Friend, 1874-03

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.

I ~- The CONTE1'1TS For March, 1874. PAGE -Ou.r late lHfliculties ..................................... 17 ·Pactsmouth and Tuscarora. ...........................17, 18 -Olr.a.nges in the Population of New England ••••••••.••• 18, 19 <6 ur New King ......................................... 20 _Ne.val Intelligence ••.•••••••••••..•••••.•.•••••••.•.•••• 20 Marine Journal • • • • .. • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • ................... 21 Letter from Japan ...................................... 22 &perstition ........................................... •22 l:'. M. C. A . ............................................ 24 THE FRIEND. -MARCH 2, 1874. JoURNAL OF A MrssIONARY VOYAGE TO GurnEA.-This is an interesting publication, issued by John Snow & Co., of London. It was written by the Rev. Messrs. Murray and MacFarlane, missionaries of ,the London Missionary Society, at Samoa. 'W e especially thank Mr. Murray for sending a copy, and at some future time we hope to make extracts. "The American Cyclopedia, revised edition, 1873." We are glad to learn that a new edition of this great national work is -n.ow in the course of publication, by the Appletons, in New York. We notice that W. T . . Brigham, Esq., formerly Professor at Oahu College, and author of a work upon the volcanoes of the islands, belongs to the .c, Staff of Revisors." The specimen copy before us, indicates that the work wl)en compfoted will be valuable for reference and gen,eral information. NEW THE REV. G. B. BAcoN.-This gentleman and_ his family return to San Francisco by tb.e incoming steamer from Australia. Our ,only regret is, that he could oot have visited tb.e volcano of Kilauea, but if he had done .so, our Honolulu · congregations would not have enjoyed his preaching. We congratulate him and his parish in Orange, N. J., that he returns with health reestabllished. l\'lay a pleasant homeward journey, by sea and land attend them. Pacific OuR LATE DrFFICULTIEs.-W e have so long been noted for our law abiding habits at the Hawaiian Islands, that it is with much regret and sorrow that e know the report must go abroad respectiri'g the Riot, at the late election. On sifting the matter down to its true merits, we do not think the real facts are so bad as would at first appear. The rioters did not go up~m the Court House pr~mises, armed, for if they had, much more ser10us consequences would have followed. Most fortunately no one was killed. We have not lost confidence in the native Hawaiians. All the better class among them deplore these troubles as much as the best informed foreigners. It was a local affair, and such as a "few lewd feilows of the baser sor~," might create in the most orderly commumty on earth. While the election of the new King ,vas conducted most strictlv according- to the provisions of the Constitdtion, some of the natives did not see why people might not be allowed to vote, as in the case of Lunalilo in January 1873. That was a merely voluntary vote unauthorized by law, no such general vote was called for on this occasion. - While we sadly deplore these disturbances, we cannot be too thankful that vessels of war were lying in port, commanded by officers who knew how to meet such an emer~ency w~en c~lled upon for aid._ If at any time fo~e1gn aid must be invoked to quiet domestic troubles, we hope such officers· and seamen may be found as those attached to the u. s. s. 'I.itSOct'l'01'a and Ports1noutli and H.B. M. S. Tenedos. The Commanders, officers and seamen of these vessels mu.~t not only receive the thanks of the Hawauan Government, but of our citizens gener ally. May the time be far distant when similar aid shall be again invoked. U.S. NAVY AIDING COMMERCE AND SCIENCE. U. S. S. "Portsmouth." This vessel has again returned to our port, after Il)aking another of her most useful cruises among the islands, reefs and shoals ' k nown and unknown in the Pacific. Her late cruise has been along the Line, or over that part of the Pacific where are situated Christmas Island, Palmyra Island, Washington Island and Fanning's Island. From a rapid glance at the track of the vessel as drawn out upon the chart, we should infer that a pretty thorough exploration has been made. Uapt. Skerr.ett and his officers found it to be no holiday employment, for example to survey Christmas Island in a sailing vessel, as it was well known that island was found to be laid down far from correctly on the Admiralty Chart, published as late as 1870. This is the island where so many vessels have been totally wrecked during the last hlll~ cent~ry. We recall the following: A ~amsh ship, name unknown, Puls,f'orcl, Bt·iton, J. G. Fremont, .J.llaria Helena and ~Iozcwt. It was on Christmas Island that Past Midshipmen Stevens, (now Commodore Stevens) with his wife and son (now Thos. Stevens Master of the U. S. Navy), and several other passengers were wrecked in the Jl.fari"a Helena, on the 20th of December, 1847, bound for New Bedford. They were there d•aine~ until the following Spring, in the mean tune a small vessel was constructed from the wreck and dispatched to Honolulu. Here there was found the French vessel of war Saroelle, which immediately left and rescued all those upon the island. T . ..,f any one will compare the old Charts with the new ones as drawn by the draftsman of tlie Po1·tsrno·utlz, Mr. Bayer, he will ·not be surprised that these vessels should · U We would acknowledge a package of ?ave been wrecked, hence we .hope for the newsp~pe:s from Mrs. Severance, for gratui- mterests of commerce and shipping, new tous d1str1bution. charts wiU be immediately exe~uted and for- 18 THE FRIEND, warded from Washington, and offered for sale in this part of the world. Much labor was expended by Capt. Skerrett and his officers in surveying the other islands we have named, charts of which have already been forwarded to Washington. Palmyra Island has always been laid down upon charts of the Pacific as only one body of land or one island, whereas it was found to be made up of about sixty islets, large and small, including three lagoons. The opening is to the westward. The islets are low, the highest not over six feet above the water. Shortly after leaving Honolulu the Portsmouth searched, in vafo, for Papapa Rock, reported by Capt. Gellett and others, as existing ~bout sixty miles S. S. W. from Kawaihoa, Niihau.• The position of Papapa examined was that obtained from Capt. Gellett, and the English Charts. Capt. James Smith said he had .seen it, but gave no position. We can hardly find words to express our estimation of the importance of the work in which the P01·tsmoutli is engaged. We only regret that tne Secretary of the Navy could not have furnished a steamer instead be a most rare of a sailing vessel. lt good fortune if the P01·tsm.,outh is not laid up on some reef or shoal, before this work is completed. We once made a cruise in the Morn ing Sten· among the low islands and reefs of Micronesia, where the P01·tsniouth is yet to cruise, and we can testify that dangers are neither few nor easy to be avoided in a ~ailing vessel, hence the more reason why these islands and reefs should be accurate-1y and thoroughly explored and surveyed. More vessels ought to be engaged in the work and kept at it for the next ten years. War ships in times of peace could not surely be more u sefu1ly employed. Such work will make keen sighted, shrewd, practical men of our naval officers, bringing them into active sympathy with our commercial4 marine. Naval officers thus employed will add to their naval honors, the meed of praise as men of science, engaged in promoting the great interests of commerce, navigation and civilization. As an American we feel an honest pride in having the Portsnwuth and Tusc'1-1·ora visit our harbor, employed as they are in such useful enterprises. wm MARUH, 1874. ............................................. 730 4 apparatus for taking deep sea-soundings, and Surface 100 fathoms, ...................................... 640 1: 200 " ....................................... 480 ... the instrument.s for doing this work, appear 300 ,, ....................................... 420 4 to be very simple and admirably adapted to 400 " ....................................... 400' 600 " .... -. .................................. 39° 4 the purpose; A wheel, not larger than a 11()() " ....................................... 