Friend, 1875-01

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.

The Pacif"ic Established ... 18, _._ jciu ~tries, ifaL 2-4, Js'ln. 1.} ~".?,· ,I' /4 -:- - < HONOLULU, JANUARY I, 1875. COXTE:t\iTS For Ja1111a1·y 1, 1875. VISIT OF KING KALAKAUA TO AMERICA.His Majesty arrived at San Francisco on PAGH: Editorials ................................................ 1 the 29th of November last, where he was Visit or tile King in America .............................1 Transit of Venus, 1769-1874 ............................ 1, 2 received by the civil and military authorities Discovery of Neptune .•••.•••••.••••••••••••••.••••.••••. 3 Installations .•••.••.••••.••••••.•••.•••••••..••.•••.•••. 3 with all the honor due his rank, and was ' Trusting in Jesus-Poetry .••••••••••..••...••..•..•••.••. 4. Flitner's Transit Instrument .•••.•••••••••••••••••••••••.• 4 most handsomely entertained. Leaving To tile Lovers of Sacred Music .••..••••••••••..•••.••.•••. 5 Marine Journal. ......................................... 5 there on the 6th of December by the railway, Editor's Table ........................................... 6 Letter from New York .•••.•••••••••••..•....•••.•••.••••• 6 the party made no stop on the route, arrivY. M. C. A .............................................. 8 ing at Washington Dec. 12th, after a pleasant trip, the only drawback to which is the ; fact that the King caught a severe cold ·at JA.NUARY 1.. 1875. Omaha, in a snow storm, which would conNEw YEAR, 1875.-We wish our readers, fine him to his room in the Arlington House _patrons and friends,-A Happy New Year. for a few days. Congress proposes to appropriate $50,0G0 to entertain the King of Ha"The Friend," 1874. waii while at the capital. New Bedford has COST AND RECEIPTS. been the first of Eastern cities to extend an .i >rinting, paper, postage, &c., - - $580 00 invitation to Kalakaua to make a visit. UnReceived from subscribers & donors, 428 70 quest\onably the King will be most cordially $151 30 and respectfully received throughout the ReFrom subscribers and donors we hope to public. receive n sufficient amount, so that no debt TEJ\IPERANCE LECTURE.-Mrs. Dr. Thompwill remain on the FRIEND. son, from Portland, Oregon, gave an interDONATIONS. estmg and instructive lecture at the Bethel Mr. Walker, ·J osephine, $5 00 5 00 on Tuesday evening, December 29th, before Mrs. McKenzie, - - - - - Rev. Mr. Autridge. 2 00 the members of Good Templar lodges. There 2 80 was a good audience, and Mrs. Thompson A friend, - CONSUL-GENERAL AT CALCUTTA.- spoke in a way that impressed the minds of clip the following from a correspondence the hearers most favorably. Her subject ,of the New York Observe1·: was, "The Temperance Crusade " in PortIt is very pleasant to be able to state that land. "Friend " Moore, from Richmond, in General Litchfield, the Consul-General Indiana, also made a short and interesting for the United States, they found a ready address. helper. He addressed the meetings frequently, with much solemnity and power, HoNoLULU SAILORS' Honrn SocrnTY.-At from the experience of a tried soldier of the cross; and no speaker was listened to with a meeting of the Trustee~ held Dec. 29th, greater attention than he commanded. Re- the following officers were chosen : S. N. cently we had a special meeting for seamen Castle, President; F. A. Schaefer, Secrein the hall of the Sailors' Home, and about tary; R. Bishop. Treasurer. Executive :200 were present, listening with close attention to a few earnest addresses from General Committee-S. C. Damon, E. 0. Hall, and Litchfield, Captain Fales, and others, who · F · Banning. pressed upon them the claims of Jesus Christ. --------ONLY ONE SECOND.-lt is a noteworthr U Readers of the FRIEND in Honolulu fact that the mean time of the four amateur -will please not fail to notice in another column, the reference to PHILIP PHILLIPS. We observers, viz.: . D. Smith, D.. N. Flitner, C. hope the Advertiser end Gazette will no- J. Lyons and F. S. Pratt, differs only one tice his expected arrival. $econdfrom that of the English Astronomers. THE FRIEND. I u. s. we c. TRANSIT OF VENUS. 1769-1874. Captain Cook's Observations at Tahiti, June, 1769. The following paragraphs, from " Cook's First Voyage Round the World," we think will not disappoint our readers, as being ap• propriate to the times : As the day of observation now approached, I determined, in consequence of soine hints which had been given me by Lord Morton, to send out two parties to observe the transit from our situations; hoping, that if we should fail at Otaheite, they might have better success. 'vVe were, thereforet now busily emphyed in preparing our instruments, and instructing such gentlemen. in the use of them as I intended to send out. On Thursday the 1st of June, the Saturday following being the day of the transit, I despatched Mr. Gore in the long-boat to Imao, with lVIr. Monkhouse and Mr. Sporing, a gentleman belonging to Mr. Banks, l\lr. Green having furnished them with proper instruments. lVlr. Banks himself thought fit to go upon this expedition, and several natives, pc.1rticularly Tubourai Tamaide and Tornio, were also of the party. Very early on the Fr:dc1y morning, I sent .1\lr. Hicks, with Mr. Clerk and Mr. Petersgill, the master's mates, and Mr. Saunders, one of the midshipmen, in the pinnance to the eastward, with orders to fix on some convenient spot, at a distance from our principal observatory, where they also might employ the instruments with which they had been furnished for the same purpose. - The first internal contact of the planet with the sun being over, Mr. Banks returned to the observatory, taking Tarrao, Nuna, and some of their principal attendants, among whom were three very handsome y,rnng women, with him ; he showed them the planet upon the sun, and endeavored to make them understand that he and his companions had come from their own country . on purpose to see it. Soon after Mr. Banks returned with them to the island, where he spent the rest of the day in examining its produce, which he found to be much the same .with that of Otaheite. The people whom he saw there also exactly resembled the inhabit~nts of THE FRIEND, JJNU.lRI, 1875. The importance of this phenomenon, in a scientific point of view, may be judged from the fact that it affords astronomers ·the best means of measuring the distances of the heavenly bodies, and of ascertaining their weight" and dimensions. The first occasion on ·which a transit of Venus was oh-served for this purpose was in 1761, the eminent astronomer, Dr. HAlley,, having recommended the method, and de-vised a plan of operation to be used after his death, as he knew he could not live until the· The plan, however, was occasion arose. carried out at first imperfectly, and ronse• quently with inferior results; but in preparation for the following transit, in 1769,. complete arrangements \Vere made by the · Royal Society, as well as by other learned: bodies in Europe. The Royal Society dis-· patched a vessel, under the command of the-celebrated Captain Cook, to the South Seas.; to take observations ; and it was in this voyage that Cook explored the coast of NewHolland, now known as Australia, and took possession of that important island in the ly from the British) of the expected time of name of Great Britain. The observations of 1769 have formed the· contact for Honolulu: lat. 21° 18' 23" lon. 157° 48' 52", with certain results, the rec" basis ofnearly all the accepted facts of modords of which were stowed away in a private ern astronomy, so far as the computation of drawer, utterly unknown to his assistant distance, etc., is concerned. On these data Lyons, who was depending on the British it is that we have all learned from our early Almanac. The Profesi$or ·went out of town ·y ears that the sun is distant from the earth1 Wednesday noon, December 9th, returning more than ninety millions of miles; that Saturday night. On Monday morning, De- \iercury, the planet nearest to the sun, is. cember 14th, he came into the office and· 36,800,000 miles away from it; that the· fished out the papers. What was the pleas- distance of Venus from ·the sun is more than ure of both parties of the survey to find the 68,000,000 miles, and so on. But it is a following predicted times recorded therein : singular fact that, notwithstanciing the careExternal contact ............................ 311. 7m. 4-!8 •. 5 with which the obsenations were made in, Internal contact ............................. :s 3a 52 ·2 1769, and the frequency with which these· The latter agreeing most remakably with observations and the calculations based on, what was observed at Honolulu. Professor them passed under the examination of the• Forbes had alluded to the error of the Brit- most distinguished astronomers, it was disish Tables already (see "Nature," P· . 