Friend, 1877-09

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.

. HONOLULU, SEPTEltfBtR I, 1877. CONTEl'IITS Fot· September 1, 1877. of those employt=>d have much to· do with "profits,'' when hard · times come and Editorials ............................. . ................ 73 " strikes " are the order of the day. The Ralllbiei;._: n the 01,1 World-No. 8 .••••••••.•••••.•••• 73-76 good people of the United States have abolMi@"ionary Convention in China •••••••••••••••••.•• •.••. 75 New Steamer •· Llkelike " .................. ! ............ 76 ished Slavery; we think they had now betCollege Discipline ................................... ••.• 76 ter turn their attention to Sabbath desecraTemperance in Michi gan • • • • • • • • • • • • • •••.••••••.••.• • • •76 Marine Journal. ...••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.• • .... 77 tion and the morality of running cars upon Excellency of Knowlerlge .............................. , .78 God's holy day. A Lone Land, and who Lived on it ....................... 78 P.\Gn! Y. M. C. A •••..••..•• , ........................... , ••••. 80 THE FRIEND. SEPTEMBER 1, 1877. "The man who works in R. Sabbath-breaking establishment will R.lmost surely cease attendance upon church." -American Messenger. ·The pernicious influence of Sabbath desecration is widespread and disastrous. Inasmuch as the railroad corporations of the United States have for a hl:llf century been educating hundreds of thousands of young men to work upon the Sabbath and to desecrate God's holy day, we do not wonder that so many of these men are involved in the terrible work of the burning and destruction of railroad property. If men are educated to violate and break the fourth commandment, why should they not go on to violate other commands of the Decalogue? C0,..,porations, it is said, have no souls; but it is time they had. They have feezing if not souls, and they can be made to feel in their pockets and dividends. All the papers coming to us from the United States have much to say about "capital and labor," but what we desire to see discussed is the questi.on," the moral obligations of capital." Are not "railroad companies" and "manufacturing companies " under obligations to look after the morals of those in their employ? Are they not under obligation to see and know how those young men are employed upon the Sabbath ? Do they attend church? Do they provide seats for them in church ? Capital may say, "I have nothing to do with morals or religion ; I only look out for dividends and profits." Very well ; 1he morals 1 U We hope that those who are holding out inducements for young men and laborers to resort to these islands for employment, will bear in mind that such ioducements are carrying with them a fearful responsibility. We are likely to have in our community a large class of unemployed men, and it is utterly impossible to suppose that white men can live upon the same wages and fare that a Chinaman or Hawaiian may. Let it be borne in mind that we have no assistance from the Hawaiian government, for the support of sick and disabled foreigners. Consuls will aid only those known as "seamen or sailors." Already the funds of the American Relief Fund run low. Our rich planters must come forward with generous assistance to our American and British benevolent associations. U We would acknowlfdge ~he receipt of papers and maga~ines for gratuitous distribution among strangers and seamen, from the followi1ilg persons: .Mrs. Chamberlain, Mrs, Beckwith, .Mrs . Dickson; Miss Chamberlain, S. N. Castle, Esq.; also from Mr. Henry Waterhouse, a supply of tracts and portions of the Scriptures in different languages. i\. NEw INDUSTRY .-We rejoice that German enterpnse as manifested in Mr. Eckart, is furnishing the market with an excellent quality of cured-dried-beef. If he succeedM with all sent forth from his establishment as successfully as with the specimen we have seen and tasted, we predict for hun a profit• able venture. RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD-NO. 8 MANNE.QORF, June 3d, 1877. To my great surprise and disappointment, I have just discovered that the L_ondon mail leaves in advance of the time I had expected. Now I am afraid the steamer may reach you without a word from me ; I have been so busy traveling for the past few days that I have not in readiness any fitting description of the places I have visited, but hope that I may yet be able to forward something which may be of interest.* You will find your geographical knowledge somewhat put to the test, .! fancy, in trying t~ discover the position of Mannedorf. On the map perhaps you will find on the shores of Lake Zurich this little town, and if not it is there . just the same-one of the quietest, loveliest little spots tbat the sun of this June morning looks down upon in all the fair lake country of Switzerland. Now let me tell you in reference to the davs which have intervened since I wrote you last, which was I think just on the eve of my leaving Geneva. When one has been in a city some five or six months, he finds that he has entrenched himself far more than he had any idea until he comes to take leave. The scenes at the station reminded me of Honolulu stea.mer <lays. Just as I was taking my place i.n the car, one of the ladies passed me a package, which { discovered to be a most exquisite porcelain picture in a beautiful blue velvet fram~ -o.ne of those rare choice gifts which delight the heart; with it came a little note saying it was from the teachers and pupils of the Sunday school, ns a token of their love and esteem. 'I'hen 1 had other remembrances of a mote material nature; I mention this to show what true friends I left behind. I can never forget how truly kind and generous and loving these friends have been to me. From Geneva I passed on to LausauneJ then to Fribourg, Berne and Zurich, corning yesterday to this most quiet and beautifo~ spot,-about two hours' sail o,n {he lak~ from Zurich. Perhaps you have read or heard of Fraulein Dorothea Tindal's good work. She was a wonderfully consecrated Christian and she believed in the apostolic method of healing the sick by the laying on *Al the leltr.( ljor the FRIEND did not reach u~, we fl.II th• ~l'on1 private lette rs.-E u . 11pace with e~·: 1~~~~s 74 'f H}~ . R I E N D, S E P 'f E ~I B E R , I 8 7 7 • of hands and by prayer. She is now dead who made their visit and then passed on. and interestipg relics of different kinds, and µ.nd the work is carried on by a M1.-. Zeller, There is such a, sweet, gentle, beautiful at- its mission ·,house, through which l was a gentleman who was converted here, being mosphere about the place. Every" one seems shown by one of the brothers, a young stuhi1.nself originally a sceptiq. Great blessing anxious to do for some one else, and there is dent who has been here for four years. seems to have attended his efforts and many a kind of unspoken religion in every action. Next week there is to be the great mission come here who are in need of bodily heal- To-day, Sunday, there was in the morn- fest or celebration here. There is a fine ing and others for spiritual strengthening ing a religious service with singing and missionary museum with collections from and conversation and to hPar what is being prayer, and in the afternoon a sermon all parts of the missiorµry world. There <lone here. Not that Zeller is in an·y way by Mr. Zeller. The little chapel was are in all abont eighty students, among .<l.ifferent from other men, but he does seem crowded with village people, as well as the them several Chinese and Armenians. The to have a faith iO perfect and entire that he "home people," and they sang the slow, term of study is six years. has qeen peculiarly ble$sed. During the sweet Germun chorals most beautifully. The Rhine is especially beautiful as seen , s1immer there are many visitors here, comI can conceive of no more beautilul and at Basel, and from the terrace behind th,e jng for a longer or shorter time, rooming simple life than this little company oflers. cathedral there is a most magnificent view near at hand and taking their me...tls in this Fifty or sixty people-some clad in the of i1s broad surface. I have now seen the unique an<l interesting family and attending I plainest garments and others in the more Rhone and the Rhine, and in neither am I the prayer meetings and services which are fashionable attire of the world-all meeting disappointed, though it would seem that one peld in the little chapel. Mr. Buchan and on the pleasante$t terms, as if the false dis - ought to be more profoundly impressed by .Madame de Gingins and others hud :spoken rinctions of life bad never been known and what has been such a constant object of aq.:. particularly of this place, an<l so I came the primitive Christian days had come back miration for so many _centuries. The more p.ere, hoping for a little rest. again. Four or five buildings, a chapel anJ. you see them the more they grow upon you. Yesterday afternoon I left Zurich. On J garden, make the exterior of the institution. Then at Basel, there is a most beaut1f4l the boat I met some most charming English . Mr. Zeller is a brother-in-law of Bishop statue to the memory of Swiss soldiers, the people from Guernsey, an ex-General in the ' Gobat in Jerusalem. ancient home of Erasmus, and the stat~e qf army and his wife, who were coming up 1 wish that all those who are living in the Oecolarnpadius the reformer, anq many here for a few hour1-. They are very earnest midst of bustle and noise and confusion points of ipterest, of which l may tell you Christian people and having read about the. could come into the restful quiet of this more fully another time. work here, desired to look into it. little nook. Th e sight of all these pleasant At the station at Strasbourg, which is Just a little way from the steamer land- faces would be worth the coming here of only a few hours ride from Basel, l found ing, hidden among the trees, is the quaint itself. I have been bere so short a time young Hillebrand waiting for me.