38° 6 ············"··"······"············· 800 ",. ....................................... 38° 37° s.. 5' to]erably sized grindstone, has wound upon 700 900 .. .. ..................................... 86° 6 it from 4 to 5 miles of No. 22 steel piano wire, 1000 " ..................................... 36° 6 1200 " ....................................... 35° 4 weighing in water about 12 lbs to the statute 3054 ,, ....................................... 33° 2 mile, with a breaking strain of from 210 to These few memoranda will indicate that 230 lbs. -The Brooke detaching apparatus no pains are spared 1e make an accurateand sinker is used-the latter an 8 inch survey of the ocean's depths. Com. Belknap aheet weighing 55 lbs, with a hole 2¼ inches in diameter bored through the centre. At every cast the sinker is detached and left on the bottom-milestones perhaps for the geologist of the distant future. Specimens of bottom mud are brought up every time in cups or cylinders devised by Com. G. B. Belknap, The sounding drum or reel with dynamometer was invented by Sir Wm. Thomson of Glasgow University. The Tuscarora under command of Com. Belknap, left San Diego, California, and made a straight a course as possible for Honolulu, not deviating more than 12 or 15 miles from as ~traight line. The distance is 2,200 miles. It is designed to " sound " once every forty miles. During the passage of the vessel 62 soundings were made. At the 49th cast, after leaving the American coast the sounding was made at 3,054 fathoms. The mean depth between the 1900 fathoms curve near San Diego to the 2100 fathoms curve close to Oahu was found to be 2,562 fathoms. Beginning at the above mentioned 1900 fathoms curve latitude 30 ° 43' North, longitude 119 ° 28' West, the depth increased 494 fathoms in a distance of 600 miles, the ne:x.t 1050 miles the water only deepens 286 fathoms. While the 500 miles further on and approaching the islands the increase is 35~ fathoms. The extraordinary depths of 3023 and 2086 fathoms were found at distances of only 43 miles and 24 miles from Molokai. Near the islands in lat. 22 ° 10' North, long. 154 ° 52' West, a ridge rises 576 fathoms or 3406 feet in height. We learn that at. a depth of 2,986 fathoms 37 minutes and 22 seconds, were required for the line to run out, while it required 1 hour, 4 minutes and ij0 seconds for the same to be hauled m. The best tiine made was at 2,562 fathoms which requiretl 29 minutes U. S. S. " Tuscarora." 37 seconds in running out, and for raising it This is to be sure a vessel of war, attached 54 minutes and 25 seconds. The temperature at all depthe below to the Navy ofthe United States, and she is under the command of an·officer of the Navy, 1100 fathoms was found to be nearly un~form still, we regard the vessel rather as now en- or from 33 ° to 34 ° Fahrenheit. gaged in the cause of science than war. The following table will give a good idea Her mission is in the interests' of science and of the temperature of ocean water in this recivilization. •Her guns are s~con.dary:· to her gion of the Pacific : and his able corps of officers appear to be enthusiastic in the details of this arduous undertaking, working night and day; for it re-quires the work to be carried on at night.as well as the day. On the departure of the vessel she will carry forward the same system of observation, during her passage to Japan,. touching at the Bonin Islands. Thence she will proceed homeward via the Alleutian Islands to Puget Sound, and thus com--plete a large circle of deep sea soundings •. When reflecting upon the contributions to the cause of science, which such a cruise as that of the 'Puscarora is to make during her passage across the Pacific, we cannot refrain from expressing our admira- tion of the enterprise, and our regret that more of our vessels of war afe not engaged in such noble enterprises. It would surely be most advantageous to the cause of science and commerce, while it gives, during times of peace, most useful and elevating employment to the officers of the navy, thus bringing into practical use the knowledge acquired at Annapolis Navy School. Changes in the Population of New Eng-land. For two. hundred years after the settle-ment of New England or from 1620 to 1820, . there were but few changes in the population of New England. There was a purely English type to the inhabitants. During the · last half century a rapid change has been in progresR. Thousands and tens of thousands have gone forth to settle new States and Territories. Ohio, Illinois, M. ichigan, lowa, Minnesota and California have received large accessions to their population from New Eng-· land. The vacuum has been filled up, not by the naturat growth of the original Eng-lish stock, but by large numbers from Ireland,_ Canada, England and other countries. A most vivid picture of this change or· revolution may e witnessed in some of the· sm~ller towns. By a late mail we received a" Memorial 1'iscourse," by the Rev. W. P .. Paine, D. D., on the fortieth anniversary of his settlement over the Congregationat Church in Holden, Massachusetts. This• town happens to be our native place, and oi course we have taken special delight in reading this discoure. As this document l' H t ==.:==========::..==============----=-..::::= --- --=-- - •contains so many facts relating to the change <0f population in that small township, we •deem some of them worthy of notice, because 1hey are· illustrative of New England at large. Holden is situated in the very center and heart of Massachus-etts, and was formerly the North Half of Worcester, from which it was set off in 1741, hence it has been a .township by itself, for one hundred and 'thirty-three years. It is a good specimen or type of a New England country town. In :.the year 1800, it had a population of 1,142; ~in 1:820, a population of 1,402 ; 18~ 1,718, and at the last general census of the United ~States in 1870, we find that its population 'had increased to 2,062. A fifth part of this population or 421, of the present inhabitants \WeTe persons of foreign birth. The following extracts from Dr. Paine's .discourse will illustrate the above statements: " The present pastorate has embraced a period more difficult than any preeceeding one in New England's history, to keep in ·vigorous and progressive operation religious :institutions in· country towns. Forty years -ago rail-roading was in its infancy, and had ,-0.one little to stimulate business. There were not many centers of trade and industry, .or of population, except in few cities on the -sea-board. Agriculture was the chief em_p loyment in rural districts ; and ·having little Western competition, was profitable and generally satisfactory. There being little to invite young men and women to leave the .localities of their nativity, they remained at •or near their early homes. Seldom did the precious old homestead go out of the family, .but descended from father to son for generations, and besides, those ,vere days of larger ,families than are now usually found in our native American homes. The result of this state of things was a country population in almost every place, at least holding its own .and in most localities increasing. And the ,men and women of those days were of strong :and sterling character, with the religious element largely developed, who cheerfully sustained, by their contributions, influence and ;presence, the institutions of the Church, •providing also funds for schools which were attended by a large number of sturdy scholars who were taught to obey rules and to conduct themselves with propriety. Such ,essentially was the state of things in this iplac-e at the commencement of my pastorate. There was not then a foreigner in the town, and nearly the entire population of suitable age and condition, attended public worship somewhere and rendered pecuniary assistance in :Sustaining the same. Probably there are not now more than twenty-five dw'elling houses (certainly less than thirty) in the entire town, occupied by those, ,... r their descendants, who inhabited them at the time of my settlement. The family name has -o-one from them, and not a fe\\ have changed ~wnership many times. This is a marvellous change compared with preceedmg periods of the same length. It would doubtless :more nearly accord with the facts, to reverse the ratio, and say that less than thirty ,dwellings, during any preceeding forty years, went out of the family and lost the family 0 14' R I E N D , M! R VH, a l5 74. 