Mary Ailellue. Williams McLellan, at 11. A ahlp mer Am he left that ship in April, 1845, and when last heard siding in some part of the Pacific. Any information Co. consignees—for Manila. Am mer bark Mary, llailey, 8 II Williams A Co; for Boston from was at some of the Sandwich Islands. We want will be thankfully received, if made to the Editor of Peruvian brig Pncifico, for aale. to learn something of his whereabouts, if he is living, the Friend, and communicated to an anxions parent. Br bark Maxim, Lindsay, P R Vlda, for Valparalao. and if not, where and at what time he died. He was Am ahlp Taar, U'lraley, is II W & Co; for lions Rons. subject fits. Connecticut, Fenhallow. for California. to Vlda, F R bk School Books. Am Am wh ahip Triton, Hpeucer P H Vlda; forU Stalaa. Will you write what information you may have or Teachers nnd others can he supplied with a few do school Win Rotch, Kemplon, Mnkre, Authcn A Co. can get concerning him (lib name is Joscphus A. SkinBragania, Derail, Makee. Anthon A Co do books at the Chaplain's study. The assortment —whether ever knew or heard of such a ner) you perfor s*r|>Romulus, Bogue; Btalee. V Am wh comprisesPrimary Geographies, Arithmetics, GramFrancis' o. son, or not—anil if lie is there, to nsc your influence Am aloop of war Preble, Com Glynn; for Heading Books, Webster's Dictionaries, &c. Am mcrch ship Hcbcr, Patterson, Makee Authou & Co;ito have him return. By doing so, you will serve the mars, for lions; Kong an humanity cause of and relieve unxious family.— do Am wh ship Abram Barker, Barker, The Friend, Bound. Direct to Joscphus Skinner, Norton, Mass. Bark Monmouth. Ilalaey, F RVlda. Bound volumes of the Friend, for one.ormorcyears, Respectfully, your friend, Ship India Miller, Makee Anthon «. Co. Ship Eleotrs, Brown, F R Vlda. C. A HOCK can be oSSiincd at Bsv. T. Coan.s, Hilo; Rev. T E. Ship Marengo, lie vol, M A A Co. Taylor's, Lnliaitia; und the Chaplain's study, HonoRev. S C.Damon, Sandwich Islands. Ship Isaac Hicks, Kice, 8 Reynolds Editor cannot, at present, furnish the de- lulu, tf Ship Rosalie, Mosliier, M A A Co. Whip Julian. Tsber, A B Howe. aired information. Any information respecting the Ship Two BrotlKTS, Jonney, M A A Co. person referred to, will lie duly communicated if made Notice to Masters oi WJ uleships. Ship Pocabonlaa. Cottle. tf to the Seamen's Chaplain, Honolulu. M A aY Co Ship Copia, Taber, Your ships will tie reported correctly in the It?" do Ship Jeannette, West, Friend and Polynesian, if, on jour arrival, a report is Bark E izabeth Frith, Winters, M A as Co IstMstM Captain. French ship AJa-x, Le Tcllier, left at the Polynesian OfKce. ' Unless arc willing Have recently been received by the Chaplain for to take this trouble, theEditors ot theseyou Am ship Margaret, Falea, M A ft Co papers are sub do DaSbip James Murray, Wheldon, W. S Collins, schr. Indiana, Capt. Crosby; Mr. jetted to great inconvenience, and are oftentimes unaShip Adeline, Journeean, do vid Hillson, formerly painter in Honolulu, but who ble to make any report. llardey, Captain. tf French ship Gustavc.Shookley, left on board a vessel bound to Callao; Capt. R. AlM A fc Co Am ship Metscomb, Ship Menkar, Norton, do len, ship Condor; Mr. Israel Horselcy, Condor; Mr Spelling Books. Danish schooner Johanna and Olufla, Egers. James I'eter Ludlow. Margaret; Mr. Sturt, formerly Noah Webster's, and the Asa ship Montreal. Chad v.ick, Williams A Co; for U 8 Union Spelling Books for to lie in Cnli- sale cooper in Honolulu, but Chaplain's Hamburg brig, CeciliaLouisa. Hansen. at Study. tf fornia; Mr. Samuel Rawsonywatch-rnnkcr, now at Ihe Leathart, Captain. Br brig Fanny, Am Ship Moctexuma, Tower, Makee Anthon k Co Religious Books. mines; Mr. Jacob P. M. Mead, ship Dromo; and Mr. Ship Washington, Pratt, do Jeremiah Varncy, Honolulu. E7" The Seamen's Chaplain has just received an Arrived. excellentassortment of Books published by the Aincr Wanted. Information icon Tract Society, including nearly all of their standOat s—Am whaleslilp Catharine, Green, NL, 2100 wh. f| lag brig Anonyme, Brainier, fm San Francisco, Whcntlic"HuntBvillc,"of Cold Spring, left the U. ard publications. These books arc beautifully bound, no F whalaship Omega, Moray, report. 11. S—Ass S., in the fall of 1847,her shipping articles contained and will be sold at an advance on the New York price* Alpha, Folger.Nant. 1400 wh. do do the name of "John Stuart." It is supposed this name only sufficient to cover the expenses. do do Erie. Norton, FII 115 sp 3300 wh. d* do was assumed for that of "Thomas Shbphbrd." Said Tiger, Brewster, 1800 wh, the collection will be found some new and Win Hamilton, Shookley, NB. 4000. do do John Stuart left the Huntsville at Ilobart Town, New instructive books for children. tf Lagoda Finch, NB. 3200 wh. do do fall under his eye, South Wales. Should this notice do Illinois, J agger, Sll 2700 wh. do of the Hawaiian Islands t History to with Mr. earnestly requested he ia communicate Bremen brig Johanna Cscaar. Kberiield, fin Sao Francisco. Embracing their "Antiquities, Mythology, Legends, John Bhepherd, of Patterson, N. J. Should John StuS—Bag Cutter ThoaNUen. fin Tahiti. 11—Span brig ClavUeno, St Juan, fm Hong Kong. art, alias Thomas Shepherd, visit Honolulu, let him Discovery by Europeans in the 16th century, rc-diseo 12 -Haw soar Starling, fm Jian Francisco very by Cook, with their civil, Religious and Politico. tf not fail to call at the Chaplain's study. Spokes. History from the earliest traditionary period to the Sea. Adeline, 22, India, In Jspsn N May ship By ship present time. By JAMES JACKSON JARVES.— Hymn Books. season, June 6, bark II editors'. 10months out, 2 whales thisJune Study. Price. "nssani. fllinlnn. 6 whs this season, ship 10, ship Illinois, At Chaplain's study, large *nd small edition of Third edition. For sale at Chaplain's r Wm Hamilton, Sag Harbor. » whs that soason, July s, $1,00. ,f Book* tf Hymn Seamen* bark Brsmm, N B Julys, this Bedford, season, Hew 17 whi MARINE JOURNAL. _ � 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 (1849) 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 - 1849.10.15 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849.10.15 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/64938dc81650215bd9500e6f6ceea21a.pdf 5f78b3562020a16f0abb2686336e1c74 PDF Text Text Vol. FTHE RIEND. r. HONOLULU, NOVEMBER l, 1849. 65 No. 9 XIII—THE JARGON. the people enjoy the rifiht of electing nine citizens, to represent them in an Executive Every visitor to Oregon will very soon »f> Council; and fifteen, for n Legislative Asafter hid arrival, learn that I here is in use a 6A Return m the Mnsfcochustili, CO scmhly. new language, which has been created by Gli Depttrllire fnun Vninouver, the of the the necessities of the situation in which emiprivilege living It is also people Bunk* u|hmi Oregon, G7 07 under n territorial government tv elect a grnnts, Hudson Bay Company officers, and A Pup:l ol N Buwrlitch, Astronomical DiM-nvery. G7 delegate, who shall represent them in the others found themselves, in relation to the Alltarln (Venn. Lvlilorijl, 6." United States. He enjoys aborigines of the country. Indians havo Gs Congress of the IVhiilinfx, Hunk, r Hill—View, 69 the privileges of a member of the House of learned n few English and French words, 69 Crui-c in Amic Ocean, with the exception of vot- foreigners have learned a few Indian words, 70 Representatives, ArWue In Seamen, so lhat ere long a mode of communication was ing. 71 Temperance. Deaths. Murine Journal, lie, 72 The first Election took plnce, on the first introduced, which answered all the common Monday in June. I waspresent at the erec- purposes of trading and intercourse between tion which took place on the Tualatin plains. iFit: Indians ond the white population. I At 12 o'clock, M., the county clerk culled was particularly struck with the frequent use which was made of this jargon, (as this lanA Trip from the Sandwich Islands to Lower the meeting to order, and announced that it would be proper to appoint persons who guage is called,) in the intercourse of the Oregon and Upper California. should officiate ewjodges of the election, to white inhabitants among themselves. There leaves selected from "Our Log Book." prevent frauds. Three were chosen and duly was one word which was in constant use, sworn. The necessary preparations having but its derivation I could not loam. This XII—TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT been made for ballotting, one of the judges word was cullus. If a man was inefficient, OF OREGON. announced that "the polls are now open,— he was cultvt, and if any instrument was useDuring the joint occupancy of Oregon by please walk up and vote." I was gratified less, it was cultus. The frequency with England and the United States, emigrants to witness the perfect understanding of the which the word was introduced into converfrom the Western States and other parts of voters, in regard to the nature of the bus- sation led me toUmnginc, that almost every the world settled in the country, but they did iness in which they were engaged. Although thing, and every body, animate and inaninot find there a regularly organized govern- assembled in a log house, in the woods of mate in Oregon, must he cvltus. Webster's ment, and courts of justice. Even niter the Oregon, yet they appeared, acted and spoke, spelling book, has already been re-published question of the boundary was settled with like free born American citizens, conscious in Oregon, and when the time arrives for an edition of his dictionary to make its appearEngland, it was a long time before the Con- of their rights and privileges. gress of the United States took definiteaction I learned that, S. R. Thurston, Esq., was ance there, it may be expected that cultus and numerous other words of the Jargon, in regard to a Territorial Government. In elected delegate to Congress. words will take their station by the the meantime the people organizeda Pro$CP The following facts in regard to the vincial Government, —chose their governor, Council, and Assembly, I take from the and terms derived from the Krewßi, Latin, and ether public officers, —organized their latest "Pacific News," published in Califor- Greek, nnd Anglo Saxon. courts and appointed their judges; and at the nia, on the 29th of Sept., under the head of At the close of Palmer's Journal I find a brief vocabulary of the words used in the period of the Wailalpu massacre, the Pro- " information from Oregon." "Chinook Jargon." "This isa tongue" says visional Governor called out a military force "The Council is composed of H. Buck, Palmer, spoken by a few in each tribe reof several hundred soldiers. It reflects crecounty, W. Blair, of Tual- siding in the middle and lower divisions of dit upon the Oregonians, as a Inw-resprcting front Clackamas S. Parker and W. Shannon, of Cham- Oregon: • It is nlso used hy the French, and] and order-loving people, that they could en- atin, J. Graves, of Yam Hill, W. G. Malay, nearly all old settlers in the country." act civil, judicial and military laws, which poeg, Linn, Ford, of Polk, N. Humof Nathaniel I copy the following words— would be in force for the time being, but of Benton, and.S. I. McKean, ofClatshould cease when the timo came for Con- phrey, EngMh. Jargon. sop, Lewis and Vancouver counties. Chinkamin. Chain, gress to extend the Territorial Laws of the A. L. Lovejoy, W. D. Holman and G. Handkerchief, United States over the country. Hankachun. The policy of the government of the U. S. Walling were elected to the House from Crow, Kawkaw. Lo-ma-las. seems peculiarly and admirably fitted for Clackamas; D. Hill, and W. W. Eng, from Molasses, Lcmonte. those portions of the country where the limi- Tualatin; W.W. Chapman, W. S. Metlock, ted number of the inhabitants, renders the and John Grim, from Champoeg; A.J. HemNeim. ame. R. Kinney, *nd J. B. Walling, from Old, Oldman. expenses of a state government too burden- l>rc, Papa. some. Hence, whilst the government at Yam Hill; Conser, and J. S. Dunlap, from Paper, Sal-luks. Washington claims the right of appointing Linn; H. N. Y. Holmes, and S. Bench, from Mad, angry, Polk; J. Mulkay, and G. B. Smith, from Warm, Warn. certain Territorial officers, their salaries are Benton; H. Simmons, from Clatsop, Lewis Wood, j Slick. paid from the U. S. government treasury. and Vancouver. territorial of conPuss. government Oregon Cat, The The Legislature is now in session at OreAmericans, sists of the following U. S. officers. Bostons. King Geo. men, Itc. $3,000 gon city. The officers of the Council, are S. Englishmen, Governor, Joseph Lane, salary, 1,800 Parker, Chief, and A. A. Robinson, assisSecretary, R. Pritchctt, tant clerk; C Davis, sergeant at arms; S. XIV—JOURNEY OVER Three Judges ofthe Supreme THE ROCKY Kinney, doorkeeper, and Rev. D. Leslie, Court, W. P. Bryant, MOUNTAINS. Those of the House are A. L. Chaplain. O. Judge,) (ex-ofT. Sup. "Our Log Book" reC. Pratt, and " each 2,000 Lovejoy, speaker, William Porter, chief, and In the Xlthchap.toofthe Attorney General, Gcndis, clerk; unknown. assistant William ference was made "overland settleE. Holmes, " sergeant at arms; D. D. Baily, doorkeeper; ment of Oregon." "Journals," ''Diaries," Marshal, Joseph Meelt,, "Travels" and' "Histories" may be publish In addition t»the abovementioned officers, and Rev. H. Johnson, chaplain." Contents OK THE FRIKKD, NOV. ol Oregon, Territorial The Jarion, Journeyover itio Rocky Monniains, (ioveriiiriem 1,1849. Page G."i THE FRIEND. fountain, * " , " - �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 1, 1849 66 Ed, but a Gull report never can lie nindo of..kinds, including the apple, the pear, the XVI—DHPARTURE FR M FORT VANCOUVER. the difficulties and hardship* of nu overland peach, the plum, etc. In the garden ofexjourney, to. Ihe shores nfthu: Pacific. A lew [governor Abtrnolliy, at Oregon city, I saw There is one lintuic of the Hudson's Pay spintedi and adventurous young men" m.v Illicitly peach trees, and [rmn what I, could Company's trading establishment that must set off, aiitl ni:c»tii|ilisli thq undei taking in a' lenrn. respecting fruits, Oiegou is well adapt- favorably impress the nund ola litigious few weeks, and report it u pleasant summer! ed to the fruit growing trees, which flourish man. Theie is a uuiikeil lesperl lor icliifexcursion over til* prairies ami mountain:*, in the eastern mid middle stales. ,.ll* institutions. It is the ilivniilihlc piacaffair, it is different when husbut a very We stopped at Portland t«> dine, and theni.tire to iiiiiintain public'services at the I cot bands and wives, young men mill maidens,| proceeded on our way to Foil Vancouver. on the Snlilii.lii. Ifn Protestant rlcrgwnnn old men and children, lud farewell to the la.-t wns somewhat expecting lo have found the'lol'iniy (lenoiiiinnliou is present, he is invited log cabin em the frontier of Mission i, andr'Massuchurtts" nl Portland, as I was aware■to preach alter the tending ol the kpiscopal commence their long, and toilsn.ne joiunev dial she had been thus fin up the Willamette, scivicc. Mi tin (list. Piesliv leiiau anil Conto Oregon. Jl'n person would lull, know! to take on hoard a cargo ol lumber, lor Cnl-]■'girgnlii'lial cleigymen, have, at difl'crent the trials incident to the journey, he must tl'i ii nia. Dr. Nevvell wn* u fellow passenger'limes ollici/.tcd llieie. In pa si veins, the 01make it, hut next to that means of inforimi- with nil* down ihc Willamette, lie is an'-l livers of the establishment have linn retion, let him go among I lie emigrants, sit American, a native of Ohm, having been maiknlily kind to ministers of the gospel.— i their arrival, with them at their hotiplfalilf liihles uml lis- 'twenty years nil Indian trader in Hie moun- ■On liny have hern invited ten to their soul-thrilling niirriilioiis. Let tain-, and resident in Oregon. lie was in to remain so long as tin y might choose, lice i charge, and weic privileged him hear the story of that widow whose hus- 'company with Dr. Whitman, when heeiiler- •lot vviih a seat at band lies buried on the lonely prairie; of the'ed the territory in l~"l."> and was intimately Ihc company *s table. Alter public worship bereaved mother whose child sleeps under a acquainted with all the Indian troubles con- ■this morning, May 10. .Mr. Ogden lending tuft of 'lite wild sage; of that orphan, whose 1nected with the massacre at W'uihitpii. He'the Episcopal service, and myself preaching parents died in that deep gorge of the'was one of the commissioners who m'cniu- ■ I't'oiu Is. II!). 11. I listened i<> a lull account mountains; anil of that family which left a pitnied the army that marched into the Cay- ■'of the Wailalpu mussiiciec, by Mr. Ogden. -1 home of affluence, wealth and intelligence, use country, to inflict punishment upon I lie On tin: following morning. .Monday, tho but now is struggling with poverty, �ickness guilty perpetrators of thill ouluige. "It was Massachusetts left the Fori. Really n mont and privation. 1 hope that I may never a sad sight" he remarked, "lo behold tin- "'pleasant, mild and liny eeuld not cease to admire the enterprise, hardihood ami ruins of the mission station, lately so flour- •have been linked propitious litr, wherein to glide down patience of the first settlers of Oregon, who ishing." As the soldiers came up lo lite'the Columbia. Its hunks were clnifo'd in found their way thither across the Rocky mills, nnd beheld the havoc which had the richest foliage. I nm sure spiing never I mountains. been made, ami I effected wnt on thai spot, decked (he country with a rolic ol.deeper and i The narrative of the journey of an emi- Dr. Whitman, his wife, and several othersiiieher green. As sleoni and tide rapidly grating parly, which crossed the Rocky had been cruelly murdered, they were tilled born us down the si i en in, and I gnzed promountains in 1815, has been placed at mv with indignation and were ready to inflict u bally for the last time upon the mountains, disposal hut its great length utterly precludes soldier's revenge. hills, and forests ofLoner Oiegou, I sirenits insertion among ihe lenvis of "Our 1001 We reached the Massachusetts, lying nlI itously endeavoured to fix a | am.i amir view Book." It would almost form a book ofitPort Vancouver, nbout II or 12 o'clock, atI of nature's handiwork upon thu tablet of eelf. night. The Rev. Mr. Roberts hud also beeni the mind. As I reviewed my brief so» ] found iimniig the Orcgnninns, a fellow passenger from Portland, as lie, ton, join u XV—RETURN TO THE "MASSACHU- was going to embark for California on busi- memory staled with the uivst pleasant reSETTS." ness connected with the Methodist church. miniscences. Old iicqiiaintnnees had been A.Jettyfiom Cnpl. Wood, notified me that, It wns exceedingly pleasant to step on,i revived and new ones formed. I had wittho "Ma'ssiichilssetls" would soon leave for■ board the Miissachussets, nnd to meet her. nessed tho enterprising and intelligent citiCalifornia, and if 1 wished to take passage, generous nnd gentlemanly commander, Cnpl. zens of the country I itsy in their v in ions emI »iiicerety regretted his dutiesployments, but la) ing the foundations ofcivil, speedily report myself on board.— Wood. uring thttivening previous to leaving Ore- ■ had confined him so closely to the vessel,. jicligious, politictil and literary institutions, gon city. linadu several calls, in the way offilial he could not have iniide an excursioni which were to bless pnsteiitv. preparation for my depnialine. I shall not among ihc settlements of tho Willamette vul- .1 This afternoon, May 11, came to anchor opposite Mr. Piirnie's faim to lake in a snpsoon forget a contrast that evening presented to my mmd, At one place I found a 'ply of vegetables for the California market. Ihc "Massachusetts," On return to I Next day got upon the s.ind pnny of persons drinking, gambling, and' found my bar, off Tongue quite n new state of things. Both Point, anil thu following came fsing the tnnsl, profane language, but at the officers to anchor at nnd soldiers, with all then tents and aext house where I called, 1 found,a group .Astoria. Mere weVeie detained one day on warlike were removed equipage shore.I account olTog and unfavorable weather. ofchristians knelt in prayer, one whom I 1 "erected, in renrofthe Foil.l <viliming our detention at Astoria, an opheard earnestly addressing the throne of.Their tentsit were {Although was now the middle of June the portunity was afforded the ladies Grace. Thus it is in our world! nf the 'city' iwenther was quite cool, and I deeply sym- to strange contrasts does it present; | visit the Massaclitisscts. There was a reOne! officers and men, with pathized encamped calls upon Qod, in prayer, another will markable "turn on'." I was glad to learn upon the "lented plain." The soldier, ns that Dr. Wilson, had he-e been curse the Hcing who gave and sustains his'.well | located, liy tho as sailor, has surely many hardships In superintendent life; hero is virtue, there vice, here is holi-lencounter, nf the Methodist mission, to no trifling naidnnd it is truly ness, there sin. Sorely none but God knows 1 preach and labor at Astoria. As he wasonce the heart, or will be able to judge every flan'-1 ship during times of peace, to be sent to n a scafttrinsxman, I nm unite sanguine that and there .remote part of the country, station- seamen will find in him according lo his true deserts. n kind friend; henco ed lor years; while Ihe DUsy world is hurry- I took great This morning, June Bth, rniny and pleasure in furnishing him with' noise, bustle and Ihc offion, amidst n partial grceiible weather, quitted the landing, afterling and the private soldier are ißnok." supply of the "Seamen's Hymn numerous delays, at just 12o'clock, M., hav-fIcer of the arinv,and monotonous life, rcceiv-l tag embarked in a Hudson Bny Company's''spending n quiet While nt Astoria, I became acquainted by allj report boat, Lieut. Hawkins, kindly furnishing me ,ing their daily rations, and contrivingwas nnd my own observation, with somo a passage to Fort Vancouver. On our pas-'.kinds of sports lo "kill the lime." I ifncts that ought t;> make those merchants officers and to know that the soldiers! glad page down the Willamette, wo passed the j jwho sent rum to Oregon, on board the "Sabrig "Henry," about three irriles below the! had taken the precaution la supply lliein- Icurmcnto," ashamed of their giiillytrafiic. Falls, that being the highest point that a yea-''selves with n good quantity of entertaining•When lire Massachusetts (list entered the Cofond books. met a man more of I rarely •el of say one hundred tons, can nscend. lumbia river, no spirituui liquors were for deed, Pottlnnd is considered the head of reading than Major Halhaway. I fancy lie, sale in the territory. We heard of no diffinavigation. Between the Falls and Portland, might say with one of Sluikspeare's players.'culty among the Indians or sailors. But now "My library, o dukedom large •nOHgh," on the east bank of the river, I was informed j. scene was changed. A nun-selling craft, |lhe that there was n settler, who had under culI doubt not that officers and privates will Ithe Sacramento, had brought up a supply of tivation about 40,01)9 fruit trees, of various (find ample time fur reading. Jspintuous liquors, obtained a I , i • I .. i * . ,', itpiist : com-)ijley. j of* What' disa-' 1 In-I J , 1 i �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER , 1, 1849. 67 , I. quantity and <o»e uxunler had already been A ruru. of N. BowniTcit,— In our la«t the immediate pupil of N. Rowdiu-h; Re prothe result, so I was informed at Astoiin. At number, vve published a memoir ol' N. Row- hiibly dciivtrl his instinct ion fioiu the capPortland seamen had übtiiitied a supply and ditch, tain's son, who, in ibis respect, seems to author of the "Practical Nnvigator." have were riotous. So the whole country, or all, followed the example of his tutor." anecdote The following of one of his pupils pails of 'the territory vvheie ihc liquors went, Important DiscoAstvery.— ronomical must be taxed with noise, riots, drunkenness..may not he uninteresting. We would inert*and even murder, In enrich the owners of the ly add, that the vessel called "Cleopatra's'The Magnetic Clock, spoken of recently by Cargo ol thai i vessel. The nnoiciits wei •• Hinge," referred to in the subjoined extract, #(>iiie ii|'l lii> papers, lias been mnde the subaccustomed lii punish the murderer, by faswas subsequently brought to the Sandwich| jct't of mi official communication limn Lieut. tening Ihe dead body of the nun (lei id per.Maury, tin- Secretary of I lie Nnvy. The son, lo the nun (brer's buck, and compelling islands, and sold lo Ihe chiefs. It wus a! lietit. recommend:* lliut the National Obserhim lo I..'.ii about the loathsome appendage 1 beautiful ci aft, and fitted up in the most cost- valory tit Washington be I'ui'iii»li«-H with one. ■ until decay should relieve him of the loud.—; ly style. If we have been correctly inform- Ho iliiis describes die iiivention, and its a surely would be suitable fil on.l It punishvii ue: ment for drunkard-makers, alius son it ven- ed it cost the chief's over $511,01)0 in sandalI I1 have the honor of known lo you ders, if I In'v were ciuiipi'lled to carry about wood. The vessel was running but n short n most i.ripoit,Tnt discovery in tistronotny, should their drunken victims until sobriety 'lime, before it was wrecked in the harbor of which lias been innde by Dr. Locke, ol'Obio, return. 1 wns much gratified with learning llanalei, Kauai. nnd of asking authority In in yon to avail # that among the Oiognnians, gcuciiilly, there curious anecdote is related by the myself of it for the use and pin poses ol'tliis was a curiect moral senlinient in regard lo " A yon Zach in his astronomic corres- Observatory. Baioii both the use and sale of intoxicating liquors. pondence. In the year, 1817, n splendid] The discovery consists of I lie invention of packet called Cleopatra's Barge, owned byJit "magnetic clock," by menus ol which, XVII—BOOKS UPON OREGON. Crowniushicld, of Salem, arrived at,seconds of time may be divided into hunGeorge Several publication* have appealed reinwhen the Raron with others went on dtctlis with as miieh iiecurucy and precision 'illg to Oiegou. The following I have cllimc-]Genoa, conversation with the captain he as the machinist, with rule nnd compass, can ed to meet with; "Vancouver's Voyages;"! board. In for a number of his friends and cor- . subdivide an inch of space. Nor do its vowinquired "U. S. Exploring (•'xpediliou;" "History of cis end here. They are such Mint I be asOregon and California," by Robert Gre«'ii- respondents in America, and among the rest. tfonomer in New Orleans, St. I.onis, Host on mentioned Hovvditch. The N. incaptain how. New Yolk, MIS; "Scenes in the and in every other place which the magnetic Rocky mountains;" "The Oregon Territory formed him tli.it In' was a friend and neighreaches, may make his observatelegraph bor that of his. and a young man, whom he and British Nor It American Fur Trade," by tion, and at the same moment cause this son, out as his own was a pointed pupil of John Diiiiii; "Puhucr's .loinunl;" "Viiiiuus Bow ditch. This young man, be observed, clock here in Washington, lv iccoid the inPublications of ihe Methodist Episcopal mis- was the one who actually navigated the ship? stnnt with wonderful precision. Thus, the sion;" "Oregon Spectator," '.I volumes; he and requested the Baron to examine him. astronomer in Boston observes the transit of Oregon "Free Press," I volume; "Oregon ] The inquiry was then addressed to the youth: n star as it flits through the field of his inAmerican,"? Nos. Among the enrly works making the Straits of Gibraltar, what strument, and crosses Hie meridian of that "On of upon Oiegou deep interest I must not fail was the error in your reckoning?" "Six place. Instead of looking ntu clock before lo mention "Lewis and Claik's" Journal, miles," vvas the reply. "Yon must have got, him, nnd noting time in the usual way, he and Irving's "Astoria." 1 have recently longitude your very accurately; how did you touches a key, nnd ihe clock here subdivides seen notices ofa new work on Oregon by. obtain it?" by our chronometers,' his seconds to the minutest fraction, and "First Jutl"c Thornton, which is much commended by afterwards hinnr distances." "Whiit,j records Ihe lime wilh unerring neeutney. by the reviewers, but I have not as yet met nnd you know how to take nnd calculate the!Thn astronomer in Washington wnils lorthe <!<> with ihe book. star to cross his meridian; nnd as it does, Having rend the several works which have longitude by lunar distances?" The youngIDr. Locke's magnetic clock is ngain touchfallen in my way, aid seen it portion of the man, rather nettled with the question, retor- ed; it divides the seconds nnd records the "J know how tociilciilnte the longitude! country, I am prepared to assert that bis- jted: Why. our cook can do that." The owner of•lime for him wilh equal precision. The diftoriaus, travelers, antiquitriaiis and scientific ference between these two times is Ihe lon«iauthors, have hut just entered this field of,the ship and the captain then assured their -ludc of Boston Ii 0111 the meridian of Washingthat the cook could calculate the long-, 'visitor research and investigation. It is a field that ton. will amply reward the literary man, and the.''ilude very well, and did it every day.— | The nstronomers in New Orleans and St. scientific explorer. I hope soon to hear ofthe| "There he is," said the young man, pointing! Louis, and every other place within ihe a black man in the stern of the ship, with reac* organization of an historical society, among to white apron before him, and holding a of the magnetic wires, may wait for the snrr* the literary men of Oregon, and also that the a chicken one hand and a large knife in ihe stai-; nnd as it comes to their meridian, lliey in lovers nf the sciences,—botany, geology, "Come, lonvards, Jack," said the have to touch a key, and straightway this other. mineralogy, zoology,— have their associn-' gentleman "the is surprised that central mn</netic. clock If lis their longitude. tions. It is occasion of just pride to Oregon, captain, can calculate the you longitude by lunar dis- And thus this problem, which hns v>*ed asj denoininnthat the clergy men of the vaiious tronomers and nnvigalors, and perplexed rhe tances. Answer his questions." tions, are laborious and energetic men. They.'then asked the cook what method Thnßnrnn he used to world for nges, is reduced atonce, by Amerhave it in their power to accomplish an iiu-j ican inoeniiily, toy, form and method the (h« lunnr calculate by longitude distances.—l merse amount of good, connected with the ) inaat simple and accurate. While the prowas, The answer "it's all one to use I me; literary and scientific institutions ofihe tei ri-l the methods of so much simplified, the results are cflps Maskelyne, Lyons, Witchell, tory. May Oregon become the „Yeui England In one night the longitude and Bowdileh; hut, upon the whole, 1 prefer grflnely refined. (he or Pncific. may now be determined Willi far more accuDiuiihorne's; it, used and I am more to can This morning, 16th ofJune, 7o'clock, left racy by means of the magnetic Astoria, nnd the Massachusettsrecrossed the Work with it quicker." The Baron wns great-, clock, than it can by years of telegraph and observation acly to hear such surprised language issuing bar of the Columbia in safely. To-day is cording to any other method I lint has ever the sixtieth since leaving Honolulu. We from n black face, with n knife nnd bloody been tried. It is, therefore well entitled to were twenty-one to the river, five days as-|''chicken in his hand. Being directed to lay. lie called a most important and it discovery; show, bring down his chicken and his books to cending, the vessel lay twenty-nine nt ForChis calculations, he quickly returned with his, belongs to that class of achievements by Vancouver and Portland, and this is the fifth .which the most beautiful and enduring raonsince leaving the former place. Now, we hooks under his arm. He had Bowditch's liments are erected to the national honor and Navigator, Tables,! Practical the Requisite are once more safely at sea, bound to San Hutton's Logarithms and ihe Nautical Al- greatness. Francisco. Ho, for California! manac. He exhibited his calculations of The following gives a striking picture of . Genius.—Genius resembles a proud steed, latitude, longitude and true time, which he the minute accuracy of the instrument in that whilst he obeys the slightest touch of the had worked out nn the passage; nnd he an- marking difference of longitude: kind hand of a master, revolts at the first in- swered all the Baron's questions with accu"The probable error of. longitude deterdication of compulsion or restraint.—[Life racy, in correct nautical language. Thisi mined with Dr. Locke's clock, is brought ofLeo X. sable navigator does not appear to have been within such narrow limits, that if, white Ihe , . ' ' l ,. ,, ,, . I I '' ' . ,, '' ' f. '' . ! .. i i — �THE PIUEND, NOVEMBER 1, 1849 68 astronomer in St. Louis or elsewhere, were hear that they have pierced into the opposite a small hay —at 80 sow n ship some diar tance from the land—no whales; 130 a point •aerating with Ihe magnetic clock here for region of Polar cold. " his longitude, the observer in Washington whitish colmade out some nnd a distance, were to move from one instrument to another IcyCapt. Cooper, commanding the Frankored island to the south of,it, and 3 ships off in this building, tho fact that he had moved lin, on a former voyage commandedthe Man- — would be made known at once, and whether hattan, which made one of (he most interest- shore—no whales; —at 150, a harbor with % he had moved to the east or the west would few inhabitants, a small craft; —at 220, a ing and satisfactory visits which has ever be told by the clock, and appear in Ihe recluster of islands—a ship nl anchor, just arbeen mnde to the Empire of Japan. The sulting longitude."—[Sailor's Magazine. nnd had taken no whales. The subrived, Manhattan anchored off Jeddo, where no fowas then asked if we should see whales ject reign vessels were allowed to proceed. See He replied, that we should. We Friend, Feb. 2, 1816. Cnpt. Cooper is re- to-day? did see many. He was asked if we should HONOLULU, NOVEMBER 1, 1840. ported to have been the first that successful- getoue? He replied, no; and we did not, ly cruised in the Ochotsk sea. after chasing about 20 different whales. Antarctic Ocean. article has been following placed The JcyThe person placing ihe above stateThe barque Franklin, Cooper, has just arat our disposal, and we give it insertion with- " ment in our hands, was the operator. Being Ocean, the Arctic taken having rived from out expressing any opinion upon the subject rather sceptical in such matters, we suggest3000 barrels of oil from the Bth of June to under consideration: ed that it would be gratifying to have him the Bth September. Before Cnptain Cooper MESMERIC WHALING. bring his subject to our office, and give us tried his fortunes within the Arctic circle, he Ship Champion, April 16, 1819. some exhibition oflhe wonders of mesmerism. successfully navigated the Franklin "among The saying is that it takes "all sorts" to On the afternoon oflhe 29th ult., both operthe tumbling mountains of ice" floating withmake up a world, and with equal propriety ntor and subject made their appearance. A in the Antarctic circle. At Hobart Town, it may be said that it lakes "all sorts" to1few invited spectators were present. Some Capt. Cooper met Lieut. Smith, who accommake up a whale ship's company. We have of whom were far from being credulous in afpanied Ihe English Navigator, Ross, in his inesmerizer, and another that has accom- fairs of this description. Sufficient to rea late Exploring Expedition lo the South.— From liim he learned that an abundance of panied a mesmeri/.er through the United mark—in five minutes the subject was going whales were seen in high southern latitudes, States, lo be operated upon in public. We off' into a quiet mesmeretic slumber. No and that the weather was good. This hint had an exhibition on board, and after the shaking, loud speaking, or other attempts was enough; off starts the Franklin, and in subject was taken to ihe "fourth state," the would make him even wink! The operator January of the current year, Capt. Cooper following questions were asked, and answers 1 then took the subject to the second sta"e of mesmeretic sleep, exhibiting various proofs advanced as high as 66 ° , in about East L. returned: 165°. He taw many whales, including Operator; I want you to go with me nbout that the subject was entirely at the will of hump-back, fin-hack, sulphur-bottom nnd 250 miles to the North. (A few minutes de- the operator, the most remarkable of which was rendering Ihe arms and hands of the subsperm, but no right whales, or a species to lay.) What do you see? to be see and it seems I land, Subject; ject perfectly stiff* and motionless, as well as whales, to the Greenland or Polar correspond insensible. The operator performed numeras he expected. In that region he found the surrounded with water. weather unfavorable for whaling, and after Operator; Was there any snow upon the ous experiments upon the various organs of the brain, viz: self-esteem, benevolence, cruising for, 20 days, he steered for the north. land? or any islands? Sometimes an hundred ice-bergs would be in Subject; Yes; several, with a deep bay memory, &c. Permission was given to the spectators to test the truth of what they saw view at once. The thermometcrdid not sink within them. lower than 32 F. Cnpt. Cooper remarks Operator; Is there any good passage for a and heard, by various experiments. After that should any vessels go there, I hey must ship amongst them ? the subject had remained under the will of bethem, Between some of and stand fear of ice! It would the operator near one hour, he expressed a Subject; in appear ■ot (hose others water. much lattween shoal in the seasons wish to awoke. It was done, but in a manhigh vary that ner exactly opposite from that taken to put itudes. Some years, it is good weather much Operator; Do you see any whales? higher up.than in others, and of course the Subject; I see plenty of them amongst the him asleep. icy barrier is broken up, at different places, islands, but never offshore. I see one ship For years we have been hearing and reading about mesmerism—this was Ihe first exin different years, which may account for the offshore —too far offfor whales. hibition which we have ever witnessed.— to comwished the operator I previously confusion in the statements of different exShould »c venture any remtrks, they might coast the in neighol the mence explanations allgde to this subject plorers. (We shall exhibit a ridiculous ignorance of the art A borhood of Mama-Tahn, of our charts. He which would not be surprising, inasmuch as again.) discovered a reef that run partly along shore during the last few years our residence has In recording the simple facts with the attempts of our countrymen lo lake about fifty-five miles. He saw a small bay, been upon the "out-skirts of civilization." We dare not say mesmerism is a humbug whales within the Arctic and Antarctic cir- (no harbors,) with a few whales ink. * * we do not believe we were humbugged and whales;—l9o but no miles miles, a bay, cles, we are reminded of Burkes remarks, 100 yet there is in the whole subject something three fourths, of a century ago, in Parlia- a large open bay, and 140 miles, a good har- nearly allied to a perfect humbug! ment: "And pray, sir, what in the world is bor full of whalas, nn#a ship at anchor—per- Late Naws.—Just as our paper was going to press, by the 175 miles a few inha- politeness ot Capt. Makee, we were furnished with a coiiy of equal to it? Pass by the other facts, and fectly smooth. the X Y. Trilmue for Aug. 16; just received i*r DraM bark from San Francisco. look at the manner in which the New Eng- bitants—from 180 to 190, rocky shore, no Italy, July 16. The I-rack the cily of Home and ]iroclairoed the restoration ar:ny the subject ofthe look lope The llussinns and Austrian, have conquered land people enrry on the whale fishery.— whales. At two hundred miles Throughout Europe political affairs unsettled. Hungary. While we follow them among the tumbling complained that his sight failed, the distance In London, public meetings in favor ofthe Hungarians SUtea Aug. 11, President Taylor issued a procla United then returned to MamaThey too far. mountains of ice, and behold them penetrat- was ■nation warning the people not to engage in a secret expedition filling oat for Cuba. The California fever rapt* with ing into the deepest frozen recesses of Hod- Taha, and commenced their route along unabated furrt Veaeela crowded with passengers leaving New Bedford. »c. g1.au6.6f18 total amount of C'uJtson's Bay and Davis' Straits, while we are shore; 30 miles from Mutna-Taha they found Boston fornia gold deposited In the United States mints Cholerastill rages lo Europe tad United States. looking lh«m beneath the drtic Circle we two bays with a few whales—at 40 miles • THE FRIEND. 1 > ' ' ''' ■ ' '• ° —— * * for sawj �. THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 69 ., lr 1849. HfaAnrvecsti BC'orukiseOcean. • Office and forward them; and should there be any Capt. hakcy, commanding the ll.irvcst, has furnish- dead letters, they might be returned, and the postage we would be refunded. The person who has visited Boston nnd ta- Ed some data relating to his lnte cruise, which gladHitherto the community in Honolulu have beeo ly publish ken a view oflhe city and surrounding coun- The Harvest proceeded lo the Arctic, viu. Kam- in uch indebted to the courtesy of the house of S. H try from either Ihe State House, or Bunker schatka. Saw ninny l'olnr whales orl Cape Thadeus, Williams sV Co. for their kindness in the transmission Hill monument, will ever remember the beau- hound N. N. E.; also saw whales about ILK) miles-S. E..of letters. A temporary arrangement, we think,might made, if a communication, signed by ties oflhe prospect, and the pleusing combi- \from this point;—this was after June 10th. June 16, lie satisfactorily mercantile the firms and private citizens of leading nation of city ami country, hill nnd mountainI'neiir Tschukutskoi Noss, St. Lawrence Island in sight not roily, but ninny specks in Honolulu, should be addressed to Messrs. Baker and —whales plenty—water scenery A small volume litis lately fallen some days, wind N. W.nnd ice driving down Post, of the firm of Williams & Co., San Krancisco.— into our bunds, entitled a "Punoramic view.lit. After 'from Anadir sen. Here the current sets N., so tha't W'c are satisfied all that is new wanting,is for some from Bunker Hill Monument." It is Isomc ships lay well over to St. Lawrence Island, sup- person to volunteer and make a little effort.—Who panied by an engraving four feet long and posing the passageblocked up—all is clear From the will do it, pro bono pvhlicdt seven inches wide. A view of the engrav- ■last of June to middle of July, whales abound in vicin- By the very latest intelligence we regret to learn ing, with the notes nnd explanations, almost[ ity of King's Island, say R. vv. and w. of it. The mainIthut the U. S, Government find it ontof their power to whales, from lust of July until Se\t- [equip vessels to search for Sir John Franklin. When equals a visit to the Athens of America.—j.body of the I'olar seen between 67 ° 30 and G9° 30, and the letter, addressed by Lady Franklin to the President were The follovvini; extract from the preface of the ... IIfrom 170° to 17.1° w. Last of the season water roiwas received, it was announced work, will furnish n vivid idea of the growingi ly. Whales not seen close in with the land, ns they of the United States, that two vessels would be despatched, one to proceed commerce nnd business of the city. "The 'arc seen in the Ochotsk sea. ithrough Hudson's Bay, and the other through Bhertrade of Boston are growing v» iih nn iiuparnl- From n table famished by Capt L. we copy the fob ring's Straits. lelled rapidity —mainly attributable to her lowing summary: In June, after the 10th, 8 good whaling days Donations. railroads. There are now, May, 1818, 2'iSffoggy—2 rainy—l diva gules of wind—ldays—9 1 Frier For Chapel. For 4winds motrains of cars passing over the railroads in jderate—and 1 day culm Captain, Officers and Crew, $16.75 $7;25 Boston every day. In 1815, the roads enrIn July. 18 days suitable for wl aling. and 13 which Wm. Hamilton 8.00 ried '2,251,033 passengers to and from Bos-■ were not, Bof which it blew strong gules—s days fog- A Friend, Wm. Rotoh, 4.00 Sylvester Nellis, E. Frith, ton; last year, 1817, these same roads car- Jgv—l9 breeze moderate—and 3 days of calm. 4.00 4.00 siiital.lc for whaling, and 20 not Ciipt. Whcldon, J. Maury, In II August, days ried 4,075,093 passengers, nearly doubling so—l6 days blowing a gale—6 rainy—l foggy—9 days 4.00 Talier. Copia, 4.00 " their number in three years." The public.'moderate breeze, and 6 days of calm. 5.00 5.00 Mutacom, Shorklc.v, of, and the " citizens spirit of the Bostorrians, from Ist to 14th, there were 11 days 4.00 4.00 In .September, Green, CaUtarine, I Massachusetts, in regard to education, (nut| " Barker, A. Barker, suitable for whaling, nnd 3 not so, 2 of which it Mow" nnd Crew, A. Barker, 10.00 to speak of other public enterprises,') is no- ed a gale—9 moderate —3 calm—nnd 2 rainy. 3.00 17.00 Officers ted far nnd with:. From June 10 lo 6'eptcmber 14. 90 days inclusive, Officers and Crew, Erie, 10.50 We clip the following from a late Ameri- saw Polar whales on 49 days. We had a number of 800 Master and Officers, Margaret, 12.00 heavy gales, the heaviest commenced on the morning Master, Officers, and Crew, can Paper: There are 1of 12th Aug. from w. s. w. 1450 Old Massachusetts Forever! 18.00 Jcanncttc, 5.00 5.00 now 105,009 children attending school in In lat. 62 ° off Cape Thadeus, in 45 fathoms water Owners of ship Junior, Massachusetts, 3,050 of whom are less than the lead brought up a small piece ofbeautiful coral. Four Sailors, Adeline, 4.00 four years old. The amount collected for The weather not cold, considering the high latitude. Mr. Fisher, .T. Maurj, 2M educational purposes, aside from the State Thermometer, lowest, 39 ° F.—highest, 65 ° F. Day- Mr. Covell, Copia, 1.00 1.00 appropriation, for the year 1818, was $754,- light from 10 June to middle of August. In hurry of Ryan, Margaret, -913, being $100,000 morethan paid any pre- whaling, difficult to keep run of days as they passed. JN. B. Anthony, Montpelier, 1.00 vious year, Boston itself expends annually 50 Alpha, L. Wright, for public schools more than tlie whole simi- California—By a late arrival we have seen the A Friend, 150 lar domestic appropriation of Cirent Britain Pacific News to Oct: 9. No special intelligence. The II. Spindler, " 1.50 for its seventeen millions. So says an Eng- U. A', ship St. Marys, was reported to leave on the 14th Com. Glynn, U. 8. 8. Preble, ».oo lishman, Lyell, the geologist. And yet the for Canton, viallonolulu ; Commodore Voorhecs pro- Rev. Mr, Taylor, Lahaina, for people ofMassachusetts find this expenditureLjcecding thence to take command of ihc E. I. squadron. Capt. 3; two, friends, 3, 6.00 the most economical in their budget. Whatj We hear it reported that the propeller Massachusetts 3.50 J. It. Jasujcr., Esq..betides an. tub. education is more than saved' for Com-' is expended may daily be expected at the Islands, bearing she| Massachusetts is whal SI 10.16 »8»75 in other respects. 'niodore Jones' broad pennant. is chiefly through her schools. With her arid In consequence of the Honolulu not arriving in sea- For the Chaplaincy, by British Consulate, two soil and comparatively barren physical re- son for the steamer, 11. H. M.'s minister, G. P. Judd, iquarterly payments of $30.00 each. sources, what would be the condition of her Chapel debt now reduced to $441 12 We a month in .San Francisco. Esq., was before population were it ignorant and degraded?— Both thedetained AIU California and Pacific News are dcci-1are especially desirous of paying efl* this debt, But with her liberal educational and religious we obliged at inasmuch as are now year, late French invasion the close of the of the in their disapproval I provisions her people have become the most ded to usM interest on what remains. The first donation competent, successful and comfortable com- Honolulu. sickness pre- iis always thankfully received, but of late some of our to arrive. Much Emigrants continue munity in the Union. It is gratifying lo nohandj the second San Francisco, and also throughout the mining iseafaring fries*!* have placed in our tice that she appreciates the cause of her'vails at be donation for the same object. may the next late By intelligence 'districts. arrival prosperity, and instead of diminishing is [TT-The donations for the Friend have, of late, bant larging her expenditures for education. If''expected from Europe and the United States. abundant. Should those who hare recentunusually at any one of her sons feels like demurring or no permanent i s much to be that regretted ly arrived, with full ships, follow the example of dicir It the fact, he needs but to travel over sections come out at of the Republic through which we are now even temporary mail arrangement has been forme*be- |predecessors in port, the Friend will not vessels just arrived everletters debt. Some in Francisco. When the end year's written Islands and San t tween the passing. He would see arguments their out on the very fields, fences and houses.