Friend, 1873-07

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.

IN The P a c i f i c • Jeiu £tries, fol. n. jrr. 7.} CONTE~TS For July, 1.873. HONOLULU, JULY I, 1873. PA.GE Good Reading in Dull Times ............................ 49 Editor's Table •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ···••·•••••••• 49 Wreck of the Chacabuco .••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 60 Our Saih,rs-An Appeal. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 51 Arctic Explorations •••••••••••••••• , ••••••••••••••••• : ••• 61 :Marine Journal. ••• , ................ ,, •••••••••••••••••• 63 Atralr1 in Alaska. ••••••••••••••• , •••••••••••••••••••••••• 54 Young Men's Christian Association ••••.•••••••••••••••••. 56 THE FRIEND, JULY 1, 18'73. "Good Reading in Dull Times." Under this "heading," in the August ·number of the Friend for 1872, we made some remarks respecting Forster's Life of C. Dickens. A second volume of Dickens' Life has just made its appearance, embracing the period from 1842 to 1852. The first volume included the narrative of his first visit to America. The second volume embraces sketches of his visits and residence in Italy and Switzerland, and " three months in Paris." During this period of his life he was occupied in writing " Martin Chuzzlewitt," " Christmas Carol," Dowbey and Sore," and "David Copper.field." The admiring readers of those volumes will be delighted with the perusal of this volume inasmuch as it will exhibit t.he origin and growth of those works of fiction in their author'_s fertile brain. We regard this as the main feature in Forster'~ life of Dickens. In reading this life of Dickens, by John Forster, we are continually reminded of Boswell's Life of Johnson. Macaulay describes Boswell as a sort of Parasite attaching himself to Johnson, and during a period of twenty years, noting down every word dropping from his great master's lips, and gathering up every incident relating to the great lexicographer and essayist. As a biographer Boswell was unequaled, but yet was the veriest toady and snob. Says Macaulay, "Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived, and he has beaten them all." He is the prince of biographers, but never would have been known to fame if he had not attached himself to Johnson. We think it so \Vith Mr. Forster. He is another Boswell, as nearly as. one man could be to another. Dickens is his idol. Before that idol he lies prostrate. Pe'rhaps it is a necessary feature of a successful biographer that he should adore the man whose life he describes. These volumes of Mr. Forster " are good reading for dull times," and every reader of Dickens ought to be a reader of these volumes, which will be found for sale at Thrum's Bookstore. H. B. M. 's S. S. REPULSE.-This noble specimen of modern naval architecture, bearing the pennant of Rear-Admiral C. F. Hillyar, arrived off the port June 12th, 41 days from Paita, South America, which port she left on the 2nd of May. The Repulse is an iron-clad, having six inch-armour plates in battery. She carries twelve nine-inch nine-ton guns, two twenty-pounder breech-loaders, and two nine pounder field pieces. She is a screw of 800 horsepower, and numbers 569 men and officers. ner length on deck is 252 feet; breadth, 59 feet; height between lower and main deck, 11 feet 6 inches-the greatest height between decks of any vessel afloatheight between main and upper deck, 7 feet 6 inches. She draws 24 feet 8 inches forward and 26 feet 2 inches aft. The following is a list of the officers at present attached to the Repulse: Rear Admiral-Charles Farrel Hillyar, CB. Flag Lieutenant-Fregerick R Boardman. Secretary-Robert W Parish. Clerks to ~er,retar11-Gervase F Mathew, Robert L Dymott. Captain-Charles T Curme. Commandtr-Frederic;k S Vander Meulen. Lieutenants-Fred A Wetherall, Francis Romilly, Charles PG Hicks, Lambtol). LL Bevan, Raymond B Needham, Wil• liam Neilson. Sta.fl Commander-Henry S Ley. Chaplain-Rev George M Sutton, BA. 2 Captain R. M. A.-Frederlck A Ogle. /Aeutenant R. M. L. [.-Percy D Coleridge. Sta.ff Surgeon-William Hoggan, MD, Paymaster-Edward W M Millman, Naval lnst-ructor-William W Lane, BA. Chief Engineer-Robert J Wilson. Sub-Lieutenants-Cha.des W Hicks, Henry E Bourchier, Gerard J Capes, Ralph W Jones, Charles W P Allen, James HP Galloway, Wm S Rees, JO Thomas. Navigating Sub-Lieutenant-'fhomas F. Thomas. .d.ssistant Surgeon-William B Drew. Assistant Paymaster-Joh_n A Wood. Engineers-Alexander F McIntyre, Robert Findlii,y, Henry Brown (b), John Baillie. Gunner 1 Cl.-Josiah Hunt, Boatswains 1 Cl.-Jonathan Barrow, William Guard. Carpenter 1 Cl.-Robert Wh.ite. Midshipmen-Edward L Wilson, Henry J Lake, Keppel Wade, William Hewetson, Charles W W Ingram, Dapell Davies, George L B Bennett, Harold Charrington. ;.Vavigating 11-lidshipman-Stanley AB Burney. Jl.ssistant Engineer 1 Cl.-William E. Beal. Clerka-Wllliam S Andrew •, Francis F Smith.-AdvertiserJ Editor's Table. PARADISE IN THE PACIF~ A book of travel, adventure and facts in the Sandwich Islnnds. By William R. Bliss, New York : Sheldon & Co. 1878. Recently a copy of the new Illustrated .Daily-:-The Graphic-published in New York, fell under our notice. It contained portraits of a good dozen murderers now confined in the Tombs. On the principle Mr. Bliss adopts in writing this book, we infer, New York city must be a most fearfully unsafe place for a residence. The writer observes one fact and from that draws general conclusions. In order to escape frorq that "orid " city of New York, and a Northern winter, he sails away and finally drop~ an~ chor in Honolulu harbor. In his preface, to apologize for the small size of his volume, he remarks, "but so is the country and so are the people of which it treats, while it is really larger than the importance of that country to any possible future of commerce or civilization." This is quite too bad, to take away from the inhabitants any hope of future greatness and importance. We need not remind the writer that a limited territory and sparse population are not an insuperable obstacle to fame and greatness. Greece and Palestine are territorially small and comparatively meagre in population, but for two or three thousand years have called forth more books than all the wo:rld beside. Our little pinhead kingdom, (epithet not original with Mt. Bliss,) as Edward E~erett was please<l to style the Hawaiian Kingdom, may be smaJl, but for a half century, and more, it has man• aged to call forth many boo.ks and pamphlets, as appears from M.r. Hunnewell's " Bibliography," and we opine this book of Mr. Bliss is not by any means t4e la.st which will be written. We had supposed that our islands were geographically situated somewhat favorably for the interests of commerce in this vast oce~n, but, according to our author, they actually " lie temote from the track of all c;o~merc~al sb,i~s, exce~t those car~ying co,.a~s 50 'l' B E It' R I E N D J U L Y, I 8 7 3. ffom Australia and California, and those rising far above the V:lllleys, ar_e softened by rarely pass within sight of the islands." It is curious that these islands should lie in the track of coal ships, and yet should be rarely seen! This statement amounts to almost an Irish bull! Some people, when they leave their native land to travel, make poor observers, because making the country left behin~ their standard, they r. re prepared to condemn everything in other lands which does not come up to that standard. In Forster's new volume, upon the life of Charles Dickens, we find this remark in one of Dickens' letters from Italy : " Did I tell you how many fountains we have here? No matter. If they played nectar, they would'nt please me half so well as the West Middlesex waters at Devonshire Terrace." Mr. Bliss and Mr. Dickens saw nothing abroad that came up to their standard. If our Honolulu fountains had sent forth nectar, we do not imagine it would have gratified the palate like a drink of Croton. He would not a!Jow us to enjoy our good roast beef, which even Englishmen pronounce equal to cuts from the London markets. Then, too, the trade wind does not appear to have always fanned the temples of our visitor in a manner to suit his fancy, for " all day·and night it howled about that upper corner of the hotef where I was domiciled, rattling the blinds, shaking the doors, and moaning in the crevices whh a dismal tone which prevented sleep, and reminded me of the sounds of a December snow-storm on the coast of New England." We are l'ejoiced when Mr. Bliss ventured out doors, wandered about our hills and valleys, he found so much that was really beautiful in our scenery, for some of his sketches are most charming and