| Summary: | Published by the Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon from 1845 to 1885, The Friend focused on temperance and Christian mission to seamen. It began as a monthly newspaper that included news from both American and English newspapers, and gradually expanded to adding announcements of upcoming events, reprints of sermons, poetry, local news, editorials, ship arrivals and departures and a listing of marriages and deaths. From 1885 through 1887, it was co-edited by the Revs. Cruzan and Oggel. The editorship then passed to Rev. Sereno Bishop, who held the post until the publication of the paper fell under the auspices of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association in April of 1902 where it remained until June 1954. Since then, it has continued in a different format under the Hawaii Conference-United Church of Christ up to the present day, making it the oldest existing newspaper in the Pacific. Note that there are some irregularities in the numbering of individual issues, so that two issues may have the same volume and number, but different dates will distinguish them. . [ y Tbe Pacific · , . , ••• J. · . , " , , , . , . , · • . , . 't• ' HONOLULU, APRIL I, 1872. THE FRIEND APRIL 1, 18'72. CONTE~TS For April, 18'72. PAGft Hudclhism abolished in Japan .•.••.•••••••••••••••.••. 25 Heathens and Refu~c or Civilization .•.••••.•••.•••. 25, 26 Cruise of H.B. r.1.•s ship Rosario . 26 Fare1vell (original poetry) .•••.•••••••.•••••••••••••••.••• 27 Tobacco and its Effects .•.•.•••.•••.•••.••••••.••••.••. 27 A Sketch of the Gambier lslandR . 28 Death of Dr. Seemann . . . 28 Marine Journal . 29 Proposed Chri:stian Sailors' Union . 30 Young l\len's Christian Association ••••••••••••••••••• ,., .32 " Astonishing progress is making in the poli tical u.nd social revolution in Japan. Among the latest projects are the closing of the Buddhist temples, and compelling the priests to enter the army or earn their living in some other way, and the sending of twenty young Japanese ladies to be educated in America." £0"' The religious revolution and progress going forward in Japan, are among the most remarkable events of the age. They are not inferior to the ~evolution and progress in military and civil affairs. Buddhism was a leading religious belief. The system was introduced during the 6th century of the Christian era. It was not, however, the belief of the reigning family. The Sintoo belief or religion is the one embraced by the Emperor or Mikado. The Sintoo religion is the old and primitive belief of the Japanese. The Mikado, or spiritual Emperor, was supposed to have descended from the gods, and of course was the object of worship. The Sintoo believer has a vague notion of the soul's immortality, and of rewards and punishments after death. He is famous for making pilgrimages to holy, places of which there are twenty-two in the Empire. Many of their notions about absolution, visiting holy places, and other rites, appear to be shadows of Papery! So intimately had Buddhism ~nd Sintooism became blended together, that with the fall of the former the latter must soon follow ! FAREWELL !-If more of the travelers and visitors to the Sandwich Islands were so gifted as to express their sentiments in poetical effusions, we are confident they would vie with "B."-an Englishman_:_in their admiration of island scenery. · A visit to the volcano and sojourn of a few days among the "refuse of civilization,'' generally leaves a most pleasing and happy impression upgn the traveler's mind. "Heathens and the Refuse of Civilization;" Oi•, tlae Prclntes oC Lambelh Palnce on the Saauhvicla l8liuacls. " 0 wad some power the giftie gie us, To see our;;els as ithers s£;e us."-Burns. ! ·Ir? We would call the special attention ' of our seafaring readers to the "Proposed Christian Sailors' Union," on the 30th page. Mr. Arundel, the Christian gentleman whose name is attached to the "circular," has repeatedly visited Honolulu, and we can bear the highest testimony to his zeal in behalf of seamen. He is one of the proprietors of Starbuck, a guano island, and at present is upon a visit to that island. NAVAL.-H. B. M.'s scrnw corvette Scout, 17 guns 1,462 tons, 400 horse power, arri-red at this port Wednesday morning, 17½ days from Esquimalt, B. C. She exchanged the usual salntes with the shore battery the next day, at eleven o'clock, A. M. The following is a list of her officers: Captain-Ralph P. Cator. Lieutenants-R. H. C. Lawson, Wm. R. Clutterbuck E II. Oltlham, Geo. Worth. ' • Nav. Lieut.-Edward S. Clapp. Lieut. Marines-John l\L Hume. Chaplain-Rev. F. C. Autridge. Surgeoa-Ra.ymoml H. Carroll. Paymaster-Wm. H. Clyma. Chief Engineer -Thos. Willmott. Su!1 · Lfeuts.-Ed. P. Tompkinson, A.H. Stone. Midshipmen-Ed . F. Tyacke, J·. Ledgard, C. J. Trower, F. P. Graves, J . H. P. Thackwcll, J. A. M. Fraser, Reginald de la P. B. Peirse. Nav. lllidshipman-H. F. P. Sill. .ilsst. Surgeon-John Jennings. Asst. Paymaster-Wm. J. Kilroy. Engineers-Wm. Ball, John Taylor, F. W, (looper. Gtfnner-Frederick Tull. Cltrk-Ed. J. J. H. Sandiford. Asst. O.Crk-I. W. Taylor. Boahwain-Wm. Donohue. Carpenter-Alfred Evans. In the pneumatic despatch tubes in use in the London Post Office, the following results as to speed have been obtained, with the mean pressure of 7 pounds to the square inch at one end of the circuit and a vacuum of 11 inches of mercury at the other: 852 yards, 1 minute, 54 seconds· 1 a:::;=- Thankfully we acknowledge the fol- 206. yards, 2 minutes, 28 seconds; 1~206 y~rd~, lowing for the support of the Friend : from 2 minutes, 10 seconds 862 yards, 1 minute, 13 seconds. The total length of line now working Mrs. Sinclair,. $5; and Rev. J. S. Green, $5. in London is 6,800 yards. It is well to know sometimes what other people say and think about us. If it does not do us any good, it reveals their animus toward us. When we were fancying that our churches, schools, benevolent institutions, hospitals, Christian homes and numerous other elements of a Christian civilization entitled us to be ranked as a Christian people, and Honolulu as one of the Christian cities of the world, lo, a grave assembly of Prelates of the English Church, convened at Lambeth Palace, pronounce the inhabitants. of these fair islands " heathens and the refuse of C\Y· ilization." If this assertion had appeared (iUustr-ated) in Punch or Harper's Weekly, we should have read it as a good joke, similar to the remark of the facetious .Rev. Sidney Smith to Bishop Selwyn, when about to sail frll the South Seas: "I hope, my Lord, you will keep a good supply of cooked infant on your sideboard for all visitors; and if any of the natives should fancy to eat you, I can only heartily hope you w'ill disagree with them." Such playful remarks may pass, when uttered at fl dinner table, for what they are worth. The remark, however, to which we wo·uld now call the reader's attention was not uttered on such an occasio~, but at the $Olemn ordination services · of the Bishop elect of Honolulu, and in the presence of '' the Archbishop of Cant_erbury, the Bishops o,f London, Winchester and Rochester, Dr. Staley," and other dignitaries _assembled ou that august occasion. We should have . supposed the last mentioned gentleman wouid have risen in his place and contradicted the misrepresentation. On such occasions grave divines are supposed to utte.