—],[arrive there in the U. S. Mail, for the Islands, there is (flowing with oil, (as we have been informed by of The truest economy of States is to expend;,uo authorized person to obtain them from the office masters,) went to the Arctic Ocean m consequence our columns. We again forward them. When in California, we met Maj. intelligence derived through liberally for the education of the people." allude to this subject because we think our readers for California and Office Agent to the conGeneral lost Allen, We commend these remarks the whaljng community, receive more than 100 and U. S. Governments among per cent for alt the money which Ussy Invest m the tupsideration of all the friends of education and Oregon. Until the Hawaiian was port of this paper. f humanity, here and elsewhere. The moral*! formed some arrangement, he informed us all that fer the panoramic view from Bunker Hill monument necessary would be to have some agent in San Fran- ***At present our monthly exceed $11000 from the Post pabßcation of the paper, lclters, &c., take the than tho who would j is no leas physical. - APaVnorimecBfwom unker HilMonument. . :— , 'I . , . ' . Jtcinhcr, ' > I 1 J , —" ■ , . — — ' ! ' J < en-' < < i ,! . land interesting 'i cises — i i i — �70 THE Ptlgyp, NOVEMBER I, 1849 Seamen's Friend. Now, let no one be discournged by the The fidliitvtiiu is n ionileii-I'il i-epoit of ike number of chapters anil psalms pointed out, receipts aiid disliinseiiniils in fuvor nf thu since ull who begin can w lien they' litre-mentioned Bet'iel: Good Advice to Seamen and Others. choose. And no one shouldslop he discouraged! KXPENOEO because his memory is treacherous—this will Tnnlirr. boards, zinc, I lalinr on improve by no practice. If you have Oahu, October, 1849. expeIm-U'i'7, $46 75 Dear Sir—With your permission, I wish, rience in committing, your memory may at iTiiiihrr, joists& scantling for floor through the Friend, to say a few words to mv first art like n greenhand mi sliip-liom il, hull mill n illinjr, ftl 25 ptoctice you will hnd.il will soon "know,Twice iliiiii'liiiii; roof, :tl( 50 fellow voyagers on the sen of life, relative to by |:il.(S0 the chart (hut is given lo guide us to to the the ropes." Still, to secure what you learn,l'•iiiVi feet k.ui boards, haven of eternal rest. When rending ihe it should be accurately and thoroughly coin-! 141 " nine. " I4.-I8 book, "Two Yenrs Before the Mast," 1 was milted, and nlten repealed—the olieiier the jstoni-, mill unison's job on "•all.", 29 88 gratified with the account the author gave of belter. Having found this a delightful em- 140 > mm- laths, 10 511; ti Of!,' III 50 hid*, lime. 3S; 3D do. s.-mti, 3.75. 41.75 his method of shortening the time of his ployment, both at sea and ashore, I am very that you should all share with me in Plastering mill U'lijtuwnnliiii|;, solitary watch on deck, viz: by revolving, on jdesirnus 14.01) reciting mentally, various things previously the privilege. ''O taste, nnd see thai tin-jCiii|icutii's lull on innin j(il>, 14787 commuted to memory, among which lie men- Lord is good. The words of the Lord lire ,121 ll.s. nails, 12.111; box of glass, 6, 17.10 pure words ; more to be desired in r they than I window frame, ;J; 4 suslies, 4, tioned portions ol' the Bible. 7.00 gold; yea, than much fine gold; sweeter as I— i Glazier's lull, 2; 1 doz. Having been accustomed more than 39 window i so than homy and ihe honey.comb." years, to sjpend much of the time nccuoied in ;j .^0 s|ii in«s, Yours, very sincerely, solitary walks nnd rides, and also wakeful Rolls, screws, lucks mid lutein-*, 6.99 SEN EX. Paints mid oil, 15; pointer's lull. 5, hours of the night, in reciting mentally pails 21100 of Ihe Sacred Scriptures, I can recommend Pulpit tiiumiings, 3; chair, 1 50, 4.50 A.vo, lonki'ts, casks mid blushes, the practice, with the utmost confidence of HiloChaplaincy. its utility; not merely in enabling those who (for mason,) 5.00 Hilo, Sept. 13, 1810 Bloom, .25; t-i«-ai iii« chnpcl, .Hi, pursue it, to pass the time pleasantly, hut 1.07 more especially, lor its salutary effect mi the My Dear Editor —Having learned that you I hnve returned from"the to resume Const," mind and heart. Anil us ihe sons of the Amount expended, $571.75 ocean have ordinarily more leisure hours than ihe publication of your paper, we hasten to Total mn'i ofsubscription, <i(i542 most others, 1 am anxious (o persuade them say that our little Seamen's Chapel at Hilo to try the experiment. In order to litis, it is completed, in u simple and cheap style. Ralance now on hand, $!):$67 will be necessary for those who have not pre- For more than a year it has been open for This balance will be faithfully appropriaservices whenever a English congregation to viously attended it to begin by treasuring ted, when needed, in repairs mi ihe Chapel. up in their mental storehouse, the portions of.'could be nssembled; hut, for want of workMost truly yours, and we funds, it is but recently that Scripture lobe recited ami pomleicd. 1 say. 1men T. COAN. could it finished. The visit ofthc pronounce pondered, for I would not have any one reOhio, U. us May S. S. and the in June, gave cile merely, hut give the mind full liberty to, dwell on nny sentence thai, at the time,''generous "lilt" of $119, so that we have not The Americans and their Newspapers. —There is no unlive American in ihe Noitlimight present a new or striking thought. 1 only been enabled lo complete the work, hut ern we are also funds for future in repairs or im- not Stales,and lew in Ihe Southern,whu canfeel persuaded thai by so doing new and soul write ami read. The result is shown in cheering views of divine truth would bo ob- provements. the smaller ainoiint of crime. The astnnishtained—such as tend to encourage in the The Chapel is a low stone building, 50iing activity of the press in America, baffles hour of Hunger nnd raise the heart above nil feet by Hi inside. It is rooted with thatch,! fear, except the fear of "Him who has pow- tind plastered outside and inside. All the all coiijeetiiie of ils progress when the1 conbecomes better peopled, in England, er to destroy both soul and body" forever. wood-work is painted. A tower or hclfiev tinent in the provinces, the number nf newspapers Although nil Scripture is of divine origin has been erected which contains n small bell, decrenses; six or seven have lall'm during and therefore profitable for instruction, yet belonging to the unlive church. The Chathe Inst year. In the old country we have, as some part*, are more plain and striking pel proper is 3J feet long, 2'J feet of Ihe or than others, I beg leave to recommend a few building being separated by a sliding parti-, had lecetillv, 470 newspapers lo 28,000,passages which 1 deem peculiarly so. To tho lion for a rending room. This room is fur- -000 of population, 12 of winch appeared daiyoung, nnd lo those who have good memo- nished with seats, writing desk and book- ly. In America, having 2;>,000,1M)J of pop. iilaiion, there wero in 1840, no less than 138 ries, I would rerotnmend us follows: case, nnd will contain a small library and daily, 125 twice or tinire n w«ek, and 1,741 In Genesis, the first three, with the 44 and such papers and other periodicals as can he weekly newspapers, besides 227 periodical furnished by your subscriber, or as may be 45 chapters. works. The circulation of sj nevvspnper is contributed the of who by generosity any may lice hv post wiiliiu 30 miles Exodus, 20th chnpter. around the place favor the enterprise. Job, tho 4, 5. 11, 33, 39 nnd 42. of publication. Beyond that di.-lnnce, one free Psalms, the firm 5, with the 11, 15, 19, The Chapel will be to all who wish to and a half cents are charged on ench as 23, 24,.25, 27, 32. 31, 46, 51. 53, 50, 57, enjoy its privileges; nnd divine services may postage. Lei ii not bo said that their papers 91, 103, 101, 116, 121, 125, 139, 145, 146 be expected in it on nil Lord's days when are small; they are as large as ours in the In Proverbs, the 1. 2, 6, 7 nnd 9 chapters. ships are in port, or whenever a conj;regu- |larirer towns, and some of them vie with the Isaiah, 40, 53 nnd 60. be assembled lion can of sufficient number to Times •> in the number of advertisements. In the New Testament—Christ's sermon, warrant public services. Mr. Mnekay shows, too, that an English in the in 6. 6, nnd 7 «f Matthew. John the Ist, The reading room will be always accessi- cheaper than nn American paper, 3, 14, 15, 10 and 17 chapters. Romans, 3, ble to seamen, and will, it is hoped, form an the duty, of which there is none inexcepting Uni5»8, 12. Hebrews 11 and 11. Revelations, attractive and profitable retreat when in- ted States. The best papers cost the 3 d. 1-2 1, 21 and 2*. clement weather forbids the sailor to ramble Kniilish Every house, even the most reTo those who have not a well grounded over the country for exercise and recreation. mote places, takes a paper; some take two. hope that they ore Christians, I would soy This room contains an excellent set of plates [London Weekly News. begin with tho poosages named in the New of the human stomach, (Dr. Sewell's) preTestament, for there the way to be saved is sented to Rev. L. Lyons by a gentleman in Types.—Typographical errors are somemost clearly pointed out. the state of New York, and by Mr. L. pre- limes exceedingly amusing. For instance, the To nged, and those whose memories sented to the subscriber. wo once read in a Loudon paper an account are poor, I would recommend as follows: in The whole building was once occupied as of a party, nt which one of the most distinGenesis, Ist chapter with the first 3 verses of a mission house; but as a new Chapel was guished personages was the illustrious Duka 2nd; the and in the 3d chapr. the first 7, with much needed here, it has been freely devoted of Pork! A Boston gave an account the last 3 verses. Psalms, 1, 103. 116 and to the use of seamen, by whose generosity, ofthc proceedings ofpaper 139; arra tho chapters above specified in the chiefly, i: has been entirely remodeled and Fleas! and a Westernthe Court of Common paper contains a deNew Testament. fitted up in its present style. scription of an Atrocious Bobbery! - - -- -. - - - . 119 - . '' ! ,, ' — - �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 1, 1849. Temperance Friend. 71 two enemies gone to one friend? So 1 think cd the old gentleman what use there could —and nf these, some have "gone to the be of a bottomless jug, which was caidully i I bollrni! whence no traveler will return."—llaid in a sale place, among his domestic equipMr Editor—''ln limn of pence prepure Alas, (he men that fill n drunkard's grave! ment, and received the following reply: for wm." is a maxim which has some loice, "What shall u man give in exchange lor his I 'Why, sir, 1 urn n man of ninny years, and though it may not sound well in the eais of alI soul.-" Ilots ol children, and hnve worked other peo"peace man." Still, it has a wide npplicn-|J To return to our starting point. The state |ple's land all my days—paid from 4 lo 0 bushration, ami disconnected from the n.n-e oil'of things in Honolulu might be much worse els nf grain an acre rent, for so doing, have bio onus, and bristling bayonets you may u .1 ill.m nis now in regard to the abominable, Iall that time used a jug with a bottom in it, seriously object to allowing it a standing at .shameful practice of drinking the drunkard's iand I got sick of feediu' other people with my ihe bend nl an article in the Friend. The'''drink. Ho you not fear a change lor the hands, either landlord on umseller; so I sent fact is, my dear sir, I limns staunch a friendlworst;? Will not the ranks of the drunkards I7 ofmy boys to Mexico to tight for some land of peace as you are. Could I have my way be filled up soon by recruits from California?■ —nnd they got bnck safV, after figlttin' with not another gun should ihe Hawaiian Gov- Ami is not ilijs ihe lime, friends of temper- Gen. Taylor, time enough to vole lor him— ernment purchase, nor n spnonlitll of powder, mice, to bestir yourselves, put on your nr-jinnd they got seven qunrter-sections of lund, to replace the yiins and powder destroyed,! lino and take the field? So I think, and I that, please God, will he our own without I wantonly and shatneliillv 1 allow, by the gal- 'wiite to urge you to duly. "The foe! the lrent. And now, that old jug you see there, lant I'Veni'luiieii! No, no—lei tftc French loci They come! they come!" To nrms.H(pointing nt the bottomless thing) shall hold 1 bring all hack, uiispikc the big gnus, repair friends' The Cod nf battle, the Lord ofiall the whiskey or rum that will be used in good things make oilier the carriages, mid hosts, arm you with cucigy, and speed you imy whole family while 1 control 'em; becauso which, Vandal-like, they demolished, or let old (jimcral Taylor told my son John that a to victory! the obi I'oit stand just -is they left it, a monuYours truly, jug without a bottom was the best kind of a. ment ofthc until anil beauty j»f the doctrine log to put liquor in; and if he wns my son AMICUS. in view of which they acted, viz: "Might John he'd Reive nil the jugs to hum just as makes Right." history of the temper- they did the Mexicans—lake away their powThe Traffic.—The lint in repenting the maxim at the head of ance reform for the win he its history er to kill us. (■'nod day.' " past this article, I d it with my eye on Ihe war- lor I lit* Inline. It is a waste of moral enerfare which vvc must nil wage with the Demon gy atid mi idle attempt to reform the social Pledge Breaking.--The Limerick (Irish), of Intemperance. And here 1 iiimml but re- habits of niiy people, while liquor-vending, Chronicle, received by the la-t steamer, mark on ihe fact that in ihis warlare, the the cause of this dissipation, is left to reverse says:—"The CHthoKc clergy of this city of seem to have lost temperance friends their efforts, and make two converts to the continue to call the names of such persons ground. I mean Ihc friends id' this cause al bollle, while ihev make one to total absti- from their respective altars, on Sundays, as the Sandwich Islands, and particularly al have been fined nt the police office by the Honolulu, tin: very centre of operations.— nence.— [N. Y. Express. magistrate for public drunkenness during the Why, Sir, some two years ago it seemed to We join issue with a contemporary that Ihe week previous. This course, so well devisus who live a little out of the range nf your,.above conclusion is fast taking possession ol ed by our good bishop, aided by the magisoperation*, though not guile out of henring tho public press nnd the public mind, and is a trates, has had, we are glad to perceive, a of your gnus, that you were doing terrible pleasing indication nf the progressive aspect very salutary effect; since the number of execution among the enemy. I could not hut of' the temperance enterprise. It is a truth names denounced on Sunday Inst was considold, celebrated warrior of which no demonstration so be reminded nf n that long require* diminished, compared with that of tho who cried out, ns the enemy h II around him, ns intoxicating drinks ate permitted to be erably two previous weeks. We understand, also, a Indeed, sold, for while so or rather victims I will long converts, heaps." "heaps upon that several of these offenders have, verily thought all were led captive by you; to intemperance be multipled. The only wny in consequence of unhappy this expo-rare, that scarcely it vestige of nu enemy to do!.to suppress intemperance is to prohibit the their pledge, and are now observingrented correct honor ti> the god of Bacchus, remained.— sale of intoxicating drinks; nnd the only ef- and temperate habits." .* reached The fective means make What notes of triumph us. of its suppression is lo press well nigh groaned with ihe amount ot the accuised traffic n criminal offence, and An Iron Stomach.—The following story matter sent forth in the shape of Cascades render all interested iv its continuance perand Fountains, and-oral ions. I nil but felt a' sonally responsible for ils effects. We have purporting- to be an extract from a work pubpang of regret that my locality prevented me already wasted much moral eneigy in our lished some time since in Loudon, entitled from (living ihc enemy a single thrust; still, .various movements and efforts to stay the "The Principles of Medical Psychology," is of' intemperance which is annually car- rather singular, though it apjgHtra quite indiI could not but rejoice in what I fondly hop-li ed was a certain nnd glorious victory. So I 'ryiiijr forty thousand of our fellow men to theIgestible. "Urban Fedad was n lunatic confined at ili iinkaid's grave; and it is high time, now reserve*! my lire for another enemy. But at the end of two years it M reported .that we have found that nil other means fail, Gratz, in Geimuny. One of Ins mot hid conthat the army of Temperance has ceased to to declare, the rum trnfficer n criminal.— ceptions was, that the stomach must always fight—nnt because the enemy is conquered, I Am. l'aper. he strengthened with iron. He was suddenly seized with a violent inflammation 0 f the ns we all once hoped, but because they have assumed so formidable n front of opposition, Old Zac's Jug.—The following excellent nsopliagus, which nearly proved fatal. He that it is said there is no list* in attempting temperance story is told by the editor of the recovered,Hbwever; but una shortly taken anything at present. The ''heaps" of slain Grand River Eagle. If the old hero can in- ill again, andjJicd on the third day. On ophave arisen and become like an army with troduce the use of ilm kind of jug recom- ening the body'there were totiod: 7 oxidated banners. Is not this fact amazing? Who mended by him, ho will have achieved a vic- lath nails, each 2J inches long; 33 nnila 2 would think tint men from whom the chains tory over his country's direst foe, which »ill inchesting, some blunted by oxidation,some of a debusing servitude had been broken, far transcend the trophies of the battle field. pointed and large, and 40 smaller nails and and who had tasted the sweets of liberty, "We were highly amused yesterday. On rivets; 3pieces of wound up iron wire; an would so soon hind on those fetters and sub- the hridgft that passes the tumbling waters of iron screw 1 inch long; half a knitting neemit again to the most debasing servitude thai the Grand Rapids, we met a hale old man, dle; two iron tobacco pipe cleaners; abiass ever earned a guilly world? And yet this is with eleven sons, seven daughters, thirty- hat buckle; port of the blade of a knife two a fuel; a melancholy, mortifying, heart-rend- seven grand-children nnd his own wife—the inches long, which was quite, blunted on (he ing fact; n fact, Mr. Editor, that cannot he only one he ever had—with numerous horses, edges and at the point by oxidation; and last•Jontrovertcd by arty innn who walks the carls, wagons, oxen, cows, and furniture of ly a roll of lint about the size of a hnzlcnut. street*«*f your goodly village. Have not the very antiquated appearance, among which The total number of articles amounted to 100, cradles for and weighed about 20 ounces. Thentonir friends nf temperance lost ground during the were seen cradles Inst year or t'vo? If so, how can they re- grain, spinning wheels, pots, kettles, and al- ach wns 'very much drawn down but noi pergain it? Do you sny the cause has suffered most everything requisite for a settlement, forated. Judging from the state of oxidafrom the loss of some working men, some such as fifty-seven blond relations will make tion, it was concluded that many of the above good soldiers wlto have left for California? in the Grand River country. After stopping named contents bad been retained a couple Some muy have gone, but I ask, havo nut the train and making many inquiries, we ask- of yeajji in the stomach." i ' lon <' < • , , Jtiile ! '' — �TflE 72 MARRIED. - In Honolulu. Nov. 1, at the rttMtttc* of Dr Wood, by the totHC Dunon, Dr Edward Ugmu» to MlmMabia Loom i DIED. fRTEND, NOVEMBER 1, 1849. — '>. I 17 TahitlnM Kit Alinnrmc, llriuitlrr, for Tali'li Ilr hk M.iMiii. I,nnla.nv. lor V*||mrtiun Am hut ■••<)■ Twtr, Biir<tlr>v, IW Hong KonffHaw l»k 1>..11 UiiUottt, Diidt.lt, Hnnhli-i. Kauai. Ait wtiHl.-rtlnj. \Vn-liiimiiin Ut-Matt-. |<>r i*:ifi Harbor. Oct IS—D'i r Do »>ct |9—\m hk (In , Ciuhnrtm*. ftrrro. li.r N London. *)»i*t(ii. Mt»ri*v Cnnitertlmt, ill* (itr Trlhii —. PruhatloWl IW nn FrrnirUro BpHHlt.li til Clnvikmi. Si JIIHII, I'm Am vt.n.e*hl|i Win HamllHm, fchockley. for N Ue»l- Friday. Oct 29, off Honolulu, on board wjiSMahip Tuscany. Capt BawiaDt, master, belonging to Sag Harbor lie had ben aa Invalid several week*. riU remains were brought on fonl Oct 19—Junior, TiiikliHin. for N lI<I •hora, and hU funeral attended in connection witli the reguOct 20— A brum arker Murker, fur do. Chapel. There wasan »t morning eaerclaes the Seamen lar Mcl acorn. SrhitCklVy. lor tlo unusually large attendance of ihip-mai-trrs and othere A I,* Tour dn Pio, i*.i.ith. I'nr Havre tie Crnmc, Just Becevcd and for Sale fonarat discourse aas preached fa om Psalms. 90,12: ■s |*«*i.h*lln\e,|'or K.tn Fr>iiiri«rn. daya that are may apply our heart* Omneriictit. taaoh ua lo number our AT THE CHAPLAIN'S STQDY, a new Md Oct 22—M*tr«nn't, Fait**, lor l\ew Zrnland unto wiadom •■ After the serviceselarge procession accomHaw Mrhr rtnirlinu. D«-tfny, lor r*«ii FraKri-.cn. assortment of BJBLES in the English Lauliciuitifiil panied the remains to a touts) In lMhnu Valley ceraetry 2-I_\|Hit'Hifii. Uevol, to i 'line Onboard ship Levant. May 1 Franklin Sheffield arc bound in various styles, ami can be They gungc. Mirks.B*re. fUtlfl in Craig, John Honolulu, .■mac On beard bark Prudent, Oct 24, off {lad at prices varying from.'l 7 1-2cents, to 57.00 per .Iciniifiic Witl. lor N. Zealand. hlnrkanalth, ofKliaabathtuwn, N J. Frlib. Wlnu r». lor If. copy. tin board Eng brig Fanny, on passage from SanFrancisco, ElixahHh ,to ri'ii-r .Ink Mnim Wheldoi Lewis Herring, of 52 Cross at reel, N I city (or N l.oi.iloii. rT""P" Seamen, and others, are informed that at the 24—Ii.iHh, Win. Millrr. of la thin town, on the 14th alt., Kami, daughter Mr 'same place may lie found liililcs printed in the followAim, ItnTrlHcr, ft*r Havr*. GUI, aged 2 yearaand 2« daya ing WngNHge*: German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, At IT 8 Natal noapilal. Honolulu, Sept 21, Edgar Johnson, Illinois', Jaeger, for s 11. 25—Two flrnthera.Jenny, to cntlac. belonging to Preble. French. Spanish and Portuguese. carpenter, I.oard Ju 16, On Harrington, Tuscany, Oct of Spoken. N It—Portuguese seamen are especially notified, N Y city. On hoard General Scott, August 1)347, George Uibbi, of By «lilp Peine. In Jan* i Sin-Inly 11. *h Herald, Mirm;li t. that they can obtain copies of the Holy Scriptures In Therein, AwHI. I bii the old niutni'W Testaments. \ IM, woo hi* »h ami ap ; 21.1i. Marl* Saratoga, N Y. On board bark Cossack, Sept 28. Joseph Merry, of Ukbon, In 2lih. lunar llnwNml, We»i. I!>.«» il« Anm-i l*t. liiiriIt is left voluntary with seamen whether they aged 32 29 John Tliursby alias Jaiuee Johnson, of St. nri'ith, l*enrrc, ToOtlo) and ttvtieral Williams, P«ra.,lh,N 1..jI #% a copy of the Bible as a gift, or pay the receive Johns. N 11, aged 28 I9M Jo. Orliol-k Kara). By I?, —Aoi or a nirt of its Vnlaw Moucy received from the salo Drowned in Ochotsk tea, Sept 29, Jose Syhu. of Name ahi[>, (*i-hie.) In Sen of Morcm, h^l.ni% I'rowued in Columbia Itiver, Sept 4, Mr I .at lie, l'ilot. mlrt, U'lHn, N IM. 2">i wli mill ap u 2lm, l>k of Bibles is approßTiatcd to the purchase of new snpI BnwnrnV, ah iim mtv, Taken out of tlie boat by the line and ilrowned, Aug.. in Stonintifnii, 8 wli* thl* ««■■»-■.n ; 2 i!i, tf the Ochoatk sea, Cyras J. Kobinson, ofFairhaven, a eeuiuan Si* llMrhnr, Mn Mb lliiMfi-ii-on ; I2lh heard (rf ffieAl.'il.i Him. plies. wli mid *p. 100, on board the Julian Fell from a I It and drowned, oft" Cape Horn, January 1849, Information Wanted. Francis Caceras, a Portuguese seaman, on board the Am ship PORT OF LAHAINA. • ' " < * , * . I . ; whoi When the ••Hiintsrillc."of Cold Spring, left the U. Mcnkar. Taken out of the boat and drowned, Albert 1) Brown, 2nd S., in the full of 1847. her shipping articles contained officerParachute; also at the same time, Kichard Fuller, of Arrived. 'the name laf'floliii Stuart." It is supposed this name Hudson. N Y. list ofarrivals did not rench us in season for was assumed for thai of "TnOMAS Siikchert)." Said Drowned. May 16, Sloan B Clifton, of Brooklyn, N Y. and The following vessel by whiah.it wn* foriinrdedjtaviiiirbeen John Stuart left the lluntsville at ilohart Town, New aaamau on board theBrookline. Also Chaa Cotfin, a Sand onr last. The ■ ashore on the east end of this Island lor ttvn days. Inlander, died of consumption. Wales. Should this notice fall under his eye, bono. liost offlving-jlb-boom of ship Henry Knceland, Aug 21), Oct 3 -Cowper Cole. N H,II80 ap. 2200 a) h. 25000 lbslbs hone. ||jic u earnestly amncsted to communicate with Mr. 65 sp, 2701 wli. 30000 IMB, Win Draper, or Brooklyn, N Y. Also June 12. iB4!t, Oct4-llllnois, laggcr, 8 Should John Stulives, N 11, 43. sp, 240. wh, SOowi ll* John Shepherd, oT Patterson, N.J. died Soatherman Oesnrn, of « Bedford. June 14, Charles Octs-St Utorge bone. art, d/kvi Thomas Shepherd, visit Honolulu, let him HoNorton of New Bedford. William Thompson. F.II s. N B, 1 '0 sp, 3KW wh. 15 0 not fail to cull at the tf Chaplain's study. iln bone. General Scott, Ii arris, N L, ISSI wh, 2 loot) lbs bone. —M'liira.lloilin. F.d«nrliiwn. 101 OetB The Friend, sent Abrond. l Columbia. Sweeney, S 11,86 sp. 11 in wh, 12 hi lbs bono. Any person, by paying the annual subscription pries Frances I em ietta, Clough, Nil 8 u ap, 2 ...u wh, 28 uo lbs bone. of the Friend. (51.50) in advance, can have the paper PORT OF HONOLULU. 211)0 whale, Cheppel, sp, 45 L, N and .Elizabeth,. John hy the earliest opportunity, tf) port in the 21Jin lbs bone. I■cut, Byl|>h. (iardiuer. N It. clean, from California, taking Pacific, or to any part of the U. Sunpjs England. Arrives!. |N. I!.—By paying the additional Bant of 5# cents* in cargo for the United States Oct It—Haw eehr Biarlra<, Coitlufham, 18 ds tm SaoFran Jane,and Chandler l'rlce, whalers. Just In. not re- the paper willfce seat for one year to the U. States, via ported. Twenty i) c whalers at auchor, and one Cisco. California and Panama Postage on papers to private Pr wkatSjMp Lo Burr da Pin, Sailik. 8.900. coming In. persons must he pre-puid. The Friend, bcinga monthOot 14-HawkkTaVo Uotxoie, Duduit, SO da fin San Franav claeaV ly ahect, and containing a full report of Marine IntelliOot H—Am sihaleahlp afontprlise, Yonnc, NB. 2,700 wh. Information Wanted. gence, will lie fottnd a useful and cheap method of fiweral Sell. Harris. N 1., |SSO wli. Oct ITvatMbj do Tauktos. Oct. 21, 1848. communication with the mercantile community in EuOat mer bk Harpnneer. Mori,-,-, fm Vancouver's Island. Dear Sir—l write at the suggestion of Mr. Josephus rope anil the United States, Oil ll—Am wk bk Ann, Edward*.' rinf Harbor, fall. tf Skinner, of Morton, respecting his son. who sailed from Oa SO -Am wh bk Anne, Edward*, 8 H. 2360 wb, 40 sp. Bristol. R. I, on n whaling voyage, in the capacity of Am wh skip Liverpool. We>t, N Ud, 1810 wb. Letters Oci it— liuich mar bk Sumatra), Velinisn, SO days from carpenter,oil loard the ship Chariot, of Bristol, someHave ireently been received by the Chaplain for Han Francisco. time in 1844. From the best accounts that we can get W. S Collins, schr. Amwh bk Columbia,Panaaoy, S If, 1100 wh.SS sp. (apt. Crosby ; Mr. Dahe left that ship in April, 1845, and when last heard,vid Hillson. formerlyIndiana, Pb do »ti Champion. Parker. N Hil, 15.50 wh,%5 sp. painter in Honolulu,l>ut*»ho Do do bk Morrurr, PaarJleioa, IHO wh, 100 sp from was at some of the Sandwich Islands. We. want:,left on board a vessel bound to Cullno ("apt. It. Al; Oci M—Am mer hk Marts, HaAaraudayf f.u San Frsnclaco. to learn something of his whereabouts, if be is living,!, Br schr AavaaaavAvrelt. fm aVgki««.. len, ship Condor; Mr. Israel Horscley, Condor; Mr and if not, where and at what time he died. He was James Peter Ludlow, Margaret; Mr. Sturt, Oct ttWAm *r*WCaava*ek, BarnV, flippirau, ICOO wh. formerly Am vrkkk Wola*,laeeT, F 11, 4*l wh. 300 .p. subject to fits. now supposed to ba in CaliDo do ab Gideon Hnwtand, Cash, N ud, 31U0 wh. information you may have or cooper in Honolulu, but write what Will you fornia Mr. Samuel Haw son, watch-maker, now at tho rr do do sMfcytiander, Qaedoo, 1100 wh. can get concerning him (his name is Josephus A. Skin- mines ;; Mr. Jacob Do da ds MaSSfe, Ode, 2400 wh, MP sp. P. M. Mend, ship Dramo ; and Mr. ner) —whether you ever knew or heard of such a per- Jeremiah Varncy, Honolulu. Oci 86—llrvftfan wh afe Republic. Aaanln, 2,404 wh. Hplendkl,raaraaa, la saos out, laufwh. son. or not—nnd if he is there, to use your influence l'araohala, Ktsrrtr, Mmus nut, sYJO wh. to have him return. By doing so, you will serve the History of the Hawaiian Islands: l'liilip Ist, Wooalrrjdjfe nos out 120 sp, 1000 wh. cause of humanity and relieve an anxious family.— Embracing their Antiquities, Mythology, Legends, Neva, ('ass,llmaatawt, 880 sp, 1600 wh. Mass. to Skinner. Norton, Ist is nt, Lowed, M am eat,MO wh. Direct Josephus I Discovery by Europeans in the 16th century, re-disco11rook I Ine, Jeffreys. 14 rasas out. 106 sp, lMfMrh. Respectfully, your friend, |very by Cook, with their civil, Religious and Political Henry Kneeland, Otark, It mo* out, 700 wh. C. A HOCK. ]History from the earliest traditionary period to the Kraakiln, Cioaar, tt mos out, 3860 wh. Rev. S C. Pamo*, Sandwich Islands. present time. IJv JAMES JACKSON JARVES N 1' rallmadaa, Maiford. 18 mos out, IMB wh. Editor cannot, tit (resent, furnish the dc- Third edition. For sale at Chaplain's Stady. Price, Nassau, Weak*. 40 mos out, MOO wh. 2200 Nwlrt, 14 moaout. India wh sired information. Any inrorrnation respecting the |81,00. If Clement me, rraaheuren, X aaos out, 4700 wh person referred to will be duly communicated if made Nlmrod, aaaraaaa. 14 mos out, 660 wh tf to the Seamen'!; Chaplain, Honolulu. Notice to masters of Whaleships. Trnedoa, Comstock. 16 mos out, 1600 wh Tuscany, liaise v, M mos out. ships will he rqiortcd correctly in the Wattled, George fc Mary, tiiddleton, 24 mos out, 3400 wh Prudent, Naah, 18 mos out, UOO wh a native ofdie state of!•friend and Polynesian, if, on your arrival, a report is Ecuknr L«wis, Respecting Hk Harvest Lakey, full left at the Polynesian Office. Unless you nrc willing Wile, Case, IS mos out. 1700 wh 1 New Jersey. V S. A. if alive he is now« years ot to take this trouble, theEditors of these papers are sab Oat at—Haw aohr Caro inc. Cole, 18 ds fm gas Francisco age. A report has reached his father, residing in Mor- jeered to grent inconvenience, and arc oftentimes una. bk Aaoktand, Jennliurs, 22 ds fm Kamschatk., ristown, N. J., that Eugene may be still alivo and re- -j lr Capt^m Kara and ble to mako any report. tf atr William, paaseneera siding in some part of the Pacific. Any information gereral other i unta have arrived, bat anable to obtain la- Will be thankfully received, if made to the Editor of The Friend, Bound. ports the Friend, and communicated to an anxious parent. Last report rroaa Lahafau, SI vessels at anchor. Bound volumes of the Frielld,for one.ormore years* can lie obtained at Rev. T. Coan,s, Hilo; Hay. T E. Keligious Banks. ■•ileal. The Seamen's QMkplnin has just received an Taylor's, Lahaina, and the Chaplain's study, HonoOct t—Hamburg ha Cecelia I.oalsa, Hansen tf excellent assortment of Books published by the Amcr lu/u. Danish schr Johanna OlnfT.i, Refers, r.ir Bydaey. Oct I—Am mershlp Mary and Adeline.M'lsjllsn. fur Maoila. icon Tract Society, including nearly all of their standSchool Books. Oct 10—On whaleahip Rraranta, Derol, for N Bedford. ard publication*. These hooks are beautifully bound, Oc.l 11—Hrem Kg JohannaCesar, Rlberfsld, for Singapore. and will be sold at an advance on the New York prices Teachers and others enn be supplied with a few school Oct It—Am whaleahip Elerira, llrnwn, for N London. at the Chaplain's stady.. The assortment only sufficient to cover the expenses. Oct It—Do da Ibooks Pocahontas, Oolite, for Th-bary. < Primary Geographies, Arithmetics, Gram CT-In the collection will be found some new and comprises t>o do Wm Roich, lo cruise. Ajahkland. Maw Toslaad mar kg Fanny, Leathart, for instructive books for children. tf imars, Reading Books, Webster's Dictionaries, fee. MARINEJOURNAL. . JSou.h ' Ja* ' '' _ ■ — ! ~B 1 . � 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 (1849) 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 - 1849.11.01 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849.11.01 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/4f08d175619f649317e8479ecb35612a.pdf a2c671ad10ae0557255e188b68224413 PDF Text Text 73 FTHE RIEND. HONOLULU, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. Vol. 7. No. !• rangementa for Ihe I'uture supply of Upper]the bordering mountains come down in a California with ministers of the gospel, under narrow ridge of broken hills, terminating in Page 78 the direction and patronage of Ihe Methodist'a taage from Oregon lo California, precipitous point, against which the sea The Bay nf San Fraucisc , 73 Their system of itinerary! breaks heavily. On the northern side, the Hun Francisco, 74 denomination. Passage to 74 [preaching is admirably calculated for a new-! mountain presents a bold promontory, rising 74 Hon. T. B. King',. Address, Methodist ministers may] in a \'vw miles into a height of two or three No good Maps of California, 75 ly settled country. Seamen's Chapel, Apia, 75 well he compared to those light-armed troops.| |thousand feet. Between these points is the 76 who proceed in advance of the main body of strait—about one mile broad, in the narAntarctic Continent, 76 Navigotors anion; Fox Islands, Beware, 77 an invading army. Their system has accom- rowest part, and five miles long from the tea Foreigners' Ceinetry at Laliuina, 78 plished an untold amount of good through- to the bay. Wreck of the Gem,' 78 out the sparsely settled districts upon the Nautical Kommice, Passing through this gate, the bay opens Census of Haw n Islands, 7fl Marine Intelligence, Sic. Ho western frontier of the United States. Mr. to the right and left, extending in each diRoberts informed me, that in September a rection about 35 miles, having a total length convention of Methodist clergymen would as- of more than 70, and a coast of about 276 semble nt Salem, in Oregon, for the purpose miles. It is divided by straits, and projectof organizing an annual conference, embrac- ing points, into three separate bays, of which Islands to Lower from the Sandwich ing Oregon, California, and New Mexico.— Ihe northern two are called San Pablo and Oregon and Upper California. This will undoubtedly promote Ihe efficiency Suisoon bays. Within,the view presented is of Leaves selected from "Our Log Book." and permanancy of the Methodist donomina- a mountainous country, the bay resembling lion on this side of the Rocky mountains.— an interior lake of deep water, lying between XVIII—PASSAGE FROM OREGON TO As the country continues to increase in popu- parallel ranges ofmountains. Islands, which lation, Oregon and California will have their have the bold charncter of the shores—some CALIFORNIA. mere masses of rock, and others, grass covprevailing winds along the coast being separate conferences. rom the Norlh West, vessels are enabled to Our other passenger, Dr. Welsh, was an ered, rising to the height of three and eight nake quick passages from the mouth of the Oregon farmer, who was now on his way to hundred, feet—break its surface, and add Columbia river to the Bay of San Francisco. California, for the purpose of exercising his to its picturesque appearance. Directly frontThe distance is about four hundred miles.— professional skill, in curing the miners, as ing the entrance, mountains—a few miles I met the master of a vessel in the Columbia] they come sick and diseased from tbe mines. from the shore—rise about 2,000 feet above river, who had just made the passage down Early this morning, the fog cleared away, the water, crowned by a forest of the lofty cyin 78 hours from Baker's Bay to the anchor-! and about 9 o'clock a fine opportunity was press, which is visible from the sea, and age at San Francisco, although, on his return afforded for the Massachusetts to enter the makes a conspicuous landmark for vessels passage up the coast he was fifteen days, most magnificent of Bays. Steam, wind and entering the bay. Behind, the ragged peak which is considered a very good passage. tide hurried our vessel along, and soon after of Mount Diabolo, nearly 4,000 feet high, Vessels are oftentimes twice that length of passing the entrance of the bay, we were at (3,770,) overlooks the surrounding country time in sailing from San Francisco to the anchor amidst a "forest of ships." I count- of the bay and San Joaquin. The immediate Columbia river. The Massachusetts cross- ed sixty-eight vessels at anchor. Our ves- shore of the bay derives, from its proximate ed the bar of the Columbia on Saturday sel was visited by an officer, who informed and opposite relation to the sea, the name of morning, and on the following Tuesday after- us that the steamer Panama, would sail in contra costa (counter coast, or opposite coast.) noon, she was off the entrance of Ihe Bay, less than two hours for the Isthmus. This It presents a varied character of ragged and but prevented from entering on account of afforded us a fine opportunity to forward let- broken hills, rolling and undulating land, and ters, which in thirty days would reach friends rich alluvial shores, backed by fertile and the dense fog. On the Sabbath, we had Divine service on in the Atlantic States. On visiting the Pan- wooded ranges, suitable for towns, villages, board. Capt. Wood being 1 ever ready to ama, I was most agreeably surprised to meet and farms, with wh'ch it ii beginning to be •how respect for the day, he most readily several gentlemen whom I had known at the dotted. A low alluvial bottom land, several made arrangement for the assembling of the S. Islands. Among them, Messrs. Wil- miles in breadth, with occasional open woods ■hip's company in the large and commodious liams, Boardman, and Jarves. They were of oak, borders the foot of the mountains cabin. It was our expectation to have listen- among the first to improve the new facilties around the southern arm of the bay, terminaed to a discourse from the Rev. Mr. Roberts, for making a passage from the Sandwich Is- ting on a breadth of twenty miles in the ferfellow passenger, but just before the lime lands to the United States, without doubling tile valley of St. Joseph—a narrow plain of rich soil—lying between ranges from two to for holding service, he was obliged to inform Cape Horn. three thousand feet high. The valley is us, that it would be impossible for him to XIX—THE BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO. openly wooded with groves of oak, free from preach on account of sea-sickness. We had some most agreeable passengers The following description of the Bay is ex- underbrush, and after the spring rain* covfrom Oregon, viz: Judge Bryant, the Rev. tracted from a recent memoir by Col. Fre- ered with grass. Taken in connection Mr. Roberts, and Dr. Welsh, thus each of mont, communicated to the Congress of the with the valley of San Juan, with which the learned professions had its representa- United States, during the summer of 1848. it forms a continuous plain, it is fifty-five The bay of San Francisco is separated miles long, and on* to twenty miles broad, tive. Judge Bryant, is at the head of the Judiciary Department in the Territory. He from the sea by low mountainranges. Look- opening into smaller rallies among the bills. is a native of Kentucky, but has practiced ing from the peaks of the Sierra Nevada, the At the head of the bay, it is 20 miles broad, law for about twenty years in Indiana. It coast mountains present an apparently con- and about the same at the southern end, is bis intention to remove his family to Ore- tinuous line, with only m- single gap, resem- where the soil is beautifully fertile, covered and make that his permanent residence. bling a mountain pass. This is the entrance in summer with four or five varieties ot wild 'he Rev. Mr. Roberts is the SuperintendentIto the great bay, and is the only water com- clover several feet high. of tbe Methodist Episcopal Mission,in Oregon munication from the coast to the interior The strait of Carquinez, about one mile Mid California, and was on a visit to the latter |country. Approaching from the sea, the wide and eight or ten fathoms deep, connects country for the purpose of completing ar- coast presents a bold outline. On the south, the San Pablo and Suisoon bays. Aroond these bays, smaller valleys open into Ihe L Contents OF THE FBIEND, NOV. 15,1849. THE FRIEND. A Trip SThe — • " Kon �74 THJS FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849 bordering country, and some of the streams and 23d of July, although I saw much which anchor off Ihe Army Depot, about a mile have a short launch navigation, which serves] was wrong, yet, upon the whole, I did not above the rising lowti ol Benecia. to convey produce to the bay. Missions and witness so many exhibitions of depravity as I large farms were established at the bead of expected, from tbe accounts which 1 had XXII—BENECIA navigation on these streams, which are fav- beard and read. I am satisfied that the To-day, June 23, I visited the city of Beorable sites, for towns or villages. The tendency is in the way of improvement, and necia. The following remarks concerning country around the* Suisoon bay presents good order. It was surprising that there .the place, I copy from the editorial columns small low ridges sod rounded hills, clothed were so few cases of theft and robbery, con- of the "Alia California," of July 2: with wild oats, and more or less openly wood- sidering how exposed vast quantities of goods "This is the rival of San Francisco for the of every description were about the wharves empire of {he Pacific. It is situated on the ed on their summits. The Suisoon is connected with an expan- and along the streets. Straits of Carquinez, nbout thirty-five miles from the ocean, on a gentle slope which besion of the river formed hy the junction of the Sacramento and San Joaquin, which encomes almost a plain as it nears Ihe water's XXI.—PASSAGE TO BENICIA tor the Francisco bay in the same latitude, edge. It contains about 500 inhabitants, innearly, as tbe mouth ofthe Tagus at Lisbon. The Massachusetts being ordered to Be- cluding soldiers now stationed there, and A delta of twenty-five miles in length, divid- necia, to discharge her cargo, after spend- many buildings have been erected there of es! into islands by deep channels, connects ing two days at San Francisco, she sailed late. It is now made the Head Quarters of the bay with tbe valley of the San Joaquin thither. The vessel affording such excellent .the U. S. Army. The large deposite of arand Sacramento, into the mouths of which accommodations, Gen. Smith and suite, the my quartermaster and commissary stores, the tide flows and which enter the bay to- Hon. T. B. King, and several other gentle- have recently been removed from San Franmen took passage for Benecia, situated on cisco to that place, and a site has been segether as one river. north side of the Straits of Carquinez, lected by Commodore Jones for a navy yard the Such is the bay, and the proximate country and shores oftbe bay of San Francisco. about thirty-six miles from San Francisco.— a short distnnce above the town. This place It is not a mere indentation of the coast, but On the passage I was introduced to Mr. W., is certainly rapidly advancing in size and ima little tea to itself, connected with the ocean late from New York. He is Ihe author of a portance, but we do not doubt that its prosby a defeasible gate opening out between work on the Tories of the American Revolu- perity will always be dependent on that of seventy and eighty miles to the right and left, tion. I know uot that I ever met with a per- San Francisco. A great many harsh things upon a breadth often to fifteen, deep enough son more intimately acquainted with the his- have been said of army and navy officers for th* largest ships, with bold shores suita- tory of all the old families of New England. "lending Iheir influence" to build up this rible for towns and settlements, and fertile ad- He related this anecdote respecting Judge val to San Francisco, but we have no dispojacent country for cultivation. The head of Prescott, (father of the historian,) and Mr. sition to repeat them. There is no necessithe bay is about forty miles from the sea, and Peabody, an old Salem merchant. In early ty for it either, as whatever may be the rethere commences its connection with the no- life Mr. P. applied to the Judge for advice sult of that speculation, we regard the prosble valleys of the San Joaquin and Sacra- in sonic legal affairs. In course of the inter- perity and destiny of San Francisco as so seview the Judge remarked, "If you would suc- curely fixed by her natural position, hercapmento." ceed in the world, avoid lawyers and law- ital and her energy, as to defy the efforts of suits." So much pleased was Mr. P. with all the speculutors that ever existed." XX-SAN FRANCISCO. On landing in San Francisco, I must con- this advice, that he allowed the Judge to Here I found the Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, fess, I was somewhat disappointed in the ap- make various shipments to the East Indies in a Presbyterian clergyman, engaged in a pearance of the town. As a city it did not his ships, freight free, by which he laid the school, and preaching on the Sabbath. He fill up that "beau ideal" which I had pictur- foundation of a large fortune of several hun- seemed to have secured the confidence of ed in my imagination. I had perhaps ex- dred thousand dollars, which has descended all classes in the community, and I was rejoiced to perceive that he was laboring for pected too much. I was however not disap- to pointed in the business-like appearance of the The hills and mountains surrounding the the real benefit of the future inhabitants of town. I had witnessed nothing for years, bay present a most singular appearance, the country. He left on Long Island a flourwhich so much reminded me of the hurry and much resembling immense drifts of sand, but ishing society and church, which were corbustle of the business portions of the cities of I learn that they are covered with wild oats, dially united in his support, where he had laBoston and New York. Stores and dwelling which in the rainy season look perfectly bored as a minister of the gospel for fourteen houses were going up with magic-like rapi- green, but as the ruins cease, the straw dries years. After surveying the country, he dedity. New Streets were opening, and enter- up and the grain ripens, affording pasturage cided upon Benecia as prospectively opening prize was tbe characteristic of the place. As for immense herds of rattle and horses, which a wide and promising field for ministerial useI mingled among th* hurrying crowd, a mere range over the country for many leagues, no fulness. He is expecting to return, ere long, "looker on in Venice," I soon learned that fences obstructing their rambles. The sce- for his family, and cast in his lot with the risit was no place for an idle man I was sur- nery surrounding the bay is so unlike any ing fortunes of the people of the country. prized to meet so many familiar countenan- that I have elsewhere beheld, that I find a ces. It really seemed as if one-fourth ofthe description difficult, if not impossible. There! XXIII.—THE HON. T. B. KING'S ADpopulation had emigrated from Honolulu, or may be valleys capable of tillage, but the DRESS. country generally is ill adapted to farming Agreeable to s public notice, I went June had spent a season there. ! I found it impossible to learn the popula- purposes. The farmer would be especially 1 25th, at 4 o'clock, r. m., to the school-room tion of San Francisco, but at this date, (July troubled for want of water and fencing mate- of the Rev. Mr. Woodbridge, to hear an ad21.) there cannot be less than 6,000 to 8,000. rials. dress from the Hon. Mr. King, member of It was gratifying to learn that while, merThe afternoon was delightful. The atmos- Congress from Georgia, before the citizens chants, lawyers, physicians, mechanics, and phere essentially changed after leaving theiof Benecia. After returning on board the laborers of every description were busy in region about San Francisco, where the rtw Massachusetts, I recorded the following as their various employments, a number of and disagreeable winds have such fair play. tbe substance of his remarks. I do not preclergymen had commenced their professional As we sailed along the shore lying upon the tend to give hisexict phraseology, for he was labors. One year previously, and there was Straits leading into Pablo Bay, a deer wasi nearly an hour in making his address. not a Protestant clergyman in Upper Califor- seen grazing on the highland. He raised He commenced by adverting to the pecunia, now there are at San Francisco, alone, bis head anJ took a view of our steam-ship, liar circumstances under which had galherno lees than four, th* Rev. Mr. Hunt, chap- as much as to say, "What strange craft isied representatives from the four quarters of lain to the citizens of San Francisco, the this?—what new event has occurred which the globe. [Officers of the U. S. Army, a Rev. Mr. Wheeler, pastor of the Baptist attracts so many strangers to these shores— merchant from Chili, a physician from Baltichurch, the Rev. Mr. Williams, pastor of as sure as I behold an many strange sails and more, another from Washington, a western the Presbyterian church, and tbe Rev. Mr. strange people going up and down the waters pioneer, a clergyman from Long Island, an Mines, an Episcopal clergyman. The Me- of this bay, I and my fellow wild game of the ex-U. S. Consul from S. 1., one or more from thodists are now erecting a chapel and are forests will retire."—Upon enquiry I learned England, but in all not exceeding over fifty aeon expecting a minister ofthe gospel to be that the deer, tbe antelope and the elk are persons.] Some, he remarked, had censurfast disappearing from their old haunts.— ed Congress because that body had not orlaboring among them. Daring my visits-on shore, the 31st, 22nd, Just before dark the Massachusetts came to ganized a Territorial Government for Cali- . ■ ■ 1 i I i■ i > -IbTSbTbVJB^bVJB^bVJB^bVJB^bV*TJbI �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. 75 I learned that the Hon. Mr King is a New We now lake ihe opportunity of expresssons, showing that it was a fortunate circum- Englander by birth, but has resided for ma- ing the sense of gratitude which we feel for stance lhat no territorial government had iny years at the South. His name ia intimate- the efforts made by the Rev. J. J. Freeman been organized. The Congress of Ihe Uhi-'lly associated with the enterprise of steam na- and Augustus Fieldwick, Esq., the respectted States has fully discussed the affairs of;vigation between Panama and California. 