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AXN'ARY

HONOLULU,

JAM ARY 2,

Old Scries VOL. XI.

1854.

not fail to appreciate her labors, which must ties and it gives us great pleasure to believe that
we can most confidently anticipate from Mr. Gregg
have been protracted through years of re- a career of equal
honor and success.
search. In a futlire number we shall notice Our society will regret the loss of Mr. Severance
his family, who have contributed so much to
* .1 the work at greater length, for it contains ami
its pleasure. They sailed yesterday in the Young
4 information not only of local interest to thej
America for New York. They will be long reLondon and vicinity, but' membered, and their influence long felt. And in
Ja inhabitants ofNew
closing this briet expression of regard, we know
also to the general reader.
that we speak the sentiments of this whole comWe notice on the 21st page an incident munity when we wish them a pleasant voyage to
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they will be welcomed by numerous friends and
er or brig, just arrived in our port from New an approving government.
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Dnutan af U. 8. ComUanmicr.
Napol«m't argument for Christianity.

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ty was first explored by the Dutch navigaNorth West Passage Effected!
tors, beginning with Capt. A. Blork, in 1011.
The
high honor of having solved this long
HONOLULU, JANUARY 2, 1854.
This commander, in a small vessel construct- unsettled question in Arctic navigation, has
“Happy New Year,” is a kindly expression, ed on the banks of the Hudson, —a yacht fallen to the lot of Capt. McClure, commandthat will drop from ten thousand lips, on called the Rf.sti.f.ss, forty four feet and a ing 11. B. M.'s Discovery Ship Investigator.
this opening of the year 1854. May our half long, eleven and a half wide, passed More thou three years had this vessel been
examreaders not only repeat and re-repeat the through Hell-gate into the Sound, and
shut up in the Arctic Ocean, and not a word
Cape Cod."j
wish, hut may they also do something to make lined the coast as far eastward as
had been heard from her. She entered the
the summer
their friends, neighbors and fellow-men hapLDeS.Uaportue.C
f ommissioner.Arctic by Bhering's Straits, in
valuable,
but
a
kind
act
word
is
A
kind
py.
Rotation in office is still the order among of 1850, and on the 20th of July 1850, Capt.
is better. Let all contentions be buried in
U.
S. official and diplomatic men at the Sand- McClure wrote to the Admiralty, but that
the grave of the dying year. Forget what is wich Islands. The new U. S. Commissioner, was the last, until he has recently communievil, and keep in lively remembrance what
cated with vessels on the other side, and forMr. David L. Gregg, has arrived just in time
is good. Hereafter strive to make all with
the Admiralty, under date
to occupy the vacancy created by the depar- warded letters to
whom you associate, more happy. As you
of
October
crew of his vessel are
4.
The
ture of Mr. Severance. The latter gentlepass along the jwurney of life, gladden the
to
have
excellent health.
enjoyed
reported
last
week
on
man, with his family, embarked
hearts of your fellow-travellers. Let each
No
Sir John Frankreturn
to
intelligence
respecting
to
board the "Young America,"
day witness your love of peace, desire to do the United States via Cape Horn. It was lin's Expedition.
good, and your willingness to act well your our intention to have prepared a few parapart in life. Then will your days, months
are again much gratified in being
graphs, relating to Ihe peculiarly pacific and
and years pass happily away, while you are
with which the late Com- under obligations to Hon. Senator Seward
felicitous
manner
sustained by the animating assurance that missioner had discharged his public duties, for a valuable donation of books, through the
you have not lived in vain.
but we prefer copying the following from the Post Office, including n Report on the Fiof
the
Friend
nances of the United States, and a volume
With this number
last issue of the Polynesian:
degree
an
eminent
the
in
to
subscribers
entitled "The Constitution." This last volM r. Severance possesses
Vol. XL The terms
the situation which he has occufor
take
will
The
iinnlitications
ume embraces a vast amount of valuable inpublisher
remain the same.
pied with so inucli credit to himself, and usefulness
the
Besides the Constitution of the
leaves
afin
papublic
the
carrier
formation.
to both Governments. Experienced
special care that
own country, accomplished as a writer, U. S., all the Inaugural Addresses of the
of
his
Honfairs
his
in
the
stores
and
residences
per, at
mature in his judgment, and possessing a frank and
olulu subscribers. Should there be any fail- honest mind, 'he has accomplished his mission with early Presidents are found in the volume,
ure, please notify the Publisher, or the Sex- tho honorable success which was anticipated by which is accompanied with a most copious
those who knew him best. In all his intercourse, Index and published under the sanction of
ton who will act as carrier.
tinder all circumstances, he has been regarded as
friend, in whom entire confidence could Congress.
a
We would acknowledge the valuable jbesincere
placed. His efforts have been for peace and
History ofiusefulness, and not for personal distinction. And
gift of a new book, entitled
We would acknowledge files of the
circumstances of irritation which
New London, Connecticut, from the first amid all the
have arisen here, his influence has been for law San Francisco papers, from Capt. Coffin,
survey of the coast, in 1612 to 1852: by | and order, for justice and equity. The Minister
recre- brig
Alphonso". Among them we find a
Frances Manwarring Caulkins." This is a of Foreign Relations has given him a letter
Mm to his own covernment, as a represenditing
volume,
and
written,
well
well
printed
larce,
paper, the Califortative whose course has been to tho entire satis- new weekly Temperance
of near 700 pages. It affords the most satis- faction of the King, and which is in the highest nia Temperance Organ. It appears to be an
We should
factory evidence of great patience and re- degree honorable to both gentlemen.
it a subjoct of congratulation to any country ably conducted sheet, strongly advocating
deem
search on the part of the authoress. Wei that their foreign agents ofevery character snould
the " Maine Law."
hope the good people of New London will! prove so successful in the discharge of their dv-

