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FTHE RIEND.
HONOLULU, JULY 1, 1850.

Vol. 8.

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The incidents herein narrated ship, we stood off again until the next mornmust have formed a pleasing episode in a ing, when the captain gave orders for two
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The Whale and his Captors
boats.
Leiter from the French Protestant Missionary Society 61 long passage to the United States.
One of our sailors by the name of John52
Dr. Webster's Trial
62 Tropic Island of Rimatara Letter from the son, that had lived on Tahiti, and could talk
11. 11. M. ahip Enterprise and brig Swift
68
Britishand Foreign ltible Society
Natives Landing through the Surf Char- a little of their tongue, had told the nativesa
The See Boy's Farewell
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acteristics of the People King Temaeva the day belore that there was on board
from
Tyfoona losing their Terror
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Walk into the Interior lsland Metropolis missionary, or a missionary's friend,
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Effects of change in the Narigation Laws
sent
off
accordingly
Hawaii,
Native
was
Hosand
there
Foot-prints of ChristianityHswalian Bible Society—Treasurer's Report
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pitality—Regretful Good-by Contrast be- through him, on a slip of paper, very legibly
Currentsof the O. can
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The Ship i« Sinklug
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tween a people with the Bible and without written by a native teacher, a Rimatara letter,
Marine Intelligence, etc. ----.. 66
A Cut-off and a Recovery A Ship-wreck of which the following is a literal translation:
and a Rescue Reasoning of a South-Sea
Friend and Father I
The Whale and his Captors:
Islander Tahitian Theology.
" Dear
May you be asved by tbe true God. This ia oar eommu
Adventures,
and
Whale's
have
of
the
The first view we
Commodore uicsilon to you. Come thou bltbsr upon the shore, that we
Or, The Whaleman's
Biography, as gathered on the homeward Preble, is as she is lying oil" and on the lone may see you in respect to sll the words ef God which srs right
cruise ofthe "Commodore Preble" by Rev. Islnnd of Rimatara, in quest of the fresh sup- vviiu you. It is our desire that you come to-day.
Henry T.Cheever, with engravings. Har- plies which whalemen covet in order to keep
From Tiutimo and hts Brethren."
per & Brothers, publishers, NewYork, 1850. ol buy the scurvy. This is one of those fasof a peoSouth-Sea Islands, which, on their Eager to know some thing more
We have frequently seen letters in Ameri- cinating
and
aloha,
an
whom
so
cordial
from
came
tirst discovery by Europeans in the latter part ple
can papers signed " H. T. C." dated at the of the last century, quite turned the heads of
Hy very heart athlrst
Sandwich Islands, and on board the " Com- many, and at once started so much speculative
To look on nature In her robe of green,
modore Preble," on her homeward cruise, nonsense and sentimentality about primeval
in the Pacific. I made ready to go ashore; the breakers were
but we were not expecting to see a volume innocence and bliss embosomed
not formidable enough, though beating with
in addition written during the passage, of our
A coral rock, by gentle nature made
violence, to make me forego the novfearful
through
tropic
Verdant
snd
besuttful,
sun,
old friend and visitor to the United States.—
elty of setting foot on a coral South Pacific
And fertilizing rain, and grateful shade ;
Ever since we saw the volume announced as
Plsced far amid the melancholy main.
Island, and the pleasure of a stroll among
the trees after seven weeks at sea. Taking
having been published, we have felt a strong
It is al> >ut seven miles long, one and a half therefore, a life-preserver, I ventured into
desire to glance over its pages. We frankor two wide, mid lies in 15- west longitude one of the little canoes that came along-side
ly confess that we Are favorably disappointed. ;iiid '22 45 south latitude; about south-west the boat, and was paddled and handed by a
Much has been written about the " rare old from Tahiti. It is properly perhaps, one of narrow cleft, through roaring breakers and
whale" and the " adventurous whaleman," the Society Island group, being a mere pile ragged rocks that threatened instant desand during the last few years we have heard of corallite and wave-washed coral sand.— truction, among which a common boat could
We came in sight of it on Tuesday afternoon,
live a moment. Those frail canoea
many " a yarn" about chasing, harpooning, a blue hummock on the bosom of the ocean, hardly
however, only nine and eleven feet long,
lancing, towing, cutting-in, trying-out, and and ran on until we discovered, to our great carried safely through, one by one, all that
stowing-down, sperm whales, right whales, delight, what could not be mistaken for a ventured ashore.
and a white flag flying on a
and polar whales; still we have found this meeting-house,
near by, to indicate the friendliness of Immediately on our landing, the natives
post
work to be not only readable, but quite in- the natives, and induce us to stop for trade. gathered around and formed a ring, naturally
savages every where, to notice
structive. The style is lively and well adaptThe sea broke so high upon the north-east curious, like and
I not leas so to observe their
thing,
every
ed to the nature of the book. From the and south-west points of the Island, and inown eager attitudes, expressive gestures and
did
not
shore,
deed
all
that
the
captain
along
plentiful sprinkling of poetical extracts scathave an uncommondeem it prudent to attempt landing that night. fine looks. The women
clear skin,
countenance,
tered through the work, the reader would in- We
of
aspect
pleasing
ly
therefore, stood off until twelve o'clock,
fer that whaling must be a very literary em- mid-night, and then tacking, were up with it but a shade or two darker than a dark bruand eye-browa, and a
ployment! Literary men are surely quite again by ten o'clock next morning, on the nette, black eyes, hair
form,
of
and bashful turncaptivating
beauty
dependent upon the whaleman for the oil that leeward side.
away when looked at, that is not a little
ing
The
Island
a
beautiful
presented
appearsupplies bis " mid-night lamp," for it is not ance, being thickly wooded to the water's attractive. Their nostrils are not so negrothick as these of the
to be supposed that literary personages, even
edge, and elevated in some parts into gentle like, nor their lips so
in America, would presume to read, study, hills, crowned with all the various and luxu- [Hawaiians, but still they bear to them a close
resemblance. Many of the little girls and
or write by the light of a Cincinnati candle! riant growth of the tropics. Canoes soon
maidens were truly beautiful, and would be
surf,
and
launched
out
the
boisterous
through
Only imagine a poet, penning the effusions
deemed
paragons, even in tbe artificial state
three
us,
of
two
or
having
ciime along-side
of his fancy by the light of a lard or tallow lads and men in each, much fairer skinned where beauty is not left so much to it«ajK, but
candle —tbe very idea is the most unportical and better looking that the majority of Ha-. has to be busked, bustled, and corset*. b>
omnipotent fashion.
imaginable.
jwsiians.
off
the
I soon made ma, way to tbe island king.
The
boat
anchored
reef
captain's
readers
for
may judge
That our
themselves
the natives brought their articles ofjTemaeva, who sat apart from othera upon a
while
in regard to this work, we quote entire'the trade in their pigmy canoes. By four in the block of coral, and leaning on a staff, bis onsecond chapter, althlsagh no pa* of the book afternoon he bad procured a boat-load of pigs ly dress being a shirt and kihei (mantle.) He
in reality, relates less to the " whale and his and cocoa-nuts, with which returning to the''was a benevolent looking, well made pan,

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having tbe pert and presence of a king, and

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were all,

With InoSenalve oust snd meathea,

From aaany s berry and from sweet kernels pressed,
She tempers dulcet creams nor them to hold
Wants bar St veasela pare: then strews ihe ground
Willi rose and odors from the shrub unfumed.

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WMb Attaassaa ahoukdera fit to bear
Ths weight sf mightiest monarchies

This entertainment over, we repaired to
Ha offered me his hand with much appa- tbe teacher's, where again was served up the
rent cordiality, and immediately led the way same, with the addition of banaua made into
to his house in tbe interior. The path was a poi, of which the king ate freely. I was
at first rugged as the volcanic clinkers of Ha- here
presented with a couple of rolls of white
waii, over heaps and swells of broken and kapa by the good woman of the house. After
roots
of
with
huge
coral,
over-grown
sharp
surveying the premises, getting a specimen
ihe itamani and koa trees, in the borrowed of the king and teacher's hand-writing, and
terms of Wordsworth,
giving them a card to certify any other chance
A growth
ship of their hospitality, I returned to the
Of Intertwisted aavres serpenllDe.

thnt now smile upon us we never see again.
Who can help sighing as he ihinksof it, and
wishing to leave, wherever he gees, some
durable evidence that an immortal spirit has
passed that way!
Oh, at what time ..never thou

(Unknown lo me,) Ihe heavens wiltbow,
Anil, wiih hy angels in the »mi,
Descend in judge poor circle** man.
Gram thai I may not like jiuddle lie,
Jn a corrupt security,

Where, If a irnv, ).-r water crave,
He finds it dead, and in a grave ;
But as the clear running spring
All day and nighi doth flow and alng ;
And though here born, yel Is acquainted
Elsewhere, and, flowing, keeps untainted—
So let me nil my buoy age
In Ihy Tree service engage.
And though (while here) of force I must
Have commerce sometimes wiih poor dust,
Yet let my course, my aim, my love,
And chief acquaintance he above ;
Bo whett that day and hour shall coma
In which tin self will be the sun,
Thnu'lt find me dressed and on my way,
Watching tbe break of Ihy great day.