87), covered only a few years back that certain without stating its precise amount. Prof. errors had crept into the reckoning, by which Alexander had also worked from the British the sun's distance was over-estimated by data with the following result : about four millions of miles. The error had 8 1.::::::::::::·::.:::::::::.:·::::::::_th, • :~ nemsarily affected all the other computations, so that for nearly a century, as one There remains a vast amount of working writer has put the matter, the distances of up of micrometer and photograph observa- all the heavenly bodies were overrated by an . tions. No real practice could be had for amount equal to tenpence in the pound, and\ such a centennial phenomena. It only ap- their weights by as much as half.a-crown in pears marvelous that observers should so the pound ; and these inaccuracies will be nearly coincide from totally different stand found in the best authorities on the subject, points. except those which have passed through re- . cent editions. that island, and many of them were persons ures with the micrometer. The British whom he had seen upon it; so that all those ~autical Almanac time of Internal contact whom he had dealt with knew of what his was 2m. 54s. too early." trading articles consisted, and the value they ' Th~ time observed by the party was: bore. The· ne'Xt morning, having struck the Tupman (Chief) ............................ 3h. 35m. Ms .. 7 d Lieut. Nol.ile ................................ 3 35 54, .4 • tents,.,t hey set out on t he1r return, an arrived at the fort before night. The Waikiki party, with Flitner's HonoThe observation was made with equal lulu time, observed- as follows: success by ·the persons who·m l had sent to . ~j 1 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::.th· the eastward; and at the fort, there not be- F. s. Pratt ................................. 3 a5 53 .o ing a cloud in the sky from the rising to the At the survey office the local time, after setting of th sun, the whole passage of the corrrection for the direct and reversed posiplanet Venu over the sun's disk was observ- tion of the Troughton & Simms theodolite ed with great advantage by Mr. Green, Dr. used for solar altitudes and measuring to Solander, and myself: Mr. Green's tele- 10" of arc, was: scope and mine were of the same magnify- C .•l. Lyons ................................ 3h. 35m. 52s.. 5 ing power, but that of Dr. Solander was The time noted being the first flash of light We all saw an atmosphere or clear across, visible with a power of 20 diagreater. dusky cloud round the body of the planet, meters. There was no waiting aften~,ards which very much disturbed the times of con- to see the "black drop," of which Captain tact, especially of the internal ones; and we Tuprnan, moreover, saw nothing. differed from each other in our accounts of Here comes in a bit of history. A month the times of the contacts much more than or more since Prof. Alexander had made a might have been expected. According to calculation from the data given in the AmerMr. Green, ican Nautical Almanac, (which differ slight- g~rJ: ~~:t~: The first external conta•t, or first ap- { 9h. :!5m. 42s. mornia". 0 pearance of Venus on tJ1e sun, was S Th1t first internal contact, ~r total { 9 44 4 emers10n, was 5 The second interna~ rmitact, or beg_in- { 3 14 8 afternoon. mag of the emer81on 5 The second external contact, or total { 3 ..,,, 10 emersion S .:>~ The latitudA of the observatory was found to be I 7° 29' 15", and the longitude 149° 32' 30" W. of Greenwich. A more particular account will appear by the tables, for which the reader is referred to the Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. lxi. part 2, page 397, et seq., where they are illustrated by a cut. The Transit of Venus. This phenomenon, which took place on the 8th of December last, was observed in Honolulu by the British expedition with good results. The day was most favorable; not a cloud was visible, and the state of the atmosphere peculiarly adapted to astronomical observations. Most heartily we congratulate the observers. We clip the following from the Gazette of the 16th ult., which partly contains a report from the chief astronomer: • ~~~~~~nat itm· t~s. :~ itm. ~! Capt. Tupman after the phenomenon reports as follows: " The atmospheric conditions were favorable, exceedingly so at times; 150 measures of cusps aud limbs were ob[From Alfred E. Beach's Science Record,] The Transit of Venus in 1874. tained, and 60 fine photographs. A totally unexpected appearance presented itself at Internal Contact. The disc of the planet The year 1874 is a very notable year in became visible as an entire circle many min- the history of science, for in it, on the 9th of utes before contact, and from then to com- December, will occur the phenomenon known plete establishment no definite or sudder to astronomers as the transit of Venus. phase was observed by anybody. You will More than one hundred years have elapsed perceive, this is fundamentally different from since the last occasion of this transit; anour working model, in which perhaps we ex- . other will happen in 1882, for, according to pected a too close resemblance to the actual the laws which govern the respective mophenomena. With inferior optical means or tions of Venus and the earth, the transits, less pure sky, this unexpected appearance when they do happen, occur in couples at would hardly have been noticed. * * * -iE- comparatively short intervals; but there will Mr. Johnson at \Vaimea, Kauai, actually then be no other transit until the year 2004. saw the complete disc of Venus at ten minThe phenomenon aHuded to is the passage uies before the internal contact, regarded by of the planet Venus between the earth and me as a truly astonishing observation. Prof. the sun, in such a position with regard to Forbes at Kailua, Hawaii, had very cloudy the earth's orbit, that Venus is. seen to move we·a ther b~t obtained __some va luabl<:: meas- like a_round black spot over the sun's face. The discovery of such errors, under the • severe processes by which modern research is conducted, has led to increased anxiety on 1 the part of the scientific world to secure the most perfect accuracy in every detail con- . nected with the next transit. lt will there- . fore be watched with the greatest care by astronomers all over the globe; their observ- -ations will afterward be compared, and the results finally given to. the world will, it is hoped, satisfactorily settle the questions in- . valved. The recurrence of a transit in 1882:~ will Afford an opportunity for devoting re- . newed attention to any point or points that " may be left in doubt by the transit of 1874; and, in the present state of scientific knowledge, we may expect a much nearer ap- proach to absolute accuracy than was possi- . , ble in the last century. THE FR IE ND, .JAN UAR f. I 8 7 5. :Lord Lindsay's Expedition to Maul'itius. , this impression with . Herschel, that h~ 2d. Prayer, by Hev._.J . H. Pahio, Pastor writes: • We see it as Columbus saw Amer- of the Onomea Church: ica from .the shores of Spain. Its movements 3d. Hymn and Sermon 1 ·by Rev. D. Dole, have been felt trembling along the for ..reach- who preached from Romans, 1: 16. · 4th. Installing Pra:yer, ·and Right Hand ing line of our an~lysis with a certainty not far inferior to ocular dem?~stration.' ~i- of Fellowship, by Rev. T. Coan. ·• •· • nally, two young mathematicians, Leverr1er 5th. Charge to the Pastor, by Rev. D. Dole. . · of Paris, and Adams of Cambridge, Eng_m terests of science : .· . 