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CONTENTS
For December,
1801.
Pack.
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K9
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t'roifstajits in Tahiti
90
Armies of the Potomac
91
Contributions to Heuevuleut Societies
91
Grand Uverlaml Telegraph
92
The Southern Rebellion
9*2
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Extracts from a Speech of Hun. D. S. Dickinson
93
93
A Novel Concert Room
Seven fools
93
94
A Letter from Home
Tracts
94
Curious
The Loss of National Existence to be more deplored than war. 94
Who is Jeff. Davis?
94
Marine Journal, lie, Ac
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Knd of Volume Eighteen
Thanksgiving ami Hawaiian Independence
Miipmajoer'a Sabbath Reverie
THE FRIEND,
DECEMBER 2, 1861.
End of Volume Eighteen.
\m Stria, M. n.
HONOLULU, DECEMBER JJlill
Alcohol are taxed tenfold, and pay their
without grumbling.
This year the day of Thanksgiving fortunately fell upon the 28th of Nov., tha same
as that of the Hawaiian Independence—the
eighteenth (if weremember correctly)anniversary of the French and English signing the
treaty guaranteeing the Independence of the
Hawaiian Kingdom.
Long live the King."
"Long
may the Hawaiian Independence be
respected and maintained ; and equally long
may an annual day of Thanksgiving be
observed among the people of the Hawaiian
Islands.
Mr. Stephens, Vice-President of the Southern
Confederacy, asserts that slavery is the
corner-stone of the new Republic! With
slavery for a foundation, what must be the
superstructure ! The chivalrous South must
not only fight the legions of the North, but
the spirit of the age and the genius of Christianity. The present conflict is not merely
between the forces of McClellan and Beauregard on the banks of the Potomac, but between free and forced labor, paid and unpaid
toil, freedom and slavery, the Gospel and all
its opponents. We close the year 1861 with
all those mighty and potent warriors "on
the tented field." "Truth is great and will
prevail."
taxes
" Well, I never was in a
THERE WERE SO MANY WHO
Thanksgiving !
REFUSED TO
drink."—lt is doubtless too true that many
in Honolulu are determined in opposition
to the dictates of reason, and reproofs of conscience, and remonstrances of friends, and
threatenings of God, to push onward their
way downward to a drunkard's grave, yet
there are not a few who hare resolutely determined " to touch not or taste not" intoxicating liquors. Not long since a certain
shipmaster found himself in company with
some who would not drink,and although he
urged, yet they refused, when he remarked,
Well, I never was in a place where there
"were
to many who refused to drink." Would
there were many more of this stamp. The
drunkard finds many hindrances in his way
to ruin. He finds many whose example
preaches a thoroughgoing teetotal lecture.
Total abstinence from intoxicating liquors,
is the only safe course.
And Hawaiian Independence.
This number closes the eighteenth volume
of the Friend. We would gratefully acThe twenty-eighth ult. was observed by a
knowledge the kind favors of those who have portion of the Christian community of Honocontributed by their pens or pecuniary aid, lulu as a day of thanksgiving, in accordance
for the support of this paper. We hope to with the
appointment »f the Hawaiian Evanclose up and pay the printer, so that on the gelical Association. There were public reli31st of this month and the last day of IS6I, gious exercises in the native Protestant
we shall be able to say that we have fully
churches, and also a union meeting at Fort
obeyed the injunction of Paul, in his epistle Street Church, where a sermon was preached
to the Romans, "Owe no man anything."
Rev. E. Corwin, from the text:
We feel somewhat inclined to repeat this by the
Kings of the with, and all people ; princes, and
injunction, and comment upon its importance. all judges of the earth: Both young men, and
This, then, should be strictly followed by all maidens ; old men and children Let them praise
the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exoellent ;
who are indebted to laborers, or those living his
glory is above the earth and heaven.—Psalms
upon a salary. " The laborer is worthy of cxivm : 11,12,18.
his hire," and he should have it, and that In the introduction, the preacher spoke of the
:
punctually. The employer should always
treat with consideration those in his employ
—his employees. They should be paid, not
grudgingly, but cheerfully. Prompt pay
makes willing hands. The mental laborer
works with a will when his pay is punctual
and sure. Our sympathies go forth towards
the toiling millions in other lands—how
poorly and miserably many of them are paid.
They are ground to the lowest point Ah !
there is the forced and unpaid labor of the
slave. Tell us not that the slave is happy,
while he can call nothing his own—no, not
even the child that calls him father! Yet
place where
general propriety of days of national thanksgiving; he enumerated life, health, a genial
climate, civil, social and religious privileges,
as among the blessings for which we were callThe announcement of the death of
ed upon to give thanks. The discourse was Joseph Pratt, Esq., will be received with
R.
well adapted to an occasion of this nature. deep regret by his many friends. He was a
been
In referring to the benefits which had
native of Boston, Massachusetts, but for the
conferred upon the community of Honolulu past nine or ten yean has resided in Honoduring the past year, Mr. Corwin made a lulu, where his brothers and sisters now
well-timed allusion to the new water-works.
and courteous
make their home. tjis
They are of incalculable benefit to all classes. disposition won fqr himmild
a huge circle of
Let no one complain of the government friends, and his death will leave a vacancy
"rates," when it is remembered that the in our business and social groups which time
devotees of Bacchus and bond-slaves of ialone can fill.
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Sabbath Reverie in Macassar Straits.
TS.AM.
BCAYPWHITHING.
THE FRENCH PROTECTORATE.
Sailing through these calm unruffled waters, I wis greatly impressed with the beau-
ties of the luxuriant isles of Borneo and
Celebes, and on looking over my chart one
Sunday morning, in company with a missionary passenger, we were both struck with
the poetical names in the East India Archipelago. My clerical friend begged me to
give him my ideas of the state of things in
the year 1900, if the nations of the earth
keep peace, and bind their united energies to
the glorious task of enlightenment in the
heathen lands, now in darkness, and I gave
him the following
VISION OF 1900.
Dedicated to the American Missions in China.
Whence come these mingled sounds of joy that
upward loudly rise,
Borne on each passing breeze aloft, pervading
all the skies ?
It is the ptean of the world, and joyfully it
swells.
For of a world by love redeemed, its music
sweetly tells.
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From everyisland of the sea, from many a distant plain,
From eastto west, from pole to pole, pours forth
the gladsome strain,
For Error's ohains are broken now, its captives
freed from thrall,
And now the light of gospel truth beams on the
path of all.
Hark! from the Chinese Empire's host: Our
idols are o'erthrown ;
At last we know our gracious God, and worship
Him alone."
Leuoonia'a natives join the shout that fills the
vocal air,
And savage tribes of Borneo are bowing low in
prayer.
"
From Java's coast, Sumatra's island, Mindanao's
shore,
The Monsoon catches up the strain and sweetly
wafts it o'er;
Each islet of the Sooloo Sea with cheering
speeds it on,
And gladsome songs of prayer and praise arise
from Palawan.
Oh! happy earth, true type of heaven, when
man to man shall bo
A brother, friend—from worldly last, hate,
avarioe, envy free;
When simultaneous through the earth the Sabbath bells shall ring,
Andall the nations to one God their hallelujahs
sing.
Is this bright vision of my soul to prove a transient dream 7
And is the missionary's hope a vain, delusive
beam?
Oh! no, we pray thee, God of love, that happy
day to bring.
When all the nations of the earth shall hail
Thee, Lotd and King.
When that sweet prayer our Saviour taught shall
far and wide be known
Our Rather "—Thou the only God, Redeemer,
Friend, we own
Then shall the grand Millenium dawn, earth's
glories fade away,
And our enfranchised soak enjoy afar mors
perfect day.
$hiv Oriental, Macassar Straits, 1854.
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In the N. T. Otmrwr.
PROTESTANTS IN TAHITI.
Nami'iis, (Tarn sad O«roni»,))
Juij v, lsei.
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I am going to draw the attention of your
readers to a very remote country, but one in
which France, and also the great cause of
the gospel, are interested.
You remember probably what occurred,
during the years 1842, '43 and '44, in the
Society Islands, and particularly in that of
Tahiti. The whole of Europe was agitated
by these events, and never did King Louis
Phillip fully recover from the crises which he
provoked. The inhabitants of Tahiti were
almost all converted to Christianity; they
possessed missionaries, churches, a regular
worship, schools, and even a liberal political
Constitution. Their advance in civilization
was wonderfully rapid. This prosperity excited the jealousy of the Popish priests, who
resolved, according to their usual custom, to
resort to arms in order to establish themselves in the Islands of the Pacific; and,
with the aid of Louis Phillip, or rather of
Queen Maria Amelia, a bigoted princess, a
French squadron, commanded by Admiral
Dupetit Thouars, penetrated to the Island of
Tahiti, threatening to bombard the city.
This odious invasion greatly shocked the religious community of England. The two
Governments exchanged hostile notes, and
war was upon the point of breaking out between the most powerful nations of Europe
because of this little island situated at the
other end of the globe. At last, Lord Aberdeen and M. Guizot consented to make an
arrangement; the missionary PritcAard,
who had been abused by the French officers,
received an indemnity, and the protectorate
of France was recognized by the Cabinet of
St. James.
The Roman Church hastened to send
missionaries to Tahiti und the neighborhood
around, who neglected no means to obtain
proselytes. But their promises and their
threats produced little effect. In vain they
offered bribes; in vain they expelled the
English pastors under false pretexts, and
tried to dazzle the sight and the imagination
of the natives by the showy pomp of their
worship; these snares disgusted the majority
of the inhabitants. The priests had found a
people who possessed and read the Bible.
The Tahitians, for the most part, remained
firmly attached to the doctrines which they
had been taught; and when they were deprived of their spiritual leaders, they chose
evangelists from among their own people to
preside over their worship and to instruct
their children.
Such is their condition at the present time.
Tahiti and the small neighboring islands
contain a population of 14,000-or more souls.
The number of communicants in the Protestant Church is about 2,300; a still larger
number of Tahitians attend the Evangelical
Church without making any public professions of faith. The congregations are under
the charge of native pastors, who are not
learned men, but who are full of zeal and
devotion. There are, further, six Popish
priests, liberally paid from the treasury of
France; they say mass before the troops in
the garrison and some of the inhabitants of
Tahiti whom they have succeeded in proselyting.
Liberty of conscience and of worship is
secure to all. This article is in conformity
with the Constitution of the State. Besides
it would be impossible to pass acts of intolerance in this country. Rome knows that
she must grant toothers the rights that she
claims for herself. Protestantism is recognized as the national religion, that is to say,
all the inhabitants' without exception, are
taxed for the Protestant worship and Protestant schools.
As to the political laws of Tahiti, they
are worthy of notice and sympathy. Queen
Pomare Vakine is at the head of the State.
She is about fifty years old, with a good intellect, and possesses the esteem of her subjects. She is the constitutional sovereign of
the country, and administers public affairs, in
connection with the French Imperial Commissariat, or Commandant of the French
Establishments in Oceanica. Besides, there
is a Legislative Assembly, composed of 145
members. The deputies are appointed for
three years. Every body of 100 inhabitants
chooses a representative. The Legislative
Assembly holds its sittings annually, and they
usually continue for a month. It appoints
its own President, Vice-President and four
Secretaries. Two Committees, one for the
examination of laws and petitions, the other
on finances, assemble regularly. The debates are published. What a strange and
wonderful sight to behold a people enjoying
the privileges of a Parliamentary Government, who, scarcely a century ago, were
plunged in all the horrors of Paganism, and
offered human sacrifices to barbarous deities !
The Bible preached by missionaries, and accompanied by the Spirit of God, has effected
the great change. 1 do not' pretend to say
that all the Tahitians are good and moral
men. Evil passions prevail there as elsewhere ; but it must be acknowledged that
the civilization of this people has made almost fabulous progress.
Some young men from Tahiti came to
Paris in 1847. They were educated in our
best colleges, under the direction of Rev.
Grandpierre, and.on returning to their native land they earnestly engaged in instructing their fellow-countrymen.
In the last session of the Legislative Assembly a pious Tahitian proposed to send a
petition to Queen Pomare and to the French
Imperial Commissariat, to ask permission to
have two Protestant pastors from the mother
country. I will quote some lines of this
note, for it will serve to show the intelligence and piety of this people. " As it is
very important," they say, that we should
be instructed in the national" religion of the
country, we petition our Emperor Napoleon
111. to select for us two French Protestant
missionaries from among our brethren in
France.
We promise to advance to
these missionaries, from the school fund, the
sum of 5,000 francs, to build houses for
them, &c. The enemies of our religion,
who are also the enemies of the French protectorate, seek to injure us, because we do
not wish to be ungrateful towards those who
have drawn us from Popery; they grieve us
by saying that we are not attached to France.
We believe that these false charges will be
refuted by the petition which we now ad-
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THE FRIEND, DECEMBER,
dress to you. We have been delivered from
our state of barbarism by Protestant ministers. Our religion is good; it inspires us
with love towards France, which protects us.
We are anxious that our children should
learn the French language ; but we do not
wish them to be tempted, by learning the
language, to chan. c their religion."
Some explanations are here necessary.
The priests and other agents of Popery have
invented, with base intention, the slanderous
assertion that the profession of Protestantism is an act of hostiliiy against France, and
that the Tahitians who persist in the evangelical faith are opposed to the French protectorate. The same priests have opened
schools, with the plausible design of teaching the children the French language, but in
bk reality to proselyte them to Romanism. The
■Christians of Tahiti have not been the dupes
Bof these conspiracies. They accept implicitly the protection of France; they are rejoiced to have their children instructed in
our national language; they only refuse to
change their religion; this is certainly their
right and their duty.
I have under my eyes the debates of the
Legislative Assembly of Tahiti upon this
subject: they occupied ■ two days. The
speakers were not eloquent; but they showed
good sense, judgment and fidelity. Napoleon 111. and his counsellors will return a
favorable answer, we hope, to the petition of
the Tahitians, who agree to pay the two
from their own purse. Religious
rty must be a reality.
G. dc F.
1 am, &c.,
Etors
The Immense Armies of the Potomoc.
There is little doubt, remarks the Cincinnati Enquirer, that the armies now in Washington and its vicinity amount to the immense aggregate of near 200,000 men on
each side, or 400,000 combatants. Whenever a general battle shall occur, it will not
only have no parallel on the Western Continent in the forces engaged, but hardly one
in the history even of modern Europe will
vie with it. The great battles of Napoleon
were generally fought with, numbers far inferior to those now under the walls of Washburn. For instance, at Austerlitz, where
Napoleon defeated the combined armies of
Russia and Austria, he had but 80,000
troops; the allies had 100,000. At Jena
and Auerstadt, where he broke the power of
Prussia, his forces were not over 130,000
strong. At the great battle of Wagram,
fought with the Austrians on the bank* of
the Danube, in 1809, he had but 150,000
men. At Borodino, under the walls of
Moscow, he had but 120,000 to oppose the
Russians. At Waterloo he did not have to
exceed 80,000 troops. Not one of the battles in Italy or Spain even equaled this last
number. The only battle field we now
recollect, where the combatants were as
numerous as those around Washington, was
Leipsic, in 1813, where Napoleon had 176,-000 men, and the allies—Russians, Austrians, Prussians, Swedes and Germans—
numbered 200,000. Nearly half a million
men took part in this tremendous battle,
which was known as the Combat of the Giants. It lasted three days, and ended in the
complete overthrow of Napoleon, who was
driven into France, where a series of disasend until Napoleon abdicated his crown and was exiled to
the Island of Elba, in 1814. No battle was
ever fought on the soil of the United States
where 60,000 combatants took part in it on
both sides.
From these figures we can judgeof what
a battle we have reason to expect when the
hosts of McClellan and Beauregard, more
than twice the number of those of Napoleon
and Wellington at Waterloo, come in collision on the banks of the Potomoc. It will
be an event that will be the great military
feature, probably, for ages to come, of
martial prowess in America. Washington
never had 30,000 men in one army under
his command; Jackson never had 15,000,
and Scott never before the present year had
seen 20,000 men under his orders. Great is
the ability required to manoeuvre and handle
such a large body of men, and bring them
all into action at the proper time and place.
The late battle at Bull Run extended over
seven miles from one end of our line to another. At Washington, probably, the battle
may be raging over a field double this size.