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NapoA
len's rgument
Christ, that with so absolute an empire, his your cares and all your enjoyments are censingle aim is the melioration of individuate, lei ed in your family,
Christ
and
the
Scriptures,
of
"Chlist speaks, and at once nations beIN A CONVERSATION WITH (JEN BSE- their purity of conscience, their union lo the
TKANI) AT ST. IIKI.KNA.
truth, their holiness of soul.
come his, by closer, si i icier lies than (hose
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
" My last argument is, lliere is not a God of blood: by ihe most sacred, most indissoluin heaven, if a meie man was able to con- ble of all unions lie lights up Ihe flame of
offers
lo
failh
Christ
our
a
series
True,
a love which consumes sell-love, Which pieof mysteries. He cotmnands us authorita- ceive and execute successfully the gigantic vails over
every other low.
of
the
of
sumaking
object
himself
design
tively to believe, and gives us no other rea- preme worship,
by usurping the name of "In this wonderful power of his will we
son than his awful word lam God.
to do this; he alone recognize Ihe Word ihat created the world,
"True, this is an article of mere faith, God. Jesus alone dared
s
aid
and
of himself, / " The founders of other religions never
clearly
unfalteringly
and upon it depend all the other articles of am
which is quite different from saving, conceived of this mystical love, which is the
the Christian system; hut the doctrine of the / God;
or there are gods
am a
History men- pssence of Christianity, and is beautifully
divinity of Christ once admitted, Christianity! tions noGod,
other individual who has appropria- called charily.
appears with the precision and elenrness of
to himself the litis of God in the absolute
"Hence il is lh»l hey have struck upon
Algebra; it is the connectedness and unity of,ted
sense. Heathen mythology now here pre- a rock. In every attempt lo effect this thing,
a science.
tends that Jupiter and the oilier gods them- namely, to mule himself belated, man deeply
This doctrine, resting upon the Bible,
assumed divinity. Il would have been feels his own impotence.
jselvcs
the
traditions
prevalent in the;;on their
best explains
•So that Christ's greatest miincle unpart the height of pride and absurdworld. It throws light upon them; and all ity.
were deilied by their posterity, doiiiitt dly i- ihe n ign <>i charity.
They
the other doctrines of Christianity nre strict- ;the heirs of the first despots. As all
He alone succeeded in lifting (he heart
ly connected with it, as links of the same are of one race, Alexander could call men of "man lo ihings invisible, and
himin inducing
chain. The nature of Christ's existence is self the son
.Jupiter; but Greece laughed <iiHi lo sacrifice temporal things; he alone
mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets at the silly of
and so in making by influencing iiioi id ihis saci ifice, has formthe wants of man: reject it, and the world is gods of their assumption;
the
Romans were not ad a band of union between heaven and
emperors
an inexplicable riddle—believe it, and the
serious. Mahomet and Confucius merely gave earth.
our
satisfactorily
of
race
is
history
explained. out that they were agents of ihe Deity. Nu'• All who sincerely believe in him, taste
"Christianity has one advantage over all ma's goddess Egeria «as
only the personifi- ihis wonderful, supernatural, exalted love,
s\ steins of philosophy and all religions;
cation of his reflections in the solitude of Ihe which is beyond the power of reason, above
Christians do not delude themselves into the woods. The
Brahmas of India are only dei- the ability of man; a sacred fire brought A
nature of things. You cannot reproach them
all i ibiiii-s.
fications
of
mental
down io earth by this new Prometheus, audi
with the subtleties and artifices of those ideal-,
a .Jew, ihe particularslof which Tune, the
" How then should
gieai destroyer, can neiists who think to solve profound theological
are better attesled than that ther exhaust the
of whose
force nor limit the duration.
problems by their empty dissertations.— ofany of history
his contemporaries—how should he The more I." Napoleon,
think of this, I
Fools! their efforts are those of the infant
the son of a carpenter, give out all hi admire it the more. And "it
who tries lo touch the sky with his hand, or alone,
convinces me
was
God, the Creator of nil absolutely of ihe divinity of Christ.
cries lo have the moon for his plaything.— ( once that he
to himselfthe highest
Christianity says simply, ■ No man halh seen things? He arrogates
" 1 have inspired multitudes with such afconstructs his worship with
God but God. God reveals what he is; his 1ladoration. He
lection
for me
they would die
but
his own hands; not with stones,
with men. God forbid thatthatI should comparefortheme.solrevelation is a mystery which neither imagi- You
are amazed at the conquests ofAlexan- dier's enthusiasm with Christian
nation nor reason can conceive. But whenI
charity,
God speaks, man must believe." This is! der. But here is a conqueror who appropri- which nic as unlike as their cause.
ates to his own advantage, who incorporates
sound common sense.
" But after all, my presence was necessawith himself, not a nation, but the human
"The Gospel possesses a secret virtue of race. Wonderful! the human soul, with all ry, the lightning of my eye, my voice, a word
indescribable efficacy, a warmth which influ- its
me; then the sacred fire was kindled in
faculties, becomes blended with the ex- fioin
their hearts, Ido indeed possess ihe secret
ences the understanding and softens the istence of Christ.
heart; in meditating upon it, you feel as you "And how? By a prodigy .surpassing all of this magical power which lifts the soul, but
do in contemplating the heavens. The Gos- other prodigies; he seeks the love of men, I could never impait il lo any one; none of
pel is more than n book; it is a living thing, hthe most difficult thing in the world lo obtain; my geneials ever learnt it from me; nor have
active, powerful, overcoming every obstacle |Ihe seeks what a wise man would lain have 1 the secret of perpetuating my name und
in its way. Sec upon this table this book of from a few friends, a father from his chil- love for me in the hearts of men, and to efbooks," and here the emperor touched it re- dren, a wife from her husband, a brother fect these things without physical means.
vercntly; " I never cease reading it, and al- |from a brother—in a word, the heart; this Now that 1 am at St. Helena—now that I
inn alone, chained to this rock, who lighls
ways with new delight.
he seeks, this he absolutely requires, and be
"Christ never hesitates, never varies in;,gains his object. Hence I infer his divinity. and wins empires forme? Where are any
bis instructions, and the least ofhis assertions!'Alexander,
Ciesar, Hannibal, Louis XIV, to share my misfortune—any to think ofnie?
is stamped with a simplicity and a depth; with all their genius, failed here. They con- Who bestirs himself fur me in Europe?
which captivate the ignorant and the learned,! quered the
Who remains faithful tome; where ate n,y
world, and had not a friend. 1 friends?
Yes, two or three ofyou, who aie
if they give it their attention.
am, perhups, the only person of my day who
by this fidelity, ye share, ye ulNowhere
is
immortalized
to
be
found
such
a
series
ofi loves Hannibal, Ciesar, Alexander. Louis
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beautiful thoughts, fine moral maxims, fot-j
leviata
exile."
my
France,
who
shed
much
lustre
upon
so
] >wing one another like ranks of a celestial ;XIV,
Here the Emperor's voice choked with
and the world, had not a friend, even in Ins 'grief.
amy, and producing in the soul the same' own family.
True, we love our children,
emotion as is felt in contemplating the infinite i but it is from instinct, from a necessity which! " Yes, my life once shone with all the brilextent of the resplendent heavens on a fine the beasts themselves
obey; and how many i liance of the diadem and the throne, and
summer night.
manifest no proper sense of ourj,[yours, Bertrand, reflected thut brilliunce, as
'children
" Not only is our mind absorbed, it is con- kindness and the cares we bestow on them the dome of the ' Invalids,' gilt by me, retrolled, and the soul can never go astiav, Ibow
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many ungrateful children? Do your flects the rays of the sun. But disasters
with this book for its guide.
the gold gradually became dim, and
General Bertrand, love you? youi came,
now all the brightness is effaced by the rain
Once master of our mind, the Gospel is children,
ref
of
love them, but you are not sure being
a faithful friend. God himself is our friend, quited. Neither natural affection nor your; of misfortune and outrage with which I am
our father, and truly our God. A mother!]|kindness, -vill ever inspire in them such love continually pelted. We are mere lead now
General, and 1 shall soon be in my giave.
has not greater care for the infant on her!,as Christians
have for God. When you die,
hi east. The soul, captivated by the beauty Myour chi dren will remember you, doubtless,! " Such is the fate of great men. So it was
of the Gospel, is no longer its own. God'!—while spending your money; but your Willi Ciesar and Alexander, and I too am forgotten; and the name of a conqueror and an
occupies it altogether; he directs its thoughts!,grandchildren
will hardly know that you ever emperor is a college theme! our exploits
and all its faculties; it is his.
Bertrand!
are
existed. And yet you are General
tusks given to pupils by their tutor, who bit*
"What a proof it is of the divinity ofi^And
island,
an
whero
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In this war all the kings another, with whom she had decamped short'• How different the opinions formed of the Han generations.
great Lottie XIV. Scarcely dead. Ihe great and potentates of earth were on one side; on ly before. Instantly the captain was obserEiag wus left alone in his solitary chamber ihe other I see no army but a mysterious ved lo clap his hand to his breast, and fell
at Versailles—neglected by his com tiers, force, some men scattered here and there, in heavily to the gtouud. Ho was taken up
and perhaps the object ul their ridicule, lie all paits of the world, and who have no other and conveyed to his room on the vessel. Dr.
wus no more their master.
He was r, dead ia King point than a common faith in the M. was immediately summoned ; but before
he reached the poor captain, he was dead.
body in his coffin; the prey of a loathsome mysteries ofthe cross.
body will A post-mortem examination revealed the
lime,
and
my
my
die
before
I
putrefaction,
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given back to eailh to become food for cause of his unfortunate disease. His heart
And mark what is soon to become ofroe]
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—assassinated by the English oligarchy, I i worms. Such is the fate which so soon was found literally torn in twain ! The tredie before my tune, and my dead body tooi awaits him who has been called the great mendous propulsion of the blood, consequent
abyss between my deep upon such a violent nervous shock, forced
must return to the earth to become loud for Napoleon. What an
misery and the eternal kingdom of Christ, the powerful muscular tissues asunder, and
worms.
"Such is soon to be Ihe late of Ihe great which is proclaimed, loved, and adored, and life was at an end. The heart was broken.
Napoleon. What a wide abyss between my which is extending over the whole earth!
Sixpenny Saving's.
deep misery and the eternal kingdom ol Call you tins dying? is it not living ratherr
Christ, which is proclaimed, loved, adored; The death ol Christ :s the death of a God!" The Legislature of this State, (N. V.) at
its present session, incorporated a Sixpenny
und which is extending over all ihe earth!—
Bank, which has at once commenced
Savings
Is this death? is it mil life, rather? The
Broken
Heart.
ASailor's
operations at the corner of Broadway and
death ofChrist is the death of a God."
The interesting ease of a literally broken Anthony streets. The Bunk will receive deThe emperor paused, ami as General Bel- heart we subjoin, was r. lated by Dr. J. K.
trami did not answer, the emperor resumed: 'Mitchell, of the Jefferson College, Philadel- posits as small us five cents. It certainly is
''You do not perceive that Jesus Chiist is 1 phia, lo his class last winter, while lecturing a novel sort of bank for this country, and
Gud? Then 1 did wrong to appoint you gen- on the diseases of the heart. It will be sen sounds rather diminutive in Wall street.—
Such institutions, however, are not very uneral!"
ion perusing it, that the expression " broken common in Europe, and five cents deposited
merely
figurative.
not
ted" is
The above is translated from a French. In the early part of his medical career from time to time, by the fingers of boys and
girls, or the humble laborers of the city, may
tract, printed in Paris, withthe title "NapoDr. M. accompanied as surgeon a packet
leon." The narrative is confirmed by a let- that sailed between Liverpool undone of our in time gather an accumulation that will make
ter from the Rev. Dr. G. Dc Felice, Profes- southern ports. On the return voyage, soon the Sixpenny Savings Bank a thing to be
sor in the Theological Seminary at Moiituu- alter leaving Liverpool, while the cuptain of counted on by heavy merchants when they
ban, France, in a communication inserted in he vessel, a weather beaten son of Neptunei need accommodation. The Royal Library
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of Pans, the largest in tho world, began witii
the New York Observer, of April Hi, 1542 ! but
possessed of uncommon fine feelings and a single volume.
stales
that
Dc
Felice
the
Rev.; strong impulses, weie conversing in the
Professor
Dr Bogue sent Napoleon at St. Helena a latter's state-room, the captain opened u We are happy to call attention to this new
copy of his " Essuy on Ihe Divine Authority large chest, and carefully look out a num- institution. There are thousands and tens
of the New Testament," which eye-witness- ber of articles of various descriptions, which of thousands who eurn so little more than
they necessarily consume, that the idea of
es ultest that he read with interest and satishe arranged upon a table. Dr. M., surprisfaction. He also states, that similar witnes- ed at the array of cosily jewels, ornaments making any accumulation for the future by
ses attest I hat he read much in the Bible, and dresses and all the varied paraphernalia of means of present savings seems to them prespoke of it with profound respect; and fur- which ladies are naturally fond, inquired of posterous, but who, if they knew that a bunk,
ther, that there was a religious revival among ihe captain his object in having so many val- trustworthy in its management, stood ready
the inhabitants of St. Helena, which extend- uable purchases. The sailor, in reply, said to receive their smallest gains, would be
ed lo the soldiers, who prayed much lor the that for seven or eight years he had been de- disposed to lay aside many a sixpence that is
conversion and salvation of the noble priso- votedly attached to a lady, to whom he had now expended for trifles, because it seems by
ner. Prof. Dc Felice closes his coiiimiiiiica-i several limes made proposals of marriage, itself so valueless. And what is of more contion by translating from a recent French ibut was as often rejected; that her refusal to sequence than the sixpences thus saved, a
journal, the following Conversation, related! wed him, however, had only stimulated his habit of prudence, and careful, economical
expenditure, would thus be formed, whose
by Count dc iMoutholon, the faithful friend ol love to
greater exertion ; and that, finally,
worth is beyond estimate. We commend tho
the emperor:
upon renewing his offer, declaring in the ar- new Bunk, therefore, to tho multitudes in
"I know men," said Napoleon, " and I dency of his passion that without her society
the cily who need just such a place of depotell you that Jesus is not a man.
;life was not worth living, she consented lo
"The religion of Christ is » mystery, become his bride upon his return from his sit for their small earnings, and we hope to
which subsists by its own force, and proceeds next voyage. He was so overjoyed at the hear of similar institutions starting up elsefrom a mind which is not a human mind.— prospect of a marriage from which, in the where.—lndependent, July 14.
We find in it a marked individuality, which warmth of his feelings, he probably anticipaICP We hope the time may soon come,
originated a train of words and maxims, un- ted more happiness, thai) is generally allotted when a well-conducted Savings Bank may be
known before. Jesus borrowed nothing from to mortals, that he spent all his ready money established in Honolulu. Such an instituour knowledge. He exhibited in himself the while in London for bridal gifts. After gaz-(
perfect example of his precepts. Jesus is not ing at them fondly for some time, and re- tion would be greutly advantageous to the
and welfare of the community.—
a philosopher; for his proofs are miracles, and
marking on them in turn, " I think this will morals
from the first his disciples adored him. In please Annie," and 1 am sure she will like Could not some plan be adopted for bringing
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fact, learning and philesophy are of no use |that ;" he replaced them
wilh the utmost care, ithe subject before the next Legislature?—
for salvation; and Jesus came into the world [This ceremony he repeated every day durof it, ye friends of the Hawaiian nato reveal the mysteries of heaven, and the ling the voyage ; and the doctor often obser- Think
tion
and
well-wishers to the foreign populalaws of the spirit.
ved a tear glistening in his eye, he spoke
tion.
'of the.pleasure ho would have in presenting
"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne
The same arguments which might be urmyself founded empires: but upon what did Ithem to his atlianced bride.
we rest the creations of our genius? Upon
On reaching his destination, the captain ged for a Savings Bank in England and tne
Jesus Christ alone founded his em- arrayed himself with more than usual preci- United States, would apply to Honolulu.—
force.
pire upon love, and at this hour, millions of ision, and disembarked as soon as possible, We are convinced that many seamen would
men would die for him.
I to hasten to his love. As he was about to he fou vi to invest their earnings in a bank,
was if it should become well established. The
" It was not a day or a battle which step into the carriage awaiting him, he
achieved the triumph of the Christian reli- called aside by two gentlemen who desired subject is worthy of the serious consideration
gion in the world. No; it was a long war, a to make a communication, the purport of of our business men and mechanics.