delightful. "The scenery about Honolulu presents charming pictures to a stranger every day. It is a scenery that will bear fav,Qrable comparison with any summ.e r scenery in other lands. Lounging jn onr verandas, and gazing at the panorama, we find new attractions in it daily. The great feature of the scenery is the mountain~range running through the length of the island, behind the city. These mountains, throwing out spurs toward the sea, divide the lowlands into valleys, which are not depressions between s~mmits, but are, rather, amphitheatres, rising away from . the plains, where ihe scenery shifts daily from showers to rainpgws, and then to long cascades falling down ine wooded cliffs. f' From our northern verandas we can distinguish four qf thes~ green amphitheatres, whose name$ are Kalihi, ij uuanq., Pauoa, Manoa. · Some of them are · dotted with white cottages. Some of them are spanl}.ed by rainbow~; fqr, ~he higher they rjse into t he inognt;:J.jps, the more frequently are they p;:i,ptiz~d with showers. "In the season of the trade ,vind, the peaks; The Wreck of the "Chacabuco." tender gray mists," ,vhich screen -the splendor We have received from Alexander Balfour, of the suh as it falls upon the slopes colored by ferns and grasses, and by forests of bright Esq., of Liverpool, a partner in the h-ouse of green kukui trees and dark green koa-trees, Balfour, William~on & Co., two circular• and by ridges of black lava and patches of ·printed letters, relating to the sad wreck of red soil. Here, day after day,the Chacabu co. These letters need no " There is wide wandering for the greediest eye words of explanation. Their contents indiTo peer about upon variety; Far round the horizon's crystal air to skim, cate the deep and abiding interest which Mr; And truce the dwindled edgings of its brim; Balfour feels for seamen in general, as well To pici_ire out the quaint and curious bending Of a fresh woodland alley never-ending; as in behalf .of the unfortunate crew of the Or by the bowery clefts and leafy shelves Guess where the jaunty streams refresh themselves." Ohaca.buco. Not only has Mr. B.'s sympa"It is near the time of sunset. Let us go thy expressed itself in words, but the estabup into the observatory of the hotel, and lishment of the " Home for Apprentices," take a last look at the surrounding scenery. 151 Duke street, Liverpool, is a standing_ Below us, the town is concealed from view monument of his own intere&t, and that of by the embowering trees. Behind us rise the mountains ; before us stretches the. sea, the firm to which he belongs, in behalf of streaked with purple and gray in the chang- those "going down to the sea in ships," anding light. We can discern the sweep of the who are exposed to the fearful dangers of coast from Diamond Head in the east, to the ocean: Laeloa point in the west, where the misty LIVERPOOL, 13th March, 1873. outline of that mountain spur is blending As managing owners of the Chacabuco, with the sky beyond it. Clouds lie on the far-off horizon, shaping themselves into we have the extreme pain of informing you quaint forms, and growing darker as the of the loss of the vessel about 2 A.M. on Satdaylight begins to fade away. There is no urday the 1st inst., after having almost comprolonged twilight. '!'here is a lingering pleted a very successful voyage to San Franflush in the sky; but day disappears almost cisco and back, and when almost within sight as suddenly as jn the description of the of home and friends. With the vessel twenty-four brave men and boys, including the Ancient Mariner : captain, went down; and the only survivors "The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out; are Mr. Arendrup the mate, Mr. Adamson, At one stride comes the dark." We honestly regret that a visitor who one of the apprentices, aod an Italian seaman. The event has given us so much diswields so facile a pen at giving a description tress that we have not felt able to write reof our island scenery, could not have ex- specting it earlier, and we do so now with tended his travels beyond the limited range sad feelings, when we reflect on the sorrow of a horse-ha.ck gallop around Honolulu, the event has caused to so many hearts and confessedly the most barren of scenic beauty in so many households. As a relative of one who was on board the on the whole group. Come again, friend Cliacabuco, it may be satisfactory to you to Bliss, visit Wailuku Valley, on Maui, Wai- know that when she reached San Francisco pio Valley, on Hawaii, Hanalei, on Kauai, we received a letter from Capt. Ritchie, .ex• and then take up your pen, and we may rest pressing the satisfaction he had with all on assured you will write a book worthy of pe- board; and stating that, notwithstanding the great temptations offered to do so, he did not rusal, and one which will give you a world- believe any of his crew would desert the ship. wide fame. Depend upon it, there is more Be.&:>re leaving that port four of the seamen on Hawaiian shores and among the Hawaiian were beguiled aw:J.y, but this was a very people than you have hitherto" dreamt of in small proportion of the crew to have lost ; and his having kept the crew so well shows your philosophy." that there existed a foelin~ of duty on the Mr. Bliss does not appear to have drawn part of his men which the offer of higher very favorable views of the Hawaiians, or of wages could not destroy. The voyage home had been most prospertheir advance in civilization, as we infer from such broad statements as the following: ous and rapid, until getting to Great Orme's Head, where the G!iacabuco was run down. "The Hawaiians as a people have not yet This occurred throu~h no fault of the Caprisen above heathenism. The white people tain, officers or crew, but solely, as we beare the only civilized people in the Hawaiian lieve, through the most culpable negligence. Kingdom." The term civilization is one of of the steamer T01·cli, which neglected both such indefinite signification, and depends the lights and the warning cries of the crew of the Gliacabuco, and has thus caused the so much upon a person's preconceived ideas loss of the ship and so many precious lives. of that wherejn civilization consists that we The boat of the tug-steamer Guiding Star shall not endeavor tq argue this point, any saved the three survivors, who were ail good more than we should when more superficial swimmers; but Mr. Arendrup says: "It observe.rs assert that there are no Christains seems a miracle any were saved, as the inamong H~waiians. We refer our readers to terval betwixt the time when the Cliacabuco oQr supplement for this month, 'Yhich will was struck and when she went down was so show what H~waiian Phri~tialls are doing short-scarcely three minutes. The boats for Home and Foreign Evangelization and were ready, but there was no time to allow · civilization , " By their fruits ye shall know of them being launched." The Clzaoa.ln tco was o,11r ~est ship ·a nd them ." 1' JI E F R) E _N.D , _ J U L I , l 8 7':L was commanded bv one of our·most experienced and careful "commanders. We could do nothing more for her safety, either ~n . point of the equipment of the v_essel or rn the appointments of the Captarn, Officers and Crew. We have also to state, that, Captain Ritche took the greatest interest in the welfare of his officers, apprentices and .men. Mr. Arendrup testifies there perhaps was not another ship afloat where a better ·spirit prevailed than in theAChcwab~teo and this he attributes to the earnest desJTe Cap.tain !Wehe ·felt that they should all be partakers of the great salvation wrought out by the Lord Jesus Christ. For this great end he -took much pains to impart Bible Truth to all on board and he set them all an example of a consistent Christian life. . We deplore his loss and we wish to give this testimony to his worth and to the worth of many who perished with him. We are, your humble servants, BALFOUR, W ILLIA111SoN & Co. To the Relatives of the Ca pain, Officers, Apprentices and Crew of the Ohcwabuco. l\ilouNT ALYN, RosSETT, WREXIIA111, l 6th March, l-873. 5 DEAR MRs. RrTcHE :-1 have not felt till (one happily was saved), who were graat friends, and who, when they went to sea, desired so much to be in the same ship, and thus remain together. · One boy was the only son, and only child, alas ! of a gentleman in Leamington, married to the daughter of an English r.lergyman. His open face and docile disposition had enlisted the sympathies both of Mr. Williamson and myself before we could get a ship for him, and we were so pleased when . we could put him under Captain Ritche's care. Another of the boys was a most amial5le, attractive lad, the son of banker in Forfashire. The remaining apprentice was a Dundee b?y, strongly recommended to us by a companion of his own, who was formerly on board the Ohcwabuco. These two (the boy Shaw and his friend who survives), we trust, wer~ by God's grace, led through Uaptain Ritche's instrumentality during previous voyages of the Ohacabuco, to give themselves to the Saviour. 