6th. Address to the Church and CongreBesides the expeditions under the d1rec- ! land, each unknown to the other, set them- gation, by Mr. Henry M. ,Vhitney, Deletion of the British Government, another has selves about the task of finding the place of gate from the Bethel Church, Honolulu . . been prepared _which is perh~ps the most this new planet. The problem was this: 7th. Original Hymn, composed by Rev. completely eqmpped on_e which. ~as ev~r Given tile distu rbances p1·od:uced by tl1 e D. Dole, viz.been undertaken by a private md1v1d~al m attraction of the U,nknown planet, to .fincl Thou Herald of Salvation, With joy we welcome thee .the interests of ast!onomy. Lord L_mdsay its orbit ancl its place in the orbit. Adams, To tliis. the Pastor's station, has made preparat10ns to take up his posi- after assiduous labor for nearly hvo years, And honored mini$lry. What mortal is sutlich:nt ,t ion at Mauritius, provided with means for completed his calculations and submitted For trusts so va.st as these, .utilizing all the different modes of observa- them to Prof. Airy, the Astronomer Royal, O'erlooked by the Omniscient, Who hidden motive!! sees? tion. He will combine his own results in October, 1845. In the summer of 1846, With life :ind t.leath eternal, ~ainly with those of ~he Hussians; and it Leverrier laid a paper before !he Academy And doctrines false and true, is probable thaJ no station ~ould have been of Sciences in Paris , announcmg the P?si-1 And enemies infernal, lt will be thine to do, found more suitable for a smgle observer to tion of the unknown planet. Prof. Auy, And thou wilt plead and reason; But men \VIII turn away, occupy when so many different methods are hearina of this, was so impressed with the "At a conveni ent season .employed. All the instruments are of the value Adams' calculations, that he wrote W e will repent and pray." most perfect description and made by the to Prof. Challis, of Cambridge, to use his Ant.l thou wilt mourn their blindness And think thy li fe misspent, best makers. The photographic method larae telescope to search that quarter of the And pray that God's great kindness which he will employ has been already de- he:vens. Prof. Challis did as requested, and l\1ay lead them to 1epent. Ch eer up ; for well thou knowest .:Scribed. The siderostat has been made ex- sa;v a star which afterward proved to be the The promise ne'er deceives; pressly for this purpose, and its surface has planet so anxiously sought for, although at The precious seed thou sowest Shall be returned in sheaves. been tested and found to be truly plane. that time he failed to ascertain its true charT he Gospel's proclamation Lord Lindsay and his assistant, Mr. Gill, acter. On September 2:3d, of the same To mortals dead to God, lay considerable stress on the employment year, Leverrier wrote to Berlin, asking for Has power to th eir salva tion , T hrough fa ith in .J esus' blood. -0f the heliometer, and have discussed its assistance in searching for the planet. Dr. The Saviour with th ee ever T hine earnest care will bless , capabilities with great lucidity. They pro- Galle, that same evening, turned the large And to thy wise end eavor pose to make observations of the ~xtern~l telescope of the Observatory to the place inBes tow unh oped success . .contact by the aid of the specti-osc?p.ic dicated, and almost immediately detected a The Choir was assisted by H er Royal method. The expedition will be provided brio-ht star not laid down in the maps. This Hio-hness Mrs. Dominis, and the si nging 0 with about fifty chronometers, including_ one pro ved to be the predicted planet, found wa~ -excellent. · uncompensated. These will be transm_1~ted within less than a degree of the spot describThe exercises were all exceedingly approfour times between Aden and Mauntrns. ed by Leverrier. Such is the history of one priate, and the Address to the Church and It is probable that they ,vill also connect the of the arandest achievements of the human Cong regation was particularly happy . . ~ he • longitudes of the different stations on that mind. ~It stands as an ever fresh and assur- exercises ,ve re closed with the Bened1ct1on, _group of isla?~s by chron?r:11eter~. The ing proof of the exactness of astro?omical by the Pastor. F. S. L YMAN, Cle1·k. German exped1t10n at l\ll.auntrns \v1ll proba- calculations, and the power of the rntellect bly be connected with Lord Lindsay:s by a to unden;tand the laws of the God of NaInstallation of Rev. 0. P. Emerson. t riaonometrical survey. Of the se islands tu re . This gentleman was in stalled at Alletw~ can be connected by direct signals with "Keptun e revolves a bout the sun at a_ a heliotrope reflecting the sun's light. From mean distance of abou t 2,750,000,000 of ghany, Pa., on the 6th <ff' November, over experiments made in Russia, it appears that miles. The N eptunian year is er1ual to the Congreg;i tional Church of that city . a signal may thus be seen in a mountaino~R nearly 165 terrestrial ones. Its motion in Ministers of the Gospel belonging to three country with a clear atmosphere at a d1s- its orbit is the slowest of any of the planets, different communions took part in the exer.t irnce of 200 miles. Th~re is little doubt sin ce it is the most remote from the sun. t hen that the longitude of ea.c h station on The velocity decreases from Mercury, which cises, viz. : this group of islands will be accurately moves at the rate of 105,00Q miles per hour, Right Hand of Fellowship, by Rev. D r. known. _________ to NPptune, whose rate is m1ly 12,000 miles. W. A. Davids~n, a Methodist. "lts diameter is about 37,000 miles. Its Charge to the people, by Rev. Dr. A. A. Discovery of the Planet Neptune. volume is nearly 100 times that of the earth. Hodge, a Presbyterian. Its density is about that of Uran us, a little Whil~ the attention of many of our read- less than that of water. Sermon, by Rev. Dr. Eli Corwin, a Coners is turned to observations on the heavenly "As the inclination of its axis is unknown, gregationalist. bodies, we think that no discovery in an- nothing can be ascertained concerning its Charge to the Pastor, by the Rev. Dr. H. -eient or modern times surpasses the simple seasons. The sun gives to Neptune but M Storrs Presbyterian. .The R~v . .M:r. Emerson is a native of the facts relating to Neptune. The following To\n> the light and heat which we receive." hrief notice we copy from Steele's "FourHawaiian Islands, son of the late Rev. Mr. Installation. teen Weeks in Descriptive Astronomy" : Emerson, of W aialua, Oahu. •· ' ln 11eading Prof. Forbes' work on the ·" Trarn,it of Venus," we met with the fol.. lowing interesting notice of Lord Lindsay's most commendable efforts in promotina the 0 1 1 I 1 ;f .... I "For many years the motions of Uran us were such as to baffle the most perfect calcuWhile far-distl\nt Saturn came lations. around to his place true. to the minute and second, even after his journey of nearly thirty years, Uranus defied arithmetic, and refused to conform to the time set down for him on the heavenly dial. "At length . it was suggested by several astronomers that there was another planet -outside of its orbit, whose attraction pro.duced these perturbations. So marked was We copy the following from the Gazette I of the 23d ultimo : The Installation of the Rev. A. 0. Forbes, as Pastor of the " First Foreign Church of Hilo," too~ place Dec. 6th, and although it was a rarny day, there was a full attendance, and a dee~ interest shown by all present. The exercises were conducted as follows, viz.- . . l~t. Invocat10n, Hymn, and readrng of Scriptures, by Rev. D. B. Lyman. CAPTAIN G. L. TuPMAN.-We learn from Professor Forbes' '' Transit of Venus," that to Captain Tupman, the British Government has entrusted the entire business of fitting out the several expeditions to ooserve the transit of Venus. He is "head of 'the entire enterprise, and is responsible through the Astronomer Royal to the government for every part." . ·.,··,'.'- THE THE FRIEND. JANUAR\. I. 187a. FR -1 EN~., J! NU A' RI I 8 7 -5. · Flitner' s Transit Instrument. In the year 1845 Mr. E. H. Boardman, .The Sailors' Home Society in Account with., C. R. Bishop, Treasurer. DR.-1873. Uec 31 To amount paid El C Damon, account in full .. $ 8 38" ' " " " E Dunscomhe, tmndries. •• .. 25 50:• '' LewH11 & Dickson, lumber.. 5 .20, " G Segell.en & Co, lead pipe . l 00 1 50 H ~l Whitney, advertising... " J Nott &, Co, water pipe.... 2 75. '' Lewers & Dick,!On, lumber.. 61 89• •• Sej_!elken & Co, gutters rep'd. 7 00 •• J N t5immons, carpenter.... 52 00 " E Dunscombe, sundries·. .... 4 75 July 9, " t;has Smith, painting........ 9 12: Dec 23, " " E Dunscombe, sundries...... 7 30 '' " Daniel Janer, repaict'g slates 6 00 Balance cash on hand carried to new account • • • • • • • • 8 66 watchmaker, established a transit instrument in Honolulu, to assist in the work of rating I am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus, chronometers. The instrument, imported. Trusting only 'fhce.! Trusting ·Thee for full salvation, for the purpose, was expensive, and the arGreat and free. rangements most ample. Subsequently it · I am trusting Thee for pardon, became the property of D. N. Flitner, who . At Thy feet I bow; For thy grace and tender mercy, has been so successful as "chronometer, Trusting now. watch and clock maker,'' during the past $191 05 CR.-1873. . I am trusting Thee for cleansing, quarter of a century and more in Honolulu. Dec 31, By cash received of the Trustees ............ $ 4~ 00 In the crimson flood; Jan 5, 1874, From 1) Smith ................... :,..... 