* l hardly old-fashioned "home" where dwells this that I have not been able to look very much think I should have known him had be not little company whose life is founded on the into the workings of the insti_tution, but spoken first to me.• He has improved wonprinciple of faith. A happy, hearty Ger- everything that I have seen has been most derfully in personal appearance, and is a man lady with a face as round and joyous satisfactory. fine looking young doctor. It was most as you often set:!, the "house-ml)ther," with Just let me give you a little idea of the pleasant to hear his voice again, which had her keys and bustling, busy manner, met us village and its life. l think 1 never saw in a most natural ring about it. He has deat the door and ushered us in. She told us any place so little appearance of poverty. veloped into a talented, fine-appearing and ~hat this was one of her brother's most occu- The houses are beautifullv neat and trim. well-educated young gentleman. As he has pied days, and that it would be quite irnpos- and almost every one with its garden plot or only his student-lodgings I went to a hotel,and sible for us to see him then, but she was an its window flower8. Just across the road soon after we started out to see the cathedral, excellent substitute we soon found and learn- from my room is a large vineyard; each or rather the view from the tower, which is ed what we wanted from her. There was a vine stands up trimly and properly by its most extensive. The spire you know is the kind of hearty goodness which radiated from respective pole, and the great field which a highest in Europe, and runs up to the dizzy her genial face that was most del~ghtful short time since looked like a company of height of some four hundred and sixty-five every time she spoke or smiled. They little black dwarfs, now looks like a little feet. This is rnv first 1·eal cathedral; I w.ould be most happy to have me stay with army · in fresh green costumes or uni- have seen th~se of Geneva. Lausaune, Frithem and as only those who were invalids forms. A little summer house, with a bourg, Berne, iurich and Basel, but this of could room in the house, she would find me verandah from which one has a beautiful view Strasboqrg is magnifi.cent,-the carvings, a place near at hand. So I am installed in of the lake, is not far from the gate. The stained windows, splendid gothic arches and a . most delightful chamber overlooking the tubs with small fig trees, with -their green spacious nave, are all indescribably fine. . lake and_ country, in. a most convenient fruit and an oleander, have a singularly Hillebrand is to be here only a few weeks house, with a garden right at hand bloom- home-like look. Off on the hills are beauti- longer; he is going on to Fribourg in Saxjng and beautiful. Such a change from fol groves of trees, an<l a church with its tall ony, where he is thinking of studying for a Geneva. German faces, and ways and Ian- tower stands out in bold relief against the time, and then probably will be going to guage on every hand! sky. The houses of the village have a very Arr...3rica. He is busy here in the labratory Mr. Zeller 1s a hearty, genial earnest man, New England look, with their snowy white experimenting, and seems to be an enthureminding me in face and physique very walls and green blinds, anq. the poplars in siastic chemist. His rooms are most commuch of Mr. Pratt. I should think his face the gardens add to this effect. The people fortable, and la st evening he '' made tea" wotl-ld work a cure when his faith might themselves have the most thoroughly pleas- and we had our supper together in the most fail. There are many here who are affected ant and kindlv manner. Manneqorf is one unceremonious manner. His father and with some ailment or other; no medicine at 9f those quiet: peaceful nook,s, of which one mother, Dr. and Mrs. H., are now in Maall is used and no physician called; (only) reaq.s but' so rarely finds. deira. This morning we took a drive in. prayer and kind care are the sovereign rem· and about Strasbourg, which is a most anStrasbourg, June 271h, edies. Those who have looked into the cient. city surrounded by a wall, which Last Monday l said good-bye to all my proved to be of most essential service during history of this most interesting institution feel that it has been remarkably blessed, and kind friend!:l in .Mannedorf, wh·o have been the Franco-Prussian war. The incidents of more devoted, earnest people it would be so truly friends, though they were all stran- that fierce struggle are constantly being impossible to find anywhere. Aside from gers when I came to this lovely little village brought to one'e mind. The city fairly I came down to Zurich, swarms with soldiers in every manner of unithe invalids there a re visitors who come by the lake. here for spiritual refreshment. There is a where l spent the night; as I had already form. We drove outside of the ramparts, rriost inte'r esting french gentleman from been there once l felt somewhat acquainted through one of the ancient gates, saw the Neufchatel, l'l nephew of frof. Godet of the with the city, and tried to see what I had huge barracks, passed mounted troops, etc., 'l'heolqgical Seminary there, who is my not seen before. There is a fine collection and then back into the old city for a visit toneighbor at table'. Beyond him is a very of" lake-remains," or rather "lake-dwellingagreeable yollng E;nglish lady, whose ac- remains," from that long, loni ago past, of * William Hillebrand, l\I. D., is a native of Honolulu. He was partially e(lucated at Cornell University. His nHme h11.~ quaintance l made to~qay ; ajso t~ree S'-3/e- which man now knows so little. Then next already appeared in the •· Scientific American," as hav i•l~ d•i sh students were here for severn.l days, came Basel or Bale, with it s fine cathedral made nn important 11i~covery in chem lea\ ~cie nre. ' '1' H E JfRIEND ' , SEPTEltJBER, the cathedral, and then to one of the other churches to see a magnificent grouping of statuary, which was erected to the memory of" .Marshal Saxe by Louis XV.; saw the wonderful clock of which I send a picture, and indeed it is wonderful in its elaborate mechanism. Can you see the cock on the left hand perched high up? At 12 to-day I heard it crow three times, and watched its flapping wings. The apostles advance and receive the benediction of Christ-death strikes the hours-an angel turns the hour glass, and other remarkable things are done. Its powers of calculation, of marking time, etc., are almost more like the workings of a human brain than those of a mere machine. l have seen Strasbourg and its sights; have listened to the music of the band in the public place, where crowds of people were gathered under the trees, listening to the music, eating their ices and drinking the inevitable beer ! · This afternoon I am going on to Heidelberg to see the splendid old castle there, tfl.en to Worms probably, to Cologne, and then to Elberfield, which is near at ~and. , . . I find no difficulty whatever in traveling, and the arrangements everywhere are so completl.3 that this Rhine journey does not present any of the difficulties that a trip around Hawaii would to a somewhat experienced traveler. · Elberfield, Rhineland, July 24th. I wrote you last from Heidelberg, or just as I was leaving Strasbourg. .From thence I came on to Heidelberg, then to Worms beautiful flowers and fru. it that I wish I might have b,een able to share them with you. I shall probably remain here . for several