shore by another path, through a dense
wood, coming out of it on the windward side
of the island, by the old church and grave
there
was
a
subsibarrier
passed,
This
where Tameava pointed out the tomb
dence and inclining of the island inward, and yard,
the path vent through a meadow of rushes, of a former wife, having the dtue of her death
cut in a coral slab.
in lime of r»in flooded. The soil was a rich rudely
The
cocoa-nuts passed were numberless,
beds
wet
kalo
of
black loam. Next came
shedding their fruit by thousands; also lofty
(artunesculentuin,) very luxuriant and large, and
straight pandanuses, kukuis and inilo
beyond which weie the houses of the king
trees.
Following round the shore to the
and native missionary teachers, the chapel,
we had struck off into the How different now our reception here by
school house and principal settlement. These point atwewhich
found the enptain there busy tra- Islanders that had been blessed with the biware prettily made buildings ofkamanu posts, woods,
wattled between, lined on both sides with a ding. I pleased myself a while with looking at ble, from that which a whaling ship had
good coat ofwhite washed plaster, and thatch- those mixed and motley groups, and trying to while sailing along in this same Pacific in the
ed on the roof with grass. Being clustered communicate withthe harmless Arimatarians, year 1835, from barbarians that had never
went off to the boat through the out- received the gospel. A large number of natastefully together, they made a very pleas- and thensurf,
rageous
inly wishing I could leave with tives came oil", as to us, for the purposes of
ing appearance outside.
them
some
substantial
and enduring testimo- trade. No treachery was suspected, and all
and
house
of
the
were
king
The ebapel
for a while went on amicably. But, upon a
furnished with flooring and settees. In the ny of good will.
former was a round pulpit, very much like The king and his wife, together with the signal from a chief, the natives sprang for
those seen in popish cathedrals, wherever is captain, came one by one, soon after, and the harpoons, whale-spades, and other, deadseen at all what popery is by no means fondIwe all pulled ofT to the ship, where the king ly weapons at hand, and a desperate contest
of—ihe pulpit. They had been built eleven seemed highly gratified with his entertain- immediately ensued. The capt in was killed
years, it being more than twenty, we wereI ment and presents. He is manifestly king by a single stroke of a whale-spade; the first
told, since the island was first christianizedI but in name, having to promise a recompense mate also, soon after. The second mate
by native missionaries from Tahiti. They even to the men that brought hurt off to the jumped over-board and was killed in the wawarts all surrounded by a low paling of posts! boat in their canoe. The gospel has abol- ter, and four of the seamen lost their lives.
driven slightly into the ground, merely to ished all tyranny, and as the sailor interpret- A part ofihe crew rnn up the rigging for sekeep out hogs; while cocoa-nut trees andled it, all there are for themselves, and wilh- curity, and the rest into the forecastle.
giant bananas were dropping their fruits allI out distinctions. There nre four hundred nil Among these last was a young man, the
around. The whole scene, in every feature, told, and live according lo their own telling, third mate, by the name of Jones, the only
was most pleasingly corroborative of the re- \in much peace, being visited two or three surviving officer. By his cool intrepidity and
presentations quoted by Harris in " Thej times a year by whaling ships for recruits, judgment, after a dreadful encounter, the
Ureal Commission," to show the temporalI whose trade just keeps them (the adults,)! jship was cleared of the savages, the chief
and many of his companions, both of
utility of the missionary exertions in the with a single cloth garment or kihei, a piece.
A roughly made schooner, of kumanu those on boaid nnd those who came alongSouth-Seas.
wood, much like our mahogany, was on the side to aid in securing the ship.
f last aad of their littk,e_aumntiblehata*lougihe*sea.beach,! slocks, for which they were very anxious lo Jones now became the captain, buried the
there will he seen a aaal settlement, with a large chapel lo the get tar, oakum, and a compass. No white]'dead, dressed the
wounded, pat the ship in
center, cspsble of containing one or two Ihouasnd people} a missionary, we were told,
has
ever
and
made
sail
for the christianized
residedj
jorder,
astvasl house M Ihe one side, aad a chief's or tbe missionary.'upon the island, but all their imperfect
chris- Sandwich Islands with tbe surviving crew.
hawse oa the other j and a range of while collages a mile or
tutilization and acquaintance with the arts' With a skill and self-possession worthy of the
two Isng, peeping al yoa from under the splendid banana trees,
or thS bread frail groves. So thst their comfort la lucreased| have been effected by native teachers from man that could accomplish such a rescue,
aad theircharacter elevated."
Tahiti. White tnen have stopped on the is—j[and with a favoring Providence, he navigaland occasionally, but they say they do not
the bereaved whuler to Oahu, where the
Boon after reaching this little metropolis want them, unless they know the language, survivors were hospitably entertained.
The
of the island, the king had baked pig and]and have some trade.
ship however, had to be sent home, Ihe roydelicious kalo placed upon a massive rude I could not leave this secluded and lovely!jage being completely broken tip. and thoutable, and plates of English crockery, with island,though but the stopping-place ol'n day,lsands of dollars lost to owners and underknives and lorks. A blessing was asked by and ere long 1 hope, to mingle with humani- writers.
the native teacher, and 1 was invited to eat. ty in a wider and more populous field, with1 remember once to have listened to the
k waa, in their view, an important piece of out a feeling of sadness, I hardly know why. narrative of a captain who was
wrecked in
courtesy, which a recent breakfast rather un- But so it is in the voyage of life, especially the l'ueilic on a sunken rock, and
four1
fitted «• for; yet I ate, with compliments, in that of a traveler, sailing down the stream teen days and nights, himself and for twencrew,
of the mealy kalo, and tasted of the pig, of time, we hail a friendly bark, or touchi ty-two in
were exposed in their
i boats, andnumber,
while the king waa taking huge morsels thst here and there nt a pleasant
had quite given up hope of ever
landing-place
would almost sink a common man.
upon its banks, pluck a few fruits and flow- again reaching the land. But on the morn.wine of this feast waa the delicious ers, exchange good wishes and kind words ing of ihe
fifteenth day after
their
milk of young cocoa-nuts just from tbe tree; with the friends of a day, truly love and are i ship, they found their boats tbe loss of
nearing an unand I will venture lo say that Hebe never loved by some congenial hearts, both drop known island. They were almost
and
"iy*)- Bitch nectar into the goblets of the and lake some seeds of good and evil, to saw the shore, which was guarded spent,
reef,
a
by
like
that
gods. It was more
which Eve made spring up when we are is our graves, and lined with
cannibals or
ready o~e« in Eden, as tbe poet tells, where then we are away; the places that now know christianizednatives, whether
they could Qot tell.
with to entertaia their argel guest:
us know iimm more for aver, and the faces While their lives were in doubt, and they
llp-coillng, and Inveleralely convelved.

