Friend, 1877-01

• Other Authors: Damon, Samuel Chenery, 1815-1885
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1877
• Subjects: Christians-Hawaii > Newspapers; Missions > Hawaii > Newspapers; Sailors-Hawaii > Newspapers; Temperance > Newspapers; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Austin; Sandwich Islands; Pacific; Norway; Eureka; Lent; Guano; Hayes; Ida; The ''Y''; Fuller; Venus; Sion; Morrison; Esther; Grim; Luke; Willis; Keller; Morton; Lookout; Bedford; Boreas; Brooklyn; Piton; McIntyre; Hastings; Atherton; Dun; Newell; Huxley; Rime; Two Brothers; Schaefer; Alden; Hitchcock; Golden Gate; Shearer; New Bedford; Mackintosh; Brighton; Chasm; Wylie; Neral; Snell; Antonelli; Horne; Sura; Siberia
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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. ~ClFIC s., ,-•o.,_.;, Its Shm·es, its Islands, and J the vast •regions beyond, will become the chle.f theatre oltJ; of events, in D's GRE~rt "11"'.:s:"._·Ji. ietu jeries, iol. 2fr, Jo. 1.} \\~ S1;w,uw U. H. sen'i.\,te, , -. v t'be Shenandoah in 18ti4. 4 claim of sPveral b;rnqred cloliars was recently awarded him at Roman. empire submitted to the Cross. Washington. belonged originally. we believe Dwelling on these is~ands of the Pacific, we to the state of M:aine. and it is thought that WilCONTE1'1TS For January 1, 1877. PAGR THE FRIEND. {@lh £tries, ilrol. l4. THE CENTENNIAL---THE END. lt is highly gratifying and satisfactory from so many sources, to receive assurances that the " Centennial," has proved a grand success. As private correspondence often con.ains hints and suggestions relative to public affairs and enterprize, which indicate the drift of popular sentiment, it is with much pleasure that we now allow some of our correspondents to speak. A gentleman, writing from Brooklyn, who had just visited Philadelphia tlius writes under date of Nov. 28th= " We spent two days at the C;entennial in May, and a week in SeptP-mber, Rnd did not fail to visit the ~andwich Island Department. Altogether the Centennial has been a perfect success. I never saw so mnny people congregated tog-ether, with so few drawbacks. All seemed anxious to be polite to their neighbors aud give as little trouble as possible. I did not hear of a single case of rudeness or ill-behaviour during the six months it ':7as open.'' After this opinion of a New York Broker we give an extract from the l~tter of a lad; writing from Baltimore, under date of Nov. 25th, who visited the islands nine months ~go: "An opportunity was afforded me of seeing the Grent Exhibition, with great comfort and in company with an appreciating congenial friend. The first day, ,ve went into the Hawaiian Department, and there 1 felt quite at home, surrounded by Miss Andrews' ferns, the case of birds from Hilo, the kegs of sugar from Capt. Makee's place, (where I was so delightfully entertained for a Wf3ek) the table and lady's stand, (which I 4a4 seeq at the cabinet maker's in Honolulu, wqen he was preparing to send them away.) I alm9st imagined I might be in a room somewhere, at the Sandwich Islands, SQ familiar did everything look and so pleasant was the associaliams was an assumed name. He leaves children, are so situated a8 to witne~s the grand sur- in whose favor be recently rn:irle a will.-P. 0. A. tion, that I could npt refrn in from regi:-:terin? 'J'HE FRIEND, JANUARY, my name in the Visitor's .Book. To return to the Centennial. I met Mr. Lyman, from Cleveland, who was on a visit to Honolulu, some months ago. I also met Miss A rmstrong, whom your son introduced. I send you the Enq-ufrm·, giving an account of the closing exercises of the " Centennial." I saw the grand fire-works from the top of the Main Building, where we had secured seats. I thought it was very good in the Englishman Broek to make such a display ' to celebrate our Independence. They were worthy of the nation from which we sprung. I felt proud of our mother country, when I looked on the rare and beautiful exhibits, she sent t.o honor our Centennial,-indeed all nations brought their gifts, and it would properly be called a " World's Fair." I ·c an only say with Esther : " the half had not been told me," and that I felt thankful for the opportunity of seeing and studying the works of Art and Nature and Science, by which I was surrounded." Another correspondent exclaims : u What shall I say about the Centennial? I feel ~o ))owerless to say anything at all, and feel that by my silence, I shall probably be far more eloquent than by any words I can use. It was so overwhelmingly grand, and I felt so exceedingly unimportant, that I wanted to keep just as quiet as possible. No one word more completely conveys my feelings than satisfaction, and that of the most thorough type. No poor wavetossed voyager ever heralded · with . more joy the sight of ]and . than I did the birds, and corals, and welcoming homeobjects which had each a special greeting for me in the midst of this strange new world of sights and sounds. 1 fairly learned to love that dear little n_ook, which seemed to carry me thousands of miles away, as the Magic Carpet might have done, which we read about in the Arabian Nights. Certainly, we Hawaiians have reason to be proud of the way in which our little kingdom has been represented. Mr. Hitchcock was. exceedingly kind and cordial, and made it v,e ry agreeable for me. I scarcely ever was in the room for a few moments but that I met some one from the islands, or who had be12n there. " I spent six or seven full days on the grounds, and the most of the time the weather was perfect. -The first day or two I went systematica1ly, hut the grandeur of the whole kept so growing on me, that I felt it was impossible to think of seeing · everything, and must be satisfied with a general idea. One, at last reaches a point beyond which sightseeing is rather a duty than a pleasure. ! might o]ase my. eyes for months and never be at a loss for sights and thoughts. I have 1877. • been around the world in less than "eighty days." '' The Main .Building is on the whole the most compiete and satisfactory. There is a symmetry and perfection there, which I think you miss to a certain extent in the other buildings. You pass from one country to another, in regular order and can compare with ease the different ·products. It is marvellous the sensations which you experience in passing from one side of some tapestried barrier to another. You step from one atmospqer~ into another, now you are in Japan, now in Egypt South America, is left for Africa; Italy for Norway and Sweden. I spent a portion of an afternoon with friends visiting China and Japan. Then they Went to ·Italy and I to Australia, and we arranged to meet again in Norway, but in some way or other we missed each other and never met again. You are jostled by all the peoples of the earth-nations come · and go as you advance-the centuries seem . as nothing, viewed from your elevated stand-point. One's thoughts are full of rare old bronzes of marvelous carvings curious and dainty work in precious stones bales of carpetings and cloths, looms of silks and laces; these overlaying ponderous foundations of iron and stone, built up by patient, toiling, busy men. You are in a dream where color and form run riot. · You feel there is too much and you are glad of the crowd which brings yo!