1 ive Secretaries of the above Societies, as California, nnd the Executive was ready to.lbelieve that be brought forward the measure well as to many kind friends, who aided us in proceed; but then came up ihe vexed ques- in Congress. He was one of tbe candidates procuring the nent substantial building which for the Secretaryship of the Navy, under the now forms an interesting object on one side tion of slavery. The advocates of the Proviso, (which was essentially theordinance |present administration, if I have been cor- of the bay, near to the British Consulate. of Congress respecting the non-existence of rectly informed. I could not but conclude The building is built entirely of corrogated slavery in the territory N. W. of the Ohio,) that Ins visit to California was most oppor- galvnnized iron, raised on a platform of cowould by a law of Congress shut slavery out tune, for on his return to Washington he will ral; and is well adapted to try the teeth and of California; but no, says the South, let that Ibe prepared to furnish the Execulive and patience of the white ant, which is the greatquestion remain unsettled until California Congress with some valuable information, est pest that can afflict a poor builder in Samoa. shall settle the question for herself. The pe- which is much needed! riod had now arrived, as he thought, for the The building is 40 ft. by 20 ft. Ten feet people of California to do it. Now was the XXIV—NO GOOD MAPS OF CALIFOR- is taken off the length for a reading room, NIA. time for California to become a State. A sufwhere a library will be kept, with the most ficient number of inhabitants were alrendy in Although near three centuries have elaps- recent magazines and newspapers which can There was an impression !ed since Cslifoi nia was discovered—although be procured, where the sailor on liberty, or the territory. abroad tlit.it a certain district of country must,,Jesuit Missionaries have for nearly a centu- any of the residents can spend a profitable have a definite number of inhabitants before| ry traversed tbe country—and although much hour. The chapel, which is 30 ft. by 20 ft., it could be admitted as a State. That im- bus been published about the country, yet its is neatly fitted up with seats and pulpit. pression was unfounded; but even if it was,geography has been but imperfectly known. The cost of the building in London was upnot, very soon California would contain 100,- It is not until to-day, June 25, that I have wards of .£l7O. The fittings, glazing, paint-000 inhabitants. This he was coniident met with any thing like a tolerably well exe- ing, and other items, have added would be the case before theclose of the cur- cuted map of the country watered by the wa- bly to the expense, to meet whichconsiderathe addirent year; and should the gold mines contin- ters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin ri- tional subscriptions received on the islands with their numerous tributaue to yield as they had done, not a long pe- vers, together will go far. riod would elapse before half a million ofpeo- ries. This map was sketched by Col. FreIt is just to acknowledge the gratuitous lathis direction, of under his still even country. mont, become citizens the or ple would bors of a great many of the foreign residents to take her accurate. It be is far from being would amuHence, California was now ready station as a sovereign State of the Union. sing to collate the numerous maps or charts in putting the building together. There could then be no question but it was purporting to delineate the interior of Alta The chapel was opened on Sabbath, the the duty of the people of California immedi- California. No two would agree. Some 28th of January. A large number ofthe foately to take the preliminary steps for the or- imake the Sacramento river run due west, reign residents attended; and the occasion ganization of a State government. Califor- others make the San Joaquin empty into the was rendered more interesting by the presnia needed her Senators and Representatives Bay of San Francisco nt San Jose; verily the ence of the captain, officers, and crew of our in Congress, to urge her claims more effec- interior ofAfrica is equally wellknown to the missionary bark John Williams. tually than it was possible to be done by the civilized world. I found it impossible to obContributions for the support of the libraDelegate of a Territory who might make sug- tain any definite and satisfactory information ry and reading room will be thankfully regestions, but would not be entitled to a vote. respecting the geography of the country, ceived.—[Samoan Reporter. He then adverted to the unquestionable from any existing maps, until that of Col. fact that California was about to assume n Fremont chanced to fall in my way. The dePrinting in England and America.—A great importance, and that of necessity. For, sideratum, however, will very soon be sup- letter from London to the Boston Post, thus a long period the idea of a rail road to the plied. One of the good results of the discoPacific had been discussed. Almost every very of the gold mines, will be that the vast compares the facility with which books are state in the Union had passed resolutions in regions west of Ihe Rocky Mountains, north printed in London and New York. its favor, and now if its construction is dcci- iof Mexico, and south of the Columbia River, ' 'The art of printing advances far more ded practicable, its terminus must be in this will very soon be thoroughly explored. Ev- rapidly in America than here. Liverpool, valley;—nature had so decreed, and it was ery river and stream, mountain and hill, val- nearly as large as New York, has no printnot in the power of man to annul that decree. ley nnd canon, prairie and plain, will be ex- ing done by steam. In London, but one or print by steam, and Here, in this mighty basin, on the banks of plored, and accurately laid down upon the two printers, of books, this bay, (he would not pretend to define the maps. More will be done this year than has very rarely print more than twelve pages of 12mo. book at a time. From an extensive location,) but here was to arise a mighty Ba- been done for three centuries, to obtain ac- aacquaintance with the manner and speed of commerce of the counwas to center a vast curate knowledge bylon—here geographical book-printing in New York and London, I —through this channel was to flow the pro-itry. will vouch for the fact that of all the books ducts of China and Polynesia. Tbe teas and CHAPEL, SEAMEN'S printed APIA. in the two cities, our printers print this must be along silks of China conveyed During the Inst few years, a considerable three copies to the Londoners one in the route to the shores of the Atlantic, and perships having anchored at Apia same time First-class publications are genhaps to Europe. The commerce of Califor- number of and numbers of foreignresidents ha- erally better "got up" in England than Harbor, would that nia, he thought, this year equal ving settled around the bay, it was thought America. But, got up equally as well, tbe of any state of the Union. ofworship should New Yorkers will print two copies to their In concluding his remarks, he referred in desirable that a smalleplace of be the holding Eng- one. Not one book in four in London is sterewhich had erected for purpose n familiar manner to some things otyped. In New York three out of tour.— surprised him since his arrival in the coun- lish service on the Sabbath. London one publisher lately boasted that In by were msde the Missionawitness the Subscriptions he was astonished to try; c. J. which, with sums he actually published a book in three days order which reigned at San Francisco, on the ries and foreign residents, to from the tune he received it. That is quotSabbath. As he walked the streets on a Sab- given by Captains and crews, amounted about ed as an extraordinary operation that was £60. The being nearly of the John Williams he heard not the sound bath morning, hammer, neither witnessed any more disor- to return to England, the Committee re- actually accomplished, once. In New York the Missionary at Apia, the Harpers have issued many a book in der, than would have appeared in a well or- quested Mr. Mitts, to use every effort to pro- from twenty-four to thirty hours after its reand Capt. Morgan ganized christian community. He doubted not, should the proper steps cure an iron chapel, to be brought out in the ceipt. But I will not multiply examples to be taken by the people of the country for a missionary vessel. On the arrival of the show the greater amount of enterprise or inState organization, that the older States would John Williams in London, an appeal was ventive genius in America. joyfully welcome California to the sisterhood laid before the Directors of the London Misof the Union, and pass laws favorable to com- sionary Society as well as the British and Scurrility is the corruption of wit, as knavery Foreign Seamen's Society. ef wisdom. merce, schools, &c. fornia, but he was prepared to give his rea-| Wilmotjli i I I ' — — , i , i �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. 76 through want of pecuniary support. If an fog set in, and the barometer fell. At sr. editor and publisher is well supported, it will m. 1 discovered a reef of rocks to the windward ol the ship, about half or two-thirds of HONOLULU, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. keep him in good spirits, and he will strive a mile distant. The reef appeared to be about to make his paper in every respect worthy of one mile in length, and some of tbe rocks 8 or 10 feet above water, nnd the sea was maAntarctic Continent. a reading and intelligent community. king a breach over them nil ihe time. The Some years agr> much was said and published respecting English, American and Navigators among Fox Islands, water about the slip was thick, and indicated slmnls near. I immediately gave the order Beware! French navigators cruising along the shores Capt. Lnkey, of bark Harvest, informs us to ware ship, the helm was put up, and the ofthe Antarctic continent. Il has in some thnt the island of Atcha is laid down in N. L. Huron came round unusually quick and stood olffroin this danger. But now, "Alas, poor way come to our knowledge that cer- 63° 3', and W. L. 172° 35", while its cor- Yorick!" here we are in an unknown place; tain English navigators report to have sailed rect position is 52° 28', and 174°. The no chart, that I can trust to—surrounded by over a part of the Antarctic continent discodanger is in passing between the inlands of islands and rocks—in a dense fog, and only vered, or laid down on Wilkes' chnrts. The Tugoulla and Adach, for when the navigator two hours more of daylight, and twenty-five simple facts, so far as we can ascertain, are supposes himself in mid channel, he is among men looking to me for protection in the midst of Ihe surrounding dangers. And now I these: The American navigator appears to the rocks and shoals on the north side of must find my way back the way I came in, have mistook a portion of the " icy barrier" Atcha. for to stay in here all night, I dare not. I for the main land. Subsequently, English Amlai is believed to be out of its true steered S. E. by X po- set all possible sail, and exploring vessels cruised higher up than the sition on the chart; when its true position is with n strong breeze from southwest. It now sets in a drenching rain, and we cannot see point laid down as land upon Wilkes' charts. known, the passage is good between Amlai ,60 rods from Ihe ship. My feeling at this manifest, for mistaken, is also That he was land Seguman, the only danger being a ledge time was most painfully intense, and such as Capt. Cooper, commanding the "Franklin,"|'of rocks extending out 4 or 5 miles on the 1 have never before experienced But the Huron is now doing her best, and every man navigated his vessel, in January last, 2 s of east side of Amlai. longitude, and 1 ° of latitude, on a W. by R. The following extracts are copied from nt his station. There is no disorder or confusion; all is still, and all on the lookout for course, over a region laid down as land Capt. Woodruffs private journal, now master and ready to obey my orders. At 8 .land, by his countryman, Wilkes. This was of Philip Ist, but on his last voyage master r. m. we were all relieved by seeing the land between the parallels of longitude 168 ° 20', of the Huron. These extracts relute to his on the weather bow, about 3 miles distunt, nnd our noble ship going as straight for the and 105° 30' E., and on about the parallel last voyage: as though it hud been clear and daypassage of latitude 05= 20. Saturday, Ist August, 1846. light. It now sets in foggy and stops rainFrom nil we are able to learn respecting This afternoon fresh increasing winds from ing, nnd we lose sight of the land. At 10 p. very high latitudes,both north and south, the the southward; cloudy weather and spells of;m. it is a dead calm, and very dark; we are seasons vary exceedingly. Even in those fog; saw one poor, miserable hump-back jnow about midway between the islands. I to be like myself—don't took the deck myself all night. At daylight frozen regions they have their warm as well 'whale—he appeared know which wuy to go. At 2p. M. the isl- I find the nearest land on the island of Attou as cold summers, hence the " icy barrier' and of Attou bears N. W., about 45 miles bears almost W. N. W., 4 or 5 miles distant. (as it is called) is by no means stationary.— distant; saw porpoises and many wild ducks. The weather clears up, and we steer on S. We do now recollect to have met a whale- Thinking it rather unsafe to run in such thick E., with a light breeze from N. N. E. At 8 man from the Arctic Ocean who spoke of'weather, 1 double reefed the top-sails and a. m., having gained a good offing, I steer stood four hours off and four hours on. The S. W. God is good, and his tender merseeing the icy barrier, although Copt. Bee- morning is very thick, with fresh winds from cies are "over all his works," and nothing but chey, in 1827, sew " packed ice" lower down southwest. At 6a. m. made sail, and think- a miraculous interposition of Providence has than some of the whale ships lately cruised. ing myself sufficiently well to windward to saved us from a melancholy shipwreck, and ihe island clear of danger, I steered W. perhaps death. The same fact is doubtless true of the oppo- passW., N. keeping a sharp look-out for the site region of polar cold. This will satisfac- land. At 10 a. m. Ihe fog cleared up, and Donations. For Chapet. For Friend torily account for the mistake of the com- we saw Ihe island of Attou right ahead, $16,00 mander of the U. S. Exploring Expedition.— about 5 miles distant. 1 immediately tacked 'Henry A. Pierce, Esq., Capt. Z. Bent, $8,00 8,00 The mention of these facts may serve to put to S. E.; but it cleared up pleasant, nnd I Capt. Nash, Prudent, 6,00 10,00 concluded to go through between tbe islands, expeof national exploring the commanders 6,00 f 6,00 Iwore ship and made all sail; saw three smal- Mr. Wilson, " ditions upon their guard, as their errors may ler islands, not on chart, bearing N. N. E., Mr. Brown, 7,00 " 10,00 be detected by some adventurous and enter- about 10 miles distant. I find by several; Crew, " 5,00 good observations that the islands are very Capt. Pendleton, Mercury, prising whaleman. * 4,50 4,50 erroneously laid down on the chart. The Capt. Brewster, Tiger, latitude of the east end of the Master, officers ana crew of chart the gives new paper Honolulu Times.—A weekly 6,00 12,00 island 52 50* N., and my observation gives G. Howland, has made its appearance in Honolulu; H. L it 52 s 30' N.; the chart gives the 5,00 longitude Capt. Chadwick, Montreal, 6,00 Sheldon, Esq., Editor and Publisher. Suc- 173° 40* E., and my%hronomcter gives the Capt. Folger, Alpha, 5,00 Capt. Edwards, Ann, 5,00 2,00 cess to the enterprise. We are glad to see longitude 172° 11' E. The island appears George 81 Mary, that the publisher is fully aware of the diffi- to be mountainous, and some pails ofit cov-'Capt. Patterson, Heber, 10,00 6,00 culties attending the pecuniary support of a ered with snow. Saw a smoke on the shore, A Friend, Montpelier, 4,00 4,00 but Mr signs ofany whales. paper; hence, we infer that he will succeed. A Friend, Champion, 2,00 2«1 August, 846. Mr. Calhoun, »,Wi Let those who read remember the printer;— This afternoonSunday, " comes in with moderate Capt. Cole, Caroline, 10,00 5,00 yet we fear there are, in Honolulu, persons winds from the southwest, with cloudy wearead as of who will the "Times," it makes its ither. Passed the east end the island of $78,60 $95,60 weekly appearance, but never subscribe for.Attou, about 6 miles distant. At 3 p. m. saw John C. Green, bearing W., about 15 miles Rattlesnakes.—Mr. Jr. N. a copy, or in any way contribute for its sup- another island and two others while water-bound near While a strong current setting River, Observed distant. recently found a den of rattleport. We are led to give this gentle hint, N. E. and drawing inlo the leeward: find J snakes,Arkansas, and forthwith amused themselves by disthe of we hope publisher bead the wiudward of the sincerely island; 1 patching seventy-seven of them, each measurbecause can to the "Times" will net fail in the enterprize will keep her a-going. At 4 p. m. a dense ing over four feet. THE FRIEND. , 3^00 • ' �77 THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849 H. B. M.'s Consulate General For the Friend. Foreign Cemetery at Lahaina. for tin; Islands of the Pacific, > 6th, 1849. Hokolulo, Nov. J Honolulu, March 9,1849. Lnhainn, Nov. 10, 1819. Mr. Editor :—As I presume that ull of the It is hereby notified that Con. Gen. Miller has reMr. Editor—Will you please insert the contributions for the French Protestant Mission-, ceived a despatch from the Foreign Office, London, following notice in your paper? ary Soriety of Paris have now been paid IntO.idated the 31 st of March, instructing him to take proper steps for causing to be made known within his Lnbnina.Nov. 6. my hands, 1 hand you, herewith, for the satis-]'Consular District, that, "The Lords Commissioners matter,' 1 At a meeting of foreign residents and mus- faction of thosewho feel an interest in this dis- of tha Admiralty have offered n. reward of X20,000 full statement whole and receipts a of the ters, to take measures for putting a perma- Imrseiiients for that object. As, nlso, statement (twenty thousand pounds sterling,) to such private nent fence around the Foreigners' Burying of funds, paid into my hands, for Tualatin Aca- .-hip or ships of any country as may, in the judgment of their Lordships, render efficient service to Sir John Ground in Lahaina, a committee previously demy, Oregon. his ships, or their crews, and may contribute Franklin, appointed, gave in the following report: Yours, truly, to directly extricate them from the ice." S. N. CASTLE. That it is desirable to have a permanent The following is a copy of the minute of the Lords mound the Commissioners of the Admiralty, transmitted on the coral, of placed fence, made Receipts on Account of the French occasion:— ■ form of a wall in grounds, above-mentioned Missionary Society of Paris, are as follows : Admiralty, 23d March, 1849. three feet wide at the base, and five feet high. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are unBritish I. Army $5,00 Laughnnn, Cunt. der the necessity of laying a supplementary Estimate This report was adopted, and the following A Wilcox, Wuiuli 10,00 for the relief of the Arctic Expeditions under .Sir John a committee to chosen as were gentlemen 5,00 Franklin and Sir James Koss, upon the tabic of the A. S. Cooke Swinton, Messrs. Hoffout its design: carry 5,00 House. Mrs. C. L. Richards Their Lordships having been apprized by tho last 5,00 letters received from .Sir Jnmcs Koss, that it was his myer nnd Bush. Rogers E. H. to land nil thesup2,00 intention to direct the Investigator On motoin, T. E. Taylor wns chosen E. Whittlesey plies that she could spare, at Whaler l'oint, and to Wuiinea, 10,00 Hawaii proceed to England, if no tidings of the Expedition unTreasurer of the funds collected for building L. Lyons, 10,00 der .Sir J. Franklin wcro received by the whale ships do. G. D. linen, do., this wall. about to sail, leaving the Entcrpriie to prosecute 10,00 now B. W. Parker the scaiill alone,—have consulted the highest naval It wa3 moved and carried that one condi2,00 Mrs. Conde A. L. authorities us to the probable consequences of that tion of burial in this burying grovind should Master Samuel Conde 25 step. They find it to lie the unanimous opinion of those be that a head and foot board mark the place Mrs. McLane 8,00 most conversant with the l'olar seas, that such a sepof each grave. A Friend 4,00 aration of the ships under Sir James Koss, would be 9,12 most perilous to the ship remaining in the ire, and It was also moved and carried that T. E. Scholars of Punnhon School, contr. would neutralize the entire object of the Expedition, if of the buryMonthly the direction of and Foreigners whole concert Taylor have .Sir J. Franklin's party were to be discovered at a time Missionaries, nt Honolulu when the Enterprise had nearly exhausted her own ing ground, and be authorized to employ a 4,33 stores. They have therefore determined upon sending Miscellaneous contributions man to keep the grounds in order. out afresh supply if provisions for both ships by the 1st Church, Honolulu, Native, Oahu 32,00 North Star, which is now fitting for this purpose, at Nov. 10. Second Church, do. do. do. 15,00 Sheerncss, with orders to proceed across Baffin's Bay, tho direction of Native Church, Manoa Valley, do. 5,00 and as much further as practicable in looking Meeting met according to odjotirnment. out for Lancaster Sound and Barrow Straits, hud been do. 10,00 the Investigator or her boats. The chairman reported that $431 Ditto Do. Ewa Do. Waianae do. 5,00 In the event of the Investigator not Icing fallen in Do. subscribed since the last meeting, which adwith, the commander of the North Star will t* direct31,00 for the same Do. Do. Wainlua do ded to $80 previously paid in ed to land the supplies at such points on the south side Do. Do. Kanenhe do. 13,75 ofLancaster Sound, or other places indicated by Sir purpose, makes the sum of $511 available do. 22,00 .lames Boss, as may lie accessible to the North Star iv Do. Do. Molakni funds to bestow upon the burying ground. sufficient time to secure his return across Baffin's Bay Do. Do. Lahainn Maui 7G,00 before the winter seta in. On motion, the meeting adjourned. 39,60 Do. Do. Wailuku do. The expense of fitting the North Star forthe ice will T. E. TAYLOR. Sec. be £6086, and the wages ofthe crew, stores, provisions do. 19,00 Do. Do. Makawao on board, .£6602, making £12,688 in all, which constido. 8,00 tute the supplementary estimate now submitted to the Do. Do. Hana Hawaii 20,00 House. But. in addition to this, Her Majesty's GovWhaleship Burnt.—It is with regret that we Do. Do. Kohala 20,00 ernment has determined to offer a reward of £20,000 to Do. Do. Wnimea do. are called upon to record ihe burning, in our be given to such private ship, or distributed amongst 9th of the Kailua 30,31 inst., of the Do. Do. do. harbor, on the morning -ueh private ships, of any country, or to any exploring 20,00 party or parties as may, in the judgment of the board Do. Do. Kau do. whaling bark Mercury, Copt. G. Pendleton.— Admiralty, have rendered efficient assistance to Sir 53,30 of The fire was discovered about one o'clock, in tbe 20 per cent, pretn. on 266,53 John Franklin, his ships, or their crews, and mayhave forward part of the fore hold; ond was so fur adcontributed directly to extricate them from the ice. H.G.WARD. tf 9519,33 vanced before it was discovered, tbut every effort to get it under was unavailing. As yet, the I have remitted my draught on MARRIED. origin of the fire has not been ascertained; no H. Hill, Esq, Boston, by of Mrs Dominia, by In Honolulu, Nov 16. at the residence time for an investigation having intervened. the C Damon, Mr. Gioaaa (iiuioaa. of Koloa, Kauai, Rev S The Mercury is owned in Stouington, and has '« Montreal," July 7, 1849 $200,00 to Mist Eixaa B Ttwaaauav,of Cliarlertwon, Mass. Starling," Oct. 23 319,83 been out sixteen months, and had on board 1200 Do. by barrels of oil. The entire ship nnd cargo lire DIED. consumed, and nothing remains of the once noble 519,93 In Oils town, on the 2nd Inst., Ma. Wurii Teenan, ngod vessel but a few of the blackened limbers upon 28 venra. a naove of Maw York City. He was heard to speak of Wheldon, Ulster Co aa hto place of neldenee He earn* tbe reef, at the leeward side of the harbor. She around Cape i. orn In bk Sutton—landed in Ben Francieeo, was all ready for sea, and would have lieen oft" For Tualatin Academy, Oregon, I have re- In July went to th« mineswhere ha waa take* atoh. OH reIturning to San Kranoiaco. he embarked on board the Kiik- br in a short time, in prosecution of her voyage.— ceieed, from Louisa for the Sand Wanda, and died a few days after hto iarrival. f Polynesian. Ills property lincludlnn a soian amount of money) #20,00 lias been placed in the hands or the U S Consul. Hon. L. Andrews (N. York pa|.«ra |.lea«r lnacrl.j Damon 5,00 Rev. S. C. to be At flilo, on lk« linl inaiant, of dysentery, UrOWMSI Shaler, supposed yearn, The W. H. k, a native of Providence, R. 1., and for tha last 5,00 ailoon Rev. Elias Boud of tbeor island-. reKldrnl distress, lost, is reported at Montevideo, in 5,00 Amos C. Cooke At U 8 Ho«pit*l,Lahaina,Oct2B,John Thornai, ftosaablp Waablngtou 30, John A l'erklna, belonging to .Orotou, having lost sails, jib-boom, &c, Stc, off the Contributed at the Monthly ConAnio. Orlando Simmons, boat steertr, from ship Midas.— cert, by Missionaries and FoFalkland Islands. On entering Montevideo lie was taken with the aeurvy aw days before ernvjwM» Westdied noon after landing. Me We» » reigners, at Honolulu 47,06 port, and harbor she went upon rock not laid down oftanJhatlSM stock, Vt, and brother of Captglmnaoiui Owns, a native Davio VeTm, boani the Alines, Oct. on M, would be detained 2 upon the charts. 'She of Urtaiii, Rngtaiul. a#«d about M ynaen, for aasny yeas, a $82,06 resident on theas Weeds. _..._ months to repair, and may be expected here Af son. May Sta, osi bosrd tbe American waaMaf bark rkHfp City. York S. of Mew Eaarurr, CA ISTLE. Juan I, W. M. in January. ._ ■-***>Jala^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^aH ,' — * " — * • * . - �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. 78 The men told me, that five men, the night ask. Mips Arnold then said that the safety Samoan, or Navigator Islands. had launched a boat in the breakers, of the ship and her own security from insult before, Friend No. of the there was In the Sept. and sprang into her, and the rollers took could only be insured by throwing overboard •n interesting communication from the Rev. them on the reef, where they lay upon the that instant every drop of spirits in the ship. Mr. Mills, one of the English Missionaries rocka all night. They also told me, that Mr. Wiihout hesitation the seamen consented, at the Samoan Islands. He briefly alluded Jennings, the mate, cnine to the wreck next and, leaving no time for reflection, they to the loss ol the Gem, and the new Seamen's morning after she struck, nnd got bread, forthwith got the spirits on deck ard threw water, nautical instruments, charts, cnmpnss, every drop overboard. From that time Miss Chapel. We have since received the March and boat-sail; and told them he would land Arnold had her screened cot secured near of the Samoan which we his party somewhere, and return to their as- the Reporter, in number wheel, and slept alongside the binnacle, find a more detailed account of the wreck of sistance. I got bread, water, and one quad- and three of the crew kept a fuithful watch the Gem, in a letter addressed by Captain rant, and the three men, and returned to the around her during the remainder of the voyage, and these faithful giuirdinns of one of Worth to the conductors of the Reporter.— island. Next morning, I went in search of the five our beloved countrywomen never failed to We copy the entire letter: men, and found them on a small island, and evince tln- utmost respect, and preserved the WRECK OF THE "GEM." two stoved boats, which we towed to the lar- most rigid decorum, honorable in every point Capt. James M. Worth, of the whaling bk ger island. We then got bread, water, and of view to themselves, and (o that charge Gem, of Sag Harbor, has just handed us the lumber from the wreck to repair the boats, which they had pledged themselves to underfollowing sad account of the loss of his ves- und raise upon tliern. take. sel and valuable cargo in January last: I remained twenty-two days on the island, Miss Arnold wrote a statement of all these "The Gem was bound from the Sandwich nnd then started, with three boats and six- occurrences, and forwarded it to Captain Islands to the United Slates uf America, and teen men, for the Navigator's Islands; and Hnines, on the ship's arrival, when the was wrecked on the night of the 23d nf Jan- arrived safe, after seven days' passage, at second male and disaffected were immediateuary last. She struck, about 11 o'clock at the island of Upolu. ly arrested and sent to prison. The chief night, on a sunken reef which extends around The wreck was quite whole when I left.— officer had indulged himself to such an excess Suwarrow'i Island. My mate being unwt 11, The Gem had on hoard 2,230 barrels of that after the captain's death, and in the abI took the first watch myself. My longitude whale oil, and 170 barrels of sperm oil, and sence ofall means of resort lo his favorite being correct, I placed Ihe ship 85 miles to 27,000 Ilia, of bone. She was out fifteen stimulants, he was perfectly useless the east of Suwarrow's Island, on Ihe chait. months ami twelve days. Miss Arnold became the welcome guest Just before she struck, I went into the bow, On arriving here, 1 found Mr. Jennings of (.'apt. Thomas at Aden, and every possiand told the man on the look-out to look and nil who left (lie wreck with him: so no ble attention was shown to this noble-minded sharp, and looked ahead myself, but saw no- one is hit. lady by the whole society there. thing. I walked aft and jumped into a bout, I found many friends at this island; and I Subsequent to MissArnold's charge against where a boat-steerer was looking out, and shall ever feel grateful towards them, for the second mate, Capt. Haines applied to her sew a white streak nearly under the bow ol their kind sympathy and hospitality. for a circumstantial statement of what occurtbe ship. I said, "What is that?" and she red on board the Rainbow after her father's Very respectfully yours, struck with a terrible crash. She was going JAMES M. WORTH. death. The lady complied with his request at the rate of six and a half knots; but carimmediately, and her narrative was so well Apia, Upolu, March, 1849. ried away nothing except the fore-topsail and ably written, that it excited admiration sheets. She struck again, and rolled the lee Nautical Romance.—The following ro- on all sides. At her solicitation, her father's nil nearly under water. I ordered them to mantic story of real life is from the Bombay remains were preserved in a cask of spirits, haul up the mainsail, and let go the maintop- (East Indies) Telegraph and Courier: and were buried at Aden the dny after the gallant halyards. I could see no land, and "The Rainbow, .from Southampton to ship's arrival. She had always kept his acthe ship was laboring hard. I then gut the Aden, arrived there about the 16th ultimo.— counts. The second mate navigated the ship, men to clear away the larboard-quarter boat Capt. Arnold, her late commander, died ten but several of the crew knew the proper end told my mate to save her, if he could.— days before the ship reached that port, and course to Aden, and all his proceedings were I then ran to another boat, and, with the as- the chief mate was so habituated to drunken- narrowly watched." sistance of my second mate and boat-steerer ness, that he had been confined to his cabin reader's mind will be struck with got her clear, and jumped into her. 1 culled several times during the passage. The cap- theEvery remarkable good sense and presence of several by name to get into the boat with me, tain's daughter, about 10 years of age, was mind manifested by the heroine of this real but they refused; and, fortunately, we got on board, and after her father's death the romance. Two points are here admirably clear of the wreck. The mate called to me second mate, who had assumed the command, and said his boat was stove; but, shortly af- made a daring and insidious attempt to en- illustrated. 1. Property is not safe when ardent spirits ter, the ship's bow swung round, nnd left the tice the young lady and run away with the are used. •larboard quarter clear. They then lower- ship. She indignantly and successfully re- 2. A lady is not secure from insult, if comed ber, and fourteen men jumped into her, pelled all his base and dastardly attempts, pelled to associate with those whose minds end got clear of the wreck. I took five into and although suffering under a painful be- are under the influence of intoxicating drinks. my boat, which It-It the mate nine and my- reavement at once rushed on the quarter But are not "spirits" worth anything? O, self eight, and eight on board. About twen- deck and made a public appeal to the ship's yes, They are excellent lo preserve dead ty-five minutes afterwards, a dark rain squall crew, as British seamen, and threw herself bodies. Miss A. put them to this very use. came, and I lost sight of the boat and wreck; 'on their protection. This well-judged reso|C_/*"Ardent spirits keep alive dead bodies, and it was fifty-six hours before I found lier had the desired effect; the seamen kill living bodies! Let our spirit-drinkagain. The current being strong, took us 12 (except two of their number, who had been and readers ponder those facts. ing miles from the wreck, round the reef. At:Jed away by the second mate) declared, with daylight, I could see nothing but two small, that manly feeling which sailors so often dis- Important to Whalers.—We learn from islands and the reef, which we followed play, that they would to a man protect her the United States Consul at Cape Verd Isaround for about fifty miles, and found a land-jfrom all harm, and told the second mate nnd lands, that "By a late law passed by the ing place on the south side oftbe north-east-'their misguided shipmates in very plain terms, Portuguese Government, whaling ships are •m island; and, supposing we had been all that if m, the second mate, gave the slight- allowed to anchor in any of the eastom house around the reef, hauled up our boat. The est molestation to their late commander's ports nt the Cape Verd Islands, to trade for next day we searched for the wreck; but in daughter, they would pitch him overboard, refreshments, refit, repair, &c, free of port vein; nor could we get food or water on the and any one else who dared to follow his ex- charges, and remain four days, Sundays and holidays not included in the lay-days. After island. The next day we took our boat and ample should share the same fate. followed the reefaround on the inside; and, Miss Arnold then, with great presence of the four days have expired, they are charged after pulling eight miles, found the wreck, mind, begged the ship's company would grant as merchantmen. The passage of this law with her masts gone, sndthree men on board. her one especial favor. Her character, her will be of great convenience to our whaling It was difficult to board her; but, with as- manners, and the well-timed appeal which ships, as their custom is now to lay of}' ana sistance ofropes thrown to us, we succeed- she had already made, induced the crew to on, to avoid port charges, and send a boat in for what the/ require.—[Salem Register. ed, lution v: �79 THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. Census of the Hawaiian Islands—From Official Documents—Taken January, 1849. . v r«n Aggregate amount of each description of Persons included opposite. ISLAND. 3 a Q 27,204 2,726| 23,145 2,409| 18,671 1,619, 6,941 686 , IAWA1I, �AHU, MALES. FEMALES. 396 267 Under 17 years of age, 154 Of 17 and under 30, 3.429 412 52 Of 30 and under 50, 723 44 18 Of 50 and upwards, 528 5 47 IAUI, :auai, IOLOKAI, rilHAU, ANAI, 586 Total Aggregate, 180,641 7,9431,478 Total males, Excess ofmales, 3,143. 10,773. Under 17 years of age, 6,327 Of 17 and under 30, 10,819 Of 30 and under 50, 8,353 Of 50 and upwards, 9,593 5,719 9,696 8,121 36,272 33,128 Total females, 36,272 337 Blind, Deaf, Hilo, (not included) 144 8,972 Native population, FOREIGNERS. ... Unman ied, Living with foreign wives, Children, - Living with native wives, Half castes, Foreigners in Hilo, - - - Total foreigners, Natives, Grand total, 78,854 SCHOOLS, fkc. 409 133—266 239 313 471 59 Number of English Schools, Scholars, " of" High" Schools, Number «« Scholars, " "and common Number of primary Schools, Scholars, " ... 0 6 259 505 18,022 1,787 78,854 80,641 our judgment it deserves. It is thusalluded in a physical point of view upon the human Census of the Islands. In connection with the publication of the to in Jarves' history: "Great numbers ofrace, than the remarkable discrepancy of numbers between the children of missionacensus of the islands, recently made by pro- healthy Hawaiian youth have left in whale- ries and those ofthe chiefs, who are the most perly authorized officers of Government, we ships and other vessels and never returned. civilized among the Hawaiian population.— would offer a few remarks, and some statis- The number annually afloat is computed at Nine of the mission families number 59 chiltics respecting the decline of the aborigines;4,000. Atone time 400 were counted at1dren—an average of 6,5-9 to a family. 20 of the islands. This is probably the most Tahiti, 500 in Oregon, 51 at Paita, Peru, Hawaiian chiefs have but 19 children among them all. The mission families within less accurate census which has ever been made. besides unknown numbers in Europe and the than one generation have increased 175 per The estimate of Cook that, in 1779, there United States. Their wives and families,,cent. At the same ratio of increase, in 100 were 400,000, is generally believed to have left to provide for themselves, fall into vicious )years their descendants would number been mach too large. Jarves remarks in his habits, and both evils combined tend to di-'59,535." P. S.—Some months since the opinion was history that 300,000 would have been nearer minish the native population." in our columns that in no portion the truth. This one thing is very certain, It is certainly no source of astonishment advanced t there must have been a vastly larger number to us that the native population has rapidly of < Polynesia were the aborigines on the in< of people then, than now, or who cultivated diminished; our great wonder is that so ma- crease, but rather upon the rapid decrease. the thousands of acres of rich taro land now ny are left, as the late census indicates to belIn conversation recently with a gentleman lying waste, on all the islands? The travel- now living upon the islands. It should be ffrom Tahiti, we learn that according to a late ler need only visit such districts as Kan, borne in mind that last year was the "an-icensus of that island the natire population \ Waimea and Kohala, on Hawaii, and he will num mortuum," the year of death! Measles, was now increasing. As he walked oar infer that not four timesthe whooping-cough thrice, combined, and influenza streets he observed a if i readily striking contrast benumber of people must formerly have dwelt seemed to sweep the islands with the besom tween t the number of native children here and of death. Ten thousand would probably betthere. We should be glad to receive some upon the islands. The following statistics will show that the a low estimate for 1848 and 1849, which accurate data upon the subject, from the Rev. i J decrease has been rapid; population estima- those epidemics took away. Messrs Thompson, Howe, or other of the ted in 1823—142,050; and according to the In the present census, the total number!English missionaries resident at Tahiti. census of 1832—130,315; and according to of foreigners, including half-castes, is put down as 1,787. While the aborigines Fatal Accident.—We are sorry to learn the census of 1836—108,679. are diminishing, foreigners are increasing.'by a letter from Hilo, that a seaman by tbe The decrease appears to have been in proname of W. H. Gardner, of Providence. R. The following remarks of Mr. Jarves show j1., was drowned on the29th ult. at that place. gress almost from the very date of their dis] belonged to tbe whaleship Luminary, of covery, before as well as since the introduc- that the descendants of missionaries will un- He and was engaged at the falls of the 1 tion of the gospel. Our readers are aware doubtedly form no inconsiderable portion of Warren, Wailuku filling water for the ship, when in the future inhabitants of this group: of the ordinary causes assigned for thisrapid he unfortunately slipped and fell into the badecrease, but there is one which does not "No fact illustrates more* strongly the su- asin, and was drowned. His body baa not seem to have attracted the attention that in perior influences of enlightened Christianity been t recovered.—[Polynesian. . �THE FRIEND, NOVEMBER 15, 1849. 80 Navy, Norton, New Bedford; 46 in, 1100 wh; !<outl> Boston, Soale, Filrhavea; MO ip; 186" wh; Maria Tbereaa, Swift. New Bedford; MO sp: 1646 wb; Jeaai Baker, T Kinsley, J Uavanah, J While. E Fernanda, T Condor, Allen, New Bedford; 46 up; MOO wh; Wiama, A Strict, V Bums, J Taigeii, l> S Avery F II Hicks, Ontario, Payne, Sag Harbor; 80 sp; MOO wh; Trident, Taber, New Bedford; 2100 wh; Par Aaealaad, from retropaulaakt—J S II Knos, N L WilHerald, Mscomber, New Bedford; 180 sp; 1100 wh; Friend, Kobnrn, New London; 140rp; MOO wh; asssi. Far Louisa, fromSan Frencleco—P Ogden, J Crummrr. II Mogul. Hunter. New London; 100sp; 2300 wli; lpslllag. 0 II Main, J Sainpsnn, A O Thnrston, W. Uavls, Heroine, Wall, Fairhaven; 860 up; 1600 wh; J Smnaenburi. T. Feeay, W Aylell, J Turner, J William*. rtMeiilx, M'Lean, New Bedford; 8 0 ap; 1700 wh; T Stewart. U. Uodlle, W Oodlln, J Codlln, II Bennet. W Day. James Maury, Wheldon, New Bedford; 1600 wh; Par aegis, from San Fr.mclsco—Obed lluaakino, George Nitnrod, Sherman. New Bedford; 860 Kit; 600 wh; Hellaed, and ISaatlvea. WilliamC Nye, ltoee. New London; ITOO wh. Just Krri'ved and for Sale Oct 29—Bk Shepherdeee, Benjamin, Myatio, IS mos out. 1400 whale. AT THE CHAPLAIN'S STUDY, a new and Milton, .Smith, N B, 26 mos out, lm.O sperm. ao -Indian Chief, Bailey, New Loudon, 28 mos out, 00 a*, Ibeautiful assortment of BIBLES in the English Lan2200 whale. guage. They are bound in various styles, and can be Ohio, Norton, Ml, 12moa out, 2 >o sp, 1800 wh. PORT OF HONOLULU. hod at prices varying from 37 1-2 cents, to 57,00 per Isaac Mowland, West, NB, 16mos out. 14uap. 1860 wh. 81—Gov Troup,Coggeahall, NII, 26 mos out, 6isp2B.u wh icopy. lihramin, Butts, Nil, 23 mos out, 160sp, 260 wh. Arrived. \Xy Scnmen, and others, are informed that at the Nov 1 -Clematis, Bellow*. ML, 12 mos out, 64 sp, 12IHI wh. Oct IS—Am wh ship Gideon ilowland, Cash, N Bd, 27 mo's 2—Tuscarora, Leake, Coidspring, 18 mos out, T>,u wh. same place may be found Bibles printed in the follow•at, 100ap B*oo wh. sp, mos out llou America, Adams, NB, 12 wh. ing languages: German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, 19(0 wli. 131 Am wh ah Hodman, Allen, N Bd, 23 m ool,2tlosp Cavalier, Dexter, Htonington, 13 mos out, iOu sp- 1600 wh. French, Spanish and Portuguese. "• 17—Br mer brig Louisa, MiHon, 21 days fm Francisco. ship B—Merch San Francisco Russell, Coleman, fm St—Am wh ah Pioneer, Halhaway, N Ad, in in out. 175 sp KutusoflT, Bloeum, NB, 16 mo*out, 80 bo 10 0 wh. N. B —Portuguese seamen are .especially notified, KWOwh. that they enn obtnin copies of the Holy Scriptures in Two Brothers, Jenny. N 11,26 mos out, 560sp 100/ wh, ds Frnndeco. fl scar Carolina, Cole, 21 fin SP—Haw Abigail, Young, NH. 44 mos out, 6 0 sp. the old and new Testaments. 30—Am brtganline Veloa, Hem, 17 ds fm dm... 2200 Am schr Anglona,Barico, 14 da fm ban Francisco. wh. #*» It is left volitntHry with senmen whether they Am wk sh India, Swift, N Bd, 14 m out, 100 sp receive a copy of the Bible as a gift, or pay the whole A* »k Harvest, Lake), F 11, 39 in out, 650 sp 1800 wh. Felropaulaski ds 22 Jennings, mer tut 11—Am hk Auckland. PORT OF HILO. or a part of its value Money received from the sale ■r brig Reg la, Jnliiisuu. 18 ds fm 8 1rancitco. of Bibles is appropriated to the purchase of new supMsrv, Mlddletou, N 1,, 26 ni out. 110 Am wh ak George tf plies. Arrived. sp t***wh. 25 100 S|i m Sherman, out, sh Huntress, lid, N Am wk Sept 23 Am shfp Sylph, Gardner, Fairhaven, 12 10 pp. •HOOwk. Oct B—Am ship Warren, Evan*. Warren; 1 too wh. Information Wanted. Bremen wh ah Republic, Austin, 10 in mil, 75 >p 2400 wh. 9—Am ship Zephyr. Sherman. New Bedford; 76' sp. Am wh ah N V Talluiadje, Mulford, Coldspriug, 13 m out, I —Am ship Kutusoff, Blocum. New lledtbrd; 1 00 wh. When thc"Htintsvil!e."of Cold Spring, left the IT. lt&Owk. 26—Am ship Champion, Cott. New Bedford; 600 wh. S., in the full of 1847, her shipping articles contained No* I—Am wh ah Tobacco Plant, Allen, N B, 37 m out, Oct26-Uood Return, Cook: NB:4siep 175<J wh. »oo lp sou wh. the name of "John Stuart." It is supposed this name Norton: Warren: 40 m ap. 9 wh. 27—Luminary, wus assumed forthat of "Thomas Shei-hekd." Said Am wh ah Liverpool, Tripp, N Bd, 27 m nut, 50 sp 2000 wh. IW—Monticello, Folgcr: Nantucket: 17<m ftp. Am wh hk Prudeut, Nash, 16 in out. 2UOO wh Richard Mitchell, M'Cleave: Nantucket: 600 up. John Smart left the Httntsville at Holinrt Town, New Am wh sh Hrookline, Jeffrey, N L, 14 in nut, 100 sp 1000whsp Washington, Corwin: Satf Harbor; 6 -u wh. South Wales. Should this notice fall under his eye, Am wh bk Fkilip 1, Woodruff, Green Port, 13 in out, 120 1000 wk. he is earnestly requested to communicate with Mr. 26 Port, out, ship Green Neva, Case, N»* I—Am wh m John Shepherd, of Patterson, N. J. Should John StuFOREIGN MEMORANDA. 1600 wh. art, alias Thomas Shepherd, visit Honolulu, let him 5—Am wh bk Le Grange. Dexter. F 11, SI m oul, 300 sperm tf 1200 wh. Arrivals and departures at the Port of Petro- not fail to call at the Chaplain's study. Ae> ahlp Tenedoa, Cnmstock, N L, 27 in out, 1500 wh. 1849. paulaski, Kamschatka, £7"*The above notice has attracted the attention of An ah Nile, Uaae, Green Port, 14 m oul 1950 wh. June2-Bremen ship Ram**, Musing: last from (mam: 86 a man on board the Huntress of New Bedford, who Am *h Tuscany, Halaev, 8 H, 26 in out, 20U sp 800 wh. imiK out, 1600 bbls, 11th sailed for Bherring'* Straits. Bremen ah Clementine, llaahagen, 36 in nut, 4600. asserts that a Thomas Shepherd shipped on hoard the 7—Danish mer schr, Emmy, Neal, 18 da from Tahiti, mdi to 11—Am ship James Maury, Wbeldon: last from Talcahua- Huntress in N. B, in Sept 1847, and left her in Honono: 6 mos out, clean. 23 sailed for Bherring's Straits. It Skinner 4 Co. Amslgp More*. Wyatt: last from Guiuii: 2 i mos out, 166:. lulu in Nov. 1848, and went on board the Angelina of Am ah Gov Troup, Coggeshall, N Bd, 26 m oul, 30 sperm Bherring's for Straits whale, 6 sperm. 23 sailed 17*0 wh. Havre, bound for that port. He reported that he was Am ship Two Brothers, Jenny: last from lihn: 21 mo* Am ak Levant, Lnwen, 8 11, 24 m nut, 2000 wh. bound home. I—Am brlgantnie Bobt Bruce, Dokcndorf, 17 da from Baa out: 66 sp. 6." wh. 23 sailed lor Bherring's Straits. 22—Kng schr Nancy Dawson, Sneddon: from China. B'ld Praacteeo. July 2. The Friend, sent Abroad. ■ailed. 26-H B Ma ship Herald. Kellett: 86. ds fm Oaliu. Sailed Any person, by paying the annual subscription price July 26 for Icy Cape in search of the I'lover. Oct Bo—Am wh ah Mneievnn*. Tower, f.ir Sydney. July 21—Am ship India.Miller: from Ochotsk sea: 26 mos of the Friend, ($1.50) in advance, can Nov 2—Am ah Lagona, Swain, for N Bedford. havethc paper out. «2»0 wh, 17.1 sp. B'ld Aug 9 for Onhu. Am ah Montpeller, Young, fnr N B'd. Keag. Aug 8 Kr ship Elizabeth, Damarreecje. last from Ochotsk sent, by the earliest opportunity, to any port in the sh llong mer lleher. for Patterson, S—Am or Pacific, any part of to of the U. States sea. 23.vi bbls—ln distress, having been ashore on one the or England. Am ah Julian, Taber. lo cruise. Kurill islands, was obliged to discharge and heave down to N. B.—By paying the additional sum of 50 cents, Br schr Amnion, Howell, for New Zealand. repair—which being completed aid Sep 23 lor Oaliu or Tahiti. the paper will be sent for one year to the U. States, via *—Preach ah Manrh. Gllles. Sept 11—Am shin Maria Theresa. Swift: fm Japan sea: 21 T—Aiaak N, P. Tallmadge, Mulford, to craiet. mos out: 1600 wh. 2 sp—put in on account of indisposition California and Panama Postage on papers to private persons must be pre-paid. The Friend, being a month28sld forOaliu. ofCaptSwift Spoken. 13-Ambk Lagrange, Dexter. 60 mos out: 1706 bbls. 28 ly sheet, and containing a full report of Marine IntelliOa law litn Oct, by the Veto*, Cap't Bent, Am l>ng Cnao- sailed for Oahu. gence, will be found a useful and cheap method of aleae, fm Boston, 260 da nut, withpasaengcrs for 8 Krauciaco. 16—Am ship Phceniz, M'Lean: last fm Japan sea: 25 mos UIN°N, Lon 133- 30> W. out: 17on wh, 460 sp—crew sick with scurvy. 28 sld tr Oahu. communication with the mercantile community in Eu24—Brem sh Hansa, Musing: fm Bherring's SU: 22 obbls rope and the United States. tf this season—reports the whaling fleet doing well. Oct 7 aid OF LAHAINA. PORT for Oahu. PASSENGERS. par Vela*, from San FraMeaco—B II Rirhsrdaon, S Itrnrjr, , MARINE JOURNAL. * ' . * - — . for > — . ... Information Wanted. Taunton, Oct. 21,1848. Dear Sir— I write at the suggestion of Mr. Josephut Oct 9—Seise, Sloctiin, NB, 70 sp, 1800wb Edoenb a native of the state o Lewis, Respecting Skinner, of Norton, respecting his son, who sailed from Chandler l'rloe,Taber. N B, 2200 wh; New Jersey, U S. A. If alive he is now 46 years of Bristol, It. I, on a whaling voyage, in the capacity of Bk Newburyport, Lester, rjtoniurtoii. 60 sp, 2HO wh, 11—Mary ft oaaan, l'enJleton, Monigton. 