To know what is going on in such an amphitheatre, and to be prepared to order up
reserves and strengthen every exposed point,
requires the highest degree of intellect. At
the battle of Bull Run half of both armies
never fired a shot Beauregard had 40,000
men at Manassas Junction, only three miles
distant, whom he never used, and yet he
would have been defeated had it not been
for the opportune and unexpected arrival of a
portion of Gen. Johnston's army from the
Upper Potomac. McDowell had a powerful
reserve, that took no part whatever in the
action, and yet it was strong enough to have
beaten back Johnston's division if it had been
on hand at the proper moment. We have
confidence that McClellan has not only plenty of men, but believe he knows how to use
them.
ters commenced, that did not
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ter the Ascension of our Lord, and was distributed to the believing Jews and Greeks in
Palestine."
The papyrus is much damaged, and tho
fragments preserved are not very numerous,
but they supply two lost verses, furnish a
much purer text thanany other known version,
and clear up many passages that have hitherto been doubtful and obscure. The manuscript is written in the Greek uncial character, and in all probability was the identical
manuscript that was copied seven times by
Hermodorus, during the life of the apostle,
and likewise seven times after his death.
The copy from which the English version of
the Gospel is chiefly derived is the eleventh
copy made by Hermodorus, preserved in one
ofthe monasteries of the East, and in this
several errors have been made in the transscription. The publication of this work is
one of the greatest interest to the Christian
world, and will probably excite more attention than any similar discovery during tho
present century.
The Men of the Sea.—It is estimated
that there are more than 2,000,000 of men
engaged in a sea-faring life; or one out of
every 500 of the earth's population is thus
enduring the hardships and perils of the
sea to supply the remaining 499 with the
comforts and luxuries of life, or in defending
the rights and honor of the nation which he
represents.
In English vessels there are
300,000 men. There are 150,000 American seamen engaged in foreign commerce,
and nearly the same number are found upon
our inland waters. The whale fishery alone
employs 20,000, and the navy 7000 to 8000.
Nearly one-half of the whole number of
seamen are open to the truth as it is conveyed in the English language. Of this
large class of our fellow-men it may be truly
said, their field is the world. Go where you
will, you find the sailor.
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Where'er the hreescs sweep, or tcmpest-brcalh prevails,"
there is he seen who does business upon the
great waters, and beholds God's wonders in
The Earliest Copy of the Scriptures. the
deep.
—The London Literary Gazette of August
10th, states that during September there Contribution" to Benevolent Societies in
England, 1860.
will be published a work of rare interest to
the Biblical scholar. Itis a fac-simile of the British & Foreign Bible Society, t837,705
646,910
earliest copy of the Scriptures yet discover- Church Missionary Society,
703,365
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ed. The manuscript contains portions of Wesleyan "
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426,815
«
the Gospel of St. Matthew, and was written London
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• • 148,420
by Nicholaus, the seventh deacon, at the Baptist
"
150,180
dictation of the Apostle Matthew, fifteen Colonial Church Society,
208,100
,
The
Society,
manuscript, Church Pastoral
years after the Ascension.
J87.300
together with many others, was discovered Lpndon Society for Jews,
130,980
by the Rev. Mr. Stobart, in a sarcophagus, at Irish Church Missions
18,405
Thebes, and was brought by him to Eng- Turkish Mission Aid,
32,140
land. On his arrival in this country he sold Home Missionsry
15,020
a portion of his collection to the British Mu- Foreign Aid,
21,650
seum, and a considerable number of the re- Protestant Reformstion,
85,650
mainder he disposed of to Mr. Meyer, the Sunday School Union
16,720
celebrated archaeologist of Liverpool. Those Baptist Home Missions,
Society,
Irish
11,120
the
Museum
and
British
remain
unrolled
in
10,000
China Mission,
unread to the present day, but Mr. Meyer,
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48,430
having obtained the assistance of L§V K. Sailors' Home,
228,345
Simomdes, proceeded to unroll the various Church Education
3,100
papyri, and among others of great interest Jewish Converts,
21,410
was discovered one in fragments, containisw Methodist Free Church
136,465
portions of the Gospel of St Matthew, and Curate Society
615,633
bearing the inscription The writing by the Tract
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175,090
hand of Nicholaus the " Deacon, at the dic- London City Mission,
tation of Matthew, the Apostle of Jesus
Christ; it was done in (he fifteenth year af$4,755,965
.
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THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1861.
THE FRIEND,
The Southern Rebellion.
DECEMBER 3, 1861.
Stranger's
Friend
Society.—The next
meeting of the Ladies' Stranger's Friend
Society will be held at the residence of Mr.
Aldrich, in Fort street, on Thursday, De-
cember sth.
Our readers will find an interesting
letter in our columns, by the French correspondent (G. do F.) of the New York
Observer.
"Do not fail to subscribe for the
Friend,"were thelast words ofa shipmaster's
wife to him before sailing upon a three years
voyage in the Pacific. A shipmasterrecently
repeated the remark, as he called at our office
a few days ago. Are there not many more
ladies in the United States who would be
j;lad to have theirhusbands, or brothers, or
sons, subscribe for our monthly sheet ?
.
Some unknown person has laid upon our
table the Eighth Annual Report of the " Young
Men's Christian Association of San Francisco." We have read the document with
much interest, and rejoice to learn that an
association of this description has been in
active existenco in that city for eight years
past. This Report is accompanied by an interesting Anniversary address by the Rev.
W. C. Anderson, D. D., of that city. The
address contains the following paragraphs,
upon the present war in the United States :
War exists. Our peace-loving, happy,
prosperous country has dropped the plowshare and has seized the sword. Her commerce is languishing in her harbors; the
sound of the loom and the nnvil waxes fainter ; the note of the herdsman scarce is audible ; and in their room we have the " confused noise of the battle of the warrior," and
see the garments of our sons and brothers
rolled in blood. Let us look at some of its
characteristics.
Wife.—-There is a great reluc1. It is upon a stupendous scale. Among
tance, on the part of some shipowners, to al- the annals of rebellion and civil wars, history
low shipmasters to take their wives with records nothing like it. The civil strifes of
and Rome, and our fafher-land, Engthem. The following opinion of that old Greece,were
mere local insurrections when
land,
navigator, Capt. Benjamin Morrell,is worthy compared with this. It covers an area far
of consideration: Were I a merchant or a larger than that of the Roman Empire in
"
shipowner, so far from opposing the wishes the days of its glory—extending from Maine
of an affectionate wife who would accom- to the Rio Grande, from the Bay of the Delto that of San Francisco. It involves
pany her husband on a long and hazardous aware
directly thirty millions of people; a people
voyage, I would recommend such a measure for the most part inured to toil, and, when
to every shipmaster in my employ, and disciplined, destined to be terrible in battle.
consider it of more value to my interest than From the vast extent of territory, and the
the policy ofinsurance."—(Morrell's voyages, warlike character of the combatants, it is
likely to be the bloodiest war of modern
page 418)
times; already have we fearful earnest of
rand Overland Telegraph.—The last this fact.
iil brought the news that in Europe, by
2. It is an unprovoked war. It comes in
liting several telegraphic wires, it was the form of naked rebellion against just aupossible to convey intelligence, 2500 miles, thority, and against mild authority; authorwhich fostered and protected the personwbr from the extreme west of Europe to a ality and
material interests of all subjects.
remote part of Russia. By the same mail, Since the world began, never has there exwe learn the highly gratifying news that isted a government more mild, more equitaSan Francisco and Boston are now united ble. Errors in its administration have been
and gross, but they have never
by telegraph. The valley of the Mississippi numerous
come in the form of oppressions of the citiis spanned and the Alleghany and Rocky
zens. Oppression of any citizen or class of
crossed by the telegraphic wires, citizens was from its origin unknown. So
c hundred and twenty dispatches were faras the freedom and the rights of the subt the first day. News wns received in ject are concerned, if ever a civil governmolulu only 16 days from Boston! Well ment was entitled to the name of paternal,
ours. A too great disposition to yield
we remember the times when we were 150 it is
its own rights to the unreasonable demands
ys from Boston! During the Mexican of its citizens has been its greatest weakness.
r, the Honolulu people did not hear from And to that very party, which is now in re•ston, or the Eastern States, for a whole bellion, it hat been singularly kind, —humilar.
Some of the London newspapers iatingly so. Its legislative, judicial and exye announced that the "Union" was ecutive departments have, for the last thirty
to the unconstitutional dene, bat trrere seems to be sufficient remain- years, §(yielded
mands these men. With a coolness un[vitality to project new telegraphic enter- paralleled they have steadily held up in terprise*, and sapport an army of 400,000 sol- rorem disunion;" and to pacify and retain
"
diervto put downrebellion. The year 1861, them, the Government has broken its commodified its protective policy, depromises,
drawing to close, will be remembered as the
the
stroyed
only comprehensive and adeyear of the Great Rebellion and the grand
quate system of finance it ever had, and deTelegraphic achievement of the United graded itself in its own eyes and the eyes of
the world. They demanded the purchase of
Captain's
B
liuntains
the Floridas as an outlet for their peculiar
institution, and it was purchased «t the expense of millions of dollars. For the same
reason they demanded the annexation of
Texas, and it was done at the cost of many
millions more. They demanded that the
ordinance of 1787 should be set aside, and
that the soil which it had solemnly consecrated to freedom forever should be occupied
by Missouri as n slave State, and it was done.
As some atonement for this almost sacrilege,
a new line was drawn between free and
slave territory, known as the "Missouri
Compromise" line; a few years only had
passed beloro they demanded that this compromise should be annulled, and it was done.
In a word, the South had but to ask, and the
boon, however unreasonable, was granted.
It was only when it demanded the concession
of the fundamental principle upon which the
nation cxi«ts,—namely, that the majority
must rule, —that it said no ! And even then
it was a reluctant no; for days and weeks it
meekly suffered the despoiling of its goods,
the invasion of its territory, and treated its
rebellious subjects with the forbearance which
an over-fond father extends to a spoiledchild ;
and it was only when its flag wns trampled
under foot, its commissioned servants driven
from their posts of duty by shot and shell,
and a determination avowed to take the National Capital, that it resisted. I repeat,
never was there a Government so kind, so
conciliatory, so forbeariug, as has been that
of the United States to all citizens, and especially to those who have rebelled against
it; and I again declare that by no act of its
own has it given cause, or even plausible
occasion, for this rebellion.
3. The end proposed to be accomplished by
this war is sui generis, literally so; an end
such as was never before proposed by any
people whatsoever rising up in arms. Tho
civil wars of our fatherland had for their
avowed end the liberty of the people; such
was the wur of the Commonwealth in Cromwell's day; such was the almost bloodless
revolution of 1668; liberty was the object
of our own revolution; such was the proposed end of all the French revolutions.
The people of Continental Europe arose in
1848 to obtain freedom ; so did the brave
Hungarians in 1849. The recent successful
uprising in Italy was to obtain deliverance
from despots, and a distinct nationality.
There is something holy in wars like these.
Even the groans of the dying are softened
and hallowed, yea, the memories of the dead
are sainted by the glorious godlike cause.
But what is the object of this war of 1861 ?
This war in tho heart of free, liberly-loving,
Christian America ? What is its avowed
end and object ? It is to destroy that constitutional liberty which Washington and the
fathers have bequeathed to us. It is to.blot from
the page of world history the heart-cherished
truth "that all men are created equal, and
have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness." It is a war based on the abominable assumption that the great theory of
self-government is a failure ; and hence the
purpose to found on the ruins of our glorious
republic an empire whose "corner stone,"
to use their own words, is •' human slavery."
It is a war against free labor and in behalf of
slave labor. In a word, it is a war whose
end and aim is to forge beyond the power of
93
THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1861.
breaking, and to rivet forever, the chains of
human bondage. Whether, then, we regard
it in its origin, its progress, or its aims, we
arc forced to pronounce it an unprovoked,
unkind, ungodsy war.
But this unholy war is now fairly inaugurated, and has received a baptism in the
blood of hundreds of the noblest patriots of
the land. Its termination by compromise is
impossible. The South desires no compromise ; never proposed to receive any. It
claims the absolute, unconditional concession
of all its demands; and they arc enormous.
The Government must surrender all harbors;
all the forts; yea, all the territory south of
Mason and Dixon's line; it must recognize
the Confederate States as an independent
nation ; it must permit u monarchy, or an
iron military oligarchy, to be planted on that
soil of freedom which was bought by the
blood of the Revolution. On the part of the
United States it is a war for existence ;
nothing more; nothing less. Make peace on
the ultimatum of the South and the great
Republic ceases to have an existence. Under these circumstances the cry of " noncoercion," "peace," is simply the traitor's
cry. It is the weapon he uses to defend his
friends in places where he cannot use the
sword. Such is the present condition of our
national affairs. The crisis which is upon us
is a fearful one, and may not be shunned
even if we desire to do it. As lovers of
freedom and of our country, the only course
left to us is to adjust ourselves to this new
and sad condition of things.
mischief und destruction. A military despotism will be inaugurated whenever you
permit this rebellion to triumph.
« But some cry we are in favor of peace.
Yes, we are all for peace now. I was for
negotiating a peaco until a fortification was
fired upon by a rebel artillery, and then I
bade adieu to all expectations of peace until
conquered owrrebellions. (Cheers.) I say
there is no peace until you can put down rebellion by force of arms. We must stand by
the Union. You may make peace with the
loyal men of the South, and there is the
place to make it. But how will you do it
with rebellion? Go with an agreement in
one hand and a revolver in the other, and
ask the Confederacy to take its choice ? If
there is any you can deal with it is the loyal
citizens of the South—those that are persecuted for the sake of their Government, those
that love their Constitution and are willing to
die in its defense—when they are restored to
position by conquering rebellion. All should
strive together for this good end—men should
bare their bosoms in battle, women implore
in the name of Heaven that the blessings of
the Union should return, and children raise
their little hands to curse this rebellion as a
ferocious monster that has come hither to
torment them before their time, and dim with
blood and tears the lustre of their bright star.'j
three persons beside our four selves and instruments, all upon the stump of a tree at
the same time!
Seven Fools.—i. The envious man—
who sends away his mutton because the person next to him is eating vension.
2. The jealous man—who spreads his bed
with stinging nettles, and then sleeps in it.
3. The proud man—who gets wet through
sooner than ride in the carriage of an inferior.
4. The litigious man—who goes to law in
the hope of ruining his opponent, arid gets
ruined himself,
5. The extravagant man—who buys a*
herring, and takes a cab to carry it home.
6. The angry ninn—who learns the ephicleide, because he is annoyed by the playing
of his neighbor's piuno.
7. The ostentatious man—who illuiufes
the outside of his house most brilliantly, anlf
sits inside in the dark.—Punch.
Donations.—For the
Home," from Capt. Justlius, offiuers sod crew of ''
the Uustuan Ship Vzaritsa,
j}6o. For the " Friend," Iron. Cspt. Stewart, of
tho Thomas Vickason, 1)6 ; Cspt. Pierce, uf the
Magnolia, #6 ; and from Mr. Brown, $1.
Information Wasted
Rcspectln; Ktlkm S. Qioba. lie w»i on board the "Mm
tesuma" at Honolulu In 1869, ami wasdlaoharged herein IPSS
Cummunlcatc with llev. J. 1). Ilutler.rkartiiii'a Chaplain, Ntw
Bedford, or tlie Salter of the fritnd.
Respecting Hrnry Howera, of San Francisco, who left hart
Yankee, 18 monthaago, at Honolulu. l'lcaaccommunicate with
Mm. K. 11. Lambrrt, of San Prancnon, or the Kdltor of »'n»n.l
Res|M>ctlng William I). Hrntly. belonging to Ptilladvlphu.
lie last wrote, In 18A0. from Honolulu. Any information may he
communicated to the Editor of the Vritml, or to Writ,lit.
Smith At "careall,merchant*, No. 6, NorthGib St., Iliiladelphis
It'.jx'ctnic 0/ir.r R. (iilr, of N. Andover, Haas. Be ha
the intra- Martha laat November.
Respecting Peter Parrla, Ihjto in Syracuse, N. V., andla now
twenty-three yar< old. He has heen abaent from hOBM Bttr
years. Any information will be gladly received by the editor,
or by hlamothur, lira. Catharine Welch, Syracuse Mew York.
Heapectlng Mr. Alamo f*earsa7/,helonging to Ship Chandler
Prioe. He will And a letter with the Kdltor of the friraa.
Information in sought by Mr. Willett P. Wbeaton, iM Staatea
street, Brooklyn, L. I.