-1 down to the common level again, and such a crowd ! The numbers of visitors on the to the peace and solemn quiet of " Elaine," touched with the light of the coming morning, was like passing from the fury of the· storm into the stillness of the calm. There was another section in the English Department where I saw two pictures of which I had often heard, by Benjamin \Vest, " The Death of Wolfe " and "Christ Blessing Little Children ;" but the theme is endless. ln Machinery Hall I was completely lost. I wandered pitiably hither and thither, and longe~ for some sensible and practical person to set me · right. I saw a great deal however that was wonderful and interesting, especially the grand and sublime Corliss engine. Then there are " Agricultural Hall," " Horticultural Hall," " Government Building," "State Buildings," etc., but their name is legion. I am glad I have had an opportunity to see the greatest wonder of the age. Since I left I find it looms up grander than ever, just as Niagara does the longer you gaze . . But never did or shall poet, author or painter more fully, clearly and concisely convey an "idea of its marvelous 1:1.nd stupendous character than did . that girl whose name is unknown to the world, but whose note finds a response in every visitor·s heart, Centennial grounds are enormous. In many of the buildings, it is almost impossible to make your way around. But if you lose a little here and there, it is more than compensated for by the wonderful sights around . l . you. I th~nk enJoyed the crowd ~nore than anything else! It was so exceedmgly interesting to note the kind, earnest, amused, wondering faces about you, stretching off without end. Every one seemed happily b h , O' d • ent on avrno a goq. time. . I was very much mterested m the Art Building. I am not enough of a critic to qe on th e lookout for flaws and fa~lts 1 but enjoy intensely whatever plea$es me. There was . . . . one place m the American secti9.n _of Monu: mental Hall where I was much impressed by two pictures. One end Qf the room was covered with that gigantic painfully real picture of Rothepnal's, the battle of Gettys· . · . . . . burg. It is exceedmgly pamful m its realism. Near that hangs a Slllall pain,ting by a San Francisco artist, .Qo~enthal, which created such a furore at tqe time it was first exhibited. I believe many find much ' . . · · . fault with ~t, but I ha~e ~ever been ~10re 1~pressed with any ~amti~g than "Yith -this, 1:'wning froµi the grim anq gory hattle l)ie{:e fr~;~ e~te;!~leth:ft~il~:/~c:r~=edt:~ to the main hall formed a hollow square about the platform erected at the north end. A few moments after two o'clock President Gra,nt arrivehd, and wdasdgrheeteld ;"ith hearty app ause as e ascen e t e p attorm. The orchestra then performed Wagner's "Inau. guration March." The invoca_tion was then delivered by Rev. Jas. A. Seiss of Philaqe}. phia. . Addresse§ were als.o delivered by Hon. A. T. t¼o~horn and Gen. Hawley, the orchestra ~erformjng Beethoven's fifth symphony and the chorus singing the Hallelujah Chorus from the M.esaiah between the speeches. After tl\e enthusiasm had subsi~ed General Ha~ley announce,d tha~ the president _of t_he U mted States would give a telegraphic s1gnal for the stopping of the great Corliss engine, and at the same · moment would announce the close of the exhibition. President Grant accordingly rose and gave the required si~nal by a wa~e o~ his left h~nd, accompanymg the act with tn1s declarat10n : ,~ l declare the centennial in rnational exhibition of 1876 closed." imult:1;neously with the utterance of the official announce• ment it _was instantly communicated by telegr-aph directly to Londo~. . . . All present here umted m srngmg the Doxology, the chorus and orchestra joining. As the last echoe~ died away the audience quietly dispersed. "Dear mother, "Oh! ob!! oh!!! .oh!!!! oh!!!!! "Yours truly.,, all 1 Ceremonies of the Closing Day. PmLADELPHIA, Nov. 10.-The ceremony of closing the exhibition was begun this morning with a federal salute of thirteen I • T Ut Rev. J ot~eph Cook. Some months ago, we read a very able and remarkable article in the American Bibliothe<:a Sam·a, entitled, " Decline of Rationalism in German [Tniv;rsities," by Joseph Cook, A. M. of Boston. Having never previously heard of this writer, as this article was so very thorough and scholarly we made enqu'iries, when in the U. S. respecting the writer, and learned that he was a. graduate of . Yale College and Andover theological seminary and was a Congregational orthodox minister of the gospel. We also learned that he had spent several years in Germany and among the learned man of Europe, and now was a While preacher and lecturer, at large. passing through Norwich, Ct;, we heard him preach a remarkable sermon, upon "Conscience" and again heard him speak at the Tremont Temple in Boston. It appears that his lectures have created a profound interest in Boston~ and are now the principal topic of discussion, in that Athens of America, where there are so many active minds. We are indebted to Judge Austin, for copies of the Boston .Daily Adve1·tise1·, containing a full report of these lectures, the subject-.Does .Death .Encl All? In the lectures, Mr. Cook, evinces talents of a high order and extensive research. Those believing in Huxley, Darwil.il. and writers of that class, have met with a man not afraid to meet them upon their own ground and discuss the absurdity of the theory of Materialists. . If this is not the "war of the giants," yet it is a war where men keen, subtle, philosophical, and wellread, are giving and taking blows, and woebetide the smaller combatants who thrust them;elves into the arena. Scarcely a hall, sufficiently large, can be found in Boston, to accommodate the crowds, who are so eager to hear Mr. Cook. Mr. Austin thus writes us under date of November 27th: "We have been attending the lectures of Joseph Cook (whom you spoke to me of when in Boston) and like them much. I sent you the two last lectures 'Does Death End All?" I shall not believe in Evolution until the chasm between the anim,ate and inanirnate, sha]l be satisfactorily bridged over." [7' We would acknowledge from our old "Compagnon de Voyage," Judge Austin, papers relating to General Cesnola's recent discoveries in Cyprus, where it was our privilege in January, 1870, to inspect with him some remarkable '' antiques" and "curios," which the General, had just ex• humed from the ruins of an ancient T emple }, It I E N D , J A N U ! R Y , 1 8 7 7 . of Venus. We enjoyed the rare opportunity of examining these "reliques" when first dug up and which have attracted so much attention in Europe and America. The recent discoveries relate to a period prior to both Roman and Grecian occupancy of the Isle of Cyprus. These "rel1ques," are valued at £12,000 or $60,000: "The result of these tedious labors was the discovery of the treasure which is now offered to the trustees of the British Museum, and will probably, subject to the report of Dr. Birch and Mr. Newton, become the property of the nation. It is, indeed, an amazing treasure to which the finder introduced us the other day, for the contents of the first found chamber proved to be not fewer than 550 objects of gold and gems, consisting of diadems, o~ portions of diadems, and perfect rings, earrings, bracelets, necklets, large solid coiled armlets, some being nearly as thick as one'& little finger, and golden leaves; besides a gold cup five inches and a half in diameter, and more than two inches deep, solid, beautifully decorated with a pattern of Egyptian work in lines of lotus in repoussee, finished on the inside with a tool, and worn evidently by frequent use. The rings comprise signets of gems, engraved, in many cases, with art of the highest order, and all being in perfect condition. There were likewise cylinders of Babylonian origin and use, some of which have been ascribed by Assyriologists to epochs, respectively, 1600, 1200, and 600 years B. C. A very considerable portion of the gems are scarabei of fine workmanship and easily recognizable origin; some of them bear Greek