- their sober sentiments •. and not indulge in facetious remarks. That our readers may know upon ·wha~ we found ,he f~reg~ing ~erna;rks, w~ cop;y . J T II E ~, R I E N D . tI A R C fl , 8 7 2. the foliowing paragraphs from the liawaiian as their opinion of the good people of Hono- excursions, we have thoughtfully compared Gazette, and cred_ited to the Juhn Bull, a lulu. Of course then they need a Bishop, those cities with Honolulu and the islands London newspaper: and one who has been fitted for his future and generally. The result of this comparison is Co11sccratio11 01 ,he Bh1hop of Honolulu, arduous work by laboring, not among the stated above, and we are fully prepared to Yesterday mornin~ lhe conflccration of .the Rev. I educated and refined, bu.t among " the mul• prove the truthfulness of the statement by an Alfr13d Will is to t!Je Sec of Honolulu took place titude of dock h boreTs and other warre• appeal to facts. There are few Christian 0 in tj1c cbapcl of Lambeth Pa.Ince. tbe ufficiating . . ,, cities or countries where the number of sit• Prelates being the Archbh;hop of Uanterbury, the earnmg people connected with Chatham. Bishops of London, W inehet,;tcr and Roelicster, It is very evident that the Prelates of Lam- tings in the various churches will more nearly "-nd Dr. Staley, late occupant uf the See. The ' beth Palace entertain a very different idea of correspond with the number of the inhabsermun was preached by Dr. Scott, Dean of Roch, . . ester, formerly Master of Balliol College. Mr. the Sandwich Islands m general, and Hono- itants; where a larger pm portion of the peo• Willis is the second Billhop over the Church in lulu in particular from what the inhabitants ple can read and write; where the children Hawaii, Dr. Staley having been consecrated in . '. December, 1861, the day after the d;ath of the entertarn respectrng themselves. We feel are more generally gathered in Sabbath and week-day schools; where the Sabbath is Prince . Consort. ~fr. Willia has prepared him- as did fogo, in bis reply to Othello: t5elf for the highei· overseeing ot the Church by "He that filch es from me my good name, more generally observed where places of · upwards of ten years' zealom; and constant work Robs me of that "hkh not enriches him, public amusements nnd drinking are more ns a parish prim;t, the greater part of bis Ol'daine<l A nd makes me poor iutleed ." life having been spent at New Brnrupton, a dii:;. Having lived for a whole generation amon<r effectually closed upon the Sabbath where trict parish cut out 0 ~ Gillinglm!n, by Uh_a th am, the good people of these islands and durin: in all the business and social intercourse of 0 where no wealthy neighbors mrngled with the l • • . ' multitude of dock laboreri:;andotberwage-earning I that period been labonng rn the work of the ]1fe, th~ various races dwell together in more people connected with Chatham. '_[he ch 1)rch, rrospel ministry, we confess we feel a little harmony; where every man's house is more schools and parsonage are due .to his exertions. i:, • • • Hard and unpretentious labor, therefore, has be- I' hone. st pride m their good name and charac• essentiaHy his ci1stle; where the inhabitants come a second nature to him. The service, oc- ter. The peculiar position which we have of all classes are better protected in their percurrin~ on tbe Festival of the Purification of the · • • d · h h h Blessed Virgin, was followed Ly a celebration, the occup1~d _as a _rehg10us teacher and conductor sons an ng ts; w ere t ere exists a better former office being choral. of. a rebg10us Journal, we. feel demands of us a type of Christian civilization; where there 'l'he eloqu~nt and im_presieive. ~cnnon of Dr. few explanatory and refutatory remarks. is less of the sectarian spirit; whne a man Scott, co.ntarnmg a touclnng alluswn to England'& . . The quest10n may thus be "pu_t," and the is more respected, because he is a man, and latest martyr•bishop, riveted the attention of the congregati?n, and will long _he impressed o_n the Country Parso~ says everything depends behaving himself as a man and gentleman, memory ot those who hea~d it. But when ia our upon the way a thing is ,, put : ,, will be respected, from whatever part of the Church to do some public act to commemorate . that brave, devoted heart, that welled out 80 Honolulu embraces a population of some world he may have rome, or whatever may willingly its blood on the st.rand of Sant~ Crn~ ·7 ten or twelve thousand. One•fou rth is made be his calling. ·when, lately, a French Bishop was killed rn N · · · h d · China, Frarice was not thus silent. She cele• up of foreigners, principally Americans, .Engow 1s 1t ng tan proper to brand ~uch bra.ted in a solemn service, and with tbc custom- lish, Germans, and other nations. The ma- a community with opprobious epithets? If ary oration, the oblation of a life given to Uhrist. jority are Hawaiians. Is it becominoa and the Ritualistic party of the English Church And is Patteson to vanish from our Communion, And leave no whispering or a name behind? decorous in any proper use of the English wish to establish a Bishopric in Honolulu, · The Dean of Rochester chose for his text the language to speak of the native population let them do so, but in doing so, let tµem not 2d and 3d verses of xiii. Acts, recounting the as "heathens," or of the foreigners as "the call us hard names. If the abettors of this vocation of Barnabas and Paul, and their mission, by the Uhui·ch at Antioch to the Gentile world. refuse of civilization mingled among them?" undertaking incline persistently to ignore 'l'he preacher claimed that the very act then in We answer emphatically, "no!" So far what American Christians have done through progress in Lambeth Chapel-the sending forth from such a view of the condition and char• their missionaries on these ,slands, let them a missionary bit.hop to heathens and the 1·efuse of civilization who mingled with them-Qound us in acter of this people being correct, it is en- do so; but in the name of al~ that is goo~. unity with that spining Church which gaveJoi·th tirely the reverse. We assert that there is honorable and Christian, let the Prelates of clear light when Jerusalem was in rums; when h 0hrietianity itself on one hand was being shriv- not a city or town nf ten or twelve thousand the Englis Church refrain from speaking of cled up by a slavish liberality, and on the other inhtJ.bitants any where to he found on this the native inhabitants of these . islands as was in dangm· of being evaporated in fanc'iful broad earth which is better entitled 'to be styled " heathens," and the . foreign population as clouds of mysticism. 