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For Ahkmnl. I sio.
John Chinaman a Sailor
Editor* Notes, Ac
HahhathObservance
New Theory o| Peopling America
English Verdict u|k>ii Capt. Eyre
Chinese in Massachusetts
Marine Journal
Editor* Table
Death anil Burial ol Charles Dickens.
Young Men's Christian Association
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THE FRIEND,
AUGUST 1. ISIO.
A cordial welcome we are most happy
extend to the Young Men's Christian Association. Hereafter one page of our sheet
will be issued under their editorial supervision and control. We shall hope the interest
and usefulness of oursheet will be marvelously increased. A little young blood in the veins
of the old Friend will undoubtedly add to US
aggressive and progressive proclivities. Let
not our readers imagine, however, that we
have entered into this arrangement because
we were fearful the Friend would become
defunct and die. This paper has lived
through all the ups and downs of newspaperial existence during the past twenty-seven
years, and we hope it will survive until
we may be permitted to celebrate its Jubilee.
to
War in Europe.—The news per Comet
was most startling. France has declared
war against Prussia, and large armies are
marching to the frontier, where a conflict will
immediately ensue. From the news, it would
appear that France is bent on war, and Prussia was taken wholly by surprise. The next
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No one race on earth is now attracting
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so much attention as the Chinese. You{
henr of "John " in Pnris, London, and espeWhen thou, haply, neeit
Some rare, note-worthy object in thy Iravela i
cially in America. He has little to say
Wi*h me partaker in thy huppin™«."- Shakrniirart
about himself, but lets his friends and eneBRINDISI, ON THE HEEL OF ITALY.
mies do all the discussion. There was a
As
schoolboy knows the conformaand
did
every
time when he remained at home,
the
known in geography os Italy,
tion
of
land
Bull,
Uncle
not wish to go abroad but John
resembles
of a man's boot. Brinshape
the
said
Sam, and other civilized gentlemen,
the heel. It is the ansituated
upon
disi
is
must
allow
" this will never do, John, you
us to come and trade with your people, and cient Brundusium, at the end of the Via
you may come to our lands." These fine Appia. Eighteen hundred years ago it was
gentlemen thought he would not, go a seaport of vast importance and trade, under
abroad ; but he is very peculiar in his habits the Komun Republic and Empire. It was
and reasonings, and much given to money the great naval port from which the Roman
making and labor. He finally made up his armies and fleets took their departure for
mind to migrate, and now nothing will stop Greece and the Orient. The harbor was
him. Go he will. Any law of Congress excellent, and the city contained a busy popwould no more stop his going over to Ame- ulation. The harbor is described by Jurica than a law would stop the sun shining, lius Caesar. Here that great Roman general
or the rain falling. He is much given to blockaded his opponent, Pompey, and effectpushing his way. Talk about Anglo-Saxon ually closed up the harbor by sinking piles.
enterprise! Yankee go-a-headitiveness is He was more successful in closing the harnothing compared with John's persistency in bor than was the Federal Government of the
pushing his woy through and around the United States in closing up that of Charworld. He has appeared in a new role, that leston. So successful was Julius Caesar,
of a sailor. We hear of him now on board that now, while we are writing these lines,
all the China steamers, and as having com- here in Brindisi,—laborers are at work
menced climbing over the sides of the Pana- in dredging the harbor, and removing the
ma steamers. He is displacing the steve- accumulation of the debris of ages. These obdores at San Francisco and Sacramento. structions were partially removed several
What does he care about the laws of Con- centuries ago, but the work is now to be
gress, declaring that American ships shall be effectually accomplished in anticipation of
navigated by American seamen ? He is making Brindisi the great port of the Mediready to work, and work anywhere, and for terranean, through which passengers wilt go
low wages, and depend upon it, he is
and return from India to England. As soon
bound to win in the race.
as the Mt. Cenis tunnel is completed, BrinWe would acknowledge a package of disi and London will be only two days apart.
newspapers from the Rev. Dr. Lang, of Syd- Here travelers will embark for Alexandria,
ney, New South Wales, including three in Egypt. In anticipation of the future
pamphlets, entitled " Historical Account of trade and intercourse, the Italian Govern-
-
mail will bring most stirring intelligence.
Unquestionably ere this date, one or more
battles have been fought, and the other nations of Europe have declared their position
the Separation of Victoria and New South ment railroad companies and private enterin regard to the conflict.
Wales," Immigration, the grand desidera* prise are restoring Brindisi to something of
Greenwich Hospital is a ragged school, turn for "New South
" Brief ancient importance.
in which 300 rescued children are taught Sketch of Parliamentary Life und Times i" its
On our journey hither from, the Alps, we.
from the Bible.
all by the Rev. Dr. Lang.
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passed through Turin, Bologna, Ancona
thus crossing the plains of Lombardy, running down the coast of the Adriatic for two
hundred miles, while in the distance could
be seen the Apennines, forming the back- I
bone of Italy. This is the land of the olive,
the vine, the orange, the fig, and many
other kinds of fruit. The country people
still plow with the same description of wooden plows used by the old Romans. YV c
examined one of them with much interest;
we hear, however, that the American iron
and steel plows have made their appearance. Wheeler and Wilson's sewing machines were for sale in Turin and Bologna.
We have seen one shoemaker in Brindisi at
work with an American sewing machine.
The railroad is now infusing new life and
energy among the people in this remote part
of Italy.
During our brief sojourn of two days in
Brindisi, we have been fully occupied, not
only in viewing the present habits and customs of the people, but also in making enquiriesrespecting the antiquities of so ancient
and renowned a city as Brindisi, or Brundusium. Here the poet, Virgil, died, B. C.
19 ; September 22nd. He was on his return
from Greece to Rome. His body was conveyed to Naples. In our endeavour to ascertain what could be learned respecting the
ancient ruins of the city, we have been much
aided by Professor Giacomo Janonico Rubini, for 22 years teacher in the Gymnasium
of Brindisi. He is now a priest in one of
the churches of the city, of which he is also
a native. As he speaks English, and is uncommonly genial and communicative, it has
afforded us a great amount of pleasure to
accompany him through the city and its
suburbs, and also in our visits to the churches, and now deserted monastery. He was
professor of mathematics and rhetoric, and
has a brother now professor of mathematics
in Naples.
It was evidently with no small degree of
sadness that Professor Rubini alluded to the
confiscation of the church property, and the
abolition of the monasteries and nunneries.
He, however, accepts the situation, and endeavors to make the best of the change.
In reference to the old Roman age, it was
most instructive to hear him discourse. Today he pointed out to us, on the opposite
aide of the harbor, in the garden of the Russian Consul, the stone, with its inscriptions,
which marks the spot where a Roman Consul was buried, by the name of Cocceius.
We also heard him quote the following line
of Horace, referring both to the Appian way
and the settlement of the dispute between
Antony and Augustus:
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ers and armies started for Rome, across the
Apennines.
It was from this port that, in the days of
the Crusaders, such vast multitudes of those
misguided men embarked, no more to return,
for the recovery of Jerusalem and the Holy
Land from the lisfidel. Here, too, the Templars of Malta had a branch of their order
established, and Professor Rubini pointed
out to us the remains of an edifice where the
Templars held their meetings.
There is still standing in the city a Pillar,
or Column, about fifty feet high, that was
erected in the 11th century. The house in
which, tradition says, Virgil died, is situated
near this Column. Brindisi has a public
library, nnd through it we were conducted
by Professor Rubini, who kindly pointed out
to us various Roman relics which had been
recently discovered while excavations were
forward for laying the railroad. We
also examined several very curious and most
neatly executed ancient manuscripts. There
was one work of special interest to which
our attention was called : we refer to the
" Biblia Sacra Polyglotta," in 6 volumes,
published in London, during the protectorate
of Cromwell, 1657. Thomas Waltonus
was editor, nnd Thomas Roycraft was the
publisher. This is a work of great interest,
and it was amusing to see how some antiCromwellian scholar had most carefully
pasted a line of Latin, in the Latin preface,
over the name of the illustrious protector,
Oliver Cromwell. This exhibition of petty
spite exceedingly amused the professor as
well as ourselves. The name of Cromwell
now, 1869, stands very differently among
even staunch supporters of the English
throne, from what it did in 1669. During
our late visit to Bunhill Cemetery, in London, we noticed with interest that the Lord
Mayor of London had recently ordered a
tomb of one of the sons of Cromwell to be
restored. If the body of Cromwell could be
found, we are not sure but a monument
would be erected over it, in the city of
London, by order of Her Majesty's Govern-
,
ment.
But we have wandered from Brindisi,
where we are now making our preparations
to embark this evening for Alexandria in
Egypt, thatpar excellence is "the old coun-
try"—that fountain, whence the stream of
learning has been flowing for more than
three thousand years, through Palestine,
Greece, Rome, and so down through all the
modern nations ofEurope to America.
We cannot close our notice of Brindisi,
without referring in terms of much commendation and respect to the attentions we have
received from James R. Weaver, Esq., the
"BrunduiimD lodjmiSol, cbarueqoe vi*e que."
recently appointed United States Consul for
From this end of the Appian way, travel- this port. Uoteld'Aofletere, Brlndiii, U«c. 13,1870.
CambridgEngland.
Uenvrsity,
O"0ur readers will pardon us for inserting the following letter, written during our
brief sojourn in London, after our return
from the shores of the Mediterranean.
A brief sketch of our visit to Oxford was
published in the June number of our sheet.
London, Feb. 12, 1870.
To-day it is very cold,
Mv
and the streets are deserted except by those
necessarily called abroad on labor or business. I feel quite inclined to remain quietly
at our temporary English home, where I enjoy the society of the family of Captain
Holdsworth, our old neighbour at Honolulu.
How can I employ a few moments more
agreeably, than by giving you a brief sketch
of yesterday, the day I spent at Cambridge,
dear
,
visiting the old University ?
Cambridge is situated fifty-six miles northeast from London. I left in the train at 8
o'clock, a. m., and arrived there about 10.
Having in my possession a letter of introduction to Mr. E. C. Sterling ofTrinity, now pursuing his medical studies at the University,
1 repaired to that college, and soon learned
that he was attending a lecture, and would
not be at leisure until 1 o'clock p. m. On
sending to the neighboring hotel, I obtained
a cicerone who is accustomed to conduct
strangers about Cambridge. I gave him to
understand that the object of my visit was
remarkable places in and about
Cambridge, visit several of the Colleges, and
walk through the library buildings and chapels. We immediately started upon our
to see the
rambles.
We first visited Jesus College. This was
originally built for a nunnery, in the reign
of Henry 11, but converted into a college in
1497. It has been suffered to become much
dilapidated ; but within a few years the
buildings have been extensively repaired,
and the chape) rebuilt. This college has
104 undergraduates. Here let me inform
you that Oxford and Cambridge Universities
are constructed upon entirely different principles from our American Colleges, or Universities. Perhaps I can give you no better
idea of Cambridge University than by asking you to imagine all the colleges of New
England gathered and crowded together in
the town of Amherst. Now, at Cambridge
there are no less than eighteen different colleges. All form the University of Cambridge. The peculiar government and organization of this grand old institution,
furnishes a most admirable illustration of
the organization and government of the
United States of America. Our separate
States correspond to the separate colleges,
and when all are united, they form a
good idea of our general Government, or
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the United States of America. When undergraduates are residing in Cambridge,
they speak of themselves as members of this
or that college, viz: "a St. John's man,"
" a Trinity man," " Caius man ;" but when
they have graduated and gone abroad into
the world, they are no longer " Trinity,"
or Caius," or St. John's" men, but Cambridge men. It is somewhat so with American citizens; when at home, they are
citizens of Massachusetts, or Ohio, or Illinois, or South Carolina ; but when abroad
they are American citizens. The parallel
might be still further carried out, if 1 had
the time and space. The University of Oxford will furnish an equally good illustration
of the Republic of North America. The
following are the names of the several colleges, w-ith the number of students attached
"
to
"
each.
Trinity, with undergradduates,
St. John's
Corpus Christi „
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Caius
,,
Trinity Hall
Christ's
Jesus
Emmanuel
Clare
Sydney
Queen's
Magdalene
Pembroke
St. Peter's
St. Catherine's
King's
Downing
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559
377
151
126
119
114
104
100
75
71
62
62
56
55
89
42
38
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2170
The method of instruction and discipline
is so very unlike that adopted in our American colleges that it would require a volume
to render the subject intelligible. While
there, I enquired of the young gentleman to
whom I was introduced, " can you recommend any book which will explain the
government of the University, and method
ol instruction ?" He replied, " the very best
book on Cambridge was written by one of
your countrymen, Mr. Everett, a graduate of
Trinity." "What, do you refer to the volume
entitled On the Cam ?' " " To be sure,"
'
was his reply. I recollect reading this book,
before leaving Honolulu. It was the American edition, but I find a new and English
edition has recently been published in London. I would recommend you to read that
book and I purchased for you a copy at
Cambridge. Young Everett, after graduating at " old Harvard," came over to England
and entered Cambridge, where he remained
through the regular course, graduating with
high honors. After returning to Boston, he
delivered a course of lectures before the
Lowell Institute. These were published
under the title " On the Cam, or University
Life at Cambridge." Mr. Everett is a son
of thelate Hon. Edward Everett of Boston.