3 00 Trusting Thee to make me holy, Mr. Flitner's long experience as a practical May 14, Amount from H A Peirce. Esq, U 8 l\lmu,ter lly Thy blood. · Resident, being the proceeds of four cattle astronomer and observer enabled him to from Kauai natives.... .. • • • • • .. • • • . • • • . 40 05July 2, Amount received for rent of Uepository, 1874 .• 100 00· I am trusting Thee to guide me, make observations during the late " transit Nov 10. Amount from (;apt Fisher, bark ,; Java".... 5 00• Thou alone shalt lead, . --of Venus," which have attracted the attenEvery day and hour supplying $191 05 All my need. tion of Capt. Tupman, and which this gen- December, 1874. Dy balance co.sh on hand .•••.••..•••• $8 66• .I!). & 0. E. CHAS. R. BISHOP, I am trusting Thee for power; tleman has done our townsman the honor of Honolulu, Dec. 24, 1874. Preasurer. Thine can never fail; duly recognizing. This fact should not pass Words which Thou Thyself shalt give me, A DEFENDER OF TYNDALL. - "Mary Must prevail. without its impression upon the minds of shipmasters and navigators in the Pacific, Butts'" criticism on prayer which appearI am trusting Thee, Lord Jesus; Never let me fall ! who desire to keep ~heir chronometers in ed a few days since in the Gazette, reminds I am trusting Thee for ever, us of a remark of Goethe in "Faust": good repair and properly rated. -English Exchange. And for all! " In this connection we would add that the We are accustomed to see men deride Week of Prayer. longitude and latitude, which has been au- what they do not understand-to see them snarl at the good and beautiful, which is. The following is the programme of reli- thority with Mr. Flitner during his residence in Honolulu, was obtained by Professor C. often troub!esome to them." gious exercises for the week of prayer: S. Lyman, now of Yale College, who visited Sunday, January 3.-The unity ot the Christian (Cr We have read many books purportingCburcb. The real oneness of all trne believers. Honolulu in 1846 shortly after Mr. Board- to be ."lives" of our Saviour, but for a man established his transit instrument. Pro- vivid reproduction of the scenes of JerusaHiµdrances and motives to union. Monday, January 4.--THANKSGIVIXG, For na- fessor Lyman employed this instrument, or lem and times of our Saviour during his ex-· tional, domesti'C, and personal mercies, both i,;pirit- rather he finally adjusted this instrument istence upon earth, we think Ingraham'sual and temporal. CoxrnssroN: Unworthiness an accurately to the meridian of Honolulu, and " Prince of the House of David" excelsguilt of our people and ourselves. determined the latitude and longitude by ob- them all. It is well worth reading, and may Tuesday, January 5.--PRAYER: For tbe Christisen1ing the culmination of several hundred be obtained at Thrum's book-store. an Church; for tl.ie increase of faith and holiness, love, and power; and for the more abundant grace stars. We well remember the many days and weeks that Prof. Lyman was employed W ooDEN \\r EDDING.-There was a large· of' the Holy Spirit. Wednesday, January 6.--PRAYEn FOR F.AllULIEs: in determining the latitude and longitude, gathering at Capt. Hobron's, Nuuanu valley, Home and parental inlluenee. Scl.iools, private as follows : on Tuesday evening, December 29th, to cel-and public. Sons anti daughters absent from home. Longitude west 157° 48' 45"-Ln.titude north 21 ° ebrate the fifth anniversary of the marriage Childrei;i. in sickness and affliction. The erring and 18' 2'3". At 12 o'clock, M., Honolulu. of his daughter and Mr. William Bailey, of disobedient. This instrument i& situated on Union W ailuku. Everything was most enjoyable,. Thursday, January 7.--PRAY.l!:R: For nations; street near Hotel, and is mounted upon a and " woo·d en ware " of every defcription, for public virtue and rigl.iteousness ; for the banishment of internpe1·:.mce, infidelity, superstition, foundation based upon the coral rock and was abundant. and error, and for the diffusion of Christian litera- made as solid as cement and granite could ture. m~ke it. The little building sheltering the · CoNDEMNED.-The American whaling bark Joseph Friday, .January 8.--PRAYER: For the ernngeli- same was designed by R. A. S. Wood, Esq., Maxwell, which met with rather severe weather on zation of European countries; for the conversion for many years superintendent of govern- the return from the Northern seas, was condemned after survey-and sold at auction during the past of Is~l:l.el ; for the spread of the Gospel in :Mohamment works, and designed to be modeled week. The hull with lowermasts was bought by Mr •. medan and heathen lands: for persecuted and after a Grecian temple. Small as it may Geo. Emmes, shipwright, for $1325, and will prosuffering Christians. · Sdturday, January 9.--PRAYER: In review of the be, the plans and drawings were sketched bably be broken up. The spars, rigging n.nd furniture were sold separately; and brought about $2600 • events of 1874. Recognition of the providence of with as much labor and painstaking as any The ship was an old one. built about the year 1834. God. Happy issue of the Divine dispensations. building ever erected on the Hawaiian Isl- .11.dvertiser, Dec. 26. Sunday. January 10.--SERMo~s : Subject, king- ands. It is curious to read that at the meetdom universal and everlastin~. ing of the American Oriental Society, Rev. MR. RICE, THE MIND READER.-There Selah Merrill read a paper on ''Assyrian BETHEL ORGAN FUND. Received. has recently appeared in Honolulu a gentle- Monuments in America," and another paper From the "Concert" ............ $352 00 man from Oregon, who has given a lecture was on "Recent Discussion ot the Evidence of Phreni:ian Colonization of America." We Capt. Brewer, Boston............ 100 00 upon this subject, and exhibited some rather shall not be the '' new world " long at this· Capt. Hackfeld, Bremen......... 100 00 difficult "tests" which have puzzled the rate.-S. F. Pacific. J.C. Pfluger, Bremen...... . . ... 100 00 ---------wise men and keen witted women of HonoIt is now hinted that Mr. Bancroft will lulu, as a certain man of the same class has Total... .................... $652 00 write the history of the Constitution in a the " dons '' of Yale College as reported in series of additional volumes to the just com-·Dgnations thankfully -received. the papers. plet.e d history. Trusting 1esus. 'l'RE FRl·END, JANUARY. To the Lovers of Sacred Music. The foreign residents of Honolulu are about to enjoy a rare opportunity for listening to the world renowned Philip Phillips, who has probably sung sacred music in the presence of more hearers than any other person now living. He enjoys both an European and American celebrity. By the last mail a letter was received, from which the following extract is copied : " The Committee in Australia are quite anxious that I should reach there as soon as possible. I can therefore only stop at Honolulu, the time necessary for the steamer to tarry, which I am informed is some 24 or 4.S hours. "Now it would be exceedingly gratifying to me (it desired, on your part,) to have an engagement fixed, at any time, after five hours landing, that you might deem proper. "I leave San Francisco per steamer Jtiikaclo, January 3d, and will probably reach you about the 12th or 13th of the month. "I leave the whole matter entirely in your hands. I only desire to cheer ~ome .Christian heart or lure some erring one to the Pilgrimage of faith, by the charm of pure and lofty sentiment, or Gospel truth, expressed with unpretentious melody." The Trustee~ of Fort 8treet Church have kindly consented to allow this Concert of Sacred Music to be given in that place. The avails of the Concert, after defraying expenses, will be devoted to the Honolulu Sailors' Home Society. Tickets $1.00; children, 50 cents-to be had at Whitney's, Thrum's, Hotel, Home, and at the doors. U Immediately on the arrival of the steamer, posters will announce the hour when the entertainment will be given. Come and hear and learn if Sacred Music hath not charms! David Sinton, of Cincinnati, who, a few months ogo, gave $100,000 to the Seamen's Bethel and $50,000 to the adornment of a public square in that city, the other day made a third gift of $33,000 to the Young .Men's Christian Association, for the erection of a new building. Cincinnati is growing proud of Mr. ~inton, and she may well do so. Men of his kind are rare. BETTER SUNDAY IN PARis.