'l'be Church now knows h f f · ·1 · · h 1 · how closely the enveloping garments of the ab- a Christian city." . "t e ~,e use o c1v1 izanon w o ming ed with th . wor ld , th e 1'de'\B ot· t he age, mo dern civW e ma k e t h'1s broa d. assertl')n · by no means 1 em. sor b mg ilization, wrap her round, and conceal the beating ·at random, but as based upon what we know .CRUISE OF H. B. M.'s SHIP RosARIO.-By heart within, until an act of faith or imagination f S d J h H is absolutely required in the beholder to believe to be facts as compared with other cities of w~y O Y. ney, we __earn t at · B. M.'s that any living nucleus dwells witl1,in those color- the Old and N W Id Ch . f E ship Rosario has v1s1ted the scene of the ed cerements. But here is an action of life. Here . ew or - . ns rnn urope murder of Hishop Patteson and the Rev. J. proof is given by rehgion that she yet lives. With at1 d Amen~a. Although this has been our Atkin, and has exacted retribution, by burntenderness the preacher spoke, among so many home, yet it has also been our privilege to ing villages and blowing natives to pieces. present members of Bishop Willis' family; of the see and visit other countries. We have vis- The friends of the mission as well as of rending of the ties of home and blood; and more h •· d · ·1 · · d l th!!-ll those, the tearing away the devoted pastor ited many cities of the United States, besides umamty an civi izatrnn, eep Y regret this .from th~ flock be had gathered and _had so loved Montreal Ca d H b V I as not only a useless but cruel step, and one to pasture. Thep came the pass11,ge alluded to, . ' na a; avana, u a; a pa- unwort-h-y of the British flag. It is well relating to Bishop fatteson'a dea-th, and a sweet raiso aucl Lima, South America. We have known t.h_a t the massacTe was the result of but mournful picture of the dead Evangelist of also visited many of th~ cities of ~the Old cruelties practiced by kidnapping vessels, and Polynesia floating past in the canoe, "the palm World, during a trip from Liverpool to Jeru- the reprisals by the Rosario's crew.will merely branch already on his brea.!'!t and, in that illimth l ht f h b , itable stretch of ocean, wherp starry groups in salem, includint visits to London, Paris, ensure_ e 8 aug er O t e next oat 8 crew • te t · th · }. • · T · R N I A l of white men who may venture near theh eaven mee t t:i. ,._.e1rcoun rrar lil . !3 consLe11 at10n u:m, ome_,. _apes, t 1ens, Smyrna and Swallow Islands. Discredit is cast in some of coral islands, and sing an aptjppon to their C I h Maker's praise, the great Southern· Cross looked airo. n visiting t ose cities, it has al- quarters upon the account given of the redown upon the martyr, who had so often steered ways been a leading object with the writer prisals by the Sydney papers; but it is diflib~neath its li~ht. ·• to inqufre into the religious privileges of cul_t to believe that .su~h circumstantia_l narW e are bound to accept the ahove opinion the inhabitants, and respecting the improve- :rat1ves ~s we have received shoul~ be without ~f .Qr. Scott, the Dean of Rochest~r, ·and ac- ment which the p 1 d f th foundation. The R.ev. Mr. Codnngton, head . eop e ma e O • e same. of the Melanesian Mission, is at present in q_ujes~e9 in by those other Preltltes present, On r~turnmg to Honolulu, after makmg these Austra1ia.-Sydney Morning Herald, Feh.12. I ·c 1' H 1!; F R I ~; N 1' . ~J AR C H Furewell. The Invocation. Isles of tile ocean, o'er whose valleys sweet Too quickly passed my ever wandering feet, Ere yet your shores in lengthening distance fade, Let faithful memor.y lend m.y l\luee her a!tl . The traveler reaclttS Honolulu. Long time hy icy mountains prieon~r boundLong time on stormy waters tossed aroun<l.-\t length the wt~hed-for land regales my vie w, And glowing Hesperus reveals Oahu. The slanting ijunlight gilds tit~ mountain side. In deepening shadows purple valleys hide; ·· ' Neath shitdy groves that fringe the crater's feet, The nestling town defies the noon-day !teat : The taro patches spread along the plain; The white winged schooners dance upon the maiu While far inland the Pali rears its crest, Where tleecy cloudlets claim a passing rest . Adown the vale descends the evening shower, The pendant ri.inbow glows its ffeeting hour, Its borrowed hues fast fading wilh tlte sun, Which "sinks more glorioW! ere his race be run ."' Hf! visits Hilo. rhe surf rolls gently into Hi10'11 ba,y A11 envious rainfall ushers in the day Grey i11 the dawn, yet clear above the clou<l Tall Manna Loa lifts his summit proud. The sandy beach in curving horse-sbo~ traced, With waving groves of slender palms is graced. The low roofed houses glint among the trees, And bright leafed mangoes rustle in tile bree&e. Tie meets i fair maide,i. Nor long retains ils gloom the mournful day, ~on smiling sunshine dries its tears away . Ancl here, cool seated 'neath a plantain's shade, ln native garh, behold a, nut-brown maid : Some dusky daughter of this sea-girt land, Frei,h from tlie wave that froth:! upon the strand. "Untutored savage! where's your chignon? Where The snowy powder that should deck your hair r No fluttering' panier' at your hack is seenYou're even guiltles:1 of a, crinoline. Good heavens ! to call this dressing ! Wha.t a taste ! \Vhere in tlte name of fortune is your waist!" •• Sir," she re1Jlie~, "our garments may be heathen, To us but holoku8 and leis are given : Yet in that simple dress we please our lords, Nor envy trappmgs that your land atl'ords ." " Long may you still retain your native grace, Nor foreign fashions mar your queenly pace. And lo~g retain that silver sounding tongue That flows so sweet those pearly teeth among, And hear its accents breathe in vowels soft , That oft-told tale tllat's never told too olt." He sees the fiery mountain. How changed the scene now doats before my eyes ! Ou every side the choking damps arise, Far a.t my feet a blackening gulf extends, And blood red light from fiery mouths ascends : E>en 1111 I gaze the treacherous crust reveals The seething contents it but half coneeal11 Slow opening seams the ritony lake divide, And lips reluctant yield a criuu,on tide. ~1idway the lake a fiery cauldron boils, Striving 'mid horrid roars to bun,t its toil~ In dancing jets the liquid Java flies, Incessant springing, sinking but to rilic. Yet see how Nature's compensating hM1d Sheds twofold beauty o'er tlte adjacent la1,d . Tho' Pluto here spread desolation round, Ceres, undaunt ed, there disputes the ground, And hangs with simple fruits and flow'rets fa ir Sweet ga rlands round th e neck of Kilauea. He vi.,its Haleakala and Ulupalaku a. The glass is clouded : as the vision fade.i. N ew colons brighten thro' its parting shadti;, And memory leads me to twin Maui's shores, Where the Volcano King m:ijestic soars. The fires that fod his youth have p.lSsed a,vay, And clouds now crown him with befitting grey : His flanks that erst di5charged devouring rain Now teem with pastures-yield the fruitful can e. Kindly he nurses in his .ample breas t A home that welcomes many a passi ng guest, W ho, lotb departmg, lingers a t that gate W:1are ciustering roses wouhl lu ve bid him stay. I 8 7 2. forming the habit of using tobacco, and point out the consequence5 of using it, He sees l,aliaina. Of leafy b1·eadfruit this the favorit e home .; Hither, unbidden, purple vineyards come, And here alone the grateful .caue tlittplays Its plumed 1lo1,·erit1g, fostered by tho,;e rays 'Which skies unclouded pour upon these field!!, Whose soil respondent plenteous harvest yield . . 