19 name. It may also be mentioned, as indic- fifth in the Winter and Spring of 18-13, the ative of the great changes which a series of sixth in the Spring of 1850, the seventh in years may produce in a community, that the Spring of. 1851, the eighth in the Winnot more than eight or nine couples, sustain- ter and Spring of 1856, the ninth in 1857-8 ing the relation of husband and wife, who and the tenth in 1869. A very large proresided in Holden at the time of my settle- portion, indeed nearly all who have united ment are now here with the union undis- with the church during my pastorate were solved by death. But let it by no means be the fruits of these revivals. The church has understood that all changes, which have oc- not been altogether unproductive in some curred, should be put to the account of loss. special fruits. At least eleven of her sons Many of them have materially swelled the have received a college education during column of gain. This is doubtless true to a this period, and several others previously. greater extent here than in many places At least seven have become ministers of the where the percentage of change has been the Gospel and seven young women have marsame as ours. But mutability like this, in ried ministers within this time. Since the parochial affairs, cannot but render all reli- commencement of the enterprise of Foreign gious interests comparatively uncertain and Missions two from this church have gone on unsystematic, being the occasion of anxious missions to Turkey, two to Africa, three to watching and careful planning, and not un- the Sandwich Islands, two to the Indians of frequently laying heavy burdens upon the our own country and two to labor for the ready and willing. I wish here to bear wit- Freedmen. Of this number all, with two ness that during my ministry, and to this exceptions, have gone from us during my pasday there have been a goodly number of torate. Few country churches or indeed men and women, both older and. younger, city churches can furnish a record of numwho have evinced a highly commendable bers for such service equal to this." degree of interest in sustainmg the instituThere are three churches in the town, tions of religion in this community, and in viz: Congregational, Baptist and C tholic. making generous and cheerful provision for The existence of a Catholic Church in a the wants and comfort of the pastor. New England town, indicates most small " Dividing the forty years into decades, I married during the first ten years one hun- forcibly the change in the population, for a dred and twenty-three couples ; the second half century ago there were but few Catholic _ ten, one hundred and three; the third ten, churches in any part of New England. The fifty-five, and the fourth ten, sixty-seven. The first ten years I married more than dur- rapid increase has been to accommodate the ing the last twenty. This difference is large accession to the population from Irelargely due to a change in population, in re- land and Canada. Large numbers of Frerich spect to both age and nationality. Catholic Canadians have come to New Eng"I have attended more than a thousand land to labor on the farms and work in the funerals, which have taken me to a large portion of the dwellings of this town. In manufacturing v:illages. During a visit to running my thoughts over the place I indeed our native town in 1869, a native of Ireland find scarce! y any, except a few more recent- informed us that at least thirty farms in the ly erected, to which I have not been called town had been purchased by his countrymen on this sad errand, and to many over and from the "Emerald Isle." over agam. "I have preached about· four thousand In view of such rapid and radical changes sermons, and spent with you more than five as are now in progress, it becomes a quesyears and a half of time in Sabbaths. I hav.:? tion of serious moment, " What is to be the administered the sacrament of the Lord's future of New England ?"" Although we Supper about two hundred and forty times. While I had strength to devote much time have left that part of the world and never and labor to interests outside of pastoral expect again to make it our home, still we works, l regarded it both a duty and privil- feel as we have always felt, a deep interest edge to afford direct aid in the promotion of in its history, institutions and prosperity. the prosperity of our schools, both common We find our thouQ"hts continually recurrina to and select. I served as chairman of the school committee thirty-four years, and de- our native town, so cosily nestled among the rived much satisfaction from the exercises of hills of New England and under the shadow the school-room, and the intimate acquaint- of Wachusett Mountain. It was so named ance l formed and kept up with the success- after Samuel Holden, a director of the Bank ive classes of scholars. There are not now nearly so many who attend our schools as of England, London merchant, and member there were forty years ago, and so on for of Parliament. The family was decidedly twenty or thirty years after my settlement. Puritanic, and took much interest in the In several districts the present number is not prosperity of New England. After hi8 half so large as in those clays, and moreover death, rom nn estate of £80,000, ,, Holden pupils then continued their connection with schools to a later and more mature period of Chapel" was built in Cambridge, Massachulife than is customary now, which it seems setts. We have good reason to feel a deep interto me was very essentially to their advantage. " There ~a':e been duri1_1g these forty est in that little spot, looking to it, not only year~, ten. ~1stm~t and precious seasons. of as our birth place but in our youth we aimspecial religious mterest among us. F1r~t . '. · . ' . . in the Spring of 1S34, the second in the, ~d to be:om: its historian. W spen~ we~~s . Autumn of 1837, the third in the Winter of m ·readmg its old records and conversing 1838, the fourth in the Winter of 1841, the with its " oldest inhabitants." The result I THE Ji"RIEND, 20 was, a volume of one hundred and and fifty pages. In those early historical researches, we found our lines of investigation continualJy running back to old colonial times, and from thence to Old England, called· .by Hawthorne, the American's "Old Home." It was a study of New England history, which made us feel so strong a desire to Yisit England, and when that privilege was granted us, we felt more and more, that .England and America were linked by family bonds and kindred ties, which ought never to be sundered by the hoarse sounds of war or any other cause. While looking back with such loving regard to New England and to Old England, our love for " Hawaii nei " is strong and abiding. Here we have found a pleasant home, and we feel strongly attached to the people of these islands, both aboriginal and foreign. The present troubles which have come upon•the people and kingdom, only make us feel a strong desire that these louds of adversity may soon pass away and the sun of prosperity may again shine upon us. Our New King. Reference will hereafter be made to the month of February, 1874, as crowded with· stirring events in Hawaiian Annals. But most heartily we congratulate the nati_on, that amid all the stir, bustle and riot, there has been elected a King, who bas already appointed his successor, and every step has been taken in a purely legal and constitutional manner. Much has occurred over which we would gladly draw a veil, but the friends of order, law and right have successfully striven to act according to the provisions of the Constitution and they have succeeded. This is a bright jewel in the crown of the King, who now sits upon the Throne of Hawaii. Nothing whatever has occurred by which the Hawaiian Kingdom has forfeited its good name among the nations of the earth as a Constitutional Monarchy. Long before the election took place, and when calmly reflecting upon the situation of affairs, \,e felt, that Prince David Kalakaua was the one and the only one upon whom the nation could unite. His appointments and rule thus far have given indication of hope to the nation. If now, the King, Nobles, Representatives, and people, both native and foreign, cordially cooperate, we may reasonably expect that a strong and efficient government is to rule over these fair islands. Having witnessed the peaceable reigns of four Hawaiian Kings, we trust that the reign of King Kalakaua may prove equally prosperous, and