-A society has been formed in Paris and in the Departments of France for the promotion of the better observance of the Lord's Day. The ladies, members of it, are said to number a hundred thousand, and they decline to patronize any tradesman who keeps open on Sunday. Information Wanted. Respecting Hiram B. Story, from Amherst, Mass.; he left America about twenty years ago in a whaleship belonging to Stonington, and is known to have heen sailin~ in American whaleships in the Pacific. Any information will be gladly received by the editor or Mrs. Julia A. Wood, 62 Tenth St., New York City. I 8 7 5. MARINE .JU URN AL. PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. ARRIVALS. Dec. From Tahiti vh1 Auckland, we learn of the cle~truction of lwo large American 8hips by fire. Strange lo rcl~te, both ,vel!sels were built in the same year, helon:,:e,t to the same owner, left the same port toi:ether. with similar cargoes; bound for the same place. Hoth vessel11< were destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean within two hundred mi 1es of each other, about the l!ame time, and the survivors reached Tahiti and the Marquesas wilbin a few dayij of one another, the boats having tr:iversed a distance of 1200 mileH, and both crews met in Papeete, and learnt of each other's di,;aster. These ships were lhe Centaur, of 1:lii6 tons, and the MogHl, of 1305 tons, both owne<l by ,J. H. Sears & Co. of J\oston, and both loaded wilh coals from Liverpool for Sau Francisco. No dates are given. Put into Papeete in distress (no ,late) American ship Enoch Talbot, of llO!lton, from Baker's Island for Cork, with guano, m.aking ei1?ht iuche8 of wakr per hour. She was condemned and would he sold. 2-Am wh bk JoH Maxwell, Hickmott, from Arctic, with 950 wti, 9500 hone, 1800 ivory. 8-Brit bk Sparrowhawk, Calhoun, 41 days from ~d~y. . 9-H B .'.\l's S Reindeer, Anscn, from \Yaimea, Kauai. 10-H ll l\1'11 S Tenedo,;, Meulen, from Kona, Hawaii. 12-Urit stmr Mikado, F Moore, 21 days fm Sydney. • 14-Arn bk Garibaldi, Noyes, 27 days from Portland. . 17-Hrit stmr Macgregor, Grainger, 8~ days from San Francisco. 18-1;1 R M's ::I Tenedos, Meulen, from Kona, Hawaii. 19-Am hktn .Jane A Falkinburg, Brown, 20 days Jrom ---- --Portland, 0. Fon V1cTORIA, ll. C.-Per Delaware, Dec. l0th-N Mur20-Am ship Enoch Talbot, Kimball, 46 day"' from Ta- · phy. hiti, en route for San Francisco. 21-H B lU's S Teuedos, Meulen, from Waimea, Kauai. Fon NEW BEDFORD-Per Syren, Dec. lOth-'.\[aster Ed 24-ll B M's S 'l'enedos, Meulen, from Waimea, l{auai. Adams. 28-Haw bk Mallie ::llacleay, Watter, 30 tlays from FROM SYDNEY-Per Mikado, Dec. 12th-M Chany, and 38 Portland. 30-Am schr Yaruna, Gilbert, 17 days fm San Francisco in transitu for San Francisco. Foa SAN F_RANCisco-Per Mikado. Dec. 12th-E l\l Meyer, Capt D Smith and wife, Dr J F ~Iorse, Wm Waterhouse, DEPARTURES. Capt Wood. Dec. 2-Am wh hk Jas Allen, Keenan, to cruise. FROM PORTLAND-Per Garibaldi, Dec. Hth-'.\lrs Thomp4-Am wh bk Java 2<1, Fisher, to cruise. son, and 5 Chinamen . 5-Brit wh bk Faraw11-y, Speucer, to cruise. Fno~1 SAN FnANCtsco-Per Macgr~gor, Dec. 17th-Mr At6 -H n M's S Tenedos, Meulen, for Kona, Hawaii. wood, Miss Atwood, 2 Misses Wetmore, Mr Wetmore, Rev 6-H BM'~ S Reindeer, Anson, for Waimea, Kauai. Father Moniton, Mr Hearse, Mr and Mn, Sisson. '.\fr Baldwin, 7-Am wh ship Josephine, Long, for New lledford. Mr Gwillin. Mrs and Miss Rowhtncl, Mrs Cartwright, Mr 9-Am wh hk Onward, Hayes, to cruise. Steele, .J fl Black, Master !larry M lllack, and 41 in trnnsitu 10-Am bk Delaware, Hinds, for Victoria, 8 C. for Auckland and ::3ydney. IO-Brit brig Robert Cowan, Cluney, for Sydney. Fon HONGKONG-Per Garibaldi. Dec. 18th-34 Chinamen. 10-Am ship Syren, Benson, for New Bedford. _ Fon SYDNEY-Per Macgregor, Dec. 18th-Antone Ruther, 11-Am wh ship Europa, Mcl{enzie, to cruise. nnd 41 in transitu from San Fraucisco. 12-llrit stmr Mikado, Moore, for San Francisco. FnoM PORTLAND, O.-Per Jane A.. Falkinburg, Dec. 19thH-H 8 M's S Tenedos, !lleulen, for Kona, Hawaii. J Le Forest. H-IIaw wh brig Onward, Geo Gilley, to cruise. Hi-Am wh bk Triton. Heppingstone, to cruise. MAIUUED. 16-Brit wh bk Adventurer, Herendeen, to cruise. l'i-H B M's S Scout, Cator, for Tahiti. HAYSELDEN-GrnrnN-ln this city, at St. Andrew's Tem18-Urit stmr Macgregor, Grainger, for Auckland. porary Cathedral, on l\londay, December 218t, by the Rigtit 18-Am bk Garibaldi, Noyes, for Hongkoug. 18-Am wh bk Bartholomew GoKnold, W111is, 10 cruise Rev. Bh;hop of llonolulu, a~sisted by Rev. J. Mackintosh, l\1r. Fl{Et>ERICK HARRISON lIAYSELDEN, fvrmerly of Brighton, and home. England, to Miss TALULi\ Lucy, only daughter of Mr. Walter 19-Ilaw wh bk Arctic, Whitney, to cruise. :Murray Gibson, of Lanai, and formerly of l'encllet1,n, South 19-Am wh bk Arnolda, l:lauldry, to cruise. Carolina. ]9-H B M's S Tenedos, Meulen, for Waimea, Kauai. 20-Am ship Enoch Talbot, Kimball, for San Francisco 22-H ll lll's S Tenedos, llleulen, for Waimea, Kauai. DIED. 30-Brit bk Sparrowhawk, Calhoun. for San Franci!lCO. l:IENFIELD-At Taylorsville, Alexander County, North> Carolina, Septemher 23d, lllr. 1\1. BENFIELD, aged 45 years,. MEMORANDA. for tiOme years a. resident of Honolulu. KEEGAN-In this citr, Decemher 1st, LUK£ KEEGAN, a na~ REPOll'f OF WHALING fiAitK BARTHOLOMEW GOSNOLD, WILLIS, MAS'l'ER.-Left Honolulu Nov 20th, 1873, boumJ west live of Pawtucket, R. I., aged 42 years, long a resiuent OD these islands. o::::r Rhode bland papers please copy. on a cruise. Had moderate trades with good weather.· Sighted Mulgrove Island Dt'c 6th; next day, 16 miles due south of the DRI-SCOI,E-ln this city. December 12th. of hemorrh~ge of island, caught three sperm whales, making 60 bbls. Dec 13th, the lungs, THOMAS DtUSCOLE, a native of New Heclford, Mass. touched at Ebon Island. Dec 16th, arrived at Strong's Island; landed mail and procured supplies. Dec 19th, left for :::olomon's group. arriving there Jan 4th, 1874; cruised until Feb 18th, without seeing ii sperm whale. Feb 20th, touched at Lord Howe's group. Feb 27th, in lat 3 ° 15' S, long 160° 20' E, cauglu one sperm whale, making 60 bbls. March 9th, touched at Strong's Island. March 11th, touched at JllcAs• skill Island. l\Jarch 13th, sighted Ascension, and chased sperm whales without success. March 21st, anchored at Umatic, Guam, and procured water. Same d~y anchored at Tinnian. April 101h, touched at Peel's ltiland. St.me day, Au!.!ustus Savory, of that island, died. April 16th, anchored at Yokohama, and left for Japan Sea on the 22d. May 5th, passed through Corea Straits; cruised on Coast of Tartary until June 4th, seeing but fow whales. l\lay 23d, caught two right whales, making 120 bbls, White Rock bearing north, distance 5 miles. .June 23d, off the Wood laud; in lat 42° 51' N, long 135 ° 30' E, caught one right whale, making HO bbls; for a fo1v days saw and heard whales quite plenty, there being a dense fog all the time lost them. July 1st passed through l'erouse Straits, and cruised a short time in Ochotsk Sea wi1hout seeing whales. .July 22d, arrived at the Shanter lsland11, and cruised there until Oct 17th. llad fine weather up to Sept 20th. There were about 60 whales seen in the liays, most of them in SW llay; we found them shy and always going quick; caught one, making 70 bbls. Eight ships and one schooner have cruise·\ in those bays, catching 10 whales (800 hbls), all caught in SW Bay in Reptember. Oct 17th, we left for Honolulu; passed through 60th Passage Oct 28th. Ha\l, very heavy weather, mostly from the south with rain. Nov 2:!d, winds mcderated; in lat 30° N, long 15! 0 W, wind~ veered to the N, since then have had light northerly winds Officers 1 '!'able, with lodging, per week, $5 with fine weather. Arrived in Honolulu Nov 28th. do. do. 5 REPORT OF BRITISH fiARK SPARRO\VHAWK, CALHOUN, Seamen's do. MASTER .-Left Sydney Oct 28th, wind NW to SW moderate Shower Ilaths on the Premises. to New Zealand. Sighted north cape of New Zealancl, and crossed the meridian of 180 ° in lat 35 ° S. Sighted also ED. DUNSCOlUBE~ Cook or Harvey Islands. Had no SE trade winds, but took the NE trade winds in lat 10 ° S, blowing very strong from . Honlnlli, Jannury 1, 18i5. .Jlanctgei·. the equator to Hawaii. Cros11ed the equator in long 155 ° W, Arrived in Honolulu Dec 8th, making the passage in 41 days. SAILORS' REPORT OF BARKENTINE JANE A. FALKINDURG, J, A. BROWN, ll!ASTER.-Sailed .from Astoria Nov 28th; first twelve hours after leaving port had moderate NE winds. On the 29th had a heavy gale from SE; wind shifted to SW ancl blew a heavygaleforthreedays. From lat 43° N,long 1290 40' W. to lat 37 ° N, long 138 ° W, had strong SSE and SW winds; from thence to lat 30 ° N, long 14Z O W, had moderate ' winds from NW, and from thence to port had lil!ht variable winds. Made the east end of ~olokai Island on the morning of Dec 18th, and arrived at Honolulu at 7 11 M same day, after a passage of 20 days. HOME! PHOTOG-RAPHS ! FOR 'fHE BEST, GO TO THE Cosmo1wlitan Photograph Gall~ry Nool. 64 nnd 6G Fol't Street. Also for Sale, Photographic Views, ~o-., et"~, tf H. L, CHASE. T H E F R I E N.D , J A N U A R I , l 8 7 5 . 