1T!s g~ecn Lahaina. Gladly harl 1 s tayed To Wander idly 'neath thy mangoes' shade : I 8ail obedient to the mca~ured swing Of restless Time's unmutilatetl wing. Dear to thy dwellera, sciuce less dear to me, Fair Honolulu, I return to thee : Tu . n to my cottage ccy that shuns the road, ('{et peeping forth ~s one that would be W(Jocd ,) Turn to that band of hospitable friends \Vhose welcoming hands for exile make amends. While traveling, I had often wondered how men in the garb of gentlemen could be so indifferent to the comfort of others as to puff away at tbeir cigars or pipes while at the windward of others, and some of them : ladies. But Dr. Gibbons, under the head of social effects, has cleared it all up. He says : " Every individual owes to society a certain degree of attention to his personal appearance. He has no right to make himself ,:e pulsive to those with whom he comes in contact. He h.is no right to make him self a nuisance. There is virtue in cleanliness and neatness. I The Pali. Let me recall, ere yet 1 close my lay, The hour11 I've whiled on l'ali's peak away. Here winds the road between the valley's walls , The wayside brook in trickling cadence fu.ll,s : On either tlank the battlemented rock, Whose bosky slopes beshade and feed the flock : While many a tlowcr bestows its blossoms gay Untrnine<l, yet beautecus, to adorn the way. Tlte view from tlte Pali . In slow ascent the stony heights I gain, Where cliffs o'erhanging threaten yonder plain : The dangerous vath descends their jagged face \Vith serpentining arms in close emhrace. Eastward and west tht! lessening hills recede In narrowing crCl!cent round the grassy mea(I , Seeking the ocean where that yellow band In unclul:.i.ting outline marks the strand, Smoothed by the kisses of each creamy wave That showers its pearl-drops thro' the sunlit cave. Hid 'nea th the surface, stretching far a.way, Lie treacherous re~fs that guard the little bay : The surges foam, the breakers roar, in vain The barlled Sea-God shakes his angry mane : E'en tho' without the tempest cons\ant roar, It spend11 its fury ere it gains the shore. "Of all habits to which men are addicted, none so conduces to slovenliness, and to a disregard of the comfort of others, as the use of tobacco. * * * Nothing more forcibly demonstrates the demoralizing influence of tobacco tha~ the carele~sness it engenders in this respect. It is the bane of good manner~. A few years of its servitude almost annihilates the gentleman. The smoker soon learn s to think of himself alone, and ignores the possibility of offending others by constrain·1ing them to inhale the nauseous fomes. "The smoke, when drawn into the mouth, absorbs the putrid emanations which it finds there, and diffuses them in the atmosphere. Farewell. "'Fhere is one way in which tobacco inUnshed is the storm that reveling in its might, terferes with the s;cred relations of domestic Broke through the stillness of the tropic night. The ship that bears me 'cross the weary seas ltfe. No neat house-keeper wishes her par1Jai1 spread her c11nvas to the morning breeze, lor infested with its stench. .But if her husAnd speeds respondent to the favoring gale That heats unwearied 'gainst each shivering sail. band be a smoker, he must have his smoke. The landscape sinks beneath the billow's swell; The indulgence has become a necessity. To Farewell, ye Isles ! and once again, Farewell ! H. relinquish 'it on account of his wife would be Tobacco and its Effects. an unreasonable sacrifice. He must either leave home and wife for his beloved cigar, Another tract on tobacco, a prize essay, by Dr. Gibbons. There were about fifty com- or he must impose the annoyance on hi s petitors; but Dr. G. won the prize. He treats family. In either event, a base and depraving n ppetite is allowed to conflict with hi~ the subject under seven heads, namely : sacred duties as the head of a family." I. Its nature and properties. 2. Effects on the body. 3. Effects on the mind. 4. M~ra l effects. 5. Social effects. 6. What good does it do? 7. Conclusion. · Parton's Essay, "Does it pay to smoke?" published in the Atlantic, was an excellent I article; and it convinced many that it does , not pay tu smoke. But bow many of those I thus convinced broke away from the ·habit of smoking? vV,.liile Parton treated the- use of tobacco in only one form, Dr. Gibbon~ treats it in all its forms; and I wish that every one wo.u ld read it. And I think, Mr. Editor, that if you would insert the· whole or copious extracts in the Fr iend, many would thank you. Parents ·should warn their children agains t Reader, get Dr. Gibbons' Essay and read it; and let its arguments have due influence on your habits. D. DoLE. J{.oloa, Kauai. THE ALABAi\1A CLAI.M:s.-The followin g 1s a summary of the claims for losses by th e Confederate cru'isers, filed by the American commissioners to the Geneva Conferenc e , under the Treaty at Washington: By the Alabama .•••.•••.••.•••.••.•• , .••. $6,[ 47,609 " Boston .•.••.•••.•.•. , • • • . • • . . • • . . . 400 Chickamauga. . . 95,65-! Florida .•.•.•••.•••.••.••••.•• , .••• , • • . 3,698,609 Georgia .••.••••••••.•• , .••• : . 383,976 Nashville. 69,536 Retribution . .••.•••.••. •• ,. 20,334 Sallie. . . 5,540 Shenandoah. • . • . • . . . • • • . • • • . • • • • • . . . . 6,488,320 Sumter. . . . . 10,695 Tallahassee . • • . • . • • . . • . 579,9 j 5 86 00 85 3-! 50 70 52 00 31 s:; 55 Tota,! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,900,633 46 For losses from i • creaserl war prcmiumb . . . . . 1,120,795 15 $19,021,428 e1 THE FRIEND, APRIL, 1872. 28 THE FRIEND. APRIL 1, J 812. A Sketch of the Gambier Isle!l. At the south-ea"Stern extremity of the archipelago of Tuamotu lie the Gambier Isles, forming- a small state under the protection of the Fre nch. The regent lives at Mangavei'a, the largest of these isles. France assumed the guardianship in 1845, and estab]i~hed conditions for the government. In 1867, the time of the recall of M. Hyppolite from Tahiti, n Jarly all foreigners left the::.e islands, and their departure was gladly witnessed by the native government, whi1.:h, freed from all restraint; could monop.o lize the trade in pearls and oblige the people to buy their necessaries of them. This political isolation stopped commerce and delayed the progress of civilization to such a degree that the value of silver was not commonly known. It also brought about disease by preventing the people from obtaining any variety in their food. The French have put a stop to this, and the natives have been compelled to adopt these laws: Commerce shall be free. Every one can exercise his own choice iri religion and education. Quarrels shall be settled by the French tribunal. All corporal punishment shall be abolished. So now the isles are free ·to