But I have broken ofTthe narration of my
rambles under my Cicerone. After leaving
Jesus College, we visited the parish church
of All Saints, for the purpose of inspecting
a monument, erected to Henry Kirk White.
This church contains the grave of the much
lamented youthful poet. It was somewhat
gratifying to my national vanity to learn
from the old sexton of the church, that this
monument was erected by an American gentleman, by the name of Boott. I learn from
a Cambridge guide book, that this monument was executed by Chantrey, and exhi"
bits, within a medallion, the portrait of the
poet in bas-relief." There is a poetical inscription upon the monument from the pen
of Professor Smyth. The inscription is too
long for me to quote entire, but it closes
thus :
far o'er th' Atlantic wave,
A wanderer came, and sought the poet's grave,
On yonlow atone he saw his lonely name,
And raised this fondmemorial to his fame."
Jesus College is situated in the suburbs
of Cambridge. Returning from my walk in
that direction, I was conducted to the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This is
an edifice of great antiquity, having been
consecrated A. D. 1101. It is considered
one of the notable structures of Cambridge. It has been restored within a
few years, and doubtless furnishes a good
specimen of the Norman style of architecture. From thence I wandered through
various courts and grounds belonging to
King's, St. John's, and Trinity Colleges. I
cannot describe each, but suffice it, I was
exceedingly pleased with the venerable and
time-honored appearance of these ancient
seats of learning. The weather was so severe, that but few students were seen abroad
except those going or returning, with a hurried pace, from their lecture room, or from
some locality where they might find good
skating
I was much interested in viewing the
University Library, containing upwards of
400,000 printed books, and about 3,000
manuscripts. There I saw the famous manuscript of the four gospels, and the book of
Acts, on vellum, in Greek and Latin. With
the exception of a manuscript in the Vatican
Library, at Rome, this is regarded as the
most ancient. There also I saw a famous
and splendid Persian manuscript, dating as
far back as 1388. I was pleased to see how
admirably this library was lighted.
While walking through the dining hall of
Trinity, and viewing a number of portraits
of patrons, and graduates of this college, my
attention was arrested by the modest and
unambitious portrait of the saintly Henry
Martyn. There was no one among the
illustrious worthies of Trinity, whose portrait interested me so much. His character
may not find admirers among the generality
of Cambridge graduates and under graduates
but I am sure no one name is more honored
throughout the Church universal than that
of
Henry Martvn,
or amonz; tbe tbousands wbo Kave claimed
tbe liooor of
from (Cambridge
Universitv.
In order lbat vou mav see <be foundation
oflbnt bonest pride wbicb swells tbe breast
of everv (?ambridZe student, let me note
down some of tbe illustrious names associaled witb lbe ll isserenl cnllezes: Lacon,
Larrow, Orvden,
Nacaulav, were
?rior,
students.
Len
I'rinilv
side, lienrv llirlle Wbite and Wordswortb.
were 8t. Bonn's.
Lawrence 8terne and
8an>ue! I'avlor Ooleridz;e were connected
witb
Nillon belonged to
Obrist's College. Wben vou read " On tbe
(!»m," additional reasons will be suggested
to vour niind wbv Oambridsse Alumni are
proud ostbeir HIma slater.
librarv of I'rinilv well merits a passnotice. I'be boolls are most admirablv
arranged, and lbo spacious b?I! is well
are in lbi, librarv interestlizbted.
relics
associated
witb lbe name of 8<r
inF
Isaac Newton, llesides m»nv portraits and
Zvron,
busts, lberu is a fine statue of
muck admired, I'be poet is represented in
a sitting posture. bolding in l>i» lest band a
bnoll, inscribed "dnilde Uarold." 1'bougblsul meditation seems impressed upon llie
marble countenance. I'ne view of tt»« statue
brouznt to mind tne bitter controversv
wbicb b»» been raging tbe last sour montbs
on bolb sides os tbe Atlantic, in regard to
mav be tbe
Nvron's cbaracler.
Lvron,
near
tbe close
trutb upon tbe subject,
os lise, expressed bimsell in » manner indicative of inward remorse. lake tbe lines
be wrote on bis last birtb-dav:
°l!>e
«« »>»l In m> !x>»om !>«>»
80 l missbt dwell lonz and pleasantly in
recording mv reilections,
bv a visit
to
It wns a dav wbiell I »b»ll
never target,
dismissing m/ cicerone,
I repaired to tbe apartments occupied bv tbe
/ounss gentleman to wbom l was recommended. Ue bad returned srom lu« medical
lecture, lie xave me a student', welcome,
and, in companv witb bis brotber, ». law «tudent, I sat down to a generous lunck, served
up in bis own room. Vou must remember,
witb tbe exception os one meal a dav, <K«
students bave lbeir food sent to tbeir.
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own apartment from the public kitchen.
The remainder of the day was spent in free
conversation respecting University-life at
Cambridge, in contrast with the life of an
undergraduate in American colleges. They
had many enquiries to make, while 1 had
not a few in turn, which gave rise to much
pleasant chat. Upon this point I became fully
satisfied that Cambridge, with all its advantages and privileges, is not to remain where
it now is, butchanges are contemplated. Even
now, a notice is published in the newspapers,
that young ladies will bo admitted to the
privileges and lectures of the University.
At the present sitting of Parliament a bill is
to be introduced, allowing the sons of Dissenters to enter their names for University
honors.
The general impression abroad
in England, is that the expenses are too
much, and steps will soon be taken for their
reduction. At present, the annual expenses
of undergraduates range from £250 to £400,
or $1,250 to 2.000.
But I have already protracted my letter
much longer thnn I designed, and yet I could
easily write as much more. During all my
wanderings in foreign lands, the subject of
education has constantly occupied my mind ;
hence, in Egypt, Palestine, Greece, and
Italy, I visited nil the schools and colleges
which fell in my way. While the young
student may enjoy many advantages and
privileges in these old lands, yet I am fully
convinced that the young collegian in a New
England college may obtain as good an education, to fit him for the duties of life, in this
practical age, as those who are pursuing
their studies in Cambridge, or any other
equally favored European University. So
vivid arc my recollections of Amherst, that
I will not admit her inferiority among the
colleges of America, or the world. To be
sure, she has not the glory of antiquity, but
she has the vigor of youth, ripening into the
glory of manhood. Her Alumni, at home
and abroad, reflect honor upon their Alma
Mater, and I trust you will do your part in
sustaining the honor of the college, and in
elevating the character of her scholarship.
Yours truly,
S. C. Damon.
P. S. Feb. 14.—Yesterday I heard the
Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, and was exceedingly
pleased.
United States Marine Hospital.—Dr.
McGrew deserves much credit for his liberal
outlay in refitting the Hospital. Considering
the immense sums of money which have
been expended by the United States Government for hospital purposes, it has long been
.most disgraceful that the sick should have
.had such poor accommodations. Hereafter
we trust there may be no complaint. At
present the bedding and fixtures generally
are aril that could be asked for.
THE FRIEND.
AUGUST, 18TO.
good in awakening a deeper interest in the
Christian community in the cause of Missions.
ling merica.
aTNhbeoPwurytpA
DtS“RaaembohyKteHiretp oly.”
Thus spake God to Moses more than three
thousand years ago; and previously at the
creation of the world, God had " blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it."—Genesis 2:2.
We do not discover from our reading and
study of the Bible, that God has given up
his claim to one-seventh part of time as
"holy time," or has annulled his command
given upon Sinai. Until he does, we should
be very cautious how we alter or modify it,
any more than we should the 6th, "Thou
shalt not kill," or the Bth, " Thou shall not
steal." The French Revolutionists in 1793
abolished the Sabbath by law, and appointed
every tenth day for relaxation and amusement. The shock was so violent and alarming, that public sentiment compelled the legislative authority to restore the Christian
Sabbath.
The more closely we maintain the observance of the Sabbath, the better will public
morals and the welfare of the community be
conserved. We do not approve of the
Beecher theory as published in the A deerUser of the 30th of July. It is just such a
theory as will sanction all sorts of railroad
and steamboat desecration. No such theory
gave the Christian Sabbath to Old or New
England, or Hawaii nci. Give up the strict
observance of the Sabbath, and the flood
gates of sin are thrown wide open. Our
space will not allow us to go more fully into
this subject at present, but we could no sooner
be persuaded to give up the Holy Sabbath
than we could the Bible, or the marriage institution. The sooner we come back to
Bible ground upon the subject of marriage
and the Sabbath the better.
Our renders will learn from reading in
another column of the Friend, that the Rev.
Dr. Lang thinks the Continent of America
was peopled by the way of Easter Island.
Since that article was put into type, We have
received a communication from Ohio, in
which the theory is advanced that America
was peopled by the lost ten tribes of the
Jews. We quote as follows " You may
possibly remember that one part of my business while at Honolulu (this visit occurred
in 1850) was collecting evidence touching
the long missing ten tribes of the Hebrews.
Before and since I saw you, it has been my
lot to collect much information on this subject. It seems to me that there are evidences
existing to establish the following statements.
Ist. From more than eighty items of evidence, it may be inferred that the Indians of
America are descendants of the ten tribes.
2d. The Asiatic Tartars, Japanese, and many
of the inhabitants of Eastern Polynesia, nrc
of the same descent as the Indians. 3d.
Since the forefathers of the Indians came,
more than forty ol the Old Tcstimcnt prophecies have been fulfilled in this country.
These subjects arc interesting, as they have
a strong bearing on the future return of a
very large number of the human family to
:
Palestine."
This writer does not intimate by what
imagines the first inhabitants of
America reached the Continent, but probably
via the Aleutian Islands.
route he
Jubilee
Gathering at Waimea, Kauai.
A correspondent on Kauai thus writes us
under date of July 26th : Yesterday was a
great day at Waimea. The natives gave
Mrs. Whitney a grand limn, it being the anPersonal.—Letters have recently been received niversary of her landing at that place, just
from the Rev. Mr. Coan and wife, an- fifty years ago. People came from all parts
nouncing their arrival at Nilcs, Michigan, of the island. Had we been a day earlier,
where the Coan family hold a gathering, and wo might have had the pleasure of attending
the
of the
mar- the second Jubilee."
enjoy
city." The
" freedom
riage of a branch of the family brought together a large number. The ceremony was
solemnized by the Rev. D. Dwight Hunt,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, assisted
by the Rev. Mr. Coan. Mr. Hunt will be
remembered as formerly a missionary on the
islands. Mr. Coan had visited Chicago and
Oberlin. He had made addresses in various
places, and was bound on East. We rejoice
that after his long residence at Hilo, he could
leave and enjoy a season of relaxation and
refreshment. His visit, we are confident,
will prove beneficial to himself and Mrs.
Coan, and we arc confident he will do much
"
Frank Judd, Esq.-Letters received by
the steamer report this gentleman at the
quaint old city of Chester, England. We
congratulate him on his European tour.
New Divorce Law.—We heartily rejoice
that the Hawaiian Legislature has taken
higher ground upon this subject. The new
law is in the right direction.
Mr. John Williams, formerly resident
on the Samoan Islands, but now supposed to
reside on the Hawaiian Islands, will find a
letter by calling upon the Editor of this paper.
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CuVEnepagrodpliisncth.t
Eyre.
As the Friend circulates among seamen
of all nations navigating the Pacific, we have
most scrupulously avoided expressing any
opinion with reference to the conduct of
Captain Eyre, of the lUnnbay, until the
facts should be duly investigated and decided
upon in England. We have carefully read
every thing which has appeared in both
American and English papers. From the
general tone of the English papers, we felt
confident, that if Captain Eyre was really
guilty of gross negligence, he would receive
a verdict from his own countrymen, which
would be most severe. That verdict has been
pronounced, and the London Times asserts it
to be the general opinion of the English nation. That verdict is embodied in the fol-
lowing paragraph :—
The London Times says, " The correspondence relative to the collision between
the Oneida and the Bombay, and the offi-
cial notes and evidence in the inquiry held
at Yokohama, have just been printed by order of the House of Commons, and every
one has the opportunity of learning the facts
and judging the case for himself. The general opinion, we are sorry to say, must be
that the most unfavorable view taken of Mr.
Eyre's conduct in this country is the most
consistent with truth. We have waited
with an earnest hope that something would
appear to extenuate his culpability and to
remove the stigma which through him had
been fixed on the humanity of British seamen. But, though the distorted versions of
the story current in the United States may
be set aside, enough remains to shew that
beyond a doubt the death of the 112 persons
who were lost with the Oneida is to be
ascribed to the negligence of the captain of
the
Bombay.
This verdict, we regard, under the circumstances, as (ar more severe than any
thing which has appeared in the American
papers.
As the case is one which will be
HPOSNLRUT,.FI.
ntimanitv.
AKKIVAL.S.
TChinesM
in assachusetts.
Seventy-live laborers have reached North
Adams Mass, and been employed to make
shoes. It liiis created a great excitement
among the members of the St. Crispin's "
associations. From a Massachusetts paper
—the Spy—we quote its follows
"The white shoemakers of the town are in
a high state of wrath, but see no way of venting it effectually. The Crispin association
is very strong here, there being four or five
other large shops, and have hitherto had
every thing their own way and carried every
A prominent
thing with a high hand.
leader of the order from Boston is here, and
the Crispins are holding a secret meeting
to-night, but it is not thought probable anything serious will be done to disturb Mr.