letters, others characters which are, severally, Egyptian or Assyrian. Not a few of the intagli are of the loveliest style. Among these we may notice an archaic Greek one, exhibiting Pluto and Proserpine. This, one authority has averred to be the finest example of its order in existence. Another gem bears Boreas, de!!'igned and sculptured with wonderful spirit; on a third is a naked figure, probably Venus. Of the Egyptian and Assyrian periods a great number of the finest instances exhibit sacred subjects. The materials are agate, onyx, cardelian, chalcedony, jasper, sard. This large discovery of engraved gems is likely, we understand, to affect the conclusions arrived at by experts in regard to some of the most important bearings of the subject to which these students are devoted, to throw quite unexpected light i,n the history of the glyptic art, and to correct many judgments hitherto held unchallengeable. Some of the gold ornaments are of hardly inferior value in hi~tory and art to the gems. Among these several are declared equal to the best Etruscan examples in design anci execution, where comparisons can be made between chosen works. This class of reliq includes objects, probably fibulre, which are enriched with superbly wrought Chimrerre, rosettes, and honeysuckle-like decorations of Greek fashion, but subject to a decided and obvious Assyrian influence. Some are of solid gold, some of silver on gold, ::.ome of golti on 1 3 silver, some of gold on bronze; a few are of hollow gold. Some comprise enamels in the filling in of the petals of flowers and the eyes of the Chimrerre, a material which has been illustrated in a similar service with regard to certain articles of bronze discovered in one of the other chambers. The only objects not wholly of gold which occurred in the first chamber were three beautiful rock crystal amphorre, mounted in gold, a very large signet ring, or stamp, and three other rings of the same material; a necklace of rock crystal beads, alternating with golden ones, and having a pendant of rock crystal shaped like a bottle." " New England in the Pacific." At a late meeting of the New llngland Historical and Geneological Society, held in Boston, a paper was read by J. W. Austin, Esq., and reported as follows in a Boston newspaper: Hon . .James W. Austin of Boston then read the pa per of the afternoon. Judge Austin chose for his subject," New England in the Pacific," but he desired to speak morP- particularly of the influence that New England had exerted on the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands. These islands are fast approaching their centennial jubilee, for on the 19th of January, 1778, Captain Cook made them known to the civilized world although it is thought with some reason that they were known to the Spaniards in the sixteenth century. This discovery of the Sandwich Islands is particularly interesting to us because John Ledyard, a native of New England, and one of the earliest and most renowned of American travelers, was one of the officers of Cook's expedition. A sketch was given of his life, which was full of incident, showing his superior qualities and his varied experiences. An account was given of his last voyage up the Nile and of his death at Cairo in 1788. Instances were given of some . of the early voyages from Boston to the South Seas, and the influence they exerted on the native race. Reference was made to the first missionaries of American Board of Foreign Missions, who left Boston for the Hawaiian Islands in 1819, services shortly before their departure having been held in the Park street Church. More than one hundred missionaries had gone from our shores, and one million dollars had been expended on the mission, which had proved one of the most successful ever established. A great amount of good had been accomplished, and the native race had been lifted from the darkness and despair of heathenism to a purer and brighter life. The thanks of the society were voted to Judge ,.t,,. ustin for his valuable and interesting paper. U Professor Niemeyer of Yale College has painted a life size portrait of Captain Cook, which he has presented to the Vale University boat club. lt was painted immediately after last summer's victories, and is an unusually good likeness. It will be placed permanently in the new boat house. 4 THE THE FRIEND. JANUARY 1, 1871. Annual lUeethag ot· tbe ~ailors' 1-lonae A~"'ociadon. At the annual meeting of the Sailor's Horne S ociety on the 26 inst, the Treasurer ma.de the following report : THE SAILOR!!' Ho~II': Socn;Tv lN ACCOUNT WITH CHAS. R. B1s1-1 0r, TRt,;A S t ' Ri,;R, CREDITS. 1875-Dec 27, hy halanc1! cash on hand .•.• ,$ 1 81 · 1876-Dec 22, by cash 12 momhs' rent of corne1· office . 100 00 - - $101 SI Dt,;BITS. 1876-Dec 22, to pay G Scgelken & Co, water pipes . . . . . $ .I. 00 Dec 21, to pay Lewerij & Dic kson, lumber . . . 20 lil Dec 22 1 to pay E Dun~cornbe, sundries 13 65 Balance. • • • • . • • • • . • . . . • . • • • . 63 65 --$101 81 CREDITS. 1876-Dec 22, by balance . $63 66 Honolulu, Uec 26, 1876. E. & 0. E. The Cb;tinn a n of the lfaeoutive Committee read bis annual report. Tho affairs of the Home, tluring the past year, have been carried f'orwa.rrl much a s m former years, under the careful an ,! efficient ma.na.gement of .Mr. and Mrs. Dunsoombo, Tho following memorandum hss been furnished by Mr. Dunscom be, re~pecting the number of seamen boarding in the Home during the year 1876 5 captains, 27 officers .and 114 seamen. No record i s made of the oeeasional seamen , from t.he ships of war and other vessels who have ocoa:>;on(Llly been visitors and lodgers in the Home, neit er of the numerous strnngors and tnufsient boarders who have been there accommodated. From the Trea~urer's report it will be seen, that a small balance rell!ains unexpended. The Y. M. C. A. has sustained in a. mo~t commendable a.nil ~nti:'factory ma.oner their re,tding room. The importance of thi s foature of the establishment is such, th 1tt it could not be dispensed with, without ~eri , u s detriuient to the interest,s uf seamen and strangers visit.ing H on olulu. The depus1tory for bibles and book s , lrn.s been daily visited by 1,1cumen and others connected with shipping in port, while the clepo~itory for Hawaiinn bo~ks ll,nd bibles has been largely frequented by;,Hawa.1ians aud others . From a review of all the separate departments of tho Home, in<1luding the boanling nnd lodging, Teading room anti t.wo bible depu siturios , it appears that that the in~titution is doin g the wurk d es igned by its establishment, uearly a quart er of a century ago, C, D A)WN, Honolulu, Dec. 26, 1876. Ch a irm a n of Co n.,. The elect.ion of six tru s tees to serve for three years, resulted as follow s ,-C . It. Bi s hop, re -elected P. C. Jones, re.electetl; Il. l •' . Dillin~h1.1,1n; 11. M. Whitney; Jos. P. Cooke; E. P. Allaws. , At the meeting of tbe Trustees of tho Sailor's Home 8ociety which t,ook pla.ce aft.er a<ljournmcnt of the above meeting the foll owing officers were duly elected :--8. N. Castle, President F. A. Schaefer, Secretary C. R. Bishop, Treasure!' . Executive Com. mittee, S. C. Damon E. 0. Hall; E. P. Adamt.