all. The climate is well tempered, and the seasons quite strongly marked. The songs and dances common to other tribes are unknown here. Foreig~ers are greeted with evident marks of dissatisfaction by them, yet they are unmolested. If the Catholic Missicn will use its influence to support the authority of the French government, much improvement ma.y be looked for: The great thing necessary is to teach them to work. The soil is not very fertile, and most of the land is surrounded by high mountains, while ~n the valleys grow cocoanuts, oranges, bananas and the breadfruit. This latter forr~s when fermented the principal food. The taro is ri,irely found. The pandanu s tree abounds, especially upon the old coral reefs. The soil in many places seems peculiarly adapted to the cultivation of cotton and coffee. The harbor abounds in fish; yet the natives do not catch many. Their 11atural indolenee and want of fore~ight prevent their taking pains to obtain fish and animal food for themselves, and they suffer from it. Most of their time is s pent in obtaining the pearl oyster, and every year they procure fifty tons of nacre; yet the beds are becoming exhau~ted from Jack of care. The race is fast fading away, and ~ery few of either sex att~n old age. The women a re dec reasing faster than the men. Education is ra,e, yet quite a number taught by the mission speak French. The boys' school U By the next mail after the departure a.t Mangavera has about 100 pupils from 6 of Judge Hartwell, we received a copy of the to 12 years of age, and the girls', a little out of the city, numbers 60 pupils, from 8 to 1:1 years old. They are taught to work as well as to read, and the schools are having a good result. Spite of the low condition of the natives, there are some pretty residences, and the cathedral, adorned with nacre, is very handsome. Seen from the sea., the chief ci-ty, Rildtea, presents a beautiful aspect, and only the pleasant part of the place is seen. It is to be hoped that C'ornmercial relations may soon be established between these isl. ands and Tahiti, thus stimulating the natives to a desire of trade and elevating them .:. Translation by Prof Chickering from the French newspnper published at Tahiti. rt? it1 recording the death of Mr. Conant, ni'e reminded of that (Jf his only son, We which occurred on board tbe United States ship I'owhatan in 1867. We received from the chaplain of the ship ·the following letter, which bears such honorable testimony to the character of the young man, that we publish it. He had served for several years in the United States navy", and during the rebellion was on board a blockading vessel off the Southern coast. We would merely add that through the kind offices of E. Perkins, Esq., former American Consul at Lahaina, Mr. Conant received over $200, the amount due his son at the time of his death. u. s. FLAGSHIP "POWHATAN,"! CALLAO, May 27, 1867. 5 REv. S. C. DAMON-My Dear Friend:Very strange are the ways of Provi<lence. I have recently written to you asking your good offices in obtaining a Bible in Hawaiian for James Conant. Last Thursday, the 23d, he fell from the fore-yard to the deck, and survived the fall only two or three hours. The men were unbending the foresail. It was caught in some way, and Con~nt was pushing it, when it suddenly gave way arid precipitated him to the clerk. He was respectably buried on shore in the foreign cemetery. I write to you of this sad occurrence, so that, if you have not yet sent the Bible, you may retain it, and that you may put a notice of the death in your paper, in order that it ma v thus come to the knowledge of his friends. I gave you before the name of the island from which he came. 1 understood him to say that his father was au- American. I am happy to add that he was one of our best men, very highly esteemed by all, and the testimony of his shipmates is also that he was a religious man. He was a Bible reader, and an - attendant on our pr: yermeetings and Bible class. • You will be pleased to hear that there is a marked increase of religious interest on board. There is an increasing number of the men who are striving to follow the Lord. Most :a;incerely your brother in Chris t, . DONALD lVIcL.AREN. Natick Bulletin, announring the death of his father. When in the United States in 1869, it was our privilege to vis it the early home of the Judge, which was one of many beautiful homes in the immediate vicinity of the spot where Elliot the. Apostle to the Indians, first gathered the natives tJf the forest to preach among them the gospel. We copy' as follows: "Our rommunity has been startled by the announcement of the sudden death of Sted . man Hartwell, Esq., whirh occurred on Wednesday at about o o'cloclt; P. M. He was 71 years and ] 0 months old. His disease was conger,tion of the lungs . Mt. Hartwell wa s one of the oldest residents of this town, a man of the strictest integrity 1 and one in whom the town has entrusted much of its local management, he having filled the various offices with rare ability, always taking a decided interest in all improvement:-;, and counseling every meaisure tending to the public goad. H~ ha:s re presented the town in the General Court. The deceased is the father of General Alfred S. Hartwell, who served with distinction in the late war, and is now an Associate Judge of the SuprPme Court of the Sandwich Islands; also General Charles Hartwell, now a Captain and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel in the regular army now ::rnrving on the frontier. His wisdom will be missed in our counsels, and the citizens will feel that in his demise they have met with an irreparable loss." IJ7' The following tribute to Dr. B. Seemann we copy -from a late number of Trubner's Oriental Record, published in London. We distinctly recall the visit of Dr. Se11mann, nearly twenty years ago, to Honolulu, when attached to one of the British vessels of war in search of Sir John Franklin. At that time he was a most enthusiastic naturalist, and it appears that he has made natural his·tory the study of his life, and had acquired a world-wide fame: "0BITUARY.-Dr. Berthold Seemann was born at Hanover in the year 1825. He was educated in the Lyceum of his native city. and obtained the degree of Doctor of Philos• ophy at the University of Gottingen. As a scientific writer he was widely known by his Narrative of the Voyage of H. M. S. Herald , published in 1853; a popular History of :Palms, in 1855; the Botany of the Voyage of H. M. S. Herald, in 1857; Viti-an Account of a Government Mission to the Viti or F,ji Is1ands , in 1862; Popular Nomenclature of the American Flora; Twenty-four Views of the Coast and Islands of the Pa~ c1fic; and Dottings on the Roadside in Pa. nama, Nicaragua and Mosquito, written in collaboration with Captain Bedford Pim, R. N., and published in 1869. Dr. Seemann was also a· frequent contributor to the leading scientific journals of London, and efilitor of the Bonplandia, and the Journal of 11otany, Britislt and Foreign. He died at the Ja va]i Mine, Nicaragua, on the lOtb of October la s t, after a short illne~s. He was a member of nearly all the sciet1tific societies of London. " l'Ht JlRlENI>, APUIL, 1~72. 