6 EDITOR'S TABLE. cumstances either exposes it to decay or dent of the leading Woman's Missionary calls i_ts vital properties into act'ivity. Herice, Society in Ame1:ica. . where seeds have been buried de<'p in the NEw YoRK, Nov. 16th, 1874. earth, not by. human agency, but by some geological change, it is impossible to say DEAR FRIENDS :-On Saturday Miss H. how long anteriorly to the creation of man G. Brittan, Miss Marston, Miss Kimball and they may have been produced and buried, Miss Woodward sailed for Liverpool on the as in the following curious instance : Some well-diggers in a town on the Penobscot steamer City of New Y01·k. The agent of Cook & Co. meets them at Liverpooi on Alexander Winchell, LL .D., Professor of Ri·rer, m the State of Maine, about forty at a depth ;f their arrival, has their baggage, boxes, &c., miles from the sea, came, Geology, &c., in Michigan University; about twenty feet, upon a stratum of sand. re-shipped on a steamer for Calcutta-they with illustrations. This strongly excited' their curiosity and in- taking a portmanteau across the continent This is a most readable and entertaining terest, from the circumstance that no similar Then they take a to Brinciisi, Italy. volume, in which the results of scientific ob- sand was to be found anywhere in the neighborhood, and that none like it was steamer for Calcutta ; if there is a prospect servation and analysis are beautifully prenearer than the sea-beach. As it ·was drawn of storms, for Bombay, but must pay the sented. The dry and foss il "bones" dug up from the well it was placed in a pile by railroad from Bombay to Calcutta. up by the geologist are clothed with flesh arid itself, an unwillingness having been felt to The farewell meeting was on Friday smews. Ezekiel's valley of dry bones is mix it with the stones and gravel which afternoon, ladies coming from Boston, New made to have a scientific resurrection. The were also drawn up. Hut when the work was about to be finished, and the pile of Haven, Philadelphia, New Brunswick and long periods elapsing prior to man's appearstones and gravel to be removed, it was other places. After the religious exercises, ance upon the earth are made to pass before necessary also to remove the sand-heap. there was an opportunity to be introduced to the mind like the paintings of a grand pano- This, therefore. was scattered about the spot the missionaries. They were invited to take ramic representation. There is much which on which it had been formed, and was for tea with us, Miss Brittan and Miss Kimball we should gladly copy into our columns, if some time scarcely remembered. In a year or two, however, it was perceived that a came; the others were detained with friends. space would allow. Some of our ladies had a Fair three days number of small trees had Rprung from the Some months ago, in illustrating the vital- ground over ,vhich the heap of sand had for the mission in India. Thursday evening ity of moral and spiritual truth or seed been strewn. These trees became, in their tableau scenes in India were explained by when sown in the hearts of men, we took turn, objects of strong interest, and care was Miss Brittan. Everv one that saw them ·occasion to speak of the "vitality of seeds," taken that no injury should come to them. \ was intereste~. The~la,dies that got them At length it was ascertained that they were up drilled the children-bag wigs and old as for example, Egyptian wheat now grow- Beach-plum-trees; and they actually bore · style dresses. They cam e in a large omniing , although t he seed from which it sprung the Beach-plum, which had never been seen I bus all dressed from Brooklyn. The pare nts was found deposited in the folds of cloth except immediately upon the sea-shore. The paid the expense of dresses and conveyance. wrapped around an Egyptian, whose body trees had therefore sprung from seeds which 1 enclose a programme. lt may seem foolwere in the stratum of sea-sand that had ish, but one must sow beside. all waters, and was embalm ed four thou sand years ago. been pierced by the well-diggers." It can j if they only take an interest in missions, the T his sta te ment has bee n questioned, but the not be ·doubted, as Carpente r concludes, that great point is gained. fo llowing in teres ti ng facts are set forth upon the seeds of th e Bench-plum had lain buried Since Miss Brittan went out in 186 1, au thority wh ich can not be questioned. It since· the remote period when that part of over 10,000 of the higher castes have been will be seen th at Prof. Agassiz endorses one the state ,vas this shore of th e slowly-reced- taught, besides those of the lower castes. ing sea. In Calcutta we have a Dispensary, Child's of them. Hospital, Orphanage, and have been asked by SKETCHES oF CREATION-A PoPULAR Vrnw oF soME OF THE GRAND CoNCLtlSIONS tiF THE SCIENCES IN REFERENCE TO THE HISTORY OF MATTER AND OF LIFE; TOGETHER WITH A STATEMENT OF THE INTIMATIONS OF ScIENCE RESPECTING THE PRIMORDIAL CoNDITION AND THE ULTIMATE DESTiNY.· OF TliE EARTH AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. By VITALIT Y OF SEE DS. It is well known that Dr. Lindley raised t hree raspberry plants fro m seeds discovered in the stomach of a man whose skeleton was found th-irtv fe et below the surface of the .earth, at th~ bottom of a barrow or burialmound ,vhich was opened near Dorchester, England. With the body had been buried some coins of the Emperor Hadrian, from which we are justified in assuming that t hese seeds had retained their vitality for the space of sixteen or seventeen hundred years. If they remained undamaged that length of time, their condition was practically fixed; and who shall say that ten thousand years would have produced a greater ,effect? Professor Agassiz asserts that " there are :s ome well-authenticated cases in which wheat taken from the ancient catacombs of Egypt has been made to sprout and grow." 'Dr. Carpenter even goes so far in this conn ection as to give utterrance to the following observations, which happen to be extremely pertinent in the present instance : " These facts make it evident," he says, "that there is really no limit to the duration of this condition (latent vitality), and that when a seed has been preserved for ten years, it may be for a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand, provided no change of cir- Letter fro m New York. We think our readers ,vill be interested in the following extracts from a letter written by Mrs. Doremus, now verging towards eighty, and received by a late mail. This lady is President of the "Woman's Union Missionary Society'' of America. She has exercised a controlling influence in the organization of thi~ Society, and during the past forty years has been engaged in missionary, philanthropic and benevolent labors in the city of New York, but particularly in the matter of hospitals of various kinds. If there is a lady in America now meriting the name of "Florence Nightingale," it is Mrs. Doremus. She is connected with the Dutch Reformed Church, but her sympathies rise above and extend beyond all church organizations. Amid her multiplicity of labors, she finds time for carrying forward an extensive correspondence, and it is our privilege occasionally to receive letters from her pen. She has a most marvelous ability to manage the details of business as well as officiate as the Presi- the government to in struct in the Foundling Asylum children rescued from the famin e . They have six Singer's sewing machinesmake the uniform for the police. Th e pay they receive goes for their support. Sunday morning early they have som e parch ed rice dressed in \vhite muslin, called a cliuclclm· over their heads-each two have an umbrella, walk two and two a mile to church. lt begins at 7 o'clock. At 10 they return to breakfast, then prepare for Sunday school; lessons from 12 to 2 o'clock, and then they have dinner. They do not attend service in the afternoon. The week day school is from 7 until 1 o'clock. Some of the orphans go to assist the ladies in the Zenanas. They are fond of Bengali tunes and Christian hymns. When Mr. Sheshadra was in this country, he told me that just such things are taking place as are depicted in " Shoshie," (a book \Hitten by .Miss Brittan). Nothing but the Bible can make a change. Bishop Harris, of the Methodist church, visited our missions in Japan, China, Calcutta and Allahabad, and he gave me nn interesting account of them. General Litchfield, Consul at Calcutta, is a religious man; does all he can to aid our missionaries. His wife has gone froL-n Boston, and will meet our ladies; she is going with them to Calcutta, &c., &c. 