that nothing may occur to mar that-uniform harmony which has existed during many reigns among the different nationJ1liti~s dwelling together on Hawaiian shore5. _l... oNG LIVE KING KALAKAUA ! MARCH, I 8 7 4. Our Late King. The Benecia is a second rate, and her battery con,- sists of 1 11-inch gun in pivot, 1 60-pounder rifle on,· forecastle, 10 9-pounders in broadside, and 2 20-· pounder rifles on the poop deck. She exchanged salutes with the shore yesterday P. M. The following is, a list of her officers : The people's King has passed away. We do not wonder that they loved him. There were noble · traits in his character, although blurred by foibles. He never f~iled to exCaptain-William E. Hop ins, Commanding. press his sympathy for the common people, Lieut. Commanders-James D. Graham, Exocutive Officer; , Wm. H. Whiting, Navigator; Joshua Bishop. and his will-an outline of which will be Lieutenants-Walter Goodwin, A. B. Carter. Master-Frederic Singer. found in another column-is in beautiful Surgeon-Henry S. Pitkin. ..I.sat. Surgeon-M. D. Jones. harmony with his democratic principles• Paymaster-Edwm Putnam. Chief Engineer-Geo. F. Kutz. Then too, his marked affection for his mother First Asst. Engineer-A. C. Engard . Cadet Engineers-Henry T. Clearer, John K. Bartow-,. and desire that his remains should finally re- Robert G. Denig. Second Lieut. Marines-A. G. Ellsworth. pose near hers, in the old Mission Cemetery, Boatswain-Alex. Mack. Gunne Wm. Halford. will always be spoken of with admiration. Carpenter-W. W. Richardson. May his successors profit by their reflections Sailmaker-Joseph Wilson. Paymaster's Clerk-William l\fol\Iurray.-Advertiser. upor. his eventful but short reign of only one THE REv. MR. ARcHEBALD.-A Presbyyear. Peace to his memory. Our sympathies go out towards his vener- terian clergyman, enroute from Melbourne· able and honored father, and long may his to Nova Scotia, remained over from the last Australian steamer, and has visited the volkindly presence be seen amongst us. cano. He preached at Fort street Church,.. NAVAL.- . B. M's steam corvette Tenedos arrived in port on Monday afternoon. She experienced morning and evening, 8th of February. very stormy weather during the passage, but made a "THE SECOND lNTERREGNUM."-This is fair run across of fourteen days. .Her tonnage is 1,275, horse-power 350, and she has made 13~ knots. the title of a 16 page publication, the size of She carries 8 guns and 195 men, and is one of the finest of the new war ships in the British navy. The the FRIEND, published by T. G. Thrum. following is a list of her officers: It contains a complete resume of events from Captain-Edward H, Lingard Ray, :First Lieutenant-Francis R. Bromilow. Second Lieutenant-Benjamin D. Acland. Third Lieutenant-Henry C. Bigge. Navigating Lieutenant-John M. Lloyd. Stal} Surgeon-Charles H. Slaughter. Paymaster-Thomas O. Joynson. Chief Engineer-Thomas Witt. Sub. Lieutenants-John G. Haggard, R. W. Jones, H.J. Morgan. Nav. Sub. Lieutenant-George A. Warleigh. Assistant l'aymasters-J. W. D. Davey, F. H. Hale. Clerk-S. R. Warn. · Engineers-Joseph Wylie, George Quick. Midskipmen-H. E. M. Bourke, E. W. Lloyd. Nav. Midshipman-Arnot Henderson. .Assistant Engineer, 2nd Class-George Keast. Boatswain, 2nd Class-William Lowe. Gunner, 2nd Class-Joseph Hamilton. Carpenter, 1st Class-Edwin Edwards.-Gazette. THE U.S. S. TuscARORA, Commander Belknap, on special surveying service, arrived here on Monday last, 28 days from 'San Diego. She is engaged in the duty of taking ocean soundings for the projected telegraph cable between the American Continent and Japan. The results of the soundings taken do not differ materially from those taken in 1858 by the schooner Fenimore Cooper, Lieut. Brooks. The following is a list of the officers attached to the Tuscarora: Commander-Geo. E. llelknap. Luu.tenant Commander-Theo. F. Jewell, Ex Otlicio. Navigating Lieutenant-Geo. A. Baldy. Lieutenants-Geo. A. Norris, F. M, Symonds, Webster Doty. -., Ensign-M. D. Hyde. Chief Engineer-Louis J. Allen. First .As,~istant Engineer-J. II. Harmony. Second .Assistant Engineer-J, l\I. Emanuel. Past Assistant Paymaster-J. Goodwin Hobbs. .Assistant Surgeon-J. L. Neilson. Midshipmen-W. H. II. Southerland, V. L. Cottman, l\I. A. Shufeldt, T. D. Veeder. Boatswain+Jas. T. Barker. Gunner-Chas. H. Venable. Carpenter-Jos, L. Thatcher. Sailmaker-Jno. Roddy. -Advertiser. tr. S. S. BENECIA.-This fine ship which arrived yesterday P. M., has been absent from our waters a little over a year, having sailed hence Feb. 20, 1878. She made a stay here of nearly two months, during which time she conveyed his late Majesty and Staff to Hilo and back. Capt. Clary, who was then in command of the ship, left her at Panama, and sailed for the United States on the 20th of December. With this exception most of the old officers are still on board. She has been 65 days on the passage from Panama, where she left the U. S. S. Omaha, Captain Febriger. the death to the buria,1 of his late Majesty Lunalilo. See advertisement.. The forthcoming number of the · Gazette will contain a full report of late · troubles and publications of important- doeu .. ments. PoRTRAIT OF THE KING.-W e observed an excellent photograph of His Majesty, in the window at Chase's establishment, on Fort. street. To all to whom these presents shall come; Greeting: KNOW YE, That the Legislative Assembly or· the Hawaiian Islands has, on the 12th Day of February, A. D. 1874, elected His RonL HmeNESS DAVID KALAKAUA, KING of the Hawaiian Islands. By order of the Legislative Assembly, R. H. STANLEY, Secretary of the Legislative Assembl!J; Honolulu, Feb. 12th, 1874. P1·ocln1uotiou. We, KA.LAKAUA, t-y the Grace of God King of the Hawaiian Islands, agreeably to Article Twentysecond of the Constitution of Our Kingdom, have this day appointed and do hereby proclaim and maJm. known that, failing an heir of Our body, Our l,eloveff subject and Brother, His Royal Highness, Prince· WILLIAM Pn.'T LELEIOIIOKU is to be Our Successor on the Throne as King, after it shall have pleased God to call us hence. Done at Iolani Palace iu Honolulu, this (L. S.) I F rteenth Day of February, in the year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and., Seventy-four. By the King : KALAKAUA R. EDWIN 0. HALL, Minister of the Interior. We the undersigned Nobles of the Kingdom, do hereby consent to the above appointment: Chas. Kanaina, G. P. Kanoa, P. Nahaolelua, C.R... Bishop, J. 0. Dominis, H. A. Kahanu, H. Kuihelani-,W. T. Martin, J.P. Parker, J. I. Dowsett, J. Moana- uli, A. S. Cleghorn, S. G. Wilder, Paul Isenberg. - 1' U t,; Kalakaua R. I, KALAK~.\ UA, KING of the miwaiian Islands, To all to whom these presents may co1ne-Greeting :- ii' R I 1~ 1' IJ , 1UARCH, 1~74. - JiLAl{lNl: JUUltNAJ"'. =======-===---------__::=:.....======--=-=--=-=-=-PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I. - - - - -- A.RRIV A.LS. - By 'Virtue of the authority of the 35th Article of 1-Am ship In pid, Simmons, 51 days from Panama. the Constitution of the Kingdom, do hereby Ordain Feb. 2-U S S Tuscarora. Belknap, 28 days from San Diego. and Decree, that My Brother, Wrtliam Pitt Leleio2-U S S Portsmouth, Skerrett, from a surveying cruise. hoku is hereby invested· with the style and title of His 3-Am bk Camden, Robinson, 23 davs fm Port Townsend, with lumber to H Hackfeld & Co. Royal Highness, PRINCE LELEIOHOKU. 5-Haw bk Matlie Macleay, Forbes, 25 days from It is further my Order and Command, that from Astoria. 5-Am ship George Green, Wilcox, 23 days from and after the date of These Presents, he shall take Hongkong. 6-A & A S S City of Melbourne, Brown, 20 dys from Precedence of all other persons whatsoever, on all Sydney, NS W. State occasions. 9-Am bk DC Murray, A Fuller, 15 days from !':an Francisco. In Testimony Whereof We have caused these 9-Am bktn Jane A Falkinburg, Brown, 19 days from GREAT ( Letters to he made Patent, and the Seal Astoria. 10-Nor Ger bgtn Helene, llruhn, 59 days from Sydney, SEAL, of Our Kingdom to be hereunto affixed. NSW. Ji-Brit stmr Macgregd·, II Grainger, Si days fm San Given under Our hand at Iolani Palace in the Francisco. City of Honolulu, this Fourteenth Day of February, 22-Am schr Serena Thayer, Brown, <tO days fm Portland, en route for Australia. in the year of Our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hun23-Am brig Tanner, Gunn, 30 days from Humbtldt dred and Seventy-four~ Bay, consigned to C Brewer & Co. 27-Baw schr Mary Foster, Cluney, 72 days fm Sydney. KALAKAUA R. By the King: 27-U S S Benecia, Hopkins, 65 days from Panama. 