weeks.' At this season of the year, l find it far more pleasant to be comfortably and "coolly" settled tban rushing round in hot cities. The great feature of my most delightful trip hither was the castle at •Heidelberg, which is wonderful, and the cathedral at Cologne, which is even more so, growing more grand each month while the splendid ruined castle is left to slowly crumble away. l was very much interested in the Luther monument at Worms, where I stopped only long enough to t:1ee the monument and cathedral. The old building where Luther uttered his. famous words is now destroyed. The Rhine is bE>autiful, but I must ::iay that my imagination had pictured something so wonderfully fine that the reality seemed a little prosaic. The castles on the crags are most picturesque, perched like birds on the heights. We passed Bishop Hatto's tower where, legend says, the untortunate man was dev?ured by rats; and we saw the ~ocks of Leslie, where •the Songs of the Sirens drew the unwary to their doom. The day on the Rhine was perfect, the steamer fine, and everything most agreeable. Bingen, Coblentz, Bonn, we passed, and even in this way with t~e aid of the _guide book, I could get some idea of them. The cathedral of Cologne I haunted for a good part of the time I was there. My window at the hotel where I. stayed looked out directly on the cathedral square 1 and I had fine opportunities for observation. * * * Never before have I allowed so long a time to go by without sending you a letter. One hardly likes to confess that he has been so remiss, but as you know I am in arrears to the FRIEND since leaving Geneva, expect some time then a sweeping letter from Switzerland by the Rhine to Elberfield in Germany. F. W. DAMON. \ l 877, 76 \ Iwas solemnly impressed and M.avence, and from there down the Rhine t~ Cologne, and lastly to this pleasant German city of Elberfield, where I am for the present domesticated in the family of the Rev. Mr. Blanch, an English clergyman stud ving German. Elberfield and Harmen are two large manufacturing cities situated close together in the valley of the W upper, a river which flows directly through the two cities; the surrounding country is most beautiful, rich in woodland, fertile farms and gardens. There is great wealth here, and M1ss10NARY CoNVENTION lN CmNA.-We splendid public buildings, private residences have rec!iived from Dr. Gulick two numbers and churches abound. In the religious world the " vV upper of the "Celestial Empire," a weekly journal Thal" or valley is _especially known as be- of much ability published in Shanghae, ing the seat of the most evangelical Chris- China, co.n taining a most interesting report tianity in Germany, and the clergymen here are of the highest order. . The great Dr. of the great missionary convention held in Krummacher was for years settled here,. c.ad that city from the 10th to the 24th of May. here wrote at least a portion of his'' Elijah." More than one hundred missionaries (EngHere too is the central point of the Foreign lish, American and German) were present, Missions of Germany, and the training or about one· half of the whole number of schools of which I have spoken before. In foreign Protestant missionaries in China. a week or two there is to be the great "Fest-W oche" or anniversary, when people These meetings were held in the Shanghae gather from all parts of Germany to hear Temperance Hall. Speeches were made, the addresses just a:- at the meeting of the and essays were read upon all points of American Board. With the clergymen and practical importance connected with the the mission people the Blanchs seem to be on very intimate terms. I have heard lVl.rs. great missionary enterprise. Among other B. speak particularly of the distinguished topics, that of the opium question was fully Prof. Christlieb of Bonn, who spoke with discussed. It appears that anti-opium sosuch effect at the evangelical alliance in cieties exist, and others are being organized. New York, at whose home she visits every year. · . "_Dr. Edkins recommended _th~t such soMr. Blanch has a beautiful fruit o-arden c1et1es be founded at every m1ss10n. center, in the vicinity of Barmen just now full ·of s? as to impart from the outset a Christian the finest curran~s and raspberries. Yester- bias and tone to the move~ent. The e~tent day I-spent a portion of the day with him and prevalence of. the evil were fully 11lusthere, in the mid st of such an abundance of 1 trated. The terrible growth of the curse upon all interested in the subject: as at Soochow, where it is estimated that there are now six or eight opium smokers out of ten adult males: that there are no less than five thousand opium lamps burning in public places of resort, and at.an average of seventy cash a day spent by each smoker there would be $2,500,000 spent a!'lnually in that city alone on opium. Thirty years ago there were only five or six opium dens in the city. Nineteen out of every twenty employed jn the yamens smoked opium. The attitude to be assumed by the Christian church towards this vice was next discussed, and a decided opinion was expressed by all who spoke that the native church must be kept clear of the evil at all costs : that on no account must the tone of the church be levelled down to ac~ commodate the vices of the people." , . . The s_ubJer~ ':as discussed of the support of a native rmmstry: "Dr. Gulick thought the views of the Conference were far ahead of the views gen• erally entertained twenty-five years ago, and detailed the evil effects produced by a too ravish use of funds in Southern Europe; He held that the Providence of God had sent the Gospel to the many islands of th~ sea first, in order that the church might ]earn by experience how to use money, and to exert wise efforts in the continents of In: dia and China. * * * Dr. Douglas read a paper on the , Inadequacy of the present means for the evangelization of China, and the necessity for far greater effort and more sy:3tematic co-operation on the part of different societies so as to occupy the whole field.' ln the course of his remarks Dr. Douglas said there were two hundred missionaries to about 400,000,000 people, or one to 2,000,000. The claims of China were equal to the claims of all the rest of the world put together." SABBATH BREAKING A vENGED.-There is a lesson drawn by the Presbytm"ictn from the horrors of the July Sabbath in Pittsburg,· when fire, robbery, bloodshPd and devastation raged through the town. The question is asked with great pertinency, in view of that day's work : ... Should not the railroad authorities of the land be admonished thereby that the money which is made by their · continual traffic on the Sabbath may be easily destroyed on the Sabbath ? Is it not worth while for them to canvass the question whether the violations of the Sabbath have not assisted to breed the very class of men who now turn and rend them ? ' My Lord Cardinal,' said a sorely beset queen to her tormentor, Richelieu, 'God is a slow paymaster-but he pays.' '' • " MARK Tw AIN " was the nom, de plume of one Capt. Isaiah Sellers; who used to· write river news over it for the New Orleans Picayune. He died -in · 1863, and as he could no longer need that signature, I laid violent hands upon it without askmg permission of the proprietor's remains. That is the history of the nom de plume I bear. -Samuel L. Clemens. 76 T II E F, R I E N D ! S E P T t M B J~ R , I 8 7 7 • THE FR I END nei. l\Ir. Wilder has secured t.be services of l\fr. A. A. Windship formerly Chief Engineer of the City of 8an ]!1rancisco as Chief Engint->er of our SEPT EM BER t. 1817. new boat, who comes here with 11is family to settle, and Mr. A. \V. 'l'ncker as first asss1sta11t THE NEw STEAMER "L1KELIKE."-We Engint~er. In the mu.tter of the Gonstrnction of heartily congratulate the Hon. S. G. Wilder, tbe vessel. l\lr. Wilder speaks in the highest terms of the fi'.lithful and valuable services rendered Mr. Sorenson, and all others who have bee_n by Mr. 