Sampson's arrangements, as the sentiments
of the community at large are so strongly
with him. The threats which are made
promise all the enormities of Sheffield, but
courage to carry them out is probably lacking."
The stream having once commenced to
flow, it will not cease. Chinese laborers
will spread throughout the United States.
"John Chinamen " is the coming man in
America. He is shrewd, industrious, saving,
naturally given to traffic, and is bound to
work his way, and only asks to be let alone.
There will be a violent opposition to this
movement, but should not Chinamen be
allowed to go to any part of the United
States nnd there reside, engaging in labor or
trade, if American citizens are allowed to
visit China ? It is a poor rule that will not
work both ways. The treaty stipulations,
between China and the United States, gua-
i Jul)
-:
'.»—Brit bk Favorite, Ie ,91 days Iron, Montcvidc,
14—Am scar Hucctss, 111 days fromrlan Francisco.
10—Am hark D C .Murray, Shepherd, 19 days from Ban
Francisco.
ID—Br brig llvianiiuni, Cilhuun, 31 days from Videria. V I.
111-Am steamer Ajax, Floyd. 'Jj days fin SanFrauriM ,i
20-Am harkeniiue Victor, Walker, 30 days from Tort
Townsend.
21—II sunt Saginaw. Hirard, 16 ds tin Midway Island
23—Brit stmr City ol Melbourne, Urainger, 18 days
from Aucklatid.
2j—Nor Uer cutter Moevc, Willalmi, SB days from
I'aila, Peru.
2t)—Am ship Malay, ulough, 16 ilnys tin San Francisco
«
DEI'ARTIRKS
July
3—Am bk VmIBtMgB, Miller. I«r Poillaiul, t).
.I—Am bk Trani.it, t'arlclon, fur I'liienix Island.
•I—Nor tier bk N) llipli, Ralie, lor London.
brig Kamehauieha V, Rickman, for (iilauolsl'• -Hawlik
i:l—Brit
Favorite, Fea, for Baker's Island.
14-Am schr Margaret Cris-kard, Godfrey, for Mcl
bourne
14—Am suhr Hucc,**, for Yokohama
21—Hchr I'auahi, HaHail or. liir the t;uano Island-.
.'4—Am stmr AJn.v, Floyd, lor Saa Francisco.
_'ii—Brit stmr City of Mellwurne, Gruiuger, for Andlaud. N. Z.
27—Am bk Ethan Allen, rtnnw, for San Francisco.
27—Am ship Malay, Clough, for Hongkong.
PASSENGERS.
For Portland. O —Per Cambridge. July 2d—Mrs Wnllert and two children, F McCurrcn, N C Brooks—S.
For I.o.nmix—Per Nymph, July 2d—T Fabra—l.
ForOiano Islands-Pit Kamchanieha v., July "th A
R Edwards, and 17 Hawaiian*—lB.
For Micronesia—Per Annie, July 12th—22 natives "f
Hanger Island—22.
For Baker's Isi.a.mi—Per Favorite, July l.lih—4 llawaiians, 3 Chinese—7.
From Han Francisco—Per U C Murray, July 19tb—Mrs
T F, Smith, child and servant. Miss T Paly, Miss II Judd.
Mrs Frunkcl, Miss Frankel, Mrs Btewnrd, Mr JasSteward.
Miss X Steward, Frank Brown, James llerrman, Mrs Jas M
Green, Miss I. Green, Miss A Green, Miaa E Green, Miss
Huntingdon, F M Weed. G Walter, JasL Pierce, J W Daviiison, Mark Ward, X Henry, 8 McKeague, 8 Levy, and 7
Chinese—32.
From San Francisco—Per Ajax, July 20th—Mrs II A
Pierce and maid, John Tucker, Wm Kincald, Morcan Allen,
11 C Cochrane. Capt D U Waterman, J Pierce, E F Pierce,
Mrs J II Black anil son, A J Walcott, and 13 nlhcra-26.
In trnnnitu fur Jnstriilia—Rcv Henry England, Mr«
Wrixon and son, E F Rich. R Winter, Win Anderson. Jno T
Sullivan, I. Coalea, l)r J M Forrest, F H lltl BoUlay, Win
Moan, C Ma)Bard and wife, Cupl Win Baldwin, and 11
others—2s.
For San Franc imo—Per Ajax, July 24lh—C Wlsehroml,
Mbs McCormick, C Makec, Dr C 8 Kittredge, wifeand cbihl,
Pierce, George Jones, E V Pierce, O II Loomis, Mrs
rantee to Chinamen this right. We think TMcDougall
mid son. A Jueger, F A Schaefcr, M Allien, Uavlil
the day has come to an end, when the An- Dayton, II May, Miss B A May, H Nathan, W Cleghorn, Geo
N
I' Sorgcnsm, Mrs Hairis. Mlaa Duncan, Mr
Hempstead.
glo-Saxon can go to all parts of the world, McCartney and Jwife,
E J Smith, It Raphael, and 96 in iraimii
and there buy, sell and get gain," unless, |icr City of Melbourne—l24.
From Sydney and Aicki.and—l'er City of Melbourne,
in turn, he is willing
parts of the world
July 23d—F T Lenchan, Rev Mother ilea Aiujen, Miss LoiighWalter*,
may visit America and Europe for the same man, Messrs Thatcher, Jackson, Williams, Chirke,
and Richards, Mr Lehman, Mrs Lehman, Mra Coslello and 2
purpose. The world is moving.
children, MrsFeean. Miss Parker, Dr Young, Samuel Thomat,
John Harding, and 98 forBan KrancMVO—ll*.
DIED.
Fob Auckland and Sydney—l'er City or Mellxnirnc.
July 20111—Mrs llavell. M Dwysr, J C Gregory, family and
<,s
i„!!HM!»»!ii», »l lnc Nlxln, troui>e (7), A J Upton, ami 26 In transit per Ajax—36.
l,»v>!—<1n
For IIoNOKONti-Per Malay, July 27th—Aug Yce—l.
For San P«anci»co—Per Ethan Allen, July 27th—J 8 Nol<^>,!>
<M>,>V<!,!,!»»
X,,
cveninl,
»!»»«»»'<—On l">><!»>
ton. Mrs Bailey. Mr and Mrs Johnson, Mary Johnson, lsaar
Johnson, Thos Johnson, II Maner, F Vanhagan, J S Dawes.
!lu>,!.l>—>n »nnu!n!u, u„ s»,>>!>,v, !>!<! loin >,«l, w,!,!.!»» II A Agnew—ll
From San Francisco—l'er Comet, July 30—A W Guy, W
»r. Goodness,
WuonlXOlX!—In
l^lll.o» »>e I2»! ul
Donald McThun, James Jeffreys,Thoa Howe, and
10 natives—ill.
—
"
".all
thoroughly discussed in al! seafaring
"
circles, and among seamen generally, we
specially would hope that the lesson is one
which will not be without its moral effect
upon the community at large. It is a most
striking example of the guilt and criminality
attending neglect of duty, or neglect to shew
mercy; for, says the Timet, " beyond a
doubt, the death of 112 persons is to be ascribed to the negligence of the captain of the
Bombay" Comment is unnecessary. The >!!!„,N!»»'M »s »»! !«»»!>», °r«»«»» !il!!U»«,
«<f«! »?><»«,
Timei? correspondent has no extenuating
plea to put forth, in order to shield his coun- Nn, N«» VulK. «»< »,,!»»> ,<»i«r> >>!«»»« c»I>,I
I!l!!NI>»—Nn »»«>!»> inolnliul, 24<!> w»l,. ul >>!>«>>»!»,
tryman front merited censure. This is hop»p<», «!«»<: °°I>>.
norable to the British public and British mn„»!» lux! « u»»». NllsN>!>>,»»»rl»nc!«»
V»l!>, >l»«n, 1870. »«,
Il»^»«o!<«—>»
ul » !i>>l«!i,l «un»»»pl!i>n »!>« »»>
press. If, under the circumstances, no apo- Xx»>>! U,
»><!», U«> ««> «e»u!,>c»l >!»ul!>l°r ul
»»- >»>«l!e«lle«, »»«!«>ll>!>>
«»>, >Xs!!,
logy can be offered, even by one of Captain m»n> 0!>»l>>»!n wKunoww,
n>»>n, ncl >»»!nl !»!<! !>el l!>o»
Kn »«!>» >>le»>uu» w !>er»»?,
Eyre's own countrymen, then his case is a »>nu«l»
»urpl>»«!.
»>»<
««,M!<l
!«
!,»<!
nu>
»!«:
!»»<!
ruiiin,!,!, »»<! r!l»n>->> >;s»<lu>»> lul !>«r e»»n,«, Xl Nlol
bad one, and we hope it will be for ever
!,»<! »»>»» <>»>!»><» »l n,l »«e,,!»nc°, !»>l »» »!,«
held up as a solemn warning to all navigating !>rs rn<>, >>er lcl!«
»!» <ir»«. vur
»»<! !>o,
!«!
!>:>» "«!!>' »,«' «>>"<> »»» u«<-«p!«> »">> >>«l l»rp«».
»»
the sea, that never should humanity's call !,>>!
Ox- l'»»c - >«.'0M!NUN>.
'i„„ l„i ,!>«»> !»„>
«"!>><
pass unheeded, ill thoufit urged by the faintmost
MARINE JOURNAL.
est whisper borne upon the breeze. British
seamen have hitherto had a bright record ;
and this sad instance will not obliterate the
remembrance of past acts of kindness and
'
MARRIED.
July 12, by
"-«• Father
Hermann, Mr. John A. Duncan to Maw Robe Babtlbtt.
McCANDLbss-Ori i lii Honolulu, by Rev. 8. C. Damon.
Mr. William McCandlEsb, of Honolulu, to Miss Oruu, of
Waikapu, Maui.
Atkins— Wight—At Koliala, Hawaii, June 2», at the resi
denee of the bride',, father, Mr. R. 11. Atbibb to Miss Alio.
Wiuht.
Duncan—Babtlett—lu this city.
-
InformaW
tin anted.
Ilcajucliiii? Larrtnee Mftr, or Miftri, ropp<*c<l In he m
«ome |>»rl of Ihe l'*ein<;. Ill* lrlend» linvo loiut looked «n»
luualy for lilm. hat without wmw. Any tuformuUon conctrn
hy Hit Bilitor. or ly John,
inn him will I* th»nklully rtwiv.J
THE FRIEND, HUM.
78
THE FRIEND.
A MiI"ST. 18TO.
Editor'sTable.
Pbe-Histomc Nations, or Inquiries concerning
some of tbe great peoples and civilizations of Antiquity, and their probable relation to a still older
civilisation of the Ethiopians, or Cushitea of Arabia.
—By J. D. Baldwin, A. M. New York: Harper
& Co. 1800.
Tbe Orioin and Migration or the Polynesian
Nation. Three Lectures before the Royal Society
of New South Wales, September, 1869—8y Rev.
1). Lang, D.D., of Sydney ; and published in the
Sydney Morning Herald.
We find our table, this month, furnished
with two publications, upon the same general subject,—the migration of nations—but
written and printed on the opposite sides of
the globe. These two publications indicate
the nature of the historical researches which
are now pursued by scholars in various parts
of the world. They are no longer satisfied
with Rollin's Ancient History," " Gold"
smith's Greece," or with the theory of archbishop Usher—that Adam was created just
4,004, before the Christian era. Mr. Baldwin, author of " Pre-historic Nations," is
editor of a daily newspaper, the Massachusetts Spy, published in Worcester, Massachusetts, and, by the way, one of the very
oldest papers in America, commenced in
1771, or 99 years ago. Amid the hurry
and pressure of a daily newspaper office, it
is a little remarkable that Mr. Baldwin finds
time to pursue his researches into, not only
the history of ancient nations, but the condition of nations which flourished and decayed, long ages prior to Heroditus, styled
the father of history. He advocates the idea
that writers for two thousand years have paid
too much deference to the Greeks, regarding
them as the founders of learning, whertas
18.0.
demonstrating their ancient discovery, and
settlement of the continent of America."
This book attracted much attention, and
awakened a deep interest at the date of its
publication. It was reviewed by the Rev.
Mr. Armstrong, in the Hawaiian Spectator,
1839, where our readers may find a good
sketch of the writer's theories. These lectures, now published in the Sydney Morning Heruld, are a resume of that book, in
which the writer not only re-affirms his former opinions, but illustrates them by additional information. The main theories of
Dr. Lang are, that Polynesia was peopled
by the Malay rare, and furthermore, when
the migratory inhabitants of Polynesia had
the lakes of Canada, and the frozen shores
of Hudson's Bay ; penetrating into the dark
forests of the Brazils, and stretching out to
the straits of Magellan, and the faminestricken shores of Terra del Fuego. In
short, my theory is that the aborigines of
America are all one people, from North to
South and from East to West; and as the
three continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa,
were peopled successively by the descendants of the eight persons who landed on
Mount Ararat from the good ship, the Ark,
so I firmly believe that both continents of
America were peopled by the descendants of
the handful of famished Polynesians who
had survived the voyage from Easter Island
to the West Coast of America."
reached Easter Island, situated in 27th degree of south latitude, and about 1800 miles
from the coast of Chili, South America,
that from thence some of the inhabitants
passed over to the main land, and peopled
South America, and pushed their way northward to Mexico. Dr. Lang claims to be the
author or originator of this interesting theory.