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were questioning whether a worse death by fit each other exactly. lam sure then, that Ed as a servant the family of President
savage violence did not await them than if the bible which tells me of these things, was Wheelock, of Dartmouth College, and lived
they had perished at sea, one of the natives made by him who made the hinges to my in his family and that of his daughter, Maria
came out toward them through the surf, hold- body. I believe the bible to be the word of Malleville Allen, tbe wife of President Allen, of Bowdoin College, forty years. Fa*
ing in his hsnd a book, and cried, with a loud God.
voice, " Missionary! missionary!" An anThe men on the other side of the great the last eighteen years, she has lived alono
swering shout of recognition and beckoning isea used their skill and their bodies to make in her house, and she died alone aad suddenfrom the poor mariners immediately brought iships and to print bibles. They came in ships ly. In the same night, and probably at th*
the natives, through the waves, to their aid, iand brought iron hoops, knives, nails, hatch- same hour, died her friend, the wife of Rev.
by whom they were carried on shore in theiriets, cloth and needles, which are very good. Dr. Adams.
arms, supplied with food, and generously They also brought rum and whiskey, which This circumstance added peculiar interest
entertained with more than human, with iare very evil. They moved the hinges of and pathos to his discourse. He said that if
christian kindness.
Ithe jaws, and told lies and curses, which sre his beloved companion ( then lying dead, to
It so happened, according to the captain's abominable. At last some ctme and brought be buried the next day) could have been per*
statement, that this was an island whose in- the bible. They used the hinges of their milled to choose an attendant spirit, as she
habitants had been first brought lo a knowl- bodies to turn over its leaves and to explain passed through the dark valley, and in her
edge of Christianity by the brother of this God's blessed word. That was belter than upward flight to the paradise of God, doubtcaptain, who had been some yenrs before ironware and stuff for clothing. They were less she would have chosen Phebe. "Black
cast away on this very island, and with one the servants of the living God, and my heart Phebe !" he exclaimed, "she haa sometimes
other of the ship's company, was saved.— opened to their words as if it had hinges too, been called ; but her soul ia whiter and puThey were taken by the natives to be offer- like as my mouth opens to take food when 1 rer than the light, and her heavenly gared up as a sacrifice to their gods. But while am hungry. And my heart feels satisfied ments are more resplendent than tbe sun shion their way to the place where human vic- now. It washungry, God nourished it; it was ning in his brightness."
tims used to be sacrificed, they remembered thirsty, God has refreshed it. Blessed be It is to be hoped that the eloquent preachthe tradition that a god should come to them God, who gave his word, and sent it across er, who was her minister for twenty years,
the sea to bring me light and salvation!"
will feel it his duly to prepare, for the benefrom the sea.
Over-ruled doubtless, by. a divine impulse, Now we say that this unsophisticated na- fit of the world, a memoir of Phebe Anna
they now entertained the white man as a god, tive thinker, working thus nil by himself at Jacobs.
and he instructed them concerning the only the great theological argument from evidentrue God and Saviour. They invited the mis- ces of design, could hardly have done better Societe des Missions Evangeliques.
Paris, Fab. VI, 1860.
sionary from another island, and in heaven's had he been going to school to Calvin or
blessing upon his instructions, was read the Chalmers all his days. He might have writ- To the native Churches, Missionaries, and
secret of all their afier-kindness to the white ten in his Polynesian bible the lines which other individuals, at tbe Sandwich Islands,
men who visited or were cast upon their are said to have been found on a blank leaf who have contributed to the raising of
shores. All whalemen may see in this con- ofa copy of the scriptures belonging to a great funds in behalf of the Paris Evangelical
trast, as we have to our joy in the Commo- English poet. And, ah! how much better Missionary Society :
dore Preble, what a difference there is be- had it been for the world, if Byron had loved Dearly Beloved Brethren—Our hearts
tween islands that have, and that have not, his bible as there is reason to believe the un- have been filled with joy in theLord and with
gratitude toward you, by the affecting proof
the "book."
known Tahitian did his.
of love and sympathy we have received from
It is the book which has brought it to pass
Wilhin this awful volume lias
you. At the amazing distance which sepathat the adventurous, weary whaleman '-an
The mystery nf mysteries ;
rates you from us, at some eighteen thousand
now traverse the entire Pacific, and land
And bleas'd, foreverbleas'd are Ihey
miles from the metropolis of France, you
with impunity at most of its lovely islands,
Who read 10 hope, andread to pray.
have heard the cry of distress, which we utand be supplied on terms of equity with all
Hut better bsd he ne'er been born,
tered in our distress, and you have answered
he needs. Let then, those that owe to it the
Whoreads to doubt, or reads to scorn.
it. An unexpected revolution, and the finanmost, be loudest in their praises, and warmest in their love, and most careful in their An Honored Negress.—On Sunday, the cial crisis brought on by it, had placed ua in
3d of Mnrch, says the New York Observer, the greatest embarrassment.
We were
obedience to the book of books.
It was the reasoning of one of this great there was buried at Brunswick, Maine, a obliged to shut the Seminary where Missionremarkable character ; aries used to be prepared for the service of
family of theSouth-Sea Islanders (with whom black.hewoman of a honored
was highly
at her death.— the Lord, and we even doubted whether we
our ship has just had such pleasant inter- and
Course,) soon after he came into possession Her pall-bearers were Governor Robert should be able to support the prosperous misDunlnp, Dr. Lincoln, Professor Packard, sion which we have lounded in South Africa
of the bible:
When I look at myself, I find that I have and Joseph McKeen Esq., Treasurer of among the Bechuanee tribes. But the Lord
hinges all over my body. I have got hinges Bowdoin College, &.c; and the principal has had mercy and been better than all our
to my legs, my jaws, my feet, my hands. If mourners were Rev. President Allen, with fears. He has stretched out his merciful
his daughters, of Northampton, arm in our behalf, by prompting his children
I want to lay hold of any thing, there are two ofwho
Mass.,
had come two hundred and fifty to lend us their assistance. Our appeal has
to
ray
hands,
and
even
fingers,
to
binges my
to do it with. If my heart thinks, and I want miles to attend the funeral. She was buried been heard in Germany, in England, in
to make others think with me, I use the hinges by the side of her friends, Mrs. Allen and America,in Bengal. And you, beloved brethto my jaws, and they help me to talk. I could her daughter. The funeral proceeded from ren, who not very long ago, did not even
neither walk nor sit doves if I had not hinges Ihe church near the College, after an affect- know the name of our native country, you
to my legs and feet. All this is wonderful. ing discourse by the Rev. Dr. Adams, which have also assisted us. Twice have we reNene of the strange things that white men was listened to with deep interest by an as- ceived through the hands of Mr. H. Hill, the
have brought in their big ships, are at all to sembly which completely filled that spacious treasurer of the Boston Missionary Society,
be compared to my body. He who made my edifice. And why were these honors paid the gifts of your love ; the first, amounting
woman ? The following letter to $200 or fr. 1,045, and the second to $319
body, has made all those clever people, who this humble
Boston Traveller, from which psper 83 or fr. 1,679 10.
made the strange things which they bring in to the
the ships; and he is God, whom I worship. we derive these facts, answers the question. Be blessed for it ! May the Lord reward
But I should not know much more about It was because of her rare attainments ss you according to the richness of his mercy,
have
him than as a great binge-maker, if men in a Christian. It was because she hadofbeen for the good we have received. You
Ihe rejoiced our hearts, strengthened our weak
their ships has not brought the book which for thirty years a worthy member
of Brunswick, and was regarded by hands, and prevented the ruin of the work
they call the bible. That tells me of God, Church
oujl Rewho makes tbe skill end tbe heart of man her follow christians as superior to them- we have undertaken for the glory of
likewise. And when I hear how the bible selves in the strength of her faith, and in a deemer and the salvation of souls.
You will be gratified lo hear that, thanks
tells ofthe old heart with its corruption, snd spirit of devotion.
the new heart and a right spirit, which God She was born a slave on the famous Be- to your timely assistance and that of other
beve disappeared, our
alone can create and give; I feel that his verwvck estate, in Hanover, Morris County, brethren, our fears
ceased, and the Socielife
she
enterhave
Jigwsrk,
early
heart
near
J.
embarrassments
N.
In
my
and
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in
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ty will cheerfully resume its labors with the It was then that our worthy foreman, 'put, twelve hands arose immediately. Seme
assistance of God. Rejoice, dear brethren,' '(whom we all most highly respect, and whom little discussion then took place, when the
at that happy change which you have in the!'we shall ever remember with pleasure) pro- second question was tested—and twelve
measure of your means,'contributed to bring posed thst they should have religious servi- .hands at once arose. Third—the most imces every evening. The proposition was portant question ofall—waa next to be tried.
about.
We have never seen, nor is it probable most cheerfully responded to, and ever alter (Quite a pause ensued. One juror in his
that we ever shall see your facea in this that time, the voice of praise and prayer as- sympathies of kindness for the prisoner,
world, but we trust we shall meet in the day cended, as we trust from sincere hearts, to ( who was his personal acquaintance or
of Christ and join our voices to praise our the throne of infinite wisdom and mercy. I .friend) and his afflicted family—shrunk from
need not say that the burden of every pruyer the fiery ordeal. " Can't we stop here ?—
beloved Saviour and Master.
It is in him that we thank you again, and waa for wisdom to guide and direct into a can't the law be vindicated and justice satwish you every blessing that can flow from right d cision, and for blessings most rich isfied, if we pause here ? Must we take the
the inexhaustible treasure of his mercy and and precious to descend upon the prisoner life of the unhappy prisoner ?" Some disand his afflicted family.
cussion ensued—the mind of (he juror seemlove.
I now come to the closing part of this mo- ed more calm—and lie expressed his readiFor the Committee,
GRAND PIERRE, D. D. Director. mentous trial. When the witnesses for the ness to vote on the final question, which was
defence had given in their testimony, and the put, and twelve hands arose. The die was
counsel for the prisoner announced the evi- cast ! —and John W. Websler was pronoundence on their part closed, a feeling of pain ced Guilty of Murder.
and anguish must have come over the mind Thus ended the closing scene in the jury
HONOLULU, JULY 1, 1850.
of every juror—" What ! can no more be room. What afterwards transpired in the
said—no more be done in behalf of the un- court room is already known to the public.
Dr. Webster's Trial.
happy prisoner ! Is that the evidence—the When our foreman then pronounced the awThe laat mail from ihe United States
only evidence on which we are to base our ful word—Guilty ! the jury, as well as the
brought papers containing a full report of verdict of " not guilty."
prisoner, trembled and grew faint. And what
this important trial, which lasted eleven days. At that very time, with the light which the a relief it was when we were again allowed
The result of this trial was announced in our able charge of the Chief Justice alierwarda. to go free, and join our families and friends
gave us on several points tf "the law and..after so long and painful a separation ; and
last. The interest excited by the trial ex- the
evidence," 1 think I speak the sentiments there was not a juror's heart but would have
tended far beyond the city of Boston. Some of nearly if not quite all the jury, when I leaped for joy could the prisoner have been
ofthe New York papers, in reporting the pro- say that they were as ful y prepared for their,justly allowed the same unspeakable blesOne of the Jury.