27-Haw wh schr Kamaile, I B .Peterson, from a cruise, CHAS. R. BISHOP' with 60 bbls sperm oil, consigned to Bolles & Co. Minister of Foreign Affairs. - - -- - - - ~ - - - - - variable winds with occasional showers until 4 AM of the 6th; the wind then hauled fresh to N, and continued so up to the time we sighted the land. Rounded Diamond Head at 6:30 P M Feb 11th; took pilot aboard at 9:30, and reached the wharf at HJ:30 .. · At midnight Feb 9th, in lat 29 ° 16' N, long 1.42 ° 14' W, passed a steamship steering NE, supposed to be the City of Melbourne. w. MALCOLM, Purser. REPOR'r OF BRIG TANNER, GmsN, MASTER.-Left Humboldt Hay Jan 24th at 6 PM, Crc-ssing the bar in the dark the vessel struck eight or nine times, but no damage was done. Next night at 10 o'clock had a very heavy gale from SE, which carried away the foresails and split the mainsails to pieces. Layed to with topsails until the 28th, and then had moderate weather with heavy sea and rain. Next afternoon wind hauled around to SSW• with heavy sea and thick heavy rain; had calm and fine weather on the 20th. Made Maui at 9 A 111 on the 22d, arriving in Honolulu next day, REPORT OF SCHOONER KAMAILE, I. B. PETERSON, MAS· TER.-Left Honolulu April 12th, 1873, for a whaling cruise. Cruised around the south of Hawaii for three weeks without seeina whales, then left for the coast of Lower California. Arrivea" at Magdalena Bay June 8th, having seen no whales. Worked down the coast of Mexico and Central America. Between August and October, took 340 bbls humpback oil. Arrived at Panama Nov 3d; landed oil for shipment; refitted vessel, and sailed to the southward Nov 21st. Saw sperm whales the first time on the voyage, on the 29th off Gorgona, a.nd took two small ones. Arrived at Galapagos on the 1st January, 1874. Cruised about two weeks without seeing whales. Cruised along in lat 1 ° S to long 110° W; saw whales three times and took two. 1\Jade Hawaii Feb 3d. From tile equator to Hawaii have had light variable winds and calms, and no steady NE. trades. Anived at Honolulu Feb 27th with 60 bbls sperm 011. REPORT OF SCHOONER MARY FOSTER, J. C. CLUNEY, MASTER,-Sailed from Honolulu Oct 23dL1873, with light trade winds which continued with light ba'Hl.ing winds to the DEPARTURES. equator. Crossed the equator in long 165° W with fresh SE trades the first 48 hours. From the lat of 9 ° S; long 165 ° W Jan. 31-Am bk Comet, P P Shepherd, for San Fr «cisco. up to the lat of 31 o S, long 165 ° E, had a con_ti!lua~ion of IT HAS PLEASED Hrs MAJESTY '.l.'HE KING to appoint 31-Am schr C M Ward, Rickman, for guano islands. light baffl.ina winds and calms. Crossed the Meridian m lat as Justices of the Supreme Court the following named Feb. 3-Am bk Helen W Almy, Freeman, for Sydney. '27 o S. Th~ last three days had a fresh gale from SE. Sight6-Haw brig Wm H Allen, Schneider, for Tahiti. ed Sydney heads Dec 4th, arriving on the morning of next gentlemen: 6-Am ship Intrepid, Simmons, for Enderbury Island. day. Returning Jett Sydney Dec 17th wit11 a fresh gale from 7-Brit stmr City of l\Ielbourne, Brown, for San Fran- the S the first 24 hours; wind then hauled to the N Wh'¾ a Honorable CnAs. COFFIN HARRIS, cisco. heavy gale which lasted thr~e days. Experi~nced_ fresh eastFirst _.11.ssociate Justice, 11-Am bk Camden, Robinson, for Port Townsend. erly winds for nine days, wluch hauled to the N with a heavy 12-Brit stmr Macgregor, H Grainger, for Sydney. typhoon -the worse weather ever experienced. Cro,sed the Vice A. S. Hartwell, resigned. 18..:..Nor Ger bgtn Helene, Bruhn, for Hilo, Hawaii. 1\leridia~ in lat 29 ° S. From the Meridian to the equator had 20-Haw bk Mattie Macleay, Forbes, for Portland. Honorable A. FRANCIS JUDD, no SE trades but a continual NE wind and calms. Made fast Feb. 21-Brit wh bk Adventurer, Herendeen, to cruise. Second .11.ssociate J1tstice, to the buoy at Starbuck Island on th~ evenJn&: of Feb 6t~; 23-Am bk DC Murray, A Fuller, for San Francisco. found them all well on the island. Repaired r1ggrng and sailVice H. A. Widemann, resigned. 23-Am schr Serena Thayer, Brown, for Australia. ed on the 7th, with-fresh NE winds. Crossed the equator on 25-Am ship George Green, \Vilcox, for Enderbury's the 10th in lono- 158 o W · then took fresh NE trades well to JNO. 0. DOMI?HS, Island. the eastwrrd •" then light northerly winds and calms until His Majesty's Private Secretary. sighting Oah~ on the 25th. Arrived in Honolulu Feb 27th. lolani Palace, February 17th, 1874. after a passage of 72 days from 8ydney. . MEMORANDA. -The standing riggina parted first out from Sydney, wluch caused me to work uider short sail the remainder of the REPORT OF BARK MATTIE MACLEAY, FORBES, MASTER, passage. the Columbia River Jan 10th; had strong SE and IT RAS PLEASED His .MAJESTY TIIE KING to appoint -Left southerly gales the first ten days, then light southerly winds. PASSENGERS. the following named gentlemen as Members of His Took the trades Feb 1st. l\lade the Island of Molokai Feb - -~4th at 3 p Mand at 10 P M came to anchor outside,-twentyFOR Gu ANO lsLANDs-Pe;C. M. ·ward, Jan. 30th-W II Cabinet: five days from Astoria. Ferrier, A J Kinney, C :'.\-1 Stillwell, L Mecall. REPORT OF STEAMSHIP CITY OF MELBOURNE, J W His Excellency PAUL NAHAOLELUA, BROWN COMMANDER, chartered by the Australian and AmeriFon SAN FRANC1sco-Per Comet, Jan. 30th-J Fleming, .Minister of Finance. can Royal Mail Steamship Company, which arrived otf the Geo Hempstead, W A Cooke, .las Horton, Mr Sackett. port at 5:30 p m, 6th inst.-Reports leaving Sydney at 2:30 FR0~l PORT GAIIIBLE-Per Camden, Feb. 3d-A Tuttle. WILLIAM L. GREEN, p m, on the 17th ultimo, touched at the Fijis on the 25th to Fon SYDNE,-l'er Helen \V. Almy, Feh. 3d-A Jappert, .i1-finisler of J<oreign .IJ.ftairs. land and receive passengers and freight. With the exception of 3 days cairn, had head winds throughout the passage. The wife and 4 children, W Montgomery, TL Harley, :\Ir Welch, Honorable H. A. WIDEMANN, C of M since her last appearance in these waters, has under- P Harrigan. gone large alterations, her boilers and engines being new and Minister of the Interior. FROM PORTLAND-Per Mattie l\1acleay, Feb. 5th-R T as they are on the compound principle, she may be considered Watts. Honorable A. S. HARTWELL, one of the fastest boats in the Colonies. The non arrival of tbe FoR TAHITI-I'er Wm. II. Allen, Feb. 6th-A Hoffman ,. Mikado in Sydney in time to take up her run, necessitated the Mrs Estall and 4 children, Miss Houghton, and 6 Chinamen. .11.ltorney General. chartering of the City of Melbourne, but as the Mikado would FROM SYDNEY-Per City of Melbourne, Feh . 6th.-Miss JNo. 0. Do~IINis, arrive in Sydney about the 19th inst, she will be the next Risley Mrs Fisher Miss Fisher, Mr Archibald.-From AuckROBERT ADAM, His Majesty's Private Secretary. steamer to come with mails. land-0Mr and Mrs'w B Oat, Mr Jas Mitchel and Frank_ StanPurser and in charge of the Mail~5 lolani Palace, February 17th, 1874. REPORT OF SHIP GEORGE GREEN, WILCOX, MASTER.- ley. Also 20 Saloon and 21 Intermediate for San Francisco. -Aduertiser. Feb. 21. Left Hongkong Dec 19th; had strong NE !ponsoons to Japan, FoR SAN FnAxc1.sco-Per City of Melbourne, Feb. 7thwhich we reached in thirty days; from thence to long 1500 Mrs H Davids, Miss Laura Wilder, J W Brown, Mr :\larshall, \V, lat 30 ° N, strong gales from the westward; thence to port and 5 Chinamen. trades. THE SECOND INTERRECNUM fresh FR0!II SAN FRANC1sco-Pe1· D. C. Murray, Fe!J. 9th-Mrs REPORT OF BARK D. C. MURRAY, A. FULLER, MASTER.B Merrill 2 children and nurse, Miss Warren, S l\lagnin, N EXCEEDINGLY lNTE·RESTING Left San Frnncisco Saturday, Jan 24th. First four days out Geo wife and 2 ~hildren Mr Butterfield and wife, E Bailey, J B document for Home and 1''oreign readers, being a com. winds from SE to S with plenty rain and a very bad sea. Putnam, A Pauba, J~lm II McLean, 0 H Gulick, a?d Japanplete resume of the recent events from the cleath to the burial Experienced thunder and lightning. Then calm for two days. ese servant, J N Simmons, Fred Sorenson, Mr Ch1ckee, Geo of His late Majesty LUNALILO, as compiled from all the Afterwards wind hauled to NW and gradually to N and E. Risely. articles published touching upon the same, Saw Maui Feb 8th at 6 PM. Arrived in llonolulu r.xt mornFon P0R'l' GAll'IBLE-Per Camden, Feb. lllh-1\lrs Ctiok. ing, after a passage of 15 days. Including all the Campaign Documents REPORT OF BARKENTINE JANE A. FALlUNBUJtG, BROWN, FRo~t SAN FRANc1sco-Per Macgregor, Feb. 12th-Sir Ii MASTER,-Sailed from Astoria Jan 21st. First three days Beecher N F Flether and wife, .E Austin, II Berger, W U ISSUED, many of which have been ti·anslated from Hawaiian out had strong WSW winds, and snowing. Lat 40 o N, long Dimond' Mrs Ellsworth, Mrs Brown, G Brown, W Witham, expressly for this issue. 