40 rp, 8200 wh; age. A report has reached his father, residing in Mor- carpenter, on board the ship Chariot, of Bristol, someIS—Kocnan, Blaoknun, N B, 200 ap, 2800 wh; riatown. N. J., that Eugene may be still alive and re- time in 1844. Prom the best accounts that we can get Merrlßnac, Dams, Kaw Loudon, 60 ap, IBM wh of the information Any Pacific. that in siding ship some he left in April, 1845. and when last heard part 14-Bk Hvest, Ballley X B. 800 sp, l86u; Hcaanaa, Benjamin, N L. 1100 wh; will be thankfully received, t'f made to the Editor of from was at some of the Sandwich Islands. We want 18 Zephyr, Sherman, N B, i6O sp; Friend, and communicated to an anxious parent. to learn something of his whereabouts, if he is living, the 80—Staperior, Sloan, N L, «S0 wh; and if not, where and at what time he died. He was Made*, EJdredge, N B, WO sp, 1600 wk. Religious' Books. subject to fits. J»«*..uu,Smith. Sag Harbor, 8800 was War—a, Kvaa*. Warren, MOO wh. K7" The Seamen's Chaplain has just received an Will you write what information you may have or ewMrtlll, AaatJn, Bremen, 76 sp, 2400 wh: Boor iota X Whitney. Mall, fm California excellent assortment of Books published by the Amcr can get concerning him (hisname is Josephut A. Skin(MM, Hath*way,Btoalngton, 100 sp, 1060 wh, icon Tract Society, including nearly all of their stand- ner)—whether you ever knew or heard of such a per600 Howlaad, Akraaa II fisher, N B, 20 ap, wk, ard publications. These books are beautifully bound, son, or not—and if he is there, to use your influence NL, 100 ap. 166.. wh; JesTr—,Went. 6—ar. Kajaa. and will be sold at an advance on the New York prices to have him return. By doing so, you will serve the Waatport; no report, tS-Mk cause of humanity and relieve an anxious family. OM BMt, m*b-. rkirhavra. 000 sp; only sufficient to cover the expenses. Maw am«jllj.( WU—a, H L, MOO wh; (L7*l* the collection will be found some new and Direct to Josephua Skinner, Norton, Mast. Mar*ta,tU*»h, M B. lio *p!_*o wh; Respectfully, your friend, tf instructive books for children. Bk fortaa., WoedbrUtg. "n B, MOO wh; _______-_——__ .— at C. A HOCK Mm— Thisap***, Holm. > L. MOO wk; Rev. S C. Damon, Sandwich Islands. B**tM_4;»lo«_,Chßp»l .ML, 8100 wh; Letter* U7"The Editor cannot, at present, furnish the deHave recently been received by the Chaplain for sired k information. Any information respecting the W. 8 Collins, schr. Indiana, Capt. Crosb*; Mr. Dareferred to, will be duly communicated if made vid Hillson, formerly painter in Honolulu, but who person Hothmpont. «aia»arlnr, Myotie, ttep; 600 wh, tf left on board a vessel bound to Callao ; Capt. H. Al- to the Seamen's Chaplain, Honolulu. llaatt—i,Btaru_n, M B, 1* ap, nhJOwh; len, ship Condor; Mr. Israel Horseley, Condor; Mr n ■«*_■ Caroline fm Saa Francleoo. The Friend, Bonad. Jaj}e>Peter Ludlow, Margaret; Mr. Stmt, formerly Bound volumes Margaret,Falea. Hewpert; htaaga—t Soott, Lao*. X B: no report; of the Friend, for one, or more yean, romper in Honolulu, but now supposed to be iv California; Mr. Samuel Rawson, watch-maker, now at the can be obtained at Rev. T. Coan.t, Hilo; Rev. TE. mines; Mr. Jacob P. M. Mead, ship Dromo ; and Mr. Taylor's, Lahaina; and the Chaplain', ttudv, Houoluia. Mat***, (Mtora, Faari—an, 660 sp; 800 wh. Jercmuth Varney, Honolulu 1/ , ArriTSMj. Information Wanted, - ■—- w&«fe».. i ' � 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 (1849) 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 - 1849.11.15 - Newspaper Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1849.11.15 https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/382b04584facafce65d7575e824f2c6f.pdf 88138f27612d75848edfcdd4093b4753 PDF Text Text l('li l'l ii'",! I." ,. ,. I ;La �1825 Sabbath day Feb 27th 1I~~elcome sweet day of sacred rest, That saw the Lord arise; Welcome to this revivng breast, And these rejoicing eyes. 1I Eternally blessed be he who hath istituted(l). set apart & sanctified this day for his own worship, &ever blessed by his holy name that I have been taught to esteemate(l) it above all the days in the week. Delightful as it is to worship God be- low, & spend a day with him on earth, yet my heart is so corrupt. my best performances so defiled with sin. that I long to bid adieu to earth and connence a Sabbath that will neve(l) have an end. 11arch 6th. ~1r. B. preached from Psalms 2 & 62st(?) Kiss the Son lest he be angry & ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little; blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Wilmington. Tomorrow he &Mr. Graham go as missionaries to May the blessing of Heaven attend them, may the (1 ) be the means of doing much good in that section of the church, and when the(!) return, may they be filled with the Spirit of the living God, & resolve anew that they will spend & be spent in the service of Jesus. Saturday H.D. ~tarch 12th Had the inexpressible pleasure of seeing my beloved A.B. & Went v/ith then to Mr. Bls -- Attended singing school & spent an hour with Mrs. C. in the evening. Sabbath, heard an excellent gospel sermon preached at Brandywine by t4r. Greer from Romans (3d & 27th) works? \'Jhere is boasting then? Nay but by the law of faith. by faith without the deeds of the law. next day, attended by Hr. P. It is excluded. By what law? of Therefore we conclude that a man is justified Passed the night at ~1r. Mis & returned the Though I was much obliged to him for his politeness, yet his company was not agreeable, becase(l) he lightly esteemed the Rock of my salvation, & raised objections to every article in my faith. I told him I was will- ing he should remain in the undisturbed posession(l) of his Unitarian creed, & whenever I should be fully convinced that his religion would impart to me a greater happiness than that w"ich I professed aid, I would embrace too. Till then I would adhere to Calvanism(1), and if he by his own righteousness and holiness should enter heaven, I hoped I should not be excluded on account of trusting in the righteousness of Jesus Christ, as I was determined, by his grace assisting to live in the constant practice of every known duty, & to obstain from every known sin, and if I perished �2/1825 I perished. but if I was saved. not unto me but unto God be all the glory. Saturday r~arch 19th. This is my birth day. to make it memorable: Several things have this day happened but what most ought to impress my mind. is that I am rapidly urging my way to to(1) the eternal world. I am indeed an unprofitable servant. Years, months. weeks and days fulfil{l) their appointed course. and obey their Maker's law, while I do nothing but make work for repentance. I do feel that I am exceedingly vile, and every succeeding year aggravates my my{!) guilt. this may be my last. 0 that I do not wish to live any longer in this sinful world. I do earnestly desire to be delivered from the power of sin, Oh! when shall it once be? Cheerfully would I give all earthly joys a\,/ay to be forever blest. Sabbath March 20th. How little does my resolutions agree with my practice -- How few christian graces I possess: all my righteousness is as filthy rags. and my iniquity like the wind doth take me a\,/ay. Have pity upon me, 0 my God and grant that my soul may prosper & be in health. and may I be an everlasting trophry{l) of thy victorious grace through Jesus Chri st. March 31st. Visited a friend this afternoon. & in the evening \'1as again permitted to attend prayer-meeting. How precious are the privi1 iges(1) I enjoyl Why do I so little appreciate their worth? 0 for a heart pregnant with gratitude to God for all his mercies. Friday Apri1e(1) 1st. Mr. B. & I dined with us to day. to enjoy the society of Christian friends. It;s really p1easent(1) Let the world choose for their com- panions whom they \,/il1 , but ever in the sa ints of the Lord, in the excellent ones of the earth will I delight. Sabbath-day Aprile 3d. God. Snow & storm have prevented me from going to the house of Hy spirits are exceedingly depressed, & no wowonder{l). The foolishness & corruption that are bound up in my heart & daily breaking forth in my life are causes of perpetual sorrow. 01 how I hate those lusts of mine -- 01 how I long to gain the ascendancy over my evil propensities & passions -- 01 had I wings like Noah's dove. I soon would sing like those above. Aprile 9th. ~1r. B. preached from llosea~2d. 6 & 7th. Therefore I will hedge thy way with thorns. and will make a \'Jall that she shall not find her paths. And she �3/1825 shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; & she shall seek them, but shall not find them; then shall she say. I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me than Thursday evening Aprile 14th. nO\'I. Dr. H. called. and went to prayer meeting with us. Heard a most heart-searching address from these words, And Gall io cared for none of these things. Saturday Aprile 16th. Read Doddridge's essay on religious declention. Was very lI)uch dejected all morning on account of my apostacy from God; but in the afternoon my spirits were revived by meditating on the unchangeble(!) perfections of the Deity, & by engaging in the delightful exercise of social prayer. are the consolations of the covenant of grace! Oh, how great Vile and sinful as I am I would not renounce my interest in that covenant for the whole \'lOrld. Sabbath-day Aprile 17th. A~2ke Christ shall give thee light. thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and How salutary, how seasonable the call. decend(l) into my heart and enliven all my drowsy powers. in~ Holy Spirit 0 let me not indulge sloth & spiritual slumber when every moment brings me nearer to the judgement seat. Oh Eternity! my portion. born son. what is time in comparison to thee? and yet Ithou art to be Yes, thou will be the portion of all mankind from Adam to his last 0 what wonders will thou disclose to my sight when this va1n and visrion- ary scene shall disappear! Whither will thou carry me? ment whilest thou art performing thy everlasting round? Hhat shall be my employ0 thou great Judge of quick & dead, prepare me for the dying hour; Then come the joyful day, come death & some celestial band. to bear my soul away. Sabbath. Aprile 24th. ~tr. Babbit a\,/ay. Have spent the whole day in my chamber. Finished reading Hr. Gray's sermons & hope I have not perused them in vain. that my piety was proportionate to my priviliges. 0 for grace to love the blessed Jesus more, & have my whole heart life & conversation agreeable Sabbath-day May 1st. Isaiah 5th & 20th. 0 to the gosple(l). Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil. that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, sweet for bitter, and bitter for sweet. L.ord let not me thus invert the order of things; let not this curse hang over my head, let me not deceive myself; but 0 do thou guide direct and keep me in the right way, for thy mercies sake. �4/1825 Sabbath-day 8th. ~1ay Have been highly favoured to day. one preached by our pastor. the other by & ~1r Latta. Think I feel more mortified to the things of the world than I did in the morning. bid it a final farewel(l). past life~ Heard two sermons. the 0 that I was prepared to It is with the deepest humility that I look back on my All is a barren wast(l). all an unfruitful field. Though I have made the most solemn profession of my faith in Christ. yet how often has my evil heart forsaken him to follow this present world. What a mercy I am not in hell! 0 what a wonder of mercy. that I am not reaping the reward of my iniquity in that world. where death and despair forever reign! but instead of that. I have been invited to come & renewedly join myself unto the Lord in an everlasting covenant. neven to be forgotten. Here is my safety. and here will I fix my trust. though I am shure(!) it will be with difficulty I shall be saved. I will In this God I will repose my confidence. to his everlasting covenant leave. & though he slay me yet will I trust in him. Sacramental Sabbath, Ivtay 23rd. a for the pen of a ready writer to record what I have heard, seen and tasted of the word of life this day. I am at a loss for words to express my gratitude to God for his unbounded favors. tongues to sing the matcless(1) praise of my incarnate Redeemer. his grace! his love is without a parallel. a for a thousand How astonishing He hath again feasted me. sinful. un- deserving. worthless me, with the sacred symbols of his flesh & blood at his table1 o\~ He hath again condecended(!) to confirm my interest in the covenant, & I think, if I am not greatly deceived, I can now say my Beloved is mine & I am his. Praise the Lord, a my soul for the glorious plan of salvation through a crucified Saviour. 01 the sweet wonders of that on which the Prince of glory died! there was more grace & love in that one action than all the angles{!) in heaven could comprehend; nay. eternity itself will be too short to unfold the incomparable love of the Lord Jesus Christ. down to this inferior from the lowest hell. How wonderful that he should assume our nature. come \~rld. bleed. agonize &die. that he might rescue rebels Well may all the expectants of heaven harmoniously unite in singing, "Jesus is worthy to receive honour & power divine. 1I Blessed be his name that the once jarring(?) attributes of Deity are reconciled. Now mercy & truth have met togather{!). righteousness & peace have kissed each other. can be just and yet jutify{l) the sinner that believeth in him. Now he Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Monday fvtay 24th. No man that putteth his hand to the plough and looketh back is �5/1825 fit for the kingdom of heaven. 0 that this solemn truth may ever sound in my ears, when I am tempe ted or inclined to give the world that place in my affections which ought to be given to Jesus. Tuesday June 1st. Attended the funeral of Mr. GiS child -- While viewing his pallid countenance his breathless remains I fell awfully solemn. & thought I never again should be inflated with pride after seeing so humiliating a sight. but Alas! so prone is my heart to evil. that without Divine assistance I can do nothing. Friday June 3d. Mr. P. gave us another visit. and another argument have \~ had concerning our prinCiples. but ended where we began, namely he a decided U. and I a confirmed P. Sabbath-day June 5th. Our pastor has been absent these 2 Sabbaths. This has been a stormy, and wet day throughout; but diagreeable(l) as as(!) the weather has been, no argument could retard t1r. & Mrs. D. with their 1 ittle infant son from returning to their desired home. Could the temporary abode of those friends be so desirable that no persuasion now even discouragement should prevent them from returning to it. and shall I let any thing dishearten me from pushing forward to my everlasting habitation? I long to go home, I long to reach that holy, happy place, where God himself resides. 0 if my Lord would only say, Come up hither, how cheering would the invitation bel ~1ethinks. Should all the hasts{?) of hell and powers of death arise, They could not hold any spirit back, nor keep it from the skies. Sabbath-day June 12th. Thy kingdom come, has been the subject on which we were to day addressed. Oh, how I long for that day when the the(1) kingdom of Jesus shall embrace all nations; when all nations whom he hath made shall come &worship before him, & shall gloryfy(l) his name. 0 when shall it be fully established in my heart. when shall I esteem it as my meat and drink to do the will of my Father who is in heaven. June 19th. Went to St. Johnls Church & heard Mr. 8o\~n preach on the necessity of repentance, from the example of the prodigal who said. Father I have sinned against heaven & in thy sight &am no more worthy to be called thy Son &c. June 26th. lhough 1 have not been permitted to go to the house of God nor engage in his public worship, yet I think I have not altogather lost the day. I have felt a �6/1825 great degree of happiness in committing myself and all my concerns to God. My mind is tranquil and composed, my thoughts have winged their way up to the everlasting hills to contemplate the joys above. 0 heaven, Thou sweet aboee of peace and love, Where pilgrim freed from toil, are blestl Had I the pinions of a dove, I'd fly to thee and be at rest July 3d. Spent the evening in conversation with a dear friend. What a wicked heart is mine. should Ever prone to give the creature that place in my affection \I/hich be given exclusively to God. formal prayer. I feel a sad strangeness between God and my soul from cold & I pray often but look now for an answer from above: but while I consider at times of prayer every grace as coming from God, yet in the general tenor of my course, I seem to lay too great a stress on my own endeavours. unmindful of the strength of Christ. -- Itow rluch better is it to have a peaceful sense of my own unworthiness, and an humble waiting upon God for sanctifying grace, than to talk much, and appear to be somebody in religion, July 5th. Another monotary(l) call. Only two days since health, & now he is an inhabitant of the eternal world. thread hangs this mortal life. ~1r. H. was in perfect Ah! me, on what a brittle Who would have thought the strong, healthy robust J.H. could in so short a time have been conquered by the pitiless hand of death? But so it is. An occular proof that we must all die, and be as water spilt on the ground which cannot be gathered up again."(l) July lath. Sabbath day. To him that believeth Jesus is unspeakably precious. Yes, a yes, he is altogather lovely. lasting praises of men and angels. He is worthy to be celebrated with the everSeparate from him all the world is vanity and vexation of spirit: even my dearest earthly friends often cross my designs and disappoint my expectations, but 0 Jesus. thou art my unfa 11 ing portion. Amidst chang- ing scenes and varying friends, be thou my all in all. July 18th. Have been at Friends meeting. much pleased. Heard 4 speakers with 2 of them I was i'1y prejudice against that society is greatly removed. I have but one wish for them, myself, or any other sect, & it is a wish of charity; that what is wrong in any of us may be done away, because I long to meet them all in the kingdom of heaven. �7/1825 July 22d. Yesterday I had like to have been severly scalded, and to day narrowly escaped laying open three veins in my arm, either of which accidents might have put a period to my life, had not an over-ruling power interfered. "Good Godl on what a slender thread Hung everlasting things! The eternal states of all the dead, Upon life's feeble strings." July 25th Sabbath-day Never had such stoical sensibilities as I now have. see or hear makes any impression on my relentless heart. the funeral of a child. Nothing that I On my way to church, met Viewed it with as much unconcern as tho' I though(l) I believed "All men mortal but myself." 0 thou King of Zion, quicken me in the way, & help me to press with vigor on towards Inmanuel's land. July 28. The neighbourhood has become very unhealthy. If no less than 5 deaths have I heard this week, and many more are confined to bed of pain & languishing, from which they may never arise. Lord. when thy judgments are abroad in the earth. may the inhabitants thereof learn righteousness. July 30th. Saturday night. Watched the poor dying little J.B. who is evidently about to depart from this unfriendly world to him who hath said. Suffer little children to come unto me. & forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven. July 31st. Sabbath day. Has edified by the services of the sanctuary. Felt some- thing of a devotional spirit in the house of God. but a heavy shower of rain came up & detained us 1 hour in the church after sermon. \'Ihen the general bustle fution(l) of the people greatly disturbed my meditation. & con- 0 how I long to reach the shores of bliss where nothing shall ever be able to interrupt my communion with the most high God. August 7th. Sabbath-eve. Hith heart-felt gratitude. I desire to acknowledge the sparing mercy & loving kindness of God to our unworthy family. While the destroy- ing angel is going from house to house, sheathing his deadly arro\'/S in the l=Iearts of young & old, an unseen hand preserves our breath. & screens our souls from ghastly death. Grant 0 heavenly Parent, that \'Ie may attend to the \'/arnings of thy providence. & may we thereby be excited to work with fear & trembling our salvation out believing it is God that worketh in us both to will & to do of his own �8/1825 good pleasure. August 14th. heaven. Oppressed with guilt a heavy load, I scarse(!) dare lift my eyes to Sin hath debarred my access to the throne of grace & I sigh in vain for the communion which I was once permitted to hold with my God. thy kindness to thy friend? 0 world! Is this Where are thy promised pleasures? Hhere thy boasted bliss? Must I endure my Father's fro\~s to gain thy deceitful smiles? Ah! no. For from my thoughts vain world begone, nor tire(!) my eyes, nor vex my heart anew; I cannot buy your bliss so dear, nor part \'1ith heaven for you. Teusday(l) August 16th. Invited to attend Mrs. W's funeral. The dysentary still rages with the greates virulence, the weather is excessively \'Iarm, but rejoice my soul, at this distressing time The Lord reigns & he can make our sickness issue in everlasting health -- I awoke last night almost overcome with heat. With the ten- derest commisseration I thought on the sick & afflicted, who besides enduring the heat of the aUlosphere are wrapped in feverish flames. In mercy. not in anger, Lord do thou chastise the sons of men. August 21 st. tly God, my God why hast thou forsaken me? Where is the blessedness I once knew? where the zeal & delight with which I used to engage in thy service? Alas my God! How imperfect is my piety! How languishing my devotion! thee too much for custom & in a very slight manner. I praise thee often with my tongue, & honour thee with my lips, when my heart is far from thee. bear to thee is not pure & I worship The love I fervantj & my charity instead of being burning is quite cold & lukewarm.-.. Return, return 0 thou quickning(l) Spirit and breath(l) 1 ife into my becalmed soul; reanimate my languishing graces, encrease(!) my faith, & restore to me the joy of thy salvation. August 30th. Drank tea with Mrs. L. The kindness and attention of friends in gene- ral to me is truely(l) great, and infinitely more than I deserve. But Oh! awful thought. Is this all the happiness I shall ever know? Dreadful indeed will be the doomed anguish of my heart should I be separated from this society and , to dwell with everlasting burnings. September 1st. Have this evening unavoidably offended r'lr. G. and the reflection of it has driven sleep from mine eye. He who searcheth the hearts and trieth the reinsof the children of men, knows that it is not my wish to wound the feelings of �9/1825 any person living; but what have I to do with worldly characters? 0 to be in heaven where all is peace, harmony, concord and love! But 0 my God, if I am destined long to live on earth, let me live entirely to thy honour & glory. Septr. 3d. Saturday. Hy father received a severe wound in his foot. and was carried home by 4 men. The sight awakened many painful sensations in my mind. 0 may many happy years rool(!) round before the(!) are realized. Sabbath-day September 4 For the first time these three months I have wept bitterly for the sins of my heart and life. Malichi(l). Heard a sermon preached from the 3d. of The day of the Lord approacheth, it hasteth greatly. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fuller's soap. great day? 0 how shall I appear in that Not all my repentance. prayers & tears can prepare me for its coming. but 0 blessed Saviour, let thy blood for me attone(!). IIJesus, thy blood and righteousness liMy beauties are my glorious dress; IIt1idst flaming \',()rlds in these array'd. IIWith joy shall I 1 ift up my head. II Sabbath-eve. Our Pastor favored us \'lith his company and presence. He is really a man of great tallents(l), & if he was only endued(!) with the zeal of the great apostle of the gentiles, what incalculable good he might do among this lukewarm people. 0 Lord, clothe thy priests with salvation, that thy people may rejoice in thy goodness. September 5th. Experienced the most acute defeat of hopes I ever met with. The source from which I promised myself much pleasure and happiness has proved a broken cistern, and altogather disappointed my expectation. Again and again have I felt that all beneath the sky is vanity & vexation of spirit; why then do I set my heart upon it? "~Jhat do I wait or wish for now, From creatures earth and dust? They make my expectation vain, And disappoint;my trust. 1I September 11th. Sabbath. Have felt sad and me1anchol1y(1) all day. The apprehen- sion of imginary(l) evils cause me to feel a real affliction and an undissemb1ed pain. But why so anxious about the future? Why distrust my heavenly Fathers �10/1825 care? When shall I learn to cast my burden on his arm, and rest upon his word? Setember(l) 16th. The objects of time and sense can never satisfy a mind formed for immortality. Repeatedly do I see that it is vain for me to build my hopes be- neath the throne of God. IIWhen we fail in getting what we expected, we are disappointed of iti but we receive it, and it does not answer our expectations, we are disappointed in it. 1I Thus bave I been disappointed, & I feel as though I have nothing to do on earth but prepare for heaven. What is the world \'lith all its joy? Tis but a bitter sweet; When I attempt a rose to pluck A pricking thorn I meet. September 18th. Pride and vanity are conspicuous in all I do. I seem to pray, read and hear without any good effects; all the knowledge I have obtained does not reform my life, and much as I say against the world, still it lives in myaffections. 0 for deliverance from the power of sin -- How long shall it be ere I get the victory over my spiritual enemies? works but of grace. But rejoice my soul, salvation is not of Exult in the name of Jesus, for whosoever believeth in him shall receive the remission of sins. Bless'd Saviour, may I in faith still journey on, Till I arrive where thou art gone, and see thy face in heaven. September 24th. the dead? Why am I preserved in life while so many are daily numbered with How can I remain in a torpid state while a voice from the tomb so fre- quently reminds me to prepare for the invi sible world -- f4y Uncle Wall ice & 3 persons of my acquaintance, have this week passed out of time into eternity while I am spared to anticipate another Sabbath. thy grace! 0 long suffertng God, how wonderous is How canst thou bear with a perverse wretch so long? Be astonished 0 my soul that thou art yet out of enaJess torment. September 25th. Sabbath. From the SOCiety of Misses N.P. & R.fl. I have just se- cluded myself in order to record my feelings and pour out my prayer to the God of heaven. 0 ho\\) consoling to my mind it is to believe that Jesus is more merciful than a tender parent, and welcomes all that come to him, no matter how great their guilt have been. Beautifully is this truth illustrated in that portion of sacred writ, to which Mr. B. this morning called our attention. is his people: Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. For the Lord's portion He found him in a desert �11/1825 land, and in a wast(!) howling wilderness: he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As the eagle stirreth up her nest, flutter- eth over her young, spreadeth abroad her \'/ings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings; So the Lord alone did lead him, & there was no strange god with him. Sabbath-day October 2d. Staid at home to let my sisters go to meeting Read Dobell and Flavel without receiving any good impression therefrom. Feel at present so vile and miserable, that I can only say, God be merciful to me a sinner. October 9th. The solemn season is again drawing nigh when I shall distinguish my- self from the world by taking my seat around the standered(!) of Immanuel IS cross. o may I be prepared for that all important day. I feel almost too unworthy to pre- sent myself at the Lord's table, so conscious am I of my guilt since the last sacramental occation(1). But a that sweet promise, I have just read in Ezekiel, quite overcomes my hard heart. & answers every rising objection. member my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth. and(!) everlasting covenant. What can Haria more say? & Nevertheless I \,/i11 re- I will establish with thee 0 my God. fulfil thy prom- ise, &grant that I may indeed receive a prelibation of heaven. Friday October 13th. t.fr. R. and G. spent: the evening with us. their innocently lively and agreeable conversation. regret. Was pleased with Nothing occurred to give me 0 may I ever act under the impression that Thou God seest me. October 14th. Saturday. of to-morrow. Have been trying to prepare my heart for the solemnities Heard the preparitory lecture delivered on the importance of communi- cants exercising repentance towards God. and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 0 God, grant to encrease my faith, inflame my love. enkindle my zeal. renew my repentance. sanctify and save my soul. October 16th. Sabbath eve. I ask it for the Redeemer's sak.e. Amen. Ten thousand thank.s to thee my adorable Redeemer, that I am again seated in my chamber. and permitted to record another instance of thy great goodness. I have this day been near. very near the eternal world. been exposed to the greatest danger. & yet received no injury. I have I can no more doubt the providential care of God over me. than I can that I ever saw the sun or felt his invigorating influence, so often has he appeared for my deliverance. Though I sincerely thank God for my preservation, yet I have never felt more resigned to die. 0 how sweet would it have been to my spirit so soon after holding �12/1825 converse with her God below to have taken her flight to the regions of irrmortal glory. But I must tarry a little longer in this adverse world before I see my Saviour face to face. 0 my God. it is enough that thou hast promised thou will never leave nor forsake me. my eternal gain. 0 may my life to Christ be given, that death may be 0 what incomparable glory is displayed in the cross of Christl Would to God. that I could always bear it in rememberance, and under its sacred influence live and die. 0 God my eternal refuge, I long, I ardently desire to be wi th thee. I fear my treacherous heart will aga in depart from thee. 0 for a Almighty sight. a pleasing sight of my Father's throne, There sits my Saviour dress- ed in light Clothed in a body like my own. Octr. 26th. fvty poor, fool ish, inconsiderate brother has thisoorning. \'l1thout any just cause, left his father's house, & gone. heart achs(l) for his rash adventure. I know not where. Poor fellowt my 0 my God, I corrmend him to thee. Be thou his guide through all his wanderings, renovate his his(!) heart, forgive his sins. and let this mysterious dispensation of thy providence prove a blessing in disguise. October 23di Sabbath-day ~1y thoughts constantly persue my brother. Oh1 my poor vagrant brother. where art thou? 0 that God would direct thy feet into his sanctuary, & make his own way to thy heart. 0 that thou mayest find a friend among strangers who shall be more faithful to thy best interest than ever thy faithless sister Maria has been. 21 years have we 1 ived togather. and in that time I have never once dared to warn him of his danger, or direct him to the Saviour We have now parted perhaps no more to meet till we meet at the judgment seat of Jehovah. Should he remain impenitent till that day, Oh1 what dreadful meeting would it be to me. Justly might he then exclaim, Ah! my sister. my cruel sister! you profess yourself to be the follower of a meek & Benevolent & irrmorta 1i ty in your vie\'J, led to endless woe. & Saviou~. How could with heaven 1et me unmol ested travel in the downward road, that Had you faithfully warned me of the evil of sin, & its de- structive tendency, instead of being thus separated. we might togather have spent a happy eternity; but now I am lost! for ever, 0 forever lost! Hethinks if I shouls even gain a seat among the blest, (& if it were possible) these thoughts would spoil my bliss above. But how lamentable is my case. I know my duty & cannot perform it. There is my (1) P. who wi 11 nei ther speak to me nor permi t me to speake (1) to Mm. Shew pity Lord. 0 Lord forgive. October 29th. The day of the week and month are almost ready to expire togather. �13/1825 and to me this has been the most dismal day as well as month I ever sa\". Why this confution(!) in our family? 0 my God. restore peace. November 3d. news. Heard from H. - he has gone to sea. My heart almost bleeds at the He has gone far from the means of grace, far from ordinances. & I fear. is far from God and living without Christ in the world. But 0 Lord thou hast been found of them that sought thee not. & I will take encouragement from this circumstance to hope for his conversion. Be thou his pilot through the mightly deep, let thy grace persue him where'ere he goes. & pluck him as a brand from everlasting burning before he launches into the dread ocean of eternity. November 4th. son. heart. ~1r. R. called again this evening & bid us adieu for a sea- In him we found a truly sympathising friend; his parting prayer reached my May the Lord reccompense(l) him for his kindness, grant him gifts & graces adequate for the sacred ministry, & make him useful in building up his cause & kingdom in the world. November 6th. Mis death. Received a farewell letter from Adeline, & had information of Hr. Upon the whole, I spent the day rather gloomy -- Thought on the awful situation of my brothers & p~ayed that the day of their redemption might soonl dra\'1 nigh. November 10th. Attended prayermeeting{l) & was exhorted to enter in the straight gate, and walk in the narrow path that leads to life. 0 may that exhortation sink deep in my heart. 0 may I never run astray, nor rove nor seek the crucked(!) \'1ay. November 13th. How reviving it is to go to the house of God, and listen to the doctrines of the cross. The apostle Paul, was so ravished and transported with this glorious doctrine, that he was contented to take up with the accusation, Paul, thou art beside thyself. Well might the enraptured apostle exclaim, No wonder! For the love of Christ constraineth us. because we thus judge, that if one died for all. then were dead: & that he died for all, that they whi ch 1i ve shoul d not henceforth 1 ive to themsel ves, but unto him \I/hich died for them and rose again. unfathomable is the love of God! 0 how It is a deep where all our thoughts are drowned. I long to explore its unsearchable mysteries within the portals of Paradise. My highest ambition either in this world, or that ""hich ;s to come, is to know the love of God which passeth knowledge. �14/1825 November 19th. The retrospect of this week like many that I have spent, affords me little pleasure. What vain thoughts, what trifling imaginations have gained access to my mind! 0 how vile my heart must appear in the sight of infinite pur- ity! Forgive my guilt 0 Prince of Peace, & deliver me from condemnation for the Mediator's sake. Thursday Novr. 24 Paid a visit to In the evening the society met for ;,latthe\'/ prayer, when 11r. Babbitdelivered a very animated lecture from St.\ 11th, ~1rs. B. 28 & 29th. Come unto me, all ye that labour. and are heavy laden, & I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, & learn of me; for I am meek & lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest to your souls'. The discourse was impressive, & found its way to my heart, particularly the description of the death-bed of an aged se1fdeceived sinner. But I forbear. for on this melanchol1y(1} theme I can neither permit my thoughts nor pen to dwell ---------November 27th. "There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the I wish H. had thought of this before he embarked on the raging element. Lord~ Who that hardeneth himself against the Lord hath prospered? 0 my heavenly Father. I beseech thee to preserve him from the horrors of the mightly deep, and 0 let not his soul go down to the pit seeing thou hast found a ran some. Saturday December 10th. Contrary to all our preconceived opinions brother has arrived at home. Hay hi s frui t1 ess and unsuccessful voyage be attended wi th the happiest consequences, even to lead his mind to that source, whence all true enjoyment is derived. December 17th. "This life is a dream, an empty shew" -- yes, to my sorrow I have this day seen it verified. Hains is dead! The amiable, the much admired, the beautiful Mr. John Never did I read such a lecture on human vanity before. Oh, how striking to see those eyes once sparkling with vivacity, now closed in death! 1 ips which often del ighted the youthful circle, forever sealed! those those ears that gave attention to the soft, whispers of affection, now deaf to its most alluring voice! How changed, how pallid that lovely countenance! once active limbs! how cold, how stiff those that heart which but a few days ago beat high with hopes of earthly happiness, (and perhaps was devising plans for years to come) has now ceased to beat. the vigorous spirit has fled. and nothing here remains but the emanciated image of my once lovely friend! 0 death! cruel, unrelenting. iron-hearted death, �15/1825 How couldst thou direct thine arrow at so fair a mark? How couldst thou make the heart of an aged widow, & an affectionate brother and sister to bleed afresh? Ah! But behind the scene I hear a voice saying, "I even I am he; I kill, and I make alive. wound and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. For I 1ift up my hand to heaven, and say I 1ive for ever. II 0 righteous Father, bless this bereavement to the family, and especially to the friends and associates of the deceased. 0 may the youth of this place, realize and feel that they are mortal and every moment exposed to death. 0 may they see the instability of all things here below, and may they not defer to the last moment the vast work of preparing for eternity. December 25th Christmas. ing. It has rained all day, therefore I could not go to meet- Read j\1ilton 1 s Paradise Lost. From it I turned to the Bible, and never before did I read the 5 Chap of Romans with so much interest. Blessed Gospel! Glorious gracel how reviving to believe what was lost by Adam was more than restored by Christ. 0 unexempled(1) love! godly." IIHail Son of God, Saviour of ['ten, thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song. "Hhen we were yet sinners, Christ died for the un- Henceforth, and never shall my harp thy praise forget, nor from thy Father's praise disjoin. 1I Sabbath-tiay January 1st 1826. past! "Lol another year is gonel Quickly have the seasons Thi s we enter now upon Hill to many prove their last. II How many changes, what strange events have come to light within the last 12 months. 0 my God! what sickness, what death. what disappointment what distraction have I witnessed the past year! But every murmering(l) thought be hushed, because much greater have been my mercies than my woes. bellion to my sin. Forbid it 0 indulgent Parent, that I should add re- Sustain me under all the conflicts of this mortal state, aid me in the performance of every duty, remit all my crimson crimes, and •••••••••••• IIGrant 0 my Father and my God, This sweet, this one requeast(l) Be thou my guide to thine abode, And mine eternal rest. 1I January 12th. (Paragraph crossed out, ill eg i b1e) January 16th. ~1r. B. addressed us on the last prayer which our dear Redeemer was �16/1826 ever heard to utter in this world: do. Father forgive them for they know not what they Thus ended the life of our benevolent Saviour, and thos hath he left us an ex- ample that we should follow his steps. January 23d. Read the life and sermons of the Revd. Dr. Edwards. Received some valuable information from it concerning the wisdom of God displayed in the way of salvation. If after this information, I should dispise(l) or neglect the great salvation, a how aggravated would be my guilt. January 28th. In the midst of health & plenty I am discontented; thus plainly do I see that a man's happiness consisteth not in the abondance(l) of his possession. I am at a loss to know what to do. January 30th. Sabbath morn. a for that wisdom that is from above to direct. With joy I welcome another Sabbath. liOn this sweet day my Lord arose, Triumphant o'er the gravel He died to vanquish all my foes. And lives again to save." Blessed Jesus, bannish the world & worldly cares far from my mind. smiles, and let me tast(l) love. Grant me thy Thy preasence(l) only 'tis can make me blest, Heal my unquiet mind & tune my soul to rest. e·) Febuary~ 5th. Dearly do I love to hear the gospel's joyful sound, and meditate on an absent Saviour. but when shall my faith be turned to sight? when shall I see him as he is? When. a when shall he appear to be admired of his saints & to be had in reverence by all that love him. Saturday eve. Febuary 10th. the Spectators. a Employed much of my time this week in reading that I could daily improve in wisdom, kno\'11edge, and the fear of the Lord! but alas, in all my researches after knowledge, this only have I found out, "That the imagination of my heart is evil. only evil, and that continually." Febuary 12th. Aga in have I vi sited the sacred courts of the most High, & enjoyed the sennan more than any I have heard this winter. Text. And Hoses said unto Hobab, we are journeying unto the place of which the Lord hath said I will give it you: come thou with us, & we will do you good for the Lord hath spoken good concerning Isreal(l). Numbers 10th & 29th. �17 /1826 Febuary 26th. SlIIeetly encouraging was the text for the day. "If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how more shall your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask him." rvtarch 9th. Have just closed reading a celebrated novel, and must confess the pleasure or profit it imparted was far from ballencing(l) the time it consumed. What vain amours, what empty stuff! God, but Ohl how insipid when compared to the word of let me not draw the unequeal (1) comparison, 'tis worse than sacral ige (1). ---- Thrice sweeter sacred word! How Jehovah pours his stores of love, his melted heart, into thy darl ing page, that messenger of grace, -- where rapture flows on rapture. every line with rising \'IOnder filled! hO\<J from its rainy pools, my soul enraptured drank, the Spirit of eternal joy, of that unutterable happi- ness which l.ove alone besto\<Js upon hi s favoured few! How soars my mind beyond this futile world! On swollen thought, my heart flies to the bosom of her distant, her Eternal Fair, my l.ord my God, my All. March 12th. The anxiety of my mind has for some \I/eeks past been unusually great; but to-day have I overcome all my uneasiness by simply trusting in Jesus. 0 how delightful it;s to have a Father in heaven, how soothing the promise, "Commit thy way unto the l.ord & he will direct thy steps. 0 God, be thou my support while. "Through this wilderness I roam, Far distant from my blissful home; o let thy presence by my stay; And guard me in this dangerous way." ~1arch 14th. This evening was devoted to the society of the accomplished ****0) who dwelt with rapture on cards, conundrums and other fasionable(!) amusements of the present day. For those who have too much time to prepare for eternity this may do well enough, but how cup1able should I be if I should engage in such pastime. (1). Of these accomplishments I must deny myself the pleasure. till I can believe that Jesus will honor them with his preasence(!) and blessing. Harch 16th. Saw my much Esteemed Friend ---- who advised me to improve my mind by reading & study; encouraged me to wait upon the Lord, and the path of duty ••••• would be made plain before me. r-1arch 19th. "0 Lord thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name, for �18/1826 thou hast done wonderful things. thy counsels of old are faithfulness & truth. Thou hast promi sed to be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of troubl e. II o my covenant God involved in deep distress. I claim the support of thy all-power- ful arm while on thy word I place implicit faith. Once more I solemnly record it that on the 19th of March 1826, I do wholly entirely & without reserve commit myself to the triune God. firmly relying on his promised grace for all I need for time & eternity: and if I am disappointed. I believe I may set myself down as the first who ever trusted the Lord in vain •••••••••••••• Maria Patten. March 27th. Miss C. &Mr. R. spent the afternoon with us -- In their society I talked a great deal. and laughed to excess. Ah how ungovernable is my disposition! Resolved in future to watch against this evil propensity. Sabbath-day April 2d. My soul was melted under the preaching of the word. The Saviour appeared incomparably excellent -- Felt disposed in his righteousness to glory, and warmly interceded that all my dear friends might become the willing subjects of KiQg Jesus. Aprile(l) 3d. Walked out this evening in company with three young ladies, and again engaged in foolish trifling conversation. consistently? When shall I walk steadily with God? When shall I constantly in view? Aprile 9th. 0 my soul, when will thou live hold my heaven When shall I be liberated from this body of death? Under the preaching of the word to-day I detected my beseting sin. which is that of vain, impertinent, wandering thoughts. How incongrusos for a professed desciple of Christ: to indulge in such flights of fancy. such ravings of the imagination! Oh. how wicked is my heart! How great my cause of humility! Is it possible I am deceiving myself? Am I yet in gall of bitterness, and in the bond ," of iniquity? If so, why this uneasiness under the burden of sin? Why this earnest longing to be delivered from its captivity? Oh. what an impotent creture(l) I am! '''I cannot do the good I would nor keep my conscience clean. "Lord save or I perish," yea eternally perish. April 13th. Spent a portion of this evening in particular self-examination. Think there is no person living who has so much cause of abasement as I. 0 my inward pol1utionl I long 0 my guilt and vileness before Godl l4hat shall I do? ardently to be cleansed and washed from all my sins in the blood of Jesus. Oh. �19/1826 to be made like God and fit for the kingdom of heaven. Saturday April 15th. Assisted in performing the last act of friendship to Hiss Letitia Gault. When shall some kind friend perform the same office for me? a shall I be wrapped in my shroud & laid in my narrow house? When how I desire to reach after a blessed imortality(l). to be unclothed of a body of sin and death. and to enter the blessed world where no unclean thing enters. April 16th. '''Woe to them are at ease in Zion. II Am lone against whom this fearful denunciation is proclaimed? Am I at ease in Zion? Is the world my deity? are all my hopes bounded by earth & have I no compassion for the souls of my perishing fellow mortals? If so, then indeed woe is me for I am undone, but blessed be God, I know in whom I have believed. and though I can call nothing my o~m in this world If my heart deceives me not. I think I can say Jesus is my inheritance. Sabbath eve. Hith Miss J.G. I spent the evening -- She was extremely ill and expected every moment to depart. At her mothers request I engaged in prayer. but was afterwards sorry I did, so much \'/as she in bondage to the fears of death that a everythingserious terrified her. that I had grace given me to be faithful How sinful this guilty complaicencel(l) How much better is it to deal Plainly & faithfully with the hearts & consciences of sinners \,/h11e they are in the land of the living, than to flatter(?} them with false hopes till they find themselves in that land. \'Jhere repentance is of link blot}, where peace & rest can never come. Lord forgive my sinful (ink blot) & a hasten the hour of my release. Blessed be God. what others esteem the King of Terrors I esteem as the (ink blot) of Comforts. the welcome messenger.to call the weary Pilgrim home. I wish to say Thy will be done. but still I long for heaven. a come my Jesus quickly come Life without thee is life forlorn, a take thy longing captive home. 1-1y soul for earth \lIas never born. Aprile 23. Saturday evening. The sickness & sudden deaths of which I have recently been apprized(1). have I trust had a salutary effect on my mind. serious & composed. bation of Heaven. Never felt more Care not what the world says of me, if I may enjoy the approThink I could freely leave the dearest earthly friends I have for the society of angels & the spirits of just men made perfect: my affections �20/1826 tend towards the blessed Author of every dear enjoyment. I see the emptiness & un- satisfactory nature of the most desrrrable earthly objects, and would cheerfully renounce them all for God. Sabbath-day April 24th. convinced of my depravity Read the 1 He of the good ik. Brainerd. & Feel more deeply un\oJOrthiness than I have felt for years past. If tir. B. who was so devoted to God, so dead to the enjoyments of the world. so holy & heavenly minded, if he complained of barreness and an unprofitable life. what shall I say of myself? 0 how I long to realize the charactor(!) of a pilgrim & stranger on earth, & to fill up every day & hour in some useful employment for my Redeemer. Aprile 29th. peace. To make my conversation agreeable to a friend, I have injured my own Ohmy leaness(?), my leaness. my contrariety to God, my pride, levity & vanity testify that my heart is exceedingly depraved. 0 how guilty do I feel! nothing but the word of God can calm my fears, nothing but his superabounding grace can save me from the 10\,/est hell. Sabbath Aprile 30th. Besides the sick-bed of Jane I spent this day. Was delighted to hear that she had obtained a hope and was quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord. In the afternoon Hrs. B. called, prayed and conversed with her on the glory of heaven, & the happiness of the saints that arrive there. Felt very solemR all day -- thought it would be an a\,/ful thing if I should be excluded from that bright world where they have no need of the sun nor moon, for God himself is the light thereof. (Paragraph crossed out. illegible). saturday May 6th. Renewed the dedication of myself to God and expect to-morrow to seal the engagement with him at his table. t1ade a resignation of all I had, & all I am to toO) the Lord -- made another effort to give up the idolized object of my affection. Felt longing desires offer holiness, & thought if all my dear friends should forsake me, still I should have enough in God. With the psalmist I could interogate. Whom have I in heaven but thee, and there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of thee? Hast thou a rival in my breast? Search, Lord, for thou canst tell. If ought can raise my passions thus, Or please my soul so well No, thou art precious to my heart, My portion and my joy; Forever let thy boundless grace r,ly sweetest thought employ. �21/1826 Sabbath-morn, Hay 7th. Rose early. and walked out for meditation. The surround- ing scenery was fine indeed. & everything I saw conspired to lead my mind to devotion. The green fields, the blooming tress (1 ). the \"arb1 ing songsters reminded me of that praise which was due to my adorable Saviour. But O! their Author, the the(l) blessed Redeemer died to purchase these. to purchase infinitly, richer b1essi ngs for wretched rebel me! 0 may my right hand forget her cunning \'Ihen I hi s unequea11ed(l) love forget. Sabbath-eve. At the communion table of our blessed Lord. I enjoyed a rich repast. I know not why it is but always after a communion season I long to die. Hope the hour of sweet release is drawing nigh, as my health appears to be on a decline. to hear the voice of my Beloved saying behold I come quickly! add Amen. Even so come Lord Jesus, come quickly. 