KcaiMM-ting Paul Strinberg, of Sagao, In Silesia, left Ist?,
In ahlp Gellert, Capt. Ihlder, from Hamburg for Adelaide,and hsa
never heen heard of. An anxiouamother longa tohear from ban.
Heapectlng Hartwelt H. Martin, belonging to Brookaflekl.
Mass. He wal last heard from on board ihip Julian, Winagar.
Should the Captain of Uila >hip visit Honolulu, he la istnasihn*
to call upon the Kdltor of the e'riVad.
Heapectlng KmtnoH Starkr.y, of Hcholioth. Mass. lie left
a whaleahlp at the Sandwich lalanda, lick, In IM2. Any Int. I
ligence will be gladly received by the Kdltor, or llradford Cummlngs, North Kehoboth, Maaa.
Respecting Samutl U. Uodgr, a aon of KHaaljeth Dodge, of
Kast Cambridge. He was at Uie lalanda, alx or seven yean
llnoe. Shouldhe callupon the Chaplain, he will And a letter.
Heapectlng William Smith, a tailor during laat eeaans on
board thebark Vkirenoe. Information may he aent to hla frkatf
In Brooklyn, New York, or to the Kdltor of the frirnd.
Hrauecting Mr. Charlrt Uuttait, belonging to Columbia.
Tollaud County, Connecticut.
Respecting 7»*a Water, who belonga to IlulTalo. New York.
He left home In 18M, but waa laat heard from in 1869. Any
Information will In gladly received by hit parvota, or the KdKor
of Uia *'rirno\
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NSW POEfIUD, "eh. 17,1U1.
Ms. Dun, Data Sis -.—By the request of the friends of
John A. Harvey, whom they auppcee it on board ol somewhaler
In the l"aciuc, will you picas* adverllae for him, and request
him to ooniraunlcsie with hla mends or with you. It will as
a great satisfaction to Uiem.
you will do a
Should you gain any Information froei him,
of New rortlaoa,
great favor by writing to C. C. Harvey,
Maine.
Youn reapecirully, Cart. Jon* D. W ii.hsu
A Novel Concert Room.-Prof. J. M.
Boulard, Director of the celebrated "Alleghanians (Vocalists) and ijwiss Bell-Ringers," gives the following account of a concert
Extracts from a Speech
given on the stump of one of the California
Delivered by lion. Daniel S. Dickinson of New mammoth trees:
We arrived here yesterday; traveled fifYork, at a mass meeting of citizens in teen
miles out of our route for the purpose
Tunchanrmck, in Wyoming County, Perm.,
of viewing what I consider the greatest curi-'
August 19.
osity in existence. These curiosities are
General
Jackson
had
the
hearts
of
the
more nor less than trees—trees of
nothing
"
American people more than any man of such mammoth proportions that any descripmodern times. And why ? Because he met tion which might be given of them must
great necessities like a man. He did'nt go, certainly appear fabulous to any one who
in times of stirring necessity, to demonstrate has not actually seen them. Within an
problems from musty precedents, but when area of fifty acres ninety-two of these mona man wanted hanging he hung him first and ster trees are found standing, and are belooked up tho law afterward. (Laughter.) yond doubt the most stupendous vegetable
There are times and occasions when this is products in the world. They are situated in
the only way to do in dealing with treason. a valley near Calaveras County at the source
The civil law affords no adequate remedy. of the Calaveras River, fifteen miles above
While you are discussing the question the Murphy's Camp. These vary in size from
country may be ruined, the capital in flames, 80 to 112 feet in circumference, and from
and the archives destroyed. When the war 300 to 460 feet in height. Only one ofthese
—
is over we may examine and sec if any one giants of the forest has ever been cut down;
has incurred a penalty for suspending the and to accomplish this feat, it took five men
writ of habeas corpus. Oen. Jackson paid with saws and augers twenty-fivesdays; it was
his fine, but not till after he hud put down cut off about 10 feet from the ground j the
both foreign foes and domestic traitors.
stump at this point measures 32 feet in
as there is a citizen South that diameter, and being covered or shaded by a
" So long
CisiLaaroßTß, sua Sai.nr, Ynaaaaiss, I
demands the protection of the Government, beautiful arbor, we used the top of this stump
MXOLAXD, reh.lt, :n«l.
having, in the course of
then it is our duty to protect the Government for a concert-room. Friday evening, July 9, Daaa Sis:—My husband's brothertouched
at the Sandwich
occupation
recently
aa
a
aallor,
of the Union for his sake. (>«Sound," 1859, we gave a regular "Grand Stump his
lalauds, tens me that while hla ship was there, a man of
annulled
provisions
aaase
of
Arartca
litem
with
lis also
That's the talk," ice.) And when there is Concert," " for one night only," to an audi-1 taw
"none
Sweated awe toyou as a gentleman who would perhaps kindly
it is our duty to maintain it; for, po- ence of fifty-three persons. We sang all our a,.i*t me In maklnn Inquiries,either by advtrtlaing In the papers
or otherwise, aa to whether there were sUHany persons on las
litically, geographically, socially, and com- national and patriotic songs, and the enthu- island
or Islandsof that nam.
1 had three brothers of the names of William, Abraham sad
mercially, it is one in every sense—it is ut- isiasm manifested was almost unbounded, and Isaac
sll sailers, but the family has not heard from
terly impossible for this Government to be was certainly very flattering to us. We either Newton,
of them for eighteen yean.
The last letter *s received, informed v* that they were at
divided without its utter destruction to both ]have sung in the Mammoth Cave, under the Valparaiso,
and that they were going to the Island of Otaheilc,
to
attempt
When
divide
North
and
you
given
(I think,) and certainly the Sandwich lalsuda.
sections.
Horse-Shoe at Niagara Falls,
mention
by brother-in-law of the man by the name of
The
and South, you must do it East and West. ]hundreds of other concerts during the past Newton, at Honolulu,
leads me to hope thathe Is probably my
It would be a great oomtort to myself and family if
Then all will go to pieces, and our country itwelve years, but never one that will be brother.
would kindly he at the trouble of inquiring tor us (if prac
you
]
Mexico,
—worse
than
beUuMwS) whether ■* hnMliori b* nvltvv oc «n*dwill be a Mexico
cause we have ten times more material for i
__
'
,
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THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1861.
94
iii. 4, and walked in Eph. ii. 2, and my
continual conversation at that time is still
why do you read the Bible so recorded in Eph. ii. 3.
said little Mary;
haven't you
"I heard one day that an inheritance had
been purchased for me, and a description of
it all through ?"
Yes, my dear, a great" many times," said itreached me; you will find it at 1 Peter i.
A Letter from Home.
Rer,
"
"
her mother.
4.
Well, then, you must know all there is
One who resides in Heb. iv. 14 had
"
in it by this time; and yet you read it every purchased it, and paid an extraordinary price
for it; but, to say truth, I did not believe
iay."
"Do you remember last summer, Mary, this report, as I was entirely unacquainted
when you were away at Miss Brook's school ?" with the MAN, and long experience had
convinced me that strangers never gave fa" Yes, mother."
You told me that when you got a letter vors through love alone, and friends seldom
"
from home you used to read it over and over, gave any favors that cost much.
However, I called at 2 Tim. iii. 16, as
till it was almost worn out."
"And so I did, mother."
my own prospects at Eph. ii. 12 were as
" Well, what made you read the letter bad as they could be. I
so often ? You knew all there was in it."
found the house sought for at 2 Cor.
"1,I and
the invitations to it, which you
Because
it
seemed
a
made
pleasure,
v.
and
"
mc think about home, and you, and father." will sec put up at Isa. iv. 1, 2, and by John
" So, my dear, I read over some parts of at vii. 37, are wonderfully inviting to the
the Bible that I have read hundreds of times poor and needy.
The house has only one door, and it
before, for the same reason, that it reminds
mo of my home, of my heavenly Father, was some time before I saw the door at
and my Savior, and of what he wishes mc John x. 9.
"My permanent address will now be 2
to do; and therefore I lovo to read it."
"Is heaven my home too, mother ?" said Cor. v. 1, but if you call any day at Heb.
little Mary.
Shall you take me with you iv. 16, you will meet me and many others ;
when you go ?"
we arc daily in the habit of meeting there.
I cannot tell you, my dear; I cannot "If you call, attend to what the servant
give you leave to go to heaven, but I know says at Luke xiv. 22, and you may depend
"
"
"
"
"
mean Jesus Christ, mother."
" Ah !• you
my
you must ask Him ; and
Yes,
dear,
"
you roost read and learn to understand this
Book, which is like a letter from Him/to us,
upon what that servant says."
The Loss of National Existence
more deplored than war.
to be
Nevertheless, leaving the responsibility of
and tells us all about himself and heaven.
When you can, I hope you will love to read the beginning and continuance of this conflict to those on whom it must rest, I feel
the Bible as much as I do."
equally bound to say, that beyond all the
evils of the present war, with all its calamCurious Tracts.
ities, losses, sufferings and sins, would be
A hunter-up of literary curiosities in the loss of national existence, the permaEngland recently stumbled upon a box of nent severance to the American Union. A
" Scripture Night-lights," by the Rev. B. nation may well suffer in the maintenance
Power, M. A., with a picture on each of of the principles on which it was founded.
them of one of Child's night lamps—a wick Individual suffering and loss, social and
burning in a little saucer of oil. These commercial embarrassment or bankruptcy,
Scripture Night-lamps " consist of twelve the prostration of credit, the impoverish"little
dissertations on twelve little words: ment of cities, the loss of life; bad as they
" Also," Upon," Yet," " Lest," are, are yet not to be considered in com" Never,"
" Ye," Sown."
" And," But," " Any," parison with the great and enduring evils of
All."
national ruin. Whether the present war
'• How,"
Of course the bait here is to excite cu- continues one year or ten, it is not so bad as
riosity as to how these small words are to be the continued series of wars and internal
made the text of an evangelical discourse. strifes that would certainly succeed the disThe solution is very simple. A text is chos- ruption of the Union. There would be
en which happens to contain the word, and witnessed here the same tragedies which
a great deal of pains is taken to emphasize kept the German States so many generathe function of the word in that particular tions in almost unending conflict, the effects
text, and this is all. Thus the night-light of which have not yet passed away. Nay,
is elicited from the text, " Neither our case would be far worse than theirs, for
" Any any
shall
man pluck them out of servile war would be added to all other evils.
The question now before us is not to demy father's hand."
The rest may be
imagined. Mr. Powefn»* night-lights " are termine upon war or peace. This has alchiefly wick, and if there be twelve .virgins ready been determined, with or without our
who would trust to them, we fear they are intervention, and beyond all present control.
all foolish virgins.
It is manifest, regret it as we may, that the
But even Mr. Power hns successful rivals. war, the trial of strength, if you please to
G. Forlong writes one of a series of very call it so, must go on until one of two
dear "penny letter tracts," and calls it things happens either, the "Seceding
I Was and What I Am." This is States," having sufficiently proved the folly
"theWhat
nature of the performance:
of rebellion and the strength of the Government
will return to the Union, not as subWHAT I WAS AND WHAT I AM.
jugated, but as equal States, as they were
" Dear reader, I once resided with 2 Tim. before, or, both parties becoming weary of
"
"
"
"
"
"
—
the contest, a treaty of peace, with some
sort of re-adjustment of inteiests, will be
declared. In the former case, a new era of
happiness and national glory will begin. In
the latter, a temporary truce.fjrith renewals
of war and divisions—a condition of things
little better than anarchy, for an indefinite
period, is the best to be expected. But to
attain cither result, the. active prosecution
of the present war for a time, how long no
one can say, is now understood to be an unavoidable condition. The only thing left for
individuals to do is to choose on which side
they will stand. We speak with sadness,
and the stem-reality of passing events Is
yet more sad. For weeks, for months, perhaps for years, this fearful civil war is destined to go on. But if it results at last,
as God grant it may, in the full re-establishment of the United States government
in its integrity and pristine vigor, the sacrifice will have been well endured, the suffering will not have been in vain.—Loyalty
and Religion By Rev. W. C. Eliot, St.
Louts.
—
Who
is Jeff. Davis President of
Southern Confederacy
the
Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky in
ISOS, and in infancy was removed with his
family to Mississippi. He received a military education at West Point, where he was
graduated in 1828, and was appointed brevet
second lieutenant. During the seven years
that he remained in the army, he served
with credit in several Indian wars, but resigned his commissipn in 1835 and turned
cotton planter. His first appearance in politics was in the Polk presidential campaign.
The next year ho was elected to Congress,
but he resigned in 1846 to command a regiment in the Mexican war, where he served
with distinction. After his return he was
elected to the Senate, and, in the stormy debates which preceded the compromise of
1850, he distinguished himself as the most
uncompromising champion of extreme southern claims. He was a forcible debater of a
highly intellectual cast of mind, with a subtle pride which perverted his whole moral
nature. He was President Pierces Secretary of War, and, despite the superior abilities of Marcy, was the leading spirit of that
cabinet. His unscrupulous and domineering
nature gave him complete ascendancy over a
mediocre man like Pierce and a man of supple principles like Cushing; and Marcy,
though he did not approve, was powerless to
resist the bold pro-slavery machinations in
that really able cabinet. It was then that
Jeff. Davis sowed the dragon's teeth from
which hosts of armed men nave sprung up.
The Kansas imbroglio, which was fomented
by that cabinet, was the entering wedge
which has cleft the Union. Douglas's repeal of the Missouri Compromise would
have worked little practical mischief, had it
not been for Jeff. Davis's successful plot in
the cabinet to abet the attempts to thrust
slavery into Kansas in spite of the will of its
inhabitants.—The World.
Result of Practice.—it is said that
the children who are taught to punch the
eye-holes of needles by hand, acquire
such dexterity as to be able to punch a
human hair and thread it with another.
.
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MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I.
ARRIVALS.
ov. 16—Am wh ship Congress 3d, Stranberg, from 11110, before
reported, lay on*and on.
jo Am wh bark Isabella, Tucker, fromLahainn, before
reported, lay off and on.
16—Atn wh ship Marengo, Kldridge, from Hilo, before reported, lay offand on.
16—Am wh ship Navy, aarvent, fm 11110, before reported,
lay off and on.
16—Am brlgantine Sheet Anchor, Sayward, 26 days from
Alberni, Y. 1., with 200 M ft lumber, 30 tons coal,
30 tons mdae, 6a_erls saluwn.to 11. Uaukfekl A Co.
16—Am bark Yankee, Ciaxloii, 14 days fmSan Francisco,
with merchandise to Wilcox,Klcharils A Co.
100 ap,
16—Haw wh brig Akilia, Manimen, from Ochotsk,
600 wh, 6000 bone, aeuaon and on board ; 000 wh,
11,000 bone, voyage.
Ruasian-Americau Co's ship Zaritia, Juaeleus, 21
days from Sitka, with 1060 barrels salmon to 11.
llackfeld & Co.
17—Am brlgt Josephine, Stone, 16dsy»from Baker's Is.
10—Am wh ship Ituaseaa, llreene, fm Ochotsk, 1000 wh,
14.000 bone, season ; 1000 Sh, 22,000 l>n, voyage ;
1000 wh, 14.000 bone, on board.
days fm
19—British Lark Thomas Daniel, Alexander, 143
Liverpool, with assorted saavthandise to Janion,
Heath.
Ureeu a Co. Passenger—Thomas
20—Am wh ship Thomas Dickason, Stewart, from Hilo,
before reported, lay off and on.
22—Am wh bark Martha let, Cornell, fm Lahaina, before
reported.
24 Haw wh bark Florence, J Spencer, from Uchotak, via
Hilo, IQOU wh. 14,000bone, aeaann.
24—Am brig Francisco, Richmond, 31 ilaya from Port
Towneend,with lumber, etc.,hi 11. Hackreld A Co.
26 Am wh skip Josephine, Chapman, from Hilo, before
°
reported.
_
DEPARTURES.
Nov. 13—Am wh ship Itlectra, Brown, for coast of California
and home,
16—Olivir Crocker, Cochran, for New Zealand and home.
IT Am wh ship Congress 2d, Strauberg, for coast of California and home.
18—Ass Wh ship Marengo, Kldridge, for Westward mid
Japan.
18—Am wh ship Adeline. Barber, for the lane anil Arctic.
18 Am wh ship Navy, Sarvent, forWestward and Arctic.
18—Am wh bark Belle, Brown, lor a iperin-wliale cruise
and home.
18—Am wh bark Alice. Borbe, for New Zealand andhome.
IS—Am wh bark Florida. Fish, for Westwardand Arctic.