Our limits will allow us only to hint
at this theory, but it is one worthy of the
careful consideration of the scholar, divine,
and historian. In Mr. Baldwin's book, we
find many allusions to the theories that
America was visited by the Northmen, and
even Phoenicians, many centuries and ages
prior to the discovery by Columbus.
It is a little remarkable that both the authors now under review, arc now, or have
been, ministers of the gospel—both editors
—both members of legislative assemblies—
the one at Washington, and the other in
New South Wales—and both are veteran
literary workers and scholars.
Rev. Dr. Lang's theory about peopling of
the American continent:
" My theory, therefore, is that theAmerican continent was. first reached on its West
coast, about the latitude of Copiapo, in
the States of Chili, by a few natives of Easter Island, in the Southern Pacific, who had
been accidentally blown off from the land by
one of those strong westerly gales that are so
prevalent in that ocean, and were thereby
driven back to America. It is possible, indeed, that a canoe in such circumstances,
coming at length within the influence of the
southerly wind that prevails for a great part
of the year along the west coast of South
America, would be carried northward to the
coast of Peru, which is separated from that
of Chili by the desert of Atacama.
Chili and Peru were, therefore, in all likelihood the first portions of the American
continent that were ever occupied and settled by man. From thence, in the course
of ages, emigration would extend northwards,
eastwards, and southwards ; traversing and
dispersing its germs of population over Central America and the islands ofthe Caribbean
Sea : ascending and occupying the elevated
All the Eastern papers contain full and
appreciative notices of Mr. Dickens. His
death occurred June 9th, and at six o'clock
on the morning of July 11, his remains were
conveyed from his residence at Gad's Hill,
by train to Charing Cross station. There
awaited at the station a plain hearse, without the usual trappings, and three plain
coaches. In the first coach were placed the
children of the deceased, Charles and Harry
Dickens, Mrs. Dickens, and Mrs Charles
Collins. In the second were Mrs. Hogarth,
sister-in-law of Mrs. Austen, sister of Mr.
Dickens, Mrs. Charles Dickens, Jr, and John
Foster. In the third coach were Frank
Beard, Charles Collins, Mr. Owery, Wilkie
Collins, and Edmund Dickens. The entire
party were attired in deep but simple mourning, without bands or scarfs.
There ws no crowd at Charing Cross
station, and the procession was driven at
once to Westminster Abbey, where the remains were received by Dean Stanley and
other officials, and placed in the poet's corner, at the toot of Handel and head of Sheridan, with Macauley and Cnmberland on
either side. The usual flowers were strewn
upon the bier, Dean Stanley read the burial
service, the coffin was deposited in its final
resting place, and the funeral of Dickens was
ended. Upon the coffin plate were inscribed
the words:
.
—
there were highly civilized, enlightened and
refined nations—the Egyptians, the Phoenicians—long before the days of the Greeks
and Romans. Although we may not coincide with all his theories nnd reasonings
about those older nations, yet we have been
much interested in his book. It is worthy
of the careful perusal of the scholar and divine. Perhaps we may account for Mr.
Baldwin's ability and versatility from the
fact, that in early life, we believe he was a
minister of (he gospel, but his health failed,
and he became an editor, and a representative in congress.
The author of the other publication is the
widely known preacher and philanthropist,
the Rev. Dr. Lang, of Sydney, who has for
the last forty years occupied so conspicuous
a position in the Presbyterian church, and
the politics of the Australian colonies.
Nearly forty years ago, or in 1834, he published a work entitled " View of the origin plateau of Mexico; stemming the currents
and migrations of the Polynesian nation : of the Mississippi and its mighty tributaries
to
DBaeuntrhiDickens.
dCloaresf
" Charles Dickens,
Born February 7th, 1812,
Died June 9th, 1870.
Thousands of citizens have crowded to the
Abbpy during the day, to look upon the spot
where the great novelist rests.
The Coming Event ; or Freedom and Independence
for the seven United Proviuces of Australia.
From a private source, we learn this to be
the name of a new book, about to be published in New South Wales. The sentiment is rapidly growing in the colonies, that
they have only to ask for their independence
and it will be immediately granted.
"Greeks,
my dear,
Greeks."—Not long
since, two Hawaiian Britons were traveling
on an English railway. In order not to be
understood by their fellow-travelers, thry
spoke to each other in the Hawaiian dialect.
Of course all were eager to know what language it might be, when one English lady
remarked to her companion, "Greeks, my
dear, Greeks.'
79
THE FRIEND, AUGUST, 1870.
Information Wanted,
No. 2 Marion Stbkiit, Cobb, 7th April, 1870.
Pia:—Please to advertise in your pa|ier, the friend, for
Stephen 11. Moyinhan, who left the bark Comet in 18M or '67
and went into tbe Hospital with a sore lan, ss that was the las'
we heard from him through Captain Clark, or the A/berni.
Waiting the favor of your answt r, with his address, as soon I
as you receive it,
I remain, Bir,
Your BBn. servant,
Jobs Motihhis (his father.)
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SundayObservance.
O* By an arrangement just efTectecl with
the editor and proprietor of this paper, the The Sabbath
question is one that is causYoung Men's Christian Association ol Honomuch
among the Christian naperplexity
inir
lulu hare secured the last page for the use ol !
tions of the world. Legislators are at a loss
their organization, nnd will henceforward
ihey try to ascertain how far they can
conduct that portion of the Fritted in the when
legislate on this subject, and to what
properly
i
interests of the Association.
extent
they
may interfere with the acts of inj
The Young Men's Christian Association
dividuals
relation to their conduct on the
in
of Honolulu hits been in operation now n
of rest. Various and contradictory are
day
year nnd n quarter. Its objects are similar
forward, and the world does
to those til like associations in other parts of the theories put
not
seem
lo get much nearer to any satisfacthe world ; doing good to men. Its articles
of organization are simple, and o( such a | tory solution of the question.
The subject is assuming a new prominence
i-haracter as to make it in principle and prachere
at ibis time in consequence of the estabtice absolutely undenominational; in which
lishment
of the Australian line of steamers,
particular it is in advance of most other
this
a way-port, with the probability
making
Christian associations. The particular kinds
will, if permitted, load and
that
company
the
of work and manner of performing them by
coal their ships at this port on Sunday as on
which the great result of doing good is to be
other day of the week, if it suits their
reached are
every day. Inquiry any
convenience
to do so. And it becomes any
fails not to bring up gre.it needs, wants too
who
may
be opposed to such a prac
numerous and extensive for our young Assotice
now
to
express themselves, and take
ciation to supply. Thus far, the work has
what
measures
ihey may to prevent it from
been mostly confined to the support of a
the
rule.
becoming
accepted
reading room in the Sailor's Home, which is
Without
one of the Sabbatic
taking
up
any
open everyday until ten o'clock in the eventheories
do
so
at some future time),
(we
may
ing, and besides all kinds of reading matter,
is supplied with writing materials for any or deciding whether the Mosaic Sabbath
one who may want to use them,—conducting has beer, repealed or not, we will treat of the
a Sunday afternoon prayer-meeting, and fur- subject in an aspect in which it does not need
nishing reading matter to the hospitals, Sab- decision on these points. Inspiration and
bath-schools, &c., besides careful inquiry on human experience have both settled the, fact
that men need one day in seven for rest and
various subjects pertaining to such kinds o(
relaxation.
Allowing that the law of the
work. A monthly business meeting is held,
Jewish
has been repealed, for arguSabbath
in which a collection is taken up for carrying
ment sake, each man having a right to one
on this work. It is now proposed to enlarge
every seven, would have a right as
considerably the operations of the Associa- day in
far as he himself was concerned, to keep his
tion—to purchase and distribute a much
of
larger amount of reading matter—to add to day rest on Friday or any other day. But
the requirements of society and business
the library of the rending room—to do something in the way of assisting in the plans for make it necessary as a rule that all men
educating the Chinese who reside here, and should hold their day of rest on the same
to take up various other lines of effort. In day, nnd eighteen hundred years of custom
this rule on an unalterable
so doing, some assistance will be needed and have established
and world-wide basis ; and circumstances, or
looked for from the friends of the enterprise
and of the work. The present income goes whatever it may be, have fixed this day on
us fast as it comes, and is barely sufficient to Sunday, the first day of the week, instead of
keep the work in hand well supported. The Saturday, as formerly in the Jewish dispensation. Therefore, whether our Sunday is
Society is a little in debt.
authorized by Statute law, the Mosaic Code,
We would acknowledge a paper with or only by Common law, eighteen hundred
eh« following title, "The Western World, years of custom, it is equally the right and
puLwi»«aed by the Young Men's Christian As- privilege of every man. And it is in the
sociacioa of OmaJin. Rer. W. H. Woods, province of the legislators to ensure to each
man in the community this privilege. It also
i£ditor v
as plainly follows thntany act which is not abWe shall be most happy to exchange solutely necessary and which interferes with
with all ue»ys»apei sand periodicals published this privilege, is lawless and punishable.
by Young Men's Christian Associations. The application is plain ; if the quiet of the
Direct to the Friefah Honolulu, Hawaiian day of rest here is disturbed by business carHands.
ried on by any man or corporation, the com-
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YMoeunnC'gshH
Ariotcaf onolulu.
munity is wronged, and their remedy is in the
law, which here is full, and goes even farther
than the limit of the principle given above.
A
with
Men's Christian Association
MoTiiiWi to Uo.—There exists a Young
Young
Men's Christian Association in one of the
mountain towns of Pennsylvania, of about
2,500 inhabitants. It is a county town, and
with a court bouseand jail in it. The Young
Men's Christian Association reports nothing
to do, inasmuch as the jail is empty, no
criminal cases before the court, no liquor sold
in tbe place. Sabbath generally observed, ami
all the children attend the Sabbath-school.
We may well exclaim, in view of such a result, in the words of the Psalmist, " Happy
is that people that is in such a case ; yea,
happy is that people whose Uod is the Lord."
Visitors callingtheatreadingrom,
and desirous of n'riiinss, will be lurnisbed
witb materials bv applicalinn in
Dunscombe, vvbo bl>s c!>l>scl<; ns >bc> room and
Ilil'le Neposilorv.
oOftihcersChristian
MYoun'gs
Hoxni.1!!.!!,
H.
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'l'uc'ller: 'I'reasun'r, William
?, Oarwr: Vice
8ecre<nrv,
Ensile.
—
Character is not shaped by trifles any
more than marble is sculptured by puffs of
air. Only by hard struggles and stern conflicts with temptation, and resolute self-mastery, does the divine principle assert its
supremacy and carve its immortal loveliness
into every facility and mode of the mind.
The sharpness of our trials, and the hardness of our lot, show what we are made of,
antl how long we are to Inst.
I would not give much for your religion
unless it can be seen. Lamps do not
talk, but they do shine. A lighthouse sounds
no drum, it beats no gong, and yet, far over
the waters its friendly spark is seen by the
mariner. So let your actions shine out your
religion. Let the mnin sermon of your life
be illustrated by your conduct, and it shall
not fail to be illustrious.
At last, when we die, we have the
dear angels for our escort on the way. They
who can grasp the whole world in their
hands, can surely guard our souls, that they
may make that last journey safely.—Luther.
Never let your honest convictions be
laughed down. Be ever ready to give respectful attention to argument. Treat ridicule and dogmatic assertion with the contempt they deserve.
Sincerity is to speak as we think, to
do as we pretend and profess, to perform and
make good what we promise, anil really to
be what we seem.— TSllotson.
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RaEedNflnitcwor'hse ng
Chtiname,
JoSailor.
CONTENTS
For Ahkmnl. I sio.
John Chinaman a Sailor
Editor* Notes, Ac
HahhathObservance
New Theory o| Peopling America
English Verdict u|k>ii Capt. Eyre
Chinese in Massachusetts
Marine Journal
Editor* Table
Death anil Burial ol Charles Dickens.
Young Men's Christian Association
{<01H Scries, Hoi.»
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AUGUST 1. ISIO.
A cordial welcome we are most happy
extend to the Young Men's Christian Association. Hereafter one page of our sheet
will be issued under their editorial supervision and control. We shall hope the interest
and usefulness of oursheet will be marvelously increased. A little young blood in the veins
of the old Friend will undoubtedly add to US
aggressive and progressive proclivities. Let
not our readers imagine, however, that we
have entered into this arrangement because
we were fearful the Friend would become
defunct and die. This paper has lived
through all the ups and downs of newspaperial existence during the past twenty-seven
years, and we hope it will survive until
we may be permitted to celebrate its Jubilee.
to
War in Europe.—The news per Comet
was most startling. France has declared
war against Prussia, and large armies are
marching to the frontier, where a conflict will
immediately ensue. From the news, it would
appear that France is bent on war, and Prussia was taken wholly by surprise. The next
AOtlohnrlgedu orld.