1 can only pray the God of all consolation may comfort the sorrowing relatives of those poor boys, and of all who were lost with the ship. Permit me to state, that, along with a friend, I had been busy on the Friday, arranging for the Town~ Meeting held on Monday last on behalf of seamen in Livc>rpool. On the Saturday morning, the storm made me anxious about sailors, and we had specially asked prote~tion for them at_ family worship. After breakfast we sung with the children the hymn : a now, [ could with any satif,faction write you respecting the great trial that has overtaken us. Its severity, its suddenness, its happening within, I may ::;ay, our ow? sight, and to your worthy husband and his brave officers and crew, along with the pecuniary loss it brings to my good friends the Owners of "Star of peace to wand'rers weary ;" the Ship, make it an event that has occa- nnd during the forenoon, in writing to Mr. sioned me the deepest sorrow, and I have Williamson and my partner Mr. Allardice needed to get consolation ere being in a po- in Valparaiso, I had referred in both letters sition of imparting it to other people. to· our ships. 1n the afternoon, I called on Many circumstances add to the greatness one of my good neighbors, who, when he of my grief at what has occurred. Your said, "1 thinlc you have never lost a ship, husband was, 1 considered, the most God- Mr. B.?" received for reply, "No; but fearing man of any in command of our ships, perhaps we. may hear of one to-morrow ;" and he had been the honored instrument, and the same evening brought me the sad through his instructions and example, in news of the loss of our ship, and twenty-four commendinO' the Saviour to the confidence brave men on board of her, that morning. and love of others, and especially of those It is some mitigation of my sorrow that I who were under him. I have been again had been. employed last Friday and Saturand aO'ain ~n board his' ship in Valparaiso day in the way I specify, on behalf of seaBay f;r after~oon ser!~ce, and bee_n thankful men, whose case I trust it may be my privto receive his expos1t10ns of Scripture, and ilege to assist more than hitherto. Permit to join in his prayers. The Commodore of me to add, that our co-owners and other the Pacific Station went on board your hus- friends are sending me letters of great symband's ship repeatedly at Valparaiso, pathy, and that Mr. Williamson joins me in was much pleased with the order and d1sc1- the deepest respect I cherish for your hus-· pline he observed ; and the gentleman 1 band's memory, and in the sincere sympathy speak of was part-own~r of the Ohacalnteo, we have for you and your daughter, and for which is the best testimony he could have the relatives of all on board the gallant ship given to the opinion he had of your husband lost on Saturday morning, the 1st March. . as a seaman. Your husband had most exIt is a great comfort to me to have the ascellent officers, crew, and apprentices; and surance that, at the dread moment she was neither Mr. Williamson nor I could have going down, not~ thought_ would be permitdone more in fitting out the ship efficiently, ted in Captain H1tche's mrnd, nor a word to in her apparel and crew, if our sons had escape his lips, but what would. encourage been on board of her. I do not know the his men and boys to cleave with greater circumstances of all who were on board the purpose than ever, to their living, loving Oha.cabuco; but the case of some causes Saviour. I remain, dear Mrs. Ritche, me extreme sorrow. One of the apprentiYour's, sorrowfully and sincerely, ces was the son of a clergyman in YorkALEXANDER ·BALFOUR. [Signed.] shire recentlv deceased, whose brother was in co~mand of the Screw-steamer Da.lrnar BooK BINDERY._ Vie .notice· that the tictn, which was lo~t not Jong !.lgo. Ano th er, bindery of Mr. Newcomb has passed into the was the son of a widow. whose husband was a medical man in my native county. Two hands of Mr. fhr_um, ~ho has opened a of' tb'e apprentices were " Conw~.y" boys bindery office oppos1te his Bookstore. _an? I , . 51 -==================================:=== The Light-house Keeper. A li,rht-house keeper was once boastin·g of the brilliancy of his lantern; which could be seen ten leagues at sea, when the visit?r said to him, "What if one of the lights should cha·nce to go out?" "Never. Impossible!" he cried. " Sir,'' said he, pointing to the ocean, "yond_er, where nothing can be seen, there are ships going by to all parts of the _world.. t?• night one of my burners wert.. out, w1thm six months would come a letter-perhaps from America, perhaps from India, perhaps from some place I never heard of~saying, Suc_h a night, at such an h our, the light of. _Cala1s burned dim, the watcnman neglected his post, and vessels were in danger. Ah, sir, some times in the dark nights in stormy weather, I look out to sea, and I feel as if the eye of the whole world were looking at my light. Go out? bum dim? Oh, never!" Was the keeper of this light-house so vigi lant; did he feel so deeply the importance of his work and its responsibility; and sha U Christians neglect thefr light, and suffer it_to grow dim-grow dim when, for need of. its bright shining, some poor soul, struggling amid the waves of temptation, may be dashed upon the rocks of destruction? No. "Holding forth tlie word of life," ~ays t~e apostle. Why? '' That I may reJ_o1ce _m the day of Christ, that I have not run m varn , neither labored in vain. Phil. 2:16. !f 1 "My Captain's Orders." " How is it I don't seem to hear you speak bad words?" asked an ''old salt" of a boy on board a man-of-war. · "Oh, 'cause I don't forget my . Captains's orders," answered the boy brightly. " Captain's orders !" cried the old sailor ; "I didn't know he gave any." "He did," said Jem, "and I keep 'em safe here,'' putting his hand on his breas_t.. "Here they are," said Jem slowly and d1stmctly ,: "•I say unto you, swear not at all ; neither by heaven; for it is God's thron~: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be , yea, yea; nay, nay: for whatsoever is more tha~hese cometh of evil.''' Matt: 5:34--37."From the good old log-book, I see,' 1 said the sailor. "Ah, yes, you've got your: orders/' Mr.. Darwin's Prog~niton, In Mr. Darwin's new book, entitled ·' Impressions of the Emotions in Man and Animals," we find this paragraph on page 36 L '' \Ve may confidently believe that laughter, as a sign of pleasure or enjoyment, was practised by ow· progenitors long before they deserved to be called kwnan; for many kinds of monkey, wher.1 pleased, utter a reiterated sonnd, clearly analogous to on r laughter." • ·r HE '"'· 1' H E Jt: R I E N D , J U L I , FRIEND. JULY 1, 1873. "Our Sailors-An Appeal." ~his is the tiile of a new book which has just been publishP.d in London, by Mr. Samuel Plimsoll, a young-11nd active member of parliament. The object of the book is to arouse public attention to the wret(?hed and unseaworthy condition of many of the merchant vesse s sailing under the British flag. Such as the following case~ are mentioned: One ship-owner, having bien refused a certificate by the surveyor, he loaded the vessel and sent her off. Before the ship had cleared from the coast, the sailors refused .duty and were lodged in prison. Another crew was shipped, but eventually ship, cargo and sailors all went to the bottom of the sea. .Mr. Plimsoll pledges to substantiate these facts before a commission. He calls for a commission to be appointed by Parliament. There is of course a great commotion among ship-owners. The London Times, Feb. 12, supports l\'Ir. PlimsolJ, and asserts, "There are facts enough to prove that British seamen are drowned by the score, just for the want of legislative supervision. Mr. Plimsoll has every right to enquire that the interests of sailors shall be as well cared for as those of the miners and factory hands." This is a subject to which public attention ought to be called. Not long since it was reported that an officer attached to one of the steamers running on the Pacific, refused to go to sea, because he did not consider the vessel seaworthy, and another officer was shipped. The conse.quence was the latter was killed by the burst.ing of a steam pipe! There is one other cause of complaint which ought to be examined and removedwe refer to intemp,nance on the part of masters and officers. The late wreck of the steamer Atlantic bas aroused public attention to this point. It 1.