'l'bos. Sorenson. of the firm of Tibbets & instrumental in furnishing for the public Sorenson of tl1is city. who was specially employed to snpervjse the work in San Franci:,co. convenience a first-class if-land coasting boat. The Lilcelike brought, besides a goodly number It appears to be exactly suited to our island of other pa;;sengers. Her Royal Higlrness tbe Princt>ss Mfriam Likelike Oleg;horn (for whom she travel and trade. Long may she run. In is named) and t,be Hon. A. S. Cleghorn; and as bidding farewell to the old Kila,uea, we she displayed the Royal Standard at tbH fore n.s she approached the harbor, a sal11t.e was fired from cannot refrain from remarking upon the the batte:>ry on Punchbowl. Tbe new st.earner 8tarled on her first inter-island good ~ervice she bas rendered the island trip last evening. proceeding to Nawiliwili. K1-1.11ai, community for more than twenty years. with a considerable party ot excun;ionists. Sbe Well do we remember when she first ar- will return to-morrow. Sunday morning, and it is expected that their :Majc~Hties the lting- ·and Queen, rived, being commanded by Capt. Bush, by who have been spending sevt->ral Weeks on the way of Cape Horn. She was built under leeward island, will return by her. I tbe special direction and with the capital of C. A. William_s, Esq., of New London. Never was there a better built boat, and the many hard "knocks" which she has received while cruising around and among our reefs and shoals, prove that she was built II upon honor," and if the builders of the Likelike in San Francisco have done their work as faithfully and furnished as -goo1l material::, they deserve all the good \trorJs which have been published in their favor. For a more full description of the new steamer, we copy the following from the Advertiser of August 18th : The looked-for and mucb talked of new Interislanu steamer, built for the Hawaiian government through its 1:J.gent tlle Hon. S. G. Wilder at da11 Francisco, tau.de ber appearance on Tuesday morning last, ,rntt be1· ad vent created an excitement among all classes of the community second only to an eartb4 uake or a tidal wave. .Men. women and cbiluren rushed, scr!i.mbled or meandered toward thti E:,plaoade to get a look at" 0111· new stearuer." From her foremast beau ishe displayed ber name . iu a flowing '' birgee," tbe LIKELlK~:. Sbe made a gallant appearance as Hhe st-eamed into the harbor· •.Hid up to her berth,-the vett>rau .Marchant un tbe bl'idge,-and quietly and gracefully took he1· position as tlrnugh ·· to the mat'lnel' boru.n Our uew stei:.mtn· is acknowledged, on all hands, to be a perfect success. and thereit\ retle,cts great credit on the gentleman who bas been most intimatelv connected with her inception and colllpl e tiou ,..:..Mr. Wilder. She is ol ,59'.!l tons burthen. built of Oregon pine, wiLh oak and other hard woo cl trimmings, fastened with copper and galvanizecl iron, locust trenailed, double deck, witli hurricane deck for about halt lJer length. Her engine is compouod, built at H.isdon Iron Works, San Francisco. with cyliuders of 4-0 incli and 21 in. diameter and ::Si in. stroke. The propellt~r, of bronze metal, ir; 10 feet 4 inches in size. 'l'be boiler is 11i fept in lengU:1 and 12~ t·eet in diameter. On bel' trial trip at San Francisco. August 2d, she made easily 64 revolutions per minute, with a speed of 11 knots, but her regnlar business will probably average but 58 to {iO revolutions. Her cabin accom.rnodat10ns are light, airy, roemy. handsome, and a vast improve:r.nent on those of the old Kilauea, in every desirable par1icular. and we teel that we may safely congratulate out· island community on <tbe acquisiifon of this staunch and commodious bridge across our rough channels. To produce just such a vessel as we now have, so promptly and successfolly, in all particulars, has l'equi1·ed the combination of qnite a number ot favorable agencies and circumstances. Amon~ the f:orrnet·, we may mention the valuable assistance rendered to the agc>nt nf ou·l' government in San Francisco by the wellknown firm of Wiialfams,, Bla-nchard & Co., by W. H. Dimond. Lirn,wll .a Hawaiian born. by officials 0t tlrn P . .M. S. Cu. aud ot.hers, friend s of llttwaii " Persia asks ad mission to the postal union. All the civilized governments of the world will directly participate in the advantages of the union before the expiration of the present year.~' Even Persia is to enjoy the benefits of the postal union, but the Hawaiian must remain for the present among the " outside barbarians." Until the ne~essary arrangements can be made, we do think the Postmaster General should be authorized by the Minister of the Interior to supply the necessary United States postage stamps for the public convenience. The present arrangement is most awkward and inconvenient. The numerous English visitors in the passing steamers, for example, find great inconvenience in procuring P nited States stamps for their papers. HoooLUMs.-By recent reports from San Francisco, it appears that the city has been Placed in imminent danger from this cl~ss of persons. If we· have read the h_istory of that city correctly for the past thirty years, this class of persons has been systematir.ally educated there by liquor saloons, . Sabbath desecration, and the vast array of anti-religious associations. A hoodlum is merely a . . young man . addicted to rntemperance, Sab. . . , bath desecrat10n, smoking, and other d1sreputable practices. As other cities are experiencing the· sad results of hoodlum education, we hope the good people of Honolulu and the islands generally will avoid countenancing practices the tendency of which is -0nly to evil and demoralization.· CoLLE'GE D1sc1PLINE.-The newspaper reports of " hazing '' and expulsions for insubordination, would lead .to the belief that college discipline in the United States was in a most unsatisfactory condition. By the Jast mail we receiv-ed from Prof. Hitchcock of Amherst College his report of " Physical Exercise,_" and cases of discipline for the year 1876-7 as compared with former years; and from an average running back for fifty years, it appears that cases of discipline are now much less frequent than formerly. It is a noteworthy fact that in proportion to the increase in the number of students, cases of discipline are diminishing. Forty ye8:rs ago there were 118 students in the college, -now 335. When there were few students cases of discipline were far more frequent than at the present time. As figures speak the truth, whereas from 1856 to 1876 cases of annual discipline diminished from 200 to 24. Perhaps, remarks Prof. Hitchcock, this feature is owing to : 1-A repeal of many petty and effete laws and requirements. 2-Governing students more by their own manhood and self reliance. !lCate and fellowship of the students over and with each other. 4-The effect of some revivals of religion in Co"llege. Our islands, we believe, have four ...,under graduates at Amherst,-H. lVl. Whitney, senior, B. I. Bond, C. A. Peterson and 0. A. Shipman, juniors. TEMPERANCE IN lVlrcHIGAN.-Mr. Church, formerly president of Oahu College, thus writes under date of July 16th, Greenv-1lle, Michigan: " We have been right m the midst of the great temperance movement since February. Dr. Reynolds spent two days among us. A reform club of 800 members has been formed. Many great changes have been effected. Several saloons have been dried up and many drunkards of long standing reclaimed. The three churches gave up their Sabbath evening services, and . • all 3omed in a union temperance meeting. The congregations have been immense. The ladies have formed a 'Ladies' Christian Temperance Union' of 400 members; Mrs. Church is president. The men's club wear a red ribbon and the ladies white. Of course there is an immense amount of hard wo!J done. Members of the towr,i clubs go • • t ti d' · · ·11 d out rn o 1e a JOJmng v1 ages an country h l d· · t d · I b d h sc oo 1stric s an organize c u s, an t e h l t · th 11 d w o e coun ry 1s oroug 1 y canvasse . Th r I l't· f th S ere are a very 1ew oca 1 1es o e tate th a t h a·re no t been reac he d" . The Charge d'Affaires of the German Empire, Baron von Thielmann, in the name of the President of the United States of America, has presented to Captain Meyer, of the steamer .F"'t·isia, a splendid gold chronometer and chain for himself, a tine marine glass for Mr. Rudolph Franzen, the first officer, on the .J?ommercmia, and one hundred dollars in gold for the four sailors of the boat's crew, in recognition of their services in saving the lives of the crew of the schooner Gettysbw·,q, . of Gloucester, Mass., which was found dismasted at sea on December 16., 1876. FltlEND, THK NAVAL.-Yesterday tnot-ning H. B. M.'s sloop .IJ.lbatross, Commander Ernest Rice, arrived at this port, 85 days from Panama. is a list of her officers : The following lVlAl{lN_E .JOUltNAL. PORT OF l-IONOLULU, S. I. Lieuts-A\vin C. Corry, Henry C. Carr• tlav f,ieut.-'£. Hawkins Smith .-lRRIV~\.LS. Stqff' Surg.-William Pattullo Papmaster.-James H. Wallis Sub Lieut.-Wilmot W. 1L Rivett Enginens.-Alexand.:r l'urvi~, Richard J. Wheeler Gunner -Edward l'inkney C<1rpe•1.ter.-Charles i\Jartin Clerk.