ceedings, take occasion to make rather se- verdict as they were when they retired to the sing.
after
the
able
room,
Boston,
to
most
1860.
jury
listening
April
3,
vere comments upon the justice of the decis- and eloquent pleas of the prisoner's senior
ion and the manner in which the trial was counsel and the Attorney General: so strongH. B. M. ship "Enterprise," Capt.
conducted. It is not for us to comment up- ly, so fully had the evidence pointed to the
Richard Collinson, C. B. arrived at this port
on so grave matters, but we could wish that prisoner as the guilty man—and to no one on the morning on the 26th. The Enterprise
else. After the jury had gone to their room
criminals in New York and elsewhere might —with
thb various evidences of guilt spread left England on the 20th January last, and
never be subjected to a more unjust trial than on the table before
them, and the door lock- passed Cope Pillar on ihe 20th April. She
that which has resulted in pronouncing Dr. ed upon them ; shut out as it were entirely is on her passage
loßhering Straits, in search
Webster guilty. We shall wait with some from the world, with nothing bul the eye of|of the
under the command
missing
expedition
the
Omniscient
God
them—so
painful
upon
anxiety to learn whether the Governor of
was the sense of responsibility, so unwilling of Sir John Franklin.
Massachusetts extends towards the condem- were they to cone to the result which all
The following is a list of her officers:
ned, an executive pardon. The following felt they must come to, that thirty or forty
Captain—Richard Collinson, C. B.
narrative of proceedings in the jury room, minutes were spent ere any thing was dune Lieutenant—G.
A. Phaqre,
—when
at
last
the
voice
of
the
foreman
was
We
we have read with much interest.
J. T. Jago,
heard
them
to order and reminding
calling
J. J. Barnard.
copy the letter from the American Traveller: them of
duty, however painful ; and when Mate—R.
T. Legg,
To the Editors or the Traveller— they had all taken their seats around the taM. T. Parks.
Gentlemen: —Having read in several papers ble—then it was that one of th" jurors rose
Anderson.
Surgeon—R.
what purported to be a relation of the scenes snd said: " Mr. Foreman, before entering
Surgeon—E. Adams.
and events which transpired in the jury room upon the further consideration and decision Assistant
Second Master—F. Skead.
on the trial of Dr. John W. Webster, I ofthis most important matter, I would purpose
Clerk in charge—E. Whitehead.
have felt desirous (now that the subject has that we seek for divine wisdom and guidbeen brought before the public mind) that a ance." The proposition met with a cordial The " Enterprise" parted company with
plain statement of the most important mat- response, and the foreman called upon a ju- the "Investigator" of! ( ape Pillar, on the
ters connected with the jury room should he ror to offer prayer. This was done most 20th April—all well.—Polynesian.
made, as it might prove interesting, if not feelingly and sincerely. We then proceedinstructive to the community. The jury was ed to the most trying and painful part of our
The following is a list of officers of
composed of twelve men, from as many dif- arduous duty. The various articles which
ferent branches of the mechanical and mer- were put into the case were examined hy the H. B. M. sloop " Swift," now in our harbor,
cantile professions ; they were from four jury, and particularly those things which and late from Mazatlan. The Swift carries
different religious denominations, and their seemed to hear most strongly against the six guns, and has a complement of sixtyages varied from 23 to 68 years. They were prisoner. The final decision of the ques- en
persons.
men whom I should designate as possessing tion was resolved into three parts.
good sound common sense—men capable of First. Are the remains of a human body Com.—William Cornwallis Aldbam.
judging—tf discerning—of appreciating ev- found in the Medical College on the 30th of Lieut.—James E. Bickford.
idence and estimating its importance. The Nov., 1849, those of the late Dr. George Purser—Arthur A. Speed.
jurors, after they had become acquainted Parkmsn ?
with each other, and as the evidence began' Second. Did Dr. George Parkman come Master—Edwin Rowe.
Mate—Richard Onslow.
to beer with crushing weight upon the pris- to his death by the hands of Dr. John W.
oner* and the
net work of complicated Webstor, in the Medical College, on the Midshipman—Charles E. Brest,
ctrcupistances seemed to oncircle him, fed 23d, of Nov., 1849 t
William Moriarty,
strongly the need of that wisdom which Third. Is Dr. John W. Webster guilty,
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Philip Patrickson.
cometh from above," to guide and direct as set forth in the indictment, of the wilful
Master
Assistant—Eff'ro.
Kellow
their minds aright in their moat momentous
of Dr. George Parkman ?
■ed responsible situation.
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Sslerted fur the Frtead.
IC7- We would direct thereader's attenBritish and Foreign Bible Society.
Lines supposed to have been written by a tion to the communication, in another porIn connection with the report of the HaSailor on his separation from home:
tion of our columns, dated " Paris, Feb. 37,
waiian Bible Society, published in another
THE SEA BOY'S FAREWELL.
1850." At the very period that French vespart of our columns, it affords us pleasure to
Walt, wilt ye wind.,, till I repeat
sels of war were threatening to fire upon
acknowledge a grant of one hundred Bibles
A partiag signal to the fleet
Honolulu, efforts were making among the
and one hundred Testaments, from the BritWhoac slut ton la at home;
Then waft the aea boy's ilmple prayer,
ish and Foreign Bible Society. The grant
native Protestant Churches throughout the
And let It oft be whispere I there.
islands, to aid a Missionary Society in Paris,
was made to Rear Admiral Thomas for the
While In fair clime* I roam.
Sandwich Islands, as we learn from a comwhich was embarrassed through want of
Furewell to Father ! reverend hulk !
munication addressed to R. C. Wyllie, Esq.,
funds.
In aptte of meta), spite of bulk,
Soon may hfa cable slip ;
by Mr. Henry Knolleke, Assistant Foreign
Yet while the parting tear It molat,
Tyfoons Loosing their Terror.
Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible
The ting of gratitude I'll hoist,
For
ages Tyfoons have been the terror of
In duty lo ibe ahip.
Society. Mr. Wyllie has placed these volall
in the India and China seas.
navigators
umes at our disposal, and we are most hapFarewell to Mother ! flrat claaa" ahe !
Recent
discoveries
have well nigh establish"
shelves
with
Who launched me on Hfe'a stormy aea,
py to place them on tbe same
ed the point, that if navigators will observe
And rigged me fore end aft !
of
the
American
Bible
Sothe publications
May Providence her timber* spare,
certain rules in regard to the management
And keep he. hull In good repair,
ciety. The grand design of both these noof their vessels in Tyfoons, the damage is
To tow the atnaller craft.
ble institutions is precisely the same, while
not only very much diminished, but in most
Farewell to aliter > lovely yacht!
with giant strength they are publishing the
Bui whether she'll be manned' 1 or not,
cases entirely avoided. A most interesting
word of God, wi hout note or comment, in
"
1 cannot new foresee
and
important work upon this subject, has
May tome good ahip a tender prove,
more than one hundred different languages,
been
Well
found
of
truth
and
love
published by Henry Piddington, Presiin stores
t
and scattering them broadcast over the sea
And takeher under lee.
the Marine Court of Inquiry, at Caldent
of
and land. In 1848* the receipts of the British
George ! the jolly boat!
Farewell
cutta.
He does not profess to have made
to
and Foreign Bible Society were £117,440,
And all the little craft afloat
new
any
discoveries, but to have compiled a
and the Society issued 1,419,283 copies ot
In home'a delightful bay.
When
work
which
embodies the discoveries of
they
vailing
age,
arrive
at
while
the
total
issue
since
the word of God,
May wisdom give the weather-gage,
others.
this
In
work, he proposes "to ex19,741,770
amounts
to
its commencement,
And guide them on theirway.
plain to the seaman,in such language that the
copies. During the same year, 4848, the
Farewell to all on life* rude main !
man who can work a day's work can underwere
Society
of
Bible
the
American
receipts
Perhape we ne'er ahall meet again,
stand it—the Theory and the Practical use
Through atrea* of stormy weather
$254,337, and the Society issued 655,066
summoned by the Board above,
But
of
the Law of Storms for all parts of the
copies of the Bible, while the total issue since
We'll harbor In the port of love,
amounts
world."
5,780,095
to
A copy of this work has been exits commencement
And all be moored together
hibited us by Capt. Lovett, of the brig
copies.
Fund.
ASitrcadnkges'
»Cj» The box of Bibles and Testaments
" Ragle," who has been long filing in those
We
are
to
receive
that parts
iutimation
glad
wus
hither
on
board
H.
brought
referred to,
of the world visited by Tyfoons. He
B. M. ship, the Enterprise, Captain Col- there are some who hold themselves ready to considers the book of inestimable value to
contribute for the aid of the sick and desti- the
linson.
navigator in those regions, and which
tute stranger.
Judging from applications ship-masters should make their study.
Spontaneous Combustion.
.which have been made in months past, we inWe recommend the following account of fer that in time to come the benevolent will For years we have been accustomed to see
spontaneous combustion,'lo the serious con- not want fur suitable opportunities whereby ollosious to the discoveries and theories of
sideration of all our spirit drinking readers. they can dispose of their charities. Should Redfield and others in regard to circular" ,
Let tliem be careful how they appronch too .any persons be disposed to place funds in our storms, but until this work of Piddingtonfell
near a lighted candle or a burning lamp! We hands to aid the sick and destitute, we shall under our observation, we were not aware
that the " law of storms" was so far underhave read similar well attested accounts.
be ready to take charge, and report in restood that the skillful ship-roaster might avoid
"The following extraordinary occurrence
gard to the manner of disposing ofthe same.
Tribunaux
the
Gazette
dcs
storms, or safely manage in them, or profit
ia related by
A lew days ago, in a tavern, near the BarEclipse in August.
by them!
n. re dc l'Er»il«', n journeyman painter, na-| It has been announced that the French
Vague hints have for more than a centumod Xavier C—, w»-11 known for his intern-!
Tahiti
nad
sent
gentlemen
authorities
at
been thrown out by scientific men respectcom-,
ry
with
some
perate hsSils, while drinking
One Capt.
rudes, laid a wager that he would eat a light- hither to make observation on the eclipse to ing the circular motions o&storms.
Landford,
1098,
West
hurriin
called
Indie
scarcely
taken,
and
candle.
bet
was
ed
His
lake place the coining August. In the Ilhad he introduced the Gaming candle into his)lustrated Almanac we find the following re- canes "whirl-winds." Don Juan dc Ulloa,
in 1743, describes rotary" storms in tbe
mouth, when he uttered a slight cry, and fell
the
:
phenomenon
marks
respecting
Pacific
coast of South America. In 1801,
bluish
flame
was
the
ground. A
powerless to
Sun Eclipsed August 7 at the time of Now one Col. Caffer, in describing the storms in
seen to flicker about his lips, and on an atThus
tempt being made to ofiVrhim assistance, the Moon in the afternoon ; visible in the United the southern Indian ocean, remarks,
or
it
that
these
hurricanes
tempests
find
that
he
the
south
western
and
appears
in
only
part,
to
States
bystanders were horror-struck
whirl-winds." Notwas binning internally. At the end of half.the western territories. It will be visible at are tornadoes or local
these hints which were from
withstanding
limb:
of
his
and
on
the
southern
part
cities,
the
upper
following
hour,
his
head
and
the
an
wss
chest, were reduced to charcoal. Two med- Natchez, New Orleans, Austin, Texas, City itime to time advanced, no general law
and made known, until William
ical meu wer* called in, and recognized that of Mexico, lat. 19 north, long. 100 west. discovered
Recliield ofNew York, published in 1891, an
Xavier had fallen a victim to spontaneous This Eclipse will make its principal display article
in the ' American Journal of Science,'
huIt
be
and
will
of
the
the
Pacific
Ocean.
central
in
combustion. Thi* conflagration
in which he demonstrates " not only that the
man frame is frightfully rapid in its progress total on Ihe meridian in longitude 141 ° 60,
coast were whirl—bones, skin and muscle, are all devoured, west from Greenwich, and latitude 17° 60* storms of the American
but
moreover
that
will
they were progreswinds,
darkness
conashes.
hsndAt
total
A
north.
this point
consumed, and reduced to
whirlwinds, moving forward on carved
ful of dust on the spot where the victim fell, tinue full six minutes, «ith the sun in the sive
meantime within two degrees of tbe aeoitli. tracts at a considerable rate." These priais all that remains.