130 ° W, had a heavy SE gale, which lasted for four days; Thos T1~eedel Mrs Von Pllster, Miss Von Pfister, W Soatcs, 'rhe paper will be of about 20 pages of the size of the split jib and foresail, and carried away head gear. Lat 37 o W II Branch,'w Lomon, R Davidson, Ah Ping, Ah Dan. FRIEND (9 1·2 x 12 1-2 inches) and will be embellished with a 30' N, long 134° 20' W, had a gale from WSW for twentyFoR SYDNEY-Per Macgregor, Feb. 12th-Chns Anderson, four hours. Lat 31 ° N, long 134: 0 W, took NE trades strong. Ed Anderson, R Dailey, P Sandford. Photogra1,1t ot' ms l'llajesty Kalakaua ! Sighted east end of Molokai on the morning of Feb 9th, arrivFoR SAN FRANCISCO-Per D. C. Murray, Feb. 23d-Lient ing in Honolulu at 4 P M same day, after a passage of 19 days. (Cabinet size) accom1laoied by Biographical Sketches. Baldy, Chas Roesch and wife, T Grimes, II Williams, T Lee, ·REPORT OF BRIGANTINE HELENE, BRUHN, MASTER.-Left E PRICE-Single Copies, $1.00 ; Three Copies, $2.50 ; Six Collins, J Lumsden, II Walsh, C~l Norris, SH Foster, Mrs Honolulu Oct 4th, 1873; had squally weather down to the line; Grant Copies, $4.50. and daughter, Hon J NawalH, Wrr: Goodness. A number will be put up in Wrappers "i'lady for those de- had variable winds and plenty rain south of the line. Arrived in Sydney on the 21st Nov. Returning left Sydney Dec 13th, siring copies for mailing. MA.RllIED. Orders from abroad will be attended to ; remittances can be wind NE. Experienced a hurricane Dec 19th near the coast of New Zealand; parted the topmast yard. Dec 23d passed made in stamps, and must include postage. Persons desiring Copies will please leave early orders, as a Cook's Strait. Jan 2d, in lat 37 ° 20' S, long 159 ° W, took ToIO-JAcKsoN-In this city, January 19th, by the Rev. S. SE and SSE winds, which lasted for four days; then changed C. Damon, Torn (a Japanese) to Miss REBECCA JACKSON, limited edition only will be issued. to NE. Passed 1\Iangaia Island Jan 11th, and Mauki Island San Francisco, Cal., January 26th, THOS. G. THRUM, next day, current setting to W 20 to 30 miles each 24 hours. byBERGER-PFLUGER-In Rev. James H. Warren, HENRY BERGER to SARAH A. Crossed the line Jan 27th in· long 157 ° W. Jan 30th NE fe28 Publisher, Honolulu, Ii. I. PFLUGER, both of this city. trades set in, which lasted to the islands-59 days' passage. REPORT 01'' STEAMSHIP MACGREGOR, IJ, GRAINGER, COM• DIED. MANDER,-Left San Francisco Tuesday, 3d Feb, at 1 A M. To Rent for Storage. Passed Point Bonita at 2 A 111, and the Farallone Islands at 6 THE CELLAR OF SAILOR'S HOME. A M. Experienced a strong northerly gale with turbulent sea, R JERE-At Pukoo, Molokai,on the 27th of January, Capt. Apply to IVIERE, who was a resident of these islands for the causing the ship to labor heavily, until noon of the 4th, when J. • • E. DUNSCOMBE, Keepe the wind hauled moderately to E, continuing so with light and past o years, and for 15 years master of a coasting schooner. 5 l A 5 THE FRIEND, - MARUH, 1814. - - - ------- -- ·-- ------- ----:::;::==================================================- - - - - - Letter from Japan. By a late ·mail, we received an interesting letter from Japan. The writer was formerly an English teacher at Kauai, Maui and at Hilo. He went to Japan hoping to find employment as a teacher, and although his prospects are not as bright as he anticipated, he still finds encouragement to remain there as a teacher. He writes frorn Kobe under date of Dec. 3d, 1873 : "I arrived in Japan at a rather unfavorable time just as the n~tion was passing through a financial crisis. Last year the demand for foreign goods by the native Japanese was very great. It was considered as a badge of polite distinction to dress in foreign clothes; it was supposed by many that the whole nation was about to _adopt European dress. The native merchants bought and ordered large stocks of foreign goods. Th~foreign merchants also ordered large stocks on their own accounts. Many millions of dollars worth of goods were thus imported into the country to supply an imaginary want which never had an existeAce. Much of these goods were bought on credit to e paid for in installments of 90 days, 6 months, etc. When· these installments became due there was of course no money to pay, and merchants hacl to force their goods on the market, so that foreign goods are now selling and have been for the last eight months in all the cities of Japan for much less thon they can be bought in New York, London, or any other European city. I was told some time ago by a competent business man, that there are not six foreign mercantile houses in Japan making their running expenses. Following upon all this came the report of the Minister of Finance stating that the government expenditures were far exceeding their receipts, and that they were on the high road to bankruptcy. Thus a kind of financial gloom is cast over the nation. But we think now that things are at the lowest, and that a steady improvement has commenr.ed. The government with a zeal that is truly commendable commenced retrenching, and if they commenced in the wrong direction by curtailing the Educational departments it is no more than more higly civilized nations have done before thei;n. As soon as the contracts with foreigners are up, unless their services are i_ndi3pensable to the government, they are d1scharo-ed or employed again at perhaps half 0 their former wages. We are now looking forward with great anxiety to the revision of treaties which we trust will result in the openino- up of the country. We understand that th: government is very willing to throw the country open, but demands in return that Japan shall be treat~d precisely ~s any other civilized country, VIZ: that all disputes with foreianers and Japanese shall be decided in J~panese Courts, that all foreign soldiers shall be drawn out of the ct1untry, and Consular ·courts abolished. Every dispute must be settled by _Japanese law and judges from which there is to be no appeal. Now, all this sounds reasonable enough. " The light of Christianity is slowly but surely breakina in on the nation. Wh ever the Japanese have come in contact wi real Christianity their better minds yield, at least, a passive assent to it. And very many of them have proven by their actions that they yield a hearty assent. Only a few days ago the Governor of this province told a Japanese with whom he was conversing that ' these missionaries are just the men, and are teaching the very doctrine that Japan wants.' " An ex-Prince or Damio here has promised to build a house in Kobe for a girls' school to be given in charge of the ~isses Talcott and Dudley of the American Mission. This Damio's wife and children with several other members of his household are regular attendants at the Mission schools_and meetings. The .Mission families are crowded and almost oppressed with the number of visitors who come every morning to family worship and to hear the Bible read and explained. We have 33 young men in the Kobe Mission Day School, all of whom manifest a decided iuterest in the Scriptures. Rev, D. C. Green has an audience every Sabbath in our school house, of from 60 to 90 pe::3ons, who come to hear him expound the Scriptures, and many of them seem to be earnest searchers after truth. A similar work is going on in the city of Osaka, 20 miles from here, and we are cheered and comforted in the bright prospects which we believe are before us. Our great hopes now are that the country may soon be opened up, the Missions r~enforced, so that we can have at least one Christian family to plant amongst every million of Japanese. " I find Japan a healthy, beautiful country; it is the finest climate I ever live~ in, far surpassing my anticipations. Though I did not find it an ' El Dorado' for teachers, still I am satisfied with the change. But my heart often turns fondly to beautiful Hawaii, and I yearn to see the many dear precious friends there, but I have not much desire to go back to live. Here all is life and activity. Not 'Arian' life, but still it is life, buoyant, active, palpitating life, and I love to be in the midst of it. These are the most kind, polite and gentle people I ever knew, and when they embrace Christianity as they most surely will, I think that they will surpass our race in the Christian graces. If we find them so in their present state, what may we not expect when the Spirit of the Lord Jesus quickens and pervades their natures?" 