0 How readily could I I find it good for me here to draw nigh to God, it is pleasent(1) to spend a day with him on earth, but 0, what are all the privileges we enjoy on earth compared to the felicity of the saints in heaven! Oh. how I long to possess that love to God, which is the very essence of Christianity! 0 to be freed from sin & every imperfection! to be sanctified in body. soul & spirit, & prepared for a mansion in the skies: farewell brothers & sisters, dear friends farewell. friend of my soul adieu. then farewell Father, Farev/ell sin & sorrow; thou The enjoyment of your friendship is pleasent, but cheer- fully would I part with it for better friends above. 0 to be encircled in the arms of my redeeming God. how sweetly \'lill Eternity roll away, while I sing It's Christ that died, it's Christ was slain. To save my soul from endless pain. It's Christ that died, shall be my theme, Hhil e I have breath to praise hi s name. May 8th The solemnity is over. Angels have witnessed the deed, and it is recorded in heaven what improvement I have made of the gospel-feast. very awa~ning{!), & to me highly interesting. The exercises have been On Saturlday tk. D. preached from St. John 21, 15 Simon son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? Sabbath morn. Luie 9 & 56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy mens lives, but to save them. Afternoon ~'1r. B. addressed us froni,l'corinthians 16, 22. Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema, r'laran-atha. If any man love not the t1onday, the services were concluded by Mr. D. from 2 Peter, 3 & 14th. Wherefore, beloved seeing ye look for such things be etiligent(1) that ye be found of him in peace, without spot, & blameless. Dont know that ever I heard a sermon with more profound attention. Endeavour- �22/1826 ed to real ize the a\,/ful events of the last great day, when the heavens shall be rolled togather as a scroll, when rocks, and hills, and flood shall be dissolved in one vast and general fire. My God. fit me for these momentous scenes. hide me beneath thy overspreading(!) wings. sprinkle me afresh with the peace-speaking blood of Jesus. that I may meet these tremedous(l) realities with a tranquility of mind which no hypocrite could ever attain, which false apostalesnever know. ~1ay llth. Thi s day was spent in making preparation to vi sit my friends in Octo- rara -- Nay the blessing of God attend me thither(?) may I conduct in a becoming manner. believing that awake or asleep at home or abroad I am surrounded still with thy presence. Frdday t1ay 12th. Spent the night with r1rs. 13 •• and with the utmost kindess did she treat me. Felt ashamed that any of my friends should show me any favor. Oh. . .1S known to myse 1f • they wou 1d th,me ink the v11est . d 1·d t hey know my heart as 1t of all creatures living. West Fallowfield ~'ay 13th. This being the day previous to r1r. Lis communion. I heard the preparitory(!) lecture preached(by Ik. Dare) from Isaih(!) 40th, 29 30 31st. He giveth power to the faint, & to them that have no might he encreaseth strength. Even the youth shall faint & be weary, & the young men utterly fall. But they that wait upon the Lord shall rene\,1 their strength: they shall mount up they shall run & not be weary, they shall walk & not faint. on wings as eagles: Lord's day t1ay 14th. Communed with the church at Octorara. Mr. J.L. &Mr. D. assisted a1t~rnate1y r·1r. Francis Latta in dispensing the feast -- Think if ever I enjoyed a pre1ibation of heaven it was on this day. All my doubts were dispersed. all my fears fled away, and I felt disposed to glory only in tile cross of Christ. and in his salvation I desire ever to rejoice. Tuesday May 16th. Came to my friend Hannah's & with her staid two days -- Her con- versation was edifying, her advice excellent and her kindness unbounded. Lord what am I that I should be so highly favored. Sabbath-day ~tay 21 st. Went with cousin D. to Faggs r,1anor -- Heard a most solemn & interesting di scourse del ivered by my favori te preacher t1r. Graham, from 2d Peter 3, 10 & 11. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the �23/1826 which the heavens shall pass away ''lith a great noise. & the elements shall melt with fervent heat, & the earth & the works that are therein shall be burnt up. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation & godliness? Saturday r'1ay 27th. r~y In one continued round of visiting have I passed this week time would here roll pleasently along, could I but make greater attainments in the divine life -- The society met at Aunt Tabitha.'s this evening for prayer. I did not experiance(l) that enlargment(!) which I usually do when supplicating the the(!) throne of grace: thus fully am I convinced the fear of man bringeth a snare. However I was edified by the prayers of my dear sisters in Christ particularly Adaline's. Sabbath-day May 28th. Again had the privilege of hearing Mr. L. text, For when we were yet sinners Christ died for the ungodly. Had no enjoyment this day -- Felt such a degree of lassitude that I could scarsly keep my eyes open. How a~ing(l ) that I have not long since opened them in everlasting despair, r1ay 29th. revived. Conversed I with a Christian friend on a rel igious subject & was somewhat Religion is generally professed in this place, and many by their constant practice say liAs for me & my house we will serve the Lord." Hith such society as this I love to spend my time, but still I find a continual series of visiting is not propitious to my growth in grace. I long to be in my own chamber again where without interruption I may morning evening & noon call upon my God. & commune with my Saviour. r·1ay 31 st. vigorous \~ent & to see a lady who is one hundred and ten years old. heal thy. and had it not been for a deficiency of hearing would have been very conversable. xious to depart. She said she had lived a long long time, but she felt an- 0, said she with uplifted hands, I can never be enough thankful to God for his goodness to me during my long pilgrimage. the Lord! She appeared 0 that men ""ould praise 0 that I could get you all to magnify his name, for he is worthy of your most devout homage. 0 he is a merciful forgiving God _.. though my sins reach the heavens. yet his mercy is above the heavens. I have been young, now am I old. yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken; nor will he ever forsake them that confide in him. �24/1826 Friday June 2d After having spent J weeks among my friends, t'1r. D. brought me home -- Feel thankful for all the benefits I have received since I left it. I do not expect ever to revisit Octorara -- hope I am more weaned from the world than ever I was -- Desire nothing in this world so much as holiness 0 I long to be in heaven -- hope my time will on earth will be short. Sabbath-day June 4th. Had some prifitable(!) religious conversation with Mr. Laird, and in the afternoon heard Hr. Taylor on the nature & usefulness of faith from St. John 3d 14 & 15th. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so believeth in him might not perish, but have everlasting life. June 10th. Sadness &depression have again seized my spirits and the past has been an unhappy week to me. 0 how dreadful to endure the hidings of God's facel None but those who have experianced(l) it, can conceive the anguish of a soul deprived of Jesus' love. So vile do I feel. so contaminated in the face. What shall I do? 0 that I could take the wings of the morning flyaway to my adorable Saviour & be at everlasting rest. 0 "Lord I Hait for thy salvation. II I cannot live without thy light, Cast out and bannished from thy sight, Thy holy joys my God restore And guard me that I fall no more. June 11th. Felt indisposed in body but more composed in mind -- Has refreshed by reading the 1st & 2d Chapters of Hebre\'1s and could rejoice in the unchangab1e perfections of God, For in that he himself hath suf.fered. being tempted. he is able to succour them that are tempted. Great Concern June 18th. Mr. Halyburton's(?) has effectually kept me fr.om drowsiness this day -Think I am the most deformed. sinful, proud creature in the universe. Feel quite oppressed with a sense of my guilt and unvJorthyness(!); & am determined by the assistance of divine grace to per sue a different course in time to come. I proud? What have I to be proud of? Nothing but deformity formed to the world? & sin. 0 why am Hhyam I con- Shurely(j) it is not because I expect any advantage from it -- 0 no; it has often. indeed it does always disappoint my expectations. and I wish practically to say No longer will I ask your love, Nor seek your friendship more. The happiness that I approve is not within your power. �25/1826 June 25th. Went to meeting this morning & heard Nr. B. on spiritual knowledge. Text, "For many have not the know1 edge of Chri sti I speak thi s to your shame. Came home burdned(1) with a sense of my failings & guilt -- Had recourse to a throne of mercy & found relief -- Blessed be the Lord for this privilige,(l) Prayer makes the darkned(l) cloud withdra\'Ji Prayer c1imes(l) the ladder Jacob saw ••• Gives exercise to faith and love ••• Bring ev'ry blessing from above. June 27th. Tired wi th the labour and exercise of the day how s\'/eet is it to turn aside & spend an hour with my books and pen -- After a season of darkness and deglimps(!) sertion I humbly trust I have had another' of the Sun -,of Righteousness. 0 how the light of his countenance irradiates my path, refreshes my spirits, composes my mind, and fills me with joy unutterable. 0 continue thy loving kindness towards me & let me ever rejoice in thy favor for liTis thy sweet beams create my noon, when thou withdrawest 'tis night. II 0 my God, may thine arm be my support, and let thy statutes be my strength and song in this the house of my pilgimage; then how pleasent will it be to look forward, & anticipate the happiness of that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. July 3d. The shaddows(l) of the evening are stretched out, and for the privi1iges of another Sabbath I shall ere long have to give account. as usual. The day has been spent Heard a sermon in the morning and devoted the afternoon to reading, but Oh! how little of the spirit of religion have I felt 0 how greatly I wish to lead a consistent holy & devoted life. but Alas, I fall infinitly short of it! I could obey the apostl 's(!) injunction 0 that Be not conformed to the world but be ye transfortmed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove \'1hat is that good, 8. acceptable, & perfect will of Christ. July 7th. Finished harvasting(l) & got the crop secure in the repository. praises, what gratitude do we o\,/e What to our bountiful Creator for the blessings of this season -- but Oh1 I hope we are not receiving all our good things in this life. God forbid that any of us should at last have to say, The harvast ;s past, & the summer is ended & we are not saved. Saturday eve. July 8 The eve on which we formerly met around the social alter(l) of devotion has returned, but alas! Where is the society? No longer do I hear �26/1826 the voice of prayer & praise which has so often exhilarated my sinking spirits, and for a season bannihed(l) the world far from my thoughts -- Ohl what a spirit of coldness & indifference has evertaken this congregation. but doubly lamentable is it that it should even reach to. & be the means of overcoming our praying SOCiety. a Lord revive thy work in our souls, for how would Satan exult should one praying soul be lost. Sabbath July 9th. ~1r. B. at Chestnutlevel. Employed the whole day in reading Hr. Scott's life -- Was very much affected with his dying excersise(!) -- What a mercy that any thing has power to move this adamantine heart a that the Spirit of God may operate more powerfully upon my mind, that so I may be transformed into the divine image & fitted for the church triumphant ••• I long for that delightful hour, ~Ihen from thts clay undress'd; I shall be clothed in robes divine, And made forever blest. July 16th. Mr. L. preached at Mr. G's -- text, For I am a stranger and a pilgrim with thee as all my fathers were. Trust the word was brought home to my heart. I do feel that I am a pilgrim & sojourner on earth and that I am travelling on my journey home. a that I could realize the responsibility of my charactor,and for- getting the discouragements of the way. press with redoubled ardor towards that city, which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. July 18th. Found my way to the cottage of the desolate, affl icted S. t1'Connel, of whom it may truely be said, she is "afflicted but not forsaken. cast do\'lO. but not in despair. Blessed be God, for a religion which is so well calculated to allevi- ate the sorrows of the widow in distress, and console her under the pinching hand of poverty & affliction. troublesl How thankful I should feel for an exemption from these How glad I am that I have any thing to bestow upon the pious poor! "Bless the Lord, a my soul & all that is within me bless his holy name: for he hath crowned my life with loving kindness and tender mercies. 1I July 23d. Sabbath-day -- Had the pleasure of hearing the Revd. lvlr. Barr. Text, Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter anwered him. Lord, to whom shall we go? thou alone hast the words of eternal 1ife. (St. John 6 67 68) & Was delighted with the sermon -- Read over the \'1hole Chapter after I came home, and felt fully satisfied with the gospel method of salvation. Jesus appeared �27/1826 just such a Saviour as I needed, and to verse 47th introduced with a solem{!) asseveration{?) I could add my hearty Amen. How profitable is the grace of faith! "Verily, verily I say unto you. He that believeth on me hath everlasting life." Had some pleasing insight into that mysterious union that exists betwixt Christ and believers. Was so charmed with the 53d verse Except ye eat the flesh and drink the blood ••••••••••• of the Son of man, ye have no life in you. that instead of saying with the jews, This is an{l) hard saying, who can hear it? I could thankfully exclaim. This is a faithful saying, and well worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus Came into the world to save sinners of whom I am the chief. o that I could live more to the glory of that God whom I profess to serve. and who I hope, has bought me with his blood. 0 that I could shake off this listlessness. and exert all my faculties in the service of my Redeemer. Shall the world exibit(!) nothing but bustle and activity? And shall I indulge myself in indolent repose? I. who have eternity in view, who have turned my back. on the world, who beleive(!) in the awful realities of heaven and hell. God grant that my whole time may be spent in some useful employment, that so I may at last reach the shores of everlasting happiness, And see the New Jerusalem, Where my beloved Jesus is. And spend eternity \'I1th him. Sabbath July 30th. this morning. i~y indisposition prevented me from going to the house of God Passed the forenoon in my chamber alone -- read the Young Christian's Guide, prayed, & wept alternately. & glorious perfections of Jehovah. before him! Had some exalted thoughts of the majesty. mercy, \~ha t a poor i nsigni ficant worm I must appear How have I offended him, and what an everl at i ng (!) \vonder that such a sinner as I. dare yet hope in his mercy! Fain(?) would my soul with rapture dwell, On thy redeeming grace. 0 for a thousand tongues to tell r,'ly dear Redeemer's praise. August 6th. Mr. & Miss E. Bryan, ~liss I·'lills & Mr. P. came to see us. The old controversy was again introduced and much was said on both sides, perhaps some things \'Ihich had better been unsaid. but I hope it will be attended with no bad consequences to those that heard it. to me it never can for the word of God shall be my guide, Jesus Christ is the Rock of my salvation nor will I renounce my faith in him for all that mortal man can say. Should all the forms that men devise Assaul t my fa 1til wi th treacherous art. �28/1826 lid call them vanity and lies And bind the gospel to my heart. Wednesday August lOth{?) This afternoon my dear Eliza left me. I could have wept when she bid me adieu, had it not been for the presence of those by whom I was surrounded. During her stay. we had much conversation concerning our spiritual and temporal interest. She repeatedly said, let us wait on God. and seek direction from him, and he will guide us in the very way we should go. Sabbath-day August 13th. 0 for a close vo/alk with God. A calm and heavenly frame. A light to shine upon the road. That leads me to the Lamb I have been meditating on thy works 0 God. I have been viewing the beauties of creation, but in all the universe. there is nothing like thee. alone I desire, it is thou alone canst make me happy. It is thy self Thou art the glory of heaven, thou art the unexhaustable source of all true enjoyment. in thy presence the cherubims vail their face, and tremble with fulness of joy. Why then must I remain at such a distance from thee, why must I spend this Sabbath in sollitude(l) while they are spending an everlasting Sabbath with thee. that heavenly society? 0 '<then shall I be admitted into I long to be freed from all sin that I may worship thee without weariness through eternity. August 16th. Saw my venerable friend ~1rs. C. Has much pleased \'/ith her truely(l) Christian conver.sation. Among other things she told me that r,1iss B. is under serious concern about her immortal soul. a how thankful should I 1 ie that in this time of general deadness &declension God is calling any to himself. a Lord re- vive thy work. Saturday August 19th. Poor ~1r. P. is extremely ill with a bilious fever -- Have just heard his tife is despaired of -- feel quite concerned at the information. May God have mercy on his soul. 0 merciful Jesus, spare him a little longer that he may detect his errors, forsake his sins, and realize his need of a Saviour before he goes hence and enters into an awful eternity. Sabbath-day August 20th. Heard the edifying tir. Ashmead from Romans (3d, 10) none There is ~ righteous, no not one. Felt the force of this humiliating truth, but �29/1826 thought I could look a\'Jay from all my guil t & defilement to Jesus my Hidingplace who paid the dreadful debt, which I could never pay. and even now before his father God, pleads the full merits of his blood. another special interposition of Providence. After sermon I experianced Hy horse reared, threw me off and fell almost upon me, and yet I escaped unhurt. t·1ercyt Hercy! a that I could continually praise the Lord, for his goodness and mercy endureth for ever. Thursday August 24th. The Or. Call1d this evening and gave his opinion on my health -- he assured me that my suspicion of approaching decay was groundless & that by useing(l) the means I might soon expect to enjoy as good health as ever I had. Pleasing as was this assurance from one in whose judgment I can confide, yet will I not remit my preparation for the invisable(!) world, for perhaps this moment some unexpected messenger stands \',a i ting for hi s commi ssion to call me home. August 31st. With the most intense longings after heaven have I spent every day of this week -- Dont know how I could reconcile myself to the thought of living here three score years and ten -- Think myself the most useless and inSignificant being on earth -- have nothing to detain me here. here to satisfy my mind. There is nothing to be found There are indeed many gaudy vanities of specious appear- ance, but I would cheerfully close my eyes on them all to behold the glorious Deity a how I long to see my dear Redeemer, and join with the bright armies to praise his adorable name. abo~e The unfeigned language of my heart is, Come Lord, nor let thy promise fail, Nor let thy charriot{l) long delay. Sabbath eve; September 3d. Deeply impressed is my mind thi s evening \'Iith a real i- zing sense of the world1s vanity. Attending to a solemn discourse this morning, -- hearing of the recent death of the Reverend t1r. Dare -- and feeling a severe pain in my head, all remind me that the world and the vanities thereof passeth away, but the \'lCrd of God abideth for ever. a let me treasure up his v/ord in my heart that when absent from the body I like my good friend, may be present with the Lord It is only 3 months since I heard him preach the unsearchable riches of Christ & distribute the sacred symbols of a crucified Saviour to the church of Octorara. Ah, 1 i ttle did I think that that \'Iould be the last communion season we would enjoy togather on earth, little did I think his sainted soul would so soon expand her(!) wings & soar to the regions of imnortal glory. t~ethinks I yet see him stand at the alterll) and with tears of joy commemorate the dying love of Immanuel: I yet hear him exclaim, a communicants, liVe are not your o\'iTl, ~1ethinks ye are bought with a �----------------------------30/1826 price therefore glorify God in your body & spirit \'/hich are Gods." Thus faithfully did Mr. D. perform the duties of his holy calling and now (no doubt) he is a guest at the marriage supper of the Lamb. 0 may our t1r. B. in 1 ike manner be faithful unto death that he also may receive an immortal crO\'In of glory. September 9th. Patience has again taken possession of my soul. failings & defects. withstanding all my cares. Feel happy not- Religion indeed sanctifies all. She is my unchanging friend & only comforter -- She leads me to the alter sacred to the Most Highi teaches me to bend the knee in humble adoration & praise. wipes away my flo\'1ing tears. supports me under all the changing scenes of 1ife. & points to to(!) that glory & blessedness which soall never fade a\'IaYi "By patience \'Ie serenly(!) bear, The troubles of our mortal state, And wait contented our discharge. Nor think our glory comes too late." September 12th. resent. Heard that .... _- have spoken reproachfully of me. ~Jell I am determined the more I am reproached, the more I will pray. I will not Yes. I will pray for my enemies alsoi I will say Father forgive them & if we cant be friends here. grant that I may meet them in heaven. where calumnity & reproach can never come. Sabbath-day Septr. 17th. t1r. B. preached from the parable of the prodigle(!) son. For this my son was dead and is alive again. was lost and is found -- Was much affected with the discourse-- Came home longing for contrition of heart and enentire (l) crucifiction to the world -- 0 my God can I do nothing for thee? Why is my life prolonged if I am to remain in this state of inactivity and uselessness. that thou would open a way for me in which I could gloryfy(1) thy name. would I live ••• thine September 28th. son. ~~uld 0 Thine I die ••• Thine would I be through all eternity. Have just been app;zed(l) of the death of cousin John Daniel and What a painful berevement(l) to his young vlidow to have her darl ing son, and bosom companion torn from her embrace within 2 days of each otherl May the Lord support her under this heart-rending affliction. bless her surviving infant. be their guide and counsellor(!) though(l) life. and bring them at last to heaven, where the deceased ever aspired to go. and where he lodged many prayers for their safe arrival. �31/1826 Septr. 29th. Friday morn. tion and unhallowed passions. Had fresh cause to mourn over my remaing(!) corrup- o that I could always act with prudence and dicre- tion (! ). Septr. 30th. Last ni ght \'Ias spent in very 1i vely company -- To avoid the appearance of singularity I engaged in some of their diversions. and as is always the case after such conduct, I have felt miserable all day, thus dearly do I purchase the pleasure of the world. For the future I am determined to renounce these trifling amusements. for they always disturb my peace, wound my conscience and leave a sting behind. Sabbath-day October 1st. The gospel, the blessed gospel bring a balm for all my wounds, disperses my gloom and fills me \'1ith a joy which the world can neither give nor take away. This morning the 6, 7 & 8th verses of the prophet Isaiah were bless- ed to my soul -- And in this mountain \lIill the Lord of hosts make to all people a feast of fat things. a feast of wines on the ( ? of ~lines on the lees{?) well refined. ). of fat'things full of marrow, And he vJill destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people & the vail that is spread over all nations. And he will swallow up death in victory, from off all faces, & & the Lord God will wipe away all tears the reproach of his people will he take away from the earth: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. Octr 13 Had prayermeeting here this evening. ~1r. B. spoke on Isaiah 22 & 2d. And a man shall be as an(!) hiding place from the wind, and a covert{l) from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, and as the Shadow of a great rock in a weary lands Felt happy during the whole exercises. 0 Jesus! be thou my refuge and hiding-place while I remain in this weary world. Saturday Octr. 14th. Heard Hr. [,10rrison preach on the blessed hope. and the glori- ous appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. -- On my return found several friends, which prevents me from making any further observations on what I have heard. Sabbath morn. 15 Have retired from my christian friends to hold converse(!) with my heart, to meditate on God's word, to implore his blessing and examine myself before I approach his sacred alter. Never felt so unprepared for the solemnity. fear I shall enjoy no communion with my Saviour this day. ~ty I sins rise like moun- �32/1826 tains betwixt me & him. -- 0 that my load of guilt were gone! 0 I cannot bear to be numbered among the outcasts of Isreal (!). But if I am a hypocrite, what means these fears, these anxieties respecting my state? Why so happy when kept from it? sin? so \'/retched when I fall into l~hy Hhy if I formerly renounce the world, and how was I able to rise superior to its vanities, if I never ''las a recipient(1) of grace? Shurely(l) if my heart has never been changed. then from what have all my former views, experiance. enjoyments, desires & conflicts and feelings been derived? If I am deceived, what means the happy Sabbaths I have enjoyed. the delightful feeling I have possessed when at a throne of grace? And shall grace be given in vaiin? Certainly not. "t1y God permit a creeping worm to say. Thy Spirit knows I love thee. To dare to love a God! And grace accepts. \~orthless wretch, But grace requires, Thou seest my labouring SOUli Weak as my zeal is, yet my zeal is true; It bears the trying furnace. Constrains me. I am thine. Love Divine Incarnate Love Has seized. and holds'me in almighty arms. Here's my salvation. my eternal hope. Amidst the wreck of \oJOrlds and dying nature. I am the Lord's. and he forever mine!" Sabbath-eve. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord. I \'/ill declare his faithful- ness unto the following generation. and well my soul may glo\,1 with gratitude. and my lips proclaim his praise. for he hath been better to me than all my fears. He hath again condescendingly maifested(1) himself to me in the breaking of bread. & again have I felt the greatest complacency in renewing my covenant engagments(1) & consecrating my soul & body to be entirely the Lord's. With Jacob I have vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me. and '</ill keep me in the way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, then will I deliver myself up as candidate for a station among the missionaries in the western wilderness and will spend and be spent in his service. Long has my mind been exercised on this sub- ject, on it my thoughts most constantly dwell, and my ardent desire & fervent prayer for the Indians is, that they may be brought to the knoledge(l) of salvation through Jesus Christ Monday October 16th. The past has been a delightful, interesting soul-reviving �33/1826 communion season to me. Yesterday afternoon heard Mr. Hoyt (from Charlston South Carolina) preach a most ir1pressive sermon on Hebrews 11 & 1st. Now faith is the sUbstance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen. To-day our pastor addressed us from phillipians 3, & 2d Set your affection on things above & not on things on the earth. After sermon r'1aria Russle (an acquaintaince(1) of mine) devoted herself to the Lord in the ordinance of baptism. Her serious coun- tenance and the solemn obligations under which she voluntarily came, affected me to tears. Feel this evening an ardent desire to devote the remainder of my days exclusively in the service of him who bought me with his blood. t1y feel ings are different from what they were after the sa~e occation(l) last Spring; then I de- sired to die, but now I feel quite willing to live if I can in any way be employed for the glory of God. & 0 that he would make the path of duty plain before me, give me grace to walk therein If I can do nothing for him. I care not hO\'1 soon I sink to repose, for existance(!) will be intolerable if I 1(1) cannot live to him who died for me. Octr. 22d Mr. B. preached from 1st Timothy (3d & 16) is the mystery of godliness: Hithout controversy great God manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angel s, preached unto the Gentiles, beleived(!) on in the \'/orld. received up into glory. October 29th. Have felt sorrowful most of this day 0 sin, thow art the disturber of my peace! thou would make me forget my God, and live at a distence(l) from him. Cursed evil, thou art the prolific parent of woes innumerable. May God grant me grace to set my face against thee forever, and oppose thee with all the powers of my soul and all the strength I have. November 3d Expected information from P---a, but received none How frequently do I feel the pangs of disappointment! Hhen shall I learn to live above this deceiv- ing world, and confide more in the infinitely blessed God. Sabbath-day Novr. 5th. Read the memoirs of Hr. Buck -- but felt very little of the spirit with which it was indited(?) in this vale of tears. r~y 0 what perpetual changes am I subject to way is hedged up, & I scarsely kno\'1 what to do. Ador- able Redeemer, keep me from unbelief; hast thou not promised that thou wilt never leave nor forsake me? 0 then be propitious to my waiting soul. me feel thy quickning pO\'/er, rouse me from my spiritual slumber Holy Spirit, let & suffer me not to �34/1826 grow cold careless in thy cause 0 my God, it is my greatest desire to live to an~ thy glory, and be for ever devoted to thy service. November 8th. Visited S. Leasly & ~J.A •• found them both confined on beds of languishing, and Mr. A. under a course of severe medicine. thus exemplifying Job's declaration, t1an that is born of a l'-IOman, is of fe\'l days and full of trouble. -Hhat shall I render to my God for exemption from sickness and disease? 0 that my 1 ife which thou hast made thy care. may be devoted thee Thanks, eternal thanks be to thy name 0 heavenly Father for all thy favors to me to a sinful worm. be duelJ~!) sensible of thy goodness and may I learn to die daily that so I may at last die happy. done. 0 may I I have ever desire to die suddenly but not my will but thine be One thing do I desire of the Lord & that will I assiduously seek after, that all the days of my life & forever I may dwell in the house of the Lord to behold the beauty of the Lord, & to inquire very reverendly into his holy temple. November 10th. How many things daily occurs to wean me from the world! So many unmeaning professions of friendship, so much insincerity, so little real religion do I meet with, that I am weary of the fashionable circles of life, and frequently wish to live in the desert, surrounded by Indians, with no one to converse \'lith but the missionaries of the cross and the Creator of all things. Friday. Had 1'1iss SIS company this afternoon, and went ~"ith her to prayer- meeting 0 that I could make a good improvement of all my priviliges -- I want to live in peace. and possess that holiness without which no man shall see the Lord. Sabbath-day November 12th. 0 Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? 0 Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. How tenderly does God expostulate with his people! truely I can say the courts of God were this day amiable to my soul. I have thi 5 day heard for mysel f and not for others -- 0 that that(!) I could 1 i ve more to the honour of my divine r'1aster and exhibit the fruits of the spirit in my life but Ah, how evenescent(?) is my goodness! like that of Ephraim & Judah. it soon goeth away. I have no strength in myself to resist sin, but 0 Lord thou knowest I hate it. It is this that is the cause of all my sorrow, it is this that grieves my heart & makes me go mourning from day to day. Against it may I main- tain an eternal war, and over it may I obtain a compleat(!) victory through thy superaboung(l) grace. 0 gracious Redeemer, permit a guilty helpless worm to lean �1- 35/1826 on thy kind arm; make thy strength perfect in my weakness: whatever troubles I am under, whatever afflictions I am called to endure whatever difficulties I may meet with in this world. I only ask that thou wilt keep me from this dreadful, soul-destroying enemy. Amen. November 16. The glorious king of day has once more appeared in the East. and sheds his warm & cheering beams on all without -- 0 that my feelings were in unison with nature, that inanimate creation I could rejoice in the smiles of my Creator; but Alas! direct steps. darkness surrounds my path & I know not what to do. 0 my God. Choose all my changes for me, and guide me 0 thou great Jehovah, pilgrim through this werisome{!) world. Sabbath-day November 19th. Heard ~1r. B. preach from Luke 16, 8th. And the lord commended the unjust stewerd{!) because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are in their generation wiser the children of light. 0 that I may learn wisdom from the example of the men of the world, and while they weary themselves mammon. in acquiring the unrighteous l may I be as diligent in laying up treasure in heaven, so that when I fail, my God may receive me into his everlasting habitation. Monday-morn. 20th. Expect with the divine permi ssion, on this day week to Set out for Philadelphia -- 0 that the preasence(!) & blessing of God may attend me, and mpy he grant that this visit may be the most auspicious of any I have ever made in my life. May I remember that wherever I am, or in what engaged, that I am Christ, and that it becomes me at all times to live in awe of Him who is invisi bl e. November 21st. Received the much desired letter, and read it \'Iith tears -- Feel more than ever, the importance of waiting on the divine Being for direction & protection. Remember me, 0 my God, for good, let the light of thy countenance shine upon my path, and wherever my lot may be cast, be thou my inheritance and I can ask no more. Friday November 25th. True1y the Scriptures iltre inexhaustab1e mines, and \'Ie11s of salvation which never fail. This morning was favored with nearness of access to the mercy-seat and ardently pleaded the promises of God for my own salvation, the salvation of my father & family, and entreated the Lord to have mercy on tMiS part of Zion -- Read the 37th Psalm, the 3d, 4t.h~', & 5th verses of VJhich were encouraging �36/1826 to my heart, & strengthened my confidence in God my Redeemer. Frequently have I exclaimed, I know not what to do, but there I read my duty plain: Trust in the Lord, & do good, so shalt thou dwell in the land, & verily thou shall be fed. De- light thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him. and he shall bring it to pass. Lord I credit thy word, I commend myself to thee; here would I dismiss my every anxious unbelieving thought, and my petition is that thou mayest be glorified in my life & death, and that after death I may live again in the enjoyment of thy love through endless eternity. Saturday November 26th. Amen. HO\'1 quickly has thi s \'1eek fled away. and I scarsely know what I have done -- It is true I have buried myself in preparing to go to the city, but what preparation have I been making for eternity? Alas how deficient am I in this most importent(1) work! Lord eneable(l) me to make my calling & election sure, before I enter the invisible world for them there will be no place for repentance, there my destiny \</ill be irrevocable: 0 thou Omnipotent Being teach me to redeem time so that every hour may be filled up with its proper duty, because death is fast approaching, & that night wherin(l) no man can \'lark is drawing nigh. Quicken me, 0 my God in the way and grant that I may finnish(!) my couse(!) & fight the good fight of faith, so that I may receive a crown of righteousness which shall never fade nor decay. Tuesday November 28th. Ny brother and I arrived at Philadel phia through much mercy -- Nothing important happened on the way -- The country appeared bleak and barren. and as barren \'1as my IRY(!) mind of spiritual thoughts -- 0 when shall I be able to rise above the Horld, and mount up as an eagle's wings tov/ards heaven. November 28th. Spent the night in very gay company at ~1rs. B's. Has tempted on their account to retire to rest without bO\'1ing before the r10st High -- What a wretch I am thus to accommodate mysel f to the customs of the \A/orld and not keep up so much the form godl iness -- I know that God may be worshiped(1) without a form he is a Spirit, & spiritual worship is most acceptable to him, but if If(l) I neglect what I kno\'I to be my duty then farewell enjoyment, misery and woe are my portion when debarred from communion with my God Hy 1ife i tsel f without hi s love. No tast(l) or pleasure could afford; I \I/Ould but a tiresome burden prove �37/1826 If I were bannished from the Lord. Wednesday November 29th Came to the hospitable dwell ing of [Itrs. [-t •• was kindly received by her and my dear El iza. In duty my heart overflowed \'Iith love to God for his benefits 0 how unworthy am I of the attention I receive I am unworthy of the least of God's mercies, and yet he is loading me with his bennefits(!)! truely he is the God of my salvation. November 30th Thursday eve. Heard the Rev Dr Hill son lecture on the del uge. both pleased & profited by the discourse. Was Hhat a mercy that there is some mini- sters who preach the gospel in its purity -- 0 that their number may be increased. Friday December 1st. Spent the day in Miss M's school -- felt serious and compos- ed. and in the evening on hearing one of the schoolars(l) recite the Dying Christian I was affected to tears. 0 my God, thou knowest It is my sincere desire to glorify thy name, and if I cannot do so. 0 let the vital spark become extinct. let me quit this mortal frame, and languish into eternal life. -- In the evening my friend & I went to the praying society. and to me it was none other the house of God & the gate of heaven. Blessed be God for the means of grace and the prospect of glory. Sabbath day December 3d. Heard two sermons at Dr. Ely's church -- himself in the morning & a stranger in the afternoon -- Hi th the morning service I ''las much*pleased it being so appropriated to my feelings -- Comfort yet comfort ye my people with your God. o my Thanks be to God for the consolation of the gospel, grant me this heavenly parent and I shall be happy, yea unspeakabley happy December 4th. i''irs. t'1ills and I walked out to see the river and the snips in the harbour -- The scene was ne\'J, and reminded me of the ri ver, the streams ,·thereof maketh glad the city of our God -- Saw a small vesel(!) in the midst of the river surrounded by foaming waves & rising billows -- A true picture said I to myself, is this of the Christian sailing through the tempestuous ocean of life -- 0 may Jesus be my pilot, his v'I'Ord my guide, his Spirit my comforter until 1 (1) I arrive at the peaceful shore of blest eternity. *The year 1825 is wri tten on the top of thi s new page. Probably a mi stake. �38/1826 December 5th. Had most se1f abasing views of myself in prayer this morning. M Think I am the most insignificant creature in the world. and wonder why any person should shew me favor. The attentions"of my friends to me is truely painful to bear -- 0 God reward them for their kindness to such a sinner. Thursday Decr. 7th. This day was set apart by the synod of Philadelphia as a day of fasting humiliation & prayer. Heard Dr. E. preach a very appropriate sermon from St l.uke 19th & 41st. And \l/hen he \'Jas come near. he beheld the city & wept over it. Has much affected during the discourse and I trust felt true humiliation before God for my own sins and the sins of the land Enjoyed a most delightful season at the throne of grace -- pleaded for Gods blessing to dwell upon this our highly favoured land, that he would rule our rulers. govern our governers. bless our ministers and missionaries. and grant that the people of America may be that happy people \,/hose God is the Lord. Sabbath December (blank) Went very early thi s morning to Friend's meeting to hear the celebrated Elias Hicks. At half past 9 the gates \\Iere opened, and in ten minutes the house was fi11'd to overflowing -- About a quarter of an hour after. Elias appeared, and after ten minutes silence rose up to speak, The subject on which he spoke \'/as.l.et love be without dissimulation. He said many good things. and I cannot deny that he is a great reasonar(!) but some of his sentiments were so ambiguous and approached so near to infidel i ty, that I can scarsely think he is a believer in the meek and lowly Jesus. The latter part of his discourse led me to draw this conclution(1) -- far be it from me to judge any man rashly but when I hear any person declare that the benefits of Christ's death and attonement extend only to the children of Isreal, How can I call that person a Chri stian? It was with this unfavorable opinion of the Friends I expected to go away, v/hen Jonathan Evans rose up & said it \~as not his wish to disturb the solemnity of the meeting, but to prevent strangers from forming a wrong opinion of the sentiments of the SOCiety -- he knew that some would infer from \'lhat had just been said, that they did not believe in the merits of the Saviour. but said he we do believe in the Divinity & Attonement of Jesus Christ, that to him all power is given in heaven and earth, that he is King of kings, & l.ord of lords, and we believe he came not only to the. lost sheep of the house of Isreal, but he came to save us also from our sins He was seconed in what he said by Josoph(1) Loyd(?) and never was I more delighted than to hear that the society did believe in the fundamental articles of our holy rel igion r,iy early prejudices \\Iere compleatly(!) overcome and I sincerely desire to �39/1826 meet many of them in that world where there is neither Quaker nor Presbeterian(!). Episcopalian nor Methodist, but whe~e God is all in all. Afternoon Heard Dr. Willson preach on the sin against the Holy Ghost, and in the evening went to St. Paul IS to hear the Biship(!) of Ohio who rarrated{l) the state of religion in that part of the Lordls vin yard -- t1y heart ached \'Iithin me to hear of the degradation, unretchedness and ignora(!) of my fellow mortals. how I long to hear of the spread of the gospel in the West. 0 If ever I indulged a wish for the riches of this \'Iorld it was to promote this glorious cause & had I thousands at my command it should all be given up to promote the cause of religion; but while I can do nothing to further the cause of Christianity by property, let me never forget to do what I can by my prayers. December 11th. Spent the evening with r1rs. piS \'/here there were 3 gentlemen play- ing cards -- The family consisted of ten persons 6 ladies and 4 gentlemen -- Was received & treated \'1ith civility but was not at all pleased \'1ith the conversation the principle topics being balls, theatres and other places of amusements -- How insipid are the pleasure of the men of the world! Blessed by God he has given me a relish for pleasures more sublime. Wednesday Decr. 13th. How invaluable are the priviliges I here enjoy -- Mrs. M; and I attended Dr. Els lecture and to my great joy saw a missionary of the west (Mr. Vail(?)) who has been labouring among the cherokee Indians for 6 years. He gave us a short sketch of the progress of the Mission and then preached on the necessity of a change of heart previous to our entrance into heaven -- text I will take away the hard & stony heart out of your flesh, f1 esh. ~Jas & \Adll give you an heart of very much affected and longed that many of the heathen among whom he has been labouring may experiance this change of heart and tast the sweet of the gospel. 0 God bless the dear missionaries of the cross, make them useful and abun- dantly successful in winning souls to the Lord Jesus & in ushering in that day when all shall know the Lord from the least unto the greatest. Thursday December 14th. Attended Dr. Hillsonls lecture which to me was a real feast. The subject this evening was the calling of Abraham the destruction of Sodom. and the offr1ng(J) up Isaac -- 0 how instructive to attend these lecture What a mercy to have such a pastor so thoroughly furnished to every good work. God grant that his life may be long spared and that he r.1ay live to compleat his interesting lectures on the Bible. �40/1826 Friday December 15 Again have I been permi tted to meet with the children of God to engage in the delightful employment of prayer and praise 0 that I could value my privil iges aright 0 that my mind may more frequently deHell (!) on eternal things. & contemplate 0 my God sanctify my heart spiritualize my affections, then let my condition be \'Ihat it may. I iesire to be contented considering that all things are appointed by God. who maketh all things work togather for good to those that love him. Sabbath-day December 17th. Have spent another del ightful Sabbath here, but find I have need to remember the Saviour's Admonition Take heed how ye hear, lest I be a hearer only, & not a doer of the \'1ord -- This morning heard Dr. E. on St. Luke 23 & 42 43 And he said unto Jesus. Lord. remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him. Verily I say unto thee,To day salt(!) thou be with me in paradise Afternoon heard ~1r. t1r. f1'Calley from Proverbs 14 Kenady from Romans ( 8 & 16. & 3d 4th) and in the evening, He is indeed an able minister of the New Testa- ment and at the same time a very eccentric man The discourse was impressive and I hope will long 1 ive in my remeberance(!). Blessed Jesus, Clothe me with the garments of thy righteousness for other refuge have I none Friday December 22d. Through kind Providence I have again arrived at home and Ebenezar will here errect(l) my , ,for Hitherto the Lord has helped me. Where ever I am goodness and mercy attend me -- Have been introduced to several of God's children while away, enjoyed many precious priviliges. heard much Christian conversation, and was received with unvariable kindness \'1here ever I went. 0 God who am I, that I should be brought to kno\'1 thee and to be honoured wi th the acqua intance of thy dear people. ~~hy is it that such a depraved creature is not bannished from thy presence to dwell in darkness for ever! December 24th Did not go to meeting to-day, but read the book of Ecclesiastes. Felt pensive and sad & thought if it \<las my Maker's \'Ii11 I should rejoice to leave this vain and vexatious \'JOrld. 0 for more piety & usefulness, this only can recon- cile me to a long life. Thursday December 27th. Hitnessed the marriage of and waited on my firend Niss G. the celebration was very solemn, and I hope that the union into She has entered may reach beyond the grave. nay God bless them. and grant they may be united to Christ, so that when the marriage contract ;s dissolved by death they may have the pleasing �.. 41/1826 hope of meeting in heaven Sabbath-day December 31 st. Accompanied my friend yesterday to r1r. H's and thi s morn- ing went to hear hear(l) the Revd. H. Latta. Text for I am not ashamed of the gos- pel of Jesus Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to everyone that bel ieveth. Spent the evening in solemn reflection on the lapse of time, giving thanks to God for the mercies of the past and imploring his protection ing year & blessing through the com- And now, being about to close the year, & my Journal togather, I find I have abundant cause to be ashamed of my thoughts words & actions; but blessed be God I am not ashamed of the gospel for notwithstanding all my folly I hope thro' Jesus Christ to obtain ~alvation. � 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 Chamberlain (Levi) Family Journals 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 Chamberlain, Maria - Journal - 1825-1826 Description An account of the resource <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">Maria Chamberlain</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">March 19, 1803 - January 19, 1880</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Maria Patton submitted herself to become a candidate for the missionaries on October 15, 1926, believing she would save Native Americans. Instead, she found herself on the Parthian sailing to the Sandwich Islands. Maria became an exception to the rule as she did not have a husband when she set sail on her mission. Maria kept a journal from 1825 to 1859, that detailed her biggest life experiences and challenges.