-Geo. W. H. Magi;s. Aug, P. C. Advertis11r, ,fog. 4. Special Notice, Information Wanted Respecting WILLIAM LLTTLEFIELD, who left England about fifty years ai,:o, on board the whaling 11hip Ji'ame, lor a cruise in the Pacilic, and reported as ·wrecked al the l\Iarqu.:11as Islands. The ~hip is reported to have been taken to Valparaiso, and there condemned. There w:1s a report that said William Littldield left the Marquesas Islands and came lo Honolulu with two of lus ehipmates. He had t1rn brother11, James and Cornelius. The latter went to America, and is no,v living with his son, William Littlefield, 168 l:ast 82d 111tree1, New York City. lf any informatiun can be furnished iL will be most gratefully receivecl. Letters may be addrc11sed to William Littlefield 168 ~:ast 82d street, New York, or to the Editor of THE Jfnlt:ND, or Pacific Commercial Advertiaer, Uonolul"", Information Wanted. New Bedford, ,July 9, 1877, REV. S. C. UA.MON-Dear sir: Thomas F. Longill left this port in the i;h-ip Sea Breeze Oct. 2, 1876. They touched at Honolulu, where young Loui;ill deserted with a number of others. The parents of Longill are very anxious about hiw, and reque8ted me 10 write you to ascertain i1 possible his whereabouts. Will you be so kigd as to make the necessary inquiries imd write me as soon a11 convenient. Yours, JAMES D. BUTLER, Port Chaplain, Respecting CHARLES LUNT of Orono, Maine, W8!1 officer of a whaleijhip lost iu the Arctic, some years ago. When last !lea.rd of was in Honolulu; any information will be tha!¥ifully received by his brother James F. Lunt, Virginia Uity, Nevada, or at the office of the :1!'1.UEND. Respecting CHARLKS BESSONETT, who sailed from New Bedford in bark Superior, 1862 or f>3, and in 1858 was sailing out of Honolulu. Co1I1wunicate with the editor or Mrs. Samh A. Gross, Bristeil, R. l. Respecling JAMES R GREENE, last heard from on hoard barlt Active at Yokohama. The vessel wu11 condemned at that port. Any information may be sent to l\lrs. Elizabeth U. Greene, Southampton, L I, ur to F S l:'ratt, Honolulu. Respecting Joseph A Ray, form~rly of Falm~uth, Mas~, and oor.c a sailor on boa.rd the whaleshtp "Henry Kneeland.' ln formation de~iml by the l'lev Charles l) Ray, 311 ~ast 62 11treet, New York, or the editor of the l"RtEND. A. L. Sill.l~'H, IMPORTER & DEALER IN JEWELRY, • King'a Cc,mbination Spectacles, • Glass and lated Ware, Sewing M.achines, Picture l!'rames, Vases, Brachts, etc. etc. TERi\lS STRICTLY CASI-I [ly] No. 73, Fort St. THRUM & OAT, STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, P • • Ho11olulu, ACKAGES OF R~ADlNG MA.TTER-01!' Papers and Magazines, back numbers-put up to order at reduced 1·ates for parties going to sea. ly H BISHOP St 00., BANKERS, O NO LULU, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS DH.AW EXCHANGE ON THE BANK OF C!LIFORNU, SAN }'IUN()ISCO, - A1'D THl':IR A.OKNTS IN - New Iork, Bol!lton, Paris, Auchln11d, TUE o·RIEN'l'AL BANK CORPORATION, LONDON, - AND THIIIR BRA.~CHBS IN - Hou;ikong, Sydney, and Melbourne, Aud 'f ransa.cl a Genera.I Banking Businc33, 1-Am hktne Victor, Sievert, 26 dys from Port G>1mbie 1-Am bk Coloma, Hall, 14 days from :5an ~·rancisco. 3-H B lll's 11loop Albatross, Com Rice, 35 days from Panama. 3-[faw bk Uourier, Ahlborn, 19 days from Elan Fran, 4-Am brig W H Meyer, Brown, 24 days from San Francisco. 4-Tahitian bk Ionia, Lovegrove. 29 days from Tahitt. 8-Am bk John Jay, Swenson, 33 days from Burrnrd"is Inlet. 10-Am bk Camden, Robinson, 20 days fm Port Gamble 14-R 111 ::$ S Zealandia, Otievalier, 18 days frn Sydney, 14-Haw '8tmr Liltelike, Marchanr, 9 days&. 4 hr!! fm ~an Francisco. lo-Am bk Harriet N Carleton, Harkness, 48 dys froffi Hongkong. 15-Brit sh Abeoua, Grosart, 124 days from Liverpool. 16-Am bktne Wm H Ddtz, Endicott, 14½ day:s from San Francisco. 18-Ht~; schr Giovanni Ai,iani, Whltnoy, from ~:1,\~~ 19-Tahitian t<Chr Aiata, Chapman, 17 dayg from Pen rhyn's Islands. 21-Arn bl.tne Monitor, Emeson, 16 dy8 from San Fran 23-P M S Cit.v of New York, Cobb, 7 days & 15 houri. from San l!'rnncisco. 24-Am wh bk Hunter , Holt, from l'ana1na. DEPARTURES. Aug. No. 19 Met·chnnt Str~et, • S E P T E ~I B E R , bk DC lllurray, Fuller, f,,r San f.raucbco. bk Coloma, Hall, fur Guano Islaud:s. bk Atalanta., Gatlee, for Port Town8e11d. schr Bonanza, Miller, for Sn.n Francidco. IO-Am bktne Victor, Sievert, for Port Townsend. Aug. 11-Am bk M B Roberie, Hernpstead, for San Fran. 11-A.m sh Ji'leetford, Taylor. for the guano islands. 13-Hrit bk E~kbank, Barr, for Porllaud. 14-R MS S Zealandia1 Chevalier, for San }'ran. 17-Am bk Camden, Robinson, for Port Gambl•a 19-Am bk ,John Jay, Swenson, for Port 'l'owusend. 23--P MS City ofNelV York, Cobb, for Auckl~nd. ~-Am brig \I\' H Meyer, Brown, for San Francisco . 2-Am 3-Am 8-Am 10-A m MEMORANDA. Rli:PORT 01'' BK IONIA, LOVEOROVE, MASTER.-Lcft Papeete July 6, with light easterly wind; soon after getting outside fell calm; iu sight of the island four days, after wli.ich moderate breezes; fell light again with very sqn!tlly weather. Crossed the equator ou the 19th in long 151 ° 5' W, with moderate E by N wmds; lost SE trades on the 23,J, lrom thence till the 27th had heavy rains and s11ually weather, when we Cbll'•ht the NE trnde·H, very sc{ually throughout the 29th and 30~h; close reeled topsail breeze with heavy sea; then moderate winds until making lhe land Oil the 1st Aug, and from south point of Hawaii to port had light variable winds and cahus. REPORT OF 8CHll W H ~1E:YER, A BROWN, MASTER.-Left San FrauciMco on the 11th July; have experienced floe 1veather wirh calms aud light winds the entire passage. REPon·r OF BK JOHN JAY, G C !;\VENSON, MAeTErt.-Left Burrard'e Inlet .lune i7, and passed Cape Ciasset .July 6; on the coast of California had light southerly and southwesterly wiml~ . •July 23, in lat 33° N took the NE trades, but very light und they continued so until we sighted Maui Aug 7; from thence to port more fresh. Aug 8 at 9.30 a m, took a pilot off Honolulu. Ri,:ro11T OF B1, CAMDEN, ROBINSON, UAs'rEn.-Sailed from Port ~amble .lul_y 21, and came out of the straits oil the 23d; had light NW wmcls to lat :n ° N long 14.2 ° W, from thence to port light trade wimls. Made 1he island of Maui Aui,: 9 at 6 am, at,d arrived o[ Diamond Head Aug 10 at 10 a rn. Rl!:l'Olt't' o~· R l\l s s ZE:ALANDIA, CHEV ALTER, Co~rnl.ANDER.-July 27, at 3 pm (Austra,ian time) left Sydney; arrived at Auckland, Aug 1at934 am. and left again at 3 pm isame day; paHsed from eaijt to west long on Friday the 3d, an<I croslled the equator on the 9th in long 167 ° 29' W; weather moderate and fine throughout the vo.1-age. Arrivea in Honolulu at 10.45 am Aug 15. R. lllcDoNALD, Purser. REPORT OF HAW S'l'MK T,IKELmE, }IA.RCHANT, COMMAN• DER.-Left the Pacific l\lail Vock, .:!an Francisco, on Sundav Aug 6 at 8 a rn; discharged pilot at 10 am. llave experienced light winds and fine we,,ther the entire paesage. Stopped the engines once duriug the pabo;age for an hour on the eighth day. Miles made each day are as follows: 255, 242, 2-10, 240, 223, 223, 2U, 237. 250. ',\'. G. BRASH, l'nrser. REPORT OF TAHI'rlAN sc1m AUTA, ll CHAPMAN. M.AS1'Ell. -First part of the passage !tad fresh SE trades to 3 o N, then had light wind and calm for five days; t• ok the NE trades in lat 7 ° N. 8igblcd Hawaii Aug 17th. siuee then light winds to port. REPORT OF HAW TRADING SCHR GIOVANNI APIANI. BENJ WlllTNEY, l\IASTER,-Ldt Honolulu April 10th, for tlie Arctic Ocean. l:lad 8tormy weather on passage up; went through Scyuam Pass May 6th; sighted ice on the 11th, and the next clay tipoke bark Rainhow, hacl lieen iu the ice and knocked her fore-foot otr and copper; !,!'Ot through the ice June 15th ro Cape Thaddeus, and saw good many whales along the land. Ships that left port a month later went up farther east, and saw very little ice, and had been up to the land for 10 days when I arrived. Heard of bark Java being stove and sunk in the ice dicl not bear particulars. Capt Dexter, of schooner Lolita, re; ported that the W H Allen ha.cl been over to Cape York, and the native!! cnme on hoard and kicked up a row, the officers and crew with hanclspikc111 and heavers killed some 10 or 12, and drove the remainder overboard. Short time previou~ the 8Choooer Emilie 1"ranzine was there, and the native,; went on buard and drove all hand~ ul:low, took what they wautcd and 71 l 8 7 7. left, ,uppo@ing that lhey could do the Ha.me on board of tbe Allen. Had a heavy gale froin south while laying at anchor on the north side of East Uape, lost anchors and chain. Ltift July 18th for Honolulu, and came through Onimack on the 28th; AI.lg 2d, in lat 48 !law a .scllourier steering ca11t, su}'>po.sed lo ht! Gen Harnt:y; -!th, lat 44 ° N, long lf>ii O W, !lpoke ,Jane A falkiaburg, all well. Ha,! light Saud :,W wind,s 10 lat 30 ° 50', thence ,;troog E winds; 17tll. ,ighted Molokai and arrived in pori next clay, with i000 lbs bone and !000 lbs walrus ivory. REPOIIT OF' P ::n iS 01-rv oF NEw Youli.. W B Col3~, CoM l!A NDY.tt.