-hould be a rule of all insurance companies to refuse insurance on any sea-going craft, commanded by a master in the habitual use of intoxicating liqt.ors. The practice of allowing a " bar" on steam• ers, is something outrageously opposed to the sa ety of ship, cargo and passengers! In urging the adoption of an Act, in the British Parliament, for the appointment of a Uommission to investigate this subject, Mr. Plimsoll, employed the following language, as reported in the London Record: I 8 7 S, and odd lives were lost every year by shipwreck. He did not think that a fourth of this loss could be traced to well-found, wellloaded, well-manned ships. After going through the technical details of the bill, he went on to urge the nec~ssity of this temporary legislation pending the inquiries of the Commission. He begged, he entreated, he implored the House to read the bill a second time. If they coula fancy that just outside the House they saw a ship before them on the rocks, and the waves beating upon it, he believed there were many now present who, just as Lord W. Hay leaped from Her Majesty's ship into the Tagus to save life, while the tide was running 20 knots an h~ur, would risk their lives in the effort to save others. He hoped, therefore, the House ;vould now pass the second reading of this bill, and pass it with acclamation." (Cheers.) Arctic Explorations. The death of Captain Francis Hall, the Arctic Navigator, the wonderful and almost miraculous escape of a portion of his company, and the uncertainty attending the present safety of the Polaris and her crew, are subjects which again turn the attention of the public to northern fields of discovery and research. Notwithstanding the fatality which seell'ls to have followed all attempts to bring into the clear light of geographical and scientific certainty, that fabled polar land and sea, which for centuries has been the fond dream of voyagers, there have ever been those willing to endure peril and suffering to accomplish this end. The expedition which started out under Captain Hall's command seemed to be peculiarly hopeful and more than ever was it anticipated that some solution to the much vexed problem of an Open Polar Sea would at last be found. The enthusiasm and hopes however of three years ago seem to be more than counterbalanced by the dependency of the present and the almost tragic ending of the whole attempt. Within a few weeks the survivors of the expedition have arrived in New lYork, whose story is worthy to be p!ac6d with those of the most adventurous and skillful discoverers. From Captain Tyson's report we glean the following items: Captain Hall, · who was the animating spirit of the company, had pressed forward with ardor, gaining new hope constantly of winning fame and success. In '71 he had reached latitude 82° 16'. After his return to the vessel from this expedition which had been on sledges, he was taken suddenly ill and died on the 8th of " The next case he referred to was that of October, 1871. Notwithstanding their loss, ".I- well-known ship-c>wner of Shields, who had the remainder of the company were anxious made his money in such a way that when h~ still to continue in their voyage of discovery. died the police had to be brought to protect But they were driven by the ice and winds his remains to the grave on account of the fodignation of the multitude of women and into lower latitudes, until in August '72, it children who followed to pelt the hearse with was seen to be necessary to land the provii:nnd. Bri;flY the facts were these-2,700 sions and company on th e ice. · With this action commences one of the most thrillingly interesting and marvellous stories of adventure on record. While a. number of the men were engaged in landing various articles, the Polaris broke from her fastenings and in the obscurity of the night was lost to those eighteen persons now left to fight their way back to life and home through months of ocean-peril, and Arctic ~old. For six •months did this brave ·little company exist on their great-ice boat, living in little snow huts, feeling each day the limits of their domain lessening, cherishing the feeble hope of ultimate rescue. Every means was adopted to sustain life, and of all the company none died, not even the children. In April of • this year they were pick@d up by the steamship Tigress in latitude 53° 35' north, longitude 55° west, and were landed at Roberts Bay, New Foundland: Since then they have arrived in New York a nk have gone thence to Washington. The fate of the Pola1·is is still shrouded in doubt. The r&lports which the survivors give in reference to Captain Buddington are far from favorable to his reputation. It is to be hoped that the suspicions now entertained will be proved to be without foundation. Sad as was the fate of the gallant leader of this band of discoverers it will seem less sad if found to be from some natural cause and. not at the cruel hands of one of his companions. Every effort will be taken by the American government to discover the truth of the gloomy reports of Captain Tyson and his people. All eyes will be on the lookout for the coming of the Polari8 if ever again she enters America·n waters. Another grave has been dug in that "lonely land." To whom shall the cross mid the ice and snow be as a "guide board to the d':im shores, just rising, of the Polar Sea?" THE LATE A SHER B. BATEs.-We copy tlie following from the San Francisco Commercial Ilerald of Jnne 6th: "After a career full of honor and usefulness, revered and esteemPd by all who knew him, Asher B. Bates yielded np his life, in tbis cH.y, on the first dl'l.y of June, id the sixty-fonrth year of his age. The high reputati@n as a jurist wbich he achieved while yet a young man, obt.1ined for him the responsible position of Crown Adviser to the Hawaiian Government. which he retained for fourteen years. when be returned to his native country and established himself in San Francisco. Three year!' subsequently the Hon. Salmon P. Chase, then Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, coo~ ferred upon Judge Bates the appointment of Reg~ ister in Bankruptcy for the First Congressional District of California, an office which he never songbt, but retained until failing health induced him to resign June I, 1872, exactly one year preceding llis death. Deceased was born in LeRoy, New York, May 2. 1810. He was a true, sincere, Christian gentleman ; a pure citizen ; a noble type or the American ; reflecting honor upon bis country abroad, and serving it faitbfully at home. His loss is deplored by the whole commnnitv in common with his personal frienos." V REv. FRANK THOMPSON.-By the Itilaitea, this gentleman arrived from Hilo, and will supply the pulpit of Fort Street Church dur .. ing the absence of the Pastor, the ijev. W , Freu, in California, who is experted by th e August steamer. · • THE SURPRISE l'RESENTATION.--At the close of the examination on Wedneriday afternoon at Punahou, Mr: Chas. B. Poor, on behalf of the sehool, presented Prof. Chickering with a heavy gold chain, as a souvenir, accompanying it with. a neat little speech. Mr. C., who was entirely taken by surprise, responded in a few parting words, which seemed to have to'l!1ched the hearts of his pupils, who have become very warmly attached to him. .Miss Nellie Fuller then stepped forward, and presented Miss Brockway with a set of tutui nut earings and pin. Miss B. returns to Oakland, Cal., by the next steamer. Prof. 'C. took passage in the French steamer Vauclre·uil, which sailed Saturday morning.- Gazette. JAcK AsuoRE.-The sailors of the Repulse who have had several , days of liberty on shore, are the most orderly seamen we have had here lately. The only demonstration they make is in trying to teach the Kanaka mustangs to go as they want them to. And if Jack happens to have an extra glass of beer aboard, wo to the unfortunate steed under him. Every body likes to see Jack enjoy himself ashore, even when he can't hold in his " ould beast," as he calls him, and flies at a 2:40 pace. We are glad to see so many of them patronize the Home, where Mr. Dunscombs looks after them as faithfully as he would provide for his own brother. Sunday night, for instance, he had between twenty and thirty lodged at the Home, and all of them were seated at the breakfast table chatting as happy as princes. A goodly number of the Repulse's crew are Good Templars, having joined the order in England, where its principles are slowly but steadily gaining ground.