'fH.E FRIEND,· JANUA-RI Twentieth Annual Report of Honolulu Sailors' Home Society. Our Home, under the excellent management of Mr. and Mrs. Dunscombe, has been carried forward through another year. It is confidently believed that the original design of its establishment has been steadily kept in mind, and the amount of good accomplished all which could reasonably be expected. According to the report of the manager, three hundred and eight (308) seamen from vessels of war and thirty-two (32) from merchant vessels and whales4ips -making a total of three hundred and forty (340)-have found aecommodations at the Home during thE> past year. There are included in this number several shipmasters and officers. Very many of these young men, besides scores more, have resorted to the Reading Room for• writing letters to their friends; and when they left have been iUpplied with reading matter to take to sea, and in many instances they have received a word of "good counsel." Much good has thereby been accomplished. The Young Men's Christian Association has, with most commendable and prai&eworthy liberality, sustained the Reading Room, which has proved beneficial not only to seamen, but many others. As a means of usefulness, this branch of Christian benevolence cannot be ove.,estimated. The Home and Reading Room are standing witnesses and manifest proofs of the Christian liberality and kindly feeling of the foreign community of Honolulu towards seamen and strangers visiting this city. 'fhe following testimonial of the commander of H. B. M.'s S. Cameleon, is in harmonv with the verbal remarks of many others: ., H. M. SHIP " CAMELEON," l Honolulu, August 18, 1874. 5 DEAR SIR :-Before leaving this port, I beg to offer my testimony to the very efficient working of the most useful institution, "The Honolulu Sailors' Home." During the Came/eon's stay here the ship's company have fully a,ailed themselves of the many· advantages it otlers them, and I am !lure joins with me in thanking you and the other gentlemen, through whos<l exertions the establishment retains its high character for the comfort and attentions tbey have always met with in the house. I shall have much pleasure in bringing the Home to the notice of any captains of ships visiting this part of the world, and shall not fail to express the high opinion I entertain of its merits. Believe me, dear sir, ve1·y faithfully yours, W. The Rev. S. C. Damon. KENNEDY. The Treasurer will report the amount of our expenditures. The verandas and cookhouse have been thoroughly repaired during the past year, and much work was done for a small amount of monev. The Home needs repainting, and it is· to be hoped the means will soon be obtained for doing the same. Let it be remembered that nearly ten years have elapsed since any public appeal has been made for funds to carry on the "Home." I would acknowledge a valuable donation of bo0ks and tracts for gratuitous distribution, from J. T. Waterhouse, Esq. s. C. DAMON, Chairman of Executive Committee. Honolulu, 24th Dec., 1874. • I 8 7 5. ADVER TISEMEM'TS. \V. IR '\VIN G. & -THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL! T1HE PROPRIF.TOR WILL SPARE NO CO.• pains to make this Commission Merchants, Plantation and Insurance Agents, Honolulu, H. I. LEWERS ELEG-.A..N"T Dealers in Lumber and Building J1attrials, E. ROOMS CAN BE B!D BY THE NIGHT OR WEEK! Fort Street, Honolulu, H. I. HOFFM_\.NN, M. with or without board. D., HALL AND LARGE ROOMS TO LET FOR Physician and Surgeon, Corner Merchant and Kaahumanu Streets, near the Post Office C• B R E \V .E R &. C O •• ALSO. AGENTS 01!' THE sMt·ru, .Dentist, S. M c G R E '\V , M . D ., Late Surgeo'll, U. S. Army, Can be consulted at his resiclence on Hotel street, between Alakea anti Fort streets. G• "\VE S 'I', Wagon and Carriage Builder, &. c H I L L 1 N G ,v O Particu.lar attention given to the sale and purchase of merehaadise, ships' business, supplying whaleships, negGtiating exchanie, &c. 11:7 .All freight arriving at Saa Francisco, by or to the Honolulu Line of Packets. will beforwarJed FRBJ!l OF OOJIIMISSION, (D' 111:liehange on Honelulu l'lought and sold . .aJ -REFER!i1XCKS- Messrs. A. 'vV. Peiree& Co .•••••..•••••••••••••••. Honolulu " H. Hackfehl & Co .••••••••• ••............ " C. Brewer & Co ......................... . Bishop & Co ..•• .•••.•••••••••••••••.•••• Dr. U.. W. \Vood .•••.•• , ......................... . Ilon. E. II. Allen ................................ . 968 ly M. DICKSON., Photographer, rates 74 an<l 76 King Stn·et, Honolulu. Cr Island oruers p1omptly executed at lowest A LL E N J. C. MERRILL & Co., San Francisco and Honolulu Packets. Having resumed practice, can I.le founu at his rooms over E SLrehz & Co.'s Drug Store, corner of Fort and Hotel sts. O H ly JOHN M CRJ.XBN San F r a n c i s c o . .11.uction and Commission Merchant, Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's lluilding, Queen Street. J PUBLIC MEETINGS. OR SOCIETIES. MERRILL, 204 and 206 California Street, ADAMS. MO 'r T o. Commission Merchants and Auctioneers Honolulu, Oanu. H. I. P. ju28 J. Commission and Shipping Merchants, E. ~C>TEX.. First-Class in Every Particular ! DICKSON. & '7 R T H, 61 Fort Street, Honolulu, A LWA 1·s ON HAND A CHOICE ASSORT• 11 MEN'l' OF PHOTOGRAPHIC STOCK, Kawailtae, Hawaii, Will continue the General Merchandise and Shipping busi• ness at the above port, where they are prepared to lurnish the . A Large Views of justly Ct<lebrated Kawaihae Potatoes.and such otherrecruits,as Hawaiian Scenery, are required by whaleships, at the shortest notice, and on the mo st reasonable terms. CCIUOSITY HUNTERS will fincl at this establishment a SPLENDID COLLECTION OF !O" Fit•cwood Oil Hand . .aJ Collection of Beautiful &c., &c. A • w. PIERUE & co (Succesors to (.J. L. Richards & Co.) .. Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. A.gents Pnnloa Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Lances, A_.!ul Pcri•y Dnvi11' Pait1 Killc1•. STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, • • And a Gre.at Variety of other Hawaiian ancl ..llicronesian Curiosities. PICTURE FRAMES A SPECIALITY! jal 1874 CASTLE & COOKE,. THoS. G. THRUlll'S No. 19 Mc1•cha11t Street, - Volcnnia S1•cchue11 .. , Corals, Shells. , 1vnr h11ple111e11ts, Fer111t, ~fntl!I, Knpn.,.. Houoluh1o UIPORTEltS A.ND DEALERS IN Pt~!~fn~~~g~!e!.\~t~!1!e?s!!;~~~rt~o~;Oa~ GENERAL MERCHANDISE!' educed rates for parties going lo sea. ly NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. DILLINGHAM & CO., No1t195 and 97 King Street, KEEP A FINE ASSORTMENT OF -.-1GE1VTS OF- 'lf"UIE REGULAR PORTLAND LINE OF' Ji Packets, New England M11tual Lil'~ Insurance Company, 'l'he Union :llal'ine Insurance Company, San .Francisco,. The Kohala Sugar Company, 'l'he HaJku Suimr Company. The Hawaiian Sug-ar Mill, W. H. Bailey, The J-Iamakua. Sugar Company, 'fhe Waiaiua Su~ar Plantation, The Wheder & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, Dr. Jayne~ Sons Celebrated Family Medicines. t( Carriage lllaldng and rfrimming ! Goods Suitable for Trade. I IWOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT Carriage now employ the best Mecba,nics in the line of MASTERS VISITING THIS PORT during the last Six Years can testify from personal exS HIP perhmce that the undersigned keep the best assortment of GOODSFORTRADE And Sell Cheaper than any other Bouse in the Kingdom. DILLINGHAM & CO. .Jlaking. <Jai-riage and General Blaclcsmith-ing, Paint'ing. Repairing, &c., On the Hawaiian Group; and it is a well established fact that 01.1r Carringe Trimming, by Mr. R. Whitman, is a8 well executed as any in New York City or elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that we can m,uiufacture as good a class of work in Honolulu as c:m be found in any part of the world. I will also state here that we fully intend to work at the lowest possible rates. G. WEST . ·ioung ~m's aLbristian issociation of lonolulu. Pure retig.ion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their ajfiiction, and to keep one's self unspotted from th_e world. AnroNG other questions of public interest, ~oys and girls at school ma·y read and speak of a good educational paper would be proof much attention. has latefy been given, or at 'fluently enough jn English, from the moment against these objections. The Board of Edleast invited, in the newspapers and· :else- \when school is over and they take up subse- ucation is a body perfectly free, in its official where, to the fact thut the last census returns .quent occupatiol). among