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have been applied to the Tyfoons of It thus appears, that the effect of the new JoteiuucU Keport.
On l.nn.l
Receded
On hin.l
Soldsad
June l,'lb\ dnrhi|\9- 0. Jung],'CO. dmritMled
the China seas, and found to explain in a regulation has thus far, been injurious to the
of all countries other than Great Bibles,
most remarkable manner, these hitherto mys- navigation
322
452
332
442
Britain. Tho Knglish papers attempt to ac- English
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0
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3
Danish,
tecsous winds or storms. That Mr. Redfield count for this, in some degree,
by the diver- German,
48
50
61
36
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to
K
is acknowledged
have made important dis- sion of American vessels into the California French,
50
36
13
1
20
29
Spanish, " 32
coveries in regard to the law of storms, is trade.
32
0
0
1
Welsh,
"1
clear from the following language of Sir
"21
Swedish
0
12
8
H. B. S. Treasurer's Report.
"9
0
2
Dutch,
7
David Brewster, 'The theory of rotary
388
HAWAIIAN BIBLE SOCIETY,
Portuguese,"
0
347
41
storms was first suggested by Col. Cafier,
in account with Amos S. Cook, Treasurer.
Total 445
960
627
778
Dr.
but we must claim for Mr. Redfield the greatTestaments.
849.
er honor of having fully investigated the sub- Jet. 20. For S. N
8
English,
459
281
186
Castle's draft on
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0
1
ject, and apparently established the theory
H.Hill. Treasurer A. B.
25
German, " 27
35
17
C. F M. Boston, in fuvor
upon an impregnable basis.'
French,
25
8
IT
of William Whitlock, jr.
" 0
Spanish, " 71
28
120
163
Treas Am.Bible Society
Very important service has been rendered
Swedish, "15
0
15
0
New York, for cash paid
to this subject by Lieut. Col. Reid, of the
ISO
310
83
Portuguese," 243
$.104 00
Capt. Fales,
per cent advance on the
Royal Engineers, in a work published in
" 20above,
Total 376
458
779
687
72 80—436 80
1838, entitled the ' Law of Storms.' In this 850.
Total cost of Bibles and Testaments re*375 26 ceived from the American Bible Society,
work be most successfully applies the views lune 24. Balance to new account,
$1,120 38
during the period specified,
of Mr. Redfield to the West India hurricanes
*812 05 To meet this ont-lny, the Hawaiian
Bible
lost
Society forwarded
year,
436 80
and those of the southern Indian ocean; and
Cash now on hand,
375 25—812 05
he also proves what Redfield had theoretical- 1849.
April 20. Balance due the Society as per acHence there is at present, a deficit of
$308 33
ly announced, viz. that in the southern hem(.164 00
count this day,
By
20.
the
it
table,
will
examining
foregoing*
appear,
percent
Oct.
20
advance
on
the
storms
revolve
a
dithe
in contrary
above,
isphere
72 80 that no less than 347 bibles and 83 testaments in the
paid by Capt Fales,
rection to these in the northern.
May 1. Mr. and Mrs. A Bishop, subscript.
2 00 Portuguese language, have l«en sold and gratuitously
Seminary,Wailoku, avails
Fee the foregoing brief historical notices
" Female
distributed; also 29 bibles and 163 testaments in the
of girls'sewing,
1 12
in regard to this subject, we acknowledge
Spanish language.
30. Rev. A Thurston, to constitute his
"
son Thomas a life member,
our indebtedness to the Sailor's Horn Book
10 00
The Law of Storms.
Nov. I. AFriend, do. Rov.T E.Taylor, do.
10 00
for the Law of Storms,' by Piddington.
do.
Mrs.
P.T.Taylor, do.
10 00 The following is a brief aummary of the
"
" do. MissL.T.TayIor,do.
10 00 law of Storms, as we find it laid
"
down by
Effects of Change in the Navigation 1850."
E.I) Rice, do.
Jan.
do.
Miss
7.
00 Piddingtonr:
Laws.
" do. Miss M.M.Smith, do. 10
10 00 I."The words, Law of
The important change which has taken April 7. Mrs."E. Johnson, subscription',
Storms, then,
1 50
place in the navigation laws of the United June 24. Contributions from Lahaina, thro'
signify, first, that it nss now been proved
Rev. S. C. Damon,
26 00 by the examination and careful
States and Great Britain, is destined to exanalysis of
Collection at Seamen's Chapel,*
62 75
"
ert a most important influence upon the comJ. B. F. Marshall, Esq. to constimore than one thousand logs and of
perhaps
"
tute Mrs. M. T. Marshall a life
merce of tbe two countries. Thus far the
member,
10 00 some hundreds of storms, that the wind in
A. B. Bates, do. Mrs. Bates, do.
10 00 hurricanes, and frequently in severe storms
change has operated most beneficially for
P.Judd, do.
1000
" I*G.PJndd'sfm.do.G
England. Had not the change taken place,
Andrews, do.Mrs. Andrews,
1000 in the higher latitudes on both sides of the
"
it must have imposed a heavy check upon
do.
Mrs.
II.
Dimond,
1000 Equator, has two motions. Il turns or blows
Dimond,
" B C.Wood, do.MissE.A.Abcll, 10
00
" J. Fuller,
British shipping interests in the northern Pado himself.
10 00 round a focus or centre in a more or less cir"
Mrs.M.P.Chamberlain, do. herself, 1000 cular form, and at the same time has a
cific. This is a point which has attracted the
■
W Goodale, do. Miss I.Cham herlain, 10 00
attention of merchants in England, as we obK.C.Damon's family,do E.C.Damon, 10 00 straight or curved motion forward, so that,
■
Mrs.Armstrong.do.MissCP.Arm'ng, 10 00 like a great whirlwind, it is both turning
serve in a late London paper. The other
8 Cook, do. Mr. J. P. Cook,
10 00
" A.
point wherein the change has operated beneBibles and Testament- sold by
round, and as it were, rolling forward at the
"
Rev. S. C. Damon, as per his
ficially for England, relates to the trade besame
time."
account,
101 88
tween England and the United States, as will
11. Next, it is proved that it turns, on the
Mil 05 N. side of the Equator from the E. by the N.
appear from the following statistics' taken
from a late American paper:
Balance
$375 25 towards tho W., or contrary to.the hands of
from old account,
"
"The shipping returns for the month end- Nots. The total amount of the collection wss a watch, and on the other side of the Equaing the sth of February, show a very great $162 75, including ten life memberships.
toa, that its motion is with the handy of a
falling off in American tonnage, under tbe
correct—the balance of $375 25 watch.
operation of the repeal of the navigalion laws, Audited andthefound
Treasurer's hands, for remittance to
remaining in
These two laws constitute the rule orX.se>
and the effect of the reciprocity system.
the parent Society.
These returns show the tonnage which enof Storms, so far as the investigations have
SAMUEL. H. CABTLE,
tered inwards during that period, as comparAuditor Hawaiian Bible Society. now been made. We regret that our limits
will not allow us to go more fully into this
ed with the aame period of the two preceding
or publish lengthy extracts from the
years, to have been as follows:
Sale and Gratuitous Distribution of Bibles and Testaments. subject,
work of Piddiogton. It is a subject which,
1848
1849 1850
British veesels, 148,290 269,969 234,122 In connection with the publication of the Treasu- we are confident, merits from all classes of
United States,
25,828 75,180 51,456 rer's report of the Hawaiian Bible Society, we would navigators, the most careful investigation.—
Other countries, 24,783 51,037 42,468 make a few remarks relative to the sphere of the So- Although a quaint old writer, Thomas Fuller,
ciety's operations, and number of Bibles disposed of might say that the winds are not only wild
298,901 396,186 328,046 during the last two yean. No report of this kind was in a storm, but even stark mad in a hurriThe clearances outward, were:
made last year, in consequence of oar absence from cane," yet the discoveries of modern science
British vessels, 191,449 471,402 203,975 Honolulu. It is the design of the Society to set as reveal the laws by which the navigator may
26,498 62,219 44,376 auxiliary to the American Bible Society. This latter escape tbe fuiy of the mad winds." It
United States,
Other countries, 02,190 67.433 57,637 Society for many years mads most generous grants of may still be true thst "the wind bloweth
Bibles snd Testaments in various languages, to be where it listetb," yet the wind is not quite so
980,137
lawless as wasformerly imagined.
601,054
305,
305.888
■vre, 137 601.064
vwt|wvs vww
wuv|
gja. deposit in Honolulu.
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Punahou School Examination.
of any liquid upon the surface of a revolving health wowid be restored to him. Bet daya
We neglected in our last number to notice body; the liquid always seeking the highest and nights came arid went, ac he ley in his
Ihe examination of this school, which holds place, or the place of the greatest speed. It cheerless berth counting the dreary hoars,
is necessary always to settle whether our and often weeping in the remembranceof his
on the even tenor of its course. We congra- premises be true, before we place much con- lost hbme. All on
btprd the ship were toe
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tulate the teachers en bringing-the school so fidence in our deduction's. For instance, we busy to give the sick man any but the most