- Gazette. PROGRESS OF PROTESTANTISM: IN MEXICO.Very remarkable success has been obtained by the Rev: H. C. Riley, ~he agent in ~he _city of Mexico of the American and For~1gn Christian Union. There are at least sixty organized congregations,. with thirt_y-five persons in charge. In the city of Mexico several prominent priests have been converted, and are now preaching the doctrines of Protestant Christianity. Aguas (now dead) was one of the most earnest, talented and influential priests rn Mexi_co. Hence his renunciation of Romanism created an intense excitement among the Papists of_ that c_ountry .. The Archbishop excommunicated h1m, and, m return, Aguas wrote a lengthy letter, revie_wing the doctrines and usages of the Rom1sh system. It is a very able production, and has been published in the Christian World, the organ of the American and Foreign Christian Union. Palacios, another converted priest, is attracting multitudes by his evan .. gelical preaching, and others now in the field might be named.-Lonclon Record. REV, A. F. WmTE returned with his wife on the 28th from a trip to Maui and Hawaii. He expects to leave in the rosta Rica. for San Fr~nci~ro. FRIEND, JUL f, 53 I 8 7 3. lt7' To an unprofessional reader the letter of Surgeon Hoggan, attached to the Repulse, published in the last Advertiser, appears to be a most sensible document, and we hope it may be translated and published in the Hawaiian papers. If ot1r island physicians have any information ttpon the disease nowattracting so much attention, we think they are in duty bound to publish the same. Ought not the Board of Health to call for a convention of all our island physicians so that the public may profit by their combined med i cal knowledge? MARINE JOURNAij, PORT OF HONOLULU~ S. I. A.RRIV A.LS. June 2-Am stmr Costa Rica, W F Lapidge, 8 days and 13 hours from San F.-ancisco. 6-Am ship Electra, Hedge, 12 days fm San Francisco. 12-H B M's S S Repulse, Rear Admiral C F Hillyar, C B, 41 days from Paita. 12-Am wh bk Ocean Speed, Pease, fr~m Kawaihae. 14-Brit brig Roberi Cowan, Revely, 33 days from Callao, in ballast. 1'1-Liberian bk Clara Louise, Summers, 42 days from Iquiqui, Peru, in ballast. 24-Am bk DC Murray, A Fuller, 17 days from Ban Francisco. • 30-Am bk Delaware, Rollins, 36 days fro Victoria, B C. June 1-Am ship King Phillip, Daly, for Guano Islands. '1-Am stmr Costa Rica, Lapidge, for San Francisco. '1-Am l!hip Electra, Hedge, for Guano Islande. 8-Am ship Coringa, Ropes, for Enderbury Island. 9-Am missionary brig Morning Star, Hallett, for Micronesia. 10-U S eurveying ship Portsmouth, Jos S Skerrett, to cruise. 10-Am schr Serena Thayer, A Brown, for Sydne~•. 13-Am wh bk Ocean Speed, Pease, for the Arctic. 17-Am schr CM Ward, Rickman, fo1• Guano Islands. 17-Haw schr Mary Foster, Cluney, for Sydney. 20-Haw brig Onward, Ballastier, for Sydney. 21-French gunboat Vaudreuil, Lefevre, for Sau Francisco. 27-Liberian bk Clara Louise, W H Summers, for Portland, 0. 27-H B M's S S Repulse, Admiral rlillyar, for Victoria, VI. 28-Brit brig Robert Cowan, Revely, for Sydney. 30-Am bk D C Murray, Fuller, for San Franci,co. DEPARTURES. MEMORANDA.. REPORT OF STEAMSHIP COSTA RICA, W. F. LAPIDOIC 1 COM• MANDER.-Left the port of San Francisco at 3:30 PM on the 17th April with 16 cabin passengers and 93 tons of freight. The first four days out encountered strong head wind!!, ending in a gale. Since that time we have had pleasa.nt weather, making the run from San Francisco to Honolulu in lt'ss than ten days. The Costa Rica brings 13 bags United States mail. JAMES E. TVCKER, Purser. REPOR'l' OF BARK CAMDEN, ROBINSON, MASTER.-Sailed from Port Gamble l\Iarch 25th. Came out of the Sound on/ the 27th. Had heavy gales from the southward up to April, 3d ; from thence to lat 23 ° bad light varial.Jle winds and caln:s, Thence to port had light traue winds. REPORT OF BARK D. C. MURRAY, FULL1m, l\lAs·r1m.-Left San Francisco April 11th. First two days out had fresh winds from W to N NW. Then light winds from all directions, commencing at N and hauling to ?. and W, where it remained sev eral days. and th~n died out calm. Finally got the trades in 26 ° N lat very light, which lasted to port. Arrived off Hono lulu the night of April 29th, after a passage of 18 days. REPORT OF BARK ONWARD, HAYES, MASTER.-Sailed from New Bedford June 25th, 1872; had a very pleasant pa~sage to the \Ve,tern Islands, where we crui11cd two montl1s, taking 160 bbls sperm oil. Touched at Fayal Sert 11th, landing the above mentioned oil. Bailed Sept 12th for Cape Horn. In lat 42° S long 1oe 5' W took a large sperm whale. Had a. very pleasant pa:.!iage around Cape Horn. Feb 11th, 1873, touched at Valparaiso. Ilad a ve1·y light passage to the equator, where we cruised four weeki;i, taking 140 bbls sperm oil. Froi;,;i the equator to Honolulu experienced very light weather, where we arrived May 2d, having taken 390 bbls sperm oil and 100 bbls whale oil. REPORT OF SHIP WM, TAPSCOTT, J.C. FLINN, M.ABTER,Sailed from San Francisco April 24th, Had fine trades until arriving off Molokai; then calm. Passage 12 days. REPORT OF S•rEAMBHIP NEBRASKA, I. HARDING, COM• MANDER,-Left Auckland April 19th at 4 P M, heavy gale from northeast blowing. Anchored unrler heads. Left again at JI p M April 20th. The first three days experienced fearful weather, ship behaving splendidly. Hove to for twenty-four hours. Passed Island of Eua April 26th. Stopped ctf Tutuila an hour on the 28th. Experienced fine weather latter part of pas11~ge. ,4. rrived 1n Honolulu J\fay 8th. Mr. Br.i.wwrnn , J'uri,er. REPORT OF SLOOP DOLPHIN, l>AVl8 1 .l\JASTER,-21 day from San Diego, bound to Japan on s fur sealing expedition Had light S aud ~W winds first twelve days, making 500 miles ; next nine days squally from NE. Last four days had very light SSW winrls. Largest day's run, 158 miles. Ton nage little less than five. REPORT OF c. M. WARJ>, RICKMAN, l\lASTER,-Left Hono lulu March 311it, 1873, at 11 A.M.; wind light from the East ward, 4 P.M. calm; midnight thunder and lightning and heavy rain. April 1st at 3 A.M. fresh breeze from the Eastward crossed the line -on the '1th of April in long. 167 ° West ; from the line to Euderburys Island had the wind light from E.N .E arriving at Enderburys Island at 11 A,M. on the 12th of April Left Enderburys lslanrfor Bakers at 2 P M on the 14th, wind fresh from the Eastwwrd. Left Bakers for Howland• Island at. 9 A.M. on the 18th, wind light from the Northeast, arriving at Howlands at 3 P.l\r. the same day. Left Howlands Island fo Honolulu at 5 P.~t. on the 19th of Api;il, wind fresh from th~ N.E.; April 21st in lat.5° North, long. 177° West took heavy iale from the N.E. with heavy sea running, attended with violent 11qualls of rain, lasting f~ 14 days. April 22d sprung the main boom·, on the 26th broke the fo1•e gaff; Mn~ 15th sighted Palmyra Island, had very heavy weather up to lat. 16° North, long. 158° West. Since leaving Howland. Island good weather to port. REPORT OF SHIP CORINGA, ROPES, MASTER.-Le[t BostOl Dec 4th, 1872 ; had good weather to Staten I.and In sixty-fiv days ; from there to lat 50 ° in fhe Pacific was forty-two days with a constant succe8sion of gales from W to NW with very high sea ; since then had very moderate weather to within eight days of these islands, then light winds and calms to port, making the passage in 160 days. In lat fi3 ° 69' S, long 63° 34' 'W lost overboard A Anderl'!en,seaman. It was blow ing a gale at the time with a high sea running; did not mil!. him until he was seen astern; tried all we could to save hin but he sank immediately. REPORT OF SCHOONEl\ SERENA THAYER, A. BnowN, Mui TER.-Left Sydney March 15th ; e.-perienced northerly winds with dirty, squally weather up to May 11th; then took th trades in lat 10 ° S, long 145 ° W. Since then had tin weather to Jlort, arriving on the 27th l\iay. REPORT OF STEAMSHIP COSTA RICA, \I\'. F. LAPIDGE COMMANDEn.