1 Superstition. the bed's head, wtll prevent . nightmare. Many verses are known, which, if repeated aloud, are credited with curing cramp, burns and other bodily troubles. When you have whooping cough, apply for a remedy to the first person you meet riding on a piebald horse-a cere ony that Dr. Letsom, the physician, was fated more than once to become acquainted with. Amulets hung in a little bag around the neck, are very widely credited with the power of warding off diseases; the list of such substances is an ample one, but need not be given here. The anodyne necklace, which was a profitable affair for one Dr. Turner, in the early part of the present century, consisted of beads made of bryony root; it was believed to assist in cutting the teeth of infants around whose neck it was hung. One peculiar kind of amulet is the phylactery, a bit of parchment on which a few .sacred words have been written ; if worn on the person it is a safeguard against disease and calumny. The Jews in the East used to carry such an amulet written with a Hebrew verse from the Bible, and some of the Mohamedans with an Arabic sentence from the Koran. A horseshoe is a perennial favorite as a harbinger of success. Dr. James picked up a horseshoe on Westminister bridge,.and put it in his pocket; the same evening he made a commercial arrangement concerning his famous fever powders, which he ever afterwards attributed to the horseshoe."--All tlie Year Roioul. D1scovERIES AT TRoY.-The reading public has recently been much startled by the explorations of M~. Schliemann at Troy, in Turkey, or Asia Minor. He reports to have come upon the very ruins of the Palace of Priam, King of Troy. We were somewhat surprised to learn from a letter recently received from a Professor in a New England college, that Prof. Schliemann is au American citizen. We quote as follows: "Prof. Schliemann is an American citizen, having made his fortune in California, and having married a Greek wife, now lives in Athens, and has offered his treasures for a Museum to the Greek Government, if they will permit him to exhume Delphi and Olympia." --------- WILL oF THE LATE KING.~The late King left a will, .which was made June 7, 1871. It leaves his personal property to his father absolutely; his real estate to his father for life, and failing heirs of his body, after the decease of his father, the real estate is devised to three trustees, to be appointed by the judges of the Suprem·e Court, who are to sell it, and of the avails the sum of $25,000 is to be expended in building an " Infirmary for poor, aged and infirm people of Hawaiian birth or extraction." A codicil was executed by His Maxesty on the 31st of January, 1874, by w ich he leaves to Queen Emma his Marine Residence at Waikiki, upQn his father's decease. It also directs that the e:x; cess of the avails of his real estate, over the sum of $25,000 shall constitute a fund for the support of the benevolent object mentioned in the Will; and further, that his remains be entombed in the Ka waiahao Church. Yard. The estate may amount to $100,000. We~'3ometimes hear Hawaiians reproached_ for their lurking symptoms of superstition. The following extracts from a first class English periodical will indicate that there are still superstitious ideas lurking among the inhabit~nts of Old Engla?d : "A rmg made of the hrnge of a coffin, and a_rus_ty old sword by_the bedside, are in son~e districts charms agarnst cramp; headache IS removed by the halter that has hung a criminal, and also by snuff made from moss that has grown on a human skull in a graveyard. A dead man's hand, and especially the.hand of_ a m~n who has been cut down while hangmg, disp~l tumors. ~arts i:nay be removed by rubbmg them with a bit of stolen beef; the chips of gallows, worn in a little bag around the neck, will cure the ague; a stone with a hole in it, supended at - Gazette, Feb. 11. 'I' H E fl"' R I E N D , .M .l R C H , DILLINGHAM & 00. .NOS. N HAVE ON HABD A.ND 97 KING STREET, A~VEB.TISEMENTS. G• I ND FOR SALE A FULL ASSORTMENT OF (}ALVA.NIZED IRON, WOODEN TUBS AND BUCKETS, SEINE AND WRAPPING TWINE, FISH HOOKS AND LINES, KEROSENE LAMPS AND CHANDELIERS, KEROSENE LAMPS and CHANDELIERS, to Burn without Chimneys, KEROSENE STOVES, DOWNER'S & DEVOE'S KEROSENE IN OIL AND IL, DRY, RIFL E /51, GUN;S, PIS'T OLS, CA RTRIDGES, CAPS A ND POWDER, - - -- ness at the above port, where they are prepared to furnish the j11stly celebrated Kawaihae Potatoes, and such other recruits as are required by whaleship!, at the sho1·test notice, and on the most reasonable terms. A. -AGENTS OF- REGULA. R PORTLAND LINE OF P ackets, New England Mutual Lif~ Insurance Company, 'l'\HE The Union Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco, A L'\.VAl,. S ON HAND A CHOICE ASSORTMEN'r OF PHOTOGRAPHIC STOCK, A Large Collection of Beautiful Views of Hawaiian Scenery, &c., &c. CURIOSITY HUN1' ERS will find at this establishment a SPLENDID COLLECTION OF tf Volcoui;, Spcci111en1,1, Corals, Shells. \.Vat• luaplenaents, Ferns, Mats. Kapas, A ncl a Great Var-iel.y of othe1' H awaiian and Micronesian Ctt?"iosities. PICTURE FRAMES A SPECIALITY! jal 187'1 .I . C, MERRILL, JOHN M ORA KEN J. C. !IERRILL & Co., Commission Merchants and Auctioneers 204 and 206 California Street, San F r a n c i s c o . THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL! Haud.£Ii ,v. PIERUE &, CO .• (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) J O JI N S. Mc GR E n r , M · D ., Late Surgeo'll, U. S. Army, Can be cons ulted at his residence on llotel street. between Alakea and Fort streets. · " E. H O F F M _\: N N. M • D ., Physician mid Surgeon , ALSO. AGENTS OF THE San Francisco and Honolulu Packets. BREWER & co .. Commission and Shipping Merchants, Honolulu, Oahu, II. I. E. P, ADAMS. .11.uction and Cornm~ssion Merchant, Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Building, Queen Street . MO'.rT 61 Fort Street, Ho1101nlu, GENERAL MERCHANDISE 011 Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. M. DICKSON., Photographer, mPOll'rERS ANO DEALERS IN ID" Firewoocl Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer chants, C. - :J-- Island Orders will R eceive Ocweful a,ncl P rornpt A ttenti on. The Kohala Sugar Company, The Haiku Sugar Company. The Hawaiian Sugar Mill, W. IJ. Bailey , The Hamakua Sugar Company, The Waiaiua Sugar Plantation, The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing l\Iachine Company, Dr. Jay ne & Sons Celebrated Family Medicines. Kawaihae, Hawaii, Will continue the General Merchandise and Shipping busi- Comer Merchant and Kaahumu nu Stree ts, near the Post Office l.\l.l:a1:ches. OUR GOODS WILL BE SOLD TO SUIT THE TIMES AND TERMS. ~ CASTLE & COOKE CHILLING,YORTH, Ancl Pc1·1•y Davi~' Pain Killer. Hubbuck's Best Lead Zinc and Oil, Manila and New Zealand Cordage., ::Byam"s O a r d . Wagon and Ca1-ria9e Buildet', 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. ID" Island orders p1omptly executed at lowest rates Agents P1tnloa Salt Works, Brand's :Boml.t l,ances, AND W ARRRANTED TO GIVE SATISFACTION, PAINTS. '\-VEST, ALLEN k BABDWARE, UUTLERf, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, HOLLOW WARE, FANCY !S I 8 7 4. SMITH , D entist, H aving res umecl practice, can be foLtn d at his rooms over E SLrehz & Co.'s Drug St.ore, corner of F ort and Hotel sts. THoS. G. THRUlll'S STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, AND GIR GUL A TlKG L IBR ARY, No. 19 1'\'Ic1•cba11t Street, - • Ho11olul11. • ACKAGES OF READING MATTER-OF Papers and Magazines, back numbers-put up to order P educed rates for parties going to sea. ly at PHOTOGRAPHS! FOR THE BEST~ GO TO Tm~ COSMOPOLITAN PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY No ... 