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such correspondence as the following, it can- malic expressions wild which the language
not well appear how war can be well avoid- abounds, nor can it assist them much in the
ed :
most difficult part of " learning native'
OMER PASHA'S LETTER TO (JORCIlAKt >1T. familiarizing the ear und the
tongue with the
MnxsiKt'it it. <;i;ni:hai. :—It is liv tlie order of vowel sounds. But it will give them clue
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a
my (ioverinneiit that I have tlie honor to addrcei
to the laws ofstructure ofthe language, show
tins letter to your Excellency.
the BuhHms Porta has exhausted nil them in some measure,
" While
wherein lies the difmenus
of concilintion to ltiniiitain tit once peace and
its own Independence, the Court of Russia lias not ference between good native and bad, and
ceased to raise difficulties In t a way of any tosh lake them fatther through
the husk of the
settlement, and lias ended with the violation of
treaties—invading the two Principalities of Moldavia language in one week than they could get
and \\ aUaohia. Integral parts of the ottoman Em- without assistance
in six months.
pire.
"True to its Pacific system, the Porte,
We
doubt
that
not
such persons will welInstead of
exercising the right to make reprisals, eonSnad itself even then to protesting, and did not deviate come its appearance.
from the way thai might lead to as arraiiuom—t.
To the comparative phisologist it ought to
"Russia, on the contrary, far from enticing oorrespooding sentiments, lias ended by rejecting the be of still greater value, for though very unproposals recommended by the august meditating pretendingly presented,
it is evidently
Address of l'r«-i.l.- u Wnlkrr lo Hie People ol courts—proposa's which were alike necessary to the
the I iiiini Sliilex.
honor and to the security of the Parte.
wrought out with much patient labor, and
'There only remains to the latter the indispensa- gives more
NoviiMiiEU 3, 18.53.
real knowledge of forms of exIn declaring the Ropublic of Lower California free, ble necessity Of war. lint as the invasion of the pression and
and
the
modes of thought than, so far
violation of the treaties which
sovereign and independent, I deem it proper to give Principalities
the people of the United .States the reasons for the have attended it, arc the veritable, causes of war, the us we know, is elsewhere to be found in
course I have taken. It is duo to the nationality Sublime Porte, u a last expression of its pacific lenwhich has most jealously guarded the independence timents,proposes to your Excellency, by my inter- print respecting any of the Polynesian diaof American States, to declare why another Republic vention, the evacuation of the two' Province", and lerts. The Tahitian dictionary recently
is created on tho immediate confines of the great grants (or your decision n term of fifteen days, to
date from the receipt of this letter. If within this published has a much fuller list ofwords than
Union.
The Mexican government lias for a long time fail- interval a jicgotiative answer shall reach me from the very unsatisfactory Hawaiian one, but
ed to perform its duties to the Province of Lower your Excellency, the commencement of hostilities
the grammatical sketch prefixed to it is very
California. Cut off as the territory was by the trea- will be the natural consequence.
While I have the honor to make the intimation meagre and most
ty of Guadalupe Hidalgo from all direct communiofthe other printed matter
"
cation with tho rest of Mexico, the central authori- to your Excellency, I embrace the Opportunity to
on the Polynesian language consists of a few
ties have manifested little or no interest in the art'uirs offer the assurance of my high esteem.
(Signed,)
Omku."
of the California Peninsula. The geographical posgeneralities made up from very partial
ition of the province is such as to make it entirely The following curt document is
and hasty observation.
knowledge
OORCHAKOFF'S REPLY.
separate and distinct In its interests from the other
portions of tho Mexican Republic. Rut the moral " My Master is not at war with Turkey, but I have
The
compliments paid to Judge Andrews
and social ties which bound it to Mexico havo been orders not to leave the Principalities until the Porte
even weaker and more dissoluble than the physical. shall have given to the Czar the moral satisfaction by Mr. Hale (Philologist of the U. S. Ex.
Hence, to develop the resources of Lower California he demands. When this point has been obtained,
and to effect a proper organization therein, it was I will evacuate the Principalities immediately, what- Ex.) for his sketch ofthe Hawaiian verb, in
ever tho time or the season. If I am attacked by the tho Hawaiian
necessary to make it independent.
Spectator, are certainly deThe mineral and pastoral wealth ofLower Califor- Turkish army, I will defend myself (confine myself
served with an additional emphasis for this
(Jociiakoit."
nia is naturally great; but to properly devclope it to tho defensive.)
there must bo good government and sure protection
By the next mail, news maybe expected more complete work.
to labor and property. Mexico is unable to furnish
We could wish that the industrious author
these requisites for the growth and prosperity of the to a date subsequent to the expiration of tho
Tho territory, under Mexican rule fifteen days above mentioned.
Peninsula.
had had leisure to give a fuller exposition of
would forever remain wild, half suvage and uncultithe peculiar idioms, and colloquial phrases
vated, covered with on indolent and half civilized
people, desirous ofkeeping all foreigners from enterThrough Mrs. Penhallow we have ofthe language, and also for an essay upon
ing the limits of the State. When tho people of a received some
garden seeds from the garden the language ofthe old "Meles," for which
Torritory fail almost entirely to devclope the resources nature has placed at their command, the in- of Mr. Coburn, Proprietor of the Rocking- work none is so competent, but we are glad
terests of civilization require others to go in and
possess tho land. Thoy cannot, nor should not be ham House, Portsmouth, N. H. We shall en- that so much of a form of human speech apallowed to play the dog in the manger, and keep deavor to make them bring forth as plentifully parently soon destined to extinction,
is saved
others from possessing what they have failed to ocas if planted amid the hills and rocks ofNew for the future.
cupy and appropriate.
Mexico has not performed any of the ordinary du- Hampshire. We have our fears, for the
If it be true, as Humboldt has remarked,
ties of a government towards the people of Lower
California. She has established no sure and ready time does not appear to iiavo quite come for " that the vast domain of language in whose
means of communication for the people among them- Republican seed to flourish well in Hawaiivaried structure we see mysteriously reflecselves, or with the rest of the world; nor lias she
ever undertaken to protect them from the wandering an soil. It must be confessed, however, ted the destinies of nations, is most
intimaterobbers who infest the Territory. Thus abandoning that the climate and soil are not adverse
ly associated with the affinities ofraces; and
the Peninsula, and leaving it as it wero a waif on
the waters. Mexico cannot complain if others take thereto ! Five years hence, seeds may be the most important questions of the civilizait and make it valuable.
more successfully planted.
tion of mankind, are connected with the ideas
On such considerations have I and my companions
races, community of language and adherarms
of
acted
the
course
we
have
And
in
in
pursued.
HawinGrammar.
for the success of our enterprise, we put our trust in
ence
to one original direction of tho intellecHim who controls the destiny of nations, und guides
We are pleased to learn that the long protual
and
them in the way ofprogress and improvement.
moral faculties" ; anything which
mised grammar of the Hawaiian language
WM. WALKER, Coi..,
us
so many facts respecting a widely
gives
President of Lower California. by Judge Andrews is at length in a fair way
worn from offthe "garb of the human soul,"
to be speedily published.
J. \V. M.
War almost certain.
To those among us who wish to acquire deserves cordial thanks.
Late intelligence from Europe, affords the the native tongue, and are trying to pick
A CARD. The publisher
would
strongest presumptive evidence that ere this something like rule and method out ofits ap- gratefully acknowledge the of the Friend
smishintial encouragewar has actually commenced between Rus- parently lawless sounds, this book will fur- ment received from Capt. Spencer, Mr. J. C. Spalding, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Williams, whose donasia and Turkey. When the Generals ofthe nish valuable assistance. It will not indeed tions are not reported
among the donors for the supRussian and Turkish armies carry forward give them command of all the peculiar idio- port of the Friend,
Late arrivals from California bring intelligence that a certain Col. William Walker,
at the head of forty or fifty followers, has
overturned the Mexican government in Lower California, and established a Republic.—
Said Walker, it appears, is President of the
new Republic, and about one-half his followers have been advanced to public offices.—
A more ridiculous affuir could not have been
got up. There is no possibility of their maintaining the position which they have taken,
unless Upper California sends forth a horde
of adventurers, who will rally around the
new standard. The following is the address
of President Walker:

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THE FRIEND,

JANUARY,

5

1854.

The King called on me this morning to go
with him to sound the depth of water in and
around
*
the entrance to ihis, the Weather
Old l'athi-r Time, the traveller never Wfi'-}',
Harbor. We called on our way, and took
Along the rugged path ol life steals un ;
Mr. Wm. O. Covert, second mate of the
And down Hie past's abyss, deep, dark and dreary,
I'arauon, the barque which was wrecked here
Another year is gone.
the -20lh of last March. The following is the
Many to whom it* morning sun shone gladly,
result of our survey:
(shoved nt, alas ! to hear it- paiting sigh |
At the north side of the entrance to the
Low, lengthened siejis and mournful murmurs, sadly
Tell where the loved one* lie.
abundant. Very few foreign vegetables are harbor, about a cable's length, or 90 fathoms
cultivated on the island. Hogs arc abun- from where the surf breaks, we found 10 faDeop in theeavemed tells, beneath the billow,
dant, and can be obtained of the natives, if thoms of water, and about two cable's
Many have found a wide iiiid lonely grave;
Where never llfhisaf grass nor weeping willow,
the purchasers have such articles of trade as lengths, 38 fathoms.
Above their heads may wave.
the natives desire. Of clothes, red flannel On the south side ofthe entrance, a cable's
and flannel shirts are most sought for by ihe length from the surf, there was '20 futhoms
Peace to their ashes turmoil, prief and sorrow
Vex and oppress their wcari. <l >ouls no more
natives. Tobacco is always a ready article of water; a cable and one half, 32 fathoms;
Lot in the dawning of a brighter morrow
of trade.
lone half a cable's length, (> fathoms.
Death's triumph will be o'er.
A cable's length from where the Paragon
Futuhiva is the smallest ofthe six inhabitSlav blessings spring with the golden ■ -nil
ed islands in the Marquesas group, but the lies, in the same direction which she went on
That u>hers tin glad New Year,
third in population; Nukuhivu and llivnoa, to the reef, we found but '20 fathoms of water.
And pleasures emtnie the Utile band
or Dominique, only having a greater number In the middle ofthe passage, nt the mouth
Abiding with tin here.
ofthe entrance, we found bot<if inhabitants. The population in the valley ofthe mouth
A future free from the pangs of rare,
where the mission is located is probably tom at 41 fat boms; and a ship's length or so
On the night of their sorows dawn,
about 101). In another valley, four miles from the rocks on either side, ot the same
Who 'ncath the frowns of an angry fate,
from this, there is a still larger population. place, it was 28 fathoms to bottom. In the
Arc nobly struggling on.
On the windward side ofthe island there are middle ofthe passage, about halfway in the
While hosts afar, at the mighty nod
several small inhabited vallics; and '201)0 harbor, it was 35 futhoms. In the middle of
Of a tyrant, rush to war,
would probably not be too high an estimate the passage, near the mouth of the harbor,
SI iv smiling peace \m our sunny islos
inside, 20 fathoms; and just at the mouth of
for
the population ofthe whole island.
Iler kindly blessings pour.
the harbor, 1!) fathoms.
In their physical appearance, the natives These soundings were taken nt low water.
May the withering breath of fell dUea.se
of Futuhiva, like those ofthe other MarqueRe-visit our land no more
The greatest rise and fall of tide which I
sas islands, are a superior portion ol the PoHut health and plenty resume their reign
have noticed, has been a little over 6 feet;
lynesian race. The men arc strong, athlet- but
Our happy kingdom o'er.
more generally it is from two to four feet.
ic, healthy looking; free from all those cuSo, blest with peace anil happiness,
We found a rough coral bottom, and the
taneous diseases so common in many of the
May one and all remain.
are about (he same
islands of the Pacific Ocean. The fenfeles king snys the soundings
Till time, in his put—ltm round-, shall reach
(he island, except that in
around
entirely
are
His starting place again.
usually small, have regular features and (some places the shallowness extends out
a light complexion.
Among the population
And while with comforts kindly blesucd,
ofthe island there seems to be a good pro- much farther.
From cares and sorrows free,
At certain seasons of the year, tho curM'iy you ne'er forget, in your happy lot,
portion ofchildren and youth. They are ap- rents about the Island are very
strong. I
Your brethren on the sea.
parently free from disease, and have strong, have not been here
long enough to learn
Year
ofthe
while
their
you,
to
healthy, vigorous bodies,
ttea,
sons
counte- their habits, if they have any regular ones.
A happy New
nances indicate intelligence.
ftUkj y*ur lives from temptations ami trial* be free,
If you will give the above a place in the
sweep
down
the
Though chilled by tho cold blasts that
There are four foreigners living on the isl- Friend, you will greatly oblige your friend
vales
and at the bay where the mission is loKing George," at whose request it is writOfthe far Northern regions ; and rocked by rude galea and,
cated. Two of them have been many years ten.
On the wide, stormy waters, may Providence lend
B. G. SNOW,
Truly yours,
there, and speak the language well. One of
Her smiles to your labors, ami may a kind friend
Missionary at this Island.
Ne'er bg wanting, your lone lot to comfort and cheer,
them, by the name of Clark, makes himP. S. —You requested me to take some
While far from the love.l ones to memory dear.
self useful to ships touching at Fatuhiva. note, and perhaps send you a drawing ofthe
He acts as pilot, and assists in procuring so-called Ruins "on this Island. To give
Bo sure we kindly welcome you
With pleasure ami delight,
wood and water for ships, and such other anything like a full and correct idea of them
To the lovely isles whose sunny skiei
supplies as the island affords. It is to be re- would require more time than I have had, or
Are ever clearand bright.
gretted that these foreigners have commen- shall be likely to have very soon, at my disMay happiness attend you all
ced the distilling of an intoxicating liquor posal for such a purpose. Some of them are
Where'er you chance to roam,
from the cocoanut, and furnish it both to the an immensa work, truly. But (hey are all
And favoring breezes swiftly bear
natives of the valley and to seamen.
unquestionably the work of the natives, tho'
bach to his happy home.
As further evidence that the natives of this done at a time when altogether more numeisland have had some desire for missionaiies rous than at present. It is almost incredible
For tlie Friend.
to live with them, it may be mentioned that how rapidly this people have dwindled away,
Islaondf
Fatuhiva.
some months ago, when an American cap- jnor has the tide ceased lo ebb. The king
It is the most southern and eastern of the tain was trading at Fatuhiva, a chief re- jknows the vessel and the very man who sowMarquesas group. On the charts it is usual- quested the captain that when he returned to led the first seeds of the wasting disease.—
ly written Magdalena. The island is small [the island, he would bring missionaries to re- God only knows who and how many have
about the size of Lanai in the Hawaiian Iside with them. On the arrival of the mis- been engaged in it since. Oh! deliver me
group. It is high land, tho highest parts be- sion at Fatuhiva, this chief offered his house from their awful doom. It is no wonder to us
ing about 2000 feet above the level of the;; for the accommodation of a part of the teach- who arc out here and know what is done,
sea. Its appearance, when approached from ers, and Mr. Bicknell accepted his offer. It and who do it, that these Islands have been
the ocean, is broken and rough. The val-: is quite impossible at present to know all the so little known to the civilized world, though
leys are narrow and long, extending far up!! motives that influence the chiefs of Fatuhiva they have been long known and frequently
into the interiorof the island. These vallies to desire the residence of Christian teachers resorted to by a certain class of the seagging
are the only habitable portions ofthe island. among them.
B. W. P. world. lam glad that the night of darkness
is drawing towards morning. As yet we can
They are thickly shaded by the rich foliage
Survey of Strong's Island.
of the cocoamit and bread-fruit trees which
hardly tell which point ofthe compass looks
grow luxuriantly nearly down to the water
Strong's Island, Sept. 17, 1853. brightest, but our eyes linger most hopefulBro. Damon:—Here is a bit of intelligence ly towards the East. lam glad that watchside.
The only place of anchorage is at the lit- that may be of some interest to the few sea- men have been sent to " tell of the night."
tle bay ofOinoa, where the mission is loca- men that may wish to visit Strong's Island Dove Island Cottage,
B. G. S.
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ted. It is on the north-west side of the island,—is little more than a roadstead, but is
well protected from the S. E. trades, and the
only wind that exposes vessels at anchor to
any danger, is a westerly one, which blows
but seldom. The landing of boats is sometimes dillicult, on account of surf.
Wood and water are eusily obtained at
this bay. The bread-fruit and coconnut are