29 ::::=================-====-==-============== --- = --- = --- = --- = --- =---~-=- - =- - =- - =--=- - =--= --- = --- = --- = --- === --- =-======:==========================================Information Wanted, MAKA.WAO, December 16th, 1871. Jli;v. S. C. DA.MO~, Honolulu: D~aR Srn.-Relying on your well-known kindness, [ have \'entured to re1uest your astiistance in aiding me to find some traces of my family, I waa born in Albany, New York, one of a. family or eight children the last time I hea.r<l from them, was about thirty ;1,·ears ago, as far as I can ttll, relying on memory alone at Which tim11 I had a Jetter from my father; since then, I have had no reliabk inforUJation of them, either hrotners, sisters, or pt~rents. My oldest brother was called Willia.m, a cabinllt• maker by trade, and was deaf and dumb; as was nl:so my youngest sister, 1vhose name was Frances, an,! who was itt the New York Deaf and Dumb Asylum the l:>.3t t.ime I hearil of her. lily father's name was John W. Gennett he was keeping a grocery store in Albany, a naturali&erl E'renchman, ancl was sexton of the only Catholic Churcn iu Albany at the time of my leaving hom-e, which position he had filkd from my chil<lhood. · My mother·s maiden name was Johanna Henny or .tlenn!e; Scotc!t by birth, and a native of Nova Scotia; but I exp~ct thef are b•Jth deacl. Ot\r family names, we~e Co1·nelia, Wilti!Lm, Peter (mys~lf), John, Euwaru, l!'rances, Charles, aud IJenry; the last I heard of any of them except Frances, was, that they were all in ,\lbany City. Yours very respectfully, P'eTER Gf!:NNE\"T. N. B.-.J./bany .J.r.gu'S and Evertin.g .fonrnal, published in Aluany, will p~ase insert the abuve auvertisement three times, and send their bills to Jtooms of American Seaman's Friend Society, 80 Wall Street, New York Vity. Of Reuben Sherman, who left his home some years past, and has never been J,eard from since. Ile Is about 66 years of age. Suppofled to have been in llonolulu. Any information concerning him will be thankJully received by the ~ditor or by H. A. Uoyce, 336 East 17th Street, New York City. Respecting Leverett IJu'd.~on, formerly of Buffalo, New York. He was 111 Ilonoluh1 ttn or fifteen years ago; engnge,l as a rnaman on b'onr,l of some whale ship. Any information will be gladly received by Dr. G. P. Jmlt.l, or by thtJ editor. ADVERTISEMENTS" MRS. BALLISTIER BEGS TO acquaint her friends and the Ladies of Ilonolulu, that h:Lv.ini;( remove,! to town, she will reslime giving les,ons in French and Piano. Residence on lfort Street, tbird door above the Government Offices. al Bound Volumes at Reduced Price ! '-'TE '\VILL FURNJSH BOUND VOLUlllES TT of the Friend, at one dollar per annum (subscriptiou prlce $2), for any numuer of years from 1852 to the present time. IT Adding the cost of IJinding. THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL I THE NEW HOTEL IS No,v OPEN for the reception of guest~. l'he Proprietor will spare no pains to ma.ke this J<:legant Hotel Fl RST CLASS in everv pacticular. He intends to make the cJ:mrges roorns a.nd boud e3pecially reasonable. ALLl<JN lli'.:1:1.BERT, Proprietor. 31 1 Of' A LL E N & .c H I L L I N G ' " 0 R T H, Kawaihae, Hawaii, Will continue the General Merchandise and Shipping business at the above port, where they are prepareil to furnish the justly celebrated liawaihae Potatoes, and such other recruits ns 11re required by whaleships, at tlle shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms. CT Fil·c,vood on Hantl . .£1) J\1A-1l1NE JOUltNAL. PO:II.T OF HONOLULU. S. I. AR.RIV A.LS. ,Feb. .J- 2-1-Am bk D C Mui-ray, Shephe1·d, 21 days rrom San · .l!'ranciijco. 24-Am bk Delaware, Rollins, 42 days from Victoria. Mar. a-Am hk AJ,Jen Des~e, Besse, 28 days from Portland, O, en route for China. 9-Am ship Syren, .lohnson, 109 days from IJoston. 9-H:tw schr Karnaile, Bridges, 30 days from Jarviis !bland lamled supplies, and no ships there. 10-Am stmr Montan:t, \¥ F Lapidge, 9 days from San Francisco. 12-Brit bk Garstang, Thorr.ton, 185 days from Newcastle on Tyne, England. 13-Am schr Witch Q,ueen, Stewart, 32 tlays from San Francisco, lf>-Am stmr Nevada, J H Blethen, 18 days from AucklancJ. 19-Am bktn Jane A Falkiqburg, Cathcart, 22 days from Portland, O. 20-Am blc Comet, Fu1Jer, 19 days from San Francisco. 27-11 B l\l'is steam corvette Scout, R P Cator, 17;!: days frum Victoria, V I. 27-Am wh ship -;ifarengo. Barnes, 9 months out from . home, with 208 ~pm. 28-Ilaw'n bark lolani, Ropes, from Newcastle, with ma!s . 28-Am bark Camden, from ruget Sound, with lumber. DEPARTURES. Feb. 2!-Ilaw !Jk Ka Moi, Geerken, for Bremen, via Auckland. 28-Am !Jrig L l' Foster, l\lills, for San Diego, Ca.I, with NY Circus -Troupe. . . . 29-Am bk Aureola, Roll~, for Nanait110, BU, In ballast. !\Jar. 6-Arn bk D C Murray, Shepherd, for S,in Francisco. 8-A m bk Alden Besse, Besse, for Hongkong. 12-Haw sd1r Isabella, Wood, to cruise 12-Am missionary brig Morning Star, Matthews, for lllarqucs,1s Island~ . 16-Am st1nr i\ton1ana, Lapidge, for San Francisco. lo-Nor Ger bk lllal\tina, Kluge, for Jarvis Island. 21-Am bk Delaware, Rollins, for Victoria,.,,. 1. :n-Haw'n brig Nuuanu, Uught s, for llongkong. MEMORANDA. RGP0R'(' 01•" BARK DliLAWAHli1 Rot.LINS, MASTER.-43 days from Victona, V 1, \vith Jumuer to M~ssrs \-Valker & Allen. Experienced heavy weather oa' Cape Flattery for several days, after "vhich winds were favorable till we arrived in lat 33° N, and Jong 143° W, after which wincl hauled to the southward and westward, blowing strong till within 3 days of making port. Sighted Maui iit 1 P l\l on Fticlay, 23d inst, and arrived in this port at 2 P iH, 011 the 24th left the Straits ot Fuca. in company with the llritish bark Violette, bound for Australia. REPOR1' OF Smp BYREN, FltOM Bos·roN.-Nov 20th, 1871, at nooti, left Nantasket roads. The first week out experienced a succe11:;ion of gales from all point~ of the compass. Dec 4th, lat 27 ° 26' N, long 3f> 0 30' W, spoke North German bark Mathilde, bound to Falmouth. l)ec 6th, lat 25 ° N, long 3+ o W, toc,k the NE trades; had them fresh for several days; lost them in lat 6 ° N, long 2; 0 W. Dec 17th crossed the equator in 29½ 0 _W long; same day took tl\e SE trades. Dec 18Lh, in lat 2 ° 221 S, long :n ° W, passed and spoke British hark Eliz,i Hands, from Newcastle to Pernarnl.mco. lJec 23d, lat 10° S, long 37° W, lost the SE trades. Jan 16th, 1872, at 8 A M, passed six miles east of Statenlaud . the land being covered with snow-" good chances fur sliding down hill." Jan 18th passed Cape Horn. Jan 19th, forty miles west of Diego ltamirt~z hlets, passed and spoke American bark Don Teo• doro, from New York to Valparaiso. We were 12! days from lat 50° Sin the Atlantic 10 lat 50° Sin the Paciftc, during which time had moderate weather, wilh the exception of a heavy gale from NNW to WSW on Jan 21:!t, during which had starboard lower fore channels broken. Passed several vessels bo11nd to Ute \Vestward, under short sail. Feb 7th, in lat 26 ° S, long 92 ° W, took the SE trades~ had them ligltt, with very pleasant weathers lost them in lat 1 ° S, long 120 c W on Feb ~2d. Feb 23d crossed the equator in 121 ° W lonn-, Feb 26th, in lat 6° N, long 12-1,o W, took the NE trade~. March 7th, at noon, sighted Hawaii to the SSW. March 8th, at IO AM, sighted Oahu bearing W by S, distance 25 miles. Passage 109 dayij, C. A. JOHNSON. THE steamship Montana. W F Lapidge, Commander, left San Francisco March 1st, at 4 A M. March 3d and 4th experienced 11trong southerly winds aud heavy sea, balance of passage flue weather. Steamship ~loses Taylor, from Honolulu. arrived at San Fmnci_isco .lieb 29th, at 10 A l\1. Arrived otf Honolulu March 10th at a A U. 