20—Am wh bark Nile, Kldridge, for Melbourne, with a
cargoof oil.
20—Am wh ship Ocean, Clark, for coast of California.
Maria, Comatuck, for coast of California—sailed
rich
23
aaJßeuder to the wh ship Ocean.
23—Amwark Comet, Com. Paty, lor San Francisco.
23 Am wh ah Good Return, Flah, lor N. Zeal'd and home.
23—Am wh bark Gratitude, Davis, for home direct.
27 —Am wh bark Onward, Allen, for coast of California
and home.
28—Am whsh Magnolia, Pierce, tsjeruiae South ami home.
28—Am »h ship Othello, Klllmer.for WestM and Ochotsk.
20—Haw wh brigVictoria, Dauelsbcrg, lor Margarita Bay.
20 Am wh ship "naaaacliuaetu, Greene, for Westward
and Ochotsk.
29 Asa Wh ship Montreal, Soule, to cruise and home.
EJ Asawh bark Ontario, Poster, for N.Zeal'd ;ind home.
,
,
,
26—Am wh ship South Boston, Randolph,fm Hilo, before
reported, lay off and on.
wh ship Massachusetts, Greene, from Lahaina,
fH~ Ambefore
reported, lay off aial on.
26 Am wh ship Good Return. Fish, returned for repairs.
27—Am wh ship Montreul,Soule,fm Hilo, before reported,
lay offand on.
2ax%aawM gun-boat Morge, Crown, 36 days from Callao,
bound to Amour via Nagasaki.
MEMORANDA.
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XT *nlp Chat. W Morgan, Hamilton, report,—Left HonoPORTF
LAHAINA.
lulu April 17 ; went on the Ochotsk May 2UBbuud a great ileal
oflee and fog at Mercury Bay during June sfa July, and whales
scarce at first. Went into the same Bay again, and cruised
«X RIVALS.
there during August and September, and found whales plentiful
then ; took 6 whales there. Captured our lii"t whale June li. Nov. B—Am wh bark (laiailulssjaiilln Oreen, from Ochotsk, 600
lat. 44° 02 N.,|png. 140° 80 K. ; kast one offOchotsk City Oct.
wh, 7000 hone, season ; 18 sp. 600 wh, 7400 bone,
13th. Saw moat whales In Mercury Bay. Had tolerably good
voyage ; 600 wh, 7800 bone, on hoard.
400
City,
the
season.
Oct.
off
Ochotsk
had
14,
weather throughout
14—Am wh bark Maroon Ist, Cornell, from Ochotsk,
a heavy snow storm. Took eight howneeda and one right wbß
wh, 6000 bone, Sanson ; 60 sp. 1800 wh, 11,000bn,
(our
voyage;
right
whaleand
twwheuds
wh,
—struck and lost one
1400
6000 bone, on board.
accidents unci Isul weather, whichwould probably have mauaßsJ
In all 1100 oris this season two of our whales were large—one, I
DEPARTURES.
a right whale,made 207 brls., the other, a bowhead, 196 brls. I
ti
Mr. John Williams, 2d officer, hail hla hand badly injured by 1
the bursting ofa bomb-gun, while fast to sright whale ; he has, Nov 14—AjMBbarkIsabella, Tucker, to cruise Westward.
bark Cicero, Stlrera, to cruise Westward and
16—
however,recovered from his Injuries, hut has lost hla lore-Anger.
26th,
Left the Ochotsk and casts through the 60th passage Oct..
s
lat.
46
32
20th,
N.,
and had light s.K. winds for three days;
king. 173° 10 X encountered a severe gale from W.N.W.,
whichlasted for 18 hours; we laid-to under bare iioles for 14
PASSENGER.
hours, and lost the starboardami bow-boat off thecranes. Took
the trades strong in lat. 30° and carried theui to the islands.
From San Francisco—per Yankee, Nor. 16—alias Mary
touched off Ijshaina on the 13thNov., and arrived at Honolulu
Cartwrlght, II Bruns, wire and 2 children, Miss M Johnson. E
next day—2o days |«ssage.
Clifford, Then Urulib, Unas KlunE, ThSD Charter, J Baker, Wm
XT Bark Planrt, Dalhnan, re|iort»—Left Honolulu Jan. 13 HerU-rt, J J Smith, Win Cliff. B CtSExwy, Mr Allen, Mr Robert
am) first cruised on the Line ; saw sjienn whales on the22d
—17.
and three aaroe day In lat. 4J N., long. 16H) °W. Saw sperm
For San Francisco—per Comet, Nov 23—Capt T Brown, Dr
whaleaagain Feb. 27 ; struck one, but lost him. Next went to Smith, II S B:ibcock, Dr H B Whiteand servant, Dr Jouen, Dr
Ascension, and thence to Hakndadi, where I remained forty- I. 11 Uulick, T Gulick, t'spt Labusle, Capt J Linileuberg. Capt
four days, being ill luostof the time Is-ft there May 6, and M Clinkowstrom, Geo Thomas. John Urscias, Jim-Silva. Frank
went Into the Ochotsk on the Uth ; found phuty of ice, and was Joseph, U Uurley, Chaa Rehard, J Skinotr, J Fuller, J Boos,
amongst it for 22 days. Saw the first bowheads June 6, lat. Mr Hurlbert. Chas Smith, J T Donlen, John Evans, M Devnae,
66° 10 N., long. 141° K. Took firstwhale June 28 ; captured W B Moores—2B.
eleven whales lliia season, six of which were taken in Sliantar
For New Bedford—per Ontario, Nov 28—R W M'Coushtry
bay, where we aaw the most whales during the cruise. Found
From Ai.bkiim, Y. I.—per Sheet Aitchnr, Nov 15—0 Gurley,
the weather iv the Ochotsk good first part of the season. DurWheeler.
ThomaS
ing the whole of July,had thick, foggy weather. Jan. 23d, one
From Baekr's Island—per Josephine Nov. 17—Charles 11
of our seamen, a native of Guam, was killed by the head of a Judd, wife, child and servant, Wm B suave, one Chinaman,
whale falling on him while taking It on deck, l-eft FYlixstolT and 44 natives.
Oct. 10, and was 28 days on the passage down ; had moderate
From Sitea—i*r Zarltaa, Nov 17—CaptF Lindenbrrg, Capt
weatherall the way.
M ClinkoWMkriau.
For Meleourse—per Nile, Nov 20—Henry sfswaan, Thouiaa
XT Ship Rotirau, Greene, reports—Cruised the first.part of
tho season, from April 14 to May 20, in the Japan Sea ; saw but Wilkinson, Miss Alice Wilkinson, Miss Ella KeyV.
few whalss,and those very wild and shy ; struck two, but lost
them. Tonchcd at Hakndadi on the 22d of May, and sailed on
the 26th for Ochotsk. JuueS. In lat. 46 s 40 N., long. 162° 36
DIED.
E., saw a right whale and took him. Arrived on the 69 °<0
ground July 1, but saw only one whale while there. Put away
Pbatt—ln this city, Tuesdny, Nov. 28,1881, Mr. Joseph R
for the Shantare, and made the ice ami land July 7 i found the
Ice plentiful and whales scarce. Took our first bowhead on the Pratt, of Boston, Mass., V.H.A., sged 40fears, 4 months and
Bay
Sept.
21 | 17 days.
28th July, In 8. W. Bay, and the last In Shantar
Mokoan—At sea, October 5, on board bark Thomas Daniel.
saw no whalesafter the 23d. Left Shantar Bay on the 4thOct.,
passage
on William Morgan, aged 19 years, a native of Swansea, England.
Felixtoff on the 11th, and passed through the 60th
the 18th. Fresnthe long, of 16i=> K. to 175 P W., had the worst He fell from the fore-yard upon the deck whilereefing, and had
weather I have ever known. Took the first gale Oct. 22, In lat, his leg broke, from which injury he died. | English |iapers
[
40° lON.,tens. 164° 20 X., from 8. and veered to W.B W., please copy.
blowing very heavy ; laid-to under Imre polss some 24 hours;,
lost starboard boat, stove gangway-boaril,bulwarks, and pitched
atSWhaleF
nrs rancisco.
away the martingale. On the 20th. lat. 46° N., long. 178° E.,
The following whalers had arrived up to Oct. 30:
took another galefrom S.K. ami hauled to N.K., which hlnwed
hard for 36 hours | lost main topsail, misen-stayaail. jib-boom Sept. 10—tchOlivia, Kedfield, from Arctic, 100brls oil, 1100 ms
lame, 17,600 tt>» ivory.
withall the sailsami most of the rigging attached. After that
hail three days pasaahle weather, which was followed by another Oct. 12—Sch Cornells Terry. Crowell, from Arctic, 22 pkgs
hauled
to
;
from
which
Mew
for
some
8
hours
It
then
8.,
bluhlier, 3000 lbs bone, 4600 lbs ivory.
gale
20—Ship Henry Kueeland, Kelly, from Arctic, 1000 bi Is
tlie westward, ami blew hard for 30 hours. While running
which
broke
stern
a
sea
over
:he
polar oil, 16,000 lbs bone.
before the wind, shipped heavy
fastenings to the round-house and carried it foul of the wheel,
22—Bark Cartb, Way, from Arctic. 600 brls polar oil, 300
rim,
on*
with
the
tiller
also
the
brls walrua, 8000 Ihs bone, 6000 lbs ivory.
breaking both stanchions short
spokes, ami in fact made a complete wreck of It. However, we
24—Ship John llowland, Whelden, Iroui Arctic, 060 brls
long.
From
about
lat.
46
N.,
patched it up and kept off again.
polar oil, 16,000 lbs lame.
°
176° W hail goal breraes to the Islands. Took tho trades in
27 Ship Florida, Williams, from Ochotsk, 2,260 all told
by
S.K.
S.,
to K.
lat. 34° 30 N., long 167 ° 10 W., varying from
760 brls and 8000 lbs bone this season.
28—Ship Dartmouth, llaughten, from south Pacific, 600
and was unable to makeany Basting came closed hauled all
at
and
touched
brls sperm.
the way after getting the trades. Sighted Maui,
29—Ship Julian, Wlnegar. from Arctic, 1200 brls polar oil,
Lahaina on the 18thNov. Arrived and anchored at llouolulu
000brls and 12,900 lbs bone this season.
on the 19th.
XT Hark Flortncr, Spencer, reports—Left Honolulu Dec.
26, and first went to Ssypan, near Guam. Went Into the Yellow
Revenues of Great Britain and Franon.—In these days,
Sea on the 22d March, and cruised there till April 4, but saw no
whales ; left there on the 4th, anil went through the Straits into when the question of the Revenue has assumed a degree of Imwhale
the
on
the Japan Sea same day. Took our first right
portance before unknown in this country, the following tables
26th, in lat. 38 ° 46 N., long. 133 04 E. saw but few waWes showing the various sources from whichtheabove nations derive
and they were very shy, and weather had. May 1, struck two
more right whales, but unfortunatelylost one—lat. 39 ° 66 W.. theirImmense incomes, may prove Interesting to our readers.
long. 133 ° X.; after that, up to the 10th, saw but one whale,
Abstract of the gross revenue of the United Kirsdom for the
ami he appeared to have been chased, forhe was running like a year ending March 31st 18611
race-horse. Left tliere on the 19th, and wentthrough the Straits
f. 23,306,777
of Perouee into theOchotsk Sea ; fell In with the ice on the 2il Customs
In lat. 48° 20 F„ long. 140° 06 E., accompanied with thick
8,348,412
fog and strong«.E. winds ; did not get clesrof it till the 16thof Stamps
3,1x7,000
June. Next tried oar luck on the Wheat Ground"—cruised Taxes(personal).. J
lO.MMItt
there till the 21st. but did not see any whales -, 23d, sighted Proiierty tax (real)
3,404,000
Jonas Rock, wMMenty of lee all around; 26th, anchored at Poet Office Income
280,668
Ayan, and left sjstu next day for Shantar Bay, but could get no Crown LauiUinaane
iacellaneous
1,468,101
.»
farther than Rocky Point on account of the Ice ; on the 28th, M
provisions
left
the
vessel
forCarolineHarbor,
with
three boata
Total
£70,283,064
tor the Tender,and arrived there after a passage of 16 days,
Amounting in our currency sajsasarly $:ui,uou,000
having endured some severe weather on the way -, one of the
of the gross revenue of Saw French Kuipire as estimated
boats got fast an a cake of ice. and was on It for three days and Abstract
for the year 1862.
nights, exposed to heavy sleet all the time, and hail It not been
Fee 362,247,000
for the perseverance of the officer whohad charge of theboat, the Land Tax
reached
Trade
Licenses and stamps
368,062,000
;
they
crass would undoubtedly have perished however,
and Window Tax
44,631,»uo
the Harbor on the 14th July, in company with three boatstofrom Door
Imports
Customs
on
1*2,441,000
get
Found
the
Tender
and
endeavored
the Isssac Huwlami.
Customs, various
1,606,000
her saT, but did not sucseed. The bark arrived at Caroline
Sugar
Dutiea
88,660,000
boata
the
arrival,
Harbor on the 2d August; previous to her
201,600,000
had eaptorad three whalesbathe Bay. Found plenty of whalea Duties on wines, spirits and other beveragvs....
Tobaccomonopoly
223,400,000
In Shantar Bay. but the Ice was very troublesomeand thewhales
10,421,000
wild. Took our laat whaleOct. 17, in Mercury Bar ; in all 13 Gunpowdermonopoly
■ajaeriee andForests
41,011,000
Spos*
Kmlly
the
bowheads and 2 right whalea this season.
40,262,000
Morgan on the 7th o«t,'under Elbow Island, hailing 000 brls, SfrtTax
Office income
62,076,000
and was boiling at the time. Left Mercury Bay Oct M, In com- Post
18.440,400
pany with harks John P. West and Camilla—the former with CrownLands
Dues
day,
Navigation
4,441,000
was to leave next
1200 brla, and thelatter full; the Mllo paaaage
Various .lues and sources nf issajSEss, Including
with
the
on
the
down,
good
full
Had
weather
also
aUaristry,Lottery,
all
Personaland
furniture
hours,
Tax,
exception of one gale from B.K, In which we lay-to
the trades
Theatre, etc
•zi^N,70o
lat. 40° 30 N., long. 180° 40, W. ; alter that hadand
arrived
strong to the lalands. Touched off Hilo on the way,
passage
this
Total
Fes
23
from60th
to
day.
Was
at Honolulu Nov. "4
Amounting in onr currency to near 1370,000,000.
port.
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Lubbers, reports—Left HonoXT Oldenburg bark German Line-,
saw a school of sperm
lalu Dec. 4, and cruised on the26,
but did not take any. Was
whales off Strong's laland Jan.
4, and went Into the
April
off llakodadi March 24 ; left there
Arctic July 1. Saw the first bowheads 26th May. off Cape
the last on
i'haddeuß, ami took our drat whale next day; took
most of the sesSent 24 lat. 60° N., long. 173° W. Cruised
Last of
soi, from lax. 67 °to7o ° N., long. 188° to 174 ° W.
skgSlisl n between lat. 60° and 73°.
September, saw the
thla
season.
Ice
Had good, weather, but <»Jr« ssaa plenty of 172
on
I*ft the Arctic Oct. 5, and rasas sssdpugh the twodpassage
days dead
ihetoth. Hail good weather AwWat, Including
Strong'a
away
a
ran
at
nalive,
Iwal-steererS,
of
our
calm. One
laland. Two natives died of consumption—one May 20th, and
the other Oct. 20th.
XT Brig Aloka, Mamraen, reports-Left Honolulu Dec. 22,
and first cruised on the Line, where we took four sperm whalea.
Next went to Aacenaion, Guam, and Japan Sea, but saw no
whales during the time. Went on the Ochotsk in May, and
found Ice plentiful, but weather good.fSDruised in B.W. Bay all
the season, and round whalea plentiful during August, September and October, but rather shy ; took oar first whaleOct. 16,
and tire laat one duringSeptember, In the Bay—took in all seven
whales. One of our men, the cooper, name unknown, died the
third day after leaving Honolulu ; also, a native of this group,
named John Maui, died four days previous to our arrival. Left
B.W. Bay Oat. 16, and had tolerably good weather down, with
the exception of two light galea, in which we loat two boats off
tbecranes. Reportahaving left several vessels in the Bay, buton
srrlralhers found they has all come m before him.
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CONTENTS
For December,
1801.
Pack.