successfully to the close of another academ- should be slow to admit that the Pacific is casual attentions.
the Bay of Mexico, when we have Thus several months of weariness and woe
ical year. The subjoined lines were sung higher than reasons
some good
to believe that the Bay of passed away. Each week he was growing
with much animation by the pupils as the
Mexico from natural causes must be the high- more wan and wasted, arid as the ship rolled
closing exercise:
est; or, that the waters of the 'Atlantic are upon the billows of the Pacific, he had no
not of the same color as those of the Pacific, strength to shield himselffrom being violentAway user mountain, swsy over sea,
until we have some good evidence of so im- ly tossed to and fro in his hard berth. All
atudlea
we're
Tree,
from
our
come.,
Vacation tins
portant a fact. I have seen a great deal of hopes of recovery seemed now at an end,
Wheresisters are 'ailing and brothers are tray,
blue water, hut I have never been in the Pa- and the captain meeting a ship which was
To the pleasure, we sl|b for, awiiy, buys, sway !
cific, and I should almost suspect the person about to return to the United States, decided
Awsy o'er the ocean erelong we shall ride,
who should assert that the Atlantic or even to transfer the sick man from his own ship,
And our vessel's dull motion linpallenl we'll chide,
the Mediterranean, did not contain it in any which was to continue for two years longer,
For affection is urging us sway o'er ibe foam,
abundance, of being a fresh water sailor. perhaps, its adventurous voyage. It was
With Ihe swiftness of iho't to our own " .west home."
Great things arc learned from little ones; possible that the young man might survive
Away from the task, and ihe triala of school,
Newton
from the falling of an apple evolved until he reached home. It was possible that
The rising and working and playing by rulethe
of gravitation.' Let any one a mother's care might yet restore him. Mute
principle
and
while
fosm,
their
crested
Away o'er the waves
make a miniature ;;liibe nnd miniature conti- and exhausted under the dreadful discipline
ToIhe endearments of lore and Ihe pleasures of home.
nents upon it, and put his globe in proper of months of despair, he was passively borne
And life iaa school, but vacation will come
motion; and if he makes no Bay of Mexico, to a berth in the home-ward bound ship. A
To crown all our hopes in s holier borne,
I am much mistaken if the friction of his li- voyage of five months was yet before him.—
Where parents and brothers and sialera will meet,
quid will not form one for him. The ques- He was to be tossed upon tbe tempest, lashTo enjoy heavenly union aurpaaaiugly sweet.
tion will naturally suggest itself, what be- ed waves of ihe Cape. The coarse fare of
nutriment which could
We have not altogether forgotten the comes ofall this water, flowing in around the the sailor was all
two
southern
and
off
be
furnished
for
his
enfeebled
frame, and no
Capes,
passing
through
of
the
inmates
a
bounding joy with which
the Gulf Stream, into the north Atlantic?— nursing could be afforded him, but aeeh as
vacation,"
school
hail
the
boarding
This is readily answered by asking another could be offered by the busy hands of a crew
" long
and tbrn their backs upon the abode where question, viz: From whence comes all the collected from all nations.
snow deposited upon the northern portions of The months dragged slowly along and life
" The i ising and working and playing by rule,"
the two continents, and supplying all the still lingered, to the surprise of all. At last
law.
the
fixed
and
immutable
was
great lakes and rivers? It used to be reason- ihe hills ofhis native land wore in sight, aad
ed, that there must be some subterranean the ship dropped anchor in tho harbor from
The Currents of the Ocean.
to discharge the waters so constant- which, nearly two years before, buoyant with
passage,
some
in
since,
observed
periodI
long
Not
'iy
from the Atlantic, and the great youth md hope, the young man had departflowing
of
New
the
retnnrks
York,
ical published in
some gentleman on the cause of the Florida rivers into the Mediterranean; more recent- ed. He could not raise himself in his berth.
stream, suggesting, that probably it was oc- ly it is learned, that the supply does not more Even his sunken and faded eye could .not
with animation, as he heard that his
casioned by the waters of the Pacific, pass- than equal the demand of atmospheric ab- beam
and sister stood by his side. He had
ing under the Isthmus of Darien, and de- sorption, for the watering supply of Africa, motherhome
sea;
and
other
countries
on
the
come
penniless to die. Even the lanIslbordering
near
the
Torlugas
themselves
bouching
and
it
is
said
that
the
of
affection
could find* no utterance
guage
even
of
Carthage,
bay
and
naming
ands, and the Bay of Mexico;
from his lips, as in mute despair, he turned
as his reasons for such an opinion, that the in which large ships used to moor, will now
float a ship's long-boat.
his eyes to the still mare despairing looks of
watersof the Pacific were some ten feet high- scarcely
Tho
course
of
currents
and
counter-curthose
he loved.
and
that
the
er than those of the Atlantic,
is clear and natural. Little
It was two days, I think, after he had been
Gulf Stream, like the Pacific, was blue, rents, in general,
boys may demonstrate them, as I have often removed to his mother's room, whed I was
while the Atlantic wa#-grcen. One scarcely done
in my youth, by making puddle holes standing by his bedside. It was as bright
or
amuknows whether to be most surprised
in the sand, and admitting the flowing tide and beautiful an afternoon as ever smiled upfar
who
so
go
ideas
of
et
the
gentlemen
sed,
to seek out causes and principles, which lie by a narrow strait; and applying to them the on this lost world. He was lying on bis bed
as if he were dead.
within the most common observation. For only qualifying circumstances which I know as silent and motionless
her head leaning on her
instance: let pne pour water upon a grind- of, viz: another current let in through an- His mother with
other channel, or a strong wind.—Sailor's hand, in equal silence, sat by his side. Hjs
stone, and turn it round, he will soon discovsister, like a statue, congealed by grief, sat
er that the liquid on the surface will not as- Magazine.
the window looking out into those clear,
by
the
solid;
of
the
and
is
Ship
if
Sinking.
the
full
motion
The
sume
depths of infinity, into which her agoblue
a
to
the
wawas
called
to
visit
Scveralyears ago I
stone is revoking from west eus:,
nized spirit doubtless wished Jh soar and find
ter will have nn apparent motion from east to young man who was on his dying bed, under
was uttered as I entered
west. One has ouly to apply this, principle circumstances peculiarly calculated to touch rest. Not a word
the
room.
gentle
pressure of the hand
A
earth's
surone's
He
was
the
son
of
his
only
feelings.
to the subtle elements upon the
was
the
of my expressions
only
recognition
face, and he has at once the cause of trade mother, aad she a widow. The father, a
stood in silence, looking
of
As
I
sympathy.
Let
exof
a
whale
had
him
ship,
leaving
died,
currents.
captain
winds and equatorial
which grief bed traced
tend his view then a little beyond the Bay of his widow, a son, and a daughter in very fee- upon tile deep lines
that
brow,
tbe young man lanyouthful
Mexico, and he will find the volume of water ble health, utterly.destitute. All the hopes upon raised his
snd without tie moveguidly
eyes,
this
western
of
the
mother
and
the
were
centershores
of
daughter
he forced against the
ment of a limb, feebly and slowly articulated
continent from this cause,so great, that he will ed in this young man.
!" and bis eye wss
be at a loss to know hovAt finds its way out He was about eighteen years of age, and " The—ship—is—sinking
dead.
be
was
fixed—and
as
embarked
as
a
sailor
on
a
whaling
crooked,
and
so
voyage
of a channel so narrow
My pen can trace this scene of domestic
the channel of Florida. Instead of finding round Cape Horn. The mother and daughit necessary to go into the Pacific for a sup- ter, sustained by hope, endeavored, by means anguish no faithcr. " Why," perhaps some
from the At- of the needle, during hie absence, to obtain one ussy ask, *' do you trace it so far ? Why
ply, he will be seeking for a vent
lantic, for the surplus waters which are con- an humble subsistence. When'about a year relate so sad a story i" When I have murstantly flowing into it around Cape Horn andI nut, he was taken sick ; but stimulated by mured, at some little trial; when I bare beof
Cape of Good HofJe, and which, according the vast responsibilities resting upon him, he come dejected, and have rejMMd in view
often
to every navigntor*s«experience, flow north- persevered in remaining on duty till be was some trifling disappointment!* 1 bare
ward towasds the equatoaa#nd very naturally hardly able to lift his band. He then, withi thought of this grief, snd felt rebuksA It
too, as will be demonstrated by the moving a saddened heart, gave ap, still hoping that •is well for us to lean c lesson of contentment