those of their own capacity, from party feeling, and would of this country show a continuing decrease race, the language of their parents, of their enjoy the fullest public confidence in its of population. This fact has formed a topic infancy, will resume its place as their Ian- management of such an undertaking. We of Royal <,peeches, public meetings and guage. In what other country under the sun believe firmly that the publication by thi5 newspaper articles; and there is no reason has a native tongue been exchanged for one State Department of a periodical newspaper why our Association should not also con- imported, unless as a condition of conquest? or magazine, containing well selected matter sider it with a view of affording-, or even We speak, of course, of the language of the of an instructive and interesting kind, suggesting, any possibie assistance in com- majority, the middle and lower classes, for whether historical, scientific, or fictitious, · bating so terrible a state of affairs. higher education, and Etven fashion, will would strike a powerful blow at th@ terrible Our field, so far, has comprised prmci- often produce such an exchange among those enforced idleness of mind to which, we conpally the devising and carrying out of plans whose position renders them amenable to tend, is attributable to so much of the dissipation of the people. Such a periodical, • for the welfare of foreigners in the islands ; such influences. The question as to whether a change of attractive and handy in form and interesting we have done what has been in our power to provide rational entertainment for residents the vernacular is desirable or possible, we in material, would be sure to find many of our own race, to establish and maintain a cannot now discuss ; ~uch a change has ap- 'readers ; while, bound up for reference, it good reading ancl writing-room for sailors parently not suggested itself as practicable might become a nucleus of the Hawaiian and other transient and undomiciled visitors, tu the earlier teachers here of any creed, and literature of the future. If this Association agrees with us as to to give some Jittle assistance to Sunday- we will assume that their decision in the the relation which we have endeavored to school teachrng and prison and hospital visi- matter has been right. tation; and we are endeavoring still to set Without doubt the people are, to a great establish between mental idleness and the on foot a means for throwing at least a glim- extent, shut out in this way from a means of decline of the race, it cannot fail to appremer of religious light upon the two thousand mental recreation and improvement; where ciate the importance of seeking a remedy ; pagans who dwell amongst us. But with is _the wonder, then, if idle minds naturally and the idea of a State Educational Press may suggest ~till better plans, or may be the natives of the islands we have as yet drift in a wrong direction? had little to do. Some effort has been made to meet the taken up and suomitted in some _ practical For them, indeed, much has already been diffieulty by the publication of native news- shape for public consideration. The time allotted here to an essayist done: Christian teaching has long been pro- papers and magazines, two of which, the vided without lack of pecuniary assistance; Kuokoa and Lait Oliva, are now extant; not permit more than• a brief allusion to and they possess a system of state primary but these, however good, are n mere pebble other matters affecting the census returns. Io view of so enormous a catastrophe as education equal in extent, if not in degree, towards filling up the bucket of unoccupied to that of any other country. They have a mind in our r:ountry. The ]atter, appearing the possible extinction of .a race, and under Constitutional Government and a King, .monthly, is a very neatly printed magazine circumstances \.Vhich nowhere else find a whose interest is sincerely in the welfare of of four _ pages, enriched with illustrations, parallel, are we bound in any way to mould his people; they have churches and preachers, and usually containing a good selection of our laws on sanitary and moral matters with schools ,vhere their boys and guls may moderately simple articles upon subjects of martinet-likP. preci:sion to the exact dimenobtain as much education as usually falls to general interest, secular as well as religious. sions and number of folio pages which may the lot 0 ( a middle class m other civilized The Kitokoa is an ordinary wee lily news- be found advisable in other countries very countries, a well endowed hospital for the paper of four large pages, of which a consicl- differently constituted? This is a country sick, and doctors maintained at state expense. erable portion is occupied by the advertise- where public opinion frself upon these subHere every man The climate is healthy, and absolute poverty ments necessary for the support of the pub- jects requires reform. is unknown among those who care to work. lication; it is partially devoted, too, to constitutes his own public opmion, we might Whv should it be so frequently, and alas! politics, and much of its space is given up to almost say; in fact, he does as he pleases, J the volunteered effusions of subscribers and provided h_e be not a criminal or a leper. -coldly remarked that jn a few years more We do not hesitate to say that the disthe race will have disappeared? We do not to the marvelous serial tale which, like the comfort and uncleanness of many of the · f h h "Thousand and one nights,'' ransacks put this question with a view o earing t e well-known answer that it is because they heaven, earth and other parts of the universe poorer dwellings, especially in crowded will not take care of themselves and their in search of means to keep itself from neighborhoods, is a matter which shou]d be vigorously handled by the government; it children, but rather to elicit opinion as to approaching th e words That private enterprise can do no more would be all very well under far different whether anything can be done which neither earnest religious teaching nor an efficient than ~t has done is, we fear, perfectly true; circumstances to cry out .about the rights of th e Au Okoa, th e Nidiou, the Hawaii private judgment, but we are threatened by administration of existing laws will do. Ponoi, after vigorous but short lifetimes, the dreadful alternative of national extincWe say that many of the people are idle have all perished for lack of support. If, tion. If the cesspools and heaps of garbage and dissipated. .Men cannot be always at then, the existing literature of Hawaii is to which surround every poorer house have manual work, even when hard work is a be enlarged, associated effort will have to not yet brought upon us the sweeping epi..stern necessity of mere life, which it is not attempt what private endeavor evidently demics usually following in their train elsehere ; and what terrible temptations to idle- r.annot do. where, there can be no doubt that they inness and dissipation would have been ours '- The government of the country has at sidiously suck away much of the health and if, even with a good schooling, we had en- one time or another directed or subsidized vitality so greatly needed. joyed no literature of our own, if all our portigns of .the public press as its mouthWhat foreigners might do for the morality after-school information and · entertainment piece; and since a paper thus entirely or of the land is among many of them synonyhad to be obtained through the difficult partially under government _control must mous with what they leave undone. Though medium of a foreign tongue! It is some- necessarily be the organ of a party, its use- morality cannot be maintained by law, a times asserted that the government system fulness must also be fettered by the extent of fearful responsibility rests upon those who in of education ought to aim at making the the sympathizers it may. possess, even if the spite of their better knowledge contribute to English language the vernacular; but while principle of a partisan government press be the prevalence of dissipation and immorality the natives so far out-number the foreigners not seriously objected to as a means of unfair among the natives. And, to our mind, no false resident here, no amount of legislation will influence. · delicacy should prevent legislation from going prevent the Hawaiian language from being But the appropriation of a certain amount as far as it will in making the people live, that most familiar to the people ; •and though from the public money to the maintenance e.ven if it cannot make some of them moral. wm