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THE FRIEND,

JANUARY,

1*54.

AmericanCruisers.
much shattered and crippled from an engage-' The nest disappearance ofthis kind from
A correspondent ofthe Portland Advertiser ment with an American corvette, which sud- the navy list is believed lo be that of the
gives the following interesting reminiscences denly disappeaicd in the night, and il was schooner Lynx. 0, Li. Commending John 11.
ufvessels ofthe American navy (hat have thought sunk. Another story prevailed, that .Madison, ill 1821, in ihe West Indies. I have
from lime lo time disappeared, leaving no the crew were prisoneis to the Arabs, the however, no account of her lute, and am not
clue to their fate. Vessels of war, of course ship having been lost on the African coast. cerium but BsM was stranded, and some of
are subjected to certain i jsks from their magSeveral years after, the melancholy inter- the ciew escaped, though my impressions reazines, not shared in by the ineicaulile mu- est in the fate of the Wusp and her brave] specting her are lo the contrary.
rine, us Cooper has suggested, it is probable defenders was revived by an examination of] The next loss we have to record
is probathat some which suddenly disappear have the log book ofthe Swedish
Adonis, from bly familiar to man) —it is that of the Hornet
been blown up il .sea. A stroke of light- which it appears that having Lieut. M'Knighl
in 182!), then attached to the West India
ning reaching the magazine, a su. den squall and M. Lyman, late ofthe Essex, on board Mpiailion, under the command of Capt. Otho
or a heavy gale, weakness from preceding as passengers, on October 9lh following, be- Morris. The
Hornet was sent by the com
encounters with an enemy, or sudden collis- ing then in lat. 1836north, long. 30 10 west, module to cruise off Tampico,
during ihe
ions with another vessel at sea, in which both the Adonis spoke with the Wasp and trans- season of the autumnal equinoxes,
perish, are the several fates by which these ferred these passengers at their request to are known to lender those seas the which
most
disappearances can only lie accounted for. |her, which is ihe lust account of her being dangerous on the globe. The I loi net's
presThe first loss we have to note, says the seen, or that was ever known ofhei fate, or ence was accessary to
protect American
correspondent of the Adrcrtiser, is that uf.lofthe two gentlemen who embarked on board. property, dining the lints that attended ihe
Ihe " Reprisal," I(>, in 1788; but though she lAt this meeting, the officers ofthe Wasp reol'Barradas. The day before her
foundered at sea, on the Banks of Newfo'nd- ported her recent action with the Reindeer, invasion
loss u considerable sum of money was reland, she scarcely comes within our limits, and also that tliey had sunk another vessel, ceived on boaid, and a number of residents
since one of her crew (ihe cook) did escape. without being able lo save a single person,
visited ber on a parly of pleasure, which
The next on the list is the Saratoga, Mi, or even leuru her nnine.
waa destined to have a fearful termination.
Capt. Young, which vessel disappeared in This was !)()() miles farther south, 000 wesl The weather
threatening and ibe HorOctober, 1780. In that month and year af- of where Mr. Gcisenger had left her 10 days net put to became
cai lying her ill-fated guests
sea,
ter capturing a ship and two brigs, two of before; and it is presumed Capt. B. intend- with her. The
prognostics proved true—the
them well armed, the Saratoga made sail to ed running down the Spanish main, and blast came—one id' the
most awful ever
convey her prizes to (he Capes ofthe Dele-! through the West Indies, in obedience to known in that region of violent convulsions,
ware. The following day (he prizes were his orders. There is only one other minor overturning all before it. The
re-captured by the " Intrepid," 71, and tho' respecting this ship that has any plausibility. chored within the smooth river ofvessels anthe Saratoga escaped, it was only to meet a It is that two English frigates chased an A- and sheltered by ils banks were Tampico,
worse fate, as she was never heard of more.! incricaii sloop of war off ihe southern coast, ded or overturned; ami those either stranin the
In July, 1780, the frigate " Insuigente,"j;about the time the Wusp should arrive, ami roads without, driven lo sea, or lying
loiindered at
33, Capt. Patrick Fletcher, recently captur- that the three ships were struck with a heavy their anchors. There was a schooner in
ed from the French, and refitted, sailed tii in sdtmll, in which the
sloop of war disappeared. company unh the Hornet, the master of
the Capos of Virginia, with instructions to
In
July,
1821,
the
brig Epervier, 18, com- which slates that with nothing but his "slenkeep between longitude 00 deg. and 08, and
by
manded
Lt.
John
Templer Shubrick, sail- del masts his vessel was nearly blown over
to run as far south as 30 deg north latitude
ed
rom
her
I
Algiers
on
return to the United by the hurricane—and that a ship with her
und to return within eigtit weeks to Annapoon
boaid
as passengers sev- tall masts, though every sail was furled,
States—having
lis. A higher power had ordained she should
eral
citizens
released
from captivity could never have withstood it. As usual rurecently
never return; as, with the exception of a few
treaty that had mors tell of the shrill |ii|ie of the boatswain's
bearing
and
ihe
iin
Algiers,
private letters forwarded by vessels spoken been
concluded with that power, on the :{oili whistle, and the creaking ol blocks and span
with, she was never seen or heard ofalter.
to have being heard from a neighboring schooner,
"InAugust, ofthe sume year, the "Pick- (June, preceding. She is knownabout
Gibraltar,
the
Straits
of
the above lbs bowling ofthe storm, and a glimpse
passed
ering," 14, Capt. Benj Miliar, sailed for the
(he lust that was loin tall ship under pare poles scudding be10th
of
and
that
is
July
Guadaloupe station, never to return, as, in
fore il, being revealed by a glance of lighlthe case ofthe Insurgeute, all on board per ever seen or heard of her. There was a
«•"'>iZ—and also of a hat with the name ofthe
that
she
was
seen
a
tremenin
vague
rumor
ished—" not one was saved to tell the tale "
on ils libnii, Inning been picked up at
ship
far
dous
the
month
of
not
gale, in
August,
Vague rumors were set afloat at tho time,
sea.
But through the twenty years and more
that the two vessels run afoul of each otherI from the American coast, but it is ola char- that have eUpsed since the
acter
on.
anniversary of
too
lo
be
relied
The
questionable
in a gule—a tale, however, unsubstantiated, I
thai bailie ofLake Erie, on which she disapas the Pickering was sent to a station which i■ Enterprise, Lt. Kearny, was n.uking a pass- peared—uf Ihe thousand floating
objects that
the Insurgente would be little likely to visit i age at this time, and experienced a heavy are apt to east themselves loose from a sink! blow, which was said to be tremendous a ing ship, and float upon the surface,
or seek.
not so
little farther to the East of her, and it is
The next loss of this kind which I find ie-|I probable
the Epen ier was lost in it. Inner much as an oar or handspike has ever been
corded, is that of Gnu Boat, No. 5. She sail-i perished Lt. Yarnell, who was Perry's first found to tell the fate winch lime as sure'y
ed from New York, commanded by Lieut. lieutenant
the commander, bore a
in the battle of Lake Erie, and Jells. Capt. Morris,
Ogilvie, May 4, 1805, for the Mediterrane- other officers.
Shubrick had been present bij;h character as a cool and collected officer
an, but springing her mast returned to refit, at no less
and seamen; and his Ist lieutenant, Daniel
than six regular sea fights, five of
and sailed a second time, June 20th, after;
Mackey, left no superior behind him.
[II
force;
of
which had been between vessels
a
which she was never heard from. This ves- as
Picked up on the docks at Liverpool, by a
as frigates, he had also participated!
heavy
sel was sloop rigged, and carried two heavy' in the
American, and commencing as a
celebrated chase of New Yosk—yetj charitable
'j
32's.
boy in a merchant ship he had worked
cabin
been
| when he met his unknown fate, he hud
In 1815, the United States sloopof-war only nine years in the service and was but his way Irani the hawse hole aft to the position
Wasp, 18, Capt. Blakoly, after captui ing the 27 years of age. A mysterious providencelIbe held when the sea closed over him and
Reindeer and Avon, both 18's, in two separ- had decreed no happy termination to his use-, his career.
ate engagements, the last on the first of Sep-j lul and brilliant career. Within probably a
Nearly ten years after the loss ofthe Hortember, continued her glorious cruise until!!few day's sail of his native land, returning net, in May, 1820, ihe pilot boat
schooner
the 21st of the same month, when she put jon the wings of fume to reap the well earned Sea Gull, commandedby passed
the present Commodore (ieisenger and el.reward of his valor, he was cut oil'in his J. W. C. Uied, and attached midshipman
to the
crew of 9 men on board a prize brig, intend- ! bloom, and on the field of his glory found the Sea Exploring Squadron, sailed from aSouth
little
ing to continue her own cruise to the
'grave of his hopes. Congress had voted him harbor near Cape Horn, in company with
ofthe Azores. This for years afler, was' two medals, and his native sta(e, South Car- her consort the Flying Fish,
all that was known of her fate, though vari-i olina, and the cities ofCharleston and New tion of doubling the Cape—a with ihe' intenterrible storm
ous rumors got afloat respecting it. It was'[had each voted him a sword—none ol which came on; the Flying Fish regained
her harsaid an English frigate went into Cadiz, very!lihe was destined to receive.
bor, but the Sea Gull found u rest only in the