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No one race on earth is now attracting
Number7.
so much attention as the Chinese. You{
henr of "John " in Pnris, London, and espeWhen thou, haply, neeit
Some rare, note-worthy object in thy Iravela i
cially in America. He has little to say
Wi*h me partaker in thy huppin™«."- Shakrniirart
about himself, but lets his friends and eneBRINDISI, ON THE HEEL OF ITALY.
mies do all the discussion. There was a
As
schoolboy knows the conformaand
did
every
time when he remained at home,
the
known in geography os Italy,
tion
of
land
Bull,
Uncle
not wish to go abroad but John
resembles
of a man's boot. Brinshape
the
said
Sam, and other civilized gentlemen,
the heel. It is the ansituated
upon
disi
is
must
allow
" this will never do, John, you
us to come and trade with your people, and cient Brundusium, at the end of the Via
you may come to our lands." These fine Appia. Eighteen hundred years ago it was
gentlemen thought he would not, go a seaport of vast importance and trade, under
abroad ; but he is very peculiar in his habits the Komun Republic and Empire. It was
and reasonings, and much given to money the great naval port from which the Roman
making and labor. He finally made up his armies and fleets took their departure for
mind to migrate, and now nothing will stop Greece and the Orient. The harbor was
him. Go he will. Any law of Congress excellent, and the city contained a busy popwould no more stop his going over to Ame- ulation. The harbor is described by Jurica than a law would stop the sun shining, lius Caesar. Here that great Roman general
or the rain falling. He is much given to blockaded his opponent, Pompey, and effectpushing his way. Talk about Anglo-Saxon ually closed up the harbor by sinking piles.
enterprise! Yankee go-a-headitiveness is He was more successful in closing the harnothing compared with John's persistency in bor than was the Federal Government of the
pushing his woy through and around the United States in closing up that of Charworld. He has appeared in a new role, that leston. So successful was Julius Caesar,
of a sailor. We hear of him now on board that now, while we are writing these lines,
all the China steamers, and as having com- here in Brindisi,—laborers are at work
menced climbing over the sides of the Pana- in dredging the harbor, and removing the
ma steamers. He is displacing the steve- accumulation of the debris of ages. These obdores at San Francisco and Sacramento. structions were partially removed several
What does he care about the laws of Con- centuries ago, but the work is now to be
gress, declaring that American ships shall be effectually accomplished in anticipation of
navigated by American seamen ? He is making Brindisi the great port of the Mediready to work, and work anywhere, and for terranean, through which passengers wilt go
low wages, and depend upon it, he is
and return from India to England. As soon
bound to win in the race.
as the Mt. Cenis tunnel is completed, BrinWe would acknowledge a package of disi and London will be only two days apart.
newspapers from the Rev. Dr. Lang, of Syd- Here travelers will embark for Alexandria,
ney, New South Wales, including three in Egypt. In anticipation of the future
pamphlets, entitled " Historical Account of trade and intercourse, the Italian Govern-
-
mail will bring most stirring intelligence.
Unquestionably ere this date, one or more
battles have been fought, and the other nations of Europe have declared their position
the Separation of Victoria and New South ment railroad companies and private enterin regard to the conflict.
Wales," Immigration, the grand desidera* prise are restoring Brindisi to something of
Greenwich Hospital is a ragged school, turn for "New South
" Brief ancient importance.
in which 300 rescued children are taught Sketch of Parliamentary Life und Times i" its
On our journey hither from, the Alps, we.
from the Bible.
all by the Rev. Dr. Lang.
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—
passed through Turin, Bologna, Ancona
thus crossing the plains of Lombardy, running down the coast of the Adriatic for two
hundred miles, while in the distance could
be seen the Apennines, forming the back- I
bone of Italy. This is the land of the olive,
the vine, the orange, the fig, and many
other kinds of fruit. The country people
still plow with the same description of wooden plows used by the old Romans. YV c
examined one of them with much interest;
we hear, however, that the American iron
and steel plows have made their appearance. Wheeler and Wilson's sewing machines were for sale in Turin and Bologna.
We have seen one shoemaker in Brindisi at
work with an American sewing machine.
The railroad is now infusing new life and
energy among the people in this remote part
of Italy.
During our brief sojourn of two days in
Brindisi, we have been fully occupied, not
only in viewing the present habits and customs of the people, but also in making enquiriesrespecting the antiquities of so ancient
and renowned a city as Brindisi, or Brundusium. Here the poet, Virgil, died, B. C.
19 ; September 22nd. He was on his return
from Greece to Rome. His body was conveyed to Naples. In our endeavour to ascertain what could be learned respecting the
ancient ruins of the city, we have been much
aided by Professor Giacomo Janonico Rubini, for 22 years teacher in the Gymnasium
of Brindisi. He is now a priest in one of
the churches of the city, of which he is also
a native. As he speaks English, and is uncommonly genial and communicative, it has
afforded us a great amount of pleasure to
accompany him through the city and its
suburbs, and also in our visits to the churches, and now deserted monastery. He was
professor of mathematics and rhetoric, and
has a brother now professor of mathematics
in Naples.
It was evidently with no small degree of
sadness that Professor Rubini alluded to the
confiscation of the church property, and the
abolition of the monasteries and nunneries.
He, however, accepts the situation, and endeavors to make the best of the change.
In reference to the old Roman age, it was
most instructive to hear him discourse. Today he pointed out to us, on the opposite
aide of the harbor, in the garden of the Russian Consul, the stone, with its inscriptions,
which marks the spot where a Roman Consul was buried, by the name of Cocceius.
We also heard him quote the following line
of Horace, referring both to the Appian way
and the settlement of the dispute between
Antony and Augustus:
I M. 1 .n 1
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81 0.
ers and armies started for Rome, across the
Apennines.
It was from this port that, in the days of
the Crusaders, such vast multitudes of those
misguided men embarked, no more to return,
for the recovery of Jerusalem and the Holy
Land from the lisfidel. Here, too, the Templars of Malta had a branch of their order
established, and Professor Rubini pointed
out to us the remains of an edifice where the
Templars held their meetings.
There is still standing in the city a Pillar,
or Column, about fifty feet high, that was
erected in the 11th century. The house in
which, tradition says, Virgil died, is situated
near this Column. Brindisi has a public
library, nnd through it we were conducted
by Professor Rubini, who kindly pointed out
to us various Roman relics which had been
recently discovered while excavations were
forward for laying the railroad. We
also examined several very curious and most
neatly executed ancient manuscripts. There
was one work of special interest to which
our attention was called : we refer to the
" Biblia Sacra Polyglotta," in 6 volumes,
published in London, during the protectorate
of Cromwell, 1657. Thomas Waltonus
was editor, nnd Thomas Roycraft was the
publisher. This is a work of great interest,
and it was amusing to see how some antiCromwellian scholar had most carefully
pasted a line of Latin, in the Latin preface,
over the name of the illustrious protector,
Oliver Cromwell. This exhibition of petty
spite exceedingly amused the professor as
well as ourselves. The name of Cromwell
now, 1869, stands very differently among
even staunch supporters of the English
throne, from what it did in 1669. During
our late visit to Bunhill Cemetery, in London, we noticed with interest that the Lord
Mayor of London had recently ordered a
tomb of one of the sons of Cromwell to be
restored. If the body of Cromwell could be
found, we are not sure but a monument
would be erected over it, in the city of
London, by order of Her Majesty's Govern-
,
ment.
But we have wandered from Brindisi,
where we are now making our preparations
to embark this evening for Alexandria in
Egypt, thatpar excellence is "the old coun-
try"—that fountain, whence the stream of
learning has been flowing for more than
three thousand years, through Palestine,
Greece, Rome, and so down through all the
modern nations ofEurope to America.
We cannot close our notice of Brindisi,
without referring in terms of much commendation and respect to the attentions we have
received from James R. Weaver, Esq., the
"BrunduiimD lodjmiSol, cbarueqoe vi*e que."
recently appointed United States Consul for
From this end of the Appian way, travel- this port. Uoteld'Aofletere, Brlndiii, U«c. 13,1870.
CambridgEngland.
Uenvrsity,
O"0ur readers will pardon us for inserting the following letter, written during our
brief sojourn in London, after our return
from the shores of the Mediterranean.
A brief sketch of our visit to Oxford was
published in the June number of our sheet.
London, Feb. 12, 1870.
To-day it is very cold,
Mv
and the streets are deserted except by those
necessarily called abroad on labor or business. I feel quite inclined to remain quietly
at our temporary English home, where I enjoy the society of the family of Captain
Holdsworth, our old neighbour at Honolulu.
How can I employ a few moments more
agreeably, than by giving you a brief sketch
of yesterday, the day I spent at Cambridge,
dear
,
visiting the old University ?
Cambridge is situated fifty-six miles northeast from London. I left in the train at 8
o'clock, a. m., and arrived there about 10.
Having in my possession a letter of introduction to Mr. E. C. Sterling ofTrinity, now pursuing his medical studies at the University,
1 repaired to that college, and soon learned
that he was attending a lecture, and would
not be at leisure until 1 o'clock p. m. On
sending to the neighboring hotel, I obtained
a cicerone who is accustomed to conduct
strangers about Cambridge. I gave him to
understand that the object of my visit was
remarkable places in and about
Cambridge, visit several of the Colleges, and
walk through the library buildings and chapels. We immediately started upon our
to see the
rambles.
We first visited Jesus College. This was
originally built for a nunnery, in the reign
of Henry 11, but converted into a college in
1497. It has been suffered to become much
dilapidated ; but within a few years the
buildings have been extensively repaired,
and the chape) rebuilt. This college has
104 undergraduates. Here let me inform
you that Oxford and Cambridge Universities
are constructed upon entirely different principles from our American Colleges, or Universities. Perhaps I can give you no better
idea of Cambridge University than by asking you to imagine all the colleges of New
England gathered and crowded together in
the town of Amherst. Now, at Cambridge
there are no less than eighteen different colleges. All form the University of Cambridge. The peculiar government and organization of this grand old institution,
furnishes a most admirable illustration of
the organization and government of the
United States of America. Our separate
States correspond to the separate colleges,
and when all are united, they form a
good idea of our general Government, or
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the United States of America. When undergraduates are residing in Cambridge,
they speak of themselves as members of this
or that college, viz: "a St. John's man,"
" a Trinity man," " Caius man ;" but when
they have graduated and gone abroad into
the world, they are no longer " Trinity,"
or Caius," or St. John's" men, but Cambridge men. It is somewhat so with American citizens; when at home, they are
citizens of Massachusetts, or Ohio, or Illinois, or South Carolina ; but when abroad
they are American citizens. The parallel
might be still further carried out, if 1 had
the time and space. The University of Oxford will furnish an equally good illustration
of the Republic of North America. The
following are the names of the several colleges, w-ith the number of students attached
"
to
"
each.
Trinity, with undergradduates,
St. John's
Corpus Christi „
„
Caius
,,
Trinity Hall
Christ's
Jesus
Emmanuel
Clare
Sydney
Queen's
Magdalene
Pembroke
St. Peter's
St. Catherine's
King's
Downing
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559
377
151
126
119
114
104
100
75
71
62
62
56
55
89
42
38
6
2170
The method of instruction and discipline
is so very unlike that adopted in our American colleges that it would require a volume
to render the subject intelligible. While
there, I enquired of the young gentleman to
whom I was introduced, " can you recommend any book which will explain the
government of the University, and method
ol instruction ?" He replied, " the very best
book on Cambridge was written by one of
your countrymen, Mr. Everett, a graduate of
Trinity." "What, do you refer to the volume
entitled On the Cam ?' " " To be sure,"
'
was his reply. I recollect reading this book,
before leaving Honolulu. It was the American edition, but I find a new and English
edition has recently been published in London. I would recommend you to read that
book and I purchased for you a copy at
Cambridge. Young Everett, after graduating at " old Harvard," came over to England
and entered Cambridge, where he remained
through the regular course, graduating with
high honors. After returning to Boston, he
delivered a course of lectures before the
Lowell Institute. These were published
under the title " On the Cam, or University
Life at Cambridge." Mr. Everett is a son
of thelate Hon. Edward Everett of Boston.
But I have broken ofTthe narration of my
rambles under my Cicerone. After leaving
Jesus College, we visited the parish church
of All Saints, for the purpose of inspecting
a monument, erected to Henry Kirk White.
This church contains the grave of the much
lamented youthful poet. It was somewhat
gratifying to my national vanity to learn
from the old sexton of the church, that this
monument was erected by an American gentleman, by the name of Boott. I learn from
a Cambridge guide book, that this monument was executed by Chantrey, and exhi"
bits, within a medallion, the portrait of the
poet in bas-relief." There is a poetical inscription upon the monument from the pen
of Professor Smyth. The inscription is too
long for me to quote entire, but it closes
thus :
far o'er th' Atlantic wave,
A wanderer came, and sought the poet's grave,
On yonlow atone he saw his lonely name,
And raised this fondmemorial to his fame."