<. .F RIEND, JANUAltY, 1877. her that spring on the southern side of the equator is in October instead of April. The Pal@lo appears in two months only of the year, October and November. On a certain morning every October, a httle before sunrise, parts of the sea are alive with these worms, so that one may take them up by the handful. There is no chance connected with their appearance; they are always regular. The morning after the last quarter of the October moon Palolo are always to be f®und. On the second morning after the rrioon quarters a few may sometimes be found; but after that, they wi~l not again be seen until the morning after thP- last quarter of the November moon, when they may be again found. From that time none are seen until October of the following year, when, as certainly as the moon quarters, so surely do the Palolo appear to delight the stomachs of the Samoans; for, you must know, these worms are actually eaten, and are esteemed the greatest delicacy which the islands produce. I doubt whether, in the estimation of Samoans, the most delicate dish which English or French cooks could provide would equal a handful of Palolo tied up in a piece of banana leaf, and thus baked on red-hot stone~. .But they do not like to hear their favorite dish called worms; they call the Palolo a fish." General Cesnola's Cyprus Antiques. The first collection made by this enthusiastic relic hunter, is still on exhibition in New York. A correspondent thus writes under date of Nov. 11th: "Parts of two days I spent most satisfactorily and profitablv in the two art exhibitions which are no~ attracting considerable attention in New York city. They are made up from several hundreds of pictures which have been sent in by a number of wealthy gentlemen from their private galleries. Some of them are and costly, and have never been opened fine s. before to the public. Some of these paintings did attract and impress me strangely by some subtle power which I cannot attempt to define. In connection with the metropolitan collection, 1 saw the antiques which GP-neral Cesnola brought from Cyprus. Nothing since I came to America has pleased me more than these wonderful reminders of a past civilization. They were so numerous and in such a perfect state of The Samoan Palolo; or Time Keeper. preservation, that it was not at all difficult to fancy that as you gazed the ng-es were The Rev. s.' I. Whitmee, a missionary in fadin~ and melting away, and that you Samoa, wrjting upon Natural History, in an stood among those long-ago dwellers." English Magazine, gives the following interPREPARATORY ScHooL.-Mr. T. M. Reiche esting facts about the Palolo: has removed° his school to the house near " 1 begin now with " a wonderful little time keeper." I c.an imagine some asking, the Theatre in Hotel street. It will re-open "what is that? is it a watch, or what 1" in a few days, and afford a good opportunity Don't be startled and disgusted when I tel I for pupils wishing to prepare for Oahu Colyou it is simply a sea-worm ! This marine lege. Mr. R. has succeeded to inspire conworm belongs to the class known to tmturalfidence in his ability as a teacher, and seems ists as Annitlata, or ringed worms. Its Samoan name is Palolo, and its scientific highly qualified to urge pupils up the hill name is Palolo Vfridis, or the green Palolo. which appears so steep and difficult to the " This worm is of so much importance in youthful aspirant. We only regret that a Samoa that it actually gives its name to the season which corresponds, as far as the gentleman speaking and writing five or six tropics can correspond with a temperate languages, has not a wider field wherein to dime , to our 'B pting. But you m11 st remem- exercise his gifls. U According to t reasoning of some writer, - assuming great profundity and depth of argumentation-as quoted in the Gazette of Dec. 20th from the New York .}ration, he has arrived at the conclu sion that "clergymen as scientific men," are un fitted and disqualified to argue and reason upon the subject of IEvolution, or comment upon Darwin, Huxley and Tyndall. The s'ubject we suppose must be handled by editors, lawyers, doctors, scientists, college students a:nd boarding-school girls, and not by McCosh, Hodge, Cooke, Parke or any gentleman wearing a black coat. Mr. Huxley may cross the Atlantic and inform the Americans that '·a gelatinous mass, so fa1· as oulr p1·esent knowledge goes, is tlie foundation of life," (see Huxley's Lectures reported in the Tribune) but his doctrine must not be questioned by a clergymanhis peculiar training unfits him to reason upon the subject. If Mr. Huxley and other scientists construct a universe without God's help and ackno•wledge no Infinite Creator, a minister or clergyman must not call the statement in question. As this writer would decline reasoning with ministers, we would commend to him the marines. Cm~EHE Cmus-rrA~s.-Awong the Chinese who arril·ed on Saturday are a numb e r of professi ng Christians. who had beeu converted 11ndt>r tho teaching of l'.;uropean mist-ionariPs ttt Hongkong, Canton and Plst>wbere. Last Tuesday these to lbti number of nineteen called npc,n the Rev. Dr. Damon. and through the colportenr. Sit Moon. were severally introduced, and exhibited their certificatl:'s of cburcb membership and good !\landing. iu cburclws founded in China by tbe Swii,s, the Lutheran, and the bhnrch of England missionaries. Our principal objection to the Chinese as immigrants· has ·1,een tbe dPmoralizing infl1wnce they have upon the Hawaiians; bnt if they come like these. wit.h certificates of Chrii-tian character , then we say the more the bP-tt(-'r. We belie-, that no planter will be foand. whatever his views on matters of religion , hut would promptly exprl:'SS bis preference for a R"ang of Chrh,tian Cbine.se laborers rather than heathens. Including five females , tlwre are twenty-eight Christians among tbe late arrival s.-P. C. A dvertiser, Dec. 2:3. The Chinese immigrants referred to in the foregoing paragraph from the Advertise1·, brought letters from the following missionaries in China: Rev. H. Bender, of Tchougtshime; Rev. C. Prizsohe, Renish missionary; Rev. A. B. Hutchinson, Eng!ish Church Mission Society of Hongkong (St. Steph1ms.); Rev. R. Lecher, Rev. Charles Piton, and Mr. Schaub, Basie Mission. One of the immigrants exhibited an uncommonly flattering certificate from Mrs. E. Bender. It affords us great joy to welcome this company of Christian Chinamen. We are confident the influence is to be most salutary upon the Chinese community throughout the islauds. .~RI E N D, JANUARY, REv. H. W. BEECHER.-As the FRIEND has ever refrained from publishing articles, either pro or con, relating to the famous .Broo~lyn preacher while the trials have been going forward, we take great pleasure in now publishing the fact that Mr . .Moulton has withdrawn his suit in the civil courts and paid the costs, and that the ecclesiastical association of which Mr. B. was a member has come out with the declaration, that " we regard our brother as worthy of our confidence and love, and express to him our sympathy in the severe trial through which he has passed." We hope this is the end of the long series of m9st malicious and unrighteous prosecutions of the greatest preacher of the age. The ancients had a saying that to understand a man, you must see how he carries himself in adversity. Never did a man, preacher or layman, carry himself more nobly than Mr. Beecher has done during these long years of persecution and prosecution. We don't believe there is another minister of the gospel of any denomination, who could or would have gone so bravely and steadily forward with his pulpit, platform and editorial labors. Jf at any stage of these trials the conduct of Mr. Beecher could have been Rubmitted to a jury selected away from Brooklyn and New York city, or in foreign lands, we believe he would long since have been honorably acquitted. He may not always have been " wise as a serpent and harmless as a dove," but it is very certain that he has had a difficult part to play, and no doubt has come out a wiser and better man. It is to be hoped every gospel minister in America and the world will hereafter be more circumspect and prudent from the terrible struggle and experience through which Mr. Beecher has been called to pass. l 877. for, a young Chinese, John Consequence, who was two years at Yale College with Mr. Dwight. John does.not seem to possess much talent, but he may be very useful to me. He offered to teach me Chinese, a circumstance which I by no means anticipated." REPORT OF AM li!i 1) C l\lunRAY, A FULLER, MASTER.Left t Yale College seventy years ago? There is Spreckels, GS Wright and wife, .lno Morton, Miss Jennie no reference to him in either Williams' Clau11, Miss A Miller, D P Hammond, C Wright, C C Knowle~, Clarke, ,I T Morrison. P H Rockwell, LG Hartwell, H Middle Kingdom or Medhurst's China. He Jas Johnson, 11 Stringan, Da.n Foster. must have resided in New Haven, just prior FRo:11 SAN FRANcrsco-Per Discovery, Dec 12th-SB Pike to Obookiah's visit from these islands in 1808. and wife, BA Bornford, G W Pascoe, L Kruger, M A Scott, l\lrs Jos Bassett, Miss Smith, r. 