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JANUARY, 1854.

7

She disappeared, and now the workmen, as busy: rpo SKAMKN AM" STUANCERS.—The Seaas bees, but not quite so numerous, were not 1 men's Chapel is open for l'nbbc Worship every
be
here
heard
of
after.
lt
may
was never
Sabbath, at 11 a. m., and 7 1-8 r. m. Seats free.
remarked that passed midshipman Macon only shearing the old carcass, by rippiiii! off Beasuo hisonglng to vessels (of all nations) visitthe
copper, and cutting out a slice of plank ing this port are invited to call at the Chaplain's
felt a presentment of his fate, even before
leaving the United Slates, and was urgent to. here mid there, but gutting it also, taking [study, in Chaplain street, where tliey will be gratusupplied with o pies of the Friend and other
get relieved from bis orders, hut without ef- out all the doors and partitions, and pulling jitously
leading matter. It will be BtOSt convenient for the
li-ct.
Her crew consisted of fifteen persons. up the pumps, as men uproot the trees.
[Chaplain to receive rails from .Seamen during ths
The Franklin, 71, was built at Philadel- afternoon of each day.
Her officers were passed midshipman J.
C. Ried, of Florida, acting lieutenant com- phia, about the same time with the Wnshing-j A weekly religious conference und prayer meeting
field on Wednesday evening at the Vestry, and
manding, and passed midshipman Fredrick lon, of the same rate and size, which was is
alas at the same place, every Sahhnth afternoon, at
being
Pish
built
at
this
Franklin
port,—the
The
Flying
A. Bacon, ofConnecticut.
I 1-2 o'clock. Seamen are particularly invited to
a smaller schooner, afterwards attained the launched 8Syears ago. She must have been attend.
high latitude of 70 I I S. (a higher latitude built ofthe best materials, and with the mostl l'ulilic services at the New Court 7/ouse at 11
74 P. M.,' and also. Native Churches
than any vessel that had ever preceded her,) faithful workmanship j her wood work, with-! A. M. anil and
Sabbath*, commence nt II 1-2 A.. M. nnd 2 1-2 r. M.
and completed her circumnavigation of the out and within, being very little decayed, onThe
Seamen's Beading Boom is open at all hours
but much worn, and on the inside looks like ofthe clay.
Strangers arriving and having late forglobe.
used,
Sea
an
old
house
which
has
been
but
notj
tho
Gull
S
.Jot quite four years alter
eign papers are respectfully invited to aid in keeping
as
saul room supplied with useful reading matter.
disappearance, on the 20th of February, abused. Most ofthe plank appears sound
was put on, and so well fastened was
Donations are respectfully sulicitod for the supwhen
it
A.
10,
Lt.
E.
(irampiis.
the
.schooner
1813,
pnit of the Chaplaincy ami the puhlication of the
it
off
like
Norfolk,
from
nt
the
that
it
comes
beginning,
Downcs commanding, sailed
Friend. An annual report of all (lunations is made
with orders to cruise in the <«ull Stream fur drawing teeth. Slices of oakum come out to the Am. Seamen's Friend Society in New York.
d
Any person contributing $•">(> is entitled to become a
a short lime, and not to visit any port until perfectly sol and fresh.
Willi the alterations and repairs proposed, Lite Director of the Society, and $10 to become au
her return to the place ofher departure, untf.
Life Member.
less from necessity. The captain, purser,, the Franklin will be a noble ship, as good aa Honorary
with
und
tail
known
new—and
be
a
lion
mane
in
again
well
Ihisj
and other officers, were
BBT. <:. M. ULAKK'S IBLBCT
vicinity. On the 17th March, she was oil' erect, and teelh anil claws outspread.—
BOARIim. SCHOOL roit BOYS,
the bar at Charleston, and her master, Mr. Portsmouth (JV. II.) Journal.
and
reto
AT HKNICIA, CALIFORNIA.
Isaac K. You, came up that city
IntersigAnecdote.
mained until the 95th, wiih his friends who
li\ tliiHschool thorough education m the F.nglish
U
resided there, when he returned to ihe The Rev. Dr. Hawks, of New York, late- Ancient and Modem language*, ami mathematics,the
to a limited number of pupil*, under
schooner. She bad been encountering a ly delivered a lecture before the Historical afforded
care of experienced Teachers
series of storms, was known to be leaky, and Society of that city, when he related the fol- The course of study is calculated to fit the scholar
storm
that
others
illustrative
of
in
B
lowing
story,
among
lo
have
foundered
is supposed
for active business pursuits, and also to prepare such
almost immediately succeeded his return. female heroism. " Among those," he ob- as desire to enter college.
The location at Henicia, has hern chosen as reOne ol the latest letters received from her served, " who formed a part of the settlemarkably healthful and accessible ; anil the arrangeso
the
was
during
revolutionary
write,
to
ment
struggle,
Do
not
fail
concludes thus: "
ments of the family are such, that pupils will and the
that I may receive a letter on our arrival nt a poor widow, who, having buried her hus- comforts of home.
a
Norfolk. Date your letter April M—no! la- band, was left in poverty, with task upon Music is taught by an experienced master.
with August Ist, and is
ter." Alas the lines of affection penned to her hands of rearing three sons; of these, The Academic year begins
into lour quarters of eleven weeks each.
meet him, were destined never to reach his the two eldest, ere long, fell in the cause of divided
Terms per quarter including all charges, $160,
hand, or renew the home associations of Ins I heir country, and she struggled on with the payable in advance.
we
to
the
aa
she
could.
After
the
fall
youngest
come
boat
III'.FKIL TO
heart.—With the Grampus
(iov. J. Hitler, California.
conclusion of our list, though if we mistake of Charleston, and the disasterous defeat of Hon. L. Severance,
Esq.
Klisha
Col. J.(J. Fremont,
Allen,
11.
Tarleton,
and
one
Col.
Buford
ofVirginia,
perhaps
by
per1831,
the
lost
in
not,
Sylph,
Key. T. 1). Hunt, Son"Fran
('apt. John l'aty,
it.
was
to
or
extend
mission
some
four
five
Amergiven
added
to
or two more might be
S. 11. Willey,
Rev. Daniel Dole,
Key. A. Uamcs, l'hila.
At this moment, perhaps, while the reader is ican females to carry necessaries and pro- Rev. S ('.Damon,
Key. S. L. l'omeroy, Boa.
quietly perusing these sentences, the sea in visions, and administer some relief, to the | Rev. H. Bond,
Henicia, January 1,1863.—tf-7.
some parts lashed into fury, is engulfing some prisoners confined on board the prison-ship
leni|iest-lossed mariners. More than five and in the jails of Charleston. The widow
hundred vessels are wrecked and lost yeaih was one ofthe volunteers on this errand of
She wus admitted within the city,
us has been ascertained by carefully prepar- mercy.
ed statistics—and of these one-tenth disap- and, braving the horrors of pestilence, empear and leave no trace behind. Further- ployed herself to the extent of her humble
more, it is stated that " for every 10 sailors means in alleviating the deplorable sufferings
whe die of disease, 11 die by drowning or of her countrymen. She knew what she had
in wrecks." True indeed writes the poet: lo encounter before she went; but, notwith
standing, went bravely on. Her message of
From out their watery beds the ocean's dead.
"Renewed,
humanity having been fulfilled, she left
stand
shall on the unstirring billows
Charleston on her return; but alas ! her exBIBLES! IIIHUS!
Frogs pole to pole, thick covering all the sea.
posure lo the pestilential atmosphere she had
HKCKIVF.II and for sale at the Chaplain ■
Ship
been obliged to breathe, had planted in her
Study, BIBLES of various sizes and styles of
Franklin.
These books ore imported by the Hawaiian
An old Lion, with his teeth drawn and system the seeds of fatal disease, and ere she binding.
Kihlc
and sold at the American Bible SociSociety,
bound
hand
and
she
sank
under
an
attack
nails cut off, securely caged,
reached her home
oty prices in New York, with the additional charge
foot, is quietly, it'not patiently, going through of prison fever, a brave martyr to the cause of actual expenses.
the operation of having his inane and tail of humanity and patriotism. That dying
Barnett' {Vote*!
sheared close to the skin, and now and then mother, who now rests in an unknown grave
SALK at the Chaplain's Study, complete
a small pattern snipped out by some one of thus left her only son, the sole survivor ofi
sets of Karnes' Notes on tho New Testament,
the numerous barbers who were handling the his family, to the world's charily; but little
and Job.
did she dream, as death closed her eyes, the Isaiah
sheep shears.
Also a few copies of the cheap edition of UNCLE
Now we think alio it it, this item was not future of that orphan boy. That son became TOM'S CABIN.
to be about a lion, but about a ship; but as the President of this free republic; for that
Also Webster's Spelling Book.
we walked over the great dismantled hulk, widow was the mother of Andrew Jackson.": I'cr" Any sailor unablo to read, and desirous of
learning, will be supplied with Webster's Spelling
and then under it, we caught the idea ola
Book gratuitously, unless he prefers paying for it.
the
tormentThe
Friend,
boys
lion
over
to
as
caged
given
Bound.1, 2, 4,
Bound
volumes
of
the
Friend
for
3,
5,
6,
7
of
it.
J WOHT E~"
ors, —and could not afterwards get rid
aid X years at the Chaplain's Study. A reduction
established himself in business at HaThe guns and trumpets, the thunder and mu- from the
subscription price will be made to Seamen
Hawaii,
is prepared to furnish shi| I with
sic of her decks were gone long ago—the and purchasers' who desire more than a single vol- recruitsle,on favorable terms, for cash, goods, or Kills)
had
masts and sails, the chains and anchors
'on the United Stated.