Jesus College is situated in the suburbs
of Cambridge. Returning from my walk in
that direction, I was conducted to the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre. This is
an edifice of great antiquity, having been
consecrated A. D. 1101. It is considered
one of the notable structures of Cambridge. It has been restored within a
few years, and doubtless furnishes a good
specimen of the Norman style of architecture. From thence I wandered through
various courts and grounds belonging to
King's, St. John's, and Trinity Colleges. I
cannot describe each, but suffice it, I was
exceedingly pleased with the venerable and
time-honored appearance of these ancient
seats of learning. The weather was so severe, that but few students were seen abroad
except those going or returning, with a hurried pace, from their lecture room, or from
some locality where they might find good
skating
I was much interested in viewing the
University Library, containing upwards of
400,000 printed books, and about 3,000
manuscripts. There I saw the famous manuscript of the four gospels, and the book of
Acts, on vellum, in Greek and Latin. With
the exception of a manuscript in the Vatican
Library, at Rome, this is regarded as the
most ancient. There also I saw a famous
and splendid Persian manuscript, dating as
far back as 1388. I was pleased to see how
admirably this library was lighted.
While walking through the dining hall of
Trinity, and viewing a number of portraits
of patrons, and graduates of this college, my
attention was arrested by the modest and
unambitious portrait of the saintly Henry
Martyn. There was no one among the
illustrious worthies of Trinity, whose portrait interested me so much. His character
may not find admirers among the generality
of Cambridge graduates and under graduates
but I am sure no one name is more honored
throughout the Church universal than that
of
Henry Martvn,
or amonz; tbe tbousands wbo Kave claimed
tbe liooor of
from (Cambridge
Universitv.
In order lbat vou mav see <be foundation
oflbnt bonest pride wbicb swells tbe breast
of everv (?ambridZe student, let me note
down some of tbe illustrious names associaled witb lbe ll isserenl cnllezes: Lacon,
Larrow, Orvden,
Nacaulav, were
?rior,
students.
Len
I'rinilv
side, lienrv llirlle Wbite and Wordswortb.
were 8t. Bonn's.
Lawrence 8terne and
8an>ue! I'avlor Ooleridz;e were connected
witb
Nillon belonged to
Obrist's College. Wben vou read " On tbe
(!»m," additional reasons will be suggested
to vour niind wbv Oambridsse Alumni are
proud ostbeir HIma slater.
librarv of I'rinilv well merits a passnotice. I'be boolls are most admirablv
arranged, and lbo spacious b?I! is well
are in lbi, librarv interestlizbted.
relics
associated
witb lbe name of 8<r
inF
Isaac Newton, llesides m»nv portraits and
Zvron,
busts, lberu is a fine statue of
muck admired, I'be poet is represented in
a sitting posture. bolding in l>i» lest band a
bnoll, inscribed "dnilde Uarold." 1'bougblsul meditation seems impressed upon llie
marble countenance. I'ne view of tt»« statue
brouznt to mind tne bitter controversv
wbicb b»» been raging tbe last sour montbs
on bolb sides os tbe Atlantic, in regard to
mav be tbe
Nvron's cbaracler.
Lvron,
near
tbe close
trutb upon tbe subject,
os lise, expressed bimsell in » manner indicative of inward remorse. lake tbe lines
be wrote on bis last birtb-dav:
°l!>e
«« »>»l In m> !x>»om !>«>»
80 l missbt dwell lonz and pleasantly in
recording mv reilections,
bv a visit
to
It wns a dav wbiell I »b»ll
never target,
dismissing m/ cicerone,
I repaired to tbe apartments occupied bv tbe
/ounss gentleman to wbom l was recommended. Ue bad returned srom lu« medical
lecture, lie xave me a student', welcome,
and, in companv witb bis brotber, ». law «tudent, I sat down to a generous lunck, served
up in bis own room. Vou must remember,
witb tbe exception os one meal a dav, <K«
students bave lbeir food sent to tbeir.
76
'MIL I'lllKMl, HI.IM. hill.
own apartment from the public kitchen.
The remainder of the day was spent in free
conversation respecting University-life at
Cambridge, in contrast with the life of an
undergraduate in American colleges. They
had many enquiries to make, while 1 had
not a few in turn, which gave rise to much
pleasant chat. Upon this point I became fully
satisfied that Cambridge, with all its advantages and privileges, is not to remain where
it now is, butchanges are contemplated. Even
now, a notice is published in the newspapers,
that young ladies will bo admitted to the
privileges and lectures of the University.
At the present sitting of Parliament a bill is
to be introduced, allowing the sons of Dissenters to enter their names for University
honors.
The general impression abroad
in England, is that the expenses are too
much, and steps will soon be taken for their
reduction. At present, the annual expenses
of undergraduates range from £250 to £400,
or $1,250 to 2.000.
But I have already protracted my letter
much longer thnn I designed, and yet I could
easily write as much more. During all my
wanderings in foreign lands, the subject of
education has constantly occupied my mind ;
hence, in Egypt, Palestine, Greece, and
Italy, I visited nil the schools and colleges
which fell in my way. While the young
student may enjoy many advantages and
privileges in these old lands, yet I am fully
convinced that the young collegian in a New
England college may obtain as good an education, to fit him for the duties of life, in this
practical age, as those who are pursuing
their studies in Cambridge, or any other
equally favored European University. So
vivid arc my recollections of Amherst, that
I will not admit her inferiority among the
colleges of America, or the world. To be
sure, she has not the glory of antiquity, but
she has the vigor of youth, ripening into the
glory of manhood. Her Alumni, at home
and abroad, reflect honor upon their Alma
Mater, and I trust you will do your part in
sustaining the honor of the college, and in
elevating the character of her scholarship.
Yours truly,
S. C. Damon.
P. S. Feb. 14.—Yesterday I heard the
Rev. Mr. Spurgeon, and was exceedingly
pleased.
United States Marine Hospital.—Dr.
McGrew deserves much credit for his liberal
outlay in refitting the Hospital. Considering
the immense sums of money which have
been expended by the United States Government for hospital purposes, it has long been
.most disgraceful that the sick should have
.had such poor accommodations. Hereafter
we trust there may be no complaint. At
present the bedding and fixtures generally
are aril that could be asked for.
THE FRIEND.
AUGUST, 18TO.
good in awakening a deeper interest in the
Christian community in the cause of Missions.
ling merica.
aTNhbeoPwurytpA
DtS“RaaembohyKteHiretp oly.”
Thus spake God to Moses more than three
thousand years ago; and previously at the
creation of the world, God had " blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it."—Genesis 2:2.
We do not discover from our reading and
study of the Bible, that God has given up
his claim to one-seventh part of time as
"holy time," or has annulled his command
given upon Sinai. Until he does, we should
be very cautious how we alter or modify it,
any more than we should the 6th, "Thou
shalt not kill," or the Bth, " Thou shall not
steal." The French Revolutionists in 1793
abolished the Sabbath by law, and appointed
every tenth day for relaxation and amusement. The shock was so violent and alarming, that public sentiment compelled the legislative authority to restore the Christian
Sabbath.
The more closely we maintain the observance of the Sabbath, the better will public
morals and the welfare of the community be
conserved. We do not approve of the
Beecher theory as published in the A deerUser of the 30th of July. It is just such a
theory as will sanction all sorts of railroad
and steamboat desecration. No such theory
gave the Christian Sabbath to Old or New
England, or Hawaii nci. Give up the strict
observance of the Sabbath, and the flood
gates of sin are thrown wide open. Our
space will not allow us to go more fully into
this subject at present, but we could no sooner
be persuaded to give up the Holy Sabbath
than we could the Bible, or the marriage institution. The sooner we come back to
Bible ground upon the subject of marriage
and the Sabbath the better.
Our renders will learn from reading in
another column of the Friend, that the Rev.
Dr. Lang thinks the Continent of America
was peopled by the way of Easter Island.
Since that article was put into type, We have
received a communication from Ohio, in
which the theory is advanced that America
was peopled by the lost ten tribes of the
Jews. We quote as follows " You may
possibly remember that one part of my business while at Honolulu (this visit occurred
in 1850) was collecting evidence touching
the long missing ten tribes of the Hebrews.
Before and since I saw you, it has been my
lot to collect much information on this subject. It seems to me that there are evidences
existing to establish the following statements.
Ist. From more than eighty items of evidence, it may be inferred that the Indians of
America are descendants of the ten tribes.
2d. The Asiatic Tartars, Japanese, and many
of the inhabitants of Eastern Polynesia, nrc
of the same descent as the Indians. 3d.
Since the forefathers of the Indians came,
more than forty ol the Old Tcstimcnt prophecies have been fulfilled in this country.
These subjects arc interesting, as they have
a strong bearing on the future return of a
very large number of the human family to
:
Palestine."
This writer does not intimate by what
imagines the first inhabitants of
America reached the Continent, but probably
via the Aleutian Islands.
route he
Jubilee
Gathering at Waimea, Kauai.
A correspondent on Kauai thus writes us
under date of July 26th : Yesterday was a
great day at Waimea. The natives gave
Mrs. Whitney a grand limn, it being the anPersonal.—Letters have recently been received niversary of her landing at that place, just
from the Rev. Mr. Coan and wife, an- fifty years ago. People came from all parts
nouncing their arrival at Nilcs, Michigan, of the island. Had we been a day earlier,
where the Coan family hold a gathering, and wo might have had the pleasure of attending
the
of the
mar- the second Jubilee."
enjoy
city." The
" freedom
riage of a branch of the family brought together a large number. The ceremony was
solemnized by the Rev. D. Dwight Hunt,
pastor of the Presbyterian Church, assisted
by the Rev. Mr. Coan. Mr. Hunt will be
remembered as formerly a missionary on the
islands. Mr. Coan had visited Chicago and
Oberlin. He had made addresses in various
places, and was bound on East. We rejoice
that after his long residence at Hilo, he could
leave and enjoy a season of relaxation and
refreshment. His visit, we are confident,
will prove beneficial to himself and Mrs.
Coan, and we arc confident he will do much
"
Frank Judd, Esq.-Letters received by
the steamer report this gentleman at the
quaint old city of Chester, England. We
congratulate him on his European tour.
New Divorce Law.—We heartily rejoice
that the Hawaiian Legislature has taken
higher ground upon this subject. The new
law is in the right direction.
Mr. John Williams, formerly resident
on the Samoan Islands, but now supposed to
reside on the Hawaiian Islands, will find a
letter by calling upon the Editor of this paper.
77
MIL MM X N 11. lIU NT, IMII.
CuVEnepagrodpliisncth.t
Eyre.
As the Friend circulates among seamen
of all nations navigating the Pacific, we have
most scrupulously avoided expressing any
opinion with reference to the conduct of
Captain Eyre, of the lUnnbay, until the
facts should be duly investigated and decided
upon in England. We have carefully read
every thing which has appeared in both
American and English papers. From the
general tone of the English papers, we felt
confident, that if Captain Eyre was really
guilty of gross negligence, he would receive
a verdict from his own countrymen, which
would be most severe. That verdict has been
pronounced, and the London Times asserts it
to be the general opinion of the English nation. That verdict is embodied in the fol-
lowing paragraph :—
The London Times says, " The correspondence relative to the collision between
the Oneida and the Bombay, and the offi-
cial notes and evidence in the inquiry held
at Yokohama, have just been printed by order of the House of Commons, and every
one has the opportunity of learning the facts
and judging the case for himself. The general opinion, we are sorry to say, must be
that the most unfavorable view taken of Mr.
Eyre's conduct in this country is the most
consistent with truth. We have waited
with an earnest hope that something would
appear to extenuate his culpability and to
remove the stigma which through him had
been fixed on the humanity of British seamen. But, though the distorted versions of
the story current in the United States may
be set aside, enough remains to shew that
beyond a doubt the death of the 112 persons
who were lost with the Oneida is to be
ascribed to the negligence of the captain of
the
Bombay.
This verdict, we regard, under the circumstances, as (ar more severe than any
thing which has appeared in the American
papers.
As the case is one which will be
HPOSNLRUT,.FI.
ntimanitv.
AKKIVAL.S.
TChinesM
in assachusetts.
Seventy-live laborers have reached North
Adams Mass, and been employed to make
shoes. It liiis created a great excitement
among the members of the St. Crispin's "
associations. From a Massachusetts paper
—the Spy—we quote its follows
"The white shoemakers of the town are in
a high state of wrath, but see no way of venting it effectually. The Crispin association
is very strong here, there being four or five
other large shops, and have hitherto had
every thing their own way and carried every
A prominent
thing with a high hand.
leader of the order from Boston is here, and
the Crispins are holding a secret meeting
to-night, but it is not thought probable anything serious will be done to disturb Mr.
Sampson's arrangements, as the sentiments
of the community at large are so strongly
with him. The threats which are made
promise all the enormities of Sheffield, but
courage to carry them out is probably lacking."
The stream having once commenced to
flow, it will not cease. Chinese laborers
will spread throughout the United States.
"John Chinamen " is the coming man in
America. He is shrewd, industrious, saving,
naturally given to traffic, and is bound to
work his way, and only asks to be let alone.
There will be a violent opposition to this
movement, but should not Chinamen be
allowed to go to any part of the United
States nnd there reside, engaging in labor or
trade, if American citizens are allowed to
visit China ? It is a poor rule that will not
work both ways. The treaty stipulations,
between China and the United States, gua-
i Jul)
-:
'.»—Brit bk Favorite, Ie ,91 days Iron, Montcvidc,
14—Am scar Hucctss, 111 days fromrlan Francisco.