-Left San Francisco May 2-lth at 3:30 p M will 400 tons of assorted freight, 38 cabin passengers and 4 steer age. Encountered head winds for the first few days, sinc then have had fair weather. ArriYed in Honolulu Monday morning, June 2d. JAs. E. TUCKER, Purser. REPORT OF BRIG ROBERT COWAN, REVELY, MASTER. Left Callao at 6 P M May 12th; had light southerly winds oft the land. In lat 12 ° S and long 81 ° W got steady SI<] trades Crossed the line in long 130 ° W with winds from ENE tC1 }~SE. In lat 6° N, long 133° W had light variable wind~ from SE to SSE with heavy rains and a strong northerly swell In lat 8° N, long 133° 11' had li:tht NE wiuds, from which position to this port had steady trades. All quiet in Peru. N English man-of-war in port. REPORT OF LIBERIAN BARK CLJ.RJ. LOUISE, 8UMMER6 1 l\lASTER,-Sailed from lquiqui, Peru, May 4th; had very light. air!! from the eastward until arriving in lat 10 ° S ; crossed the line in long 125 ° W, during three days had heavy rain and calms ; took the NE trades in lat 11 ° N, long 126 ° W which continued very strong the rest of the passage, with fai weather; arrived on the 17th .June. REPORT OF BARK D. C. MURRAY, A. l!'ULLER, MASTl!:R. Left San Francisco June 7th. First day light SW airs and calms ; the following three days moderate winds from W t NW. Then the wind hauled to N and E very light and flu ished with a calm of four days' duration. From lat 26° N to port moderate trades from E to ENE. Made Molokai at 4 A I'! Tuesday, June 24th, arriving in Honclulu same day, after a. passage of 17 days. PASSENGERS. F1t0M SAN FaANC1sco-Per Costa Rica, .June 2d-C D \ Ilubbard, Frank Bingham, L K McGrew, E A \filliams, A Lachman, W Wangerman, G Snediker, R Taylor, BM Young. DH Elwell, FA Mitchell, wifo and 5 children, T M Lee, Mri, Randall, .J C Glade, wife, child and servant, l\lons Ballieu wife, child and servant, Mrs Hall, W G Irwin, N Simpi!on wife and child, SC Hubbard, wifo and child, and 4 in fitcerage Fon SAN FlU.NCISCO-Per Cofta Rica, Juno 7th-Mr and Mrs Dr Whitney, Henry Luudt, S B Stoddard and wife, Re~· W ~·rear, 1) D Baldwin, wife and 4 children, J T Vhayter, G Whitteus aucl wife, R Newcomb, .J Neill, J Reaney, J M Oat, .Jr, B !I Lyon, J T Smith, Ed Gilmau u.od wife, ~am'I Jame.,, C V D Hubbard. Emile Wickert, G Levinburg, Chae Diedr mann, C Leonard, A J Black, Apana and wife, Chung Ka,· Assee, Goo Ken, Ahsan, Ahaa,m, Kan Yip, 4hick. Fon Gu.u10 ls1,>.NDs-Per C. M. Ward. ,JU'l'le 16th-Cap F Kibbling, Mr Cahill, A R Edwards, Chas Treslrn, nnd 80 n11. tive laborer11. FROM SAN Fn.ANc1sco-Per D. C. Murray, .lune 2lth-M Theo C Heuck, H G Cook, Chas Andrews, J W Knight, wif. and child, D McCorrister, Alex Lazarus, Ang Gapport, wif and 4 children, and 2 Chinamen. Fon. SYDNEY-Per Robert Cowan, June 28th-W Dkkeo, son. MARRIED. KELLITT-'MARBLE-In thili city, May 31Rt, at St. Andrew's Cathedral, by Rev. Bishop Willis, Mr. P. D. KELLlT't' to Miss llELEN G. MARBLE, both of Honolulu. IluNT-MAKAIKE-In this oity, June 6th, at the residence of the bride's parents, by Rev. Mr. Kuaea., Mr. WILLIAM D . HUNT to Miss ELIZABETH MAKAIKE, both of Honolulu. MAIKA1-LILIKALAN1-ln this city, June 17th, by Rev. ,T. P. Green, Mr. SAMUEL u. MAIKAI to Miss ANNIE K. LILIKi\• LANI, daughter of Judge Lilikalani, of Koloa, Kauai. DOLE-CATE-In Castine, Maino, Mny 19th, by- Rev. l'. E. Ives, 8ANF0llD D. J)OLE, of Houolnlu, to Mll'!!i! ANNA A Cn'K, of <Jaetin(:. !L7 No c:i.rd1<. • . 54 -'r H E i' ·R I E N D ; J U L t ; l 8 7· 3 . • Episcopal and Congregational Missiona- tmth by the efforts of Congregational mis- ed to send his son (a very bright .and intelli-ries in India, sionaries; and, when the proposition came gent lad of fourteen years) to the Eastern • up to send a missionary bishop there, the an- States, for more thorough instruction. The lnyears past a great deal h~s been written swer was at once made: 'That is not fair. "Alaska Uommercial Company" accord·and published about Missionaries of one so• This must not be done. We cannot afford ingly gave him passage ·to ·san Francisco, · to di~tract the Christians of .that land by our and sent him across to New England, where •ciety. entering a field occupied by those of divisions.' '.the Bishop of Worcester him- he is now pursuing a four years' schooi another deno~ination. The following state- self, writing to the candidate for this place, course at their expense, The rising genera:ments came from so rem::.rkable a source, says: 'After reading the paper of the Church iion of Alutes will soon become more that we think some of our readers will be in- Missiona-ry Society, which I enclose here- familiar with Washington than Peter the ·tetested in their perusal. At the late meet- with, I have no hesitation in Baying that I Great, and exchange Rrnssian for American t' l U · h ld · tl think it very inexpedient, in the interests of history. · 0 f th c .rn? e ongrega ,wna nwn, e m 18 ·religion and the people of Madagascar, for a In 1869 Gen. George H. Thomas made City of New Y 1:1rk, one of the speakers was • bishop to be sent to reside there.' At the an official inspection of Alaska. He reported an Episcopal clergyman, by the name of same meeting the Bishop of Lichfield (late that on St. Paul and St. George Islands, Sabine, who delivered an interesting address, of New Zealand) had stated this as his own the fur-bearing seals are seen in immense from ·which we copy the following para- opinion: ' We make it a rule n~ver to in- numbers, which he estimated at from five to . . troduce controversy among the native people, fifteen millions each summer, lying in the graphs · . . . . . . to mar the simplicity of the faith. Although rookeries, and covering hundreds of acres . .. . "I be_heve, sir, that this 1s stand.mg pnn- there may be the fairest openings for mis- He recommended that the hunting and killc1ple with yo~ never to bu~ld on anotl~er -sionary labor, if the ground is pre-occupied, ing of these animals should be regulated by man's foundat10n. You desire to proclaim we forbear to enter.' And the statement was law, as the only way to prevent the destructhe Gospel where_ there are not at presen! made by the chairman of the meeting, the tion of the rookeries. Experience had taught oth_ers employed m t~at wor~. Let me pr?• Bishop of Oxford, that the Bishop of Poly- the Russians the necessity of such legal reclaim the t~uth on ~lus occas10n. l h~ve 1_n nesia, Bishop Patte-son, who, you will recol- strictions. From the lack of such regulamy possess~on a little docume_nt which 1s lect, was lately murdered by the natives, tions the seals have been utterly exterminavery complimentary to you. It IS a report of when for some weeks detained on an island ted from many islands in the Southern the an?ive_rsary meeting of t?e. Oxford So- in the Pacific, occupied by a Nonconformist Ocean, where they were once abundant. c!ety, maid o[ the Church Miss10nary Asso- missionary, regularly attended his ministry, Accordingly, Congress, by the act of July cmtlon, held rn the 'l'_own Hall, February and refrained from ministering himself. rath- 1st, 1870, adopted substantially the Russian 1_:J~h, 1871, Lord Brshop of Oxford ~re- er than run the risk of.injuring the influence system, on the 3d of August followtng, the s~drng. _T~is IS part ?f the repor~ referring of the resident missjonary and the unity of Alaska Company leased from the United !o the m1ss10n to which your chairma_n has the natiue Christians." (Applause.)-N. Y. States St. Paul and St. Ceorge Islands. JUSt now aJluded. It says: "There 1s ·one Independent May 15 1873. The• Company contracted to pay the United ' ' interesting fact with regard to the Mission of States $55,000 per annum rental, and a Tinnevelly, which contains the largest numAffairs in Alaska. revenue tax of $2.62½ on each fur seal taken her of native Christians in the province of and shipped from the islands. In the Boston Congregationalist of April India, .and all ·of these Christians are memTwo United States officials are stationed bers of our own beloved Church--the Church 17, 1873, we find an interesting communi- on each of these islands, to see that the Uomof England. There are no Non-conformists cation on "Education," by the Hon. B. G. pany complies with the conditions of the in the province. To what is this remarka- Northrop~ The article, however, contains lease, and to count the skins as they are ble instance due? Under God, to the genshipped to San Francisco, where they are erous and Christian forbearance of the Lon- many important statements respecting the again counted by the Custom House officers. don Missionary Society-the great society "Alaska Commercial Corripany," engaged The catch of 1872 amounted to 96,069 skins, of the Congregationalists, an independent in the seal fishery on the islands of St. Paul and the tax paid to the United States was body. The society that was enabled to bring and St. George. One of our late American over $2@0,000 for that one year. which, under Christian teaching all the capital of residents in Honolulu, Mr. Williams, is with the rental, amounts to over $307,000 Madagascar.' It then goes on to illustrate in as the revenue paid to the government. these words: 'Three of the Church of known to he interested in this enterprise. Over $700,000 have already been paid into England Missionaries became dissatisfied From the facts as hereinstated it would the United States treasury by this Company with their ·work in the . province to which appear that the H Alaska Commercial Com• and the whole sum paid for Alaska will soon they had been assigned for the propagation pany" alone pay 4 per cent. per annum on be realized from this one source, more than of the Gospel. One of these Missionaries the original purchase money of $7,200,000 verifying the predictions of Secretary Sesubsequently died; another went back to the ward as to the value of these Russian posfield from which he came in this country; but which the .U. S. Government paid Russia for sessions. The interests of all concerned are still another made a proposition to transfer the '' Alaska Purchase " in 1867. best promoted by puttmg these seal ie]ands his mission, which was in the district of TinIt is estimated that. the entire population in charge of a company, under heavy penal nevelly, right over to the care of the London of Alaska would be about 60,000, while bonds to comply with the regulations recomMissionary Society of the Congregational upon the Islands of St. Paul and St. George mended by Gen. Thomas, and adopted by Church.'