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THE FRIEND,

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Panoramic Biblical views.

Manuel One/., HVaih, eniise und home.
Am
Well-, CrnH. cniirte and home.
"14_ m*'" u"M John
I'acilir, I'ea-e, erili-c.
Then* Nye, Almy, etnlae ami home.
//i-mpstead, rnise.
" " " //eroine,
Mt. \Vr
15—
CffUlM
(heline.
« "" wh "hk ravnlier, Freeman,on
rnise on line.
<
George, itoveae,
*•
'* " seh Fan, Ottetvell, Sviln.v. ••
17—Hr
17—Am wh sh Jeannelte, Uesl, N Bedford.
Wb
l>k Prudent, Nash, < iui-e.
lluAni
F.i—Am w h sh Abigail Drear, c

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F.wa, Dec 10th, by the Rev. A llishop, Mr. C. W. Clark
According to present prospects, the lovers |of At
I'lutii.t, t<> Kawaiula, of YVaianae.
of sights and shows, paintings and pictures, IU tlie name, mi the Ilth iiut., Mr. Janftnnj It. William.*, of
iHonolulu, to Kauikaula, off Kwa
at the Islands, are to be as much favored as \'\ the MUM, on the 13th inst., Mr. James Thompson, to
i
hotli ol Kwa.
dwellers in other parts* of the world. Thurs- Kahihiku,
Ity the MM, mi the Bftfc inst., Mr. II. I'. I).' Hiltonl, late nf
I
Ihgl—
last,
Humphreys
li,
Mr.
to Miss Cilhaniiu t'avasus, late ol Manila.
presented
day evening
a series of Biblical scenes at the Court
DIED.
House. He connects with his evening perIn Itnxhnrv, Nnv. M, Mrs. Lai it a Pohtkr IIii.i., aged 57,
wlfi «.i Mem > Hill. Baa. Treasurer of the Am. Hoard ol Com
formances a Galvanic Battery showing the mlMfonen for foreign .Minimis, on tin- mom in j.' «>t Oel 994,
while iniiiisMTinj- to
ajjed I Mr, she was Ml li ken down
method of Telegraphic communications. Mr. by apopl, \\ and bamhermi m-en-ilde
la all aiound her. Bight,
hearing, voire, the nmiion of one >idc, and .ill apparent intelI
H. we understand, proposes to continue his lectual ami mural
vv#
-uspeinled to IM Mat,
re
lou-mtea
was she able, fat tlie twelve >ubs<ipicnl days, to take
performances should he he encouraged.— :neither
any liouri-liuict I.
have known Mrs. Mill, mtisl have regarded her as
For reasonable compensation he would ex- oneAllnl Who
(he nio-i active!) boMVoloBl mUMI in
IM l■■"inniiiiiiiy.
aba
tbla
sinmiiiv reaembled her boaorid lather, the late Da
hibit the Galvanic Battery &.c. before the In
vi.l Porter. I). I), ol fat-kill, .\. V. Her hene\ ,>h nee w aprompt, active ami sell denying lowarda the si.k,the afflicted,
Schools of Honolulu.
the poor, the aged widow, tlie awlectad mid brim. twaaarly
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11.11
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Officers
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Meteor,
India,
Illack Warrior,

5 00
5 00

5 00
I 00
7 00

niton.

Ill—Am hk Kremlin. Rogers, New lledford.
ll—-Am wh hk Bndeavor, (lowland, for New Bedford.
'JM—*.iii hk p.itltlinder, CreeeV, Hong Kong.
'Jl—Frsh Salauiandre, ll:ird..\. Ham,
21-A« seh (Irtolan. Itovd, \\ aiinea.
Wi—Am wh sh Tom-india, Preach, cruise.
B7— Jlnw sch Baquimauz, (lata Franklin) Hull', VVahnea
27—Am wh ah Nor. Light. Norton, cruise.
John ami Fli/.ihelh, Long, cruise.
clipper sh Voting America, Babcock, New York
2R—
>h
(Iro/.imho,
Johnson. New lledford.
wh
brig Eon, Faiv, Baa tramisco.
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i';i-ii, Nantucket
" «" wh'•sh Columbia,
Bright
29—
Weaver, New Bedford.
Ph Benj. Howard, Saunders, New York.
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Akamai, Eliia, for Kauai.