-Left San Fraucisco August 15th, at 1 pm. Fine weather during entire trip down; arrive,! in Uonolulu on the 23d, at 6 a 111. Lay-to olf U!moml Uea1l from 2.30 a. 111. SA BEAHDSLJ,;Y, Pnr11er. °, e A SSE NG ERS. -- - ----====:--=--== Fou 8.H-1 FRANc1st:o-Per D C Murray, A.ug 1-)llss L Loui!son, H Braham,; and wife, Mr Slos8. EnoM SAN FRANc1sco-Per W II Meyer, Aog 4,-Mrr; Taylor and 6 cltildren, !:I Bradley, HJ l\lelliiJ. Mr l\lcDowall, T J'oue!I, '1' Chridtley, T Conlan, and 29 Chinamen. fnolr TAHITI-Per Ioni,L, Aug 4:-Mons Gervsr;et, ~lr Sawyer. FROM PonT 0AMllLE-I'er Ca.wden, Aug 10:-N C Haley, wife and 4 child1·eu. Fou S.\N F1tANc1sco-Per Bonanza. Aug 10-Wm Mann. F110M Svmo:w HID A UCl(LAND-Per Ztalaodia., Aug 14)Jr 1:-Ju1tou,-68 in trnm,ilu. fo1t 'l'Amn-Per Ionia., Aug 14-:Hr f:!awyer, Mons Georgct anti Muka. FROM SAN F1tANC1sco-Per Likelike. Aug H-IJ l't H Princess Likelike, Hons Jllra J Mott ~ruith, Hou A:, t:lcghoru, Hon IS G Wilder. Sam l'arker and wife, llr,; A A \\ inship a.ml :l children, Mrs H 11 l\ uble, .Miss Ad"- aud lllik!! Alice Van Winkle, Mrs Hiram Car~uu and 2 cbildnrn, Th11b l:!orcn on, wife and 4 children, Mr Akim. Geo C McLean anti son, Alfrtd Mellis and wife. Dr J 8 Joeselyn an,I wifo, l\lr11 J ll Josselyu, Mrs BF Josselyn, Mrs CA Chapin, Mrs N '.\-1 Frazer, Wrn Gable, Mrs Christian and 2 children, ll J Aguew, Malcolm Browu, Jas Dodd, .Miss Kale Haley, M Strau~,s, John Buckley, John J<!ue:s, Manuel iera., lllis,i lllarie •.JoH George, W Bohn,, Thns O'Brien, C H l omeroy. A Jouvfenne, l) Fidernann, Ua.rney Oudt, R O'Brien-, E Dolan 1 John Carter, Oscar Hill, H Uou!lee, H Robinson, SE l\Iann, J H Stylt',s, Miss V Croaker, l<.l Bon·d . lfort 8AN FRANc1sco-Pcr Zeala.ndi:i., Aug H-F .J l\lellfs, J 111 Oat, Jr, S l\lagnin, .I McUrindle, llliss ::$ King, !\l Green, Mrs llI S Rice, Mi11s U Isenberg, ~lrs F Huwe aud maid, 8 T French, l\lrs W H Kiug and child, L Asen, Mrs M Gertz, Gro Tony, l!' A Silva, wife 11nd 4 children, Master l\I Robcrt11, ,1 .J II Medaner, A H Messer, W Thomas, J Holan, Acl.liu, Wu Siu, Ah Lan Yang Tong. l!'RoM HONGKONG-Per Harriet N Carleton. Aug 16:-~lra Harkness, Miss L Curtie and 368 Chinese lahorcrs. FnoM SAN FRA~c1sco-Per \Vm H Deitz, Aug 16,-lienry Hart, Waller A Hardy, Tho,i :5cruggs, \\Im Hardy, 90 furclg11 mmigh•,nti3 and 99 Chinese laborers. F1tonx SAN F1tANC1sco-Per City of New York, Aug 23-11 Morel, A Welch, l\lrs W R Cast!.:, T H Hobron, wife and ,ion, Mrs .I A Hopper, Mri, ,las ll Agoew and son, C l\leniekc, wife and infant, Dr. AH !Shaw, Chas E Hancroft, D Rankin t.ucl sister, \V H C()rowell, wife, nurse and 2 children, ,Joo Faros• worth and wife, M Greenwell, Chas Breuning and wife. FOK AUCKLAND AND SYDNEY-Per City of New York, Aug 23-Chas Cawte, Capt H W l\list, C Mahler, J E Cheevers and wile, E Kennedy, J N log,·aham, Chas Sheridan. Fon SAN F!!ANC!SCO-Per W II Meyer, Aug 23-William Weight, Ii P Clark. MAB.RIED. CoAN-:\loERt.-ln New York City, at the office uf M:qor Bly, June 20th, Dr 'f. M. COAN, late of the Hawaiian i:slandN, to LEONIE, daughler of N l\'loeri of Besancon, France. l'ERN~:T-CLAUS.-ln Paris, .June 2lbt, Mo11H .M l'ERNET, Chancelier to the Frencb Commissioner at the 1-lawaiiim hl ands, to Mdlfe JEN1'«11'l CLAt;s. AULD-Li,;w1s-In this city, August ]8th, by the Rev Hermann Kockcmann. Mr JAMtiS AULD to Mrll CAROLINE L;;w1s both of Honolulu. DIED. UNAUNA...a.At Ewa, Oah\1, July 29th, Hon. J. K. lINAUNA member elect of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Waialua, aged 49 years. COHN,-At Kealakekua, Hawaii, .July 17th. l\lr JULIUS COHN, in the 50th year of his age; a native of Stolp, in Po111erania. WoLFE-A.t Honolulu, August l6Ll1, NtKA DottA1'11EA iu. fant daughter of(;. l!'. and N. G. Wolle, aged 14 days. ' u:::r Adrian and Escanaba (Michigan) papers plea11c copy. HILTON.-At the Queen's Uo>1pital, Aug 11th, ELI IIILTON a na\ive of Maine, and for many years a resident of Astoria' W.1'. • GIBSON-On the 10th of A u;rnst, at his father's residence in LAhaina, JOHN LEWIS GIBSON, oldest son of Walter Murray Gibson. The deceasecl was born near l'endleton, South Carolina, and was 34 years of age. CARRINGTON-On the 201h of August, in this city, !\Ir R A CARRINGTON, alias, Charles Wilson, be had resided 15 year11 in California. The deceased was a native of Brooklyn, and has a si8ter residing in that city, anrl a brother F A Carrington at Hudson Lena.we County, Michigan. [Michigan papcrt1., please copy . During hiij 11ickneiss he was a beneficiary of lbs Latlic"' t:itrangcr'~ b'ricud :::odcty. . (,. 78 '11 H E F R I E N D , S E P T E ItI B E R , 1 8 7 7 . [For the Friend.] might be; for not only had his life been ::;pared while " breathing out threatenings and slaughter against thR disciples of the BY REV, DANIEL DOLE, Lord," but he had been wonderfully changed There are many kinds of knowledge, from Saul the persecutor to Paul the apostle. some of them more or less useful, some inAnd closely connected with the knowl• jurious ; but there is one kind that is useful edge of Christ's long-suffer.ing is that of his in the highest degree. Paul calls it excellove: for these are kindred attributes. Paul lency of knowledge. It is the knowledge of Christ Jesus our Lord. For this knowl- considered the saying worthy of all acceptation "that Christ Jesus came into the world edge he counted all things but loss. As the to save sinners;" and he knew that love mariner in danger of shipwreck casts his alone impelled him to came. "The grace most precious wares into the sea, in order to of our Lord exceedingly abounded with faith save his· life, so for this knowledge, the arid love which is in Christ Jesus." The great·apostle suffered the lass of all things, strength of this love was wonderful. " Who ~ccounting them as the merest trifles in loved me and gave himself for me,"-for me, compariso_n with what he gained. Wha:t he the chief of sinners. Well might he speak sacrificed was reputation, the hope of proof this love as constraining,-constraining; motion among his people, and bis chosen those who have felt it to live, not to themfriends. He not only lost them, but they selves, but to him who died for them. Wetl became bitter enemies. might he estimate the excellency of the The first act in obtaining a knowledge of knowledge of Christ Jesus as above all price. Christ must have been a great surprise. It For this is life eternal to know the only true was to discover that he whom he had been God, and Jesus Christ whom he has sent. persecuting with the greatest rancor as an (John, 17:3). And this knowledge of the imposter was no other than ~e long expectFather is attained only through the Son. Was it • ed Messiah, the Son of God. For as no one cometh to the Father except strange that this discovery should cause him through the Son, so no one knoweth the t.o tremble and to ask, "w·hat wilt thou Father except through the Son. have me to do?" Having fasted and prayThis knowledge is professive. Therefore ed three days, he was informed . what he the Savior said, "Learn of me; for I am ~hould do, and he conferred not with flesh meek and lowly ·in h_eart ;" and Peter exhortand blood, . but immediately entered upon 11 ed, · Grow in grace, and in the knowledge the great work to which he was called. of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." " Straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of, God:" and he was ready for this work, being fami''A Lone Land, and Who Lived on it." 1ia r with the pr9phecies rel a ting to the This is the title of a series ofarticles apcoming of the Messiah ; and the revelation that Jesus was the Messiah was all that he pearing m the Weekly News of Auckland, needed in order to enter upon the work of New Zealand, by H. B. Sterndale. No. 6 preaching the gospel. This knowledge was appears in that paper of June 2d. The the key that unlocked those prophecies, and former articles have not teen receive9, alenabled him to explain and apply them. though we should be glad to fall in with The '' lone land" referred to is Thus he continued ,, witnessing both to them, Micronesia, including Ascension Island, small and great, saymg none other things than those which the prophets and Moses Strong's Island, and others in that part of did ~ay should come; that Christ should the Pacific. The writer appears to be famisuffer, and that he should be the fir:-t that liarly acquainted with that class of persons, should rise from the dead, and should show s.o often spolrnn of as "beach-combers," light to the people, and to the gentiles." known by such as the following names,Cockney Jim, Bob Darling, &c. He reActs, 25 : 22 and 23. Having learned that Jesus was the Mes- matks that "Cockney Jim was a notorious siah, he learned also his characteristics : and character, and made no secret of his vilone of these was his long-suffering. While lainies, but was always ready to tell the fasting and praying three days at Damascus, story how he and Jack Cook robbed the he reviewed his past life, and• he felt that he church," adding that Cockney Jim must