64 aucl 66 Fort StreN. Also for Sale, Photographic Views, etc., etc tr H. L.CHASE. Carriage Making and Trimming ! I WOULD RESPECTFULLYINFORM YOU THAT I now el!l-ploy the best Mechanics in the line of Particular attention given to the sale and purchase of merCarriage Making, pains to make this chandise, ships' b11siness, s11pplying whaleships, negotiatin1 Carriage and General Blacksniithing, ::EX.EG-.A.N'T ~ O T E X . . exchange, &c. Painting, Repctiring, &c., IO" A.ll!relght arriving at Baa Francisco, by or to the HoOn the Hawaiian Group; and it is a well established First-Class in Every Particular ! _ nolulu Line of Packets. will berorwarded FREE OJ' COMMISSION, fact that oar Carriage Trimmjng, by Mr. R. Whitro- Exchange on Honoluh1 bought and sold,.CJ man, is as well execated as any in New York City or BOOBS CJ.l.N BE D!D BY THE NIGHT OK WEEK? MeHrS. A. W. Peirce&-REFERENCESCo •••••••• •••• ............ Honolul11 elsewhere. I therefore feel warranted in saying that " H. Hackfeld & Co.... • • • • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • " we can manufacture as good a class of work in Howith or without board. C. Brewer & Co.................... • • • • • • '·' nolulu as can be found in any part of the world. I Bishop & Co •••• .••••••••••• ••••••···•·•. will also atate here that we fully intend to work at HA.LL AND LARGE ROOMS TO LET FOR Dr. R. W. Wood ......................... ••••••••. Hon. E, H. Allen................................. " the lowest possible rates. G. WEST. ju.28~ PUDLIC MEETINGS, OR SOCIETIES, ly T UE PROPRIETOR WILL SPARE NO M ioung Bmts filyristian ~ssociation ·of Jonolulu. Pure religion and undefiled befo1·e God, the Fathe1·, is this: To visU thefathedes~ and widows in their ajfiiction, and to keep one's seljunspottedf1·om the world. Edited ny a Committee of the Y. M. CJ Hawaiian National Hymn. WILLIAM: CHARLES LuNALILo, whosf death we briefly announced in our last issue, was descended from the highest of the Royal line of Hawaiian Chiefs. His mother was Kekauluohi, known as Kaahumanu Ill., Kuhina N ui (Premier) under Kamehameha III., and was marrie(l to Charles Kanaina, from which marriage two so11s were bom Davida and William. The former died when quite young. William, soon after his mother's death, when about eight years of age, was placed in the Royal School, kept by Mr. and Mrs, Cooke, where he received a liberal English education, and as he possessed naturally a quick mind, he became one of the ~est scholars in the school. For English classical literature he had great fondness, and his familiarity with the English poets was remarkable. It was this taste that led him to indulge in writing poetry, some of which was well composed. On one occasion, twelve years ago, he called on us in our editorial sanctum and sat down at our table. In the course of the conversation, we suggested that he become a competitor for the prize which had been offered for the best Hawaiian verson of" God Save the King." He took a pen and in fifteen or twenty minutes handed us his verses, which we enclosed in an envelop and passed with ten or twelve others to the judges, who awarded it the prize, and this is known now as the Hawaiian National Hymn "God Save the King." We instance this to illustrate the extraordinary mental qualities with which he was endowed.- Gazette, 1/'eb. 1 I. E Ola ka ld:oi i ke Akua. ITAKUIA E KA l\IEA KIEKIE WILLIAM C, LUNALILO. 1. Ke Akua mana mau. Hoomaikai, pomaikai I ka Moi ! Kou lima mana mau, Malama, kiai mai Ko makou nei Moi, 2. Ka. inoa kamahao Lei nani o makou, E ola e ! Kou eheu uhi mai, Pale na ino e, Ka makou pule nou, E ola e ! E ola e ! 3. Imua OU makou, Ke 'Lii o na Alii, E aloha mai, E mau ke ea e 0 ke aupuni nei, F. ola mau makou. Me ka MoL ._, God Save the King. TRASLATED BY REV. L, LYONS, acknowledge himself n temperance man in every sense of he word. We think the following statement which we have no doubt is a true one, should lead all friends of the1 temperance cause to· united effort in ::;topping, as far as possible, the sale of ardent spirits the world over : " SIXTY THOUSAND. - Tramp ! tramp ! the boys are marching; how many of them? Sixty thousand !-Sixty full regiments, every :2. Royal, distinguished name, man of which will, before twelve months Our beauteous diadem, shall have completed their course, lie down Long life be thine ; in the grave of a drunkard! Every year Thy wing spread o'er our land , during the past decade has witnessed the From every wrong defend, same sacrifice; and sixty regiments stand For thee our prayers ascend, behind this army ready to take its place. It Long live our King ! is to be recruited from our children and our ..8. Before thee, King of Kings, children's children. ' Tramp - tramp _ Of whom all nature sings, tramp '-the sounds come to us in the Our pmyer we bring ; e?hoes of the footsteps of the army just exOh, let our kingdom live, pired ; tramp-tramp - tramp - the earth Life, peace and union give, shakes with the tread of the host now passLet all thy care receive ; ing; tramp-tramp-tramp- comes to us Bless thou our King ! from the camp of the recruits. A great tide of life flows resistlessly to its death. THE terrible effects of intemperance are "What in God's name are they fighting seen and felt in our own community as well for? The privilege of pleasing an appetite as in America and Great Britain. We11e it -of conforming to a social habit-of filling f h sixty thousand homes with shame and sornot or t e fact that our laws prohibit the row-of loading the public with the burden free use of ardent spirits on these islands we of pauperism-of. crowding our prisons with could not calculate the amount of misery felons-of detractmg from the productive inand crime that would result from intemper- dustries o~ the country-of ruining fortunes ance here. and breakrng_ of hopes-of breeding wretchThe late administration endeavored faith- edness a nd disease-of deS t roying both body and soul in hell before their time. fully to carry out the law touching on this "The prosperity of the liquor interestsubject, and the good effects were and are cov~ring every dep_artment of it-depends being felt in the diminution of drunkenness entirely 0~1 the. mamt~nance of this army. among the natives. We do hope that the It cannot hve without it. It never did live without it. present administration will be equally faith"Does any sane woman doubt that her ful and anxious to bring offenders against sex are suffering a thousand times more from the law to justice. rum than from any political disability? We trust that all government officfals will " The truth is that there is no question be themselves temperate men. How can b~fore th e A~eri_can people to-day that be. . h gms ~o match m impo;tance the Temperance this commumty or any ot er rely with con- question. The question of American Slavfidence upon men whose intellect is dulled e~y was ~ever any thing but a baby by the by the use of ardent spirits? Especially side of this ; and we prophesy that within should the judges upon the bench be tern- ten years-if not within five--the whole perate men; upon whose clear and sound country will be awake to it and divided judgment:all classes can rely without fear. ?Pon it. The organizations' of the liquor His Majesty's chosen advisers should be mterest, the vast funds at its command the temperate men, administering the govern• the. univ~rsa! feeling among those w'hose ment without fear or favor, and in no way busmess 1s pitted against the national proscompromised in this cursed traffic. perity and the public morals_ these are It will be acknowledged by all that the enough to show that, upon one side of this spirit of spite and lawlessness that was ex- m~tter, at least, the present condition of hibited in our city within a few weeks, thmgs and the sgcial and political questions would have been ten-fold more lawless and that Ji in the immediate future are appredestructive, had the free use of intoxicating hended. The liquor interest knows there liquor been.permitted among the people. is to be a great struggle, and is preparing to . Every friend of ~he~e Islands and of the meet it. People both in this country and in right, should use hi~ 111fluen~e, both ~y ex- Great Britain are beginning to see the enor~mple and pr~cept, 111 checkmg the tide of m!ty of this b~si~ess-:-are beginning to re- . m~emperance that threat~ns to sweep away ahze that Christian civilization is actually this people. . poisoned at its foundation, and that there . ~et. no o_ne feel that he has no respons1- can be no purification of it until the source b1hty 111 this matter, but let every one stand of the poison is dri·ed tlp ,,_ c,_. ·1. , 8 . ix;? i-uner . prmc1p . . Ies, an d never be as h ame d to Monthly. by h1s 1. Eternal, mighty God, Bless, from thy bright abode, Our Sovereign King ; May thy all-powerful arm Ward from our Sire all harm, Let no vile foe alarm, Long may be reign !