10—Am hark D C .Murray, Shepherd, 19 days from Ban
Francisco.
ID—Br brig llvianiiuni, Cilhuun, 31 days from Videria. V I.
111-Am steamer Ajax, Floyd. 'Jj days fin SanFrauriM ,i
20-Am harkeniiue Victor, Walker, 30 days from Tort
Townsend.
21—II sunt Saginaw. Hirard, 16 ds tin Midway Island
23—Brit stmr City ol Melbourne, Urainger, 18 days
from Aucklatid.
2j—Nor Uer cutter Moevc, Willalmi, SB days from
I'aila, Peru.
2t)—Am ship Malay, ulough, 16 ilnys tin San Francisco
«
DEI'ARTIRKS
July
3—Am bk VmIBtMgB, Miller. I«r Poillaiul, t).
.I—Am bk Trani.it, t'arlclon, fur I'liienix Island.
•I—Nor tier bk N) llipli, Ralie, lor London.
brig Kamehauieha V, Rickman, for (iilauolsl'• -Hawlik
i:l—Brit
Favorite, Fea, for Baker's Island.
14-Am schr Margaret Cris-kard, Godfrey, for Mcl
bourne
14—Am suhr Hucc,**, for Yokohama
21—Hchr I'auahi, HaHail or. liir the t;uano Island-.
.'4—Am stmr AJn.v, Floyd, lor Saa Francisco.
_'ii—Brit stmr City of Mellwurne, Gruiuger, for Andlaud. N. Z.
27—Am bk Ethan Allen, rtnnw, for San Francisco.
27—Am ship Malay, Clough, for Hongkong.
PASSENGERS.
For Portland. O —Per Cambridge. July 2d—Mrs Wnllert and two children, F McCurrcn, N C Brooks—S.
For I.o.nmix—Per Nymph, July 2d—T Fabra—l.
ForOiano Islands-Pit Kamchanieha v., July "th A
R Edwards, and 17 Hawaiian*—lB.
For Micronesia—Per Annie, July 12th—22 natives "f
Hanger Island—22.
For Baker's Isi.a.mi—Per Favorite, July l.lih—4 llawaiians, 3 Chinese—7.
From Han Francisco—Per U C Murray, July 19tb—Mrs
T F, Smith, child and servant. Miss T Paly, Miss II Judd.
Mrs Frunkcl, Miss Frankel, Mrs Btewnrd, Mr JasSteward.
Miss X Steward, Frank Brown, James llerrman, Mrs Jas M
Green, Miss I. Green, Miss A Green, Miaa E Green, Miss
Huntingdon, F M Weed. G Walter, JasL Pierce, J W Daviiison, Mark Ward, X Henry, 8 McKeague, 8 Levy, and 7
Chinese—32.
From San Francisco—Per Ajax, July 20th—Mrs II A
Pierce and maid, John Tucker, Wm Kincald, Morcan Allen,
11 C Cochrane. Capt D U Waterman, J Pierce, E F Pierce,
Mrs J II Black anil son, A J Walcott, and 13 nlhcra-26.
In trnnnitu fur Jnstriilia—Rcv Henry England, Mr«
Wrixon and son, E F Rich. R Winter, Win Anderson. Jno T
Sullivan, I. Coalea, l)r J M Forrest, F H lltl BoUlay, Win
Moan, C Ma)Bard and wife, Cupl Win Baldwin, and 11
others—2s.
For San Franc imo—Per Ajax, July 24lh—C Wlsehroml,
Mbs McCormick, C Makec, Dr C 8 Kittredge, wifeand cbihl,
Pierce, George Jones, E V Pierce, O II Loomis, Mrs
rantee to Chinamen this right. We think TMcDougall
mid son. A Jueger, F A Schaefcr, M Allien, Uavlil
the day has come to an end, when the An- Dayton, II May, Miss B A May, H Nathan, W Cleghorn, Geo
N
I' Sorgcnsm, Mrs Hairis. Mlaa Duncan, Mr
Hempstead.
glo-Saxon can go to all parts of the world, McCartney and Jwife,
E J Smith, It Raphael, and 96 in iraimii
and there buy, sell and get gain," unless, |icr City of Melbourne—l24.
From Sydney and Aicki.and—l'er City of Melbourne,
in turn, he is willing
parts of the world
July 23d—F T Lenchan, Rev Mother ilea Aiujen, Miss LoiighWalter*,
may visit America and Europe for the same man, Messrs Thatcher, Jackson, Williams, Chirke,
and Richards, Mr Lehman, Mrs Lehman, Mra Coslello and 2
purpose. The world is moving.
children, MrsFeean. Miss Parker, Dr Young, Samuel Thomat,
John Harding, and 98 forBan KrancMVO—ll*.
DIED.
Fob Auckland and Sydney—l'er City or Mellxnirnc.
July 20111—Mrs llavell. M Dwysr, J C Gregory, family and
<,s
i„!!HM!»»!ii», »l lnc Nlxln, troui>e (7), A J Upton, ami 26 In transit per Ajax—36.
l,»v>!—<1n
For IIoNOKONti-Per Malay, July 27th—Aug Yce—l.
For San P«anci»co—Per Ethan Allen, July 27th—J 8 Nol<^>,!>
<M>,>V<!,!,!»»
X,,
cveninl,
»!»»«»»'<—On l">><!»>
ton. Mrs Bailey. Mr and Mrs Johnson, Mary Johnson, lsaar
Johnson, Thos Johnson, II Maner, F Vanhagan, J S Dawes.
!lu>,!.l>—>n »nnu!n!u, u„ s»,>>!>,v, !>!<! loin >,«l, w,!,!.!»» II A Agnew—ll
From San Francisco—l'er Comet, July 30—A W Guy, W
»r. Goodness,
WuonlXOlX!—In
l^lll.o» »>e I2»! ul
Donald McThun, James Jeffreys,Thoa Howe, and
10 natives—ill.
—
"
".all
thoroughly discussed in al! seafaring
"
circles, and among seamen generally, we
specially would hope that the lesson is one
which will not be without its moral effect
upon the community at large. It is a most
striking example of the guilt and criminality
attending neglect of duty, or neglect to shew
mercy; for, says the Timet, " beyond a
doubt, the death of 112 persons is to be ascribed to the negligence of the captain of the
Bombay" Comment is unnecessary. The >!!!„,N!»»'M »s »»! !«»»!>», °r«»«»» !il!!U»«,
«<f«! »?><»«,
Timei? correspondent has no extenuating
plea to put forth, in order to shield his coun- Nn, N«» VulK. «»< »,,!»»> ,<»i«r> >>!«»»« c»I>,I
I!l!!NI>»—Nn »»«>!»> inolnliul, 24<!> w»l,. ul >>!>«>>»!»,
tryman front merited censure. This is hop»p<», «!«»<: °°I>>.
norable to the British public and British mn„»!» lux! « u»»». NllsN>!>>,»»»rl»nc!«»
V»l!>, >l»«n, 1870. »«,
Il»^»«o!<«—>»
ul » !i>>l«!i,l «un»»»pl!i>n »!>« »»>
press. If, under the circumstances, no apo- Xx»>>! U,
»><!», U«> ««> «e»u!,>c»l >!»ul!>l°r ul
»»- >»>«l!e«lle«, »»«!«>ll>!>>
«»>, >Xs!!,
logy can be offered, even by one of Captain m»n> 0!>»l>>»!n wKunoww,
n>»>n, ncl >»»!nl !»!<! !>el l!>o»
Kn »«!>» >>le»>uu» w !>er»»?,
Eyre's own countrymen, then his case is a »>nu«l»
»urpl>»«!.
»>»<
««,M!<l
!«
!,»<!
nu>
»!«:
!»»<!
ruiiin,!,!, »»<! r!l»n>->> >;s»<lu>»> lul !>«r e»»n,«, Xl Nlol
bad one, and we hope it will be for ever
!,»<! »»>»» <>»>!»><» »l n,l »«e,,!»nc°, !»>l »» »!,«
held up as a solemn warning to all navigating !>rs rn<>, >>er lcl!«
»!» <ir»«. vur
»»<! !>o,
!«!
!>:>» "«!!>' »,«' «>>"<> »»» u«<-«p!«> »">> >>«l l»rp«».
»»
the sea, that never should humanity's call !,>>!
Ox- l'»»c - >«.'0M!NUN>.
'i„„ l„i ,!>«»> !»„>
«"!>><
pass unheeded, ill thoufit urged by the faintmost
MARINE JOURNAL.
est whisper borne upon the breeze. British
seamen have hitherto had a bright record ;
and this sad instance will not obliterate the
remembrance of past acts of kindness and
'
MARRIED.
July 12, by
"-«• Father
Hermann, Mr. John A. Duncan to Maw Robe Babtlbtt.
McCANDLbss-Ori i lii Honolulu, by Rev. 8. C. Damon.
Mr. William McCandlEsb, of Honolulu, to Miss Oruu, of
Waikapu, Maui.
Atkins— Wight—At Koliala, Hawaii, June 2», at the resi
denee of the bride',, father, Mr. R. 11. Atbibb to Miss Alio.
Wiuht.
Duncan—Babtlett—lu this city.
-
InformaW
tin anted.
Ilcajucliiii? Larrtnee Mftr, or Miftri, ropp<*c<l In he m
«ome |>»rl of Ihe l'*ein<;. Ill* lrlend» linvo loiut looked «n»
luualy for lilm. hat without wmw. Any tuformuUon conctrn
hy Hit Bilitor. or ly John,
inn him will I* th»nklully rtwiv.J
THE FRIEND, HUM.
78
THE FRIEND.
A MiI"ST. 18TO.
Editor'sTable.
Pbe-Histomc Nations, or Inquiries concerning
some of tbe great peoples and civilizations of Antiquity, and their probable relation to a still older
civilisation of the Ethiopians, or Cushitea of Arabia.
—By J. D. Baldwin, A. M. New York: Harper
& Co. 1800.
Tbe Orioin and Migration or the Polynesian
Nation. Three Lectures before the Royal Society
of New South Wales, September, 1869—8y Rev.
1). Lang, D.D., of Sydney ; and published in the
Sydney Morning Herald.
We find our table, this month, furnished
with two publications, upon the same general subject,—the migration of nations—but
written and printed on the opposite sides of
the globe. These two publications indicate
the nature of the historical researches which
are now pursued by scholars in various parts
of the world. They are no longer satisfied
with Rollin's Ancient History," " Gold"
smith's Greece," or with the theory of archbishop Usher—that Adam was created just
4,004, before the Christian era. Mr. Baldwin, author of " Pre-historic Nations," is
editor of a daily newspaper, the Massachusetts Spy, published in Worcester, Massachusetts, and, by the way, one of the very
oldest papers in America, commenced in
1771, or 99 years ago. Amid the hurry
and pressure of a daily newspaper office, it
is a little remarkable that Mr. Baldwin finds
time to pursue his researches into, not only
the history of ancient nations, but the condition of nations which flourished and decayed, long ages prior to Heroditus, styled
the father of history. He advocates the idea
that writers for two thousand years have paid
too much deference to the Greeks, regarding
them as the founders of learning, whertas
18.0.
demonstrating their ancient discovery, and
settlement of the continent of America."
This book attracted much attention, and
awakened a deep interest at the date of its
publication. It was reviewed by the Rev.
Mr. Armstrong, in the Hawaiian Spectator,
1839, where our readers may find a good
sketch of the writer's theories. These lectures, now published in the Sydney Morning Heruld, are a resume of that book, in
which the writer not only re-affirms his former opinions, but illustrates them by additional information. The main theories of
Dr. Lang are, that Polynesia was peopled
by the Malay rare, and furthermore, when
the migratory inhabitants of Polynesia had
the lakes of Canada, and the frozen shores
of Hudson's Bay ; penetrating into the dark
forests of the Brazils, and stretching out to
the straits of Magellan, and the faminestricken shores of Terra del Fuego. In
short, my theory is that the aborigines of
America are all one people, from North to
South and from East to West; and as the
three continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa,
were peopled successively by the descendants of the eight persons who landed on
Mount Ararat from the good ship, the Ark,
so I firmly believe that both continents of
America were peopled by the descendants of
the handful of famished Polynesians who
had survived the voyage from Easter Island
to the West Coast of America."
reached Easter Island, situated in 27th degree of south latitude, and about 1800 miles
from the coast of Chili, South America,
that from thence some of the inhabitants
passed over to the main land, and peopled
South America, and pushed their way northward to Mexico. Dr. Lang claims to be the
author or originator of this interesting theory.
Our limits will allow us only to hint
at this theory, but it is one worthy of the
careful consideration of the scholar, divine,
and historian. In Mr. Baldwin's book, we
find many allusions to the theories that
America was visited by the Northmen, and
even Phoenicians, many centuries and ages
prior to the discovery by Columbus.
It is a little remarkable that both the authors now under review, arc now, or have
been, ministers of the gospel—both editors
—both members of legislative assemblies—
the one at Washington, and the other in
New South Wales—and both are veteran
literary workers and scholars.