not had been a blasphemer and a per&ecL~tor, be confounded with Yankee Jim of Caliand he caHed himself the chief of sinners. fornia. Excellency of Knowledge. But he obtained mercy that in him as the chief of sinners Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering. He is astonished at the forbearance of Jesus whom he had pers'ecuted with implacable hatl'ed.; and well he Mr. Sterndale, whoever he may be, appears to be well acquainted with the peculiar state of society in Micronesia, where our American and Hawaiian missionaries have encountered a class of men who have left the lands of their nativities for reasons ·oest known to themselves. Referring to the numerous vessels which have been wrecked and '' cut off," he says: "It will help to form some id;a of the enormous amount of valuable property which has gone to destruction or fallen into the hands of barbariam in this particular vicinity, if taking the island of Ualan (Strong's Is-land) as a center, we draw around it an imaginary circle with a radius of about ten degrees, and reflect upon the number of vessels which, within the memory of the present generation, have been willfully run on shore, scuttled, or burned, and the greater portion of their crews exterminated." He then specifies the Globe and some others, remarking as follows: At the Pescadores, Captain McIntyre, of San Francisco, anchored and landed at the invitation of a pretended friendly chief, and was instantly beheaded on the seash~ore in sight of his crew, who were directly thereafter attacked and cut to pieces, and the vessel stripped and burned. At a neighboring island of the same group one Captain Do\vsett landed with a boat's crew and was never more seen, although he is supposed to be still living, as his name has been found cut upon trees in several places, lately on Arrecifos, an island now used as a trading depot by Captain Hayes. A short time ago 9 H. M. S. Blanche, when cruising in tliat vicinity, visited the island of Kaili, and there buried one of her officers. They d.escribed the natives as a guod sort of harmless people, and did not seem to be aware that about the very spot where they must have landed there lies visible in the shoal water of the lagoon the charre<l ribs arid floor timbers of the Plying ]·?ox of San Francisco, which was treacherously seized and destroyed by ·these simple-minded savages, and all hands belonging to her killed, with the exception of one Polynesian man. This writer makes not the most distant r~ference to missionaries or their. ·labors, omitting to notice the fact that since missionaries commenced their labors on Marshal1, Kingsmill or Caroline Islands, all included in the "ten degrees radius," not one instance of a massacre can be cited except that of a certain German schooner on one of the northern Marshall Isiands, and duly reported in the FRIEND by the Rev, Mr. Snow -an island where no missionary had ever landed. We take an interest in this matter, because the safety of life and property and the prosperity of commerce, has been most essentially enhanced by missionary labor. Merchants and· others engaged in trading among the inhabitants of the Micronesian [slands have found and will find it essentially conducive to their intere'3ts to sustain_the missionary enterprise. We hope Mr. Ste·rn1 dale will bear his testimony to this point. fi~ R. I E N D., 'f HE ============================= ADVERTISEMENTS. J· Attorney at Law. Office over Mr. Whitney's Book-store, formerly occupied by Judge Austin. Honolulu, H. I. de-1876 DR· F • .B. HUTCHINSON, pmce e,t Drug Store, corner of Fort and Merchant Streets; Residence, Nuuam1 A venue, near School Street. Office Hours, 9 to 11 A. M. fel '7d 'W' G• I R ,v 1 N & C O •• HOME BRADLEY & RULOFSON ! ' • For the best Photographs&. Crayons in San l!'ranclsco AND THE VIENNA MEDAL ! For the Be~ in the World! OFFICE OF Plantation !!,nd In,urance Agents, Honolulu, H. 1. & SAILORS' BRADLEY & RULOF SON' ART GALLERY Oom.mission Merchants, LEWERS 79 I 8 77. THE NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL: For the Best Photographs in the United States: Surgeon, 01111 TO THE PUBLIC! FIRST PREl\'IIUM GOLD MEDAL 'IiHE was awarded at the Industrial .1!:xhibitiou, 1875, to M. DAVIDSON, PhyNicinu S •~ P 'f E ltl B E R No. 429 1\Iontgomery street, San. F r a n . c i s c e > . DICKSON. Dealers in Lumber and Biiilding _Material..,, m~ ~~~::;:~oitially invited to an inspection of our im- Officers' Table, with lodging, per week, $6 5 Photog1·a11hs, Drawings, Celebrities 1 Stereoscopic Seamen's do. do. do. H O F F M .\. N N , M • D • , Shower Baths on the Premises. 'Views, aPd Landscape Views of the whole Pacific Coast. ED. DUNSCOMBE, Physician and Surgeon, Manager. Honlnlu, January 1, l8i5. Corner Merchant and Kaahumanu Streets, near the Post Office D. N. FLITNER, Fort Ftreet, Honolulu, H. I. E. C BRE\VER OLD BUSINESS IN THJ<J · Carriage Making and 'frimrning· ! CONTINUES HIS lluilding, Kaahumat1u 8treet. Co •• JnB.E-PJ:I.OOF •commission and Shipping Merchants, CnRoNOM&TERS rated by observations of tbe sun and stars with a transit instrument accurately adjusted to the meridian of Honolulu. Honolulu, Oanu, II. I. E. P. .!J.uction and Commission Merchant, fol Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, ~ueen Street. s. M. McGREW, D., Late Surgeo11, V. S. Army, Can be consulted at his residence on Hotel street, between Alakea and Fort streets. G. ,v Es Island orders p1omptly executed at lowest rates w. Nos. 95 and 97 King Street, KEEP A Wagon and Carriage Builder, A. NOTICE TO SHIP MASTERS. DILLINGHAM & CO., T, 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. o:::r PIERUE WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT I uow employ the best Mechanics in the line of Oarriage J.11alcing, Uar'riage and General Blaclcsmithing, · Painting. Repairing, &c., ~extant and quadrant glasses silvered and adjusted. Ctiarts On the Hawaiian Group; and it is a. well e9tablished and nautical instruments consta.ntly on hand and for sale. Particular attention g-iven to Fine Watch Repairing ADA.l\lS. JOHN I CO.• (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Agents Ponloa Salt Works, Brand's Bomb Lances, FINE ASSORTMENT OF Goods Suitable for Trade. S HIP MASTERS VISITING THIS . PORT during the last Six Years ca.n testify from personal experience that the undersigned keep the best assortment of GOODSFORTRADE And Sell Cheaper than any other House in the Kingdom. Aud Per1·y Davhi' Pah1 Killer. DILLINGHAM & CO. fact that our Carriage Trimming, by Mr. R. Whit-:man, is as well execated as any in New York City or elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that we can manufacture as good a class of work in Honolulu a.s can be found in any part of the world. l will also state here that we fully intend to work ai; the lowest possible rates. G. WEST. M. DICKSON, Photographer, 01 Fort Street, I10111°olnlu, ALWAYS ON HAND A CHOICE ASSORT'!' MENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC sroc~. A Large Collection of Beautiful Views Hawaiian Scenery, &c., &c. 0 f CURIOSITY HUNTERS will find nt this 1Jstablishment • SPLENDID COLLECTION OF Volcanic Speci111enl!I, . Co1•al11, Shell•• \.Ynr lmplenaent•, · Fe1•1111, Mah, Kap_.., And a Great Variety of othe1· Hawaiian and crone:,ian Ouriosities. Mf- PIPTP'R~ FRAMES A SPECJALITY !· jal 187-1 CASTLE &:i COOKE~ DIPORTERS AND J)EALERS ~N GENERAL MERCHANDtSE J -ti.GENTS OF- REGULAR PORTLAND LINE OF Packets, Ne1v England Mutual Lif~ Insurance Company, . '1-,HE · The Union Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco, 'l'he Kohala Sugar Company, '!'he Haiku Sugar Company. ~he Hawaiian Sugar Mill, W. H. Bailey, The Ha.makua Sugar Company, The Waiaiua. Sugar Plantation, The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, Dr. Jayne l!il. Sons Celebrated Family Medicines. SEAlJIEN'S HOlllE. SAN FRANCISCO~ CA.LIFORSIA.? T HARRISON, BETWEEN MAIN AND SPEAR STREETS. ,t. H THE tf FRIENDl' MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO Temperance, Seamen, M~rine and General It,telligeule PUBLIBHED AND EDITED BY SAlY.J:P~l-:t C. PA¥ON. HROUGH THE EXERTIONS OF THE LADIES' SEAMEN'SFRIENDSOCIE1'Y,andtheliberalityof the General Government, a SEAMAN'S HOME is now being fitted up on Ilarrilion, between Main and Spear streets, to whieh seamen of all nations are invited to make their home while in this port. . TERMS: The Buildin" is of brick, large and commodious, fronting on three streets, commanding a fine 'l'iew of the harbor and city. conveniently located near the center nf the water front. and capable of accommotlatlng about 600 lodgers, with good One Copy per annum ................................. $2.00 dining room, reading and smoking room, chapel; etc. The house will be conducted on strict temperance principles like Tw,q Copies per annum ..