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The Market House Regulations nnd
Prices, Rnrotonga.
No charge for water, except the rEX to the n»88 Hr hk O'licht-aa nt Clarence, Cole, Hobartown.
29 Br bk Fair Tumtotin, Ellia.
tires Uu- Captain may engage, to till the casks.
99 Am ahlp Rnti't PuUfurd, Cook, Hon* Kong
Market House Prices.
Franclsco29 Br hit* River Thief, Matthews Ban
Slpcrbrl,
Potatoes $1 per brl,
T«ro
-87 Br bk Petrel Carifen. Mubartuwn.
Yams
1
i 1-2
85 Tahlilanarhr Will Watch rAahnon, Ban Francisco. Oranges
MARRIED.
Pine apples 1
84 Br bk Margaret Brock, Mirken .Hobartown.
Chesnuts 75c
In Ihla town, on Ihe 4lh instant, hy Rev. Ft. Armstrong, June I—Am bk ISahumkeag, Chaiiip.ln, Manilla.
l.rniiius
75c
1
Papoa
OM.Bi.ua S. Blsaor, Esquire, Cnlleclor General of Custom..
3 Brl.gKr'wi. M'l.t-Kti, New Zealand.
Old cocoa nuts 10 S 1
Green cocoa nuts 20 do
3 Vm bg J. R. 8 Kcbraidt, flatt Fran.
to Mj.» Bbbbicb l .i ahi, all of this place.
Dried banana 10 bundles SI
Bananas 3 bunches tl
3 Br bg Swan, Ayreß,
do
Fowls 4 SI
4 Am bit Auckland. Jennfnga. Petrnpalovakl.
I'umpkins $3 1-2 100
ahp
5
Calcutta.
Ware,
Naaon,
'Am
Small 75c
DIED.
•*!»>
1 each
Turkeys
6 Am bk Science, Howland, Shanghae.
Ducks
Small 75c
1
Jane
for
ship
Pap
pa,
TofU-Br
flan
Francisco
Harrmmv,
Mr.
inatanl,
Sabbath
the
2nd
Chablm
la this town on
Fishing net 2Sc per fatlioni
10 Am achr Roe, ftwaaey, Lahalna.
Hogs 6c per lb
ut, ased (abnul) 33 years, of North Kair Haven, Connecticut
8 Br bk Jane l>ix<»n. Whltwil). Manilla.
Other wood ?•" per bout
the
Iron wood $4 per boat
Mr. T. waa formerly a realdenl of iheae lalanda, hut forCall
10 Am ahlp Wnt. Sprague Choae, Manilla.
Native rloth $1 3 fathoms Yellow do SI a piece
>ast three or four year, has been reaidu.f In China and
11 Am ahlp Hampton, Davis, Calcutta.
ornla.
Bonnets Si each
Hats 25c to $1 each
11 Am brig Ragle. I.i.Teti, Hong Kong.
In this town, on the IStlvtai Mr. Samuel. H. Evesett, of
Mats 50c a fathom
Double width 1 dala a do
11 Br brigan Hen Gull, Gordon, Labaina.
New York, aged 35 yesra.
]0
brig
Auckland.
Fanny, 1 wohey,
Br
Iron poles 10 $1
Mr. Everett landed on our shores a few days alnce, Irnm