'fhe Montana has 124 tons of freight for Honolulu, and 16 for New Zealand. REroR·r OF U. S., N. Z. & A. :\1. S.S. NEVADA, J. If. BLETHEN, CO!IOU.NDli:R.-Left Honolulu 21st January for New Zeala.nd pol"t>", with 31 passengers, English mail, and 420 packages freight for New Zealand and Australia. "!ten north of the equator had very stormy weather with adverse winds. Feb 7th, 12 noon, arrived at Auckland, leaving there on the 9th for the southern ports of New Zealand, and arrived at Port Chalmers on the 14th at 12 noon. Feb 19th left Port (!h~lmers at 11 A ni, on the return passage, for Honolulu, arnvmg at Auckland I?eb 24th at 8 AM. Left Auckland Feb 26th at 2 A M, arriving off the harbor of Ponga Ponga, Tutuila Island, March 4th at 11 r ni. Stopped ship and sent a boat to the harbor of Ponga Ponga. Hoarded the U S ,var steamship Narrag_ansett, Commander R W Meade, lying there at anchor. Dehvered letters for the Commander; communicated with the shore, and returne,I to ship. While lying off the island Commander Meade with Paymaster Grillins boarded us. At daylight March 5th a large number of natives came alongside in their canoes boarded us and promenadetl the decks in the ancient costume of Mark Twain's ancestors, offering great amusemen<l to all on board. At 8 A M same day left Tutuila. Arrived at llonolulu March 15th at 11:30 A ni. We have 96 pa~sengers for Honolulu and San Francisco, 82 packages freight for Honolulu, and 11323 package:;; for San Francisco, also 72 bags English mail. H. L. ALLEY, Purser. RBPORT OF" BAIIK Co~a:·r.-Left San Francisco March 1st, at 7 A. M. with light breeze from E, an<l fo::?gy weather. Next four <lays rnoderate windll from sw, which terminated in a gale from WNW , .and died _out calm for the following five days. March 12th, spoke barkentme Jane .J. Fafkin/Jerg, bound to Honolulu h.we had good tratks most of the tirnt), with the excepti?n of tl:e last two ,lays before making the land. Saw Moloka1 March Z0tl1, at 6 A. M. bearing SW by S distance 30 miles. Have ha<l to he very carelul on account ol· the larg; hoiler on deck; 19 days pa5sage. PASSENGERS. FROM SAN ~'RA.NCis~o-Per D. C. Murray, Feb. 2<J.lh_:Hon F~ank Sp'.1-ulding, phys•cian; Mrs Frank Spaulding; Clarence Krng, engrneer; Arnold Hague, gt!ologist; Kapau, Jas Prosser. Fo1t SAN f'.:ANC1sco-l'er D. C. l\Jurray, March 6th-John II Thompson, JVife and child, Mrs Love and child, I Forbes aml wile, .T R Whitney, Mrs Horn, J H Thrain; Messrs Re1Jing, Johmion, Crowley, Else, Forty, Benson, Brown, Martin, Dowd, \Vilson, crew of the '' Devon!!hire." Fon IlONGKONG-Per Alden Besse, March 8th-13 Chinamen. FkoM J Anv1s lsLANo-Per Karoaile, March 9th-John II lllakcly, and 7 Hawaiian laborers. • FROM f-.Ar, FRANc1sco-l'er Montana, )larch l0th-C H Lord, J W Crii;kr 1 W N Crigler, }1 Eck~art, S B Stoddard, W Korts, M Hyman, A H Eleter, W S Luce, G l)onallisoh, F Lawall, M Wenner, H B Uins<lale, anu 17 in transitu for Aucklantl and Sydney. FROM SAN F1uNc1sco-Per Witch Queen. l\larch 13th-J Dean. C W Stoddard . · FRUM AUCKLAND-Per Ne"'a.Ja, March llith-i\-lr Leroy. Madam Duret, Mr Blake, wife and 2 chilt.lren, and 89 in trausitu for San Francisco. FOR JARVIS ISLAND-Per Malvina. Match 15th-l\lr H. Kenny and wife, and 2 native laborers. · · Fon SAN FnANctsco-Per Montana, l\larclt 16th- '\V Hllyrnan and wife, Ularence King, Arnold Hague, l\lrs J G \Vhite, Jas G Maclay, wife and ~on, Jas \Vood, Michael Coc,k, Jas Moffitt, John Taylor, ,John Thash, J W Goff and wife. It P Thomas and daughter, W Burling, wife and 4 children, Mrs 0 Eldrige and claugh1cr, Mrs IJabcock alld daughter, 0 O "iison and wife, Mrs Obhorn, F Cohn, .l\lis~ Costar, Miss Stirling. • W P Fuller, wife and child, T Mooney, .Ir, U Gardiner, l\lrt< Wltitney and daughter, Mrs R II Waterman. I-I Whit tell, A .I Pope, ,I Keene, 11 II Ilanna, T II Ilalstou, H Worth, fl P Curtis, wife and child. l\lrs Ashburner, J l\l Burt, and !JO in transitu from Auckland. Fon AucKLANn-Pcr Nevada, March l81h-U Foshrooke, John Panchanl, and 17 in tmnsitu from San Francisco. FROM SAN FnANc1eco-l'er Comet, March 20th :-A Clawson, Ilnward Stillmann, .John Mcnzee, \Vm Henshaw, C Teistcom, Wm Holtitmaun. MARRlED. HARRis-:-\'VELLS__:_On Jllonilay, (not Tuesday, as the (fa • zette has 1t) March 18th. at the residence of His Excellencv C. C. Harris, by Rev. C. G. Williamson, .Major FRANK lli,;11VEY li·AltRIS to l\Iiss CAROLINE ELIZABETH WELLS. W1LLI01s-J_oHNSON-ln this city, on Thursday, l\htrch 21st, at the residence of C. 11. Le,vers, Esq., by Rev. W. FrMr1 Mr. GEO. C. 'WiLLIUlS to Miss SARAH E. JOHNSON . IHEi>. LE£SON-At Ilana, Maui, February 18th, of dl'opsy, EnWARD LEESON, born in Devonshire, England, in the year 1806. Tlte deceased had resided on these i~land5 since 18!5. HEALl)-ln this dty~ February 24th, Mrs. MAHGl!WI.' HEALD, aged 81 years :iud 3 tlays, a native of Bolton L s, the Parlor Rifles and Revolvers, SHOT of all sizes, Shot Pouches, PowJer FlaskR, Percnssio!) Caps, Eley's Best. Cheap Files, aH sizes and kinds, Butcher Knives, got out expressly foL' trade, Butche rs' Steels, 8 to 16 inch. • BEN•"'IELD, Wagon and Carriag e Builder, 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. Irr Island, orders p1omptly executed at lowest ra t es. A , W. DOUBLE AND SINGi,E BA.RR.EL SHOT GUNS, HENRY'S CARBINES AND RJFLES, · M . A. PIERCE. I, B. PIERUE & PET ERSON. CO•• (Succeaors to CJ. L. Richard s & Co.) 