'l.' Turner, A Uan, C Davis, W Haylett. !!'ROM SAN FUANCISCO-Per Australia, Dec 14-Sir Martin Wood, II P Wainwright, .Mrs Makee, Miss Makee, .los Cooke and wife, Mrs Astherton, Dr Whitney, wife and 2 children, M1· Taylor, E P Adams, J W Pfluger, Mrs l\t L Smith, Mr Chapman and son, Mr Austin, wife and 2 children, Miss ML Gower, Miss Clara Slusser, Mr Slu11ser, Geo Snell, E ,I Taylor, A .I PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. Bryan, Mr Hawchetts, .Jas Keller, Mn1 Lillis and 3 children, ,I Brighton, 'l' Silvery, WP Clark, J Malli11on, H Bradley and ARRIVALS. wife, Geo Lincoln. A End, Jno McGuire, F Rothgay, Robert Owens, E Ha1vchetts, A Hastings, J G Knob, W A Thompson, Dec. 4-P 1\1 ss City of New York, Caverly, 10 days from II Hayes, J Jenkins, J Ander11on, Miss Silvery, R W Meyer. Kandavu. Fon SYDNEY-Per A.u11tralia, Dec 15-Capt Dimond. 5-Am sll J!'leetford, Taylor, 16 days from 8 Francisco Fon SAN l!'RANClsco-Per Ocean Pearl, Dec 18th-I!! B 11-Brit bk Albert William, J Walker, 63 days from Pike and wife, W Hahn. Newcastle.NS W. l!'ou GUANO lsLANDs-Per Giovanni Apiani, Dec l0th12-Am bktne Discovery, T J Conner, 20 days from Me11sn1 Cook, Grafton and Kennerly, and 3 native laborers. San Francisco. .FBOM SAN .FRANCISCO-Per D C .Murray, l)ec 20th-l)r 14-R 1\1 S Australia, Wm Cargill, 7 days fm San Fran. Kittridge, wife, and 3 children, Mr11 E W l'errin, Miss Annie 18-11 B ll1's S Fantome, Com Loni, from Kealakekua. Willfoog, .I II Hull, R R Dozier, T G Hughes, Col Sam Norris, 16-Brit sh Anglo Saxon, Harrington, 50 days from G F Barker, fl D Uliflon, Jno Colsterdt. Hongkong Fo,"' FANNING'S l!!LAND-l'er Kinau, l)cc ~!l~Wm Greig, 20-Am uk 1) C Murray, Iler, 23 days from Sim Fran Geo McIntyre. 20-R.uss steam brig Siber a, Winter, 51 days from l:'ort May, eu route for San Francisco. MAK.RIED. 25-Am bk Alden Bessie, Noyes, 17 dys fm Portland, 0 26-lfaw bk R C Wylie, Walters. 23 dys fm S Francisco G1n:EN-PARIS.-At. Cloverdale, Califcirnia, Sept 17th, hy 27-Brit bktn Sunbeam, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, the Rev Mr Atherton, Pastor of the Congregat.ional CIJurr.h , 'I' Bra,sey, Ml', fm Tahiti via Hilo. .IE GREEN, l!.:sq,ofCalifornia, to Miss MARV A l'ARIS,daughter of the Rev .J D Paris, of the Sandwich lolands. BROWN-Wt•NDENBERG-ln Honolulu, December '.!7th, DEPARTURES. hy Rev. Alex. Mackintosh, Mr. FRANK liROWN to l\.li~I! CARO• J,INE II. WUNDENBl>RG, both of thiij city. Der. 2-Am bktne Eureka. Wallace, for Humboldt. 2-A m wh bk Three Brotheu, Owen, Lo cruise. :!-Am schr Mary E Russ, Cousins, for Humboldt. DIED. 2-Am bk Ceylon, Kelly, for Hongkong. KENNEDY,-At Kona, Hawaii, Nov 25th. !.llr SAMUEL Ki,;N 4-Am bk Edward James, O'Brien, for Hongkong. N~;Dv, a native of C lerainc, 1rel and, aged ;:;o years. He was 5-P 1\1 ss City of New Yo1·k. Caverly, for San JSrau'co a relative of Mr l\IcKeague, of Koolau onlhis island. a-French sh National, Mazon, tor San Francisco. LUIBKRT .-In thif! city Dec 16th, Capt W l\'l LAMBKRT , 6-Am bk Syren, Newell, for New Bedtord. aged 43 years, a native of Tishury, Mass . He has resided on 6-Am wh bk Norman, Campbell, to cruise. the islands since 1858, and was last masr.,r of the Kauai Packet l:1-Am sl1 Fleetfor<l, Taylor, for Baker's Island. Marion. He leaves a. widow and one child to mourn his loss. 14-Am schr W Jl Meyer, Drown, for San lfrancisco. N l,;WTON-A t Kaluaaha, l\Iolokai, Dec. 27th 1876, MARY IDA, 15-R MS Australia. Wm Cargill, for Sydney. 19-Haw schr Giovanni Apiani, Hempstead, for Guaon daughter ofR. ar,d Mary Newton. Aged, 9 months and 7 days. SIMPLE TRUST.-One of our correspondIslands. · 10-Am schr Ocean Pearl, Grinnell, for San Francisc. Information Wanted. ents thus writes : 11 We must not be over19-Haw wh brig W H Allen, Gilley, to cruise. 10-Am wh bk Rainbow, Cogan, to cruise. Respecting John Trask. 24 years ago, Attachetl to American anxious. I often think of the Christian 20-Russ steam brig Siberia, Winter. for San Francisco whaleship Navy. Communic,Lte with editor. 27-Haw bk Mattie Macleay, Pope, for Pe>rtland, 0, sailor who when asked what he would do if SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5th. 1876-Rev. Damon-Oear Sir : I have not heard anything of my father for some time, and I his 5hip was lost, replied, 'God holds the am uoe:isy if you would please send me whatever information MEMORANDA. or him t.h'll.t you can I would be greatly obli~e•J. sea in the hollow of his hand,-1 should fall REPORT OF R 1\1 s AUSTRALIA, WM CARGILL, Co~rnAN• Yours truly, W. E. WEEJtf!. into his hand, and where could I be safer''! DER.-Cast off from the P M ss Co's Wharf, Sao Francisco, at No. 7, Verba Buena St . S . It'. Ca.I. 9.15 a m of the 6th of December; at 9.4fl a m, while proceedIf we could always have such simple child- ing down the bay the Oakland Ferry steamer Capitol ran into the AuHtralia, damaging her starboard bow, causing her to like faith, how much happier we should be." put baclc to repair damage; at 9.15 a m of the 7th cast oft' from wharf and proceeded; at 10.15 ciea.red Golden Gate; noon. Fa.rallon l,ight Hou~e, be11ring NW hy W. Fine weather with "THESE FROM THE LAND OF SrNIM," srnoolh sea prevailed until the night of Ule lllh, when strong IMPORTER & DEALER IN JEWELRY, lsAIAH, xLix: 12.-In meeting a company of breezes witll harn squalls and heavy rain set in, which continued until midnight of the 13th. From that daie until arrival King's Combination Spectacles, Glass and lated Ware, Christian Chinamen, we are forcibly remind- iu Honolulu light variable winds and cairns prevailed; 7 pm Sewing ~fachines, Picture Frames, ol the 14th mad e fast to wharf. Vases, Brackets, etc. etc. ed of the prophecy of Isaiah, which the best ROBT y GRAHAME, Purser. No. 73, Fort St. [ly] TERMS STRICTLY CA(.11. NEW BEDFORD, MAss, u s A, of commentators interpret as referring to November 7th. 1876. China. The leaven of the gospel is at The disasler which has befallen the Arctic WJmliog Fleet will make a dt>arth in Whalebone for several months to come, work. A vast change has t;ken place dur- or until another _yl'ar's catch. We may have a total catch of only 75,000 lbs tbi~ year, consequently prices will rule much ing the past seventy years, for on the 18th hil?"her than heretofore. We are glad to inform you that though twelve out of twenty of September, 1807, Rev. Robert Morrison, whalers were abandoned, their places will be supplied next 64 AND 66 FORT STREET. year by at least eight other whaltirs, now on their passage the earliest English missionary, thus wrote North, and fitting here now for the Arctic Ocean, so that we -r.1 w• hope in the Fall of 1877, to import from sixteen whalers at REOPEN.r.D, WHERE THE u NDER• from Canton to .Mrs. Isabella Graham of leadt 250,000 lbs of Arctic Bone, and be able to sell it at much 