89
K9
90
t'roifstajits in Tahiti
90
Armies of the Potomac
91
Contributions to Heuevuleut Societies
91
Grand Uverlaml Telegraph
92
The Southern Rebellion
9*2
*
Extracts from a Speech of Hun. D. S. Dickinson
93
93
A Novel Concert Room
Seven fools
93
94
A Letter from Home
Tracts
94
Curious
The Loss of National Existence to be more deplored than war. 94
Who is Jeff. Davis?
94
Marine Journal, lie, Ac
90
Knd of Volume Eighteen
Thanksgiving ami Hawaiian Independence
Miipmajoer'a Sabbath Reverie
THE FRIEND,
DECEMBER 2, 1861.
End of Volume Eighteen.
\m Stria, M. n.
HONOLULU, DECEMBER JJlill
Alcohol are taxed tenfold, and pay their
without grumbling.
This year the day of Thanksgiving fortunately fell upon the 28th of Nov., tha same
as that of the Hawaiian Independence—the
eighteenth (if weremember correctly)anniversary of the French and English signing the
treaty guaranteeing the Independence of the
Hawaiian Kingdom.
Long live the King."
"Long
may the Hawaiian Independence be
respected and maintained ; and equally long
may an annual day of Thanksgiving be
observed among the people of the Hawaiian
Islands.
Mr. Stephens, Vice-President of the Southern
Confederacy, asserts that slavery is the
corner-stone of the new Republic! With
slavery for a foundation, what must be the
superstructure ! The chivalrous South must
not only fight the legions of the North, but
the spirit of the age and the genius of Christianity. The present conflict is not merely
between the forces of McClellan and Beauregard on the banks of the Potomac, but between free and forced labor, paid and unpaid
toil, freedom and slavery, the Gospel and all
its opponents. We close the year 1861 with
all those mighty and potent warriors "on
the tented field." "Truth is great and will
prevail."
taxes
" Well, I never was in a
THERE WERE SO MANY WHO
Thanksgiving !
REFUSED TO
drink."—lt is doubtless too true that many
in Honolulu are determined in opposition
to the dictates of reason, and reproofs of conscience, and remonstrances of friends, and
threatenings of God, to push onward their
way downward to a drunkard's grave, yet
there are not a few who hare resolutely determined " to touch not or taste not" intoxicating liquors. Not long since a certain
shipmaster found himself in company with
some who would not drink,and although he
urged, yet they refused, when he remarked,
Well, I never was in a place where there
"were
to many who refused to drink." Would
there were many more of this stamp. The
drunkard finds many hindrances in his way
to ruin. He finds many whose example
preaches a thoroughgoing teetotal lecture.
Total abstinence from intoxicating liquors,
is the only safe course.
And Hawaiian Independence.
This number closes the eighteenth volume
of the Friend. We would gratefully acThe twenty-eighth ult. was observed by a
knowledge the kind favors of those who have portion of the Christian community of Honocontributed by their pens or pecuniary aid, lulu as a day of thanksgiving, in accordance
for the support of this paper. We hope to with the
appointment »f the Hawaiian Evanclose up and pay the printer, so that on the gelical Association. There were public reli31st of this month and the last day of IS6I, gious exercises in the native Protestant
we shall be able to say that we have fully
churches, and also a union meeting at Fort
obeyed the injunction of Paul, in his epistle Street Church, where a sermon was preached
to the Romans, "Owe no man anything."
Rev. E. Corwin, from the text:
We feel somewhat inclined to repeat this by the
Kings of the with, and all people ; princes, and
injunction, and comment upon its importance. all judges of the earth: Both young men, and
This, then, should be strictly followed by all maidens ; old men and children Let them praise
the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exoellent ;
who are indebted to laborers, or those living his
glory is above the earth and heaven.—Psalms
upon a salary. " The laborer is worthy of cxivm : 11,12,18.
his hire," and he should have it, and that In the introduction, the preacher spoke of the
:
punctually. The employer should always
treat with consideration those in his employ
—his employees. They should be paid, not
grudgingly, but cheerfully. Prompt pay
makes willing hands. The mental laborer
works with a will when his pay is punctual
and sure. Our sympathies go forth towards
the toiling millions in other lands—how
poorly and miserably many of them are paid.
They are ground to the lowest point Ah !
there is the forced and unpaid labor of the
slave. Tell us not that the slave is happy,
while he can call nothing his own—no, not
even the child that calls him father! Yet
place where
general propriety of days of national thanksgiving; he enumerated life, health, a genial
climate, civil, social and religious privileges,
as among the blessings for which we were callThe announcement of the death of
ed upon to give thanks. The discourse was Joseph Pratt, Esq., will be received with
R.
well adapted to an occasion of this nature. deep regret by his many friends. He was a
been
In referring to the benefits which had
native of Boston, Massachusetts, but for the
conferred upon the community of Honolulu past nine or ten yean has resided in Honoduring the past year, Mr. Corwin made a lulu, where his brothers and sisters now
well-timed allusion to the new water-works.
and courteous
make their home. tjis
They are of incalculable benefit to all classes. disposition won fqr himmild
a huge circle of
Let no one complain of the government friends, and his death will leave a vacancy
"rates," when it is remembered that the in our business and social groups which time
devotees of Bacchus and bond-slaves of ialone can fill.
'
THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 18 6 1.
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Sabbath Reverie in Macassar Straits.
TS.AM.
BCAYPWHITHING.
THE FRENCH PROTECTORATE.
Sailing through these calm unruffled waters, I wis greatly impressed with the beau-
ties of the luxuriant isles of Borneo and
Celebes, and on looking over my chart one
Sunday morning, in company with a missionary passenger, we were both struck with
the poetical names in the East India Archipelago. My clerical friend begged me to
give him my ideas of the state of things in
the year 1900, if the nations of the earth
keep peace, and bind their united energies to
the glorious task of enlightenment in the
heathen lands, now in darkness, and I gave
him the following
VISION OF 1900.
Dedicated to the American Missions in China.
Whence come these mingled sounds of joy that
upward loudly rise,
Borne on each passing breeze aloft, pervading
all the skies ?
It is the ptean of the world, and joyfully it
swells.
For of a world by love redeemed, its music
sweetly tells.
x
From everyisland of the sea, from many a distant plain,
From eastto west, from pole to pole, pours forth
the gladsome strain,
For Error's ohains are broken now, its captives
freed from thrall,
And now the light of gospel truth beams on the
path of all.
Hark! from the Chinese Empire's host: Our
idols are o'erthrown ;
At last we know our gracious God, and worship
Him alone."
Leuoonia'a natives join the shout that fills the
vocal air,
And savage tribes of Borneo are bowing low in
prayer.
"
From Java's coast, Sumatra's island, Mindanao's
shore,
The Monsoon catches up the strain and sweetly
wafts it o'er;
Each islet of the Sooloo Sea with cheering
speeds it on,
And gladsome songs of prayer and praise arise
from Palawan.
Oh! happy earth, true type of heaven, when
man to man shall bo
A brother, friend—from worldly last, hate,
avarioe, envy free;
When simultaneous through the earth the Sabbath bells shall ring,
Andall the nations to one God their hallelujahs
sing.
Is this bright vision of my soul to prove a transient dream 7
And is the missionary's hope a vain, delusive
beam?
Oh! no, we pray thee, God of love, that happy
day to bring.
When all the nations of the earth shall hail
Thee, Lotd and King.
When that sweet prayer our Saviour taught shall
far and wide be known
Our Rather "—Thou the only God, Redeemer,
Friend, we own
Then shall the grand Millenium dawn, earth's
glories fade away,
And our enfranchised soak enjoy afar mors
perfect day.
$hiv Oriental, Macassar Straits, 1854.
"
:
In the N. T. Otmrwr.
PROTESTANTS IN TAHITI.
Nami'iis, (Tarn sad O«roni»,))
Juij v, lsei.
i
I am going to draw the attention of your
readers to a very remote country, but one in
which France, and also the great cause of
the gospel, are interested.
You remember probably what occurred,
during the years 1842, '43 and '44, in the
Society Islands, and particularly in that of
Tahiti. The whole of Europe was agitated
by these events, and never did King Louis
Phillip fully recover from the crises which he
provoked. The inhabitants of Tahiti were
almost all converted to Christianity; they
possessed missionaries, churches, a regular
worship, schools, and even a liberal political
Constitution. Their advance in civilization
was wonderfully rapid. This prosperity excited the jealousy of the Popish priests, who
resolved, according to their usual custom, to
resort to arms in order to establish themselves in the Islands of the Pacific; and,
with the aid of Louis Phillip, or rather of
Queen Maria Amelia, a bigoted princess, a
French squadron, commanded by Admiral
Dupetit Thouars, penetrated to the Island of
Tahiti, threatening to bombard the city.
This odious invasion greatly shocked the religious community of England. The two
Governments exchanged hostile notes, and
war was upon the point of breaking out between the most powerful nations of Europe
because of this little island situated at the
other end of the globe. At last, Lord Aberdeen and M. Guizot consented to make an
arrangement; the missionary PritcAard,
who had been abused by the French officers,
received an indemnity, and the protectorate
of France was recognized by the Cabinet of
St. James.
The Roman Church hastened to send
missionaries to Tahiti und the neighborhood
around, who neglected no means to obtain
proselytes. But their promises and their
threats produced little effect. In vain they
offered bribes; in vain they expelled the
English pastors under false pretexts, and
tried to dazzle the sight and the imagination
of the natives by the showy pomp of their
worship; these snares disgusted the majority
of the inhabitants. The priests had found a
people who possessed and read the Bible.
The Tahitians, for the most part, remained
firmly attached to the doctrines which they
had been taught; and when they were deprived of their spiritual leaders, they chose
evangelists from among their own people to
preside over their worship and to instruct
their children.
Such is their condition at the present time.
Tahiti and the small neighboring islands
contain a population of 14,000-or more souls.
The number of communicants in the Protestant Church is about 2,300; a still larger
number of Tahitians attend the Evangelical
Church without making any public professions of faith. The congregations are under
the charge of native pastors, who are not
learned men, but who are full of zeal and
devotion. There are, further, six Popish
priests, liberally paid from the treasury of
France; they say mass before the troops in
the garrison and some of the inhabitants of
Tahiti whom they have succeeded in proselyting.
Liberty of conscience and of worship is
secure to all. This article is in conformity
with the Constitution of the State. Besides
it would be impossible to pass acts of intolerance in this country. Rome knows that
she must grant toothers the rights that she
claims for herself. Protestantism is recognized as the national religion, that is to say,
all the inhabitants' without exception, are
taxed for the Protestant worship and Protestant schools.
As to the political laws of Tahiti, they
are worthy of notice and sympathy. Queen
Pomare Vakine is at the head of the State.
She is about fifty years old, with a good intellect, and possesses the esteem of her subjects. She is the constitutional sovereign of
the country, and administers public affairs, in
connection with the French Imperial Commissariat, or Commandant of the French
Establishments in Oceanica. Besides, there
is a Legislative Assembly, composed of 145
members. The deputies are appointed for
three years. Every body of 100 inhabitants
chooses a representative. The Legislative
Assembly holds its sittings annually, and they
usually continue for a month. It appoints
its own President, Vice-President and four
Secretaries. Two Committees, one for the
examination of laws and petitions, the other
on finances, assemble regularly. The debates are published. What a strange and
wonderful sight to behold a people enjoying
the privileges of a Parliamentary Government, who, scarcely a century ago, were
plunged in all the horrors of Paganism, and
offered human sacrifices to barbarous deities !
The Bible preached by missionaries, and accompanied by the Spirit of God, has effected
the great change. 1 do not' pretend to say
that all the Tahitians are good and moral
men. Evil passions prevail there as elsewhere ; but it must be acknowledged that
the civilization of this people has made almost fabulous progress.
Some young men from Tahiti came to
Paris in 1847. They were educated in our
best colleges, under the direction of Rev.
Grandpierre, and.on returning to their native land they earnestly engaged in instructing their fellow-countrymen.
In the last session of the Legislative Assembly a pious Tahitian proposed to send a
petition to Queen Pomare and to the French
Imperial Commissariat, to ask permission to
have two Protestant pastors from the mother
country. I will quote some lines of this
note, for it will serve to show the intelligence and piety of this people. " As it is
very important," they say, that we should
be instructed in the national" religion of the
country, we petition our Emperor Napoleon
111. to select for us two French Protestant
missionaries from among our brethren in
France.
We promise to advance to
these missionaries, from the school fund, the
sum of 5,000 francs, to build houses for
them, &c. The enemies of our religion,
who are also the enemies of the French protectorate, seek to injure us, because we do
not wish to be ungrateful towards those who
have drawn us from Popery; they grieve us
by saying that we are not attached to France.
We believe that these false charges will be
refuted by the petition which we now ad-
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THE FRIEND, DECEMBER,
dress to you. We have been delivered from
our state of barbarism by Protestant ministers. Our religion is good; it inspires us
with love towards France, which protects us.
We are anxious that our children should
learn the French language ; but we do not
wish them to be tempted, by learning the
language, to chan. c their religion."
Some explanations are here necessary.
The priests and other agents of Popery have
invented, with base intention, the slanderous
assertion that the profession of Protestantism is an act of hostiliiy against France, and
that the Tahitians who persist in the evangelical faith are opposed to the French protectorate. The same priests have opened
schools, with the plausible design of teaching the children the French language, but in
bk reality to proselyte them to Romanism. The
■Christians of Tahiti have not been the dupes
Bof these conspiracies. They accept implicitly the protection of France; they are rejoiced to have their children instructed in
our national language; they only refuse to
change their religion; this is certainly their
right and their duty.
I have under my eyes the debates of the
Legislative Assembly of Tahiti upon this
subject: they occupied ■ two days. The
speakers were not eloquent; but they showed
good sense, judgment and fidelity. Napoleon 111. and his counsellors will return a
favorable answer, we hope, to the petition of
the Tahitians, who agree to pay the two
from their own purse. Religious
rty must be a reality.
G. dc F.
1 am, &c.,
Etors
The Immense Armies of the Potomoc.
There is little doubt, remarks the Cincinnati Enquirer, that the armies now in Washington and its vicinity amount to the immense aggregate of near 200,000 men on
each side, or 400,000 combatants. Whenever a general battle shall occur, it will not
only have no parallel on the Western Continent in the forces engaged, but hardly one
in the history even of modern Europe will
vie with it. The great battles of Napoleon
were generally fought with, numbers far inferior to those now under the walls of Washburn. For instance, at Austerlitz, where
Napoleon defeated the combined armies of
Russia and Austria, he had but 80,000
troops; the allies had 100,000. At Jena
and Auerstadt, where he broke the power of
Prussia, his forces were not over 130,000
strong. At the great battle of Wagram,
fought with the Austrians on the bank* of
the Danube, in 1809, he had but 150,000
men. At Borodino, under the walls of
Moscow, he had but 120,000 to oppose the
Russians. At Waterloo he did not have to
exceed 80,000 troops. Not one of the battles in Italy or Spain even equaled this last
number. The only battle field we now
recollect, where the combatants were as
numerous as those around Washington, was
Leipsic, in 1813, where Napoleon had 176,-000 men, and the allies—Russians, Austrians, Prussians, Swedes and Germans—
numbered 200,000. Nearly half a million
men took part in this tremendous battle,
which was known as the Combat of the Giants. It lasted three days, and ended in the
complete overthrow of Napoleon, who was
driven into France, where a series of disasend until Napoleon abdicated his crown and was exiled to
the Island of Elba, in 1814. No battle was
ever fought on the soil of the United States
where 60,000 combatants took part in it on
both sides.
From these figures we can judgeof what
a battle we have reason to expect when the
hosts of McClellan and Beauregard, more
than twice the number of those of Napoleon
and Wellington at Waterloo, come in collision on the banks of the Potomoc. It will
be an event that will be the great military
feature, probably, for ages to come, of
martial prowess in America. Washington
never had 30,000 men in one army under
his command; Jackson never had 15,000,
and Scott never before the present year had
seen 20,000 men under his orders. Great is
the ability required to manoeuvre and handle
such a large body of men, and bring them
all into action at the proper time and place.
The late battle at Bull Run extended over
seven miles from one end of our line to another. At Washington, probably, the battle
may be raging over a field double this size.