Rev. Dr. Lang's theory about peopling of
the American continent:
" My theory, therefore, is that theAmerican continent was. first reached on its West
coast, about the latitude of Copiapo, in
the States of Chili, by a few natives of Easter Island, in the Southern Pacific, who had
been accidentally blown off from the land by
one of those strong westerly gales that are so
prevalent in that ocean, and were thereby
driven back to America. It is possible, indeed, that a canoe in such circumstances,
coming at length within the influence of the
southerly wind that prevails for a great part
of the year along the west coast of South
America, would be carried northward to the
coast of Peru, which is separated from that
of Chili by the desert of Atacama.
Chili and Peru were, therefore, in all likelihood the first portions of the American
continent that were ever occupied and settled by man. From thence, in the course
of ages, emigration would extend northwards,
eastwards, and southwards ; traversing and
dispersing its germs of population over Central America and the islands ofthe Caribbean
Sea : ascending and occupying the elevated
All the Eastern papers contain full and
appreciative notices of Mr. Dickens. His
death occurred June 9th, and at six o'clock
on the morning of July 11, his remains were
conveyed from his residence at Gad's Hill,
by train to Charing Cross station. There
awaited at the station a plain hearse, without the usual trappings, and three plain
coaches. In the first coach were placed the
children of the deceased, Charles and Harry
Dickens, Mrs. Dickens, and Mrs Charles
Collins. In the second were Mrs. Hogarth,
sister-in-law of Mrs. Austen, sister of Mr.
Dickens, Mrs. Charles Dickens, Jr, and John
Foster. In the third coach were Frank
Beard, Charles Collins, Mr. Owery, Wilkie
Collins, and Edmund Dickens. The entire
party were attired in deep but simple mourning, without bands or scarfs.
There ws no crowd at Charing Cross
station, and the procession was driven at
once to Westminster Abbey, where the remains were received by Dean Stanley and
other officials, and placed in the poet's corner, at the toot of Handel and head of Sheridan, with Macauley and Cnmberland on
either side. The usual flowers were strewn
upon the bier, Dean Stanley read the burial
service, the coffin was deposited in its final
resting place, and the funeral of Dickens was
ended. Upon the coffin plate were inscribed
the words:
.
—
there were highly civilized, enlightened and
refined nations—the Egyptians, the Phoenicians—long before the days of the Greeks
and Romans. Although we may not coincide with all his theories nnd reasonings
about those older nations, yet we have been
much interested in his book. It is worthy
of the careful perusal of the scholar and divine. Perhaps we may account for Mr.
Baldwin's ability and versatility from the
fact, that in early life, we believe he was a
minister of (he gospel, but his health failed,
and he became an editor, and a representative in congress.
The author of the other publication is the
widely known preacher and philanthropist,
the Rev. Dr. Lang, of Sydney, who has for
the last forty years occupied so conspicuous
a position in the Presbyterian church, and
the politics of the Australian colonies.
Nearly forty years ago, or in 1834, he published a work entitled " View of the origin plateau of Mexico; stemming the currents
and migrations of the Polynesian nation : of the Mississippi and its mighty tributaries
to
DBaeuntrhiDickens.
dCloaresf
" Charles Dickens,
Born February 7th, 1812,
Died June 9th, 1870.
Thousands of citizens have crowded to the
Abbpy during the day, to look upon the spot
where the great novelist rests.
The Coming Event ; or Freedom and Independence
for the seven United Proviuces of Australia.
From a private source, we learn this to be
the name of a new book, about to be published in New South Wales. The sentiment is rapidly growing in the colonies, that
they have only to ask for their independence
and it will be immediately granted.
"Greeks,
my dear,
Greeks."—Not long
since, two Hawaiian Britons were traveling
on an English railway. In order not to be
understood by their fellow-travelers, thry
spoke to each other in the Hawaiian dialect.
Of course all were eager to know what language it might be, when one English lady
remarked to her companion, "Greeks, my
dear, Greeks.'
79
THE FRIEND, AUGUST, 1870.
Information Wanted,
No. 2 Marion Stbkiit, Cobb, 7th April, 1870.
Pia:—Please to advertise in your pa|ier, the friend, for
Stephen 11. Moyinhan, who left the bark Comet in 18M or '67
and went into tbe Hospital with a sore lan, ss that was the las'
we heard from him through Captain Clark, or the A/berni.
Waiting the favor of your answt r, with his address, as soon I
as you receive it,
I remain, Bir,
Your BBn. servant,
Jobs Motihhis (his father.)
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ir Shipments from Europe and the United States, intended
tbe supply of Whalersand Merchant vessels.
for these Islands, will be rectived by the Company In San Fran*
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to llouolulu,/ree ofcharye, except actual outlay.
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at theaboveport, where they are prepared to furnish
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shortest notice and on the most reasonable torsos.
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GEORGE WILLIAMS,
LICENSED SHIPPING AGENT.
THE BUSINESS OX HIS OLD
COVTIMKS
Plan of settling with Officers anu_Beamen Immediately on
connection, either
their Shipping
his Office. Ilavirr*
at
no
direct or Indirect, with any outfitting establishment, and allow
ing no debts to be collected at his office, he hope* to give as
good satisfaction In the future as he has in the |>ast.
&jr Office on Jas. Robinson a Co.'s Wharf, near the C 8
Consulate.
US 3m
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AGENTS FOR
Wheeler & Wilson's
SEWING MACHINES!
MACHINE HAS A 1.1. THE LATEST
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awarded tbe highest prise above all European and American
sewing Machines at the World's Exhibition In PARIS in 1861,
and at the Exhibition In London In 1882.
Theevidenceofthe superiorityof this Machineis found In the
record of its sales. In 1861—
The Graver a Baker Company, Boston,
The Florence Company. Massachusetts
The Parker Company, Connecticut,
J. M. Singer «/ Co., New York,
Flnkle a Lyon,
Chas. W. Howland, Delaware,
M. Greenwood a Co., Cincinnati, 0.,
N. 8. C. Perkins, Norwalk, 0.,
Wilson 11. Smith. Connecticut,
sold 18,660, whilst the Wheeler a Wilson Company, of Brldg*
port, made and sold 10,726 during the same period.
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IS THE ORDER OP
IMPROVEMENT
the day. Having constructed a new Sky-ligbt, and made
Commission Merchants various
other Improvements, I hope now to be able to suit the
■ent business for upward! of icveti yean, and being
-AND—
located in a Are proof brick buildiujr, we are prepared toreceive
dispoae
of Inland staples, sued as Sugar,nice, 8yrupo, Pnla,
aud
Coffee. «fee, to advantage. Consignments especially solicited
for the Oregon market, to which personal attention will be paid,
204 and 206 California Street,
andupon which cashadvances will be made whenrequired.
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fa* a. xsr rnAsraisoo.
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SundayObservance.
O* By an arrangement just efTectecl with
the editor and proprietor of this paper, the The Sabbath
question is one that is causYoung Men's Christian Association ol Honomuch
among the Christian naperplexity
inir
lulu hare secured the last page for the use ol !
tions of the world. Legislators are at a loss
their organization, nnd will henceforward
ihey try to ascertain how far they can
conduct that portion of the Fritted in the when
legislate on this subject, and to what
properly
i
interests of the Association.
extent
they
may interfere with the acts of inj
The Young Men's Christian Association
dividuals
relation to their conduct on the
in
of Honolulu hits been in operation now n
of rest. Various and contradictory are
day
year nnd n quarter. Its objects are similar
forward, and the world does
to those til like associations in other parts of the theories put
not
seem
lo get much nearer to any satisfacthe world ; doing good to men. Its articles
of organization are simple, and o( such a | tory solution of the question.
The subject is assuming a new prominence
i-haracter as to make it in principle and prachere
at ibis time in consequence of the estabtice absolutely undenominational; in which
lishment
of the Australian line of steamers,
particular it is in advance of most other
this
a way-port, with the probability
making
Christian associations. The particular kinds
will, if permitted, load and
that
company
the
of work and manner of performing them by
coal their ships at this port on Sunday as on
which the great result of doing good is to be
other day of the week, if it suits their
reached are
every day. Inquiry any
convenience
to do so. And it becomes any
fails not to bring up gre.it needs, wants too
who
may
be opposed to such a prac
numerous and extensive for our young Assotice
now
to
express themselves, and take
ciation to supply. Thus far, the work has
what
measures
ihey may to prevent it from
been mostly confined to the support of a
the
rule.
becoming
accepted
reading room in the Sailor's Home, which is
Without
one of the Sabbatic
taking
up
any
open everyday until ten o'clock in the eventheories
do
so
at some future time),
(we
may
ing, and besides all kinds of reading matter,
is supplied with writing materials for any or deciding whether the Mosaic Sabbath
one who may want to use them,—conducting has beer, repealed or not, we will treat of the
a Sunday afternoon prayer-meeting, and fur- subject in an aspect in which it does not need
nishing reading matter to the hospitals, Sab- decision on these points. Inspiration and
bath-schools, &c., besides careful inquiry on human experience have both settled the, fact
that men need one day in seven for rest and
various subjects pertaining to such kinds o(
relaxation.
Allowing that the law of the
work. A monthly business meeting is held,
Jewish
has been repealed, for arguSabbath
in which a collection is taken up for carrying
ment sake, each man having a right to one
on this work. It is now proposed to enlarge
every seven, would have a right as
considerably the operations of the Associa- day in
far as he himself was concerned, to keep his
tion—to purchase and distribute a much
of
larger amount of reading matter—to add to day rest on Friday or any other day. But
the requirements of society and business
the library of the rending room—to do something in the way of assisting in the plans for make it necessary as a rule that all men
educating the Chinese who reside here, and should hold their day of rest on the same
to take up various other lines of effort. In day, nnd eighteen hundred years of custom
this rule on an unalterable
so doing, some assistance will be needed and have established
and world-wide basis ; and circumstances, or
looked for from the friends of the enterprise
and of the work. The present income goes whatever it may be, have fixed this day on
us fast as it comes, and is barely sufficient to Sunday, the first day of the week, instead of
keep the work in hand well supported. The Saturday, as formerly in the Jewish dispensation. Therefore, whether our Sunday is
Society is a little in debt.
authorized by Statute law, the Mosaic Code,
We would acknowledge a paper with or only by Common law, eighteen hundred
eh« following title, "The Western World, years of custom, it is equally the right and
puLwi»«aed by the Young Men's Christian As- privilege of every man. And it is in the
sociacioa of OmaJin. Rer. W. H. Woods, province of the legislators to ensure to each
man in the community this privilege. It also
i£ditor v
as plainly follows thntany act which is not abWe shall be most happy to exchange solutely necessary and which interferes with
with all ue»ys»apei sand periodicals published this privilege, is lawless and punishable.
by Young Men's Christian Associations. The application is plain ; if the quiet of the
Direct to the Friefah Honolulu, Hawaiian day of rest here is disturbed by business carHands.
ried on by any man or corporation, the com-
'
.
YMoeunnC'gshH
Ariotcaf onolulu.
munity is wronged, and their remedy is in the
law, which here is full, and goes even farther
than the limit of the principle given above.
A
with
Men's Christian Association
MoTiiiWi to Uo.—There exists a Young
Young
Men's Christian Association in one of the
mountain towns of Pennsylvania, of about
2,500 inhabitants. It is a county town, and
with a court bouseand jail in it. The Young
Men's Christian Association reports nothing
to do, inasmuch as the jail is empty, no
criminal cases before the court, no liquor sold
in tbe place. Sabbath generally observed, ami
all the children attend the Sabbath-school.
We may well exclaim, in view of such a result, in the words of the Psalmist, " Happy
is that people that is in such a case ; yea,
happy is that people whose Uod is the Lord."
Visitors callingtheatreadingrom,
and desirous of n'riiinss, will be lurnisbed
witb materials bv applicalinn in
Dunscombe, vvbo bl>s c!>l>scl<; ns >bc> room and
Ilil'le Neposilorv.
oOftihcersChristian
MYoun'gs
Hoxni.1!!.!!,
H.
;
l'.
'l'uc'ller: 'I'reasun'r, William
?, Oarwr: Vice
8ecre<nrv,
Ensile.
—
Character is not shaped by trifles any
more than marble is sculptured by puffs of
air. Only by hard struggles and stern conflicts with temptation, and resolute self-mastery, does the divine principle assert its
supremacy and carve its immortal loveliness
into every facility and mode of the mind.
The sharpness of our trials, and the hardness of our lot, show what we are made of,
antl how long we are to Inst.
I would not give much for your religion
unless it can be seen. Lamps do not
talk, but they do shine. A lighthouse sounds
no drum, it beats no gong, and yet, far over
the waters its friendly spark is seen by the
mariner. So let your actions shine out your
religion. Let the mnin sermon of your life
be illustrated by your conduct, and it shall
not fail to be illustrious.
At last, when we die, we have the
dear angels for our escort on the way. They
who can grasp the whole world in their
hands, can surely guard our souls, that they
may make that last journey safely.—Luther.
Never let your honest convictions be
laughed down. Be ever ready to give respectful attention to argument. Treat ridicule and dogmatic assertion with the contempt they deserve.
Sincerity is to speak as we think, to
do as we pretend and profess, to perform and
make good what we promise, anil really to
be what we seem.— TSllotson.