1:1igacd will be most happy to wait upon those wishing for figures than now held at. New York: "The Chinese wonder why I lower The Arctic whaling will not he given up, and we ho1ie in S the future our cuistomeris a fair @upply of Whalebone at came, when they come to me and find that fair prices.to give Meantime, we hope to have 75,000 lbs for use at H. L. CHA~E. prices as supply and demand will justify. Weare, yours I neither have to sell or wish to buy. 1 in- suell Honolulu, Dec. 1st, 18'i6. d2 lro truly, I. II. BARTLETT & SONS. Annexed plen.se find the list of whalers comprising the fleet deed have to propose to their acceptance for 1877. M. DAV IDS ON• • the pearl of great price,' but dare not yet Osmauli, Three 8rothers, Rainbow, l\lt Wollastoo, Norman, Java, N Light, lflorence. Cleone, Helen l\far, Europa, Lap-1 A Uo1•11ey at La"'• mention it. The Lord has in hi s good wing, Mercury, Pacific, Progrcs>1, Roman, Thomas Pope, perhaps Eliza, ISe;i Breeze, D Webster, l\lilton, A /1. Faintiwonh. Offi ec ovcf Mr. Whilncy 'fl Book-sturc, fo nn crly occupi ctl hv Providcu r " , thruwn in my unsought ,John Jay and Uawu to be fiLt crl fr om :.;a,u l"ra11ci3co. Judge :\usliu . Ilonolulu, 11. I. ,ic-1876 • MARINE .JOURNA]j, A. I.,. SMl'J.,11, COSMOPOLITAN Photograph Gallery 1s First Class Photograp· h J. \\'ay , 'I' H E ~, R I E N D , JANUAllf, 6 The Heavenly Race. lIEJJ. xii: 1 & 2. Rail!e thine eye, Christian, grovel here no longer 'Mid these low scenes unworthy of thy nature; Lo clouds of witnesses wonder at thy folly, Gazing upon thee. Thy 1,ainted mother, 'mid that throng celestial, Fain would address thee, speaking to thy spirit Words that would wake thee from thy sinful torpor, Words fraught with meaning. Cast from thee.quickly every sin's incumbrance; Up, and be girded, run the race celestial; Lo the rich prize, a crown of fadeless glory U rgcs thee onward. Scan thou the path that Jesus trod before thee; Look to the :5avior,-author of sah·ation, Strength he will give to render thee victorious, Light from his footsteps marks the path to glory,Narrow but pleasant. Let thy affections rest on things supernal; Earth's richest treasures are unworthy, transient; That heavenly good unfading and eternal Shines bright before thee. Years urge thee onward in their rapid courses '.\lid worldly pleasures cheating, evanescent, •~fol cheering pro~peets doomed to c.Ji~appointment,l\lixed good and evil. I 8 7 7. Abraham, and lsaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out." The writer of the article referred to must not think that " the self-seeking that invests in the other world," is an utterly selfish motive. Eternal life is to be the portion of thtise, who by patient continuance in well doing seek for honor, and glory, and immortality. Says Barrow, "There is a necessary and unavoidable, an innocent and alJowable, a worthy and commendable self-love. " Reason alloweth such a self-love as moveth us to the pursuance of anything good and useful, which does not contain in it any essential turpitude or iniquity." That self-love is according to the will of God, is evident from the second great command, "1'lwu, shalt love thy neighbor as thyselj:" When self-love becomes exorbitant, it is wrong, it is selfishness: and selfishness is to be avoided and exterminated as the very essence of sin. The wealth of Cardinal Antonelli is generally reckoned at from fifteen to twenty millions, without speaking of his collection of ancient and valuable objects, which represent at least a million and a half. The cardinal possessed one of the finest assortments of precious stones which exist in Europe diamonds of all forms and of the purest water, incomparable emeralds, pearls and torquoises of unknown size-a veritable oriental treasure. Then, unique pieces of rock crystal, some fine pictures, the richest lace and admirable tissues of the best periods. THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY, 150 Nassau Street, New York City, has established DEPOSITORY A'r 757 MARKET S'rREKT, SAN FRANCISCO, with Rev Frederick E Shearer a11 District Secretary for the Pacific Coast. This Depository is the Head-quarters of the Coast for ALL SUNDAY SCH004 AND RELIHIOUS LITERATURE, and has the special agency for the CALIFORN lA JHBLE SOCIETY. THE AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. CONGREGATIONAL PUBLISHII\G SOCIETY, PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION, ILb'NRY HUY'.!\ ROB'T CARTER & BRO., RANDOLPH & CO ., and other lea.ding publishers. SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES will be selected with great care, and sold at New York prices and discounts. llOOKS WILL BE SENT BY MAIL TO MINIS'fl!:RS at the discount allowed by New York Houses, and postage added,the price and postage payanle m Unite,I Rtates Cur~ ncy. Thus Sunday Schools and Ministers will he supplied at New York rates, and receive any book to be round in San Franci~co in the shortest pQssible time. Says Barrow again, "There is a self-love originally implanted by God himself in our nature, in order to e preservation and enBrief is the period of thine earthly trial; Strong the inducement to thy faithful working, joyment of our being." Together with this Christ',; love constraining, holiest of motives,self-love there is also ·implanted in our naUost thou not feel it? Special Notice. Information Wanted ture a longing for- something nobler, purer, Respecting WtLLlAM LLTTLEFIELD, who left England Happy to thee the new year now commencing, Filled may it be with ministries of mercy, · more enduring than this world can give. about fifty years aito, on boar<l the whaling ship ltam,e, for a cruise in the Pacific, and reported as wrecked at the l\larAnd the assurance of the benediction, To this self-love, to this longing are the mo- (}Uesas .Islands. The ship is reported to have been taken to '' C.:ome faithful 1tervant, tives of the gospel addressed. It sets life Valparaiso, and !here condemned. There was a. report that Enter the kingdom fitted for thy dwelling," William Litllefield left the Marquesas lslands and came and death before the children of men, and said Where the redeemed, in blessedness uaenc.Jing, to Honolulu with two of l11s shipmates. He had two brothers, Joy in the presence of the loving Savior, bids them choose wisely. And if they James aud Cornelius. The latter went to America, and is now living with his son, William Littlefield, 168 East 82d Sim;iug hid praises. choose the favor of God which is life, if they street, New York City. If any infor111ation can be furnished Al,IQUl!i. Jan. I, 1877. it will be most gratcfi,lly received. Letter,; ma:v be addressed choose to lay up a treasure in heaven rather to William Littlefield 168 Ea~t 82d street, New York, or to the Editor of Tm,; Jf1ui,;Nn, or Pacific Commercial A.dvertiser, than one on earth, are they to be charged Honolulu. What is the Gospel 1 with '' .a shrewder and longer-headed selfishThis question is asked, but not answered ness than that en'terprise which is satisfied PACIFIC MAIL in the last issue of the FRIEND. The gospel with earthly stocks and securities"? STEAMSHIP COMPANY! is glad tidings. To the shepherds of BethIn religion, as well as in business, we a re lehem the angel brought the gospel of grPat joy, when he announced that a Savior was to have regard to profit and loss. Thus the born, who is Christ the Lord. Th; gospel Savior asks, "What shall it profit a man iHE FOLLOWING MAGNIFICENT SHIPS is "the plan of redemption through Christ, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own of the Uompany will leave Honolulu as per 'rime 'fable below:soul " ? And .Paul testifies that " Godliness comprising all its doctrines, precepts, promSS CITY OF'. SAN FRANCISCO .