••.•••.••..••..••..•••••••.••• 2.60 &imilar home!! in othe1· parta of Lh1s country and Europe. .Foreign Subscribers, including postage . ..••••••• . •••.•• 3.00 ioung Em's QtYrisfian ~ssotiation of jonolulu. Pu1·e religion and undefiled be.fore God, the Father, is this: 'Po visit the f athe1·less and widows in thei?' affiiction, and to keep one's self unspotted f1·orri t{l,e world. of the y I C A The Grand Mufti, the relisrious head of Ed1·tBd bYa_C0.mm·ttee 1 . . __._ ._ '-- _._ • the Turkish nation. bas applied to the Cherif The Sabbath. ~ix dayH in lhe week do I toil fur my brtad, Aml surely should feel like a slave, Except for a Providence fl xed overhead That hallowed rhe dillies it gave; I work for my mother, my babes and my wife, And ~,arving aud stern iR my toilf'or who can tell truly how hard is the life Of a laboring son of the soil? A. debt to the doctor, a ~core llt the shop, A od plenty ot trouhle an<l st rife,While back-breaking toil makes rue ready to drop, Worn out and a weary of life ! Oh were there no gap~ in the m?nth or rhe year, l',o comtort, or peace, or peace 01· repose ; l:low long should I battle with miseries here, How soon be weighed down by my woes ! 80, praise lhe good Lord for His Sabbaths, I ~ay, 80 !,.indly re11erved for the poor; The wealthy can r!}st and he taught any day, But we have l,ut one and no more! Ay ,-what were the laboring men wilhout these JJ is 8abbaths of liody an<l OI iod ? A work-weary wretch without respite or ease, Tbe curse and reproach of his kiod ! ot Mecca for a contribution to the defense of lVIohammedanjsm. The pilgrims to Mecca bring, as a necessary incident to their pilgrimage, offerings which are deposited in offertory chests at the tomb of the prophet, It is estimated that the treasure now amounts to several million dollars. The latest despatches from Paris intimate that a Turkish loan has been negotiated with bankers of that city, pledging· the treas: ure and jewels of !\IIecca as security. These i chests have been twice opened on similar occasions, once in the Russo-Turkish war in 1828, and once in the Crimean war in 1854. Their reopening at this time would be significant as an indication that the Mohammedan population of the world is inclined to make common cause ,vith Turkey in de• fending the crescent again~t the incursions of the Cross.- Ch1·i,~tian lhvion. .1'be conductors of a spiritualistic seance in Paris were nonplused by one of their own spirits, who, on this occasion, must ha,·e come from "the vasty deep." The spirit of an atheist and materialist was rapped for, an<l in answer to a question about the other world, responded immediately, "There is no other world.'' The performers were so overcome that they forgot to ask him his wl:iereabouts ! PuNCTUALITY.-Ab ! that's the wordpunctuality ! ,Pid you ever know a man who was punctual who did not prosper in the long :run ? We qon 't care who or what he was. high or low, black or white. ignorant or learned, 1f he djd as he agreed and was punctual in all his engagements, he prospered. Punctuality is,.beyond a doubt, the cheapest virtue which can give f1:1rce to character. The Christian associations in the States There are 733 Christian associations in are paying their attention largely to work the United States and Canada. 350 in Great among railroad men. The work among And don't you he telhng me, Sages of tmde, Britain and Germany, 48 in France and 60 them is very encouraging and is increasing The seventll's a l011s in my gain; . in Switzerland. Nine years. ago these as- rapidly ; of the 800,000 men employed on I pretty well guess of what slnff you are m&de; sociations owned no property; now they pos- their various roads. thousands have been And I know what you mean on the m"lu; sess over two millions. Then three men brought under the influence of the railway Yon mete out the work,and the wages you .fix , were employed as secretaries; now 114 are associations, and large numbers brought to And c<1re for the make, not the men; employed by the local state and internation- the truth. ii'or at,ven yqu"d pay 1111 the same as for six,And who would be dog winner then? al organizations. MARTIN F. TUPPER. Then no groups of the societies had bandThe Bible is full of alarm-bells as well as ed together to prosecute a common work in Now IS THE SEASON FOR CHRISTIAN wORK. aid of one another. Now 24 State and of sweet notes of invitation and rich chimes -Scores and 'hundreds of young men are Provincial conventions meet annually, and of devout melody. So let us be thankful for now resorting to these islands to find em- 11 of these employ each a secretary, devot- every honest voice of warning. 'rhere is need yet of Daniels and Ezekiels in God's ployment. They come with little means, ing himself entirely to the general work. Church, In every department vigorous work is apparand need sound advice and counsel. They ent. At Louisville the day after the conProfanity never did any man the least will be strongly tempted to deviate from the vention, June 6-10, and a result of it, good. No man is richer, or happier, or right pathway,-now is the time for the $21,000 was pledged in a meeting of citiwiser for it. It commends no one to societv; zens toward an association building for that members of the Y. M. C. A. to work for the it is disgusting to the refined, and abominaMaster and the good of their fellow men. city. ble to the good. Christian women also have an opportunity The National Reposito1·y says that Col. to speak good words and " scatter seeds of Rawlinson, in the excavations of Babylon, The Syracuse Y. M. C. A. holds eight or kindness." Do not fear to speak to the bas found Nebuchadnezzar's hunting-diary, nine open air meetings every Sabbath after• young men wandering about our streets, or with notes, and here and there a portrait of I!OOn, with an aggregate attendance of 3,0(10 to invite them to your homes. As these his dogs sketched by himself. He mentioni:i pereons. young men go to other islands, give them in it that he has been ill, and while deliletters to Christian friends and olJ ·missionrious, thought he had been out to graze like 'l'HE AMERICAN 'fRACT SOCIETY, 160 Nassau Street, aries residing in remote parts of the group. the beasts of the field. Col. E,a wlmson also New York City, has estahlished ii, D1'WOSITORY AT 757 Past experience ought to encourage all tho~e found a pot of the aforesaid monarch's pre,. MARKE'J' S'l'RJ<JWl', SAN FRANCISCO, with Rev Frederick inclined to work for the Master. serves well kept, and gave some to Queen E Shearer a~ District Secretary for the Pacific Coast. This Victoria to taste, after twenty,.five centuries Deposito1·y is the Head-quarti':rs of the Coast for ALL SERVICE AT ,THE Crncus.-A committee SUNDAY SCHOOL AND RJ<JLIGIOHS LITERATURE, 1i.nd of preservation.- Christian Weelc~y. has the special agency for the CALU'ORN IA BIBLI~ SOCIEof the Y. M C. A. consisting of S. B. Dole TY, THE AMERICAN SUNDAY SCHOOL UNION. CONand W. W. Hall, have announced that a reThe Y. M. C. A. of St. Louis, Mo .• dur,. GREG.A.TION AL PUBLISHU:G SOCIE1'Y, PRESBYTJ<:ligi0us service will be held at the Circus ing last year held 894 meetings, with an RIAN BOARD OF PUBLICATION. HENRY HOY'r. R(}B'"r CARTER & BRC., RANDOLPH & CO., and other leading ;tent on the Esplanade, at half-past seyen attendance of 67,162. pulllishers. SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARHlS will be selected 2,124 requests for prayer were presented> with great care, and sold at Ne1v York prices and discounts. ;0'clock to-morrow (Sunday) evening. The public are cordially invited to attend, and 78 cottage meetings, and 44 open air meet- BOOKS WILL BE SENT BY MAIL TO MINISTERS at the ings were held ; 98,000 men personally in- discount allowed by New York Houses, and postage addecl,irequested to join the in singing exercises. the price and postage payable m United Atates Currency. vited on the streets to attend the meetings; Thus Sunday Schools and Ministers will he supplied at New and 200 situations furnished for young men. York rates, and receive any book to be found in San Francisco LESSONS OF THE HouR.-William N. Armin the shortest poeslble time. The association has no debt, and enters with .strong, Esq., will deliver a l~cture upon the fine proEpects upon another year. Bound Volumes at R.ednced P1·ice ! .above topic on the evening of Friday, Sep~ember 7th, at the Lyceum. Doors will be 'fhere is an average attendance of two 1l'JI.TE 'WILL FURNISH BOUND VOLUMF.8 of the .Friettd a.t one dollar per annum (subscription opened at 7 o'clock, and the admission fee hundred at the weekly Bible class of the price '$ 2), for any nu1noer of yPitr~ from }8(i2 to tbe prt'11eut fifty cents. Y . . M . C. A. at L owe II ' .:1111 .n ass. time. a::r Artdin!( the cost of binding. I •