To know what is going on in such an amphitheatre, and to be prepared to order up
reserves and strengthen every exposed point,
requires the highest degree of intellect. At
the battle of Bull Run half of both armies
never fired a shot Beauregard had 40,000
men at Manassas Junction, only three miles
distant, whom he never used, and yet he
would have been defeated had it not been
for the opportune and unexpected arrival of a
portion of Gen. Johnston's army from the
Upper Potomac. McDowell had a powerful
reserve, that took no part whatever in the
action, and yet it was strong enough to have
beaten back Johnston's division if it had been
on hand at the proper moment. We have
confidence that McClellan has not only plenty of men, but believe he knows how to use
them.
ters commenced, that did not
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ter the Ascension of our Lord, and was distributed to the believing Jews and Greeks in
Palestine."
The papyrus is much damaged, and tho
fragments preserved are not very numerous,
but they supply two lost verses, furnish a
much purer text thanany other known version,
and clear up many passages that have hitherto been doubtful and obscure. The manuscript is written in the Greek uncial character, and in all probability was the identical
manuscript that was copied seven times by
Hermodorus, during the life of the apostle,
and likewise seven times after his death.
The copy from which the English version of
the Gospel is chiefly derived is the eleventh
copy made by Hermodorus, preserved in one
ofthe monasteries of the East, and in this
several errors have been made in the transscription. The publication of this work is
one of the greatest interest to the Christian
world, and will probably excite more attention than any similar discovery during tho
present century.
The Men of the Sea.—It is estimated
that there are more than 2,000,000 of men
engaged in a sea-faring life; or one out of
every 500 of the earth's population is thus
enduring the hardships and perils of the
sea to supply the remaining 499 with the
comforts and luxuries of life, or in defending
the rights and honor of the nation which he
represents.
In English vessels there are
300,000 men. There are 150,000 American seamen engaged in foreign commerce,
and nearly the same number are found upon
our inland waters. The whale fishery alone
employs 20,000, and the navy 7000 to 8000.
Nearly one-half of the whole number of
seamen are open to the truth as it is conveyed in the English language. Of this
large class of our fellow-men it may be truly
said, their field is the world. Go where you
will, you find the sailor.
'»
Where'er the hreescs sweep, or tcmpest-brcalh prevails,"
there is he seen who does business upon the
great waters, and beholds God's wonders in
The Earliest Copy of the Scriptures. the
deep.
—The London Literary Gazette of August
10th, states that during September there Contribution" to Benevolent Societies in
England, 1860.
will be published a work of rare interest to
the Biblical scholar. Itis a fac-simile of the British & Foreign Bible Society, t837,705
646,910
earliest copy of the Scriptures yet discover- Church Missionary Society,
703,365
•
ed. The manuscript contains portions of Wesleyan "
"
426,815
«
the Gospel of St. Matthew, and was written London
"
■
• • 148,420
by Nicholaus, the seventh deacon, at the Baptist
"
150,180
dictation of the Apostle Matthew, fifteen Colonial Church Society,
208,100
,
The
Society,
manuscript, Church Pastoral
years after the Ascension.
J87.300
together with many others, was discovered Lpndon Society for Jews,
130,980
by the Rev. Mr. Stobart, in a sarcophagus, at Irish Church Missions
18,405
Thebes, and was brought by him to Eng- Turkish Mission Aid,
32,140
land. On his arrival in this country he sold Home Missionsry
15,020
a portion of his collection to the British Mu- Foreign Aid,
21,650
seum, and a considerable number of the re- Protestant Reformstion,
85,650
mainder he disposed of to Mr. Meyer, the Sunday School Union
16,720
celebrated archaeologist of Liverpool. Those Baptist Home Missions,
Society,
Irish
11,120
the
Museum
and
British
remain
unrolled
in
10,000
China Mission,
unread to the present day, but Mr. Meyer,
"
48,430
having obtained the assistance of L§V K. Sailors' Home,
228,345
Simomdes, proceeded to unroll the various Church Education
3,100
papyri, and among others of great interest Jewish Converts,
21,410
was discovered one in fragments, containisw Methodist Free Church
136,465
portions of the Gospel of St Matthew, and Curate Society
615,633
bearing the inscription The writing by the Tract
"
175,090
hand of Nicholaus the " Deacon, at the dic- London City Mission,
tation of Matthew, the Apostle of Jesus
Christ; it was done in (he fifteenth year af$4,755,965
.
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THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1861.
THE FRIEND,
The Southern Rebellion.
DECEMBER 3, 1861.
Stranger's
Friend
Society.—The next
meeting of the Ladies' Stranger's Friend
Society will be held at the residence of Mr.
Aldrich, in Fort street, on Thursday, De-
cember sth.
Our readers will find an interesting
letter in our columns, by the French correspondent (G. do F.) of the New York
Observer.
"Do not fail to subscribe for the
Friend,"were thelast words ofa shipmaster's
wife to him before sailing upon a three years
voyage in the Pacific. A shipmasterrecently
repeated the remark, as he called at our office
a few days ago. Are there not many more
ladies in the United States who would be
j;lad to have theirhusbands, or brothers, or
sons, subscribe for our monthly sheet ?
.
Some unknown person has laid upon our
table the Eighth Annual Report of the " Young
Men's Christian Association of San Francisco." We have read the document with
much interest, and rejoice to learn that an
association of this description has been in
active existenco in that city for eight years
past. This Report is accompanied by an interesting Anniversary address by the Rev.
W. C. Anderson, D. D., of that city. The
address contains the following paragraphs,
upon the present war in the United States :
War exists. Our peace-loving, happy,
prosperous country has dropped the plowshare and has seized the sword. Her commerce is languishing in her harbors; the
sound of the loom and the nnvil waxes fainter ; the note of the herdsman scarce is audible ; and in their room we have the " confused noise of the battle of the warrior," and
see the garments of our sons and brothers
rolled in blood. Let us look at some of its
characteristics.
Wife.—-There is a great reluc1. It is upon a stupendous scale. Among
tance, on the part of some shipowners, to al- the annals of rebellion and civil wars, history
low shipmasters to take their wives with records nothing like it. The civil strifes of
and Rome, and our fafher-land, Engthem. The following opinion of that old Greece,were
mere local insurrections when
land,
navigator, Capt. Benjamin Morrell,is worthy compared with this. It covers an area far
of consideration: Were I a merchant or a larger than that of the Roman Empire in
"
shipowner, so far from opposing the wishes the days of its glory—extending from Maine
of an affectionate wife who would accom- to the Rio Grande, from the Bay of the Delto that of San Francisco. It involves
pany her husband on a long and hazardous aware
directly thirty millions of people; a people
voyage, I would recommend such a measure for the most part inured to toil, and, when
to every shipmaster in my employ, and disciplined, destined to be terrible in battle.
consider it of more value to my interest than From the vast extent of territory, and the
the policy ofinsurance."—(Morrell's voyages, warlike character of the combatants, it is
likely to be the bloodiest war of modern
page 418)
times; already have we fearful earnest of
rand Overland Telegraph.—The last this fact.
iil brought the news that in Europe, by
2. It is an unprovoked war. It comes in
liting several telegraphic wires, it was the form of naked rebellion against just aupossible to convey intelligence, 2500 miles, thority, and against mild authority; authorwhich fostered and protected the personwbr from the extreme west of Europe to a ality and
material interests of all subjects.
remote part of Russia. By the same mail, Since the world began, never has there exwe learn the highly gratifying news that isted a government more mild, more equitaSan Francisco and Boston are now united ble. Errors in its administration have been
and gross, but they have never
by telegraph. The valley of the Mississippi numerous
come in the form of oppressions of the citiis spanned and the Alleghany and Rocky
zens. Oppression of any citizen or class of
crossed by the telegraphic wires, citizens was from its origin unknown. So
c hundred and twenty dispatches were faras the freedom and the rights of the subt the first day. News wns received in ject are concerned, if ever a civil governmolulu only 16 days from Boston! Well ment was entitled to the name of paternal,
ours. A too great disposition to yield
we remember the times when we were 150 it is
its own rights to the unreasonable demands
ys from Boston! During the Mexican of its citizens has been its greatest weakness.
r, the Honolulu people did not hear from And to that very party, which is now in re•ston, or the Eastern States, for a whole bellion, it hat been singularly kind, —humilar.
Some of the London newspapers iatingly so. Its legislative, judicial and exye announced that the "Union" was ecutive departments have, for the last thirty
to the unconstitutional dene, bat trrere seems to be sufficient remain- years, §(yielded
mands these men. With a coolness un[vitality to project new telegraphic enter- paralleled they have steadily held up in terprise*, and sapport an army of 400,000 sol- rorem disunion;" and to pacify and retain
"
diervto put downrebellion. The year 1861, them, the Government has broken its commodified its protective policy, depromises,
drawing to close, will be remembered as the
the
stroyed
only comprehensive and adeyear of the Great Rebellion and the grand
quate system of finance it ever had, and deTelegraphic achievement of the United graded itself in its own eyes and the eyes of
the world. They demanded the purchase of
Captain's
B
liuntains
the Floridas as an outlet for their peculiar
institution, and it was purchased «t the expense of millions of dollars. For the same
reason they demanded the annexation of
Texas, and it was done at the cost of many
millions more. They demanded that the
ordinance of 1787 should be set aside, and
that the soil which it had solemnly consecrated to freedom forever should be occupied
by Missouri as n slave State, and it was done.
As some atonement for this almost sacrilege,
a new line was drawn between free and
slave territory, known as the "Missouri
Compromise" line; a few years only had
passed beloro they demanded that this compromise should be annulled, and it was done.
In a word, the South had but to ask, and the
boon, however unreasonable, was granted.
It was only when it demanded the concession
of the fundamental principle upon which the
nation cxi«ts,—namely, that the majority
must rule, —that it said no ! And even then
it was a reluctant no; for days and weeks it
meekly suffered the despoiling of its goods,
the invasion of its territory, and treated its
rebellious subjects with the forbearance which
an over-fond father extends to a spoiledchild ;
and it was only when its flag wns trampled
under foot, its commissioned servants driven
from their posts of duty by shot and shell,
and a determination avowed to take the National Capital, that it resisted. I repeat,
never was there a Government so kind, so
conciliatory, so forbeariug, as has been that
of the United States to all citizens, and especially to those who have rebelled against
it; and I again declare that by no act of its
own has it given cause, or even plausible
occasion, for this rebellion.
3. The end proposed to be accomplished by
this war is sui generis, literally so; an end
such as was never before proposed by any
people whatsoever rising up in arms. Tho
civil wars of our fatherland had for their
avowed end the liberty of the people; such
was the wur of the Commonwealth in Cromwell's day; such was the almost bloodless
revolution of 1668; liberty was the object
of our own revolution; such was the proposed end of all the French revolutions.
The people of Continental Europe arose in
1848 to obtain freedom ; so did the brave
Hungarians in 1849. The recent successful
uprising in Italy was to obtain deliverance
from despots, and a distinct nationality.
There is something holy in wars like these.
Even the groans of the dying are softened
and hallowed, yea, the memories of the dead
are sainted by the glorious godlike cause.
But what is the object of this war of 1861 ?
This war in tho heart of free, liberly-loving,
Christian America ? What is its avowed
end and object ? It is to destroy that constitutional liberty which Washington and the
fathers have bequeathed to us. It is to.blot from
the page of world history the heart-cherished
truth "that all men are created equal, and
have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness." It is a war based on the abominable assumption that the great theory of
self-government is a failure ; and hence the
purpose to found on the ruins of our glorious
republic an empire whose "corner stone,"
to use their own words, is •' human slavery."
It is a war against free labor and in behalf of
slave labor. In a word, it is a war whose
end and aim is to forge beyond the power of
93
THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1861.
breaking, and to rivet forever, the chains of
human bondage. Whether, then, we regard
it in its origin, its progress, or its aims, we
arc forced to pronounce it an unprovoked,
unkind, ungodsy war.
But this unholy war is now fairly inaugurated, and has received a baptism in the
blood of hundreds of the noblest patriots of
the land. Its termination by compromise is
impossible. The South desires no compromise ; never proposed to receive any. It
claims the absolute, unconditional concession
of all its demands; and they arc enormous.
The Government must surrender all harbors;
all the forts; yea, all the territory south of
Mason and Dixon's line; it must recognize
the Confederate States as an independent
nation ; it must permit u monarchy, or an
iron military oligarchy, to be planted on that
soil of freedom which was bought by the
blood of the Revolution. On the part of the
United States it is a war for existence ;
nothing more; nothing less. Make peace on
the ultimatum of the South and the great
Republic ceases to have an existence. Under these circumstances the cry of " noncoercion," "peace," is simply the traitor's
cry. It is the weapon he uses to defend his
friends in places where he cannot use the
sword. Such is the present condition of our
national affairs. The crisis which is upon us
is a fearful one, and may not be shunned
even if we desire to do it. As lovers of
freedom and of our country, the only course
left to us is to adjust ourselves to this new
and sad condition of things.
mischief und destruction. A military despotism will be inaugurated whenever you
permit this rebellion to triumph.
« But some cry we are in favor of peace.
Yes, we are all for peace now. I was for
negotiating a peaco until a fortification was
fired upon by a rebel artillery, and then I
bade adieu to all expectations of peace until
conquered owrrebellions. (Cheers.) I say
there is no peace until you can put down rebellion by force of arms. We must stand by
the Union. You may make peace with the
loyal men of the South, and there is the
place to make it. But how will you do it
with rebellion? Go with an agreement in
one hand and a revolver in the other, and
ask the Confederacy to take its choice ? If
there is any you can deal with it is the loyal
citizens of the South—those that are persecuted for the sake of their Government, those
that love their Constitution and are willing to
die in its defense—when they are restored to
position by conquering rebellion. All should
strive together for this good end—men should
bare their bosoms in battle, women implore
in the name of Heaven that the blessings of
the Union should return, and children raise
their little hands to curse this rebellion as a
ferocious monster that has come hither to
torment them before their time, and dim with
blood and tears the lustre of their bright star.'j
three persons beside our four selves and instruments, all upon the stump of a tree at
the same time!
Seven Fools.—i. The envious man—
who sends away his mutton because the person next to him is eating vension.
2. The jealous man—who spreads his bed
with stinging nettles, and then sleeps in it.
3. The proud man—who gets wet through
sooner than ride in the carriage of an inferior.
4. The litigious man—who goes to law in
the hope of ruining his opponent, arid gets
ruined himself,
5. The extravagant man—who buys a*
herring, and takes a cab to carry it home.
6. The angry ninn—who learns the ephicleide, because he is annoyed by the playing
of his neighbor's piuno.
7. The ostentatious man—who illuiufes
the outside of his house most brilliantly, anlf
sits inside in the dark.—Punch.
Donations.—For the
Home," from Capt. Justlius, offiuers sod crew of ''
the Uustuan Ship Vzaritsa,
j}6o. For the " Friend," Iron. Cspt. Stewart, of
tho Thomas Vickason, 1)6 ; Cspt. Pierce, uf the
Magnolia, #6 ; and from Mr. Brown, $1.
Information Wasted
Rcspectln; Ktlkm S. Qioba. lie w»i on board the "Mm
tesuma" at Honolulu In 1869, ami wasdlaoharged herein IPSS
Cummunlcatc with llev. J. 1). Ilutler.rkartiiii'a Chaplain, Ntw
Bedford, or tlie Salter of the fritnd.
Respecting Hrnry Howera, of San Francisco, who left hart
Yankee, 18 monthaago, at Honolulu. l'lcaaccommunicate with
Mm. K. 11. Lambrrt, of San Prancnon, or the Kdltor of »'n»n.l
Res|M>ctlng William I). Hrntly. belonging to Ptilladvlphu.
lie last wrote, In 18A0. from Honolulu. Any information may he
communicated to the Editor of the Vritml, or to Writ,lit.
Smith At "careall,merchant*, No. 6, NorthGib St., Iliiladelphis
It'.jx'ctnic 0/ir.r R. (iilr, of N. Andover, Haas. Be ha
the intra- Martha laat November.
Respecting Peter Parrla, Ihjto in Syracuse, N. V., andla now
twenty-three yar< old. He has heen abaent from hOBM Bttr
years. Any information will be gladly received by the editor,
or by hlamothur, lira. Catharine Welch, Syracuse Mew York.
Heapectlng Mr. Alamo f*earsa7/,helonging to Ship Chandler
Prioe. He will And a letter with the Kdltor of the friraa.
Information in sought by Mr. Willett P. Wbeaton, iM Staatea
street, Brooklyn, L. I.