••••. 3400 l'ons ises and privileges." . Its motives are vari- is profitable unto all things, having promise SS ZEALANDIA ••••.•••.•••.••.••. 3:.WO Tons SS CITY OF NEW YORK: •••.••.•••••3400 Tons ous, adapted to draw and to move all classes of the life that now is, and of that which is SS AUSTRALIA . 3200 Tons "The sanctions of rewards and to come." of the ·sinful children of men. To the weary SS Cll'Y Ol!' SYDNl-:Y .•••.•.•.•••. 3400 Tons ancl heavy laden, rest is offered. This off~r penalties in another world," and in this also, For Fiji, Ports in New Zea Francisco, land, and Sydney, NS W, i& to the wicked, who are like the troubled are not to be neglected if we would follow For.:>nSan or abouton or aboutsea that cannot rest. Jehovah says, "I the great Teacher; yet the transcendent March . 1 March .••.•••.•• , •••••••• 9 Marrh ••••••••••••.•••.••. 29 April . 6 have loved thee with an everlasting love; ." _love of God in giving his only begotten April . 26 May •••.•••••••••••••••• 4 May . 2i June . 1 therefore with loving kindness have I drawn Son that whosoever believeth in him should June ••••••••••••.•••••••. 21 ,June .••.••.•••••.•••••••• 29 July . 19 July . 27 thee." And the Savior said, "And I, if I be not perish, but have eternal life," should be August . 16 August .••.•••••••.•••. 24 September . 13 Septemher •••••••••••.•••. 21 lifted up from the earth, will draw .all men brought home to the heart with all earnest- October . 11 October • • • • • • • • • •••.•••. 19 November .••••••.•••••••• 8 November .•••••••••••••••• 14 powerful and most glorious ness as the most unto me." But there are those who will December ••••.•••••••••••• 6 December . 16 that we can feel. Salvation is not motive not be influenced by the loving kindness of 1J:7 For ra~sage, Freight aud all further information, aptheir heavenly .Father,-who refuse to yield of works, not of merit, but solely of grace ply to H. HACKFELD & CO,. to this drawing. For such the gospel has yet, in order to secure it, certain conditions AGENTS. mh1876 another motive, the faithful announc.e.ment are to be complied with. These are repentof the terrible consequence of persistence in ance and faith. Now the gospel offers eter- Bound Volumes at Reduced Price ! unbelief. Thus said the Savior to the Jews nal life on these most reasonaile and easy '-JI.TE WILL FURNJSH BOUND VOLUl\lES who rejected him, " There shall be weeping conditions, therefore it is glad tidings. T 't' of the Friend at one dollar per annum (sub8criplioo 'l I and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see ALIQ.UIS. price $2), for any number of years from 1852 lo the present time. !D" Adding the cost of l!iuding. 1' ff E ., R I E N D , J ! N U A R V , ADVERTISEMENTS. Places of Worship. SEAMEN'S BE'rHEL--Rev. S. C. Damon, Chaplain, King street, near the Sailors' Home. Preaching at 11 A. M. Seats free. Sabbath School before the morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings at 7½ o'clock. FoR'r STREET CHuRca-Rev. W. Frear, Pastor, corner of Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching on Sundays at 11 A. M. and 7½ P. llf. Sabbath School at 10 A. 111. KAWAIAHAO CBURCH--Re,•. H. H. Parker, Pastor, King street, above tbe Palace. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 9½ A. M. and 3 P. 1.1. ROJ\f.A.N CATHOLIC CHURCH--Under the charge of Rt. Rev. Bishop Maiivet, assisted by Rev. Father Hermann Fort street. near Beretania. Services every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2 P. 111. KAUMAKAPILI CHURCH--Rev. M. Kuaea, Pastor, Beretania street, near Nuuanu. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 10 A. M. and 2~ P. 111. THE ANGLICAN CHURCtr--Bishop. the Rt. Rev. Alfred Willis, D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dunn, M.A., Rev. Alex. Mackintosh, St. Andrew's Temporary Cathedral, Beretania street, opposite the Hotel. English services on Sundays at 6½ and 11 A. M., and 2½ and 7½ P. 111. Sunday School at the Clergy Honse at 10 A. l\L TO THE PUBLIC! DR· 7 18 7 7, .SAILORS' LATHROP. HOME! Having returned to Ilonolulu to reside, has resumed the practice of his profession. Any one desiring his service, either Medical or Surgical, can find him at the Capt. Snow Cottage, de-1876 adjoining tbe Hawaiian Hotel. DR· . B. HU'l'CHIN~ON, Phy11icinn and Sura-eon, Office at Drug Store, corner of Fort and Merchant Streets; Residence, Nuuanu A venue, near School Street. Office Hours, 9 to 11 A. M. fel '76 W'. IRWIN G. &, CO.• Commission Merchants, Plantation and lnsurance Agents, Honolulu, H. I. LEWERS &. DICKSON, Dealers in Lumber ancl Building .1.l1aterials, Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I. E. H O F F M _t. N N , M • Officers' Table, with lodging, per week, Seamen's do. do. do. D •, $6 5 Shower Bath~ on the J>remises. Physician and Surgeon, ED. DUNSCOMBE, Honlnlu, January 1, 1875. Manager. Corner Merchant and Kaahumanu Streets, near the Post Office C. BREWER&. co .• Commission and Shipping Merchant1;, £arriage Making and Trimming ! I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT I r()W emp.loy the best Mechanics in the line of Carriage Making, P. ADAMS. Carriage and General Blacksmithing, .11.uction and Commission Merchant, BRADLEY & RULOFSON ! Painting. Repairing, &c., On the Hawaiian Group; and it is a well established Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street. For the best Photogra1>l1s &. Crayons in San Franelsco fact that our Carriage Trimming, by Mr. R. WhitTHE NATIONAL GOLD :MEDAL? o H N s · M c G R E W t M · D ·• man, is ss well executed as any in New York City or elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that For the Best Photogra1>hs in the United Stateiil? Late Surgeon V. S. Army, we can manufacture as good a. class of work in HoCan be consulted at his residence on llotel street, between nolulu as can be found in any part of the world. I 11treets. Alakea and Fort will also state here that we fully intend to work at AND THE VIENNA MEDAL! the lowest possible rates. G. WEST. 1 Honolulu, Oanu, H. I. FIRST PREMIUM GOLD MEDAL T HE was awarded ·at the Industrial JtJxhibition, 1876, to E. J For the Best in the World! OFFICE OF BRADLEY & RULOFSON'S ART GALLERY No. 429 Montgomery street, Sa.21 Fra:1:10:lsco. IQ" You are cordially invited to an inspection of our immense collection of Pbotograplls, Drawings, Celebrities, Stereoscopie Views, al'd Landscape Views of the whole Pacific Coast. STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, •·Honolulu. • "\VE S T M. DICKSON, Photographer, Wagon and Carriage Builder, 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. ID" Island orders p1omptly executed at lowest rates .A_ • 61 Fort Street, Honolulu, ,& L"\V A YS ON HAND A CHOICE ASSORT• 4 PIERCE &. CO., (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) W. Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Agents Pauloa Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Lances, And Pe1•ry Davis' Pain Killer. THRUM & OAT, Nq. 19 Mer~lan.11t Street, • G. C D. N. FLITNER, ONTINUES HIS OLD BUSINESS IN :tIR.E-PROOF Building, Kaahumanu Street. Tm~ ACKAGES OF READING MATTER-OF and Magazines, pack numbers-put up to order at P l'apers redueed rates for parties going to sea. ly CHRONOMETERS rnted by observations of the sun and stars :/tt:n:;~'.t instrument accurately adjusted to the meridian THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL? Particular attention given to Fine Watch Repafring· ~extant and quadrant glasses silvered and adjusted. Charts and nautical instrumen.ts constantly on hand and for sale. fel MENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC STOCK, A Large Collection of Beautiful Views of Hawaiian Scenery, &c., &c. CURIOSITY HUNTERS will find at this establishment a SPLENDID COLLECTION OF Volcanic Speciu1entil, Coral•• Sltell•• '\Var lmple1ueut • , Fe1•11•, Mnt8, Kn.pn1i. And a Great Variety of other Hawaiian and .Micronesian Ouriosities. PICTURE FRA.lVlES A SPECIALITY! jal 1874 CASTLE & COOKE!' DIPORTERS AND DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE ! OFNOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. HE REGULAR PORTLAND LINE OF Packets, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, T The Union Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco, DILLINGHAM~ CO., The Kohala Sugar Company, 'fhe Haiku Sugar Company. -~GENTS Nos. 9ii and 97 King Street, The Hawaiian Sugar Mill, W. H. Bailey, 'fhe Hamakua Sugar Company, The Waiaiua Sugar Planta.liou, The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, Dr. Jayne & Sons Celebrated Family Medicines. KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF "flHE PROPR ,TOR HAVIN~ tained a nety lea~e of ~!1iii E LEie¼ .A. 1'TT EE OT.EX. if First-Class in E~e;y Panicular ! Will spare no pa~n~ ~o II!a~e Cotta&e• by rhe Sea Side ·for 01e Accp111u10• tlation of G11e~t8'. · Oa1·ri rs once sentenced were deemed scarcely worthy of considerations of humanity. . In despotic countries it was often a matter of state policy that even -all means of identifying persons immured in prison should be erased, so that from the moment of their apprehension they should cease to belong to the living world, and their actual death was a matter of no event to any human being but the prison officers. ·The iuventive genius of cruel men was taxed to devise unique methods of disci- h h b · 11 pline. Chains, t et um screw, iron co ar, sheers, crank, treadmill, stocks, shower bath and the lash were s~me of them. And the accounts of the places where prisoners were confined, from the galleys of the Mediterraqean, to the Scottish dungeons hewn in solid r-0ck tell of the estimation in which they were held. With the advance of enlightenment and the growth of intelligence those barbarous ~ystems have given place to the modern in stitutions prepared for persons under sen- tence of law. In the construction of prisons regard is now had for the health, comfort and welfare of those who are to live in them. In the discipline and management attention is given to the improvement and reformation of the prisoners. Inducements are offered them to profit by experience, and to ameliorate their own condition. Their rights are recognized. and one great aim is to induce them to reform. In many prisons libraries, reading rooms, evening schools and religious services are maintained. And it might appear as though they were not much to be pittied. But under the most improved system, and the most earnest efforts of well disposed prisoners there still remain the weighty facts, ever present to the mind, of the involuntary servitude, restraint of liberty, the stigma and reproach, from which there is no escape. There are those indeed who care not for pity or scorn, and who bring on themselves stern discipline. But there are many who are burdened with a sense of degradation, and an oppression which crushes them. The~e is much in the condition of prisoners to appeal strongly to our feelings and sympathy, and much to prompt the purest efforts in their behalf. There can scarcely be more noble work than to endeavor to inspire the desponding and despairing with fresh impulse and life; to encourage the one who knows that he has wronged himself and others, and feels that he is down, ,and that his fellow men despise him; to restore to life the hope and ambition which are life to the soul. Though many prisoners come ·from the more ignorant classes, and a~e capable of very intense feeling, Of haye n~t ·k~en sensibilitie~, stili they are subject in a greater or less degree to the same inflnenc~s as the more ~n~elligent. ~very one a better nature, a sensitive spot ~omewh~e which will respond to good in~uences. The followi~g lines writ~en in ~he San Fpµcisco county jail s~me months ago c~': tain yery tou~i~g sen~im~n~s and t~ th : In prison walls where men together lie, 'Midnoxiousfumes,shutoutfromlightofsky, The constan~ burden of each arching though\, 'l'he one sad lesson which life ha11 taught, ls this. It might have been. The old ma.~•s murm~r, as he passes to and {ro, Sad ~etrospection burning through his brain, · The scenes of youth, his manhood's early flo,~, Telling of joys never to come again · "is still. It would have been. The youth's retlection on his ea~ blight, Ca.r~er cut off in its yet morning light, Hismotlier's ,grief,hisfa.ther'shopele11swoe, Ri~g in.bis ears in constant, ceaseless flow The theme. It could have been. T~e wo~1an'~ dream , locked in her dreary ~ell, As girlhood!s purer days once more rell~rn , While tears, unbidden, their sad story tell, Seared in her heart the words which bitter burn, Are these. It should have been. The honest prayer must be- from every manly heart, God grant. the chance to ev.:ry striken one, To thrust the sable curtains of their sins apart, Am.I. in the ray of hopes bright shining sun T o say. ll yet may be. • Machin~rJt,ying. Said a good brother the other day, referring to the advertisement ot the week of prayer, "I see they are getting ready for another spell of Machine Praying." The devout Tartar fastens a written prayer to the rim of the prayer wheel and causes it to spin rapidly, each revolution counts as a complete prayer, the greater the number of revolutions. the more credit will he get with his particular deity, and the more rapidly he spins the wheel, the sooner will he be through his devotions. The believing Romanist repeats the Lord's prayer over and over again, keeping tally on his beads the greater the number of repetitions the better. Against Protestants, the charge of machine praying lies with less ~pparent force, though, doubtless, purely mechaaical praying is exceedingly common among them. 'fhe idea of the annual week of prayer is no more open to a charge of this kind than is the regular observance of public worship on Sundays, though both may be and often are carried out in an unworthy spirit. 'l'he week of prayer is similar in purpose to the Episcopalian and Roman Catholic Lent, and though of a more popular character, has similar benefits. It should be welcomed and gladly observed, rather than avoided and ridiculed. We are well aware that this period of prayer and worship is too often made the occasion of carefully planned efforts for religious excitement; that it is selected before-hand as a good opportunity for getting up what is called a revi~al of religion, and the luke-warmness and m~ dol~Qce of the year is atoned for by what might be called. a religious spurt, in which a nervoqs, unhealthy emotion is apt to be prodqced, especially among children who, of all others, should be shielded from such influences. But such a feature of the week of prayer no more belongs to it than the clouds belong to the mountain-top which they obscure. We regard it ns the duty of our qoubtful brother to attend and contribute his influence to make the season one of glad ,yorship and heartfelt prayer. Rev. Ausgustus Blauvelt has been suspended by the Classis of the Reformed (Dutch) courch, to which he belonged, because his views are not in accordance with the formulas of the chu If his brethren did not agree with him, nd did not choose to stand sponsors for hirn, ffiey hacl a pet• feet right to say so, anq thirs is 'all that sus . pension cqme~ t~- \Ve dissent from most t,hat is pec4lia~ in Mr. Blauvelt's views, but we QQ not ~ppqse that his next artioles in Scriqner ~ill have one less reader or any less consideration from its :readers because$~s penq.eq,- ChriMfan Ui,.irm, lw'h