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Edited by a member of the Y, M, C, A, 1 ing to pr~ve the "over civiiization" of our dividual action of the members in regard to abstinence pledges and temperance societies, commurnty. the effort of the Association should rather be It is perhaps to be expected that the rest Heathens and the Refuse of Civilization. of the world should not be very welJ informed toward moulding public opinion upon intern• Our friend s of the Church of England in regard to our rather diminutive domioion, perance, than thl'ough the special methods of have lately consecrated a bishop for mission- but it is certainly inexcusable that a public reform influence, more properly belonging ary work in our community, for which prom- speaker should neglect to inform himself on to a d is tincti vel y tern perance organization, ised blessing we tender our hearty thanks. a subject which he is specially l)ppointed to The subject for the next monthly meeting, The "eloquent and impressive sermon" of explain to others. Jf the preacher obtained which will be in May, is H how far character the worthy Dean, who officiated on the occa- his mi~informat10n from Bishop Staley, who is the result of external circumstances ? " sion, the reporter tells us, "riveted the at- of course knew better, it was less his fault. The annual meeting for election of officers , tention of the congregation." We should For the information of our benefactors of reading reports, etc., will take place on the rather think it did ! Referring eloquently England, and to prevent the recurrence of 12th of this month at the honse of the Presto the martyrdom of Bishop Patteson, "the the mistake of consecrating a Bishop on false ident, J. B. Atherton, Esq. A dol_1ation of dead Evangelist of Polynesia," ·the Dean pretenses, we give a few facts in regard to fifteen dollars from the foreign church at tenderly spoke of the approaching departure the present condition of the community Hilo for our work among the Chinese, was of .Bishop Willis to encounter tlie dangers around which the See of Honolulu extends reported also a donation of books for the libra1y, from Rev. ·P. J. Gulick, both of which and hardships of another portion of heathen- its guardian precincts. dom-the Hawaiian Islands; of the painful Among the native population, numbering we gratefully acknowledge. We acknowledge the receipt of the first rending of family ties, of the tearing away fifty or sixty thousand, there are sixty Protthe devoted pastor from the flock he had estant, dissenting, and about thirty Roman number of the Southern Workmun, an illusgathered, to expose him to caprices of the Catholic chmches; in all of which regular trated monthly newspaper about the size of heathens and refuse of civilization within the services are maintained. The members of the Advertiser, published in Hampton, VirDiocese of Honolulu. Truly, tbe gallant the Protestant churches numbered last year ginia, and conducted by our oltl friends, Bishop must have felt his soul grow big more than 15,100, whose contributions for the Me·s srs. S. C. Armstrong and J. F. B. Marwithin him as he listened, and have obtained year for beneYolent purposes were. $29,481. shall, in connection with their management new and startling views of the full heroism of In the· city of Honolulu, the moral centre of of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural his own plans. Doubtle~s his heart yearned the See, there are the following churches: Institute. The paper has the right promise, more strongly than ever for the pious uavvies the Kawaiahao, P~otestant, nat~ve, establish- and enters an almost illimitable field. A late number of Scribner's .Monthly conof the Chatham dockyards and the peaceful, ed in 1820; the Bethel, Protestant, foreign, though unheralded, walks on the banks of' established in 18~3; the Kaumakapili, Prot- tains a long article, entitled, "was Adam the the quiet Thames. But he stood the test estant, native, established in 1835; the Ro- first man 1 " . in which the negative is ably . and held to his self-denying resolve with man Catholic church, establishe~ about 18_40; argued, and 1t seems to us that that reply is unshaken firmness. · Fort St. Church, Protestant, foreign, establish- logically drawn from the facts pertaining to . . . . ed in 1852, and St. Andrew's, Reformed Cath· 1862. Th ere are a 1so the subject. Strong points in the argument . es t a bl.1s h e d m . . unfounded unpress1ons . which o11c, · The entirely the conscientious Dean allowed himself to eleven benevolent societies in worldng condi- are that the short space of time which has give in regard to the condition of our com- tion, including the Young Men's Christian elapsed since Adam is insufficient for the de. munity doubtless has its compensations. Be- Association and the Hawaiian Evangelical velopment of the present variations of the sides the missionary stimulus it must have Association, the latter conducting missionary human race: that there is evidence of powenterprises over the Micronesian am] Marbeen to Bishop Willis, it may be something quesan archipelagoes, an d sen d ing tut 1 · h er as erfol na·tions existing very shortly after the to us in the way of salutary discipline. Our missionaries, with few exceptions, native Ha- flood, showing that it could not have been pride is beyond anything the most of us waiians. Beside~ which there are the usual universal and the impossibility of account.dream of. Witness the valiant rush to the secular and social institutions which accom- ing for the "tenants of the European ossife:rnewspaper "front" to defend oursf.lves from pany civilization the world over. Public ous ·caves or ef the Swiss pile habitations " schools are numerous over the whole group. an uncomphmentary but careless and nonSunday schools are numerous and prosperou~. on the theory of a descent from Adam. The ·m 'a licious utterance of an innocent an·d pro_bWith all this machinery, however, there is Bible seems to hint plainly of the existence ,ably usE:ful old English clergyman on the much left undone; there is doubtless enough of other human beings during the life of other-side of the world. Our atmosphere is raw material to save the Bishop from utter dis- Aaam and his family, and that the theory of 1 ,th:jek with sarcas.m and indignant assevera- appointment, in spite of his superior experi- Cain is that after he was driven away from ence among the Chatham dockyards. We ;tion,. All parties, ecclesiastic and politic, shall heartily welcome him as a fe11ow }a- his parents he married into some of these ,~re :1,l.l:lited in the common cause of mutual borer in a promising and fertile .,:;ineyard tribes and founded the origin of Chines.e civilization. The author does not account for .vind.ioaitfon. It is true that the language where doers of good are always welcome. the origin of the preadamite men, more than 1that .speaks of us as heathens and the refuse to imply ·that they were created. The arguHere a Little, There a Little. -~ f c:iv.il~za;ti-On is, to say the least, inappropriment, as far as it goes, agrees with Wullace The regular meeting for March was held and Darwin, but while the former accounts .ate·and .e,Xtr.Bme. But it is probable that it ,ww.119- .Qot .r equire much search to . find a on the evening of the eighth at the rooms. for the existence of moral consciousness and goo.d many -" ,heathens" in ur midst as well The subject of discussion for the evening the highest human attributes by a theory of a special supernatural interposition upon a as a Jew _9Lt};).e ;, dregs," for which we may was the position of the Association in relabeing already highly developed, the latter be,be more or less responsible and straight- tion to the temperance reform : upon which lieves that natural selection is sufficient for . 'forward etfor,t t<;> ;rHduce the number would t_he prevailing sentiment of those present ap• the development of all that human nature .9 o much to reJJ.)9y<e the necessity of our try- peared to be that whatever might be the in- contains .
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