KcaiMM-ting Paul Strinberg, of Sagao, In Silesia, left Ist?,
In ahlp Gellert, Capt. Ihlder, from Hamburg for Adelaide,and hsa
never heen heard of. An anxiouamother longa tohear from ban.
Heapectlng Hartwelt H. Martin, belonging to Brookaflekl.
Mass. He wal last heard from on board ihip Julian, Winagar.
Should the Captain of Uila >hip visit Honolulu, he la istnasihn*
to call upon the Kdltor of the e'riVad.
Heapectlng KmtnoH Starkr.y, of Hcholioth. Mass. lie left
a whaleahlp at the Sandwich lalanda, lick, In IM2. Any Int. I
ligence will be gladly received by the Kdltor, or llradford Cummlngs, North Kehoboth, Maaa.
Respecting Samutl U. Uodgr, a aon of KHaaljeth Dodge, of
Kast Cambridge. He was at Uie lalanda, alx or seven yean
llnoe. Shouldhe callupon the Chaplain, he will And a letter.
Heapectlng William Smith, a tailor during laat eeaans on
board thebark Vkirenoe. Information may he aent to hla frkatf
In Brooklyn, New York, or to the Kdltor of the frirnd.
Hrauecting Mr. Charlrt Uuttait, belonging to Columbia.
Tollaud County, Connecticut.
Respecting 7»*a Water, who belonga to IlulTalo. New York.
He left home In 18M, but waa laat heard from in 1869. Any
Information will In gladly received by hit parvota, or the KdKor
of Uia *'rirno\
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NSW POEfIUD, "eh. 17,1U1.
Ms. Dun, Data Sis -.—By the request of the friends of
John A. Harvey, whom they auppcee it on board ol somewhaler
In the l"aciuc, will you picas* adverllae for him, and request
him to ooniraunlcsie with hla mends or with you. It will as
a great satisfaction to Uiem.
you will do a
Should you gain any Information froei him,
of New rortlaoa,
great favor by writing to C. C. Harvey,
Maine.
Youn reapecirully, Cart. Jon* D. W ii.hsu
A Novel Concert Room.-Prof. J. M.
Boulard, Director of the celebrated "Alleghanians (Vocalists) and ijwiss Bell-Ringers," gives the following account of a concert
Extracts from a Speech
given on the stump of one of the California
Delivered by lion. Daniel S. Dickinson of New mammoth trees:
We arrived here yesterday; traveled fifYork, at a mass meeting of citizens in teen
miles out of our route for the purpose
Tunchanrmck, in Wyoming County, Perm.,
of viewing what I consider the greatest curi-'
August 19.
osity in existence. These curiosities are
General
Jackson
had
the
hearts
of
the
more nor less than trees—trees of
nothing
"
American people more than any man of such mammoth proportions that any descripmodern times. And why ? Because he met tion which might be given of them must
great necessities like a man. He did'nt go, certainly appear fabulous to any one who
in times of stirring necessity, to demonstrate has not actually seen them. Within an
problems from musty precedents, but when area of fifty acres ninety-two of these mona man wanted hanging he hung him first and ster trees are found standing, and are belooked up tho law afterward. (Laughter.) yond doubt the most stupendous vegetable
There are times and occasions when this is products in the world. They are situated in
the only way to do in dealing with treason. a valley near Calaveras County at the source
The civil law affords no adequate remedy. of the Calaveras River, fifteen miles above
While you are discussing the question the Murphy's Camp. These vary in size from
country may be ruined, the capital in flames, 80 to 112 feet in circumference, and from
and the archives destroyed. When the war 300 to 460 feet in height. Only one ofthese
—
is over we may examine and sec if any one giants of the forest has ever been cut down;
has incurred a penalty for suspending the and to accomplish this feat, it took five men
writ of habeas corpus. Oen. Jackson paid with saws and augers twenty-fivesdays; it was
his fine, but not till after he hud put down cut off about 10 feet from the ground j the
both foreign foes and domestic traitors.
stump at this point measures 32 feet in
as there is a citizen South that diameter, and being covered or shaded by a
" So long
CisiLaaroßTß, sua Sai.nr, Ynaaaaiss, I
demands the protection of the Government, beautiful arbor, we used the top of this stump
MXOLAXD, reh.lt, :n«l.
having, in the course of
then it is our duty to protect the Government for a concert-room. Friday evening, July 9, Daaa Sis:—My husband's brothertouched
at the Sandwich
occupation
recently
aa
a
aallor,
of the Union for his sake. (>«Sound," 1859, we gave a regular "Grand Stump his
lalauds, tens me that while hla ship was there, a man of
annulled
provisions
aaase
of
Arartca
litem
with
lis also
That's the talk," ice.) And when there is Concert," " for one night only," to an audi-1 taw
"none
Sweated awe toyou as a gentleman who would perhaps kindly
it is our duty to maintain it; for, po- ence of fifty-three persons. We sang all our a,.i*t me In maklnn Inquiries,either by advtrtlaing In the papers
or otherwise, aa to whether there were sUHany persons on las
litically, geographically, socially, and com- national and patriotic songs, and the enthu- island
or Islandsof that nam.
1 had three brothers of the names of William, Abraham sad
mercially, it is one in every sense—it is ut- isiasm manifested was almost unbounded, and Isaac
sll sailers, but the family has not heard from
terly impossible for this Government to be was certainly very flattering to us. We either Newton,
of them for eighteen yean.
The last letter *s received, informed v* that they were at
divided without its utter destruction to both ]have sung in the Mammoth Cave, under the Valparaiso,
and that they were going to the Island of Otaheilc,
to
attempt
When
divide
North
and
you
given
(I think,) and certainly the Sandwich lalsuda.
sections.
Horse-Shoe at Niagara Falls,
mention
by brother-in-law of the man by the name of
The
and South, you must do it East and West. ]hundreds of other concerts during the past Newton, at Honolulu,
leads me to hope thathe Is probably my
It would be a great oomtort to myself and family if
Then all will go to pieces, and our country itwelve years, but never one that will be brother.
would kindly he at the trouble of inquiring tor us (if prac
you
]
Mexico,
—worse
than
beUuMwS) whether ■* hnMliori b* nvltvv oc «n*dwill be a Mexico
cause we have ten times more material for i
__
'
,
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THE FRIEND, DECEMBER, 1861.
94
iii. 4, and walked in Eph. ii. 2, and my
continual conversation at that time is still
why do you read the Bible so recorded in Eph. ii. 3.
said little Mary;
haven't you
"I heard one day that an inheritance had
been purchased for me, and a description of
it all through ?"
Yes, my dear, a great" many times," said itreached me; you will find it at 1 Peter i.
A Letter from Home.
Rer,
"
"
her mother.
4.
Well, then, you must know all there is
One who resides in Heb. iv. 14 had
"
in it by this time; and yet you read it every purchased it, and paid an extraordinary price
for it; but, to say truth, I did not believe
iay."
"Do you remember last summer, Mary, this report, as I was entirely unacquainted
when you were away at Miss Brook's school ?" with the MAN, and long experience had
convinced me that strangers never gave fa" Yes, mother."
You told me that when you got a letter vors through love alone, and friends seldom
"
from home you used to read it over and over, gave any favors that cost much.
However, I called at 2 Tim. iii. 16, as
till it was almost worn out."
"And so I did, mother."
my own prospects at Eph. ii. 12 were as
" Well, what made you read the letter bad as they could be. I
so often ? You knew all there was in it."
found the house sought for at 2 Cor.
"1,I and
the invitations to it, which you
Because
it
seemed
a
made
pleasure,
v.
and
"
mc think about home, and you, and father." will sec put up at Isa. iv. 1, 2, and by John
" So, my dear, I read over some parts of at vii. 37, are wonderfully inviting to the
the Bible that I have read hundreds of times poor and needy.
The house has only one door, and it
before, for the same reason, that it reminds
mo of my home, of my heavenly Father, was some time before I saw the door at
and my Savior, and of what he wishes mc John x. 9.
"My permanent address will now be 2
to do; and therefore I lovo to read it."
"Is heaven my home too, mother ?" said Cor. v. 1, but if you call any day at Heb.
little Mary.
Shall you take me with you iv. 16, you will meet me and many others ;
when you go ?"
we arc daily in the habit of meeting there.
I cannot tell you, my dear; I cannot "If you call, attend to what the servant
give you leave to go to heaven, but I know says at Luke xiv. 22, and you may depend
"
"
"
"
"
mean Jesus Christ, mother."
" Ah !• you
my
you must ask Him ; and
Yes,
dear,
"
you roost read and learn to understand this
Book, which is like a letter from Him/to us,
upon what that servant says."
The Loss of National Existence
more deplored than war.
to be
Nevertheless, leaving the responsibility of
and tells us all about himself and heaven.
When you can, I hope you will love to read the beginning and continuance of this conflict to those on whom it must rest, I feel
the Bible as much as I do."
equally bound to say, that beyond all the
evils of the present war, with all its calamCurious Tracts.
ities, losses, sufferings and sins, would be
A hunter-up of literary curiosities in the loss of national existence, the permaEngland recently stumbled upon a box of nent severance to the American Union. A
" Scripture Night-lights," by the Rev. B. nation may well suffer in the maintenance
Power, M. A., with a picture on each of of the principles on which it was founded.
them of one of Child's night lamps—a wick Individual suffering and loss, social and
burning in a little saucer of oil. These commercial embarrassment or bankruptcy,
Scripture Night-lamps " consist of twelve the prostration of credit, the impoverish"little
dissertations on twelve little words: ment of cities, the loss of life; bad as they
" Also," Upon," Yet," " Lest," are, are yet not to be considered in com" Never,"
" Ye," Sown."
" And," But," " Any," parison with the great and enduring evils of
All."
national ruin. Whether the present war
'• How,"
Of course the bait here is to excite cu- continues one year or ten, it is not so bad as
riosity as to how these small words are to be the continued series of wars and internal
made the text of an evangelical discourse. strifes that would certainly succeed the disThe solution is very simple. A text is chos- ruption of the Union. There would be
en which happens to contain the word, and witnessed here the same tragedies which
a great deal of pains is taken to emphasize kept the German States so many generathe function of the word in that particular tions in almost unending conflict, the effects
text, and this is all. Thus the night-light of which have not yet passed away. Nay,
is elicited from the text, " Neither our case would be far worse than theirs, for
" Any any
shall
man pluck them out of servile war would be added to all other evils.
The question now before us is not to demy father's hand."
The rest may be
imagined. Mr. Powefn»* night-lights " are termine upon war or peace. This has alchiefly wick, and if there be twelve .virgins ready been determined, with or without our
who would trust to them, we fear they are intervention, and beyond all present control.
all foolish virgins.
It is manifest, regret it as we may, that the
But even Mr. Power hns successful rivals. war, the trial of strength, if you please to
G. Forlong writes one of a series of very call it so, must go on until one of two
dear "penny letter tracts," and calls it things happens either, the "Seceding
I Was and What I Am." This is States," having sufficiently proved the folly
"theWhat
nature of the performance:
of rebellion and the strength of the Government
will return to the Union, not as subWHAT I WAS AND WHAT I AM.
jugated, but as equal States, as they were
" Dear reader, I once resided with 2 Tim. before, or, both parties becoming weary of
"
"
"
"
"
"
—
the contest, a treaty of peace, with some
sort of re-adjustment of inteiests, will be
declared. In the former case, a new era of
happiness and national glory will begin. In
the latter, a temporary truce.fjrith renewals
of war and divisions—a condition of things
little better than anarchy, for an indefinite
period, is the best to be expected. But to
attain cither result, the. active prosecution
of the present war for a time, how long no
one can say, is now understood to be an unavoidable condition. The only thing left for
individuals to do is to choose on which side
they will stand. We speak with sadness,
and the stem-reality of passing events Is
yet more sad. For weeks, for months, perhaps for years, this fearful civil war is destined to go on. But if it results at last,
as God grant it may, in the full re-establishment of the United States government
in its integrity and pristine vigor, the sacrifice will have been well endured, the suffering will not have been in vain.—Loyalty
and Religion By Rev. W. C. Eliot, St.
Louts.
—
Who
is Jeff. Davis President of
Southern Confederacy
the
Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky in
ISOS, and in infancy was removed with his
family to Mississippi. He received a military education at West Point, where he was
graduated in 1828, and was appointed brevet
second lieutenant. During the seven years
that he remained in the army, he served
with credit in several Indian wars, but resigned his commissipn in 1835 and turned
cotton planter. His first appearance in politics was in the Polk presidential campaign.
The next year ho was elected to Congress,
but he resigned in 1846 to command a regiment in the Mexican war, where he served
with distinction. After his return he was
elected to the Senate, and, in the stormy debates which preceded the compromise of
1850, he distinguished himself as the most
uncompromising champion of extreme southern claims. He was a forcible debater of a
highly intellectual cast of mind, with a subtle pride which perverted his whole moral
nature. He was President Pierces Secretary of War, and, despite the superior abilities of Marcy, was the leading spirit of that
cabinet. His unscrupulous and domineering
nature gave him complete ascendancy over a
mediocre man like Pierce and a man of supple principles like Cushing; and Marcy,
though he did not approve, was powerless to
resist the bold pro-slavery machinations in
that really able cabinet. It was then that
Jeff. Davis sowed the dragon's teeth from
which hosts of armed men nave sprung up.
The Kansas imbroglio, which was fomented
by that cabinet, was the entering wedge
which has cleft the Union. Douglas's repeal of the Missouri Compromise would
have worked little practical mischief, had it
not been for Jeff. Davis's successful plot in
the cabinet to abet the attempts to thrust
slavery into Kansas in spite of the will of its
inhabitants.—The World.
Result of Practice.—it is said that
the children who are taught to punch the
eye-holes of needles by hand, acquire
such dexterity as to be able to punch a
human hair and thread it with another.
.
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MARINE JOURNAL.
PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I.
ARRIVALS.
ov. 16—Am wh ship Congress 3d, Stranberg, from 11110, before
reported, lay on*and on.
jo Am wh bark Isabella, Tucker, fromLahainn, before
reported, lay off and on.
16—Atn wh ship Marengo, Kldridge, from Hilo, before reported, lay offand on.
16—Am wh ship Navy, aarvent, fm 11110, before reported,
lay off and on.
16—Am brlgantine Sheet Anchor, Sayward, 26 days from
Alberni, Y. 1., with 200 M ft lumber, 30 tons coal,
30 tons mdae, 6a_erls saluwn.to 11. Uaukfekl A Co.
16—Am bark Yankee, Ciaxloii, 14 days fmSan Francisco,
with merchandise to Wilcox,Klcharils A Co.
100 ap,
16—Haw wh brig Akilia, Manimen, from Ochotsk,
600 wh, 6000 bone, aeuaon and on board ; 000 wh,
11,000 bone, voyage.
Ruasian-Americau Co's ship Zaritia, Juaeleus, 21
days from Sitka, with 1060 barrels salmon to 11.
llackfeld & Co.
17—Am brlgt Josephine, Stone, 16dsy»from Baker's Is.
10—Am wh ship Ituaseaa, llreene, fm Ochotsk, 1000 wh,
14.000 bone, season ; 1000 Sh, 22,000 l>n, voyage ;
1000 wh, 14.000 bone, on board.
days fm
19—British Lark Thomas Daniel, Alexander, 143
Liverpool, with assorted saavthandise to Janion,
Heath.
Ureeu a Co. Passenger—Thomas
20—Am wh ship Thomas Dickason, Stewart, from Hilo,
before reported, lay off and on.
22—Am wh bark Martha let, Cornell, fm Lahaina, before
reported.
24 Haw wh bark Florence, J Spencer, from Uchotak, via
Hilo, IQOU wh. 14,000bone, aeaann.
24—Am brig Francisco, Richmond, 31 ilaya from Port
Towneend,with lumber, etc.,hi 11. Hackreld A Co.
26 Am wh skip Josephine, Chapman, from Hilo, before
°
reported.
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DEPARTURES.
Nov. 13—Am wh ship Itlectra, Brown, for coast of California
and home,
16—Olivir Crocker, Cochran, for New Zealand and home.
IT Am wh ship Congress 2d, Strauberg, for coast of California and home.
18—Ass Wh ship Marengo, Kldridge, for Westward mid
Japan.
18—Am wh ship Adeline. Barber, for the lane anil Arctic.
18 Am wh ship Navy, Sarvent, forWestward and Arctic.
18—Am wh bark Belle, Brown, lor a iperin-wliale cruise
and home.
18—Am wh bark Alice. Borbe, for New Zealand andhome.