<br /><br />Maria started her journal in 1825 when she was still in Salisbury, Pennsylvania and not yet apart of the mission. She would detail almost everyday of her life, focusing most of her attention on Sunday’s as she would talk about the sermon she heard or her time at church. She would include the mundane aspects of everyday life to her exciting journey to the Sandwich Islands. In her everyday life, Maria took care of her eight children and would entertain visiting guests with a hot cup of tea. Sea captains to royalty to fellow missionaries were always welcomed in the home of the Chamberlains. Since Maria and Levi were close to the royalty, they were updated on political affairs of the government. She wrote how Madam Boki prepared for war as she did not want to give up Oahu. In the end, other chiefs were able to calm down Madam Boki and major conflict was avoided. Maria would end her journal in 1859, 34 years after first starting in 1825.</p> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource If you would like permission to publish or reproduce this material, please send your requests to archives@missionhouses.org Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/dec194c28d27f2f8ac6df4af52e76c57.pdf b61c54219e1f3195ac412a5f9ce9b4e2 PDF Text Text ",' , .' ) CHAMBERLAIN (Copied y • J. llaoe) date? (Re-oop1 d by H. G. Forbes, Y. 1912). J ~ r,.,t,,p, ~,'1 l~ "C4 ) r DIARY Ship Parthian Nov. 7, 1827. Dear Sisters. It 1s one week ince I lett Boaton and as I am now able to oommenoe a journal I oheerfully devote the8e pages to you. If they afford you any pleasure in the perusal, 1t one sentence has a tendency to oheer the heart of my dear father, I hall think ~­ selt amply rewarded for the trouble of writing. MY la8t letter informed you that we expeoted to be under way by 9 o'clook on 8aturfay ready we were detained t~ll <!I No~. 3, but as all things were not 3 in the afternoon, whioh gave me the unexpeoted pleasure of seeing Mr. Newel and Mrs. Hardy. s. Hardy, Mi8S ry. and Martha Evarte, Mi8S stone, and myself rode to the shore in a carriage. vast concourse of people were The harbor Here a ssembled and a parting prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Beeoher Whioh suffused almost every eye in tears. The ship had been launched a little way into the deep and we oame to it in boats, . and more than 50 Christian friend8 acoompanied us ten miles and returned in the Pilot boat,. the 1 st so it was the most painful se A8 this was on of separation. I oan- not desoribe my feelings on seeing the little sloop which carried from my view the excellent Mr. Evart8, Mr. Hill, Mr. steward, Jtr. Lomas and many other valued friends. With tearful eye and a heavy heart I saw them waving th ir hats to us in token of a last farewell, viewed the waves rising higher and rolling wider between, -1- �till they bore the little bark away, and tulning fro t e view, "I drew a long long sigh and wept a last adiew." Sabbath-day, Nov. 4, I haatened up on deok and found the shores of ~ dear native land had in all probability torever receded from my view. I was immediately obliged to return to ~ berth and was very siok all day. on day , 5, the "Publican' Did nothing but lounge in ~ berth and repeat pr yer, God be merciful to me a sinner". oonfusion in the ship Great nd all the ladies Sick but Mrs. Green. What a mercy that one of our number i8 spared to administer oonsolation to us in our siokness. Tuesday. Nov. 6. 8. Judd brought me a beautiful little bird which had followea us from \and. It eat about five minutes in my hand t then fluttered about our room till night till a voracious oat devoured it. I could have .ept for the disaster but reoolleoted that tears shed for what i8 ireooverably lost are shed in vain. Thurs. 8. Had a moat tremendous gale last evening. It oommenced at 7 and continued without intermission till 9 the next moming. I cannot my dear .i's ters give you any adequate description of thie storm as I did not see it having early retired with a siok head~ohe, but the waves roared like distant thunder, the wind lifted us up to heaven and we sunk again to the deep. The rain desoended in torrents aooompanied with thunder and lightning. The veeael pitohed from side to side with heavy foroe and every thing in our room oa.me tumbling on to us. We had constantly to hold on to the aide of our berths to keep from falling out a.nd expected every moment to be buried in the deep, without a single Boul esoaping to tell the sad cata~trophe. But it pleased Him who oontrols the raging wind. and -2- �p to rule. the boisterou. calm. then to our a ay, "Peac , be still' and 11 was we found how great the danger to toni8~nt which we 1'1 been exposed. A heavy se had broken in part of the aide of th hiP. oarried away 12 of our ohairs lashed there till we oould get a more oonveni ent place fortbem and owing to the great wight on deok the officers feared the veeael should oap ize, and the Captain said he had not seen 80 severe a gale in 10 years. ( Indeed temporally .peaking it waa th moat doleful night I ever eaw" but my spirit was pe cetul and oomposed. I oould rejoioe that the Eternal God waa my refuge and under me were plaoed arms. I never read the 107 Psalm with this morning. Now I know what it i his wonders in the deep. 0 hi~ everl sting muoh interest as I have to se the works of God and Now Ion feelingly sa.y J "Oh! that men would pr ise the Lord for his goodness and tor hie wondert.l works to the ohildren of men." Friday, 9. anticipated. A diffioulty haa ooourred which we never The Board had supplied u with abundanoe of provis- ion. and oontraoted with the owner of the ves el to furnish us with cook, steward, and table apparatus, but by a misunderstanding between the owner and Captain, he says he is to find ua in nothing but wood and ter. Thus we are left destitute of thing absolutely neoessary for our comfort in siokness; all our furniture being paoked away in the hold nd cannot be got at till we get to the Islands. don't know what we ahall do. but I know the Lord will provide. have every day freah oauae of gratitude to my heavenly Paren hie meroies. Mr. Green owing to I for superabundanoe of miesionary oares, When he purohaaed my mattress, forgot the pillo_, and as a subet1tute I expected to uee ~ oloak all the voyage, ' but -3- • k I �.~a. Gulick insi t d on aocepting one of their ~ Andr we have gi ven me on of' theirs so that I now ha.ve two. Saturday Nov. 10. I have spent the whol • • e are one thou,and miles from Boeton. ~ day on deok and am 110 well to be M ble to notioe everything around me. I will ers and crew. a good natured short, thiok, rough Th Ca.ptain i ndeavor to describe the offic- looking man, but an entire stranger to religion. The first and seo- ond mate are pleaBant and gentlemanly in their appearanoe and I should think both in mind and manners are more poli.hed than the theae there 1s a Captain Taylor Ca.ptain. ( BeSide ho is going to tBlte oommand o'f a vessel at the Islands and trade to the North Coast, and a beauti'ful young man, son of r . f1r~t to ~ the Hope to 41. re.ha.ll who owns tho He i& taking a voyage around the world; ship. est &8 the veeael goes Island., then to canton and returns by the Cape of Good oaton.) The whole number of 80ule on board the Partheon are l!o t of th$ 110rs 8 • quite yo\Ulg and allot them travelling in the broad and downward road. tion of our tat d deh I ooUld give you a delinia- room, though at present not hav not been able to ia 7 feet I p~ much ry tat ely, as we " ttention to it in our siokness. nd 5t long, and has a window t a cup direotly over my berth. about th You will. SCHlrQely It of a. 8iz e1ievo me when I tell you that it oontains a bureau, e trunks, 4 bandboxes, eaoh of us writing desk, 8 bag., 4 baskets, besides a num er ot bundles of di~ferent higher berth 1 kinds, ller nd over all theae, thoBe who occupy the have to Climb, before we can get into them. still worse, not 8 An hat bre th Qf fresh air can get in, and the oock- roaohes are so thiok, they cr wl over us and the smell i8 intolerable. -4- �high that there is only 12 My 'berth is the highest in the place, 80 inches between my head and the deok. I have the pleasure of hearing the wa.toh walk over me every hour 1n the night, and yet I sleep a.e soundly as ver I d1d in my own bed a.t home. Another ad vanta.ge I . I almost forgot to saY' 1s, I have a superb atlas of the King's under my heaG, and a folio Bible with many engravings for the Queen at my teet. I for me. don't know w~ my fr1ends seleoted so elevated a. station I would rather lie low in a low plaoe, and enjoy the bless- ing promised to him who humbleth himself no , and shall be exalted in due time. Sabbath da.Y', 11. We rose early, took a frugal breakfast and had family prayer over before 9 o'olook. oerted meaeure& ,for public worship. prayer m.,ec ting in thE: cabin.) Then oon- Conoluded to hold a social Our congregati on wa. composed of 16 missionariee and 4 nativea. neither the Captain nor crew ohoosing to be present. l~. Andrews gave an addressed the throne of graoe. exort~t1on and all the ~9ntle~An How true it is my ei&tera that God is not qon!1ned to any particular plaoe. I have enjoyed as much of his presenoe to da.y a.s ever I ha.ve in my life. MOnday. 12. After a long oonsultation it haa been [~ t:>t:c<-/ " ..... finally determined that 2 of the ladies should in relation, manage the domeet1c concerns, and one of the l1ativee, alternately aeeiet the cook. The Doctor has uoceed~d in finding a box of crookery, the Capts.in has gi ven a half dozen of kni ves and forks. Mr. Judd has found a dozen divide our food. of tea epoone and with these wo make out to Mrs. Green and J~ee 1ard have oommenced the ardu- our work of house- ra.ther shop-keeping. -5- It 18 ~xcee9-ingly / diffioult �to do the work this week, aa the oabin ia filled with trunks and boxes. s. Clark, ea Ogden, and 88 Stone are so poorly, as not to be able to crawl out of their bertha without aseietanoe. To give them the benetit of fre h air it is neoessary that beda be spread in the oabin for them, and there they lay from morning till they are helped away at night. The eea rune high, and I find it is hard to walk over the level floor, a.e I have often found it J. o olimb a steep hill. ( Saw a ship but sh Tuesday, 13. to speak. did not corne n1g enough The Captain thought she was bound for Amerioa. \1ednesday,14. I to this interesting family. am daily beool'111ng more and more e,ttaohed The ladies are everything that you expeot the oompany of mi8sionaries to be. I ould assure you I am very happy and have not yet had any cauae to regret my departure from home. e spend our lotg evenings very pleasantly on deck, ae the weather 1. mild and we do not experience the least inj ury from the eveni g air. Frequently we have instrumental and vocal muBic. Thursday, 15. There i8 a great lameness in a eeafaring l i f e . e eat, and drink, and sleep - and sleep. and eat, and drink, and thus time paseea away. e had a chicken-pie for dinner to day and as I had eaten very little for a fortnight I really fe it. to day. rriday, Nov. 10. ~ted on High wind and much motion in the vea8el Cf oourse I do not feel eo well. I eew and read and walk on deck every day, and I have nothing to deplore but an unthankful heart prone alae ever prone to forget. and wander from my GOd. (.) turday, nov. Resolved that we ~ould r/. :dele! a prayer and oonference meeting. avoid all appearance of levity among ourselvee, -6- �home have I wept at the thought that I might never see him in the land of sure. or noon li ving. the 0 that he may make his calling and eleotion Then it will be immaterial whether he expires at midnight day. edneaday, 21. Our fandly assembled together at 1 o'clock to give God thanks for our returning health and to implore hie blessing on the great work i n which ~e have embarked. Muoh was said to animate and exoite eaoh of us to Belf-examination and greater zeal for the Redeemer's cause. All the gentlemen took part in prayer, and Phelps (one of the native ) to our astonishment and admiration led in Bupplioation before the 'eroy Se .t. me to hear one who WB.$ 0 how interesting was it to onoe :\ pagan, now c0.1l on the 11 ving and true God. (TO see this Sight, to aid 1n the glorious ork of publishing glad tid1ngPl to the heathen haa indlloed me to part wi th father, home and r,.iendo. I hope I never ehQll regret my having embarkerl in the ) miosiouary oause. .My feelings are !ISO different t'rom that now, that I ca.n truly say it is Good tor me to be here. Thur. Nov. 22. I have nothing to communicate to day, but \ that my appetite is V'3ry good and that I never before had eo good a relish for pork and potatoes. Fr1d~y. 23. Last evening Samuel alls led in prayer. I wish you could have heard him. heart to \ h~ve heard him intercede for the crew, and plead for the redempti Oll of the heathen. pray; that they might no ~orehip It would have moved the hardest gOdA (i t 8.ffeoted my stupid heart to hear him long~r bo~ down to wood and stone, and he could not Bave, but that th y might epeedily be brought to worship the Lord Jehovah who made the heaven. and tht -8- I I �and before the sailors, that we would strive as muoh &s poseible to act as in the presence of our Judge. Enjoyed the meeting very much. Thought on and prayed for my dear friends at home and longed for the salvation of the dying orld. Heard Mr. Green preach on Ps. 51.17. Sabbath, 18. sacrifioes of God ar wilt not despi&e. of heart. The a broken and contrite heart. Oh God. thou I am astonished at my ineensibility and hardness 0 that I oould offer the .acrifiee of thanksgiving and pay my vows unto the l.ord. 0 my siatere, I want to live a life of holinese and entire devotion to God. I have just been thinking if 1 had no father in heaven, no portion there, what a poor solitary oreature I should be. There ie nothing below the azure sky I desire as my portion, no treasure short of an immortal crown, to Which I aspire. .Should this hope prove a delusion how oomplelely miserable I should be. my nut no, I will not oherish . the sinful supposition, for ible assures me that God ie a rew rder of all them that diligently seek him. Monday, Nov. 19. gress for 5 days. the South est. e have had head winds and made no pro- Sometimes we go towards the East and aometimes to The ship is in perpetual motion, and we go through the cabin like little children catohing at everything as we pas.. 0 how I long for tho.e galea whioh ahall waft me to our destined shore to eee our nati ve land no more. Tuesday, 20. Fine · wind and we go five mile. an hour. Beli e ve my ei.stera I do not love you le89, tho. I rejoioe t.hat t he winds are bearing me atill farther away from you. every day. and a few nights since I perhaps is so in reality. dre~ned I think of you fat her was sick which How oftem when lying down on my bed a t -7- �servioe on deok in the afternoon. Mr. Gulick preached a very plai n and pointed sermon to the aeamen on the duty in having The eea waa per~eotly ~aith in God. atill, and we were Bcreened from the soorch- ing rays ot the sun by an awning. Ten of the s ilora, the oook and ateward present, but the Captain and eome of the other offioere were too atout hearted and far from righteousnees to listen to the word o~ God. Never was I more aensible the sanctuary. (Never have' I had promeee. of ~ t h e Divine presenoe in greater love for soule, nor has the gospel appeared more precious. elf into the ar o~ O lth t I could always cast my- rede emer a nd have implicit faith in hie 0 that he would always permit me to enj oy aome mani ~es­ tation of h is love. Ky willing soul would stay In auch a frame as this, And sit and sing herself away To everlasting blis8. Monday, 25. Saw a whale to day. He sported around the veasel several timea, raised himself above the wa.ter, 80 that we all got a good view of him, then sunk again into his own element. Captain Blinn shot at and wounded him, which I thought was a want of feeling, for he had no hope of taking him, and I really think it 1s oruel to sport even with the teelings of a whale. It was a small one, about the eise of a horse and of a brownish oolor. Tueaday, Nov. 26. A aail in aight all day. offioers suspected she was a pirate. And the All things were in readiness for an attack, but in the night ehe bore away to the South East and did not molest us. ednesday, 27. I should have told you before that Mrs. Andrew. and I are housekeepers this week. -10- Our present ciroumatancee �earth. I asked myeelf if it was possible he was once a he then. and exolaimed. "What hath God wrought". Dear S1eters. I privileges here, which I never d1d on land. e~oy many Of our taDdly it may with the greatest propriety be said, "That we give thanks to God always for all thing. in the name ot Christ." In the morning as soon as thanks are returned for breakfast, betore we rise trom the table, the gentleman who presides for the week. reads a Chapter and all unite in prayer. Then we go forth to our various oocupa- tiona until the evening, when we again assemble around the family altar. read a portion of soripture, s1ng hymns, and call on God. e have got some of the fineat singers I ever heard. Saturday, Nov. 24. After prayer last evening we sung the Judgment hymn. "0 there w111 be mourning at the Judgment seat of Christ", whioh has dwelt with peouliar solemnity on day. ~ mind this I retired to a private oorner of the ship and wept, when I remembered ~ oountry and my father's hOUie. 0, my father, my brothers, and aisters, we have parted without the least expeotation of eeeing e80h other in this world, but we ehall meet at the Judgment seat of Christ. ould to God that we may there "Meet to part no more" Sabbath day, Nov. 25. holy day? If 1 have not lost How have ~ ~ sisters spent thil caloulation Mr. E. 18 at the Grove and you have spent the day at home around a oomfortable firelide. Well 1 know you will be plealed to hear that Maria has en- joyed a most delightful day of rest on a watery deep. Every Satur- day evening we employ an hour in sooial prayer, and have all our food previously prepared for the Sabbath. This morning had an addrels and prayers in the oabin, dined on ple and oheeee, and had -9- �subject ue to many inconveniencea and muoh al~ ordered for our good. ~abor, b~t I hope it i8 For my part I expect to bo a muoh bett~r cook at the end of the voyage then I was nt the oommencement, but I aseure you I feel conSiderably embaraesed in making bread and pies in a oabin 10 feet square with a larg table 1n the middle, half a dozen chaira around and half a dozen gentlemen, e1 ther gOing out or ooming in all the time. --... Thursday, love 28. .e are bet een the tropica, the weather\ 18 aa warm a8 it 1B 1n America the first of May, but in vain do 1 look around for the beauties of that .ea80n. No verdant fields, no blooming orchards, no fra.grant cherry treea greet my view. I a •• nothing but a wide waste of water and the azure sky as far as the eye can reach. whioh surround No more do I expeot to aee thol. romantic hilla ~ father'. dwelling. Farewell my once loved home, ye delightful groves in whioh I uaed to ramble, a long a last adieu. With pleaaure I now look forward to the hour when I shall land in the distant 101•• of the Sea, and long to tell the henighted remal •• \ There let me illuminate the mind I there of the Saviour's dying love. of one immortal being who ould otherwiae have sunk into the grave in midnight darkne8s, and .1 will ohee1'fully 'forego the endearment. of oivilized life and labor, Friday, Nov. 29·. ~ld suffer and toil till I die. Phelp haa been poorly all this week. The dootor prepared a blieter for him thie evening. e sOllletim.es fear he wilJ. not 11 ve to lee hie nati ve land. S a.tur day. J.iov. 30. the month. Sym01l8 OTl lave arrived at the la,st evening of spent it on deok with 1 i tho a.ll iruport e ted in th ~ubject t Sl+Cj ot ~ ot religion. He appeared inter- a ,.ld promised to r frain fr.om swearing tomorrow,. -11- I �o t h at I could make a better wor th of ~oul~ , ement of ti e , fe 1 mor 1 ~pro and live more to the glory Sabb th day. Dec. 1. God. 0 Andrews preached twic e i n t he .~. c at li n , i.n t h o morning fro m no • con del lat1lln t o t re in Ghrist Je us". mt ..la.roh'" 1 (th e Jl.,'3.11 "'OJ ore present. Text, t Id never Ogden on deok. a nd iatcr. lat i l!; more v J.. as to day. p. Resigned afore felt p nion , frien d au t a y~ 13 0 A ternoon no r J il' • Hr. S . a.nd :four of t he ' Uh at think ye of. C lrist". onday. Den. 2. Cl ,::,.r k L you e unitfl.ri e. roe 1 Ort ~ may 1 at1n:; 1 ie there f ore no £\:1, "T ar the g ospel pr0ac ed in Ainoerity it BOlle t ne If I ever heard Lord gr nt th t en rru1de. ~l 0 0 re of the oabin to proud. of liberty. .~rs. Spent moet ot t h e In t}-l..is dear girl! ve found a oom- She 19 a"feot1onate, obliging d ki n d. )1e. 1& truly devoted to the Redeemer' er- vio o. ' Our at .aoht ant is mut'lal and in eaoh othor we I'} a n pl. Of) the mo t unro~er ved conti dena. Ch ri tiarl friends i& .M nday ]}ve. a it:t Qn~ Among ray many mero iss that of kind tor which I have daily 0 u e to b leBs God • Observed t h e .onth ly Cono rt th1 ~ evening almo t inClredi ble that t he firs" time I should ha ve the privilege of celebr tjng this interest i ng concert of prayer with Christians should be on tne Atl ntio. It W&S h profitable season, and I trust the Spirit of God was in our mid8t. Many fervent prayers were offered up for Zion, fOl' the perishing heathE::n, and f or our beloved highly favored land. I remembered you and all my dear friends and felt as though it would almost break my heart to give up t he hope of meeting you in heaven. I ree,lly consider it a great privilege to be here, and in many corners of this catin I could haTe inscribed Bethel and Penuel, for here if I -12- ~m not greatly deoeived �I have met with my Saviour a.nd communed with him, who led his chosen sheep safe t~o. the desert and the deep. Tuesday, Dec. 3. This is the mildest Deoember I have At its commencement I found it necessary to lay aside ever seen. all my flannel, and to day the awning was spread to shelter us from the heat. I never expected so many oomforts at sea. and never had I greater oause for gratitude. Deo. 4, . ednesday. natives called boneta~ A fish oaught to day by one of the about the size of a shad. for tea and tasted good. of which in its 0 for a more thankful heart. It was dressed We frequently see the flying fish .. -one erial exoursions lighted on deok. (~nd my dear Green has favored you with a drawing of it. Had an observation of the full moon this evening throe the Captaints glass. like a little ~s. She appeared orld, and those shades we so indistinotly see with the naked eye, looked like olouds in our sky. some of my friends were then looking thought perhaps I t the pale queen of night and recalling to mind their far distant Maria. I thought the same sun and moon that. shine on you dll enlighten the Isles of the Sea; the same God that proteots you ill guide me even unto death, that then, I should meet many of you in a world where both these luminaries are useless, and the thought was pleasant. A female prayer meeting was opened Thursday, Dec. 5. this afternoon, and we intend to spend an hour every Thursday in this delightful exeroise, As we draw near the equator the weather becomes exoessively wa.rm. Most ardently do I long to reach the plaoe of our destination. I think if I was onoe there never desire to recross the ooean. -13- I should �Friday, Dec. 6. e are within one degree of the Equator 1 titude 7 ther ometer 84, have frequent squall when of rain and -wind e are all obliged to retreat to tne oabin. Here the heat is siaters will remember how we u8ed to be diverted to intense. hear Mrs. R08 speak of the aweetnsss of Johnny Cake. but now I could Join her in extolling ita goodn sa. thought your sister should lLuch lea did you think At th t ti you 11ttle ddress you from a vessel on the Atlantic. he should take a voyage of 18 thousand mile •• Sat. Deo. 7. o how little of the pir1t of Brainard, posaess. I advantag. r. P raons. Finished reading the life of rtin, and P r80ns do I fe 1 so languid that I oannot How I want to shake off this ngag in any study with loth and improve every moment in preparing for the difficulties that attend a mi. ionary 11fe. abbath day. nec. 8. Text: "To them that believe, he i8 preciou8 '. feel JeaU8 precioue to the e tion". door. r. Clark preaohed this morning. my soul. Think I really did In the afternoon he preached on : orda. "How shall we esoape if we neglect so great a 8al vaThe Capt in 81ept all the ~ime in hie berth ne r the oabin All the offioers on deck, only two c of eternal life. How ~ down to hear the words heart is pieroed to see this indifferenoe. Compassionate Saviour, pity these precious immortal fer the not to negleot that salvation for nday, 9. ioh so~s, tl~ blood wa This has been a remarkable day. this morning and saw a shark oaught , a frightful oreatur feet long. and sutspilt. ent on deck out 5 It wae aoon out up and part of it rendered into 011 . The jaw oont ined 106 teeth. The Carpenter makes use of the akin -14- �nO. fins to sharpen hi After br akfaat th ooean. saw, th fleeh 1& not good for anything. 10 ering oloud You oannot ooneei how bur tin oopious ho er on the d wet weather at aea. uoh we dr All the skylight. and deadlightB are el0 ed, and our whole family oonfined to the cabin. air, and th I uff red oon8id r bly from oonfin d v tooth ach. You kno that oomplaint makes . the moat cheerful faoe look grave, but oontrary to my usual oUlto gloom, and laughed h through th drank a pint oaught on dlnn r Dr. Judd aail xtr ot.d ~ I n V1 .at r. m now tooth, and I r had mor ltt1ng 1n re 1 enj oym nt th n I :ta. va had in the ~ hour of 1 got a young S ndwioh Islander hav belonging to the ves el on board. aotl ve, and oan run up to th d. in t.b. on and d1800v rea th miti, not good). the pock t • H is only 11 yare old, very top of th highest Some of the 1 die. not put any pooket muoh pleasure ) ding. Tue • D o. 10. ble 8p 80 e hi d ficl noy. pair of panteloon8 but did He ran n he put them bout th On being told to thank the ere put In. at wi th lnoredi- It rally waa lad~e Thia they promia d to do deok orylng (our • he re used until d he was pac1 ... tied. led. Deo. 12. expediency of lmprovi etc. every A motion H l4 our el made and s co fternoon for th t purpo8e, oonsultation la t eTening on the i th aoieno \ o:r tate \ lr. and yet I usure you I am Parthian. and n var did I antioipate anything with a8 I do 0. Of the latter I h va d out for that purpose. pr room pantlng for a bra th ot f're h qul te happy. ee our minister rt11y to rain Dr. w hing towels and catohlng I brok of aaored muBie, d that we devote half an hour eh sea on to be oommenoed with �prayer and th • Andrews to 'be our teaoh r. ( The ladle oabin from 2 to 3 this afternoon for prayer. we propoa. to hold our firat we hav inging aohool. ar to h v Immediately after It rains again, but one consolation, that it will not prevent the ssembling of I ouraelve. together. rid y. Deo. 13. Croased the Equator thi8 morning a o'olock, thermometer at 82, water very bad. 0 rrr:I go to our never filing spring of water and drink gr tltul. ai8ters, when you full aupply. you. th 0 t want or am unhappy. No, tell unt Hanoy I drink nd brown augar, and biacuit and ohee.e e,.ry day. 'abbath day, Deo. 15. How difterent i . my aituation on the ocean with reapeot to religiou. privilege. fro '1 what it was on There 1 had to ride 2 m1le. to hear one sermon, here I h ve only to oome out ot our state-room and he r two. twice to day from in graoe". 2 Peter. e insisted • Green preached In the morning hie text waa, "But grow oh on self examdnaticn, prayer and ing in benevolent dutie., aa means ot growth in grace ngag- d concluded n exhortation to cultivate per onal holiness that we might be prepared for eminent u.efuln as. ahould perish". i 8 the honey- I would not however, have you under the impres ion that I bl ck tea wi th and Lord your God for the good land hioh he baa given apeak in reape ot land. b en you sit down at our father'a bountiful board and eat the f1 est of wheat, the be.t ot butter with honey comb. blea 9 Afternoon, "Not willing that any • S. and six of the seamen pre man of first rate talents and ard. t pi ty. nt. • Green Jhen hearing him pre oh b fore the.e hardened sinners I am oarried baok to the days of St. Paul. and almoet f noy I 8eo that eminent apo tl • whoee -16- �whole soul was eng ged in the work of preaohing Chri t cruoified. God grant that the word preached may be attended with a bles ing. :M'onday, Dec. 16. 1 seon. e oommenced by Ha.ve just got throe with my singing tudying th rudiment. of mug io. Had I attended father's inetructiona I might have been an adept in the science, instead of having now to begin ~th first principles. for dinner, which e have dried apple dumpling ,Deo. 17. oertainly wel"e good. I :feel quite at home in the oab1n, and were it not for the langor produoed by t e extreme heat would dd 1 am quite well. The Sun her Wednesday, Deo. 18. after 6 oclook. rises b fore and sets Your day. are at their ahorteet. ship appeared th1 Thursday. 19. our much loved oountry. evening, bound toward nag The Captain hoisted our returned the Signal, but d1 d not come 80 ia the third vessel we have seen bound and ahe near as to apeak" This we supposed to Amerioa, and have not been able to a nd one letter to our friends. Fri da.y, 20. e have gone 106 miles the last 24 hours, ar j ' all oontented oheerful and happy, a.nd eat our bread m th oheerful. .s hearts. Sa.turday, Dec. 21. Last evening. Ogden. Miss Ward and myae1f out on tne bowspr~t plowing her way through the mighty deep. grand. • Taylor took to see the Parthian It was a eight aub11mely The spray resembled great banks of drifted now, and the phosphorus had the appearanoe of ten thousand diamonds, or 90 many glittering sta.rs. Sabbath as I should have ~ay, done~ Deo. 22. Instead of going ~ to my ohamber had I been at home, putting on merino shawl, and looking mw large t the surrounding trees, now stripped -17- �of all their verdure, nd liateni ng to the piercing whiatling wind previou to ~ ao~nd of the going to church. I went up on deck and meditated on that God who holda this vast sa emblage of water in the hollow of hie hand, and haa preacribed their bounds over which they cannot paIs. l~y .abbaths here are spent very pleasantly, and I have never before .een a family ord i8 0 devoted to the service of God. Not a poken about temporal concern. no levity is indUlged, and all by their oonduct deolare, that they eate m the Sabbath a deligh holy of the Lord nd honorable. 1. • GUliok addressed ua this morn- ing trom th••• word. "What do ye more than other.". The afternoon servioe from the following worda. "Seek tho Lord while he may be found. Call upon him while he i& near". was d•• igned for the crew, but deplorable to tell, ot one of them came to hear. 0 that they were wiae and would oon.ider their latter end. Dec. 24. Nothi~ interesting oocurred. I have spent the l d Y in the oabin and am truly bleat in being permitted to enjoy the society of the ohildren ot God. The ladie treat How grateful shoUld I feel to God for giving me o that I a si ter. a uch kind friends. may never render myself unworthy of their regard. Tuesday. D c. 25. the vessel to day. atuffed ham for dinner. • Clark and Cowper T sk rote a letter &ld a~ 111 conversation. transpize in the oour brother brought me ho t) 80 J Had a. ung half an hour ill I shoUld like to know hoW' you all do. enj oy the cold long winter evening , and the subject Con iderable motion Croa.ed the tropic of Caprioorn this morning. Spent an hour on deak hearing the afternoon. Cb,rist.nae. tiD Hope you 't'anay I am made Dear Siet ra how many strange events of 12 months. On thi day].a t year my after ha.ving epent a vi it of e. month with -18- ~ �my friend Eliza. Since then I have pa.ssed through Philadelphia, New York, BOlton, and am now on the Atlantic. ( Where I shall be a \ year hence God only knows. P rhape at the S ndwioh Islands, per- hape 1n eternity. but Whatever may b my lot below, however great the trials I may be oalled to endure I have not one anxious concern for God is my Covenant God and he will never leave nor for.ake me. That you all may rely on the arm at l1iln., who i gr at rook in e. 'Gary land, 1 a shadow of a a tl e sinoere prayer of 'your siater J ria. Doo. 26. ~ed. que tly disturbed by the wave n agony hearing the w tel' been oloeed. I e~p and tried to oompo. Symm breaking on deok. gu~h Onoe 1 awoke in in at the dead11ght whioh had not oted In a moment to sink into a watery grave, ~ olemnlty, but inetantly Mr. pirit for the ln, olosed up the window and Clue danger. very little last night. being fre- S~ept The rema1nd.r of th night I B,88Urea U8 pent in 00 we were in no nd1ng rtr:f soul. to God and by ""eet experienoe found it better to trust in the Lord than to put oonfidence in man. Thur. Dec. 'Z7. The sea run. high and we are toased to and fro and etagger like a drunken man throe our floating habitation. Several of our company ar slide to the other la"t 24 nd of the e feel grateful situatlon hour~. sick. everything that is not made fast, roo~ nd happy, Disagreeable we a~ i our present have gone 200 miles the I have Buffered 18 s from the heat wbile passing thro. the tropios than I expeoted, row health 1s good and many are my meroies_ Dec. 28. etired to my b rth and shed many teare at the reooleotion tho t we had parted nev r lilOre to meet i n thie world. -19- J �Oh th t we may meet in I rejo10 our ey... .aven, where aJ.l tear. ehaJ.l be wiped trom that 2 of you h v made good profeeeion before many witne .ea. and I hope the fir t letter I reoe1ve t e bring you will ~ro eart oheering n .... that I ab lla haa joined heraelf to the Lord, by openly profee ing hi name. Dear girl how muoh she ne da the oon olation of a oovenant God. Sat. 29. pe~. 5e I went 81d {a~d thia mornin ' to eee t e sun ri e from hie 0 tery bed. witnessed the same sight on 1 nd and .ea, but never 80 glorioU8. 1th silent reverenoe I stood and of all good, who created t e day the • 00 \ and star t l at the earth ah oal avd 1 b as full of e'·. R o. 80 I had be~ore grand ever dored the parent dry land, the to rule t' e night and ha Sabbath. IX\y The aea ea at 5 o'clook deo~ un to the ~le gr aiou 1y promi ad glory, as the sea of water. hi~ nj oyed allot er happy Sabbath. V$ the se n n etill, a d e ch one ~eem d to say to the world- far 'from nr:/ thought begone. while I attempt to wor hip my oreator. twioe 1 llr. Clark of these things move Th~ 0-( preao~d 1~9. hall ving ta d. been d vice lIr. S. reproved by o:hi. text, litBut none y li fe dear to ne1 ther count I afternoon, "{ ny are t the Lord t'l of the w101<:ed nd:5 of ·h r. Gre. but the counsel ilor 0 handsome a person and b nt on hi a miable WI; Ir. ha~ lJJ.y heart aoh i'V8n up to the ern ce ot own destruotion. Mr8. Andrews and I nday. Deo. 31. second week of present. tor profanity, del'Jlared he will never again attend d1 "fine aerTie.. tc Bee eo young, y.elf s • 8up~r1ntending the domestic ran, and in di poai 111 on Gault t at I am otten r n 80 DlU(..Ih d o' her. -20- commenoed our ha oonc.r~e. re.erriblft~ Our do~ tic She i COlH!1n an ~r.y on~n1onft per- �feotly ooinoide and ..e have Iucceeded in making good bread, whiCh ! not always the cale raise it With. poises. near. &8 we have nothing but salt empty1ngs to To day ..e were oalled on deok to lee a troop of por- They sported in the water at distance. but d1 d not come The weather grows cool since we oros8ed the tropio o~ Capri- corn and I .leep very oomfortably under a blanket. Tuesday Jan. 1, 1828. Through the infinite goodness of God I am spared to see the first da.y of another year. been th moat eventful one of ~ lite. The past haa At it. oommenoement my soul longed to be employed in mi8sionary 1 bor. at its oloae I h d aotually embarked in the oauae, a.nd am .ailing to the field of our labors &s rapidly aa the winds and waves can oarry • ~ut now that the favorite wiah of my heart is grat! fied, I fe 1 that I am under re pon8~,bili ties deeply olemn and important. I h ve entered. on a life Whioh oalle for the strongest faith, the warmeat zeal, the deepest humility and .elt-denial- wi·thout whioh I lea · in a Pagan land. hall be en t1rely ule- 0 for faith in the promdaea of God. 0 tor 4i vine support and graoe to devote t hi.a year wholly to the Lord. have turned my back on th a~lurements 1 a.nd enj oymanta of the world,. I have most solemnly oovenanted to give myaelf.' up to the servioeof God, to labor among the benighted he then. Heaven forbid tha.t I should ever regret that I have left the land of my fa~ers. and look 'baCk wi th a deaire to r turn, but may I look forward to the hour when I ehall reach 1n ,t he heavens. ~ Father' IJ house not made with handa, eternal Yea rrry sisters, I rejoioe that there 1e a land of lubstantial bliss, where the weary pilgrim .hall find eternal rest, beyond this deoeitful world. There may we meet and spend an eternal year in oelebrating the praise -21- ot our Redee r. \ �, dna en an. 2. Y. 1 1 h orth U8 ay wi 0 t i, r1c. letter ho of left ter t. n1 • but he k t b clo w utltuJ. y • 0 d n on wi n r nd • o. d onl.y • 1s 0 eek. run r th o our 10 Our r n qu p roaohing the nd 4. 1 r th Ie t of eXlreie. i loin 11 r me I be th will of' G d. 19n d to d ha n ull d1 order. 0 d- But I de pr p re h Th y. to fo r • urea pl • J • 5. h 00 of gl • • tlon t. or • rpoo into h on th c of led • deok. r, I dre d thl kind 1t Th Re 1 bout n oompar 0 So n 1 rge ide y pd. tot nt. tly bl d 1 t to cal fortunat 0 in e ••a hog, 1 bro I 0 of th porpoi t 1 u d. 1 ope r1- 0 t of' your. tl 1 h color. :b. J 11 1 Hope" • t t win I put on t gl' vat ed ot he H • elzed our 11 t. 11 11 br u • 6. o f'r d t ought av r t y t u 10 ted. in for thr e 11 •• 'fro d in fro 1 ppe r no of evil • • 01 e d1 h of po • pr nt 0 I the 1 Th ant, 0- \ �ond .ervio. 4 of the men and 'r. fused and we hope he a rahall c me dov..-n. r pented of hi He looked con- tooli h re olution. Lord grant tha.t the fir t sermon they hav heard this year. may be fol- lowed with a bles8ing.So teach U8 to number our days that we may apply our hearta to wi dome Mon. Ja.n. 7. To day we have a fine wi nd in the right direction. going at the r te of 10 miles an hour, latitude 42 quite 001 d on deok, but comfortable in the oa.'bin. Mis., Ogden and beoame 0001; 8. afford nd 1 we gave many 12 d~r.d 1ard in our et us te~room. Spent the morning wi th whioh 8ince the weather del ightf'ul retreat. long nd wiehful why dinner was so long in ooming. alsi tant ooOk this w sk. look ~~hen the bell t the table, At length Tyler truok nd won- ho i down 'wi th our dough-trough full of' poe. 0 He plaoed it on the table, went back to the cambona nd returned Wi th a large dish and baain full ot the same oheer. then oa.rn.e of tried pork. asee The bell summon d u dish to gather, and when we had all led t e novelty of the Boene excited one general burst of laughter. Ronver, after w had beoome suffioiently composed, we commenoed our operations and loon made oonsid.rable inroads on the pork and poe. Never apl ndid entert8.1nm&nt surrounded by more amdllng guest_, or reoeived with 1. dish used a.t the Ialands, and a favori t 41 batt r relish than was oura. Poe de of t ro root mixed witt.. water. mesa of the na.ti ve •• ( Thole who are w1 th us wi thout crimination apply the word to anything e ten with apooni d our poe was nothing more than good Indi n mush served up in half keg Whioh had been sawn in two, and used to mak our bread in. Tylor is very fond of thi8 and was determined for ono to haYe enough. onthly conoert in the evening .e usual. e were obliged on thi8 �day last month to UI. our in the 0 bin with our oloak I lands lat. 44 degree - now we oan lit v.ry oomfortably ~anl fa on. r the Falkl·nd oppolit 10 m1n. South. elt 222 Bdle. from 11 yeater- d y. to the lame time to day. Tue.day, 8. Spent Tery ortab1e night. WlOO oonet nt danger of b ing rolled out ot my berth. Fr every di h, ohair and thing that have been broken to pi o.s. oul to prep r the break! Our ~riend t, and when at 1 midst of t e oommotion w fe 1 ready, no- While eat- oompany were .eated tied tempeltuous. 10 a trom I t it out of thi. diffioulty, by ty- I never saw the •• a often br ak on deok and wet th ry diffi- to keep our .eat ing •• v ral oh ir. together, and when th them to the table. ently thought Our housekeep r. found it Tylor helped u in lDOvable in the oabin would I ther di fioulty ooourred - how we wer ing it. IS n T e s ad to foot - but i the fe e Wh n d ngere round us pre •• And dar np.8 ill the kie e lea po his righteouanel. Whenoe a1. our hope ari~e. ed. J n. 9. th th newa th t apeaking. to 8 d. al roused from la11 ~ were 800n 1n light, bu 11y I had nearly brought min bound for er rioa. wh n an ther r tidings th t it h d gone by. to b t ngage 010 prospect in fi i hing letters e en t it wa , and 00 poke Gal teer boand for New Dedford. It w -24- eal our 1 tt- uniQ ted t The Captain nd did not expeot to r turn for 7 or 8 month c • Gre whaling ship pr p' ring to direct and aseng r o e do morning nd there to down with the oheering intellig noe t r thi ~lu un 100 nd disoovered it • a wh ling orui.er 0 we oonsoled our- �sel ves with the hope that .e might have an opportunity o't .ending Soon atter tM8 vessel pas.ed lettere sooner from the Ielanda. another came in sight and our hope. wer gain disappointed, as ahe d1 d not rai.ed again, onl.y to be nea:r enough to apeak. 00 1 now de.pair of aending letters till . . get to Oahu. Thu • 10. beaut! 1'\11 tame pidgeon. teer on board our veasel. it unde~ pae.engera of the Gala- e have got one of th las. lard. took her oare, and lodged it all night in her basket. tarr1a~ nny longer with house. Had a most afternoon. U8, [ \" e.c..IOld 1 re1iou If it the oarpenter ie going to build it a aea80n in our little praying airele thi8 What a }i..sSUl'e it 1e: to think tha.t tho. from the society of our dear Chri tian friends are excluded TIe till 1n this respect w hold oommunion w1th aJ.l Who in every place call on th J.aord CllrioU8 Mr. 11. Fri. Symms presented of' sea weed oalled kelp. peeie th a rar U8 J88U8. and The stem was 1 yard 3 quarters long conneoted by joints. from whioh hung small 1 a.ves, in the form of a sword about 12 inc he and l! ·ide ne rly cov red ~ong 'With shells inhe.bl ted "by 11 nIlS orea.tur Another week of our time is gone wi th th Sat. Jan. 12. wave we hay passed to return no more. I have opent most of the hour trunks. Here 80 our e have tnt times on th ~ brother may go to If their eing1ng is t h e ~tudied floor, ' ith e great d a1 of broiled beef and pork t~ ing1ng ohool 8 liar d and Ie en th plea.8~nte.t oat and , lept. chool thia G sit ott va been thinking van11~ 0 duoted with a runs in th and eat YeG terday we dine ~ood h~r. I sel~ p1ao e our plat s in our lap d sea br ad. ~ Ogd n, lei in our state room. high and the wGa.ther i8 cold, t , 1 ves 81. oalled barnacles. on e~hap3 in the sleigh. much proprioty as ne �I hoUld have no objeotions. oh pl. I re intere.ted in it then ev r I was. ear, ~ nd Cole.hill. nd waa alk the agree bl I muet br a tune eeveral ti off as I I have b. f1nd I , eiatera to ak lway. opened ie. m every ~ment e except trongly ll13 trie d& and ho expecting th Toa.ed on the tempe tuou , how a.eet it i& to enj 01 euch ut th 0 bell to c 11 Oce bbath , nd r nct, ary >:) • Gr en pre cn d on the privi- privileges in the bosom ot the deep . leg not Th yare ttaohed to pr y r me tinge b. Jan. 13. Old tor g1 vi ng 0 to be. a d nd I feel e f and upon deck but coul Feel thankful to Go high. 0 oompanione indeed 11k ohool i All the tunee we sing are new to worde. Hundred e.t dy, Our with pr yer, then w. eing the notes of apply th .d with of the Children of G(\d being justified by tai th in Chri.t. Afternoon, -He that aoweth to the fle h ah 11 reap corruption- . S pre ent. The oold ~ry 8it be ide a tire thi oomfortle Isl • intense. Ther. 50. 1 ink I hould like to evening but though I do feel cold, I o I de ire nothing more ear of the South, there to te~ • not tly th n to be t the the poor periehing pagan that Christ laid down his life a ransom tor many and his blood cle n8 th rom all ain. out th Cap. Jan. 14. Tue d y. size of robin. 8e ard'a pidgeon Saw hundreds of littl bird The b troe ia very numerous near th a droWDed 1 t Saturday ev Ding - t fir t de th which ooourred 8inoe we left Boston. by u 1, but none felt it so d edne day 15. Hd a ply a i tar Tbi ry.) tew pi. for dinner mad - 26- around, r rett d �raised cruet, as we have had no potatoes tor. t ho ince. oro •• ed theequa- I should have thought it impo8sible for 20 of a fam- 1ly to make a dinner on thiS, but here.. have learned to do wi th- o t many things Whioh we one thought indiapenaible. latitude 53 and longitude 64 eat, the cold Tery .evere. 47 I there at nd here we 81 t ,,1 th the oabin door open -and no fire. vee ednesday 1e have of singing. e had j 8el IllOved ue 11 out of our battl The We are in ) of mola.•• es, gent~emen ~ t n d a moat a eet but noed non W~ ea on sudden motion o'f the v a- aj eat , overturn d hich for safety hert nr, and broke a had plac d under the tabl • flew to aave the re1lla1nder of. the j are Ing over tho 'floor. and take up th molasse • o th ohool was diem! sed. Jnn. 16. Ie are 80 near the the Captain oonaiderod it nooe aary to oms. The wator ot disappears. was not ds.rk Q ound, dirty greeni h oolor. The sun rise. at 4 and eat outh A.merice. that nd found it 60 fath~ Day light here scarcely at 8 . and last night it 11.1 10 and d y da.wned before 2. Jan. lry. Tn a exoellent raisins thi$ ~ ptatn made us a pre rnlng. men oonstnntly reefing th Gr sailo. relieve an ..chi I have retired. he d, eo nt of a box of comootion on deok and the t ,veryth1ng bolow is rolling a.bout, ' ) and the only plaoo of safety I oan tin~ io in mw berth. Her to eo to remain a few momente heavy lea has just broken on deck, come down the harcnway. overno ed th the oa.b:l.n.' of ~out dining room and paaBed thro. th.e entry into Have had no pra.yer me tins or singing .ohaol. thi noon, -wtdoh I very rouch regret. 'rhu I have gi ven you a i'aJ.nt ftel"- \ I \ �de oription bo 0 0 ord or h U8. d 40 It ali wit a per pre forwa d in 8 the p rt of ndle. bb t Prayer Q ill. thi d to reaoh t e sky. to r 110w bird it t we r1 d oould we how oe th mo t rotit bl etin on w r d de by .r nd othe u d P rl h in to th ln l t u 1 J. Nt t t they ion riee n r. ly for no OB ther tor 0 d to day ed to our own f wo k and y from Chri t 00 -28- at C1 rk • n of the I 1 nd petition for the 1 unju t at " rd and on the Hi teal' w. ehould re oh n, and on by :fort . . oon th equal awi ft- con oonduot of t at ar "AJ.lth1 " offered by several of the gentle might b o. ... t ly Tn d God t not ata.y th·y mi d • :D y, 20. bili ty of 0 addre b11 on t} • dre or nent eav y. n t. 54- And could w t ere ore. gr. t1y n I did ·y at relay qu 1 ap ed pur ue our oour.. throu nes t t utifl 1ittl d. A b on the P y to hould r aoh i 1 .nt few o re p1 tow ri g topa a.e Ti.J.t-r fro 1 not b a or r titying 0 C d • for !ghta of o.:>t lotty nt 0 h d 0 ind b en h b tt r · 1 e th to bold 1 1 ~e • p rmis ion they 0 nnot over- rug, roo~ This d y h on outh. e our k. thi yet wit ort hi i J n. 18. ry lJ. itteth king upon the flood. well and billoW8 ria flo'ttl But I 8uffer of the mighty deep. I know that the to whioh we are expo.ed on the b of the peril 80 01' t e to them t ell' t tt lov ded. God, io Text- nd • �"Grieve not the Holy Spirit Whereby ye redempti on" • more oonsoientious in the pertor urged us to b H re .ealed unto the day of that would of duty, to avoid levity, luk warmness and everythi grieve the Holy Spir1t, to reprove Bin and act decidedly for God. are all clad in cloth oaml.t an circas ian- tire I have seen today foot-.tove. Borne of th in heat whioh your roo very oomfort ble. Thi • ry oold. H va thought if we h d could.pare, it oul.d male. ning . . are • 11ing against a waves are under the control o-t Heaven' We AJ.l the U8 all trong ry very little progress. but I r joioe the wind current and mak nce nd d nothing oan dieap- King point or frustrate his purposes. Ever .ine ;:r n. 21. of Statten Land. So laat Thur d y.. in have be ight timet we went aeven mile. an hour, hoped oon to dOUble the C pe but again ware dri ven b ok -oy a strong ourren t and he d winds. not wh ther to The las t was ~iee aad night and this morning 1 kn•• all d Y in mv berth. or 11 went to the he d of the stairs ~or w ter to waah me- but back by a hurrioane of wind and hail. disorder and oonfusion th ra. of Reoei ed and slept till noon. ~ and hay h. portion on Spent the underetand tternoon r taken no exeroi e to d y. ai ok and night. realized death 80 Never dri ven & 11'&8 her te rm I took her pl oe in plate then went to bed ngl~dera better. oaJ.l ha ty "by oall.ing it ding- The Tour round HawaiiBy the s ••lJ.1ng of the waves and constant pitching of everything in the cabin I aleeples II to our room, but all expi~.d Dined on what the N w pudding but Pennsylvanians wil Indian , C •• Ogden erv.1oe a8 hOUBeka p r had not quit laying the table. I ro a however and ticipate nother xoept the night of the firet gale, have 1 near; but und r the proteot1on of that God who -29- �hold. the .at r. in the hollow of hi. hand, whoee ey•• neither slumber nor sle.p I f •• l p.rfectly a f •• Jan. 22. Statten Land .till in .ight. the day in our stat. room- gave ing •• Clark apent •• O. and myself very int.reat- ccount of her father'. conver.ion at the age of 64. was only 11 y ars old when h experienced a change b •• n a profe. or of religion 12 years. i tar- aLl hop. fully pioua. 0 a. C. h.art and h f She has 4 brother. and 1 Her mother n e nent Chri tian- and 8trang. to t.ll 60 and 4 year. did her rather liv without hope without God in the world. n they had almo.t de.p ired of hie conver.ion, they atill made him haa said He b oam a proapect of eternity. ter d 00 ~ subject of pr yer. And h. who n ought alway. to pray and not to faint, swer their request. he obtained pe oe and .et up, anxiou~ hi~den fort. righteoua. pl. ind ed to a agonized with nights and sorrowful The t ly alter was immedi tely ible, h di.oover. it to be a vol- treaaure 1iea, and wondere why h cie ved its excellence. er of th hia ny al. plea nd now when he re da the ume ' where d n ver betore p r- 0 my sistera, pr y, pray r"r ntly the pray- od will he r and an.wer if offered in tad h. In the eveni g the motion of the vee.el and the noi.e on deok us warning of an approaohing gale. •• Ogden and myaelf went up to the head of tne stair., wh.re a Bcene pre.ent d itaelf at onoe ublime and awful- whi oh I oannot do j uat1 oe in attempting to decribe. cloUds, wer t one moment th ~h wind •• e next thre tened to .ink ngaged in t d to be UB ing down the sail. 0 rrying U8 in gaping grave. I thought abov up to th .