A CARD. The Chaplain would gratefully acknowledge the receipt ol sVJI) from 11. 11. U.s Consul General, fiatattendance at Little liriton Hospital,
tor the quarter ending lice. SI, IMS.
To

Musters of W luile-Ships visiting the

dead which die in the Lord,—thai they may peat from
Hawaiian I "hi nils.
their labors and their works do followthem."
attention is called to the l'ollowiing facts
In Honolulu, Dec. 6th, Ma. Jaaoa Hoi.u it, agad 43 vcars.
The dena-ed was lately Inm California, bin formerly ol PI)
which aii' ottered as Inducements to visit
month, Miss Durum tin- aujourn oi thedeeeaand in //« lulu
he had u i.n I he e-teeiuol mi tin roils friends, a ml aHorded the KF.AI.AKEAIvI'A BAY the coming season for remost aatt-tfaetor) avidauca thai be had made the aaroaaary pre cruits.
You will find here in the greatest abundance and
paraf ion lor the unseen world. [4 oin.
At the Cttj Boa| ital, in llenolulu, Dee. 96, Mn.J.utt OlAT, of the best kind, the following articles, which will
lately fr..m California, hut originall) from Scotland. Ha was
be furnished at the shortest notice and at moderate
acarpenter by prolcs>ion, and had melded s«,iue paara in By
:—Sweet
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n.nsei rated herself lo I III" Of il-elt| I ness, ami e\el alt. I
Free Will Offerings,
went ftboUt dolDI tOpflV 1 Indeed her line COMtttUtlOtl MTU
impaired by her sell forgetting labors of love. A pro—llmonl
For the Seamen's Chapel, (seats free) supported Of
sudden death, u title in i o degree all", t ted her 11.t,pinna*,
by gratuitous contributions; and the Friend, one ie«i bar, durio| many of ither later
yean to plaa and ad lor im
thousand copies ol'which arc distributed gratuitous- day, and .she seldom cloned a day with an impression of duty
unperformed,
it
pre
eminently
a cfaarai terietlc of this
wm
ly among seamen in the l'acilic Ocean.
pious, di v.ihtl and useful woman to do with bar might what
Names.
Chapel. Friend. lii r hand found to do; and w. II may it be said of her, UB1 eased

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Potatoes, the best the islands afford.
Squashes, Melons, Oranges, Cocoannts, Beef, Mutton, Coats, Hogs, Fowls, Turkeys, Wood in any
5 00
PASSENGERS.
M
lll'lll
quantity, delivered at the landing. Lastly and most
5 on
Hy the Voting Amiru a. for \. w Yurk.—Hun. I. sVviranrp,
8 on lady
mill daughter. Miss II PWler, Mrs J l.ailil ami yon, tin important, you will run no risk of small pox, as that
5 00
si,.ii, Mis, \in,.-, .<ii.il. 'Japl 11 r Pendleton.
pestilence has not appeared here, nor
63 00
several
4!l 00
By Prince dc Jeiavtlle, from Ban Praneiacc^-Messrs E a miles of this Hay. Every attention within
Crewuf Mt Vernon,
7 no
will be paid to
II Mayoard.J Armstrong, It I. Chamberlayne,
BasBuggies,
y so
Mr. Wm. P. S.uilonl,
2 50
those
who
favor
us
may
with a call.
clii'ti, J Lewis, II M Past, t A Sunimera, A it Philips, ~'and :i
Mr. Tims. Crnwell,
2 25
Chinamen.
P. CUMINGS.
Capt. Nyo, Mount Vermin,
I 00
Restless,
By
Ihe
front
-New
.Mrs
Pish,
I.mill.in.—
A
Fish.
Ship
Mastor,
Kealakeakua,
1,
A
Sept. IMS—6m-IS
:t no
liy the Minna, lr.ni San Frain isc.i.—-Mr ami Mrs Waller, Mr
Ml. Ssunilors, F.niliiavnr,
1 50
50
1
tiriitiii, X McOaven. J Sinclair, J Ferguson, J Qrabam, W
A friendly ('.'(plain,
7 00
GEO. A. LATIIROP,
Harrison, Mr Tuthitl
Mr. Sherman, Culumliia,
3 00
Uy tin- /.lie, lor Ban Fi anrisro. —U Coady ami lailv, McSHI
,
Capt.
00 Hart, J p Johnson, B Blundall, W A
PHYSICIAN
I
AND SURGEON,
Clark,
J
Or
Wm. C. Hlller,
1 00 Nicola, J T vVaterhousc, John Thomas, Sherman,
llonoi.i-I.U, Oahu, 11. I.
Aches.
Thus. Ilnriisliy, Antelope,
1 no
Itv tin- iiriij. Howard, for New liriliunl Juims a
Anthon, Office at the Market
Mr. Win. V. Wreaks, Washington,
1 00
lady anil rhilil.
Drag Store. Residence, corBy ihr Boston,
Han Francleeo—Messrs J Lazarus, // ner of Fort and llcretania sts., next above the CathIf To our great surprise and delight, we find a Triari, T Bruaetn,from
ami B in tin- steerage.
olic Church.
small surplus in our hands, after settling all bills
oonnected with the publication of the Friend.
p. ~. SMITH.
11. 11. OILMAN.
Various receipts during 1853,
$813 12
Cost,
$874 83
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Arrived.
This gratifying result is owing; to an uncommon
GENERAL
n. Am wh sh Edgar. Pferaoa, ofC S. 850 wh moo hone.
number of freewill offerings during the last month, ; Dae. r».
Thus. Nye, Almy, 5«p95t>o wh 4oon bona.
I ft. Hre u Alex
supplied with KECKLTTS, STORAGE.
Ships
Barclay,/feme, 99 wh Soon bona.
and numerous now names added to our list of foreign I "M
7. Am M Levant, Cooper, L4oo wh fiooo bone.
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Rambler, Willis.
Am
7. Am Steamer Akamai, KJlis, 3o

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hour-- from

Hawaii.

Tho Chaplain would mako the following annual Dm. lo—Am vrh sh Rambler, Willis, I7oo wh, 9loon bone.
I.EWIS4 CO.,
12—Am wh sh Columbia, Caah, ESoowh, l4ooobona.
SHIP
report in regard to funds received for the incidental
sh
hone
CHANDLERS,
9o
lOoo
85ooo
Callao,
*p,
wh,
wh
Baker,
*' Am bng
13—Am
Han Pranclaeo.
Zoe, Paty, 99 in} i fr
I. It. MITCHKI.I.
Nalll'i. FaLIS JB. J. O. LtIVIA.
expenses connected with the Bethel.
sli
Core
New
a,
di
London.
Crocker,
Am
178 fm
Store formerly occupied by K. S: // Grime,
Debt, January 1, 1863,
M—Am t>k llaroiue, ampatead, rrom aaa in dtatraaa*
$175 (57
u Am sh //erald, //allow. Im l.ahaina.
Nouaxd Stbbxt.
Expended, during the year,
501 49
15
r Akamai. Ellia, II hours from Kauai.
Ships supplied with recruits. Cash advanced for
*' Steam,
Doc. l;—Am
bk Uonalanca, Chandler, 166 da fm Boatoat.
19—AmMh E I. 1'iost, //, uip-tead, II dl fan B. Irancisro Hills of Exchange.
677 Ofi
//onolulu, —tf.
10 Am bk rathliu.hr, Cres>v. IS dfl fm
Free will offerings during 1853,
*0
672 12
19—Ambrig Alphnnao, Cnhlu, 99 da fm
do.
do.
t>o—Am acta Franklin, r*utT, 11 da I'm
Present debt,
M,
$1 91
21— \m sch Ortolan, Boyd, 19 dl fin
[S3 da fin Sew London*
December 27th, 1853.
i.»:i—Amsrh RaaitcM,
U> ds fm San 1'iam i.sco.
S3—Am acta Minna,
A Monthly Journal derated to Temperance,
99—flaw stmr Akamai. Ellla, fm l.ahaina.
A CA1U). The StrniiRers' Friend Society would
'J:t
" bk Louisa, Bnckwood, fm Kawaihae.
Seamen, Marine and General Intelligence.
acknowledge $20 from dipt. Waiting, conimaudini; Dec.
Am brie Prihca de JoinVIlie, Law ton, !."> ds fm San
Kramisco.
a Bremen whalcship.
PUBLISHED AM) EDITED HY
30—Am brig Boaton, Tapley, II di fm Baal PfaJMaKO*
SAMUEL C. DAMON, Seaman's Chnplnin
History of the Sandwich Islands.
Cleared.
FEW COPIES of Jnrves' History of the Di'c. 3. Am wh sh Emerald, lagfer, erulae.
Islands
3.
Hamilton,
Holm, \. Bedford,
Am « Wm.
for sale at the Chaplain's
Sandwich
One copy per annum
$2,00
7. Brit Kfh Btacovary, Mitchell, for VaneonTan island.
StudyIf.
Susan,
Mary
7. Am wh sh
Two copies"
BrnWli, cruise and home.
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7.
Am wh bk //arvest, Alms cruise and noma.
DR.J. MOTT SMITH,
"--.._..
u **. Am hk llheriuc, Mor-e, for New London.
Five copies"
5,00
"I A bany, N. V.,
M 8. Am wh hk lit lie, Bbrdon,
H? Hound volumes ofthe Fuiknii, for 1, 2, 3, 4,
Bchell,
'I'urku,
Dec.
lo—Rum
bk
rruisc.
wh
OD'IJB KiftPUSa>ai,
ii, ti, 9, and 8 years, at the Chaplain'! Study. A reRaynotda, crui.ee an<l home.
" Am wh MBk .Minerva.
Office in Fdrt street, next door to the French
Oaattlaman. Cartwrlght, Japaa Baa.
duction from the subscription price will be made to
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Hotel.
■ MM iNapoIeon, llolley, cruise ulid home.
Si amen, and purchasers who desire more than a sinAsia, .Murin, lluvre.
12—Kr
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