IS—Am wh bark Florida. Fish, for Westwardand Arctic.
20—Am wh bark Nile, Kldridge, for Melbourne, with a
cargoof oil.
20—Am wh ship Ocean, Clark, for coast of California.
Maria, Comatuck, for coast of California—sailed
rich
23
aaJßeuder to the wh ship Ocean.
23—Amwark Comet, Com. Paty, lor San Francisco.
23 Am wh ah Good Return, Flah, lor N. Zeal'd and home.
23—Am wh bark Gratitude, Davis, for home direct.
27 —Am wh bark Onward, Allen, for coast of California
and home.
28—Am whsh Magnolia, Pierce, tsjeruiae South ami home.
28—Am »h ship Othello, Klllmer.for WestM and Ochotsk.
20—Haw wh brigVictoria, Dauelsbcrg, lor Margarita Bay.
20 Am wh ship "naaaacliuaetu, Greene, for Westward
and Ochotsk.
29 Asa Wh ship Montreal, Soule, to cruise and home.
EJ Asawh bark Ontario, Poster, for N.Zeal'd ;ind home.
,
,
,
26—Am wh ship South Boston, Randolph,fm Hilo, before
reported, lay off and on.
wh ship Massachusetts, Greene, from Lahaina,
fH~ Ambefore
reported, lay off aial on.
26 Am wh ship Good Return. Fish, returned for repairs.
27—Am wh ship Montreul,Soule,fm Hilo, before reported,
lay offand on.
2ax%aawM gun-boat Morge, Crown, 36 days from Callao,
bound to Amour via Nagasaki.
MEMORANDA.
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XT *nlp Chat. W Morgan, Hamilton, report,—Left HonoPORTF
LAHAINA.
lulu April 17 ; went on the Ochotsk May 2UBbuud a great ileal
oflee and fog at Mercury Bay during June sfa July, and whales
scarce at first. Went into the same Bay again, and cruised
«X RIVALS.
there during August and September, and found whales plentiful
then ; took 6 whales there. Captured our lii"t whale June li. Nov. B—Am wh bark (laiailulssjaiilln Oreen, from Ochotsk, 600
lat. 44° 02 N.,|png. 140° 80 K. ; kast one offOchotsk City Oct.
wh, 7000 hone, season ; 18 sp. 600 wh, 7400 bone,
13th. Saw moat whales In Mercury Bay. Had tolerably good
voyage ; 600 wh, 7800 bone, on hoard.
400
City,
the
season.
Oct.
off
Ochotsk
had
14,
weather throughout
14—Am wh bark Maroon Ist, Cornell, from Ochotsk,
a heavy snow storm. Took eight howneeda and one right wbß
wh, 6000 bone, Sanson ; 60 sp. 1800 wh, 11,000bn,
(our
voyage;
right
whaleand
twwheuds
wh,
—struck and lost one
1400
6000 bone, on board.
accidents unci Isul weather, whichwould probably have mauaßsJ
In all 1100 oris this season two of our whales were large—one, I
DEPARTURES.
a right whale,made 207 brls., the other, a bowhead, 196 brls. I
ti
Mr. John Williams, 2d officer, hail hla hand badly injured by 1
the bursting ofa bomb-gun, while fast to sright whale ; he has, Nov 14—AjMBbarkIsabella, Tucker, to cruise Westward.
bark Cicero, Stlrera, to cruise Westward and
16—
however,recovered from his Injuries, hut has lost hla lore-Anger.
26th,
Left the Ochotsk and casts through the 60th passage Oct..
s
lat.
46
32
20th,
N.,
and had light s.K. winds for three days;
king. 173° 10 X encountered a severe gale from W.N.W.,
whichlasted for 18 hours; we laid-to under bare iioles for 14
PASSENGER.
hours, and lost the starboardami bow-boat off thecranes. Took
the trades strong in lat. 30° and carried theui to the islands.
From San Francisco—per Yankee, Nor. 16—alias Mary
touched off Ijshaina on the 13thNov., and arrived at Honolulu
Cartwrlght, II Bruns, wire and 2 children, Miss M Johnson. E
next day—2o days |«ssage.
Clifford, Then Urulib, Unas KlunE, ThSD Charter, J Baker, Wm
XT Bark Planrt, Dalhnan, re|iort»—Left Honolulu Jan. 13 HerU-rt, J J Smith, Win Cliff. B CtSExwy, Mr Allen, Mr Robert
am) first cruised on the Line ; saw sjienn whales on the22d
—17.
and three aaroe day In lat. 4J N., long. 16H) °W. Saw sperm
For San Francisco—per Comet, Nov 23—Capt T Brown, Dr
whaleaagain Feb. 27 ; struck one, but lost him. Next went to Smith, II S B:ibcock, Dr H B Whiteand servant, Dr Jouen, Dr
Ascension, and thence to Hakndadi, where I remained forty- I. 11 Uulick, T Gulick, t'spt Labusle, Capt J Linileuberg. Capt
four days, being ill luostof the time Is-ft there May 6, and M Clinkowstrom, Geo Thomas. John Urscias, Jim-Silva. Frank
went Into the Ochotsk on the Uth ; found phuty of ice, and was Joseph, U Uurley, Chaa Rehard, J Skinotr, J Fuller, J Boos,
amongst it for 22 days. Saw the first bowheads June 6, lat. Mr Hurlbert. Chas Smith, J T Donlen, John Evans, M Devnae,
66° 10 N., long. 141° K. Took firstwhale June 28 ; captured W B Moores—2B.
eleven whales lliia season, six of which were taken in Sliantar
For New Bedford—per Ontario, Nov 28—R W M'Coushtry
bay, where we aaw the most whales during the cruise. Found
From Ai.bkiim, Y. I.—per Sheet Aitchnr, Nov 15—0 Gurley,
the weather iv the Ochotsk good first part of the season. DurWheeler.
ThomaS
ing the whole of July,had thick, foggy weather. Jan. 23d, one
From Baekr's Island—per Josephine Nov. 17—Charles 11
of our seamen, a native of Guam, was killed by the head of a Judd, wife, child and servant, Wm B suave, one Chinaman,
whale falling on him while taking It on deck, l-eft FYlixstolT and 44 natives.
Oct. 10, and was 28 days on the passage down ; had moderate
From Sitea—i*r Zarltaa, Nov 17—CaptF Lindenbrrg, Capt
weatherall the way.
M ClinkoWMkriau.
For Meleourse—per Nile, Nov 20—Henry sfswaan, Thouiaa
XT Ship Rotirau, Greene, reports—Cruised the first.part of
tho season, from April 14 to May 20, in the Japan Sea ; saw but Wilkinson, Miss Alice Wilkinson, Miss Ella KeyV.
few whalss,and those very wild and shy ; struck two, but lost
them. Tonchcd at Hakndadi on the 22d of May, and sailed on
the 26th for Ochotsk. JuueS. In lat. 46 s 40 N., long. 162° 36
DIED.
E., saw a right whale and took him. Arrived on the 69 °<0
ground July 1, but saw only one whale while there. Put away
Pbatt—ln this city, Tuesdny, Nov. 28,1881, Mr. Joseph R
for the Shantare, and made the ice ami land July 7 i found the
Ice plentiful and whales scarce. Took our first bowhead on the Pratt, of Boston, Mass., V.H.A., sged 40fears, 4 months and
Bay
Sept.
21 | 17 days.
28th July, In 8. W. Bay, and the last In Shantar
Mokoan—At sea, October 5, on board bark Thomas Daniel.
saw no whalesafter the 23d. Left Shantar Bay on the 4thOct.,
passage
on William Morgan, aged 19 years, a native of Swansea, England.
Felixtoff on the 11th, and passed through the 60th
the 18th. Fresnthe long, of 16i=> K. to 175 P W., had the worst He fell from the fore-yard upon the deck whilereefing, and had
weather I have ever known. Took the first gale Oct. 22, In lat, his leg broke, from which injury he died. | English |iapers
[
40° lON.,tens. 164° 20 X., from 8. and veered to W.B W., please copy.
blowing very heavy ; laid-to under Imre polss some 24 hours;,
lost starboard boat, stove gangway-boaril,bulwarks, and pitched
atSWhaleF
nrs rancisco.
away the martingale. On the 20th. lat. 46° N., long. 178° E.,
The following whalers had arrived up to Oct. 30:
took another galefrom S.K. ami hauled to N.K., which hlnwed
hard for 36 hours | lost main topsail, misen-stayaail. jib-boom Sept. 10—tchOlivia, Kedfield, from Arctic, 100brls oil, 1100 ms
lame, 17,600 tt>» ivory.
withall the sailsami most of the rigging attached. After that
hail three days pasaahle weather, which was followed by another Oct. 12—Sch Cornells Terry. Crowell, from Arctic, 22 pkgs
hauled
to
;
from
which
Mew
for
some
8
hours
It
then
8.,
bluhlier, 3000 lbs bone, 4600 lbs ivory.
gale
20—Ship Henry Kueeland, Kelly, from Arctic, 1000 bi Is
tlie westward, ami blew hard for 30 hours. While running
which
broke
stern
a
sea
over
:he
polar oil, 16,000 lbs bone.
before the wind, shipped heavy
fastenings to the round-house and carried it foul of the wheel,
22—Bark Cartb, Way, from Arctic. 600 brls polar oil, 300
rim,
on*
with
the
tiller
also
the
brls walrua, 8000 Ihs bone, 6000 lbs ivory.
breaking both stanchions short
spokes, ami in fact made a complete wreck of It. However, we
24—Ship John llowland, Whelden, Iroui Arctic, 060 brls
long.
From
about
lat.
46
N.,
patched it up and kept off again.
polar oil, 16,000 lbs lame.
°
176° W hail goal breraes to the Islands. Took tho trades in
27 Ship Florida, Williams, from Ochotsk, 2,260 all told
by
S.K.
S.,
to K.
lat. 34° 30 N., long 167 ° 10 W., varying from
760 brls and 8000 lbs bone this season.
28—Ship Dartmouth, llaughten, from south Pacific, 600
and was unable to makeany Basting came closed hauled all
at
and
touched
brls sperm.
the way after getting the trades. Sighted Maui,
29—Ship Julian, Wlnegar. from Arctic, 1200 brls polar oil,
Lahaina on the 18thNov. Arrived and anchored at llouolulu
000brls and 12,900 lbs bone this season.
on the 19th.
XT Hark Flortncr, Spencer, reports—Left Honolulu Dec.
26, and first went to Ssypan, near Guam. Went Into the Yellow
Revenues of Great Britain and Franon.—In these days,
Sea on the 22d March, and cruised there till April 4, but saw no
whales ; left there on the 4th, anil went through the Straits into when the question of the Revenue has assumed a degree of Imwhale
the
on
the Japan Sea same day. Took our first right
portance before unknown in this country, the following tables
26th, in lat. 38 ° 46 N., long. 133 04 E. saw but few waWes showing the various sources from whichtheabove nations derive
and they were very shy, and weather had. May 1, struck two
more right whales, but unfortunatelylost one—lat. 39 ° 66 W.. theirImmense incomes, may prove Interesting to our readers.
long. 133 ° X.; after that, up to the 10th, saw but one whale,
Abstract of the gross revenue of the United Kirsdom for the
ami he appeared to have been chased, forhe was running like a year ending March 31st 18611
race-horse. Left tliere on the 19th, and wentthrough the Straits
f. 23,306,777
of Perouee into theOchotsk Sea ; fell In with the ice on the 2il Customs
In lat. 48° 20 F„ long. 140° 06 E., accompanied with thick
8,348,412
fog and strong«.E. winds ; did not get clesrof it till the 16thof Stamps
3,1x7,000
June. Next tried oar luck on the Wheat Ground"—cruised Taxes(personal).. J
lO.MMItt
there till the 21st. but did not see any whales -, 23d, sighted Proiierty tax (real)
3,404,000
Jonas Rock, wMMenty of lee all around; 26th, anchored at Poet Office Income
280,668
Ayan, and left sjstu next day for Shantar Bay, but could get no Crown LauiUinaane
iacellaneous
1,468,101
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farther than Rocky Point on account of the Ice ; on the 28th, M
provisions
left
the
vessel
forCarolineHarbor,
with
three boata
Total
£70,283,064
tor the Tender,and arrived there after a passage of 16 days,
Amounting in our currency sajsasarly $:ui,uou,000
having endured some severe weather on the way -, one of the
of the gross revenue of Saw French Kuipire as estimated
boats got fast an a cake of ice. and was on It for three days and Abstract
for the year 1862.
nights, exposed to heavy sleet all the time, and hail It not been
Fee 362,247,000
for the perseverance of the officer whohad charge of theboat, the Land Tax
reached
Trade
Licenses and stamps
368,062,000
;
they
crass would undoubtedly have perished however,
and Window Tax
44,631,»uo
the Harbor on the 14th July, in company with three boatstofrom Door
Imports
Customs
on
1*2,441,000
get
Found
the
Tender
and
endeavored
the Isssac Huwlami.
Customs, various
1,606,000
her saT, but did not sucseed. The bark arrived at Caroline
Sugar
Dutiea
88,660,000
boata
the
arrival,
Harbor on the 2d August; previous to her
201,600,000
had eaptorad three whalesbathe Bay. Found plenty of whalea Duties on wines, spirits and other beveragvs....
Tobaccomonopoly
223,400,000
In Shantar Bay. but the Ice was very troublesomeand thewhales
10,421,000
wild. Took our laat whaleOct. 17, in Mercury Bar ; in all 13 Gunpowdermonopoly
■ajaeriee andForests
41,011,000
Spos*
Kmlly
the
bowheads and 2 right whalea this season.
40,262,000
Morgan on the 7th o«t,'under Elbow Island, hailing 000 brls, SfrtTax
Office income
62,076,000
and was boiling at the time. Left Mercury Bay Oct M, In com- Post
18.440,400
pany with harks John P. West and Camilla—the former with CrownLands
Dues
day,
Navigation
4,441,000
was to leave next
1200 brla, and thelatter full; the Mllo paaaage
Various .lues and sources nf issajSEss, Including
with
the
on
the
down,
good
full
Had
weather
also
aUaristry,Lottery,
all
Personaland
furniture
hours,
Tax,
exception of one gale from B.K, In which we lay-to
the trades
Theatre, etc
•zi^N,70o
lat. 40° 30 N., long. 180° 40, W. ; alter that hadand
arrived
strong to the lalands. Touched off Hilo on the way,
passage
this
Total
Fes
23
from60th
to
day.
Was
at Honolulu Nov. "4
Amounting in onr currency to near 1370,000,000.
port.
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Lubbers, reports—Left HonoXT Oldenburg bark German Line-,
saw a school of sperm
lalu Dec. 4, and cruised on the26,
but did not take any. Was
whales off Strong's laland Jan.
4, and went Into the
April
off llakodadi March 24 ; left there
Arctic July 1. Saw the first bowheads 26th May. off Cape
the last on
i'haddeuß, ami took our drat whale next day; took
most of the sesSent 24 lat. 60° N., long. 173° W. Cruised
Last of
soi, from lax. 67 °to7o ° N., long. 188° to 174 ° W.
skgSlisl n between lat. 60° and 73°.
September, saw the
thla
season.
Ice
Had good, weather, but <»Jr« ssaa plenty of 172
on
I*ft the Arctic Oct. 5, and rasas sssdpugh the twodpassage
days dead
ihetoth. Hail good weather AwWat, Including
Strong'a
away
a
ran
at
nalive,
Iwal-steererS,
of
our
calm. One
laland. Two natives died of consumption—one May 20th, and
the other Oct. 20th.
XT Brig Aloka, Mamraen, reports-Left Honolulu Dec. 22,
and first cruised on the Line, where we took four sperm whalea.
Next went to Aacenaion, Guam, and Japan Sea, but saw no
whales during the time. Went on the Ochotsk in May, and
found Ice plentiful, but weather good.fSDruised in B.W. Bay all
the season, and round whalea plentiful during August, September and October, but rather shy ; took oar first whaleOct. 16,
and tire laat one duringSeptember, In the Bay—took in all seven
whales. One of our men, the cooper, name unknown, died the
third day after leaving Honolulu ; also, a native of this group,
named John Maui, died four days previous to our arrival. Left
B.W. Bay Oat. 16, and had tolerably good weather down, with
the exception of two light galea, in which we loat two boats off
tbecranes. Reportahaving left several vessels in the Bay, buton
srrlralhers found they has all come m before him.
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