· He made this proposition, and our Congress, and whose own interests requires Congregatfonalists brethren acted in this there are only 375. the careful preservation of the fisheries. In accordance with the Government stipu- The Alaska Company have shown sagacity, wise. It is said 'to the honor of the London Missionary Society be it recorded that lations, the lessees maintain a free public courage and enterprise, in opening and dethey refused to consent to the reception of school in each of the seal islands, eight veloping this new field of commerce. Their this gentleman and that part of the mission months m each year, where the native chil- lease embraces only these two small islands, \vhich was under his care.' They offered to dren and many adults (eager to leam the which are 350 miles from the main land. receive him ns an individual, and locate him language of the Americans) are taught the With this exception, the vast territory of at one of their stations, should he feel dis- English language, and the rudiments of a Ala8ka is all open to the fullest competition posed to leave; but they 1eclined to receive common school education. One of the in trade and business of every sort. · him while in Tinnevelly, or any portion of teachers sent out last spring was Edwin W. AMERICAN TouRrsTs.-U pwa_rds of a hun'." the mission there. All honor for th.at noble Church of New London Co., Conn. The Christian spirit, and l am most glad to say popuhition ·or the two seal islands, St. Paul dred and thirty thousand American tourtsts that the spirit was reciprocated by the Church and St. George, is 375. During 'mid .. sum- passed through London last Summer, bent -0f England's Society in this way. A propo- mer, when the SP.al are most abundant, on seeking pleasure onJy; and already the sition came up to appoint a bishop of M.ada- schools are adjourned. The good effectR of number who have arrived in the metropolis gascar. Every individual who had been these schools are already apparent. Last on the same·errand this year is nearly half •c.onverted· there had been brought to the fall the native chief of St. Paul island desir- as large ,---L onclon Record, N ay 16. _ T B E F R i .E N D, J .U.L I , 55 I 8 7 3, D -I LLINGHAM & CO. ADVERTISEMENTS. E _. NOS. 9ii AND 97 KING STREET, HOFFM_i.NN, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, Corner Merchant al!d Kaahum11nu Streets, near the Post Office C. HAVE ON HAiiD AND FOR SALE A FULL ASSORTMENT OF BREW .E R & c o •• Commission and Shipping Merchants, HARDWAE, tUTLERY, AGRrnULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, HOLLOW WARE, Honolulu, Oahu, II. I. E. GALVANIZEJJ IRON, WOOIJEN TUBS ANJJ BUCKETS, .AD.AMS. p • .11.uction and Commission Mer.chant, Fire-Proof Store, in Robinson's Bu)lding, Q_ueen Street. SEINE AND WRAPPING TWINE, FISH HOOKS AND LINES, DR. KEROSENE LAMPS AND CHANDELIERS, A.ND WARRR.ANTED TO GIVE SATISFACTION. HUbb UCk's Be St Lead IN OIL AND RIFLES, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, CAPS AND POWDER, Byam'& Ca.rd ~a'tchea. Island Orders will Receive Careful and Prompt Attention._ McGREW, M. s. Army, D., Late Surgeort U.• Can be consulted at his residence on IIotel street, between Alakea and Fort streets. THtlS. G. THRUM'S STATIONERY AND NEWS DEPOT, AND OIRCULATING LIBRARY, No. 19 Mercltant Street, • • • Honoluh1, CASTLE GENERAL MERCHANDISE! P ACKAGES OF READING MATTER-OF Papers and Magazines, back numbers-put up to order at reduced rates for parties going to sea. ly CEORCE WILLIAMS, LICENSED SHIPPING AGENT. THE BUSI.NESS ON HIS OLD Plan of settling with Officers and Seamen immediately on C ONTINUES their Shipping at 9is Office. Having no connection, either direct or indil·ect, with any outfitting establishment. and allow ing no debts to be collected at his office, he hopes to give as good satisfaction in the future as he has in the past. u Office on Jas. Robinson & Co.'s Wharf, near the U S. Cnosulate. 666 gm PHOTOGRAPHS! FOR THE BEST, GO TO THE COSMOPOLITAN PHOTOGRAPH GALL~RY Noa. 64 nnd 66 Fort Street. Also for Sale, Photographic Views, ~tc., etc. tf H. L. CH.ASE. A• P • EVERETT , Q ,O ,OKE,. UIPORTERS A·ND DEAL~RS IN T -AGENTS OF- HE REGULAR PORTLAND LINE OF Packets, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, The Union Marine Insurance Company, San Francisco, The Kohala Sugar Company, The Haiku Sugar Company, The Hawaiian Sugar Mill, W. H. Bailey, The Hamakua Sugar Company, The Waiairia Sugar Plantation, The Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, tf Dr. Jayne & Sona Celebrated Fa~ily Med}cines. Carriage Making and 'fl'imming ! I WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM YOU THAT{ I now employ the best Mechanics in the line of Carriage Making, Uarria,ge and General Blaclcsmithing, Painting, Repairing, &le., On the H-awa.iian Group ; and it is a well established fact that our Carriage Trimming, by Mr. R. Whitman, is as well executed 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 as can be found in a_n y part of the world. I will also state here that we fully intend to work at thEl lowest possible rates, G. WEST. THE HAWAIIAN HOTEL I THE NEW HOTEL IS No,v OPEN for the reception of guests. The Proprietor will spare no pains to make this Elegant Hotel FIRST CLASS • in every particular. He intends to make the charges or rooms and board especially reasonable. • · ALLEN HERBERT, Proprietor. Forwarding & Commission Merchant Bound Volumes at Reduced Priee ! 405 FRONT STREET, CORNE~ CLAY, SAN FRANCISCO. Particular attention paid to Con11ignm.e~ts pf !~land Produce. 028 ly , !Ohl~ 1DI.TE WILL FURNISH BOUND VOLUMES TT of the Friend at one dollar per annum (subscription price $2), for any number of years ·f-rom 1852 to the present time, U Adding the cost of binding. • , Wagon and Carria9e Builder, & C H I LL I NG "\V O R T H, Kawaihae, Hawaii, Will c;ontinue the General Merchandise and Shipping business at the abov.e port, where tµey are prepared to furnish the justly celebrated Kawaihae Potatoes, and such other recruits as ) are required by whaleships, at the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms. OUR GOODS WILL :BE SOLD TO SUIT THE TIMES AND TERMS.~ JOHNS. "\VEST,_ ALLEN DRY,. z·lllc and 0·11 , Malll·1a and NeW Ze aIand Cordage IJen~ist,, 74 and 76 King Street, Honolulu. [O" Island orders p1omptly executed at lowest rates. KEROSENE STOVES, DOWNER'S & DEVOE'S KEROSENE OIL, PAINTS. SMITH, Having resumed practice, can be foq.nd at his rooms over E. Strehz & Co.'s Drug Store, comer of Fort and Hotel ats. KEROSENE LAMPS and CHANDELIERS, to Burn without Chimneys, G. FANCY MOTT !1:7 Fire·wood on Hand . .DJ A • w. PIERCE & CO, •• (Succesors to C. L. Richards & Co.) Ship Chandlers and General Commission Mer. chants, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Agents Punloa Salt W!rks, Brand's Bomb Lances, . .And Perry Davi&' Pain .Killer. J. 1'1c0raken. & Co., FORWARD ING .AND COllllUISSION 1'IERCHA.NTS, H Portland, Oregon. AVING BEEN ENGAGED IN OUR PRE .. sent business for upwards of seven years, 11.nd being located in a ftre proof brick building, ,ve are prepared to receive and dispose of Island staples, such as Sugar,Rice,Syrups, Pulu, Coffee, &c., to advantage. Consignments especially solicited for the Oregon market, to which peraopal attention will be paid and upon whi!lh oash aclvances will be made when required. ' SAN F&ANOISOO REFEBENO!lS: Badger & Lindenberger, Fred. Ikon, Stevens, Baker & Co. Allen & Lewis. Jas. Patrick & Co., W. T. Coleman & Co. 1 PORTLAND REFERENOES: Ladd & Tilton. Leonard & Green HONOLULU REFEl\ENOES: se14 Walker & ,\lien. J. 0, MERRILL, Iy SOHN M OBA ltBM . J. C. MERRILL & Vo,, Commission ?4erchants 4uQtioneers 204 and 206 C8'lifor~ia Street, San. Fra:n.cfsco~ ALSO, AGENTS OF THE San F-r ancisco and Honolulu Packets. Particularattentlongiven to the sale an~ purohase of merchandise, ships' business, supplying whaleships, negotiating exchange, &o. · o::r All fretght arrivtng at San Francisco, by or to the~nolulu Line of Packets, will be forwarJed FRJ:B or 0011M1-s&10111, · o:r Exchange on Honolulu bought "'~ll l!Pld, .