~~ 11 hand n th t breathe, .eamen ought to po •••• e pi.ty for th.y have no a.surance of their 1i ve • and in almoat every gale there ctu 1y 18 but one �step between them and d ath. counted 16 men an one of the spar 18 a.nd humahly speaking th ir li vee depending on the strength of the ropes on which they stood. retired to the cabin with heart. wide awake to the danger of our situ tion, pressed with nd more than ever im- of the maJesty of God and hi 8en~e boundl •• & oom- p ssion to ma _ It being the ueu 1 hour tor prayer, Phelps i very solemn and appropriat the uni verae. mann r conU nd d Laid me down to ever to • y. tlThy will, not. Jan. 23. ad. hould please God. it 8 to him who govern&' U8 mind oompo.ad and re- leep with igned either to _ink or survive ne be done P I a I deair • round a oomfortable tireside or in Seat&d a warm stovG-roo. you can form no idea o"C the danger to VJhioh your 8i tar 1. expo ed. I have not set 2 minute The Bea. i a very temp stuoull in one to day_ p~8iti~n nd ware in 1.8. t. 55 .. 35 South. The w ves break on dick with a ro r 11ke a heavy oharged musket and I cannot help oonsidering ~self near the end of qu ntly ask t e important question Som time seemed on tho point ot overturning, I have calmnea and p ce ot' my f nd by looking at ~ nut my have be n pur • .~fety 18 d rived from looklng at what Je u for me. -Here and her nOther refUge have I and w'.6n the ve el 1 do not ttain "his ytb.1ng I ha\1'e don.. gi~ work of a missionary, tor God alone know motive iiI e ed. It the gre te t oompos- oul to God. no aat! faction in the thought that I have th~ voyage and ire- I prep red to dia U? flAm be God. I can Bay I do nnt fear death. ura and seren1ty in cornme ding ~ 1 n up all to engag speakable my Great High Pri r.~t J1ly tiafaction t has don_ weary soul, ncne~. a very much alarmed last night by th -31- in whether or not my only can I ' cast anchor and j,'hure. J n. 24. find �sudden swel~ing o use, but thi and burning of morning I leighing. winter' weather i ~ teet tor whioh I oould aa ign no reool~eoted ' .e had no prayer it wa th fruit of laat fternoon aa the eetine thi so oold the gentlemen oould not leave the oabin. Fri. 25. I have juat risen trom the most doletul dish of tea I ever taa ted. A fre h 0& ter h d been opened Whioh k of ur tea this always has an unpleaaant t ste untill it is aired. evening poola ~ lied of sulphur and tasted ong ide equea oreek • I suppose the stagnant hould in a warm u er day. d turned away from it with diaguat. 2 teaapoone full. took Fe 1 thirlty and would gi va the whole ooean for one tumbler full. of water from your spring. (. hink 1 f I ever a1 n enj oy go od water I ehall know how to prize it. Sat. J an. is batt r thia morning. ur ~t3. 8. Green de lome exoelient pan oakes out of pulverized aea bread mix d th flour, 80 that we ave had ungratet°ul in me to oomplain d Y of my life. ood bre hen goodness and 0 for a thankful he rt. ntion that we have de ome experiment faa t. uure~y roy follow me it i a very 1 must not forg t to in do tic eoonomy. on the ocean, and aan here attest that neae 8ity ia the mother of in ention. e find that w ~an prepare our it i8 muoh better then to eat it hard. ea bread in auoh a way, that e firat pound it hard, 80 and xdx it with flour, suffioient to make it to the oonai tenoy of dough, then make it into oake , bake and find it good. uabbath day Jan. 2:1. Felt unuaually aerioua. • Clark pre ahed thia morning trom 2 Cor.5:7-"For ..e walk by fai th and not by 19ht. As aoon aa the .ervioe8 were oonoluded I retreated to our li ttle room and wept. JIy thought a wandered far away to the home -32 �of my natiT1ty, to the h Ditation 1 onoe oould call thought of the wide waete of water life. I thought that 80me . ot us dea.th~ and the 14e God. lyon M.r. .. present.. th1nga eter' I d wept bitterly". peedy re>entance. 0 rVice of He dwelt prin- The fir t mate and feel the want of my cloeet more than any oth r I have not been one moment alon write we are 1 know this will be the prefer the wages of sin to the fall and I mdght even be separated after Afternoon ·Peter ent out cip own. th t would eeperate us during wae extremely painful.. portion of ua all- i f ' . ~ to day d now while I near each other th t there is not sufficient room for a little child to stand b tween. nday. 28. hOUTS before cious Awoke at 3 o'clode this morning and read 3 ny of the young ladie El'lj oyed a most pre- ea. on at the throne of' gr oe in beae ohing the Parent of all good to prepare me for usefulnea mi were up. in he then land, to bless the ionariea of the arosa in every part of our guilty world, to pour out h1s Spirit on that beloved country I had lett, upon Ir. D. and the lukewarm ohurch of Pequea and capeoi out in upp11cation, for ~ 1:1 was my soul drawn dear father, brothers and a1 terse aeemed as tho. I could not gi ve up the hop ' of heaven. eeting you al.l in Spent the day as usual in our stateroom. fectly oalm, the weather mild It The aea io per- nd they say we are in the Pacific. 1 have felt so much a t my eaae that I have frequently thought of rieing up and going out at the baok door to take a walk. But ah! the idea is visionary, there 18 no w lking on the smooth deceitful ea, no baok door in a ship and we must spend at least 2 months more on the deep, and be exposed to muoh danger before we aee the I ale of the outh. But the event I leave wi th God and ble8s hi �that he has brought us round the point of danger and h na lsed to be with ua alw 1's even unto th Tue•• Jan. 29. lly I found it painful to ..ear end ot our lives. fe t were so s ..ollen tnie morning that hoe. ~ Thus at the diet nce of 12000 miles I am reminded of the week of dissip tiOD I spent wi th Wally last winter. calm and ent on deok before breakfast. the sky oloudles unrufr~.d. ell oaloUla ad to lead 8 • kindnea took 0 thougnta to heaven. came into our room. offer till it and .erene j hould be more necessary. a an d one of the bOYIi offered to o. read ewi1U In t 8 U8 with fraternal 18 remadnder of the Opie on lying. After ome diatance on the water, it on bo rd. presumptuou8 adventure and 8 attaoked by li- eoame eXhauated. 10lt hold of the rope whioh wa his 0 used the grea.test alarm to all on deok. .eason of extre e anxiety Phelps noble generous hearted Ph Ips diaregardle 8 of hie own delecate health, plunged into the ocean to resoue Cnarle and called for a boat. whom he found just on th o time wa point of sinking, lost in launching it, and in a . nutes. Charle •• Ph lps, and the albatro.s were brought on board. nd 81 Th e had reaohed the objeot of hiB pursuit last and only resouroe, and few Atter breakfast to, and brin diately he set out on the bold an ing albatross, W 8 ooul rly propo ed to bleed me. but I deolined dinner the C ptain &not an albatross at when The eea wae He remar.lCed he had heard me say tha.t morning w spent in hearing I a nd the acene dicine. and th Dr. who treat e I di lik d medicine and th ~ prom- Charle was wrapped in flannel, brandy poured into hi ttl s of hot water applied to his feet. 1 ~uth, Phelps underwent a r procea8, and th4ity both are DOW in a fair way- to do well. were all gratified to eee the d ep feeling manite ted on the oooa- e �sion by Phelps' brethern. partlcul rly God preserVing them both from a. ~or thankful to ~eel tery grave. rem.emb ran 0 represent this bird to you but th th 11s, and hould 11k I to ' that 1 t haa endanger d 11 fe of a felloW' bei S. has entirely unnez-ved lI\V d1aorip,ti va power. 11 ?ing alb tros Wed. Jan. -30. sa-uti ful bird reS6n:ibling a gooa. a.nd to the t 1 ot it 1 fair vi Lmost 3 mont a All we c do i t it at liberty. ince we left Bo ton. h£ tim e we could to be lSub'l'Ilie ive, ana. oommit our ord, Who in his own good time 1.1 or! g 1.18 I not fit for flies swiftly away but we do not progrea8 & rapidly wish. a red 5 t't :from. thtt bill ighed 25 pounda. use, after ,e had' 1 Jan. 31. It i the extr m1 ty of ene 'Wing to the other. d 10 'rom suppose it would have tabl oaught to day. y to the to the haven 0 r our deSire. Feb. 1, Frida.y. that variety of ourrent a d the ve ad~ had rain, h i1 e th r Whioh ~hi 11 as r el 'brought on y 11 day. But tho. tar r the kind t of friend, ~ble. H I nth g n rally brings. in~t u ink h ad ch m 80 thing to rolling of dv ly c the e~. do r joio th erth I am. ble t with 1 1'1'1 their power to m do II the famdly. e p ci prospect of dOl g t Strong m to my iter, a.r I have reason to thank God I po fid nee of e viol and contine ved from lY no no, with all nd ff comfort- etlan .nd conthat I h T kingdom of my dear Redeemer. at. lIab. 2. ave had prayer prep ratory to the Sabbath. fir~t vera or the oth chapter of other preciou Rema.rke Ro~ 1H'8S0n of 001 al. re made on the 3 and it as the opinion of \ �11 that in th 3 ver.e t Paul merely expreased a moat earneat conoern for the salvation o't his brethern, and not that he wished . to be damned tor their sake. It s al 0 inf'ered that et on earth, all probability parted with our friends never more to we ought to make them . . bad in apeoi 1 subjeot ct pr yer, and guilty ae I feel. w1 th respect to my unfai thfulne. in warning my brothers 0 t their doom, it they shOUld oontinue in a state of rebel.l.ion to God, yet I have never felt more intense desire tor their .alvation. that the ord would pour out his Spirit on my f and grant you all the ble8~ing. Could you he r the prayer the~ 0 and family. whioh hi. ran.omed ohildren e~oy. whioh are daily .eekly offered up for our Amerioan friends your hearts ould glow with love tor the.e dear mda ionar1ea, and you would rejoic that you had a .i.ter who was so highly favored as to make one of their number. evening that God would abundantly bleB 11s rayed this Christians for sending the Goapel to the heathen, and that he woUld reward tho.e who had forsaken house and lan s, father and mcther, brother and .1.ter~ for Christ. ' abe day Feb. 3. r. Andrew. preaohed from these words, "Whioh things the Angels d air to l.ook into". fternoon Green preaohed from Rom. 1.16 'For I am not & harned of the Gospel, for it i. the power of God unto. lvation to 8th tI • ~. G. la as war very one that believ- a d animated a preaoher a8 ever I he rd. /hen hearing him apeak ot the boundless love and oompa. i on of our ble.sed oav1or, I am transported ~8t to heaven, and When he dwells on the debaaing nature and tremendou8 oonsequenoe. ot Bin, I fanoy the horrible pit is open betore ~ eye.. I have retired to our li ttle room, and 'te.l as though I oould stand up before a 8ootf-36- �ing world, and glory in the croae as well as the gospel otChriat. .. y but his graoe my heart renew, Let sinnsrs gaze and hate me too, The word that eaves does engage, A aure defenoe trom 11 their rage." .lOn. Feb. 4.. tree 88 of the oabin 8. A. and I have again beoome the mis- n honor However, I h ve b tter new th be ten Dack oy head d inde not very ambitiou I of th t to oommunio te. atron .ea. t Atter being urrent, and toa.ed round Cape Horn tor S weeka, think how delighted we are to know we going 9 or 10 milee an hour. Conoert and tor our pre Fe'b. 5. In tne evening observed th nt prosperity thanked God A porpoi8e cau ht which re nth1y nd took Qourage. &aured at teet. had a di fferent appearanoe trom anything we h ve seen and is oalled Cape Horn Porpoiae. • Judd has kindly o'ff red to gi ve you a draw- ing of it. led. :b'eb. 6. bread and fresh at. Had a moet d liciou8 breakfa t on light Th , and to ue who bay flesh of the porpoise taetas like beefta8ted no tresh meat tor three montha it reaUy was a luxury. Thurs. Feb. 7th. board the Parthian. A memor b1e day to the mi8'31onarie, on I re on the Paoifio Ooean 12000 mile from the land of our nat! vi ty w. ereoted our 1'1benezar and inscribed on it, "Hitherto the Lord haa helped ua" and private worship. 11 with one heart We p nt th4 Whole day in publio In the morning a pr yer meeting was held, when nd voioe united in supplioation and thankagiving to ttlat God who had delivered ua from icknee ularly for bringing ue round th and death, p rtic- point of dang r w h ve just pat, and preventing the proud waters trom going over us. At 3 in the �it rnoon • preached trom the 116 PI. 12 v. • ~reen render unto the Lord tor all hia gitts". .ermon. for hi t the clol to exoite fe ling the ve s.l 11 hie kindn a tor ~ord Itill t 80 cheerfulnea d the closed as it commenced in prayer eyes neither Ilumber nor muoh plea wafting leep, whos Remark rie made by to Zion' 8 ~ d would _h que tio dre x lip • v I the tudy of learn d and hope new song in th d1 ney 0 t us temple tely pre ed, could ch door ot aco othi tinge 1 mi Bion- d that th il. ut the u rped dominion wit out a was prop obs rved t at th ose Ki g. exoeedingly interesting for the wretohed 8ailors on board. • y 'l'l om protioie oy i on, and woUld ult1 ot giv up hi ed to p e r torev r. • Gr. n on glorlou t the presenoe can ohang preparing for a life of inoan e1vable trial- oau en H aedeft s ored go P 1 oe 1111e p p radi ing I ~ eb 9 forw rd ach bro. after a life of toil and hardahip to aing t. U8 houa th 0 d wi th the new tune bove, even praile to rk hly pl & nt, h 0 nd pr sp1r d 00 ueuu . lin pri on into Fri. F b. 8. Am a d joy sat nd hall I Everytb1 re cripture. ot he 0 reign in ev.ry he rtf into a sanotuary t Our table was and the oonversation i ffu i the ..I.Iord w re in breeze wa an hour. gener ir t w to devotion, thou h rate of a mil. Th gr titud. 0 ive anew to hi att. shown". 1 I and impr urselve 'l'h n sung that be uti fUl hym ot rend r to the h i ch he called upon us to ble 0 unmerited goodness and oon eorate servioe. usio. A .01 at ul p more b • ai d on the to th m done ubj ct. effeotually �0108ed, the Captain had expres.ed a8 nothing to • y to the crew. wish that the minister have r. Green l:1ia.id his heart almost bled for therr" but after having reproved, warned. pr yed for The meeting wa to pre oh to them, Wh t more could be done. by singing "Go preach my goapel a,ith th nd offered ord. olo •• d The 1& t 11ne \I of the seoorid verse. "lie shall be Baved who trusts my word, he ,hal.l be damned. th t won't believe ll • m lted Sabbath, Feb. 10. from 1 Cor. 1.21. to tears. e~v1ce.8 tr. Green preached u8ua1. "It pl ased God by the foolishness of preachillg to Bave them that believe". The d1 oouree waa princ1pal.Ly directed to the mini tera, reminding th m of' the deep re ponIJib11i ty that rested on them, nd entre t1ng the Chri ti na to make interces ion for them with God in every pr~ r for their f Our congregation this aft rnoon the first mate and 4 of th ithfulne8~ inarea ed by the attendanoe of • Andrews pre ohed trom sailors. theae worda, "Inasmuch a8 ye have not don of these, ye have not done 1 t unto me". it unto one of the least It was a good s&rmen well calculated to arouse sinners from their false security. would 'blea~ it to t.~e Have a. f ir wind and Very pleasant on deok where I h v exhibition of God's oalled gra.mpu of a whaJ.e ever impr onderfu1 work works of God, on th flook d around the vel nd nearly th 89 d 0 that God conversion of the e hardened aona of th on. Feb. 11. hour. ani SUQcess. • e ahap 1. r O~ean. going 8 mile an just been viewing an Tribes of Monat r deep. Th Y and oolor. With the sena. of my nothingne. r half the size 1 feel more then in oontemplating th nd wi th one 0 fold oan excla1m. "Lord what i8 man that thou art mindful of hi ". Feb. 12. Fine w ather, have had the skylight and de d- -39- �The wind lights taken out. aa been favorable 7 days hay VI gone 3 degrees the 1& t 24 hour •• d. The 181 this Afueri d of' De ore oheered by the eig t of 1 presented ue with The Juan Fernande • •e al orning. so did not 00 ae onoe eb. 13. ear.e to taste the e of 80ene ed on the 0 p • pe oh d~ioiou • It, but ioh 3 t~lere grow in great abundance and are at this .e Ion full.y ripe. 1 t r. will think I 111 near t e world'" near the I le Yere Robinson Cru say a taken Alexander Selkirk penned that admir ble tY'a reaoh". 1 0 nd he tter ro Feel quit ovely girl, from h r pe shal~ 1 ev r h ve the pl improv POl'tl11 H ve the e preoiou Have again got into voy 1 h ve e. and pir1.L and hitherto 0 the work 0 1 11 ttle improved my ri vi 1 t to redeem n pr paring for oon _ mu 1 wi de. 0 for 0 ~or 11- of' 01 duri I d~nial The ~e gratito ' t ry moment 11 oulti vating a [l b ore e r1QU8- ~or I e :lg gr oe. 0 than 40 d :y. Dundant favore we daily reo iva. ~o pG d We wish.. t he trad ays we may expect to eee Oahu in lee a and devotednea of oon~r.ation. have gone 8, 9, 10 knot. an hour ali this week. t .ink line. de ~ ur •• asQne while tog ther l for eb. 16. Fri. n -I am au+. ot ot r ading another gain had the pl pr yer and religious 001al tude for the m cei Vi d , polite separated, and . then .e .hall need a double .har. Captain I port nd d m ot ur the ? rhur. Feb. 14. an hour 1n t~ll or up~ happy to day_ • Judd. whioh atrongly re I long v tional and hardship unkno~ ~ b. l7. Th1 day da~l -iO .. d or U8 with poouliar olomnity. �The idea that we re dr -wing near the de tined port. and that we hall have but few mor xhort1ng the.. pr - S bbaths to spend 1 immortal. beings to nee trom the wr th to <liou anxious to impre doub~y their Ddnd 8 cOIlle, make us With divine truths-whiCh hereafter may spring uP. and bring 'forth frui t to the glory of God • • G1l1i ..k prcac1 d 'hi l!lorni g. text, " h n they that Lord !)pa.lce oft n one to ," nother". worl ", Q(tr o to. ject. 'U .1n~ y '3 of to . ea.r this sou bo rt to thl not h£lt he i . r wh1 ch oan :i.VEI 111m !fo .. -r 0 l'h ctndle3 Th~ oce~r. de~ighttully pacifio. E e i gi op~oa1t ply air ating disco lr her forgive him to 1'" e. he in the un1 verae only mellon We in torrid zona. I hay never felt so all tbsown into th ewer ble tb.i ~y fa06 looked emotion. ding ~at. eour 23.29 at t hand. Feb. 19. ltat,1or bOll pae engel" on the w" t,erll, perhaps ther any t1me sinee I it n stornl the vaptai ~vn- pardi iii on • . ~ain ar Feb. 18. ~ee d P 19ue. kno ":i'or 130 d so loved the ~fternoon ire d It eared th morning ·oy th 9&1 • and every eyti vi m til ont: \V~ ob er fld comio the tern of th v ea rc~t .have been ow:.rturned '06 of :3 water spout •• them with ~Q tremb~1ng &uch v loci ty attd th thad not · it ~. sket, it i arrested _y the dischargo of would h va been appea.r greatest oon tar- &0 d1l"(totly progress been probable the lnaineBdl in pi e s fro top to bot ana in death might have been the lot vlte.bl o~.~e ve 1 might of U'lf ~~~ he,d not God in ro.rcy preserved u • ( For a. particular description 0 tl1. phenom non I refr you to Blake. geography. I could oornpe.l's it to nothi g 'b' t the -41 - It ke of a t steamboat r1aing �r, o or a o u e u ho r de th alar. war ired w1 th mix d it inc unexpeote hope o ua wer mI tern por plri ta but or th hop to r 0 • t" i nd. 0 intero te. I h th 1tu t10n I tarday t tl 0 :&.1 t av l'y r ur • • ••• 0 fro ho r God haa olioltou 1 woul. 1T n m th of te e to th rd e 1 my r t n a 1 11 you I Xo oon 111 teli you I .... 110 pre 41tion of unfit- nd 00 t 1 ho • th hi • ohi at 0 A en you or one r ture 10 • 1. on I have oheeka t • ould to dly the .veni t nde:rly r o &ry. tr 0 t wi ow or a ould tell hi I OlX of lYe 1 relt .1 pend ry needful qualifl a I or of r ligion, I I he rd hi r h n 0 re itt r tl ne of God re arkod in th no th t I ot ce. prof l' ry • t kinde y 18 he h p' Y ? coUl. I • c""",,,u<.v r. wond r how ha 0 ry d y 1"01 0 up. in tog. 1 8 801 i d d. rep ti ti n. living? anion, b 1 i'tl o e 00 eparture, h ~ uae to ble 0 lett you I i h your y t in th n 11 I rbap h va b. t r, th 11 Nah roi nd tder ab. 20. nd tin ve lhua .clr t rok d1 d not truotlon, klndn 8 10 he other our 1.1 t ket ge ot th e c11 p red. nd 1 t r ut the d18ch 00 • ell' d t repe·t y. b. 21. How xo 841 1y preo10u re pr1v1- �leges. I have enjoyed oat delightful hour It 18 the unit d opinion of all the 81 t ra religious oonversation. that we mould watch our own d oei ttul. h ing. God grant u The C pt abington' e birthd y. tor a aavior ,u day •• 08 s- t. of is patrioti •• he does not app. r to birth, or love to hi like a _d lov 0 f f park ot gratitud 1 bles iugs flow. rom i om How hort 1noe.. saile va one and 0 1e tine are our 11 ve.. It when I look ba.ck 1 t 8eem. only a few lid we ping flood ia ti • oarrying ua 1 into eter- 0, my .iat ra live devoted to God. be muoh employed in prayer, nity. and d 2 gins in commemor tion He be a.t. Feb. 23. is 16 week a.nd pr y wi thout l"t graoe to do 10. Feb. 22. oountry but ala n aocial pr yer and 00 we may hop to et eaan otn r on a shore where prais. ahall be our delightful exercise forever. 'fhi to oo~ noe paintin • Green But 0 the morning the Ca.pt in ordered the men we hip e:;~pected soon to go into port. atrenuouely re onatrat d agaInst the he oonsented to deter it t1l~ • Clark preaohed on to orro • Christian benevolence, 'Love is the fulfilling "~uenoh pain d tal • S. a.lone not the Spirit". ~o hear oandal einga pur u1ng pour d on the n oourse of aeure, that o~ the law». ttended. 2 a.rmDn. very heart is e of J.sus - to s.e i .in delight and fighting their orw~ on to everlasting woe. Feb. 28. pent th day with my' dear a8 gden in fasting I nd imploring our hea.venly father to pr pa.re us for entering the fi ld of our labor. 0 my aiaters, I do begin to feel I ought. I do fe 1 Uke a pilgrim wandering thro. a de.ert land- havl ng no oertain dwelling place bene th the sky. -43- I want to be more orucified l �( to the world and more c t1 "Ie 1n perfornd.ng the worl: whi ah God has appointed me to do that I rejo10 I y go and everlasting habitation. ~oy ~ th t I have been oounted worthy to part With dear Lord. I t is but right s1noe he has done let it go, one smile from him will mer of orad! t, rich. Sat. 0 rch 1. othly e go on ~very e. Ye d I discover so much no t to writ 11e the t&JJd.ly were walking on deck, my b loved then. my and friend • tirod to our room to pray tor our elTe ~ muoh tor tor than compenlate tor the los repeti tion in my j ourn 1 that I have determine day. 1 day I feel more and mor and heavenliDd.ndedne.s. ~ every r1 our tr1enc1e and the he need of humdlity, holinas 0, for a heart supremely at tadled to the de r Redeomer. Sa. all th Our 08 in every S bbath 1. olothed In none other then the plaoe wh re God ia pre.en t to imp rt pirit and bleB 108. ot. John "u • Andre.. pre ched in the orning, fro .e. lifted up the .erpent in the wildern Afternoon, "Strive to enter in at the brcther d~ solemnity of a sanctuary, and every oountenance rnani fe ts th t i t 1 hi. roh 2. traight gat." I wi h oould h ve heard thi. ser on, they woUld onoe re nded that Christ 18 the to 0 on~y y that ". eto. or my have be n inner oan be reoonoiled d, and thoae that rej eat hi • love de th and ohoo e the road ... to helJ... bbath. ut they hear or might he r the 15 e truth. pre ched very ' y the lioly Spirit make 1 t effeotual to the con erli on d lanotifioation of th ir rob 3. oull. Our t ble was porpoise, a moet acceptable tr at 11 our better provi 10 nearly g 8 in repleniehed our butter ia very pent. till we h v th a dish of tale, nou d to �lut until w reach the Islande, aa .....xpect to be there in 3 weeks. Monthly ooncert usual this evon1ng, very interesting, at the clos. of Which Phelps .xcl i of ~ d maitai meeting and in the sincerity heart I CQuld re pond, it Sabbath rch 8. S cond .er there that being as I both ernoea.. 1 to aave his Oap. Taylor for the first time attended I know not from what motives he Lord will aooompany hie word with th Spirit. n as I flee? And who would go into the t. I Will not go In." lite 1 e but hope the 0 oonflioting influence of his I feel oomposed and happy th1s evening and thank God irom the bo tom of my heart that he ha o n on Christian dignity Nehemiah 6.11 "And I • id ahould such a fro .ting. Ur. Gr •• n pre ahed this morning on the words, ·Pray without cea ing". i very good what a dignity oonferred on permitted me to be a mi.sionary. sinful arm. ord grant me grace of the spirit of to be fa.l thtul. I think I do teel tion, drawing near to God and emboldeniDg me to ory ItAbba Father", m8 1 delight to go to the throne of COTenant God. ·Cast all you a ~lng raoe and plead the promises of a oare upon God fc~ he I prize more highly then ailver or gold or all th Karch g. Sinoe we left Cap 1>n thia for The he t baa not r part of i)ur voyage. ~ues. 10. have again devolved. 80 8th ~or you" e rth oan aftord. Oro •• ed tne ~ine yes- debilitating an influenoe aa I never enj oyed better heal tho Upon Mra. Andre and me the family oonoern 'e ha.ve alway. :tound it attended with labor and perplexity to prep re 3 c.ea.J.s a da.y for 20 this week 1 t ia more trying then ever. of your dritd 0 Horn we hay been blest with uninterrupted fair wind. and good .e ther. terd$Y evening. adop~ pple. and peaches. or a family, but How often I wish :ror some I hope if you ever reoeive the �journal you will .end St. 14. ucce • ion ot oma. e have bad heavy ahow r thi 0 Th w eke a d in our .tate roo om time get to I awoke and re ention th t the the praia. firat ti th ric conatant r roae to 106 in t I the heat i e t .eather I ever f lt in r in and of moat insupport ble, the hott- was not to be compared to it. 1y thought I should apta.1n (tor I It. I must not for- willing to 1 ve hi .1. ich ia justly hie due) before .. croa.ed • ordered an air hole bout the .ize ot p ne ot gl • to bout thro. the partition into the din! g roo or I t ink w oould not have lived till. now. oh 15. abe It ia r ore e re favored with kable that during the oder te on the abbatb ole voyag pl s uranc fro e e. A. and myself' hay reg ve thi. morning .truck the lorth 11 oon.ol tion to know that.e this toilao t re loet". ned our libertl. nd it is no eat tr h 11 not as ave to pursue I have WI day oompleted my 25 ye r . and full of' evil h ve een the years of my p at lit. nt of the sub •• quent, may b roh 21.. Friday. contemplated field 0 d4voted to the Having 00 h~lity and imploring the (46) 0 t wi thin ate.. d y tour 1 bor and in vie. •• t every ord. 0 f • 1 of the importa t work, which will con.equently devolve upon u', we .at for fa.ting, iternoon. work on board the vealel. roh 19. th • Guliok preaohed John 5.3. 'llut if our goapel is hid, it ia hid to them t on. 17. .eather hae been th then any other day in the morning, on the tal th 01' t bra ze. 8 p rt the d y id ot the Holy pirit. The �nt!r.ly to God uttering our and ot bird. 1 reen. and my :1. ect h t h nter r d 1. n e • ot flower un and. the n you 0 dietant. f uffering t now th you :1 • ly re 1"1 han t h t (I 1.2 and. in of 800n 011d ground. with lnaipid potatoe i o tire I 1Q :1. .ea and nd o t 1. dreom? t I d 1.18htf'tl1. d ork d i it POI lbl 00 Jl; er a 0 ot J. d lett dayw our 19nt. ing n th till no Wi th 1 t · the ontlnen an l~pon d 01. ove th 1 vel of the • 2t) u.n1c.no andWi oh lal ~epar te d o , tl' · ; or her nat!· ty, 'but 11 I • ? from you o ,nnot realise it. Y•• it 1 tho 1 04 0 ain recei ving u It the oloud. i Grin in a 1 holt morning t tOPJI of I b h .at aieter • 1 t 0 foot rom the ( should abo., for 147 d :y I. it poa81bl or do TlU cJ.a hal. 08n48 f nil 1l. d bee our e no one and on vo n .. 0 • lute oaton till th 1 liv1 of thout ex: J. and 02 or and p at .. 1 roh ?..9. J t 1 at' th the hop d 0 . " the gone 10 hour. 1.•• I rrang d the • t ns roll 'bet rapidity. ti towards heir h ad 110h J. 00 Ol&d in 11 vine oon 'b will J d the t ith tl11 favored sr ott fol' dy;l. dy:1 . r()h 25. Tue • y gr he PI" :y th u:, frOIa he. • ot f tally doo! I r.an look to he v n end 8y 'Ohrist 18 my port on f.ir, my tr aeur an r:r:t he rt i th ro." lin pri "'1'!lege to be permit t t l () 1 do .teem 1 t the grea.6 t d on thea. h nthen ho:r.es t nd here • �exerc1.e. of the day .er conduoted in a manner aimilar to our t ank.gi "dng. we had At II A. re d the 91 Ps. prayer mee1t:1ng wh n appropri te hymns were .ung. ~everal • Guliok and triend Phelps led in prayer. in eelf ex • nation and .eoret prayer. again met tor d1 vine wor.hip. ndre • o.")heppherd The interT8l was spent At 3 in the tternoon we • Andr .... oftered th firat pr yer • • Clark preaohed from G 1. 4.18 "It ie a good thing always to be ze loualy affeoted in that the h .eionary ood thing." Hi. main obj eot 0 UI. was a good one, and when that w a granted. exorted us to engage 1n it with of our soula. • to prove al~ the .eal and ardor and The conoluding prayer .a8 re solemn one I never heard. de by rgy • Green and a In the evening the Captain d us a present of 2 bottle. of wine and •• ver 1 pound. 0 f good butter, a at se onable supply. s we haTe had none on the ta~a. for almost 2 weeka. roh 23. th A very aolemn Sabbath. po tle. being in straight betwixt two whioh he wished to 11ve waa to benetit th f very one of us and JDU t gi ve an ome of the men present. g t • Clark preaohed on d the only thing for Church. Seoond aermon, oooun t of himaelf to God. a8 deeply •• f1'ected to think that this be the last warning 80me ot them might eTer have till they ppear before the JUs t Judge who will render to every man aooording to his works. The dear minister haTe faithfully disCharged their duty towards them and if they go to pe dition, they 11 u,1der eight of aggr vat d cond mnation. onday, 24. I dr. in the great. t diatr.a is ionary oau.e. ~ d last night that for fear I ~ dear father hould suffer martyrdom i dear father if you love me- giV9 me up -47- wa. the �I hope to pend day e ha.v b S turday 1 lands of Rawli and ot homw. no d of ee. ernce. n sailing all. day between th fter pr Y ra f wee. fire on the 181 aee r out my life in h1 d 1t as oal..l.. d on deok to bright bl.aze rem:inded e of the 1 nd I shall Vis1 t 0 how much th a8 hills rem1 d ore. Sab. day, A d Y of gr. t exoit ment reh 30. interest to the p11gri on board the Parthian. morning on the words "Foraamuch al I in th Gentile I magnify my offie soon as we partook ot our frugal rep and beef's tongue, languag where one e went on deok to fails to describ horri d de d I thought too of that 8 nd profit :Ole eer piea t, I looked on these mount in the gloomy hills of darkness 'tnY soul, be still and gaze, All the promises do trava.il rioue d~ of graoe." o~ Look ith e. glo- Came down with feelings much excited and heard another sermon on the and the remainder But here and bloody ri t ~ w re pe-rfo rl ad and W pt. ~,"Oer ords, "The WI' th of' man shall prai e wra.th he shaJ.l restrain. Scarcely had the servioe closed, when 2 cannons were fired as a signal tor a pilot, but there b 1ng many vessels in the harbor we found it necessary to cast anchor at 3 o'clock. gl 88 had I ent again on deok and throe the a fair prospect of the village. thing so magnifioent B tilese mountains at Never have I beheld any- hose baee. groves of oocoanut trees grow interspersed with the native huts. off1oere oame on board and offered to take th Sev ral ladies ashore, but we deolined 1t as we are determined by example as Well as precept to show we reverence this holy day. -49- n. of plain" Diamond hill. 0 my emotions. • Green pre ched the apostle of the v ry animated tt, d dep Took tea at half past five, �had worship soon atter, and Captain from New Bedford present. In the meantime information had reached the village of the arrival of the Parthian and just as family worship was concluded Yr. Bingham, • Goodrioh, llr. Chamberlain, and Ship Enterprise, came in. stetson the first mate of the Bingham lifted Ul> his hands and • t ~. blessed us in the name of the Lord, the others bade us a hearty wel. come to these benighted Ielands. It was & 'Ieason of exquisite feel- ing and seems to me like a pleasing dream. After they had made inquiries respeoting our voyage, our friends in Amerio and som other particulars, they prevailed on or. Guliok to accompany them to hold a meeting on board the "nterprise, where there are ten persons under conoern about their eternal welfare. 0 how different is the case of our company on board of this vessel. t'ust we leave ithout hearing one of them ask the soul ooncerning question, t~hat must we do? t }'onday morn. shore. ·Lr. Gulick returned sug r-c ne, oranges, exc pt Rose early and mad i th ilk and eggs. • and. rs. Andrews and and en to row us, ours wa r. Goodrich, brought some yams, At half past ten all r. and e some further arrangements. preparations to go s. Gulick ho re ere ready ined to 1!'r. stetson kindly offered his boat attached to it by ropes so that the hole number were acoommodated in one boat with only one of our sailors to bailout the water. I flo ting prison, land many tear Thus we turned our backs on our flowed from my eyes to think per- haps their gospel privileges were numbered, and "that their iniquity was full. -.J ~en we reaohed the beach we found hundreds of the natives standing to reoeive us. -50- • Bingham wi th They exolaimed �aloha, aloha, offered their hands and brought little wagons to carry us to Mr. Bte. At first my mind recoiled at the 1dea ot riding in a carriage drawn by my tell ow beings, but being advised by all the gentlemen, and to spare our own feelings, the four single ladies and Mrs. Green, who has been sick, were drawn in state to the house of Kauhmanu (Kaahumanu), she who exercises the royal power on the Islands till the Young king is of age. (This was the first and I hope will be the last time I shall ride in this manner). She was dressed in rioh blue silk, had a figured muslinsoart around her shoulders, and two handsome strings of feather beads around her neok. We were introduoed separately, and to each one of us she offered her hand and aloha, expressing by her oountenanoe and gestures the highest satisfaction on our arrival. • B. invited her to oome and dine with us, to whioh she joyfully oonsented and walked with only two attendents 1n the prooession. As the distance was short we did not again enter the oarriage but walked under the proteotion of 1 r. B. to the ieeion House. But 0, what a prooees1on. It was suoh an one as you never can form any idea of, without the sight. The natives flooked around ue ae thick ae bees. Some of them were genteely dressed, but by far the greater number were entirely naked" exoept a strip of tapa- native oloth or muslintied around their middle. , They have interesting countenances and manifested much joy on reoeiving new teachers. We found the miss- ionaries all living but Mrs. Bishop, who has gone to rest. who survive are a1most worn out with their labors. Those When we were seated and had receivtd a glass of w1ne. we sung that sweet hymn, "Kindrtd and friends for Christts dear sake a hearty welcome here rece1ve." Kr. Green in a most fervent manner returned God thanks -51- �~or protecting us throe the dangers of the deep, and granting us an intervie with our dear brethren in circumstanoes so favorable, • ooncluding with ardent supplioation for the outpouring of the Spirit on this onoe idolitrous, but now partially enlightened people. was soene of deep interest. It any of the natives came in and s t on the floor, orowds surrounded the windows and door, and every eye was Buffused in tears. service. After prayer Kauhumanu was muoh affected during the r. and rs. Goodrioh invited several of the brethren and sisters, myself and Jiiss 1ard , to come and dine with them. The houses are opposite with only the street or great road between. Her e we had n exoellent entertain ent. Fresh pork, stewed Chicken. baked taro, sweet potatoes and gooseberry pie. had also watermelons, ooooa nuts and bannanas. e The room was filled with natives all the afternoon. I think I extended my hand more y arm as quite relieved when the cur- than one hundred times. t ins o~ the evening gave them the signal to retire, my ears were stunned with the noise of their tongues, and my eyes were disgusted with the sight of th~ir degredation. 0 cruel, oruel beyond oompar- ison is that person who enjoys the blessings of a Christian and civilized land and would deny the heathen the light of the gospel. Extinguish this glorious luminary, and darkness would again oover the taoe o~ the earth, and gross darkness would again envelop the minds of every nation under heaven. Te11 my friend Joshua that miss'n ries do not come here to live in splendor. house affords a strong demonstration of this. Jr . Goodrich's It is built of coral rock, has a large dining room, two bed rooms, and a kitchen. w 11s are ru~t oast without and ruf~ly -52- ~e plastered within. The The floors �are laid loose. BO that you can see throe into the oellar. ing above is partly composed of black and The ceil- hite boards, ol.d benohes a.nd large boxes, the other part is quite bare. The partitions are made of mats and so thin that they move with every motion or air. I have so long been aocustomed to lean against a permanent wall, that I fear I shall be convinoed of the unstable nature of this curtain by a sad fall throe it into the dining room. I have been alarmed and also amused by the oompanions of our apartment. Two lizards about 4 inohes l.ong appear to enjoy themselves very muoh in playing around our tapa window curtain. We shuddered at the first sight of them butr. G. assures us they are perfeotly harm1ess and we feel at ease. The fleas likewise are very sociable and I have been told that other oreatures are here to be found in great abundance. But I have mentioned enough to excite your abhorrence of my adopted country. and cause you to enquire, Do you not s1ncerel.y repent of the life you have chosen? No, my dear sisters I do not. Though there are many things here oalculated to wound my fee11ngs and depress my spirits, yet if I may be the honored instrument of bringing one of these abject wretohes to the knowledge of Christ and the privileges of Christianity, I shall never regret spend1ng a life of extreme labor and toil in these barren Isles. my health is spared I will l.ive 0 no, if' nd die here', and i t I had ten thousand lives I would spend them all in this most blessed cause. o how I long to have my mouth opened, that I may in their own tongue declare the wonderful works of God. Tues. April 1. It is sweetly refreshing to my spirits in this far distant isle to meet and eonverae with these dear missionaries. Mrs. Goodrich is an amiable woman, has two Children and -53- �six natives in her family. r. G. superintends the Press. The printing house is only a tew eteps trom the dwelling, and the work is xecuted by 2 natives. Mr. G. oontemplates resigning his station to r. Shepherd, and returning to his flook at Byrons Bay. Kauhu- manu has been very bountiful of her presents to day, has sent 4 watermelons and a turkey, some tresh fish and potatoes. at She dined • Bingham's, and came over to see UB. Mr. G. told her we were palapala our friends in Amerioa. Her eyes instantly fil l ed with tears nd sh exolaimed maitai. Afternoon. This is the most romantic place I ever saw. The village is situated in a plain one and 8 half mile from the sea, bounded by it on one Side, and on the others encompassed by mountains, hills nd plains. thing looks green and gay. ~1he rainy season is just over a.nd every Mr. G. (for we dare not walk out alone) took us to an eminence at some distance, where we had a fine vie of the village. The native hute resemble at cks of hay, have no windows, but a small door, and often pig , folks,and fouls, reside together. I have been agreeably surprised to find so many goats, cows, and horse here, and have Been more than 100 in drove. The greater part belong to a Spaniard in the lower p t of the vill- age, the remainder to different persons, and all herd togethe~ the mountains. s. G. has 3 oows and makes her 0 n butter. on I feel reconciled to live here, or at any other place Providence may send me if ! may lessen the misery of any of the fallen sons of Adam. Oh, that my head were watere, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I m1~lt weep oontinually over the sin and misery and degredation I have seen. -54- I �Wed. Apr. 2. to day. I oan truly say I have seen strange things At 4 P •• Mr. Chamberlain, ' . and Irs. B. took the newly arrived missionaries to the house of one of Reho Reho's ~ueensf to introduce them to the governor and Madam Boki and the principal personages of the plaoe. The house was built in the native style, was spa.cious and had several glass windows. covered with grass mats. The tJ.oor was neatly In the middle of the hall stood a table, on either side, seats Were set for the mission family, and in the center of the circle on an elegant sofa decorated with crimson damask eat lady Boki and the two queens of the late King. They were dressed in blue satin, and had on pale bkue and white striped scarfs. On their ri@lt hand sat queen Kauhumanu arrayed in scarlet figured crape and a large flesh oolored shaWl with a deep border of scarlet and green wrought with flowers. (BOki has a striking resemblanoe to our old Reverend Pastor, Mr. Arthurs. ity ware both dignified in their manners. ap~earanoe and polite in their \Jhen we arrived, he oame to the door aaluted and handed each one to a seat. table. He and several of the nobil- The presents for the chiefs were laid on the The second circle composed of dignified personages, dressed in silk and satin, seated on the floor 0 Boki and Ka.uhumanu pre- sented a salutation in writing, expressing their great satisfaction on our arrival and their gratitude to God for sending us. interpreted by r. Bingham. This was Mr. Andrews rOsG up and thanked thea for our reoeption. deolared that it was love to God and for their best welfare that had brought us thither. 8 regv.rd The Bible was then presented to the governor by Phelps and other presents halded to the chiefs. They all roee, of the missiona.riee and ~ent acoom~8.nied -55- round and shook hands with each them to the church. Your ouri- �osity will lead you to enquire, what sort of n fabrio that was. and you need not be surprised to hear that it is thatohed with straw, the yard enclosed with poles. the floor covered with hay, and the whole has the apnearance of a Dutoh barn. It is however a noble one and on this oocasion oont ined 1500 peraons, besides many who • B. delivered an stood ithout. after hich he joined two couples in the bond of matrimony. ( addre~s in the native language a most Dfrecting Beason, and I should havo enjoyed it exceedingly, had I not been dirty oa.nakas, diBco~poBed ho were by the fleas and annoyed by toOl' three oo~,ered wi th an irruption eimilar to the itch. But I can bf)ur this and mor one of the~e than thie, if I degraded heathen to a knowledge of the true God. my sistere, there ure uultitude , nultitudes here gospel ould live in ~pril somely dreseed, She is t~e Lady person 0 Opli a , sistar 0 :auhunanu, great consequence, as ha d- d reasonably speaking 10uld weigh 350 pounds. were also favored ith KauhUI!l.unu'a company at dinner. e 1 shall not attempt to (c cribe her dress a.s we are inforL'led th...s.t should she visit us ferent tho ,ithout 0 ieery and die in despair. 3rd. Thursday. oalled to see us. hereu:rt_~ can only bring 011. worked 'borde To day e~cry day in the year, she would have on a dif- neat and elegrult .hite cambric and flounoe, 0. ith a deep lhi te lace handkerchief 'lorked "i th gre n, pink and scarlet flowere, as her attl.re. .l. had the honor of tying on her bonnet, and she appeared muoh pleased. ing we had a meeti ng at Ur. ' o. }.. Andre the young oonvcrto from the Enterprise Apr 6th. "u tur day • In the even- preached and eix of ere present. We are a wonder unto many, but th -56- �Lord is our strong tower. 24 natives oame in this morning to see Miss O. and myself sad after going throe the usual oeremony of shaking hands, sat down on the floor and gazed at us in astoniarument. This is a plaoe of wonders. I have already acoomplished what I never should have done in Amerioa. that is, churn butter in a jar. I am excessively fond of the vegetables and milk. we have, when compared with what our arrival. ~redeoessor8 0 what oomforts had on their They had to take up their residence in a native hut, spread their nattree es an the ground, and live on the provisions they had brought, while we have been welcomed with oordial affeo- t10.n and brotherly kindness. Afternoon. Mrs. G. being out, faith. 3 of the young oonverts oalled, and Mr. and iss O. and I exorted them to continue in the She gave 2 of them a book and I gave eaCh of them 8 sermon and some tracts. Sabbath day, Apr. 6th. I have this morning thought of home and the pleasure my dear sisters have enjoyed in going to the sanctuary, but your enjoyment oould not exceed m1ne.O ~ sisters, stupid and senseless must be that heart which oould witness 2000 soule, who once bowed the knee to dumb idols, now thronging the courts of the living God, and not beat with emotions of gratitude. I attended 3 services to daY, 2 in the native language and one in English. than this. I never saw a church in Philadelpaia. more compaotly filled The natives (the chiefs excepted) sst on the floor and with earnestness listened to th~ word of salvation. I was moved to tears to hear the songs of Zion Bung by pagans in this strange land. Doubtless many o£ them will rise to immortal bliSS, and Sing ) -57- �the eong of osee and the lamb in the temple above, hile many a gospel hardened sinner shall sink deeper and deeper in the bottomless abyss where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. ues. Apr. 8th. I am and Mrs. Goodrioh, and shall ) ileasantly situated with EX. n~ remaf~ here till the general meeting. iliere my future station may be or with whom I shall reside, I know not but leave all to the disposal of Providenoe. A vessel is expeoted in a few days to sail for Amerioa and I am anxiouB to employ every moment I am not assisting Mrs. G. in finishing my letters. beloved aria Ogden and I expect to have the privilege of spending a few more weeks together. And now my dear ever dear sisters I must bring my journal to a close, but before I bid you adieu let e assure you am oontented and I should not be altogether useless here. than I am ha~py and feel as tho. 0 may I live no longer and may I be useful as long as I live, and I useful~ desire nothing more. I shall often think of and pray for you on these distant Islands, and when the mountains sink and hills retire, I shall hope to meet you on high. Remember me affeotionately to all my former friends and acquaintances. for me that I am perfeotly satisfied Tell all ho may inquire ith the life which I trust under the guidance of Providenoe I have ohosen. I h ve but one ord of exhortation to give to them, my brothers and all, "Prepare to meet your God", day. p:-epare to meet me at the judgment of the last Let us strive to live, that we may not be separat.ed forever. Let me have an interest in your prayers. nd keep you fro native land. ay th Lord bless you all eVil, and make you useful and happy in your Farewell my dear dear sisters, ith many tears I once ore say farewell. P. S. My sisters will overlook errors, when they recollect -56- �that most of this has been written in a ship amidst commotion, with no other desk but a book. That the mice have been very troublesome you will not doubt, when you see that the leaves of my journal have not escaped them. Any other apology to my sisters I consider alto- gether unnecessary and shall conclude by subscribing myself your Affectionate sister til) death, Maria Patton. -59I � 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 Chamberlain (Levi) Family Journals 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 Chamberlain, Maria - Journal - 1827-1828 Description An account of the resource <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">Maria Chamberlain</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">March 19, 1803 - January 19, 1880</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Maria Patton submitted herself to become a candidate for the missionaries on October 15, 1926, believing she would save Native Americans. Instead, she found herself on the Parthian sailing to the Sandwich Islands. Maria became an exception to the rule as she did not have a husband when she set sail on her mission. Maria kept a journal from 1825 to 1859, that detailed her biggest life experiences and challenges.<br /><br />Maria started her journal in 1825 when she was still in Salisbury, Pennsylvania and not yet apart of the mission. She would detail almost everyday of her life, focusing most of her attention on Sunday’s as she would talk about the sermon she heard or her time at church. She would include the mundane aspects of everyday life to her exciting journey to the Sandwich Islands. In her everyday life, Maria took care of her eight children and would entertain visiting guests with a hot cup of tea. Sea captains to royalty to fellow missionaries were always welcomed in the home of the Chamberlains. Since Maria and Levi were close to the royalty, they were updated on political affairs of the government. She wrote how Madam Boki prepared for war as she did not want to give up Oahu. In the end, other chiefs were able to calm down Madam Boki and major conflict was avoided. Maria would end her journal in 1859, 34 years after first starting in 1825.</p> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource If you would like permission to publish or reproduce this material, please send your requests to archives@missionhouses.org Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/0fda78b28a724ae146541fc5f3a33dc8.pdf 8d890d1fca56ab9086afe72ffc6a78ee PDF Text Text j II \;~ T:,_ ~). (:! !/\; if'[;:L/\ t;1 �I J,'r:,'1'11'r"r,""I, 'l,rll.'ll' t',,'r • ' I t () l 1;"'~~(1 '.IS _ ...... ~J ! SQtl( I"~:cr ~ d\,':.t~r '"»)"''''1''' I '\ I I I~} 1'1 I "",( \"1; ~ - - I,,), I, \,~ ~I r('nC(' (~~'.) ~ ". ("II': i • \, ~ I I '-\ \ ~ 1'rc)I'("i1'("'C() ,1 I . ) 1 n.(O '. '''1 t! rl ~ll:" '''l i .... .', ''''11 , I" '"It " l'rclplJ(:C(') ) ~ J • \. "cr" ~.. i,t'" '(""', nVl'!I(~111' .l_ \".. .. l_ .... I".- l'C,) .., [,bout llili(~ o'cloc:~ tiiis ever1'iw! I \'(~nt do',"n into our native (tOrll) for s():ethin~ to drink I s;\(\l1 (torn) !~C ,~ 'il~; ver:' flue:l (torll) tificd(!) to find COri;)all~1 t:lcrc so carel(;ss al()llt rlJ appCurulle(! (torn) go elm/Ii stairs a<Jain. [- l.c. C-pi.l(v)lto rost(!) ,1S d il00, to Lreal; throWjil tile iJusilcs in the \laj e-PJ -8 -1 1W e-la-u.(s) the tup of a silcar or i)aJclJet. e-le-e-1e(udj.) blael;. e-le-le7(s) J rlesscnqer sent I,'itil allt:lority luna J a representative e-le-lu.(s) a cockroach e-li-i.la-Kll-le(adj.) aged, deea~tillCJ e-;li -ku. (mill aJj) scv(~n e-1e-;)oi-o. (s) a peeics of uinl c-1 i (\! )}to lossen(!) or L.rr;ak up eurth. e-li-e-1i e-li-lla.(Jdj tlLJrl) five. e-lu. (v) to eruflule to pieces e-l U -J.. (uJj) tliO C-L:i (v) to ciecrc:ase, the s;jl.siJinr! of tile tide e-:-~o-o-le. (ac!v.) quicl:l~' ',Iit:l disputc:~. e-na-ena. (!) (adj). (~pi t:let of an ovell \;ICn red hot e-nu-ile.(s) a species of \fenl larae aile! stripeJ "hich cl1anDcs to a lJutterfl:!. C-)i:l.(s.) on8 loIllo is fillse to ilis trust e-pa. (v) to steal, to lJ(~ deceitful e-',.:u(s) tile plac(~ of one's ldrtil. 