and gratitude, by
rows which are desolating our globe, and
from which we have been mercifully protected.—An*. Messenger.

Cleared.

May S6 Br bk Louise, Malller, Sydney.
>8 Am Kb Julltia. Prlnglc, Buchanan, for Lahalna.

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14 Tab ach Mary Arna. Johnaton, for Tahiti
the bark Was. H. Sfealer, In the laat stagee of California dysentery, of which disease he died. Mr. K. was a brother of A. P. June 18—Am bk J 8 Jew.raii, Sole, Lahalna,
15 Am ahp Charlea, Andrews, Hong Kong.
Everett, of the Arm of Everett St Co. of this place anil Cali15 Am ach Honolulu, Horton, Lahalna.
fornia.
Am ach Anglona, C.M.kr, Lahatna
80
Drowned at sea on the 3d mat., Mr. O. Home Jcihsbtoki,
81 Amih Hamilton, Peterson, Calcutta.*
passenger per Eudors from San Francisco to this port, a native
bg Kaperam c, Klrkpatrick, Manilla.
19
Br
of Scotland.
Frieada at a distsnee will please accept of ihisintlmniinn.

Regulations.

.

I. The appointed Sales Mas is to arrange all trade
with the Captain, and the Captain to pay him his fee
in clothor cash as he may agree on.
11. Should the Captain wish to engage natives to
take his supplies to the boat; SI a day is the charge
for each man
PORT OF LAHAINA.
111. No boat or canoe from shore shall be allowed
PASSENGERS.
to takt< off trade to ships, to be sold on lioard. Boats
may be engaged to take off supplies bought on Bhorc
Ship Ellsa Warwick, fm Buston, T A Manhall, Samuel HubArrived.
bard, W F Allen.
Charge, 85 the first day and $3 each day after.
Am bg Mary Wildrn, Cleveland, fin Honolulu.
Brig Swan, fm Van Dieman's Land, Henry Hills, Abraham May 18
Honolulu.
Rlc'i,
19 Am bg Mela.
IV. Xo boat or canoe from shore shall be allowed
Bolatsr.
ds
Am
19
sh
San
Biitelow,
ID
fin
Frnn.
Jspsn,
lo
go off to ships when making the land, except the
SebnnnerRon, fm Has Francisco, O Mowrey, J W Mai well,
HO
25 Am In in Klfza tun, Clnugh.
da fm do.
one appointed by the authorities.
J W Mercer, U M Robertson.
15
Stoddard,
26
scb
da
do.
Gazelle,
Am
fm
Ship Huntress, fm San Francisco, J Upton, E Lord, E S May
Y. It is requested that no Captain secretly engage,
29— Am bg Hrolhers, Walilen, fm Honolulu.
Camp, C Tobey, M Desmond.
31 Br bk Pilgrim left Honolulu for Manilla 30 ds since; or take away on board his vessel, any natives from the
Sclioouer Mary Auna, fm I'aprftl, Castan, Uncsl, Antonia
t-dande
distress.
In
put back to the
shore. Any Captain wishing to engage unlives for a
SI Am bg J 8 Jesuran. Snule, 13 ds fin San Franciaco.
cruise, arc requested to make arrangements, before
Bark fatrnl, fm Hobart Town, M Lleresley.
do
do
schr Maria, llobaou,
Bark JaneUUon, fm San Francisco, Win Kelley, J E Barn- June s—Am
proper witnesses on shore, with any willing to go. A
do
€ Dan sh Creole, Slallhieaon, do
W
ard.
Philip,
N8
W,
6 Br bg Raven, Bell, fm Port
contrary procedure will be reported to the nearest
Bark Nshum Keag, fm SanFranclaco, J H Stearna, J Gardfc Am ach Two Brothers, Newcomb, Mils tin San F.
Consul, of the nation to which the ship belongs.
ner, B Bean, H Llncher.
11—Am seh Emeliue Howaid, lSds fm San Frrncisco.
Ass hg Bagle.fm San Francisco, J Oalick. W Oreen, E Bur June 14
VI. It is requested, that on the desertion of a man
Am ach Anonyma. Latham, !3 da fm
giss, C Weston, Mrs l.nveli.
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from
a vessel, the Captain give immediate information
11 Am bg Pawn, Hradhnrv, 14
ach Sea Gull, fm Han Francisco, Mrs Gordon and child,
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15 Am ach Odd Fellow, Reed,.l4
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to the Chiefs ofthe Station, ami that the vessel do not
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aches. T Jerreit, T X CreSwell.
Honolulu
Gordon,
fin
16 Br achSea Gull,
leave the Island until the deseiter be apprehended.
Br ahp Harmony, fin New South Wales, John Dot-rain, John
16 Am iAI Curlew, Treadway, II ds fin San Fran.
Ooedter, WIS* and four children, William Thomas Reilly,
That for every deserter delivered by the natives to the
17 Brsch Josephine, Clinton ,fm Honolulu.
Catherine Reilly, William Benson, Maria Benaon, John Hour
Captain two pieces of cloth to be paid, one to the
17 Am bg Almii ii. Coild, 12 ds Im San Fran.
igsu, wile and two children, James Steward wile and twochilChief of the station, nnd another to the parties who
dren, Thomas Keegan, wife and one child, Jeremiah O'Neil
Cleared.
wile and four children, Lawrence Nuiau wileand four children, May 12 wh sh Caravan, Dlmao, to crolae.
secured his apprehension.
William Ifalley, John ThomasStoker, John Prosper, I'airi- k
Nil. That in case the deserter be not found until
17 Am ach Honolulu,In Honolulu.
Kelly, William Walah. John Nail, John McNiceoi, Jane MrFrancisco.
aftcrfhc vessel has left the island, when apprehended,
17 Am bg Jane,Pierre. San
Niceol, aud three children, William Thtmiaa Galliott, AlexanHonolulu.
Alex
Barclay,
Mrynes.
ah
17
Br
wh
he shall become fl prisoner and be employed in public
der Sterling, John Bauer wife and child, William Anderson
17 Am achr SM Fox. Siaigg. San Fran.
work, until he leave the island.
and wife, tieorge Blakers, William II inner ami wife, Robert May 25—Haw
Honolulu.
Caroline,
Cole,
schr
for
Power wile aiuj two children, Mrs Pappa wife of the Captain
VIII. That, in any case considered necessary for a
SO Am lik Eliia Ann, Clnugh, Manilla.
and twoctijldrta PierceBuiler, Dennis Hayes, Daniel Sulli31 Am bg J S Jesurnn, Boule, Honolulu.
Captain to leave a man on shore, the sum of S3O be
van, Garret Donollef, Matthew Colman, James Davis.
San
Frnnclaco.
Union,
Havens
June s—Haw hg
tf
paid for each individual so left.
6 Am bg Mary Wilder, Cleaveland, San Francisco.

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June fl—Br b« Raven, Bell, for San Fran.
10 Brbk Pilgrim, Frnncie, for Hong Kong.
14 Dan ahp Creole, Mallhierson,
15 Am bg Fortunlo, llarti, for San Fran
17 Am ach Curlew, Treadway, for Honolulu.

To Sr.AMSN and Strangers.—The Seamen's
Chapel is open for Public Worship every Sabbath,
at II a. in., nnd 7 1-2 p. in. Seats Free.
PORT OF HONOLULU.
The Seamen's Concert for Prayer ia held at the
I
Arrived.
Room the 3d Monday evening in each month.
May 87—Am ship Hsnry W'sre, Nason, 53* tons, 16 day fm
Seamen belonging to vessels (of all nations) visA Caret.
San Francisco.
In behalf of the " Bethel Choir.'' I would most iting this port are inviied lo call at the Chaplain's
n Br bark Louisa, Malller, 306 tone, 16 da fm do.
27 Am bark Science, Howland, 388 tone, 15 da fm do.
gratefully acknowledge the very acceptable donation Study, where they will be gratuitously supplied with
M Hsw ach Geslne, Hsesloop, 120 ions, 53 ds fm Val- of one tioien copies of the National Psalmist," by copies of the Friend and other rending matter. It
" Webb This dona- will be most convenient for the Chaplain to receive
palraso.
George James
IS Tshiiisnach Mary Anna, Johnaion, 41 tens, 32 da fm Lowell Mason and
tion is made hy Mr. Daniel G. Mason, of the firm of calls from Seamen between 2 and 4 p. m
Papeta.
Public services at the Native Churches, on the
M ABB. ahlp Huntress, Smith, 546 toss, 18 ds tig Ssn Tappan, Whittemore & Mason, Boston, through the
Francl.co.
Sabbalh, commence at 9 1-2 a.m. and 2 1-2p. ro.
kindness of Mr. John Ladd.
50 Am ach Roe, Swa.ey, 161 tons, 13 ds fm do,
The Seamen's Reading Room is open at all hours
S. C. DAMON, Seaman's Chaplain.
51 Am brig Bsgla, Levele. 328 lona, 10 ds liv do.
of the day. Strangers arriving and having late foSI Am ship Elits Warwick, Whiting, 530 tons, 130 da Honolulu. June 25, ISM).
-i
fan Boetoareign papers, are respectfully invitedfco aid in keepJ Bas I—Ant bk JesnstJL Sole. 203 tons, 12 dsfm San Francisco.
said room supplied with useful reading matter.
ing
do
New
Book.
M
36
ions,
do
1 BrschMsryfl"Tallowsy,
Donationa are respectfully solicited for the supdc
12
> Am shp Wm Sprague, Chase. 716 lons,
For sole at the POLYNESIAN OFFICE.
So
I Br bga Ses Gull Gordon, 62 tons, 14 ds fm
and at the CHAPLAIN'S STUDY. port of the Chaplaincy, and the publication of the
6 Haw be Union, Barnes, fm I.attains
Friend. An annual report of all donations is made
WHALE
AND HIS CAPTORS, to
B
THE
Oldham,
bg
Msxallan
Swift,
H M
fin
the Am. Seamen's Friend Society in New York.
7 Br bk Augustus, Cooks. *5 4a fm Hobartlnws.
By Rev. H. T. Cheever—Price SI 3*.
Any person contributing $50 is entitled to become a
7 Sslglss sh Oceanic, Radoil; 34 days from Auckland
Jas* W—An schr Penelope, Irving, 177 tons, 13 days from
Lite Director of the Society, and $20 to become an
Baa Francisco.
AGRICULTURAL MEETING.
Honorary Life Member.
14 Amhk Jennell, Ward, 196 tons, 10ds fm Ssn Franco.
of
the
twelfth
Au|C7» NOTICE—MONDAP,
SAIt'L C. DAMON, Seamen's Chaplain.
14 AaaJkh Arglona, Cook, 83 lons, 14 ds
is
the
the
Committee
next,
day appointed by
gust
14 Br Wig Warlock, Lean, 178 ions. 15 da •>
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of
interested
11
slier,
tons,
AmbkW.
Sh
243
chosen
at
a
those
Gardiner,
14
H
preliminary meeting
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Jens 15—Amsk Hamlhoa, Peterson, 398 ions, IS days tin "San in the subject, for a general meeting of delegates
Francisco.
Journal devoted to Temper
Monthly
A
others
from
all
of
the
for
tho
Islands,
parts
and
17 abb sh Cygset, Holmes, 496 lons, 14 days from San
Francisco.
organizing of an Agricultural Association. It is ance, Seamen, Marine and General
17 Brbk Eudors, Qourlsy, 208 tons, 14 days from Ssn earnestly desired «gk*t all the Islands may be reIntelligence.
Pssncieeo.
and that as many individuals as arc in
17 Br schr Adventure, Webster, 102 tons, 15 da fm Ssn presented,
PUBLISHED AND EDITED BT
Francisco.
circumstance* to do so, bring with them such ot th*
IS Aai schr Csrlew, Treadway, 99 lons, 14 dsya fin Ssn productions of the Islands a* they may be abl*.
SAMUKL C. DAMON, Seamen's ( hapla.o.
Francisco.
8. REYNOLDS,
IS Br brg Espersnce, Klrkpatrlck, SSS tone, II dc from
W. NEWCOMB,
Mbbbblbb
TERMS.
It- Am hrff Ds§lt Menshaw, Newel), 183 tons, II da fin
J. F. B. MARSHALL,
One copy per annum
|J,OO
Baa Fibs lam. '*"
W. WOOD,
R.
Two
-.
copies
per
annum,
S,OO
SI am brg Cssonlcas, Dewing, 215 toas, 15 ds fm Ssn
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LEE,
W. L.
Five copies per nnnasß,
Committee!
6,00
rraaclseo.
tf
June
1860.
8,
4
Honoluls,
Ten SO|iisn per annum.
10,00
II %■ akp RainSeev, 19 ds fm Ssn Frsaelseo.
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