£11 -BEFERBN9ES....,.. Me:srs. C. L. Richards & Co ••••••• ,"'·•"-"! ........ Honolulu H. Hackfeld & Co ••• , •• ~.................. " ' C. Brewer & Co.~, 11 •~••••.".'!•·•-••••••·••••• " &~~~~~~ifi:::~~·:::•;·:·;;;·:~!~).:.:_:.:.:_:_:_:_:_:::.:_: •:• 1-J .,.. joung ~m's Qtbristian ·issotiation of jonolnln. Pure religion and 'undefiled before God, the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affiiction, and ~o keep one's self unspotted from the world. Edited by a Committee or- the Y. M. C. A. for the well being of those, who without such, would be hurried away into intemperance and vice. "Behold, I Stand at the Door and Knock." l shall in common with many of my shipmates carry away with me a very deep and YA, :\IATHESON. pleasing impression of Honolulu. I herewith send you a dozen***" Jack's Thel'e ~tands a patient beggar nt thy gat~God-llke and beautiful, wayworn and a!\d ; Pilgrimage ;" six of which I beg you to acWeary Ile knocks, content to watch and wait cept yourself and friends ; the other six I Till He may make thee glad. will ask you to take to Dr. Hoffmann over the way; please tell hi_m to receive them in A little love He aski,-nor more, nor leu; Because His heart is hungry, and athorlet the same spirit with which he tended and For one sweet draught of human tenderness. bound up the wounds of the wounded, but B<·hold, He loved thee first. awkward horseman a few days ago. Hi!! blee11ing feet l!till loiter at thy dco1·, I remain, very truly yours, His hea1l 11gainst the iron bar is pressed_, Impassioned tears rise in Hi11 eyes once more .; He yearns to give thee rest. T.T. the strongest expressions of regard whilst on his death-bed, but the visit also of a little grand-child of four years seemed to afford him great pleasure; and, when wishing for music, he would say to those around him -" Give me.a bairns' hymn.". The Reading Hoom Committee desires to acknowledge, with best thanks, receipt of several volumes of the Atlantic Monthly JJtiagazine, the Overland Monthly Magazine,1 and Appleton's Jounial, the kind present of Mrs. J. G. Dickson. Fine-.fellows are some of these who plough A Gospel Fisherman. the seas, and many a noble heart beats unFor thee the thorny path of lifo He _trod, der a rough jacket. To be sure a sailor on Once in a while comes an episode of real For thee He walked death's valley, c.old and dim; An,l now He pleads wit!} thee-thy _F riend, thy God ; horseback is as erratic as a comet, and chil- life that outshines the fairest dteam of ficllut thou deniest Him ! dren run indoors at the sight of that distant tion. The muscular young clergyman has played his part through many a modern Reading-room of the Y. M. C. Association. cloud of dust which usually betides the ap- story. Charles Kingsley set the fashion of proach of a "man-o'-war ;" but the storm- him first. Whether he drew from real life The reading-room of this Association is beaten mariner has sometimes his recollec- or from his inner consciousness of what a used to a considerable extent by residents of tions of innocent childhood, and loves the young clergyman should be, the striking figHonolulu ; but when vessels are in port, es- sight of a lot of youngsters. "Bill," enthu- ure became a favorite; and young divinity students took the truth home to them, that, pecially men-of-war, its invitation is accepted siastically shouted one · man in Nuuanu val- in becoming teachers of men, they need not by numbers of sailors and marines whose ley the other day, as he stood admiring of necessity cease to be men themselves. somewhat perilous performances on horse- some little Hawaiian children at play, We have come to think of him as the back or long walks into the country, induce " Bill, come along and see these here chil- faithful shepherd among the peaceful hills, them, fatigued, to indulge in a chat or a dren playing!" Of course we correct the discovering a pitfall, revealing a hidden fountain, and with rest and comfort in his read or "a -letter home.1' Of course most ·man's English, as some nautical expressions kindly °bosom for the foot-5ore and the weary. sailors who visit Honolulu are English- are more technical than graceful, but there So that it is like turning a page of some speaking; but some foreigners come, and we was no mistaking the sentiment. quaint old story to read Qf Mr. Ancient, the A retired sergeant of marines of the Nova Scotia '' fisher ot souls." On that look ·forward to the possibility of presently t furnishing the room with an entertaining United States Navy has been put in charge rude coaS ' among the rude fishermen of Terence Bay, his figure stands out against matter in other languages than our own. of" a home for inebriates" lately organized the dark background of night and wreck 'rhree men-of.. war have been in port during by the Young Men's Christian Association with almost gospel clearness. Amid the the last month; and the men belonging to of Boston. A sailor usually sees as much of vague and shifting accounts of incompetence, the last vessel, H. B. M. S. Repulse, seemed temptation as most men; and perhaps it is ·negligence, and cowardice in that murky th relief to him. "Give co appreciate the advantages of a quiet room for this reason that the "home" has been so night, we turn wi m~ a. boat; the ~a~er is smooth enough," in which to read and write,-for the Chap- far very successful. pomtmg to the clrngrng wretches on the rigo lam of that vessel, the Rev. George Sutton, We have been tempted to copy from the ging; "put me on board and I will get them;" B. A~ was requested by a number of seamen columns of the Christian Union of New when the magistrate ·of the place judged all and marines to apply to Captain Curme for y ork a .few paragraphs concerning the Rev. farther rescue hopeless, and they must rest wi th th ose already saved. Compermission to shut off a small portion of the Mr. Ancient, the missionary who bravely content manding, beseeching, when even stalwart ship as a writing and reading room ; the ventured on board the wrecked Atlantic at fishermen were in terror for their own lives arrangement was readily made, and number the imminent peril of his own life, to save and his, how clear his answer: "John, if of books, as a slight assistance to carrying that of another. Mr. Ancient was formerly I'm doomecl, I won't hold you responsible; QUt this new idea, were sent to the vessel, a scripture-reader in the British Navy, and put me on board I" Climbing the ship's side at an angle of 'Ye believe, by· the kind suggestion of the was some years since sent by th e Colonial fifty degrees, in elastic confidence in his own Se~men's Chaplain here. We here insert Church Society as a missionary to Terrence steady foot and strong arm, he sustains with cheery word the half-drowned man until he the following paragraph from a letter ad- Hay. brings him safe to shore. dressed to Mr. Dunscombe: Dr. Guthrie, one of tqe mqst eloquent There is an old story of another fisherman, H~ M. S. ".REPULSE," June 27, 1873. preachers and able writers of his church, who, when " the ship was in the midst of the DEAR Sm :-1 have distributed the books died on the 24th of February. A man of sea, tossed with waves, for the wind was voiumes of the FRIEND to each mess, powerful mind and great scholarship, he had contrary," essayed to walk upon the water, which yoq were kind enough to send us. many an influential friend ; for his . asso- toward the shining .Figure he saw. "But The sailors and marines were not only when he saw the wind boisterous, he was much ple~sed '1!it4 t~e present as such, bui ciates and relations he constantly r-epBated afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried, saywith the kindly spirit which prompted the ,,*., Jacks Pilgrimmage to Jerusalem, by Thoma!! Tanner, ing, Lord, save me." The rebuke came donor. I cannot .h~lP ~aying how well 1 en- (Naval School111aster.) Maltll, 1871. • with the helping hand, "Oh, thou of little the means which are provided and J. u- The ~Titer oqhia letter 1! the author of this httle ~ork, ex- faith, wherefore didsi tholl doubt 7"- ChrisJ.oyed • , . • , . , tracts from whlc'rwe n>lff msert In ~ome forthcoming nnml!er d~c1qusly adm1111stered at the Sa1lor's Home, . ol the Fn,END. · · · tian Union , ?.,n4'