2van-e-l iu. (s) t;w GOSi1e1. 1. 10 (pn~p.) sarll! as ia. to I lct(irlpe)'itivt~ fom) I is sOI:letilles used as ,t (toni) in. (torn) to J ;lll 1C Il<ll:ol,l i Si~Jli 1 :u\iil of tilC irljlerfect tense. ii �"'0 .) 2/1 u'- Jeer 4t:l(! ):lr ,irs Lis,IOt) !~ :lr :! :lrs Sh(~p(\nl rode to il<lnou. L< ','as "lone all tile forC!- 1100n. -- r\rt(:r dinner sistt;r '1. r.1arL called J11(\ in'Jited Ill~ to talc tea \!ith iler \fi1ieh I Jill. Lllt I IfdS In tile evenin~i I:;\S under t:~e unplcl"\sl1nt nece5sit~! of det(;rnined to carr~' 11~! point. to train till 11." child in ViC 0 t!lJt I rlU~f :lavc ~lrtlCC C)iVCll ric \"a~' in \'ilicb he should ~10 so thtlt \'!ilen he is old 1'+.... Saturda~' Jcc :;tll The ~lupukcl arrived last eVl,nins hOt] La!li1.inJ and I received a letter tllis l1ornin~ froll liss {)sdcn (( ;;rs J\nc!rC:\ls. Tile ['ackct \';11 Le sent for :lr ['iSilO~) to ~JO to f:cnaii the latter end of next "ee:~ -- I still thinL of ~loinu on \';ith tilerl to Ileet r12' dear husl;and. SaLtath (. \:ent to [leetins i! heard ir Lisl10p fnm ,lets I.ord \'o!]<lt \:i1 t thou hilve ne to do :1'/ iJabe Ifas trout)lcsorlt~ <lnc! I Las oUiqcd to lC<lvc. lkless I ~let a ~!ood native to t<li:e c:l(\r~C of r12' c:iild I :"lUst den~! [',"self the privil i:;G(!) of ~OillfJ tu tile ;lOUSC of py'ayer for a :,cason I \;i 11 look to J.:i~e Lord d. read -- clldeavoured ill \,y poor \,'Ci.~! to eXfllaill the parable of the fiC!l t:leil ,ian Lazarus to tllel, () t:lat I could so iilprcss llivinc truths upon theil~ Ctpt fill ,'.' call ell i II tile cven i Wi ~. i ir [; i IlviteJ :lirl to stop to tea ilanners \'erc very disC;u'itiWJ he h(ld ,lonja~! LCQil I t:]()lI~i!lt Li s lIe \;as intoxicated -- I,e tole! us takinJ a ride into t:IC countr:' to s(~c Cnnscl Jones 7 i10f)2 TJcsda~' eve:"; v'c shall [lect in ctcnlit,'l never flore to l:c s(:parated Ii<:ld St~veral native seen SOi·le of ther1 II calls t;lroUClll tile day und SOfie of thel, \!l!re fi,;lli1lcs tlLovl~ all I -told t:ier: t:IC~,'! llust SCl~ve ;joe: -- T:1is is a �vited 11' ,< .irs [;in~:lilrl i:\ilC.lirs (julie!. to tea at our !10llse -- ,Irs r: ,Ieelined til(1110h till"ce of LIS \Jerc 1'it:lOUt our eOll[1iUliollS \"i 11 nev(~r ta kG sue lJ ,1 VO~'i1~)C ilc:a i 11 Sa turJa~' 12 tir;c in llttelldil1U to t:1L: food(?) ill ~l can.l 0; !Jilte -- Lillped aLout tl\l.in~j till this J:ornill~ I'Il(:n .11' [;in~:la:l advised r1l.! to l,c cuiet i'\t~d tdnt1~' ~)uvc: up r,." \!ori: to :irs r:is:I(;p \iorsilip 011 account of rl:' 1illlcnesr; 1.'it:1 sOl1e deureG of profit -- '1onda:,' Could not (lttencl ilLlL1 ic Tids has beel) a s\'cet da~' of rest ;:aLLatil Ja~1 ]uceLILer Btl1 I re1uc- t;IGil T:-IOll~J:lt Caj't L),enjeH1ilw called up to lid thinu I niCJ:lt \'is:1 to send to -~ frequentl,I' of Good 1;" ('. [1t: rl~1 i:ead the life of !:incll.~' :~ieilllOnd, [1:' I tnlst, dear cOllpani(Ji\ u offcn;d to taLe an'! friends in /\rloriea -- I put up a bundle of curiosities (, fiIHlisiled(!) tv.'o letters \'ilich kept nc 1I;' till tl'O olclock lie SorlC carr~' inY..)rr;latioll froll ,it C but I looked in vain -- ,h's [; (~ far1i1~! to the \'indl'lln!. La;)aillu 1"eJnesday ~)eer 1L ~'l1en rl~' l1usl;tlllcl is :!onc I think IlLlCl1 of fl:' ::clloOl:er COrlCS to ane! '.:ant to lonesor:i:~ forner The hell is so pa'illful \::Iat a little thill~; can disorder t;lC I.'hole s,"stcm cone fron thee (. ~o cvcr~1 trial :. help u t thy connand. sllal1 hear froLl I111Si'illld to rlOHO\1 fie ~ive tili1nks to (Iou for :lis i PI:' foot Lord to real'ise(l) that ny cOl1forts ;\ sl;i t) in si~;l1t this eveninu lioi1(; I rlOnlin~; (Jeer 17 :ly bulle is f'iV(; rlonth old to cla,;' [. is u fine health.;' cllild. to to ~!o :101:8. I cannot 90 SdllCtify ever,;' pain (. Th~rsday I feel ;;0 ;ercics to lie i~ 11ine -- ::1' I desire frencil returned frorl I<ailua t/1is r:ornins !Jut L,row]ilt r:e no lettel"S froil :lr C. -- The cause �[1/1 ", n t UL......I FriJdy 1'::; I,'e are all read:, to suil allL~ t:1C \'ind is !\bout one o'clock Clot unLer \/a.~' -- ilad SJ.turJay 1'.) I COlltillue '\1,')',\'''.''p I.. _ lillie r,'I""\;; '--~.\\ \,.,.\ i.\ ;~ cr:UJ do little Lcsides ~:"\' ,,~)"l'-"'-• ..l ,1',)("') I\..,., __ , ,I 1,111,-l".~~ filVOlltil!,lc, i1 tllC (;u;Jt ~J. Crel! rOWJl1 c;ca il I!cre vo.r~/ sick till~e 1'("':111'(1 I"j . ,i !:ut care of [1:/ Lalle I feel r:uit(; ),,,"1'11(' :1" 1'(; .t. I ... t...) _ _1'(~t,LI\'ll,'.d __ ... ~ -- I 'ns �I!al ked UO\"il I"itil dUilr 1 to I:Clldnt!sJa,Y(!) 3D let sOlie I liSeI'll! 10 1cokinIJ Lcinus one ;iarticulLlI'l~' ex- t:1C cultivated land cited our pit,\/ sell shore Z( tliun directed our steils to th~ !\ feiwle on tilQ !;rinf~ of tile ~yllVC illiiost tlind (, neal'l:, distitute(!) of clot:les -- i\s ',:e p<1ss{!d t:1C ~:rass cotta0c \!ilerc she sat could ilOt tut (;xcliliil the natioll IIPit~, () our I!e \'110 sit ill t:le SiklclclII of (~ocJ, deat:l S;:lid thv victorious I,nrd ill'roAd and !~rill~! these stran~!ers ilOlle(!) TflursJay ,UtenJec! the school ~.. tried to assist \'ritin~) :i. -- In tile evenin0 I tooL or ',:al k 'lith her;':. ;irs /\rid:'c"5 -- Could not ilCl rl Hinkincl I I:ant over the salle I:alks I'ith one is nOI' i1sent(!) ,d~O i1 fonier days \'!1en :1i1:' t!lC Lord pre- serve" I:eefl :lii: friJay JJnuary 1, lJJO I :lave been spared to sec: t:1C I OI':e Le:Jinnin~] uvei'lastin0 thanks to riod tilJt he the orouiill I iIavL: tilUU~:lt of t:1is :lcl/ YCilf (lnd I feel thilt not cut 11U ;1(\5 c10\~1 uS or t:l,~ 1 ivin0 :~inJness of l'ly God to a Cdllhcl'er of the Ilast 11C Jear lie 11(13 Leell IIitil r:c in trour~le, ~jiVen ric one of tile !,est of illlslJtlnds and a dear 1 ittlr. hClh,! -- 0 \/liat Good- ~, forbt~aY'ance;. ilas ilcilled j'iC lK:rc," he :las exercised to\:ul~JS rll} ;J:iat shall I render' to hill for all his henefit I,eart and purify uff(;ctions Jnci (;llcu!:lc(!) rl~l i'll; his rel:ellious child, tl,at he \:oLlh; sanctify TV I) rH; lihen sick lIe !las this :,ear to live entire1:, devo ted to /1 is serv ice SJtlArday Jail 2. ()ur friends \'IK)i; "e ilave [een c;qJccting this I'cel: lluve not :Ict llrrived thert.: is dark clouds t:lis evei1in~; an(!) tile Clp;lcClrance of a stanl tile uracioU5 Saviour Sal,GJtl1 day Jan 3d Tids rlt'ot(~ct tilerl heen a day of ulldiscriL,a/)lcU) anxiet,~' to ;1ilS beV,lccn ninc l~ ten o'clock I'e :ioJrd t;le distJrlce at SQa ,';t:l " li:;ilt ill1l10 out :iiss OuLien spr2ac! till; tJL:l e canoe (~ e'/er,/ riOficiit eXI)cctin~i ila'/ a jo)ful ni~Jf:t of sails ~~ i1 vessel l'ilS seen sOI:e cr:' :lr5:' il:le(~iiJ.tel," disputcilccl a dou!lc cup of tea reJdy -- ',10 [j ~Jot il 1'1eetil1~ Last lie -- ,;it:, l.'en~ all our friends but the rllin clccend- cd(!) in tCll'rents t:le I,'ilk[ Llc\: so strons that t:~e "essel 11«S soon CiHTiod out of Sij:lt .'1 be COiliJan:' thClt ','ent off in the c('(noe retul'Iled "ith tile report tilJt thc~1 couhi not reach ilCI' :lavin~l lost si~;ht of t:1C 1 iulit SOOIi after leavinG the s;lOrc -- It continued to ri1in so !leJV' / that 'I. 01,1 iscd to locigin~ fOl~sakc the tea iu,)tlse ',';~ic!1 1'i15 in the dininC! roml for the I:ellt to h::d ihis hus heen that I could ilot ~!U il ni~j:rt not '!atnr proof u [~ I \.'(;:rc take liP ()Ili~ unc! it ,:\\S one (l'cloc;, !'cfon~ \.'C ver2' uncOflforti1Ll(; dJ," cold ','et and storn:' so to 11(;etin r j () hOI' often 1 11iwe loo!:cd O\lt at t:1C sl.'e11 in~: �til u30 tend to se~ out for L ::r:: lias ~;(Jne to fleet ti1cr-, :~ hilS tilken a ;lorsu few eacll of t:lcri to ride to this plilCC '.':lilt <;:lil11 I )'(:nder to tile Lewd for all friends a~ail1, allu ::<IS ano'.lcd us all to rejoice to~;ctiler ill llis SOOUllCSS continuall:, :))'es(~r\lcJ L'l (\ Lind h'OV;UCIIC(; 'Iil:' h: entirel." and f()rc~ver dc- i)oor Thurs:iil." ,i.11' 7 CO! :lIlli, i il~ SOil .leslIs C:I['; sc �7/l03e Frida:' b :\:; i)artcd 1'i1:1: our ~lcur l.ai1uina frictld~ :\nJ ahout four o'clock 1!(~ eri- l.;arLed on LoarJ tile ,1issioll21r 'J hlcl:et for 11. -- I (lfter SOillG on Loard, Lut I Ju,'/ aml Sahhat:l da" \'nitney :lr /\ Dr ,J alld 11':: Loiled since left L unci Clftcr !1dvins our 0racious ~l\v'iour o'clock a boat soon n:ached LlJck tea eS~is ulld \.'~\5 t;H~ all I'e Silorc the decl) is one .:A h;:\vin~! This I,'as the first COI(]Cil<!Cc! \,1(;((; 1'12 IJere rl(:t b:' I.'r C C. tht~ I of OLlI' Lrou~;!lt had GcJtcn ~I lie soon received u tlUllh;I' lie trials -- rl~' car(~ of I ,1r~; all took hreakfClst I I:as nevel' so sea sick T 1 Q of natives different stations I!it:lout l:ciliD exposed to a LaLc to Illirish(!) and take 19 r~cal I~rc;ell ~, ourselves to the protectic)!] of to\i<wds the 'cllOOlwr CO:I'irl~; trt,;:i21:, ":itl1ollt the attentions of TU2sJa~' 'Illcorifortal:lc; feel- -- :lCJildi12' norn. the I'inc! ',leI.' proritio1l5 ['I alout seven 5(';(;1] cannot visit [1:! thaI! Jiar"ollli I:nl -- i:ere ,11' Ii :~ I rode in tile Ifuugon(!) to tile ilOLlse of :lr C ~1!lert; Tilut tuf;cn s'ick iruledi<ltcl:! Jshore in a Loat unci left fir (lirs 1!~llt jJotatOeS \'Q to ;)(~ rr:lieved fl'Ofl :lOi j 2d advallcl~d 110 rarcf~(;r lIe H1S S}Klllld ~l(1,Ve rel~ils !.,cfon~ suffered ex- ilustand a little Uh'l viti! lIe fror~ 1.i1~](1illa but cannot put Pi'l baLe into her hClllci uS she illlS Clot ull erruption(!) to I'ilic:] IlailJ of the na- that I r,m:' be faitllful to !ler [-,est interest and instructioll to t:1C benefit of \,:eJjleSda~,;;:D ne8tin~ il~' IT! \le,l)'t (joc! bless r:,v feetle soul husband is r,uite i1bsorped(!) ill t'le business of tile CJeneral and I ;IClve eXl:rted 11jsc:lf (Illite corlfortaLle of :1121' :~il:! :Jats and \';I(;n (~Ver~f ti1in~l ilUSt." ilS IlUC:] -- as I \laS aLle to lmt I t!lOW;!lt it to !)c a fit !]~I (~!iI)lell nculectud I lit for a little SCi150r. hr',' difficult it is to �"3'1 v,'/1 U " L -- t. il~ c 1() ~C~ i r Lt I I i.: ; l... 1\ sen ion f ~j . , r~ ~ ~} , Gile ~,a!::;.jt:l I' aliu ~ 1 \i , ~ r1l~ I 'c;il \'(J ,1 ,;. If' ..... t l , \ 1 ~'ilOSC :;OllSCS (Ire founu c1(;<111 " stnlCtion of our dOi'll~stici,~;(!) tried to ncat -- \'c (; [',(1'/ l' ,'1 ( .' ,I,. r;;1l~t: ClUI' visit it Le L1cssed to their everl prnfit().!l~ a:,tiil~j ~ooJ i 110 tile si\crificl;S of f(Jlll s -- TfH,~ Ci111Sl; .~ could cdsil:, tncc to i.c:,:lect �:;/1 d3 () of closut Jcvotion fait:1 of our fatilel' /,ixailJrl to ti1(~ lal'flC!st COlv_H'(~qai-1'C)"1 T ' _ ,_'" _ "dVe. seen tile s i !lce t:1C ded i ca 1-1' ... (III 0",- QUI' ',',"\,' ,- ',l(,_"t1""·'.J' \l()l' '")C.' '-~"" n r.tel~noo'· 'I; -,I r'(Ci1( ! t'~12 rvOU)'SC! 01'L' t i ;](~ [ -0-(; c-a-J (<leiv) Ll~I,'Jrl!t as .£££. ~ 0 !:oloU (! ) CJ'-ll1(v.) to keej) eJ-la(aJj) a\ldLl~ e-12(v.) to 0et utwrJ. to !,;Olillt ciS a ;Iorsr. , I. ") ,eeKCl. ( ct('J (j"1,r i...':' f OU 1 e-ia} e~i(l L:1-1J rron tfli S 1<1 e-iJ ae(aJ) Iledr L.;! e-o(adv) i.e\r~lrL:t (l'"; IJ oc C 0 0 :lilllli (!) to ; ,~v ito a tteilt; Oil or I:cat as ill i1 t'acc. c-o (i nt) ~I S02U e-o(v) to \';1; e-2c.(v) to ris2 up e-ee. (v) l:isc:lleVOi.lS, to rise up froll one's seat to steal SOr1ct;liW~ C ee-l u (s) t;le top of a trCl: \::1L:1l cut off C;-liJ (nui:; adj) t:iC n~ll li.er fOUl' e-iiidv) to iiurt, (s) C! ;IC ~l(S) c h2-a (ad) \.:in;,;s ilCW it :'Ul't nuny e-:1u(udj) red or ;sund:, h~ircd· C-!~~I-a I.',).(S) a Silccics of ~jri1:,S or flaG of \':1ich striw]s or cords ,we r;ade c- ;~a (s) Ik\r~8 () f a SCil I;rt.!(! zc J t ;:Otli1 c-ka(adj) dir'ty, fOd1, c-I:a-c ka ai e kJ la(<1d) recentl.:' o Lo-lu(I1Uli aJj) ti1l'cC e-[',e ( s) ,1 h:<J, poc ke t e-ke lI~s) J \'iil~, the l'illS of it liirJ e-Lc LeU) t:-I:o :lU(V) to ,1nS'.:CI' to 1'(:1,1:, ':\-n,~-o \"c-o (s) a fi :;:1 u ;\-\'C-~t-~;:'e-u(s) a s;1ecles ,\ - I 'it ;) 1ar, t or $11<111 tree c:,f ~'ild krllo. ;\-'.Ii-1i(v) to ['!ix. i-:11(V) to "ink, to O:;Ll, to look (JI,l i~il:!. . I' " (I \ ' ) 1\-\,Il-f~l-I'l i~(;\'I\S i:l vine LC:i1t'ilitj i:li.lck Lt:rrics a~,(Jdt t~~e :;ize (\llet 5;10.,1(; of ~:ie r'.rlel'icJI\ f)litck h:rries. T:I(:~' arc llsed as i1 liC(licine 0i)(~)'i.1tiL~; Lotii ,1S il.ll CI ;etic aile! Ccltitl'tic. ,",-I'i-li-I'i-1i(v) tu r;ix ilS diffcrl:!lt in~)rediel1t<; ,',_I, L. is used Lefor", v~ri :, e. (sn.) if as e ole :~tlll c. ewe;).) I'! CIS (e au, c. C'ld.) ,\/~S ~ - C-il(V) li~;\tl'l tu i"Jisc liiJ - c. (ldj) alia,1I as puki c I:lcll' <1 1 '(\." c. (:)ron.) )llotill~r <1 s Valia I:il E. e.(aJ.) is a1so used to invite JttetitiCli\ ca.(s.) i\ s;lirit a species of turtle r'uc:1 val U(;j 011 accoullt of tile ::;,1(:11, ill sc th(~ shell i tsel f. ,lroiIOUilC(;J c-21c(ad.) usic!e, ilrivilt(~',\! ., -a "\.,.; ( l')' I,n '" " "d It'•.'"1 I e'l ,)(' (' • to tl':.' to tast(!), tn learn. c-ao(int.) US(;J to ilIVite i1ttetltiuli C V' () ~ i,e) . , ,' tI _.f,~ J ~ 8-aO(V) '~(;n Oil (CUllea t ;011 tile f,ead, JS risili~ f)~Oil il r'1Ull~Je. �!',tVC ~"",Oll(, ,'I~. . . .',,',:'C',', .., ..4 uS J flut,ll;1' ,I is (Jv,;n,'d~11iUd ','dS lL:,j to l i t . l i i l I:,; '~.. 1'(_'("'I,)(,,·ISl'I'~,ll·~'.'! . I ...... l cr',' tc ,'jell '~IC:,("()'"" , 17(ll' , , - lei1':, i"l'. .li~;; 1;11'.;:1(\;1 Clarl: (\1)(: fi"St'lf . "T r" t','li.' ... (j','1 ~ to t:l" "'(lcl' - ," f ',','I'''C'.' u, C",;,Cf, ,.r . ' hi l""'tt .. ,) '} ' 1 1.()t'C ~';ICii 'j n • :. f'l.Jil . I:" sjJlrit I :',1 '/(~ ',"],')' cm:; '"nrC (111 ai,IJ '- tJ;'~ 'l' (it" :1"1:-; ,I' I I; '/,'., ", t j ~,: S 1(~jiCC;l ::j, i JU.'/S !~;~:} "I,,'C' I, '" " vir;,'tcd t',,',l'. ~ - ," " :",'1' t.., I' ll.o .' , j ,- r )." SJ1VJtic,:1 1 r"', " II - - .. , , 1 I.Lj·J i ! d to set (,.~ '" OVSi' �Jare llot rlili:,; l\l<' I;orc n;s()111t;(in~ for ill1 J;,~' rc;so1utions iwvc Leer: i roi:cl1 1:; s LCilCfi ts interested evenil1'i cou1d not attenLi t;IC 0.',,'_ ,,; , " " l~o(,~"<, Ui 10"'"' G.J " , ' i '"", It: ("\ ...,(1) ,. 1'."''''C,'I;'I' "',',0'11(1" t!,,(' ,In,"lt',',''r") ~~U _ U .~ _ '"" v '"" Thursdi}:' sent off four llOtcr; to the FriJa~! ,lrs C1ilr:~ ~, ::;OOil sou1 s \J C ,..."".,..,"'II,,'(I I 1... .. 0 oJ l~ • ~istcrs rH~ctillC' sist[~rs llt t!l(~ Tri eel to r,Ji:c \";:IJ,'twd (lnJ thn.;c SOI,Il,! S!K~cts I attcnded t!iC c):i:liliilation of t'le: cilildrc;:l thi s mnlinu t!:c l:on1 - 01" , , \.lOll to �li/l~J) , ""' 'I \It\· 1~1'~;(;~~ ;t d. .;: I: ,. i"LJU .::, \,:);·1\.2 :':()~1t'·! ilut tn I'p'· Lll'l -- I.'/(. \ilcl: ,-(Jr ;,!~ ----I'r, \. l~ttcrs IdGa:,"1 1 ,:tn,] ;l'<ll.:rc; I t~(:C(~i\lC~d Clllc!frOii , , . -, ! . H. ;.l~ 1 f: ! ':1 :;S(;'/ ;1':' :'tllliiCICl1 \;a1ked out I'it:l sister ;:ilr:' i, Ilade scv(~ral ci111 (!) Zl.t native ,lOuses �~r ~hil\! to dine on !OilnJ t!~(;ir v("~ss(~l our cntl2rtll. i nr :en-c I felt r,,~ t"1 1"\ l... \~ r.) (I• ) (rm"1 t el11 \ ~t': ,.... ("" ,11.j ,.' \.1 I :{~ , i) j"~, ~ � 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 Chamberlain (Levi) Family Journals 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 Chamberlain, Maria - Journal - 1829-1830 Description An account of the resource <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">Maria Chamberlain</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">March 19, 1803 - January 19, 1880</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Maria Patton submitted herself to become a candidate for the missionaries on October 15, 1926, believing she would save Native Americans. Instead, she found herself on the Parthian sailing to the Sandwich Islands. Maria became an exception to the rule as she did not have a husband when she set sail on her mission. Maria kept a journal from 1825 to 1859, that detailed her biggest life experiences and challenges.<br /><br />Maria started her journal in 1825 when she was still in Salisbury, Pennsylvania and not yet apart of the mission. She would detail almost everyday of her life, focusing most of her attention on Sunday’s as she would talk about the sermon she heard or her time at church. She would include the mundane aspects of everyday life to her exciting journey to the Sandwich Islands. In her everyday life, Maria took care of her eight children and would entertain visiting guests with a hot cup of tea. Sea captains to royalty to fellow missionaries were always welcomed in the home of the Chamberlains. Since Maria and Levi were close to the royalty, they were updated on political affairs of the government. She wrote how Madam Boki prepared for war as she did not want to give up Oahu. In the end, other chiefs were able to calm down Madam Boki and major conflict was avoided. Maria would end her journal in 1859, 34 years after first starting in 1825.</p> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource If you would like permission to publish or reproduce this material, please send your requests to archives@missionhouses.org Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/1262995e595cc8bdd6fbf2ef13174a6e.pdf 568625c9f26c82aa59ac048335adf404 PDF Text Text �1/1830 Septr 1 1830 Commenced weaning my little boy Friday 3d Dined at Dr Judd -- attended Anna's meeting ./ prayer meeting here this evening -- Mrs Gulick Clark & Judd present Saturday 4th Observed as a day of fasting perparitory to the communion Sabbath 5 The Lord's supper was administered by Missurs Clark and Gulick Monday 6 Wrote t~~ notes to Lahaina Eve attended the ( ? ) of prayer at Mrs L's Tuesday 7th ~Jednesday 8 Attended my school Was tried \>lith the insolent behaveour{!) of one of our natives Had a very troublesome night \>lith Thursday \oJ F The native boy persisted in his obstinacy(!) and declared he would either have his wishes complied with or leave us latter was immediately granted -- My dear babe appears the ~uite ill to day -- had him carried over to the Dr's Friday 10 We received into our family a man and woman in the place of the one who has gone -- They appear serious and profess to serve God -- Could not attend meeting this afternoon nor eveni ng. Saturday 11 r·1y dear babe has been under the operation of medicine to day and is quite sick. Sabbath day 12 Could not attend the services of the santuary(~) to day Our babe seems no better he has a very obstinate diarrhoea{!) ~10nday 13 The Ship Trydent{!) came into the harbour and is bound homeward in a fortnight but I am denied the privil ige(1) of writing t1y dear little boy continues quite ill Tuesday 14 Was absent from my school -- Feea very anxious about my child o for Wednesday resignation to the will of God Our 1ittle son continues in the same weak state refuses to take medicine and is daily losing strength Thursday 16 Was frightn.'ed{!) with a fire \'/hrich through the carelessness of one of the natives broke out in the yard & had it not been discovered immediately would have destroyed all our houses -Our little child almost fainted in my arms while I was washing & dressing him -- About noon he revived & seemed quite �2/1830 playful This eve he appears very much exhausted have grace to give him up Septr 17 Fr iday & 0 may we to say Thy \'Iill be done Our little son is fourteen months old to day -- This has been a day of extreme solicitude to me he expeled(l) more than forty small v~rms this morning after dinner the Dr applied a bl i ster \'Jhich during the short time it was drawing I feared would through(!) him in convulsions The excitement was almost too much for me to bear in my delicate situation Saturday 18 \~.F. has appeared more comfortable to day and has been rather playful 1 cannot but hope that he is better How my fond heart clings to this sweet little creature Sabbath day 19 Son was unwell to day is very restless on account of his blister Could not attend meeting but found it a sweet privil tge to commit him into the hands of my Redeemer. fv)onday 20 The Dr gives us some encouragement respecting our child but I have my fears - as his diarrhoea is not checked I know however that the Great Physician can heal him Tuesday 22 \~.F. has been taking rhubarb -- has been very troublesome to day Was absent again from the Ninau(?) School Wednesday 23 WF's desease(l) appears more like a dyssentary(!) We had his gums lanced, hope he will be better when his eye teeth come through Thursday 24 WF's desease continues so obstinate that we have thought a change of diet might check it and we have consented to let him nurse Mrs Clark once a day Friday 25 W.F. has been taking magnecia(!) in pills Sabbath day 27 We have given WF a portion of casted!) oil he grows exceeding(!) fond of Mrs C cries whenever he sees her and rejects other food I feel very much tried about it The Lord sanctify this affliction to me Monday 28 l'lr & r"rs Clark & Mr & Mrs Sheperd \'Jent up to Nuano (!) to spend a fortnight for the benefit of breathing a cooler atmosphere So I have begun to wean Warren Fay again Tuesday 29 I walked over this evening to ~Ir Gulick's the first time I have been so far from WF since he \'Jas taken sick part of his food now from r1rs GiS native girl Wednesday 30 ~Jrote a note to sister Mary WF is better He receives �3/1830 Thursday 31 Wrote to Friday Octr 1 ~ly ~1rs. Bingham -- Mr H drank tea with us this evening babe quite ill again Had a very restless and uncomfortable night Saturday Octr 2 Notwi thstanding the almost constant attention which I am called to pay to my sick babe I have finished two letters to send by Capt Stutsen(l) of the Ship Trident to America Sabbath day Octr 3d This is the fifth Sabbath that I have been ,onfined at home with W.F. I think I feel solicitude about his soul than to have him restored to sou"dness of health 0 that he may become an heir of salvation -We have had l'lr Clark with us to day -- He came down last evening to spend the Sabbath & preach but he has been um'Jell to day & not able to attend the services of the sanctuary ~1onday Octr 4th On account of the absence of two of the families and the sickness of our child \'Je the monthly :Concert have not met together as usual to observe I \'/rote to r'1; ss O. Tuesday 5 this ;s the fifth day that I have been absent from my school Wednesday Mr S and family have returned from Nuanu He has got a bad cough and is quite feeble Thursday WFts symptoms are favourable and he appears to be getting better 0 that his life may be spared in mercy to us if it is the Lordls will to restore him to his health and to his parent Friday Octr 8th flrs Gul ick \'Jas cofined(1) last evening by the birth of a son -Hr & Mrs Clark returned to day and dined \'Jith us In the eve- ning sister [" and I c'alled upon Hrs Rennels who has had a daughter Sabbath Octr 10 Enjoyed the privil ige of going again to the house of God f1r Gulick preached from the words And ye will not come unto me that ye may have life Mr Clark is quite feeble t40nday 11 Our dear little boy is getting better 0 for a grateful heart to acknowled(l) the goodness of God in restoring him to my arms Tuesday 12 Met my schollars(l) and spent three three(l) hours with them -left my little boy with Kela Wednesday Capt Lincoln called -- I have had a great deal to do to day and find myself very tired this evening Thursday 14 Went out wi th the si sters to examine the children -- I'let my �4/1830 school at Kinou's(l) and gave them their lessons for e~amina­ tion On my way home called upon ilks Renyels(1) found her and the babe qui te comfortable Friday 15 Had Capt Lincol n Mr Hunnewell and ~'1r Pierce to tea -- Sa\'! a very large water spoot this evening Saturday 16 ~1y Sabbath 17 Attended the English service only to day New natives are apt to learn and appear quite promi sing Dr Judd read a ser- mon and Hr Clark prayed Monday 18 Sister n. aftd I called upon S.R. who is qui te feeble and has had a fever these two days past Tuesday 19 Attended the examination to day Wednesday 20 Wro te a short not (t) to 11 ; s s Ogden Thursday 21st Mr C and I drank tea at Dr Judd's Friday 22 Little \~.F. cried very much for want of milk This is really a trial to me Saturday 23 f'1y dear husband 1eft early thi s morning to be absent during the Sabbath flay the Lord bless him and make him useful I have put up some curiosities to day for my friends in Boston Sabbath 24 Went to meeting in the morniftg Monday 25 ~lr r·lr Gul ick preached C returned about noon -- tks C and I rode out to day wi th the children -- I feel glad to see the natives in our family manifest an interest in reading the Scriptures hope they will derive instruction from our evening school Tuesday 26 Sister ~,t and I \-rent to Anna's to read also called upon S.R •• Mrs. S. and Mrs. G. Wednesday 27 Capt Taylor called with about thirty North West Indians -Received letter by the Packet from the wind ~"ard Long letters from Mr & 1'1rs Thurston aloha .. fto -- Had a present from my dear chI -- ~'Jrote a letter to flr Babbit -- Henry Kuheti (1) was married this eve Thursday 28 Si ster !1 and I \'lent out autO) to examine the children but found very few of them there We tried to hooikaika the teach- ers to perform their duty Friday 29 Had an interesting season for social prayer at !,trs Gulick's Dr Judd's & 1'1r Gulick's family both expect to leave this sta-'''' tion on f'1oftday next Saturday 30 t·luch fatigued with the labours of the day we have had the car- �5/1830 penter at ~rork making our room more comfortable and I have had a great deal to do Sabbath 31 The Indians attended both the English and native service r'1ay the way soon be opened for them to hear the glad tiding of salvation and may tRey be prepared to receive it with joy. t40nday Novr 1 f1r GiS and Dr JI S family left after dinner er at Mr Shepard's Had a parting pray- In the evening observed the monthly con- cert there Tuesday and l'Jednesday Bu i sy(!) \,ffi ti ng 1etters Thursday 4 Friday 5 ivtet the children -- called upon Kinau whom was found absent Ke Upena call'd thi s evening \'lith \'1hom I had some interesting conversation respecting her visit at the sandle wood Islands. Saturday T\'IO of the N.H. Indians called & begged a hua wai the(!) also asked for shoes \oJhich they did not obtain Sa bba th day 7 ~1r C preached thi s morni ng to the nati ves from these \'1ords If any man be in Christ he is a neVJ creature Old thing are passed aVJay and all thi ngs have become ne\'/ lvtonday 8 Received letters from Mrs Bingham &Miss W Called to see Hoapi1i Hahine who has come down to see her daughter Kinou(l) Received intelligence of the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Richards Tuesday 9 Prepared for Company -- In the evening had fir Hunnewell Capt \.Jorth & tk & Wednesday 10 ~1rs Clark to tea Ten of the N H Indians called I gave them some cake and water and they appeared much pleased Friday 12 The Indians called to give us their parting ( ? They beg- ged some Ha\'Jaiian books but alas they are sealed{?) to them Sabbath Nov 14 Attended native service the house crO\'Jded and very warm Very good attention seemed to be given to the sermon Tuesday 16 Prepared for company expected several Capts but not one came except Mr Hunne\oJe 11 vJednesday 17 invited the chiefs to tea Thursday 18 At school in the morning felt more encouraged about our chil- dren than I have for several weeks past ~1r Friday 19 Had H again to tea probably it will be the last time Sa turday Nov 20 Hr H call (!) about noon and bade us adieu after in the brig Owyhee for America He embarked soon He has always showed �6/1830 himself friendly & kind to the mission and regret his departure \'1e could not but I sent eight letters by him four to Boston and four to my native place Sabbath 21 A windy and rather uncomfortable day -- felt indisposed and did not go to meeting -- Capt Bows(?) from London called in the evening. t10nday 22 Sister Clark & I recommenced our reading school and met at the school house Tuesday 23 Heard the women recite in the Ninau Hoike Wednesday 24 Capt Stetson of the ship Enterprise has arrived & made a call upon us to day Thursday At the children's school as usual Friday 26 Nr and t1rs Clark. and myself made a call upon ----- in hopes of seeing his garden but he excused himself f~om allowing us the pleasure by saying there was nothing in it \'1orth our notice Returned quite disappointed and very tired -- Had r\1r Coffin to tea -- I'Jent over to sister Clark.'s to have our season for social prayer but were interrupted by sea Captains -Sabbath morn 28 Went out to native meeting Tuesday 3 (1 ) Went out yesterday evening to school could not attend this eve as I expected to have company Wednesday December 1 Made cake for the cheifs and made myself very tired preparing for company Had five Capts in the eve for tea -- The evening passed away very aggreeably(l) Thursday 2 Did not meet the children on account of high wind Friday 3 Called upon the chiefs this eve felt fatigued after my walk. Sister C and I were interrupted again and deprived the privilige of uniting in social prayer Saturday Decr 4 Was indisposed My health has recently become quite delicate -Have reason to be thankful that it has been so comfortable all summer Sabbath day Dec 5 Did not go out to meeting Decr 26 This month is almost gone and I have written but little in this book -- The Dr and family returned from L last night left all the brethren & sisters at that station comfortable t~rs Goodh.whose mind was in a very unhappy state of mind when she arrived there was much better :1rs Green and r,1rs A v..ere �7/1830 both made the mothers of healthy daughters Decr 31 Mrs Shepard VIas confined with a Son January 1831 f-1y circumstances have been such as not to permit me to go out this month The care of my family with four workmen has been all I was able to do r'1y little WF is no\'l quite afflicted with sore eyes Feb 4 for a whol e \'1eek I have found ; t necessary to keep H F in a dark room His eyes are getting better Feb 5 Was made the mother of a second son Surely Goodness &mercy follow me continually I desire to be grateful to fore!) this reveived(!) ( ? Feb 19 Sister Clark has been very attentive to me during my confinement and has directed my natives about some of the domestic concerns without whose assistance they could not have got a long comfQ"tably The other si sters have been very kind t1y babe appears heal thy and is very good ~1y strength is so far recovered that I have been able to make bread & pies again. *January 1 Saturday 1831 Have been permitted to commence another new ~ear. Feel sad to think how much of my precious time has been missimproved (1 ) & gone to \'.Jast(1) tremble at the discoveries I have recently made of the depravity of my heart 0 for grace to do something this year for God and my perishing fellow beings 11ay the Lord be my strength and shield & my exceeding(l) great reward -- So feeble have been all my resolves heretofore that make none no\'1 but to read the Bible through in course this year & with divine aid to \'latch and pray without ceasing Jan 15 Being in delicate circumstances I have not gone out any this month. Feel thankful that I am able to attend to the affairs of the family and that I am favoured with such good native help Jan 29 W.F. has been confined for three days in a dark room with *Appears to have skipped a page. then gone back. �8/1831 an inflamation in his eyes He has been bled and has taken an emetic & I hope is getting better -- 0 that I may learn to value my mercies and to profit by my afflictions Jan 30 Sabbath Spent the day in attending my little boy and in reading the ~1emoirs prayer of & I ~Irs Judson 1'1y feel ings have been tender -- in have found it sweet to cast myself and all my cares on One who who(!) is able to support me -- Thy will be done 0 my Father thy will be done Feb 22 Government affairs are in a very critical state The King & all the chiefs are at the windward holding a counsel. Hadam Boki is unwilling to resign the government of this island (which she has held since the departure of her husband & we hear she is preparing for war Lord save this nation from civil contentions and from shedding innocent blood (!) March 2 Mr Bingham and the chiefs are at Lahaina Thi s morning the governor of r1aui and Kekauonohe{!) arrived here as an ambassage(!) from the chiefs Their object is to make peace and pac ify r.1adam B. If poss i bl e induce her to go to Hau i to meet the chiefs in counsel there -- This is a time of trial but we rejoice that Jesus reigns iviarch 3 Hoapili has had an interview \'lith his daughter. He made known to her the object of his visit and requested her to go to Lahaina to \'1hich she immediatelyponsented Tomorrow she is to give up the arms & the fort & disband her men of \>/ar Blessed be God for thus disposing her to accede to the proposals made to her I consider it as a special interposition of Providence Truly everyone that sitteth in pride he he(!) is able to abase 0 may he overule(?) all the events that are here daily transpiring for his own glory and the advancement of his cause :1arch 5 Clark invited the chiefs & the family to tea Kinau. Ke ka uo 10 he .) & Li'1 i ha favored us with their company t1adam B ~1rs attempted to be cheerful but could ill conceal the dejection of her mind ["larch 6 Sabbath Mr Chamberlain by request of Hoapili conducted a service to the people in the fort I tried in his absence to pray that he might speak a word in season to those who might hear him �9/1831 fvlarch 7 ~1adam B & Paki saildO) for L. Previous to her embarkation her father sent an invitation to ~1r Clark & ~1r Chamberlain to go down an(!) attend prayers March 11 Deborah & her husband arrived from L and brought information of Liliha's reception We are grieved to hear of the Kings attatchment to this and have reason to fear that if things had come to the worst she would have had his cooperation Forever blessed be the Lord for defeating the plan Saturday ['tarch 12 Had the happiness of welcoming tlr Bingham and family and Hiss Ward to the station The former after an absence of 9 months the latter of more than a year 11arch 14 t-tr Sheperd's health is quite feelbe. The brethren have re- commended that he should be released for a season from the care of the printing department and seek a more favourable atmosphere at Lahaina tviarch 15 Tuesday An interesting day - made so by the arrival of the King & chiefs The forei gners \vere forbidden were forbidden (1) to go out in their boats as the (1 ) requested to pay their respects to hi s majesty fir Bingham ~1r Cl ark Dr Judd & Mr Chamber- la in went down about four P Hand remained till after dark. We felt anxious not knowing what detained them but they all returned in peace Kaahumanu was last Sabbath very dangerously attacked with some thing like the appoplexy(l) and is still feeble We consider it a very kind dispensation of Providence in this critical time to spare yet with us.(l) ashore before most of the chiefs & The King came \<[as conducted by hi s vener- able Gurdion(!) Kaikeoewa(!) to the stone house where a prayer was offered by flr Bingham in ackno\<[ledgment of the divine goodness in protecting them in all their journeyings during the time of their absence Sabbath r,tarch 20th The meeting house was filled to over flowing and hundreds were seated in the yard In the morning ~1r Bingham preached about fifty minutes in a solemn & impressive manner in the love of Christ & the duty of Christians to love one another suited(?) to a ·sacramental occasion In the afternoon the em- blems of the Saviour's body & blood were set forth in the presence of a large number of the professed followers of the Lord �10/1831 Jesus Christ -- from the four principal islands including this -- So large an assembly of cOlTUllunicants was never before \IJitnessed in the islands -- Most of the principal Chiefs were present The candidates \"ere seated in front of the table & stood up &made their confession of faith & solemnly pledged themselves to be the Lord's and received the ( ? baptism Sat dO\'m & ) seal of \'lith the other members united in celebra- ting the dying love of the Redeemer Eleven infants v/ere de- dicated to God in the ordinance of baptism and with them our 1i ttl e Jeremiah Evarts A day I trust long to be remembered Lord grant that I may never forget the solemn vows my soul this day made April 1. 1831 The foreigners & natives \'Iere by public notice requested to assemble at the house of the King to hear a declaration of the decisions of the chiefs. The King called the attention of the people and pointed to Kaahumanu and said she would cOlTUllunicate his mind She arose & paper she held in her hand containing the will of the King and the result of the counsels of the natoion (1) The contents of the paper was as follows That in consequence of the departure & absence of Boki the King takes possession of the whole island together \IJith Honolulu and the two forts which he gives to Kaahumanu to take care of The fort is given to Kuakini to take care of and the laws of God are taken for the basis of the laws of the land & all the people are called upon to yield obedience to them After finishing the declaration which was signed by the King / I ~! ( .; Kauikeaole,d<aahumanu Kuakini Hoapili Naihe ! & i' l ., Kaikeoewa r.-- Kaau- manuel) made a short speech calling upon all classes to attend to the laws of God & of the King and to obey love & fear God ~~rship and honour him as that by which they would find pros- perity peace & happiness -- After that Kuakini arose & adressed (1) the foreigners. particularly those who kept grog Shops saying that being invested with authority he should proceed to execute the law that the sale of rum had been strictly forbidden & if after this rum should be sold the property of the vender should be siezed(l) and if any person should be so presumptuous as to persevere in defiance of the law his house should be torn �11 /1831 down He also prohibited Gambling houses under the same penalty This evening some fellO\'Is passed the houses swearing very hard at the Missionaries April 2 The residents are exceedingly angry on account of the ~apu on the selling of rum Sabbath April 3 The meeting house was crowded children shall make haste: ~1r B from{ 1) the words thy thy destroyers and they that made waste shall go forth of thee and kings shall be thy nursing fathers and their queens thy nursing mothers April 4 The Brig Achrie(?) arrived 138 days from Boston brought a paquet(!) of letters & some publication By the letters we learn that the Board contemplate sending a ne\'/ reinforcement The families had an invitation to tea at fk Bingham's Capts Hussey & \~ood present & vi sited wi th the famil ies in the i'1onthl y Concert Wednesday April 6 About one thousand pople(!) met this afternoon in the meeting house for the purpose of organizing a society for the suppression of intemperance Governer(!) Adams Naihe Hoapili & Kaiko- ewa (!) stand head of the association -- The rules are as follows 1 We vJi 11 not drink spiri ts for the sake of the exci tement occasioned by them 2 We will not sell spirits for the sake of gain 3 We will not manufacture spirits 4 W(l) will not offer spirits to our friends neighbours or strangers unless they are proscribed by a temperate Physician 5 He will not give spirits to our workmen on account of their labour Wednesday April 13 The members of the different families of the station and all the principal chiefs including the King, & not excluding Lilihat took tea at r'1r Bingham's All the company appeared to be in good spirits and the chiefs notwithstanding some political changes to the disgrace of one and the lessening of the poss-~ essions of another seemed to entertain a good degree of kind feelings towards each other The King was perfectly easy and sociable. joined in Singing a hymn or t\,/O & made the room ring �12/1831 as often as anyone \f/ith his loud laugh & pleasantry Hr B proposed prayer &all seemed ready to join and Lanui(!) in a reverend & becoming manner addressed the throne of grace Soon after the prayer part of the company took leave and part remained to enjoy further conversation Kapiolani \'las very pleasant in her remarks respecting the foreigners since the late restrictions -- One day last week she rode out \'Jith ~1r French \'Iho had a good deal to say against the kapu on riding out on the Sabbath She gave some account of a conversation she had \'Iith Mr Jones on keeping holy the Sabbath H~ re- quested to be informed who had told the people the Sabbath was to be sanctified & kept holy. Did God tell you so? She said God & Indeed! No -- r'1r Singham told you --No she said. tha tis \'.,rhat God says in hi s law Remember the Sabbath day & keep it holy He said the day was designed for rest & relaxation here the conversation was interupted(l) by the entrance of some person & the gentlemen went to another part of the room. He \'1ere gratified \'Jith the firmness of Kapiolani and readiness to answer to confute the causes of the enemies of religion Apri 1 14 A few days since Miss Ward & I walked down to the vilage(!) to See Mrs. Renyls(l) Though her husband is violently opposed to the Missionaries she still maitians(1) her integrity and wiShes to join the church & have her child baptised Sabbath April 17 Learned that by the Governers(l) orders two or three persons who \'1ere riding out for pleasure were stopped and their horses taken fror.l them One other person had set out in defiance of the kapu which had been procla imed by a publ ic crier last v.Jeek but when assailed as he was about leave his 0"10 yard he thought it prudent to retreat Some of the natives were disposed to persue him into his yard and sieze(!) his horse but he deewa pi stol & S\'Iore he would shoot the fi rst one of them who attemp- ted to do so the natives thought it prudent to wi thdra\'I Sabbath eve By the Ship Hilmington & Liverpool Packet had the satisfaction of receiving letters from home r10nday April 18 Received a box from my friends in Pequeu(?) upon opening which I shed tears of grateful affection Saturday April 23 Entertained Kaikoewa(l) & Amelia(?) & Deborah & her husband �13/1831 The evening passed very pleasantly April 30 Keapiolani(l) & her husband and Hoapili took tea with us The 1a tter wi 11 return to L tomorrov/ and the former expect the next day after to go to Kaawaloa Kapiolani was very observing noticed hOH every thing \lIas placed on the table and inquired how I made my bread & cakes said she fermented(?) her bread with a little poe(l) Hhich she prepared with flour as we make yeast i~ay 2 Learned that 20 or thirty foreigners combined to have a frolic yesterday Having armed themselves with clubs & knives About one half of the number set out on horse back Their object was to set at defiance the kapu and to intimidate the natives When Governer Adams was informed that foreigners were riding through the village he sent some of his people to sieze the his people were opposed and one of them received a horses bloH with a club & was considerably hurt The foreigners thought the(l) had gained their point because the(l) dispersed the men who were sent to sieze the (1 ) but in the end the(!) found themselves only disappointed for they were called to an accout(!) and the Governer siezed eight or nine of the horses I commenced teaching a class of young girls or young wo- men seventeen in number at our own house Did not attend the Monthly concert this evening t1ay 5 Naihe & Kapiolani left this morning Kia our native woman the wife of Harry our cook left us to visit her friends I shall miss her much as She has been a faithful nurse of the children Sabbath 8 The congregation has become so large that it has been thought best to conduct a service in the school house in order that the hundreds who sat wi thout might hear the gospel s' joyful sound Dr J conducted a service there last Sabbath & Mr C attended to day he thought the number of person(!) that \'/ere present \'/ere about one thousand and yet I could no(l) see that Hr B audiance(1) was at all diminished May 11 A woman called this eve and took her seat beside the cradle to brush the f1 ies off the babe's face After making a few remarks about little Evarts she said we are pomaikai loa in hav- �14/1831 ing missionaries come here \'Jith their \oJives Formerly we knew nothing about taking care of children -- As soon as a child was born he was given a\'/ay to another to nurse & hi smother gave herself not more concern about him f'1any perished because of the cruel treatment of of(1) those into \-,hose the(!) were put to nurse No one pi tied them no one cared for them knew nothing about domestic happiness heretofore wives quarreled stole \~e corrmitted adultery vJe drank He Husbands & we lied we we were hawa loa till the \'JOrd of God came to our land Now \\Ie have put off all these things of God to live together \'/ith love we wi sh to obey the word to take care of our children and have them \'/ear clothes as the children of the mi ssionaries Friday r·1ay 13 Have taken two more schoolars(!) today, \'/hich makes the number nineteen of smoking I tried to shame them out of the fooljsh habit told them they ''lasted their time for nothing Wha t good ''las to (be) obta ined by it None no nothing but a bad breath a desire to drink often and then spit on the mats They said our fathers did not smoke till the foreigners brought tobacco and pipes and now v.e love it Yes the(!) brought them but it was for your money the(1) also brought rum but they did not tell you about the \'/ord of God No\v you have the word of God and you should forsake your former ways I .said moreover young ladies in America do not smoke rum drinkers do Old men & old vromen & They all vlith one voice said we will forsake it Sabbath !·1ay 15 Hy husband has been quite sick yesterday & to day he has symptGms of the liver complaint and I feel very anxious about him ~londay 16 f1r ~~hitney arrived from Kauai and intends by the first oppor- tunity to go to Lahaina to have some translutions(!) revised t'1r Cis better to day r·1ay 26{l) Sister Clark & I \'/alked over to Kaahumanu's She received us very kindly and gave me a trirrming for a nel" sugar can hat which 11rs Saturday 21 \~hitney has made for me f1r H took passage for L - He are looking out strongly for the new reinforcement -- The brethren have determined to dispach(!) a schooner to the windward to bring dovffi the missionaries to the general meeting Sabbath 22 l1y babe has a cold which prevented my going to meeting Had a �15/1831 very pleasant quiet time at home I do rejoice in the kapu which has lately been 1a id on those who .neither kept the Sabbath themselves nor would allo\~thers who were disposed to keep it Wednesday l<aikoe\'1al\who lives about half a mile from us sent his dearbourn & mule for me this morning to go & see his little adopted son who is sick Emelia met me at the door & seemed glad to see me found the child better Kaahumanu was there ano was going on to Hanoa when I had made my call She invited me to take her horse & chase(?) & return 1,1 F was \'/ith me & was delighted with the ride June 3 Friday Mr Bingham & Clark had a meeting this afternoon with the candidates for church membership & V.Jhile one of the \'/Omen was an relating her experience she was siezed Hi th appople~y{!) fi t and dropped down dead to prepare for death a what a solemn warning to the living Lord grant that may make some lasting impressions on the minds of all who witnessed it June 1831 Sabbath 5 fV! i nded na t i ve serv i ce thi s morn i ng Capt Halla gentl emen from England was there i10nday 6 i'1onthly Concert Could not attend on account of my children being unwell tlothers must deny themselves of many priviliges for their children Tuesday 7 AR uncommonly interesting day About noon a vessel was seen in the roads which it was thought must be the New England Some of our number went to the village and soon sent back word that it was even so About three ;n the afternoon three of the new missionary brothers came ashore Called at the old 11i ssion house first where the (!) had a prayer and drank tea !'1rs Clark & I did not go over After tea they called & saluted us and then returned to the vessel Wednesday June 8 I have had much to do but have been so much excited that I have hardly felt the least tired Baked in the morning and then wal ked over to ltr Bingham's to meet & welcome the new brothers & sisters After uniting in prayer t1r & 11rs J walked over to dine \-lith us fIr & 11rs Baldwin \'1ith f1r & t1rs Clark l'1r Tinker staid(l) at ~tr Bingham's and t1r ( ? ) Dibble with Dr Judd �16/1831 Friday 10 The ne\'I sisters had a prayer meeting ( voyage on this day to pray~especial1y ) their whoule(!) ? for the friends each other ilet with this morning & had a profitable season of my father brothers & sisters far away Thought 0 Lord remember them in mercy Saturday 11 (bl ank) July 5 Mrs Judd had a daughter son Thursday August 4 Tuesday August 16 * ~londay August 15 r,1rs Tinker had a Nrs Bingham had a son Mr & t1rs Oible(1) General (space) and fAr Chamberlain set out About ten o'clock for the \·lindward The former to occupy their station at Hilo -- the Gen to vi sit the volcano and Mr C on business of the Mission November 22 1831 Mrs Clark confined a son *Apparently skipped a page. then ~~nt back. � 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 Chamberlain (Levi) Family Journals 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 Chamberlain, Maria - Journal - 1830-1831 Description An account of the resource <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">Maria Chamberlain</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">March 19, 1803 - January 19, 1880</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 200%;">Maria Patton submitted herself to become a candidate for the missionaries on October 15, 1926, believing she would save Native Americans. Instead, she found herself on the Parthian sailing to the Sandwich Islands. Maria became an exception to the rule as she did not have a husband when she set sail on her mission. Maria kept a journal from 1825 to 1859, that detailed her biggest life experiences and challenges.<br /><br />Maria started her journal in 1825 when she was still in Salisbury, Pennsylvania and not yet apart of the mission. She would detail almost everyday of her life, focusing most of her attention on Sunday’s as she would talk about the sermon she heard or her time at church. She would include the mundane aspects of everyday life to her exciting journey to the Sandwich Islands. In her everyday life, Maria took care of her eight children and would entertain visiting guests with a hot cup of tea. Sea captains to royalty to fellow missionaries were always welcomed in the home of the Chamberlains. Since Maria and Levi were close to the royalty, they were updated on political affairs of the government. She wrote how Madam Boki prepared for war as she did not want to give up Oahu. In the end, other chiefs were able to calm down Madam Boki and major conflict was avoided. Maria would end her journal in 1859, 34 years after first starting in 1825.</p> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource If you would like permission to publish or reproduce this material, please send your requests to archives@missionhouses.org Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives